The Sun. — London, England, 1855-08-24 00:00:00

~,, big 3ssed to refatory himself ,ure, ion hard ) be the JULldred vith the te secret plained• is of his ripened ;rievous that the Y for it, listen to hrough ;uprocl6 Ivourite verselll ;e latter I to the [Opet bf xi, half :e is not of the after thowil ste A becomes Peak° le right wide, to r as OVe -h thee e tiro, ,satiool is oil ,earcheg 9 tratil cries sato rd its of 611 ,piaor for Pe; atice P explicit 3ife htio: it 110 a, EpOtM Of ses rgatesois , lido.ei,, Y Wig° hat th° o 3 in sa 0.1 ape ¢D9 erVe7 6,1 oD. 10 /14*- ivadtllsl, ile r P o ;ition ,r, lie .hreep ,04: 3d fr°' SPrui 3 to ti atter° to tb , thelee nob ell g°ll° ri Prehe • aTcolvi hti nieji„, „e e%°' ifferes ;side, b°°l iiestio ls ;t vol.; t to.° tE ro• Se ad i' Do reo f b f t• l r o 30. at 1 Ito tj bat It a' )00 nedii lute, in° to t ,e nd ,opti on °,l o Po Q oe°l tb, Oen,: 001 aff°l 'Ol Od ilsol If 0 ure t a ulei ,o IdisaD =a is I' 9 O{lUi Dee ale 01,1 r 0 geid tes eD 0 /3 110 ,ov 311' 0 se 15 0 si( Ia tc Ili ro a ,• YORK RACES. (THIS DAY. (Er ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) tord o f th RNAVESMIRE STAKES. e Isles.. Two ran. I,RalittettzuoG..R..E.. ....... YORKSHIRE STAKES. 1 2 .. -., 2 Eight ran. Won by a neck. TYRO STAKES. T" " t''ee . Itt d , a ******* ....... g rog of LORD DERBY'S PLATE. gyro s L...... mire..... Judith . ..... Fourteen ran. LATEST BETTING. LORD DERBY'S PLATE. 6 to 1 agst Musquito (offered) ST. LEGER. Sto 2 agst Rifleman (taken) 4to 1 agst Oulaton (taken) Sto 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken) 9to 1 agst Blooming Heather (taken) 10 to 1 agat Clementinia colt (taken) 12 to 1 agat M arc hi oness ( o ff ered) 2 , 5 to 1 agst Grmculus Esuriens (offered) ' l O to 1 apt Dirk Hatt , : rick (taken) DERBY. 10 to 1 apt Wentworth (taken) 12 to 1 agat Fly-by-night (offered) 15 to 1 ant Yellow Jack (taken) 1 6 to 1 a get ' Dram a tist (taken) 20 t o k 1 agat D aug b e t u 0 to 1 agst Coroner (taken) 4() NEY MARKET 00 Xt AND - -. I IERC INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocm. • 4°tlp thig ln ~ O ' ° °ial Produce a larger business has been L -4, ,1 week, and the prices for most articles ki4 ted —ed fir m. For sugar an active demand has Nli ged an d full rates to 6d. advance have been gWhile th e sa l es o f co ff ee h ave progresse d l id, J o Rather more h as b een d one i n t e a, at il btli tps ., B id. for common congou. Saltpetre has eti N high quotations ; rice has sold briskly at ;Pie % rte unies ; and rum has been supported. 1.110,, ha 3 been firm, and mace is ld. dearer. as rather improved. V I :Z. D. 8011, Son, and Co. report that during 11 41 4 : 4 w eek th e unusually quiet, market for American Securities and prices remain with eration. n. ti1t.., t41 kat BedeemAble. Per Cent. , St at e e s a 9 Per Cent. Bonds-1867-1868-105 107 : 41 s per Cent stn Bouts Bonds . 1876 ..111 115 tlaa(rl Per Cent. ) 1870... 80 82 leZlit uet Pe r Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ... 92 93 Itan7Ylvani:, s Per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) ...103 105 ‘ r i, Per Cent. Stock b(t a ,. ; Car i,,," e r Cent. Bonds 1877... 83 84 • -1 160 ° —4 5 per Cent. Bonds 6 pe r ......... 1858-1868... 95 !glia 5 Per "e e 'n• Bonds 1886... 89i' 90i i3 t el e G it C :i . ( i lter t l i in s g 80n21 56 .:1 8 4 8 5 ...... 8 8 1 8 8 1 tt 6 Per Cent. Stock 1883... 80 82 11, 4 0 t li p,„ ee latrto RAILROAD BONDS. ''' , 44 l l. — Avertfb i l Per Cent. Ist Mortgage, L.,P•tota,'eatr - a l ' 6 ,, • .... . 1875... 79 80 ' Per .. Cent. ........ Freeland - ‘ I W 1-4 ..... Conti ork ... . koprtibie Cent., Convertible 1860... 96} 97i Cent not gewlerk Cenii: . ft j'4' •• .. ........ 82 84 ttege °l.ic and ' Cent. Convert 1864... 95 96 e W .......... Erie p ' Cent. Ist Mort :tlic and Ed e'•••• 1867...100 102 11 t tit i:', 0 e r ,:ti a v il e d rt z ib ri rl i e e 7 1). . dent., 2d Mort- 1959... 90 92 V 4 lt "'edible 7 per Cent. 3d Mort- 1883... 89 90 . Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking . .................................... 1875... Sli 6 2 i r"4)3 0 I'vr Cent Ist Mortgage (Star ‘443'4llld;B) " 1859... 95 97 ,Ac eo —aCent ra l 6p. C en t., I s t M or t., 1830... 90i 91 Zty bs, till ta from Russia state that the extraordi- L l 4 4,7 tea of the army resulting from the war C.' h. lar ge, being under half a million of dol "ohit,Ze stricter enforcement in England of the Z!•111 611 1 1 to export iron was occasioning consid- Zve(lnvenience but the Government at BF }":1 4 1 3 1 17 s agaciously divined that its own eon kti:kki, "lug contraband of war to be forwarded 44 1 %1 7' was one cause of the better look-out we Oil in g , and it is stated that the French Con- I,‘ ti oti a , lllb urg had given some important infor -111104;' Paris, tending to establish the laxity of 1;t1i4t 1, 111 authorities. k t Of t 1 ,6 ar e not following precedent in the con kie present war h as b een o bvious from the l ijaaee ot el lts and although in some respects we In g Wisely by adopting such a course, t h he~lr are making, as disinterested men of z tik thi e i t N 4, - 1:14 ) "a great mistake." A matter ktv• attr acted attention, but is perhaps scarcely N ra R r sti 4 o f ll i animadversion, is the direct postal 11 m itt. e p ati°ll allowed between England and k ti ke reh • ° rlnerly such was never permitted, slid9o 4t . ki lts had to write first to their agents on 1 4 ' 4 4 Ith, lnel lt, who re-transmitted the letters. ,7, °1 -int of capital authorised to be raised 10 'l.rsrate acts of Parliament during the al,hp o ill ' i t closed was 11,346,5481., besides --11 U ° ll loan. This is less by nearly 1 1 1, °O Ol )ti - s; • t han in the year 1854. 11~1 a ii ll g fi sh Funds have been heavy a4ain, and h o e t t rernely inactive market. Consols are h f [Ot t or money and time. Cash is again I , 4 l3 tilii tie s Stock Market is too thinly attended De 4 to be stimulated thereby. The New 21;N t r , cents. are 92 1, and the Reduced to 92k. Bank Stock is up to 215 and L4elle B il ls i t4 p Tier are nom in a l . li,kti l , or , el g l l Securities are all very quiet. Turk 'Petted better, being 21 and 21 premium, ttl be t e 2 1 to 2i. premium. The old stock has 6 1 41. 1 1 1 1 higher than 93g. Brazilian Five per 14 1 2 1. av been marked 103. Venezuela Bonds Fr ench Four•and-a-Half per Cents. are tikittThe aid D utch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 641. - r ,.°lving are the nominal prices of foreign t}i i 4 •lett; '. 'renada Deferred Bonds, 61 to 71 ; 11: 1 . 21 1- to 211; Peruvian, 81i to 82i ; ee per Cents., 58i to 59i ; Portuguese rvr Der k m , A 1 1,.. Cents., 43 to 45 ; Russian Five N qk r " e *i t I°4° to 102 ; ditto Four-and-a dit t 1 0 en s., 89 to 91 ; Spanish New Deferred, ; hs t 4") ditto Three per Cents., 37i to 38 ; ite lfi cates, 41 to 44 ; ditto Passive, 41 to 41. tA ti ' ll th 4 4 t g a bsh Railway Shares are dull,. and there at T i c eount a want of buoyancy in the quo t ,011 have Great Northern, Midland, and North N t 4 l, t given rise to a few bargains, and the Ili.:%', e4te rn and Lancashire and Yorkshire are ~141.4 " 3 1% Dutch Rhenish are flat, and Great k tl i kilk a of Canada firm. /11 14 1 , 411 d Mines are steady, but with scarcely thi ng. Royal Mail Steam are higher. %,, - ." 511 DS THIS DAY Al' ON Et trs,. I s q ti ( Pro... the ()Anal List. 0 4 ' t k N. tot, C ..... . N.*a ~at. O a ' i ced Amunitias i i t * 14 tr ri, l4Ol R Annuitier. 9lk h„ 2 p„ nt. Annuities 9.2i i ti kh c en , ti ti. l tto 'litif.,, Annuities 75 te, l ' St r , ° Y ears ' 'ziiirt , sth ~ a n.. 1 See , h'klitt ;''lr f or ~, EaPire sth April, 1885 113 i 15.16 •kth or k ec Cleecunt 215 Zl ( 4er g a r, 6th September 9li i t 4 A ............ ... "II --. ....... ) 1, ,,,T qb .. .................................... 16 13 16 b li itili,", l OP p o . ... .... ; . • k r tt h. t h owl s K '''' l GN FUNDS AT OW O'CLO , 'IN pttlq.iilia ketiax: ' ' tier Cent 4 lin ge 5i per Cent. 12 Guil C4i V t Otto nib, ~. Per Cent. ... .. Nz,, N eap ~' - nter cent ..... •• 931 t itO l k a o 'in 4 20 4 . per Cent. F I , 5 f cir th tl ' 4 4 Per CeEtt. . 14 4t h A '''' e a c oust 5O t oll nt.. ' ...-. ~ 31 100 1) it, -9 ) 4 R IMP )8. , 11.h1f in 1,- ,+or 100 t}, eh•At i lzeee'll2.. P Cent c . ex 25f. Sc. . 4 Dot i Per Cent. 12 Gull 9sf. 6 50 4 i '• C ,, rtifieates ....... ... 96 the Ae • e, ...... .... .... t) itti' lll . ..................... TW' 0 for ........ . 9n ........._ 20 50 20 25 40 40 I all i 0 15 5 to 4 a 't he b - 10 5 hi;, ° t l Y, "L h esi of Genoa, niece of the King of j 11 41:,.",° Went to Dresden after the death ot 25 1 4 ' .