The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-18 00:00:00

' .s ra tiong• otol 3gfne. s >olvol dn f , v3usio 0_ Wa g I, "" le F ri De : the Pe. 6. toge t . h i , er 1 f 0311) ; ( 1 At . lively in phi to le P. - a iiti b . roke s ad s b n ur poi a NIONE; MA BKET °;f r ifEROL4 L I. T ELL igENCF. Th CITY, Two o'CLocK. , a e Cotton. Market at Liverpool yesterday , Los e d of Americanwlth a very buoyant appearance, and prices Ligh epi _, Surat, and Brazilian were Id. per lb. at - i k - ', tu an on Friday. The sales were estimated ex:mu bales (2,000 of which were taken for _ 3 rYrt. ' l5 OO '3, an d 5,000 on speculation), comprising 250 -p - ,, rn ani and Maranham, at 51d. to 61d. ; 1 356W aula ' at 61 .8 ; 700 Egyptian, at bid. to 9d. , at Sur at, at aid. to 5d.; and 50 Sea Islands, A4__ B : ld. to ls. 3d. per lb. The Railway Share -oflitzet N ils very firm, and with a further advance jiPer Cent. in prices. 1;03 juero n has been a steady inquiry for Colonial Lola -ce t his week but owing to the firmness of 4 4; 41 2, w ho have not brought much forward, the sylog'e business has been small. Plantation ;old f: 1 , ) , Sugar has realised 6d. per cwt. advance, has b",. e 'g l i kinds have ruled rather dearer. Coffee 4t p ob e i . ll very quiet, at about previous rates. Tea, lolls of sale , has been taken steadily for the good Porte(' &Teen. Spices, though dull, have pp- . 4 fir m thei r value. Ri ce h as b een a t full prices, ?Ault t ecl „„re quest. Rum has been id. dearer for o Zia. Saltpetre, at public sale, has In d ostl y l bs e od a - t ell in• Cott on h as me t w ith a b r i s k e- 1 tikti 1 0 , higher quotations, tallow has been de- I 'e L lati ;1 0 4 , 44 in Russian staples ' . generally less has ',Nib, ' e • Wool, at auction, has gone _ off 1 ve 12 a nd at the sales of indigo advanced prices 1 1 Rtttl a ',.ee obtained for Kurpahs and particular at fo,.. _ °' 4adr as. Arrowroot has been maintained lit z er currencies• bait, b oe a . 1). Bell, Son, and Co. report that there f taeri, l _ l . Zittle or no change in the values o tr4i v'u 'securities : Redeemable. Per Cent. 1131 1:3 4468 6per Cent. Bonds 1868...104 107 k it kit e , 6 N, Per Cent. Inscribed 1 , A lori•i• ............................ 1867-1868...106 107 14 4 , 1 _ 4 11.va n • s t ate s p. Cent. Bonds 1858-1860... 90 )47_,cli tuse ' t ? ' Per Cent. Bonds 1877... 84 85 Oinikid 6' 6 5 Per Cent. (Steal. Bonds) 1868...100 10 93 2 hio % 5 Per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ••• 92 Np!"%itil l ,•• Per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) 1858-9-66... 83 84 ` 1 " 82 4. Pe r eent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 86 87 15, P e r Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1886... 87 88 1 1 11148 46 LOANS OF CITIES. 0180,6Jer Cent. Bonds 1857-1865... 83 1) 0. - ' 4 6 per Cent. Bonds be. d o . do. 1893... 80 82 1874... 78 1 4 do. do. 1884... 72 74 kio,°" oftt, , RAILROAD BONDS. It!ila t , r ,_ al 7 per Cent. Bonds 1875... 68 69 lieZski,7•-•entral per Cent. Bonds t ly tt o Per Cent., let Mortgage (Ster -1 " 8 ) krll, :NI , _,. ............................... . 1859... 94 95 ildi t 6 U entrad 6p. Cent. Mortgage __ 90 * I P Ili 1880... 89 Ote (l e o '44 Erie 7 p. Cent., 2d Mort ew it livertible Ork a A 1859... 90 92 I,zli? Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort- It • 04 aZertibie i l '' ll t aj rie 7 P• Cent. Convertible 1 1 8 8 6 83 2..... • 79 80 lisd . -•-• Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking Th•••.,,• Erie —7B 80 th tll4 ; eeltalif°lLiewing statement of the way in which , 1;1 1 4 40 , 4 "e, en carried on at Melbourne, and the I 2,,urTitarye:g.......therefrom, is given in the Argus of 441.1.titill:ewryaewtehllektnhird meeting in this estate. The insol w_ h formerly the projector of ~.4fttelt.*lke sYste m e oi n eniip e ra w ti n o e n to Port Natal and South r e tie -- " e Boheclule of an insolvent, as filed in the iithe iluealiirt of this colony, shows merely a balance-sheet eeenot i l tt i elit e :ets affairs when he is insolvent, and does SlPlai-• n'te his antecedents, or the amo . unt of c t ap n i e ta w l c..d % , be co mmences business. The in , olven .e..or. , In tipi f yoart e - Person, supported by Mr. Grant,tsoli his so- , VI . , lit t n .4% official assignee, was presentwi er h e h o i we of kv.o.494ol.BB3.ronekhorst. Mr. Hines appeared f •ttist ied „ The insolvent throughout his examination ° I. that T cool p ossess i on o f manner so c h a ricteristic he M tu AO -eial assignee, Mr. Courtenay, filed a report,mex ti e - 4 8 sr il a n ee it appeared that, from the ve,y hisco ii)pulsi. toad e a t ,I,Phich the insolvent bad managed 14% iiettie,,cufficuity had been found in bringing matters 4 1 fl t r i : ; Z t ' 200 3 1 000/ . 300 has been had r h e e a e l n i se (i retained u pon t h b y e a stock 2s r. Pt thi s lit h ad.beoern 8 N - ',Pi th is e goods in one of the branch stores, Byrne e . ntr • usted byMr. Byrne 's private_ e 84„ eirp „,,back for his own use , . because he says itoZt thi,eneY. The official assignee thinks so strongly kteiof trlltilaivful intention, that he h T as he se h ri e r k s e, in a t l e se n: kien z q ing this as a criminal act. way; sit j a !Pt in an irregular and guided incomplete by them . in any Ith ii ', le nl te, impossible to Ihe t ,'; 4 th e u 'Yrne's account be : is to show what has ! shown as creditor for ill th: 1 "f thndS, and nothing i s a sample of almost • e•ei... 6 money; This state of things 1 4 . 1 e.„7 0 tints in the ledge.r•the assignee, and not at and this ,Yroe t t le,r in the mind ' kstinottits h4dure,t his e being able to carry on the cress but has, s for even one month. The most As • t4tt er ile-- he however, s the transaction of the land and Littttirtvit 44 1arat There are such grave doubts upon • 4.444'14'•-•,.4t•11e conveyance to the insolvent's infant son, ' t etio ). t ° I,!a t .' of the assignee, that he has thought it % %to gik„, -‘o,, te a suit in equity, with the view of , 5.. 4;,. r, l 4 , 1 , 0 b. •It l4 ' - ' l l, if possible, for the benefit of the "u4.t icprotZthintla he had made a bill of sale to % a il The m oficeit_be sold' f Private furniture, which cost him 5h0a1744. 1 , 41 aki n er 120/., perhaps. ), t 'itaivi "t,lui f,,,..„ ° Said this was now the propep y y rn o e f fi i 'lothip:' 4. '''' the creditors to say if Mr. ..o ltirte -. 1 fil 45t4,(1Znil:aitelt4100ijiththe8tor enkniwn ensuedtrade in on th e this e re p: point. Mr. beenM r. '`Th ve -• fre , ;it had realised but 3,000/. katb,_ 6 0 910' all d ebts ~"..1 of th e ar i l Were . now proved.. et tt Pi . ! i nso e i bo o k s " ee again complained of the incorrect 4 4,4 , 114 btiZtint said before would show by the books the Nor ht:earo ed 3 , 8 hef ye he applied for any ce " 9 d do 801),Inaussioner said he should certainly tit er pus fro • kild thatllu ti,lll C openha en state that the w . ea firtil h a ° 12th _ May Holdersh g aed very chilly, _ tf th , at ootit,had fallen. of grain were T h n s're.,growterahly advanced rates, the prospects :i 14 . -ya of 41,11 CrOpS not being very promising. i l 4 44 reputbeicehange on London was at 8•53 for efb n.: Y IN 3 bills, which were wanted. As yes - 10 ' TEZ ll ess 4seen einn clay, there was a cessation 2 2 101,.. Rill a r, al l the foreign Bourses. " k ell es il s ‘jll ( ., in a, from New South Wales, is off s ix . • ,ohe brings 3,600/ and 1,422 ounce flkl bile • ~ lf ee ti • 01, .''t 4. Securities have been quiet, but extremely_ i s tt l e,il 'ofPet cent• advance again. The ab 1 -.°ll re ps money stock and the abundance, Il d: b ' ket a t se speculation for a fall, and leave ti e .4 41% Lre° et wholly to be influenced by bona ke t 1 1 1 1 :1 ! 4 g. rl,', Consols have been 89i i all the t) gs4lva. the New has risen to 1± and ii , gki 0 , sad th e e 3 per Cents. have been Stock ' A l bey dull Reduced sag to ft. Bank LI Vtod 1 at 208. Exchequer Bills are ss. to All 1) (1* - t4 ko h Fo s . 14 -.-Kinds at 20s. premium. U i - Nil Pott.,b ~o,_ Market has been at at an improve-snp 1 , 1 tol i Z th e u !' 3 cases, and Venezuela have , . _ ' NZ of Inm rise which occurred after the official 4 -4 1 , .In es , el, .0 ( 1 th e . yesterday, being 30 to 31. It is t 4 41,: A 0rk ve is favourable unoffictal news la k. h. l4 a 4 ,_ but the Committee have apparen y " 4° c i e t i ,. at 2, °toinunicate. Mexican Stock is z% •-Ati o -.. to i. Turkish Bonds are very 4 1 1 4 and wide prices are made between s N t e lid ar e Belli g- They have been as high Three '''%A 4tB. ( 1 0,n, Since to 772. Spanish , La, t r 4re 4 1. Grenada Stock has been i ± ,Noi. 4 011 0 „ I k, - : - --.Q. n g are the nominal prices of foreign he, $ t o cl?nada Deferred Bonds 7 to 7 -- ; Men -Ito -ii ; P eruvian, 69 to 70 ; ditto Three .to e • 4 4, t to t .' 