The Sun. — London, England, 1859-07-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON .310 A' Eli MARKET AND CITY NEW S. SHARE MARKET.--(THIS DAY.) BRITISH POSSESSIONS. , Closing ! Business On --...___-. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Paid. Price. i Done. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. - ;Paid. Closing \ Busineas ' TI The advices from the various manufacturing dis- Share Railways. IPaid. Price. 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 79 81 80/ The tricts are of a very satisfactory character. The Leased at 6 per cent.. broa, 12.10 Amoerg., Notting. Bost. 18 Bom.,Baroda&Centlnd 134 16 17 171 in so inquiries for woollen cloths at Leeds have been and Eastern Jul:it'll= 10 54 61 I, 51 6 50 Belfast and Baloym na.. all - - r. 5 percent 18 o all - - The brisk, and there has been an increase in the de- 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. e Val. all 71 84 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 11 11d the 1 Stock Birk., Lane., and Chesh. 'nand for plain cloths for the autumn. At Brad- Junction lOO 72 74 I 18 Do. Do. B9illl o. if on 25 Blackburn 100 201 i Batt. Do a . I N o, e l3 w rant&Godrich 1 16 _ 5l _ 64 i ford piece goods have been in fair request, labor 25 Blyth and Tyne all 35 18 the e and the transactions for the American mar- Stock Bristol and Exeter 100 81 814 82 14 t 6 p. et. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 kets S tock Caledonianloo Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 - - the i have increased. At Manchester the Stock Chester and Holyhead . 100 - - 50 Cork and Bandon all -•- 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 - - of an favourable advices received by the last overland2o Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3. O. 4d par par 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all - - and - mail have caused greater activity in the market for 20 Cornwall all 44 5 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. - A IA rcves. no div. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. 14 1d publ g o ods suitable to the East, and prices have shown 10 Do. I all - - 20 Central Dude (Limited) 2s. 6d. - -- distil untilen c ner 10 Do. B -• •- an. all - - hasbeen pd.toß. 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 1 - - d an upward tendency: At Leicester the hosiery 50 Dublin andßelfast June. all - - 174 Demerara - - socia 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.e 5 14 11 tionE trade continues in a very satisfactory state, most 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc. all 8 9 Stock East Anglian lOO 141 151 Stock East Indian, gu. sp. a. 100 100 101 103 light of the operatives being fully employed. The iron Stock• Eastern Counties lOO 581 681 59 4 i 69 20 Do. C Shares all - - Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 37 42 20 Do. E Shares Ext all - - chan trade of South Staffordshire has shown symptoms Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 27 29 28 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 - - whai 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all 97 99 the I of improvement, and at Birmingham most depart- 25 DO NW A (He E U3ds) 81 - - an 12 14 20 G eelong& Mel.gua.s p. c. all 19 20 25 East . Ken't • . - ments of business connected with the town may be Stock East Lancashire lOO 93 95 st.o. f Geelong Corporation 6 lOO _ tionE Considered in a healthy state. At Sheffield and 20 East Suffolk - - t per cent. Bonds such 10 Do - - Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 34 36 361 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all . 72 74 of is W olverhampton the iron trade generally has ex- Stock Edinburg' and Glasgow 100 71 23 Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 251 261 100 10. 6 percent. Pref..... 100 90 92 fair hibited increased animation. 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - 20 G o . I 6 all 97 98 99 1 100 - - 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent 4 14 /d 34 1 dope In the Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday in- Stock Furness - - mew creased 20 f Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.-Scrip his i t guaranteed 5 per cent. I 25 ' 14 1 animation was apparent, and between 12,000 ro Great North of Scotland all 10 101 and 15,000 bales were sold at extreme prices. The Stock Great Northern lOO 101 102 1011 100 83 85 201 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 141 15 151 , Th Re Stock Do. do. A Stock 2Ol Do. New 100 f Do. Bonds pay. '76,with 13 6 51 dlO print 1 all 98 102 away Share market closed steadily at full quo_ Stock Do. do. B Stock d 100 10410 1 106 32 131 Stock Gt. South.& Wetn.(lrel ) 100sociei tations. Stock Great Western 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 98 102 The Europa has been announced this morning Stock k Irish ouch Gua.Stk. 100 53 55 th Eastern.... all - - ... 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 98 102 form from. the United States, with £70,800 in specie. 50 Lancaster and Carlisle. all 8 4 88 '°° 164 Do. Thirds 104 111 p p 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do .. all 95 98 20 Madras, guar., 44 p. a all 88 92 opini marl The money market remains in the same easy 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 lll p 20 Do. do. 5 per cent. all - - .981 in ft Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 94 96 96 20 Do. 4/ p. a Extension.. 15 88 92) numl and quiet state as it presented last week. The 16 Do. do. F 9 Do. do. .29 shares 7 1 1 d 20 Do. Fourth do. de mand is too limited to create the least activity, 3 Do. West Riding Union 1 - - Stock Melb. Corp. 6.p.e. Bonds 100 - . - any and the abundance of the supplies induces dis- 20 Do. Southport all - - Newßrunswlck&Canda. is tc 20 / Ri.&Land(Lim.)e, - .6pc 10 _ _a phys Stock London and Blackwall. all 6 4 6 6 65 C ass ACapitl.Share.. right _ co unters to negotiate appr oved descri p tions of Do.Newiss.at 2510 s .sh. - - - 112 034 114 944 95 1 Do. do. Land d 0... .. bette Mercantile paper on extremely favourable terms Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.&ast 100 Stock London & North Westn 100 iis Do. do. B. Capital do. 10 --d becal to those who require assistance. . 124 Do. Eighths 7/ 11 1 d B l .. Do. do. Land do. _ Stock London& South-Westn lOO 9 4 9 5 20 f Northof India Tramroad 2s. - - even The imports of gold continue on an extensive 25 L'derry & Coleraine - - I Limited, Scrip 20 Oude (Limited) - him, ing 1 Seale, and although the bullion at the date of the 25 L'derr/ & Enniskillen. all 5 7 374 874 Stock Man., het, & Lincoln.. 100 3 7 38 2O Scinde -or 15 -d - d any 1 las t Bank of England return showed a larger dim;- ro Metropolitan 3 - - d 20 Do. Stock Midland lOO 1011 1021 103 i 20 Do. New o. .., 12 14 1 d 111 rated nution than was anticipated, any permanent de- 20 Do. Punjaub Stock Do. Birming. & Derby. 100 76 78 78 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo tdo„,'" 10 11 11d 114 the c Cli ne of importance seems improbable. The 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all - - 25 Do. 1 Shares all - - 20 St Andrews & Quebec A 18 - - is th exchange at New York is flatter, and the 400 --Nevetastle and Carlisle all - - 10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 - - cone • Over au PPlies from that quarter may shortly fall 25 New., Aber., & Herefd. all 9 11 ' 10 Newry &Am agh (def.) 9 - - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. is so' oft but the receipts from Australia and 20 Newry, Warpt., & 808 1a01(1 57 69 - _ Stock Norfolk T other places, including Mexico, are likely to keep so North. Counties Union. 34 31 s d .. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 34 4 44 4 disc • 100 55 66} 6 0's 20 Ardennes all - - p up the importations at such a point as will satisfy Stock Stock Nor British Nor th ail.&Dk. Stk lOO - - 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c. 3 11 11 d3l beet 5 Belgian East Junction all 1 1 quet the requirements of the exporters, and leave us at Stock Do.A Stk.- Aree.no div. until 6p.e.hasbeenpdß 100 - - 20 Beziers to Graissessac. all - - present a balance for the nation al establishment. Stock Do. B Stock 100 - - 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail: all 2 24 in At the half-yearly meeting of the Union Bank Stock North-Eastn.--Berwick 100 90 90/ 92} 2 1 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 2 11 d 3 20 Dutch Rhenish 15 764 d 6 Eastern of France all 231 241 26 ovei 100 46 47 ~. .., 20 Euphrates Valley our of Australia, held to-day-Mr. Cummins in the Stock Do. Leeds 2s. - - p Stock Do. York lOO 73 734 742 1 0 2 20 Great Central of France all - - mat c hair-a report was presented showing a consider- lOO 98 102 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs.. all 5} 51 6} 6 the able diminution in the profits of the last six months, Stock N.Nort&hs w Lo e n et d o on Hamp 10 - , std 10 Italian Junction ....... 8 - - and City Junction ea is. - - 20 Lake Constance & Bale all - - this but which was partly accounted for by the depres- 20 North Staffordshire l7l 4 31 d 131 20 Lierre and Turnhout .. all - - beir 20 North-Western sion in trade., The net profits of 1858, however, ro No. & Sou. W.,Junetion all 6 8 20 Lucca & Pistoj a, 5 p.c.p . f. all - - amounted to £179,073 15s. 7d., out of which a Stock Oxford, Wor. & Wolver. 100 31 33 321 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all - - 20 CUSS 10 Peebles ' - . 331 Maria Antonia all - - ton( dividend was paid at Christmas, and the directors 20 Portsmouth l9 8 5 d • 20 Do. do. New - - 10 Rhymney lO - - 20 Namur and Liege all 71 8 of it now declared another of £2 per share for the last 100 109 110 , 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. Stock Scottish Central all 171 181 owl half year - . The report - and dividend were agreed Stock Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 24 241 . 