The Sun. — London, England, 1858-05-13 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGT7.NCE, CITY, Two o'CLocK. Letters from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, and prices of Brazils exhibited an advance of /d. per lb., but all other descriptions we unchanged. The sales were estimated at 9,000 to 10,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken for export, and 1,000 on speculation. In the Railway Share Market business was re stricted, but the quotations were rather firmer. The amount of gold withdrawn from the Bank yesterday was 94,0001., and a reduction of nw rly balf-a-million sterling has, therefore, taken place in about a week. This, naturally enough, pro duces some anxiety on the part of speculators in _ . public securities, but it is hoped that the move ment will soon receive a check. Silver continues firm, and there is no alteration to report in the quotations of bars and dollars. It is expected that the greater part of the supplies received yesterday will be taken for the Continent. The Paris Bourse continues very depressed, and business is confined within the narrowest limits. No influence seems to bs produced in the value of the Rentes by the cheapness and abundance of money. The 3 per Cents, are at an unreasonably low point, viz., 69k, whereas our Threes are fully 28 per cent, higher. Trade also remains in a most stagnant condition, and serious complaints are made by the commercial community both in Paris and in the departments. The annual meeting of the National Provincial Bank of England was held to day, J. M. Laurie, -Eaq., in the chair. The report stated that the directors propose to pay a bonus of 10 per cent. on the whole of the paid up capital, thereby including the last instalment on the new shares received in July last. After deduction of the bonus and divi dend for 1857, there will remain the sum of 12,0471. 3s. to be added to the reserve fund, which will then stand at 197,3801. 15s. ld. The Chair man alluded to the gradual progre=s of the bank, and the increasing estimation in which it was held by the public. The report having been adopted, a vote of thanks was passed to the directors, and also to Mr. Robertson, the general manager, and to the officers of the bank. The Market for English Securities has been rather firmer to-day, and although the transactions are limited, there is rather a better feeling. After the resignation of Lord Ellenborough, and the notice of motion given by Mr. Cardwell, there is, neces sarily, a good deal of uncertainty among the specu lators, but all things considered, the value of the Funds is well maintained. Consuls have been 9 7} for money, and ~971 for account. They are now 97f and 97i respectively. The New Threes are 95i 961 ; the Reduced, 95i 90 ; the March Exchequer Bills, 435. to 445. prem. ; the June ditto, 372. to 40s. prem., and India Deben tures, 1001. Bank Stock is 222 i, and India ditto, 223 3 / 4 1to 225. Very few - transactions have bean recorded 'in the Foreign Stock Market, and prices have slightly declined. Turkish 0 per Cents. are 97 to 971 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 104 ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 86i ; Sardinian 5 per Cents., 92 ; Spanish 3 per 44a ; Venezuela 41. per Cents., 36i ; and Dutch 2/ per Cents., 66. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi can 3 per Cents., 20i 21 ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 86 88 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 60 62 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45i 46i ; Russian 5 per Cents., 111 113 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 101 103 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 44 I ; and ditto Deferred, 26i 27. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1858. 1857. Great Western £28,147 £29,292 North-Western S outh -Western Brighton Midland gouth.E utern 16.984 16,946 Great Northern 23,026 21.551 Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter 6,196 6,453 East Lancashire 6,235 6,569 Manchest er Sheffield, & Lincoln 9 .650 10,049 North Stafford N orth-Eastern Oxford, Worcester, and Waiver.- 4,004 4,123 BOUtil Devon 2,373 2,627 West Hartlepool 3,122 3,168 Edinburgh and Glasgow Glasgow and Sou. h-Western 6,660 6,281 Scottish North-Eastern 3,379 3,554 Beottish C entra l Grand Trunk of Car.ada Great Western of Canada 10,368 12,466 Northern of France There has been a very limited business tran sacted this morning in the Railway Share Market, Most of the dealers being occupied with the arrange tnents for the settlement of the account. Prices have shown some slight variation. Brightons and Eastern Counties have improved about 55., and Caledonians and South-Eastern, 10s. ; South-West ern, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, and Midland declined ss. ; and North-Western and North-British, 10s. The foreign lines have been very inactive, and show little variation in prices, and in the Colonial Market prices are flat. East Indian have declined 103., Grand Trunk of Canada ss. Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show little alteration from previous values. Lon don and County and Oriental Bank declined about 58 .) and London Joint-Stock improved ss. Penin sular and Oriental Steam advanced 11., and Electric Tei graph about 10.3. ERITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY. (p ro m the Official Lista Baak Stock 3 per (..'ent. Reduced Ann - aides) 9si 1 6 53 6 . I !..Per Cent. Console Annuities 974 a 4 1 i .tvev? 3 per Cent. Anuoitici Long Annuities (Exp. sth Jan., 1860) • Ditto 30 Y ears , exp i re 10th O c t., 1859 . 1 7-'6 India Stock India Loan Debentures looj Ditto Snip CoLsols f ur account 97 4 i A 'Exchequer 13111 s, W. March. June. £lOOO. w•» 43 44. 137 40 41. p 2500... 44 137 40 d 8inaii......... r .. ... PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Bramitan 5 per Cent. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. — Ditto Deferred 3 per Cent Mexican 3 per Cent Pernvian Bonds, 4i per Cent Portuguese Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1853 Sardinian Bon Zs, 5 per Cent. •1111 9 2 binanith Roads, 3 per Cont. Udell Bonds, 6 per cant 96.} 6 7 6 k ;Attu, Account Ditto Guaranteed. i per Cent. Vwnezuela Bonds, 4i per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2. per Cent., 12 Guilders 66 1 II itEE OW WK. Consols, money ¶37l i i Console for A ccoun t , (J une 3) w 97a 4 The Earl cf Listowel has arrived in town, for the Season, from Ireland. Fainzoki Aoknintir o 8 SCIBNCES.—A.t the last sitting Seguier read a report on an apparatus proposed by M. Marrasich, a civil engineer, for recovering heavy bodies from the bottom of the sea. M. Marrasioh's plans having never been subjected to any direct experiment, the report could only decide on their plausibility, which, however, it 'did in the most explicit manner. The principle of the invention consists in applying the power of ascension inherent to air-balloons, especially under water, to raising foundered ship, or any heavy materials, to the surface. For this purpose, the made of strong cloth coated with India rubber, and known in trade by the name of artificial lecaher, are taken down empty to the bottom of flat sea, and secured by divers to the body to be raised ; after which they are filled with air by means of forcing Pumps worked by a steam-engine on board a steamer. These balloons are provided with valves, and with tub es eslabli s h a communication between them, so that they can all be filled at the same time; moreover, other valves interrupt this communication, so that, should one of the balloons burst, the other may still continue full, There are many other details connected with this inven tku, which cannot be rendered intelligible without a 14ure. — Marshal Vaillant prese n ted a new work by M. Vayson on loeches, in whicl-i it is shown that they can thatbe properly preserved in artificial marshes, and n they must at certain periods be provided wi:b nourishment from mammiferous animals.