The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-14 00:00:00

0 1 tf. c ite ro' , rdon i c e : d ecio to ove,`: 9 31 ''. l n$ read, he 11"5,: co etarl diS Eentt Lord °f Yi A II K E T A. 211) ( 0 3101.1iRCIAL INTELLIGEA CITY, Two O'CLOCK. T he - Cotton M ar k e t a t Li verpoo l on S a t ur d ay i o ,,„ seci , st eady, and prices were firmly maintained. tales were es ti ma t e d a t 12 , 000 b a l es , 2 , 000 o f len were taken f or expor t, and 4,000 on specu taitdian? comprising 410 Pernam and Maranham, at ‘ c3 ; 200 Egyptian, Sid. to 74d. ; and 800 rat ' at 3d. to 4d. per lb. The Railway Share arket was very firm. t 'V essels are wanted by the Admiralty, according ofo tenders invited this morning, for the conveyance l arge thr ee militia regiments to Gibraltar, and for b supplies to various points, great activity 5 ,,, i13 ,g shown in the different war departments. da 'ee Storm Cloud arrived from Melbourne, with of February 7, brings 24,117 ounces of gold. The 'm ercantile 'm ercantile report s f ro m Ri o d e J ane i ro, b y ta_steamer Avon, do not notice great activity in Aha -• The stock of coffee was rapidly increasing, c 4 a decli ne in prices was expected. Discou n t s biirB He re at 8 1 to 9 p er cen t. , an d money was t i ght. In 2. 1a e1l London a l arge b us i ness had b een done at for 27 1 d. At Buenos Ayres trade was dull gales Lelports, and credit was low, consequently the 'Yid w ere mostly for cash. Business in Monte t ee e° was depressed. The Imperial protectorate p il ed to be firmly established. at at e a CCOUtaB from New York by the Pacific I,ltil e c that fancy securities were rather heavy. The th e i !re were still contracting their discounts, and f a i7 t w eekly returns of the City Banks showing h ' in g qf in this dep trtment as compared with A e ' l rev i ( ms week of 1,126,942 dollars. The specie I, M 624 4 „ ese ned 72,617 dollars, and the deposits Were 0 doll ars. The exports of breadstuffs decre a , e i ng. : 111 C ali fo rnia we are informed that Messrs. 29t1; "'I Bacon h a d resume d b us i ness on the Wag nit, with every prospect of success. Business eari v - V better, nor was there much chance of an digii n ' te P r ° l7 eraent. The accounts from the various rcio er - ,, g are described as "flattering" and the Act . were prosperous. 4 4, 1 °11 : a te from Warsaw state that two Imperial Bi nee 4 t: 3 ` a n important character had been issued. ih the Year 1825 the Credit Mobilier bad b een °li ne ~e , r& habit of making advances to Poli s h land revoliat.; and many o f these, at the time of the fail ed n, bad t o fl y t h e country, and had since share to redee m t h e loan or pay the interest. The Ligh 8 of the Cr e dit Mobilier were always at a very (>1 th e valu e) owing t o the excellent nature but th e Beeurity upon w hi c h capital was advanced, to th e new ukase declaring such lands forfeited The company gives them an additional value. to i tl e , / ct Imperi a l order is in the shape of a pardon legal 6 i vent debtors and other parties under some left v e c°lldemna.tion, as we ll as t o persons w h o may the y Pola n d to avoid enlistment, provided _ he u once to enter the army. Way meetings announced are the follow- 1 Compa ny . Date. Place. 4„ dit t ," rinlybead May 24, Euston-square. VIT - di. to ********* May ditto. reaf eater s ********* 2B, Paddington. 1, 0 4414 4;4 ************* ;:;i6a; ******** * : ** May May 17, 29 London Tavern. May London Tavern. 1- 144 aPZ 4 4 t l cl May illa- 28 , 1 Euston station. - "Bter 1. 4( 41 , ' shell and Line. May 25, Manchester. et rn , „ and Carlisle M ay 18 Maryport. ct . - pout a ******* Tavern. (A kto ••• • ********** May 23, London , ...r aw ,. an _ • * Vv a Taa 3A) 4 Quebec, Parliament-street. l'C'e4'-vtettrii°l.odfl;ll.ilk-e.n-n‘ ** ****** May 2 7 9, L G a r u a s c a e n ch n u e. rch•street. hbramerswitzeiland * May 28,M 17, 61, Moorgate•street. 11 tt- P ° ****************************** May 22, Bruges. agee-41glish Stock Market is firmer this motrLn tiebatelll°l.lgh. business is kept in check by her 41. the Lords to take place this evening. rcis Of locairge arrivals of specie again to-day (upwards aj °°ol ., including the Storm Cloud's freight) 89 tire eo'culated to give support. Consols have been to 89 1 for transfer and account, being, ow- 4 q by C os t nominal for time, and not reallydealt I,p,tlPSs ; t his hour at above 89 to k. Exchequer Bills ; the Omnium is prem. ; and the "etv lsg. Bank Stock is 209 to 210. TLe t 1" t,cents. are 88k to f-rt hq L l 4 :"reign Market Turkish Bonds show a 1411110114r1t advance, being 74i to 75k. Sardi cle'lezll 4t e 8 8, and Russian 5 per Cents. 98. _ s i re 58i a a re tgiblaintained at 28. Peruvian 3 per (ki t ' , 4 , ` 1 the ,ti Brazilian 5 per Cents. are marked evi r , i° Alexi P e r Cents. 95. There is nothing -C eS tin -C all or Dutch Bonds, and the market sy tn , t f e foll ° llls of activity. o.°;:janagaare the nominal prices of foreign . p er to 2 1 " 4 . Deferred Bonds 6i to 7 ; Mexi .l;t Peruvian, 67 to 69 ; ditto Three ditt t : 43 ; it u 49 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., o Sp an • Pou r . 481 an give per Cents., 98 to 10 ; Ni-__4111:1-a-lialf per Cents., 87 to 89 ; I, `"t s., Z.7t Deferred, 181 to 18g- ; Ditto 3 per Rai 4 . 0 1tt 0 pa u s ') np-71 ° - (1; Ditto Certificates, 4to ; sive ) to 4 wav , • tleaghi: 41arekl are firmer, and Midland and tzl4 tke4. re arsid Yorkshire are igher, although the th e pre sen ,._ 1)ort-t;oglish ce:generally a quiet appearance for s om e 411t1 Great. The Canadian are Bonds are -e ease s Western of Canada . are nigher. The Foreign lines are very Mm esbß neo " at aho.: ar e i" _ limiteded favour, the . Joint-Stock t 4 811_1. es there " Previous rates, and in the MisCel is nothing particular to notice. 11%, 411 ANDS THIS DAY AT ONE o.ol a 1 ' (Front the oScial Litt. ) Bu.iness done ~Itetlt .. 203 10 per 01411 rillici._ a"4"ci..A.-n............................... 8 8; i i to-;3k poi. (‘eutouts.ol2irtnuintineistie.s 88.1 i i c„_bitt,tilities, Expire sth Jar . : WO • 3 6Ni a :'‘' -rears, Expire sth Aril, 1885 1 8 6 9 i i b et Aeeount 30th ..„, , May 3 7 -, m ............................ ,stkitor Hiu: 4, i ici. t• 10 00 .. laka.„ •••-. ..................... ~..••• • - 1 4 ....................................... 11 e'l 01e FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONEO'CLOCK. kli, 11, 1 „ I , Ditto e n iula, 5 per Cent 9B bet(lph, .!'%°, 1 852 4A per Cent 95 b 'tll aia - i; il h u Per Cen't. - ~40 8 i s arclii .o 1822 5 per Cent. XSt l' Orli• " gouda ' t ~5 per Cent. •••• ' 'elle411'n(18 6 p ce nt 4 " per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in T,ondon. 118c1I3 . __ TO. HALF-PAST " itto, Ai m , . .ii: . e . ... e°.. ..... 89 .................. 89 ! e.... t _____ ~, Il e Ft , earl, "'eeie arrivals not mu ch excee e 40 ' °°o COO/ u , 000 1 , • The exports have week have amounted d t d o :t • " t her q 4(lvices from Port Philil) Roll . aDartures for London, the f ,llowing Eliz%heth, . h the d Home, 13 6 --:Phe St II 24 177 ,02 . orrn C , 4,1 Nat, the John Bell, 10,000 ; ana u e ' valued at 2004,6.111 ting a total of 50,239 ounces, he • have done kto: S° al Western Railway CoMpany The ellei:,,,ith oPen carriages for the excursion trains. froth The ;;" al 'riag ea are now covered over.. 4alue of the eold by the Champion of the Seas to the 15th 'IP b elbourne is 200,000/. Her dates L e Nat. 3' 44, 9, and are 15 days later than are to brought ~liktur,veit,land mail on the 29th of March last. •". th e --.0%i0n was expressed in s , )ine quarters on Saturday 41)tkitri:°Posal for the penny st amp on c °ll laf r eti by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The been biliel:4l3l% for this feeling consisted in the fact _of . th_e . (I ° l 4 L l ' °I cheeks annually drawn in the United Ito . ng w ei nD tb • much below ~tlie tots , . thou upon inquiry to be very %1.." a, geoer 11 • f ci. Supposing the proba h7 to ay. estimated, ~° , OOO/ have existed of the return being equal to t l r at " saeany persons had been disposed . to expec t , 1 4e t. '4°olrl have been felt at the experiment being t}l4 , ' lll3 ' ei nne no areument has yet been used to show il l If th e t - ble by the recei . , nu. a amp had been made payable bar,ii'•"re would have led to the slightest contraction 0 ing business. /I- 41 "1), WORCESTER, I,ND WOLVERHAMPTON RAIL tp The of Commons, he, select c ommittee of the House (Ite e•t \ V . 