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

0., _ ............. t 4 0NE . 7 A KET °C)-Ir3IERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. elo t 11 : rjulton Market at Liverpool yesterday .e n it h complete steadiness, but less excitement. of e .Zes were es ti ma t e d a t 25,000 bales (1,000 Ip e "ell were taken for export, and 5,000 on tani ll :• ti "), comprising 220 remain and Ma ati 6 1d. to 7id., 50 Bahia at 7d., 1,000 t 61d ' -t "" i at 7d. to Sid., 7,000 Surat at 40. to Th e ' 200 Sea Islands at 111. to ls. Bd. per lb. Share Market closed with a buoyant air " .. e • e o la i Produce has been less dealt in this week, 4,3%'4!finenee of there being no auctions on Tues- Pf est 1 1 ' 41 1 pric es , h owever , h ave b e en curren t f or di re' , 4-n dia sugar, and Benares is 6d. per cwt. --- ernambuco ruled heavy. Coffee has been u k iat i aev nf i itte quiet. Rice has maintained its value, in has been done, spices have been dull, in ipr al tP(tre has risen 3d. to 6d. per cwt., with an ter rt °ved demand. There has been a good inquiry 94: ' a L cocoa has undergone no change, cot ton bt cs ea rer, and tallow has been fully supported. °lip% : 31a tz, on the 22d inst., over 200 merchant '4 Th Wer e taking taking i n gra i n . e 4 ,arztiralty h as i nv ited tenders for a number to va ' ,. '"s for th e conveyance o f s t ores , t roo ps, Src., eleoi""i parts, including the Crimea, Cape of 4el a i d 7e) New Zealand, Mauritius, Sydney, A 8 and Barbadoes. km : 111 of 128,0001. was this day paid into the "to nt -t t Y °f the H o n. E a st India Company on Mi er the capital of the Scinde Railway, in 7ter l' h " . ° ll of the call falling due two months uh ernt e ° ... ° lnPany obtain their act. Interest at a f t o f 0 per c en t. p er a nnum will accrue from Th, c ' r t his day on the above sum. e DNi n ew bill f or li m it e d li a bility f o r c o m p an i es ae c a - : l 4 9r ed. very defective in regard to compelling (Iq:"'d to be rai se d i n s har e s of large amou n t, her e l3 , h oped there will be an alteration made. tee °: small amount afford quite as good a gua ! e 1: 1th a given percentage paid up as those ‘ 4if idle., er denomination, and 11. shares suit the Th e tr,"`a6ses bette r th an th ose o f 201. or 1001. 'gtin I.lllglish Stocks have been rather weaker t eo ' 'ed toe reaction is attributable to the ar `Aß il l .' of the account. The transfer books 1 . 111) . °4 and the Bank of England will lend 31 per cent. until the re-opening, eh the customary th difference as compared . charge f or di scount. Th e news f rom 41 8, at,t,4ea is ag a i n encourag i ng this morn mitt,tll e t he proc ee di ngs i n th e Sea of Azoff, p ro gress of our fleet in the Baltic, c, 52 ' to to °Vire confidence. Consols have been ' e . 4 ed since 91i and 92k for transfer, and t i t een tß lll ,g now 92.& for account. The New 3 ? il tlee c i - V'ave been quoted 914 to 92, and the , t torji;" lt ° Bank Stock is dull at 2081. "th Stock is at 235. Exchequer Bills are i t Ti e 19 s. premium. Nothing has been ,t'tt at Cranium, as there are not willing tt 'ep a r eduction, ki t To r iZ s rga Stock market has been . very quiet, k b ow keep up tolerably well, being 82i to f, • Itl t 82i t 1 4„ e 4 , Spanish Threes have . been It '6 ,.. ") i) and the Committee's Certificate b i tl i lioq 4v-teXican Bonds are firm at 22/ide , and . it 'Qp -Ir es at 58i Sardinian, ex divnd, ). ° —ng are the nominal prices of foreign 2 21 t e eada Deferred Bonds, 6i to 71; Mexi- Oetit; ) 22 i ; Peruvian, 68 to 70; ditto Three 4 8 to 50 ; P or t ugues e Four per Cents., c p Russi an Fi ve p e r Cents., 99 to la . NI P4l jelQl Pf- and-a-Half per Cents ., 89 to 91 , , 41:1 Defer re d, 181 to 1 8 i , Ditto 3 per. I, ll l' ai . to 38i ; Ditto Certificat es, 4 to 4i , to 41. 14 ' w ay Market is rather buoyant . again,. l ''')(l° • • ter ' Pinion is en of . the principal Clteh;:ttran sactions are mostly . in Caledonian, 1 14 ; e ern, .Midland, and Brighton. Foreign been in request, Scinde having touched hi \lre n ' l, and Bombay and Baroda 3 premium. 11 zembourg are now quoted with 131. 'atik; Min.„ tilitli/tl4bare Market has been dull, and in doina. The Australian Agri 3Nher lower. 84 111 tiltis IBIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. , ro. "Nk, Mock "` ) /4 th.e Official List. 1 3 N s . Bnqiness done i , te %11 . 4 ::; 4 •.~.. 03 bA . (.'r, be tl eed Annuiti~•;....., - i 1 . ) \ , 11 1,, r` l , -°lB Annititieg 924 i 1 4 2 } I " , tt a ,''lliti - ". Annuities ...'.. _.. .- 1 1; 1 4 "° ir,'' t X-Dire sth Jan.. .1 s'eo 0 414 1) 1 1.,' , ,,k r : 117 Expire sth April, 1883 2 1 3 6 5 13-16 41.0)111:',4e.°.1;41,:1att1;:iu. 1y "............. 92iiiii kVtle; . : T . ;.• ... 4g pm n.. .ri) -ill s , 9id : Did '... ... " 11‹ ". ....... . ...- 16 19 .. .............................. , 14, A,,i:: .... ........................ , .... 16 19 No, ) 1 51c,,, t eltised f ji t k t o lßolaa s ° FOREIGN FUNDS TH I DA Y. I 'e• .......• ' '' Per Cent — e,k 1 ' 'w, j .. ; . ... • 0- rt, 852 ,4 i e Cent Pkilt t: : l ' e Bll° ' ads, 6 P per r Cent . ON e : Cont. 22i a 04 4 . 1 1 3 11 14, 4, N: 4 . P ' 3l. Cent " 15 221 49 141 44 k. ' A 14 ,1 1 1 48 4 5 Per Cent.. .......... 3 'l i )1146 CA,Z,lta\t"eePer'"*Cet.ntof Coup. nst fun 4l P C t tkZZ le f6 l : 4e, Cent. , i The A Pe], cent B2 No t 4 t tri 4e ccallit. ' 82t i i i k i for t , ; 4 i per Cent. ' "Mi t Nvi :'' Account 2Bl 9/ ~._. (4,11,1 g 0 Ce i s atn , ,. se, n il the above parable in Lona ,- Qc 4 i per Cent. 12 Gull 641 4 br t : , ? a ,. . e. ...................... THREE ........... 92 0; O'CLOCK. OCK. ' °alit, 10th Ju1y..... 921 3 • SIPPING--( . THIS DAY.) d et ~ q ; ii, ,e -- n Wind and weather this day A noon, rtkpoq)nt breeze, and dull cloudy weather. 