1 ,7 t° 49 ,_• Portuguese Four per Cents., llit r ." ' ll sian F . per Cents., 98 to 100 ; Q A ll t. 4ll Z r ' alid- a-Ralf ve er Cents., 87 to 89 ; ai jtC.1‘36.1". Deferred, 1 13 8 i to 18 , i 5 , • Ditto 3 per k 's t° 7 1; Ditto Certificates, ' 4 to 4 1 ; Dttllvia3pl°( hasi to 41. %litot. hi g h e r s are very animated, and about L?eeti generally. The foreign lines a O ry t seqi and li ki t4 l l l"a l i een e shares are more buoyant, 'Ahci: ac e have risen as well as South Austra -4%4 IDS Tlll% DAY AT ONE 0 4 - , 1 ,0 • • : t4k a ( Pront the Oficia/ List.) 4: % Q. : s :t k . h e , lio , tnees done 1, 4/ * 4 4 4. q1,, -.11" e 4 1 " , ... ....... 11.1t1;8.—............ 208 Nik t alter %-‘4BOlll Annuities •• .. 89A a Imbitaitit4,4,4%_Annuities . ,lit b o w l'e a. L'lPire sth Jan., 1860 t i nt o Ms, 41'4„ExPire 10th Oct., 1859 3 5 ONY l4 der r ° •••••••• 2O i 1,,. or k n.. _ 000 .......................... 8 4 th ! •.. ''''' lll 4, 30th May B9i 3 &,:ie l ; .............. . 4zi. ... ,1,6003 • .......... thpiall .P 010.............. •." 8 5 ... ......................... ilt o. „ 4 .. _. .. ................ 8 5 . k„ 4 14,,,‘ toad lUN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 4 1 4 04 N ~1 1, ,siv , IA! Per Cent . dud s u 214.5, per Cent 953 4 b it laon - ' .... - . 4 Bzi bet e 4B ' 1 Pe • i: . 6 . e • u'i .. 1 k.! :l .t t : i ' l : • : •e u tl ettt l per Cent •........ ClBi„:ii.,:tkDuleth,Aeeenn'i ti,Ji —hp — .a 5 per o _ 4 87 (till_tta New , ;) per C • , 1/1• • • ..... ••• • • •• • ... 374 ikh o b e ' rerr , ent eu, 3 per Cent 11.. kl lii n_ fl 'olitt 183 1 ?. - Itt„ . - -en E i a :e Cert. of Coup. not fun. 4i p c .4,,, , oi. th , •-, Per cent 6 "'tel.% ads, 4 ith is ti,,,,,' 3. Per Cent. •iiitt!ketiai;e.econ the above payable in London Per Cent ertui ent t . e l2 Gull .. . e•o n HA LP. fi 418-T 7 1 WU. bit "la 89i i to, .................................. a . ~A,,,, -nay Account .4. •t ltri i --7- ! - -_••••----___—,—_______ li..l.4llso?:lll4ettli%:47ltlrheeni A ee p, sy l e o a , k b h y ighly of the performance first -1414;44rae: Cr Pa3Bant, meet the e r fe e l y l e ow f i o n r g the first % LOlij o rein°ll t, M. Bartolacci, M. Saccomano, 4 SILARE MABEE TS (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. tr. I st. j LOO I SZ 0 I all 3il !,2 15 all ;t. 100 ;t. 100 .0 61s. ;0 116 I 11 M all R. 100 :0 43 R. 100 RAIL WATIs. ...... A.mbg. Nottrg. Bost and Eastn. Junet. 30ifast & 2allymena. Birming. Wolverh Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh oft Cheshire Auld DOT6llesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 CouF. Do., £20. .. Blyth &Tyn 3 origina £25 (issd. at £4b. Bristol and Exeter... laledonian. Carmarthen and Ca) digan Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, .Black, & Pas, Cornwall Crieff Junction )nblin&BelfastJune Dundee Perth dab ieen Junction Do. New Fast Anglian Eastern Counties... ;astern Union, A Stock I , De., B Stock ? Do., Now A. East Lancashire Edinburgh Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Pr* &Dundee orth & Clyde June Furness Do. Extension Glasgow &S. Weston , lreat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre. ) Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds LAncash. andVork sl; Do. Wet. Riding Un Li v :Crsby.&Southpt London & Black wal Lond. Bright & S.Cst Lond. and N. Westn Do. Fifths Do.lo/.Sh.,M&B C Do. Eighths London andS. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lnandrryda Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. ganch. She!. Lincln Do. / Shares, No. l Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland I }o. Birmng. &Derby Midi& G. West. (I ) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd 4iewry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoini and Rostrevor Norfolk \Torthn.Counties North British North Devon, No. Do., No. 2 )0., A Deferred _. Do.,i B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwie I 1)e. do. Extension Purel, Do. 'hoods 1)o. York North I,oncloo Do. New ..... Wstrn. Hamr stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June , Nuneaton, Hinekle3 tnd Leicester t Word, Worcester,& Wolverhampton Portsmouth 'Scottish Central ScottishMidlaad..., Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales Yrksh. & Mir. Dun Do Staines, Wok &Wok Stockton & Darlia St(J.l.kton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. £lO shares... Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterforcl&Limerick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace IWest London Wimbledn & Croydon Antwerp &Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Grai ssessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central I ndi a.Scrip Central of Italy Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian, g. 5 p• c• Do. Ey':,ension .... I Do. 4 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible...... Do. do. do., '59, do.. ad Tic of CanadzA is• Do. St. Lawrence & ..._ Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Fran: , Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent Do. New 5 per cent Do. Extensions Great Luxemboi. rg Constituted Shan s Do. Obligations . Gt.WesternofCanad Shares Do. Ms., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '6 2 , p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. Pi, Basle Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. prof Lyons and Geneva , Lyons & Mediterran. 'Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege (witl interest) Do. (ex intorost) Northern of France Do.2olihs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3 p. c. & red. at 22ii. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 185 L Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds. (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs. NorwegianTrunkPret Paris and Lyons. Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans.... Paris and Rouen._ PalisCaen & Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse_ Do. 5 p. cent. Pref. Scittd. Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 5 per c. Pref Western of France_ West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand JOINT-S' lAustralasia ............ British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. ALI:101;C= Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, Br, China Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Chart Lond. Chats. Bk. of A.ustra li7 Ditto New London ar u County.. London Joint Stock.. Lond. & Westminster National Provincial 10 22 all all 4,11 of England Do. Now National of Ireland Now South Wales Oriental Bank of Corpor. tion. Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Au stral n. Bk g & Gold Imp Co South Australia UlllOll J 1 Australia Do. New I Uttioo of London Rnsineve done this day. 2I all 7 :t. 100 3 .1-4 all it. 100 it. 1.00 5i :2i 2 , 100 it. 100 15 all !2s 44 it. 100 ;t. 100 151 1 1 ;t. 100 1.6 all [6 all 8 gal 8 all ;t. 5 20 15 13 It. I ' oo LO I all .0 :3 I I al' .0 I all t. I it D all ;0 all !0 I 18 .0 I 5 ) all LO 1171 s. b all 5 4 !,0 10 !O 2s. 7i all 9 10 all !O 10 . 0 ,0 all !O 10 10 all :5 15 5 all )0 I all 0 10 5 all 5 1 5 2 4 all of all 6 14 L all :o 10 0 16! 0 10 Ati LO 41 !,0 all all 6 all !O all O 10 O all O all 5 3 .0 I all i t 3 I 14 ;0 16 io le , 6 al) r,o all 67 - 69 91 - 92 78 - 80 .23 - 1)5 93 - 95 65j - 66 58 - CO 24i - 25 7 - 8 704 - 71 41 - 43 11 - 9 li - 2 48 - 50 28i 72 i3i 6 44 3 13, — 13 t 48 49 48 50 d par 6t I d f ar 26 - 28 45 - 471 12. 13 60i 61 27 - 28 5 - 3 3 - 1 36 - 38 13 39 3i - 44 i . 1 i. ii 7 si FOREIGN. t - i p Cleating Prices yesterday 19 - 201 4f - 41 8 1 14 -13 i4i - 151 9 - 8 u 86 - 88 62 - 62:j 13 - 14 7 - 9 5 - 4 5i - 6i 14 - 15 111 11 31 21 - 23 73 E 5 57 2d pnr 18 19 67 - 72 5 - 5 - 7 78 -78 i 8 98 - 100 994 100 id Id id 1 81i —82 i 9 81 8 7 Ai 7a=9 7g 2a g 4 3 - 1/ - 33i - 33 6i - 7. 24 -25 2t - 3 P 8 -. '7 16 - 17 50 52 90 - 92 - 2 P 50 i 61 f 28 - - 2 2t - 3 20)1 21 99 - 101 104 - 106 107 -• 109 ICO 102 21 3 / 4 - 22. .07 - 109 3ip 1 - P i 2 p 5 7 2 - 3 6 - 6i ail ---: 35 13 - 13 7i - Rl 25 - 25tpi 45 39 41 pin 22 23 d iP 2 I.Ad 8 —Bi . 1i pm 3i_ 4 a i . 6i 6 p 18 fe, BANKS. 80 - 82 i d par 1 is 17 - 18 20 21 id _- par 32 : ii 39 - 41 ••• --- ••• glee .... eee 70 - 72 7 9 62i i 3 18i 19 921 2 79i 125 i 25 4} 71i 1 42 Pi 13$ 491 a 71 4 RAILWATI. Bedford and Blotchley Buckghamsh. Clydesdale .Te. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Glstr.dt Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. d Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lon.,Til., &S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middleebro' & Redcar Midld.Bradfd Newmarket ' Bury Exten Northern awl Easternsp.c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixedsp Pest. & Wyre Do. Rms. A Roystu.