The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-26 00:00:00

EVENING, APRIL 26, ISSB.

MONDAY

MARKET NEW9.—(lhil Dayo

CORN EXCHIINGE.

The leading country markets, held on Saturday, were
but moderately supplied with wheat, yet all kinds sold
slowly, and prices had a downward tendency. Barley
changed to a moderate extent on former terms. Other
articles were tolerably active. _ _ _

The French and other continental markets continue dull
for wheat.

In Spring corn P. fair export business has been transacted
of late. American advices bring very few changes in the
value of produce.

The arrivals of home grown produce up to our market,
last week, were very moderate. The imports from abroad
were 7,230 quarters of wheat, 22,589 barley, 5,019 oats,
420 rye, 1,585 beans, 35 peas, 2,280 linseed, 1,975 rape-
seed, 20 mustard seed, 324 sundry seeds, and 2,351 sacks
of flour.

The supply of wheat received fresh up to-day from
Essex and Kent was very moderate, and from other coun-
ties the receipts were limited, consequently, the show of
samples was small. Notwithstanding that the attendance
of both town and country millers was far from numerous,
the demand for roost kinds of wheat of home produce was
somewhat firmer than on Monday last, and, in some in-
stances, prices were ls. per quarter higher than on that
day.
We were tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied
with foreign wheat. Good and fine samples were in
somewhat improved request at full prices; but inferior
kinds moved off heavily at last week's currency.
In floating cargoes of grain rather more business was
transacted at full prices.
Several samples of foreign barley sold at 34s per quarter
for malting purposes; but they require sifting. Other
kinds of barley were in fair request at full prices.
Good and fine malt was steady on former terms. Low
parcels were a slow sale.
The show of English, Irish, and foreign oats was very
moderate, and sales progressed steadily, at extreme rates.
The few beans in the market were readily disposed of,
at very full prices.
In the value of peas no change took place. The demand
may be considered steady.
We have no change to notice in the value of flour. The
business doing is by no means extensive.

CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL nfEASURE

Weeat—Essex Ic Kent,
Red •• new 383 to 45s
Ditto.• •• .... old —a —a
Ditto, White new 418 Ns
Ditt0........ old —a --
Narfolk and Lin-
coln, Red, o'd —s —a
Ditto new •••••• 393 45s
Rye —Old —a —s
New ............ 328 3is
Barley—Grinding... .• Ns 31a
Malting ......... 353 883
Chevalier . . 388 41a,
Malt ffolk and Nor-

rdalt—Chevalier • • 663 to 68s
'Oats Yorkshire and
Lincoinsk., Feed 219 24s
Potato.
Youghal and Cork
Black. 209 25s
Cork, White ..... 203 303
Scotch, Feed..... 20s 25s
roans—Tick ... • • .... 348 35s
Pigeons •••. 38 433
Peas—Grey .......... 40s 423
Map1e........... 41s 43s
White ....418 438
Boilers 423 448

talk•• •••• .• •• •• 533 Gss
Brawn •••• •• ...• •• • • 54s 563 j

Floor—Town-made. ..
Suffolk ..........

38i 40
33.1 363

Kingston %nd Ware 58s 66s

gltooktn & Norfolk 313 323

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

The total imports of foreign stock into London last week
were 2,318 head. In the corresponding week in 1857 we
received 1,494 ; in 1856, 451; in 1855, 1,213 ; and in 1851,
1,101; in 1853, 3,550 ; in 1852, 1,914 ; and in 1851,
1,617 head.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEIR.
From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs.
Rotterdam 39 ... 567 ... ...
Harlingen 2lO ... ... ...
Hamburgh
...
Antwerp

Calves. Pigs.
23.1

- •••
5 •••

T0ta1.... 252 ... 1,814 ... _ ... 253 ..
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheol). Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
1857 522 ... 655 ... 4 ... 313 ...
1856 lBO ... 160 „„
„,, 91 ...
5
1855 7OB ... 166 ... . 367 ...
1854 39 244 :9 2 ... -- . 3
".
1853 9O?, ... 2,124 . ___. 474 ... 42
1852 220 ~. 922 _ 535 ... 5
1851 442 „. 772 „, ____ . 316 ... 73
There was a slight increase in the total supply of foreign
stock on sale here this morning, but its general quality was
by no means first Orate.

