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Aua. 18, 1855. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. BOOKS. The Seven Lampe of Architecture. John Ruskin, A.M. Smith and Elder. Martha, a Sketch from Life. Anthony Smith the Elder. Hope and Co. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Agar. Henry Hallam, LL.D , &c. Murray. Meteorological Easaks. Baron Alexander Von Humboldt. Longmane. Paper and Paper-Making, Ancient and Modern. Richard Herring. Do. The Island Empire: or, The Scenes of the First Exile of the Emperor Napoleon I. Bosworth. Outlines of Moral Philosophy. Dugald Stewart. Dublin : Hodges and Smith. PAMPHLETS. Religious Liberty Bill. Lord Brougham's Speech in the House of Lords, July 27, 1856. Ridgway. Confirmation of Admiralty Mismanagement. W. S. Lindsay, Esq., M.P. Effingham Wilson. The Home and Grave el Byron. Longmans. Circassian Exiles and Emigrants in Europe. Binns and Goodwin. Partiawentary Incongruities. James Acland. Varty. A Letter on Army Reform. Jacob Omnium. Do. Scheme for Church Episcopate and its Patronage in Wales. Hardwicke. Do. 4 Letter on Decimal Coinage. First Report of the General Committee on di Reform Observations on the Fisheries of the West Coast of Ireland. J. E. Symonds. Chapman and Hall. What is Criticism? Hugh Miller. Hamilton, and Co. Decimal Coinage. Adam Davidson. Blackwoods. hutnections for Rules of friendly Societies. John Tidd Pratt, Esq. Eyre and Spottiswoode. PERIODICALS. Freemasons' Monthly Magasine. introduce ion to English Literature from Chaucer to Tennys;n, H. Reed. J. F. Shaw. int An q. WAR-OFFICE, AUGUST 17. BREVET. To be Colonel ham and Arthur Burton, C.B. Richard Wilbra• To be Lieutenant-Colonel Major Patrick Leonard Dougall. To be Majors—Captains John G. Rogers Alpin, Arthur Tremayne, and Francis Topping Atcherley ; Lieutenant and Captain George Lord Bingham; Lieutenant and Cap tain John Augustus Conolly ; Captains Montagne Hamil ton Dowbiggin, Archibald C. Snodgrass, Patrick Robertson, and Claude Thomas Bourchier. Lieutenant-Colonel John Edward Dupuis to be Colonel, under the Royal Warrant (Ordnance) Nov. 3. Colonel John Edward Dupuis to have the local rank of Brigadier-General in Turkey. The under-mentioned officers, having completed three years' actual service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonels, under the Royal Warrant of the 6th October — Lieutenant-Colonels Thomas James Valians and Frank Adams, C.B. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Maximilian James Western to be Colonel, the rank being honorary only. Brevet-Major Charles Robert Shuckburgh, retired full pay, Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Lieutenant• Colonel, the rank being honorary only. UNATTACHED.—Brevet•Major John Hardman Burke, of the 88th Foot. to have his Brevet Rank converted into Substantive Rank, Unattached, under the Royal Warrant of the 6th October. MEMORANDUK.—Major-General Henry Charles Bristow, on half-pay, as a Major of 38th Foot, has been permitted to retire from the Army by the sale of a Majority in 80th Foot, from 17th August. TURKISH CONTINOENT.—Captain Frederick John Gold amid, of the 37th Foot, Madras Native Infantry, to have the local rank of Major in Turkey, while serving with the Turkish Contingent. The undermentioned Gentlemen having been selected for service in the Irregular Cavalry, under the command of Major-General Beataon, to have local rank in Turkey while so employed:— To have the rank of Captain—William de Norman, Esq. and Lieutenant Richard Francis Burton. To be Surgeon of the Second Class--Algernon C. W. Norton, Esq. To be Veterinary Surgeons, attached to the Horse Artil lery—J. B. Lord, Gent., and G. G. Nixon, Gent. The undermentioned Officers and Gentlemen having been selected for service in the Force under the command of Major-General Beatson, to have a step of local rank in Turkey while so employed To be Majors—Captain Godfrey Rhodes, Charles Tho mas Wemyss, Esq., and Edward Shelley, Esq. To be Captains—John Cox, Esq., and Edward James Money, Esq. _ _ HOSPITAL STAFF.—The appointment of Dr. F. H. Brett as an Acting Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, with local rank in Turkey, has been cancelled from the Ist July. Burris"' FOREIGN LILGION.—In the Gazette of the 10th August, for Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel John Francis Palmer, &c., read Major and Brevet-Lieutenant- Colonel John Francis Power. MICHORANDUM.