The Sun. — London, England, 1855-06-18 00:00:00

stO e " 0 e e , o to nr , ro o ' o s to ;e chi ef 1, bo o it , t• 0 n .- the Ite° • 0 0 lisA" tid e ' /11 O le tbel Pt $644 , .0 10 Jr- -, 0 01 ' 11 ' 4 ;0 %P e dir A l e ; cre tl f r e W I ° pg . : o f ivg4 bi Ili'or of der o 'Or n . 6. 08 3 IV i ole ' ° Te ti G 310NEY MA KET AND COMMERCIAL INT ELLIGEA GE. CITY, Two O'CLG,:K. The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday closed heavily, as compared with last Friday's rates. Prices of all kinds lean to the buyer, though there is no actual change. The sales were estimated at 5,000 bales (1,000 of which were taken on spe culation), comprising 200 Pernam and Maranham a t 61d. to 7d., 200 Egyptian at 62d. to 71d., and 300 Surat at 4/d. to sd. per lb ; 70 Sea Islands a t is. Oid. to ls. 9d. Tli , " Railway Share Market Was dull, at lower rates. In Mark-lane to day business has been dull, and Very little alteration has taken place in prices. Accounts from Copenhagen state that all the Democratic Deputies in Denmark had been re elected without opposition. At Hamburgh last week the produce markets were steady, the chief articles being maintained by orders received from other parts of Germany, and Russia also, we may presume. The New York advices by the steamer America give the shipments of specie during the week end ing June 2, at 2,189,567 dollars, making the total t his year 13,702,256 dollars, which is 2,684,572 dollars more than in 1854 to the same period. A haler increase than this was generally anticipated by parties on the other side, but it is considered rather singular that with a decrease of nearly thirty-five millions of dollars in the value of im- Ports into New York alone in the first five Months of this year there should not have been a falling off in the exportations of specie. During the week to June 1 the value of the ship- Ments exceeded the receipts of merchandise by $81,891 dollars. Money continued abundant, but as the warm weather would soon corn ing °nee, it was expected that the activity in the Stock Market would subside as the Principal operators would retire for a while into the country. The movement in the banks 17 as very uniform, the receipts of gold dust from California supplying the requirements of export. The discounts, also, during the last week to which a n official statement had been completed, only s howed an increase of 37,135 dollars. The general creditors of Messrs. Strahan, it ap- Pears, are not likely to submit to such dictation in the choi ce o f ass ignees as will expose their interests to compromise, and accordingly have r esolved to h o ld a meeting among themselves for the purpose °f concerting preliminary measures. In the mean t ime, the solicitors ior the bankrupts are inviting all parties to send in the amount of their claims, Prior to the first attendance before the commis sioner. The English Stock Market has been very flat, 41 1 the decline is about per cent. This is pro bably due to the payment to-morrow of another Luetalment upon the loan. It is understood that (75,000/. have been paid in anticipation by those desirin g t o o bt a i n the stock, leaving 825,0001. to i Paid. Of course there will be au immediate in crease to the latter amount in the supply of Consols. The prices this morning have been 91 11 to 91k. The New 3 per Cents. have been quoted 92if to -- 3 5 -, and the Reduced 92k to . Bank St ook is firm at 210. Exchequer Bills are 18s. to 218 ., and India Bonds 30s. premium. The Now "Amenities have been done at 16k. Foreign Securities are mostly heavy ; Turkish Ronda are 81/ to A. Sardinian bring 86k. Dutch 2i Per Cents. have realised 64#, and Belgian 43 per Cents. 94i, Spanish Threes are 39, and the de ferred 18a. Mexican continue at 211. Buenos Ayres have been dealt in at 571. Danish Threes Ore 81k. The following are the nominal prices of foreign Bteoks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6/ to ; can, 21i to 21f ; Peruvian, 68 to 70; ditto Three Per Cents., 48 to 50 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., II to 46 ; Russian Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ; Spanish New Deferred, 183 to 181. ; Ditto 3 per tents., 382 to 39i ; Ditto Certificates, 4 to 4i ; bitto Passive, 4 to 41. The railway meetings announced are the tollow itt—. OCompany. Date. Place. 0, 0 ,711 am June 25, Hibernia Chambers. 4.= and zi Bandon Tuly 4, t Kent June 25, London Tavern. uertford and Welwyn June June 25, Hertford. innehester, Shelf. and Line Aug. 1, Manchester. ' ortmouth ............ ... ? , 1 - o yal Danish 410 Yal Swedish July 5, Gottenburg. t. Andrews and Quebec, (Class A) South-Eastern Thames Haven July 2, London Tavern. West Hartlepool Railway Shares attract very little attention, and th e y present generally a heavy appearance, most of the principal lines being at lower quotations. The Canadian lines are in some instances ss. per share lower, and very little is doing in the foreign lines, but Sambre and Meuse are firm. St. John del Rey Milling Shares are weaker, but Cobre Copper show a decided improvement. Banks rule steady. Crystal Palace are heavy. B RITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING Pitt& IS. Offirtiv li. 1 nk Stock itn , iiie, ,: .. 210 'Sr• ';" nt . Reduced ~Haitian.. 8 Kew ConAols Aur‘ aitte:. I: v,- .., '' per Cent, knunitie., ..... ...... ... ~ i2,- , ,i i i - !nr , 7 Innuitieg, Exoiro COI N T , ! ',' ' 34 D atai tt 3O Years, Expire s th Ap ril, 188., 161 -4 , Rond,,, .t..10c 0 Consols ? or A ccoun t, 10th July ......... . A e x c b e qn e r Tills, il 21. ZIOOO . .• ilsoo %AID •• 20 18 21 13 17 4z.zei, eqn „ Bonds 1 458 , 3i per Cent. Ditto 1859, ~ PRICE OP' POII.RTO . K . FTTNDS T t- , 1 .'.,; DAY New Bra.zilianßonds, 1829 dt 39, 5 per Cent. 100 i lui enes tyres Bonds, 6 per Cent i 7 Da • - Danish Bond s , 1825, 3 per Ceut Bl , n Ile• 'eat , 3 per Cent tordinia n B on d s, 5 per C en t. ........ , 861 ' l3B • l 'ish ROA ds, 3 per Cent ... ................. 39 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. ......... - • Lti to for the Account lB,i j ' l lti., Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto for the Account tlWrrend7o;;:;;; above ea3able In LOO(0b jlei nal Bonds, 2# per Cent. ex. 25 fr 44 per Cent. Ex. 25 fr 94h Zxellange, 26 per 4:eut. 12 Will .... 64$ Di tto 4 per Cent. Certificates 94i THREE O'CLOCK Consols Ditto for the Account •• -- .. 9ia i x d 13441 V IC OF AUSTRALASIA-(THIS DAY). The twenty-first general meeting of the shareholders ° f the Bank of Australasia was held t his da y at the o 'cell of the corporation, Threadneedle-street. The chair was occupied by Oliver Farrer, Esq. The adverti semen t c onvening the meeting havin g t :ell read, the secretary ,(Mr. Milliken) pr oceeded to 44 , the report, from which we extract the followin g : fj o rtasseta and liabilities at 16th October, 1854, stood as gold ASSETS. ' Government Securities, and Cash 22,106,827 17 6 11 , 12 ,k Premises l ux Receivable and other Securities 4,769,378 016 £6,964,87013 2 C apital £900,000 2900,000 0 0 Fund LIABILITIES. 200 000 0 0 , Vi c culatio n 1,129,050 0 0 hi PaYable,° and other Liabilities Pr ipe l ) ca't 11 8 371,829 0 4 t and L oss .... 3, 191,246 18 2 £6,961,870 13 2 In conformity with the announcement made at the De hauPer meetin g , a dividend and bonus wore paid for the 2 A " year ended the 10th April, at e augmented rate of Per cent. per annum ; and a sim the augmented rate of er cent, per annum; and a similar division will b e m ade on the 16th October next. The CHAIRMAN, after congratulating the assembled Pro prietors on th e occupation of the new premises , statad that the bank was in a solid and safe condition, and then Proceeded to state that Australia was improvingin every d -e „ g ... , 1* ". Having reviewed the opera tions of the bank Crlcg the past y ea r, he concluded by moving the adop -I°ll "f the report. The resolution, having been put to the meeting, was carried unanimously. The retiring directors having been re-elected, the pro. eeedings terminated with the usual vote of thanks to the °h airman, TH E " Ile Moons.