30:—Wind E.N.E. Arrived.—Mar k.; 40 \v ,,,, Rico. 1 / 4 41. 4 Z -' May 30.—Wind East. Sailed.—Grace, t le b O k Z, 4 )1+ ' Itt c , tike Dray 30 .--A schooner, of about 140 tons, was 4 1 ‘ A I ti4 f or m the Rundle Stone, this morning, and go qwl Tri -, ‘ `,`°st ; crew drowned. ay 31 •—Wind, N.E., fresh. Arrived.— „ r ona Akyab for Antwerp ; Progress, from 1 ': 1, 1 Mary, from Santander. s k A ttt o ' rnr e Y 3 . N.E. Sailed.—William 4 5t, 4(),d0 Coquimbo. 11 'nb 14 ' r une I.—The Shepherdess, of Whitby, tto il l i tfk, f tleko t tl o r a ' 7 4 , l o London, came on shore at Filey, yes 14L'AN ),/ landed. k-* Yev. 43- 3 L —The schooner Valusia, of Belfast, $ 4 A t t 4 ~, e r(la y \t.l l 4.. atm is on the reef near Taylor's Banks, and A t ueached to prevent her sinking. Bth , r ,„ 4 , 1. a„ 11 A hurricane was experienced inst., in about 39. S. 43. E., from vp ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) I PORTSMOUTH, Friday Morning. 411 kiCitllb°nt. transports Bac_chrte and Austra ry invalids from the •East• 44 td LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. p ii .B • for Boston; Juan Fernandes, for Attti4lll' 41 May 30. rl eil ve, 4 lert ,-, UEENST OWN, -, 1. get, from Tarn r Y Rarailton, for . Havre. tp,r 4 WATERFORD, May 30. '4', f ,rgaroret, frotn tonPorto Rico. , Charles. 011 A pg qi AR INE AND BR ITISH TELEGRAPH .) Vt• t G RAVESE ND, a. Friday 10.20 a.m. tide, one and a half h our 's flood; fine. 6t.Clara, from D an t s i c . bra►--13eather Bell, for Hobart . Town. I,v• • • b.— DEAL, Friday, 9.41 a.m. '11:1'"'-'uerate. e na, from Lagos, for Hamburg ; Eliza, from IN,L . 0 , 11 (10 n . e. s..arl tel Durham, from London, for Bala %• • • ••••,%'-ehotel, fr for Batavia. ° ceail a ri l L. Br3ant • Albion and Baretto, for Queen, Run. tr fut 0 Itil:tentonoronm IN THE ARMY.—Mr. Rob! n n: 'E p tl ll ) ,, l-1 !. , . oh ° 'Y and Introduction of Anmsthet.ics the tp?l.`4kin {.3eryes, although the results attending . I,ll,ll(,.4lo4Prni:a.`tiannlthetic agents have met with the uni -1/4 , ti of the most scientific and enlightened . 4 5 .4 q- 1 3 , t.,,,,tirgical practitioners in Europe, and is now r4b,Otr t Le I,l3,l°Yaci in our hospitals, the Director-Ge op,egical staff, now in the Crimea, has thought d 4‘, ?:t1 )1 . 1 , i i3i tion to the most learned and experien e c m e r,„ l si to recommend its not bein g g_ euinniortu ugler,'",.l operations on our brave a h.4%;:tt so rti e battling in the Crimea. It is to be Will h e I .'nrattne and spirited member of the Le ektiti the subject before Parliament, by 41,24 Public and the profession will ascertain A1i441,7 to allthoritY (besides his own) Dr. Hall has i n :: 3 Of chloroform from the poor soldier's ?0 0 10 10 10 3t. 15 to 5 20 18 5 5 5 20 St. IO St. ARE MARKETS THIS D ALI RAF_LWAYS. i.Srt.IL'+tAYG~ Closing Prices this Mt> A.berdeen.. ..... Ambg. Nottng Bost• and Eastn. Belfast .& Ballymena. Birming, Wolverh Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lnncsh dr Cheshire Junet Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. D0.,..£20.. ..... Myth & Tyn, origiva £25 (issd. at £4g Bristol and Exeter 43 - 43 81 - 8i 13. - 131 156 - 16 86 -- 76 88 - 90 64i 6k Caledonian. ~...... Carmarthen and Ca,i digan Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Cried' Junction Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &AI, , leen Junction..,.. . Do. New... .. ..... East Anglian Eastern Counties , . Eastern Union, A Stock ....... Do., B, Stock 15 16 8 - 10 ~. - ... 5i - 6.3 15 - 16 t 212 36 • 40 24 - 26 Do.; New A. Fast Lancashire Edinburgh& GlasgoN , Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth &Dundee north & Clyde Jun Furness . Do. Extension Glasgow & S. Wester: treat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre. ) Great Western Do. Stour Val Rail Gus. Stk Irish South-Easters ' TAncastcy & Carlisle F Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds LAncash.andYorlveh Do., Wet. Riding Un Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwal Loud. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/. Sh., M&8... C Do. Eighths London andS. Westii Do., £59 Do., £49 Lndniirryek Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. vfanch.Sher. k Linclr Do. Shares, No. l )0., Man. & Lin. Un Midland ►o. Birmng. & Derby Hidld. G. West. (Ire,) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Nwpt.Aberg. Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor. Norfolk Northn.Connties North British North Devon, No. I Do., No. Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. Pura Do. Leeds Do. York 78 —• 80 5; 60 2d par 19 21 70 - 72 92A - 03. 78 - 80 125 - • 7 97 - 99 68 • 69 58 - 62 75 - 80 8 - 100 8 10 81i 8241 4 -- 8 0 - 10 3 9 31 -193 i - f,l p'ar 4 g 84} 8 7d 6i sidl 26i - 27 8 - 9 74i - ';'s 41 - 46 9 - 7 li - 51 - 53 31 ... 32 75 76 6i - 6 31 3 i 14 14 . 52 53 48 - 50 d par North London Do. New £lO N &S.Wstrn. ,Ilamp stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western... .... N. & S. Westrn. Jun , . Nuneaton, Hinkle~ and Leicester........ Oxford, Worcester. . Wolverhampton Portsmouth Ad 4k 40, 6i 7 1 d far 28 - 30 ~; ,zleattish Central ... Scottish Midland Shropshire Union LOI - 103 68 - 70 46 48 {3 4 63 - 63 28i 29 4 - 2 3 - 1 Sontb Devou South Eastern South Wales 3. Yrksh. dz Riv. Dun Do.. Staines, Wok. &Wok 'Stockton & Darlin iii - Stolkton & lirotlep 'aff Vale Do. £lO shares.. • ••• Do. Pref., No. 1.. •• "' .. Thames Haven Doe and R,n,ilwav Ulverstone & Lanes. Vale ei Neatit.,. Waterfd. & KilkennA Waterford&Ltimer • West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West London. Winibledn &Croydon, 20 2 22 - 21 7 - 8 .. ~-- (1,1:One. dOaa this day. 26 5 90 65 4 121 i 192 i 20 93 3 23 98 63 n 8i 81. 