The Sun. — London, England, 1855-07-19 00:00:00

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Aj r , n 4 0 , j deal ty Kala; a F A -oxeisl u ;tl s vre 9 'oo rsi,ll,l' heavy r a ' itl o l Fears v ie i ; crop ; ba cite safe , hundai d e • fling % 1 .0 viols -------- v 7-.ESC ' P' , s si3 l , ) ; EL „Pdeo is and 00 10 / ion w i area v oid bad, Doi Lau rie the P toll roposP; (7 °Di 6ils,Y;o,lj t a ion# lor d $3 130 11111 001 4 EnP 3O unt il 0 ? old i be d c 0 1 it w ith p , itte e t! 14°10 be ortithe It i 4 / 8 11 ' r.A. • 06 4,i . veu so ol o ,von Sooly" ily/e9 ; • r e, c f 10i r elle° 10 4 ''' oeg•00P, vv e . p, d k pertt a itY'll ton ( b pd v io ye i• pro •o f e ° 00' tf this fo ill 00' lot,0 1 ;011 4 ., Tu _ :LWi Al il 86' 0 " 4 ..... O ...... if 0(0 • ....... S As ll d 0 .0 dt r 14 °1 6, " 4 # 6 I / 1 ..... 0,0;y ...•••, ..... • it 1 ............. Ea . ' - 19,'0) . ), 5 ,1 A§ • K l / 1 1 GW3•01,46 ••••'" o' l •• fi° l4 4 ol l • 40 • 1 6 .... " .. t0: 3 40 9 E 0 ,01. rs ,fli c 0 SO I sif l V O 4 I tf 46 5 I O f oar' 0 , il l so* od 46° 01 '1 if AS l gye , 11 13 A. 00;0 4 boa' ;03 to 45 ;39 Srepl' cs , Yf i t t be th 9 caf f 0 t W k g de /100," rioa . ; o M 0 0 0 , 10 , e tole u tt° l3 6 ' o o ` , t ° StPre 10 0 L 0 6 41 i t o ° 9 6ll; e'l! 00 3 p; kl OSO3 rot o 6/ '1,1 4 to 1l 4 .6 0 : i.to "400, 5/ 155 6/ ' O O Os It 149 MONEY MARKET AND COHMERr.7IAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday closed firmly, and prices of all kinds were quite as dear as last week. The sales were estimated at 8,000 bales (500 of which were taken for export, and 1,500 on speculation), comprising 120 Pernam and Maranham at bad. to 7d. ; 50 Bahia at 62d. ; 150 Egyptian, at 6d. to 7d. ; and 1,590 Surat, at 4d. to 41d. per lb. The Railway Share Market Was steady, and closed at an advance on Tuesday's rates. There are circumstances of a political character that often affect the monetary position of different . c ountries, and A us t r i a seems a b ou t t o suffer from her duplicity towards the Allies. A powerful as sociation of capit a li s t s h a d b een f o rmed here and at Paris to tender for the concession of certain lines of railway in Austria, but this has now been dissolved 0 21 the ground of the inadequate terms offered by the Government at Vienna. There can be no doubt, however, that the double-dealing with the English and French Cabinets has had ()Teat weight, since it i s i mpossible to believe that even if capitalists had taken the contract, subscribers to any extent would have come forward while Austria stood in an equivocal, if not hostile position, ready at any . Moment to break off entirely from her engage rnents, and perhaps finally to side with Russia. The certain issue will be that the Vienna Go vernment must wait more auspicious times, When she is prepared to behave loyally, before she hope can b enlist the co-operation of British capitalists in carrying out bet public works. The Danish Government has replied to the re monstrances of the United States about the Sound dues, that it would have been more appro priate had such remonstrances been preceded by 3 egotiations and that, with its heavy expenditure, it certainly at present was not in a position to re mit the impost. 1 The applications for allotments of the French i ° , llll are unde a rstood to be tolerable, although the AY per cent. deposit, coupled with the great uncer tainty whether any allotment will be obtained, is a bar to many who have other opportunities of employing their means. In France the subscrip tions will of course be large, but much curiosity is ex pressed t o ascer t a i n if , in the aggregate, t he will e qua l those of the last loan. In bEle London Stock Exchange, as well as in the dis °Mint market, money is very easy, and there is e vidently a speculative disposition where the pros pect of benefit presents itself. In several foreign cities the va l ue o f cas h very closely assimilates to h 2. range here. The Hon. East India Company twelv e the requisite notice to enable it this time "kre months to reduce the interest upon its bonds. Ait the meeting of the London Joint-stock Bank, heldthis day, a dividend at the rate of 12 4 per cent. per annum was declared. 11 4 th e ex t raor di n ary meeting of the Newport, er2gavenny, &c.,lßailway Company, this day, a re ference for raising a further sum of 200 , 0001 . on w '' e rence shares, to complete the undertaking, I * .l agreed to. T he Stock Market is flatter on account of a few sal es) the inducement to part with Consols being gre ater c now one or two foreign loans offer a c hance of more immediate profit. The weather is propitious for the crops, but there is, neverthe sa, always an apprehension when rain falls of the quantity being in excess. As to the debate on Mr. Chide mo ti on th e d e alers have quite con elided that Mi n i s t ers w ill have a good majority. 90 011 5015 have been 901 to 01 for transfer, and ac has been the only officially quoted value for premium. Exchequer Bills have been 2452t0 265. h . :n. Bank Stock is firm at 2131 to 2141. F O New Annuity brings 16 15-16. b y gn Stocks are put out of the list of favourites b oth yuPerior claims of Turkish and Peruvian, th e w hich maintain about yesterday's prices, for the ztre lue figures having been 91 and 921 Bonds b 8: and 77 to 78i for the last. Grenad a advanced;e , pe ela n t la is 29 t o 31, quoted 164 and Mexican have ezUe to 21 i. Spanish Threes have been 181. Dutch being scarcely so buoyant . 4 per Cents, have been done at 96 and 96 g . The following are the nominal prices of foreign OCkB :----Grenada Deferred Bonds, 64 to 7 ; Mexi - Ca ;, 2 14 to 211 ; Peruvian, 76 to 78 ; p e r Cents. , 55 to 57 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., ditto Three y to 44 ; Russian Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ; S panish Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 88 to 90 ; - 6. l3an i isli New Deferred, 181 to 18/ ; ditto 3 per ditto 361 to 311 ; ditto Certificates, 4to4± ; Passive, 4 to 4i. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up ' 0 this day, are in round figures as follow :- 1855. 1854. er thAVestern kuth-Viestern l aighton 15,392 15,546 Midland cav__ - 21,809 2 0 , 210 on l zi.a.atern e ian (Ir e I ._ at Northern 4.014,cm hire and Yorkshire 22,317 2 0 ,77 6 v. • s ' or th - Eastern 't he Railway Share Market continues r ather t„ e r n') One or two of the English lines, how ever, 14 1 1 'g in better request than the others. Bristo l Nid xeter are good, and Great Northern also. or th Western are weak. South Wes tern are ba 2Qerately well supported. In the foreign lines trT little is doing, but the Indian are very firm l y e ta. a re duu Cocaei Mine have advanced. Ban ks . atm, s".-1.011 FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CV , , (Front that Official List.) . Busines , done latklik Stock .. .• a P 4l ' Oe.nt. Reduced Annuities 9ll 'g i wets Cent. Consols Annuities 1 . ,,'' 0 per Cont. Annuities . 92i / i '',l4 Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 1 4 4 " it te 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1885 16 15-16 i !' Bends £lOOO 0,, i tto, Under £lOOO 32 6,4015 ?or Account, Bth August 9 04 I ' 4.l4 i:quer Bills, 2G £lOOO 21d. 2d. 20 400 21 I 20 Small 2l 1 20 'llell ecluer Bonds 1858, 34 per Cent.... 101 160,1 Ditto — 101160,1 li,T r , 1859, ~ G , ri.. - ‘`A OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. li '----- .- i Bonds, 14 per Cent. ..... ....... ... 164 t e B al 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account oli 13: 714,1 Bonds, 44 per Cent — h !tto for the Account . . ?,.'",!tto 3 per Cent. lip 4j aa l i t to, for the account 1) 24 Roads, 3 per Cent — Dittott.o New Deferred, 3 per Cent. - Tae for the account lB4 -r;2sh Bonds, 6 per cent 92!, vt,t, for the Account Ditto s mall 92 . et i4 bi44ela Bonds, 44. per Cent. Ditto for the account 3l Ate Deferred, 14 per Cent batch Blvidends on the above payable in London. l 'w b."_Ezehange, 24 p er C e nt. 12 Guil — 4 per Cent. Certifieates .. ..... ' 3llRola 901 I HALF -Pii.ST TWO. 90i 1 bi tto for the Account.. .. 1 4 4 '2 3 02T, July 19.—Wind this day at noon, S. ; light With rain. or Pr RAMPTON, July 18.—Wind, S.W. Arrived— blotalab° (IL), from theßlack Sea ; Magdalena (s.), Ports 4ce- Sailed--Washington (s.), for New York. bit4l'suollTH Jul 18.