—All Accounts from the H i g hland moors Ohl -Ur the assurance that th,ro will he a full av , rage ck,l,grouse this season No traces of th e di - ease oruierly committed such ravages have yet been 905try e d moos the old itirdso- , PrI4 Courier! * 4 \ RE MARKET: THIS r. A Y YS. Clain, Prices tlii 24 . 6 mbg • Jun Ririning. Woh xi) Stour . 3.rkonllci. Lan3al.. 4 4Tilieshire Junct..... Do. ChcAh. dt Birk.. £5O and £25 Con Do., -• £25 (ifvsd. Pxo,. 4i.- ••• -.... B,f 8i 13,1 -12 i 16,1 8 A 7; 90 - 92 634 6;f, . marthen and 0 • digan ,enter Icrk and Paint,. Cork, Black, lit Pa , Cornwall CI 1' Junction &Belfast:fun , Dundee Perth Cs A. • • Teen Junction.... Do. N v East A.l. ,z 1 ian . „ I , ',astern Counties... ?:astern Union, Et Stock .. Do., B. 5t0i5...... Do., New A. ;'.;ist, Lancashire .... Ddinburzh&Glasgo Edinb. and Peebles }Min. Pitt; dt Dund -'orth & Clyde Ju Furness Do. Extension Glatsgow & S. Westvr Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre. Great Western Stour Val Rai' Gua. Stk Irish South-Eaeterl Lancaster & °arils'. Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds__ Lancash. andYorksi Do., Wet. Riding Un Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwa Lond.Bright&S.OK Lond. and N. Westi, Do. Fifths It - '5 9 - 11 • •• ...... • , ... - ...a 154 - 1.2 i 121 32 - 36 23 - 25 77i - 781 - "0 8 19 - z 0 70 - 72 923 - 333 75 - 77 26 - 8 101 - 103 68i 59 61 75 - 80 - 10 8 10 8 - 82} - 8 1024 - 1034 103/ - P - P 84 - 85 8 7 '7 - 6 D0.101.5h.,M&8 . C Do. Eighths Lon , lon and& West , Do., Zsii Do., £4O Ludntirry& Colorai Lndndrry. & Ennisk, N 4 anch.Sher. k Lineli Do. Shares, No, T 4an. & Lin. jTG kfidland , o. RirmnK. & Dori, 4idld.Cl, West. ( ) Hal' Shares._ s4eweastle & Cariisi . Nivpt.Aborg. & DK' mv - ry & Enniskill:27t Newry Warrenioiat ad Ttostrevor....,, , 271 - 27 i - 8 74. - 75 44 - 46 9 - 7 - 2 N .„, North North British North Devon, Do., No. 'o., A Defur+•e. ' B N. Eastern—Berwi , • Do. do. Extensior, 11 , . 0 - 1 o. G. N. E. rum: Do. Leudl ... 51 -- 53 31 32 :5 - 76 6i 6 3i - 31 14 - '4i 51A 52 18 50 d- - pal 1 )o. Yom ..... Vorth tomrlor Do. New Wstru. 4 4 ,ead, and City in. Staffordshi: , ,,, Western..,.. & S. Westrn. Jun Nuneaton, Hinnk 4i 4id 7 az tin 1 Loicester...... ozrord, Woreeriter, , verlmniptort 'ortsmouth 3cottisli Central 28 - 30 Scottish Midlaud , 4uropshiro Union mouth Devon 02 - 104 68 -7() 47 49 , 3i 1 .4% ; 68 63 2) - 30 3 - 1 2d - par Synth Eastern '4outh Wales S. Yrksh. tit Riv. 11)11 n o -;t4ines t Wok. Stockton & Darn:ttzkton & Hr.rtlep Tatf Vale . Do. £lO ghares Do. Pref., No. 1 , Thames Haven Doc. an Railway Ulyerstone & LAMB Vale of Waterfl. Kilkenny Waterford&Limeriel West Cornwall. West End of Londol and Crystal Palace. West London. - GVimbledn & Croydon 39 41 ... ""' - 20 2 3 - 4 22- 2 1 7 - 8 824 2 1021 31 2i 104 FOREIGN. A ntwerßit not% r(1/Lit Belgian Ea%tu. Bezi ors to Glraissessa• Bombay, liaroda, an Cont;alnclia.Seri Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France 1)o. New East Indian, g. 5 p. Do. EY:ensiou Do. 41 p. c. Bds., pa '57, convertible... Do. do., '59, do Gd. 'fr. of Canal ; i)o. St. Travarence Atlantic do. Cert. of Donor,. eon. into Stk. I io. Comp. 6p. do Gt. Central of P. au ot. Penin ,,- . guar. 5 per cent. New 5 per con • no. Extensions. Do. do Great Lux...rto'hora Constituted Shar , Do. Obligations flt:Viloatern of Cam shares Do. Mts., payabl c's with option till 'sr , . Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6f Dn. do., '73, witho, option Hamilton & Toront Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. st Basl Lucca & Pi stoj a 5 p, prof Lyons and Geneva Lyons 4 Mediterran Madras Do. New Maria Antonia ..„ Do. do. New Namur 41 Liege (wit) interest)._ Do. (ex interest), Northern of France D 0.20/. Shs.late Char j leroi and ErquelinetH guar. 3$ p. 0. & red. at 22y. dur. 68 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bdi2 (fmy. B. & Am s. She. NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds T'aris and Orleans Paris and Rouen... ParisCaen di Cherbrg. Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse._ Do. 5.4 p. cent. Pref Scindo Southern of France_ St. Andrew's and Quebec (A), West Flanders Do 54 per c. Pref Western of France Wept. of Switzerland' WiJsbaden Zealand ... TOINT-S' Australasia ..... ....... -tritish Colonial Bank and Loan Company N. American 'hart& Bank of Asia li td. Bnk. of India, knstralia, & Chins City.. .............. ................ "Nimmercial of Lond. LAglish ti'cottish awl Anstralian Chart_ ond. Chart. Bk. 01 Australi9. ............. Ditto New ............. London and County.. London Joint Stock.. facnd. & Wepttainster \rational Provincial of England .... ... •••• ;)o. Nuw -• qational of Ireland ',Tow %nth Wales.... kriental Rank or clorpore Lion 7tovinoial of Irelab, ;/u. N w ............... toyal Anstraln. k (4 Id Imp C 0...., mtl .kustralia .... 'plop Jf Au , tralia . I Jo. Now t.111;i011 of Lados 9i - Of 24 - 2f 2 - lj 2i - 2i 361 9s 104: 24/ -25 f 3a b 4il 19i 2 O 65 6S 95 97 4 -- 41 5/ 6, 1 13 7 1' 5$ —56 4 4} 3 34 22i -- 23 100 -- 102 110 -- 113 1,3 - 116 104 106 '3 23 112 - 115 ti - 61 • - lip 2i 3 p 5 7 2 - 3 6 - 6 : . 36i -36 i 13 -- il -- 9 29 - 29!!) 47 49 45 24 25 21 22 11. lad —10 i 2i - 2i? , - pm 31 --- 4 1 •ii_ ,il.l ii -- fii BA.NXI3. 84 -86 65 6%61 i d -- par -53 p ., in - • 18} 20 - 21 fd-IP 11• .. 3g : 36 sa - 39 52 - 53 42-- 44 74i 75 : 8 9 '.» a us .1 ...•• this dity. 13 rio 21i Il7ls. THE SUN, LONDON, HONDA Y EVENING, JUNE 18 1855 LINES I ,P A SED T Trixyr,n REgrAT,Ei. RALaw.tys. ~ edford ar,d I.li.tokghamsl , . Clydesdale• Tc. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and E. Liu. 6pc Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New...... Leasing Compans. 1.,,,r3(1.(Jit - , 6;1 N. -1.1 r.s,-,N.W.j (14,t0,;(bi E. Un. E. C... ~t. r:9ldoniati. Glstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. St Railway Hull & Solby Do. 6 Shares. Do. is Shares. Lon.kGreenn no.Proferen , -e Lon., Til., &S. L.)westeft Do Gt. Wos:i Yk. Now & Berw Y. &NM Do. 50 25 12A 127' IS. East'•. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per Manch. Bath and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar Midld.Bradf. l Newmarket Bury Ex ten N.& Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p • Prest. & Wyr. a',l all Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shot Roth and Goole g. 5 P. c. Shiews.&Her S. Staffordsli. Wear Vallcygr 6 per cent Do Wiltsz'zflomrst Pcto & Co Norf. 'lli Do L.& N. M Midld Stektou Sr Darlingt. Midland .. Closing Pnor" Saturday. 98 100 100 102 I:4 --- 1:76 27 - 29 :166 - ••• 12i - 1 3 ?3 ll - 121 2i - 21 -- P 6 En. Coun. M. Coaut - 58 --- iP 60 Do L. iL N.W. &Lain D 0........ . • • Gt Nortin Laneash Yorksh, T. Brassey M.MCIwal, Stoat & Darlingt 3)0 133 - 135 8 - 9 2/ -- 32 - 33 92 94 rtwi SHARES. ••• --- ••• 95 -97 t 4.4 ass this day. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The various country markets held on Saturday were very dull for wheat, at a decline in the quotations of fully 2s per quarter. Barley and oats sold steadily at . full prices ; but beans, peas, and flour were heavy, and lower to purcha:,e. Advices from New York to the sth inst state that flour was dull in sale, at a decline of from 121 to 25 cents per barrel. Most of the near continental maikets have ruled inactive for most articles. 