8 2,i- 8 7 1 1 103 2i 103 ft 264 i i Tii i i i 5 31:1 i 13a 14 52 2 12; I 69 8i 461 13.# 6313} 29 FOREIGN. Antwerpdatott Jrdam Belgian Eastu. June. Beziers to Graissessae Bombay, Baroda,and Centnallndia,Scrip Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian, g. 5 p. c Do. EY :ensiou Do. 4? p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Po. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of CanadaA is Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben , con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Franc , Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent Do. New 5 per cent Pb. Extensions.... Do. do Great Luxembour Constituted Shares 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 Cond. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p. C. pref Lyons and Geneva ... Lyons & Mediterran Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege (witl interest) Do. (ex interest)... Northern of France. D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Brquelines guar. 33 p. c. & red. at 221. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bd (fmy.B. & Ams. Shs. NorwegianTrunkPre , Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans.... Paris and Ronen... ParisCaen & Cherbrg Ronen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 54 p. cent. Pref &inch Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 5i per c. Pref Western of France Wee , . of Switzerland Wiabaden Zealand JOINT-STOP Australasia ........... British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chartcl. Bank of Asia Bnk. of china Australia, City....... Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and. Australian Chart Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia Ditto New Loudon and County.. London Joint Stock.. Lond. & WeFtmipstei National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp C 0..., ionth Australia Union of Australia Do. Now union of Loudon ,„. 81 211 3i 2 2 2i, 366 37 id 10 11. r 211 25/ 3iP 6 - 51 18 - 19 55 57; 94 - 96 3 - 4 4 - ip gP 5 - 5i 3 4 3k — 3 a 214 —21 i 101 - 103 10 7 - 109 110 -112 102 104 '22 - 23 110 - 112 - Ai. 5i .- I; - 2i 3 p 5. 7 2 - 3 6 - 6i i6i 13,i 13i - 9 27i - 28 p 47i -49 i 42 - 44 pm 23) 24, 21 22 2 lid 9 —9/ 2 - 3 p - pm 31 4 a Eip ••• ..... ••• 18 - 186 UK BANKS, i ..• --- ••• d par 1 . -3: is - 19 21 22 . par P .. ... •. • ••• --- 33 - 35 37 - 39 7 2 - 74 8 9 ", all 00 411 00 1 2 all 13 all all 14 all 10 2t) 20 all all all 2 ••• ..""' 20 1 2i 3 2i pm 95 13j i I 51 i 14 3i 1 at k 211 i i 21i i 8 9/ 2i P Tll 4l SUN, LONDON, F RIDA. y EVENING, JUNE 1, 1855. BAILWATS. Leasing Company loath, Prices this day. all all all all 100 all 100 100 100 'lOO 100 100 all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 41 .41 all Bedford and Bletchley Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lin. g. 6 pc Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New__ Glstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. :T Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preferen• .e Lon.; Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar. . Midld.Bmdfd Newmarket Bury Exten . N.& Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p g Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef. Roth and Gooleg.s p.c. Shrews. &Her. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&gomrst London N. W,..t. L.&N.W. Caledon... E. Un. & Gt. Nrthn. ,Caldonian. Gt. Westr Yk. New & Berw. Y. & N M Do. S. East© Do ' Peto & Ca Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Midid. Stckton & Darlingt. Aidland En. Court. E. Conn,. Do Do L. & N.W &Ln&Yk Do Gt Northy Gal:wash& Yorksh. T. Brassey N.MCleao Stockt. , Darlingt Do ftWestn Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c 1 Myth annyne lOpel c. pref. (issd. at 50/; ) Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. i Do. 4p. c. Shares ) Caledonian £lO 'Hester & Holyheao Guar. 5a per cent._ I Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork &Bandonsa p.c Duu.Prth Aber. J E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. C's. B 6 p. c. Do. do. Cis. C 7 p. c. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 p. c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 ner cent, Do. 10/. Del;entr.Sb. Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lancash.6 p. et E. &W. York. J. sths Ed. Prth.&Dun.4p.c Furness /Ras. &5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn:s p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. no. 43 p. c Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red tt 5 p. c. pm... Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Prei Gt. S. &W. (Ireland) Do. 4per c. Pref. St Gt. Westn. (Barks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c).. Do. con. red. 4. p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Cnester 8 p. c.P.S. Do. do. 5 p. c. do.. Do. Birm, Gna. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Sh Do. do. do ........ • Do. do. do ........ ...• Lan. &York. F. £2° Do. 6 p. c. Stick _1 Lon.&Brigb. G. 5 p.c. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. no. New Guar.6 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent.. Lon. &N. W., Coy. it , Nuneaton 5 p. ct Lon.& S. W. C0n.3(1 , Londy. & Color. Sh. Londy. & Ennis. j S Man., SheL & Lin TeW, fle 4i Do. £6 all Warypt.