The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-05 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. iJnder the planagement of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENLNG, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Fabien and Louis del Franchi. By Mr. C. Ream To conclude with A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buekstone. THIS EVENING, SHOCKING EVENTS. THE CONTESTED ELECTION. After which, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. To conclude with HALLOWE'EN. Commence at 7. nW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. ole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Ben). Webster. - - THIS ETENING, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Chas Selby, Billington ; Misses Keeley, Arden, and Laidlaw, and Mrs. Billington. And (12th time) a new comic drama, in two acts, entitled AN OLD OFFENDER. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Billington, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Eburne, and Miss H. Simms. Followed by the new burlesque, THE BABES IN THE WOOD. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne ; Miss Woolgar and Miss K. Kelly. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking. No fees to Servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, CAPTAIN CHARLOTTE. Miss M. Wilton. After whioh, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Misses Swanborough, Oliver, and Lavine. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. Commence at 7 o'clock. V ERDI'S OPERA OF MACBETH. The whole of the first Act of this Opera, now produced for the first time in this country (the remaining three acts being in course of rehearsal), is sung nightly at the CAN TERBURY HALL CONCERTS. THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY, viz., Jules, Juliette, consisting of three Juvenile Violinists, and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and EIGHT years. Th e pe rfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios eva written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France and Belgium. They will perform TWICE EACH ge7,NING, in addi tion to the usual Entertainments. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICIE, AUGLST 5. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 73 --highest since noon yesterday. 60—lowest thie morning and during the night. 70—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30' 09 . WIND, W.N.W.; moderate, with fine cloudy weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY —Morning, 6h. 17m.—Afternoon, 6h. 38m. To-Mos-Row-Morning, 7h. lm.—'Afternoon, 7h: 26m. I? $ '' o 7 l ''' Z..',, ° 7:-- .Q r bROIT Dl~ U THE SUN. FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1859. Every day is bringing to light fresh reasons for our legislative acceptance of the Ballot, as the only rational prevention of Bribery. The reports of the committees—the withdrawal of petitions—the void ing of elections—even for that matter the confirma tion of elections—ono and all go clearly to prove the imperative necessity there is for some such shield as the Ballot, not only as an regis for the Electors. but for the very Representatives themselves. Given the Ballot—and there could no longer be any chance of imputations of " venality " against the voter, or of "corruption," either direct or indirect, against the successful candidate. We should then have none of these Committees of Inquiry sitting— coming to painful conclusions—and bringing up re ports full of the most discreditable revelations. There would be no possibility then of any member finding himself placed in that uncomfortable dilemma described so very naively by Mr BRIGHT, of course with an apologetic eye askance at his immaculate Quaker brother-in-law, the un seated M.P. for Wakefield. His fraternal (indireet) apologist, observing last evening :—" A man comes into this house—a great many men can hardly tell how they get here—and he finds that some friends of his, in their zeal and in the heat of the contest, have done things which are imprudent." Observe, " things which are imprudent," says Mr. BRIGHT—" the grossest bribery," says the obdurate report of the Committee ! The poor innocent victim of this overzeal on the part of his friends, in the in stance at Wakefield, having, with the purest and most unimpeachable motives, by the way, written two or three cheques for six or seven hundred pounds sterling at a time, on the eve of the late general election, in his double capacity as a banker and as a candidate ! This, however, by the -way. And now, to return to the distressing dilemma depicted with so much genial adroitness by Mr. LEATHAM'S imaginative brother in-law, the member for Birmingham—that dilemma - would be impossible to recur under the system of the Ballot. Even those preposterous persons who are supposed nowadays to do evil by stealth for their friends —blushing to find it fame or notoriety, as the case may be, before some inquisitive Com mittee of Inquiry—even those absurd, and really to ourselves, no less than to Mr. ROEBUCK, scarcely conceivable individuals, would refrain from still continuing to squander hundreds and thousands of pounds in the dark !—for somebody else beknown," as airs. Ga?np would say, " to that some body !"—and themselves quite unconscious, while thus adroitly squandering their money for some body else, whether that somebody else would ever benefit the value of one straw for the coin thus squandered ! The Ballot must necessarily put an end even to such absurdities. It is as incredible that any man, agent or principal, could spend money under the utter darkness of the ballot-box. in the whirl and turmoil of an election—as that any one in his right senses would, when travelling express in a night train, throw bank-notes out of the window of the railway carriage, upon the chance of their turning up, by the end of his journey, somehow to his advantage. • The discussion which took place last evening in the House of Commons upon Mr. ROEBUCK'S motion, in regard to the collusive withdrawal of election petitions—if it tended to prove anything, certainly tended to prove, and that, moreover, .to our thinking, with the clearness of a syllogism, the imperative necessity there is for the Ballot as a protective talisman at once for the elector, for the representative, and even for the House of Commons itself. As to the resolution submitted to the house by the hon. and learned gentleman the member for Sheffield, there could hardly be two opinions as to its reasonableness. That resolution being simply as follows :—" That in the opinion of this house any Minister would be guilty of a breach of the pri vileges of the house syho would advise the Crown to confer the Chiltern Hundreds upon any person charged with corrupt practices at an election ; and who, for the purpose of evading the juris diction of the house, has entered into an agree ment to vae:-..te his seat upon the withdrawal of the petition charging him with such corrupt practices." To-cl'IT the House. of Commons will of hearing from the li p s of have an opportunit? - - Dr. MICHELL hiMSCIfy the member against whom nE CA was dir ected, this startling motion of . 11r • whether there have been Luny grounds whatever for so serious an imputation. 