Compared with Aionday last, the arrivals of home-fed
Feasts fresh up to-day wore less extensive ; nevertheless,
they were seasonably good as to number,,,but somewhat de-
ficient in quality. On the whole, there was a better feel-
ing in the demand for most breeds, and in some instances
prices showed a ten lency to advance. However, the gene-
ral top figure for beef did not exceed 4s. per 81bs.
From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire wa
received 2,650 Scots and short-horns ; from other parts of
England, 300 of various breeds; from Scotland, 270 Scots;
and from Ireland, 80 oxen, &c.
The show of sheep was not quite so extensive as on this
day se'night, but most breeds oame to band in good con-
dition, We experienced a slow inquiry for all breeds, but
no change took place in prices. The best old Downs in
the wool sold at 4s. 10d. ; out of the wool, 4s. 4d. per
81bs.

Lambs, though in good supply, sold readily at 6.3. to 7s.
per Blbs, being 4d. higher than on Monday last. Fro m the
Isle of Wight, 400 head came fresh to hand.

Althongh the supply of calves was only moderate, the
veal trade ruled very inutive, at a decline of 2d. par 81bs,
when compared with Monday last.

We had a very dull sale for pigs. In prices, however,
scarcely any change took place.

Per Blbs to sink the offals.
a. d. a. it.l 3. 4. 3.
Inferior Beasts.... 2 10 to 3 eiPrimeSouthdown 4, 6 410
Second quality.... 3 2 3 411.1.rge crse. calves 310 4 4
Prime large wan 3 6 3 8 Prime small d 0... 4 6 410
Prime Soots, eic. 3Pi 4 0 Large hogs 3 2 4 0
Inferior Sheep —.3 2 3 4 Small porkers 4 2 4 4
Second quality ...3 6 3 8 Suckling calves-19 0 22 0
Prime crse.-wlled.3 10 4 4 Quarter old pigs.l9 0 22 0

Lamb, 63 Od to 17s Od.
TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Beasts
Sheep and lambs 22,770 Sheep and lambs.. 9lO
Calvesl2o Calves 92
Pigs 290 Pigs --
li. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat
stock exhibited and seta in the Great Metropolitan Cattle
Market, on {onday, April 27,1857, and this day, Monday,
April 26, 1858.
Per 81be, to sink the ofrals.

April 27, 1857. Ap1i126,1858
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. 1.
Coarse and inferior beasts ... 3 4to 3 6,2 10 to 3 0
Second quality ditto 3 8 4 0,3 2 3 4
Prime large oxen „. 4 2 4 $1 6 3 8
Prime Scots, dm 410 5 01 10 4 0
Coarse and inferior sheep ... 4 6 4 10,3 2 3 4
Second quality ditto ... 5 0 5 2,3 6 3 8
Prime coarse woolled ditto ~. 5 4 5 83 10 4 4
Prime Southdown ditto 510 6 2 4 6 410
Lambs
,„ „,5 10 6 8,6 0 7 0
Large coarse calves 3 8 4 83 10 4 4
Prime small ditto 410 5 4:4 6 5 0
Large hogs ~„ „, ,„ 3 8 4 213 2 4 0
Neat small porkers
... 4 4 5 0 4 2 4 4
Beasts._ 4,268 3.669
Sheep and lambs 21,410 22,770
Calves...
,„ „, 4 120
Pigs
SUPPLIES ON SALE, April 28,1856.—Beasts, 4,152: ghee,
and lambs, 19,600 ; calves, 105; pigs, 290.
April 30, 1855.—Beasts, 4,112; sheep and lambs, 24,260 ;
calve., 153 ; pigs, 335.

