The Sun. — London, England, 1858-06-07 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND 001YfidMCIAL INTELLIGENCM. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The advices receivel this morning from the 12i various manufacturing districts represent that trade 50 generally is slowly recovering. At Leeds business 13 i has been rather quiet, but there were symptoms of St. Improvement, particularly in heavy goods suitable for the autumn. There had been a good attendance 25 of buy ers i n th e var i ous c l ot h b a ll s, an d t h ey ope- 25 rated to a fair extent, late rates having in all in- St. stances being fully supported. At Huddersfield St; there has been little change of importance, the manu- 50 facturers are well employed upon export orders, and a for the home trade a good business has been done. 10 At Bradford a fair inquiry has existed for worsted 5010 Yarns, and for piece goods the home houses con- 25 Untie to order goods to a limited extent for the St. autumn trade. The demand f or the American St. Markets has also improved, and upon the whole the St. Manufacturers are actively engaged. At Manches 25 - ter an improved demand has been experienced for st. the wider :;:i1C 1 .5! of shirtings, and also for print- 20 10 ing cloths for the Levant markets, and the pros- St. pects of the home trade are generally thought Ft. to b e exceedingly promising. A moderate amount 0 St. of business has been done in yarns for both the German and Mediterranean markets. The iron trade of South Staffordshire has exhibited very little change, and business has been remarkably quiet. There has been a very limited demand from the United States, and moat of the works are only Partially employed. The fancy and general trades of Birmingham are moderately active, and large numbers are employed in the carriage manufactur ing departments for the various East Indian Rail way Companies. The lace trade at Nottingham has exhibited syreptom.s'ofimprovement. Purchases to some extent have been made far the German and American markets, and upon the whole the trad e i s healthy, and stocks light. The hosiery trade at Leicester continues flat for exportation, 12 but for home use there is a fair inquiry for the 8 ,1" lower qualities of goods. In the hardware trades 25 Of Sheffield and Wolverhampton there has been f .ci t• very little improvement. The orders from Amer- Bt. ioa are small, and prices generally are not sup- t Ported. A steady improvement, however, is ex- 25 Pected before long, particularly in goods suitable iOO to the India and China markete. 25 10 The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday 20 Closed firmly, and prices were fully supported for all descriptions. The sales were estimated at 12,000 bales, 2,000 of which were taken by the s Peculators, and 13,000 by the exporters. In the Railway Share Market there was a moderate business transacted, at a slight decline in value. The specie movement during the last few days Ilse been rather important. A. comparatively aoiall amount has arrived, while the efflux, on the other hand, has suddenly increased. The last 'weekly balance-sheet, it is true, exhibited 141 augmentation iu the bullion, but since , t he period to which it was completed a few h eavy withdrawals have been effected. On S aturday, for example, abaut 140,0001. was taken away for transmission to Paris, to discharge, zt is presumed, some commercial liabilities on 'American account. Recent advices from the 'United States, while recording a slow but pro gressive improvement in trade, have intimated that orders have been sent to Europe for articles of foreign manufacture, and in settle ment of such operations, remittances from kevr York via London must be expected. The steamers from that port have latterly brought moderate supplies of the precious metal, and the Persia, reported to-day, has about 80,0001. A large i mportation from Australia is shortly expected, lad there can be no doubt that during the next two or three months the aggregate receipts will be t oesiderable. A large portion may be diverted to the continent, but if so, it would not create sur prise nor materially influence the operations in, or Id le quotations of, the Public Funds. No tidings have yet been received of the Aus tralian mail, although now almost a week overdue. I t is surmised that the Victoria, the steamer ap pointed on this occasion to perform the service lattveen the colony and Suez has broken down, 43 r Met with some accident which has impeded her Progress. This presumption is strengthened by the pct that some defect was discovered in her build ' 4 llll her voyage out, and that the dock accommoda -4411 in the Colony would not admit of the requi- N te alterations being effected. The intelligence expected is to 11th April from Sydney, and to the 15 th from Melbourne. . Continued depression is apparent in th e ma r ket i clr public securities, and the American advices, t he heaviness of the Paris Bourse, and the gold W ithdrawal from the Bank,s have led to a further !light decline. Business is very dull, and 41 0 tendency of values 'is still further to recede. Consols have been transferred at see 97, inclusive of interest, but ex. dividend for aecount, they are marked 951 I and 9511. They kr!) now 951 being firmer. The New Three per Cents. are 951 4 ; the Reduced, 954 ; and Exche iluer Bills, 325. to 365. prem. India Debentures ate 99 to 99,E ; ditto Bonds, 17s. to 21s. prem. ; arid Exchequer Bonds, 100 4 4. Very few transactions are recorded in the Foreign Eltock Market. Turkish 6 per Cents. have receded t o 95 rand i 951 ; the 4 per Cents. are 1031 104 ; Nrtuguese 3 per Cents., 461 ; Mexican, 20g ; eruvian, 87 ; and Grenada New Active, 194. 41 •teeilian Loan is to prem. A very limited business has been done to-day in the Railway Share Market, and most of the lead '44g limes show a further decline of about k to 4 per %tit. Great-Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, , k .. 4 outh-Western,Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, ' el erth British and North Eastern (Berwick), de lined 10s. ; and North-Eastern (York), 1/. Caledo llpbe and Eastern Counties impro v ed s s . I n th e °reign and Colonial undertakings prices have also l z hibited a downward tendency. Paris and Ly on s rve receded ss. ; G re at L uxem b ourg , s s . ; E as t W estern 50. ; Grand Trunk of C ana d a , 10 3 . ; Great ..._' ll ,stern o f C ana d a , s s . ; an d G reat Indian Penin e, Bs. Mining Shares are at quite nominal Valu es. Par Joint Stock B an k an d Mi sce ll aneous Sh ares t ier* has been very little enquiry. London Char red o f Australia have decli ne d 5 5 ., an d O r i en t a l 45 enk improved ss. )311/TISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CI ()CIL (Prom the Onicial List:) 4 , Per Cent. Reduced Annuities Vll7 er Cent. C onso l e A nnu i t i es Sh ut 9 6 7 6 3 per Ce n t. An nu iti es 1 11 19 L.l l ll Annuities (Exp. sth Jan., 1860) - "I'd& Loan Debentures 99/ 9 . 1 . Ditto Scrip 411 (14 Bo d 13000 ..................21 17 Os t n '• I t ._ 80 k fer Account —44lll liqner Bills, 21d. Mardi. June. 4 ilooo 1,!520 ~.. 36 I %A 11...... ~ . . . 36 I ...le'Xchequer Bonds, Cent.... 1858, 34 per — Imitt°, 1259 '). r,...._ er -41 . 1 4M' OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. .r e k e Ilada New Active, 2/ per Cent. rs l ican 3 per Cent It vitt° ALcount 2oi ° ,,,rtrria n Bonds, 4i per Cent — I. 4 ultto Account B7 Taettllguese Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1853 itto Account 461 T , 4 idi - Bonds, 6 per cent — .uitto Account 9sh / 5 1 Pitt Guars.' t3ed, i per Cent. to Account Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. 95i i eolkools for account _ - surrey will be opened this evening, by Mr. B. lo t rtei and the entire Adelphi Company. The popu , - ure a ., s o of e "Tb Green Rushee," with the afterpiece of l ia rench Lady's Maid," is the bill of fare for the Meek. krt,• AND MRS. CHARLES KRAN.