The Sun. — London, England, 1860-06-07 00:00:00

'. id ing award ;eorge a who gether .01*Mer fight them. elony, stolen Hay ;hting scenes e him iouth smart Pcebe, Good linoim, Inder • ivcd— ing. amersy with THIB D EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. IMPERIAL PARIZAMENT. HOUSE OF LDRDS—(Tnis EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Sovereign Life Assura- ce, the Consett District NiTater, Abergavenny Improvements, London and Brighton and Soath Coast Railway (Croydon to Balham-hill) bills wore read a second time. The T6 - abary and Bewdley Railway Bill was read a third time aad passed. CHURCH RATE Earl DE GREY presented petitions from Huddersfield and ocher places, in favour of the abolition of church rates. EDUCATION IN INDIA. The' Bishop of OX FORD presented a petition from Slough, prayii ig that the Bible might be introduced into any sys tem tor the education of the natives of India. ENDOWED CHARITIES. T he LORD CHANCELLOR laid on the table a bill for tl lie regulation of endowed charities. The noble and learned h Ird. said the hill was founded on the report of the Commis sioners appointed to inquire into the subjee. Lord CRANWORTH and Lord BROUGHAM said a few w ords in favour of the bill, which was read a first time. DIVORCE COURT. Lord BROUGHAM made a few observations with re specit to this court, the construction of which he th long ht was susceptible of great improvement. The le arne d judge who presided conducted the court in the 1 - ,igheist manner; but he (Lord Brougham) was of opinion ghat a. court empowered to pronounce a decree dissolving marriage ought to be presided over by three judges at the least. With respect to expenses attendant on such a pro ceedinfç, the return which he should move for would show that tb.ere were from £12,000 to £13,000 paid over annually to the Consolidated Fund from the fees of the Court of Probate and Divorce. The LORD CHANCELLOR said there would be no, objection to the returns moved for by the noble and learned lord, but in the event of an additional number of judges being required for the proper dispatch of business in this court, he thought the question of expense ought not to stind in the way. TRUSTEES AND MORTGAGEES, &c., BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. SIR J. BARNARD'S ACT REPEAL BILL. This bill was read a second time, on the motion of Earl GRANVILLE. SALE OF GAS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This bill passed through committee. _ _ PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Lord. TEYNHA.M then moved the following resolu 11.ons :-- 44 That this house, greatly desiring the settlement .ot the, question of Parliamentary Reform, for the satisfac tion •of men's minds, for the sake of the peace of the coun t ry, and that the business of Parliament may be pro c. aedei I with without let, is ,willing to give its most careful o leration to the prayer of tLe petitions which have bt ,en presented to it in favour of manhood suffrage and vote by •bs llot ; this being the broadest basis for the elective ire me hise which has been presented to it by petition : That thi's l lOuse hopes to discern them who for any reason ought not :to be allowed a vote, and to point out means whereby im pry per persons may be deprived of the franchise after it is y possessed; so that, on the one hand, no man shall be left without the franchise against whom no just or suf ficient reason for his disfranchisement can be assigned; and, on the other hand, no man shall be put on the list of voters, or continued thereon, against whom just grout tits of disfranchisement can be alleged and proved : That this house is, therefore, prepared to recommend such alterr ;lions in the criminal, vagrant, and poor laws 11.8 shall appear necessary to cut off from the register of voters all imp/ roper persons. In this way the house hopes to grant the spirit of the prayer of its petitioners for manhood suf frage and vote by ballot, not only without detriment to the .common. weal, 'but with great advantage to the same. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. SMITHFIELD MARKET STREETS AND IM- PROVEMENTS BILL. Sir T. DUKE, in moving the second reading of this bill, s aid •he denied that the ancient site of Smith field Market • would he interfered with by the proposed improvements. The experiment of a dead meat inarketnear the cattle market had been tried, and it had proved a failure, although the Corporation of London had expended on it £250,000, and had given a piece of ground to wards Long-lane for carrying eut the object. The whole of the outlay that will have to be incurred will be nearly• £500 ; 000.- The honourable member hav ing ;passed an eulogium on the Home Secre tary for • his- courtesy in general, as well as his conduct in reference to this measure, said the bill had r!ceived the approbation of the Home-office and the Comutiss,ioners of Woods and Forests. It would have the effect of clearing Newgate-street, which was one of the greatest nuisances in the City to persons crossing in that direct' ion . Mr MACKINNON opposed and Mr. Alderman SALomoNs suprerted the bill. • air G. LEWIS hoped the- house would allow the bill to be read a second time, and any alterations that might be deemed desirable could be discussed in 'committee. Sir M. PETO opposed the bill, which he said was not in accordance with the report of the commission on the sub ject. Mr. COWPER contended that the plan which the house 'was called on to approve carried out fully the recommendation of the commission, and would effect a great salutary improvement in the City. After some further discussion the bill was read a second time. Sir J. DUKE moved that the bill be referred to a cem mitt ae of selection, which was agreed to. PETITIONS. _ _ _ Several petitions were presented against the Reform Bill in its present form; against the Scotch Registration Bill; in favour of the Reform Bill, and praying that the house do pass the bill into law without any unnecessary delay, as .a wise and discreet concession to popular claims; in favour •of a bill to establish tenant right in Ireland ; fiom the Rev. Mr. Spurgeon, complaining of the annoyance and inter ruption to public worship caused by the crying of pods in the streets on Sundays, and praying the house to adopt some steps to suppress thg nuisance, &c. GREENWICH HOSPITAL. Sir C. NAPIER gave notice that, on the 19th inst., he would move that the house take into consideration the re port of the commission on Greenwich Hospital. ALLEGED MISCONDUCT IN REGARD TO A LUNATIC. Mr. T. DUN . COMBE asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his attention had been directed to the petition of Jesse Mumford, a labouring man, of Per shore (presented on the 31st of May), complaining of the illegality and outrage perpetrated upon his wife, in having been forcibly reconveyed after 10 weeks' absence, and in defiance of the wishes of himself and her relatives, to the 'Lunatic Asylum of the county of Worcester, and what steps he had taken in conuequence ? Sir G. C. LEWIS said that a letter from the husband had been addressed to the Home-office, and the matter was referred to• the Commissioners of Lunacy. The commis sioners had investigated the s ullect, and reported that there was nothing