The Sun. — London, England, 1860-06-04 00:00:00

India ters that he is as ignorant of life an - Lidst jungles as he is of engineering and of her matters. Young ladies do not ride out in the jungles by themselves—tigers do not gallop afte r them, and the charge of shot intended to bring down a bus tard is not calculated to knock o'er a full-grown tiger and leave him dead on the sr.ot ; and, in con clusion, Sir Cresswell Cresswell did not dissolve the matrimonial ties at the period of the Crimean war. We think that Mr.Ouida had better in future confine himself to subjectsof a simpler nature, or else put on a little more steam and try and wri to a burlesque. He need not doubt his abilities. Let him but give free vent to his natural feelings, and express his opinions candidly, with passing comments on engi neering and wild sports, and llLis success will be certain. ('olbian's United Service Magazine. The United Service of this mon th contains a very sensible article entitled " Revelei;ions of Dockyard Extravagance," which the meralpers of the Royal Commission for investigating the lubj ect, sanctioned byParliament a short time ago,w do well to study. The mismanagement and devil-nlay-care system in which the affairs of our dockyards are conducted call loudly for reform. The unn ecountable way in which £5,000,000 sterling have disappeared, with out any return, no one knows ho w, and for the loss of which no one is to blame, and ni ) one is responsible, is enough to rouse a heavily to xed people to re monstrance, especially when they consider that this £5,000,000 is equivalent to 5d., in the pound in come-tax. People grumble and are dissatisfied at Mr. Gladstone 's imposition of an extra penny, while five times that amount is squandered away owing to the absurd forms an d ceremonies in fashion in our naval yards, and the irresponsibility of the officials. There is a brief sketch of the " Spanish War in Morocco." "The Army Medical Department" is continued, as is aim " The Russian Account of the Crimean Campaign," which is really written in a fair spirit, and goes into minute details. The narrative of a " Trip to the Himalayas" is in teresting, the author availing himself of a month's leave of absence to visit these lofty mountains. His account of his expedition is straightforward and simply written, and his extenuation of the superstitions and prejudices of the natives, as the following extract will show, proves that he is a man possessed of very tolerant and sensible opinions— " About two p.m., being provided with an intelligent guide, I set off for the foot of the mountains ; after an hour's gradual ascent over a wet mossy sward, we came to a chain of rocky hills, from which the feeders of the great Ganges rush out in great numbers, all of which uniting within the distance of a mile or two, expand into an unfordable river. To bathe in it is esteemed an act of great devotion, and though the temperature was about the freezing point, the Hindoos of my party plunged into the sacred stream over head and ears, though most of them caught severe colds in conse quence of their bath. " On a near approach to the above chain of hills they were found to be an enormous boulder, or moraine—an ac cumulation of immense stones brought down from the over looking mountains by avalanches, every year adding to their numbers, and thousands of years enlarging the debris to the magnitude of the mountain range. " Treading along to the right, the guide brought us to a sort of tarpeian rock, called Byrovajamp, from the summit of which pilgrims were wont to throw themselves as living sacrifices, thus ending their days by being dashed to pieces. Such living sacrifices were considered acts of supreme de votion, insuring the victim the highest rewards in a future state of existence. "From this rock the no less celebrated Valley of the Sha dow of Death, called Mahapunt, takes its rise, a long ascend ing slope between two rocky precipices, that ends in perpe tual snow. According to Hindoo mythology, this Maha punt is believed to be the most direct road to the world of spirits. With the assurance of the most favoured reception after the journey of this life is over, pilgrims bent upon sell sacrifice took leave of ther relations, as before an ere cution • with the resolution of never returning , and the conviction that if they only persevered long enough, and far enough, they would be rewarded with a blessed immor tality, they entered the Valley of the Shadow of Death, and eventually perished in the snow. " Such sacrifices conferred a solemn celebrity upon the surviving relations of the deceased, perhaps equal in their own little circle to that of Marcus Curtius himself in the proud days of ancient Rome. Of late years these human sacrifices were prohibited by the Company's Government. under the heaviest penalties to the accomplices; this ordi nance has become as obselete as that of Suttee, but tradition records an incredible destruction of human life in times long gone by. " The world will cry out, What an infamous Govern ment was that of the old East India Company, that tolera • tad such enormities so long.! Hew very horrible, indeed : scream out our very good Christian people. What benighted ignorance I howls out Exeter Hall ; send out more mis sionaries—more Bibles ; drag those heathens from the error of their ways and convert them by fair means, or by any means I Every good Christian must congratulate huma nity on the suppression of such barbarous rites ; but how aver much he may reprobate them, they convey a moral lesson that may have a good effect on our own more en lightened society. Have we, good people, no Byrovajamp amon gst ourselves over which our victi ms of society are daily precipitating themselves, to get rid of a life "rendered too intolerable to be endured ? Have we no Mahapunt up which our religious devotees clamber in convent chains till they r erish in the freezing cloisters of monastic life ? Have we no funeral piles on which our broken-hearted widows offer themselves up as victims to their deceased husbands' mal-administration ? Have WA no Jnggernauth cars be fore whose wheels our idolatrous daughters prostrate them selves and get crushed to death ? Let our fashionable ladies answer. Is infanticida less known amongst us than it for merly was a mongst the Rajpoots ? Let our match-making fathers and mothers answer. " Let us consult the records of the Coroner's Courts. the Divorce Courts, the Insolvent Courts, our Courts of inquest and our Courts of fashion, and we shall find that for one primitive Hindoo, that sacrificed his life for what he con sidered the good of his soul, a hundred of our fellow countrymen—aye, and of our fellow -countrywomen, have fallen victims to their own acts and their own hands." There are likewise articles on " Our Naval Strength," " Modern Artillery and Naval Ports," " The Coast guard Service," " Victualling of the Army," and other subjects. Colburn's .New Monthly Magazine. The chances of invasion are discussed at length in the opening paper of this number. The writer arrives at the satisfactory conclusion that our Im perial ally is a riddle whom he would gladly credit with honourable sentiments, but whose hereditary mission is to avenge Waterloo, and who can scarcely be expected to resign his throne in order to keep his plighted word to us. We must hope that he will not be called upon to decide between these alternatives by the impetuosity and prejudice of his army. The singular tale of " Little Grand and the Marchioness" is continued, and another tale of colonial life, " The B elles of the Island," by Airs. Bushby, proceeds with interest. Neither of the fair heroines appear to be very happily situated in their domestic affairs, and, despite Mrs. Temple's enthusiasm, the picture of West Indian life is not very inviting. Sir Nathaniel contributes a second instalment of his " Nightingale Notes," which like the first is full of poetical allusion and citation. For heavier subjects we have an article on Mr. Trollope's work on " Filippo Strozzi ; a Mstory of the last days of the old Italian Liberty ;" an ac count of the Protestant Church at Metz, and a paper on Prince Dolgorouski's Russia. The interesting story of " East Lynne" is continued, and in it Bar bara Hare forfeits our respect and her own by a confession of her love to Mr. Carlyle. The story of