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The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-05

A GENUINE IRISH PRIEST.

" Father Murphy, the parish priest, came to the en-
trance, dressed in his surplice. As he stood surrounded
by a dense multitude, whom he had hushed into pro-
found silence, he presented a most imposing object.
His form is tall, slender, and emaciated ; but was en-
veloped in his long robes, that gave a peculiarly sacer-
dotal aspect. The hand which ho stretched forth was
ample, but worn to a skinny meagritude and pallor.
His face was long, i,unken, and calaverous, but was
illuminated by eyes blazing with all the fire of genius,
the enthusiasm of religion, and the devotedness of pa-
triotism. His lank, black hair fell dawn his temples,

and eyebrows of the same colour stretched in thick
straight lines along a lofty forehead, and threw over the
whole countenance a deep shadow. The sun was shin-
ing with brilliancy, and rendered his figure, attired as
it was in white garments, more conspicuous. The priest
proceeded to the altar, and commended the people to
abstain, during the Divine ceremony, from all
political thinking or occupation. He recited
the Mass with great fervency and simplicity of
manner, and with all the evidences of unaffected
piety. However familiar, from daily repetition
with the ritual, he pronounced it with a quiet emphasis,
and went through the various forms which are inci-
dental to it with singular propriety and grace. The
people were deeply attentive, and at was observable that
most of them could read, for they had prayer-books in
their hands, which they read with n quiet devotion.
Mass being finished, Father Murphy threw his vestments
off, and, without laying down the priest, assumed the
politician. Tie addressed the people in Irish, and called
upon them to vritd for O'Connell in the name of their
country and of their religien. It was a_ mu:A extra-
ordinary and powerful display of the externals of elo-
quence ; and, as far as a person unacquainted with the
language could form an eAirnate of the matter, by the
effects produced upon the auditory, it must have beet,
pregnant with gen&ne oratory. IL will be supposed
that this singular priest addressed his parishioners in
tones and gestures as rude as the wild dialect to which
he was giving utterance. His action and attitudes were
as graceful as an accomplished actor could use in de-
livering the speech of Antony, and his intonations were
soft, pathetic, denunciatory, and conjuring, according
as his theme varied, and as he had recourse to different
expedients to influence the people. The general cha-
racter of this strange harangue was impassioned and
solemn, but he oceasiocally had recourse to ridicule, and
his countenance at once adapted itself with a happy
readiness to derision. The finest spirit of sarcasm
gleamed over his features, and shouts of laughter at-
London, England, 1855-03-05

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.

Our markets aro tolerably well, but not to say heavily,
supplied with most descriptions of malt. The general de-
mand is far from active, yet we kayo scarcely any change
to notice in the quotations.
Per 81bs by the carcase.
s. d. s. d.
Beef, interior 3 0 3 2
Do., middling 3 4 3 6
Do., prime large 3 8 3 10
do. small 4 0 4 4
Fork, large ,3 0 3 8

s. d. s. d.
Mutton, Inferior 3'' 2 3 4
Do., middling 3 6 3 8
Do., prime 3 10 4 4
`Veal 3 8 4 8
Pork, small 3 10 4 4

• BOROUGH HOP.

Last week's imports of hops into London were 71 bales
from Ostend, and 209 from New York. Our market is
very inactive for all kinds of hops, the prices of which rife
about stationary. Mid and East Kont pockets, 141 108 to
211 Os per cwt. ; Weald of Kent ditto, 141 to 161; Sums.
ditto, 141 to 151.; American ditto (in bond), 7/ to 01.

BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS.
Since our last report, very moderate supplies of potatoes
have appeared on sale in this market. Generally, the
demand is in s sluggish state, on the following terms
York Regents, 110 a to 120 s; Kent and Essex, 105 s to 1103;
Scotch do., 100 s to 110 s; reds, 80s to 955; middling, 70s
to 80s ; blues, 80s to 90s; Lincoln, 100 s to 110 s, per ton.
London, England, 1855-03-05

Now Pml,y, in 2 vols., 2:9. hound,

R. SHEIL'S LEGAL AND POLITICAL.
SKETCHES.

Edited, with Notes, by M. W. SAVAGE.

" We can cordially recommend these Sketches as interestng In
matter and brilliart in composit:on. Their literary merit is very
great. The revelations of the Jesuits are very remarkable. The
sketches of the Irish bar paint the characters of the leading persons
in Irish politics with graphic felicity."—Athenamm.

Published for H. CAbu'rn, by his successors, Hurst and Illaelett.
London, England, 1855-03-05

TILE PATRIOTIC FUND COMMISSION.

The Commissioners have issued a circular (to take
effect from March 2) setting forth the scale of allowance
for the widows and orphans of the non-commissioned
officers and privates of the army and marines, and petty
officers and seamen of the navy.
The widow of a staff non-commissioned officer, with-
out children, is to receive Gs. weekly ; if with one child,
7s. ; two, Bs. ; three, Be. 6d. ; four, 9s. ; five, 9s. 6d. A
sergeant's widow, without children, will receive ss.
weekly; if with c'ne child, Gs. ; two, 7s. ; three, 7s. 6d. ;
four, Bs. ; five, Bs. 6d. (If a colour-sergeant's widow,
6d. additional.) A corporal's widow, without children,
4s. weekly ; with one child, ss. ; two, 6s. ; three, 6s. 6d.;
four, 7s. ; five, 7s. 6d. A drummer's, trumpeter's, or
private's widow, without children, will receive 3s. 6d.
weekly ; with one child, 4s. 6d. ; two, ss. 6d. ; three,
6s. ; four, 6s. 6d. ; five, 7s. The corresponding ranks in
the navy are as follows :-Staff non-commissioned offi-
cer, sth class ; sergeant, Gth class ; corpora!, 7th class ;
and private, Bth class.

