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CO.IIMEBCIAL TELLIGENCE.

A DIP INTO THE CHESTER CUP.
An "open race" for the Chester Cup is scarcely a
novelty, but the betting indicates that the chances this
year are balanced with even unusual fairness. On exa-
mining the handicap no seeming " certainty" presents
itself ; so carefully and ably have the imposts been ad-
justed, that all distinctions appear to be levelled between
the old and the young, the good and the bad. The re-
spective pretensions of the rough and ready, the
" bottled up" and highly-trained are equally sound and
formidable. To determine, therefore, the probabilities
is a task of no ordinary difficulty, and the tecent move-
ments in the turf market are scarcely calculated to guide
one to a due and successful execution of it. The tendency
of speculation is doubtful and perplexing, and, indeed,
seems only to render confusion worse confounded.
Favourites have been set up and knocked down
like nine-pins, and the temporary " rise " of
some animals appears only to have been neces-
sary to render their " fall " signal and imme-
diate. On Saturday a brisk and determined fire of
" long shots" soon thinned the ranks of the leading
favourites, and those horses which, only a few hours
before, had been supported with a spirit and eagerness
which promised to maintain them firmly in their posi-
tions, were deserted by their partizans, and no attempt
was made to arrest their rapid retrogression. These
movements I will presently endeavour to indicate and

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK

The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were
estimated at 3,000 bales, including 1.000 American
taken on speculation. The market aosed steadily,
With prices of all kinds firm and tight. The sales
comprised 4,000 American, 60 Perham and Maran-
hum at 61d. to 7-W., 150 Egyptian at 51d. to 7*(1.,
and 500 Surat at 2id. to 41d. per lb. Railway
shares were dull.
There are numerous contracts out from the Go-
!ernment for the conveyance of troops and stores
to different points.
Letters from Birmingham respecting the iron
trade state that most of the manufacturers are re-
fusing orders at present rates, the contracts already
111 hand being so heavy. A decided advance is ex-
pected soon to be declared in finished iron. The
Position of the trade generally is sound and healthy,
the activity arising fiom the demand for consump-
tion and speculation being quiet.
Accounts from New York state that stocks were
higher and money easier. Breadstuffs were rather
11usettled, and the export demand was quiet.
Freights were without material change. Hemp
was steady and jute dearer.
From South Australia we learn that in the con-
cluding quarter of the year the colony received an
secession of nearly 1,500 souls from England ; and
tor the same quarter the excess of immigration over
;taigratipn was no less than 2,611 persons—these
forming a contrast to the decreasing numbers of
victoria.
The Adelaide papers notice the comparative
POverty exhibited by the few military there. It
appears that for two years past the poor fellows
have not been able to procure potatoes, in conse-
pence of their scanty pay. There must be a high
Wing in the ranks when men can thus make up
their minds to starve in the midst of plenty,
and that feeling deserves to be better re-
trded. The South Australian public seems
'Wined to take up the matter, and they cannot
o_etter effect this than by adding a mite to that
aoled out by order of the Horse Guards. The few
soldiers amongst them will appreciate this better
than sympathy.
The boisterous state of the weather last evening
uaa retarded the arrival of several of the conti-
nental mails.
, The railway meetings announced are the fol-
lowing
Company. Date. Place, 84c.
11-cindonderry and Coleraine May 23, Coleman-st.-build.
Northern
London
ziorthern of France
110~ yal Swedish
.zonth Devon May 23, Plymouth.
Stirling
of France
tiding and Dunfermline June 1, Glasgow.
ttockton and Darlington May 6, Darlington.
aterford and Kilkenny
IPae stock market has been extremely dull and
the quotations are heavy, partly owing to the sus-
tense respecting the plans of the Chancellor of the
tXchequer, and the demand for specie for expor-
tation. It has been rumoured that the interest on
the floating debt is to be raised to 24d. per diem,
and that the Bank is to be authorised to issued 3
or 4 millions of notes without the obligation of
a imilarly augmenting its specie. Consols have been
n
to for transfer, and 81* to for account.
The New 3 per Cents. realise 87 to f, and the 3
Per Cents. 86* to -R. Bank Stock is steady at 205.
/(chequer Bills are ls. premium to 2s. discount.
Foreign Stocks are very dull. Spanish 3 per
Cents. are firmer at 361, and Russian 4* per Cents.
remain,, at 80. Buenos Ayres Bonds are quoted
11.,%, and Brazilian New 41 per Cents. 90. Dutch
per Cents. are higher, being 57i to 58*.
Mexican Bonds have not been dealt in.
The Railway Share Market has been declining,
".13s1 some of the lines are about * to 1 per cent.
lower. There has been a fall to this extent in
Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, York
and Berwick, Great Northern. The foreign lines
have been a shade lower also.
The Joint-Stock Bank Shares have been dealt in
at rather lower rates. Crystal Palace are firm.
Land shares are quiet.

