The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-05 00:00:00

iiIVMMING, APRIL 181ifit

GRAND PROMENADE AT THE
CRYSTAL PALACE.
The committee, for the preservation of the Crystal
Palace, determined to show the capabilities to the
fullest extent for the recreation and amusement
of the public, threw it open on Saturday as a
grand promenade. A little before two o'clock
the six bands of the Househod Brigade, and of
the Royal Artillery assembled in the centre of
the transept, &c. As the clock struck two the Royal
Artillery struck up one of Streik's marches, and pro-
ceeding down the centre aisle took up its position in the
east gallery; the First Life Guards' band followed,
taking up its station on the north side of the west nave;
the 2d Life Guards and the Scotch Fusiliers proceeded
to the south and nort side of the east nave; the Grenadier
Guards to the south aide of the western nave, while the
Royal Horse Guards and the Coldstream Guards' bands
remained under the south and north transept,
where, during the remainder of the day they continued
to entertain the assembled multitude with se-
lections from faveurite composers. The building
soon filled rapidly, and towards four o'clock
it reminded us of the busiest days of the
five shilling period. Thu crowd of promenadura in the
centre was as numerous, and of as faAtionable an ap-
pearance, as we ever remember seeing in the building,
while the space under the transept was so
crowded that locomotion WAS utterly impossible.
Considering that the majority of the bands were placed
on the ground floor, surrounded by dense crowds, and
that no preparation had been made to place them in the
best position, it would be unfair to judge of the acoustic
properties of the building from the present experiment
merely.
Among the vast number of distinguished visitors were
the Duchess of Sutherland, the Marquis of Breadalbane,
the Earl of Carlisle, Lord and Lady Palmerston, the
Marchio fess of Stafford, the Countess of Hop .tours,
Lord Delawarr, Lord Normanhy, Colonel Grey, Lord
dish, Admiral Sir George Sartorius, sir Joseph Paxton,
Alfred Paget, Sir R. M. Bellew, the Hon. C. Caven-
General Sir De Lacy Evans, the Right Hon.
Sidney :Herbert, M.P., Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P., the
Right Hon, C. T. D'P.ynccurt,
M.P„ Sir Alexander
Cockburn, M.P., George Moffatt, Esq., M.P., J. Head-
lam, Esq., M.P., E. B. Roche, Esq., M.P &C.
At a about a quarter to five o'clock a belt was rung,
and the Coldstream Guards band were stopped. The
several bands in succession then marched from their se-
veral stations to the centre of the transept, one at a
time, each playing a splendid march. The drums beat
a roll, and upon a
signal ;being given, the whole seven
bands thus brigaded together struck up " God save the
Queen," and the effect was really overpowering. At
the end of each part of the anthem the multitude as-
sembled cheered in the most enthusiastic manner.
Tho brightness of the day, the varied hues of costume,
and the wonderful order and quiet which prevailed, all
combined to render it a most splendid entertainment.
It was a gorgeous sight, and the palace being emptied
of the rich contents which had made it the admiration
of the world, strangers were more than ever astounded at
the vast dimensions of the building. With reference to
the numbers who formed this " goodly meeting," it is
difficult to ascertain that point with strict accuracy, but
we were assured ou good authority as we lett that the
numbers wore about 80,000. The streams of pedestrians,
and the hosts of vehicles which pursued their way along
Piccadilly, reminded one of the opening days of the Ex-
hibition. The police were obliged for a time to compel
the returning vehicles to turn up Park-lane, in order to
remove the obstruction.
Petitions, we are informed, to both Houses of Parlia-
ment for retaining the palace have been placed on various
tables in the buildin and have been signed already by
upwards of 100,000 persons. Similar petitions will be
forwarded to the provinces for signature.

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LAND DRAINAGIC.
A lecture on drainage was delivered last week at
'smiling, near Newmarket, by Mr. Hewitt Davis. The
lecturer, in introducing the subject, said he could not
otter any information more deserving the attention of
landowners and farmers than that which was to be gained
In considering the advantages to be derived from the
thorough drainage of wet land: at first it might be sup-
posed these two clauses were the only gainers, but this
was not so ; for in drawing the water off the surface of
land, by means of underground drains, much of the
source of damp and fog is removed, and in this way the
climate of the country may be
greatly ameliorated, and
the health and enjoyment of all classes be greatly im-
proved. The lecturer entered into various plans that
have been pursued to drain land. He showed by quo-
tations from Columella and Cato, that the system of
(training 2,000 years ago had been by drains of three
and four feet deep, laid with stones and wood; and that
up to the introduction of tiles, in the last fifty years,
little or no improvement in draining bad been made.
Ho then referred to the insecurity of any other material
than tiles, and the danger in using any form but the
circle. He stated that the expansion and contraction of
a clay soil by wet and drought was such, at four feet
deep, as to crush any form but the circle, or to press up
the bottom so as to fill up the vacuum; and he exhibited
a tile choked with clay he had brought from the Regent's
Park, where they were found in all directions, and
where he was now draining four feat deep with pipes,
after many attempts had been made without success at
shallower depths and with other materials. The Board
of Health have recently published a body of evidence
and statistics referring to this subject, to which atten-
tion should be forthwith drawn. The matter is one of
great importance to the country.—Builder.

