The New York Herald Newspaper, June 3, 1852, Page 3

[From the London Times, May 21 } The statistical tables and remarks on t su of gold throughout the world, by following letter is accompanied, will with considerable amen. see ry itl ch ins ant been repent ier Loves; Larrea usawe, May 12 ee a ion in the Times, Sim—L beg to enclove tables for insertion in the Tim of the luce of gold and silver for the 1850, “hich T have drawn up fone original. authentic goaroes. T have been investigating the subject during t! cgacr ged ears, Cis pring. ulted every accessible authority. both English and foreign. The subject is now exciting ae intense interest, that I believe the information would be generally appreciated. Tam, sir, your obedient servant, ‘WILLIAM BIRKMYRE. COMPARATIVE TABLE, SHOWING THE ANNUAL PRODUCE (APPROXIMATE CALCULATION) IN VALUE OF FINE GOLD Ano stuver For 1846 ano 1850, THE FIRST BEING TWO YEARS BEFORE THE DISCOVERY OF THE RICH DEPOSITS OF GOLD IN CALIFORNIA; PR THE DISCOVERY, eg 1840, Gold. care:— THE LATTER TWO YEARS 259,871 Total, N. & 8. Am’a £1.301,500, 3,414,427 357 282,750 17.841 2,493 203,900 205,009 100,000 204,958 807.454 Annan, or Tonquin. 30,585, Various countrics*, . 50,975, Total of Furope, Af- rica and Asia..... £4,545,192 £1,254,306 £5,799,498 Total, N.& S.Am'a 1,301,560 5,261,619 6,563,179 Lotal....sse+ +. £5,846,752 £6,515,925 £12,362,677 1850. Gold. Silver. Total, California. . £12,000,000 £62,088 £12,062,085 United State 115,430 1 4dd 126,874 8 5,766.34 205,331 520,548 442,614 291,205 Total, N. & 8. Am'a £13,341,089 £7,259,824 £20,601,813 R 4,175,860 171.817 4,347,477 - 35,607 5,607 357 138,022 379 _ 198,200 198,200 288,708 286,971 575,679 17,841 TA 8: 2,493 440,210 _ 160,000 203,900 1,056 305.850 1,584 100,000 72, ‘Total of Europe, Af- rica, and Asia TotalofN.& 8. A: £1,528.592 7,259,824 £8.788,416 thus (*) are exclusive of China and Japan, which produce large quantities of gold and silver, the amount of which is quite unknown to Europeans. At the beginning of the 19th century Baron Humboldt’s estimate (Zssai Politique, tome 2, ge 683) of the annual produce of North and Beet America, was 17,291 kilogrammes—46,331 Ibs. Troy of gold, and 795,581 kilogrammes— 2,131,770 Ibs. of silver; value of both metals in dollars, 43,500,000, equal to £9,243,750; the pro- duce of Europe and Northern Asia at the same time was 4,916 Ibs. gold, £250,593; and 199,298 Ibs. £5 312533 ‘a 13,341,989 silver, £667,683. Totalvalue of the precious metals | raised in America, Europe, and Northern Asia, £10,152,026. F The following table is similar to the above, with the exception that quantities are substituted for yalue :— 1846. 1850. —_—_ eo Pure Pure Pure — Pure Gold, Silver. Gold, Silver, Ib. troy. Ib, troy. Ib, tro iy. *California. _ —_ 285,409 814 4.625 505 = 2.53 65 $46, by the gold “yeneelt 80 eal fine gold. é In 1846, by operation of parting, 3,920 Ib. fine gold. eave New Granada :— In_1846, by the Eng-) lish Colombian Gold Company, 343 Ib. fine gold.......... In 1850, by the Eng- lish Marmota Gold Company, 576 Ib. fine gold,and 350 Ib. fine silver Peru. Boli Chili, 'y English Copiapo Com- pany. about 13 Ib. fine gold, and 7,000 lb, + 2,856 90,009 *Brazil :— In 1846, by the Eng- lish St. John del Rey Gold Company, 1,425 Ib, gold, con- taining 20 per cent. BUVOT sob sivseees ce 1860, by do., 2.517 Ib. gold. containing 20 per cent silver..... 1846, by the English Imperial Brazilian Gold Company, 314 1b. of gold, contain- ing about 14 per et. silver........ 1850, by ‘ditto,’ 3 1b. gold, containing about 14 per cent silver... 1846, hy the National Brazilian Gold Company, 8° 1b, gold, containing about 14 per cent silver.. 1850, by do, gold, o'taini: 14 per cont silver.. 4,9001,047,582 7,509 1.631,515 4,954 13.009 13.009 1,888 303,207 1,184 139,452 90.009 607 Total of North and - South America,. 25,503 1,504,431 261,731 2.199.044 Ruseia — 1846, by private mines in the } Ural., 8,1251bs nine per Prvate cont } 66,085 50,958 $1,919 52.053 Sib’riaS7,2351bs | all'y Public, | do... '2,5551bs J Total .73,587!bs Norwey (Kongaberg sil- ‘ver inines). hove — 9,802 — 10,790 North Germany, (Hartz Mountains) ; 7 41,825 7 41,823 Saxony.... : — 60.606 — 60,600 Austria, in 1846, by pri- vate ' mines, about 4,100 Ibs, pure gold. and 34,400 Ibs. pure silver. By govern- ment mines, about 1.400 ibs. pure gold. and 51,200 Ibs, pure silver. . 6549 3 6.665 Piedmont 350 Mi 30 Spain .. . 49 68,953 49 United Kingdom. = 3 _ ‘*Afriea. . 4.000 4,600 x 6,000 1,961 1,420 1/250 1,250 uy 600 00 Various countries. 1,000 1,000 10,000 Total of Europe, i Africa and Asia,. $9,171 334.058 104,219 403,742 Total of North and South America.. 25,503 1,694,431 261,731 2,190,044 Grand total 114,674 1,979,084 365,950 2,663,386 Tn 1801 the quantity of pure old prodused in America was 46,581 Ibs.; in Europe and Northern Asia (exclusive of China and Japan) 4,916 Ibs,; total prod 1.247 Ibs, 55,010 lbs. British standard gold™£2,612,200, In 1846 the quantity of pure gold produced t wae 25,508 Ibs ; in Exrope, Africa and Asia, (exclusive ot China and Japan) 89,171 Ibs.; total produce, 114,674 Ibs, 125,108 Ibs, British standard gold™="£5,846.772. Jn 1860, the quantity of pure gold produced in Amori- ca was 261,731 Ibs.; in Burope, Africa and Asia, (oxclu- sive of China and Japan) 104,219 tbs.; total preduce, 865,950 Ibs™"309,247 Ibs. British standard gold=£18,654- 322 America Those countries marked thus * have no silver mines at work; the silver stated is estimated as having existed in the native gold, to the average amount of 8 per cent The above quantities aro probably less than the actual production. The duties on gold in Russia, on the produce of the private mines, are heavy, varying from 12 to 24 per eent; in Austria they amount to 10 per cont, in Brazil to 5 per cent, and are under- stood to lead to a great deal of smuggling. In other countries, such as the United States, where there are no duties, the gold and silver stated in the table are only the quantities brought to the mints t te bo coined, there being no means of determining { {ect insignificatoo, for, if it wel the quantity wed in jewelry and ether arts and bove tables, im thoy be, will The above perfect though ro gdb suffice to show that the protane of gold has spony increased in the few . It woul r that it has risen from 114,674Ib. in 1846, to 365,9501b. in 1850. In those five years the increase has been at the rate of 219 per cont, while silver has only increased from 1,979,084Ib. in 1846, to 2,663,3861b. in 1850, or 344 (34.5) per cont. The former metal is, therefore, apparently cigpey at the rate of 44 (43.8) per cent per annum, and the latter at 7 (6.9) per cent. The greater of the increase in silver is in Mexico, which is doubtless onitg to a variety of circumstances, such as ré- stored tranquillity, richer mines, and greater skill. It would not, therefore, be safe to count upon such an increase every year, but we are certainly not ex- aggerating in saying that silver is now ka ppv inereasing throughout the world. It may be esti- mated at an average of two and a half per cent per annum. It is a remarkable fact, however, and worth zecall- ing, that in the country where the greatest increase of silver has takon place, there was concurrently a logs of thousands of