The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-15 00:00:00

Miss Stabbach's Concert.

The May sunshine brings, as usual, all our musi-
cal friends to town to enliven the cares of the ses-
sion with song and melody. Miss Stabbacb, one of
our most popular and Promising young singers,
took her part in the entertainment of the public by
giving a very attractive and superior concert on
Tuesday evening at the Hanover square Rooms.
The artistes engaged were of the highest order of
talent, vocal and instrumental. Miss Stabbacb's
tcoleafruslolpraaanvoanvtsge in several choice morceaux.oice and cultivated style were heard
Among them was a new song by the popular com-
poser, Langton Williams. Mdlle, Georgi is a new
candidate for popular approval, while Mr. Lewis
Thomas is an old established favourite. He pm-
messes a bass voice of a high order, and has been
gradually acquiring a high and still rising reputa-
tion. The instrumentalists were among the first
performers. Madame Arabella Goddard was, for
some unexplained reason, unable to take part in
the entertainment ; but there at least Signor Piat i
was to evidence anew his marvellous skill on 'he
violoncello. The conductors were Herr Wilhe m
Ganz and Signor Randegger, who were, as usual,
very efficient. The concert was almost, we might
say, as a matter of comae, very well attended, and
may be ranked at once among the successes of the
musical season,

A deputation from the Corporation of Birming-
ham, consisting of Mr. Alderman Ryland, Mr.
Councillor Sadler, and Mr. Councillor Wiggin, accompa-
nied by the Right Hon. C. B. Adderley, M.P., Mr. Joan
Bright, M.P., and Mr. W. Scholefield, M,P., had an inter •
view yesterday with Sir G. Grey on the utilisation of the
sewage of towns and the prevention of the pollution of rivers
and streams.

A deputation from the British North American
Association had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle
on Wednesday, at the Colonial-office, on the subject of the
of the Intercolonial Railway. The deputation was intro-
duced by Mr. R. W. Crawford, M.P., chairman.
PORTSMOUTH, Wednesday, 6
p.m.—A strong
W.S.W. gale set in here on Monday, and, accorn-
panied by a heavy and seasonable fall of rain, increased in
force up to daylight this morning, when the wind somewhat
moderated, and the rain ceased. It still, however, blows
hard in the Channel. The ship Captain Cook, from Lon-
don, bound to New Zealand, with passengers, put into the
anchorage at the Motherbank this morning to get the iron
fittings of her foreyard repaired, which had been damaged
during the gale outside. The Norwegian bi ig Alma, Capt.
Christian Elorun, laden with salt from the Mediterranean,
was driven ashore near the Atherfield rock in Chale Bay at
about half.past 10 o'clock last evening. Captain Elorun
and Line men were saved from the wreck by the exertions
of Lieut. Mugford and the coastguardsmen at the Ather-
field sta ion. The telegraphic message from Brighstone is
so imperfect that it is quite impossible to ascertain whether
any lives have been lost or not. On Monday the barometer
fell from 30.1 to 2913, and yesterday and last night it; fell to
29 6, rising to 29.7 by 9 a.m. this morning. It is now slightly
on the rise.

FEDERAL RECRITITS.—It is reported in shipping
circles that 1,000 Irish recruits proceed to New
York in the steamer Great Eastern, and that the passage
money has been found and paid by agents of the Federal
Government. Had such a scandalous violation of the
Foreign Enlistment Act been perpetrated by agents of the
Confederate States Mr. Adams would, no doubt, have been
heard frsm in Downing-street, and our contemporaries with
Northern sympathies would hays been loud in their con-
demnation.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

POLAND.

LEMBERG, MAY 14

Rumours are currant of risings in several districts
of Volbynia and Podolia.

The news of the dispersion of Jezioranski's insur-
gent corps is confirmed. At last accounts he had
scarcely 300 men left under his command. 150 of
his corps were detained in Galicia. After the en-
gagement with Jezioranski and Russians retired
from the frontier and concentrated at Minosow.

Czachowski's corps has also been dispersed.

BRODY, MAY 14

On Sunday last 600 well-armed insurgent cavalry
occupied Lubar, in Vo!hynia, and, having been re-
inforced by 200 men, marched, under the command
of the brothers Dania, upon Ostropol and Labun.

CRAOW, MAY 14

An insurrection has broken out in the Russian
province of the Ukraine, especially near the town
of Balocerdient.

The 13th of May, the term fixed for the expira-
tion of the amnesty, passed without any noticeable
event taking place in Warsaw.