in the affair that called for censure. THE REFORM BILL. - - Mr. BLAKE asked the Sec rotary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in the event o.f a measure for the amend ment of the representation of d'e people passing during the present session of Parliament fo r England alone, a dissolu tion and general election for l7reat• Britain and Ireland would take place, to be followe d by elections in Scotland and Ireland on the passing of the bills for the amendment of the representation of th 3 people• for those countries. Lord J. RUSSEI4, said he could inform the hon. mem ber that Parliament could not be dissolved except by the prerogative of the Crown. If the Crown exercised that privilege, a dissolution would take place. (Laughter.) When a dissolution took place a i t;eneral election would take place in Scotland and Ireland as well as in England. (Renewed laughter.) ESTIMATING RENTAL. Mr. P. WATLINGTON asked the President of the Poor Law Board, whether the Instruction Letter from the Poor Law• Commissioners to Parochial Officers, dated the 22d day of June,lB37, had ever been withdrawn, or whether the practice of considering gross estimated rental as the landlord's rent, the landlord and tenant respectively pay ing their own proper charges, prevailed in opposition to the instructions therein con t a i ne d. Mr. VILLIERS said that the instruction of the 22d June had never been withdrawn, but possess no other autho rity than as an expression of opinion on the matter to which it referred. • THE REFORM BILL. _ _ Mr. BRADY complained of the manner in which the noble lord the Secretary for Foreign. Affairs had answered the question of the hon. member for Waterford (Mr. Blake), and was proceeding to make some general remarks, when he was called to order by The SPEAKER, who informed the hon. member that he must ash a question, to which he must confine himself. Mr. BRADY then asked the noble lord (Lord J. Rus sell) a question similar to that of the member for Water ford. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he had answered the ques • tion to the best of his ability, but he would endeavour to render himself more intelligible to the hon. member (Mr. Brady), though he was by no means sanguine of success. (Laughter.) No dissolution could tak , place until the Crown should have been advised to exercise its prero gative. If that advice was taken, and Parliament was dissolved, their elections would take place in Ireland and Scotland. If the hon. member asked him what advice would be given to the Crown, it was a question to which he would not give an answer. (Laughter.) SCOTCH AND IRISH REFORM BILLS. On the order of the day for ream ping the adjourned de bate on the R e p resen t a ti on o f th e I ' eo pl e ' s Bill, Sir JAMES FE RGUSS oN moved the follDwing, of which he ha d given notice " That the order of the the day f or ' n Representatio of the People Bill, Adjourned Debate en orders e g e ir t o he Co a m ay mi f t e tfe t , h ' ebepost poned until aft er the Repre sentation of the People (Ireland) Bill (second reading), and Representation of the Peo ple (Scotland) Bill (second read ing). He said he took this course with a view to induce the noble lord (L or d J . Ru s sell) to a llow the discussion on the three bills to tak e place at the gam(' time, or that the Eng lish Reform should be withdra w n ' alt;gether for the present to ses sion. If it was proposedadopt ie the latter course he wou ll have had no obje c ti on to e Govern ment omitted altogether t o deal wi-t h?t r h , e i frepre s ent a t io n of Scotland and Ireland, he, as a private emb..r, would not have deemed himself caled to make any complaint , that because the Government might see proper reas o nfoerapparentomission which might not be apparent to a privat einm He considered that hou rcrse proposed by th e noble lord r was open to the gravest excption, for it proposed to intro duce an exceptional mode of legislation with - reference to Scotland and Ireland, which had formed aistanding ground of complaint in these countries. If the English Refo rm Bill were passed, and that of Scotland and Ireland post poned, the two latter countries would be placed in a very anomalous position, for a disselu ;ion of Parliament would follow, and the English members' would be returned under a new and different description of constituency, while the Irish and Scotch members would owe their election to the old system of franchise. Now, this would be a grievance, of which the two countries in question had to complain, and confining himself to Scotland, be contended it would be a gross MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Money Market remains in a quiet state, owing to the moderate requirements for commercial purposes, and the absence of active speculative adventure. No material alteration can yet be re ported in the rates, but the tendency ' appears favourable, and a further decline in the minimum is not considered improbable in the course of a few weeks. The Silver Market has been rather firmer since the arrival of the China letters, and it is expected that the next Calcutta steamer will convey a large remittance. 'About £30,000 in fine gold was taken out of the Bank yesterday, but a sum of £B,OOO in Russian gold was purchased by that establishment. The market for Public Securities remains in a quiet state, and the few transactions which have taken place to-day have not led to any material alteration. At the same time, however, the tendency of prices is unfavourable. Consols being 948 95 for money, and 95/ S for the account. The New Threes and Reduced are steady, at 93/ ; India New Loan at 1061 s ; but the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper is heavy, at 97* ; and Exchequer Bills remain at 93. to lie. prem. Bank Stock is quoted 2291. Foreign Securities have been dealt in to a moderate extent, and prices exhibited a slight upward tendency. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 76 to 77 ; ditto New Loan, 59 to 60 ; Spanish were heavy at 48 ; Chilian were firm at 102* ; Mexican at 21/ ; Russian 41 per Cents. at 971- ; and Dutch 4 per Cents. advanced to 101/. The Ocean Marine Insurpce shares are 21 prem. ; the Universal * a prem., and the Thames and Mersey 1 y a prem. The shares of the Thessalian Mining Company are 8 a prem. Business in the Liverpool cotton market yester day was rather more active, and prices were steady, with the exception of inferior American, which was a trifle lower. The sales were estimated at 8,000 bales. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained np ,o this day, are in round figures as under : 1860. Great Western .. North-Western 86,202 South-Western Brighton Midland South• Eastern 1859. £30,990 73,100 20,911 19,535 35,081 19,495 Great Northern 26,259 23,553 Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter 7,389 6,818 North-Eastern . ' 47,819 34,582 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln .... 