SEABORNE MAILS.
[N signifies that the malls are sent from the General
by the night—and M by the morning—Aispatch.)

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PRESERVATION or FRUITS BY STEAM
The heat of
steam destroys the ferment in fruits, so that they may be
ry preseed for a long time.
-0 learn when this point_has
been reached, it is necessary to know how high the tempera-
....
tare rises in the fluid enclosed in the bottles, when they
stand shut up in a room, the atmosphere of which has been
There
heated to 184 deg. Fehr., and to learn the time requisite as
well as the degree of heat which is necessary for the destruc-
tion of the ferment. In no instances the fluid contents of
the bottles which were placed in the steam-room reached
the temperature of the surrounding atmosphere,
until they
had stood, at the very least, an hour in it. In glass bottles,
the influence of the heat was quicker than in stone ware.
From the comwaencement of the operation, that is, when the
fire is first applied to the steam-apparatus, nearly
half an hour is required before the tempera.
bottles, when they hold 110011 t two pints, and are made of
, tare of the steam-room
glass. When made of Bthne, double that time is necessary.
These results arise from each kind of vessel requiring a
steam-room, consequentl is reached by the contents of the
different quantity of heat to raise it to the temperature of the
at a temperature of 184' deg, with the same quantity of fire
with each kind of vessel. When this temperature has been
reached in the steam-room, the contents of the glass bottles
will be at 164 deg., and those of the stone-ware ones at 86
Y, the steam-room does not arrive
deg. Mayet's researches show that fruits and their juices
do not require a temperature of 212 deg. Fehr• to preserve
them, and that 184 deg, is sufficient to destroy their ferment,
but that care must be taken to ascertain that contents of the
vessels have really reached this temperature.—Aands of
Pharmacy and Practical Chemistry.—
The
HEROIC SERVICE RECOGNISED. First Lord
of the Admiralty has addressed the following characteristic
letter to Captain George Davies,
R.N., who, it will be re-
collected , displayed such bold daring and cool judgment at
the wreck of the New Commercial, about fifteen months age,
on the Brissons' Rocks, Land's End :
" Admiralty, March 20, 1852.
"Dear Sir,— It gives me much pleasure that I am able
to offer you, for your son, the first naval cadetship which
has fallen to me, as it enables me to express to you that 1
offer it as a high mark of m approbation of the great ser-
vices you have rendered to the cause of humanity, and of
the respect which I feel for your gallant conduct at the
Lind's End. "Yours, &c.,
" NORTIIUMIIERLAND.

" Captain George Davies R.N."
This is as it should be. whole naval service, nay, al
friends to the cause of humanity, will rejoice at this public
and prompt acknowledgment Of such gallant conduct, par-
ticularly as it refers to a gentleman who has been personally
engaged in saving 20j livs from shipwreck.—The Life Boat
Journal.

SUITORS IN CHANCBRy BlLT..—This Bill
(as amended in Committee) has been printed. It contains
51 clauses. The principal prosvisions are directed to the re-
duction or abolition of fees, the payment of salaries from
the consolidated or suitors' fee fund, and the collection of
fees. All fees will be paid into the suitors' fee fund. The
offices of Clerk of Hanaper, Secretary of Decrees, one of the
gentlemen of the Chamber, the Chaff-wax, the Sealer, and
their deputies, are abolished, and the compensations to be
allowed them prescribed. The duties of the subpoena and
records.
affidavit offieel will be performed in future by the clerks of

COMMUNICATION WITH THE MAURITIUS.—There
has been no postal communication to this country from the
Mauritius since January last. Not only did the mail boat
front the Mauritius fail to reach Ceylon i❑ time for the over-
land communication in February lust, but it has also failed to
reach Ceylon in time for the mail which arrived in England
in March. The latter witty) i 3 altogether extraprdinary and
unaccuntAblo,

ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.
The anniversary festival of the Artist:: Benevolent
Institution took place on Saturday eyenin,g, at the
Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, and was at-
tended by a very large number of the friends and pa-
trons of this deserving charity. It may be necessary
to remind our readers that two charitable funds aro now

established for the purpose of rendering assistance to
those who, depending on the practice of the fine arts,
have been unfortunate in their circumstances—one enti-
tled the Artists' Benevolent Fund, the other the Artists'
'General Benevolent Institution. The first, in point of
date, is the Artists' Benevolent Fund, which was estab-
lished in 1810. It was formed by artists associated for
the laudable purpose of assisting each other during the
pressure of sickness or the infirmities of age, and for
affording relief to the widows and orphans of members.
The society, however, does not and cannot afford relief
to any artist, however great his merit or unfortunate
bia circumstances, who is not a member. The Artists'
Benevolent Institution was, therefore, founded, its object
being to extend relief to distressed meritorious artists,
whether subscribers to its funds or not, " whose works
have been generally known and esteemed by the public,
as well as to their widows and orphans," merit and dis-
tress constituting the sole claim to its benevolence.
From the establishment of the society in 1814 to De-
cember, 1851, 1,293 donations have been granted, in
sums amounting in the aggregate to 14,4831 ; thus
showing that the average of such donations has, from
the limited means at the disposal of the society, been of
necessity small. Tho amount of distress and suffering,
however, which it has been the means of relieving has
been very great; and, from the liberality with which it
affords assistance to all, whether members or not, it is
fairly entitled to the support of all patrons of the arts.
The chair was taken by the Earl of Carlisle, who was
supported by Sir Charles Locke Eastlake, President of
the Royal Academy; IL Weekes, Esq., A R.A.; Jacob
Bell, Esq., M.P.; Thomas Creswick, Esq., R.A. ; George
Godwin, Esq.; J. Scott Russell, Esq.; R. Chambers,
Esq., of Edinburgh; Charles Wigram, Esq ; E. W.
' Crake, Esq., A.R.A.; Sir W. Ross, W. C. Dendy,

