The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-25 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.

BlitainicHAnt, MAY 24.—At this day's market there was
a good supply of wheat, and the trade ruleal dull, at a reduc-
tion of fully Is per quarter on all descriptions. Barley main-
tained its value, with more doing therein. Oats quite as dear.
Beans unaltered. Very little demand for peas.
BRISTOL. MAY 24.—The supplies of English wheat have
been moderate, but of Foreign good, and the trade in each is
dull at a decline of Is per quarter. For flour the demand has
been more circumscribed, prices being a turn lower. In malt-
ing barley there was scarcely anything doing ; grinding quali-
ties attract rather more attention. Oats are scarce, at about
6d per quarter dean r. Beaus remain unaltered. Wheat :
English now, 40s to 48s per imperial quarter ; Foreign, white,
48s to 52s ; ditto, red, tine qualities, 40s to 43s ; ditto, ordi-
nary, 37s to 395; ditto, hard, 36s to 39s per 4801bs. Barley :
English malting, 30s to 35s per imperial quarter; ditto,
Foreign grinding, 21s to 23s per 4001bs. Oats : Devon and
Welsh, 16s 6d to 17s 6d per imperial quarter; ditto, Irish
white, 20s 6d to 2/s 6d per 320 lbs ; ditto, black, 17s 6d to
18s per imperial quarter ; Foreign, none. Beans : English,
30s to 36s per imperial quarter ; ditto, Foreign, '26s to 305 per
480 lbs. Flour : English seconds, 31s to 33s per sack ; ditto,
American, &c., sweet, 34s to 36s per barrel. The Gloucester
market was confined to a very moderate supply of English
wheat, the best qualities of which were taken at full prices.
For foreign there exists a steady consumptive demand, but
prices are somewhat lower than during the preceding week.
ailrecuhnawraiciltienr;
The malting barley season has terminated, and for grinding
sellers
ackast
an
oa 1 dreertsa
oats are greatly reduced,
is siuitaendof
tian beans move off tardily at our
ceedingly slow. EVE'
advance of Is to is 6d per quarter, at which the sale is ex-
quotations.
parcels the deand