1 iehon. g entleman is ordered to be in attendance to day—the debate is adjourned for the purpose of enabling him t o have the advantage of bein g in attendance, before the house itself arrives at any definite conclusion, one way or the other, in ti ie matter as brought under its notice in. Mr. ROE 03tiCK'S resolution. in the Meantime the sentiments expressed on all sides in the house yesterday were only, of ." nn- course, precisely the very sentiments that might have been predicated in the matter in that most dignified assemblage of gentlemen in the world. There was but one feeling, there was but one opinion upon the subject of the motion, though the House was addressed in succession by the hon. and learned member for Sheffield—by the noble viscount, the leader of the administration—by the right hon. gentleman, the chief of the confronting opposition—by the present Chancellor of the Ex chequer, and, among others, afterwards, by Sir GEORGE GREY and Sir GEORGE LEWIS, Mr. BRIGHT and Mr. WHITESIDE, Lord STANLEY and Mr. NEWDEGATE. The universal acclaim was—of course—that no scrutiny, threatened by a petition ought to be allowed to be evaded by a collusive withdrawal of that petition, upon the understand ing of a nearly simultaneous acceptance of the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. It was scarcely surprising that Mr. DISRAELI should have availed himself of that most tempting opportunity, presented to him yesterday—as he did, though after a momentary disclaimer of any such inten tion. We allude to the remarks made by the right honourable gentleman at the outset of his observations, when be said, in the midst of general cheering " But, sir, I think these are questions which demand our very serious atten tion." Adding—" I shall address myself to it in a temper which, I think, becomes the seriousness of the question, and totally free from party feeling, so far as a Cabinet Minister is in the question. I shall not remind the noble lord of the observations he made to me when I sat on that side of the house, as to my levity of tone with re gard to accusations against the Government, and that before a very long time had elapsed, I should find cause to change that tone. What ever has happened with regard to the general elections, the results are not of such a cha racter as to cause any humiliation to the gentle men who sit on this side of the House. (Great cheers from the Opposition.)" Cheers that we can hardly, in reason, wonder at any more than we can wonder at the remark that elicited them—remem bering the extraordinary anti-climax of these Election Committees of late, coming upon the morrow of those imputations of bribery and cor ruption, directed with such a prudish and scan dalised air by the then Opposition against the DERBY Government. A very intelligent Correspondent, who stu Cies nature with a chemical instinct, has been ponder ing over the state of the Thames among his other inquiries into our social system, and has sent us the following suggestion as to the matter at issue between the Parliament—the Board of Works and the public at large. He asks— " Is it not possible that the peculiar putrid condi tion of the Thames, during the past two years, may have been caused chiefly by the removal of the im mense carbon, which, previous to the Smoke Pre vention Act, was continually poured forth from the steamers and manufactories, in form of soot, and which, conveyed to the sewers by the rain, and thence to the river, by its powerful antiseptic and deodorising properties preserved the contents of the water from decomposition until the tidal pro eess carried it from us ?" Here is matter for grave reflection. If we repeal the Smoke Prevention Act we shall be placed on the horns of a dilemma. Shall we be smoked blind, or be poisoned with our eyes open ? A very pleasant alternative truly ! Our own opinion is that no effectual remedy will ever be attained until the main drainage sewers be carried right down to and into the sea. Half mea sures never have answered ; and in the present and daily accumulating bad condition of the Thames it is idle to hope for any pure relief until the river be allowed to run clear from its source. Sir S. M. PETO has endeavoured to force the consideration of the subject on Parliament, in order to ascertain its cause and provide a remedy. We know that the knowledge of a disease is half its cure ; but in the present case, Lord PALMERSTON very pertinently observed, that there was no use in granting a com mittee to investigate a cause which was already but too well known. The state of the river was occasioned by its being made a common sewer ; and until that was remedied by the Board of Works it must so continue. Now, this is the plain fact. And a sad consolation it is, if any; for when will the Board of Works begin ? As yet all that we hear is—words, not works. If ever a community was cursed by delegating power to a represen tative body the long-enduring people of London is that suffering party. If the Board of Works would work more and speak less there might be some hope ; but while their precious time is wasted by technical jargon and motions ending in nothing, what beneficial result can follow? To talk of competitive examinations as a means of promoting efficiency in the public service! Why, here we have a whole board of competitors each jealous of the other; for their chief rivalry seems to consist in making amendments ou every motion, till at last there is neither motion nor amendment left ! The fact—the mournful fact is—that if the public ad vantage were more considered and personal vain glory cherished less the health of the people would benefit more. In that Board there appears to be some half-a-dozen, or it may be even more, whose sole object seems to be to hear themselves speak, and speak so often and so offensively that one could heartily pitch them and their intolerable jabber into the Thames together. DIPHTHERIA. Letters from Lisbon give the following account of the fatal attack of diphtheria to which the young and grace ful Queen of Portugal fell a victim :—Shortly after return ing home from a ride on the sands during a day of intense heat, the Queen complained of an indisposition which was at first considered to be the result of a slight sun-stroke, but which at last was recognised as diphtheria. The fatal disease ran its course, despite the able at tendance of Dr. Gomez and the Baron da Silva, who tried the means best approved by medical art to save the royal sufferer. At this juncture, Dr. Surar, of the Miseri cordia, who has a special reputation for the treatment of disorders of this class, was called in ; but he declared the case to be hopeless. The false membrane had extended along the air passages, and terrible exhaustion was present. As a last resource, however, tracheotomy was performed by the eminent surgeon, Barboza ; but it was of no avail. The latest Report of the Registrar-General just published shows that diphtheria still extensively prevails throughout the country, breaking out occasionally in unexpected localities. In the north-eastern counties it has caused seven deaths out of a total mortality of fifteen ; at Guild ford, one death being that of a medical man attending other cases of diphtheria. In the county of Kent, it killed nine out of thirty-three persons at Tonbridge, three at Barham, six at Deal. In Sussex, it killed five per-. sons at Worth, eight at Wyke, four at Midhurst. In the vatern counties it hangs about Essex and Norfolk, kWh*. nine at St. Faith's, eight at Cromer, five at Deporad (four of which were of one family), and others at Milford and Tunstead. In the west midland counties it was preva lent. At Bridg,north, in Shropshire, eight deaths occurred from diphtheria. In Steffordshire, six deaths are reported at Tunstall, four at Burslem, two at Stoke-upon-Trent, six at Brewood, and six at Bilston. It is an nonntheeednorath midland s fatal in Worcester shirecounties, th e medicaland N Varwi(; k practitionersshir e. In of Lincoln are aga i n called upon to combat this enemy. average n A le t rta S l p it a y l , din w g h , ie i has ht fer g th re e atl l y ast ad s d i e to xd months has been nearly doubled. In Lincoln, t w enty deaths from this cause have o ccurre d ; at Caister, five . ; Stanford Bridge, five ; and many oth ers in surrounding oistricts. In the north-west, Sheffield returns twenty-!,ix deaths from dipththeria ; the districts i n th e East Riding, fifteen.