—M. Regnault et had a paper on the Electrochemical qualities of magne um, the metal recently obtained in considerable quan tities by M. Deville, and sta•ed that in a hydro , lectrc Vtla o,ltteir ofi ic couple composed o f z i nc an d magnes i um , the and sod e zi electro-p os i t i ve, a . d it , electro-motive force 145, ! i n n %) a l n 7 c l B. potas,.eium being 182, and that of zinc St. St. St, 25 St. 20 20 10 2‘,.)1 100 100 20 20 20 20 lipper, vith a or the Bd the at the effects I claim 0 was build- 'are in ,riking 4loyd'a com- WI got d wait, dances rboard wide. meat. cabin. auger topped laptaia Iger oz ship's of the itanoee n with other ne. In house, books Wit- estiong ship. aid the got to royage, in the bored * 1 to the ,nd the eaohed, being e crew. at port lip wag rag mit t. The is far ao V. S. Vi r . back to t. The in three e spoke water, her and bill for t would riven to out. 1 appeal dad that but he • unla W.• the pri• gritf. ras ogry indicted o f MA e-grove' p i n d Mr. the pri- r of Mr. ,d. Oa tua ntitl be AO I a piece alder. boUrn e* n West ta-road• I re sidf ie to OA ht °nl9, prisocet ice witl/ ;:vvll o th-road' piece of dirt of soa i d_ er hi' re gr' - - • er p ie d walle d went to irec doll ssing s t r obbee. Kum'. s hore,' ~ p a ge' ding sV tat tools passed r I 0 " m orel/ I ai d Den th e r. Pag e saw the I rau P. My police, Lathing . The p OO P MS es t° at the kept * by the 5 ne ver ighteli t WOO 1 40 4 I bri' ti t the The roc" ' ) 115 111 vaj lloll IgU llit ; - n tibaf LOB k iu th° fOr )n the D thre e ra oro 00 0 unib u° tho rer ien the borot? ) their ,eciri to SHARE MARKETS (This Day). RAILWAYS. iidalt"/Al" this da i.mbg. Nottncr. Bost. Eastn. Belfast & liallymen , 3irmng. Wolverh. d St our Valley 3lrkonhd. Lanes - r. Cheshire Juliet llackburn Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter...— Ca1ed0nian............ 11 - vaster & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall D. Do. B Oublin&BelfastJuuo Dun. P. &Aberlirune. East Anglian Eastern Counties..... EasternUnion,A. stk. Do., do. 8.... ...... Do. New A ............ East Kent ............ East Lancashire East Suffolk Do. Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. Prth. &Dunde , Forth and Clyde Juno. 5E - 6 7i - 84 70 - 72 9i - 10 ; 26 - 27 90 - 92 85 - 85: 35 .- 37' 4i = ••• ...... ... 8 -8, 161 - 17 61 - 62 45 - 47 31 - 33 15 - 11 90 - 92 63i - 64 28 -28 A 'Furness .. - Glasgow & S. Western Great N. of Scotland Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock IGt. Sth. &West.(lre). Great Western. „, Do. Str.V.R. gua. St Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster &Carlisle. I Do., Thirds Do. Now Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshir no., do. F £l6 Do. Do., £9 IDo.. Wst. Riding Un I Do. SonthpGrt. London & Black wa IDo. New, i<s. 51. 10s. Lond Bright. &S.Cs t (London & N. Wester Do. Eighths London & S.Weatvrn Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch . Shef. &Lindh. , Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derh Midland G. West.(lr. Do. 5hare5......... Newcastle &Carlisle. Newpt. A berg.&Hrfd Newry tie Armagh .„ 7'; owry , Warrenpoii , & RP S trevor Norfolk.. ......... Northn. Counties th, North British North Devon, Rail. 6 Dock Stock Do., A Stock ......... Do., B Stock N. Eastern -- Berwiel. Do do. G.N.E.Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North L0nd0n..... .. N. & S. Wstn., Ramp stead, and City Jn. North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester t Wolverhampton.... Peebles Portsmouth 93 - 95 91 - 10 103 - 104 90 - 92 128 - 10 101 - 103 ' 55 - 551 5Q - 58 85 88 10 —l2 p 10 12 1 91i 921 d 1 a •.• -. 6 -6. f • •• 107 - 109 91 -94 i 1k - 951 - 56 3'T 38 1 lid 93 —93 j 65 67 fi - ii 62 -- 64 3 50i - bl 93 - 2 - 0 47 - 48 74i -75 i 93 - 95 41 - 4i.i 7i - 8i 8 - 9 20 - 32 ••• •• 7 4• d Rhymney 3cottish Central Sc , A. N.E. Abrdn. St. Do. Scot. Mid. Stock Shropshire Union ,03 - 110 - 28 80 - 82 45 - 47 23 - 36 - 37 69A - 70 82 - 3 - 833 13 - 15 7 - 5 • 8 - 10 35 - 36 Sitiughourne &Sheer South Dev0n......... .Sonth Eastern... 1.00 ISouth Wales all S. Yorksh. RivvrDtu 14 IDo all ;Stftines,Wok.,&Wok. all !Stockton & Darling ' 20 Do. do., 1834 5 Do. do., 185 16i 1 Stocktoxi & Hartlepl. 100 Tail Valo iDo. Pref., No. 22 !Thames flay. D. &R. 100 Vale of Neath ...... 1100 = 102 Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterfortl&Limeriek all West C0rnwa11........ all WeEt End of London and Crystal Palace all Do. A all Do. B ..• •• • 2t 61 -- West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class.. Bitstness dire this Asiy RILITISH POSSESSIONS. ••• --- ••• i - IP i - IP 8 - 9 183 - 88 71 - 80 75 - 78 •. - ••• i . '''- l} 100 - 110 rf 19 : 1 19i1 49 - 82 - 83 21a —21 i • 19i - - igi 1 108 - 112 1108 - 112 105 108 19f 191 202 20 fd par, - SP Atian. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. IDo. (Do. Additional A Buffalo & Lake Hui.. ButT Brut. & Goleh. p. Ads., 1 Ang.,'7i Do. do., 1 July, '7:: Do, do., 1 June '74 Calcutta and S. East Contra] Oude Ceylon A sloaroa D6rnerara . Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares Do. E. do. Do.4i p.c.Bnds.,'s9' Geelong & Melbotuine guar. 5 per cent. ad. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Donau Gt. In, Pen. g. 5 port Do. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Westn. of Cana is Do. New Bds., payable '571 do., '76, p. '60...i d0.,'73, d 0.... d0.,'73, '73, without option Madras, guar. 4 p. c Do. do., 5 per C. Do. 4i p. c. Eaten. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex.. do Oulo (Limited) cinde, guar. 5 per c Do 100 100 100 all all 100 100 100 100 all all 100 100 t 1 111 St, St. 124 St:, 100 100 all all Do. , 10. Do. Do. i "'" a ip, FOREIGN. Antwrp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bahia & Francisco Belgian East. Junct. Beziers to Graissessac CartlicauxdzToulouso Coal Mines and Ry Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Gt. Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian .Junction Const. & Bale Lierro and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca dg Lyons and Geneva Karla Antral& Do. New Namur & Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref, Northern of France., Do. New NorwegianTruk.Pref Paris and Lyons Ditto New Paris and Orleans Recife di San Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7 P. c Riga and Dnnaburg Rome and Frssinti-, Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent Sambre and Mouse Do. 5i per cent. prof Southern of France West Flanders Do. 54 per 0. Prof W.& N.W. of Franet , Western of Austria We, t. of Switzerlandl W:esL Aden Do. 8 p. cent. prof. Zeal and • 1,4 6 - 6,1 1 - 11 - 28 5 - 4i 251 -25 i - it = 8. 4 - 4-}p i 6 -- 26 9i - 9 t l 21A - 22 373 -37 i 8- 3474 - 30 ; 43 - a 1 idj ••• •• a I 8 -8: 8 1 1 - 19i -- 19 5 -- 5i 9} -- 9i 23 -- 24 11, .. .., JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100. 