& Carl. 4 p c all Du. per cent 10i Do 100 Mid. Consol.6 p.e St 100 Do. Consol. Bristol >, Birm. 6 per cent. 100 Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St 115, Do. Pref. 4 per cp , all Do. 5/. Pr f. 4 p. c. [OO Ditto Leic-ster au( Hitchen Pref. St. . all Norfolk Detaature 100 Do. Pref. 4p. c. Stot. 100 Do. 5 p. c. Ext 100 Do. 54 per ct. pref 100 Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c (North British - N. B. Berw, 4 p.c. P 5 13 9 10 all Do. do. d 0... Do Leeds 6 p.e c.N0.7 Da. do. Quarters 4 , Do. York H. & Pnr North Staffordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, Wolverh.Xls, 61-1 Do R. Pref. 101. Sh. Scot. Cent., New Pre South Devon Do. fixed,4i per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent. S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 44 p. c S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock.& Dar., 5 p, c. Do. do. do Stock. & Hard. g. p. c. July 1,'56 W aterfel. & Kilk. 6 p 7i all all all 120, 97 - 99 100 - 102 ii 4 = 1.16 toi :16 - 1- 3 23 - 2i - 2i el 96 * - 51 - 69 OP 130 = 135 8 9 3 2id 32 - 33 91 -- 93 PREFERENCE SHARES. 101 - 105 92 -94 si is 100 3i -41 - 61 - 1 - 13i -13 i 58 - 62 'll6 - 118 110 - 111 101 - 103 i - ip 6 - 97 - ' 9 90 - 92 - 94 10 - 11 17 - 171 10$ 10 74 - 76 191 - 20 9/ -10 143 - 15 137 139 2i-- 3i 13A - 14 - t 37 - 139 93 - 98 41 - 100 - 102 92 - 94 31 - 3i i ------ i',i 107 - 109 - 14 id - pal 139 i 23 -23 i 98 - 100 16 - 18 ..• • ••• 2 - 3p —2.1 d i - i • ••• ••• i 1-: 14 - 6 - S 4 - 6 2i - 3 2t - 3 31. - 33 - 56 58 - 30 40 2d par 20k 216 1/ 2i par ip 15 —l7 1i 7 2 26, iP A 31. li 2 it - i 15 - 16 i - i 4 - i 19 - 21 5 - 6 6A - 7 - 1 51 - 6k A - A 51 6 , 111 10 Agua Fria . . Anglo A.ustrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australian Australian Cordillera Ave Maria Baden (Gri.Dv chy of Bltenarvon Iron and Coal British Iron Brazilianlmp.(issuer , at £5 pm.) Do. Cocaes k Cuiab Do. St. John Del RON Carson's Creek Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica Cobro Copper Colonial Gold Copper Min. of En Do. Pref. 74 p. con Copiapo English and Austin Copper Smeltg Fortuna General ' Gt. Nugg etVeinßeg Great Polgooth.... Liberty Linares. D B Lusitanian Mariquita. ....... ,New Granada Now Linares Minint and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgibaud Silve , Lead MM. St Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock .. Rhymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba... South Australian Tin Croft .. United Mexican Waller West Mariposa Worthing Mining 01 Australia Vnha. MISCELL. Australian Agric-At. Aus:wain. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. Canada Canada Gov. 6 p. ct Jan. and July Crystal Palace Do. Preference Crystal Pal. of France Duston Tron Ore Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Electric Teleg. of Ir Gen. Steam Navigat General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Mediteran. Elec. Tel. Mexican&S.Americn. Do. New . . Nat. Pat. Steam Fu& Netherlands Land N. S. W. Coal dr Inter Steam Navigat. Co. N. B Australasian Nrth. of EuropeStJam Oriental Gas Peel Rr. Peninsular & Oriental Do. New • Portland iron Co Royal Mail Stearn Scot. Austral. Invest, Ditto New South Nustral.Latui Submar. Tel. Scrip.., I►o. Tnst& L. Co.IJ. Cau. Vau Diemen'e laanO BOUts. 33 - 35 3 - 20 57 - 60 i t s -1 I 113 1131 3f - 34. • - dp 17 - 19 - la la i : 1 11 - .- 3 - 34 3ip 14- 73 75 11 2 3st 1 131 Ll 4 Fe k e'r.ess this day. LA Tr OP PARTNERSHIP. A Bill to Amend the Law of Partnership, prepared and brought in by Mr. Fitzroy, Mr. Bouverie, and Viscomnt Palmerston. Whereiis it is expedient to amend the law relating to partnershi p ; be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Corn mom; 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 in London, in cases wh ere th e b orrower i s res id ent i n 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 the amount s of profits, payable in respect of such loan. And if any material omission or mis-statement is 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. [Rules 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 creditor s o f th e 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. AGENTS. VII. No person employed by any person, partnership, or company, as agent, factor, servant, or in other like capacity, shall b e d eeme d t o be 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. ABICET 117,6-ITlil6 CORN EXCHANGE. Very moderate supplies of English wheat have been re ceived up to our market this week, coastwise and by land carriage. Although tho 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 dull, but not cheaper. The imports of foreign oats being large, the oat trade was dull, at 6d. per quarter less money. Beans, peas, and flour realised Monday's quotations. Wheat. 2,020 ARRIVALS THIS 19111111. Barley. halt. Oats. I Flout. 1,840 2,670 530 1,230 2,950 :36,630 1 2810 sks. 760 brls. English .. Irish .. Foreign .. 31,060 3,300 1 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRUISE' CORE For the week ended May 3 l , 1855, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. S OATS. I RYE. BEANS. YEAS. 76:1 d 323 28s Id , 443 5d 45s 21 f 40s 3d THE SIX WEEKS' A VERAGE, WHEAT. EARLEY. OATS. EYE. BEANS. PEAS. 72s 13 I` 31s lid 26s 9d 4!s 2d S 42s lid 393 7,1 QI7ANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 110,379 ; Barley, 17,224 ; Oats, 13.210 ; Rye, 204 ; Beans, 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 from 2d to 4d per Ms. The primest Scots were worth 4s 8d per Blbs. We had a very active inquiry for sheep, the supply of which was small, at 4d per 81bs more money. The best old Dawns sold at 5s 4d per 81b. Lambs sold briskly, at a rise of 2d per Sibs ; and there was an improved sale for calves, the prices of which had an upward tendency. In pigs very little was doing. Mitch cows were steady, at from 141. to 191. 