pounds of English capital by the various English silver mining companies; so much so that none of all the silver mining com- ‘ies projected to work mines in Mexico between Veet anit 1830, have been successful. Some of thom were being wound up during the very time when mining was prosperously conducted by tho Mexi- cans. This seems to have been owing to a want of knowledge, or of control, or to the mischief of share jobbing in the English companies; but, whatever may have been the cause, the natives of that coun- try have found silver mining to be profitable. The enormous profit of £240,000 a year obtained by tho old Spaniards from the Valencianna mine, a profit larger than all the tin and copper mines of England ae together, is generally looked upon more as a lable hs a reality by those who have heard ca- sually of silver mining as conducted by English mining companies. The English gold mining com- panies have done better, and probably had they some twenty years ago the skill and knowledge of the present day, they would have been highly sue ceastul, The quantity of gold produced in America at the be; noyoqed this century was, pecondlog to Hum- boldt, 46,331 1b. Troy, and that of silver 2,131,7701b. In 1846 the produce of gold in Ameriea had fallen to 25,503 1b. Compared with the silver then pro- duced, viz., 1,594,451 Ib , the moe was, therefore, 62 times less than the silver. In 1850 the yield of gold, in consequence of the great discoveries in California in 1848, had risen to 261,731 lb., being the silver. The annual produce of gold in the whole world (excepting Africa and some parts of Asia) at the commencement of the century, was ina somewhat greater ratio, being Lib. of gold to 45 lb. of silver; in the year 1846 the produce of gold (including Africa, but excepting China and Japan) was at the rateof 1 to 17. In 1850 the produce of the same countgjes had risen to 1 of gold to 7 of silver. As Fegards the produce of gold last yearin Cali- fornia, it would appear that it must have amounted toabout $52,118,500, equal to £17,339,544. The ield of the newly discovered gold mining region | at Bathurst, New South Wales, and at Mount Alex- | ander and Buninyong, Victoria, may be stated at fully £1,000,000. Hence there is an increase to the production of 1850 of 124,382 Ib. Troy of fine gold, , equal to £24 lieve (wide the comparative table) that the annual produce of silver is now steadily increasing, say at the very low rate of 24 per cent. The yield of silver | in 1851 will thus be 2,729,970 Ib. Troy, equal to produce of gold and silver last year is £34,002,956. But, large as the produce of gold is thus shown to have been last year, in California and Australia, it is likely to be greatly inereased this year, it being | confidently expected by the Americans that the re- cent discoveries of very rich deposits in various dis- tricts of California, will raise the exports for the twelve months to $100,000,000, equal to £21,041,666. This, moreover, is a very moderate allowance, as the exports alone, in the first three months, are known to have amounted to $3,900,000 more than those of the corresponding three months of 1851; while, as regards Australia, late news from that | quarter makes it probable that the produce there will at least smount to one-half of the yield of Califor- nia in 1850, or £6,000,000. The exports merely, from Australia, up to January 15th, (although gold dust was selling as low as £2 173 per ounce,) have amounted to 284,000 ounces, eq alent to £1,000,- ging. Should othercountrins only yield at the same rate as in 1800 or 1851, viz., £6,654,522, this, added to the produce of California and Australia, will amount to £33,696, 188, or 661,032 Ibs. Troy. _Esti- mating the increase in'the yield of,silver at 25 per cent, the amount of silver for this vear is 2,793,219 lbs.; at £3 6s. per Ib, equal to £9,234,122. The total value of both gold and silver for the present year is, therefore, £42,930,310. The average yearly coinage of gold ativan | first thirty years of this ceatury was— jreat i £1,700,000 ; France, £1,300,000; in the United States, £550,000—total £3,550,000. The fol- lowing is a statement of the recent gold coinage in the same countries, beginning with the year in which the gold discovery was made in Califor the France. U Total. eg 2786.555 £4 473,036 1,875,158 6,136 640. 7 6.662.854 1.545 (10 months) 10,077,252 12,919,695 The gold coinage last year in the United States exceeded by £3,598.927, the the same metal ever made in the United kingdom. And the coinage in France during the first ten months exceeded by £556,494 the memorable coin- age in this country of £9,520,758 in the year 1821. The annual consumption of the precious metals (exclusive of coinage) in Europe and America, is supposed to be about £4,840,000, to which there may be added, for the other quarters of the globe, £1,660,000 —total, £6,500.000. It is important, but difficult, to determine how much of this sum consists of gold. Mr. Jacob, about twenty Me ago, estimated the annual consumption of gold in Great Britain at £1,626,000. The other countries of the globe would at Ieast consuine half as much more, making £2,454,000, to which the annual gold | 4. coinage has to beadded. Comparing this total with the quantity of gold produced at the beginning of the century, or even for many years after, it then appears that gold from the mines was not raised in amount equal te the entire consumption; besides which, it seems to have been used relatively in a greater proportion than silver, and accounts for the premium in France of 12 francs per mille over silver, which gold not unfrequently commanded, till the recent discoveries, for a pound troy of gold in France, in 1802, was found to be exactly equal-to 1bIb. €oz. of silver, but afterwards became equal to 15 Ib. 802. Now, however, the premium is likely tobe reversed most materially, for, deducting the £2,454,000 of gold consumed in the arts from the supposed yield of the gold mines in the present year, Viz, £38,696,188, leaves £31,242,188 to_he con: verted into coin; being a larger sum by £5,239,053 than the total circulation of gold coin in Great Bri- tain inthe year 1780. The general inference that He must be accumulating i: further borne out by the fact that, notwithstanding discounts are un- usually low in the three principal cities of the world, yet there is ineach city a notable increase of bullion, compared with 1848, as the following table will show: Bank of Engiond, week ending May 6. 1813 Do. do, May 8, 1862, eek ending May 4, 1 Bank of France, De 1o, last return) April 8. 