The Sun. — London, England, 1861-06-03 00:00:00

" Thirty days hath September," to which we are all so much indebted— Take a sugar-loaf first as the shape of your cone, Next a keen-bladed knife newly stropped on a hone ; Then cut sheer down the middle, not chipping a spangle, And behold on each section, distinct, a triangle Now with stroke horizontal cleave summit from base, And a circle is seen in the dissevered place. Midway down on each side carve two vertical slips, ' And on either hand, lo 1 in each wound an ellipse. Parallel with the slope of the cone then at last Through the sugar-loaf dint be the Augur's blade passed, When you finish your quaint geometrical frolic With a curve parabolic and curve hyperbolic. The Cornhill Magazine. Two mishaps befall Philip in the present number, two mishaps of a rather serious character—he loses his lady-love and his inheritance, Agnes T wysd en surrenders him for the superior attractions of Cap tain Greville Woolcomb, of Mangrove Hall ; and Dr. Firmin, while presiding at a splendid banquet (his last), where he is giving his guests sherry that cost ten guineas a dozen, is summoned away suspi ciously by the suppositious illness of the Grand Duke of Groningen. The crash has fallen upon his extravagant career, and Philip's fortune is involved in the ruin. How this calamity may affect his after life we know not, but his other " mishap," the loss of his cousin, is, as Mrs. Pendennis tries to make him believe, only a matter of congratulation. "The Stage Queen and the Squire" is happily con cluded by the Union Master Rowland and Mrs. Betty. The English Convict System" is the subject of an elaborate and interesting article, The writer has visited and examined all the convict establishments of England. "At all," he says, " the orders of Sir Joshua Jebb procured me every facility.:llf I had been a Government Commissioner I could not have had the way thrown more com pletely open to me; and I have to acknowledge a courtesy, a zeal, and a personal kindness in the gentlemen who received me, which no official cha racter could have exacted." The result of these investigations is well worthy of consideration, and we may probably refer to the article at another opportunity. Bird's-eye views of society, No. 111., gives a capital sketch of " A Morning Party—Showing the Nobility and Gentry Play ing the Fashionable Game of the Period"— Aunt Sally. In reference to this amusement the artist remarks that " the able inventor of this entertainment knew that when he created Aunt Sally' he was supplying two great wants of mankind. —the appetite for pummelling and the love of de struction ; the first met by the repeated application of the sticks to the aunt's countenance, the second by the occasional annihilation of the pipe that pro trudes from her face. Hence the popularity of the game." Roundabout Papez s, No. XII ; on " A Hun dred Years Hence,"foments the general tendency to circulate evil of our neighbours. " Magna est veritas et prcevalebit." Pshaw, great lies are as great as great truths," says Mr. Thackeray, " and Prevail constantly day after day—take an instance or two out of my own little:budget"—and here follow ROllle of his gossipping anecdotes told in his own delightful roundabout way. Temple Bar. The story of "The Seven Sons of Mammon" is continued at some length, and displays its usual ability,. It presents to us in this portion a new character in the person of Mrs. Armytage's father, This individual appears before us in the semblance of a very venerable old man, who has fought for his country under the scorching suns of India; but in reality had figured lin a different locality, being an escaped convict from Hobart Town. There are 'flatly smart sketches of society met with in these Pages, and there is much truth in the closing passage concerning the aptitude that many people possess to declare things improbable or impossible, because they have not actually seen or heard them. "To be told what we know flatters our sense of self esteem, and makes us think what clever fellows we are ; it is when we are told that of which we had previously no knowledge that we begin to sneer out, ' Oh, indeed,' and resent, as an impertinence, information, which from want of evidence we re ject at once as untrustworthy. Bah ! I tell you that I have known these people, and they must play their several parts round the shrine of Mammon until the deluge which threatens them all arrives." Francois Rabelais" is a short sketch of the writings of that famous man. It is done with skill, and may inform some readers of a lite rary celebrity who attracted attention in his day, despite his errors and absurdities. "My Aunt and is a simple tale that is told with feeling. It Presents nothing particularly noticeable, but is readable and animated in its style. "For Better, for Worse," is continued, and this instalment is very exciting in its tenour, as Ethel's life is in great danger, and her family are forced to intrude themselves into the forbidden ground of the castle in consequence of the Earl's absence. The common anxiety that reigned, and the absence of the dragons who generally reigned in the persons of :Philip's mother and sisters, enabled the brothers-in law to meet with cordiality, and Margaret was the first to appreciate the real goodness that existed in the maligned grandee of the family. It is an affecting narrative, that brings before us in a striking manner the great distress that often ensues from unequal marriages, when there is no sympa thy to smooth difficulties and level obstacles. " A Raunted Life" is about as lugubrious a sketch as Vas ever penned, and the precise object is not very Clear, while the fearful sufferings are not deserved, as the wretched man did not know of the guilt of the cruel ladywho had enslaved his soul, and ensnared his senses. " First Fiddlers and Top Sawyers "is a humorous account of some adventures that befell an enterprising youth and his fidus achates in their Peregrinations through the wilderness of the world. It is amusing enough t.) dwell on their plans and to mark th e i r want of courage when the moment for decisive action arrived. The unhappy teller of the tale never advanced out of the charmed circle in Which he began his march, and all he can say at the conclusion is that " I have not yet been cast for leading characters, either top-sawyers or first fiddles," " Ancient Classical Novelists," in its third Part brings before us Tamtlichus and Xenophon the Ephesian. Some may be pleased to peruse a Sketch o f " A mer i can H ote l s an d A mer i c an Food." It states that an American hotel is to an English _hotel what a s even t y -f our i s to a j o ll y -b oa t, or to borrow a simile from the immortal. Tupper's Ode to 4haos, "an elephant is to a periwinkle." "An American hotel would supply a regiment with beds. It is (in the chief cities) as large as any two of our club-houses fixed together, as roomy as Bucking ham Palace, and not much inf er i or to a palace in its internal fittings. It has ranges of drawing rooms, suites of private rooms, vast staircases, and interminable layers of bedchambers." The poetical contributions are not so good as usually appear in this magazine. The one entitled " The Dead Baby" contains some good passages, and some touching allusions to the grief that overcomes the afflicted parents. "Amy" is rather a peculiar com position, but presents some pretty lines and pleas ing descriptions. " After Long Years" is an ex pressive piece. • The St. James's Magazin e. No. 3. We are glad to find that this newly established serial maintains its attractive character. It opens 'with a paper on the Post-office, giving a review of the system employed from the days of Queen Eliza beth to the Penny Postage, and the marvellous in crease in the development of our Postal system : — , "In th e y ea r 1839, which was the last year of the old sys tem of high rates, the total number of letters (exclusive of fr anks) delivered in the United Kingdom, was nearly 76 Millions. During the year 1859 —twenty years after the i ntroduction of the Penny Postage—the number of letters had reached the enormous extent of nearly 545 millions, t hus showi n g an increase of 469 millions of letters per j rl ," l luni, or more than sevenfold what the number was in , D - " 9. These 645 millions of letters are divided as follows : -4 ligland, 446 millions ; Scotland 52 millions ; and Ireland, 17 minions ; being an average of about 22 letters per annum 5 1.0 each person in England ; 16 to each person in Scotland an 7 to each person in Ireland ; or a general average of 18 letters to each individual in the United Kingdom. A icry striking illustration of the increase of letters is found i t ., l the fact, that the number now posted in the limits of the °Mott District, or old ' Twopenny-Post,' for delivery letters the same limits, is equal to the total number of all posted in England and Wales, London included, t wenty years ago." Mrs. Merrifield contributes another of her sensible Tapers on the application of artistic taste to matters of common life, under the title of " The Use and Abuse of Colours in Dress." We commend those fair votaries of fashion who persist in wearing `` the new colours," however ill they may become them, and who grieve our eyes by displaying scarlet and magenta in startling proximity, to read and apply the advice here given to them. Professor Anstel gives us a brief account of San Domingo, and objects very stron g ly to its appropriation by the Spanish Government. Fiction occupies, as usual, a Prominent place, though it does not monopolise the magazine. The editress continues her interestity , story, " Can Wrong be Right ?"