The Sun. — London, England, 1855-06-29 00:00:00

401 NEY MARKET AND COM'2,IE.RCIAL TELLIGEN CE. CITY, Two o'Cnocx. The Cott.= Market at Liverpool yesterday closT he firmly, with an upward tendency in prices. 'ae sales were estimated at 20,000 bales (13,000 of Per ham were t on speculation), comprising 650 t e rnam and, Maranham to 7; 4 3 -d., 200 at 6-A. ; 200 Egyptian at 7d. to Bd., 800 le at 4 -Id.. to 51A. ; and 60 Sea Islands at is. to :' Bl2l . per lb. The Railway Share Market closed -ea clilY, although the business done is still limited. There has been a quiet market fur colonial pro i:ea this week, but without any material variation f. 'values. S ugar h as g one off steadily at au c ti o n most descriptions, and coffee has been in de tZul at fi rm rates. Cocoa has ruled heavy, and h a at public. sale has been taken spftringly. Spices ' s 'e obtai ne d p rev ious prices, rice is cheaper, and v hta it Pe t tre has. declined 6d. to is. per cwt. Tallow ‘. 1 . 3 0en. heavy. e i essrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report that during Put week there has been less activity in the Z rket f or A mer i can S ecur iti es , whilst prices re . 4 Without material alteration : t l i t R edeemable. Per Cent. States 6 per Cent, llond!4 . _1863...109 110 4t ed ~ State,s 6 per Cent. Inscribed P lo co 1867-1868...108 109 )0,74371vania ti per Cent. Inscribed Stock ... 77 78 k vta Yi , vania 1 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 8.3 86 kb„, ehasett s 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds). 1868 -103 104 ed 5 per Cent. (Sterlingc , Bonds) ... 941 951 V 1• 641 45 c t (Sterl B BB... Pima 6 per Cent. Bonds Bonds) "1880... 89 861 91 871 . RAILROAD BONDS. 114:Is Central 7 per Cent. Bonds 1875... 741 751 ,_ll o ° ' Centval 7 per Cent. Freela,nd 1(4 11 , 43 1860... 7:31 741 Central per Cent. Bonds liC a 7 Per Cent., Ist Mortgage (Stor k 4 nnds) 1859... 921 931 l 'eSl 3 lll4 7 Per Cent. Bonds 1364... 93 I ' B Ylvani a central 6p. Cent. Mortgage rnds .... 1880... 901 911 t h e , and. Erie 7 per Cent. Ist ...............................1868-1869...101M0rt .... 3ort- 102 If!afe, Convertible d r ate 7 per Cc 1883... 87 88 k t ° , l l.k . and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking ....... . 1875... 83 84 to t h e l ast w eek's railway receipts, ascertained up Gp it day, acre in round figures as follow : 1855. 1854. I , 4:at W est ern • w ester n Zicil 1 ; 4 •••• 'n th . " .................. 26 437 27.309 n t: 11,667 11,349 . 19.324 18,114 c'tth,p_ e, and Yorkshire 21,506 20,360 33,518 32,918 Of t`' Stateta.olltS concerning the intended amount Chie ne w P.rench loan are still rather conflicting. 100 e ' 6 acc ount; mentions that the sum will be I t'i ' 4 vv ") 00 9 while another puts it at 750,000,000 Thereapp is some talk also of an intended wAt ersi°4 * Ne t ola the 21st instant the heat had abated. e t . ) ,' W as no rai n , however. Business had been Th all ialat(A. during the week. 11 44 8 4 - 11 Stri an Finance Minister is still strenu eZert' himself to improve the resources of ; ' and besides the saving effected by the 1 fi r g e of t‘ large portion of the army, it is in -1411:7, to grant further concessions for the con nkrepta-h°ll of railways. An English and French ,""Y e tendering for the Italian lines, ° 4d; a wes of the capitalists associated in -414t Messrs. Laing, Erzielli, Blunt, and 4 tP t a l with th e engineers Talabot and Po is s al 14 e ]i t44, and. Dl. Bingler of Milan. To complete lxiost required in Austria will need a • 1.10 to 125 millions of francs. Messrs. kti lla. c uild of Vienna are supposed to be co-oper kt e + e ° ll4 ts of the 25th instant from Galatz men 'gat tile ships were taking in corn as fast as %le li tt i n 3in apprehension that impediments would bk il - he thrown in the way of navigating the There have been no letters ye t received b y the mab ktri v -In' eg from Port - Phi li p , tele g ra p hed as having 1104 4 at Queenstown. She has 276,000/. on 0 1 'tsteamer Atrato, with the West India and ki4 li h ! ma: Is, has on board 53 8 , 361 dollars. She tol4llater accounts from Peru, which state that 4b4Zinistrative party had triumphed, and that eleeq Castilla stood a good chance of being q `lk ae Ptemident. By this mail M. de Murietta t r44 n ollicially advised of his removal from the i 4 PPo °4°o i 2sul for the republic, an d a successor is 1 4 4ted . 11(5 ti• l e the list of Mr. Miller of the Jeru salem Coffee ," k ,we find several large ships up next month ` 4 e o b etb en . rne, the Queen of the Sea s, 1,337 tons, °t lit r lllion of the Seas, 1,270 tons, and others a irand 1,000 tons. There seems also to be • -41 : 1 1 . her of ships on the berth in L ondon for R k"' l n etlt W a l es an d India. 4 4 11111 Stocks have been flat again, in conse '44,e of Idle rumours a b o ut changes in the cora ket 4 etta n i the army, and the doubt whether the 11 ,,,er k ,, c : t .of Lord Raglan will be an able and officer. There are rumours freely 'eli ta • - 7 1 at P ar i s th a t neither Canrobert nor 1 `4(1 a ` e ! :have latterly agreed very well with It e ' e l of the British forces, and in a Vienna it r No. •is We have seen the writer asserts that -a k' l ll4 l tier of notoriety that the difference of Oa t taitween Pelissier and Raglan has become serious. Consols have been heavy at 90i 11 1 knave since touched 94, and are now about 114 '?() r " )1 Y buyers or sellers. Exchequer Bills ;3 4 realised 21s. to 24s and India Bonds 295. to ke l (k, af luta. The New Annuity is at 16 15-16. ate St ock is firm at 211. Exchequer Bills (21d.) to 245., and (2d.) at 20s. premium. i4v rei gn Securiti e s h ave been quiet. Mexican tir be en dealt in at 21, and Peruvian at 69. ‘ qui tt Bonds have been quoted 81k 1, and since TheS<<rdimam. have realised 851. 1 1. following are the nominal prices of foreign - 12 : " -- Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6& to 7; Mexi -1.1. k r 0 'to 21i ; Peruvian, 68 to 70; ditto Three ti te., 48 to 50 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 4ittotoe 46 ; Russian Five per Cents., 98 to 100 P our-and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 Cep s New New Deferred, 18is to 18. f ; Ditto 3 per bi t c , 381 to 381 ; Ditto Certificates, 4 to 41 ; T . Passive, 4 to 41. kt iq hu 18 is " pay day" in the Railway Share market, tt 4 411 appearance of heaviness pervades it. The 44 actions have been limited, and have been prim -4113P in Great Northern, Great Western, North b e e4 tern, and Midland. The Foreign Shares have L el l quite neglected, but Sambre and Meuse are Great Western of Canada are quoted ex - 7, 41 , e ncl and ex the new shares. tl i : h . de Poreign Mines are rather l ower, including k ti - d u nited Mexican. Crystal Palace are firmer, 11 4 ,,, a1 50 General Screw Steam. The Joint-Stock ` 44 s are quiet. )1- "Lwrs FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0'01,9c. Prons t7ze O 9 caad List. ) . ... . _ ._ - k tta.. Business done .. 4 lle; S tock .......... 6 pet ent. Reduced Annuitia. 9ll 2i l t ev, , (3 elat. consols Annaitie Leb„,", Per Cent. Annuities ..... 92i g i , bi t :"ltinities, Expire sth Jan.. Ise() 414; '') 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1885 16 15-16 a t.t_ to bit te . :Zis_ , . 41 . 01;9 .. .. . . 29 33 14, 4 , under MAW 3l 32 t tet for Account 10th July 9l 90h lb • . i iner Bills, 214 ! 2,1. .. 21 21 !20 ki(j U 144 11 1a1l ............ ~, „ !20 key CE Bonds 1858, .ii ..... Cent. ..... . 101 iell'e a ` jB ,,cor FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 213 ilas•rt,avialid,per Cent. 69 rttnizt, Bonds, •1i per Cent ,lki a l i b „"nds, 5 per Cent. t ,'ands, 6 per cent Bl A 8711 I ' o for the Account Bli Dividtnds on tilt above payr.bie 1r I P ,,, n HALF-PAST TWO. 91 e ° l lBols . 