NEWGATE AND LEA.DENHALL.
Compared with Monday last, the supplies of both town
and country-killed meat hero to-day are only moderate,
and the general demand is somewhat firmer, as follows : - -
Per Bibs by the carcase.
s. d. B. a. e. 4. %. I
Beef, interior..... 2 8 3 0 Mutton, Inferior 2 10 3 2
Do., mithiling.....3 2 3 4 Do., middling 3 4 3 6
Do. prime large.. 3 4 3 6
Do., prime 3 8 4 0
Do., do. small... 3 6 3 8 I
Veal.... 3 8 4 6
Pork, large ..... 2 10 3 6 Pork. small 3 8 1 2
I
Lamb, 5s Od to 6s ed.

BOROUGH HOP.
Most kinds of hops of last year's growth, as well as good
yearlings, are in fair request, and prices are well supported.
In other hops scarcely any business is doing. Last week's
imports were 124 bales from Hamburg.
New Mid and East Kent Pockets, 6,is to Weald of
Kent do., 54s to
lingo, 21s to 508.666 New Sussex do., 50s to 66s ; Year-

LITERATURE,

Violet Bank and its Inmates. 3 vols. Hurst wA

Blackett.

In this story we find a great deal of variety, and
some skill in the working out of the characters.
Dr. Mansell is well described as an instance of
what a weak and selfish man may become if ex-
posed to strong tempation, and under the influence
of ungoverned passions. He did not set out with
the intention of becoming half so bad as he even-
tually proved, but chance and change alike con-
spired to expedite the crisis ; and as he possessed
no innate sense of right to sustain him, he fell. It
is satisfactory to find Grace Lloyd escape from his
power. Far better was it for her, at the cost of a
passing suffering, tosever the connection that bound
her to so unworthy a man, than to continue the
letter of the engagement when the spirit had in-
deed fled. Grace was a sweet, gentle creature,
formed for sunshine, and not fitted for storms—
hence her excessive yielding to the imperious and
exacting Mansell was in keeping with her rm'abi-
lity and youthfulness. Such an excuse could not
he offered for Sylvia Birch, who was of an age to
appreciate character, and of an ability to discern
the genuine from the false. She neglected these
opportunities for guidance ; she turned a deaf ear
to the whisper of conscience, and met the warn-
ings of friends with scorn and defiance. There
was nothing left for such infatuation but the stern
teaching of experience, and the bitter truths that
must be reaped by the sowers of such fancies.

"To make idols and to find them clay"
was peculiarly the lot of Sylvia, for a more
unworthy object on whom to lavish intense
affection can scarcely be imagined than the hero
of her choice proved to be. There is something
repulsive in the manner in which she conducted
herself throughout, but especially in the brief ac-
quaintance with Dr. Mansell, which preceded their
ill-fated marriage. True affection will never thus
divest itself of its purest attributes, and cast away
its brightest ornament ; but even an attachment
so conducted, to the most unromantic eyes, must
have appeared shorn of its light and lustre. The
author has displayed with tact and adroitness the
snares and pitfalls into which such a wanderer
would fall, the sudden checks which such a head-
long career must eventually receive, and the fear-
ful awakening from the dream to the reality.
Notwithstanding her faults, the reader feels more
interest in Sylvia than in her husband, for she, at
least, was in a manner straightforward, and her
fault was not that of selfishness. It is a pleasing
change to turn to Grace, who fulfils her early pro-
mise of excellence, and in many trying situations
for one of her age and nature, seems to gather
fresh courage from the danger, and to call forth
new powers to brave the difficulties that environ
her. The crooked paths in which Mansell trod at
last brought him to a disastrous issue, and even
wealth, which was at length his poi tion, could not
rebuild the fallen edifice of his hope, or remove the
dark shadows which rested on his fair fame. Some
of the minor sketches contain a degree of talent'
that interests. Mrs. Peterson, the oil aunt of
Grace, who appeared as an angel visitant to the
stricken girl in the house of mourning ; Flora
Maynard, rossessing, beneath a flippant man-
ner, a kind heart and some degree of
penetration ; the stately Mrs. Birch, who
manifested as strong a sense of what was due
to her dignity and the honour of her home, as if
she ha I been the widowed representative of some
Spanish grandee, Miss de Witt, with her keen
satire, and inconvenient knowledge of human na-
ture, are all specimens that in their way are effec-
tive. The contrast between the [mothers Miller
is a striking one, and the old Polish Count, who
dwelt at Deepdeue, possesses a melancholy at-
traction, from his isolation in the midst of an
opulent mansion, and from his romantic spirt,
surrounded by the cold and the worldly. This
passing sketch of Violet Bank, and of the troubles
that befell its inmates, may be regarded as a not
unsuccessful attempt to pourtray some of the ruling
passions of mankind. It displays the vanity of
a false ambition, and the vexed spirit that
mourns over its misguided love. It does not aim
at the higher flights of composition, but its style
is clear and vigorous, and many of its scenes
are described with the earnestness of reality.

