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The book has a moral which may usefully be pon dered by young married couples. AMONG THE REPRINTS AND CHEAP PUBLICATIONS of the month will be found Israel Potter, by Herman Melville (Routledge), a noticeable book, relating the adventures of one who was a companion and shipmate of Paul Jones, a hero of Bunker's Hill, and a neglected outcast in his old age. The narrative, Mr. Melville tells us, is mainly founded upon the record which he left of his career at his death. A Glossary of Military Terms (Longmans) is an extremely useful manual for military officers, and in these war times it will be found available to explain many terms which are in common use, though not generally un derstood. The compilation evinces knowledge and judgment. Small Farms, and How they Ought to be Managed, by Martin Doyle (Routledge), is an epitome of farming, giving practical advice and expe rienced hints to amateur farmers. Every point is treated from the choice of land to the management of the crops and the care of the live stock. Leila and Calderon, the Courtiers (Routledge), the two charming tales of Moorish and Spanish life by Sir E. B. Lytton, form the present number of Routledge's " Railway Library." The Emigrant's Lost Son, edited by G. H. Wall (Routledge), purports to be the his tory of a boy who was lost for some years in the forests of South America. Without expressing any opinion upon the truth of the statemer,t, we may say that we should have preferred any original narrative by the boy himself to the narrative of the editor. The Library of Biblical Literature, Vol. 11. (Wm. -Freeman), contains some Interesting articles upon the catacombs of Rome, and upon the life and labours of St. Paul, as well as a clear and concise review of all the theories extant respecting the lost tribes of Israel, with especial reference to that% work on "The One Primeval Language" by Mr. Forster. The fifth part of The History of the Christian Churches, by the Rev. J. B. Marsden (Bentley), contains the bistoty of the Greek Church, of the Gnostic heresy, and, other sects, together with a fair account of the Church of Ireland. Mr. Marsden's work promises to become a valuable contribution to popular knowledge of ecclesiastical history. The Life of the Apostle Paul (Freeman) is a carefully constructed biography of the great Apostle, giving historical reality to the facts established by diligent investigation of the Acts and of St. Paul's Epistles. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. BOOKS. The Romance of the Aristocracy. Sir Bernard Burke. Hurst and Blackett. The 20th Report of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland. For the Year 11345. With Appendices. Thom and Son. Christian Theism. Robert A. Thompson, M.A. Rivingtons. The Omnipresence oh the Diety and other Poems. Hobert Montgomery, M.A.% Chapman and Hall. Sonnets. Feltham Burghley. Longmans. My Uncle the Curate. A Novel. By the Author of " The Bachelor of the Albany." Chapman and Hall. Hallam's Middle Ages. Vol. 11. Murray. Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Edited by R. Bell. Vol. V. J. W. Parker and Son. Switzerland in 1854-55. A Book of Travel, Men, and Things. Rev. W. G. Heathman, B.A. Hope and Co. Alarm° and Aimota ; a Tale of the Jesuits in Tahiti. Seeley. The Nature of Faith. Rev. E. B. Moeran, D.D. Ditto. PAMPHLETS. A Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham at the Institution, .Tune, 1855. E. Bicket•- steth, M.A. Rivingtons. A Charge Addressed to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of London, May 16, 1855. W. H. Hale, M.A. Ditto. Prophecy for 1855. Selected from Carlyle's Latter-day Pamphlets, 1850, by Thomas Ballantyne. Chapman and Hall. Al Letter to the