10s. each, including their 5m9.11 calf. Per Ms to sink the offals. s. cl. s. d. I s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6,PrimeSouthdown 5 0 5 4 Second quality.... 3 8 310 Large crse. calves 4 0 4 8 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 4 Primo small d 0... 410 5 4 Prime Scots, die. 4 6 4 8 Large hogs 3 0 4 0 Inferior Sheep ...3 8 3 10 1 Small porkers 4 2 4 4 Second quality ...4 0 4 2 1 Suckling calves-22 0 29 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 4 4 BiQuarter old pigs 21 0 25 0 Lamb ss 4d to 7s Od. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts •• • • 925 Beasts •••• • • • • •• . 190 Sheep ••..••• • .. • • 6,400 Sheep .. ••••••••• • • • • • •• • • 301) Calves NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. There was more doing to-day, and prices were on the advance. Per Blbs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 2 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 310 Do., prime large 4 0 4 2 De , do. small 4 2 4 4 Furk, largo 3 4 3 8 Lamb.. s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 G Do., middling 3 S 4 4 Do., primp 4 8 5 0 Veal '3 8 5 0 Pork, small 3 10 4 4 .. 53 2d to 6s 8d BOROUGH HOP. There is an improved feeling in our market, and all kinds of hops are selling at fully last week's prices. The show of samples is limited. The imports amount to 395 bales from New York, 110 from Hamburgh, and 18 from Antwerp. Mid and East Kent pockets, 14/ Os to 20/. ; Weald of Kent ditto, 13/ lOs to 151. 103 ; Susses, 1015 s to 121. COLONIAL. TZA.—This article has been dull. Common congou has realised Bid to 8d per lb. SUGAR.—There having been no public sales on Tuesday, husiness has been rather checked. British Plantation has been firm. Barbadoes sold publicly at 34s Gd to 42s for low to fine grocery. Jamaica brought 34s to 36s 6d for mid brown to mid greyish yellow. East India—Mauritius realised full sales, but low mid to good and fine grey was taken in at 358 to 375, low to good yellow at 358 to 37s 6d, fine at 38s to 38s 6d, and grainy low mid to line bright yellow at 38s to 41s. Benares went 6d higher, mid to good white selling at 39s to 403. Brown and yellow Madras went at 30s 6d to 31s 6d, being steady. A cargo of Pernambuco afloat fonnd buyers, but the price did not transpire. Mus covado Manilla was taken in at 31s per cwt. Pernambuco mid brown to low mid yellow went at 32s 6d to 363 per cwt. Refined has been firm at 48s to 483 6d per cwt for brown lumps. COFFEE.—There has been a good inquiry for Plantation Ceylon; low mid sold at 603 to 625, and other sorts at 55s to 595. Native has been quiet, and ord was taken in pub licly at 46s 6d per cwt. Mid brown Mocha brongtit 74s to 75s 6d, but good long berry was taken in at 81s. Bahia went at 41s to 445, and Rio at 37s to 40s. Santos was taken in at 488 to 52s per cwt. RICE. —Bengal at public sale realised a slight advance, viz., 13s to 14s 6d for low yellowish to mid. white. Cleaned Java was taken in at 26s per cwt. Mid. and good mid. Bengal went privately at 14s to 14s 6d per cwt. SPlCES.—Singapore and Batavia pepper went at previous prices, the former at 44d, and the latter at 44d to 4id. Malabar realised sid to 54d. for good shot. Mwce steady. Batavia went at 2s ld for mid pale, and Penang at 2s id to 2s 3d. Penang nutmegs, brown, realised 2s 5d to 2s 10d, and limed, 2s 4d to 2s 8d per lb. Cassia Lignea was taken in at 120 s to 128 s for third to good first pile ; Cassia Vera sold at 38s 6d. Rough-coated calicut ginger brought 255, and ord. dark Bombay cloves, 4 l id to 5d per lb. Pimento is firm at 54d per lb. MM.—Thera has been a good demand for Demerara at 2s Gd., and Leewards at 2s 3d per proof gallon. SALTPETRE.—The demand has increased, at 3d to 6d advance—viz., at 25s Gd for 10i, 27s 6d for 7,1, and 29s for 2i. per cent. refraction. COTTON.—This article has been active, at id per lb ad vance. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. has been firmer, at 51s per cwt on the spot. GREEN FRUIT.—The demand continues good. Oranges in request ; a cal go, per Secret, from Lisbon, sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, maintained the price obtained of late. No improvement in lemons. More inquiry for nuts, and a lively business doing in all kinds. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STRAIT COMPANY.—At meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam C ompaoy, held yesterday, Sir James Matheson presidi ng , a divi dend at the rate of 7 per cent. was declared, an d t h e w a a w s ler s a t i a l t y edthat during th e six last meetin g , an d as therefore of a nm r report o p n o r t r eh t v months e w rws a eh s c u o h n r a h n c a i a m vs ueo elapsedau s t l yy hasad o since occurredte d . t h the i v satis factory.etho a n that thecongratulatory u positionarrohrey whole o oarl f ea co t t h fe the theundertaking discussion BATH ELECTION.—Tho mayor has appointed Saturday for the nomination of candidates anxious to secure the seat resigned by Mr. Phinn, Q.C. The friends of Mr. Whateley (Conservative), as well as the supporters of Mr. Tite (Liberal), are very sangune of success, and there is every probability that the contest will be a very close one. At the last election the numbers were : Captain Scobell (Liberal), 1,332 ; Mr. Phinn (Liberal), 1,290 ; Mr. Whateley (Conservative), 1,253. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On the 31st ult., at Si. George's Chu rc h, H anov er•square, by th e Lord Bishop of St. David's, Alexander Young Spearman, eldest son of. Sir Alexander Young Spearman, Bart., of Spring Court, Middlesex, and Portman-square, to Mary Anne Betha, youngest daughter of Sir Joseph Bailey, Bart., of Glanusk Park and Rangoed Cattle, and M.P. for Breconabire. T•IIE MAGAZINES. Blackwood.