Esq , &c.
The entertainment was upon a scale of unusual ele'
gauce, and there was evidently a marked and decided
improvement in the whole of the arrangements, indica-
tive of the energy and enterprise of the new proprietors
of the Freemasons' Tavern.
After the cloth had been removed, and the grace—
"For these and all thy mercies," sung by the vocalists,
who were under the direction of Mr. Hobbs,
The CHAIRMAN, in giving the first toast, said, in ad-
dition, to the loyalty they all felt, they were bound to
add their special gratitude, because in their Sovereign
they recognised one under whose immediate protection
this institution was placed by her own gracious com-
mand. He gave them—" Her Majesty the Queen,"
three times three.
Air—" God save the Queen."
The CHAIRMAN said he was now about to give them
" The Health of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the
Patron of this Institution." He need not remind them
that since his arrival in this country Prince Albert had
been recognised universally as the judicious and en-
lightened patron of the fine arts.—(Cheers.) Indeed he
was not quite sure that if his position had not confined
him to the office of being a patron, he might not have
proved himself a formidable competitor.—(Cheers and
laughter.) The general feeling of respect and gratitude
to his Royal Highness would, he was sure, not be dimi-
nished when he had the privilege of announcing to them,
1 on the part of his Royal Highness, a contribution of 504
for the purposes of the institution.—(Loud cheers.)
The toast was drunk with much enthusiasm.
Glee—" Robin Hood."
The CHAIRMAN then gave " The Health of his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales and the rest of the Royal
Family."—(Drunk with all the honours.)
The CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, I now give you the
brave defenders of our peaceful homes, " The Army and
Navy." May they long be peaceful and tranquil; and
should the occasion arise, we know that in the army and
navy we shall find hearts able and willing to defend
them.—(Cheers.)
Glee—" I wish to tune."
The CHAIRMAN, having called for a bumper, rose
and said—Gentlemen, we are now come to the toast
which more especially concerns the purpose of our being
assembled here this evening. In addressing an audience
like this, and on an occasion like the present, one must
always feel groat difficulty, because some of those whom
I address must be perfectly well acquainted with the
subject-matter which it is my duty to place before them,
and besides their acquaintance with the subject, I pre-
sume that many feel and understand the purposes of the
present meeting. Therefore, anything that I can sub-
mit to you in the way of information would seem to be
superfluous, and anything is the way of an appeal a
work of supererogation. You must all of you know,
Gentlemen, that the two essential conditions for admis-
sion to the benefits of this institution are distress and
merit. I think these have been most appropriately and
wisely made indispensable conditions; beyond this I un-
derstand there is no exclusion or limitation whatever.
That distress should be one of the conditions of course
follows as a necessary result from its being a benevolent
institution, but I think it has also been most salutary to
make merit another necessary ingredient; for this
shelters it from the only objection which I conceive
might otherwise attach to an undertaktng of this kind.
It it could be said that you are opening the door to me-
diocrity, and that it was assumed, as we all know it is
by some, that decided talent and natural genius in art
will always ensure their own way and command their
own success—if, in addition to this, you should be con-
ferring a provision upon any one who, without those
claims of superior merit, might pretend to them, it might
then be contended that you were alluring to a precarious
service, which was almost sure to terminate in failure
and disappointment, the hopes, the energies, end the ex-
pectations of a life which might elsewhere find a more
appropriate development and a more legitimate exercise.
—(Hear, hear.) You have done wisely, then, I think, to
make merit as well as distress an iudispenable condition
for the reception of your bounty. But will it be said
that merit can, in all cases, ensure its own re-
ward, and that it is necessary to make no provision for
it? Alas! this might be the ease, Gentlemen, in some
world perhaps not too bright for the glowing imagina-
tion of the painter to portray, but brighter at all events
than the one in which our own lot is cast, for it takes no
account of the numberless shocks and vicissitudes which
in an age and a country like this must affect private as
well as public fortunes, the patron as well as the painter.
—(Hear, hear.) Not to mention the changes of taste
and the caprices of fashion, you must know well that it
comes within the range of probability, nay, often within
the range of your own experience, that the cold grasp
of disease will palsy the fingers that have shed their
witcheries over the glowing landscape, and handed down
to distant ages the lineaments and 'features of those who
are most renowned and most hndeared to us—the fingers
that have fixed the fleeting traits of character, worked
out the mysterious treasury of passion and feeling,
breathed life into the glowing marble, and in the service
of our solemn temples, our glittering palaces, and stately li
halls, have rendered architecture the fitting frame-
work and sister of the other arts.—(Cheers.) You
know well that time when age dims the eye, and dulls
the fancy at the sudden touch of disease—when the
failure of the nerves, and all the other incidents to
which flesh is heir, have prevented the cunning of the
hand from giving any longer effect to the glowing con-
ceptions of the brain.--(Hear, hear.) I take up the
paper which has been placed in my hands to-day, and I
find among the dry details of this institution many items
calculated to impart to it a deep and affecting interest.
I find that during the year just past, the society has
relieved 63 cases, involving an expenditure of upwards
of 8001. Among the recipients of your bounty I find
" a distinguished artist," " a highly talented artist,"
" the widow of a miniature painter, " the widow of a
landscape painter," "an architect and draughtsman,"
" the widow Mt a portrait painter," " the daughter of
an historical engraver," and many others of the same
class, who have been relieved as far as the means of
the institution would permit. In the toast which I last
proposed, " The Army and Navy," you are aware that
for the shattered limbs and declining years of our naval
And military veterans this country has provided noble
and costly receptacles to shield their declining years;
but you are also aware, and I say it Rot as a mat-
ter of complaint but of fact, that for the votaries
of art, for the peaceful votaries of the fine arts, no such
provision is made. Painting has not her Chelsea, sculp-
ture and architecture have not their Greenwicb.—(Hear.)
They may be employed during their years of health and
vigour in commemorating deeds of valour, and in trans-
mitting the lineaments and forms of successful conque-
rors to distant ages. Alexanders may still draw after
them their Apelles in their train; but with respect to
the fine arts, for sheltering their broken fortunes they
must rely, not on nations, but individuals—not on the
public, but ou their patrons—not on England, but on
you.—(Cheers.) It is in their decay of fortune, it is in
their night of distress, it is in the cold shadow of penury
and neglect that they appeal to you for your kindly
and compassionate aid, and I trust they will not make
that appeal in vain, and that you will not dispute
their moral claims, or grudge the benefits which you
confer upon the recipients of your bounty. Think
much of them, bat also think of the matter as it
bears upon yourselves. Of yourselves it must be ad-
mitted that, whether considered in your individual
capacity, or as citizens of a free community, the
nation to which you belong has derived great, essential,
real, and practical bensfit from the pursuit and encou-
ragement of the fine arts.—(Hear, hear.)—They have
had much of civilising, much of humanising, and much
of cnobling influence. Well, then, for the gratitude
which I make sure you will all feel, you cannot find a
more appropriate relief—but I would rather not use
that term—you cannot find a happier opportunity fur the
indulgence of that gratitude than in aiding the benefits
which are furnished by the operations of this society ;
and thus you will, one and all of you, shed over your
memory hues which you may find, if you will, mote
tender then those which glowed upon the canvas of
Cor-
reggio—more divine than those which bathed the dreams
of Raphael, because they have tho tenderness and the
dignity of charity itself.—(Cheers.)
Sir CHARLES EASTLAKE said he had been entrusted
with the next toast, their " The health of th •
CecrisilinHaueiswheads
Chairman, the Earl of Carlisle."
se visible of his own inability to do justice to the claims
of his Lordship to the respect
w of all
was
all who were con-
at cted with the arts, and he
drink the toast with the sincerest good will. sure
woo had
* many reasons whichTherewould
elm presence 'y to solicit his Lordship's induced the so-
--iv obvious that he need deed, they were so ob on that occasion
not refer to
them . He need not remind them of the groat interest
his Lordship bad always taken, and the exertions which
he hm i always brought to bear in forwarding the in-
terests of those who were connected with the arts. He
confer sed, however, that the chief reason why they had
solieinid him to preside and to aid them on the present
occasion was their knowledge of his hearty benevolence
—of a benevolence which, from the tweeted times us

