The Sun. — London, England, 1858-06-30 00:00:00

IfIONEY LIARKET AND COMVIE'ROTAL INT.ELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLooK.. Accounts from Liverpool state that the Cotton larket yesterday closed firmly and with some ani laqon ; prices of all descriptions, however, were itb ou t change. The salt's arnoun'ed to 15,000 I les, 4,000 of which were taken by the specula -4.8, and 3,000 by the exporters. In Railway bares a fair amount of business was transacted, 11 former values were fully supported. At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Ross, [ itchell, and Co., held yesterday, it was agreed to 'cept a composition of 12s. 6d. in the pound. °lld complaints were made at the system upon the business of the firm had bem conducted, the discussion was v,:.ry protracted. Although lawiry feeling is ofte❑ displayed at similar meet- the indignation expressed on this occasion lag much greater than usual. When the fire took place at the St. Katherine's , tek a few weeks ago, the insurance offices ad• Itlced the rates 2s. 6d. to 33. Gd. per cent., but similar casualties have since occurred at Fresh 'harf and the London Docks, it would not s lt eite surprise if another rise is shortly announced. losses accruing from the disaster of yesterday `te considerable ; indeed there has not been such I clestruction of property in London for some time, it is yet too early to form a correct estimate , 4 the value of the merchandise damaged and 4 troyed. Before these events, which singularly 110 11gh have all occurred within a few weeks, the tees had sustained few losses cf a similar cha tter. They bad been particularly fortunate in t respect, and thus some complaint was made Ilen they advanced their tcArrog .;:i.ru LA 6t. ix.o.tlieline's Dock, the liras arising from which being the first of any Suitude since the opening of the establishment, 'lt now it is admitted that the risk justifies the s veinent, and there can be no doubt that ° Da this time many will ensure their koperty, who have hitherto declined. ,A very active demand for money was experienced 34 terday. At the Bank a larger discount business l kEi done than at any time since the crisis, and the n 4 Lns out of doors further advanced. At the '°Cls: Exchange also there was some pressure. There was a meeting of the Calcutta and it lirmah Steam Navigation Company to-day, but ` 4B proceedings were said to be private. The description given of the English Stock Market ' 4 terday will apply to-day, scarcely any change Ither in the transactions or quotations having I tl iten place. If anything the Funds are a trifle ° her, but the movement is frictional and unim ~~'ttant. Perhaps, the less favourable position of KGB Money Market has slightly influenced the ;41 4e3. Consols have been 951 A,' and are now , 1 4 buyers. The New Three per Cents. are 95- 11 ''`e Reduced, 95 ; the March Exchequer Bills, 3 8 . preen. ; and the Bonds, 100 T - ; Rink Stock a% 2201 22111. The number of transactions recorded in the f oreign Stock Market are rather limited, but the I ;t l dency in prices has been in an upward direction. I tirkish . 6 per Cents. arc 94=a ; ditto 4 per Cents., , 4 1; Brazilian Scrip is 1 11 discount ; Mexican Per Cents., 19:1 20 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 47 ; Russian 41 per Cents., 102 ; Spanish 3 mr Cents., 45 ; and ditto Deferred, 27n. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign t oeks :-:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 6 ; Mexi 4°, 19i- 19 7 8 ; Peruvian, 861- 7Y ; Ditto 3 per It ats., 66 67 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 46i ; limiaa 5 per Cents., 111 113 ; Ditto 41 per Cents., ' 1 ; 1 1 103 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 44.2 45k; and Ditto 'eferred, 27/ I. to• The transactions in the Railway Share Market g day have been limited, but prices have been Itaer. Great Northern, North-Western, Man theater, Sheffield and Lincoln, and Midlands, im proved 55., Caledonians 10s and South-Easterns, •/ • / I . Eastern Counties and North British declined F oreign and Lancashire and Yorkshire 153. The and Colonial undertaking.; are flat. Great L 'llzembourg have receded 55., Grand Trunk of ° kllada 155., and East Indian 153. dining shares are inactive, and show little van-- ;:lon from previoue notations. Joint-Stock Mika and Miscellaneous Shares are at steady quo tltions. Union of London improved 53., Austra -1,44 Agricultural 55., and Van Diemaa's Laud declined 15s. 4ITIEEL FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Offiesal L 14 11( Stock eee per Cent. Reduced Annuities Lew Three per Cent. Annuities - ' ll g Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 Ditto Bonds, £lOOO ~ODto undcr 1:100t, sols for Account 15 20 95a March. June. 32 - 18 1 19 22 £l6OO £5OO Snia'l `4chequer Bonds, 1858, 3. per Cent. , bate 1859 4- I ,kICE6 OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. m'azilian 5 per Cent — 1, Ditto Scrip, 1853 Z xican ;3 per Cent l9,i 20 ,'-ortugu:se 3 per Cent., 1853 47 61 +lussian 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — , Ditto ' 4,. per Cent lO2 'banish ho de, 3 per Cent. p„Ditto New Deferred. 3 per Cent ilarkisli Bonds, 6 per Cent. Ditto Guaranteed 4 per Cent. Dividends on the shove payaoie in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Console for account (July 8) 9sa x d—buyers, COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. 441 aterdam...........• 11 1 ' l 4 Gibraltar •• • • a Ditto, throe months .. Leghorn .. • • 29 65 Zterdam ............ 11 17%, Genoa • ..... ...... 25 45 1 1 ,„.Lwerp •• •• .......... 25 35 Milan ......•• ........ • b •assela ;..• •. •• •• ••25 35 Venice. ••••••• •t •• •• - Zan burgh ............ 13 7% Naplet -• •• ...... 41 l etVna ••••••••• •• •• •• • • Palermo .••• • ..... .• ••.. 125% 25 10 Messina ... 126 Do. three months ...• 25 32y, Lisbon .. .......... 52 k 4 xseilles ............ 25 35 Oporto 52% ZuTireteaux •• •• •• •• •" Rio Janeiro ...... .• !Makin-on-Maine .... 118% Buenos 4 40 , New York,6o days' sight 1•,.. 1611114 •• •••• .• •. • • .... 10 28 Philadelphia •• •• •• • • 10 'l9 PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz: P etersburg •• •• go •• •• •• 35% Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Zadrid 4914 Portugal Gold Coin OO 49% Mexican Dollars 0 0 0 New Dollars .. ,•,,. •• •• • • •• Silver lit bars 0 0 0 • A CHILD KILLUD BY DRINKING ll.mit.—On Sunday evening, as a man named Evans, residing in Blenheim street, Liverpool, was drinking a glass of rum, one of his children, a girl three years old, seized the glass sud denly and swallowed the contents. The child boon after- Viirds became very unwell and died on Monday in con- Oulsione. ATTEMPTED SUlClDE.—Yesterday morning, at an early hour, a welt-dressed young woman attf mpted suicide by off Hungerford-bridge. She was taken out in a state of insensibility, and conveyed to Charing•cross rioapital, where she now remains in a dangerous state. She cave her name Amelia Farrow. THE RIVER or DEATH.—Ono would have thought that the College of Physicians would years ego have warned the Government as regards the state of the River Thames. That river has been gradually getting worse for the last ten years, and why, we ask, did not the Royal College of l'hysicians, as it is called, warn the authorities, and pre veut the Houses of Parliament being built over a common cesspool, which they ought to have known would endanger the lives of all the members? If that college be of any Ilse to the country it surely was its duty to have acted the Part of a mouiti , r on this question, and the only way we can account for its apathy in this matter is the fact that doctors live by the diseases of the people. The morn there are of them the more fees they pocket. When the number of doctors is considered (all on the look-out for fees or basiness) it is not unnatural that they should speculate tiPen a sickly season. This seems to be the only reason 'which can account for the College of Physicians not having lon g ago interfered as regards the state of the river. We have a Minister of Health Mr. Cow per, we believe, to whom the country pays 2,C00/. a-year. How is it that he did not bring this important question before the House of Parliament ? It is surely