50 Agra dr United Serv. I+J all tastralasia BO 81 25 all Bank of Egypt 100 50 Bank of London 45 -- 47 40 all Bri.CoL Bk. & Ln. Co 1 50 all British N. A m eri can I 20 10 C. Bk. of Ind. Au.StCh 31 2i 100 50 City 56 58 100 25 Colonial 201 all Conunorcialof Canada, ... 6 i . : o n n g :( S , c li o . t l3 . , Sz k A .o u r s A .C .l l , it t 1 1 9 71 ( 0 20 : olutnercia.l of Lond • ••• 2 2 0 0 a a l u l 50 20 London and County —27 i 50 10 'London Joint Stock. 00 20 I Lond.andWestminst. 1 00 35 gational Pro. of Eng. 20 10 Do. New . so 25 ~ ; Cationai 20 all New South Wales 25 all Oriental Bank . Corp. 393 —39 i 20 all iOttonian Bank 100 25 IProvincial of Ireland 61. 63 10 all Do. New 25 all South t astralia ••• 25 15 Do. New ... 25 all Union of Australia 45 96 1.5 Do. NOW --32 60 10 Union of London 22 24 100 50 Unity Mutual ••• 00 50 Westrulic of oLd 19 17d 91 854 5 dli i 1021 55 4 94 3i 37i 93 i i I 624 i 504 47i i 74}g 2$ 103 i 91 ~r THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1858. LINES LEASED AT FTX - P4D RENTALS. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) g Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Comp ani es. Clo t si h n if d i: s loes Rnsinesi this . St. 100 Buokghamslt. Ln.&N.W. 93 100 St. 100 Clydesdale Jc Caledob 101 - 103 25 all . Col.Stour Vy. E.U.&E.O 13 15 St. 100 E.Lin. g. 6 p. 9 Gt.Northn 138 140 5 all E. Un. H.Sh. E. Count. 4 41 St. 100 Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct. St. 100 Do. New Do n all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn — 50 all Hull & Selby. V. & N.M ,109 111 25 all Do. Shares. Do 12 all Do. 4 Shares. Do • ••• 12/ all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastorn l3 —l4 20 all Do. Preference Do 24 25 St. 100 Lon. Til., &S. Peto &Co 9B 100 100 10 10 Do. Bark. Sh. Do ... ••• 5i all Manch.Baton. Ln.&N.W and Matlock & Midld 2i 21 St. 100 Mdld. Bradfd. Midland 97 99 99 64; 54 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. E. Count p iP 50 all N.&Est.s p.c. Do 57 59 50 all Do. 6 per ct.. Do 50 all Do. Fixed sp. cDo •• ••• 25 all Prest. &Wyre L. &N. W — 12i all Do. Shrs. bDo . ••• St. 100 Roystn.es Hit. Gt.Northn 13 1 7 140 10 all Shrews.& Her T. Brassoy 8/ 81 12 all S. Staffordsh.. M. MClean 10 101 50 all WearVal.g6pc Stk.&Dar. 33 25 all I Do. . Do — St. 100 [WiltsdiSosrst Gt.Westn 9O 92 DIVORCE COURT. (Before Lard C3mob-11, Lori Chief-Baron Pollock, ar.r! Sir E. CreF.,sw,T, Ju lge Orrlinsry.) TOURLE Y. TOURLE AND RENSECAW.-SPECIAL JURY CABE SECOND DAY. This was a petition for divorce for adultery tried by a special jury, and in consequence of the parties being well known in the city and the metropolis great interest was felt in the proceedings and the court was densel) crowded. Mr. Slade, Q.C., Mr. Coleridge, and Mr. Keydon, appeared for the petitioner ; Dr. Phillimore, Dr. Sparks, and Mr. Charles Pollock, appeared for the wife ; and Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, and Dr. Deane, appeared for the co-respndent. This was a suit instituted for a divorce by the hus band against the wife on the ground of adultery com mitted by the wife between let Sept., 1856, and the 19th February, 1858, with Mr. Richard Ran-baw, an officer in the 2d Dragoon Guards. The wife pleaded, Ist, not guilty ; 11, that as to any adultery since the 4th Sept., 1857, the petitioner had deserted her without reason able cause; 3(.1, that the petitioner had condoned the adultery. Lord Campbell, in summing up, said that there was ample and undoubted proof of continuous adultery on the part of the wife with Mr. Renshaw. The jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict for the petitioner on all the issues. The :Court then decreed a judicial dissolution of tne marriage, with costs as auain , t Mr. Renshaw. PREFERENCE SHARES. POLICE INTELLTGEINCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGII-STREET. ROBBERY BY A WORKMAN.—Thomas Flanagan, of 2, Chapel-grove, Chapel-street, Somers-t )wo, labourer, was charged with stealing a quantity of lead from the Jews' School, Greek-street, Soho, the property of Ezra Brunning. George Collings, of 8, Smith-street, Somers-town, plasterer, said that from information he had received that morning be called the prisoner back as he was leaving the premises, and told him he wasted to speak to him about his time. When he came back, noticing something bulky under his coat, he asked him what he had got; in answer to which, he said he might have ail he got if he would let him go. He then opened his coat, and in it be (witness) found 25!be. of lead. He was then given into custody. The lead was about to be used on the premises at which the prisoner was at work. The prisoner, who admitted his guilt, said he was very sorry. Mr. Bingham said it was a lamentable thing to see a man, seemingly respectable, and who was earning gocd wages, so commit himself. He should send him to prison for three months. THE SOCIAL EVIL —Two good-looking girls named Beecher and Farrant were charged with annoying gen tleman in Leicester-square. The constable proved that on the previous evening he saw the two females, along with three others, stop a gentleman in Leicester-square. The females were very troublesome to the by-passers in the square from the number of them, there being about 30 girls of about the same the square nightly. B n a d g a e l l a , O t n h e e of pr itshoeneOrffis freq ue n t ing cers the months ago the girls were nothing but rags, and when brought to the court on a former occasion ' Beecher bad a broom, but they had now abandoned that line of life for their present one. Mr. Bingham said it was very hard that they should take to such a life, but he would not let the passengers in the streets be annoyed. Beecher said she was 16, - and Farraut said she was only 15. Beecher fined 10e., the other discharged. A HARDENED YOUNG ROGUE. —John Gonell, a boy aged 11 years, and who stated that be was only nine years old, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing slbs. of nails, value 5.1., the property of Mr. Mark Tomkins, the will-known contractor. Mr. Tomkine said he had premises in Green-bank and Lose-lane, St. George-in-the-East, and employed a great many wheelwrights and smiths there. It some• times happened that souse of his numerous carts and wagons were left in Love-lane in the rear of his pre mites. It was surprising with what ingenuity boys took caps off the axletrees ar.d iron from the carts and waggons. Yesterday evening a maa in his em ploy was shoeing a wheet, and he left an iron vessel containing 5:13 , . of nails by the side of the wheel while he went into the workshop to take a bar of iron out of the fire, and upon his return the nails were gone. A police constable said he met the prisoner with the nails in his possessim, and he said he got them in Love lane. The prisoner—Another bly named John Driscoll took the nails and gave theca to me. _ _ Mr. Yardl4 said the boy had told a lie about his age, for his mother said he .ai 11 years old, and not nine as stated by the prisoner. Thieving and lying gene rally went together. He sentenced the prisaner to be imprisoned and kept to bard labour for five days, and to be whipped. MARKET NEWS.