SPAIN.

MADRID, MAY 13, EVENING,

The Correspondencia of to-day states, that al
though the Intant Don Juan has given in his sub
mission to the Government of the Queen, he wil
remain excluded from Spanish territory.

TURKEY.
TRIESTE, MAY 14,

General Tarr has arrived at Constantinople.

The Porte has received a Note from France in-
viting it to join the diplomatic action of the Western
Powers in favour of Poland. The Shah of Persia is
said to have received a similar Note.
The earthquake on the Island of Rhodes has de-
stroyed 2,200 houses in 22 villages.

GREECE.

ATHENS, MAY 1

The English, French, and Austrian Ministers
have addressed Notes to the Provisional Govern-
ment relative to excesses committed by the mili-
tary, and calling upon the Government to take
energetic measures to prevent the recurrence of
similar acts.

INDIA.
(By Telegraph from Suez.)

BOMBAY, APRIL 28

A cousin of Nana Sahib, who was recently
arrested, has been tried and sentenced to transpor-
tation for life.

FRANCE,

PARIS, MAY 15.

The Ministers of War and Marine have received
dispatches from Vera Cruz to the 16th April, which
have been published to•day. These documents in-
clude a report of General Forey, dated April 2d, and
a journal of his operations till that date inclusive.
After six days had been employed in cutting
trenches, Fort St. Xavier was carried by assault.
notwithstanding a vigorous resistance by the
Mexicans. During the night of the 31st March,
and the succeeding day, the troops occupied several
blocks of houses, among which was the convent
Guadalupite.

The troops continued to advance without much
loss by means of trenches and by blowing up walls.
Preparations were being made to storm the
cathedral on the 3d April, which is the highest
point in the city.

It was not thought that the siege operations
would continue for any lengthened period.
The successes obtained at Puebla were unhappily
purchased by severe losses. Five officers, among
whom is General Laumiere, and 56 soldiers, were
killed, and 30 officere and 443 privates wounded.
Of the latter, however, 250 only entered the ambu-
lances.

During the operations General Comonfort several
times endeavoured to send money to the Mexican
garrison, which it stood much in need of; but he
was invariably repulsed.
The French expeditionary corps is well provided
with provisions and war material for the whole
time the operations were likely to last.
The health of the troops is excellent, even at
Vera Cruz, where not a single case of yellow fever
exists.

The losses of the enemy in the different engage

ments were heavy.
The majority of the prisoners who have been cap-
+ured have expressed a wish to join the corps of
General Marquez.

RUSSIAN ATROCITIES.

A Warsaw letter in the Czas gives the following

nformation

" We have received some details respecting the engage-
ment which took place on the 29th of April, at Suprasl,
near Bialystok. At this affair several Russian officers and
80 soldiers joined the insurgents. The Russian report, as
usual, claims the advantage; it pretends that the insur-
gents were driven back into the marshes, and estimates their
loss at 30 killed. We shall wait for information from Polish
sources. A band of asnasins, organised and paid by the
authorities of Wilna, is, under the pretext of searching for
arms, overrunning Livonia with sword and fire, pillaging,
massacring, and burning everything on their way. A thou.
sand of these wretches lately invaded the domain of Wyzki,
the residence of Baron Mehl, who had as guests at the aro
ment his two brothers, Count Komar and Prince Mirski.
These three persons were shamefully ill-treated, and after-

,ards loaded with chains. The coachman, who was so bold
as to defend his stables, had his skull split open by a blow
om a hatchet, and was then quartered I A young Cossack
in the service of the count was murdered. These horrible
scenes were crowned by the burning of the chateau and
all its dependencies. The three prisoners were thrown into
a dungeon of the fortress of Dunabourg. Baron Mohl's
peasants, far from joining in the pillage, aided in the escape
of the baroness, whom they conducted disguised to the rail•.
way. Unfortunately, being recognised there by the soldiers,
she had to undergo all kinds of ill treatment notwithstand-
ing her being enciente. At Dunabourg, exhausted by suffer-
ing and fatigue, she had a miscarriage, attended with
dreadful suffering. Another band broke into the residence
of M. Urbain Benislawski, who was also loaded with chains
and taken to the fortress. The Abbe Krandra, cure of the
district, was seized in the church and carried ff. The
peasant. saved M. Benislawski's three daughters. Fourteen
other chateaux were pillaged and burned by the ruffians
sent from Wilna. The peasants, disgusted at the sight of
these infamies, have joined the insurgents in large nutn-
hers, and have opposed an energetic resistance to a band
who attempted to pillage the chateau of Dubno. The
National Government has reduced Colonel Seytried for not
having arrived to the assistance of Jung in time."