93 - 95 99 - 101 The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were moderate. From abroad we received 14,710 quarters of wheat, 16,904 oats, 365 beans, 413 peas, 47 tares, 2,855 linseed, 7,611 rapeseed, and 4,171 sacks of flour. A very limited supply of English wheat was received flesh up to our market, to-day, coastwise and by land car riage. Theie was, however, a portion of last Monday's unsold supply on offer, without producing anything like a largo show of samples. The attendance of both town and country millers was very moderate, awl the demand for nearly all kinds of wheat, of home produce, was in a sluggish state. In the general quotations scarcely aay change took place from those obtained on this day se'n night. ••• - - We were well supplied with foreign wheat, and the stock in warehouse is increasing. The amount of business doing i❑ that article was limited ; nevertheless last week's quotations were supported, importers refusing to give way in price. • •• ••• 3 - 4 6 - 64 - - :34 - 14. Floating cargoes wore held at full quotations, but the inquiry for them was by no means active. The show of barley was small, and most of the samples in the market changed hands, at full prices. Most kinds of malt moved off slowly, at late rates. With oats we were fairly supplied. Most kinds sold somewhat steadily, at late rates. 60 - 63 There was only a limited inquiry for beans, on former terms. Peas wire in short supply and heavy request, at almost nominal quotations. The flour trade was inactive, at last Monday's currency. .T 117 - 119 tlO - 112 103 - 105 CURRENCY PE[ IMPERIAL MEASURE. it 9 -- 93 6 1115 98 100 90 ¶2 92 94 10 11 17 —17 i 10a 10$ 74 76 19 201 9i —lo.¢ 14 1 I f cU ¶37 109 2/ Whem--Essest zt Kent, Red •• .. new 67s to 78s Ditto •• • • ......•• old —a —e sato, White new 828 86s Ditto.• • • .... old 85s 88s Norfolk and coin, Red, old GBs Bls Ditto new •• •• •• 6S, 80s •• •• •• •• •• •• —a —s New •• •• .• 42s 448 Bogey —Grindlng .•• .• 39s 338 Valtlng . •••• • • • 33s 34s Chevalier •—. . . 35s 36s M sit—Suffolk and Nor folk• ••• • • 62s 67a eros - n .• ••• • • ........ 58s 608 Kingston and Ware 68s 708; L3l s it' : 4 9 - 141 - 98 4$ - 101 - 103 93 - 95 3f -- 4 Malt—CheTailor .... 70s to 715 Oats Yorkshire and Line°lnsh.,Feed 26s Vs P0tat0...... 28s 31s rough* aiad Cork 51ack....... 25s 29s i = fa Cork, White .•. .. 26s 30s 106 - 108 14 - id - par Scotch. Feed... • . 27s 303 Beans—Tick ......... 413 44s Pigeons ...... 43. 47s Pees—Grey 353 383 Maple . 38s 400 White....... •• •• 39s 45s 23 -23 A 99 - 101 i . 6 -- ii. Boilers ••• •• •• 43s 468 Flonr—Town-made.— 653 70s Suffolk • • 52. 568 Btooktn &Norfolk 51s 55s 2 3p 'TLE MARKET. SPORTING NOTES. - ISLINGTON CA' Last week's imports of foreign stock into London were moderats—tho total supply being 3,239 head. In the corresponding week in 1854 wo received 3,782; in 1853, 5,303 ; in 1852, 3,830 ; in 1851, 5,053 ; in Icso, 4,410 ; in 1819, 2,979 ; and in 1848, 2,731 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEER. From 'Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs Harlingen hotter ham ll7 ... 230 ... 3 ... 191 Amsterdam 6 ... 130 ... 141 ... 30 tlamburgb 213 ... 280 Calais , ordt 6 Kampen 3 ... 31 55 ... - 1G ... 13 Total 565 ... 1,981 ... 8S ... 557 ... 48 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1854 661 ... 2,514 202 ... 3•8 ... 17 1853 619 ... 3,352 459 ... 826 ... 4 7 1852 302 ... 2,1 , 6 3 6 644 82 1851 620 3,229 418 488 296 185 U 521 3,178 ... 160 . 452 99 For the time of year, the show of foreign stock was bat moderate. The arrivals of beasts from our own grazing districts were tolerably good, and in full average condition. All breeds sold briskly, at an advance in the quotations paid in Smithfield on Monday last of 4d. per 81bs. The best Scots were worth 53 per Sibs. and a good clearance was effected. _ _ _ From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essox, and Cambridgeshire, we received 2,300 Scots and shorthorns ; from other parts of England 50) of various breeds, and from Sco:land 500 home-bred polled Scots. The arrivals from Ireland, last week, direct by sea, were 195 beasts, 92 sheep, and 19 lambs. We wore tolerably well supplied with sheep, yet the mutton trade ruled very brisk, and the quotations were quite 21. per 81bs. higker. The best old Downs realised fully ss. 4d. per Sibs. - There was a good demand for lambs, at full prices, ♦iz., 5s 4d to 6s 8d per Sibs. The few calves on sale moved off briskly at from to 6d per 81bs above the currencies of Monday last. Tho top price was 5s 6d per Sibs. There was more doing in pigs, and prices had an upward tendency. Tue arrangements for the reception of the beasts, sheep, lambs, and pigs gave great satisfaction, an:l reflected great credit upon the City authorities; but it wilt, we consider, be found necessary to afford additonal shelter for the the iletuene a siding in requi re d t o pro y of the weath e r. Per calves, which suffered rather severelyfrous the keen action t o e f o t t h t e hem wind.westfrom n 81be to sink the offale. Evidentlyc s. d. s. d.! s. 4. s d. Inferior 80a5t5....3 6to 3 B,PrimeSonthdown 5 0 5 4 Second quality.... 3 10 4 4 1 Large crse. calves 4 4 5 0 Prime large oxen 4 8 4 8 Primo small d 0... 5 2 5 6 Prime Scots, clic. 410 5 o:Large hogs '1 4 3 8 Inferior Sheep ...3 8 3 10:Smallporkors 4 0 4 4 Secowl quality ~.4 0 4 6 Suckling ealves..23 0 30 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 8 4 10,Quatter old pigs 5.2 0 27 0 Lamb sa 4d to Gs 81. TOTAL BUTPLL. FOREIGN SUPPLY. i flesstB .. •••• .. ........ 3,719 Beasts •..•••••. •• •• - • 468 Sheep .•• •• ..•• .... —22,019 Sheep ..•• •.•• • ...... ... 1,i;60 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, June 19, 1854, and this day, Monday, June 18, 1853. Per 81bs, to sink the otfals. June 19, 1854. June 18,1855 s. d. s. d. s. d. g. d Coarse and inferior beasts .., ... 3 2to 3 6 3 6to 3 8 Second quality ditto ... ... ... 3 8 4 0,3 10 4 4 Prime large oxen ... ... ... ... 4 2 4 Oil 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c ... ... ... ... 4 6 4 8,4 10 5 0 Coarse and inferior sheep „, ~, 3 4 3 6,3 8 310 Second quality ditto ... ... ~, 3 8 4 o i 4 0 4 6 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... ~, 4 2 4 4,4 8 410 Prime Southdowu ditto ... ~ 4 6 410 5 0 5 4 Lambs ... ... ... ... ... .., 4 8 5 10,5 4 6 8 Large coarse calves ... .., ~, 3 8 4 4 , 4 4 5 0 Prime small ditto ..„ ... .., „, 4 6 4 105 2 5 6 Large hogs ... .., ... ... „. 3 0 4 2 3 4 3 8 Neat small porkers ... .„ ... 4 4 4 84 0 4 4 Beasts 3 905 3.719 Sheep ... ... ... ... ... 30,590 22,010 Calves 505 216 Pigs ... ~, .„ ,„ ,„ ,„ 325 , 560 SUPPLIES me SALE, June 20,1853.—Beasts, 4,161 ; sheep and lamb', 21,710 ' • calves, 400 ; pigs, 325. Juno 21, 1852.—Beasts, 3,639; sheep and lambs, 29,690 calves, 385 ; pigs, 310. NEWGATE AND LEA.DENHALL. Our markets to-day were but moderately supplied with each kind of meat, and the general demand ruled steady, as follows : _ Per 81b8 by the carcase. • e. d. 8. d. Beef, inferior 3 2 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 3 8 Do., prime largo 3 10 4 0 De , do. small 4 2 4 4 Fork, large....- 3 4 3 8 Lamb e. d. e. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 6 Do., prime 4 8 4 10 Veal 3 4 4 10 ; Pork, email 3 10 4 4 51 2d to 65 6d BOROUGH HOP. Sussex hops are in good request at fully the late ad vance in the quotations. In other kinds only a limited business is doing, with a trifling show of samples. Last week's imports were 10 bales from Rotterdam, and 68 do. from Hamburg. Mid and East Kent pockets, 141 Os to 181 lOs ; Weald of Kent ditto, 131 lOs to 151 Os ; Sussex ditto, 121 Os to 131108. per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Very moderate' supplies of potatoes have come to hand since Monday last. To-day these markets were but scantily supplied, yet the trade ruled very inactive, as follows :—York Regents, 120 s to 115 s ; Kent and Essex do., 12 )s to 1301 ; Scotch do., 1108 to 120 s; do. reds, 100 s to 101 s ; blues, 90s to 1033; Lincolne, 100 s to 115 s per ton. WOOL. We have to report a decided improvement in the de mand for nearly all kinds of English wool, and, in some instances, the quotations have an upward tendency. In foreign and colonial qualities very little is doing, yet prices are firm. Last week's imports were 47 bales from Buenos Ayres, 60 from Hamburgh, 1,155 from Portland Bay, 1,730 from Adelaide, 800 from Algoa Bay, 2,400 from Hobart Town, 845 from Geelong, 1,580 from Launceston, 850 from Sydney, and 1,280 from the Cape. The following are the current rates of English wool : Down ter, is to is 00 ; Inlf-bred, is to is Oid ; ewes, lo is Od to is lid ; combing lid to is Od ; flann e l woo l, lld t o i s 2d ; blanket wool, 6?,d to lld per lb. clthbiinngg, skliinds, to ; Kent fleeces, SEI We have a slow sale for m rency. Tornip,Whtte, per bush. 22s to 253 Swede .• • • —8 %fasts rd. Brown•• 12s Ids t, hits, f1ew.......s 10. r tres,Wlnter, new.. • . lls 12. 01(1............... • • • . 93 lOs Canary, per quarter • 46a 52s Rye m.kis • • • • • • • • , 'l4s 30s Clover, Red En.. (cwt.) 52. 653 White • •• •• 658 753 Foreign Red.. • • • • 4EB 603 558 70s 253 323 L' DS. Lost seeds, at last week's enr, Carraway 366 38s Coriander 20s 24s tierapseed, per quarter 48- 56s Linseed, Eng.-lowlng.. 72s 758 Crushing ........ 66% 71s Baltic ••••.. • • .. 618 64s Odessa .... •• • • 628 67s Linseed Cake, pr. ton 7 _ _ _ English ..: ...12/ Os 12 10S For - eign,per ton 11' Os 12% Rape Cakes, pr ton 6155 6/ log Rapeseed, New,prlst 33 /10h 35i Os Trefoil. new.. •• ...... TALLOW. Oar market is steady, and prices are fully supported. p, y. C., on the spot, is selling at 525, and for forw a rd s th 6al per cwt. Town T a ll ow, 50 s per cwt . small supply on off er . R oug h f a t, 2 s 9d perdelivery tBth cash, w s 1853. Stock this day ...• ;• Price of Y. C Delivery last week • • Ditto from June 1.. • • Arrivals last week.. Ditto from Juael 1 'lice of Town •. •• •• • 37.698 j 40,107 I I 37s 6A tv; 8M 9,1 374 9d Ito --s nd 959 1,627 2,9 i 5 3,524 1 912 ; 2,9..4 4,100 3,703 38i 01 6tl I bbb. 24.1P0 24.498 46.917 47s 6d to 6is 01 to 52s Od 47s 9,1 —s Od to— , 04 1,292 1,070 1,620 2,1.9 2,453 3,203 1. 6 01 737 797 3,894 981 ^ , 2,405 49134 10194 625 04 BIBURY AND STOCKBRIDGE. Scarcely a sporting incident worth remembrance marked the ,proceedings of the past week. The gathering at Hampton presented its characteristic "features," whilst the meeting at Newton attuned a success which will doubtless stimulate its promote . rs to increased acti vity to strengthen its list of attractions. Poor Tiny Wells met with a somewhat severe alcident at Hampton on Thursday, but I have much satisfaction in stating that he is rapidly recovering from the effect of his hurts. I'o dwell upon past events, however, would be useless ; I shall therefore direct attention to the future. The gentlemen of the Bibury Club will inaugurate the sport in Hampshire on Wednesday. Their programme is not, however, very attractive, but it comprises events sufficiently interesting to furnish a satisfactory supply of sport. Rodo-Meli and Veteran look on paper the most probably formidable competitors for the Bibury Stakes. Twelve nominations are appended to the Champagne Stakes, for which I shall select Brother to Orinoco. Little is known relative to the five anirnalb entered for the 50 Sovs. Sweepstakes, New Mile. Perhaps %Vantage, who has 51bs. allowance, will prove the best of a bad lot. Four other events are set for decision, but the en tries will not be made for them until to-morrow night. The Days and the Danebury Stable are unquestion ably the mainstay and support of the Stockbridge Meet ing, which has of late years attained a popularity scarcely surpassed by the most pretentious gathering in the king dom. The list of sport originally comprised nine items, but the match between Saucebox and Contention being off, the number of events is reduced to eight. Among the horses engaged are the principal turf celebrities of the day, and the racing is therefore likely to be marked by incidents of more than temporary importance. Among the nominations for the Triennial Stakes, for four-year olds, are Scythian, Andover, Autocrat, Champagne, Marsyas, Wilsford, and Ivan. Of these, however, per haps Andover, who has a penalty of 71b, Autocrat, Champagne, Marsyas, and Ivan will not go to the post. Scythian, with his Sib. allowance, can scarcely fail of again carrying the black jacket and orange cap in triumph. When the muster roll is called for the Tii ennial Stakes, for three-year-olds, Pares, Corsebus, Claret, Lord Alfred, Miss Fanshaws, Exmouth, and Corhampton may show. Scott's lot will not, I believe, have a representative. The first and second places may he filled by Lord Alfred and Paros. Neither Fly-by-Night nor Fazsalette will, it is raid, put in an appearance for the Two-Years-Old Triennial. Result, another candidate for next year's Derby, is also among the nominations, but some doubts exist whether he will be among the competitors. I, therefore, see no more worthy champion than Rogerthorpe. The Stewards' Prate will occasion a most interesting encounter. The most prominent competitors will be Oulston, Kingstown, and Rataplan, and they will, I anticipate, pass the chair in the order in which I have set down their names. In the absence of Fandango, either Kingstown or Furioso will win the Hurstbourne Plate. Voivode has been so much talked about, that to be worthy of the good opinion which is in certain quarters entertained of him ho ought to carry off the Mottisfont Stakes. I❑ his default either Bubble or Illuminator may be good enough to win. The Winchester Meefng has dwindled to " nothing." As I have not yet received the acceptances for the Hampshire Stakes I shall not now d!scuss the pro babilities. June 18. A FRESH MAN. LA IV .I.I.VTELLIGENTJE (THIS DAY). COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Lord Chief Justice Campbell, and a special jury.) KANE T. JEANE.-CURIOUS CAGE. Mr. Sergeant Shea and Mr. Prentice were for the plaintiff ; Sir F. Thesigor and Mr. Hindmarsh for tho defendant. This was an action of ejectment, brought for the re covery of a dwelling-house and premises situats at a place called the Half Acre, in the town of Old Brompton. From the opening address of Mr. Sergeant Shee, it appeared that the plaintiff, a native of Skibbereen, in Cork, claimed the property in question as the nephew and next of kin of Thomas Kane, who died intestate at Brentford, on the 17th of March, 1846, and the question for the con• sideration of the jury was, whether Thomas Kane was a native of Skibbereen and a son of James and Norali Kane, the grandfather and grandmother of the plaintiff. Thomas Kane was a tailor, and worked with his father until he was about the age of nineteen or twenty, when he was apprehended on a charge of theft, but succeede I in escaping from the custody of the constable and left the neighbourhood. That occurred in 1801, and he was never heard of again until 1813, when he was met in London by one of his old schoolfellows, who visited him from time to time at Brentford until 1842. Shortly after Thomas Kane left Ireland he was found soliciting work as a tailor at Brentford, and with the last sixpence in his pocket went into the One Tun to get some refresh