41 WaS referred the bill promoted by the Oxford, eotitill .er, and Wolverhampton Railway Company, f 1441144111111 the narrowa gauge line from Oxford to Wol "PpiciPton, ftea sitting of upwards of three w t e o ek b s e , Pro aY,rlaat d 1 d the preamble of the bill P ro he rese:ltaroef thisdecision will enable the coin tlttb. ° snake and rotiotain their railway on tbe . narrow f ar il; (11113', and to remove the rails heretofore laid down Webf en: Purpose of adapting the railway for the passage tot:t °II " and ea e r , Itaiiw ridag t bret t 4 PY to tb: Y ez r e P t B3 7y , , 18 h o o o a o r o e l, s , h a a r n e d h c l w d h e r o s h i i:; .d t n l l e ! . , atreri pterest in m e al t o 'ning the broad gauge " 115, Posed the bill, a al an arrangement was made ttill.airLTllll42iaittee,o ande mnwerin'g them either to receive id ,2 % ‘-‘Tunt, f 180,000/. from the Oxford, kVorce., or to continue as ,„_ - ' 44 rel leia ' u'Yerhampton Company, - riktir. , Aere 14 the . n Com- Oxford and Wolver h ampton ,neag h a irulan , t h e coal st. rd of t he ~. otn'' P leasu r° or ani Sfl ARE MARKETS (THIS DAY.) RAIL . AYS. RAILwAsi. 3 Aberdeen 4 Ambg. Nottng. 800 , and Eastn. Junct 1 Belfast & Ballymena. I Binning. Wolv3rh. Stour Valley ..... Birkenhd. Lanesh. Cheshire Janet._ I Do. C'hesh. & Birk £5O and £25 Cone I Do., £20.. I Blyth & Tyn origina £25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exeter... I Caledonian. Carmarthen and Cal digan Bolyhea Chester .& lork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pas Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin &Belfa.stJune Dundee Perth &Ali seen Junction Do. New...... . East Anglian Eastern Counties ,1 4. stern Union. A Stock B Stock Do., New A..... aet Lancashire Tretinburgb & Maslen Edinb. and Peebles Prtl. & Dund, orth AL Clyde Jun Furness . I 10. Extension Glasgow St S. West.: treat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth . &West.are Great Western..... .. Do. Stour Val. 11. a: Gua. Stk Irish South-Easter , Lancaster & Carlis Do., Thirds I Do. New Thirds Lancash.andVorks 25 St. 20 St all 1 .00 all 00 I )I. ' wet. Riding Ift , Liy.Crsby.&Southi London & Blackwa , (..ond. Bright & S.Csi Loud. and N. West ' Do. Fifths n0.101.5h.,M&8 C Do. Eighths London andS. West) F Do., X5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Col erain Lndndrry. & Ennisk Wand - LSI ler. Az Limb Do. I Shares, No. Do., Man. & Lin. Un 11fidland 00 Do. Birmng. &Derb., all Midld. (4. West. (Ire,, 22i Do. Half Shares All Newcastle & Carlisle 21i Nwpt.Aberg. &Tied $ Newry & Enniskilisi all Newry Warrenpoinl and Rostrevor 00 Norfolk Northn.Countios Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteee, N. Eastern—Berwie Do. do. Extension .. Do.do. G.N.E. Pure!, Do. Leeds Do. York North London Do. Now £lO N.&S.Wstrn.,Hami stead, and City Jn. North Staffordshire. . North Western... .... N. & S. Westrn. Jun,. Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. Oxford, Worcester, R Wolverhampton Portsmouth lieottielg Central 'Scotti®h Midland -4tiropsliire Union . gond; Devon Seat'. Eastern 4 .4outh Wales A, Vrksh. & Riv. ts~ines,Wok. Stockton St Mull' •tc :kton ct Hart lek Taff vale . ..... 1)0. £lO Rhareb. )o. Pref., No. 1. an 1171 s. Thames Haven Do , and Railway all 4 10 2s. Vale of Neath..... \Vaterfl. & Kilkeun waterforLlmer West Cornwall. West End of Loud°, and Crystal Palace. West London..., IWimbledn & Croydon 16 10 31A all A ntw e r pat Itott :rdhm Belgian Eastn. ,Junc. Beziers to Gra; fingsa , Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scripi Central of Italy Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian, g. 5 p c. Do. Ey;ension Do.4i p. C. Bds., pay '57, convertible Po. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of Cana:lAA is Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben , con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Fran , 2 , Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent Do. New 5 per cent Do. Extensions Great buxembour , Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canad Shares Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 . Do. do., '76, p. '60.. Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Bask Lucca & Pistoja 5 p c prof Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur dt Liege (witl interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erqueline:. guar. 3R p. c. & rod. at 2211. dur. R 8 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fray. B.& NorwegianTrunkPre' Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds . Paris and Orleans... Paris and Rouen... l'arisCaen & Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and !Gum.. Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. Seib& Southern of France.. St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West Flanders all Do 5A per c. Pref 16 Western of France 16 Wert. of Switzerland all WiJsbadon all Zealand JOINT-S! ub 111 L. tsia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Buk. of India, Australia, & China Colonial ................ Commercial of Land. English Scottish and Australian Chart Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia Ditto New London and County London Joint Stock Loud. & Westminster National Provincial of England Do. Now National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland Do. New,,,,,, Royal Australn.. Bkg & Gold Imp C 0.,,, South Australia ... Union of Australia,,, Do. New ............ 1.7/004 of 14oradon k„, Closing Prices Saturday. 19 - 20 4.1 - ,4 B.} - 8 14 - 13 I4i - 15 9 - 8 , - 8 - 60? 13 - 14 7 - 9 3 - 4 5 - 6 It 15 11* -11 e 30 - 20 - 22 72 74 56 2d 17 18 6 7 - 69 90 - 91 75 - 17 [23 - 43 64 -65 58 - 60 65 - 70 5- 7 I 5 7 7 61 • 774 71 98 - 99 984 99 id 1 80i - • 811 10 9 n 9 Bdi 24 - 24 7i - 8i - 69i - 70 10 - 42 - 9 - 2 ii - 4'6 27i ... 28 71i 72 7 7 4 3i 12 131 47 —4B 48 50 d pat Ad 5i 4i 6 64 d ar 26 - 28 93 - 100 6 - t 8 44 46 2 60 61 27 - 28 5 - 3 3 - 1 .• "".- ..• 18) 4 , - 44 ••• ; •• 7 - 8• - 6i 7i - 7 4 2$ - 34 - P 2 lid 35 35a 7 8 24 24 21 .. 4-- • 9 - 8 •• 16 - 17 50•• 52 90 - 91 1i ---- 2 f 7 4P I - - 2i 2i - 3 20 - 21 99 - 101 103 - 105 104 - 106 100 102 '206 - 216 101 - 106 - 3 -4 p 71 6 i 2i p 4 - 2{ 6 - 6i -85 A 12i -- 131 • .• 7i - 4 25 - 25ip 46 47 39 41 ro 21i • - p 221 - 2 ip -- 7i 8 2 - 21;. - pm 31— 4 . d 6 7 p] ... ... ..• ••• 18 -18 i BANKS. 60 - 82 fd id 1 0 16i -17 i 20 -- 21 t d iP 32 - 39 - 41 ass '"''' ... 68 70 oft 5 iN Braille's dons this day. 20 20 10 10 it. L 0 5 20 20 20i too 20 20 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 FOIU !GN. LINES LEASED A T FIXED RENTALS• Lein Compam iosink Saturday. BAIIWATIP. Bedford and Bletebley Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Glstr,& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull StSolby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenvo Do. Preferen , .e Lon,,Til.,&S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & R.edear Midld.Bra.dfl Newmarket Bury Exten Northern au Easternsp. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds Prest. & WYrr Do. Shrs. A Roystn. & Hit. Slid. Roth an Gooleg.s Shrews. &Her S. Stailordsh, Wear Val leygt fi per cent._ Do ;Vilts&gornrst London N. West. L.&N.W. GWedon.. E. Un. E. C..... Gt.Nrtlii.. Caldonian. Do (it. Wes, Yk. New & Berw Y. &N M Do. S. East D 0...... Peto & Ct Nnrfolk Do N• & Stekton I • Dar:: ugi 'vfidland ErL. Coun. O. Count L&N.Vk Azbu&r, Gt Nora I Aneasl, n. York sb. T. Brassey - itock t 4 galirestn i . 6 - 98 97 - 99 133 - 135 [O6 -- 108 - 13 23 - '24 11k - 2/1 ••• - ••• 92 - 94 ed AP 57 59 130 - 133 7A - 8 i 24 1. -32 A 88. - B9 PREFERENCE SHAH ES Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c. il.yth and Tyne l Op. c. pref. (issd.2,tso( Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares .. laledonian £lO hector & Guar. 5i per cent, , Do. do. Pref. No. 2. Do. do. Pref. No. 2. .lock &Bandons ip. , )un Prth .