The Sun. — London, England, 1855-06-01 00:00:00

MON E A lIKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoox. , The Cotton Ma r k e t at Liverpool yesterday c l°sed with complete steadiness, but less excitement. The sales were estimated at 25,000 bales (1,000 of Which were taken for export, and 5,000 on Speculation), comprising 220 Pernam and Ma ranham at 61d. to 7/d., 50 Baliia at 7d., 1,000 gYntian at 7d. to sid., 7,000 Surat at 4id. to 61(1 ., and 290 S ea I s l a nds at 11.1. to Is. Bd. p er lb. , 'he Railway Share Market closed with a buoyant aPpearance. Colonial produc e h as b ee n l e s s d ea lt i n thi s week, i a il c onsequence of there being no *actions on Toes- I V. Full prices, however, have been current for e st India sugar, and Benares is 6d. per cwt. ueirer. P ernam b uco ruled heavy. Coffee has b een fir e but quiet. Rice has maintained its value, in t very little has been done, spices have been dull, a " saltpetre has risen 3d. to 6d. per cwt., with an lill Proved demand. There has been a good inquiry for •Cocoa has undergone no change, cot ton la dearer, and tallow has been fully supported. , t Galatz, on th e 22d i nst ., over 200 merchant gePS were taking in grain. ,The Admiralty has invited tenders for a number e o vessels for the conveyance of stores, troops, &c., to various parts, including the Crimea, Cape of c 4. ° °c l Hope, New Zealand, Mauritius, Sydney, Adelaide, and Barbadoes. sum of 128,000/. was this day paid into the Tr easury of the Hon. East India Company on acco unt of the capital of the Scinde Railway, in ant icipation o f th e call falling due two months ater the company obtain their act. Interest at th e ' rate of 5 per cent. per annum will accrue from and after this day on the above sum. The n ew bill f or li m i te d li a bilit y f or companies is ce nsidered very defective in regard to compelling the a: c apital to be raised in shares of large amount, it is hoped there will be an alteration made. Sh ares of sm a ll amoun t a ff or d qu it e as goo d l gua rantee with a giv e n percentage paid up as those Of ._, larger denomination, and 1/. shares suit the middle classes better than those of 201. or 1001. The ; English Stocks have been rather weaker tigai 1., - 1 and the reaction is attributable to the ar jngernent of the. account. The transfer books ii , s _ cise this day, and the Bank of England will lend Wstock at 31 per cent. until the re-opening, wi l n k g the customary difference as compared th' the charge for discount. The news from e Crime a is again encouraging this morn- W it and the proceedings in the Sea of Azoff, 4 " the progress of our fleet in the Baltic, , "end to inspire confidence. Consols have been 9 ;1 to and since 91i and 92f for transfer, and pe 2 1. 9 being now 924- it" for account. The New 3 p . : d ee nts. have been quoted 91i to 92, and the ,``,.. n eed 91 to I. Bank Stock is dull at. 2082. Ivo ' India Stock is at 235. Exchequer Bills are d oti rth 16 s. to 19s. premium. Nothing has been e in the Omnium, as there are not willing T he at a r e d uc ti on . 13: Foreign Stock market has been very quiet, 4 Turkish keep up tolerably well, being 82i toi, b cl , ll °Nr 82 i to Y. Spanish Threes have been m-rxe c i 00# to and the Committee's Certificate II: 4 1. Mexican Bonds are firm at 221, and • -ile s Ayres at 581. Sardinian, ex dividend, ol wing Il T n h ig e B f 6,10 are the nominal prices of foreign - ' ke : - -Grenada Deferred Bonds, 62 to 7k; Mexi can'iier 0 22 :i to 2g ; Peruvian, 68 to 70 ; d i t to Three 43 t ents g ~ 48 to 50 ; Portuguese Four p er Cents., clit t ,, -° 45 ; Russian Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ; Pour-and-a-Half per Cents. , 89 to 91 ; - rinish New Deferred, 181 to 184 ; Ditto 3 per 37 to 38i ; Ditto Certificates, 4 to 4f ; at e , Passive, 31 to 41. a h ', l h e Railway Market is rather buoyant again, a good opinion is entertained of principal Isi 8 • The transactions are mostly in Caledonian, Sh o; t,, L .-Western, Midland, and Brighton. Foreign 2i ,7 8 have been in request, ,Scinde having touched Thnnaium, and Bombay and Baroda 3 premium. p a c ci k4reat Luxembourg are now quoted with 131. T 1 . 1111 ). ta ll i z ' Mining Share Market has been dull, and in 'lltA i 4 ,„, o t much is doing. The Australian Agri- Land is rather lower. IrtaTDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0- 1 . Ra lik (From the Oflcial Lir,. , Bu.inesm don , ( ! t Oelt oer' • D.."' • •• • • 208 1 hew eo lit * '...ctuced Annuities....... - 1 914 A 21 3 pe r Cent. Annuities 11 kr k Annuities e 'Ll o t teat p li o bn k iti es Expire sth Jan., ISM) . 34 235 1 , 31 0 r Account, 10th July 92i e liequer Bille, 245. kluo o •• • • 16 19 -1 4 , 111 , 16 19 Pa t )3i tt 0 Advertised 5 ° R OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO.IK. gtibiti.` Bonds, 5 per Cent 1 ehosmall Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent X B 2 1 !'e r ,,,,.'","" 3 per Cent. tatrd i u „, 44 3 per Cent. • 49 4 t4 tl ,l ‘ an Bonds, 5 per lik h ; a 3 ",, Bo n ds, 3 pe r Cent iQrk is C ommittee Cert. of Coup. nst fun 4l b i . B(Huis 6 cr cent tto for the i Ac p count . 82 i Dividends on the above payable in Lon :on [IA LP-Pd ST T Wo. Consols 921 Ditto Account, 10th July 92k 8 - 11 SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) 0-401 th, June I.—Wind and weather this day .t noon, a ' ll 9 ; light breeze, and dull cloudy weather.._ _ ar. tarC T ,EaPoRD, May 30.—Wind E.N.E. Arrived M 44,,"r01n Porto Rico. Arrived.—Mar v i,PNSTowN May 30.—Wind East. Sailed.—Grace, ew York. 14. k , TZt " e l) t May 30.—A. schooner, of "bout 14 . 0 tons, was do wn ° strik e on the Rundle Stone, this morning, and go k, stern foremost •, crew drowned.. b .* 41 4 - ,1 - , (3 uTH May 31.—Wind, N.E., fresh. Arrived.— `ttleeli, from Akyab for Antwerp; Progress, from Sop; Jane and Mary, from Santander. 414 tt lIBE4, May 31.—Wind N.B. Sailed.—William 4,, - ' 4114 , for Coquimbo Irotil—ltnOßOUGH, June I.—The Shepherdess, of .Whitby, l ' e lla: °t henbrir O o• to London, came on shore at Filey, yes deck -load landed. tko nc i" " 0 0L, M a y 31.—Th e sc h ooner Valusia, of Belfast, *as ed, yesterday on the reef near Taylor's Banks, and off and beached to prevent her sinking. NIl th-Arritrs, March 27.—A hurricane was experienced m t o V . h, Bth, and 9.h inst., in about 39. S. 43. E., from (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) , PORTSMOUTH, Friday Morning. - 414 5, „ff, el- --The steam transports Bacchante and Austra ""u military invalids from the East. Wier LrvEßrobL, Friday Morning. C4lc4ttad.—Adriatic, for Boston; Juan Fernandes, for Ncri nd krriv E asterly. QUEENSTOWN, May 30 . F isil et t l Zridget, from Taffi. 'arY Hamilton,for Havre. f it 1 W A TERFORD, May 30. Ai t s4ilrre" ~d —a rgaret, from Porto Rice. It M air, for Charleston. (ST SPH.) S UBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGR Ilir' GRAVESEND, Friday 10.20 a.m. , Ind , ~.._ 'AIM,' r. "'• ; tide, one and a half hour's flood; fino. ait e'L- -31 st.