15,246 10,449 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 6,106 4,615 West Hartlepoci Glasgow and South-Western Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,774 6,488 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada A decided improvement is shown in the above traffic returns ; on the Great Western the augmen tation amounts to £4,640 ; the North-Western to £13,102 ; the South-Western, to £154; the Midland to £7,356 ; the South-Eastern to £4,887 ; the Great Northern to £2,706 ; the Lanca shire and Yorkshire to £17,800; the Bristol and Exeter to £571; the North-Eastern to £3,237; the Grand Trunk of. Canada to £2,696, and the Great Western of Canb.da to £250; the Brighton shows a falling off of £1,241, In the Railway Share Market a moderate amount of business has been transacted, and most of the principal undertakings have shown firmness. Great Northern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Midlard have advanced 55.; and Bristol and Exeter and South Western 108 ; Eastern Counties and South Eastern have declined 10s. The Foreign and Colonial Markets remain quiet, and prices are generally unaltered. Buenos Ayres and San Fernando, however, have declined about 1, and Bahia and San Francisco have improved I. East Indian, Great Indian Peninsula, and Great Western of Canada realise about former rates. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull. Oriental Bank have improved to 424 ; and Provincial of Ireland, to 84. Peninsular and Oriental Steam have declined to 75. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. - Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93} 1 3 per Cent. Cons4ls Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities - 93i 1 ' India Stock Ditto 6 per Cent, Ditto Entaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 1858 96 Ditto, 1859 Consols for Account, 10th July 95/ Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid D tr,o £5OO Q FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES, Brasilian 5 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent. 1839 & 1859 ..... 7 Ditto Account Ch:lian 6per Cent. Mexican 3 per Cent .._.. ___ . intl. Aee'.ount Peruvian 41 per Cent ' Ditto 3 p er C en t 69i Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. — 451 Russian 5 pe r C ent. 1 822, £ St _ 108 Ditto 41 per Cent. Sardinian 5 per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent ... Ditto New Deferred 3 per Cent Account 38 Ditto Passive . - l6 Turkish 6,per Cent.. Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Di v idends on the above payabl e in London. Datch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent .___ Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. THREE O'CLOCK. - - Conßole, Money Ditt o Aooount case was Stuart, and h v e ice A -C g h a a p n e c T il o o n r e this T li m E orn L in A g W rest U e ß d T b S elor T e continued to occupy the attention of the Court the whole of the day.—The judgment in the case of Synfen v. Chelms ford, in the Exchequer Court had not been delivered when we went to press. GRAY'S -INN, June 6.—At a pension of the Hon. Society of Gray's-inn, holden this day, Arthur J. H. Col lins, Esq.. the eldest son of John Collins, of Parkstone, in the county of Dorset, Esq., and John B. Brindley, Esq., the only,son of James Brindley, of Newcastle-under.Lyne, in the county of Stafford, Esq., were called to the degree of barrister-at-law . ROBBING A FOREIGN SAILOR.--An elderly man named Condon was charged this morning before Mr. Selfe with being concerned in robbing a sailor. The unfortunate " Jack" was laid hold cf by two girls, supposed to be the associates of the prisoner, and robbed of all his clothes and 67 sovereigns. The man was reminded in order to give the police time to apprehend the girls who are well known. force about ng to s'd of Et -very injustice to Scotland not to increase the number of electors when population had increakied in that country. Having entered at some length into arguments in support of his position, he concluded by disci►timing any desire to displace or hara.s the Government at a c,-isis like the present, which was fraught with so much ground for apprehension. Colonel DICKSON seconded they motion, and on the part of Ireland, complained that groso injustice had been inflicted on the country by the course the Government had pursued. [LEFT SPEAKING.] ASC(II' RACES.—(This Day.) [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.] THE GOLD CUP. Rupee Butterfly 3 Promised Land Seven ran. NEW STAKES. . Brown Duchess Wing . Lisbon Fourteen ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. Stockade Barabbas • 2 Desmond £lOO PLATE Amsterdam - 1 P recursor 3 Tyrant __ _ Eight ran. £5O PLATE. Confusion . ------ Leontes 3 Orcus File ran. ROYAL STAND PLATE. Horror Avalanche Ben Webster. Seven ran. ST. JAMES'S PALACE STAKES. Tom Bowline • 1 St. James Catawba Four ran. £lOO PLATE. Gibraltar colt Wee Polly 2 Billy Banks ... . Seventeen ran. HARE 31.ARKET-(TIIIS DAY.) BRITISH POSSESSIONS. ORPINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. 11'614. C-1651114 Business done Trice. 100 A tlantic& St Lawren c e, all 85 87, 861 6 stk Bom.,Barod a & . C ent Ind! t Gu. 5 par cent 100 96/ 975 97 18 205 P Do, Do. B' 131 d 4 d and Lake Huron! all 44 5 d Do. New . ,! all— 10 Dn. ('reference ......' all 6 4 6 1 100 j Buffalo,l3tant,&Godrich 100 75 80 ) 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 70 !.. 7 ., 5 100 ,D. do. J une 1, 187.1 100 6,8 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) I. 30. 5 d 4P 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 25. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s. 21 lf 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 7 4 i t 174 Demerara:. 20 Rosin. Bengal gu. sp. c 5 1 4 d aloft East Indian, gu. sp. C. 100 102 1021 102 20 Do. F Shares Ext.....! 10 par I p ; 15 1 20 Do. Jubbulpore lO par 3 p 100 Do. 41 pc. Debentrs all 985 995 stock Do. sp. c. Deb., 1861 all 101 102 20 Geelong & Melbourne all 21 22 sto. Geelong Corporation 6 100 per cent. Bonds stock Grand Trunk of C ana d a 100 31/ 32 4 31 1 100 Do. a per cent. Pref all 91 93 92 11 21 100 Do. 6 per et. Debentr all 60 - 413 63 605 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 all 78 80 100 Do. do. 1867 all 65 70 100 Do. do. 1872 all 65 70 stock Gt.lndiaPenin.ema.sp.e lOO 991 1001 094 100 20 Do. N ew n ma. sp. c 6 4 d4 d 54 20 Gt. South.of India (Lim) 10 11 15d guaranteed 5 per cent. 205 Gt. W. of Canada Sh ar e s all 121 124 12 1 201 Do. New .. 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with all 98 100 opt, till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 93 100 • 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 93 100 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 92 94 stock Madras, guar., 4/ p. c lOO 83 90 stock Do. do. 5 per cent lOO 93 99 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 91 93 20 Do. Fourth do lO 11 1 d 20 Do. all stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Mids. 100 Newßrunswick & Canda 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7 Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land do 20 Do. do. B Capital do. .• all 5 7 Do. do. Land do. ..... 20 Oude (Limited) ss. stock Scinde 100 100 101 1001 20 Do. Pnnjaub C all 11 d 1 d 20 Do. 140. ........ 8 5 d stork Do. Indus. St. Flo. 100 95 91 20 St. Andrews Quebec A 18 10 !Trinidad (Lim.) !•crip 1 4 ;di FOREIGN RAILWAYS. • 19 Antwerp & Rotterdam; all 45 44 20 (Ardennes 20 ?Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7p.44 . 