RUMOURS OF MEDIATION.—A letter appears in
the Rio de Janeiro journals from General Webb,
the American Minister, contradicting a report in that capi-
tal that the Federal Government had expressed a willing..
ness to agree to the arbitration of the Emperor of Brazil in
its quarrel with the South ; but adding that, in the event
of any arbitration, the choice of the cabinet of Washington
would no doubt fall on that Sovereign, who had so many
claims to its respect and confidence.

A newly invented electro-metallic coating is about
to be applied to the plates of the iron-cased steam
frigates Gloire and Invincible. It appears that this new
composition has been found to be very successful in the
preservation of metals. The Minister of Marine has ad-
dressed a despatch to the several port-admirals instructing
them to send a number of shipwrights to Paris to be in-
structed in the preparation of this new composition. Ex-
periments likewise are about to be made to prevent the roll-
ing of iron cased ohips.

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, MAY 14

Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess
Louis of Hesse took leave of her Majesty this morn-
ing, and left Osborne with the infant Princess
Victoria of Hesse for Marlborough-house, where
the Prince and Princess will remain some days on
a visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales, previ-
ous to their return to Germany.

Baroness von Schenck, Baroness de Grancy, and
Captain Westerweller attended the Prince and
Princess and Lieut.-Colonel Du Plat.

WINDSOR CASTLE, May 14.

The Queen, their Royal Highnesses Princess
Helena, Princess Louise, Princess Leopold, and
Princess Beatrice, attended by the Dowager Coun-
tess of Mount Edgcumbe, Lady in waiting, Lady
Augusta Bruce, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Colonel Hon.
Sir Charles Phipps, and Colonel Sir T. M. Biddulph,
left Osborne at a quarter before 3 o'clock, and ar-
rived at Windsor Castle at 20 minutes past 6 o'clock.
His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by
Major Elphinstone, arrived at the Castle from the
Ranger's Lodge, Greenwich-park.
Viscount Torrington and Lieut.-General Sir
Henry Bentinck are the Lord and Groom in Wait-
ing.

The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended
by Major Teesdale, rode on horseback yesterday
morning.

The Princess of Wales, attended by the Countes
of Macclesfield, took a carriage drive.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Louis of Hesse arrived at Marlborough-house on a
visit to the Prince of Wales.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and Princess Mary paid a visit to the Prince
and Princess of Wales.

The Princess of Wales and the Princess Louis
of Hesse took a carriage drive in the afternoon.
The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and Prince
Louis of Hesse rode on horseback, attended by the
Equerry in Waiting.

The Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince Alfred,
and the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse honoured the
Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, last evening with
their presence. The suite comprised the Countess of Mac-
clesfield, Baroness von Schenck, Baroness von Grancy,
Major Teesdale, Major Cowell, Captain Westerweller, and
Mr. Becker.

THE ROYAL VISIT TO THE CITY.—At the forth-
coming ball at Guildhall, which their Royal High-
nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales have signified an
intention to honour with their presence, the freedom of the
corporation of the City of London will be presented to his
Royal Highness the Prince. The ceremony of presenta-

tion will take place at 9 o'clock in the great hall in the pre-
sence of such of the company as shall have arrived by that
time. The Duke of Cambridge hag accepted an invitation
to the entertainment, and other members of the Royal
family are expected to be present. A magnificent saloon,
with a spacious apartment above capable of accommodating
1,000 of the company at supper at one time, is being erected
in the open area in front of Guildhall for the reception of
the invited guests. The invitations, limited to 1,500, will
include all the Ministers of State, the foreign Ambassadors,
and many other distinguished persons. A special entertain-
ment committee, composed of members o f the Courts of
Aldermen and Common Council, and nearly 50 in number,
sit daily at Guildhall for the purposs of maki❑g the neces-
sary arrangements.

The Duchess of Somerset returned to town yes
erday from Bulstrode Park, Bucks.