—leaving her fair h eroine, Mildred, in a painful and uncertain posi tion. The third part of " Ralph, the bailiff," brings t ! I to story to a conclusion,which is not very satisfac -;?rY. The reader will be disappointed to find that Carlson is worse than rumour painted hi m , that the secret of the wicked bailiff's power over his P oor mas t er was his knowledge of his guilt. t - i - t, clor Je nny runs f ear f u l r i s ks, but at last escapes from farm with life, and after recovering from a severe illness is almost thankful to learn that her miser able husband is no longer living. The conclusion () f the story ispainful, and the prosperity of the tat . nof th e piece, however probable, is very irri tating, The author of " Paul Ferrol" commences a 'l 'ory which promises to be interesting, and as it ref ers 4 , 4 to a P o lish family residing in Kraziusky, is " 1 ' least original. " The last days of Shakspectro" gives us a pleasant picture of the great poet's de clining years. There is an amusing article entitled "Some Dinners in Rome," giving photographs of life in the Eternal City, and another which offers good and practical advice to lady' equestrians, strongly impressing on them the advantages of gentleness and kindness in dealing with so sensitive and docile an animal as the horse. There is a paper bearing the curious and unattractive title of " The Limbo of Infants," which we heartily commend to the atten tion of all our readers who have a guinea to spare in these balmy summer days. It refers to the " Home for Convalescent Children" at Rumbold's Farm, Mitcham Common. The object of this excellent establishment is to offer good air, good water, and kind care to each child for one month. To sub scribers the terms are one guinea, to non subscribers twenty-five shillings. When we recall the start ling fact that of the 50,000 deaths which annually occur in London 21,000 are those of children under ten years of age, and when we consider how many of these thousands must come from the ill-fed children of the poor, brought up in crowded, dirty, and ill ven tilated courts and alleys, we shall readily admit the boons offered by this institution are not uncalled for or unneeded. Truly does the writer before us say— " To such children a summer month in the country must be the introduction to a new world, with new heavens and a new earth. To them, the summer month must be an epoch in life as memorable as the first introduction to the world of fiction or fairyland, or a first visit to Italy is to others. Would there be any great exaggeration in a parallel drawn between the life of a poor Lonon boy, first playing in his native dirt, and then transferred from his bed of sickness to a spell of country life at Mitcham, when the common is golden with the gorse, and the fields purple with the lavender, and the progressive life of an insect, rising from grub and chrysalis to the winged state And may we not imagine, that, when the season is over, and all who can afford it leave the hot town for their travels and their country houses, these who have helped to send these little ones for their spell in the green fields will en joy the Highlands and the fresh sea-breeze with a zest pe • culiarly their own ?" It is wisely suggested that those who wish to extend the benefits of this institution, without per sonally knowing any fitting recipients for their kindness, may easily supply the deficiency from the wards of the Hospital for Sick Children in Great Ormond-street, which is always full, and which has furnished nearly half of the four hundred chil dren who have spent a month at Mitcham. The poetical contributions are above the average. Thomas Hood gives us a mournful, though pleasing lyric, entitled, " Home at last ;" Mary Howitt has an interesting and well-written poem called " Sir William Woodvill," and there are also some graceful verses on " Sounds." The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine. Beeton, Strand. All fair lovers of fancy work and fashion, whose means are not commensurate with their tastes, should avail themselves of the unusual advantages offered to them by this magazine, which even in these days of cheap literature is a marvel of moderation. The literary contents are much the same as that of other cheap serials, the great attraction lying in the coloured steel plate of the fashions, the coloured de signs for tapestry work, and the large sheet of designs for embroidery of various kinds, and full sized patterns for. ladies jackets and children's frocks. 411 these collective attractions are offered for sixpence monthly, and consequently few can complain that they are beyond their reach. They are all good of their kind, and the directions clear and,simple. MONEY NA.R.KET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. There has been little or no improvement in the general progress of business in the manufacturing districts during the past week. At Leeds the woollen trade has been exceedingly flat, and there is little prospect of recovery now that the spring trade is over. In Manchester the market for goods for export to the India and China markets has shown more activity, but the few sales that have been effected have been at barely former prices. The hosiery and lace trades of Leicester and Not tingham have continued very inactive, large num bers of the operatives being still out of employment. Business in the hardware districts of Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton has continued dull, and there is little alteration to notice in prices in the South Staffordshire iron districts. About £40,000 in gold was sent into the Bank of England yesterday. The steamer Indus, which leaves to-morrow for India, China, &c., will take out £207,677, viz., £17,636 in gold and £190,041 in silver, which in cludes £lOO,OOO to Calcutta on Government ac count. The Seine has left to-day for the West Indies, with £58,000 in gold and £7,600 in silver. The Owen Glendower has been announced from Australia with £56,628 in specie. At the forthcoming meeting of the African Steam Ship Company, a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum will be proposed. In the Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday business was rather active, but prices were un altered. The sales were 12,000 bales. Active arrangements being in progress for the commercial engagements arriving at maturity to morrow, the 4th, the Money Market temporarily presents a firmer and more active appearance. Bills can still be negotiated under 6 per cent., but the reduction of the difference between the terms asked in private channels and the Bank of England minimum has, in conjunction with the augmented requirements of the commercial public, led to an increase in the number of inquiries at that estab ment. A decline of y per cent. has taken place in the English Stock Market, owing to an expected loan for India and speculative sales. Consols have receded to 901 1 ex div. for money, to 911 92 for the 6th inst., and 921 a for the July account. The New Threes are steady at 891 901. India 5 per Cent. Loan is marked 984 991 ex div. Ex chequer Bills are 7s. to ss. dis. Continued quietude has pervaded the Foreign Market, but prices are firm. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 711 72 ; ditto, 1858, 561 1; Buenos Ayres have improved to 91i ; Russian 43 per Cents. to Mt 92; and ditto 3 per Cents. to 62. The traffic receipts of the Great Western Railway of Canada for the week ending the 17th ult. ex hibited an increase of £361 compared with last year. Business in the Railway Share Market has been rather more active, and in some instances prices have shown a slight upward movement; a few specu lative sales, however, subsequently caused a reaction. Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, and North-Eastern (Berwick) improved ss. ; and Great Western, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 10s. ; Caledonian, Eastern Counties, South Eastern, and North British have declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings were dull, without any material change in values. East Indian, however, receded about 1, and Scindes im proved Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares barely sustain former rates. Bank of Australasia receded ss. ; London and Westminster, ss. ; and Red Sea Telegraph, 53. BRITISH FUND—CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .......... 90/ at ad .T el v 3 per Cent. Annuities, ............. 90 A 891 906 India Stock 99 21 Ditto 5 per Cent 9 ............................. 2 itto Debentures, 1858 96h I Ditto Bonds £ l , OOO l5 20 dis 013 SOI s for Account, June 6 ...... 92i India Stock for Account Ditto 5 per Cent. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d Ditto Small Ditto Advertised FOREIGN FITNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent. Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St Ditto 41 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 Turkish 6 per Cent .. Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Oividends on the above payable in London. Austrian 5 per Cent. Ex. 10 Florins 5O THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 90$ 1 ex div. Ditto Account 9li DEATII IN A POLICE CELL.—This morning a man who yesterday was taken into custody by Police constable F 112 in the Strand about half-past 2 for being drunk and incapable - was found insensible in one of the police cells at Bow-street station. ➢Tr. Painter, the sur geon to the force, was immediately sent for, but shortly after he arrived the man died. Yesterday the prisoner said his name was Jerome Rudd, and he was a printer. The coroner has been informed of the melancholy circumstance, The amount of specie to be forwarded by the Indus to India and China is n 07,677, of which £100,041 is silver and £17,636 gold. The total to India is £133,832; China and the Straits, £59,145; and Ceylon and Alex andria, £14,700. The Government send to Calcutta in silver £100,040. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY,TEVENING, JUNE 3, 1861. SILARE MARKET.- (ZEUS DAY). THIS DAY'S MARKETS. Is 9d; grease, lld to is 4d. Swan River—Clean sheep's, Is 5d to 2s lid; scoured, is 3id to is 6d; lambs', is 6d to is llid ; pieces, is ld to is 5d ; grease, 9d to is 3d. Cape.—Clean sheep's, is 2d to is 8d ; lambs' and hand washed, to is 3d ; grease, 7d to 101 d per lb. Last week's imports were-1,936 bales from Adelaide, 2,022 Gruchen Bay, 3,145 Sydney, 1,006 Portland Bay, and 10,32 Gee long. ORDI34ARY SliAlt7o3S AND STOCKS. Share] Railway s. ! Closing Business Price. Done 50 Belfast and Ballymena all 13.14 Bir., Wol , and Str. Val all 884 stock Birk., La., and ChJunc lOO 81 83 25 Blyth and Tyne all 10 Bost. Sleet and Mid.Co all 6 7 stock Bristol and Exeter 100 97 99 stock Caledonian lOO 97 974 974 _ 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all 0 Cork and Bandon all —-- 20 Cork, Blrock. Passage all ail 5 6 20 Cornwall. 10 Do A(A gets no div. all 10 Do B— ; until 6pc peran. all hasbeen i d. toB 50 Dublin & Belfast, June. all 41 43 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. June all 84 it 8 1 1 stock East Anglian..... lOO 176 18 18 17i stock Eastern Counties lOO 49 50 494 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 38 40 34 ateog Do do Bdo 100 27 29 27 1 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds 134 stock East Suffolk stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 82 S 4 stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 264 274 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all stock Furness stock Glasg,. and S. Western 100 108 110 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all 125 127 stock Great Northern ..._ 100 1094 1104 1104 stock Do do A stock • 100 103 105 105 stock Do do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 105 107 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 80 82 12 Irish South-eastern all stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1114 111/ 112 114 1241 14 stock London and Blackwall 100 50 81 61 stock Lon., Bright. & S Coast 100 118 120 1194 stock Lond., Chat, and Dover 100 44 46 stock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 944 95 954 44 4 stock Lond. & Sth. Western lOO 944 954 95 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all Ha 11 stock Man. Shef. & Lincoln lOO 424 434 44 34 60 Maryport and Carlisle all - 124 Do do 4 shares all 30 Metropolitan 74 4 3 d stock Midland 6.4.0. Do new. .... _ . stock Do Birming. & . D • er • by 1( 0 95 97 50 Slid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do 4 shares o l '5 Mid Kent.. all 10 Do, Cray Line all 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 8 6 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros all stock Norfolk 100 54 66 stock North British stock Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 100 stock D. 9 stk ; A rocs no (Li until 6pchas I beenpd.B stock Do B stock ... _ lOO stock Nth. Eastqn—Be'rwick I 100 1034 104 1034 I 1 25 Do do , G.N.E. purchasell6l34 o'i stock Do Leeds 100 594 605 60 stock Do York stock North London 10 Do new 5 9.16.4 North staffordshire 174 45 4 1 754 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 9 1 10 1 stock Not. & Grantham Rail lOO 75 77 75 4 10 Feebler...... all 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney.....- , all stock Scottish Central stock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 324 434 stock Do Scot. Mid, stock lOO 85 87 stock Shropshire Union lOO 46 48 1 0 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all stock South Devon .....• 25 S.-Durham & I,anc.Un 224 took South Eastern dock South Wales •• • 100 62 64 61 dock S. York. and River Dun 100 93 95 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 4 7 25 Stockton & Darlington all 394 404 25 Do do. ll 94 104 p 25 Do New (1860) 3 5 4 6 p took Taff Tale 100 took Do Pref. No 1. ' 100 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 -- 25 Ulster al. 551 5(1 25 Do I2O 2 O. p 210 Do • 2 el p took Vale of Neath 10 Victoria Sta. and Pim ; all 114 114 tom Waterford & Kilkenny! 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West Cornwall all 54 6 20 West London all 10 Do Ist class all 20 Do 2d class .. ... all took NVestHartlepool Harbr and Rail lOO took West Midland—Oxford 100 47 49 48 took Do. Newport 100 40 42 42 Lock Do. Hereford, 100 84 86 stock stock 6.4.0. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 25 stock stock stock 10 19.16.4 stock stock stock stock stock stock 25 stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock 10 stoci stock stock stock stock PREFERENCE SHARES. Share Closing Business Railways. Paid, Price. Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5( firis. & Exet.4 p.ct stoeli Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall. 5 per cent Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun. Do Ist Class Pref E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class B 6 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Conn. Ex. 5 p. a No. 1 Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 per ct. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per et Do. 5 per cent. guar... Edin.&Glas. sp.e. shares Do. 4 p. c gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c Great Northern, 5 p. ct no.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm f)o. 44 p. C. do. do. Do. sp.c. Ream. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf I 9 t.Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. stock reat West. (Berks and Rants) Ext. 5 p. ct Lo. Redeemable, 4a p.ct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct 1)3 Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. I'ref. Shares Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh Do. do. Sp. ct. pref. Do Birmg.fruar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan. & Carl. 4i p c. pref Lan..3r,York 6 p. c. stock Do.l3arnsl.stXs3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon. & Brig. 5 pc.gu. No.l Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 Do. gua. 6 p. c. Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 9 Do. do. 4 per cm... Do. do. 4 p. c. shares Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) Do.4p.c.S.(div.def.til '65) Do. 4 per cent. Pre t Lon. Chat. and Dover Do.W. A rceiv. no div Ex.A til6p cispd on Do. B B. & Brom ex. Do. Metropolitan Ex E l Lou. and N.W. Cov. and Nuneaton, 5 p. et ....! Lon. & S.W, 7 p. ct. stock Do. 44 per cent. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns. of 2s. 6d • • • • Londondy. & Cole. 4 sh Lon dony. & Ennis. 4 sh [Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct Do. X 6 Do. 31 per cemt Do. redeem. 6 per cent 71aryport & Car., 4 p. c Do. 44 per cent Mid. Con. 6 p c. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. 44 per cent Do. Leic. & Bit. pref. st Nordic 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 North British, 5 p. o Do. New, gua. 3 p. C Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. shs Do. do. do Nth.Dev.Rall. & Dck.Co. N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. C. Do. 44 p c. redeemable Do. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire Rhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new p 1 Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. e. pref. stook Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. C. pref. stock South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent. South Eastern (Readingl Ann., 1.0.6) r Do. 4 per cent. Do.Fixed4 p.c. lst is. 'outh Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 4i per cent. D0.,5 per cent' S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. 0 Do. B 6 Der cent Do. C 6 percent Watrf d & Kilkny, 6 p. c w,Mid -Oxt let Gua stkl Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c.pt.red. Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. pt 1866 Do. till 1889, Ist is. MO 102 20 21 5} 6 99 101 [OB 112 105 108 108 110 [Ofi 108 [22 124 80 82 :09 111 90 92 75 77 97 90 98 100 89 91 00 92 1(,2 104 96 10 17 18 10} 101 74 76 20 21 10 10i 15 15i [l3 115 113 115 137 140 113 115 101 103 150 155 128 131 71 74 85 87 131 14} 124 126 C 8 7 0 P 135 137 101 103 91 93 109 111 tOB 110 11 p, 91 93 99 101 100 101 P ip d i 22i 23 131 133 10 101 221 231 99 100 99 100 98 100 85 87 261 274 32 33 311 324 45 48 124 126 120 125 100 102 120 122 1115 117 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Co.'s I Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley Bu3klnghamshire Chester & Holyhead... Do. Do. 54 percent' Clydesdale June....., Colchester, Stour Val., E. Lincolnsh. g 6 per e .l E.Union,HarwichSh s. Do. Woodbridge.... Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct.l Do. new Gloster & Dean Forest Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail.. Hull and Selby. .. Do. halves... Do. quarters_ _ .. L an c.&Carl. gua. 5 pc., London & Greenwich. , Do. Preference ... Lon.,Tilbury,& S -end' Lowestoft gua. 4 p c..i Do. per cent Mnc., Bxtn 'Matlock! Mid. Bradford Prefer- ence 50ck...... • Newmarkt,BuryE x. gua. 5 percent... Nortlin.&Eastn. 5 P• C. Do. 6p. c. ....... Do. Fixed 5 p. c• • North Western Preston and Wyre. Do, Shares A. Hoistn.Hitch.,& Shep Shrewsbry& Hereford Do. do. S.-Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset Whaled= &Croxdu ' 100 ;Do 100 ;Do 100 IDo 100 ;D0... i a o l o l ii e : al c ie o . d u . o n . all E.U.&E.O lee Gt. North. 100 100 Caledon 100 Do. .. all Gt. VVest. all Yk.N.& Br all Yk.N. Md. all Do. 1 ;LnctN.W. S.Eastern Peto ~Co. Norfolk.. Do. i L NW&M E.Counts. Do. ...... ,D 0....... !DO: ::: : Midland ,Lac NW Sc L.Yk. Do. IGt.North.' T.Brassey Do. Gt. West, L.(tßrgtp, oi 96 521 A 3 121 123 110 111 1100'102 15} 16 ,131 133 .1 4i 41 - - 110 112 1198 202 60 62 112 117 87 90 si 31 94 96 P I 55 57 I 15i 16 13 1 133 115 120 1 1 0 i 11 89 91 Si 91 1101 1 CORN EXCHANGE. Somewhat increased supplies of wheat were exhibited in the leading country markets held on Saturday. Both red and white samples moved off slowly at, in most instances, a decline of is per quarter. All descriptions of spring corn were a dull inquiry, at barely previous rates. The continental markets—though but moderately sup plied— have ruled inactive. In prices, however, very little change has taken place. Accounts from New York state that both wheat and flour were cheaper. Very moderate supplies of home-grown produce were received up to our market last week. From abroad the arrivals were 20,850 quarters of wheat, 3,810 barley, 19,429 oats, 1,100 beans, 1,300 peas, 25,277 linseed, 8,740 rapeseed, 2,131 maize, 65 sundry seeds, 6,222 sacks and 25,533 barrels of flour. The show of samples of English wheat on offer here to day, was much restricted. For both red and white quali ties, however, the trade was in a sluggish state, and holders, in order to effect sales, submitted to a reduction in prices of 2s - per quarter. The supply of foreign wheat wis moderately extensive. For the most part, the transactions were confined to imme diate wants; nevertheless, there is no alteration to notice in the currencies, compared with this day se'nnight. In floating cargoes of grain a moderate, but no means extensive business was doing, at late rates. The trade for barley was devoid of animation. Prices, however, ruled about stationary. Malt changed hands to a limited extent, on former terms. Oats moved off steadily, and the quotations were fully supported. Beans, however--the supply of which was moderately good —were very dull, and prices gave way ls. to 2s. per quarter. Peas were a dull inquiry, yet we have no change to notice in their value. The flour trade was very inactive, and American barrels were only saleable at further reduced rates. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASVnu. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new Ditto, old s7s 6is Ditto, white, new 5OB 618 Ditto, old s9s 708 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old s4s 62s Ditto, new Rye—Old —B —5 New 4os 42s Barley—Grinding 278 328 • Malting 355 45s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk s2s 68s Brown Kingstown and Ware s2s 70s Chevalier 7os 72s Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding. 21s 27s Potato Youghal and Cork, black .. 21s 26s Cork, white - Scotch, Feeding 248 288 Beans—Tick Pigeons 47s 58s Peas—Grey Maple White 4ss 528 Boilers sos 54s Flour—Town-made Suffolk 39s 445 Stockton and Norfolk. ...... . 39s 418 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. There was a full average supply of foreign stock on offer in to-day's market, in fair average condition. Sales pro gressed slowly, at late quotations. With English and Scotch beasts we were tolerably well supplied, and nearly all breeds were of very good quality. Owing to several large buyers being in attendance from the provinces, the beef trade riled steady, though not to say active, and, in some instances, prices were a shade higher than on Mon day last. The general top figure for Scots was 4s 10d; but in some instances the quotations realised 5s 8d per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received about 2,200 Scots, &c. ; from other parts of Eng land 300 various breeds, and from Scotland 600 Scots and crosses. No beasts reached us from Ireland. Notwithstanding that the supply of sheep was on tho increase, all good and prime breeds moved off steadily at full quotations, the best Downs having sold at quite 5s 4d per 81bs ; other kinds of sheep, however, were a dull inquiry, and 2d per 81bs lower than on this day se'nnight. Prime lambs sold readily at full quotations ; but inferior breeds were dull, at barely lates. The top price was 7s per 81bs. We have to report a slow sale for calves, at last week's prices. The supply of foreign calves was good. There was a very inactive demand for pigs, at late currencies. Per Sib. to sink the offal. s. d. a. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Primecrs-wool d 0.4 4 4 10 Second quality do. 3 10 4 2 Pme.Sithdowndo.s 0 5 4 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Large orse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime - Scots,r&c. 4 8 4 10 Prime small do 4 8 5 2 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 4 3 8 Large hogs 4 0 4 4 Second quality do. 310 4 0 Small porkers 4 6 5 0 Lambs, 5s 8d to 7s Ocl. Suckling calves, 22a to 31s; and quarter-old store pigs, 23s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs.... 27,320 ( Sheep Calves rigs 4solPigs The total imparts of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 5,814 head. to the corresponding week in 1860, we received 6,722—in 1859, 4,452—in 1858, 2,962 —in 1857, 2,531—in 1856, 2,305—in 1855, 2,880 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEER. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam .... 96 .. 922 .. 73 .. 356 .. 59 Harlingen .... 63 .. 1501 21 .. 85 .. 8 Hamburgh .... 264 .. 1,501 .. .. 479 Oporto Vigo Dordt Amsterdam — Antwerp — • • Boulogne - • • Tonning Medemblik • . Cuxhaven • • ---- • • -- 97 .. -- • • *-- Total .... 423 .. 4,310 .. 94 .. 441 .. 456 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves, Pigs. 1860 290 .. 5,974 .. 189 .. 208 .. 61 1859 314 .. 3,126 .. 569 .. 435 .. 8 1858 2lO .. 1,898 .. 324 .. 452 .. 18 1857 231 1,777 .. 77 .. 430 .. 16 1858 .. '79 1,761 .. 240 .. 285 .. 1855 146 .. 1,828 .. 245 .. 604 .. 35 A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, June 4, 1860, and this day, Monday, June 3, 1861. Per 81b. to sink the offal. June 4, June 3, 1860. 1861. Coarse and inferior beasts 4 oto 4 2 3 4 3 8 Second quality do 4 6 410 310 to 4 2 Prime large oxen 5 0 5 4 4 4 4 6 Prime Scots &e 5 4 5 6 4 8 410 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled d 0..... 5 6 5 8 4 4 410 Prime Southdown do. Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers Beasts 3,880 3,740 Sheep and lambs 29,280 27,320 Calves Pi g s 3OO Jura; 6, 1859 . —B eas t s, 3,690 ; 460 SUPPLIES ON SALE, sheep and lambs, 20,730 ; calves, 178 ; pigs, 270. JUNE 7, 1858.—Beasts, 3,622; sheep and lambs, 23,860; calves, 239; pigs, 475. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat on sale here are very moderate, and the trade generally rules steady, but by no means active, at the late advance in the quotations. Per 81b. by the carcase. s d s d sdsd Inferior beef .. 3 0 3 4 Middlingmutton 4 2 4 6 Middling do. .. 3 6 3 10 Prime do .. 4 8 5 0 Frime large do, 4 0 4 2 Veal 4 4 5 0 Do. small do. 4 4 4 6 Small pork Large pork .... 4 0 4 4 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 8 4 0 BOROUGH HOP. ' The accounts from the plantations are less favourable, and the duty has receded to £lOO,OOO. Our market, con sequently, is very firm, and prices are fully maintained. Fine samples continue very scarce. The amount of busi ness doing, however, is limited. Last week's imports were 100 bales from New York, 20 from Antwerp, and 1 bale from Hamburg. Mid and East Kent pockets 80s to 200 s per cwt. Weald s .................. 60s 168 s ~ Sussex .. Yearlings .......... llOB 190 s ~ 1857. 1853. I 1859. 1860. 1861. Stock this day.... 14,334 13,409 11,602 26,765 65,165 5950 d to 53s Od to.sis 6d to 52s 6d to 56s Od to Price of Y.C. —s Od —s Od —s Od —s Od —s Od Delivery last week 1,697 684 772 1,500 1,464 Ditto from June 1 1 1,697 596 513 ,720 ,476 Arrivals last week 2,887 :3,532 1,615 1,432 588 Ditto from June 1 2,887 2,43 s 34 382 84 Price of Town .... 59s 6d 52s 9d 51s 3d 52s 9d 54s 3d PORTUGAL. LISBON, MAX 27. (Per Alhambra, via Southampion.) The school of the Sisters of Charity at Ajuda has been burnt down. The fire is supposed to have been caused by accident. The Cortes have been employed in discussing the budjet. Viscount d'Athoguia, formerly Minister for Foreign Affaias, is dead. The body of Baron Forrester, who was aeci. dentally drowned on the 13th inst., has been re covered. The prospects of the coming vintage continue to be encouraging. Exchange on London, three months, is quoted 53/ ; Paris, 529 ; Amsterdam, 421 ; Hamburgh, 48 ; Genoa, 526. Rentes, 3 per Cent., 47 ; Cou pons, 47/ ; Deferred, 39/ ; Bank of Lisbon Shares, 590 ; Commercial and Mercantile Banks of Oporto, 260 milreis. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIRLDS. The supply of new potatoes on sale here is — seasonably good, and the demand for them rules steady, at from 8s to 15s per cwt. For old samples the trade is in a very healthy state, and prices range from 60s to 130 s per ton. We have to report a dull seed, yet prices on the whol cake trade is dull, at drooping Turnip, W hite,p.bus 35s to 38s Swede —s —s Mustard, Brown Bs 12s White, new . • • bs 10s Tares, —s —s Old per quarter 36s 409 Chnary, per quarter 30s 50s R ye grass, new 26s 28s Clover, Red Eng., et -s White —s —s Foreign Red 43s 50s White 48s 60s Trefoil, new inquiry for all descriptions of [e rule about stationary. The currencies. Carraway 3os to 318 Coriander lBB 20s llempseed, per qr 44s 48s Li nseed,Eng.sowing 62s 66s Crushing' Baltic s4s 58s Odessa Lin seed Cake, p ton 54s 58s English £lo Os£lo 10s Foreign £9 108 10 15s Rape Cakes,p ton 51 lOs 61 Os Rapeseed. pqr .... 703 76s WOOL. The public sales are progressing, with only a moderato amount of activity, at previous rates. They will be brought to a close on the 6th inst. Port Philip —Clean sheep's, is 10d to 2s ; scoured, is 9d to 2s Old; lambs', is 6d to 2s ltd; grease, 100 to is O'd. Van Diemen's Land--Clean sheep's, is 51d to 2s 2d; lamb, is 5d to 2s lid ; grease, is 4d. New Zealand—Clean sheep's, is Sid to 13 9d; scoured,lls 614 to to 18 9d ; lamb, lo 61d; to TALLOW. Our market continues dull, and prices have further de clined. P.Y.C. is quoted at 565. per cwt. on the spot, and at 545. for the last three months' delivery. Rough fat, 2s. 91d. per Sibs. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(7hts Day). COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir Cresswell Cresswell, Judge Ordinary, Mr. Jus tice Wightman, and Mr. Justice Williams.) TAYLOR, CALLING HERSELF WING, V. WING-WING V. TAYLOR, FALSELY CALLED WING. This was a suit by the wife against her husband for a dissolution of marriage. The petition showed that a mar riage had taken place at Hedmin, Yorkshire, in October, 1835, between Ann Taylor and Thomas Wing, the parties in the two suits ; that at the time of the celebration of the marriage Thomas Wing had on divers occasions earnal con nexion with the mother of Ann Taylor, and the said Ann Taylor was well aware of the fact at the time of the mar riage. That, in consequence of such carnal connexion, the said Thomas Wing and Ann Taylor were in law deemed to be, and in fact were at the time of the celebration of the said marriage within the prohibited degrees of affinity, and therefore null and void, to all intents and purposes whatso ever. There was another prayer that the ceremony having only been performed in the presence of the officiating clergyman, and therefore against the Rubric; but this point did not come under discussion. A demurrer was put in that there was not any matter in the substance of the facts that would in law justify a sentence of nullity of marriage. In the answer of the wife to the peti tion of the husband, it was alleged that, even if the circum stances were sufficient in law to justify a dissolution of marriage, Thomas Wing could not avail himself thereof, because the facts were within his own knowledge, and he was not allowed to seek to take advantage of his own wrong. There was also a general denial of the other facts. Dr. Tristram argued for the demurrent, and Dr. Spinka for the respondent. The Judge Ordinary, at much length, reviewed the dif ferent acts of Parliament and authorities pertaining to the question, and said that no Oufficient grounds had been shown for proving the act alleged to have brought the parties within the degrees of affinity, and thereby justify ing evidence for the dissolution. The demurrer must therefore be allowed, and the decree for dissolution of the marriage refused. GRAY V. GRAY-NOVEL CASE. In this case the wife filed a petition praying for a disso lution of marriage, on the ground of her husband's adultery and bigamy, and the trial took place on the 17th January last. The adultery and a conviction of respondent for bigamy were established, and the Court made a decree nisi. The Attorney-General subsequently intervened, and pleaded collusion between the parties and adultery on the part of the petitioner. The latter then applied to the Court to have the petition taken off the file, which was re sisted by the:Attorney-General, who contended that accord ing to the provisions of the statute, which enabled him to intervene, the court was empowered to prevent a petition from being withdrawn when once the case had been heard and a decree made. On the hearing of the application the Judge-Ordinary decided that under the circumstances the petition could not be taken off the file. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Dr. Swabey, on behalf of the petitioner, appeared before the Court this morning in support of an appeal against the learned judge's decision. The Court decided that the appeal should be dismissed, and accordingly the case on the part of the Attorney-Gene ral will be proceeded with. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH. STREET. ASSAULT BY A PORTUGUESE MERCHANT.—Mr. Edward Pinte Barbosa, a Portuguese merchant, of No. 2, Golden square, was charged before Mr. Mansfield with assaulting a young man named Thomas Hinde, of 3, Hertford-street, Fitzroy-square. The complainant said that on Saturday night, about half past 11, he was passing a hoarding in Great Windmill street, having a parcel under his arm at the time; He stood sideways to let the deft ndant and two of his friends pass, and remarked that there was plenty of room, when the de fendant tore his shirt front. tried to throw him into tho road, and then tried to bite his hand. Mr. Charles Beeching, of 7, Great Windmill-street, said he saw the complainant passing the hoarding, and saw the defendant strike and try to bite him, as stated. The com plainant had been in his employ some time, and was a very inoffensive young man. Defendant said he did give the complainant a blow, and ho was sorry for it, but he was pushed against. Complainant denied this. Mr. Mansfield said evidently something had passed, and the defendant in a sudden fit of temper struck a blow, which he ought not to have done. He should fine him 20s. COMMITTAL FOR TRIAL FOR ASSAULTING A CON STABLE.—Two ruffianly-looking fellows, named Michael Henley and William Smith O'Brien, were charged, before Mr. Mansfield, with committing a violent assault on God frey, 215 C. The prisoners were standing outside of a public-house in Brewer-street, Golden-ssluare, on Saturday night, making a great noise. The constable requested them to go away, when Henley wanted him to have a " box" with him. The prisoners were again requested to go away by the constable, when they forced him against the railings, hurting his back, and then got him on the ground, and while there severely kicked him about the lower part of his body. A young man, Louis Schofield, 12 Heddon-street, Regent street, then went to the constaille's assistance, and some constables arriving the prisoners were taken to the station. He was much exhausted, had scarcely slept since, and at the station had had two fits. In answer to Mr. Mansfield, the constable said he was in the doctor's hands. Mr. Mansfield said every protection ought to be afforded a constable, and the witness Schofield had done his duty in doing so. He had always found that the best men got most injured, as they interfered to clear the streets of drunken ruffins, while a less careful constable passed on. He con sidered in such cases the magistrate had not sufficient power to deal with them, and should therefore send it to the sessions. IRIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, June 3.—Wind this day at noon, North- Westerly; light breeze, and cloudy weather; a fall of rain last night. OFF PORTSMOUTH, June 3. —Arrived —Victoria, from New York; Pyramid, from Sunderland for Newhaven, U.S. SWANSEA, June 2.—Wind N.N.E.—Sailed—Romulus, for Para. PORTSMOUTH, June 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's steamer Victoria and Albert, from Trieste. Sailed—Compeur, for Boston. OFF FALMOUTH, June 2.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived— Oscar, from Baltimore for Bremen; Ville de Dieppe, from Rangoon for'Havre. CLYDE, June L—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Lizzie Bliss, from Matanzas. Sailed—Lord Palmerston, for Havannah; Eurydice, for Cuba. QUEENSTOIV N, June 2.—Wind N.E.--Arrived—Arabia, steamer, from Liverpool, and sailed for Halifax and Bos ton ; Afrioa, steamer, from Now York, and proceeded for Liverpool. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Arrived--Queen, from Scilly. Sailed—Comet, for London. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, June 2—Little Gem, from Guernsey ; Speedy, from Borriana ; Tay, from Doboy ; Trinidad, from Trini dad ; Betsey, from Caen ; Dorothy and Mary, from Emden ; British Tar, from Savannah; Prohobit, from Maranas ; Two Brothers, from Colombia ; Countess of Seafield, from Saffi ; Marion and Doras, from Alexandria; Victoria, from New York; Haddasah, from Akyab ; Invigorator, from Honduras. Arrived, June 3—Fyenoord, from Rotterdam ; from Amsterdam; Anna Maria, from Randers; Chanti cleer, from Jamaica ; W. S. R., from Ostend , Emma, from Guernsey; Mitoina, from Emden; Guiding Star, from New Orleans; Balthorp, from Tobago. DEAL, Monday Morning. Passed—lndia, from New York; Anne Crofton, from Moulmein—both for London ; Marli, for Grenada ; Catha rine Elizabeth, for St. Mitt's ; Osbert, for Dominica—all for London. The mail steamer Seine sailed for the West Indies yesterday, with the unusually large sum of £53,600 in gold and £7,600 in silver. SOCIETY OF ARTS.—The second conversazione of this Society took place at the South Kensington Museum en Saturday evening, the Ist inst. The company was re ceived by Sir Thomas Phillips, F.G.S., Chairman of Coun cil, supported by the members of Council. The bands of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) and Ist Middlesex Engi Beer Volunteers attended, and performed a selection of airs during the evening. About 4,000 persons were present. THE LAMBING SEASON IN THE HIGHLANDS. — In the extensive district of Glenlyon the lambing season, which is now about over, has produced an abundant stock of strong and vigorous lambs, greatly superior to the sickly remnant of last year. The season throughout has been very favorable ; hence the very slight mortality, compara tively speaking, amongst either sheep or lambs crow uatu ral causes,—.Feth Courier. EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at mean sea level; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true — not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud (1 to 9). I. Initials :—b,, blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ; f., fog. ; h,, hail ; 1., lightning ; in., misty (hazy) ; 0., ov ercast (dull) ; r., rain ; s., snow ; t., thunder. A letter repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb ance (1 to 9). SUICIDE.—George Ball Stokes, clerk to Messrs. Harrison, printers, St. Martin's-lane, yesterday morning committed suicide by hanging himself in the water-closet of a house in Little Queen-street. Medical assistance was sent for, when it was discovered that life had been extinct for some time. Notice of the circumstance has been trans • mitted to the coroner. Proposals have been issued by Messrs. J. Hart and Co. for sulecriptions to the River Salado Steam Navigation Company, constituted with a capital of £240,000. The_object is to introduce an effective steam boat system on the River Salado, which is navigable for 1,100 miles through the most important interior ,provinces of La Plata, and joins the Parana about 250 or 300 miles above Buenos Ayres. The vessels would connect with those which run each week from the mouth of the Salado to Buenos Ayres, and thus, by the aid of the Royal Mail steamers and those of the French Com pany, the richest portions of the country, even to the con fines of Bolivia, would be placed in direct communication alternately each fortnight with Southampton and Bordeaux. It is stated that at present the consumption of European , articles in districts connected with the Salado is £1,200,000 per annum, while the average e x p ort of produce, much of especially which now takes its way via the Pacific, exceeds £1,600,000 , almost cotton.mostinde A indefinite increase,gruaranGe of nine as s nd r i e s gar c d ap s ab to le offbaocco and per cent. has been granted by the Government o f t h e Re public on £lO O , OOO of the capital, and is to be obtained on the remainder before the full amount is called up. A dona tion has likewise been made of 2,700 square miles of land in the provinces of Santa Fe, Santiago, and Salta ; and Senor Molina, the Foreign Minister at Parana, and