7 • id 874 5 rßelgi tn Batt. Junction all 4 1 20 Beziers to Gra issessac I all 10 Buen.Ayres &S. Fcrndo p 84 9 1 at 6 Carmeaux 311ue & Rail all 21 24 100 ICopiabo 10 Ditto Extension I all 14 11c1 20 (Dutch Rhenish I 15 51 61d I 20 'Eastern Of France 20 ;Grand Rue. Guar. 6p. c 6 20 ' Do. do. I all 20 Great Central of France; all -- 20 Gt. Luxem• • Con. shs• ' all 65 64 20 'ltalian Junction I all 20 'Lake Constance t Bale ! all . „ . 20 Lierre & TurnhoW 20 !Lyons Geneva all 331 Maria Antonia .... 10 Do. New 20 Namur & Liege 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref. 16 Northern of France all 331 395 20 Do. New Shares 12 p 10 'Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 8 9 20 Paris,tyons, & Mediter. all 315 344 20 Paris & Orleans all ! 52 54 20 Recife &S. Fran. (Pern ) gua. 7p. ct. lim l3 2 lid 114 20 Riga & Dunaburg lO 10 Rome & Frascati 20 Royal Danish all 13 15 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. all 20 Sambre & Meuse . 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref all 84 81 20 San Paulo, lim, C. 7p. c 2 4 id 11 1 20 S.Aust.&Lemb Venetin 12 1(1 1p 20 Southern of France all 20 21 204 'Bl West Flanders 10 Do. 61 p. c. Preference all 94 9 20 W. & N.W. of France 20 Western of Austria 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do. S per cent. Prof. a ll 20 Zealand S Closing Business Share R .11ways. Paid. p r i ce. Done. Belfast and Ballymena Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. Birk., La., and Ch June Blackburn 8 8i 71 73 11 12i Blyth and Tyne Bost. Shef. and Mid. Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen & Card*mi l Cork and Bandon.. Fork, itlrock., &P-atsage Cornwall Do A (A P;ets no div. Do B trAtil 6pc perm. hasbeen pd. toB & Belfast June. I r inn., Perth, &Ab. June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do Nw A. late EU3ds East Suffolk tO2 104 91 914 104 34 91} I Do Edinburgh & Glas7.ow Edin. Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glam. and S. Western Great Nthn. of Scotland Great Northern Do do A stock Po do B do Gt. S. et W. of Ire% nd Great Western Do.Strl?a,... nits. stock . 6-easteri ' raisnh S aSF !ti n i ' -eastern re Yorkshir , Lou .. - .,0n and Blackwall s Coast Chat., and Dover Loud. & Nth. Western Do eiz,hths Lond. & 'th. Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Ennistra Man. Shef. & I , ln^oln Maryport and Carlisle Do do 4 shares Metropolitan Midland Do I, irraing. & Derbyl Gt. W. of Ireland Do A shares Kent.... .. . Do, Cray Line Neweagtle and C trlisle New., Aber. & Herefd Newry & Armagh, def Newry, Warppt. & Ros N0rf01k.......:.. hn. Counties Union North British.. Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stn.: , 13 , A. stk ; A rees no until Ope enpci.B Do 13 stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick, Dodo,G.N.E. purchase no Leeds ........ ...... I1)o Yoe , .. North London . North Staffordshire— N. and S. W. Junction Not. & Grantham Rail Oxf. Wor. & Wolvcrptn Peebles. ..... ....... Portsmouth Rhyrnney . Scottish Central Scot. N. E. Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid, stock Shropshire Union.. Sittinebourne tIL Sheer. South Devon ........ South Eastern South Wales ... S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do do Stockton it Hartlepool Taff Vale Do Pref. No 1 ThttmesHaven.l)k&Rail Ulster •• Do .... Do .... : ...... Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West C ,, rnwall West London Do Ist class Do 2nd class Worcester &Hereford::l BRITISH MINES. Mines. Paid ' I Closin g Business Done. iA 1 1 re 1 Consols (Philaek) !British Iron • ' Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) (East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) IGamASt.Auloyn(Gwen ) Great South Tohzus G.Wheal Alfd. (Philack) IG. Wheal Vor (Ilelston) Grenville Herod's- Foot.— • .. • Hinp. , ,ston Downs 'Lady Bertha M rgaret (Uny Lelant)' North Downs !North France+ (Mogan)! N.Wh'l Basset (1110 an)l (North Wheal .softy (Par Consols (St. Blazey)' Providence (Uny Lelnt.) !Sortrid!ze Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer), IS. Cam Brea (Illog,an) S. Dev. Iron kG en., S.Wheal Fran_ (Mogan)! Stray Park TainirSilv.& Lead Dlin I Tin Croft, Vale of Towey (Carin 4 West Basset (111 wan) I W. Caradon (L!skeard)l West. Seaton Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (Iledruth) Wheal Edward (Cals.) :Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) I Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) !Wheal Trelawney ' 1 3,1 4i 1 - 2 - 270 2 , 30 445 455 110', 115 8 ft 11 114 39 41 12) 13 3 6i 29 31 31 41 2i 2f 44..45 51 51 4 5 5 C, 4 94 124 134 44 45 11 11 295 305 34 31 1 4 1674 1724, 51 53 2 2 4i 5 184- 19i 72 75 330 340 150 160 00 100 q 3 1f i5l P 29 :30 dia. 42 44 11 13 22 34 23 25 d par 1} la 1) 104 114 A d d pl' d p lk 2 'ARE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, .0560, LITERATURE. Chilcote Park or, The Sisters. By the Author of " Likes and Dislikes." J. W. Parker, West Strand. This little book is written in a very attractive manner, and is altogether out of the common in its style. The characters are exceedingly well drawn, and although the first story is exceedingly melan choly, and the second contains much that is of a painful nature, still there is something irresistibly fascinating in the perusal of the book. Those tales are the most effective that do not attempt to create an eclat for themselves out of nothing, that do not strive after effect and struggle to seem simple, but let things take their course, and when light and shade alternately illumine and obscure the humanity of which they treat, they let the readers judge for themselves as to the brightness of the day of joy or the gloom of the night of sorrow. This little work is replete with the truest discernment and the nicest discrimination. Bertha is an exact counterpart of a young girl thoroughly spoiled, and yet when she would allow herself to be natural, of a loveable disposition and a fascinat ing manner. Her early death is very sad, and doubly so as her sister was thus so painfully de serted. The second portion of the book refers to Agnes, and her adventures are of a most romantic class. It was finally her dreadful fate to undergo one of the most terrific visitations that can befal a human being—to be shut in a sane condition within the walls of a mad-house. In the last struggle, however, she turned on her destroyers, and defeated them in their hour of pride, and as they thought their day of victory. Agnes was of a brave spirit, and the thought of danger gave her strength and roused her courage in a conflict far harder than the fiercest battle-field, and when threatened by a fate more cruel than even the tribunal of the dark Inquisition used to inflict in its inmost cells. In one point Agnes was mistaken. Mercy is a God-like feeling ; but justice is the first consideration in an affair of this sort. For the sake of society, whose vital principles are affected to their foundations, for the sake of the laws of man that are cruelly violated, and the commandments of Heaven that are thus trampled under foot, no one is justified in not bringing to open shame the per sons who immure their fellow beings in an asylum, knowing them in their hearts to be in the full pos session of their senses. If it is only to deter others from