— Lancet. The Speaker has received a telegraphic message, dated Dublin , f rom Col. Gossett, the D eputy Sergeant-at: Arms, informing him that he has Col. Greville in custody, and the hon . member will be brought tip to-morr ow a t 12 o'clock to exp lain the cause of his absence when his name was called as one of the members appointed to try the Hun election petition. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1859, LATEST NEWS. THE CALCUTTA MAIL. We have been favoured with the following from the Red Sea and India Telegraph Company : ADEN, JULY 25. " CHARLES A. LONG, ESQ., TO C. L. PEEL, ESQ., LONDON. " The Bengal, with Calcutta dates of the sth, has arrived. " Every recruit in the Barrackpore depot has taken his disoharge under the General Order. " The sth Europeans at Berhampore, with the exception of about 40, have returned to their duty. " The recusants will be tried by court-martial. " The rebels in Nepaul have again shown them selves on the Oude and Gorucirpore frontiers, driven down by starvation ; 70 of them wer killed by de tachments under Major Vaughan and Captain Cleveland. " The New Five-and-a-half per Cent. Loan was at 6 to 5; discount. " Exchange on London—first-class paper, at six months, 2 to n." [Received at Aden 25th July. By post from Alexandria.] The following telegrams have been received al Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, AUG. 5. The Moniteur of this morning contains the fol• lo wing : The Emperor, who never leaves services rendered without reward, has appointed Lieutenant Fenile Debaulieu to the post of director of the Factory of Arms of Precision on account of the principal part he has taken in the formation of the new system of rifled cannon since 1849. The Bank of France has lowered its rate of dis count to 31 per cent., and has moreover passed a resolution to make advances to the holders of the new loan for the next three payments against de posit of the securities. DRESDEN, AUG. 4. Count Colloredo arrived here this afternoon at ha f-past three, coming from Vienna, and left for Zurich at six o'clock in the evening. MARSEILLES, AUG. 4. The English steamer Nepaul has arrived with letters from Alexandria of the 26th July, which announce that a French consul on the coast facing the town of Aden has been massacred. No details respecting this event are given. An English squadron, composed of five vessels of the line, one frigate, and one sloop of war, arrived on the 23d ult. at Alexandria, where it will be stationed for some time. It is reported that another English division is expected. Advices have also been received from Bombay to the 15th ult. The mutiny of the sth Regiment is confirmed ; some of the disbanded soldiers are abandoning themselves to marauding and acts of violence. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. M. de Bourqueney sets out to-morrow for Zurich, and M. de Banneville, who is expected this even ing from Vienna, will follow him on Saturday. M. des Ambrois, the Sardinian Minister, starts to night. MM. Colloredo and de Maysenberg, the Austrian Plenipotentiaries, will be at Zurich on Saturday, and the deliberations will begin on Monday. The Courrier de Paris says Prince Napoleon has left for Cherbourg with two aides-de-camp. "It is stated posiively," says the Independance of Brussels, " that the French Government has definitively resolved to employ in works of public utility the 150 millions which remain unexpended of the loan of 500 millions. Such a decision would naturally be regarded as a marked symptom of the security of peace." PARIS BOURSE, Aug. 4.—The market has been very dull, and the payment of the differences has not passed off without defaulters. Threes have been done at 69f. 35c., but have since improved to 69f. 50c. Mobilier varied from 8301. to 833 f. 75c. Aus trians, 566 f. 25c. to 567 f. 50c. ; Lombardo-Vene tian, 565 f. to 566 f. 25c. ; Orleans, 1,360 f. to 1,362 f. 50c.; Lyons, 872 f. 50c. to 8751. The following were the quotations : 4i per Cents. .... 96 75 I Credit Foncier 6:55 Do. end month .. —I, Belgian 4t 9B 85 3 per Cents 69 301Piedmontese (5) .. 85 Do. end month ' 69 551 Roman B7 Bank Shares 2850 —Austrian_ Credit Mobilier 83 , 5 —lSpanish Threes Do. Account 837 60 I Home Debt 4l 70 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern . 927 50 .. 932 50 New ditto. Bl5 .. 820 Lyons and Mediterranean 875 .. 872 50 Geneva 532 50 .. Southern Western 555 .. 555 Eastern Sardinian 412 50 .. 410 Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 71c. ; money, 25f sc. ; three months, paper, 24f. 95c.; money, 241. 94c. INDIA. THE BOMBAY MAIL. We have received by the overland mail, via Mar seilles, our correspondence from Bombay to July 5. 'I he following is fromthc Bombay Times of that date : "It seems the fate of Lord Canning's adminis tration to sail in troubled waters to the last. We learn simultaneously from Calcutta, that the Go vernment has decreed a free discharge to all soldiers of the late company who choose to demand it, and that the sth European regiment, at Behampore, is in open mutiny to enforce the concession. The general order, published elewhere, is an elaborate refutation of the claim to reenlistment, but in deference to the men it proceeds as follows : " The Government is satisfied that the objections of the men are founded, in the case of many of them, on an honest conviction that their rights have been overlooked. This con viction has been strengthened by the expression of opinions from high authority in England, which naturally have had a powerful effect on the minds of the men. It has beenput forward by the men for most part in a soldier-like and re spectful manner, after the first excitement had passed away, consequent upon the orders and warnings of the com mander-in-chief. Such being the case, and it being the desire of the Government of Indi a that there should not be even an appearance of injustice done to any soldier, his Excellency the Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council has determined, with the full concurrence of the Right Hon. the Commander-in-Chief, that every non commissioned officer and soldier in the three presidencies who enlisted for the East India Company's forces shall, if he desire it, be allowed to take his discharge under the provisions of the act for limiting the time of service in the army, which directs that soldiers taking their discharge shall be conveyed to England, and there finally discharged ; and that in the meanwhile they shall continue to be subject to the Mutiny Act and the Articles of War." There was no other course, we are persuaded, open to the government. After the emphatic decla ration of Lord Palmerston that the men, in common justice, would be entitled to their discharge, it was impossible to withhold it, in the case of any who might demand it. We learn again from this order, that the government