Sir Guy D'Esterre. By Selina Bunbury, author

'Our Own Story,'

&o. 2 vols. Routledge.

It is sometimes refreshing, after perusing the re-
cords Of fashionable life and lover's quarrels in the
nineteenth century, to step back into the scenes
and commotions of a distant epoch, to the days of
knights who knew bow to wield the swords they
carried, and fair ladies who put their vows of fidelity
and devotion to the proof. Even theugh the strifes
and. factions of a court are prominent in its pages,
and rebellion and discord are among its elements,
an agreeable contrast is afforded to the pulling,
speculating, and money-getting which must fill the
pages of modern fic ion, if they are a transcrit.t of
real life. The vices and follies of that age,
if no less in their character, offer at least a
variety to those of our own. Miss Banbury, who
has before secured the favour of the public by some
pleasaiit volumes of travel and some previous works
of fiction, offers this diversity to her readers, whom
she invites to accompany herto the brilliant discord
of the Elie ibsthian age.. Her hero, Sir Guy
D'Esterre, is a young English knight of truth and
courage. Her heroine, Hilda Fitzclare, a fair Irish
maiden. like reader will readily rocal the tumul-
tuous state of that troubled country at that period,
and will easily imagine that the scene and subject
afford ample materials for romance. The Earl of
Essex, whose brief and stormy career offers such
attractions to the novelist, fills a prominent place
in the volumes. He is represented, as ha usually
appears both in history and fiction, rash, impetuous,
and ambitious, swayed by evil counsellors, and
perverted by circumstances, but withal chivalrous
and noble, with a haughty spirit that defeated the
best wishes of his friends, and a generosity that
gave advantage to his enemies. With the rare for-
tune of being popular, alike with the Crown and
the people, it is not wonderful that lie shared the
fate of most royal and popular favourites,
and that a hurried death within the walls of
the Tower cut short the dreams of ambition
and attested the constancy of the crowd. His
brief rule in Ireland is introduced, and a ()Teat part
of the story takes place in that country. The
course of the tale brings it at its close to the at-
tempted insurrection of Essex and his tragical end.
The romantic incident of the ring is of course in-
troduced, and the great Queen is shown in colours
mere life-like than flattering. The interest of the
story, however, is not centred in the great political
figures of the day ; it is engrossed by the group of
humbler characters. It is novel and striking, and
if not always seemingly probable, the confusion
and peculiarity of the time may readily account
for events and combinations that would appear
extravagant in a novel of the present day. It is a
decided improvement on " Our own Story." There
is more animation and adventure—less tediousness
and diffusion. Occasionally reflections or explana-
tions are introduced that could very well have
b-en dispensed with, but the general tone of the
work is full of life and interest. The two heroines
are ably drawn, and form a charming contrast,
and the subordinate actors in the scene are not
unsuccessful, though there is a slight confusion
among the plots and counterplots of the two accom-
plices. The earlier part is more carefully drawn than
the close ; and though Miss Bun bury has already
broken the novelist's rule, we question whether a
still further condensation into one volume might
not have given greater power and effect to the
work. But it is a very agreeable story in its pre-
sent form, and we commend it to those who wish to
beguile themselves by the pages of romance, and
to quit our dull and respectable era for the stirring
times of the Maiden Queen.