a question of health. If officials who are so handsomely paid by the country, are to shufnlJ and throw the ball frcm one to the other, it were better far to alter this form of government. It is truly -lamentable in a great country . like this to see its principal river turned into a regular Poisoned chalice. All such evils, we think, proceed from the manner in which doctors are paid-- viz., by the num ber of their visits. If this ha , t n. t linen f 1! • I :Pc`r! it :it would have resounded with petitions against the Awe of the river, which must and would have been altered ; but, as it is, the more disease there is the better for the doctor, end therefore it is no one's business to interfere. C) Tempora, 0 Mores ! It is only when public opinion sounds the tocsin of alarm that the doctors make a sign of joining in the cry for redress, as they did in res Feet of the pharmaceutical poisons, and in the case of Dr. William Palmer, for the Rugeley poisonings. We ask again, Why did not the Royal College of Phy s i c i ans (if they are to be considered l a o Conservators of the public health) long ago interfered in this matter ? Let t i liern answer this question if they el n• — iSigned), THE MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH COLLEGE °P HEALTH, Euston road, London, for the Society of l ineista,—June 26, 1858, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY ,, EVENING, JUNE ao, 1858. SHAA2. 11:1ABJLET.5— (This Day). RAILWAYS. Paid I RAILWAY& !A.inba. Nottm_7. Bost. & Eastn. June.... 'Belfast & Ballynoenr , 'Blrrang. Wolvorh. e: Stour lairkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire June , BiPekbum Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Caledonian. ,Chester Ft Holyhea , l 'Cork and Bandon (Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall 1),4. A Do. B I Dtbln&Tielfast June Dun. P. &Aber June. ,East Anglian lEastern Counties ,Easternrnion,A.st k. Do. do. .. ... Do. New A... •.••••• ,Eac:,t, Kent ...... East Lancashire lEast Snit'olk D 0.... !Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb.Prth.&DundN• Forth and ClydeJunc. Furness l Glasgow & S.Western Great N. of Scotland Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.(lre). Great Western. Do. Str.V.R. gua.St Irish South-Eastern.! Lancaster & Carlisle. ' ,Do., Thirds .. . Do. Now Thirds _ I Lancash. &Yorkshir , I Do., do. F £l6 ... Do., Wet. Riding Un. Do. Sontbpurt. ......1 I London d.,-; 'Do. New, Lis. Si. 10s. Lond.l3.right. & S. Cs t. 'London &N. Weston Do. Eighths London & S. Western Lndndrry.diColoraine Lndndrq. & 74 anc h.Shal. & Lino/ n 1 'Metropolitan Midland Do. Birmind. di Derb, Midland G. West. (Ir.' Do. 2 Shares Newcastle & Carlisle.. Nevrpt..l4herg.dalrfd. Newry di Armagh _ N ewry, Warr tmpoint & Restrevor Norfolk_. Northn. Counties Un North British . ,North Devon, Rail. & ock Stock 'Do., A Stock Do., B Stock IN.Eastern— Berwick iD o . do. G. N.E.Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North L0ud0n........ N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. & S.Wegtrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..... all Peebles 19 Portsmouth 10 !Ithymucy 109 ,Scottish Central 100 I Sc‘A. N. E. Abrdn. St 100 Do. Scot. Mid. Stock 100 Shropshire Union . all ;Sitingbourne &Sheer 1.00 ',South Devon 100 .South Eastern , 100 South Wales all IS. Yorksh. IlivarDnn 11 iDo.. all 'Staines,Wok.,&Wok. all (Stockton & Darling 20 I Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 1855 16i IStocktou 6i Hartlepl. 100 ,Thif 100 !Do. Pref., No. 1 22 lriamcs Hay. D. &K. 100 Vale of Neath... 109 ,Waterfd. & Kilkenny j all Watcrford&Limerick all West Cornwall all West End of London and Crystal Palace.. all Do. A all I Do. E all West London all Do. First Class ; all , Do. Second Class Clostrg Prim' yeaterlay 5- 6h 71 8i cs 70 10 11 26A - 87 - - 8) Til -72 i 33 - 35 - •• 4 - • 5 8 ; 16 - 17 - 603 46 - 48 31 - 33 14 - 154 88 - 80' 62 -- 63 21 - 26 - 94 9,1 - 10 98 - 100 g 2 - 84 128 - 13( 102 - 104 49 - 50 1 50 - 58 83 - 88 101 - 11 i 103 - lli• 88 - 814.1 1 1 - - (.3 - 6 1 1 1 107 - 108 89 - 1 81Z 1$ - 1$ 91 - 92 36 - 361 2 - - 91 62 64 fi - ii 59 - 61 - 45_ - 46 89 - 90 2 - ' 69 - 70 : 4 5 --• 98 5i bpi 8 9 27 - 29 7 4~d 108 110 26 28 81 83 43 44 2A —• lh 34_ 35 65 66 78 80 13 15 7 5 d 9 31 34 35 •.. - ••• 98 - 100 24 - 3i - 61 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. • II( ~.i........................• 100 all Azian. and St» Law. ... ... LO 18 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,uuar. 5 p.c. 4 d Far SI 18 all Do. - ••• Si 18 all Do. Additional A 201 all Buffalo & Lake Hur, 61 71 Si 100 100 Buff., Brut. &Godch. 180 85 Si 100 100 6 p.e.bds.,l Aug..'72 I 2, Do. do., 1 July, '73 7 5 80 21 100 100 Do. do., 1 June '74 73 77 , 2i 20 2s. Calcutta and S. East. ... ••• S 20 2s6d, Central Oude (Lim.: . 4' l . 20 2 Ceylon A shares . 1r 171 all Demerara . 20 20 Eastern Bengal 21 St. 100 East Indian 1044 1044 101 20 1 all Do. C Shares •• li 20 i 5 Do. E. d 0........ • 4 ip 100 all D 0.41 p.c.Bnds.,'s9 ... ... •• •• 20 all Geelong dr Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. St. 100 Ge.. Trunk. • of Canada 33 42 40 391 •• 100 all Do. 6p. c. Deben 72 77 7 4 •• 20 all Gt, In. Pen. g. 5 per c 2 Ol 21 •. 20 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c par i o •I 20A all Gt. Westn. of Canada 16 1 17 '' 201 13 Do. New 100 all Do. Bds., payable '57 ... •• • 100 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O l O6 110 •I 100 all Do. do., '73, do. 100 i all Do. do., '73, without •, option ,105 107 20 all Madras, guar. 41 p. o lB 19 1 20 all Do. do., 5 per c. 20 15 Do. 44 p. c. Eaten iia id 20 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. s p.c. *d lip . 20 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. I 4 d lIP • . 20 ss. Oude (Limited) i ... ' ... 20 15 Sciude, guar. 5 per c. 4 i P . 20 all Do . FOREIGN. . . --- 10 all Antwrp &Rotterdam 53 5, 1 20 all Ardennes 20 3 Bahia & Frai;citco, 4,1 pa . 5 all Belgian East. Auld 1 --1 ' , 20 all Beziers to Graissessac ... --. ... 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. 21 2i 20 15 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of France 20 2s. Euphrates Valley 20 all Gt. Central of France ... ... 20 all Great Luxembourg 74 74 74 i 10 6 Italian Junction 20 all f.....K0 Coast. Si Bale ... ... 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ... ...d 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 33 349 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.i,. ... .• 20 all Lyons and Geneva 231 244 331 all Maria Antonia 10 all Do. New ..• ... 20 all Namur & Lisgo 20 all Da. do. 6p. c. Pref 214 214 16 all Northern of France ! 37/ 37 20 8 Do. New - 10 all NorwegianTrnk•Pref 84 91 20 all Paris and Lyons 303 303 r • . 20 all Ditto New — ... ' 20 all Paris and Orleans 20 9 Recife & San Fran , i (Pernam.) g. 7p. c. I . i d 20 14 Riga and Danaburg ... ... 10 all Rome and Frueati,... ... ... 20 all Royal Danish •• ••• ) 5 all Royal Swedish... , ... ... 4 all Do. 7 per cent 1 ... ~, .] b 20 all Sambre and Meuse 74 —71 N 10 all Do. 54 per cent. pref Bl 9 8f 20 all Southern of France 2O —20 e ), 81 all West Flanders di 5 ✓ 10 all Do. 54 per c. Praf r 20 all W.& N.W. of France 23 24 a 20 6 Western of Austria „, ... O 20 all West. of Switzerland ••• --- ... t 6 all Wiestaden e I 6 all Do.B p. cent. pref. ... -- ••• ✓ 1:0 all Zealand . • . ..• ---- ••• JOINT-STOCK BANKS. all all 50 all all Agra a United Sere ' lustralasia Bank of Egypt • 'Bank of Loudon 81- 21 - 45 - Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co. , British N. A merican 1 I C. Bk. of Ind. Au. &Chi City Colonial •• • 3 - 2) C ommercialo: Canada' Commercial of Lund. Eng.Scot.ezAus.CLit. Lon Ch. 1.3 k of A ast • • • I [London awl ( - 7 , :ni y ; - ..0i,.Livi...,0int ',lock. Lond.andWestminst Naticnal Pro. of Eng Do. New National Bank New South wales , Oriental Baal; Corp ) Ottoman Ban:x. I Provincial of Ireland i t o. New - ft - 3! 184 - 19 43 - 45 34 -- 36 15i 16 63 -- 65 South A aAralia. Do. New Union of Australia._ Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual, , Westrnl3k of Loud 41 - fl 35 - 37 233 - 24 Y• ... 19 - Business done this day. LINES LEASED AT , FIXED RENTALS. 