ment. He there met two brothers of the names of Charles and James Sims, with whom ho got into con versation. James Sims became greatly interested in the "tailor on tramp," and procured employment for him in the shop of Mr. Ilazlehurst, where he con ti.nued until the retirement of Mr. Hazlehurst from business, when Kane and an apprentice succeeded to it. In 1817 Thomas Kane married Elizabeth Child, with whom he got some money. Ile had always been known at Brentford PS the "Skibbereen boy," but as ho be. came prosperous, had married an English woman, and was settled in business, he became anxious and endeavoured to keep it close that ho was the "Skibbereen boy " who arrived at Brentford a " tailor on tramp." As he prospered he advar.ced money on mortgage and discounted bills at a good interest, and during that time he frequently visited the Isle of Wight, where he became acquainted with a person named Chas. Kane, a native of Gosport, aed probably of Irish origin, who, like himself, appeared to have no relations in Eng land of whom he cared anything about or was cared for by them, and who afterwards became a lunatic and died in 1837, but who visited him at Brentford as his brother. Thomas Kane, as executor, proved the will and took out letters of administration to the estate of Charles Kane, which amounted to about 6001., and it was the wife of Charles Kane who now had possession of the premises in question. On the 17th March, 1846, Thomas Kane died, leaving a testamentary paper unsigned, bequeath. ing legacies to fifteen persons and thirteen charitable institutions, but made no mention on the paper of any relative. He named in that paper Mr. Lutwicke Allen as his executor, who, with the Inspector of Police at Brentford, took possession of the property, and held it for twelve months, when no one appearing to claim it as the next of kin, they applied to Mr. Maule, of the Treas ury, who wok out letters of administration as the nominee of the Crown, and directed Mr. Allen to go to Ireland and endeavour to find out if there were any relatives of Thomas Kane living there. Mr. Allen went to the town of Skibbereen, but not in the neighbourhood, and was unsuccessful in his mission, the Kanes in question residing a mile and a half from that place and between it and Castle-green. The facts coming to the knowledge of some attornies at Skibbereen, who knew a number of Kanes resided in the neighbourhood, they prosecuted their inquiries and had discovered, the learned sedeant said, beyond doubt that the plaintiff was the nephew and next of kin of the above-named Thomas Kane. This case is rather an intricate one, and will probably occupy the attention of the Court the whole of the day. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Earoa Martin and a Common Jury.) BOAPEU V. TURNER. This case, which was partly heari on a previous oc casion was resumed this morning. The action involved was one fur the recovery of damages for false imprison meat. Mr. James, Q.C., aid Mr. Pollock were for the plain tiff, and Mr. Sergeant Shea and Mr. Lush for the de fendant. The facts were simply, that the premises of the de fendant having been broken into and robbed in January last, the defendant in consequence of something which was communicated to him by a third person had reason to suspect the plaintiff, who had been in his employ, of having been concerned in the depradation. He accord ingly had been apprehended, but on being taken before the magistrate he was discharg , d from custody. This was the ground of the present claim. It was also shown on the part of the defendant that a transaction on a former occasion, between him and the plaintiff, and in consequence of which the latter was discharged from his service, bore anything but a straightforward and upright complexion. Mr. Lush having summed up the evidence for the defence, Mr. James addressed the Jury upon the other side. The learned Judge, in di re cting the Jury in their ver dict, put it to them to say whether they believed that what was told to the defendant by the person in ques tion, and in consequence of which the plaintiff was ap prehended, was true ; and observed that if so it would be his duty to direct a verdict for the defendant ; but he alsc put it to them to say whether they did or did not ' consider the defendant justified in acting as he did, his suspicions having been reasonably aroused by what was I truly or falsely communicated to him. iThe jury were allowed to retire for deliberation, and bad not returned their verdict up to the time our report was despatched, PREFERENI Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c... llyth and Tyne I Opp. c. pref. (issd. at 50/ Eris. St, Ex. 4 p. c. Si Do. 4 p. c. Shares... 'laledonian £lO ~ Thester & Flol:Thea , Guar. 51 per cent )o. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 riork 6r3andonsip.e, Dun.Prth Anglian CIF. A Sh. Do. do. Gs. B p. e. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 r . c. St East Un., G. 6 p. c IDo. 51., 10 ner cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sl Do. do. 4 per cent sst Laneash. 6 p. et , PI.Sr.W. York. J. sth. . Prth.liDun.4 p.c. Furne , s ....... Pas. & S. W. G. 5 P.C. ;mat Nortbn. 5 p. e • 'o. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. p. Do 5 p.c. Scrip, Red. t 5 p. c. pm .. (R.N. of tt. Ist Pr S. ex W. (Ireland Do. 4 per c. Pr::. Wostn. (Barks -iants Ex. 5 p. c). Do. con. red. Do. COT!. red. 4 p. , irrel, 4p.e. Do. Dirm Pref. Sh Do. Cnester S p. c. P. Do. do. 5 p. C. do Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Sh.. 'Do. do do . Do. do. do & York. F -E2' Do. 6 p. c. St.,ck Gan.&Brigh. 0.5 p.‘ Do. Prof., 5 p. c. St Do. Now Guar,6 p. e Do. do. 5 per c,nt Lou. &N. W., Cov. Nuneaton 5 p. et Lon. & S. W. Con. 3 ls Londe. & Color. Sh. Londy. & Ennis.. S \lan., Sher., & Lin.. New, £lO Do. .£6 Nfarypt.S: Carl. 4 p o Do. 4. 3 / 4 per cent Do "did. Consol.6 Do. Consol, Bristol Pirm, 6 per cent . 100 Do. 4 p. c. Pref. St Pref. 4 per ee all Do. Si. Pr, f. 4 p. c.. 1.00 Ditto Leict.stcrarc" Hitellen Put St. . all ,Norfolk Deteature . 100 Do. Pref. 4p. c. Stoc 100 Do. 5 p.c. Ext 100 pc. 54per et. pref._ 100 Do.Way.Val. 5 p c 100 North British 100 N. E. Berw, 4 p.c P 5 Do. do. do 13 Do Leeds do, 9 Do. do. Quarters 4% 10 Do. York Prir. all North Staffordshire.. 1.0 , J Oxford, Worcester, .‘ Wolverh..£ls, 6 p 7 Do R. Pre. 101. Sh. all IScot. Cent. , New Pre all South Devon 1 Do. fixed, 44: per cern all S. Eastern (Readi , l Ann.) of .12.1 Os. 6d. 1.00 Do. 4i. per cent._ all iS Wales Gila. 4p. c. all iDo. do. 4i p. c.... all all Stock.Sz Dar., 5 p C. 15 ;Do. do. do all Stock. & Hard. g. o. e. July 1, 's' 4 117 ..totfd. /14 KiP7.6 pc, I) St. Zt) 12. 12' St. St. St. 16 , 5 St. 20 12 25 20 St.l ' Ilb ~lp<i 1.04) 1(x! 1N) im) 1100: 25 to I.oe 1 1 ;to; Pm 5 1 i 9 1 i 106 i 7 AIINES. Ulu, Fria . , . 6 1 iii Xraglo Austrin. Gold • ••• 10s. al .tuglo °antonym' ‘.nstrdlia.n. - 1 f 1 dl A.ustralian Cordillera •• 1 ill Nye Maria. 1 al Baden (G 1 •D ach y of) 50 All fWenarvon Iron an , 5 7 Coal 20 14 British Iron si VI 26 Brazil ianlmp.(issue. at pm.) ........ 21 - 3 30 all Do. Cocacs & Culab 24 - 31 3 20 15 Dn. St. John Dcl. Ito 23 —30 ad 291 81 I .1, Czrsou's . 11 1 Z Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica to ill Cobre Copper 57 59 59 8 15 1 Colonial Gold — St. all Copper Min. of Enc. ••• .• • 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. con' .. 1C Copiapo ....... 