The Sun. — London, England, 1860-05-21 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. •,•,. V.''''- CITY. Two, o'CLocK. The accounts from the manufacturing districts notice a slight improvement during the past week in one or two of the principal branches of trade. At Leeds there has been a better tene in the woollen sloth market; the purchases, however, have been limited. The manufacturers, nevertheless, are fairly employed. At Manchester the late unfavourable advices from the East have given a very heavy tone to the market, and business in India goods has been almost suspended. For the home markets the tran sactions have also been limited. At Leicester there has been more activity in the demand for home con sumption and for exportation ; but little alteration can be reported in the lace trade at Nottingham. The various hardware trades of Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolveilampton have shown symp toms of improvement. In the Liverpool Cotton Market, on Saturday, business was rather inactive, and prices were about the same. The Railway Share Market closed with more animation, and quotations exhibited a decided improvement. There is a'moderate demand for money in Lom bard-street, and the Bank of England authorities are obtaining a fair share of business. This shows that there is very little difference between the official minimum, and the rates current elsewhere. At the forthcoming meeting of the London Chartered Bank of Australia, a dividend of 31 per cent. for the last half-year will be proposed. ' Further additions are being made to the stock of bullion in the Bank of England, about £105,000 having been received there on Saturday. The ex port demand being very quiet, the specie received from Australia, America, &e., is chiefly sent into that establishment ; and it is satisfactory to notice increased consignments from New York, 'the ex change on , London having attained a point that enables the shippers to realise a profit from such transactions. Further supplies are expected at an early date from Australia, as several vessels must have made considerable progress in their passage home. There has been very little animation in the market for Public Securities to-day, and pre vious quotations were scarcely maintained, Consols being 94 -St for money, and 94-a for account. There is still, however, an absence of buoyancy, the advices from the Continent not being of a character to inspire con fidence. The dealings in money stock are very moderate. The New Threes and the Reduced are firm, at 93 1. India Loan Debentures have receded to 961. Exchequer Bills are ss. to Bs. prem. A moderate business has been recorded in Foreign Securities, and prices are steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 741 to 741 ; ditto New, 57/ to 4 5 71 ; Spanish Deferred are firmer at 37 ; Mexican at 211; Portuguese at 441 ; Sardinian remain at 841 ; and Dutch 4 per Cents. at 1001 101 ; Bra zilian 41 per Cents. are flat at 90 7 1 ; and the Scrip is The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 2k prem.; the Thames and Mersey ditto, 1 prem. ; and the Universal ditto, I 1, prem. - The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been limited, but a slight advance has been apparent in values. North-Western, Midland, and North-Eastern (Berwick), have improved ss. ; Great Northern and Brighton, 10s. ; and Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 15s. ; South-Eastern have declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have also shown • rather more buoyancy. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian are steady at 11i, and Buenos • Ayres and San Fernando realise 61 ; Grand Trunk of Canada have improved to 331, and East Indian to 1011, 102. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con tinue inactive ; Bank of Australasia have improved about 55., and London Joint Stock, 53. ; Red Sea Telegraph have declined ss. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 938 .3 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities i a New 3 per Ce n t. A nnu iti es India Stock. . Ditto Debentures, 1858 .. Ditto 1859.. Ditto Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £l,OOO .. lO 5 d Consols for Account (6th June) Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 961 ;it to £5OO 8 Ditto Small 5 8 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brasilian. 5 per Cent \ Ditto 41 per Cent. 1858 9oa d Ditto Scrip, 1860 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853, 441 Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, L•St - • Ditto 41 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent Sardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent. Ditto Account .. Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 2/ per Cent — Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto June Account 741 ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE.—The laying of the foundation-stone, on Friday, the Ist of June, by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, is an event to which the friends and patrons of the institution are looking with great expectation. A grand fete and fancy fair, the stalls at which are to be kept by ladies of the profession, is one of the attractions. .The ladies who have already tendered their ser vices are Mrs. Stirling, Miss Amy Sedgwick, Miss Swan borough, Mrs. Fank Matthews, Miss Murray, Miss Wyd • ham, Miss'Katharine Hickson, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. C. Young, Miss Oliver, Miss M. Wilton, Miss Bufton, Miss C. Saunders, Mrs. Herbert, Mrs. Marston, Mrs..L. Mur ray, Miss Cotterell, Miss Neville; and the gentlemen who have offered their assistance to superintend th evarious games, include Mr. J. B. Buckstone, Mr. Compton, Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, and Mr. H. Widdicombe. It is well to remark that the issue of tickets Must be limited to the number of seats contracted for, and as it follows as a matter of course that no more seats can be provided than the tent will hold, early application is necessary to prevent disappointment. FALL OF DOVER CLIFF.—For some time Mr. Churchward has been carrying on extensive works on his premises in Snargate-street, at the base of the cliff, which he has been sloping down. Early on Sunday morning, owing to the heavy fall of rain on the previous night, an immense mass of about 1,000 tons gave way, and fell with a terrific crash in the yard beneath. Happily no injury either to individual or machinery occurred.—Dover Chronicle. - - PARLIAMENTARY VICTSSITUDES.—Some surprise may possibly be excited when it is stated that since the com mencement of the year 1854, 347 gentlemen then in the House of Commons have ceased to have a share in the deli berations of that august assembly. The mutations which have occurred from time to time during the six years in the constitution of the house have been still more numerous ; but several temporarily-ejected members have succeeded in obtaining re-election in other quarters, and of these and of Others who have sat in the house only a few months we I have taken, pro hac vice, no account. Of the 347 gentlemen 310 longer M.P.'s, 247 represented English ; 11, Welsh ; 31, Scottish ; and 58, Irish constituencies. Death , o f course, has been b usy during the period under review, but at least two thirds of the changes noticed are due to hustings' influences and the inability of members to sustain the wear and tear— pecuniary an d ph ys i ca l— o f P ar liamentary life. The desire for change appears to prevail most strongly among borough constituencies, 168 of the 247 English variations having occurred among borough members ;;but as the ratio of Eng lish boroughs to English counties is as 119 to 144, the dis proportion is not, after all, so very great. Still county members appear to enjoy a longer term of Parliamentary existence, and changes in counties are not, as a rule, of so sweeping a nature as in boroughs. Thus the following English b oroughs, each having two members, have now wholly different representatives as compared with 1854 : Aylesbury, Barnstaple; Bath, Beverley, Boston, Busking ham, Camb r idge, Chippenham, Cockermouth, Colchester, Devonport, Dover, Greenwich, Guildford, Harwich, Has tings, Leeds, Leicester, Leominster, Malden, Manchester, Marylebone, Newark, Northampton, Nottingham, Penryn and Falmouth, Preston Ripen, Rochester, Sandwich, Southwark, Sunderland, Truro, and Windsor. Our ge neral conclusion which may be drawn from an analysis of the last six years is, that the average dura ion of a Parlia mentary life is about 12 years. FRENCH RIFLED CANNON.