& Hit. Shen Roth and Gooleg.s p.c. Shrews.&Her S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&r.oTnrst London & N. Weq. L. &N.W. I, '4l edon E. Un. E. C..... lt.Nrthn. Caldonian, (it. Weer.] Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &N hi D 0........ . S. Easton Do Peto & Ca Norfolk. 'Do. L.&N.W & Midld. Stckton & Darlingt. 'Aidland.. En. Coun. E. Count. Do Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yli (fit Nortlu Laneash Yorksh. T. Brassey MCleah itoelat. Darlingt itWestn 7 - 99 9 - 101 134 - 136 ,66 los 2i fj 10 j...i - 13 23 - 24 111 -11 i 20 St. St. St. 21 - 2i 92 = 54 St. 12i 10 St. 20 )0 par Ap 57 - 59 130 - 133 73 - 8 3 2i - 24.1 31 -- 34 89 -- 90 PREFERENCE SHARES. St. 1 16 5 St. 20 20 20 25 Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/) ;Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 1 p. c. Shares "aledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cont Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork &Bandonsp.c iun.Prth Men J Anglian CIF. A Sh Do. do. C's. B 6 p. c Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c Eastern Counties; Ex. tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 r. c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 ner cent. Do. 101. Debontr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. cts 4, .&W. York. J. sths kid. Prth. &Dun. 4 p.c. Furness. ;las. & &NIT-G. 5 p.c: great Northn. 5 p. c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. , Do. 4A p. c. Do 5 p.c. Scrip, Red. it 5 p. c. pm... (R.N. of Scot. Ist Pre 4t. S. & W. (Ireland Do. 4 per C. Pra. St Gt. Westn. (Berke Hants Ex. 5 p. c).. Do . eon. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p.e. Do. Birm Pref. Sh . Do. Cuester 8 p. Do. do. 5 p. c. do. Do. Birm. Gna. Stk Do. Ches. Guy.. Sh.. Do. do. d 0 ... 'Do. do. do Lan. & York. F. £2 , Do. 6 13. c. Stock Lon. & Brigh. G. 5 p.c . Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Do. do. 5 per cent &on.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. et Lou. & S. W. Con. 3d Londy. &C. - oer. Sh. Londy. & Ennis.. Si Shef., & Lin 100 - 102 , 87 -8) 91 - 6 98 - 99 24 - 3i 5i - 6 i - i t r 13 - 13 58 - 62 - x 115 - 117 109 - 111 101 - 103 i - ip 5 all 311 all .ElO Do. 4'6 R - 97 - 88 - 91 90 - 92 10 - 11 17 -17 i 10 104 72 -74 191 -19 i 9$ -9A -14 f - 14 1 [35 137 ... - . 2i - . 3 p 13A- - 131 - Varypt Carl. 4 p c ')o. 4 per cent Do i • • .. • • • ' Aid. Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Rini. 6 per cent. Do. 4? p. c. Pref. St. 1;o, Pref. 4 per eel , . Do. 51. Pr,f. 4 p. c Ditto Leicester and Hitchen Pr,f. St Norfolk Debenture Do.Pmf. 4 p. c. Stocl Do. 5 p.c. Eat Do. 5i per ct. pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British 100 11 all ;(1 1100 126 - 138 96 - 98 1 - p 4 - 4i 8.5 - 87 103 - 105 all all 11 all lg. E. Eterw, 4 p.o. P. Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.e Da. do. Quarters 45- Do. York H. & 4 Pur. North Staffordshire.., Oxford, Worcester, f l / 4 Wolverh. Xl5 , 6 p . Scot. Cent. , New Pre South Devon Do. fixed, 4 per cent S. Eastern (Reading /inn.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4 per cent S Wales Gua. 4p. c Do. do. 4i p. c.... Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock . & Dar. , 5 p. c. Do. do. do Stock. & Hard. g. p. c. till July 1,'56 fd, & Kilk. 6 p c I 4 "9§ - 100 91 -93 3f - 3j 13 1 i 1 9si 9 92 i la 103 - 105 1031 4 13 id par 22§ 23 97 99 15 -17 . •-• ••• I. -- 2 p .ii = lid ~.------------ !JUNES. 1 all Agna Fria ...... $ ... $ i 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold ... ... ... 10s. all Anglo Californian 4 $ 20 6 Australian 1 11 1 all Australian Cordillera ... ... 1. all Ave Maria — 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 50 all Blmnarvon Iron and Coal _ 5 7 20 1.3.5 British Iron 4 -- 6 35 26 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuialy, 2i 3 2 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 31. —33 1 Carson's Creeki -- 4 1 D Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica 1 -- id 40 all Cobre Copper 54 56 5 1 Colonial Gold i 1 St. all Copper Min. of Eng 30 40 25 all Do. Prof. 74 p. cent, 2d par ... 1.6 Copiapo 2l 23 • 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg ( 1^ 1h —ll 2 1 Fortuna Ad 41) 20 all General • 14A —16 i 16 1 all Gt.NuggetVciußeg. $ $ 41 all Great Polgooth 4 14 1 all Liberty i - 4 3 all Linares 6l 71 5 1 Lusitaniau ! 4 11) 1 all 3.4ariquita, — 8 1 all New Granada 1 i all New Linares Min* and Smelting Co ... ... 1 all Nouveau Monde 1 -- i 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 144 15 5 1 Port Philip - 1 1 all Quartz Rock 4 i 50 all I Rhyraney Iron l9 21 15 all Do. New 5 6 30 121 Santiago de Cuba..._ 5 6 51 1 all South Aust:alian i i 1 10 7 Tin Croft . 2 ---- 3 28 all United Mexican 6 64 6i 1 all Waller i 4 1 all West Mariposa 4 1 1 12s. Worthing Mining, of Australia 1 all Yul,a. ----- MISCELLANEOUS. 25 ; 176 ' Australian Agricult. 30 35 34 10 1 all Ans':,raln. Royal Mail ... ... 10 7 Berlin Water Works 3 4 3 d 50 40 Brit. American Land ... ... 5 1 Brit. 6; Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co. ... „. 100 324 Canada 112 1153 St. 1.00 Canada Gov. 6p. ct. Jan. and July 1091 - 1104 1101 10 5 all Crystal Palace 3g 3$ 3 5 4 Do. Preference. - iP 4 4 all Crystal Pal. of France ... ... 1 $ Duston Iron Ore ... 20 84 Eastern Steam — .. 25 22 Electric Telegraph 164 17 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir ... ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat ... ... 26 20 all General Screw Steam ... ... 141 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar ... ... 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... .. 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. .., ... 10 9 Mexican&S.Americu. 64 7 10 24 Do. New — .. 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... ... 10 5 Netherlands Land 1 11 2 , 1 N. S. W. Coal (Ix Inter Steam Navigat. Co . , ... 1 all N. B. tustralasian .l 1 20 15 Nrth. of EuropeSt mm ... ... Z, 1 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Mimi. 24 3 21 3 50 i all Peninsular& Oriental 60 62 50 4 10 Do. Now ll4 12 2 ' all Portland Iron Co ll 14 UV 60 lloyal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 1i 1 1 4 Ditto New 4 -- I • 25 all South Austral.Lan4l 38 39 39 84 9 1 all Submar. Tel. Scrip 1 1 1 a ll 1 h.. R.eyist.fl ed._ 1 -- i 20 5 Trust& L.Co.IT.Can. ... ~,.. . 1001 284 Va n Diemen's Lane D .. -- lit 781 9 1 7i 199 i 100 99i 1001 'a 831 21 33i a d 20f 1004 a 2} P THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1855. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Company Pricer yesterlay. fln ess this day. The blockships at Spithead-the Cornwallis, 60, Cap. tain Wellesley; the Hawke, 60, Capt. Ommanney ; the Hastings, 60, Capt. Caffin ; the Pembroke, 60, Capt. Seymour ; and the Russell, 60, Captain Scott-will leave in a few days, having been ordered yesterday to prepare for a move. It is conjectured that they go to Marseilles to help to embark a further French army of 50.000 men. Vice-Adtniral Sir Thomas Coch rane commenced inspecting them yesterday, and they are being fast filled up with their full complement of crew. The Cruiser, 14, Commander the Hon. G. Doug las, returned to Spithead yesterday with a large number of volunteers from Plymouth for these ships. The Malacca, 17, Captain Farquhar, and the Gorgon, 6, Commander R. B. Crawford, left Portsmouth yesterday afternoon for Constantinopl e , with a convoy of six gun boats ; they also conv e y e d a draught of about 200 Royal Artillerymen, who arrived yesterday from Woolwich for Gibraltar to join the Royal Artillery depot there. The Odin, 16, paddle frigate,iCaptaiu Willcox, returned to Spithead on Tuesday night with the Flamer bomb-vessel, which she had taken outside the Wight to test ; the re sult of the trial was that the whole of the mortars will be dismounted and sent as cargo in transports, and the bulls will be ultimately convoyed to the East by the Odin. The Lady Eglinton steam-transport steamed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning to disembark her invalids, consisting of one of the 4th Dragoon Guards, one of the Grenadier Guards, two of the Scots Fusileer Guards, three of the Ist Royals, three of the 4th Foot, three of the 7th, one of the 9th, one of the 17th, one of the 18th, four of the 20th, four of the 21st, two of the 28th, three of the 33d, one of the 34th, one of the 38th, one of the 41st, two of the 44th, two of the 46th, one of the 47th, two of the 49th, two of the 50th, two of the 55th, one of the 62d, one of the 63d, six of the 77th, four of the 88th, three of the 89th, one of the 93d, three of the 97th-in all 74. There were no bad cases of helplessness ; all were removed into tempo rary quarters at Portsmouth, pending further arrange ments. The Glutton, 16, screw floating-battery, is in No. 1 dry dock, Sheerness. Shipwrights are working at her bottom, in which many defects in the caulking have been discovered, which will detain her some time longer in dock. The Enterprise, exploring-ship, Captain Collinson, C. 8., is in the outer basin, Sheerness; her crew are busily employed dismantling her and getting the store , out, &c. Tuesday or Wednesday next is the day named for the crew to be paid off. The Dapper, screw gun-boat, Lieutenant Grant, is still under the bands of the shipwrights in the Camber dry dock, Sheerness. Tier repairs are fast proceeding with, and no doubt by the Ist June she will be ready for sea again, The Brunswick, 90, screw, will be launched from Pembroke royal dockyard, on the Ist of June. To-morrow the brigade of Household infantry will be inspected on the Horse Guards Parade by Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge. The men will all wear the new tunic, regimentals. _ The following appointments and promotions have bees made : Naval Cadets.