—Wind, W. Arrived—Har ft+, t transport 86), from Scutari ; Whitby Park hee"guiPort 171), from Constantinople H.M.S. Hermes, %tLteari. Sailed—Magdalena (s. transport 7, for th e 41 4t0n • Arabia (s. transport 95), for Liverpool and Cri b , , ea • from , g m oUrli, July 18.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Stag, F A Loiate Wtel'idou'ru, July 18.—Wind, variable. Arrived— %mi, f rom Cardenas. IZar a :7 43 s, July 18.- - Wind, N. by W. Sailed—Tina ' -o r Qtlelaric ; Clothilde, Havannah. N.Nr 2 * trt°44--- Wal(rust ' from Stettin ; Swordfish, Quebec; R.ed AlexatZle • Pen le, for Constantinople. DUBLIN, July 18. ‘....X- SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELE( RAIM:) hu'a' bb • raining fast. . Wiltd. S .W.. tide GIaIvA.:!SEND Thursday, 10.24 a. m. Zit_ved—Se;ford,' from ° Ca i lla e o ; ' Herald, x .O , ..o, Callao : Flora Nykobing ; Neptune, Sszkop Guernsey ng ,; s t epoor, Cochin ; Nautilus, Helsingburg ; Kleiner Fritz, t4.11,"11; Zvende Broders, Aalborg ; Edward Arthur, .Sau , cier ; Mary Johnson Marseilles ; Sarah, Jersey , La' 4-0111 e, Cherbourg. ' DEAL, Thursday, 9.39 a.m. L LOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) I to r tPER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. — 4O 40 S -..r • utterriv„a & --- Georo.e Peabody, from St. John's, N.B. ; Qirg en i i ° 4l Jiar b re ; Robert A. Lewis, .Quebec ; Beaton, 50 Qff port—City of Manchester 25 QUEENSTOWN, July 17. 20 W' A lnd , 5 . ., vv .. _ liclrriv e d_ •at anz ... - Cassandra, from. Alexandria ; Matrons, from 1100 a'• Wind passed "•• ; Moderate. -tercury (schooner), from Marsala. for London ;. her Ilalosty's sten.raer Horatio, from Sheerness, westward or Air NeBtY's steamer. Dee, Portsmouth, for the river. LevAa_ choredTritoni from Sunderland, for Carthagena ; d Petro, London for M uritius ' a • • Duke of Wellington, Calcutta. 'loess, for Shanghai ; D t 25 4 / 2p St. St. St. 50 ids R E MARKETS (THIS LAY.) AILWLYS. RAILWAYS. Chutn, yestental. 22 - 4i -4! 8 - 81 13i - 13 15 - 16 - 91 - 93 631 - 634 13 - 14 S - 10 3 2 d 14i -15 i 11- 12i 32 - 36 23 - 25 76 - 78 57 - 59 8,1 - 19 - 20 70 - 72 91i - 923 70 - 72 125 - 1 . 7 100 102 67i 67, 3 1 58 CO 73 78 1 8 90 8 9 814 82 7- 7 ' LOI - 102 .00/ - 100 1 ? 3 -d - d 4 - 84i - 85:3 8 • 7 d' 7 A - 61:1 25 - 25;t, 7.1 84 71 • • - -71 ii 43 - 45 1 9 - 7 1 - li .•• - ••• 50 - 52 30 _ 31 73a 7 64 34 134 —14 i 49} —50 a 48 50 d par b 5i 61 64 1 d ar 25 - 27 103 105 68 70 45 - 47 13i 143 61 62 30i 31i 4 2 2d. par 39 - 41 4i - 5 194 20), .34 - 43 20 - 22 5 - 7 Bush+ en dons this day. 00 A.berdeen. , 8,, Ponbg. Nottug. }}loss and astn„ all Belfast & Ballymena all Binning. Woli ;1•11 Stour Valley 119? : 1 Birk ~itlid. L;xtesl... Cheshire Juuct all Do. Cheap. & Birk. , £5O and C 25 Cons. 19 Do., ..... all Rlyth &Tynaorigina' £25 (laid. at £45) 100 Bristol and. Exeter , 100 Caledonian 61s. Carmarthen and Car digan a 1.., Chester & Holyhead, all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pasb 10 Cornwall 1} Ci -ff Junction 45 Duolin&BelfastJune a]] Dundee Perth&Abol deen Junction all Do. N 100 East Ax Tian all Eastern Counties 100 Eastern Union, A Stock . 10(' 134,, B, Stogy 8? Do., New A .... 100 East Lancashire IOG Edinburgh Glasgow all Edinb. and Peebles.. 1 100 Edin. Pr Lb & dee' 9 r 7 orth & Clyde At all Furness . all Do. Extension 100 Glasgow &S. Western too :lreat Northern 100 Do., A. Stcck 'OO Do., B. Stock 1)0 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) 100 Great Western 100 , Do. Stour Val, Rai! Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 14f, Do., Thirds 7 Do. New Thirds__ 100 L.Ancash.andYorksb - 1 Do., Wst. Riding Un. all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwal 1 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst 100 Loud. and N. Neste. 16 Do. Fifths D0:101.5h.,M&8...C1 Do. Eighths 101 LondociandS. Westn 1 47 Do., £5O. 38 Do., £4O all Lndndrry& Col eraink sll Lndndrry. & Enn'.3k. 100 Manch.Sh ef.lz Linda all Do. i Shares, No. l R2s. Do., Man. & Lin. Un WO Midland WO Do. Birmng. & Derby all ,tidld. G. West. (Ire,) all Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle 23 Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd 8 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoini and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk .... 32 Northn. Counties Un LOO North British all North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred all Do., B Guaranteed 100 N. Eastern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do. do. G.N.E. Pureli *U Do. Leeds 100 Do. York all North London all Do. New .ElO 31 IF, N.&.S.Wstrn.,llamp stead, and City Jn.. 17 North Staffordshire—, all North Western.. . all N. &S. Westrn. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 8 Portsmouth - LOO So...ish Central LOO SeottishMidland LOO Shropshire Union a 1 South Devon !V South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. do Riv. Uuti 6 Do 14 Staines, Wok &Wok al Stockton Darlin Stockton & Hr.rtlepl LOO Taff Vale 9 Do. £lO shares 100 Do. Pref., No. 21i Thames Haven Dock and Railway inverstone & Lancs all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limeriek all West Cornwall.. 5 West End of London and Crystal Palace , all (West London all IWimbledn & Croydon FOREIGN. all Antwerpdatott .rdam 4 Belgian Butt'. June. 10 Beziers to Graissessae 10s. Bombay, Baroda, and _ _ Central IndikScrip all Demerara 10 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all East Indian, g. sp. c 10 Do. E 7 tension all Do. 4, 1 ,. p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '59, do: 17. Gd. Tk of CanadaA is all Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. 70 Do. Cert. of Dalian., con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of Franc , all Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent 1 Do. New 5 per cent 2 Do. Extensions...••. all Do. d 0... 13 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations all Gt .Western of Canad Shares .. . .... . all Do. Bds., payable' s7, with option till '55.. all Do. do., '62, p. '56... all Do. do., '76, p. '60... all Do. do., '73, without option all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 14 Lake Cond. & Basle all j Lucca & Pistols 5 p.n. prof 10 Lyons and Geneva 14 Lyons & Mediterran all Madras 10 Do. Now 31. i Maria Antonia all Do. do. New all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all D 0.20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquolin©s guar. 3$ p. c. & red. at 22i1. dnr. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 all Do. 20/. 3 p. c (fmy. B. & Ams.Shs. all NorwegianTrunkPref 16 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen..... 15 ParisCaen &Cherbrg all Rouen and Havre all Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse_ all Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. 2s. Scindo all Southern of Franca 16 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West Flanders all Do 54 per c. Prof 18 Western of France -16 West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden all Zealand JOINT-STO I all Australasia all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 4 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 30 City 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lond all English Scottish and Anstralian Chart all Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australis 5 Ditto New 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 .Lond.•& Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 22 National of Ireland. all New South Wales... all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co.._ all ioutli Australia all Union of Australia 2A Do. New 1Q Union of Dada - 2$ - 2$ 2i - 21 - 11- (11 35i - 361 94 - 104 25 -25 i , 3i - 3 6a 5d 17 18 64 - 66 95i - 96} 41 - 413 5 - sip 5B - 5i 3 -3/ 3i -- 31 21 - 21; 100 -- 102 107 -- 109 109 -- 112 106 - 108 22 - 22. 108 - 111 (1I -64 P 20}-2 1 p l 2?' 3 P 5 2 7 2 - 3 61 - 6:lj ••• .•. 35i - 36 121 - 12 g -- 9 1 47i - 48ip 47 49 47 49 pin 24 26 21 .- 22 lid 9i —10 i 2a 2ap ... pm 31 - 4 10 - 10ipl • •• ... • ..• - ••• 18 - 19 BANKS, 84 - 86 61 - 66 id-iP 1 d par 44 sip ••. -... ... 17i -- 181 194 —204 d i— i a 36 38 or, .... . • ••• -- ••• 35 - 36 39 - 40 50 i - 51, ••• •••• ... 73. - 75 8 - 9 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 93 i 713 1 1261 67} f 814 i 74 1001 a 100 851 41 5 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1855. LINES r,v.A sED F(XF,D K.f NTALA. ta.:lling Compan!, losing 'r err yetter Lonic.n L. &N E. Un. fjahlonia.n. 99 - 101 100 - 102 135 - 137 Do Gt. Wes; Yk. New. Berw. Y.StNAT, Do 27 = 29 108 - 109 S. Easton Do 12i - 13 23 - 24 11 -12 Peto & Co. Norfolk L.