The Sun. — London, England, 1859-06-17 00:00:00

NONEY MAREET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Markets for Foreign and Colonial Produce during the last few days have shown rather more activity. The absence of many of the principal dealers, however, at Ascot, has in some measure interfered with the public business. In the private market most of the principal staples have been in good demand, and in several instances advanced rates have been realised. Tea has been firm, and the better descriptions of British Plantation sugar have slightly improved. Coffee has been dealt in to some extent, and the new crop of Plantation Ceylon realised higher values. For rice and spices the inquiry has been active, full rates being in most instances current. The transactions in saltpetre have been to a very limited extent, and prices have slightly declined. Tallow has been in steady demand at about late values, P.Y.C. on the spot being quoted 555., and last three months 565. per cwt. In the Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, a rather large amount of business was transacted, and prices tended upwards. The sales were esti mated at 12,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed steadily, and previous rates were fully supported. There were no bullion operations at the Bank of England yesterday. The whole of the gold by the City of Baltimore, viz., £157,600, has been taken for the Continent. The demand for discount accommodation has slightly augmented, but the market remains in a quiet and easy position. The requirements of the public are still comparatively limited, and as the supplies at the command of bankers and brokers are considerable, accommodation is obtained on favourable conditions for those who require assistance. Trade being in as sound, if not in as flourishing a position as could be desired, the com mercial community find no difficulty in getting their paper negotiated ; but in the present situation of mercantile affairs, as regards distant foreign and colonial markets, an indisposition is shown to enter into speculative enterprise. The settlement in foreign stocks and railway shares appears to have increased the demand for loans, but• its effect has been unimportant. A heavy tone has pervaded the market for Eng lish Securities to-day. The Funds are at a high point, and frequent variations must be ex pected, as the course of prices is influenced exclusively by speculative transactions. The transfer-books being closed, the favourable influence lately created by money purchases is withdrawn. Consols, which closed yesterday afternoon at 921 931, have declined to 92a 1, at Which they are now quoted. The tendency of other securities is also rather unfavourable. The New Threes are flat at 93 8; and the Reduced at 931 ; and Exchequer Bills at 235. to 275. prem. India Loan Debentures are steady at 94:1 95; and ditto Scrip, 931 y Bank Stock is firm at 221. The market for Foreign Securities has exhibited less animation, and prices, in most instances, appear rather heavy. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 76 to 78 ; ditto New, 62 to 61 ; Grenada Active are steady at 17 ; Mexican at 18‘ ; 5 , ; Russian 43 per Cents. at 951 ; and Brazilian 5 per Cents., 1829-39, at 100; Belgian 41 per Cents. are firm at 931 ; Dutch 21 per Cents. at 634 ; Spanish 3 per Cents. are flat at 421 ; but ditto Passive have advanced to gi. A slight downward movement has been apparent in Railway Shares, prices having been affected by the heaviness in the Consol Market. Eastern Counties, Great Western, Midland, and North Eastern (Berwick), have declined ss. Caledonian, Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee, and Brighton, 10s.; and South Western, £l. London and Blackwall have improved 15s. • The Foreign lines have shown rather more ac tivity, but in most instances prices have been a abade lower. West Flanders, Great Luxemburg, Bahia and San Francisco, and Pernambuco are each at reduced quotations. Lombardo-Venetian Old Shares declined to 61, and the latest quotation for the New Shares is 6- 7 ,_ 6a. _ _ _ In the Colonial Market Grand Trunk. of Canada are dull at 35 to 36; Great Indian Peninsula, at 9 81 f and East Indian have declined to 101 : 1 1011. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have shown little variation. Bank of Australia have receded 10s., OttomO.n Bank ss. ; Crystal Palace Preference and Royal Mail Steam have slightly advanced. ItItITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. -blank Stock a Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93/ ,3/4- i llndia S'ew 3 per Cent. Annuities Stock Ditto Debentures Ditto Loan Scrip Consols for Account (July 8) Fachequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 23 6 4 Ditto Small, 11d PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent. Ditto, 1829 and 1839 Grenada New Consolidated urenada New Active, 31 per Cent. kexican. 3 per Cent. ,‘ Ditto Account 4 11ssian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent 421 / Ditto Passive Turkieh 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditt o Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgi an , 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f. - batch Exchange, 12 Guil. 2i, per Cent 63f TWO O'CLOCK. Console for Account, July 8 .... 92 1 i x d The Duke of Richmond, accompanied by Lord Geor ge Gordon Lennox, left London on Tuesday last for 400dwood. The Marquis and Marchioness Calabrini have ktlived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. _ A. PUZZLING INQUIRY.—A decent man in l awick was telling his wife of the war, and that in conse quence the price of meal was rising, to which she inter rogatively ans wered—" And what gude will rising the P ri r es o' meal do to the war ?" LADVERTISEMENT.i—ThorIey's Food for Cattle is now rginning to seriously attract the attention of the farmer, reader, and feeder of stock. Two years of unremittin , care and attention have enabled its inventor to take high i ,gT ° und as a benefactor to these interests ; and notwithstand ""g the many drawbacks, the malevolent shafts hurled against it and its probable utility, the food, from its admitted .17,alue, will beco me a necessity to the agricultural interest. - "Perienee has proved, first, that it effects a considerable saving in the consumption of provender; secondly, that it produces health and vigour in all animals subjected to its influence and lastly, increases in a remarkable . degree an early development of fat. Mr. Thorley, originating this singularly efficacious food, aimed . at a compound calculated to supersede, to a certain extent, the tedious and expensive mode then prevailing of fattening stall-fed beasts. In this , he happily succeeded • and success prompted a very natural desire to improve upon the invention, so as to make it ap plicable to every description of d omes tic' animal. The Eng• lish farmer was slow to encourage its use, and manifested an Un w illi ngn ess to rely upon its efficacy, fancying he possessed in the produce of his farm, ample materials whereby to feed and fatten his cattle at a c h eaper rate than by th e employment or addition of artificial food. The tests to which this food has been subjected have proved its perfect admissibility as a cheap addition to the natural pr oduce of t he farm ; inasmuch as in all ea ses a subtraction of one-third may be safely submitted to in the usual food of animals ; and that the produce will be realised, and rendered marketable in two-thirds of the time wally consumed in developing fat ; it, therefore, becomes apparent that a certain saving is effected by a fair a p p li cation Of Tho r l ey ' s C om p oun ded Food. It is believed that the present ' U nprecedented low price of wheat has induced its very gene. 1.41 - Use, in preference to any other of the usual articl es of food; it is, however, much questioned whether wheat is a "„"urishing and proper food for the working horse, certainly al is not for cows or pigs. Mr. Thorley's Food, besides Possessing the advantage of greatly invigorating the health and increasing the physical power of all animals, is a tonic Pci gentle stimulant, and when mixed with their other Co d, materially assists their digestive powers—a matter of consequence, since it is an undoubted fact that th e no urishment containedin their ordinary food is lost, conse quent upon the impaired or defective action of the digestive ?rgans ; it will also be found to be particularly beneficial tn restoring to good working condition horses which have n aturally of a feeble constitution. In cows its effects are u ndoubted indeed almost marvellous , nearly doubling the th e of milk and butter, whilst it at the s a me time enriches quality of both. In pigs its fattening qualities are still m o m remarkable, displaying in a few weeks its manifest - f 2eriority over every other kind of compound or mann c-tnred food adopted in the feeding of swine. Such has l t e ert its marked success, that at all our great cattle shows, °Yalty, noblemen, and others who have fed their cattle a Thorley's Food, have invariably carried off the principal V i h z es, whilst cards of commendation have been awarded. i'"° patronage of Royalty, of our principal nobility, the gi,, r gY, and of our leading agriculturists, must prove a e , -a t incitement to this gentleman to pursue his onward t l, B ° ; and he may confidently rely, in producing so a,""Y-favoured a compound, on a continuation of such 64 and distinguished patronage, SHARE CIS DAY.( ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. Closing I Uusiness Price. Notting. Bost., Eastern Junt , tion , 10 54 5"-i t and Bali>Siena all Vol., and Str. Val all I 7 8 Lan c., and Chesh tion lOO 67 69 , urn and Tyne all 32 85 and Exeter 100 92 94 niau r and Holyhead nd Bandon all - Ilkrock,&Passage all all 4 5 IA raves. no div {all until6p.c.per an hasbeen pd.toß a ll andßeltast June all 'erth,& Abr.Junc all 74 84 nglian lOO 14 144 a Counties lOO 554 564 58} a Union A Stock, 100 37 42 do. B Stock, 100 26 28 274 w.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 84 - ent all 12 14 ancashire lOO 87 89 ffolk all all rg and Glstsgow 100 72 73 'ertli, & Dundee. 100 25 26 254 e Clyde Junction all a lOO & South Westn lOO 91 93 orth of Scotland all 10 104 Torthern lOO 99 101 o. A Stock lOO 81 8 3 a. B Stock 1 100 130 132 th.& Wstn.(lreld) l 100 104 106 Vestern Vl.Rail Gua.Stk j 100 50 55 )uth Eastern all er and Carlisle all 82 86 rds v Thirds l6 90 1 0 11 p ilre & Yorkshire 100 91 do. F £l6 6 If lid 10. £9 shares 7 14 1 d Riding Union thport and Blackwall iss.at £slosp.sh 1 ighton &S.Coast' 100 111 112 111 & North Westn 100 90 91 901 90 hths & South-Westn lOO 90 91 9 0 & Coleraine & Enniskillen all 5 7 let., & Lincoln lOO 35 4 BO Titan 100 99 100 9 94 ning*. & Derby. 100 74 77 West. (Ireland) all area all le and Carlisle all ber., & Herefd all 9 11 c Armagh (def.) 9 Warpt., & Ros all 100 55 67 DU 'ounties Union 34 34 3 d ritish lOO 55 66 55 .Itail.&Dk. Stk lOO c.—Arec.no div 3.c.hasbeenpdß 100 ock lOO astn.--Berwick 100 88 89 88 4 LN.E.Purchase 1613 4 24 lf d ds lOO 45 46 100 72 73 724 )radon , 100 100 103 estn., Hampstd ,y Junction £3 ls. ,affordshire 174 41 44 d 13 4 13 estern u. W. Junction all 6 6 1Y0r.,& WolTer lOO 30 31 all Ith 10 Central E., Aber. Stock, 100 234 244 ,ish Mid. Stock' 100 79 81 re Union lOO 43 44 434 urne & Sheer all 4 3 d von lOO 41 43 intern lOO 674 68 674 ilea rks.&Riv.Dun , all 63 67 18 Wok., & Wok all 8 11 & Darlington all 364 574 364 1855 7 1858 7 & ilartlepool 161 100 Tence, No. 1 lavenDk&Rail 22 'eath lOO 83 67 d & Kilkenny 100 d & Limerick all .nwall on. & Cry. Pal all .recv.nodiv.till Ls been pd. to B all 3 3 all 7 74 ndon lass all s Amberg., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junt ,, ionl Belfast and Bali>Siena Bir., Wol., and Str. Val Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passage Cornwall Do. A 1 A raves ' no div Do. B until6p.c.per an hasbeen pd.toß Dublin andßelfast June Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.ll3ds)l East Kent East Lancashire . East Suffolk . Do Edinburg and Glasgow! Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld)l Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern..., Lancaster and Carlisle. Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds.. Lancashire & Yorkshire' Do. do. F £l6 Do. do. £9 shares.. Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport London and Blackwall Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh Lon.,Brighton &S.Coasti London & North Westn Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen. Man., Shef., & Lincoln Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derby. 'Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) IDo. Shares NeWeastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd Newry & Armagh (def.) Newry, Warpt., & Ros Norfolk North. Counties Union North British ;Nor.Dev.llail.&Dk. Stk i Do.A Stk.—Arec.no div until sp.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. &S.Westn., Hampstdl and City Junction North Staffordshire., North-Western No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolper Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney !Scottish Central 1 Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stockl Do. Scottish Mid. Stock; Shropshire Union ,Sittinf:bourne & Sheer .South Devon.. ,South-Eastern South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun Do. do !Staines, Wok., & Wok.. Stockton & Darlington. Do. do. 1855 Do. do. 1858 Stockton & ilartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny! !Waterford & Limerick; 'West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till I 7 p.c. has been pd. to B, B West London Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class 5 20 10 20 PREFERENCE SHARES. Closing Business Share , l Railways. Paid. Price. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne JS per; I c. pref. (issued at £5O) all 149 51 r Stk Bris. & Exet4p.ctStock l 100 95 97 120 Do. do. do: Shares 9 Stock Caledon £lO, 44 per cent 100 102 104 12.10 I • •Do Quar. Shares, No. 2. 10 , —• Stock Chester & Dolyhd, 51 pc 100 Stock Do. do. sp. ct. 64 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c all 6; Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun all 54 64 Stock E. Ant.rn. Class A 7 & spc 100 99 101 Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc lOO 110 114 Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l 100 112 114 Stock !Do. do N 0.2 100 111 113 Stock I Do. New 6 per ct. Stock 100 127 129 StocklEastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 80 82 Stock ;East Lane. 6 per ct lOO a E.& w. Tone. Jcn. tutus all Stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 Stock Edin.Pcrth,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 69 70 694 Stock Furness, 5 per cent Stock Gifts. &S West. , r a. spc lOO 112 114 Stock Great Northern, sp. ct lOO 119 121 Stock Do. spc Redm.,lop.c.pm 100 112 113 Stock Do. 45 p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm I 60 62 64 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pt ! all 11 114 Stock c Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4, 1 100 ) p. et. pref. Stock ' ) 50 Great West. (Berks and 6 llants) Ext. 5 p.ct. .. . St ock I Do. Redeemable , 4 i p et. 100 94 96 954 Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. 100 86 t 8 Stock Do. Irredeemable, do. .! 100 87 89 Stock'Do. sp. ot. Redeem. Pref. 100 100 102 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares, all 94 10 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf 1 shares 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 94 104 Stock Do firming. guar. stock 100 71 73 264 Do. Chester guar.shares all 18 194 134 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock, 100 139 141 StocklLon.&Brig.spc. g - u. No.l 100 Stock Do. pref., sp. c. ...No. 2' 100 Stock Do. New gua., 6p. ct lOO Stock Do. do. sp. c. No. 4 100 Stock Lon.& N.W.Cov. &Nun eaton, sp. ct. Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares lOO 158 162 125 Londondy & Cole, 4 shs all 125 Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh all 7 9 Stock Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. ct lOO 120 122 6 Do. £6 44 1 1P Stock Do. 34 per cent. , 124 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c all 124 Do. 4 per cent .. Do. 105 Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock . 100 Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. 100 140 142 Stock o. 44 p. c. pref. stock lOO 100 102 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 p 5 p Stock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. 100 92 94 10 f NewportAber,&c.pret.s 1 a l l 94 10 p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c.