The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-04 00:00:00

;1' .." , . , / MONEY MARKET CITY, Two o'CLocK The Avon, from the Brazils, with £85,000 in specie, has arrived at Southampton. In the course of the next fortnight the imports of specie are ex pected to be rather extensive, for, in addition to the -Australian supplies, the rise in the American ex change is likely to promote remittances to this coun try. About £90,000 in gold was added yesterday to the stock of bullion at the Bank, and the return on Friday will probably show a further accumulation. The shipments to France, though not altogether sus pended, absorb only a small amount, and as the con signments to the East are almost 'kept down, the receipts are expected to continue in excess of the efflux for some time to come. The payments having to be made to-day, will, it is believed, be completed without much difficulty ; but one failure has unfortunately occurred already. Late yesterday afternoon it transpired that the ac ceptances of Messrs. Hyde, Hodge, and Co., largely connected with the trade of Canada and Honduras, were refused. This calamity, it is hoped, is trace able to old losses, and not to any recent misfortune, for it would be rather discouraging if the effects of the crisis have not dictated among all classes the exercise of extreme caution. Occasional suspensions of this description must, however be expected. Although greatly to be deplored, how ever, they should not be taken as an index to the state of trade, which there are many reasons to be lieve is healthy-, if not so prosperous as could be desired. Owing to the unusual abundance and cheap ness of money, all but very impoverished firms are able to meet their engagement ; and it is thought that ample provision has been made for the bills due to-day, for the demand for discount accommodation is moderate, and no alteration in the terms has occurred. At Liverpool yesterday the Cotton Market con tinued firm, about 10,000 bales having been disposed of at previous rates. In Railway Shares a steady business was transacted, and quotations were main tained. The number and tonnage of vessels now on the berth, in the port of London, for the various Aus tralian colonies, is stated by Mr. Miller, of the Jeru salem Coffee-house, to be as under : For Launreston ............ 3 vessels Hobart Town 4 „ Sy do es ........ .. .. ... .10 „ Melbourne, Geelong, Adel and id Portland Bay. • • 25 ,/ Swan ea 5 ,I River N ew Zealand 12 „ 20,261 „ 2,423 „ 1,608 „ 7,576 „ Total,. 92 vessels There was a special meeting, to-day, of the Bom bay, Baroda, and Central India Railway Company, Colonel French in the chair, when the following gen tlemen were chosen directors, in the room of those who retired, viz., Col. French, Mr. James Landon, The Hon. Mr. Vereker, Mr. Hartridge, and Mr. Il itchell. The candidates returned thanks on being elected. In reply to a question, the Chairman said that a report would be made to the next meeting on the subject of the alleged illegal issue of shares. A Tote of thanks to the chairman closed the pro ceedings. There is a steady though rather inactive market for Public Securities:; this is chiefly owing to the settle ment now in active progress. The necessary arrange raents constitute the principal business attended to, and the market is consequently influenced by the usual operations. Consols have been 96 to 96-k for transfer, and fur account. They are now 96i buyers, and 96 1 3- respectively. The New Threes are 96:; ; the Reduced, 963 ; Long Annuities, 1 1 1 ; Exchequer Bills, March, 355. to 38s. prem. and ditto, June, 235. prem. Bank Stock is 2251 and India ditto, 217. The Mexican bondholders who are anxious to have distributed the amount accumulated at the Bank, in the shape of a dividend, are informed, through Colonel Facio, that the Government of the Republic have taken means calculated to complete the sum required for an entire half-yearly dividend in October next. This plan will obviate the diffi culty of distributing less than the usual dividend. In the Railway Share Market a very moderate , bus iness has b een d one , an d, i n most instances, rather lower rates are current. Eastern Counties, Lan cashire and Y or k s hi re , an d Midl and and I \ t ortl a British declined ss. Great Western, North Western, Manchester, Sheffield, and Li ncoln 10s., and Great Northern £l. Brighton advanced Stockton and North-Ea s t ern (B erw i c k ), and and Darlington ss. The Foreign and Co- Venetia n lonial li nes have exhibited few variations,Lombardo declined ss, E Wester n of ast Indian 15s, an d G reat Canada improved ss. 'l°i/it-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been flat. Bank of Australasia declined 1/.; Eng lish, Scottish, and Australian Chartered, ss. London joint. Stock improved ss. ; and Ottoman Bank, s s . ~12'eninsular and Oriental Steam d ec li ne d 10 8.; an d Ro yal Mail Steam advanced ss. Foreign Securities are in fair demand at about Yesterday -'s rates. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 96i 97 - 1 ; Brazilian Scrip, prem. ; Buenos Ayres p 6per Cents., 791- ; Grenada N ew Active, 21i ;• Mexican 3 per C ents., 20 21 ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 91 ; ditto Vribarren, 80 ; ditto Dollar Bonds, 802 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 451; Sardi n i an 5 Russian 41 pe r Cents., 10%; per Cents., 91 ; Spanish 3 43 3 44 ; an d di tto C ertificates, si per Cents., Red Sea Telegraph Company's shares are '3 Prem. 961 C onsols, money, 96i, buyers ; ditto, Sept. accou t• nt, TE O'C Subsc riptions for the remaining portion LOCK. of the n eat Indi a loan have been invited. ay-. As Slyth and Tyne 10 per o.j pro (18gur ,, 1 at £50.,, 1 d Piet. p,.ct. ?not 10 Do. do, do. 61..nvPs loi., p. •-•• 2.10 Do. t shares, No. 2 Chr.eter .t.l-toiyliefte., 54pH Do. do. 5 por cent Cork and Itaildon, b 4 c. r.l et Dor.., rerth, & &her. J odc D. Anglian Clouts A ShArt, ;. ect Class D .73 ler cent...,! ock on. Claws 0 7 ptr cent..,,' tk.E. anon. El. sp. • Do No. Do. New 6 por cent. Elto , A ! oak 'tee Thion, 4p. Oct &Lan, 6 per cent., 4 9. & rt.Tork. J unc. fifth , ock Odin. & (Das. 5 p.c. shares ock lidln., Perth, and Dundth rk - ir111120511 5 per cent, o^ls '3las. & B.West.FUE4 L P. et (lreht Northern, 5 y.cent, ook Do.6p.c.ltedeernable,lop.c, ock Do. 41 per cent. do. 100 Do. 5 p.p. Scrip, red.s% 3 p.c STOCK LISTS. —This Day. Stock, 225/ . ENGLISII FUNDS. ir 4 eree per Cont. Itedneed Annuities, 961 I I. 4- ,rbree„..per Cent. Consols Annuities, 96 I . te ree Per Cont. Annuities, 961 4 '. ng Amnuities e ir Jan. 5 1860, le. India Stock, 217. zi' e ' Consols for Account, 9 i 11Xch3qUer Bills, 1,^40/ 6 2 8 2 . March, 35 8 14°16411er i•ate.Slnall' : 2 411.;March, 36 Pm—June, 0. pm—Juno, 23. POREIGN FUNDS. 21 SiX per Cent. Buenos Ayres, account, 7,1. Per Cent. Grenada itonds, New Active, 214. 'ere° CrCent. Mexican Bonds, Acct., Aug. 13, 204 1. 41 per Cent. Peruvian, Acct., Aug. Few. per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 1853, 45g. 2,:tr-sXIII-llalf per Cent. Russian, 1004. l i ve Per Con t. Prdinian, 91. klrtre per Cent. Spanish tionds, 48 3t. BPanisla Committee. Cert, of Coup, not funded, 54 4. Six Acctt. Turkish, o. Ditto , Aug. is, 97. 4 1 per Cant . Peruvian Dollar Bonds, ox 45., 8".:1. .0 tlt.Nh.of Bcotland,lst pre HP tit ekt.&Wtt. (Ireland) 4 ' par cant. pief.Stock.. t 0 Elt. West. perks & 1.1a,M. ' Bs. 5 per cant) rot; no. Con.hltodra.4l per at. ck Do, do. 4 per cent. cit Go. Irrodeeroable 4 per at. :ck Do. S per et.rodoem.Pra _.,....________ 8 Do. Birmi ng . p re f. s h ares 10 Do. Chester 8 p.c.pr.shares 10 Do. Co. 5 per mut. do _ RARLBOROUGEI-STREET.—AssA.O !tock o. Birming. guar. stock.. LT ---. „, 11EAVY:FIN E.