The New York Herald Newspaper, April 28, 1858, Page 10

yo Bee Bee Coast D gpcee— Rev ore of Captate Ma Cie/tan, Ur sted States Military Commie sheng. to Karove 10 TSB BOTTOR OF THY HERALD. Wassare ron, April 24, 1858. In reviewing the able report, printed by order ef the Benate, of Capt. G. B, MeCle!lun, one of the officers sent by this government to examine the mili: tary establishments of Europe, and especially the @perations of the war in the Crimea, | have been struck with the magnitude of the warlike establish- ments of the other continent, and with the efficiency | fm which they are kept up. A comparison of these with the mescre prepara- Yions of @ like nature apen this side of the Atiantic, inclines one to have seme apprehensions as to the eansogrences, at least for a time, of hostilities be- ‘tweee any of those great Powers and this country. In valling attention to these facts he says— B ts Polieved that 4. «im consideration of the events sa Baswiy and impervectly narrated wm the preceting pages mery lead al Pa anyon perseas among eur country: ment) a firm eee | op two yal points: — Ty That our systom of pole ooast defences is a wey) and Ls one, which ought to be compied and with the lees: pessiole delay ‘That mere beg itcag 3 ovarage ‘cannes suffice to over- forces that ‘would be brought against us w: bbe managadte by discipline and airected by that cna. “gumamcate and mecbanical mititary «ki: which oan ooty be | jucation unstitated for the par: aoquired by acourse of od rae asd by long babit. Jo the vay o: sailing Egg would bave been impoanible. vessels the successful = Saal of steam would enable Buropean na- “Mewes to oembark upon our sbores, meribs from ibe commencement of forse thap that which flosily emcamped around | epol Tt resist such ap aitack, shouid it me ©, our cities and harbore must be lortited, and A ° olved im & Furopean war, but that it moat be ren- sioge of Tt m ovident the Rass ans 014 not appreceate the advantages nn ge steamers, and were unprepared to sustain & tp loss than three | “postilities. even a | far be | that if voveeis of the Colted states or othe those | ary 7 a NEW YORK HERALD, WAaDNESD AY, APRIL 28, 1858—TRIPLE SHERT. Moss Trnmss FSx0'spe's Lactuns.—This e-ering Miss The transsctivns a! the Cles 4rg House to-day Wore 5 Bemonde enters the, jist with Mr. Obaries Mackay, at Moza't Hail, in defevoe of the Irish bards. A good deal of interest baa been excited by the contest, and there will ne doubt be @ lbrge m mer of the green jackets in ber support. The tl urtrations of the molocies with which the Distoricul part of the subject is to be iaterpersed promise to aad greatly to its attractions, They will ve sung by Madame de Lussan, a young soprano, who bas attained high reputation as a singer ef sacred music, and who is said to be one of the best exponen's of the musical taste and feeling of the Emerald Isle that hes as yet boon beard im our city, The entertsiment altogother will be a most interesting one, and will no doubt furnish a subject tor the pens of the literary and musical critics, ‘The Austrian pred, anny: be aes wet , Genpatched the Novara frigate oo a voyage round the world, proviced with all the means of acieutific investiga tiow and sens By accoants received from the off! We appears thes tho Novare, bering touched at the Cape'of Good Hope, remained off Care fown for tw fowr aye, and ch aaited, on the 26th Of October lart. jor the of st. Paul and New Am- tterdam. ‘On landing at New Amsteriam it wax found bho to pesetrate furiher than the summit o” the eh ne interior being covered with sewn Trot < shrub 1). But there is no doabt that i nha crepe St. Pani, apd phe a the same period Now Amatordam is in lat. ‘37 deg. ies “ea nt and lon 77 dog. 3@ min. 30 seo, eset. Its highest point ts 2,784 feet above the sea level. The ate wos pighted & by the French expedition w search of La Peroueo m 1792, but the commander (Deutrecasteacx) did not land, not being able to aporoach the const op account of dena clouds of suffocating smoke. thas always been a question whether this am)<e pro- | ceeded from some active volcano in the interior; but he crew of the Novara set fire to the prasnwood | on the cliff, and the result waa precisely the noo seen by the French commander, A letter from Hamburg of lat of Merch says;—It is un- | derstood thet the Beigian government has given notice r nations are by meane to be exempted from Elbe dues tax, they will Bort ficatio: t be vided with gnog, emmanition | no longer defray the Scheldt dues om Aaxoverian vessels ey tacooed artllermis. To repel thee advance of sesh | frequenting te portecf that kingdom, as thoy bare hitherto @ army into the wero, It is not enough wo trust te the | Bumber of 0 © but undivciplined mea that we can wae bear agamet 1% bev by uurewibag attacks of eu we rior numbers; Bot wren it comes t the Care of more an 190,000 dis- done iince ite eeparation from H: Thu notice is | necessary, as by tho exieting mae between the two | kingdoms Belgian versels are entit'ed, ip consideration of ating army of 15 600 or 20,000 men could easily | this payment of the Scbeldt dues, to epjry in Hanover the wored nation. + | same privileges as the most fa ‘The Londou dimes observes :—Much mortification ts felt GGyimed veterans, the very mulutaie Brought to bear | ina, tho political disturbence just occasioned will moab them would work its own destructiun: ; Desease probsbly put an end to a projected mea ure for facitita- =| | Beaetne” miata’ ‘ration of tne assets of suspended arms. | It wae recently announced that a bill on the subject was | m proparation by the Buard of Traje, and ezough bad Our