The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-06 00:00:00

.PIONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Bank of England return, issued last evening, for the week ending the 3d inst., shows that the in creased demand for money has created an augmen tation in the stock of other securities. The circu lation both of notes and gold has been stimulated and the effect is seen in the decline in the reserve of notes, and also in the bullion. The general ap pearance of the statement indicates greater firmness in the money market, as will be seen by the sub joined particulars : Active Circulation . . . . . . £22,311,820 Increase .. 470,805 Bullion . . . . . . . . . . 17,330, 336 Decrease .. " 132,264 Rest 3,346,135 Increase .. 25,927 Public Deposits 5 323 259 Increase 304,803 Other Deposits 14,351,004 Decrease .. . • 556 ,77 3 Seven Day and other Bills 818,747 Increase .. 527 Government Securities .. 11,208,572 Increase .. 37,892 Other Sec ur iti es 17 690 057 Increase 339,661 Notes Un em pl oye d 8,889,920 Decrease .. • • 582,760 There is s till a very active demand for money, and the rates of discount are tending upwards, 21 per cent. being the general quotation for good com mercial bills. This movement has induced the lea ding discount firms, including Messrs. Overend, G urney, and Co., and Messrs. Alexander Etna Co., I° increase the interest they allow for deposits, With seven days' notice of withdrawal, viz., to 2 per cent. If the inquiry should be maintained the quotations may soon attain a higher point, and the opinion is already expressed that the minimum will "u shortly carried to 3 per cent. A general advance was apparent in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. There were no bullion operations at the Bank of England yesterday. To -day a call of £1 per share, or £6,500, is due on the Cork and Youghal Railway. Accounts from Liverpool report that in the Cotton Market yesterday a moderate degree of activity prevailed, and previous rates were gene ral current. The sales were 8,000 bales. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £1,478,665, and the exports £522,684, Tendon of the following shipments direct from .L 'eudon to the Continent during the week ending Thursday last : Gold coin.. Boulogne 1) Calais 2BO oz. )1 Bars Cadiz .. 4,800 oz. Mogadore Silv4 coin " .. Boulogne Calais If Belgium. Mogadore .. 260 oz. ~ Bars Boulogne... .. 2,000 oz. Very little business has been recorded in the r llarket for English Securities, but increased buoy 411eY has been apparent. The Funds are 1 per c r ,, e nt- bett er th an th e y were yesterday morning, C onsols being 951 8 for money and the 9th inst., utid 9 51 for September. The continued improve -111. e nt in the Paris Bourse has exerted a favourable Influence, and foreign stocks, as well as railway are also firmer. The New Threes have im proved to 95.1, f' i ; and the Reduced to 951 ; and t zeheq uer Bill s t o 27 5 . an d 30 s . p rem . ; I n dia the Debentures, 1859, have receded to 931, but Lee Bonds are firm at 3s. dis. In Foreign Securities the transactions have been rather limited ; prices, however, show an improve etit- Turkish 6 per Cents. have advanced to 83 4II4)1 85 ; ditto New to 72 to 74; Peruvian 41 per Cents. to 911 921 ; ditto 3 per Cents. to 701 ; Ven ezuelan New 22 per Cents. are steady, at 291 ti ; 4 ° 1 per Cents. ar3 firm at 151, and Russian 4 Per Cents. at 991. Spanish 3 per Cents. are flat at 44 1. In the R a ilway Sha r e Market the transactions have been rather numerous, and prices in most in tallees have improved. South-Western, Midland, " ° rth-Eastern (York), and South-Eastern, im proved as. ; Eastern Counties, 10 s. ; Great Western • _▪ , Lancashire and Yorkshire, 15s. ; and North "tern, 15s. ; and Bristol and Exeter, £l. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have also bee nat slightly advanced rates. Lombardo-Vene tan Old Shar es h ave r i sen t o 108 11, an d th e New hares to 107; Great Luxembourg brought 67 ; 'A• lubre and Meuse, 9, ; East Indian advanced to "neat Grand Trunk of Canada to 34 and 34k, and Western of Canada were steady, at 14-1 141. lola Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares 4111 rather inactive, at about yesterday's closing 9.4lotations. London and County have declined 1°11 .; Ottoman Bank, ss. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 1 k , l , ir Cent. Reduced Annuities 9sa i 1 Ner Cent. C onso l s A nnu iti es 95f f i 3 per Cent. Annuities D Stock b t i p h it L ti o o , e an be lB ll s s 9 tur crip es ' 1858 93f 3 d console for Account (Aug. 9) II FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 2lan 5 per Cent. :all 4± per Cent lo3k Ditto Ditto Accoupt 3 per Cent. olyi s t.te Ac,count • "'4, B . l ati, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — 810 a Aiitto 4i per Cent.• 99± ~._ . per e a t. 44f 4:lllitts:°llohAN3 67l3.lll l C),C' :) e a n ia t . 83 21 4 vDitto Accoant t e t zue,,lan 5 per Cent. — Di t° -"exv 2± per Cent. tts 1 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9si I Ditto Account THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. • Lo North Aug 6.—Wind this day at noon, West - with ,Westerl occasionalYsh ;* moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, owers. j irPoE.rsatouni, Aug s.—Wind W.—Arrived—Her 4Laesty's steamerMt Pore - upine, from Sheerness for PIy ...PREFAB; Aug. 4.—Wi n d S.W.—Sailed—Owen, for m araraichi ; Sif, for Quebec. CLYDE, Aug. s . —Wind W.—Arrived—Mary Leonard, and G. Bradford, frem St. John's, New Brunswick ; Glen cairn, from Q ue b ec . QUEENSTO WN , Aug 4 . —Wind W., blowing strong f ed Arrivedor New —Rob ertYork nestle, from Clyde to Bo s t on , l ea ky, and sail . SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. s. —Wind W.S.W.—Sailed— Phoebe, steamer, for the C a p e o f G Hope from Queb e c.. od Aug.ug. s. —Wind W.—Arrived—Rivolen, HULL, Aug. s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived— Ta Hella s , fr om ti anrog. ARDIFF, Aug s. —Wind W.—Sailed—Kate Swanken, for the Cape of Good Hope. SWANSEA, Aug s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived— Schneider , from Cuba. Sailed—Attila, for Quebec ; Tern- Plar, for Lisbon. AugLAMLASH, g S,W.—Sailed—Princes s Louisa, for Buenos Ayres; Polly, for Quebec; Envoy, ditto. PORTRUSH, Aug. 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Eagle, fl'ora Quebec. BELFAST LOUGH, Aug. 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived— Ranger, fror New York, wind bound. (EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning Wind W. -A-rrivd, Aug 6—Monarch of the Sea, from St. John's INew Brnswick. (aT SITBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday morning. Wind S .ide, three hour's ebb ; weather fins. Arrived Ag Eliza Nelsen, from Lagos ; Delia, from Quebec, ' Aug,-. Wind iv, moderote. t erdara Passed —Ad o E lizabeth, barque, from Batavia for Ito ; 110 days' passage. DEAL, Saturday Morning. EXECUTION FOR MURDER.—Carey and Picket, the two men convicted at the last Lincolnshire assizes for the Murder of Mr. Wm. Stevenson, of Sibsey, in that County, were executed yesterday mor.ning at Lincoln Castle. The separation of the prisoners from their friends took place oh Thursday last, when Picket's relatives bid him a final adieu. Carey's sister visited her brother for the last time cql. Wednesday. At 11 o'clock on Friday morning Carey and Picket attended the chapel. At about 12 o'clock the Procession was formed, and shortly after that time the • Wretched culprits and attendants ascended the scaffold. Intense excitement was manifested upon the faces of the tnultitude—about 25,000. Picket when he first got upon the platform looked around him, but seeing the concourse theeople, held his head down. The caps were placed over r faces, and in a few moments both ceased to exist. Picket struggled for about two minutes, but Carey appeared to be dead at once. An immense concourse of people went to Lincoln by rail, and in all kinds of vehicles, but of the hemense crowd there were, comparatively speaking, but few women. After the execution the crowd dispersed. A con fession has been made, which will be read before the magis tratea and then given to the public journals. PREFERENCE SHARES. Share' Railways. Blythe and Tyne 1( pert e. pref. (issued at £5O) Bris. & Exet.4p.et.Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO 44 per cent! Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc Do. do. 5 p. ct. Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c.l Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 pc F. Conn. Ex. 5 pet. No.l Do. do.. N 0.2 Do. New 6 per ct. Stock !Eastern Union, 4 per et. 