The Sun. — London, England, 1855-06-18 00:00:00

I 'Ft - 17T T - TI 11"4 A 57) TF cloned heavily, as cempared wiiii last Friday's rates. Prices of all kinds lean to the buyer, though there is no actual change. The sales were estimated . , at 5,000 bales (1,000 of which were taken on spe culation), comprising 200 Pernam and Maranham at 64 7 d. to 7Ad., 200 Egyptian at 62d. to 70., and . .'' 300 Surat at 41d. to sad. per ib ; 70 Sea Islands V . at is. 04cl. to is. 9d. The Railway Share Market Was dull, at lower rates. In Mark-lane today business has been dull, and -,• very little alteration has taken place in prices. Accounts from Copenhagen state that all the .Democratic Deputies in Denmark had been re . elected without opposition. At Hamburgh last week the produce markets Were steady, the chief articles being maintained by orders received from other parts of Germany, and 1 Russia also, we may presume. The New York advices by the steamer America , . give the shipments of specie during -the week end k leg June 2, at 2,189,567 dollars, making the total :' this year 13,702,256 dollars, which is 2,684,572 dollars more than in 1854 to the same period. A '. larger increase than this was generally anticipated by parties on the other side, but it is considered ~ rather singular that with a decrease of nearly thirty-five millions of dollars in the value of im- Ports into New York alone in the first five I ' months of this year there should not have been a falling off in the exportations of specie. During the week to June 1 the value of the ship teents exceeded the receipts of merchandise by . , 63 1,891 dollars. Money continued abundant, but as the warm weather would soon cona tlence, it was expected that the activity in the Stock Market would subside as the Principal operators would retire for a while into the, country. The movement in the banks l 'as very uniform, the receipts of gold dust from California supplying the requirements of export., The discounts, also, during the last week to which 44 - official statement had been completed, only showed an increase of 37,135 dollars. The general creditors of Messrs. Strahan, it ap ps, are not likely to submit to such dictation in c choice of assignees a s will expose their interests to compromi se , and accordingly have resolved to il o ld a meeting among themselves for the purpose t () ! concerting preliminary measures. In the mean ~,,1 41e , the s o li c it ors ior th e bankrupts are inviting 'l Parties to send in the amount of their claims, Prior to the first attendance before the commis ili°ner. The English Stock Market has been very flat, all 4 the decline is about i per cent. This is pro -15 4 u l Y due to th e p a yment to-morrow of another i l '!talnient upon the loan. It is understood that " 00 0/. have been paid in anticipation by those des iring to obtain the stock, leaving 825,0001. to b° Paid. Of course there will be an immediate in -0 4 'se to th e l a tt er amo unt in the supply of ° . .; 14 ° 13 . The prices this morning have been 91 t o 9 - lek. The Now 3 per Cents. have been H o oted .4 , 4 tefl 92g to -, and the Reduced 92k to f . Bank 2 rlt is firm at 210. Exchequer Bills are 18s. to .) and India Bonds 30s. premium. The New A 1 ' ll euities have been dono at 16:i. Foreign Securities are mostly heavy ; Turkish 1 ., l ide are 811 to A. Sardinian bring 86/. Dutch 2A 'd'r Cents. have realised 64k, and Belgian 4i per f t , e ,. llt . 9 4i. Spanish Threes are 39, and the de- A - s r ed 18g. Mexican continue at 21i. Buenos are have been dealt in at 57A. Danish Threes .., e 8142... ti T he following are the nominal prices of foreign t e : ek. °:---Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6A to 7; Mexi ."' 2 1i to 211 ; Peruvian, 63 to^ 70; ditto. Three ti t Cent s ., 48 t o 50 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., t. i i , te 46 ; Russian Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ; ' t ° Four-and-a-Half par Cents., 89 to 91 ; , Z'leish New Deferred, 18 to 18,1 1 ; Ditto 3 per ! 1 / 4 43., 381 to 39} ; Ditto Certificates, 4 to 4k ; 14 .0 Passive, 4 to 4. ) ,,Ile railway meetings announced are the f0110w e.,,,.. "N‘ Company. Date. Place. ptbil fi 49 t k - ~ndon July 4, •,..ertr 4,, rd .1) "ileh, and Welwyn June June 25, Hertford. 49 q tt t4i ' 0 ter, Shoff. and Line Aug. 1. Manchester. 0 1 1) "I , i al anish 't• Swedish July 5, Gottenburg. t (eikti drews and Quebec, ".) f t+Bß A) _rt i ll i , t-Ed. - stera 10es haven July 2, London Tavern. 4 t Hartlepool il. c4 ilwav Shares attract very little attention, and 20 fl. 0 cyr Present generally a heavy appearan ce , mos t 20 114v,y - ' 40 principal lines being at lower quotations. 20 e 0, . . 20 th„ enadian lines are in some instances ss. per 1. ,00 ,r 4z , l;4 r 0 lower, and very little is doing in the foreign 100 ‘ ~.', but Sambre and Meuse are firm. - 'at, j . 25 A u John del Rey Mining Shares are weaker, 25 obra Copper show a decided improvement. 100 111.8 rule steady. Crystal Palace are heavy. 441'48.1:1 FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 4 t t a 'lz 8 t .,,„ P.u,iness done Verc, - - 4 ..... it PE ll t. nnclueed Annuities._ ItiN' Zee 0 4 . Consols Anuiiities .......... u fl l , i r • Cent. Annuities i i t'lie2lPer Cent. Annuities t t,„.6- , Per Cent. Annuities Shut k . ..; ,‘ett. Annuit'es lit,Nititi e ., E xi ; 5I y 110 3 k , ` , ti ) .4 A . ire •t 1 • an.. s • 1 t,,,,L:ti. ~/ 0" . ` „ Y ears, Expire sth April, 1885 16f s'2 4 o, 7' 43 . .tatioti . 3O 4rebe:r Acconnt, 10th July 9lh # Rl , Per Bills, 24d 11. • uuo 20 18 21 13 17 /4%n ........... • I . 11, ............................ .• 20 18 21 13 17 %It; ............... . t i lIr o : tends 1858, per Cent 111 : 11 %1 4:1/r FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO ON. w t tli ql .;,3'res Bnds per Cent Pai Oa .°n(ls 1825 -13 re- . n 3 , 3 per Cent 15,11.,,it,zt per Cent. Bend r 8& t i ,Lb. li o 1 5 . o per Cent. t i „O•13 N li cst 3. per Cent 39 . N tt. e Iti -or th „lerred, 3 per Cent . 1 „ . al, p e aecourit lB3 , ' l ke f,; ( ad i s, 6 per cent — -,, . 1 41 11 1 r, 1 „ : 4i 1 , e Account.... ........... ..... _..• 10• 1 • I g tikli $o ~enda 07i the above payaol•l in • Loncicn. 4 4 t to Ild s, 2 ; 1: per Cent. ex. 25 fr — 4'...h 4x, 11 4 3 per Ceut. Ex. 25 fr 94,t `O 4 ~"_l ° . 43. Per Cent. 12 Quit 613 i , per ( 31 1 z.. Certifieates .. . ~ ,,,vat„,, ..trALF-.PA ST 5"14 7 0. \ --`l 4; (Front the Official Lilt.. mq k " If AUSTRALASIA-(THIS DAY) ~, a ~tb " t~, Vie, ,b e )1.614Y-first general meeting of the shareholders lbk of B Of tise, Australasia, was held this day at the 'a h *1 co rporation Threadneedle-street. 4 : 1 1 4 I t Z r Was occupied by Oliver Farrer, Esq. ea ertise ment convening the meeting having I ng `d, h t he secreta r y (M r . Milliken) proceeded to 611 11 1 re loort, f rom which we extract the fol l ow i ng °eta .4041 liabilities at 16th October, 1854, stood as ith 4l 4 q 'nver i , ASSETS. "I - re • -le pt Securities, an d C as h £2,106,827 17 6 1 3. (ke luses 88,964 14 10 °4 ble and 4,769,378 0 16 G 4 1 41i £6,964,870 13 2 '... LIABILITIES. V,C t)l te e 1 .;• • ............ 290200 0, 000 0 000 0 ....0 ............... 1 , 129 , 050 0 0 I , :ii; 4 l ilitiZ, and ot her 04 t ............. 1,179,744 14 8 tr. /40.8;; ....... . 3,371,829 0 4 N,kl lller ° l ' • ... 194,246 18 2 26,961,8 13 2 sv f !,:lte e t t i L it Y with the announcement made t i the De -441. 4 t . sting, a dividend awl bonus were paid for the o ,,tett the 10th April, at the augmented rate . of " 11 th. Per annum • 1 a similar division will be 16 th 0 t ' an( tr4a c ober next. ItI rAN, after congratulating the assembled h 8 sn the occupation of the new premises, state d SSed4,ll4 was in a so lid an d sa f e con di t i on, an d th en Saving that Au s t ra li a was improving in every " I 'Ito• reviewed the operations of the bank qth e 4S t year, h o conc l u d e d b y mov i ng th e a d o p- POlp treye s rep ort. - tih 1 ", havin g b een pu t t o th e mee ti n g, was 1 i kdi t nusly. 