1! Banks of New York, qu 1 eading Mh. 1848 1.404.125 Do. do. March, 1852 21029,448 Summary of the quant named banks in 1848, an period in 1852:— Bank of E y of bullion in the above- the nearest corresponding Banks of New Yor £1.404.1 Total. Increase of bullion in 185 £28 002,291 he last return of the Bank of England, the specie appears to the value of £20,231,037—being the largest amount she has ever held, and £3,592,- 722 above her highest accumulation previous to the developement of the wealth of California. Tt may be stated generally that there was, in 1350, five times os much gold ‘produced in North an South America as in any of the most productive years of the American mines under the Spanish ‘overnment. At the same time the silyer mines of America were yielding quite as much silver as at the beginning gf the century, when they were nearly as productive as at any former or later period under Spanish dominion, Yet, notwithstanding the great increase in the produce of gold relative to silver, it is a curious fact that the price of silver has not risen; on the con- trary, it has fallen in value. In the course of the week endin; = 17, 1852, £580,000 worth of sil- ver was sold at 5s. an oz., British standard, which is only equivalent to 64s. 9d. per Ib. Troy for pure sil- ver. At that rate, UIb. of pure gold is worth 153 (1574) pounds of pure silver. In January, 1851, gold was only 15} (15.3) times more valuable than silver. , The following is the estimated produce of the pre- cious metals, in tons, in 1801, 1846, 1850, 1851, and the probable antount of 1852:- Gold, Silver, Kear. Tons. Tons, : 856, or Lib, of gu 5 Ibs. of silver. 0 $50, oF 11b, of gold to 45 Ibs. of vilver 1134 978, \ : +180 1,002, w My 242 1.097 we 4 « A igh the 242 tons is an inerease of no leas than twelves the quantity produced at the beginning of the century--a quantity of the glittering trea: sure that is fraught with the mightiost consequences 0 gcule us respects bulk, if siuke ilo por melted into bai in weight only eight times less than the weight of | total ie of gold in 1851 being, therefore, | 2 Ib.; at £50 19s. 54d. per Ib. pure gold, | 994,066. There is much reason to be- | £9,008,900. Consequently the total value of the | 000, apart of the yield of about four months’ dig- | largest coinage of | | | wont balla two tonite ati ante much space to hold all the iron that is now smelted in Great Britain. Albont!, Rovere, and Sangtovanni. These three great artists, who will sail by the steamship Hermann, neod no commendation to the dilettanti of the United States; but, nevertheless, the readers of the HERALD willno doubt bo pleased to know a few items about their musical career. Marietta Alboni, the ne plus ultra of contralti, was born at Cesena, in 1826, of very honorable parents, who gave her an excellent education. When she wa; 11 years old, she took lessons in music under the ex- cellent tuition of Maestro Bagioli, the most celebrated musician of his age. Eight years after, she entered the Lyceum of Bolognia, of which Rosini is the direc. jor. The incomparable author of “ William Tell,” “Count Ory,” ‘* Barber of Seville,” and so many su- perb operas, took a true pleasure to teach her the secrets of his art, and Alboni, under such excellent care, made wonderful progress, and improved her method to the highest degree. She made her first début at Milan, at the great theatre of La Scala, and remained there during four seasons. She then went to Vienna, and sang during three engagements. Her next trip wus to St. Petersburg, and from that city, in 1345, she roceeded to Visit Germany, and wishing no longer, independent as she was, to bind herself to any en- agement with managers, she sang, accord to fer euprice, in the principal cities uatil she came to Paris. I think it useless to mention here the suc- cess she obtained in our city, as well as in London, Brussels, Madrid, and other cities. In Paris. the rapture of her admirers had no precedent, and the dilettanti remember with enthusiasm the triumph she had obtained here, both at the Italian and at the French opera houses. The parts of Orsini, in * Luerezia Borgia,” and Fides, in the ‘* Prophete,” of Meyerbeer, Bara been the highest triumph ever obtained by an artist. Signorina Alboni is not only an excellent and su- perior singer, but her private character deserves to be spoken of. The most of the money she bas already made by her exertions, she has invested in behalf of her brothers and sisters, to whom she isatrue mother. The queen of the contralti is a fine looking woman, of stout appearance, perhaps, with a fine head, intelligent look, and bright eyes. | No doubt she will be pleasing, both as a woman and asinger, to my American countrymen., Signorina Alboni had been requested by the Cunard company to take passage on board of one of the Engiisl steamers; but she jhas preferred to arrive at New York under the Denied of the stars and stripes. Signor Augustino Rovere was born at Monza, in Lombardy, in 1810. He is a pupil of the Censerva- tory of Milan, and made his first /ébut at Cremona, where he met with great success. Soon after he was engaged by the first managers of Italy, and re- mained during eight seasons at Milan. ‘Thence he proceeded to Venice and Rome, and was renowned during the course of this theatrical engagement. At Vienna, where he sang in the presence of the Court during ten years, he became such a favorite of the public that the Emperor of Russia, having heard of him, desired him to come to St. Petersburg. From the capital of Russia, Rovere proceeded to London, in 1847, and was received with the enthusiasm, in a city where no basso singer, but Lablache, had ever xcited the least pleasure. At Bareclona and Ma- arid, where ho has lately been heard, he received also much applause, and in this last city he made an engagement with Mlle. Alboni to it the United States in her company. Rovere excels principally in the following opera “*Searramucio,” by THicols “La Prova d'un Opera Seria,” by Gueceo: * Don Pasquale,” by Donizetti; ‘La Linda di Chamounix,” by the same; ‘*Eleonora,” by Mercadante; ‘Don Giovanni,” by Mozart, and the variety of his comi- cal talent cannot be surpassed. Rovere will no doubt be of much use to his fair companion. As for Signer Sangiovanni, he sings the tenor parts, and his talent as a composer and accompanist is worth being noticed. This gentleman, who is twenty-four years old, is a pupil of the conservatory of Milan, and made his debut in Paris, at the Ita- Hian Opera House, in the following picces:—“ La Cenerentola,” “L'Italiana in Algiers,” and ‘Il Barbiere di Seviglia.”” The sweetness of his voice, the ability of his method, and his fine figure, soon made him a favorite among the fashionable dilettanti who frequent thattheatre. I feel quite assured, that with Signorina Alboni and Signor Rovere, Sangio- vanni will produce a great effect in America. BIL. R. Sale of the Soult Gallery. OVER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PAID FOR ONE PAINTING, THE CONCEPTION OF THE VIRGIN— THE GREAT CONTEST BET SPAIN, THE EMPEROR OF Fi DENT OF FRA’ 70 THE LATITR. (Paris Letter. May 20, in London Times. ] The sale by auction of the pictures composing the celebrated gallery of the late Marshal Soult, com- menced yesterday, in the large premises in the Rue du Sentier. formerly occupied as show rooms for pic- tures. The gallery of the late Marshal owed its renown, not merely to the great number chefs @auvre which it contained, but also to their special character of belorging mostly to the Spanish school. Out of Spain, it was the only collection, private or public, which contained so great a number of works of the best Spanish masters. It reckoned not less than 15 Murill damong them the ‘ Conce tion,” the * Nativity of the Virgin,” the “ Flight y sph” “ Peter in Prison,” &e. Tt possessed 18 works by Zubaran ; four by Ribora; seven by Alenzo Cano; two fine pictures of Herrera, the elder; and a great number