exerted by his family whenever the cause of humanity posed militia fo
could be advanced, whether in advocating the claims of tor and sudden emergeecyeLHera
the suffering eons of genius, or in support of those other
institutions which excite their commisseration, or solicit
their aid in belielf of those who were dificient in the
commonest gifts and endowments of this life. When he
(Sir C. Eastlake) had ventured to ask his Lordship to
preside on the last anniversary, his reply, although not
intended as a refusal or impediment, was, that " he had
served." It appeared that he had presided at the festival
of the sister institution, the Artists' Benevolent Fund;
thus affording another proof his readiness at all times to
promote charitable objects. He had only alluded to the
circumstance in order to notice the expression he had
quoted—" I have served," an expression that might
have been used accidentally, but was really characteristic,
because it implied that the promotion of the cause of
benevolence and humanity was one of the duties that
devolved upon the nobility of that country.—(Cheers.)
They might, be thought, humbly hope for a blessing on
that country in which the noble and the effluent reck-
oned it among their obligations to serve their distressed
brethren and their inferiors, but iu the truest spirit of
brotherhood.—(Loud cheers.) Birth and lineage woule
ever command that generous loyalty for which this
country was distinguished; but they might rejoice that
their nobility aimed at higher titles to their esteem and
respect—titles which " not all the blood of all the
Howarth " could command—(Applause)—and which
were founded on the lasting esteem and gratitude of the
nution.—(Loud cheers.)
The toast was drunk with much enthusiasm.
The Earl of Ceetneseu, who was received with great
cheering, said—Gentlemen, I feel the extreme kind-
ness of my friend Sir Charles Eastlake in introducing
my name, and I assure you I feel a real gratification in
presiding ou this occasion, and feel that I am doing an
act of homage which is always due to the delight-
ful service of art, and although, unhappily for my.
self, I am not one who ministers iu her temples,
I shall ever be proud to bo allowed to assist in
distributing alms at her gate. (Much cheering.)
I am sure you all feel that the time is come when we
should express our feelings of respect for the Royal
Academy and for Sir Charles Eastleke, who has been
appropriately selected as its president.—(flour.) It is
not for me, in au audience like this, to dwell upon the
substantial services which the Royal Academy has.ren-
dered to the public taste, and the services it has rendered
to art in general. I behave they have been great and
various, and that every day they are more and more
appreciated; and I am sure the Royal Academy will
stand still higher in public estimation from having a
man like my friend Sir Charles Eastlake in the honour
able position of its president.—(Cheers.) The works
of Sir Charles have done honour to his heart as well as
to his genius; and among hi 3 other merits may be
reckoned his love for the sister art of poetry. Ile has
quoted for me a line of Pope, and I am always willing
to follow such a lead and retaliate. I may say, then,
that I congratulate the country and the Royal Academy
that it has placed in the most distinguished position in
connexion with the service of the fine arts a gentleman
who has both illustrated by his example, and discrimi-
nated by his precepts, the various kinds of excellence in
all the branches of his own delightful art—who has
evinced

