The Sun. — London, England, 1860-07-05 00:00:00

bu s t whatever the destiny of Garibaldi, his name will be enshrined in the page of history as that of an a rdent, unselfish patriot, whose whole life was devoted toy he cause of liberty, and who, when his work was accompshed, re tired from the scene of his emploits the same simple-minded man, whom no victory could lintoxicate, no defeat depress. Such instances are rare, and A has, therefore, been to us a grateful task to lay before our readers the life of a man who has been traduced for party pi trposes, but who now stands forth so prominently as the cl tampion of his nation, that no calumny can insure him, uo perversion of truth un dermine the glorious reputatio) a he has slowly and pain fully built up for himself. Acl h tosen life instrument be cu tof Prhort rovi dence to work out great ends, .is may when his mission is twcomplishe‘ d ; but we earnestly hope that he may be long spar ed to the world, for at the present day we possess too few of such men. to serve as as model and an example. • The Cornhill Magazine. Mr. Thackerrty's popular essays on " The Four George's," never before publitthed, are, we are glad to see, appearing in the Cornhill Magazine. George I. leads off the number for July, and will be read, as it has already been listened to, with no small amount of interest ; but 3 , et more delightful is Mr. Thackeray's last con t r ibution to the numberuer —Roundabout Papers , N o. V. Thorns Cushion." The m;series of an editor were never more whimsically, more graphically, nor, alas, more faithfully described. " Before I was an Editor," he writes, "I did not like the Postman much :—but now !" Two threatening letters he has received are given, accusing him of belying a whole class, when he has merely alluded to an individual member. " Suppose," he there upon exclaims with indignation, " suppose, for in stance, I had chosen to introduce a red-haired washerwoman into a story ? I might get an expos tulatory letter saying, in saying that the majority of washerwomen are red-haired you are a liar,' &c. &c." The case is exactly analogous. " Physiological Riddles," and " Electricity and the Electric Telegraph," are thoughtful papers, worthy of perusal. The former of these two last mentioned contributions being, in truth, the commencement of a very remarkable series of papers—penned mani festly (every sentence shows it) by one who is a profound and philosophic physiologist. Are we not right in conjecturing that this series, like that kindred series in vol. i. of the Cornhill Magazine, may be attributed to Mr. G. H. Lewes, author of the Physiology of Common Life, and in many respects one of the most philosophic thinkers and writers of our generation ? Supposing our conjecture as to the author's identity to be erroneous, however, the writer of these singularly able physiological chap ters is certainly making good his claim to be re garded as one of the first and foremost among Mr. Lewes's contemporaries. " Framley Parsonage" continues with unabated attraction. Mark's money troubles are gathering round his future notwith standing his present preferment; and poor Puck, the pony, is beaten for evils of which he is wholly innocent and unconscious. Among the poetical contributions is one from Mrs. Barrett Browning. Macmillan's Magazine. The paper on Swiss-French Literature, and the Writings of Madame de Gasparin, by S. M. Ludlow, after dwelling on the early progress of Switzerland in literature, and how Protestantism first found a stronghold at Geneva, where the persecuted French reformer could find refuge, reviews at some length the writings of Madame de Gasparin. " The Fair at Keady," is an amusing account of, an Irish row, a subject which, although often described, always contains matter for the novelist to work upon. An article "On the Social and Economical Influence of the New Gold," by Henry Fawcett, treats partly on the currency and partly on the social benefits derived by the opening up of a new field for labour. " The Volunt eers' Catechism," by T. Hughes, Captain, .19th Middlesex Rifles, vindicates the majority . of the volunteers from the charge of having joined the ' move ment to play at soldiers, four-fifths of whom be declares have not yet overcome their mauvaise honte at wearing their uniform in the streets. If such-really be the case we are sorry that so many of our countrymen should be afflicted with such uncalled-for bashfulness. " Tom Brown, at Oxford," is continued. The captain has become a great favourite with the undergraduates, and looks upon all connected with the university with a satisfaction which will not be gainsayed— everything is right, everybody clever. Tom writes a letter to his late mistress bidding her farewell — but the affair will not end here, or we Are much mistaken. The scene then changes to Engle• bourne, which must be a relief to most readers, for notwithstanding the thorough knowledge of univer sity life which the author possesses, his characters are not such as are to be found amongst the class of men who constitute the body of under-graduates. The conduct of Hardy is manly and straightfor ward, that of Tom weak and vacillating—both characters are to be found in most colleges, but the way they are made to work together is rather far fetched. At Englebourne Harry Windbourn's friends have been endeavouring to forward his suit with old Simon the Gardener's daughter, but there are many obstacles to be overcome—first and fore most, the dislike that old Simon entertains for Harry. But his patroness, Miss Winter, is deter. mined to succeed. The honest constable and tailor, bent on the same object, seeks the hayfield where Harry is mowing to advise him. He is troubled in mind by certain events which have occurred, but on reaching the stile' which divides the hayfield from the road his spirits revive : "As children, we stumble about the new-mown hay, revelling in the many colours of the prostrate grass and wild flowers, and in the power of tumbling where we please without hurting ourselves—as sm all boys, we pelt one another and the village school-girls and our nurse maids and young lady. cousins with the hay, till, hot and weary, we retire to tea or syllabub be neath the shade of some great oak or elm stand ing up like a monarch out of the fair pasture ; or, following the mowers, we rash with eagerness en the treasures dis closed by the scythe-stroke—the nest of the unhappy late laying titlark, or careless field-mouse : as big boys, we toil ambitiously with the spare forks and rakes, or climb into the waggons and receive with open arms the delicious load as it is pitched up from below, and rises higher and higher as we pass along the long lines of haycocks : a year or two later we are strolling there with our first sweethearts, our souls and tongues loaded with sweet thoughts and soft speeches ; we take a turn with the scythe as the bronzed mowers lie in the shade for their short rest, and willingly pay our footing for the feat. Again, we come back with book in pocket, and our own children tumbling about as we did before them; now romping with them, and smothering them with the sweet- smelling load—now musing and reading and dosing away the delicious summer evenings. And so shall we not come back to the end, enjoying as grandfathers the lovemaking and the rompings of younger generations yet ? " Were any of us ever really disappointed or melancholy in a hay-field ? Did we ever lie fairly back on a hay cock and look up into the blue sky, and listen to the merry sounds, the whetting of scythes and the laughing prattle of women and children, and think evil thoughts of the world or our brethren? Not we lorif we have so done, we ought to be ashamed of ourselves, and deserve never to be out of town again during hay harvest." " Reminiscences of American College Life " de scribes life in an American college 20 years ago, and the manners and customs of the students. The article by the Rev. F. D. Maurice on the " Female School of Art and the Lectures and Writings of Mrs. Jameson" shows what progress had been made by the institution, and the benefits derived from Mrs. Jameson's lectures and writings. The num ber is concluded by a paper by Aurelio Saffi on gs Garibaldi and the Sicilian Revolution," and some verses from the Italian, entitled " The Boot." The Constitutional Press Magazine: a Review o, Politics, Literature, the Church, the Drama, and the Fine Arts. Saunders and Utley. The peculiar powers that distinguish the author of " Heartsease are brilliantly displayed in this new work of " Hopes and Fears." She does not at tempt to make dashing sketches or to create strik ing scenes to begin with ; bat she gradually and almost itnperceptibly, as it were, lets her characters develop themselves, and hence the story to some ma y appear somewhat tame ; but those who persevere will fin.findthat it is