(141 '" Q ' ha ' T in. She has t4loepatl, 3 returned to ur been 25 R ieci b' k 11 • Z,,,,i c i ac by .er sister, the beautiful . % chija, . ! 54‘ QPARE MAREFP9 THIS RAILW LYS. RAILWAYS. lalesint Priem yesterday 125 --27 4 - 43 w• 8 -- Si 13i -- 13 154 -- 16 84 7id 91 - 93 63 -63 i 12i - i3A 8 - 10 3 2 d 14 - 15 11i - 73-- 75 54 - 56 ' 19 - 20 ••• -". ••• ''''" 71. - 73 89 - 90 69 - 71 127 105 10T , 55/ 561 55 60 73 - 76 6i - 7 *o 64 -74 p 83f - 9 7i 711 98 100 95,f —95 i id d 1 85 • 86 6 i 63, 5i s' 26i 26 76 8 i 71 . ; 71i 41 4.3 ••• '''' ~ 11 - 9 li - 2i ~0 -52 29 ~. 31 73A -74 A 7 . 7 - 6A 3A 31 120 —13 A 48. 49A 47 49 7 6i 6i d p 9,1- t•• ^•• 25 - 27 107 -- 109 75 77 44 - 46 13i 62 63 31 - 32 4 - 3 2d - par Business done this dAy. 10 Aberdeen......, . Si Ambg. Nottng. Bowl and Eastn. Junct. 11 Belfast. Rallymet 11 111rming. Stourtalley Birk and. Lanus:,. Cheshire Juliet..... ill Do. Chesh. do Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 0 Do., £20..... ... : . Xll Myth Tyno origin!! £25 (issd. at £4: , ) 10 Bristol and Exeter... )0 Caledonian L. Catraarthen and Car digan Ll. Chester do Holyhead Cork and Bandon al Cork, Black, & Pair .6 Cornwall ieT Junction Dn.ilin&Belfast , Tnne ii Dundee Perth&Abb+,i (leen Junction 11 Do. N v....., )0 East Ai glian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A 25( I)s., B. Stow= :.. Do., New A 10 East Lancashire K. Edinburgh & Glasgow 11 Edinb. and Peebles Edin.Prth stflurdee 9 Forth & Clyde Ju 11 Furness . 11 Do. Extension 10 Glasgow &S. West. /0 Great. Northern O( Do., A. Stock ) Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre. ) ) Great Western D, , Stour Val Rail Qua. Stk 11 Irish South-Easterr 11 Lancaster & Carlisle V Do., Thirds 7 Do. New Thirds Le.neash.andVorksh D%, Wst. Riding Ur,. dl Liv.Crsby.&Sonthpt London & Blackwal 00 Lon& Bright & S.Cst. Loud. andN. West:.. 6 Do. Fifths 5 Do.lo/.Sh.„M&B ..0 Do. Eighths LOO , 4ond on andS. West ,Do., £5O. 43 Do., ,£4O Landndrry& Col erain ‘ll I.ndndrry.& Ennlsit. anch.Shef.k Limb , LB Do. I Shares, No. I 2s. Man.& Lin TITI :0 Midland o. Hirmng. &Dee , 11 Midid. G. West. (1,, 11 Half Shares 11 "Ceweastle & Carlial• , 3 Nwpt.A berg & 8 Newry &, Fnniskillr 31 Newry Warrenpoint end Bostrevor...... 0 Norfolk 3 1 Nortlin.CountioElfn storth liriti sh .„ . 11 North Devon, No, 1 di Do., No. 2 11 'o., A Deferred 11 Do., B Grnars.ni , ./ X - . N. Eastern—Berwi ,, !O 0 0. do. Extension , ,3 1) .do. G.N.E. Third Do. i.to, York North Lond , ,r, in Do. Now £1 3teari,rtna City Jn.. 7 : 1, Nortl. Staffordsilie, to 1 :1,1, to Westeru di 7 , 7., k 14. Westrn. nu,' N Tineaton, HincL - .1y7 7,7 A Leicegtr.. . 1 1 r. v`or i , Worcester, Az WOlVOTllanipunl S Portsmouth ! , 1") ~,dsh Central Y: Scottish Midland , S;,ropshire Union South Devon Sonth Eastern 611 South Wales Vrksh. di Riv. DO.. -t Staines, Wok. StWo,i -6 1 Stockton Darl. Sti,ilkton & finrtier , ' 11 St, St. t& a 3t, i 0 a! So 1: .10 I 1 •,5 a Tafr Vale Do. £lO shares. De. Pref., No, Thames Haven Dec': ‘nri : Mverstone & Lanes 31 Vale Neath Xll Waterfd. & Kilkenny 31 Water ford JiLimer k 111 West Cornwall ..... „ 5 W ,, st End of London and Crystal Palace 9.11 West London all ,Wimbledu & Croydon 38 -- 40 ,• ...'' . - 5 -- 5i 201 21i 3-- 21 - 23 5 - 7 3 2d par ip die I St, FOREIGN. 11 t r t.ntviorpoii.ort-rnhm 4 Belgian Rasta. Junc.• O Rezi era to GraiOsclissA. , Bombay, Bared a, awl Centra:llndia,Seri!: , ,i) Demerara I)ntel , Rl , enish „ LI Eastern of France . [0 11)a. New 11 Past. lwlian, g. sp. D Do. gr!,ensioi,.. ,D Do. 4jp. c. Rds., pa' '57, convertible... 1 , o. do. do„ '59, do 7 Gd. Tk of Cansvi .1A 1, 0 . .4. Lawrence Atlantic do, ...... . '0 'o. Cert. of Debeh. eon. into Stk. till' .11 .(,.Comp 6p. e., do )) Gt. Central of Pis,- ot. Indian pPn.ii)brli guar. 5 per cent. Vey: 5 por cent 2 o. Extensions Do. d 0... i 3 great Luxembour Constituted Share• all Do. Obligations. „ . I Ot.Westornofeanaii Shares Do, payable's7. with option till 3 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. D*.. do., '73, withow option 11 Hamilton & Toront 111 Do. fi per cent. 14 1 TAW aonst. & BasL all Lncea & Pistoja 5 p., pref.... 10 Lyons and Genova .., 1.4 Lyons & .Mediterran all Madras 10 Do. Now 314 . t daria Antonia ,... .1.1 Do. do. New all Namur di LiegPiwiti interest) all Do. (ex interest)...., all Northern of France all D o .20 Z. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3i p. c. & red. at 2241. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854.... 0 all Do. 201. 3p. c Bdr (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs. .0 al _ I isionvegianTrunkPrei )6 Paris and Lyons..... all Ditto Bonds 1.11 Paris and Orleans. .11 Paris and Rouco... 15 ParisCaen &Cherbrg al Rouen and Havre all Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish All Sambre and Meuse,. all Do. 5;1, p. cent. Pref. 2s. Scimple all Southern of France.. 16 St. tndrew's and Quebec (A) t'..l West Flanders all Do 5A per c. Pref.. 18 Western of France_ I.`; West. of Switzerland all WiJsbaden 41.1 Zealand °1NT...0%01 Aritish Colonial Bank nad Loan Company • N. American filhartd. Bank of Aeia IChrtd. Brl. of India, Xustral ia, & China City k‘oion , nl `.3ommercial of Loud 6:nglish '4cottish end Australia") Chart i.ond.. Mart. Bk of )itto NOW !kindon and County.- :.ondon Joint Stock.. & Weptininster lational Provincial of England )o. New ',rational of Ireland.. 'few South Wales.... )riental Bank of nr,rporation. •,ovincial of Irelan., , New Oyal Austral n. (}old Imp Co. , sontli Australia I‘Tnion of Anstrrli ‘.. 'lrn. Nov ........ WT.: 10 21 - 2 - 11 - li 38} 38i 12 —l3c 24} -. 24 2f 6 - 501 - 19 5 3 / 4 --, iP - 34 24 - 81 24 -- 24 100 - 102 116 ----118 118 120 108- 109 A - 2'4 115 - 120 7- 8 19i -- 201P1 li 2 pl 7 , 1 2 -- 3 - 51 Sfi 87 121 - 12; - 9 481 - 49 131 48 50 51i 52 pin 27 2S 20 21 Ifi IRd , 9i 11 -24 p - pm 4 -4, i2i - 13 pl ..• : 18i - 191 BANXS 94 - 95 66 68 }d—ip A d pm. 8 - 10 p 161 17i 191 200 A - 4O *lre '''''' -- 36 42 --• 43 51t 52 39i —40 1. i 73 74 8 9 ne t , hr. I PI 50 41 ni ril al d I 1' ?Z I a] St. 111 !6 20 1 10 50 2b a] St. 10 20 a] St. 1 SO i. St. 1 , St. F St.l►l. 50 I a St. V. it. U t. o St it. 1, St. 1( it. 1. 16i ifY Bt. :ti 20 al St. 1( it 1( 20 I '4 4 I 11 50 I, 4 St !I 25 a, • 1 2f, 31 I, A 'At I'll , i 0 31 ix) d Zr 2: 1 0 I % ,t.ll - 4t. 6 9,1 St. li. 25 t 50 i st. ICm 50 10 al £0 3, '2O 1 a 3t,. 50 1.1 40 al 21.) I xi 18 4. 20 li 20 F 20 I II 100 al 100 ti 2 l' l(K) a , 20 It. 5 I 41 4 20AI Lot 10 20 20 20 I 0 22 .11 .11 65 95i - 5 - %11 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24 1855 LINES T. rr SED FTX13.3 1 REIVTA tifi. uemili,l r... • ,* tAlla“ A 11. • compati- yesterday. this day: 50 sll Bedford and London & Bletaley N. W: It, ... St. 100 Bnckghamsh. L. &N. 97 —99 St. 100 ClydesdaleJc. Caledon 100 102 26 24 Col. Stour Vy. E. Un. & Su& and Hal. E. C ll 12 St. 100 E. Lin. g. 6 pe (It.Nrt.rm 135 167 1364 St. 100 Glos. Barr. & Caldonian Neils. Direct St. lfE; !to, New... .. Do 2~ 511 Glstr.& Dn Fr (4t. WesLi , 27 29 100 all tirtlpl. Dk. k Yk. New. Railway & Berw. •• 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NM 108 -- 110 1091 10 25 all Do. Shares. Do.;. ...... 12? all Do. T Shares. Do 12 1 , all Lon.&Greenr S. Easter, 12i —l3 20 all Do. Preferen a Do..- ...„ 23 —24 10 all Lon., Til., &S. Pete ••• St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk St. 100 Do. 6 per et. Do 5i all Manch. Satn. L.&N.W and Matlock & Midld 26 —2/ 50 all Middles;:ro' & Statton & Redcar. Darlingt. St. 100 Midld.firadfd Midland 94 -- 06 6.i 5i Newmarket Bury Eaten En. Coun. ip 50 all N.& Kst.s p.c. E. Count. 57 59 0 all Do. 6 per ct. . ••• 50 all Do. Fixedspi Do 15 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N n&.W &LYlc 12i all Do. Shrs. A Do ••• St. !Of) Roystn.& Hit. GtNorthu 132 134 25 183 Shef.Roth.and Lancash& Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh . • 10 all Shrews. &Her T. Brassey —8/ t 2 W., S. Staffordsh: M.MClean 2/ 2f..i P.O all' WearValleygr itockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt ••• 25 ail Do Do 3l 32 St. 100 WiltsSetemrst iltWetatn 93 94 , MINES. 1 1 41 LOs. All Agna Fria ..... Anglo Austria. Golei Anglo Californian Australian Australian Cordillera Ave Maria. Baden (Gd. Duchy of; Bleanarvon Iron and Coal British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at $5 pm.) Do. Comes bti Cniab Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creak Clarendon Cons. Mkt Co. of Jamaica._ Cobra Copper Colonial Gold Copper Min. of Eu, Do. Pre. 7i p. cero Copiapo English and Audit Copper Smeltg '- Fortuna General Gt. Nugg etVeinßeg . Great Polgooth , Liberty Linares D B Lusitauian. . Mariquita New Granada New Linares Mininci awl Smelting Co. . Nouveau Monde 1 - i 1 MI 1 1.11 1 all I --- 11 0 114 15 26 I 1 51 1 5 I 8,11 2! 