201 211 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg C- 1 -- 1i 2 1 Fortuna 20 all General l5 —l7 1 all Gt.tingletVeinitog a _ 41 all Great Polgooth 1 —2: 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 7 71 2 D). B 2 • 21 5 1 Lusitanian — 1 all Mariquita 1 all Now Granada 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co 1 all Nouveau Monde • • ••• 20 all Pontgibaud Silve, Lead Min. & Smelt 16 17 5 1 Port Philip I I I 1 all Quartz Rock A 50 all Rhymney Iron l9 21 15 all Do. Now 5 6 30 1.2 i Santiago de Cuba... 5i 61 1 all South Anstzalian — 10 71 Tin Cr0ft...... - ••• 28,i all United Mexican 3§ 4 41 3/ 1 all Waller 4— 1 all West Mariposa A 1. 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia I all trnha.. • . MISUELL tiN IGO U 25 171 Australian Agric...dt. 32 33 10 all Aus;raln. Royal Mail , 4f 10 7 Berlin Water Works 21 • 2d4i 1 50 40 Brit. American Laud 57 60 :59 7k 8 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co — 100 324 Canada 119 121 120 St. 1.00 Canada Gov. 6p. ct. Jan. and July ll4l 1151 115 5 all Crystal Palace 2t 3/ 3/ 3 .5 4 Do. Preference lp 5 41- 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 1 Duston Iron Ore 20 Eastern Steam 25 23 Electric Telegraph l7 18 1 all Alectric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steals Navigat 20 all General Screw Steam 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Wavle: ... 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 10 9 Allexieang,rS.Axnerien 61 6 6 10 21 Do. New 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Netherlands Land 2 21 2 1 N. S. W. Coal Inter Steam Navigat. Co 1 all N. P kustralasian — 1 20 15 `re t h. e.iFnrnpeSt .;ani 1 all Oriental Gas ls 1 A 1i L . , all Peel Fir. lA.& Minrl 2l 21 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 50 10 Do. New 2 3 p 2 all Portland Iron Co 1 2 100 60 !loyal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest 1 -- 2 1 f Ditto New. 1 25 all 'iouth Austral• Land 381 39 i 1 all Submar. Tel. Scrip... 1, all • 5 ['rust& L.Co.U.Can. ••• ■ir 0 26j Vale Diemon'a Land 13 63 121 f 93i i 76 128 0) 60 27 f 74a 5 13} i 12i 231 i 1 21 1011 110 i 105; 211 91 i 10 21 r PRUSSIAN NEUTRALITY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Are you or any of your readers aware of the open manner in which the Prussian Government admit Russian agents to recruit for the army of the Czar, although every possible difficu ty is thrown in the way of Prussi•ins enlisting for the British Foreign Legion ? Such is Prussian neutrality.—Your obedient servant, ANTI-GERMAN. London, 15th June. WHY IS THE PRICE OF PIG-IRON 4DVANCING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - - SlR,—Can you account in any way for the present extraordinary rise in the price of pig-iron, seeing the demand in the home and colonial markets at the present time it: not particularly great ? It has been currently rumoured in this city that large quantities of pig-iron are now being- shipped from Britain to Prussia and several of the German port:. Provided such is the case, the public in these times ought at least to he aware of it, and also to know whether or not it finds its way into Russia. If report be true it does find its way there, to be ryTain returned tills in a manufactured condition via Sebastopol and Cronstadt Probably some of the patriotic iron manufacturers and brokers of the country may be able to throw some light on the subject. I am, Sir, your most obed. servant, Glasgow, June 15, 1855. S. M. ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM, No. 2. THE SEPTENNIAL ACT. TO THE EDITOR OF TRH SUN. Silt,—ln my first letter I suggested the propriety of commencing► at the root, and that to get efficient ad ministraive reform you must begin with the House of Commons. How can it be expected that the appoint ments will be pure if the appointers are themselves corrupt _ I prefer to consider several organic changes as a whole—an entirety, mutually promoting, and necessary to each other. But of many single changes there is no one more important than the repeal of the Septennial Act. I love, said Dean S wift (no leveling revolutionist at least, but a Tory of the old sort)—" I love the good old Gothic form of an annual Parliament." And why ? Because in his day it had been the constitution and the law.* The Bill of Rights had solemnly laid it down that "parliaments ought to be held frequently," and it was only after the Act of Settlement, and the final exclusion of the Stuarts from the kingdom, that the Septennial Act was found useful to complete the cordon of corrup tion that surrounded the throne, and finally deluged the S Date. But it was not passed without strenuous orpo3ition and emphatic protests, nor the influence (no doubt) of golden gifts, where fear orfanaticism did not render such unnecessary. . _ _ It comes not to us, then, covered with that antiquarian dust which the Conservative so dearly loves. It has not the mildew of the centuries upon it, but the curse of cor ruption is on its front, and the deep brand of infamy in its conception and design. it was intended to prevent too frequent interviews between the elected and his constituents ; to render th e seat not too costly even for plutocratic bribers to buy, lest the natioral purse it.ielf should be insufficient to rec pup them, and places fall short of satisfaction for so enormous a drain. But is it for the people of England to cherish such objects ! Events of late have tended much to bring re presentative government itself into contempt, if no im provement in its administration can be effected, and enemies are fond of whispering, that it is on its trial. A Ministry convicted of incompetence and miscon duct—a Premier wafted to power by the breath of popu lar and Parliamentary opinion, seizes the reins of office, turns his back upon his makers, refuses informatio❑ eon temptuou-dy, and stands at bay. Here we have, then, a defiant Minister; a House of Commons majority, c 'w•ed by a threat of dissolution, keeping him in place ; and a confessedly almost unanimous people without power legally to coerce their own representatives (mark, re presentatives) ! or compel what they wish for three years to come (if the Mini-ter wills it), when it may be too late to operate upon the question of peace or war, settled, it may be ignominiously, in spite of them, long before ! Is not this a pretty dead-lock for a model con stitution ? But without declamation or hard words, seriously as men of business, and of ordinary prudence, is it wise or expedient to create an indissoluble contract for su long a period ? Would a Joint Stock Company choose its manager, a manufacturer his foreman, or a merchant his clerks and ag.euts for 7 years, without power to di , - miss them meanwhile, for incompetence or dishonesty ?t Yet this the people of England do collectively, —nay, worse, infinitely worse !—(to use the form) they elect a board of directors for seven years, who themselves choose a chairman, and he hes the power (which the people who choose them have not) to put an end to their functions whenever he pleases ! Who cannot see that they have a more immediate interest in pleasing their chairman than their constituents? Far, far better would it be if the Septennial Act is to continue that its ‘Teration shoul,l be as ind•perlent of the will of the Minister as it is of the people. Then should we escape the injury of coerced legisla tion, against the wish and judgment of the instruments who effect it. Then should we be spared the bad laws •f the early sessions, and the anarchy , of increasing con tumacy and rebel'ion as the Parliament verges towards its inevitable termination. In every way, as I conceive, so long a term is inexpe dient. Who can provide by anticipation for :i period of seven years? At tho opening of the pr.lsent Parliament the great issue was the continuance of free tride. Well, a month settled that ;—the people had given their instructions, and the act was duly accomplished. What then ? A. month's mission and a six years carte blanche? Could nothing of importance arise demanding in turn similar authority'? Why the great() 4 event of the half century has burst upon us like a tornoda, and no man dreamt of instructing his representative how to act in such an emergency ! . A great European war and Asiatic war, is that of no moment? Death, famine, revolution, the overthrow of empires is in the blast of its app3lling trumpet.. Honour or disgrace, safety or destruction, hope or despair, for a third of the human race is in its conduct and conclusion ; and Britain (with all her dependencies in both hemi spheres) has no power over it but in tht airy threats 01 public meetings, and the mutterings of a tardy retribu tion. Voz et prceterca ?ail. As my object is to sug gest, not to exnaust the subject, I beg to subscribe toy self—Your obedient servant, SL. CARTER. 