&N.W Stekton Darling. Midland. . 2 - 21 in i'6 Eu. Coun .13. Count, Do 'Do 68 - 60 Do 1.33 --: li I CU Northr Laneasb At Yoi•ksh. T. Brassey M. MC:l(mm Stoekt. St Darlingt Do •-4Wentn St - gi 2t - 211 32 - 33 94 - 96 K&ILW 7%. Bedfo7.d Buckghamsh. Clydesdal e .f c. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. H. Liu. 9.6 pc Glas. Barr. & Neils. Meet Do. New—. GS Mr.& Dn. Fr Dk. Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. d Shares. n i Lon.oo nPreference.w. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlo%-bro' Iledea,r. Alidlcl.Bradfd Newmarket Bury Exteu.., N.& k3st.s p.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystn.SL Hit. Shef. Roth and Gooleg.s p. c. Shrews. &Her S. Statiordsh. Wear Valleygr per cent Do Nriltse.',onarst PREFERENCE SIII.RES. • Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c Blyth and Tyne 10 pet c. pref. (issd.etsol; Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares fjaledonian £lO Chester & Hol:Thea ,l Guar. di per cent Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 ,Cork dtßandonsip.e Dun,Prth .da Aber. J E. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 Der cent. Do. 10/. Del;entr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lancash. 6 p.ct , , F, . &W. York. J. sths Ed Prth.Br.,Dun.4p.c. Furne , q (41 a s. & S.W. 0.5 p c . Great Northn. 5 p c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... Do. 4. p,c . Do. 5 P.C. Scrip, Red. st 5 p. c. pm... 98 - 100 St. 20 St. 15 94 - 96 99 - 101 3 - 4 6 - 61 1 - 11 1 - 111 - 13 t i - 14 61 - 63 C 18 - 120 110 - 112 104 <- 106 10 St. 20 50 all 100 9 6 100 100 100 all 100 1(10 100 100 100 [l.OO 5 all sll all 12! St. St. all 10? too 100 Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pre' Gt. S. &W. (Ireland) Do. 4per c. PM. St Gt. Wostn. (Barks h Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do.con.red. 4,i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. uTcci. 4p.c. Do. Birm, Pref. Sh Do. Chester S p. c.P.S. 'Do. do. 5 p. C. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gus,. Sit Do. do. do St. isi St. 100 100 100 100 100 100 20 12. 25 20 Do, do. do TAIL &York, F. £2l' 'n3. p. c. Str,ek Eton. & Brigh. G. 5 p.c. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do, New Guar.6 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent.. Lon.&N. W., Coy. Nuneaton 5 p. et. Lou. & S, W.Con.3d , Londy. & Coler. Sh . Londy.&Ennis.4 St Man., Shef., & Lin. New, £lO Do. £6 Nfarypt.Sz Carl. 4 p Do. 4 per cent Do Consol.6 Do. Consol. Bristol - Dim. 6 per cent. Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St Do. Pref. 4 pci. ce ,, Do. 5/. Pv.f. 4 p. c Ditto Leicester and Hitcl:en Pref. St. ;Norfolk Debeature 'Do.Pref. 4 p. c. Stoc Do. 5 p.c. Eat 5A per ct. pref._ Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British N. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.e %No.) De. do. Quarters , P Do.YerkH. & C. Pnr. North Staffordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, r Wolverh..£ls. 6 p 20 20 20 25 25 t2i' 91 - 9i Do R. Pref. 10/. Sh. Scot. Cent. ,New Pre South Devon Do. fixed, 4 per cent S. Eastern (Readier Ann.) of 1:1 Os. Rd. Do, 4i per cent S Wales Gna. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4i p. c.... S. Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock.& Dar., 5 p. c. I Do. do. do Stock. & Hard, g... 6 6 - 99 - 101 90 - 92 92 - 94 10 - 11 17 -17 i 10$ 10i 74 -76 19/ - 201 - 101 14i - 151 - .37 -- 139 ••. • --- •• 2g - 34 13i - - it)3i - 141 97 - 9'•3 4g - 4i 102 - 104 95 -97 3i - 4 •• -- ••• i par 104 - 108 July 1,'56 aterfcl. & Kilk. 6 p c 13i - 10 id - pay 231 - 23 101 - 103 16 -: 18. ... - • •.. 2 --3 p 2,}d. MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 1 all Anglo Austrlu. Groh) • ••• 10s. all Anglo Californian 20 6 Australian if 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 all Ave Maria. — 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of # 50 all Blx,narvon Iron and 6 7 Coal . 20 14 British Iron 5 35 26 Brazilianlmp.(issner , at 2.5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiab 3 34 31 4i 20 15 Do, St. John Del Raj 27 —29 1 Carson's Creek — 1 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica —3 P 40 all Cobre Copper 3 66 5 1 Colonial Gold — 1 St. all Copper Min. of Eng 25 all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent 2d par ... ie Copiapo l9 21 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg re 1 —lB 2 1 Fortuna 20 all General l5 —l7 1 all Gt • Nugg etVeinßeg. 44 all Great Polgooth ll 2f 1 all Liberty * $ 3 all Linares . . 3i Do. B 3 —34 5 1 Lusitanian 1 lip 1 all Mariquita — 1 1 all New Granada — 1 1 all Now Linares Mining and Smelting Co — • • 1 all Nouveau Monde 4 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 1l 15. 5 1 Port Philip — 1 all Quartz Rock * 50 all Rhyrnney Iron l9 21 15 all .Do. New 5 6 30 12i Santiago de Cuba 5 6 1 all South Australian ll - 10 7i ' Tin Croft 2 ---2 i 281 all United Mexican . 3 34 1 all Waller — 1 all West Mariposa — 7. 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia 1 all Vnba I MISCELLANEOUS. 25 i 17i Australian Agricalt. 28 29 U' all Auslraln. Royal Mail 1U 7 Berlin Water Works 11 50 40 Brit. American Land 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. 100 32i Canada 118 — 122 St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. ct Jan. and July 1134 114. 1141- 6 all Crystal Palace., 2i 38 3 5 5 Do. 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Tha Lord Char.cellor, Lord St. T.,.f.mnardg, and several lay peer, sat in the House of Lords, to hear appeals. Tn:ir lordships vit..r:; occupied the whole morning with an appeal of no generai interest. PRIVY CO UNCIL. The Lord Just,;;;l:l;ighlßruce, the Lord Justice Turner, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and Sir E. Ryan, heard appeals to-day in the Council Chain her, Whitehall, but nothing of interest came before their lordships during the morning. (Before Vice-Chancellor Wood.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. STEPHEN LYNE STEPHENS.- PUTNEY CHARITY. The arguments in this case, which were commenced yesterday, were resumed to-day, and occupied his Honour the whole morning. The case came before the court upon an information filed by the Attorney-General for the purpose of obtaining the declaration of the court whether about six acres of land, forming part of the Roeliampton estate, were subject to a charitable trust for the benefit of the church and poor of the parish of Putney , . The information also asked the laud in question, which was in the -possession of the defen dant, should be transferred to the churchwardens and overseers of the parish of Putney upon trust for the church and poor. In support of this view of the case it was alleged by the information that up to and before the year 1634 the land now sought to be reco vered was in the possession of the churchwardens and overseers cf Putney, and that in that year they let the land in question to the Earl of Portland as tenant at will, for the sum of £6 yearly, and upon that occasion the following agreement was drawn up between them : —" Whereas there lyeth within my New Park and se. veral grounds at Rouehampton divers parcele of land web doe contain by estimation six acre and a half bee they more or lese, and doe belong to the Church and poore of ye pish of Putney in ye county of Surrey for will lands lying dispensed wth in my said grounds, being heretofore ordayned for good and charitable use, I am desirous and willing to give a full and yearly valuable yearly rent, and satisfaction, and doe promise ann agree to pay unto ye churchwardens and overseers for the pcore of ye said parishe, for ye tyme being yearly ye sum of six pounds, the same to bee paid at the Feast of St. Michael the Arch wage], and ye Annunciation of ye blessed Virgin Mary henceforth by seven portions yearly ; and I doe further promise and agree to make such further assurance thereof as by Counsell learned in the law shall be ad vised, and to sell out sufficient land of a better value for the performance thereof, well I shall either tye for ye payment of ye said yearly rent, or otherwise assure and convey to such pson and their