1 1 all 41 all 3 1 all j ~~n 51 T? all 5 all 1 all 1 .0 iS ; ). Xll 1 an 1, all 1.25. 1 f.Ol Pontgiband Lead MM. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba...' South Australian.. Tin Croft .., , United Mexican Waller ........... West Mariposa.. Worthing Mining of Australia k nt,~ ••• 6 - 7 31 - 31 27 .- 29 - OP 60 - 62 16 --- 21 - 2 iP 15 - 17 21 21 k A 8 - 3 - 3 - , •111 ... ••. i -•# St. 20 14 - 15 6 - 7 41 -- 5i 2i 3 3 - 3i PREFERENCE 6fiAGE6 100 IA erdeen.. 1 100 Di,. N 0.2, 7 p. e. all Blyth andTyu Opei c. pref. (issd. at 501, 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p.e. qt 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares lao Caledonian £lO all Chester & flolyhes Guar. 4 per cent all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 all Do. do. Prof. No. 2 all Cork &Bandonsip.e all Dun.Prth & A 2 J` . . Anglian Cis. ASh 100 Do. do. Cls. B6p. c. 100 Dn. do Cis. C7p. c. all Eastern Counties Ex - tension,s p. o. No all ►o. No. 2 all 1) o . New 6 p. c. St. all kilast Un., G. 6p. c. all Do. 51., 10 per cent all Do. 10/. Debentr.Sl:. all Do. do. 4 per cent... 10 , ; Plast Lancash. 6p. ct , ; all York. J. sth: 100 Mil Prth.knun.4p.e all Furness Gias. &5.W.G.5 p.c 1(X) Great Northn. sp. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. 100 1)o. p. 7 . 4 Do 5 p.c. Scrip, Red. 5 p. c. pm 1 all at. N. of Scot. lAt Pr 100 S. &W. (Ireland) l 9 Do. 4per c. Pr.f. r 3t. Westb. (Barks I.t 50 12' 12 10' slants Ex. 5 p. c)... 1W Do. con. red. 4:i p.c. 10, Pl. eon. red. 4p. 10' Do. irred. 4p.c. . all Do. Rirm, Pref. . all Do. Chester p. all De. do. 5 p. c. do. . 1 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk al. • ) 0 . Ches. Gua. all 1)o. do do al; Do. do. d 0...... ...... York. F. f.'?' to. , o. pO. St .03 1E; r,or, AO3llOl. 6 . 5 P.' . 1 'O. Pref., 5 p. c. St. n VOW Guar.6 100 Do do. 5 per cent ._ 11( O O.ALN. W, Coy. (V luneaton 5 p. et 6 12-c 92 -- 94 iia --- I& 3 - 4 6 - 64 1- 11p1 1 - - 14 nn.sG 8. W. rion.3 ,- ' , °nay. ft Mnnie. . , tn., Shef., At Lin., '4 ,w. £lO 60 - 62 lii - 121 111 - 113 10i - 108 vo. a!' .11z Carl. 4 p 1?; per cent It , 7:'i Ili - 3. Consol.fi p.c.' ' o' l :, , nonsol. Bristol - lirm. Pi per e'nt ,t. 100 Do. 4i p, c. Pref. Sit L 6 L Ili i 4). Pref. Iliper e ~ 5 1.11 Do. 5/. Pr f. 4p, c.. 'it. 100 Ditto Leicester awl kitchen Pref. St. . Norfolk Deheature Do.Prsf. 4 p. o. Sto - Do. .-, p.c. Eat 111. c.. 5 per ct.prof , Do.Way.Val. 5 p, e North British .0 all 100 It. 100 It. 100 It. 100 It. 100 100 L 7 5 ;0 1.3 2i 9 9 i -- 91 6 bh 'l6 98 85 87 87 8? 10 11 LF 171 10/ 101 74 —76 loi 206 10 146 156 Ad 136 138 .4 4.0 ~ "''' ... ... - 3 - ?6 138 97 9 id --• 4i . 0 I an It. 1100 Pro Pm IN. E. Perw, 4 p.c. P Do. do. do Do Leeds ap.c sNo.I D. do. Quarters 4` Do.Vork 9.& Pnr. North Staffordshire, Oxford, Worcester, 's ••• 103 - 105 95 -97 31 - 41 = 1.01 7 ti I all Wolverh..£ls, 8 p. c Do R. Pre!. 10e. Sh Scot. Cent. ,New Pre? South Devon Do. fixed, 44 per cent S. Eastern (Rekdir Nun.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 44 per cent S Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 44 p. 0.... S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock. & Dar., 5 p. c. Do. do. do Stock. & Harti. g. p. c. till July 1, ig , t Waterfd. & Rilk.6 p c 105 -- 110 tg I all 10 li .0.6 all 103 10 13i - 14 ' id -- par 231 - 241 100 -- 102 ;t. 4 100 10 all 10 all /0 all /5 all 25 15 All is = is i• 2 3pl i = iia 5 , -.11 Al I 7 I 1 0 32A 100 5 all 5 5 4 *ll 1 1 all Anstralinn A gricult. ;,ra in. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co. Canada Canada Gov. l p. e t Jau. and July Crysta ) Palace Co. Preference Crystal Pal. of France Dustou Tron Oro Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Electric Teleg. of Ir elan. Steam Navigat General Screw Steam Trish Beetroot Suga , Magdalena St. Navig Moditeran. Eice. Tel. \le Xi atin &S.Americin , o New ...... Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ietherlands Land N. s. W. Coal clt Inter. Stearn Navigat. CO. N. E kustralasian... Nlrth. EuropeSt Are Oriental Gas .......... Peel Rr. Minrl. Peninsular Ac Orient , ai Do. New ...... Portland iron Co 'royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. lures . 'ditto New . th A Submar. Tel. Scrip I.'l. 'At tit 14. Co. IT. Van Diem Lang MISCELLANEOUS. 29i - 3041 - 1 59 - 61 - 135 115 2a -- 18 8 10 6 - 6i • e• ..... *•• ••• ••. ••• "" ••• 1 li - li 2i - 2 11 - it 36 - 124 THIS DAY'S NEWS WEST END OF LO DON AAD CEYSTA PALACE COMPANY.-(TLIS DAY.) The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of this company was held this afternoon at the London Tavern, Bishopsgste-street ; Mr. S. Beale in the chair. - The report, which was read by to Secretary (Mr. Bellamy), stated it had been found impracticable to carry out the arrangements with the South-Western Company which had been submitted to the proprietors. It was intended that the line shall be first constructed to the junction with the South-Western Railway at Clapham-common Station, and that an arrangement shall be made for working the traffic over the South- Western line from the latter point to Vauxhall and Waterloo Stations, until the completion of the Batter sea branchifrom the Clapham junction. to the foot of tbe,new bridge, now building across the Thames to Chelsea, which will be opened for traffic in the course of 1856, and will bring the terminal station within a shorter distance of Hyde-park corner than Vauxhall-bridge, besides giving the advantage of a river pier, which the Waterloo station would not, and which, in the opinion of the Brighton Company, is indispensably requisite for their traffic and that of the Crystal Palace By the construction of the Battersea Branch and Termi nus the West London and Crystal Palace Company, in stead of retaining one-half of the 8,0001. a-year payable by the Brighton Company, and six-thirteenths of the receipts on traffic from all other sources, will be entitled to the whole of the Brighton Company's toll, and the entire net receipts of the other traffic. The accounts showed a balance is band of 7,1171. 10s. Bd., after payment of all claims. Mr. G. P. BIDDER, the engineer, presented a satisfac tory statement of the progress of the works. A resolution, approving the arrangements with the Crystal Palace Company, was agreed to. Resolutions in accordance with the report were agreed to, after which the meeting separated. CRIMINAL COTIBT„, r --(THIS DAY). OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Erle.) Thomas Harrington, aged 19, a post-office letter car rier, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a letter containing money, was brought up for judgment. The prisoner was sentenced to four years' penal servi tude. James Scudmore, who had also pleaded guilty to a similar charge, received the same sentence. ME RIOT AT PENGE.—James Barrington, and five other navvies, who were charged with assaulting and wounding a police constable named Cannon, with intent to murder him, were placed at the bar. Mr. Ballantine, after a few observations, applied for the postponement of the trial. Mr. Bodkin, who 'appeared for the prosecution, did not oppose the application, and the trial was therefore ordered to stand over. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) This morning Mr. Gore, the well-known dust contrac tor, who some sessions ago pleaded guilty to an indict. ment for baying caused a nuisance, by allowing au accumulation of offensive matter at the Adelphi wharves, came up for judgment. After some discussion, the Recorder said if the nui_ sance complained of was not abated within a reasonabl, time he should give judgment of an abatement of the nuisance, and a fine of not less than 3001. 71tomas Beal, 58, conductor, David Pollock, 35, dealer, and David Barnett, 30, watch maker, were indicted for receiving a quantity of jewellery, watches and other property, belonging to Messrs. Deane and Dray. The case was going on when we went to press MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. A very limited supply of English wheat has been re ceived up to oar market this week, coastwise and by land carriage. To-day, the show of samples was very small and although the attendance of millers was limited, there was mere firmness in the trade than on Monday. In prices, however, scarcely any change took place. Foreign wheat, the supply of which was good, moved off slowly, on former terms. Floating cargoes commanded very little attention. The supply of barley was trifling. Sales progressed steadily at full quotations. The oat trade was rather firmer at Monday's decline in the quotations. Beans wore -rely dull but not cheaper. The sale for peas was steady. New white qualities re ' alined 50s per quarter. There was a slight improvenient in the flour trade, and the quotations were supported. Wheat. 