& A ber. J. E. Anglian Clp. ASh Do. do. `C.s. B 6 p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eastern Counties Ex `,ension, 5 p. c. No. I Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 r. c. St. ast Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 5/., 10 per cent 1)o. 101. Dehentr.Sl, Do. do. 4 per cent.. . Lancash. 6 p. &W. York, J. sthf. HI& Prth.&Dun.4p.c, Furne's Glaa. & S. W. G. 5 p. c. Great Northn. 5 p. c; Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... Do. 4i p. c Do 5 p.c. Scrip, Red. at 5 p. c. pm... rlt.N.Of&ot. Ist Pref 474. S. &W. (Ireland; Do. 4per c. Prd. St Gt. Westu. ( Barks Hants Ex. 5 - p. c).. Do. con. red. 44 pc. Do. con. red. 4 p. Dc. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm, Pref. Sh... Do. Chester S p. Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm, Gm'. St!. Do. Ches. Gua. Do. do. do., 1 00. do.. do fian. &York. F. £2O 1)o. 6 p. c. Stock r4on.& RAO. G. 5 p. c Jo. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. New Guar.6 p. c Do. do. 5 per c Gon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct Lo n . & S. W. Con. 3 dr r.oudy. Ar.Co'er. Sh. riondy. & Ennio. S! 4an., Shef., & Lin. New, £lO Do. .£6 nlerypt.Stearl.-1 p c per cent Consol.6 ►o. Consol. Bri4t,ol 'Ai rm. ft per emo4 Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St. • i're; . 4A pc) I:, Do. si. P,. f 4 p. e Ditto Leic star a 0 Hite' el Pr f St. rfrilk Debenture llo.Pref. 4 p. e. Stop )0. 5 p.c. Eat 5i per et. prof.. Do. Way. Val. 5 p e. north British Perw, 4 p.c. P Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.c :No. I De_ do. Quarters 4 , 1)o. York !-1 & f'rr. North Staffordshire.. Word, Worcester, t , Wolverh.Xls, 6 p ,e -loot. Cent., New Pre , 4outh Devon •)o. fixed, 44 per cen' ,3. Eastern (Readiti, &nn.) of Xi`Os. 6d Do. 44 pet cent_ Wales Glua.4 p. c. Do. do. 4i p. c.... 3.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock. & Dar. ,5 p c. Do. do. do Stock. & Ifarti. g. F P.C. till July 1, 'M; W tai fd. & Kilt( .6 p c 'O2 - 101 89 - 91 9i 98 -99 - 3. 54 - 6 1.1 .. 58 - 62 .14 - - iix6 08 - 110 .00 - 102 I - ip - f 0 - 11 -17 i 10; - 74 -19 i - - 14 - 116 •• - •• 24 -• 3 12} 12i 1 -- 4P: ...... 411•• :4 - 136 91 - 96 4 - - 87 03 - 105 98 - 100 90 - 92 31 - 31 i - - - 1- `471 100 - 102 13 14 Pm 22a 23 97 99 15 :- 17 - f 2 p 2 - 2~i MINES. 1 all I Agna Fria ...... $ g 1 all A-rglo AuF.trln. Gold 10s. all Anglo Californian 20 6 Australian 1 1 all Australian Cordillera - 1 all Ave Maria , 1 all 13adeu (Gd.Dueby of a 50 all Bhunarvon Iron and Coal 20 13.5 British Iron 4 6 35 256 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm.) $0 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiab 21 3 20 15 Dn. St. John Del Rey 31 —33 314 1 Carson's Creglt 1 § Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica I a tO all Cobre Copper 54 56 5 1 Colonial Gold a St. All Copper Min. of Ent , 30 40 25 All Do. Pref. 74 p. cent 2d par ... 16 Copiapo ....... 2 L —24 5 all English and Austin . Copper Smeltg (1 , 14 11 2 1 Fortuna ,par 1p 20 all General 144 164 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinßog a 4} all Great Polgooth . —l4 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares. 7 74 5 1 Lusitanian iP 1 all Mariquita 1 all New Granada — I 1 all New Linares Mininc and Smelting Co I all Nouveau Monde • I 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 144 154 5 1 Port Philip 4 I I all Quartz Rock 4 10 all 11,11yreney Iron l9 21 15 all Do. New 33 12i Santiago de Cuba.., 51 61 1 all South Australian.. , a a 10 74 Tin Croft 2 --• 3 28. all United Mexican 6i —7, 1 all Waller 4 - 1 all West Mariposa - 1 1.2 e. Worthing Mining of d Australia • CIO 1 all Tuba. — MISCELLANEOUS. 25 ' 174 Australian Agricult. 28 30 10 all Ans',:raln. ttoyal Mail 10 7 Berlin Water Works 3i — 3 • d 50 40 Brit. American Land 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co. 100 324 Canada. llO 115 St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. et. Jan. and July 109 - 1094 1091 6- all Crystal Palace —3 i 5 4 Do. Preference — dp 4 all Crystal Pal.of France 44 1 4 Duston Trou Ore 20 84 Eastern Steam — •• 25 22 Electric Telegraph l6 17 1 all Electric Toleg. of Ir. 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 20 all General Screw Steam 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Ravi.; 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 10 9 Mexkan&S.Americn. 64 7 61 10 Zit Do. New 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Netherlands Laud._ 4 14 • 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. 1 all N. B. Australasian — 1 20 15 Nrth, of EuropeStJam all Peel Rr. Ld.& Minrl. 24 21 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 59 61 591 50 10 Do. New lll 12 2 all Portland Iron Co l4 14 1.00 60 Boyal Mail Steam 69 —7l 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 14 —1/ 1 1 Ditto New — 4 25 all South Austral.l I 37 39 1 all Submar. To'. - 1 1 a ll , tr. , rou ..... 20 5 Tr ust Si L. Co. U. Can. ••• ••• 1•00251 Y 9 Dielnen i li LAW: la n 13 ... a ... 18 es 1,31 CS3 this day. G9i 70i 40 St. 20 50 12 10 6 12% 12: St. 8i 25 10 t 100 h 1 107 2i p all 1u• ► 100 1100 all 100 9 6 96 88 90 10 172 , 191 I 9$ 141 1 134 100 100 100 1(10 100 311 ‘ll 1.1) 44 All all 11.4 rN , 100 au 00 all .411 . all i pm i l' 13i 4 103 M.IRKET NEWS-U.IM DA. Y.,! CORN EXCHANGE. The leading country markets held on Saturday were dull for wheat, and, in some instances, the quotations had a downward tendency. Barley, peas, and flour were ne glected, but oats, malt, and beans were quite' as dear as in the previous week. Advises from New York to the 2d inst. state that, ow ing to the splendid •appearance of the crops, flour had fallen in value 25 cents per barrel. In the near continen tal markets very little business has been doing on English account. The arrivals of English grain . up to our market last week were very `moderate. From abroad we received 11.140 quarters of wheat, 700 barley, 9,446 oats, 4,050 beans, 42:3 peas, 896 tares, 10,601 linseed, 7,790 rapeseed, 126 sundry seeds, 4,892 sacks and 1,055 brls of flour. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to this morning's market, coastwise and by land carriage, being very mode rate, the show of samples of that grain in to-day's market was small. The demand for all descriptions was decidedly more active than on Monday last, and for some time after the commencement of business, factors refused to sell ex cept at an advance of from is to 2s per qr., compared with Monday last. Tbis improvement was in some instances paid, but the awotiut of business done at that improve ment was by no means extensive. The show of foreign wheat was again moderate. Although the inqulry for most kinds was somewhat firm, we have no actual advance to notice in the quotations. Floating cargoes -f grain were held at full prices. The supply of b ar l ey was very mo d era t e , an d th e sale for most kinds ruled steady. In the quotations no change took place. We had a slight improvement in the malt trade, at very full prices. Tliere was a fair demand fir goo:l sound oats, at full quot.itions ; but inferior samples moved off slowly, at a decline in price of 6,1 per qr. Beaus were in moderate supply, and steady request, at full quotations. There was a fair sale for peas, at last week's currency. The flour trade was steady. In prices no change took place. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. • ;Mott -Estes .4r. Kent, ' Malt—Chevalier •• •• i his to 71s Red .. - • new 68 sto 803 ' )Sts Yorkshire and , ) itt o •••••• • • • . - old 3 , Lineolnsh., Feed 26. 30. Jai°, White new 83s 87s Potato .•• • • • .... 28, 31$ Ditto.... • • ... old 84s 90t lough& and Cork 1 ortolk and Lin- Black. ••• • • • 258 29s coin, Red, old 68s St s Cork, White ..... 268 30s Oitto new •• ...• • 68s 80s Scotch, Feed..... 27s 305 dye—Old .... •....... 3 __ s rums—Tick .•••• • • .. 41s 41s New ...... ••• • • • 423 44s Pigeons •... 43 - 47., Baley —Grinding .•• • • 298 31s Peas—Grey , ..••• • • • .. 