The Sun. — London, England, 1860-05-28 00:00:00

MONEY 3IA.RKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The accounts from the manufacturing districts during the past week have been of an unsatisfac tory character. At Leeds little improvement has taken place in the demand for wools and yarns, but a steady business has been done in cloths. The market generally, however, has continued dull. At Manchester increased depression has prevailed. particularly in India goods. The reduction in the rate of discount, however, it is hoped wil cause an upward movement in values. Piece goods at Bradford and Huddersfield have been quite ne glected, and there is little alteration of importance to record in the hosiery and lace trade at Leicester and Nottingham. At Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton a moderate amount of business has been enter ed into for the season. The iron trade of South Staffordshire, however, con dunes inactive. In the Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday business was exceedingly quiet, only 4,000 bales having bee❑ sold at previous rates. The Railway Share Market was inactive, but prices confirmed very firm. A steady business is still negotiated is the money market, and the rates remain without any change of importance; the tendency, however, is still in the direction of a decline, because the available supplies are abundant, and the ordinary demands of trade are by no means extensive. At 3i per cent. the mercantile classes are still enabled to negotiate first class bills; and limited, as the difference is between their quo tations and the Bank rate, it attracts business to the general market, which otherwise, in all proba bility, would be taken to that establishment. There has not been much animation in the market to-day for Public Securities, but the quotations have been steadily maintained. Consols are 95 to 951- for money and account. The transactions have been exceedingly limited. The New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced remain at 93-Z Q ; Bank Stock has advanced to 2271 and 2281 : India Loan is flatter at 1062. 4 ; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper is firmer at 98/ ; and the 51 per Cent. ditto is 1031. In the Foreign Stock Market business has also bees very quiet, and prices are well maintained. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 741 to 75 ; ditto New, 571 to 68 ; Sardinian are firmer at 851 a ; Mexican at 21Z ; Russian 41 per Cents. are steady at 971 ; Dutch 21 per Cents are flat at 651 ; and the 4 per Cents, have improved to 1014. The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 21 prem.; the Thames and Mersey ditto, I prem.; and the Universal ditto, t 9 prem. In the Railway Share Market the transactions have been extremely limited, and prices have shown a further slight decline. Midland, North British, North Eastern (Leeds), and North Eastern (York), have declined ss. ; Great Western, lOs ; Great Northern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, and South Eastern have brought about former rates. The For,ign and Colonial lines are inactive. Lambardo-Venetian remain at par; Grand Trunk of Canada have declined to 34 32 ; Great Western of Canada to 12Z ; East Indian to 101-:-. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dealt in to a limited extent at about former values. London and Westminster are 611 62; Union of Australia have declined to 43k, Union of London to 251; Red Sea Telegraph are strong at 17k. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank -.'t , a, .. .. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93s f 3 per Cent. Cons*ls Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditt y for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l7l India Stock. i)itto 6 per Cent. . ...... Ditto Entaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 1858 — Ditto 1859 961 d rift . Bonds £l,000 I)itto under £l,OOO .. ..... 5 4 d Consols for Account (6th June) .. 95h Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid it' £5OO Ditto Small FOEtEIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican 3 per Cent — )Tr, Account Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. unto 41 per Cent. Sardinian 5 per Cent. . — Otto Account - 3 Turkish 6 per Cent .. Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Datch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent... 651 Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto June Account IBIS DAYS SHIPPING. - LONDON, May 28.—Wind this-dap at noon—North- West; blowing a gale, with heavy showers of rain, and cloudy weather. QUEENSTOWN, May 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Su matra, from Liverpool for Genoa, leaky. FALMOUTH, May 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Charles Henri, from ntwerp for Bombay, with mainyard carded away. SotrTimsvrozi, May 26.—Arrived--Delta, steamer, from Alexandria. FLEETWOOD, May 27.—WindSailed—Nox, for Port-au-Prince; Hortense, for Cardiff and New York. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. .. . Wind N.W., blowing very strong. Arrived, May 26.—Sappho, yacht, from Dieppe ; City of Exeter. steamer, from Newcastle; Alliance, steamer, from Havre • Temora, steamer, from Dublin ; De ta, steamer, from Alexandria; Alliance and Despatch, steamers, from Jersey ; La Mesange, from Carentan ; Jane Cochrane, from Newport; Contender, from Sunderland ; Anne, from Ssaham. Sailed, May 26.—La Poule, for Cherbourg ; La Mesange, for Carentan ; Temora, steamer, for London. Arrived, May 27.—Atrato, steamer, from St. Thomas ; Le Coq., from Cherbourg ; Albertus, from Lisbon; Ed ward Barnell, from Newport; Pomona, from Cardiff; Jolly, from Jersey; James, from Neath; Hilanthorpe, from Newport George, from Briton Ferry. Sailed, May 27.—Charlotte, for Guernsey; Massilia, for Alexandria; John Clements and Johnny Boy, for Sun derland. (3Y SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Wind N.W., tide four hours' ebb, weather fine. Arrived, May 27—Sarah, from Corfu ; Caroline, from * Wismar ; Aurora, from Alexaudria ; Holyrood, from al cutta ; Cacemie, from Havannah ; Dundee, from Jamaica; Cuban, from Trinidad. Arrived, May 28—Rover, from Romea ; Farewell, from Antwerp; Boreas, from [lmre; Caremea, from Jamaica; Cato, from Trieste; Jane Clark, from Santa Cruz. Sailed, May 27—Seine and Tamise, steamer, for Paris. Sailed, May 28—Alice, for Lisbon. DEAL, Monday Morning. Wind W. by N., very strong and squally. Anchored—Marquis of Argyle, from London, for Syd ney ; Chapman, from London, for Canterbury ; Ripple, fr'm London, for Canaries ; Lineta de Becris, from Shields, for Oporto. THE WIFE'S REVENGE.—It may be in the me mory of ur readers that a murder was committed in Pera about 8 months ago by a Bulgarian and a Greek, whose vie • tim was also a Greek. Fortunately, in this instance the guilty parties fell into the hands of justice, and, after a tedious judicial proce a at the Zaptieh, they were, about a month ago, finally condemned and sentenced to death—unless (as Musselman law permits) the relatives of the murdered Than consented to accept " blood money," in which case the punishment would be commuted for ten years in the - bagnio. In this case the widow of the victim is inexorable, and refuses to listen to any pecuniary compro- mise that can be offered, insisting on nothing short of the lives of her husband's murderers. On Saturday last the leading members of the Greek community met in Pera, and called the woman before them, but after nearly two hours of expostulation, entreaty, threat, and every other form of influence that could be employed to shake her resolution, she remained firm in her purpose. When told that, owing to the difficulty of finding an executioner, the sentence could not be carried out, and that she might as well there fore make a virtue of necessity and to consent to forego her right, she answered, with an energy that would be heroic if it were not savage,—" Not find an execn.ioner I I tn y self will sla y them, if no other avenger can be found." Pries il y coercion, persuasion , money, and everything else failed t o move h er, and the executions will therefore lake place. — _Levant Herald, May 16 POST-OFFICE, ST. SMA.RTiN'S-LE IMPRO VEMENT . IN POSTING AT .GRAND T ._: H I E n G o E rd N e E r RA o L prevent the breaks. i n removing the le7ter e o s f seals and the rubbing off of labels from the boxes -in the hall at St. Martin's-le-Grand, th e whole o f th e d e b au ches h a ve been fitted with small ho pp ers, attached to which are shoots, at a n angle of about 45 d being put into the mouth e f o e f in he degrees. Immediately upon a letter hopper in the hall of the office it slides upon the faci n g table," so th a t th e °' broom" th formerly used fur sweeping mass from time to time out of the boxes is no longer necessary, S CO TTISH COMMERCE —A: on new vein of mineral rat of the celebrated a has been open ed u p at Bur ubrae the estate of Sir W. Baillie, an : about a mile to the south east are li T e rbanehill coalfield. The available et p a rrot or gas coal, two seams of coal of excellent a seam gnaty of for household or steam p ur p ose s , a nd a seam of devoted fir , t class ironstone. The Bath g ate Chemical Works to the manufacture from Bo g head coal of b u r ning and hi - Urinating oils, paraffin candles, &0., are ab ou t ter b e consi derably extended. Last week's shipments of Sc o t c h pi. iron were on a fairly extensive scale, having been 13,600 tons, as compared with . 