following their example, it is requisite, but to protect other victims and discover other oppressors, it is a solemn duty not to pass lightly by, and compromise the guilty as Agnes did. Doctor Martin is a fine character, who is one of the redeeming persons met with in these chronicles of guilt and gloom. Altogether this story is of great interest, and displays sufficient ability to render it a desirable study to those who desire something more than mere amusement. In these graphic pages some of the most prominent sorrows, sharpest sufferings, and most deadly sins of human nature are disclosed with a sympathy that touches, a reality that stirs the feelings, and a vividness that rouses the indignation of the be holders. When we stand at the couch of the dyine. Bertha, and see her sinking in the sunshine of beauty, youth, and love, into the cold and dark abyss of the grave, we know that it is a scene that the sons of Adam must pass through, again and again, till the curtain of oblivion has been drawn around themselves, and for them the things of time are lost in eternity ; yet not the less do we feel the effect of the repre sentation for its oft rehearsal in every age and clime. One of the most striking lessons of the story is here given. Bertha, in her innocence and gentleness, had done no wrong, but she did fear death ; she did not look to a better world with the confidence that is often most freely expressed by those who die surrounded by all that makes life precious. This was the sting of the parting for the agonised group who sat under the orange trees gazing on the Atlas Mountains. When we enter with Agnes the awful dwelling-house of madness, a far darker night than that of the grave enshroud ed the prospect, and the pain is increased by the re flection that many crossed that threshold as sound in mind as she who was taken in the toils of a wicked plotter, and brought to be an offering on the shrine of their greediness for gold. Of all the crimes committed for that purpose, this ranks in the first order of guilt ; and this surely will call for the most dreadful doom when the destroyers of their brother's intellects stand before the Judge who created them, and from whom not the closest secrets of the asylum ate hid. The records of some of these retreats, especially before the recent improvements, would furnish horrors that no language can ade quately tell, and must stand out in the blackest cha racters in the chronicles of the recording angel's testimony. " Chilcote Park" will most. likely gain a favourable reception on account of its vigorous expression and vivid delineations, the interest of its style and the freedom of its sketches. In its limited range it has empressed as much that occurs in far more discursive narra tives, and altogether it is an excellent production of its class—a class that cannot be too widely known or too highly recommended—of moral stories which contain lessons none are too old to learn nor too wise not to stand in need of. Some very mistaken critics have abused this style, and said let one be amused at one time, and read a ser mon when one is to be pious. The real illustra tration of the events of daily life presents truths as sublime, thoughts as beautiful, and hopes as sacred as any that the most learned preacher ever ex pounded. Those who listen to sermons are the first to acknowledge the merit of worthy attempts to benefit society, and to welcome the appearance of anything attractive in the right road. They give instances, furnish examples, and present warn ings in a way recognisable by all, and that may teach some whom subtle arguments could never reach, and cold maxims never impress. It is one thing to lay down a rule and another to apply it ; in such a case it is applied in the living example before us, and these after all, and not the theorist, are walking the way that we must walk. It is no fanciful allegory nor region of illusion, for the heroes and heroines are climbing the hills of difficulty that over and over again we must mount, and it would be well if, like them, we followed the wind ings of the path that leads to the Palace Beautiful and the Chamber of Peace. Such representations of the minor trials and petty cares of life are al ways desirable, when they are told in a true spirit and with a right purpose. If they eschew the dogmas of stoics, and do not deny that small troubles are hard to bear, and do not declare that pain is of no consequence, and only to be laughed at—if they do not fall into the opposite extreme of the Methodist, and proclaim this beautiful world as nothing but a vale of tears, and all enjoyment sinful, and all hopes of comfort impossible. If, avoiding these errors, they show the mercies that abound, while they do not deny the trials that are so numerous—if they picture some calmly bearing injustice, otherspining under anguish in patience, and many wearing a smile with an aching heart, to spare the feelings of others surely such examples may be followed with benefits to others and blessings to ourselves. If they go on to show that the hardest struggles are soon over, the most intricate paths made straight, • and the bitterest sufferings soothed, if we have . faith to trust, courage to endure, and honesty to guide us, are not these the truths taught by sages and the steps trodden by saints ? Is it not the wisest and the highest counsel to impart to aspiring youth, care-ridden manhood, and trembling age to enjoy the good gifts of the world, but when the evil days come to remember that this world only was not made for them, but those who ever seek to perform their duties faithfully can never finally fail—if they fight in the hardest battles of life, they will come out more than conquerors, when death calls them away, if they carry the cross on earth, they shall wear the crown in heaven. If these truths are ever so faintly foreshadowed, if these hopes are ever so feebly imparted, the work is in the right road, and the promise is fair to the seed thus sown that it shall flourish abundantly here and hereafter. Those who set forth to pioneer us in our daily paths are as good angels heralding the right steps to take on the heavenward track, as the poetess has finely expressed :- 6 , Shall not such lessons teach aright, and bid vain conflicts cease ! Aye, when we commune with ourselves, in holy hours of peace, And feel that by the light and shade through which our pathway lies, By the beauty and the grief alike, we are training for the skies." Letters of Alexander von _Humboldt to Varnhagen von Buse. Authorised Translation. Trubner & Co. The publication of the correspondence of a de parted celebrity cannot fail to awaken a consider able degree of interest, although a strong doubt arises in the reader's mind as to the wisdom if not the propriety of such a proceeding. In the present case there can be little question that the production of these letters will not enhance the reputation of the great natural philosopher. It would be unjust to attach blame to the fair editress, since she fol lowed the positive instructions of her uncle and his illustrious friend, but it is nevertheless much to be regretted that this collection of letters should have seen the light. They in nowise interfere with the lofty reputation of the man of science ; it is his individual disposition as a man that they depreciate in our eyes. 