35s 381 malting ... •• •• •• 32i 33s Maple .•••• • • • • -38 s 40s Chevalier.... • • 348 350 White. ••••• • -.- 39s 45s M dt--Suffolk and Nor- Boilers .......... 43s 46s folk ••••••• • • • • • 62s 67s Flour—Town-made. • . 65s 70s , trown ... •• .. .••• • • • • 58s 60s Suffolk ••.••• • • • . 52s 56s Kingston and Ware 68s 708 StOcktn & Norfolk 518 55s SMITHFIELD. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week amounted to 2,031 head. In the corresponding week in 1854 we received 898 ; in 1853, 3,401; in 185'2, 1,995 ; in 1851, 2,893 ; in 1850,1,',76 ; and in 1849, 1,363 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEER. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Harlingen . .... 522 ...29 ... 2 A HKE n iaetni t utte' w tpbl e ieun : ni p galn.g.h...:::::..l.::: 1261 - 00814 7.: 5510: ........ —: ::: 191 Bremen... - ... 38 31 ... 49 152 T0ta1.... 964 ... 572 ... - ... 449 ... 46 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1854 327 407 ... 2 ... 162 18b3 628 2,185 5 ... 527 56 1862 lBO 1,41.4 3 ... 394 4 1851 534 1,850 6 . 442 59 1850 3•B ... 7'l ... 15 240 • 2 To-day's market was but moderately supplied with fo reign stock; the quality of which was inferior. There was a decided falling off in the arrivals of home fed beasts fresh up to our market this morning compared with Monday last, whilst their general quality w;.B by no means first.rate. As the attendance of buyers was good, the beef trade ruled active, at an advance in the quotations obtained on this day se'nnight of 2d per Blbs, and a good clearance was effected. The top figure for Scots was 4s 8d per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridge shire we received 2,200 Scots and short horns ; from other parts of England 400 of various breeds ; and from Scotland 600 horneid and „ polled Scots. The receipts by sea, from Ireland, last week were 39 beasts and 191 sheep. We were very moderately supplied with sheep, the con dition of which showed a falling 'off. Tho mutton trade was very brisk, at an improvement in value, com pared with Monday last, of from 2d to 4il per 81bs. The best old DOwns, out of the wool, wore selling at fully 5s per 81bs. It must be understood that our tabular quota tions refer solely to sheep out of the wool. The supply of lambs was moderate, and the demand for all breeds was firm, at fully Friday's advance—the best lambs being worth 6s 10d per Blbs. Prime small calves were very scarce, and 2(1 per Blbs higher—the top figure being 5s 4d per 81bs; but other kinds of veal were a slow sale. The demand for pigs ruled very inactive. In prices no change took place. Per 81bs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. s. d. s d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 2to 3 6 PrimeSouthdown 4 8 5 0 Second quality.... 3 8 3 10 barge eras. calves 4 0 4 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 41Prime small d 0...-4 10 5 4 Prime Scots, 6rc. 4 6 4 81Large hogs 3 0 4 0 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 818 mall porkers 4 2 4 4 Secouci quality ...3 10 4 0 1 Suckling ealvcs..22 0 29 0 Prime crsu.-wlled.4 2 4 4,Quai tor old pigs 20 0 25 . _ Lamb - - TOTAL SUPPLY. 1 FOREIGN SUPPLY. iettst% ......... ....•... 3.786 , Beasts.. .. ..... ......„ . 761 'Alves ..,... •• ..••• •••• .. 140 , Calves,— . .............. 115 PLs ............• • • •..• 530 • Piu5........ ....• ........ In A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, May 15, 1851, and this day, Monday, May 11, 1855. • ' Per 81bs, to sink the antis. May 15, 1854. 'May14,1855. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. it 3 4 to 3 6,3 2to 3 6 3 8 3 10 1 3 8 310 4 0 4 4i4 0 4 4 4 6 4 8,4 6 4 8 3 6 3 83 6 3 8 310 4 4310 4 0 4 6 4 8:1 2 4 4 410 5 o i 4 8 5 0 5 2 6 8;5 2 610 Coarse and inferior beasts Second quality ditto ... ... ... Primo larg.t oxen ... ... Prime Scots, dte Coarse and inferior sheep ... iecoud quality ditto Prime coarse woolled ditto Prime Southdown ditto ... ... ... - Large coarse calves ... 4 4 5 - 04 0 4 8 Prime small ditto ... : ••• •• ... 5 2 5 61 10 5 4 Large hogs . ... .•• ... 3 0 4 2 3 0 4 0 neat ••• .•• small pOrkers •• 4 4 4 6 4 2 4 4 ..., •.• Beasts... ... .. ... 4,10 i 3,78 0 Sheep ... ••• • ... 25,090 20,110 ••• •• • Calves... • • ... 295 140 Pigs ... ... ... ... 310 530 SUPPLIES ON SALE, May 16, 1863.—Beasts, 4,064 ; sheep and lamb ~ 20,460 ; calves, 217; pigs. 335. May 17, 1 852.—Beasts, 3,714; sheep and lambs, 22,980 calves, 207 ; pigs, 30. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of each kiwi of meat on sale in these mar kets are moderately good. Prime beef, mutton, lamb, ai:d veal are in good request, at very full prices. In other kinds only a moderate business is doing, on former terms. Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Beef, interior °lO 3 2 Mutton, Inferior 3 0 3 6 Do., middling ..... 3 4 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 310 Do., prime large .3 8 3 10 Do., prime 4 0 1 4 De , do. small ....4 0 4 2 Veal 3 8 5 0 F\irk, large •.. 3 4 3 8. Perk, 3lO 4 4 Lamb .... . 54 Od to 68 4d. BOROUGH HOP. There are very few home grown bops on sale here, and the supply of foreign is limited. Most kinds move off freely, at very full prices. Last week's imports were 117 bales from New York, 10 from Hambro', and 15 from Havre. and East Kent pockets, 14/ Os to 201. ; Weald of Kent ditto, 111 lOs to 15!. 10s ; Sussex, 101 Os to 111 11s; and yearlings, 01 Os to 0/ per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. For the time of year, - our markets are fairly supplied with most kinds of potatoes. Although the trade is dull, prices of the best qualities aro advancing. York Regents, 120 s to 170 s ; Kent and Essex do., 105 s to 120 s ; Scotch reds, 100 s to 130 s; blues, 95 to 110 s; Lincolnshire Re gents, 110 s to 120 s per ton. WOOL. The public sales have been well attended since our last report, and the whole of the parcels offered have ;old at very full prices. The following rates have been paid : Port Philip, clean sheep's, is 3d to 2s 3(1 ; lambs', is 7d to 2s 1.1; pieces, 9d to ls ; grease, 70 to is Sydney—clean sheep's, is 3d to 2s ld ; lambs! 1s 5d to Is 9.1 ; locks, 70 to is 5d ; skin, is 10 to is 2d ; grease, 9d to 101. Van Dietnen's Land—clean sheep's, is 5,1 to Is 9d ; lamb's, is 8:3, to is lld ; skin, is 2id to is 4. Cape—clean sheep's, Bid to 18 6d; lambs', is 4.1 to l ls 6.1: ()Tease, 7d to is 00. Buenos Ayres—sheep's, 70 to is lid ; lambs', is 2d to is 11.1. East India—sheep's, 1.1 to is. Ilogadore— sheep's, 40 to 10d. Russian — sheep's, G,d to bid. Turkey—sheep's, 4d to 80. Austra lian—clean sheet's, is to is 6(1 ; grease, 11d to is; pieces, and quite as d ear as last week The 10,1 to 14 ; lamb's, is lld to 2s 2,1 ; s li ps, 90 to Is 30; grease, 7i(l to 10d per lb. Privately, English woo l s are i n large, viz., 000 b a l es f rom Algoa Bay, 29 from Ghent, 3,633 f rom Adelaide, 30 400 from B om b ly, 1,100 from Laun i3fmrToo imports from Buenos e ehAnan r ov e tsewAbe quest, erypern, e oeston, 500 from Hobart Town, 114 from Odessa, 100 from Trieste, and 200 from various Other quarters. The following are the current rates of English wool : Down tegs, is Od to is 1,1 ; Down ewes, 11.1 to is Od ; half-bred hogs, 11 , d to is Odd ; half-bred wethers, lid to is; Kent fleeces, is 0(1 to is ld ; Leicester fleeces (mixed), 10 d to is ; combing skins, 10d to is 0. 1 ,d ; flannel woo l, lld t o Is ; blanket wool, 6i to lid per lb. SEEDS. There is a moderate inquiry for linseed. Black Sea h Benin.' at 61s to 655; Madras and Calcutta, 61s to 635; Bo►rbay, 64s to 64s 6d per quarter. East India rape is steady, at 6.1 s to 635. Most other seeds, as woll as cakes, aro tolerably fir►ts. Curnip,Whita, per bush. 225 to 25F - , Swede .. •••• .. • • — 8 'instard, Brown • •• • • 12e Ils White, new.. •• .. 8s 10s r tres,Wintor, nevr •. •• 113 12, .• 93 10, ;angry, per quarter .. 46s s's "lye .• • . 244 30 , 'lover, Red Enp . (cwt.) 52: - . 653 White .......... 65s 75, Foreign Red...... 48s GO- White.... t 5-, trefoil, new.......... 253 32 i, Carraway........... 36.4 388 Coriander... • ........ 20, 24s llempseed , per quarter 48:: 56s Linseed, Eng.