114 4 11 h ter 'lig director s h av i ng b een re - e l ec t e d, th e pro l'aklllinated with th e usua l vo t e o f th an ks to the N -c ti VN, in the accounts from the Highland moors t(Stft gro w assurance that there will be a full average ' 141 41,'1•1 4 : 1 , 180 this season. No traces of the disease ttl 44p.9 c ommitted such ravages have yet been 013 g the old birds.—Pera Courier. E 5 5 20 fikrz,vu Ambg. Notthg. Boaf and . &stn. Junct all Belfast Ballymen,4 all Binning. Woli Stcur 292 Birkenhd. Laucsl.. Cheshire Junet all Do. Chesh. dr Birk., £5O and £25 Cow. 19 Do., £20...... . all Myth &Tyn3origina £25 (incl. at £45 ,100 Mato! and Exeter 1100 Caledonian. 161 s. Carmarthen and Car 43 - ago ..... 8,1 -- 134 - 15i-- $j -- 90 - 634 - digan al, Chester 4 Holyhead all Cork and Bandon.. all Cork, Black, 4 Pass. ••• - 14i - 9 - ••• 16 Corn Wall 14 CI. qf Junction 45 DuolindzßelfastJunc all DundeoPerthdrAbet deen Junction all Do. N.! , or ......... 100 East Anglian all Eastern Counties 100 Eastern Union, A Stock .. 10C Do., B. Stn 8 d Do., New 100 3ast Lancashire 100 Edinburgh dr Glangon all Ed inb. and Peebles [OO Edin.Prth &nuncio( 1 forth & Clyde Juw all rurness all Do. Extension '..00 Gllasgow&S. Wester, :00 '.treat Northern .00. Do., A. Stock 00 Do., B. Stock ..)0 'R. Sth. &West.(lre. 00 ':rest Western D.,. Stour Val Rai: Gua. Stk.. ••• -- „, ••• ...' , 154 - 121-. 32 - 23 - ••• - 77i - siB - 8 19 - - .•• all Irish South-Eaaterr all Lancaster & Carlisle 141 i Do., Thirds 7 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash.andYorkmi 4 Do., Wet. Riding Un all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all ;ondon & Blaokwal 00 Lond. Bright& S. Cs'. 00 Loud, and N. Westn 16 Do. Fifths 54 D0.101.5h.,M&8.. C 2A Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Westn 474 Do., £5O -43 I Do., £4O 5 all Lndndrrydz Colerain , 5 all Lr.dndrry.& Ennisk, 100 wanch.Slief. h Line') all Do. 4 Shares, No. I t R 23. !)0., Man. & Lin. Un WO Nficliand 100 ') o. "limn 0. & Derby all W.idld. G. West.(lre,',. all Do. Half Shares 'l.ll !Toweastie & Carlisle 233 Nwpt.Aberg.l.Lllrf , i 8 Newry &Enniskillor all Nowry Warrmpoint and Rostrevor IA Norfolk . „. 34 Northn.Conaties Un 100 North British all North Devon, No. I all Do., No. 2 all )0., :1 A Deferred all Do., i B Guarantue , WO ' N. Eastern—Borwici 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do.do. G.N.E. Pura all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York all North London all Do. New .£lO 31 le N.&S.Wstru.,Hamp stead, and City Jn. 174 North Staffordshire all North Western all N. &S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester 00 Oxford, Worcestera; Wolverhampton 8 Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central ...., 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shropshire Union ~, a'l South Devon AO South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. 4 Riv. Dun 5 Do 14 Staines, Wok &Wok all Stockton & Barrio 16F. Stc?,kten & IL , .,rtlef 00 Taff Vale .. 9 Do. £lO shares 00 Do. Pref., No. 1 23i Thames Haven Dock and R. ,. .'livar „ Ulverstone & Lancs all Vale of North all Waterfd. & Kilkenm all Waterford&Limeriet all West Cornwall. ...... . 5 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London. 171s..Wimbledn & Croydon AR E AI A _Ft S (THIS LAY.) 4, [~~^r•~p __•B 70 - 03i - 75 - 75 - 82 FOR SIGN. all Antwerp Rottirdlar. 4 Belgian Eastn. Juni , 10 Beziers to Gra.i ssessae 1104. Bombay, Baroda, ana Central India,Scrh all Demerara 10 Dtiteb Rhenish all Eastern of France ... 10 Do. New a ll East Indian, g. sp. c 10 Do. E' erasion ,. on all Do. 4i p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '59, do.. 17i Gd.TYofCanadaAis sll Do. St. Lawrence tC7 Atlantic do. 70 Do. Cert. of Debon con. into Stk. till 'e; all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do 10 Gt. Central of Fran all Gt. Indian Peninsni• gifar. 5 per cent 1 Do. New 5 per cent. 2 Do. Extensions all Do. d 0..... 13 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations all Ot.WesternofCanad Shares all Do. lids., payable's7, with option till '55,. all Do. do., '62, p. '56 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73, without option all Hamilton & Torontr all I Do. 6 per cent. 14 I Lake Coast. & Basle all Lucca es Pistoj a 5 p.c prof 10 Lyons and Geneva 14 Lyons dr Mediterran 16 Madras 10 Do. Nev -31.i Maria Antonia all Do. do. Now all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ox interest) all Northern of France all D 0.20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelinw guar. 3$ p. c. & red. at 223/. dur. S 8 yrs. from IJan. 1854 all Do. 201. 3p. c (fmy.B.& elms. Shs. all NorvrogianTrunkPre' 16 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen.... 13 ParisCaeu & Cherbrg. all Rouen and Havre all Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Memoo... all Do. 54 p. cent. Prof. 2s Seind all Southern of Franco.. 16 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A). all West Flanders all Do 54 per c. Pref 16 Western of France j( West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden all Zealand JOINT-STOI all Australasia ...... •"' all 3ritish Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. m Aerican 5 Chart& Bank of Asia 4 Chrtd. Bilk. of India, Australia, 8t China 30 City 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Loud all English Scottish and Australian Chad all Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 5 Ditto New 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Load. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England.... .. 10 Do. New,,,,,,. ... " 223 National of ge.laa all New South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation ...... 25 Provincial of Irela.nd all Do. New,,,,,,... 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co all South Australia ... all Union of Australia 2i Do. New 19 rhea of lon.dop k 9 24 11 21 - 26 9 - 24i - •• b - 2O 93 - 97 4 - 4 5 - !) P 52 - - 3 34 231 - 100 - 102 112 - 115 115 -- 120 104 106 '231 -23 i 113 -• liB - - lip 3 5 - 7 2 - 3 51 - 361 - 37 13 13% R - 29 - 29ipl 47 49 44i 45 pm 24 25 21 22 —ld 91 9f 20 - 2p •• - pm 3i - 4 - o• ...... ••• • •• --- ... 18 -18 i BANKS. 846 - 85.1 65 —67 x 4 d par G .. - 61) 18 19 20 - 2 1 #d-4P •M "'" e , • ... - ••• 35 - 36 37i - 3B 52 - 53 ••• 42 744 - eN e:.r 25 St. 20 St, St. 25 3' 2s St. 1 25 100 2f 50 20 20 20 10 10 to 5 20 18 80 10 10 82 • ....' • • • 7h - 8 026 -103 i 03i - 104 - P - PJ 84 - 8 7 7 - 6 271 8 8, 74i - 41 - 46 9 - 7 li - 2 51 - 53 31i - 76 - 52i 50 -- par - 4t 7 ; ar • ... - 30 (38 47 - .61 3 2d 39 - • •• ''".. ...I ••• ."'" 34 - 22 - 49 15 63 294 1 par 2. 4 24 8 - 91 - 24 - lf 36i 10 -25 i T it“! S M LONDON, MONIJAY EV...ENING, JUNE 18 1665, T \--.7 l) MARKET NEWS.=-(THIS DAY.) C 33 F,'aturiay. this day CORN EXCHANGE. !'ho various country markets held on Saturday were at a ciT3liae ip-the quotations of fully "Cry dull .heat ,eathly at fui and flour were heavy, and low(' t urcl_ -.- ••• 134 - 136 Advises from New York to the sth inst. state that flour tray Will in sale, at a decline of from 12, to 25 cents per barrel. Most of the near continental markets have ruled inactive for most articles. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were moderate. From abroad we received 14,710 quarters of wheat, 16,904 oats, 365 beans, 413 peas, 47' tares, 2,855 linseed, 7,611 rapeseed, and 4,171 sack*of flour. ... 