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

NEE is of the dent of tical in vorking ions in ,ve have ,ndlord features r ead in turning hat Was I away. 1859, , e n to $ it was thority, are are eatly t° lection, b 9 end t° inane° z regi' It has 3 Were ir4. MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The accounts received from the various manufac turing districts of the North of England continue satisfactory. During the past week rather more activity has prevailed in most departments. At Leeds the general condition of the woollen cloth trade is healthy, and a fair amount of business has been done for the time of year, at fully late prices. At Bradford there has been a steady inquiry for yarns for home use, but less business has been transacted for the Continental markets. No mate rial alteration can be recorded in piece goods, but owing to the high rates of wool, prices generally are very firm. At Manchester the dealings in India goods have been on the increase, and for home use there has been a steady demand, at full prices. The hosiery trade at Leicester continues in a very favourable condition. Buyers have purchased freely of most descriptions, and the operatives in all branches are fully em ployed. The general tendency of business at Bir mingham, and the neighbourhood, has exhibited signs of improvement, large orders for the Continent and for the United States having been received. At Sheffield, Wolverhampton, and Walsall the pro spects of the iron and hardware trades also show a most decided alteration for the better. The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed steadily, and. previous quoatations were well sup- Ported. The sales amounted to between 6,000 and 7,000 bales. In Railway Shares increased anima tion was apparent, and prices tended upwards. Owing to the sustained demand for discount accommodation, and the increased rates now charged, the probability of an alteration in the minimum to 3 per cent. is Row attracting atten tion. There is some expectation of an upward movement next Thursday, and the consequence is that the bill brokers and others are proceeding with caution, and seem less willing to negotiate commercial bills at the previous rates. Large quantities of gold continue to arrive from America, which, together with the Australian sup plies, prevent an efflux from the Bank to the Con tinent, where there is still an active demand for specie. The Canada, from New York, has brought £50,000. There has been a quiet market for Public Secu rities to-day, the settlement of the account en gaging the attention of the dealers and brokers. A further improvement has, neverthe less, occurred in • consequence of the rise on the Paris Bourse, and the general tenour of the advices from France. Consols have been 951 for money, and 952 for account ; they are now rather higher, viz., 951- 2- and 952 I respectively. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are about 951 96. Exchequer Bills, 265. to 30s. prem. ; and India Bonds, Bs. dis. ; Indian Debentures are 931 94. In the Foreign Market there has been an ad vance in most of the principal securities. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been 84 to 85 ; the New, 74 75 ; and are now 83 85, and 72 74 respectively. Spa nish 3 per Cents. have been 45 ; the Deferred, 33; and the Certificates, 41; Peruvian 41 per Cents. are 921 931-; Buenos Ayres 44 per Cents. 71; anti * Mexican, 19. In the Railway Share Market the transactions have been rather limited ; prices, however, are a shade firmer. Eastern Counties, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Midland have improved ss. ; Great Western, North Eastern (York) and South Eastern, 10s. ; and Bristol and Exeter, £l. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have also exhibited rather more buoyancy. Lombardo- Venetian Old Shares are 10 11, and the New 10i ; East Indian have improved to 1001 ; Great Indian Peninsula to 98.; Grand Trunk of Canada to 344 35 , and Eastern Bengals to 44-. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show little variation of importance. Bank of gypt have declined 10s.; British North American improved 55., Ottoman Bank 55., and Union of Australia ss. London Discount Company are steady at 31 1. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3per Cent. Reduced A nnu iti es 9st I k per Cent. Consols Ann u iti es Nl., w 3 per C en t. A nnu i t i es 2 9 il 5 I Xew 2} per Cent. Annuities Long:A n nuitie s , e x pi re sth J an ., 1860 ll.l f 6 Ditto for 30 Years, expire sth April, 18/.5 18 I .idia Stock Qat() Debentures, 1858 9ll Ditto, . 1859 Ditto Loan Scrip Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Ditt under £l,OOO ( cnsols for Account (Aug. 9) xeheciuer Bills, 11,000, Ifd .. 27 30 .26 T itto £5OO 27 30 26 I .tto Small, 11d. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazili an 5 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent. 1852 94 1 Ditto, 1829 and 1839 Ditto 4f per Cent. 1858 95 71 2 13116110 S Ayres, 6 per Cent Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto A count Pe ruvian 41 per C en t ...... Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent. — Ditto Account Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent ll3 qlauish 3 per Cent. Di tto Account Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. — Ditto Account S panish C om. C ert. of Coup. not funded 4}_tl urkish 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan v _T,iitte Accolut . . 741 5 4 5 1 per C nte Ditto .... la n. 5 Ditto p e er Cent. 29 1 81 9 1 " l' 4 evf 21 p Cent. Austrian, 0 Fl, 5 per Cent l5l a 65 .: Ditto CertifiCates, I,uteh Exehaaze. 12 Guil. 24 per Cent.. , Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 44 per Ct. Ex. 4s, 78 4 per Cent. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9s} Ditto Account -P ARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE. The following re W solution AND M was reported and agreed to on Saturday :—" That, towards raising the supply granted to her Majesty, in lieu of the Stamp Duties contained in the schedule to the Act passed in the 5.5 th year of the reign of King George the Third, chapter 184, and now payable upon probates of wills and letters of administration in Eng land and Ireland, and upon inventories to be exhibited and recorded in any Commissary Court in Scotland, where the estate and effects for or in respect of which such probate cr letters of administration shall be granted, or whereof such inventory shall be exhibited or recorded, shall be of o t he value of one million p oun d s or upwards, there shall be arged and paid the following dutie s respectively (that is s ay) For every £lOO,OOO of the whole value of such estate and effects, and any fractional part of £lOO,OOO, — where the deceased shall have left any will or testa ment, or testamentary disposition, of his personal or mov able estate and effects, the stamp duty of £1,500 ; And where the deceased shall not have left any such will or testament, or testamentary disposition, the stamp d uty of £2,250."' TIM DAY'S SHIPPING. Nv t°l4l3 "q Aug. B.—Wind thi s day at noon, South esterly ; light airs•and cloudy weather. \,-13.LYiktouTn, Aug. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her - 1,-` 4 4estY's steamer Rhadamanthus, from Woolwich ; her t-miesty's steamer Dasher, frem Jersey ; Phcebe, screw ae, from Southampton for the Cape of Good Hope. ailed —her Majesty's steamer Neptune, for Portland. NuTsmount, Aug 7.—W ind fir, —Arrived—Poictier, 'l'o2,t T Lo udon for Ceyl on , "Axstt, Au g 7 W . dS W —Sailed—Vulcan, for s.QUIIRNSTOWN, Aug s.—Wind W,—Arrived—C. A. lta .P B on, from Quebec. IMINDERLAXD, Aug. 3 . —Wind W,—Arrived—Lillian, 1.0 , 11 1 Quebec atuel, from °writ, Porto Aug Rico.. 7 . —Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—San '". (ir ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. 