of the best works of Sanchez Cocllo, Llanos Valdés, Ribalta, Herrera, the younger, &c., all painters of great merit, and whoze works are but little known out of Spain. Two great rarities of this collection are the “ Un- utterable Anguish” of Morales, and the ‘Christ bearing his Cross,” of Sebastian del Piombo. The first of these pictures has always been considered in Spain as the very finest work of Morales, while the icture of Sebastian del Piombo, is a work of such immense so pnymtic® as to be almost unique ina ivate collectio: Another masterpiece is the ibute Money” of Titian, considered one of the t works of that master. The whole collection now offered for sale consists of 157 pictures, with two small enamels b: Petitot, being miniature likenesses of Turenne and Catinat, some bronzes of no great pretensions, a mosaic or two, and a piece of Gobelin tapestry. Of the 157 pictures 110 are of the Spanish school, 22 of the old talian masters, and 25 of the Flemish and Dutch schools. As tho sale is to last three days, the num- ber of pictures to be disposed of cach day will be a shade over Each day’s proceedings are to be interrupted precisely at four o'clock, to allow certain of the most celebrated masterpieces to be sold. The first day’s sale in particular presented a peculiar in- st, from the fact that at the hour just named, ’s famous * Conception of the Virgin” was into other hands, it first announced that the Soult gal- lery was to ho sold by auction, the effect produced in the world of art was so great, that it was at once how much importance was attributed to tho dis- Be ion of this collection. Although M. Bonnefons de Lavialle, the auctioneer, had allowed the collec- tion to he viewed privately for ten days before the sale, and had afterwards thrown it open to the world for three days more, it would really seem as if the curiosity of the public conld never be satiated. The crowd which thronged the rooms on the three day: of public view was so great as to render moving in it a work of labor, and on the last day of all a com- plete block-up took place more than once daring the view. ; The sale was advertised to commence at 1 o'clock, but early yesterday morning notice was posted up about Paris, annonneing that the hour had been changed to 8, and that the doors would not he open- ed until holf-past 1 o’clock. In five minutes after the opening of the doors the three rooms in which the pictures had been exposed to view were crowded toinconvenience. Some little dificulty was even experienced in restoring order after the first great rush, and sergens-de-ville were obliged to interfere toc such persons as had seats to preserve them quietly, and eeb onan those who had none from pressing forward usclessly. Agents from the prin- cipal cities of Europe were said to be present, and a considerable number of ladies were to be seen in each of the rooms. At last, at 2 o'clock, M. Bonnefons de Lavialle read the conditions of the sale, and the first picture was brought forward, being a «mall sketch by Dormer, representing “A Mi itary Scene,” in which two soldiers are seen conversing. It was put up at 25f., and sold for 175f. Several other excellent paintings were sold, the particulars of which arg not of much consequence. , The small enamel miniature of “Catinat,” by Petitot, was here put up, and excited great interest. It commenced at 1,500f., and went up to 1,800f. A pause then ensued, but the bidding was resumed, and it was knocked down for 2,000. Tho other enamel, being the miniature of Turenne, brought the same price, both being purchased by the Duke de Galliera. Tho price was considered a third be- low the value. “St. Ignatius dolivered up to Lions,” « large Spanish picture, master unknown, most powerful in expression, but not agreeable to the eye, in consequence of the appearance of the body from the wounds inflicted on The saint by two large lions, only brought 450f. “Dead Game,” by Fyt, remarkable for brilliancy and truth of coloring was sharply contended for. Two dogs, g the game, in particular, PRESI- THE PICTURE KNOCKED powN Cs ng K me, In excited groat admira- oe This picture was knocked down for 2,050f. lowers,” by Labrador, Spanish painter, any ‘ine, bronght SOL. Portrait ot a 4 Venetian Nobloman,” by Tintoretto, a remark- Patmos,” by Paul felcuate, an old Banish painter, the apostle seated, and ia the act of writ- ing the Rovelations—a fine picture, full of life and expression, 1,100f. The ‘Death of Dido,” by Thul- den, aise one of the style of Rubens, particu- larly in the naked body of the Carthagonian Queen, only brought 600f. A’small picture, by Tintoretto, Sess “Christ Dead,” and remarkable for tho ef of Het on the head and body, was knocked down for 550f. A small “Virgin and Child,” by Joseph Ribera, brought 650f. The next picture, “The Vision of St. John,” by Alonzo Cano, was sharply contested. This picture is well known by the engraving given of it in Revoil’s works. Itis of small size, being 30 inches high, by 14 in gidth, and Fi capped anangel carrying St, John to the top ofa lofty mountain to show him the heavenly Jerusa- lem. This picture is one of extraordinary beau- ty. it being difficult to say which is the finer, the angel or the apostle. It was put up at 1,000f., and rose quickly to 6,000f. There then remained but two competitors, the Marquis of Hertford and the Duke de Galliera. The Marquis was at last declared the buyer for 12,100f, The next picture was also by Alonzo Cano. It repre- sents “the Vision of the Lamb,” and forms the second of a series of three, all of the same size, and relating to St. John. The apostle is seated on the right, and regards the lamb seated in the heavens holding the roll, the seven seals of which it has just broken. It is certainly a beautiful pi re, but not so essing as the preceding, though quite oqual to it in firm execution and truth of coloriag. The Duke de Galliera was declared to be the purchaser for 2,550f. The last of the series, ‘the Vision of God,” in which the Eternal Father is represented to St. John as descending from heaven, escorted by two archangels with outstretched wings, while the apostle looks on with ecstacy, was also knocked down to the Marquis do Galliera for 3,700f. ‘A Virgin und Child, with St. John,” by Giovanat Bellini, brought 1,500f. the ‘* Marriage of the Virgin,” by the Spanish painter, Valdes Leal, 2 picture remarkable for its vigor of treatmentyand of great size, only brought 600f. The order of sale was here interrupted, for the urpose of allowing the great pictures of the day, four in number, to,be disposed of, the first of which was the “( cere of the Virgin,” by Murillo, eight fect six inches in height, by three in width. This almost divine picture represents the Virgin in the act of being carried up to heaven. Her golden hair floats on her shoulders, and her white robe gently swells in the breeze, a mantle of blue at tho same time falling from her shoulde: Groups of angels and cherubim of extraordinary beauty sport avound her in the most evident admiration, those below thronging closely together, while those above open their ranks, as if not in any way to conceal the glory shed around the ascending Virgin. All the writers on the Spanish school of printing agree in declaring this to be the