16 Northern of France.... all 361 374 tan st oc k Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 80 82 20 Do. New Shares - - p to unanimously. Stock Shropshire Union lOO 44 46 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 910 ' sph 10 Sitting_bourne & Sheer all 1 4 3 d 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 7 - - den An active business has been .transacted to-day in 100 1 414 424 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 321 331 Stock South Devon the Stock Exchange markets, and they have pre- Stock South-Eastern lOO ,70 71 724 11 20 Paris and Orleans ...... all 48 50 one Stock South Wales rented a very buoyant appearance. A further im- 20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun all 16 3 6 7 , 20 t gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) ... f hole portant rise has taken place in the funds. Foreign 20 Do. do lB I - 20 Riga and Dunaburg.... 4 - - 1 •20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all I 8 1 1 10 Rome and Frascati .... all - - this Stocks have also improved, and the upward move- 25 Stockton & Darlington. all i 36 37 20 Royal Danish all -- ,' • thii 25 Do. do. 1855 went has extended to the market for Railway 25 Do. do. 1858 - - 5 Royal Swedish - 1 the 7 - - 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. - - Shares. The prolongation of the armistice to the - Stockton & llartlepool 161 - - 20 Sambre and Meuse all 5 51 dis 15th of August, and the meeting of the two Em- Stock Taff Vale lOO - - 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref. ... all 84 9 attt 20 Southern of France .... all 18/ 191 Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 . 100 - - Tiß 25 Th 22 - - 81 West Flanders all 51 51 perors, strength en th e imp ress i on th a t a peac e will Stock Vale of Neath lO9 68 72 10 Do. 5 4 p. a Preference . all 9 1) 1 due be soon negotiated, and under these circumstances, Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 20 21 a scarcity of Stock, and an abundance of 50 Waterford & Limerick all - - 20 Western of Austria .. . 6 - - alai all 6 65 20 Western of Switzerland all - - with be, 20 West Cornwall money, no surprise can be felt at the important 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal all - - 6 Wiesbaden - - ' pee 5 Do.A.-Arecv.nodiv.till 6 Do 8 per cent. Prof all - - change that has suddenly taken place in this de- 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 3 all -- 1 too Wit 6 Do. B all 71 3} 20 Zealand 71 partment of business. Consols have been 95: I, but 20 West London - - 10 Do. let Class all - - BRITISH MINES. they have since reacted to 951 I- Bank Stock has 20 Do. 2d Class all - - der . improved to 222; the New Threes to 95; 96:1; the PREFERENCE SHARES. - Share Mines. Paid. Closing Business Price. Done. • rig Reduced An nu iti es t o 95/ 96 ; ip Closing Business India Loan Scr to Share Railways. P aid * Price. Done. 94 1 9 5 ; and Exchequer Bills are firm at 245. to - lfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 5 6 20 British Iron 27 s- prem. 25 Blythe and Tyne 11 per - ondurrow (Camborne) 2O - - c. pref. (issued at £5O) all 49 61 I pre lo Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 440 450 Foreign Securities, as already intimated, have 1 Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct. Stock 100 95 97 - East Bassett (Mogan). 30 168 172 of i 20 Do. do. do. Shares 9 - - - Great South Tolgus.., 17s 13 14 ind p a rticipated in the increased firmness and activity tock Caledon 110, 41 per cent 100 102 104 - G.WhealAlfd.(Phillaci) 11.18.8 11 2 hol 'which generally pervade the Stock Exchange 12.10 o. Quar. Share:, No. 2. 10010 - -__. Stock heater & Holy d, pc -G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 91 / 1 - Lady Bertha lBs 6d 1 11 phi Market, Turkish 6 per Cents., Old, have been at stock Do. do. sp. et. - - - I orth Frances (Mogan) 84 6 7 wa. Cork & Bandon, 51 p. e. all - - - orth Wheal Crafty 7.9.4 6 4 7 4 int - 80 to 82, and the New 68 to 70 ; they are now at Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. a ll 51 6 1 - o .Wh'l Basset (Mogan) nil. 910 , Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc 100 99 101 , and 68 to 69 respectively. S p anish Bonds - Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 1 4 12 13 its 80 to 81 Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc.... 100 110 114 - Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 - - the hare been dealt in at 42 1 ; the Deferred, at 311 ; Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc .... 100 107 111 Stock E. Conn. Ex. 5 p et. No. l 100 114 115 - ~ortridge Cons. Min. Co. 65 4 1 - •. outhCaradon (St.Cleer) 21 225 235 am Russian 49 per Cents., at 97 ; and Dutch 4 per Stock Do. do. N 0.2 100 113 115 - Soeth C. Brea( Mogan). 2 2} 2 the Cents., at 99. Mexican Stock is rather firmer, at Stock Do. New 6 per et. Stock 100 129 131 136 - S WhealFran.(lllo!gan) 18.18.9 165 175 Stock Eastern Union, 4 per et. 100 80 83 , 5 Tamar Silver and Lead of 18 1 I ; Peruvian 41 per Cents. have risen to 89 90 ; Stock East Lana 6 per ct lOO -- , Mining Co 4l 2 21. du 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fi fths all - - , the Uribarren are 80 ; and the 3 per Cents., 62 1 10 Tin Croft 9 41 41 Ohilian, Buenos Ayrean , and Brazilian Bonds g • Stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 - - Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 691 704 - UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - - Hi yrean, ten d - Vale of Towey (Cerra.) 12s 6d 1 1 trE Stock Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 - - - West Basset (Illogan) l 4 21 22 upwards. Stock Stock Glas. &S West. e- a. 5 pe. 100 112 114 re] Stock Great Northern, sp. et. 100 119 121 - W. Caradon (Liskeard). 10 1121 1171 A moderate degree of activity has Prevailed in the Stock Do. spc Redm.,lop.e.pm 100 111 113 - Wheal Basset allogan). 51 165 175 tai Railway Share Market, and prices have improved, Stock Do. 41 p. a do. do. - Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 105 115 tai - Wheal Edward (Cale.).. 81 11 2 in most instances, in sympathy with the English 100 Do.sp.e. Redm.,s pa pm. 50 63 130 - Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 10 11 th 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pt. all 11 114 - Wh'l Mary Ann (Menhe) 8 39 41 an funds. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, ad- St ook 5 Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland)4 1 100 _ Wh'l Trelawney (Lisk.) 4/ 29 31 ' . wanted 5s • Caledonian, Great Western, North- tp. ct. pref. Stock 50 Great West ( Berke and 6 - - • / Eastern, York and South-Eastern, 10s. ; EasternHants) Ext. 5 p.et.... FOREIGN MINES __- ock Do. Redeemable, 44 p et. 100 94 ea Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. 100 86 88 fo. Counties, 15s. ; and North-Eastern (Berwick), £1 Stock Do. Irredeemable, d 0... 100 87 89 894 20 Australian Great. Northern have declined about ss. to 10s. ; Stock Do. 6p. et. Redeem. Pref. 100 1 94 1 101 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. 10s di p w 8 Do. Birm. Prof. Shares all 91 101 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) 27 1 1/ di The Foreign and Colonial lines have shown ill- 10 Gt. West Ches. 8 p.c.pf. 20 Do.St.Johndelßey , Lim. 15 9: 0 shares all 1135 171 5 Do. Land and Miningcc.. all CC creased buoyancy. Lombardo-Venetian Old Shares lo Do do. sp. ct. pref all 91 ri 1 Clarendon Consols Mn. tt are at 10 1 101, and the New at 9/ 10 1 • Great ing Co. of Jamaica ... 1 -- d Luxembourg, I - P ster guar.shares all 18 191 Stock D p o o. B c i h rm e ing. guar. stock 100 73 ,4 40 Cobra Copper all 39 41 fa all 9 91 - Copiape l6 9 11 131 Do. do. do in 6 61- ; and Pernambuco, 91 10. Grand 2 Fortuna Trunk of Canada have advanced to 36: ; East Stock L p a o n. d & o. Y d o o r . k 6 p.c. stock 100 140 142 20 General all 23 25 25 T Indian, to 103; and Great Western of. Canada, to Stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l 100 - - Stock Do. pref., sp. c. ...No. 2 100 - - 3 Linares all 9 10 ci 5 Lusitanian 15 : ; and Calcutta and South-Eastern are dealt inl Mari nits al 1 1 at par. Stockstoek Do. Do. te . w s gua., o a.. , 6 p. N et 0 ... 4 . 1 1 00 00 --.... _- Stock Lon.& N.W.Cov. &Nun- 1 New Granada all - - vi 100 - - 1 N ew it S.Aus.L 10 1 4 Pll al Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares s vv p , . 7 c p t et ... 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 3 4 0: , are also at slightly advanced rates. Bank of Egypt Stock Lo e n at .n. late 3d shares ''''''''''' 5 Port Philip 1 1 1 fl have improved all 8 9 100 158 162 ' 30 Santiago de Cuba l6l - 55., and Ottoman Bank ss. Lou-Lon- 12 Londondy.& Ennis 1 5h.28.2.81 United Mexican 121 1, Londondy & Cole, 1 she. all - - all 11 2} • don Chartered of Australia and London Joint-Stock ' '" fj Stoc Man Sh. & Lin., 6p. ct. 1. 60 6 Do. £6 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. oo 68 70 are at about former values. Peninsular and Ori- stock Do. 3} per cent. ... . .... 1 ..... 44 . 122 1 126 1 p 121 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. all -- _Closing Business 11 Sharei Joint-Stock Banks. (Paid. - r . eutal Steam have risen 10s., and Red Sea Tele- 5 Do. 4 per cent .. ...... an • graph, ss. 12 i IDo - - Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock - - I r - ice. Done. - S 1 - Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. 100 141 143 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 69 71 B RITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock lOO 103 105 40 Australasia all 83 85 1 Batik Stock Stock Do. Leis. & Hit.pref. st. 100 93 9525 Bank of Egypt 100 Eank of London all 204 214 23 50 43 46 r I 3 .. Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 96 51 i NewportAber,Sre.pret.s 1 .." 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & Loan Co. all tper Cent. Consols Annuities - 9/ 10 9/ • 00 British North America . all 56 58 I . , Neal 3 . 9er Cent. Annuities india Stock Ditto Loan Scrip - option till 1866 all 1.11 4 111 100 City 5O - - 94/ 5 10 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares all --, ,n. , !.._ 100 Colonial 25 -- 654 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all - - i Ditto Bonds, £l,000 - - 100 Commercial of London. 