—Hon. H. G. P. Meare, to the Bos cawen ; A. Bloxsome, to the Sanspareil ; J. W. Gam bier, to the Retribution ; F. Phillips, to the Cornwallis; R. Moffatt, to the James Watt • A. Bannatyne, to the Orion ; T. Campbell, to the Blenheim. Commander V. A. Massingbred, Commander James Rawstone, and Commander Thos. Miller, to be Captains. Lieutenant John Seacombe, Lieutenant E. K. Gore, and William Armytage, to be Commanders. A few days since the 13th Light Dragoons, stationed at Dorchester, were assembled to witness the presenta tion of a silver medal to one of the sergeants for his dis tinguished bravery at the battle of the Alma. The ser geant, who lost one of his legs is the engagement, suc ceeded by a desperate effort in saving the life of the commanding officer. The Kangaroo steamer, which left Cork with troops a short time since, will return to that port in the course of next week for another trip. She will take on board horses and water. On Monday five officers and six men from each of the depots of the 9th, 17th, 39th, and 89th (comprising the provisional battalion in Limerick garrison) left for Lon don, to be present at the presentation ( f the Crimean meda2s by the Queen. The officers are, Capt. Newport, 9th ; Captain Earle, 17th ; Captains Wilson and Dick son, 39th ; Captain Nixon, 89th. A similar number has left from all the depots now stationed in Ireland. - . A party of 18 men of Captain. Boxer's company Royal Artillery,F rom Woolwich, left Limerick on Tuesday, by the Erin-go-Bragh steamer, for the forts on the Lower Shannon, to relieve a like number of that corps, ordered to Woolwich. Amon , the party were five young fel lows who had returned invalided from before Sebastopol, where they received bullet wounds which affected their limbs, but did not incapacitate them from doing duty at home. THE MILITIA. Returns obtained by Colonel Gilpin, M.P., and just published, inform the public that in England during the year 1854 1,483 militiamen entered the regular forces without permission, nod 10,326 with permission, mak ing a total of 11,809 out of an establistment of 80,000. In Scotland 196 militiamen entered the regular forces with permission out of an enlistment of 10,000, and in Ireland 260 militiamen entered the regular forces with permission, out of an establishment of 30,000. This makes a grand total of 12,265 militiamen who entered the line in the year 1854 out of a total establish ment amounting tu 120,000. .3IABKET NEWS-(TITIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The present week's arrivals of English wheat, coastwise and by land carriage, have been tolerably good; but the show of samples in to-day's market was very moderate. On the whole, the demand ruled steady, at Monday's prices ; but the amount of business done was far from ex tensive. There was a fair inquiry for foreign wheat—the imports of which are over 10,000 quarters—and the quotations were well supported. We had a steady inquiry for barley and malt, at full currencies. The supply of oats was good. The )at trade was inac tive, at late rates. Beans, peas, and flour sold steadily at Monday's quotations. The imports of the latter article are over 12,000 sacks, chiefly from Spaia. Wheat. 3,270 ARIVALS THIS WaKE. Barley. f Malt. oats. 2,940 7,330 440 - ( 1,900 19,210 Tlonr 1,860 THE MONETARY SYSTEM. A meeting of several gentlemen, specially invited by the Mayor, was held on Tuesday evening, at the Ex change Nottingham, to confer with John M. Knott, Esq., of Kenilworth, on the above important subject. The Mayor, who took the chair, having requested Mr. Knott to open the question, he addressed the meeting: , to the following effect : —The period is at band on which the Government should give notice regarding the discon tinuance of the Bank of England Charter Act ; and it be hoves all those who are most interested, including manu facturers, tradesmen, and professional men to be on the alert to procure a supply of suitable money, and a suffi ciency of it, to !beet the requirements of production and commerce, and to put an end to the pre sent fluctuating and crushing system—introduced in 1819, and completed in 1844. It was affirmed that our National Debt and large indirect taxation do not consist with metallic money of intrinsic value at the price of the world, and therefore the exist ence for many years in this country of Bank of England and country bank notes. This principle of relief, it was shown, had been so seriously obstructed by this tamper ing of public men in the periods referred to as to create great pecuniary embarrassments. It was shown that the proportions of currency to population in Great Britain ranged thus in the years specified : Popu- Bank of Eng- Country and lation. land Notes. Scotch Notes. Total. In 1818 14 millions. 28 millions. 23 millions. 51 mi lions 1854 21 millions. 20 millions. 11 millions. 31 millions. Or about 31. 10s. each for a population of fourteen mil lions, and 30s. per head for a population of twenty-one millions. Premising that the nature -of money used in a country should be considered with reference to the prices to be expressed—in our case combining large taxation with natural value—the contractions we have suffered in monetary affairs were shown to have arisen from the attempt of theoretic legislation to render the bank notes in circulation strictly conformable to gold ;—the at tempt was described as positively antagonistic with the fair and just adaptation of prices to our highly taxed condition in this country, and as clearly productive of the commercial or rather monetary panics of 1822, 1825, 1836, 1839, and 1847 ; panics in which the property of all men engaged in trade had been for the time of th e i r prevalence depreciated fully 30 per cent.—a state of things from which this country is now only delivered by arrival of metallic treasures from California and Aus tralia—which arrivals it was affirmed passed through this country as through a sieve, leaving our monetary circulation almost as sensitive and fluctuating as it was before their discovery. Here illustration was afforded by reference to the "Bank of England Barometer," recently published by Letts, which Mr. Knott stated should be consulted by all persons likely to be affected by the fullness or scarcity of money. The fact that we never had in this country a period of sustained remuneration in price when the Bank of Eng land note circulation was materially under 24 millions, was placed in comparison with the much longer period during which the commercial interests of this country have been struggling with a sum under, rather than over, 20 millions, and this under the action of the Bank screw —applied as it was— as the inevitable law of the existing j system, to check the departure of gold in 1853—that is to say, to force down the prices of this country so as to render them cheaper for exportation than the gold neces ' sary. to the convertibility of our paper money. The action of this strange operation was shown by references, to questions and answers of the governor and deputy governor of the Bank of England, on occasion of the Commons' committee on commercial distress in 1848. The answers adduced were those numbered 3,278 to 3,283 inclusive. The act of 1819 was declared to have proceeded on the egregious error of Mr. Ricardo and others, that its operation would not diminish prices more than three or four per