The Press. — London, England, 1856-08-02 00:00:00

742 COTTON—Holders are firm, but the transactions are devoid of interest. We have no change to notice in the value of any kind. . . . WOOL—We have no new feature to notice in the wool sales. Prices rule about id per lb. lower than at the previous auc tions. There is scarcely any business doing in the private market. The imports this week are nearly 6,000 bales. INDIGO—The demand is heavy, and prices are partly nominal. SlLK—There is less excitement in the demand for this article. Prices. however, rule very high. SALTPETKE—Our market is by no means active. yet the quotations are freely supported. The stock is under 6,000 tons. METALS Scotch pig iron has moved off slowly, at 746 and 725. Most manufactured parcels are firm. Rails, at the works, 71 10s to 51; Staffordshire, 91 15s to 101; 'fleets, single, in London, 11l 2s Cd toll! ss; and nail rods, 91 25 6d to 91 55. Tin is steady. Banc*, 130 s Ito 130 s 6d; Straits.l24s to Ws 64 ; Britkh, 129. to 130 s; and refined, 115 s to 136. per ton. Tin plates support former terms. T.C. coke. 30s to 30s 64; I.X. ditto, 36. to 36s 6d; I.C. charcoal, 355 to 355 6d; and LX. ditto, 41s to 426 per box. Lead moves off slowly. at 241 per ton for English pig, and 221 to 231 for Spanish. Quicksilver, Rkd to Is 9d per lb. English zinc, 301 to 311; Sweedish steel. 211 104 to 221 for faggot, and 191 to 191 108 for keg. POTATOES—The supplies of English potatoes are very extensive, and the demand for them is steady, at 41 to 51 p r t OlLS—Linseed oil, on the spot, has advanced to 40s per cwt. All other oils are very firm. Turpentine dull, at 30s 64 to 31s 64 for spirits, and As 9d to 9s for rough. TALLOW—Our market is inactive; nevertheless, prices are tolerably fi.llll. P.Y.C., on the spot, 515 6d to 515 9d; and for the 'sat three months, 505 per cwt. Town tallow, 51s 3d net cash. COALS —Wylam, 17s 9d ; Tantleld Moor, 14e; Kelloe, 17s ; Hatton, lAs 6d : Lambton, 18e; Braddyll, 17e 6d; Haugh Hall, 17s; Tees, Ps 6d; Belmont, 17s 6d; Stewart's, 18e 6d; Cassop, 17s 6d •. Hartlepool, 18s per ton. METROPOLITAN CATTLE—The supplies of beasts on sale this week have been very moderate: yet all breeds have mild heavily, at a decline of 4d per Alb.. Sheep have given way 2d per sibs ; and other kinds of stock have ruled very dull. Beet, from 3s 2d to 4s 10d; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 2d; lamb, 4.8 d to Se &1; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 101; pork, de 4d to 4s 10d per Alho to sink the offal. NEWO ATE AND LEADENHALL —These markets have ruled heavy, as follows:—Beef from 2s 10d to 4s 41 ; mutton, 3e 4d to 4s 8d: lamb, 4s 2d to 5s 2d; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; pork, 3s Gd to 4s 6d per Albs by the carcase. BIRTHS. BRISTOW—On the 24th ult., at Jersey, the wife of Lieut.- Colonel G. Bristow, of a son. D'AGUIL•R—On the I23rd ult., at 'Canterbury, the wife of Mgjor D'Aguilar, C. 8., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. GIITFIRIP:—STIRLING—On the 24th ult., at Bedharonton, Hants, Jamas Aleiander, son of David Charles Guthrie, Egg , of Portland place, to Ellinor, daughter of Rear-Admiral Sir James Stirling, of Belmont, Hampshire. DEATHS. ARMSTRONG—On the 16th of May, at Graham's-town, Cape of Good Hope. the Right Rev. John Armstrong, D.D., Bishop of Graham's Town. CUST—On the 26th ult., in Hill-street, Berkeley-square, the Hon Lucy Cust, daughter of the first Lord Brownlow. aged 72. KENNEDY—On the 24th hit-, at Cheltenham, Harriet Sarah, daughter of Major• General Clark Kennedy, C.B. and K.H. KNIGHTLEY—On the 27th ult., atFawsley, Northamptonshire, Lady Knightley, aged 76. PURVIS—On the 27th ult., in Southampton, Mrs. John Purvis, widow of the late Vice-Admiral Purvis, aged RB. THE NEW "PARA MANTLES" and YACHTING JACKETS, perfectly waterproof, Ha., 165., 18s., and 21s. SEWELL and CO., COMPTON-HOUSE, 44, 45, 48, 0111 Compton-street, Soho. P.S.