explain.
The field is likely to be numerically stronger than on
any former anniversary of the Chester Cup, and it will
require all Mr. Hibburd's tact and ingenuity to marshal
the starters at the post, and afford a clear course, and
no favour. About forty competitors are likely to be
placed under his command; the following list will doubt-
less comprise the name of every runner :--
HORSE. TRAINER. HORSE. TRAINER.
Nabob J. B. Day Star of Surrey J. B. Day
Newminster J. Scott Sir J. Graham Gill
Torment Dilly Jewess Cunningham
Lough Bawn W. Oates Jujube C Marson
Indian Warrior... Longstaff Sampson Lord
Cobnut Abrahams Bridesmaid .... Woolcot
Talfourd Bum by Royalist Treen
Joe Miller W. Day Miss Sellon .... J. Scott
Annie Sutherland T.Dawson Mortimer Dockeray
Lancashire Lass... Hopwood Swiftsnre
Catspaw A. Taylor Jack Fr05t...... Ford
Llanforda ... I. Day. Billingham Wintringham
Aldford W. Day Epaminondas.. Smith
Sandhurst Eskrett Jephson I. Day
Piggy T.Dawson Trump Queen J. Shepherd
Dear Me C. Marson Dr. 0'T001e.... J. Day, jun.
Acrobat J. Scott Robin H00d... T. Dawson
Barrel Abrahams Sir Mark Ford
Tom W. Scott Baalbec Bumby
Eva Wadlow Duchess of Lor-
Domino Godding raine c01t.... T. Taylor'
Brown Brandy Woolcot Lurley Saunders
Gamekeeper ...... Longstaff Seaweedfilly Morgan
St. Clair Wadlow Blame W Mo.
Scott
People are sorely puzzled in their attempts to discover
the intended representative of the Whitewall stable.
The movements relative to Newminster in particular
have occasioned no little perplexity, for, to use a time-
honoured turf simile, this horse goes up and down in the
betting like a bucket in a well. That he has been heavily
backed at all sorts of prices—from ten to one up till
fifty—the list of quotations published daily abundantly
testifies, and I myself have frequently seen heavy in-
vestments made on him by individuals who appear to be
generally well-informed, and whose transactions are in-
variably regulated by the shrewdest discrimination. The
determined hostility which he encounters, however,
scarcely seems the result of wild speculation, but rather
the effect of a cool and deliberate opposition, having
something more than prejudice for its origin. Indeed,
at Tattersall's on Saturday he was all but driven out of
the market, and 100 to 3 was repeatedly betted against
him ; but towards the close of business the " little
black Captain" parried further opposition by booking
25 to 1 until layers were discouraged, and cried hold,
enough. All manner of rumours too are circulated re-
specting Newminster, by " people who go about saying
things." He is said to be an infirm horse, and this re-
port seems to be the one to which the readiest belief is
attached. When I was at Malton Races, however, I
was assured by persons who had good opportunities of
knowing, that the horse was never sounder or better—
not even when he won the St. Leger. Still, should
Newminster's condition be as satisfactory as his most
sanguine backers could desire, I shall be scarcely pre-
pared to witness his success. I never had a high esti-
mate of his racing ability, and have ever deemed him a
somewhat overrated horse. That he is handicapped on
most advantageous terms is, however, unquestionable,
and should he get off in the first flight he ought to be in
the front rank at the finish. My fancy, nevertheless,
will induce me to take a " turn " with Acrobat
in preference to Newminster. In shape and
condition Acrobat appeared at Newmarket " every
inch a race horse," and should he be the
trusted representative of the stable, I shall expect him
to obtain a place at least. His position in the betting
is, however, by no means secure, and the support which
he has received within the last four-and-twenty hours
has been too slight and unsteady to engender strong con-
fidence in either him or his parties intentions. Miss
Sellon is another three-year-old, belonging to John
Scott's stable. Several investments have at various
times been quietly made on her, but my information re-
specting her is vague and unsatisfactory.
"At this present writing," Aldford and Peggy are
the leading favourites. Both have been frequently
talked about as being intended to "pull off a good
thing," but neither of them has yet displayed any extra-
ordinary racing ability. Of Peggy, indeed, I have my
misgivings, which the result of the Chester Cup may
tend to confirm. Notwithstanding the large sums of
money which have been invested on her, and the un-
mistakeable upward tendency in the betting, I am com-
pelled to believe that the confidence of her supporters is
misplaced. Aldford has effectually superseded his stable
companion Joe Miller in the betting. The "fondness"
which his partisans evince is unequivocal, but their san-
guine expectations of success may yet be disappointed.
His owner, however, appears to be in earnest with him,
and if report be true he has good grounds for placing
faith in Aldford's chance. The horse was, it is said, tried
with Virago, Joe Miller, and Little Harry prior to the
Epsom Spring Meeting, and although Virago won the trial
easy enough, Aldford was second I The waning of the
Star of Surrey, and the silence which is maintained re-
specting Nabob, seemingly tend to confirm this report,
and justify the suspicion that the interest of father and
son—John Day and William Day— will, on this occa-
sion, be "amalgamated."
On Saturday, Dr. O'Toole suddenly gave way before
a strong current of opposition, and backers seemed little
inclined to take advantage of this unexpected turn in
the bill of his affairs. Dr. O'Toole's chance is chiefly
formidable from his light weight and careful training,
and not from decided racing ability. His lenient im-
post will doubtless enable him to fieure respectably in
the encounter. At Chester, fortune has more than once
favoured the Danehury stable, and the fickle goddess
may again renew her gifts.
Among the light weights, however, few appear to me