'Wind W. showery. . Arrived—Ondine, steamer, from Dublin; Havre, steamer, .cory i u avre. castle. S ailed —S o l en t , steamer, for St. Thomas; Pet, for New Wind E N.B. LIVERPOOL, Mond a y M orn i ng . Arri ve,Aug, Au B—R. Van Fl o t ow, from St. john's, New Brunswicdk Sailed for Gibr a l ta r! ' u B —Balbec, screw ste amer , f or Havre; Alma, (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPII.) `vi GRAVESEND, Mond a y m orn in g . A nd .; tid e , one h our ' s e b b; weather fine. frormelV ttrcl.az 7—Lapwing, from Abbeville ; Margaret, P ort o Arri Rico.Augu°.. B—Clara, from Charente ; Sarah, from Wind W.S W lig ht. DEAL, Monday M orn i ng. ~ Arrived—Christiana from London for New York. G pa ssed .—Portitude, from SierTg Leone, , for London; St. Prised. Elmina:, from Rotterdam, for Coast of G u i nea. ss, Aug. 6.—Thor, from Sunderland, for Ceylon. 'HARE railways. Amberg., Notting. Boat. and Eastern Junction Belfast and Ballymena Bir., Wol., and Str. Val Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passage Cornwall Do. A A. roves. no div. I Do: B until6p.c.per an. hasbeen pd.toß. Dublin andßelfast Juno. Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee , Forth & Clyde Junctio* Furness Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire) Do. do. F £l6 Do. do. £9 shares Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport London and Blackwall Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast London & North Westn Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man., Shelf., & Lincoln Metropolitan : Midland Do. Binning. & Derby. Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. Shares Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd Newry & Armagh (def.) Newry, Warpt., & Ros Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Aree.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenp dB Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction North Staffordshire North-Western No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central South. N.E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sitting,bourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun Do. do !Staines, Wok., & Wok Stockton & Darlington Do. do. 1855 Do. do. 1858 Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 2.5 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Stock,Vale of Neath Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 50 Waterford & Limerick 20 West Cornwall 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal. 5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodly.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B 5 Do. B West London . Do. Ist Class... !no: ORDINARY SHARES Share 12.10 13.14 S toek Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 161 1613 4 Stock Stock Stock Stock 14 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock !Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stqck 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock 16/ 100 100 100 100 all all all all all all all all PREFERENCE SHARES. Share Railways. Blythe and Tyne It per c. pref (issued at £5O) Brie. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Chester & Holyhd, 54pc Do. do. 5 p. ct. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Do. do. Class B 6 pe.... Do. do. Class C 7 pc E. Coun. Ex. 5 p et. No.l Do. do N 0.2 Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. East Lane. 6 per ct. E.& W. York. Jen. fifths Edin.&Glas. spc shares Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas. tezS West. L, a. 5 pc. Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Seotld, Ist pf Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. Stock reat West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct.. Do. Redeemable, p ct. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do. Irredeemable, do.. . Do. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock, 100 Stock 60 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stoekl Stock Stocki 121 12 Stock Stool: 1211 Stock Stock Stock stock) Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock shares Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Binning. guar. stock) Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock, Lon.itßrig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 41 Lon . N. W. Cov & Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock,' late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, shs Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock . Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Ilit.pref. st. Newport,Aber,&c.pret .5 p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. n m Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. sh ares Do. 5 p. c. Ext.Stock,lB46, Do. 5,1 p. el. Pref. do. 18471 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.& N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. C. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. 0. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 Po. York, H. & S. Purch North Staffordshire Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. lst g Do, do. do., 2d Rua Do. 44 p.c. Db. stk. in perp Scottish Centtal, new pi 'Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 3i per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. Do. 7 p. 0. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s, Do. Fixed 44 per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6.) Do .41 per Cent Do. Fixed 44 p.c. lst is 1 Do. New do., 2d issue I South Wales, gua. 4 p.o Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. Paid.l Closing I Business Price. Done. all }lOO 100 100 100 100 all all 100 IG, 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 8.13.4. 12.1 49 51 95 97 1103 105 99 61 101 112 117 107 111 114 116 113 115 129 131 81 83 114 116 120 122 111 113 105 107 85 87 .96 98 86 ES 88 90 100 102 91 101 17 18 10 14 74 76 11 201 9 10 14 15 139 141 il6B 162 8 9 'l2O 123 11) 66 68 139 141 104 106 i JP 94 96 gf 10 11# 111 'llO 112 103 110 98 100 1 4p p 22 23i 124 126 123 125 99 101 Stock Stock Stock Stocl Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 251' 25 Stock 72 74 120 124 118 122 10i 11 231 241 103 105 1103 105 29 30 34 36 47 53 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Bedford and Bletchleyl Buckinghamshire Clydesdale Junction Colchester, Stour Val E.Lincolnshire,g.ap.e E Union,HarwichShs Do. Woodbridge Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct. Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest lETHUrlliaPn°d°lSDelebky.&itail. Do. Shared Do. Shares London&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby. &Soutend Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4 p. ct Do. 6 per cent Mane., Buxtn. & Matk , Midsb.& Redcr,g.op.c Mid.BradfordErf. Stk Newinarkt.,BuryEx guaranteed 5 p, C. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. Preston and Wyre. Do. 4 Shares A. Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep Shf.Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c. Shrowsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire .. Wear Valley, g. 6p. a. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset. Wim bledon& Croydn. all Ln & N.W 100 'l.n& N.W 100 Caledonin all E.U.&E C 100 Gt. North. all E.Counts. 100 100 Caledonin 100 Do. all Gt. West. all Yk.N.&l3r all Yk.N. all Do. ... all Do. 100 S. 100 Do. . . • 100 DoPeto all 100 Nortoli 100 D 0.. ..,, all LN all Stk.& Da 100 Midland . 5. 5.6. E.Counts all Do. all Do. all Do. L&N r All L sk . all Do 100 Gt. North 18 11 6 Lan.& Yk all T Brassoy all M'Clean . all tk.& Dar all Do. 100 Gt. West all IL.&Brgtn Share Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock , 98 100 102 104 10} 171 140 144 94 10 104 11 90 92 II 9 '9B 100 DOCKS. Paidl Closing Dulness Price. Deue. 100 - 100 - 100 - 100 - 100 _ 100 - 100 102 104 IS - 11f I Leasing Closing Bluffness Railways, Paid. p r i ce . , Done. s. 21 • Docks. Commercial. . ..... Do 4 per C e nt plea ;Min. East and West India... London ........... .... .... St. Katharine ...... Southampton ..... Do New ................... Victoria ....... ...... US DAY.) ; .ND STOCKS. Closing Price. 