—These eminent i ei : e rsta take their benefit on Saturday next, the 12th ti t i • ,ylvtien "The Merchant of Venice" he pro prhiers, with all the splec,dour and historical actu,acy li l t have hitberto dietiguished the Stakesperian I"' at the Princess's Theatre. TLANE THRATRR.—We understand that Mr. Tlater has entered into an arr angemen t w ith Mr. E. by , tbi k ,th, the lessee of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, k r ,"" b _ich a series of peiformsuces, is which Mr. and der • '''''lrnay Williams, the celebrated Irish and Yankee th a k t ue alors of character, will appear, are to be given at 14 thehtablishment. Mr. and Mrs. Williams also appear of i;'e Wit Surrey Thetre during Mr. Webster's occupation h the A,deaiphi company. ry was held in Mayor in the Corporation of lent. The at- ;re description 3f the oldest neeting, 'teo ) persons pre. reatly prepon rmen of Lon- I exclusion are ►roply with the neet►ngs of the privileges they Ai are confined ►at chosen band, The meeting ected with the ed the measure Id confiscation , 2e corporation• ted to the con. " h Bur p! Ise tiouse of it regulation of. )37 which it is ' f their ancient 1 confirmed by udred and fifty Hall for Lord I, Auditors, and he said bill also le City in cer" HI ; thereby in' h, if affirmed, arty granted by it. Aug resolutioa rliament." is Day.) Li, Mr. justio Mr. Justio 3 banch at the Porn in before ember of that °ruing before t do anything njure the Pro- high was an ad' lertain a mine under relied on was judges were of Milt Wait be ges were of * on jury.) Id by the initery. The secondly, that , that she Oa , mmitted 2001' ;ations. maiden Wo l f dent on 2 644 1., residing i° Idren by tba nd the s 11%: three Ye* itioner, with iait to 0 0 ad during tb al husband coal" a then serirstoP ary after, W' ,bruary of • .espondent bn" when it t bli lismissed. Ia he respondent was that an ni him for the f the petitio* Kialtery beii 4 11 occupy tb' his Dap) pi and Robte l Fling circaro' es it appears/4 the prisone r ! .e seen at O; ig at the doo )m i n g,hese iur )n being ig the 100 1 . g; them. o nd open. Tet i tannia-stref g was knoW- did not opeo house illigre e, he 0014 ad Cheri/ we re chari n i the ohurop. able who 1 1 saw her .i ld i . id ehartie;,. f the ebor itely. em. 3 DO') ; lißht .-Ariil 4 ' -Eagle SPerecl:o, 3 ae noi " „ d _gthel l6 ( 3 . .ved-111.° d —gale° eork. t o ieth le°' r gaming• 'meat, New=castle Com et' ne2d r Morning' • • Ottr tuque Claudia, Ticonderovi g ; TOW " fp stem Tew Or 10.10; w ater. Ito . an eiro for fi f°ll" o' • Juno , S' Al' Aro.) a,. gorni lll3 l,o4 ° d e re. DU al gir ► i f ; 11 3,4:40 bars, ; b o at ler ur' ds too L ; ,0 blarilh a tth p; Aug ad ; Maretr i lioP J o bil , ji; ra" , " - tro o per • 1,E40 „joy/ Ch ley 1 1” a , ire_ 0, , 0 01 P, Call As yr IN Le- ,i bjor 1; "Al ta r. :righ _nipop Ca 4 Fl Ito:* Irg to, IN .. 0 p or d 4hisb ; goi%Li l3s. 1 ' . 001 0 0 1: Sari fa It. Calls"'' f°: CH. SHARE MAREETS— (This Day). RAILWAYS. Paid I RAILWAY I. 10 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June.... all Belfast & Ballymena all Btrmng. Wolye! h. & Stour 100 Birkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Junct all Blackburn . ...... all Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) 1 100 Bristol & Exeter 100 Caledonian 100 'Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon—. all Cork, Black. & Pass. all Cornwall all Dm A all Do. B all Dublin&BelfastJuno all Dun. P. &Aber June. 1 00 East Anglian 100 !Eastern Counties..... 100 EasternUnion,A.stk. 100 Do., do. B. 8 iDo. New A all ;East Kent 100 East Lancashire all East Suffolk all Do. ... 1 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 1 00 Edinb.Prth.&Dundev all Forth and ClydeJunc. 1 1 00 Furness 1100 Glasgow &S. Western all Great N. of Scotland 1100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock . 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth.&West.(lre) 1 00 Great Western. WO Do. Str.V.R. gua.St all Irish South-Eastern. all Lancaster &Carlisle. 14i Do. Thirds 15 iDo. New Thirds 100 I Lancash. &Yorkshir, 6 Do., do. F £l6 i Do. Do., £9 I Do., Wsi. Riding Un II all Do. Sonthpert. I, all London & Blackwal Do. New, iss. 51. 10s. 1 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst 1100 London &N. Wester 5 Do. Eighths 1100 London & S. Weat,?rn all Lndndrry.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch . &Lincln. 1 Metropolitan ,100 Midland . 1100 Do. Birming. & Derby all Midland G. West. (Ir.'''. all Do. Shares . all Newcastle & Carlisle.. all Newpt.A berg.&llrfd 9 Newry 4 Armagh all Newry, Warrenpoint & Restrevor 100 Norfolk. 3i Northn. Counties Un 100 North British .—... 100 North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock 100 Do., A Stock 1100 Do., B Stock ..... :100 N. Eastern —Berwick 16i Do. do. G.N.E.Purch. 100 Do. Leeds 1100 Do. York 1 100 North L0nd0n.,...... 31.1 N. &S. Wstp.,liam p• stead, and City Jn. 17A North Staffordshire., all North Western all N. &S. Westrn. Jane 1100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton all Peebles 19 Portsmouth 10 Rhyinney 100 Scottish Central 100 Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St 100 ''Do. Scot. Mid, stock' 100 Shropshire Union all ISitingbourne &Sheer , 100 ,South Devon [OO South Eastern.., 100 ;South Wales all 'S. Yorksh. River Dun 14 ;Do. all Staines,Wok.,&Wok. all Stockton & Darling 20 Do. do., 1854 5 Do. do., 1855 16' Stockton Li Hartlepl 100 'Tail' Vale 100 ;Do. Pref., No. 1 . 22 Thames Hay. D. &R. 100 IVale of Neath 100 lWaterfd. dz Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick all ;West C0rnwa11........ ' all jWest End of London and Crystal Palace all Do. A Do. B all West London all Do. First all I Do. Second Class.. (Nosing Mc • Saturday 5i - 6 7i - 8.1 70 - 72 9 -10 t 26 - 27 89 - 91 801 - 81 34 - 36 4i - 5 -8! 161 - 17 60 - 61 46 - 48 31 - 33 14 a 15, 8S 90' 64 - 65 27 - 28 ••• ''' 94 - 95 9i - 10 102 - 103 88 - 90 128 - 13( 102 - 104 601 - 511 56 - 58 86 89 11 12 p 11 12 ; 89i 90 1 d a 6 - 6 108 - 109 91j - 92 lif - li 93h -9,4 i 37 33 3 ld 91i 92 63 65 fi - ii 61 63 3i -- 3 50 Rs; ••• 91 2 Id 45i 46 69. —70 i 95 98 1 51 sBd, 8 9 1 30 - 32 'i -- i'd 109 , 111 27 28 81 83 44 46 24 1} 354 364 673 68 811 82 13 15 7 5 d 8 10 35 36 98 - 100 " • • - •• 2i - 34. 61 - 6i • •• ... ISSESSIONS. BRITISH all Atian. and St. Law. 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. all Do. all Do. Additional A all Buffalo & Lake Hur 100 Buff., Brnt. & Godeh 100 6p. ds., 1 Aug..'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 100 Do. do., 1 June '74 2s. Calcutta and S. East.: 2s6d Central Onde (Lim.) 2 Ceylon A s/mros all Demerara . 2s. Eastern Bengal 100 East Indian all Do. C Shares 5 Do. E. d 0......... all Do.4i p.c. Buds.,'s9 all Geelong di Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. 100 Gd. Truk. of Canada all Do. 6p. c. Deben all Gt. In, Pen. g. 5 per c 4 Do. New. guar. 5 P.C all Gt. Wostn. of Canada 13 Do. New all Do. Bds., payable '57 all Do, do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73, do. all Do. do., '73, without option all Madras, guar. 4A p.c all Do. do., 5 per c. 15 Do. 4i p. c. Eaten. 5 Do. 3d Es., g. sp.c. 5 Do. 4th Es., do. ss. Oude (Limited) 15 Scinde, guar. 5 per c 20i 100 100 id ip d iP d par 7i 8i 83 88 75 80 74 78 1 - li 174 20 St. 20 20 100 20 20 20 20 20 all IDo ' - id -- 7 par 103 i —104 i i • = § 13i —19 i 46 48 81i 82i1 20& 21il 18 1 o Bi 2 2id 108 - 112 1 106 108 18 19 201 20i 1d Id d p d— p ••• —.I FOREIGN. 10 all tntwrp & Rotterdam 51 51 20 all Ardennes •• ••• 20 3 Bahia & par 1p 3 1 5 all Belgian East. Janet. 1 11 20 al) Beziers to Graissessac 6 all Carmeaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. 