to possess pretensions to support sounder than those of
Domino and Baalbec. The former, in particular, has
proved by his performances that he is entitled to take
rank with the most respectable of our second-class
three-year-olds. The recent running of Cham-
pagne is sufficient to justify some expectations of
Domino's success. For the Champagne Stakes at Don-
caster, Domino was beaten by Champagne by half a
length only ; and at the same meeting he conceded 4 lbs.
to Acrobat, who beat by three-quarters of a length. For
this achievement Acrobat is handicapped to give Domino
7lbs. Baalbec is again recovering from his " temporary
depression" in the market, consequent upon the defeat
of Boiardo. The lightness of his impost will render him
a formidable antagonist. His performances, too, are
not so utterly insignificant as to warrant a low estimate
of his chance.
Of the other three-year-olds the most noteworthy
names are, in my opinion, Tom, Eva, Jack Frost, Epa-
minondas, and Royalist.
Notwithstanding the strong " bearing up" occasion-
' ally displayed for Sandhurst and Llanforda, lam induced
to regard their respective chances with indifference. In-
' deed, of the " middle weight division" I shall give the
precedence to Indian Warrior and Lough Bawn. For
the latter, in particular, I entertain a strong partiality,
and should he go to the post as fit and as well as he was at
York, I shall be prepared to see him occupy a promi-
nent position in the race. With a good start and no ac-
JOHN BULL IN TROUBLE. cident, he may prove another Goldfinder to the ring.
Jolin Bull, a painter, residing at 17, Gray-street, Man- Indeed, his performance for the Great Northern Handi-
chester-square, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, cap is sufficie tto induce me to regard his pretensions
charged with assaulting Mr. John Paget, barrister, No. with considerable favour.
7, Gordon-place, Gordon-square, and also with assaulting To refer separately to the remaining probable starters
the police while in the execution of their duty. would unnecessarily occupy space. I have limited my
Mr. Paget stated that on Saturday afternoon, between remarks to those animals only is hose chances appear to
four and five, he was passing along Oxford-street, when me favourable, or whose position in the betting renders
he saw the prisoner lay hold of a woman, and
them entitled to consideration. The " disappointments"
throw her with great violence down on the pavement. and mishaps which will beset so large a field of horses
Witness immediately seized hint to prevent further as is likely to be brought out on the " tea cup" course
violence, when he struck him repeatedly on the face. at Chester may upset and confound the most seemingly
The woman then got up and also struggled hard to kit accurate calculations as to the result of the race. To be
witness, and a bull dog that was with the prisoner laid able to indicate the actual winner is almost more than I
bold of his trousers and tried to bite him. Complainant dare hope. Still, on carefully reconsidering the argu-
then forced him into the recess of the doorway of an ments adduced above, and a careful comparison of the
upholsterer's shop, and then he let go of him, thinking he chances as they appear on paper, I have arrived at the
was secure till the police came, and in a moment pri- following conclusion :--
saner rushed at him and struck him again, and laid The front rank will, I anticipate, comprise DOMINO,
hold of his cravat and tried to throttle him. Several , BAALBEC, LOUGH BAWN, and the representative of John
other persons who were present held the prisoner until Scott's stable (perhaps ACROBAT),
the police arrived, when, after a good deal of resistance, In the seco
and DR OI nd rank shall place ALDFORD, INDIAN
he was conveyed to the station. WARRIOR, . TOOLE.
Two gentlemen who witnesssed the whole affair de- I shall go for the
"off chance" with EVA and TOM.
scribed the prisoner's conduct as violent in the extreme. The minor events to be decided to-morrow and the
Buckmaster, 97 C, said he took prisoner into cos- I two following days may be briefly dismissed. For the
tody—he was very violent, and struck, bit, and kicked I Palatine Stakes, I select Adelaide and Bianca ; for the
him several times. Other constables at length arrived, rslostyn Stakes, Lord Alfred and Flatterer. The
and prisoner who was perfectly sober was taken into Wynnslay Handicap will perhaps be carried off by either
custody. Annie Sutherland or Miss Agnes. Captain Cornish and
The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said he was Lord-Lieutenant shall do battle
nominationstheCheshire
Mr. Hardwick said the plea of drunkenness was no I Stakes, I shall, with a start, take Champagne. In his
excuse ; it had been proved that he was sober at the Absence, either Scythian or Prince Arthur may be the
time he committed the assault, and he (Mr. Hardwick) successful competitor. The Triennial, on Thursday, I
as a warning for the future should fine him 505., or ; place to the credit of Lord Alfred. Until the result of
one month for the assault on the gentleman, and for the Tuesday's and Wednesday's races be known, it would
assault on the constable he should commit him for one , be ridiculous to offer an opinion on the Marquis of
month without fine. 1 Westminster's Plate and other Handicaps.
May 8. A FRESH MAN.
DEATH OF ARCHDEACON HEADLAM.—We regret to I
ieunce the death of the Venerable John Headlam CHESTER.—MoNDay.
M.A., Archdeacon of Richmond, which took place in' ARRIVALS.—Adelaide, Gipsy King, Moor of Venice,
Yorkshire on Thursday. The reverend gentleman was Lord Hill, Falcon, Brigadier, Kennyside Hero, Gui-
one of the oldest clergymen in the diocese of Ripon, ' cowar, Cobnut, Barrel, Pantomime, Sandhurst, Acrobat,
laving attained his 85th year. He was presented to the Roscommon, Sextus, Newbold, Athlone by Tearaway,
rectory of Wycliffe, near Greta Bridge, in 1795. out of Ballinasole's dam.