6 6i 7i 8i 4 6 8 9 141 15i 58 59 40 43 28 30 98i 7i 141 58 1 i i 29 81 ilusiness 14 16 94 96 724 734 251 26 92 93 101 103 82 84 131 133 107 109 59 60 55 60 85 90 111121, pl 95 951 I 65 67 109 111 93 941 1 11 d , 93 941 1 5 7 35i 84 —d, 60 594 1 P 95 i - I it 104 105 79 81 9 11 59 61 34 2(1 57t 56,1 92 92a 44 11 45 1 d 74 74 102 104 4 4 d 1_ 144 6 6' 31 32 13 15 111 113 24i 25i 81 83 45 47 n 2i d 43 44 74 75 61 63 62 67 66 5i 111 93} 4 i 81 94 } 3i 08 72 6 Ci 3k 3f 7 71 Paid. all 100 31 100 100 100 100 , 100 1613 4 11 921 11 2} 45i 41 74 ls, 17i all all 100 all 110 112 P 4 CO 115 120 92 04 2i 22 98 100 P 57 59 1139 142 r " r .:• r • F ` ~ THIS DAY'S MARKETS. - is Ild ; handwashed, is 4d to is 8d ; lambs', is 3d to is 8d ; grease, 10d to is ld. New Zealand.—Clean sheeps, Is 4d to 2s 2d ; scoured 2s to 2s 2d ; handwashed, ls lld to 2s ; lambs', is 9d to is 101 d; pieces, is 4d to is Bd. Last weeks imports amounted to 667 bales from Port Philip, 792 from Sydney, 332 from Adelaide, 21 from the Cape, 482 from Launceston, and 292 from Natal. CORN EXCHANGE. The country markets held on Saturday were very in active for wheat, at about stationary prices. The few samples of barley on show realised previous rates. In spring corn, the receipts of which were limited, very little was passing at full currencies. Continental advices state that wheat has moved off slowly, but that prices have baen supported. Most other articles have met a fair inquiry. The American markets come lower for both wheat and flour. Only limited supplies of home-grown produce were re ceived up to our market last weep. From abroad the sup plies were 14,562 qrs. of wheat, 2,350 barley, 34,325 oats, 800 beans, 671 peas, 2,020 linseed,. 2,224 rapeseed, 110 sundry seeds, and 364 sacks of flour. Fresh up to-day a full average supply of new English wheat came to hand, in, for the most part, fair condition ; but the arrival of old parcels was very limited. The attend ance of both town and country millers was by no means numerous, and the demand for all kinds of wheat of home produce ruled heavy, at barely last week's quotations. The new wheats were disposed of at from 445. to 525. per qr., the latter quotation being for Talavera of good quality. We were extensively supplied with all kinds of foreign wheat. Even the finest samples were neglected. In prices, however, no quotable change took place. Floating cargoes of grain, off Falmouth, commanded very little attention. The show of barley was small, yet the trade was in a sluggish state, at last week's currency. Malt was very dull. In prices, however, no quotable change took place. The arrivals of foreign oats being large, the oat trade ruled heavy, and prices were a shade lower than on Mon day last. Beans were a dull sale, but not cheaper. In peas very little was passing, on former terms. Most kinds of flour were dull, at late rates. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. • Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new 3Bs to 44s Ditto, old Ditto, white, new 4os 48s Ditto, old --:8 —8 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —8 Ditto, new. 37s 45s Rye—Old —s —8 New Barley—Grinding...., 26s 29s Malting . 37s 38s Chevalier 3Bs 43s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk . s2s 66s Brown Kingston and Ware s2s 64s Chevalier Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 22s 26e Potato Youghal and Cork, black .. 23s 26s Cork, white Scotch, Feeding 23s 32s Beans—Tick Pigeons 4ls 50s Peas—Grey Maple White 4os 49s Boilers Flour—Town-made Suffolk 32s 34s Stockton and Norfolk METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week were 11,626 head. In the corresponding week in 1858 we received 9,553; in 1857, 8,003; in 1856, 7,216; in 1855, 9,566; in 1854, 8,933 ;in 1853, ; and in 1852, head. 'THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 18b9. LITBRATURE. Life for a Life. By the author of "!r7ohn Hali fax, Gentleman," "A Woman's The. tights About Women," &c. 3 vols. Hurst and 131ackett. It will be a satisfaction to many tri meet with a new work by the able authoress of " John Halifax" and " The Head of the Family ;" awl it is impossible to peruse any of her writings without being im pressed with their superiority. hlowever, on the present occasion there are many-, draWbacks to the pleasure derived from the study— -for the subject of "A Life for a Life" is in every v fay an undesirable one. There is something painful in the idea suggested, and something still, more jarring to the feelings in the carrying out of the idea. Dr. Urquhart, the chief character , is one of those un happy beings whose career !ear been overcast in early youth by a dark shade„ and whose life is.ren dered a burden by the cons't-ant pressure of the fatal secret. It is evidently the intention of the autho ress to depict Max Urqulaart as an, estimable char acter, but she has not entirely succeeded in fulfilling her design. If he haa.t earnestly desired to atone for his unhappy error in early life, he should have avoided seeking Thet.vlora's acquaintance altogether, when once he had discovered the fatal connection that existed between her family and that of his victim. Again, it is to be regretted' that, amidst much high-toned morality, and the expression of elevated sentiments, there should appear some very dangerous doctrines as to the principles of action. Dr. Urquhart, after the passionate struggle which terminated fatally, comes to the resolve of dedi cating his existence to atone for his crime. This idea of a life being giYen for a life is a most morbid one, and can never be taken from the sound views of duty which can allow no compromise on awful subjects ' • and still less d oes it agree with a higher standard of action that a man can efface his sins by a course of existence hOwever blameless, It is certain that Urquhart should have e.odessed at once his error, or the I crime, or whatever impulse was that resulted in suc h a calam.ltY, and not have taken the law into his own harap,, by presuming to suppose that he should live long enough to carry out his extraordinary idea. The only thing that could atone for his dark, deed was repentance; and if he felt that, he was jrastified at the time as far as he ever could be, and If not, the added years of trial in the service of others did not make him any the less reprehensiM e for the evil committed. " I re solved to gill' a life —my own—for the life which I had taken., to devote it wholly to the saving of other byes, and at its close, when I had built up a good name, and shown.openly that after any crime a man might recover himself, repent, and atone. I meant to pay the full price of the sin of my youth, and openly acknowledge it before the world." This is as dangerous a notion, and as sophistical an argu ment as any one can entertain on. a vital question of morality, and the sequel of the, story itself dis plays one consequence that could never have" oc curred had all been revealed. There would have been no danger had the truth been known, of an attachment springing up between the sister and the man who had destroyed the brother. Theodora Johnstone is a vehement character, and although great allowance is to be made for her situation, she pursued a course that was not to he justified, in persisting, at the last, in her determination to marry Urquhart. Had she. possessed right feeling on the subject she would have relinquished the en gagement, as nothing justified Urquhart from not ascertaining whether or not hers was the fatal family before he made any proposals to Theodora. Some of the other personages, in the story are agreeable as Lisabel, and Captain Treherne, and their very mediocrity of attainments, and simplicity of style, arc a relief after the. sombre reflections in which Urquhart's life is engaged, and the melan choly tinge which envelopes the existence of Theo dora. It is to be trusted that in another work of this gifted authoress, we may meet with something more approximate in interest to her earlier crea tions of fiction. Those who have been impressed With the power, and fascinated with the charm of "The Head of the Family," whose sympathies have been aroused by the deep pathos and exquisite descrip tions in " Agatha's Husband," and who have recog nised and appreciated the talent which so bril liantly distinguished " Sohn Halifax," will earnestly hope that they may meet with many more of a similar character. It is not always an advantage to an author to be well-known, as comparisons are invariably instituted between past and present pro ductions, and the fancies and prejudices of a criti cising circle may influence them quite as much as skill in discernment and clearness in judgment. In the present case, however, the objections that may be made to this book, do not in any way refer to deterioration of merit in design or execution, but to the tone of the work as regards the facts before alluded to. Many may admire it as a powerful representation of trying scenes, and a vivil illus tration of momentous occurrences, but others will believe that so much talent could have d r a wn an equally effective picture of events , without intro ducing such painful passages. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Lean, By T. W. Cole. 2 vols. Bentley. It has become the custom of late years, as soon as any eminent person has passed off the stage of life, to publish his memoirs, and to narrate the circum stances of his history, and endorse the verdict of his contemporaries. On the present occasion the volumes before us have anticipated the close of their subject's professional career in a somewhat unusual manner. Many years of private friendship and professional association have qualified the author for his task by furnishing him with materials for in formation " which no other person possesses to the same extent." He commences his memoirs with an account of the late Edmund Kean, and narrates the circumstances which induced his son to adopt the same profession. He traces the career of the latter from his early difficulties and drawbacks, through his gra dual rise in public favour , t o th e honour and profit which have crowned him of late years. He gives a detailed account of his management of the Prin cess's Theatre, an analysis of his chief characters, and a well-merited tribute to the wonderful scenic arrangements which have recalled the mediveval ages, and brought before us the temples of Greece and the palaces of Venice, resuscitating the buried glories of the Assyrian capital, and transporting the spectator to' the magic sports of fairyland. The banquet lately given to Mr. Charles Kean by his brother Etonians, is, of course, duly chronicled, and the conspicuous part taken by him in the establishment of the proposed dramatic college, is necessarily spoken of. The high character and eminent attainments of his wife are frequently alluded to in terms of warm. encomium, and the volumes are interspersed with accounts of the chief actors on the English stage during the last fifty years. We demur, however, to the inti o cluction of those differences and disputes in which most persons holding the difficult position of theatrical manager naturally become involved. We cannot admire the taste - which publishes the numerous letters passing between Mr. Kean and Mr. Jerrold in reference to their business transactions. Such communications arc best left in the obscurity into which they would naturally fall after the lapse of some years ; and though the other side has been indiscreet enough to thrust the question on the notice of the public, we are sorry to see Mr Kean's partisan bring it prominently forward in a work like the present. Some of the allusions to Mr. Kean's father might have been more gracefully omitted in a work pub _ _ lished during the - lifetime of his son ; but one inevi table drawback to this class of works is, that they can scarcely avoid trespassing on the privacy of domestic life. The book would have been better condensed, as, however great Mr. Bean's merits as an actor, and however high may be the public re spect he has obtained by his correct and honourable management, there is nothing in his theatrical career to authorise such voluminous and minute records. The glimpses into a manager's life ob tained from'the letters introduced will probably gratify the curious; and the numerous testimonials from eminent persons are very flattering to Mr. Kean. The writer somewhat over-estimate -s the _ramatic abilities of Mr. and Mrs. Kean, ranking the Lady Macbeth of the latter high above Madame Ristori's impersonation of the character. The work is written with care, and the author is evi dently animated by a sincere admiration and cor dial friendship for the subject of his memoirs. Mr. Kean's admirers will be glad to perceive his bio grapher holds out the expectation that he will not immediately quit the' stage on abandoning his managerial functions. While they will be glad to learn that Mr. Kean does not contemplate leaving his profession, they will perhaps be sur prised that his Life and Times are thus written of while his theatrical career is still incomplete. Those who are interested in the annals of the Bri tish stage will, however, be doubtless pleased to meet in these records with many of their old favourites ; while the popularity of Mr. Charles Kean and the approaching termination of his ma nagerial labours will probably secure for it a large circulation. Madame Goldschmidt is about to resume concert singing ; and to take a tour in Ireland, accompanied by Herr Joachim. The Era says that immediately after his mar riage, Mr. Albert Smith conveyed his happy bride to his "mountain home" at Chamouni, where, beneath the sug gestive shadow of the mighty Mont Blanc, they will pass the honeymoon. The Norfolk Neivs states that Sir Morton Peto has received such information from Norwich as will in duce him to move that the writ for that city should be sus pended. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From. Beasts. , Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam Nieu nisi) Hamburgh B6 .. 1,364 .. —..—.. Harlingen Dordt Tonning 1,247 .. 1,174 .. dl9 Bremen Amsterdam Antwerp — Ostend — Calais , Oport Total 1,762 7,527 1,046 - • • - .. 922 .. - .. - • • - • • 21 .-- • • 12 .. 18 .. The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows: Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1858 1,601 .. 5,152 .. 408 .. 658 .. 734 1857 1,170 .. 5,537 .. 194 .. 603 .. 499 1856 1,205 .. 4,620 .. 165 662 .. 493 1855 1,736 6,099 .. 17.5 .. 528 .. 1,028 1854 1,525 .. 5,844 .. 161 .. 704 .. 69 There was rather an extensive supply of foreign stock on offer in to-day's market, in, for the most part, fair average condition. The ,arrivals of beasts from our own grazing districts were seasonably large as to number, but somewhat deficient in quality. The primest Scots, &c., were in moderate re quest, at full prices ; otherwise, the beef trade was in a sluggish state, and the quotations had a drooping tendency. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton shire we received 1,650 short horns and crosses; from other parts of England, 1,200 of various breeds; from Scotland, 50 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, 172 oxen and heifers. There was rather a large supply of sheep in the pens. Prime Downs, half-breds, &c., were in fair request, at full quotations. - Other breeds of sheep moved off slowly, at about previous currencies. Lambs—the show of which was tolerably good—sold at previous rates, but the demand for them was by no means active. About 800 came to hand from Ireland. The veal trade was far from brisk, yet prices were sup ported. Foreign calves came freely to hand. We had a slight improvement in the pork trade, at full quotations. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. B. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 2 8 3 0 Primecrs-wool do. 4 2 4 4 Second qualitydo. 3 2 3 6 Pme. S'thdowndo. 4 8 6 0 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 2 Large crse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 4 4 6 Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 2 3 6 Large hogs 3 0 3 6 Second quality do. 38 4 0 Small porkers Lambs, 4s 8d to 6s Od. Suckling calves, 18s to 22s ; and quarter •old store pigs, 18s to 225. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 4,920 Beasts 1,390 Sheep and lambs 31,150 Sheep Calves Pigs 4OO Pigs A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on Monday, Aug. 9, 1858, and this day, Mondax, Aug. 8, 1859. , Per 81bs, to sink the offals. Aug. 9, 1858. Aug. 8, 1859. s d. s. d. 5. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts . . Second quality ditto 3 4 3 8 3 2 3 6 Prime large oxen 3lO 4 2 3 8 4 2 Prime Scots, &c. . . . Coarse and inferior ;hcep . . 