—Blackwood. commences with a cri. ticisin on the works of the Rev. Mr. Kingsley, whom it describes as " one of the most remarkable and voluminous writers of the present day." It appears that in the space of six years he has pro duced twelve volumes of prose and verse, sermons, philosophy, and fiction. The present criticism no tices only the latter, which certainly display a re markable diversity in the selection of their subjects and 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, critic, while condemn ing the opinions set forth, and the exaggeration displayed, admits the talents and originality evinced in these romances. A paper on "Aland —the Baltic in 1854," gives a description of the little 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 only were the group of islands intersected and dis sected by water, but each isle was again subdivided by lochs and morasses, so that almost every farm was in a solitude of its own. The natural produc tions of the country supplied the limited wants of the inhabitants, and with little demand for foreign goods 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 military station, and placed under the rule of a nation alien in sympathies, laws, and blood, this little island aggregation becomes at last the scene of 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 Bomarsuud, to which the writer thinks the English public were not inclined to pay sufficient honour.—" Zaidee" is continued with in terest. The present instalment introd u c es th e for- lorn and desolate little heroine to a new country and 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. It 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 America" 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- ion" is written with great fairness and modern• 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 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 absol u t e a d m i n i s t ra ti ve i nca p ac it y ." A brief instalment of the "Story of the Campaign " describes the progress of the siege, and concludes the number. Dublin—This number is not remarkably attrac tive, 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 Omar, 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 his train. He decreed that no mosque should be erected without having a school attached to it. It is a melancholy proof of 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" given. His brother James, however, is the most . emarkable person of the two brothers here pre sented to notice. 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 in weaving their own fate, and then blaming destiny. Neither Ninette nor übert bad any excuse for their hasty conclusions and impatient actions. One mistake all lovers of romance and sentiment will justly con demn, that of making Hubert turn out so uninterest ing a character as that of a " bon-vivant." " Such is life," exclaims the narrator, but that is not con sistent with Hubert Deessert's early years. Time and trouble can do much, and experience extin guishes fancies and vagaries, but they have not yet been known to change the characters, alter the dis positions, and subvert the nature of individuals. " Boulogne" contains some remarks on the present and past state of affairs in that place. "It was a spot for meditation. The waters in which he struggled for life, and in which he was made pri soner fifteen years ago, are creeping with gentle murmur on the sands beneath this balcony, upon which the Emperor's chamber opens." " National Galleries, Schools of Art, and their Management," presents some curious instances,in which a zeal with out knowledge is displayed in their transactions. It is said that "cleaning" is always followed by "restor ing," and we are remind e d o f th e old question of identity, " The blade, th e spr i ng, and the handle have been renewed, is the knife the same ?" "The Birth of the American Constitution " gives a long account of the manners and customs of the trans atlantio republic, which will prove interesting to some no doubt ; an d i n the last article, "bur Enemies Abroad and at Home," some true and wise suggestions are made, and very sad facts are re ferred to, but too desponding and gloomy a tone pervades the writer. It is the language of hope, not the murmurs of despair, that should be circu lated abroad ; and if blunders and errors have been committed, they will not be remedied by lament ing over our lost honour and tarnished glory, but by fanning the energy, and awakening the spirit which will not sink under difficulties, but arise and overcome them." Colburn's New Monthly.—A variety is evinced in the management of this magazine. The "Aus trian Army" is the first subject met with. It is remarked that "Austria certainly possesies 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 melanoholystotyofAdelinecli Costello. I In this division it becomes very melancholy. Com ! plication and mystery were embodied in its details before, but now the enthralment of superstition - , and the craftinesi of cunning are employed . as 1 weapons aga i ns t a y oung ' an d inexperienced girl. 3 No w on d er s h e s i n k s un d er so many trials, being i already weak and fragile. Mr. de Costello was • ' weak, and St. John hasty and unreasoning. All combined to produce an effect they little thought of. In the midst of worldly vanity, religious bigotry, and human passion, the flapping of the wings of death was heard, and, as a thief in the night, stol e th e t i dings to their hearts that Adeline, I the young s and beautiful, th e cen t re o f h ope, f ear , ! rage, intolerance, and