reqular ormy never can, transpired with regard to ite pature to load to a belief that maver cat te bo, larme, cough ‘to Provide for tit would Dave obvisied most of the evils now arising - aries, tat i honest pend (be ae large as te ordinary avocatons ia the de- | | cates That oitetion wit bok on to thi cg fmee of the ‘rontier will jastity; the number of om ers | commercial point by the incomwg administration in the fee¢ ben commissioned “cfficers shania be UnRSk | ee a oy ae enone reco fy targs, to provide tor sudden inoreano; and tho greacost | p sition i wot to be expected, and it may therefure be Se care 20u)4 be bestowed upon Ue insiraction of Se special arms of the a-tillery avd engineer troops. ‘These are conclusions arrived at by one who is perfectly acquainted with every branch of our mili- tary establishment and of the defensive resources of | thie country, and have resulted from a careful per- sonal examination of the same establishments in the Bnropean nations most likely to come in hostile con. ‘tact with us. That snch contact must sooner or Iter occur is evident to every one who has studied the history of nations and the sature of mankind, end the reliable authority above quoted, well Bnowing the individual courage and nataral sptitude of his countrymen, and the compara- ‘tave case with which these qualities may be ren- by discipline and instruction, availabie for infantry and cavalry, has arged attention to the improvement only of the train corps of astillery and engineers. The latter are skilfully, bat slowly, for- tafying our princi yal harbors; it is a wise foresight spon the part of Congress to appropriate «one; there works. But of what avail are snch works if they are not to be defended? Is it of use to garnixh eur coasts with fortifications, at millions of e' pense, when there are none insteucted in thir defenci B falling an eary prey to the active foe they ard him the advantage which it was intendéd they | Should have secured to us. To prevent this and to prevent our shipping from py tay in our harbors and oar seaboard cities wns from being sacked and pillaged, efficienc smonld be imparted to onr artillery arm by thorou, instruction in all that pertains to this important | branch. It is the settled policy of this government | at 4 Le to vie with the great Powers of Fu itude of their military establish- pk este its duty to use every means to pre- serve the n= cleus of orgunization as perfect as pos- sible. ‘The present artillery strength of forty-eight com- pot sufficient to furnish the micloauin of one sompany for each fortification now ready for defence, » 2 nothing of that required for fiel So vay rm irementa of the Indian frontiers been e the Mexican war, that not more than yey of the above force have been in positions ® profit by the advantages of instruction, as artil- Sy, which rendered our arms 69 illustrious in Mexi- ‘This fraction has not heen composed constantly by the same companies; but frontier and fortification @uty have becn so alternated that had the tem | @f instruction been complete all would now eomplisbed in this special branch. The detect arises not from want of of oppertanty— | for it would not be necessary to ef rotation or to withdraw a man pe frontier service in order to remedy it—bnt it is the want of means, and results from the unnatural division of ar- tliery duty into two distinct parts. aod giving to one— the ordnance corps—sach control over the material | as to prevent the other and equally important branch from acquiring that instraction which is so erential for the proper defence of the country. A ees orduance corps is an irregularity known pe A our own service, and the bad effect of it is Je thronghont the whole branch of artitfery: that in the hands of the ordnance is ss with Jetharcy, the remainder not at all. L restoring the whole of its duty to the artillery, and giving to it achief whore duty it will be to look after its inte- Fests, profewional pride and esprit de corpa will again stimulate thie gallant and intelligent body, and when it becomes ne woyeh for the citizens to rise in mass to protect from a foreign enemy their seaboard cities, there will be at hand ao proficient mocleus ready to instract them in the means of de- ‘The present is a propitions time for the ames: Mounted troops are wanted for the frontier: iy Moring to the artillery the duty now es the ordnance the later can be at once formed a0 efficient regiment of di ons, thus not sat @aving to the treasury the add additional expense of & Sew regiment but promoting the efliciency of the artillery. Io recent ware artillery bas been the decisive arm. ‘This will Le rtill more the case in future, for the = nee that are daily making in all kinds of rms render cunnon yet more necewary. long range of the modern rifle, and increased effi- @iency of small arms generally, will no longer require armies to engage hand to hand or muzzle to muzzle, ‘bat they will take advantage of buildings, walle and wemporsry intrenchments, from which their missiles will be effective whise themselves are under cover, Artillery will be required to dislodge them; shot and will be used to make euch places untenable; and instead of the Minie rifle doing away with the ‘Deeewity for cannon. as is sometimes asserted, its Antroduction will only increase the value of the The recent war between She allies ent Datos fords lessons which sbould not be disregarded by declaration of it reached the allied fleet Spon 6th of April, 1864; on the 224, with nineteen of the line, one frigate and ten steamers, carry- attacked and destroyid elve hours burnt to the edge the whole of the vast shipping