27 - 29 1.6 12i -- 13 23 -- 24 114 -12 i Avery limited supply of English wheat was. received fresh up to our market, to-day, coastwise and by land car riage. There was, however, a portion of last Monday's unsold supply on offer, without producing anything like a large show of samples. The attendance of both town and country millers was very moderate, and the demand for nearly all kinds of wheat, of home produce, was in a sluggish state. In the general quotations scarcely any change took place from those obtained on this day se'n night. 2i - 2i .94 - 56 i -h) 68 - GO Wo were well supplied with foreign wheat, and the stock in warehouse is increasing. The amount of business doing in that article was limited; nevertheless last week's quotations were supported, importers refusing to give way in price. L3-!35 Floating cargoes were held at full quotations, but the inquiry for them was by no means active. The show of barley was small, and most of the samples in the market changed hands, at full prices. Most kinds of malt moved off slowly, at late rates. With outs we were fairly supplied. Most kinds sold somewhat steadily, at late rates. There was only a limited inquiry for beans, en former terms. Peas were in short supply and heavy request, at almost nominal quottitions. The flour trade wa inactive, at last Monday's currency. CUItIiCNCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Cnet—Esses k Kent, Malt—Chevalier ...• 70s to 718 Bel •• •• new 67 8 to 783 Oats Yorkshire an d Ditto•• •• •• ...• old --s —a Linco!net reed 26s 30 uttto, White new 82 s 86s Potato ...,.... •• 288 at s s DItio•• •• .... old 85 s 88 s Youghai and Cork riorfolk and Lin- 81ack....... 258 29s coin, Bed, old CBs 813 Cork, White ..• • . 268 30s • Ditto new •• •• •• GS 3 80 3 Scotch, Feed..... 27s 306 tivo—Old •• •••••• • • • • —8 —s Beans—Tick ••.. 4 Is 44s New ••••••• • • • • • 42s 44s Pigeons •• •. 43Q 47s Raley —C :lading . • • 303 333 Peas—Grey .... .•• • • • 355 383 .••••.• •• 333 348 •••••• ••• •• 388 40s •• • • 33s 36s • White. .••••• ••• 398 458 M tit—Suffolk and Nor- - Boilers • •••••• ••.. 438 46s folk •• 62s GM Floar — Town-made.•• 658 70s Prown . ....•• .. 583 (Os Suffolk •• •• 52s 568 Kinzston tridWare 688 70s fitocktn & Norfolk 516 55.6 - 9 2i - 2jl 32 - 92 - ISLINGTON CATTLE MARKET. Last week's imports of foreign stock into London were moderat,i—the total supply being 3,239 head. In the corresponding week in 1854 we received 3,782; in 1853, 5,303 ; in 18.52, 3,333 ; in 1851, 5,0:53 ; in 1850, 4,410 ; in 1819, 2,979 ; and in 1848, 2,731 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From feasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Harlingen notteniam ll7 ... 230 ... 3 ... 191 ... Amsterdam...,.. 6 130 ••• 141 30 Flamburgh....., 213 280 ... Calais... Dora... Kampen . 31 55 ..• - 16 13 T0ta1.... 565 ... 1,981 88 ... 557 ... 48 The yearly comparison of wockly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1854 661 ... 2,514 202 3 ... 17 1853 619 ... 3,352 459 ... 826 47 1852 302 2,156 316 ... 644 82 1851 620 ... 3,229 41g ~. 488 296 1850 521 ... 3,178 ... 160 ... 452 ... 99 For the time of year, the show of foreign stock was bat moderato. The arrivals of boasts from our own grazing districts were tolerably good, and in full average condition. All breeds sold briskly, at an alvance in the quotations paid in Smithfield on Monday last of 4d. per 815 s. The best Scots were worth 5s per Blbs. and a good clearance was effected. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 2,300 Scots and shorthorns ; from other parts' of England 500 of various breeds, and from Scotland 500 home-bred polled Scots. The arrivals from Ireland, last week, direct by sea, were 195 beasts, 92 sheep, and 19 lambs. We were tolerably well supplied with sheep, yet the mutton trade ruled very brisk, and the quotations were quite 2d. per 81bs. higher. The best old Downs realised fully ss. 4d. por 81bs. There was a good demand for lambs, at full prices, viz., 5s 4d to Gs 8d per 81bs. • The few calves on sale moved off briskly at from 4d to Gd per 81bs above the currencies of Monday last. The top price was 55 Gd per 81bs. There was more doing in pigs, and prices had an upward tendency. The arr►ngements for the reception of the beasts, sheep, and pigs gave great satisfaction, and reflected great credit upon the City authorities; but it will, we consider, be found necessary to afford additonal shelter for the calves, which suffered rather Reverelyfrom the keen action of the west wind. Evidently a siding is required to pro tect them from the inclemency of the weather. Per Slbs to sink the otfale. s. d. s. d. ( ____. s. d. a d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 B;PrimeSouthdown 5 0 5 4 Second quality.... 3 10 4 41Large crse. calves 4 4 5 0 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 B,Primo small d 0... 5 2 5 0 Primo Scuts, &e. 410 5 Ol.earge hogs 3 4 3 8 inferior Slice') ...3 8 3 101Smatl pork ors 4 0 4 4 second quality- ...4 0 4 6 Suckliug ealves..l:3 0 30 0 Prime erse.-wiled.4 8 4 10iQuatter old pigs S 2 0 27 0 ' lamb ss 4d to 6s 81. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts . . .. . 1.719 i8ea5t5........• •••. .. • 463 Sheep . .. ..............112,(119 i Sheen .. • - • • • - . • • ... • • • • .... I ,q6O Pigs .. .... ... • • ..... 56,) I Pigs,— • A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, ou Monday, June 19, 1854, and this day, Monday, June 18, 1855. Per 81hs, to sink the (Aids. June 19, 1854. Jane 18,1855 s. d. s. d. , d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts ... 32t0363 6 to 3 8 Second quality ditto ... ... 3 8 403 10 4 4 Primo large oxen ... 4 2 4 4; 1 6 4 8 Prime Scots, d:c ... 4 t; 4 8;4 10 5 0 Coarse and inferior sheep ... 3 4 3 6,3 8 310 Second quality ditto ... ... 3 8 4 0;4 0 4 6 Primo coarse woolled ditto „. 4 2 4 4'4 8 410 Prime Southdown ditto 4 6 410 5 0 5 4 lambs ... 4 8 5 10'5 4 6 8 Large coarse calves ... 3 8 4 4'4 4 5 0 Prime small ditto 4 6 4 10'5 2 5 6 Large hogs .•, ... 30 4 213 4 3 8 Neat small porkers 4 4 4 S 4 0 4 4 Boasts_ 3,905 3,719 Sheep 30590 22,010 Calves... 505 , 216 560 SUPPLIES ON Seta, June 20, 185 3.—Pcasts, 4,161; sheep and iambi, 24,710; calves, 406; pigs, 325. June 21, 1852.—Beasts, 3,639; sheep and lambs, 29,690 calves, 385 ; pigs, 310. NEWOATE AND LEADENITALL. Our markets to-day wore but moderately supplied with each kind of meat, and the general demand ruled steady, as follows : Per Sibs by the carcase. a. d, a. d. • .3 2 3 4 .3 6 3 8 ,3 10 4 0 ,4 2 4 4 34 3 8 Roof, Interior Do., middling Do., prime largo De , do. small._ livrk, large_ ' s. d. 8. (1. Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 6 Do., middling 3 S 4 6 Do., prime 4 8 4 10 Veal 3 4 4 10 Pork, small 310 4 4 ... 55 2d to 6s 6d Lamb .. . BOROVGH HOP. Sussex hops aro in good request at fully the late ad vanee in the quotations. In oilier kinds only a limited business is doing, with a trifling show of samples. Last week's imports were 10 bales from Rotterdam, and 68 do. from Hamburg. Mid and East Kent pockets, 141 Os to 18/ 108; Weald of Kent ditto, 131 103 to 151 Os ; Sussex ditto, 12/ Os to 13/ 108.. per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Very moderate supplies of potatoes have come to hand since Monday last. To-day these markets were but scantily supplied, yet the trade ruled very inactive, as follows :—York Regents, 120 s to 1455; Rent and Essex do., 120 s to 130 s ; Scotch do., 110 s t o 1 20 s; do. reds, 100 s to 101 s; blues, 90s to 105 s; Lincolns, 100 s to 115 s per ton. WOOL, We have to report a decided improvement in the de mand for nearly all kinds of English wool, and, in some instances, the quotations have an upward tendency. In foreign and colonial qualities very little is doing, yet prices , are firm. Last week's imports were 47 bales from Buenos Ayres, GO from Hamburgh, 1,155 from Portland 8ay,'1,730 from Adelaide, 800 front Alva Bay, 2,400 from Hobart Town, 845 from Geelong, 1,580 from Launceston, 850 from Sydney, and 1,280 from the Gape. The following are the current rates of Enlish wool : Down tegs, is to is Oid ; half-bred, is to i s Odd ; ewes, clothing, lld to is Oid ; Kent fleeces, is Od to Is 10; blanket combing wool,G skins, id to lld per to ls Od lb. flannel wool, ll d to is 2d; SEI We have a slow sale for m, gDS. test seeds, at last week's eur- rency. Turnip,White,per bash. 229 to 258 Swede .. • • .... • • --s — s 'fasts NI, Brown • 12s 14s /bite, new • . • • .. 