The Edinburgh Review. No. 218. Lingman.
Several subjects of interest commend themselves
to the attention of the readers of the Edinburgh.
It opens with a paper on the annals of California,
founded on three works recently published, on the
resources, prospects, and customs of that auriferous
land. Ten years ago, we aro told, an outline of the
progress of settlement in North America waslaid
before the readers of this Review, with some con-
jectures as to its future prospects. It may be in-
teresting to peruse the summary of what has oc-
curred in our colonial empire during that brief
period.

A few words will suffice to place succinctly before the
reader the general results of the last ten years—the most
important decennium, by far, in the history cf colonisa-
tion. Within that period the population of Canada has
increased a third : that of the Australian colonies from
three or four hundred thousand to nearly a millioe.
province of Victoria alone, scarcely existing in 1847,
has now three millions of annual revenue : a future
Great Britain has been founded and organised in New
Zealand : three new States, and seven or eight territo-
ries, have been added to the North American Union, by
occupation or by conquest from Mexico ; California,
with which we are new about to concern ourselves,
being by far the most important of there gains. The
commercial world has acquired three great emporia ;
two on the shores of the Pacific, of which the names are
already as familiar in our ears as those of Hamburg er
Amsterdam : one on the great American lakes, which,
though less spoken of among ourselves, is perhaps. the
most remarkable creation of the three : San Francisco,
Melbourne, Chicago. In the 1849 edition of M r.
M'Culloch's carefully compiled Dictionary of Geography,
not one of the three is even named. And,. to con-
clude our recapitulation of the exploit! of t decen-
nium with some notice of the preparation it has made
for the future extension of similar exploit—the captti!l
it has created for future use,--we. must point out that it
has constructed a railway across the Isthmus of Panama,

all but cotupleted one across tha.lsthiliuict Su,z.
Ptemn cbuituunicatiun scam):;: all the ccea%ic high-
ways of Ow globe, • x,--pt the Pacific, and covr.?:..i tft,,
European continent and its seas with the network of
the electric telegraph.