Viscount Palmerston. Hon. Gruntley Berkeley, M.P. Longmans. War• Notes : Being Fragments and Rough Thoughts on the War. By a Civic Commentator. Effingham Wilson. Popery in Power and Britain Betrayed. .T. F. Shane. Truth and Lice in the Church at Home. Rev. T. IL Birks, M.A. See'eye. The Cambridge Senate before Whitgifi's Statute and the University Bill of 18,55. Cambridge : Metcalfe. PERIODICALS. The Royal Gallery of Art. Part VIII. Colnaghi. Williamite and Jacobe Wars in Ireland. Robert Cane, M.D Dublin : W. M. Heneaser. ,li mug parktt an tit 3nttilignut. FRIDAY EYININ•. THE trade and navigation returns which have ap peared for some months past reveal a serious check and diminution to the commercial transactions of the cluntry. On Wednesday the report for May was i4sued, and proves that the ebb-tide is still prevailing in almost all the principal branches of the export trade. The result shows that the gross value of British articles exported.in that month was 8,019,2461. against 8,422,1961. for the month ending June 5, 1854. On the five months since January 5 the ex ported values have amounted to 34,943,7271., while that of the almost corresponding period ending June 5 last year was 40,425,0001. The imports have also declined, though in a smaller ratio. The frauds brought to light in the investigation of the affairs of Messrs. Strahan's bank have occasioned much anxiety among the customers of all the private establishments of similar character. No one felt safe as to the custody of the securities he might have lodged in his banker's hands. To assuage this feel ing a meeting of the principal firms has been held, at which a resolution was passed unanimously in viting their clients to inspect, either periodically or otherwise, the collection of securities lodged in their keeping, so as to obtain an assurance of their exist ence. A suggestion has been made that the com mittee of the Clearing House should be made the the regular custodians of all bonds and securities consigned to the private bankers of the metropolis. Considerable arrivals of specie have again taken place during the week. From New York on Monday .340,0001. was received, principally in dollars. The Lightning, from Awstralia, was reported off Queens town on Thursday with 60,060 ounces of gold dust, worth 276,0001. 108,0001. by the Atrato, from the West Indies, together with several smaller parcels, have also come to hand. The Stock Exchange has been dull and almost stagnant throughout the week. Money continues abundant, and thus the quotations ale kept up to a certain level, but speculation seems almost dor mant, and even the tidings of various complexions received from the seat of war produce little effect on the market. The daily quotations have been,—Sa turday, 901 1 ; Monday, 901 91; Tuesday, 901 911; Wednesday, 911 1; Thursday, 91* 1. To-day Con sols were dealt in at 91 to 911 ex. div. for July. Re duced Three per Cents., 92 to 921; New Three per Cents., 921 to 921. Bank Stock, 218. India Bonds have advanced to 295. to 335. prem. Exchequer Bills are held very firmly, the March issue at 21s. to 24.9. prem., and June 20s. prem. ; ditto Bonds, 101. THE PRESS. SHARES. The settlement in Shares took place on Wednes day, and, falling upon an inactive market, produced the effect of weakening prices almost universally. The depression was, however, of no great extent, and was followed by a recovery subsequently. This afternoon the market was steady, and quotations somewhat more buoyant. FOREIGN. Rumours of loans continue to disturb, or rather to paralyse, the market for Foreign Stocks. it has nut yet transpired what is to be the amount, term, or date of the new French loan, but it is believed that it will be issued very speedily, and extend to 30,000,000/. The Porte, it is also stated, is about to borrow four or five millions, of which the British Government will guarantee one moiety and France the other, the money being raised between tne two capitals. The quotations of the different Stocks have presented no fluctuations requiring notice. BRITISH FE OFFIC MS. IUOT Al • Thead. Molul 8 per Cent.Coneols — Dittofor Account $ per Cents Reduced 3 per Cents Long Annuities Bank Stock, 7 per Cent —210 S Otnnium pi Mob. Bills, 211.1. per diem 18 4 19 ' India Donde, (1,0001.) 