830 ARRIVALS TEM WINK. 1 Barley. I Malt. 20 1,010 English .. Irish .... Foreign .. Oath. Flour. 1,070 2,970 4,410 2,9605 ck 1,230 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The supply of beasts in to-day's market was but mo derate, and in very middling condition. The primest breeds sold slowly at Monday's prices; but inferior beasts were very dull and rather drooping. We were scantily supplied with sheep, and the mutton trade ruled somewhat active at an improvement in value of 2d per 8113 s. Lambs changed hands steadily at 2d per Blbs more money. The supply was small. Calves came steadily to hand, and tht ♦eal trade ruled tolerably firm at full currencies. In pigs very little was doing. Milch cows moved off slowly at from 14/. to 201. each, including their small calf. Per Sibs to sink the offals. a. d. a. d. I a. d. s d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 Bto 3 10,PrimeSouthdown5 0 5 2 Second quality.... 4 0 4 21Large crse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 101 Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Prime Scots, &c. 5 0 5 4 'Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 8 3 101 Small porkers Second quality _4 0 4 4 Suckling calves 22 0 29 0 Prime crse.-wiled.4 6 4 10Quarter old pigs 21 0 27 0 Lamb TOTAL SLTPLT. 4s 8d to 51010:. p 0 supp Ly. Beasts .. •• • • ............ 1,070 , Beasts.• .. •• • • .......... . 190 Sheep .•• •• •• • ..... •• ..11,500 Sheep ..•• . . Calves •• •• •• •• .. 560 Calves.. •• •• •. •• ........ 500 „.••• NEWGATE AND The trade ruled steady, as Per Ribs by LEADENHALL. follows : the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 4 3 8 Do., middling 310 4 0 Do., prime large 4 2 4 4 De , do. small 4 6 4 8 Furk, large 3 8 4 Lamb s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 8 Do., middling 310 4 4 Do., prime 4 6 4 10 Veal 3 8 4 8 Pork, small 4 0 4 6 4.4 4d to 5s f3d. BOROUGH HOP. As the plantation accounts continue very favourable the duty has advanced to 300,0001. All kinds of hops aro very dull. Those of the produce of 1854 are selling at 71. to 111. per cwt. Old hops are from 10s to 15s per wt lower. The import of foreign hops appears to have ceased. COLONIAL. TEA.—There has been rather more inquiry at Sid for comm on congou, but holders demand Sid per lb. SUGAR.—The market has been active. British planta tion has been at 6d advance. Barbadoes went briskly, publicly, at 36s to 39s for very low togood bright grocery. Crystalised Demerara sold at 38 s Ca to 42s 6d for low to fine. East India—An improved inquiry has existed, but grainy Bengal was taken in at 39s Gd to 40s Gd per cwt. Grainy grocery Madras went at 404 to 424 6d for yellow, 45s Gd to 46s 6d for superior grainy white, and 39s 6d to 40s for soft white-like Benares. Foreign—Yellow and brown Havannah realised 37s to 39s 3d, and florettes 43s 6d. Manilla brought 37s 6d for clayed. Brown Penang sold at 35s 6d to 375, and yellow at 38s to 3936 d, and Cuba Muscovado at 36s 6 , 1 to 40s 6d. Porto Rico brown, 13s 9d duty, went briskly at 37s to 37s 6d ; g re y and yellow, duty 13s 9d to 15s, at 37s 6d to 39s 6d ; and fine grocery, duty 15e, at 40s to 41s per cwt. Refined has been firm at 47s 6d for brown lumps. COFFEE—Plantation Ceylon has been 6d dearer, low mid small to good bold dark colory selling at 58r to 635, pea. berry at 655 to 695 d, and triage at 46s to 53s per owt. Native has been inactive, Jamaica brought 65s to 77s for good, and 53s to 58s for low mid pale. Tellicherry went at 66s to 68s Gd for well made colory, 60s 6d to 65s 6d for low mid to mid grey colory, and 50s to 5-ts for peaberzy. Brazil ord mixed to good ord 36s to 40e. Neilgherry small to mid greyish 60s to 645, and peaberry 655. RICE.—The market has been firm, and with more doing. Arracan was taken in at 12 s. 6d., but a cargo afloat brought Vs. 9d. Bengal good white sold at 15s to 15s 6d, Bombay 13s to 13s 6d, and ord Madras 8s 6d to 12s, SPICES.—There have been moderate dealings, and at steady prices. Mace is 1d dearer, having realised 2s 2d. Nutmegs sold at 2s 6d, and cloves were taken in at 1041 to 101,1 and 100 to 11d. Penang white pepper went at 74d to lid. Calicut ginger brought 37s to 41s and 425. A small quantity of Cassia Vera sold at 351, but some was taken in at 30s. SALTPETRE.—This article has been dearer. Bengal 6to 2 par cent. refraction realised 37e, si per cent. 33s 6d, to 10 32s to 335, 6b to 4A 35s Gd to 37e. Bombay 42 to 22A per cent. went at 24s to 25e per cwt. RUM.—The market has been steady, but the pu p r e c r ha e s w es t have been limited. st. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. p has been higher, on the viz., 55s 6d GREEN FRUIT.—Good lemons improve ‘n value ; some Lisbon, per Tagus steamer, sold by Keelilg and Hunt at public sale, went at an gra a p d e v s e: w o hi l f h s a " r P e e r3 l p n a d c e k r a e g d e a . total Ac counts from Malaga state the cholera ex.sts there; deaths average 100 per day, and if it cortinues will in terrupt the fi rst shipments, of which a fair average of every kind exists° but failure by this prevailing disease. MORE ATROCIOUS OUTRAGES AT TINE WEST The police receive daily intelligence of fresh outrages at the West-end by means of the infernal machines throws into the areas. The last outrage of the kind has been reported to the police as having taken pace in Upper Harley-street, Cavendish -square, the lower windows of the house being blown in by the violence of the explo sion. It seems, from sotne information that has come to the knowledge of the police, that the apparatus takes a quarter of an hour to explode after being thrown into tke area, thereby enabling the ruffians to escape before at 'laza takes;! - PUBLIC cOMPFTITIVE EXAMINATIoNS FOR THE Pi BUG SE.,VICB. SOU ['HAMPTON, AITG. 22. A meeting was held today in the Town hall, of the representatives of the district educational institutions belonging to the Hants and Wilts Educational Society in union with the Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, London. The chair was taken by the Rev. James Booth, F.R.S., as chairman of, the council of the Society of Arts. He was supported by the Mayor of Southampton, by the Venerable Archdeacon Wigram, the Hon. and Rev. S. Best, from Andover, Ed win Chadwick, Esq.. C. 8., the Rev. Thos. Bacon, from Win chester, Wyndham Portal, Esq., from Winchester, and by a much larger number of st sretaries and delegates from other towns aed local institutions than on any similar occasion. The object of the meeting was to confer on the means of promoting the instruction of the industrial classes, the extension of local associations, and the furtherance by united exertions of those already instituted. The CHAIRMAN opened the business of the day by re ferring to the general feeling which he said pervaded all society as to the position in which the country was now nlaced, which rendered the exercise of practical science And skill, sound instruction, and pure social feeling in all ',ranches of the community more than ever necessary for its safety, and for the maintenance of its position in the civilised world, as well as for the continuance of its ma terial prosperity. He referred more especially to the subject of lectorial instruction, and to the instruc tion of examinations for certificates of compe tency proposed by the Society of Arts as a means of rendering that instruction efficient. The di rection of the thoughts and action of the educated mem bers of the societies in union, on the question of public examinations and employments as determined by sure tests of competency, was at this time the really import ant topic for their consideration, and the exercise of their united influence. When the formation of an union of the local institutions in connection with the Society of Arts was first proposed the advantages of united action were only dimly perceived, and only 35 joined ; now the affiliated institutions numbered 400, and the members in connection with them 70,000. In the