1 11 41 E , r c e doubt continues to prevail on the question whether 4 1e;: e not confes,ion in the Court of Bankruptcy by tho, r '• Straban, Paul, and Bates will operate to secure the f 1541 the criminal consequences of their position. tlltv; do not appear to have been sworn to the statement hi on "lr delin quenc i es b y t h e au th or ity of the corrms 111.ie:' w ho, in fact, distinctly refused to entertain the tLq r - r't or to heir anytiiinf: with retard to it. It must reittkin to be seen whether voluntary deposl tl n ot called for by the commissioner, or assignee, or 4 bi 40 reditor, can have any effect under the act applic to their cue. 6LIARE M RKE T 8 (THIS LAY.) . _ LWLYS. f.',4P.TULTS. Closing Price , yesterday.. ! , .4) Wottrg. Boot s.ad Eastn. Junet .11 Ba 11 Binning. Woli rh .itour !OA 13irk 4hd. Lancsl— & Cheshire Junct it Do. Cheoh. & Birk., £5O and £23 Cons. Do., X20..._ • 11 Rlyth ATynDarigina (is6d. at £45 )0 Bristol and Exeter... )0 Caledonian s. Catraarthen and Car digan 1... 'Chester & Holylier.o .11 Cork and Bandon .11 Cork, Black, & Pas , 6 ainiwall Ch if Junction i 5 fluolin&Belflisthinc .11 Dundee Pertl leen JunetiGn dl 'V' 10 East Al ,zi.ian Xll Eastern Counties () Eastern Union, A Steck .. th,., B. Ste?' Do., New A 10 East Lancashire )6 Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles 0 Edin.Prth &Purge, 9 "firth A Clyde du' .•. ill Furness. 11 Do. Extension )l) Glasgow &S. Weston X./ treat Northern 10 Do., A. Stock 10 Do., B. Stock K• Gt. Sth. A-West.are. • 10 Groat Western It: D Stour Val Rai , Gua. Stl.• dl trig) South-Easters 11 ',master A Carliere 4f Do., Thirds 7 Do. Now Thirds 10 LMlCash.,and VoVka` )., Wet. Ridini.r [T)) .11 "Jiv.Crsby.B/Southpt I,onflon Pt Blackwal 10 Lond. Bright &S. Cst L,ond. and N. VTe,stp 6 Do. Fifths 53 Do.lo/. Sh.,M&B CI Za Do. Eighths .001 London andS. Westr , Do., e. 50 8 Do., .C4O 11 Lndn f I rrytz Col crairle Lndndrry. & Enri.alt Nsuch.Shef.&Linch , Lll Do. Shares, No. I 2s. ! Man. ti Lin, Un )0 Midland ;o. Birmng. it Derby G. West. (Ire, ) al )o, Half Shares -, Teweastle & Carlisle. 3 Nwpt.Aberg. al.ewey & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoini and ilostrovor.._ I) Norfolk .... 3!, Northn.Ci;unties Un 100' North British all North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all 90., # A Deferred all Do., B Guaranteed 100 N. Eastern—Berwie 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Dodo. G.N.E. Pnrch 0l Do. Leeds !00 Do. York si North London all Do. New Lid 3 Wstrn.,Hainp. stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. .1 , North Western.. al, 11 N. 3: S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester '0 Oxford, Worcesterot , Wolverhampton ..., 8 !'ortemouth 0 Sc...idsh Central Scottish Midland 0 =';! iropshire Union 1 South Devon ; South Eastern al South Wales :, S. Yrksh. 5 Do 1 Staines, Wok. &Wok 6 1 Stockton t Darli , • f Stc-Aton dr Hr.rtlepi Tr.ff vale... 9 Do. .LlO shares. X) Do. Prof., No. I Thames haven Dock and Railway TTlverstone & Lancs ,11 Vale Neath ll Waterfd. 11 k \Vaterford&Umer: ,. lc all West Cornwall. 5 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London. 171 s. Wimblecin &Croydon Bt sino.s ions this day. 23 - '25 4g - 8i -8/ 134 -- 121 i5l -- 16 ; 8,1 -- 7i. 90 - 92 GL - 63 131 - 14 9 - 11 ... - •.. ( 1 14 - 15 12 - 12; 32 - 36 23 - 25 76i - 77 58 - 60 8 - 9. 19 - 20 ... - .. 70 - 72 92i -03 ti 75 - 16 - I'B 99 -101 67f 67i 59 61 75 - 80 8 - 10 8 10 Bli - 82 74 - 8 [OO - 102 ioli - 102 83 - 84 8 . 7A t 71 - 6,1 t 26A - 27 8i - 84 7:32 - 74 43 - 45 9 - 7 la 2 - 52 36" .. 31 - 75 - 61 - 3f -14 i 51i 51 -- par ..... 4id 7 Far - ~. - 28. - - 105 - 69 - 48 144, -61 i - 30 pat - 41 ••, ••• 4/ - 5 2 - 4i 2 - 8 ... ••• FOREIGN. all Antworktßott , rdam 4 Belgian Bastn. June. 10 Beziers to Grai Baena , )s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central india,SeriT Demerara flute' , Rhenish Eastern of France .0 Do. New 11 East Indian, g. sp. c .0 Do. EY `,ensioo .11 Do. 41 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible 11 Do. do. do., '59, do 71 Gd. Thor Canad 9.A n Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. . ........ '0 Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '11:3 Al Po. Comp. 6p. c., do. .0 Gt. Central of Pi all al ch. Ind,an Peninsula guar. 5 per cent. 1 Do. New 5 por cent. 2 Po. Extensions.... alDo. d 0..... ............. 3 Great Luxerubour , Constituted Shares Do. Obligations... ... Gt.WesternofCauad Shares 11 Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55.. 11 Do. do., '62, p.'56... 11 Do. do., '76, p. '60... 11 Dn. do., '73, without ` option 11 amilton & Toronto di Do. 6 per cent 4 Lake Const. & Basle .1l Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. pref. ............... .0 Lyons and Geneva 4 Lyons & Mediterran LII Madras LO Do. New Li Maria Antonia I Do. do. New dl Namur & Liege (with interest) di Do. (es interest) Al Northern of France dl Do .201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3$ p. a. & red. at 2221. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854.... al Do. U. 3 p. c Bde (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs. dl NorwegianTrunk_Pre 16 Paris and Lyons al Ditto Bonds Lll Paris and Orleans.... Lll Paris and Rouen... [3 Par isCaen & Cherbrg. Ll] Rouen and Havre..... LII Royal Danish ...... 3 oval S wedish :dl Sambre and IKeus6, Do. 5 p. cent. Pref s Sciud) ill Southern of France L 6 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A), dl West Flanders al Do 5i per c. Prof , 6 Western of France Wee:. of Switzerland II Wiosbaden 1 Zealand JOINT-Sroi uetr il,Blft iiritish Colonial Baal and Loan Company ritish N. Americar 5 'lharta. Bank of Asia 4 Ihrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & Chins City . . :5 !0 Commercial of Lond. i;lngliAt Scottish up, Australian Chart Lond. Chats. BIL. of Australia 5 nitto New !O London and ....... • .0 London Joint Stock. Lond. & WeFtminster ;5 National Provincial of England .0 no. New.......... !2i National of Ireland 611 Now South Wales , 11 Oriental Bank of Corporation 15 Provincial of I re l and Lll Do. New ..... ..... 1 Royal Australu.Eizg. & Gold Imp Co., 11 South Australia .11 Union of Australia.,, 2i Do. Now Union of Loudon otil Ai 24 ---, 11 24 - 2 2i - 23, i id 35i 36 9 10 25A 26 31 3ir 1711 - 18. 65 67 94 - 96 4 - 41 5 - OP - 5 - 6 4 -4; at 3i 221 -- 234 100 - 102 106 -- 109 110 - 115 104 106 22 - 224 109 - 111 dip 5i 64, i . - 101 24 3 p 5 7 2 - 3 s - s 12i -- 13 ..• g 7: 5' 29k - 29ip .46 : 48 45 4 7 Pro 25 2 6 21 22 lk Is 4 gi —10 k 21 -21 p ... - pm 3i - 4 ... - a 9t -101 p iis fi BANKS. 84 - 85 65i 66ixd }d—}p ...d 5i - 6p' ' 17} -- 181 19 -- 20 d 36 37 48 : 49 .... OA 0 • 0, ..... . "• 30 -- 36 38 - 3 ,2 52 - ••• .."" ..* 41 - 43 74 - 75 8 - 9 ... ia m iio H 25 a: St. 110 St. i 0 10 161 50 al 20 a] 20 li 10 1 50 t 25 al 25 a] St. 1O 20 4] St. 10( St. I I, St. 10 St. 10 10 al St. 10 50 al CO al t. 1101 Al 41 fli 20 al ll► a] St. !AN St. 101 20 11 St R. 1 0 25 a: 412 e 60 mi 100 t 21 2. 50 I a 50 1 al 20 I 1 10 I 25 I a st. St. 25 2 0,) a; 20 al 50 Al to 5 20 18 17i al 20 11 !O I all 20 a] 20 IA 100 4] 25 1 25 ;, too 1 71 100 al 20 1J 5 a, 20 4 al 20i all 00 . a] 20 5 al 20 11 20 1' 201 11 3431 10.1.111 16 I al 20 I a] 20 1 , 40 al 20 al 20 4.1 20 al 20 a] 20 I ..1 20 2. 20 a: 20 II 8 at 10 al 20 11 20 I.' 100 31 100 z 100 21 20 al 50 11 ion 21 100 31 20 11 50 2 20 25 a; 100 2! 10 a] 62i i 67i 7 ni i 7lf 101 i 100 i 1011 i i 83 I 73i i i 1213 i 22 - 211 i ad an L T IN - ES iASED • T FTZIED _KF,NTA Li:3B/14i. ninp Er., C.:10 8/m Prier,. yesterday. EArr.wArs. n e df on i and Biel.-1111ey Buckgnamall. Clyclesdsl ,, Je. Col. Stour Vy. Sod. and Ilal. E. Lin. ‘2,..6 pc Gas. & Neils. Direct Do, Saw—. Glstr.& Dn. Fr HAI pl Dk. Railway Hull & Selby Do. A Sharee. Do. ; Shares. Lon. &Greenw Do. Preference Lou,. Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Dxtr. and IVia,tlock & Redcar. Midld.Braafil Newmarket Bury Exton N.& Est.sp.c Do. 6 p,,r ct. Do. Fixeds p Preat. & Wyre 50 sc' 25 Do. Qrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef. Roth and Goole g. 5 p. c. Shrews. &Her S. Stailordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&Clorarst 100 110 al PREFERENCE SHARES. berdeen )0. N 0.2, 7 p. c gyth and Tyne l Oper c. prof. (issd. at NO & Ex. 4 p. c. St. 4). 4 p. c. Shares 'aledonian £lO %ester & 11101.7 head ;uar. 34 per cent )0. do. Pref. No. 2 4). do. Pref. No. 2 98 no 93 - 95 ';;;lidillandons2 2 - p.c Prth . & A 1-er. J 4 . 