chef /’@uvre of Murill never, perhaps, did that great master attain to such sublimity of expression and such jnagnificent color- ing. The biddings fully respond to the high cha- racter of this great work. The first bidding was 150,000f, but that price seemed so inadequate to the value of the picture, that offer after offer soon brought the price up to 400,000f. The three great competitors up to this point wero the Matqnisof Hertford, an agont for tho Queen of Spain, and another agent for the Emperor of Russia, The biddings then continued with great spirit until they reached 500,000f., when an invo- luniary round of applause burst out at that sum being hed. At 528,000f. 2 pause ensued, but the biddings were again resumed, and, almost with- out a check, the great price of 580,000f. was reached. Heve the gentleman for Spain, who had aparently determined to have the ture, paused. He again, however, went on for a bidding or two more, when at last, on 586,000f. (£23,440) being offered by a gentle man in front of tse auctioneer, the Spanish agent gave in,and the picture wasknocked down amid loud cheers of admiration at such a price being given. But this applause became absolute enthusiasm when i rtained that the purchaser was M. Nieu- ke, the director of the national museums. The crowd rushed forward, shaking him by the hand and cheering most heartily The auctioneer then announced in due form that the purchase was forthe Museum of the Louvre, and the cheers redoubled. ct, the delight appeared universal, and it was -veral minutes before the sale could proceed. Two other Murillo’s, one “St. Peter in Prison,” and the other “Jesus and John, children,” were purchased by M. Thurneyssen, the banker, for the Emperor of Russia, the price of the former being 151,000f., and of the latter 63,000f. The ‘‘Christ carrying his Cross,” of Sebastian del Piombo, was also purchased by the same gentieman for the Em- peror of Russia, for 41,000f. It is well known that the late Marshal had refused 80,000f. for this pic- ture. ‘The order of the sale was then resumed, and a “Si. Ursula,’ by Zurbaran, was sold for 1,100f,, and a ‘St. Huphemia,” by the same master, fo. 1,€00f., the Duke de Galliera being the purchaser of Th toth A “Virgin and Child,” by Guerchinor brovght 2,450f, und a ‘St. Sebastian, aided by St lene,” from the pencil of Ribera, 3,100f. ‘A Bri- gand stopping a Monk,” by Murillo, a remarkably tne picture of the first manner of that master, was knocked down for 15,000f., the purchase be- z efivcted for the Soult family Two pictures Zerbasan, belonging to a series which ho had painted for the Convent of the Fathers of Miexey ut Seville, and which represent episodes in the lives of ** Peter Nolasqua,” and ‘St. Ray- greford,”’ were sold cach for 19,000f. to M. Deveaux. ‘ Abraham offering Hospitality tothe Ang a remarkably fine picture, by the Spanish ter Fernandes de Navaretta, surnamed ‘El Mudo,” fetched 25,000£., and asmall portrait of master, painted by himself, 1,250f. . Another Murillo, representing *‘ Peasant Boys,” nét in very good condition, was knocked down for 9,000f. t. Romain and St. Barnabas,” by Zur- haran, brought 5,700f. The last picture of the y's sale, ‘The Sacrifice of Abraham,” hitherto attributed to Murillo, but of late suspected not to efron the pencil of that master, only brought 17,1008. The above prices comprise everything sold during the day, the total of the money received amounting to 973,729f., exclusive of the five percent addi- tional paid for expenses. The sale is to be resumed to-morrow, when several Murillos and other first rate pictures are again to be disposed of. Aid to the Revolutionists of EuropeLetter from Mazzini. It kas been proposed in London, by some earnest friends to the cause of European freedom, to raise a fund by shilling subseriptions—the amount collected to be entrusted to Mazzini and Kossuth, in order that they may apply the procecds as in their wisdom and discretion they may see fit. Applications for cards, ov information on’ the subject of the subserip- tions, may be made to S. M. Hawkes, Belle Vue, ini Beaufort street, Chelsea. M. Maz: the following letter to the collector Gryttemex—Your plan ie a noble idea, In the name of my country, and in the name of the cause of Furopean liberty, I thank you for having initiated it, and T conjure you tocontinue your labors, that it may meet with the success which it deserves. It is really time that. in the face of successive and coutinval encroachments of alyso- lutiem upon the continent of Europe, the free men of England should manifest, by some means more efficacious than mere words, their sympathy fcr truth and justice, It is time that ogainst the solidarity now existing for evil, there should be established a solidarity for good: that a suered league should be formed between ail these men, to whatever country they may belong, who believe in the unity of the human race, in the liberty of s addressed man as a rotional creature, in the duty of each towards all, in progress and in love. Since 1836—sinee the voi of English statesmen prociaimed the right of eyery people to ariange frecly, without foreign intervention, their own affairs—the whole of Europe has been over without bizdrance, without protestation. to brute force, to the asecoiation of the powers who hold asa prin. ciple the e1 ent of the human race siave Wherever a people bas risen against clerical or te t Gaim‘ng the right of maki ng ite Own chiefs, foreign i erush it—Russia and A Austria, France. Naples. and Mad wo powers say to Switzerland ;—-Dirhonor thyscif, or die.” Four ers have said to your government :—“ Betray the light of asylum. which pikes the English soil a refuge for the perseeuted, or English travel be treated 4s suspected by the police of all Europe,” The organiza- {ion for injustice js complete---that for justice scarcely planned, You have fot this, and you aré endeavoring to muke England feel it. May God bless your work, and may our countrymen comprehend it ; Igratefuily accept your offer, Your proceeding does not hinder other methods of assistance, and the principle embodied in ita solemn, positive national protest for the rights of oppressed nations and the duties of each toward all—is a sucred one, and must be forwarded. For you must succeed. The important service which you aie desirous of rendering to the canse would be changed into a real injury, should the reguit of your labors not respond to your intentions You have in your programme clearly stated the case. You have said—Our countrymen believe in right and liberty—they abhor injustice and oppression, wherever they exist—we will count them for the encouragement of the good, for the terror of the bad. Good and bad will anxiously await the result of the scrutiny. It may weigh much in'the balance of Ewropean destinies A shilling is but a small sum; but it acquires an incal- culable value when it represents a free man raising his band and bearing open testimony in the cause of the op- pressed There ato in your national character two admirable qualities ; tenacity, and harmony between thought and action, You yourselves must give a new of the first, and let the workman, the priest, the woman, the writer, and every Englishman who belioves that all men are the sons of God, called froely to follow the same law of truth and love, give a new proof of the socond. The workman must feel the solidarity which links his fate and his moral rehabilitation to the succoss of our popular struggles ; the priests, the immense religious consequence which hangs upon the proclamation of liberty of comscience at Rome ; the woman, the pretty of the great memories and the great hopes which ‘sanctify our banners, and the long sorrowing of our mothers over the exile, the imprisonment, and the denth of their children; the writer, his doties towards the sanctity, the inviolebility, the in- divi tility, of the idea of humanity ; the Englishman be he who he may. the dongers wiiieh ars beginning to | threaten his esuntry, the nee | ly fine Piney only brought 500f. Tho first an of the day ewe brought forward, bo- dig a “Sb. Appoiina. iL Was pus up at 500f, and knocked down at 1,200f, “St. John in the Lle of y of forming alliances (9 tito, aud Ute gus Must find for the inatitations thae ke with tha, nenple whieh aro. al ranty which ‘ho cherishes, in the reorguaization of Europe upon bases | movement, as! more just than those established by the arbii * vernmente of 1815. Those who fall mast not fear plandite like those given to the gladiators who died weil, but the voices of brothers saying to them, dic in faith! the flag of victory shall wave over your graves: those who live must learn that in ateuggling for an ideal of universal omelioration and purification they Lave uot been seeking toembrace a phantom, 2 ‘This is the meaning of the subscription which you have initiated; a new and moral strength added to our and your strength, if it succeed; a sensible chock for us both, if it should fail z May this thought rouse you to activity and constancy Rest assured they will not be expended in vain Faitia. fully yours, JOSEPH MAZZINI ay, 1852. Increase in the Emigration to Australla— New Steam Lines. {From the London Timea, May 22. ‘The demand for passage to Australia, on the part of independent emigrants has, during the past fow weeks, become very active. All the best sailing start from Plymouth on the 34 June, has already the whole of her berths engaged. Among those who are joining in the movement to the mines are many of the junior clerks in the London bauk- ing establishments and counting houses. have already made their arrangements, and others will follow, either immediately, or as soon as they shall receive accounts from those who are now leaving. The extension of the shipping trade, and especially in connection with screw vessels, is like wise becoming daily more observable, irrespective of the impulse imparted to it from Australia. The Glasgow steamers to Philadelphia and New York ap- pear to carry a large and increasing number of passengers, both on their outward and homeward trips; and if the Great Britain, which sailed onthe Ist inst., and whose arrival at New York will most likely be heard of next week, shall prove to have made a good first passage, the confidence in the re- sultsthut may be effected by vessels of this dese tion will be greatly increased, and will most pro- hably lead to the speedy establishinent of new lines. It is also to be noticed that, in the face of the existing monopoly on that route, a private stean the Tamaulipas, is advertisod to sail from Liver- pool onthe 4th of June, for St. Thomas, Jamaica, and Mexico. With regard to the proceedings of foreign countries, one effect of reciprocal freedom of navigation is shown in the fact of the Clyde-built Rotterdam for Bordeaux and the south of France, goods being conveyed from London at a single rate of freight throughout. In France a proposition is on foot for a monthly service of steamers (also on the auxiliary principle) from Marseilles to Brazil, calling at Goree, for the pur- at Senegal; but a government grant is required, and the establishment of the scheme is doubtful. Spain, however, has just started a line to run between Mar- seilles, Barcelona, Cadiz, and Teneriffe, the first ves- sel of which arrived at Teneriffe on the 2d inst. A second steamer is about to be purchased, and they are then to run fortnightly, so as to meet the out- ward and homeward Brazil packets on the 6th and 18th of each month. The chief shareholder is said to be the Duke of Rianzares: and the line, hy devel- oping the general traffic of that region, will _proba- bly be of considerable advantage to the African mail steamers, which are to commence from Ply mouth on the Ist Septembe Spi The excitement, says a Madrid letter of May 12, that obtained a few days ago, from the belief that the government. w: has nearly subside . However, military precautions people have fallen again into the apathy which is natural tothem. People have been anxiously ex. pecting news from Paris; for now that tho ever active polaco party has succeeded in possessing the public mind with the idea that Louis Napoleon is te ma one of Queen Christina’s daughters, and his cousin the other, everybody thinks that the fate of this country depends on the events of France. has encouraged the opposition made to the ment by several restless young generals General Concha, who, in the absence of evern- aptain- Ispartero expr himself with great warmth ou the project which are attributed to Bravo Murillo, and gated by the husband of the queen mother. presence of the French general, De Grammont, at the palace of Aranjeuz, has been much commented on by all parties, and he has been transformed by the enemies of the present state of things, into a family ambassador of the French resident. Markets. TRAIN & COCS WEEKLY CTRCUL e davenroot, Saturday, Mi 1852. Asiirs —The demand still continues to be good, and Jarge soleshave been made at last week's quotations, Bark —Quercitron,-—To efleet sa have to be taken. Conx.—With meierate ar mand from the trede, w ng the week portion of the flow terday‘s market the Holders 1 , lower prices will sand a rather better de- Ua more ly market 's have stored a large turn dearer. At ¢ inquiries for flour, at archouse, which ts likely market. in the absence nn corn Was in good demand for qr. for white. and 80s, 6d. fo ia wheat brings about 6s. p t is firmer this week, © business which we haye hi two or thre y some litt views represent tl previous est tes, and prices in New York were declin- ing notwithstanding the good accounts they were receiy- ing from our market here, and the Southern markets would probably take the same course afterwards: our prices, howe ave only yielded during the week one- eighth of a penny per Ib. in qualities below fair, whilst the better classes are still scarce and dear. The declared yalne of fair to-day is, for Orleans, 640. Mobiles, 644d., Uplands, 5! b. Long stapled cottons and Surats are steady, at pus tates, The total sales of the week are 89450 bales. and include 25.320 American, 430 Bra- 1.5 Surat on speculation, and . and 1.450 Suratsfor export. Dyrwoon: s Campeachy logwood sold at £5 Iie, Cd. to £6; 200 tons Honduras, at £4 2¢, 6d. to £4 5s; 200 tons St. Domingo, at £3 7s, bd, to £3 125. 6d; and 120 tons Lima wood, £12 10s, to £14 10s, porton. Lixseep Caxr.—About 200 tons thin American sold at £7 to £7 bs perton, Nava Stonrs.