—Clara, from Dantsic. ed..._ lB t. — Heather Bell, for Hobart Town. . I'Vi"' W DEAL, Friday, 9.41 a.m. O h ' (_3rem , -rk4,,a e.(1.--11.e'lemnoa d f ra e La os for Ilamburo• • • Eliza, from ) o Allct for London. g ' . , - Iva ; T ref: l.—Earl of Durham from London, for Bala- Sailed • e• Schot e l, from Amsterdam, for Batavia. 'iver; ,\ eeall Queen, '--Sarah L. Bryallnt; Albion and Baretto, for Hu. ...--:-.-_-- f„ OR- tno 't the LE CTION.—The :mayor has appointed Saturday at it,mination of candidates anxious to secure the NateB,gued Mr. phitin Q.C. The friends of Mr. -'ht'et`t?,(,enservative), as ' well as the supporters of er e i 8 kLiberal), are very sangu ne of srecess, and Sa nh ev erY probability that the contest will be a very 1 4 0 ta l e• At the last election the numbers were : `4.90-4.,,5e0be1l (Liberal), 1,332 ; Mr. Phinn (Liberal), T tt ; Whateley (Conservative), 1,253. 0 21 , in h or CHLOROFORM IN THE ARMY.—Mr. obi.n -r t a ; e Fitstory and Introduction of Anmsthet . ics 'botrn,i.°Pe. observes, although the results attending the N' t ., ai lietio n anmsthetic agents have met with . the uni t, - PProbation of the most scientific and enlightened a„nd Surgical practitioners in Europe, and is now 11 ,,,a1;f a i l L Y e ernpl . oy e .di n our h . ospitals , the Director-Ge- Prep e , .‘,l medical staff, now in the Crimea, has thought h o P e rhtn' In ° PPosition to the most learned and experienced ilt,(l,ollyeecid:orisdiienrsEurope, to recommend its not being tn. 'kt e 'e surgical operations on our brave and u . nfor Ri qat th at new battlin in the Crimea. It is to be some humane ' and spirited member of the Le thie'llrn; will bring the subject before Parliament, by bp h eanB the public and the profession will ascrt h aT , -°Be authorit besides his own) Dr. Hall P 1; a , : a d en t_he . n a e of chloroform from the poor soldier's Z*J ; ;4 ARE MARKETS (THIS DAY.) RAIL . WAYS. ttAILT"...k/s. .• Nottng. Bop And Eastn. Ballymenu. Binning. Wolverh. -;tour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh Cheshire Junct 110. Chest'. dr Birk., Z5O and £25 Coup. Do., £211.. I Blyth ArTynlorigina £25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exeter Cialedonian. ......... Carmarthen and Car digan tJhester iFlolyliea 1, , 'lork and Bandon 'fork, Black, & Pas , Cornwall Crieff I)ublin&BelfastJune Dundee Perth&Ab , ieen Junction Do. Now Rant Anglian Eastern Counties "astern iYnion, A Stock ..... Dc., B, Stook... Do., New A..... East Lancashire Edinburgh dc Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth & Dundee ~o rth & Clyde Jun, Furness Do. Extension....... Glasgow St S. Wester great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. Great Western Do. Stour Val Rail, Gus. Stk frisb South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle, Do., Thirds Do. Now Thirds__ &Awash. and York Do., Wst. Riding Un Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwa l Lond. Bright & S. Cl.,t Lund. and N. West'. Do. Fifths Do.lo/.Sh.,M&B ~C I Do. Eighths London andS. Wostn Do., £5O Do., £4O. Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef. k Limb) Do. I Shares, No. 1 Man. & Lin. Un Midland I 10. Birmng. & Deft) %did. G. West. ) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Nwpt.Aborg. &Hrfd Newry & Enniskillet Newry Warrenpoini and Rostrovor.. Norfolk Northn.Counties Un North British.... North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 1 )o., A Deferred Do., A B Guaranteed N. Eaitern—Berwiel , Do. do. Extension .. G.N.E. Pure}, Do. Leeds Do. York North London Do. New £lO N. &S. Wstrn.,Harni '- stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western N. & S. Westrn.Jun , Nuneaton, Hinckle , and Leicester........ bOxford, Worcester,k Wolverhampton .... Portsmouth ISe' ottish Central ticottish Midland Ahropehire Union .. south Devon South Eastern Routh Wales 3. Yrksh. di Riv. Dim Do Staines, Wok. &Wok Stockton t Dar Sty3kten & Hr.rtlepl Taff Vale 'l' Do. £lO shares. Do. Tref., No. 1. Thames Haven Doel , and Railway__ Ulverstone & Lanes, Vale t) , Neath... Waterf I. & Kilkennl Waterford&Limeri , West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West London. iWimbledn Si Croydon, Antwerp datottordare Belgian Eastn. June.. Beziers to araissessa, Bombay, Baroda, and Central India„ Seri! , Demerara Dutch Rhenish .. Eastern of France Do. Now East Indian, g. 5 P.C. Do. Ey u D 0.4 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of Canad AA is Do. St. Lawrence Si Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben.,l con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6p. c. do. Gt. Central of Fran Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent. Do. New 5 per cent Pb. Extensions.... Do. do. Great Luxembour Constituted Shan s Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canad shares Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 . Do. do., '76, p. '6O . Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.e prof Lyons and Geneva ... Lyons & Mediterran Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur Et Liege (wits tuterest).. Do. (ex interest)... Northern of France. D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Brqueline: guar. 3R p. c. & rod. at 221/. dur. US yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bde (fmy. B. & Am s. Sha. NorwegianTrtakPre , Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans.... Paris and R 0119.11... ParisCaen & Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Merin_ Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. Scinde Southern of Franca.. St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 54 per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland, Wiabaden Zealand JOINT-STO I tistralasia liritish Colonial Bank and Loan Compaw :iritigh N. Amecat ';harti. Bank of Asia Ihrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & ()him 'City .....• • Oolonial .......... Commercial of Lond. gngliai Scottish and Australian Chart Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australis )itto New Loudon and County London Joint Stock Loud. & Westminster National Provincial l of England Do. Now National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bark of Corporation. erovincial of Ireland Do. New . ............ toYal Australn.l3kg. & (.4 Imp C o 4 ruth Australis of At:0.1111N )o. New ........ ,Iniou of 1:)odon :„,. (nosing Prices yesterda). 24 • i 6 4 5 - 8i 13. - 13 15i - 16 • SS - 90 64/ 65, 15 1;3 8 - 10 5A - 6A 15 - 16 12i 3i 40 23 - 25 77 79 5 60 2d par 19 21 70 - 72 921 - 93, 78 - 80 . 25 -- !I/ 98 - 100 68 - 69 58 - 62 75 - 80 8 - 100 8 10 , 81i 82 7 E I 84 0 -•103 03 1034 P 85i 8 7 i 6 sid 26i 27 8 ,-- 9 74i - '.'s 44 - 46 ••• .. •t• 9 - 7 1,3 2 - 53 31 .. 32 75 —• 7G 6* - 6 3i 14 - 14 52 53 48 50 3 d par id 4 4L'd 64 7 j Id - ar -. 30 [Ol 103 68 - 70 46 48 )3 4 63 -63 A 281 291 4 - 2 3 - 1 -.. es. .."