that en refuge behind the fortifications, which, I of nin” reper defence, had no effect in wy enemy Laer £ ee their own however, a complete A wtate readiness ‘~ what cee ~ ‘euch an ‘asmult as at any of our ie there to prevent at pA time destroying Boeton, New York or ly it would not be the few an- ae “ their entrances: but system were adopted, the war that caused the allies to ex- in the reduction of one frontier artillery—and the «ystem to be it such efficiency wonld be to re- Ay ¢ duties; remove the chec! * reparnte ordnance corps, and give opernaney ing at moe of by of demands. d ith i ] H g j i f ; = rs 3 pt a 5 ; an eficioncy which t the 3 Jeemrn CLarton died in Trenton, N. Sard over 107 year. Hie was an ZEAE 88 hen the Declaration baney £2. Bese ae, active young man of 25 of Indepeadeacs wan The Cheruior Nercowe weil known & Prgian’ we & mover « at Paria need A . He wee « m Honor aad of weveral barses por Oonot Dien wee Mio. Of Foreen Att ~- « rowarnaby emermted wh) Ine copier Maret, hoe. ream the Premea a. the aoe 8 » woe Potewn! Om0 Concumn tan ~The ern at Ure bare renna vended Bm Ale diate for Cougrem we repronent the Fo Poate Crermees or flow Junre | Ow aon J EP Jeno, and Major f 0. P Vernon, are onnaiia 10 euoceed the Hom. damer 1. Orr Allot dlra@maed the mime © Tt te etatod oat Oot Cashman te he west Mrmvere'ic Cauil| dae Misvien'ppt for | | Assumed that all the jessons taught by the recent crims | will be barren of resnit “ The St Petersburg Gasetie contains an article n the lato | subject of the marriege of the Rrincess Hoye! of England | with the /ruesian , and on the influeuce when wea! event will probably bave om Prussia. [ne Ruawan | jourual passes @ just eulogium om the quiites of the Prussian nation apd on the policy of ite governmect, aud endeavors to show that the alliance which bas just tat«p | ee between the two royal dynasties of Prussia aud Britain will not lead to any change in tho ea-entia! German policy of Prussia. The monetary crisis, which is about toend in Earopo, ley pr coon to be but commencing in the Levant. A Jou: | tieople, Smyrna, Ssionica, Beyrout and Alexandria | the eff-cw Of the severe drain of gold which has for sine time past been exported by each steamer to England sod France, are now begtz ning to be felt. 4 correspondent of the London News, writing from Turin ¢n the 17th ultimo, says:—To conclude my re i= from ‘Genoe, 1 may ‘ell you that the day | before yesteroay @ verse! quitted that port whicn conveys an Itaiian colony to America. They wiil disembark in Mexico, and on the river Tecolutla thoy will | found @ town, by the name of “Luisa degli Itatlant.”” | Their leacer is Coke) Luigi Masi, sen, who bas been secretary to the Prince of Canino Whilst residiog s refugee at Nervi, a little town near Genoa, he discovered in the mountains of tae Luvigiana & Most abuodant mine | Of pyrites of the beet quality ; and having sold his discovery toa French sompary ‘was, from ® poor map, sua deply hecome t erably wealthy, he bag now resolved to estab ish an Italian colony in America. From the Ist o' January to the 3lst of December, 1857, | there occurred on ail tho railways of the United Kingdom ! 4b aceoer's—41 Wo parsepger, and 4 to goods trains; 15 peroos were killed, and 349 iDjarea by theae acciceats, | iseluding 1) passer gers killed and 321 jejared, and 4ser vante of companies killed and 1 injured. Algeris has been cailod upon by a recent desision in France to forpieb this yer eix million kilogrammes of to bacco leaf This a= ¢ bed geal furnished in 1807, the price remaining unalte Some difficulties having ome about the intended FaUways to the Rurelan frouder, it ls said Waal une Minister of Commerce advocates thelr being constructed by ‘the State, and obtaining a vote of credit for the parpose. The carnival has been celebrated in Europe with un. uaoal ¢clat, at Rome, Ma-rid and Marseilles. In Rome | -belr flowing duced by Turks, Highlanders, Zouaves, Bedouins ) Templare. | FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL MONEY MARKET. ‘Teespay, April 27—6 P. M. ‘We have no change to report fm the stock market. The tendency of prices this morning was slightly upward, and in scme instances a fraction bettor was realized Hudson River Raiiroad, Harlem, Resting, Michigao Southern (old) advanced }; per ceat; New York Con'ral Railroad, \\; Brie, 3g; Chicago and Rock Island, y Pena nylvania Coal Company declined | per cont; Panama, Previous to the opening of the board this morning, there was quite @ buoyant foeling in the stree:, and prises con siderably above the closing rates of yesterday rulod. At fhe board the market seemed to lose Ke vigor, and before the adjournment it had set:ied down into the old Gul) mevement. After the board adjourned the dull feeling seemed to increase, and noone appesred dixposed tw operate on either side. Anything ie belter than this state of inactivity. A decided movremen upward or downward would be much more agreeable Outsiders are quietly taking @ good deal of stock out of the street. As contracts mature the stocks are taken up, apd ip this way the supply im the market is gradoally bat feadily diminishing. When thie adsorption bas pro- greased for a time longer, the effect upon prices murt be of a favorable character. The groat abundance of money enables parties who bave made contracts to receive stock © pay for them, aad carry them. Heretofore it bas been the custom for outside speculators to receive of pay the differences and let the stock# go atthe market price In this way one emal) certificate would g> through « good many hands in one dey, and answer for a good many contracts. Now the stock is