'East Lane. 6 per et E.& W. York. Jen. fifths! Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares; Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent 1 Glas. &S West. a. spc : Great Northern, 5 p. et ! Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm I Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf f Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. e'.;. pref. Stock Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct. Do. Redeemable, 44 p et. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do. Irredeemable, do. . Do. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares ,Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.e.pf. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock)Stock 100 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock shares Do. do. 5 p. et. pref Do Binning. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stockt L on. & Brig.spc. gu. No.l 'Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 21 Do. New gua., 6 p. et Do. do. 5 p. e. No. 4 Lon.& N.W.Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. et. ........ 'Lon &S, W, 7 p.ct. stock, Stock Stock' Stock! Stock! Stock; Stock! Stock Stook : 124 12 Stock late3d shares Londondy & Cole, shs Londondy.& Enni' sh Man.,Sh.. & Lin., 6 p. ct, Do. £6 Do. 3} per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c IDo. 4 per cent Stock 124 124 , Stock Stock Stock Do - Mid. Con. 6 p. e. Stock . Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct.i Do. 4i p. c. pref. stock 1 Do. with option till 1860 i Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. Newport,Aber,&c. pret.s l l p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c.° m I Do. Perpet, 6 p. C. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847! Do. Way.Vel.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dek.Co. N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. (Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 8)o. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g I Do. do. do., 2d gua Do. 41 p.c. Db. stk.in perp Scottlsh Central, new Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 31 per c. pref. stock , Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 41 percent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6 ) Do .41 per cent Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is Do. New do., 2d issue South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 41 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e Do. 6 per cent 'Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent Stock 10 I 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock Stock! Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 10s. Stock Stock Stock Stock, st oe 251 25 ) Stock' Closing Business Pam. Price. Done. 49 151 196 97 1103 105 51 99 101 61 1 .12 117 107 111 114 116 113 115 129 131 81 83 il4 116 120 122 111 113 105 107 85 87 11 11} all } 100 6 100 100 100 100 all 95 97 86 E 8 88 90 100 102 91 101 17 18 10 10i 74 76 19! 2 9 11 14 15 139 141 1158 162 I 8 9 120 123 66i 681 P ,39 141 104 106 P 94 96 91 10 114 111 104' ill 1391 110 112 107 109 98 100 1 iP d i p .2Vi .211 124 - 126 123 125 99 101 72 74 120 124 118 122 loi 11 1101 1 23 1 241 1103 105 103 105 29 30 34 86 47 53 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Itailwayc 1 rail Leasing Closing Bnoiness • Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchle Buckinghamshire 7. Clydesdale Junction Colchester, Sto taf E .Lincolnshire,g.6n. c . i E Union,H arw i ch g h , Do. Woodbridge Gle•Barr.&Neils,Drct. Do. New ........ Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dek.&Rail. Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares London&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Do. Barking Shares L ow estoft,,,ua. 4p. ct Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. Alidsb.& R edcr, Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk. N ewm arkt.,l3uryEx guar anteed 5 p. c. 5 Nortlin.& Eastn. 5 p .c. Do. do. 6 per cent. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. P r eston and Wyi . I A Do. Shares ..... • Roystn,Hitch.,& Sbep Shf.Roth.&Gol.g. s p.c. l Shrewsbrv& Hereford , South Stiffordshire • . Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset Wimbledon& Croydn all , Ln & N.W 100 Ln & 100 ,Caledonia all E.U.&E CI 100 I Gt.North.l all E.Counts.i 100 100 Caledonia 100 .Do. all Gt. West all Yk.N.&Br all IYIc.N.Md. all i all 100 100 100 all 100 100 all all 100 5. 5.6. all all all all all 100 ;.8 11 6 all all all all 100 all IDo. S. East IDo. 'Peto &Co Do. Norfolk Do. LN Stk.& Da. Midland . ii:.Counts Do Da !Do. : L&NW dc L.Yk. j Do. Gt. North. Yk 'T BraAsoy IWClcan Dari Do. Gt. West iL.Bo3rgto 94 10 104 11 90 42 S ------ DOCKS. ShareDoo ."----Ci°Bl3rrins ks. I Paid price. 13/7.11 ..----..---- ---- 1 S tock Commercial lOO .- Stock Do4pPrCent.P re f . Mi n lOO .. _ Stock East and Wast India._ 100 Stock London ... . StockjSt. Katharine . StocklSouthampton lOO —' StockiVictoria I 100 102 104 102 'to ID° New ..,...... 1 18 .... A 8 100 1102 104 16 174 140 144 110 112 65 67 115 120 92 94 2i 211 98 100 I iP 57 59 - _ 139 142 rHARE MA RKET.-( THIS DAY.) Share Railways. 12..0 Amberg., Notting. Best. and Eastern Junction Belfast and Ballymena Bir., W 01., and tStr. Val Birk., Lane., and Chesh , Junction Mackbarn Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passage ,Cornwall 13.14 I Stoek Stock Stock Stock A rcves. no div. Do. A until6p.c.per an. Do. B hasbeen pd. toB. Dublin andßelfast Junc. Dun.,Perthok 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 0 Do Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 25 Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock) Stockt Stock' 'Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. Forth & Clyde Junction 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 IDo. 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 k S.Coast London & North Westn Do. Eighths London& South-Westn ,L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen ;Man., Shef., & Lincoln !Metropolitan I Midland iDo. Birming. & Derby. Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. Shares Nemtastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd Newry & Armagh (def.) tNewry, Warpt., & Ros Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 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 Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun Do. do ,Staines, Wok., & Wek Stockton & Darlington Do. do. 1855 Do. do. 1858 Stockton & ITaff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThatnesHavenDk&Rail Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal oo.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B I Do. B West London Do. Ist Class I Do. 2d Class ... - 161 1613 4 Stock all 100 34 100 100 1100 100 100 16 13 4 100 100 1100 E 3 le. l7i all all 100 all 16] 100 100 100 100 all all all all all all all all 6 61 7i 8i 74 76 11} 121 97 09 84 83 q +5! 8 9 1 5 153 58 59 40 43 28 30 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS, 15 58 11 I P 95f i 1 n 41 8 3 941 4 1041 f L4} 14 731 4,1 4 ,Paid 1 Closing Rosiness . Price. 59} 60 691 I} d 731 I 14 16 95 96 724 734 251 92 93 101 103 82 84 131 133 106 108 59 60 55 60 85 90 111 124 p 11 125 p 95 95} I 111 65 67 'lO9 111 93} 941 11 11d , 931 841 5 7 35 86 1104 105 179 81 9 11 59 61 34 IS d 574 68 911 f 024 c1 } f 4-11 45 731 741 102 104 4 4 d 13 14i 6 8 31 32 8 5 111 113 244 254 80 82 45 47 34 24d 43 44 74 75 61 63 62 67 8 11 361 37i 68 72 4 31, POLICE IN2,IFrig!GEN,,CII. , -(21118 1).4 4) Share 1 Railways. Paid. ' Closing Business Price. Done. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STEALING A GOLD SNUFF -BOX, RING, SEALS, &C., BY WORKMEN.—George Ash, a plumber, and John Green ham, a labourer, were charged before Mr. Beadon, with stealing a gold snuff-box, two gold seals, a gold ring, and an opera glass, of the value of £l2, the property of Major Claude Boucher, of 25, St. James's-street. Mrs. Emily Edensor, lodging-house keeper, of 25, St. James's-street, said the two prisoners, who were in the employ of Mr. Bywater, a plumber, were at her house on the previous Tuesday and Wednesday, repairing a cistern, and on Thursday she missed from Major Boucher's bod room a gold snuff-box, a ring, seals, and opera glass, which she had seen safe on the looking-glass after the Major left town on Monday. The room door was not locked at the time, and no one but her mother and servant, besides the prisoners, had access to the room. ®Ruth Hutt, servant to Mrs. Edensor, - vas called, but merely proved letting the prisoners in, and seeing them to the roof of the house. The prisoners, who denied all knowledge of the robbery, were then remanded for further inquiries. House of Commons. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6, 1860. (From the Times.) .z6bo42f , r FOREIGN OFFICES. Lord Palmerston of course laid his account for a. hard 'struggle when he nailed his colours on Thursday night to the Italian pilaster. Perhaps thore is no subject whatever upon which there is so much difference and so much strength of opinion as the rival claims of Italian and Gothic architec ture. Buildings are the outsides of our institu tions. People judge of a thing by its exterior, and suppose the quality to be inseparable from the visible form. The building stares you in the face ; its outline cuts the sky ; its form stands distinct on the memory, and survives a thousand changes. It undergoes no alteration, except what a mason can make or set right, and it exerts a sort of domina tion over minds that may not be very susceptible to the higher charms of action, movement, and tone. No doubt the muse of architecture is apt to be cold, dull, and material; and it is no wonder that the more vivacious a :d spiritual minds become im patient of her pedantry, her stiff gramma r , her idle crotchets, and her inexorable disregard of human wants and feelings. Lord Palmerston is just the man to rebel against the impertinence of an Art which insists on housing, lighting, warming, airing, and surrounding him on what he considers Les. thetical principles; which cuts his daylight with mullions and cinquefoils, and obtrudes some thing quaint or grotesque at every step ; and which will not let him warm himself at the fire, or look out of his window, or open a door, without arresting his attention to some detail of colour or form. Certainly it is high time there sh o uld b e some protest against the tyranny of an Art which thinks man made for it, not itself for man. Never theless architecture, even when it comes to us in stiff mediaeval garb, ought to b e a ll owe d no t on l y a bearing, but an opportunity of reform. When evOy madman and every knave may get admission to it Reformatory and try the effect of gentle in fluences, why should not Gothic architecture ? As a Matter of theory, and as an historical fact, Gothic architecture is net only the most pliant and accom *dating of all styles, but it is actually the accom -thodation of the original Greek and Roman styles to the various wants of man and the ever improv ing style of life. Yet the very statement will provoke a smile. Why is that ? The sad truth is that we have to deal, not with architecture, but with architects. Put yourself into the hands of a Gothic architect, tell him what you want, let him invoke his muse and his clerks, and know the result. You will not have what you want, but what he wants. You will be an example of Gothic architecture ; the architect may refer to your house with pride; but you will not occupy it with comfort, especially when you have to pay the bill, and remedy one by one his mistakes and its deficiencies. There is absolutely no reason whatever why Lord Palmerston, or any other man, should not sit down, and, taking proper advice, state fully and peremp torily all that he wants for use and comfort, and insist on an. architect embodying these require ments in a plan. For this purpose we will venture to say—for it is demonstrable—Gothic architecture is as amenable as Palladian. It admits of windows of all sizes, all shapes, anywhere ; it compels no exact balance of parts, no level line, no mere uni formity ; its very pliancy renders it only too sub servient to the crotchets of the architect if he be allowed to be master, A Gothic structure may be a dungeon or a birdcage ; a closet or a conserva tory; a tower, a cloister, anything you please. But unfortunately—and here is the fatal admission which truth compels us to make—not even Parlia ment itself can control the wilfulness of the archi tect when it has once put itself in his hands. He will stuff in ornaments wherever he can find space, —for has he not a thousand books and drawings, and must he not use them ? Has he not a hundred models of fire dogs, and a menagerie of griffins, lions, and unicorns P Is he not a herald ? You ask for so much window, and he gives it ; but it is at the end of a deep and narrow bay, or darkened by an external buttress—for there must be twenty buttresses though not one be wanted ; and when all is done much firmness of mind is necessary to save the light that there is from being darkened with painted glass. There, in fact, is the greatest trial to an unaesthetic' 1 member of Parliament. Wearied with innumerable mullions and niches, ribs-and bosses, blue, red, and yellow tiles, brasswork and woodwork, hangings and wainscotings, frescoes and statues, with a monster of some sort grinning at him from every corner, he looks at the windows, and, like poor Dido, it may be said, " Quasivit ccelo lucem, ingemuitque reperta," for there too thrust themselves between him and the sky all sorts of unearthly or ridiculous associations. There, too, are nondescripts, rampant or passant, uncouth symbols, and illegible scrolls. The very source of truth itself seems to be infected, and light and nature quite shut out when even in the sky you must read some foolery. These things are well in their way, but there is too much of it. It is a whole world of nonsense. You feel yourself reduced to too slavish a subservience to the fancies of an archi- eet. You must see everything with his eyes, and, S he so wills it, not see at all, for painted windows give but an uncertain and sickly light. Human nature rebels at last, and it is rebelling in the But let Gothic architecture speak a word for itself. The Houses of Parliament, from the very beginning, never were regarded as a good speci men of Gothic architecture. Nobody ever thought the latest " perpendicular," as it is uncouthly called—that is the style of Henry VII.— the best phase of the style. The design was very early stigmatised as one of Classic outline clothed with Gothic detail, and requiring an excess of detail to make up for fault of design. The other errors of the building are not those of style, for they are found in all styles. In these days, no matter what style, no matter what the intention of the building, if the contract turns £20,000, the architect will insist on giving you several towers, and abundance of other things wholly useless, for the sake of which he will starve the real wants of the building. Look at Colney Hatch Asylum, with a dozen towers and a bad foundation. What can be more absurd than the magnificent facade of the British Museum, which answers no purpose what ever but to contract and darken every room in the south and principal front ? Contrast with this vain extravagance, perpetrated by our countrymen, the airy, cheerful, comfortable, and not the less beauti ful reading room suggested and contrived by the Italian gentleman now at the head there ! liven Sir Christopher Wren's vast pile is an architectural folly, the showy shell of a dark and dingy interior. The entire outside there is a sham. There is not a single Gothic folly but has its Italian rival. The new Museum at Oxford is a curious extravagance ; but not more so than the Randolph Gallery. The Bodleian and the Schools Quadrangle, built in Laud's Chancellorship, are far more sensible and useful structures than the classic dome of the Ratcliffe. There is scarcely a portico, a dome, or a turret, or a cornice, that is, not worse than useless, and a sacrifice to mere fancy. Whatever the sins of Gothic architecture, they are not greater than those of the dull Georgian style in which many of our large churches are built, at a cost incredible in these days. But the cost the extravagance, and the introduc tion of useless features in the exterior design are not the faults which have set Lord Palmerston so strongly against tha Gothic style. It is, as we un derstand, the crotchetings, the puerility, and the affectation of the style. To one who is simply engaged in business, reading, writing, or talking, an ordinary room in an ordinary building, of Palla dian architecture, is pleasanter than a Gothic room, as Gothic rooms commonly are. We are disposed to admit the fact. There is no doubt that any architect put upon Gothic feels his profession more of an amusement, and considers himself invited to sacrifice convenience to fancy. He is asked to write a romance, and he writes one accordingly. Mr. Barry considered himself retained to build an epic, and that is what he has given us. But the remedy is in our hands. It is our fault if we do not say exactly what we want, whether in a plain style or an ornate one, and make the architect follow our instructions. Our old village churches are well adapted to the purpose; they are dignified, com modious, and cheerful. The style in which they are all built ought not to be rejected because there are some new churches in the same style so full of decoration, so over-furnished, so dark, and so quaint, that your eye is always catching some oddity or other, and they are obliged to have lights at midday.. Most of the colleges at Oxford and Cambridge are in the latest phase of the Gothic style, and, except that a mullioned window is not a good one to sit at and look out from, College rooms are generally free from the objections alleged against the Gothic style. But we need only look at the infinite variety of structures comprised undor the general title of Gothic to be satisfied of the pliancy of the style. Beginning with the first cor ruption of the Roman—the Romanesque—and what else is the Coliseum ?