... ••• ""' • • •• 20 • 3A 22 - 7 'kg) this day. 26 5 25 St. 20 St. all 100 :1,11 100 St. 10 St. 25 10 5 ZO 18 Iprr 2i - 8 - 8 2 -- 4 - 3 2 - 2A - id 36 —36 9i —10 i 21i —25 t 34 3ip 8 - 51 18 - 19 55 57 94 - 96 31 -3; iP — n . sl - 5 21 3 3i - 214 - 21 101 - 103 10 7 - 109 lie 112 102 104 22 - 23 110 - 112 - 5i.1 - 1 11 , 2i 3 p, 5 7 2- 3 j 6 - 36 -: 36 - 13i 13 •• 7i 8. 27 - 27tP1 47 - 49 42 - 44 - 23 p 24 21 - 22 2 lid 8 81 - 3 p - pm 3 1 - 4 .. ii : 811,j 18 - 183 FOREIGN. IK BLNK.S. 82 - 84 d par 1 - 31) 18 19 21i par P • 0' 33 - 35 37 - 39 72 - 74 8 9 PF-1 4 ' SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENim(3, JUNE 1. 1855 losing Prif , eP yestllay. 97 - 99 100 - 102 ik 7 I:3i - 109 - 13 23 - ?.4 11 - - 94 - $l , 57 59 - 130 - 135 8 - 9 3 -- 261 32 - 33 91 - 93 4 'T ess this day. MANCFIESTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LATEST FETING. SALFORD BORO' CUP. 5 to 2 agst Early Bird (taken) 3to 1 agst Rylstone (offered) Tyree is not expected to run, but was not scratched at 12.30. Raining very hard. LAW OF PARTNERSHIP. A Bill to Amend the Law of Partnership, prepared and brought in by Mr. Fitzroy, Mr. Bouverie, and Viscount Palmerston. Whereas it is expedient to amend the law relating to partnership ; be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent IVlajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com mons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows : PRELIMINARY. I. This act may be cited for all purposes as "The Partnership Amendment Act, 1855." [Lenders to persons or partnerships not to be deemed partners.[ 111. A loan shall be deemed to have been made in manner authorised by this act whenever the following particulars in respect thereof have been registered at the office for the registration of joint-stock companies is London, in cases where the borrower is resident in Eng land, and at the office for the registration of joint-stock companies in Dublin, in cases where the borrower is re sident in Ireland ; that is to say, The name, place of business, and description of the lender ; The name, place of business, and description of the borrower ; The amount of the loan ; The proportion of profits, interest, or sum, varying according to th e amounts of? profits, payable in respect of such loan. And if any material omission or mis-statement made in any of the above particulars, such loan shall be deemed not to have been made in manner authorised by this act. IV. Whenever any variation is made in the amount of any registered loan, or in the amount of the profits, interest, or sum payable in respect thereof, or whenever such loan is renewed, such variation or renewal shall be deemed to constitute a new loan, and to require regis tration accordingly. joules as to registration of loans.] VI. In the event of a borrower being adjudged a bankrupt, taking the benefit of the Insolvent Debtors Act, or dying in insolvent circumstances, or if such borrower is a company, in the event of its being declared bankrupt, or of an order being made for winding it up, a lender of a registered loan shall not be entitled to re ceive any portion of his principal, or of the profits, in terest, or sum payable in respect of such loan, until the claims of the other creditors of the borrower have been satisfied, and in addition thereto he shall 'be liable to make good to the other creditors of the borrower any deficiency of assets to the extent of all sums of money or other benefit received by him during the year imme diately preceding any such event as aforesaid, on account of the principal of such loan, or on account of the profits, interest, or sum payable in respect of the same, but the principal of such loan which shall have been repaid shall be deemed to have been repaid within such year, unless the date of repayment shall appear by the register to have been prior to the period of such year. AGEN7S. VII. No person employed by any person, partnership, or company, as agent, factor, servant, or in other like capacity, shall be deemed to Le a partner by reason of his receiving, in lieu of or in addition to wages for his service, a portion of the profits made by such person or partnership, or a sum varying according to the amount of such profits. VIII. This act shall not apply to Scotland. frittiKET NBWS-(TIIIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE. Very moderate supplies of English wheat have been re ceived up to our market this week, coastwise and by land carriage. Although the show of samples in to-day's mar ket was limited, the demand was rather inactive, yet, from the firmness on the part of the factors very little change took place in the quotations. There was a good show of foreign wheat. Selected qua lities were tolerably firm at full prices ; but low and mid dling kinds ruled heavy, and the turn in favour of buyers. Floating cargoes realised full quotations. We had a slow sale for barley, the value of which was barely supported. Malt was dill, but not cheaper. The imports of foreign oats leing large, the oat trade was dull, at 61 per quarter less mcney. Beans, peas, and flour realised Monday's quotations. Dub/in--This number is not remarkably attrac ve, although it contains some papers of interest. Foremost among which must be mentioned " The Arabs in Spain; their History, Literature, and Arts." A long account is given of that peculiar and gifted race who performed such feats of valour, and at the same time distinguished.themselves in litera ture and refinements with zeal and intelligence, that rivalled the lore of the Jews, and even sur passed for a time the enlightenment of the Chris tians. This was not all at once attained though, the whirlwind of battle was to pass by before the gentler advent of science and knowledge could flourish. The Caliph Oinar, for in stance, " ordered the magnificent library of Alexandria to be destroyed, because its volumes, if they contained only what was in the Koran, were useless, and if they contained what was con trary to it were dangerous." Gradually, however, the dawn of intellect appeared. The golden age of literature, it is said, commenced with the reign of Almanser, and his grandson, the famous Haloun al-Raschid, surpassed him in his zeal for patro nising literature, never travelling without a hun dred learned men in hi s train. He decreed that no mosque should be erected without having a school attached to it. It is a melancholy proof of 1 Christian intolerance that Cardinal Ximenes or dered eighty thousand Arab manuscripts to be burned. In conclusion, a number of proofs are cited to'establish the fact that Spain and Europe are indebted to the Moors. " Chemistry, from a collection of isolated facts, was by them exalted to the dignity of a true science." There is also reason to believe, he goes on to state, that rhyme was introduced from Arabia ; the language of Spain is greatly enriched by that of the Orient. It is urged that we should never forget what they have done in listening to the detractions of those