—Richard ilomen, aged 04 "f: I C . Ft ILD. 161 Do. Chester guar. slntres ,0 a !slut ry- IEI Do, do. d 0... ........ ....„ girl named Catherine ..',7,44!:_ol.lValvvorth-road, a carver and older, a, charged 20 13. do. do t w :( 1 tie following assault en a little iteck [Jan.& Torkshire 6 par c, e " aged 7 .; • Stile:. 40n.1. & Brie:. gun. 5. p. -,. John Spencer, ' yes es •—f r„ ia the employ of 111 c. Beacham, butcher, }:ask 4 °. Prel• SP. "I..wort , I,`-'',Are -market, said he was standing at the corner of ! tss t..- :, 10. New r...-,r e par 0,,,t. . stle-street on the previous evening, when he saw a large lock f . % do. .5 per c. - ...t... " . tawd of I , 'lt] a persons assembled, the k ion.StN.A.,oc7.& Arnfx: prisoner being among them, ton, 5 per cent after b lar.,--e ..; heavy picture-frame in his hand. Directly it? ii»ndon end o.Wnst. 7 p.c. e saw him torn round and give the little girl a blow !z 2 4f taondondy. & Col», 1 Pbare _ 110 t, tere was a h orn ;, 1 : head with it. He followed the prisoner, and told ,t,,: k ‘ez,-,,i i arr_mt F-.1.,03». X4l risolltiett the PUMp bandy he would pompon him. He soak 6' o*( 4 .. D- ..... e ... . 1 " :: ......... ~,. child's head was bleeding, and caused the tto. errent cent . • tl4.•i t .. rtO be taken into custody. The prisoner bad been 12 t :laryport »ad Ca . i p, (.1 ' lng If { )». do. 41 per ,f , A .. . . ... it i e °r . chile, 18 7 C, said he took the prisoner into custody, and 1,,;;,g tild„con:a pa; ce;•,..tt.,-':-; It,irei. prisoner said k Three i s ci to the hospital, where its head was dressed. The 31 . 12 k Do. Con. Brig.& Inr.6p.', , Wag not sober. :-,els lc., : f , , C Pre,'. fitn,', 1 he would pay anythin that was re- 6 Do. with option till I seo, ', Some boys had annoyed him. g nook Do. Leto. and Hit. F re . .st ' The moth 19 Nfew:.;;:rt,,A.oer. &e. pre,.,l r. B e _ ,e r said slle did not wish to hurt the prisoner. will, the 4 aan said b CO Do. Per;.et. 6p.c .. ..... .. . , Prisoner hade did not know what the mother 'nicht it) or:olk DsbentureSi et . l i tts .fe tv:i ye Child Committed an assault nu a poor little t,:ek cr. 5 at .once to pri so 4 . aed he IV, or th ree mon t ,.. e por c., Ex. ok., lee r ,, was very much inclined to send him ac-r --k Do. 5i k• C. Pra:* Sk., ; .''S us' '''.lid 11”4ec Win to pay the sum of 4n" ''' f ''' ' ' ‘llv.7 ' L7:2x. ''' " IraPrisonment. tt.:::k Sonia Er tisb .., 7 Do. 11. freferencx . .. s, 2tock ::,1 1 , 1.1%am-7i ..--.73»", 4 I;`..C. 1 , , :' .. 20' ao. do, A 1 7 :1 0 , f,e*l E .6 0Q: - ct ';ic.. SO , 0 , :•_:-, qa•.:. i , :rl. “"'''',' HI no ', - "cr , . f. , i--. .V.l-', lit 1 iortheLarerls,:r .. 20 1:rf..1f01.,&WeL,6 p.c. 1 g gok Do. do. Bv.c. 2d do. . Do. ii p. C, Dsbenture ISk I POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-Aug. 4. !PHA MES.—JusT PRO:; .A,usTRAL/A.—Peter Miller, a tat', rough sun-dried fellow, Peso ed hallaskep, was brooeht behre Yarqev charged with a ver • red nose, who ap- WWI assaulting. police-constable itO e b el ( *No. 446'K. A oebuck stated that at a quarter tot:line' o'clock last night f ast: taw the prisoner lying stretched on the pavement and Last adeep High-street, Sadw ell) anti a ;Teat numbn of 4 , ~ i~e:l, . , ititateria - anoiik W , :L, ST.our V2113y LIR, jtio.tC., tion iStAckburn r:?7th A , Tyne original dxiatol and Exeter „ , /,ledoDS an sstatr and A.5.0l head-- ,• , rk and 7 rg,ZiaCtr:;;;lr,&Passage• Ocrawall ....... . .. 0 ,, Al . re, ,, 1 Pe ..13 cliv io — A ' Gtr.tal G D.e.peran - ' hbas peen paid toli, abiin a ,- ..4 Eel.; , .st .;>; L'r , L.,Pertn, ic Aber. iu;-.. iC Vaatern Oo tnties terra ion stock • 1 )r... Do. B. Stock ..)o. Now A. (1,:t0'.0.1U, Jast Emit Zak Lsucsslaris &aat Satvolk .......... ..,. Cdiaburgh and G1a57.71, idtn., Perth, and Datrie• ?3rt.h and Clyde Janet,. Farnez,3 3 1 4+Now Ssouth Wes', ,rr re~tNortho'Bcotlai..', . zca NoribEri tfn D. A. Mtock ,„ Do. B. atock ?TO 4 t Wn.l.rei heat Western— ...o.Stour 'rish !.;o:Ith eastern,, .., p.al Car Jolt.. 30.1"irda.... • • :.)o. New TbirOs 'actahlza find i)o. do. F. £l6_ Do. do. 43 sham: West E1.3.17..g Fn." c-., erp., Croity,& ucr don and Blackwa'.', Do. New . .... .. „ Brightoa,& S. Co, aldor c. Eight: ti ..... it am/V.l-7'6;17 fir . ,! Colen2r gc.r.don Lltk li9. o'. litrn - taigtatc. . A. Gt. . harea rlns('3rlrie•.. • irz - 7;;:rt, db6r.x., .ievry t.n An:l4h (.o tferfcLk .. qortherh Counties ' Worth British . Worth heron .)o. A Stk.—u racy. rlO 6i until a p.c.has tcycup ao. 13 EVock .... north Eaktern—Bar3 Do. do. G.N.E. Parr! , - Do. York L6,110n... opet Nnd (;it; t4orth Sta ordsliiro. orth Wasten. • • cor h & Boa. W . :lst. .1••••_. • k .... .................. . L'OrtirTiou th .... .... •,• iihyrnuey., ............ letottimh Oeatrni . `teottish N.E., Aber. title . Do. Scott!sh Mid. Stook.. ihropshire ~ • 3i ttimehe.. Boterneyi Devon • • iOUtl-E.V1t3.731 ..... i zock `mock '9}oo), Mock is aok ~ 3 ~t Stock stock enth York?. a; River 1/47 zitpinee,Wokin.& Woki xockton. and Barlinoci Do. do. 1854 to. do. t.ookton And IlartlepoO! Vale I s lioreLce, No. 1.... • 1.1.1'811 Dk. R4ti. • o! ...... snd 4▪ rterford and Litoeric 'r Watt Oornwrill W.l. of Lo , . t# Cry:Palace Da. A receiving nod] 7. till 7 pr. ot. hag s° ' " „ boelz paid to L...}1 Pe*LLendou 11.3. let Glass po. 2d C 0... LTlilld 1.11d.t.. 101.1..E1} 119111TALb% . • - Done. B16t011ey,„. ti VF: 4 - ackinflion tintra 101 & N. 4 'ooo 102 77 ydesdale lunction _ C.F. I€.l !r.7....1103 105 heater,Stcar Val.,„ 87, .A.t-. 7 71.& B.C.' 14 16 l'..litoolnehlre.g.o Northern'lB9 141 Union, Hnr.,7lch ,'.1.141, 311 F, Co - dr. tlse.. 4 5 .' , so.Ban,&Nells.Direti,. 100 Oaledoniar„.. Do. New ... 10,1 GU 7:46. & Dear, Poreei- a.l .:rt. ' , ;artlopoolLock. &3k.31. RI. N. It Ber and all t k.& N 7. Mid. 111 113 Shares Ik*. t Sharer • tll Do „Indoa P.hd Green:ill:l; t . li az:‘ , .. Baaverv lB 14 .. °Si 24} Tilby.,l6outhex..3 100 Pato & 18 95 Os. Barking Shares,„ . all Do. „ ..... ,„ 3wetzoft, gus. 4 per 10'3 Norfolk .. :J.% Do. 6 par cent....... 100 D 0..„ .... , inuchee., Max., & Me.V. 16.W.4 M. It 11 I , ldlest & all S vor.k . Dexl. Bral'ora ....... 100 kfidiaz.i.„,„,, 97 99 ~,,k t.gy. Ex, gu. Er.. 0111 aLle; pm pm 71.7rthern 1111 , 1 Baatcrt 'sit .. ... 58 60 00. 6 /Or Cent ....... 30. ntod 5 per cat ... ".11 _ • ...... reKtou and Wyre L. A 151, )V1 .... Btare.4 all ?.07 , ute lilt Chill, tla .o,h , Yproth Stock 1 tat, 188 142 111 fat... , Roth., and Goole vial. 5 per cent 18.21,0-Lao. & Yoe!. Shrltwsburyalleretnl Bir.T.Braerov 81 01 3^;ash fitarrordahlre..— all ,Mr. M`Oleai- 10 10t Tear Talley all Stook, It D;r . r Do., .... ........ sti SS* ir:44B And Econeriot,,,, 103 ( irk . Vaste r, 89 91 91 60 71:v. bladon I erorlc7l all Lon. 3 Brigh 8 9 rO/1 SHAUL THE SITN, LONDON, IVEDNESDAI EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1858 loose women about him, who would soon have stripped him cf everything valuable on his person, if witness had not in 'et fered. He troused the prisoner, set him on his legs, and ad v i se d hi m to go home. The prisoner immediately called him by a foul nami,,and said, "I'll knock your--head off." He expostulated with the prisoner, yvho continued his abuse, ani aimed several blows at him with his fist, which he evaded. At last the prisoner struck him a heavy blow on the side of the head, and felled him to the ground. He got up and seized the prisoner, whn made a determined resist anc-, and a long time elapsed before he was secured. Mr. Yardley called upon the prisoner for his defence, but he paid no attention to the request of the magistrate. Mr. Yardley (loudly)—Do you hear me, sir? The prisoner, in a drawling tune, said—What am I here for ? ➢lr. Yardley—For being drunk, and striking a police constable. The prisoner —I know nothing about it. Mr. Yardley—What are you ? The prisoner —I am a shipwright. Mr. Yardley—Where do you work ? The prisoner —No where. r have just arrived from Aus. tralia. Mr. Yardley—ls this the way you behave in Australia ? The prisoner—Yes, sir. (Laughter.) Mr. Yardley—Theo the sooner you get back to Australia the better. I fine you 20s. for assaulting the policeman. ZONDUR MARKET.