7.1 Paidi RAILWAYS. f Leasing ICompanies Closing Prices yes terd a y It. 100 ;t. 100 5 all It 100 5 all it. 100 Ln. &N. W. , Col a don ... E. U. &E. C Gt. North', E. Count. Caldonian., Bnekghamsh. (Clydesdale Jc Col.Stour Vy. g. 6 pa. E. Un. it. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils.Dirset. - 1 ,100 Do. New ;; all Glstr.&Dn.Fr )0 i all I Hull a Seiby ?,5 all I Do. Shares 12 s' all ;Do. Shares • 1211 all I Lon. Gre env; 20 all o .Freferen co St. 100 Lon. Til., 10 11t) IDo. Bark. Sh. 1 5? ; all 3,.f.anch.B.rtou. and Matlock ] St. 100 ,Mdld.Bradfd.. 61 LfflNewmarket IBuryE.G.spe. all i N.fiEst.s 50 all ',Do. 6 per CI" 50 all I Do. Fixe dsp c 25 all :Prest. Wyre! 12i ! all Do. Shrs. A St. 100 Roystn.6: Hit.' 10 all ,Shrews.& Horl 12 all S. Sta.flord3h 50 all WearVal.g6pc. 25 . all Do St. , 100 Wilts&Somrst' Do. Gt. WeAn, Do Do S. Eastern Do Pato & Co 1 Do La. &N. W & Midld E. Count Do ;Do :IDo TI L. esN. W. Gt.Northn! T. Brassoy ;31. Mclean AitkazDar. I Do Gt.Westn 99 - 101 101 - 103 13 - 15 138 - 140 4 - 0 : iii. 14 24 - 25 98 - 100 - 97 - 99 57 - 59 137 - 140 Si - 81 0t- Ali - : 1341 90 - 92 1 Business this day. 1381 PREFERENCE SHARES. 25 all 114 di and Tyne 10 p.' c.pref. (issd.at 5014 48 - 50 St. 100 Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. St. 95 - 97 20 9 Do. 4 per c. Shares - St. 100 Caledn, £lO 41 p. c 100 - 102 St. 100 ;Ches. & Ho. 51 p.c ... - St. 100 !Do. do. 5 per cent 64 all Cork&Bandonslp.c 6 all Dun.Perth.litAber.,l 6 64 St. 100 j F.. Anglian Cis. ASh - St. 100 Do, do. Cia. 11 6p. c 112 115 St. 100 j Do. do. Cie. C7p. c 107 - 110 St. 1.00 Eas.Co.Ex,sp.oNo.l 115 - 118 St. 100 Do. No. 2 ... .... 1 1 3 - 1H 115 :•11 - 131 z 0 all I East lin., G. 6p. c. 79 - 81 5 all IDo. 51., 10 per cent, 10 all !Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. - St. all !Do. do. 4 per cent._ - St. .00 I East Lancash.6 p.ot3. - 5 all lEAW. York. J. sth• - 10 9 Edin.6l Gl. sp. c. - St. 100 jEd.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. - St. 100 Furness, 5 p. c ..... St. 100 Mils. & 5.W.G.5 p.e. •.. St. 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c. 119 - 121 St. 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem._ 112 - 114 St. 100 jDo. 41 per cent - 100 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. preen. - 65 10 all !Gt.N.olSeot.lst Pa lO4 - 11 : 1 20 all ; Gt. S W. (Ireland) - 20 all 'Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. ... - 50 6 1 Gt.W.,(11. &H. Ex.spc > - ei St. 1.00 !Do. eon. red, 41 p.c 9l - 93 St. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c B3 - 85 St. 100 Do. irrod. 4 pa. lent P4 - F 6 St. 100 Do. sp. c. red. pref 99 - 101 8 all Do. Birm. Prof. S'i - 104 10 all Do. Chester c•lp. c.P.S l6 -- 17 • 10 all Do. do. sp. e. do. ! 91 - St. 100 Do. Birm, Gun. Stk. 71 - 73 26i all Do. Chesh. Gun. SO; 184 - 19) 13 all Do, do. do 94 - 20 . all Do. do. do - 14.; St. 100 Lan.& York. 6pc.St l3B - 142 St. 100 Lon.&B.G. 5 pc.No.l - St. 100 D0.,P.,5p.e.5t.N0.2 - St. 100 Do. New Guar. 6p.c. - ••• St. 100 Do. do. sp. c., N 0.4 St. 100 Lon, & N.W., Coy'. Nuneaton 5 r . et - St. 400 S.W. 7 perct late 3d Shares - 165 121 all Londy.dt Color. 1 - 121 all Londy. &Ennis. A Sh. - ••• St. 100 M., S.,&L. 6p. Cent. 122 - 124 6 4A Do. do. do, - 54 St. 100 . Do. do. 33 per cont. 66 - 66 1211 all )!larypt..'N'Carl. 4 p.c. - 1211 all Do. 41 per cent ••• .•• 121 10% Do. do. St. 100 lilid.Consol.6 p.c. St ... - St. 100 Do.Con.l3r.Bir.6p.c l3B ••• i4O St. 100 Do. 41 p. c. Prof. St lO2 -- 101 St. jl.OO Do. L. &11. Prof. St 92 - 94 10 I all New., Aber., &c., pr 5 p.c.red. 5 p. c. pm - 10 all Do Perpet. 6 pr. et ll4 11;1 10 all tio . rfk.Deb.4 p.c. Sh - - St. .100 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 ... - St. i1(K) Do. 54 p.c. pf , 1847 ... - St. jlOO Do.Wv.V.sp. ~ ,18471 - St. 100 North British 106 - 108 7 34 Do. 7L Preference - ..• St. 100 N.B. Bores. 4p. c, Pe. 97 - 99 17 B'i Do. do. do 1 - 6 e 20 13 {Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 , - 121 9 IDo. do. Qrs., 1848_ . . - 25 10 Do. York. H.StS. Pur. - iP 20 all ;North Staffordshire 23 24 St. 100 lOx., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., let guar llB 120 St. 1,100 !Do, 6p.c. 2d guar lO4 - 106 St. 'lOO Po. do. Debeutr. St lOl - 103 Bij all !Scot. Cent. New Pref. St. 1100 Sc.N,E.Aber.g.6p.c. 118 - 120 St. ;100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. '125 - 139 St. 11.00 'Do. d 0.3.1 p.c. pf. St. 73 - 75 25 all ;South Devon lO - 104 10 all IDo, fixed 41 pr eent.j - L 0.61 all S A . Ea nn s .) te o r f n Er O ea s. d 6 ing d. l , 23 •- 24 St. 100 '1 1 1)o. 41 per cent - 193 St. 100 Do. Fixed 41 p.c. SO lOl - 103 St. 1100 Do, New 41 pr. cent - St. 100 S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. ... - St. 1100 Do, do. 41 p. c, lOO - 102 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar l5 - 17 25 all ',Stock. &Dar., sp. a 2B - 29 25 19 Do. do. do. - ••• St. 100 Waterfd&Kilk. 6pc 43 - 48 BRITISH MINES. 2112 Alfred Cons. (Phi11;01 0 104 20 14 B r itish, Iron .. 13 4 . . 20 Condurow (Cambrn ) 1 60 70 10 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) 480 50) ... 30 ; East Basset (Illogan) 85 - 90 17s Great South Tolgus 14 1 151, ... lli,Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) 6 % 'GA. W. ti or (11elstn.) 11 2 ... 17s Lady Bertha ... 8 N. Frances (Mogan) 64 . . N.W.Basset (Illogan) 9 10 ~. 6115 North Wheal Crofty 41 51' ... 1/ Par. Cons. (St.Blaary) 18 19 ... 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) ... 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 11 11 ... 2/ S. Caradon (St. Clear) 395 —• 405 2 S. Cant Brea (lilogn.) 3 4 ... 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn.) 275 -- 235 5 41 Tam. S. .& L. Min. Co. I j 10 9 Tin Croft 3 ... 40 Un.Minos (Gwenuap) 70 1256 V. of Towcy (Camar.) 1 11 11 W. Basset (Illogan) 241 251 ... 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd.)loo 110 61 Wh. Basset (Illogan).480 200 111 5 Wh. Buller (Rdr nth). i 2 _C 240 51 Wh. Edward(Calstek) 41 5 ... 117 s Wh. Kitty (U. Llano 8 9 .., 8 I WI L Ma.Anu (Menht. 44 46 441 4 Wh. Trelawnoy (Lis.) 24 6 FOREIGN MINE. 20 71 Australian 1 10s. flou Accord Cop. (ii. )1 1 —p, 1 35 27 Brazilianhap.(issued at .£5 pm) 30 all Do. Comes 4 Cuiada 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 12 13 , 1 A Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica 40 all Cobre Copper 42 44 . . 16 Copiapo 1 all Dun Mountain Cop per Mining Co. 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares - 10 5 1i Lusitanian 1 all Mariquita 1 all Now Granada # 1 all Nov= Mondo 20 all Pout.Sil.Ldlel.di Smlt , 5 7 5 1 Port Philip * $ 80 16i Santiago do Cuba all United Mcxican I 31 30 MISOELLA.NEOI7S. J3OO 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.l .., -- ... 25 19 Australian Agricult 29 30 30 21 10 all Australn. Royal Mall li 1L: 10 I all Berlin Water Works 3 4 10 2 ',Do. New in. at 51. d ... —• „. 50 40 13rit. American Land ... ... 100 324 Canada llB 123 St. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July 116 117 116 A St. all Copper Miu. of Eng. 25 30 25 all ;Do. Pref. 74 p. cent. . 25 27 5 all Crystal Palace 1 i 11 5 all Do. Preference 4 all ', Crystal Pal. of France I ... .. 20 all !Eastern Steam 3 ii Bt. 100 ElectrieTelegraph. 1 all Electric Tel. of Irol ... ... 5 all , En.drAust.Cop.SmCa 1i lal 10 I.os. Eur. & Ind.Jctn. Tel, . , . . 9 all Eur.&Am.Stm.(lim.) . 3 iii 20 .411 Gen. Ir.Sc.Col.(lim.) .., ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navig at. .., . 20 5 Londcn Discount 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 2i 21 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... . . 10 all i Moditoran. Elec. Tel. 7i 8 10 all ,Do. Extension Teleg. ... ... 10 all Mexican& S.Americn ... . 25 5 Nat. Discount Co , B j 10 6 Netherlands Land.... 11. 10 all ,Do. Do. 5 all IDo.Bp,e.Pf.iss.s.t 1 d l4 —9., •11 i 5 3 1 . )., D., lOU I at) ,Ziew B. &N. S. Land 14 17 St.lloo 'N.S.W. Gov.s p.e.D. 102 102,; 102 i 1 all N. B. Attstrala.cian... 20 all Nith.ofEuropeSteam 2i 3i 1 all Oriental Gas 1 10s. Do New Shares id it 1' 5 all Peellir. 14. do Minrl 2 2i 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 78 79 78 50 10 Do. New 50 all Rhymney Iron 100 60 Royal Mail Steam..,, 59 • 61 1 all Scot.Austral.lnvest. li li St. 100 S.Aus,Clov.6p.c.bds. 110 112 26 all South Austral. Land 37 38 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip i 1 1 all Do. Registered 20 5 Trus.Lu.Co.Up.Can 100 1 28 i Van Diemen's Land Di - fii 100 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF comryioNs.