85 lOs r Bras, Winter, new:... lls 128 Old .. 93 108 Canary, per quarter .. 465 b2s Rye .frass • • • ... 24s 30s Clover, Red Eng. (cwt.) 52s 653 White ...• 658 755 Foreign Red.. • ... 4Ss 60s White.... 55s 70s Trefoil, new.........• 253 323 ggs 38s Coriander ••• • • ... .. 20s Elempseed• per quarte • . r 48 24s 3 568 Linseed, 72a 758 Crushing 6g s 71 Baltic • • .• • 61 s s 64s Odessa •• • •• • .. 62s 67 Linseed Cake, pr. ton-- s English • • • ..121 012 10s Foreign, per ton 1110 s 121 55 Rape Cakes, Pr ton 6/ 5s 6/ lOs Rapeseed, New,pr Ist 33110 n 3510 s TAL: Our market is steady, and P. Y. C., on the spot, is sell delivery 54 per cwt. ' net cash, with a small supply per Blbs. EAOW. L prices are fully supported. ling at 525, and for forward Town Tallow 50s per cwt. on offer. Rough fat, 2s 9d 1851. 1853. 1856, 24.100 1 34.4 k 46,917 478 6d to 61 s Od to 52 3 Od 478 9d --8 Od to --1 Od 1,292 1,070 1,620 3,109 2,453 3,203 1,601 737 797 3,894 951 2,405 494 34 648 94 528 04 I ~„x~p?EsC, . - Sad, and Hal. F. Lin.h.Gpc Gras. Barr. k Neil. Direct Do. New Dk. & Railway... Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. x Shares. Lou. & Glreenw Do. Preference Lon., Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per eent. Do. G per et. all Manch - . Bxtn. and Matlock all Middlosbro' Redcar ICO Midld. Bradfd. 54 Newmarket ' Bury Exten... all N.& Est.s p.c. all Do. 6 per et. all Do. Fixeds p e all Prost. & Wyre all Do. Shrs. A !(X) Roystn.&Hit. 1.8 i: She f. Roth and Gooleg. 5 p. c. all Shrews.&Her 94 S. Statfordsh. all Wear Vali eygr 6 per cent all Do 1100 I Wilts&:;'omrst PREFER 37.693 37s 6d co' 37s 9d 959 2,935 ion 4,100 3Si 01 SPORTINU- NOTES. MURAT AND STOCKBRIDGE. zed pr In the absence of Fandango, either Kingstown or Furioso will win the Ilurdbourne Plate. Voivodo has boon so much talked about, that to be worthy of the good opinion which is in certain quartets entertained of him he ought to carry off the Mottisfont Stakes. In his default either Bubble or Illuminator may be good enough to win. The Winchester Meeting has dwindled to " nothing." As I have not yet received the accf:ptances for the Hampshire Stakes I shall not now discuss the pro babilities. June 18. A FRESH MAN, LA 1V INTELLIGENCE (THIS DAY, COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Lori Chief Justice Campbell, and a special jury.) BANE V. BANE.—CURIOUS CASE. Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Prentice were for the plaintiff; Sir F. Thesiger and Mr. Hindmarsh for the defendant. This was an action of ejectment, brought for the re covery of a dwelling-house and' premises situate at a place called the Half Acre, in the town of Old Brompton. From the opening address of Mr. Sergeant Shee, it appeared that the plaintiff, a native of Skibbereen, in Cork, claimed the property in question as the nephew and next of kin of Thomas Kane, who died intestate at Brentford, on the 17th of March, 1846, and the question for the con sideration of the jury was, whether Thomas Kane was a native of Skibbereen and a son of James and Norah Kane, the grandfather and grandmother of the plaintiff. Thomas Kane was a tailor, and worked with his father until he was about the age of nineteen or twenty, when he was apprehended on a charge of theft, bat succeeded in escaping from the custody of the constable and left the neighbourhood. That occurred in 1801, and he was :rover heard of again until - 1811, when be was met It London by one of his old schoolfellows, who' visited him from time to time at Brentford until 1842. Shortly after Thomas Kane left Ireland he was found soliciting work as a tailor at Brentford, and with the last sixpence in his pocket went into the One Tan to get some refresh ment. He there met two brothers of the names of Charles and James Sims, with whom he got into con versation. James Sims became greatly interested in the "tailor on tramp," and procured employment for him in the shop of Mr. Hazlehurst, where he con enued until the retirement of Mr. Hazle'hurst from business, when Kane and an apprentice succeeded to it. In 1817 Thomas Kane married Elizabeth Child, with whom he got some money. Ile had always been known at Brentford es the "Skibbereen boy," but as he be. cams prosperous, had married an English woman, and was settled in business, he became anxious and endeavoured tq keep it close that lie was the, "Skibbereen boy" who arrived at Brentford a "tailor on tramp." As he prospered he advanced money on mortgage and discounted bills at a good interest, and during that time he frequently visited the Isle of Wi g ht; where he became acquainted with a person named Chas. Kane, a native of Gosport, and probably of Irish origin, who, like himself, appeared to have no relations in Eng land of whom he cared anything about or was cared for by them, and who afterwards became a lunatic and died in 1837, but who visited him at Brentford as his brother. Thomas Kane, as executor, proved the will and took out letters of administration to the estate of Charles Kane, which amounted to about 6001., and - it was the wife of Charles Kane who now had possession of the premises in question. On the 17th March, 1846, Thomas Kane died, leaving a testamentary paper unsigned, bequeath ing legacies to fifteen persons and thirteen charitable institutions, but made no mention on the paper of any relative. He named in that paper Mr. Lutwicke Allen as his executor, who, with the Inspector of Police at Brentford, took possession of the property, 'and held it for twelve months, when no one appearing to claim it as the next of kin, they applied to Mr.Maule, of the Treasury, who cook out letters of administration as the nominee of the Crown, and directed Mr. Allen to ge to Ireland and endeavour to find out if there were any relatives of Thomas Kane living there. Mr. Allen went to the town of Skibbereen, but not in the neighbourhood, and was unsuccessful in his mission, the Kenos in question residing a mile and a half from that place and between it and Castle-green. The facts coming to the knowledge of some attornies at Skibbereen, who knew a number of Banes resided in the neighbourhood, they prosecuted their inquiries and had discovered, the learned serjea.nt said, beyond doubt that the plaintiff was the nephew and next of kin of the above-named Thomas Kane. This case is rather an i n t r i ca t e one, and will p ro b a bl y occupy the attention of the Court the whole of the da, COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Baron Martin and a Common Jury.) SOAPER V. TURNER. This case, which was ,partly heard on a previous oc casion was resumed this morning. The action involved was one for the recovery of damages for false imprison ment. Mr. James, Q.C., a zt d M r. P ollock were for the plain tiff, and MrSergeant Shee and Mr. Lush for the de fendant. The facts were simply, th a t t h e premises of the de fendant having been broken into and robbed in January last, the defendant in consequence of something which was communicated to him by a third person had reason to suspect the plaintiff, who had been in his employ, of baring been concerned in the depredation. He accord ingly had been apprehended, but on being taken before the magistrate he was discharged from custody. This was the ground of the present claire. It