Sixpence additional, per week, will be given to every
infirm person. All allowances are to be subject to the
condition stated in the Royal Commission, that the re-
cipients are unable to maintain or support themselves,
and in general these will not be made or continued to
orphans after they shall have attained the age of fifteen.
As the foregoing scale for widows and orphans must
neces,arily be influenced by the various circumstances
of every case, although the scale is to be the general
rule, the committee are to be at liberty to deviate from
it in cases calling for the exercise of their discretion ;
sickness and lying-in, for example, will admit of excep-
tion.

The allowances are in no instance to be transferred or
assigned, and their continued payment must depend on
the circumstances of the parties and the sufficiency of
the fund to answer the demands upon it.
That the allowance to widows cease upon their second
marriage, unless continued by an express order of the
committee ; but during any subsequent widowhood the
widow is to be at liberty to apply to be replaced on the
fund ; but no woman is to continue to receive an allow-
ance if she shall, in the opinion of the committee, by pro-
fligate coAduot dishonour the memory of her husband.
London, England, 1855-03-05

Paid.l

100 Aberdeen.
81 Ambg. Nottng. Bost
and Eastn.
all Belfast & Ballymena.
all Birming. Wolvcrh &
Stour Valley
291 Birkenhd. Lancsh &
Cheshire Janet
all Do. Chesh. & Birk.,
.250 and £25 Cons.
19 Do., £20..._
30 Blyth & Tyn s origina
£25 (issd. at £45
100 Bristol and Exeter
100 Caledonian
21s. Carmarthen and. Car
digan
all Chester & Holyhead
all Cork and Bandon
all Cork, Black, di Pas
16 Cornwall
11 Crieff Junction
45 Dublin&BelfastJunc
all Dundee Perth&Abez
Been Junction
all Do. New
100 East Anglian
all Eastern Counties
IGO Eastern Union, A

Stock
100 De., B, Stock
86 Do., New A
100 East Lancashire
100 Edinburgh & Glasgow
all Edinb. and Peebles...
100 Edin. Prth & Dundee
1 Worth & Clyde June.
all Furness .
all Do. Extension ... . .
100 Glasgow &S. Wester).
100 Great Northern
100 Do., A. Stock
100 Do., B. Stock

IJO Gt. Sth. &West.are
100 Great Western
100 Do. Stour Val. Rai

Grua. Stk
all Irish South-Eastern
all Lancaster & Carlisle
14i Do., Thirds
4 Do. New Thirds._
100 Lancash.andYorksi,
all Do., Fifths
11i Do., Wst. Riding Un
all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt
all London & Blackwal
100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst.
100 Lond. and N. Westn.
16 Do. Fifths
5 D0.101.5h.,M&8
I 24 Do. Eighths
100 London and S. Westn
.42t Do., £5O
34 Do., £4O
all Lnnd.rry& Coleraine
all Lndndrry. & Ennisk.
100 Vanch.Shcf ',ugh
all Do. } Shr "3 No. 3
41 Do., Man. & L:n. Gn
100 Midland
100 ' )o. Birmng. & Derby
all Midld. G. West. (Ira. )
221 Do. Half Shares
All Newcastle & Carlisle.
54 Newmkt.BuryExten.
21i Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd.
8 Newry & Enniskillen
all Newry Warrenpoint

and itostrevor
LOO Norfolk
3 Northn.Counties Tin
!OO North British .
all North Devon, No. 1
all Do., No. 2
all Do., A Deferred ..
all Do., B Guaranteed
LOO N. astern—Berwick
20 Do. do. Extension
13 Do.do. G.N.E. Purch
all Do. Leeds
[OO Do. York
all North London
all Do. New £lO

h N.&S.Wstrn.,Hainp-
stead, and City Jn.,
17A North Staffordshire.,
all North Western.„ ....
all N. &S. Wostrn. June.,
Nuneaton, Hinckley

and Leicester
.00 Oxford, Worcester, &

-
Wolverhampton
8 Portsmouth
,00 'Scottish Contra]
.00 Scottish Midland , „
all ihrowsby, di nerefd
00 Shropshire Union
►❑ south Devon
,10 South Eastern
11 south Wales

Yrksh. & Riv. Dui
5 Do
12 4taines, Wok. &Wol
al Stockton Darliu
15 it‘ Acton ea Ilartlepl
.00 ruff vale
9 Do. £lO shares
LOO Do. Prof., No. I__
21 i rhames Haven Doe

and Railway
all Vale of Neath
all Waterf I. & Kilkenn3
all Watcrford&Limeri, V
18 West Cornwall
3 West End of Londor.
and Crystal Palace
all West London
141 s. Winibledu &Croydon
London, England, 1855-03-05

JOINT-STOI

all Australasia
all British Colonial Bank
and Loan Company
all British N. American
5 Chartd. Bank of Asia
2 Chrtd. Buk. of India,
Australia, & China
25 Colonial
20 Commercial of Lond
18 English Scottish and

Australian
all Loud. Chart.. Bk. of
Australia
5 Ditto Now

20 Loudon and County
10 London Joint Stock
20 Lond• & Wostroinstel
35 National Provinoia
of England
10 Do. New
22,!! National of Ireland
all Now South Wales
all Oriental Bank of
Corporation.
25 Provincial of Ireland
all Do. New
1 Royal Australn.Bkg
& Gold Imp Co
all South Australia
all Union of Australia
2,, Do. New
tlaiou of London
London, England, 1855-03-05

THE MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS.

In condemning the great majority of appointments
which have been made to the more important offices of
Government, since the accession of Lord Palmerston to
the Premiership, we have felt it, on various occasions, a
duty which we owed alike to justice and to the noble
lord, to mention that the worst of these appointments-1
were not his. The obnoxious and unsuitable parries
were forced upon him. We stated on Wednesday,
that the appointment of Mr. Vernon Smith to the
Presidency of the Ikard of Control, with a seat in
the Cahiuet—an appointment which has, we say it
advisedly, caused a feeling of the strongest indig-
nation throughout the country—was not male by
Lord Palmerston himself, but that it was ti e
act of the 'Marquis of Lansdowne. We have now to
add that not only has Lord Palmerston had obnoxious
persons forced upon him, but that ho has been, to a groat
extent, thwarted in his desire awl intention to place in
positions of importance men whom he—and the country
as well—deemed peculiarly fitted for them. fie nott.ie
only did intend, but actually had gone far towards thel
execution of his intention—to put Mr. Layard intoure
as
Under-Secretaryship of War, but Lord Par
assigning
as Minister at War, objected to the appointment,
as the sole reason why he would not
the meaning
that situation, that " he is not ono of us
Layard .
of which phrase, we take to be,
not a Whig.---Morning Adverting.
is that Mr. is
hav:111ell Layard in
London, England, 1855-03-05

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIM.