a true exposition of human nature in many instances, Phoebe . is a maiden, and she is most very delightful young The p res ent instalment is the artistically drawn. tl bou ht more attractive attractive as she is prommucien y. r g 'go ward, and and the irritating Llla is altogether ignored. She, * in her wa y , is a sonatlon of a spoilt disp osition ; but od it is p far more pleasing to study Plumbe • No wonder the unfortunate Sir Bevil was struck by the contrast of her fresh young beauty and charm ing temper, in comparison with Julianna's faded and sharpened features, and worse still, her discor dant disposition. He felt himself bound in honour to fulfil an engagement conditionally made ten years before, b u t he could not help casting a long ing lingering look behind to the days of yore, when his affianced bride had appeared like her young sister; and he had never thought that she possessed those fatal qualities that undermined her good feel ings even more than they spoilt her pretty features. Robert is an admirable character, but not at all a pleasing one ; he is too cold and stern, and he seems to afford an instance of how much the really excellent may mar their prospects of doing service to others, and reaping the rich harvest cif good works for themselves, by an overdrawn precision a nd an unsympathising manner. With the various characters so ably delineated, and with the impressive style of the writing, this story is now 0, decided success, and a great acquisition to this periodical. There is an article on the question of Religious Census," which is very fairly written. It is decidedly against the m easure ; it s tates that the p lan is distasteful, on the two grounds that " we shrink from the introduction of vulgar competition w i t h t hose who oppose the Church ; and we c&n not quite see what practical g o od w ill arise from It goes on to s t a te, " the system the investigation..' of dissent exhibits its whole ztrength in its congre- may gain to, of rffluer is not 'ers; it Ln two n g, spring ysician tt"Gra !ountrf Late is cry in' led the ho eye! :n fixed le man; •a of our Liberal, he her° passage ie great mintrye noke, Oa t o futur° aceforth gat - ions, and that this at best is weak in a majority of the members." The very fact of the proposition raising again the ever vexed question of religiotra disputations for no available purpose, is enough in itself to militate against the measure in the minds of those who dislike to see angry feelings engen dered, and fierce passions roused, in the name and for the sake of that church, whose holiest mission and crowning glory is that it represents the religion of mercy and love, and whose watchword is Peace on. earth, goodwill to men. " The Sun that never. Sets" is an arctic reminiscence, and the few short pages devoted to its consideration are really most pleasing. The most remarkable nature of these land scapes here described is " the cliff of cliffs" that stands forth as the bulwark of Europe against the Polar storms, the "North Cape." "The Gulf Stream" is truly styled a phenomenon of nature. This stream crosses 5,000 miles of the Atlantic, to die upon this ulttmathule, and bears with it the palms of Hayti, the mahogany of Honduras, and the tim ber of the Amazon and Orinoco. This tropical pro duce, by a strange providence, supplies the Lap land fishermen with their only fuel. "Con trast," a " Vision," presents in some spirited verses a striking sketch of the change likely to take place in the appearance of England and France should the blast of war suddenly sound in our ears, and concert the smiting looks of friendly neighbours into the fierce defiance and deadly threats of belli gerent nations. "Biographical Literature" is the name of a paper that treats of two works recently published ; one the " Travels and Adventures of the Rev. Joseph Wolff," who was a missionary of great repute, and the other the " Memoir of the Life of Ary Scheffer, the painter." As may be supposed these volumes furnish the text of an interesting essay which is well worthy of attention. " The Horn Rook of Phycology," in a second chapter, has a treatise on seaweeds. In studying the various orders and species here so ingeniously arranged, the reader mill find ample entertainment, the di vision this time treats of "Coloured Groups," and one is reminded of the lines on " Seaweed"— " Oh, call us not weeds, we are flowers of the sea, For lovely, and choice, and bright tinted are we ; Our hues are as rich as the Rose of your bowers, Then call us not weeds, we are ocean's gay flowers." Bailey's Sporting Magazine. This magazine contains, as a frontispiece, " A portrait of the Earl of Glasgow," of whom, as is the custom, there . is a biography. " From Oxford to St. George" is continued in much the same stile as usual. Paper number two of " Our Jockeys" is devoted to a sketch of the life and performances of Adams, a name not unknown to fame on the turf. . Sydney Godolphin Yahoo continues his experiences, and learns to kill salmon. A full account of the late Henley Re gatta is given, and the number concludes with "The GreEkt Match—Horses v. Hounds." One of them. Charles Lever. This story now takes a more definite form, the reader begins to see what is likely to be the denoue 2nent. The Oshea is floored] by the dissolution of Parliament, and Charles Heatheote at his wits'-end, too proud to endeavour with his quondam asso ciate, the Oshea, to live on the public, refused by the War-office his old rank in the army, and considered too old (twenty-six) for a subordinate rank, is on the point of enlisting as a trooper when he meets his old friend Agincourt, who, holds a commission in the very regiment in which he had purposed to enlist. Matters are now changed ; Agincourt en gages that his guardian shall make all square at the Horse Guards, and takes his friend down the country with him. Alfred Layton, who turns out to be the son of the talented but dissipated pro fessor who figured in the Jersey trial, and after= wards at the Opera, and subsequently was sent over to America to be out of the way, has.been living quietly with his Yankee friend, Quackin boss, and collecting the papers of his father, which have been scattered over the country, and pawned for various small sums. A desk is at length dis covered, in which is a journal of the Jersey trial, from which they discover that a large tract of valuable land in America; belonging to Hawke, which he had desired the professor to look after for his daughter, has in all probability been neglected ; this the straightforward backwoodsman insists it is the duty of the son to rectify. " I wonder what steps my father took in this affair ? I'll be very curious to know if he interested himself in the matter, for, with his indolent habits, it is just as likely that he never moved in it further." " A 'tarnal shame, then, for him, Sir, when it was for a child left alone and friendless in the world; and I'm think ing indolence ain't the name to give it." For a moment an angry impulse to reply stirred Layton's blood, but he refrained, and said nothing. " I'll go farther," resumed the American, " and I'll say that ff your father did neglect this duty, you are bound to look to it. Ay, Sir, there ain't no ways in this world of , getting out of what we owe one to another. We are most of us ready enough to be generous,' but few take trouble to be 'just.' "I believe you are right," said Layton, reflectively. " I know it, Sir—l know it," said the other, resolutely. "There's a sort of flattery in doing something more than we are obliged to do which never comes of doing what is strict fair. Ay," added he, after a moment, " and I've seen a man who'd jump into the sea to save a fellow-crea ture as wouldn't give a cent to a, starving beggar on dry land." " I'll certainly inquire after this claim, and you'll help me, Quackinboss ?" " Yes Sir; and there ain't no honester ma n in all the States to deal with than Harvey Winthrop. I was with him the day he cowhided Senator Jared Boles, of Massa chusetts, and when I observed, ' I think you have given him enough,' he said, Well, Sir, though I haven't the honour of knowing you, if that be your conscientious opinion, I'll abstain from going further ; and he did, and we went into the bar together, and had a mint julep." So it was arranged that they should at once set out for the New World. The interview between the wily manager, Mr. Stockmar, and the clever, adventuress, Mrs. Morris, alias half a dozen other names, is amusing, and shows that great men, clever though they may think themselves, are not always a match for bright eyes, a pretty face, and well-timed flattery, and the interview is thus concluded—" And so the - Stocmar three ' decker, struck her flag, and the ensign of the fast frigate floated from her mast-head." Plain or Ringlets. Mr. Bunting pays another visit to Privett Grove