20 - - Ditty - Stock Do. 5i p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 - -i under LI,OOO - - 20 Eng., Sc & Aus. Ch. all 154 161 Consols for Account (Aug. 9) - - i kxchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 24 74 • Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent 100 - - 20 Lon.Char.Bk.otAustral. all 201 211 21 204 , . PRje Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.&DA.Co. 100 - - 50 London and County ... 20 i BB Olf FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 - - 60 London Joint Stock ... 10 - _ :xi . Brazilian 5 per Cent - - -ri l ' i tto 1858, 41 per Cent 'Wino s b , Ayres, 6 per Cent. 2O Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 13 - - 20 Do. new ............... Bank 25 - _ e,,,,1.t 0 1, 0 Account - 9 - 25 N o. York, H.& S. Purch. 10 3 1 d 50 National 20 New South Wales 100 at. Prov. of England 3 510 _.-- __ '.,,`.. 1 n o 6 per Cent lO2l 20 North Staffordshire . all 221 231 25 Orient .Bk. Corporation all __ _ 38 io A I I, Dto - . A z e p co e: n C t ent. Mexica n 3 per Cent. - Stock Do. do. do., 2d gua lOO 120 125 Litton Accou n t .. 8 11 9 : 90 1 4 Stock Do. 41 p.c. Db.stk.in peril 100 100 101 4 i per Cent ........... - 81 Scottish Central, new n all - - • Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 - - 25 South Australia ....... all 25 Do. New .............. 174 - - Ditto 3U barren) , Stock Do. 31 pert . pref. stock 100 72 74 10 provincial D .New.. 0 .. f ........... . .... a 2 1 51 68 : _ 7 ..... 0 Ditto a -Ja rrell), 41 per Cent. Ditto Per c ent Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 118 122 59 Union of L'ondon ...... 10 - - Port Ac count - 25 Union of Australia ..... 2 1 0 1 51 52 100 Unity Mutua1.......... _ - d D' Urtlese ' 1853 2 per Cent. . Rus i . s tt ian ° A, leeB2°2l2n,it ' S - - 10 Do. Fixed 44 percent . 1- -- 101/ 100 Western Bk of London bo - 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading 44 Ann., 1.0.6) all 23/ 24} Ditto 41, ~., t., 5 per Cent - Stock Do .45 per cent lOO 103 105 • 5,,.,..,. .4 Or C en t `" ulnian 5 Ditt o ~ Per Cent - Stock Do. New do., 2d issue. 100 - - Share Securities. p a " u • l Prices. Done. , 1 . Mto Accoun - - COLONIAL GOVERNIIT c S I E os C in U:ITIES . Business Spanish 3 841 _____- Stock Do. 41 per cent lOO -- - ~ ,,P er Cent ----- ---- - 20 S.-YerksMre, 4 p.c. gua. all - - 1121 112 Ditto 421 25) Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. all 28 29 - ileW Def Deferred, 3 C t . - Tnr ki - eh 6 perlinCtenertr Ditto A ce , per en . - 311 . Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, - Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 106 tor 1 06 4 i Ditt o Ditt New Ac Ilia - 6 percent. - all 47 63 -....- Can D . o G . ov. d 6 p p :a c It&szAJualgy. 100 100 11 11 2 22 / 11 4 3 4 1 - N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 10C 82 801 11 Ditto Account - LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. --.... N. De w . . Gov. sp. . a & D O e c b t .. 1 1 00 06 9--ii 981 •- - NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. S. French. 69 70 681 dividends on the above payable in London. Rentes, 41 per Cent. Ex. 25f 95 Railways. Pai Leasing i Closing 24 ittsineiT cl. Co.'s. Price. Done. - S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 109 110 - Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 - - Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 106 107 1064 4 Austrian, 10 Fl, 5 per Cent 5B 9 MI . . p atch Exchange 12 Guil. 21 per Cent - - Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. Buckinghamshire.... 100 Ln& N.W 98 100 TWO O'CLOCK. Clydesdale Junction. 100 Caledonin 102 104 closing Business done Share Miscellaneous. \ Paid. \ Pr i m Colchester, Stour Val.. all E.U.&E C 16 17 Consols for Account, August .... 954 5 E.Lincolnshire,F.r..6p.c. 100 Gt. North. 139 141 ____ -__ E Union,HarwichShs. all E.Counts. 41 41 Do. Woodbridge . 100 - 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint.. all 13 14 THIS DAY'S' SHIPPING. Gls.Barr.&Neils,Dre . t . . 100 Caledonin - - 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all 160 200 LONDON, .______ Do. New lOO Do. - Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West. - - 25 Australian Agricultural 19 29 31 10 Australian Royal Mail . all 1 1 July 11.-Wind this day at noon, West- Hartlpool.Dek.&Rail. all Yk.N.&Br - - 10 Berlin Water Works ~. all 2 3 South - Westerly; -light, pleasant breeze, with very fins Hull and Selby - - weather. PLYMOUTH,Do. i Shares all Do. - - - from • Singapore fol. Trieste July 9.-Wind S . W . -Arrived-Splendid , Do. 1 Shares all Do. - - London&Greenwich 20 Do. B, 7p. a till 1862.. all 19 21 Sproat, from London , 9 . - Wind DARTI WOUT S.S.E.-Arrived-MarY Lon. Do. Preference ,Tilby.&Soutend. 100 Peto &Co. 93 95 100 Canada Land 321 111 115 from j. .A.L . COMBE, July Do. Barking Shares.. all Do. Or? g I a. 4p. ct. 100 Nor folk latk. all LN W&M 21 2/ Stock Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg all - - 10.-Arrived-Lizzie Jarrow, Lowestoft, gu Olk - - Is 4C e ) s n ty T a r s u al s o tea c ir a .i n, 100 Do _ _ 25 Do. Preference 7/ per et all 24 25 . July 10.-Wind variable-Arrived-Hers Crystal Palace . all 11 11 mrr -n o e; Black jiil Eagle, from Milford. r & , g 3 .6p.c. all Stk.& Dar - . Pe. Stk. 100 Midland . 98 100 SOUTRA 5 Do. Preference all 41 5 mania, steamer, fo r' Brazil y. B 9 . .-Wind S.W.-Sailed-Tax- D I: ..:l o aii d . dn 8 6 .0.8i1 p , . : l a r ad, l c o e e dt n rnde t . 5. 5. 6. E.Counts. i 1 p 20 Eastern Steam all - - Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 103 106 July 9.-. Wind W Pm 5 Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co. all par ip all D 56 58 10 Europ. &Ind.Junet.Tel 102 - - CLYDE,aII DO . .-Arrived-Burns, from St. NNeograrhnaa.rn&kttell'iisutsrnYP.Es* C. Do. do. 6 Der cent... • 9 Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) all - - Domingo.- - 20 GLlron ScrewCol.(Lim all - - • (By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 15 Gen. Steam Navirtion. 14 - - ' all .-. ..,.. I - - • Wind S. LIVERPOOI,, Monday Morning. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all L&NDo*. w 20 London Discoun ' Arrived, July 10,__.„.. Do. 1 Shares .....•A• a 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co all I, i 1 11 1 Gt N rth Shep 100 . o . 137 139 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all - - Preston and Wyte. 1 Roystn,Hitch.,& from Patagonia. ' , um:Lica, from Melbourne ; Rosario 11 ' 4° Do L' . * IK. 10 Med. Exton. Tel. (Lim.) all 5 6 - Sailed, July 10-Colmar 25 National Diseount Co 5 14 11 d 4 for St. John's, N.B. , for St. Thomas ; Middleton 105 11 11 ' S s h h f ie ß w o s t b h r . y &k n o I e . g r . e s i p o . r c d . 18 a 1. 1 1 1 6 T L a ß nt e e Y e k y - 91 170 / South Staffordshire .. all M'Clcan . 10 Netherlands Land - - Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. all otk.& Dar - _ Sailed, July 11-Fear NoL, for Lisbon ; Jane, for Que- Do. do . - - 10 Do do all - - 5 Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis all 1 1} bee; Cambria, steamer, f lOO N.Br.&NovaSeotiaL and 80 -.--.. (BY SUBMARINE Altinaßvir.re;.Bll TELEGRAPH.) 9 20 1 NorthN.B . Au o s f t Europeral a s ia n Steama , t m al l a i *_. flood I ; 3' weather fine. GRAv EsEN Monday morning. WvvimiltsbiaenddonS&omcerorsyedn.t.. 100 all Gt.L..k B W r e gtti st. 89 8 91 1 Oriental Gas Wind E. ; tide, four hours' DOCKS. _ _ New Shares lss. / a p a r Arrived, June, 10.-Excel, fro m Dunkirk ; Montcalm , Share cl o sing 1 Business 5 Peel River Land & Min all 21 from Melbourne. Docks. f Paid price . , D on e. 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 77 79 77 - 5 O 5O Do. New DEAL 1 2 0020 0 11 R sTßeuo e orb d .yt&ma. S AlLaritt ea zurs.a & tcoirell l nT.so n .tefi d einip . egaTm T ..: e si ; c e i : n i p: ). 1 10 0 Wind S.S.W. Monday Morning. , Arrived, June 11-Margaret Evans, from New York' ,. Stock Commercial lOO •-• 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 21 23 all 54 6 4 1 ' • Jose Maria, from Liverpool. Stock Do 4 per Cent. Pref .Min . 100 Stockssitckk St. Katharine Southamptonh e Stock East and West India lOO -- - 1 1 1 12 8 d 104 i 25 South Australian Land. °ld alllsll 151 13 5 5 1 153 11 07 --------,. 100 .....::: 69 The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland re- 100 - Stock Victoria ceived a select party at Sion House on Saturday. The - . 100 100 103 1 Do. do Registered '' all 1 circle will separate to-day. 20 Do New ! 18 ) 100 Van Diemen's and u. in - 8 9 Share Railways. Pai Closing 1 Business 25 Blythe and Tyne !(: per cl * Price. Done. c. pref. (issued at £5O) all 49 51 - lfred Consols (Philack 2.11.19 5 6 20 British Iron - ondurrow (Camborne) 2O - - - I orth Frances (Illogan) 84 6 7 - orth Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 61 71 1 St k Cork n is. . & p& e E rjt do.h e n, t&d. do . t c e t s . rl B . j t p o c u n. e k SO9 ll 9_ 5 5 9 _ 97 65 10 Devon G. Cons. ( Taoist .) 1 440 450 20 Do. do. Shares 9__ _ - East Bassett (Illogan). 30 168 172 tock Caledon 210, 41 per cent 100 102 104 - Great South Tolg - us.- 17s 13 14 12.10 0 . Quar. Shares, No.2. 10 - - - G.WhealAlfd.(Phillaci) 11.18.8 11 2 Stock hester & Holyhd, 51 pc 100 - - -G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 94 Stock Do. do. sp. ct. 100 - - - Lady Bertha lBs ad 1 15 Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc 100 99 101 - o .Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 9 10 Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc_ _ 100 110 114 - Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 14 12 13 Stock E . do. Class C 7 pc .... 100 107 111 - Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 - Stock E. Conn. Ex. 5 p ct. Not 100 114 115 - ~ ortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s i 1 Stock Do. do . N 0.2 100 113 115 - '.outhCaradon(St.Cleer) 24 225 235 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock 100 129 131 130 - Borth C. Brea( Mogan). 