—The science of de struction in France, as elsewhere, has kept pace with the regress of the gentler arts, and naval gunnery has advanced as much amongst our neighbours as ourselves. They at tech no small importance to the adoption of their rifled cannon, which is calculated, as they assert, to project a mis sile twice the weight of an ordinary ball thrice the distance, With the • same charge of powder. Fur this reason, and from a concurrence of similar causes, most of their writers agree that, however sanguinary any future engagement might prove, its issue must soon be decided, while no doubt is entertained that it must necessarily involve a far greater destruction of materiel than occurred in former sea-fights. This they allow would be of more serious moment to them than to England, with her almost boundless resources. It was no doubt this reflection which induced the prosecution of a long course of experiments at Vincennes and else- Where, with a view to devise the most effectual means bf protecting ships from injury, at the same time that mea • flares were taken for providing them with the most destruc •4lllaraent.—Th Araviee of the World. By Hans Bask. - SHARE MARKET- (THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid. Closing Business Share' . Railways Price. Done. 1 50 Belfast and Ballymena all 13.14 Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. all 8 84 stock Birk., La., and Ch June 100 70 72 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne all 10 Bost. Shef. and Mid. Co all 6 4 7 4 stock Bristol and Exeter ... , 100 102 104 stock Caledonian ICO 894 894 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan 0 60 Cork and Bandon all 20 Fork, iclrock, &Passage all 20 Cornwall , until 0 c per sn 10 Do A (A gets no div i r all e 10 Do B ha sbeen p pd. toB all 50 Dublin & Belfast June all 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. June all 8 9 stock East Anglian lOO 16 17 stock Eastern Counties lOO 524 534 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 36 38 stock Do do Bdo 100 25 27 25 Do Nw A. late•EU3ds. 8 i 20 East Suffolk 10 Do stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 77 70 stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 1( 0 304 314 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all stock Furness stock Glasg. and S. Western 103 99 101 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all stock Great Northern lOO 113 113 115 14 4 stock Po do A stock stock Po do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 113 114 . stock Great Western stock Do Str Val gus. stock 100 60 65 12 Trish South-eastern . all stock Lancashire & Yorkshir: 100 102 1024 103 2 1 3 =took London and Blackwall 100 112 114 114 13 all 11 12 ;tuck Lon., Bright.. & S Coast 100 694 704 25 Lond., Chat., and Dover, 114 11 dock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 99 00 4 1904 4 991 124 Do eighths Lond. & nth. Western lOO 914 924 02 4 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'eerry & Ennisat all 104 114 , took Man. Shef. & Lin oln 50 Maryport and Carlisle all 124 Do do 4 shares.... all 10 Metropolitan 3 24 2 d 4 116> 1164 lock Midland Lock Do Rirming. & Derby 100 93 95 50 Mid. Gt, W. of Ireland all 25 Do 4 s h ares all 25 Mid ent all 10 Do, Cray Line 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 25 New., Aber. & Herefd, , all 10 11 10 Newry & Armagh, def., 9 7 6 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Boa, all ock N0rf01k......., ~ ,„ „ 100 54 56 50 N• hn. Counties Union .' 100 34 604 61 3 4 3 d ock North British 4 ock Nbr.Dev.Rail&DXstoct , 100 u ock D• A stk ; A recs no cl. ntil 6pch as beenpd.B 100 ock Do B stock ...., „ , 100 nm , . r, ock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 94 4 , 954 ** l - 1 v • 1 1 25 Do do , G.N.E. purchase 16131 it I d k ., ock )o Leeds ..... ..... „ „ 100 50 51 . 1 2 I ock Do York .. ocs North London .. 20 North Staffordshire_ 174 134 131 10 V. and S. W. Junction all 0 1 94 12 Not. & Grantham Rail lO 6 64 ock Oxf. Wor. & Wolverptn 100 41 46 10 Peebles ... .. .. ...... . all 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney. 3ck Scottish Central )ck Scot. N. E.. Aber. stock 100 33 35 33 4 Dek Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 87 89 ock Shropshire Union ....., 100 4B 50 la Sittinebourne & Sheer. all 4 d )ck South Devon ........., 100 42 4 3 4 )ck South Eastern ....... 100 844 814 84 5 )ck South Wales . ....: 1 00 66 68 68 )ck S. York. and RiVer Dun 100 78 80 79 to qt ain es, Wok,. and Wok all 6 8 25 Stockton & Darlington all 38 4 31 4 25 Do do 9 84 9 p Stockton & Hartlepool 163 )ck Taff Vale )ck Do Pref. No 1 lOO 1 ?5 Thames Haven I k&Rail 22 1 - SO Ulster • • 2.5 Do 10 Do • 14 d )ck Vale of Neath 13 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 10 11 )ck Waterford & Kilkenny 100 I 10 Waterford & Limerick all I ?0 West C rnwall ?0 West London all l 0 Do Ist class ?0 Do 2nd class 124 Worcester & Hereford ll4 2 1 d PREFERENCE SHARES. Share Closing Business Railways. Priee. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O all ttk Bris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 100 96 98 )20 Do. do. do. Shares stock Caledon £10,44 per cent 100 101 103 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. all 01 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. e. all 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. all 61 Dun.Perth&Aber.,Tun all 54 61 6 stock E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c lOO 100 102 stock Do. do. Class B 6 pm._ 100 110 114 stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c... 100 110 113 stock E. Coon. Ex. sp. C. No. i 100 110 113 stock Do. do. No. 2 100 108 110 stork Do. New 6 per et. stock. 100 124 126 1154 stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 81 83 stock Do. .5 per guar... 100 stock Edin.&Glas. sp.e. shares 100 110 112 stock Do. - 4 p.c. gua. S. &D. 100 90 92 stock Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 755 765 stock Furness, 5 per cent. 100 -- stock Glas,& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. 100 1 18 120 stock Great Northern, sp. et. 100 117 119 118 stock Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm 100 111 112 stock 1)o. 41 p. c. do. do. 100 Do. Ap.a Redm. 5 p.c. pm 8 ' ) 85 87 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. G t.Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 100 97 99 stock p. et. pref. stock ) 50 great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. sp. ct. 6 stock Do. Redeemable,4lp.ei. 100 99 100 stock Do. lle&emable, 4p. ct. 100 88 90 stock Do. Irredeemable, do._ 100 90 92 91/ stock Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. 100 102 104 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares, all 94 101 10 rt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. IA sh. all 17 18 10 Do e( SP. ct. pref. all 10 104 stock Do Birmge - ,uar. sto , k lOO 74 76 261 Do. Cheater gua. shares all 194 20 131 Do. do. do. 20 Do. do. do. stock Lan.&York 6p. c. stock lOO 138 140 stock Do.Barnsl.st£s 3s 10d pc 100 stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) 100 stock Lon.& Brig. 5 pew]. No.l 100 116 118 stock Do. sp. c. No. 2 100 116 118 stock Do. gua. 6p. c. stook Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 100 116 118 stock Do. do. 44 per cert .. . 100 102 104 5 Do:`do. 44 p. c. shares 2l stock Do. 7p. ct. Pref. stock lOO 154 157 • stock Do. Op.e. do. (W.E.&C.P ) 100 132 136 stock Do.4p.e.S.(div.deftil '65) 100 68 70 2.5 T.on. Chat. and Dover .ll 21 22 stock Lon. and N. W. Coy. and Nuneaton. sp. ct lOO 115 117 stock Lon. & S.W, 7p. ct. stock 100 1525 1575 124 Londondy. & Cole. 4 sh. all 124 Londony. & Ennis. 5 sh. all 12 124 stock Tan. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. 100 125 127 6 Do. .£6 stoc'• Do. 34 per cent 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent 5 4 4 p 124 foxy ort & Car., 4p. c all 124 Do. 4/ per cent. all stock raid. Con. 6p. c. stock lOO stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c lOO 139 141 stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock lOO 101 103 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 4 1 p stock Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st. 100 94 96 10 Newport, A ber.&c.pref. 5 all p.c.redeem.nt 5 p.c.pm. ) 91 101 10 Do. Perpet. 6p. c. with option till 1866 all 114 121 12 10 Do. till 1869, Ist is. 9 p 124 Do. do. 2d P. 25 stock Vorflk sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 100 stock Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 stock Do.sWay.Val.Ex.stlB47 100 stock North British, sp. c. stock Do. New, gua. sp. c.. 100 10) Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. shs 1 1 4 p 10 Do. do. do. all stock Nrth.Dev.Rail. & Dek.Co. 100 stock NT-Easteons.Pret. 4p. c. 100 92 91 stock Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 100 965 975 17 Do. do. do • 13.4. 