[ual to meet

" Carracci's strength, Correggio's softer line,
Carlo's free touch, and Titian's warmth divine."
(Great applause.) It is fitting that such a man should
preside over the important and honourable institution at
the head of which he is placed. and I therefore give
you, Gentlemen, " Sir Charles Eastlake and the Royal
Academy."
Sir CHARLES EASTLAKE briefly responded to the toast.
The following toasts were afterwards given: —" The
British Institution and all the other Societies established
for the Promotion of the Fine Arts," " The Artists' An-
nuity and Benevolent Funds," The Officers of the Insti-
tution," and " The Ladies."
The company separated shortly after eleven o'clock.
In the course of the evening the secretary announced a
long list of subscriptions and donations to the institution,
amounting to above 6001. Mr. Toole officiated as toast-
master.

Now, the most superficial observer cannot fail to be
struck with the immense steam power of France—for
whilst Great Britain boasts of one hundred and thirty.
four men•of-war steamers, France is now able to gory
in no less than one hundred and eighteen I But what is
more curious and instructive is—that of this number
sixty-one are designated as large steamers, whilst Eng-
land has only thirty seven answering to that descrtption ;
and that there should be no possible mistake upon the
subject, Mr. Stafford stated, in a bold and candid manner,
that "it was shown in a letter from Mr. Turnbull, our
Consul at Marseilles, that one of these steamers, tho
Montezuma, carried in 1848 from Oran to Port Vendree,
from the 20th to the 24th of April, 1818 men of the 6th
Light Infantry and 56th Regiment of the Line, and 195
officers and crew of the ship—making 2,013 men
altogether "

, -
d e his
m o n
This statement seemed to have considerable effect
upon the Hon. Member for the West Riding of York-
shire, who the preceding evening had been edifying
s preparation
threatened o f
the House with a tedious description of the time o
s cape.tre
- d-
cdui
tpt ioend btyo NEa pg oylpe
to,n i n
and thhei
tion from Boulogne. But when the Secret
Admiralty showed that one steamer could to the
days' voyage convey 1818 soldiers fromin
a four
I to France, and that France had 61 large Africa
effect was so perfectly electrical as to demolish steamers, the
the specious and fine-spun argument at once
peace I Nor did the Secretary
of
the
of the friends of
here. He pointed out in strong and e Admiralty stop
that the very difficulties which forcible language
1802—viz., that of collecting prevented invasion in
troops, providing trans-
ports, embarking them in small bar and tidal harbours,
and exposing them to all the perils of a lee-shore, and
the dangers of capture i
culties which mode n detail, were the identical diffi-
culties science had overcome, by the
practical application, to purposes of war, of the electric
telegraph,
railways, and steam-vessels—both paddle
sad screw !
" Don't let the 11 for the West Riding
Hon. Member
look back to the begin •of
ning this century for a prece-
dent," exclaimed the Sethe Admiralty, " when
Secret to
.Ancona, Algiers, Civita Vecchia, and Palermo, are fresh
Oa our recollection."
Fresh, indeed! and it would be well had the Gallant
Member for Brighton (Sir George Pechell) participated
in this freshness ; for, if confidence be not placed by
the nation at large in the pacific intentions of France, as
inferred by Mr. Cobden, this cannot be said to apply to
the good yolks of Brighton, or their gallant representa-
tive. Here is a town with 65,000 souls—the fifth town
in the kingdom in payment of assessed taxes, with
9,000,0001 of money invested in railways—within four
hours' steam of the French coast—without a single fort,
a battalion of infantry, a company of artillery, or a vessel
of wart And yet it is asserted we place no mfidanco
in the pacific intentions of France!