persuasion, was to vanish as a dream from th e i r f r i volous stage to the solemn precints of that city where marriage and giving in. marriage is ov er . " A Visit to the Home of Goethe "is very interesting. The d e t a il s o f th e private life of genius afford a pl eas i ng study. Among other objects of interest was observed a let ter of Sir Walter Scott, in which he commences— " Venerable and much respected Sir." It is said that " this is a lesson to the vanity an d i mpertinence that so often obtrudes itself upon the privacy of an eminent man." "My First Evening on Circuit " is a lively sketch of the way in which some junior members of the Irish bar recreated themsel ves , after " grave hours that bring r es t ra i n t to sweeten liberty." " Credulity and Superstition in the Eighteenth Century" contains some remarkable proofs of the extent to which human ignorance and absurdity may be carried. Conspicuous among folly appears the fact that the fields around London were crowded with people, who thought thus to escape the doom which threatened London, in the shape of an earthquake, predicted for that time. Sir Horace Walpole mentions in a letter that " several women have made themselves earthquake gowns ; that is, warm gowns to sit out of doors all night." "The Diary of a First Winter in Rome", is continued, and gives many agreeable accounts of the past grandeur and present beauties of the Eternal City. Colburn's United Service.—Tho 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 abilities 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, is not an opening for merit, but a further opening of the public purse ! Among the remaining papers of a purely professional charac ter may be noticed the first of a series of lectures on " Military Science," addressed to candidates for commissions, an instalment of an 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. CM. 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 Tow'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 to 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" bad been sold in England 1 " 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—Airs. Stowe's book had been translated into Italian, Spanish, Danish, Swedish, Dutch, Flemish, German, Polish, and Magyar ; there being, moreover, among these as many as-two different Dutch and twelve different German translations! A marvellous success indeed. One that may well be designated the most extra ordinary of literary phenomena. After a dreary account of certain adventurous "Travels in Siberia," the Edinburgh gives us an amusing paper on "English Surnames," with a kind of omnium gatherum of illustrative anecdotes 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 Ecgland 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 Taylor Wright Walker Turner Cooper Clark Baker 1,033 839 513 Cook Parker From which it will be seen that they are all upon the increase rather alarmingly. Among the grotesque anecdotes about Sur 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 in terminable task, and settled the difficulty by saying—" L e t a ll th e rest b e called Smith.' An 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 th e reviewer, at page ' 445 , of the Edi n b urgh, speaking of? the brave Sam piero as " the greatest military character whom the island h as 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 w h o rece i ved 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 of the same article of Rous seau's wonderfully prophetic language in the " Contrat Social," when speaking of Corsica, he says—" J'ai le pressentiment que cette 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." France, it will be remembered, had previously—namely, in the November of 1789 —declared Corsica au 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 have long 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 customary dead level (of late) of dullness and mediocrity. According to what has bee; recently, the no lees fortunate. ssi Pm pm Pm 135 1003 a 100 4i i 4 31 4 41 li 3 64; 4 i peculiarity of the Quarterly, its principle charm continues to be manifested chiefly through what may be termed its biographical depart ment. Altogether, out of the eight articles composing the present number there are as many as three of this particular character. There is a biographical paper on " The Emperor Nicholas ;" this one, however, too curt, and altogether insuffi cient, it must be confessed. There is a biographi cal paper on " Sir -Richard Steele," a memorial of that genial and exquisite essayist, defending him from the influence of Mr. M acaulay's'sneers, preju dice, and depreciation. And, besides these, there is also in the number of the Quarterly now be fore us a very char m i ng an d graceful biographical whose life w as suc h a roniance—born paper on " Madame de Maintenon"—th at astonish 'and living in a p a l ace !