6 : ibi 10 St. St. Angliau Cis. ASh Do. do. Cis. B 6 p. c. )o. do Cls. C 7p. c. eastern Counties Ex ;elision, 5 p. c. No. )o. No. 2 . )o. New 6 r . c. 'ast Un.. 0. 6 p. c . .0. 51., 10 ner cent. .0. 101. Del;entr.Sl. )o. do. 4 per cent... "set Lancaqh. 6 p. et , York. J. sths 1. Prth.&Dun.4p.e. Has. &S. W. 0.5 p. c. treat Nortlin. 5 p. c io. 5 p. c. Redeem , • • • '... *WO 3 - 4 6 - 64 at 10 p. c. prem... )0. 4i p. c Do. 5 p. c. Scrip, Red. 1 - lip i - 1 1 i. 13,1 - 14 1 0 St. 20 50 all 100 9 6 t 5 p. c. pm... lt.N. of F:cot.lst Pr(' t. S. & W. (Ireland) Do. 4per c. PrA. St t. Wastn. (Berks & gants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. con. red. 41 p.c. no. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S. Do. do. 5 p. c. Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do ran. & York. F. £2l Do. 6 p. c. Stock Lon. &IMO. G. 5 p.c. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. )o. New Guar.6 p. c. Do. do. 5 per cent.. ram. &N. W., Coy. di Nuneaton 5 p. ct Lon. & S. W. Con.3d , r,ondy. &Color. Sh. Londy. & Ennis.. S' . \fan., Sher., Sr, New, £lO Do. £6 kfarypt. & Carl. 4 p Do. 4i per cent 60 - 63 1O 50 1.2, , ,. 1.2 10 5 all 'U all 10 - 112 .04 - 106 - 9 9,1 St. 16' 5 St. Do \(id. Consol.6 p.c St Do. Consol. Bristol I Birm. 6 per cent, Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St Do. Pref. 43 per cep Do. 5/. Pr , f. 4 p. c.. Ditto Leic , ster and Hitcher Pref. St. Norfolk Debenture IDo.Pref. 4 p. c. Stoc Po. 5 p.c. Ext Do. 5?. 2 per et. pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British 20 126 25 20 St.l N. E. Perw, 4 p.c. P _ Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.e :No. I De. do. Quarters 4~ Do.Ynrk El & Pnr. North Staffordshire.. 'Oxford, Worcester, Wolverh.Xls, 6p Do R. Pref. 101. Sh. Scot. Cent. , New Pre' South Devon Do. fixed, CI per con S. Eastern (Readier Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4A per c0nt..... S Wales Gua. 4p. c. Do. do. 4 p. c.... S. Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock. &, Dar. ,5 p c. Do. do. do, Stock. & Hard. g. p. c. till July 1, 'SP Weterfd. & 6-63 99 -- 101 90 -- :12 92 -- 94 10 -- 11 17 -17 i 10i -10 i 74 -- 76 19i -- 20} 9i -- 101 14i -15. E d 137 - 139 •• • ..° ... ••• ""'. N. 2i -3/ 13/ - 14 i - iP 199 - 141 97 - 93 - 1 4$ - 4i 101 - 103 95 - 97 3i - 4 ••• ....... ••• i -- par 105 - 107 - 14 id - par 231 —23 i 99 101 16 -18 ..• -• ••• 2 - 3p ••• -- •.• 28 nel MINES. 1 all A. ua Fria . . a ••• i 1 all Anglo Austen. Gold ... .. 105. all Anglo Califor nian .. , 1 20 6 Australian it 11 1 all Australian Cordillera ... - 1 all Ave Maria . — --- ••, - 1 all Baden (Gd•Dttehy of? * i 50 all Blacuarvon Iron and Coal ..,.. 20 14 British Iron 5 6 35 26 Braziliaulmp.(issuea at £5 pm.) 30 all Do. Comes & Cuiab 21 31 20 1.5 Do, St. John Del Re' ,28 3Oxd 1 1 Carson's Cvaok i _ 1 i Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica h 313 sall Cobra Copper 59 —6l 1 Colonial Gold i --i St. all Copper Min. of Eng .. .. 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent •„_ .: ... ie Copiapo . . l9 21 5 all English and Austin . Copper Smeltg r'4 , 1$ —l* 2 1 Fortuna i -- o_, 20 all General l5 —l7 1 all Gt.Nugg. e tVeinßeg $ a 41 all Great Polgooth. 1 —2a 1 all Liberty l. - 1 3 all Linares. 7 71 ... 31 Da B ................ -2A 5 1 Lusitanian I 11 1 all M ar iquita ......... -•• 1 11 1 all New Granada ... ... ' .... i 1 all New Linar es Minna.; and Smelting Co ... ... 1 all Nouveau Mo nde 20 all Pontgibaud Silva, Lead Min. & Smelt. —l6 17 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Ro ck 50 all Rhymney I ron l9 21 15 all Do. Now 30 121 Santiago de Cuba... 53 / 4 5 1 all South Australian 1 i 10 7} Tin Croft... •• ••• 28: all United Me xican ...... 31 4,1 31 1 all Waller . 1 1 all West 'Mariposa 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Austra li a 22 1Y1thrt_____ MISCELLANEOUS. ____------:--_ 25 171 Australian A grinit. 30 31 10 all Ausl,raln. Royal Mail ... ... 10 7 Berlin Water Works 21 2 d 50 40 Brit. American Land 57 60 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. ... -- ... 100 32?, Canada .................125 130 St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. et. Jan. and July 114 115 114/ 1 5 all Crystal Palace 2* 31 4 3 5 5 Do. PrefereneP 53 551 4 all Crystal Pal. of France ... —. ... , 1 $ Du ston Iron Ore ... ... 20 84 Eastern Steam • .• 25 23 Electric Telegraph.- 17 -- 18 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. ... ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ... _.... 161 1 20 all General S crew Steam ... ... 20 10 Irish Beotavot Sugar ... ... 20 10 Magdalen a St. Navin,... _ ... 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. ... •-• ... 10 9 Mexicau&S.Amerien. 61 61 10 2i Do. New 1 all Nat. Pat. S team Fuel ... ... 10 5 Netherlands Land..... n 21 2 1 N. S. W. Coal ez Inter. St ea m Navigat. Co. .„ . 1 all N. B. Australasian... I 1 20 15 Nrth. of EuropeStaam ... ... 1 all Oriental Gas li li 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Mimi 2i 2i - 50 all Peninsular& Oriental ~, ... 50 10 Do. New — • ••• 2 all Portland Iron Co 1• —ll 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest ll 2 C 1 1 Ditto New 4 25 all South Au atral. r‘aral 37 i rah. 1 all Submar. Tel. Scrip_ i -- l. 1 all Do. Registered i 1 5 Trust& L. Co.U. Can. ....- 10 I -81) 'fa Die men's Lan/I Hi ,-. ~ 1 L,nniori N. Wt,t L. &N. IV . E. Un. rt.. Pirt:Ln. Cal lonian. 98 - 100 100 - 102 ik 1-vi Do I(4t. Wes New Sr, Bcrw. Y. &N Do. ... _ ._ 27 - 29 io . i : iiio S. Easter Do 12i -- 13 23 -- 24 ni -- 124 Peto Co& Norfolk Do & N. NV Stck ton Darling), 21/ - 2i 21 - 56 En. Coun. E. Count. i - DP 58 - 60 Do Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do 1.*3 :: ii Gt Northr Lancash& Yorksh. T. Brassey M. MClear & Darlingt ItWestn. - 9 22 - 2i' :3 - 33 94 - 96 B.ESIONATION OF LORD RAGLAN. (From the Times of this day.) The news of the war is more than usually grave. We have indeed btill to learn the particulars of our ill suc cess on the 18th, and are still without tidings of any further attempt ; but while we wait time wears on, and nature takes its course. Lord Raglan's iron constitu tion has at length given way to a cause that bas laid many a younger and stronger man low, and his lord ship has, we are told, requested to be relieved of his command, in order to return home. General Simpson, we believe, will succeed him in the command-in-chief. General Eatcourt, Deputy-Adjutant-General, has fallen a victim to the cholera, and one of the first duties of the new Oontmander-in-Chief will be to appoint a suc cessor to its post capable of its duties. Another loss excites the deepest regret. Captain Lyons, whose talents and enterprise marked him for the command of , the expedition to the Sea of Azoff, in spite of his com parative youth, and who amply justified the wisdom of the choice, has died of his wound. It appears that, in his anxiety to make a thorough reconnaissance of Kaffa, he approached so near to that port that, standing on the paddle-box of his ship, he received a rifle ball in his leg.. He did not think much of it at the time, but the extrern heat, the excitement of the occasion, and prpbably al Ao a degree of vexation at being thus unnecessarily dis abled, checked the healing process, and deprived the service of the very promising officer to whom we owe our very #rst naval success in this war. It is evident that the summer is beginning to tell as severely as the winter, and that it becomes ordinary prudence to make the best of our strength while we have it. We have to choose between war and disease. Miss Nightingale is about to return home. Miss Stanley has already, we. hear, arrived. No doubt that, as the war changes its character, as the conflict draws closer and closer, as we fight on e pa r t of Sebastopol against the other, the arsenal agai nst the town, and the south side against the north ;—fur they, as we advance into the interior, and pursue the foe, through defiles, over steppes, and across marshes, we shall have many more such budgets as that of this mo'zning. The tardy resolutions of a divided Legislature, and the best intended measures of an honest Governm . ant, will be an ticipated by