Slll,-1 shall esteem it a great favour if you will
kindly insert in your widely circulated journal that, hav-
ing enlisted.the number of men (upwards of 400) required
from the London district, I am ordered to beat up the
eastern counties, and my head-quarters will be at Nor-
wich, in Norfolk, where I shall be most happy to receive
all candidates for the Land Transport Corps. I deem
It necessary to make this publicly known, to prevent
numerous applicants incurring the expense of coming to
London under the idea that I shall be here to receive
them.—l am, sir, your most obedient servant,
WILLIAM MAYNE,
Captain and Recruiting Officer,
Land Transport Corps.
14, Warwick-street, Charing-cross, March 5.
London, England, 1855-03-05

LATEST NEWS.

PARIS, MONDAY, AIARCII 5, 8 A.M.
The Emperor returned to Paris at 7 o'clock
yesterday evening.
The ratifications of the treaty of alliance be-
tween France, England, and Sardinia were ex-
changed yesterday at 1 o'clock.

VIENNA, SUNDAY EVENING.
Lord John Russell and suite arrived here this

evening at 8 o'clock.

The Archduke William has set out for St.
Petersburg with the condolence of the Emperor of
Austria with the Empress of Russia.

M. de Bruck has arrived here.
Prince Gortschakofi; it is said, has received tc-
day, by telegraph, the extract of a new Russian
manifesto of a pacific nature.
This requires confirmation.

MARSEILLES, SUNDAY EVENING, MARCH 4.
The Byzantine merchant steamer, which left
Constantinople on the 22d ult., has arrived.
She brings the report that the allied Generals
had decided to attack the Russians under General
Liprandi, and then to invest Sebastopol.

The mail steamer Lougsor, which left Constan-
tinople on the 23d ult., and is due, has not

arrived.

TURIN, MARCH 4.
The treaty of alliance between Sardinia, France,
and England was ratified to-day.
The Official Gazette publishes a manifesto of the
Government relative to the accession.

The Senate has voted the convention respecting
the loan by 63 votes against 27.

VIENNA, SATURDAY EVENLNG.

The news of the death of the Emperor Nicholas,
which was known here at 9 o'clock last night, has
produced an immense sensation.
The confinement of the Empress of Austria is

daily expected. ,
Tkere is a vague rumour that the Russians
have attacked Balaklava, but nothing is known of
such an occurrence in official circles.

The whole garrison of Constantinople, tho re-
serves, and the convalescents have left for the
Crimea.

It is said that the Flagstaff Battery has been
nearly destroyed by the French mines.

SUNDAY MORNING.

The Archduke William, the personal friend of
the new Emperor of Russia, goes to-day with an
autograph letter from the Emperor of Austria to
the Emperor Alexander.
The Oesterreichische Correspondenz contains an
article praising the high qualities of the late
Emperor Nicholas, and expressing a confident hope
that the Emperor Alexander will complete the
work of peace begun by his father.

WARSAW, MARCH 1.
London, England, 1855-03-05

7 NATIONAL STANDARD„,..
Shoreditch.—Proprietor, Mr. John Douglass.
:r Theatre, unrivalled in splendour, in elegance, and
ttt capable of h• klieg 5.000 persons, is open every
he Popular tower of strength is now added hi the person of
Shaksperiau Actress, and Mr. henry Mar-
dis Theatre The scenery, dresses, and appoint-
111 best authorities, are gorgeous and appropriate. On
acaY. Friday, and Saturday, to commence with
„ I'ONY and CLEOPATRA. Antony by Mr. Henry
Ars, Miss Glyn. To conclude with the MISTRESS
Oa Wednesday an entire change of performance,
'neht of Mr. Lyon. On Thursday, HAMLET. Ham-
-4,14A34; ()phalli, Mrs. R. Honnor. Doors open at six,
sx. Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; 25., is. 6:1 Is.

1-T'S' CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.-
'Welt
be played sth, 1855.—During the course of this week
'',Uste will by Laurent's Orchestra: —Over-
"le), Iteissiger; Waltzes: La fiienfaisance (Ist time),
e 1 and Wogen, Strauss ; Kuall-Kugerl, Strauss ; Le
415° thy desire), H. Laurent, with Variations tor all the
~_• °n3; Quadrilles: Bonjour Pi errot (let time), Wan-
7t,te Ory, ; the Highlanders
Bousquet ; Polkas L, H. Laurent ;
Littlrlande (Ist time), N. a
hea ; Carolina (Ist time), A. Lamotte ; The Zouaves,
sWellington,$Wellington, Streather • Gallop, Dover Express, T.
ABlCornet-a-Piston, M. 'Borticourt. All Information
;.,,e to be obtained at the music repository under the
•%,• oPen at Eight; commence at half-past.—Admis-

AN OPT ICON OF SCIENCE
dire
Leicester-square.—A Grand Performance of
Lbe organ by Mr. W. T. Best, organist to the
D:,.tect by a series of subjects from Sacred History
ia—arna, 4.1 i and 8.20 Dioramic Views of the
eCr—Cosmoranta of St. Petersburg and Moscow—
aZnatie Fountain, one hundred feet h igh, 4.55 and
"`L Demonstrations; Electricity, by Dr. 11. M,
I'2o and on other days by Mr. Pbrtington Che-
' p '
4m: • Ansa, Monday and Thursday, 2—The Eng-
Th,.,ages, by Mr. L. Buckingham, Tuesday, 2
.20.11.4tesources of Modern Warfare, by Dr. J. Scoffern,
The Moon, by Mr. W. It. Dirt, Monday, 7.20 ;
Ile
by Mr. Partington, Tuesday, 7.20
ernonstrations on Scientific Apparatus, Machi-
itOeLtires, by Mr. C. P. Partington, at intervals.
'lolorning from 12 to 5, evening (Saturday ex-
44,Admission, is.; Schools, and Children under
admission, I guinea.-
London, England, 1855-03-05

Nearly ready, People's Edition, price 2s. Gd., the Fourteenth
Edition,
DR. ROWE on NERVOUS DISEASES, Liver
and Stomach Complaints, Low Spirits, Indigestion, General
Debilty, and Diseases of Warm Climates ; the result of thirty years'
practice.
London : John Churchill, New Burlington-street.
London, England, 1855-03-05

THE PATRIOTIC FUND COMMISSION.