—(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE LUSINESS. TheLords' smeudments to the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (Shoreham to Norfolk) Bill and the Birkenhead Commissioners (Bondholders Arrange ment) Bill were considered and agreed to. The ha:owing bills were further considered and ordered to be read a third time :—Marehester, Sluth Junction, and Altrincham Railwai (Nu. 2) 8.11, Clyde Navigation Bil , and the Tees Conservancy A long discussion toek place on the Clyde Navigation Bi.l, involving points connec'ed with the standing orders cf the house that bud not been technically complied with, and also affecting the merits of the hilt, which was characterised by Colonel Wilson Patten, Mr. Henley, Mr. Fi‘zroy, Mr. Buuverie, the Loid Advocate, and others, as a valuable and useful MARRIAGE WITII A DECEASED WIFE'S. SISTER. Numerous petitions -xere presented in favour anti aga . mst legaihing marriage With a deceased wilt's si-ti.r. LONDON CORPORATION REFORM BILL J. DUKE presented petition 4 aganst the 14)n don Corporation Refortn Bill. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Mr. COX presented petitions from various places in the Tower Hamlets complaining of the system of forestalling and jobbing adopted in the new cattle raarket. MARRIAGE LAW AMENDMENT DILL. Lord BUR? moved the going into committee on this bill. Mr. LYGON objected to the motion. The bill was not likely to pa,:a into a law this session, and he thought it was better to abandon further legislation on the sub ject for the present. Although the bill had been for a long time hef ire the house it had received but little consideration and discussion, and he, tht-refor , , asked the noble lord to postpone its furtl.r 1. r li,e that the h ouse m i g ht fi,e(o7 , . in a 11l- , ro wanner the time t ...Ise be unnecessarily c_msumed in the discussion. The bill htfore the house materially differed from the bills cf 1549 and 1855. The three classes of exeeptions of .s valuable character provided for in the former bills were not contemplated in this bill The bill only dealt in one out of the 14 prohibitions mentioned in Scripture, and he wanted to know how the proposer of the bill reconciled his allowing so-glaring an anomaly to exist as that of 13 prohibitions without the bill, especially as one of the 13 prohibitions had been diicussed in that house. Be moved their goiter into committee this day three months. Lord BURY hoped his hon. friend would not persist in his motion. It was an important bid, and required their setious consideration ; and if any delay had oc curred in its progress, it was owing to the continual motions for adjournment and delay made by the hon. member. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DE VERE hoped the house would not proceed further with the bill. Mr. E. DENISON, 13 the representative of the largest constituency is the kingdom, said the bill had met with tto approbation of a large majority of his coo stituEnts. (Hear, hear ) He was not so sanguine as to believe that the bill could be pawed this session, but Le thought somo progress might be made towards settling the question if they went into cainmittee on the bill. , Mr. BYNG, as representing the second largest con stituency, gave his support to the bill. Mr. B. HOPE referred to the manner in which peti tions were got u e in Lancashire in favour of the bill. Touters were employed to get signatures, and young cSildren were allowed to sign them. Lord GODERICII supported the bill. Alter some further discussion, in which Mr. M. Milnes, Mr. Peaw, Sir C. Jervis, Mr. Browne, Mr. Dunlop, Mr. Stewart, and Mr. r. crosfley took part. The house divided, when the numbers were— For going into committee Against it 5B Majority The house thou went into committee on the bill. On clause 1. Mr. LYGON moved the omission cf the words " which has been celebrated at any time or place what ever within the realm or without." Toe effect of which would be to still continue the invalidity of these mar rik!es before the passing of the act. • Mr. SCHNEIDER considered the omission of the words would be to brand about 40,000 children as illegi timate. If the law was to be good for the future it ought to be made applicable to the past, .especially reference to marriage. A proviso could be afterwards in serted to meet the objection of the clause. Mr. BRISCOE hoped the committee would not enter tain the amendment. If adopted it would press heavily and unfairly on those who bad contracted these marriages abroad and under legal sanction. Mr. 13. HOPE said that the parties had entered into these marriages with their eyes coen to the consequences, and he thought the committee night not to pass a clause which won d give them emunit3 for the offence. Mr. Secretary WALPOLE said it wile important the claims should be just and equituble to all the parties concerned, whatever might to the result of the bill hereafter. If any person marled his deceased wife's sister, and subsequently sepal:Jo:A, and if the gentleman married another per: on subsequently, as the law now stood, the second marrLge was valid, but if the bill passed in its present form, the former would be valid ae well as the second one, and the party would be._liahle, for bigamy. Another 4.bj.ctioie to retrospective legislation was, that it would iiivalidale all those marriages that had token place since 1835, which .would materially interfere with the disposition of Property relative to the children. The third objection to the elatu.re iu its present form was that of a man married to his deceased wife's sister, and they afterwards separated from conscientious scruples, this bill would validate the marriage against the, will, and the lady would be able to rnairtain a suit against the man for a restitution of conjugal rights. Ile objected to the legis lature being retrospective. It should be only prospec tive. Viscount GODEEICH hop3d the noble lord (Bury) would not accede to the amendment. The SOLICITOL-GENERAI said it was neceasary to alter the clause t) meet the olj , cLions raised by the right lion. gentlemen tha Secretary of State for the Home Deparaneut, especially with regrarl to the: causa of the double marriages referred to. Double marriages existed, and it wasnot desirable they should recklessly legislate on them. The difficulty raised ought to be met on this clause before the bill was further proceeded in commiteee. Mr. AYRTON said it was not intended by tha bill to establish cumptlsory bigamy. The Act would not take effect where be parties bad treated the ►uarriage as invalid, or one or the other of the parties had married again. [LEFT SPEAKIN G.] CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY. ANNUAL 111EEriNG-THIS DAY. The sixth ordinuy general meeting of the shareholders of this company was held this day, at the Bridge louse Hotel, Southwark. T. N. Farquhar, Esq., occupiei the chair. The usual routine business having been transacted, The CHAIBMAI moved the adoption of the report, babieh stated that the revenue account for the year ending 30th of April last shoved a gross balance to its credit of 35,075/. After deducting all preference charges for dividend and interest, the general revenue account showed an available balance of 13,79)7. The directors recommended that this balance should be carried over to tho next half-year, and if this could let done they hoped, with the prospects of the present season, to be able at the meeting in Deem. ber next to submit a proposal for payment of such a dividend on tho ordinary shares as would be satisfactory to the general body of proprietors. A considerable reduc tion had been effected in the past year under all the ordi nary headset' expenditure, and the directors trust theta still further reduction may be attained by a strict and vigilent eueerintendence over all the departments, without in any wa: impairing the efficiency or high character Of the undertaking. In regard to the receipts for the pest year it is satisfactory to obs:rve that. the gross amount ee ceeds that of