who descant on what they might have done, for they were the "connecting links between the civilisation of ancient and modern Europe"—a sentiment which coincides with the opinion expressed in " Coningsby" of the Moorish epoch, " as a fair and unrivalled civilisation, which preserved for Europe arts and letters when Christendom was plunged in darkness." A " Memoir of Colonel Walter Butler" is given. His brother James, however, is the most remarkable person of the two brothers here pre sented to witice. He killed the celebrated Wallen stein, the dictator of Germany. Walter distin guished himself when Gustavus besieged Frankfort, and the monarch, it is said, averred that, " had the Imperial generals performed a fifth part of what. this gallant Irishman had done, he (Gus tavus) would not so easily have been master of Frankfort." The story of "Ninette Pompon" is concluded unsatisfactorily enough. The tale is a warning to those who take a pleasure iu weaving their own fate, and then blaming destiny. N e ith er Ninette nor Hubert had any excuse for their hasty conclusions and impatient actions. One mistake all lovers of romance and sentiment will justly con- COLONIAL. I derma, that of making Hubert turnout so uninterest- TEA —This article has been dull. Common congou ha ing a character as that of a " bon-vivanf." " Such realised 8d to Bid per lb. is life," exclaims the narrator, but that is not con y, sistent with Hubert Deessert's early years. Time e o o r en rather n becks no , . p ü ß b r l i i cti sales Plantation s h a m and trouble can do much, and experience extin guishes fancies and vagaries, but they have not yet ai r a h () a l d i o a publiclyyellow. brought at u 3 s 4s t 0 6d 3 t 6 0 s 462ds forf o r been known to change the characters, alter the dis rebisda,dbg r o u e etj s y East India—Mauriti us thei somet hrnaeatmt la se o. onf the individuals. ,i sp wreassenat low mid to good and fine grey was positions, and subvert and"B o p u a l s o t g s n t e a : e contains o f affairs taken in at 35s to 375, low to good yellow at 35s to 37s lid, fine at 38s to 38s 6d, and grainy low mid to fine bright l bh rm o e eu w ia Ses dl nju i n t sb G o fi e e rd slr o fi smi : f n . u h e l a l Tß so grocery. h a a ral yellow at 38s to 41s. Benares went 6d higher, mid to good white selling at 39s to 403. Brown and yellow Madras went pot for meditation. Th e wa t ers i n which he at 30s 6d to 31s 6d, being steady. A cargo of Pernambuco truggled for life, and in which he was made pri afloat fonnd buyers, but the price did not transpire. Mae- over fifteen years ago, are creeping with gentle covado Manilla was taken in at 31s per cwt. Pernambuco nurmur on the sands beneath this balcony, upon mid brown to low mid yellow went at 32s 6d to 36s per vhich the Emperor's chamber opens." " National cwt. Refined has been firm at 48s to 48s 6d per cwt for N alleries, Schools of Art, and tl • their Management," brown lumps. COFFEE.—There bas been a good inquiry for Plantation resents some curious iustances,in which a zeal with- Ceylon; low mid sold at 60s to 625, and other sorts at 55s ut knowledge is displayed in their transactions. It to 595. Native has been quiet, and ord was taken in pub- is said that "cleaning" isalways followed b " t Help at 46s 6d per cwt. Mid brown Mocha brought 74s to i n - ,, g and we are reminded of the oldquestion y res 75s Gd, 6d, but good long berry was taken in at 81s. Bahia of identity, "The blade, the s • went at 41s to 445, and Rio at 37s to 40s. Santos was pring, and. the handle taken in at 48s to 52s per cwt. have been renewed, is the knife the same I" "The RlCE.—Bengal at public sale realised a slight advance Birth of the American Constitution " • l gives a (mg viz., 13s to 14s 6d for low yellowish to mid, white. Cleaned account of the manners and customs f the Java was taken in at 263 per cwt. Mid, and good mid. atlantic republic, which will o trans. Bengal went privately at 14s to 14s 6d per cwt. prove interesting to doubt ; and • SPlCES.—Singapore and Batavia pepper b ent at previou some . 171° lll the last article, "Our prices, the former at 4/d, and the latter at 4hd to 41( Enemies Abroad and at Home," some true and wise Malabar realised 51d to 50. for good shot. M4ce steads suggestions are made, and very sad facts are re- Batavia went at 2s ld for mid pale, and Penang at 2s ld t ferred to, but too desponding and gloomy a tone 2s 3d. Penang nutmegs, brown, realised 23 5d to 2s 10( pis the language of hope,ervades the writer. It and limed, 2s 4d to 2 s 8 d per lb. Cassia Li gnea was t a k e ' not 'n at 120 s to 128 s for third to good first pil e ; C ass i a Y e the murmurs of d espa i r, t h at should b e circu sold at 38s Gd. Rough-coated calicut ginger brought 2$ lated abroad ; and if blunders and errors have been and ord. dark Bombay cloves, 4id to 5d per lb. Pimed committed, they will not . be remedied by lament is firm at 51d per lb. ing over our lost honour and tarnished glory, but RUM.—There has been a good demand for Demerara tby fanning the energy, and awakening the spirit 2s 6d., and Leewards at 2s 3d per proof gallon. R E.—The demand has increased, at 3d tod which will not sink under difficulties, but arise and advance—viz., at 25s 6d for 10i, 278 6d for 7A, anOs I overcome them." for 2l per cent. refraction. COTTON.—This article has been active, at id per lb ( 1- vance". TALLOW.—P.Y.C. has been firmer, at 51s per cwt mile spot. GREEN FRIIIT.—The demand continues good. Oran in request ; a cargo, per Swet t from Lisbon, sold by K og and Hunt at public sale, maintained th e price obtai of late. No improvement in lemons. More inquiry f or ats, and a lively business doing in all kinds. Oats. Irtoar. 530 1,23 e 2;950 33,630 1 2810 sks. 760 brls, Colburn's New Monthly.—A variety is evinced in the management o f thi s magaz i ne . The " Aus trian Army" is the first subject met with. It is remarked that " Austria certainly possesses a very splendid army." Many details are given of the style and arrangements of the troops, the system of promotion, the discipline observed, &c., which may afford interest. The grand total of the Aus trian army in 1852 consisted of 539,968. " Literary Leaflets" presents the name of James Thomson. The criticism commences by stating that " there is no English poet of Thomson's rank and reputa tion about whose merits and claims to such dis tinction there is so little dispute." Coleridge called it the " true fame," when he found a tattered copy of the " Seasons" lying on the window sill of a little rustic ale house. "The Crisis" is the name now given to the melancholystorpfAdelinede Costello. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM COMPANY.At a meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam CoeanY, held yesterday, Sir James Matheson presiding divi dend at th e rate of 7 per cent. w as declared, al the report was unanimously adopted. It was staff t hat no reverse or casualty has occur re d during , e s i x months which have elapsed since th e l ast meet g, an d u i t a h c a t t ory th . e pTehsietiwonhoolfe of th the the undertaking was therlre of satin. a g is gen era l sat congratulatory character. ~. ~,~. RAILWAYS. Bedford and Blotchley ... Buckghamsh. Clydesdale .Tc. Col. Stour Vy. 