The Duke of Hamilton arrived at his mansion in
Arlington-street, on Wednesday, from Nice. The duchess
and Lady Mary Hamilton ara expected to arrive from Paris
during the present week.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailsa have
arrived at the Burlington Hotel, Cork-street, from Culzean
Castle, Ayrshire, for the season.
The Earl of Lindsay and the Hon. Mr. and Mrs.
Bertie have arrived at 21, Chesham-place.
The Countess Dowager of Newburgh entertained
at dinner last evening, at her residence in Wilton Crescent,
the Earl and Countess of Dalkeith, Lord and Lady Foley,
Sir Edward and Lady Caroline Kerrison, Hon. Mr. and
Mrs. A. Egerton, Hon. Frederick Leveson Gower, and Mr.
Henry Greville,

Lord Brougham arrived in town on Wednesday
evening from Cannes. The noble and learned lord is in
excellent health.

Lord and Lady Dufferin have arrived at their
villa at Highgate, from their seat in Ireland,

Lord and Lady Lurgan have arrived at Love's
Hotel, Albemarle-street,

General Sir George Brown, G. C 8., Colonel-in-
Chief of the Prince Consort's Own Rifle Brigade, attended
the levee on Wednesday.

Sir George and Lady jenkinson have arrived al
27, Upper Harley-street, from Eastwood Park,Gloucester,
shire, for the season.

THE SPITHEAD FORTS.—While the Charleston
action has proved, what scarcely needed proof, that
if vessels can be detained under the fire of forts, they will
soon prefer to retreat, it gives us very little help towards
solving the problem how to keep an enemy's vessel out of
range of Portsmouth dockyard. What is successful for
once in a narrow, shallow channel, cannot be relied on for
a permanent security in a broad and deep estuary. Now the
fatal blot in the theory of the Spithead forts is this, that if
they cannot utterly exclude the enemy's vessels, they are
useless and delusive. If any ship can succeed in running
past them, it reaches at once an " area of invulnerability,"
in which, while practically safe itself; for such time as its
purpose requires, it can at easy range pitch shells into the
dockyard. It can only be stopped from this pastime by
being attacked and boarded or sunk by an equal or superior
naval force. If, then, we are to keep at Portsmouth a naval
force sufficient to keep us quite safe in the event of such an
encounter, it is clear that the forts are superfluous, If we
are not to keep such a sufficient naval force, the forts will
not supply its place ; and if, confiding in them, we permit a
possible deficiency of naval strength, they are treacherous,
—The Mirror.
We understand that the Government have at last

made up their minds to purchase the " Exhibition
building" for national uses, in connection with the artistic
and scientific education of the country. This decision was
distinctly arrived at in the beginning of the present week,
and the Chancellor of the Exchequer is prepared to justify
the bargain which he has made, and by which the building

is virtually acquired for nothing, aad the ground on which
it stands is purchase of the commissioners of '5l at less than
one-half of the value it could command in the public market
But the advantage to the public does not stop here. The
commissioners of '5l will expend the purchase-money in
the improvement of the remainder of the South Kensington
estate, at present occupied by the Royal Horticultural
Society. The roads and approaches and the ground on
either side will remain under the care of the commissioners,
and the design which was in the mind of the Prince Consort,
from the day when the surplus fund of the first Exhibition
was invested in the grounds of Gore House, to embellish
the public buildings devoted in this neighbourhood to
schools of art, museums, and galleries, with gardens, ter-
races, and arcades for sculpture and external decoration,
will be realised under the present transactions between the
Government and the commissioners of 'sl.—Herald,

BEATING THE BOUNDS.—Yesterday, Ascension
Day, the ancient ceremony of " beating the bounds"
was observed in most of the metropolitan parishes. Early
in the morning the rector, or vicar of the parish, habited in
his robes, and accompanied by his churchwardens, over-
seers, and beadles, sallied forth, and were followed by the
boys of the parish schools, armed with long switches, with
which they performed the ceremony of beating the boun-
daries. Formerly it was the custom to bump a boy at cer-
tain points so severely that he was never likely to forget
it, and that thus the remembrance of parish bounds might
be preserved. This piece of barbarity has long been dis-
pensed with, and it has not been found that any momen-
tous parochial differences have arisen in consequence. On
Ludgate-hill a curious circumstance was noticeable, namely,
that the parishes of St. Martin Ludgate and St. Andrew by
the Wardrobe divine in the middle of a shop, which the
whole of the clerical and parochial parties had to enter in
order to the due performance of their duties.
PLYMOUTH, Thursday (By Electric and Interna-
tional Telegraph) —Orders were received yesterday
at Devonport to put in commission the screw steam-sloop
Alert, 17, witn a complement of 175 men. 8 p.m.—Strong
south-westerly gales, with occasional heavy showers, have
prevailed all the afternoon, and aro increasing as the night
advances. At 9 a.m., near the Eddystone Lighthouse,
Pilot Tucker spoke the ship Surrey, 105 days from Calcutta,
with troops for London. Apparently all well.