2 21 20 15 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of France 20 28. Euphrates Valley 20 all Gt. Central of France 20 all Great Luxembourg 74 71 71 10 6 Italian Junction 20 all 1....c0 Const. & Bale ••• ••• 20 all Lierre and Turnhout 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 21 3 2 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c. 20 all Lyons and Geneva 33=, all Maria Antonia 10 all Do. New 20 all Namur k Liege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref 2ll 211 16 all Northern of France 351 36 20 8 Do. New 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 81 91 20 all Paris and Lyons 2Bl —29 ( 281 20 all Ditto New — ••• 20 all Paris and Orleans 47 49 20 9 Recife & San Frau , (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c d 20 11 Riga and Danaburg ••• 10 all Roma and Frssesti, — ••• 20 all Royal Danish ••• 5 all Royal Swedish 1 4 all Do. 7 per cent.. 20 all Sambre and Meuse 7l 7 1 10 all Do. 51 per cent. pref. 9 9 20 all Southern of France.. 18§ 19 81 all West Flanders 4 - 5 10 all Do. 51 per c. Pro 9 9 3, 20 all W.dtN.W. of France 211 22/ 20 6 Western of Austria... 20 all West. of Switzerland ... 6 all tesladen 6 all Do. Bp. cent. prof — 20 alt Zealand JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 50 Agra & United Serv. 40 all Australasia 79 81 25 all Bank of Egypt 100 50 Bank of London 45 47 40 all Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co ... .• 50 all British N. American ... . . 20 10 C.llk.of Ind.Au.&Cla 31 .21 100 50 City 56 58 100 25 Colonial 201 all ,CommercialofC ana d a ICO 20 ',Commercial of Lond. 20 all I Eng•Scot.drAus.Cat. 171 181 191 20 all 'Lon.Ch. Bk.otAast. 20 50 20 London and County ••• 271 50 10 London Joint Stock. 1.00 20 Lond.andWestminst. 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. 20 10 Do. New 50 25 National Bank 20 all New South Wales 43 45 25 all Oriental Bank Corp 36 37 3q 20 all Ottoman Bank 100 :35 Provincial of Ireland 62 64 10 all Do. New 25 all South A astralia ••• ••• 25 15 DO. New 25 all Union of Australia 46 47 ... 15 Do. New 50 10 Union of London 1 00 50 Unity Mutual 100 50 Wtstrnllk of liond 19 ••., 17d 133dineas done this day. St. St. St. St. St. St, 25 St.. 20 20 10 St. 20 25 25 25 90 804 4 i 504 i 1 504 89i 9 1 1071 91 i i i 37 i i 91 i 491 i 9 1 0 896 696 70 693 104 3 I r - fr r , THE SUN, LONDON, 111'011DAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 1558. MARKET NEWS.--N'This Day.) Paid RAILWAYS. Leasing Companies Closing Prices SaturJay Basinesi this day. CORN EXCHANGE. The provincial markets, held on Saturday, were fairly supplied with wheat for the time of year. For all kinds the demand ruled heavy, and the quotations bad a down ward tendency. Barley, and all other spring corn, as well as flour, were at slow inquiry. The Continental markets have become rather heavy for wheat; but spring corn has sold slowly. Our American advises report dull markets for produce generally, with steady shipments to England. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were moderate. From abroad we receive 18,998 qrs. of wheat, 4,720 barley, 3),655 oats, 1,200 rye, 660 peas, 2,715 linseed, 3,070 rapeseed, 3,670 sundry, and 2,8.1 sacks of flour. A few of last Monday's unsold samples of English wheat were on offer here to-day ; but the receipts fresh up from Kent, Essex, &c., coastwise and by land carriage, were on a very limited scale. Notwithstanding that the stands were scantily supplied, the demand for all kinds of wheat of home produce was in a most depressed state, at a de cline in the quotations realised on this day se'nnight of 2s per quarter. 1 here was a large quantity of foreign wheat on offer, chiefly ex-ship. For all descriptions we had a heavy inquiry, and the quotations were fully is to 2.8 per qr lower than on Monday last. Floating cargoes of grain were dull, and rather cheaper. No English barley at market, and the supply of foreign was only moderate. The demand was in a sluggish state, at about last week's quotations. In malt—the show of which wag moderate—very little was doing, at barely stationary prices. Since Saturday rather a large quantity of foreign oats has come to hand, and the oat trade was heavy, at 61 per quarter less money. Beans and peas sold at la3t Monday's currency; but flour moved off heavily at Is per 280Ibs less money. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Bent, iMalt—Chevalier .. •• 66a to 685 Red •• .. new 3Ss to 43s 'Oats—Yorkshire and Ditto .... old —3 —s Ditto, White new 42e 51s Ditt0........ old —s —s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, o'd —s —a Ditto aew •••• •• 38s 4481 Rye—Old ............ Lincolnak., Feed 208 24s Potato .• • 25s 31e Youghal and Cork Black. ••• • • • 19e 24a Cork, White •• • • 208 30A Scotch, rand. •. • • 208 25$ Scamp:4'lA 348 35, New 32s 341 Barley—Grinding... • • 26s 30s Malting . .... • . . 35s 383 Chevalier— • • . . 38s 4 I s Malt—Suffolk and Nor folk.... • . 58s 68s Brown .. 54s 563 Kingston tnd Ware 58s 66s Pigeons .... 38. 43! Peas—Grey .......... 40s 42s 41s 43s White........... 41s 43• Boilers ......... 42s 44, Flour—Town-made... 38i 403 Suffolk 31s 34, Stoektn & Norfolk 29s 31s —.e.....--.........e5e......... 5 e5e5e.....e5 ee5az _ .. . and sensible obserVations C t n., the prof e ssi on of the interior and provisions coming in es they were wont governess. It is remarked that•no one expects a to do. The wholearrangements seem to have been mater to teach three:Or four languag es , music me excellently managed, and the results everything drawing, and the rudiments of an English educe- 'that could be desired. tion ; and why should the g overness, with prebe- ' bly less means of .education, and less general know , ledge,.undertake; or be expec•ed. to undertak e such - GRk..6IT ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS.. an impossible course of ; instruction. A pleasing little sketch is introduced, in, illustration o f et a , ' NAPLES, May 28.-4 great eruption of Vesu vius took place during the last night. For several arguments, svlricli will, probably be continued next days past prognostics, familiar to the people of this month. —.Titan is art old established !Tea , ceier- , country, though slightly appreciated by the scien tensing some good and. attractive. writing. with i The graceful domestic love 'dory is continued ! tific, have given rise to forebodings of a great _ '. n . - i catastrophe. Slight earthquake shocks iu the gur , abated interest, and the, complication •of affairs rounding country have been frequent. On Monday round the simple Rectory people is thecontinuing to morning, in particular, a shock took place which increase. The extracts from "New Books," at end, give the reader some idea of the general cha- , line of -country from Naples to Salerno, skirting ratter of the new publications.—The Money Bag Vesuvius, and thenc e in the direction of a str tight is a new corner in the world of serials, and treats a • line drawn from Salerno through Poteuz t, its in little :more of political .and cominercial,questions tensity increasing apparentl y with its distanc e fe om than .the. g enera lity. A t a l e a t th e open i ng w ill , 1 Naples. gratify the lovers o f r omance , and those of more I n the afternoon of ye terday Vesuvius presented serious tast es ' w ill find the questions of the day re.»ara.ble appearances, whico, from their cone. ablyen di y theories are t scussed and - comented.'on. he various spondence with those that preceded many fern i er curr treated of with ability and eniptions, left little doubt that they must be the sagacity, and the work fills a place previously utr- precursors and harhingeis of a like peonomeuon of occupied. .A paper entitled "The Raising of the - more than common intensity. The result fully Siege," gives an entertaining • account of the late verified these anticipations. tnini rial assailanSs. The Irish Metropolitan - Thee who are familiar with the stru c t ure of offers a variety o f en t er t a i nment to the general . Vesuvius will remember that the mountain con s i sts reader who s ee k s an hour's amusement. A paper of two peaks, the larger or southern being Vesu v i u S , on "Associatio ns w ith O rnithology, " contains properly so called, created with the great and well seeeral curious anecdotes respecting the old super- known crater ; and the laser or northern being stitions and legends ;• and the feurth part of - that 'called the Monte Somme. Between thes e •" The Romance of Art," has some interesting artis , peaks intervenes a deep, wide valley, called the tic records. There ate several tales commenced i At. io del Cevallo, suirounded• by a semi -circular and - continued, the 'most eemer k a bl e being wall of consider a bl e h e i g h t , formed by the con inn " The Irish Brigadennuati," a tale of the War i ante of a part of the MenteeSenana. This semi_ of the Succession, .by the clever, b u t un - circular cavity is open to tlie west, and may be con refined, author of " WEtitefriare" The Sport- sidered, the re f ore , as l ook i ng over t h e b ay di re C t l y Sport in; and Yachting intelligence is given as usual.