The Commissioners have issued a circular (to take
effect from March 2) setting forth the scale of allowance
for the widows and orphans of the non-commissioned
officers and privates of the army and marines,' and petty
officers and seamen of the navy.
The widow of a staff non-commissioned officer, 'with-
out children, is to receive 6s. weekly ; if with one child,
7s. ; two, Bs. ; three, Bs. 6d. ; four, Os. ; five, 9s. 6d. A
sergeant's widow, without children, will receive ss.
weekly ; if with one child, 6s. ; two, 7s. ; three, 7s. 6d. ;
four, Bs. ; five, Bs. 6d. (If a colour-sergeant's widow,
6d. additional.) A corporal's widow, without children,
4s. weekly ; with one child, ss. ; two, 6s. ; three, 6s. 6d.;
four, Is. ; five, Is. 6d. A drummer's, trumpeter's, or
private's widow, without children, will receive 35. 6d.
weekly ; with one child, 4s. dd. ; two, ss. 6d. ; three,
6s. ; four, 6s. 6d. ; five, Is. The corresponding ranks in
the navy are as follows :—Staff non-commissioned offi-
cer, sth class ; sergeant, 6th class ; corporal, 7th class ;
and private, Bth class.
Sixpence additional, per week, will be given to every
infirm person. All allowances are to be subject to the
condition stated in the Royal Commission, that the re-
cipients are unable to maintain or support themselves,
and in general these will not be made or continued to
orpharis after they shall have attained the age of fifteen.
As the foregoing scale for widows and orphans must
necessarily be influenced by the various circumstances
of every case, although the scale is to be the general
ule, the committee are to be at liberty to deviate from
it in eases calling for the exercise of their discretion ;
sickness and lying-in, for example, will admit of excep-
tion.

The allowances are in no instance to be transferred or ,
assigned, and their continued payment must depend on 1
the circumstances of the parties and the sufficiency of 1
the fund to answer the demands upon it.

That the allowance to widows cease upon their second
marriage, unless continued by an express order of the
committee ; but during any subsequent widowhood the
widow is to be at liberty to apply to be replaced on the
fund ; but no woman is to continue to receive an allow-
ance if she shall, in the opinion of the committee, by pro-
fligate conduct dishonour the memory of her husband.
London, England, 1855-03-05

4,
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tr:',,..,,

-alr6itay
a Cicero, of a Chatham and a DinfOttopies. '‘Th.
is
is high praise when accorded to iscaliction,of fugi-
tive contributions to a magazine, but preserving to
us, as some of these occasional pieces do, examples
of the oratorical genius of Mr. Shiel—it is, we can-
not but think, praise eminently well deserved.
When may we hope to recognise the opportunity
of according some yet more cordial welcome to a
work still worthier of commendation—a work more
substantially valuable as an accession to our na-
tional literature ? When may we have the satis-
faction of hailing the appearance—thoroughly re-
vised and carefully annotated—not of " 'Shiel's
Sketches," but of " Shiel's Speeches ?"
London, England, 1855-03-05

From

Ostend
Harlingen
Carril 4O

Total._ 240 ... 118 --
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
1854 775 .-.. 1,333 ... ... 223
1853 475 ... 2,126 227 6
1852 344 985 190 ...
1851 395 1,571 341 20
1850 529 552 237
1649 369 „. 1,142 184
The show of foreign stock in to-day's market was un-
usually small.
From our own grating districts a very small supply of
beasts came fresh to hand, but its general quality was good.
There was a moderate number of buyers in attendance, and
the beef trade ruled brisk, at an improvement in the quo-
tations obtained on Monday last of 2d per 81bs, and a good
clearance was effected. Thu best Scots produced 5s per
81b. The arrival of beasts from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex,
and Cambridgeshire amounted to 1,600 Scots and short-
horns ; from other parts of England 300 of various breeds;
and from Scotland 240 horned and polled Scots.
We wore very scantily supplied with all breeds of sheep.
The primest old Downs, from their extreme scarcity, were
about 2d por Blbs dearer than on this day se'nnight, yet
the general top figure for mutton, in the wool, did not ex-
ceeds(l per Sibs. Half-breds, Swintons, and other breeds,
were steady, but not dearer. There were about 1,000 sheep
out of the wool, which sold at 6d per fillos under these in
the wool.
There were very few calves in the market, yet they
changed bands slowly, at from 4s 2d to 5s per 81bs.
The pork trade was very dull, but we have no change to
notice in prices. _

Per Sibs to sink the only.
s. d. s. d.
Inferior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 8
Second quality.... 3 .10 4 4,
Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8j
Primo Scots, &e. 410 5 0
Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 81
Second quality ...3 10 4 4.1
Prime erse.-wlled. 4 4 4 8j

s. d. 0 d.
Prime Southdown 410 6 0
Large ens. calves 4 0 4 6
Prime small d 0... 4 8 5 2
iLargo hogs 3 0 4 0
!Small porkers 4 2 4 4
I
Suekling calves.. 22 0 29 0
iQuarter old pigs 19 0 25 0
l FOSEIGN SUPPLY.

TOTAL SUPPLY.