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Total—. 309

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES
( Prom the Official List.)
Business done.
131111 k Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B6s
3 per Cent Consols Annuities B7 A
New 31 per Cent. Annuities B7l 7
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 4 13.16
India Bonds, £lOOO —
Ditto, under £lOOO l5 5 d
Consols for Account 11th May B7/ i a
Exchequer Bills, 2d.
£5OO
Small ......... ... 3 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Britian Bonds, 5 per Cent. —
Ditto New, 1852, 43/4 per Cent 9O
Buenos Ayres Bonds, ti per Cent 54
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Peruvian Bonds, 43/4 per Cent. —
Ditto for the Account... 59.
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent —
Ditto Ex all over-due Coupons 37
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St
Ditto 4i per Cent BO
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 363/4
51xPaiih New Deferred, 3 per Cent. l7i
Dividends on the above payable in London
Dutch Exchange, 2h per Cent. 12 Gull s7i 8i 8 i
THREE O'CLOCK.

Per Slbs to sink the drab.
s. d. s. d.l
Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 2
Second quality.... 3 4 3 6
Prime large oxen 3 8 4 0
Prime Scots, &c. 4 2 4 4
Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8
Second quality ...3 10 4 4
Prime crse.-wiled..4 6 4 8

Lambs

TOTAL SUPPLY.

Consols B7i
Ditto May Account

CRIMINAL COURT.-(TIIIS DAY).

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The May session of th• above Court was opened this
Morning.
By the first edition of the calendar it apoears that
there are 118 prisoners for trial at the present session.
The Recorder, in the commencement of his charge to
the grand jury, said he was disappointed to see that so
considerable a portion of the present Session of Parliament
had passed away without some alteration being made in
the present system of calling grand juries together within
this jurisdiction. lie did not think the public were yet pre-
pared for the entire abolition of grand juries, but it cer-
tainly did appear to him that it would be an advantage to
the administration of justice if sonic alteration of the pre-
sent system were to be made, and that, at all events, the
necessity for calling grand juries together so frequently as
Was now the case should not exist. With regard to the pre-
sent calendar, he said it was satisfactory to find that, with
the exception of two or three cases of murder, there was a
remarkable absence of crimes of violence, and the calendar
only contained one charge of cutting and wounding. In
reference to the charges of murder, he said he was fear-
ful, from the facts stated in the depositions, they would
feel that they had no alternative but to return true bills,
and although a question might arise as to the state of
mind of the parties, they would have nothing to do with
that question, which could only be properly disposed of
by the petty jury. His lordship said that there were
some other serious cases, but they did not appear to pre-
sent any difficulties either of law or fact, and there was only
one charge of manslaughter which appeared to present any
unusual circumstances. In this case a woman was
charged with killing her child, and it appeared that,
while in a drunken state, she had dropped the child,
which was of very tender age, and thereby caused its
death. It appeared to him, that in law, it being the
duty of the prisoner to protect and take care of her
child, and not having done so, in consequence of having,
by her own act, rendered herself incapable of perform-
ing her duty, she would be amenable to the charge of
manslaughter ; and if the facts should be proved, it
would be their duty to find a bill for that offence.
The grand jury then retired.

Lamb

MARLBO.ROUGEI-STREET.-(THIS DAY.