—(rini; Day. however do not much trouble me, if even they carry on their gambols close to me. Rats run between the rafters over the ceiling like so many cart•horses, and, by the time I beat a retreat, may be heard patterin g briskly on keys of the pivioforta. Last Week two of them j um p e d nut ef i!, and on some of the notes of this uti• f.,rtu , a'e ru-n..ut Ac.miog rntheli more out of temper than usual, we investigated tile matter, and Apple-hfos som fled precipitately from a huge old rat, who bounced out in her face, leaving a comfortable nest lined with bones and other delicAcies behind him, which no doubt he bad been preparing for a very happy family. The numerous wild-cats sit upon the housetop, and bowl, f s e e r r i e n a g m, wt a i u h d q e u it a h r e r r el, ra b t u s t o d r o m no ic t e s , ee a m ite t r o tthheinkfaosbfjoinateorf respectable Western fel.nes ; they only unite with all the other creatures in making night terrible. It is quite tragi-comic to see us all meet in the morning, worn, feverish, and dispirited. At first we lamented and bemoaned with each other loudly, but have now become less lachrymose on the Reject, merely bestowing a glance of pity on the ht.t languid arrival at the break fast-jab's, or an inquiry as to the particular species of enemy from which the patient may have suffered most. " Fleas No, worse.'—' Dreadful t. Another cup of tea I What is to be done r---` Dogs ?' (to my cousin ' Henry, who is really ill). 'No, mice ; and a rat, who would sit on my bed dressing his whiskers.'—' Was that you, walking the garden like a ghost in a white sheet ?' Were you sitting on the doorsteps at sunrise this morning ?" The mosquito season is coming on soon,' —with a deep sigh ; we seem about as unequal to it as they say France is to a continuance of the war.' How• ever, we base hopes of getting rid of our worst enemies, the fleas ; for while I am away, Edmund goes on a visit, and Vassiii promises to have all the matting taken up and every room well washed. Tee matting is very old, and it is no longer of any use merely to wash its surface ; no doubt the habitation of the multitude is underneath. I have often been puzzled at the contradictory accounts of travellers on this subject ; many speak of torments they have endured. and yet all agree about the perfect cleaniiness of Turkish houses. The explanation is, that in Turkey no really good houses are ever let furnished, or are ace , seible to strangers. There are no Turkish hotels, no refuge for travellers but the caravanserais of the 'Arabian Nights' and the peasant's hut." The descriptions of her visit to the harem, of her conversations with Turkish ladies, and all the lit tle incidents that serve to enliven an extendei resi dence in a foreign country are full of entertainment; and the reader, who wishes for a light and unpre tending picture of Constantinople and its environs at that busy and exciting period, without seeking much solid information, or deep research, will find this work a pleasant and intelligent companion. A Lady's Diary of the siege of Lucknow. John Murray. This affecting memorial of all the sufferings en dured by the affecting defenders of Lucknow was written for the perusal of friends at home. The writer arrived at Lucknow with her husband, achaplain, in March, 1857, only a few weeks before the outbreak. Throughout all that terrible time she and her hus band devoted themselves to the amelioration of the sufferings around them, and by their cheerful and ready elf-devotiou to animate them with their own earnest faith and Christian kindness. The intro ductory letter is written on the day on which the news of the insurrection and murders in Delhi have reached them, and expresses their consternation and alarm. Fearful rumours go on, which add to their terror, though they cannot aseettain their truth. " Almost every hour we hear rumeurs of flesh horrors, God only knows what the end will b-, or if the lives of any English in the country will be spared. All this discontent and mutinous spirit among the Sepoys has been ving on sonic time, but Government has shut its eyes to, and laughed at ir, till now it may be too late." What a blter reproof to those iu authority these few words convey. "It is very awful," she write.; again, "to feel this terrible clanger hanging over us; it may come at any moment. It would be impos sible to describe the state of apprehension we are in, and thegloom that hangs over us." "Lucknow, June 30, 1857, Tuesday. " A most disa-trous day. Early this morning we were aTnke by the sound of guns passing the h use, and found that a small force of 300, with seven guns, were going out to meet the advanced guard of tie enemy, which was rep(,r`ed to be at a place called Nawab Gunge, in hopes, by driving them back, of pre venting the rest from corning on. When they reached the village of Chintnt, about five miles from Luckn , :w, in stead of a small force they found the whole rebel army, amounting to between 12,000 and 15,000. Our unfor tunate troops were taken at a disadvantage, Completely surrounded, and obliged to fly back in terrible disorder, leaving nearly 200 killed and wounded, and five of our guns, one of them a howitzer, in the hands the enemy. It was little less than miraculous that any of them came back alive. Poor Colonel Case, Captain Stevens, Mr Thompson, and Mr. Brackenbury, and Captain M'Clean, of the 71st NJ., were killed. Sir Henry Lawrence and Coloiiet Inglis returned ad safe. At nine o'clock we were in a state of siege, completely invested by the enemy, and tremendous firing comrnenced. A very fierce attack was made on ts.r.'io Bailey Guard Gate at the back of this house. No sooner was the first gun fired than the ladies and children were all hurried down stair , intoan under ground room, called the Tye Khans, damp, dark, and gloomy as a vault, and excessively dirty. Here we sat all day, feeling too miserable, anxious, and terrified to speak, the gentlemen occasionally coming down to re assure us arid tell us bow things were going on. James was nearly all the day in the hospital, where the scene was terrible : the place co crowded with wounded and dying men that they bad no room to pass between them, and everything in a state of indescribable misery, die.- comfort, and confusion. The Polehamptons have left the Residency, and got a little room in the hospital to live in. Mrs. Polehampton will make berself useful there in nursing. I wish I could go too, but there is no room for us, and Janies says it is too great risk for me going backwards and forwards under fire each time, so I must try to be f use here instead." A few days later Sir Henry Lawrence is shot, and dies after great suffering, and after a lit le time a division of labour is made among the ladies. The Mr. Ommauey alluded to was the judicial commissioner, who came there to see Sir Henry Lawrence, and was wounded on his way home. "July 5, Sunday. "We had service, and all received comfort in the Holy Communion downstairs in the Tye Khana. Work was portioned out to each of us who are strong enough to do any, by James this morning. My share is to act housemaid, and keep the rooms we inhabit tidy and clean : I am also to nurse Mr. Lawrence, and any sick or wounded who may be brought to this h. use. We all sleep, (that is seven ladies acrd seven children) on the floor of the Tye Kbana, where we spread mattresses and fit them into each other like bits in a puzze, so as best to feel the pu,,kab. The gentlemen sleep upstairs iu a 1 >ng verandah s.,rt of room on the side of the house least exposed to fire. My bed consists of a purdah and a pillow. In the morning we all roll up our bedding, and pile them in heaps against the wall. We have only room for very few