present position of the country it appeared to be necessary that they should exercise the influence of that union protectively for the best interests of the country. Since the passing of the Reform Bill we had no longer, in the old sense, a Govern ment taking up measures and executing them on its own judgment of their importance ; we now had what might he more correctly called an administration, acting on the predominant views, wishes, and eepresentations of the community. Now was this the time—when the leaders in' education, those who had the direction and the for mation of the industrial and scientific education and ;sower of the most numerous classes of the community, their intellectual and moral force—to exert themselves to secure the evident public administrative means by which those powers might be augmented for the public good ? (Applause.) The Hon. and Rev. Mr. BEST briefly opened the sub ject of examinations for certificates of competency as proposed by the Society of Arts, and expressed his con• viction of the importance of their adoption, as a means .f advancing the instruction of the labouring classes. Fie instanced their use as accredited passports to em ployment. Mr. CHADWICK—I attend here upon an invitation arising from a knowledge of the consideration I have given to the hearing of examinations for the public vier vice on educational institutions ; but in taking part in ;his discussion I am only retui ning to what is to me an old field, for some 30 years ago, before I entered into the public service, the first part I ever took in public matters was in lending humble aid to my late friend Dr, Birkbeck, in the formation of mechanics' institutions, and was a vice-president of two of the first that were formed after the chief institution in the metropolis. In entering upon the subject of public examinations, as tests of educational merit for the public service, I do not think we are obnoxious to the charge of any serious infringe ment of the understanding not to enter into party poli tics, for appointment for merit is an admitted principle by the heads of the chief political parties, Lord Derby, Sir E. Lytton, and Lord Stanley on the one side, and Mr. Glad stone and Sir Stafford Northcote and a large body on the other, having expressed concurrence in the pr:nciple. The main question is; however, by what means can the principle he best tested and its application be enforced ? there are few of us who may not as readers have exer cised the faculty of reading on one subject to an audi ence, and having the thoughts directed to another ; whilst pupils hearing lectures, having the semblance of close attention, have nevertheless their thoughts elsewhere. The cure of this inattention, the remedy for the failure of lectorial instruction, my friend, the chairman, pointed out in a pamphlet—entitled " Exam ination the Duty of the State "—in which he antici pates much of our present thoughts on the subject. His view as to the necessity and importance of public exa minations has been recognised by all the affiliated insti tutions, and by the parent instit:mtion as means to insure sound instruction. The commissioners of inquiry into the means of improving the education at the University of Oxford have given a definition of the qualities required For efficient examinations, which I beg leave to quote from the report of the Society of Arts on industrial in druction, as showing the progress of concurrent out independent opinions on this subject. Those commissioners say that " to render a system of examination effectual, it is indispensable that there :should be danger of rejection of inforior oandi fates, hon ourable rewards and distinctions for the able and dili gent, with examiners of high character, acting under immediate responsibility to public opinion." Now whilst the chairman tenders educational institutions, Oxford inquiry commissioners, and combatants against gnorance were saying these things, Sir Charles Trevel van, and Sir Stafford Northcote, myself, Mr. John Wood, of the Customs, and others of the largest ex eerience in office, remonstrants against the evils of igno rance and incompetency prevalent in the public service, wereindependently saying much the same things as to the eature of the examinations requisite, in the first instance, 'or the correction of those deplorable evils. Whilst we were contending for open and competitive examinations is the only safe test of educational qualifications for the while service, others out of doors, promoters of educe icnal institutions, were looking to more than honorary 'istinctions, as real rewards to the diligent, and neces ary inducements to attention, and to undergo the re pisite ordeal of examinations, and were regarding the iiepointment to public offices as prizes necessary for the elvancement of general education. Here, then, form , ifferent starting points we, with a large body of think eg persons who have hitherto taken no part in public Auestions of any sort ; but we, moved to the like con clusions by impressions derived from the extraordinary tents of the times, are brought to a common field, for a soncerrence of opinion, and, it is to he hoped, a union ,1 forces. (Applause.) The attention of all leaders of slucational institutions has recently been arrested by he first conspicuous example which we have gained of iublic competitive examinations for appointments-1 mean for the writerships in the Indian service—which, ie it noted, are appointments leading to eventual multi gents of four or five thousand pounds per annum, equal ing the pay of Cabinet Ministers, and having jurisdic : ions, wider often and more important perhaps than in f :rmer times belonged to lord-lieutenants. We all know the difficulties under which parents are placed to judge ,if the positive or relative merits of particular seats of 'earning. By the new arrangement definite tests are irovided from year to year, which will ai I their judg ment as to where they will send their children. Let us regard the new impulse which these examinations will Tive to the heads of colleges and others to be wakeful and keep up with each otherand with the times, under the ure penalty of immediate desertion. Look next at the aid Ind relief the examples give to the competent and willing seachers, in the stimulus it gives to the attention of flag sing pupils, who cannot at present be got to work for distant, indefinite, or uncertain objects, on whom this annual gaining and losing, not only of honours but of ,arge substantial prizes, must make the strongest impres sions. Now, this new power, gained by these competi tive examinations for medical appointments, as well as lay the competitions for cadetships now going on—a :mower gained for the educational institutions which are appropriated to the wealthier classes, is of a ipeoies which just meets the pressing wants of parents, pupils, and teachers in respect to the schools for the middle and lower portions of our industrial communities. I submit they meet the chief weaknesses and failures in the special class of institu tions under your care. Competitive examinations for certificates of competency for school teacherships in ducted under the auspices of the Committee of Privy Council afford, by the use made of them, important evi dence of the value of competitive examinations as au thentic and trustworthy tests of the market value of qualifications for commercial service. The effect of those examinations of competency for school teacherships, of some seventy pounds per annum, or more, has been to call forth qualifications for clerkships of one hundred, and a hundred and fifty pounds per annum, in the com mercial labour market ; and as Parliament, with waste ful parsimony, does not choose to pay the proper market value of tested educational qualifications, the successful competitors have used their certificates as a means of obtaining more lucrative commercial clerkships, or clerkships to engineers and manufacturers ; and I am Assured that some of these successful candidates are answering so well that future men of wealth and posi tion in commerce and manufactures will have owed their prosperity to these competitive examinations. The new certificates of competency, obtained upon compe titive examinations conducted at the school of practical art at Marlborough House, I am assured are beginning to afford similar promise of success. There can be no doubt that similar certificates of competency, awarded upon competition by known and responsible examiners, would furnish a means for raising