-4owing 72s 75s Crushing .... • • •• 68, 71s Baltic 61s 64s Odessa .. •• • . 62, 678 Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English .. —l2 , Os 12 106 Foreign, per tou 11 ' Os 12; 5i Rape Cakes, pr tun 615. 6 10, itupeseed,New,pr Ist 33.11 35 Cs TALI Since our last report the tal and pricey have had a downw: ever, the market is firmer, at on the spot. There are buyer F. 68 fikl cash. Town Tallow Rough fat, 2s 10!,(1. ,ow. llow trade has ruled inactive, 'ard tendency. To-day, how t 53s 3d per cwt. for P.Y.C. ma for the last three months at r, 52s 3d per cwt., net cash. 40,843 538 6d !to Cd 2,502 r 83,106 2,288 87,942 846 34 ths2. 1853. Price of Y. C Stock this day ...... 3 4 ,974 42,30 r — 24,377 35.32 T I 37 34., 3z j to tf 36 3 5 7 90d4 s 01 s 47sOdto 6250,1 0d *0 Delivery last week .. 5g5 1,521 791 937 Ditto from June 1.... 89,176 :101,326 100,443 91,527 , trrivals last week.. 791 283 807 450 Ditto from Janel 98,632 107,093 84,232 103,536 Price 91 384 6d I 8889 d ! 49i 34 61 4 --41 LITERATURE. JOHN LEECH. Pictures ,of Life and Character: From the Collec tion of Mr. Ptinch. By - John Leech. Bradbuiy and Evans. - Whenever, 0 pensive; public you are suffering from an attack of the national malady ycleped the moegrims, there is happily within call a Leech at whose mere coming the , evil symptoms are so effec.; tually dissipated that a cure is aecomplished, straightway, as it were, at a glance and in a twinkling. That queer little hieroglyph in which he occasionally indulges by way of signature has doubtless often hinted to others, as it has done - so repeatedly . to ourselves, that his is the genuine Bottle-imp capable of exorcising 'a whole legion of blue devil. 3 ! Scattering them to the winds, more over, not with a gleam of kindred blue tire and a t waug of demoniac brimstone, but with flashes of fun and explosions of. laughter. A bottle-imp like' that of John Leec'i, we take it, will be accepted: by every individual in his • right. senses as preferable, any day in the long run, for the accomplishment of this pleasant work of exor cism, to the potent spirits of either Jean Raisin or John Barleycorn. It will. be found by the gene rality not a jot less agreeable to the . palate, infi nitely more reliable as a wholesome, and, be it said; an uninebriating tonic, and in ev er y r e sp e c t more completely and permanently exhilarating. Our favourite Leech, in truth,, acts throughout from a secure foundation. He has diseovered the vdrita ble arm froth which, with his potent lever. (one by the way, that Messrs. Bradbury and Evans well know to hive au excellent ‘‘ purchase"), he can at pleasure lift a world of sadness from the spirits of the afflicted. ' He understands perfectly: well the diagnosis of the disease requiring to be vanquished. He is perfectly well acquainted with its every token —whether perceived through the jaundiced eye,' or the soured temper, or the attrabilious complexion. For each consequent misery he . ,has.one universally applicable remedy, call it what you will—a panacea applied to the sufferer by means of a marvellous talisman in the shape of • a wood block, touched with a magical anodyne in the form 'of printers' ink. Here before us lies a glorious omniuni gatherion of his prescriptions—manifold iu aspect, but identi cal in the materials from which they are composed and which in turn they are intended to disseminate, namely, the kindliest sarcasm and the most innocent merriment. Titey deal only with the pharmacopoeia of Fun ; comprising among their principal ingre dientsdrastics, cat minatives,. and autiphlogistics, under the guise of the witty, the satirical, and the humorous. Wonderful correctives to the spleen, which we are glad to know are readily enough dispensed, week after week, in threepenny draughts of PUnch—(agreeably flavoured to taste by the biting verjuice of a Jerrold, and the saccharine acidity of a Letuon).--and which, for the sake of national good humour and popular good fellowship, we are hardly less glad to know cannot be quite so readily dispensed with by the more jovial and joke-loving masses of the population. .ft is something, we think, to have a comic Leech like this, one who laughs us into good temper, and good health, and good digestion. We' recognise him at once as one who has matriculated at the beit University of all—that of the World-at- Large—not at those of Sectarianism or Exclusive ness. We receive him as one who has won his diploma at the College of Mirth, not at those of Dullness and Affectation. Although we might have found it in our hearts in days past—for example, say, in those of Will Hogarth—to dust the wigs of some among those solemn old swells of Physic with their jewelled snuff-boxes and their gold-headed canes: we can acknowledge, On the contrary, our respect for a quaint adviser like this, coming before us blithely, however, as an avo we d jester, and not sombrously .as a profeSsional humbug: armed, no less magnificently, with all the insignia of Leechcraft. With him, however, the gold-headed, cane of office has snapped in twain —each moiety of it becoming, thereupon; delight fully epitomised—this into a patent golden pen, better than one of Mordan's gold pens, diamond tipped—that into a potent golden pencil, better than one of Mordan's gold pencils, even in that pecu liarity by which the latter are declared through ad vertisement to be especially distinguished, namely, that of being ever,-pointed. Alternately employing for the purpose one or other of these marvellous wands of office, the paramount genius of our great comic 1 eriodical, the Genius of Fun, who is, in truth,- the life and soul of the London, harivari, has now for some years past by the aid of his Bottle-Imp, his other .self, his Familiar, driven out from among us legion after legion of those little atomic fiends, the sprites siiMuioned by Spleen, swarm upon swarm, from the realm of Azure Devilry. Al4.kbgetber, there are comprised in this delight- Li selection of " Pictures of Lite and Ciiitrac- ter," from the collection.- of Mr. Punch, vcry nearly live hundred humorous illustrations. The catalogue at the end of the volume enumerates, in tact, exactly 484; but is addition to the woodcuts therein mentioned, thereare several otherS scattered over the pag,!s, with a lavish hand awl an abound ing fancy, by John Leec!i—grotesque conceits without a►;y specific title by which they can be directly particularised. So that altogether, as we have said, the book contains very little short, in deed, of half-a-thousand comic embellishirients. What a feast of fun, and a flow of exhilaration ! What a never-ending source of hilarity ! What a provocative of smiles—grins—guffaws—roars of laughter! Open the volume anywhere, , and vie — defy the experimentalist to - preserve his gravity of visage, be he ever so much of a cur mudgeon. Every touch of this Scarron of the Pencil is a direct incentive to merriment. Every line is an immediate appeal to our risibility. Every twist and turn of his crayon is tantamount to a . , dig in the ribs, or a tickle of the diaphragm. And no wonder. For the publication before us, remem ber, is nothing loss than the very quintessence of all that is ludicrous, extracted iroin the London Charivari, during a career of some fourteen years' duration—fourteen years of literary and pic torial extravagance. In Leech's "Pictures of Life and Character," in short may be found tbe crime de la creme of the drolleries of Punch— skimmed off 721 goblets, or weekly numbers, otherwise off 28 ample bowls or half-yearly volumes. The selection for the most part, however, being restricted to the minor illustrations—the engrav ings scattered like blossoms over the trim parterre of the letterpress. It is' deserving of conside ration, by the way, by the Messrs. Bradbury and Evans, whether it might not be advisable. to gather together the pick of the larger sketches—now numbering between seven and eight hundred—and reprint them in a separate volume, the size of the periodical in which they made their original appearance. It would constitute a very curious commemoration