13,755 tons in the corresponding week of 1859. p a ,,, Closing I Business ttare R ilways "." Price Done. 50 Belfast and Ballymena all 3.14 B r., Wol , and Str. all 8 85 stock Rirk., La., and Ch Juno lOO 70 72 25 Illac4hurn 25 ',Rio th and Tyne all 10 ,Bost. Sh , f. and Mid. Co, all 65 75 stock ;Bristol and Exeter 100 102 104 stock loaledonian 10 if & Cardigan 9 50 Cork and Band: n all 20 lf ork, frock., &Passage all 20 !Cornwall 10 Do (A :rats no div t all A until npc per in 10 Po; B;. • al n, sbeen pd. toB 50 Dublin & 'Belfast .Tunc,) all 2.5 T)r.n., Perth, &Ab. June. all 8 9 stock East Anolian . • 100 16' 175 stock Eastern Counties lOO 53¢ M.} 545 stock Eastern Union. A stock 100 36 38 stork i Do do Bdo 1100 25 27 25 , Do Nw A. late ElT3ds. 84 20 'East Suffolk 10 I Do stock Edinbnrcrh & Glasgow 100 77 74 stock ,Fdin. Perth, & Dundee I 1 0 305 31¢ 10 'Forth &Clyde Junction all stock !Furness 100 stock Gins,. and S. Western 10 100 102 10 'Great Ntlin. of Scotland all stock !Great Northern lOO 115 116 1155 stock f‘odo A stock stork I 'o do 13 do stock Gt. s. &W. of Ireland 100 113 114 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val ;rug. stock j 100 60 65 12 Irish Sofftli-e stern all stock 'Lan-ashire & Yorkshir 100 1031 101 104 5 3 5 stock London and Blackwall 100 70 71 stork 'Lon.. Pright.. & s Coast 100 113 114 114 25 'Loud.. Chat., and Dover 'll 11 12 11¢ stock 'Lo , d. &Nth. Western 100 1004 1005 5 1 P 4 Do eiohths stock i Loud. & th. Western lOO 93 94 25 L'derry & Coleraine all 25 I.' 'erry & Enniskt all 10 11 stock Man. Shef. & in oh, 100 415 42 50 Maryport and Carlisle all • 12¢ Do do 4 shares all in Metropolitan stock Midland stock Do irmlue. k Derby 101 94 96 50 Mid. G.W. of Ireland all 25 Do 4 shares al' Mid Kent,.. ... 10 Do. moray Line 100 , :ewca. , tle and C trlisle all 25 ,New., Aber. dc lierefd all 10 11 10 INewry & A rmap.ll, dcf 9 7 6 d 20 ;Newry Virarnpt. & Ros all st-ck !Norfolk_ ......, „ 100 54 56 50 i N 11n. Cont . ies Union l it 34 3 d stock North Br 110, i 100 615 615 615 stock or.D v.T.ail&Dk.st c 100 stock D A stir ; A revs no d. until airlifts heenpel.B 100 stock no 11 stock 100 to* vth. Eastern—Berwick 100 955 055 25 Dodo. G.N.E. purchase 10134 14 1 d stock no Leeds lOO 515 525 51 stock no Yor stoc North London 20 North Staffordshire 17 1 13' 131 1° '. and S. W. •Tnnction all 91 05 12 Not. &Grantham Pail lO 65 65 64 stock vf. Wor. & Wolverptn 100 41 46 10 Peebles ••••••• • • • • • • all 20 Portsmouth 10 Riivmney. all stock Scottish Central ' 100 115 117 stock soot. N. E.. Aber. stock 100 34 354 stock Do scot. Mid, stock lOO 87 89 stock shr pshire TTnion . ' 100 48 50 10 Sittin' bourne & Sheer ' all 4 3 d stock So•tth Devon ........ 100 42 44 100 85 854 8 5 stock south Pastern stock south WO , s stock S. York. and River Dun 100 78 80 2 0 staines. Wok,. arrilVok all 8 8 25 Stockton & Darlington ; all 39 40 I 9 t 1,4 9 p 25 Do do Steekton i 1 Hartlepool 16¢ stork IT:4ff Vale 100 stock no Pref. No 1 lOO 25 ThamesFlaven k&Rail 22 50 Ulster . • • all 555 Pi 25 Do ........... 2 0 2 t 3 t1.1 12 10 Do : ...• •• •• 15 d pi stock V'tic of Neff th 13 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 10 11 stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 10 Waterfo d & Limerick all i 20 11"; st C rnwall 20 West L0nd0n.......... all 10 Do 14 clasQ ........ all 20 Do 2nd class „ ~.... all I 12.. Worcester &Hereford,. 115 2 1d ' 25 10 20 st-ck 50 stock stock stock stock took 25 stock stock stns stock stock stark suck suck 10 stack stoek stock stack stark s tor'k 12 In stock 13 stock PREFERENCE SHARES. SHARE, MARKET-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. the and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at .f5 O Rris. Ra Exet.4 n.ct.stock ;Do. do. do. shares !Oale•ion £10,41 per cent IDo. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork ,6 Bandon. 51 p. e. Cornwall, 5 per cent nun. Per h.FAber..Tnn. E.Anen.Class A 7 &sp.c. Do. do. Class 11 n p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c Ccy•n. Ex. 5 p. c. No.l Do. dr. No. 0 Do. New 0 per ct. stork. ;Eastern rnion, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per c Edin.&Glas. sp.e. shares Do. 4 p. c. f•un. S. & D. Fdin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent .... Im as A S. West.r.r.a. 5 p. c. GI- at Northern, 5 p. ct. no.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm I Do. 41 p. c. do. do. Do. 'p.c. nedm. 5 p.c. pm I(4t. Ni , . of scotA Ist a Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 1 1 p. rf. p•ef. stock !Great West. (Berks and 98 98 101 103 Af 5 1 101 Ini 112 I's 10t) 112 110 112 108 110 121 125 81 83 110 112 90 92 75 78 118 120 116 118 11 112 103 105 85 87 97 99 na ,, ts) TNi. 5 p. et. Do. Ttedeentable,4, l , ,Do. It ed emsble, 4 p. et. ,Do. Irred.em ble, do :Do. 5 n.ct. Redeem. Pref Do. firm. Pref. Shares I , ; t. W. Ches. 8 p.c. TAO ^o d sp. et. nref !Do Birmo•Jruar. sto ^o. Che , ter t'ua. shares no. do. do . Do. do. do. r.sn.kYork R n. c. stock Do.Barns , .st£s3s 10d pc no. C ner c. (E. Lan.).. 90 101 89 91 91 93 103} 104 91 10k 1' 18 10 101 74 76 191 20 9 .. 10} 14 15 138 140 I,on. & Brig. 5 pc. gn. vo.l Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 Do. eint. 6 p. c. Do. do. 5 n. c. No. Dr.. do. 44 per cen . Dr,. do. 44 p. c. shares Do. 7 n. et. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.01.P 1 Do.4p. , •.S.(d , v.def.til '651 1 Lon. Chit.. and Doyer 1 Lon. and N.W. Coy. and 116 I'B 116 118 138 143 116 118 iO2 . 104 '54 157 132 136 68 70 21 22 Nuneaton, 5 p. ct..... Iton. & S.W. 7 r%. at. stock Londondv. & Cole. 4 sh. T,ondony. & Vnnis. sh. ATan. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. D0..£6 Do. 31 per cent Do. redeem. 6 ner cr nt Mary ort & Car., 4 p. c Do. 41 per cent. Mid. con. 6 p. c. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Rir. 6 pm Do. 44 n. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Lei°. & Hit. p-ef. at. Vewport, A ber.&e.pref. 5 p.c.redeem.q t 5 p.c.pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p. c. with option till 1. , 66 Do. till 1 860, let is. 115 1 , 7 1521 1571 12 12i 126 128 i I p 68 70 it il) Do. do. 2d Norflk sp. c. Ex. et. 1848 Dn. a n. a Pref. do. 1947 Do.Nray.Val.Ex.st.lB47 North British, 5 p. c. Do. New, gul. 5 p. c Dn. Bor. IN. g. pf. shs Do. do. dn. Nth.Dev.R ail. Aznck.Co. V-Ea st. con s.Pret. 4 p. c. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. no. do. do Do. Leeclq, 6 p. C. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, H. & S. Porch North Staffordshire Ox.Wr.Wol. 6 p. C. Ist g. Do. Redeem. 2d mut— . Do. Irredeem. 2d trim Rhytnney Guaranteed. Soo. ti.h Central. new pf Scottish North•Eaatern ri...Abeideen,e - naMp.c.l Do. 7 p. e. pref. stock South Devon. Ann. lON. Do. Fixed 4a per south Eastern (Reading 1.0.6) " ' Do. 4 per cent. Do. Fixed p.c. Ist if,. oath Wales. gua. 4 p. c. Do. per cent. S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. o Do. B 6 per cent Do. C fi per cent Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c Railways. ,Paid. Closing Business Prize. Done. 140 142 102 103 1 94 96 PI 9/ 10 ni 121 10 112 ip 92 9 96 97 1 •d /tp 23 24 123 125 118 120 73 75 10 10/ 231 23f 101 103 101 101 89 91 99 101 84 88 21 29 324 •334 32 33 44 48 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RE Railways. Bedford and Bletchley, Buckinghamshire ....I Chester -& Holyhead.. Do. do. 54 per cent. Do. do. 5 per cent. Clydesdale Junction.. Colchester, Stour Val. E.Lincolnshire.e.Bl).o. E.Union,Harwich Slis Do. Woodbrid<re Gls.B rr.do Neils,Dret. Do. New .......... Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dek.& Rail. Hull and Selby Do. # Shares Do. I Shares Lanc.& Carl. zna.s n.c, London & Greenwich Do. Preference .• .• • • Soutend. Lowestoft, zua. 4 p.c.. Do. 6 per cent.... ••• Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock .... • •• • • NeWtnarkt.,BuryEx 1 guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.it Eastn. 