THE CONVICT KIRWAN.— Ou Saturday last eight
convicts arrived at Spike Island from Millbank
Penitentiary. They had been brought to Millbank from
Bermuda, the convict depot at that settlement having
been broken up. Amongst the convicts was William
Burke Kirwan, who, our readers will remember, was
some years back, found guilty of having cruelly murdered
his wife at Ireland's Eve. Ile was sentenced to death, but
teat sentence was. subsequently commuted to that of penal
servitude f'or lite. Amongst the convicts also is a sergeant
who was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude for having
struck his commanding officer while serving in the Crimea.
God; Examiner,

Mr, Bright and the Enemies; of England'

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—Mr. John Bright having volunteered the
assertion that " Wherever an Irishman plants his
foot, there stands an enemy to England," I ask
your permission to make " a very
few remarks
upon his statement in general and its application t°
this country in particular.
Although Mr. Bright is Member for Bißirminghamand a man of prominence in what is called the pol!'
ical world, I do not believe he has ever been in this
country. But as it so happens that I, an Irishman,:
not only " planted my foot" in this "foreign land,
some three years ago, but have travelled much
therein, it is possible that your readers may con
sider it not presumptuous in me to give an opinion
on the subject in question, notwithstanding mY
neither being a prominent man, nor coming under
Mr. Bright's definition of " an Irishman."
Undoubtedly there are many of my countrymen
residing in this country who are, or at least state
loudly that they are, " enemies to England." 111111,1,3
met such, and asked them why they were so, and
never having received any definite explanation ar
answer to that plain question, it really is unneceP

saty for me to dissertate thereon.
On the other hand. I have often met Irishmen
who told me they bitterly regretted having is
ledi
former times, when in the old country, been /
away by the specious speechifyings and writingsn
demagogues and trading politicians into joining 0
that system of political agitation, as it is called"—
which they now see was contemptible—consisting
chiefly of senseless abuse of "the Saxon," and °lra
practical whining and threatening about certain
grievances that are now passed away, an
with practical neglect of the material interests °

Ireland, both present and future.
However, it is not my purpose to remark further
r
on strictly Irish topics. Indeed, it does not cent
to me that Mr. Bright, who pronounces those
opinions with his usual dogmatic powers of easel.;
tion upon Irishmen in "foreign lands," haseiv.l
appeared to take much interest about them om:itt
at home. It is true he took an active pert Wire •
that section of "liberal members," as they a
called, who, without having been entitled to on?
credit for suggesting or originating that gene'
rally excellent measure, the Encumbered Estates,„
Act, helped to cause injustice to many ate
17.
the unnecessary urging on of an immediate sPP
cation of its most stringent provisions—or, in other
words, the uncalled for forcing of mach properti„t,
the market, lowering prices abnormally, with delta
ment to the legitimate interests of individuals, an
with no actual advantage whatever to the Pubilto
It is true, however, that some English speculated
bought estates, as the term goes, " for a song," ,13 0
it was generally reported in Dublin at the t':in
that Mr. Bright tried to "do sometiP°g
in that way" himself, but that the Irish attorneys
lor
were too 'cute, and secured the " bargains"
their clients or themselves.
Tie
Be this as it may, Mr. Bright has of courser
feet right to give his opinion about Irishmen in tali
abstract; and as assuredly as I am not an "
to England," so certainly do I believe him to be nne14
of .
his public capacity of speech-making, as an excite:B,
ill-will between all classes at home, and as the ant 0,
spondent and congenial friend of the trading Isis
ticians and professional stirrers up of anti-Brit
feelings in this country.
I can assure Mr. Bright, however, that the Afilittri
rican people—not the " politicians"—are, to ;-be
humble opinion, beginning to see through to
" organised hypocrisy" of these raisers of a md,
and cry for selfish, sordid reasons against Englaoor
And ere long the people in the aggregate will recto
vise the fact that the material interests et
of'
two countries are nearly identical, and that t
will submit no longer to be plunged into intern r
the
tional " difficulties," and brought periodically t°,llo
verge of a war consequent on the acts of those 7.4)
either seek the temporary aid of an "election (3:160
or strive to merge the disasters and crimes n'titr
unnecessary domestic war in one equally as
righteous.—l am, sir, your obedient servant,
AN IRBIL TRAITELL°.
New York, May 2.
Poking "Fun" at the Royal Academy'