many a removal and many a promotion by Death's own hand. It is needless to say that we never regarded with favour propositionsiof a retrospective and even vindictive character. They do not become either the gravity of the subject, the dignity of Parliament, and, what is even more important, they are of no use. The war itself will do its own work. It chooses its own scene, its own men, its own measures. It has long since passed out of that strangely intermediate state in which our Ministers of last year thought it possible to keep it. We are no longer making idle demon strations, threatening camps, and naval reviews. We are waging a war of the direst reality and on the largest scale. We sent out Lord Raglan more as a military negotiator to keep on good terms with our allies, and to avoid war if possible, than as a General to be guided by purely military considerations. We have now to commission a soldier with no other object than to fight and beat the enemy. No doubt other changes will be in the same direction. The work before us is none for holyday soldiers. The Crimea is not a place to kill time, nor is our army there an agree able club. Glory, and perhaps promotion, are there to be won at appropriate risks. Such is the administrative reform, the promotion by merit, that we have hitherto laboured for in vain. Such is the spirit of our youth, and so common to all classes is honourable ambition, that there will be no lack of candidates for her Majesty's commissions. At the same time, as the war advances, and its sacrifices increase, the private soldier rises in importance, and his advance in the social scale is al ready marked by' a great increase of pay. Probably the war never wore so menacing an aspect as at this moment, when they who in various capacities were concerned at its commencement are successively quitting the scene, and leaving their places to men of sterner mould, and perhaps also more reckless temper. Russia played for a high stake, and has already lost the substance of actual territory and power, as well as the shadow of a fanatical expectation. Every year, every month that the Black Sea and its shores are in the hands of the allies will be so much admission of western and southern influence, and the longer that state lasts the more difficult will Russia find it to reassert her ascen dancy, if that is ever to bedone. In the present obstinacy of Russia and counter determination of the allies we see too much reason to fear a protracted struggle. With now armies, new generals thrown into the bloody arena, with new provocations, with those mistakes, outrages, land retaliations which no efforts can prevent, the war must continually become more relentless and more in capable of compromise, or o even of humanity. Several hundred thousand men are now fighting from hill to hill, from mound to mound, from the opposite sides and ends of the same gorge—taking and retaking positions still filled with their own dead. The allies in all this are still in the ascendant, and we have even regained some of the vantage ground lost on the 18th, There can be no reasonable doubt as to the early issue of such a strug gle on the scene where it now rages. Sebastopol will soon be ours. What next,—in what direction the lava torrent of war will roll, and where we shall again contest inch by inch the soil of the Crimea, it would be vain to conjecture. But, Sebastopol won, the Crimea is also ours, and we shall hold the Black Sea and the whole of its shores as a material guarantee for the submission of Russia. PRINCIPLES OP MORALS BY LORD PANMU.RE. Lord Panmure is an eminently moral and religious character—a leader of the Free Kirk. It is, therefore, not without surprise that we have read the noble lord's ethiCal code with regard to soldiers' marriages as pro pounded by him in the House of Lords last night, The Duke of Richmond diew the attention of the honse to the subject of improved barrack accommodation for soldiers' wives. This brought the Minister of War upon his feet. The exordium of Lord Panmure's speech, we may be allowed par parentltese to remark, was comical enough. He commenced by protesting he was convinced that the Duke of Richmond had adverted to the subject "in ne spirit of hostility to Government." This is one of those utterly uncalled-for exculpations which are tantamount to accusations. It looks as if Lord Panmure, after the baiting that Government has of late had to undergo, had become so touchy that the most innocent remark appeared to him to involve a censure of himself' and his colleagues. He is almost as bad as the navy surgeon of whom Lord Byron relates, that having been long quizzed by his mess about his wig, he became so sensitive that no one could mention even a hat in his presence without being told, " Sir, you grow personal." But it is with Lord Panmure's principles of morals, not with his testiness, that we hav e t o d o a t pre sent. ell ;he admits the demoralising consequences of the shameless manner in which men and women are now huddled together in barracks, but his only remedy is compulsory celibacy on the part of all soldiers for the first 10 years of their service in the infantry, and 12 in the cavalry. Never having studied Scotch metaphysics, we confess ourselves unable to explain the rationale of this distinction between the two arms of the service. But over looking this special mystery, and addressing ourselves merely to Lord Panmure's gen eral principle, we must be al lowed to doubt whether 10 or 12 years'compulsory celibacy of all soldiers is likely to be conducive to the morality of the army or of society in general. We have been accus tomed to believe that, under proper regulations, matri mony was conducive to morality. The neighbourhood of a barrack, even as matters now stand, is not much liked by sedate and decorous heads of families ; but if almost all the inmates of that barrack were to be bachelors by compulsion, it would become an intolerable nuisance. Lord Panmure is of opinion that a wife is too great a luxury for any man below the rank of a cor poral to indulge in. Nay, he goes farther ;he " wishes to see the army without women attached to it at all." He " thinks soldiers should do for themselves many things which women are now employed to do. What these things are he did not condescend to explain ; but it is pretty clear that Lord Panmure's model barrack would be a kind of military convent. Yet the legends of his native land tell strange stories about Monkish morality. —Daily News. PERJURY AND FRAUD EY A MILITIAMAN.--At the Southwark Police-court yesterday, James Connoway, a young fellow about 20 years of age, was committed for trial by Mr. A'Beckett for obtaining a half-sovereign, the property of her Majesty the Queen, by means of fraud and perjury. John Cleary, a sergeant of the 3d Royal Surrey Militia, stated that about the latter end of June, 1854, the prisoner came to him and volunteered to serve in the above corps. Prisoner swore he was not an apprentice, and afterwards received the bounty money of 10s. from the adjutant of the regiment. Percival A. Scott, a lighterman, said the prisoner was apprenticed to him in May, 1849, to serve seven years, by the gover nors of Queen Elizabeth's Free School in St. Olave's. He produced the indentures to prove that fact. HARROW SCHOOL.—THE SPEECH DAY.--The custo mary annual speech day took place yesterday at Har row, and, as usual, attracted a very brilliant company. Most of the leading personages of rank assembled at the Rev. Dr. Vaughan's previous to congregating at the school, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Oxford, &c., being among the early visitors. At 11 o'clock, the Head Master (the Rev. Dr. Vaughan), accompanied by a numerous party, proceeded to the school-room, where the recitation of the speeches commenced. The speeches were of an average class. Some of the recita tions were rapturously applauded, particularly Mr. Toilemaohe (Trial of Warren Hastings), and Mr. Tre velyan (The Four Invasions of England). The head master, in delivering the several prizes to the successful competitors, briefly addressed them, congratulating them on their exertions. Th e Head Master and Mr. Vaughan gave a sumptuous entertainment to above 250 of the principal visitors who were present on the occa sion. EMBEZZLEMENT BY A CLEBK.