cent., while it was soon admitted that by the fall in prices it had aggravated the national debt and taxation 30 per cent., as proved by silver coins of that period, produced by Mr. Knott, and showing that full difference between the intrinsic value of the coinage as at that time and at the present. Prices it was affirmed had been reduced as much as the currency was appreciated. No wonder, therefore, it was remarked, that the princi ple of the act of 1819 had, of necessity, been mitigated in the years '22, '25, and '36 ; that this country had never enjoyed a prosperity except in perisds of its prac tical suspension ; and no wonder that when, by the mis chievous legislation of 1844, it was rendered an inflexible reality, it gradually prepared the way for the terrific p alit of 1847. The attempt at gold convertibility was shown in figures to be a mere fiction unworthy a great nation like this. The attempt to erect the measure of value of gold into a standard of value was denounced as fraught with the depression of honest, but smaller capi talists, and with the comparative misery too manifest in the working classes. Here a passage of a speech of Lord J. Russell in the House of Commons in the year 1844 was read, in which he showed that, com pared with the last century, there had been a deplorable diminution of the comforts and social condition of the labouring classes, while luxury had overspread the more wealthy portion of the population. A comparison was drawn between the effect of the system of money which, with all its defects, nourished industry during the long Eurep.-an war, and that which now exists under conver tibility at a fixed price of gold. The seventy millions of taxation paid cheerfully by a population rising to four teen millions only, was contrasted with the fretfulness felt at a similar extent of taxation at this time, while the seventy millions of loan during some years of the war was adduced in proof of the prosperity afforded by the monetary system of that day. It was alleged that this action is essentially one to be fostered by credit ; that credit is, in fact, a proper consequent of civilisation, while it appears to be the object of some modern statesmen to force us back to a condition of barter and to disallow the working of our mines of coal, iron, and lead—our mills and our machinery—in the arts of life, unless we can first measure our operations by the presence of a metal of foreign production. The effect of panics was illustrated by the case of an indivi dual who he would suppose bad embarked a sum of capi tal, partly borrowed, say of 10,0001., in a business con sisting of plant, stock, and debts ; that, ao ing upon the spirit of this commercial age—engendered by large capi talists—of small profits and quick returns, he had in curred a liability to the extent of some 20,0001. or 25,0001. per annum, and was suddenly brought under the influ ence of one of our periodical panics. His banker, under the pressure and alarm he felt, had unwillingly come to the determination of diminishing the scale of his accom- modation to customers, and declined to discount in con tinuance the ordinary paper of this tradesman, which did not exceed the usual dates of ,his trade. Rather than resort to the Jew, and wrong his creditors under usury, he stopped payment. His assets at once became depreciated 30 per cent. ; and where was his capital ? It had totally disappeared. He appealed to his creditors ; they offered to accept 15s. in the pound. His friends, sufferers already, dare not come forward with the requisite security or means—arrangement could not be effected—ruin succeeded, and in the midst of panic, bankruptcy wound up with a dividend smell, in deed. This, it was observed, was a type of a deserving and middle class or tradesman ; and on this class was our monetary system now telling at the present mo ment, notwithstanding the Bank of England screw had brought back three millions of gold to her coffers. The increase from twelve millions had not enabled the pro ducers of the country to enjoy more than the addition of a "million t 6 the circulation of Bank of England paper ; 'each million of which withdrawn, or added to, involved the destination or fate of the several millions of bills of exchange they sustained. Mr. Knott said he was not there to propose a substitute for the pre sent system ;—that end might be • effected in more ways than one. But he would say this much, with confidelice : Gold is mainly valuable to us in our fo reign exphange. Why not, then, at once solve the difficulty by carrying out honestly and consistently the principle of free trade, putting gold at its market price in a suitable, sound, and sufficient paper money of the realm, limited by Parliament, and receivable in taxes ? He concluded by observing that it was the oppression and inhumanity of the system that induced him to enter into explanations like this, and this because under the existing system we witness those who produce our wealth, year by year, insufficiently fed, clad, and housed. He desired to see such an alleviation in respect to prices,• of our present erroneous system, as would secure " a fair day's wage for a fair day's work," without plunging the liberal employer and capitalist himself into bankruptcy, At the conclusion, Mr. T. H. SMITH. put some ques tions to Mr. Knott, and particularly as to the working of the proposed system in preventing imprudence. It was replied that no legislation could prevent imprudence, and that it carried its own punishment and correction. Mr. WRIGHT observed, that if Mr. Smith's questions implied that the present system tended to prevent im prudence, it should be considered that it was calculated to create imprudence and foster speculation—rendering money at one time a drug, and at another almost un attainable ; thus reducing commerce to a system of gambling. Mr. FELHIN said he bad listened with great attention to Mr. Knott's remarks, and wished he had dwelt more on the very important contrast he had drawn be tween the proportions of currency now, with those dur ing the war ; that he had long been convinced that some great defect existed in the act of 1844, which -admitted such enormous fluctuations in the value of money ; and after entering at some length into the subject, proposed that the Legislature should be requested to institute an inquiry into the working of the act. Mr. WRIGHT replied that Parliamentary inquiry had already been made, and in vain ;--that the inquiry in. 1848 after the panic, when he w as exam i ne d, h a d pro duced a large blue book, which no one read ;—that the Report of the Lords' Committee was indeed a most ela borate and excellent one, declaring that the act of 1844 had produced the panic of 1847, and that, if it hid not been susp en d e d, th e B an k o f E n gland itself would have stopped payment ; that in the Commons, on the other hand, it had been contrived that the Commit tee should in the majority consist of the originators of the act, including Sir R. Peel himself, who passed a vote that it was not expedient to make any alteration lia in . the Houses act ; that the reports of the two . of Parliament thus neutralising one another, leg! 8i a re l p, however, o n had been report, avoided altogether; that the Lor d s ' remained a great fact—that it deservedtob eabtehteramanual of all currency reformers, and t ha t a useful had been published by the Currency Reform Associa tion. Mr. S,NOTT added, that the re a p n o d rt in of t the e teeth of C o mmonsth drawn up in defiance of b evidence,e to w hich Mr. Knott was a great di scre dit, and the Legislature. Mr. BIZASLT put some questions , replied. m to the effect of the pro e. ToMLINSON inquired as p o sed system in case o scarcity and war ; when Mr. Knott showed that the sys t em he suggested would be better in both cases, and that the gold, at presentlocked up in domestic circulation being set at liberty, provision • would be made for the purchase of corn without the pressure now experienced. legislative Mr. T q . 11 :- 1 : 3 1!Tr or had b b s e e e r n ved that a defeated, feate d,s he th the fair re would propose po s o e f that every eliolt should be made to prevent the act of 1844 being renewed. After Rome discussion, it was resollvTEi, "That edonthe ourmo atiotn. of Mr. F ELKIN, secon d e d b y M r. SMITH, tention having been directed to the fact that the Bank Charter will, be continued in operation unless notice of its discontinuance be given to the Government this year, it is th e op i n i on of this meeting that it would be both inexpedient, unsafe, and unwise, to renew the Bank Charter Act of 1844, and we resolve that we will do all we can to resist its renewal by petitioning the Legislature against it, as well as by calling public attention to its evils." The resolution having been put by the MAYOR, it was carried unanimously. Mr. FELKIN and Mr. SMITH then proposed and se conded a vote of thanks to Mr. 