—Yesterday. oItDINARY SVIC X 8 AI 130 STOCKS. Yesterday's 6 hare. %frll> it 4,1% k'::i+i 6f 61 ;took 50 11 tf; itock 3cc k 1411 11'1 iui 113 100 Si. lg. 1::* Pa! ; 10k 9 114) 100 100 all 7i 8 63 71) 1t 12 26t 27i 91 93 781 79 88 40 71 16 17 621 ES 45 47 11 IS 91 93 641 441 251 261 92 93 10 iOt 1031; 104; g 2 84 •3" 133 iO3 les 49 49i t. 6 53 A 7 CO 12 13 • . 13 3 9 , 1 93 If Of `le I 8 tail 2 liL 97 99 8 Si fi 62 r'' 'Alag I'7lf:tip. 48 8. 84 96 102 104 61 6 110 115 103 104 115 112 114 116 132 136 79 81 100 100 100 100 100 120 122 112 114 105 107 45 67 11 11} 90 92 81 88 82 F 4 96 88 Pi 10 16 17 91 10/ 731 741 18 19 9 91 181 141 187 138 •=. .31•1 .... 160 166 ..... ... 110 142 * I 74 69 71 116 I‘B 103 105 93 95 1 7M 84Iti 111 91 - ..: 14 tLetkaus ?mat., li" i 9 !62i 3 191 9 1 9 LOS) +3 22 3 1 9 4 It I 924 S , Ais [MO IN I 2 Alp tog 11 0 98 go :J4 par 93 par u 110 133 105 10T 98 100 2 111 z d [oi 10 litalzass Dan% 1111 31 1107j1141 tlare 10i 40t 100/ 17i 10 Stock Stook Stock 100 100 iiii i 4,9 we.) 1111wari, kottisheentral, new pref. al Scot N.ll, Debenture SS p. c. pref. •:.tock , 10! Do. do. .bar. 5. 6p. ^ lO Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock 101 South , ..... al Axed 4.1 p3r cent. a; 13.11aat2. An.) 204 it:l al Do. 4k , !Do. Axed 4i p. cent. Ist irk 101 Do. New 4; p. cent. 2d is. 10f death Wales guar. 4p. et. 1 , Do. do. 4.1- per mat Sh.lrorkih'.re, 4 p. et. gtb6 Stockton & Darling. 5 p. c Do. do. 5 •;:er c• 3, Water.& Kilkenny E p. ct . 1r Closing Price ea ma COLONIAL Railways. .2 , /15,.1115 I Atlantic & Bt. Lawrence, a Rom. Baroda, & Oen, Iro Do. Additional Capital B. 4 Bnfalo k Lake Huron a 1k). New ,Buffalo,Brant, & Goderie 10 p. c. bda. 1 Aug., 1872. IDa. do. 1 July, 1873., 101 Do do. 1 June, ;874.. 10 I • Or.lcutta & S. Eastern I Central Oude (Limited).. 48. Ceylon De nerara Eastern Bengal east Indic a Do. (•: sharer. ..... ►o ••• ..... 19 74 /6 10 120 182 10 125 127 at lot 101 vu 11 ,z 10 ID 101 I(,S 10 ; 101 108 1! lei 171 II 2144 aft 13 0 de 45 FOREIGN. 4 . i. I (A.02117.] ni(4.S, Dens. 1Basl•zor s Dane. WlRll:ll‘..s. Par i pm par I pm 8 9 12 3 / 4 11 3 / 4 We 85 90 80 8s 77 82 - trzf,' as 2 1 11 10 1 I p os ar ) 106 p, Do. E shares Erten... 5 Do. 4i r. c. Bonds, pny.'s9. ' Geelong and Melbourne, I guar, 5 per cent t,.: Geelong Corporation 6 p. cent. Bends Grand Trunk of Csirvtr.N lOO Do. 6 per o. Debentures Do. Propor. issued of the 2,000,000 6p. c. Prof. Lu 6{ Graat Indian Peulnsala, al Do, New 5 pet cent Do. do. Omit Western of Canaitt al Do.ne-v 1 Do. bonds payable '76 Do. do. '73, do. '6O Do. do. '73, witho - opt 3gsd.ras ttttt 34 Of .41011 t Do. new, do. 5 percent Do. 4f F. Eaten Do. third Eaten, g. 5 p. e, Do. fourth do Now Brauswick, &c. atm : Do. do. B Capital 6eir.de. guar. 5 p. c..... • Do. New ?unjaub S .. Andrews and Quebel Trinidad, Limited, Scrip !,mzerp bnd Ardenno-. 13e11ian Eastern JUhOt 4 Been:A to Gr 4 isseEsw-. Carmoaux &Toulouse Oc Mine and Dmilway Dutch Ehemtsb. ...... faxtern of Frar.ce...,... Duptrates VRiicy, . w est Cmtral o' .rzarize Luxenibm!rg, am, !;1., Italian Junction.— Lake Constance and B. Lierre Lnd Tr.rnhout. . Lombardo Venetian . Luc , : a 33 b ,VTR an CrB:ZE Main Ar.tonia do.new Do. do. 13 ter cent. pref.. h , .).rthez:4 of Fran a , Do. new. Trar.k Pro wag „ :.iris end Or:esns ..... Raci'e fi F. 4 fin Fran., g. 7 p.f iniga & Dunabnrg !Rome and Proses:A Danish Doyal bwedist,—. • Ilarn..ro art/ Mels3.„.„. pm I I* pm 18* 50 6 4 Ws 611 tof 211 4 par tgm par pm 11 181 IF} t 2 I 2 dim it 107 112 11 107 112 LI 1 I 105 106 !! 18 19 al 20t 2C US 1 Of dia b par i pm ,m 0 2par l tch 8 4 3 dla I I Pm 5 par pm 5 par 1 1 1i die *pm 1 ,, ' 1 31 ens 1; 21 21 I 4t dls 26 26 xr. 1 1 I 3. 8 k u s 2/ 8 pr: ,11 - Hi 44 91 92 211 tlf :ft E 7 1Z 8$ ft sai slt 01 51 L 2 9 } I 2 •••• Do. Si per cent. prof !I..:ut?' ern of France Welt a nders Do.sipor cent. Pref.... Vest. Northn.of France v...] Western of Austria . Wo3tcris of Switleriand. illaabaden 7.1 . . . . .. . , t m• Mines. 71 It , 4 9 , 1 1 201 21 71 4i 5* 9 51 28* 241 Bon Accord Copper, lurid. 100. "ill 11:.p. 27 De. Et. J0hrk8&7.. ...... Do. Land & Miniag Co„, Cl.,renflun ( 1 '.):::2. Min. CO.I 00 , iro C0pper.........,....., I Cci , L.pc ,Itortun t",44in0r,1 . I IL n0r0 8 .... . .N 5 I:sitfi inn lf 1 :Mark - pita .. • .... "........... al: 1 Now Grana da.......... ~.,, . al: 10 .Pentgibsud Sliver, tie, ali 5 :Port Philip... SO Dar Lingo de (tabu 156 45 2 fif , tinitod Mexican tll ;Alfred Consols (Phillack) 2.11.1, 20 ;Eritisla Iron ll ~.. Condurrow (Camborno)... :5 10 Devon Groat Consols 1 --. 'East Bassett (Illogan) 'Great South Tolgus - i 17s. -... 1 Bortriclge Consols Min. Co 6s. 5 TaYnar Silver and Lead Mining Co l4 10 'Ph: Croft 9 i West Basset (Illogan) , 9 OIXT STOOK. l:~ti~ ~ ,i~" I I t I L it ti ' di. 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I,arg, lANKE. 41, Glazing Prices. Basins: DOCK% M 83 23; 132 48 50 55 57 3 21t die 59 el 23 SO 18 20 17* 18 20 20i 28 30 $0 32 45 47 45 47 37 34 163 16/ 62 61 5! 54 45 47 as 1444. rLe, Docks. sit S 1 19 , 1! s 173 " 311 f 'at 1331 80 CANADA. FROM CORRESPONDENT OF TIIE MORNTNG POST. TORONTO, JULY 19 THE FRASER RIVER GOLD-DIGGINGS. Since my last letter the proceedings in Parliament have been of unusual interest. The fate of the " want of confidence" motion was not doubtful ; the Government did not even condescend to answer the speeches of the Opposition on this matter ; but, after some three or four of the latter had delivered their sentiments, l ou dly p ro te s ti ng against the pre sent condition of thi ngs , and especially against French domi na ti on, an d comp l a i n i ng th a t, i n conse quence of the Ministry having a minority of votes in Upper Canada, a number of useful measures which the Western section of the province stood in need of could not be passed. A vote was taken in a very full house, and the numbers stood thus : for the motion, 37 against 47, giving the Government a majority of 10 of the whole, but leaving them in a minority of 9 as regards Upper Canada. This result was anticipated, and therefore very little interest was felt in the matter ; there was but a meagre attendance of mem bers or spectators, and some of the chiefs of either party were absent. Had there been a full house it is probable the Government would have been sus tained by a larger vote, but the Opposition papers assert that the difference would not have been great. Neither party seem to think they have gained any thing by the Tote. A much more important matter was decided on the following day, when the member for Montreal, Mr. Dorion, the clever leader of the Rouge party, brought up the seat of Government question, mov ing, in amendment to the motion of the Finance Minister that the house go into committee of sup ply, " That an humble address be presented to her Gracious Majesty the Queen, to represent, that this house is duly grateful to her Majesty for complying with the address of her Canadian Parliament, pray ing her Majesty to select a permanent seat of Go vernment; but, that this house deeply regrets that the city which her Majesty bas been advised to select is not acceptable to a large majority of the Canadian people." The mover of the above had two objects in view ; in the first place, if possible to defeat the Govern ment ; and in the next, to get a vote in favour of Montreal. In neither of these objects was the hon. gentleman successful, and, after a sharp and interest ing debate, the decision of the Queen was maintained by a majority of 18. The principal Opposition paper in this city thus comments on the vote on the seat of Government ques tion :—" The Government admitted by their silence, and others stated the fact broadly, that if Mr. Dorion's motion was lost, it was equivalent to saying that the decision should be final." With reference to this question, which was of such a nature that we could not settle it ourselves, it should be stated that the general impression now is that no removal will take place from this city to Quebec at the expiration of the four years (in October, 1859), the period fixed fF'r the alternating system of Government; but that the Government will remain at its present location until the proper accommodations for its reception shall have been provided on the banks of the Ottawa. In the meanwhile the state of the provin cial finances will hardly admit of any expenditure being made for the purpose of providing suitable buildings for the Government at the new capital; and besides, many people fully en t er t a i n the belief that the eids O es t , tawa people will yet be disappointed, and that a Federal Union of the British North American Provinces will step in to rob them of their- much-coveted prize. Another matter of great interest ON your side of the ocean has been decided in the provincial Parliament. The bill to amend the acts relating to the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada hasbeen pased through committee, and on a division, is to be read a third time this day. A number of amendments were voted down by considerable majorities, chiefly restricting the borrowing powers proposed to be granted to the Company, and no one doubts the final passage of a measure, the object of which is to afford relief to the greatest of our national enterprises, whose prosperity and success must at all times reflect the prosperity and successful development of the province. The Grand Trunk Railway deserves, and must have, the fullest measure of support the country can give to it, and none i'ut croakers are so short-sighted as not to perceive the fact ,hat but for the Grand Trunk Railway the progress of Canada during the few past years would . .. have been comparatively slow, while the important benefits destined by its agency to be conferred on the province are incalculable. The millions we may guarantee or spend to-day will be returned tenfold ere many years, and all British North America will yet be obliged to confess its obligations to all parties by whose exertions the stupenious enterprise has been thus far carried towards its successful comple- Another most important motion has been made by the Finance Minister, relative to a more advan tageous provision for the redemption of provincial debentures by the creation of a provincial stock. Mr, Cayley proposes to create a consolidated fund, bearing interest at 4i per cent,—which is thought a fair equivalent for the present value of the Provin cial Debentures, It is, of course, expected that when unds rule high the Canadian stock will go up also. It needs very little argument to show the great ad vantage of the proposed conversion of the public debt ; all parties interested will be benefited by the change, the present debenture system being so in convenient, complex, and burthensome ; and it may safely be anticipated that capitalists at home will be more ready to make investments in Canadian Stock, which will always be easily convertible, than in municipal, Government, and various other deben- tures. In addition to these advantages, the change in the management of the public debt will lessen its amount, while it would tend to increase the value of the present debentures in the English market. The scheme finds favour on all sides of the house, and no doubt, after due consideration, the resolu tions embodying the proposed change will be adopted. The tariff has safely passed the ordeal of commit tee, and a bill founded upon the resolutions will soon be passed through Parliament, and then we may expect a speedy termination of the longest ses sion I remember in Canada. The tariff is intended to afford a large measure of protection to our manu factures; but Mr. Cayley repudiates the idea of its being a protection tariff—he says it is a tariff for revenue purposes, such as is demanded by the pecu named modify pecu liar circumstances of the province. Some o f t h e i tems upon which high duties are placed—such as upon and prob a bly th e paper—do inspector n -ge o n t era m l e m et a w y ith in the favour, article his tariff ; but a revenue must be obtained, and as newspapers are free of postage, or nearly so, in Canada, the provincial press ought to be satisfied. engages public at tention Theo i t n h c er an su ad bj a e s t tlvehiFehratsleovir r River gold discovery and at the present time the excitement is growing throughout the province. Some of our papers at tempt to dissuade people from leaving for 'the dig ging, at least not until further and more reliable information on the subject shall be furnished ; but it is no easy matter to cure the fevei when it once appears ; and when it gains a hold upon the mind, all prudent considerations are scattered to the winth. No doubt there will soon be a large immigration to the new gold fields from England : if not, the Ame ricans now flocking thither will do as they like, and cause disturbances in British Oregon. The San Francisco -Herald of the 21st June, a copy of which has just reached me, is literally filled with articles on the subject of the Fraser River gold discoveries, and while attempting to check the exodus which was going on, and threatened to de populate the elder diggings, does nut succeed in blinding the eyes of the Californians to the fact that the richness of the new El Dorado had not been exaggerated, and that ti c probability was that a large population would be re many months could elapse be found in British Oregon. It supposes that a large and important city will spring up at some point on Paget's Sound. The question is asked, " Where is the new city to be ? The restrictive policy of the Hudson's Bay Company will prevent any large city springing up on the United States territory; but the Herald does not believe the company will be sustained in their exclusive policy by the Government of Britain. At present the indications point to Esquimaux Bay, three miles from Victoria, on Vancouver's Island. At that point it is said there is sufficient depth of water for ships of the largest class, and for the accommodation of an extensive commerce. The Hudson's Bay Company favour the above locality. The Herald, however, points out the difference between the company's tenure of Vancouver's Island and that of the main land, and sees no reason to doubt their ability to convey a perfect title until the expiration of their lease. The discovery of gold fields will destroy all chance the company might have had of ob taining a renewal of their lease of the island. The progress which Russia is making in the North Pacific, by the annexation of the Amoor River country, will suggest to the British Govern ment the necessity of establishing a colony on this coast, to preserve the balance of power! " This can not be done while the company hold the whole country under an exclusive charter. " The Cana dians, too, are clamorous for the opening of the whole of the British possessions on the Pacific for settle ment and immigration, and it is not likely that the British Government will refuse them anything