of the varying themes of public interest during the last decade and a half, a noteworthy sketch-book of the hopes, and fears, and passions, and absurdities of a very busy and ambitious generation. Something of this kind, indeed, is effected by Mr. Leech's " Pictures of Life and Character." Through out them may be traced the continued and some times extravagant fluctuations of fashion—from the loud patterned . shirts and the stupendously chequered trousers of Gentisra-Rampant, to the stunning overcoats and dapper waist ditto, the jingling chatelaines and protuberant parashades of Fast- Youngladyhood. Beyond these, even, the out rageous freaks in the way of female costume origi nated some years back by Mistress Colonel Bloomer —that George Sand of Millinery, the Mary Wol stonecraft of the Petticoa‘t. Au extraordinary number 4:4 old favourites will be recognised by the readers of Punch on turning over the 94 pages of these accumulated " Pictures of Life and Character." Everybody will be charmed to meet old Briggs again, and to follow him, once more—grinning—through the pro. tracted series •of his wholly preposterous mis adventures. Shaking one's sides over his do mestic mishaps, and fairly 'roaring outright over his astounding feats of horsemanship. For another of our artist's supposititious heroes, tracked by him through absurdity after absurdity in a pro longed, and we feared at one time interminable, chapter of accidents, we confess we never bad any liking whatsoever. From the beginning to the end we have entirely failed to recognise the fun of the thing —we mean in the instance of the " Brook Green Volunteer." For us the fellow has been from the outset quite intolerable—so that we have -not without chagrin observed the revival of bis witless ugliness in the midst of the humorous frolic of this otherwise delectable gathering of ludicrous embellishments. • Mr. Leech ia always great in his Sketches of young ladies a n d little d c l hildren.' His skill, or rather genius, in thceseisp conspicuously is, of course, set forth, therefore, o his delicious "Pi c t ures o f Lif e ani enough Character." in these, ter." something wonderful, the sweetness and ten derness with which our great artist-humourist pencils the .lineaments of maidenly and matronly beauty, and calls forth with a few master-touches on a wood-block the' innocence, the grace, the fun, all the bewitching but nameless charms of childhood. Nothing in truth can be more exquisite in its way than the delicacy with which sometimes all this is acc omplished. One re co g nises at a glance on these occasions, how the adroit hand must be warmed into life by the throbbings of the gentle heart—the fervour of a loving, manly nature being visibly evidenced in these ma r velloualittla limningS Of.fair dames and young children. Yet with the tenderest of these master-touches —mingled almost provok ingly—others the meat daughter-movibg fog th eir grotesqueness. ~_lnstance_this that glimpse into the nursery where Paterfamilias bursts • in l with an apOstrophe ahout his buttonless shirt, addressed to Materfamilias, then engaged with the little naked youngling on her lap—serenely preoccupied with its morning ablutions. Then that other fresh, delightful, matutinal, homeincident,when under the suggeStive title " Hooking and Eying," Angelina, the "' wife of his bosom," saith, " Well, _4l:lwin, if you can't make the 'things,' as you call them, meet, you need not swear so; it's really quite dreadful !". Edwin partially invisible—Angelina looking all the while so pretty, buxom, and blooming. Then that other peep, at "Domestic 'Bliss," where— Mamma, suckling her infant in -the 'chimney corner, Paterfamilias, watch in hand, observes — "I cannot conceive, my love, what is the matter with my watch ; I think it must want cleaning." Whereto the Pet Child cries out— " Oh-! no ; Papa, dear ! I dont think it wants cleaning, because baby- and I had it washing in the basin for ever so long this morning " Or again —that dreadful Master Tom, to - whom grand- . mamma is supposed 'to have given'som© plums— threatening suddenly in cold blood—" 'Now, then, granny, I've .eaten the plums, ,and if you don't give me siipelice I'll swallow the ston es !" Master Toin holding the) • stones in the pahn of one hand, and extending the other for the sixpence. Granny, in her arm chair, at once para!ytie and spas modic. And so the bizarre, the homely, and the beautiful illustrate, childhood, boyhood; girlhood, and. womanhood, in these .wonderful sketches of John Leech in other instances, kindred to 'the fore gOirig, 'not easily innumerable. His life-drawings of ridiculous little children; greetty boys, impu dent boys, ugly boys, precocious boys,' and the like specimens of the genus honto in miniature, are things to be remembered.' That "illustration, for example, of " Alarming symptoms after eating boiled .beef and gooseberry pie," when Little Boy - whimpers " Oh, lor, Mar, I feel just exactly as if my jacket was . buttoned !" Or that other One, of a kindred Little Boy (our 'small hero's cou sin, we suspect), where [the incident :is cele brated as " a caution " for the behoof of reflective juveniles at Christmas] mamma, taking the spoiled little boy's hand at the dinner-table, says, " Why,' my dearest Albert, what are you crying' for—so good, too, as you have been all day 1" To which dearest Albert responds with the irrepressible -blubber, " 800-hoo ! I've eaten - so m-much b-beef and t-turkey, that I can't eat any p-plum p-p-pudding !" Or, again, that horrid young grampus at the pastrycook's, a pocket Lambert, a sort of infant Satire on the Living Skeleton, who, to the shopwoman's inquiry, " What have you had, sir ?" replies suffocatively, "I've had two jellies", seven of them, and eleven of them, and six of those, and four bath buns, a sausage roll, ten almond cakes—and a bottle of ginger beer." As contrasts to all which pampered and glutted samples of-boy hood, come those specimens of the" little, pert, dapper, ragged, good-for-nothing searamouches of the London streets, whose doings and sayings Mr. Leeds commemorates with a pen and pencil of infinite appreciation. - Conspicuous among the examples of which aforesaid gamins de Londres must perforce be particularised that notable Mils- . tralion of " Innocence" in the Streets—where an incorrigible urchin, with his arm-full of snow balls, collared by the beadle, cane in hand, squalls out breathlessly, " Oh, sir ! No, sir. 'Please, sir ; it ain't me, sir ! It's the other boys, sir 1" Another snow scene reveals to us, we fancy, the veritable twin-brother of Innocence, in the small boy, with the Keeley-like visage, meekly averring to " his natural enemy, the policeman"—" Snowballs, sir I 'No, sir ! I haven't seen any one. throw no snowballs, sir !" A stout old lady in tbe background being literally " starred ' with one of those splintered missiles in the very centre of her cloak, precisely at that portion of her anatomy which might be described as the small of her back, but that any such' adjective, - SQ applied, would, in her case, be altogether inappropriate. A companion picture is that representing the choleric old gen tleman, who has just been dabbed with a similar pellet in the middle of his hat—the Lilliputian hurler of the projectile, candidly ex plaining in the foreground—" Please, sir, I wasn't a heavin' at you—l was heavin' at Billy Jones." Said Billy Jones in the distance—safe, but ob servant. And so on through all these delicious little exemplars of impertinence on the part of the small fry of our London boy-population. A distinct series may readily be traced out, hereand there, in the midst of all theseeming jumble of these curiously miscellaneous embellishments. A dis tinct series, that is, of " cuts"—keen, rapid, and incisive—laying open to us, by illustration after illustraticn, some particular phase of foly in all the fulluess and depth of its ridiculousness. As brilliant and humnrously contrasting tokens of I his, we may take the several sketches relating on the one hand to -" F,un eiana," and on the other to " Servantgalism." It may be as well, perhaps, to specify distinctly just one or two instances of the latter—pleasant examples of the said " Ser. vantgalisin ; or, What's to - become of th:: inissusea ?" The consequential servant, gal, say, with the draggled feather in her bonnet, politely reticuled and genteelly parasoled—who is observ ing superciliously to the lady having a vacant situ •'We:l, main,- heverythink consid ere d, rin afraid you won't suit me. I've always been brought tip genteel ; and I could'nt go no whores where there ain't no footman kep.' " Another—that cinderous housemaid with the red nose, looking through the area railing, as her handsomely-dressed old inissus encounters the small errand-boy on the door-step : Old Lady.