heires, and shall, by the vestrymen of the said parish, or the greater part of them bee nominated to be feoffees or trust for the same. In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Coal, the Ist day of Sept. in the 11th yeare of the reign of our most gracious Sovereigue the Lord King Charles. " PORTLAND." From the time of the execution of that agreement up to the present moment the property, as it was alleged, had descended from one individual to another,. until finally it came into the hands of the respondent ; the rent of 6/. a-year had always been regularly paid by all par ties. In 1851 the churchwardens of Putney demanded an increased rent for the respondent, and upon his re fusing to accede to that demand, the churchwardens served him with a notice to quit. The respondent at once repudiated the right of the churchwardens to adopt any such course, and upon an application being made to him for that purpose he refused to allow the churchwardens to take any steps for the purpose of ascer taining the boundaries of the alleged parish land. Under these circumstances the present information was filed. The principal question in the case arose upon the agreement entered into between the churchwardens and overseers of Putney and the Earl of Portland, in Sep tember, 1634. Mr. Rolt, Mr. James, and Mr. Selwyn contended on behalf of the information that it created the relation of landlord and tenant, and that the payment of rent amounted to an acknowledgment, by the different owners, of such tenantcy. The Solicitor-General and Mr. Hobhouse, on the part of the defendant, submitted that the agreement only created a perpetual rent charge in favour of the parish in lieu of the land, and subject to that charge. The land had been conveyed to the defendant's father, under whom he claimed. The arguments appear likely to occupy the Court for some time. Nothing of any interest occurrod in the Rolls or the Vice-Chancellors Kinderaley or Stuart's Courts. THE LATE DISTURBANCES IN HYDE- PARK. INQUIRY INTO THE ALLEGED MISCONDUCT OF THE POLICE—(THIS DAY.) The commissioners resumed their sittings this morning at a quarter to 11 o'clock. Mr. Mitchell wished to call the c)mmissioners' atten- tion to a case that had enlisted his sympathies in the hope it would that of the commissioners. On Monday as a young man, a professor of music, was leaving a house in Carnaby-street, he was struck by a policeman on the arm and the bone splintered. Chief Commissioner Wortley asked what that had to do with the inquiry ? Mr. Mitchell said it referred to the conduct of the police. Chief Commissioner Wortley said they did not sit there to make a general inquiry into the conduct of the pollee, but their conduct on a particular day and place. Mr. Mitchell wished to hand the letter containing the statement he had alluded to, with the surgeon's certifi- cate, for their consideration. Chief Commissioner Wortley said they could not entertain it ; Mr. Mitchell had better forward it to the Home Secretary, or the person aggrieved could petition Parliament. Mr. Commissioner Armstrong said it was out of the power of the commissioners to entertain the application. Chief Commissioner Wortley said, then entertainig it would be an impertinent interference with the duties of other persons. Mr. Mitchell then proceeded with his charges against the police on the Ist inst. He called Mr. Henry John Luce, of 5, Philpott-street, Commer cial-road East. He attributed to the conduct of the police the cause of the disturbance that occurred that day in Hyde-park. Whilst he was there he heard shout ing at the carriages as they were being driven along the road. There was much joking going on. He particularly noticed the conduct of a superior of police on horse back, who communicated with the police, imme diately on which they rushed on the people inside the railing and between that and the Serpentine, striking in various directions. In the evening he walked down Park-street, smoking a cigar. There was a crowd of persons in front of Lord R. Grosvenor s residence, but peaceable. Suddenly there was slight shouting, evi dently proceeding from a small number of persons. There was then an immediate rush of the people in con sequence of the mysterious appearance of a body of po lice. The crowd was dispersed almost in a minute, and he found himself surrounded by about 30 policemen. He became alarmed, and considering it was their object more to inflict injury than to apprehend delinquents, he turned down an adjoining street to get out of their way ; just as he did so he received a violent blow on the back of the head, which knocked off his hat and cut his head open, and the blood flowed copiously. He remonstrated with the policeman as well as be was able in his excited state. The police would not allow hint to have his hat or give him protection. He eventually recovered his hat, and made the best of his way home. He suffered much inconvenience from the wound for two days. In the Park he heard temperate remarks made by groups of persona on the Sunday Trading Bill. There were no persons addressing the multitude. Some horses were frightened. Cross-examined—He thought the demonstration was to show the popular feeling against a hypocritical bill. Chief-Commissioner Wortley—Against the Sunday Trading Bill ? Witness—Yes. That all should be tarred with the same brush. Witness—Several times the superintendent's horse was frightened by the shouting. He thought a demon stration could be harmlessly made. He thought some in the carriages sympathised with the crowd. He no ticed several instances where policemen acted with great propriety and forbearance. It appeared to him too stringent orders were given by the superintendent of police as the day advanced. By the Chief Commissioner—lt was seeing persons in Oxford-street looking down Park -street that attracted his attention, and he went into Park-street from curi osity. Mr. Charles Ogle,_ master . tailor, 55 Mount-streef Grosvenor-square, said the shouting in the Park was less than on the previous Sunday. He saw a larger number of well dressed ladies walking there than he ever recollected to have seen before. The crowd was very orderly. Ho noticed particularly a policeman mounted on a chesnut horse, striking the people with his whip. the people said it was Superintendent Hughes. The witness was about to describe the policeman's appear- ante, when Mr. Ellice said it was Superintendent Hughes. Witness said the people expressed to each other their opinion of his conduct. He described the attack of the police on the people in driving them from the rails, and the occurrence in Park-street, in similar terms to the witnesses already examined. He added the police marched to Park-street five abreast with their trun cheons under their coat tails, and when opposite Reeve's mews they took them out and rushed on the people, young g it was difficult to take a m w a a n r w ni h n o g se wa b s ea fi d rs w t was cut atpono policeman's striking chb ee p imee:d w noi pos t gthe. number; bWitness saw a great ffrom ysmaoi ud No the scroll work around the figures. Cross-examined by Mr. Ellice—Witness was positive Superintendent Hughes struck the people with his whip. He did not think it dangerous for persons to drive in the Park. By Chief Commissioner—He bad lived in Mount-street twenty-seven years, and frequented the Park every Sunday. He thought there were as many vehicles fre quented the Park now as ever. But they are not of the class they were ; tberearo not so many carriages, and the occupiers are not of that class they were, are they ?