CORN EXCHANGE.
There was a very inactive demand for all kinds of wheat
in the country markets held on Saturday, and prices had
a downward tendency.. The barley trade was heavy, on
rather easier terms. Malt and flour were almost nominal,
but oats, beans, and peas sold steadily, at very full prices. Bhr
Most of the Continental markets have been rather dull
for wheat as well as spring corn. Prices have had a down-
ward tendency. Tho last accounts from New York state
that a fair average business was doing in wheat, flour, and of,o
Indian corn. 2
Very moderate supplies of English grain arrived in the
port of London last week. The imports of foreign were
extensive, viz., 67,726 quarters of wheat, 11,989 barley,
7,376 oats, 4,162 beans, 73 peas, 321 tares, 3,174 linseed,
2,939 rapeseed, 1,072 sundry seeds, 5,597 sacks and 29,930
barrels of flour.
The arrivals of English wheat fresh up. to this morning's
market coastwise were very limited, but in good condition.
By land carriage very few samples reached us—yet the
show, which was partly composed of last Monday's unsold
supply, was moderate. For all descriptions the demand
was in a very depressed state. However, a few very su-
perior qualities were disposed of at last Monday's currency;
but low and middling kinds changed hands heavily, at a
decline in the quotations of from ls to 2s per quarter.
There was scarcely any inquiry for forward delivery
samples.
The imports of foreign wheat having been exceedingly
heavy, the supply of that grain here to-day was extensive.
Importers were for the most part rather eager sellers, and
the trade was dull, at is to 2s per quarter less money than
on this day se'nnight. At that decline very little progress
was made in effecting sales.
Floating cargoes, the arrival of which off the coast con-
tinue good, were offering at 2s to 3s per quarter less money
than on this day se'nnight.
We were well supplied with barley—malting samples
sold slowly, at full prices, but the value of other kinds
had a downward tendency.
Malt was in moderate supply, and sluggish request, at
barely stationary prices.
There was less business doing in oats—the supply of
which was good- yet the quotations were supported.
Owing to the large imports, beans met a dull inquiry,
at barely late rates.
Peas commanded very little attention.
The flour trade was dull, and American parcels were
rather cheaper.
CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.
Wheat—Essex k KPnt, Malt—Chevalier • • 75s to 76?
Red .... new 72s to 83a Oats Yorkshire and
Ditto .• • • ........ old 75s 86s Lincolush., Feed 30s 343
Ditto, White new 75s 86s Potato
Ditto.. • • .... old 74s 88s Youghal and Cork
Norfolk and Lin. Black. •• 30s 33s
coin, Red, old 72s 82s Cork, White ..... 29s 35s
Ditto new •• .• 72. 82s Scotch, Feed. •• 349 36s
Rye—Old •• •• •• 518 52s Beans—Tick •• 45s 548
New •••• • • ...... 50A 51s Pigeons
Barley—Grinding .• •.. 36s 38a Peas—Grey. ...• 44s 488
Malting .•• • • 39s 418 Maple. •• •• 488 53s
Chevalier •• 423 44s White.•• •• •• 568 62s
malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers •• •• 56s 60s
folk .• •• • • ...... 668 71s Flour—Town-made... 68s 708
Crown .• ••• •• 60s 62s Suffolk •• •• 608 64s
Kingston and Ware 738 758 Stockta Be Norfolk 603 66s

SMITHFIELD.
Last week's imports of foreign stock into London were
on a very moderate scale, the total supply being only
1,122 head. In the corresponding week in 1853 we
1850 re-
ceived 3,474 ; in 1852, 2,072 ; in 1851, 1,923 ;
in ,
1,425 ; in 1849, 1,486 ; in 1848, 2,434; and in 1847,
1,928 head.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WINK.
From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.—
Ha,mburgh 81 ... 307 ... „. „.
Rotterdam 52 •... 482 ... ... 147 ...
Harlingen
Ostend — - 1 2 ... ...
Amsterdam

SHARE MARKETS

(THIS DAY.)

- ... --

566 ... 3 ... 232 12
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
R 53 854 ... 2,100 2 ... 518 ...
[852.......... 279 ... 1,366 2 318 114
1851 514 1,275 2 318 114
1850 322 725 113 258 ... 7
1849 294 963 226 ... 3
Amongst the foreign stocks on offer in to-day's markets
were nearly 200 oxen from Spain. With Dutch stock we
were but moderately supplied.
The arrivals of boasts from our own grazing districts
were good as to number, but there was a slight falling off
in their general weight and condition compared with some
previous weeks. Although the attendance of buyers was
rather extensive, the beef trade was in a very sluggish
state, at a decline in the prices obtained on Monday last of
2d per Blbs. The top figure for the best Scots was 4s 4d
per Sibs.
From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire
we received 2,900 Scots and short-horns ; from other parts
of England, 600 of various breeds ; and from Scotland,
642 horned and polled Scots.
The supply of all breeds of sheep was very moderate. As
nearly the whole of that description of stook is arriving
out of the wool, our quotations refer to shorn sheep only.
The mutton trade was decidedly active, and the quotations
were from 2d to, in some instances, 4d per 81bs. higher
than on Monday last. Downs, out of the wool, realised
from 4s 10d to 5s Od per 81bs.
There was a limited inquiry for lambs, at Friday's de-
cline in the price of 4d per Sibs. The highest figure was
6s 8d per Bibs.
Calves were in fair average supply, and sluggish request,
at Friday's depression of 2d per Blbs.
We had a dull sale for pigs, at barely last week's
quotations.

s. d. s. d.
'Prime Southdown 410 5 0
!Large crse. calves 4 4 5 0
Prime small d 0... 5 2 5 6
Large hogs 3 0 4 2
Small porkers 4 4 4 8
Sucklingcalves ..22 0 29 0
Quarter old pigs 21 0 27 0
5s 2d to 6s Bd.