in company with Mr. Boyston, alias the Jug, who keeping Mrs. M'Dermott in tow, our hero makes great headway with the Fair Rosa, while the Jug forms sinister plans to entrap the widow. Mr. Boyston acts as guardian of a bevy of young hun ters, to the delight of their mothers, and satisfaction of Mr. Jessop. Poor Mr. Bunting having been in vited to dine with a sponger named Ellenger, a character which the author is fond of exposing, and which he does with an unsparing hand, finds that instead of being treated to a dinner he has to provide one. GARIIIBALDI TESTIMONIAL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The following letter from General Gari bldi to the Chairman of the Central Committee has been just received. I beg you to place it before the public, in order that it may receive the atten tion that it deserves. —I em, sir, yours obediently, T. D. P. HODGE, Hon. Sec. Central Committee-room, Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street, RC., July 4, 1860. " PALERMO, JUNE 24, 1860. " SlR,—One of our friends suggests to me that in laying before your committee the urgent need that we have of a flotilla, it would be possible to obtain a couple of steamers armed with Armstrong guns. " We have already so many proofs of the sym pathy,and of the generosity of the English towards us, that I have ventured to make this proposal to you. " Will you convey to your worthy coadjators the expression of my most lively gratitude, and that of all Italy.—Frorn your devoted, " G. GARIBALDI, Comando Generale dell'Esereito Nazionale." THE WIMBLEDON PRIZES. The distribution of theii ,i 3r a izes won at Wimbledon will take place at the Crystal on p al al ß ac ifl e e o A n ss m oc o ia n t d io ay n by the competitors at th e next, at 3 o'clock. To affordti su l p i p er o b rt e e r d t, b ., y proper official eclat to tle hands of the the occasion , the successful candidates their well earned distinctions from fioi will receive the . __ members of the Hon. Sidney illbethe Minister for Council of the Association. The I R V ig ar h , t w il h Handel Orchestra will be appropriately decorated for the occasion w ith flags and tr o p hies and the names of tke com peting corps , and a raised dais erected in front' along which t he winners will proceed in turn to re cc ive the prizes w on b y them. Militar y ba nds will occupy the space round the great organ, the front rows of the orchestra being occupied by the mem bers of the Rifle Association and their friends. On either side of the military bands seats will be reserved for members of the rifle corps, and it is anticipated that the most impsing display will be presented on the great orchestra which has yet been seen. The ceremony of presentation will commence at 3 o'clock, and is expected to occupy about two hours. At its conclusion a series of athletic sports and ex ercises, in which the Volunteers will take part, will commence in the grounds, and be continued until dusk ; thus enabling those who are unable to leave London at an earlier hour to take some part in the proceedings connected with this great national work. As no alteration will take place in the usual Mon day admission, a large attendance is anticipated. Reserved seats will be provided. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1860. ON_EY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The engageMents .due on the 4th of the month having been provided for, the demand for money has slightly abated, although the market still pre sents a firm and active appear rnce. When the excitement occasioned by the failures in the leather trade has subsided, and the half-yearly dividends are released, it is probable that an easier tone will prevail; but it is generally imagined that the quo tations during the next few weeks will be steadily maintained. About £42,000 in gold was sent into the Bank of England yesterday. The directors of the Bank of British North America have announced a dividend for the half year at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, payable on and after to-day, the sth inst. Meetings have been convened of the National Dis count Company, and of the Mercantile Discount Company, to receive the directors' reports and to declare a dividend. Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market yes terday was rather active, and prices were steadily supported. The sales were estimated at 10,000. In the Rail way Share Market the transactions were to a fair extent, and quotations remained &tn. The annual report of the Peel River Land and Universal Company has been issued, from which it appears there is an available balance for 1859 of £14,500, and being added to the sum of £4,804 165., proceeds of the sale of wethers, will enable the directors to propose a dividend of 5 per cent., thereby absorbing £lB,OOO. The un appropriated balance is to be carried forward. A meeting has just been held of the Rever sionary Interest Society, when the report was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 42 per cent. per annum was declared. Business in the market for Public Securities con inues very quiet, and the Funds on the whole have been well maintaiw.d, Consols being 93f, 1. The speculative dealings are too limited to affect prices, but a better feeling seems to prevail. The New Threes and the Reduced are steady at 931 ; Long Annuities, at 168 ; India 51 per Cent. En faced Paper has receded to 96/ ; ditto 51 per Cent. remains at 102; and the Debentures are 9611; and Exchequer Bills, 38. prem. In Foreign Securities a moderate amount of busi ness is recorded, and prices have advanced. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 771 to 78; ditto New, 60 to 601. Mexican remain at 21. Sardinian have improved to 821 ; Spanish to 4817 ditto Deferred to 391 40 ; ditto Certificates to 41 ; and Russian 3 per Cents. to 631. The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are la I prem.; the Thames and Mersey, 11 prem.; and the Universal, d g i prem. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up :I: .o this day, are in round figures as under :- 1860. 1859. Great Western £37,638 £35,954 12" North-Western - 90,158 79,208 stt South-Western B r i g ht on 21,991 19,140 st 4 Midland South. Eastern - 22,669 Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter North-Eastern London and Blackwall 1,820 1,812 Manchester and Sheffield 11,552 10,510 North British 6,257 6,237 Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,042 5,690 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada . 6,022 6,868 These returns show a steady increase in most of the principal lines in the United Kingdom ; on the Great Western it amounts to £1,684; the Great st Northern to £2,432 ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire to £5,055 ; the North Western to £10,950 ; the South Western to £1,071; the Brighton to £2,851 ; st the Midland to £4,943 ; the North Eastern to :t £1,073; the Edinburgh and Glasgow to £352 ; the st. Glasgow and South Western to £654, and the st Grand Trunk of Canada to £ 3 , 453 . On the Great st Western of Canada there is a decrease of £846. st, st, In the Railway Share Market the dealings s t, have been on a moderate scale ; an upward move- :I' ment, however, bas prevailed in prices, owing to r t the favourable character of the traffic returns. st Caledonian, Great Northern, Great Western, Brighton, North-Western and North-Eastern (Ber- st, wick), advanced 55.; and London and Blackwall and Scottish North Eastern, 10s. ; Edinburgh, st Perth, and Dundee declined ss. ; South-Western st 103., and Eastern Counties, £l. st There were no dealings recorded in the Foreign undertakings, and prides remain unaltered. In the Colonial Market Great Indian Peninsula improved 55.; and East Indian, 10s. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have shown more firmness. Union of Australia have gi advanced ss. ; Union of London, ss. ; South Aus- : 1 1 tralian Land, and Peninsular and Oriental Steam si realise former prices. e. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock .._ 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93a 1 I New 3 per Cent. Annuities Annuities 30 yrs, expire s th Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.... 16a india Stock .. . Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent —l Ditto 5 per Cent. • ... ` , tto 5 . 1 per Cent. co ~.., per ue..... ,o Debentures, 1858 96a Ditto, 1859 itto Bonds £l,OOO 4 d Ditto under £l,OO O Consols for Account, 10th July .. 931 i India Stock for Account — Ditto 5 per Cent. ..... Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11d Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian 4i per Cent — Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St • • -- Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 .. Sardinian 5 per Cent. 