—No, hot so many carriages ; for many gentlemen who used to keep carriages now keep broughams. Mr. J. Ingram L s o a c i k d h t a h r, of Dals e t hissinga t p on d , late shou c tin a: i d n ida th te so boisterous as he bad witnessed at forPa rNk hustings °wrethr o ea n mnPott°n' elections. The crowd was good tempered. He saw 80 policemen pas, with their handy under their e:yit tails. By their side was a inounte.l inspector or superintendent, who used such expressions m—" d —r; your blood, why don't you rush in an•' pull them out. The police on several o3casionsdeclintdto obey the orders, and appeared to be disgusted with the orders so given ; he saw several r ersons taken into custody, some with their heads bleeding . ; saw them take off Mr. Mair ; they toted towards him as if ho were a criminal ; he offered no resistance. Mr. Richard Fuler Sandell, furnishing undertaker, 50, Mount-street, Grosvenor square, drove through the Park, accompanied by his wife, about half-past four o'clock on the afternoon of the Ist inst.; he drove the Bayswater side, and received no annoyance ; he saw from his house a very large crowd approaching Lord Robert Grosvenor's house from the park. He went out to see the =se of it, and whilst speak- , ing to a friend, an inspector came up a „„ ordered him off. He remonstrated, when the policeman struck him under the ear, and after under the back part of the head ; he ran away into Reeve's-mews and through a brougham to get out of the policeman's reach ; he then saw the same policeman strike a man on the face, smashing in his cheek, and on the man remon strating, he replied—" Conie, go on ; go to the hospital and get your wounds dressed, or I'll give you three times as much as before." 'He saw the following day that Lord Robert Grosvenor's windows were broken. Mr. Robert Sims, clerk to a building society, was in the Park. near the Receiving-house, about 3 o'clock. The people were very quiet until police-sergeant 12 A came up with about a dozen policemen and attempted to clear the carriage way. In doing so a young gentleman, about 20 years of age, and apparently in delicate health, was about to obey the orders, when police•sergeant 12 A, as he was stooping, pushed his head against the railing. He expostulated at receiving such rough usage. Police sergeant 12 A then took him by the collar and the thigh and threw him into the crowd. There was a shout of indignation from the crowd at such conduct. 429 A told a man " You had better keep out of my way, or I'll mark you." He was unable' to say what led to the remark. Witness said to 429 'A that his conduct implied revenge, which was very wrong in him. He replied, with a sneer, " The people had'nt pluck enough to fight." The policemen had a preference for boys— two policemen generally seizing one boy. He saw In spector Hughes coniniunicat.e with the police, and his riding amongst the crowd caused much dissatisfaction. Witness saw another policeman act similar to P S 12 A. The majority of the people wera in the Park, he thought, from curiosity. The only person he saw haranguing the people was an advocate of teetotalism, but he had int many more than 20 persons listening to him. Cross-examined by Mr. Ellice—He thought in both cases the parties were roughly thrown over the rails. There appeared to be no ill-feeling against the police until they misconducted themselves. The man spoken to by 429 A had not the appearance of a pickpocket. Mr. George Jennings, writer on glass, 11, Gray's-inn lane, walked from the receiving house to the centre of the Park and heard the people conversing about the brutality of the police. The noise:in the Park was not sufficient to frighten a horse. (LEFT SITTING•) SUNDAY BEER BILL COMMITTEE. (THIS DAY.) The Committee of Inquiry resumed their proceedings this morning at the usual hour ; Mr. H. Berkeley, the chairman, presiding. The first witness examined was Mr. Wakley, one of the Coroners for the county of Middlesex. He stated that he had filled his present office since 1839, and held between eleven and twelve hundred in quests annually. As a general rue so far as his obser vation went the feeling of the people against the Beer Act of last session was one of violent hostility. His own impression with regard to the construction of the words bona fide traveller was, that they applied to any person who was away from his home. Were he a publican be would supply any person with refreshment within the prohibited hours if he did not know him as a resident in the neighbourhood. He was opposed to the principle of public-houses being under the continued surveillance of the police—and he believed that nothing was more calculated to bring the civil force into disrespect than this very circumstance. So far as his experience went, it had confirmed him in the opinion that publicans, as a body, discouraged drunkenness ; for the simple reason, that no persons were more annoyed by drunken people than the publicans themselves. lie thought publicans generally wished to encourage a respectable, sober class .of persons to attend their houses. In his district the publicans conducted their business in a most exemplary manner. The Chairman—Have the number of inquests held by you on deaths arising from the effects of intoxicating liquors been in any way diminished since the passing of the new beer bill ? Mr. Wakley—By no means. Examination continued--He regretted that the labour of the week did not terminate at two o'clock on the Saturday. The business of the week was Lt present pushed so far into the Sabbath that the working man had little or no time for recreation on that day. He thought the restrictions placed upon the working classes by the operation of the act were not only very objec tionable, but would never in his opinion accomplish the end in view. From his knowledge of the working classes, he did not believe that drunkenness could ever be restrained so as to attain the end in view .by_leaisla tive enactments. He believed, on the other hand, that the education of the people, and the consequent cultivation of a higher tone of moral feeling, would sooner and more surely accomplish the desired effect. . The Chairman—Then you are a firm advocate for the education of the lower classes, in order to remove the opprobrium which has been attached to the working man, that he was best known by the fact of his making his mark instead of being able to sign his name ? Mr. Wakley--Most decidedly. Examination continued—He had bad excellent oppor tunities of forming an opinion upon the state of educa tion amongst the class of persons with whom be was brought in contact in the capacities of jurymen and wit nesses ; and the large majority of the latter could not write. By Mr. Villiers—lt was true, in his official capacity, he had had few opportunities of judging personally of the actual inconveniences of the working of the act ; but he spoke from what he had heard and seen. His im pression was that the Legislature had not acted towards the licensed victuallers an justly as they ought to have done compared with other classes of tradesmen ; and if another opportunity were afforded him of coming before the committee he would undertake to give them a history of what he considered to be the griev ances of the licensed victuallers. He distinguished the licensed victualler from the beer shop-keeper in making this remark. He did not think there was any prejudice amongst the public against the licensed victuallers as a body of tradesmen. The unfavourable opinion he had alluded to as being entertained towards them existed in the House of Commons only, and he had observed that to be the case when he sat in the house. Mr. Villiers—Do we understand you to mean that you are in favour of the abolition of all restrictoins upon public-houses Mr. Wakley—By no means. I consider the restric tions imposed by the Beer Bill were unnecessary. They have been followed by no good results, they have created a hostile feeling in the public mind, and they have, be sides,' altogether failed in accomplishing their intended object. But at the same time I consider some restric tion is necessary, and I have therefore always approved of the closing of public-houses from twelve o'clock on Saturday night until one on Sundays. This gives the publican himself an opportunity of attending some place of worship iu the morning. Examination continued—He bad never, throughout an extended experience and much conversation with landlords, with whom he was continually brought into contact in the fulfilment of his public duty, heard a single opinion expressed by them favourable to the new Beer Bill. If be were consulted, he should say, open the public-houses from one on Sundays until three in the afternoon, close them then until five, after which hour let them remain open until half-past eleven at night. By Sir J. Vakington—Whatever inconvenience was occasioned by the closing of houses so early on Sunday evenings, in his opinion it bore more heavily upon the middle classes than the lower. [LEFT SITTING.] RECRUITING IN CANADA FOR THE FOREIGN LEGION. — About 60 recruits for the Foreign Legion in the Crimea arrived here from Montreal by yesterday morning's steamer, and immediately embarked on board the schooner Hannah Swan, CaPtain Fox, which has been chartered by Government to convey them to the depot a,tlHalifax. They are as raw looking a set as ever accepted the Queen's bounty, are principally Germans, and com manded by a recruiting officer who will escort them to their destination. We observed several Irishmen among the draught, but were informed that these will not join the Foreign Legion ; they are to be transferred to regiments of the regular service. This is the first detachment of volun teers that has come down.the St. Lawrence from the west ; we are informed, however, that hundreds have been directly sent from the United States' ports to Hali fax, and that many more will be forwarded by this route dining the season. Nearly all those who arrived here were enlisted in Niagara.