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Remembering how much the world owes to the author of " Cosmos," we would rather have remained ignorant of these ungenial charac teristics. We would fain have believed that the mighty intellect was accompanied by as large a heart ; that the greatest general philosopher of our time could appreciate and accept the homage ten dered him by less conspicuously gifted mortals, not with the coldness of the cynic, but with the humility of a truly great mind, owning its advance in the steep ascent of knowledge above its fellows, but recognising the distance that yet remained between the loftiest achievement of human powers, and the full development of the majestic laws of creation. [n the preface to the third edition, published in Germany, the editress answers at some length the objections •which have been raised to the publica tion of these letters. She says of Humboldt—" It was his wish that his convictions should not be liable to be discussed. He had willed that the picture of his mind should' go down to posterity pure and unfalsified. A giant intellect, so fervently venerated and acknowledged by his nation, that the mere fact of his views being known on certain questions may exert the most powerful and incal culable influence on' the people and its progress. It was that very reason which made him wish that the whole people should be granted access to the workings of his innermost mind." That the reve lation of the Liberal sympathies and tendencies of so great an authority may forward the develop ment of Liberal principles in Germany we heartily wish.; and bad his political, literary, and social views been alone expressed in these letters, they would have been justifiably public property. How ever, as the translator observes, this vexed question is one with which the English public has nothing to do, and that they will readily avail themselves of the opportunity of reading the volume before us we have no doubt. The letters from such men as Arago, Herschel, Sir Robert Peel, Metternich, Victor Hugo, Manzoui, and Thiers, would alone invest it with interest, independently of its own individual attractions. One of the most interesting letters in the volume is the following, which gives Humboldt's own account of his magnificent work : 111; M 1 TO VARNHAGEN. " BERLIN, Oct. 27, 1834. " I am going to press with my work—the work of my life. The mad fancy has seized me of representing in a single work the whole material world—all that is known to us as the phenomena of heavenly space and terrestrial life, from the nebula) of stars to the geographical distribution of mosses on granite rocks, and this in a work in which a lively style shall at once interest and charm. Each great and important principle, wherever it appears to lurk, is to be mentioned in connection with facts. It must represent an epoch in the mental development of man as regards his knowledge of natty e. The prolegomena are nearly ready, containing—The inaugural lecture entirely re-cast (I deli • vered it viva voce, but dictated it the same day) ; the picture of nature ; inducements to the pursuit of natural philo sophy i o be found in the spirit of the age, which are three fold-1. Poisie descriptive, and vivid pictures of scenery in modern travels. 2. Landscape-painting, visible represen tations of exotic life—its origin—when it became a necessity of life and a source of exquisite delight ; why the ancients, with their desire to gratify the senses, could not have pos sessed it. 3. The vegetable kingdom, classification accord ing to the characteristics of the plants (not botanical garden fashion), the history of the physical description of the world; how the idea of the universe—of the connection be tween all phenomena, has been becoming clear to different nations in the course of centuries. The prolegomena form the mostimportant part of the work, and contain, first, the general heads. They ore followed by, one special part comprehend ing the detail (I enclose part of a tabulated list) : —Space— the physics of astronomy—the solid portion of the globe— its interior and exterior—the electro-magnetiser of the in terior —Volcanism, i.e., the reaction of the interior of a planet upon its surface—the arrangement of matter—a short Geognosy—sea—atmosphere—climate—organic life —distribution of plants—distribution of animals—races of man—languages—and so on, to show that their physical organisation (the articulation of sound) is governed by in telligence (the produce and manifestation of which is speech). In the special part all statistical results, as exact as in La place's' Exposition du gystinne du Monde.' As these de tails are not capable of beiv.g treated from a literary point of view, in the same way as the general combinations of natural science, the pure facts will be stated in short sen tences, arranged almost tabularly, cm that the student , in a few pages, may find under the head of Climate, Terrestial Magnetism, &c., results, in a condensed fohn, which it would take many years of study to acquire. - Uniformity of style (i.e., harmony in the whole as a literary produc tion) wilt be attained by short introductions to each chap ' ter in the special part. Ottfried Muller has followed this plan with great success in his admirably-written work on Archaeology. " I wanted you, my dear friend to have from me perso nally a clear idea of my undertaking. I have not succeeded in compressing the whole into one volume, and yet it would have left the grandest impression in that abbreviated form. Those two volumes will include the whole. No foot-notes, bat notes at the end of each chapter, which may be passed over, but contain sound erudition and additional details. The whole is not what has hitherto been commonly called' Physical Description of the Earth,' as it comprises all created things—Heaven and Earth. I began it in French fifteen years ago, and called it Essai our la Physique du Monde.' In Germany I in tended at first to call it Buch von der Natur,' after those we have in the midddle ages by Albertus Magnus. All these, however, are too vague. My title at present at present is Kosmos. Outlines of a description of the physical world, by A. V. H. •, enlarged from Sketches of Lectures delivered by him in 1827 and 1828. Cotta.' 