they may now ask." All - the Californian papers tell the same tale, and do not deny that the gold fever is raging in every part of the State. All the lines of travel are crowded by adventurous gold seekers, and accommodation cannot be found for the half of those who are hur rying to the sea-board from the interior, burning with the desire to get early to the new diggings. " Hostile Indians, a barren and forbidding region, an inhospitable climate, and a dangerous river route have no terrors for them ; they will brave all to satisfy themselves." It is of course the interest of the Californian papers to decry British Oregon, its climate, and call it—as the Hudson's Bay Company have so often done—a barren, forbidding region ; but the world is wiser to-day on these subjects than it was a few years back ; and if it were not, what care the gold-seekers for sufferings from want of food and shelter, and for dangers of which they at pre sent know nothing, incited and fed as their minds are by dreams of gold—of bright auriferous metal ? The effects of the new gold fever are proving dis astrous enough in California. The price of labour has already been seriously affected, and a number of quartz mills have been compelled to cease operations from a scarcity,of hands. Labour of all kinls has been run up, and in many places strikes have oc curred and resulted in an advanced rate of wages being granted. San Francisco is said to present a singular series ofscenes, from the effects of the Fraser River fever, the city being the natural outl:t for all persons bound thither, whether from the mines or from the interior towns of the country. All classes are seized with the mania ; even newspaper men have been bitten, and have gone off with types and presses to the new gold region. For the present the shop keepers of San Francisco would appear to be doing a good business in all these articles required for the use of the diggers, and it is supposed that a million of dollars will have been added to the daily circula tion within a week. A rumour had been in circulation at San Fran cisco, but was not generally credited, that the charter of the Hudson's Bay Company had been renewed by the British Government for a further term of 21 years. After giving its readers a tolerably accurate sketch of the condition of the controversy down to nearly the present time, the San Francisco paper ex presses the hope " that the people of Canada will not recede from their original position, viz., no renewal of the charter. they remain firm, the Hudson's Bay Company's rule over the whole of the north western territories of Great Britain will be termi nated in - May, 180, and free trade and liberality will take the place of monopoly and intolerance." To renew' he charter of the company, even on the conditions proposed by Mr. Labouchere, would, under present circumstances, be to create a mono poly in comparison with which the East India Com pany would be insignificant. Governor Douglas has already prohibited vessels from navigating Fraser's River, and claims as a right belonging to the Hudson's Bay Company the whole of the new trade which is fast springing up as the adventurers continue to press forward to the diggings. "It is just the same," says the paper before quoted, " as if one single commercial house in San Francisco should have the monopoly of furnishing the whole population of California with whatever they may require in the shape of necessaries or luxuries, and at whatever prices they might determine, ignoring altogether the law of demand and supply, together with the right to impose licenses for the privileges of mining, and also for navigation. Such is the character of the monopoly enjoyed by the Hudson's Bay Company, and which, if the charter be re newed, they %%ill enjoy for 21 years more." The bare contemplation of its magnitude is almost sufficient to take the breath out of a man. What ever course events may take, we think that there is now sufficient grounds for the interposition of our Government. "It is neither fair nor just that Eng land should be allowed to erect a monopoly of that kind at our very doors, under the pretence of renew ing the charter of an existing commercial company, and to sanction a policy more exclusive and more outrageous in every respect than has ever been pur sued by the Chinese or Japanese." In another article the same paper calls on the Governor of the State to communicate to the Cabinet at Washington the important events transpiring be tween the citizens of California and the Hudson's Bay Company, and to issue a proclamation to that effect ; also to define the rights and privileges to which they may be entitled under existing treaties between Great Britain and the United States. The recent Reci procity Treaty is quoted as confirmation of the view that perfect equality should exist between the two nations, the treaty stipulating " that the same tonnage duties are payable upon ships or boats im porting goods into Upper or Lower Canada as are or may be payable at the same time in the United States on British craft entering the harbours of the State from which such goods have been imported." There can be no question that Governor Douglas has stretched his authority not a little in condemn ing; American vessels to the pains of seizure for infraction of the conditions set forth in his late proclamation. The United States Government have liberally allowed to the Hudson's Bay Company, and all British subjects trading with the same, the privilege of navigation of the Columbia. " From the point at which the 49th parallel of north lati tude shall be found to intersect the great northern branch of the said river, to the point where said branch meets the main stream, and from there down to the ocean, with free access into and through said river or rivers, it being understood that all the different portrga along the line thus described shall in like manner be free and open. In navigating the said river or rivers, British subjects, with their goods and produce, shall be treated on the same footing with citizens of the United States." The above it is contended might well serve as a basis for the United States to require a similar mark of libera!ity from the Hudson's Bay Company as that conceded by them to the Company. It is very clear that in placing restrictions en the operations of the Californian and United States traders, the HuNon's Bay Governor has, at the least, acted without due discretion, and there is good rea son to fear that the consequences may be disastrous, and tend/to involve the United States and Great Britain in fresh quarrels, which, coming so soon after the settlement of the right of search question, are rot likely to be easily or amicably arranged. But it would seem quite impossible for the Company to show the least act of liberality ; even while on t rial, and about to undergo the fatal btroke of the 'hare, executioner, the same grasping, avaricious con duct is exhiblited, and not a single trait of generous feeling breaks forth to enlist sym contribute a large quota of adventurers to the new colony, which must be now rapidly springing into existence in the region at present lorded over by the monopolists, but whose sway cannot be of long duration, for it is quite certain that the sort of men who are fast settling on Fraser's River, Vancouver's Island, and other localities will not be so submissive to the Company's rule as the poor, isolated, unpro tected people of Red River have for so long a period perforce been. Circumstances are certainly adverse in all directions to the Company ; in Canada we have unanimity of feeding against the monopolists; in England the most powerful class of all, the