—At the Wandsworth police court yesterday, Thomas Honeborne who was described as being a clerk and traveller i❑ the service of Mr. W. Randall Wood, coal and timber mer chant, of the waterside, Wandsworth, was finally exa mined before Mr. Paynter, on a charge of embezzling various sums of money to the extent of between 4001. and 500/., the property of his master. The prisoner had been in Mr, Wood's service off and on for the last six years, and it was his duty to collect money and pay it over to the cashier every night. The prosecutor bad no suspicion of the prisoner's dishonesty until Tuesday, the 19th inst., when the prisoner's defalcations were for the first tim e discovered. It seemed that the prisoner was in the habit of accounting for portions of the bills be had received, and after they had been entered in the ledger by the ca ,bier he surreptitiously obtaired th. books, and altered the amounts. He was also in the idaa••yess this day. IL JV INTELLIGn 7 CE.--(THIS DAY.) QUEEN'S BENCII, GUILDHALL. (Br:foro Lord Campbell and a Speoial Jury.) BAIIrORD v. GULL. was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover 277/. if the defendant for goods sold and delivered. The defendant denied that the goods in question were the pro perty of the plaintiff, but that they had been obtained byfralid. from a Brussels house, for whom he re•pur chased ;them cf the plaintiff, and to whom he forwarded them. The cross•exarnination of the plaintiff elicited some ntrange statements from him as to the manner in which he conducted his business as a commission agent; but as the case had net concluded when our despatch left we abstain from entering further into it. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings at Niel Prins, at Guildhall, before the Lord Chief Baron and Common Juries.) REDMAN V. HANCOCK. This was an action brought by the .dla,intilff, a butcher, against the defendant, a widow, for the recovery of a balance: due for meat supplied to some dining-rooms in Lambeth, of which it was alleged the defendant was the tenant, and for supplying which she bad entered into a contrast with him. Mr. Atherton, Q.C., with whom was. Mr. Jones, were f 3r the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant .o:kee, with Mr. Lush, were for the defendant. The defence set up was, that the defimdant was not the tenant of the rooms in question, anal that another person bad paid for the goods sent in. The Yearned sergeant was about to address the jury for the defence, when the learned judge suggested that be should callihis witnesses at once, if be believed the plaintiff to be mistaken in affirming that has. HancOck was responsible for the debt. Serl eaot Shee—l am not anxious, I as acre your lord ship, t o make a speech. (A. laugh.) The Lord Chief Baron— Then call Mrs. Hancock at once. Serweant Shee—Very well, my lord ; but if the jury are indulged in such a manner they won't be anxious to hear any speeches at all in future. (Loud. laughter.) Mrs..llandcock was thereupon called, arid her evidence was proceeding when our report was desp 'etched. MARKET NEWS.-(TITIS DA Y.) CORN EXCHANGE. Very moderate supplies of English wheat. have arrived up to 'our market this week, coas;;wise and! by land car• riage. Although the show of samples in t o - d a y' s.mar k e t was limited , the demand for all kinds ruled 'very inactive. In prices, however, no quotable change tooVc place from Monday. Rather over 14,000 quarters of foreign wheat have a rrived this week. Good heavy quali ties were held firmly, at full prices. In low and middling kinds so little was de ing that the rates were almost noulh Lai. Floating cargoes, of grain were less active. The sale - for barley was slow, but no cha3xiTe took place in the quotations. In t.'o value of malt no change took place.. Oats sold to a moderate extent, on former j arms. Beans, peas, and flour ruled dull, at barely late rates. Wheat. 1,460 AREIVALt THIS WEER. Barley. ( Malt. 0 3t3. 350 ) 1,250 50 1,446 2.3,650 English .. Irish • •••• Foreign .. 1,45014,16 ; 1 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MAI..KET. Flour, 1,800 50 sks. To-day's market was fairly supplied w'it h beasts, the time of year considered. For all breeds- owing to the small number of buyers in attendance—the demand ruled heavy, at prices barely equal to those obtain e I on Monday. The show of sheep was good, and the mutt< n i trade was in a depressed state, at a decline in the quo fa tions of from 2d to 4d per 81bs. We bad a very dull sale for lambs, at from 2d. to 4d per 81bs less money thr,n on Monday. Calves were in good supply, and heavy r(tq nest, at fully 6d per 81bs beneath late rates. In pigs, very little was doing. . _ _ Miich cows sold heavily at from 141 to 191 ss, including ;heir srotall calf. s. d. s. d. PrimeSouthdown 4 6 4 8 :Large era°. ca' Ives 3 S 4 2 Prime small d a... 4 4 4 8 Large hogs ... ~. .. .3 4 3 8 Small p0rker5.......3 10 4 4 imAling calveti..22 0 28 0 ,Quarter old. pig s 21 0 26 0 4s 8d to 5o 8(1. Per Sibs to sink the aids. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 2 Second quality.... 3 4 3 8 Prime largo oxen 310 4 2 Prime Scots, dm 4 4 4 6 Inferior Sheep ...3 2 3 C Second quality ...4 8 4 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 2 4 4 Lamb TOTAL SUPPLY. Boasts .. ...... •• .. 1,100 Sheep ..... Calves: •• .. 389 Pigs •••• •••• •• •••• •• •••• 350 NEWGATE AND Wo had a very dull trade f, ing prices. Per Sibs by s. d. 8. d. Beef, inferior 2 10 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 6 Do., prime large 3 8 3 10 De , do. small .„ 3 10 4 0 Fork, large 3 4 3 8 Lamb FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts• •.. •• ..... . • 210 Sheep .. • 450 Calves.••• •• ••..•••• „ ~ .. 305 Pigs.••• •• •••• •• .. LEADENE CALL. :oral 1 kinds of fneat, at droop- the carcase. e. d. s. 1. Mutton, Infer'ior 3 0 3 6 Do., middling „....3 8 4 0 Do., prime........ 4 2 4 4 Veal ...3 d 4 6 Pork, 5ma11..... ..3 10 4 4 43 4d to bs BOROUGH HOP. Owing to the favourable accounts from the plantations, our market—although the show of samples its limited—is dull, but we have no changes to notice in pri 4 , 3 ,.. Mid and East Kent pockets, 14i. to 181. 1.0 11 . ; Weald of Kent ditto, 13/. 10s. to .15/ Os. ; Sussex dit to', 121. to 131. les. COLONIAL. TEA.-At the public sales the trade have p vrchasecl with reluctance, and Young Hysons have gone some what cheaper. SUGAR.—West India has been in modera to demand, at former prices. East India.—Grocery Mach us, all faults, brought 34s 6i to 40s Gd for mid yellow 'to good white. Penang sold at 31s 6d to 36s Gd for mid foxy brown to good yellow. Foreign.—Porto Rico, at auction, brought 33s Gd to 33s Gd for low to good yellow ; 34s to 39s for low heavy to good bright grocery ; and 39a ti 40s for fine. Tellow Havannah realised 15s to 395, browis 329 to 34s Gd, and tlorettes 40s to 425. Refined has been steady, brown lumps at 475, and grocery at 47s Gd to 52s per cwt. COFFEE.—There has been a good demaatl, and at full rates. Plantation Ceylon publicly sold at 57s Gd to 62s for low mid small to mid bold coloury, at Go, 3to GCs 6d for low mid to good, at 57s to 59s for other kinds, at 62s to 66s Gd for mid and good mid bold colonry s at 48s to 55s for triage, and 685 to 69s Gil for peaberry. Good ord Na tive was sold at 475, and P 0 H marks at 47s 6d to 48s per cwt. Damaged Rio sold at 37s per cwt. RICE.—The market is dull and rather lower. Bengal sold at 14s 01 to 14s Gd for good mid, and 14s 6d to 75s for good white. Arracan good half-peeled went at 13s, and first class damaged at 12s Gd per cwt. SPlCES.—Pimento has been firm at 5d to 5.11:1 for mid and good mid. Penang nutmeg sold at 2a to 2s 10d for small to mid brown. Mace realised 2s ld to 2s 2d. Cloves are steady, and good bright realised lld to 11 d. Zanzi bar went at sid to 53d for mid dark. SALTPETRE.—A decline of Gd to is has occurred ; fres Bengal sold at 3ls 6d per cwt for ll per cent. refraction. COTTON.— Very little has been done. COCOA.