Beasts .......... 2,928 ( 8ea5t5............ ..... . .
Sheep ......... _11,840 Sheep
Calves ...• ...• .......... 43 I Calves..— .............. 14
A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat
stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on
Monday, March 6, 1854, and this day, Monday, March 5,
1855.

Per 81bs, to sink the ofals.
Mar. 6, 1854.1Mar..5, 1855.
s. d. s. dds. d. s. d
Coarse and inferior beasts 3 oto 3 2:3 6to 3 8
Second quality ditto ... 3 4 3 613 10 4 4
Prime large oxen ... 3 8 4 0 4 6 4 8
Prime Scots, &e 4 2 4 44 10 6 0
Coarse.and inferior sheep 3 0 3 43 4 3 8
Second quality ditto 3 6 4 2,3 10 4 2
Prime coarse woolled ditto 4 4 4 6A 4 4 S
Prime Southdown ditto 4 8 5 0,4 10 5 0
Lambs 0 0 0 00 0 0 0
Large coarse calves 4 6 5 2 4 0 4 6
Prime small di6to 4 4 5 8;4 8 5 2
Large hogs ••• 3 0 4 2;3 0 4 0
Neat small porkers 4 4 4 10'4. 2 4 4
,B,easts... 4,501 2,92 S
Sheep 20,710 14,840
Calves._ 105 43
Pigs •••
SEvras ON SALE, March 7, 1853.—Beasts, 4,407;
... 410 310
msheep,
16,140; calves, 148; pigs, 165.
March 8, 1852.—Beasts, 3,874; sheep, 21,900; calves,
138; pigs, 380.
London, England, 1855-03-05

[LEFT SPEAKING.]

HOUSE OF COAIMONS.—(THIS EVENING.)
The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before four
•'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a second time, and
adored to be committed :—Fibre Company ; Fife and
Kinross Railway ; Furness Railway ; Medical Benevo-
lent College ; Mid Kent and North Kent Railway ;
Severn Valley Railway ; Stockport, Disley, and Whaley
Bridge Railway ; Wem and Bronygarth Roads ; and
Woolwich Equitable Gas.
On the motion for the second reading of the Caledo-
denial" Railway Bill,
Mr. HADFIELD moved that it be postponed until
Tuesday, the 2d April.
Mr. LOCKHART objected to the postponement.
Mr. COWAN advocated the expediency of putting an
end to the ruinous competition which at present subsists
between the Caledonian and the Edinburgh and Glas-
gow Companies. He bad no wish to see this bill thrown
out, but, at the same time, he thought no injury
would accrue to the company if this bill were
postponed for a fortnight, particularly as a meeting
of shareholders was about to be held at Liverpool, where
the whole question was to be discussed.

Mr. A. HASTIE could see no necessity whatever for
a postponement.
Mr. BOUVERIE had heard no good reason assigned
yet for postponing the second reading for a month.
The mition for adjournment was then withdrawn, and
the bill was read a second time, and ordered to be corn
raitted ; as was also the Edinburgh and Glasgew Ra
way Bill.
London, England, 1855-03-05

VOLUNTEER- RIFLE CORPS.

Mr. WILLIAMS wished to ask the right honour-
able baronet the Secretary of State for the Home De-
partment, whether he had received any application from
any part of the country volunteering the formation of
rifle corps, and if so what answer had been returned ?
Sir G. GREY said his'noble friend who preceded him
at the Home-office received three such applications, and
ho had himself received one ; none of these offers,
however, has been accepted, but he should mention that
none of the offers were for v ,lunteers to serve abroad.
DR. MAYE R.

Mr. PIERCY wished to ask whether it was t rue as
was asserted by the correspondent of a daily news-
paper that Dr. Mayer, a German gentleman had beeli
appointed to a high medical appointment in the.army
through the patronage of Prince Albert, although he
knew little or nothing of medical science ?
Mr. S. HERBERT said he was responsible in some
measure for the appointment because he recommended
Dr. Mayer to his noble friend Lord Panmure. Same
great misapprehension, however, existed out of doors
with regard to this gentleman. Ho was an Englishman,
born at Norwood, and he was educated at Hammer-
smith. After studying at Guy's, he became a member
of the Royal College of Surgeone, and ho had been at the
head of several medical establishments in Norfolk Island
and Van Diemen's Land. He was, in fact, well and fa-
vourably known at the Colonial-office ; while with re-
gard to one part of the report, the gentleman himself
had informed him that he had never had the honour or
pleasure of seeing Prince Albert in his life. (A laugh.)
London, England, 1855-03-05

ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE,

The indefatigable manager, Mr. W. Cooke, has added
another act to his justly celebrated Battle of Alma. We
have now "The Charge at Balaklava. " and " The Battle
of Inkerman." Both tableaux are highly effective, and
add greatly to the attractions of the piece. The whole
resources of the establishment are brought into requisi-
tion, and an effect—which could only be witnessed at
Astley's—is produced of the grandest possible; descrip-
tion. The taste and liberality of Mr. Cooke, we are
glad to see, are duly appreciated.
London, England, 1855-03-05

FOREIGN.

Antwerp&Rotterdam
Belgian Eastn. June.
Beziers to Graissessac
Bombay, Baroda, and
Central ludia.Serip
Central of Italy
Demerara
Dijon and BeFancon
Dutch Rhenish
Eastern of France
Do. New
East Indian
Do. Ey',ension
Do. 4 p. c. Bds., pay.
'57, convertible

Do. do. do., '59, do
Gd. Tk of Canad:LA is
Do. St. Lawrence &
Atlantic do.

Do. Cert. of Deben.,
con. into Stk. till '63
Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do.
Gt. Central of Franc,:
Ut. Indian Peninsula
Do. New 5 per cent.
Great Luxembourg
Constituted Shares
Do. Oblig,ations .......
Gt. Western of Canad
Shares ...........
Do. Bds., payable's7,
with option till '55..
Do. do., '62, p. '56 ..
Do. do., '76, p. '60...
Do. do., '73, without

option
Hamilton & Toronto
Do. 6 por cent.
Lake Const. & Basle
Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c.
pref
Lyons and Geneva ...
Lyons & Mediterran
vladras
Do. Now
Niaria Antonia
Do. do. Now

Namur & Liege (witl
interest)
Do. (ex interest)

Northern of France.
D0.20/.Blls.late Char-
leroi and Erquelines
guar. 3R p. c. & red.
at 22i/. dur. 88 yrs.
from 1 Jan. 1854....

Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds.
(fmy. B. & Ams. Shs.
gorwegianTrunkPref
Paris and Lyons
Ditto Bonds
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen—
ParisCaen dt Cherbrg.
R onen and Havre...-
Royal Danish
Royal Swedish
Sambre and Mouse )
Do. 54 p. cent. Pref
southern of France
4i. Andrew's and

Quebec (A)
West Flanders
Do 54 per c. Pref,„
Western of France_
West. of Switzerland
Wiesbaden
Zealand

TOTNT-STOI

Australasia
ißritish Colonial Bank

and Loan Compan3
British N. American
Chartd. Bank of Asia
Chrtd. Bnk. of India,
Australia, & China
Colonial
Commercial of Loud
English Scottish and
Australian
Loud. Chart. Bk. of
Australia
Ditto New

London and County..
London Joint Stock..
Lond. & Wostminatel
National Provinoia.li

of England
Do. New
National of Ireland
New South Wales
Oriental Bank of
Corporation.
Provincial of Ireland
Do. New
Royal Australmßkg
& Gold Imp Co
Flontth Australia
Union Jf Australia
Do. New
Uthou of London
London, England, 1855-03-05

TX

cribed to the over weeping ambition of the Emperor of
Russia. It was necessary to resist his aggressive pro-
jects of aggrandisement, which threatened the liberties
and the independence of his neighbour the Sultan,
and which, if successful, would have placed the Czar in
a position to exercise a predominant influence over the
affairs of Europe. It was necessary, I say, to resist,
and until our resistance is made effectual, it was impe-
rative upon us, at whatever hazard, to prosecute the war.
But at the same time we should be wanting in our duty
to the country if we neglected to avail ourselves of the
first opportunity of securing an honourable and a safe
peace. (Hear.) I cannot but hope that the important
event which has just occurred may tend to facilitate this
desirable consummation ; and if that should be the re-
sult, grieved as we must be at any fellow-creature being
suddenly summoned to his last account, yet the death
of one man may prove productive of inestimable blessing
to Europe and to the rest of the world. (Hear, hear.)
That such may be the issue may God, in his mercy,
grant ; and with the expression of this hope, and thank-
ing you again, gentlemen, for your great kindness, I now
take my leave of you all. (Hear, hear.)
Thanks were then voted to the mayor, and the con-
course immediately dispersed.
London, England, 1855-03-05

FOREIGN.

all Antwerp&Rotterdam
3i Belgian Eastn. June..
10 Beziers to Graissessae
2s. Bombay, Baroda, and
Central I ndia,Soril,

Central of Italy
all Demerara
14 Dijon and Besancon
10 Dutcb Rhenish
all Eastern of France
10 Do. New
all East Indian
10 Do. Eslension
all Do. 4i p. c. Bds., pay.
'57, convertible
all Do. do. do., '59, do
15 Gd. Tk of CanadaA is.
all Do. St. Lawrence &

- Atlantic do.
all Do. Cert. of Deben ,
con. into Stk. till '63
all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do.
10 Gt. Central of Franc,
all Gt. Indian Peninsula
1 Do. New 5 per cent.
12 Great Luxembourg
Constituted Shards
all Do. Obligations
all Gt.WesternofCanadll

Shares .
all Do. Bds., payable's7,
with option till '55
all Do. do., '62, p.'56
all Do. do., '76, p. '6O
all Do. do., '73, without
option
all Hamilton & Toronto
all Do. 6 per cent.
11 Lake Const. & BitC3
all Lucca & Pistoja sp.
prof
10 Lyons and Geneva
12 Lyons & Meditorran.
16i Madras
10 Do. Now
31i Maria Antonia
Mall Do. do. New
I all Namur & Liege (with

interest)
all Do. (ex interest)
all Northern of France
all D 0.201. gimlet° Char-
leroi and Ergnelines

guar. 30 p. c. & red.
at 2244 dur. 88 yrs.
from 1 Jan. 1854..,
all Do. 20t. 3 p. c 13de
(fmy.B.4tAms.Shs.)
all NorwogianTrunkPref
16 Paris and Lyons
all Ditto Bonds
all Paris and Orleans....
all Paris and Rouen.....
10 ParisC,aen & Cherbrg
all Rouen and Havro
20 Royal Danish
3 Royal Swedish
all Sambre and Ileum)
all Do. 54 p. cent. Pref
14 Southern of France
16 St. Andrew's and
Quebec (A)
all West Flanders
all Do 54 per c. Prof
16 Western of France
16 West. of Switzerland
all Wiesbaden
all Zealand
London, England, 1855-03-05

➢iR. COBBETT.

"Cobbett is generally represented as a man of rather
a clownish•looking demeanour ; and I have read, in
some description of him, that he could not, at first view,
suggest any notion of his peculiar intellectual powers.
Ido not at all agree in the opinion. He has certainly
a rude and rough bearing, and affects a heedlessness of
form, amounting to coarseness and rusticity. But it is
only requisite to look at him in order to see, in the
expresion of his countenance, the vigorous mind with
which he is endowed.. The higher portion of his face is
not unlike Sir Walter Scott's, to whom he bears, espe-
cially about the brow, a resemblance. His eyes are
more vivid than the great author's, while the lower part of
his countenance is expressive of firm, vehement emotions.
He was dressed in a grey frieze coat, with a red hand-
kerchief, which gave him a very extraordinary aspect,
and presented him in contrast with the body of those
who occupied the waggons, who, on account of the pub-
lic mourning (the Duke of York had died shortly be-
fore), were dressed in black. He seemed in-excellent
health and spirits, far his cheeks were almost as ruddy
as his neckcloth, and set off his white hair, while his
eyes sparkled at the anticipation of the victory which he
was confident he should obtain."
London, England, 1855-03-05

BLACKWOO D'S MAGAZINE
for MARCH, 1855. No. CCCCLXXIII. Price 2s. 6d

CONTENTS.