210 3 0 3 2 3 6 Second quality ditto . . . . 3 2 3 B'3 8 4 0 Prime coarse-woolled ditt o . .3 10 4 2 4 2 4 4 Prime Southdown ditto . . Lambs Large coarse calves . . . •3 10 4 2 4 0 4 6 Prime small ditto Large hogs Neat small por st kers . . . 650 4 4 3 8 4 6 8ea54,20 Sheep and lambs • . . . 28 , ,100 31,1 9 50 Calves . . ..... 382 332 Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, Aug. 10, 1857.---Beasts, 4,011; sheep and lambs, 25,070; calves, 285; pigs, 290. Aug. 13, 1856.—Beasts, 4,237; sheep and lambs, 23,290; calves, 301; pigs, 689. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat here to -day are moderately good. Prime beef, mutton, veal, and pork are in steady request, at very full prices; otherwise the demand rules inactive, at late currencies. Per Sibs. by the Carcass. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beef 2 10 to 3 0 Infr. Mutton. 3 2to 3 6 Mid. do 3 2to 3 6 Mid. do .... 3 Bto 4 0 Pm.largedo 3 Bto 3 10 Prime do. .. 4 2to 4 4 Do. small do 4 oto 4 2 j Veal 4 oto 4 8 Large pork.. 0 oto 0 0 Small pork Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 2d. BOROUGH HOP. As the plantation accounts continue favourable, the de mand for all kinds of hops is heavy, at next to nominal quotations. Duty, £260,000 Mid and East Kent pockets Bos to 135 s per cwt. Weald of Kent do 6os to 75s „ Sussex do s6s to 65s „ BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supplies of home-grown potatoes have rather in creased, but their general quality is by no means first-rate. The demand may be considered steady. York Regents are selling at from 1100 s to 140 s, and Shaws 70s to 90s per ton. IDS. Linseed has been in modes been well supported. New r full prices. Canary is a slow the value of other seeds no nu Cakes command very little ati furnip,White,p.bus.l2s to 14s Swede Mustard, Brown Bs Ilsi White, new 14s 20s Tares, Spring, new.. 9r6d 12s Old —s —s Canary, per quarter 56s 76s Rye grass, new 22s 26s Clover, Red Eng., et. —s —s i White Foreign Red —s i White —s —s Trefoil, new. Ito request, and late rates have apeseed moves off steadily, at inquiry, on former terms. In aerial change has taken place. ,ention. Carraway 4os to 43s Coriander Hempseed, per qr 30a 38s Linseed,Eng.sowing 74a 76s Crushing -s —s Baltic —s —s Odessa Linseed Cake, p. ton English £lO Os £lO 5s Foreign, p ton £9 Os £lO 5s Rape Cakes,p. ton 4 15s 5 58 Rapeseed, p. qr..... 61s 74s WOOL MARKET. The public sales of colonial wool are still largely attended by buyers, and the biddings continue active, at fully the advance already noticed. Sydney.—Clean sheep's ha s so ld at from is 61d t o 2 s 8 d ; scoured, is 7d to 2s 5d ; skin, is to is 7}d; broken, lid to is 2d; grease, Is' ld to Is 4d. Port Philip.--Clean sheep's, is 8d to 3s 6td ; scoured, Is 4d to 2s 8d ; handwashed, is 9d to 2s 2d ; lambs', is 7d. to 2s 4d; skin, ls 8d to 1 8 .1 1 d; pieces, & c., l a to is" 10d. Van Dieman's Land. —Clean sheep's, Is 10d to 3s 2d ; handwashed, Is 7d t o 2 s 6 d; lambs', 2s 2d to 3s; locks and pieces, is 5d to is Ild. Adelaide.—Scoured sheep's, Is 6d to 2s 3d ; clean do., is 40 to 2s 3d ; lambs', is 7d to 2s; grease, 11Id to is 2. Cape.—Clean sheep's, is 6d to TALLOW Since Monday last the transactions in our market have been by no means numeroul ; prices, however, have had an upward tendency. To-day, P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 55s ; for the last three months, 568 per cwt. ; rough fat, 2s 101 d per Sibs. 11858. 1850. I 1835. 1857. 1859. Stock this day.... 42,202 11,738 11,669 14,222 22,359 Price of Y. C. j 55s 3d to 53s Od to 59s 9d to 48s 6d to 55s Od to sOd sOd —8 )11 —s Od —s Od Delivery last week 2,599 2,033 2,601 2,526 1,402 Ditto from June 1 17.986 21,556 14,486 13,5 4 9,354 Arrivals last week • 781 1,566 1,031 2,282 1,329 Ditto from June 1 12,473 15,585 13,211 16,199 18,632 Price of Town .... 56s 6cl 54s 3d 61s Od 508 Od 55s Od STATEMENT OF TALLOW SHIPPING AT ST. PETERSBURG. Tallow despathed from Cronstadt 1859. 1858. 1857. to July 13, 0. 8. (estimated at 25 Casks. Casks. Casks poods to the cask) 22,808 13,315 (3,025 In ships loading and lighters 2,G34 2,878 1,957 Total loaded off from St. Pet ers b urg, July 15, 0. S 25,472 16,261 8,58? Do. after this date Total at the close of the navigation 112,012 103,76 _....___ London Liverpool 313 Bristol Other English ports Ireland— 109 Scotland . Germany, France 2,404 1,194 Total . 8 0 4 201 672 517 14 223 22,808 13,385 6,625 LA IF INTELLIGENCE.-(711.11 S DAY. HOUSE OF LORDS-APPEALS. Peers present—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Cranworth, Lord Kingsdown, and other peers. SIR ISAAC L. GOLDSMID, BART., AND ANOTHER V. CAZENOVE et al. This is an appeal from a decision of Mr. Commissioner Perry, of Liverpool, rejecting a double proof of debt on the bankrupt estate of a Liverpool firm, carrying on business in Brazil and Liverpool. The Lords Justices reversed the decision of the Commissioner, and allowed a double proof on both estates. The appellant appealed against this deci . sion. The case was proceeding when we went to press. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) THE METROPOLITAN SALOON OMNIBUS COMPANY-AP• FOINTALENT OF OFFICIAL LIQUIDATOR. This was a meeting for the appointment of an officia liquidator under an order of this Court for winding up the affairs of the above company. The facts of the case have been very fully published, and although a long discussion ensued no new fact was elicittd, and Mr. George Wm. Jones, news agent, of Finch-lane and Hammersmith, the holder of 456 shares, was nominated by 93 shareholders representing about 7,000 shares—and there was no counter nomination. Mr. Lloyd Jones, a shareholder, submitted that an ad journment ought to take place, as he insisted that no proper accounts had been submitted to the creditors for two years past. Mr. Vining, for the directors, denied this, and said ac counts had been made up to February, HA and that sub sequently it had been agreed that no further accounts should be made out pending an arbitration between the Saloon Company and M‘Namara's Company. After a desultory discussion, Mr Lloyd Jones not being prepared to make any nomination, His Honour appointed Mr. George William Jones as the J liquidator, It was stated in the course- of the proceedings that the busineas of the company had been carried on up to the present time, but a meeting would be held this afternoon with a view of disposing of the stock. IN RE J. CLARKE, This bankrupt was described as of King's Lynn, Norfolk, victualler, and came up and passed his examination on 'accounts prepared by Messrs. Hart Brothers. The debts are stated at £3,734. To creditors holding security, £2,680; profits, being about four quarters, £4,960. Creditor—By good debts, £159 ; property, £480; ditto, held by creditors, £2,566 ; trade expenses, £4,801; house ditto, £1,804,; losses, £979 ; deficiency, October, 1854, £977. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) MARLBO ROUGH-STREET. THE liNtrt.—A DANGEROUS FELLOW.—Joseph Giar deli, an Italian figure-maker, residing at 12, Mortimer market, was charged before Mr. Beadon with assaulting and attempting to stab Peter Slack, a working man, of 4, Market-street, Fitzroy-square. Peter Slack, the complainant, said that on Saturday he was at the Lamb public-house, Hertford-street, and sepa rated prisoner and another man, who were fighting in the street, and then returned to the house. The prisoner fol lowed him in with this knife (produced) in his hands, and he rushed at him, slightly scratching him on the arm. He (complainant) seized him and held him down, and the knife was taken from him. William Goff, another working man, said he saw the priioner rush at Slack with the knife in his hand. A man stopped him, and the knife went through his hand. He (witness) took the knife from him. Mr. Beadon cautioned the prisoner not to let his Italian blood get the better of him, as in this country when a knife was used in such a skirmish the person so doing would be invariably punished. Ordered to find two sureties of £lO each to keep the peace. THAMES. AN INCORRIGIBLE TRIM—THREE CONVICTIONS.