The Sun. — London, England, 1855-06-21 00:00:00

liit-ONErY7ciARkET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CL6e:T. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday closed heavily, and prices declined id. per lb. compared with Friday's rates. The sales were esti toated at from 4,000 to 5,000 bales, comprising 200 I l exuam and Maranham at 61d. to 71d., 100 Bahia at 70. to 70. ' 200 Egyptian at 60. to 7/d., and Surats at 41d. to 51d. per lb. The Railway "Share Market was firm, with more business doing. The criminal charge against Messrs. Strahan, Paul, and Bates is one which, if established, will Ko far to destroy all confidence, unless it be found that the law can punish such a case. It is a very common practice with parties keeping a banker allow the latter to collect for them the Interest that accrues upon the various securities, and in the instance of foreign bonds to cut off the coupons. Such appears to have been done I '7 Dr. Griffiths, and we believe there are plenty of othe r persons in a similar position. Some different forms of misappropriation are, however, under stood to have been likewise practised. Instruc tions have been given by clients to purchase India Bonds, and it is said that these were pro fessedly carried out, but that since th e bankru p tcy took place it is discovered that no purchases were liaade. It will depend entirely upon whether any broker's note was furnished whether this can be deem e d an offence. The strongest desire is ex- , Pressed in City circles that, if frauds have been committed, strict justice should follow. The New French Loan is spoken of now in a 1 Vlore definite shape, and the statement t hat it is E to be raised differently to the last is calculated to 5 excite some attention, if not surprise. It is pos- 2 Bible that greater difficulty would be experienced s . 1 ,0 borrowing from the people at lar g e than u p on the S 'Mt occasion, as there must be a limit to the accumu tions and the savings of every class,and they cannot €l _, 4 . 1 a few months be supposed to ha v e amassed suffi- st dent to make up an aggregate subscription of 20 It or 30 millions sterling. Prosperous times would t his, allow the smaller class of annuitant s to do 12 PA, and we must remember that the war has rather ' i t I mpaired than strengthened the ordi nar y resources. 161 . :Yith the capitalists and bankers, however, it is St. 1 ar otherwise. The curtailment of t rade has thrown 3 l arge amounts out of employment, and these have 29, accumulated in the " till," and would be willingly st: Plight out for investment in Government secu ''ties, nor is it improbable that our bankers would 20 10 I The bills for limiting liability and for partner- I.? s hip are expected to be brought on a g ain in Par- 'ioi 'latuent to-morrow evening, and as regards the 40 pleasure regulating public companies, it is proba- 25 amount that a motion will be submitted for leaving the 25 lituount both of the capital and the deposit, at the st. 'User 25 discretion of the projectors. We think V. shares . 82s fullp paid up, end 20,0001. as the total, would give st. s atisfaction. t. There has been rather a flat market for English 50 'toeks, but the actual difference in price is but D ot er cent. Consols have been 91i The absence IV effect from the Crimea has undoubtedly some p o t ueet upon values, but the French loan also ope -20 2 4 , t ek The calling together of the Senate for ale a , s `t July is supposed to be in connection with this 14!. 'eaure. Exchequer Bills at 2id. are 18s. to 215., ;Id at 2d., 14 s . to 17s. premium. The Exchequer if, Boma have been 100:4 to 101. The O wn ium is I( • 4. 4 prem. The 30 Years' Annuity is at 16i to 15-16ths. Poreign Bonds are steady g enerally. Turkish ,1 e better again, being 8 2 1 to 82 k . Dutch 4 per 2 l'ents. are 95 to 951. Spanish De ferred Stock is at E 8 1. Sardinian Bonds have been 86f ex dividend. E Russian 5 per Cents. have, been q uoted 991. Pe- I Irian. 4/ per Cents. are 69 1 , and Mexican 21;1. ruffian 41 per Cents. have been dealt in at 931 I ' o 9 41 ex div. The following are the nominal prices of foreign c an, Deferred Bonds, 61 to 7 ; 211 to t o 21i ; Peruvian, 68 to 70; ditto Three CrP Cents., 48 to 50 ; Portugue se Four p er Cents., 41 to 46 ; Russian Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ; Spanish New Deferred, 1S- to 1 ; Ditto 3 per .psuents., 38i to 391 ; Ditto Certificates, 4 to 4i ; Ditto Passive, 4 to 41. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up 60 this day, are in round figures as follow :- 1855. 1854. £26,389 £26,950 , 54,185 53,798 16,880 15,362 13,201 14,852 24,750 25,C15 18,953 17,128 11,636 11,573 19,251 17,48" North-Western Western south Western Brighton . Midland %uth-Eutern edonian 14.-RAt A Northern Lco.shire and Yorkshire 20,904 19,874 -Eastern 10 :e Railway Share Marke t has been firm, but 4 il l ive. The transac tions have been principally 411 j Caledonian, Great N orthern, South-Western, ,g North-Eastern„ Great Western of C anadaaro tt rill flat. The French lines are scarcely so good. I tt a n n ltir and Liege are higher, and Sambre and The have slightly declined. a o i ri e Foreign Mines are merely nominal ; the ! Stock Banks rather in favour of buyers, with fair amount of business d oin g ; the South Aus trail h. an Land ±to 1 higher ; a nd the Crystal Palace ..avy. ITisa FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES _ • - - -• - - - - (Prong the Official Litt.) ntlqlll PIC done la ft t 4 Stock ' 210 114 ;11:er Cent. Reduced Annuitias 92s 4 a 2 L o w 3 Per Cent. Annuities .... .:.. , 2 . ,: 924 il4 ' l g Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1 . 86 . 0 ::,: 3- 4 Ditto, 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 3 1 S-16 , bitte 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1885 164 15-16 andia Bonds £lOOO 3O Coa l o, under £lOOO .............. .. .. .. .. 27_ , ~ rtTolts ;or Account, 10th July 9ll t! § tildia Stock onl b u i l t u tz . for the Account .....................•• 2,3_5 .......... 4i &tcheq: i.rYiliS ................ ?id 2(1. ZlOO l O l ' 18 21 14 17 £5OO lB 21 14 17 Small 4 .tehequer — i3oZ ..... "ii . per . 1004 14 Ditto 1859, ~ PRICE OF FOREIGN F UNDS THIS DAY. •uresilian Bonds 5 ne Cent. ,Ditto New, 1852, - 4 1 )., ' per Cent rzlean 3 per Cent. -. ..... . `ertrvian Bonds, 44 per Cent. ..... Ditto for the Account Russian 3 p er C en t. ris.-•men. Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St 994 runnan Bonds, 5 per Cent. S panish Bowls, 3 per Cent 384 Turkish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 4 Arkish Bonds, 6 par cent — 82} 4 14 2 itto for the Account .. . . Ditto Small Divldends on the above pavable in Lonc D utch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto for the Account—.. : -- 91 i .3 x a LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY•) LONDON , June 21.—Wind this day at noon , N.., moderate b reeze, and fine, clear weather. P LT mouTH, June' 20 —Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Le , kon, from Marathonisi. Sailed—lndustrie, for Senegal. Poi:No[01:1TH, June 20.—Wind, N.B. Arrived—An- Ideas, from London, for Calcutta; Perseverance, Sheerness. Sailed—Julendur, far Trincomalee; Wilson Xennedy, Quebec. SOUTHAMPTON, June 20. Wind, N.E. Sailed—Her mann (s.), for New York. FALMOUTH, June 20.—Sailed —Faithful, for Quebec. Rooker p or t—J o hn Tucker, f ro m Havannah , for Havre ; '"eokery, Monte Video ; a n American ship (supposed Ash burton), Trinidad de Cuba; J essie, Honduras, and sailed for Portsmouth. SHIELDS, June 20.—Wind, S. Sailed — Tho s. Hod g son, f or Quebec. LEITH, June 20.—Arrived—Alert, from Charleston. Rotterdam, June 10.—The Supply, from Newcastle to "Intterdam, was kit on the Hinden on the 18th inst. ; Crew saved. IttuBTJRG June 18.—The Crown, from Newcastle, has been towed in here dismasted. CHRISTIANSAND, June 16. — The Hull Packet, from 4 -, s alborg to London, has put into Arendahl , and must v 4 rtlY discharge, cargo being damaged. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind, N.W. Off port—Ontario, from New York. Sailed —Sarah, for Beyrout ; Jantina, Konigsberg ; C alcutta Wilder Farley, Boston ; Cumberland and Milicete, ; Western Bride, Melbourne. QUEENSTOWN, June 19. Wind, N.W. , i&jrived—Sabrina, from Havannah ; Fidanzata, Mar- ; ~ -eu les ; Lund, Lisbon. Sailed—Sarah Sands, for the Crimea. DuBLIN, June 20. I 11 Wind, N.W. lirrived—George Andrews, fro WATERFORD, June 19. Wind, T.W. Arrived—Challenger, from Baltimore. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) 1 i GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.10 a.m. I 'Wi nd N. ; tide, half ebb ; fine. A • , Arrived, June 20—Fortuna, from Elsinore. NveAtrived,, June 21—Arrana'h and Lebanon, from Ant- Eli ii 11 ); kerseverance, Rotterdam ; Betsy, Thetis, Holstein, , Dg en e :Johanna, Harmonie, Theree, and Luna—all from itrazi o Se.l 1 - 0 d—Janet Croll, for Balaklava. DUI', Thursday, 9.39 a.m. lA, N.N.E. fresh. AnchoredlNTW off South Foreland. —A m erican Congress, from i r tnk, for LMarondon. 4tichored—ia Elizabeth, from Bombay, for London M. rfenry Hangelt, of Norwich, notary public, has en . o f x r PPotuted Deputy Registrar of the Arphdeaconry - , SLIABE MARKETS (T II I S t.A Y.) p„,L L ILWI..YS. RAILWATg. Closing Prices this day. Business done this day. ~n~a.~ X) A herdeen ..... Smbg. 'Cottng. and Eastn. Junet... all Relfast. Ballyniew , all Birming, Woh _ 7 _ Stour Valley Birkeuhd. Lanesl.. &, C, l heshire Junet all Do. Chesh. £ Birk. £5O and £25 Con, Do., £20.... ....... all Myth SzTynl origins. £25 (issd. at £4! 100 Bristol and Exeter ;00 Caledonian 61s. Carmarthen and Car digan al , Cheater & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & 16 Cornwall -if Junction 45 DudlindtßelfastJune all Dundee Perth dab- r Teen Junction all Do. N ..... 100 East Ar glian all ' , lantern Counties..... LOO Eastern Union, A Stock .. ...... 10C Df!)., B. Stor,;l . 8 Do., New A. 100 East Lancashire 100 'Edinburgh& Maar, all Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edith Pr & DnrAce 1 Forth & Clyde Jm all Furness all Do. Extension 100 Gla.sgow& S. Western 100 Groat Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 1 00 Do., B. Stock . 1)0 611 - ..5111. &West.(lre , ) 100 (=treat Western 1.0( 1) ,, . Stour Val Rai; Gua. Stk all Irish South-Easton, I all f,aneaster & Carlisle 14 Do., Thirds 7 Do. New Thirds 100 Laneash.anciltorks): Do., Wst. Riding Um all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all Loudon & Blaekwal 1100 Lond. Bright &S.Cst. 100 Loud. and N. Westu, 16 1)o. Fifths Do.lo/.5h.,11&13,..0 2, Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Westii Do., £sii Do., £4O all Lnduclrry& Coleraine all Lndnclrry. & Enif.sk. 100 ganch.Shef. e Linclu all Do. Shares, No. 1 , ;2s. Do., Man. & Lin. Un. 1.00 ffidland 100 1)o. Birmng. &Derby all Midi& G. West. (Ire, ) all Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle, 23.3 Nwpt.Aberg,. $ Newry & EnniskilleD all Newry Warrenpoini and Rostrevor I.io Norfolk Northn.Connties Un. 100 North British all North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred all Do., B Guaranteed 1.00 N. Eastern—Berwict 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Dodo. G.N.E. Pure all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York l North London.. Do. New £lO 3: 1F N.S.LS.Wstrn.,llamp stead, and City Jn.. 17 North Staffordshire.. all . North Western....... all N. &S. Westrn. June. Nuneaton, Hinekley. and Leicester........ :00 Oxford, Worcester, ig Wolverhampton 8 Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central SeottishMidland WO Shropshire Union a i South Devon I /0 South Eastern all South Wales Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 5 Do 1.1 qtaines,Wok &Wok s:1 Stockton k Dar 1S i St(,lkton & Hrztlepi I'lo Taff Vale 9 Do. £lO shares. 100 Do. Prof., No. 1 21i Thames Haven Dock and Ulverstone & Lancs. all Vale Neath.... all Waterfd. & Kilkenny' all Waterford&Limeriti all West Cornwall 5 West End of London , and Crystal Palace_ all West London 1.718. Wimbledn & Croydon all Antwerrltßott , rdam 4 Belgian Eastn. June, 10 Beziers to Graissessae 1.04. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip all Demerara 10 Dutcb Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all East Indian, g. sp. c 10 Do. Extension..., all Do. 4h p. c. Bds., pay. '57, convertible all Po. do. do., '59, do 17 Gd. Tk of Canad aA is fl 11 Do . St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. 70 Do. Cert. of Debon , con. into Stk. till'B3 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 (It. Central of Fran , : all Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent.... 1 Do. New 5 per cent. 2 Do. Extensions...—. all Do. d 0... ............. 13 Groat Luxembourg Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations.... all Gt.WesternofCanad Shares ........... all Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55.. a'l Do. do., '62, p. 56... all Do. do., 76, p. all Do. do., '73, without FOREIGN. option all Hamilton & Toronto ' all Do. 6 per cent 14 Lake Const. & Basle all Lucca di Pistoj a 5 p.c. prof 10 Lyons and Genova 14 Lyons di Moditerran 16. Madras 10 Do. New 3144 Maria Antonia _ o _ dl Do. do. New a ll Namur di Liege (with interest). ...... all Do. (ex interest) ..... all Northern of France. all D0.20/.Shs.lateChar leroi and Erquelines guar. 3$ p. c. & red. at 2221. dur. r.B yrs. from 1 Jan. 1554 all Do. M. 3 p. c Bde (fmy.B.&Ams.Slis. all NorwegianTrunkPre, 16 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans .11 Paris and Rouen._ parisCaen &Cherbrg all Rouen and Havre all Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse... all Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. 2s. Scinde 11 Southern of France 6 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 54 per c. Pref Western of France Wee`.. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand r o all t 0 I all 0 all ;5 JOINT-S' Aastraiasil. ............ British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American r td. Bank of Asia Oha Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China Cityciaoolr Commercial Englishnmi • Colonial r i e : i a 0: Scottish: f : : . : 0 : an i.. Australian Chart.... Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia ............. Ditto New ............. London and County London Joint Stock bond. & Weetminster National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank. of Corporation. ':"rovincial of Irolan , )o. Now Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp C 0.... - ioutli Australia Union of Australia.,. Do. New Union of London 24 - - 4i 81 -- 8i 13k -12 i 15i - g 4 -.. 90 - 92 634 - 63 14 - 15 9 - 11 ::: - :..a 15 - 10 12i -12 i 32 - 36 23 - 25 77} - 78 58 - 60 8 - 10 19 - 20 .• . -.." . 70 - 72 92 - 33, 75 - 77 t 26 8 100 102 671 68 75 - 80 8 - 10 8 10 Bli - 82 8 102 - • 103 1021 1031 - - P 84 85 8 7 ( 4 1 I 7 6 d 1 27 - )71 8i 74t -74 i 44 - 46 9 - 7 li - 2 a = gi 31 . ... 32 741 75 6i - 614 14 51 n 49 51 1 d -• par 4 4id 61 7 1 d sr 28 - 30 .03 105 67 69 46 -- 13i ) , 4 62 63 29 30 3 1 2cl par 39 - 41 ... '-'" 20 21 3 - 4i 22 - 24 7 - 8 - 94 - 11 - 2 - 2Jp - 354 - 10 - 254 - 3BP, 4d 20 - 96 - 4t 6p $1) in 54 4i 3i 21 - 22 100 - 102 106 - 109 110 115 104 106 22i 22 110 - 114 - 5i - 5i i - 2i 5 2 - sa 35 = 13 - 13 281 -294 p - -•• 46 - 48 45 - 47 . - PIP 24 - 25 121 - 22 - 10 - 101 2i -- 2iP ... - Pm - 4 - - 6,1 - 9ipi ••• '''. ~. "-.- 18 isi BANKS. 84 A - 8511 65A —6qxd d par 5 . - 6 p ut - 181 20 - 21 id -1p 35 - 36 3s -- 3 , 9 0 52 42 - 44 74 3 / 4 - 75, 8 - 9 ••• 25 St. 20 St, 10 20 10 10 10 St. 10 5 20 18 20 20 20 100 r 5 5 20 20 . • 16 20 20 20 a 20 lt) 20 20 20 0 1 20 '0 1 all !CS I 5 $0 20 0 22 0 all ;5 all 0 2 5 .0 all 5 1 5 all :5 all 2! so 19 63/ a / 68 h S 82k li 103 i 3 2i 841 4 27i a7i I si SI 74} 51 21 i i 65 94 31 51 g THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY LINES LXASED P (XED At r_lll,- .1 ''aid RAILIVATS. Lending COMpall, Closing i'reek , this day. Rawness this day. Bedford and Blet3hley Buckgha.msh. Clydesdale .Te. Col. Stour Vy. Sad, and Hal. E. Lin. g. 6 pc Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Glstr.dt Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk.. Railway Hull & Selby Do. 4 Shares. Do. Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do.Pmference Lon. , Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bstn and Matlock Middlosbro' & Redcar Midld..Bro.dfd Newmarket Bury Exton N.& Est.s p.c Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p Prest.&WYre Do. Shrs. A Roystn. Ar. Hit. Slief.Roth and Gooleg.s p.c. Shrews. &Her S. Staflordsh, Wear Vali eygr 6 per cent Do IlWiltskr,onarst London k N. W-. 1. L. &N. WW. E. Un. E. C rthn. ,Caldonian. Do Gt. \Tem Yk. Now. Ay Berw. Y. &N Do. Do S. Easter/ Do Pcto & Co ,Norfolk.. 1D0....... L.&N.W. & Midld. Stektou& Darline. Midland.. En. Coun. E. Count, 'Do Do L. &N.W Ln&Yk Do Gt North !. Lancasi) Vorksh. T. Brassey Atockt. Darlingt )o PREFE REN, Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. illyth and Tyne !Opa l c. prof. (isscl. at 50/; Eris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & 11017lica( 1 P uar . ai per cent_ 1)o. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork &Bandonslp.c,' Dun.Prth .& Aber. J. E. Anglian Clts.. A Sh. Do. do. Cis. B 6 p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eastern Countie , Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. Do. No. . ......... Do. New 6 p. e. St 'East tin., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sb. Do. do. 4 per cent... ga.st Lancash. B p. ets E.&W. York. J. sths M.Prth.&Dun.4p.e. Furne.s Glas. & S.W. 0 . 5 p.c. Great Northu. 5 p. c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem , at 10 p. C. prom. Do. 4i 13. c. Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red. at 5 p. c. Gt. N. of Scot. Ist Pre' ( - 4t. S. &W. (IrelanW Do. 4 per c. Pr2f. Gt. Westo. (Berke ;1: Hants Ex. 5 p. Do. con. red. 4 p.c. Do. con. red.. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Cnester 8 p. c.P.S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Sh Do. do. ........... Do. do. do ........... • Lan. & York. F. af' Do. 6 p. c. St:,ck Lon. &Brigh. G. 5 p.c. Do. Pref., 5 13. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent.. Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. et . Lon.& S. W. Con. 3d , Londy. & Coler. Sh. Londy. & Ennis. . Man., Shef., & sew, £lO Do. £6 Marypt .& Carl. 4 p c Do. 4i per cent Do Mid. Consol.6 p.c St Do. Consol, Bristol Tlirm. 6 per cent, Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St Do. Pref. 4 per cen Do. 5/. Pcf. 4 p. c.. Ditto Leic-ster an e llitelien Pref. St.,. 11sTorfolk Debenture . 'Do.Prof. 4 p. c. Stoc. Do. 5 p. o. Ext Do. 54 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 010.1 De. do. Quarters Do . York FI,& For. North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, Wol verb. X 15,6 p . c Do It. Prof. 101. Sh. Scot. Cent. ,New Pro South Devon Do. fixed,4 3 / 4 per cent S. Eastern (Readi4 Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent S. Wales Gus.. 4 p. c Do. do. 4. p. c.... S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock. & Dar., 5 p, c. Do. do. do. Stock. & Hartl. g. p, c. till July 1, '56 , Waterfd. & Kilk. 6 p c, pm pm 13a 119 13 105; 4i 5f 1003 741 51 Al INES. 1 all Agua Fria ....... ... 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold 10s. all Anglo Californian * —2O 6 Australian ............... 1$ 11 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 all Ave Maria — 1 all Baden (G I.Da ch y of) 50 all Bi03118.1”7011 Iron and Coal 20 14 British Iron 5 6 35 26 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm.) 1 30 all Do. Cocaes & -3/ 20 15 Do. St. John Delße - 27 29xd 1 4 Carson's Creek I 1 a Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica $P 40 all Cobra Copper 5B 60 60 5 1 Colonial Gold I St. all Copper MM. of Eng 25 all Do. Prof. 71 p. cent. IC Copiapo 2Ol 211 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg Cr, 1$ 2 1 Fortuna $P 20 all General l5 —l7 1 all Gt.NugtetVeinßeg. 4.1 all Great Polgooth 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 7 7 3/ D B 2 21 5 1 Lusitanian P 1 all Mariquita i 1 all New Granada — 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co 1 all Nouveau Monde • 20 all Pontgiband Silver Lead MM. & Smelt. 16 17 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock a 50 all Rhyraney Iron l5 -21 15 all Do. New 5 6 33 12 $ Santiago de Cuba , 54 61 1 all South Australian 4 - 10 71 Tin Croft.. 2£o all United Mexican 3l 41 4 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa — i 12s. Wortlaing Mining of Australia 1 all Yuba ". MISOELLANEOUS. 25 171 Australian Agricult. 30 32 301 10 all Aus'..ralu. i'ioyal Mail 10 7 Berlin Water Works 21 2'd 50 40 Brit. American Land 57 60 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. 100 :121. Canada 119 121 St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. ct Jan. and July 113) 1144 1134 14 5 all Crystal Palace 2t 4 5 4 Do. Preference 4 -- 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 1 $ Duston Iron Ore 20 81 Eastern Steam • •• 25 23 Electric Telegraph l7 18 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 251 20 all General Scr ew Steam 15 1 1 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 10 9 Mexican&S.Araericn. 64 61 10 21 Do. New 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Netherlands Land 1 24 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter Steam Navigat. Co — 1 all N. B. Australasian — 1 20 15 - Nrth.of EuropeStaam 1 all Oriental Gas l4 - 14 • all Peel Rr. La. & 24 2i 2 60 all Peuinsnlar& Oriental ... 62 i 2 fiC , 10 Do. New 2 all Portland iron Co l/ -- 2 100 60 [loyal 'Mail Steam 73 75 1731 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 14 2 1 4 Ditto New 25 all South Auxtral•Land 381 594 394 49 84 1 all Submar. Tel. Scrip I 1 1 all Do. Recisterod 1 5 Trust& L.Co.U.Can. •••• • 1 01 4V Van LaiNAlnea Laud 13 13! 1t.1160 3t. 100 I 5 24 ;t. 1100 ft. I 1.03 ;t. ILOD all nal 5 all L2l all h)all [0 all Bt. 100 fit.iliiO 51 all It. COI 31 51 ;c' all 5 all all it: MO 15 10 all 2 50 all 5 all It. 100 St. 1100 st. !100 St. 100 ?AC) 5 it. 100 l 5 all all .4 all 9 all all LO 2 ;t. 100 It. 100 of all all I all 'A I all 5 all [0 all 1. 100 5 all t. 100 :0 all >t. 1u M. 100 ft. 100 t. 100 .2 5i 0 all t. 100 !() 9 i 0 6 it. 100 ft. 100 it. 100 8 all 10 all I 0 all it. 100 all L3 3 / 4 all D . all 1.6 6 3t. 100 kt. 100 It. 100 t. 1( ;t. 100 ;t. .21 all 26 all .0 all 6 43 .V all 2) all .2; 103 it. WO it. W 0 t. \lOO .6* IP 5 all it. 1.00 10 7 344 all 25 all 10 11 .0.6 all It. 'lOO ?,0 all ?0 all itltW( 97 - 1-; 9 6 I 95 eo 1 - loi 3 - 4 6 - 61 13,1 - 14 69 - 63 118 - 120 110 - 112 104 • - 106 - 9 - •• • ...... ••••• ••• - .•• 21 - 24 ••• • 0 - ii -100 100 - 102 134 3.6 29 [O7 :169 12i - 13 23 - 24 111 -12 i 2} - 2j S 4 - 96 58 - 60 1.33 - 135 8 - 9 2} -- 21 32 - 33 93 -; 95 !E SHARES. 6-61 99 101 90 !-+2 92 94 10 11 17 —17 i 10$ 10$ 74 —76 19i 201 9 -10 i 14i d 15 $ 1 ,137 139 131 - 14 3 - iP - 141 98 - 100 4i - 41 101 - 103 94 - 96 3i - 4 i = la 106 - 108 ... In - 14, id -- par 23 - 23 99 - 101 is ::: is' ... _. ... 2 -- 3p ... - ... 2i - 20 22 1i i i 101 i 101 i } 2U i f p 18} 20i i !NTAININt.4, JITN'E gi, INS 1M PE Iti AL PAR lAA ENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. The Wadhurst and West Farleigh Roads Bill, and the West Bromwich Improvement Bill were read a third time and passed. The Keighley and Kendal Road Bill was considered, and ordered to be read a third time. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented—by Mr. Hadfield, from a Mining Company in Derbyshire, complaining of a bill now before the house for levying fines on mines ; by Mr. Deasey, several petitions from various places in Ireland in favour of Tenant Right. METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill, re suming at clause 124, in continuation from the adjourned discussion on 12th inst. ; this clause, as amended, was ordered to stand part of the bill. Cause 125 was postponed till Tuesday. Clause 126, after some consideration, was agreed to. On clause 127, Sir B. HALL moved the insertion of a provision re lative to the powers of levying lighting, sewerage, and general purposes rates, and the means by which these rates were to be administered. Mr. HENLEY objected that the poorer classes would suffer Irons the levying of these distinct rates as pro posed, irasmuch as these distinct processes of levying and legal proceedings in default of payment would have to be put in force, and would bear very heavily upon them. Mr. WILLIAMS defended the addition to the clause. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY concurred in the remark that the operation of these rates would be productive of much grievance to the working classes. Sir B. HALL thought the clause, as it originally stood, would have met the views - f the honourable gentleman opposite (Mr. Henley), but he had felt bound to alter it in accordance with the previously expressed wish of the house. At the same time he thought the powers given to the district board were such as could enable it to keep clear of the conse quences anticipated by the hon. gentleman. Mr. HEN LEY wished to avoid levying four rates, involving four sets of expenses. What was done in St. George's, Hanover-square, he should like to see car ried out in this instance. After a few words from Mr. CHAMMIRS, suggesting that long amendments, such as that proposed by the right hon. baronet, should be given notice of, Sir B. HALL, in reply, said it was quite impossible to adopt this course, as amendments frequently were only suggested as the bill proceeded. He also took occasion tn observe that the course be Mended to pursue was, if possible, to get through the bill as it at prevent stood to-day, and after reporting the bill to obtain leave to go into committee upon the other clauses of which he had given notice, and which he had pro mised hon. members should have time to consider. Sir W. CLAY said the Committee did not seem to be aware of the bearing of the clause as it now stood. Now, there could be little doubt but that its operation would be very injurious to the elective franchise in the . metropolis. As be understoad the matter, these rates would be all comprehended in one, and collected with the poor rate. As the law at present stood, all 101. householders who had paid their poor sates before the middle of January were entitled to a vote ; but if these rates were associated with the poor rate, there could be no question that many ratepayers would be unable to pay, and consequently would be struck off the list. He should therefore suggest that the poor rate should be separated from the others. After a few words from Mr. Henley, Sir J. Shelley, Mr. Williams, and Captain Perry, Sir B. HALL said a few words in reply and The clause as amended was afterwards agreed to. Clauses 128, and 129 were also ordered to stand part of the bill. [LEFT SITTING.] LA TV INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The house sat to-day for the purpose of hearing Eng• lish appeals. The lords present were—the Lord Chan cellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, Lord St, Leonards, the Earl of Scarborough, and the Marquis o Drogheda. - this investigation, he had no wish to evade the respon sibility be had incurred. Mr. Hail then adjourned the further hearing of the case until to-morrow. ROBBERY AT DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—One of the "cleanerA," an old woman, about fifty of years of age, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing several articles of wearing apparel belonging to the ladies of the corps de ballet. Some of the property was discovered on the person of the prisoner by Mr:. Louisa Miller, better known as Madame Louise ; and the other part, with a number .of pawnbrokers' tickets, was found at the pri soner's lodgings. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. THE .PRUSSIAN OR COBURO CRITICISM ON THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sist,—lt appears by the newspapers of this morning (Wednesday) that at a semi-public, semi-private dinner held at the Trinity House, upon Saturday last, his Royal Highness has been pleased to promulgate his views on the working of the British. Constitution ; and as no doubt such views will be eagerly published by every despot in Europe, including all the Prussian, and Coburg, and Austrian, and Orleans haters of freedom, it becomes the press of this country to speak fearlessly on this royal production. Had his Royal Highness confined his observations to matters of opinion, in all probability I should not have ad dressed you, but have considered the expression of such opinion as merely a silly overt act, useful in that chain of evidence which is daily becoming more strong— that his sympathies are far more in accordance with the principles of Austrian and Prussian despotism than with those of the British constitution. Nor should this be a matter of surprise to any who re flect on the difficulty experienced by the strongest minds of not merely discarding, .but of acting contrary to the principles imbibed in early life, strengthened by education, and cherished by relations, friends, and connections, although such difficUlty renders it imperative on Parlia ment and on the press to watch with most jealous feeling every attack upon that constitution which is loved by Englishmen and hated by despots. Bet as his Royal Highness, instead of confining his ob servations to the expression of opinion, has been pleased to wander into the region of fiction, and to assert as facts matters which are directly opposite to facts, both in letter and in spirit, but which, if they were true, would go far to establish the correctness of the opinion his Royal High ness has formed of the British constitution, I will, with your permission, first point out those matters which his Royal Highness has mis-stated, and then show the fallacy of the opinions on the British constitution his Royal High ness has been pleased to express. Ist Assertion—His Royal Highness is pleased to say "that the Queen's Government can take no measure for the prosecution of the war which it has not before hand to explain to Parliament. Answer—l aver, without the slightest fear of contradic tion, that such statement is, both in letter and in spirit, directly contrary to the fact. 2d. His Royal Highness is also pleased to say " that the Queen's armies and fleets can make no movements, nor even to prepare for any, without their being publicly announced in the papers." Answer—Two subjects, one of not the slightest conse quence, the other of great importance, diplomatic ,Ily mixed together. What possible injury can be done if the papers publicly announce that the Queen's armies or fleets have made a movement? And if GOvernment take their measures so badly that their preparation for such move ments are publicly known, I would submit to his Royal Highness that such crime is not owing to any defect in our Constitution, but to the incapacity of Ministers. 3d. His Royal Highness is pleased to say that no mis take, however trifling, can occur, no want or weakness exist, that is not at once denounced. Answer—And thank God and our Constitution that it is so ; for by being able to denounce such mistakes we take the best means of preventing their recurrence. • 4th Assertion—His Royal Highness is pleased to say " that the Queen's Ambassador can enter into no nego tiations without the Government having t o def end him, by entering into all the arguments which that negotiator, in order to be successful, ought to be able to shut up in the innermost recesses of his heart." Answer—This assertion is also untrue both in letter and in spirit. So far from the Government having to defend any Ambassador for his conduct or opinions on any pend ing negotiation, the Minister has only to acquaint the House that the negotiations are pending, and therefore it would be prejudicial to the public service to debate the matter or to produce any papers. to obtain an unanimous expression of opinion that the subject should drop. sth Assertion—His' Royal Highness is pleased to say "that our Constitutional Government is undergoing a heavy trial, and we shall not successfully pass through it unless the country will grant its confidence—patriotic, in telligent, and self-denying confidence—to her Majesty's Government." This, however, contrary to the others, is the assertion of an opinion and not of a fact, and therefore shall be com mented upon in another letter. I am, Sir, your obed. servant, June 13, 1855. AN EX-M.P. PROPOSED VOTE OF CENSURE ON THE ADMINISTRATION. No small sensation was last night created in the better informed circles, on the fact having transpired that Mr. Roebuck had determined to bring forward a motion which will be tantamount to a direct and decided vote of censure on the Government, in relation to the war with Russia. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman, it is ex pected, will give notice of his motion this evening. We have not heard the precise terms in which it will be couched, but it will, we are informed, be chiefly directed to a condemnation of the conduct of the Aberdeen Ad ministration, in having sent out an expedition to the Crimea without having made the necessary preparations for so important an enterprise. The motion, we under stand, is worded with the greatest skill, and is reported to have been framed by Mr. Disraeli, whom Mr. Roe buck consulted on the subject.. It is said to be drawn out so ingeniously, that it will be difficult for either Con servatives or Liberals to abstain from voting for it. Mr. Disraeli, we are assured, has guaranteed to Mr. Roe buck that his party, as a party, will support the motion. Though it must, for the sake of form—Lord Aberdeen being premier at the time of the sailing of the Crimean expedition—be nominally directed against the Aberdeen Administration, it must necessarily, if carried, prove fatal to the Palmerston Government,--inasmuch as Lord Palmerston, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lans downe, Lord Clarendan, and indeed nearly all the mem bers of the present Cabinet, were members of the Aber deen Adminstration. We are further assured that Mr. Roebuck's motion will, in a great measure, owe its existence to Prince Albert's recent speech at the Trinity House, when his Royal Highness virtually repudiated the right of the people to canvass the conduct of Ministers, and repre sented the nation as having exaggerated the neglect and mismanagement in relation to the war in the East, " with a kind of morbid satisfaction." Those who are co-operating with Mr. Roebuck in the new movement, speak in terms of unqualified condemnation of this at tempt to deter the people from criticising the conduct of the Government, and feel that the best way in which to express their views on the point effeotually, will be to force the House of Commons, by a deliberate and tangi ble act, to condemn the conduct of the Cabinet. The motion, as might be expected, has caused the utmost alarm in Downing-street. All that the Court and Go vernment influence can de, will, as a matter of course, be done to defeat Mr. Roebuck's motion. It remains to be seen with what effect. —Morning Advertiser. HAWSES V. THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. The arguments of Sir F. Kelly, on the part of the appellant, occupied their lordships the wholo morning. PRIVY COUNCIL. The judicial committee of the Privy Council sat to-day for the purpose of hearing Indian appeals. The lords present were the Lord Justice Knight Bruce, the Lord Justice Turner, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Can wall, Sir J. Patteson, and Sir E. Ryan. GIINESII DUST BING V. MOHESHAM SING. The arguments in this part-he Ord appal from the de. cision of the Superior Court of Bengal were resumed and occupied their lordships the whole morning. COURT OF CHANCERY. Neither the Lord Chancellor nor the Lords Justice of Appeal sat at Lincoln's-inn to-day, ROLLS COURT. IN RE LONDON DOCK ACT. The Master of the Rolls gave judgment this morning in this case, the facts of which were of no interest ex cept to the parties concerned, but the point involved was one of the highest interest to the community at large, namely, whether the acknowledgment of a married woman might be taken in evidence before the enrolment of that acknowledgment, under the pro visions of the Fines and Recovery Act. His Honour, after going at some considerable length into the case, and adverting to the argument for the neces sity of taking the acknowledginert before enrolment was of opinion that no such step was necessary, and decided that the acknowledgment before enrolment was totally unnecessary. (Before the Vice-Chancellor Wood.) ROOFER V. HAERYSON.-JUDGBIENT. His Honour gave judgment this morning on this case, directing certain accounts to be taken. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings at Nisi Prius before the Lord Chief Baron and a Special Jury.) The Court sat this morning for the purpose of dis posing of special jury causes ; but the list was soon got through, in consequence of several cases being post poned, and his lordship rose at an early hour. Mr. Baron Martin held a second court in the Corn- MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) f i r 3 o ß rn lTlSrl t, , mon Pleas, in order to hear one special jury case, which bad reference to an action for non-payment of ground- CORN EXCHANGE. rents. The case involved some technical legal points asthe I ( .I,?lr ß n N s of the to the matter in dispute, and presented no features ofin the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales For theaEw Inspectors N e E e A eif i d ender AVERAGE June 21 IrS R S, IOES made OF up per Imperial Quarter. general interest. WHEAT. 1 BARLEY. S OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. 4 PEAS. .-..'"•--!"' c • = 177 s 5d 34s 01 2as 74 , 453 10d ) 46s 61 i 433 6d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT 33351 . I BARLEY Od . 28s OATS 44s Id . RYE 6d . 453 3d BEANS. PEAS. 76541 s 91 QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLI) LAST WEEK. Wheat, 87,314 ; Barley, 8,432 ; Oats, 6.905 ; Rye, 123 ; Beans 3,723; Peas, 251 quarters. BOW ST.REET-(THIS DAY). EXAMINATION OF HE. STRAHAN, THE BANKER. This morning Mr. William, Strahan, of the firm of Strahan, Paul, and Bates, was placed at the bar be fore Mr. Hall, charged upon a warrant, issued by Mr. Jardine, with unlawfully negotiating or otherwise dis posing of certain deeds or other securities entrusted to them for safe keeping, they being bankrupts. Mr. Humphries said he appeared on the part of the prosecution, and this morning he intended merely to offer evidence sufficient to justify a remand until to-morrow the day on which Mr. Bates is to appear at this court—on which occasion both the partners in the bank would be placed side by side at the bar. He should call Dr. Griffith, who would state that he had deposited with the bankrupts certain valuable securities to an enormous amount, which he believed had been unlawfully negotiated. Dr. John Griffith was then called, and having been sworn, said he was a Doctor of Divinity, and resided at Rochester. He had an account at the bank of Messrs. Strahan, Paul, and Co., in the Strand, of which the prisoner was one of the partners. Mr. Humphries—Did you deposit certain valuable securities with the bankrupts ? Dr. Griffith—Not with my own hand, but I wrote to them to purchase certain securities. Mr. Humphries—Did you receive a letter from them stating that the purchase had been effected 1 MEAT M4RKETS. NEWOATB AND LEADENHALL.—The trade was steady, at full prices. Beef, from 3s 44 to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 104 ; lamb, 552 d to 6s 4d ; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d; Pork, 3s 6d to 4$ 6d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, June 20.—We had a firm market for stock, and prices were on the advance. Beef, from 3s 44 to 4810 d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 04; Lamb, 5s 44 to Os Od ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Pork. 3s 64 to 4s 4(1 per 81bs, to sink the offals. RONFORD, June 20.