the murder is again narrated, and we suspect that Lady Isabel's former lover, Captain Levison, will prove to have been concerned in it. Numerous poetical contributions appear in this number, among them a melodious ballad from the pen of J. E. Car penter, and a spirited adaptation of a love song from Horace by W. C. Kent. Macmillan's Magazine. A lengthened paper on " The Suffrage" discusses the vexed question of the Reform Bill in reference to its probable effect on the working and profes sional classes. It is from the pen of the Rev. F. D. Maurice, whose writings always deserve attention, although his views are sometimes peculiar. " Shelley, in Pall-mall," adds another to the numer ous essays and artic les on the poet's life, which have only one point in common—each asserting that the other's facts are incorrect, and conclusions deceptive. The writer of the paper before us restricts himself to a narrative of Shelley's publishing transactions with the Stockdales of Pall-mall, and quotes many letters which passed between them. He remarks that the progress of public opinion respecting Shelley has resembled the famous variations of the Moniteur on the occasion of Napoleon's return from Elba :—" The tiger has' broken loose, the monster has landed, the traitor is at Grenoble, the enemy at Lyons, Napoleon is at Fontainebleau, the iEm peror is in Paris." Stockd ale, it is said, flourshed in the tigrine era, which accounts for the depre catory and defensive tone of his writings on the subject. " The Ramsgate Life boat" is th title of a very interesting account of a gallant rescue by some of our brave life-boatmen, written by one who was then in the locality, and received the details of the rescue from the men who were en ga ged in it. The singular and lengthened poem of " The Sleep of the Hyacinth" terminates abruptly, the lamented author having left the manuscript incomplete. " Poet's Corner, or an English Writer's Touch" is descrip tive of the last resting-place of Lawrence Sterne, who seems likely to be a favourite subject for periodical writers. "Tom Brown at Oxford" pro ceeds with spirit, though with a greater admixture of sentiment than is common in the lives of Uni versity men. A criticism on the Royal Academy Exhibition posses an opinion on most of the prin cipal paintings, and a brief paper on the late affair between Sir Charles Trevelyan and Mr. Wilson brings the number to a termination. The Cornhill Magazine. The first half-year and the first rolume of the Cornhill Magazine have come to a prosperous con clusion. The success of the new periodical has been brilliant and unquestioned, and the able editor, in one of his delightful roundabout papers takes occasion to discuss " Some late Great Victories," beginning, of course, at Farnborough and ending at Cornhill. Nevertheless, able and successful as the magazine has been hitherto, and wonderful as is the moderation of its price, we should like to see a little more variety in its style and character—a few new pens among its contributors. One of the chief features in this sixth part is the conclusion of Mr. Thack - cray's story of " Level the Widower," a fact ivlaich is scarcely to be regretted, for the family history of the circle at Shrublands is totally unworthy of the author of " Vanity Fair." We have a half proMise of the reappear ance of " Lovel the Widower," as Lovel married ; but we have no desire to nenew his acquaintance, and we should deeply regret to see Mr. Thackeray ' trifle with his fame. The papers on natural his tory are continued, and are as usual replete with varcd and curious knowledge. "Framley Par sonage" bids fair to be one of Mr. Trollope s most carefully written novels. The love affair between Lord Lufton and Lucy Robarts comes to a crisis Poor Mark's troubles are not likely to terminate, we fear, even through the "new Minister's patronage," as the last chapter is entitled. The series of papers on William Hogarth proceed with all their accus tomed variety and spirit, as usual doing full honour to our great English moralist in colours. A paper on " The Poor Man's Kitchen " is well worth peru sal, and forcibly exhibits some of the losses and drawbacks which attend the poor man's outlay of his scanty income. In the first place, it is said he has to buy from the retail dealer, and consequently pays more for every article he requires. Secondly, after he has got his articles of food together, there is much waste because things are prepared on a small scale. He will buy bone, with his meat which he cannot turn to account, and his wife is often so bad a cook that she would spoil the best food. We have not space to discuss the wri ter's project for establishing kitchens, but we com mend it to the readers' attention, and fully agree with him in saying that the best way to atop the rage for liquor in this country would be to " restore the balance between meat and drink," to make the edibles more nutritious and inviting. The best cure for the excessive drink ing of the lower classes, he observes, " is not a Maine Liquor Law, but soup and sausages, pud dings and pies." There are two poetical contribu tions, neither deserving especial encomium. he Constitututional Press _Magazine ; a Review of Politics, Literature, the Church, the Drama, and Fine .rts. Saunders and Ottley. This periodical is conducted with great skill, and the tone has been moderated in some of the poli tical articles, which is a great advantage, as zeal without discretion occasions more mischief to the cause it advocates than a mere lukewarm support. In this number there is no lack of articles on every subject, from " grave to gay, from lively to severe." First comes the very interesting story of " Hopes and Fears," which has nearly reached a crisis, and which improves greatly as it proceeds. This authoress is remarkably felicitous in her domestic descriptions, and Lucilla is a very life-like portraiture. One of the most noticeable points in this chapter is the fact of the well-inten • tioned curate becoming a veritable marplot, and totally undermining all the scheme which promised so well of Lucilla going to visit Honor. The last chance seems now gone, and one can fancy her good angel bidding her farewell as, restless and wilful, she starts for Paris without owning her fault or seeing her friends. " A Minute Ago" is con cluded, and it is a very readable composition, writ ten with spirit and vivacity. The first edition of the "Battle of Copenhagen" is most interesting to study, and it will be found very edifying to com pare it with the " Battle of the Baltic," into which splendid poem it was afterwards merged. In perusing the inimitable stanzas which abound in the works of Campbell, one is re minded of the admirable reply made by Punch to the peace champion, who derided them, ex claiming that the " Mariners of England " and many such odes were written. "We beg thy par don, friend Bright, many such odes were not written." " The Horn Book of Phycology" is a paper that is very applicable to the wants of the present day, when such subjects are so prevalent in society. This chapter is on sea-weed, which has recently much engaged the attention of various classes of travellers. " The Royal Academy " is a criticism of some of the best pic tures there exhibited. The writer does not enter on the ungracious task of fault finding, but points out the beauties and excellencies of the chef d'cauvres, therefore there is nothing to cavil at in these pleasing pages. The religious articles are very carefully written, and the one on the Oriental Churches is well worthy of perusal. The " Koolah, or Snow Storm, at Erzeroom," is a very interesting account of the "dreadful visitant," as this is truly called. It is thus caused—" A great circulation of wind follows upon the withdrawal of the clouds, and rushing in draughts from all sides through the clefts of the mountains it sweeps- the snow out of every crevice and corner, and forming a kind of whirlwind it carries up the frozen snow from the ground in a column, which falls and buries every thing beneath." It is said that it is far more dan gerous than all the simooms that ever swept the Desert, for the traveller may protect himself from these by lying down, but not so with the fatal Koolagh. Death rushes on the traveller in an overpowering cold, like to that which destroyed 500,000 men in Russia. Well