great mercantile body of the empire, are actively engaged in putting an end to their pretensions; while both at home and in this province the force of legislation is about to be put forth to terminate the existence of a selfish monopoly in a legal manner. The weather is magnificent, the hay crop i s now being fast got in, and the grain harvest has com menced in some localities. I am sorry to say the news from the West is not good with regard to the wheat ; that destructive insect the weevil is busy at work, and in some places the wheat crop will prove a total failure. LITERATURE. The Edinburgh Review. No. 219. Longman and Co. There is an unusual number of interesting sub ccts in the table of contents of the Edinburgh— [-Jistory, Biography, Criticism, Politics, Science, are pleasantly mingled, and the result is a very attractive number. The life and genius of Hugh Miller well deserves a prominent notice in a Scottish periodical. The early difficulties of the student, the wonderful advance of the " journeyman mason" to the first rank among the scientific men of his day, the trag:c close of so eminent a career, all combine to invest his delightful and valuable writings with an additional power of attraction. The private history of the geologist is but briefly touched upon, his early toils being the only part alluded to, the character and scientific value of his works, and progress of his knowledge, being the prevailing topics. The second part of a lengthened criticism on " M. Thiers' His tory of the Consulate and the Empire " will attract the political and historical reader. It treats, with deserving consideration, a work of undoubted histo rical importance and unquestionable ability, what ever the opinions it promulgates, or the principles it upholds. An article on " Canning's Literary Remains" is full of inte►est, and gives nume rous extracts from his contributions to the poetry of the Anti-Jacobin. The writer opens his essay by remarking that Canning has never been fairly appreciated by his countrymen. The warm eulosqum of his abilities as a statesman passed by the Edinburgh Reviewer of the present day is in strik ing contrast to the attacks of "Peter Plymley." The wit and satire of these famous verses have furnished sarcasms for many succeeding politicians. The brilliancy of his wit and humour have induced many to consider these his chief gifts, and this impression the writer of the article before us strives to remove, and while ren dering full importance to his capacities for gue rilla warfare, to show he was as fitted to command regular pitched battles, or to sustain unshaken the as saults of his opponent. " The Health of the Army" is the title of a paper on Modica Sanitary Reform. It is observed that " the lamentably objective regu lations of the British Army in regard to the preser vation of health, under which all the mischiefs ex posed in the Commissioners' report have' grown up, are attributable in a great degree to the fact that they were made at a time when sanitary ser vice was well understood. Surely one of the first results of an advancement in scientific knowledge should be the application of its improved principles to places immediately under control and discipline." Those who are interested in the condition of the soldier will find this paper re pay perusal. " The Posthumous Memoirs and Songs of Beranger" form the subject of an article which presents us with nothing very new or striking. A. criticism on Mr. Froude's recent volumes, while rendering full justice to his ability and the grace of his style, very justly attacks Lis portraiture of " I3lff King Hal." The extravagance of Mr. Froude's defence defeats his ingenuity. Not content with softening down the harsh lines, and putting the most favourable construction on his acts, he reverses the decisions of posterity, and honours the condemned prisoner with not only a full acquittal, but high eulogiums of his moral and social character. The critic, alternately employing reason and irony, shows the injustice of Mr. Froude's arguments, and while making allowance for the age and the circumstances, cannot accept as a hero the murderer of Sir Thomas More and Anne Boleyn. Mr. Fronde says that "it would have - been well for Henry VIII., if he had lived in a world in which women could have been dispensed with, so ill in all his relations with them he succeeded. With men he could speak the right word—he could do the right thing ; with women he seemed under the fatal necessity of mi3take." "It would have been well," replies the critic, "for Sir John Paul, and his partners, if they could have lived in a world where trust securities could have been dispensed with, so ill in all their relations with that description of pro perty did they succeed. It would have been well fur the late Mr. Palmer if he could have lived in a world without a Mr. Cooke, so unsuccessful was he in all his relations with that unfortunate gentleman. It would be well for pickpockets if they lived in a world where there were no pockets to pick. It would be well for us all if we lived where the mis takes to which we happen to be peculiarly liable Could not possibly be committed." The Indian drama of " Sacontala," which attracted so much at tention at its first appearance in this country, has of late years received a careful translation, which is discussed in an interesting paper. The wild and characteristic nature of the singular old legend, the beauty of the images and the dark, mys terious Hindoo superstitions peeping through it, combine to render it a curious study- for the poet and psychologist. In speaking of the Hindoo drama the writer observes, " The great masters of . human thought and language have to the Indian mad lived in vain; it has run through its solitary cycle, and worked out its own weary problem alone ; yet India has a literature of poetry and philosophy which reaches back to the earliest times, older than Troy and the Iliad, perhaps a 3 old as the Pentateuch itself. There were Indian poets before Homer had harped his first song; there were Indian thinkers and philo sophers before Thales called water the 'apx - %) of all things ; and though this succession of writers has now dwindled down to idle poetasters and pedantic grammarians, it has never ceased from those earliest ages down even to the present day." The number contains several other articles, and concludes with a paper entitled " Earl Grey on Parliamentary Government," which, in the pages of requires no comment o r the old Whig Quarterly, description, The Quarterly Review. No. 207. John Murray. The first article that arrests the reader's attention in the present number of the Quarterly is founded on Mr. Hepworth Di:can's Life of Admiral Blake. It gives a succinct and interesting summary of the career of the great seaman, of whom it is justly said that he mtlet have possessed a special genius for the see. The unusual age at which he commenced his nautical career, and his previous habits as a military man, would scarcely ha;',? led his contemporaries to anticipate for him a series of brilliant achievements, which should rank him high among tno :naval heroes of his country. " A man of this stamp had the kind of disposition which then, as ever, resembled the true nautical English charac ter. So that when he, at fifty years of age, went afloat Icr the first time, at a period when Cromwell and the Parlia mentary chi* fs sent genesis' cn beard the fleet over the seamen's heads, and after a revolt of part of that fleet to the side of the Princr i f Wales, he seems to have become do mesticated immediately. lie took ti the water as if tliere were something in his breed ilia• fi , ted him fur it. He con quered