—Rosin—2,000 barrels sold this week at 4d. for common. up to 8s. 6d. per ewt for white. Tar —A saie of 1,100 barrels has been made from the quay. at Ls, to 11s, 84. per barrel, Turpentine—The sales have been larger than for some time past, which cousist ef 800 barrels rough, at %., aud 100 barrels spjrits, at 42s, Gd. perewt. Vnovistors.—Bueon meets with a slow gale; an advance of 1s. perent. has been obtained on the late imports. Bee f—The demand has been good, and « large business hos been passing ut an advance of Js, 6d per tieree on the finer descriptions. Cheese—No sales, Lard—At a fur- ther advance of Ga. per cwt.; the sales ure 159 toms, Pork commands our highest quotations, + Rice —150 tierees Carolina sold at 17s. Gd. to 18s, per ewt. Saurperay —1,200 bags sold at 208, Gd. to S08, for 1} for 5 percent refraction 7 at 238, Gd to 85s, 6d, per ewt, Coxtyisnerat. axD Mowetany INtenuieener, before Parlian | The report of the committee saysi—"The Goat of the teu amounted to £350,005: but the cor that the relief to the shipping, the benefit to the coastiny trade, the advantage to the naval service, by taking off the Ught dues altogether from the commercial shipping. and paying the expense of maintenance from the trea- sury. would be great, and is most desirable to be effected.’ Consols have again touched par, and there is a quiry for investment, American Seourities goné no change in pri if < The wind haying hi kept out harters at low rates. New York a td to the eastward about £1, per d the North; ‘and this is now fox rail ‘om the Bristol Channel Iron to New York, 10s. a Philadelphia, 12°, 6d. a lis; Boston, 15s, 017s, Gd. Bulk salt, 128, 6d. a 15s, per ton. Passescrns.—As_ usual at the end of May, passongers begin to fall off, and will not be plenty again till after the 8 to New York, £2 15s.; to Phil MR. JAMES M'HENRY’S CIRCULAR Iiverroot, May 21, 1852 Yacon is dull, and but small progress has been made in sales of Western. ‘The condition of the parcels received vin New Orleaus. is generally bad, while shipments via Philadelphia are being landed in the best pocalble order Beef keeps steady ; pork is wanted ; choes asked for ; lard is readily taken at extreme 1 citron bark is only saleable a ine; eloverseed no- mipal; tallow dy, with fair sales; atl oils are dearer, but the transactions are not extensive; rice is un+ changed, Breavsicres.—The advan ed for flour has check: edthe demand, There are no buyers over 2s. 6 8. wanted, There has been considerable activity in wheat, and all sorts are slightly dearer. Indian corn is much wanted, White is worth 20s, 6d., and yellow 30s. Ud. to ‘ls, Corron,—Since the sailing of the Arti¢ the market has been irregular, and particularly on Wednosday, when a quarter of & penpy per pound decline on last week's ex- “treme prices was, In many cases. submitted to. Since then the accounts per Franklin have imparted a Httle better feeling, but the quantity oflered is so large that, to effect sales of any qualities below fair, one eighth of a | penny per pound decline in the week must be accepted, In Manchester, business has been restricted by the unset- tled state of the ectton market Stock, this day... .676,066 bags. of which Tare Am. Stock, last yes 701,806 bags, of which 602 81 are Am. Sales this week 80,480 bags, including 70.410 American; 28.780 bags being on speculation, and 14.290 bags to ex- porters. soNEY Lonoow, Friday B ning, May 21, 1852. ships are speedily filled at high rates, and it also | appears that the steamer Australian, which i3 to | Several | serew-steamer Bordeaux sailing every ten days from | pose of communicating with the French settlements | about to annul the constitution, } still continue to be taken, uselessly enough, for the | The news of General Concha’s return from Hava- | na, and the ovation he received before his departure, j and Narvaez, is the highest military authority, has | d the | exceeding all | barrels and tietces North American sold mg the t ure the entire removal of the n td the abolition of consular fees, both of | withstanding the acknowledged and self-evident which, Mr. Hume maintains, should be Laren by the crown, | s subject, ; ships. nd enabled ali thove in | Of the speculative descriptions, Thus, Moxicam | mete wore tower to-day, and Venesusian, Pore. vian, and eome others of the American stocks, | Present a flat appearance. The European dividend pay- 1g securities romain steady. | — Some excitement was produced this afternoon when it became known that the Austrian government ts in the | foreign market a4 a borrower to the amount of three mél- | lions and a half sterling. The loan is fixed at five millions of ftorins convention money, and Mess A. Rothschild & Sons, and Mesars. Grunelius & Co., botie | of Frankfort, have been appointed to receive Pg nr sub- scriptions, but the priee at which the loan ia to be takew up is not yet known. The loan is to be in 6 per comt im- scriptions, and is to be paid in ten monthly instalments of 19 per cont each, the first of which is to be paid dowm | atonce. Interest at the rate of 3 per cent per annmay Will be aliowed on prepayment of ene or more instalmente. ‘The iutereat on the loan ix to be paid at Frankfort, and | in such other places as may be decided om by the Finance Minister, The redemption of the loan is promised at par, at the yealy rate of 2 per cent on the nominal oapil but it is stipulated that the redemption shall not com: mence fill the Ist July, 1858. The bonds to be ree deemed will. of course, be drawn by lot. according te the usual praetice in Austria, and will be paid of im | the same places in which the coupons are payable | After the notorious partial failure of the last loan, the | success of the present attempt at raising means for pro- | longing the vast military ex; ture of Austria is gene- rally regarded as sufficiently problemetical; but it is noticed that the price of subscription is not yet an- nounced. and it 1s supposed that. in the present pos- | ture of affairs, the terms conceded by the goverument wil | be liberal | Whe unt of the position of the Bank of England fee | the week ending Saturday, the 15th of May, ia as followa:——e Bank or Excianp—Accous? ror tae Week Expina Mar 15, 1862. 559,100 “‘Govornmont debt. .£11,015,10@ 3,519, b on he ef Othoe seouriti 2,958,000 Gold coin and bul- lion, .. . 19,735 725 Siiver ball 3378 10 433,519,100 DEPARTMENT. Government seou- tities, including dead weight an- nuit Notesisaued,... | £35,819, | BANKING * eapi- 214,559,000 8,126,521 LSA OOP 1,706, 58 1211830 r 435,006 | seourit Notes told and Hauks, ¢ rioneré of ings minis tional Deht ail ; ot | Sev | other b nid 851,909 £35,851,900 The above returna, when compared with those for the previous week. hibit the following changes: — Circulation issue. + £33,519.100 Tnerease £86,970 Circulation active 21.670.25 Decrease 174,880 Public deposits 4265675 Increase 739.228 | Other deposits 15,686,289 Decrease 444,476 | Government securi banking department . 51.057 Increase 113,684 Other securities in bank- | ing department...... Decrease 122,914 Coin and bullion in bot departments.......... 20.904.906 Increase 73,968 } Seven day and other bills 1,220,324 Decrease 56,030 The Rest.. 3.126,621 Increase 1,603 The Reserve. 