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Co.U. 100 28: Van Diemen's Land 131 •-• Ll 4 THE MAGAZINP)S Blackwood.—Blackwood commences pith a cri ticism on the works of the Rev. Mr. Kingsley, whom it describes as "one of the most remarkable end voluminous writers of the present day." it ippears that in the space of Aix years ho has pro luced twelve volumes of prose and verse, sermons, thilosophy, and fiction. The present criticism no ices only the latter, which certainly display a re markable diversity in the selection of their subjects tad eras. They range from the Chartists of .late years to the inhabitants of Alexandria in the fifth century, from a picture of modern English society to a voyage on the Spanish main in the days of Queen Elizabeth. The critio, while condemn ing the opinions set forth, and the exaggeration lisplayed; admits the talents and originality ..-..viuced in these romances. A paper on " Aland —the Baltic in 1854," gives a description of the ottle group of islands, which are seemingly in so secluded and unpretending a position that they would appear to be removed from all chance of the vicissitudes of war. The natural character of the country compelled a simple and primitive life. Not o ily were the group of islands intersected and dis- B •cted by water, but each isle was again subdivided br lochs and morasses, so that almost every farm wlsin a solitude of its own. The natural produc aons of the country supplied the limited wants of the inhabitants, and with little demand for foreign pods and few materials calculated for export, they would seem to be totally removed from the chances and changes of larger and more ambitious states. But not so. " Once a kingdom, says tradition, then a dependency of Sweden ; then over run by Russian soldiers ; converted into a Inilitary station, and placed under the rule of a nation alien in sympathies, laws, and blood, this !ittle island aggregation becomes at last the scene ,f a war in which neither its interest nor its pa triotism is involved." After some remarks on the Baltic expedition of last year, a description is given of the capture of Bomarsund, to which the writer thinks the English public were not inclined to pay sufficient honour.—"Zaidee" is continued with in terest. The presentlnstalment introduces the for lorn and desolate little heroine to a new country Ind new friends. A letter to Eusebius, bears the title of " Once upon a Time," the name of Mr. Charles Knight's new work, on which it is founded. ft gives a most fascinating description of these two volumes of anecdote and history, romance and reality.—Part 111. of "Notes on Canada and the North West States of AnLrica" gives some amusing traits of transatlantic character. A canoe was overturned in steering down the rapids of the Sault St. Marie, and as the accident took place opposite the town, many of the inhabitants were attracted to the bank. The two adventurers in the canoe were given,up for lost, when suddenly a person rushed towards the group, frantically exclaiming— " Save the man with the red hair." His earnest appeals induced the bystanders to exert themselves, and the individual alluded to was at length safely landed. "He owes me eighteen dollars," said his rescuer, looking approvingly on his assist ants.' An article on the " Palmerston Administra tion" is written with great fairness and modera tion, and though it finds much to censure in Mi nisterial proceedings (as what impartial critic can avoid doing ?), it is careful to " draw a dis tinction between evils which are the inevitable result of bad arrangements too long tolerated by the country and those which arise in con sequence of direct Ministerial error." In re marking upon the decline and fall of the Pre mier's popularity, it is observed with appropriate alliteration, that " Palmerston, the favourite of February, is Palmerston the mistrusted of May.", In retracing his political antecedents, the writer censures strongly his conduct during the y Polish insurrection. In conclusion, the writer expresses himself convinced that the safety and honour of the country are in jeopardy in the hands of the present Ministry, " whether their neglect arises from deliberate disinclination to push on the war, or from absolute administrative incapacity." A brief instalment of the " Story of the Campaign " describes the progress of the siege, and concludes the number. Colburn's United Seriiice.—The narrative of the siege of Sebastopol is :brought down to the latest period. General Canrobert is exclusively blamed for the return of the first expedition to Kertch, and an early denouement of the siege is anticipated. " Omer Pasha and his Army" are subsequently re viewed. The former is described as "a man of wonderful phlegm and perseverance—always ready in time of danger, and of very respectable abiliti e S as a commander." "Army Reform," a sore sub ject, we are afraid, is next treated, and as aristo cratically as may be. What is wanted, in the writer's opinion, i s no t an open i ng for merit, but a further opening of the public purse I Among the remaining papers of a p ure l y professional charac ter may be noticed the first of a series of lectures on " Military Science," addressed to caudidktes for commissions, an instalment of au article on " Military Education," and an interesting account of "Military Organisation in Sardinia." Besides the above a graphic description of " Liverpool Twenty-five years ago," and the " Editor's Port folio," fairly challenge attention. THE QUARTERLIES. The Edinburgh Review. No. CCVI. - - , A rather slovenly and scrambling article on "Slavery in the United States," leads off the newly-published number of the Edinburgh. It is indirectly, or incidentally, a criticism (rather after date) upon the renowned " Uncle Tom's Cabin" of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. As such it possesses a peculiar interest, for, inasmuch, as it is rendered the vehicle of some curious and, to us, novel frag ments of information. The reviewer sets out with the declaration that " the sale of Uncle Toni's Cabin' is the most marvellous literary phenomenon that the world has witnessed." As it unques tionably is. He adds, morever, the following particulars in regard t o that sale—namely, that (although the story was not completed until the March of 1852, having been written and printed from week to week as a sort of feuilleton in a Washington newspaper called the National Era), by the end of November, 1852, 150,000 copies had been sold in America—that, the first London Edition being published in May, 1852, it came to pass that in the September of the same year " the London publishers furnished one house 10,000 copies per day for about four weeks," 1,000 persons being employed in the labour of their preparation ! Before 1852 had clOsed, more than 1,000,000 copies of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" had been sold in England ! " probably," says the Edin burgh, " ten times as many as have been sold of any other work except the Bible., and Prayer Book." In France it appears that one publisher alone has issued no less than five different editions of the work in different forms. While, wonderful to tell, before the end of that memorable year of 1852—the Year of " Uncle Tom's Cabin," as it might be called, just as we call 1851 the year of the Great Exhibition, or that of 1848 the year of the February Revolution—Mrs. Stowe's book had been translated into Italian, Spanish, Danish, Swedish, D u t c h, Fl em i s h , German, Polish, and Magyar ; there being, moreover, among these a s many as tw o diff eren t D u t c h and twelve different German translations! A marvellous success indeed. One that may well be designated the most ex,ra ordinary of literary phenomena. After a dreary account of certain adventurous "Travels in Siberia," the Jdinburgh gives us an amusing paper on ,"English Surnames," with a kind of omnium gatherum of illustrative anecdot( and running commentaries. It is comical enough to find it gravely recorded in one part of this singular contribution, that "Nearly 900 Kings are born annually in England and Wales." . The subjoined table of kindred statistics will be read doubtless with some degree of interest by the numerous families of the names specified in the United Kingdom : Births. Deaths. Marriages. Smith 5,588 4,044 3,005 Taylor Wright Walker Turner Cooper Clark Baker Cook Parker From which it will be seen that they are all upon the increase rather alarmingly. Among the grotesque anecdotes about Stir names given by the reviewer, no mention is made by him of that ludicrous one which relates how Adam, after inventing name upon name for the millions upon millions of his posterity, grew tired of his interminable task, and settled the difficulty by saying—" Let all the rest be called Smith." Au important essay upon the " Correction of Juvenile Offenders," and a review of " Hue's Travels in China," are followed by a biographical article re lating to the famous " Pascal Paoli,". the Corsican Patriot and Liberator. It is amusing, by the way, to fi n d the 'reviewer, at page 445 of the Edi n b urgh, speaking of the brave Sam piero as " the greatest military character whom the island has produced" —as if there never had been any such personage in the world's history as the Emperor Napoleon the Great ! In a note, at page 456, it is mentioned incidentally that the Abbe Vignale, the priest who received the dying; confession of Napoleon at St. Helena, " was mur dered by persons to whom he had lent money—the produce of an Imperial legacy—on usury." Mention is also made a little further on in the body o f the same article of Rous seau's wonderfully prophetic language in the " Contrat Social,' when spe a ki ng o f C ors i ca , h e says—" J'ai le pressentiment que Bette petite ile etonnera un jour l'Europe." An anticipation of the coming of Napoleon as wondrous as the memo rable prediction of his advent occurring in Mr. Burke's celebrated " Essay on the French Revolu tion." Among the younger contemporaries and countrymen of Paoli, due reference is made to that implacable foe of Napoleon, Carlo Andrea, Count Pozzo di Borgo. It is in teresting to note the increase from 8001. to 1,0001., and ultimately to 2,0001. per annum of the pension given to Pascal Paoli by the British Go vernment. All the more remarkable incidents in his eventful career are noted by the Edinburgh from his birth in 1725 to his death on the sth of February, 1807. His arrival in Paris in April, 1790, is particularly mentioned, together with the circumstance, there and then, of his witnessing reviews of the National Guard by the side of Lafayette, and of his attending, by that of Robes pierre, the sittings of the " Amis de la Constitu tion." Fran ce , it w ill b e rem embered, had previously—namely, in the November of 1789 —declared Corsica an integral part of her dominions. An eulogistic notice of " The Chemistry of Common Life," and a rather dull paper on the " Autocracy of the Czar," are fol lowed by a brief article (little more than a mere paragraph) relating to " Lord Brougham on Cri minal Reform," and a somewhat laboured and tedious disquisition upon another reform no less necessary, namely, that of our " Army ;" and with the last-mentioned contribution the current num. ber of the Edinburgh terminates. The Quarterly Review. No. CXCII. As usual the old Tory Quarterly is much more animated and entertaining than its Whig contem porary. We hav e l ong noticed this superiority of interest and liveliness —and cannot but marvel that its general recognition has in no way incited the' Edinburyh, to forsake its cu stomary dead lev e l ( o f late) of dull ness and mediocrity. A ccor di ng t o what has been, recently, the no less fortunate - ---.... In this division it becomes very me l anc h o l y. Co- dpmem...l ."""""' Corn-peculiarity of the Qtrarter/j, its principle charm plication and mystery were embodied in its details continues to be riwa::l: -, ! - .e'l chi-..fly through before, but now the enthralment of superstition - w.at may be termed is-, biograpdcal &pal I:- and the craftines, of cunning are employed as meat. Altogether, out. of the eight articles weapons against a young and inexperienced girl. composing the present number there are as many- No wonder she sinks under so many trials, being as throe of this particular character. There is a already weak and fragile. Mr. de Costello was biographical paper on " The Emperor Nicholas ;" oinkand St. J o h n h asty an d unreason i ng. All ' this one, however, too curt, and altogether insuffi ned to prod.ucJ an effect they little thought , cient, it must be confessed. There is a biographi of. -I n th e m id st o f wor ldl y van i ty, religious cal paper on " Sir Richard Steele," a memorial of bigotry, and human - passion, the flapping of the that genial and exquisite essayist, defending him wings of death was heard, aud, as a thief in the from the influence o - Mr. Macaulay's sneers, preju night, stole the tidings to their hearts that Adeline, dice, and depreciation. And, besides these, there the young and beautiful, the centre of hope, fear, is also- in the number of the Qum terly now be rage, intolerance, and per=uasion, was to vanish as fore us 'a very charming and graceful biographical a dream from their frivolous stage to the solemn paper on." Madame de Maintenon"—that astonish ing woman, woos° life was such a romance—born p:Alace !