—Quebec Morning Chronicle. The Montreal Gazette says:—" Thirty recruits for the British army in the Crimea arrived in this city on Sa turday, and have since been lodged'in the barracks here, where there were already four others. It is as yet un determined, we believe, whether they will be sent to Laprairie, to be drilled there, or proceed to Quebec. They are made as follows :-21 Germans, 1 Pole, 1 Hungarian, 4 Englishmen, 3 Irishmen, 3 Canadians, and 1 Scotchrnan ; 2 were clerks, 2 surgeons, 12 mechanics, and 18 farm labourers, sailors, &c. ; 4 were enlisted in Montreal, 6 in Upp r Canada, and the others came from the United States to volunteer." The Montreal Pilot says :—" We yesterday visited the barracks for the pur pose of seeing recruits lying here, waiting to be for warded to their destination, to form part of the Foreign Legion in the Crimea. They are upwards of 30 in num ber, and the majority of these we saw were under 20 years of age—young, thoughtless lads. They are en listed for 3 years, at $8 a month—this is very little more than the old miserable is. a day for the British soldier. These recruits are chiefly Germans. There two or three Irish ; and Pat here was just a s we alwaysfind him when poor and friendless—brimful of humour. In the course of conversation Pat expressed his ahfxietty a o be sent off before Sebastopol was taken, forhi is w, taken before he got there he would lose , all. h t e f o r r o y tn rn . There is but one Scotchan in thempoani y , h sin e Canada. Glasgow, and has been about 16 t With him it was the old stor , y , The joined the Legi , n because he was on the spree. pm pm 14 SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, ( Front the Times of this clay. ) The general view of the war at home and abroad is not encouraging. What we are doing in the Baltic is so far a repetition of last year, with a few mistakes which suggest that even this is only a rehearsal, and that per haps next year we may venture on a public performance. By the simple expedient of slinging a 32-pounder at an angle of 45 degrees we seem to have discovered the long range, but whether the discovery will be followed up in oit lifetime is another question. In the Crimea there is an ominous suspense, which, as it inspires no fresh hopes in that quarter, sends us elsewhere. The only bright epot in that horizon is the expected arrival of officers who have seen a real siege less than 40 years ago. On the side of France we see great zeal and vast prepa rations, but have little means of knowing what fresh enterprise and intelligence is brought to bear on the war. In this state of things we are compelled to look at home, and consider, as a wise man will often do in his private affairs, what he has in himself to set against the adversity or the deadness of fortune. Looking, then, at home, the last effort of the nation, the last throbbing of the pulse, the last convulsive move ment, wi the debate of Tuesday night on Mr. Roe buck's motion. If that gentleman did no more than the flappers who wake the rulers of Laputa from their reveries, or the mad prophets who stalk the streets in sieges and plagues—if his cries were ever so frantic, irra tional, and vindictive, still we should respect him as the man to rouse the nation from self confidence, and, pos. , ibly, some day wake it from despair. The debate of Tuesday, then, is the last sign of national life ; it is not yet overlaid with the contents of yesterday's tele graph ; it is nor eclipsed by the bright promises of Aldershott, successful experiments at Woolwich, or news from the dockyards. We have already given our own opinion that, unless some member hits on a truer or happier amendment than has yet been moved, there is no choice but to pass " the previous question." In fact, we are now in the hands of the Executive. The :goner these poor creatures are released from the war of words to attend to the war of blows—the sooner they ire allowed to forget the dark front of the Opposition bench, and think of the granite walls of Cronstadt and the earthern ramparts of the Malakhoff, the better, we are persuaded, for the prospects of the war and the honour of our common country. But while, in the present state of things, it seems little else than madness to press the report of the Sebastopol Committee, either for any political or any judicial pur pose, that is all the more reason why all parties should vie to use it far the improitement of our naval and mili tary admiuistration. The year has brought us back to the time when we were daily. expecting to hear of the landing in the Crimea, and when, so to speak, all the world was before us. All the errors of'the ensuing au tumn, winter, and summer were then in being. Though they did not bear their baleful fruit till long after, they were already rooted and germinating. Every oversight, every false and presumptions estimate, dates really fi eel that period. The delays of that time were afterwards fatal. So we cannot help looking at our Treasury bench, and our public offices, and asking whether now, is twelve months ago, there may not be another crop of blunders, presumptions, neglects, indifferences, delays, stupidities, insolences, destined to yield another hideous ' crop of disaster, and, may be, foul disgrace. Is it all safe under the broad forehead of Panmure, all real vigi lance in the sleepless eye of Palmerston, or all wisdom in Wood ? Is the immense laboratory of British science in free and full operation ? Are the great inecha ideal intellects which have covered the earth and the sea with the glory and the wealth of England, and which for all the purposes of peace and under the impulse of private enterprise know no limit to their power, at this moment employed for an object in comparably more important than railways and Crystal Palaces ? Are we enlarging our mortars, reducing the draught of our gun-boats, multiplying our small craft, in viting all the sources of chemistry, applying every!inven tion for the better housing, feeding, and clothing soldiers during the possible summer marches and the now certain winter siege ? The stereotyped excuse for what we have already suffered is, that nobody expected a winter cam paign—that we were to take Sebastopol by a coup de main—that we underratted the power of Russia and the strength of her great stronghold. The excuse is a very had one, for no statesman—nobody, indeed, has a right to assume facilities and chances out of his knowledge or calculation. It is the excuse of the man who speculates for a rise in the funds because he cannot think they 'will fall. It is the invariable apology of fools, and very often the defence of rogues. But let it pass. We only wish we could be sure that at this moment our War Minister and his colleagues are not taking for granted what they have no right to do, and expecting from Heaven, from accident, from the obstinate courage of the British soldier, from the clemency of the elements, from the cowardice or stupidity of the Russians, what they ought to place be yond the reach of doubt by the use of our resources at home. We do not mean that we can secure success ; but we can secure that, when Heaven gives us immense successes, as Heaven did last year, we do not throw them away, as we did last year. We could wish, then, that some independent mem ber of the house would endeavour to condense in a speech the experience of the war and the lessons of the Sebastopol report, and press them home to Government, with the question whether they are with all diligence using all the resources at their command, and