— Rachael Catlin, aged 38, and described as a gas glass fitter, of No. 4, French-alley, Aldersgate-street, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing one quart pot, and four pint pots, the property of a licensed victualler and two beer-shop keepers. George Palmer, a police constable, No. 208, K, stated that he met the prisoner in Church row, Stepney, carrying the basket which he now produced. It was a largo market basket. He was induced to stop the prisoner and to ask her what she had got there, when she replied, " What I have got there is my own." He opened the basket in which he found a quart pot, and asked the prisoner how she accounted for it, the prisoner said, " I don't know how it came there; some one must have put it there, I know nothing about it." He searched the basket a second time, and found in it four pint pots. The prisoner said she knew nothing at all about them. He locked her up, and went to her lodgings, at No. 4, French -alley, Aldersgate-street, where he discovered the lid of a tin saucepan. It had been used for melting down publican's measures and pots. There wore particles of pot metal adhering to the lid. Several officers said that the prisoner had been some time in the practice of waiting upon licensed victuallers and beershop-keepers and soliciting orders for gas-light glasses, and her visits in numberless instances had been followed by the loss of pots and measures. She had been in custody once before. Mr. G. Matthews, landlord of the White Swan public house, High-street, Shadwell, recollected seeing the pri soner in his house. One of the pint pots now produced was his property, and worth Is. He had been a great sufferer, and had lost a great many pots. Mr. Richard Lowe, of the Champion beershop, in Bell lane, Stepney, identified the quart pot taken from the pri soner's basket; and Francis Lawrence, of the Fountain, Mile-end-road, owned two of the pint pots. Both wit nesses had seen the prisoner in their houses, and had frequently lost similar property. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and begged for mercy. She said she was " a poor lone woman." Mr. Selfe said he had no doubt whatever that the pri soner was a professional pot stealer, and had been so for some time, and he would put a stop to her depredations and, relieve li cense d v i ctuallers and others of her visits for some time. He convicted her of larceny and sentenced her to nine months' imprisonment and hard labour, or three months for stealing each pot that had been identified. If she was brought before him again, he would commit her to the Sessions for trial. THE HULL MURDER. - EXECUTION AT YORK. The execution of John Riley, for the murder of his wife at Hull, by cutting her throat, took place at noon, on Saturday last, on the scaffold in front of York Castle. Since his condemnation the criminal received un remitting attention from the chaplain of the Castle, under whose Christian ministrations he was brought to a w f ull l placed, appreciation and ak o of the owl e a d w g f e u d l p theo s i i t o z n t i e n e w o f h ic h he the sentence which he had to undergo. At 12 o'clock at noon, the hour fixed for the execution, the solemn procession appeared upon the scaffold, to which place the culprit walked with a firm step. As soon as he arrived at the front of the drop he turned round to the chaplain, and falling upon his knees, listened with great attention to the burial service, at the conclusion of which he offered up a prayer. The fatal knot was then adjusted, the bolt drawn, and the unfortunate man launched into eternity. His struggles were not severe, and he appeared to die in about two minutes. After hanging the usualy time the body was cut down and interred within the precincts of the castle in accordance with the terms of the sentence passed upon him by Mr. Justice Hill. No formal confession was made, though the com mittal of the act which the culprit has expiated was never denied; but, on the contrary, the justness of the sentence was frequently acknowledged. HUDDERSFIELD.—The committee have decided that Mr. Leatham was duly elected. T EDITION. SUN OFFIC_E, Seven o LEWES RACES.—(This Day.) • • T WO-YR-OLD STAKES. Colleen Bawn Paleface Blue Ru'n Six ran. LEWES FREE HANDICAP Wild Rose • - Yorkshire Grey Gala colt. Seven ran. TRIAL STAKES. Blackthorn walked over BIENNIAL STAKES. Stolzeufels. Lupellus Zenobia Blackthorn . Mushroom . The Antler Seven ran. ARISTOCRATIC PLATE. 3 Seven ran. [COUNTY PLATE. Pactolus ... Nutfield .. . Knockburn . Five ran 2 3 WOLVE_RHAJIPTON RACES.—(This Day, Polly Taft Orleans ... (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LADIES' PURSE. Gwellyon. Little Bell Three ran. \VROTTESLEY STAKES Gaspard Nosegay Mooreock • Five ran. WOLVERHAMPTON STAKES, Nine ran. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—(This EVENING). Their Lordships assembled at a quarter past four. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal assent was given by commission to the fol lowing bills : The Admiralty Courts', Jury Trial (Scotland) Act Amendment ; Diplomatic Pensions ; Criminal Justices (Middlesex Assistant-Judge) ; Pawnbrokers ; Boundaries (Ireland) ; Chief • Super intendent of China . Speaker of the Legislative Council of Canada ; Militia Ballot Suspension ; Court of Probate and Divorce ; Local Government Supplemental ; Colonial Legislature (Power of Appeal), Barbuda Govern ment, Vexatious Indictments, Charing-cross Railway, Lands' Improvement Company, Scottish Central Railway, Sheerness Railway (additional capital), North Eastern and Beydale and Leybourne Companies Amalgamation, Finford Bridge and Banbury Road, West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway (No. 1), Eastbourne Water, North Eastern Railway (Harrowgate Branch), South Yorkshire Railway and River Dun Canal Companies, Hereford Rail way, and the Earl of Kintore's Estate Bill. THIRD READINGS On the motion of Lord REDESDALE the following bills were read a third time :—Waveney Valley, Kensington Station, and North and South Junction Railway Amend ment, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Rochdale and Rayton Branches,) Midland Railway, Erewash Valley Amendment, Falkirk Police and Improvement, Central Wales Railway, Mid-Sussex and Midhurst Junction Railway, Wells and Fakenham Railway, West London Railway, Bridport Railway. POLICE (BOROUGHS AND COUNTIES) BILL. Lord CRAN WORTH presented a petition, complaining of certain provisions in this bill. Lord NORMANBBY said he had received information to the effect that the act would work unfavourably. THE TREATY OF VILLAFRANCA. The Marquis of lk ORMANBY rose to ask a question of her Majesty's Government as to the, project of peace trans • witted to them by the Austrian Government previous to the preliminaries of Villafranca, and also to inquire whether there could be any objection to the production of any official communication frOm the Secretary of State to her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris on the subject. The noble lord said the information on the transaction being so scant, he was desirous of obtain ing some information on the subject, and as affairs now stood, the neutral conduct of Great Britain was not very highly applauded ; neither did he think that any evi dence of that bona fide neutral policy, which it had been stated would be the • guiding principle of the present Administration, • had been given; and unless the noble earl near him (Granville) could answer his question clearly and decisively by stating that he had evidence in his possession, evidence which show that England had no share in making the peace, he should think most certainly that the Emperor Napoleon was quite justified in bringing the war to a conclusion in the manner he had done. The noble lord then proceeded to recapitulate the circumstances which led to the outbreak of the war between Austriaand Sardinia, and read a number of extracts from the despatches written by Lord J. Russell to the Minister at Berlin, some of which, he conteded, con tain errors both of fact and reasoning, and also that the noble lord throughout