Look at Worthing, Brighton, Hastings, Ramßgate,
Margate, Yarmouth, Hull, Newcastle, Leith, Dundee,
and Aberdeen, and then let us turn our eyes to the
towns on the French coast, and great indeed will bo the
contrast.

Mr. Stafford accomplished two great objects, and for
doing so be merits our warmest acknowledgments. He
opened the eyes of the House of Commons to our real
dangers, and extracted flora it the admission that it
was to the navy we must, in a great measure, look for
national defence, and that to make assurance doubly
sure, the eetletrY Mot possess, in addition to the pro-

THE COUNT ill A IRKT-TS.,

LIVERPOOL, APRIL 3.—Prices are well supported today.
ANCTI ESTE.R., Aritm 3.—No material change has occurred
in the state of the trade during the week, the demand for all
articles having continued extremely limited. On .the part of
holders, however, somewhat more steadiness was exhibited, and
in the limited business passing previous prices were tolerably
well maintained. Into Liverpool or Runcorn there are no
arrivals coastwise worthy of notice, and Irons Ireland the chief
supplies consist of 6,705 quarters of oats and 6,805 loads of
oatmeal. From abroad we have to notice further liberal im-
por ations of wheat and beans, with, however, only moderate
quantities of other produce. Our market this morning was
again of a lifeless character, but so little change occurred in
the value of any article that we cannot alter the quotations of
this day se'nnight.
Norma; vast, Area. 3.—Yesterday, at Derby, trade was ,
very langutb.de,ata,ndrebdo, th4owshetoat42asn;d
white, Otis
r4dulsedto 4
Is 4
perquart:edr
lower. Wheat,
stone. Barley, for malting, 28s to 33s ; for grinding, 28s to
30s per 3 stone. Oats, 21s to 24s per 24 stone. Beans, old,
39s to 40s per 38 stone. Flour, 31s to 32s ; super, 33s to
34a per 20 stone. At our own market to-day we had a very
small supp'v of wheat at market, but quite equal to the des
mind. Only the finest samples maintained their price ; se-
ca ornedoanreyt sortsreduction
of
fwiesre
perl pers
quarter. quarteri n oatslo w er.
and
beansslow
no
The present prices of grain and flour in Nottingham are as
follow :—Wheat, old white, 46s to 49s per 36 stone; new
alteration. salea
ditto, 43s to 483; old red, 38s to 43s ; new ditto, 39s to 42s ;
barley, 27s to 31s per quarter; for grinding, 27s to 23s per 30
stone ; oats, 20s to 23s per 24 stone ; beans, old, 36s to 33
stone ; new. 30s to 33s ; Egyptian, 31s to 325; flour, super,
31s to 363 per 20 stone; fine, 28s to 30s.
j At Ipswich trade was dull; the maltsters are bringing the
season to a close, and are disinclined to buy much barley. At
Woodbridge the supply was short, but both wheat and barley
were is. per quarter cheaper. At Bury the millers bought
picked samples of wheat at late rates, Lbut all other descrip-
tions were is. lower. On Thursday, at Stowinarket, wheat
was in short supply, but cheaper, and though there was a good
supply of fine barley, little business was done, as the holders
insisted on late rates.
WORCESTER, APRIL 3.—At our market to-day farmers
were inclined to hold, but the transactions effected were at
last week's prices. Millers would not advance. English
white wheat is worth lbs 6d to 169 6d per bag of three bushels,
and red 14s 6d to 15s 6d. Malting barley maintains its value
—about 4s per bushel; grinning 3s 6d. English beans, 41
for new, and 4s 6d to 4s 10d for old. Foreign, 33 8d to 3s 10d. r.
Old English oats, 3s 4d to 3s 6d per 391 b, and new 2s 9d to
3s 3d. Irish, 2s 8d to 3s. Spring vetcoes, 4s to 4s 6d;
winter, 3s 10d to 4s 4d. White peas, 3s 8d to 4s per bushel ;
gray, from 3s Gd to 3s 10d per bushel. Averages:—Wheat,
21 10did per quarter.; barley, 1/ 10s Sid.
At Stourbridge market on Friday there was a fair demand
for wheat at fully last week's rates. Barley, however, receded
in value Is per quarter. Beans, peas, and oats stationary.
Vetches and clover seed are flat.
At Wolverhampton the supply was short, and dealers being
firm, last week's prices were fully supported, but business was
not brisk. English white wheat sold at 5s 4d to 5s 6d per
621 b ; and red 5s Id to 5s 3d. Malting barley depressed and
difficult of sale at 28s to 30s per quarter, being is per quarter
lower. Beans remained uualtered in value and less inquired
for at lls 6d. to 12s for new, and 13s to 14s for old, per 19611).
Oats a hunted sale at rather lower prices, good English at 21%
to 225, and Irish 19s 6d to lls per 3121 b.
At Kidderminster market there was but a 'short supply 51
wheat on sale, and trade was dull at a decline of is per
quarter. Barley not in demand, and the sale was limited at,
last week's rates. Oats dull at former quotations. Beans and
peas a slow sale.
GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, APRIL 1. —At our market
to-day the numbers were oxen, 69 I ; sheep, 894. The sor
ply of cattle was larger than last week, and the quality of a
superior description. Prices much the same as last week.
Best ox beef 445, current 40s to 425, 'inferior 32s to 36s pet
cavt.,all sold. The market was well supplied with good sheet
and the demand brisk. Best mutton bid, current 5d to 510
per lb, inferior 41c1 per lb. ; all sold.
DALKEITH, APRIL I.—The relative weight per four bushelis
of the three prices of wheat were 18st 111 b, 18st 41b, and 16st
121 b. Oats, 12st 31b, 12st 31b, and 1l st 911). Barley, 16st 21b,
15st 91b, and 15st 11b. Peas and beans, 19st 71b, 18st 211),
Ind 17st 51bs.
Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior.
233 Wheat ..,,....,£2 6 6 £2 1 3 £1 15 0
1044 Oats ........ 1 3 4 1 1 4 018 0
233 8ar1ey............ 1 12 6 1 9 0 1 4 6
65 Peas and Beans 1 17 0 114 0 1 10
Average of wheat 40s lid.
ABERDEEN, APRIL 2.—Grain—Oats 17s 9d to 18% 34
401bs per bushel ; barley, 24s Gd to 00s Od, 521bs per bushel ;
bear, 2456 d to 26s Od, 521bs per bushel; wheat, red 35s to 375;
ditto, white 42sto 435, 621bs per bushel; oatmeal,l4s ud to 150
per boll ; flour, 32s to 32s 6d per sack. Provisions—Beef,
4d to 6d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 4d to 6d; veal, ditto, 44
to 6d ; pork, per stone, 3s to 3s 6d ; lamb, per qr., 5s to 6s Od ;
tallow, per stone, 33 Od to 3s 6d ; potatoes, per peas
4d to 6d ; rabbits, each, Od to Od; hares, each, 00
to Os Od; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 8d to 9.1;
eggs, per doe, 5d to 7d ; cheese, per cwt,, Os to Os Od • heat;
per pair, 2s 6d to 3s Od; chickens, ditto, 2s 6clto 3s Od; ducks, doo
2s Od to 2s 6d; ducklings, ditto, Os to Os Od; turkeys, per pair,lo.
to Ss Od; geese, ditto, 7s to 88 ; butter for exportation (present
tocoisir4tel)d,
to; per
bsc wloodta,6p6Oosdi.t ok; 6fi2nl2sbe
osemagf, wall, holesaleo pert) i cosedt,n;pneepr
oodrfokz, ectriet:
3tp
ehosi
teD6isa
Meal
—Oatmeal,
11:stom:a3serd:
l;
lissßdh9:
tidtspot2so2.dp—isos
or
vtkidoo:ipf per
airsddi barrelnidis;ea oldebl:a
rtuaooelnfes
d7yd2( fia3;d4nbalebtr.se,m9doeasit,toolsodoi,
;h
barley,
ny o'pealrtelbra,tliond ttoo2rde;p
obratrleiga
flour, Is 5d to is 6d.
tcurrenciesion of
grain a t our
met corna vmarketery
dull
26s Od ; red ditto, 22s Od to 23s 6d ;ytr;ansactions were chiefly confined to retail. Wheat, white, 23s Od
to 15s Od ; bere, Os Od to Os Od ; oats, 10 Od 11 6d • 103".'
s to s , rape
seed, 14s Od to 17s 6d ; oatmeal,
flour,
per cwt, 12; 6d to 15s • Indian
lls 6d to 12s Od; baker!,
barley, 12s dles2scri:
to 31s Od. corn, per 4801 b, 295011,