THE BEGGAR'S LEGACY.
ZAIDEE A ROJEANCE.—Part IV.
VACABOND LIFE IN MEXICO.
CIVILIZATION.-TEE CENSUS.
A PEEP AT PARIS.

THE SToaT OP THE CAHPAION.—Part IV. Written in a Tent In
the Crimea. Chap. XV. Circumspective. XVI. The Hospitals on
the Bosphorus.
THE MINISTERIAL CHANGES.
William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London.
London, England, 1855-03-05

THE CRIMEAN MEDAL.

Mr. W. O. STANLEY gave notice that, on an early
day, he should ask the First Lord of the Treasury, whe-
ther it was intended that the Crimean medals should
corifer similar advantages upon those to whom they were
awarded as the Waterloo medals.
ARMY IMPROVEMENT.
• jar. HUTT wished to asked the noble lord at the
bead-:of the Government whether, amongst those mea-
ly* for improving the condition of the army, which he

c-'

_ ,
London, England, 1855-03-05

LIVERPOOL IMPROVEMENT BILL.

Mr. M. GIBSON moved that in the case of the Li-
verpool Improvement Bill, so much of Standing Order
•No. 90 as relates to the appointment of members locally
interested be suspended ; and that it be an instruction
to the committee of selection to withdraw the local
members already appointed to serve in respect of that

• EWART thought it ought to be made a rule
that local members should not serve on these private
that

Mr• RORSFALL objected upon principle to Liver-
pool being imad
rule, that iseel e an exception to the well-established
to which the membersbill should serve on the committees
mr. BROTtimiz,a,tr locality were referred.
comsaid, this motion was the result
of an understanding
on Friday last, as this was
quite ar exception to th: to
motion.
Mr. SOTHERON opposed class of local bills.
Mr. BOUVERIE thoughttil,:'
fticient ground had
°rnmseuTtbeeers of Liverpool
been made out for depriving the
the motion.
of Their right to servo on this cora
Mr, DUNCAN and Mr. HADFIELD supported
Mr. LIDDELL and Mr. GREFNE oppowaZ
Mr. M. GIBSON said he had made ti:e
motion
accordance with what he thought was an underatanin
-
in
that no local member should serve on this emmittede g
The house then divided, wben there appeeared,
For the motion
Against it
Majority
NEW WRIT.
On the motion of Mr. HAYTER, a new writ was
ordered for Barnstaple, in the ream of Mr. Lawley, un-
seated on petition.
London, England, 1855-03-05

NOTICE.

.„
OPERATION:
INSTITUTION.
lEANT LECTURE on SIEGE OPERATION in
I`
~, ,SEBASTOPOL, by E. JEKYLL, Esq. (late Captain
Illustrated b Models and Diagrams of Fortifica-
on Monday Evening, the sth, and Tuesday Even-
-4., at Eight o'clock
London, England, 1855-03-05

RAILWAYS.

25
St.
20
St.

all
all
100
100
100

10.101.5h.,31&13
10. Eighths

I,ondon and& Westn
Do., £5O
Do., £4O
linelncirrydt Coleraine
Lndndrry. & Ennisk.
vranch.Sher & Linen
Do. No. 11
►o., Man. & Lin. Ult.

Aidland
'o. Birmng. &Derb
Yiidld. G. West. (Im)
00. Half Shares
geweastle & Carlisle
sTewmkt.Thary Eaten
Iwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd
iewry & Enniskillet
Niewry Warrenpoint
and Ro str ever.

Norfolk

Yorthn. Counties Un
orth British... .

North Devon, No. 1
Do., No. 2
)0., 1 A. Deferred
Do., B Gnarant,-ell
N. Eastern—Berwick
Do. do. Extension
Dodo. G.N.E. Porch
Do. Leeds
Do. York
'forth London
Do. New £lO

13! b

all

,
v. &.S. W strn.,Hamp-
stead, and City Jn..
worth Staffordshire
north Western
V. & S. Westrn. Jum
guneaton, Hinckle3
and Leicester..

)xford, Worcester, Is
Wolverhampton
'ortsmouth

:cottish Central

IScottishMidland.

31 'hrewsby. dti Ilerefel
X) Thropshiro Union
ii youth Devon
ioatl: Eastern
11 south Wales
A. Yrksh. dt Riv. Dnt
..

tiO
216

141 s.

taines, Wok. itWol,
Stockton & Darlin
itGlkton & Hartlepi
Fail' Vale ..
)o. £lO shares.

Do. Pref., No.
'hanks Haven Doc':
and Railway

Vale of Neath
Watcrf K k enn:.
VaterforrldtLimeri.
West Cornwall'
Vest End of Loudol
and Crystal Palace
Vest London
Wimbledu&Croydoi

Aberdeen
Ambg. Nottng Bost
and Eastn. Junct...
Belfast & Ballymena.
Binning. Wolverh
Stour Valley
Birkenhd. Lanesh dr
Cheshire Juliet
Do. Chesh. dr Birk.;
£5O and £25 Cons.
Do., £20..... ......
Myth & Tyns origina
£25 (issd. at £4s'
Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian.
Carmarthen and Car
digan
Chester & Holyhead
Cork and Dxdon
Cork, Black, & Pas:
Cornwall
Oricif .Junction
DubliildrlielfastJunc
Dundee Perth &Abe,
deco Junction
Do. New
East Anglian
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union, I'
Stock ...
l)., B Stock
Do., New A
East Lancashire
Edinburgh & Glasgov.
Edinb. and Peebles.
Edin. Prtli dr Dun&
Perth & Clyde June.
'Furness.
Extension........