talents from the lowest ranks, and would be of great convenience to em ployers whose time is valuable, and whose own means of mutual examination are very limited. Other consi derations on the side of the interests of education will he suggested by your own experience and observation. Let me advert to the claims of the publics for adminis trative improvement. Lord Wrottesley, the, Presi dent of the Royal Society, whilst agreeing in the gene ^al principle, takes exception to what he considers the depreciatory manner in which I have spoken of quali fications in abstract science. Now, whilst lam still of opinion that we should contend for the special and the practical as against the general and the abstract, and I still think the subject matter of the examinations for the writerships open to objections as being too scholastic ; yet even esi they are, I must admit and declare that the evidence is decisive that they are yet a great gain to the public and to India. Sir Charles Trevelyan, who himself studied at Haileybury, attests the fact, that the same mop i ll were failures at the College were the same wll9. office failures, and bad bargains for the pusisticl.r Hopkins, the late president of the Geologniciralaey Societ y , with attests, upon 30 years' observation and t :set thera;etA thola 'who gtia zczAlmical tci'lc_ll" al 7 Ti 83 1 i 14 94 8 f I 71i i 10i 11 St. 20 76 St. 62i I Pi I A; 201 1} 9i i 11i 12 20k I . . 11 161 17 133 114} 2 51 80 i 791 t T 37 ~) 1 merely better atafbematinians or better classics than those of lower &gra,. but that they are men of greater intelligence and high r capabilities, and that in habits of accuracy, punctuality, and industry, and in all that die tin;.4uishes the man who does as much as he can from the man who does as little as he can, they are as a class greatly superior. lie equally maintains their superiority in moral qualifications. It will therefore admit of little doubt that, while private individuals have got prizes, the public and the civil service in India have got prizes. There will, on consideration, be found, when looked at with a will and a practicable desire to render them available, as little CAW° for doubt that the same princi ples are as applicable to appointments to inferior posi tions, for which your institutions are adapted, to pro mote qualifications, and that in respect to them the pub lic would gain as well by what open competitive ex aminations would exclude as by what they would admit. Otte of the delegates wished to know whether Mr. Chadwick could express any opinion as to the course the present Government might be prepared to take on the question I Mr. CHADWICK—No ; I can only refer you to the public expressions which the heads of private parties have given of adhesion to the principle of appointments for merit, whatsoever hostility is manifested by their tails to the only proved and undoubted means by which merit for the public service can be tested. But I can express a confident opinion that whilst you are inquiring as to the probable intentions of the Government, the particu lar Minister who may have the subject in charge will in all probability be looking out and inquiring, with a view to his own course, what are the intentions of yourselves as constituents. The patronage secretary, it is known, declares that the patronage is indispensable to his supporters. His supporters, the borough mem bers, many of them, declare that they would be glad to be rid of it ; but that they require it to meet the pres sure from their supporters, their constituents. I say the borough members, because it is a mistake to assume that the body of the patronage which would be appli cable to general educational instructions such as those now under consideration, or those classes of appoint ments in respect to which the question of open compe tition has been raised, are of an aristocratical character. Very little, indeed, of the patronage is given to the county members—the mass of it goes to the borough members. I say, therefore, it is for you, Mr. Mayor —not you, perhaps, individually, but those whom you represent, who are responsible for the continuance of the evils in question, and it is for you, the consti tuencies of boroughs such as this, to adopt a self-denying ordinance against those foul abominations. Of the patronage maintained by you, it might be said that it is, like party, the occasion of the madness of the many for the gain of the few ;—usually the supposed gain, for frequently it is as injurious to the receiver as it certainly is to the supposed giver, the state. 'Y'our borough would gain its shire of prizes to its schools and educa tional institutions and their purifying influence, in sub stitution fsr the patronage and the corrupting influence which you would give up. I ask you to consider whe ther it would not be a gain in moral influence at least, that the Queen's uniform worn by your postmen were to denote that it had been won by merit by the wearer, as a prize scholar of a village or a diocesan school, in stead of his being a hanger on to one of your election eerine committees ? Do you conceive that the amenities of the Customs offiears in your pert, or that the despatch of business there would suffer, if the appointments to the Customs were given as prizes to the most attentive and successful students, in stead of to the prosecutors of your party con tests ? In the Government dockyards there are fore inanshipe, surveyorships, and places for artisans requiring the qualifications of practical mechanical science, which we are trying to promote. Would not the navy and the public be better served by appointments given for prize scholarships in mechanics than by appointments made as bribes for votes in the way displayed before the com mittee and the country, in the Dockyard Committees ? At no great distance you have the new forests, and some extensive public lands. If the appointuents to offices, for their management, were given upon compe tie° examieatione, for special qualifications in the science of botany or in arboriculture, might we not expect a fairer display of produce, and better economical results and examples than were displayed before successive Parliamentary committees of inquiry ? I believe that there are some sixteen thousand public places, of various grades, the majority of which are applicable, both to the improvement of almost all grades of educational institu tions, and a most defective civil service, as several civil servants of extensive experience represented, before any defects were made manifest in extraordinary public disas ter. It might be shown that for all which you of the bo rough constituencies gain in occasional patronage, you, yourself, are made to pay severely in general taxation. In consequence mainly of this patronage, for the continuance of which you are chiefly responsible, you pay, in many instances, more for double the number of badly appointed officers than would suffice under a purer system for the better despatch of the public business. The mainte nance of patronage appointments by popular constituen cies I must declare is in violation of individual popular rights ; for that which we are talking of as a new mo rality is an old statutory right, end a i'ght at common law, declared by Lord Coke in his institutes, that the most fit individual has a right to fitting office, whilst the State has a right to his services There are those here who, I know, have had experience of the benefits derivable from the adoption of better practice in respect to local appointments. The general poor-rates were once 88. Gd. per head on the population, and increasing. They are now ss. 6d., and the care of pauper children, the medical relief, and the general administration of relief is improved. The first step to this improvement, by which two millions per annum, and more, has been gained, was the abolition of your local patronage in appointments, your appointments of officers for such causes as that they had failed in trade, or bad a large family, with small means of supporting it, and the pa tronage was nearly put an end to by taking practical securities for the improved securities for the qualifica tions of officers, chiefly by competitive examinations. The like results would follow the application of similar means to the general public administration. It seems that the present meeting is understood to be for a conference simply, and that it is not understood that resolutions are to be proposed in a formal manner. I think sufficient facts have been brought