'A B2/ Spanish 3 per Cent... 4.. .. — Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred Spanish Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded 4/ Turkish 6 per Cent Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, es div 931 f CHINA.--VOTE OF CREDIT. The following was issued with the Parliamentary papers last night : si An estimate of the sum required to be voted towards de- s a l t fraying the expenses of naval and military operations in China, b,iond the ordinary grants for army and navy ser vices, for the year 1860-61, including a repayment of £443,896 to the Government of India, for advances on ac count of former expeditions to China : Three Million Eight Hundred Thousand Pounds. S. LAING Treasury Chambers, July 2, 1860. THE NEW RUSSIAN STATE BANK.—The statutes of the new Russian State Ba nk have j ust been officially published in St. Petersburg. The capital is fixed at 15 million roubles (about £2,500,000), assigned by the State, and the profits are to be applied partly to the redemption of the five per cent. bank .notes, and of the loans of the credit establishments to the Treasury. and partly to the accumulation, in the first instance, of a reserve of 3,000,000 roubles. In case of losses exceeding this reserve, the original capital is not to be trenched upon, but the deficiency is to be covered from the finances of the empire. Provisions are introduced enacting that neither private deposits nor the capital and reserve of the bank can be employed in the general expenditure of the State. The bank both at the head office and its branches will keep the Government account. Its principal duties will be the redemption of the paper money, as mentioned above, the liquidation of the deposits in the old credit establishments, and the general mananagement of the note circulation. The Government guarantee the bank against having to draw upon its deposits or capital to fulfil the above obligations by the deposits of a regulated amount in Treasury bonds, which may in case of necessity be disposed of in the open market. With the lia bilities of the old establishments the bank will also rec eive their assets. The general operations of the bank will be discounting, the purchase or sale of the precious metals, and the usual business of a bank. Minute rules are laid down for the carrying on of the" latter. The administration will consist of a Governor and Deputy and six directors, nominated by the State, under the audit of three delegates ; two to be elected by the Council of the credit establishments, and one by the President of the Council. It is reported that news has arrived via Panama and the United States to the effect that the colony of New South Wales has granted £75,000 as a subsidy to an English line of steamers to run from Australia to Pa- , nama ; also that the British Government have agreed to take possession of the Feejee Islands. CRICKET.—ENGLAND V. SIXTEEN OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY.—This match was brought to a conclusion yesterday at Lord's in favour of Oxford by 14 runs. The players of Englan't made an excellent stand, especially Grundy, Brampton, and John Lillywhite, the first of whom score was as follows :—Oxford, first innings, 62 was presented with a new bat for his very fine play. The final second innings, 229. England, first innings, 56; second Players at K enn i ngton O va l, and , innings, 221. T o- d ay th e G e ntlemen of Engand play the • great interest is felt in tile =toll, SHARE IVAREET.-(TIII8 DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Paid.( Closing I Business Price. I Done. X) !Belfast and Ballymena .14 j Bir. , Wol , and Str. Val. )ck Bilk., La., and Ch June '5 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne 10 Boat. Sleaf. and Mid.Co ock Bristol and Exeter ock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan F,O Cork and Bandon 70 Fork, Rirock., &Passage 20 Cornwall 10 Do I CA gets no div 1 ' until eperan 10 1)o B hasbeen p pd. toB 50 Dublin & Belfast June. 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. June Dek East Anglian Dek Eastern Counties ock Eastern Union, A stock Dek Do do B do 25 Do Nw A. late EU3ds 20 East Suffolk 10 Do )ek Edinburgh ,t Glasgow wic Edin. Perth, &Dundee 10 Forth &Clyde Junction )ck Furness )ck Glasg:. and S. Western l 0 Great Nthn. of Scotland )ck Great Northern )ck no do A stock ck Po do Ti ✓ do~ Ick Gt. S. AL IV. of Ireland )ck Great Western Do Str Val 11,11 R. stock 8 8} 75 77 111 1,2 i [2 Irish South-eastern )ck Lancashire & Yorkshir )ck London and Blackwall )ck Lon., Bright,. t S Coast :5 . T,ond., Chat., and Dover! )ek ILond.'& Nth: Western 128 Do eighths ,ock Lond. (45 , th. Western 25 L'derry ez Coleraine 25 L'derry d 5 Ennisiollen ;ock Man. Shef. R 5 Lin^oln 1 50 Maryport and Carlisle 124 Do do 3 shares 10 Metropolitan :ock Midland :ock Do Firming. k Derby 61 1 104 106 93 94 93f 4 I 20 50 'Slid. Gt. IV. of Ireland 25 Do A shares 25 Mid Kent.... .. 10 Do, Cray Line 00 Newcastle and C srlisle 10 Newry & Armagh, def 20 Newry, Warnpt. do Ros I ock Norfolk. 50 N'hn. Counties Union.., ook North British ock Nor.Dcy.Rail&Dlcstoe ock D A stk ; A rees no d. until 6pchas beenpd.B ock Do B stock ......- ock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 25 Do do , G.N.E. purchase ock Do Leeds .............. ock Do York ock North London 16.4 North Staffordshire— -10 N. and S. W. Junction 12 Not. & Grantham Rail 10 Peebles ..... . Portsmouth 10 Rhymney . ........ ock Scottish Central ock Scot. N. E., Aber. stock ock Do Scot. 311 d. stock.. oc k Shropshire Union ...... 0 Sittingbourne & Sheer. Lek South Devon .......... )ck South Eastern )ck 'South Wales .......... )ck S. York. and River Dun !O Staines, Wok,. and Wok ?.5 Stockton & Darlington !.5 Do do IStockton Hartlepool jTaff Vale ........ •-• • • • • Eck Do Pref. No 1 _ 25 Thamesna.veni •k&Rail 50 Ulster . • • ... 25 Do ........... 10 Do ock Vale of Neath 13 Victoria Sta. and Pim ock Waterford & Kilkenny 50 Waterford & Limerick 20 West C rnwall '0 West London... .. 0 Do let class ........I .!0 Do 2nd class stock West Midland—Oxford 25 Po. Newport stock Do. Hereford all 100 33 100 100 100 100 100 [6 134, 100 100 100 174 all 6i 7 8 9 18 17 584 57i N 38 25 27 77 78 30a 31 58 5i 30} 1 100 100 103 105 114 116 114 116 131 133 1131 1141 Vi 70 60 65 105 1051 1151 I I nro 69} I 100 ~,,-, 100 105k 1 100 70 stocl 114 stool stool 102 1 120 20 951 stoc] 118 17j 181 I 20 i stod 97 dll 11 100 all 100 all all all all •all 100 all 100 all all all 24 all 32} I i! I 'd pr t 30 31 dis. 43 45 11 13 I I 24 3 23 25 d par 11 la p 101 11 d }d 5 7 I A A lt 2 I ! BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Larel Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence' Bom.,Baroda&Cent Ind Gu. 5 par cent.. Do, Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Do. Preference Buffalo,Byant,SzGodrich fi p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, i 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1874 5 IClcutta.&S.Eastn. (Urn) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarautd. 6 p. c. 2 (Demerara stool ► Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c .k East Indian, gu. 5 p. C. ► Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Geelong & Melbourne Geelong, Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds .k Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref I Do. 6 per et. Debentr I Do. 7 per cent. 1802 I Do. do. 1867 I Do. do. 1872 G t. India Pen in. gua.sp. c I Do. New glia. 5 p. c Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. /I Gt. W. of Canada Shares IDo. New . ► Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6O / Do. do. '73 till '6O ,, I Do. do. '73 without opt. / Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 d 0... k Madras, guar., 4i p. c... it Do. do. 5 per cent. 1 Do. 41 p. c. Extension I Do. Fourth d 0........ I Do. d 0.......... Melb.Corp. 6 p. .C. Bnds. Newßrunswick k Canda Ry. &L an d(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land do.. stocl 100 Do. - do. B Capital do. Do. do. Land do. .... Oude (Limited) ........ dc Scinde 1 Do. Punjaub 3 Do, Do. :.k Do. Indus. St. Flo. ? Li g. 0 st. Andrews & Quebec A 0 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. Paid. Closing Frice. all 100 131 all all all 84 86 94k 95 lid d 41 4/d 6 6i 75 80 70 75 63 73 d ip 100 100 100 30. 2 If 1 it 11 1 d 99j 1104 par 1d p ar t 99 998 101 mil 21 22 1 274 284 90 92 55 60 67 72 57 62 55 60 974 98 d ad 1 lid 101 11 10 94d 1 90 98 96 98 96 98 90 92 86 88 961 97 90 92 1 d 5 7 .ATL 5 7 98 99 lgd 1d d 94 95 f fd MAYS. 4} 4} —P id t 1 2} 2i 2 } } lidl 5 5 23} 24} 6 7k 8 si 1 19 19 3 / 4 1 38 3 / 4 393/4 8 9 3 ti 35 52 54 2 13 15 % d id ip 20 2t - 5i - ot 9i 94 22 23 in 0 FOREIGN [0 Antwerp & Rotterdam' !0 Ardenne5.............. ah. &S. Fran.. L rn.7 5 Belgian East. Junction !O Beziers to Graissessac„ 6 'Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiabo ..&„ 10 Ditto Extension i 0 Dutch Rhenish !O Eastern of France :0 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c Do. do. 9 Great Central of France 9 Gt. Luxem, Con. she... 0 Italian Junction ...... 0 Lake Constance & Bale. !0 Lierre & Turnhout 9 Lyons & Geneva ,Maria Antonia [0 Do. New „ 9 Namur & Liege 20 Do. 6p, o. Pref. 16 Northern of France 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk "'ref: 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. 20 Paris & Orleans 20 Recife &S. Fran. (Pern ) t gua. 7p. et. lirn 20 Riga & Dunaburg .. 10 Rome & Frascati 20 Royal Danish • 5 Royal Swedish ~ 4 Do. 7 per Dent. Pref 20 Sambre & Meuse 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref 20 San Paulo, Hui, z. 7p. c 20 S. Aus t.&Lomb Venetia 20 Southern of Franck..., 81 West Flanders 10 Do. 5 p. c. Preference.. 20 W. & N.W. of France .. 23 Western of Austria.... 20 Western of Switzerlandi 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do. 8 per cent. Pref.... 20 Zealand FOREIGN MINES. :0 !Australian 1 IBonAccord Copper,Lim. _ _ 15 Brazil. Imp. £ p.) :0 Do. S t.Johndel Rey,Lun 5 Do. Lan d and Mining Co. 1 Clarendon Con B.3linCo, 10 Cobre Copper Copiapo 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co 2 Fortuna. o'General 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr Kapunda (Limited) 3 Linares .. 5 Lusitaniau 1 IMariquita 1 N. Rhin eCopotS. Aus. L 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt. 5 (Port Philip 1 (Scottish Austrin. (L.) 2 8 / 1 31 United Mexican 1 I Worthing (Limited) 1 I Do all 1 10s, all all 19s. 69 71 113 115 11i 12 1014 it 2 12f 12f 95 96 10 11 4(4 414 3 2 d '. 1171 96 98 7 6d 55 57 3i 3(1 63 63 991. 971 11 d 52 521 811 82 104 106 4 3, d 91 10 6 1 64 115 117 314 .24 86 88 49 51 4 3d 44 46 85t 66 G 8 79 81 6 8 39 40 9 p 5 53J}2 3ip d 53 58 10 11} 51 61 44 46 10 11 PREFERENCE SHARES. I Share Railways. ;,, A Closing Business , ""'" . Price. Done. 25 Mlythe and Tyne 10 per ) c. pref. (iss led at £5O ctk Kris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 20 Do. do. do. Shares ock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent ock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent 61 Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun ,ock E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c. ock Do. do. Class B 6 p.c oek Do. do. Class C 7 p.c ock E. Coun. Ex. sp. c. No.l ock Do. do. No. 2 ock Do. New 6 pet et. stock. ock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. ock Do. 5 per c , nt. guar ock Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares ock Do. 4p. c. go% S. &D. ock gdin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. ock Furness, 5 per cent ock Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. ock Great Northern, 5 p. ct. ock Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.Pm ock IDo. 41 p. c. do. do. 00 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 10 (3 t. Nlo. of Scotld. Ist pf. (Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 °"— 1 p. ct. pref. stock 50 Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p. ct. ock Do. Redeemable,4l p.et. ock Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. ock Do. Irredeemable, do ock Do. 5 p.ct. Red4m. Pref. 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf,sh. 10 Do dcs p. ct. pref ock Do Birmg.guar. stock 26% Do. Chester gua. shares 13% Do. do. do. 20 Do. do. do. ock Lan.&York 6p. c. stock ock Do.Barnsl.st.£s 3s 10d pc ock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) ock Eon. & Brig. 5 pc.gti. No 1 ock Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 ock Do. got. 6p. c. ock Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 ock Do. do. 41 per cen'. 5 Do. do. 41 p. c. shares ock Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock ock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) ock Do.4p.c.S.(div.dettil '65) 25 Lon. Chat. and Dover ock Lon..and N.W. Cov. and *Nuneaton, 5 p. ock Lon. & 5.W,7 p. et. stock ock Do. 44 per cent Gd. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus of 2s. 6d. 121 Londondy. & Cole. 1 sh. 121 Londony. & Ennis. 1 sh. ock Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et. 6 Do. £6 lc' , Do. 31 per cent [0 Do. redeem. 6 Percent [2l Mary , ort & Car., 4 p. c 121 Do. 41 per cent. ock Mid. Con. is p. a stock ock Do.Con.Bris. ir . 6 p.c. ock Do. 41 p. ev R . a pref. idr.p stock, O.4kN. .pocd. Pref.. 00c. 6 Do. with option till 1860 o. ock Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st. ock Norfik sp. c. Ex. st. 1816 ock Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 ock Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 ock North British, 5 p. c. De l.ol Do no N . B ew or' g s . P Pf c ..s . lif; rck Nt p h o .l . ) c 2 e o7 k k T a l s : t. Berwick, d r , n o6 s . . 1 4 p. 121 Do. do. Quarters 1848, 25 Do. York, H. &S. Purchl 20 North Staffordshire , 10 Rhymney Guaranteed. 8% Scottish Central, new pf ock Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. e. pref. stock. ock Do.Aberdeenaua.gp.o.. ock Do. 7p. C. pref. stock 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent. .0.6 South Eastern (Iteadin t - o• Ann., 1.0.6) ........ ock Do. 41 per cent... ock Do. Fixed 'lp.c. Ist ock 'outh Wales, gua. 4 P.C. )ck Do. 4 1 per cent... ck S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c 5 Stock. & Dar. A 5 c.. 5 Do. B 6 per ce n t .. 5 Do. C 6 percent, .... Watrfd & Kilkny,. ... W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gila stk Do. 2cl do Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. Do.Perpet. 6 p. a pf 1858 Do. till 1869, Ist Is. Do. do. 2d fa. Do. Hereford 41 p.o. pt 94 96 101 103 51 61 [Ol 103 [l4 116 [O5 110 111 113 [lO 112 126 128 79 81 110 112 90 92 75i 761 18 120 17 119 11 112 [O5 107 85 87 all 1100 97 99 98 100 92 90 92 101 103 91 10} 17 18 101 11 74 76 20 201 10 106 15 151 139 141 116 118 116 1418 [4O 145 116 118 103 105 55 158 [32 136 68 70 20i 21} 116 118 152 i 157} 12 12i 126 128 stoc) stoel IP' 89 71 iP I 1p 91 93 96. 974 1 #d 142 104 j }d p 23 24 9 to 140 142 103 105 94 98 - - 11 113 73 75 122 124 101 l 11 100 100 100 100 100 233 24 102 104 102 104 89 91 99 101 86 88 28 29 331 34/ 33 1 4N, 50 124 126 120 122 9 101 11 I'4 11 p LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ____________ -_ --_•-- . ___ Railways. Paid, Leasing 1 j Cl os ing Business ! Price. l Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln & NAT .. .. Buckinghamshire .„ . 100 Ln & N.W 97 98 Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. ..... 511 52 Do. do. 51 per cent. 100 Do, 125 127 Do. do. 5 per cent. 100 Doll 3 115 Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonin 103 105 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E CI 16 17 KLincolnshire.g.6p,o. 100 Gt. North. 138 140 E.Union,Darwich Shs all E.Counts.' 41 44 Do. Woodbridge ... 100 ..... Gl s .Barr.&Neils,Drct. 100 Caledonin Do. New ..., _ _ Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West. llartlpool.Dek..4s Rail. all Yk.N.&Br llull and Selby .... • . all Yk.N. Md. 111 113 Do. I Shares ... ... . all ID°, — Do. i Shares ....... all IDo. •••••• lam& Carl. gua..s p,c 100 Ln.& NAV 208 211 London & Greenwich 100 'S. East. Do. Preference „.. ~ 100 jDo. Lon„Tilby.& Soutend. 100 Peto & Co. 92 94 Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct. 100 iNlrfolk Do. 6 per cent......... 100 Do. Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk, l all JL NW&M 24 31 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock ... ~.. 100 i 'Midland 96 98 Newmarkt.,BuryEx ) . gu aranteed 5 P. c. 5 1' 5.6 E.Counts 1 i p Nortlin.& Eastn. 5 p.c. a ll Do. 56 58 Do. do. 6 per cent ... • all Do. — Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. North Western Preston and Wyre. all ItUqyly.l - - Do. I Stares A. all Do. — Iloystn.Hitch, & Shep 100 G . t.North. 136 139 Shrewsbry& llere Do. ford 100 T.B rassey 103 1 0 6 Do. I 1 .. , ... S ou th Staffordshire .. all 31`Clean. 104 itP 11 , Wilts and Somerset.. 10 0 Gt. West . . 91 93 ' Wimbledon & Croydn. all L.& Brgtn 74 81. riOCKS 1 ----- . Docks. Share Paid C p lo ri s c i e ng . I Business stock Commercial 1 , 100 stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.lllin. 100 stock East and West Indies., / 1. 14 stock London ' 100 stock St. Katharine.......... . 100 stock S ou thampton ', , 100 stock Victoria . lOO 97 99 2Q Do New ....,. s 2 id p -66 i I JOINT-STOCK BANKS. ' lOO Agra&UnitedService Bk i 50 40 Australasia 1 all 66 63 25 Bank of Egypt all 211 22 100 Bank of London 20 Bank of Turkey 3 50 British North American all 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 19i 20/ 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 30 32 100 City 100 C010nia1..... 20'11 Corn. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of London 2O 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 10.1 161 lot 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all -- 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 22/ 23 50 London and County 20 50 London Joint Stock 10 100 London & Westminster 20 -- 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42 20 Do. new ... 