I had hopes-1 know that they have proved to be,,161
founded, but I cannot admit that they were unreasonam
I had hopes that I should have been able to avail 1:051A..
the privilege of free admission conceded to exhibitors.
fortunately, I do not exhibit I tge)'
I sent three pictures: 1 (a pre-Raphaelite bit of Ilat„t s
"Docks and Marsh Mallows ;" 2 (an attempt to deP.-00
really unhackneyed historical situation), " Charles/of
Second in the Oak;" 3 (a genre painting), "The --
Crinoline."
re -

If it were becoming (which it is not) I could sai 9 'ore
deal about these works; but I forbear to do so. The/
all three rejected by the Hanging Committee. tal‘.
I have accordingly paid my shilling, and I mean t°
sett
it out in criticism. The Academicians have exercised "-to
rights; I shall use mine. There will be plenty of hallo,
fawn upon the imbecile canvas-spoilers, the raise ass
crass, cringing, dull, feeble, superannuated, impoteatfd
abject Forty. Of those hacks I decline to be one. ed
truth (uninfluenced by passion) is what the wretch
dotards shall hear from me.
I saw men prowling about (there was Mr. Thackera)ll;
instance, as large as life, and a host of other ti succoBf ejt
men—l hate success 1) who had evidently made uP:s.j,
minds to be pleased with this, the most disreputable •Po.ho
bition that ever degraded British Art. Let them. Til°11:00,
is free; as Mrs. Brown said at the play; and se are:bl
It is all very well to get a set of literary time-serve's way,
and nob with Academicians at the annual orgie wilie/1010
graces Trafalgar-square, and on which hundreds of P° t
are spent that ought to be devoted to the develePOlute,
talent such as that of—well, of some I could name ; "'or
was never invited to the so-called banquet. Bawrietae.
deed ! I would rather maintain my honest indepen-jor
though I had nothing to eat but a polony---and this °Vol'.
times the case Look at Young Mr. Marcus Stone'
en t 8
bound to say he never eats polonies—and yet all 10"0- 0
talking of his "Napoleon," whilst my ;6 New Crill°-

has not yet met even with a dealer I Off
Look at Mr. Ruskin. What do they do to him r
they asked him to dinner I What was the result f 'VA
His Critical Notes have never appeared sinoei
hat it matters much. pot

Exhibition, indeed I Wby, you can't see anythirk 001
g
that there is much- to sse—for the crowd of aping sv- 11/
that block up the hideous and uncomfortable roOXO :11 f
their preposterous crinoline—and yet the Aoadetnichal; in'
jected mine Then, the "swells "—a set of loungi°7o/
sipid imbeciles, drawing out their vapid DundrearYitjlel
and the old fogies, wagging their stupid old head' tll6
should like to knock a few of them together I-41:1tee
smug, smiling fellows whose pictures have been necel: 011
and the "Art-Critics," who pretend to see power In"ori0
like Millais, and poetry in a man like Hook, and huv3h°l
a man like M-rks, but who are far too high and Wig" Dog
promise you, to come up four pair of stairs and !gee,
" Marsh Mallows,"--and if they did, they couldo?`
ciate them! There, I'm tired of the whole concerti
tures and painters and visitors and all—and Mrs. -rj,l, to
is b ithering me for the rent—and, unless you print 'rro ;
show up the impostors, and send the money LY reto;'.
shall have to paint signboards. David Cox paint:Aa%
and I dare say did it badly—for I never thought c
him I Or any other man I—Fun.

