The Sun. — London, England, 1856-05-15 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed firmly and quietly, at the full prices of last week. The sales were 8,000 bales (500 for ex port, and 1,500 on speculation), comprising 100 Pernam and Marnham, Gd.'; 100 Bahia, qd.!; 250 Egyptian, 61d. to i d. ; 1,000 Surat, 4id. to 51d. per lb. The Share Market closed very buoy antly, at a marked advance in the quotations of the leading stocks. Telegraphic advices from Marseilles, dated the 13th inst., state that the rise in the price of wheat Continued at that port on an average of lf. 50c. per hectolitre. The price of African wheat was 46f. per 160 litres, or 29f. 50c. per hectolitre, and Richelieu wheat was in demand at 32f. 50c. At Paris there was considerable demand yesterday for the four mark qualities of flour, and sales realised 91f. 50c. per 157 kilos. for the current month, 92 for 3 months, 92f. 50c. for May and June, and 93 for June and July. During the day the factors declared to 4,509 sales of flour to be delivered Within 30 days at 80 to 81f., and 5,999 sacks at the average price of 86f. 56c. per 157 kilos. Wheat was firm with an upward tendency. The German markets do not participate in the improve ment of the French. At Hamburg there was Scarcely any business transacted in wheat, and the prices were almost nominal at the following quota tions :-Wheat 28f. per hectolitre for delivery, ditto Holstein and Schleswig 28f. 25c. to 29f. 75c. In rye a brisk trade was doing, and sales of about 8 ,000 hectolitres realised 19f. 75c. to 21f. 15c., ditto Danish 17f. 65c. ; Stettin 18f. 35c. ; St. Petersburg 12f. 50c. to 12f. 75c. Barley was in demand at the rate of 13f. 78c. to 14f. 50c. per hecto. At Dantzic the prices of wheat were also nominal, and rye not much in request at 22f. the hecto. of 682 kilos. to 22f. 75c. _ The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :- 1856. 1855. . £29,168 £26,172 60,119 54,821 16,198 13,427 Great Western North-Western Sontb.Western Erighto . n y— Midland South-Eastern Caledonian Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter Cheater and Holyhead East Lancashire Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln North Stafford Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver Ulster Edinburgh and Glasgow Glasgow and Sonth-Western Great Western of Canada Grand Trunk of Canada Northern of France The demand for money on the Stock-Exchange iti exeedingly active, in consequence of the nu merous applications, accompanied by the 10 per cent. deposit, that are being sent in to Messrs. Rothschild for allotments of the New Loan. Ex trenaely high rates are willingly paid for tempo ral'y accommodation, and during the next week or fortnight the money market will no doubt be very St ringent. The following notice regarding the i thecription list for the New Loan has been issued by Messrs. Rothschild : " LOAN OF FIVE MILLIONS STERLING. "Messrs. N. M. Rothschild and Sons beg to a nnounce to the public that they are ready to re e!lve applications for the proposed loan from par tles desirous of participating therein, and will re eeuve the same until Friday at two o'clock. "It is necessary that every application be ac companied with a deposit, in money, of 10 per cent, on the amount thereof ; and if the amount a l ) Plie o '-e not allotted the proportion of the de r •aired will be returned forthwith. r to insnre correctness in the -equested that applicants will ' in's-lane, •riucial Bank of favourable 'et profits nr than • was de the nd 2ft 5 5 20 10 Bhr. , , : . 