absorbed, and @ small busi pee: of this kind every Cay makes an hmportant aggregate ie month or two. The offect of thie will be seen rome weeks hence The shorts have lately, in severa! in-tances, found rome diffoulty la making their deliveries, aad prices May almost any Gay take a rapid start opward froninie cause alone. We have advices from the West to the effect that a very active movemont in breadetuffs is about taking place. The prospects for the mew crop are 60 good, and the y¥0d of all kinds of grain is I!kety to be wo great, that the farmers throughout Illinois, Wisconsim and lowa have become copvineed that it ie better to get the ol4 supply to market before the new harvest comes in. The entire Dortherp country is literally ronming over with produce, and the new crop would be very troubiesome in its aie. poral without making room for it by clearing out the oid worplus, This ie a very important matter to the railroads of that rection, and one calculated to give increased value to their soourities in this market. At the second board the market was not sustained. There waa @ little more activity, but lower prices ruled. Noarly every stock in | the liet Closed @ fraction below figures current in the | morning. | The oats a ee“ > Total receipts. Total ta Tota! ance. eseee tenes « B,822,140 84 The reer ita to day include $58,000 from customs, and the paymente include $10,900 on Jalifornis drafte. The steamship Mores Tayler, at this port from Aeotm. Wall, brings two weeks later intelligence from California, ‘and one abd a half mi!lion of dollars in gold. The advicas ere not io any way important. The production of gold was going 6” actively, and an increase in the receipts at Gao Fraccieco ie reported § The shipments for we firat quarter of he present year show an lucrease, The ope rations of the Wnited States Mint in San Francisco ner unled % 64,280 246, The exports of trowmure from San Franciaoo during the | _ firet querter of 1868. ware. 81) 467 778 Troring the same poriod im 1857 they were... 16,298 648 | The exports to Now York this year wore $8,302,004, Op Rir ot 9F,8°6,492 in 1867, howiwe #0 incronre of 81,565. 54), to Roglant thie your #2,122,486, apeioat $2,020 504 in i 1*67 to Chinn this year $789, fAgainat $960 286 in 1857 } To New Orieane duriog the drat quarter of 1887 ther +P ipped #44000, agaioet only $50,000 in the corre:pond ing SeTiod of this year followe:— Tote) ei og 919,095,999 08 ‘Total balances. 947,793 74 Tbe Chicago papers paren ‘the valldlty of the now ‘Mivnesota loap just woted upon by the people, the Jbeago ‘Tribume produces 4 table of the debt ant popaintion of the different States. The proportinn of debt to one prre70 is 8.52 por cent in New York, and 8 56 per cant in Pena sylvania; while Minnesota, ander the new loan, gives & Preportion of 28 86 per cent. Such an amount of movey, nodonbdt, if properly applied to the developement of a Srate’s resources, Would rapidly reduce this per con‘age; Dut the step is looked upon as premature in a legal point of view, as at the time the loan biil passed the Legisla- tare Minnesota was not s State. ‘The La Crosse Democrat says five handred men are at work on the western end of the La Crosse road, and that Dy September the tonne! wil! be completed. Five feet « day is opened, and ten feet will soon be accomplished per day. ‘The annexed 's a comparative statement of the exporte, exclusive of specie, from New York to foreign ports, for maar orcmmance foe ‘Total for the week... ire $1,256,093 Previously reported: 20,69 601,868 tis Srer8 998 Since January 1...,922,049287 $22,061,002 $18,000,002 The Circuit Court of Wisconsin, March term, for the county of Rock, bas held the Corporation and people (who, by formal popular vote, sanctioned the issue) of the city of Janesville to full Hability on their bonds, is- sued in 1851 to the now bavkrupt Rock River Valley Rail- road. The defendants made the p»int that the Legislature could not authorize a municipal Corporation w do what the constitution forbid the State itself to do—that is, to incur a debt in aid of public improvements undertaken by individuals or associated capital. The second point made was, that the coustitution empowers the Legislature to re strict the right of taxation by corporations for purposes foreign to the object of their creation. The Oourt held, on these polnts:— 1. That the restriction upon the issue of a Btate debt does not imply @ restri upon city or corporaucn 2. That “the constitution imposes no restriction upon the Legisiatare so tar ac ie he taxation fs concern ed e extent to which the Legielature shall exercme that power is a matter of discretion. The right must be conceded without limitation. Now it is true hat 4 muoi cipal corporation like the defendant is not desigaed ‘or on S works of internal improvement er private speculation; yet there is no question that they may be om power a sora in entorpriaes of public improvement for the pubdlic good. lly be og coca ka id a tratee, eel anene A Pe Roony ih ign ip which ‘the mee ca nee, ooo paged 5 oa could not engage under tho conatita ereat top, For such purposes municipal corporations like the deferdapt may unque: be empowered by the Le- gtlature to contract debts and taxes for their pay So that it does not necessarily fotiow that because, the State cannot engage in an enterprise asa State that it capnot confer upon a munictpal jon the power to oso, Now, railroads are justes much pubic improve- ments, aod may jart as virtually concero the public wel- fare of a whole municipality as highways, bridges, pubiio buildings, or apy other objects of public vitality or conve di Dee; and J Cap