may the narrator exclaim at the conclusion, " Traveller, remember and be on your guard at Sultaniah ; ner venture to travel there, as I did, during December and January, lest you hear the shriek, the fatal shriek, Kaolagh." " The Political Horizon" is the last article, which takes rather a gloomy view of affairs, and passes some severe strictures on the management at home, but it is argued that " no vigorous course could be expected from a Government that regulates its home policy at the diction of a Quaker, and employs a com mercial traveller on what are called ambassadorial duties." The paper contains some smart sayings, mingled with some very wise reflections. Ure's Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and This serial has reached its eighth part, and the letter I. We have before this drawn attention to this useful work, in which information on all sub jects connected with commerce and industry can be obtained. We find under the head of hair that it can be employed for the most out-of-the•way purposes, in proof of which—" In the Great Exhi bition of 1851, T. B.rdoffskc exhibited a collection of bowls, dishes, plates, &c., &c., formed of the hair of the rabbit, hare, and other animals, which were felted and afterwards varnished. They had the appearance of papier mache, and were very light. In 1857 we imported— Computed Cwts. nal value. Of cow, ox, bull, or elk hair 5,913 £27,425 Goats' hair Horse hair and of manufactures of hair or goats' wool not made up, and wholly or in part made up, £233,200 as entered at computed real value." Russia has long been our principal purveyor of hemp and flax, but it is to be hoped, and, indeed, there is every proba bility, that India, under a more efficient Govern ment, will in a great measure take the trade out of her hands. We find that during the year 1857 the Russian exports to this country was 545,266 cwts., while that from India of jute or native hemp was 536,438 cwts. Iron is the last subject noticed in this number, and under this head explanations of the mode of procuring the ore, smelting fur naces, and other matter connected with this useful metal, are given at length. Baily's Sporting Magazine. This magazine has a portrait of Mr. ' , George Payne for a frontispiece. " From Oxford to St. • George" is continued. There is an interesting letter frotn Abd-el-Kader on the Arab to General Dumas, in answer to questions put by that officer concerning the peculiarities of the horses of the desert. We are sorry to miss Admiral Rous's contribution this month. His articles on the Eng lish race-horse were extremely interesting. " The Experiences of Sydney Godolphin Yahoo" advances, inasmuch as that the seventh chapter is completed in this number, but the reader experiences little farther insight into the story, inasmuch that the greater part of the chapter is taken up in the re lation by Miss Cameron to Mr. Yahoo, who is evi dently smitten by her charms, a wild story about smugglers, and the accompanying neces saries of love and murder. The biography of old John Day will interest all, but more particularly those who remember the doings on the turf before railways altered the face of nature. The racing register, which is conveniently appended on fly-leaves, and other sporting intelligence, complete the number. Debora : A Quarterly Review of Social Science. Partridge and Co. The articles in this periodical are written with care and ability. We would call special attention to those on " Macaulay and his Writings," " The Treatment of Lunatics," and "Slavery in the United States." In the latter, a sketch of the origin of the slave-trade, how the improvement in machinery enhanced the value of slaves, and the influence of the Southern planters, the following extract will show : " We have already remarked that it was the general opi nion that the existence of slavery depended upon the im portation of negroes from Africa, and that as soon as such importation ceased the institution would gradually die out; for it was supposed that such a scarcity of the article' would follow upon prohibition as would so enhance its price as to compel planters to resort to free laboAr as the (cheaper method of cultivating their crops ; subsequent events have proved (what might have been demonstrated 0 , priori) the fallacy of the supposition. In 1790 the number of slaves in the States was 697,897; in 1820, 1,538,064; and at the present time, 4,165,000. " Down to the period of the convention of 1789 the plan ters of the southern States had been engaged principally in the cultivation of rice and indigo, then the best paying growths ; but the profits of the trade were lessening yearly in consequence of the competition of India, then beginning st , to be felt. The cotton plant, now the great star le of southern agriculture, was then only cultivated to a limited extent ; the process of cleaning the fibre being so slow and expen- I sive as to render the production of the plant, on a large :t, scale, impossible • for notwithstanding the increased de mand for cotton irom England, consequent upon the then recent great improvements in the machinery for spinning, the exports from the United States in 1793 only amounted to 187,000 lbs.; whilst the imparts into England from the • West Indies, Turkey, India, &c., during the previous year, reached upwards of 30,000,000 lbs. The invention of the saw-gin by Eli Whitney, however, in the year named, in tr, duced a new order of things. By the primitive rollers, st, one hand could clean only a few pounds of wool daily ; but st, by means of the new gin three to four hundred pounds :t, could be turned out in the same space of time. The effect t! of Whitney's ingenuity was instantaneous : the exports of cotton during 1794—that is, one year after the invention — being 1,601,760 lbs. against only 187, 000 lbs. in 17931 In st 1800 the shipments were 17,789,800 lbs., and in 1806 nearly st one-half of the cotton imported into Great Britain was the produce of the United States. No wonder, therefore, that I st, the slave trade increased in activity, and that the slave holders grew more unmanageable, and sought with such at, vigour to augment the extent of their territory, and there- st, by increase the weight of their influence on the Congress st, and Senate of the Union. These facts will enable the S t' reader the better to understand the course which events :t: took subsequently to the passage of the Louisiana Bill." 'HIS DAY.) Share' One of Them. By Charles Lever. This work in its continuation becomes more in tricate. There is not much to interest the reader in the present number. The whole of it, with the exception of the last two pages, is devoted to the history of a cold-blooded murder, supposed to be perpetrated in Jersey. Mr. Lever will doubtless unravel the complexity of the tale hereafter, but for the present the reader is kept completely in the dark. We cannot say much for the work as far as it has gone, although it is enlivened by occasional flashes of genius and truth worthy of its author. However, we will not prejudge, and trust for better things as the tale advances. The following extract, although written as fiction, bears the stamp of truth : " He bad heard much of Clara Hawke—to give her her true name—of her personal attractions and abilities, and he wished Stocmar to see and pronounce upon her. Although he possessed no pretension to dispose of her whatever, he held certain letters of her supposed mother in his keeping which gave him a degree of, power he believed irresistible. Now, there is a - sort of limited liability slavery at this moment recognised in Europe, by which theatrical managers obtain a lease of human ability, for a certain period, under nonage, and of whick Paten desired to derive profit by letting out Clara as dancer, singer, coniedian, or figurante,' according to her gifts; and this, too, was a purpose of the present journey. " The painter or the sculptor, in search of his model, has no higher requirements than those of form and symmetry ; he deals solely with externals, while the impresario must carry his investigations far beyond the category of personal attractions, and soar into the lofty atmosphere uf intellectual gifts and graces, bearing along with him, at the same time, a full knowledge of that public for whom he is proceeding ; that fickle, changeful, fanciful public, who