—The trade ruled brisk, at enhanced quotations. Beef, from 3s 6d to 5s 04; Mutton, 35 64 to 5s ; Lamb, 5s 64 to 63 64 ; Veal, 4s 04 to 5s Od ; Pork 3s 44 to 4s 2d per Bibs. Quarter old Store Pigs; 22s to 271 each. Dr:-Griffith —l did. Mr. Humphries—Of what did those securities con- sist Dr. Griffith-1 50 , 000 Dutch florins, which, at the present rate of calculation, were worth between seven and eight thousand pounds sterling ; 10,000 3 per Cent. Danish Bonds, and 5,000 5 per Cent. Danish Bonds. The value of the whole he should estimate at about 20,0001. or 21,0001. Mr. Humphries—Have you reason to believe, if Mr. Strahan is remanded, you can offer further evidence ? Dr. Griffithireplied in the affirmative. Mr. Humphries—This is all the evidence I intend to offer to-day. Mr. Ballantine said he did not appear to offer any opposition to the remand. Ile should appear to-morrow for Mr. Bates, and he was anxious that nothing should be gone into to-day, as he did not know whether he should have to appear for Mr. Strahan as well as for Mr. Bates ou that day. The friends of Mr, Strahan wished it to go forth that there was no disposition on his part to evade this i n quiry. The moment he received information of what was going on he returned to town, and immedi ately waited upon Dr. Griffith. Had he not been ar rested it was his intention to have surrendered himself at this court to-day, as, whatever might be the result of I Wards in like manner, the victim reoeiving ih t l 4* + ) latter a splash of whitewash and a severe reprimand Ilius- . from the Commissioner. Common-place and trivial G. R tl d e. Every Boy's Book. By George Forrest. ',though the story is in itself, its purpose is, theless, humane enough to admit of a 4 -, o f by way of commendation. passing word never- Antrated by Harvey and Weir. will ou e old friend with a new face be atone© recognised in this " Complete Encyclopaedia , Sports and Amusements." Every Boy's Book is in reality nothi ng else than The Boy's Own, took,A Memoir of the Rev. Sydn e y Smith. By his slightly extended, perhaps, and from first tii last Daughter, Lady Holland. Longman, Brown, differently arranged. It is, however, very far Green, and Longmans. from possessing in any respect the merit of prigi- Nothing can be more refreshing in these days of nality. Yet as th e result o f some what elabprate Pharisaism and cant than the perusal of a wor k like labour in the way of compilation, the book is alto - this. It is like leaving the enervating ai r o f the gether in no small degree meritorious. It hdd long i city to breathe the pure mountain breeze, and been anticipated, as we have already observed, by luxuriate among the sturdy beauties of nature. its prototype and predecessor. Its editor poss4ssed, consequently, at starti ng , t h e advantage o f That- , The book is quite a godsend. Under any circum- s t a nces the memoirs of a wit and humourist, must ever had been previously e ff ec t e d b y ear li er works be sadly mismanaged if they do not insure some of a similar character, othe r vo l umes b e sides pages of pleasant reading ; but when the wit and the one above mentioned, vo l umes, f or ex- .\ ample, like that charming one pub . cishecl v i g our and determination, and employed with ex some years ago, and still retaining a considerable ,humour i (of- the .first water) have been allied to share of popularity among the membe rs o f the , traordinary success in trying times in the cause of rising generation, the conversational treati se en- 1 liberty and truth , the readin g ma y be ex p ected to titled "Philosophy in Sport made Science in be • instructive and health-inspiring also, and such Earnest." Nevertheless, forgetting for a time as was no ordinary wit and humourist, and rarely has is the case in the work before us. Sydney Smith much as possible all that had been hitherto ac- there been a more practical and fearless philan complished, we must perforce accord a high 'need „ . . of commendation to the zeal displayed by isi r . 1 I , h and instrue anahiasrme by filialoirs, pthieetiye,fonroet, only y ic a io m u u sl s y e pre r p °P a i r s e t d 3 as they Forrest in the bringing together within a little Meat also brace you for the discharge more than six hundred beautifully illustrated lo • wisdom of the man outlive the of th e d u ti e s - ante. The eheery manliness, vigorous pages, so many lively and welcome particulars cal culated "to afford recreation and instruction to gm, and merry boys in their leisure"—being, in fact, as the book noble d ee d s th e y so materially aided in achieving. —. is called, " A Complete Encyclopaedia of Sports ine adv oca t e o f th e r emoval of religious and civil disabilities has left behind him an arsenal of effec and Amusements." Let any schoolboy procure a five weapons against bigotry and intolerance. copy of this pleasant repository of in-door and real piety and He has done more—he has demonstrated that a out-of-door entertainments, and we warrant him he hatred of cant and Pharisaism is compatible with a will, with a little care, soon become an adept in fun and frolic, and a welcome acuisition to the best that couldanhaaveteiThoughhim,. we file sacred office playground. Armed only with 'a pocketfull ofvbeeen benevolence.selselected t e was none of his seeking, and not the these wonderful little pellets, known even to every shown that he set about persevered in the dis mischievous urchin of the gutter as Marbles, he charge of its duties with and. will soon learn from Mr. Forrest what varieties of his whimsical raT conscientious fidelity. To excitement may he won from " taws" and " allys" 1 mg against Dissenters may be opposed his services in.t.li - al for by the mysteries of three-holes, nine-holes, bounce- ration and his love of pea a cause of religious tole eye, tip-shares, snaps•and-snops-and-bounce-about, peace ; and when his merry wit seems to verge nigliest towards the unbecom the pyramid, and picking-the-plums ! Then under ing, it should not be forgotten h the generic head of Tops what diversities will lie ow native to the man was this effervescence, not find enumerated—whether the toy chosen for it sparkled with wisdom. To those and how the nonce be the hardy, little, spiked, veteran admiration of his high and sterling qualities whose Peg-top I or the big, burly, aldermanic slave public man, whose heart was ever " outbiesr ast a of the lash, the Whip-Top !or the drowsy, with a love of justice and truth," can receiveu s litt n l g old, melodious, roundabout Humming-Top, if any accession ; but who were unacquainted with e painted and glittering in the dance like a his private character, the picture presented of him harlequin ! Or again, under the comprehensive i n hi s soc ial and domestic re l a ti ons w ill be deeply designation of Balls, what different kinds of games gratifying. The life of the domestic ci rc l e - s - e-i -are there not implied—from that elastic compound mindful of " the rights and feelings" of those of bladder, leather, and air, the football to that aroun d hi m — an d th e mo d e l a d v i ser, d octor (!), and bounding sphere of whipcord and india-rubber the friend of his poorer parishioners—we find him in famous racket-ball ! From the duller orb of every capacity doing his utmost to spread happi worsted, battered over the grass in golfing, or in ness aro und hi m . I n s h or t, we h ave a picture of hockey, to the white compact little globe of string a parson Fielding would have delighted to poi.- and kid, employed in horney-holes and rounders 1 tray—so much kindness and simplicity was mingled. Besides all which toys, are there not yet remaining with his shrewd sense, and, in the best sense, prac to he enumerated, as the spolia opinta of every tical wit. The first volume is devoted to his me skilful boy on a sunny holiday, kites, and hoops, moirs, and the second, edited by Mrs. Austin, to and popguns—the sling, the quoit, and the boome- his correspondence (with many of the most diAin rang dutch-pins, nine-pins, and skittles— guished public characters of the day, as well as his and with these, too, the little tinselled graces, relatives and friends). Like Lady Holland, Mrs. and those famous implements in the thwacking Austin appears to have made a skilful as well as a contest between parchment and feathered-cork, conscientious use of the materials in hand, and popularly hight battle-dore and shuttle-cock 1 Hav- pays a cheerful and respectful tribute to hi s ing introduced his young readers to sources of memory. amusement such as these, adapted to their immature tastes as children, and having previously explained in all due form the secrets of Hop-scotch, of I-spy, of Prisoner's Base, of Leap-frog and Baste-the- Bear, of Follow-my-leader and