—and arriving at the English Tudor, and the French " Flamboyant," we may count a dozen different grades, each one more ac commodating than the last, and, in fact, following the cluinges of custom and taste. Mr. Scott takes up what is technically, and absurdly, called the " decorated" at the point when it was suddenly , supplanted by William of Wykeham's stern crea tions, and he developes it with the originality of an architect who might have been born in those days. The most accomplished foreigners have added their tribute to his success in this revival. No doubt, like all other architects, he wants a tight rein, and we hope to see it in Lord Palmerston's hand. But if he is to be employed at all, it should 100 18 18 204 20 100 100 190 17i 20 to ck 100 20 Sto. i Stock 100 100 20 I r 4 100 i 100 100 100 S took Atlantic & Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent..l Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lndl u. 5 per cent Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Buffalo and L ake Huron Do. New Buffalo, Br an t. & Godrich 6 p. et. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 1 Clcutt a. & S. E astrn . Lim .1 Cape,Eastn. Proy.(Lim.): Cape Town & Dock Script Central Gude (Limited) 'Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Beng.fal.gu.sp.c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. C Shares Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore D 0.41 p.c. Bda. pay.'s9 G eelong& Mel. gua.s p. c. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay. '7B, Do. 6 per cent. Pref Gt. Indiaren in. gua.sp. e Do. New, gua.s per cent 1 Do. do Gt.S. of Ind. Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares ,Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with opt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. "/3 without opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 4i p. C Do. do. 5 per cent IDo. 4 p. c. Extension iDo. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c IDo. Fourth do. Melb. Corp. a p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl. Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do IDo. do. Land do 'NorthoflndiaTramroad Limited, Scrip lOude (Limited) Scinde I Do. Do. New Do. Punjaub t I) Do. Indus. St. Flo. bz,," l ISt. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip all 13i all all 161 1100 il. 3.0. 2s. 6d. 79 81 164 17 11 1 1 1 6 54 54 6! id i p 11 1 d 98 99 Id 99 100 19 20 33 34 71 73 91 93 95i 96& 1 fdi 1i id 144 ( 15 6 at d !102 104 1 102 104 101 103 97 100 84 88 89 91 181191 d li 1 d: - -al - --0 -d -d 19 20 1 1 ell 1 lid 1 1 c 1 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 44 4; 20 Ardmnes all p 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 11 4d 4 5 Belgian East. Junction all 4 1 20 Beziers to Graissessac all 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 2 21 20 Dutch Rhenish 6 Eastern of France all 251 26f 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. p 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she., all 61 64 61 10 Italian Junction 8 20 Lake Constance & Bale all 20 Lierre and Turnhout all 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 24 24p 101 11 20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf all 20 Lyons and Geneva all 33} Maria Antonia all 20 Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege all 8 81 84 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 184 19 16 Northern of France 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 9 10 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 7 - 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 341 351 20 Paris and Orleans 20 Recife& S. Fran. (Peru.) I gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) 20 Riga and Dunaburg 4 — 10 Rome and Frascati 20 Royal Danish all 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse all 6 6/ 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref. 20 Southern of France 84 West Flanders all 54 6 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 211 22 20 Western of Austria 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand all COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Paid. Closing Business Share Securities. Prices. Done. Can.Gov.6 p.c Ja. & July 100 112 113 1121 Do. 6 p.c.ro.&Aug. 100 110 112 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 115 N.13.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 10C 109 110 1094 Do. 6p.c.Ap.& Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 106 98 99 NovaSeotlaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 109 110 ' S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 108 110 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 MISCELLAI EOUS. Share lAnglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works Do New, issued at 25 dis British American Land Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 Do. C 100 jCanada Land 1000 13 14i !10 240 28 29 I 2 2 :stock 25 Chandslands Tel.(Lim.) Cop.Min.of Eng. &Smltg Do. Preference 74 per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) Gl.lron ScrewCol.(Lim Gen. Steam Navigation London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co Mediter. Electric Teleg Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) National Discount Co Netherlands Land Do do Stock' 36 38 19 21 13 15 110 116 8 9 24 25 11 5 Do 8 p.e.Pref. ,iss.at 1 dis. N. Br. NovaSootiaLand N. B. Australasian (Lim ) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas LOS 108 * 1&p Do. New Shares Peel River Land & Min Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austrin Inv'. (Lim ) South A ustralian Land Submarine Teleg. Scrip Do. do Registered Tr.& 1.n.C0.0l Upr. Can Vivro T)iornerri'm TAn all all all 15a. all all II li it li d 5 8 11 11 d i ! 1 I 1 i76d IP 2i 7 21 9 n 24 124 , 6 7 2.5 e 5 125 135 35 37 111 R 9 Miscellaneous. /holiness dons p aid. Cprsiiciei! BRITISH MINES. Mines. r a id . Cprlosioeirt.g lAlfred Consols (Philack)l 2.11.19 6 6 20 'British Iron ICondurrow (Camborne) 2O 10 ;Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 445 455 !East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 172 177 —. 'E. WI Russl (Tavistk ) 6.11.0 10 11 101 Great South Tolgus.. 17s 13 14 G.WhealAlfd.(Phillaci) 11.18.8 15 2 G. Wheal Vor (flelston) 95 I ; Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) 85 5 6 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 7 8 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 75 85 .—. Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 15 12 13 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s 1 SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 25 240 250 Sovit C. Brea( Illogan)., 2 25 2/ S Wheal Fran. (Mogan)! 18.18.9 165 175 5 Tamar Silver and Lead' Mining Co 45 25 21 10 Tin Croft 9 41 45 45 UnitedMines(GwennaP) 40 Vale of Towey (Carm.), 12s 6d West Basset (Illogan) ' 15 215 225 W. Caradon (Liskeard). 10 125 130 Wheal Basset (Mogan). 