BRITISH RAILWAYS.

FOILED:IN SUPPLY.
Beasts .. ••• • • • 4,815 Beasts ...... ........ . 673
Sheep .•••• • • • • • • • 21,230 Sheep .. ••• • •
••• •• • • 220
•
170
Calves .
A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat
stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on
Monday, May 9, 1853, and this day, Monday, May 8,
1854. Per Sibs, to sink he offals.
Mt ay 9, 1854. May 8, 1853
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d
Coarse and inferior beasts ... 30to 3 2.3 oto 3 2
Second quality ditto 3 4 3 6'3 4 3 6
Prime large oxen 3 8 310 3 8 4 0
Prime Scots, &c 4 0 4 214 2 4 4
Coarse and inferior sheep 4 0 4 2 3 6 3 8
Second quality ditto ... 4 4 4 813 10 4 4
Prime coarse woolled ditto 410 5 014 6 4 8
Prime Southdown ditto 5 2 5 44 10 5 0
lambs ... 5 0 6 o's 2 6 8
Large coarse calves 3 8 4 4'4 4 5 0
Prime small ditto ... 4 6 4 1015 2 5 6
Large hogs ...............3 2 3 813 0 4 2
Neat small porkers 310 4 4 4 4 4 8
Beasts... 4,669 4,815
Sheep 23,250 21,230
Calves... 263 229
Pigs ..................435 280
SUPPLIES ON SALE, May 10, 1852.—Beasts, 4,193 ; sheep
and lambs, 25,540 ; calves, 231; pigs, 365.
May 12, ISS! .—Beasts, 4,71 S ; sheep and lambs, 29,230 ;
calves, 268 ; pigs, 410.

Closing Prices
this day.

Business done
this day.

LITERATURE,

NEWGATE AND LEA.DENHALL.
The late advance in the value of meat having brought
forward large supplies from the provinces, our markets are
dull, as follows:—
Per 81bs by the carcase.
s. d. s. d.
Beef, inferior 3 0 3 4
Do., middling 3 6 3 8
Do., prime largo 3 8 3 10
Do., do. small 3lO 4 0
Pork, large 3 4 4 0

s. d. s. d. "hu
Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 6 5
Do., middling 3 8 4 2
{ Do., prime 44 4 6 20
Veal 310 5 2 10
i Pork, small 44 4 8 5
5
. 5s Od to as 4d. 10

BOROUGH HOP. 20
The supply of hops continues very limited, and the de• 20
mand is tolerably firm, at our quotations. The import 3:.;
of foreign hops into this country has nearly, or quite ceased. 10
Mid and East Keut pockets, 5/. 5s to 8/. Os ; Weald 2r
of Kent ditto, 5/. Os to GI. lOs ; Sussex ditto, 5/. 5s 20
to Gt. Gs per cwt. 20

BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS.
Although the arrivals of potatoes, coastwise and by land
carriage have been on a very moderate scale since Monday
last, these markets are far from active. Prices, however,
are fairly supported. The imports are 30 bags from Belfast
and 26 from Ghent York Regents, 130 s to 160 s ; Kent and
Essex ditto, 140 s to 170 ; Scotch ditto, 130 s to 150 s ; ditto
cups, 110 to 130 s ; Irish whites, 110 s to 120 s ; and foreign,
100 to 110 s per ton.

THE SUN, LONDON. MONDAY EVENING, MAY
_B, 1854.

and " the canoe the travelling carriage." Hence
the title of the volume—hence the "Boy Hunters"

are transformed into the " Young Voyageurs."
Immediately we are again introduced to them, as
they are revealed to us in the second chapter,
grouped together in, their birch bark canoe,
although we find them grown somewhat, they
are still the same for the most part, pre-