5 P. Do. do. 6 per cent N p P r o o es r . tFtohirtlWeaednstsderpwner .y Do. # Stsres A. & Shep Shrewsbry& Hereford Do, Do. _ _ . all all 101 100 100 100 100 100 all ;L NW dt3l; 100 Midland 5. 5. 6 ' E.Counts all Do. al' Do. all Do. all Midland a /4* W all L.Yk. all Do. 100 Gt. North 100 T.Bra sey 1 . • .... all M'Clean I a O I O ID OLGC.tt.KWßsrgt.estni Smith Staffordshire .. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon & Croydn. Share] Darks. stock stock stock, Commercial Do. 4 per I 'en t. Pref. Min East And West Indira ; , stock i London 1 100 stock ISt. Katharine ' 100 stock Southampton l2 stock Victoria . lla6 100 30 Do New 2 TALS. Paid. Leasing IClosing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. all Ln .W 100 Ln & N.W 07 00 100 Do. 5ll 511 100 1 o 125 127 100 ''o 'l3 115 100 Caledonin 103 105 all E.U.S&E el •6 17 100 Gt. North. 138 140 all E.Counts. 44 4i 100 100 100 all all al 'Caledonin - Do. Gt. West. Tk.N.efir Md. 110 112 Do. — Do. Ln.& .W 205 208 S. East. O3 R 5 IDo. '115120 Peto &Co 91 97 N Do. 21 31 96 98 P 56 58 1 41 141 LI 35 13R 100 103 1 11 P 9' 94 n Bi_ Closing Business Paid. p r ice. Done. - i 102 101} 1 100 100 100 100 ion all all 1002 100 I 10i I 75 all 100 100 100 all all 100 100 all all THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENIII4, MAY 28, 1860. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share! Railways. Paid. I Cloning ;Business done Frice. 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence) all 84 86 85 f Bom.,Baroda&.Ct Ind' stk en 100 96 07 965 Go. 5 per cent.. .. 18 Do, Do. B 135 1 d d 125 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 41 51d 201 Do. New 10 Do. Preference 100 Buffalo, Brant,&Godrich 100 75 80 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 70 75 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 68 73 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) 1. 30. I d 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim. 2s. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s. 11 1/ d 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c 75 11 4 d «71 Demerara 20 Eastn. Bengal go. sp. c 6 11 4 d, stock East Indian, go. sp. c. 100 1011 102 1014 20 Do. Shares Ext lO d p -1 20 Do. Jubbulpore lO id ip 100 Do. 45 pc. Debentrs all 98 99 stock Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1864 all 1001 101 101 20 Geelong & Melbourne all 21 22 sto. Geelong Corporation 6 100 percent. Bonds stoc't Grand Trunk of Canada 100 32 33 3? 15 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 91 03 921 100 Do. 8 per et. Debentr all 66 68 63 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 all 68 70 d 9 100 Do. do. 1872 stock Gt.lndiaPenin.goa sp.c lOO 991 100 20 Do. •ew gua. sp. c 6 #dscl 51 5 20 Gt. South.of In dia (Lim) 10 11 lid guaranteed 5 per cent. 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 125 124 11 201 Do. New 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with all 98 100 spt, till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '60..... all 98 100 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 93 100 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 92 04 stock Madras, guar., 41 p. c lOO 88 00 stock Do. do. 5 per cent lOO 93 99 99 stock Do. 4 8 p. c. Extension 100 91 93 20 Do. I ourth do.. . . 20 Do. d 0..... all stock Melh.Corp. 6p. c. Finds. 100 New Brunswick & Canda 20 Ity.&Lar d(Lim.)g,.6pc all 5 7 Clan • A Capital Share Do. do. Land do 20 Do. do. B Capi al do all 5 7 Do. do. Land do. 20 Oude (Limited) ss. steck Scinde 20 Do. Pnnjauh ,9 all 15 d 1 d 31 20 Do. D'. ..... 5 —d stock Do. Indos.St. Flo. ? c ,? : ., 100 911 951 20 St. A wirews & Quebec A 18 10 ;Trinidad (Lim.) . trip.. 1 1 d FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 19 ) Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 41 20 iArdennes......... ..... all —p 20 Iltah.&S.Fran Lim.7 p.c. 7 1 Id 65 5 ITielg - 1 in East Junction all 1 1 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all 10 Iluen.Ayres &S. Ferndo 25 35 4 p 6 ICarmeaux Rine & ilail all 2 8 21 1 0 0 ICoplabo all 10 I oitto Extension .... all 14 11d 20 ;Dutch Rhenish 20 )Eastern of France all 23 21 91 20 IGrand Rus. Guar. Bp. 6 20 Do. do. all 20 Great Central of France all 20 (It. Luxem., on. shs... all 61 61 6 5 20 Italian .Junction ... all 20 'Lake Constance & Bale. all 20 Lierre & Tnrnhou .... all 20 Lyons &G• neva 331 Maria Antonia .... all 10 Do. New •• ••• • • • all 20 Namur & Lierre ........ all 81 81 20Igo. 6p. c. Pret. ........ all 191 194 16 Northern of France.... all 33 39 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 8 9 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter all 3 1 , 20 Paris & Orleans all , 52 54 20 r R« cite & S. Fran. (Peru ) gua. 7p. et. 1im....... 13 2 11d1 20 'llea & Donaburg, 10 10 Rome & Frascati 20 Royal Danish all 13 15 5 Royal Swedish 4 Di.. 7 per cent. Pref all 1 20 Sambre & Meuse 10 IDo. 51 per cent. Pref all 81 81 20 ;San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c 2 4 id 20 'S.Aust &Lomb Venetin 12 1 5 112 20 Southern of F'rlince all 19/ 205 81 'West Flanders . ail 5% 5/ 10 Do. 6/ p. e. Preference— all 91 91 20 IW. & N.W. of France .. all 211 22 20 iWestern of Austria.... 6 20 Western ef Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do. 8 per cent. Pref., „ all 20 'Zeal nd BRITISH MINES. 1 Mines. Paid.) Closing Business Done. A 1 Ire Consols (Philack), British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist i East Bassett (Illogan) 1 East Caradon 2.11.10, 16 51 1 2 2go 2.0 445 455 115 125 7f 61 111 llf 36 38 13 131 11 1 1 3 31 29 31 4 44 E. WI Russel G4ralzSt.Aubvn(Gwen.) Great South Tohnis G.Wheal Alfd. Phil 4ek) G. Wheal Vor (Helston)l Grenville Herod's- t'00t.... Hin gston Downs LAy Bertha Ili rgarct (Uny Lelant), INorth Downs 17s 12.13.9 9 1 5.14.6 8.12 4.7.0 1.8.6 2} 21 45 47 5} 6 4 5 'North France 4 (Mogan)! N. Wh'l Basset (1110 an) North Wheal rofty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (tiny Lelnt.)' Sortrid re Cons. Min. Cod South Caradon(St.Cleer)' S. Cam P.rea i'lllogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim ! s.Wheal Fran (Illogan)' Stray Park Tam tr Silv.,k; Lead !Tin Croit !Vale of Towey (Cinn ) jWest Bast4et !W. Carad (L]skeard) ,West Seaton !Wheal Basset (Mogan)! ,Wheal Buller ( Itenruth)l !Wheal E 'ward (Cal )1 Wheal ( (3.Lela n q Wheal II aryAnn (Men.); Wheal Trelawney (Lis.)! 9.18.9 1/ 10.6.7 12s 8 5 4 9 6 4 124 134 43 45 li 300 1 310 01 18.1 .9, 126.18.0; 3 31 1 1 1t In2i IG7fi 49_ 51_ 2i 5 21 41 [ 19 ail 79 81 335 345 150 160 87 1,25 21 21 [ 15 10 21 23 27 29 1 13s Gdi FOREIGN MI Australian Bon Accord Copper,Lim. Brazil. Imp. (is. at £ p.; Do.St.Johndel Rey,Lim Do. Land and Mining Co. Clarendon Cons.MinCo. Cobre Copper Copiapo DunM-un.Cop.Ming.Co Fortuna... General Gt. N. t'op. of S. Austr Kapunda (Limited) Linares Lusitanian ➢iariquita h. RhitieCopotS.Aus. L Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and , melt. Port Philip Scottish Austrin. (L.) United Mexican Worthing (Limited) Do TH. I) 4 Y'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The country markets, held on Saturday, were fairly sup plied with wheat, in which, however, the transactions were comparatively trifling, at slightly reduced rates. Barley and most other articles were a dull sale, and rather lower to purchase. Throughout the Continent, wheat has moved off -omo what freely, an n prices have had an upward tendency. All Spring corn has changed hands steadily, chiefly on English account. In the United States, wheat and flour have met a dull inquiry. The arrivals of English produce up to our market, last week, were only modelrte. The imports from abroad were large, viz. 34,385 quarters of wheat, 15,142 barley, 37,475 oats, 515 beans, 514 peas, 20 tares, 1,520 rapeseed, 40 sun dry seeds, and 1,141 sacks of flour. A very limited snpply of English wheat was received fresh up to our market to-day, in but middling condition. Notwithstanding that the show of samples was small the demand for both red and white qualities, owing chiefly to the large influx of foreign produce, was in a sluggish state, and sales progressed slowly, at about last Monday's quota tions. Millers, generally, purchased with extreme caution. Compared with Monday last there was was an inward supply of foreign wheat on offer. Importers, however, were somewhat firm in their demands, but the amount of business doing was ♦ery limited, at last week's currency. Floating cargoes were a dull inquiry, at barely late rates. We have to report a heavy demand for barley, at a de cline in the quotations of is per quarter. Malt changed hands slowly at previous rates. 'We had a large show of oat samples, and the oat trade ruled somewhat heavy, at 6d per quarter decline. In beans—the supply of which was moderate —very little was doing at late rates. Peas were in moderate request, on former terms. The flour trade was by no means active, at the late im provement in the quotations. The top price of town made flour was 50s per 280 lbs. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE, Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, ...ew 44s to 54s Ditto, old 463 563 Ditto, white, new 4ss 60s Ditto, old Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old 4ss 558 Ditto, uew 433 54s • Rye—Old —8 —s New Barley—Grinding...., 27s 29e Malting Malt -Suffolk and Norfolk s*,.s 688 Brown 505 528 Kingston and Ware s2s 703 Chevalier Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 2ls 24c Potato Youghal and Cork, black 2OB 25s Cork, white Scotch, Feeding 2lB 26s Beans—Tick Pigeons 453 498 Peas—Grey Maple White 36s 38s Boilers Flour—Town-made Suffolk 36s 398 Stockton and Norfolk is lid to 2s ld; scoured, is 111 d to 2s Gd; grease, 9idtto Is 21d. Cape—Clean sheeps', is Sid to 2s ; scoured, is 4d to is lOid ; handwashed, is lid to is Sid ; skin, is 4d to is 6d ; grease, lld to is 2d. New Zealand—Cl en sheeps', is 6d to 2s; scoured, is 101 d to 2s 3/d per lb. Last week's imports were 4,397 bales from Sydney, 1,086 from Melbourne, 1,625 Port Philip, 267 Cape, 643 Algioa Bay, 1,633 New Zealand, and 691 from Taganrog. P in 28 23 -- die. 43 45 11 13 21 31 2 25 }d par lf lfp 10/ 11} id ip d p 5 6 I d p 1* 2 JOINT-STOCK B ANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 175 77 I 40 ustral.sia all 67 68 25 Bank o! Egypt 100 Bank of London . 20 !Bank of Turkey 3 50 British North American all 20 Chtd.Bank of ndia, &c. all ; 19. 20 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon. & Ch. all 30 32 100 City 100 Colonial .. - 201.1 Com. Bank . of Cana . cla.. all 100 Commercial of London . 20 10 21 1 20 Eng., Scot., & nllB. Ch.. all ; 165 IN, :10 4 20 (len. Rk.of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all j 23 231 1231 50 London and County .. 20 50 London Joint Siock .. 10 33 100 London & Westm nster 20 611 2 110 Nat. Prov. of England . 35 91 20 Do. new lO 50 National Bank 20 New South Wales all 20 Do. new 25 Orient. B. Corporation . ail - 421 20 Ottoman Bank 100 Prov ncial of Ireland 10 Do. new 25 South Australia 25 Union Aus t ralia - 431 50 Union o London l2 25 100 Unity Mutual 6 O COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c..Ja. & ,JulA 100 114 116 .. Do. Op. cent. 184 100 - - Do. 6p. cent. 1881 100 - - Do. 6p. cent. 1882 100 Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug. 100 110 112 Do. 6p. a.lli ir. & Sept. 100 110 112 Do. 5 per cent lOO 1011 1014 1011 Dd. Scrip 34 N.B.Gov. 6p.c. Ja.&.July 100 1074 1084 Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 991 100 t Do. sp. c.. 1871 to 1876 100 991 100 z Do. 5 p.c.,1888& upwdel 100 99/ 1001 991 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c.; sterling, 1875 lOO . 108 109 S.Aus.tit. 6 p.c.1878 &up. 100 110 112 Vic. Gov. 6p.c. Ja.&July 100 1 1064 Do. do. 6p.c. Ap.&Oct. 100 1064 1074 1064 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. • all 15 154 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 301 311 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 4/ 5 50 British American Land 40 50 8.&1.Mag,. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 37 19 20 Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) • all 19 21 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 13 15 324 Canada and all 115 120 10 Chandslands Tel. (Lim ) all 6 8 stock Cop. Min.ofEng.&Smltg all 20 25 25 Do. Pref. 71 per cent. stock Crystal Palace stock Do. Preference stock Do. sp. c. l'erpet. Deben lOO 103 106 stock Electric Telegraph z 5 I Do. New ' 15 p 1 p 5 Englis l, &Aus. Copper. all 24 21 15 Gen. Steam Navieation 14 I'Great Ship (Limited) all 4 4 1 Do. 176 p. at. Preference - 20 Indian & Aust. Telegr. 2s. I 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 2 14 d 20 _London Discount (Lim.) 5 14 04d • 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 1 20. 3ladras Irr. and Canal 24 21 p :31 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all i - 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.). all 3 4 25 National Die. Co. ( lArn. , 5 I 1 Old 41 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim.) 5 :15 old 4 10 Netherlands Land .. -- all 5 Do.S p.f..P. ef_iss.atldis. all 100 N. iin&NovaSc.tiaLand 80 10 i 15 1 1 N. B.Australa sian ( Lim.) all 1 Oriental Gas (Limited), all Y i 1 1 1 Do. ew Shares (Lim.) . 18s. d p 10 Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)Al 6 10 Ditto B. 10 Ditto C. 2s. stock Peellt.Lnd.&3lln.(Lim,) 100 45 48 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam . all 77 79 50 Do. New 2O 134 144 p 20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4/p o 174 1 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New ill 5 6 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 484 494 stock Soot. A. , stln. Inv. (Lim ) 100 120 130 25 South Australian Land all 34 35 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip All 1 Do. do. RI gistered 20 Tr. & Ln. Co.ofUitr.C;in 5 100 Van Diemen's Land 284 8 10 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week amounted to 6,972 head. In the. corresponding week in 1859 we received 3,762; in ISSB, 2,132; in 1857, 2,229; in 1856, 1,647 ; in 1855, 1,852 ; and in 1854, 3,657 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST wr.riz. From. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam Harlingen Hamburgh Tonning BO .. Antwerp B , mlogLe — .. Oporto ---- •• 22 .. 4 - •• • - . • - • • Total. . 525 5,638 225 380 174 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves Pigs, 1859 lB4 .. 2,789 477 .. 312 .. 1858 77 1,658 .3 166 .. 231 1857 ll7 .. 1,772 .. 45 .. 1856 23 .. 1,290 .. 111 .. 1855 231 .. 943 .. 155 .. 1854 465 .. 2,341 .. 195 .. 295 .. 223 .. 313 .. 653 .. There was rathor an increased supply of foreign stock en offer in to-day's market, and amongst it were some very prime beasts from Spain. Compared with Monday last, the supply of home-fed beasts here this morning was moderately good, but the general quality of the stock was by no means first-rate. Most breeds moved off slowly, at about Thursday's decline in value. The best Scots and crosses, however, were worth 5s 4d per Blbs. The arrivals from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire amounted to 2,600 Scots, crosses, and short horns—from other parts of England, 450 various breeds, and from Scotland, 9 Scots. No supplies reached us from Ireland. The show of most kinds of sheep was on the increase. The mutton trade was in a sluggish state, at 6d per Blbs less money than on Monday last. The top quotation was 6s per 81bs. There was a moderate sale for lambs, at 7s to 7s ad for Down, and 6s to 63 8d for Dorset and Isle of Wight qua - lilies. We had a good sale for calves on easier terms. The beet veal sold at 56 6d per Blbs. The pock trade was heavy, at drooping currencies. Per 81bs to sink the offal. d. s. d.', Crse. & inf. beasts 3 10 4 21Primecrs-wool do Second quality do. 4 4 4 8 Pme. S' thdown do Prime large oxen 4 10 5 0 Large 4rse. calves Prime Scots, &c. 5 2 5 41 Prime small do Crse. & inf. sheep 4 4 4 8 ; Large hogs Second quality do. 4 10 5 4 Small porkers s. d. .5 6 .5 10 4 6 5 2 4 0 4 8 Lambs, 6s Od to 7s 6d. s. d. 5 8 6 0 5 0 5 6 4 6 5 0 Suckling oalves, 20s to 23s ; and quarter .old store pigp, 248 to 30s. Beasts 360 Sheep Calves Pigs A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Groat Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, May 30, 1859, and this day. Monday, May 28, 1860 : Per 81bs, sinking the offal. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts 3,390 Sheep and lambs 28,500 Calves Pigs 270, FOREIGN SUPPLY. May 30, 1859. May 28, 1860 • s d. s. d. a. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior boasts. . Second quality ditto 3 6 3 1014 4 4 8 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 4(4 10 5 0 Prime Scots, & c .. . . 4 4 4 6 5 2 6 4 Coarse and inferior sheep . . 3 4 3 8 1 4 4 8 Second quality ditto . . . .3 10 4 24 10 6 4 Prime coarse-woolled ditto . . 4 4 4 6'5 6 6 8 Prime Southdown ditto ..4 8 5 05 10 6 0 • Lambs Large coar se calves . Prime small ditto Large hogs . . Neat small porkers • 3 8 4 2 4 8 5 0 • • • • Beasts Sheep and lambs . . Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, May 31, 1858.---Beasts, 3,585 ; sheep and lambs, 22,.570; calves, 175; pigs, 250. June 1, 185 7—Beasts, 3,060; sheep and lambs, 22,920; calves, 138; pis, 290. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets are better supplied with all kinds of meat, in which a full average business is doing, as follows : Per_Blbs by the carcase. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d Inferior beef .... 3 4 3 6 Middling mutton. 4 8 5 2 Middling d 0.... 