of Idia long since submitted for the consideration of her Majesty's Government the difficulty which had arisen, and that the responsibility of the decision at last announced does not rest with Lord Canning. The mutiny at Berhampore, where the men it seems have gone the length of entrenching themselves in the barracks, and electing fresh officers, has preci pitated the resolution now announced, in which Lord Canning has assumed, as we believe, a wise responsibility. Mutiny is infectious, as we have had too good experience. The troops are by this order deprived of all legitimate ground of com plaint, and it becomes the loyal amongst them to manifest a just indignation at these proceedings at Berhampore, which nothing could justify or even palliate. From general orders elsewhere in our columns it will be seen that important reductions in the nume rical strength of the native army are about to take place. The step is in the right direction. We do not want bayonets and artillery in the country ; we want good government. The loyalty of the people may easily be secured, if we set about con ciliating them in earnest. We understand that the local government, fol- lowing the example of Madras, has determined to fortify the approaches to our harbour without delay. We have heard the Middle ground is to be raised, and batteries constructed thereon, and upon Carajah and Cross Island, after the sugges• tions of the late Colonel Jervis and General Wed clington. BOMBAY MARKETS. BOMBAY, JULY 4. We have received no regular English advices later than the 18th of May, broughtby the Ottawa on the 9th of June. The Malta, with the overland mails of the 3d of June, is hourly expected, her detention being attributed to the loss of the Alma with the homeward Bengal mail in the Red Sea. The passengers, crew, and mails on board: the latter vessel were all saved. The fall of rain on the island to the end of last month amounted to about 29/ inches, which is above the average in the preceding three years. The last mail steamer from China reached us on the evening of the 2d inst. Our money market continues to be easier, the rates of discount for ✓ Government and private securities being 5 and 7 per cent. respectively. Cotton Piece Goods—lmports continue dull, and the market is exceedingly quiet. Yarns—The price of this staple are looking up, and the transaction have been on a larger scale than in the previous fortnight. Cotton—Prices advanced, owing to a continued demand for China. Scarcely any transactions have taken place on European account. Tonnage—The rates of freights are slightly better, and we quote 15s. to 17s. 6d. for Liverpool, and 17s. 6d. to 20s. for London. To China, Rs. 7 per candy. Exchange—The rates have varied little during the fort night. We quote credits at 2s. O'd. to 2s. Idd. ; and docu ments at 2s. ld., at six months' sight on London. On Cal cutta, Its. 98 1 i, and on China Rs. 222 per 100 dols., at sixty days' sight. AUSTRALIA. The following is from the summary of the Mel bourne herald of June 17 : " Once more our monthly political budget is un usually barren of positive events. We are still in the middle of the dead time of the Parliamentary year. " Some symptoms of insubordination have been evinced by the Chinese, arising out of their having been called upon ti pay up the first quarterly in stalment of the commuted poll-tax imposed on them by a recent act of the legislature. At first there appeared to be some show of reason on the side of the remonstrant Asiatics ; but it was quickly dissi pated by their cunning and insolent conduct. Ob serving that public sympathy was with them to some extent, they dared the experiment of address ing the Government in defiant language. In that issue the Government, of course, had no alternative but to enforce payment of the tax at all hazards. Artful John Chinaman, seeing this, quietly aban doned his ground, and submissively craved pardon. The tax is now being levied with little or no diffi culty. But it is certain that the popular feeling of hostility to the Chinese has been much increased by these circumstances ; and it has been also exaspe rated by an unfortunate occurrence at one of the gold-fields. A murderous attack has been made on a European storekeeper and his wife by a party of Chinese, which has resulted in the death of the for mer. The murderers have not yet been captured. " The Ministry are still decidedly falling in popu lar esteem. A most serious administrative blunder was made by them, in granting a mining lease to one company of miners of a piece of land already in the legal possession of another party. This blunder might have led to a serious collision between the miners in possession and the police, But the local warden acted with extreme caution ; and the judge of mines subsequently set aside the validity of the lease ; so that the threatening difficulty has been brought to an amicable termination. But the case illustrates two things : first, the utter worthless ness of the Government's mining lease legislation ; and, secondly, their negligent administration. " It is pretty certain that the ministry will but barely manage to get over the pending general election, if even that. It will be much if they can contrive to meet the new Parliament with undimi nishe4 numbers." The news from the gold fields still continues somewhat discouraging. " The Back Creek continues to employ a very numerous population, and now ranks with the lead ing gold fields of the colony. By reference to the last table it will be s'en that the escort return of quantity sent down during the month from Amherst and adjacent townships exceeds that of any other district, The diggings are very extensive, and seve ral rushes, with more or less profitable results, have taken place to surrounding localities. Amongst them those to Kangaroo and Mount Glasgow have beep attended with the greatest success. Several large nuggets have been recently found on this gold field ; one Which, from a fancied resemblance to the human form, has been named the " Baby Nugget," weighed 113 ounces. " At Ballarat and Bendigo mining affairs have of late been much depressed, but at Castlemaine the depression has perhaps been most significantly ma nifested in the fact that the last escort brought down a smaller quantity of gold than has been transmitted from that field in such a manner for many years past. The population of Ararat and Pleasant Creek is estimated at about 26,000 souls, and the former is still highly popular. The recent discoveries at Commissioners' Hill have proved ex ceedingly valuable, but the latest accounts state that the place was showing symptoms of exhaus tion. The once celebrated Pleasant Creek has little, if any reputation left as good alluvial diggings ; the quartz reefs are, however, developing a new sou rce of wealth.