1 • 'ought rks at agent at the 1 been severe iarged I will d that tsians, :awed, ; an nople. m the Ac- [ d'Or- Irm ese 13. Royal grand Napo- E state states to the Fred e- Condon. A yes- Queen 13. lay the asm of roroga- m will rough- PING. lent of rienna, Lasador sultum riatiou 3 uacl4- he last ft. O. 955 - 990 915 -- 762 50 940 -- Baroa tleflff all rtres. talent count )f M. ill no King con- Some nting Thad )liged. wit h en S.W., —Fra• , Har sh th H.S.'s :toria, ing. Lyres ; arion, Lndaor races of foreign _bonds, 6; 7i ; Mexi , 7 9 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., ± per Celts., 49 51 ; Rus ., 104 6 ; Ditto 4i per Cents., per Cents., 44i 451 ; Ditto De -4 ; Ditto Certificates, 5f I; Ditto dy Sh..es opened firmly, but they have - become flatter. The Foreign Shares, how 4ver, generally support former values. Mining, Banking, and other shares are dull, and Without particular variation. 13RITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (Pram the (*dal List.) vinglnast done. / lank Stock n 3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 921 2 Per Cont. Co n s o ls A nnu iti es 9 :3 HILI flew 3 per Cent. Annuities India Bonds, £lOOO • 5 d Ditto, under £lOOO lO d Consols for Account .... —9 3 i Exchequer 13111 a, 24d. March. June. £IOOO £5OO ' Small Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent 9S PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. _ Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent. 41exican 3 per Cent 23i # P eruvia n Ac c ou n t Bonds 44 per Cent b bat° 3 per Cent ' °r tulttiese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 4 per Cent b at) ox all ove r due Cannons Russian Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — E 6 b itto 44 per Cent. E.," 18 ) Bonds, 3 per Cent — T "WA) New Deferred, 3 per Cent. tirkieli Rends, 6 per cent 484 7i Ditto Account 9Bi i i bitto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account lo, 4 Dividends on the above • ayable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Money Y Y 9311 6 Ditto Account (June 4) 931 b e _il • Rnaror Scram' MA . Barr, May 14.--The market has th :n S.wept of everything offering at extreme rates, and R I's 1 8 still a good inquiry both from grocers and . re tis ` B . There are several arrivals not yet brought into me market. The annu a l genera l mee ti ng o f th e P em b ro k e and East Grinnis Mining Company was held yesterday, the offices in Austin friars ; John Marget son , c 1 31 , 8 .1 in the chair. The statement of a c c oun t s 'owed a balance in favour of the mine of 123/ . ..; t ° ! :1 the other hand , the estimated amount of habil], :ea and assets exhibited a balance against the t txu i ll3 fa P et a o n ry Y 0 . f 1,110/. The report of the captain upon a state and promise of the mine was highly sa- A call of Is. per share was made, and the du ee.ting was made special for the purpose of re bclng the number of shares from 43,485 to 37,720, Y. c ancelling those shares in the hands of the cora taittee. It was also determined to call in all the 50 tlerlP certificates to be cancelled. 101 - 20 5 20 18 ,100 <OO ID SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day . ,~r«:eu. ...,.... Arnbg. Nottng. Bost ind Basta. Jnnct... 3 , lfast Valymen , Birming. Wolverb Atour Valley Birk eihd. Lancel i Cheshire Junct.... . 'o. Choxh. & Birk. £5O and £25 Com Do., £20..... ...... . Ulyth &Tyne origina £25 (ised. at .£45 Bristol and Exeter Caledonian. Carm. and Cardigan Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, a Pass Cornwall Do. A Do. B Crieg Junction Dublin&BelfastJunc. Dun. P. & Aber. Jue East Anglian Eastern Counties.. East. Union, A Stl De B. Stovk Do., New A East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin.Prth &Dnade , ' Forth & Clyde JIIII3. Furness Do. Extension Glasgow & S. West,i 100 all 100 100 Great N. of Scotind Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Bth. StWest.