BOSTON, MAY 23.---Wheaf,' red 40s to 45s Od, white 499 ;
oats 13s to 20s ; beans, 29s to .33s per quarter.
SLEAFORD, MAY 21.—Wheat, white 46s to 475; red 45s
to 47; ; barley nominal ; oats 16; Od to 20s; beans, 31s to
33s per quarter.
GEIMSEV.—Return of Sales to May 21—Wheat 445
quarters,os Oct( average 5
,007a/velr2as(avvers 3d )i
(average 45; 30):; barley 80 quarters,
1011
oats 60 quarters, 431 0,
(average 14s 4d).
LOUTH, MAY 23.—Wheat 40s to 465; barley 24s to 285 ;
osts I3s to 16s; beans 30; to :355 per quarter; seconds flour
Os Od per stone.
LYNN, MAY 22.—Wheat 36; to 40s, fine 44s to 465;
barley 24s to 265, fire 28s to 30s per qyarter.
OAKHA M. MAY 21.—Wheat' 44; to 4'!s; barley 26s to c _9s;.
oats 16s to 21s; beans, 30. to 39s per quarter.
111v:roll MOWBRAY, MAY -22.—Wheat. 45s to 48s ;
barley OSs to 00s • oats 185 to 22s ; beans 27s to 30s per qr.
UPPINGHAM, AIA4 23.—Wheat 42; to 475; barley 29s to
30s ; oats 15s to 20s ; beans 29; to 33s per quarter. Butter
8d to B.ld per lb; eggs 24 for Is.
NEWARK, MAY 23.—Wheat, white 48sto 50s, extra 005, red
44s to 475, extra 00; ; barley, malting 30s to 31s, extra 00s,
grinding 24s to 25s ; oats, new 15s to 21s, old 22; to 24s ;
brans, new 31s to 345, old 38s to 40s; peas 30s to 32s ; tares
40s to 44s ; malt 5-Is to 56s per qr.
ROTHERHAM, MAY 21.--Beef 5; 6d to Os 6d per stone ;
plentiful.a nd obtained.
Beef,
1,/,2d supply
to
mutton, 4i-ct to per lb. Beasts 310, sheep 4,870.
DERBY, MAY 22. - The supply of beef to-day was still less
than it has been for some time ,s higher prices were again asked
oTfolp4l bpsr.i
ceH2idse,
average, but the demand was flat. Fat and store calves were
EDINBURGH, MAYd
5d per lb ; lambs, 18s to 1/,ls. Rough fat, 3; 6d per stone
6iof; smheuetptoann,dsdlatmob6ds was about she
and t
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forward to-day was 534 qrs, being 119 qrs more than last week.
qrs unsold.
The quantity of barley brought forward was 465 qrs, being
163 qrs less than last week. Price on the top the same, and the
average is 10d down-53 qrs unsold. Of oats we had 1,630 qrs
brought forward, or 254 qrs more than last week. Top price
Bd, and the average 6d down-25s
qrs unsold. The quan-
tity of beans to-day was 141 qrs, or 45 qrs less than last week.
Price on the top Is 6d, and the average 7d down-19 qrs unsold.
Top of Wheat ..• 65iIb 50s Od
.... Barley .... 5 Alb 30s Od
... Oats .s. •.. 4241 b 21; 4d'
... Beans •• ••• ... 67 lb 315 Od
EEDINBURGHcAr • elsE zaAnscrr, MAY. 23.—The supply
of cattle this morning was 61r,'tieing 2 nahre than
last week. Demand good, and prices, compared with last week,
rose 6.i per stone. Top price of the best beef 7s 6d; current
7s to 6s 6d ; middling and inferior 5s to 5s 6d per Dutch
stone. At the close of the market a good clearance was
effected. The supply of sheep and lambs this morning was
1,634, being 303 more than last week. Demand good, and
last week's prices fully supported. On account of higher
prices being demanded, a few were unsold. Top price of best
mutton 6d per lb ; current, 54d; middling and inferior, from
30 to 4d. Lambs (top) 21s 9,1; current 18s to 20;, and down
to 159 a head.
DUNBAR, MAY 22.—Wheat, weighing 63,11b5, brought
46', ar.l prices to 425. Barley, weighing 001bs, brought 28s,
and prices to 21s Oct. Oats, weighing 4241b5, brought 19s 6d,
and prices to 17s 6d. Beans and peas, weighing 651bs, brought
295, and prices to 005 Od.
DUNDEE, MAY 18.— Wheat, 41s Od to 443 Od. Foreign,
ditto 45; Od to 48s Od. Barley, 22s Od to 23s Od. Oats, 15s
to 15a 6d. Peas and beans, 2ss Od to 245 Od.
seconds, 13s Od to 13; Od; households lOs to 12s ; thirds 8s so 1 4.
MAY 23. —Flour —Firsts 14s to 1456 d ; extra 153 Od;
per cwt. Oatmeal 13s Od to COs; Indian meal 8: 6d to 9s ; wtioat
meal, 10; Od to llsper cwt. Indian corn 8/ OsOdto 8/105 per ton.
Bran 4l to 4/ 5s per ton. Hay—Farmers 33s Od to 48s; average
00s; dealers 46s to:48s; average 00s Od per ton. Straw—farmers
26; Od to 27s Od; average 005; dealers 005 Od :to 00s Od;
average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 64d;
household loaf 5d to 54d per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to
9d per lb. Eggs— 3s 9d to 3s ltd per hundred. Coals—
, Newport 16s; Lydney 17s ; Landore 16s ; Best Neath
Culm 14s per ton. Tallow 43s 6d to 44s per cwt.
Whisky, 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial gallon. Meat
—Beef 4d to 7d ; mutton 5d to 6id ; veal bid to
7d ; pork 4d to bid ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 6d per
lb. Hops 6/ lOs per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2; 6d to 315 s per
ton. Bark—Barbary 81 to 8/ lOs; Valonia 141 to 0/ ; French
7/ 10s; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 103 to 12s per stone.
Hemp 31/ to 36/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 175 to 18s; red
ditto 26s to 28s per barrel ; Newfoundland 10/ lOs to 12/ per
ton. Timber—New Memel 41105; old scarce; red pine 31
15s ; yellow pine 3/ per ton ; deals, first quality, 201; second
quality 17/ per 120. Hides—Market lOs to 14s ; salted lls to
14s per cwt • calf skins lid to 20 ; market lid to 2d per lb.
Potatoes, white 12d to 14d; Minions 19d to 20d; Guano—
Peruvian, 11/ to'll/10s; Ichaboe 9/ per ton ; Tar—Archangel,
19s per barrel.

NAVAL AND 111ILITARY INTEL-

LIGENCE.
PoRTSMoUTH, THURSDAY.—The Jasper steam sur-
veying vessel, Lieutenant George M. Alldridge, acting
commander, sailed at daylight this morning for Ply-

mouth.
The Kent freight ship sailed at an early hour this
of her Mrsjvst3's birthday. Royal salutes were fired at
morningl,he olfiOprs tdhree
sCs
radp ei
nof
fl Good
at hope.
I. to day in honour
noon by the Victory, Illustrious, and Excellent in har-
bour, and the Superb at Spithead. A large party of
naval and military officers, including both Admira!s and
the Lieutenant Governor, with several ladies, proceeded
in Fire Q teen steamer to Cowes to attend her Ma.
jest's iiirthouy fete. landing at Cowes at 3 30 P. 31.
The Arrogant; 46, auxiliary screw steam-frigate, was
undocked this aiternoon.
Wind—S. by E., light airs and hazy.
This being her Majesty's birthday, the troops com-
posing this garrison were formed on Southsea Common
in contiguous columns, quarter distance, facing the
sea, at 12 o'clock, as follows:—Loyal Artillery, four
tield- pit ces, Royal Sappers and Miners, Royal Marines,
77th Regiment, 91st Regiment, and Royal Marine Artil-
lery. two field-pieces.