--the wife, first precirits 'of that city where - marriage and giving in marriage is over. " A Visit to the Home of :in a prison and living in a; Goethe "is very interesting The details of the iof the. crippled trfeou, and afterwards of the private life ern.enius affor . d a pleasing Reading her story anew, we Among other objects of interest was observed a let.; ' tin(' no extravagance in that phrase of Madame de study. ; Grand Llioitargicc ! ter of Sir Walter Scott, in which he commence's— , S6vi„ome where she says, " the position of Madame ". Venerable aud much respected Sir." It is said ide Maint?nou is perfectly unique." And scarcely that "this is a lesson to the vanity that so often obtrudes itself upon the and impertinence I any in the judgment pronounced upon her character privacy of an I by Madame deDe,tra.nd:—"l rise up from it (i.e., the eminent man." "My First Evenin g on Circuit 1 perusal of Madame de Maintenon's Correspondence) is a lively sketch of the way in which some junior with a high opinion of her mind, with little esteem members of the Irish bar recreated themselves, for her heart, and no taste for her person ; but I after " grave hours that bring restraint to sweeten persist in believing that she was not false." More, liberty." " Credulity and Superstition in the however, will be kaoWn upon this most important Eighteenth Century " contains some remarkable ,as to the erect cerity of proofs of the extent to w hi c h h uman i gnorance and M qu adame estion, namely de Maintenon, so soon f as M. Lavallee absurdity may be carried. Conspicuous among shall have completed the enterprise upon which he folly appears the fact that the fields around London were crowded w ith peop l e, w h o thought thus to has r ecen tl y adventured—the publication of a corn plet:.: edition o f h er wor k s , i n t en littl e vo l umes, shape of an ear th qua k e, predicted for that time. their of which vo l umes h appearance. F ew of already mad© the readers of Sir Horace W a lp o l e ment i ons in a letter that the Q will fail to fo wiinteest the cc several women ha ve ma d e t h emselves earthquake epitomised uarterl re y cord here given llow of the career r of this gowns ; that is, warm gowns to sit out of doors all extraordinary wornan—the wife and then the night." " The Diary of a First Winter in Rome" is , widow of Scarron, the wife and then the widow of mijoaiutilsen7iffeNr, other w ise belle I d• continued, and gives many agreeable accounts of the past grandeur and present beauties of the bignA., otherwisne eaes she a d w e a m s o d i s e e s l i l o e F t r adn dui s r i e n g d ' her t i na e Eternal City, te, tenne, in consequence of her temporary so' - -- • - gourn, between 1638 and 1645, in the _ island of Ma rtinique. Born on the 27th November, (1635, in the Conciergerie of the Chateau-Trompette where her father, Constant d'Aubign6 was confined at the period mentioned on a charg e of treasonable correspondence with the English Government), Francoise was pl ace d b y her mother under the care, first of all, of a Calvinist aunt, Madame de Villette, and subsequently under that of " another near relation and a zea l ous Catholic, " Madame de Neuillant. Here it was under the latter guardian ship that the future spouse of the King of Franc© used to go forth of a morning to keep watch over a brood of turkeys with a basket on her arm, a long stick in her hand, a coarse straw hat on her head, and a mask on her face to preserve her complexion! Afterwards she was 'educated firstly by the nuns of the Convent of Ursulins at Niort, and secondly by those of the Ursulin Convent in the Rue Saint Jacques at Paris. Between the age of fourteen and fifteen, Mdlle. d'Aubigne was removed from the latter establishment, taking up -her abode with her mother at Paris, in lodging s i mme di ately opposite the house of the Malade de la Reine, as he was called, the author of the Virgile Travesti and of the Roman Comique, the " divine" and " inimitable" cri pple—Searron —the Pi lace of Burlesque. Shortly after the death of Madame d'Aubigne, Scarron married the destitute orphan—the girl being then sixteen and the " buffoon-rhymster ' (as he is here called by the reviewer) forty-two. It was in the June of 1652 that Mademoiselle d'Aubigne became Madame Searron. It is not the disparity of age, however, that renders this union horrible—it is not the difference of years between the husband and wife. But, 0 ! the terrible appearance of the bridegroom. Here is the description of him—the description of— SCARRON. " Whatever was the crigin of his maladies, his form, to use his own words, had become bent like a Z.' My legs,' he adds, first made an obtuse angle with my thighs, then a right and at last an acute angle; my thighs made another with my body. My bead is bent upon my chest ; my arils are' contracted as well as my legs, and my fingers as well as my arms. I am, in truth, a pretty complete abridgment of human misery.' His head way too big for his diminutive stature, one eye was set deeper than the other, and his teeth were the colour of wood. At the time of his marriage he could only move with freedoM his hand, tongue, and eyes. His days were passed in a chair with a hood, and so com pletely was he the abridynxitt of man be describes him - self that his wife had to kneel to look in his face. He could not be moved without screaming from pain, nor sleep without taking opium." As the Quarterly observes, there is something wonderfully touching after the perusal of this account of his deplorable condition, to read the epitaph written upon himself by the unfortunate cripple : " Tread softly—make no noise To break his slumbers deep; Poor Scarron here enjoys His first calm night of sleep." In the October of 1660, eight years after his mar riage, Scar ron exp i re d . Subsequently his widow obtained a pension of 2,000 livres—a pension dropped for a while in 1666, but apeedily renewed by King Louis XIV., who, later on, namely in 1674, presented Madame Scarron with the estate of Maintenon, worth 15,000 livres a-year, a gift which ei'er after changed her name to that more famous one by which she is known in history, —the name, that is, of Madame de Maintenon. This princely gift being in reward for the care taken by the future wife of Louis XIV. of his Majesty's illegitimate children, the offspring of Madame de Moutespan, the successful rival of the lovely and iuckless Duchesse de la Valliere. The care of the royal bastards devolved upon Scarron's widow in 1670, and either in 1684 or 1635, the Queen hav ing expired, July 30, 1633, in the arms of Madame de Maintenon, the latter was married to the Grand AI °reargue Louis the Magnificent ! At that period Louis XIV. was forty-five, and Madame de Main tenon forty -eight —so that the disparity of years was this time reversed for the mature Francoise ! It was not until the 15th of August, 1719—nearly four years after the death of the great Louis, and exactly fifty years, to . the very day, before the birth of the great Napoleon—that Madame de Maintenon calmly breathed her last at Saint Cyr, at the ripe age of eighty-four. In addition to the articles al rea dy part i cularised, there are in the pre sent number of the Quarterly two .elaborate contri• butions—the one relating to the "Crystal Palace," the other to " Food and its Adulterations ;" be sides which may be mentioned an historical paper on " Venetian Despatches," and a sylvan one en titled "The Forester," and, to crown all, a politi oil disquisition upon " Public Affairs," in reference to the recent situation of things generally —a Tory manifesto, reflecting peculiar honour upon the Quarterly by reason of the calm, and just, and per fectly dispassionate tone in which every syllable of it has been dictated. 