— towards the h e i g ht s o f P os ili po. It may be' well Newton's London Journal has its customary infor- here to observe th a t th e stat io n f rom w hi c h th e region respecting patents and improvements. The phenomena w as seen was a v ill a on the he i ghts of opening paper is on the much-disputed gees' ion of Posilipo, lookin g di rect l y, t owar d s the mountain. Artistic Copyrights.—The tales ed pencil of Chas. In tee afterno •n, fur some hour s b e f ore sun s e t, Bennett has invoked as an auxili a ry the p en o f Robert Brough i n the compilati on o f a monthly a thick cl o ud was observed • apparently to rise out serial entitled of the ground, and t o cover t h e ent i re extent of Shadow and Substance, consisting of the semi-circular valley of Attic), just described, his allegori.2al fie-urea and, their shtidows, vvi h ac- while asinine'. cloud invested the great crater. As companying prose eke cltee. We fear that this at- sunset approached the cloud collected over the tempt will scarcely increase Mr. Bennet's repute- Atrio extlibited distinct traces of fire at its base, tion, aria should much regret to see an artist. of where it rested in out ict with the ground. After such undoubted ability deappoint his edinirers by sunsoe towards 8 o'clock, the spectacle became gra - exhausting his rubject: The first and last of tile sketches in dually aid awfully grand. Th e wh o l e ex t en t o f th e (Lis 'number are the b os -, th e middle one heirs Are io del C e v a ll o assume d th e appearance of a vast gvery much exaggerated. —The Dicti onar y fueta ..e, fromwhich enormou s volume's of vapour of Daily Wants is an excellent little work, giving arose, illumine te. i with a lurid red light, ding all kinds of Useful information and receipts, for th e ; from the fi re b eneath. The appearan procee ce was such low price of twopence.—Le Follet displays its usual as might be asc r ib e d t o t he effect of a multitude of attractions to the fair votaries of f'shion.—Roast- small craters each sendin g forth fl ames an d h o t ledge's ,S"hakspeare continues its prosperous career , , steam, like those of th e S o lf a t ara. and in this instalment completes the second part of King Henry the Sixth. —Charles Knight's Popular Soon after 8 o'clock a broad s t ream o f matter in a state of igneous fusion issued from the side of the History of England brings down the narrative to Atrio directed tweeds the sea with an ex t reme l y ' Monmouth's departure for Sc o l au d, and the War of the Covenanters. The two nxt numbers will over the Meteorological Observatory aid the Her complete the fourth volume, and bring the work mitage, but its movement in that direction did not down to the Revolulion of 1688. It should be continue. Towards 9 o'clock the spectacle rapidly borne iu mind by the conductotP, that the History, diminished in intensity, and at that hour was though popular in at le will not be so in its aggre7 scarcely visible, but later it broke forth with gate price, and that, though issued at the moderate sum of a shilling a part, yet, as the present pin (treater splend our th an ever, an d so cont i nue d is during the night. the 30th, and there are nearly twe centuries to In the morning the a pp earance presented was as come, crowded with events and cheracteie, the sum follows :—The talley of the Atria sent up, as on the total will exceed the value of many standard his- preceding evening, vast volumes of cloudy steam, tories:s--The first part of a History of Progress has but the fire at the surface of the ground was not made its appearance, which ii' to be divided into visible, owing to the effect of the daylight. The four . books. The first is to give a general idea of stream of lava mentioned as issuing from the Albion before the Roman Invasion ; the second the side of the valley is a li o v i s ibl e t o -d a y by th e Progress of the various D e p ar t ments ; th e thi r d is vapour issuing fro m every part o f it , an d it s ex t en t to trace the Impedime n t s to P rogress f rom the has teen greatly in c r ease d s i nce l ast n i g h t. I t fol earl'est ages to th e p resen t ti me; an d t h e fo ur th is lows a direction p ara ll e l t o th e r id ge upon w hi ch to take a view o f th e PreSentStete of Great Britain, a the Hermitage and Ob serva t ory stan d , an d t h e rid an inqui r y i n t o the Elements of P r o gre i s . Should then© ide as b e f u ll lowest point of th e li no reai k ed .b y the issue of fully carried otee they will steam and smok e i s now (LI o ' c l ock) close b eside Afford scope for a va l ua bl e wor k. As yet, it is Hermitage. scarcely possible to anti c ip a t e it s c h aracter. —T he the set ial stories of Davenport Dunn and The Gordian Snot are continued with their usu al vivacity and spirit. Safurday, May 29. Yesterday afternoon the torrent of lava, which was rolling slowly parallel to the ridge of the Her mitage, and not far from that budding, was diverted by the accidents of the ground in a direction trans verse to its former course, and, running southward, it followed the direction of deep ravine, in some of which it was concealed from view. It broke, how ever, into full view at length on that part of the, de clivity of Vesuvius proper which immediately over hangs Portici, and then took a course directly down the declivity, presenting itself as a stream of considerable breadth, the form and movements of which was distinctly seen with the telescope. During the afiernoon it continued its descent con stantly, tut slowly. After sunset, and towards 8 o'clock, when dark ness began to set in a spectacle of sublim'i grandeur prsented itself, far exceeding that of last night. What appeared then as a confused furnace of vast extent, sending up a lurid smoke and vapour, was now seen with all its outlines with the utmost distinctness, extending over the entire Atrio, be t we-n the Somma and Vesuvious, as a group of craters in full activity, vomiting liquid fire. Four of these craters, at least, could be disinetly s: en. The streams of lava issuing from them could be seen flowing as liquid fire iu various direct . ons, often intersecting each other and coal escing. It is said that a pool of lava is formed at one point from 80 to 100 feet in diameter. The entire valley of the Atrio appears as a mass of fire, not uniformly vivid, but in numerous bright patches, intersected by streams of lava. The great !Ate tm of lava descending the declivity towards Portici has the magnificent appearance of a rift. r of fire. The movement, however, is exceedingly slow. The spectacle is varied and animated in a curious and interesting manner by the numerous visitors whom curiosity has attracted to the spot, and who carry lanterns and other lights, which are seen moving about in every direction in the neighbourhood of the vast furnace of the Atrio, as well as along the borders of the stream of lava de scending the mountain. ADEN. ,B..__.