—S. and Co. have for sale Five Hundred Long White liarege Shawls, an extraor dinary bargain, Three for Twenty-five Shillings, sent carriage paid to any part of the kingdom on the receipt of a post-office order. OOMPTON-HOUSE, SOH 0.- in consequence of the Close of the London Season, SEWELL and CO. will dispose of the whole of their magni ficent Stock of Silks at a great reduction in price.-44, 4:4 46, Old Compton-street; 46 and 47, Frith•street, Soho. fEAFNESS.—The only medal awa r d e d a t the Great Exhibition of 1851 (for Acoustic Instruments) Was to F. C. REIN, for his new ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS for the DEAF. They are made of different power. to suites creme and every degree of Deafness. To bo procured only of the tole inventor and maker, F. C. Rein,loB, Strand, nearly opposite Exeter-ball, where the Instrument can be tried and numerous testimonials seen, amongst many one from the Right Hon. Sir John Patteson, one of her Majesty's Privy Councillors. OLDRIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA, acknowledged for the last thirty years to be the most effec tual remedy produced for restoring the hair and promoting the growth of whiskers and moustaches, has received recently most distinguished patronage from the Ladies for the feature it pos sesses in not soiling the most delicate headdress or bonnet. For children it is invaluable, forming the basis of a beautiful head of hair. In bottles, 3s. 6d., 65., and 11a. Wholesale and retail, 13, Wellington street North ,Strand. The Best Food for Children, Invalids, and Others. ROBINSON'S PATENT BARLEY, for making superior Barley• Water in Fifteen Minutes, has not only obtained the Patronage of her Majesty and the Royal Family, but Su become of general use to every class of the community, and is acknowledged to stand unrivalled as an emi nently pure, nutritious, and light food for infants, children, and invalids. Much approved for making a delicious custard-pudding and excellent for thickening broths or soups. ROBINSON'S PATENT GROATS for more than thirty years have been held in constant and Increasing public estimation as the purest farina of the oat, and as the best and most valuable preparation for making a purr and delicate gruel, which forms a light and nutritious supper for the aged, is a popular cure for colds and influenza, it of general use in the sick•chamber, and, alternately with the Patent Barley, is an exoellent food for infants and children. Prepared only by the Patentees, ROBINSON, BELLVILLR, and CO., Purveyors to the Queen, 84, Red Lion-street, Holborn, London. Sold by all respectable grocers, druggists, and others, a town and country, in packets of 6d, and ls., and in family canisters at 25., Ls., and 10s. each. THE PRESS. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. MLLE. PICCOLOMINI. THREE FAREWELL NIGHTS will be given on Tuesday, Aguet 5; Thureday, August 7; and Saturday, August 9. PRICES. —Pit Tier and One Pair, 23 Guineas ; Grand Tier, 3 Guineas; Two Pair, 1; Guinea; Three Pair, 1 Guinea; Gallery Boxes,lss.; Pit. 55.; Gallery Stalls, 55.; Gallery Side Stalls, 33.61. ; Gallery, 2s. dd. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. ALFRED WIGAN. On Monday and during the Week will be prezented THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER. Characters by Messrs. F. Rob eon, Danvers, G. Vining, G. Murray; Misses Castleton, Mars ton, and Ternan. After which, MEI)EA. Medea, Mr. F Robson. To conclude with THE WELSH GIRL Commence at Half-past Seven. GRAND BANQUET TO THE GUARDS in the Ashburnham Pavilion, ROYAL CREMORNE GARDENS.