—" What is it, boy?" Boy.—"Please'm it's a pair of white satin shoes, and the lady's ran wot's bin mended—name of Miss Julia Pearlash !" Old Lady.—" Miss 11 !? 9 ??" Voice from area—" Oh, it's all right, mum. It's me." Another—Servant gal " who has quarrelled with her bread and butter"— "If you please, ma'am, I find there's cold meat for dinner in the kitchen ; did you expect me to eat it ?" Lady-Mistress— " Of course I expect you to eat it, and au excellent dinner, too." Upon which servant gal—with her nose in the air—" Oh, then, if you please 'm, I should like to leave this day mouth." Mr. Leech adding in sly brackets—[exit idiot]. " Flunkeiana" is, if possible, still better, as a kindred tickler into laughter. As, for example, in that kitchen scene, where "Master of the House," point ing to the well-spread table, expostulates— " Now, pray, what is it you complain of ? Is not a roast leg of mutton, - with plenty of pudding, vegetables, and beer a substantial dinner enough for you ?" To which aristocratic flunkey, settling his cravat affectedly—" Oh, substan tial enough, no doubt, sir.; but it really 'is a quizzeen that—aw—me and the other gentlemen has not been accustomed to. It's corse—very corse indeed, sir! " The other gentlemen pathetic, by the dresser, both in look and attitude! An other—" Serious Flunkey," snuffling, fleshy about calf and abdomen, respectable in black, Gampish in umbrella, and carefully anointed about the bead —loquitur to the old lady with the bible on her knees—" I should require, madam, forty pounds a-year, two suits of clothes, two 'ats, meat and hale three times a-day, and piety hindispensable." An other, more delectably laughter-moving Flunkey I beg your pardon, sir—but there is one thing - I should like to mention at once." [Gentle man, by the way, in dressing-gown. Breakfast laid. Flunkey with hand apologetically leaning on table as he speaks.] "I am afraid—a—that lam expected to clean the boots." " Gentleman—Bless me Oh dear, no I There must be some mistake ; I always clean them myself—and if you will leave your shoes outside your door I will give them a polish at the same time." Another---perhaps the best, as it shall be the last extract from "Flunk eiania." Lady, surprised—" You wish to leave —really it's very inconvenient. Pray, have you any reason to be dissatisfied with your place ?" Flicnkey, expla natory—" Oh, dear no, ma'am—not dissatisfied, exactly ; but—a—the fact is, ma'am, you don't keep no wehicle, and I find I miss my carriage exercise." After which fashion the whole series is carried' out deliciously as a provocative to mer riment. Several of the .home-scenes, it should be observed, are altogether indescribable, whether in their natural humour, or, as it might be called, their e grotesque probability. sin the "Little k D e i t n e e ee r Party," or, again, in the "Little Surprise"—s e h upon worthy:of particular reference to every on open whose . drawing-room table there lays spread aide to these Life and Character."' It will be observable this pictorial feast of fun, Leech'srvrelesslY, that who turn over its pages, howeve a r re ct u tcpiutures of ggestivo to the most opposite employments our artist of notions in to the Butcher's erously extravagant. In referenceentitled ".A rible trade, for example, herl7utelier inquiring of his their re Business"—the mastearke old Major Dumbledore's rd the most ludi• assistant, "Did you . t TMr. Poodle's legs till g lien edit Miss Wiggle's shoulder and neck, tender." Hairdressers in like man ribs to No. 12 ?" 're quite t he yfie uent hints of the ludicrous add an in d g, h : er afford him no up q exemplified by tLittl e • t Hairdresser,* As may be ildlyhis foot in it —meekly observing "putting ening (as tu he snips and snips) to the gentleman of " 11 governable temper "—" Yer air's very thin cn the top, sir I." To which the infuriated sul • )ject---‘ My hair thin on the top, sir ! A n d what if it is ? Confound you, you puppy, do you think I come here to be insulted and told of my personal defects? I'll thin your top !!" Or that other of the Hair dresser observing "They Bay, sir, the cholera 's in the hair, sir,!" The gentle• an then being tritu rated with the bristles replying • to the remark rather uneasily, " Indeed ! ahem . then I hope you are very particul ar about the brushes you use." L Whereupon 0 4 *Kumar fnLplaina almost pity ingly, "0.11..1.1 see -you don't ittinderstand me, sir.. I don't mean th e ' a i r.o f th e ' e d , but the hair hof the hatmosphere !" Horeigners, too, Mr. Leech pencils off with--more-than the vraisemblance of Gavarni, though with- more than the caricature of Rovvlandson. testimony of'which take that "Staggerer for an Excursionist" in London, when Bearded Monsieur with profuse gesticutationsaith, hat in hand, to honest Chawbacon, with Polly Dust pan on his arm, "Pardon, m'sieu! •Faut it aller droite, 4 gauche, ou en face, pour' me rendre 4 Peek - a - peek-a-dee-le e ?" Or, better still, that group of frowsy and hirsute foreigners, "Memo rials of the Great Exhibition of 1851," pausing in amazement by an at fresco washing-stand, with its cleanly array of towels, soap, et cetera, under one of the trees in Hyde Park —one crying out, "Mon Dieu, .Alphonse ! R egar d ez done. Comment appele-t-on cette machine a?" His comrade, "Teens, c'est drble-- mail je n e - sa i s pas. " Fancy 'portraits are sprinkled through the pages delight fully, as in the case of the " Indivfdrial".{ w ith straw in his hair; and sums scrawled on the wall, and his finger in his - mouth, grinning]—" who sends a fifty-pound note for unpaid income tax to the Chancellor - of the Exchequer. . With sketches from . IZiture the volutrie, of 'course, abounds " taken ne ar th e ' in justice to M r . F t h r r e o e t m i s o o t n i t w ; T hu , : I t ,e o r n n e ,,, o o f u t g l h ie t s , e Leech, to be mean, of the old gentleman, gooseberryja . ced and is 'especially particularised . That, we pottle-bodied, wh eez i ng a nd tight, who callin g out agonisedly in a spasmedid trot, " Good gram- It were idl e , h owever , t o go on par ti cu larising. As ous ! it's st r iki ng , arid they'll, have begun dinner." well attempt . to . define in: words the distinctive charaeter of the grins and guffaws celebrated by Hog krth's pencil in his 'inimitable . '" Laughing Audience," as to catalogue all the variable fun and frolic scitiandeTred by the humorous hand of Leech over his no less inimitable "Pictures of Life and Character.'' They are things to seen and roared over, rathe r th an to .be 'coolly criticised Or delibe raand tely et- e numerated.„ _For ourselves we have again Y again given them the panegyric of our laughter. G ra ti tude to Mr. Leech, .and good-will. to others ( w h o may not Yet have canned them. selves under the infinence of 'hiS - iadiant humour), impel us to add to that more appropriate and more genial eulogium, this sedater tribute of sincere and unaffected admiration. - NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE socrErr. The annual general meeting of this company was held on the 9th inst. It was more nu merowdyattended than we have seen it on any former occasion,: the spacious board room being quite filled. Edmond S. Sythes, the Chairman of the Company, presided: The balance sheets and auditors' certificate Were read, as also the actuary's report, as follows " L, 21st Aril "Gentlemen,—H av i ng comp letedo ndon the vario p us , cal lBs cu s. la tions, it again devolves upon me to submit to you the re sults of my annual investigation of the affairs of the Na tional Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. " During the past year 1,031 policies have been issued, covering assurances to the extent of '420,1331., and yield ing premiums to the amount of 13,725/. 