12 50 National * Bank 20 New South Wales all 20 Do. new 25 Orient. B. Corporation - 20 Ottoman Bank 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. new 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australia 50 Union o' London l2 241 100 Unity Mutual 6O COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 0 p.c.J a. &July 100 112 115 114 Do. Op. cent. 1881 100 - - Do. op. cent. 1879 100 - - Do. Op. cent. 1880 100 1111 / Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 ;110 112 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept 100 'llO 112 Do. 5 per cent lOO 100 1001 1001 / I Do. Scrip 5O I N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 105 106 Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct., 100 N. S. W. Gov. sp. e., 1866' 100 98/ 991 Do. sp. c.. 1871 to 1876 100 98 99 Do. 5 p. 0 , 21888 & upwdi, 100 97/ 981 971. Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. sterling, 1875 ' 100 106 107 S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 &up.' 100 107 109 !Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 :1041 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.ALOct. 100 1071 1081. llon 108}l MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 134 144 1000 I Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 28 30 294 10 (Berlin Water (Limited), all 44 5 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 37 39 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 19 21 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 13 15 324 ,Canada Land all 118 in 10 i Chan .l s l a nds Tel. (Lim ) all 6 8 stock ICop.Min.ofEng.T.&Smltg all 22 27 25 ,Do. Pref. 74 per cent. stock Crystal Palace stock Do. Preference stock ,Do. 6p : c. Perpet. Deben. 100 104 106 103 stock Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 p 1 p 5- English & Aus. Copper. all 21 21 15 Gen. Steam Navigati m 14 1 Great Ship I imited) all 1 Do. 174 pct Preference 4 p i 3 4 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 2 1/ 1 d 20 London Discount (Lim.) 5 4 0 d 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 11 1 20 Madras Irr. and Canal.. 1 2/ 31p i 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 24 34 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.) 5 f hid 34 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 2 lid 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis all 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 10 4 1 15 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all i 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.) . 15s. 4 pr 10 Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)A 6 10 Ditto B 10 Ditto C. 2s. stock Peellt.Lnd.&Min.(Lim.) 100 45 48 48 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam . all 71 73 721 50 Do. New 25 11 13 p 361 20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.44p.c all icl p 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 54 6 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 501 514 stock Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) 100 120 130 25 \ South Australian Land all 341 35 341 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all 1 Do. do. Registered 10 Do. d0..._ all 6 4 74 20 Tr. & Ln. Co.ofllpr.Can. 5 100 Van Diemen's Land THE METROPOLIS GAS QUESTION.—A meeting of the delegates from the metropolitan parishes was held yesterday evening at:the St. James's vestry:; Mr. Stratton, of Lambeth, in the chair. It was announced that the vestry of Chelsea had contributed £230 to the expense of supporting the bill, and had voted a further guarantee of £lOO. Mr. Beale announced that the vestry of St. James had voted a guarantee of £5OO, and the vestry of Newing ton £lOO. He then proceeded to state the means which the opponents of the measure were taking to defeat it. On Tuesday their influence had thrown over the bill by a count out, and the Government were not powerful enough to meet the great interest brought to bear upon the question. The House of Lerds had fixed the 27th instead of the 23d of July for receiving such bills, so that the parishes had still an opportunity if they exerted all their influence, to carry their point. He bad presented a petition to the House of Commons upon the subject, complaining of the character of the opposition, and referring to the 4anding order which prevented members voting in committees in matters in which they were directly interested. The representatives of the delegates had done all they coul I to shame the House of Commons into proceeding with the question, but the cor- ruption was so flagrant, and the opponents talked so positively as to their power, that no o ne could be certain as to the result. The bill was now practically adjourned till Tuesday. Mr. Lamb moved, and Mr. Watkins seconded, a resolution, directing the hon. secretary to communicate with town councils th r oughout the kingdom, inviting their co-operation, their interest in the question being identical with that of the me t ro polis.—On the mot ion of Mr. Lamb, seconded by Mr. Duff, a further direction was given to Mr. Beale to corn , municate with the City of London OR the subject, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter past twelve o'clock. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the Census Bill, so far as related to the profession of religious doctrines; against the Highways Bill; against the Sunday Trading Bill ; against the alleged aggression of the Lords in respect to the Duty on Paper Bill, and praying the house to yin : . dicate its privileges. THE REPEAL OF THE PAPER DUTY. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that to-morrow, when the Prime Minister brought forward the resolutions rclet ing to the Paper Duty Bill, he would move, as an addition to such resolutions, that an humble address be presented to her most gracious Majesty humbly praying that she will not prorogue Parliament until a bill for the repeal of the excise duty on paper has been submitted to her for her assent. (Hear, bear, and laughter.) The hon. member also inquired of the Home Secretary whether it was intended by the Prime Minister to move the resolutions seriatim, or whether he would submit the three resolutions to the house together for the consideration of hon. members. Sir G. LEWIS said that he believed the practice was to propose resolutions of this character seriatim, and he sup posed his noble colleague would adopt that course. CHURCH RATES LAW AMENDMENT. ' On the order of the day for the second reading of this bill, Mr. HUBBARD explained at some length the provi sions of the measure, which was not calculated to interfere with the conscientious convictions of Dissenters, though it does not go the same length that some hon. members advo cateJ, or the views entertained by those who were desirous of a severance between Church and State. The bill affixed no stigma on Dissenters, but he considered that some pro visions were necessary in order to render the object of the act more clear. He was convinced that the bill would work satisfactorily, but at this advanced stage of the ses sion it could not be expected to pass through both houses. Under these circumstances he would move that the order of the day for the second reading should be discharged, but he pledged himself that if Government, or some influential member of the house did not like the subject he would in troduce a bill on the question next session. (Hear, hear.) Mr. D. GRIFFITH objected to postponing legislating on this subject. Ultimately the motion was agreed to, and the order of the day for the second reading of the bill was discharged. HIGHWAYS BILL. Sir G. LEWIS moved the second reading of this bill. Mr. HODKINSON moved as an amendment that the bill be read a second time that day three months. He drew attention .to the unpopularity of the measure, as indicated by the number of petitions presented against it since its introduction. One of the reasons, no doubt, why the Government proposed this bill was, that several roads in the country were in'bad repair ; but he did not consider that a large board would be better calculated to carry out the process of road-making than sur veyors, who were chosen every year by the rate-payers. They were generally the parties most using the roads, and most interested in keeping them in repair ; while they were usually selected from the longest rate-payers. By the plan proposed in this bill for the present system, to establish paid surveyors, paid treasurers ' and paid clerk s , a ll o f which situations were to be held by different individuals these boards would require a place for meeting like the Metropolitan Board, and then they would place themselves in communication with the