On the arrival of Major-Gen. Lord Fredk. Fitzclarence
and staff on the ground, the troops deployed into line,
formed open column, and marched past in quick and quar-
ter distance, the hands together playing the " Grenadiers'
m.lr( h." The feu de joie then commenced by the Royal
Artillery firing seven guns, the line then fired around, the
Royal Marine Artillery finishing by seven guns; this was
repeated twice in a similar manner. The men then gave
three hearty cheers, the signal being given by Lord F.
Fitzclarence, in which most of the vast assembly
gathered there cordially joined. The line then advanced,
and presented arms, the bands together playing " God
save the Queen."

Thu whole was under the superintendence of Captain
J. Home Purves, Major of Brigade.
Lord F. Fitzclarence entertains the heads of depart-
ments at dinner this evening.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 23.—Her Majesty's steam-vessels
Gladiator, 6, 13asilisk, 8, Niger, 8, and Columbia, 3,
arrived on Sunday from Portsmouth, and went up har-
bour to coal. The Gladiator and Niger are going to
P,mbruke to tow a
ship to the eastward; and the
Columbia is bound to North America on a survey.
Hcr INlajesty's brig Grecian, 12, Commander Louis
Tindal, wt nt into harbour on Monday to be paid off.
Her Majesty's ship Queen, 110, Captain Henry W.
Bruce, was unmasted on Monday, and was on Tuesday
taken into the North Dock to have her copper examined
and repaired. The shipwrights employed are to work
extra hours in shoring her. She will be paid off on
Friday the 25th inst.

Her Mai% sty's ship Vanguard was on Tuesday re-
muted into the Union Dock from the North Dock, to
give place to the Queen.
The Royal Dockyard Battalion commenced their sum-
mer drill on Monday.
This morning, off the Deadman, the emigrant-ship
Panama, ran down and sunk the brigantine Mary. The
Panama, t f London, of 477 tons register, Captain Alex-
ander Watt, bound from London to Port Philip with emi-
grants, left here on Monday, the 21st of May, and the
Cap-
tain Jones, left Pentuan at six 'o'clock this morning,
brigantine Mary, of Port Madoc, 140 tons burden,
laden with China clay in casks. 'bound to Runcorn or
Liverpool. At half-past eight o'clock there was a stiff
breeze from the westward. Black Head lay N.N.E.,
three miles distant from the brigantine, which was on
stt.oloilue,
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the Panama approaching, with her head
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single-reefed
jibs.to helm,
the
courses,tt,psail mafoinret(s)apial,avanfotrseatioi,
spanker jib, flying jib, and foretopmast staysail. When
the Panama neared her sails were shivering in the
wind, and Captain Junes expected she would pass under
the Mary's stern ; instead of which, in consequence of
some misunderstanding between the mate and the
helmsman of the Panama, she struck the brigantine on
the larboard side, rather before the main rigging, carried
away the mainmast, and ran the unfortunate brigantine
right down. fler crew, consisting of six persons, got
hastily over the bows of the emigrant-ship, and thus
saved their lives, as the Mary sank within five minutes
after the collision. The Panama has damaged her cut-
Njhaet er
Sound, for
this
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' and flying jibboom, and returned into
afternoon.
Wind, W,N.W., smart breeze.

IMPROVED ACCOMMODATION FOR REPORTERS IN
THE HOUSE OF LORDS.—Their Lordships' Select COM.
mi tee, appointed to take into consideration the accom-
modation of the House, have reported as follows:
" That the Committee have met to consider the subject-
matter to them referred. Mr. Barry has submitted to
the Committee plans which, if executed, would, in his
01 inion, considerablyincrease the facilities of hearing in
the tallerv. The Committee recommend the ereaion of
a temporary gallery, in order to ascertain the probable
eff et of the suggested alteration before the House
adopts the plan in question or authorises any permanent
erection in respect thereto. The Committee also recom-
mend hat a portion of the space at the foot of the
throne be railed ofT."—[Tne alteration, we believe, con-
sists in lowering the gallery, and extending it towards
the centre of the House, and also of removing the vtool-
sack, and, of course, the locale of the principal speakers
further from the throne, and nearer to the reporters.]
SOUTHAMPTON, TnuasnAT.—The Jupiter arrived
this evening at eight o'clock with the usual mails from
the Peninsula. She has brought forty passengers, and
specie amounting to ten thousand pounds. By this ar-
rival we learn that the quarantine restriction at Lisbon
had been removed on ail vessels leaving England after
the 16th ultimo, excepting those from Scotland and Ire-
land. The Boerd of Health had also decided that as
the cholera had ceased in the
.Baltic ports, all vessels
would be admitted to free pratique. Lisbon Exchange,
9 days, 54 to 1.