'Knott for his able and interesting address ; and Mr. Knott having returned thanks the meeting closed, with an understanding that the gentlemen present constitute a committee to carry out the object of the resolution. Do.. 100 l 00 all all 100 1100 all 100 9 fi 100 100 100 100 100 10(i PM m l il ll t loi 1 i 141 i English .. Irish •• • • Foreign .. 10,780 123605 ks 50 brls. SMITHFIELD. To-day's market was well supplied with boasts; all kinds met a dull sale, at a decline in the prices obtained on Mon day of 2d. per 81bs. There was less activity in the sale for sheep than on Monday, yet that day's advance in the quo tations was supported. Lambs were in good supply, and active request, at very full prices. Some small calves moved off freely at active rates, but inferior veal met a dull inquiry. In pigs, scarcely any business was doing. Mulch cows were steady, at from 141. to 191. lower, includ ing their small calf. Per Blbs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 4 Second quality.... 3 6 3 8 Prime large oxen 310 4 2 Prime Scots, dm. 4 4 4 6 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8 Second quality ...3 10 4 () Prime crse.-wlled.4 2 4 4 Lamb .... TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts .. • • ..... ••• 1.135 Sheep .•• •• •• • • •• •• • • 8, 00 Calves Pigs ..•• ...••• •• •• •• •• •• 320 NEWGATE AND The general demand rule( supported. s. d. s d. Prime Southdown 4 8 5 0 Largo crse. calves 4 0 4 Prime small d 0... 410 5 4 Large hogs 3 0 4 0 ! Small porkers 4 2 4 4 'Suckling calves.. 22 0 29 0 E Quarter old pigs 20 0 25 0 . 5s 2d to 6s lid. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts•• •• •• . .. •• •• • 180 Sheep .. •• •• •• •• •• •••••• 90 Calves..• ••••• .. • •• • 210 Pig St.... . • • ..... • • • • • . LEADENIIA.LL. steady, and prices were well Per Sibs by _ _ . s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Seer, inferior 2lO 3 2 Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., Middling 3 4 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 0 Do., prime large .3 S 3 10 , Do., prime 4 2 4 6 De , do. small ....4 0 4 2 , Veal 3 8 5 0 Fork, large ...... 3 4 :3 8 i Pork, small 3 10 i 4 Lamb 53 Od to Cs 6d. the carcaaa. BOROUGH HOP. Very few home-grown hops aro on sale, and the market is very firm, at full prices. The imports this week are 100 bales from Hambnrgh. Mid and East Kent pockets, 14/ Os to 90t. ; Weald of Kent ditto, 13/ 103 to 15'. 103 ; Sussex, 10/ Os to 111 113:; and yearlings, 01 Os to 0/ per cwt. COLONIAL. TEX.—At the public sales common green has sold heavily, but good qualities at provious rates. Congou privately has been in req uest at 84,1 to 814 for common. 1 - SUGAR.—The market for British plantation has been active, and rather fuller prices have been obtained. At auction Barbadoes sold at 39s Gd to 40s Gd for fine yellow, at 38s to 39s for good, at Us to 37s 6d for mid, and at 33s to 35s 6d for low Demerara. Crystalised realised 42s for crood. East India —Native Madras b rought 28 s Gd to 31s, b and ord to good yellow, 32s per cwt. Bengal, low to good white, sold at 37s to 39s 6d. Very little has been brought forward. Mauritius has ruled firm ; fine yellow brought 38s 6d to 395, ord to good ord 34s (id to 38s, brown 30s to 345, refining 32s to 388, and crystalised 38q to 42s Gd per cwt. FOREIGN.—A cargo of Pernambuco went privately at 25s Gd. Havannah afloat realised 21s lid for No. 11, and a cargo of No. 13 235, both for the United Kingdom. Ma nilla at auction sold at 35s to 3Gs for clayed, and at 31s 6d. to 34s Gd for damp and washed, being rather advanced rates. Refined brown lumps have been in request at 46s 6d, and grocery at 47s to 52s per cwt. COFFEE,—Holders ask high prices, and the market is very dull in consequence. Plantation Ceylon partly sold at 67s Gd to 85s for good to fine, at 5Gs to 618 6d for fine ord to low mid, and at 50s to 55s 6cl for triage. Good ord native Ceylon has been supported at 47s to 476 6d per cwt. RICE.—FuII prices are current ; but the purchases are limited. Yellow bold Beng;d went publicly at 14s 2d per per cwt. SPlCES.—Pimento has sold steadilyat 4id to 5d and s;d. Sound Malabar brought 4id, and first class damaged 4ad. ARROWROOT.—St. Virtleceenntt's. refraction,brought 4 id and t B o 0 5:d b , a y and t Jamaica 34d to sid per lb. Rum.—East India is dearer , being 2 s Lid per gallon. SALTPETRE.—BengaI at auction was takentoinlasatt evening s i 6 n c g l to 278 for 61 to 7 e 21s 6d for 28 per cent. INDIGO.—The public sales have progressed with sp i r i t, Kurpabs being 2d to 3d dearer than last w ee k. G ood Madras has realised 3d to 4d advance. Up 9,G40 chests passed, of which 5,033 were sold. TALLOW.—This article has been depressed, and P. Y. C. on the spot is about 52s 6d per cwt. GREEN FRUIT.—The backward state of vegetation in this country improves the demand for Foreign Oranges of sound condition, and sustains their value. A cargo per Electric Flash from St. Michael's, sold by Keeling and Hunt, at public sale, went at an advance of 2s and 3s per package. Nuts of all kinds in better demand. Lemons dull, the cold weather interfering with the confectionery trade. ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS. The following is an extract of a letter from Naples, dated May 8 : " You may conceive my delight this day last week, the Ist of May, when I came to dine at --, and the servants told me that Vesuvius had broken out in a vio lent state of eruption. I thought the dinner would have never ended, I was so impatient to go and see it ; how ever, at 9 o'clock ordered his carriage, and we drove to Santa Lucia, which is, you know, the quartiee on the Vesuvius side. It was a lovely night, without a cloud, and the moon as bright as in the month of August. As we turned the Chiatamone there was the mountain standing out of the plain against the blue starry heavens, and a broad stream of lava slowly rolling down its cone, and from the summit a thick cloud of smoke spread over it in the shape of a gigantic pine tree, the lower part of which, from the reflected • fire, was red, while higher up a thick black layer of smoke, with a white top, lay curling over like the foliage of the tree. The lava was streaming in one broad flood from about half way up the mountain's cone, whence, when it got to the bottom, it seemed, from the ground being less steep, to crawl along until it reached the edge of the old crater that forms the vacuum between Vesuvius and Monte Somma. Here it found itself arrested on the brink of an abyss some 200 or 300 feet wide ; and, from the distance we were at, we could see the stream of fire rushing over like a vast cataract, with immense boulders of red-hot rocks hurled over, and chasing each other down until the ground got more even, and the speed slackened. From this point the lava crept on, but so slowly that it was difficult to toark its pro gress ; and the effect was beautiful as it burned the trees it met in its course, which flamed up with a bright blue light like Roman candles. The reflection of the burning mountain was thrown across the sea on the very edge of the spot where we were standing, and formed a lovelycontrast to the beams of the pale silvery moon as they lit up Capri and the Sorrento coast. The best remains to be told. pro posed going on to Portici to see the eruption nearer. When we got there I suggested Messina as preferable ; and, in short, it ended in his taking a donkey we met, and I walked. So we proceeded, both of us dressed as we were, in thin evening shoes and light apparel, until we reached the summit of the mountain, after a severe tug of two hours. However, we were well repaid, and I shall never forget the scene, as we stood within a few yards of the cataract of fire which I mentioned before. A strong wind blew the smoke over Monte Somma, but the heat was terrible, for we were pretty near it, of which you may judge when I tell you that, fautede mieux, I lit a cigar from the edge of the torrent as it rolled over the edge of the mountain. We remained there some three hours, which passed quickly enough, and as we descended the mountain we were gratified at seeing the eclipse of the moon, which took place at about 3 o'clock in the morn ing, and of which previously we knew nothing. In short we were very fortunate in the night, for it was the only one on which the moon had shone since this day last week. As you may suppose, the lava had made