—Trinidad at public sale was taken in at 371 Gd to 41s 6d for ord grey to mid red. TALLOW.—The market has been dull, and P.Y.C. is 52s 3d to 52s Gd per cwt. on the spot. GREEN FRIIIT.—The sale of oranges good. Lemons im proved in value : a parcel of Palermo via, Antwerp, sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, went at an advance of 2s per box. A moderate sale for nuts, the importation of fresh fruits from France and Holland interfering with the demand. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, June 29.—Wind this day at noon, E. ; pleasant breeze, and fine clear, sultry weather. RAMSGATE, June 28.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—Tem pito (French gun-boat), for the Baltic, after repairing. PORTSMOUTH, June 28.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Barham, from London, for Madras and Calcutta. SOUTHAMPTON, June 28.—Wind, S.E. Arrived Atrato (s.), from the West Indies. PLYMOUTH, 'June 28.—Wind, E. Sailed—Conrad, for Sydney, N.S.W. ; Industry, Hong Kong. Arrived— (transport 2 ?,1), from Southampton, for the Crimea. FALMOUTH, June 28.—Wind, E. Arrived—Dolphin, from Gefle, for Rio Janeiro. LOWESTOFT, June 28.—Wind, E.S.E. Arrived—Dra gon (steam -tug), from Shields, for Constantinople, leaky. POOLE, Juno 28.—Sailed—Prince Eugenie, for New foundland. HARTLEPOOL, June 28.—Wind, S.E. Sailed—Amazon, for Havannab. SHIELDS, June 28.—Wind, N.W. Sailed—Neptune's Bride, for Pont de Galle ; Fanny, Baltimore. STETTIN, June 26.—The Maria Sophia, from Walgast to this port, with cargo, ex Fredericke, from Bo'ness, sprung a leak, off War, on the 20th inst., and sunk the same day ; crew saved. CURACOA, June 9.—The Abrota (British brig), of Jer sey, from Llarelly to this port, went on shore at the N.E. point of Little Curacoa, on the sth inst. ; crew saved. VALPARAISO, May 15.—The Lord Nelson (British brig), for Swansea, foundered at sea on the 2d of May ; the crew were saved. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind, S.E. Arrived.—Mary and Susan, from New York. Off port.—Eliza Mary, from Quebec ; Susan, from Hamburg. Sailed.—Clara, for Gibraltar; Cordelia, for Dordt ; Karen Elise, for Randers. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRA.PTI.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 10.4 a.m. Wind E.S.E. ; tide 2 hours' flood ; weather fine. Arrived, Juno 28.—Lydia, from I:Tddowalla ; Diana, Doderodde ; Friendschaft, Thisted ; Ida Nicholine, Fre derika, and Barba, Nykoping • Sabiena, Gotten borg ; Lawrence, Antwerp • Helen, Antwerp ; Wil liehnine. from Aarhuus; William Septimus de Soptimo, from Brussels. DEAL, Friday, 0.36 a.m. Wind, E.S.E.; moderate, fine. , Passed.—Rose, from London, for Bathurst; H.M.S. Dee, from westward, for Woolwich ; Queen of the Sea schooner, from north, for westward. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—MR. BUCKSTONE'S BENEFIT. —To-night 11Ir. Buckstone is to take his benefit at this theatre. We do not doubt that the public will show, in the clearest manner, that they are grateful for the ener getic and enterprising manner in which the manager has conducted this establishment since it has been under his control. The entertainments themselves, independent of any extraneous intere4t, should command a crowded house. TROOPS roi' THE CHM/EA.—lt is said that the num• practice of scratching out the sums and items made by ber of troops ordered for instant departure to the seat of the cashier, and writi ng o thers. Mr. Paynter committed m ill I war amounts to about 12,200. the prisoner (who offered no defence) for trial. rm.: Pm 59 1051 LITERATURE. Curiosities of London. By John Timbs, F.S.A. David Bogue. An extraordinary treasury of information in re gard to the wonders of our vast and populous "Pital---a veritable microcosm of the metropolis-- oYae of those condensed repertories of facts and fi g ures which must render the mere names of Timbs, and H aydn, and Maunder "curiosities" of themselv es to our posterity. It appears from the brief but sufficient preface to the present volume, that the notion of the work originally presented itself to the author's mind as long ago as twenty : seven y ears f rom the date of its actual publication ! " In the p ar l o u r of No. 3 , Charing-cross (then a publisher's)," says Mr. Timbs, ~ I wrote (in 1828) the title and plan of a volume to be called 4 Curiosities of London.' " Nearly three de cades pass by, and in 1855, instead of 1828, I the book so designated makes its deliberate and mature appearance. During the interval be tween those dates—in other words, during a period of very nearly thirty years' duration, the writer of the prospectus of 1828 and of the sub stantial fulfilment of that prospectus in 1855, has been all the while unremittingly sedulous in his endeavours to accumulate store upon store of in teresting particulars in reference to our chief city, its history, and its antiquities. What, in regard 'to this, is our a u th or ' s own naïve declaration ? "Since the commencement of this design —pre cisely midway in my lifetime—l have scarcely for a day or hour lost sight of the subject." All the while, therefore, he has been gathering together the sometimes homely and sometimes recondite knowledge here amassed in 800 pages, abounding variously with matter alike for instruction and amusement. All the while he acknowledges he has been "endeavouring to profit by every oppor tunity of increasing his stock of materials." All the while he has been makin g his researches with a view to the enhanc emen t o f the value of his principal and favourite contribution to our popular literature. And yet it must not be imagined for an instant that Mr. Timbs has been a man of one idea, that hi is a mind warped by one invariable " bent" until it runs the risk, by which all such one-idea'd minds are endangered, of becoming in the end eccentric, crotchetty, and monomaniacal. During these twenty-seven years of constant preparation for the ultimate issue of "The Curiosities of Lon don," the compiler of this singular repertory— " Exhibiting the most rare and remarkable objects of interest in the metropolis, with nearly fifty I years' personal recollections"—has displayed from first to last, upon subjects totally different in cha racter, a really noteable intellectual activity. It is seldom, indeed, that we have an opportunity of observing the continuance of a mental industry so sustained and pertinacious. Already, before the date of his writing the prospectus of the present work in the parlour of No. 3, Charing-cross, close upon thirty years since, Mr. Timbs had some time before then seriously entered upon his labours both as a man-of-letters and as an antiquarian. As far back as the year 1822, he had carried through the press his maiden volume—" A Picturesque Promenade round Dorking in Surrey." By the year following his first work had attained the honours of a second edition. In 1826 he had pro duced his three volumes of " Laconics," being, as its supplementary title acquainted the reader, " The Best Words of the Best Authors." Between 1827 and 1838, an interval which may be differ ently described as one of eleven years, and twenty two volumes, he had edited, the Mirror, a weekly periodical, at that time enjoying rather extensive popularity, but since then swallowed up by fate or fickleness, like many another once well-known, but now almost forgotten publication, such, for exam ple, as the Courie r among d a il y papers, or as the Metropolitan among magazines. In 1828 (" pre cisely midway in my lifetime," as we have already heard Mr. Timbs observing in his preface to the present undertaking) —the year when he was jotting down the prospectus for his " Curiosities of Lon don," in the publisher's parlour at the west end of the' Strand—besides editing the Mirror, as he was then doing, he found leisure to produce two separate volumes within the same twelvemonth, the one entitled " Signs before Death," the other " Cameleon Sketches." In the course of the next year, namely 1829, he brought out his " Com panion to the Theatres." While during the ten years which elapsed between 1828 and 1838, in ad dition to the labour of editing the Mirror he con trived to give to the world no less than eleven volumes of the " Arcane, of Science and Art." In 1830, moreover, be issued the " Wine-Drinkei's Manual," in 1831, a work called less convivially, though quite as socially, the " Family Manual," and in 1831 and 1832 conjointly, he managed in spite of all his other engagements to compile as many as four volumes of "Knowledge for the People," or, as he otherwise called it quaintly enough the " Plain Why and Because." In 1834 appeared his "Popular Zoology :" and in 1835, besides his " Domestic Life in England," volume itwo of a work called. ‘, T.L.