„ MELBOURNE COMMERCIAL NEWS. The departure of the royal mail steamer Colum bian with the May mails enabled us to forward our usual monthly summary of the monetary and com mercial transactions which had taken place in our local ma rkets. The Columbian, however, returned to Adelaide disabled, and this untoward accident only served to verify our anticipations, whilst it af forded a conclusive proof of the want of judgment exhibited by the Peninsular and Oriental Company in making so undesirable an addition to their fleet. Th e steamer in question, having been repaired at Adelaide, finally sailed for her destination on the Ist inst. Since the publication of the summary to which we allude the amount of actual business done has been limited, notwithstanding the very oppor tune arrival of the Northam, with advices from the United Kingdom to 18th April. Although the in telligence received with regard to some few articles of import was satisfactory, and this circumstance rendered holders more confident, it failed to induce anything like an extensive speculation. The dimi nution was not sufficiently marked to affect the course of prices very materially, or to dispel the ex treme dulness which has prevailed in our markets of late. For ale in bulk the demand has slightly fallen off, and sellers have been willing to place the best brands at £3 17s. 6d. Ales and porter in bottle have been selling more freely, and a slight improve ment in prices has taken place. The advices with regard to shipments of butter were not particularly cheering, but gave holders an opportunity of ad vancing their rates, and they accordingly succeeded in disposing of several parcels at 171 on the spot. It is stated that importers are determined to -sup port the market, and their recent cautious proceed ing are calculated to justify the impression. Candles have also been in better request since the arrival of per he mail, l a a t n d which e may price quot esome Belmont holders a d t e l e s l n s e -1 t d. o realise. Hams, bacon, and cheese have arrived in extensive parcels, and the market for these imports is consequently not so firm—the best brands of the two first named articles having been sold at ls. 2d. to is. 21-d. per lb. In the market for Eastern produce business has been very dull, and few specu lative transactions have taken place. Sales of sugar have been in ide at reduced quotations, and the demand for refined sorts of the:Victoria Sugar Company's manufacture is supposed to have inter fered with the regular business of the importers. For teas the inquiry has been barely sufficient to support the market, and rice is so extensively held that buyers are reluctant to increase their stocks. An advance was suddenly established to. day in the price of flour, and Adelaide brands were generally held for £26 in an apparently rising market. The publication of the agricultural statistics, which show an enormous increase in the stocks of Victoria grown oats available for consumption, has still fur ther depressed the value of our supplies. Colonial are qu , ted at 4s. 9d. to ss. per bushel ; Californian, 4s. 9d.; Scotch and Irish, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 6d. ; Cal cutta, 4s. 4d., and Danish 4s. Maize is worth 4s. 6d. per bushel, and grain is generally held for £lO. Wheat is purchased at 9s. 6d. to 10 s. p er bushel, and bran at ls. 10d. to ls. 11d. t o u t wines market out ' wines and spirits is devoid of animation, any immediate prospect of a favourable chan in • Since local tll e i t i l i r a r i i l va e t l . freely available on the security of hrst-cltasusf pert, at from Sto 10 per cent. The ohfatvhee been mail steamerlimited.. r a c n a s i a g ). c i e .t t o l. n oi ss changed hands at £37 10s., and colonial d dmatronucon in i the n (l u s o h t a a ii oo market s. nk o f l:causedri‘eNtotrti anyof ht have changed per et nt. dis. to par, and are . geneia com the latter figure. -For shares in the insuranceAus ls. to £6 ss. ; National Bank shares a . r i e l e o l t d e d for at t panics there has been an increased demand; 1-ourne commaud a readier sale ; Company are at 50 per cent. , premium,Nvith few Aus tralasian have been disposed of at 205., uatrinde.,l Gas e a l sellers, and Melbourne and Hobson s . Bayi Ballßailwayarat Gas Company have been made at £ I (16 pai ). Sy& The following is from the summary of the 1110)1111w _Herald of .Tune 13: — We are in the midst of a general election, and there is no doubt the political, personal, and social interests conflict very strongly the public mind. This must always be the case in new countries, and it is the more explicitly developed in New South Wales, where the desire for municipal improvement is growing daily more intense and impetuous from untoward circumstances, which can hardly be con trolled by theoretical politics. The city candidates, who have secured their seats, hardly realise any representation of the principles of the constituency. The election of the Premier to the head of the poll was looked on as a matter of course. The return of his most avowed and determined opponent, Mr. James Martin, even at the foot of the poll, has excited some surprise ; and the singular lack of profession of trust and confidence in Mr. Cowper 's policy by those who were his former friends has excited suspicion. The first suburban election has also created con siderable excitement. Sir Daniel Cooper, Speaker of the late Assembly, was the almost assured can didate ; but a few weeks ago he met an opponent in the person of young Mr. Windeyer, who, although not previously in political life, has practised here with some success at the bar. Perhaps the best claims he had to present himself to the constituency were the antecedents left to him by his grandfather and father, both of them leaving names very dear to the colonists. By a comparatively small majo rity Sir Daniel Cooper was returned, although we have no doubt that a more extended disposition in his favour prevails throughout the colony. Of the rest of the Ministry it is almost certain that the Colonial Treasurer (Mr. Weeks) and the Secretary of Lands and Public Works (Mr. Robert son), will be returned by their late constituencies. Few other of the well-known Parliamentary names are before the country, but there are many whose opinions are likely to invest the proceedings of the coming Parliament with more than ordinary in terest. SHARE MARKET.—Since our last summary, dated May 13, the share market has been very buoyant ; and, as money has been pretty plentiful for invest ment, an advance has taken place in the prices of most securities. The fluctuations that have taken place have been as follow : Bank of New South `Wales have improved £1 to £1 10s. per share ; Com mercial Bank shares continue in great request, and have advanced £2 10s. per share, and holders are asking for a further advance. The new shares have likewise improved 50s. per share. There has been a great demand for Australian Joint-Stock shares, in consequence of a proposal to increase their capi tal, and their shares have been readily bought up at an advance of £1 to £1 lOs per share. Union Bank shares are about lOs per share higher. Aus tralasian Steam Navigation Company's shares are more sought after, sales have lately been made at par. For Newcastle Coal and Copper Company's shares there is a better, feeling evinced, and they have improved sto 7 4,- - per cent. Gas-light Com pany's shares are firm at quotations. Sydney In surance shares are a shade higher. Government debentures are very firm, and ter minables, due in 1860, have been sold at 2 per cent. premium and interest, and those due in 1876 at 4- per cent, premium and interest. Interminables are steady at 98 to 99 and interest. THE GOLD ESCORTS.