1 wanted to add the word Kosmos to force people indeed to call the book so, in order to avoid their speaking of it as I - I's physical descrip tion of the earth, and so throwing it into the class of such writers as Mitterfacher. Weltbe.schreibung (description of the World), a term analogous tb lVeltgeschichte, (history of the World), would, as an unusual word, be confoundded with Erdbeschreibung, (history of the earth). I know that Kosmos is very grand, and not without a certain tinge of affectation ; but the title contains a striking word, meaning both heaven and earth, and sten& in contrast to the' Gas,' (that rather indifferent earthy book of Professor Zeune, a true Erdbeschreibung). My brothet, too, is for the title Kosmos;' I was long in doubt about it." Christ in life ; Life in Christ. By S. C. I‘ , l Bellew. London, 1860. Chapman and Hall. Bvo., pp. 397. (Second notice). It has been well observed by a very eminent critic that no oratory can be printed entire—that every speaker, every preacher who is not absolutely dull and phlegmatic says something far more through his tones, or eye, or gestures than his bare words can tell. True as this remark is in its general beariug, it applies with particular force to such a man as Mr. Bellew, who as a preacher is perhaps unrivalled in all that regards manner and the graces of oratory and elocution, and dissevered from which the most powerful passages and the noblest imagery lose half their vitality and fore. To those who heard all or any of the sermons in the volume before us the power of association belongs, and in reading them they will be enabled again to call up vividly the remembrance of the voice, eye, and manner which invested them with so great a charm. Those who were hearers then will now become readers with a far higher degree of gratification necessarily than persons to whom these sermons are presented for the first time. But still even the latter may peruse them alike with pleasure and advantage, for in all that Mr. Bellew writes there is a healthy vigorous tone and a wide catholic spirit of love and charity towards all men, that must find a respon sive echo in the breasts of all true-hearted Chris tians. As a striking proof of what we mean we would refer the reader to the sermons respectively entitled Friendship, Tenderness, Fidelity, Integrity, and Brotherly Kindness and Charity. No man, we apprehend, can read any of these discourses with out being strongly impressed with a sense of their truth and beauty. From the last of the sermons we have named we quote one passage which forcibly struck us at the time we heard it :- 6 , In ancient Rome a being stiod helpless and alone in the midst of the great amphitheatre, surrounded by the Senate, the patricians, the flower of the Roman youth, the heroes anti the orators of the eternal city. Appeal he had none, but he oised his hand aloft and cried—' I am a Ro man citizen,' a n a straightway the assembled multitude rose as one man, and the b lue vault above echoed the shout of sympathy which like a Z'ation'a anthem rose to Heaven. So should it be with us. Teo stranger, naked, hungry, and destitute, may have no, appeal to make to us, while he stands in the midst of the great theatre e. f life, but when he lifts his helpless and beseeching hands to us, he is a liar who says, I love God, but love not thee asx.l'v brother also 1' " Let me insist once more upon the unliin:: ted, unreserved principle of this new commandment, that he who loveth God loves his brother also. Christ says that to one of the least of these, even a stranger, this debt of humanity is due. Now, among Christians there is a very general principle of endeavouring to do good ; but limiting the boundaries of their charities to their pews and their churches, and those with whom they have especial and particular sympathy. To deny the inclination of the heart to benefit those whom opinion, or circumstance, or affection place n ear us, would be absurd. It would not be absurd only, but not so to act would be wicked." One of the sermons that we commend most earnestly to the attention of the thoughtful inquirer is that which bears as its title " Superstition and Unbelief," and takes as its subject the parable of Dives and Lazarus. The fo llowin g passage, which occ urs towards its close, is well worth quotation : " The evidence of our Saviour in this parable shows the folly of superstitious belief. It proves to us that the agency of the dead would be useless and insufficient to create true religion in the heart, and to promote its conversion to God. It is moral blasphemy to God to entertain such a supposi tion • for what would be its l o g ical result, but the conks sion'that man, an inferior agent, and the mere creature of God himself, by a revisitation of the world, could, through the terrors and excitements of an unnatural agency, pro duce in the hearts of those living on earth, those convictions regarding God, judgment, and eternity, which God himself, the maker of man, the creator of the universe, the supreme l awg iver, the great instr uctor, the divine enunci ator of whatever is natur all y , reasonably, eternally requisite for the conversion of the soul, had shown himself unequal to effect by the practical failure of his own ordinances in pro ducing that desired result." Of. a very different character, but equal excel lence, is the sermon entitled " Thoroughness." What a noble simplicity is there in the following words : t , Whatever we have to do, let us do it well, let us do it thoroughly, let us do it as if our hearts were in the work ; no matter how commonplace, no matter how trivial, no platter how minute. Whatever becomea religion should be done in a becoming manner ; and when I incite y on 1 • avoid display and cultivate devotion, when I remin d that the service of Christ belongs no t us, his priest s, bt equally and co-extensively to you, his people, I any. surf . after what I have just related to you, no proper ; right minded person can mistake my motive, or fail to see that have honestly and heartily "Tar one aim—to it Tres thoroughness upon your lives, ugon 4 your acts, upon your hearts." It is evident, from a very cursory examination of: these sermons, that Mr. Bellew is endowed with an i ardent love of nature and of life in all their myriad tformt. and phases. His travels in the Holy Lawil, am other parts of the East, seem to have left dui moe vivid impression on his mind. They cast a glciwini light throughout these pages, and some of T.;lie de • scriptions of Eastern scenery which occur in th course of the sermons devoted to the aspect 'of the Saviour's character, exhibited by the venous ea rthly incidents through which he passed (" in Life"), are marvellous instances of what is now popularly known as " Word-painting." The ser mons, which bear the titles of "The Seal of Earth," "-Our Leader," and "The Mental Agony," contain some very striking illustrations of this remark, and we only regret that want of space compels us ne cessarily to forbear quoting the passages at length. What we have said already will, however, be suf fibient, we hope, to show what a high opinion we entertain of Mr. Bellew's new volume, and tend to secure for it a wide and influential circle of readers.. Bible fervants, and W hat they Teach vs. By the Rev. John Letts, Domestic Chaplain to Earl Ferxers. London : Seeley and Co. This is exactly the book for a master or mistreßs to give to a domestic of either sex or of any age. It consists simply of narratives of the lives and characters of those personages mentioned in the Old and New Testaments, as flaying held positions of trust and subservience totMe placed in autho rity over them ; the individual peculiarities of each being carefully noticed and judiciously commented' on, and the lessons to be drawn therefroin practi cally considered and enforced. The language in which Mr. Letts' timely little volume is written is simple but earnest—just such as the nature' of tlua work demands—and we do not doubt that it will an much to strengthen the ties of mutual respect anid esteem, which ought, at all events, to bind masts and servant to each other. MISCELLANEOUS MAGAZINES: The Church of England Monthly Review is, as usual, distinguished by a high order of literary ability and great liberality of opinion. It opens with a very able and eloquently written article on "The CrUsades," which will repay perusal. " Joan of Arc" is the title of a paper which criticises two recent works on the career of the Maid of Orleans. An essay on " The Mill on the Fioss" pays a well-deserved tribute to the genius of the author, and the high moral tone of the book.