- i--,—._ tor," written for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. In 1837, Mr. Timbs iis his " TN,,;1 3 , IT.mlhook"—between 1839 and 1810, the three volumes of his "Literary World"—in 1848 his two volumes of "London Anecdote" (a foretaste of his larger work then after the lapse of a score of years still in prepara tion)—between 1850 and 1851 the two volumes of his " Illustrated Year Book"—in 1852 his " Wel lingtoniana"—and between 1839 and the present year of grace 1855 his important annual serial, po pularly known as the "Year Book of Facts," a scien tific gathering of memorabilia, seventeen volumes of which have consequently by this time made their appearance. Altogether, therefore, John Timbs has already as author, as editor, or as compiler produced, apart from this goodly book of London Curiosities, scarcely credible though it may seem, no less, actually, than-.-SETENTY-FIVE VOLUMES ! A rather remarkable evidence, we take it, of his being no one-idea'd man, notwithstanding all those twenty-seven years during which he tells us he has " scarcely for a day or hour lost sight of the subject" of this most che rished and elaborated of his productions. A not able testimony, moreover, as it appears to us, of honourable industry, research, and perseverance. It were impossible, therefore, all things consi dered to receive this volume of " Th e Curiosities of Loudon," otherwise than with the respect duo to the result. of so much laudable toil, and pains taking investigation. We do so. We receive the volume gratefully as a contribution almost inestimable in its instrinsie worth towards the history of the capital of England—the metropolis of Great Britain—the chief city of the whole world in many particulars, in wealth, in extent, and in enterprise, if not also in the numerical vastness of its population. And assuredly for these and other (kindred) reasons London is especially entitled to this species of antiquarian celebration. A metropolis extending over an area of 115 square miles, or 73,715 statute acres —comprising 176 parishes—having (ac cor di ng t o t h e census of 1851) a population of 1,103,730 males, and of 1,257,910 females, altogether of 2,361,640 inhabitauts—con taining 307,722 inhabited and 16,889 uninhabited houses, 329,428 altogether, besides 4,817 in course of erection—a city in which 130 persons are each day added to the mass of the population ! So that, according to an eminent statistician, " if the popu lation continue to increase in the same ratio as in 1851, 1.515 per cent. per annum, it will amount at the close of the century to 4,816,062 !" To accom modate which multitude, the same individual cal culates that the present enormous area of London will require to be doubled--so that the acres com prised within its circumference instead of being as at present over 70,000, will be upwards of 160,000, while the houses, instead of being as already observed in excess of 300,000, will surpass even as many as 650,000 in the aggregate ! It is this wonderful assemblage of human beings, it is this marvellous accumulation of riches, it is this astonishing agglomeration of industrial enter prise and commercial activity that Mr. Timbs' volume undertakes to illustrate. A theme un questionably abounding in suggestiveness. One capable of securing the attention of even the most indifferent. We venture to remark of this one compact little volume that it condenses within itself, so to speak, in some sort, the interest of a whole library. It might, in a manner, stand in lieu of the marrow of an entire encyclopaedia. It is the epitome, and pith, and quintessence of many years of careful scrutiny and laborious investigation. It is an authority upon the subject upon which it treats, which may be confidently relied upon, relied upon, in truth, as confidently as any work of refe rence of the most standard character and established reputation. It were idle, of course, to attempt to speak of the volume at any length otherwise than in generalities. As well, almost, attempt to afford an accurate notion of a dictionary by extracts, as attempt to convey an adequate idea of the book under notice by quotations. An ex cerpt from its pages given with this intent would be not one jotless ridiculous in its way than the brick offered to a would-be purchaser of a house by the redoubtable voXaarixocr of Hierocles. Neverthe less we cannot but presume that a few casual references to the contents of this ample but com pact production may be welcome as in some cursory way illustrative of its agreeable lucidity of style, and of the general merit of its alphabetical arrange ment. Its arrangement we say is alphabetical, bringing us, for example, from the Adelphi to Whitehall, from A lmack's to the Zoological Gar dens, from Battersea to Vauxhall. Ordered in this manner, the articles making up the rates of the contents comprise amongst them, however, several comnreb ensive papers under w hi ch a w h7le - series of object sis reviewed together. U nder the generic head of Halls, for instance, TVO lave everything we need to learn in reference+ to the Mercers', G. l •ocers', Drapers', Fishmongers', Skinners', Mer c h- Haberdashers', cum cceteris paribus. U 1 ider the Inns of Old London, we are told all we can w ell wish to be told about the Bull and-Mouth, the B :qt-in-Tun, the Belle-Sauvage, the S wan-with-t wo-a Vi icks, the Yorkshire- S tingo, and on Markets conveys us, in Roy a l . S oc i ety of the like famous host e j ' r i es. Under that of Libra ries, we are introduce ' successi ve ly t o suc h li terary quence through th e flowers sanctums as those of' the R oyal Institution, the I L i Royal k it e e r m a at Academy n i e d o a f u r . 1k /site: :' eor Af t e and fruit of Covent-g: irden, the g reen grocery of Clare and the Borough : , the meat of Newgate, the poultry of Leadenhall, and th e fi s h of Billins g a t e. After a like fashion, it may be observed, all th e smaller streets of any n ote leading out of them, are spoken of under the hei Lding of the p r i nc i pal tho roughfares. Thus in al - andering with M r. Timbs down i F n i t e o et- a st l r l ee s t o , rt r + branch o ff every now and of byeway s ; now into Bride-lane, now int( ) Wine -office -court now into Sergeant's-inn, 1 LOW into Gough-square. then Or, sauntering along the Strand, we are allured from what Nr. P . Willis has recently call e d " the main artery o j e th' 3 world':—(Vide " Famous Persons and 'Famou's ..Places,' p. 125.)—At one • moment intoFountai 'ourt, at another intoßeau fort-buildings, at an All er into Milford-lane, at an other into Palgrave-p lao 3 ) now into Ship -yard, and now again into the L( iwti'ler Arcade. As illustrat ien' in a pleasant wa3r flit` kind of curiosities here embalmed like flies an d striovs in the amber of Mr. Timbs' compilation, w e may direct attention to the ingenious notes comp eted together, in an alpha betical position, thus ea pressed under the heading "Fashions, Old, in Dre ss." Within this one sec tion of the work before us what strange congeries of odd and out-of-the w; !y facts are there amassed I It reminds us that if the mutability of dress is pro verbial elsewhere, in Lc)) adon old fashions are pre served, here and there, :in a manner quite extraor dinary. The blue coats and yell ow st ockings still worn by the boys of Chris t's Hospital being the com mon habit worn in the days of Edward VI. by serv ing men and app ren tices . The quai n t jacket with its metal badge on the arm worn nowadays by our firemen and watermen, dating back to the same reign ! Nay, the Yeomen of the Guard, or royal beefeaters (buffetiers), we learn, are decked out to this day in the uniform of the private soldiers of the time of Henry VII ! Slightly varied, indeed, in some minute details, but at an rate exactly the sam e as th e y appeare d at the Court of Charles ll.