55 180 190 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 6 90 100 Wheal Edward (Cals.) 55 11 25 Wheal K itty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 9 10 Wh'l Mary Ann (Menhe) 8 37 39 Trelawney (Lisk.) 45 26 28 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 7l 11, 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. lOs par p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £sp.) 27 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 8 10 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica ... d 40 Cobra Copper all 41 43 Copiapo l6 819 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1 2 Fortune 20 General all 23 25 3 Linares all 101 11} d 6 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 1 New Granada all 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 P it 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 3 4 5 Port Philip 1 i 30 Santiago de Cuba 28.2. ' United Mexican JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Share, Joint-Stock Banks. I Paid. Closing Business Price. Dane. 100 lo I 100 100 20.11 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk i Australasia Bank of Egypt iPank of London Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo British North American,, Chtd. Bank of India, &c :City Colonial ICorn. Bank of Canada !Commercial of Landon lEng , Scot., & Aus. Ch IGen Bk. of Switzerland iLon Char.Bk.ofAustral. London and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster.) Nat. Prov. of England. Do. new National Bank New South Wales Orient .Bk. Corporation Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New South Australia Do. New Union of Australia ,pO, New IfiRIAP T,ondon mill utwa 141 i of Loam , - 71 73 84 85 21 22 47 49 l} i 62 64 17 19 15} 161 20f 21 30 32 29 31 48 50 18i 14 71 73 47 49 25 26 72 11 54 31 Share' 42 34i 72 i i 11 141 I 9 all }lOO BUSIIIO6II Done. 191 14 72 48 I THAMES THIEVES AT RAILWAYS.-CAUTION TO TRAVELLERS. —Edward Owen, a well-dressed and intelligent-looking boy, was brought before Mr. Selfe, on remand, charged with attempting to pick pockets at the Stepney junction station of the North London, Woolwich, and Blackwall Railway. Elisha Preston, a railway-constable, stated that, on the arrival of a train from North Woolwich, on Thursday evening, he saw the prisoner among the females who had just alighted from the carriages, and watched him. He saw him attempt to pick the pockets of several ladies, and took him into custody as he was withdrawing his hand from the pocket of a lady, who tapped him on the wrist with her parasol and asked him what he meant. There were seve ral men about the prisoner who interfered with his arrest, and endeavoured to rescue him. He was followed to the station-house by the prisoner's confederates, and they swore at him and gave him much trouble. He had seen the prisoner on the platform before, and suspected him. Copping, an intelligent detective officer, No. 379 K;Said the prisoner was one of the most expert pickpockets in England, and had long been a traveller on railways in con junction with four men who covered his proceeding. The make-up of the boy was admirable, and people always took him for a school boy coming home for a holiday, or on his way to school, and he always carried an extra coat or cloak over his arm. Preston—Yes, that was his style on Thursday night. Police-constable, No. 141 K, said he had the prisoner in custody some time ago, and he was then in company with four men, and picking pockets at the Shadwell station of the Blackwall Railway while the people were alighting from the carriages. Roche, the gaoler, said the prisoner could relieve the pocket of a male and female with great facility, and was a young Bannington in cunning and craft. Mr. Selfe asked prisoner his age ? Prisoner naively answered, 17 Mr. Selfe—No, you are not. You are up to a thing or two, and know at what age you can or can not be sent to a Reformatory, and the difference between the Westminster and Cold Bath-field's House of Correction. Your com mitment from the Clerkenwell House of Detention is marked—been here before. Copping—His father is a dock labourer and his mother a nurse in the London Hospital, and they are very respect able, hard-working people. Mrs. Owen, the mother of the prisoner, who sobbed loudly, said her son was a very bad boy, and had fallen into evil hands, and she feared an incorrigible thief, who would not work or stay at home. Mr. Selfe sentenced the prisoner to three calendar months with hard labour. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. Our market continues to be only moderately supplied with fruit, but the show of vegetables is seasonably good. Most kinds have met a fair sale, as follows: FRUIT. s. d. s. d. Pine apples, perlb 4 6 to 6 0 Colonial do., each 1 0 to 3 0 Grapes, per 1b.... 3 0 to 6 0 Foreign do. 0 0 to 0 0 Melons, each 2 0 to 4 0 Peaches, perdoz.. 6 0 to 15 0 Nectarines, per dz 6 0 to 15 0 Apples, per hf. sir. 1 6 to 2 6 Pears, per d 0..... 1 6 to 3 0 Oranges, per 100.. 6 0 to 10 0 Lemons, per 100.. 3 6 to 7 0 Apricots, per doz 3 0 to 6 0 s. d. s. d. Cherries, per lb.. 0 6to 2 0 Filberts, per lb .. 1 oto 1 3 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per d0z.... . 4 oto 6 0 Strawberries p ptl 0 Bto t 0 Gooseberries hfsv3 6to 4 6 Currants, per do. 5 oto 6 0 Plums, per do. .. 5 oto 6 0 Greengages, pr do. 6 oto 7 0 Raspberries, pr ptlo sto 0 8 VEG: NABLES. Shallots, per lb .. 0 6 to 0 8 Horseradish, p bn 1 0 to 2 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 2 to 0 4 Celery, pe: ditto 0 0 to 0 0 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6 to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 0 to 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2 to 0 3 Mushrooms,p potl 0 9 to 1 3 Artichokes, pr dz 2 0 to 3 0 Cabbage lett,Lcore 0 6 to 10 0 Endive, per score 0 0 to 0 0 Radishes, dz finds 0 0 to 0 0 Tomatoes, pr doz 2 0 to 4 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 0 to 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 0 to 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 0 to 0 6 Rhubarb, per bun 0 0 to 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 0 0 to 0 0 Seakale, per pun. 0 0 to 0 0 Greens, dz bunch 1 oto 1 6 Cabbages, pr doz. 0 9to 1 3 Savoy do., pr do. S oto 0 0 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 3 0 Brocoli, per bh... 0 Bto 1 0 0 - - dpotatoes,p ton to 0 New ditto, per ton 70 0 tol3o 0 Peas, per 4 sieve 1 6to 2 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 6to 3 6 Carrots, pr do 4 Gto 5 6 Cucumbers 2 oto 6 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Spinuh, ht-sv 0 6to 1 0 Brus. sprouts, h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Old onions, dzbuu 0 oto 0 0 New do., doz bun 1 oto 1 9 French beans, h.s. 2 oto 2 6 Leeks, per bunch 0 2to 0 3 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to Os Od ; poults, Os Od to Os Od each ; geese, 4s Od to 5s Od ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducklings, 2s Od to 3s Od; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each; wild do., 8d to is Od ; pigeons, 5d to Os 9d each; large Surrey fowls, 6s Od to lOs Od ; chickens, 4s 6d to Os Od • barn-door fowls, 4s Od to Os Od ; capons, 4s Od ; hares, Os Od to Os Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, NOd to Os Od ; pt arm igan, Os Od toOs Od ; woodcocks, Os toOs Od ; snipes, Os Od to Os Od ; teal, Os Od to Os Od; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Os Os Od each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting Digs, 3 Ed to 7s Od each; Ostend fresh butter, 10d to is Od; English, Is Od to is 2d per lb ; English eggs, 8s 6d to 9s 6d ; French do., 7s 6d to 8s 6d per 120 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s Gd to 4s Od ; mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; lamb, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; veal, 33 2d to 4s 6d; and pork, 35 8d to 48 Od per Blbs. WHITECIIA.PEL. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 8d to 43 2d ; lamb, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; veal, 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3e 8d to 4s Od per 81b., by the carcase, BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 10d to is Od; trout, Os 9it to Od ; eels, 8d to is; prawns, ssOd to Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pei Pa. Turbots, 2s 6d to 20s ; cod, Os Od to Os Od ; brills, is Od to 7s Od ; doreys, is Od to lOs Od ; mullets, 6d to is 6cl; lobsters, 6d to 3s Od ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, 4d to is Od each; soles, 4d to 3s Od per pair; common oysters, --s to —s ; natives, --s to —s per bushel ; whitings, 4s Od to 12s Od ; haddocks, 4s to 16s Od ; smelts, is 6d ; flounders, is Od to is 6d per dozen ; mackerel, 70s ; fresh herrings, 8s; bloaters, 5s to 8s per 100; carp and tench, Is to 3s per brace. BREAD. - The prices of wheaten b rea d i n the metropolis are from 7d to lid; of household do., 5d to 61,21 per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 31d to 4d ; 641 b to 721 b, 4d to 41d ; 721 b to 801 b, 41d to qd ; 801 b to 881 b, 4id to 5d ; 881 b to 961 b, 5d to kid ; 961 b to 1041 b —d to —d. Horse hides, 8s Od to lOs Od ; calf skins, light '2s Od to 4s Od; do. full, 6s 6d to Os Od ; polled sheep, O s Od t o O s Od ; half-breds, Os Od to Os Od; Downs, Os Od to O s Od • l a mbs, 2s 6d to 4s 4d; shearlings, 2s 2 d to 2s 10d. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.-01 ,1 meadow hay, £3 Nto £4 15s ; new do., £3 15s to £4 5s ; old clover, £ 4 O s to £ 5 lOs ; new do., £4 Os to £4 15s; and straw, £1 10s to £2 Os per load. A fair demand. CIIMBERLAND. — OId meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s ; new do. £3 15s to £4 5s ; old clover, £4 Os to £5 108 ; new do., £4 Os to £4 15s; and straw, £1 10s to £2 Os per lead. Trade steady. _ WRITECHAPEL. — OId meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s; new do., £3 15s to £4 5s ; old cllvel £4 Os to £5 lOs ; new do., £4 Os to £4 15s ; and straw, £1 108 to £2 Os per load. A moderate inquiry, at our quotations. COAL MARE (Prices of Coal per Ton at .ET—Auct. 5, the close of the market.) Walls End. s. d. Bell's Primrose. n 0 Buddle's West Hartleyls 0 Tanfield Moor 13 0 Tanfield Moor Butes l3 0 Walker Primrose 12 6 Clark'aWest Hartley l5 01 Lambert's West Hart ley 14 6 Howard's West Hart ley 15 0 Davison's West Hart ley 15 3 Eden Main 15 6 Birchgrove Graigola ..20 0 Burnhope 13 6 - s. d. Braddyll's Hetton 16 0 Heugh Hall 15 6 Haswell l7 6 Whitworth, l4 6 South Kenos l6 3 Russell's Hetton 15 9 West Hetton .15 6 Stewart's l7 0 Hetton.. l7 6 Hunwick l4 6 Kenos l6 3 Harton . l5 3 Acorn Close 15 6 Gosforth 15 3 Belmont l5 0 Nixon's Duffryn 21 6 Powell's Duffryn Steam 21 0 A, SE—Sold, 68. Walls End. South Hartlepool. 16 0 Ships at mark( COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--YzszERDAY• Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 151 11 15/ Antwerp Brussels — 25 171 25 30 Haraburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 35 - 25 371 Frankfort on Maine — 1161 117 1 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 34 341 Madrid Cadiz Leghorn — 30 5 30 10 Genoa Naples Palermo — 1221 1224 Messina — 1221 123 Lisbon Oporto . . Rio Janeiro • • New York — • • • • • Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)....per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) I) If 0 0 0 be in his own style. It is quite impossible he should do common justice to another. Lord John Manners says with truth, you might as well com mission Sir E. Landseer to do a'Holy Family.' He may undertake it, for there is nothing men will not undertake, bolt it will be a failure, and then Lord Palmerston—grant him life enough—will chuckle over the proved deficiency of an architect not of his own - choice. If Mr. Scutt is well advised he will take the commission in his own style, or not at all. IMPERIAL P.A.RLIAM EN T. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(Tats DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at a .quarter after twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS.. Earl Vane's Estate Bill and the Newcastle-under-Lyne Burgess's Land Bill were read a third time and passed. THE STEWARDSHIP OF THE CHILTERN HUNDREDS. Mr. D. GRIFFITH gave notice that on Tuesday next he would ask the Government whether it was intended to confer the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds on any other Government officer during the recess, or on members against whose return petitions had been presented and were still pending ? CONSOLIDATION FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY drew the attention of the house to the increase which had taken place in the funded debt, which in 1848 was £788,360,257 to £790,691,772. He also objected to the powers which the Chancellor of the Exche quer possessed with reference to the conversion and recon version of stock, and thought that Minister's operations should be brought more strictly under the control of the house. The hon. member made some inquiries relative to the costs incurred in the suit of the Queen v. Hopper, tried before the Court of Admiralty, which amounted to £13,000. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER agreed with the hon. baronet that the Finance Minister should be subjected to a more stringent control than at present in reference to the conversion and reconversion of Exchequer bills and stock. He would endeavour to act in conformity with the recommendation of the select committee appointed on the subject of the public monies, and to adopt measures next session that would meet the views of hon. members. Mr. LAING said, with regard to the costs alluded •to by the hon. baronet, that the sum in question was:incurred by the Crown, in conformity with the droits which the Sove reign possessed respecting certain property. The suit was decided against the Crown, who had to pay costa and com pensation. The bill was then read a second time. WAYS AND MEANS. The report of Ways and Means was brought up and agreed to. STAMP DEALERS' BILL. This bill went through committee. CHARITABLE AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES, &c. BILL, This bill was read a third time and passed. MILITIA LAWS AMENDMENT BILL. This bill was also read a third time and passed. MILITIA BILL. This bill was read a second time. RESERVE VOLUNTEER FORCE OF SEAMEN BILL. On the motion for the consideration of this bill as amended, Sir J. PAXTON objected to the bill, which he consi dered would not be intelligible to sailors, and would fail in inducing 'merchant sailors to enter the royal navy. He thought that there should have been some alterations in the articles of war, and that the officers in the merchant service should be invited to co-operate in obtaining the number of men that might be required in an emergency, Lord CLARENCE PAGET said that the question for alteration with regard to the articles of war had been under the consideration of the late Board of Admiralty and occu pied the' attention of the present Board of Admiralty. However, he could not make any addition on the subject to the bill. With reference to the merchant service the Government confidently relied on that service for a supply not only of men but of officers if necessary. The bill was then considered. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This bill, as amended, was considered. DUBLIN POLICE BILL. This bill was read a second time. TURNPIKE ACTS CONTINUANCE BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. RESERVE FORCES BILL. This bill went through committee. CORRUPT PRACTICES PREVENTION ACT (1854) CONTINUANCE BILL. After some conversation this bill went through com mittee. The following bills also went through committee :—ln closure. Acts Amendment, Stock-in-Trade Exemption, Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Continuance, Episcopal and Capitular Estates Act Continuance, Inclosure. The European Troops India IV:11 was read a second time. The other orders of the day were then disposed, and the house adjourned at 20 minute'., to two o'clock. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE .NI,EEK. Miles pened IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. - HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY). The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. • CHURCH RATES. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH laid upon the table the report of the select committee on church-rates.. The committee did not consider themselves in a position to give a satisfactory report to their lordships, and therefore only presented the evidence they had received. The committee were of opinion that a committee should be appointed early next year. ENDOWED SCHOOLS The LORD CHANCELLOR said legislation on this subject was no doubt desirable, but it was too late now to consider the subject this session. THE TREATY OF PEACE. Lord NORMANBY gave notice that on Monday next he should put a question to the noble earl the President of the Council with reference to the terms of peace which were under discussion previous . to signing the treaty of Villafranca; The noble lord said it- was not his intention on this occasion to provoke discussion, but he trusted when Parliament re-assembled they would be in a position to 'ugly discuss the subject of continental affairs. THIRD READINGS. The following bills were, on the motion of Lord REDESpALE, read a third time and passed;—' The (Harrogate outh B E i a an stbou ehe rze w \V a a v t e e n r e , y .N . N o . r a t l h ley E a ß st ai aim iwit ß y,aa il nud . ays York shire Railway Companies Bill ; South Staffordshire Railway, Eppine , b Railwav ; Lancashire and Yorkshi re and East Lancashire hallway ; Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Railway ; Tendring Hun dreds Railway, Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway, Railways. Ballymena and Portrush Bedale and Leyburn Belfast and Ballymena Belfast and County Down Birkd., Lano., & Ches. June Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Ches.