—The Public are respectfully informed that the Pavilion in which the Great Exhibition of Waterer and Godfrey's American Plants took place, which was visited by her Majesty and the Royal Family on the 9th of June, and which is capable of dining 4,000 persons, has been secured, by which the Com mittee will be enauled to render the above banquet worthy of the British nation. Subscriptions will be received by the Lou don and Westminster Bank, the London and County Bank, and the City Bank. Gentlemen desirous of co•operating with the Committee, or of sating as Stewards, will oblige by communicating their names and addresses to the Honorary Secretary to the Committee. July Ml, 1858. It. K. PHILP, Reform Club. CORDON CUMMING, the Lion Slayer, will be AT HOME in his Encampment, surrounded by the spoils and trophies of his hunting achievetuents, and give his new and popular ENTERTAINMENT Illustrative of his EX PLOITS and ADVENTURES in the FAR INTERIOR of SOUTH AFRICA, EVERY EVENING (except Saturday) at Eight o'clock. Morning representation every Saturday at Three o'clock. The Dioramic Views painted by Messrs. Harrison Weir, Leitch, Charles Haghe, and Phillips. Piano by Mr. Harries Wilson. Admission, Is. and Zs.; Stalls (which may be taken daily between eleven and four without extra charge), Ss.-232, PICCADILLY. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventryatreet, Leicestersquare. Open (for gentlemen only) from Ten till Ten, containing upwards of one thousand models and preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in health and disease, the race of men, &c. Lectures are delivered at Twelve, Two, and Half-past Seven, by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.H.G.S ; and a New and Highly Interesting Series of Lectures is now in course of delivery by Dr. KAHN, at Four p.m. precisely.—Adwission, One Shilling. ITINAHAN'S L.L. WHISKY. This celebrated old Irish whisky is highly recommended as the most delicious and wholesome spirit, either for mixing or for medicinal purposes; it is perfectly pure, very mild, and being mellowed with age, is free from those fiery or heating qua lities so much objected to in other spirits. Can be obtained in sealed bottles, Ss. 6d. each, at all the respectable retail houses in London and its vicinity, from the appointed Agents in the principal towns of England, or wholesale from KINAIIAN, SONS, and SMYTH, 8, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket. BEDSTEADS, BEDDING, and FURNI TURE.—Vr ILLIAII S. BURTON'S Stock on show of Iron and Brass Bedsteads and Childrens' Cots stands unrivalled either for extent, beauty of design, or moderateness of prices. He also supplies Bedding and Bed Hangings of guaranteed quality and workmanship. Common Iron Bedsteads, from 16s. • Portable Folding Bed steads, from 12s. Od.; Pa t ent Iron Bedsteads, fitted with dove- tail joints and patent sacking, from 17a. ; and Cots, from 208. each. Handsome Ornamental Iron and Brass Bedsteads, in great variety, from 42 7s. Gd. to 115 15s. A Half-Tester Patent Iron Bedstead, three feet wide, with Bedding, &c., complete-- Bedstead £l 4 6 Chintz furniture 0 17 0 Paillasse, wool mattress, bolster, and pillow A pair of cotton sheets, three blankets, and a coloured counterpane £& 19 0 A double bedstead, same AI 1i 9 If without Half-Tester and Furniture— Single bed, complete 3 13 9 Double bed, complete BATHS and TOILETTE WARE. WILLIAM S. BURTON has ONE LARGE SHOW-ROOM devoted exclusively to the display of BATHS and TOILETTE WARE. The stock of each is at once the largest, newest, and most varied ever submitted to the Publie, aad marked at prices proportionate with those that have tended to make this establish ment the most distinguished in this cour try. Portable Showers, is. 61. ; Pillar Showers, 31. to 51. ; Nursery, 15s. to 325. ; Sponging, 14s. to 325.; Hip, 14s. to 31s. td. A large assort ment of Gas Furnace, Hot and Cold Plunge, Vapour, and Camp Shower Baths. Toilette Ware in great variety, from 158. dd. to 455. the set of three. The late additions to these extensive premises (already by far the largest in Europe) are of such a character that the entire of EIGHT HOUSES is devoted to thedisplay of the most magnifi cent stock of GENERAL HOUSE IRONMONGERY (including Cutlery, Nickel Silver, Plated Goods, Baths, Brushes, Turnery, Lamps, Gaseliers, Iron and Brass Bedsteads, and Bedding), so arranged in Sixteen Large Show-rooms as to afford to parties fur nishing facilities in the selection of goods that cannot be hoped for elsewhere. Illustrated Catalogues sent (per post) free. No. 39, OXFORD-STREET; 1, 16. 