(lre Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai Qua. Stk. . Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Car lislf Do., ThirUß I Do. New Thirds Laneash. andYorka 1)9., Net. Riding lin Liv. Crony. &Southpt London & Blackwall Lond. Bright & S.Opt Loud. and N. West:. Do. Fifths D0.101.6h.,M&D., Do. Eighths,— ..... Londoziand S. West! Do., £5O . Do., £44. lAndndrryds Col °rain t4ndndryi. & Enntek Kaneh.ehef.& Lincl : Man. & Lin. Tin Metropolitan .. Midland 10. Birmng. &Deft, NMI& G. West. (Ire )o. Half Shares Newcastle& CarHsi , Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrt' Newry & Enniskille* Newry Warrenpoin' and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Conntios Tin North British....... Nth Devon Rail. & Dock Stock , 0., A Stock... ' B Stock ..... •• Do. B Guarantee N. F:astern—Berwir Do. do. Extension Dodo. G.N.E. ?nroh Do. Leeds Do. York 'North London N.&S.Wstrn.,Ham , - stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire North Western..... N. tic S. Westrn„ June STuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Ox., Wore., & Wolv !JortErtenth licottish Central... Ificottishliidland 4hrf..Tshire Union South Dovon South Eastern loath Wales 1. Yrksh. ds Riv. Dnr Do Ataines, Wok. &Wol Stockton Sic Darli ,itockten & Hartlepl [ Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. riames Hay. D.St Ulverstone & Lance Vale of Neath Vaterfd. & Kilkenn: lwaterford&Limerle , West Cornwall.. . West End of Londor and Crystal Palace Do. X . . Do. B West London. IWimblednk Croydon Antwerp& ktott rd , m Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 Ardennes sclgian Eastn. June Beziers to Oraissessa Bombay, Baroda, an Central Tudia,Serir Do. Demerara Duteb Rhenish glastern of France )o. Yew 'ast Indian, g. 5 p.• flo. 11;ytenqinr,..__ D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 no. 10. do. '5!-/, Gee ong Melbou:ne' guar. 5 per c nt. . Do., Lon. allot., do. CM. Tk of CanadaAi.,. Do. ..................... Do. Cert. of Deben. eon. into Stk. till'6 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Central of Primer d. Indian Penh: mil Lnxembour Do. ltitiated Share • D o. re ' . z f ationP - at.N.Veste..orftd • Sh shares ..: f Cam/ al Do. New.., Do. Bds., pay:6 ' with option till Do. do., '62, p. 'SL Do. do., '7(3, p. '6O l Dc,. do., '73, without option Hamilton Itt Toront Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. Basl , Lierre and Turnhout Lucca Az Pist. 5 p. c.p Lyons and Geneva .. Lyons StMediterran Madras, guar. 4 4 p.c Do. New 0., sp. c Do. 4 p. c. Eaten Karla Antonia ... Do. do. New Namur di Liege (wit} interest) Do. (ex interest)..... Northern of France. D0.20i. Slis. Do. 204 3 p. c Bdr (fmy. D. Zs Ams.Shs. . . . NorwevanTrunkPre' Paris and Lyons , Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans , Rome and Frascati.. Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. Obligations ,.. Sambre and Meuse... Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. Sciude, guar. 5 p. c. Do - - Southern of France.. St. Andrew's and Quebec (A),,. West Flanders Do 5 A per c. Pref W. di N. W. of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand JOIN'f-STOG'R BANK& 70 11 A n stralamia . ..... 93 - 94 94 25 5 Bank of Egypt Par -#ps4 100 50 Bank of London. 63 _ 6 5 40 .Lll Bri. Col. Bk.