The Great -Highway : A Story of the World's
Struggles. By S. W. Fullom, author of the
" Marvels of Science." Second Edition. 3 vols.
Longman.
The motto of this work is very symbolical of its
contents—" There are more things in heaven and
earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philoso-
phy." It is very evident that to many this reve-
lation of social mysteries will be a complete novelty,
and will betray the meretricious splendour of many
literary and scientific stars. Yet it is not only the
subterfuges and deceits, the snares and pitfalls laid
for the uninitiated, the craft and cruelty of the
practised votary of the inner circles of the profes-
sion, that are selected for description and discussion
here. The reader is not indeed confined to one
country, far less to one phase of society or one con-
dition of life. The first volume is entirely occupied
with rural scenes in England, in which the com-
plicated plot of the after events is foreshadowed.
In the second, the hero is induced to try his for-
tunes in the New World, and in that mighty and
magnificent theatre for the display of neglected
talents, in that opportune sphere for powers useless
in their native land, a long time is passed by the
young aspirant. The last volume is that referring
to literature, as it appears to the inexperienced
and unfriended when taken up for a livelihood.
The least pleasing portion of the story is unques-
tionably that which refers to the Mormons, who
are traced from their wanderings in England to
their native strongholds in the Land of the West.
It must be confessed that great skill is displayed
in all the details, and especially in the crisis when
the people of the New World rise up against the base
sect. The accounts of America are very graphic
and forcible. On first arriving the emigrants are
delighted, as they think they have reached the
land of promise in their life of toil. " What an
opening, what a prospect; our own language still,
but a new form of government, a new people, a new
hemisphere. Here, for ages to come, all Europe
may throw in its surplus population, and there
will still be room. Here flesh and blood in their
naked strength are wealth, life, energy, and power."
Such are the dreams of the newly landed, which,
however, do not always meet with realisation.
Ernest Glynn set out on a long and dangerous jour-
ney, with some fellow-adventurers, in the wilds of
America; but it is mentioned that a thousand miles,
with swamps, forests, &c., in the way, are nothing
out there. It is a relief and a privilege, after the
whirl and confusion of the bustling city and its
go-ahead inhabitants, to . pass away into the still
depths and calm majesty of the eternal forests.
To the impassioned and enthusiastic hero such
scenes and such sights were full of strange enchant-
ment and magic interest. As his eye beheld the
primeval prairies there, so deserted and gloomy,
" his imagination again peopled it with its ancient
lords, and gave them back their usurped hunting
grounds." Again, from the past he turned to the
future ; all around him would change—was chang-
ing; " the frightful morass would one day be a
garden—the gaunt staring rocks would be mantled
with vegetation—the ocean river be choked up.
How could Ernest look on these things, and think
on his own tiny, fleeting, miserable griefs ? What
was he, poor helpless worm, in the mighty pre-
sence of nature and her God? Where would his
thoughts be when the everlasting rocks had
perished ?" Clara Meredith is a character very
successfully dealt with; her strong partiality to her
native land, her overweening prejudices in favour of
its customs, good and bad, ,% ere rooted sentiments
in her heart ; and of these feelings her wily cousin
knew how,to take advantage. Too late she found
out her mistake ; and Ernest, when losing her
favour, was more fortunate than Wdmore, only
accepted from spite and vanity. Ernest's next step
on the " great highway" of life was not more en-
couraging. He returned home, but fate smiled
not more propitiously upon him in the struggle for
renown than in the search for happiness. Rejected
in love, he was not chosen by Fame ; and to crown
all miseries and mischances, he became what is
aptly here styled " a negro of literature"—one who
works for others in every sense of the word, with-
out pleasure or profit—who gives up for their paltry
triumph the treasures of his fancy and the stores of
his intellect. Not for gain is the sacrifice of glory
made, however, as the profits, small or large, never
descend to the depths where its originator is buried.
It is an unspeakable relief to turn from these mys-
teries of literature to the sunny sphere of Emily de
Burgh's circle. The concluding passages are almost
dramatic in their startling events and rapid suc-
cession. The cousin of Ernest is well described in
his selfishness and cunning ; his end is quite sad
enough to satisfy any lover of justice. Altogether,
the " Great Highway" offers a forcible instance of
what has to be borne and what must be sur-
mounted by the unfriended in the journey of life.
If success at last crowns their labours, those labours
have been often useless ; and when the admiring
crowd applaud the final effort, none consider by
how many agonising failures it has been preceded.
The following passage exemplifies the sufferings en-
dured by Ernest in consequence of injustice and
selfishness being employed to extinguish his first
essay in the lottery of literature :
" But the favour with which Ernest's tale was re-
ceived, notwithstanding the neglect of the usual appli-
ances, now became a subject of real concern to Edge,
who not only had before hint the disagreeable prospect
of having to make a payment to an author, but also the
possibility that success might even tempt Ernest to re-
sign his engagement, when, as he well knew, he would
infallibly lose the services of his most efficient fag. But
the means of preventing such a catastrophe were in his
own hands. One of his decoy-books, the production of
a deservedly popular authoress, was just ready, and this
was immediately brought out, blazoned, paraded, and
pushed in every direction, fully answering the pur-
pose contemplated. Ernest's novel was irrecoverably
swamped.
"He is sitting alone in his dark chamber—with the
dark past and the darker future, as there is but too much
ground to consider it, vividly present to his eye. Where
now aro the weary hours he stole from sleep ?—where all
the hopes, dreams, expectations, that guided and sus-
tained his useless efforts The bold, manly heart, which,
undaunted by adversity, had so long maintained its up-
standing fight with the world—even the strong frame, is
bowed and crushed : not by &Hare, no ! but by injus-
tice, trickery, and fraud.
" A strange sensation seized upon him, as if his whole
system, struck down by the sufferings of the mind, had
received a simultaneous shock, paralysing and prostrat-
ing it ; and, with an instinctive foreboding, he put his
handkerchief to his mouth : it was full of blood.
" That blood cried to Heaven against some one, as
surely as Abel's against Cain. Not for all your gains,
Mr. Edge ! would we have a drop of it ou our souls !"