2 25 2 Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 80 83 - S Wheal Bran. (Illo•gan) 18.18.9 165 175 Stock East Lanc. 6 per ct lOO - - 5 Tamar Silver and Lead 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths all - - Mining CO 4i 2 25 Stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 - - 10 Tin Croft 9 q 49 Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 691 701 - UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - - Stock Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 - - - Vale of Towey (Cara.) 12s 6d i 1 Stock Glos. &S West. 2. a. 5 pe. 100 112 114 - West Basset (Illogan) l5 21 22 Stock Great Northern, sp. et. 100 119 121 - W. Caradon (Liskeard). 10 1121 1171 Stock Do. sRedm.,lop.c.pm 100 111 113 - Wheal Basset allogan). 51 165 175 Stock Do. O pp . c. do. do. - Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 105 115 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm 6O 63 65 - Wheal Edward (Cals.).. 84 11 2 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf all 11 111 - Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 10 11 Stock Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland)4 1 100 _._ - Wh'l Mary Ann (Menhe) 8 39 41 - Wh'l Trelawney ( Lisle , ; 45 29 31 p. ct. pref. Stock 50 Great West. (Berks an 6 - - Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct d S t o ck Do. Redeemable, 44 pet. 100 94 96 -__. FOREIGN MINES.. St o ck Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. 100 86 E 8 Stock Do. Irredeemable, do lOO 87 89 891 20 Bon Australian 1 AccordCopper,Lim. 106 3 t l l p Stoc k Do. sp. ot. Redeem. Pref. 100 101 103 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 91 10 1 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £ 5 p.) 27 1/ 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. 20 Do.St.Johndelßey , Lim. 15 9 -9 shares all 161 171 5 Do. Land and Miningco. all - ..._ 10 Do do. sp. ct. pref all 9/ 105 1 Clarendon Consols Mn- Stock Do Binning. guar. stock 100 73 74 in Co. of Jamaica ... i __ d 261 Do. Chester guar.shares all 181 191 40 Cobra Copper al 39 41 5 all 9 9 / - Copiapo l6 9 11 13 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 100 140 142 2 Fortuna Stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l 100 - - 20 General all 23 25 25 Stock Do. pref., sp. c. ...No. 2 100 - 3 Linares all 9 10 Stock Do. New gua., 6p. ct... 100 - - 5 Lusitanian Stock Do. do. sp. c. No. 4 100 - - 1 Mariquita all / Lon.& N.W.Cov. &Nun- 1 New Granada all - - Stockl N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 1 9I) i i 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead 5 1v p , . 7 c p t. a ... ............ 100 - - 100 58 162 Mining and Smelt all 3 4 Stock Lo e n at .n. late 3d shares 5 Port Philip 12k Londondy & Cole, 1 sh e . all - - 9 30 Santiago de Cuba ll1 1 - 9 9 . 12 Londondy.& Ennis 1 sh. all 8 . Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. ct. 100 122 126 28.2.81 United Mexican all 1/ 25 Stec • 6 Do. £6 4l 1 ii) JOINT-STOCK BANKS. I p aid. Closing Business Stock Do. 35 per cent. ... . 121 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c all - - Sharei Joint-Stock Banks. ~„, ( Do. 4 per cent .. - - ''"l i Do. - - I Price. Done. Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock - - Stock Do. 41 100 141 143 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 69 71 Stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock lOO 103 105 40 Australasia all 83 85 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 P i l3 25 Bank of Egypt all 201 21/ 23 Stock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. 100 93 95 100 Pank of London 5O 43 46 10 1 NewportAber,&c.pret.s ) p. c. redeem, at sp.e. r m i '"- 91 -- 10 91 • 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & Loan Co. all - - 50 British North America . all 56 58 10 Do. Pernet 6p c with 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &. 12 2 1 d till' * * opt• on 1866 all 111 1 11 3 / 4 100 City 5O - - 10 Norfolk Deb. 4p.c. sh area all -, i. , •; 100 Colonial 25 -_ 655 Stock Do. sp. c. Ext. S t0ck,1846 100 - - 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada all - - Stock Do. 51p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 - - 100 Commercial of London 2O - - Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 100 - - 20 Eng., Scet., & Aus. Ch all 155 169 Stock North British, 5 per cent 100 109 111 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all - _ Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent 100 - - 20 Lon.Char.Bk.otAustral. all 205 215 21 209 • Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dvlt.Co. 100 - - 50 London and County - ' • Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 - - 50 London Joint Stock - _ :321 Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 100 96 98 100 London & Westminster. 20 - _ 17 Do. do. do. - - 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. C. No. 1 l3 - - 20 Do. new ............... 10 - _ 124 Do. do. Quarter 5,1&16 . 9 - 50 National Bank 25 - - 25 80. York, H. S. Purei. 10 I 1 d 20 New South Wales 20 North Staffordshire . . all 224 231 25 Orient .Bk. Corporation all -- - 38 Stock Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. lsVg 100 124 125 126 5 20 Ottoman Bank all 154 164 174 i Stock , Do. do. do., 2d gua lOO 120 125 Provincial of Ireland .. 6B 70 Stock Do. 40. c. Db.stk.in perp 100 100 101 all all 8 i Scottish Central, new pt all - - Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 - - 175 - - Stock Do. 35 per c. pref. stock 100 72 74 25 1 25 0 Do . South NNeeAwwu.s..t.r..a 1i ...a....................... 25 Union of Aniaralia ..... all 51 53 Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. 1 00 118 122 25 Do. New ... . ......... 20 - - Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 10 0 118 122 59 U nion of L'ondon ...... 10 - - Ds. South Devon, Ann. 10s. 11 1 0 5 10 9 100 Un it y Mutua1.......... 60 - - 10 Do. Fixed 45 percent. 1 - - 101 5 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) all 235 24 5 NT SECURITIES. 100 Western Bk of London 50 - - d Stock Do .45 per cent lOO 103 105 COLONIAL GOVERNME Stock Do. Fixed 45 p.c. Ist is Stock Do. New do., 2d issue lOO - - Th ,, A 1 Closing Business Stock South wales, gua. 4 p.c Share Securities. L 'lt" Prices. Done. Stock Do. 45 per cent lOO -- - - -----_-- 20 S.-YorksMre, 4 p.c. gua all •:- - 25 ) Stockton and Dar. 5 p.c all 28 29 25 ; Do. 6 per cent• all 33 84 -....- Cana . ov. 6 6 p p :a. e I.lt..&szAJualgy. 110000 Stock e & Kilkenny, - Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 112 114 6 Waterfor d ercent.- all 47 53 - N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 10C 106 207 1069 5 1 1 12 2 5 1 1 1 14 35 1129 il2 - Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - --- - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 106 975 was LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. - NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. S.. 24..! vs Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 106 107 106i09 110 Leasing i wo Closing Busilless - S.Aus.Gt6pc.Jan&July 100 1 Co.'s. Price. Done. - Vict•Gov.6p. c. J an &July 100 - - Railways. paid. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, , JULY 11, 1859. LI On Liberty. By John Stuart Mill. Parker & Son. This is, in every respect, a remarkable work. The writer is one whose keen intelligence and broad grasp of mind have already done good service in some of the most arduous branches of literature. The name of John Stuart Mill is one that commands the respect of the reader, of whatever sect or party, if only from the vast amount and research of his labours, whether as the historian of British India, the expounder of the principles of political economy, the upholder of a new system of logic, or the author of any of those other works which have instructed and gratified his readers. He now gives to the public a short treatise with a simple title, which discusses some of the fundamental principles of social economy, and makes the common place asser tions and prejudices around us come forth into the light of reason and bear the brunt of his tren chant arguments. The Liberty he speaks of is not what is usually understood by the term. It is not the freedom of action, the possession of a constitu tional government, the abolition of slavery, or any such view of the question. The Liberty he speaks of is the right of every rational man to obtain a fair hearing for his opinions, an individual in dependence of thought and word, an enfranchise ment from the tyranny of society and custom. In his introductory chapter he speaks as follows : The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as- entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control, whether the means used be physical force in the form of legal penalties, or the moral coercion of public opinion. That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because it will be better for him to do so, because it will make him happier, because, in the opinion of others, to do so would be wise, or even right. These are good reasons for remonstrating with him, or reasoning with him, or persuading him, or entreat ing him, but not for compelling him, or visiting him with any evil in case he do otherwise. To justify that, the con duct from which it is desired to deter him, must be calcu lated to produce evil to some one else. The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence iai of right, absolute. Over hitneelf,.over his own body and'mind, in dividual is the is sovereign. The first department of the subject is fully discussed in the first chapter, "On the li berty of thought and discussion." This great question has advanced with rapid strides in the last century. It is impossible to overrate its importance. It is the keystone of all our rights and liberties, and it will always be a matter for national rejoicing that England has been the foremost in the proclamation and upholding of this invaluable right of rational and responsible beings. The author