12,634,671 Increase 248,749 ‘The changes exhibited in this return are not of striking importance. ‘The stock of bullion is still steadily rising, although the increase this week is not so marked as im | former seturns, ‘The rise in the public deposits fs li | than usual—a cireumstance probably owing to the in- creased movement lately observed at the chief ports of the kingdom after the long-continued easterly winds. The gencral terdency of the returns would appear to be stilt adverse to the interests of the Bank proprietary. The decrease in the “other” securities, chiefly representing discounts of bills. &c., amounts during the fortnight te £256,751, whilst the augmentation of the reserve, or um employed notes and cOin, during the same period, tt £563,431, i CORN MARKET. Lonpvon. Manx Lane, May, 21, 1852. | ‘There was very little English wheat fresh up for market, | and the arrivals trom abroad have been equally moderate, } The trade, nevertheless, remains inactive, antl Monday's | quotations were maintained with difficulty. Americam flour was not afree sule,at the same time purchases could not be made on easier terms than at the beginnl of the week. A few cargoes of foreign oats haye come to hand, and these hi ul quite sufficient to prevent. any advance inp , and sales proceeded slowly, Tm barley. beans, and peas no change oecurred either in value or demand. Assessments=Sewer in Tenth Avenue, fronz | Forty-second to Forty-sixth Street. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERAL I beg leave to call the attention of the parties to be assessed for the sewer built in the above avenue, | during the past winter, to the following fucts :-- First—A large portion of this sower was built in direct violation of the spirit and lotter of tho con- tract, and as a consequence, the work for which the assessed parties will now be called uponto pay the full price stipulated in the contract, is not the work which, by the same contract, they are entitled te reevive, Second—That in consequence of said violations the Croton Aqueduct Board--the department under which, according to the amended charter of the city, sewers are constructed—refused to accept the Under the laws of the State and ordinances of the city, such acceptance is necessary before the account of work and the assessment list can be sent to the assessors for an apportionment of the expense among the parties supposed to be benefitted. On the refusal of the Board to accept the work, niractor a i to the Common Council for ‘The case was referred to the Committee om Sewers, which committee reporting in favor of the application, the Common Council passed a resolu- tion requiring this department to accept of the | work unconditionally. This resolution was vetoed by his Honor the Mayor, on the ground, among | other objections, of its being an illegal interference with oxceutive duties. On the 19th day of April, the Common Council took up and paased the reso. lution, notwithstanding the veto of the Mayor, and sent it to this department for action. Feeling that further official resistance to this ex- traordinary assumption of power was useless, the Board sent to the Assessor's office the return of works but wishing to record their protest, they attached to the return the resolution of the Common Counoil, thereby showing that this department did not ac- | knowledge that the work was done according to | contract, or that it should be acceptod, but that they acted solely under the order of the resolution. | _ The facts above stated I charge distinctly and un- | reservedly, both in my official and private capacity. j [a charge, that the investigation of the cot it~ tee of the Common Council, to which the subject was referred, was unjust, partial, and utterly in vie~ lation of the rights of the owners of the property to work, | be assessed. | The Committee on Sewers meet always in the | office of the Chief Engineer of this department— this, for the obvious reason that in case any information in regard to them be required, the | Committee may be near the officer under whose sola and entire charge sewers are, by law, placed, from their commencement to their completion. ’ Not- | ghicet of selecting iis oflige as the general place of meeting, the gomimittce in this case did not avail | themselves of tie teatlinony of the Engineer, in & single instance, but confined themselves exclusively | to the statements introduced on behalf of the tractor. This I aver directly and unequivocally. | More than t is: I charge that while it was found | eonvenient the said committee to have wit- otin- | nesses in behalf of the centractor ae before | them from every part of the city, those in behalf of | the people, who were in the very building in which | the committee were sitting, were, as far as one may judge from acts, carefully kept ignorant ‘of the whole proceedings, from the beginning to the end. | The iaets above stated, I stand ready to prove. FE | have waited until this late day, in the hope that, in view of its evident propriety, the Socata Council might, before the adjournment of the May session, call up the subject for recon- | sideration. But I have waited in vain. | On Monday next, June 7th, the assessment list | will be presented to the Common Council for con- | firmation—and if confirmed, the parties whose | rights are thus outraged will find increased obsta— cles in the way of justice. I therefore feel bound to warn them by this public notice; and I do so, and make the charges here presented, with a full sense of my a at a personally and officially. ¢ It may*be said by some, that having utterly re- , fused to aceept the work thus improperly done, and | only yielding under a direct order ef the Common | Council, that I have done my entire duty, and that for the rest the parties themselves must look to their own investigation of the particulars under which they aro assessed. To this I cannot aj x As Chiof Engincer, and ono of the heads of thie department, Lam placed here in charge of certain interests of the property holders and people rally of this city. If be any illegai or corp nt nel e injustice be done to them in any matter the most remote degree connected with this mt, I deem it due to them and to myself not to be con- tent with the mere requisition of the law, but to perform my full duty in the protection of their rights, andin tho preservation of the integrity of the department on which they rely. The above I give without comment or inference of any kind whatever. It is intended to be a sim- ple statement of facts ; haying in view what is here professed—the performance of my duty to others and to myself. The facts here prosented are suffi- eient to call to this matter the attention of those interested. Other circumstances and details aro in reserve, which, although it is as well that the public should know them, are not necessary for t! Consots again touched par to-day, business being done at 003¢ to 100, but the market closed a trifle weaker, at 34 to Jy. both for money and the account of the Oth Tho government broker made his conclading purebase 0 eck ia Keducod Shares, at 249, Ta the forei uae there was sa untit absence ot | of things usualiy uotaveraite to the ; paper. it required, they can and will be furnished for publica- tion asunhesitatingly as these are, A.W. Gravrs, Chief bey then bin one of the Board of Managomant Croton Aqueduct Dop’t, June 1, 1858 ee ieee