sometimes, out of pure satiety with what is best, begin to long for what is second-rate. What consummate skill must be his who thus feels the pulse of fashion, recognising in its beat the indi cations of this or that tendency, whether ' society' soars to the classic Norma,' or descends to the tawdry vulgarisms of the ' Traviata.' No man ever accepted more implicitly than Mr. Stocmar the adage of Whatever is, is best.' The judgment of the day with him was absolute. The world' a toujours raison, was his creed. When that world pro nounced for music, he cried, Long live Verdi 1 when it decided for the Ballet, his toast was, ' Legs against the field I' Now, at this precise moment, this same world had taken a turn for mere good looks—if it be not heresy to say ' mere' to such a thing as beauty—and had actually grown a little wearied of roulades and pirouettes ; and so Stocmar had come abroad, to see what the great slave market of Europe could offer him." The Comprehensive History of England. Blackie and Son. Parts 29 and 30 of this correctly styled com prehensive work, extend from 1791 to 1802 in clusive. The latter period of which being re plete with important incidents, a considerable amount of space is devoted to it. The engravings and woodcuts are executed with the same skill aid st taste as heretofore. C'assel's Popular Natural history. Part XV. This part treats of the wolf, the fox, and the cat. The habits of the different varieties of each species s are carefully described, and some interesting anec dotes are related, some of which, however, border s rather on the marvellous and romantic, but never- s theless are quite within the pale of possibility. The engravings are numerous, and the descriptive por- s tion well written. _MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. 1:: CITY, Two o'CLocK. The accounts from the manufacturing districts f „ mention that business generally has been partially suspended owing to the Whitsun holidays. There Ai has been no feature of importance in the woollen sI trade of Leeds. At Bradford the transactions in :1 wools and yarns have been restricted ; fancy piece goods, however, suitable to the season, have been fairly dealt. in. Business at Manchester has been 81 very inactive, and prices of both cloths and yarns have given way. At Leicester and Nottingham si the holidays have caused a partial cessation of g s l trade; while the transactions in hardware goods at el Sheffield, Birmingham, and Wolverhampton have been on a very moderate scale. In the Liverpool Cotton Market, on Saturday, a moderate amount of business was transacted, and s s prices were steadily maintained. The sales were s 7,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed st: quietly, but quotations were firmer. A sum of about £19,000 in gold was sent into the Bank of England on Saturday. The Asia has been announced this morning from s New York, with £24,102 in specie. There is a slightly increased demand for money, owing to the commercial engagements due to-day, s s l the 4th of the month, and the market is firmer in s consequence. The actual alteration in the rates, s however, is unimportant, no difficulty being expe rienced in getting choice bills negotiated at the Bank minimum, or a fraction lower. Renewed quietude is expected as soon as the present liabili- s ties, consisting of mercantile bills, railway calls, s and Stock Exchange settlements, shall have been s s completed. The market for public securities remains in a quiet position, speculation being very dull in con- s s sequence of the proximity of settling day. Upon s the whole, however, the Funds are well maintained, some support being given to the market by the favourable tendency of the Rentes. Consols are st 95 to 954- for money, and 95 1 1 for July. The st New Threes and the Reduced are steady, at 934 ; st India Stock has receded to 2221; ditto New Loan si remains at 1064 ; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper has improved to 98 ; and Excheq uer Bills are Bs. ss prem. In the Foreign Stock Market business has been 1 , almost suspended, and prices show little alteration. st, Turkish 6 per Cents. are 741 to 74; ; ditto New, 571 to ; Brazilian Scrip remains at dis. ; and sty sti Dutch 21 per Cents. are heavy, at 661. The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 21 prem.; the Thames and Mersey ditto, lit, § prem. ; and the Universal ditto, 1 Z- prem. The Imperial Thessalian Mining shares are firmer, at t I prem. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been moderately active, and prices have shown a slight upward tendency. Caledonian, Great Northern, Great Western, Lancashire and York shire, and South-Eastern hare improved ss. ; and Eastern Counties and North British, ss. to 10s.; London and Brighton have receded about ss. In the Foreign and Colonial markets the trans actions have been limited. Lombardo-Venetian are at about previous quotations. Buenos Ayres and San Fernando have improved 55.; Grand Trunk of Canada have declined 55., and East Indian, ss. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are steady, at about previous quotations. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 931 3 per Cent. ConsAs Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock .. __, _ Ditto 5 per Cent. . Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent. — Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 1858 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11d Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brasilian 5 per Cent .. Ditto 41 per Cent. Scrip, 1860 - d Turkish 6 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 66k Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK Consols, Money Ditto Account .. Ditto 10th July THE SUN, LONDON, ;:MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1860. Paid. 13 15 54 51 si st t F id pr 20 2t 54 ót 9i 94 22 23 5 6 8 9 124 131 42 44 11 295 30514 31 31 1 1/ 1621 1671 50 52 24 211 4 5 19 20 76 78 330 340 150 160 90 100 21 3f 14i 15 22 24 26 28 I 100 stk 20 20 10 100 i 100 100 17i 20 stock 100 stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 stock SHARE M. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. losin I Share Railways. raid.) C Price. g , Done. Businesa 50 I Belfast and Ballymena all 13.14 i ßir., Wol , and Sir. Val. all 8 8 4 stock Birk., La., and Ch June lOO 70 72 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne all 10 Bost. Shef. and Mid. Co all 8 1 stock I Bristol and Exeter 100 102 104 stock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan 9 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 l 'ork, ltlrock., &Passag,e all 20 Cornwall 10 Do A. (A gets no div all 10 D o B , until 6pc peran all hasbeen pd. toB 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. June all 8 9 stock East Anglian lOO 16 17 .„ stock Eastern Counties lOO 531 541 01 I stock Eastern Union, A stock 1 00 36 38 stock Do do B do 100 25 27 25 Do Nw A. late EU3ds. 81 20 East Suffolk 10 Do stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 77 79 784 stock F,din. Perth, & Dundee 1(0 30 31 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all stock Furness stock (Hasp:. and S. Western 100 101 103 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all stock Great Northern lOO 1154 1164 lin stock Do do A stock stock Do do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 112 114 1114 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val hug. stock 100 60 65 12 Irish South-eastern all stock Lancashire & Yorkshir. 100 1014 105 1044 stock London and Blackwall 100 70 71 stock Lon., Dright.. & S Coast 100 1144 1154 115 25 Lond., Chat., and Dover all 104 114 stock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 1 0 1 1014 1014 t 124 Do eighths stock Lond. & Western lOO 93 94 932 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Ennisizt all 10 11 stock Man. Shef. & Lin'oln 50 Sfaryport and Carlisle all 124 Do do 3 shares... all 10 Metropolitan stock Midland stock Do virming. & Derby 100 94 96 50 Slid. G!'. W. of Ireland all 25 Do 4 shares al! 25 Slid Kent.' all 10 Do, Cray Line 100 N'ewca.tle and C srlisle all 25 New., Aber. & Herefd all 10 11 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros. all stock Norfolk lOO 54 56 50 N irn. Counties Union.. 