1 4 d 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1 13 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 9 25 Do. York, H. &S. Purch. 10 id tp 20 North Staffordshire.... all 221 234 stcck Ox.Wr.Wol. 6p. c. Ist g. 100 124 126 stock Do. Redeem. 2d gua.... 100 stock Do. Irredeem. 2d gun... 100 119 121 10 Rhymney Guaranteed. all S 1 Scottish Central, new pf all stock Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. e. pref. stock.... 100 73 75 stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c. 10) stock Do. 7p. C. pref. stock 100 10s. South Devon. Ann. 10s. all 10 101 10 Do. Fixed 45 per cent. all 1.0.6 'torah Eastern (Reading; Ann., 1.0.6) stock Do. 44-per cent. lOO 101 103 stock Do. Fixed Ist is. 100 101 103 stock South Wales, gua. 4 P.C. 100 89 91 stock Do. 44 per cent. lOO 99 101 stock S.-Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua. 100 85 88 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c all 28 29 25 Do. 116 per cent all 325 331 25 Do. C 6 per cent all 32 33 stock Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p. c , 100 47 50 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid . Leasing t Closing Business Railways.Co.'s. Price. Done. Redford and Bletchley all Ln& AV • • • • Buckinghamshire .... 100 Ln & N.W, 97 99 ohester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. Do. do. 51 per cent. 100 Do 125 127 Do. do. 5 per cent. 100 Do 1113 115 Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonin 103 105 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E 01 16 17 E.Lincolnshire,g.6 p.c. 100 Gt. North. 138 140 E.Union,llarwich Sits all E.Counts. 41 41 • Do. Woodbridge _ 100 Gl D s. o l3 . a N rr e .reils,Drct.. 1 10 0 0 0 C D a ok. d_on in . -- Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt., WeA. Hartlpool.Dek.& Rail. all Yk.N.&Br Hull and. Selby ...... alt Yk.N. Md. 110 112 Do. I Shares ....... all Do. ... Do. Shares ....... all Do. Lanc.& Carl. gua.s p.c. loa Ln.& N.W 205 208 London & Greenwich 100 S. East, Do. Preference •• • ... 100 Do. Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend. 100 Peto & Co. 94 97 Lowestoft, guii. 4 p.ct. 100 N. , rfolk l a o l o l D L o Nw . or 21 31 3 D i o a . n 6 c. Mid. Bradford Prefer per, B u x e e t n n . t . t ence Stock..... .... 100 Midland 95 97 Newmarkt.,BuryEx l 5. 5. 6 E.Counts 1 I p guaranteed 5 p. c. N or thn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. Do. do. 6 per cent .... al. Do. — North Western Do. Fixed 5 per cent all Do.. .. . . . L& NW Preston and Wyre. all & 'Ask. Do. / Stares A all Do. Roystn.Hitch.,& Shep 100 Gt. North 135 138 Shrewsbry& Hereford 100 T.Brassey 100 103 Do. Do. 1 I . ... P South Staffordshire .. all M`Clean l O-1 11 Wilts-and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West. 9' 94 Wimbledon & Croydn. all L.Jz DOCKS. Closing \ Business Docks, Paid. p r i ce . Done. ------ nmercial lOO . 4 per Cent.Pref.Min lOO st and West Indies loa _ ndon lOO _ Katharine lOO uthampton ' 100 __ 3toria . Share stock Commercial stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min stock East and West Indies stock London stock ISt. Katharine stock Southampton stock Victoria . 30 Do , New ... .. stock stock stock stock 50 stock stock stock stock stock stock stocq stock stock stock stock stock la stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock stock THE SUN, .LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1860. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Business done Share Railways. Paid. . , Frxce. 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 84 86 stk ( Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 100 951 961 t Gu. 5 psr cent 18 Do, Do. B 131 1 d f d 20 Buffalo and Lake Huron • all 41 51c1 21 Do. New 111 Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,&G odrich 100 75 80 100 i 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 70 75 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 68 73 5 Ckutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) 1. 3 0 i d 4I) 1 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lima 2s. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip as. 11 14 d 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 71 11 1 d 17/ Demerara all. 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 5 11 1 d stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 1004 101/ 101/ 2 20 Do. F Shares Ext lO 1 d i p 20 Do. Jubbulpore lO f d 100 Do. 44 pc. Debentrs all 98 99 p stock Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 100 101 20 Geelong & Melbourne all 21 22 Geelong Corporation 6 sto. 100 per cent. Bonds stock Grand Trunk of Canada 1 0 0 32 33 33 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 91 93 921 1 100 Do. 6 per et. Debentr all 66 68 671 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 all 61 71 100 Do. do. 1872 all 69 71 stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua sp.e lOO 981 991 20 Do. New gua. sp. c 6 1d 1 d 20 Gt. South. of India (Lim) 10 15 lid guaranteed 5 per cent. 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 12i 121 20 Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76, with 100 spt, till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till 'GO__. all 98 100 100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all 98 1 00 99 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 da .. all 92 94 stock Madras, guar., 41 p. c... 100 88 90 stock Do. do. 5 per cent.. .. 100 974 98/ 981 stock Do. 4f p. c. Extension 100 90 92 20 Do. Fourth d 0......., 10 1 f d 20 Do. do ,.. all stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Bnds. 100 Newßrunswick & Canda 1 20 Ry. &Lan d(Lim.)g.6pc all A 7 Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0... .... 20 Do. do. B Capital d 0... .. i , 5 7 Do. do. Land do. . . "''' 20 Oude (Limited) ........ ss. stock Scinde ... ...... d.,.; 100 991 100/ 100 f 20 Do. Pnnjaub .... La g all 11 d 1 d I 20 Do. Da. .. .. Fa' c? 5 —d stork Do. Indus.. St. Flo. g e ,f 2 ) . 100 911 951 f 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 1 1 d FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 19 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 41 ' 20 Ardennes. 20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 7 4 id 5 Belo - an East. Junction all 4 1 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all 10 Buen.Ayres &S. Ferndo 24 31 4p 64 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 21 21 100 Copiabo , .—...&...... all 10 Ditto Extension .. .. all 1f Ifd 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 15 5 1 54d 20 Eastern of France .... all 224 231 20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c. 6 20 Do. do. all 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 6/ 61 20 Italian Junction .. ... all 20 Lake Constance & Bale. all 20 Lierre & Turnhout .... all , 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all 331 Maria Antonia .... ... all 10 Do. New ............ all 20 Namur & Liege .. .. _.. all 8 81 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref......... all 101 191 16 Northern of France.... all 37 38 20 Do. New Shares .—.. . 12 p 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 8 9 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 334 331 20 Paris & Orleans .. . ... all 51 53 20 r Recife & S. Frau. (Peru.) ( gua. 7p. ct. lim ...... 13 2 11d 20 Riga & Dunaburg.... _ 10 10 Rome & Frascati ...... all at 20 Royal Danish .. .... all 13 15 V 5 Royal Swedish ........ all 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all in 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... ail 51 51 10 Do. 5/ per cent. Pref..... all 81 84 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 2 4 id R 20 S. Aust.&Lomb Venetin 12 6 1 Ili 20 Southern of France all' 194 204 H H 81 West Flanders ........ all 54 51 10 Do. 65 p. c Preference.. all 95 95 A 20 W. & N of France .. all 2tf 224 B 20 Western of Austria.... 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do. 