in actions against the erPtthst seamen of the day; and, in eight short years (1649-164), he so completely esta blished his naval renown, that be superseded the reputatiun which had first raised him, the honour derived from Bristol, Lyme, Taunton, and a dozen fields of battle, and sunk his title of General, in that of Admiral, for all pos !erity. England, which has forgotten that Bacon waa viscount, has forgotten that Blake was a general,: A 5 !t merged Bacon's political in his philosophical A me, so It trnrged Blake's military in his naval fame. woe is no thing like it in our history. Here is a man, w ao is spoken f of as a seaman, in conjunction with Drako, and Nelson, and Cellingwood, and who on his &ilea' birth -day cannot PoessblY have keen able to put a ship abou`, or to give the pathy fog• the well-merited fate which is abiut to overtake the monopolists. Our provin cial Government, as well as that of the United States, Avill be obliged to represent to the Home Government the conduct of the Hudson's Bay Com- pang, and the danger that threatens to produce an angry feeling, and perhaps a collision, between the Company and the Californian and Canadian adven turers. The fever is not confined to the Pacific side of the Continent ; it is now raging to some extent throughout Canada, and as fresh information is cir culated, additional parties are smitten with the disease, and will not be deterred by any considera tions from pulling up stakes and starting for the golden regions. Several meetings have been held in this city on the subject, and parties have been organised for the purpose of going overland to Vancouver's Island and and Frascr's River, and no doubt the province will Paid. 6 61 7 Ott 934 94 _l4 1 •th 91: Ssi - IS 36 • die 94! '5 67 62 66 S sti !St 921 93 1f 19•'. 47 47* 74} 74} 97 99 5} 51 f 8 9 k 9 17 28 1 7 4 Gilt Paid. 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REPRESENTATION or SOUTII DEVO N . --.An im portant gathering of the Conservative party of the southern division of the county has been held at Newton, at which it was unanimously resolved to accept Mr. S. T. Kek ew i c h as a candidate for the vacancy arising from the elevation of Sir J. B. Yarde Buller to the peerage. Preliminary meet ings have also been held at Torquay in the Liberal intertat for the purpose of inducing Sir Culling E. Eardley, to contest the election; but the hon. baronet's reply to the unanimous request of the party has not yet (Monday) been received. Meanwhile, resolutions expressive of confidence in the strength of the Liberal party, and pledging them selves to support a fit and proper candidate for the repre sentation of the division,have been passed ; and an influential committee, of which Mr. March Phillipps and Mr.E.Vivian, count• mtgistrates, are members, has been appointed to take measures to promote the objects of the meetings. The nomination takes place on Friday next at the Castle of Exeter. Since the above was written a telegrata has been received from S'r Culling Eerdley declining the honour sought to be conferred upon Um. M.are, orders while the crew were reefing topsails. It is scarcely intelligible to us who know the present English navy, as we think of the roars of laughter with which the squadron would hail the news that Sir Colin Campbell had been ap pointed to the Royal Albert. To ueclerstaid Blake's suc cess, we must attribute to him not only an inherent genius for the sea, but an essential affinity with the character of seamen, which caused his crew to rei:ognise in him abrother spirit, and cordially exert their efforts to assist him in his task. For it is perfectly certain that, at first, he must have been under great disadvantages. He must have been de pendent on captains, lieutenant 4, or masters for the whole seamanship of the very ship in which he sailed. In our day, no ordinary man would be considered likely to be a'flrst rate seaman who should enter the service 2S late fts twenty; and genius, like everything else, must submit to certain funtiameatal natural laws." The struggles of Van Tromp and Blake, the death of the stout old Dutchman in his cabin from a musket ball, and the 'death of Blake himself a few. years later, also in his vessel, just as the ship was entering Plymouth Sound, are full of in terest, and those who have not met with Mr. Dixon's able work, will find in this article fuller -' details of the brief and glorious career of the - great Admiral, than ordinary histories present:- Mr. Buckle's "History of Civilisation" receives As severe analysis. It is to be regretted that the ability ' and research displayed by this author should be marred by the falsity and dogmatism of his principles. of reasoning:. "Iron Bridges" is the title of an in teresting paper which recounts the various inventions and improvements, from the first experiment across the Severn to the .f test development of the pre- - sumption of modern seienee--Mr. Boyd's project . of a bridge across the Channel from Shakspeare's Cliff to Cape Grinez. Speaking- of the wonderful variety of useful purposes to which this metal is applied, fltek` i writer quotes the saying of Francis Horner after inspecting a steel manufactory, that "Iron is not only the soul of every other manufacture, but the main spring of civilised society;" and the 'till more em phatic assertion of John Locke, " that notwith standing man's advancement in knowledge, we • should, were the use of iron lost among u s , be in a few ages reduced to the wants and ignorance of the ancient savage Americans, so that he who first made known the use of that contemptible mineral may be truly styled the father of arts and author of plenty." This somewhat startling asseve ration does not appear so extravagant when we take into consideration the multifarious purposes for , which iron is indispensable. "The superiority of this metal over all others Consists In the vast number of purposes to which it can be advantage ously applied, and the various modifications of which it is susceptible in the process of manufacture. There is no other metal which coulq be so worked up as to serve equally well for a needle and as shot for a ninety-eight-pounder gun; as a sergeon's lancet and a five-ton Naysmyth tilt hammer; as the spring of a watch th e s i ze o f a s hi lling, and the hull of a Leviathan steamship ; and which is alike indispensable is the construction of a pair of scissors and an electric tele graph, a steel pen and a railroad, a mariner's compass, and a tubular bridge. T. e iron machines of our manufacturer. are driven by the iron steam-engines of Watt, and their products are distributed over iron railroas!s by the iron locomotives of Stephenson. Intelligence is telegraphed to and from the ends of the earth by means of the iron wire. Our Crystal Palaces are built of glass framed in iron. We have iron roofs, iron houses, iron chnrches, iron bedsteads, iron light houses, iron ships, iron palaces, and iron bridges. In short, we now seem to be in the very midst of M. Wors.aae's t Iron Age."' The life of Wycliffe is one little known, and scarcely likely to be more so. It is remarked, in the inte resting article on this subject, that many who have exercised the largest influence on the minds of their fellows have left little behind them but a name. The very personality of Homer is disputed. In modern days, how meagre is the biography of Shakespeare l " Wycliffe, the patriarch of the Reformation, has been compared to the voice of one crying in :the wilderness' a voice, and nothing more—a mighty agency which is known only in its effects." The brief memoir of his career, and the extracts given from his writings, will attract many who have never met with