Senor de la Riesta, the Finance Minister of Buenos Ayres, are members of the Committee of Superintendence. A reduction of 50 per cent. is also to be allowed from all duties on the impor tation of merchandise introduced by company's boats. The chief subscriptions are apparently expected at Paris, in Spain, and at Buenos Ayres. M. Estevan Rams, an influ ential resident at Santa Fe, is the concessionnairc and gerant, 100 100 100 100 100 all all 1 100 AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The following is Mr. Duncombe's reply to ad dresses that he has received in acknowledgment of his advocacy of Hungarian rights and independence in the House of Commons. "TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNTY THIRD EDITION. OF ZYOLYOM. " Gentlemen,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the address passed by you on the 9th, of April last, in which you have deemed me worthy of being the recipient of your thanks for having raised my voice in the Parliament of England in vindication of the rights and liberties of your noble country, and in which you record your sense of respect for the free English nation. " The wrongs which Hungary has endured have long roused deep sympathy in England. The me morials of that sympathy in past centuries are not unknown to you. When the great struggle in defence of your inherited laws and constitution took place, in 1848 and 1849, England was roused into anxious hopes for your success, and the moral sense of our people was outraged at the spectacle of the beaten armies of Austria being saved from utter destruction and your liberties and constitution crushed by the tyrannical intervention of the arms of Russia, in defiance of the laws of nations and the sound principles of European policy. " Be assured that although certain venal portions of the press of Europe may seek to blacken your institutions, the true character and value of those institutions is better understood in England than is agreeable to the friends of despotism. The re markable resemblance of your institutions to those of England is not unknown to Englishmen, and your noble perseverance in maintaining the life of those institutions commands the respect of my country men. " Do not despair oibe deceived, I entreat of you, by the halting and hesitation of officials entangled in the meshes of diplomacy—some of these, I regret to say, value the unity of a nominal Austrian en.- pire over the sacred causes of liberty and national independence • but the voice of public opinion, in admiration of the firm and dignified attitude of your Diet, has been so loud and so universally , expressed, it sets them at defiance ; and rest as sured that the course which the English Govern ment shall take will be narrowly watched by the Parliament and people of England—to whom that Government is responsible. "As to myself, in raising my voice whenever I have been able in behalf of the rights of Hungary, I have only fulfilled what the deep convictions of my conscience assure me is the cause of right; and I shall not cease, while I have the power, to raise that voice in behalf of so sacred a cause.—l have the honour to be, gentlemen, your very faithfu and obliged servant, "THOMAS SLINGSBY DUNCOMBE. " May 28, 1861." THE FLINTSEURE ELEC 110 N. We are requested to publish the following letter from the unsuccessful candidate to the Chancellor of the Exchequer : " 5, Carlton-terrace, June 1. " Sir,—You have been pleased to distinguish my address to the electors of Flintshire by making mention of it in your place in Parliament. You say that the mode of statement adopted in it was suggested from head-quarters, and that in the most authentic manner, as if I had undergone a regular training through a course of the debates, I ran through the old points of the surplus, the state of the national finances, and the comforts of the labour ing classes.' This may be censure, or it may be praise. I prefer to take it in the latter sense, and thank you for it. " We have had an election within the last few days,' you observed on the occasion I refer to. 1 might have had the honour of meeting you, for I am told you were on the ground in the double cha racter of Minister and partisan—hujus bell, par ticeps, et socius, et adjutor. " It is not long since we met on the same ground as allies, when you were the poignant adversary— imptger, iracundus, inexorabilis, acer—of the same great statesman whose ranks you now adorn ; and when you recommended the policy you then sup ported by the tempting offer, the inestimable benefit —of a cheap cup of tea. "But, quantum mutatus ! had I met you on the late occasion, I should have hardly known you again. The times are rife with sulden and por tentous changes. I acknowledge you are equal to them. Permit me to admire the versatility of your genius, though I cannot do it justice. It is as hard to describe Proteus as to bind him. " I have the honour to subscribe myself, sir, your obedient servant, " H. R. HUGHES, of Kinmel. " The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P." THE WEATHER. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. This Day, between 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S. 9 a.m. 1 -- Nairn i 30.20 50 48 N.E. 3 9 0. 5 Aberdeen l3O-10 48 47 N.E. 5 9 9 r . 3 . 3 Leith ' 30 . 10 53 51 N. 2 Berwick 3 0 .01 53 50 N. 4 9 r. 1 Ardrossan 30.15 54 52 N. 2 5, 0. 1 Portrush Shields Galway4 9! r. 2 3300-g 5651 gg N.W. 3 4 . r. 4 gg 5 67 3 N v . N . N . v . W . N.N.W. ' 5 3 8 2 :.. 1 Scarborough 3 0 .00 53 52 r 4. 1 2 8, o. 3 Liverpool ..... 30.11 64 6 N.N.W. 2 9 O. 2 Q V u a e le e n n t s i to a . w .. n 13 0.1: Yarmouth 3O-03 54 53 7 o. 2 Lon d on 30.05 55 52 N.N.w. 2 8 o L ove r ' 80 . 08 53 52 E.N.E. 2 7 0.. 1 Portsmouth —3O 06 64 59 E. I 3 6 o. 1 Portland ' 80•06 55 53 N.N.E. 1 9 0. 1 Plymouth I 30-07 58 54 N.W. ' 5 3 o. 4 Penzance Jersey .... 30 . 38 60 55 N.N.W. '2lB ! c• 1 SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. TATTERSALLS'-(T111S EVENING). ASCOT STAKES. 7to 1 agst Conscript (taken) 12 to 1 agst Shipwreck (taken) ASCOT CUP. C'to 4 agst Thormanby (taken) 3to 1 agst St. Albans (offered) ST. LEGER. 3to 1 agst Kettledrum (taken) sto 1 agst any other (offered) IMPE DIAL PA RLIAMEN T. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(Trus EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL. Lord CHELMSFORD said in the committee on this bill he should move a clause preventing the bill having a retrospective operation with respect to non-traders. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Wye Railway (Extension) ; Trent, Ancholme, and Grimsby Railway; Belfast and County Down Railway ; Penrith Harbour, Dock, and Railway; Stockton and Dar lington Railway (New Railway at Marske, &c.) bills were read a second time. _ _ The Newgate and Metropolitan Meat and Poultry Mar ket, and Great Northern Railway (Purchase of Hertford Branch) bills were read a third time and passed. THE GALWAY CONTRACT. The Marquis of NORMANBY rose to m ove an a d dress for copies of the correspondence between his E xce l lency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and her Majesty's G overnment on the subject of the contract with the Atlantic Royal Mail Steam-packet Company. The noble marquis having pre sented a petition in favour of the continuance of the mail service at Galway, said on Thursday week he willingly acceded to the request for postponment ; but he was sorry to say that since that time a topic had been introduced to prejudice the question by the Government. He then pro ceeded to deny that the Irish members had ever contem plated entering into any compact to support the Budget on receiving an assurance that the Galway contract would be renewed for six months. Thcre was a universal feeling of regret in Ireland at the determination that had been ar rived at by the Government, a regret that was :shared in to the full extent by the Lord Lieutenant. This opinion had not been expressed in any private manner, but had been made in Dublin to a deputation that had waited on his lordship relative to the withdrawal of the contract. He could not refrain from saying that it was most extraor dinary that the contract should have been withdrawn at the moment and the manner it was. The objection . to the vessel was also most irreconcilable, because she had previously performed the voyage successfully, and within the time allowed by the contract, and he could not help hoping that, sooner or later, the prayer of the petition he had presented would be accomplished. Earl GRANVILLE said he thought it was irregular and inconvenient to re-discuss a subject that had been de bated in another place. He did not think the noble lord had been quite correct in saying that the noble lord had been the only person alluded to in the com pact. Had such a compact been entered into, he could not but say that it would have been most disgraceful to all parties, and that the Government had better fall than be kept on its legs by such a proceeding. (Hear, hear.) He thought that the noble marquis ought to be the last man to attack his noble friend the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and he thought his noble friend the Postmaster- General would be perfectly ready to defend the course he had thought it his duty to take. As to the motion of the noble lord for papers, &c., he had to inform him that there was no official correspondence of the description alluded to in the possession of the Government• [LEFT SPEIKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Lord RICHARD GROSVENOR took the oaths and his seat on his election for Flintshire. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Railway Bill and Universal Private Tele graph Company Bill were considered and agreed to. The Isle of Wight Water Bill was read a third time and passed. DUBLIN CORPORATION 11 ATER BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, Sir E. GROGAN repeated the objections which he had made to it at a previous stage, and moved that it be read a third time that day six months. Mr. WESTHEAD, in opposing the amendment, said that 56 out of 60 of the corporation of the City of Dublin. were in favour of this bill, the provisions of which he de fended at some length. Mr. DAWSON supported the amendment. Mr. MASSEY opposed the amendment, and said that the bill had undergone the most careful investigation be fore the committee, and that there was no ground for the opposition that was offered to it. Mr. O'BRIEN defended the bill. Mr. MAGUIRE deprecated very strongly the opposition to the bill, for which he said the people of Dublin panted. He observed that, notwithstanding what had been said by Sergeant Fitzgibbon in favour of the present water supply in Dublin, still it appeared that that learned gentleman, though he allowed it for the use of his servants, ho had a pump on his premises for the use of himself and family. (Laughter.) The fact was, that at the present time, in consequence of the defective supply of water in Dublin there was not ade quate provision made for the protection of life and property. lie contended that the course pursued by the opponents of the I ill was most disrespectful to the house, considering the time and attention bestowed on this bill by the commit tee to which it had been referred. Mr. M'CANN supported the bill, and stated from per sonal experience that the quality of the water in Dublin was very bad. He stated that it was so deleterious that he could never drink it, not even when it was mixed with whisky. (Laughter.) Mr. VANCE said that the bill had been so altered in transitu, that he felt relieved from giving it his support, although his name had been on it originally. The quality of the water was not what it had been described, and he assured the house that he and his family never consumed any other water. (Laughter.) Mr. COGAN supported the bill, and said hon. members who opposed it did not represent the requirements and feel ings of the inhabitants of the city of Dublin in reference to this subject. The house divided— For the third reading Against it Majority —76 The bill was accordingly read a third time and passed. The Hereford, Hay, and Brecon Railway Bill and the Kingston Water Bill were considered and ordered for third reading. The - following bills were read a second time :—Alva Railway, Blane Valley Railway, Caledonian and Syming ton, Biggar, and Broughton Railway Companies; Caledo nian Railway (Cleland, &c. Branches), Caledonian Rail way (Rutherglen and Coatbridgc Branches), Caledonian Railway (Stonehoase Branch), Dumfries, Lochmaben, and Lockerby Junction Railway, Fife and Kinross Railway, Glasgow and Mil ngav i e J unc ti on R a il wa y, Glasgow (City) Life Assurance, &c., Company, North British and Peebles Railway Companie s , Rhy m ney Railway (Additional Capi tal, &c.), Victoria Docks Gas, Weston-super-Mare Gas, Whitworth Vale Gas, and Wivenhoe and Thightlingsea Railway. THE MAYNOOTH atANT. Mr. WHALLEY gave notice that, in the event of his motion for the withdrawal of the grant to the College of Maynooth being negatived, he would move that a committee be appointed to inquire into the canons and laws of the Catholic Church, and the text-books used at May nooth College. THE ABOLITION OF CHURCH RATES BILL. Mr. S. ESTCOURT appealed to the hon. baronet (Sir J. Trelawney) who had charge of this bill, to pestpone it for a fortnight, considering the spirit of compromise that prevailed amongst the members of the h ouse i n res p ec t t o this subject, which might lead to an amicable settlement. Sir J. TRELAWNY said there were a great many persons in the house who believed that a compromise could be effected in regard to the measure. He did not partici pate in that belief, but in deference to the wishes of the hon. members he would consent to the'postponement pro posed. EAST INDIA LOAN BILL. In reply to Mr. VANSTTTART, Sir C. WOOD said that he intended to proceed with this bill in committee this evening. ABOLITION OF TOLL GATES. Mr. T. DUNC OMBE asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress had been made towards the abolition of toll-gates round London; if the Metropo lis Roads Commissioners had held any special meeting to effect that object, or whether they had Leen summoned for the purpose at all; if they had met, what was done, and out of the forty-one Commissioners how many were pre sent; and if her Majesty's Governmentintended to present any specific proposition for abolishing toll gates, an d when. . Sir G. LEWIS said there was considerable difficulty in dealing with this question, and he did not intend to make any proposition such as that alluded to by the hon. member. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S SHOW. Lard FERMOY asked the First Commissioner of Works whether there was any truth in the report that he had granted permission to the Royal Agricultural Society of England to hold their annual ahow in the Regent's park • , and, if so, whether he had restricted them eith er as to the space which they were to occu py , or the time during which it was to be so occupied for the erecting and taki ng down the sheds and other fittings? Mr. COWPER said he had no doubt that public opinion in the m etropolis was in favour of the R o y a l Agri cultural Society being afforded every facility for having their show in Lotdon, and 26 acres would b e placed at the disposal of the society. CRIMINAL LAWS CONSOLIDATION BILL. I n reply to Mr. HADFIELI), The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that, in the present state of public business, this bill could not be proceeded w ith as early as he could have desired ; but from its dis cussion in the Upper House, and careful investigation before a select committeee of the House of Commons, the bill would not be expected to be discussed at much length. ANIEIiICAN PRIVATEERS. In reply to Mr. F OR STAR, the the belligerent parties privateerin g s hi ps o f t h e both Lord J. RUSSELL said that orders had been issued last American Saturday on the States, subject bh c y w f h were interdicted from bringing prizes into any of the ports in the dominions of her Majesty, whether in the United Kingdom or in the colonies. The Government had also communicated with the French Ambassador, who stated that the French Government would act in conformity with a rule agreed to in 1860, by which, when France was a neutral Power, prizes could be brought into her ports, but were not allowed to dispose of them there, or to remain beyond 24 hours. THE CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, Sir W. JOLLIFFE complained of the present xnode of collecting the income tax. [LEFT SPEAKING.] THE CROPS IN DERBYSHIRE.—Spring , corn is looking well, and, since the genial rain we had a, :few days ago, has grown rapidly. A few mangolds have lie'm sown, but their growth this year is limited. 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