chairs down there, which are assigned to invalids, and most of us take our meals seated on the floor, and our plates on our knees. We are always obliged to light a candle for brealif tst and dinner, as the room is perfectly dark. Our usual fare c nsists of stew, as being easiest to cook ; it is brought up in a large deckger, so as not to dirty a dish, and a portion ladled out to each person. Of course we can get no bread or butter, so ebupatties are the disagreeable substitute. We have large stores of beer, wine, tea, arrowroot, sugar, ac., which will last a long time. Our rations cf meat, rice, wheat, dhol, &cr., we draw from the commissariat. We are ail kept close prisoners in the dismal Tye Kiruna, only D. and I go upstairs at all during the day—she to see her husband, and I to look after Mr. Lawrence. For about half an hour in the evening we are permitted to sit in the portico and breathe a little fresh air. After sunset the firing generally slackens considerably for a time, and it is supposed the tepoys are engaged just then in cooking their dinner. Mr. Oaimaney died this evening : what a dreadful blow it must be to his poor wife and daughters I" Further on, the entries become briefer and sadder. Death and sickness are bu.y all around, and hope is growing dim. Sometimes a single line tells us of many troubles, such as— " July 14.—Very heavy firing all day : ten Europeans wounded: five buried this evening." The other chaplain, Mr. Polehampton, died of cholera, and double work fell upon the survivor, who ran many risks. The intense heat added to their troubles:— "Since Smith was wounded I have undertaken, in addition to my other work, to wash up the cups and saucers for the early tea ; and I find every hour of the day fully oneupied. It is a great comfort to have so much to do, and to feel oneself of some little use, and helps one to keep up one's spirits much better Vian would otherwise be possible under the circumstances. Dear James is very hard worked, and does not spare himself the least, so we don't see muuh of each other. , 41.ti,ust 4. ' morning One oft h . e I g v u h n e n n e rI came s wa this the poor fellow lying there in a pOOl f u'u "August 5. shot upstairs deado , the drags, r . ss , verandah in sa ‘: A while soldier sitting ofthoeu a E2cdomwrasadeevbicnd.frpital this morn -0 " August 6. " Mr, Studdy, a 321 officer, had his arm shot off by an 18-pounder." "August 7. Un e t returned last nig ht with another letter. Generalg Havelock's force was obbged to return to ore to oppose the rebels , who were galheri ng in their rear, and will not be able to come to the r elief of Lucknow till the y g et more reinforcements. Dear James is very poorly t -day, and indeed we tall non e of us feeling well. Hard work and wan: of fres h air, together with hope deferred, are beginnivgto upon moat people." The mortality among the children elf) describes as very great. Oue by o ,e the poor little one- dropped (11; and alino6t every page tells of one drooping or dead. At length relief came :-- "Sept em b er 2G, Saturday-. 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Registered - 1 20 5 Trns. Ln. Co. Up. Can .. ... 1 284 Van Diemen's Land 134 -,.. 144 1,. •.. -- ••• 95 - 97 1101 - 103 6 - 64 110 - 115 107 - 112 114 - 117 112 - 115 130 - 135 79 - 81. 72 = fii lii I= ii 6 113 - 115 104 - 106 63 -- E 5 10/ -- 111 - 8 ) - PO - 1(2 - 101 Ini 74 —19 i 14i3 142, ,•• ... - 165 119 - 121 4 - 66 - 6$ - 139 - 102 ••• - ••• 114- - lli, = 98 100 d 11)1 24 - 26 120 - 122 107 - 109 99 - 101 121 - 123 125 - 130 74 - 76 10 - 10/, 23i - 244 1 lUlt - 194 101 - 103 ibo 102 15 - 17 27i - 2t4 ••• - ••• 43 - 51 LITERATURE. Tit and Around Stamboul. By Mrs. E Ininnd aenticieonaofeE. as:htee H rl o nef n l: b fEe y ,n . These pleasant volumes recount ;: la iy's eii sand n theuttuomh: her o frte B n s d 5 8 , and remained abroad about a year, during which time she availed herself of every opportunity for extending her acquaintance with Oriental life and manners. All her adventures, sights, and impres sions, she describes in her lively and agreeable let ters, which show considerable powers of observa tion, and a quick and lively sense of the humour ous and striking. The horrors of war were still casting their gloomy shadows over the bright city of the Golden Horn, and many mournful incidents or anecdotes reminded the traveller of the desola tion that bad been wrought by th-m. The sulject s not a new one, as the even - s of the last few year, have produced more travels, histories, sketches , and pamphlets about Turkey, Russia, Cireasia, and all their belongings, than the most industrious ' or inquisitive of readers would undertake to peruse on the same subject in a lifetime. But the atten tion of the world has lately been directed with equal intensity to another part of the globe, and a book on Constantinople and its people comes as a refreshing variety, after the flood of information and discussion with which the literary world has been deluged on the subject cf the Hindoos and Himalayas. The work before us is written in a pleasant and lively strain, without aiming at bril liancy, which carries the reader on without weary ing him ; and the letters are natural and unaffected, ast n h c o e t s i were d gh e tshcerib y ed.B reaellinygpeannleaddy7sdperrotrucctiirocnumit ,hdoes not deal with the mixed questions of the day, further than reporting any incidental rumour, or the effects produced by any startling news. Occa sionally some glaring piece of official mismanage ment excites her indignation. "We dined on board an English steamer the other day, and after dinner I walked up and down the deck with the Captain. He is rather a bluff, but kind-hearted man, and told me that, much as he had been knocked about in a long service, the most miserable part of his life was when our army fir:t landed in the Crimea. He was then in command of the , and said what every one knows, that finer and braver fellows were never seen than those he had on board. For some ab curd reason, or for no reason at all, they were not tamed to take their tents on shore, although it could have been done with the greatest ease. A tremendous rain came on in the evening—' such a soaking, cold rain,' said the Captain, as you LeTcr saw or felt.' Our poor men, as every one knows, 'slept' out in it all, after having just left a crowded and hot ship. The wood and sticks which they were able to collect, were of course as wet as the shore itself. So they passed the night. In the morning hundreds of sick men were sent on board different vessels—to die, Captain told me that he buried from his ship ninety men in thirty hours. The C.lap lain could do no more than hurry from one service to another ; and three or four poor fellows at a time were plunged over the ship's side. However, I dare say you have read all this in the papers, and it is too terrible a subject to dwell upon. The French not only had their tents put up for the night, but their bedding, means for getting hot water, and a comforting cup of coffee before going to sleep. They said that, on such a night, even with that, it was bad enough. Bat I muet stop my pen, as usual. If I were to write you all I hear of cruel mismanagement, it would fi l a volume, not a letter. Our trievetling friends, Mr. Newell and :qr. Bell returned from the Crimea on Saturday and came to see u-= directly the Elba' cast anchor in the Bosphorus. Tney have been extremely interested in all they have