Secre tary of State. In all probability they would ultimately have a Highway Board sitting in London. and analogous to the Poor Law Board, and the result wouldbe to increase the expenditure of rate-payers. In adverting again to the unpopularity of the bill, he said that no less than 360 peti tions had been presented against the bill, which were signed by 26,000 rate-payers, which, however, did not represent the aggregate of those opposed to the bill, because in many cases the petitions were merely signed by the chairman of different boards through out the country: He also strongly objected to the principle of the bill, as it was calculated to affect the impartiality of magistrates, who would be one day prosecu tors, and the next judges trying offenders whom they had prosecuted. The hon. member referred to South Wales, where the principle of this bill was in operation, and which gave considerable dissatisfaction. The tolls on turnpike roads amounted to more than the conveyance by railways, and in some instances as much as £6O a mile had been ex pended in keeping the roads in repair ; and in 1856 no less than £2,149,733 had been laid out on these roads through out the country. Mr. KER SEYMER supported the bill, and referred to an opinion expressed by the late Sir Robert Peel in 1846, who proposed to introduce a measure on the subject con taining the same principle as this bill relative to district boards and paid surveyors. That sagacious statesman said there were no less than' 16,000 different local authorities connected with the management of highways, which, he contended, was injurious to the interests of the agricultural classes, with whom good roads was a matter of the greatest importance. Mr. FREELAND opposed the bill, which, he eontended, would increase the burthens of the rate-payers. Besides, the measure would place magistrates in situations in which they might be suspected, as their interests might be different to those of the rate payers. Mr. KNIGHT did not expect that the bill would have been persevered with, and though he entertained many ob jections to the measure he did not recollect them at that moment, and therefore he would not detain the•house at any length. He believed that the reads in England were not in a bad condition, and they were far superior to any other in Europe. He concluded by urging on the Home Secretary not to press the bill, which was unpopular, at so advanced a period of the session. Mr. DEEDES said that the present system with regard to the repairs of roads was the worst that could exist, and an alteration was imperatively required. He approved of the bill, though he thought it might be impro ved in com mittee. After a few words from Colonel Trrostrsost in favour of the bill, Mr. BARROW supported the amendment, and said 'hat almost every clause in the bill was open to objection. It had been said in the course of the debate that under the present system the employment of a certain class of la bourers who were not able to perform a day's work, tended to demoralise them—a statement which he denied, and con tended that giving employment to such a class prevented them becoming paupers. Mr. WALTER supported the bill, and denounced the existing system. He said that the opponents to the mea sure contended that it would disparochialize different parishes, but he contended that the question of highway management was one that could be more properly confided to a central board instead of to local authorities. Roads were part of a great national system and constituted the great arteries through which the wealth and commerce of the country flowed. He believed the manage ment of highways was most imperfect, and re ferred to his own neighbourhood, where these roads had deteriorated considerably within the last 20 years. The management of these roads in many cases were en trusted to parties who were quite ignorant of such matters, and the very worst economy that could be adopted would be that of not securing good roads. Col. W. FATTEN supported the amendment. Sir W. JOLLIFFE supported the bill, and denied that the arguments used against it were sound, being based on narrow grounds, and resulting from prejudices. It was of the greatest importance that there should be an efficient system of management of high roads. Mr. DILLWYN contended that the operation of the principle in South Wales, which it was intended to intro duce into this bill, was most encouraging. Mr. CAYLEY briefly opposed the bill. Sir G. LEWIS said that the house had been engaged during the greater portion of the present session in political and constitutional questions of great importance, and he hoped hon. members would not consider that a measure of - such social interest as the present should be postponed merely in consequence of the lateness of the session. - There was nothing of greater importance than the improvement of these arterial communications. Hav ing paid several years' attention] to this; subject, he was quite prepared to recommend the adoption of this mea sure. (Hear, hear.) The bill was formed with a view merely of enabling magistrates in quarter sessions to in troduce this bill into towns, and it departed from the for mer bill in not being compulsory. He denied that at pre sent there was any representative system in regard to high ways, because vestries merely elected a surveyor, but he was not a representative, and the subject of the present bill was to introduce a representative system. He believed that magistrates would not act in opposition to the wishes of their tenants, and to the feelings of their neighbour hood in reference to the question of expending money, on highways. The right hon. baronet referred to South Wales, with reference to which there appeared to be some misunderstanding on the part of the opponents of the bill. The principle of the measure was in operation in six coun ties in South Wales, and the objection was that it did not go far enough. In fact, the people of South Wales de sired the same bill as that now before the house. He considered that as there was a difference in various parts of the country, it would not be advisable to have an inflexible system applied throughout the kingdom. Mr. HENLEY said that in his opinion the bill would not secure the services of skilful officers, and that it would increase the expenditure of the ratepayers. He objected to the bill also on the ground of its centralising tendency, notwithstanding the statement of the right hon. baronet (Sir G. Lewis) to the contrary, and he considered that the representative system was at present in operation. It had been said that this bill was advocated by the public at large, but what proof was there of this ? There were only 5 petitions signed by 92 persons presented in favour of the measure, whilst there were several petitions signed by over 20,000 persons against it. The house divided, and the numbers were— For the second reading 203 Against Majority —B3 The bill was then read a second time, and was ordered to be committed on Monday next. DEALERS IN MARINE STORES BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. HENLEY said that the hon. member (Mr. Spooner) who brought in the bill had made no explanation as to the bill. As he understood the provision of the measure, it in cluded goldsmiths, silversmiths, blacksmiths, and all who dealt in metal, and required them to keep books in a certain way, and subjected them to the inspection of the police. Mr. SPOONER said that the bill had reference to per sons carrying on business illegaly, and the amount of such business was very considerable ; and in Birmingham no less than £40,000 was disposed off annually through the medium of these dealers. It was very desirable that there should be some alteration in the law, and he explained that there should be an application made to a magistrate to justify the inspection by the police. Mr. NORRIS also considered that legislation on this subject was necessary, and asse , ted these marine stores were extensive receptacles of stolen goods, Sir G. LEWIS considered that the bill was very arbi trary, and he regretted tha t he had not had an opportunity of communicating with the police authorities in reference to the subject. After some further discussion the house went into com mittee, and clauses 1 and 2 were agreed to. On clause 3, Sir G. LEWIS suggestethat the clause was irat suffi ciently explicit in the definition of marine dealers, and would comprehend a class that could not be considered in that light. Mr. HENLEY objected to the clause on the same ground. S ome co nversation ensue d, in the cours e of which Mr. HANKEY appealed to the hon. mem b er (Mr. Spooner) to w ithdraw the bill, as it was not probau a it would be carried. Mr. SPOON ER said he would acced e t o w h a t appeared to be the wish of the house , . provided th e r i g ht h on . baronet (Sir G. Lewis) would adm it the present inefficient state of I Business done the law, and direct his attention towards discovering a remedy. Sir G. LEWIS said that he could not promise to bring in a bill on the subject, but he would communicate with the makcistrates and police authorities on the subject. 