&Holyhead(withMold) Cockermouth Sr Workington Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackroek, & Passage Deeside Dublin & Belfast Junction Dublin and Drogheda Dub. & Wicklow Dundalk and Enniskillen .: Dundee and Arbroath Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun East Anglian E.Counties,Nrik.,&E.Union East Kent E. L ancashire(in. Blackburn) Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow SzSouth-Western. Great Northern Great North of Scotland t.Southn. & Westn.(lrlud ) 1 rent Western dull and Holderness Inverness & Aberdeen Junc. Irish South-Eastern Killarney Junction Lancaster and Carlisle (in Kendal and "Windermere) Lanc. & Yrks.(in.Blackburn) Limerick and Foynes Lianelly London & North-Western London and Blackwall London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, & S. Coast. L'derry and Enniskillen Gond., Tilbury, & Southend. Man.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh. Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincham Ma port and Carlisle Midland Midland Gt.Westn. of 'rind. Monkland Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal Newcastle and Carlisle Newport,Abcrg.,& Hereford North British - (in. Dalkeith) North Devon North-Eastern.... North London .... North Staffordshire . North-Western N. Yorkshire and Cleveland Oxford, Worc., & Wolver Peebles St. Helen's Canal & Railway Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern Shrewsbury & Birmingham Shrewsbury and Chester Shrewsbury & Hereford Shropshire Union South Devon South-Eastern South Wales S. Yorkshire and River Dan Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale Ulster Ulverstone and Lancaster Vale of Neath Warrington and Stockport Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall W. H artlepool Harbr. &Rail Whitehaven Junction Whitehaven & Furness Jun. W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam... Austriaii Belgian Eastern Junction ' Buffalo and Lake Huron Detroit and Milwaukie Dutch Rhenish Grand Trunk of Canada diWlndian Peninsula Great Luxembourg Great Western of Canada Lombardo-Venetian Lyons and Geneva.. Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant Maria Antonia' Northern of France Norwegian Trunk Paris, Lyons, dr Mediterrn Paris and Orleans Paris and Strasburg Royal Danish Sambre and Meuse Southern of France West Flanders W. and N.W. of France... • 1&59. 118 198 44 8 20 171 31 67i 489 19} 111 142 1831 283 734 9 233 115 29& 48 57 9 1 3 171 108 119 1838. 117 1981 94 8 20 401 35 11 31 67k 489 291 22 183 k 283 53i 203. 400 25} 41 • 100 289 2 35 5 287 181 GO 1734 91 28 614 i 177 720 9 233 46i 29 57 3011 171. 108 116 Receipts. 1859. 1,297 668 3,206 1,589 7,272 14,855 426 1,877 2,002 2,565 931 SOS 1,206 1,072 26,273 7,052 28,699 532 37,516 2,791 7,565 1858. 1,288 362 5,353 1,514 7.155 15,133 4,852 • 365 1,171 1,860 2,701 757 1,262 936 26,845 7,453 26,975 239 596 72,424 1,879 ; 19,533 22,714 362 1,231 630 3,738 552 594 340 , 749 2,569 10,344 992 925 36,361 3,703 1,458 2,328 3,226 1,321 6,412 796 34,532 8,090 3,560 2,312 5,630 38,797 2,789 7,118 4,462 5,338 8,796 .305 1,956 3,171 3,783 1,865 3,371 1,666 - C4O 3,122 25,448 7,5 C) 2,839 8,C47 4,156 1,4,33 434 1,885 336 1,833 542 3,717 414 473 278 931 30,576 za 40,116 1,034 71,165 44,838 42,206 243 1,070 1,282 7,509 2,104 1,550 0,967 708 1,205 14,774 .390 38,957 4,194 9,418 286 41,420 1,021 58,625 42,784 :43,503 686 1,324 13,292 931 35,607 remarkable shedats a to n k d e c A c o mpl i perilous undertaking has which is • A PERILOUS UNDER T j A u ß st l b N e O e n the Bristol and Birmingham Railway, are Prior, in Worcestershire . . At thatplace, situate on the line of chemical works, which form a small town extensive here is one of the tallest chimneys in the being' no less than 312 feet (104 yards) in height. i iJ vnoe p urYt o inl n tee i x ii tse i e s ni chimney was fixed, some three or four years ago, a lightning conductor (the chimney having a short time before been struck with lightning), but the action of the chemical gtses from the chimney having eaten away all the projecting portion of the conductor, the pro prietor (Mr. Corbett) engaged a person from Sheffield, Mr. Brown, to undertake the task, which he has just cleverly accomplished. The proprietor being unwil ling to stop the works it was necessary to ascend to the top of the chimney by the exterior, and accordingly Mr. Brown prepared 24 ladders, each 21 feet in length, and having placed one in a position at the foot of the chimney, spliced the second to it by ropes, at the same time securing it from motion by pins fixed in the chimney. In this way each of the 24 ladders was raised. The chief difficulty, however, was in fixing and ascending the last ladder, their beinga cornice at the t op o f t h e chimney projecting three feet six inches. However, this difficulty was cleverly overcome and the ingenious and venturesome contractor having as cended it stood in safety on the top and renewed the top of the lightning conductor. To ascend a chimney of this height by ladders is a feat never before accomplished. EDUCATION IN IRELAND. Lord CLONCARTY asked whether, it was the intention of the Government to propose any, change in, the system of national education at present in operation in Ireland, with a view to the relief of those who object to avail themselves of it. The noble lord said he, had heard it rumoured that there was to be a commission to inquire,,but he looked upon such a proceeding as a tub thrown out to catch a whale. There was io lack of information on the subject to enable the Government to come to some decision on the point. Earl GRANVILLE said it was not, intended to issue a commission, as, such a course was totally mineces sary. As to the exact time when a measure would be introduced, he could only say that the Secretary for Ireland was fully alive to the importance of the question, and would do all he could to prepare a bill on the subject, but he could not give the, noble lord any dis tinct pledge when such bill would be produced. After a few words from the Eail of Donoughmore, Lord Dungannon, and the Earl of Leitrim, the subject dropped. The Westminster New Bridge Bill, and the Militia ,Ballot Suspension Bill, pissed t'irough committee ; the : Military Savings' Bank Bill was read a third time ; the Imprison ment for Small Debts Bill, the Queen's Remembrance': Bill, the County Cess (Ireland) Bill, the University of Scotland Bill, Manufactures (Ireland) Bill, the Constabu lary Force (Ireland) Bill, and the Dwellings for Labouring Classes (Ireland) Bill, passed through committee. • The Local Government Supplemental Bill, the Colonial Legislatures Power of Repeal : Bill, the Bermuda Govern ment Bill, the Railway Companies Arbitration Bill, the Marriages (Lisbon) Bill, and the Charitable Trusts Acts Continuance Bill were severally read a third time .and passed. The Law . Ascertahunents Faciliiies Billwas read a second me. The Commons Amendments to the Vexatious Indict ments Bill wereagreed to. Their lordships then adjourned. , 397dati dat HOUSE OF COMMONS---(YEsTRADAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 &clock. SAE OF GAS LL. Several petitions were presented in ßl favour,of this bill. THE. KINGSTON -UPON-HULL ELECTION.— ARREST OF COL. F. GREVILLE. The SERGEANT-AT.ARIKS announced that, agreeably to the 'order of the Speaker, he had given instructions that Col. Greville, a member of that house, should be arrested, and he was at present in custody. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND said that he was auhorised by his hon.. and gallant friend, the member for Longford, to say that he was absent from the helm on what he conceived important public duty, and that immediately on receiving a notice at his seat, in Ireland he came over, and on his w:y he met the Deputy-Serjeant. He was also authorised to :..ny that his hon. and gallant friend had not intended to neglect his duty, or to commit any disrespect to the hotise. The hon. and gallant mem ber regretted extremely the inconvenience and expense which the parties interested in the petition had been put to by his absence. Sir F. BARING said he hoped, from what the house had heard, that it would not be considered necessary to proceed further in this matter. It was not necessary to add to the painful feelings of the hon. and gallant member, and therefore he would move that he should be discharged from custody on the payment of the fees. The motion was agreed to. The committee appointed to try the merits of the King ston-upon-Hull election petition was then sworn. SUPPLY.