1 Bradshaues Illustrated guide through W. J. Adams. Paris. A positively invaluable hand-book for English visitors to Paris, in which all that can be seen there and in its environs, and how to see it with the least fatigue, time, and expense, is clearly pointed out. A splendid map of the French empire, and a beautiful plan of Paris and its environs, together with a number of illustrations (on steel), accompany the work. 90 65 4 19i i 93 3 98 63 71 81i i 8 71 103 2i It/3 26 i 74i a i a 31 i 1 113 52 2 100 all Po; 100 100 10 St. 20 50 100 100 100 100 100 100 5 all , tII ,111 10 10 St. 16i 5 St. 4(; 13A 63i 3 201 100 1.00 100 :00 100 10 Si 25 10 1.0 e 213 pm 95. 131 a 3 ,i I 31 21 i i 8i 21 P 11(X) 1109 1 a Pm pm Pm 13i ARRIVALS I'LIIS WEER: Wheat. 2,020 Barley. Malt. English .. 1,810 1 2,670 Irish— Foreign .. I 31,060 3,-300 GENERAL AVERAGE PRUES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended (ay 31, 1855, male up from the Returns of ti .e In vectors in the different Cities to d Towns in England and Yak s per Imperial Quarter. • W[IEAT. BAALET. CUTS. UYE. BEAWE. 1 PEA^ 76 1 a 328 111 283 I‘l , 441 5d 455 21 ( •108 3 THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. BARLEY. ,! OATS. RYE. I BEANS. PEAS. 72s 11 j 318 11,1_ 26s 9d 4's 24 1 425 11d 39s 7• QUANTITIES Of GRAFT SOLD LAST WEEk Wheat, 110,379 Barley, 17,224 Oats, 13 210 ; Rye, 204 . ; Beane, 5,370; Peas, 488 quarters. SMITHFIELD. The supply of beasts in to-day's market was very limi ted, owing to which, and a demand having sprung up for shipment to Paris, the beef trade was brisk, at an advance on the quotations obtained on Monday of front 2d to 4il per 8113 s. The primest Scots were worth 4s 81 per 81bs. We had a very active inquiry for sheep, th, supply of which was small, at 4d per Blbs nsore money. The best old Dcwns sold at 5s 4d per 81b. Lambs sold briskly, at a rise of 2d per Bibs ; and there was an improved sale for calves, the prices of which had an upward tendency. In pigs very little was doing. Milch cows were steady, at from 141. to 191. 133. each, including their small calf. Per Sibs to sink the offals. e. d. s. d.l s. d 8 d. Interior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6;PrimeSouthdown 5 ( 5 4 Second quality.... 3 8 3 10Large crse. calves 4 ( 4 8 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 4'Prime small d 0... 410 5 4 Prime Scots, &c. 4 6 4 BlLarge hogs 3 0 4 0 Inferior Sheep ...3 8 3 101 Small porkers 4 2, 4 4 Second quality ...4 0 4 2 1 Suckling calves.. 22 029 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 4 4 BlQuarter old pigs 21 0 • 25 0 Lamb TOTAL BUPPLT. FOREIGN sVPPLT. 8ea5t5..................95 Beasts•• .• •• •• 190 Sheep .•• •• •• •• •• 6,400 Sheep .. . . 300 °discs •• 240 Calves.. • • ••• • • 200 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. There was more doing to-day, and prices were onthe advance. Per Bibs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. 8. d. Reef, interior 3 2 3 4 Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3(i Do., middling 3 6 310 Do., middling ..... 3 8 4 4 Do., prima large 4 0 4 2 Do., prime 4 8 5 0 De , do. small ....4 2 4 4 I Veal 3 8 5 0 Fork, large . . • ~.3 4 3. 8 , Pork, small 3 10 4 4 Lamb .. 5i 2d to 6s Bd. BOROUGH HOP. There is an improved feeling in our market, and all kin of hops are selling at fully last week's prices. The show samples is limited. The imports amount to 395 bales froil Now York, 110 from Hamburgh, and 18 from Antwerp Mid and East Kent pockets, 141 Os to 201. ; Weald of Ken ditto, I'3/ lOs to 15/. 103 ; Sussex, 1015 s to 121. 139 i THE NEW RUSSIAN LEVY. The four levies of the last 18 months must have pressed upon the poor serfs and upon the landowners (of which they constitute almost the only valuable property) to ..a frightful degree. It is supposed that each conscription has extended over one of the two portions into which Euro the 1,000 in Euro pean Russia is divided for the purpose of recruiting, as this was the arrangement introduced by the late Era ihniatharemyoaa war Em peror, e r o r, footing t m i n e g a means of a whichn averageh e expects iev y o f to fiv keepfive i n hitiewhasnot the each government every two years. It turned out, how ever, that the average conscription amounted to seven and one-fifth, and after the Hungarian troubles itofevtehne became necessary to levy eight in the 1,000 west ern division, besides four in the 1,000 in the eastern one, iinnous effects of the thousandae area, w e alreadyin shall the b e space of twoPo ydeftrs. ThisP, g only two of which in the Now,yea year in fiqftuehstlieovny,(l:o4r9w) proper turn. of the empire, the governments left out of it being over the same thedivision uk ase h's recently issued, is for the western div . • tits serf ioanvethaedught on made eicetved on account of Assuming probably eteonthe extent of 32 in the o accordingp ai o a to the previous wes t western four half levies ef the to have em ir b e one of 13, ,or 14 per cent. p t r h o e d i u n c te in rp g r f e o t r a c t tbetweenh a tpe thpeeratgeefsmolf ei°O;sthoie tchoeaunewtry, andsooufltßw,"icieB do:the whole male population I male a e s q m ui n va ch le ti nt po t n o e The interpretationizo"f what more_ thanea of double ebetween the ages of 17 and 36. military service— Population considered fit for the c pressure d . e nlt w i s o a l toms roe; thing to R ussia. 'ic men as being a very cheap article in Morally speaking, they doubtless are ; but so far is this from that the the truth i n a pecuniary point of view, regulation price paid for a substitute by a rich serf when drawn as a conscript (or by the lord, when a good workman may happen to be t:tken), is stated by Hax thausen to have been 2,500 roubles—which, reckoning the rouble at . 11d., comes little short of 12 0/.—before the beginning of the present war. At the present time it is difficult to conceive that a substitute would be pro curable for any sum, however great. POST-OFFICE DIRECTORY Or LINCOLNSHIRE. (Kelly and Co )—A secqnd edition of this valuable Directory, superior both in correctness and extent of information to the preceding, no expense having been spared to give the work that first-class character Which the Directories of the Messrs. 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