3 8 3 10 Prime do . ..... 5 4 5 8 Prime large do.. 4 0 4 2 Veal Do. small d 0.... 4 2 4 4 Small pork 4 8 5 0 Large pork 4 0 4 6 arab.... ...... 5 10 6 8 Inferior mutton 4 0 4 6 BOROUGH HOP. Advices from most of the plantations, both in Sussex and Kent, state that the bine is growing rapidly. For all kinds of hops the demand is limited; nevertheless, com pared with last week, very little change has taken place in the quotations. Mid and East Kent pockets 80s to 140 s per cwt. Weald of Kent 62s to 84s „ Sussex BOROUGH AND SPITALFIRLDS. Since our last report only limited supplies of potatoes have oome to hand coastwise and by land carriage. Their quality, however, is seasonably good. All kinds are a slow inquiry; at the annexed quotations : York Regents ..... ... 130 s to 180 s per ton. Do Flukes.. Kent and Essex Scotch Do Cups Daubers Rocks TALLOW The demand for tallow continues very inactive, and prices show a tendency to give way. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 52a. 3d. to 525. 6d. per cwt. Rough fat is 2s. Bid. per 81bs. 1857. 1856. 1858. 18b9. I 1860. Stock this 1.,709 1 13,009 10,560 11,941 27.638 1 1 46 s d to 5& 5 Od to 5350 d t , o 545 3dto 5253 d to Price of y.c da.y.....i .s Od —5 Od '—s Od —5 Od 5!,3 6d Delivery last week 1,405 1,071 1,073 1,411 924 Ditto from June 1 106 ,456 102,3.32 99 ,019 78 832 Arrivals last week -', 1,989 2,199, 723 4,-52 Ditto from June 1 10 , ,485 101,179 99.3x3 94,389 Price of Town .... 485 6d 585 9d 54s 3d 55s Od 52s Od / WOOL MARKET. The attendance of buyers at the public sales continues large, and the bidders rule firm, at steady quotations, which have ruled as follows :—Sydney—Clean sheep's, is 6d to 2s 8d; scoured, is 10d to 2s 81d; lambs', is 8d to 2s 6d ; handwashed, is 7d to 2s ; slips and skin, Is 6d to Is 9d ; grease, Ild to is 2d. Port Philip—Clean Sheep's, Is 9d to 2s 10d ; scoured, ls 8d to 2s llid ; lambs', is 9d to 3s ; grease, lld to is 3d. Van Dieman's Land—Clean sheep?, is 5d to 2s sd; skin, is 4d to 2s ld;grease, lld to is ld ; lambs', is 8d to 2s lid. Adelaide—Clean cheeps', SEEDS. Linseed is in limited request, and prices have given way 6d. per quarter. Rapeseed may be purchased on easier u terms, the Continental accounts of the crop being s l .11 favourable. Canary is in fair demand, a t f a ll p r i ce . ; t all other seeds are a slow inquiry. Th e c a k e t ra d e con ti n es dull. furnip,White,p.bus.l4s to 16s :Carraway 36s to?.Bs Swede —s —s Coriander lOs 13s Mustard, 8r0wn.... 1;s 14s ' ITempseed, per qr 34s ids White, n0w.... 13a les Linseed,Eng.sowing 66s 6Ss Tares,Winter, new.. 7sod 8s Crushing Old Baltic —s —s Canary, per quarter 46s 52s Odessa Rye grass, new 27s 28s Linseed Cake, p. ton -- Clover, Red Eng., ct 4os 50s English ... .£9 les £lO is White Foreign Red.. - - 40s 50s ( Rape Cakes,p. ton 5 5s 6Os White Ns 84s t Rapeseed, p. qr..... 60s Os • Trefoil, new. lSs 24 LITERATURE, The Naval History of Ureat Britain, from the Declaration of War by France, in 1793 to the Accession of George the Fourth. By William James. Bentley. The history of the British navy has been, and ever will be, a subject of considerable interest to the English people. But the general public ku w little or nothing of its early history, and, inde , beyond the important victories of Nelson, Ho e, and Jervis, they are equally ignorant of the eve s which took place at the end of the last and the - ginning of the present century. Mr. W. James s devoted much care and attention to the compilat . n of these volumes, and, indeed, he presents a - markable instance of that phenomenon —an imp tial historian. The most - wejudiced adversary could not but admit that the work might hag emanated from the pen of a Frenchman without causing him to blush for the honour of his country. While rendering a tribute to the fairness and ability of the author, we cannot but regret that he did not commence his history at an earlier date. The records of the Commonwealth are still extarst, and there would have been no more diffieulty n collecting the incidents connected with Englanst' s first real navy, when under Raleigh, Drake, mod Blake, England first claimed the proud title of Mistress' of the Seas. Blake it was who fist established the fact that wooden walls could c - tend successfully with stone ones, and that it s quite possibl e t o l a y a s hi p a l ongs i de a fort a d silence it. A complete naval history of those ti , es is wanting, a n d M r . W. J ames h as s h own ; by t o able manner in whi c h th e p resen t wor k i s got p t hat he was eminently qualified for the undertaki . The non-professional read e r will d er i ve grea t s sistance from a glossary of sea -t erms introdu d at the commencement of the first volume, wh h will enable him to understand certain passa in which nautical language is unavoidably int duced. Before entering upon the history the aut has introduced a brief sketch of the progress a early history of the navy, the dimensions of shi guns, &c., &c. At the present day people complain of the co plication of official reports, and the difficulty exp 1- enced in understanding them; but how much m t those in the fifteenth century have comprehen d of their ordnanceT The gunners of those d s must have had long heads to remember the na 8 of the various guns. The demi-cannon, withoht doubt, was the 32 -pounder f afterdays. The cannon-petro had, in the list of 1677, 1. ready changed its name to 21-pounder, and a 12-poun r (probably the ancient basilisk) also appears there. e whole-culverin and demi-culverin became subsequently e 18, and the 9-pounder. The saker, or eater, both from calibre and weight, was the 81. feet 22 cwt. 6 pounder; 8 was the light saker, the modern gun of the same nati measuring six feet, and weighing 17 cwt. The minion s the 4-pound, r : what name the 3-pounder of 1677 14.4 a p viously taken does not appear. The first British frigate on record seems to ha e been the Constant-Warwick, for which the coa t ,. try was not indebted to the Government, but the;. as now, private enterprise took the lead in the vancement or science. Tha earl subsequently disposed of his frigate to the :co 1 monwealth, but not, as it would appear until she had forded decided proofs of her superiority of sailing. At w t • precise time the transfer took place is uncertain ; but 0 first list, in which the Constant-Warwick appears as a _ tional ship, is one of 1652. There she classes as a fifth of 28 guns. In another list of the same year, her guns e stated at 32 : a difference to be explained, perhaps, by o de being the lowest, the other the highest, number of gu ts assigned to the ship in her new employ. The English were always fond of over .gunning their i. sels ; and it generally happened, when an English ship s f war was taken by the French, that the latter, before th ev sent her forth as a cruiser, reduced, sometimes by a % I sixth, the number of her guns. One instance may suffi _ The Pembroke, when captured by the French, at the co _ inencement of the eighteenth century. moun.ted_6l-42... bat, -- when recaptured shortly afterwards, had on bo a unly 50 guns, and these as the whole of her eetablishmen . - An addition of six guns to the Constant-W arw i c k' s oii ginal number was, perhaps, no improvement ; but what shall we say to an increase of 20, or, at all events, of 16 guns ? Our suspicion that this had taken place was ex cited by seeing the name of the Constant-Warwick, as one of the six fourth-rate 42-gun ships, enumerated at No. 30 in the abstract of 1677. Them the ship, having her two bow-ports filled, carries 20, instead of the 18 derni-culverins on what is now, in truth, the first gun-deck ; and, having her quarter-deck bulwark continued forward on each side to her stem, readily finds room for a second whole tier of guns. The number first mounted on this second deck was probably 20, the same as on the deck below. Afterwards, 18 were considered enough; especially as the guns were not rakers, but demi-culverins, the same as on -the first gun deck. The poop, by this new operation, and, perhaps, by a little extension forward, becomes the quarter-deck, and is armed, at first probably with six, but afterwards with four minions ; making 46 guns as the temporary, and 42 as the permanent, establishment of the ship. When to the increased weight of the guns their carriages and shot is added the weight of wood and iron, consumed, as well in the barricade t) the second gun -deck as in strength ening the ship in every part, we may well give credit to a writer of 1665, who, in complaining that ships of the British navy are "over gunned," instances, among others, "the Constant-Warwick, from 26 gunns and an incomparable sayler, to 46 gunns and a slugg." The worst is, that the t