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Castors,
THE NORTH-EASTERN PORTS.--The
house returns for April show that 202,731- °I:19°001°
L and 12,188 tons coke were exported over sea frotalle:lo3l,3o.
in that month, as against 163,334 tons coal and 8?'" Coo
coke in April, 1862; Sunderland exported 102,0'98 taltait:
and 1,924 tons coke, against 104,951 tons coal and 2,"
Cool
coke in 1R62. The Hartlepools exported 59,8171287 tone
and 3,819 tons coke, against 33,096 tons coal and 4',_;0081/
coke in April, 1862. With the exception of Middlesue- f the
and Shields, the latter, with Newcastle, being a POrt ° etiB
, smaller ports show a falling
Tyne, the off in the vd 'OOO
oversea during April. Of goods other than coal
MTh
exported oversea in April the returns are as under,..,„oolth
Tyne, £121,130; Sunderland, £6,017; the osrt77s;
£252,194; Middlesborough, £31,165; Stockton, At
showing an increase of £33,881 on the Tyne an,339,28°
Stockton, and a decrease of £370 at Sunderland, 46,40
at the Hartlepools, and £2,731 at Middlesborough' previ`
tons coal were shipped to London and coastwise fro t 6,00
castle in April, 128,057 tons from Sunderland, 9°l
rongliP
from the Hartlepools, 12,415 tons from Aliddlea-ef3uth.
45,551 tons from Ssahatn, and 7,855 tons from d 8,0
29,301 tons coal, 2,193 tons coke, 30,623 cwt iron, all oesa
cwt alkali were exported from the Tyne last week' co/ge'
nio
returns show an increase in the shipments of 147
th
13,848 cwt iron, and 485 tons alkali, and a decreef,east far
shipment of coal of 16,962 tons. The state of the
;der
naces in the Cleveland district on May 1 was as no
of ls°
In blast,total, 80. During the c°urf3ched
week a considerable number of new ships were laneo.o iron
the Wear. Messrs. J. H. Oswald launched a lard [off
screw steamer of 1,200 tons register;
as
an iron ship of 1,050 tom., Fitt d out for a. troop
0°1::
arrid eel
ger ship, and the property of Messrs. G. D. IV_ lopehau
of London. Five timber-built ships Were also a voodoo
from other yards, one of them a clipper-hri,
vessel With, 4'014 beams.

Active Circulation .. • . £20,637,610
Decrease .. .. • • .. 136,375
Bullion .. • • .. 14,653,141
Decrease .. .. • • .. 488,619
Rest .• .. 3,138,652
Increase •• • 19,115
• •• ••
Public Deposits 6,735,137
Decrease .. 506,602
Other Deposits.. .. 13,727,556
Increase .. .. 605,469
Seven Day asnd other Bills .. .. 615,306
Increase .. • • .. 12,292
Government Securities .. .. 11,151,395
Decrease .. • • .. 1,000 000
Other Securities .. • • .. 18,952,725
Increase .. • • .. 1,482,518
Notes Unemployed .. .. 7,744,315
Decrease . • • 422,465
The Star of Peace has arrived• from Sydney,
bringing £18,112 in gold. She was 83 days on
the voyage.

In the foreign and colonial produce markets dur-
ing the last few days there has been rather less
animation. Sugars have slightly declined, while
coffee, rice, cocoa, and spices have been in limited
request, at barely previous rates. At the public
sales of indigo there has been a fair quantity bought
by the trade, at prices rather under those current
at the February auctions, while in the tallow
market a more cheerful tone has prevailed, quota-
tions for both present and forward delivery having
slightly advanced.
Another new Marine Insurance Company is an-
nounced under the title of the English and Scot-
tish Marine (Limited). The capital proposed is
£1,000,000 (subject to increase), in 10,000 shares
of £lOO each ; but it is not intended to call up
more than £lO per share. Attention is drawn to
the fact that none of the large London marine in-
surance companies have as yet established branches
in Scotland. The directors propose to take ad-
vantage of this field and to form their first branch
in Glasgow, where considerable support appears
to be anticipated, upon the ground of the incon-
venience arising from the present system, whereby
the principal insurance business of the port has
hitherto been turned away to London brokers.
Some of the figures relating to the trade of Glasgow,
cited in the prospectus, are certainly very remark-
able ; the Customs revenue collected at that port
has increased from £72,053 in 1830 to £955,741 in
1862, while the regiater,tonnage of vessels inwards
and outwards has risen in the interval from
1,437,072 to 3,061,284 tons. It is promised that
there shall be no delay in the commencement of the
company's business, the directors having already
secured numerous promises of support, as well es
the services of thoroughly qualified and experienced
underwriters. The board comprises the names of
16 gentlemen engaged in trade in London, Glasgow,
&c., many of whom possess influence in their re-
spective walks of business.