UNIVERSITY REFORM.
MR. HEYWOOD'S MOTION.
It is impossible to overestimate the importance of Uni-
versity Reform in its bearings on the interests of the
community at large. There is too general a feeling,
that only a narrow class is interested in that question.
But it does not involve the interest of a mere section of
the community. Apart from its direct bearing on the
Church, the whole education of the country is immedi-
ately affected by the system practised at the Universi-
ties. Ever town, every village, every parent, therefore,
is interested in this question. Or late year, a flood of
servile doctrine has poured forth from the University of
Oxford, which has well nigh gone the length of unpro-
testentizing the national Church.
The question is, whence comes this? Can the evil be
traced to the inherent constitution of the Universities?
Are the y in conformity with the wants of the age and
nation?
We arc desirous or nirectirg the attention of the public
to this subject, because an attempt is on the eve of being
made in Parliament to obtain an examin.tion into their
present condition. Four years have now elapsed since
any effort has been made to obtain legislative inquiry.
The numbers who negatived Mr. Chri,tie's last motion
on the subject in the House of Commons were such as
to read to the Universities a salutary warning. The public
were told by the opponents of reform, we have some de-
fects truly, but we will reform ourselves. Only let no
Parliamentary inquiry take place, don't expose the ble-
mishes of alma mater to the gaze of day, have a little
mercy at least for a short time, and we will thoroughly
set our house in order. The abuses you have heard of,
you sl-all hear of no more. Our elections shall be puri•
fled, our system reorganized. the cathedrals pro-
mised in the day of their tribulation, that if they were
only spared from the devouring hand of the spoiler, they
would become the very pillars of the Church. We will
not promise, but perform. Corruption shall no more be
named. We will become what our title imports—a
University.
The public now anxiously inquire, have these pro
mises been performed? The Universities have been
placed on their trial. The fruits which have come from
a system of self reform nave been. tested by the results.
Whether ,any eraptasytetena, t!n reform itself is a ques-
tion which experience usually aniivere in -the negative.
Diseased persons cannot amputate their own limbs, or
perform operations on their own persons. To root out
cherished abuses, which exist for one's own profit alone,
is an act of self-denial which cannot be looked for from
human nature.
We return to the question, What have the Univerities
done? To Cambridge we return our thanks for what
has been accomplished there, humbly suggesting that
much remains yet to be done thoroughly to reform the
system, and place education on a sound basis. Cambridge
has been a place for the study of mathematics on a nar-
row basis. It has yet to be made a University.
But Oxford, the land of immoveability, what has been
done there? We must not disguise the fact—absolutely
nothing; for the so-calied recent changes in the Uni-
versity examinations are a farce. We have been told, be-
sides, that there are parties prepared so to work them, that
they should absolutely produce no result. That Oxford
has done nothing we now address ourselves to the proof.
The public humbly thought, that the exclusion of every-
thing modern from the studies of the University of Ox.
ford could no longer be tolerated; still everything
modern, whether science, art, or history, is excluded.
The public were of opinion, that a system formed ex-
clusively for the interests of private tutors should no
longer be permitted to exist; still it not only exists but
flourishes. The public thought that a body of profes-
sors ought not to be paid for doing nothing, or for lec-
turing to empty benches; still the professors are a non-
entity. The public thought it was unchristian to ad-
minister oaths to parties. who neither understood nor had
even read what they were called on to subscribe, and to
take oaths to obey what it was never intended that the
party should obey ; still these oaths are administered. The
public thought, that in a literary society it was not to be
borne that elections to fellowships should be determined
by almost every other consideration than the literary
merit of the candidate. Oxford has had space given her
for repentance, and she repents not. This latter point
is a grievance quite distinct from the grievances which
abound in the University as a body corporate. It re-
spects every individual college and hall in Oxford.
Respecting the mode of election to fellowships, we
bring against the Colleges the strong charge of cor-
ruption.
As we consider this state of things at Oxford to be an
indelible blot on the University, we particularly call the
attention of the public to this topic. Recent matters have
given an unfortunate prominence to a particular case,
and before relating it we would premise that much as
we feel as to the educational stagnation at Oxford, and
deeply as we are impressed with its corruption, we think
that it is a caae of peculiar atrocity. It will be, how-
ever, a direct demonstration of our view of the instant
need of legislative interference.
Our readers have all heard of Mr. Froude. This
gentleman, when Fellow of Exeter College, wrote a
book, not in the common setrie of the word, infidel, but
blasphemous. This circumstance has brought to light
a system of jobbery and knavery respecting Exeter
College elections, which we hope, for the honour of
human nature, is not of frequent occurrence in the Uni-
versity. We are indebted to the pages of the Church