—in their scarlet tunics, and red hose, and stiff white ruffs, in their parti-coloured shoe bows, and their black velvet caps enriched with. knots of red, blue, and white ribbon ! So also, we are informed on the authority of .Notes and Queries (No. 82), that the plain mob-caps and long gloves of our London charity girls are the same that they were in the time of Queen Anne—the brass badge of our cab and omnibus-men being a vestige of the liveries worn by Elizabethan retainers the sailor's dress of the era 'of William 111. being yet preserved among our fisher men—the blue smock of our butchers being an old guild uniform—and so on through all sorts of un expected coincidences between the dresses of to-day and those of a remote past familiar to our far-off ancestors. Mr. Timbs, by the way, here takes oc casion to commemorate certain peculiarities of garb, by which sundry personages of ability were, in their day, distinguished, as in the instance of Mr. Pitt's blue-coat, buckskin breeches, top-boots, round hat, powder and pigtail —or of Mr. Fox's plain coloured, almost Quaker-like, clothes, his broad rimmed hat, and his white stockings —or of the large cocked hat of Murphy the dramatist--or of John Wilkes' great scarlet and gold flap-waist coat. It may be remarked, in further illus tration of the motley nature of the London " Curiosities" here commemorated, that while on. the title-page of the volume there appears a. facsimile of the charter granted to the City of Lon don by William the Conqueror—to the effect " William the King friendly salutes William the Bishop, and Godfrey the Portreve, and all the Burgesses within London, both French and Eng lish : and I declare, that I grant you to be all law-worthy, as you were in the days of King Ed ward : and I grant that every child shall be his father's heir after his father's days : and I will not suffer any person to do you wrong : God keep you" —while we say the curious Saxon characters of the Old Charter are imitated in the woodcut upon the title page : the last paragraph of the volume has re ference. to the new " wonder of the world," the Crystal Palace—the Palace of the People—at Sy denham ! Closing the volume at that significant and suggestive paragraph, we can conscientiously, and very cordially, and even gratefully, commend the twenty-seven years of assiduous toil which have resulted in this valuable and attractive contribu tion to the national memorials henceforth to be stored up in the library of the educated English- THE UNSUCCESSFUL ATTACK ON Till MALAKROFF. The following is from a letter, dated Paris, yesterday, six p.m.:— " The same day that the telegraphic despatch, giving_ an account of the unsuccessful attack of the Allies on the Malakhoff Tower and the Redan, reached us, it was whispered that the failure was principally owing to slowness or carelessness on the part of the Bri tish. Whether the rumoured omission of the fascines was true or not, I am unable to say ; but it is certain that, as I mentioned at the time, a phrase or two of General Pelissier's despatch was left out in the Moniteur. General Pelissier also said that his reasons for making his troops resume their po sition were too long to be transmitted by telegraph. It occurred to me at the moment that there must have been some complaints made by the French General on the want of combination or of energetic support on the part of his English colleague, and from what has transpired within the last few days I believe such to be the case. Indeed, these com plaints, which have been pretty freely expressed in several public offices, are not now uttered for the first time since Pelissier took the command ; and, if it be true, as is stated, that a good deal of discontent exists not merely at his head-quarters, but generally through out the camp for the same reason, the matter assumes a very serious aspect. It is stated that a correspondence has take place between the two Governments on the subjebt, and that it has not yet terminated, nor can I say how it may terminate." RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF THE STATE OF SEBASTOPOL. The Journal de Constantinople of 18th says : " The Russian prisoners taken in the recent affairs, and who have been brought to this city, have given interesting information as to the present situation of Sebastopol. Some of the details have been kept secret owing to their importance ; but it is generally known that the Russians have at this moment 15,000 wounded soldiers in the place, and that they cannot send them away, from being so closely watched. It is known also that cholera is exercising great ravages in the town, and it is true, as previously stated, that all women, children, and old men have been sent from the town, and are now encamped beyond the citadel. The fol lowing rather curious episode is said to have taken place at the Mamelon Vert in the evening of the Bth. The soldiers employed in constructing the batteries sud denly perceived a Russian sub-officer and three sol diers coming towards them. Their appearance caused some surprise, for they appeared to have risen from under ground, and it was found on in quiry that they had actually done se. On quitting the Mamelon Vert the Russian commandant left them in the powder magazine with orders that they should set fire to it the moment the French entered. Thesepoor men, not feeling any inclination for a flight into air, even in com pany with a number of enemies, took care not to execute this order, and after remaining in their place of conceal- ment for about 15 hours, and feeling the pangs of hunger, they extinguished the matches with which they might have done such mischief, and quietly came and asked for something to eat from the new possessors of premises." We understand that Lord Panrnure and Lord Hardinge wili proceed to Aldershot to-day to inspect the seven battalions of infantry now encamped there. They are the Ist Battalion Coldstream Guards, Ist Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards, sth Royal Lancashire Militia, West Kent Light Infantry, 2dWarwickshire ' Ist Royal S urrey, East Middlesex, and a win g o f th e 2d Staffordshire. ILLNESS OF THE KING OF DENDIARK.—A. letter from Copenhagen, of the 21st instant, states that his Danish Majesty had had a rather violent attack of fever on the 19th, but that on the following day it had very ra nc h decreased. DINNER TO HER MAJESTY'S JUDGES. --Last evening the Sheriffs of London a n d Middl esex, Sir Henry Mug geridge and Sir Decimus Crosley entertained her Ma jesty's judges at a splendid banquet, at the Albion. Amongst those present were Mr. Baron Parke, Lord Jus tice Knight Bruce, Vice-Chancellor Stuart, Mr. Justice Erle, Mr. Justice Cresswell, Mr. Justice Williams, Mr. Justice Crowder, Mr. Baron Martin, Mr. Serjeant Man ning, Mr. S e rj ean t S hee, Mr. Serjeant Thomas, Mr. Serjeant Atki nson. There were also present—Sir Chap- Amladnerl\mlaarnshiatiol,se, AldermanAldermaHn Sidneyu tnphc , ry. Alderman Cubitt, HM.r.Lv. T ai a la y n ?o c r e , , l l\ lr ir. W c o o o tt d e , r A il l i r ; m.T.r.H. Deputy Dakin, M r . Hall, Mr. W. Jones, Perkins, Mr. Toker, Mr. Blake, Mr. de Jersey, Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Lambe, Mr. Anderton, Mr. h. N. Phillips, Mr. Parker, Mr. White, the high bailiff of Southwark, the under sheriffs, Messrs. Farrar and C ros l e y. C o vers were laid for 130. After the usual loyal toasts had been proposed and responded to with enthusiasm, Sir H. Muggeridge gave " Her Ma jesty's Judges," Mr. Baron Parke and Lord Justice Knight Bruce returning thanks. The other toasts of the evening were "The Lord Mayor," " The Sheriffs," " The Lord Mayor," &c. The di nner , w hi c h consisted of luxury, p was served in most ad m i ra bl e style by - Aizerilrys ta 20 f 1 20 ! a 10 10