discover Do reason why the right of tax- ati D may not just as itfully be exercised for the en- couragement of the one object as for the other.”” ‘The St. Louis Hepublican of the 23d inst. contairs the following resumé of the bonded indebtedness of the Staic ef Missouri and the loan of State credit to railroad c>m- fen — The whole amount of State credit authorized to be loaned to the several railroad companies of the State is $24,050,- 0C0, Of this amount it was provided that $20, 459,000 ehould iesue in the shape of bands of the State, deliverable ov certain conditions to the companies; abd tbat the ‘ba apce $4,500,000, should take the torm of a guarantee for the payment, by the Stave, of that amount of bonds which dhe Pacific Raftroad Company was suthorized to less, im erence scion mesns for the construction of its foaite witbont cbabge: sont oy te ano ‘of the togie. main: Jatore, iD relation to this ered form in which it was feruarie was partially modified. In that act there was a provision whch perroitted or required an exchange with ‘the Pacific Railroad bea | of guaranteed onde for an equal amount of State Under the rye acu the loan has, so far, boon distri- Duted among (Le roale as stated below -— Pacific Railroad (ma‘n line) Sate bond: Haopibsi ond &t Joseph, North Mi! pany aes Novem! mber 19, 1857, referred to above, the further issue of State bonda and the guaranteeing of SoBstructice bonds are suspended Unti the lat of Merch, 1869, excepting that, frat y og conditions, the follow: 1) 27, 1958, ntral.c 89 a mi ws 206 Ly 16 1000 Har RR 1st mor EI 9000 Bar 3a mor dds 50%5 Don 1000 MORSpolmSFeb 4 3g RB 2000 Nor J& let mor. 2 2000 Mio 5: F bde.. 6534 60 Reading aK 600 1 Cen RR dds. #8 2050 do. aK 2000 Ii Free La bds. 87 200 do, 46 6000 LaCr&MulGbds S1°% 800 do . 4% 4000 do... 10 41K 1000 SokNiaRR 2 Babe ann dt 104 15 Panama RR... ... we 20 Park Bork 200 Clow & Pius RR. Big 100 Manbatan Bank. Le 1 Cui RR. 250 . 200 . 10 DelkeHoaCanal Co 108s Cd eo 30 os. seee 106K 200 do. 1006 do. 5 60 do Ld do. 409 MO & Mites 38 @ do 3 300 do. a 50 do OM BOARD, 400 abs FrieR R.... 2K ‘20 Mich Cen [RR ay £000 Missour! 6" ‘M46 Mil & Mies ee. 38 icon Hi Con RRbds.. 87), 100 d0...4 82 7000 LaCr&Mil lgbda 81 100, do. a G00 MuR ARG mor 695 60 do. BI Banover % =100MISEN “ oe 6100 do. was . -s 100 do, uw . 7 » Ts a BE ig u Bee; aR bend Ba 2 oN ry 6 /O8ING ar ve 4r8. 82% “a ns Wig 108 18% Te 80 88 nm 8 “ BK BB 2 By B% 20 1, 76: ay 8 +} i 2 8 RETORTED BALES 4 rw ¥ AND STOCKS AT AVOTON, A. H Nicolay. 85 000 Marietta and Cin inuadi RR. cu) 2,000 Sreremento City 10's aM 2,00 Wotertown and Vadiron 1 6 000 New York sud Hariem Rit. 7 0835 86 shares Milwackie and Mississippi 8834 20 Hudson River RR... , 30 45 Welle, Fargo & Co's Faprene 60 60 N. ¥ Consolidated Boge Oo, 27 30 Commor wealth Hark, oes 30 Firemen’s Insurance Co,. 149 Also the foliowing — $8,000 Misvouri 6's... 2,000 Saeramcuto 00 Cincinna: 2,000 Ta Cr i ich. RR, ‘end Mitwaubie Rit Ts, 4,000 Chicage, St. Yaul, & F. du lac 6,000 New York and Harlem RR. 7's hares National Ran 20 Bank of the Republic, 10 Bank of Commerce... 10 Penk of North america 14 Mtoa Fire Ineursnce Co. 14 Howard Fire loxurance Co. 42 Grocers’ Fire Ine arance O. , 20 (erolnte Fire Insurance Oo 20 Colninbian Marine Invarance O)., ex div 90 St. Merk’s Fire Insurance Oo,,,,’, PRimuelphta Barks, Apru 9. 6. pret Capital + BU1,300,916 $12,300,915 2 776,687 22,141,200 Ine, . $984,633 682,185 6.152640 Ieo.. 97.00 De Pmober Dre 2,:68 108 1,45 089 Des, 26-19 Due te other Dk wasn 2.908,006 Dec.. 96,001 Legos ta, 682175 16.968.178 Inc., 33 Qucn!amen. 38800 2,408,421 Dee. 7), CITY COMERCIAL REPORT, Turspay, Apri! 216 P. M. AsHFs —Tbe sales embraced aoout 15 pots od Bhearerures —Flour—The market closed quietly “prices were apchanged. The sales emureced adout 7000 a8 (0 bbis a. about the following quotations: - Bupertive State, 2000 2 ExivaStato 36a 460 Wester, and Obto superfine, mm. 4 Extra Obio apa Western .. 8 456 Capaown svperfire and extra... .... 4400 500 Satumore, Alexandria and Georgetown..... 4 60a 4 85 Sootberp fancy apdextra....,......+. 49a 635 Choice extra famtiy and bakers” branda.... 6 60a 7 15 Rye floor. BO0e 350 Corp meal... 8500 400 Canadien bran: 9 600 bbis, witbin the renge of our ‘Agures. Soathera four was steady. with seme demand i export to tne West Indies, Tho sales embraced about 1,400 » 1,300 bbis as the above quotat ens Rye flour wee quiet, und selee comprised oot > 9 18 ate atour figures Corn meal was quiet at quotations. Wheat was more active, with waive 0.000 a 15,000 buebels, instuded ia which were 2,000 1> white Canada at $1 123;, 1,400 do. whive Kentucky at 18 BO a 8! 8234, 2.000 do white Delaware at $1 22, 2,000 do red Sovtnern at $118; Mil saak, Lrarriveat vie 2s ada and ‘white Illinois at some ‘spring reports oe petvase: terme: Gere wena fair Peake, wie eb prime white or yellow offering The saies embrace? stout 20,000 a 25,00 bushels, ‘cluding inferior to fa'r white ut Tic. a 720, a 73¢ , and common to good yellow at T4e. a 760. Ryo was quietana pominal at dic Oats were heavy, with sales of State st doc. a 475., and of Weeterp at 470. a 49. Corre: —The cargo of the Sarah Baral’, to arrive from Hampton Roads, cvpsiting of about 4 000 bags, to go ‘Ciel! pati, waa sold at lOec., 4 montas; and 600 do, oo the spot, wore sold, in lots, at 10\c alic. Messrs.’ W Scots & Son give the foil wing sccount of the stock of coffee in the market tp their weekly otecular of tr day:— Rio ouffee on 284 April, 09 428 bags; vaies for oontum tire estimated at 19.382 bare; stock of Rio and Santos coffee oa of April, 1868, 20,040 bags; Bahia, 8,500; a the Zith da} Maroeaibo, Behe Uagtiayra, 1,200; Java, Thais, 8,604; 5 45,807. ny : aad ms Pe ee re nrc re # 1,500 bales, cloring Brm at 125. for miad tng Uplands. FRxicurs - The firmness poticed in freigute yesterday was nia to day. To Liverpool, about 2,000 oash cle grain were engaged, in bulk, at $40.,and a lice of 8,000 60. at 6d ,and about 3.000'r0. in bage, on privars terms, supposed to have been in toe peighhorhond of 61 ; 1,600 bis. flour at 1s. 6d. ; afterwards ls. 736d a ls a was asked ; for cotton ad was offered, and 3-154. askot Rates wore algo firm to London and Giasgow, and quiet to the contirent at unchanged prices Bay ‘was steady, with salew of 400 s 600 bales at 45c. a bbc per 100 Ibs. Lime was in fuir demand, with sates of tum) at $1, and common at 80c. VoLasems was steady, with ealas of 250 hhds. Cuba mes. covade at 246. a 28c., and 60 do. clayed at New Or- Toape roid ponterdey ‘as 8635 ‘Navat Storgs —tbe market continued quiet, with small sales of spirita turpentine a: 490. a 50c , cash, from the wharf, erase watts ai $3 76 per 280 ibe. Common Tost was steady at $b 50 4 $1 55 par 310 Ibs., delivered. Ons —Crude wi waa at about Sic a 333, Orute sperm wae quiet at $1 20. Linveed was in limitea de. mend, with sales of S09 ‘a 5,000 galloas at 690. a 700 Otber descriptions were nomipal. Provisions.—Pork— The market was less buoyant, with bod — of prices in favor of purchurers. The sates ea- ced about 600 2 700 bels., in lots, including moas, $19 45, then acid at $19 10, and closed at 6400616 "60; cloar sas Beef was frm, juding sboulders, at 7c. a 7\c, aod - vant ana 100 tierces ‘Fiunt’ cured ‘tvate terms. Lard was firmer, witn ot ‘oon bee b Is. and tierces, at 11%c. a ic ’ Bat ter was aoe demand for pew State dairies at 260 while old of all kinds was dull. Gheese was beavy and sales limited ‘Rick was frm, but quiet. SvGans —The market was lees active, anisalee confloed to about 169 bhds. Cuba musoovado, part refl-iug poots, at47c a €c.,and 176 bbds Mo ado, chiefly at 4c, with a smell lot at pt and 160 boxes a 6c. TMs. The fol Jowing are Prices established to day by Mesere. R. 1 & A. Stuart for weir refined sugers:—Doudle refise? loaf yond bee Cag oes gaa Kel pe eager, 1034¢ ; circle A crushed sugar, 1034¢.; ground sugar, 97%c. ‘Tras.—The auction sal: held to-day went off with a fair epirit. The greens were genoral'y sold at about previous prices. Hysons sold at rs varying from 3440 a 6le ; the young byvows at 26c , 200 , 300., 83:%0., B8e., 413° a 45sec ; Hysonakin, 22ic. a 230! ; Byers Swat Xe 080. danpewacr at 6c. 8 560., a | 81 io. up to b5e. Waker gobreced about 800 0 400 bbls, at Sle. ToBacco.—| “Gre wen lueintain od dowant is good. Tbe sales embraced 73 bhds Mayer aad coo tucky at lic. @ 16c.; 151 bales Havana at ; 856 do cuaran t; 58 cases seed loaf, &3., be. ; 26 } Flavana scraps at p. t. there Movements in Reel Estate. drian &@ Mallor. Store and lot No. @ William at. and No 61 Stone st., 22:6 and 22:2x76 and 76, 118,200 Lot op 20th et , near 7th avo, 8,800 By 4 lots on NE corner th ave and Sth s., 25x110 $10,960 MARITINB INTELLIGENCE.- FOR CALIFORNIA, ETO. ‘Moses Taylor.. New York....May 6. = HS TO AND FROM HAVANA AND NRW ORLRANE. = Ciry—From New York 2d, arriving at Havane From New Orleans Havaos York Pb rom New York 13th arriving et Havana 17th, gni'Ker"Grieane at New Orleans Z/t, Havens arr lew 7! iA—From New York I7th, arriving at Havans 2th jew Urieans 6th, Havana Frem at Havana Havens abst ow te at rar 23 ¥ THE OVERLAND MAIL TO INDIA AWD CHINA. may be of value to those having Eamenenen ss Se One we Oibraltar about same month Boia Shone the lech and sore ieee ae Alexandria about the 13th of same and 42 of fol en en aboot the A oe Mt of mame nd Bb oF Oth of Se aero chen Re ten erat same and 10th or mon ‘bout the 20° or Fin of same and day of ar- smer arrives at Bombay sboui the 84 to 8d, mer to mot following mona. oO. a aboat the 6th or i ai ond laters & Rew ¥ = pert ‘tended for ome ALMANAC 9OR NEW YORR—TuIS DAY. Rhannon ‘Liverpool—® Cunard. ee Havens and New Oricans eae Africa, arti ‘uae Hh ier —F Barege mp, Rvsoatl Few vow Oceana forme Broa. Bork tire ar te anh Whe rt I» Baker, Curner win ash Onan, a Geo $f phvzson rig Friern oa ibara Bees man. Havens —1 FO Brie M3 Colcord, Coleords Cardenas Walsh, Brig J Crosby, (iiftord, Bangor-5R F Baek & Co. Brig & Taylor, Tap'er, Bangor—T Hi 8andt Rebr Tarier (Sr), Adams, tar Whitman Johiia— Pret Srnith & Behe f, p Gortende, a Gare 8 0 er, Waab'naton—Trifair ores Pebr Pe ee ’ "Boop, Cowérick, Piymouth—Beaton Bebr Three Brothers, Eizey. Richmond—C ne--O Schr Manchester, Chichester, Richa Fi Behr Ward Rrentus, 2 Dares rade B isin Sehr 18 ler, Om! Pin Fane es. uf i Oarver & Behr Keanu, ah 40a, pay Bahen Biosp Peprogwe Cibns Tall River. Master. Moamer Chesapeake, Crowell. Portiand, ATUIVED Pleamelip Mores Taylor, Begewep, Aonww, April 19, gite Qhncogere and specie, to MO Roberse. Bath ine, int ” Jon exchanged colore wiih brig Addy Awilt, from Maracaibo for New York i oie rooghull, favasneh, with mdse and ¥iteby! & ir), ofc, Windsor, NA, 8 days, wit ples iano liane sew e to ee Ye ter ESR wtioes Brie leateh (87) , NB, 12 days with peapsone ond pins 2 tae ‘2 amithe re (Bs |r Joameon, Cornwallis, 8 days wich plester fo A embers. « m Nichols, Strout, CherryHel4, 8 days, with lumber, ws sapere. omih a Bergen eee Ahaha 4 ulin & Stone, Row tout edie tenet ot Nay Mb aja, with pote- e toore sy vi ss phd Z ipa Teunton ‘Weiton (new! Ce iad Bancker, New Loneon 18 boure nak Gaines * unten, Thrasher Taunton oo Wallace’ Bermer ‘ara apres Puiadeiphia Bits Curlew, Wi 2 Beamer Osceola, M4 ‘Onceola, Bunlth, Norwich and New Lomion. Black Warrior, Havacs