the previous yeer. But this is iu a measure to be attributed to the Handel Festival, which can only be regarded as an exeeptional occasion. On the °thee hand, the expenses of the festival were very large, but still leaving a satisfactory balance in favour of the company. In reference to the 6 per cent. debenture stock there has been appropriated to this clef° about 140,000 e and the accounts show that 84,251/. was received in e ish to the 30th of April last on account of this stock, and Which has been applied in paying off temporary leans and debentures falling due. The directors were open to receive applica tions for the balance of the 250,000/. of this stock dulho rised to be raised by the resolution of the gene meeting of July 3), 1 , 357, and they coafidently reconan ee eled the shareholders op themselves and their friend s t e take up this stock, the security for which was considerei by the Board to be undoubted. The directors regretted to state that their efforts to procure a reduction of the e epital of the company and to effect an arrmagernent fur the Sun day opening, in terms of the proposal submittee to the I , last meeting, and so generally approved by the share holders, have been frustrated through the intervention of the Court of Chancery, an injunction bo w i e ; been obtained at the instance of a shareholder in the c om pany to restrain thedirectorsfrom carrying out the proposed e easure. The contract for the supply or refreshments h av i ng , er e ree e at the beginning of this year, the directors advertised for public tenders, which resulted in their concluding a con tract with Messrs. Sawyer and Strange nn favourable terms to the ear: - 1 ,e e p ee , j e er one. 1,, , , , ;.e.y eonueence that thia meauge reeet would be found to work beneficially for the coeFanY and the public, while the energy displayed by the con tractors leads to the eepectation that the result willerove satisfactory to them. The revenue account far the yr a en,.l - the 30th of April last showed that 122,062/. bad been received, including 12,417/. for season tickets, 93,62 g. for :ulmissious, 8,964/. for rentals, 7,5257. retreshreent con tract, waiting and cloak rooms r and the expeniiture , amounted to 87, r88 /., including 5, 5051. for guttered, man. agement ; 10,715/. for maintenance and repeirs of Wild ieg ' • 8,5331. for garden s and g rounds ; 2,76e7., w a t er works ; 8,8741., alterations and additions to various departments ; 7,622/., music ; 9,1941., opera concerts ; 14,6987., Ileadel Festival ; 2,454/., special concerts, fetes, Se e . ; 2,5007,, flower shows ; and 1,4681. poultry shows ; leaving a bal ance as above of 35,07 d. The capital account shows that 1,339,362/. had been received, including shares isauel by Robson, and 1,347,8307. expended, including 28,023 slares fraudulently i s sued by Robson, leaving a balance against the company of 8,4687. ldr, OcaLvx seconded the adoption of the rarort. SHREWSBURY RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRA7'II.) CORPORATION PLATE. Apollo Chantress.. . Unexpected , Seven ran. CARLISLE RACES.—(Th: 7 .s Day.) (Br ELEcritte TLLBUIZAPH. LOTTERY STAKES. Satms ton e Breeze Three ran. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS [Tile f W.c; appeared hi part of oL:r imprerisiim of yes terday :]— Tan STATE OF THE THAMES. Mr. WRIGHT brought for 4ard hip: motion, v:z " Tuat the engineer having pr,pared a p b11:1 and esti mate for the main drainage, io accordance with the to commendp tions in the report of Messrs. Bidder, Hawk slay, and Bazligette, which plan contains, several alter natiwe,, that the plan with the alternatives following be adopted :- 1. The engineers having given the board the option of two schemes for the western district—first, carrying the western sewage into the generul intercept ing system ; and, second, deodorizing the western sewage at its junction with the Thames. " That the last alternative be adopted. . . " ' 2. The engineers having reeomiuended that the low level sewer upon the north side shciei I be eat, tee ie Tnamen embankment lit ted, ee vbieetininster and London 1,1 - el,a, to A v ulti the settlement of and damage to pro perty in the Strand, Fleet-street, &c. That the Board is willing to pay for euch part of a Thames embankment an required in such proportion a the drainage scheme may be fairly riebited with, or to tied, rtake the construction of the embankment of such pa, t of the t iver for drainage at.d other purposes upon a contribution being given by Government. " • 3. That the delivery cf the sewage at the points named shall not I e deemed a final measure ; but when the main drainage is c Juipleted, the sewage shall be de verad into the Thames direct, or deodorized before de liver y, or used for irrigation and sewage manure, as ex perience may determine. " 4. Teat this plan and estimate be submitted to Her Majesty's Chief Commissioner for approval by the chair man,. members of the Board, engineer, and chrk, and that his attention be at the same time directed the letter of this Board of the 17th day of January, 1857. to Her Majesty's then Chancellor of the Exchequer, setting forth grounds justifying the ex?ectation that the Government will bo prepared to assist the Beard in obtaining the command of the funds required for their operations.' " The plat,. having been embodied by one of the most eminent practical men, he thought it the duty of the board to adopt it. The points of delivery should remain an open question. If one was made near Gravesend in five years from the present time, they would be peti tioning the board for the removal of the nuisance, and therefore it was best that it should for the present re main undecided. The Expenditure of five or six millions of money was a serious responsibility, and be thought they ought to be very careful before they came to any final conclusion on the pint. His great object now . was to show the public that the board intended doing something, and that being so, his resolution in effect adopted the plan and estimate , , leaving the details for further consideration. Mr. CARPMAEL seconded the motion. Alderaian CUBITT objected to the plan on the ground that it was moat e xp, nsive,and that it would be a very long time beLro is could be carried out. If it was determined to decdtiriz3 the sewage, he thought it could be done in London without taking the sewage a long distance to effect that abject. _ _ _ Mr. DOULTON agreed with the hon. member who had jqst sat down, and he therefore moved the following amendment : "That from the evidence at present in the poe scssin of the Beatd, it is questiunable whether a plan, based upon the recommendation of Messrs. Bidder, Hawk-ley, and Bazalgette, would completely and satisfactorily effect the purification of the Thames, and the drainage of the low level district , . That before agreeing to so serious and novel an experi• merit as the concentration of the whole of the sewage, and its discharge at two points within the tidal range of t to neetropol.e, it is the duty of this board to ascertain its probable tffect upon the public health, and to prevent the discharge of and odorized sewage within teat limit. Teat it is further the duty of this board to protect the interests of their constituents by preventing the infliction of an enormous and uncer tain amount of taxation upon the unaided resources of the present metropolitan ratepayers. That this board, being iuformed that the present offensive condion of the Thames is Lkrly to be injurious to the public health, is anxiously desirous of applying some immediate remedy. That no benefit can be derived by ttie metropolis from any plan based upon the report of Messrs. Bidder, Hawsley, and Bezelgette, for a period of at least five years, while their recommenda tion that the upper and middle level sew ra should be first executed would tend to defer the purification of the river t, a yet longer period. That the deodorisation of the sewage of towns has been dereonetrated to be both safe and practicable, leaving nothing► to be de sired in a sanitary point of view, while the principle is one admitting cf simultaneous application at several points within a reasonable period, and would immediately remove the threatened injury to the public health. That