34 34 3 d stock North British lOO 614 62 6 12 1 stock \'or.Div.Bail&Dk.sto.lv: 100 stock D A stk ; A recs no d. until apchas beenpd.B 100 stock Do B stock 100 =took Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 96 91111 664 6 25 Dodo. G.N.E. purchase 16134 14 d stock no Leed5........ stock Do York stoct North London 20 North Staffordshire 174 134 132 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 91 92 12 Not. &Grantham Rail lO 6 62 stock Oxf. Wor. & Wolverptn 100 44 46 10 Peebles 20 Portsmouth 10 Ehymney..... . stock Scottish Central stock Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 344 354 stock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 87 89 stock Shropshire Union 100 48 50 50 10 Sittinabourne & Sheer. all 4 3 d stock South Devon ... . stock South Eastern ........ 100 85 854 8 5 1 2 stock South Wales .......... 100 67 68 stock S. York. and River Dun 100 78 80 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 6 8 25 Stockton & Darlington all 384 391 25 Do do 9 8 9 p Stockton & Hartlepool 161 stock Taff Vale . ............ 100 stock Do Prof. INo 1 lOO 25 Thames Haven; k&Rail 22 -- 50 Ulster . " 25 Do 20 2 31p 12 10 Do .. l4 dip stock Vale olNeath 13 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 10 11 stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 I 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West C rnwall 20 West London ..... . 10 Do let class .... 20 Do 2nd class 124 Worcester &Ffereford ll4 2 1 d Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence Born.,Baroda&.Cent hid Gu. 5 psr cent.. Do, Do. B' Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Do. Preference Buffalo,BrautAGodrich 0 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) Cape,tastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. G p. c Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. cd F Shaies Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Geelong & Melbourne Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref, Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. G t. In diaPen in. gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... _ . Gt. South.oflndia(Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New ... Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O .. Do. do. '73 without opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 d 0... Madras, guar., 4 p. c... Do. do. 5 per cent..... Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Fourth do Do. d 0.... Melb.Corp. 6 p. c. Bnds. INewßrunswick t Canda Ry. &Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... ,Dude (Limited) ........ I Scinde Do. Pnnjaub Es. ,9 Do. Do. ........ Do. Indus. St. Flo. qg S t. Andrews Sr Quebec A Trinidad (Lim.) `trip.. FOREIGN ; Antwerp & Rotterdam' ! !Ardennes ..............' Bali.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Bektbin East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Buen.Ayres & S. Ferndo Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiabo .. .. .. .. (lc . . . . . . Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France Grand Ems. Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. she... Italian Junction ...... Lake Constance & Bale. Lierre & Turnhout .... 'Lyons & Geneva ' . Maria Antonia Do. New Namur & Liege ........ Do. 6 p. c. Pref. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares ...... Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, & ➢lediter. Paris & 0r1ean5........ Recife & S. Fran. (Pern. gua. 7 p. ct. 1ira..... Riga & Dunaburg..... Rome & Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref !Sambre & Meuse Do. 51 per cent. Pref San Paulo, lim, r. 7 p. c S. Aust. &Lomb Vene tin Southern of France West Flanders c. Preference.. W. Jr, N.W. of France .. !Western of Austria.... Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden .. Do. 8 per cent. Pref... Zealand ATU 43 41 i --° all all 2i all all all - - 22- 2 1 11 11c1 5i 61c1 224 61 61 84- 81 19} 191 38 s 9 — 8 — A P 3i} 341 52 54 2 lid 6i* -- - - - - _ v - - 4, .....euirtuu • • - - I PREFERENCE SHARES. • BRITISH MINES. Railways. Paid. Cosing* Business Share ) '“ Price. Done. Share Mines. 1 p aid. l Closing - Business i , 1 Price. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O all ( stk Rris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 100 96 98 )20 Do. do. do. Shares stock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 100 101 103 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. all 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent all Dun.Perth&Aber..Tun. stock E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c lOO 101 103 stock Do. do. Class B 6 p.c.. 100 112 115 stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c lOO 109 112 stock E. Conn. Ex. sp. c. No.l 100 110 112 stock Do. do. No. 2 100 109 111 stock Do. New 6 per ct. stock. 100 124 126 stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 81 83 stock Do. 5 per c , !..t. guar... 100 stock Eclin.&Glas. sp.c. shares 100 110 112 stock Do. 4p. c. gua. S. &D. 100 90 92 stock Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 75 76 stock Furness, 5 per cent 100 stock ,Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. 100 118 120 stork (Great Northern, sp. ct. 100 116 118 stock ;Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm 101 111 112 stock 41 p. c. do. do. 100 Do. sp.e. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 8 0 85 8 7 10 I Gt. Nil. of Scotia. Ist pf. all Gt.Sn & W (Ireland) 4 1 00 97 99 stock p. ct. pref. stock 50 Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. sp. ct 6 stock Do. Redeemable, 41 p.ct. 100 99 101 stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. 100 89 91 100 91 93 stock Do. irredeem , ble, stock Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. 100 103 105 1031 4 3 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. all 91 101 10 10 (it. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf sh. al 17 18 10 Do dcs p. ct. pref Or 101 101 stock Do Tiirmg. , Yuar. stock lO9 74 76 264 Do. Chester gua. shares all 191 201 135 Do. do. do. 20 Do. do. do. stock Lan.&York 6p. c. stock lOO 139 141 stock Do.llarnsl.st.£s3s 10d pc 100 stock Do. 6 per c. (E. La m ) , 100 stock Lon.& Brig. 5 pc.gn. No.i 100 116 118 stock Do. sp. c. - No. 2 100 116 118 stock Do. gna. 6p. c. stock Do. do. sp. c No. 4 1 00 116 118 stock Do. do. 41 per cell'. 100 102 104 1031 5 Do. do. 41 p. c. shares.. 21 stock Do. 7p. ct. Pref. stock. 100 154 157 stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.,te,p,) 100 132 136 stock Do.4p.c.S.(div.dettil '65) 100 68 70 25 lon. Chat. and Dover.. sll 21 22 stock lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, sp. 100 115 117 stock lon. &S.W, 7 O. ct. stock 100 1521 1571 121 Londondy. & Cole. 1 sh. all 121 Londony. & Ennis. 1 811. all 12 121 stock \Tan. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et. 100 1251 1274 6 Do. £5 stocl , Do. 31 per cent 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent 5 1 P 121 Mary rort & Car., 4p. c all 121 Do. 41 per cent all stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. stock lOO stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c. 100 140 142 stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock lOO 102 104 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 1 1 P stock Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st. 100 94 96 Newport, A ber.&c.pref. 5 10 N 1 all 9/ lok p.c.recleem. s t 5 p.c.pm. 10 Do. Perpet. 6p. c. with option till 1866 12 10 Do. till 1869, Ist is. 9 1 1 4 P 124 Do. do. 2d is. 21 P stock Norfik sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 100 stock Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 stock Do. s Way.Val.Ex.st.lB47 100 stock North British, sp.c. .. 100 110 112 stock Do. New, gua, sp. c.... 100 10) Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. shs 1 1 4 p 10 Do. do. do. all stock Nth.Dey.R ail. &Dek.Co. 100 stock N - East.Cons.Pref. 4p. c. 100 91 93 stock Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 100 0 6 97 17 Do. do. do 0 13.4. 1 4 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1 13 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 9 —; 25 Do. York, H. & Purch. 10 t d P 20 North Staff or d s hi re .... all 23 24 stock Ox.Wr.Wol. 6p. c. Ist g. 100 123 125 stock Do. Redeem. 2d gua.... 100 ▪ stock Do. Irredeem. 2d gun_. 100 119 121 1 0 Rhymney Guaranteed. all 81 Scottish Central, new pf all stock Scottish North-Eastern 3 1 P. e. pref. stock.... 