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealind THIS DAPS MARKETS. sheeps' Id 4d to 2s 5d ; skin; is 4d to is 10 -; grerse, lid to is ld ; lambs', lls to 2s Gd. Adelaide—Clean sheeps', is 4d to 2s ; grease, lOs to is to is 4d. Cape—Clean sheeps', ls 4d to 2s 2d ; other kinds, 10d to is Gd. LITERATURE, The Physiology of Common Life. 2 vols. By G. H. Lewes. Blackwood and Sons. The accomplished biographer of Goethe has latterly been building up for himself a perfectly distinct reputation—and has now taken, we believe permanently, high rank among the more remark able of the later contributors to our scientific literature. It is not merely that Mr. Lewes has evinced in this new phase of his intellectual advancement, very peculiar skill, and a rare and, as it appears to us, even exceptional aptitude in the systematisation and yet more the popularization of knowledge already accumulated by others—it is that to the sagacity of an adroit collator of the works of earlier inquirers in physiology and anatomy (for example) he has brought in aid very considerable and extended researches of his own as an experimental anatomist and phs siologist. He is no mere compiler. He is pre-eminently a student of Nature : more eagerly, more zealously, now a student of Nature than he has ever been, or for that matter, still is a student of either polite or scientific literature. Here, in these completed pages of his latest and incomparably his noblest record of the particular anatomical and physiological investiga tions alluded to, Mr. Lewes has given to the world what we do not for one instant hesitate to describe in so many words, as a masterpiece of comprehen sive elucidation. The Physiology of Common Life will, henceforth, " hold its own" we arc perfectly well satisfied, as a standard and authoritative work of reference. Among works of reference it only wants age to become a classic. It needs but the lapse of a very brief interval to secure to itself the advantage of being widely popu lar. The varied exposition undertaken by the author in these two volumes, he has endea voured throughout, as he tells us in his preface, " to render on a level with the science of our day." And while so doing, he has repeatedly found it im perative upon him to break away from the custom almost invariable among previous popular writers upon these subjects—that of allowing themselves to drop into what he aptly terms mere middlemen between the public and the scientific authorities. In other words, Mr. Lewes has disdained to be simply and slavishly a mere reporter or interpreter —standing midway between the froXXoi and the chi.Xoo-0450r transmuting the esoteric into the exoteric—translating scientific technicalities into the vulgar vernacular. While expounding " facts and doctrines" in t he Physiology of Common Life, Mr. Lewes has not done so as he found them, but as he himself believes them to be. Speaking of his determination to do this, he says himself frankly—" I could not bring myself to publish, upon the authority of respected writers, statements which I know to be false, and opinion s w hi c h I believe to be erroneous." he old accustomed plan had about it, of course, the allurement of being by far the easiest and the most convenient. Mr. Lewes has been too conscientiously faithful, however, to the interests of Truth to dream for a single moment of adopting a plan of that slovenly description—simply because it was the easiest or tha most convenient. " Having laboured earnestly [we shall presently see how earnestly] to get at the truth," he writes in his preface, " it would have been disloyal to con tribute in any way to the spread of what I believed to be erroneous." The course pursued by him, therefore, throughout these two im portant volumes, in consequence of this honest and conscientious determination, has been " impartially to state the facts and opinions cur. rent among physiologists," and then having done that, explicitly " to state the reasons for their re jection," whenever these opinions have appeared to him inadmissible. He is, therefore, arrogating to the work no merit which it does not actually pos sess in a very high degree, when he adds that the work necessarily comprises within it upon that ac count, "much original matter and a great deal of criticism." It is far more, indeed, a record of original remarks than a carefully con densed compilation. These researches of his own, in truth, have been so considerable and so comprehensive, that they have actually em braced within them—molluscs, bees, beetles, spiders, locusts, crabs, fishes, frogs, tritons, lizards, chickens, moles, mice, rats. cats, dogs, sheep, pigs, calves, oxen, and men. Our physiologist, there fore, is no mere themist, but a skilled and laborious experimentalist. He is not content that his work should be a mere whispering gallery, in which the voices of others should be heard echoing and rever berating. What he promulgates as opinions he promulgates from the fulness of his own convictions —what he asserts as facts he asserts from his own personal knowledge that they are so. In testimony of his thorough independence he points, and with perfect reason, and with a certain amount of com placency we cannot but conjecture—(a complacency, moreover, to our thinking, not in any way unnatural under the circumstances) to those chapters upon the Nervous System (to be found in the latter part of the second volume) in which arc discernible the largest amount of dissent on his part from opinions hitherto entertained. And it is especially notice able that it is in one of these surprising, and iu every respect admirable chapters, the author traces with a luminous pen, what ought to be the true spirit of inquiry manifested in the course of these philosophical in vestigations. Wfic, indeed, would venture in sober seriousness to contravene a single one of these subtle and refined propositions Who will hesitate to concur with Mr. Lewes when he writes that,be fore adventuring upon inquiries of this kind( Vol. 11., p. 83), " we must resolve in a loving, seeking, ear nest spirit to keep our minds open to the reception of Fact ; and calmly to acquiesce in it, when pre sented, instead of opposing it by preconceptions of our own ?" Who will not bow before this irresis tible force of his reasoning ? when be adds, " It is idle to interrogate Nature in the spirit so often animating the disputes of men when each antagonist is less desirous of hearing the argument of the other than of thrusting forward his own ;" or when he observes yet further, " If we ask Nature a ques tion we must listen patiently to her reply ; should that reply perplex us, we must ask again, put ting the question in another form ; and should again and again the same reply be elicited, we must accept it, be it never so destructive of our theories and anticipations." Adding cautiously—wittingly almost—" We must not dictate our answer to the Oracle we consult." It is in this lofty yet lowly, serious and reverent spirit that the author of The Physiology of Common Life has conducted his re searches into the Arcana of Nature. And it is this which lends such rare value to the fruits of his philosophical investigations. He has no pet theories to subserve. He has no especial abhorrence of whims and crotchets in the way of idle scientific hypotheses. He carves his way to new facts with the scalpel, and sees many an old opinion resolve itself into nothingness when scrutinised under the inexorable lens of the microscope. " What !" he hears some of the more supercilious ex claiming against him as he writes, " What ! with your scalpel, fit only to deal with Death, do you hcpe (for example) to deal with the mysteries of lhought ? When you have taken the mechanism to pieces, do you expect to reveal its action ; or do you fancy the soul is less mysterious than a watch ?"—" Feeble nonsense of this kind has imposed on men," Mr. Lewes immediately replies bluntly in answer to those old shallow objections: observing thereupon—"Thatwe shall ever penetrate the mystery of the Soul isim probable ; equally improbable that we shall ever p e netrate the mystery of Life; yet," he exclaims with some exultation, " it is certain that the methods of science have enabled us to discover some of the laws of Life, and assign to the various organs the part each plays ; and this in spite of the fact that the scalpel is fit only to deal with death." The sentence which follows crushes and pulverises under the irresistible pressure and weight of the reductio ad absurdum the :frivolous objection already particularised, Mr. Lewes ob serving simply—" I would ask these declaimers whether they think that the action of the watch will be better understood by taking the mechanism to pieces and studying each part and its relation to the rest; or by examining certain speculative postulates respecting it, and working a system out of deductions from those postulates?" Not a syllable need be added to that one sarcastic in terrogation. The folly of the argument repelled is thereby conclusively demonstrated. All that the anatomist attempts, as our author has admi rably shewn, is to discover the .mechanism;to the all that detect is essayed by the physiologist in fluence each separate part of that n mechanism exer cises. Enough has been h ere cispirit in which delightful remarked, however, to