° m 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with option till 1866 all 11 114 114 10 Norfolk Deb. 4p c. shares all -- Stock Do. sp. c. E'xt.Stock,lB46 tCa Stock Do. 55 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 100 Stock North British, 5 per cent 100 110 1 1 — Stock Do. New, gua.s per cent 100 2 Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.& sk.Co.D 100 --_-_- — Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 100 96 98 17 Do. do. do. .8.13.4. 14 1 D 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1 13 p 125 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 ...... -_9 25 Ito. York, H. &S. Purch 10 5 5 d 20 North Staffordshire . all 23 24 Stock Ox. VVr. & Wol. 6 pc. lsVg 100 118 120 Stock Do. do. do., 2d gua lOO 118 122 Stocir Do. 45 p.c. Db. stk.in perp 100 100 101 84 Scottish Central, new Pt all Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 _ _ Stock Do. 35 per c. pref. stock 100 _ Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. St oc k Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 - 10s. South Devon , Ann. 10s . 11 104 104 10 Do. Fixed 44 percent. 1 __. 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6.) Stock Do .44 per cent lOO 101 103 Stock Do. Fixed 4513. c. Ist is lOO 101 103 Stock Do. New do., 2d issue. 100 Stcck S ou th Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 Stock Do. 45 per cent lOO 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. inift. all 251 Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. all 275 284 25) Do. 6 per cent all 31 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, , 6 per cent. I all 47 63 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid Casing Closing Business s. Price. Done. Shure' Sharei Railways. /Paid.' C i l r o i s c i e ng i Business Done. Atl 100 a e n a ti s e c d & a t S 6p L e a r w e r e e lt e. all 179 81 L lB Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd 135 164 17i gu. 5 per cent 18 Do all 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 15 1 d 18 Do. Do. B 9 14 1 d 205 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 41 51 d 205 Do. New l6l 5i 65d ( 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 100 Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich loo _ 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3. 0. 5d par 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. 14 Old 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 7A d 175 Demerara 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 11 id Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 1005 1014 1015 1 20 Do. C Shares all 20 Do. E Shares Ext l5 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 100 D 0.45 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all 99 100 20 Geelong•& Mel. gua.s p. c. all 18 20 Geelong Corporation 6 1 100 _ Sto. per cent. Bonds Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 35 36 36 5 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay. '7B all 72 74 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref .- lOO 91 93 20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e all 975 984 1184 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent 4 1 4 d 20 Do. do 4 - 20 S Gt.S.of 2s. 15 1 84 ( guaranteed 5 per cent. 205 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 141 141 205 Do. New 100 ( Do. Bonds pay. '76,with ( opt. till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O 100 Do. do. ''/3 without opt all 98 102 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77 do all 94 97 20 Madras, guar., 44 p. c. all 165 174 20 Do. do. 5 per cent. all 174 18 20 Do. 41 p. c. Extension.. 15 16 17i 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. 15 1 1 d 20 Do. Fourth do. Stock Melb. CorpAp.c. Bonds 100 20 I NewßrunsVeltk&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g•.6pc 10 —d Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do .. 20 Do. do. B. Capital do lO -d Do. do. Land do • • 20 J Northoflndia Tramroad 2s. Limited, Scrip 20 Oude (Limited) 20 Scinde • 15 —d d 20 Do. all 19 20 20 Do. New s. 10 15 1 d 20 Do. Panjaub 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo to °' 10 11 11d A 20 St. Andrews & Quebec lB 10 ITrinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 35 4 20 Ardennes all p 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 2 15 d 35 5 Belgian East. Junction all 20 Beziers to Graissessac. all 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail: all 2 21 20 Dutch Rhenish 6 Eastern of France 20 Euphrates Valley 2e. p 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs all 51 51 55 10 Italian Junction 8 20 Lake Constance & Bale all 20 Lierre and Turnhout all 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 11 15d 61 20 Lucca &Pi stoja, 5 p.c.pf all 20 Lyons and Geneva 335 Maria Antonia all 20 Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege all 75 8 75 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 175 185 16 Northern of France 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref, all 9 10 10 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 7 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 325 335 20 Paris and Orleans 20 ( Recife& S. Fran. (Perri.) gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) 9 31 21 d 8 20 Riga and Dunaburg 4 10 Rome and Frascati 20 Royal Danish all 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse. 10 Do. 55 per cent. Pref. 20 Southern of France all 18e 191 8/ West Flanders 10 Do. 55 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 19; 205 20 Western of Austria • 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand all BRITISH MINES. Mines. Pao. \ Closing Business s' Price. Done. •Alfred Consols (Philack) l 2.11.10 51 8/ 20 British Iron Condurrew (Camborne) 2O 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 440 450 East Bassett (Mogan). 30 160 170 Great South Tolgus l7s 13 14 G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) 11.18.8 14 2 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 91 Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) 81 7 8 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 7 8 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 71 81 Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 14 121 131 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 21 225 235 South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 21 2/ S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 175 185 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Cu -4,1 2 21-_ 10 Tin Croft 9 44 11 UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d —West Basset (Illogan) l4 21 22 I W. Caradon (Liskeard) lO 105 115 IWheal Basset (Illogan) 5l 175 185 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 ,105 115 • !Wheal Edward (Cals.) 5l 11 2 Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 10 11 Wh'l Mary Ann (Menhe) 8 43 45 Trelawney (Lick.) 41 311 321, 311 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 7l I 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. 10s r I p 35 Brazil.i l Imp. (is. at £sp.) 27 1 20 'Do.St.Johndeißey,Lim. 15 11 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica ... d 40 Cobra Copper all 37 39 Cepiapo l6 9 11 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1 2 Fortuna 20 Genera' all 23 25 3 Linares all 9 10 5 Lusitanian ... 11 1 d 1 Mariquita. 1 New Granada all 1 N.RhineCoE.of S.Aus.L 10 i t 1p t 20 Pontgibend Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 3 4 5 Port Philip 1 it 30 Santiago de Cuba 164 - 28.2.811 Unite - Mexican Bedford and Metchley l Buckinghamshire Clydesdale,Tunction: : Colchester, Stour Val., E . Li n colnshire,g.Gp.c.l E Union,lTarwiclighs. Do. Woodbridge G 1 s. Barr. &Neils,Drct. Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dck.&ltail Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares London&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Do. Barking Shares nt mD L N : eola w :. .s6c e mb. a t i o rri k f iT t xett , ee. j a r, r . c 4 3 4. p . r 6 :. pxt c . k t ei 11,11 d.BradfordPrf. Stk. _guaranteed 5 p. C S Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. de, 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent. Preston and Wype. Do. Shares ..... .A Roystn,llitelt.,& she,' &G01.g.5p.c. Sh r owsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire Wear Valley, g. 6p. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset Wimbledon& Croydn Share Docks. , Ln & N.W. Ln & N.W, Caledonin, ,E.U.&E Gt. North. lE.Counts. Caledonia Do. Gt. West. Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.3lld. IDo. [Do. . iS. East !Do. Peto &Co. Do. Norfolk ,Do W&M Stk.& Dar Midland . E. Counts. Do. Do. L&N W) L.Yk. j Do. Gt. North. Lan.St Yk T Brassay M'Clean . tk.Sz Dar Do. ..... Gt. West. L.&Brg-tn DOCKS. Stock Commercial Stock Do 4 perCent.Pref Min Stock East and West India Stock London Stock St. Katharine Stock Southampton Stock Victori a 10 Do New ► 98 100 100 102 16 17 138 139 41, 110 112 64 i - 115 120 93 95 21 3 96 98 P 56 58 1133 138 87 89 8 9 Closing Business Price. Done. - . 99 101 Share, 12.10 50 13.14 Stoel Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock' Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock] 161 1613 4 Stock Stock Stock Stock 12 ,Stock ;tack, Stock Stock Stock! 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock, Stock Stock Stock] Stock Stock Stock Stock) s S t t o o c c k k Stock. Stock' Stock 25 Stock Stock JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Sharei Joint-Stock Banks. !Paid. Closing I Nobles. Price. Done. 1 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 69 71 40 Australasia all 84 86 841_5 25 Bank of Egypt all 21 22 100 rank of Loudon 5O 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo , all 50 British North American all 56 58 20 Chtd. Bank of India, it. 12 2 1 d 100 City . 50 63 65 64/ 100 Colonial 25 -- 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of London 2O 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 151 16 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 211 221 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 100 London & Westminster 2O 100 Nat. Prov. of England 35 20 Do. new lO 231 50 National Bank 25 20 New South Wales 25 Orient .Bk. Corporation all 20 Ottoman Bank all 16 17 16/ Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New all - 25 South Australia 25 Do. New 25 Union of Australia all 25 Do. New 2O 59 Union of London lO 100 Unity Mutual 6O .- 100 Western Bk of London 50 d COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. Pail ! Closing Business Prices. Done. Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja.& July 100 112/ 113/ 113 Do. 6p.c.Fb.SzAug. 100 111 113 -- N. D s o w . 0. redeemable, c.Mr. & Sep. 100 111 113 N Ns 0 . A B Dv u . : Go v tt . 6. 6 i6pa p pG. Ajv J ap a 6n . uuse ly 100 o e I_oB G9 l 109 V ' D e te-bG. :05.Tpa.e usa .D 1 0 8 e 7 i b y 5 . 1001°6 991 100 109 110 10 I_o 8 1 1 ° 4 0_9 4 COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Before Lord Chief Baron Pollock and a Special Bury, COLLINS V. BROOKS. This is an action of damages for slander in the Lazio Times, imputing perjury to the plaintiff. The defendant, in the course of the trial, by his counsel, to-day, offered to withdraw the libellous words, and take a verdict for costs. The plaintiff refused. The damages are laid at £5OO. Cross actions have arisen out of this case, and remain for trial. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, £175. COURT OP BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE RUSSELL.—JUDGMENT ON CERTIFICATE. This bankrupt was described as of Aldersgate-streel stationer. His Honour now gave judgment on the question of cer. tificate. The facts of the case have been already reported, and the question before the commissioner was whether there had been reckless and improvident trading, and also whether he had induced creditors to give credit or enlarge time for payment, by fraudulent pretences. His Honour considered that imprudent trading might be attributed to the bankrupt, but no fraudulent representa tion had been made out, and the bankrupt might take an immediate certificate of the second class. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulblum.) IN RE BODDY. This bankrupt was described as of Ramsgate, furniture broker, and applied for his certificate. Mr. Bagley opposed ; Mr. Downing (Messrs. George and Downing) for the bankrupt. The case has been before the Court and reported on seve• ral occasions. His Honour, after a further examination of the bankrupt as to the removal of property, said that he considered that the charges made had not been sustained, and should grant an immediate certificate of the second class. CRIMINAL COURT.-(TIIIS DAr.) OLD COURT. (Before Baron Bramwell.) ARSON. James Scanes, 58, smith, was indicted for feloniously setting fire to a workshop, with intent to defraud the Phcenix Fire office and other persons. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. The case was totally uninteresting, and occupied the court the whole of the day. No decision had been arrived at when our report left. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) ATTEMPTING TO STAB. James Acocks, 18, clerk, was indicted for unlawfully attempting to stab John Elias Smith, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. Mr. Smith, the prosecutor, a managing clerk to a firm in Blacksaoor-street, Borough, said the prisoner had been employed in the same office. In consequence of a difference he (prisoner) quitted the office. After that he imagined that he (prosecutor) had injured him, and on the 14th of last May he entered the office with a knife in his hand and threatened to stab him, as he said he had been ruined. He brandished the weapon about, and seemed in a very excited state. He was eventually secured and conveyed to the station-house. Charles Williams, in the employ of an ironmonger in Great Dover-road, said the prisoner entered the shop pre vious to this occurrence, and asked to be shown some knives fit for killing pigs. Ho was told there was nothing of that kind in stock. He was then shown some bread-knives, and he selected one which he said would suit if it was sharpened up. This was accordingly done, and he paid for the article and left the shop. He did not appear at all excited, or he would not have been served with such an instrument. Thomas Sparrow, a police-constable, said he took the prisoner into custody. On the way to the station-house he said he wished he had had strength enough to have done it, and he was sorry he had not finished the job. At the sta tion, Mr. Smith asked if he intended to murder him ? He replied, " Yes." Maria Acocks, mother of the prisoner, said her son, ever since he had suffered from typhus fever, had imagined his joints were out of place. Only two or three months ago he attempted to kill his sister. He frequently cursed her for bringing him into the world with such a weak intellect. His father's brother died in a lunatic asylum. The prisoner on several occasions had rushed from the house and walked about for many hours during the night to cool his head, as he used to say, Charles Acocks, father of the prisoner, gave similar evi dence. He did not think his unfortunate son was fit to be at large. Tho landlady of the house in which tho prisoner resided was of a similar Qrkininn Mr. Gibson, surgeon to the Gaol of Newgate, said he had had his attention drawn to the prisoner's case, He had examined him closely, and found him suffering from muscular weakness, which was always associated with mental weakness. He had carefully observed his manner, conduct, and walk, and it was his decided opinion that he was of unsound mind, and that he was not a person fib to be at large. Mr. Green, a surgeon, was of a different opinion. From what he had seen, when the prisoner had consulted him professionally, he thought him more bad than mad. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, on the ground of insanity. THIRD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) BURGLARY. John Fitzgerald, 24, labourer, was convicted of a bur glary in the house of Isaac Bullivant, and stealing therefrom coats and other articles to the value of 115. The Common Sergeant sentenced him to four years' penal servitude, SECONDARIES COURT. (Before Mr. Potter and a Jury.) TAYLOR V. PRIOR.