was also shown on the part of the defendant that a transaction on a former occasion, b e t ween hi m and the p l a i nt i f f , and in consequence of which the latter was discharged from his service, bo re any thi ng b ut a straightforward and upright complexion. Mr. Lush having summed up the evidence for the defence, Mr. James addressed the Jury upon the other side. The learned Jzzdge, in directing the Jury in their ver dict, put it to them to say whether they believed that what was told to the defendant by the person in ques tion, and in consequence of which the plaintiff was ap prehended, was true ; and observed that if so it would be his duty to direct a verdict for the defendant ; but he also put it to them to say whether they did or did not consider the defendant justified in acting as he did, his suspicions having been reasonably aroused by what was truly or falsely communicated to him. The jury were allowed to retire for deliberation, and had not returned their verdict up to the time our report was despatched. this. ting incident worth remembrance •igs of the past week. The gatherir.r, liampton presented its characteristic "feature%', whilst the fleeting at Newton attained a :.uccess wLich will doubtless stimulate its promoters to increased acti vity to strengthen its list of attractions. Poor Tiny Wells met with a somewhat severe alcident at Hampton on Thursday, but I have much satisfaction in stating that he is rapidly recovering from the effect of his hurts. r 0 dwell upon past events, however, would be useless ; I shall therefore direct attention to the future. The gentlemen of the Bibury Club will inaugurate the. sport in Hampshire on Wednesday. Their programme is not, however, very attractive, but it comprises events sufficiently interesting to furnish a satisfactory supply of sport. Rodo-Meli and Veteran look on paper the most probably formidable competitors for the Bibury Stakes. Twelve nominations are appended to the Champagne Stakes, for which I shall select Brother to Orinoco. Little is known relative to the five asimals entered for the 50 Sons. Sweepstakes, New Mile. Perhaps Wantage, who has 51bs. allowance, will prove the best of a bad lot. Four other events are set for decision, but the en tries will not be made for them until tomorrow night. The Days and the Danebury Stable are unquestion ably the mainstay and support of the Stockbridge Meet ing, which has of late years attained a popularity scarcely surpassed by the most pretentious gathering in the king dom. The list of sport originally comprised nine items, but the match between Saucebox and Contention being off, the number of events is reduced to eight. Among the horses engaged are the principal turf celebrities of the day, and the racing is therefore likely to be 'narked by incidents of more than temporaryimportance. Among the nominations for the Triennial Stakes, for four-year olds, are Scythian, Andover, Autocrat, Champagne, Marsyas, Wilsford, and Iran. Of these, however, per haps Andover, who has a penalty of 71b, Autocrat, Champagne, Marsyas, and Ivan will not go to the post. Scythian, with his 31b. allowance, can scarcely fail of again carrying the black jacket and orange cap in triumph. When the muster roll is called for the Tri ennial Stakes, for three-year•olds, Paros, Coresbus, Claret, Lard Alfred, Miss Fanshawe, Exmouth, and Corhampton may show. Scott's lot will not, I believe, have a representative. The first and second places may he filled by Lord Alfred and Pares. Neither Fly-by-Night nor Fszzaletto will, it is said, put in an appearance for the Two-Years-Old Triennial. Result, another candidate for next year's Derby, is also among the nominations, but some doubts exist whether he will be among the competitors. I, therefore, see no more worthy, champion than Rogerthorpe. The Stewards' Plate will occasion a most interesting encounter. The most prominent competitors will be Oulston, Kingstown, and Rataplan, and they will, I anticipate, pass the chair in the order in which I have set down their names. But, it was not passed without strenuous opposition and emphatic protests, nor the influence (no doubt) of golden gifts, where fear orfanaticism did not render such unnecessary. It comes not to us, then, covered with that antiquarian dust which the Conservative so dearly loves. It has not the mildew of the centuries upon it, but the curse of cor ruption is on its front, and the deep brand of infamy in its conception and design. It was intended to prevent too frequent interviews between the elected and- his constituents ; to render th e seat not too costly even for plutocratic bribers to buy, lest the national purse itself should be insufficient to recoup them, and places fall short of satisfaction for so enormous a drain. But is it for the people of England to cherish such objects ? Events of late have tended much to bring re presentative government itself into contempt, if no im provement in its administration can be effected, and enemies are fond of whispering that it is on its trial. A Ministry convicted of incompetence and miscon duct—a Premier wafted to power by the breath of popu lar and Parliamentary opinion, seizes the reins of office, turns his back upon his makers, refuses information con temptuously, and stands at bay. Here we have, then, a defiant Minister; a House of Commons majority, cowed by a threat of dissolution, keeping him in place ; and a confessedly almost unanimous people without power legally to coerce their own representatives (mark, re presentatives) ! or compel what they wish for three years to come (if the Minister wills it), when it may be too late to operate upon the question of peace or war, settled, it may be ignominiously, in spite of them, long before ! Is not this a pretty dead-lock for a model con stitution '1 But without declamation or hard words, seriously as men of business, and of ordinary prudence, is it wise or expedient to create an indissoluble contract for so long a period ? Would a Joint Stock Company choose its manager, a manufacterer his foreman, or a merchant his clerks and agents for 7 years, without power to dis miss them meanwhile, for incompetence or dishonesty ?t Yet this the people of England do collectively, —nay, worse, infinitely worse !—(to use the form) they elect a board of directors for seven years, who themselves choose a chairman, and he has the power (which the people who choose them have not) to put an end to their functions whenever he pleases ! Who cannot see that they have a more immediate interest in pleasing their chairman than their constituents ? Far, far better would it be if the Septennial Act is to continue that its operation should be as independent of the will of the Minister as it is of the people. Then should we escape the injury of coerced legisla tion, against the wish and judgment of the instruments who effect it. Then should we be sparkicl the bad laws •f the early sessions, and the anarchy of increasing con tumacy and rebel'iou as the Parliament verges towards its inevitable termination. In every way, as I conceive, so long is term is inexpe dient. Who caa provide by anticipation for a period of seven years? At tie opening of the present Parliataent the great issue was the continuance of free trade. Well, /4 month settled that;—the people had given their instructions, and the act wits duly accomplished. What then ? A month's mission and a six years carte bromche? Could nothing of importance arise dumanding in turn similar authority ? Why the greatest event of the half century hap burst upon us like a torno la, and no man dreamt of instructing his represeatativa how to act in such an emergency ! A great European war and Asiatic war, is that of no moment ? Death, famine, revolution, the overthrow of empires