King-of-the-Castle, of Hare and Hounds, of Duck and Drake, of Hop skip-and-jump, and the like pastimes requiring no toys for their performance, the author of Every Boy's Book enters upon higher grounds, ac quainting his 'host of pupils with all kinds of athletic recreations. He teaches them, after the pleasantest fashion, gymnastics and skating, swim ming and archery, angling .and cricket. In the chapter relating to Horsemanship he carries them with him not merely through all the paces, walking, trotting, cantering, galloping, but imparts to those who list a number of useful hints or ' wrinkles," about gibbing, shying, bolting, kicking, rearing, stumbling, and all manner of other tricks of equine restiveness. While in the chapter on Driving he goes out of his way to explain the difference of nu merous well-known vehicles, the stage-coach, the chariot, the post-chaise, thelandau, the barouche, the phaeton, the cabriolet, the gig, the tilbury, the curri cle, the stanhope, the denneb, the brougham, the britzscbka and the droitzschka. It seems, however, rather out of place, by the way, for this instructor of youth to inform his readers in regard to the brougham that it is " the most convenient of all the carriages, and, like its noble inventor, adapted to a great variety of purposes"—(a rather poverty stricken little joke)—as entirely out of place as it is to reprobate further on one of the most agreeable and smooth-running of our hack-conveyances, the Hansom's safety cab, as at once "clumsy, awkward, and dangerous." Under the same category of Athletic Recreations areincluded instructions about boating and sailing the latter section being briefly explanatory of matters relating to the sloop, the cutter, the brig, the schooner, the smack, the canoe, the galliot, the junk, the yacht, the felucca, and the brigantine. Another division of the work supplies an abundant store of information to the Young Naturalist—acquainting him, first of all, with the most approved method of catching birds, whether by the aid of decoy-birds or by that of bird-lime, whether by the common brick trap, or the simple seive trap, or by the net, or by the springle. Information is next given in reference to all the varieties of singing birds—the linnet, the goldfinch, the bullfinch, the thrush, the skylark, the blackbird, the woodlark, the titlark, the black cap, the robin, the wren, the tomtit, the yellowham mer, the chaffinch, the redstart, the redpoll, and the nightingale. Next, of foreign Talking Birds, includ ing the macaw, the parrot, and the cockatoo, and of native talking birds—such, for example, as the starling, the raven, the jay, the jackdaw, and the magpie. In the descriptions dedicated to pigeons, after due mention has been made of the stockdove, the ringdove, and the turtledoVe, everything that could reasonably be expected upon the subject may here be learnt in relation to tumblers, carriers, pouters, runts, fantails, jacobins, ruffs, nuns, croppers, turbits, and trumpeters. As later on, also, in reference to aquatic fowls and domestic poultry, to rabbits and squirrels, guinea-pigs, and white mice, gold and silver fish, bees and silk worms. Nevertheless, as though all the foregoing were insufficient, the volume before us comprises three other distinct divisions or compartments. One miscellaneous in its character, another scientific, and another yet in elucidation of certain parlour amusements—the last-mentioned including chess and draughts, puzzles, and cha rades. The scientific pursuits relating to no less lofty and (some of them) abstruse themes than those furnished by arithmetic, geometry, chemistry, gal vanism, magnetism, electricity, pnuematics, optics, mechanics, hydraulics, acoustics, and photography. The chapter upon miscellaneous matters with which the volume is brought to a conclusion — being descriptive, successively, of carpentery and fireworks, of secret writing and gardening, of fencing and of broadsword. So ends the book with a flourish of quartos and tierce, of advance and parade, of retreat, lounge, and recover ! A wel come gift it would be—this animated encyclopaedia of sports and amusements whether among the snows of Christmas or among the green leaves o" Midsummer. s LITERATURE'. A School Atlas of Astronomy. By Alex. Keith Johnston, F.R.S.E., &c. William Blackwood an ions. An atlas of the heavenly bodies, combining " elementary facts with scientific precision," has long been a desideratum, and this is supplied in an ad.mi.rable manner in the present work. It corn prises, in eighteen beautifully engraved and coloured plates, a complete series of illustrations of the heavenly bodies, drawn, we are assured, with the greatest care from original and authentic docu ments, under the superintendence of Mr. Hind, the eminent astronomer, who edits the entire work. In the concluding six maps the position of every star has been calculated, and its place pro jected from the catalogue of 1850, prepared under the direction of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Besides this there are other, and hardly less convincing, proofs of the care and labour with which the Atlas has been got up. It is uniform in size and style with Mr. Johnston's well-known series of elementary At lases, the value of which it - will greatly increase. Not only is it adapted for beginners, but it will also prove useful to adepts in the science. ROYAL CALEDONIAN ASYLUM. The 38th anniversary festival of this society was held yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen street. In the unavoidable absence of his Grace the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, the Duke of Buccleuch took the chair, supported by Sir Charles Forbes, Bart., and many other ceebrities of the Scottish Society, Stc: There were very few of the guests who attended in the national costume. The vocalists engaged were the Misses Wells, Mr. Fielding, Mr. Charles, and Mr. E. Williams ; but to the names announced we were pleased to find added those of Mrs. Charles and Miss Ada Taylor. In addition to the band of the Royal Caledonian Asylum were Ross, the Queen's piper ; M'Kenzie, the piper of the Duke of Sutherland ; the piper of the Marquis of Staf ford ; Campbell, the piper of Sir Charles Forbes ; and Wilson, the piper of the Caledonian Society. The noble Chairman gave, "The health of her Majesty the Queen." Under ordinary circumstances it would be sufficient to name her Majesty ; but it must be recol lected that her Majesty was the patroness of this society. Her Majesty had shown in every way her appreciation of the services of the army and navy ; she had not been content with the information conveyed to her by de spatches, but she had been pleased to make a personal inspection of the gallant heroes who had been wounded. in the Crimea. National Anthem. . The CHAIRMAN next gave "His Royal Highness Prince Albert, Albert Duke of Rothesay and Lord of the Isles, and the rest of the Royal Family." (G rea t c h eer i ng.) In that toast he begged to include the name specially of the'Duke of Cambridge, who had so much distinguished himself in the Crimea. (Cheers.) Glee—" 0, merry may the keel row." The CHAIRMAN next gave " The Army and Navy, and may victory crown their arms." Sir CHARLESFORBES returned thanks for the army, not forgetting the Highland brigade. (Cheers.) Sir JOHN HERON MAXWELL returned thanks on the part of the navy ; and he was followed by Captain FISH BOURNE, the representative of the Patriotic Fund. The Rev. Dr. CUMMING read the report, from which we give the following extracts : "The war has invested this asylum with new and most eloquent claims, Numbers of our Scottish countrymen have fallen in the Crimea, like their ancestors of old— , " 4 With their backs to the field and their feet to the foe.' They have nobly acted—they have heroically died. The sacrifices of the fallen, and the sufferings of the wounded, lead for liberality to the children they have left behind em. " Very soon after the victory of the Alma a movement was made by the directors to raise a special f un d t o ena bl e them to admit at once, without the formalities of an elec tion, 25 orphans of Scottish soldiers, sailors, and marines killed