After tracing the rise and progress of the Ame-
r:can gold state, the writer compares its position
with that of its younger sister and rival, Victoria.
In compa:iug the scenes at the geld diee7nees: and
the general conduct of the pepulation, afar higher
place is awarded to the Australian colony than to
California. The influence of
.the upriglit, self-
governing English character seems to have made
itself felt, notwithstanding the crowds of adven-
turers of all lands and reputations. An essay on
the Eastern Church will not be devoid of inti-rest
for the theological disputant and the g,neral philo-
sopher, though the subject is scarcely of a character
to posses fascination for the ordinary reader. M.
Thiers's celebrated history of the Consulate and the
Empire is the next topic that engages the atten-
tion. That extensive and valuable work is
examined and criticised at some length, with
cordial admiration of the author's industry
and powers, and a tribute to the popularity and
character of his work. The critic, however, in
right of his office, looks rather clos-Ay into M.
Thiers's assertions with respect to English victories,
and confronts them with some unaccommodating.
facts. The review closes with the campaign of
Victoria, but proposes in the next number to con-
tinue its survey of this ceurprele3nsive history
which can scarcely have justice rendered to it
within the limits of a single article. The " Life of
George Stephenson," and his marvellous inventions
furnish the subject of an interesting paper. His
ability, integrity, and perseverance, the few ad-
vantages he enjoyed, the numereus obstacles ho
overcame, are all facts that impress the reader of
his biography *idh a sense of how much more de-
pends on individual merit and exertion than on the
most propitious circumstances. They show hew
meth more Nature Las done for the man whom
she has placed furthest from his wishes, giving him
a clear head, an honest heart, and that patience
which defies time, than for him whom she has
gifted with all the advantages of position and edu-
cation, if she has denied him the sense and the
spirit to use them. The passage of George Ste-
phenson, from ignorance to knowledge, from in-
significance to eminence, from his humble employ-
ment in a coalpit of Northumberland to his 13, 'sicion
as the first of British engineers, is nearly as sur-
prising as the rapid locomotion of ne of his own
engines was to its startled beholders. The article
before us, however, does not enter into the par-
ticulars of this iaterestieg memoir, which has been
already frequently brought before the notice of the
public. It restricts itself chiefly to the eollectien an d
consideretion of the statistics of railway travelling.
It tells us, amongst o leer pieces of intelligence,
that nearly 9,000 miles of railway are at present
completed in the British Isles, and that it may be
assumed that about 21,009 miles are open for traffic
iu the rest of Europe, and 25,000 in America. The
statistics given are, in many respects, surprising,
and will attract the curious, and convey some use-
ful information to the studious and speculative.
The life and works of Edgar Allan Poe are the sub-
ject of an able criticism. The reckless life, the
miserable death, the perverted abilities, and wasted
powers of this unhappy author form one of the
darkest pages in literary history. In one sense it
is fortunate that his career is so totally depraved
and degraded, his vices so unmasked and repelling,
that his life speaks not as a dangerous example, but
as a terrible warning. Life, genius, fame, friends,
reputation, all went down in that terrible whirl-
pool, of which his vivid picture of the Maelstrom
is but a feeble shadow. The miticisin on his
writings, and the extracts from them, will be read
with pleasure by many readers to whom his daik
and melancholy story is already funilia-. The
speeches of Lard Brougham receive the honour due
to them, and the oratorical powers of the veteran
Reformer are ranked high in the records of British
eloquence. Mr. Henry Buckle's arduous under-
taking of the "History of Civilisation," receives
a criticism of commensurate extent. Most
readers of the old Whig quarterly will b 3
prepared for a fierce onslaught on the existing
government and a determined defence of their oppo-
nents. This is naturally to be anticipaaed, as,
whatever maybe the virtues of Lord Jeffrey's serial,
that of maznanimity can scarcely be ranked among
them. But it is with regret, now that the zeal and
bitterness of the Ministerial crisis are over, that we
find the spirit of national 3ndependence foro-ot ten in
the pertinacity of the partisan. The nobly stead-
famtuess of purpose which will not be lectured and
argued out of the chosen way, the chivalry which
refuses to surrender the weak at the dictation of
the strong, are attacked, ridiculed, and satirised
with all the acrimony of defeated politicians, and
all the elaborate logic of those who are in the
wrong. Fortunately the time for discussion and
dissension has passed, the voice of an indignitet
nation can be heard when the tumult of a political
crisis is silenced. The almost unanimous feeling
of the English people has found expresaion, has
told its hatred of all secret and cowardly machina-
tions, whether they have for their aim the assassi
nation of a sovereign, or the. oppression of exiles
and fugitives. That voice has spoken before, in times
of national trial, and has spiiken in the cause of truth
and right. Sometimes influenced by excitement,
sometimes hurried on by conflicting circumstances,
our people have seldom wavered from the straight
road when justice, generosity, or national honour
were involved. Looking onward beyond the men
and measures of the time, resting on a foundation
far deeper than the divisions of party, they rarely
fail to recognise the difference between a temporary
question of the day, and the assertion of a broad
principle. Let the elaborate reasoner of the Edin-
burgh trust to the collective sense and spirit of the
English nation rather than to the isolated expe-
diency of the Palmerston Cabinet, or, if he must
defend a failing cause and prove that Lord Pal-
merston is right because he is not a Tory, let him
choose some subject of at which shari involve a
question of less vital importance, and at least
mask the personal hostility of political opponents
under the semblance of national spirit.