___ The following summary, taken from the Bombay Standard of the 30th of March, furnishes an excel lent account of the late disturbances at Aden : " It is now just twenty years since this singular settlement came into our possession, and for the greatest part of this time we have enjoyed a mar vellous amount of immunity from annoyance from the Arab tribes, considering the somewhat unsatis factory manner in which we squatted in their neigh bourhood. In June, 1840, the Arabs burst into our cantonments, but were driven off with loss, and they have never since then attempted to beard the lion in his den, In 1841 a very hostile spirit had been evinced by them towards us, and daily they began to stop the supplies, on the plea that as they had now been deprived of all revenue from Arlen, it was but fair they should be suffered to fxsct a duty on everything Sent to u.. On the sth of o,3tobr, a party of 580 men of her Majesty's 17th, commanded by Col. Pennicuik, under orders from the p ditical agent, Captain Haines, proceeded into the interior, and after a sweep of some forty miles, during which several strongholds were dewroyed, returned to the camp, having succeeded in the ob jects they had then in view. Some years after this, a parry of officers who had un wisely gone into the interior to hunt, were a'tacked during the night, when one of them was murdered. The matter was arranged without, so far as we re member, any resort to hostilities. For some years past we were under the belief that our relations with the interior had become so much improved, and our commerce, consequent on the advancing prosperity of Aden, hid become so valuable to the tribes themselves, that there seemed no risk of misunderstandings. It has proved otherwise, how ever, and for some time back the conduct of the Sultan of Lahedge had been so unsatisfactory, that it seemed doubtful how long collision could be avoided. About the beginning of March he caused the supplies of the garrison to be cut off from the interior, while he patrolled 11 . s people in apparent bravado close up to our outworks. This was a state of matters not to be endured, and accordingly on the 18th of that month Brigadier Coghlan, the Resident, ordered the following force to be got in readiness—two 9-pounder field pieces with 50 European Artillerymen, and 20 gun l ascars, 7 0 nee-commissioned rank and file Foot Artillery, 60 Sappers and Miners, 100 of her Majesty's 57th, 40 seamen of the Hon. Company's steamer Eiptiin stone, and 11 of the Aden troop—in all 650. The officers were Brigadier-General Coghlan, com manding ; Captain Thacker, major of brigade ; Lieut. Wilkins, executive engineer ; Lieut. Raye- , , sub-assistant commissary-general ; Lieuts. Hen derson, Paisley, and Billimore ; and Assistant- Surgeon Rustomjee Byramjee. Artillery : Lieuts. Greig and Mote, in charge of Engineers and working party ; Captain Brown, commanding de tachment of her Majesty's 57th ; .Lieutenant Sir Robert Douglas, Lieutenant Trageir, and Assist.- Surgeon Griffin, of that corps ; Major Lynch, K.L.C., commanding a detachment of the 29th Native Infantry ; Captain Edgerly, Lieutenant Phillips, and Ensiga Jopp. The seamen of the Indian navy were under the charge of Lieu tenants Trollop° and Yates, Midshipmen Camp bell and Creagh, with some other officers whose names we are unable to decipher, but one of whom had a severe contusion from a spent ball. The force marched at 4 a.m., on the 18th of March. The first object of attack was a stronghold, called Sheik Oman, a fort surrounded by a village, five miles from Aden, and said to be occupied by 500 of the enemy. For the first two miles our advance was unmolested. When day opened, a party of the enemy was observed in our front, who seemed to be conveying information to the reserve in their rear. The guns were pushed forward from our centre, supported by the Foot Artillery, the Sappers, and seamen ; a detachment of the 57th covered the right flank, that of the 29th' the left, both being in skirmishing order. The cavalry were held in hand to be employed wherever their services might be required. A fire was now opened on us by the enemy, and was briskly replied to, the Arabs remaining cool and firm. As the-beat was now getting-oppressive, the force was ordered to push on, firing as they advanced. The artillery threw shrapnell as often as opportunity occurred. The enemy, now in considerable force, endeavoured to get round both flanks and into the rear. Being strongest on the right flank, Captain Thacker was ordered to attack them with the Adenficn se, while Major Lynch strengthened his skirmishers on the left. They moved forward in this order until the enemy took refuge under the wall., when both village and fort were briskly cannonaded by the field - guns. The order for ass . anit was then given, the post of• honour being assigned to the seame n . They rushed on at once , followed by a portion of the 57th, when the place was ours. A sma ll mosque on the right of the t own was placed in charge ofth e remainder of t he Eu r o p ean s. T he b o d yo f the enemy had by this time escaped in the direc tion of Lahedge. The fort was now destroyed, but during the whole of the day a harassing fire was ,kept up from a distance by the Arabs. Early in the afternoon terms were sent in to us by the Sultan of Lahedge, and these conceding everything we de sired, were accepted, and . the force returned to Aden. They had now been 13 hours out, mostly in the sun. The Brigadier had been always i n f ron t with the s ki rm i s h ers . We had killed from 30 to 40 of the enemy, without any death casualty on our side, a circumstance due to the range of our Enfield rifles and our guns. The roads from this date have been perfectly open, the communications with the Dinisig the whole if yesterday the inhabitants of Vie houses and vilages which lie in the direction of the descending current of lava wero seen carrying off their furniture and all moveables of value, even to the doors of the houses and the windows with their "jalousies." if the lsva continued its pre sent course to the sea it would traverse the Castella mare Railway, and destroy past of the town of Portici, but the people here, who aro familiar with these phenomena, say that such a catastrophe will most probably be prevented by a ravine of great depth and extent which is interposed b.tween Portici and the foot of the declivity, and which will recoive the lava before it can arrive at the town. DEATLI OF A CENTENARIAN.—Last week, Janet Ross, spinster, residing in the Newtown of Tain, died at the advanced ago of 105, She was a native of the parish of Creich, Sutherlandshire. During the last 40 years she resided ill the same room in Hartfield-street, Tain. Except a faring iu her eyesight, she retained her facul ties to the lase—lnverness Courier. COMMAND OF THE CHANNEL SQUADRON.—Thore is now, we believe, uo donb:, as t t the selection of R'ar- Admiral the Hon. Sir Henry Rappel as the Commander in-Chief of the Channel Squadron. Great fears were entertained at one time that the command would be given to a worn-out officer, whose unpopularity, with ' , mart young seamen is well known, and whose day is, in fact, paseed : and it is no small relief, therefore, to lee . ra that ono of the meet vigorous and at the same time jusly p .puler admirals in the service is the officer cho sen. If men understand that they are to be kept at one inces wit routine of drill end gunnery, and gunnery and drill, front Monday till Saturday night, it requires no very intimate knoeledge of sailors to predict, that the ships will, like the Marlborough, remain for months wits only the marines and idlers on board. Had the Marlborough been blessed with a popular captain, there is no knowing what effs4.l it might have had upon the unemployed sailors. It is strange how small a matter will turn the current of popularity ; but the fact of ship's remaining half-manned for three or four months is considered tantamount to an admission that there is something wrong about the ship or captain. It will be seen how long the Orion, the ship destined to bear Sir Henry Rappel's flue, takes in manning. If the is not manned offhand we shall be greatly surprised, and shall be inclined to accept it as an ill omen. Sir Henry is well known to the best description of men we have in the service. He is known as one fell of fight, and he humours "Jack's" predilections by despising and de n6uocing hunibug. He will take care to have the squa dron which may be placed under his orders in Rood fighting condition, and it will not be his fault if the crews of the ships do not, In due course, become seamen 8 well as gunners.