—The Christian name of Colonel Hudson, Military Agent to the Italian Legion, is Joseph, and not James, u stated in the Gazette of the 10th inst. ROYAL CHELSEA HOSPITAL.—IH the Gazette of tho 10th inst., for Sergeant-Major James Ferrier, to be Quarter master, read Sergeant-Major James Father. THE PRESS. HAYMARKET TllKATRE.—Planche's comedy, Court Favour, played some years ago at the Olympic Theatre, has been revived by Mr. Buokstone, for the purpose of introducing a most agreeable actress, Miss Blanche Fane, to the London public. The piece is one of the best of Mr. Planclies, having been written at the earlier period of his career, and when his powers were in their highest vogue. The dialogue is neat, and has a refinement about it which is rarely met with in the present race of dramatic authors. Miss Fane, who played on Monday night the part originally represented by Madame Vestris, made a favourable impression upon the audience, who were thoroughly unanimous in their verdict. She deli neated the clever, sharpwitted Lady Morton with great point and intelligence, preserving throughout the air of simplicity and naïveté under cover of which she is enabled to "confound the politics" of the libertine duke, and make him serviceable when he least expects it. The part is cne requiring no ordinary amount of finesse, but Miss Fane was quite equal to the emergency, and fairly entitled herself to the liberal and enthusiastic applause she met with. She is possessed of great personal attractions, and her debut may be considered as highly successful. Mr. Buckstone enacts the plain and homely David Brown, whose fortunes are made the unwitting peg for so much diplomatic chicanery among the knaves and parasites of the court, with his usual comic dry ness. Mr. Chippendale is an excellent guardian, and Mrs. Paynter a most overbearing Lady Flamber court.—Perea Nena still continues to claim and attract full houses every night, and her engagement certainly has proved the most successful hit Mr. Buckstone has made this season. glorug Market an 64 itttitigente. FRIDAY EVENINO. THE English Consul Market has been extremely inanimate during the past week, the attention of dealers, as of the monetary public generally, being absorbed by the forthcoming guaranteed loan to the Sultan. Fine harvest weather having at length set in with prospect of continuance, the hopes of an average crop of cereals, if not even more, have revived, and the late droop in the quotations has been to some extent recovered in consequence. The news of the successful bombardment of Sweaborg, which reached the City on Wednesday, also contri buted to render the market more buoyant, though the actual result on prices was of very trifling extent. Expectations of a renewed attack on Sebastopol upon the Napoleon-day, Wednesday, were so general that the mere absence of any official intelligence from the Crimea this morning has induced consider able heaviness, rumours being widely spread that the allies had received a serious check, which, though founded only upon negative evidence, ob tained credence under an impression that the Govern ment had received news too discouraging to be communicated immediately to the public. The daily variations in the price of Consols have been of very limited range, speculation being languid and dealers cautious. On Saturday the quotations were 901 to 1; Monday, 91 to 1; Tuesday, 901 to 11 ; Wednesday, 911 to 1; Thursday, 901 to 14. Consols to day were done as low as 901 for money, and for the account at 001, but recovered before the close of business to 904 to 1 for transfer, and 901 to 91 for time. The Three per Cents. Reduced have been done at 911 to 1; New Three per Cents. at 921 to ; Exchequer Bills, 17s. pm. for the March issue, and 13s. to 178. pm. for June ; Exchequer Bonds, 1001. On Tuesday next an instalment of ten per cent. on the late loan of 16,000,0001. falls due, representing a total of 1,600,000/. Including this payment, sixty per cent. of the loan will have been paid up. Another new joint-stock bank is in course of formation, called the Western Bank of London. The object is to afford banking accommodation more es pecially to the nobility and gentry, and in order to give greater facilities to parties residing at the west end of the metropolis, it is proposed to have two boards of direction—one to attend to that depart ment, and the other to regulate the City business. The proposed capital is 500,0001., in shares of 1001. each. SHARES. The Share Market has undergone a serious fall within the past few days. Great Westerns have largely declined upon the announcement of the re duced dividend, and again after the half•yearly meet ing. The total depreciation has been not less than five per cent., the shares, marking 60 this day week, and falling to 56 on Tuesday, and ranging down to 54f. From this extreme price, however, there was a partial reaction, the latest quotations being 55# I. Other stocks have also been prejudiced, though not to the same extent. 