in the East, and 100 children of thaSuottish soldiers, sailors, and marines wounded in the East, at a reduced rata. Your noble president, the Right Hon. Lord Kin naird, to whose personal exertions in this matter you are deeply indebted, and other noblemen and gentlemen, libe rally responded to our appeal, and upwards of 2,0001. were raised for this special object—a sum we implore and urge you to enable us to double in the ensuing year. " We have ample room for more than twice the present number of children; we have able and laborious teachers in both departments of our school ; we have watchful auditors of accounts, a rigid economy in the management of our finances; and all we now need, next to the blessing of God, is your determination this night to enjoy the luxury of emptying your purses and troubling your bankers in behalf of this noble Christian charity. The children now in the asylum, amounting to 4', boys and 38 girls, have been ex amined in all the usual branches of education, and have given ample evidence of the labours of their teachers and the attention they have paid to their studies. The healthy and happy appearance of the children evinces that they are the inmates of a home. " The teachers have done their duty ; the directors have done theirs. The gallant men—Highlander and Lowlander, of whom not a few of these are the children —have done their duty ; the green graves in the C r i mea, with dm bu it t ting to victorious her nothing but the dewdrops and the sunshi ne t o g i ld them, and a nation's grateful acclamation, are th e i r noblest monument. Sovereigiihasdoanrds her shattered e her pa in a " presence Our at the H o rse Guards heroes, and with all the condescension of a S • overeign, and all the tenderness of a woman, speaking kind words and. bestowing Royal marks of approval ' • and his Royal High ness the Duke of Roth esa y h as done hi is, by presenting 250 guineas to the asylum. It now remains then for you to do your duty." Sir John Heron Maxwell here introduced to the at tention of the meeting those the benefits of this charity, and more especially those who had been admitted who were the °Than children of many of the gallant heroes, non-commissioned officers and others, who had either fallen in battle in the Crimea or had died under the influence of the various diseases which led to such fatal results in the Crimea. td Living for Appearances. A Tale. By the Brothers Mayhew. James Blackwood. The merest trifle as a story—one scarcely re deemed from the rank of the utterly frivolous and wholly nonsensical by the laudable purpose in which it seems to have originated. That of illus trating in tire persons of Mr. and Mrs. Wellesley Nicholls, the folly of that horridly genteel, or, in other words, that simply and atrociously vulgar sys tem of living for appearances. The book is altoge ther just one of those gaudy little cheap railway vo lumes that can be turned over carelessly in the corner of a first or second class carriage and read from title-page to finis between starting upon a brief journey and arriving at its termination. For the story itself the reader is indebted to Henry and Horace Mayhew—gemini, having a faint resem blance by their fraternal co-operation in literature to the James and Horace Smith of the last genera tion. The illustrator of the volume is the indus trious W. M'Connell, who, if we recollect rightly, made his original appearance as a comic draughtsman in the pages of the defunct Diogenes. Hardly half a dozen characters are introduced in the course of the narrative— scarcely more, in fact, than make their appearance before the footlights in a farce or a vaudeville. The ' exceedingly mean and contemptible Mr. Wellesley Nicholls must be accepted, we suppose, as the hero of the piece, the role of heroine being that accordeC to his empty-headed wife Sarah. The only tolerable persons appearing before us in this tale of make-shift and swindling being low but honestßueben Marsh of Farnham, Surrey—and that bluff farmer's wife: Molly. Between these contrasting pairs the balls of squabble and deception are kept up, while the London couple are running into all manner of debts and opera-bog, e r a - b a o n x d , for diamonds, and a brougham, an and a west-end house, and tawdry furniture, the like extravagances, upo n five hundred a-year, merely living, in fact, from firs tto last, for appear ances. Until the in e v i t a bl e smash comes at length a a f v t e e n r u t e he of g d ai u in n t s l , et an h d as bil b l een i and duly run between an discounters, and pawn brokers—until the spunging-house has been passed through, the Insolvent Debtors' Court after- THE LATE R SEAT OF p DESPATCH wAn 01' G T 11 1 SUPPLEMENTARYEE POST OFFICE, J jNE, 1855,—1n consequence of an alteration in the hour of despatching the French Mediterranean packet which leaves Marseilles every Monday, the supplemen tary mail for the seat of war, hitherto despatched from this office by the day mail to France on the previous Sa turday, will not, in future, be made up until the evening of that day, and all letters for the British forces or the transport service in Greece, Turkey, and the Black Sea, or for the British hospital at Scutari, posted or received in London in time for the night mail to France, will be forwarded in such supplementary mall. The supple mentary mails intended to be despatched by the French packet leaving Marseilles on Thursday, will continue to be made up on the morning of every Tuesday, as at pre sent.—ROWLAND HILL, secretary. HAY MARKETS'. SMITRFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 15s to 5/ 5s Od ; clover ditto, 3/ Os to 61 10s ; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 8s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, 31 Os to 51 8s ; clover ditto, 3/ Os to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1./ 4A to 1/ 10A per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, and prices had a downward tendency. WHrrEauAraL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 51 ss; clover ditto, 3/ Os to 61 6s; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 9s per load. A. dull market. Nearly all the large quantity of dollars arrived by the Mexican packet was sold yesterday at 591 d. per ounce. This is an advance of id. on the price realised for those by the previous Mexican packet, but is considerably lower than the rates obtained towards the end of last month, when dollars were scarce, an d chiefly in second hands. A considerable amount has been taken to supply orders for China and India. TESTIMONIAL TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE LOUD DUDLEY COLJTTS STUAUT.-A special meeting of the committee appointed to carry into effect the resolutions adopted at a public meeting held at Willis's-rooms, under the presidency of Lord Shaftesbury, was convened on Tuesday, the 19th, at 10, Duke-street, St. James's, for the purpose of coming to a final decision on the nature and character of the testimonial to be erected to the me mory of the late Lord D. Stuart. The attendance of the committee was very numerous. Among those present were the Earl of Harrowby, the Earl of Zetland, F.Fer guson, Esq., M.P., Captain J. Townshend, R.N., M.P., Professor the Rev. D. W. Marks, the Rev. J. S. Boone, H. J. Montefiore, Esq., W. L. Birkbeck, Esq., P en . C. Johnson, Esq., W. Rothery, Esq., &c. After gth ened discussion, a resolution wasagreed to, on the motion of the Rev. J. S. Boone, and seconded by the Earl of Harrowby, "That the funds collected should be appro. prioted to the erection of a distinct department in one of the unendowed metropolitan general hospitals, to be dedi cated to the memory of Lord D. Stuart, in which there is to be placed a bust of that lamented nobleman." On the motion of Dr. O'Connor and H. Ferrer, Esq., a sub committee was appointed to carry the resolution into effect. The resolution was warmly supported by the Earl of Harrowby, the Earl of Zetland, J. Ferguson, Esq., M.P., H. J. Montefiore, Esq., C. Johnston, Esq., Pro fessor Marks, and H. Farrer, Esq., &c. Additional subscriptions were announced since the last meeting. 93i 3 141 624 2 294 91 i 5 1 1 ti i 6i I 35 i 99 a