and State Gazette for tne following facts:—
It is the custom at Exeter College, OxfOrd, to invite
candidates for fellowships by public advertisement, in
the same manner as is the custom of other colleges in
the University. These advertisements require the pro-
duction of college testimonials, and that a candidate
should enter his name before a certain day ; otherwise
it is an understood thing in the University that the
party should stand exctuded. One who was a few years
ago a devoted disciple of Mr. Newman, and a contributor
to the celebrated " Lives of the Saints," was desirous of
becoming a candidate for an Exeter fellowship. He is re-
fused the testimonials of his College, Oriel, having been
rusticated for an affair contra bones mores. But True-
tarianism he knew would cover a multitude of sins.
The Rector happens one day to be from home, Mr.
Froude very conveniently calls on Mr. Sewell, the Sub-
Rector, the author of "Christian Morals." Mr. Sewell
is unable to perceive that Mr. Froude had not his college
testimonials. Mr. Sewell plainly tells us, that he con-
siders the absence or presence of college testimonials as
mere matter of form, as testifies his letter to the Morn-
ing Herald. The Rector returns, discovers the fraud,
hut although, according to his statement, he disapproves
of the whole transaction, ho neither removes the party,
from being a candidate, but he permits him to be ex-
amined for four days, and subsequently elected. When
it was publicly known that Mr. Froude had been elected
by Exeter College without testimonials, after rustica-
tion, and that Mr. Froude from Tractarianism had
turned to blaspheming infidelity, the Rector seems to
have felt this circumstance a little damaging
to his character as Prince Albert's chaplain.
He accordingly writes a letter to the Morning
Herald in his own vindication; and here we cannot help
expressing our wonder, that a man holding a public
situation like the Rector, ehould have ventured on such a
step. The plain English of the letter written by the
Rector was, that the election was began and finished
during his absence, and without his approbation. The
Morning Herald and Standard both drew the conclusion
from the Rector's letter, that he was not present at the
election. The Herald, as we find, when informed of its
error, refused to correct it, for reasons which they will
doubtless be able satisfactorily to explain.
One would have thought that a single job of this kind
was enough to perpetrate on a single day,but the Rector
and fellows thought they might as well do the matter
thoroughly. The Rector's letter drew forth a reply from
a gentleman who had already brought these elections
under the cognisance of the only party legally compe-
tent to try them—the Visitor of the college. This gen-
tleman was actually in possession of the Rector's asser-
tion, signed by his own hand, that the Rector was pre-
sent at the election. The particulars of this latter case
have already been made public, Mr. Christie having
stated the case in the House of Commons. The brief
history of that case was as follows:—The Rev. Mr. Row,
a second-class man, and now head master of the Mans-
field Grammar School, offered himself a candidate for
another fellowship at Exeter College. The usual adver-
tisement was inserted, and the college, forgetful of all
decency, in the language cf their own visitor, the Bishop
of Exeter, " After an invitation to candidates by public
advertisement, the requisition of certain forms of testi-
monial, the appointment and actual institution of an
examination of the caudidates for one day, elected one
who was not a candidate, who did not present the re-
quired testimonials, who was not examined, nor pre-
sent, and a lower class man; and all this without
declaring the existing candidate incompetent; and
while bound by oath to elect those better suited
to make proficiency, the better moral characters
and the poorer in circumstances." It should be observed,
however, that the party thus rejected was a sound Pro-
testant, and the party elected a personal friend of the
Rector and endued with the only theological sentiments
which find acceptance at this college.
It seems, also, that on a former occasion the same par-
ties were candidates for a fellowship at this college, in
company with another second-class man and an under-
graduate. On this occasion the undergraduate was suc-
cessful, but subsequently narrowly escaped being
plucked, having, however, the redeeming point of be-
ing nephew to a baronet. We have heard, also, that on
the same day another candidate was elected, despite the
clause in the oath about poverty, who was possessed of
a large fortune. Now all these are facts and no fiction;
and we leave it to the public to say whether they are not
utterly condemnatory of the college. But it may be
said, every wrong has a legal remedy. Invoke the aid
of the law, and not of a Parliamentary inquiry. Mr.
1-low's case is conclusive on this point. It has been
brought before the Visitor. It has been decided by the
competent tribunal. In his judgment the;V, isitor declares,
that while Mr. Rowe has great reason tor dwelling on
these points, yet he has no power to inquire into or do
justice to the case. The Rector and fellows are respon-
sible only to the tribunal of Heaven. There is no juris-
diction to which the Rector and fellows are amenable,
or which can call them to account for their misdoings.
We are also told that the Bishop of Exeter wrote the
college a severe letter of censure for their conduct on
the occasion; but here his power ends. We have dwelt
thus particularly on this case, because it proves that nu
existing machinery is capable of reaching the vices of
palpable;
this system. The corruption of the college is