preparing for all emergencies? Let this be done with the most spe cific recapitulation, so as to obtain from Government a distinct assurance that it is doing its best on every possible head. Of course, we are not preesing for dis closures which may be useful to the foe, but we have a right to know that every engine is at work, every proved invention honestly adopted, every man of mechanical or other scientific attainments invited and encouraged to assist, every art and skill employed that British gene rosity can reward, and official jealousy or stupidity can drive away. There are other questions, too, that it no longer avails to omit. Mr. Cobden has correctly and publicly assured Government that the Emperor of Rus sia knows as well the condition of our militia, the slow rate of the enlistment into the line, and the quality of our new recruits, as any roan in this kingdom ; and Sir John Pakington on Tuesday evening made no un necessary scruple at mentioning these facts. They are patent and undeniable, as all other facts of public importance in this country will always be. Let Ministers, then, be asked whether they are taking steps satisfactory to themselves, for keeping up an army in the Crimea. There always has been, and always must be, a peculiar difficulty in keeping up armies in the field in proportion to our rank, our pretensions, our wealth, and even cur numbers ; for no other coun try in the world has so many separate drains on its male population. The navy and the mercantile marine, the colonies, manufactures, mines, and India, together with the army on foreign stations, make a difference of three quarters of a million between the males and females in this island. We have before suggested the use of native troops from the northern parts of india to replace the 50,000 British troops drawn from the European wants of this country. If the objections to this expedient be insu perable, or at least be thought so for the present, what other source has Government ? The matter admits of no delay, for, as we lost the advantage of the Alma for want of 20,000 more men, we may lose the next winter for the want of 50,000, at the cost of more than 50,000 afterwards. We are not asking for disclosures that may be thought inexpedient, but for assurances to satisfy the nation that Ministers are fully alive to the greatness of the necessity, and, as we confidently believe, the not less colossal character of our many and multi farious opportunities. It is our full belief that we can, if we please, take up Sebastopol by handfuls and throw it into the sea. It is also our belief that England and France will do this, rather than retire from the struggle and leave Russia to pursue her unhallowed schemes of conquest. But we desire to see the work done expedi tiously, and with all the aid that valour, skill, and wealth ought to give us ; and we wish to feel some confidence ,hat this is being done. (From the Daily News of this day. It is certain that the division on Mr. Roebuck's mo tion will take place to-night. The country will note, with a view to future action, how every member votes, and who absent themselves. The public are completely masters of the case. They are in possession of all the evidence submitted to the Sebastopol Committee, and a great deal more. The subject has been canvassed in Parliament and out of doors for months. Men's minds are made up, and every member who votes against evi dence and reason, and every member who shrinks from recording his vote, will have to account at the hustings for his conduct. The House of Commons cannot get rid of the difficulty by voting the previous Tiestion without irrecoverably stultifying and degrading itself. Months ago it voted, by a large majority, that the accounts of the condition of our army in the Crimea were of such a nature as to render a solemn inquiry into their truth indispensable. A committee was appointed, composed of members friendly to the present Ministers, of members friendly to their late colleagues, and of members opposed to both. The committee was instructed to inquire whether' our army had suffered as much as was represented?—what was the cause of its sufferings?—land who were responsi ble for them ! It examined persons who had been in tne Crimea and witnessed with their own eyes the con dition of the army ; persons employed in the different offices of Government connected with the management of the war ; and the Ministers who had taker) a respon sible part in that management. After a protracted inr quiry, the committee reported that the sufferings hence army had far exceeded what is the necessary con t s a eq s u uffer. of warlike operations in the field; that our Government departments, and from ings had resulted from the shameful fore sightmali-atosrngte:ldsauteionof t w e for those defi cienciesensa charged with and energy to amend or coon? 13 ila tt e h ra e t aH e e j u ud se gm of en c t om of . on the part of responsible ministers t thehe conduct committee has s e mons, along with the evidence, writ enand oral, upon which it rests. It is now the duty of the h ouse, b w ee a n n sub T m h i i t s te ddetl whether th the after comparing the conclusions of the report wit h the evidence, to declare ey are w e ll or ill-founded ; and if the y are w ell-founded t o visit with its condign c ensure the offending Minister.. To shrink o f from the discharge of this du ty will be, on the part House of Com mons, to trifle wit h the patience of the nation, to omit the performance of one of its most vital obligations, to abdicate its functions. Such conduct would convict the house, as a bod y , of frivolity, incapa city, utter deadness to a sens e O f o " No" t It must say " Aye" or its important duties.o the declaration sub mittedarmy has been wa nton l y y. for his adopti on b y tering, and that the Ministers Mr. Roebuck, that a brave consigned who o unnecessaryhave done su thisf ' have incurred the grave censure of the nation's repre sentatives. (From the Morning Herald of this day.) Our contemporaries are ringing the changes upon the phrase that our "representative institutions are on their trial." If this be the case, and we are to take the pro.) ceedingo of Tuesday a. a specimen of what those institu tions really are, certainly a more contemptible-looking or more self-convicted prisoner never appeared in the dock. The welfare and honour of the nation—the future fate. of Europe— the foregone destruction of one army and. the prospective loss of another, were all at stake or under discussion ; and yet we will venture to say the Marylebone vestry itself never equalled the House of Commons on that night in self-contradiction, vapid non sense, false reasoning, and insincere conclusions. Upon what point are our institutions upon trial ? wet would ask. Simply and solely as to their power to bring to justice a guilty and imbecile Administration; and certainly (again judging by the proceeuings of Tues day) we should say that a more complete case of inca pacity for good never was brought home to any institu tut ions whatever. Why, the utmost exertion of them could not even make the criminals plead. There they sat, with theirfaces framed as it were of brass, so insolent and so shameless were they, merely putting up a succes sion of men of straw to bring forward excuses, each more stupid and more false than that whi,.h preceded it. But the great offenders hardened their foreheads and kept silence, well knowing that there was nothing they could say that would not make their case, bad as it was, infi nitely worse. An amendment, however, it may be said has taken place in the condition of the army before Sebastopol. We utterly deny that any beneficial change has taken place in that army, save such as is aMributable to the changes of the season. The army is still Ia nd-bound to the spot where official neglect has rendered it imperative that it should remain, either to be decimat.sci by cholera or sacrificed in a succession of useless but bloody assau I ts. We can assure our readers that the irnpresciion in the minds of many gallant officers in that army is, that the season of 1855 has been lost, as was the season cf 1854, and that the feeling of many a bold and good soldier is that we are rapidly approt iching a winter in which their sufferings will be as gre at as they were in that which has past. Knowing th. is to be the case, we cannot avoid