steps be immediately takes for the erection of the nece - sary apparatus upon one or more of the principal sewers discbareing in the vicinity of the New Swedes et Par • Lament." II the plan was adopted it would be five years from the present time bef,io it was completed. it was true that some amount of relief might be fe:t in two or three years ; but if the Thames continued to get worse they would be is a desperate state by that time. It was said that steps were being taken to purify the sewage, but he thought if they were to go on spending 1,5001. per week in pouring limo down the fewer open ings, the public would 80.41 get tired of finding money for such a purpose. (Hear.) Mr. WARE seconded the amendment. After some further discussion the board divided, when there appeared, For the amendment Against it 24 -13 Majority against the amendment Mr. BECKETT moved another amendment to the effect that the Board had not yet come to any definite conclu sion with respect to the sewerage of the metropolis. The amendment was put and lust. Mr. Alderman Cuwar then moved an amendment to the effect that be referred to the engineer to er.quire into the feasibility of constructing deoderising works at the mouths of each of the 44 outlets of the existing sewers. This amendment was also lost. A division on the original queEtion—the adoption ,of thu erginece6 report—was then taken, when there appeared : For the original motion . Against it Maj ity The report of Mr. akz.-dgette was then adopted. Th 3 board shortly afterwards adjourned. . 23 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) LONDON, June 30.—Wind this day at noon, N.W. light breeze, and fine. PORTSMOUTH, June 29.—Wind N.W.— Sailed—H.l\LS. Diadem, for the wbstward. OPP DOVER, June 29.—Arrived—Rose, from Sunder land for Callao. SOUTHAMPTON, June 29.--Arrived—Cornelia Johanna, from Carolmensi el. PLYMOUTH, Juno 2p.—Wind N.N.W—Arrived—Co penhagen, from London for Australia. SWANSeA, June 25.--Wind W.— Arrived Ra mos, Valp,ralso. SUNDERLAND, June 22.—Wind S.S.E.—Sailed— Not thaw pton, for New To' k. OFF THE START, June 27. Arrived—Fortuna, from Demerara. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wiud W. Arrived—Chatles Napier, Edward Susan, and Marquis Bute, from Sunderland ; Good Design, Newcastle ; George, Llanelly ; Louisa, London ; Argonaut, Port Idadt,c ; Foyle, steamer, Dublin ; La Coq, Cherbourg. Sailed—AlArro, for Newioort ; Atalanta, steamer, Jersey; Foyle, steamer, London; Csralinda, Cherbourg. LIvERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived, Juno 29th.—Di , ltator, fr - rn Chieftain, Detr&t Elward's Island. A:r; ane ;30th. - Sitabild, froth Sines ; Earl of i . glintoun, New Orleans ; Agnes. Savannah ; George, and Lebrnne, Nantes; Lillie, Aky.b. OM-- Chatham; British Qleen, screw steamer, from Havre. (BI SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, \Vednesdhy Morning. Wind W., tido last hones ebb. weather fine. Arrived—Charlotte, from liernosand ; Regina, Stettin; Hope, Guernsey ; Hercules, Dantzic ; Vulcan, Stettin ; Ellen, /dernel ; Argyll, Carentan ; Vrow Anna, Woreum. Sidled, Jun© 29—John Duncan, for Calcutta; Dorothea, for Dunkirk. Sailed, June 30—Robert Small, for Wellington ; Edith Muria, Smyrna; Torrefort, Adelaide; Lord J. Russell, Dunkirk. DEAL, Wednesday Night. Wind S., light Passed, in tow—John Duncan, from Gravesend for Ce.lcutta; supposed, Blenheim, from London for Calcutta. Pagsed—Seafoute, brig, from westward, for Loudon. Anchored the 29th and sailed this morning amova, rem Queenstown, for London. 100 1100 11.00 1100 1 1CO all all 100 100 St. 20 10 St. t. 12 5C 16f, 16i St. 20 all Lli all 11,'; St. 'lOO St. 100 12:L 5 St. 100 zb all 25' all St. 100 10 lA St. IC,O St. 160 50 all . 25 ; all OO~all 25 all 10 9 20 all St. 100 50 3; 3t. 100 St. 100 St. !IGO St. WO St, 100 25 16-F ; St. 100. St 100 St. 100 10 31.1 20 ; 20 all 10 I ; St. ilOO 100 40 BO 120 130 100 20 ICO 100 20 50 25 20 00 10 33; i ?:1 103 501 50 f 491 88i a 5i 6 I Si 89 i i Si , Si 91i2 1 si 361 90i 1 90a 1100 45 i 1 li 44 I si 11 i i I Si 66 I si 10 I 1, Julia LITEE,A.TURE. HARRISON AINSWORTH'S NEW STORY. Mervyn/ Clitheroe: Parts XL and XII. By W. Harrison Ainsworth. Illustrated by "Phiz." G. Routledge and Co. • The comphTion of Mervyn Clitheroe brings US to the Olen of Mr. Ainswor , h's Fifteenth Romance, and to the 'termination of about.. the Fiftieth sub stantial vermin, eonttibuted by his rapid and industrious hand to the abundant otcre3 of our national it.nagim,tive literature. Romance's —beginning, in 1826, with John ! Fifty volumnw, snore or less, iniugulatel by Ilia little accutnlation of collected magazine contribu tions, entitled December Tales, published by Whi - taker : papers originally contributed by our author to the periodicals of the day before In was yet nineteen ! Conspicuous among them, bis story of the "Falls c f Ohiofyle," first given to the world in the pages Of the once famous Liu3don.'maLazine —Taylor and Heseey's tnagaz;no of E;ia anti of eo rotary other wits awl wags of rare humour and rad t - int imagination. Half a hundred goodly volumes, including among 11,m separate poems, like The Maid's Revenge, car a cow pani , n inetrical effusion lik.l The zaininer Evening's Tale. Books, then, written ' priired, and published, While Harrison Ainsworth was still under age, still an infant according to law—though the laborious and precocious student had begun as a wr;ter long before the appearance of these daring adventures into the dreamlands of the poetical visionary and of the prose roinancist. Sixt,en year- , a d o p.lor Latnan Blanchard told in the tLeu flourishing " Mirror," how his author friend even in chill hold apprenticed himself to 117 , 1 t, 1? - 1►atu:t ; Lo w he, tort, 11:" Ta'fouid ..a. 01.1tteltOft, and sa many ~suers proved to be.— "A youth for'doonied his father's hopes fo cross, Who penned a stanza when he should engross." Designed by Ys father to be a c - eaveyaneee, he became thus prematurely a "dreamer of dreams" and a teller of wild romantic stories. So that, • while yet hardly out of the nursery, he was e(teta then writiugplays, painting scenes, making dresses, and enacting the characters of his own c:eatien in an impromptu theatre of his own construction, built away covertly in the shady recesses of tie Ii use cellarage ! Already es a schoolboy ho _was writing largelr in the iris, a lite:it - airy we , kly journal, published in 'hose times in his native place, toe borough (since the city) of Manchester. While yet a stripling, he brings out in fact a theatrical publication, written wholly by himself, a periodical work, called The Boeotian. But his first produc tion of a really ambitious kind was received for • a little while afterwards. William Harrison worth comes of age, attains his majority, and, thereupon, A. D. 1826, Ebers, bookseller, pub lisher, manager of the King's Opera House, after. wards moreover the young novelist's fettles-le-I r.w, issues through the preen the book aeready men tioned, the romantic creation of "Chile rtore" Welt do we remember reading the hook years ago, and being lured with a sense of horrid fescivation through the subterraneons labyrinths of those grim passages and cavernous glooms honeycombing th groun 6 d of that wild old goblin manor-house. No wonder at the time of its appearance there was a complimentary reference to the work in the Diary of Sir Walter Scott, a casual tri bal' e, giving to the youthful novelist the timbre of the great Remancist's early and spontaneous ap probation. Afterwards—as many as eight years afterwards, during which time he was doubtless. maturing ds powers and preparing for another and a bolder flight of imagination—in 1834 appeared his first work iu three volumes, perhaps of all the happiest romance, as a romance, he has ever yet written, the glorious romance ef Loohvood-.