Two o'CLocK.
At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's
telegram, the Three per Cent Rentes were 69f. 65c.
to 69f. 60c.—heavy.
The market for the English Funds, which opened
this morning with a heavy appearance, has now re-
covered, through a few purchases, to its former
position, the quotations being exactly the same as
at the close of business yesterday afternoon. Con-
sols are therefore quoted 93/ for money, and 92
less the dividend, for the account. The New Threes
are firm at 911 ; the Reduced remain at 911 a ;
and Exchequer Bills are heavy, at 3s. to 2s. die.
India 5 per Cents, have improved to 110 k ; and the
51 per Cent. Enfaced Paper to 116.
A rather large business has been transacted in
several of the principal securities, and eunsiderab:e
variations have occurred. Turkish 6 per Cents.,
1858, are 701 '7l ; do., 1862, 71/ ; do., Consolides
have declined to 491. 60 ex div. ; Venezuela 531,
541 ; Spanish Passive have declined to 351 ; do.,
Certificates, after being 14, are now 121 131; Greek
have dropped to 32 / ; do., Coupons, are 151; Mexi
can, 37 ; Grenada have improved to 16/ 17/ ex
dtv ; do. Deferred to 10} lex div ; Portuguese, to
491 ; and the Confederate Loan 2to 1 discount.
The operations in the Railway Share Market
have been limited. A firmer tone, however, has
been apparent. Midlands have improved ss. ; and
Caledonians, North Westerns, and North Eastern
(Berwick), 108.; Great Westerns have declined 55.;
and Great Northerns, 10s.
The Foreign and Colonial lines remained inactive,
and exhibit little change of importance in prices.
For Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
there continued a limited inquiry. A slight ad-
vance, however, has in some instances been estab-
lished. Chartered of India, Australia, and China
have improved ss. ; London and Westminster, ss.
Royal Mail Steam, 10s. ; and Van Diemen's Land,
108.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 93tiit
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
New 34 per Cent. Annuities
India Stock —
Ditto 5 per Cent llO 1 9/
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent ..
Ditto 5 per Cent .
Ditto 51 per Cent.
D , I to Bonds 11.000
Ditto under £1,000..
Consols for Account, June 9 92/
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 per Cent 3 die
Ditto £500
Ditto Small
FOREIGN par
FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Danish 4 per Cent., 1863
Ditto Scrip, £65 paid. i Pm
Egyptian 7 per Cent
Ditto, Second Issue .......
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons —
Ditto Account
Ditto Coupons l5l 16 /
Italian 6 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 80
Mexican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada
Ditto Deferred lOl / 1 1
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) 7l 8
Poruvian 41 per Cent.
Ditto 41 per Cent. 1862 BB4
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto 1862
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 951
Ditto 4/ por Cent., 1850
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
54/
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
Ditto Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded..l3 6 1 5/ 1
1 14 13 361/
13 1 12/ 131
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
liitto Account B9/ [l2l 13
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
__.

Ditto Account 7O/ f
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
1
Ditto Account
Ditto Guaratteed, 4 per Cent
Venezuela, 3 per Cent
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 - 4} i i
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Italian, 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs —
Ditto Account

oni!oIsTHREE O'CLOCK.
Money
Ihtto Account 9931 f
2 i ad

SHIPPING—This Day.

iSY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning.
port.
Arrived—Renor, from Abbeville; Heirless, from New-
force Carentan in
; Al
,our.efred, for Padstow ; Argyll (steamer),
, i r (steamer), for Havre. ET MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.IS.....aropIAvEsExn, Friday Mot-21;14g.
Arrived, May
Alice Brown, from Oporto?' 43ird, from Jamaica ; John and
13,:tbah9orwood Ranger, from Stettin;
James Armatrong,frorn
Gretilair; Margaret Edward, from
Smyrna ; Norle, from
James Manleur, from
Cherbourg ; Freya, from Cardena's. William Tucker, from
Dominica ; Osbert, from Trinida , London, from New
York • John Wray, from Havre.
New
SaiYoled, May 24.—Maria Hay, for
Sydney ; Fawn, for
rk.
Arrived, May 14—Despatch, from St.Vinoent ;ASluorit?am,
gh, from Porto rilZmn'
from Surinam; Bonita, from Sines; Norman from Jamaica ; Lord Lonsborou
Ozaro from Guernsey; Balaret, from Penang; ERendra t;
from
, 'Emden ; Amiens, from Colombo ; Lady Ebringtli:
fromAr";l Adelaido Nursery Packet, from Nickerie Milly,
Caen ; Poult, from Jamaica ; Salvadore, from Ter-
ceira.
Sailed' May 15.—J. L. Dimrnock, for Hong_ Ron
delberia, from Oporto; Laurel, for Hong Kong ; Franz
W• 4raorioan, for Port liAttil.