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
a recent number of your journal there is a
.notioe,of benevolent exertions made by au eminent di-
vine in the Established Church of England and Ireland
so precise and discriminating, that I recognise clearly in
the individual described the Roe. Dr. Martin, ex-Fellow
of the University of Dublin, and rector of Killesbandra.
If I am right, your description of this learned and ex-
emplary divine required the mention of one incident to
complete it.
Long before the famine had made itself felt, Dr. Mar-
_ _

tin foresaw that the visitation would surely come, and
while others were supine or unbelieving, he had resolved
that nothing in his power to do should be left undone,
in order to make preparation for the threatened cala-
mity. Among other modes of preparation there was
one which most seriously perilled his future prospects.
He became a contractor for provisions, and made him-
self responsible, to the amount of several thousand
pounds, for a supply of corn and flour. Had the mar-
kets fallen, Dr. Martin's whole property would suffer
severely by the engagements he had entered into. But
his speculation was but too correct—the market price of
provisions fearfully increased. Had Dr. Martin, as he
was clearly free to do, taken advantage of his own pru-
dential calculation, and as he would, have been most
seriously injured by a fall of price, resolved to profit by
the rise, he might have most largely ended to his store.
But although responsible to no man on earth, having had
no earthly associate in the risk he had run, he felt in-
fluenced by other obligations. He gave to charity the
benefit of his enterprise, and instead of adding thou
sands of pounds to his own stores, was the honoured in-
strument to feed thousands of his fellow-creatures.

I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
D.D.

[Our Correspondent is perfectly :right, it was to the
Rev. Dr. Martin we had alluded in the article in
question. The sum which that Rev. Gentleman ex-
pended in the purchase of provisions in the years 1846-
47 amounted to nearly 8,0004 sterling ; and although
he might have gained at least fifty per cent. on the spe-
culation, he not only distributed the entire stock of pro-
visions, at first coat price, but was actually a considerable
loser, from the quantity supplied to those who were
unable to pay, even at the low prices at which he distri
bated. The result of his benevolent foresight was that
not only his own parishioners at Killeshandra, but the
inhabitants of the surrounding districts were preserved
from the frightful destitution that prevailed in other less-
favoured localities.—En. Sun.]

BURIAL of the DEAD in TOWNS.
To THE EDITOR OF' THESUN.

" Give him a little earth for charity."

Sits,—A month has novftelapsed since you inserted a
letter from me on the above subject, particularly com-
menting on the shameful privNte speculation called Bun-
hill-fields, near the Old Kent-road. And as not the
least defence has been ventured by the proprietors—
(shameless shall we call them?)—we may consider that
they think guilty silence, as before, the better for them.
1 find that, according to Mr. Walker's pamphlet, I
have underrated the size, which he estimates at two-
thirds of au acre. But, with deference to this experienced
authority, if the ground has not been measured I cannot
believe it to be so much. It is the smallest looking
three-eighths of an acre I ever saw. I have not, how-
ever, exaggerated the number buried, which he reckons
at 1,560 yearly, 30 weekly. What, In Heaven's name,
would not a country resident think of such a number fur
two or three acres? But of this human shambles I
might, from what I saw and beard, have safely taken the
average at 40 weekly, with Sundays and other days, or
2,080 per annum.
Next, Sir, I wish to consider the gains of this
abominable place, which no one else has estimated. I
will take the number at 1,560, and the average pay-
ment, low, at 7s.—then we have about 5501. a year.
Allowing 1501. a year for the gravediggers, the " patten-
maker with 201. a year," who reads the service, and a
couple of occasional assistants, who put on surplices for
three or four shillings (there were three engaged when
I was there), we shall find 400/. clear yearly profit for
the temporary deposit of the dead—in, say, halt an acre!
Really a very " good use" of the ground—that is by any
scoundrels who have neither principle nor decency.
Building certainly could not compete with it in any such
locality. The only doubt is whether a third party should
not step in, in the form of the Government and Legisla-
ture, to prevent such cruel indignity to the dead, with
ruin to the health of the living. _ _

And, in as far as cheapness is the bait, it is a sad pity
that the poorer classes, many of them Irish, should be
thus led to place their departed relatives' corpses where
they are sure of such unworthy treatment. Either the
Government or the Church—separately or conjointly—
should have more compassion upon them.
Your long and able report of the meeting last Wed-
nesday—the first on the subject I have attended—has:an
omission or two, which perhaps you will allow me to
supply. Mr. Rogers' (a medical gentleman) " notes"
on churchyards were new on the occasion. He admitted
that St. Olave's, Silver-street, did more justice to the
bodies in allowing the ground to be raised, because
otherwise there must be some improper management
when the ground was constantly filling, which is a fact
I have sometimes thought of, and is extremely obvious.
This is the only palliation at the Tabernacle, Tottenham-
court-road, and other places. The "borings" at St.
Andrew's, Holborn, were stated by Mr. Ross, another
medical man, not to be merely for the purpose of
ascertaining the filling of the ground, but, wretched to
relate, to let out the gas or effluvia from bodies; and
that he had counted fifty such boles, " large enough to
admit a candle," on a Sunday morning be/ore service !
Comment is little called for beyond a hope that the days
of such practices, or the necessity for them, as at this un-
fortunate churchyard, are numbered.
Mr. Carden, a barrister, who was much cheered, stated
that the lute Rector (who must have been a Mr. Beres-
ford, a man of family and a high Churchman) spoke to
him of the state of the ground as " shocking and infa-
mous" in 1825—nearly a quarter of a century ago!
I beg, however, to repeat my humble testimony to the
private worth of the majority of the clergy. And if, as
in all other professions, there are a few whose loveable
qualities have not conciliated sympathy and regard, we
must not confiscate the just claims of the rest on that ac-
count. But the fact, lam quite assured, is that " Re-
formers " in this respect are not opposed to proper com-
pensation, and that circumstance, from its intrinsic con-
nexion, cannot be too generally immediately known.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
J. D. PARRY, KA.
May 21, 1849.