-WINE BROKERS AND AUCTION SALES. This was an action to recover £3-10s. of an old balance, and £2 10s. commission for buying at a public sale. Mr. Clarke, of Bedford-row, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Lisle for the defendant, who is a clergyman of the Church of England. The facts of the case appeared to be that, upon a certain day, Messrs. Wynn and Co., the well-known wine brokers, held a public sale at their rooms. Plaintiff, who is also a wine broker, having acted in a similar manner on previous occasions, was waited upon by defendant, and instructed to attend the sale to buy on defendant's behalf. On the day before the sale, plaintiff and defendant went to Messrs. Wynn's room and tasted a quantity of samples, defendant marking down on paper a list of those approved by him. Acting up to that list, plaintiff purchased, but defendant had refused to be bound by those biddings, and now plaintiff sought to recover his commission. Mr. Clarke stated that persons who employed wine brokers generally fared better than if they purchased as personal bidders. Mr. Taylor said that he distinctly told defendant, during the biddings, that such and such lots had been knocked down to him, but defendant most emphatically denied it. One of the jury asked Mr. Taylor if he had the list marked by defendant, but plaintiff said it was destroyed soon after the sale. The name of Prior, however, was appended to various lots in the printed catalogue. The learned Secondary having summed up, the jury found for plaintiff for £2 10s., defendant having most positively sworn that he had paid the 10s. balance of account. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(711IS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A NICE MOTlLER.—Elizabeth Cornwall, of 31, Rupert street, who appeared at the bar with an infant in her arms, was charged before Mr. Bingham with assaulting Robert Parsons, errand boy, 25, Rupert-street, and also police-con stable Samuel Howes, 31 C. From the evidence of the constable it appeared that on the previous evening about seven the prisoner was creating a great disturbance in the street, unfastening her dress, and exposing herself in a disgraceful way; so much so, indeed, that a female pulled her into her shop and pinned something round her in such a manner that she could not repent the act. Howes, 31 C, came up and tried to get her away, but could not, and for full half an hour the street was in a complete uproar. Finding he could not get her away, he called the lad Parsons to his assistance, who, with a postman, who also assisted in taking her to the station house, as well as himself, were all kicked several times by her ; her conduct altogether being of the worst description. The constable further stated that she was in the habit of carrying a child about with her in a state of nudity, while she was in a state of intoxication. Mr. Bingham said sho should find him her best friend, and committed her for a month. 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New Royal Mail Steam Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Li m ) South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Scrip., Do. do Registered ....I Tr.& Ln.Co.of:Upr. Can. Van Diemeu's Laud „u 14 15 [GO 210 I I 2 33 35 19 21 12 14 111 115 8 9 23 24i 11 4 5 98 102 par ip 1/ 11 d' 5 6 li li d I li 1 I f ; d par 2f 3 77 79 11 12 1 Id 21 23 i 6i 52 54 115 130 36 38 1 1 , .8 10 LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) THAMES. LEAD STEALING. Robert Allen, a labourer, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing a quan tity of sheet lead, the property of Mr. Percy Poole, a mea sure manufacturer, in the Isle of Dogs, Poplar. It appeared from the evidence of a lad named James Bridge, in the employ of the prosecutor, that yesterday evening a watchman in the service of Mr. Poole called his attention to the prisoner, and said he was leaving the fac tory with some lead in his possession. He stopped the pri soner, and asked him what he had got about him. The prisoner immediately took some lead out of his trousers pocket and threw it upon the ground. li e gav e the prisoner into custody. William Ray, a police-constable, 151 K, said that he saw the prisoner running, and the boy in pursuit. Ho also saw the prisoner stopped. He took him back to the factory, and there the boy picked up a piece of lead, and said the prisoner had thrown it down. The prisoner denied it, and said he was innocent. The ant witness Was recalled, and said the lead W" taken from a tank in the yard. About 11 or 12 lbs. of lead was missed from that spot within the last few days. The prisoner declared his innocence of the charge pre ferred against him. Mr. Yardley—Then the prisoner must be committed for trial. Mr. Poole hoped the magistrate would convict sum marily. Mr. Yardley—No ; I cannot, indeed, if he declares his innocence and prefers going before a jury. Mr. Poole—You will be of another opinion when you hear another witness. Mr. Yardley—No, I shall not, indeed ; if a man chooses to be tried by a jury I will not convict. The prisoner was then committed for trial. ASCOT RACES.-(TIIIS DA Jr.) (Elr ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) STAND PLATE. York Vigo Yorkshire Miss Four ran. IST CLASS WOKINGHAM STAKES. Penalty 1 Soapy Sam 2 Bribery colt Ten ran. MANCHESTER RACES-(THIS DAY) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LATEST BETTING. SALFORD BOROUGH CUP. 3to 1 agst Squire (taken) 9to 2 aast Prince of Denmark (taken) sto 1 apt Thornhill (taken) NURSERY HANDICAP. 6to 4 agst Gem (taken) Very little doing. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. We had hoped that the crisis had been over, and that we should not again have to give the above heading to any of our articles. Unhappily it is otherwise. Unexpected and unpleasant circum stances occurred late on Wednesday evening, in connection with the formation of the New Cabinet, to prevent Lord Palmerston's going down yesterday morning to Windsor Castle, as was intended, to submit to her Majesty a list Af the noble Lord's new Administration. We hope and believe that the crisis is on the eve of being over, if it be not actually so ; but yesterday morning it looked as if all Lord Palmerston's efforts to form a strong Go vernment would prove ineffectual. And the most painful part of the matter is to be found in the fact, that Lord Palmerston's chief difficulties have arisen from the ungracious conduct of one who was intended to occupy the next most important post in the New Ministry to that of the Premiership. We need say no more to indicate the malcontent. The Palmer ston Ministry has been placed in peril by Lord John Russell. Not content with obtaining the place which he exacted—for that is the word—from Lord Palmerston, he must needs insist on certain other parties being in the Cabinet, and in particular places, too, whether Lord Palmerston would or would not. We mentioned the other day that, in utter disregard of all sense of propriety, Lord John Russell insisted on Sir John Romilly, his brother-in-law, being elevated to the Woolsack, though he knew that Lord Palmerston was not only in favour of Sir Richard Bethell, but had all but promised the office to the learned gentleman. It was in order to shut the mouth of Lord John on this subject, that the Premier gave the Great Seal to Lord Campbell —a man eighty years of age. Then, again,, it is to the pressure put on Lord Pal- merston by Lord John Russell, that the Duke of Somerset has been appointed to the Admiralty—a situation for which the Noble Duke is not fitted, either by naval intelligence, general capacity, or temper. In short, Lord John Russell has prac tically assumed the functions of Premier in the formation of the New Ministry. No one knows what Lord Palmerston has already had to endure from the officiousness and dictatorial manner of the member for the City of London. We have said, on various occasions, that no Ministry would be likely to last six weeks in which Lord John Russell occu pied an important place ; and we venture to say that, from his experience during the last few days, Lord Palmerston is now of the same opinion.— Advertiser. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. Lexvom, Juste :r.- - vrtua tins aay at noon—North- West ; light, pleasant breeze, with very fine, clear weather. CARDIFF, June 16.—Wind;W.S.W.—Sailed—Anglesea, for Quobec. FALMOUTH, Juno 16.—Wind N.—Arrived—Louisa, from Matananzas. Off port—Harpley, from Manzanillo de Cuba for Chatham ; Mary, of Ipswich, from France for Liverpool, to stop a leak. PORTSMOUTH, Juno 16.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived— Falcon, from Grimsby for Bahia. PLYMOUTH, June 14.—Wind N.W.—Arrived— Ariadne, from Buenos Ayres. Off port—Coeur de Lion, from:Hanaburgh for Hull. GLOUCESTER, June 16.—Arrived—Ocean Breeze, from St. John's, N.B. SMYRNA, June 7.—A British schooner, coal laden, sup posed to be the Rattlesnake, is reported to have put into Scio, with loss of bowsprit and other damage, from contact with a Russian steam frigate. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived.— Revenue, Old England, Lafayette, and James Titchcombe, all from New Orleans ; Henry Clark, from Apalachicola ; the Duke, from Singapore ; Moro Castle, from Savannah ; Bahamian, from Pernambuco ; Globe, from Singapore ; Alma, from St. Nazaire ; Tamerlane, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; Charles Marie, from Rochelle; Lord Palmerston, from Hamburg; Londesborough, from Simes ; Titania, from St. Nazaire. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Wind W. ; tide first hour's flood ; weather cloudy. Arrived, June 16.—Lady Mona, from Buenos Ayres ; Emma, from Bandholm ; Betsy, from Riga ; Fairy, from St. Helena ; Glance, from Teneriffe. Arrived, June 17.—Oscar, from Stralsund. • Sailed.—Planet, steamer, for Hamburg; Lord John Russell, steamer, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Friday Morning. Wind N. ; light. Passed.—Simoom, from Leith, for Plymouth ; Parrack Hall, from London, for St. Kitts; Marlborough, from London, for Calcutta. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION.—Mr F. R. Magenis, a yachtsman, has presented the sum of £lOO to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Two or three years ago Mr. Magenis liberally assisted the society in sta tioning, on a dangerous point of the coast, a lifeboat, which has since been instrumental, during some fearful storms, in rescuing 16 persons from an inevitable death by drowning. - - RIFLE CORPS.—In many parts of the West of England vigorous attempts are being made to form volun teer rifle corps. In Exeter meetings of young men have been held, and volunteers have come forward. A large sum of money has already been subscribed. One gentle man in the city has contributed 12 rifles, and it is ex petted, as the nucleus of a company already exists, that a numerous and efficient body of volunteers will be en rolled. At St. Mary Church, Ilfracombe, Exmouth, and other towns in Devonshire meetings have been held, and resolutions in favour of immediate efforts to form rifle corps have been made. In several towns of Cornwall also similar meetings have been held. RIFLE CORPS IN THE FENS. The volunteer movement has extended itself to the fen country. A rifle corps has been organised at Wisbeach, another has been started at Stamford, and on Wednesday a public meeting at Peterborough resolved upon establishing a similar corps in that city and neighbourhood. The meeting was presided over by the Hon. G. W. Fitzwilliam, and the magistrates of the liberty were appointed a committee to carry out the resolutions. An amendment against the proposition to form the corps was proposed, but met with no favour from the meeting. FISHING VESSELS PASSING THE NORE.—A bill, introduced into the House of Commons by Lord Lovaine and Sir Stafford Northcote, to repeal a certain toll levied upon fishing vessels passing the Nore, has been printed. It provides that fishing boats are to be exempt from all dues except tolls, and 2s. per cargo each voyage on passing the Nore to the Collector of Customs. An account of the cargo is to be given, and a penalty inflicted in default thereof. All monies paid and an account of cargoes to be entered in a book, and weekly returns to be made to the Marine Society, who are to appoint insp ectors of fishing vessels ; but such officers are not to molest fishermen. Out of the 2s. dues, Is. 6d. is to be retained for the use of the Marine Society, and 6d. by the receiver. A BROOD OF BIRDS IN A HIVE AMONG BEES—. In the garden of Mr. Thomas Antrobus, of Turner-heath, Bollington, near Macclesfield, a titmouse has built its nest inside a bee-hive. In the nest has deposited eleven eggs, on which it may be seen sitting with perfect unconcern , th o ugh the bees are busily at work all around it. —Maccles field Courier. CRIME IN IRELAND.—A return of the number of persons convicted of crime at the assizes and quarter ses sions in each county in Ireland, during the years 1857 and 1858 respectively ; showing, in each instance, of the offence charged, and the sentence,the b nature id has M.P.en pro lished, on the motion of Mr. John FitzGera general result having been prepared by the compilers of this return it is comparatively uninteresting,• would it be fair, allowing for the difference of population, nor to insti tute any comparison by quoting county A MATRIMONIAL ADVENTURE On Saturday as against county. afternoon a native of Manchester arrived in Lincoln by the Great Northern Railway. He had adve rtised for a wife, and personal charms were . the only induc ements he required. Accordingly one of our tradesmen laid a trap for the gentleman, and through "a friend" entered into a correspondence with him • and fi na lly it was arranged that there was to be a meeting' w h en the lady wa s to ha ve the honour of beco m i ng acqua inted with her " future husband," who had transmitted his portrait before he ventured to come. When the train arrived in Lincoln he soon disco vered the hoax that had been played upon him, for instead of a fascinating young lady, he found a party of men, who so beset him that, ma ki n g the best of a bad bargain, he treated them to sundry bottles of wine, and was then al lowed to depart by the welt train,—Xanchotor Guardian. L AFFAIRS. ASPECT OF CONTINENTA The annual exhibition and dinner of the Norfolk Agricultural Society was held on Wednesday- at Swaffham. '1 he dinner in the evening was nume rously and influentially attended. The Marquis of Lothian presided, and was supported right and left by the Earl of Leicester, Lord Lieutenant of the county, the Earl of Albemarle, Lord Stafford, Lo r d Sondes, Lord Suffield, Lord Hastings, Mr. G. p . Bentinck, M.P,, Lieutenant• Colonel Coke, M.P., Mr. Brampton Gurdon, M.P,, &c. The semi-political after-dinner talk turned prin cipally on the aspect of continental affairs, and the attitude which England ought to assume with re ference to them. The CHAIRMAN, in giving the Army and Navy, said the toast had a particular significance at the present moment, because for the last four years there bad prevailed in Europe a growing sense of insecurity —sometimes slackening, sometimes in tensifying, but still steadily increasing —and last year he could only compare the state of Europe to the kind of stupor which might be observed among birds before a thunder storm. The thunder storm had at last broken out. He should not enter into the rights and wrongs of the great game which was now being played out in Southern Europe, not be cause the subject was not of paramount importance, but because the present was not a suitable occasion to refer to all the details. The part of England he considered was neutrality, but men of wisdom who saw far into the future told us that the great storm in the distant horizon might break upon our heads with accumulated fury, and that we might have such a war as we had never had since the days of the Spanish Armada. How this might be he would not say, but he was quite sure that it was our duty to keep our army and navy in the most efficient state. (Cheers.) We must be prepared for any eventuality which might happen ; and, for his own part, he should never forget the feelings with which he read a speech of Lord El lenborough's in the House of Lords, to the effect that we had an army which could meet any army in Europe, and he might add the habitable globe, with the absolute certainty of success. (Cheers.) The Earl of ALBEMARLE said it fell to his lot, as the senior military officer present, to respond to the toast. He had left town only a few hours, and there everpbody was inquiring about the compo sition of the new Ministry. Upon the present occa sion the office of Secretary for War seemed to de volve upon himself—(a laugh)—and he was bound to say that he differed from the noble Marquis as to the alarm which he appeared to feel for the future of this country. If ever there was a time when, in his (the Earl of Albemarle's) opinion, there was security for that neutrality upon which every class of politicians had agreed, it was the present. He could not, for the life of him, see any conceivable cause which could bring us into collision with any of the continental Powers ; he could not, in fact, see " what business it was of ours." The CHAIRMAN proposed " the health of the Earl of Leicester, Lord-Lieutenant," to whom he humor ously