nnstant-Warwick, although thus changed in her form and qualifications, although, from an "incomparable sayler," converted to a "slugg,' was allowed to retain her original appellation. So that, according to the loose accounts handed down to us, "the first frigate built in England " was an over-gunned, top-heavy, two-decker, instead of, as a little investigation now proves her to have been, a properly armed, snug one-decker. Here is an instance that bungling is natural to the British Board of Admiralty. They cannot now, and, it would seem, never could, do things right at first themselves, or, when the work was done for them, let well alone. In 1793 the first official abstracts of the strength of the navy were published; but it would appear that but little correct information was to be derived from them, seeing that yachts, transports, and hoys were all entered as vessels of war, together with ships on the stocks, or proposed to be laid clown. One instance may suffice. In January, 1796, a 120-gnn ship, to be named the Caledonia (in lieu of a ship of 100 guns, ordered in November, 1794), was directed to bo built, and appeared in Steel a few months afterwards; but the ship was not laid down until January, 1805, nor launched until June, 1808. After all this, as it may well be called, paper force has been added, the total at the foot of such periodical list is taken to denote, in an unrestricted sense, the numerical strength of the British navy. After narratin g at some length the relative strength of the maritime Powers of Europe at the commence ment of the war, the author shows how America, by her enterprise, unscrupulous, conduct and ex• pertness at concealing enemies property, proved a most effective friend to France, and consequently &sharper thorn in the'side of England than if she had been at open war with her. We need not go far for an illustration of this fact in the present day—the conduct of Prussia during the late Russian war was too glaring to need comment. While France was convulsed by internal contentions her navy was not neglected ; and, as far as ships were concerned, she was equal in force at least with England. At no previous period had France possessed so powerful a navy as was now ready to second her efforts to humble, if not overthrow, her great maritime rival. It amounted altogether to about 250 vessels, of which 82 were of the line; and of these, nearly three-fourths were ready for sea, or in a serviceable state. Moreover, the French Government, shortly after the commencement of the war, in order to pro vide against those losses which, experience had shown, wore likely to attend a contest with England, ordered to be laid on the stocks 71 ships, including 25 of the line ; and to be cast at the national foundries 3,100 pieces of sea service ordnance, including 400 brass 36-pounder car ronades, the first of the kind, as it would appear, forged in France. _ _ Among the French ships ordered to be built, were five to mount 100 guns, and eight frigates to carry 24-pounders on the main deck. Instead of the former, one ship to mount 130 guns, and be named Peuple, was laid down; and, for the remaining four three-deckers, an equal number of 80s and 74s appear to have been substituted. Several of the old small-class 745, or such as carried 24-pounders only on the lower deck, instead of being repaired to serve again in the line, or taken to pieces as unfit to serve at all, were cut down and concerted into the most formidable frigates that had hitherto been seen. It is uncertain what was the exact armament of these " vaisseaux rases ;" but thay appear to have mounted 28 long 24-pounders on the main deck, 18 long 12-pounders, and four brass 36-pounder carronades, upon the quarter-deck and forecastle, making a total of 50 guns, with a complement of 500 men. It is believed that the first ship so fitted was named Experiment. Seven others were, Agricole, Brave, Brutus, Filibustier, Hercule, liogiste, and gcevoli. Not only were the French well provided with first class ships, but, owing to the mismanagement and favouritism of the British Admiralty, the equip ment of their ships was far superior to that of the English—a fact which was forcibly proved when a squadron, under Lord Howe, gave chase to certain French ships, which carried in a very fresh wind and a heavy sea whole topsails and topgallant-sails, while double-reefed topsails and topgallant-sails were all that the British ships could stagger under; and with this reduced sail so ill found were they in spars and gear that the Russell sprang her foremast and the Defence lost her fore and main topmasts, and the enemy Escaped. In proof of the impartiality of the writer the following tribute to the memory of a gellant French officer deserves notice. After de scribing a well-fought action between the Nympho and Cleopatre, 1 ., e relates : Amonglhe wounded were includod the ship's three lieu tenants, and among her killed was the truly gallant Cap tain Mullon. A round shot had torn open his back and carried away the greater part of his left hip. It is re. lotted that, having the list of coast-signals adopted by the French in one of his pockets, Captain Mullon, during his short agonies, drew forth a paper, which he imagined was the right one (but which really was not), and died biting it to pieces. Here was a trait of heroism I And yet no French writer, as far as we can discover, has recorded the fact, In the description of the attack upon Toulon we find the folloieinv, - nOtice of Napoleon, then arising young officer, which shows the confidence he had in himself, and the contempt in which he held those about him : . . Napoleon Buonaparte was present-in these attacks. The following anecdote of him is extracted from a French his torical work:--" Un jeune homme di vinp,l-trois ans fut jugs capable et digne du coinmandement de l'artillerie ; on la lui confia. Ce jeune homme avait recu une education tout militaire, et l'on remarquait deja qu'un amour ardent pour la gloire enfiammait le genie' do Buona parte. C'etait lui-merne. L'habilete et la •hardiessa de see dispositions se font remarquer. A Pattaque du. fort I r Pharon, un comraissaire de la convention critique et con damne la position dune batterie. Buonaparte lui dit avec fierte : Melei-vOus de votre metier de representant ; laissek moi faire le mien d'artilleur : cette batterie restera la, et je reponds du succes.” The battery, it appears, did fully succeed, and, Btionaparte received the _applause -of the gencrals present; shortly afterwards he was himself made a brigadier-general. As a book of reference this work may claim a place in every library. Every engagement which took place during the war, whether between fleets, squadrons, Or Dingle frigates, is nar rated with a oinet truthfulness which is deserving of the hip jest commendation, and it is satisfactory ocher comparing Various incidents here related 7vith the accounts given of the same transactions by those who were personally engaged, to find that the discrepancies are so trivial as not to be worthy of notice. As an instance of this, we would refer our readers to the account here given of the attack on the French fleet in the Basque Roads, and that given by Lord Dundonald in his interesting " Autobiography of a Seaman." We will conclude cur notice with the following narrative of the cap turn of a privateer by a packet-ship, which shovvs what daring and determination can 'effect : Oa the Ist of December his Britannic Majesty's packet the Antelope, Captain Curtis, being of Cumberland har bour, in Cana, on her way to England, from Port-Royal, Jamaica, which port she had quitted three days previous, fell in with two French schooner-privateers, of formidable appearance. The packet immediately bore up for Jamaica, and was followed, under all sail, by the privateers. The Atalante, one of the two, outsailinc , her consort, co n ti nue d the chase alone. Du r i ng th a t and the follow ng day, un til 4 p.m., the packet rather gained upon her pursuer; but the wind suddenly failing, the latter took to her sweeps, and soon swept up alongside the Antelope. After the ex change of a few shots, the schooner sheered off. On the 2d, at 5 a.m., it still r being calm, the Atalante again swept up, anti, on reaching her opponent, grappled her on the starboard side. The privateer then poured in a broadside, and attempted, under cover of the smoke, to carry the An telope by boarding; but the crew of the latter drove back the assailants with great slaughter. Among the sufferers by the privateers broadside, was the packet's commander, Mr.,Curtia. who fell to rise no more ; as did also the steward, and wrench gentleman, a passen ger. The first -mate. 4 00, was shot through the body, but survived. The SPcond•mate having