is in the blast of its appalling tranapets. Honour or disgrace, safety or destruction, hope• or despair, for a third of the human race is in its conduct. and conclusion ; and Britain (with all her clependen , 2iest in both hemi spheres) has no power over it but in the, airy threats of public meetings, and the mutterings of a tardy retribu tion. Vox et prceterecs nail. As my object is to sug gest, not to exhaust the subject, I beg to subscribe my self—Your obedient servant, 3, Church- cour t, T emp l e, 16th Jun S i,. e, 1855. CARTER. * The Triennial Act was passed in 1634 4 the Septennial Act in 1716-7. • Consider the lion. F. Villiers' case In illustration of CITY OF LONDON THEATRE. The locality of Eishopsgate is in a blaze of excitement at the eng,agenient of the renowned Charles Mathews. At first they appeared incredulous of their own good fortune in having such a genius amongst them. The high character of the management prevented the shrug of doubt. Charles Mathews, the only man upon the stage that suggests a memory or Eiliston, and by many degrees the most accomplisb.el comedian •of the day, is now engaged for one month at this elegant eastern theatre, and is supported as he was wont to be at the Lyceum by an ez cellent company and costly appointments, that denote a care and expen diture on the part of the proprietors which should war rant a large share of patronage from the public to repay them fur the very liberal manner in. which they have catered for their amusement. The host of the Lyceum comedies are here not vamped up for the occasion, but represented in a way worthy of the theatre that stands in the centre of the first city in the world. Mr. Charles Mathews has found crowds of admirers, who nightly applaud him to tho echo. Every part in which this distinguished comedian appears is a creation of his own ; and if the dwellers in the city now miss the opportunity so liberally afforded them, they will not only have to mourn their own loss of the highest kind of theatrical enjoyment, but they will reflect a die credit on their locality by inducing a supposition that they prefer the bombast of extravagance to the refine ment of genuine comedy. Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee have had the good taste to retain the prices as here tofore, thus placing it within the means of all classes to witness the admirable persenations of the greatest living actor. RARE OCCURRENCE.—A poor woman residing at 11", Ellen-street, Newtown, Card i ff, was sa f e l y delivered on the 22d of May last (before the arrival of the medical man) of four fine children, all girls, who, with the mo ther, are doing well and likely to live. Her husband, Barney Sanders, has worked for Messrs. Hemming-way, contractors for the new Bute Docks, for a considerable time, at fifteen shillings per week, and bears an exeellent character. FATAL ACCIDENT TO MR. GEORGE CCRZON.—We regret to state that Mr. George Curzon, heir presump tive to the Barony of Scarsdale, and cousin of the Earl Howe, met with an accident in Hyde-park, on Satur day, which has terminated fatally. The unfortunate gentleman was riding in Hyde-park on Saturday even ing just before 6 o'clock, and when midway between Apsley House and Stanhope-gate, ire endeavouring to pass by two carriages, his horse became restive, and threw him on the edge of the footway. Mr. Curzon fell on his head, which it is believed, from the very serious injuries he received, must have come in contact with the kerb -stone. Ho was immediately conveyed to St. George's Hospital; and Mr. Holmes, the house surgeon, on perceiving the extent of the injuries sustained, called in the aid of Mr. C. Hawkins. On that gentleman see ing the patient he immediately pronounced the case a hopeless one. A telegraphic message was then for warded to Derbyshire, apprising Mrs. A. Curzon, mother of the deceased, of the accident, and she arrived in Lon don early yesterday morning, and reached the hospital about an hour and a half before the dissolution of her son, and, with the Countess Howe, was present at his death, which took place a quarter past seven a.m. The the Howe had been by the bedside of his cousin e the greater part of the night. The deceased daring Nathaniel Curzon was eldest son of the late Hon. and Rev. Alfred Curzon, brother of Lord Sc arsdale,ar i e l d was born sth October, 1826. His remains have been ro• moved to his lodgings in South A uc il ey• titreet. h.Nrch'i. Oaldoiulait. Wes-,1 ‘lr. New. Sr, Boni'. Y.RzNbi 'Do., ...... 13. East D 0....... 'Foto & Ca 147 orfcik Do L.& N. W & Midi& Stokton Ar Darling.t. En. Coun. NI. Count. D 0... ...... 1 L. &NA' &Lndzfl Do I Got Northr, la nem' h Yorksh. T. Brassey MOlean ltWesto NCE SHARES. 1100 Aberdeen 100 Do. No. 2,7 p. c all Myth and Tyne 10 pm c. prof. (issd.atsol) 100 Eris. & Ex. 4p.c. St 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 100 .:'.laledonian £lO all 'Mester & Holyhea' Guar. 5i per cent all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 , all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 all Cork drl3andons3l,. , all Dun.Prtlf.& Al•er. J 2 Anglian Clp. ASh 100 Do. do. Cis. B 6 p. e 100 Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c all Eastern Countiem Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. I all Do. No. all Do. New 6 r. a. St all East Un., G. 6p. c all Do. 51., 10 nor cent, all Do. 16Z. Delsentr.Sh. all Do. do. 4 per cent... 100 Engl. Lanes.sh. 6p. eta. all E. &W. York. J. stlp 100 Pll. Prth.S&Dull.4p.e. all Farne , s . 1(I 31as. &S.W. G. 5 P.c. 100 great Northn. sp. C. 100 .10. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. 104) no. 4I p. N. Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red at 5 p. c. pm - 1 1 - 3 : 1 - 14 • •• ... --~ ~ 6 : a ••• ''... ...X, 137 - 119 110 - 112 103 165 1 all at.N. of Scot. 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PiN.f. 4 p. c 100 Ditto Leic.sicr any' Hite en Prd. St all Norfolk Detariture WO Do. Pref. 4p. c. Stoe 100 bo. 5 p. c. Est 100 po. 5 per ct. prof._ 100 'Do.Wavyal. 5 p c 00 North British :00 IN. E. nervy, 4 p.c P 5 , Do. do. do 13 Do Leeds 6 p.o '..N0.1 9 Da. do. Quarters 4 , - 10 Do. ir.rk N. Sz 4. Pil l -, all North Staffordshire.. 10) /Oxford, Worcester, Vlnlverh..£ls, 6p r 7 Do R. Pre. 101. Sh. all Scot. Cent., New Pre en South Devon 11 De, fixed,4i per cent all S. Eastern (Readiot Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. LOO Do. 41 per cant all S Walei Gua. 4p. c all Do. do. 41 p. c.... all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guax. all Stock. & Dar., sp. c. 15 iDo. do. do all Stock. & Dare. g. F p. c. till July 1, '5/ 4 ;W Aci Id. & Kilk. 6pc 133 - 13, 5 - iP `.49 - 141.. 96 - 98 - 41 - 101 - 103 03 - 95 31 - 4 '~ -- ~CI 06 - 108 [3l -143 id -- par 23 - 23 99 - 101 • ... ••• 1g A. -,- op 21 —24 d MINES. _ 1 all Ague Fria • ... -.... 0 ••• i 1 all Anglo Ausirin. Gold ... ... ... lea. all Anglo Californian 4 20 6 anstrelian 0 1 i 1 all Aas tn.' ian Cordillera ... - ... 1 all Ave Maria .• 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 4 - ii 50 all Bloanarvon. Iron and Coal ..,.. 20 14 British Iron 5 6 35 26 Brazilianlmp.(issuea at Lo pm.) 30 all Do. Coce.es & Culab• 24 34 20 15. Do, St. John Delße3 29 —31 tad 294 84 1 1, Carson's C;•cek 4 1 . Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica....„ a p 40 all Cobra Copper 57 59 59 8 5 1 Colonial Gold 0 13 St. all Copper Min. of Eng ... „. 25 all Do. Prof. 74 p. cent ... ... ... IC Copiapo. . . 204 213 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg Oa 1 ..... 1 4 2 1 Fortuna • it 01 3 20 all General l5 —l7 1 all gt.Nuggetlreinlteg $ $ 41 all Groat Polgooth. l} 2A 1 all Liberty.. ........ ••• i - 1 3 all Linares. - 7t ... 