'I he bill was then formally withdrawn, and the house resumed. METROPOLITAN BUILDING ACT (1855) AMENDMENT BILL. The bill went through committee, and the house re sumed. HIGHWAYS, ROADS, Sze., BILL. CRAUFURD, in moving that the house go into committee on this bill, entered into some explant.tions to show that the present state of the law was unsatisfactory as regarded the facility for indicting persons for the com mission of what might be alleged to be nuisances. There was a conflict between judicial decisions in regard to the right, of parties who might be unjustly i n dicted. He was merely anxious to meet the circumstances of the case, and if the objections to the measure were persevered in he would withdraw the bill. After some irregular discussion, The motion for going into committee was negatived without a division. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT AMENDMENT' BILL. This bill went through committee, and the house re sumed. _ - The other orders of the day were then disposed of. The house adjourned at six o'clock. NE'ITIMARKET RACES'—( This Day) [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] £5O HANDICAP PLATE. Audrey Provision 2 Sailor Nine ran. CHESTERFIELD STAKES. Touch-me-Not Copernicus Imaus Thirteen ran. HANDICAP, HALF-MILE. Pomona Roesia Bentinek Four ran. £5O SELLING PLATE. Scandal colt Gillyflower filly 2 Leontes Eight ran. MIDSUMMER STAKES. Man-at-Arms LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. LIVERPOOL CUP. sto 1 agst Moorcock (offered) POLICE INTELLIGENCE--(THIS DAI.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBRRY OF THE " SISTERS' HOME" BY A NURSE-- Catherine Miller, a middle-aged woman, a nurse at the "S stern' Home," 82, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square, was charged, before Mr. Beadon, by Lambert, 68 E, with stealing a gold watch, of the value of £lO, the property of Miss Matilda Heywood, one of the sisters. Miss Heywood said the prisoner had lived at the " Home" from the 25th of April till the morning f last Thursday, on which morning she left the "Home," having obtained leave of one of the sisters to go out for the day, and promising to return in tho evening. On going to a drawer in her bedroom shortly after the prisoner left, she missed her gold watch of the value of 10 guineas, awl which was safe on the Sunday previous. The prisoner never returned to the " Home," and information was then given to the police. In answer to Mr. Beadon, the prisoner said she had no questions to ask. Lambert, 68 E, who took the prisoner into custody, said he found on her a number of duplicates. He wished fur a remand that he might produce the watch, which he had ascertained had been pledged. Mr. Beadon remanded the prisoner till Thursday next. THIS DAY'S MARKETS'. CORN EXCHANGE. 'MI ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 58s 5d ; barley, 32s 10d ; oats, 25s 5d ; rye, 41s 9d ; beans, 478 ld ; and peas, 41s Bd. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. - Wheat, 55s Od ; barley, 34s lld ; oats, 26s 9d ; rye, 38s 8d •;' beaus, 455 7 5 ; peas, 41s Od. ENGLISH GROIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 87,951; barley, 978 ; oats, 2,916 ; rye, 80 ; beans, 2,354; peas, 143 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Only a moderate supply of beasts was on offer here to day ; but, owing to the large failures in the hide trade, the demand for all kinds ruled heavy, at barely Monday's cur rency. Sheep, the show of which was good, were in fair request, at full prices. For lambs we had a steady inquiry, at fully Monday's improvement in value. Env lish calves were taken off freely ; foreign slowly, at previous quota tions. The supply was seasonably good. Pigs and n:ilch cows changed hands slowly, at late rates. Per Blbs to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. Crse. & inf. beasts 4 0 4 21Primecrs-wool do. 5 0 5 2 Second quality do. 4 6 4 10 Pme.S'thdowndo. 5 4 5 6 Prime large oxen 5 0 5 2 Largo arse. calves 4 6 5 0 Prime Scots, &c. 5 4 5 6 Prime small do 5 2 5 6 Crse. & inf. sheep 4 0 4 4 Large hogs 4 0 4 6 Second quality do. 464 10 Small porkers Lambs, 6s Od to 7s Od. Suckling calves, 20s to 235; and quarter .old store pigr, 238 to 30s. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 962 Beasts 5OO Sheep and lambs 10,700 Sheep Calves Pigs TOTAL SUPPLY. MEAT MARKETS, NEV GATE AND LEADENHALL. - The supplies of 'neat are moderate, and the trade rules dull, as follows : Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 10d ; mutton, 3s 10d to Es 6d ; lamb, .5s 4d to 6s 2d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; pork, 4s 4d to 5s 4d per 81bs. by the carcase. - - SOUTHALL, July 4.—There was a moderate demand for each kind of meat, as follows :—Beef, from 4s Od to 58 4d ; mutton, 4s 4d to 5s 6d ; lamb, 6s Od to 68 8d ; veal, 4 s Ed to 68 4d; pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81bs to sink the offal. RomFoRD, July 4. Our market is steady today, and prices generally are well supported at our quotations : Beef, from 4s 2d to 5s 6d ; mutton, 4s 2d to 5s 6d ; lamb, Gs Od to 7s Od ; veal, 4s 6d to 5s 4d ; and pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per Sibs ; suckling calves, 16s to 19s ; quarter old store pigs, 23s to 28s each; and mail cows, £l4 Os to £l9 Os each. HAY MARKETS. SMITIMELD. — Meadow hay, £3 Os to £5 5s Od ; clovor, £4 Os to £6 Gs Od ; and straw, £1 Ss to £1 16s per boar A slow trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 5s to £5 ss; clover, a Os to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per had. Trade less active, WHITECHAPEL.—Mes3,dow hay, £3 33 to £5 53 Od; clover £4 Os to £6 6s Od ; and straw, £1 8s to Ll 16g per load. A moderate demand. A few loads of new meadow hay have been sold at from £2 lOs to £4 per load. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, July s.—Wind this day at noon—North to North-East ; light breeze and very fine weather. NEWPORT, July 4.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Alocasta, for Jamaica. SWANSEA, July 4.—Wind N.E._Arrived—Nourmahal, from Callao. FALMOUTH, July 4.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Wilhel mina, front Monte Video. COWES, July 4.—Arrived—Vanderbilt, steamer, from Havre, and left for New York. OFF DARTMOUTH, July 2.—Arrived—Christina, from Hartlepool for Rio Janeiro. _ _ _ CARDIFF, July 4.—Wind N.—Sailed—Neptune, for Hong Kong; St. - Vincent, for Singapore; Edward Eve rett, for New York. CLYDE, July 4.—Arrived—Levanter, from New York. Sailed—Brenda, for Demerara. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning• Wind N.E. Arrived, July 4—Dispatch and City of Exeter, steamers, from Jersey. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Mornin g. Wind N.W. ; tide first hour's ebb ; weather light and fine. Arrived, July s.—Prince Albert, from Guernsey ; Thea, from Gravelines. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Wind N.N.E., moderate. Passed, July 4----grore, from London fo r B o ston Shields for Consta n ti no pl e ; Penin sula, screw stea m er, from London for B or d eaux ; J an e Lacey, barque, from sula, screw steamer, from London for Gibraltar. TUE GOLDSMITHS' COMPANY.—This company have forwarded the princely donation of £5O to the Normal Female School of Design, Gower-street, in furtherance of the object, for which they have been compelled to appeal to the public for funds—i.e., to prevent, if possible, their being closed by a fiat of the Committee of Council on Education, and for no apparent cause, except their having proved themselves the most successful portion of the art educa tional scheme. MESSRS. COLLARD'S Rooms, GROSVENOR-STREET. —Madlle. Fineli gave a matinee musicale at Messrs. Col lard's rooms, (grosvenor-street, yesterday. In the first part, Madame Catherine Hayes sang an aria, by Bellini, in a manner to leave nothing to be desired, and was warmly applauded. The fair beneficiare delighted her audience by the very charming manner she gave an aria from Ros sini, and was rewarded by well-merited marks of approbe.- dons. She was also equally successful in Rossini's terzetto, " Zitti, zitti ' " from "Il Barbiere." The concert was wall attended. MALT DUTY.—From a return presented to the House of Commons, it appears that tho;number of bushels of malt charged with duty in the United Kingdom, from the 16th day of May, 1858, to the 15 th day of May, 1859, inclusive, was 43,493,206, and the number in the year ter minating on the 16th of May, 1860, 43,583,896. .at )ria do, 5m te 3Ur b it mee one. the ne )les, om- for nor, orry once hall, call-- 100} 98 7f `~\