17s. 9d. per annum. The claims paid during the year amount to 43,8171. 75.4 d ; the expected claims during the same period, according to the table of mortality adopted by the society, being 30,5801. The total claims paid from the commencement of the society to the end of the year amount to 262,8631. lls. 7d., being 2,423 less than the expectation. The income of the society arising from premiums on 5,696 policies is now 82,2071. 7s. 11d. per annum, exclusive of extra premiums and income from other sources, and the correspoading amount of assurances is 2,496,3011. " The position of the affairs of the society, calculated up to the lst of December, 1854, is as follows : Present value of income receivable by the society under Life Assurancecontracts £1,120,030 3 11 Present value of income from Deferred Annuities and Endowments Amount of investments, as per Auditors' Report, &c. 4,936 16 7 148,432 6 2 £1,273,399 6 8 Present value of liabili ties on all existing Life Assurances, in cludingcuri entclai ea5E1,068,146 17 1 Present value of liabili ties on Deferred An nuities and Endow ments Present value of Imme diate Annuities pay able by the society... Paid-up capital Bonus on shares unpaid 26,440 3 8 60,200 19 0 51,076 10 0 301. 2 4 .21,206,168 12 1 Balance in favour of the society —.2 67,130 14 7 " After. reserving the sum of .57,6951. Hs. 7d. from this balance, the remainder will enable you to declare to non withdrawal policies, on the profit scale, a cash bonus of 15 per cent., and a reversionary bonus in addition to the sums assured, varying according to age and duration, from 20 to GO Per cent. on the pr em i ums o f a ll po li c i es on the profit scale. the same being upwards of four years' standing, and to the proprietors a bonus of 3 per cent. in addition to the regular interest of 5 per cent.—l. am, gentlemen, your very obedient servant, • `‘ W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary. "To the D:rectors of the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society." The foll.wing report of the directors was read by J. Lea,..der Starr, Epq., the manager .: , "The directors are bappy in having an opportunity 1 of submitting to the proprietors the balance sheets of the past year, showing the progress and financial state of the cornpiny, and also the annual report of our eminent actuary. "From these it will be seen that, despite the gravy hind, ranee to the success of nearly every branch of busi ness during the pest year, both at borne and abroad, by untowarJ circumstances disorganising the steady march of counriercial success which bad heretofore existed ; de spite the unusual mortality, by cholera and otherwise, which has caused such unprecedented losses to Life As surance Companies, and which has called for 22,150/. 15s. 4d. of our funds to meet such claims, in excess of the sum paid the preceding year ; our business has been well sustained, and the result of the year's transactions has been such as to warrant the actuary in recommend ing us to award a handsome bonus, both to policy-holders and proprietors. " Since the end of the financial year our business has been well kept up, and the attention of the directors has been most earnestly engagedinsiftitg the whole system of our operations, with the view of making such modifications as the experience of the past has proved to be desirable. Their attention has also been occupied in endeavouring to carry out a general system of retrenchment of our expenditure both at home and at our chief foreign agencies, and in doing which they have been met in a spirit of great cordiality and earnestness by our general agents, and especially by our representatives at New York ; and the progress, so far, has not been inconsider able, while hopes of furth er re d uc ti ons are lik e l y t o b e realised in the future progress of the finance committee, who are still pursuing so desirable an object. " The removal of the Society's offices from Cornhill to the Strand, and the change of name, which the directors hope will soon be completely accomplished, are mea sures bearing most f tvourably on the future business and success of the institution. - "In no period of the society's history has the busi ness conducted at our foreign agencies been so well man aged, or in detail more regular, than at this moment. "The directors recommend, as suggested in the ac tuary's report, that the proprietors award 3 per cent. bonus to holders of shares (in addition to the regular annual interest of 5 per cent.), and 15 per cent. cash bonus to policyholders (with profits, and on the non withdrawal scale), and the reversionary bonus, as ex plained by Mr. Woolhouse. " It will be the business of the present meeting to elect four directors in lieu of Messrs. Elliotson, Sgines, Tabor, and. Thompson, whose term of office expires, but who are eligible for re-election, and offer themselves ac cordingly, and to confirm Messrs. Hodgson end King Church, who have been appointed directors by a ePecia l court convened for that purpose, vice Messrs. CrOft and Starr, resigned. , " Also to elect two auditors in lieu of Pl:S fess : Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford l''o lln whose term of office expires, but are eligible, and offer themselves accordingly. the r ep re. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, " 142, Strand, Ma ‘ y ‘ E 3, D -1 14 8 ° 5 1 7." or t was 5. Svg"' Chainivin. ceived and adopted. ' n nimous ly re-elected. . The present auditors were u_ o a seph Thompson, Esq., E. S. Symes, Esq., AI.P-, J John Elhotson, Esq., M.D., Clement Tabor, Esq_.! and Samuel King Church, e duly elected, ietorLs,iafendon its present c) and confirmed directors of the society. congratulate the management of We may honestly'the very general expre • of expression confi dence company on Henry Esq.w J e r . Hodgson, future prospects.Thebill now before Par liament, liament, to change the name to one more appropriate t nearntdhh9a re felt, 0 f the success ' p ‘ a The rtof the International prop r its business, A ssurance So. ciety," having passed the committees of both Houses of and prosperity of p a rliament, will soon become a law, and ' f 1' n we ee sure, ap d so e s i i, c te e i oen o v Ss this company. At a special general meeting of the proprietors'on the preceding day, the Chairman, on behalf of the directors, stated the course pursued by the directors in refuthtion of Mr. Bennett's circulars, and detailed especially the causes which led to that individual's dismissal from office; and Mr. Bennett having replied thereto at great length, the following resolution was passed by a very large ma jority of the proprietors pre,ent, no proxies having been used used on the occas i on, although absent proprietors, to extent of ov er 100, had confided their proxies to' t h e directors : " Resolved—That this meeting cordially approves of th• course which the directors have felt themselves compelled to take in the matter of Mr. Bennett's dismissal from the office of financial manager, and desires to record its confi. deuce in their general administration of the affairs of the society." The meeting then voted thanks to the chairman (Dr. Symes) "for his able and excellent conduct in the chair." • • ni g hts with his -," - Smith coming for a willfew . ' There is some rumour , says Galignani, of Mr Aibert *scent of , tai W d ho En w g o li u sia ld alone nearly fi ll hie salle Mont Blanc. It be highly successful among all as well as Mr. Smith's own ea:ohouhon countrymen, og. ~ysei Y t e of b 10 4 a 00 t cregi_ 20 10 20 35 10 22i all all all all 2i /9 601 1 914 1 ni 1 71 i 99 8i 981 81 Oi 20i il 100 50 21 19 74 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENIN4'I, MAY 14 1855. 1071 1855. ~:;