&Ln.C. 50 ali British N. American 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 1 p 20 4 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China ..d 100 50 Cot t' 100 25 Colonial •• 100 20 Commercial of Lond. sii 20 all Eng.Soot.StAns.Cht. 16 —16 i 20 all Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia lB 19 lgi 20 5 Ditto New 2 8} 50 20 Lyndon and Conn ... 32 111 50 Lna.&E. Bnkg. Corp. I par -- 2p 50 10 London Joint Stock. .. 100 10 London and Paris 4 -- 2 d 100 20 Loud. & Westminster 48 100 35 National Pro.of Eng ... ••• 20 10 Do. New •• 50 22i Nation& of Ireland •• • 20 all New South Wain.... 41 43 25 all Oriental Bank )1' corpora tinn. 4l 43 4214 20 5 Ottoman Bank li lip 6 I 100 50 Royal British ••• ••• 25 all 3ontti Australia 25 all Union of Australia 69 - 71 70 J. Do. New " 7 i 8i 50 10 union ~f Londo n . • 10. 3 Westorußlroa.Lond .15 0 .45 • 25. i 26 4i 5 8i 9 17 - 18 15 16 12 •-.! 13 87 - 89 59 - 60. 15 - 16 ... "... *MD , . ..... .. . - 17, 33 - 3 5 23 - 25 76 - 78 59 - 61 ii = i6l ••• ''" . 88 - 92 7i - 84 95 - 96 79 - 81 25- 127 .02 - 104 61i • 62 67 - 70 s. : 4 4 p 90 90i G 1 - 101 - 103'. 100 f —101 l I 8 95 96 ON .... ••I %94 - 29 i id 75i 76 44 46 .. "." 1 - 34 13 54 - 56 3i - 35 36 ••• ''''' 78i 79i 5 )6, - )6 56 57 85 - 90 6i Sid, 5i IN6I 10i 1 27 103 105 75 7,7 45 47 14 - 15 71 72 71 73 4 2 1 id 9 7 36 37 • IP• ....''. •• 19 - 20 - 5 6i - 73 6 - 8 2 - 3 5 - sjp - 6 7 'i 84 - 8i pm. - 2 p 64 - UP 2 - 2i,1 41 - 44 p if - 141 11 - 1.11 p i 41i - 42 23- 23 22 -23 i 16 - 17 70 7 5 80 -- 85 gi - 101; 21t 221 53 - 31 - 3t 261 - 2 Ai 3t - 99 - 101 101 - 103 127 - 132 109 110 26/ - 26 132 - ••• 2 ‘ I - 201 .•• 46 syi -; 13 • 9 ATU b'fl : • • -- • • • 4 5 -- 56 - 20 am. .. - 12; 91 - 2 ••• 241 NB • • • ON .... pm 4i - 5 A Business don• this day 16 A 14 &11 14 20i 100 104 iOO 20 20 31? 10 20 all all all all 80i 80 79i 1261 103 i 62 lj i i 90 3 i i 102 f lf 101 i 1 i 1 95a 5 296 i t 76 51 i 45 23i 23 i 22A I 131 i i 14 15i 16 83 4 1 54$ 3j 261 I 9t, 9 101 1 45i I 1 THE stIN, LONDON, THURSOAY EVENING, MAY 15, 1856. w f: l r aCrLwakys, Bedford and Blet.thley Ruckgbarush. Clydesdalp.Tr . Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lin. e. 6 no E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. At Neils. Direct Do. New...... Glstr.4s Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk & Railway__ Hall & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lon.,Til.,&S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Batn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar. -.~ ~ _~ Leetain? Cornpams London k N. West. L&N.W. Caledon E. Un. & E. C (4t.14rt1.n E. Count , j!. itt'•• Cloitn, r:l3 this day. 95 - 97 94 - V 8 11 - 13 133 - 133 41, ••• IDo .. at. Ifee , ,n Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &Nhf Do.. Do.. S. Easton Do Peto lz Co. ;Norfolk Do L.&N.W. & Midld' Stckton k Darlingt. Midland.. Midld.Bradfd Newmarket Bury E. G.spc Est.s p. c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p c Prest. & Vt. yrs Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef. Roth and Gooleg.s p. c. Shrews. &Her. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valloygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&gomrst En. Conn. E. Count. D 0... Do L. &N.W Do Gt Northn Latteash & Yorksh. P. Brassey ?if .Malean Stockt. & I 1 rlingt Do 106 12i - 13 ifo lis 21 - 2f slustnoes this MANCHESTER RACE 3.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CORPORATION S' CAKES. Fisherman Hospitality Three ran. Lance belted. fltWestn. MANCHESTER. CUP. Pretty Boy Yorkshire Grey Typee Nine ran. CHESTERFIELD HANDICAP. Gay Courtenay Six ran. LATEST BETTING-12 . 45. MANCHESTER CUP. sto 4 on Typee (taken) 7to 1 agst Fanny Fern (taken) Bto 1 agst Byrsa (taken) Bto 1 agst Little Davie (taken) DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Prince (taken to money.) 93 = 94 it - $l 3 56 - 58 45 lag 135 • .• ••• 8 3 - lid 31i ,-- 321 MEETING OF HACKNEY CARRIAGE PROPRIETORS. Last night a general meeting of hackney carriage pro prietors was held at the Cranbourne Hotel, St. Martin's lane, to consider the effect upon the trade of the late de cision in the Court of Queen's Bench, in the cause of " Powles v. Hilder," with regard to the liability of pro prietors for lost property of whatever value, and to adopt such measures thereon as might be deemed expedient. Mr. WSLLBELOVED occupied the chair, and called at tention to the serious consequences which must result to trade if they were compelled to make good the value of any property which might be lost from their vehicles, without even their previously being made aware of its value. Mr. BALDING, Mr. FARMER. and others having ad dressed the meeting, the following resolution was unani mously adopted :—" That the meeting having heard, by the decision in the case of 'Pawles v. Hider,' that hackney carriage proprietors are liable for the value of property which may be lost from their carriages, is most desirous of expressing its great consternation and dismay at the position in which the trade is thereby placed, and also of expressing its opinion that it will be unsafe for any person possessing capital under such circumstances to remain in the trade—firstly, because hackney carriage proprietors, although liable for the acts of their drivers, are restricted in the choice of those whom they employ —secondly, because they are compelled to accept the carriage and responsibility of property the value of which has not been declared ; and thirdly, because their remu neration for luggage is not sufficient for mere labour, and is entirely inadequate to the responsibility of safe carriage." _ It Was also resolved that steps should be taken to have the question settled in a satisfactory way. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISII CORN For the week ended May 15,1856, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors In the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. EYE. I BEANS. PEA.. 67s 7d 403 3d 23s 10d 43s 7d 41s 31 i 38s 5d PREFERENCE SHARES. St.l 100 Aberdeen ll5 ..- 118 St. 100 Do. N 0.2, 7p. c ll5 - 117 St. 100 De. Debentures B4 90 25 all Myth andTyno 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 501; ... - ... St. 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 94 - 96 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ... - ... St. 100 Caledonian £lO 97 -99 15 all Ches. &Ho. Gn. 54 pc 16 -17 91 all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 ... - ... 24 all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 ... - ... 61 all Cork &Bandons4p.c ... - ... 61 all Dun.Prth .&Aber..T 5l 61 10 2E. Anglian Cls. ASh ... - • . St. 100 Do. do. Cls. B6p. c. 107 - 112 St. 100 Do. do Cls. C7p. c. 97 - 102 6. all Eas.Co.Ex, spc No. I . 4 o Pin 61 all Do. No. 2 . Pm 1.0 all Do. New 6p. o. St. 12 -11 20 all East Un., G. 6p. c. ... - ... 6 all Do. 51., 10 per cent ... - ... 10 all Do. 161. Debentr.Sh. ... - ... St. all Do. do. 4 per cent... ... - ... St. 100 Plait Lancash.6p.cts ~. - -- 5 all P.lr W. York..T. sth ,, ... - ... 10 1 Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh. ... - ... St. 100 End Prth.&Dun.4p.c 69 - 71 20 all Furness .. - ••• St. 10 , , Glas. & 5.W.G.5 pc. ... - it. 100 Great Northn. 5p c 117 - 119 St. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem. 108 - 110 it. 100 Do. 44 p. c lO2 - 104 124 74 Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red at sp. c. pm._ . 