CORK, APRIL 2.
The trade continues exceedingly dull, and there ar
pears no immediate prospect of a return to activity or br!sa:
ness. Very large arrivals from abroad have
taken pial
daring the week, and these, acting on a previously depressed
market, have caused a decline in the value of the principal
articles of consumption, Wheat, in particular, has been s!".. ously affected, and with a considerable depreciation in pric!!
athfehabmuseingersasinpoisssitntigitiniszmtohdeertaetceeiin the extreme. The suPP,7
—Wheat, 51 brls. at 17s 6d t, 2pltss 12s 8d to 14$. ;axis, 1,302 brls, at N 10d to Ils 6A per barre.
,
Wheat gave way to the extent ef 6d per barrel on the vraeAs,
3fodr; thew
barley,ee k29b9eibnrgisolit
Barley continues firm, and oats are unchanged in value. l'
we have already remarked the transactions in foreign wheat sre
very restricted, although holders, anxious to meet the view'
of purchasers, are willing to sell at the reduction which has
taken place, and which we cannot look upon as less than fOl
Is per barrel on the week. Barley is A
-,rm and unchaeg,:d clu
value. Oats are dull and difficult of sale,
the trade remaining
precisely in the state noticed in our last. The trade in 611.1:
flour also is very dull. Bakers, impressed with the idea thato must give way in value, buy only as their more pressing wan"
require, and the consequence is a dull and dragging trade'
Coare flours continue in good demand. The business passing,
in Indian Crrn is very moderate, for though holders have made
a concession of 2s 6d per ton buyers are seeking a still further
reduction in the article. We quote the value of Galatz 7/ ta
712 s 6d per ton.
. --
°OOOO (Id(
idd
tt attt
oaoo °°o
000000:::
Od 0°(04) ddi i
Barrels.
White wheat, .
.. . .. . 000181.
0 Barley ......... t
0 Ditto .........00s Od to 00s Od 00s 0d—.16 do
0 Ditto ......... 001 Od to 00s Ott 0 Bere. ........ -.00, Od to 00s Od Os Od
188 Oats ......... ... 9s 4d to 10a 4d
000 DittoDßei
tdt
ow h.. e..
..........
80 Ditto ... ...... I.os 4d to 11s Ed Ws Od-14 de
0 Ditto ... ..... 00s Od to 00s Od
00 Pigs, ........ .00s Od to 00s Od 00. Od per old
Quantity sold at the Highest Prices.--
0 barrels white wheat; 0 red ; 0 barley; 0 bare; 2 oats;
}
0 pigs.
Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week t.....
Wheat, 68. Barley, 269. Oats, 2,246. Pigs, 210.
Return of Cattle sold for week ending March 27.
Pigs, 645. Sheep, 425. Cows, 95.
Comr.—Flour—First 12s 6d to 14. Od; extra 14s Od;
seconds, 11s Od to 12s0d; households 94 to 10e 6d; thirds, 71 t°9ll
per cwt. Oatmeal 10s6d to 1 ls; Indian meal 7s 6d to 7593; wheat'
meal, 10, to lOs 64 per cwt. Indian corn 712. 6d to 717 s 6d Pt9'.
ton. Bran 85sto87s6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 20s to 325; averse_
28.; dealers 32. to 40s Od; average 34s per ton. Stz aw-:-Fartesr7
14. Od to 32. Od; averap 18, ; dealers 00s od to 009 IS:
IX)oos7:dd-11‘120:07dostarje
average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 64d to 0,1 r
household loaf bid to Od per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d 1°
1b1.2455. EgOod67—L4sydn4deyt°ls4sg;6dLralohrtine hundred.
CA:4101111::
—Beef 4id to 7d;l smflut9tdonl3.srd
I:oedhw:p ek
Ty
tr,
12s 6d per ton. Tallow 371 Od to 38. Pim °eat
7d ; pork 4,1 f."
-'''
..' 'll ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 5d per lb. Hope
8181; to 9/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 2.117 s 6d to 310 s per tog.
h herrings 19$ to 019,i, .°
imperial gallon.
;galvloeidn.
5.111ir,
‘.O.
Bark, red 71to 8/ lOs per ton. Fleece wool 14. to 15. per star":
Hemp 29/to 341 per ton. Fish—Se°te ditto, 24s to 00s per barrel ; Newfoundland, 10/ Os to 111_ pe_
ten. Tinsber—Memel, 70s per ton; red pine, 31 51 ; rine*
ditto 2/ 15
Market 18
, a per ton ; L(146,20.151
tato
261861pepet!aw100t
;.
a to 255;
Potatoes,.aped 20.
white 8d to 9d; Pinkl
3d to Od per lb. an 101 101 to ell; Ichabret 1^"
10d to 12d. Guano—Perim '
Tar—Archangel, 191 per barrel.
to 9108 per ton. Tsr—k calf skim