, -
MONEY MARK ET.—The premium on
inst., is 15 per
ngold at Paris,
i
by the last regular quotation of the ~1s
mine, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s 104 d.
of
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange
25.52; and the exchange at Paris on London at short
being 25.511, it follows that gold is 0.06 per cent.
London. By advices from
Ilamburgh the price o
dearer in Paris than fin
gold is 439 k per mark, which,
at the English Mint price of 3/. 1,. s. 100. per ounce for
estxacndaanrgdeT cold, gives au exchange ot 13.12 i; and the
h at ilaraburgh on London at short being
13.1143, it follows that gold is 0.23 per cent, dearer in
Ilamburgh than in London. The course of exchange at
New York ou London is 1081 per cent., and the par of
exchange between England and America being 109 23.40
per cent., it follows that the exchange is 1.08 per cent.
against England. But the quoted exchange at New
York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must
be deducted from the above difference.
FOREIGN POTATOES.—There have been very
numerous and extensive arrivals of potatoes within the
past week or ten days, from Holland, Belgium, and
France, and are an important feature in the importation
of provisions into this metropolis from the continent of
Europe. Our space will not permit our enumeration of
' these arrivals at the present time, but they have com-
prised several thousands of tons weight, and a large pro-
portion of them have been from Ilolland. These
numerous and large importations of this description ot
vegetable must ncccssarily be an important addition to
the home supplies of the article.

HER MAJE, .'S THEATIM' N
11e. Alboni has • ,at effectually jellenoeti .01111. 13:
•critics who, unable to discover the. Est falit ''. - .. 0
st the least improvement in her vhouliiii
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perpetually insinuating that if ileoo:#6)74C, riVI.A. • ' ite
character requiring great dranOtpbrci.cariv' 444
I ' fail for want of histrionic be oibi . - ',- - .
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.wring last night in the char: f-r,..04, I.- -
sits in La Gazza Ladra, and -..• , ''
such truth and dramatic :power, and strilie - DUX
at once to stamp her as one of the greatest. actresses of
the day. That she would sing the Di Placer as no one
else on the stage can sing it, was a matter of course, and
that its repetition should be redemanded enthusiastically
was also a matter of course, but we were not prepared
for the buoyant air of joyous delight with which she
gave this delicious morcean, and from which we were
inclined to augur favourably of . her histrionic
display in the subsequent scents.— The scene which
izmediately folloe s in which she meets with her
lather, Fernando, as a fugitive and deserter, was very
fine ly given, and her indignant rejection of-the advances
of the Podista was magnificent. In this scene occurs
the far-hne d " 0 Nutne benefico," which was gleri-
, usly rendered by Alboni, Coletti, aed Lablache. The
crest triumph of the night, however, was the trial
scene. Never has intense agony been mere truthfully
depicted than it was by Alboni in this scene, it was posi-
tively harrowing to tee the desperate and convulsive
agony with which she clung to her father, and the tones
-I anguish in which she gave the concluding portion of
the quileett, as overcome by her fe clines she sinks ex-
hausted into the arms of the soldiers, and again rouses
herself to i ush to her lather. Her acting in the scene
in which she is led forth to execution was most pathetic.
tier countenance bore a fixed e xpression of unutterable
agony and despair, and she seemed deprived of
sit physical power as she was led on by the
guards; she dropped on her knees mechanically, and
it was not until she had knelt for a moment that she
seemed alive to her miserable iieutition. Then the fea-
tures become animated, and clasping her hands, she
sung the exquisite " Deh. to reggi in tal memento,"
with such au expression of mental suffering and of
tender pathos as has never before been infused into this
most touching composition. At the conclusion
of the opera she was , 'called . for twice.
After witnessing her performance of last night, we are
no longer surprised at the furore she excited in Paris by her
performance of Ninetta, and doubt not but that she will
excite the same furore here, and that La. Gazza Ladra
will be frequently performed Curing the remainder
of the season. Mademoiselle Casolani made her
debut as • Pippo, and a most successful debilt
it wus.:Her solo in the prison scene was most deservedly
encored. She is petiteand pretty, has a beautifulcontralto
voice, and manages it well.. She is very much like
what Brambilla was twenty years ago, save that her in-
tonation is infinitely more perfect than was that
of Brambills, at her best. Coletti was very
great in Fernando, and Lablache magnificent as
the Podeata. Calzolari sung with great taste as
Gianetto, indeed we have never seen this cha-
racter more delightfully rendered, or the opera
ass a whole more perfectly cast. The performances were
(Or the benefit of Madame Carlotta Grisi, who appeared
in the Giselle and the Esmeralda for, we are sorry to says
the last time this season.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.