—The quantity of gold dust received from our several gold fields during the month of May has been 21,220 ozs. During the corresponding month of 1858 the amount received was 17,915 ozs. The increase on the receipts of the month is, therefore, 3,305 ozs., or :18 per cent. There has been a slight falling off in the yield from the Western, gold fields, but there is a considerable increase in the amount received from the Southern and Northern gold fields. During the first five months of the year 1858 the quantity of gold dust delivered was 87,319 cis. For the same period of the present year the receipts have amounted to 115,092 ozs. There is, therefore, an increase of 27,773 ozs., or about 31 per cent. in favour of the present year. Business during the past month has been pretty active, and most of our markets wear an improved aspect, in consequence of the decline that has lately taken place in shipments to this colony. The ad vices received, per Northam, have also tended to strengthen the prices of most articles of consump tion,andit is evident from the few ships that sailed from London for Sydney during the month of March, that our markets will not, for some time to come, be overstocked. There is, however, a tolerable supply of all descriptions of goods, both here and at Melbourne, and this will therefore prevent any considerable rise from taking place. Freights to London are without alteration, viz.: —Wool, unpressed, id. per lb. ; in full hides, 14s. to 15s. per ton ; tallow, 20s. to 255. per ton ; cocoa nut oil, 20s. to 255. per tun ; sperm oil, 30s. to 355. per tun ; Kauri gum, 17s. to 20s. per ton ; and tim ber, 18s. to 20s. per load. THE WEST INDIA MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TLEGRAPII.) SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The Teviot steamer, Captain Woodward, has ar rived, with the West India, Mexico, and Pacific mails. Her dates are—From Jamaica and Grenada, July 11th ; Vera Cruz. sth ; Havannah 10th ; Greytown, 2d ; Demerara, Carthagena, and Trinidad, 10th ; Barbadoes, 12th ; Panama, 9th ; Antigua, 14th ; St. Thomas's, 18th. She brings 138 passengers, 2,738,080 dols. in specie, jewellery, value 6,617 dols., and general cargo. Business at Jamaica was very dull, and ground provisions were scarce. In3reased activity in meal and rice ; for small lots of rice 16s. 6d. to 17s. readily_obtained ; ordinary coffee, 38s. ; sugar, 17s. to 20s. Exchange on London, 90 days, par ; 60 d a y s , half per cent. prem.; 30 days, one ditto. The brig Eliza Bain, of Glasgow, Capt. Fulton, was destroyed by fire in Kingston harbour on the 10th ult. ; vessel insured, cause of fire unknown ; two men who were assisting were injured. Reports of the weather from the different islands favourable to agricultural pursuits. Trade dull at Demerara. Supply of American provisions ample; codfish scarce; rice in good de mand; very little doing in exports. A new French vessel, called the Mozambique, was lost on the Araucanian coast on the 15th of May, 40 leagues south of the river Leba. Captain, eight of the crew, and a passenger drowned, ten of the crew saved, and one murdered by the Indians. The entire cargo, which was very valuable, was plun dered by the savages. South Pacific news unimportant. Castilla had determined to declare war against Ecuador, and to lead his troops in person. It was supposed that Peruvian forces had, by the time the mail left, landed at Guayaquil to commence hosti lities. _HAYMARKET THEATRE. • A lively little farce, produced with perfect suc cess at this favourite theatre last night, under the title of " Out of Sight Out of Mind," illustrates the old proverb in a very ludicrous and amusing manner. The fun centres altogether in the person of the leading character:a giddy, thoughtless man, so afflicted with that absurd form of forgetfulness called "absence of mind" that he deserves to drop down the cur rent of time in the same boat with the Yankee gentleman of whom it is recorded that, going to the post-office to post a letter, he threw himself into the bog instead of his epistle, and never' discovered his mistake until the postmistress asked him whether he was single. In . the farce, the part of the absent man is played with admirable drollery by Mr. .C. Mathews, whose preposterous blunders and gaucheries, of which he appears blissfully unconscious all the while, keep the house in a continual roar. The piece, though of frail structure, is abundantly amusing; and it is rendered so attractive by Mr. C. Mathews' acting, that a gassing em otion of regret th at anything so pleasant should ver se soon is the only feeling of dissatisfaction which it occa sions to the audience. A DELPRI THEATRE. MR. WEBSTER' S ANNUAL BENEFIT. Mr. Webster will take his annual benefit to-morrow, w h e n a new drama, entitled " One Touch of Nature," in which he will play the leading character for that night on ly, will be produced. The taste, judgment, and enter prise w hich Mr. Webster has invariably displayed in his managerial capacity, and his brilliant abilities as a per former—for he is indeed one of the most accomplished and original of modern actors—alike entitle him to the favour of the public ; and it is to be hoped that the London play goers, to whose amusement he has so long and so success fully administered, will gladly avail themselves of the ap proaching opportunity to give a practical proof of their regard for one who is in every sense worthy of it. We have authority for stating that the Right llon. James Wilson has consen' ml to go to India as a member of Council, and also as Chancellor of the Indian Exchequer. Mr. Wilson's position towards the Governor- General and the Cabinet in the latter capacity will be simi lar to that which the Chancellor of the Exchequer bears at home to the Government and the Cabinet. The task which the new Member of Council has before him is certainly not a very hopeful one, but Mr. Wilson will carry with him to India habits of business and a financial ability hitherto but too rarely exhibited on the banks of the Hooghly, and if he succeeds in making India solvent, and in proving that she cau pay her way, he will have rendered a public service which cannot be too highly appreciated. One element of success he will certainly carry with him in the confidence and support of the Home Government ; and having secured that, we trust that the sacrifice which he is about to make will meet with its reward in the return of financial pro sperity to our Indian dominions. —Times, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ENTRIES FOR THE CESAREWITCH AND CAMBRIDGESHIRE. THE CESAREWITCH STAKES, a free handicap of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, with 200 added by the Jockey Club, for three year-olds and upwards ; the winner of the Doncaster St. Leger to carry 121 b extra ; the second horse in the St. Leger, or the winner of the Doncaster Cup, 61b extra ; the winner of a handicap value 300 sovs. after the publication of the weights to carry 71b, any other handicap 31b extra; the extra weight to be accumulative up to 101 b ; the owner of the second horse to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 30 sovs. to the judge. Cesarewitch Course. (201 entrances.) The weights to be published in the " Calendar" after Warwick Races, and acceptances to be signified on or before Tuesday, the 13th of September, by 12 o'clock at noon, to Messrs. Weatherby, in London. Age Age Black Tommy King-at-Arms Ambush Satinstone Drogheda Australian Maid Neva Monarque Miss Cath Goelette Fortune G ouvieux Nucleus Pax Filly by West Australian —Miss Whip Heroine of Lucknow 3 Fisherman 6 Broadbrim 3 Captivator Jordan Gamester Longrange .. Go-ahead Underhand Eller Riseber Newcastle .. Hal o' Kirklees 3 Anne Develin Topsail Gargrave Fright Bumble Bee Ochiltree Royal Sovereign Harraton Charles 11. Kilsby Hamlet King William Coroner 3 Sam Spode Defender Orcus - 3 Harlestone 3 Odd Fellow .. 3 Beadsman 4 Lord Nelson Qui Vivo Sequidillo Tunstall Maid .. 4 Flying Duke 4 Special License 5 White Hart .. 