3, Church•court, Temple, 16th June, 1555. * The Triennial Act was passed in 1691, the Septennial Act iu 1716-7. t Consider the Hon. F. Villiers' case in illustration of this. CITY OF LuNDON THEATRE. The locality of Bishopsgate is in a blazs of excitement at the engagement of the renowned Charles Mathews, At first they appeared incredulous of their own good fortune in having such a genius amongst them. The high character of the management prevented the shrug of doubt. Charlea Mathews, the only man upon the stage that suggests a memory of Ellistoti, and by many degrees the most accomplished comedian of the day, is now engaged for one month at this elegant eastern theatre, and is supported as he was wont to be at the Lyceum by an excellent company and costly appointments, that denote a care and expen diture on the part of the proprietors which should war rant a large share of patronage from the public to repay them for the very liberal manner in which they have catered for their amusement. The best of the Lyceum comedies are here not vamped up for the occasion, but represented in a way worthy of the theatre that stands in the centre of the first city in the world. Mr. Charles Mathews has found crowds of admirers, who nightly applaud him to the echo. Every part in which this distinguished comedian appears is a creation of his own ; and if the dwellers in the city Low miss the opportunity so liberally afforded them, they wi 1 not only have to mourn their own loss of the highest kind of theatrical en i o yment, but they will reflect a die credit on their locality by inducing a supposition that they prefer the lemnbast of extravacance to the refine ment of genuine comedy. Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee have had the good taste to retain the prices as here tofore, thus placing it within the means of all c l asses to witness the admirable personations of the greatest living actor. RARE OCCURRENCE.—A. poor woman residing at 11, Ellen•street, Newtown, Cardiff, was safely delivered on the 22d of May last (before the arrival of the medical man) of four fine children, all girls, who, with the mo ther, are doing well and likely to live. Her husband, Barney Sanders, has worked for Messrs. Hemmingway, contractors for the new Bute Docks, for a considerable time, at fifteen shillings per week, and bears an exeellect character. FATAL ACCIDENT TO MR. GEORGE CURZON.—We regret to state that Mr. George Curzon, heir presump tive to the Barony of Scarsdale, and cousin of the Earl Howe, met with an accident in Hyde-park, on Satur day, which has terminated fatally. The unfortunate gentleman was riding in Hyde-park on Saturday even ing just before 6 o'clock, and when midway between Apsley House and Stanhope-gate, in endeavouring to pass by two carriages, his horse became restive, and threw him on the edge of the footway. Mr. Curzon fell on his head, which it is believed, from the very serious injuries he received, must have come in contact with the kerb-stone. He was immediately conveyed to St. George's Hospital; and Mr. Holmes, the house surgeon, on perceiving the extent of the injuries sustained, called in the aid of Mr. C. Hawkins. On that gentleman see ing the patient he immediately pronounced the case a hopeless one. A telegraphic message was then fot. warded to Derbyshire, apprising Mrs. A. Curzon, mother of o n the a rlyy deceased, este r yesterday of them 'ruing,accident, a nand reachedsh e arr i t v h e e d h i n o aLpiotual d about an hour and a half before the dissolution of-her son, son, and, with the Countess H owe, was present death, which took place a quarter past seven a.m. The Eat) Howe had been by the bedid e of his cousin during the greater part of the night. The deceased George Nathaniel Curzon wa sB26. eldestH of Lord His sonof remainst s h ea re havel,da le ateH b o e n e . n a r u e d . b ß o e r v n . s A th l f r October, ed C urzo brother ,and was moved to hie lodgings in South Audlaratreet. LITER AT UR F. The Ilroder}l Orlando. A Poem. By the Rev. George Croly. Second edition. Henry Col burn. Fancy a Merry -Andrew in a masquerade—grin ning, squeakin g , lolling a preposterous tongue out through an orifice in his mask, leering through two smaller ones a little higher up, with eyes the pre vailing expression of which appears to be an in genious compound of a squint and a goggle—fancy all this, and thgn imagine in the very crisis or climax of the tomfoolery, in the midst of the grinning, leering, squinting, squeaking, and extra vagance—the disguise being dropped off, and the wearer of the motley revealing to the as tonished gaze of the beholders the person of a sedate and learned Reverendissimo. Suppose the incident we have here described, and you have conjured up a scene precisely analogous with the one just performed in Mr.Colburn's establishment. In the revelation, we mean, of the authorship of " The Modern Orlando." That silly and outrageous example of rh3 tried buffoonery proving to have emanated from the hand and brain not of a Bayes or Of a Jack-pudding, but from the hand and brain of the Rev. George Croly, LL.D. Wonder ful it is to remember, moreover, that the learned doctor seems rather proud of his achievement. The expression altogether Pre face,vsiosangleewahsasteesnmutghraonudghsmhiisrking: as he confe s ses to being the Delia of the equivoque, of his as Malaprop-like he "owns the soft impeachment." The author's face still piebald with the chalk and carmine, he, as the reverend curator of the souls of Walbrook, appears to recognise no thing incongruous between his latest doings and his acknowledged profession • • • When " The Modern Orlando" first issued from the press anonymously we repre ance:hiaring i n ever hended it i n these columns as a literary perform y cant o tion of the and re-exami na work the only vi dena-O. of an intolerable, and none the less intoler able becau se a wholly vapid and frivolous, affectation. A convinces , i,, , .us the nore, if possible, of the sound ness of — our o r i g i nal estimate of its absur dities.i .I).e. Croly seems throughout to have mis stanzae mis taken twaddle for vivacity, and italics for wit. His figures of rhetoric are initials and asterisks. His design may be most aptly expressed as " con ccoonrrfeocutnlydedde. " s ' ign H at i e s en da t s i_re a " "poem" con fusion onbe worsem ost gallimaufry. No wonder our clerical jester, as author of the "Mod ern Orlando," finds it i n his heart to lament over the loss of Beau Brummell, as over that of a congenial spirit, exclaiming— " Our pantomime has lost its Pantaloon." He himself, as the clown of another pantomime, pays his tribute in a note to the shade of that Prince of Folly and Paragon of Affectation as a " genius," a man who " does more, and is more, than