carries this principle out to its fullest extent ; he would fearlessly encourage dis cussion on every subject, maintaining it to be the touchstone of truth and the most powerful method of impressing men's minds with the reality of their own convictions. He attaches the greatest impor tance to the free circulation of the mental atmo sphere. He would rather have a hurricane than a dead calm. " Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think. Not that it is solely, or chiefly, to form great thinkers that freedom of thinking is required ; on the contrary, it is as much, and even more in dispensable, to enable average human beings to attain the mental stature which they are capable of. There have been, and may again be, great indivi dual thinkers, in a general atmosphere of mental slavery. But there never has been, nor ever will be, in that atmosphere an intellectually active people." In one point we do not quite coincide with Mr. Mill's argument, which has something too material in its tone. He says, "It is proper to state that I forego any advantage which could be derived to my argument from the idea of abstract right, as a thing independent of utility. I regard utility as the ultimate appeal on all ethical ques tions ; but it must be utility , in the largest sense, grounded on the permanent interests of man as a progressive being." Even taking this elevated view of utility it would be dangerous to make it our guide independent of any higher consideration. Unless we hold firm to abstract principles we shall find our best philosophy will have a downward instead of an up ward tendency. In his forcible arguments against intolerance, he cites several remarkable proofs of its now acknowledged error and fallacy. Among these he mentions the career, of Marcus Aurelius, and gives a striking sketch of the notions and theories which led " the gentlest and most amiable of philosophers and rulers, under a solemn sense of duty, to authorise the persecution of Christianity." He adds—" To my mind this is one of the most tragical facts in all history." On the subject of religious theories and doctrines, we cannot agree with Mr. Mill • that the New Testament only con tains part of a system of morality, insufficient for the guidance of its followers on questions of right and wrong. " And this being so, I think it a great error to persist in attempting to find in the Chris tian doctrine that complete rule for our guidance which its author intended it to sanction and en force, but only partially to provide." Of course it would be folly to expect to draw from it practical directions for every difficulty that arises in the complicated relations of life. But the theory of the morality is complete enough to furnish an un failing gu;de in the formation and adoption of mental principles ; and could we find a man who acted thoroughly up to the morality of the New Testament, we do not think philosophers or fellow citizens would have much cause to complain of his defective theory. The Christian doctrine includes within itself the principles of the highest morality, adapted to every clime and suited to every age, only it gives them in their simplest and purest form, leaving successive generations to add to that foundation the superstructure best fitting their race and time. The reader will recal that fine passage in St. Augustine's writings in which he asks for such fathers, such children, such teachers, such rulers, above all, such public men and citizens as Christianity would give us, to prove its power to aid the progress of the human race. After this able chapter on the liberty of thought and dikussion, we come to one perhaps even more striking from the greater novelty of its subject. It is on " Individuality as one of the elements of well-being." It is highly interesting, and sets forth a valuable truth which in these days is over looked. Everything now is done by the force of numbers and majorities. Mr. Bright furnishes a striking sample of this theory in his proposed re forms, where numbers are everything. Though at first sight bearing a fair appearance, this is a most dangerous doctrine. It prevents the arbitrary dictation of the few, but it encourages the more formidable tyranny of the many: After pourtray ing the general conformity to custom, in accordance with which, in purely personal matters, people do not ask what is best for their own moral character or most suited to their own disposition, but what is usually done by persons of their position, Mr. Mill asks, " Is this a desirable conditioniof human nature ?" It is so, on the Calvinistic theory. According to that, the one great offence of man is self-will. All the good of which humanity is capable, is comprised in obedience. You have no choice ; thus you must do, and no otherwise : "whatever is not a duty, is a sin." Human nature being radically corrupt, there is no redemption for any one until human nature is killed within him. To one holding this theory of life, crushing any out of the human faculties, capacities, and susceptibilities, is no evil ; man need no capa city, but that of surrendering himself to the will of God; and if he uses any of his faculties for any other purpose but to do that supposed will more effectually, he is better with out them. That is the theory of Calvinism; and it is held, in a mitigated form, by many who do not consider them selves Calvinists ; the mitigation consisting in giving a less ascetic interpretation to the alleged will of God ; asserting it to be His will that mankind should gratify some of their inclinations : of course not in the manner they themselves prefer, but in the way of obedience, that is, in a way pre scribed to them by authority ; and, therefore, by the neces sary conditions of the case, the same for all. In some such insidious form there is at present a strong tendency to this narrow theory of life, and to the pinched and hidebound type of human character which it pat ronises. Many persons, no doubt, sincerely think that human beings thus cramped and dwarfed, are as their Maker designed them to be; just as many have thought that trees are a much finer thing when clipped into pollards, or cut out into figures of animals, than as nature made th em. B u t if it b e any par t ofi religion to believe that man was made by a good being, it is more consistent with that faith to believe that this being gave all human faculties that they might be culti vated and unfolded, not rooted out and consumed, and that he takes delight in every nearer approach made by his creatures to the ideal conception embodied in them, every increase in any of their capabilities cf comprehension, of action, or of, enjoyment. There is a different type of human excellence from the Calvinistic ; a conception of humanity i t bwbip s i nle o hee o n r intai n hed s c e hje e ls se l o o t f ewsh f h - days, dtehepne aao,n,elementsPlatonic Thereau dof Christian i human aG reek w ij o dd rL a h li , ooaffssseewi self-government, o a vv s e n ' p C mm ls t , as having it nature bestowed on it for other purposes than merely to be abnegated. " Pagan self-assertion" but does not supersede. It may be better to Knox than an Alcibildes, but it is better to be a t ni t h h a n either ; nor would a Pericles, if we had one be without anything good which belonged to John Knox. Again, in speaking of the same subject, he says : In sober truth, whatever homage may be professed, or even paid, to real or supposed mental superiority, the gene ral tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind. In ancient history, in the middle ages, and in a diminishing degree through the long transition from feudality to the present time, the individual was a power in himself; and if he had either great talents or a high social position, he was a co nsiderable power. At present individuals are lost in the crowd. In politics it is almost a triviality to say that public opinion now rules the wor _ Ld. The only power de serving the nam e is that of masses 44 ,1 o f govern meats while they make th emse l v e s the orgao. of the 'tendencies and instincts of masses. This is as true in the moral and social relations of private life as in public transactions. Those whose opinions go by the name of public opinion, are not always the same sort of public ; in America they are the whole white population ; in England, chiefly the middle class. But they are always a mass, that is to say, eollective mediocrity. And what is a still greater novelty, the mass do not now take their opinions from dignitaries in Church or State, from osten sible leaders, or from books. Their thinking is done fdr them by men much like themselves, addressing them or speaking in their name, on the spur of the moment,through the newspapers. I am not complaining of all this. Ido not assert that anything better is compatible, as a general rule, with the present low state of the human mind. But that does not hinder the government of mediocrity from being 'mediocre government. No government by a demo cracy or a numerous aristocracy, either in its political acts or in the opinions, qualities, and tone of mind which it fosters, ever did or could rise above mediocrity, except in so far as the sovereign many have let themselves be guided (which in their best times they always have done) by the counsels and influence of a more highly gifted and in• strutted one or few. The initiation of all wise or noble things comes and must come from individuals ; generally at first from some one individual. The honour and glory of the average man is that he is capable of following that initiative; that he can respond internally to wise and noble things, and be led to them with his eyes open. I anck not countenancing the sort of " hero-worship" which applauds the strong man of genius for forcibly seizing on the govern ment of the world and making it to do his bidding in spite of itself. All he can claim is, freedom to point out the way. The power of compelling others into it, is not only inconsistent with the freedom and development of all the rest, but corrupting to the strong man himself. It does seem, however, that when the opinions of masses of merely average men are everywhere become or becoming the do nifnant power, the counterpoise and corrective to that ten dency would be, the more and more pronounced individuality of those who stand on the higher eminences of thought. It is in these circumstances most especially, that exceptional individuals, instead of being deterred, should be encouraged in acting differently from the mass. In other times there was no advantage in their doing so, unless they acted not only differently, but better. In this age the mere example of non-conformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny of opinion is such as to make eccentricity a reproach, it is desirable, in order to break through that tyranny, that peo ple should be eccentric. Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded ; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigour, and moral courage which it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time. We have little space to treat of the last chapters in which Mr. Mill discusses the power of society over the individual and his " applications" of his argument. We, can _ only commend all who wish for deep and earnest thought, for clear and unprejudiced reasoning, to peruse, this volume, which contains, as it were, in its brief compass the essence of the grand prin ciples of our social and religious liberty. Raised by his own rare abilities and the experience and study of years to a height in mental philosophy seldom attained, Mr. Mill sees beyond his age. The great principles he maintains are stirring amongst us, but he looks forward to their full development. Amid the jar and strife of the discordant elements of society, the calm voice of the social philosopher makes itself heard " distinct as lutes 'mid trumpets." What he sees clearly and feels deeply he sets simply and earnestly before mankind, and though his maxims and arguments may be only appreciated by the few, still by their dissemination and concur rence they will gradually descend to impress and to influence the many. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(711IS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. OPEN-AIR MEETINGS. A respectable-looking man, stepping into the' witness-box, said that for some time past large open-air meetings hid been held in the neighbourhood of Newport Market every Sunday, in support of teetotalism, but yesterday they were prevented holding it by the police, and, on expostulating with the police for stopping it, they were referred to the inspector at the station-house, who told him he had better attend at the Court and see him (the magistiate). Mr. Beadon said the inspector had told him quite wrong —he had nothing to do with the holding of meetings. It was entirely with the Commissioners of Police. Mr. Holden, inspector of the C division, said the police had orders, owing to the obstruction caused by the assem bling of large numbers of persons, and the loud complaints of the respectable inhabitants, not to allow the meetings to be held, the order coming from Sir Richard Mayne. Mr. Beadon said the applicant could see the Commis sioners if he thought proper, and the applicant withdrew. • _ _ EMBEZZLEMENT.-Robert Russell, porter, in the employ of Messrs. George Harrow and Son, trunkmakers, of 5, Swallow-street, was charged with embezzling various sums of money received on his master's account. One case having been proved against the prisoner he was remanded. STVINFEN ELMSFORD. lodging for the rest of her life, while every gossip in the county had it to say that she had compro- No cause tried in a civil court of justice for years mised her case because her own witnesses had tes has created so much interest in the legal profession tified to her malpractices, and she ought to as that of " Swinfen v. Lord Chelmsford," which think herself - fortunate that the kindness has just occupied the Lord Chief Baron and a special of the, heir-at-law gave her any portion of the jury for two days at Guildhall. It is not too much old man's property. In this case we cannot help to say that the questions involved in it were among thinking that Sir F. Thesiger overstepped the the most important which affect the interests of the bounds of sound judgment, nor can we think that community. These questions can hardly be said to such compromises are within the just authority of be decided, since the verdict only acquits the de- any body of men, however learned or honourable. fendant of conduct which it was mere folly and in- _ T i mes. solence to impute to him, and it is doubtful whether the ulterior proceedings will ever raise the real point which the public would desire to see decided. The facts of this extraordinary case are as follow : In the year 1851 there lived at Swinfen-hall, in the county of Stafford, an old gentleman not far from. 80 years of age, named Samuel Swinfen, of an in firm state of body. Whether his mind was equally affected became afterwards the question in a long series oflitigation. His son ,H en ry John S win fen ,was the husband of Patience Swinfen, the plaintiffin this cause. In 1854 Henry John Swin fen died, in the life time of his father, and Mrs. Swinfen, who, if her husband had in the course of nature survived his father, would have come into possession by her husband's will of a property worth from £1,700 to £2,000 a-year, found herself dependent on the bounty of her father-fii-law, old Samuel Swinfen, then in his 81st year. The death of young Swinfen took place on June 15, 1854, and then old Swinfen was in very feeble health, and could evidently not last many weeks. Mrs. Swinfen had thus lost her inheritance by a most unfortunate fatality. How ever, old Samuel had become very fond of his daughter-in-law, who had been residing in his house for three years, and on the 7th of July, three weeks after his son's death, he made a will, leaving all his real estate to her. A large amount in the funds and other securities had previously been transferred.into her name. On the 27th .of July, three weeks after making this will, old Swinfen died. Behold, then, Mrs. Patience the possessor of the Swinfen estates ! But she was not to enjoy them undisturbed. The. heir-at-law, Frederick Hay Swinfen, knowing that his aged relative had been in weak health, and, to say the least, of eccentric habits, at once filed a Bill in Chancery against Mrs. Swinfen, and the result was an order by the Master of the Rolls that the issue of the testator's capacity to make a will should be tried under a writ issued out of the Court of Common Pleas by Mrs. Swinfen against Frederick Hay Swinfen. The trial came on in due course at the Spring Assizes for the county of Staf ford. For Mrs. Swinfen appeared Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. Alexander, Q.C., Mr. Whitmore, Q.C., and Mr. Gray—a sufficiently formidable bar. For the heir-at-law were retained Sir A. Cockburn and other learned gentlemen. Mr. Justice Cresswell presided. The trial began on Saturday, March 15, 1856. At the close of the day's proceedings, about six o'clock in the evening, Sir F. Thesiger was ob served to have a few minutes' conversation with the Judge. He then returned to his juniors, and in the course of the evening warmly urged on Mrs. Swinfen the necessity of consenting to a compro mise. We cannot go into the question whether at that or any other time an annuity of £l,OOO a-year for life was suggested to Mrs. Swinfen as a fair basis for a compromise ; it is suffi cient that Sir F. Thesiger communicated to his client his impression that the case was going against her, and that she had better consent to an arrangement. The lady was evidently from the beginning averse from a compromise. but on the Saturday evening she did not absolutely reject it. She said she was going home to Swinfen-hall, but that the next day she would send an answer. Ac cordingly, about 2 o'clock the next day came a te legram, " The offer is refused." Now, the argument that no specific offer had been made by the other side, and that the words of the telegram were con sequently unmeaning, seems to us to have no weight. No one could mistake the meaning of the sender ; it was, that the notion of a compromise was rejected, and that the trial must go on. So thought Sir Frederic, his learned friends, the at torneys, and every one. But the next morning, Monday, before the meeting of the Court, Mr. Simpson, the attorney for the plaintiff, waited on Sir Frederic and communicated to him certain intern. gence, and the consequence was that the learned coun sel, without waiting for the arrival of Mrs. Swin fen, who was expected within an hour of the sit ting of the Court, hurriedly compromised the cause, accepting for his client £l,OOO a-year for ife, £1,250 for costs, 'with other minor details, the, attorney entering into the discussion respecting the various points, but distinctly stating to Sir Frederic that he, Mr. Simpson, would take no responsibility on himself. " You must protect me from my client," says the attorney. " Oh, yes," answers .Sir Frederic Thesiger. " I take all the responsibility on myself," answered the eminent advocate in the full belief of his authority. But Mrs. Swinfen was a woman of determined temper. She came into court a few minutes after the initials of her counsel, appended withqut her authority, and in spite of her express prohibition, had converted her from the possessor of a fine estate and the mistress of Swinfen-hall into an annuitant for life, with perhaps a blasted ' reputation as having been afraid to defend a will which she had promulgated—as having been unable to maintain in a court of justice the sanity of the old man, who, under her care had made a will in her favour. She at once repudiated the agreement. refused to perform it, and the series of events took place which have made " Swinfen v. Swinfen " so celebrated a cause. The Court of Common Pleas was only prevented by the dissent of Mr. Justice