3 Magnet Arsenal Pensioner Lady Alice Moorcock Ditto Pan Lovett Gargrave Knight of the Tournay 4 Bevis Petra Barometer 3 The Old English Gentle man . Physician Balnamoon .. 3 Villikins Don Cnssack 3 Birmingham 3 Haymaker 4 Hydromel 4 Roman Candle 5 Star of the East Hungerford Polestar .. a Comforter The Woman in Black 3 Clapham Winkfield Romeo Marine Polly Taft 3 Margery Daw Ronconi 4 Gaspard York Broadlands Allegra Wilton The Promised Land Rara Avis 3 Scent Ethiopian Eskdale Beethoven 3 Brewer Wild Rose 3 Yellow Rose Aristodemus . Fly by Day .. Mysterious Jack .. Luff Scribbler Heiress Herne The Argosy ... Sunbeam T. P. Cooke Spiteful Dick Accurate Red Eagle Secret Treasure Minster Napoleon Aston Mavourneen Glen Eagle Palmister Nimrod Schism Gleesinger Wrestler Cast-off Punch Emblem Gladiolus Mazzini Griselda Timandra Magnum May Morning Mouravieff ••• Cytherus M. Phillipe East Langton The Greek Artless Compromise Cantine .3 Lilly The Courier Rogerthorpe Musjid Tiara Laodamia Prioress 6 Happy Prince Prelude Benbow 3 Uralian Miss Stewart Summerside Aneurin Queenstown Mutineer Gunboat The Jade Target Polonius Des Chiles Blue Jacket Borderer Tiney Whitewall Strathnaver Prince of Denmark Miss Harkaway Twilight Brazen Tom Thumb Shafto Coxcomb Brookside Gallus Rosabel The Burgomaster Starke Vanity Gorsehill Cock-a-doodle-doo Paul Yorkshire Grey The Leper Clydesdale Tug-o'-War Lifeboat Independence Wildgrave Gracchus Cincinnati Tournament Clara Webster Gala colt Prince of Orange Friar of Apshall Solomon Sampson _ 4 - 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... 4 ... 6 ... 3 ... 6 .. 3 ... 3 ... 3 ... a ... 5 ... 3 ... 3 ... 3 - . 3 ... 4 - . 3 ENTRIES for the CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES of 25 sous each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, &c., on or before Tues day, the 13th of September, with 100 added. Cambridge shire Course. (205 subs.) Weights to be declared at the same time as for the Cesarewitch. Age. Artless .. 3 Zuyder Zee M. Philippe East Langton Mayonaise 3 Cantine 3 Turret Shafto Harlestone 3 Cock-a-hoop 3 Rogerthorpe 6 Odd Fellow Beadsman 4 Musjid Gallus Lord Nelson 5 Volcano 3 Comforter 3 Heiress Bankrupt Herne .. 4 Tunstall Maid 4 Argosy Kilsby Flying Duke 4 Sunbeam Meg Merrilees Riseber Aneurin Newcastle The Le per 4 3 3 Jordan Happy Prince Prelude Cock •a-doodle - doo G o - a -head G o rsehill Longrange Benbow 3 Volta 4 Phantom Paul Underhand Eller Summerside Yorkshire Grey 3 Salmon Sam Spode Maud 4 Wanderer 4 Martel en 'fete 4 Covenant Bow 3 Never Despair 3 Sampson Tom Thumb 6 Defender Orcus 3 Lily Amsterdam LottiFy Hal o' Kirkless Mutineer Theodora Gunboat Lifeboat Topsail The Jade Independence Sir Isaac 3 Romsey 3 Marionette Grand Secret Actaeon Ariadne 3 Gargrave Target Wildgrave 3 Montebello .... Queen Charlotte G racchus Bumble Bee Fright Black Tommy King-at-Arms 3 Ambush 3 Drogheda Satinstone .. 4 Australian Maid Nova 5 King of the Forest 5 Nuncio Union Jack Zouave 4 Mdlle. de Chantilly 5 Miss Cath 6 Goelette 4 The Greek .. 3 Cytherus . .. Magnum North Lincoln. 3 Lambourn .. 5 Leontes Comquot Age. Aristodemus 3 Roman Candle .. 5 Hy dromel 5 Star of the East Fadlad een 4 Timandra 3 Yellow Rose 3 Birmingham 3 Griselda 3 Wild Rose 3 Don Cossack 3 Penalty 3 . 3 Mazzim M avourneen 3 Lovett Sed bury Master Bagot P an 3 an 3 R G Co a io s ia a 4 Napoleon wocoo r ni4 i d d . - Margery Daw Trabuco 3 The Dutchman' s Daughter 3 Raspberry 3 Little Agnes 3 Lady Alice . Red Eagle 3 Reynard, Marine Pensioner Accurate Clapham Arsenal Villikins . 5 Spiteful Dick The Brewer ............ 6 New Brighton - ....... Ticket of Leave 3 Bourgeois .............. a Beethoven .............. 3 Balnamoon ............. 3 Emblem ................ 3 Honey ................ 3 Physician .............. 4 Punch ................. 3 Ethiopian .............. 4 Scent ................. 3 Old English Gentleman.. 5 Wrestler ........ Z itella 3 Glee Singer Barometer 3 Petra Schism '3 Promised Land '3 Palm Leaf 3 Rara Avis 3 Bevis 3 Nimrod Allegra Galaic Charles 11. 4 Harratcm 3 Misty Morn Royal Sovereign Tournament Blue Jacket Lincoln Cincinnati Des Chi1e5,,,,, ... As You Like It filly Knight of Tournay Meadowdale Glen Eagle.. Broadlands Twilight ... Coroner Abron King William Prince of Denmark Torn King Hegira Strathnaver Lance ... Woodburn Starke Prioress Burgomaster Glen Buck Geologie Gouvieux Nucleus Br to Bird on the Wing Fisherman Tiara Rosabel Broadbrim... Indifference Brown Holland BRIGHTON RACES.-THURSDAY. The Grand Stand Plate (Handicap) of 50 sous. One mile. Sir W. Booth's Beatrice, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b .. (L. Snowden) 1 Mr. Greville's Tragedy, 3 yrs, sst 21b ........ (Drewe) 2 Mr. Gray's Tiney, 3 yrs, s st 71 b .......... (W. Bottom) 3 The following also ran Kinnersley, Queen Char lotte, Dejanira, and Twang. Betting-5 to 2 agst Queen Charlotte, sto 1 oaoh agst Dejanira and Tragedy, 6 to 1 each agst Beatrice and Kin nersley, 8 to 1 each agst Julie and Tiney. Won by two lengths ; a length between the second and third ; a head between the third and fourth. The Brighton Cup of 100 soya in specie, added to a Sweep- stakes of 5 sovs each, for three-year-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. About two miles. Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Olympias by Pyrrhus the First 1 3 yrs, (X 100), 6st 1 llb Mr. Barber's King William, 4 yrs (X 100), Bst (L. Snowden) 2 Mr. Rigby's Hibernian, 3 yrs (X 100), 7st 21b (car. 3 7st 41b) The following also ran :—Eltham Beauty, Precursor, and Coxcomb. Betting-6 to 4 agst Olympias, sto 1 agst any other. Won cleverly by a neck; three lengths between the second and third ; the others beaten off. First Year of the Eighth Brighton Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 100 added, for two• yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. Winners extra. - T.Y.C. Mr. Dennett's colt by The Fallow Buck, out of Subter fuge, Bst 71b.... • • Duke of Bedford's Golden Rule, Bst 41b.... (Flatman) t q Mr. Faller's Queen Anne, Bst 41b (D. Hughes) " Betting—Even on the Subterfuge colt, 6 to 4 agS t Golden Rule. A dead heat with the Subterfuge colt and Golden Rule ; Queen Anne was beaten three-quarters of a length. Deciding Heat-6 to 4on Golden Rule. The non favourite made nearly all the running, and won by tvo lengths. The Champagne Stakes of 5 sous each, with 100 added ; for three yr-olds and upwards ; allowances and penalties. One mile. Mr. W. S. S. Crawfurd's Mayonaise by Teddingtnn 7st 61b (Fordham) Mr. J. Lowes' Wild Rose, 7st 61b ' (L. Snowden) 2 Betting-5 to 2on Mayonaise, who waited to within a few strides of the chair, when she headed her opponent, and won very easily by a neck. The Sussex Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for two year-olds and upwards ; optional selling weights, ea' Half a mile. Mr. T. Hughes's Chantress, 4 yrs (£4O), 7st 111 b (BiaY) Mr. Mander's Tocher, 4 yrs (£4O), 7st 81b ( 1108 Mr. Wilson's Smut, 2 yrs (£4O), 4st 1 llb (W. Bottom) 3 The fcllowing also ran :—Scandal colt, Lady Eglinton , Lady Bird, Pauline filly, Moodkee colt, Fusee, Mazzaron i, Conceit, and Pippo. (carried sst 611) ) The filly by Launcelot, out of Rage, 2 yrs (£100), sst 131 b, H. Bradley was weighed for, but she broke away, T au into the town,, and did not go to the post. Betting-5 to 2 against Chantress, 3to 1 agst LadY Egl linton, 6to 1 'agst Fusee, 8 to 1 agst Mazzaroni, 10 to agst any other. The start was delayed more than half an hour, duri" which Fusee, Pippo, Lady Eglinton, and Mazzaroni broke away, and the latter ran twice past the Stand and twice to the distance before he was stopped. Won by three-quarters of a length; three lengths 1) 8 ' tween the second and third; Fusee and Lady Egliut °ll were fourth and fifth close together; Conceit headed th next lot. The winner was bought in for 135 guineas, and Smut was claimed by Lord W. Powlett. The Pavilion Plate of 100 sous. (Handicap.) Winner • extra. One mile. Mr. J. Merry's Conjuror, 3 yrs, 7st llb (in. 51b extra) (Bray) Mr. Payne's Cock-a• Hoop, 3 y rs , 6 s t 101 b ..(P r it c har ) " Mr. Jackson's Syringe, 2 yrs, 4st 91b (car. 4st 111 b) 3 (Daley) Dove, Vulture, Nancy, and Artless also ran. Betting—Even on Conjuror, 7 to 2 agst Cock-a-Hoopo 6 to 1 agst any other. Won by three-quarters of a length; bad third. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON .REGATII4. COWES, Alia. 4. The annual dinner of the members of the squadron W 0 held last night, and was attended by about 60 gentlemen' The chair was taken by the commodore, the Earl of Wilte n ' and the vice-chair by the Marquis of Conyngham. usual invitations were sent to the officers of the royal yacht and amongt the visitors were the Prince of Leiningen, EsT Vane, &c. The'contest for her Majesty's Cup commenced this moll; ing, and there were five entries. It was a time race, t allowance being half A c ke r ' s sca l e , an d it was open to Cut ters and yawls of the R.Y.S. under 80 tons. The follovrillt were at their stations off the Castle when preparations we made for the start. They were all cutter-rigged : „, Brunette, 70 t ons , C o l one l Si mmons S m i t h , owner; rina, 53 tons, Sir A. Bannerman, Bart., owner ; Osprey , v. tons, Colonel R. W. Huey, owner; Laybird, 35 tons, j Lethbridge, Esq., owner ; Cymba, 53 tons, Captain S. S mith- Barry, owner. According to the scale of measurement the time to be allowed was as ,follows s. Osprey to allow Brunette Marina 0 40 - Cymba.. 2 40 Ladybird 9 40 Brunette to allow Marina 0 20 Cymba .. 2 20 Ladybird 9 20 Marina to - allow Cymba .. 2 0 Ladybird 9 0 Cymba to allow Ladybird 7 521 , • A very pretty s t ar t was e ff ec t e d, t h e Osprey obtaining lead, whi c h s h e h e ld f or som e t i me. The Brunette follolc close in her wake, and next her was the Marina. The Lady bird did not avail herself of her position at the start, as, re was soon passed by some o f the other vessels ; but belObe they were lost sight of on their way to the Warner 944 reached across th e B rune tt e an d b ecame second. The s' he it should be stated, took place at 11, an d i n a short time t .„O yachts were out of sight. The final result of the m atch ; i t not known when the boat left for Southampton at half - P four. to There is to be a handicap race on Saturday, oMil for yachts of any club. £ lOO f o r th e fi rs t vesse l, an d Iv , ' o f the second. Five to start, or no race. The particularil;, • the handicap will not be announc e d till n i ne o ' c l oc k On ":„, morning of the race. There will be no r ace t o - mo rrovit `- the two matches will be merged into one. ei Brunette arrived at 50 seconds past fi ve , b ea ti ng 001 3 r by two minutes, and won by time. Marina third. AQUATICS. THE EIGHT-OARED RACE BETWEE N L EANDES AND WESTMINSTER. The annual race between the gentlemen belonging to th: Leander Club and the boys of the Westminster School can!ti off yesterday. The distance was from Putney to the S ill " at Mortlake, and the following was the result : Westminster School • 1 The Leander Club 2 The boys took a trifling lead, which they held to Finc h when they gradually drew away and won as they liked. THIS DA X'S MARKBTS. CORN EXCHANGE. je Our market t o -d ay was scantily supplied with all '74, of English wheat. The attendance of buyers was lied and the transactions were wholly restricted to imrae cii* wants; nevertheless, Monday's prices were supported. 0 Good and fine foreign wheats were in fair request, at currencies ; but low and damp p arce l s commanded Ire ri little attention. at Floating cargoes of grain were i n mo d erate request' full currencies. get The supply of both En g li s h an d foreign barley on °re, was limited, yet the demand for it ruled inactive, at r vious quotations. • - Malt changed hands slowly, at the late decline ill The oat trade was heavy, and inferior samples were ther cheaper. Beans, peas, and flour sold at Monday's prices. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Fltj . English 1,140 100 .2,94 J 1,180 ; 1, 9 '" Irish .. Foreign 10,470 2,280 7 — 29,590 1,10 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. th e The supplies of each ki n d o f meat on sale here are °//it increase; nevertheless, the trade generally rules steadf' full prices. Per Blbs, by the Carcass. 4. ti. 6s. d. a, u. f s. d. 3 „ Inferior B ee f 2 10 to 3 0 f Infr. Mutton. 3 2t° 4 '. Mid. d 0..... 32 t0 3 6 1 Mid. do .. • 3 Bto ; Pm.larg e d o. 3 Bto 3 10 Prime do, ~ 4 2t o 4 n ; Do. small d o. 4 o to 4 2 / / Veal 4 or° 4 t v Large pork.. 0 ot o 0 0 Small pork ~,, 4 4to Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 2d. BOROUGH HOP. so d Our market continues in a mos t depressed state, os prices rule nominal. Very favourable accounts still co to hand from the plantations, and the duty is freelyl° at £260,000. Mid and East Kent pockets ..80s to 135 s per ci t. Weald of Kent di? .......... 60s to 75s Sussex do .................. 56s to 65s " COLONIAL. nr iCe l TEA.—The market continues rather inactive, but fr et ! is are exceedingly firm. Good common congou is cln ° ' 34d per lb. to r e li SuGAR.--There has been scarcely any alteration a cts," cord in prices, but rather more business has been tran s " 1 British West India fully supported former quotation, s • en the refined market the dealings have been limited, prices have shown less firmness. Good tittlers are n'',: 00* able at 52s to 52s 6d, and common lumps at 518 6d p e 'llo/ i : COFFEE.—The public sales of plantation Ce9 l° ,, ll d 01/- 0 shown some irregularity as regards prices. Good a i ; ttali qualities realise about previous rates, but inferior Or' __„. been a shade easier. 30. r Coco.t.—Trinidad qualities have advanced 2s. to , sr cwt. RlCE.—There has been a moderate inquiry °r oes. Bengal qualities , which have sold at about former r io in' FRUIT. — The demand for currants has been on son °f crease, and a larger business than usual at thi3 the y L ear has been transact e d a t remunera ti ve p r ices' act il" SATPETRE.—The inquiries have been moderately de' at aviout former quotations A d for At TALLOW. —The market continues quiet, at 54s . , s , 1 livery cn the spot, and 558 9d for last three mon ths public sale only a small portion of the quantity " foand purchasers at the above rates. The arri va l s of specie to-day have been largye e amounting in all to about £910,000, and conq i s - {rig ° 4 Teviot, fr om th e West Indies, with £600,000 • th e Weser, and Ar ago, f rom New York, with £227/ 0 : 00 ; 5 00 0 A : the Avon, fr om B raz i l, with £32,564. The Tev'°t- tea "- to have br oug h t nothing to confirm the re port cireu la 3 0 ' Monday of the Paramatta havinc , been saved. Tn ne GLASGOW TRADE.—In the year ending .6', 6 5,vi,„ the foreign imports and exports at Glasgow w ere .i - IP °l* 9 tons and 257,2.50 tons respectively. The imports an.: 6 0,7 1 coastwise in the same period were 384,274 tons au ci , coot; tons respectively. The gross total for the year NO, t or; quently 1,268,059 tons, being an increase of 112,2 6, compared with the precediug 12 months. ~, r