the mil lion." It is really something wonderful to us how a scholar like the Rev. George Croly, and as we had thought him to be hitherto a man of taste, and one, if not fastidious in his literary predilec tions, at least skilled in the more subtle and refined arts of literature, could possibly, in his sober senses, have vamped up "a thing of shreds and patches," such as this would-be satire, upon the present gene ration. Time proves that lie would not only scrawl these seven cantos of rhythmic "Nonsense from the land of Nod," correcting the proof-sheets of it and giving it with an air of complacent effrontery to the world of readers and reviewers, but that long afterwards he could have the astonishing hardi hood to revise a second edition of the whole, and " write himself down"—never mind what—by de liberately placing his name, as that of the author, upon the title-page. Throne - bout, the work is plentifully sprinkled with dainty little scraps of Parisian phrase—canaille, bailauds, rognons, salle, patisserie, toupets, triste, chansons, et cetera, et cetera—nothing less than the fribbling chit-chat of the most incorrigible of mimetic - petit-ntaitres. While, whatever has any pretension to be re garded as English is so egregiously and per tinaciously italicised as to degenerate into the style peculiar to those who have been happily called the " Forcible - Peebles." Pronouns, con junctions, prepositions, and interjections are sown over the pages broadcast in italics, " I felt," "I was," "I made," '' there stood," " yet keeps," cum ceteris pariblis innumerabiliter. And so, and so—" Carlo mio," as Dr. Croly would. be regarded (judging from his preliminary excerpt from "Lettere Sceite, v. 2)—turns his pen (as he thinks) into a pencil, and his ink (es he fancies) into colours, and his paper (as lie fondly imagines) into a canvass, and, taktiig Nature (hapless Dame !) as his sitter, daubs, as Elia would nave it, such a wonderful viznomy ! With all the colours in the wrong place, and every line askew—a hag instead. of a goddess—a diabolic nightmare in lieu of a bea tific and celes ial day-dream. A monstrous freak such. as that of scribbling a poem k!) like "Tile modern. Orlando" requires at the hand of the critic scarcely a hint even in the way of serious reprehension. It constitutes a crime against good taste that contains lin itself its own punishmeni. If it does not ac tually "damn its author to everlasting fame," it would infallibly with any man otherwise less emi nent brand him with the braud of a long-enduring rrdieulousness. It dismisses our author either (at his option) to the " Limbo of the Inane" or the " Paradise of Fools" amidst explosions of derisive laughter. Leaving him--- 2 the, merest travestie of a Satirist, Vie veriest caricature of Ariosto—with wry face and a blank look of bewilderment—secretly in his heart of hearts (in another sense than the one proposed) a veritable Orlando—Farioso! LLOYD'S SHIPPING-' <THIS DAY.) LONDON, June B.—Wind this day of noon, N.W.; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather. MARGATE, Juno 17.—A French brig got on shore on tho Sand this afternoon, and sunk ; crew picked up by tho Prince of Wules (s.), and taken to London. PoßTsNtount. June 17.—Wind, Arrived— H.M.S. Devastation, and left for Woolwich ; Peninsula (s.s. li2), Constantinople, and left for London ; City or Aberdeen (s. 202), do. ; Victory (s.s. 1.i3), Constantinople. Sailed—Nile, for Madras and Calcutta. FALMOUT 1, June 17.—Wiud, Arrived—Free land, from Bahia ; Allison, Akyab; Maria, Pernambuco: Thomas and William, from Liverpool, for St. Thomas, to stop a leak. PLYMOUTH, June N.N.W. Childers, for the Coast, of Attics. I)ovER, Juue 17.--Wiud, N.W. Sailed—Howard, for Now York. HARTLEPOOL, Juno 111.—Sailed—Stad Schiedam, for Havannah. SUNDERLAND, Juno 16 —Wind, E.S.E. dustrr, for Hong Koog. June 1 W. Arrived—Venerable, from Greonla rad. KINGSTOWN, June 16. —Wind, N.W. Arrived—Was pella, trout St. John's, N.D. DUBLIN, June 16.—iud, N.N. W. Arrived—Cascade, from Part° Rico. . _ _ BELFAST, J uae 10.—Wind, N. Sailed—Mischief, for Barbad oes. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.12 a.m. Wind, W.N.W. ; tide, near low water; weather, cloudy and moderate. Arrived, June 17—St. Laurence, from Callao ; Johanna, Aalbeckniuller ; Emma, Malnio. Arrived, Juuu 18—Ann, from Shanghai; Scotia, from Engelholtn. DEAL, Monday, 9.44 a.m. Wind, W.N.W. ; light and fine. Passed, 17th—Lady E;linton (s.s., 165 transport), for the Crimea; Slatur Bebow, for Palermo ; Chanticleer, for Newfoundland—all from London; Peninsular (172 tram. sport), from the Crimea; H. Tanner, from Callao; Pro. peller, from Balaklava ; Chance (barque), from Glasgow; H. Waren, from Matanzas—all for London ; Caribbean (made No. 710 third pendant), from Sunderland, for Bombay. Sailed—Fifeshire, Rockliffe, and Gillivare, for river. TIIE CALEDONIAN BALL. —On Friday evening, the 8 fancy quadrille annul grand bat costume, in aid of the funds of the Royal Caledonian Asylum and Royal Scottish Hospital, took pace, with great eclat, at Willis's Rooms, Ki ng . street, S. James's. The dresses were of more than usual magnificence, comprising every imaginable variety of d ' ° B s s u u c n c l a e ' u te c hr b ee , of tr..:.tional costume. Tile dresses of the ladies and gen. tlenuen forming Lady Agnes Duff' (England and France), in particular, were of a very ele. many more of the no. gant description. Among the general company were Prince A‘tVheoizitrclethDeuDkuec the Duchess of Wellington, the Duchess of Richmond, of IN T l j u a ck l i v ng lN ll- D ain N , o a N ti v d ? The Knit- :Ze't ng of the m, D , H u A k T e .s bility. t u Tuesday last gives the following list of - vale at Berlin, and all at different - fashionable arri. hotels :—Prince Ga litzin, at the British Hotel ; his Hi ghness Prince Tscher. e nitscheff, Presid en t o f the Imperial Council of State, Aide-de-camp of the Emperor, and General of Russian, Petersburg Cavalry, at th e H otel de ; Butterlin, Lieut.. General in th e R uss i an service, at the HotelduN9r_ on d; Colonel V on B ukowiczk 1, at th e Victoria Hotel; Von Heckert, Chancello r of the Prussian Embassy at St. Petersburg (with despatches) at Schlosser's Hotel; and Baroness Vod Stieglitz, wife of a Russian councillor of state, at the Hotel de Russia ; all direct from St. Petersburg. COLT'S NEW CARTRIDGE.--Colonel Colt, whose re. volving pistol now forms a part of the necessary outfit of every -officer of the army and navy, has recently in. vont&l a new cartridge, which, with the lever ramrod, ig calculated to render this weapon as perfect as any inven. tion can well be. The cartridge is said to be waterproof. to go off clean, and to be so adapted as to admit of rapid loading. Amongst the many important testimonials re cently added to the value of this revolver is one from Colonel J. A. Claimer, R.A., who, after submitting it to a te-t of 400 rounds, at ranges varying from 50 to 100 yards, speaks of it an a " good, effective, substantial, and serviceable arm." Lieutenant-Colonel A. Gordon and Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, R.N., in their evi dence before the select committee on small ar me, she s peak in the highest praise of the efficiency of thewatpolle -7•Urtited Service Gazette. ...... been ipleSt f the ion t° N 0 The ng i'' )13. . a nol' an ted At * Li ttirl ~) to ;AY t. oder to o tYl cla, , ,rlO9 oli Pes Y: j ur ego- )0 5Ger e , PP 4 io. t., acl i 113- 25 St. 20 St. 2F. , ~t. :6 St. 10 Sit. '5 10 5 20 18 5 '4O 1 2 all 100 all all 14 I6i 10 31i 41 all 20 20 6 20 100 100 100 20 20 50 50 lon 100 20 50 20 25 10 22 all 3.1.1 2i i 96 14j 6 i i 35 4i 18A 31i 20i ) 1 5 75 4i