2, and 3, NEWMAN sr RE El' ; 4, 5, and 6, PERRY'S-PLACE. Established 1820. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS an Unfailing Cure for Dropsy.—This truly distressing complaint is sufficiently prevalent amongst individuals, especially females, after attaining a certain period of life. Unsightly and painful swellings of the extremities in the first place announce, and subsequently con firm, the advent and progress of the malady. 'There are hun- dreds of sufferers from dropsy, however, who, when their disease even has attained a formidable height, have been coroplei,ely cured by taking Holloway's Pills, a medicine pronounced by millions as the most successful ever introduced to the World. Sold by all medicine-vendors — thrOWZ the world; at Professor Willoway's Establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York; uy A.Stampa, Censtantinople; A. Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Malta. • SATURDAY, GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Cheap Excursion to BATH and BRISTOL —On SUN DAY, August 10, a Train will leave Paddington at 7.43 a m , , returning the same day, from Bristol at C. 30. p.m., and Bath at 7 p.m. Fares ;--Bath, sa. and Oc ; Bristol, 6s. and 10s. No lug. gage allowed. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. EXCURSIONS to Birmingham, West Bromwich, Wednee, bury, Bilston, Wolverhampton, Wellington, Shrewsbury Os. westry, Llangollen-read, Wrexham, Cheste r , Birkenhead, and Liverpool. Trains will leave Paddington on SATURDAYS, August 16th and 23rd, at 8 0 a.m., returnin g e i t h er on liuth August or 6th September from Liverpool (landing stage), at 6.0 a.m., and intermediate stations as per handbills. Fares: Birmingham, 20a. and 9s. 6d.: West Bromwich, Wed. nesbury, and Billiton, 21s. GI and 109.; Wolverhampton, 228.64, and 10s. 6d.; Wellington and Shrewsbury, 27 ,. Gd . an d Ds. . Oswesti7, Llangollen-road, Wrexham, and Chester, 335. and 155.; Birkenhead and Liverpool, 379. and 17s. Tickets not transferable, and only available for the trains spa. cilled. Children nuclei twelve half price. CREAT WESTERN and SI-Wsl --- 31my r RAILWAYS.—NORTH WALES TOURIST TICKETS, available for Three Weeks from the day of issue.—These Tickets will be issued until the 15th of October, at Paddington, Oxford, Birmingham, and Wolverhampton, to CHESTER and BACK, with permission for the Passengers to stop at Shrewsbury either going or returning ; to proceed either from Llangollen. road to Corwen or from Oswestry W Welshpool by Coach; the London passengers having the option of calling at Leamington and Warwick, and returning to London either vie . ' Shrewsbury, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester, or vii Shrewsbury, Binning. ham, and Oxford. . _ FARES. First Class and Second Class and Inside Coach. Outside Coach. From London and Back .83 10 0 .. £2 10 0 Oxford and Back 2lO 0 .. 115 0 Birmingham and Back 2 0 0 .. 110 0 Wolverhampton & Back 115 0 .. 1 7 0 These Tickets are available by any Train, but are not trans ferable, and they do not entitle the holder to travel twice in the same dire Ition over any portion of the lines of Railway. Passengers can proceed into the interior of Wales by Coach from Corwen or Welshpool by arrangement with the Coach Proprietors from those places. THE CHANCELLORSVILLE FREEHOLD GOLD MINING COMPANY. Capital A 50,000, in 50,000 Shares of Al each. Offices—No. I, Great Wincheater•street. Old Broad•street, City, The STATEMENT of the DIRECTORS of this Company to the Shareholders and the Public (already advertised at lenetb in the Newspapers), containing a full account of its put pro• ceedings and present position, and a calculation of the proata, may be had on application, personally or by letter, to Mr. W. S. Trotter, the Secretary, at the above address. ELIGIBLE GROUND RENTS THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOClETY.—Nineteen Leased Plots at 71. and 101. 10a. each per annum, for Ninety-nine Years, will be offered on the BRIGHTON ESTATE, together with other eligible building plots, for which first-rate ground. rents may be obtained, on THURSDAY, August 7th, at the Offices, 33, NORFOLK-STREET, Strand. Some valuable plots at the original prices will also be allotted on St. Margaret's, near Richmond ; the Woodbury-park, Tunbridge wells; Seven Sisters, Tottenham; ()attends, Weybridge; Downshire-square, Reading; West Malvern, Malvern-bills ; 13rocklerhill park, Forest-hill; Hounslow, Hertford; Wood-green, Hornsey ; and the Enfield Estates. Plans will be vent on application, as also prospectuses of the Society as an investment for capital and savings without taking land. BATTERSEA - FREEHOLD GROUND RENTS.—Messrs. EVERSFIELD and HORNE will SELL by Auction at the MART on FRIDAY, August Bth, unless previously disposed of by private contract, a Freehold Estate, situate in York-road, Battersea, the greaterpart of which consists of small Villa Residences, built in pairs, with Gardens, and a Tavern, let at Ground Rents amounting to 2001. a year, which will be offered in one or more lots, and in the ma time private offers for the whole or any portion will be receive d. Particulars to be had of Messrs. Baxter, Rose, and Norton, Park street, Westminster, and of tie Auctioneers, 40, Parliament street, Westminster. WHARFEDALE, Yorkshire. ILKLEY WELLS Hydropathic Establishment and HOTEL—This splendid Establishment (adapted both for invalids and general Visitors) is situate on the borders of Rombald's Moor, over looking the finest valley in England, and surrounded by, or within a day's excursion of, most of the grand and noted scenery of Yorkshire. It enjoys the most exhilarating mountain air and the purest water, and affords a de.ightful resort, with every comfort for more than 1110 guests. Physician, Dr. RISCHANNK.-Fur prospectus (containing a view of the &dab lishment) address the Manager, Mr. Strachan, Ilkley Wells, near Otley. SHOOTING and STALKING SUITS. Gentlemen are invited to select the material for shove from the extensive and varied stock of real SCOTCH TWEEDS. which will be found at LOCKE'S, 127, Regent-street. Patterns forwarded free. A CLEAR COMPLEXION. - GODFREY'S EXTRACT OF ELDER FLOWER is strongly recom mended for Softening, Improving, Beautifying, and Preserving the Skin, and giving it a blooming and charming appearance. It will completely remove Tan, Sunburn, Redness, 80., and by its balsamic and healing qualities render the skin soft, pliable, and free from dryness, &c.; clear it from every humour, pimple, or eruption, and by continuing its use only a short time, the skin will become anti continue soft and month, and the complexion perfectly clear and beautiful. In the process of shaving it is in valuable, as it allays the irritation and smarting pain, annihilates every pimple and all roughness, and renders the skin smooth and tirm.—Sold in bottles, price 2s. 2d., by all medicine vendors and perfumers. CA U T I O N.-BOND'S PERMANET MARKING INK ; the original, and by far the best, re. quiring no preparation, offers the surest means of protection for every variety of household linen and wearing apparel against loss or mistake, for which reason be careful to ask for the genuine article, prepared by the Inventor. JOHN BOND, 28, LONG•LANE, WEST SMITHFIELD. CITY. LONDON. Sold by most Chemists, Stationers, and Medicine Vendors. Price ls. per bottle. To avoid disappointment from the sabatitution of *counterfeits, he careful to ask for the genuine BOND'S PER' MAN ENT MARKING INK, and, further to distinguish it, 05 ' serve that NO SIXPENNY SIZE is, or has at any time been prepared by him, the Inventor and Proprietor.