4 1 71 (0 sil Gt.N. of Scot. lst Pre 94 - 101 St. 100 (It. S. 4,1 W. (Ireland) ... •-• ... 20 11 Do. 4per c. Pref. 9 ... - ... 50 6 Gt. W.(13.411.Fx5pc 6 - 6A St. 100 )o. con. red. 46 p.c. 95 - 97 St. 100 'll. con. red. 4p. c 88 - 90 St. 100 Do. irred. 4p. c. .. . 89 --91 90 St. 100 Do. sp. c. red. pref. 98 • 100 99 10 all Do. do. do. ... - .., 8 all Do. Birm. Pref. - 311 9ll -10 10 all Do„ Chester Bp. c.P.S l6l - 174 10 all Do. do. sp.e. do ... - ... St 100 Do. Birm. (Ina. Stk 73 - 75 36 all Do. Ches. Qua. Sh l9l - 204 13i all Do. do. do 'l4 - 101 20 al Do. do. do l4l - 151 16 6 Lan. &York. F. £2( 4 - $d St. 100 Do. 6p. a. Stock ... 136 -DS 137 St. 100 Lon.&Brigh. G 1.5 p.c. ... - St. 'lOO Do. Prof., sp. c. St. - - St: XlOO Do. Now Guar.6 p. c. 135 - 140 St. 1 100 Do. do. 5 per cent . ... - ... St. 100 Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton sp. at ... - ... St 100 Lon.& S.W. 7 per ct ... - ...i. 12i all acndy. &Color. 4 Sh. ... - ... 12 't all Londy.&Ennis.4Sh ... - ... St. 10 M.,5..& L.,New,l6/ ... - ... 6 40 Do. £6 4 - i 12A all Niarypt . & Carl. 4 p o ... - ... 12 all Do. 41 per cent ••• - ••• 12? 10i Do St. • 100 Aid. Consol.6 p.c St ... - St. 100 Do. Con.l3r.Bir.6pc 133 - 137 St. 100 Do. 44 p. c. Pref. S 95 - 97 16; all Do. Pref. 44 per cen ... - ... 5 all Do. 51. Pref. 4p. c.. . . - St. 100 'Ditto L. &H.Pref. St 87 - 89 I 'New., Aber., &c., pr. t 10 411 sp. c. red. 5 p.c, pro , " 10 all I Norfolk Dabeatare ... -..-. - St. 100 :Do.Prof. sp. 0. St. - cl, .... - ... St. 100 , Do. 5 p.c. Eat • •-• •.. St. 100 iDo. 5 per ct.pref... ... - ... t. 100 Do.Way.Val. sp. a . - 95 St. 100 Northßritish lOl -16 St. 100 N. E. Perw, 4 p.a P 93 -95 934 17 7 Do. do. do li - ld 20 13 Do Leeds 6 p.o tlio„1 ... -- ... 124 9 Do, do. Quarters ... . - ... 25 10 Do. York H.& R. Pnr 1 id 20 all North Staffordshire. •.. - St. 100 0x,W0.tW.15/lipc 99 - 10) 99 10 91 Do R. Pref. 101. Sh. ... - ... 31 all Scot. Cent. ,New Pr+ ... - .. pm 25 all South Devon l4l - 151 10 11 Do. fixed, 44 per cons ... - ... 0.6 all S. Eastern (Readin,? Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 23.1 - 22/ it. 100 Do. 41 per cent 9B - 100 It. 100 , Do. Fixed 44 pc sh 94 - 10 It. 100 i 8 Wales Qua. 4p, c ... - ... 10 all !D I. do. 41 p. a.... ... - „.„ ZO all S.Yorksll.4p.c.Guar. ... - .. Z 5 all 1 Stock . & Dar. ,sp. c. .. - • .. 25 15 Da. do. (1. 11 - 24p' 124 all 'Stock. & Hard. g. 6 p. c. till July I,'•sg ... -- 5 41 , Watertddi Killr.6pc 2/ - 24.1 MINES. 1 all tgo, itria , 1 all knglo Austria. Gold 10a all !A.nglo Californian ... 20 7 kustrs lian 1 1 1 all kustralian Cordillera ... 1 all Ave Maris. •• 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of 60 all Blemar. iron & (I na ••• 20 14 British Iron 6 35 261 1 Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocaes Cuiab 2* -- 3 20 15 Do. St. Johr Del Re, 24 26 26 1 Clarondon Cons. Min i Co. of Jamaica 40 all Cobra Copper — f p 63 65 611 5 I 1 Colonial G01d....... • St.l all Copper Min. of Eng 3 . 0 3 . 5 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. ceni 25 27 Copiapo . l7 19 2 11 Fortuna — id 20 all Gienc.eal l4 —l6 1 all Ot.NuggotVeinßeg 41, all Great Polgooth.... 1— 1 5 , all Gt Wheal Vor United 1 • id 1 all Liberty R 4 3 all Linares.. 7l 71 5 1} Lusitanian 1 = p 1 all Nfariquita I 1 all Now Granada 6 1 all Nouveau Monde k SO all Pontgi.Sil.& Le. Min ll 12 5 1 Port Philip — 1 all Quartz Rock 1 50 all Ehymney Iron 22 24 80 all Do. New 6 g 131 gm:ZIA-go de Cuba 3A 4 88, Sort. Cons. Min. Cu. 21 3 *I ionth Australian 1 all Do. Scrip I 1 Do. 10 per cent Prof 44 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. 