and New Orleans; bark wet Rena ad ne rene NOE ow ‘Wind during the dey NE, fresh, with snow squalls. rine aH hoa wrayer eae Fy lea rita | ‘a ‘Taina. reports on board of tbe Mish oe Is of his mara € Charete Toast Crowell slated Loree Ban Tactxto at Galveston, lost ber foremast whea three duse out from Roston. Bs hag Bm zenees, bee Seem Hovasie bet tra Ho Fal- mouth, wi b a foil cargo of # re Dear 5 s ‘also threw other sma! cionla Umeaseushine nooen The B was a new vessel of 464 tons, built at Bath in 1868, and pro bably ineured at the Rastwara. Brie © Bi of Mechian, with coxl, wne ashore 25th Inat neur Bast ‘Edgarioxn, cnn Comer Bogan, for Boston. returned to Portla: d 24th Paving howe to contact near tha Middle Grouad eth sehr Casco Holorook, from Portland for Boston, ,-) sarod jip- boom carried Hed uway gaye head gear, de, The Cusco lost merpmast, mainboom, sai Boston, April 2]- Two raya seboovers are at anchor of bettuste. One of them crt sway her maga at 3 PM to pra vent going uehore. Wind NE, and & heavy sea, wih evow. For Sa¥ FRaNct800—Toe A 1 firatelasscllppersblp Borne», Qapt Kdwards, vails on Saturday next for San Franctsoy. entrar sy pen eps the latest improve- mel entilation excellent opporiu- ity tor hone deairin, tobare thele frolgbs inne fave frou sweat and otber a e. The B has made out one voynge 10 the East ram ‘she accom piixbea in 8 days. be- Jonge to Coleman's Usiifornin Lise. Purser B D Batch of the steamstip Augusta, whicharrived yesterday from Savannah, will acsept our tharks for parera. ‘Tbe stesmabip Rriceson wes towed from Seemaatts wo yt tm in the North hiver yeater. ay, where she 3 Notice to Marmers, by given, withhe Nun Buoy plaged on Ba Tales Bb: ce W of listen Neck Light, it will be Feploed aa mon thee fn here Laie nonce Doure. hee pees rind se house Tino FOREN, Tiigbibowss Inspector Let dlxt Portland, april 26, 1868. Capt Akin, of the bark ®inidrop, at at Honolulu fcom Metals pin herLor. reports totne Friend of March ‘kl, viz:— “Last car met A shos} or reef a mile tone, rarning NE and SW. jt wasemorth fine weather at th» time and were bu. fow breshers on the shoal I passac #{'hip & mile of ft, ond Anow tbat my reckoning was right, for 1 mado wns oun Jelepds im x few days. and found. ft ao. The sha! iain lat 30:7 N lon 131 02K from Greenwich, It te not laid down op ap} chart I have on board ”” ‘Whatemen, Cid at New Be dford 25th inet, sch Admiral Blake (ot Sip Pigen), Blamhepabip, Aviantic ice Tonshed st Lore dawe'a Talend Deo 7, Fllzateth Swift 3B, 1480 49, all told; Tun, ea ‘Banker. Davia, Neat, $50 sp 2b, Kenia Bloombieid. N 4, bonn? w New Zeallucand home ‘lus Seen reported spoken Jan flat 335 &, Jon sv W, veh Paws 600 wh. Motawk, Grant, Nant Je 96, Faw Corey. Winslow, do, 120) 6; HO Cowdin, Bailey, 1, BY ep orraan Tactvha, no due, Union, Hodges, Sis, with 25 "heard from fehl lat 858, lon 1641R, Mary, Brock, Nant, on b 250 mi “Are at Pats Mareh 17, # ship President, Alten. of NB. wish 900 sp on board, 29 n mitua, Stowe:l, of do, 200 sp on Off apd cn do Merch 17 ship Burops, Phisney. of NB, 20) {2 Wd, Darke George Blea of and ftom NB, 45 4p; Frank in Lowland, do co, 4540, Juhu A Parker. Swain, do do clean. atrat Valparaiso March ‘ks Oashelot. Perry, and Robert kawarda, Wood, bo Sous of und trom "NBediord (oud aid 12h op acruise)’ po re reat honolulu Feo 2, Uinctngatl, Wiliams, off and on frew Leboins (and ald same dey amolda, Sare 8 OD, Marquesas, 40 a0, 900 wh (and cid same Say to cru! Sia at do ee 8, Hobowok, Marchant, and Carolina, Har 0 crulae; 10h Ht Baw Lyaie, W ain; ww Be s iF ‘Ss = a See Faceted F i aaciadaals 188, oi ship Choo Reware, Wingy Zwhy 15th, Kane bla, wh. seneon. w Morsiat Light, repories hrwuit, At Marquessa Basoreha, Mbiiseh, Soisteg tie senses, bowed westwara to cruise. athe Chrwiana, Fev’, wm Wir, Ue born, &0, season. Kbip Young Hero, Long, at Labaina from Néw Zealand, re nea lat 96 | Dee 8, wl fom ian W ship 8M. wor ia ber Mitcbell, 8 whe: 26th, -t10 Cota po biug, F nese at Marquedse’ ship Uctavia Wood, Bothing; Feb 5, Wuderm, nothing thie eras n ina trom ann tpok 5 Ha, ¥ With ibem severe. days off ine tors, Bho, ev am Se Whalen, of and from Title, si Ban Francisco, from Feb ab Roatan), yoip iiberaia Bocker, of and from New Bedford for nor wi ig Wen roca Rose Boston for San Francisco, Mareb Robinson, Harding, hence for Ran Prancteco pe. bh conpeny ith ber two daye, during wRieR abe Red Ro iis mt , olf ¢ orn Tne chile No 4, Trom Havre for bam Francieeo, Feb 6, ondem Now 12 for —. Frapeteco, frm lat 50 12 ton Ry oy SEE ark Feroai ndina (not Fernandez) of and from Boston for part hive Merch 49 Pat Re Non Jon BA. tor Rios cee tio Stee be for Rotterdam (aot Gibraltar), A amen beveat i from Cientoogos for Falmouth, iB, wee a HAG noses Boston, wasseen April wrote bore apei ‘8, wae ee i oat et 0 18 8, "ons ween April 14 lat Dy, * puree bea APTN w Al — 4e) Toro nd ean hs Gahan, York (nd od 16 i rood: Chapessn, 60 (and eld ih on, Sve retura); 16th ee ceenee, See cel Fong ana ni th for evan. of Gepray, Re Mash, Greyiown; 19th, impart me septate we Barrett, bg | ton net sobre SM oy bf "roma 20 Wide Awnke, "ieuton dh Shire is Gear “ae vere Ares, he ies rh gto’ emer aS Valencia. (Neliber our Callao onrreepontence an vrpnererere have been seoetved,) Care Hayrren, April 10—in port hark fda, Rosten, ¢isg brig RW Packer, Lee, for do 8 oa v Glenn, APTI be- or mi Qner Capt EROS Lal oe ner AAS has gone w Qoghore Ri graencor we Pans} fin Af = on Liboy ane; bark DO Wison, Peacowk. do Od, Clement, Leghorn. to lod = M om w, April S=In port abip Jobm F Mawum, tor York 19m" pbonorrne, March 13. Arr previons, abip Riise & Fila, Lanl, ilar