3O 1 ale 95 52i 4 !210j 19-2 T BANK OF ENGLAND. Thurs. Friday. 911 91 ixd 1121 2 911 2y 921 J2y 1 816-18 -- 211 1 111 -- 21 8 24 1 80 29 33 An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. t 2 for the week ending on Saturday, the 23rd day ol June,lBss. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notesissued .... 431,429,435 Government Debt 411,015,100 Other Securities .. 2,984,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 17,429,435 Silver Bullion .... £31,429,435 NANKING DEPARTMEN Proprietors'Capital2l4,ss3,ooo Government Secu. Rest Public Deposit 0,488,686 Dead WeightAn.r 412,1196,068 Other Deposits ;even Day t other Notes 11,e87,310 Bills /31,40,435 £38,376,926 1 • Including Exchnuer, Savings Banks, National Debt, and Dividend Accounts. 136,376,926 The foregoing return, when compared with that of the previous week. ending June 16, exhibits the following changes: In the Public Deposits Other Deposita DECREASE of 83,244 Notes Issued INCREASE of Do. Reserved Seven-day Bilis Coin and Bunion INCREASE of Government Securities . INCREASE of Other Securities The Rest The grunt. of active circulation In Notes 819,542.1.25 Do. In Seven-day and other Bills 989,492 20,491,617 Coin and Bullion in both Departments w £18,169,026 Alttroplitan Attenets. (Reporkdexclusively for "Ms Passe." ) CORN•EXCIIANGE There has been only a moderate arrival of English wheat up to our market this week. Although the show of samples or both red and white has not hien exteu• sire, the deumnd for all kinds has ruled very inactive ; never theless, prices have been supported. The show of foreign wheat having increased, millers generally have purchased that grain with extreme caution. lii the quotations, however, we have no decline to report. Floating cargoes have sold on quite as good terms as iu the previous week. The show of barley has been but moderate, and the trade has fallen off, without producing any change in value. Malt has sold wholly in retail quantities, on former terms. There has been a fair inquiry fur oats, at full quotations. The imports of foreign beaus having been good, most descriptions have changed Lambs slowly, at la per quarter less money. lii peas and dour very few sales have taken place, at late figures. ENGLISH—Wheat, Essex and Kent white, 74s to 86s; red, 69s to 775; Norfolk and Lincoln red, 67s to 765. Malting barley, 32s to 361; grinding ditto, 30. to 32a; distilling, 300 to 3.sa. Malt, Sea to 72a. Feed was, 26a to aria; potato, 27. to Ws. Nye, 40s to 445. Tick beaus, 39a to 435; pigeon, 414 to 45a. Grey peas, 36s to 39s ; maple, 39s to 41.; white boilers, 405 to 46s per quarter. Town made flour, Css to 70s; country marts, bla w Gls per 280Ibs. ARRIVALS THIS MEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. flour. nglish .1430 .. 77u .. 11600 .. 460 .. 1120 Irish Foreign.. 14140 .. 17e0 23040 .. 7 60 ski. tole. LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIDAY—Wheat, 3,153 quarters, 79s 64 ; barley, 1,031 quarters, 35s rod ; oats, 5,509 quarters, 2es 2d ; rye, 2 quarters, 43s ; beaus, 304 quarters, 42s 84 ; peas, 37 quarters, 444 44. IMPERI AL tk REKLY A VERALI ES—Wheat, 76s 74 ; bt.r ley, 34. 34 ; oats, 29s 3d ; rye, 45s 9d ; beaus, 47s 14; peas, 43s ld. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES Wheat, 77a; barley, 33a 6d; oats, 2ba 6d; rye, 46a 4d; beans, 45.11 d ; peal, 42. 3d. .ENGLISII GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK 68,026 ; barley, 6,492 ; oats, 8,173 ; rye, 288; beans, 4,088 ; pear, 372 quarters. BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 10d to 104(1; of household, ditto, aid to lid per 4lbs loaf. TEA—Large public sales have been held this week. Out of the 32,009 pa: tages offered only 4,000 changed hands, at unaltered quotations. The private market is dull, but we have no change to notice in value. Present rates are as follows: Cougutt, Sid to 26 64; Ning Yong and Oolong, lud to ls 9d; Scucbong, 9d to 2s 8d; Flowery Pekoe, Ir 4d to 3s ; Caper, Is to le 4d; Scented Caper, le 4d to le Sd : Orange Pekoe, Is 2d to Is 64; Scented Orange Pekoe, 1■ 84.1 to Its 9d; Twankay, 7d to Is 2d ; Hyman Skin, 7tl to Is ed ; Hyson, is 64 to as 84; Young Hyeun, 9d to 3s; Imperial, Is tins 84; Gunpowder, is to 3s 8d; Assam, Is 9d to 4e 4d per lb. lip to Saturday last duty was paid ou 23,034,6741h5, against 21,394,2721bs in 1u34. SUGAR—Although most kinds of raw sugar have been In good request, uo actual advance has taken place in prices. Barbadoes has realised 38s to Ski 6d; Demerara, 35e 6d to 87s 6d; low to good brown Mauritius, Mis to 84s; yellow, 84s 6d to See ; and Penang, sls 641 to Mis ad per cwt. Molders of floating cargoes have obtained full quotations. Crushed and wet lumps are selling on former terms. The refined market ;■ less active, and the currency is rather easier. Brown lumps, 46s 6d; and low to tine grocery, 474 Cd to 52s 6d per cwt The totalclearances to the 23rd instant were 3,955,074 carts, against 2,919,399 cwts last year. big Prices. lON. Wed. F 0: Per Cent. Brazilian (New) b Banish 0 Utch. (Ezl2 (3u4 )21 French 3. 45 Do. Bank Stook Mexican 3 Peruvian 45 Portuguese 4 Russian 5 Spanish Turkish (Am.) RilLwAYs— Aberdeen Wo'v.& titour Val. f3ristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester anti Holynead Cork and Bandon ... Dublin Belfast Jun o. East Anglian Eastern (B) East Lancashire Eastern Counties Brent Northern Ut tith. and Wet of ire. Crest Western Lancashire& Yorkshire Lou., Tilbury, & stheuti Lou., Brighton, ao London and Blackwell Loudon aud Nrth-Weiit. Midland Newniarket Newry and Enniskillen Norfolk Nrthru. Counties Cattail North British North titatiordshire North-Western Wrcstr., and Wolv. Scottish Central Scottish Midland South Devon tiouth-Easternaud Dov. South- Western South Wales Waterford B Limerick XlibcKLLANsous— Australian A gricultural Can/id& Crystal Palace Crystal Palace of dance North British Aus. Laud . Feel River Laud it Min.' Scottish Aust. invest. South Australian Land' Van Dieuieus Laud , laoi kRES. Meat. 26 6 at 9U 2 1 62 ! 111 1166 41 j 11 11 16 6 a 6 1 761 74 12 6 i i 9A, 31, IOU X S 1 2 611 1 2 ! 31U1 I 74 8 * lag 411 :1 2 ai 30 ; 4 84 I 801 13 f 4 41 big $l, ob 4 21/ 301 z 2 4 I le 2 Du 2 -d st i 1 3 41. GA t. 4L 3o' Y 9 31 119 21 2i 3. 1 1 4 1 1 is 11 ai 12 4 23 6 68 t b 0 2 tat 1 131 V 11 14; ae 23 . b nia it 12 a ao ino Ale Ilf 2 14.10 Tit I 14,11 741 I !I A 041 2 a 8 9 1 5 :id ! i t 2 , 1 103 b IS7 9 lat 4i 64 63 4 29 30 23 4 90 1 120 5 21 3k 1 2d j 13 Stid 7i SATURDAY, 21f 69 gi 44e REIGI Mond 11004 - f.I 211 ii ao 2 119 21' 3 84 1 , 112 i Spl 10443 j ti4A 66 130 e f e l f. Wed. 93 5 JOI7I :4 411 i 9 11 rdio a I t a 114 LW 21 wit 734 OA 41 ,ull ' 103 4 39 34) 144 4 DS. Wed. 991 381 81/ —: al 21istr. 28 6 ad a b 44 181 Bii a 11 -d d 141 Le 28 6 :8}:1 1141 .1 YY lul N 1 s 4 11 9S id. 74 13 33 3 7ai 4 It $ It 2 aU 9 Iso 1 lb., 401 -a 30 1 3 W I 6h 7 1 "4 Eli 13 4 4 41 63 4 la a 61 3 .3 4 4V 3u 149 31 122 b 126 30 2i 31 si I 1 it u 37$ ~li s+~~ '2/ it 1$ 37e 8E Fr idtry, Eli i