great progress, and it does not seem to be diminished. I went again, but to another part, last Saturday night. It was then threatening a village called San Sebastiani, for it has already got into the plain, and has destroyed an infinity of property. I hear to-day that the stream is 600 feet in breadth, and has engulfed three houses. They have sent firemen to build walls, to try and turn the direction of the stream. However, that won't do much good. When I was there last Saturday it was a curious sight to see the wretched proprietors cut ting down their vines and trees to save the wood. Thousands of people were standing in front of the ad vancing flood, for in the plain there is no danger as it moves about 50 yards in five hours. When it is likely to cease nobody can tell, as every day the mountain opens fresh craters, and it is likely to continue to do so. To-day we have an awful storm, and it is thundering and lightning and raining torrents, such torrents as are only seen in Naples. If it clears up and I are going this evening to see `the village destroyed.' People talk of it as if they were going to the Surrey Gardens. However, it is no joke for the owners ; and abrancb stream ha? made a direction of its own towards a lovely villa be longing to the Marquis St. Angelo, and in all probability by to-morrow he will have an unpleasant neighbour in his flower-garden. This is the most popular eruption, they say, that has ever been known, and all the world goes to Vesuvius of an evening. The King and Queen went there the other night, and spent it on the mountain. The last three or four eruptions have always taken place on the other side, and consequently have been difficult to get at, and but little has been seen from Naples. This one, if it goes on, will do a great deal of damage, as there are three villages between it and the sea, and the ground is much cultivated. I shall be able to tell you more about it in my next letter, as I have not given yon much of an idea of what a grand sight it is. The fact is, it would be very difficult to do so, as any description would fall very far short of the reality. I had heard a great deal of the effect of eruptions, and pictures repre senting them are not scarce, but can assure you that nothing I had seen or heard gave me the slightest i idea of what it really is." THE CHURCH-RATE DIVISION. 5 Members of the Government voted against the Bill, and 12 voted in favour of it. 2 Cabinet Ministers voted against the Bill—Lord Palmerston and Lord J. Russell. 2 Ditto in favour of the Bill—Sir W. Molesworth and Mr. V. Smith. 2 Absented themselves—Sir Charles Wood and Sir George Grey. 16 Holding office also were absent. ANALYSIS OF "THE NOES." From a Register kept by the National Parliamentary Reform Association. Ayes, 219 ; Noes, 191 (Tellers included). Of the 191 against there were— County Members. England and Wales , Scotch Irish University Members Borough Members. England and Wales. Scotch . Irish 7S 11 14 191 the County Members represented a population of 6,227,326. The Borough Members represented a population of 1,089,655. Influence-74 were connected by birth or marriage with the aristocracy ; 48 had interest in Church Pro perty. In Lancashire only 2 Borough Members voted against. In Yorkshire 5 of the 6 County Members voted against, but none of the Borough Members. In Scotland 1 Borough Member voted against the second reading. ' ADMINISTRATIVE _REFORM MEETINGS. BOSTON.—On Wednesday last, in compliance with a re quisition, signed by men of all, parties, the Mayor of this borough called a public meeting of the inhabitants in the Guildhall, to consider the propriety of requesting the borough members to support Mr: Layard's motion in favour of administrative reform. The proceedings throughout were of the most spirited chal•acter. DEPTFORD--Last evening a crowded public meeting of the inhabitants of Deptford was held at the Lecture hall, High-street, in order to adopt measures for the for mation of an auxiliary association for the promotion of administrative reform. _ WOLVERHAMPTON.—Are are glad (says the Worcester shire Chronicle) to be able to announce that a requisi tion to the mayor is in course of signature in this city, requesting him to convene a meeting for the purpose of enforcing the demand for " administrative reform." This is the great want of the age, as testified by the late •deplorable scenes in the Crimea. LIVERPOOL.—A requisition has been in course of sig nature for the past few days in Liverpool, addressed to the Mayor, requesting him to call a meeting of the in habitants, in furtherance of the cause of administrative reform. The requisitionists were, compo sed of persons of all shades and opinions. His worship the Mayor, who is at present in London, sent a telegraphic message to the requisitionists that he could not comply with their request. - -- petition of the . in ionfltDAeTrrfb; on Tuesday. The petitioners " view with feelings of ha Apmi t il s foltrEadtßi3inis—trTathieve reform was . printed in dignation and astonishment the sc andalous waste of public money which is takin g p lace, and is still continu ing in connection with the tr ansport service, and th ey earnestly protest against this reckless expenditure." They declare that the recent exposures before the Sebas topol Committee call loudly fora radical change, a n d they pray the house to take such steps as may lead t) a speedy and effectual reform of the whole sy stem. petitioners cannot remain satisfied with the simple T di h s e . missal of Captain Christie, nor the retention of Ad m i ra l Boxer. They condemn the existing sy stem of promo tion in the army, and the delay attending' or rejection of Lord Dundonald's the a ccep t ance pro sug gestions of scientific men. They proposals and th e neces sity of introducing men of enlarged contend for the prac tical ability into the se rv i ce of exp er i ence and up with the strong and the St a t e ; an d they w i nd the house institut e such significantassurance that, unless immediate and thorough proceedings as will lead to an reform, " the people will be compelled to take counsel together for theimanagement of their own affafra,', LIT ER AT URE. Grace Lee. By Julia Kavanagh. 3 vols. Smith, Elder, and Co. Miss Kavanagh's abilities, both as a romancist c . and an historical writer, are already well known. ' . Her first and least ambitious work was a tale for the young, entitled "The Three Paths," which showed the different results of a rash and head strong disposition, a cunning and crafty temper, and a prudent and well-principled line of action. Her next tale, "Madeleine," was the touching re cord of the struggles and sufferings o f a young girl of Auvergne; who, alone and almost unaided, raised and maintained an hospital in her native village. Her next attempt was an historical one, and though the subject selected was not the most pleasing, it was executed with great ability. It was on " W o .. man in France during the Eighteenth Century." She subsequently produced more pleasing records of feminine achievements in her " Women of Christianity," a brief account of some of the most illustrious of the many remarkable for their piety, benevolence, and heroism. " Nathalie," her only novel, possessed much interest and originality. The two chief characters were drawn with much ability. This ability the reader will not fail to re cognise in the pages of " Grace Lee," though of all her works of fiction it is the least pleasing. This is partly to be ascribed to the striking improbability of some of the incidents, but chiefly to the two chief actors in the drama—the hero and heroine —John Owen and Grace Lee. Grace herself, with her learning, her talents, her generosity, and all her other virtues, has something about her not quite feminine, and, consequently, not quite at tractive. Her intellect seems to have a greater in fluence than her heart. In moments of danger and distress, or of excited feeling, she is always ready with her cle ver speeches —never discomposed, never off her guard. N ot that want of self-control is to a ra v e ir e t o u n e, e d o o r e s a n courageous co n con - tempt for the v i c i ss i tudes of fortune to be despised, b b u e t co in casethecommended of a s G trol of feeling, but the absence of feeling to be controlled. However, she, may lay Claim to be con sidered a very remarkable character, and we should imagine that her prototype was not very easily met with. She is certainly the most interesting person in the book, for the hero f a ll s very far short of the heroic standard. Without adopting the old idea. that heroes and heroines should be pieces of unin teresting perfection, to secure the