The performance of the Sonnambula on Tuesday was
signalised by the first appearance of the English tenor,
Mr. Sims Reeves, upon the Italian stage, in the character
of Elvino. His reception was most enthusiastic, and his
execution of the many gems of harmony that occur in
his part deserved and obtained the rapturous applause of
a crowded audience. Though suffering from an unmis-
takeable cold, which rendered some of his under gone'
inaudible, and gave a degree of uncertainty to his general
vocalization, Mr. Reeves succeeded in vindicating his
claim to rank among the highest artists of every land.
All the elements of consummate excellence Mr. Reeves
possesses in a high degree. His physique is good, his
acting spirited and artistic, and his musical execution
rendered with much taste and refinement. In the
celebrated " Tutti e sciolto," be obtained an encore,
and might fairly have claimed a like compliment in
inure than one previous scene. After the many intrigues
and delays, of which mysterious hints have from time
to time transpired, we are happy to record the triumph-
ant success of our countryman in a career where he has
had to encounter the rivalry, and efface the recollection,
of so many long established favourites with the public.
The Amine of Madame Persiani is too well impressed
upon all memories, to require more than a reference to
its surpassing beauties. The vocal fioriture were as
exuberant and tasteful as we ever remember to have
heard them. In the second act there were some tokens
of reserve in the expenditure of powers on which the
forthcoming last scene would lay so formidable a tax ;
but in that last scene the vocalist appeared to exhaust
the resources of art and nature. The Ah, non giunge!"
was throughout unsurpassable in brilliance.
.An encore
was of course inevitable, followed by recalls when the
curtain fell, in which Mr. Reeves obtained his due :hare
of appreciation.

The star of Meyerbeer was again in the ascendant
last night, when the first performance of his second
great opera, Les Huguenots, with a new cast of parts,
attracted an overflowing audience to the Royal Italian
Opera. Madame Viardot Garcia, who is now advancing
the reputation of Meyerbeer abroad, has given place to
Madame Grisi, who appeared fur the first time as Va-
lentine. Alboni is superseded in the small contralto
part of the Page by Mademoiselle Angri. The cha-
racter of Marguerite de Valois, personified last year
by Madame Castellon, has devolved upon Dorus
Gras, the origieal representative. Tamburini has,
14 resigned the tide of Conte de St. Bris to Signor
Tagliatico,.4nd the only leading vocalist retained in the
list is Mario, who continues to act as the Raoul. The
reading of Madame Grisi is the part of Valentine is
rather less refined, and perhaps less dignified, than that
of Madame Viardot Garcia, but it is far more ear-
nest and impassioned. In her first great scena--.
where, as the affianced bride of Raoul, the favourite
of the Princess Marguerite is scornfully rejected by her
lover, Madame Grisi maintained what the Germans would
call a "quietist" attitude; although she greatly height-
ened the colouring of the scene by most artistically
blending the grief of the disconsolate bride
with the sterner emotions of the injured wo-
man. In the duet with Marcel in the second
act, a second appeal was made to the audi-
ence, with every success. The great achieve-
mement of the evening was of course the grand concerted
suet with Raoul at the close of the third act. The slow
chromatic passage, so remarkable in the version of
Madame Viardot, was introduced by Madame Grisi at
the close of a brilliant coda, and with admirable effect.
With this brief and inadequate notice we most reluc-
tantly dismiss one of the finest performances witnessed
of late years on the lyrical stage. Of Mdlle. Angri's
Urbano we cannot speak so favourably. After the im-
personation of Alboni we could not but remark the
tailing off which was so painfully obtruded upon our
attention. The acting, small as the part is, was awk-
ward and constrained, and the phrasing of the
delicate passages in the cavatina " No, no, no,
no," was coarse and unfinished, especially in
the rapid run down the key-note at the close.
Mademoiselle Angri was encored, notwithstanding, in
this air, and had no reason to be dissatisfied with her re-
ception. Tagliafico, as St. Bris, sang his music most
carefully and conscientiously. Massol, as Nevers,
created a furore in the scene where he breaks his sword,
and was throughout the opera a most important and
invaluable adjunct. An apology was made for Signor
Marini, on the score of indisposition, but its effects were
not very apparent, and in the " piff-paff" he was encored
as a matter of course. We must not forget to notice
the praiseworthy conduct of Mr. Sims Reeves in con-
senting to sing the solo of the Calvinist soldier in the
" rataplan " chorus. We might quote from the libretto
haphazard, were we to specify all the encores of the
evening. The " piff-pall,"the " rataplan " chorus, the
fine sestett in the ►econd act, "Dei dritti miei ho l'alma
access," and the splendid climax of the " sword-
blessing," were re demanded with an avidity that ap-
peared insatiable.