referred as " the great breeder of sheep." The noble lord added that he thought the Lord- Lieutenant deserved great credit for his exertions to promote the formation of rifle corps, and observed that he had no doubt that the members would look anything but "sheepish." (Laughter.) The Earl of LEICESTER, in returning thanks, said that he understood that some gentlemen, in the most liberal spirit, had proposed equipping their labourers for the purpose of enrolling them as volunteers ; but he thought the men whose services the country required were the landlords and tenant-farmers of England, and gentlemen of the same position in society in the great manufacturing and agricultural towns. He did not wish it for a moment to be understood that he did not consider a man in the lower class of society not equally well adapted to defend and protect the country. Poverty was no crime, and if a man was upright and honest he should not object to stand by his side ; but he did not consider that these men could be taken away from their usual avoca tions without considerably taxing the resources of the country. Neither did he consider it neces sary that they should be so taken away, as with the great middle class, which had hitherto proved the support of England, must rest the defence and pro tection of the country. He trusted the new Go vernment would adopt the measures of the late Government. (Loud cheers, there being appa rently a strong Conservative element in the meet ing.) He referred to what the Government had done with respect to the volunteer system. He would say that the country was greatly indebted to the late Government for the measures they had adopted to improve and develope the defences of the country. (Hear.) His military tenclen aa w cie um very great, neither was be an alarmist; but he had yet to learn that the whole of Europe could be convulsed, and that this country could remain neutral. He could not agree with his noble relative (Lord Albemarle), that there was no danger. We had yet to learn that the Emperor Napoleon had invaded Italy for the purpose of asserting that country's independence—(cheers)— and we had yet to see, whatever the Emperor Na poleon's intention might be, whether his army would allow him to retire from Italy without striking a further blow. Whatever desire this country might have to remain neuter, England could never allow the Mediterranean to be made a French lake. In conclusion, the noble lord pro posed the " Health of the President." (Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAM replied, and proceeded to give " The County Members." (Cheers.) One of the preceding speakers had referred to his (the Marquis of Lothian's) sitting upon the cross benches in the House of Lords, but he was not altogether and entirely a cross-bencher. This he would say : no Government should have his good wishes which did not—setting aside questions of Parliamentary Reform, which he considered of minor importance—(hear, hear)—occupy itself first with the maintenance of the defences of the coun try, and, secondly, with the obtaining for England that position in Europe which she ought to have, and without which she conld not preserve her honour and:security. (Loud cheers.) Mr. BENTINCK, M.P., responded. Politics, he ob served, were supposed to bo the trade of a member of Parliament, but, under the circumstances, what, in the name of fortune, could he talk about ? Politics, per se, were excluded from the meeting, and almost all the other exciting questions had been ably forestalled, but still he would endeavour to say something. It appeared to him that a feeling of gratitude must be para mount in the breast of every Englishman, for, while war seemed to be a periodical infliction from which no country in Europe w as exempt above a cer t a in number of years, we in England had gone on for centuries without having once to endure the infliction of a foreign army on our shores. It was, he considered, the paramount duty of any Govern ment, however it might be composed, to steer such a cou rse that nothing short of aggression upon the honour and interests of England should induce them to deviate from the path of strict neutrality ; but, at the same time, Government would neglect its duty if it failed to devote itself to the maintenance of the defences—and more especially the naval de fences—of the country. (Cheers.) The formation of rifle corps might be fairly looked on as a subject of honest congratulation among Englishmen. He did not anticipate any immediate risk, but he was glad that the moment it was felt necessary for this coun try to show a bold front every one was prepared to sacrifice other interests to the defence of the coun try. He could not reflect upon what was passing in the South of Europe without feeling how fortu nate we were. - While the South of Europe was visited by one of the most tremendous which had ever occurred in the struggles history of the world, ourselves ( to w e at home were quietly pursuing avocations, and devotingour usual cultiva tion of the arts of peace. the heers Mr. GURDON, Atp Lieutenant-Colonel . C , also briefly I...espon h ded ; as did OKE, considered it a source of satisfaction that the Govern ment, however com osed, would be r ead y in ever y sense of the wor d t o maintain an arm ed neutralit y . p 'We were not thought by o ther countries to be a military nation, b u t he felt we could hardly be regarded in any other light when he saw the way in which volunteer corps had sprung up. It w as his duty in the House of Commons to feel no sym pathy with any, of the contending nati ons abroad, but he mig ht be allowed to express his o re satisfaction, however feelings a little in his own county. It would, he believed, ght be with Italy, to hear that the great our a Precious good thrashing. (Cheers.) sympathies French bad The best thing this country could do would be to let the contending powers fight it out, like the Kil kenny cats, who kept at it till they had nothing l e ft but their tails. The speakers who followed plunged into agricul tural topics and the merits of shearling ewes and polled cattle. Before the proceedings closed, how- ever, Lord HASTINGs, in proposing a toast, said the noble earl on his right (Lord Albemarle) had a better opinion of Louis Napoleon than he had. For his part, he put no faith in him at all, and he believed that, having once crossed the Alps, Napoleon 111. would, if he had received assistance from other countries, ha'e placed himself in the same position as Napoleon I. Napoleon 111. was n ow on the other side of the Alps (A voice, p Keep him there!"), but there was a report that he was coming back again. There was an undercur rent in France, and flat-bottomed boats were being built which could run up and land soldiers at mit port. The proceedings soon afterwards terminated. AUSTRIAN OBSTINACY. (From the Times.) No feature of national character is more remark. able than the inveterate obstinacy of Austria. It is unnecessary to call to mind the wars against the French Republic and Empire, except to show how completely the nature of the Monarchy remains the same, and how, while every other State in. the world has admitted the notions of popular right, the claims of nationality and race, and the neces sity of yi e ldi ng t o th e strong and permanent in stincts of the governed, the Court of Vienna still takes its ground on the strict letter of treaties, and meets an adversary with the unanswerable, and yet unavailing, logic of the international lawyers. We propose to give a few extracts from the con versations and despatches of Austrian statesmen, which will enable the public to form some notion of the Power the British Cabinet has had to deal with. When the tone of Count Bnol and his Imperial Master are considered, and when it is remembered that they had under their orders a vast army in possession of the strongest fortresses of Italy, it will be allowed that it was a difficult task for the Cabinet of Lord Derby to persuade them to sur render what they deemed their rights, and to counsel the abandonment of a system which they never doubted their ability to enforce. The confidence and the quiet hauteur of the Austrian Government through these negotiations are a study for politicians. If these great diplomatic qualities had only been supported by military success, the history of these transactions would be most gratifying to Austrian self-esteem. It