seen." At Therapia she visited the hospital and the valley of the dead. " We went afterwards to walk in the garden, a large and formal one, its long straight walks ornamented with rows of fine orange and lemon trees in full bearing. On sunny benches here and there wero seated the con valescants enkiyirg the fresh air. A few were strolling quietly up and down, reading together with great interest an old and tattered new,- paper. From the formal part of the garden you sok n ,sander into a wildly beautiful shrubbery, which reaches up to the hills cf Tberapia. It is really a lovely spot, and what is rare in this country the deep shade pre serves the ferns and wild flowers in freshet beauty. We walked with delight through a fine avenue of trees, which reminded me of that in tho garden of B the blue soy peeping through the interlaced branches above, and the sun just touching here and there, leaves already tinged with the first gold cf autumn. One of these fine avenues exteu6s ha foray up the hill, another crossing.it, and forming a charming forest picture. Gathering some pretty specimens of ferns and wild flowers, we came suddenly to a little valley enclosed will a low mud wall. Round it were ranged in rows, about a hundred graves, each of which con tains the bodies of men, who Lave died of wounds in the hospital, or been brought down from the Ori oles. They are nameless, these long rows of clay, but in the c,notre of the valley, erected on three white stone steps, stands a plain white cross, on which is in. scribed, ' I am the Resurrection and the Life ' and be neath this, To the memory of those buried here, who fell in the Crimea : erecred by their coun . ry women at Tberapia.' Alone, at the upper end of this sad place, stands a solitary grey stone ; on it is inscribed, ' Captain Lyons. Her Majesty's ship Miranda.' " Silently Mr. Evelyn and I sat down at the foot of an old tree. I believe that just then neither of us could have spoken a word. We bad broken in, as it were, so suddenly upon the mournful resting-place, in a strange land, of our countrymen. How they had been prayed for How many bitter tears were still shed for them in England I Could the dead speak, how many tender ines sages would they not send home from that harem-garden now by us, whose hearts ache over their lonely grave for them, and for tbose especially whom they have lift behind ! Mr. Evelyn told um of a friend and namesake of his, who was killed by the bursting of a shell, just before the assault,—a noble and promising young lean, beloved by all. His father used to say, after he bad left home, My friend and companion, as well as my son, is gone.' Mr. Evelyn said that the most painful task of his life was to write to this poor father, and convey to him his son's last message." Pera, at the time of her residence there was in a rather alarming condition. "Pero is in a dreadful state of confurion. Ruffians and outcasts of all kinds have increased a hundredfold since the war began. There are no police or guards of any kind, and murders and all sorts of outrages are per petrated in the crowded streets even by day, and, still more, in the utter darkness and confusion of the nights. You will see in the papers, no doubt, an account of a fight whioh took place a day or two ago between some French and Tunisian soldiers, iu which one or two were killed aid several wounded. Toe French instantly marched two regiments into Stamboul without waiting to ask leave of the Turkish Government. Every one thinks them in the right ; if the Turks will not pre. vent murder, the Allies must. Soldiers, missed from their barracks at night, are constantly found stabbed in the morning, in the cemeteries and other places where they have been surprised and waylai,l. Another Fretch officer was stabbed on the Bridge of Beats yesterday, and it is feared that his wound will prove mortal. An English clergyman, walking quietly along, was also wounded in the arm, but it appears that, happily, the dagger missed its aim. These crimes of revenge, it is said, are perpetrated by the Scioto Greeks, who, since the massacre of Scio, of course entertain great feelings of hatred and animosity towards the Turks, and are indignant at the Allies for helping them in their present struggle eeith the Russians. The band of Greek 'sailors' who have committed so many enormitie , , still roam at large, and scarcely a day passes without a new outrage being heard of. Yester day morning the shop of a poor Turk at Galata was observed to be shut up after the usual hour ; it bad been ransacked in the night and its master cruelly mur dered. Mr. Grace, a merchant here, was going to dine at Mysseri's with some friends an evening or two aeo ; at about seven he entered his counting-house, where he had made arrangements to dress, his country-house being at a distance. The place had only been left by his people an hour before, yet, in t,road daylight, he found everything gone that could be carried off without the slightest alarm having been made, or the slightest pos sible clue given?' At a Christmas dinner at the Embassy the authoress saw Miss Nightingale, whom she de scribes as quiet and lady-like in her appearance, and wasted with recent illness. At the same party she noticed another pale and careworn face, and learned that it was Dr. Saudwith of Kars. She gives an amusing yet melancholy picture of the xtreme ignorance of the Eastern women, but the Levantines she declares to be the worst of all, as to their ignorance they unite presumption. Shequotes a conversation she had with a Levantine girl of nin?- teen as a spec men, and tells au anecdote of one of these fair ones, who, hearing an Englishman say something about the Ides of March at an evening party, and thinking he alluded to some vegetable, immediately replied, "The green peas are not up yet." Another amusing incident is recorded con cerning a pianoforte. One was in the house where Mrs. lloraby was staying, which was sadly out of tune. She asked tholadyof the house "Row it was that so new and good an instrument was so rustyand shaken ?" Dhudu replied in her quiet gentle way, that some time ago they were staying at a cou , rtry house by the sea-side when a fire broke out, and they were obliged to throw the piano out of the window. "It fell into the sea," said Dhudu, and has never berm quite in tune since." Tile tediousness of a lady's life, and the trying uncer tainty of the climate are forcibly described. The heat of the days and the sudden ebilline*s of the nights are represented as extremely dangerous. The following account of the miseries of a night in Arta Kiog gives an amusing specimen of the autho ress's style : " Sometimes I light a lamp, and attempt to read ; but a large party of w ild-do g s have taken up their abode in the ruined garden of one of the burnt-down houses opposite my window. Whether other dogs intrude on their beat, or what it can be, I know not ; bus about levery ten minuted one or two sharp voices give an alarm, and then the whole pack sweeps desperately down, yelling and barking in the incst hideous tranntr you can conceive. About midnight out creep the mice, which CORN EXCEIANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended May 13, 1858, made up from the Re turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT BARLEY I OATS I RYE I BEANS I PEAS 443 2d 35 s 5d 253 7d 30810 d 40s 93. 