—CLEANSING THE SERPENTINE. On the 'report of the Committee of Supply, agreed to yesterday morning, being brought up, Sir J. PAXTON sa id he thought the vote of £17,000 for the purpose of purifying the Serpentine had been agreed to rather hastily, and he thought it was quite impossible at present to say what the actual expense of the undertaking would be. Besides the steam-engines and filtering appa ratus that were to be erected would disfigure Kensington gardens. Sir J. SHE LLEY offered some observations to the same effect, and drew attention to the state of the bed of the water, in whicth there were holes to the depth of 24 feet, which, from the facilities that existed for obtaining rubbish, might have been easily filled up. After a few words from M r . 'WALTER, Sir M. FARQUHAR said the proposal agreed to in this case was merely a half measure, and would prove ineffec tual so long as the mud at the bottom of the water was per mitted to continue in its present condition, or the Ranelagh sewer was allowed to empty itself into the Serpentine. Mr. FITZROY said that he could only repeat the state ment he had made yesterday. When he came into office he found there were two plans to be considered, and one of them involved an expense which it would have been im possible to estimate until the water was cleared off. The pumping machines would be used for 200 days in the year, and the expense would be only D. a-day. The report was then agreed to, as well as the report of the votes of last night. RESERVE VOLUNTEER FREE SEAMEN BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Lord C. PAGET, in moving that the house go into com mittee on this bill, said that, as it had been read a second time without discussion; he might take that opportunity of explaining the provisions of the measure. Many hon. gen tlemen might think that at a time when they read in the Moniteur that a general disarmament was about to take place in France, both with regard to sea and land forces, it was somewhat inopportune to bring before the House of Commons a measure with the object of strengthening the British navy ; but he could only say that in his opinion, as a naval man, this was the best opportunity that could be chosen for taking such a course. The object of this bill was not to increase our fleet, but to provide a militia force for the sea, as a reserve for recruiting our navy. The principle of a militia force was generally adopted in all countries, and it was to him a perfect marvel that a nation whichdepended so much upon the sea for its security as England did not possess anything in the shape of a naval reserve. It was true that, of late years, the Coastguard, which was, as far as it went, an efficient reserve force, had been increased, but the number of men belonging to it and disposable as a re serve was lesstham4,ooo. They had besides, a force called the Coast Volunteers. Great doubts had been expressed by many persons, and by the Royal Commission which sat last year on the subject of manning the navy, as to the effi ciency of that force in the event of an emergency. He was not one of those who entertained such doubts, for he be lieved that if the services of that. force should ever be re quired, it would be found efficient for the purposes for which l it was intended. There was, however, one radical defect connected with that force—namely, that the Coast Volun teers from their own coast ; and although, therefore, they they could not be required to go furt ue h tssbh er semti t ne h tnan an ly 3o h.h a)d mightmb leens The subject of a re eboeuidverynotsebrveicereagbalrde feodr great a t e he of def e e n n y ceof th n e t.ili c t o y as for the e general purposes of the navy. these ry e attention for the o n navy v y eminent for men.m maritime war, the odious system of impressment was t p h a e st le o e c t eu g ted t any Du y ri e n ar g s y expressed against it was almost and during the last three years of the war in full operation; ; tha b t u e t ye p te u m bl th ie atoiptingrioanduwalalys fellso ts.ntrotontle. dis use, ineffective. He had the other night made a some what curious statement to the house, which showed that the effect of impressment during the last three years of the war adT been had produced a loss instead of a bo g uf a t i im u no tpo s r provided for it, and the successive Boards of Admiralty had abandoned dnoon doubte never v that er to h t e ig s v y t s v t e e d m , applied their attention to the adoption of some means by which, in case of emergency, sufficient reserves might be provided for the navy. Allusion had frequently been made to the admirable French system of the inscription maritime, under which a vast number of seamen °mild at any moment be rendered available for the navy. So long ago as the year 1834 the late Mr. Hume proposed in that house a resolution to the effect that the house being well aware of the difficulty of manning the navy in time of war, and of the evils attend ing the impressment of seamen for that purpose, and con sidering that a time of profound peace was best calculated for a full and fair examination of that important subject, would early in the next session take the matter into their consideration, with the view of adopting such regulations to obviate existing evils as might be consistent with the efficiency of the navy and the best interests of the country. Since that time various propositions had been made with reference to this subject. The right hon. member for Car lisle (Sir J. Graham) introduced the Seamen's Enlistment and Registration Bill in 1835 ' and in 1847 th e h on. an d gallant member for Southwark submitted to the house a motion for an enlistment of seamenwith reference to reserves, which, however, was not adopted. In 18.52 the right hon. baronet the member f or P ortsmouth (Sir F. Baring) was so strongly impressed with the necessity of forming a naval re serve that he asked for a vote for that purpose; but in con sequence of a change in the Government that proposal did not receive the sanction of Parliament. In 1852 a commit tee was appointed to consider this question, and it recom mended various means of manning the navy, including the adoption of the continuous service system, the increase of the coastguard, and the enrolment of coast volunteers, in consequence of the recommendations of that committee the system of continuous service was adopted, and although it had sustained some violent shocks, he believed that ;if there was no sudden reduction of our naval force it woulel intime be productive of great advantages. The Royal Ceramiss ta ion. which was app o i n t e d last year in consequence clfheadmo madeon of the hon. and gallant member for Southwark numerous suggestions for improving the condition of sea men in the navy, and many of their recommend ations had been carried out by the late and by the preset It Govern ments. The recommendation of the commit tee et the force of Royal Marines s h ou ld be increased had been adopted, and before the suggestion that would elapse i t he hoped no long that a body of seamen should always be kept at th e h ome ports would a lso be carried into effect. The., - principal re. commendatior of the commissioners was, how ver, that from 20,000 to 30,000 men should be enrolled ass reserve force, under the title of Royal Naval Volunteers.. The commis sioners proposed that these men should ree eive a retaining fee of £6 per annum, of which should IJe deducted and set apart for a pension fund. The commissic mere also recom mended, at the age of 60 or 55, these men , should be entitled to a pension of 6d a day, and that they sb .ould have the op tion of either receiving that pension or a smaller amount which should be continued to there. _owls and families. The bill now before the house was v a upon that auhry. I Y Lt 0- to it at Lll r- SC' th° a er ir rgo kis, i, , oi 10.- Stock Stock Stock 12i Stock Stock 10 8 toe]: I Stock Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 2.5 Stock tStockF Stock! stock] Stock, Stock Stock, Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock