The Sun. — London, England, 1855-06-02 00:00:00

ONEy lIKET C°3 IIIERGIAL INTELLIGESCE. CITY, Two o'CLoCK. t ! h e Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday t i t ne d firm at full prices. The sales amounted 1? - 2 ","' C '° o bales, making the total for the week 1: 1 ' 40 bales. Fair IJplands realised 60. ; Me g; 67, 1 6 1 1 per lb. Railway g• ; and Orleans, 8 1 es w ere firm, at further enhanced values. thei r c i rcular dated last evening, Messrs. ii ti o t th and Charles refer to the war with Russia as rtied on, and observe : ti a d'` it will b e impossible , however, for her to carry f e • Icitteaqg,e elai' ive war on the gigantic scale . the present length assumed, witho . ut seriously inter altA, w ith he r productive industry, is nit denied ; aud • there are symptoms manifest which warrant 9 ber • - I) ' ey ing that in the fire of the allies being Its, against her coast, the demand i. t for horses, 41 1 4 1 and men for Government o will be that 48 tuaterially to diminish the commercial lecs facilities t iler e sere established last year. Nevertheless egy ala in the people of Russia, eN I O ,-ated a s it - is e b no u n n'ceasing appeals to their fanati tilfibt'e'rrd,,eiend their country country gloriously. The contest et th vWre f we expect, be hot, if it be not very long. ' o ll l , e F°nizpiest of the Crimea, or the destruction of t° cl ose Bsl ae Ports in the Baltic, will f n t o h t e brin the war . To Emperor g to k °s tow follow the armies o npt,,,' Whither they will retire, will never be at. ` 4 e "0". Recourse must at length, then, be ? had to hibition of her trade. Why not a c t e o t n h c a e t 14 . a er kIt d .k , e t ti e r r i s o b u u s ra illustration of the ignorance prevails amongst die native merchants, or ra )'e b eate rs; concerning public a airs in this country, tte),-4Y Mention that it being made known t . h h at Earl 4e(4,1148 about to bring forward the motion , 4 ettl a iL 4r ed the House of Lords on the 25th u ~ it w was i ▪ s s uPPosed that the war would, as amatter of N eci i n ue abandoned, and the price of tallow was in ▪ it"ee raised by the purchases of these opera wo rouble." t he:2, 4 . 1 ). Bell, Son, and Co. report that during 1 4 7 . ! Week a marked improvement has taken the t h e the market for American Securities, and Lher g has been an active business doing in 41 t) 1 , a " ad vanced prices. The chief transactions l'ailroad. bonds have been the Panama 7 per kke 'a St ad Bonds., of which there have been 11; g° Purchas es ; a l so i n Pennsylvania C en - ads 4 ; 11°18 Central, and New York and Erie t° l Which there is still a good demand Redeemable. Per. Cent. 's 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...107 108 Okek stat es 6 per Cent. Inscribed ; 14 4 *". ............................ 1867-1868...106 107 k~La v l o a il per Cent. I nscr ib e d St oc k 1877. ..... 78 8 80 5 h t „la 5 per Cent. Bonds 101 44 , 1 14 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) 1868...102 103 Per Ce n t. (S terl i ng B on d s ) 93 re N , ala 2 Per Cent. (St er li ng B on d s ) 1888... 85 87 e4t ileity u r r Cent. Bonds 1886... 87 88 - Per Cent. Bonds 1868... 88 89 44teal 6 P. Cent. LOANS OF CITIES. Ster. Bonds.. 1885— 83 bo ' 4llB 6 per Cent. Bonds .1857 1893... 80 82 I .)o's : do. do. 1874... 78- do. do. 1884— 72 74 Ce RAILROAD BONDS. . iltr al 7 per Ce n t. B on d s 1875... 68 70 04t4da"entral 7 per Cent. Freeland _ _ ,53 1860..... 65k8 (6,4 NagTventral 8 per Cent. Bonds V 44 t o Per Cent. let Mortgage (Ster .ll4fi Ms) 1859... 92* 1} B ond Per Cent. lst Mortgage (Ster eil4 O 1864.- 93 ..................... • lt,;ip "la Central 6 p. Cent. Mortgage lBBo... 91 92 ....... ........ .. Cent. Ist Mort er tlt Y Grk ........ ....... ..............1868-1869...100 101 khBaee end Erie 7p. Cent., 2d Mort- 1859... 90 92 11.75 01kvertible , Q,,, ti a v ed tble rie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort- 1883... 85 86 : tI• c 4ti a ` l iti l eP p. Cent. Convertiblo..lB62... 80 81 4 Rrie7 per'Cent. Sinking .•.. .............. *Ex dividend. ... 80 81 14 41 ) : ee , 141 3r return of the Bank of England to t• he I last entirely confirms the view taken as ay last for employing some of the su s p eu_ titi eff e'th er the purchase of Government e or . f Making loans upon them. The Bank l ' e duce its rate of discount, and found tiNit,ver 11 , 18 offered, consequently resorted 48 upon former occasions. The to this The excellent i ,, t° the credit of the Chancellor of the Ex -I)vp`t,t.4e, 1. 41 7,ati1l an e ncouraging feature in the ac rely I L' the means of the Bank are now left 1,, , • Itiq;zafettered by an extraneous Government ',l46,Nat militates against the commercial body. t h lNl; at e, deposits were slightly lessened, but af" ' l %l 4 t ae proceeds might be invested prior to c='t the transfer books. Such an amount 14 41 , C,: 1 4: I c e 'lerve and bullion has been rarely held 41, th 44 ti 4 ' 4 unsettled. times. Compared with "'e eir e , % ttLapges are as follows 410 11 er e% ........ B eet .. . **••••• ......... ease 'Posit s S her T e ase D r Posits £19,617,315 4,625 17,064,781 417,065 3,172,157 1,857 5,196,161 1,837,889 11,932,316 ' e vet h h'eerease 298,455 1,020,359 4., 4 ' 1, 3 , 1 and other Bills '"'ver n -- eiease ttlect Securities 12,110,721 O th _ I ner 1,287,589 -mtn ease lecrities 12,315,806 ‘‘ ( tea , 4 ' e erease 139,349 'tienaploY ed 1 0, 72 0 ,370 fik t eat erd 4er ease 439,760 11 4 h a y afternoon the rates for bills of ex ot kt g tltiit“ h p° a the principal continental cities were 3-718aPported. Paris, 90 days, was taken O'NO to 40 ; Hamburg, at 13 71 to 8 ; and t e i at 12 33 to 36. 13t i llsa a l a eeounts relative to the sums paid as r f have been published for the ye i a x which it appears that the Sun, b bttt elial lge, County, Imperial, and A P lli c :n n ce, li t t S ou the list n London, the Norwich gott4ll,"- West of England in the country, the I tt l th e ez v ul lion and North British in Scotland,. -.44 . —a r n t ,ional, the Patriotic, and the Globe, in Its 'e ex Unity made great: progress. 41., 'torts of bullion from London direct this an4,lll.n_rs_day last, have been 1,680 ounces of AL 4 er e " s no ounces of gold. ' 9. t'at. 41. e uo arrivals to-day with news of any 'l,, lllb ei °ll thlY list of Mr. Miller shows a fair )p' 4 4 -,°f v essels on th e b er th f or A us tralia. -01 1 e f, 11114 0241 a have been rather flatter, Consols which k tis tlt 4, being now 92k for transfer. For ac- F4 43r, , ae e d en li a n ve been 91i ex dividend, and since 4 tl though now up to 91i again. Nekh,°e.- haa varied from 2081 to 210. India I : l 4 4 ein - ; 13 .? en at 235 to 236. Exchequer Bills q0b1re ) , 1 4 . 134 ) and India Bonds have been 19s. to I4t th-I,lllll' The New 3 per Cents. have been tgninv` to 9 21. The Omnium is at 4 to 4 N'kreiiahrVecurities have been steady, except 4 te 8 2 w eh are lower, having been dealt in a hp b 4014 and since at 81 to 1. At present they t A /r tecl 81 i to Mexican Bonds have been iakt-rii• and at 22i. to Buenos Ayres have risen P eruvian . have been dealt in at 69. r l e ex dividend realise 85i to 86. Dutch kttitlltifoillts. ar e at 64. t44144..0°/viag are the nominal prices of foreign lltt.',22uretiada Deferred Bonds, 6/ to 71; Men ; Peruvian, 68 to 70 ; ditto Three NC: 451' ,* 8 to 50 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., -Llngsian Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ; Nt: 4l l‘i -li e r ,: all ,d - a . -Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ; it t ., 3 8 :tv Def erred, 181 to 18/ ; Ditto 3 per ° 38 i ; Ditto Certificates, 4 to 4 i ; :44.1"eouXte,, /too 3 1 1, 1 4 ) 111 Rail transactions are not important, the t:iway Shares fully maintain their value, ,h444,..eert, som e cases are higher, Aberdeen, Great W4t: J-Jancashire and Yorkshire, Midland, r ford ki l kh - and Kilkenny being at an advance. er erp a 4 111, ' 41 0 and Rotterdam have been about ss. hl' or r e e i aa c ila e nd Geneva are up 10s. to 11., and tt Air . use are fully 10s. dearer. al n e' l aes are dull, and also the Joint-Stock , sq. g„,.Ystal Palace are a shade higher. Aus cultural Land continue heavy. lik t Ng FUND @, -liz THIS DAY AT ONE O' t :i. ''@ (Pr i „,,,. lik ek coz% the Official List. I Bugind,a dm, tc,Nt6 ll l„ iZ•• . 209 h 10 8* ‘ l t Ilt .4 "an .. * L 4 1k . 00_ a c ed annuities 9ls i; `''t) k,__.l•lelit3.olB Annuities V.tteliti Annnities Iliilte yea' riAre 5 „ i , B .... th Jan., 18P0 . 4 44 k o ll e y ear ; -r•zpire sth Jan., 1860.: 4* k , Ex-p• t Di t 4;o lict .... ire sth April, 1885 16 C;:k414),41 -t /646 .... ~‘ ~,. , o , A er e ti ooo ...... •..„ t•t t.t : s eti . ....e °tint, 3.0 t., .................... Lt"tt r ‘.;t ;:*••• . in July 9l* # x d tti l l ik i ~,,„`)? , A : o _,.,'• ..... N. oi l 4-x)1 1 ,.." ix.ticper -ki idea ~,, 5 LN FUNDS AT ONg 0'01,0;11i. i\., , Per Cent loo* rib. p e 'Ortds, 6 't•b 4 ? t, t y c e , t. per Cent 604 a b? , ••: 1A , ~ h e .A.,,,,_11 711 4 ? f e i?end e 'l'? nt 224 014 4 ' the 4 i7§ Per Cent. — IP I 4I t end s ec ennt. it ts 11, 4 , 5 ~,,._ _1 69 D tor t ti, 6 p l e 7`je t. ........ ... ups Nvi e A ceenn e . rt — ktektz l, ••• .. en th e en",— 'el 24 "-- Pi:Table in tcriti.n. • Per Cent. 12 Cluil 64 e on Ditto _ 43 0's ....................... .... ....... „„I 9 1 1 I TWO O'CLOCK. 25 St. 20 St. 20 20 10 10 St. 10 St. 25 to 5 20 18 6 5 5 20 SEI RE MARKETS THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. EAD:WAYI O, Closing Prices yesterday. this day. Aberdeen ..... Ambg. Nottng. Bost. and Eastn. Junct... Belfast & Ballymena. Binning. Wolverh Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh Cheshire Junet.... Chesh. & Birk. £5O and C 25 Cuo Do., £20.. ..... . . itlyth &Tynsorigina £25 (issd. at £45 3ristol and Exeter... laledonian. ...... Carmarthen and Car digan ;heater dr Holyhead lork and Bandon Cork, Black, di Pas., Cornwall Crieff Junction ►nblin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Abel teen Junction Do. New Past Anglian Eastern Counties, eastern Union, A Stock C Do., B. Stock Do., New A ..... I East Lancashiro Minhurgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin.Prth &Dundee ''orth & Clyde Jane Furness Do. Extension Glasgow & S. %Pesten .;neat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock, Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western Do. Stour Val Rail Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle I Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorko , D Wet. Riding Un Li v :Creby.&Southpt London & Blackwal bond. Bright & S.Cs' Loud, and N. West,. Do. Fifths D0.101.5h.,M&8. , C Do. Eighths London andS. Woste Do., £5O Do., £40.. Lndndrry& Col eraini Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Wan ch.Sh e f.& Linch Do. Shares, No. l Do., Man. & Lin. Un. Midland 1)o. Birmng. & Derbi Midld. G. West. (Ire ; Do. Half Shares , Vewcastle & Carlisle, Nwpt.Aborg. &Ilrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoini, and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Counties North British North Devon, No. I Do., No. 2 )o. A A Deferred.. Do., B Guarantred N. Eastern—Berwicl , Po. do. Extension .. Do.do. G.N.E. Purch Do. Leeds Do. York North London Do. Now XlO N. &S.Wstrn. ,Hamp stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western., N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central !Scottish Midland hropshire Union 3onth Devon Sonth Eastern 4outh Wales 3. Yrksh. do Riv. Dun Do 4,aines,Wok. &Wok Stockton & Darlin ...:',tvaten it lic,rtlepl Laff Vale .. Do. LIO shares Do. Pref., No. 1. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Ulverstone & Lancs Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kalkennl Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall West End of Londe' and Crystal Palace West London IWimbledn&Croydou 24 - A 421 - 4i 81- 8 13i - 131 15i - t 6 86 7i. 88 - 90 64 - 664 S - 10 5i sa 15 - 16 12i - /21 36 - 40 24 - 26 78 80 58 60 2d par 19 21 70 - 72 92i -03 i 78 - 80 L 25 - Pi 7 97 - 99 68 - 69 58 - 62 75 - 80 8 - 101 8 10 81f -82 i, - 8k .0 103 034 - 103/ - Pi 843 851 8 7 6 - Nit 26); 27 - 9 -75 i 41 - 46 ••• 9 - 7 14 2 si. - 53 31 ... 32 75 76 64 - 6 3 - 14 1 , 4 52 53 48 - 50 d par Ad 4d 6i 7 1 d tar ... ..... 28 - 30 101 - 103 68 - 70 46 - 48 13 +4 63 -63 i 28i -29 i 4 - 2 3 - 1 -. ••• .. 20 2 3 - 22 - 2i 7 - 8 FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rottcrdam Belgian Eastu. June Beziers to Graissessae Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrir Demerara Dutch Rhenish . Eastern of France Po. New East Indian, g. 5 p. c. Do. gyLensiou Do. 4i p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do, do., '59, do Gd. Tk of CanadaA is Do. St. Lawrence 14 Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Doben., con. into Stk. till '63 Dn. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Fran Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent Do. New 5 per cent Do. Extensions.... Do. do Great Luxembourt. 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. '6O . Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca do Pistoja 5 p.c. prof Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liego (wit►, interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France. D o .20/. Shs.late Char -1 leroi and Erquelines guar. 31 p. c. & red. at 221/. dnr. yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs ) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ParisCaen dr Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse._ Do. 5i p. cent. Pref Scinde Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 54 per c. Pref Western of Franco_ West. of Switzerland Wiabaden Zealand JOINT-STOI Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company `..'sritish N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, - AT;tralia, &Chins City .............. `Jolonial Commercial of Loud• English Scottish and Australian Chart Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australis Ditto New London and County London Joint Stock Loud. & Wortminster National Provincial of England....., Do. New ........ National of Ireland New South Wales..., Oriental Bank of Corporation. Provincial of Ireland no. New opal Australu.Bkg & Gold Imp Co._ }oath Australia Union of Australia Do. New cildoll Of Ludo; i„, I 81 - 8i - 36 - 26 21 - 26 - 36} - 37 10 - 11 p i -25 f 1 31 - • •• ''''.. • • 6 - 5A 13 - 19 55 57 94 -- 96 31- 4 I 7 .2131) 5i - 5 i 4 31 - 3 1 211 - 211 101 - 103 10 7 109 110 - 112 102 104 22 - 23 110 - 112 - 5 - 6 _ I - lip 2i 3 p 5 7 2 - 3 6 - Q iii = ii 13i - 14 - g - 9 27i - 28 p in - 49 - 42 -- 44 m". -- 23i 24 21 -- 22 2 —ld 9 -- 9} 21 - 3 p ... - pm 3/ - 4 . i SI - : p 18 -- i • •, BA.NKS, 82 - 84 I'd par ...d 3P 18 - 19 21i 22, 4 2 par 1 P •• • • ••• - • • • 33 - 35 37 - 39 • • 4, ••••••• ... 72 - 8 - 9 H. El „, all all .00 63i i 82} 2 1024 3 103 i 75 4 41 451 [par si i i 2i pin S UN% _LON DO.S 3 SAT U I RDAY EVEN IN G, JUNE -2 1855 LINES LEASED FIXED RENTAL!,, all all all WO iati COrRIAti, Loncbt, N. ( 1 1 L. &N. W Caledon... E. Un. Gt. Nrtil“. Caldonian. Gt. Wes, Yk. New & Berw Y. &NM Do. D 9.. S. Easto Do Peto & Co. Norfolk.. Do. L. & N. W Midid. Stckton & Darlingt. 1 En. Coun 'it Count, 'Do., Do. L. &N.W. ScLnlak Do Gt Northr Laneash & Yorksh. T. Brassey 191.111C1ean Stockt. & Darlingt Do loslu, Prle(4 Pester 97 ' 4 9 100 - 102 ••• - ••• 134 - 0 - 109 12 - 13 23 - 24 11 - - 2i ii : i. 6 * - b 57 - 59 130 := 135 3 - 9 3 2d 32- 33 91 - 93 I GtW( "estn. ',E SHARES. 101 - 105 92 - 94 6 Zii is = io o ti 1. 13i -13 i 58 - 62 ... ... 16 - 118 10 - 111 .01 - 103 i - ip 6 -- 64 97 9 90 -- 92 9 94 10 -- 11 17 —17 i 10$ 10a 74 -- 76 194 -- 20 9/ -- 10 14i -- 15 137 139 ... ... RALLWAIrt. Bedford and Bletchley Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lin. g. 6 pc Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Glstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. 1 + Shares. Lon.& Greenw Do. Preference Lon., Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. than. and Matlock Middlox'bro' Redcar . Midld.Brarifd Newmarket Bury Exton ... N.& Est.s P.C. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fizeds p c Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shet.Roth and Gooleg.6 P.c. Shrews. &Her S. Stailordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&Gonirst ••• ''''' .. .•• 2i - 3 T. 13i -- 14 i -- iP 537 139 96 98 4i 4i 100 - 102 92 - 94 34 - 31 7 - la 107 - 109 13. - 14 id - par 23 -23 i 98 - 100 16 - 18 2i 7 - _2O 1 all Agee Fria ... . 3 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold 10s. all Anglo Californian - 20 6 Australian - 11 1 all Australian Cordiller: - 1 all Ave Maria - - 1 all Wen (Gcl.Duchy of - 50 all Bla3narvon Iron and Coal . - 8 20 14 British Iron 4 - 6 35 26 Brazilianlmp.(issue at £5 pin.) - 3 21 Do. Cocaes & Cuiab 2 - 3 20 15 Do. St. John Del Re 31 -33 1 Carson's Cre•ak 1 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica - id 40 all Cobre Copper 56 58 5 1 Colonial Gold - St. all Copper Min. of Eng 30 - 40 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent 2d - par ... 16 Copiapo 204 213 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg n• 1 -24 2 1 Fortuna par -tp 20 all General l5 -17 1 all Gt.Nugg etVeinßog a - $ 41 all Great Polgooth lll 1 all Liberty ..............• - 3 all Linares 7 24 ... 2 D B 2 - 5 1 Lusitanian - 1 all Mariquita - 1 all New Granada - 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co , 1 all N o uveau Monde - 20 all Pontgiband Silva) Lead Min. & Smelt 15 - 16 5 1 Port Philip 1 1 1 all Quartz Rock * - 50 all Rhymney Iron l9 21 15 all Do. New 5 - 6 30 121 Santiago de Cuba... 64 - 7 1 all South Australian 1 - 1 10 74 Tin Croft •• - ••• 2a 28a al United Mexican 5l 64 5 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa * 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia 1 all Yuba • - ••• MISCELLANEOUt3. 25 174 Australian Agric...ilt. 33 - 35 334 3 10 all Aue,raln. Royal Mail . . - 10 7 Berlin Water Works . 3 -24 d 50 40 Brit. American Lan.-1 57 - 60 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co. ... - . . 100 324 Canada 119 - 121 St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. ct. Jan. and July ll3 1134 113 i 5 all Crystal Palace 3/ - 34 34 5 4 Do. Preference I - lip 4 all Crystal Pal. of France - 1 # Duston iron Ore 20 84 Eastern Steam • . -- .- 25 23 Electric Telegraph 1?. - - 19 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. - 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. -- 20 all General Screw Steam 141 20 10 Inch Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig- .• • 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. . . 10 9 Mexhan&S.Ainerion. 64 - 61 10 24 Do. New ••• 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... - •• • 10 5 Netherlands Land.... 11 . - 10 14 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. . 1 all N. B Australasian_ - 1 20 15 Nrth.uf EuropeSt aani - • 1 all Oriental Gas l/ i) all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl 3 - 31 3 505 2 ° lall P a O ll Portland Oriental - rtoins.lanNedwlrono--_ 11P 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 7: - 75 1 all Scot. Mistral. Invest. l - 2 Ditto New - to all South Austral. Land 84 l all Submar. Tel. Scrip 1 - 1 all Do. Registered 20 5 Trust& L.Co.U.Can ..„ 114 284 Van Diemen' Laud / --- 11941 LAW INTELLIGENCE THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. THE QUEEN V. HANCOCK'S PATENT. The arguments in this case, which relate to a technical point as the practice now in existence relative to the granting and extension of patents, occupied the Lord Chancellor the whole morning. (Before the Lords Justices of Appeal.) BTURGE V. THE EASTERN UNION RAILWAY COMPANY-- JUDGMENT. The Lords Justices gave judgment to-day in this ap peal, which was argued before them at the commence ment of the last month. The case came before their lordships upon appeal from the decision of the Vice- Chancellor Wood granting an injunction to restrain the defendants from declaring or paying any dividend upon the general shares of the Eastern Union Railway Com pany, before first satisfying the claim of the plaintiff. Several acts of Parliament had been passed, giving the company powers to grant preference shares, in order to enable them to carry on their works, and in 1847 and 1848 the plaintiff purchased between 1,200 and 1,300 of these preference shares, which were to pay 6 per cent. Up to June, 1850, the dividends at the rate of 6 per cent. had been regularly paid to the plaintiff, but after that period he had received no interest for his money, and in August 1853 the Eastern Union Railway Company ob tained an act of Parliament enabling them to redeem the Preference Stock. In February 1854 the Company Paid the redemption money to Sturge, with interest upon it, at the rate of 4i per cent. Sturge, upon this, banded over his shares to the Company, insisting at the same time that he was entitled to the payment of 6 per eent. The defendants repudiating that claim, Sturge filed his bill for an injunction and a declaration of his rights. The Vice• Chancellor, upon the motion before him for that purpose, granted an injunction, and from that judgment the parties appealed. Upon that appeal coming on before the Lords Justices it was arranged that the appeal motion and the cause should be heard together, and upon them the Court now gave judgment. Their lurd3hips, after going at con siderable length into the case, dismissed the appeal motion, with costs, and declared that the plaintiff was entitled to his claim for 6 per cent. interest up to the time at which the Redemption Act passed in August, 1853 ; observing that the course adopted by the com pany as a body was not creditable to them in rendering it necessary for the plaintiff to institute his suit, and to that suit setting up such an unconscientious defence. The defendants have therefore failed in their appea and in their opposition to the suit, and have to pay al: the costs. QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco.) BURGOYNE V. MARRYATT. Mr. Boville applied for a rule, calling on the defend ant to show cause why an attachment should not be issued against him for not answering certain interroga tories, required by a learned judge, under the 51st sec. of the Common Law Procedure Act of 1854, which re quires the interrogatories sought from a defendant to be delivered to a plaintiff within 10 days, and in default, without sufficient cause be shown, the person so neglecting should be considered guilty of con tempt of court, and be proceeded against accordingly The defendant, to whom the interrogatories were ad dressed, had made five or six applications to the Court, and obtained extensions of time on the ground of ill health, but there was every reason to believe that he could answer the interrogatories without his health sus taining any injury. _ _ Mr. - Justice Coleridge asked if this was the case when Mr. Justice Erie refused an application for a further ex. tension of time. Mr. Bovill said he believed it was. The action was for the recovery of 450/. on two promissory notes, and the answers sought were material to the plaintiff's case. Rule nisi granted. FRENCH V. WIGGINS AND ANOTHER. Mr. Robinson showed cause against a rule obtained for a new trial. The action was brought by the plaintiff, a farrier and veterinary surgeon, against the defendants' haulier at the Great Northern Railway, to recover an account for work and labour done and materials sup plied in shoeing, roughing, &c., the defendants' horses during last winter. At the trial, before Mr. Justice Coleridge, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. The question in dispute was whether the word " rough ing" was used at the time of making the contract (which was a verbal one), or not. The plaintiff contended the contract was to shoe and doctor the horses up to the knee, at is. 4d, per horse, whilst the defendant contended it was for roughing also. Their lordships directed the rule to be made absolute, the costs to abide the result of the new trial. REID AND SON V. SOSKINGS.-SUDGMENT. This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant for an alleged breach of a charter party in not s opplying the defendant with a cargo of wheat from Odessa. The defendant pleaded he was prevented from doing so in consequence of the declaration of war with Russia, and their lordships' decision was for the de fendant. COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL. (Before Lord Chief Justice Campbell, Mr. Baron Platt, Mr. Baron Alderson, Mr. Justice Erie, and Mr. Jus tice Crowther.) THE QUEEN, ON THE PROSECUTION OF WILLIAM MAL . LOW V. THOMAS SMITH. The prisoner was tried at Brighton, before Mr. Ed win James, the recorder of the borough, on a charge of knowingly receiving a stolen watch. The learned re corder having some doubts on the legality of the convic tion, submitted the cage to their lordships, who, after hearing the facts, confirmed the conviction. HORTICULTURAL FETE AT THE CRYSneIL PALACE—(THIS DAY). The first grand horticultural fete took place this day as an inauguration of the season of 1855. At twelve o'clock the doors were opened, and an immense number of holders of season tickets soon assembled in the gar -4 dens, and for whose accommodation the usual rule for the admission of the public was suspended. The exhibi- tion of flowers, plants, &c., was of the most magnificent description, the pelargoniums attracting, as usual, the greatest curiosity. Nothing could exceed tale effect produced by the beauty of the arrangement of the flowers— the deep scarlet in close proximity with the delicate white and pink, had a peculiarly pleasing and fine appearance. There were also some splendid azalias and rhododendrons, the size of which excited the greatest astonishment. The bands of the Coldstream Guards, the Grenadier Guards, the Life Guards, and several other military bands, in addition to that of the company, were in attendance, and played with their usual excellence some well-selected music. The time set for the first performance of the fountains was so late that we were compelled to leave the gardens previous to their display.. The water works which were to make their first appearance at half-past four o'clock, are the fountains of the six basins on the terrace-garden, the two small circular basins just below the terrace, and the large round basin in the centre walk. These nine basins are called the upper range, to distinguish them from the great cascades. The immense double series of circular jets with centre spires 250 feet high, which lie lower down in the grounds, will not, we under stand, be ready till some time in July. The success that has attended this fête will no doubt induce the directors of the Crystal Palace Company to announce their intention of shortly holding another, to which the shilling visitors will be admitted. NEW GOVERNOR FOR THE HOUSE 01' CORRECTION AT WESTMINSTER.—An election took place yesterday for a new governor for the House of Correction at Westminster. The result of the poll was as under : Colonel Fraser, 74 ; Major Charles Ch ee th am , 61 ; Captain A. Keyt, 2 ; Captain N. Craig, 0. Colonel Fraser was then declared to be duly elected. PUBLIC) PETITIONS.- - The 38th report of the select committee includes 36 petitions for the adoption of the ballot, signed by 6,302 persons ; 1,540 for the abolition of church-rates, signed by 144,491 persons; 114 against the new Marriage Law Amendment Bill, signed by 2,896 persons, and 110 in its favour, signed by 56,423 persons ; 1,777 for a repeal of the M a y noo th College Act, signed by 226,534 persons ; 2 for the es tablishment of religious equality, signed by 2, 672 pe rson s; 5 7 for the adoption to 3 hf 7 e o a fordecimalan ScottishEducationcoi alterationnage Bill, signed by 29 , 46 1 persons ; , signed 4,171 pe rsons ; 420 against of details of the measure, signed by 19,691 persons ; 54 for prohibiting the distillation from grain, signed by 18,501 persons ; 56 for prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages, signed by 3,037 persona, and 394 for prohibiting their sale on Sundays only, signed by 94,574 persons ; 132 for a repeal of th e S a l e B o t f ra t i e v r e Act, signed (war with Russia), signed b y 3,527 signed by 297 . 037 persons ; 7 for per sonsadmini- ; 12 for a reform of our military system (war with Russia), signed by 275 persons ; 2 for a speedy termina tion of the war, signed by 47 persons ; and 9 for a vigo. rous prosecution of the war, signed by 1,437 persons. There is also an extraordinary petition from Mr. Robt. Owen, praying the house to appoint a committee or commission fully to investigate his (Mr. Owen's) views on what he calls the millenial state of human life in its spirit, principles, and practices, and the plain and peace ful mode by which it may be made gradually to super sede the present system of society, and that Mr. Owen may be examined at the bar of the house. This strange petition was presented by Vincomat Ciodforieb,sl,P. ess this (lay. 4 5 4 .9 Ti6e A...+ SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock, PRUSSIA. BERLIN, May 30. For a considerable time past almost every statement of German po litics that has appeared in the English, French, and more particularly in the Austrian press, has represented that the feeling of estrangement and pique which had prevailed between the Governments of Austria and Prussia since the close of July last bad now ceased. The state of things that has taken the place of the above-men tioned feeling is variously designated as approxima tion, reconciliation, and unity. The diversity of these states of feeling is rendered the more obvious by the attempts of the vario us correspon d ents to go nearerinto the matter. Thus-1. The approximation consists in the endeavours of Prussia to gain entrance into the Peace Conferences at Vienna by means of overtures to Austria. 2. The reconciliation has been brought about by Prussia's withdrawing her opposition to Austria's desire of mobilising the Federal army, i.e., a war measure. And 3. The harmony and unity of the two Powers consists in their mutual agreement to observe a strict neu trality. These conflicting statements have been suf ficiently long the standing theme of correspondents from Germany for facts of some sort to come to the assistance of some one of the versions, if either of them were true. This has, however, not taken place as yet, and these different ingenious hypo theses have remained floating in the void of suspense, in continual mutual collision, but never actually destroying each other, as they ought to have done from their intrinsic incompatibility. At the last sitting of the Diet, the Russian, Cir cular of May 19 (April 28 0. S.), giving the Rus sian version of the Vienna Conferences, was laid before the Assembly, not the note of April 30, ad dressed to the separate German Governments, in viting their neutrality. At the same sitting the Russian Circular of May 10, expressing a faint protest against the English method of working a blockade, was also submitted to the representatives of the Federal Governments. PIEDMONT. In the sitting of the 28th ult. of the Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies, Count Revel inquired of the Minister of Finance whether the expenditure of the current year would be covered by the ordinary re venue, notwithstanding the payment of the in terest of the new loan. The Minister replied that the ordinary expenditure would most probably even leave a surplus; but that as to the ex penses of the Eastern War, that depended upon circumstances. If the army could provision itself properly in the East, one great item of expense would be materially diminished. The expedition had already cost 10 millions of francs. The sub ject then dropped, and the Convent Suppression Bill was taken into consideration and passed by 95 votes to 23. The Parliamentary session was closed by royal decree on the following day. M4.6.KET NEWS-(THLS DA v COVENT GARDEN. The supplies of vegetables were again on the increase, yet they were very moderate for the time of year. The show of fruit was limited, and the general demand was tolerably firm, at full quotations. FRIIIT.—Pine apples, English, 6s to 12s per lb ; apricots, Os to Os per doz. ; hot-house grapes, 4s Oct to 10s Od per lb ; foreign t I to, 10d to is f.d ; melons, Os Od to Os each peaches, l .4,s Od to 30s ; nectarines, 15s Od to 30s per dozen apples, 4a 6d to 10s Od per bushel ; pears, 2s Od to 8s Od per dozen ; Orleans plums and green gages Os to Os Od per punnet ; ditto, Os to Os Od, and common plums, 3s 0 to Os per half sieve • cherries, lOs to 12s per pound ; lemons, 4s to 8s Od per 100 ; oranges, 4s to 10s per 100; fil berts, 93s per 100 lbs ; cobnuts, 1808 to Os ; almonds, Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, Od to Oct per 100; figs, is Od to 2s 6d per lb. ; strawberries ) 6d to is per oz. VEGETABLEE3.—White cabbages, is Od to 2s per dozen; red ditto, 2s to 3s Od per dozen 2 • French beans, is Oct to 2s Od per 100 ; brocoli, 10c1to 2s 3d per bundle ; potatoes, 90s to 160 s per ton ; vegetable marrow, Od each ; peas, 2s 6d to 6s per half sieve ; broad beans, 9d to is per half sieve ; turnips, 2d to 4d yer bunch ; carrots, 6d to 9d per bunch ; cucumbers, Os 6d to 2s Od each ; garlic, 6d to Os 8d per pcund ; spinach, is Od to 2s Od per sieve; old onions, 6s Od to 8s Od per bushel ; Spring ditto, 2s to 2s 3d per doz. bunches; leeks, 2d to 6d per bunch ; shallots, 4d to 6d ; borstS-raddish, 28 Od to 4s Od per bundle ; parsley, 2d to 4d per bunch ; celery, Os 9d to is 6d per bunch ; endive, is 6d to 3E Od per score ; beet, is 6d to 2s per doz. • parsnips, Os 6d to is Oct per dozen • ' small salad, 2eto 3d per punnet, ; mushrooms, 10d to is Od per pottle ; artichokes, 48 to per doz. ' • cabbage lettuces, Os sa to is Od per score ; s orrel, 6d to is per half sieve ; radishes 6d to 8d per dozen. hands ; tomatoes, 3s Od to 48 Od per half sieve • chillies, is to is 6d per 100; Brussel s sprouts, is Od to is Od per half sieve ; capsicums, is to 2s per 100. ; rhubarb, 3d to is per bundle ; sea trail, Os 'id to is 6d per punnet ; ; isparagus, 2s to 5s per bundle; radishes, 6d. to 10d per dos en hands ; new potatoes, 3d to is per lb. ; cauliflowers, le to 3s per dozen. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s 6,1 to 7s Od ; Goslings, 5s 0,1 to Gs 6d each; Ducklings, 3s Od to 3s Gd ; tame Rabbits, Os Oil to Os Od; wild do., is to is 6d each ; Pigeons, Gs to 9s per doz. ; largo Surrey Fowls, Os Od. to Os Od ; middling, 2s Od to 3s Od ; Chickens, is 9d to 2s 6d ; Capons, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; Hares 2s Gd to 3s 6d ; Grouse, Os Od to Os Od each ; Partridges, Os Od to Os Od ; Pheasants, Os Od to Os Od; Leveretr, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; Roasting Pigs, 4s Od to 7s Od ; Guinea Fowls, 2s 6d to 3s 'Oil each. Ostend fresh butter, lis 6d to 12s Gd, and English 10s Gd to 14s Od per dozen lbs. English Eggs, 7s Gd to 8s Od ; French ditto, 5s 0 , 1 to 6s 6d per 120. NEWPORT. Baef from 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s Od ; lamb, 5s Gd to 6s 8d; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od; pork, 3s 6ci to 4s 4d per 81bs. WELITECHAPEL. Beef, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; mutton,_ 3s 6d to 5s . 0d ; lamb, 5s 4d to Gs 8d ; veal, 413 . 0 d to 58 . 0 a ; pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, is Od to 15s ; Brills, is Od to 7s each ; Salmon, is 2d to i s Gd per lb ; Cod Figb, is to 3s Gd each; Soles, 3d to is id per pair; Eels, 8d to ls Od per lb; Lobsters, 6d t o 2s 6d ; Crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; Whitings, 3s Od to 12s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 16s to 20s ; Natives, —s to —s per bsh; Mackerel, 30s to 40s per 100; Smelts, is to 2s Gd per doz. ; Skate, Oct to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon; Bloaters, is Oct to is 6d per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 5s Od to N per 100. ; Scotch do., 6d; Sprats, 8s Od to Os Od per bushel ; Doreys, is Od to 10s each ' • Haddocks, 4s to 12s per doz. ; Pike 6d ; Sturgeon, 6d per 113 ; Prawns, 2s Od to 3s; Mullets, 6d to is 6d ; Plaice, 4d to is each ; Halibut, 6d per lb; Flounders, is to is Gd per dozen. - BREAD. The prices of wileaten bread in the metropolis are from 10d to lOid ; of hon.sehold ditto, Bld to 9t,d per 41b HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 64.11,, 3id to Od ; alb to 7211,, to 3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 3,id to 3d ; 801 b to 881 b, 3d to 44d ; 881 b to 961 b, 44d to 4id. ; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od ; 104 to 1121 b Od to Od ; upwards, Od to Od ; Horse hides, 5s 6d to Os Od.; calf skins, tight, 2s Od. to 3s Od ; ditto, full, Octzis to Os Od ; Polled Sheep, Os Od to Os Od ; gents, Os Od to Os Od ; Half-breds, 6s 6d to 7s 6d ; Downs, 4s 9d to 5s 9d ; Lambs, 2s 2d to 3s Od ; Shcarlings, 10d to Os HAY MARKETS. BrarrimELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ 3s to 51 108 Od ; clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 616 s ; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 9s per load. A fair average supply and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND. - Meadow hay, 31 5s to 5/ 153 ; cloves Aitto, 3/ 5s to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 1/ 5s toll 103 per load. Trade steady, at our quotations. WHITECEUPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 51 10s; clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 61 6s ; and straw, 11 4s to 11 9s per load. Both hay and straw sold steadily, at very full prices. ABCHZOLOGICAL INSTlTUTE.—Yesterday, one of the usual monthly meetings of this society was held at their rooms in Suffolk-street ; the Hon. Mr. Neville in the chair. There was a large and interesting collection of archaeological subjects, amongst the most noticeable of which were a series of marble casts from France, ex tending from the beginning of the sth to the 14th cen tury. Mr. Nesbitt, who presented them, gave a short but interesting description of their history and meaning. Mr. Wynne, M.P., exhibited an d ma d e some observa tions upon four MSS. which came into the possession of his family with that of Sir Renelm Digby, to whom they appeared to have belonged. One of them was the MS. diary of Admiral Digby, whilst in command of the fleet in the Mediterranean in 1627. Two others were illuminated MSS. of uncertain date. A paper was read by Mr. Yates gn the subject of a Roman mould for making pottery, found in Germany. A paper commu nicated by Mr. Godwin, describing the architectural an tiquities of Dudley Castle, was read, as also some other papers of lesser interest. INQUEST ON BROOME, THE PUGILIST.—Last night Mr. Langhatn, deputy-coroner for Westminster, held an inquest at the Wrekin Tavern, Drury-lane, touching the death of John Broome, aged 38, the well-known pugilist, who committed suicide on the previous day. It appeared from the evidence adduced that for three or four days prior to his death deceased had been in a very nervous and excited state, and complained of a pain at his heart. His mind was partly disturbed by some family differ ences, and also by the litigation, &c., con nected with the card-cheating case at Brighton, his losses and l egal a nd other expenses arising out of that affa ir havmg been be tween 8,0001. and 9,000/. He said h e coul d not get the public to believe be was innocent, and he had latterly fancied that he was watched by four or five persons wherever he went. The rejection by Government of a gun which he had invented and thought would have - been accepted appeared to further prey upon his mird. On Thursday, while left alone in the kitchen of the Wrekin public-house, he cut his throat with a carving knife, inflicting mortal injuries.—Verdict, "Temporary insanity." Mr. John Ramsay, Glasgow has purchased the estate and parish of Kildalton, in the island of Islay, for upwards of 70,0001. It includes the village of Port Nllen and the Wand of Wesx).—Mvogot9 Efrold _ PREFEREN ) Aberdeen ) Do. N 0.2, 7p. c 1 BlythandTynelOpo c. pref. (issd.atso/` ) Bris. & Ex. 4p.c. St i Do. 4p. c. Shares .. ) Caledonian £lO 1 Chester & Holftea( Guar. 5a per cent I Do. do, Pref. No. 2 , Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork dtßandonsip. , Dun.Prth .dt Aber. J .Anglian Cie. ASh Do. do. Cis. B 6 p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 P.C. No. 1 Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 r . c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sli. Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash.6 p. etc E.&W. York. J. sths Ed. Prth.&Dun.4 p.c. Furne.s slim. 5.W.G.5 pc . Great Northn. 5 p c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem.. no. 4 , 1 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Scrip, Red. tsp. c. pm... ~ M.N. of Scot. Ist Pre , 'lt, S. &W. CI-eland Do. 4per C. Pro. (It. Westn. (Berke k Hants Ex. 5 p. c)... Do. con. red. 4i p.c. Do. con, red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh.. Do. Onester 8 p. c.P. S. Do. do. 5 p. c. do.. Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Sh.. Do. do. do Do. do. do. ...... Lam. & York. F. £2 0 Do. 6 p. c. St o ck Lon. &Brigh. 0.5 p.c . Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Do. do. 5 per cent.. Lon. &N. W., Coy. Nuneaton 5 p. ct.. Lon. & S.W. Con.3d , Londy. & Coler. Sh. Londy. & Ennis. 4 St). Kan., Shef., & Lin. New, £lO Do. de ktarypt.&Carl.4p Do. 42 per cent 10 St. 20 .50 50 12t 126 10 100 all ltnr 100 100 all 100 9 6 100 100 100 100 100 1100 F an all all 121 101 Do - U. 100 Wid.Consol.6p.c.St 3t. 100 Do. Consol.Bristol/k Birm. 6 per cent... St. 100 Do. ti p. c. Pref. St leg 115 Do. Pref. 4i per cen 6 all Do. 5/. Prff. 4p. c. St. 100 Ditto Lek+ der and Hitelien Pr, f. St. Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stool Do. 5 p. c. Eat Do. 5i per et. prof o.Way. Val. 5 p. c. North British N. E. Perw, 4 p.c. P Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.c :N0.3 Da. do. Quarters Do. York H.& Per. North Staffordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, Wolverh..os. 6 p Do R. Prof. 101. Sh. Scot. Cent. ,New Prt South Devon Do. fixed, 4i per cent S. Eastern (Re-actin inn.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent S Wales Gua. 4p. c. Do. do. 4i p. c.... S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock. & Dar., 5 p. c. Do. do. do Stock. & Rant. g. I r. c. till July 1, '5l W atm fd. & Kilk . 6 p c 10 25 10 MINES 21 / 93 TEE ISTHMUS OF PEREKOP. The Isthmus of Perekop, which unites the Cri mea to the main-land, is so often mentioned in the accounts of the operations of the allied troops in the East, that the following particulars respecting it will probably prove of interest "The Isthmus of Perekop, called in the Tartar lan guage the Gate of Gold,' is situated between the Black Sea and the Putrid Sea, and is 10 versts long by 6 wide (25 versts make 20 miles). To the west extends the Gulf of Perekop, closed on the side of the continent by Cape Seilgascb, and on the side of the Crimea by a pro montory of the same name as the isthmus. Perekop is the capital of the circle of that name which touches the circles of Aleschki, Simpheropol, and Eupal;oria. On the east, the country is indented by a great number of bays ; and several streams, one of which is tire Salghir, water it. The climate is generally insalubrious. The town and fortress of Perekop are situated in the isthrons, between the Gulf of Siwasch in the Sea of Azoff, and a line of ramparts running from east to west. A trench of 24 feet depth, provided with a drawbridge, and coated with cut stone at both sides, runs across the isthmus opposite the town. The situation of the town is not a good one, and the houses are poor in appearance, being covered with thatch, and the streets narrow and dirty. The great article of trade is salt, which wholo caravans come to carry away in summer. The inhabit ants, about 3,000 in number at most (some writers say- not more than 1,500), are composed of Russians, Tartars, Ar menians, and Jews. The citadel had formsrely a cer tain importance, but a few !years ago the 'walls were allowed to fall to ruin. Lately considerable repairs have been effected in the building, and other works have been erected. At three versts distance from Perekop is the village of Armenskoi, inhabited by Jevrs, Greeks, and Armenians, who carry on a considerable trade in cattle of various kinds, but more particularly in lambs. It was in 1736 that the Russians appeared for the first time in the Crimea, under the command of Gen. Munnich, who had with him 100,000 men. They found the isthmus cut across by a trench 24 metre a wide and 14 deep, and protected by a wall 20 metres high. All these works were flanked by towers and defended by the fort of Orkapu. The entrenchments were,, however, carried by the Russians, and two days aft er 'e fortress surrendered. But it was not the bravery of the Russian troops which thus achieved the entrances into the Crimea ; for they in reality succeeded partly by the treachery of the Tartars, and partly by the estrlessness of the workmen who had been entrusted with the repairs of defence. Mannich was then able to devastate the pe ninsula as he pleased. The next year there was another attempt at invasion on the part of the Russians, but without success, as the walls were then repaired, and the Khan commanded in person and beat off the assail. ants. In 1770 the Russians failed against the fortress, but the year after 90,000 men succeeded in seizing on the isthmus, which the Russians have since held pos session of." MINING INTELLIGENCII (From the Mining Journal of this day.) The business in mining shares this week has been, if anything, more active than the last, purchases having been made to a very large amount, though more con• fined to dividend shares. South Frances has still further advanced, and are now quoted 4751. i;o 5001. In West Frances very large purchases have beien made at 18?. to 191. per share. The largest business, however, has been in North Basset, transactions to a large extent having been done at 231., 23e105., 241., 241. 10s., 251., 261., and 261. 10s. The demand is chiefly owing to the facilities afforded by the shares for s mall invest. ment in such a first-class dividend mine, and we believe not less than 150 shares have changed handa this week. Wheal Bassets have been done at 6451. to 65.51. ; an im portant feature is likely to come off here before long ; for some months past a cross-cut has been in progress to cut the rich South Frances lode, and is now within a few fathoms of reaching the lode, which runs through nearly the whole length of Basset sett ; and if met with rich as it is in South Frances, the value of Basset. would be materially enhanced. Great Devons have changed hands at 3651. to 3701. In Foreign Mines, the market has been fully sustained throughout the week, and a fair amount of business done. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. On Thursday a court was held, for the despatch of public business. PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS BILL. _ _ _ Mr. R. C. LAmm,Chairman of the Library Committee, to whom it had been referred to consider the bill brought in by Mr. Ewart for further promoting the establishment of free public libraries and museums in municipal towns, and for extending them to towns under local improve ment acts, and to parishes, brought up th e i r repor t thereon. The committee stated that, believing the bill would be useful to the inhabitants of the City of London, yet doubtful whether, as the measure stood, it. could be carried into effect therein, they had waited upon Mr. Ewart, who had expressed his willingness to adopt any amendment which would make the bill applicable to the City of London. The committee recommended that they should be empowered by the court to propose ana amend ment, extending the provisions of the act in the manner referred to. • The report was unanimously adopted. FREEMEN'S ORPHAN SCHOOL. Mr. W. S. Hale, Chairman of the Freemen's Orphan School Committee, brought up a lengthy rep irt upon the subject of this institution, from which the f, 'Bowing are extracts :—lt appeared that in pursuance of the Act of Parliament for establishing orphan schools for the City of London, the committee had erected from designs by the City architect, at a primary outlay of 9, 6001., a suitable building for an orphan school, which tlbey con sidered might be confidently referred to as highly credit able to the Corporation and the City architect. The establishment was opened on the 28th of March, 1854. Balloting papers had been issued from time to time to the members of the court for the election from a pproved candidates of children to the school, and the tot al num ber at present in the establishment amounted to 56 boys and 29 girls, one having recently died, leaving vi ►cancies for 14 boys and one girl, all of whom would be elected at an early period. _ _ The report was agreed to, and ordered to be p tinted. METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT INSTITIITIOI A. Mr. T. PARKER presented a petition froinilieni anag int*, ; governors of this body, praying for a grant in aid of their funds, and moved that the same be ref erred to the coal, corn, and finance committee to examine and report upon. Referred accordingly. ADDRESS TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF PARIS 1. MT. ANDERTON moved " that a complimen Lary ad dress to the municipality of Paris be presented, by this corporation upon the visit to Paris." (Cheers.) Deputy r AKIN seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously, with acclamation. The court was then cleared of strangers, for the pur pose of preparing the address, which will be presented to the municipality of Paris at the commencement of the ensuing week, on the visit of the corporation, to that body. The court then adjourned. LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, June 2.—Wind and weather this day at noon, S.W. ; light breeze, and cloudy. FALMOUTH, June I.—Wind, t N.W., fresh. Arrived.— Valhalla, from Havana. Off he port.—Concordia, from the West Indies for Copenhagen. JnusEy, May 3L—The Swift, of this place, from Sun derland, struck on a sunken rock west of this island, last night, rolled off, and sank in deep water; crew saved. RAMSEY, 1.M., May 31.—The St. Lawrence, from Ar drossan to Runcorn, is stranded at the back of the South Pier, and is full of water ; crew saved. It is now blowing a gale at E.N.E. PORTSMOUTH, June I.—Wind W.S.W. Arrived.—Ans trails. (e.g. tpt.), from Scutari ; Bacchante (s.s. tpt.), from Constantinople and sailed far Deptford. COWES, June 2.—Wind S.W. Arrived.—Tuscan, from Akyab and proceeded for London ; Queen of the Isles, from Havana. QUEENSTOWN, May 31.—Wind N.N.E. Arrived—Jo seph Wheeler, from Barbadoes. SCARBOROUGH, June I.—The brig Shepherdess, of Whitby, came on shore, yesterday, in Filey Bay and is likely to become a wreck; crew saved. LOWESTOVT, June I.—The Jenne Alexandre, of and from Caen for Newcastle, is on shore on the Main, but ex pected off. PLYMOUTH, Juno I.—Wind W.S.W. Arrived.—Clara Louisa, from Rio Grande ; Industrie, from Newcastle for Senegal, to stop a leak. SWANSEA, June I.—Wind N.E. Sailed.—Lady Prud hoe, for St. Jago de Cuba; Gladiator, for Havana. DUBLIN, May 31.—Wind E.N.E. Arrived.— Thalia, from St. John, N.B. GRIMSBY ROADS, Juno l.—Arrived.—Arynthia, from Sierra Leave. SUNDERLAND, June I.—The Happy Return, hence to Aberdeen, struck the ground and was laid on the Sand Point. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind, S.W. Off.—Tonawanda, from Philadelphia; Centipede, Bey rout • Genevieve, Pernambuco ; Stranger, Africa. Sailed - Ashley, for Constantinople ' • Stephen Crowell, New York • Kestrel, Lima ; West Derby, Calcutta ; Madge Wildfire, Singapore. QUEENSTOWN, May 31. Wind, N.N.E. Arrived— Maria Agnes, Sam; Empress Eugenie, from Portsmouth, to embark troops. KINGSTOWN, June 1. Wind E.N.E. Sailed—Armenian, for the Crimoa. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday 10.7 8.111. Wind, S.W. ; tide, first hour's flood ; weather fine. Arrived—June 1. James Holmes, from Carlisle Planter, Scarborough ; Dahlia, Colombo ; Mecklenburg and Paul Mary Ann FrM'lntyre, ederick (prPen aize s)ng., Riga ; Virag o , B uenos Ayres; Sailed-2d.—Dawstone, for Sydney. DEAL, Saturday, 0.30 a.m. Wind W.S.W. ; light and variable. Sailed.—Granite City, for Sydney. Anchored. Sumatra, for Ceylon • Qkstep, New York; Dsogaum, M a d ras ; Mount Stewart Elphinstone, Cape of Good Hope—all from London. lie'Passed.—Glen from St. .Tago de Cuba, for Rotter dam ; Bacchante sport, Westward, London ; Bury St. Edmonds, Mauritius • Eagle, S.S., 171 transport, Lon don, Constantinople ; Egmont, for New Zealand ; Egbert, LOAdOn a Hob TOITA UNA, I+olldo/1 1 8197.nsea. TEE WAR QUESTION AND T.UE HOUS OF COMMONS. Our rapid and important military successes in the Sea of Azoff go far to counterbalance our losses in prestige, incurred through the failure of our Plenipotentiary at Vienna. If some accounts re ceived from St. Petersburg be worthy of credence, those successes have also very quickly produced their natural effect in that capital. It is in the very nature of things, that the stealthy and furtive policy of Russia should instantly be routed by the least show of action. We have committed the blunder of negotiating with her as if she were an European Power—henceforth let us treat her as Oriental. Whether it be pressure of a domestic kind on the Government, or that the House of Romanoff acknowledges au hereditary policy of aggression, it is clear that no resource of fraud or force has ever been spared by Russia in the attainment of her schemes. It is now in proof - Unit moderation is thrown away when exercised onsucil a Power. Our fair and reasonable, but too lenient proposals of peace were treated with contempt, as evidences of conscious weakness, or of a desire to avoid the re sponsibilities of war. The moment we put our military and naval forces in movement, bombard forts, burn or capture ships, and seize the passage through which supplies are conveyed to the enemy's lteion ne y t Petersburg ,h ofe cowardly troops —as soon as there is material evidence' that we are not in a pacific state of mind—accounts reach us , of the altered tone of feeling in Sb. andof eu th n e ni de:ire now obtain the peace which so short a, time since was rejected. manifested to It is impossible not to see in this altera tion and calculated trucu lency Asiatic mind. Indeed,. it is ques tionable whether, if the whole ma nagement of this Eastern queston had been entrusted to one of those soldier -diplomatists who represent the British nati on i n contactat the north of our Indian pose with the princes ess h ons, it woul d no t long since have be en settled, Pe but certainly i n a ore eartieafapstin a more summary, more It becomes tedi ous to inquire c w or h y, v manner exploits were not sooner p er f orme d ? Why Odessa ese exp spared _ Why the terror of th e allied arms is hnetlen g since spread over the wh o l e coast of the Black Sea As the House of Commo ns i s a t present constituted, it appears useless to demand explanations of the past or promises for the future. Russian cajolery has already made us the laughing -stock of the world, by paralysing our military strength with the vain mockery of insincere negotiations ; and, if we have at last flung off that incubus—exhibitin g some determination to act rather than to talk —w e owe it to the example of our allies, not to any initia tive of our own, whether on the part of the Govern ment at home or of the chiefs at the seat of war. Yet we are menaced with an almost immediate loss of the advantages thus gained by our forces. The slightest symptom of vigour watched with zealous anxiety by the advocates of peace —more especially those who are members of the Govern ment—in order that it may be neutralised as speedily as possible. The object of those politi cians—whether they be mere benevolent fanatics or men of an unscrupulous ambition, bent on pro fiting by Parliamentary confusion—is to prevent a specific declaration in favour of war on the part of the ouseof Commons. Russian cunning had already calculated the probable effect of any great military success on the councils of England. It was pro claimed, in a semi-official way, that if we made signal progress with our arms, the more moderate would become the conditions on which we should propose to negotiate a peace. One might suppose that the advisers of the Czar had anatomised the British character, had mapped out our whole Go vernmental system, knew exactly where lay our weak points, and had thus intuitively anticipated what is now going on in the political world, and what will 'develope itself in the early part of the week. Mr. Disraeli's motion having, by the ma noeuvre of the Downing-street meeting, been de graded from a great national inquiry into a mere party movement, the House of Commons has not yet pronounced an opinion on the great question of peace or war. Thus far, the interests of Russia, and the delusions of the peace party at home, were alike gratified. Lord Palmerston came .cheaply off with an evasive art common to prat-. tised rhetoricians. In place of giving sufficient guarantee to his countrymen as to the policy he would pursue, he rode of on an unnecessary refuta tion of the speech of Mr. Gladstone. The vague generalities in which the nobl e v i scoun t cloth e d his assurances ought to satisfy the country as to the real `nature of the dilemma in which he finds himself placed. He has with great dexterity avoided commit ting himself to a positive statement ; so that if the discussion on the general question could have termi nated with the vote on Mr. Disraeli's motion, the public would have been left in the same condition of darkness as before, and the Minister would have been free to continue the game of fast and loose, ac cording to the internal state of the Cabinet, or the external aspect of our military affairs. The great effort now being made by the friends— we hope unconsciously the partisans--of Russia, is so to manage matters when Parliament resumes its sittings, as still to prevent a positive expression of opinion on the part of the House of Commons, in favour of a vigorous and warlike policy. Fanatics and schemers are alike employed in this ungrateful task. The mild amendment on Mr. Disraeli's motion that was first announced might, to these gentlemen,be preferable by comparison with another which followed it, of a more warlike tone. Lord Palmerston, desirous to monopolise the power of negotiating, whether with colleagues at home, or with the enemy and his friends, would naturally prefer the vote which pledged him the least. It is affirmed that another " cross" is in preparation— that persuasives of an effectual kind are being re sorted to, in order to " make things pleasant" during the ensuing week—that the honour and credit of this country are once more to be placed at the mercy of intriguers, and made tis.e subject of a Parliamentary juggle. There is much daring cleverness in tf:is method of neutralising the House of Commons by balancing factions and parties —of governing the country without the intervention of two of the Estates of the Realm—of converting the representativesystem into something worse than a mockery—of keeping the nation in the dark on th e su bj ects w hi c h are of the most vital importance to its future welfare. We question, however, whether it is not being carried too far—wh e th er t h e patience of the people will not be exhausted when they find themselves thus systematically cajoled, deluded, and be trayed by their own leaders, and treated by their own elected rulers with less consideration than the people of France receive from their Sove reign, although he is stigmatised as a despot. If some straightforward speech be not made by Lord Palmerston, indicative of the fixed purpose of England not to yield any of the just demands of the Allies—if there be not some decisive vote of the House of Commons, and if yet speeches be made by distinguished Statesmen in favour of almost un conditional peace—should the issue first raised by Mr. Disraeli end in this anomalous and ambiguous way, the enemy will gain fresh strength and courage therefrom, to persevere in his truculent policy. It will be of no avail that we obtain suc cesses in the C r i mea or i n t h e B a lti c , if each triumph be followed by the offer of a flag of trace. Yet such is th e f o ll y now i n preparation. --Morning Chronicle. SANITARY STATE OF GIBRALTAR. b A separate report on the sanitary state of Gibraltar,y Dr. B a ly, has just been published. The pos i t i o n of Gibraltar is unfavourable, in the first place, because the prevalent wind during half the year is the east wind, and, as the town is built on the western face of the rock, it is entirely sheltered, and the atmosphere is apt to become nearly stagnant. The east wind, moreover, when it reaches Gibraltar, comes charged with moisture, and sometimes with malaria. The effects, however, of the stagnancy and moisture of the atmosphere on th e healt h wereof the it inhabitants n ot that f foul ul wouldand noxious iboeusovfaap vapours s ou ar s e cha racter con stantly be ing u ,ia pou r edfrom into tthe e drain s 13 a s connected with th e so urces in the place itself. The sew erage is most defec tive,the sewers most offensive, and during th e east winds the exhalations remain prevalence of the then nearly stagnant and damp atmosphere, and impregnate the part of that oppressive quality mosphere, giving it a which as so unfavourable a character is complained of cer tain season. And if at any time r of the climate at a tious disease chance to be bro ught any germs of an infeo other ways, the poison finds by the wind, or in mate rials for its increase, and the i n the air abundant certainly become epidemic. disease must then almost sources of the evil, u ic. Dr. Baly, after noticing the be carried out beyosnlgests, first, that the sewers should the breakwater, and be covered in their wh o l e extent, from the li ne wa ll to their mouth* ; second, that all drains should b e 6( communicating with the sewors trapped .” third that n • exit for the foul gases should be 2 a • provided by carrying up chimneys from the upper extremities of the main sewers, along the frice of the rock, to a considerable elevation above the houses of the inhabitants ; fourtb, that a more abundant supply of water for washing out the sewers should be procurisd by collecting in tanks the rain which falls in such aline dance on the rock, but now runs at once to the sea and is lost. " These," concludes Dr. Baly, "sxe the mea sures which the evils I have pointed out seem to cau for. The science of a civil engineer would be needed to determine whether all of them are the best that could be adopted. But no engineering science is needed to prove that some measures of the kind are essential for the continued health of the civil inhabitants, and of the troops.' A shilling subscription has been entered into at B r ighton for the purpose of raising a fund to purchase a bust of General Sir De Lacy Evana. iOO all all all 13' IP 16 00 9 .00 21i all all all all 5 all 1171 a. all all 14 an 100 100 100 20 30 25 20 all 20 50 20 25 all all 24 10 26 7 93i I 751 -:2- 91 14 631 4 20i 95 13i 21i a