--cer t:tinly of all tie se various and under. is (ay suc.:eesful productions, the one containing his most felicitous ' lyric—Jerry Juniper's chant ab rut 'the roldcking romany Aril beyond this the fiction curraining incomparably the very best of all his wondrous de eciptions—the famous ride to York of Dick Turpia, the prince of Highwaymen. Subeequently cairn's in 1337 the romantic historical figment of Crichton —the Admirable. And two years later there ap reared in " Bentley's Miscellany," on the first of January, 1839, the introductory chapters of whit the writer first intended to call " Thames Darrell," but what he eventually designated Jack Sheppard. It was a success far greater as a literary success than that won byi Henry Fielding's "Jonathan Wild the Great." When drainatied and put upon tee stage, it was As much the rage of the town as ever in its paltniest days was the " Begear's Opera"' of Gay. In the nartht of its unparalleled triumph, however, it was denounced as neither of those kin dred productions was ever denounced, as " Jack Sheppard" indeed alone was ever denounced—as demoralising, as deleterious, as a sort of in•elloe turd dram-drinking, maddening and intoxicating the more excitable of the population. Eighteen years have gone by since then howbeit, and the outcry has lung ago been recognised to have been in every ?renal monstrously exieg ..Jeek has been acted " 'teeny a time and oft" during the interval by Mrs. Keeley . and ether vivacious impersonators—Psul Bedford has red dened his nose and sung the drinking songs as Blue skin with inimitable gusto—the prison breaker has worked his way out of Newgate again and nein, amidst the applause of crowded houses—the book has been printed and reprinted by thousands and tens of thousands • and the iniignation against it has meanwhile died out so entirely that we do not conceive the author's reputation has in any way whatever been deteriorated by it; even temporarily. It was shortly after the commencement of Jack's adventures upon his first periodical appearance that Mr. Ainsworth (on the retirement of B3Z from the editorial chair) first of all in the early part of 1839—now nearly twenty years ago—undertook the editorship of Bentley's Miscellany. Thirteen years have eLipsed, moreover, by this time sinco, in 1845, he purchased from Mr. Colburn the B._le proprietorship of the other serial, he has since then continuously edited the only surviving hree and-sixpenny first class serial—the ew Moltthly ' Magazine. NotwitleetaneUng his editorial laboure, sometimes single, and certainly teen sufficiently arduous, but latterly double—yet not even thou exhausting or impracticable to this most indefatig able man•of-letter s —notwithstanding his editorial labours begun here as early as twenty, there thir teen years ago, how many popular fictions Harrison Ainsworth has himself prin•cd during the interval —besides beginning and ending during this long lapse of time the career of his own (eveu by name essentially his own) periodical, Ainsivodh's Maga- Wine. Sitmtltaueously, in 1840, side by sale, month by month each illustrated by George Cruikshank Guy Fawkes, with all the hair breadth danger s run by himself and his mcompiices in the Gun Powder Ocnapiraoy, and the ott.er and very different histrnitat romance, illustrative of The Tower of London as a Palade, as a Prison, and as a Fortrese Next, nay, in the very year to low ing, namely in 1841, there appeared from week to week in the columns of a Sunday newspaper the enthralling tale of the Fire and Plague—Old Saint Paul's. Almost simulotneously with one another appeared in 1842, an ther 'Untac." of romances of the olden ttme—Februar . wi•nessing the commence ment of The Miser's Daughter, arid July, that of the serge:ls Tudor narrative of Windsor Castle as it was in the days of Henry the Eighth and Berne the Hunter. The last mentioned work being brought to a close in 1843, there bigan to appear in 1844 the other kindred historical romance of 'Saint James's—descriptive of rho Court of Queen Anne, in what Tennyson calls— The tea-cup times of hoop and. hood." The subsequent year saw our novelis', as we haie said, the purchaser of the late Mr. Celbura's Maga zine, a periodical which claims for itself the glory of having among its previous editors Theodore Hook, the wit, Thomas Campbell, the poet, Thomas Hood, both alike, and Bultver-Lytton, those and a great many ot.her characters besides: Another imaginative tale two summers after was contribut d by Mr. Ainsworth to the Sunday newspaper whose columns he had in e similar way p:evious'y embel lished. This tiineeramely, iu 184$, the weekly serial in question was his norttitra romance of The Lanca shire Ditches.. In each instance the journal pa'd him a thousand pounds for his cootrioutiuzi. Be sides the foregoing how many ether tales and ro mances have been penned by Ainsworth ? These is Aitriol, the " fiagmeut of 'a romance'—if we mistake net, the same originally called the "Revela tions ot London." There is the Flitch of Bacon, illus trative of the famous custom of Durnnow--1- CM tom long fallen into disuetude, but one trl,i7t:'t s tale actually revved - w;:1-, ill t :e a eii e eepageaetrie , s f 'iie faet..s.ie pi ()cession. Then th , re was . the recently comp'eted story of a century ago, peb lished in "Bentley," and en t itled 'i he ...pelicithrtft, a tale iu its social and moral design eminently Huger ti,ian. As indeed, in one sen-e, h d been i s mo:e famous pre docessor, " Jack Sheppard "—Jazii Sheppard aed Thames D met' being very s•rekine types inleed of the industlious and idle app ee tice3. Lestly, they ~ is this story of modern Ille and "living manners" but just now hapeily brought to its conclusi,n. In As appearance there occurred, as many of the readers of Mervyn Clitheroe will u ell remember, a provoking hiatus of several years, during the lapse of which it some i at first that the work had been indefinitely sus pended, and at last, even to the fancy of some, definitively abandoned. Fortunately, however, for those who, Jim) ourselves, regarded the narra tive as in many respects Unusually propitious in its Icommencement, the broken threads of the story were taken up again at last, and the weaving of them into the intricate webwork of the plot re newed under the same genial auspices. Sosrcely any one would now be able to deleet ahem th pause occurred in the labour of composition. Al ready we have followed the progress of the fiction so carefully and watchfully throughout that but little now remains for us to add in the way of com mentary. The closing, double number, comprising within it eight additional chapters, has brought the narrative down to a series of the happiest censum mations. As the dramatis personm gather together before the footlights immediately prior to the final des.ceet of the cut lain, we ate delighted to observe that the abentinal.le Mr:. •Braleciake has thrown aside her ueateiable iteaquei Ade and appeared in a -more agreeable light, to her true character as. Lady. Amicie. H r 1.-xly•h'p, mereoaer, has been hap pily reconciled at last to her familye--to . her brother, Lord L-yland o her father, the Earl of Bossen dale. Her sou, ralreover, is now no longer the Rev. John Brideoake, a bachelor clergyman—but my Lord Wilber -ton, married to Ora, se new my La . ly Wilburten. As an equally delight. fall matter cf course, Apphia is the bride of our young hero Mervyn Clithetoe, who Las nieanweiile come at is t into poae;.sion of his old uncle Mob berley's :arm estate - of .N ., titercrofte. It is espe cially observable, to ), that Mervyn discovers his father at last, an i this as n a• ly us possible at the very time he ola tains h's property. Another wed ding has yet to be mentioned ; to w i t , that of Ora's maiden aunt w.th Cuthbert Spring, the merry gentleaisn, and op to that time the incor rigible old bachelor. Nay, there are some o her nuptials recorded at the cle se of the narrative. meaning those Of Molly Bal-y with the stately old Jacobite Butler at the ane.or 4 t ' Mr. C While wo are elesc the priueipal personages Qt tau liotivu thus (in military phrase) dressing Ivp prepatatory to the last simulcanecus bow and fare well, we are aware 01 two or three little incidents cunning in the backeroncd: Pownall and the gypsies being carrie.i off behind the scenes as con victed delinquenat, ceesighed to protracted and well-merited tunishment. Captain Sale has-pre viously broken his neck, and died repenting—in the undat of riding a gay steeplechase. One of the happiest specimens in " Mervyn Clitheroe" of Mr. Ainsworth's better manuer as a' romancist is the midnight tale .of murder told by him as the "Le gend of 0 