Crowder from treating her as guilty of contempt, they holding it as indisputable law that the counsel absolutely binds his client to whatever he thinks proper to agree upon. The Court of Chancery, however, thought differently. Mrs. Swinfen ob tained a new trial, succeeded, and is now the mis tress of the Swinfen property. But the delay and expense she had incurred determined her to bring against her counsel the action in which a verdict was given yesterday. In the hands of an astute, even-tempered man of the world, such as leading counsel generally are, Mrs. Swinfen might have proved a formidable an• tagonist to Lord Chelmsford ; but, unfortunately for her, and we think for the public, which is so much interested in the question, her advisers have been guilty of every fault which can beset a lawyer. Instead of a declaration charging Lord Chelmsford simply with having compromised the case without the authority and against the will of the plaintiff, and thus caused her to incur great expense and trouble, there was the monstrous document which we published on Tuesday, in which the defendant was charged with having fraudulently betrayed the interests of his client, in which the Judge is declared to have "privately, clandestinely, and illegally" communicated with the defendant, who, "in collusion with the said judge, wrongfully and fraudulently" compromised the cass of the plaintiff. The speech of Mr. Kennedy corresponded with hese absurd and malignant charges, and showed hat neither cultivated mind nor academical dis nctions are any guarantee for judgment, taste, or AQUATICS. ROYAL THAMES YACHT. CLUB.-THE SCHOONER RACE. . The schooner race of this distinguished club has been generally hailed as the great feature of the aquatic season, but the disparity of size in the yachts for the race last Saturday detracted from the interest of the nvatch, the mani fest superiority of the - winner over the rest enabling it to achieve an easy victory. The course intended to be sailed was as usual, from Gravesend round the Mouse Light, snel back to Greenhithe, and the Eagle, which had been char tered to accampariy the race, was conveniently filled with a very Sashionable assemblage, headed by the noble commo dore of the club, the Right Hon. Lord Alfred Paget, M.P. The following were the boats entered Yachts. Tons. Clubs. Owners. 1.. Alarm ..... 248 R.Y.S Mr. Joseph Weld. 2. Zouave..... 105 R.T.C. Mr. Richard Arabia. 3. Vestal .... 75 R T.Y.C Mr. F. Ord Marshall. 4. Destiny.... 120 R.S.Y.C Lieut.-Colonel Grimes. As there was no time allowance, the Alarm, the van quisher of the America, and of many o_ther clippers, was, the favourite at 2to 1. The Alarm had the best station, being well over to the southward, off Rosherville Pier, but there was actually not a breath of wind to move them. The gun to prepare was fired at oh. 2 min. 30 sec., and the starting gun at oh. 7 min. 30 sec., when a splendid sight was presented to the admiring gaze of the spectators on board the steam boats and elsewhere. The Vestal was liveliest, and had her mainsail up in 33 sec., the Destiny' being the second to set her after canvas. The Vestal WWI first rigged, the Destiny second, and the Alarm last. The Vestal, after canting, drifted away with a slight lead, fol lewed closely by the Alarm, who presently forged ahead off the Town Pier, and with her thirty hands and crowd of canvas she was something grand to look at. Zottave came Up, and went by the Vestal to windward, and in a few more minutes pressed hard on to the Alarm. • Off the Terrace Pier a slight breeze sprung up east and by south, and the Vestal made the first board, the Zouave following suit immediately.. This order was preserved to Coal House Point, when the Zouave headed the fleet, with the Alarm close up, Vestal a furlong astern, and Destiny no where already. For , about a mil e sor t i e skilful mantettelitiir went on between the two headmost craft, till in the middle of the Lower Hope the Alarm showed herself not at all behind what she has been. The Alarm tacked, as if to make a board, Zonave close by, like a wise general followed suit; Alarm was immediately shaken up, in stead of being allowed to go about, and the Zouave not having the opportunity of following up this feint, the Alarm came out to windward well ahead. The Vestal was now nearly a quarter of a mile astern to the Zouave, and right ahead were some splendid vessels in company, including the Coquette, Zoe, Halcyon, Colum bine, Mosquito, Amazon, Volante, Avalon, and Whisper. A good breeze springing up from east south-east, the Zouave had again approached the Alarm very closely, but now the latter began to feel her old friend, a wholsome wind, and sped along well under a mainsail, fore and aft foresail, fore gaff-topsail, stay sail, and jib. Vestal sticking to the Zouave, but the Destiny being between three miles astern. Thames Haven was passed at lh. 57m. Alarm half a mile ahead, and increasing her lead the further she went. The Vestal now made it appear to lie a close thing between her and the Zouave, and abbut a mile and a half down Sea Reach she became second, going ahead well to leeward, but at Hole Haven she again-succumbed to her larger op ponent. Off the Chapman the Destiny went aground, and it being found, between Leigh and Yantlet Creek, that the tide had run out some time, a boat was dropped for the ves sels to round, which they did in the 'following order arid time : 12. m. s. Alarm 3 41 55 Zouave Vestal.. Great excitement was caused at rounding as to •which of the last two would be first. The Zouave came up well to round at 4 h. 15 min. 30 sec., but fell short, and had to make a long board. The Vestal was coming down very fast behind her, and passed, looking much more likely to do the turn, but falling off near the boat than the Zouave had done, she had to make a much longer board, and the Zouave.; as seen above, went round 3 min. 15 sec. in ad vance. The Vestal immediately sent up an enormous top sail, but failed to improve her position ; with every stitch of canvas set the Alarm was going home at the rate of six or seven knots an hour, and the vessels arrived at Greenhithe as under : Alarm Z ouave Vestal h. m. S. 5 43 40 . 6 42 50 6 52 45 LOld ALFRED PAGET, in presenting Mr. Weld with the cup (a very handsome silver-gilt one, valued at £lOO, ma nufactured by Garrard and Co. ' being a vase surmounted with Neptune holding a trident, with serpent handles, and ornamented with marine subjects), said that that day was a Very gratifying one to him, not only because Mr. Weld had afforded him and other members of the club the oppor tunity of seeing the magnificent vessel he haffbrought there that day, but he had additional gratification in seeing an old and much-loved friend of his (Lord Alfred's) late and much-respected father. His father and Mr. Weld he might call two original sailors of that day. Mr. Weld had out lived his father. They said the term of man's life was threescore years and ten. Mr. Weld had passed fourscore years, and was hale and hearty yet, and he (Lord Alfred) only hoped he would come among them and sail win in their matches. Mr. WELD responded, signifying his intention of be cominc, a member of the club. Ihe band of the Blues, under the able direction of Mr. Tutton, band-master, applied themselves most indus triously throughout the day to amuse and enliven the company. The club expressed their warmest approbation of the commissariat department, under the direction of Mr. May, the steward. Captain Brain, of the Eagle, is also entitled to his rneed of praise for the excellent view of the race which he afforded, under the direction of Lord Alfred Paget; and he materially shortened along day by bringing the company from Greenhithe to London in an hour and 20 minues. A well-contested race took place on Saturday evening last, between two four-oared boats, the rowers being ap prentices of Messrs. Myers, the eminent builders of Lam beth, the distance being from Westminiter-bridge to Bat tersea new bridge, for money prizes. The following are the names of the crews that contended : First—Blue. D. Garnscy. _ _ 1 H. Granby. J. WHugh. A. Crouch. H. Tammage, coxswain. Second—Red. T. Reed. J. Lewis. J. Htint. M. Norris. W. Land, coxswain. They rowed level for the first half mile, when Red began to draw away, and at Millbank-pier were two lengths ahead ; at this point Blue put on a tremendous spurt, and at Pimlico they were rowing oar and oar, when, after as fine a race as ever was seen, Blue eventually won by a -length and a half. MURDEROUS OUTRAGE IN THE STRANGERS' HOME. temper. It need not be said that Lord Chelmsford's coun sel took advantage of the wrongheadedness of their adversaries. It was made by them all through a question of Lord Chelmsford's personal honour, They easily proved that the witnesses on the first day broke down ; that the judge's communica tion was some trifling remark to the effect that " Cockburn has damaged your witnesses a little ;" that Sir F. Thesiger was informed by the at torney that a witness on their own side would be obliged to contradict Mrs. Swinfen on a most important point ; that, in short, Sir Frederic had good grounds for believing that a compromise was the best thing for his, client, and that he effected it in perfect good faith and sin cerity. The result was a verdict for the defendant —the only one which could be returned on the issues which the jury had to try. But we, as, representing the public, may be allowed to revert to the real question which in terests us all. Are counsel supreme and irrespon sible in dealing with the interests of their clients, and when we bring a cause into court do we abne gate all control over it ? The Swinfen cause has established that this is not law, inasmuch as Mrs. Swinfen refused to acquiesce he in her counsel' s ld by the Court arran gement, and has b ee n up of Chancery in her recusancy. But the Lord Chief Baron, nevertheless, laid down the proposition positively in his address to neverthe ju jury. Werog trust . gl h th t a h t e Esunchis a Power will arrogated d by bar, or con ceded by the cou rts of the countr y . U ndoubtedly, ar the conduct of a cause must be left wit • h counsel, and in very amanY cases it must be committed to their judgment whether a compromise shall be accepted. The limits of this power it is, indeed, hard to define, but that there are limits every man of judgment must see. In a .compli cated question of t ccounts, or to' avoid protracted l i t i ga tion, a counsel . may take £3OO instead of £5OO, and it is desirable that suitors, who are often unacquainted with their nothing of the breakers true interests and know ak ers and quicksands of the law, should not b e charges against encouraged to make frivolous their counsel or to repudiate reasonable arrangements. of mankindwill i But the common sense 1 nsure sympathy with poor Mrs. Swinfen, who, after telegraphing expressly to say that she would not compromise, came into court on that Monday morning to find her estate given away to her opponent, her home, where she had lived for three years, and where she was undoubt edly resp ec t e d, made his property, and herself con verted into an annuitant, live ' t o in some London THAMES.