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had failed. See extract from mil
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fected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach which all the most
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eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the continent, had "4
been able to effect; nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Ma:
rienbad. (Signed) " ALDBoaouoa” These wonderftil pills vi bare any disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway'-
Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, Iri."
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BIRTHS.

O A 114;i.
Oldham, M.A.
On the 31st ult., at Glasgow, the wife of the Rev. R. S
On the Ist inst., at Glengall-terrace, Mrs. H. Dettmar.
On the Ist inst., at Forest-hill, Sydenham, Mrs. H. Smith-
OF A DAUGHTER.
rempler Esq
On the 2d inst., at Montague.square, London, the wife of
George D. O'Kelly
On the let inst., at St. 'Leonard's-on-Sea, the wife of C-
O. Coilde Pemberton, Esq.

MARRIED. On the Blst ult., at Hersham, R. D. Aldrich, Esq., R.N.
Inspecting Commander of the Banff District, Scotland, to
Elizabeth S,rutt, only daughter of the late William Jeakeav
Esq., of Hershael, Surrey.
On the Ist inst. at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Frederick
Gibbs M. Banfill,,Esq., of Newton Abbot, Devon, to Emma, seventh (laughter of the late John Cross, Esq., of Grove'
house, Cheshunt, Herts.

DIED.
On the Ist inst., at Westbourne:place, Eaton-square, Ed-
ward Kent Young, formerly Captain H. M. 18th Regiment,
and second son of the late Lieutenant-General R. Young.
On the Ist inst., aged 71, Susanna, wife of John Kyle,
Esq., Anglesey, Gosport.
On the 30th ult., at Stoke-hall, Ipswich, Joseph Burch
Smyth, Esq., aged 86.
On the 2d inst., in Wandsworth-road, Mr. Thomas Grove,
sen„ lee of Charing-cross, aged 79.
On the 30th ult., Isabella, wife of the Rev. C. J. Hutton,
rector of Ilketshall, St. John's, Suffolk, aged 53.

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London: Printed and Published by MIIRDO YOUNG,"
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Strand, in the Preeinct of the Savoy, ih the counti of
Alodsys April 5, 1853.