—United Service Gazette. ELOPEMENT FROM PARIS.—A considerable sensation has recently been created in Paris by a scandalous adventure, in which one c f the highest functionaries was engaged, and which has led not only to a separation from hie wife, but an exposure of the mode in which the im• provernenls of the streets of Paris have contributed • e the improvement of this functionary's fortunes. Then we have the murder of M. de Rosier, by a fellow officer, M. de Mercy. The offender was guilty and condemned to death, but his punishment is also commuted ; and last week we Lad what may be called t! a assasslinsation of M. de Peoe—an affair which still coetinues to attract much of the public attention. This week another affair is the subject of interest, and happily it is not of the t-agical character of the others. A son of M. Fould, the Minister of State, has contrived to fall in love'with an actress of the Theatre Frar c tie, and as he could not acoomplish his object on more favourable terms, he de termined to marry her. For that purpose he has car ried the lady off to London, and it is not yet known whether the parties are married or not. In the mean time the affair has been referred to the Duke de Mak koff, who will no doubt do all in his pourer to preveet the heir of the Jew Minister from becoming the hus band of a'Christian actress. As usual, under the present regime in 'Fiance, the papers have been ordered, under the penalty of suppression, not to allude 'to the mishap which desolates the hearth of the Minister of State.— Co atinantal Review. 100 100 all 100 all 100 Bnekghamsb Clydesdale Jc Col.Stour VY. ILLin. g. 6 p.c E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Do. NCV? GlatrADn.Pr dull di Selby ' Do. Shares Do. Shares Lon. tit Greenw Do. Preference Lon. Til., di S. ! Do. Bark. Sh. IMauch.Bxton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. N.&Est.s p.c. Do. 6 por ct Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. & Wyre j Do. Shrs. A Roystn. & Hit. Shrews. & Her S. Staffordsh jW earVal.g6Pc Do Wilta&Sorarst Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 501.) Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares.. Caledn. £lO 4? p. c. Ches. 4 Ho. 5i p.c. Do. do. 5 per cent... Cork Stßandonsip.c. Dan.Perth.AtAber.J. IE. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Cls. B 6p. c: Do, Ea.s.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 •• Do. New 6 pr. c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lancash.6 p.cts. E.&W. York. J. sth , Edin.6L GI. sp. c. Sh. lEd.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furness, sp. c ..1 alas. & p.c . Great Northn. 5 p.c, Do. 5 p. c. Redeem, at 10 p. c. .Do 4i per cent Do. 5 Bed. at 5 p. c. prem. Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Prc Gt. S a W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St., Gt.W.( B. di H. Ex.spe iDo. con. red. 4i p.c.i iDo. con. red. 4 p. c. iDo. irred. 4 per rent. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Sp. c. P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Chesh, Gua.iSh Do, do. do. Do. do. do Lan. di York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. I Do. P., 5 p.c. St. No. 2 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. dt N. W. , Coy. de Nuneaton 5 F. Lou. & S.W. 7 per ct. late 3d Shares ... Londy. & Color. Sit Londy. &Ennis. a sh. M., s., &L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 IDo. do. 3i per cont. Maigpt. &Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent Do. 6. Mid. Consol. 6p. c. St. Do. Con. Br. Eli. 6 p.c. Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. &11. Pref. St. New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p. c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct. Neff Ir. Deb. 4 p. c. Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5i p.c. pf , 1847 Do. Wv. V. sp. x.,1847 North British Do. 71. Preference N.B. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 pa. No. 1 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. YorkiLdi S. Pur North Staffordshire Wor. dt Wolv. 6 p.c., lst guar. Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar Do. do. Debentr. St Scot. Cent. New Pret Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St Do. do.3i p.c. pf. St South Devon IL) Do. fixed 4h pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of 21 Os. 6d. o. 4h per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh Do. New 4h pr. cent S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4. p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., 5 p. c po, do. do. t Waterfd&Kilk. 6 pc. PREFERENCE SHARES. BRITISH Alfred Cons. (Philk.) , British Iron Condurow (Camhrn.) Dev• Gt. ens's. (Tay.) , East Basset (Mogan) Great South Tolgus ,Grt. W. Alfrd. (Philk.) Grt. W. Vor (Helstu.) 'Lady Bertha 'N. Frances (Illogan) N. W. Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St. Blaxy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co. S. Caradon (St. Cleer S. Carn Brea (Illogn. S.W. Frances(lllogn. Tam. S. & L. Min. Co ITin Croft Un.Minee (Gwennap) V. of Towoy (Camay,) W. Basset (Illogan).. W. Caradon (Liskrd.)! Wh. Basset (Illogan). Wh. Buller (Rdruth). Wh. Edward(Calstek) I Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) IWh. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) IWh. Trelawney (Lis.) FOREIGN Australian Bon Accord Cop. (IL) Brazilianluip.(issued at .C 5 pm) Do. Cocaes dz Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Clarendon Con. MM. Co. of Jamaica Cobra Copper Copiapo Dun Mountain Cop- per Mining Co Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian Mariquita Now Granada Novean Monde Pont.Sil.LdM.dz Swlt Port Philip Santiago de Gabs United Mexican ILn.&N.W. Caledon.., E.U.dtE.O Cit.Nortian E. Count. Caldonian. Gt. Westo Y. & N.M, Do S. Eastern Do Peto &Co Do La.&N.W dr Midid IE. Count. Do Do Do L. &N. W Do Gt.Northn' T. Brassey' M. INlCloart Stk.&Dar. Do ...... Gt.Westn. D 0... 99 101 101 - 103 13 - 15 138 - 140 4 - 41 - 111 13 - 14 24 - 25 98 - 100 2i - 2i 97 - 99 P - iP 57 - 59 138 - 140 8 - 9 91 - lot 400 ...., 32i - Fi 90 - 92 140 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, The total imports of foreign atonic into London last week were 2,962 head. In the corresponding week in 1857 we received 2,531 ; in 1856, 2,305; in 1855,2,880; and in 185$, 3,369 ; in 1853, 4,735 ; in 1852, 4,948 ; and in 1851, head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WRNS. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam-- 100 ... 202 ... 293 ... 390 ... 1 Hamburgh 1 ... 956 Harlingen Antwerp Oporto T0ta1.... 210 ... 1,898 ... 324 ... 452 The yearly comparison of weekly Imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 1857 231 ... 1 . 777 77 430 16 1856.... •.. 1,701 .., 240 2SS 1855 546 1,828 .., 245 ,„ 604 35 1854 682 •.. 1,803 200 4OO 30 1853 552 2,880 547 711 45 1852 650 ... 3 , 237 ... 310 668 23 To-clay's market supplied with foreign stock, the general quality was of faly which ir was very 'mid fling; indeed he supply was chiefly compose '1 of sheop from Hamburg, and oxen from Oporto. Is There was a slight increase in the arrival of beasts fresh up to-day from Norfolk, but the receipts from other quar ters were very limited. For all breed 4 the demand ruled inactive, yet, compared with Monday last, no change took place in the quotations. The general top figure for Scots was 4s 4d, but a few very superior animals realised 4s 6d per Blbs. The general weight and condition of the stock were by no means heavy or inferior. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we reoeived 3,000 Scots and short horns ; from other parts of England, 20) of various breeds ; and from Scotland, 80 Scots. There was a full average time-of-year supply of sheep in the market, in mostly fair condition. The mutton trade was far from active ; nevertheless, last Monday's currency was supported. A few very superior Downs were at 4s hid per 81bs. We has a good demand for lambs, at full quotations, viz., 5s 8d to 7s per 81bs. About 3io came to hand from the Isle of Wight. Calves—the supply of which was good—sold slowly, at Thursday's decline in ♦alue. We had a dull inquiry for pigs, at lest week's currency Per Sibs to sink the offal& s. d. s. d.I s. d. s. a. Interior 114a48...13 oto 3 2 PrimoSoutitdown 4 6 4 8 Second qnality....3 4 3 6 Large crse. calves 3 8 4 2 Prime large oxen 3' 8 4 2 Prime small do 4 4 410 Prime Scots, dm 4 4 4 6 Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 818 mall porkers 4 2 4 4 second quality ...3 10 4 2 Suckling calves 19 0 22 0 Prime orso.-wlled.4 2 4 4lQuarter old pigs 19 0 22 0 Lamb, 5s 8d to 7s Od. FORSICOT Beasts 3,662 Beasts .. l4l Sheep and lambs 23,8 i 0 Sheep and lambs .. 1,200 Calves 239 Calves l4O Pigs 475 Pigs 2O statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on Monday, June 8, 1857, and this day, Monday, Juno 7, 1858. _ _ TOTAL SUPPLY. Per Bibs, to sink the offals. June 8, 1857. June 7,1858. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse And inferior beasts ,„ 3 2to 3 4 3 oto 3 2 Second quality ditto .„. 3 6 310 3 4 3 6 Prime large oxen ... „., 4 0 4 4 1 3 8 4 2 Prime Scots, &c „. 4 6 4 10 1 4 4 4 6 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 0 3 4(3 4 3 8 Second quality ditto 3 6 4 Op 10 4 2 Prime coarse woolled ditto 4 2 4 8,4 0 4 4 Prime Southdown ditto 410 5 0,4 6 4 8 Lambs „, 5 8 6 8,5 8 7 0 Largo coarse calves 410 510 3 8 4 2 Prime small ditto 5 0 5 2:4 4 410 Large hogs ~„ 3 8 4 2,3 2 4 0 neat small porkers **" 4 4 5 04 2 4 4 Beasts... 4,409 3,662 ••• ••• Sheep and lamb s 26,750 23,860 „. *** „.. 262 239 Pigs 250 475 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Ju ne 9 , 1856.—Reacts, 3,017; sheep and lambs, 22,594; calves, 227; pigs, 385. June 11, 1855.—Beasts, 3,696; sheep and lambs, 24,570; calves, 256 ; pigs, 450. NEWGA.TE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of each kind of meat on sale here to-day were very moderat e in active, yet the trade generally ruled very as follows : Per 81bs by the carcase. B. (I • El • d. F. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 210 3 2 Mutton, inferior 3 0 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 6 Do., middling 3 4 310 Do. prince large.. 3 8310 j Do., prime ~ . 4 04 4 Do., do. 5ma11....3 10 4 0 Veal 3 8 4 4 Pork, large .3 0 L amb, 3 6 I Pork, small 38 4 2 N Od to Be 4d. BOROUGH HOP. Owing to an increase of fly in the plantations, our market generally is —rm. and good and Sue hops are held, for more money. Tho sh ow o f sam pl es is only moderate. Last week's imports were 17 bales from Hamburg. New Mid and East K en t pockets, 3/. 104 to 51. 12s; New Weald of Kent, 2/. 14s to 3/. Os; New Sussex, 21. 103 to 3 /. ; Yearlings and o ld s , 1/. i s to 21. 10s per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supplies of home-grown potatoes are less extensive a general quality i s very i n f er i or. Th e i mpor t s l al, vi z ., 49 tons from A ntwerp, and 13i last their; were sui tons from Dunki rk. Good sound qualities are a slow sale, but not cheaper. In other kinds next to nothing is doing. York regents, 1108 to 1903 per ton ; Essex and Kent, ditto cups, 808 to 1 00s ; middlings, t c 43 olt ; iis 1408 to 160 s ; blues, s)s to 1008; New English, 14e to 22s l lS Os; 4 S O c: Scotch, , 90 10 3 0 ; s to L i n 1 0 —s to t e o w — t. s ; Belgian, - ~ WOOL . offered—have gone off steadily, at full prices. In the pri vate Tho low wool sales—at . w h ich 6,969 packages were doing - , and English wools are . re T b h u e sin u e .c. ss s ; stock of colonial wool is Last wee k 's imports were 895 bales from 4 te oo t u u ;r 3 b ni k i d e o e s t a . r m er o Pe, 141 from Smyrna, and ;: , 9 5 from the Ca fMroelboßuormnel;s2y2. -----. SEEDS. inactiv©, and prices have for export, at very full prices. The and oilseeds a fair The linseed linseed market continues a downward tendency. In rape ness is doing, chiefly xtreme rates. Other seeds few tares in the market realise e rule about stationary. Cakes a re held at last week's quo tations. Turnip,White,per bush, 15s to 1 Swede 20e 2.3, irnstard, Brown• ••• • • 105 15 White, new...... 185 223 Tares,Winter, new.... .. 8 s 0 ,1 94 0,1 —s —s Canary ,per quarter .. 844 1 1, 1 Rye grass (new) .. • • .. 1815 Clover,RedEng .(c wt.) White .......... —s Foreign Red .. •• •• White • • •• Trefoil, now.. • ..... • • Carraway ..... . 44i 483 Coriand2Bs 325 lienip,eed , per quarter 40e 445 Linseed, Eng.:owing.. 723 745 Crashing ........ 50i 58s Baltic„ 483 50s Odessa 54s 583 Linseed Cake, pr. ton— Raglish 9' 10e 10:05 Porelgn,per ton 81 103 10 5, Rape Cakes, par ton —5l 10, 6 5 , r a ' a P es eed, new, pr qr. 68a 74 TALLOW. Our market is very inactive, an d Prices are lower than on Monday last. To -day on th e spo t, 535. per cwt. Rough fat , 2s. Pd. p er Blbs. is selling at 1854. 1855, Stock this this day 34,331 47,740 Price of Y. 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'lOO 2112 ZO 14 ~. 20 1 LO 1 ~. 30 , ~. 17s, ~. 11i 6/15 1 ~. 9 5 4i LO 9 .. 40 1256 ~. 14 ~. 20 ... 54 ~. 5 117 s :0 ' i t 1 10s. 15 27 10 all ;0 15 1 i tO all 16 all 2 all :0 all 3 all 5 1i 1 all 1 all 1 all LO all 1 .0 all 2 i 0 140 )0 326' It. 100 ; A. all 15 all 5 all 5 all 4 all NI all ;t. 100 1l all 5 all LO 1 1.0 s, 9 all .0 Sll .5 14 4l all ►0 all )0 60 1 all it. 100 !,6 all 1 all 1 all Lot, 1 24 'Do ;64 5 137 i 1 ioi 1161 1024 984 9 1 321 i9l. LITERATURE. Memoirs of Rachel. By Madame do B--. 2 vole. Hurst and Blaoket'. No sooner has the grave closed over one erni nent in any public career, whether sovereign, statesman, author, artist, or actor, thin his life and character become the acknowledged inheritance of the biographer and the critic. We have before expressed an opinion that this system is open to grave objection -e—that it trenches too much on tits sacredness of private life—that it exposes the pe culiarities of the departed to an analysis which can scarcely fail to be painful to their surviving friends, and subjeats them to a scrutiny which has not the individual accuracy of a contemporary, nor the calm judgment'of a subsequent time. We must acknowledge that the hook before us is, in some de gree, exempt from many of these ohjections. The private life of Madllo. Rachel, excepting her busi ness connectious with her immediate family, is left almost untouched, the authoress announcing in the preface her conviction that to enter into per sonal details would be an unwarrantable intrusion. " Whatever could convey an idea of her character, temper, or inclinations, all that had connect:on with her dramatic talent, we were bound to re cord ; further, we had nothing to add from the garrulous chronique scandaleuse of the day." The ready appreciation which the great tragedienne always met with in this country, the cordial recep tion and crowded houses that attended her, even when the statAy French classic tragedy was the only entertainment, prove how high her reputation in the highest line of dramatic art ranked amongst us. Those who have seen her waking the stone to life, by her impassioned personation of the heroines of Corneille and Racine, giving animation to the long speeches to the confidantes, and variety to the self same scene, will feel some cur i os it y t o trace the early career of the gifted actress, to know how her abilities first attracted attention, and what encouragemept or impediment encountered the de velopment of her powers. This earlier portion of her career the authoress has given at length, tell ing us not only of her original poverty and the ob stacles she met with, but of the difficulties that she had to surmount after her gaining some reputation on the stage, of her natural deficiences, and of the harsh criticisms and severe judgments that some times fell to her lot. Madame B— says, with truth, that no young aspirant to drawadc fame need despair when they read of Rachel's early struggles. She was the child of very poor parents, and one of a large family. After many years' wan dering they established