793 FOREIGN. The conditions of the new Turkish Loan were an nounced on Wednesday by M. Musurus, and are published in another column. Subscription-lists have been opened by Messrs. Baring and other houses in London, and will close, it is understood, at latest to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon. The scrip has been speculatively dealt in meanwhile at 2 to 3 premium. The bonds of the former Turkish Loan are held firmly at 931. French Scrip (new loan) has been quoted at 21 to 3 premium. In other foreign stocks the transactions have been few and unim portant. . Money is more in demand in consequence of these concurrent loans, domestic and foreign. BRITISH Ft] OHTIC IDS. ,L 41 - Closing Prices. rOTATIOh. Tuesd. Wed. Thurs. Friday. —.— I---•—. —..- 901 11 91 01 911 l'9ol 1 901 91} 911 911 911 90A I, 911 1 911 1 9 . 1 11 911 1 911 1 Ai 29e 11911 1 921 4 ~ .24 4 1-1 214 9141 2151 9141 I— it) 21 18 20,13 8 14 41 1 14 13 49 3199 311:47 JO, 26 S per Cent. Consols Ditto for Aoeouut S per Cents Reduoed I 3 per Cents Long Annuities Bank Stook, 7 per Cent 1 Omni= Ruth. Bills, 2d. per diem India Bonds, (1,00014 1 ' Mond. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Stb Victoria, espr for the week ending on Saturday, the 11th day of Aug.,165 ISSUE PICPARTIMT. Noteslesued .... £29,650,275 £22,6641,211i BANKING DI Proprietors'CapitalCl4,sl4,ooo Rest PAITMINT. • • Public Depositso 6,266,890 i Other Deposits 11,604,444 4even Day & other Bill■ £30,786,181 • Including Exchequer, Savings Banks, COMMIS National Debt, and Dividend Accounts. YORZIGN RAILWAYS Mond. i Tuesday. Widnes. Thurs. Antw.rt Rttrdm. 91 I 101 94 10 9i 101 91 101 Belgian East. J. 21 9d 21 2d 2 2d 21 2 d Dutch Rhenish par 1p par 4p 4P I I P I East Indian 241 1 241 24 124 i Gt. Indian Pen 51 f5O 51 f6l 4 G.W.ofCan.,Sh 281 1 231 231 4 2 4 lons & Geneva 7 8r 7 8 p7l Elep 71 81p Madras Na.etl.ge.(w.in) 5 1 6 1 5 i 6 1 Nrthrn.ofFrnce. 361 71 861 4 954 7 3 . : 1 Norw. Trnk.Prf. 1 9 8 9 8 9 13 Paris & Lyons 49 1 481 1 48f 949 I Paris & orleaus 49 61 49 51 49 51 49 511 ?aria & Rouen 5O 2 50 2 ,60 2 60 2 FOREIGN FUNDS. Per Cent. Mond. Tun& Wed, nun Brazilian 6 103 102} Danish Dtch. (F.:12 ouil )2} Gat 5 French 3 f c 57f 50c f c 6516( Do. 4} f c 9if 75c f Do. Bank Stock —f. f. f. f Mexican 3 21t Peruvian 4} 82 81j 2 Portuguese Russian 5 —100 a Turkish (Ace.) 6 231 93j j 3j 2i 931 SHARES. I Mond. ITuesd Wed. Government Debt 511,016,100 Other Securities .. 2,084,000 Gold Coin & Bullion 15,010,976 Silver Bullion .... 119,680,2711 Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight An.) ,412,766.014 Other Securities 14,989.691i Notes 9,160,846 Gold 49 Silver Coin 616,029 X36,7M,18i lrfllsy 91 10 2t 9 94t 59 24 t 7 9i 8 1 2 t O P 6 814 7i 8 9 '49 4 49 61 50 134} 94 $1 RA I LWATS- Aberdeen Blnn.Wolv. & Stour Val. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cheater and Holynead Cork and Bandon Dublin & Belfast June. East Anglian Eastern Union (13) East Lancashire Eastern Counties Great Northern Ot. Sth. and Wet of Ire. Great Western Cancasiiiiett Yorkshire Lon., Tilbury, & Fithend Lon.,Brigh ton, aa London and Blackwalr London and Nrth-West. Midland Newmarket Newry and Enniskillen Norfolk Nrthrn. Counties Union North British North Staffordshire North-W astern Oxf., Wrostr., and %Vols Scottish Central Scottish Midland South Devon South• Eastern and Dov. South- Western South Wales Waterford a Limerick I.IIBCSLLANZOUS- Canada Crystal Palace Crystal Palace of Ft ance North British Aus. Laud Peel River Land it Scottish Aust. Invest South Australian Land Van Diemen'■ Land , :I 2i 50 2 d 13e 4j 41 2 844 7j Frid. 14 5 8 i 91 3 65i 4 12 4 $ 10 51 2i 14 b 78 4 111 8 0 90 1034 04 684 i t 85 114 98 1 7i 711 984 7 lf A 14 8 4 29 81 7 BEd Gi t 25 7 108 8 79 4 13f 4f 82 8 bd 7 30 1 21 4 91 30 133 $ 2 i t 1 87 t, 14 4 k 4 6 3 8 91 3 621 12 4 531 6 , 60 11 11.. 63 81' 7i 9/i li 69: li 21 50 2 "- - d1 4 i U 6 131 4 61 2 661 7 30 1 C 24 ~ 1 ~- ~ 11 i f 34 71 L2i 31 24 21_ _ 12 4 8 lu c 14 6 TA 5 73 41 1111 I 2 ?.,1 I2' I IL !' I 13i 4 1 -