stating our conviction that every member of the House of Commons who Nectee against Mr. Roebuck's motion practically sanctions t be destruction of our second army. As for " the previous question," the voting for it simply amounts to a declaration on the part of the house that the representatives of the people do not care about the fact of an army having been lost, and that the " popular" branch of 'the Legislature condones the mis management, not to say treachery, by which that army was destroyed. Are hon. members prepared to ask the approval by their constituents of such a declaration? LORD JOHN RUSSELL AND M. DROUYN DE L'HUYS. The relations between the French and English Courts in all matters affecting the alliance are of such delicacy, and the conduct of the Emperor has been so Loyal and straightforward throughout, that we would glaCtly have avoided all mention of the subject while dealing with the dregs of the Russell controversy. The resignat ion of M. Drouyn de l'Huys and the motives which led to it have, however, been so misrepresented, that a wore' or two upon that point may, perhaps, serve to throw light upon the position held by Lord John Russell during Cie period which elapsed between his return from Vienna and his enforced resignation. The course pursued by Lord John Russell as British Plenipotentiary is well known ; that of his French colleague was es fellows : M. Drouyn de l'lluys, before quitting Vienna, forwarded to his Court no less than two reports, and several tele grapic despatches, in which he earnestly recommended the acceptance of Count Buol's propositions. He re• presented in very forcible terms the dangers which might attend a refusal, and, in short, frankly and optmly backed the imperfect proposals of Austria. He arrived in Paris and had, on the Ist of May, an interview with the Emperor, in the course of which he sustained hie views ,and produced, as he thought, a favourable im pression. Certain slight modifications were introduced, and the Austrian propositions were finally transmitted to London by the Emperor's orders. They reached Lou don on the 2d of May. Let us pass over the discus sions which occurred in the British Cabinet on the re ceipt of these propositions. Sir George Grey, in lan guage somewhat ambiguous, told us on Tuesday night %%hat took place—his meaeing, however, is clear enough. The Home Secretary is reported to have said—" The propositions of Count Buol were discussed during the seek beginning the 31st of April and ending the 7th of May, and during that discussion Lord J. Russell slated his views ; other members of the Cabinet entered into the discussion, with the view of corning to the conclu sion most coducive to the interests of the country, i‘nd at the close of the week I should have been prepared to assert in unqualified terms that the unanimous opinio of the Cabinet was that the interests of the country re quired that the Austrian proposals should be rejected." Lord John, who had brought home and advocated these propositions, nevertheless stuck to office, and his col leagues threw their mantles around him. He was not, however, a man who relies entirely upon the exertions of others to get him out of a scrape, but acted at once upon the prudent maxim that Heaven helps the man who helps himself. Hence that warlike speech which astonished the British empire and roused us all to heroic exertions. Meanwhile, M. Drouyn do l'Huys at Paris was pur suing a humbler but a less tortuous career. On the 4th of May--we suppose after the Emperor had received the answer of the Cabinet of St. James—he notified to M. Drouyn de l'Huys that he must inform Count \Valewski that the Austrian propositions were rejected. This was on the evening of the 4th. The next day, at 3 o'clock in the morning, the ex-plenipotentiary placed his resignation in the Emperor's hands. .He urged at the same time more strongly than before his former views, and apprised his Sovereign, with all due respect, that, with his convictions, he could not venture to share the responsibility of the decision at which the Cabinets had arrived. Nothing could be more rational or straightforward tban the conduct of the French Minister throughout, and with pain we write that it offers a most honourable contrast to that of his English colleague in negotiation. M. Drouyn de l'Huys did not arrive at the conclusion thot the statesman who had declared peace to be the right policy was the proper person to carry on the war ; on the contrary, even before his departure from Vienna, he had resolved to stake his ministerial existence upon the success of the resolution which he had formed, and docu mentary proof of this is forthcoming, if required. Our French allies may look back with satisfaction to the conduct and result of the Viennese negotiations. Their plenipotentiary may have erred in judgment, but he a cted as became a straightforward statesman and an honAst SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. STAMFORD RACES. WEDNESDAY. Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 25 added, for two-yr-olds. New T.Y.C. Adamant Plenty filly •• 2 Sweepstakes of 100 sovs eacl4 . ll ft, for three-yr-olas. Straight mile. Exchange The Ketton Stakes. One mile and a half. Besika Sandboy The Gold Cup. Thrice round. Besika Shara vogue Only these two ran. Won by a neck STOURBRIDGE RACES. MONDAY AND TUESDAY. The following is a complete return of the two days' sport : MONDAY. The Prestwood Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 adde.3, one mile and a quarter, were won easily by Mr. T. L'.. Griffith's Cripple, 4 yrs, Bst 41b, Wells, beating Nin netta, 3 yrs ; Forward, 3 yrs • and Sailor, 6 yrs. The Stourbridge Stakes of 7 each, 4 ft, and 2 only if declared, &c., with 50 added , one mile and a quarter, Mr. Sp ar row's Master Slen der, were won by a length by 6 yrs, 7st 91b, T. Cliff, beating Whitelock, seco nd ; Kite flyer, third ; and Blossom, Grief, and Helene not placed. The Innkeepers' Plate of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with 25 added, &c., one mile and a half, was won in a canter by Mr. Wadlow's Roving Betgy, 3 yrs, beating Alma, yr 9. Helene, The East Worcestershire Stakes of 3 sovs each, with yrs ; Nell Gwynne, 3 yrs ; and Maid of Golborne, 5 25 added, were won in three heats by Mr. Blakeway'a one mile, was won by Rov Ithuriel ware, dam by Sad n dlei2 2. 6 yrs, beating Miss Hatoh, 3 yrs ; Victory, 6 yrs ; T'uEdsUDAln'eger, 5 yrs. 3 yrs ; Timoth_e r u?, , t o in f g 7 sovs each, 4 ft, and 2 only of Golb 5 rs i gaß f gee d lreTt e d• ih e Ye2 l e: :7°3 L adiese or d Yii , rdesf : Cup e. g. , FeC w duSl ir i t;ff t ea h :kble s eas ; d adde d , and Sailor , orne, 5 yrs ; and Gin* won by a length by Mr. F " &c., Wells, beating Kitefl Stakes of sfoousrothr.e, e; lintoff's Whalebone, 5 yrs, two miles, were 6 Y , 6 yrs, second ; Tower, aged, third ; The Envill e ' one mile and a guar alf a neck by IVIr . ter. were won b y h lock, 4 y rs , T. Cliff . G. Mather's W hites _, beating Timotheus, aged, sectond ; Grief, Romeo, Maid of Gol borne, Victory, and Haiene also ran. The Hi m 1 ey Stakes of 3 sovs, with 20 added, were veoll in four h ea t s by mare by Ithuriel, dam by Saddler, ii yrs, beating Miss Hatch and Victory. CHELMSFORD RACES. —JULY 24 AND 25. Ace eptances for the Welter Cup. One mile and a half. Age st lb Age st Cock Pheasant.... 5 11 3 Florist 5 10 5 7 Hu. mboldt ......... 4 10 12 Ke n n y side Hero 4 10 Val iderdeclien ..... 510 10 Caliph ..... . Bb ok Swan.-- 510 9 Nonsuch (h b) 6 99 11 Spy :ed the Plough. 5 10 9 Master Horton 4 9 YORK AUGUST MEETlNG.—Aribbas should have been 11,v aongst those paying 5 sous forfeit in the Great Ebot 2 Ciandicap. CAFE OF GOOD HOPE.--Among the mercantile failure* I n this colony may be mentioned the houses of 000 1 . Ilf nne, Eager, and Co., with liabilities between VO, ar _d 35,0001 . — the firm was one of the first in the oolnillo :c nd had been in business for 30 years ; Messy.. I,°nlic: Zbden, and Co., with liabilities for about 40,0001. ; 1 31. ' a Messrs. Broadway and Herman, with nobilities for up' wards of 35 , 0001. These failures were followed by severi iminor firms. Losses in the A.ustralian trade are repro, stinted as the immediate cause , of the crisis. Meagre. Paid. 100 100 24 100 1.00 100 all all all all all all all all 100 LOO all all lc° 5i all all all , all all 00 18q all 9i all 100 211 i Bii 5 ex in