—? he Eclectic, though it contains lengthened articles on the proposed " Revision of the Liturgy," and on " The Papacy," has also many subjects of less controversial character and more general inte rest. Prominent among . these are the conclusion of Mr. Baldwin Brown's account of " The Great Armada," and the first part of " A Sketch of Clare mont and the days of the Princess Charlotte," .by the accomplished authoress of " Mary Powell," and many other delightful works. An article headed "By the River's Side," has some curious information respecting the banks of Old Father Thames.—The Family Economist is a very excel lent cheap periodical for the household circle. Without any striking characteristics, or peculiarly distinctive features, it gives a variety of general everyday information, pleasantly enlivened by tales, sketches, poems, and miscellaneous paragraphs of every description.—The Welcome Guest is more smart and lively in its style, and aims rather at entertaining its readers than at providing a useful household miscellany. It has some good names among its contributors, and will probably be found very entertaining by some classes of readers. — Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences has an introductory paper on " Artistic Copyright Reform," and its customary list of recent patents. The reports at the Scientific Institutions give some interesting summaries of the papers read at the meetings.—the National 3fall:zzine has several• pleasing domestic stories and amusing sketches. •it has considerably improved under the new management. The editor continues his k Parlia mentary sketches, and gives a place gallery of portraits to the Right Hon: Sidney Herbert.— Le Follet shows us its customary array of .fashion able figures, and chronicles the various changes of attire suitable for the season ; furnishing, besides, all requisite information concerning matters of the toilette.—Cassell's ' publications maintain their usual character, giving a very fair degree of infor mation, or entertainment, for a very low price. The Illustrated Family Bible seems likely to be an admirable edition. Vie Ladies' Treasury, and Cassell's Family Paper, are very good of their kind, and we are glad to see healthy and harmlgss literature competing with the worthless produc tions that are so widely diffused at a very low price. THIS DAPS MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. !hi! ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 53s 4d ; barley, 35s 10d ; oats, 26s Sd ; rye, 39s 3d ; beans, 44s ld ; and peas, 41s Od. THE SIX. WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 62s 4d ; barley, 36s 11d.; oats, 25s 8d ; rye, 35s 5d ; beans, 43.3 5d ; peas, 39s 10d, ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 119089 , barley, 2,694 ; oats, 6,290 ; rye, 50 ; beans, 2,933; peas, 341 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. A. very limited supply of beasts, chiefly in middling-. con dition was on sale in to-day's market. All breeds moved oft readily, at fully Monday's quotations, and the pr invest Scots would have realised 5s 8d per Blbs. Although the show of sheep was by no means extensive, the mutton trader was heavy, at 2d per 81bs less money. We have to report a dull sale for lambs, at a fall in value of from 2d to 4d peo 81bs. The veal trade was very inactive, anti prices gay way 2d per Sibs. There was very little business d oing; either in pigs or mulch cows, and quotations were barely' supported. Per Sibs to sink the offal. s. d. s. d.' . s. d. s. ( 7 , Crse. & inf. beasts 4 0 4 2 Primecrs-wool do. 5 4 5 Second quality do. 4 6 4 10 i me. S' thdowndo. 5 8 6 Prime large oxen 5 0 5 4 ; Largo zrse. calves 4 6 . 5 Prime Scots, &c. 5 4 5 6; Prime small do 5 2 5 Crse. & inf. sheep 4 2 4 6 1 , Large Logs 4 0 4 Second quality do. 485 2! Small porkers _ Lambs, 6s Od to is 6d. Suckling calves, 19s to 225; and quarter •old store pigs 23s to 30s. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs 8,332 Sheep Calves .. 264 Calves Pi gs MEAT MARKETS. ---- NEWGATE IND LEADUNHALL.—Beef, the supply which is limited, sells freely, at very full prices. Other wise the trade is in a sluggish state, as follows :- Beef, from 3s 6d to 4 s 8 d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 6d ; lamb, 58 8d to 6s 6d ; veal, 4s Od to 48 10d ; porl 4s Od to 5s Od per 81ba. by the carcase. SOUTHALL, June 6.—About average supplies of stet were on offer here to-day. On the whole, the trade w. less active, as follows : Beef, front 4s Od to ss . 4d mutton, 4s 8d to 5s 10d ; lamb, 6s Od to 7s Od ; veal, •ts to 5s 2d ; pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81bs to sink the off al. ROMFURD, June 6.—Our market ruled steady, all fc' lows :—Beef, from 48 Od to 5s Ed ; mutton, 4810 d to 6 s lamb, 6s 4d to 7s 4d ; veal, 4s 6d to 5s 4d ; and pork, Od to 58 Od per 81bs ; suckling calves , 15s to 19s ; quart old store pigs, 22s to 308 eac; anmilch cows, £l4 to £lB lOs each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Msadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s Od ; dos , £4 Os to £5 158 Od ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 12s per 10• A fair demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 3s to £4 15s ; cloy(' £4 Os to £5 12s Od ; and straw, £1 7s to £1 14s per lea Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 23 Os to L 4 15g Od ; £4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £l6s to £1 13s p er 10 , Supply good, and trade rather dull. COAL MARK (Pe.OeS of Coal per Ton at d. ET—JuNi G. the close of the market.), Walls End. g . t . 16 0 'Haugh Hall s. 16 DaVl5Oll 5 Eden 16 By n as .ar s' a s ? B y e , : es id t e W H e a..rt. ley ..16 0 Eden Main l6 Howard's West Hart- South 'Whitworth 15 ley ..16 0 Haswell lB Tanfield Moor Butes ..13 3 Framwellgate l6 Wylam l5 6 Brandon l6 West Hartley l6 0 Bell ICarway and Duffryn. Malting . -nr) Llangennech .gl ',, 19—Sold, 19. Walls End. Acorn Clese .. Ships at market His Excellency the Prussian Minister and ti Countess Bemstorff will give a dinner and concert Prussia House on the 25th inst., to their Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary. • The Duchess of Athole has left the St. Georg( Hotel, for Windcor Castle. Viscount and Viscountess Fielding leave tom to-morrow, for their seat in Wales. Lord and Lady Augusta Gordon Hallyburt have left Kensington Palace, for Scotland. It is stated that the Hon. and Rev. Doug], Gordon, a son of the'Earl of Aberdeen, is to have the at,. in Salisbury Cathedral rendered vacant by the irunnati of the Hon. and E6V. S. WaidegraTe to the Bishopric. Carlisle. is ,ns ,ns nd ies cted and aw e, zits, 1 i'. ) fames 1, 11, being wine they ing from from )afore KV big Wal l rP riSe Old 0 - v io. lying ;e, for 1 of a Le Bth :t also their ill be •