any details of the life and labours of this herald of the Reforma tion. "A paper on Shipwrecks" gives some curious and instructive details of the losses at sea, and on the coast, the supposed causes, and the avoidable dangers. "An Essay on the Britishi Museum" will be attractive to the studious. An article on the absorbing topic of the day, "The Condition and Future of India," is written with ability and impar tiality. THE ARMY. The following gratifying circular was put in orders yes erday at Portsmouth garrison, and promulgated through out the district : " The Major-General has much pleasure in making known to the garrison that lie has received the commands of her Majesty, through his Royal Highness the Com mender-in-Chief, to express to the officers and soldiers com posing it her approbation of the appearance and movements of their respective tegiments this day, and also her satisfac tion at the arrangements which were made for her recep tion. The Major-General cannot conclude without return ing his thanks to Cotonel Wright for his exertions in milking the necessary arrangements." On Friday Lieutenant-General Lord Seaton, accompa nied by his staff, inspected the sth Royal Irish Lancers and the other troops in the garrison at Newbridge, with whose fine appearance he was greatly pleased. The sth Lancers (new regiment) number 700 men, but as yet they are not mounted or fully equipped. On Saturday orders were issued for volunteers for the Enniskillen Dragoons, who, preprratory to their departure for India, are Otte augnennted to 791 men of all ranks. The moutent the announcement was made by Colonel Sullivan 300 of the sth Lancers stepped out of the ranks and offered to volunteer. Fifty men only being required, this number was selected, and on the same evening they left, in charge of an officer of the sth Lancers, for Brighton, to join the head-quartere of the Enniskillens. The entire battalion of the Royal Marine, stationed at Woolwich was yesterday morning paraded in the batrack square, in command of Colonel 'Patton Brown, the com mandant, with cicsed gates, to beer the promulgation of the sentence of a general court-martial, held on Monday, the '26th ult., fir the trial of Patrick Smollen, a private of the 4th company, Woolwich division, for acts of gross insubordination, and threatening to murder his command ing officer, Captain Kennedy. The evidence was gleaned principally from the information of a Mr. Brown, a Scrip ture reader, who happened to be at the prisoner's quarters about three we.ks ago, when the prisoner entered in a very excited state, and drawing a bayenet which tie had concealed about his poison, said that he had been loitering about for two hours in the Charlton-road in the hopes of meeting his • captain, and vowing that if lie had fallen in with him he would have taken his iife. Mr. Brown without delay pro ceeded to the Royal Marine Barracks and reported the facts to the adjutant on dnty. The prisoner, whose character is noted as bad," and who had on a former occasion while nerving on board ship made use of a similar threat towards his commanding officer, was accordingly arrested and con fitted in one of the cells. The general court-martial, under the presidency of Li eute nant-Colonel Congdon, R.M., tak ing a lenient view of the case, awarded the prisoner four years' penal servitude. It appears that the prisoner, who is a married man, had nourished a feeling of vengeance against his captain for some supposed undue severity in de priving his wife of the company's weekly washing, and bad gone about with a determination of putting his terrible threat into execution. Captain Kennedy returned to barracks by another route, and thus deprived the in tended murderer of his victim. Six companirs of the Royal Antrim Rifles, in command of Colonel the Marquis of Donegal, occupying quarters b the west square of the Artillery Barracks, Vl'oolwich, yesterday spread canvas at the Green-hill encampment, near the Artillery schools. The removal of the troops is rendered necessary, now that the whole of the Royal Morse Artillery have left the garrison, to enable the Engineers to commence the long-projected arrangements for building an additional story to that range of the barracks, which is to take place without further delay. The A and K troops, in command of Major Ward and Major Le Mesarier Tupper, commenced au organised course of gun practice, firing shot and shell at a target on the Sands at Shocburyness, on Monday, which is to be continued day, the weather permitting, until their return to Woolwich. Yesterday the following draughts belonging to the East India Company's depots at Chatham left that garrisonand proceeded to Gravesend, where they embarked on boars Genghis Khan for Kurrachee, fur the purpose of reinfod r the service companies of their respective regiments sercda in India,—viz.:—Nine men of the 7th Royal Fusrvil Captain George A. Ryan, Ensign William H. Ralstoniflid 10 men of the 70th Regiment ; 14 men of the 81st ( loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment; and Ensign J. Knox and 70 men of the 94th Regiment. The Harkaway, which has been taken up by the East India - Company for the convey ance of reinforcements to Calcutta, will embark her troops at Gravesend to-morrow, and the Barham, for Madras, will embark the reinforcements proceeding in that vessel on Saturday next, at Gravesend. A party of 15 non-commissioned officers belonging to the East India Company's Sappers and Miners, having corn- pitted a course of instruction in sapping and mining and fortification at the Royal Engineers' establishment, ( ha.. tham, left Brompton Barracks yesterday and proceede to Warley, for the purpose of embarking for India. THE NAVY. The Racoon, 21, screw corvette, Captain James A. Poynter, sailed from Portsmouth on Monday night for Cherbourg. The Quail, 2, gunboat, Lieutenant-Commander Noel Os borne, and the Growler, 2, gunboat, Lieutenant-Commander Henry E. Crozier, arrived yesterday morning from Ply mouth. A large Dutch screw steam-frigate passed through Spit head to the westward yesterday morning. Rear-Admiral the Hon. G. Grey was to sail last night in the Portsmouth yacht for Cherbourg. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales crossed over to Osborne yesterday afternoon from Clarence-yard. The Royal Albert, 121, screw ship of the line, Captain the Hon. F. Egerton, with the flag of Admiral Lord Lyons, and the Renown, 91, screw, Captain A. Forbes, will * sail early this morning for Cherbourg. The Royal sqadron, consisting of the Victoria and and Albeit, Osborne, Black Esgle, Banshee, Fairy, and V will sail this evettitqr for Chet bourg. The Fairy has a s p a re kptickle-jointed screw (in three pieces), upon the plan of Mr. Lynn, of Portsmouth dockyard, put on board in case of accidents. The following appointments have been made at the Ad miralty : W. M'Kinlay, surgeon, to the Saturn ; H. N. M‘Laurie, ass i s tant-surgeon, to the Impregnat4e ; C. F. Wise, actingactiiig ass i s tant-surgeon, to the Centaur; and J. Bishop, acting assistant -surgeon, to the Marlborough. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. --~--- -- o n ly a limPed supply of English wheat was on offer here to=day. The few uew samples on show were taken at fully Monday's prices; hut old parcels moved off slowly on former terns. We were heavily supplied with foreign wheat, Mods net a dull inqui r y. I n prles, however, no change took place. and all M Floating eargo€s cf ;min met a slow Inquiry ! Barley was firm, and autte as dear as on Nooday; but malt commanded very little attention. g. ,ck ... 1 ... 2 ~, 1 „, 2 fob* arles fully ire with sting ring were £lO 5.......... Drke Jag was 6 8