is impossible to imagine anything more firm and yet moderate, more chivalrous and yet sober, more argumentative and yet courteous, than the answers of Count Buol to every inquiry of Lord A. Loftus. The British Minister has given a summary of seve ral of these conversations with an evident accuracy and a perception of the speaker's character which are creditable to his abilities, and the despatches in which they are contained are perhaps the most entertaining documents in the Italian blue-book. We know enough of Frenchmen , and French poli ticians; we know beforehand that commonplaces about the "mission of France" and "marching at the head of civilisation" will make up the staple of an ordinary Parisian Minister's harangues. But the Viennese mind has not been so thoroughly studied, and the following paragraphs, which relate to an early conversation between Count Buol and Lord A. Loftus, enable us to observe some of its workings. It must be premised that Lord Malmes bury had written to the British Minister to the effect that little sympathy for Austria prevailed in England ; that the Cabinet could not shut its eyes to the misgovernment of Central Italy—the Papal States especially—and that, though war would in their opinion add to the existing evils, yet the best thing for Austria would be to take counsel with France for a common action in the Peninsula. Count Buol " expressed himself as fully sensible of the kind and friendly motives which had moved her Majesty's Government to offer their advice and counsel at the present critical moment, and he appreciated the cordial and sincere interest which they evinced for Austria. But he could not conceal from me his fears that the opinions set forth in your Lordship's despatch might produce more harm than good, if these same views and opinions had been likewise expressed at Paris and Turin. In fact,' said his Excellency, I regret that you have read that despatch to me ; I regret, also, that it has been written. If you wish to preach peace and to prevent war, address yourselves with firmness to France and Piedmont. We are not meditating war ; we shall not be the aggressors. Tell the Emperor Louis Napoleon that Great Britain will not look passively on if His Majesty should com mence hostilities. Say to him that, should he take such a course, it would be at his own risk and peril. On the other hand, warn King Victor Emmanuel that England will not sanction any act of wilfu aggression undertaken in full peace by Piedmont against Austria. If Great Britain is prepared to hold this language no war will arise." We have given this speech at length, because we believe it is the key to much of what has since happened. There can hardly be a doubt that, in spite of the declarations of neutrality made by the Government at an early period of the discus sions,--declarations loudly and peremptorily de manded by the people,—yet the feeling, not only at Vienna, but at Dresden, Munich, and Berlin, was that a war on the Continent would not last many weeks without England taking a part in it against France. The notion was, that England would see with such extreme jealousy the legion of France passing their own frontier, that, putting aside all considerations of abstract right, and abandoning the doctrine of neutrality as cowardly and base, we should use the whole strength of our armies, ou fleets, and our Exchequer, for the preservation o Central Europe. All history, however, shows how difficult it is to draw a nation into a quarrel which cannot be proved to concern itself immediately. There was, indeed, the notable example of our war against Revolutionary France to the contrary; but generally, though a people will go to war fo r a speck of land in a tropical sea, b - ecause they con sider it their own, they will hardly move to defend the dearest interests of another community, espe cially if_ it has obtained a character for selfishness and ciouble•dealing. The Austrian politicians may well excuse England for not going to war to help their armies in Italy when they perceive how slowly even their nearest allies, the German States, respond to their earnest and reiterated calls. But not only would not Count Buol listen to ad . vice respecting reforms in the Austrian provinces, but he would not promise to refrain from in terference with the independent States of Cen tral Italy. "If your Excellency," continued Lord , Augustus Loftus, " gives me the assurance that in no case will Austria move a soldier across her frcii tier in Italy without previous concert with France, then I shall consider that a war may , be aTerted." "No," said Count Buol, " I cannot give you that assurance, for it would be a surrender of our sove reign power. We shall not interfere in any State unless our aid is asked for, and in that case it will be granted ; and the knowledge that it will be "granted is the best preservative of order." The Count then added " that the agitation and excite ment had greatly subsided in Lombardy since the Austrian reinforcements had arrived, and that he did not entertain the same fear as that with which her Majesty's Government were impressed of a dis turbance arising in Italy." We may ask what was i t n o o. b e de as t o h n i e s P w i i t i 1 i rh a a t Power 0 s u o l d confid it ent h e a e n u n d to n p y r iel ea I- I tobCount Buol of the strength of the French armies, their excellent organisation, the resourc es of France for carrying on a war, and the certainty that a liberating force would be received with enthusiasm by the Italian people ? The Austrian Court per sisted in its equality with France ; the French did not deny this equalifor a British Government t y , t and it only remained overnm o t t o reatbothparties with respect, a n d en d eavour peace by reminding eac h o f i ts duties keep the to Europe. But the notion that it was England's true policy to defend A us t r i a if at t ac k e d by France could not be eradicated from the minds of the Austrian Cabinet. At the end of January Count Buol still harps on the same string. He wonders how it is that France should undertake to defend Sardinia, and that England should refuse the same kind l e a o n u d n t r c y e i : ii - - d " remainH e c could l neutral e uw n t o ir t tahl u o n ui tf But still, while ci office for his o r w n n g derstand how were unjustly Prussia, Germa n y, an d claimingpF r r o a N n , o c e e at a i o n t tih d 0 t S ae a s r sa d i ts i tt n aa i en a kc e 0 f England, the Austrians do not bate a jot of their high pretensions. They maintain their right to a protectorate over Central Italy, not only in their communications with England, but by the mouth of M. Hubner at Paris. Count Walewski had warned the Austrian Government "against the complications which might arise from unforeseen incidents, meaning the interference of Aust ria in the internal affairs of the other Italian States' Count Buol answers in his old style, that "Pied mont is far more likely to give rise to unforeseen incidents than Austria, and it is to Piedmont, there fore, that the advice of the French Government should be directed. He calls to mind the treaties, offensive and defensiue, which Austria has with the Duchies of Parma and Modena, which, he says, might oblige Austria to go to the assistance of either of those States ; but he intimates the belief that the Governments are strong enough in themselves not to require external aid." We shall add but one more extract, and it is taken from a despatch of Lord A. Loftus, dated February the the 24th, and at a time when the full danger of the war l a v r e had sh a l l been not enter made intom a any n i manifest n s e t eogia t ef o teira e et N n ' e e ew r e y iot nhm France ranee to troo s from the Roman compact was with the Pope. We foraffairs.sotraStates. ehs e. withdrawalO We a r haN- have no of need o u r ut any previous like manner. those States witho can leave them in like t m r j e i n i n t C w o i o t h r t Fr a duringnce , thean afiwrset two months of the manner." When this Was the spirit of the Aus dis pute, we may well appreciate our own Government's difficulties ali t little t in o dealing with the question, and it is not the credit of Lord Cowley that by his representations he Francis Joseph's consent to some important conces sions. The French Emperor t h h a a v t e theobstinacymadeh is succeeded in obtaining jected. 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