—A negro named Oudee Ojun, but who is better known as John Burdoe, who was tried and acquitted at the Central Criminal Court, on Thursday, on a charge of cutting and wounding Charles Oliver, a City policeman, was charged be fore Mr. Yardley with murderously assaulting and wounding William Bailey, Gregory Powell, John Frederick, and a Mohammedan named Kurritn, with a knife and a razor, in the Sailors' Home, West India Dock-road, Limehouse. The prisoner, who, it is feared, has become a hopeless lunatic, in consequence of the treatment he received as a slave by a Genoese captain, and further injuries in a conflict in an attempt to kid nap him on board another vessel, was so weak that he could scarcely stand, and his head was bound up with plasters, as well as one of his hands. It appeared that after h is release from Which he watched Newgate on Thursday he was t aken to the Sailors' Home. Duringwhere a manFridayhnaidghptlathceedpfaisoknneirfe, hav ing w with had eaten liis got dinner, up, a andnd h also av i u s seen e u s e a cutnd blind man with arazor, n he th ui r sll e ose e wea pons, made a furious attack, fi r ston blind w ith whom he was sleeping, and t hen upon others, who, before they could get the weapons from him, were frightfully cut and wounded—two so severely that they are now in a dangerous state in the hospital. On the a • val of a policeman the rri acc used was found be ating the blind man with a po ker; and it was only by bringing the prisoner down with his truncheon that his fury was stopped, and himself secured from further mischief. Lieutenant-C olonel Hughes, secretary to. the Sailors' Home, at whose expense the prisoner was defended on Thursday, expressed a belief that the ill-usage the poor creature had received had driven him mad. He was under an impression that he was about to be dragged again into slavery. The prisoner, in answer to Normoyle, the inter preter, said he was a black slave, and that the peo ple at the Sailors' Home said they would kill him. This appears to have been a delusion, as he was treated there in the most kind manner. Mr. Yardley expressed his conviction that the man must be insane, and remanded the poor fellow to be taken care of in the House of Detention until a proper investigation can take place as to the state of his mind. THE REVENUE DEPARTMENTS. The total amount of the Estimates for the expenses of the 13,evreno.sute. D epar t men t s —the Customs, Inland Revenue, d ananincrease office—for the year 1859-60, is £4,739,453, b e ing fizure of £ 16,304, compared with 1858-59. 9,664_, the st fooffir ce f507r,1225:0t5hie,21in31, ran £1,3 nuations of the thlree departments for £481,221. Part of this has been departments money voted "on account." The Customs employ 5,871 persons, the Inland Revenue, 6,439, and the Post-office 24,409. an an d d it the ev e s n u a p e e for THE FRENCH FLEET. —The Channel squadron which it has recently been determined to form is to consist of 12 liners 10 of which are at Brest and Cherbourg. This is, I 'believe, independent of the Ocean squadron which is fitting out at Brest. The St. Louis and Via de Paris have just returned to Toulon, and are under orders t o join the Channel squadron. It is stated, with wl hat foundation I do not pretend to say, that before many we eke are passed the Brest and Channel squadrons will be all a to form a fleet of 30 ships of the line, besides the proper frigates. The greatest activity is displ: eyed of heavy in Toulon dockyard to get ready and launch the. two frigates Invincible and Gloire.—Times Correspondent. THAMES. SMUGGLING FOREIGN WATCHES.—IMPORTANT CON VICTION.—Theodore Besseter and Jane, his wife, foreigners, appeared before Mr. Yardley, to answer a Custom-house in formation, which charged them with importing into this country nine Geneva watches, the duty upon which had not been first paid and secured, with intent to defraud the revenue, by which they incurred a penalty of £36 7s. 6d., being treble the value of the watches seized. _ _ The defendants immediately pleaded guilty to the infor mation, and begged for mercy. Mr. Yardley was not aware that he had power to adjudi cate summarily where foreign watches were smuggled. Mr. Graham, from the Customs' Solicitor's-office, pointed out the Act of Parliament giving the magistrate jurisdiction in the case. The prisoners were about to land with the watches from a foreign steamer at St. Katherine's-wharf, and were asked if they had anything about them liable to duty, to which they answered in the negative. The watches were found concealed on their persons. Mr. Claridge, Queen's appraiser of condemned goods, said the value of the watches and the duty amounted to £l2 2s. 6d. He valued six of the watches at £1 ss. each, and the other three at £l2s. 6d. each. _ _ Mr. Yardley thought the watches were valued very low indeed. The male defendant, who lives at No. 6, Horndon.-ter race, Kensington, said he was a very poor man indeed, and could not afford to pay a fins. He then handed to the magistrate a letter, of which the following is a copy : "J. Wright, watchmaker, 4, Somerset-terrace, Ken sington, writes to inform the magistrate that T. Besseter has been in his employ for some time. He is a poor man, and has nothing but what he earns. He went home to Bos ton to receive a small sum of money which was left him by a relative, and which he laid out in a few watches. His poverty induced him to try to evade the duty, for which he is very sorry. J. W. does net think he has ever been en gaged in evading the laws before, and that it is his first offence, as he has nothing to trade with, and hopes the offence may be treated with mercy, as his wife is near her confinement, and will be reduced to want if her husband is sent to prison. • • • - Mr. Yardley said the Act of Parliament enabled him in his discretion to reduce the penalty to one-fourth the amount sought for. He should in this case fine the male defendant £lO. The wife might go. There was no wish to press the charge against her. The male defendant—" Oh, sare, sare, £lOl That is more than de watches are worth." Mr. Yardley—These foreign watches are very cheap ;hinge. I can't reduce the fine below £lO. It is nearly the minimum. The penalty was instantly paid. The watches were con demned to the use of the Crown. PIEDMONT AND THE ROMAGNA. The Piedmontese Gazette publishes the following letter from Count Cavour, in answer to the address presented by the provisional deputation from Bologna to the King : Turin, June 28, 1859. Gentlemen, —His Majesty the King desires me .o thank you for the address presented to him in the name of the inhabitants of the Romagna, in which address, expressing the wish to be annexed to Piedmont, these inhabitants invoke his dictator ship. His Majesty, solely intent on the thought of delivering Italy from the yoke of the foreigner, cannot venture upon an act which, by causing dip lomatic complications, would tend to render the attainment of this object more arduous. Nevertheless, acknowledging the nobility and generosity of the sentiment impelling those inhabi tants to take part in the war waged for this great cause by Piedmont and her generous ally, the Em peror of the French, his Majesty cannot refuse, notwithstanding his profound respect for the Holy Father, to take under his direction the forces being organised at this moment in those districts, and which they are preparing to place at the service of Italian independence. He will thus perform the twofold task of directing the co-operation of the Romagna in the war, and of preventing the na tional movement now in progress from degenerat ing int() disorder and anarchy. I ought to add that his Majesty has resolved on choosing for his commissioner, to this end, the CavaHero Massimo d'Azeglio, who has accepted the appointment. I beg you, gentlemen, to accept the assurance of my most distinguished consideration. His Highness Tousson Pacha, son of the Viceroy of Egypt, accompanied by Mr. R. H. Galloway, arrived in London on Saturday night. FIRE AT RATCLlEF.—Yesterday (Sunday) morn ing, about 1 o'clock, a fire,. attended with a considerable loss of property, happened in the premises belonging to Mr. J. Rouen, corn merchant, No. 11, Cock-hill, Ratcliff. The premises in question were of considerable extent, and when the discovery was made the flames had obtained a strong hold of the upper part of the structure. The firemen used every exertion to extinguish the flames, but were unable to do so until the premises in which the fire originat,ed and all they contained were nearly destroyed, and the adjoining premises on each side damaged by water and the hasty re moval of the furniture. The loss will fall upon the Phoenix, Leeds and Yorkshire, and other fire-offlces. Eight other fires took place during Saturday night and yesterday morn ' ins, but the damage done at ea ch was inecs.