the whole of the negotiations had taken what he considered a one-sided view of the question. The noble lord, during his short residence in Italy, had derived some information on. Italian affairs, but it was obtained from small, clever, and intellectual enthusiasts, who were not altogether the persons to conduct events of such importance as had of late transpired. The noble lord next alluded to the report that the Grand Duke of Tuscany had ordered the bombardment of Tuscany, and said he was of opinion, from the informa tion he had received, that the charge was utterly false. [LEFT SITTING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(Tms EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. HUDDERSFIELD ELECTION. Mr. H. HERBERT, the chairman of the committee appointed to try the merits of the petition against the re turn of Mr. Leatham announced that the committee had decided that the hon. member was duly returned. They had also come to the resolution that certain parties had been bribed, but without the hon. gentleman's knowledge, and that the same persons should be struck off the register of voters. COMMISSION. The Deputy Usher of the Black Rod summoned the house to attend at the bar of the House of Lords to hear the royal assent given, by commission, to several bills (for which see Lords' report.) On the return of the Speaker the House resumed. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were con sidered and agreed to :—Chichester Harbour Embankment; Colne Valley and Halstead Railway; Herne Bay and Fa versham Railway (Margate Extension) • Lancashire and Yorkshire and E a st L ancas hi re Railway dompanies ; Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax ;unction Railway ; Maltraeth and Corsddaugau Marsh; Norwich and Spalding Railway; Nuneaton and Hinckley Railway •, Tendring Hundred Railway, and Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway. The amendments to the following bills were also agreed to :—Berks and Hants Extension Railway, British and Canadian Telegraph Company, South Staffordshire Rail way. Itobins's Estate Bill (Lords) was considered. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented in favour of the adoption of the design of Mr. Scott, for the New Foreign-offices, and the sale of Gas Bill. THE BUILDERS' STRIKE Mr. EDWilCf.lAiigttvenoticethaT • he would ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he Would have any objection to state what occurred to• day in reference to a deputation of metropolitan builders who waited on him with respect to the present strike. OFFICERS IN THE INDIAN ARMY. In reply to Col. SI - I(Es, Sir •C. 'WOOD, who was most imperfectly heard, was understood to say that there were some inequalities in the service alluded to, and that the subject would be consi dered. NATIONAL DEFENCES, Sir F. SMITH asked the Secretary foe 'War whether the Royal Commissioners to inquire into the defences of the country had been appointed, and whether there was any probability of their making a report before the prorogation of Parliament; and, if not, whether, on the recommenda tion of the commissioners, her Majesty's Government would feel at liberty to suspend any works which have been al ready authorised by Parliament, or to commence without such authority, any other works which the commissioners may represent to be of an urgent character. Mr. S. HERBERT said that the commission had been appointed, and would shortly present their report. Mr. O'CONNELL asked the Secretary for War whether he waq prepared to introduce a regulation to enable Roman Catholic soldiers to attend mass on. the holidays of their Church, when they could do so without interference with their military duties ? Mr. S. HERBERT said that, according to the regulations of the service, Roman Catholic soldiers were permitted to attend their own places of worship, when they could do so without interfering with their duty. BUSINESS_ OF THE HOUSE. Lord PALMERSTCN moved that the orders of the day should be postponed until the motion of the noble lord (Elcho), in reference to Italy, should be disposed of ; and suggested that, in order to facilitate business, the house should meet to-morrow at one o'clock. The motion was agreed to, ITALY. . Lord ELCHO moved that an humble address be pre sented to her Majesty, stating that in the opinion of this house it would be consistent neither with the honour nor dignity of this country, which throughout the late negotia tions had preserved a strict and impartial neutrality between the contending Powers, and u se d i ts earnest endeavours to prevent the outbreak of hostilities, to take part in any con ference for the purpose of settling the details of a peace the preliminaries of whi c h h a d been arranged between the Emperor of the French and the Emperor of Austria. He brought forward this motion in compliance with the wishes of a number of persons who thought that the subject to which it referred should receive more ample discussion, and he dis claimed any intention of being actuated by party feelings. Ho said he believed there were parties who sympathised with Italy in her struggles and aspirations, but who did not consider that a despotic sovereign was the proper med a ni n n! of conferring freedom on the people of that countg ;,. a _u_ others who were anxious to see the object of the ..- I tai c i on ns . accomplished, no matter through whose agency. ne act of the sidered that the war was not precipitated by anueYconclusicn Emperor of Austria, but that it was a fo ii re e g on the part of France and Sardinia, and d a course of pro for years past this latter power had pursued articles which vocation and insult. He referred to the B , :ontended that any Lombards to revolt. He deprecated . ap peared in the Piedmontese press in l s m 7 os s t ti s ni tr ul on a g ti l n y g armed interference by a foreign State in. the affairs of the , ness. [LEFT SPEAKING.] SPORTING NOTES. PAST AND TO COME. A severe attack of what may not inappropriately be termed the " Goodwood Fever" prevented my bestowing proper attention on the racing in Sussex. Much as I wished to demonstrate the shrewdness of the Yankees, and greatly as klkired to sketch the fun and enjoyment of Brighton, I was unable to gratify my inclination. I have, therefore, long arrears of gossip and small talk to settle, and I will pay them by instalments. Bookmakers are not likely to let the racing at Goodwood fade soon from their memory. However much they might wish to forget it, the great hole which it made in their bankers' account will take a long tinie to.Ml up, and will serve to keep the memory of their losses alive. The, Americans made their Ling-premedi tated coup, and certain holders of " paper," which were being looked-upon, almost as worthless as Pensylvanian Bonds, were cheered .by the prospect of their increased value. The meeting was prin cipally remarkable for the extraordinary good two-year-olds which it brought out; and, from the admiration which they excited, we may expect a Derby which will be productive of much specula tion. Such a fine furnished youngster as. Nut bourne I have not seen for several rears. Brighton wz s, as . characterised by its crowds, its Aunt. Sallys, and its thorough pleasant- The racing was not important. The supply was satisfactory, but the sport possessed only a transient interest. Still, I cannot withhold my meed of praise from the committee for the admirable manner in which their arrangements were carried out. Sporting men have had little breathing time be ween the Saturday and. Monday, and ere these cotes are placed before the reader the racing ball will have been set a-rolling again in earnest. I trust that the civil little clerk of the course at Lewes will meet with that support which his exertions to ensure a . pleasant and successful gathering merit. He has an uphill battle to fight, for by this time turfites must be weary of their sojourn on the Sussex coast and listening to what the wild waves are saying, especially, as a prosaic racing man remarked, they will not give them the " tip" for the St. Leger, or tell them what will win the Cesalewitch and Cambridgeshire. I can now only refer to the