100 73 75 stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c. 100 stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 10 101 10 Do. Fixed 4 4 per cent. all 1 1.0.6 South Eastern (Reading Ann~ 1.0.6) • stock Do. 44 per cent. lOO 101 103 -, stock Do. Fixed 'lp.c. Ist is. 100 101 103 • stock 'oath Wales, gua. 4p. c. 100 89 91 u stock Do. 41 per cent. lOO 99 101 100 stock S.-Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua. 100 86 88 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c all 28 29 25 Do. B 6 per cent all 331 341 25 Do. C 6 per cent all 324 331 ; stock Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p. c lOO 44 48 Consols (Philaek) ritish Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) l East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus G.Wheal AIM. (Philack) ; G. Wheal Vor (Helston) l Grenville Herod's- F00t...., 1774 ;12.13.9 Hingston Downs Lady Bertha MArgaret (Uny Lelant),' North Downs 'North France (Mogan) Basset (1110 an) North Wheal Crotty .. Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) ISurtridlze Cons. Min.Co.l South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim S.Wheal Fran (Illogan) Stray Park 'Pamir Silv.& Lead MM Tin Croft 0i 5.14.6 8.12 4.7.0 1.8.6 9.18.9 Vale of Toney (Carm.)' West Basset (Illozan) W. Caradon (Lskeard) West Seaton 1,1 10.6.7 12s all 126.18.0! 3s 6d 2.4 i 4} 1 2 270 280 445 455 1224 71 1274 8/ 11 114 39 41 124 13 14 14 3 34 29 31 31 41 2 1 2 i 44 46 1 51 4 5 !Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) !Wheal Edward (Cals.) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) ] Wheal Mary Ann (Men.), 'Wheal Trelawney (Lis.). FOREIGN MINES. ...... i 102 i 20 Australian 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim lss p p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at ip ) 274 - - 20 Do.St.Johndel Rey,Lim 15 ;:284 294 281 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. dis. 40 Cobre Copper all 42 44 Copiapo l6 11 13 1 DunMoun.Cop.lling.Co all 4 a 1 2 Fortuna. 20 General all 23 25 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 # d par 11 Kapunda (Limited) 1 14 111) 3 Linares all 101 114 5 Lusitanian 2 1 d p 1 Mariquita all 1 1 1 N.RhineCopof S.Aus.L los. d p 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and smelt all 5 6 6 Port Philip 1 1 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los, d p 28'211 United Mexican IWorthing (Limited) all I 1 Do l9s. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedService B 50 40 A ust rala sia . 25 Bank of Egypt all 214 224 100 Bank of London 20 Bank of Turkey 3 50 British North American all 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 191 204 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 30 32 100 City 100 Colonial 25 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of London . 20 19 21 20 Eng., Scot., & Au& Ch all 161 161 162 20 Geu. Bk .01 Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 234 24 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 100 London A Westminster 20 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 35 20 Do. new lO 50 National Bank ........ 25 20 New South Wales all 20 Do. new 25 Orient. B. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank .. . 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 10 Do. new. 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australia all 50 Union o • London 100 Unity Mutual 00 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 100 114 116 Do. 6p. cent. 1880 100 I - - Do. 6p. cent. 1881 100 [ Do. 6p. cent. 1882 100 - - Do. 6p. c. Feb. A Aug. DO 110 112 Do. 6p. c. Mar. A Sept. 100 110 112 ( Do. 5 per cent lOO 1014 102 102 I Do. Scrip 34 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1074 1081 Do. 6p. c. Ap. A Oct.] 100 N. S. W. Gov. sp. c ., 1866, 100 991 100 1004 Do. sp. c.. 1871 to 1876 100 got 100 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwda 100 991 100 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. sterling, 1875 llOO [lOB 109 S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.187S &up 100 1 110 112 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. J a .&July 100— Do. do. P p.c. Ap.&Oct. 100 1061 107 , 1061 1000 321 10 stock 25 stock stock stock stock MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Berlin Water (Limited), British American Land B.Stl.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.), Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) Do. C. (Limited) Canada Land stoc k 100 stock 14 151 3o i 31i 45 37 39 19 21 13 15 120 125 6 8 22 27 241 25i 31 34 98 100 103 106 105 107 2 p 1 2f - - 4 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim.) l Cop. Min.ofEng.&Smltg. Do. Pref. 74 per cent. Crystal Palace IDo. Preference 5 p.c. I'erpet. Deben. Electric Telegraph t Do. New English & Aus. Copper. Gen. Steam Navigati Great Ship (Limited) Do. 17i p. ct. Preference Indian & Aust. Telegr. Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) London Discount (Lim.) L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) Madras Irr. and Canal Mediter. Electric Teleg Med. Eaten. Tel. (Lim National Dis. Co. (Lim Nerbu.Coal& Iron (Lim ) Netherlands Land Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis , N. Br. &NovaScotiaL and N. B. Australasian (Lim.), Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Shares (Lim.) Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)A if d Ofd lf 21 31 pi Ditto B. 3 4 1 Oldi 14 1 di 10 l5 i; 1 I. *d Ditto C Peellt.Lnd.&Min.(Lim.) Pen. & Oriental Steam . Do. New RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.44p.c Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. do. Registered Tr. & Ln. Co.ofUpr.Can. Van Diemen's Land 95 48 77 79 14 16 p 20 id 22 100 all all all a 21 49 51 120 130 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways, Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire .. Chester & Holyhead.. Do. do. 54 per cent.' Do. do. 5 per cent. Clydesdale Junction.. Colchester, Stour Val. E.Lin col n shi pp c. E.Union,llarwich Sits ( Do. Woodbridge G 15.13 arr. & Neil s,Drct. Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest' ITartlPool.Dek.& Rail. Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares Lanc.& Carl. gua.s p.c. Lon don & Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend. Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct. Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock N ewmarkt., BuryE x guaranteed 5 p. c . Nortlin.St Eastn. 5 p.a.l Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed, 5 per cent North Western Preston and Wyre. Ln& N.W Ln &N.W Do. Do. Do. Caledoninj E.U.&E C, Gt.:North. E.Counts. I Caledonin Do. w e st. Gt. Yk.N. &Br Yk.N. Md.' Do. 'Do. 1.11& NAY S. East. 1 Peto & Co. Nrfolk ,Do. ,LNwarmi 100 Midland 5. 5.6 E.Counts i all Do. all Do. all Do. all Midland all I.'4' NW & L.Yk. all Do. 100 Gt. North 100 T.Brassey all 111`Clean 100 Gt. West. all L.& Brgtn Do. Stares & Shep . ; Silrevisbry& Herefordl Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Croydn. DOCKS. r aid. Leasing \Closing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. 96 98 514 52 125 127 113 115 16 17 138 140 4} II 21 3} 96 98 * I p 55 57 141 1411 '135 138 102 104 lu P 1 9! 94 Paid. Closing Price. Business Done. Docks. Share stork Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Ceut.Pret.Miv lOO stock East and West Indies it)? stock ,London lOO stock St. Katharine lOO stock 'Southampton i 100 stock Viotoria . 