—the wife, first itlan ee ga t w h poni e risn c oa r n ippled buffoon, and afterwards of the Grand Illonarque ! Reading her story anew, we find no extravagance in that phrase of Madame de Sevigne where she says, " the position of Madame de Maintenon is perfectly unique." And scarcely any in the judgment pronounced upon her character by Madame de Defend: rise up from it (i.e., the perusal of Madame de Maintenon s Correspond ence ) with a high opinion of her mind, with littl e es t eem ' for her heart, and no taste for her person ; but I persist in believing that she was not false." More, however, will be known upon this most important question, namely, as to the perfect sincerity of Madam e de Maintenon, so soon as M. Lavelle° shall have completed the enterprise upon which he has recently adventured—the publication of a com plete edition of her works; in ten little volumes, two of which volumes have already made their appearance. Few of the readers of the Quarterly will fail to follow with interest the epitomised record here given of the career of this extraordinary woman —the wife and then the widow of Scarron, the wife and then the widow cf Louis XIV., nee Mademoiselle Francoise d'Au tmemaipdoenralriyfe,soLjoaubretill:b/entdwiee7zeimin3s.coansdeqlu6e4nsce of bigne, otherwise as she was designated during her island of Martinique. Born on the 27th 13 e e n r, tionedon Constant cla'Achuabriggenfwtarseacsoonnatinbeide November, 1635, in the Conciergerie of the Chate mh with the English Government), au-Tro, m i e h t t h e t the correspondencea( w t il e the r e p h e r e i r o f d Francois° was placed by her mother under the care, first of all, of a Calvinist aunt, Madam e de Villette, and subsequently under that of "another near relation and a zealous Catholic," Macla ine e o Neuillant. Here it was under the fatter guardian ship that the future spouse of the King of France 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! Afterwardsshe 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 lodgings immediately 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" cripple—Scarron—the P 1 nceof Burlesque. Shortly . after the death o f M a d ame d'A u bi gn e , S carron ' 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 Scarron. 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 origin 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 arms ere 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 bead was 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 abridgment 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, Scarron expi re d. Subsequently his widow obtained a pension of 2,000 livres—a pension dropped for a Mule in 1666, but speedily renewed by King Louis XIV., w h o , l a t er on, namely in 1674, presented Madame Scarron with the estate of Maintenon, worth 15,000 livres a-year, a gift which ever 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 Montespan, the successful rival of the lovely and uckless Duchesse de la Valliere. The care of the royal bastards devolved upon Scarron's widow in 1670, and either in 1684 or 1685, the Queen hav ing expired, July 30, 1683, in the arms of Madame de Maintenon, the latttr was married to the Grand Monarque 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 already particularised, 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 menti one d an hi storical paper on " Venetian Despatches," and a sylvan one en titled "The Forester," and, to crown all, a politi c tl disquisition upon " Public Affairs," in reference to the rece n t s it uat i on 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. Bradshaw's Illustrated Guide through Paris. W. J. Adams. A positively invaluable hand-book for English visitors to Paris, in which all that can be seen theie 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. 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 pean Russia is divided for the purpose of recruiting, as this was the arrangement introduced , by the late Em. peror, by means of which be expects to keep his army on a war footing at an average levy of five in the 1,000 in each government every two years. It turned out, how ever, that the average conscription amounted to seven and one-fifth, and after the Hungarian troublesvirtobeavmeny became necessary to levy eight in the 1,000 in the west ern division, besides four in t t h h e e I r , u o i O n O go u in son th elyg e eetcawtsstoeronf one, t h e of which in the year in question (1849) it was not the proper turn. Now, this fifth levy, for which the ukase h.s recently issued, is for the western division of the empire, the government il s av le eA ft bses o ue u nm t in of it b o e v i e n r g the same roafught on the made empire to the serf years. This, excused on account edm tp w hv nee area,ry western elvu es alreadysfohua four le vies halfl he u p on vaivoefee t t h aht e o thousand in the space of two extent of 32 in the the interpretations of the word " souls," • one of 13, or 14 per c is equivalent to ant. on the I , between the ages of whole male population 17 and s' ixt producing forceot the count ' g—that is, on t'le whole that part part of the mal county and of twice as much upon military service —viz.. far is this from aims e Population considered fit for The interpretation of between the ages of 17 and 36. what more than d . a correspondent would some thing to speak of °utile the pressure. It is a common populationaee ordoifng thetd te Russia. Mo , ral. men as being a very cheap article in Serf when drawn p tr ea t k h in . g, they do . uhtless . a n r t e 0;f • buvitewso that the regulation conscript (or by the lord, whets a 1 good workman may happen to be taken), is stated by o tu i te by.a rich a s a P rice in i t d p f e o c r u a n' a s substitute st Hax thausen to have been 2,500 roubles—which, reckoning the rouble at lld , comes little sho rt of 1201.—before the beginning of ihe present war. At the present time it 15 difficult to conceive that a substitute would be pm. curable for any sum, however great. NurbließLDirectorir of thisLiN c v o a L i (Kelly andP oOSTO-. superior both in correctness and extent of information superior to the preceding, no expense having been spared to give the work that first-class character which the Directoties ) ° -- FF A lcE se p ooTid Ec e r dl it ti Y on ° of the biesers. Kelly are BO'Weli known to possess. 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