second half of the Lewes programme,. and as I am writing some dis tance from London, I have only my judgment and not the money market movements to guide me. I am puzzled to select a winner for the Nursery Stakes; that there is a " good thing" for it I am convinced, but it is difficult to spot it. The Concertina colt and Brine seem to me to be as trust worthy as anything. New Br*ton and Ferns combe shall be my champions fotht4e De Warrenne Handicap. Few meetings are more entitled to an extended popularity than that which is annually celebrated at Wolverhampton. The committee are zealous and anxious in the cause of sport, tney cordially cooperate to advance the prosperity of their under taking, and are not discouraged by the difficulties whioh they annually encounter. Metropolitan sportsmen have seldom an opportunity of assisting at their gathering, which invariably takes place when there is mettle equally attrac tive nearer their own homes. Still, by the Midland division of tutfites the Wolverhampton meeting is not likely to be neglected. The events on which I am about to pronounce judgment will be materially affected by the result of the first day's races. Ancient Briton and Twilight are, in my opinion, the most entitled to support for the Holyoake Stakes. If Oxford be not sent to Lewes, he and Predictor will, in l g f t a o n n rforroedmuocest Stakespl a cesChill f I o r s h t a h l e l assign to Aston. taokeecsu.pyTthi the The 'Cup seems a " certainty" for Newcastle, for whom, at Goodwood, Lord Stamford gave £1,500. For the Nursery Stakes, The Earl of Essex and Be Quick attract my notice. I shall " stand" Vigo and Circassia for the Borough Members' Plate. Great preparations are being made at Reading for the celebration of their meeting on Wednesday and Thursday; and, if the reports which have reached me be true, the officials will be much " put about" to get through their list, and provide accommodation for the multitude of people that will re-assemble on their small and pretty course. Broadstairs• A FRESH MAN. —— - THE ALPACAS IN AUSTRALIA.—The Sydney Morning Herald contains an interesting resume of the pro ceedings connected with the removal and ultimate purchase by New South Wales of Mr. Ledger's flock of alpacas. Mr. Ledger had received for his services the slender reward of an appointment as superintendent of alpacas —a somewhat novel post. The satisfactory assurance is at the same time given that the government have no idea of entering into competition with other wool growers, but merely intend to take charge of the flock until it shall be sufficiently nume rous to be really useful. We cannot help regarding the history of this e nterprise—involving as it does an immedi ate outlay of £15,000, a sum by no means inconsiderable to a colony—as creditable tin the highest degree, to the libe rality and sagacity of the people and legislature.—Austra lian Mail. ROGER, THE FRENCH TENOR.--Roger, the celebrated t enor s i nger of the French opera, met with a . most serious acc id ent a few days ago. He was shooting in and having the park o f hi s country residence, at Villers-sur-Me, vill l g Vhn he with seizede the gun occasionhe climb o over the hedge, e.rehedge, edg his right hand. In so doin g it wou ld seem t h at the trigger e left his gun e gun by the ex t rem it y o f th e b arre l hedge, the gun went off, and the charge summoned with arm. Doctor s L a b or i e a nd Hugul ier were ation they found the bones to be so terribly shattered glgeodrgeeaduinght Roger's int the e all possible speed, and on examination indispensable. Rogeri m w ith admirable fortitude. His: d to b e as sa ti s f ac t ory ass medi n :a t s n ely to render eubmitte am d p t u o tat t io h n , the. operation, and bore it condition is reported possible. Roger had d eclined to perform in ther singular fatality, for which he had been announc e d on fly ~evening " Huguenots,' , on The Gazette des Theatres mentions that, by a* evening of the day which this accident o ccurre d . H i s of Madame Borghi-Mauro. H e d evoted his dis: T's holiday to the unfortunate reas on for excusing himself was his wi s h t o susta i n ti 3.0 shooting p ar t y , w hi ch led tot „he p ch es a ra ra e ct e e e rof Fernando in the " Favorita," for the last a, p calamity above related. Roger displayed great cours ge . After the accident he walked ho me , an d summoned the surgeons. On their arrival they declared it to be a ser::, ous cage. "Do you mean that I shall di e ?" i nquired Rog .er. "No; but—" " Must I lose my arm ?" "It must be amputated." "Do it," was the prompt reply. When 1 he operation was over he said, "I am now Roger the nyu, ti lated."--Bulletin. Yesterday Morning the Rey. P. I. Aldrich, * of Pembroke College, Cambridge, preached an t able sermon at St. Matthew's Chapel, Spring-gfArdens, of which he is the assistant minister, in aid of the parochial schools of St. Martin-in-tite-fields. Austrian nation, and considered that the French, might with equal propriety have rendered the Irish the assistan ce solicited by Mr. Smith O'Brien at the time of the last dis turbance in , Ireland, as sidel with• Sardinia in the recent hostilities. With regard to. the subject of his motion it did not appear to him that the present - Government were disposed to maintain the same strict neutrality adopted by their predecessors, but would enter the conference in the spirit of advocates and partisans. He maintained that non-intervention was the proper policy to be pursued by this country ; by which he did not mean that we were to roll ourselves up like a hedgehog and exhibit no interest in whet was taking place on the continent, but merely that we should -interfere only when our own interests were concerned. .He referred them to the speechdelivered by the late Sir Robert Peel, shortly before his death, to show • the identity of the feelings of that great statesman with his own with regard to the policy of non-intervention. He could not tee what advantage this country could derive from taking part in the coming conference, considering the complicated and conflicting interests that were involved. If they entered into the conference they inevitably and logically placel themselves in a situation of difficulty and peril. Suppose they had confidence in the Emperor of the French; then they might be satisfied that the interests of Italy would be protected ; but, afortiori, if--they had not that confidence then, though they might come out -.X the conference as the friends of Italy, the French alliance would bo enflengered, if not altogether destroyed. (Hear, -hear.) Tlewould not sherifi ce everything, for the maintenance of that alliance, but he considered that we should abstain from any interference in this question. If, however, the Government entered the conference with out any feelings of partisanship, he trusted . their efforts would be attended-with beneficial results. The noble lord concluded by an eloquent appeal 'to the house, in which he reitera!ed his principal points. - Mr. KINGLAKE, as an amendment to the motion of the noble lord, moved the previous question. He thought ad vising the Government as the noble lord had done • by his motion, would, if agreed to, , look very much like expressing a want of confidence "in " her Majesty's advisers, and no one could accede to it consistently who was not prepared to vote such want of confidence if required to express an opinion: He thought it would be most im politic, as well as most unjust, to come to any such vote as the noble lOrd wished them virtually to do; and, as matters stood, events might very shortly occur which would • have the effect of entirely altering that noble lord's sentiments. Besides, English statesmen had not distinguished themselves in congress, and in support of his position referred to the congresses of Venice and Verona in which th e repu t a ti on o f some of most distinguished statesmen of this country was wrecked. He considered that the hour had arrived when France and Austria should no longer proceed uponihe principle of pot titioning by p o'ocols, and without reference to the feel ings of those States. St a il ley 14 31 I 74 1 1 ! 6 3 1 1 35f 1041 i