from sobe Fenr- Petrnoeron, Ja, April 10-1 port brig Minna for York: Dewaware, Pilleld and Metenr, Anieraes, for Fala telybia, pg Na; Kerr, Daghielie for NYork ready. Jeorge 8 Gieen Geen for to: . law York, Marne, Oar ar, or from a6, arr uth." Bid Marah 14, ship Jomphine. Cheney, Bait River, to vosd for f vw —Ho Am Heep Ai actogaaty ata Sit ‘York; Apri! Wit Ar taper fail, trom and tor Be hark on Hageliine, Coombe or Famonthy ra, Apr 30 sr Kineman. for Por land Siays, Ph B Shae Luscom», for do 3, 8u/lote, Bweewer, for vine Thamée Consor, Berk for Sree ode Yor, re Ss port bar i at ready: Jehu, ete for do: wort igwee, hese aus Bork are ten pepo Jeho L P lg Foe oy a Warch 1i-Sid sohr Tudependence, Thur. bi m April 6—In port hips |. Tor N York do; barke White “<9 «oton, ae +7" Pro's nt Cor yon bey Fy rite a fd port sehr 3 A Nickels, Miekels, Ban Jose, ve Ouairmeal. ee %1—In port brig Chatham, ipaon, trom La Tnion vite Raiso, Feb 3 Ane thy Chas C March let, berk ure Tarockensn? fobeene, panes loboson, Bi Ayres: Suk. stipe Mousoon, Beker NT Pune, Eau Franeisco. bid Mere tans ataoae Caiders tb, Pont apd, Rows, A Ships Morning Sarah March, amory. ar at do nodule Chil bark ® Bogglano, from NYork (eo Vers Oxvz Poy Bee M—Ip port barks Rapid, Marsealk Hagle. ‘Luce, ‘ ‘ek 'y sete dohe ‘Howar Newport and aii, & 722298 Fee ag ey een bent te ra Boston; 1 Forests wy i oterer New cacit Boston: ik Leland. wa ort » abips Re: ae Livél 5 4 a | een fry iver Poke or Hoo mes Henry the! any ee 2 Minor for ao oy ant ALREANDRta A Rite ptreen, ae ont pe art Bedard & mee Beet Genes OL Mahon, troy; Belen BORhON. spr aoe nt stoster ‘Phineas the» eran Mon pba: abipa tJ: ihn Lawrenee, AP jtimore: berks A: Pak. ‘iol Nason’ Stevens, Galvenon; Grievua: ax Hil Marto, oat Es Otepfvegos; Philadelphia; sea Lion. Mare fon ape ¢ berub, aang Deere oe pile; ra Haginan Steteon, Charlene: Hote: ot hzabeth, at oF. 10 load for Bt cma 0; br ge Ke Beason, Charleston achre Medord Bart Wat Jett town, BO: Lily, Prazeis, Savannah; Grow, aleganari: Moet ee bre <n io NN a ahipa Coringa, Orean Queen, a Ha Pathe Al ae sleamer Jack Ne 7 Clentuey rn eg st oa; onusla. rambo: ane ‘Masourka, igs ak Abby Weld. Dearieon, Gloucester, awem, Di Witectords: Hiphlsharr Mayo, Boson; Marthe J Gause’ oe Ay Colmaty, NYork. eo. CM Moumer ba Ary, ork; 6 3 i, per. Windies; schee Angelize' Oltver, pe ia Karbedoes, with snvar, tor timore. BEVERLY, ‘April —Arr sca: Goorge Rdward, Philadel- phia. CALAIS, April 17—Arr brig Indian Queen McGregor, Phi. lode ae oie 71, brij Bleck SrA rie See Tadies; sear Plorica, Stewart. N¥orb; 18). ara nes, do; Samuel Nash, (is Ame och Comb es Wooobury aad Cazetine ata AO kDG2 RTOWR, April 25~ arr brig Crocus, pattinerds Wea ket coo ae a en ony a imor: iJ revenaon, Mears, Gtaren a Christie Blizaberbport; y Rilzabers, 7: ‘to, bad sebre Phenix Littiefield, 41 soa liver, Clare Now York; i Ray Adunis. do, 2uth— Arr ecbra Clinton, Borden; Diadem, Smith, and Mar- tha Jade, Davie Eilzebeibpcrt, James Andrews, NY¥orn doops Maria Loale tu, Cummings, and tf Bolen, Collin GALVESTON, Apri J Ar bark Touslon, 8 Cid th, sehr: hare Fs aba at we ships chant Tet trop ter 1 port villa oy bing rd bg MS do; Wi ons, fro rg barke Samson, Ro Yee: Ismoc Mudge’ for Liverrwol 60. J i Rope Milis, Patterson, tor Evrope thy and Golden age. Rovien. tor NYork Go, Sam Frotun from. Bonen, ‘sche columbia, Dai Fenseeols, do; revenue euiter Dodge, Harby, iylag ta tho wresm MES’ HOLE, April 2. Par brige Sat eS J nearer tee ane Be Shes Mitchell Gelphin: schrag W Bale, Fri ve New Sm, cater Bowon ee aba; ieee bot Monae Porter, stove do tor Sore, tn Foy “AIFS toh Ee for Phita- delpbia; G) aa Blow Bn Se Philadel sath Ae r bres re Kugene Tide oy Ke" Bobar Thempien, Fore eh NG. for ‘ior Fighee But- i Za Pair) Boston; ‘bempson, Dein ‘harp, Waybews ‘h'} Fria Touran, 2 ana ae LJ bag sf ok ees Gherks heutt do for ta'em, Isanc Rich’ Smite . ‘CM Par Der, alten Gco sel. do ter New Work; Hi ‘004, 1 for 40; weit i erate Port'snt for taltiwore: a J Horton, Glrucester for Philadelobia: Rev nue. ry Races Sem ihe Si Smit, Le, I. ; Pens ascet, Jeon, Rusigott: Dantere for for eid 3 A O'Brien; 3 rie Coane L Madgprce i B Brown, , 2E. a Moras, Obarinn ower, rz bemea! iowia BAP za Macros Teylor, 4 cS lark, Le nrova, 8 Margaret Y Davis, Sirah Gartner, ¥ Sharp, Firm, and R Bethe Arr brig Ambrose Light Mie! Now York for 8t George, acbie ship Smee Fou os for omrrae e ‘alter, Jones, Tar i —> ard Fmrrers, Head Rockiund iy (rand 4 taland, Small, Newburyport for Pilataishia. Wham Cala's for Alexandria: Samue, Vash. 0 for Vhiladelpaun: 2b, AM—arr steamsbip Magnolia Jon: prey ship a, Downs. rey, M me _ pda Boear, Pe: 1 tre Fiopire, Crow d from Bost Seer itaeat prema 4 +01 2 Wh—Aar tb; ibip Tenn v Growler, Fusbiry, Boston Ps Ap Tempont Walsae}, rowed to nea | hipe Middlewex Milan; 15h, St anes, ‘Ge , Cordelia; 17h, Caroline, barks ‘pe Ina Russell, and Hannah 1)24—Arenchre Almada, Carts Delaware city. Sid 26th, sober rear baltimore aatca URYPORT, April 3—Hid eobr Harbinger, Gerry, Ws ‘NCSA sehra Lady Adema De- = Ae to A Charles Co eman, and 11 ‘dese (from Teast © > Nrork, Santee es ate a Mua Megs bliin ph for Philadelphia, and ries nacre A pril %—Arr achra C omy ore Reeth ond Aston | ca or us Pants Clan, Postar, ia arch Fe wwe ard.’ i What Fowel Ip ay, Wein 5 op “challenger, Winsor, for NYork ge end others NNAH, April F —ewhog »ries Louisa Dyer, finyten. Yet Howe. Commovatin am sehrs Jarch, Oliehrist and, Wim Woodhary, st nd; feat Anchor “Hal, Gardner, Prishiinve,, Oeattenion Ida, wil —Arr rehra Asene F etn Caen Canny eit ah A eit pre SOE SE om ‘as euicRPORD, ‘Apr a sloop Mlackstone, Stedman, w ”