42s 2.1 THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. WHEAT I BARLEY OATS I AYE 1 BEANS PEAS 44s Od 36s aa 24s 83 30s 9d. 1 393 5d 141 s 9 • • ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK Wheat, 97,746; barley, 13,953 ; oats, 8,638 ; rye, 106; beans, 4,853 ; peas, 283 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Our market to-day was;but moderately supplied with beasts, nwertheless all kinds met a slow sale, at Mcnday's quotations. The show of sheep was seasonably good, and the demand was much less active, at about stationary prices. The best old Downs, out of the wool, realised 4s 6d per 81b. Lambs, the supply of which was good, met a dull inquiry, and inferior qualities of iamb were 4d per 81b lower than on Monday. From the Isle of Wight, 400 head came fresh to hand. We had a dull sale for calves, at barely stationary prices. The extreme price was 5s per 81b. In pigs and milch cows very little was doing. Per Sibs to sink the °tram_ s. d. s. d.l s . d. s . ( 1. Interior Beasts, ...3 oto 3 2 P r i me S ou thd own 4 4 4 Second quality.... 3 4 3 6 Large crse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 0 Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Prime Scots, dm 42 4 4 Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 2 3 6 Small porkers 4 2 4 4 second quality ...3 8 4 0 Suckling calves 19 0 24 0 Prime tree.-wlled.4 0 4 2 Quarter old pigs 19 0 23 0 Lamb, 5s Sd to 7s Od. T OTAL SITPPLY. Beasts TOTAL .... ... Calv es ... 915 Sheep and lambs ....... 8,127 Pigs ............ .................' ........ 40 ..... 300 FOREIGN SUPPLY Beasts Sheep and lambs .. lB4 Calves 230 Pigs 5O MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENIILLL.—The trade generally ruled inactive, at oar quotations : -Beef, from 2s 10d to 43 0.1 ; Mutton, 3s 41 to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 5s Ad to 6s 61; Veal, 44 Od t o 4s ; Pork, 3s 21 to ls 4d per 81bs to sink the offal. SOI7THALL, May 12.—The supplies of stock hero to-day were seasonably good, and the trade generally ruled steady, as follows :—Beer, fr om 3 341 to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to Poll;Lamb, Gs Od t o G s 101; Veal, 4i 2d to 4s 101; ,3s 6d to 4s 21 per 81bs, to sink the offal. pig it s o . ti: s ol o D , : f g; ay ll l : c . h --T c h o e wg t , rale here generally ruled inactive, as ito a f i r v o e m s, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; Mut ton, 35 Btl to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 6s 4d to 6s ICkl ; Veal, 4s Od to 4s 101; P?rk, 38 10d to 4s 4d per 81b8 ; Store / —s to —1 —s ; Lean Cows, —16 s 25s each. •••••• .1...........11 a a d n o d w a hay,a;ow trade,2l HAY MARKETS. 51 0 3 ; and straw eadow hay. 21 103 to 41 4s; clover, 31 103 to 5 1 8 0 t 3 0 t i o l 1 4 04 /43 p ; er clo loa ve d r , A 3l 5 ; 1 t ro o r ie ß l moderate 51, Os p No. supply,;_M l f e and straw, 1/ 53 to 1/ 103 per load S u pply tolerably good, and trade d u ll . WI3IT T 5 AIPIIA L;—Meadow h ay, 2/ 103 to 41 4s; clover, 31. 103 and straw, 1/ 53 to 1/ 104 per load Both hay and straw sold slowly, a t our quotations. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. --(his Day.) LONDON, May 13 . — Wind this day at noon, S.W.; 12.—Wind light airs and fine. PLYWAITII, May 12.—w; ald N.N.W.—Arrived— M ;M Y May 11.—A rrived —Florence, from Istamboul. (e), from Melbourne. Gib raltar.PoFQAuoLE Rico.lEf s us TT ::' d_llar v e 1 t f .:Arrivad —Fides, from May 12. of Wash ington, (es), New York. T 12. Quebec. L " 83 ' 1 °!i -- --City of Msnchester, (as), for Aol LIVERPOOL, May 12.—Wind N.N..W.—Arrived—Marga ret, from the Tyne , f or Ma lag.t ; Electra, de., for Civita Vecchia. OFF TUSKAR, May 10 — Arrived—J. J. P arsons , f rom New Orleans. I I3 o R , i s . 1 :B:s. I i y ' ; PORTSMOUTII, May I ` 2 . — Wind N.N.W.—Arrived— Harmonium, from Bahia. Sailed—Halifax, for Cuba; Datchman, (ss), Gibraltar,.and Malt a . NEWPORT, May 12.—W Ind E. — Arrived—W. Wright, from Bristol fur Caldera ; Ileatherbell, from Dublin, for Granada. ( B y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOETLIAIUPTON, Thursday Morning. Wind W. Sailed.—La Poule, for Cherbourg. LIVERPO , L, Thursday Morning. Sailed, May 12.—Har►let, for Amsterdam. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thu rs d ay M orn i ng . flood; we a ther, fine Arrived, May 13.—Belgium, from Ostend. and W moderate. ; tide, second hours' DEAL, Thursday Morning. _ . Wind S. S.W., moderate. Sailed.--Trinidad, for Loud9n. 26t 13i 20' St. St. 12i 12i St. St.' 12. 100 100 100 100 100 12f 25! 20 St. St. St. Si st. st. St. 25 10 L 0.6 !11920 64 i 18} 94 136. 138 73. i 139 100 , 11 93i 1211 100 H lating when they might be in, not expecting they could reach us for several days longer,• when suddenly, just at dark, we heard a very sharp fire - of musketry quite close by, and then a tremendous cheer :g ; no rut niter, the sowid of bagpipes, then sol Biers ui,aing up the read, our con pound and veiandab filled with our daiscrers, and all of us sha'iing hands ‘rantiJally, and cx , Atang;ng f-r:ent "God b:ess jou's" .ith the g al l an t men an d officers of the 78th . Highlan ders. Sir James Outram and staff were the next to' come in , and the state of joyful confusion and excite- , tk. m hoi sel e sd n fi an t e gtr i ea s t : hw b fe e em y rt b eyond n wos d sei oti seizing at nl tears description. geactrtaewpl a t w h be a or thankin g k t iptnoegr givef G odeetl littlel oi rol l i ng egc. h d i o l vv d w r ne e nt were of ceihi le o e u r ik r s a e : arms, exhausted a o h u o a a r d t fellows e c d o ; n i a ei d n drinkstteiam was a o t s o f wa ter,emaav ma d e et t h e m down o they perfectly the Tye Khana, of which a large party of tired and thirsty officers partook, without milk or Sugar, and we had nothing to give them to eat._ :Every one's tongue seemed going at once with so, much to a,'IK nod to tell, and the faces of utter strangers beamed upon each other like those of dearest friends and brothers. In the crowd I suddenly found myself caught 1),.1d of by both hands and warmly greeted by my old friend Walter Birch. Two old Peshavrur friends also turned up, C ptain C. and Mr. B. From the latter we heard the terrible fate of poor Edward and Maggie B. at Hiesar. They were both murdered iu May soon after the disturbances first began at Delhi. Edward was shot on the parade-ground, and Maggie cut to piece' in the house. Willie B. has escaped to the hills from Bareilly —he and a Mr. Hunter of his regiment (18th N. I.) The Punjaub has remained quiet ; thanks, humanlyspsaking, to the vigorous and stern policy of Sir John Lawrence." Still the siege went on . , and, among other escapes, a bullet struck the leg of the chair the writer was sitting on, and the following alarming visitor in truded one day : "October SO. "We bavibeen besieged four months to-day. This morning an 18-pounder came through our udortunato room again, which we flattered ourselves was so safe, and which we had made so comfortable. It broke the panel of the door, and knocked the whole barrio de down, upsetting everything. My dressing-tabla was sent flying througb•the door, and it the shot had come alittliearlier, my heal would have gone with it. The box where Emily usually sits to nurse baby was smashed flat; foriunately she was spending the day with Mrs. Brydon,, or she would probably have been in the room. There was a sale to•day of Colonel Halford's property, and• James baugtit some plated dishes a great bargain ; they will be very useful to us if we ever set up house again in India." The little domestic records and anniversaries of birth-days, wedding-days, and family meetings come in mournfully, and so much that is grim and ghostly. The writer is evidently of a warm heart and allectienAte disposition as her care of the s i c k and suffering about her, and her unweari e d tend ing of the poor negleoted children, amply testify. The record of what she had seen and done during those w e ary months must indeed have been a trea sure to her disttnt friends. To all who were sharers in those days of gloom and terror the litt!e volume will bring moving recolections ; and to those more happily circumstanced, who have neither had to tremble for themselves or others iu that epoch of suspense, it will afford some idea of the prolonged anxiety, the patient endurance, the Irtirbreadth 'scopes, and protracted sufferings of their countrymen and countrywomen in Lucknow.. ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY. • It appeals from a parliamentary return just issued that the Royal Mad Steam Packet Company undertook to assist the Australian Mail Packet Company to carry out their contract, on condition that the Government should extend the Royal Mail contract to 1864 ; that five days longer should be allowed for the Australian mail to reach England during the monsoon months ; that the Royal Mail Company should be permitted to convey all the mars in screw vessels, and a few other minor altera tions in the existing Royal and Australian mail contract. The Government declined these terms, but offered to ex:end the Royal Mail contract - TS 1864, on condition that the Royal Mail Company expedited the Brazilian steamers by not calling at Madeira and Teneriffe. The company accepted this offer. The passengers to and from Madeira furnshei a considerable revenue to the Royal Mail Company, but as far as the mails are concerned, the leaving out of Madeira, from the Brazil will not be of much consequence, because the African mail steamers call there, and they also call at Teneriffe. Madeira and Teneriffe tookthe Brazil packets about 103 mils out of their course, and the stoppages at those two places amounted to about a day addi tional. By the new arrangements, the Brazil packets will arrive in England on the sth instead of the 16th of the month, and as the outward packet leaves England on the 9th, there will be four days to reply to letters, and the course of post to the Brazils will thus be reduced from 68 to 57 days, and to the River Plate from 98 to 87 days. The Tamar will take out the first Brazil mail under the new arrangements on the 9th pros. She is one of the fastest steamers belonging to the Royal Mail 'Company's fleet, and there seems to be zio fear of her not returning to England by the sth July. The company are also building three other fast steamers. It is under,tood that the company is not committed to a permanent amalgamation with the Australian Mail Company, and that it is possible the grand experiment of taking the Australian mail across the Pacific Ocean may erelong be tried. The Royal Atiil Company are now working in concord with the Pacific S earn Navigation Company. Return tickets, which last a twelvemonth, are issued by the f , rmer to any place in the West Indies or ou the Southern Pacific coast of America, and through tickets are issue 1 by the Royal Mail Company to any place al , ng the route of the Pacific Steam Na vigation Company's steamers. Thus a man may book himself in London for Valparaiso, a distance of nearly 8,000 miles. DESPER 4TE BURGLARIES IN THE NORTH-EA,YT TOWNS. During the past 10 days great alarm has been caused in Shields and its neighbourhood by a series of audacious burglaries which have been perpe trated in the residences of some of the leading in habitants of those towns. Last week Etal Villa, the r, sidence of the Mayor of Tynemoutb, was en tered while the family were agleep, and every room was ransacked. Above 1501. worth of silver plate was stolen, and since then three notorious fellows have been apprehended offering for sale from 60 to 70 ounces of silver melted down in bars. The residence of Mrs. Hall in North Shields was also entered last week. The thieves took away all the keys of the house, and made an attempt to effect a second entrance the same night, but were fright ened away. The next night they administered poison to a large watchdog and attempted the resi dence of Mr. George Baines, but did not succeed in making an entrance ' • and on Sunday morning the re sid , eice of Mr. John Unr, of King James-street, Gateshead, was robb d of silver and eleotro-silver plate. Mr. Carr, having been alarmed, got up, and saw one fellow leap out of the window and es cape. Having discovered that part of the stolen property was elect' 0-plated, they had deposited what they considered the worthless portion on the sea shore near South Shields on the same day. Two persons have been apprehended on suspicion of having committed this robbery. On Tuesday morn ing one of the most audacious burglaries on record was committed in Western Villa , near South I Shields, the residence of Mrs. We'd. The family retired to rest about half-past 12 o'clock, and about 3 some of the household having got up discovered that in that short time the house bad been broken into through the only win dow that had not a bell, and that every room had been ransacked. The villains had entered the bed otnheeythethey domestics ha do w u e t r o e f sleeping,theirdre ss pockets and took o whatm and a small su m out of a chest in one of t he girls' roo ms. It is supp osed the y h ad used chloroform to the girls to c ause stu p or. There is l ittle doubt that sliwttleer m e they had also "doctored" two dogs that are kept about the place. After clearing out of the house with some 101. or 121. in gold and silver, they had re galed themselves on tee green with provisions and beer, which they had stolen out of the pantry. On Monday night a serious accident arose out of the excitement consequent on these burglaries. Persons are arming themselves, and it seenui that Mies Emma Waun, daughter of Mr. J. T. Waun, a county magistrate residing at West Belden, found a pistol in one of the bedrooms, and attempted to fiie it out of the window. As • it missed fire, she thought it was not loaded a In( , putting a cap on it, she ran down stairs, and pres • entini it at her corn p tuion, Miss Niece, said playful manner, " Your money or your life !" a M a ' , Lead aside and said, 1.3 s Niece bent her "Don't point that at me," and by swerving her head sh e _ appears to . have saved her life, for the pistol went off and its contents were kdged in her shoulder. Sixteen shots h ave been taken from her danger. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, attended by Poosonby, inepected on Wednesday the "Strand Baddings" (improved Dwellings for the Poor), in Angel court, Strand. His Royal Highne.is was received by Vie. count Ingestre, M.P., cha;rrean • Viscount Ranelegh, Rev. Dr, Worthington, Rev. A. d. Ed ward, Major-Ger. Tremet,heere, H. B. Adams, EA., H. Pownall,E• q . N . %V. Winstanley, E•q , members of committee; G. Mor ::ao, Esq., Hon. Secretary and Architect; Messrs. Piper and Son, builders. His Royal Highness minutely ..xarained the buil ling, and a xpressed his gratification at i.tie result of hi , visit. The buildings will be opened to. morrow, the 14 , h of May, when the Duke of Marl borough will preside. all all all 1(1,1 'lOO 12s6d all all all all 20 20 5 20 81 i