2 DD. B • 2 2 5 1 Lusitanian i '01) 1 all Mariquita ' S ' 1 all New Granada 4 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co ... ... I. all Nouveau Monde ... ... 23 all Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 16 17 5 1 Port Philip 4 - 1 all Quartz Rock 4 1 50 all Rhyranoy Iron l9 21 15 all Do. New 5 6 30 12i Santiago de Cuba 6 GI 1 all South Australian-- ... ... 10 74 Tin Croft ••• - - ••• 284 all United Mexican 44 4'.1 4 1 all Waller — 1 all West Mariposa A i J. 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia 1 all Yuba MISCELLANEOUS. 25 I /7i Australian Agric-alt. 33 34 10 all Aush•aln. Royal Mail .. ... 4 2 4 10 7 Berlin Water Works 24 d 4 50 40 Brit. American Land 57 GO 59 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co ... „. 109 324 Canada 119 121 120 St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. ct Jan. and July 1144 --1154 5 all Crystal Palace 34 3 34 3 5 4 Do. Preference g IP 54 4 4 all Crystal Pal. of France ... ... 1 g Duston Iron Oro ... ... 2084 E leeie Easternt•i Steamlraph— . 1 . 7 . 25 23 lB 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. ... ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ... ... 20 all general Screw Steam ~ ... 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar ~. ... 20 10 Megdalona St. Navig ... - ... 10 all Meditoran. Elec. Tel. ... ... , 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn. 64 7 61 10 24 Do. Now ••• ••• 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... ... 10 5 Netherlands Land 2 2.} 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter Steam Navigat. Co •••• ... 1 all N. B. Australasian... i 1 W 15 . NrtltofEuropeStaaan .. ... 1 all Oriental G as l4 l 5 ' all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl 2l 3 tl ;0 all Peninsular& Oriental ... g a p 2 10 Do. Now 2 all Portland Iron Co II4 2 10 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest li 2 1 4 Ditto New 5 all South A.ustral•Land s i - 39 1 all Submar. Tel. Serip i 1 1 all Do. Registered., i 5 Trust &L. Co.U. Can. ... .... .. 10 28b VAu Diewele6 Land...., 131 iii ) _ -.-. ••• -- 97 -095 - 101 "" ... .."'"" ••• - ... 50 60 50 25 78; 60 9 21 102 1031 27i 3 74,3 5 10 20 5 10 die il7 20 10 SA 25 to 131 % I 25 I 9,1 1 • 1 141 4k 169 20 in i i 35 105 i 40 5 St. 25 1013 45A 15 1 10 28 1 9 3 1 1 1 P I 1 Do.. 3 • - 5 3 ,, - 334 I 32 9 Steck this day Price of Y. C Delivery last week .. Ditto from June I .... Arrivals last week.. Ditto from Junel.... Frio of TO= ...... 40,807 38s 9d Ito —s Od 1,627 3,524 2,904 3,703 39s 6d PRUSSIAN NEUTRALITY. TO THE EDITOR. OF TUB SUN. Sin,—Are you or any of your readers aware of the open manner in which the Prussian Government, (vl:flit Russian agents to recruit fvr the army of the Czar, although every Possible diflicifty is thrown in the way of Prussians enlisting- for the British Foreign Legion ? Such is Prussi neutrality.—your obedient servant, London, 15th June. ANTI-GERMAN. WRY IS THE PRICE OF PIG-IRON ADVANCING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SRL SlR,—Can you account in any way for the present extraordinary rise in the price of pig-iron, seeing the demand in the home and colonial markets at the present time in not particularly great ? It has been currently rumoured in this city that large quantities of pig-iron are now being shipped from Britain to Prussia and several of the German ports. Provided such is the case, the public in these times ought at least to be aware of it, and also to know whether or not it finds its way into Russia. If report be true it does find its way there, to be again returned to us in a manufactured condition via Sebastopol and Cronstadt Probably some of the patriotic iron manufacturers and brokers of the country may be able to throw some light on the subject. I am, Sir, your most obed. servant, Glasgow, June 15, 1855. S. M. ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM, No. 2. THE SEPTENNIAL ACT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. my first letter I suggested the propriety of commencing at the root, and that to get efficient ad ministrative reform you must begin with the House of Commons. How can it be expected that the appoint ments will be pure if the appointers are themselves corrupt? I prefer to consider several organic changes as a whole—au entirety, mutually promoting, and necessary to each other. But of many single changes there is no one more important than the repeal of the Septennial Act. I love, said Dean Swift (no leveling revolutionist at least, but a Tory of the old sort)----"I love the good old Gothic form of an annual Parliament." And why ? Because in his day it bad been the constitution and the law.* The Bill of Rights bad soleinnly laid it down that "parliaments ought to be held frequently," and it was only after the Act of Settlement, and the final exclusion of the Stuarts from the kingdom, that the Septennial Acts was found useful to complete the cordon of corrup tion that surrounded the throne, and finally deluged the State. Moder LITERATURE. George Croly. burn. nlng A Poem. P'auey a Merry -Az —l-- ;nrz, 101 l Squea,r Henry CO: Second edition Oriel asquerade-a rj LLOYD'S SHIPPING-',THIS DAY.) LONDON, June 18.—Wind this day at noon, N.W.; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather. MARGATE, June 17.—A French brig got on shore on the Sand this afternoon, and sunk; crew picked up by the Prince of Wales (s.), and taken to London. PORTSMOUTH, June 1 7.—Wind, N.N.W. H.M.S.rrived—. .MS D evasta ti on, and left for Woolwich; insula Pen, (s.m. 172), C onstantinople, and left for London ; City of Aberde en (s. 202), do. ; Victory (s.s. 10 Sailed—N i l e, f or M adras and Calcutta. 3), Constantino ple. FALMOUTH, June 1 7.—Wind, N. W. Arrived —Free land, from Bahia ; Allison, Akyab ; Maria, Pernambuco; Thomas and - William, from Liverpool, for St. Thomas, to stop a leak. PLYMOUTH, June 17.—Wind, N.N.W. Childers, for the Cnast of DOVER, June 1 7.—Wiud, N.W. Sailed—Howard, for New York. HARTLEPOOL, June IG.—Sailed —Stall Schiedam, for Havannah. SUNDERLAND, Juno 1 6.—Wind, E.S.E. Sailed—ln dustry, for Hong Kong. HULL, June 1 7.—Wind, W. Arrived—Venerable, from Greenland. KINGSTOWN, June 16.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Wa. pella, from St. John's, T.T.B. DUBLIN, June 16.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Cascade, from Porto Ilico. BELFAST, June 16.—Wind, N. Sailed—Mischief, for Barbadoes. (Br SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, bionday, 10.12 a.m. Wind, ; tide, near low water ; weather, cloudy and moderate. Arrived, June 17—St. Laurence, from Callao ; Johanna, Aalbecktnuller ; Emma, Malmo. Arrived, June 1 8—Ann, from Shanghai; Scotia, from Encrelholm. DEAL, Monday, 9.44 a. m . Wind, . W.N.W. light and fine. Passed, 17th— li g ht Eglinton (s.s., 165 t ranspor t), f or the Crimea; Slatur Rebow, for Palermo ; Chanticleer, for Newfoundland—all from London; Penins u l ar (172 tran sport), from the Crimea; H. Tanner, from Callao; Pro peller, from Balakl ava ; Chaim (barque), from Gl asgow; H. *area, from Matanzas—all for London ; Caribbean (made No. 710 third pendant), from Sunderland, for Bombay. Sailed—Fifoshire, Rockliffe, and G illivare, for river. THE CALEDONIAN BALL. —On Friday evening, the annual grand bal costume, in aid of the funds of the Royal Caledonian Asylum and Royal Scottish _Hospital, p avneyr y quadrille w eel re. e took place, with grea t c'clat, at Willi s ' s Rooms, Ring. street, S. James's. Th e d resses were of more than usual magnificence, comp r i s i ng every i maginable variety 'aec of my a of national costume. Tae dr esses o f t h e ladies and get.