30 Do New 2 ¶i F 5 stock stock stock stock stock sto* 110 112 205 208 63 65 115 120 1 91 97 7} all 5 100 100 all 5 100 2.11.10• 16 2.14.5 7.4.0 THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The leading country markets, held on Saturday, were somewhat scantily supplied with wheat, yet most descrip tions changed hands slowly, at about stationary prices to a slight advance. The barley trade was far from active, and the transactions in most other articles were far from numer ous. Throughout the continent, most descriptions of produce have supported their previous value, at which about an average business has been passing. In the United States, both wheat and flour have moved off slowly, and prices have had a downward tendency. The arrivals of English grain up to our market, last week, were very moderate. The imports from abroad amounted to 17,842 qrs of wheat, 4,935 barley, 16,817 oats, 609 rye, 40 beans, 4,037 peas, 672 tares, 5,160 linseed, 5,678 rape , seed, 164 sundry seeds, 3,066 sacks and 2,1E5 barrels of flour. A very limited supply of wheat was received fresh up to-day from Kent, and the receipts from Essex were only moderate. The small number of samples on the stands, and the reduced stocks of foreign in warehouse, produced great firmness on the part of factors, who mostly demanded 3s per quarter more money than last week. Sales, how ever, progressed slowly, but prices may be called is to 2s per quarter higher than on Monday last. We were but moderately supplied with most kinds of foreign wheat. There was great firmness on the part of holders, and prices were, in most instances, quite ls. to 2s. per quarter higher. There was a slight improvement in the inquiry for float ing cargoes, at full quotations. Scarcely any English barley was on offer, and the supply of Foreign was very moderate. Sales progressed steadily at fully late rates. Fine parcels of malt moved off steadily ; other kinds slowly, at full prices. Tho oat trade was firm, at fully last week's currency. The supply was only moderate. Beans were in short supply, and steady request, at full prices. Peas moved off firmly, at extreme rates. The flour trade was by no means active. Prices, however, were firmly supported. CURRENCY PER IMPERJAL MEASURE. Wheat—Eaapy and Kent. red. new 445 to T. 55 Ditto, old Ditto, white, new 483 629 Ditto, old Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old 4ss 569 Ditto, new 43s 54s Rye—Old — s —s New Barley—Grinding...., 279 299 Malting Malt -Suffolk and Norfolk s2e 68s Brown Kingston and Ware s2s 70s Chevalier Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 2ls 240 Potato 26s 30s Youghal and Cork, black 2os 259 Cork, white 2os 28s Scotch, Feeding 2ls 26s Beans—Tick Pigeons 4ss Peas—Grey Maple White 16s Boilers Flour—Town-made .... 49s 35s 38s 38s 40s 50s Suffolk 36s 39s Stockton and Norfolk METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week amounted to 6,722 head. In the corresponding week in 1859 we received 4,452; in 1858, 2,962; in 1857, 2,531; in 1856, 2,305; in 1855, 2,880; and in 1854, 3,369 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Piga. Rotterdam Harlingen Hamburgh Ostend Total 290 5,974 The yegirly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves Pigs. 1859 314 . . 324 .. 569 . . 435 . . 8 1858 2lO .. 1,522 .. 324 .. 252 .. 18 1857 231 .. 4,128 .. 77 .. 430 .. 16 1856 791 .. 1,701 .. 240 .. 285 .. 1855 546 .. 1,828 245 .. 604 .. 35 1854 682 .. 1,803 .. 200 200 .. 30 The show of foreign beasts, to-day, was limited—of sheep tolerably good, notwithstanding that 2,000 head of the latter were lost whilst on passage from Hambro' during the late gales. Foreign calves came freely to hand. A very moderate supply of beasts was received fresh up this morning from our own grazing districts, and the gene ral quality of the stock was very middling. The attend ance of both town and country buyers was numerous, and all breeds sold freely, at an advance in the quotations of 2d. per 81bs. The best Scots readily produced fully ss. 6d. per Blbs. The arrivals from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire amounted to 2,200 Scots, short horns, and crosses —from other parts of England, 420 various breeds. No stock reached us from Ireland, and scarcely any supply came to hand from Scotland. We were seasonably well supplied with sheep ; but prime breeds were comparatively scarce. The mutton trade was much less active, and last Monday's currency was barely supported. However the best Downs realised 6s. per 81bs. There was a fair demand for lambs—the supply of which was moderate—at previous quotations. The best Downs from the Isle of Wight sold at 7s. ; from Essex, 7s. 4d. to 7s. 61 per Sibs. _ _ We had a good sale for calves, at quite 2d. per 81bs. above last week's prices. The• top figure was ss. 10d. per 81bs. Pigs changed hands slowly ; nevertheless the quotations were supported. It will be seen that compared with last year the value o stock is still very high. Apparently there is no prospec of any important decline in it. Per 81bs to sink the offal. \ s. d. s. d.' a. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 4 0 4 2 Primecrs-wool do. 5 6 5 8 Second quality do. 4 6 4 10 Pme. S'thdown do. 5 10 6 0 Prime large oxen 5 0 5 4 Large erse. calves 4 8 5 2 Prime Scots, &c. 5 4 5 6 Prime small do 5 4 5 10 Crse. & inf. sheep 4 4 4 8 Large hogs 4 0 4 6 Second quality do. 410 5 4 Small porkers _ _ _ _ . - _ Lambs, 6s Od to 7a 6d. Suckling calves, 21s to 23s ; and quarter •old store pigs, 23s to 30s. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts 3,880 Sheep and lambs 29,280 Calves ___ FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .. Sheep 4,800 Calves Pigs Pigs A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Juze 6, 1859, and this day, Monday, June 4, 1860 : Per 81bs, sinking the offal. June 6, 1859. June 4, 1860, 2 d; s. d. s. d.' s. d• Coarse and inferior beasts . . Second quality ditto 3 8 3 10\4 6 410 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 4 5 0 5 4 Prime Scots, &c. . . . . Coarse and inferior sheep . . 3 6 3 10\4 4 4 8 Second quality ditto . . . . 4 0 4 44 10 5 4 Prime coarse-woolled ditto • . 4 6 4 8,5 6 5 g Prime Southdown ditto . . Lambs Large coarse calves . . . 310 4 814 8 5 2 Prime small ditto Large hogs Neat small porkers . . . Beasts Sheep and lambs • . Calves Pigs SurpLiEs ow SALT:, June 7, 1858.---Beasts, 3,622 ; sheep and lambs, 23,860 ; calves, 239 ; pigs, 475. June 8, 1857—Beasts, 4,409; sheep and lambs, 26,750 ; calves, 262 ; pi*, 250. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets are but moderately supplied with each kind of meat. Generally speaking, the trade rules steady, and prices are well supported. Per Sibs by the carcase. s. d. s d. s. d. s. d. Inferior beef .... 3 4 3 6 Middling mutton 4 8 5 2 Middling d 0.... 3 8 3 10 Prime do Prime large do.. 4 0 4 2 Veal Do. small d 0.... 4 4 4 6 Small pork 4 8 5 0 Large pork 4 0 4 6 I _amb.... ...... 10 6 8 Inferior mutton 4 0 4 6 BOROUGH HOP. The demand for nearly all kinds.of hops still continues very inactive ; but, compared with last week, no change has taken place in the quotations. The duty has been Mid and East Kent pockets.... 80s to 140 s per cwt. Weald of Kent Sussex BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. For the time of year, fair average supplies of home-grown potatoes have come to hand since our last report. The im poriz have amounted to 36 0 bags from Stettin, 35 do. from Hambro', 181 boxes 78 baskets from Cadiz, and 1,728 boxes 50 casks from Lisbon. The trade is heavy, at the annexed quotations : York Regents llss to 140 s per ton. Do Flukes Kent and Essex Scotch 120 s to 125 s Do Cups ................... Duubars Rocks ................. WOOL MARKET. The public sales of wool have been brought to a close. During their progress about 70,000 bales were disposed of, at a slight reduction on the prices paid at the previous „ r i m . Sydney—Clean sheep's has sold at from is 7d to 2s 10d ; scoured, is 10d to 2s 81id ; lambs', is 8d to 2s 6d ; handvrashed, is 8d to 2s 6d ; slips and skin, is 5d to is 9d; grease, lld to is 3d. Port Philip—Clean sheep's, is 10d to 3s 4d ; scoured, le 8d to 3s 21d ; Is 10d to 3s 2d ; grease, lld to is 3d. Van Dieman's Land—Clean sheep's, is 5d to 2s 6d; skin, is 4d to 2s; grease, lld to is ld ; lambs' is B.d to 2s 2d. Adelaide—Clean sheep's, 1, lld to 2s 2d ; scoured,;ls llid to 2s 5d ; grease, 10d to is 2d. Cape—Clean sheeps' is Sid to 2s 2d ; scoured, is 4d to le 100; handwaAhed, is 4d to is 81d ; skin, is 4d to is 5d ; grease, 9id to is ld. New Zealand—Clean sheep's, is 6cl to 2s ; scoured, is lOid to 2s 3d per lb. Privately, the de mand is steady. The imports, last week, were 335 bales from Adelaide. Closing Frice. - 81 9 6 97 4i bd 61 61 75 80 70 75 68 73 Id 2 li d d, 1 d 102 102} par f p par p 98k 99!, 104 1011 21 22 318 32 91 03 62 61 78 80 65 70 65 70 99i 100,1 id id li lid 12i 121 8.1 Bid 98 100 98 100 98 100 92 94 88 90 98 99 91 93 1 8d 5 7 5 7 994 1004 lad 1 94 95} 2 idl WAYS. IBusineto done 1021 12 SEEDS. Rather an,extensive business has been transacted in East India linseed at very full prices. Odessa, off coast, has realised 49s 6i per quarter. Rapeseed is somewhat firmer, and canary is in fair demand ; but for all o,ther seeds there is a slow inquiry on former terms. The cake trade is very dull, and prices have given way considerably. rnrnip,White,p.bus. l4 s to 16s1Carraway 36s to 388 Swede —s —s Coriander lOB 139 ISlustard, 8r0wn.... 12s 14s Hempseed, per qr 31s 36e White, new.... 13s 16s Linseed,Eng,.sowing 66s 68s Tares,Winter, new.. 7sod 8s Crushing Old —s —s Baltic --s — 8 Canary, per quarter 46s 52s Odessa 49s 6d 51s Rye grass, new 27s 2Ss Linseed Cake, p. ton Clover, Red Eng., ct. 40s 50s English .... £9 5s £lO 5 3 White Foreign Red 4os 50s Rape Cakes,p. ton £306 Xi Lis White 70s 84s I Rapeseed, p. qr. CGs Trefoil, new. lBs 245, TALLO W Prices continue very firm, but the business doing is limited. To-day, T.