Glasgow & S. Weston
cheat Northern
Do., A. Stock
Do., B. Stock
Gt. Sth. &Wcst.(lre.
Great Western
Do. Stour Val. Rail
Gua. Stk
Irish South-Eastern
Lancaster & Carlisle
Do., Thirds
Do. Now Thirds
Lancash. andYorksh
Do. Fifths
D , Wst. Riding Un
Liv.Crsby.&Southirt
London & Blackwal
bond. Bright & S.Cst
tiond. and N. Westb
Do. Fifths
London, England, 1855-03-05

SEEDS.

We have an improved demand for tares, at fully last
week's prices. For linseed aid cakes we hare only a me.
derate inquiry, on former terms. Clover and trefoil are
held at full quotations. In all other seeds very little is
doing.
Turnip,White, per bush. 22s to 25s

Swede •• •• —8
Aftst.ard, 8r0wn.... .. 12s 14s
White, aew•••••• 8s lOs
rares,Winter,uew.... 1 ls 12s
Old•• •• • • • • .... •• 93 10s
Canary,per quarter .. 443 54s
Rye grass.• •• •• • • •• 223 26s
Clover,ltedEng. (cwt.) sns 643
White •• •• 75d
Foreign Red ...• .. 463 603
White.... 54s 75s
Trefoil, new ...• 241 291

Carraway . ..• .. 44; 46s
Coriander.. • • •. .. 16s ISs
llempseed, per quarter 841 56s
Linseed, Eng. Sowing— 72s 75s
Crushing •••• • • •• 661 70s
Baltic ••••.. • • .. —s —s
Odessa .• ••• • • • 644 68s
Linseed Cake, pr. ton—

English ... 01 13 Os

Foreign,por ton 11/ Osi2T Co;
ißape Cakes, pr ten 610 s 6, 108
Rapeseed, lievr,prlst 33 'l3: 35. Os

TALLOW.

Owing to the prospect of peace with Russia,four market
is excessively heavy, and a considerable fall has taken
place in the quotations since Monday last. To-day, P.Y.C.
on the spot, is selling at 49s to 50s per cwt. There is
nothing doing for homeward delivery. Town tallow, 82s
net cash. Rough fat, 2s 101 d per Sibs.

1851. 1 1852. 1

1853.

Stock this day ......
Price of Y. C I
Delivery last week ..
Ditto from June 1....
Arrivals last week..
Ditto from Jnnel
Erk.Of Tom •••••••

1854. 1 1855.

39,612 49,344 ; 37,818 35,702 36,610
185 9d to 358 9d 44s 3d to 635 3d ,c 1 49s Od
—8 Od to —Bod 44s 6d —8 Od to 508 04
1,737 , 2,160 1,802 1,378 1,417
77,822 87,754 80.601 80,160 64,214
i 24 278 2,664 101 2,516
91,916 100,564 77,791 92,511 64,824
894 6d 1 a9l 6.1 44 9d 081 ag 54: 84
London, England, 1855-03-05

Now Ready, in 2 y01F.., 21s. bound,

/11R. SHEIL'S LEGAL AND POLITICAL.
SKETCHES.

Edited, with Notes, by M. W. SAVAGE.

" We can cordially recommend these SketclPs as interesting in
matter and brilliant In composition. Their literary merit is very
great. The revelations of the Jesuits are very remarkable. The
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in Irish politics with graphic felicity."—Atheneum.
Published for H. Colburn, by his successors, Ilurst and BlackcW
London, England, 1855-03-05

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.

Our markets are tolerably well, but net to say heavily,
supplied with most descriptions of malt. The general de-
mand is far front active, yet we kayo scarcely any change
to notice in the quotations.
Per 81bs by the cameo.
s. d. s. d.
Beef, interior 3 0 3 2
Do., middling 3 4 3 6
Do., prime large 3 8 3 10
De , do. small 4 0 4 4
Pork, largo 3 0 3 8

s. d. d.
Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 4
Do., middling 3 6 3 8
Do., prime 3 10 4 4
Veal 3 • 8 4 8
Pork, small 1.3 10 4 4
London, England, 1855-03-05

The Third Edition.—Just published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6d.
ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA,
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WOOL.

The wool sales are now concluded. About 34,000 bales
were actually disposed of, and prices showed a decline of
from 01d to ld per lb. compared with the former sales.
The following rates have been paid in the past week :
Sydney—clean sheep's, is 2d to 2s Old; lambs', is 31d to
2s 4d ; skin, is Oid to is 6(1; locks, is 9id to is 6d. Port
Philip—clean sheep's, is id to 2s Od ; lambs', is 2d to 2s
2d ; skin, 101 d to is B.id ; pieces, is ld to is 3id ; grease,
bid to 111 d. Van Diemen'sLand- -clean sheep's, is 3d to
is Bid ; lambs' is 21d to 2s Od ; skin, is to is 4d;
locks, Od to is lid ; grease, 10d to ls. Cape—clean
sheep's, 8d to is 5d ; grease, 6d to 11d. Australian—
clean sheep's, is 3*l to 2s ; slips, Od to is 4d ; pieces, lOid
to is 4d ; grease, bid to lOid. South Australian—clean
sheep's, is 2ld to is 7d; grease, is 01d to is id. East
India—sheep's, 3id to 7dd. Mogaclore—sheep's, 60d to
7i. Turkey—sheep's, 2d to 6-}d. Danish—sheep's, 4id to
51d per lb. There is little or nothing doing in the private
contract market, and most kinds of wool aro offering on,
lower terms. Last year's imports amounted. to 189 bales
from Buenos Ayres, 234 from Gibraltar, 1,751 from Algoa
Bay, 193 from Geelong, 112 from Trieste, 383 from Bom-
bay, 380 from Port Adelaide, and 985 from Port Philip.
The following are the current rates of English wool :
Combing skins, lld to is id ; short-shorn sorts, Od to is 3d ;
Down and fleeces, is Odto is Old; ewes fleeces, Is to is
0.3 d ; wether fleeces, is to is ld ; Down togs, 111.1 to is •
combing fleeces, is to
Is Oid; half-bred hoggs,ls Od to
Oid ; Leicester fleeces, lld to is Od ; Kent fleeces, is Od to
is Old ; flannel wool, is Od is 2d ; blanket wool, 7d to is
per lb.