cisely as we have known them all along
Basil is still their bravo and dashing leader,

their chieftain by right of personal qualifications as
well as by right of primogeniture—Lucien is still
the calm, contemplative naturalist—Francois is still
little better than a merry ne'er-do-weel, a droll, gay,
laughing, light-hearted miniature of a Frenchman.
Basil is still ready at an instant's notice to start
upon any daring enterprise ! Lucien still cherishes
an extravagant contempt for Buffon and Linineus,
whom he sneers at as closet naturalists ! Francois
is still prepared to enjoy a laugh in the midst of
difficulties, however seemingly overwhelming !
Conducted by their cousin Norman, who has come
from their uncle's station in the far north, on the
shores of the Arctic waters, and taking with them
their old dog, Marengo, as their ever faithful com-
panion—the Boy Hunters, or Young Voyageurs,
as we have now learnt to call them, enter boldly
upon their long journey or voyage, which is to
conduct them from their flowery home in Louisiana
to the snow-covered regions of the Esquimaux. On
their way thither, be sure of that, they meet with
abundance of hairbreadth 'stapes and exciting ad-
ventures. They encounter perils even in the occa-
sional "portage from river to river, and dangers
enow while they are floating along the current of
their long .water-course. *Travelling with them,
the reader becomes acquainted with an extraor-
dinary variety both of the flora and of the fauna
of the northern part of the great American
Continent. The trumpeter-swan and the bald
eagle, the bison and the marmot, the wapite and
the wolverene, the shrike and the humming-bird,
the moose and the leopard, the polar h. are and the
snowy owl, the arctic fox and the white wolf, the
jumping mouse and the ermine, the lynx, the cari-
bou, and the jerfalcon, with a profusion of other
denizens of those marvellous climates, meet us at
every turn, soaring, burrowing, swimming, flying,
crawling. The vegetation, too—how wonderful
and prolific in its seemingly endless diversity—the
rice plant and the sugar cane, the fan-palm and
the broad-leafed magnolia, the pine, the cedar, the
maple, the spruce, and the hemlock. Everywhere,
moreover, that we come upon a new plant or a new
animal, we are not merely entertained, but instructed.
Lucien is generally, of course, the interlocutor.
Yet, though his explanatory words are sometimes
very numerous in his anxiety to impart informa-
tion to his fellow-travellers, ho generally so con-
trives matters that he does not become prosy in his
prelections. Several of 'the incidents introduced
in the course of the narrative are startling enough,
and some of them singularly enthralling. As for
example, that one recounted in the chapter entitled
" Cast Away," or, again, as in the record of Basil's
encounter with the bison-bull, during some critical
parts of which his jeopardy seems to be abso-
lutely appalling. It is scarcely possible to pass
by without allusion the brief but beautiful
dedication prefixed to the volume, brief as an
epigram, and beautiful as an utterance of the
heart. It is simply this :
_ _

"Kind Father,
Gentle and Affectionate Mother,
Accept this Tribute of
A Son's Gratitude."

There can be little doubt that " The Young
Voyageurs" will command as wide and lasting a
popularity as its predecessors. Those predecessors,
prized, we question not, by many a noble-hearted
boy as among his chief book-favourites—ranged by
him on the same dear old self with "The Boy's
Own Book," and with the charming tale of " Sand-
ford and Merton," and with "Robinson Crusoe,"
the • glorious and beloved masterpiece. Captain
Mayne Reid's name has, doubtless, by this time a
pleasant sound in the ears of those young readers
who have pored late and early over the storied
pages of " The Desert Home" and " The Boy
Hunters." And by these assuredly a glad welcome
will be given to his animated account of the travels
and adventures of " The Young Voyageurs"—
Norman, Basil, Lucien, Francois. Following
them in their movements, from Louisiana onwards,
to their Arctic destination—it is like a remem-
brance of those lovely hexameters of Longfellow,
where he sings, in Evangeline :
" Nearer and ever nearer, among the numberless islands,
Darted a light, swift boat, that sped away o'er the water,
Urged on its course by the sinewy arras of hunters and
trappers :
Northward its prow is turned, to the land of the bison
and beaver."
Closing the book reluctantly, we still seem to be
roving onwards to the North with Norman, Basil,
Lucien, Francois—what though we are perfectly
conscious, from the last chapter, that they have
reached their new home on the shores of the Arctic
Sea in safety, and that Marengo has found, no
doubt, many an agreeable friend and comrade
among the dogs of the Esquimaux.