indicate the truly philosop h ical and most esti ia the author of this mable chain of treatises on The Physiology of Common Life has from first to last conducted his anatom ical and physiological investigations. And we have been desirous of directing attention peculiarly to the spirit in which the work before us has been produced, rather than to the mere scope of it as a literary and scientific production. For the scope itself of these two volumes might readily be con jectured in a great measure from their sufficiently explicit designation. " The Physiology of Com mon Life" affixed to the title-page is but the epi tome of that microcosm of which the table of Con tents forms but the expanded syllabus, and of which also the supplemented index is but the detailed analysis arranged alphabetically. Between the alpha of the contents and the omega of th e i n d ex , the text itself (halved in the two volumes) is sub divided into thirteen chapters, the h ea di ngs o f which areas suggestive as they are antithetical. Here we read of Hunger and Thirst—of Food and Drink —of Digestion and Indigestion—reminiscent to how ' many this last ? for that agonized couplet in Bul wer's Siamese Twins— " When we'vegreatly daring mind The damned dyspepsia's left behind." Here, too, read we not of Respiration and Suffoca tion—of Feeling and Thinking—of the Mind and the Brain—of Sleep and D reams — o f our S enses and " Sensation —of Life and Death ? Whoever, after reading these two most readable vo lumes shall preserve in recollection but a corn paratively small modicum of the extraordinary mass of facts herein compacted together, will yet have added immensely to their stores of information, and will be tolerably certain to revert in quest of more to the same admirable repertory of knowledge upon the subject of Everyday Physiology. Life of Monsgr. Weedall. By F. C. Husenbeth, D.D. One vol. Bvo., pp. 317. Longman and Company. _ _ _ A really charming biography of a most amiable and learned character, written throughout in a manner delightfully easy and anecdotal. The writer, it should be observed, at once possesses the chief qualification of a biographer—he knew the original of which this literary sketch is the life like portraiture—knew him long, and intimately, and appreciatively. And, as he himself observes in his opening chapter, quoting the wise and senten tious words, that follow, from Doctor Johnson's memoir of Addison :—" They only who live with a man can write his life with very genuine exactness and discrimination." Anyone's life, if so written —" with genuine exactness and discrimination"— could hardly fail (it has been remarked) to prove both instructive and interesting. Above all, the life of a good and able man so penned—the career of one conspicuous among those about him, by the possession of rare parts and shining virtues, if only described thus, with precision as to the facts related and with discrimination as to their value and bearing in realising to the reader the distinguishing peculiarities of the commemorated idiosyncracy— can never fail, we may be sure, of exercising upon that reader's sympathies a peculiar and even irre sistible fascination. Dr. Husenbeth—whether in stinctively or intentionally it matters little—haa taken a hint from some of the greatest masters in biographic literature. He who is mani festly so familiar with the admirable writ ings of Samuel Johnson, and who has here in this graceful memorial of his " schoolfellow, pupil, and friend," quoted once at least, if not frequently,, from the pages of the " Rambler," may possibly recall to mind that judicious observation of our profound moralist-essayist, when talking of the commendable particularity observable among bio graphers :—" Thus Sallust, the great mast( r of Nature, has not forgotten to remark of Cataline that his walk was now quick and again slow, as an indication of a mind revolving with violent commo tion." Whether the writer of this present biography has penned its score of chapters in the light of that distinct recollection, he has certainly taken pen in hand, with a due appreciation of the truth ex pressed by the greatest of all classic biographers-- Plutarch—where he has said in his life ofAlexander that frequently an action of little consequence, a word, or a joke, rrpava Ppaxi,, Kai ilnp.a, Kai ratScci, often brings out more than the greatest sieges, for example, or the most signal victories, the distin guishing traits of a person's real character. Dr. Husenbeth has, with a vivid sense of this, traced the outlines of the tranquil and scholarly career of his deceased friend, pupil, and schoolfellow, from his birth, on the sth of September, 1788, to his de mise, on the 7th of November, 1859, filling up the record of that interval, of more than 71 years, with a multiplicity of those minute traits defined by Plutarch as so eminently, or rather pre-eminently, characteristic. The result has about it, as we have said, the effect of a life-like portraiture. The bio graphy is as a canvass hanging on our walls, from which the features of the departed look down upon us—smile down upon us—familiarly. SPORTING NOTES. BRITISH MINES. !! Mines. Litre 1 Consols (Philack: ritish Iron 'Clifford Levon G. Cons. (Tavist ) st Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus . G.Wheal Alfd. (1 5 hilack) 1 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) Grenville Herod's-Foot Hillgston Downs, Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant), North Downs North France (Illogan) N. Wh'l Basset (1110 an) North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron kGen., Lim S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Stray Park Tam tr Silv.& Lead Min Tin Croft [Vale of Towey (Carm.) West Basset (lllog, , an) W. Caradon (Lfskeard) West Seaton Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) (Wheal Edward (Cals.) IWheal Kitty (U.L elant) Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) I 16 17fi 1 12.13.9 5.14.6 8.12 4.7.0 1.8.6 9.18.9 1* 10.6.7 12s all 18.1R.9 26.18.0 13s 6d 2.4 1.7.2 Paid. Closing I Business ''-` Price. Done. 4i 4 1 2 280 290 440 450 95 105 74 8 121 131 36 38 131 13 1 1 3 1 3 29 31 31 4 3f 43 45 } 4f 5 5 5} eki 8 9 121 134 44 46 li 300 f 310 12; 13 2i 3 1 11 145 155 48 52 3 2 2& 4 5 20 21 1 81 83 235 245 150 160 90 95 2 2 1 16 21 23 27 29 CORN EXCIIANGE. The leading markets held on Saturday were scantilysup plied with wheat, and all kinds moved off freely at ls. per quarter more money. Barley commanded extreme rates, and the value of all other produce was fairly supported. The continental markets have shown more firmness, but the business done in them on English account has not been to say extensive. In the United States, both wheat and flour have changed hands to a fair extent at previous cur rencies. The arrivals of English produce up to our market last week were limited, and the imports from abroad were only 6,033 quarters of wheat, 10,310 barley, 9,638 oats, 650 bean 3, 641 peas, 32,595 linseed, 7,761 rapeseed, 110 maize, 130 sundry seeds, 255 sacks and 4,092 barrels of flour. Fresh up, to-day, only a limited supply of wheat came to hand, fr, astwise and by land •calriage, bothf rom Essex and Kent. From other quarters the receipts were trifling. The attendance of town and country millers was by no means numerous, yet the demand for both red and white qualities ruled steady at an advance in the quotations rea lised on Monday last of from Is. to 2s . per quarter, and a which a fair demand was effected. We were scantily supplied with foreign wheat, fresh as well as ex-granary. All descriptions were held at a con siderable advance ; but the business doing was by no means extensive, at fully is per quarter above the prices realised on this day se'nnight. Floating cargo(); of grain were in fair request, at ful. currencies. All descriptions of barley—the supply of which was moderate—sold readily, at quite last Monday's quotations. The malt trade was inactive; prices, however, ruled steady. We had rather a limited supply of oats on offer. The trade was firm, at quite 6.3. per quarter more money. The few beans in the market changed hands steadily, at very full prices. Peas commanded extreme rates, with a fair demand. Both English and Foreign flour sold steadily, at very full prices to advanced rates. The top quotation for Eng- English advanced 4s. per barrel. Norfolks, 2s. up. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new 44s to 549 Ditto, old 46s 56s Ditto, white, new 458 60s •' Ditto, old 46s Vs Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old 4ss 55s Ditto, new 439 54s Rye—Old —s —8 New Barley—Grinding...., 2BB 30e Malting; Chevalier 4os 46s Malt -Suffolk and Norfolk Brown 5OB 52s Kingston and Ware s2s 70s Chevalier Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 2ls 24s Potato 268 30s Youghal and Cork, black 2os 25s Cork, white 2os 28s Scotch, Feeding 2ls 268 Beans—Tick 34s 388 Pigoons 4ss 49s Peas—Grey Maple White 36s 38s Boilers Flour—Town-made Suffolk 36s 39s Stockton and Norfolk METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week amounted to 5,215 head. In the corresponding week in 1859 we received :3,865 ; in 1858, 1,239; in 1857, 2,314; in 1856, 1,761; in 1855, 2,673 ; and in 1854, 3,185 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST 'WEEK. From. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam Harlingen liamburgh .. 66 3,393 .. 196 Antwerp .. Boulogne • • 16 .. -- .. '-"" • • Total 359 4,210 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves Pigs 1859 177 .. 3,248 .. 210 .. 206 .. 24 1858 144 .. 737 .. 61 .. 279 .. 1857 404 .. 1,760 .. 20 .. 154 .. 6 1856 223 .. 1,311 .. 39 .. 188 .. 1855 962 .. 1,253 .. 84 .. 343 .. 31 1854 614 .. 1,976 .. 135 ..- 451 .. 19 The show of foreign stock here, to• day, was only mode rate, and sales progressed briskly, at considerably advanced rates. A very limited supply of beasts came fresh to hand from our own grazing districts, and numerous buyers made their appearance from Ireland and various distant parts of England. The beef trade was, therefore, very brisk at fully 4d per 81bs above last week's quotations—the fat Scots having sold at quite 5s 6d per 81bs. Generally speaking, this was one of the dearest markets almost ever known. The arrivals from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire amounted to 1,800 Scots, crosses, and short horns—from other parts of England, 500 various breeds. No supplies reached us either from Ireland or Scotland. Wo were very scantily supplied with sheep, both as to number and quality. All kinds sold with great briskness, at from 10d to is per Blbs above the currencies realised on Monday last—the best Downs having produced 6s 6d per Blbs. Lambs moved off briskly, at 8d per 81bs more money. Isle of Nights and Dorsets sold at 5s 8d to 7s ; Downs, at from 7s 4d to 8s per 81bs. Calves were in very moderate supply, and brisk inquiry, at 4d to 6d per 81bs more money. Tho pork trade was active, at an improvement ix the quotations of fully 4d per Blbs. Per Blbs to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 4 0 4 4 Second quality do. 4 6 4 10 Prime large oxen 5 10 5 4 Prime Scots, &c. 5 4 5 6 Crse. & inf. sheep 4 8 5 0 Second quality do. 5 2 5 8 s. d. s. d. 1. 5 10 6 2 ~6 46 6 35 05 6 ,58 6 0 , 4 0 4 6 , 4 8 5 4 Primeers-wool do, Pine. S'thdowndo. Large crse. calves Prime small do (' Large hogs Small porkers 10d to 8s Od. ; and quarter •old store pigs. Lambs, 5s Suckling calves, 218 to 248 25s to 328. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts 3,480 Sheep and lambs 22,920 CalVgs Pigs FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 3OO Sheep .. ... 4000 Calves Pigs A statement and comparison of tho supplies and prices of fat -Stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, May 23, 1859, and this day, Monday, May 21, 1860 : Per 81bs, sinking the offal. May 23, 1859. May 21, 1860. i d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts . . Second quality ditto 3 8 4 oi4 6 410 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4,5 0 6 4 Prime Sc o t s , & c. . . . . Coarse and infe r i or sheep . . 3 6 4 04 8 5 0 Second qu a lit y ditto • . 4 2 4 415 2 5 8 Prime coarse-woolled ditto . . 4 6 4 8 1 5, 10 6 2 Prime Southd own ditto . . Lambs 5 4 6 6:5 10 8 0 Large coarse calves . . 3lO 4 8:5 0 5 6 Primo small ditto Large hogs • Neat small porkers . . 3 8 4 24 8 5 4 Beast s 3,76o 3,480 Sheep and lambs . . . 22,040 22,920 Calves .... . . 138 180 Pigs 310 420 SUPPLIES ON SALE, May 24, 1858.---Beasts, 3,616; sheep and lambs, 20,430; calves, 109;; pigs, 415. May 25, 1 857—Beasts, 3,390; sheep and lambs, 21,300 ; mires, 102 ; pigs, 420. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Only limited supplies of each kind of meat were on sale here to•day. The trade generally ruled very brisk, at a considerable rise in the quotations. Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Inferior beef .... 3 6 3 10 Middling mutton 4 10 5 6 Middling d 0.... 4 0 4 2 Prime do .. 5 8 5 6 Prime large do.. 4 2 4 4 Veal Do. small d 0.... 4 6 4 8 Small pork 4 8 5 4 Large pork 4 0 4 6 1 iamb.... ...... 5 8 7 2 Inferior mutton 4 4 4 81 BOROUGH HOP. Although the plantation accounts aro very favourable, there is a fair average business doing in most kinds of hops at full quotations : Mid and East Kent pockets 80s to 140 s per cwt. Weald of Kent 62s to 84s ~ Sussex BOROUGH AND SPITALFIRLDS. Since our last report only limited supplies of potatoes have cometo hand coastwise and by railway. The imports have amounted to 209 sacks from Antwerp, and 30 bags from Hambro'. The trade is very inactive, at the annexed quotations : _ _ York Regents. l3os to 180 s per ton. Do Flukes l2OB to 180 s ~ Kent and Essex . —s to —s Scotch Do Cups If Duubars l2os to 140 s ~ Rocks TALLOW Although the amount of business doing in our market is only moderate, prices continue steady. To-day, P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 5s 6d per cwt. Rough fat is 2s Sid per Bibs. 1856. 1857, 1858. 1859. 1860, Stock this day... • Price of Y.C. Delivery last week Ditto from June 1 Arrivals last week Ditto from June 1 Price of Town ... • 1°,125 45s9dto 46s Od 1,712 101,959 2,418 78,512 48s 6d I 11,833 10,910 8,500 1 583 6(1 to 533931 to 5530 d to —s Od —a Od —a Od 1,232 855 971 105,382 101,259 07,60 S 3,008 2,020 405 100,290 103,456 94,546 58s Od 54s 5d 55s 9d 28.562 ,52s 6d to Od 905 77,908 736 94,350 52s 9d WOOL MARKET. The public sales of colonial wool continue to be well at tended by buyers. For nearly all kinds the biddings have ruled active, at a slight advance on the opening rates: Sydney—Clean sheeps' has realised is bid to 2s 8d ; scoured, is 10d to 2s 7d ; lambs', is 8d to 2s ; handwashed, is 7d to 2s ; alipe, is 6d to is 9d ; grease, lld to is 2d. Port Philip—Clean sheeps', is 9d to 2s Iod ; scoured, 2s to 2s lid; is 9d to 3s, `'an Diemane Laud—Clean T "rr~~ SEEDS. Linseed is offering at easier prices, but buyers operate with caution, and a very moderate business has been trans sacted. Rape and oilseeds are much less active, yet no material change has taken place in their value. All other seeds are a slow inquiry at late currencies. The cake trade is dull, and prices have a drooping tendency. Tiunip,White,p.bus.l2s to 14s Swede Mustard, Brown l2s 14s White, new l3s 16s Tares,Winter, new 7sod 88 Old —B —8 Canary, per quarter 468 50s Rye grass, new . 22s 26s Clover, Red Eng., et. 40s Us White Foreign Red 4OB 52s White 70s 86s Trefoil, new lBs 24s Carraway Coriander lOB 13s Hempseed, per qr 34s 36s Linseed,Eng.sowing 66s 70s Crushing Baltic -s --s Odessa Linseed Cake, p. ton — English .... £9 lOs £lO 10s Foieign, p ton.£9 5s £ll2s f d Rape Cakes,p. ton 4 15s 5 5s Rapeseed, p. qr. .... 568 60s POLICE INTELL IGEN CE-( THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGII-STREET. " WHO SHOT THE DOG ?"-Mr. Stephen Kelly, of 45, Wellington-street, Victoria -Park, a member of the City Rifle Oorps, and Mary Ellis, a respectable-looking female, were charge with creating a disturbance in Soho-square, at one o'clock on Sunday morning. Mr. Edwin Lewis, of Great ➢Tarlborough-street, ap peared for the defendants. Wm. Chanter. 124 C, said at one, on Sunday morning, he heard a disturbance in Soho-square, and on going to the spot he heard a gentleman say to the male defendant" Who shot the dog ?" the gentleman at the time having a dog under his arm, He told the defendant to go away, but he refused, saying he would not "for all the policemen in London." Mr. Lewis put several questions to the constable with the view of sh •wing that it was the constable himself who called out, " Who shot the dog," the defendant Kelly being at the time in his uniform, but the constable denied having done so, and said the female was screeching loudly at the time. Taylor, 209 C, said he went to the assistance of the other constable, when the defendant struck him time, once vio lently. Both defendants were intoxicated. Mr. Lewis having informed the magistate that the male defendant's corps was out on Saturday, and made a few remarks on his behalf, Mr. Beadon said no doubt some one called out " Who shot the dog," and the defendant, having been drinking, resented it. He would recommend him, if he served her Majesty to keep sober. He should order the male defendant to enter into his own recognisance to keep the peace in the sum of £lO for three months, and discharge the female. THIS DAY'S SIIIPPLAW. LONDON, May 21.—Wind this day at noon—North- East ; light, pleasant breeze, and fine, clear, warm weather. PLYMOUTH, May 20.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Royal Bride, from New Zealand, and proceeded for London. Sailed—Raleigh, for Bombay. OFF FALMOUTH, May 20.—Wind S.W.—Arrived— Roslin Castle, from Sierra Leone ; Amanda, from Porto Rico. NEWPORT, May 19.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—John N. Cushing, for Singapore. FLEETWOOD, May 20.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Mary and Adeline, from Savannah. QUEENSTOWN, May 20.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed Arabia, for Halifax; Glasgow, steamer, for New York; Palestine, screw steamer, for Quebec. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Wind N. Arrived, May 19—Cambrian, steamer, from London; Atalanta and Despatch, steamers, from Jersey; Duke of Cornwall, steamer, from Dublin. Arrived, May 20—Eliza, from Sligo. Sailed, May 19—Duke of Cornwall, steamer, for Dublin; Argyll, steamer, for Carentan. Sailed, May 20—Pera, steamer, for Alexandria. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESENN Monday Morning. Wind E.S E. ; tide first hour's flood ; weather fine. Arrived, Mai 20—Fortuna, from Taragona ; Jacoba, from Groningen ; Mary Ann, from Auckland ; Rapid, from Landscrona ' • Desina Margreta, from Groningen ; Mary Anne, from Dantzic. Sailed, May 20—Panther, steamer, for Boulogne ; Baron Osy, steamer, for Antwerp; Peninsula, steamer, for Cadiz. DEAL, Monday Morning. Wind N.N.E. ; fine. Passed —Speedwell, from London, for Jamaica ; Forester, from London, for St. Vincent • Prince Albert, from Lon don, for Jamaica ; Lady Sandy, from London, for Deme rara; Mary Winch, from London, for Cardiff; Teo a, screw steamer, from London, for Malta ; White Mouse, from Lon don, for Lisbon ; Marco Polo, brig, from Leith for Genoa. STATIONS OF 711 F ROYAL NAVY IN COMILISSION. Aboukir, 90 sc, Capt D Curry, 1846, Channel Fleet Acorn, 12, Com R t earso, 1856, East Indies Actreon, sury v, Com J Ward (b) 1858, East Indies tdventure, se storeship, Corn E Lacy, 1856, East Indies Agamemnon, 91, Sc, Capt T Hope, 1852, Mediterranean Ajax, 60, se Capt J Boyd, 1846, Coast Guard Alacrity, 4, so, Com J Baird, 1857, Mediterranean Alecto, st-v, Com II Raby, V C, 18.55, Coast of Africa Alert, 17, sc, Com W Pearse, 1855, Pacific Algerine, sc gunboat, Lieut-Com W Arthur, 1854, Indies Algiers, 91, sc, Capt G O'Callaghan, 1846, Channel Fleet Amethyst, 26, Capt S Grenfell, 1853, Pacific Amphion, 36, sc, Capt T Cochran, 1857, Mediterranean Archer, 13, sc, Capt it Courteney, 1859, Coast of Africa Ardent, 3, st-vl, Com J Parish, 1857, S E Coast of America Argus, 6, st-vl, Corn H Ingram, 1856, Mediterranean • Ariadne, 26, so, Capt E Vansittart, 1856, Channel Fleet Arrogant, e Commodore W Edmonstone, 1853, As -1 tension Asia, 84, Capt (.1- Gordon, 1846, Portsmouth Assistance, store-ship, Com C Balfour, East Indies, 1859 Assurance, 4, ac, Com C Aynsley, 1856, Mediterranean Atalanta, 16, Cora T Pasley, 1855, N America and W Indies Athol', 4 Com E Wilson, 1845, Greenock Banshee, 2, st-vl, Com C Campbell, IssB, Mediterranean Banterer, sc, gunboat, Lieut. Com, East Indies Beagle, 4, sc, Com E Hay, 1858, East Indies Black Eagle, at yacht, Mast-Com, J. Petley, 1844, parti- cular service Blenheim, 60, sc, Capt F Scott, C B, 1848, Coast Guard Boscawen, 70, Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir F. Grey, K C B, Capt R Powell, C B, 1855, Cape of Good hope Bouncer, 2, so, gunboat, Lieut-Com A Owen, 1852, E Indies Brisk, 16, sc, Capt A D' horsey, 1857, Cape of Good Hope Brilliant, Com G Gardner, 1848, Naval Reserve training ship Britannia, training-ship, Capt H Harris, 1849, Portsmouth Brune, st-v, Lieut-Com E Lodder, 1851, Coast of Africa Buffalo, sc, Mast-Com A Brown, 1854, particular service Bustard, 2, sc gunboat, Lieut-Com F. Hallowes, 1856, East Indies Buzzard, 6, st-v, Corn F Peel, 1855, S E Coast of America Cadmus, 21, sc, Capt H S Hillyar, C B, 1854, Mediter- ranean. Caesar, 90, se, Capt T Mason, 1849, Mediterranean. Calypso, 18, Capt F Montresor, 1851, Pacific Cambrian, 40, Capt J. M'Cleverty, C B, 1848, East Indies Cambridge, gun-ship, Capt A Jerningham, 1851, Devon- port _ _ Camilla, 16, Corn G. Colville, 1855, East Indies Caradoc, 2, st-v, Lieut-Com C Buckle, 1847, Mediter- ranean Castor, Corn J. Palmer, 1855, Naval Reserve Train Ship Centaur, 6, st-v, Corn E D'o D'A Alpin, 1853, East Indies Centurion, 80, sc, Capt II Rogers, CB, 1854, Channel Fleet Chesapeake, 51, sc, Vice-Admiral J. Hope, CB, Capt G Willes, 1856, East Indies. Clio, 22, sc, Capt T Miller, 1855, Pacific Clown, se gunboat, Lieut-Com W Lee, 1855, 1842, East Indies. Cockchafer, 2, se gunboat, Lieut-Com H Holder, 1854, Devonport Conqueror, 101, sc, Capt E Sotheby, C B, 1852, Devonport Cordelia, 11, se, Com C Vernon, 1855, Australia Cornwallis, 60, se, Capt G Randolph, C B, 1854, Coast Guard Cossack, 20, sc, Capt R Moorman, 1857, North America and West Indies Cressy, 80, Sc, Capt the Hon C Elliot, C B, 1841, Mediter ranean Crocodile, 8, rec ship, Corn W Greet, 1854, off the Tower Cruiser, 17, sc, Corn J Bythesea, 1856, East Indies Cumberland, 70, Capt C Schomberg, 1851, Sheerness Curacoa, 31, sc, Capt A Phillimore, 1855, S.E coast of America Cyclops, 6, st v, Capt W Pullen, 1856, East Indies Dasher, 2, st v, Cora P De Saumarez, 1815, particular service Dauntless, 31, Sc, Capt L Heath, C B, 1854, Coast Guard Dee, 4, troop ship, Mast Cora T Pullen, 1814, particular service Diadem, 32, se, Capt J Cockburn, 1850, Channel Fleet Donegal, 101, sc, Capt H Broadhead, 1846, Channel Fleet Doris, 32, sc Capt E Heathcote, 1852, Mediterranean Drake, se gunboat, Blane, Lieut-Com A 1856, East Indies Eagle, 50, Capt E Tatham, 1854, Coast Guard Edgar, 21, sc, Rear-Admiral J Erskine, Capt J Katon, 1856, Channel Fleet Edinburgh, 58, sc, Capt E D'Eyncourt, 1849, Coast Guard Elk, 12, Cora H ampron, 1855, Australia Emerald, 51, sc, Rear-Admiral Sir A Milne, K.C.B, Capt A Cumming, 1351, North America and West Indies Encounter, 14, sc., Capt R Dew, 1858, East Indies Esk, 20, se, Sir J Le M M'Clure, C.B, 1850, East Indies Euryalus, Si, sc, Capt J Tartleton, C.B, 1852, Portsmouth Excellent, 46, g-s, Capt R Hewlett, C.B, 1850, Portsmouth Exmouth, 90, se, Capt J Stopford, 1841, Mediterranean Fairy, sc yt, tender to Victoria and Albert yacht, Ports mouth Falcon, 17, sc, Cora A Fitzroy, 1857, Coast of Africa A Fawn, 17, sc, Corn R Cater, 1858, Australia Ferret, 8, Cora W Fisher, 1856, particular service Firebrand, 6, st-v, Corn J Bruce, 1855, particular service Firefly, 4, st-v, Corn F Skeid, 1854, 'Woolwich Firm, sc gunboat, Lieut-ComIW Boulton, 1851, E Indies Fisgard, 49, Commodore the Hon J Drummond, CB, Wool wich F Fl l a y m in e g r, F s i e s g h r 6 b , osact,,CLoimeult-irCHornopHe, B 1 i 8 n 5 g 4I I: acmh,a Channel , FleetE lndies Forester, 2, sBc4r Capt It ILNieautsto•nC,ocmßA, 18 n 4 n 2 e , s, s 1 h 8 e 5 e 3 rn , E es l s ndies Forte, 51, se, Capt E Tumor, 1857, Sheerness Forward, 2, se, Lieut-Com CRB,9sbsoEna,sltBisnld, Indies America Furious, st-v, Capt 0 Jones, 1855, es Fury, 6, st-v, eCarorn..AJdinWirailsionn (lacyt)lleEs,acstßl,nedi t J Fulford a ' p , 1858, Ganges,B4, Pacificßear-Admiral " N an Ala n erica and G G annet, iadi a t 0 r 1 , 1 6, o st-v,E L Co rn a e r t H , e B kl s4 e , y M o e B d s i t B e , W Indies Gorgon, 6, st-v, Com B Pim, 1808, N America and IV I Grappler, 2, se, Lieut-Corn A Helby, 1849, Pacific Grasshopper, se gunboat, Lieut-Com J Tucker, 1855, E I Greyhound, 17, se, Cora F Sullivan, Sheerness Growler, 2, se gunboat, Lieut-Com H Crozier, 1854, Medi terranoan FOREIGN MI 20 Australian r 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim 15s p 35 Brazil. hop. (is. at .£ 274 20 Do.St.Johndel Rey,Ltm 15 27 28 5 Do. Land and MiningCo all 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. dm. 40 Cobra Copper all 44 46 Copiapo l6 11 13 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1 2 Fortuna. all 21 34 20 General all 23 25 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 4 d par 14 Kapunda (Limited) 1 14 14 p 3 Linares all 104 114 5 Lusitanian 2 1d p 1 Mariquica all 1 N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L los. d p 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt all 5 6 5 Port Philip 1 I 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los, d p 28 . 2 . 81 United Mexican . . .... 1 Worthing (Limite d) all 1 I Do. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 75 77 40 Australasia all 67 69 60 25 Bank of Egypt all 214 224 100 Bank of London 20 Bank of Turkey 3 50 British North American all 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 194 20 25 ChAter. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 100 City 100 Colonial 25 38 40 20'11 Com. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of London . 20 19 21 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 164 17 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 224 23 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 100 London & Westm nster 20 160 Nat. Prov. of England . 35 20 Do. new . . ... 50 National Ban k ...... 25 20 New South Wales all 20 Do. new 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 20 Ottoman Bank all 17 18 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 10 Do. new all 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australia 50 'Union o London l2 100 (Unity Mutual. .. 60 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. —n. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. & July 100 114 118 1154 .. Do. 6p. cent. 1880 100 - Do. 6p. cent. 1881 100 - - Do. 6p. cent. 1882 100 - - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 109 111 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 110 112 Do. 5 per cent lOO 104 1014 1014 t Do. Scrip 34 - N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1074 1084 Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct 100 - N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 991 100 Do. sp. c.. 1871 to 1876, 100 994 100 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwdsl 100 04 100 Nova Scotia Gov. Bp. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 1074 1084 108/ iS.Aus.Gt. 6 p. 0.1878 & up. 100 1 110 112 sterling, 1875 - S.Aus.Gt. 6 p. 0.1878 & up. Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July, Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. 'lost 1061 1061 } MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 15 151 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 ,30 32 10 - Berlin Water (Limited) all 41 5 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 37 39 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 20 22 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 141 161 32/ Canada Land all 118 122 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) all 9 8 stock Cop. Min.ofEng.&Smitg all 20 25 25 Do. Pref. 71 per cent. stock Crystal Palace stock Do. Preference stock Do. sp. c. Perpet. Deben lOO 103 106 stock Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 p 1 p 5 English & Aus. Copper all 21 21 21 15 Gen. Steam Navigation 14 1 Great Ship (Limited) all 1 Do. 174 p. ct. Preference I — I I 20 Indian & Aust. Telegr. 2s. I 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 2 1 d 20 London Discount (Lim.) 5 1 0 d 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 1 1 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 3 3 p 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 3 4 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim. 5 1 Old 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 21 lld 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.e.Pref..iss.atl dis. all I I 100 N. Rr.&NovaScotiaLand 80 10 15 1 N. RAustralasian (Lim.) all I 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all f 1 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.) . lbs. 4d p 10 Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)A 6 10 Ditto B. 10 Ditto C 2s. stock PeelllLnd.&Min.(Lim ) 100 45 50 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam 50 Do. New 2O 13 15 p 20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4lp c 171 id p 17 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do, New all 5 6 . 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 48 50 ad stock Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) 100 120 130 25 South Australian Lagd all 55 30 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all II Do. do. Regiaterpd , , :all 20 Tr. & Ln. Co.oMpr.Can.l 5 100 Van Diemen's Land ... 281 8 10 2.14.5 7.4.0 THE DERBY. The movements up to the hour I write are unimpoi taut. John Scott's horses are very firm, and the Wizard, if he can stay, is worthy of the support which he has received. Some people, however, possess a strange fancy for TOM Bowline, and believe that his Two Thousand performance was quite wrong, and that if the pace had been stronger he would have been first instead of last. Thormanby and Nutbourne go as well in the market as they do on the exercise ground. As to-morrow I shall enter into an elaborate statement of each horse's pretensions, and as I shall then be able to describe the latest movements in London and at Epsom, I shall not now refer further to the race. My latest " tip" shall be sent by telegram direct from the course. My present conviction is that John Scott will win both the Derby and Oaks, as he did with Daniel O'Rourke and Songstress. Which his best will be lam unable to discover. He doubtless believes in The Wizard, but I have a great fancy for Tom Bowline. At any rate, I am prepared to see John Scott Was both Derby and Oakt. I must oppose - Umpire unconditionally, but I have a,great partiality for Thormanby and. Nutbourne. The only out sider to my liking is Confectioner. The racing to-morrow will not be very interesting. North Lincoln will win the Brighton Stakes; and, despite Rupert's wretched exhibi tion through the dirt at Harpenden, I shall expect to see him the most dangerous opponent to Walloon for the Woodcote. A FRESH MAN. A WORD AB JUT THE BLUE RIBAND OF 1860. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Siu,—l have perused the verdict of all the talents, as well as all the vagaries of the untalented or haphazard prophets in the self-called sporting papers. The latter I dismiss without comment, although the former, in case of failure, are apt to ride the winner out of the latter's stable when they do not find it in their own. The talents on this occasion are wonderfully unanimous in solving - the riddle of Wednesday next. The summing up amounts to this : Umpire and High Treason stand No. 1 and 2 of last year. The Wizard is No. lof this year. Umpire, however, like Buccaneer, has once been non eat when wanted ? without having given any previous excuse for his absence up to the very time of muster being called. High Treason and The Wizard must fight it out—take your choice, as you pay the money. I take The Wizard to be the Guy Fawkes of High Treason in the melee on Wednesday next, and the concluding tableau of the Derby Extravaganza of 1860. I see now paraded on Dorling's telegraph as under in intelligible hieroglyphics HIGH TREASON 1 THE WIZARD THORMANBY 3 THE FUTURE PRESENT. TATTERSALL'S--(SATunniT.) DERBY. 3to 1 agst The Wizard (taken) 9 to 2 agst Umpire (offered) 11 to 2 aget Thormanby (taken) 100 to 8 agst Nutbourne (taken) 15 to 1 agst Buccaneer (taken) 20 to 1 agst Horror (taken) 20 to 1 agst High Treason (take 25 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Tom Bowline (taken) 40 to 1 agst Lanchester (taken) 40 to 1 agst Sutton (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Largesse (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Tiger (taken) 1000 to 6 agst Man-at-Arms (taken) 1000 to 5 agst Upperhand (taken) 1000 to 5 agst Ebony (taken) Thunderbolt was scratched at 7.40 p.m. yesterday. OAKS. 3to 1 agst Seclusion (offered) sto 1 agst Viatka (taken) 100 to 15 agst Rupee (taken) Bto 1 agst Emily (taken) Bto 1 agst Sagitta (taken) LATEST BETTING AT THE WEST-END. THE DERBY. sto 2 agst The Wizard (offered) 7 to 2 agst Umpire (offered) sto 1 agst Thormanby (offered) 14 to 1 eget Nutbourne (taken) 100 to 6 agst Buccaneer (taken) 22 to 1 agst Horror (taken) 33 to 1 agst Tom Bowline (taken and offered) 35 to 1 agst Lanchester (taken) 40 to 1 agst The Rap (taken) THE OAKS. 7to 2 agst Seclusion 7to 2 sgst Viatka ARRIVALS AT EPSOM. Zuyder Zee, Volunteer, Lucy Lovett, Horace, Prelude, Vulture, Brandy Ball, Infanta, Brown Holland, Harry, Niger, Lava, The Fawn, Miss Julia, Man Friday, Robin son Crusoe, Little Lady, Cantab, Warrior, Mercury, Lord of Tees, Barege, Rupert, La Rena, Lady Little, Walloon, Adonis, Early Lass, Sweetsauce, Confectioner, Umpire, Desmond, Horror, The Gentle, Winton, Tom Bowline, Flutter colt, Cape Flyaway, Lanchester, Drone, Eutten, Rap, Amsterdam, Estella, Enfield, Codicil, Keepsake, Mimic, Gorsehill, Marwell, Flitch, Doeskin, Woodburn, Viatka, Cheesecake, Sagitta, Fanscombe, Opera Dancer, Vesta, and Golden Dream. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1860. Pil , l M►z. Epsom 22 I Manchester ., . so I Hungerford ,...31 JUNE. Ascot ... 5 Bibnry Club 20 Hampton l3 Stockbridge ........ ......21 Newton l3 Winchester ........ .....22 Odihts.m 19 I Chelmsford ........ .. ...26 Beyerley , ~20 1 Newcastle ..... . .... .i... 26 411 4 Share)