themselves in Lyons, where the father gave lessons in German and the mother opened an old clothes shop, while Sarah, the eldest child, who had a fine voice, went alxitit to the different cafés singing, with her younger sister Rachel, who collected the halfpence, often trundling on a barrow the youngest little one. Having accidentallymade a fortunate acquaintance, the children obtained an introduction to M. St. Aulaire, the manager of the Salle Gsinard, where pupils were received gratuitously. Her appear ance was mean, and her voice harsh and gruff, but her instructors recognised the existence of native power. Alf, however, were not discerning enough to do so. Among these were M. Provost. "On the following Saturday Provost 'heard her re peat her part, and, according to custom, was exceE-dingly harsh and violent with her, This was, in fact, his man ner with all his pupils. He entered so completely into the spirit of the part, that he did not pause to consider that all were not imbued with his conception of it, and in consequence of this arbitrary view any deviation was visited with merciless severity. Rachel was snubbed, scolded and brow-beaten like the rest, with the addi tional comment that she bad the voice of a costei.. monger. 'Go child, go sell bcuquets ; that's all you will ever be fit for,' was the comforting finale of the professor's lecture. " Some months after this stormy lesson, the derided pupil had an opportunity to remind the false prophet cf his disheartening predictions. She had played, ' tier mione' to an enthusiastic public and been greeted with a shower of bouquets. When the curtai❑ fell, gather ing her trophies in the skirt of her Grecian tunic, she approched Provost, who was behind the scenes, and kneeling with mock humility, said : " Sir, ycu once advised me to sell bouquets ; will ycu now be my first customer.' "Provost gracefully admitled his error, adding that none could rejoice more si ncere ly th an Zimself in the falseness of his prophecy." In answer to those critics who assert that Rachel was but an echo of her professors, and that the merit of her success was theirs, the authoress ob serves with truth, that w ere thi s th e CKSO s h e would not stand alone on the height to which she has risen, for many have been instructed by the same masters, but we have witnessed but one Rachel. While recounting the varying successes of her different debuts, the authores gives us copi ous extracts from the rival cri ics of the day. The work would have been far better as a biography if suoh extraneous matters had been omitted, and the book condensed into one volume. Theie is a great deal that is quite superfluous, such as a lengthy analysis of characters, in which she never attained celebrity, the plots of indifferent plays, the memoirs of rival artistes, repetitions and descriptions that are quite unnecessary. We must also differ from the writer on another point. She has pourtrayed the great actress in very unpleasing colours. She may, however, ba justified in so doing, but where a story is manifestly to the disadvantage of her subject, and she cannot vouch for its accuracy, it should be sup pressed. However piquant or amusing the anec dote, it is not fair to give it at length, leaving ou the readers mind an injuri ous i m p ression tW'hich may be without foundation. Those who can not defend themselves have the ri g ht to the benefit of the doubt. The various fluctuations of Mdlle. Rachel's theatrical career, the countries she visited and her receptions, the criticisms and cen sures of the learned, the constant disputes and bickering into which her love of gold led her, are all chronicled at length. We are also shown her more aimiable attributes, such as her filial rover enct., her readiness to assist her family, and her love for her sister Rebecca. The folio wing passage explains the scope of the work itself, and pleads the cause of the actress : " Three-fourths of the following pages were written during the life of the celebrated woman whose career constitutes their subject. As the work drew to a close the tomb opened to receive her, who for eighteen years, bad been the pride of the French stage. But the event that has cast so deep a gloom over the prospects of classic art, depriving it of its sole support, can make r o difference in a work in which neither posthumous flat tery nor detraction find a place. Even the truth due to the dead should bespoken within certain li mitre When t he faults and errors of one who attained so high a rank as an artiste, are trumpeted by the tongue cf malice, or hinted at by the conscientous biographer, the reader must bear in mind the There in which she was born and passed her early youth, the intoxictting influence of unexpected fame and opulence, the bewildering effect of the sudden transition from the society of the low, the ignorant and the vulgar, to that of the most high-bred, educated, and ari.•tocratic of the land, the satiety and weariness that tho prompt fulfil went of every wish soon brought with it, the nervously irritable and constitution ally frail organisation of the being who was censtautly called upon to personify the most violent and wearying passions; let us not then wonder that her aspirations towards the good and beautiful were often followed by no results, that the creature so richly endowed by pro digal nature, so powerfully sustained by fortune, should not have been unifi rrnly great, and that blemishes should have darkened her finest traits. "Yet with all her imperfections, it will be long ere the world shall soe another Rachel, the stage another tragedienne uniting her genius, her intuitive conception of the sublime and the beautiful, her extraordinary power of expressing whatislie so perfectly conceived, her grand Pagan qualities, her Greek statue-like figure, her majesty of brow and attitude, her quiet dignity of man ner. The lovers of art have sustained an irreparable loss, and mournfully exclaim : ' There's a great spirit gone 1' " We have followed Rachel more especially in her professional career, without, however, omitting the more arduous task of speaking of her, as the woman in her social sphere—a delicate subject at all t rues, since it necessitates the invasion of the sanctuary of private life, revealing its mysteries to a prying public— but. more especially so in the present case. " We have endeavoured to fulfil this task so far as it was consistent with the duty of biography to record the words and actions of its suje it. But there are grounds it is not our province to touch upon—grounds that are beyond the limits of even the morbid curiosity that eagerly seeks in every great work that issues from the Divine Hand the contaminating touch of the spirit of evil—grounds where the truth is too obAure to be dis tinguished from fiction, and where, even if known, it would afford no better clue to character, would convey no lesson, prevent no fall." •" ' Though the mere title of the book will be sufficient to ensure it a ready circulation, it would have been far more agreeable to the reader as well as more creditable to the writer had there been more con ciseness, more point in the narrative. It would have given it an animation and a spirit which it need s . That life mint indeed be singu!atly eventful whose public records would fill two such volumes. The deep interest felt in the life of so great a dra matic genius, and the regret generally felt for one whose career was closed so early, will, without doubt, secure for these volumes a large and culti vated circle of readers. MISCELLANEOUS MAGAZINES. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine shows its u ual sense and moderation in treating of. social questions. The opening paper on legi s lative r es triction to the spirit of trade well deserves perusal. The second shapter of " Leoline" brings that mournful and graceful story to a conclusion. The " Recollec tions of a Cosmopolite " are continued ; but one of the most attractive articles is that on "Woman and Womankind," which contains some very just M. ti