before the meeting to enable those present to judge of the cour-e which they ought to take at once, as constituents, and as heads of families, and hereafter as members of educational . institutions. (Applause.) air. FALVEY said there was certainly a general agree meet gaining strength in society of the importance of the views represe ,ted that day by Mr. Clad wick The main difficulty felt at present 'loon the eubject was in the appointment of examiners sufficiently responsible. What securities could he props-ed in respect to them ? Mr. CHADWICK said that the diffi .ultv wee, he appr , - heeded, in great part, and indeed suffici ntly, met. by inakine the examinations eenipetitive. It was in troth the chief ground of the importance attached to competi• tive examination by the offieial supporters of the mea sure, that the competition was a etreeg security ag tinnt misdecision on the part of the examiners. In private and departmental examinations the "leaping bar" might he, and it was not unfrequently, lowered to favour the passage of a particular candidate. In the public and competitive examinations this could not be safely done ; the rival candidates and their friends. it not the general public, would be enabled to detect any unfairness, and the decisions, involving comparisons of relative merits, were necessarily of a j character involvine judicial securities. The evidence of actual experience would be found complete and satisfactory on that point. lie had omitte l to mention that the competitive examinations for medical appointments in India, of which no account had yet appeared before the public, had afforded the most valuable, complete, and decisive experience of the dangers of the common " pass examinations" for degrees, which filly justified the apprehensions expressed. Tee competitive examinations proved that under the common pass examinations men obtained degrees to practise as surgeons and degrees of doctors of medicine who were in a state of the most dangerous ignorance of the com mon requisites for the safe practise of their profession. Several doctors of medicine had been plucked for scan dalous ignorance. The only protections of the public would be found in the institution of new competitive eimminations. Mr. STaBBING (the optician), of Southampton, said that he had no doubt whatever that the borough corpo ration might be got to give up their political patronage. He would undertake to say that in Southampton there would be little difficulty in the matter. (Applause.) In deed it was now very generally felt to be a nuisance. Professor TYNDALL, of the Royal Institution, made an eloquent appeal on the claims of science and for the aboli tion of mere patronage. He had acted as an examiner on some of the recent competitive examinations, and he described the very serious ignorance which but for them might have passed undetected into the public service. The CHAIRMAN eileressed his- satisfaetion at the una nimity which prevailed amongst all parties on the subject. He referred to the report on industrial instruction, adopted by the Society of Arts, to re impress them with the dreary position of the mid dle class not intended for the universities, whose motives to exertion were as few as they were ' feeble. The youth of that class knows that he must re main at school for a certain period, and then proceed to business ; but he cannot discover how his diligence there can have any perceptible efect upon his future prospects, in matters having so few points of resemblaice as science or literature with commerce, ignorant of the fact that success in each is achieved by the same instru ment. Now, were he certain that, in leaving school, he must go before an impartial tribunal, and there be s e jected to a most searching examination , and corneev with boys from other schools, what a powerful rnotiro: to exertion would be at once supplied ? Liebig, in a communication to the Societya.cl,in said, " Without examinations all efforts are l effect. I no scheme of instruction has any perceP perience of 27 am supported in my assertion by p o h u y r m ofe• years, and I can assure you that e t a v it e n ra n i e a x in ph o i n io g g ' o t dical students, the study of nutterly neglected until chemistry, and of geology eexxaaminetion in the natural wmmination of the students we determined to divide the into two, namely, a prev e i la eu re a initiation in them proper to t e h ci e en m c e e d e, ic a a n l d d a ep ;e r e ti o to n et d it. When I assure you that for department. at Giessen visited the lat e , this is a full and sufficient proof of wha t say. 2raOtoyreyars medical introduced with students pursued their studies z-al and ardour. 1 , But immediately after the examination was the In the magnificent halls of Oxford and Cambridge, men the most eminent, in the various departments of law, political economy, history, and natural cience lecture, t o o often, almost to empty benches. It is no t' that the pupils are ignorant of the great valu e o f the subj ects lec tured upon ; quite the reverse. yetellthupeymmtuhsetir endot attend to them, because they not t for edu ca ti onal labours was open i g n r g es u , - pot t b h r e i m gh i t i er day themsraisers duly supported the views 4116PLVid ai t..e racW, (4pitlzrze.) A deithery discussion on the more technical points of the proceel• ingA of the union then ensued. A ion::: list of lectures prepared on scientific and literary subjects, chiefly by the clergy in the several districts, was produced. The members and delegates of the institutions dined toga• than, when the ch;ef subject of the morning's discussion formed the prominent theme of the evening speeches ; in the course of which, Archdeacon Wigram ex. pressed the great pleasure which he felt as a minister in seeing the reception given to Mr. Chadwick's statements by the meeting, and to the confident expectations held out that local patronage would be abandoned, for apart from the higher educational interests which were in• volved, it held out the cheering prospect of relief from local party feeling, and great moral and social improve• ment. Dr. Booth, the Chairman, and Mr. Chadwick were loudly cheered. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. (From the Times of this day.) As we fully expected, the successful bombardment of Sweaborg has roused Sir Charles Napier into a species of posthumous vitality, and he has sent us a long letter. It is written in Sir Charles's usual spirit, and, as he certainly has something to complain of, it makes one re gret that the man who cal bombard the British Admi ralty with so ranch effect had not all the appliances proper for the bombardment of Sweaborg. In good hands we have little doubt he would have done it, but as it is, like the elephants used in Indian armies, h e is no sooner hurt than he loses self command, and rushes back into the ranks of his own army. With all due respect for Sir Charles, and begging our readers' pardon for using a long word, we regard the docu ment as a great psychological fact. It exhibits so man with every other faculty but just that which constitutes the master mind, and which is abso lutely necessary to a Commander-in-Chief, whether by sea or on land. As appears from the letter, Sir Charles could do everything. He could make plans, discern de. ficiencies, hold councils of war, offer opinions, discuss propositions, find what could be done, with more or less risk, what could not be done at all, and what eenld be done without risk, were the means only provided. As we know from ether sources, Sir Charles could handle a fleet, discipline his crews, teach his captains the use of signals, and, in fact, do everything necessary to a great naval action. He could do anything that the opportunity, the men, and the materials at his command permitted. Then, why did not Sir Charles do it! Now comes the instructive and wonderful fact. Sir Charles did not do it. He wanted just that ono thing—the faculty of giving the word of command. Had Sir James Graham been in command of the fleet, and Sir Charles second in command, and had Sir James said to Sir Charles, pointing with his hand, " Sir Charles, go in and attack Sweaborg," we have no doubt Sir Charles would have done it admirably, and with respect able success. Nay, more, we have no doubt that if Sir James had laid down an ingenious plan on paper, and desired Sir Charles to stick to it, Sir Charles would have set it at nought, and gone by a plan of his own, perhaps not so good, but most likely better. Any how, we are sure