reader's interest they should have some distinguished traits, some noble qualities, to awake admiration. It is not the moroseness and reserve of John Owen that dete riorate his character, for sometimes these reserved and haughty characters are the most attractive; but he seems to have no firm and settled purpose, no high and ennobling aspirations. Had he remained true to his ambition even, and instead of retreating to the Welsh hills, remained and fought the battle of life with energy and determination, the reader could have forgiven him all his faults of mind and manner. But ho surrenders the fight, at least for a time, and falls in love with Grace Lee. Had he only been constant to his vehement affection, he might yet have awoke sympathy ; but when he forsakes his idol on so frivolous a pretext, and. hastily formsfirstone engagement and then another, the reader loses all patience, and begins to awake to a sense of the ludicrous. Many incidents in the plot are very unpleasing, and we feel the less inclined to tolerate them from an authoress who so plainly shows us she could do better if she tried. Where are the gentle and pious attributes of Madeleine —where all the graceful, feminine qualities of Nathalie, always charming, even in her caprices ? The chronicler of the " Women of Christianity" has no need to give us such a brusque and independent lady as her model heroine ; and as for a hero, it will be hard indeed if she cannot surpass John Owen. The talents of the author are evident, however, not only in the construction of the book, which, to say the least of it, displays much ingenuity and originality, but in the elo quence of the style and the fervour of the descrip tions, as the following extract will show. It is from the conclusion, when John Owen is meditat ing on his fruitless search for Grace, who has been lost to him for seven years through his own folly and pride : " The thought he had so long repelled came and pre. vailed in that hour. " ' Grace is dead,' ho thought, stopping short. ' Grace is dead, ay, I feel and I know it ; the grave has closed on her. Where ?—how ?—I know not ; I shall never know. Unconsciously I may tread on the earth that hides all I have vainly coveted to possess. Oh ! that with me, too, it were over, that this unquiet fever of life were still, and I sleeping somewhere by her side, a deep, a long slumbr2r. Happy I thrice happy are ye, ye dead I .' " And for the first tinva for years, ambition, that master-passion of his life, folded her wings, and, wearied of her long flight, pined for repose. " But brief was the rest of that ardent heart. Strong in his will, he recalled Grace ; he bade her return, not pale, but vivid as the light of day ; not dead, but over flowing with the fulness of life. Ho looked at the setting sun ; the dread round orb slowly sank down to a yellow horizon, encircling the dark earth likes golden sone, then melting in the hollow air into vast depths of palest blue. But below all was splendour, all was light and flame ; a wooded slope was still a forest of bronze and gold, a tame field a purple sea ; the dust-worn way a path of light leading to a burning world. In that fervid glow he sought the loved and lost image he had ever known, all warmth and all light, and again, with passionate long ing, there rose an inward cry from the depths of his heart, an unuttered voice that said : 4 Come back, Grace, come back ! " Suddenly be breathed deep. Dream or truth, he saw and heard her. He saw an isolated dwelling, a poor home, rising bare and lone by the road side, an open door, a narrow room, with hoarded floor, with white-washed walls, with gilt-edged books on a low shelf, with bright crimson and yellow flowers in the window, with the rich sunlight streaming in ; and half lost in the evening gloom, an old man who sat grey and blind in a deep arm-chair, whilst in the bright red light a woman leaning back on a low seat with a heavy book on her knees, read in a clear, musical voice, in a foreign tongue, a tongue long dead and unspoken, a strain of full and ancient verse." * * .r- * .. "Like a vision come to him at his bidding from the depths of the west, he saw her through the flood of living gold that flowed behind and around her." *.* * * * "The sea-worn mariner that bag found land, the tra veller that rests after the burning desert crossed, never knew so deep a sense of freshness and repose as this wearied man of the world in that moment. Ab, love there is something in thee beyond the light fondness of youthful lovers ! Thy spring is all hope, thy summer is all life, but deeper in its ardour, more beautiful in its mingled passion and strength is thine autumn." Mr. Truefitt, of the Burlington Arcade, has enlight ened the public as to the objects and purposes of his really exquisitely decorated salon—namely, `• A Toilet Club," new in its essential characteristics and select in its subscribers. A something of this kind was much wanted'at the west, and we know of no one better able to carry it out in its integrity than Truefitt, who has a 'perfect right, in the abundance of his appliances, to give his patrons the novelty and comfort of apartments fit for royalty itself. - - GRAND - TRUNK RAILWAY OF CANADA.—The statement in sGuop t vp h eo e rrnt r m e ecen tfromnt mt a . ha d ey v p i p e e rroo s from pboasbl:.proposal fora f obreai nd Canada fresh u ce induced granth roa t nwtti ofte withdraw Provincial d9raoow, otoboeiir. to the Grand Trunk Railway is affirmed by the best in formed persons on this side to be wholly erroneous. The measure is understood to have been made the subject of a fierce party contest, and it will consequenty l serve as the pretext for political attacks and personal vitupera tion ; but, with regard to its ultimate success, no doubt appears to be entertained. At the same time, the posi tive allegation in the-e advices that the entire works of the line will be stopped unless the demand of the con tractors be complied with is also stated to be without • foundation. Assertions to that effect have been widely perhaps, v edraan d. pa rt ies disseminated in the province, but the company announce open 255 miles in August or Sep`-ember next, and_ will that, whether the grant he made or withheld, t p h u e s., y Nn w z i lt ll . have carried the line through from B r ockville . to Toronto lin one or two years from that date. —Times. SPEEDY .....elrg rSeTaRtULTair i s o w s a r ßh i 'ilueGthartbi tEtt:h)eAiuresT: Englishn ntßhionAeta: extraordinarily s h oo p a i r v o e ll j t st th it the same ink that was wanted time in which the Ciiinean.Railway has been exe sThAoKrItNGS. gene rally nation has alsolus t , , e d ik - a aons otp n w d eenta d .: :: .. e l . e r r n dt v i o . a ' C ' t l t o l b e Y . e r ) within 21eetsharree year, the last important 1 to complete the line of rail from London t Mediter ranean Sea. Its length is 160 mile,, between o the of Lyons and Avignon. It is a doubts the cities c l as s, with stations complete. 0 ouble road, of first to six miles of tunnelling It nit there are from four stu pendous granite cuttings, * passes through some and spans three of the largest rivers in France. with fine bridges of 1852 before the first lt was the middl e THE MAILS sod WS& turned. mail steamship -ON, May 17,—The Roya l Atrato, Captain noon with the fortnightly Woolley, left this after and paniac, 55as mails for the West Indies value in jeweller I) se d ngers, 7,0001. in specie, 4,0001. with the homeward clan a full general cargo. The Tay, peoted daily. The 13ortion of the above mails, is ex steamer Madrid, _Peninsular and Oriental Company's Captain Cook, with the mails for Vigo,this afternoon Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, sailed afternoon with 33 passengers, 13,7521. in specie for Lisbon, and 22,4001. for Cadiz — to tal, 36,1521., besides th e usual cargo. The Iberia, Captain Christian, with the next homeward portion of these mails, is ex pected about the 25th inst. The Euxine, Captain Weeks, from Alexandria, Malta, and Gibraltar, with the India. and Mediterranean mails, is looked for about the 23d inst. The Sultan, Captain Burney, will leave with the India and Mediterranean mails on the 20th. The Iberia, should she return i n time, will convey the Peninsular mails of the 27th. The Tagus, Captain Joy, lately re turned from the India and Mediterranean statio n, is duties undergoing rep airs p revious to resuming her on the Peninsular route. The United States' mail steam ship St. L ouis, Captain Wotton, wit h dates from N ew York to the sth inst., is expec i li —, eu to arrive on Friday or Saturday. ft. I ti ,ii all ,offal LO I al 0 I al gi all LO all 3 1 1 I 204 4t 271