died, of the fever soon after the packe,i, had sailed from Port-Royal, the command now devol7ed upon Mr. Pasco," the boatswain, who, with the fe7e brave men left, assisted by the passengers rePP:ised repeated attempts to board, made at intervals dur ir4 the long period that the vessels remained 'lashed together. At last, the privateersmen, finding they had caught a tartar, cat the grapplings, and attempted to sheer off. The boatswain, observing this, ran aloft, and lashed the schooner's square-sail yard to the Antelope's fore shrouds. Immediately a well-directed volley of small arms was poured into the privateer, and the crew called for quar ter. This, notwithstanding the Atalante had fought with the red or bloody flag at her mast-head, to indicate that no quarter would be shown by her, was granted, and possession was forthwith taken of the prize. The Antelope mounted six 3-pounders, and had sailed with 27 hands ' • but she had lost four by the fever, and two were ill in their hammocks, consequently the packet commenced the action with 21 men, exclusive of the pas sengers. Her total loss in the action was three killed and four wounded. The Atalante mounted eight 3-pounders; and her complement was 65 men, composed of French, Americans, and Irish. Of these the first and second cap tains and 30 men were killed, and 17 officers and men wounded. The Atalante had been fitted out at Charleston, in the United States. The Antelope now carried her prize in triumph to Annotta Bay, Jamaica, where the two vessels arrived on the morning succeeding the action. The unparalleled bravery of one of the Antelope's passen gers, a M. Nodin, formerly a midshipman in the French navy, deserves to be•recorded. It is related - of this young man, that he stood by the helm and worked the ship, armed with a musket and a pike, which he alternately made use of : that, when he perceived the Atalante'.s men climbing the quarters of the Antelope, he quitted the helm, and with the pike despatched such as came within his reach, return ing at proper intervals to right tke vessel ; that, with the pike and musket, he killed or disabled several men, and continued his astonishing exertions for upwards of an hour Domestic Memoirs of the Royal Family and of the Court :of England, chiefly at iShene and Rich mond. By Folkestone Williams, F.G.S., 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. Richmond and its environs have always been favourite localities for the ruminations of the anti quarian and archasologist. Its earlier traditions have the dignity of history, while the throng of literary notabilities of the eighteenth century who flitted about its neighbourhood, have invested it with especial interest in the eyes of readers of a later date. Mr. Folkestone Williams has rather selected the regal and courtly view of his subject than the literary aspect, and has evidently be stowed great pains and considerable industry in the prosecution of his researches. He has treated it very fully, and has enlivened his pages with numerous quotations. He carries back his observations to a date of respectable antiquity, commencing his first chapter with an account of the passage of the Thames by Caesar and the Roman Army, Some writers have asserted that the invaders forded the river noar Walton, because iron-headed stakes have there been found in the bed of the river. Mr. Wil liams, however, prefers the statement which fixes the passage in the direction of Kingston, and tells us that in the Saxon period there was a ford there, which, by way of distinction, was called Morford— the great ford, and he thinks it likely that to this the Ronaans would have advanced. Great changes have taken place in the face of the country since that time, but with the exception of the transformation of the gloomy forests into pleasant woods, the Surrey hills bear few traces of the intervening centuries. Of the origin of the name of Kingston, he gives the following account :—" When Roman dominion ceased in Britain, the massive fortresses and beau tiful villas were severally razed to the ground, or left to gradual interment under the rubbish heaped upon the site. Thamesa fared worse than many stations, because the very invaders were so tho roughly sensible of the beauty of the neighbour hood, that they established a settlement on the ruins, which grew into a town of such importance, that several of the Saxon kings were crowned there, and made it their ordinary residence. It was thence called Kyngeston, which name it has pre served." From the Roman epoch, Mr. Williams passes almost immediately to the reign of Edward and gives a minute account of the architec tural arrangements of the king's manor house, at Shene, which he illustrates by numerous citations from the romancists and ballads of the day. The Court manners, costumes and armour, the ward robes, jewels and furniture, even the fashionable romances and court literature, are included in his description. After the death of Edward 111., which took place at Shone, we pass into the reign of his unfortunate successor. Richard 11., and his" Good Queen Anne," were fond of the locality, and during their lives a Royal palace was com pleted there. " Good Queen Anne," like her hus band's illustrious grandfather, also died at Shene, but these deaths did not deter subsequent sow)• reigns from making it a favourite place of ire sort. Henry V. restored the manor house, and founded three religious houses in the vicinity of Shone. In the second volume we come to the busy days of Bluff King Hal and Car dinal Wolsey—names inseparably connected with Hampton Court and its splendours. The Princess Mary and Edward VI. often resided at Richmond, and numerous anecdotes, incidents, and details are interwoven respecting this time. Queen Elizabeth is evidently a great favourite of the author's ; but, despite her queenly qualities and un doubted capacity for government, we fear-,he will not be able to convince his readers of her claims to affection and respect as a woman as well as a ruler. Prince Henry, the eldest son of James 1., was long a resident at Richmond, and had formed a gallery of paintings there. During the Pro tectorate a Parliamentary survey was made of Richmond Court, and from this curious docu ment our author extracts the most remarkable portions. In speaking of these Parliamentary pro ceedings he says :—" Most of the Crown lands changed hands ; some were preserved for the Comrionwealth, and Richmond New Park was settled upon the City of London, as an act of favour from the house. The regalias were ordered to be melted down, the jewels disposed of, the statues and inscriptions to be demolished, and the pictures and furniture to be sold. This order was felt as a cruel blow in the neighbourhood of all the Royal palaces—particularly so at Richmond, where the loyalty of the inhabitants was to be punished by the dispersion of the treasures their Princes had there accumulated, and by the demolition of a favourite resort of the Court. That magnificent 5 1 281'81 7.4.0 ail 1 10s, a , l all 19s. ' mansion, in which H enry the Eighth had enter tained, right royally, imperial guests ; where Queen Elizabeth . had loved to retire her virgin dignity from the pressure of afthirsof State ; the residence Prince Henry had adorned with the taste of a Francis and the munificence of a Medici —whose corridors had been familiar to the dignity of Wolsley, the wisdom of B ur ghl ey, and the gallantry of Sidney,. Essex, and Raleigh_.. and whose presence chamber had been iiluinitied by the beauties of a dozen successive generations, was to be explored in everyfiart and all its feti• tures noted in detail, preliqinary to its being offered for sale to the best bidder." The valuation, we are told, amounted to £10,782 19s. 2d. for the materials. "The property was sold in April 1050, to Thomas Rookesly, William Goodriek, and Adam Baynes, for themselves and other creditors of the late King, but was subsequently transferred to Sir Gregory Norton, one of his judges, a man but of mean fortune before these titneF, as it is sad had Rice mond Houseand much of the King's propertyfor an inconsid era bl e va l ue , on l y t h ey were the price of royal bleed, h e b e i ng one o f t h e prineCs judges and a Rumper to th e l ast. " Af ter the Restoration tuftny members of the Court were resident at Rtchmond and its neighbourhood. Coming down to the reigns of the Georges, we have full particulars of Queen Caroline's improvements at Richmond, Prince Fre derick's Court at Kew, the unpopularity of Prineess Emily as Ranger of Richmond Park, the residence of George 111. and Queen. Charlptto at Kew, and the record closes with a list of fide celebrities who have frequented the White Lodg'i. Mr. Williams's ' work displays considerable research and labour, and will be very attractive to those of antiquarian tastes, although some - readers may find it tedious from its length and from the absence of originality. Those who interest themselves in matters ottopographical research and local anec dote, will :not object to minuteness of detail; and those who reside in the neighbourhood shosld cer tainly secure these chronicles of the objects and associations of interest which surround them: SIR. _BARBI AT THE ALHAMBRA. • The week - of the Derby, during ".the Horse. and his Rider" give the pervading tone and topic; to English conversation, was 'Ty .appropriately closed by Mr. Rarey's last pub 4 performance in -London. On Saturday morning he gave his final "grand fashionable_ demonstration" at the Alham bra, in Leicester-square. The terms of the announce ment proved a truthful description. The attenda.nee at I his final demonstration was not only numerous, but composed, to a very perceptible .degree, Of the equestrian order of the metropolis. Rotten-row tin cl the Ladies' Mile, were fully represented on the well. filled seats round the circle. The weather was most unpropitious, departing May—with more than the caprice of April—bringing an almost wintry storm of rain. It was heavy enough to have thinned a dozen concert rooms, but it had no deterring influ ence on Mr. Rarey's admirers. This fact alone says much fur the attractive character of his exhibitio . o. It is no longer a novelty ; it.is not addressed to (ha eye, as a spectacle ; it derives nothing from deco ration or ornament—more seyerelY'simple it could hardly be; there is no one fearae of the circus, no touch of the arena, :shoal it. This com plete reality of the whole exhibition is what renders it so attractive. Mr. Rarey's run ning comments on the character of the horse,. his genuine admiration of the " noble animal," and the invariable success of the practical illustrations of his main principle—that you have only to appeal to the equine intellect to command its physical power—all combine to arrest the attention. We are not sure but the exhibition touches the conscience, if men were honest enough to confess it. Mr. Rarey describes the horse as so intelligent, amiable, end virtuous generally that there were moments whPus; we felt the injustice of" calling and treating him as the inferior animal, and doubted whether, if the bulk of mankind could rise to-Mr. ltarey's esti mate of the highly moral nature of the horse, the world would not be considerably The better for. it. We never befo"e so well comprehended Swift's fearfully sarcastic picture of a society in which the horse is the intelligent being and man is the brute. But, in the meantime, colts growing up under the demoralising influences of humanity are deve loped into horses full of all manner of vice ; and two most degenerate speciments of the race are in wait lug for Mr. Rarey to 'subdue. They are the " un governable animals, noted for vicious propensities," of the announcement. The first subject, introduced, however, has not fallen to such a depth of depra vity. It is simply a stout gray, of quiet demeaiaour, not too well fed, apparently, and very itnperfecty groomed. Mr. Rarey has no previous acquaintance with him—knows only that he is not particularly wicked, and has accepted his destiny as a horse, without any rebellious manifestations. The mere details of the modus operaticli can ,be better shown at first on the tamer disposition.: The process ,of stropping the near leg was therefore completed wit - tnauc tiny amenity ; Dut \\ hen - the tiff - eine \vas doubled under hies also the quiet gray took ill, and showed not temper exactly but considerable cha racter. He plunged deliberately, made long kneel ing pauses, buried his nose in the straw, ,or turned his head round inquiringly, as if asking what, in the name of outs, he was expected to do ? " A good deal of self-will'here," Mr. Rarey re marked, like a phrenologist examining a head. Finally, at his-own time (rathera long one), the gray turned over on his side, as the easier position, and thenceforth was utterly indifferent to whet was done to him. A contempt of the irregular and, in his case, unnecessary proceedings-was evident : gra dually he was regarded by the spectators with something of the feeling excited by a too pacific bull in a Spanish ring, and dismissed to the stable, The second subject was of a more interesting de gree of viciousness—a bay, two years old, of racing stock; slight and lithe of limb ; the wickedness of this filly consisted in passionate refusals to bear any badge of servitude beyond the bridle. Ordinary discipline had failed to reconcile her to the saddle ; and all who had mounted her she had flung. To correct this determination, fatal to racing prospects, she had been consigned to Mr. Rarey. We are not certain that this was her first lesson ; if so, its sue c ass was wonderful. The resistance was violent, but did not last long. She was sooner on her side and in a state of subjection than the gray ; she was sadd.ed and mounted and ridden—all with ease. And the quicker triumph over the more evil nature was greeted with loud applause. Th interest of the exhibition deepened, on a sound dramatic principle, in the last act. The third subject was the finest, physically, and the worst; morally, of the day. A white Arab horse, of beau tiful proportions, plunged into the ring; he was stoutly muzzled, and tasked the strength of two men to hold him in by long head-straps. He was the "frightful example" of the exhibition. Unless previously muzzled, no bridle could be placed-on hire; and we understood he had never been groomed. But he was a splendid creature in spite of his wick edness ; nay, in some degree, because of it. After 'Much plunging and rearing, the straps being cast ' off, Mr. Rarey was left to contend with the fiery Arab alone. Keeping close to his near shoulder, and never for a moment quitting his grasp of the bridle, held very short, Mr. Rarey was carried by the beau tiful demon round the ring, and across it, and back again; it was warm work, plainly, but to be done. At a favourable moment the strap was passed over the hoof, fastened, and the Arab, shorn of half his strength,was conquered. There was a sharp struggle when the other leg was fettered. - . The horse stood almost upright, and fought the air, in his rage, making the front seats rather nervous as lie ap proached them. But he had nothing for it, except to lie down, like his predecessors—even like the tame gray—and submit to be sat upon, and strode over, and handled fearlessly. His muzzle was taten off, and he resented nothing. He looked tip, saw it was Mr. Rarey, and renounced the conflict —as resigned as the 'coon that came down without troubling Colonel Crockett to fire! The subsequent saddling, mounting, and drum beating, he took.as matters of course, and the performance closed with his subniission. kindness and More t of horses may - Some permanent effect, we hope, Mr. Rarey's teaching will leave behind. greater rationality in our treatment sombee poi e i e i n t te s d we e n k n f r o o w m th t t Mr. l R b r e p y r , a s c t m i s e e d t h . od ln has e n •mere exercise of common sense 'hy many who did not know they were act in g on an y method at all, As applied to ext reme cases, Mr. R arey's treatment is undobutedly successful. But we think it requires his nerve, temper, and self.possession in any who m ay attempt it. And the combination of these qualities, we fear, is too rare to enable us to predict a new era of appreciation and kindliness to the horse from his master consequent on the new teach ing. SPECIAL SERVICES AT ST. 5EM:1,0116:3 CHURCH. —The fifth of a series of special services in ft. Sepulchre's Church, Snow-hill, was held last evenin. After the evani ng prayers had been road, the Rev. T.ll. Ball, afternoon lecturer at St. Andrew's, Holborn, delivered 1111 exceedingly appropriate and interesting discourse, from the first four and part of the 11th verses of the 2d chapter of the Acts of the Apostles. The preacher first gave)an histoaical account of the feast of Ventecost, and shoved that the Holy Ghost descended upon the anniversary of that day, as related in the text. He then went on to stow the personality and distinct agency bf the Holy Spirit in the conversion of sinners, and concluded with an affection. ate appeal to the hearts of his hearers. The attcndan ce was large, and the service throughout most interestinc. The musical portion was beautiful, aided as it was by Mr. Cooper's skilful manipulation of the most beantif al organ. We understand that these services will be continued' for several Sundays, with the sanction of the Rev. 41. 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