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 52s 6d per cwt. Rough fat is 2s 9d per 81bs. 18.57. 1858. 1659. 1860. 14,341 13,409 11,632 2A.765 698 Od to 53s0d to 54s 6d to 28 6d to —a Od --a Od —8 Od —8 Od 1,697 684 772 1,500 1,697 591 513 720 2,887 3,533 1,615 1,432 2,687 2,438 34 382 598 6d 52s 9d 548 3d 52s 9d Stock this day.... Price of Y.C. Delivery last week D'ltto from June 1 Arrivals last week Ditto from June 1 Price of Town .... 1856. 17,185 45s 9d to I 46s Od 1,315 1,315 791 438 6d SPORTING NOTES'. The programme for the first three days of the Ascot meeting is nearly complete, and it is evident no stone has been left unturned to place the Royal gathering at the top of the tree, there being such a superabundance of valuable items in the list to em ploy horses that the Royal Stand Plate, with 200 sovs. added, has not filled. Altogether, nearly £3,000 has been got together (independently of the Queen's Gold Vase) to be given away, being an increase upon the sum supplied last year of quite £l,lOO, and nearly doubling the added money of two years ago ; and the bill of fare contains five new items, the chief of which is the Queen's Stand Plate, for all ages, over the T.Y.C. (5 fur longs 136 yards), and it is certainly the most exciting event set for Tuesday, being worth a clear 600 guineas to the winner. I shall look for the Matilda colt and Lady Clifden in the front rank at the finish, with the Drone and Mentmore running well up. The Queen's Gold Vase, two miles, will not cause any great excitement. Horror ought to beat Magnum with but 31b the worst of the weights, having shown himself of a better class. The Trial Stakes, new mile, has an entry of 26, and Gaspard, 4 yrs, Bst 111 b, with Restes, 3 yrs, Bst 31b, are the best class animals engaged ; and if Restes can beat Gaspard with a 91b penalty in the saddle, the Baron may draw first blood at the Royal meeting. The Eighth Triennial for 4-yr-olds, two miles, has all the appearance of a " good tiling " for Mouravieff. There is a bonus of 200 sovs with the Ascot Stakes, two miles and a half, for the first time, and two thirds of the twenty-seven acceptors may be tempted by the £9OO awaiting their pleasure, the handicap being one of the best of the year. I ex pect to see Farmer's Daughter colt or Flitch the winner. On Wednesday the Fern Hill Stakes, for 2 and 3-yr-olds, half a mile, may promote a second meet ing between Lady Clifden, Big Ben, and Little Lady, who, with Folkestone and one or two others, will do good battle for the youngsters, while Fravola can be trusted to take up the cudgels for the 3-yr-olds; and, if in the humour, she may get a very good measure of Lady Clifden, who looks the most like a winner on paper. For the Royal Hunt Cup I prefer the chances of Ancient Briton, Woodburn, and Forager. The Ninth Triennial, for three-yr-olds, should fall an easy prey to The Wizard; but the Secohdßiennial on the same course, might produce a race, Thor manby having been so firmly opposed for the Cup within the last few hours that I hardly know what move is up, and he may not see Ascot after all the noise made about him and the Cup. In his ab sence, Simple Simon or Gamester ought to furnish the winner. ,r the New Stakes 41 two-year-olds have been noaTticl, :one more than last year. Brown Duchess or one of Lord Stamford's ought to furnish .he winner. On the last day only two items claim present notice, the remaining six having yet to be named for. Mr. Merry may secure one, and the Wizard the other. .. 1, A FRESH MAN. ARRIVALS tT ASCOT. Rose Middleton, Neoptolemus, Barabbas, Little Nat, Wamba, Oliver Twist, Jason, Bastion, Magnum, Mounte bank, Butterfly, May Morning, Mouravieff, Tousle, Ticket of-Leave, Doefoot, Gift, Suburban, Restes, Agnes filly, Mentmore,Wing, Evening Star,Luckiow,Rose of Cashmere colt (2 yrs), Feodorowna, Rose of Cashmere colt (3 yrs), Concertina colt (2 yrs), Concertina colt (3 yrs). LAW INTELLIGENOE.--(THIS DAY.) COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir C. Cresswell, Mr. Baron Martin, and Mr. Justice Willes.) RIMS V. SIMS-A MONTH AFTER !CARRIAGE. Dr. Phillimore, Q.C., and Mr. Pritchard were counsel for the petitioner, and the suit was undefended.. It appeared that the petitioner is the daughter of a small farmer, living at St. Stephen's, Cornwall, and she applied to the court for a dissolution of marriage on the ground of her husband's cruelty and adultery. The respondent was a miner and in good circumstances, and after the mar riage, which took place in November, 1856, both parties lived together at the house of the petitioner's father. ' In about three weeks or a month, the respondent com menced his ill-treatment, being in the habit of coming home in a state of drunkenness, pulling her out of bed, striking her on the body and on the face, kicking her, and pulling her by the hair. He also frequently blackened her eyes, and was in the habit of ill-treating her father and mother, and sisters. Ten months after the marriage she gave birth to a child, and the respondent ill-treated her during thr, period of her pregnancy. In the early part of 1857 he left her and cohabited. wirh another woman, by whom he had a child. He did not retarn to the petitioner, and it was believed that ho was at present in America. The facts were fully established, and the cou Ideoreed the dissolution of marriage. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, June 4.—Wind this day at noon—West ; strong breeze, with rain. PORTSMOUTH, June 3.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—lvanhoe, for Bombay. SOUTHAMPTON, JllllB 2.—Arrived—Ripon, steamer, from Alexandria. June 3.—Sailed—Shannon, steamer, for St. Thomas. BRISTOL, June B.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Zitella, from Havannah. Orr DOVER, June 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—May_ nard, from Algoa Bay. QUEENSTOWN J un e 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Nia gara, steamer, fr om Liverpool, and left for Halifax. OFF TORBAY, June 2.—Wind from London for Africa; Daniel Webster, from London for New York; Kirkland, from Sunderland for Bombay. NEWHAVEN June 2.—The Anne, of Stonehaven, i n b a llast, parted ' her anchor this afternoon, and ran ashore a b ou t two miles of Seaford Head ; crew sa ve d. T wo ves sels are in the offing in a dangerous position. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Wind W. Arrived, June 2—City of Exeter and Dispatch, steamers, from Jersey ; Ripon, steamer, from Alexandria ; Duke of Cornwall, steamer, from Dublin; La Pottle, from Cher bourg ; Jeune Armand, from Carentan ; Eliza, from Lon don ; Mentor, Flora, and Edward, from Sunderland ; Calu met and Robert from Seaham. - Sailed, June 2—Shannen, steamer, for St. Thomas. Arrived, June 3—Teutonia, steamer, from New York, via Queenstown, in tow of a steam-tug, for repairs ; Hammonia, steamer, from Hamburg, and leave to - day for Now Y, rk ; Alexandre, yacht, from Gibraltar; Derish, from Memel; Resolute, from Cork ; Necessity, from London ; Robert and Mary, Felicity, Sarah, Ann, Minion, atd Eling—all from Sunderland. Sailed—Duke of Cornwall. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Wind W. • tide first hour's flood; weather fresh. Arrived, W. 3—Stolp, from Dantzic ; Le Feintin, from Stockholm ; Ocean Bride, from Jersey; Irene, from Dantzie; Caroline, from Aarhuus ; Courier, from Stockholm. Arrived, June 4—Harwood, from Auckland; • Catarina, Fakana, from Holmstadt. STEALING COPPER.—Isaac Neate Police-court morn ing committed for trial from the Themes. for 1 °" 1 9 1 g in the stealing three ingots of copper from a ship West India Docks, for a foreign port. ?, of per,