- g( t E l a e nn a t tg e l d n a ens d f c o r a r i pn m dt i n o i n, r. a n Lad ce ) m y , oi n A n gp g a n tr e ht s i e general were u D l a u r f fs fn , we Prince Edward of Saxo Weimar, the Due d'Os _ suna, the Duke and Duches s o f Ath o l' , the Duke of B uccleuch, the Duchess of Wellingto n , th e D uchess of Richmond, the Duke of Buckingham, and man bility. y more of th e no. I WHAT'S IN THE WIND Now ? The Tuesday last gives the followincr Kreuz Zeitung of list of fashionable arri• vale at Berlin, and all at diffe% litzin, at the British Hotel ; h.srn.t hotels :—Prince Ga• nitscheff, President of the I'Highness Prince Tscher- Aide-de-calnp of the E 1 Imperial Council of State, Cavalry, at, the Rotel do i ) e 1 "or, and General of Russian o Petersburg; Butterlin, Lieut.- General in the Russiam service, at the Hotel du Nerd; Colonel Von Bul- 0 • wiczki, at the Victoria Hotel ; Von Heckart, Chancellor of the Prussian :Embassy at St. Peter-' huurg (with des l - 's Hotel; and pa.ches) at Schlosser . Baroness Vod ' • Stieglitz, wifs of a Russian councillor of state, at the Hotel de Russia; all direct from St. s t a t e, COLT K v rw e' 8 -- ARTRIDGE.—CoIoneI Colt, whose re• volving pistol now forms a part of the necessary outfit of every officer of the army and navy, has recently in vented a new cartridge, which, with the lever ramrod, id calculated to render this weapon as perfect as any inven. Con. can well be. The cartridge is said to be waterproof. to go off clean, and to be so adapted as to admit of rapid loading. Amongst the many important testimonials re cently added to the value of this revolver is one from Colonel J. A. Chalmer, R.A., who, after submitting it to a to-t of 400 rounds, at ranges varying from 60 to 100 yards, speaks of it as a "good, eff ec t ive, substantial, and serviceable arm." Lieutenant-Colonel A. Gordon and Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, l't NT ----, ~ in their evi dence before the select committee on small arms, also speak in the highest Praise of the efficiency if the weapon. —Unfree/ /Service Occetre. Br the Rey-. preerous tongue tnrough an o r ifi ce i n his mask,pos lee t ring through two gv s e rn a l a i l on le ug rs expression e o o n m e s p a o l n it d t ol ofef h aw i g hs 1 qi c e uh r i n u at p pa , pn w ed a i ar t s il o o e t g y o g e sl beee t — h a e f na p n i r en e y: all this, and then imagine in the very crisis or climax of the tomfoolery, in the midst of the grinning, leering, squinting, squeaking, and extra vagance—the disguise being dropped off, and the wearer 'of the motley revealing to the as tonished gaze of the beholders the person of a sedate and learned Reverendissimo. Suppose the incident we have here described, and you have conjured up a scene precisely analogous with the one just performed in Mr. Colburn's establishment. L In the revelation, we mean, of the authorship of " The Modern Orlando." That silly and outrageous example of rhsmed buffoonery proving to have emanated from the hand and brain not of a Bayes or of a Jack-pudding, but from the hand and brain of the Rev. George Croly, LL.D. Wonder ful it is to remember, moreover, that the learned doctor seems rather proud of his achievement. The expression of his visage as seen through his Pre face, is altogether somewhat smug and smirking, as he confesses to being the Delia of the equivoque, as Malaprop -like he "owns the soft impeachment." souls The author's face still piebald with th e chalk and carminehe, as the reverend cu ra t or o f t h e and hi o s f W n a o lb w r l o e o d k g , ed ap i p )r e e a f r e s saie to n recognise no thing incongruous between his latest d o i ngs acknowledged issu®d fro When " The Modern Orlando" fi rs t e e p o r e u s m s n a s n a s o n handed it in thes e ance bearing in e wh°ll of every canto and stanza the evi dence of an intolerable, and none the less becauseintoler aaffbleeotation.yam i u t e s l r y a ry w p e e r r f e o p r m r e Are-exa mination sa convinces us the more, if p • throughout to t he work r ivo only convinces ness of our original estimate 'of its absur dities. Dr. Croly seems thhaevseomunisd.- taken twaddle for vivacity, and italics for wit. His i figares of rhetoric .are initials and asterisks. His design may be most aptly expressed " as - fusion worse conf oun d e d . " His entire " con " may be most c orrec tl y designated as— j poem y gallimaufry. N o won d er our clerical lien, est as author of the "M o d ern Orlando, " finds it heart to lament over th e l oss pf Beau Brunarne in his n, as over that of a congen i a l spirit, exclaiming " Our pantomime bas lost its Pantaloon." He himself, as the clown of another pantomime, pays his tribute in a note to the shade of that Prince of Folly and Paragon of Affectation as a "genius," a man who "does more, and is m ore , th an the mil lion." It i s really something wonderful to us how a scholar like the Rev. George Croly, and as we had thought him to ba hitherto a man of taste, and one, if not fastidious in his literary predilec tions, at least skilled in the more subtle and refined arts of literature, could possibly, in his sober senses, have vamped u p " a t h ing of shreds and patches, " such as this would-be satire, upon the present gene ration. Time proves that ho would not only scrawl these seven cantos of rhythmic "Nonsense from the land of Nod," correctirr , the proof-sheets of it and giving it with au air of complacent effrontery to the world of readers and reviewers, but that long afterwards he could have the astonishing hardi hood to revise a seccnd edition of the whole, and " write hi mse lf d own " —never mind what—by de liberately placing his name, as that of the author, upon the title-page. Throughout, the work is plentifully sprinkled with dainty little scraps of Parisian phrase—canaille, badauds, rognons, salle, patisserie, toupcts, triste, chansons, et cetera, et cetera —nothing less than the fribbling chit-chat of the most incorrigible of mimetic petit-maitres. While, whatever has any pretension to be re garded as English is so egregiously and per tinaciously italicised as to degenerate into th e style peculiar t o th ose who ye been happily called the "Forcible Feebles." Pronouns, con junctions, prepositions, and interjections are sown over the pages broadcast in italics, " I felt," " / was," "I made," " there stood," " yet keeps," cant cceteris paribus innumerabiliter. And so, and so—" Carlo mio," as Dr. Croly would be regarded (judging from his preliminary excerpt from "Lettere Scelte, v. 2)—turns his pen (as he thinks) into a pencil, and his ink (as he fancies) into colours, and his paper (as he fondly imagines) into a canvass, and, taking Nature (hapless Dame !) as his sitter, daubs, as Elia would have it, such a wonderful viznomy ! With all the colours in the wrong place, and every line askew—a hag instead of a goddess —a diabolic nightmare in lieu of a bea tific and celestial day-dream. A monstrous freak such as that of scribbling a poem (!) like " The modern Orlando" requires at the hand of the critic scarcely a hint even in the way of serious reprehension. It constitutes a crime against good taste that contains l in itself its o wn punis h ment. If it does not ac tually," damn its author to everlasting fame," it would infallibly with any man otherwise less emi nent brand him with the brand of a long-enduring . ridiculousness. It dismisses our author either (at his option) to the "Limbo of the Inane" or the "Paradise of Fools" amidst explosions of derisive laughter. Leaving him—the merest travestie of a Satirist, the veriest caricature of Ariosto—with a wry face and a blank lookof bewilderment —secretly in his heart of hearts (in another sense than the one proposed) a veritable Orlando—Furioso ! ..- ~. ;,. .~~ cited ; ailed a the Pas" assea they ) gton Ancb, ority. rrl- -- . - e I , been pies, the 22 to gor The r in W il' 100 100 100 20 20 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25