that Sweaborg would have been demolished, that there would be an angry corres pondence, or at least a good deal of private wranging ; that Sir Charles, with a great degree of justice, would have claimed the credit of success ; but that, as we have said, the work would have been done with Sir Charles's accu,tomed daring and skill. Such, we are satisfied, would have been the case if Sir Charles had been under peremptory orders—that is if, instead of being master, he had been man ; but he did nothing far want of some- body to say "Go and do it." He had no muter but the Admiralty, which was not a master, but only an adviser ; and he felt himself unable to do anything ;with out the full consent and co-operation of the allied com- manders. There was not a man in this empire who did not sup po-e that when Sir Charles was sent out with a magni ficent fleet in the spring of last year he was to do the best he could with that fleet, and to find out for himself what best could be done. It is true there was aal isgiv- ing in some quarters that the fleet was not well adapted for the purpose, but it was all the fleet we had, and it was impossible to conjure up another fleet simply by wishing it. There is an old Greek saying, that he is the best shoemaker who makes the best shoe with the mate rials given him ; and there is another saying, that a bad workman always quarrels with his tools. No doubt Sir Caarles's matetials, and tools, and servants were all bad. But, if they were so bad that he could do nothing at all with them in the Baltic, why in the world did he take them, and tell us about the great things he was going to do ? Why did he sail into the Baltic, and hold a series of grand naval reviews, if it was only to prove that nothing could be done ? As for Bomaisund, Sir Charles did not do that. It was done by French soldiers and a few British marines. But after it was done, which was rather late in the season, Sweaborg was again examined, and Sir Charles, the French Field-Marshal and 4dmirals, were most delightfully unanimous in the opinion that no thing could be dons, as they had not the proper means. They bad neither gun nor mortar boats. But Sir Charles kne - w perfectly what sort of a sea, and what sort of a coast, and what sort of harbours and ports those of the Baltio were when be took the command, and when he blazed _ _ away at the Reform Club. Why, then, did he tell us what he was going to do, or why did he not instantly make a requisition for a score or twe of gun and mortar boats to be got ready as son as possible I If he made the requisition, and it was denied, why did he not at once throw up the command? He was quite aware— at least, if he was not, he was the only British sabject who was not aware—that something more was expected than keeping the Reasian ships in harbour. Not having insisted as a sine qua 71,04 on a proper supply of gun and mortar boats, not having resigned his command, bat istill retaining as immense fleet, and representing the British naval supremacy in the Baltic, he was bound to do what he could with his fleet,—to do something or other, and not fritter away his time and opportunities in councils of war,• in correspondence with the Admi ralty, and in discovering objections to the plans put before him. Indeed, it is quite evident to us that all he wanted was the word of command. This he could not give himself, and there was nobody is give it, so Sir Charles roamed about the Baltic waiting for orders, which unfortunately never came in a form so specific as to he a positive command. When it was considered that much of the execution at the late bo nhardmeat was done from a battery con structed on an island, that other islands were available for the purpose, that the ships of the line took part in tie affair, and that after forty-five hours' bombardment. the ahies were wholly untouched, we really cannot see why something could not have been done with the reeaus at Sir Charles's disposal. We don't see why General Jones's plan or General Niel's plan should have been unaiiimouely rejected. We see nothing at all ri diculous in the Admiralty sending out orders succes sively for something or other to be done—if nothing e se, at least that General Jones's or General Niel's plan should be taken into consideration. When the delicate eusceptibidties of the French Admirals and Generals had led to their withdrawal, we do not see why a man of Sir Charles Napier's great name and au therty need have consulted his own Admirals at all, except to escape responsibility. Instead of doing what ho cold with the means at his command, which Eng land expected him to do, he sends two plaits to the Adinintlty, one to be executed by his fleet as it was, the other with gun and mortar boats, if they could be pr. cured With regard to the first of these, we cannot understand why Sir Charles did not try it at once, without any more ado, and without wait ing f r the opinion of the Admiralty or his own A(linira;s upon it. As to the second plan—that of gun and mortar boats, described in a so-called "re port," that of course- is what all the world were calling f ,r, and there is no originality in the suggestion. In some way or other Sir Charles has persuaded him self that in respect of gun and mortar boats he put out an original plan, and that the plan so put out is that which Admirals Dundas and Penaud actually pro ceeded upon, excepting only that, instead of 100 gux and mortar boats, which he thought necessary, they had only 43. With 100 they could have worked by reliefs, given the mortars time to cool, kept up a longer bombardment, gone in nearer and destroyed the Russian batteries. So says Sir Charles. But what avails it now to say what might have been done with more means There is neither originality nor Common sense in perpetually asking for more And doing nothing meanwhile. It is better to burn moans to do more and more work, but actuaellaybodrei;ga n gg thiat in these much as we have than to wait for 100 100 13 - inch mortars next year. It is plai and consul continual hesitations, and examinations,r k to be done, tations, and exaggerations of the wo ly shows that and the means required, Sir Charles situp e y S.iewboats aid ar to a CO did not possess the decision nc is it is the corn. deficiency is no uncommon one, _ a _ c.ency that makes wander. He never knew when monest of all, for it is the very d I ts and so few men masters. For to gi a v y e , tke word. The so many men servan ts, obey exact orders, and do a hundred men must do it, there is hardly finger, and one who can take thrework ; do it." It is quite evident say, "There is yotuhough a capital sailor and a good work very well when they that Sir Charles, of tlebeid,Yn decide, point his is one the hundred, and not the one master fighting roar LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DA Y.) LO NDON, Aug. 24.—Wind this day at noon, S W • tidrafijan,et.hnTnhdeerre, and d s ii - a gh h t e n a i vy ng. storm . at n e d u a t rs in t i e eedburi g hzte of o a IugSGATE, lug. 23.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived—jus m at is, from Shields for Shanghai, to stop a leak and to ship tome more men. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 23.—Wind E.S.E.—Sailed—B l "• heim, for Calcutta ; Off the Port—Parisian, from Cal. cutta. TORBAY, Aug. 23 .—Sailed—Sitters, for Labrador. PLYMOUTI, Aug. 23.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived — HA L L Vixen, from Ri o J aneiro. Sailed--Jane Ellis , for Lisboa and Newfoundland ; Gleatannor, Adelai de, MS ELECTRIC TILMIAP7I.) Sormilirrow, Friday Morning. Arrived.—City of Limerick (s.), from London ; Char. 19tte, Guernsey; Transit (B.), Jersey; Reaper, Cork; Al. liance (s.), Havre. Sailed—City of Limerick (e.), for Duhlin ; Thomas and Margaret, Sunderland; John Murray, Newport. (BY SUBMARIES AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 9.45 R.M. Wind, S.W. ; tide, high water ; weather fine. Arrived, Aug. 24.—Reindeer, from Baia; Ruckert+, SC Vincent. Sailed—Robert Cottle, for Balaklava. DEAL, Friday, 9.30 a.m. Wind moderate. Passed—Pauline, from Middleburg for Swansea ; Anna Maria, Penang, for London ; Eskdale, Mauritius, for Lon. don ; Clyde (s.s. tpt. 145), westward, for Londlen • St. Michael, St. Eitt'o, for London ; Alabama, Call a. for • Y - p ob' onc e s o O r stir )5 - iO , tio..,r -,1, isl. to tbe , otio ed toto so 0 1 or e biO3, fieb e if j T o T f o f yr° „ro' 0 r t th l ' A no otri et ' com fy It, o' 2 l, le• f CO' the 103; 73 i 10 10 10 1 1 20 1 all 10 all 60 1141 2i _~, ~w,