alarton Grange," the narrative of the horrible crime of Jothain Shoolack and its still more botrible retribution. It is, a fragmentary passage reminding us vividly of the panel-work surprises in " Reolewood," and of the terrible sub• terranean vaults and cotridors of "Chiverton." " Inscribed to my contemporaries at the Manchester school," is the simple but kindly dedication. An explicit and not unwelcome acknowledgment by our author that the free grammar school at Cotten hourgh really does mean in truth what few failed to cgnjecture it to be long :Ago the free grammar-school at Mao& ester. And in the same way it is pleasant to think now of the novelist's ancestral home and domana. of Beech-hill, as the original ef the dear old picturesque house either of the Anchorites or of Nethercrofts. Thither, as Lannon :Blanchard intimated fifteen years ago in his memoir of Mr. Ainsworth, our popular novelist "meditates a return irimatuter life;" adding "Bnt the metropolis and its neighb inrhood, the pursuit of fame, and the fields in which he has gathe red up many golden sheaves, will long detain him thence —the delay only tending to enrich: his memories, and double the sweetness of .a late retirement." Fortunately for all his London friends has that u te rior removal beau thin indefinitely postponed— driven on waids to the tx remity of that vague and ramose perspective._ So that while our author leaves Mervyn at last comfort ably housed at the Ancaorite's, looking in at he. queue intervals upon Ned Calchetb, established as >a ['ant' at Nethercrofts—he himself happily remains within reach of the metropolis and its neighbour- Itooi, while—with the practised skill of one with so long and brilliant au editorial experience—driving the literary tandem of the New Monthly Magazine and Bentley's Miscellany. The Light of ether Dct7B. By John Edmund Reads, author of " Italy." 3 vols. Hurst and Blacketta • • - Th's work cannot fail to attract attention, inas much as the author is well. known by his previous productions, and also as tke volumes before us, are dietinguished by considerable ability. This is no ephemeral composition, to amuse an idle moment, but the resole of t Losgat, judgment, and reflection, a refined and cultivated intelligence is brought to bear on some of the most important s,.cial and literary questions csl:the age, and while the readers differ from-some of the arguments, they must agree in rendering a tribute to the accumulsted know ledge that they display. It may be obj cted that these dissertations are toe frequent and studied, and. that they are. more suitaele to the essay, time to the pages of a novel. The story itself pos sesses great interest. Helen Hengist, toe heroine, is one eminently cllculated to excite enthusiasm for her' welfare. She, was placed in a r erilous position, hut always acted with discretion, and at thcaFAXll3 time-evinetal.,a spirit ,that on more than one occasion bore her triuelphantly through threatened evils. Her home was a moss unhappy one, nod she was compelled to leave it oa-.Let mother's death. Her father was a peculiar man, who gave- way to h s own prejudices, and indulged his passions till he bacame unbearable. /1-r bro ,ther was a still greater trial to her. He hid early left the paternal roof, in consequence of serious a7tercations with his father; and when once on the highway of the world, w.thout a guide, he plunged recklessly into all sorts of excesses, and cared nothing for the feelings of his family, nor the honour of his name. To one so sensitively. alive to the requirements of justice, and so scrupu lous in adhering to the d'ctates of houour as Helen, it was a bitter trial to have one so closely related by the ties of kindred continually crossing her path, and harassing her mind by his dis graceful present course, and the prospect of still more aggravating aesions in the future. Oae of the most pleasing of the personages introduced is "Dame Hengist," as she persisted in styling her self. There is a charm about her thet insensibly attract;—someth'ng fresh and genial in her style and manner that wins its way on the resat cl—whde the sterling eseellenc'es of her mind, and her many noble qualities, procure for her at once homage and respect. She despised the honours to which she was entitled by her position, and, indeed, she was not devendent on adventitious aids for priority. It might truly he said of her— " The beauty of a life will spent, Was her ror.jestic ornament." Her at'achenent to her humblatriend, Mrs. Maude, is a proof of her kindness of heart, and her sorrow at her death is tr,uch ngly desciiheci. The design ing and treacherous 'Dion:shy is well depicted, and it is a retributtie scene, in whits!' Sir James Hen gist atal his servant meet death at each other's hands. The former had trained the latter to evil ways, and he had turned round on the man who had at least benetitted hi.o after his own fashion. The passage which describes the narrator's visit to the poet in his retlremeut is an interesting one. The inoutnfulness which pervades the retrospect cf . L.'s life, invests it with a charm and a grace un knewn to a lighter or livelier c _weer. Atter he hp' sketched in a fir cib e manlier the many obstacles that Is,trred his path to fame, and the slights that had to be endured, and the failures met with, be fore his ambition could he gist idei, and the dreams of his imaginative youth realised, he eaters on another page of life's histors. A shade falls over the career that appea:ed to promise so bril liantly. He who had been successful in love as triumphant in lisersture, felt the impotence of this . world's greatness, when he laid his beloved wife in her early grave, which wss soon re-opened to contain their only child. In this sketch there is a solemn earnestness of tone, united with a depth of feelSng and a simplicity of expret sion, that possess interest of no °railway kind: It seems the language of one who has felt what he utters, and the sympathies of his hearers .are aroused by the recital of his struggles, while She sad tale of his sorrows shares their pity and regret. There is touch to win the attention in this weak. The light of other da3s geuerally shines with a sub dued splendour, and it is most fitting that a retro , spi etive narrative should be imbued with a melan choly hue, as is the one before us ; while many other causes combine to create for it a regard. In these pages we weft with much that may give rise to thought, and the generil impression conveyed to:the mind of the reader by their perusal is, that the work belongs to _the superior order of nov.-is. LTTT'EF.ci or C. rt,Dle LULL —A. lull of Mr. Hon•fail. tioigson, and Mr. B )vill makes Irti,rs of Credit tram terahh; a,d liable be tuf,,recd and sued upon iu a coin t of. 15.5 or ET:Ay, as iu the Citia of a protaissury rig to payable 10 t.rder. CRYSTAL PALACE --The grest success which attendcd ti -to t arotar3nce of tti 13tadfQrd Festival Cboral ,;-!iety yesterday has induced : ti.e d.rectoi , to arrange :•u Luanne t,:J mor., crtaurooa}). which will be tt last appearance at ti-,e u-uki price of admission. FILTHY STATE CF THE 1 RABIES — Yehtelday, ou the / orth bank cf the tiv,r between Woctuainster and Hungerfotd Bridges, men were enghged dur;nk the pericd of low water in :covering the k,tiore with lime, as al o the shore above Westalinsta-bridge ; and it is pur posed thatthis exps riment to destroy the noxi:Aiseffiuticaz shall be carried out along both banks by the local beards ' of health of the different parishes within whose districts the shore is situate, they having the power to matte the outlay for the preservation of the public health. The pleasure traffia on the Th ames h as suffered conalderably, and the number r f passengers t r avelling by the river steamers is daily di m i n i s hi ng . The individuals who look forward to this time of the year to make a little harvest , by the letting of boat s are completelY at a standstill, and the only tr a d e w hi c h 'ii in the cabi ns , where re fi Sr u o r p ish s of i brandy are a r r iv e e i r n i c s o c n a s r ta rk a d t . equeet. Coy. 35 D 6 56 zey. 92 06 66 13 13 71 kcey. .. 1 .. 2 .. 3 We. .. 1 .. 2 .. 3 01 02 a by .. 1 .. 2 .. 2 ~ 4 .. 1 d hi r of 28, No )ver act that lb 6 5i