2 . 1 10 9 fin Croft 4 41 41 281 1 all United Mexican — 4 1 all Waller . — 1 all Yuba ••• 1 n an o WWAeoussrtthtlaritainagnapM:isnaing..77.o. j MISCELLANEOUS. gricult. 29 31 30 2 W 5 a l l 9 l wit ustra. rai bL ian it ßoyal Mail 10 all Berlin Water Works 5 1 61 ... . . 50 , 40 Brit. American Land 49 7 6 7 100 32, Canada St. Ire 0.G0.6p.c. Jan&jaly 111 1111 1111 111 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug 1091 1101 St. 100 Do.6p.c. Mar & Sept 109 i 1101 6 all Crystal Palace...—. 21 3 5 all Do. Preference...—. 51 5i 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 1 4 Duston Iron Ore 20 13 Eastern Steam . . . 5 all En.2lAus Cop Sm C o • 2 St. 100 Electric Telegraph 95 97 961 1 all Electric Teleg. of 5 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 18 all General Screw Steam . Ex 21.retuated 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 31 31 20 10 Magdalena St. Nav,g 10 all Vlediteran. Elec. Tel. 8 10 10 9 Wexican&S.Americn. 5} Si 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Netherlands Land 1 2i 10 all Do. Do. 5 2 Do. BpcPissatld a ap 100 80 New B. & N.S. Land 18 _ 22 1 all N. B. Australasian zo 15 N r th.ofEuropeStaam 1 all Oriental Gas ll 11 11 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" Jp pm 5 Peel Rr. Ld. 1 Minrl. 2/ —3* 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 65 67 50 10 Do. New V ........ 3i —41 p 100 60 Royal Mail Steam ... 7 2 74 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 11 11 1 1 Ditto New. ..... , ... 25 all South Austral. Land 36 38 at Sabmar. Tel. Scrip... 1 1 all Regibtersil - 1 1 5 5 ['rust& L. Co.U. Can -- 100 28i, 17 1\11i • DIAMOTI'M Vnd 1 14* —r 15f 1514} 7.(4o,6p.c.JanUnlT r: THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. BAILEY. i OATS. 1 V RIE. - BEANS. PEAL 68S 21 39s 7d 23s 5d ( 423 4d 41s 4d 33s 7d QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 119,673; Barley, 24,091; Oats, 10.332; Eye,96 ; Solna, 5,596; Peas, 435 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWQATE AND LEA.DENHALL.—We had a very slow trade, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 01 ; Mutton, 3s to 48 4d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s Bd. ; Veal, .38 8d to 4s 10d ; Pork, 3s 2d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, May 14. —The supplies of fat stock on offer in to-day's market were tolerably good, and the trade gene rally ruled heavy, at drooping prices. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 5s 2,1; Lamb, 5s Od to 5s 10d ; Veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d; Pork, 3s 6d to 48 6d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROALFORD, May 14.—We had a dull trade to-day, as follows : -Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 5s 4d ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 2d ; Veal, 4s 6d to 5s Od ; Pcrk, 38 8d to 4s 6d per 8113 s. Quarter-old Store Pigs, 22s to 27s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 31 Ss to 5/ 15s ; clover do. 4/ lOs to 6l lOs ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ lOs per load. A moderate supply and a steady demand. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 12s to 5/ 15s ; clover do., 4/ 1.5 s to 61 lOs; and straw, 1/ 6s to it 12s per load. Trade firm. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 31 lOi to 5/ 14s; clover do., 5/ Os to 61 15s ; and straw, 11 6s to 1110 s per lose. Trade dull. Lord Alfred Paget and Mr. caaeme.- Lave been stay ing for some days with Mr. Bramley-Moore, M P., at Aigburth, near Liverpool. During their stay they visited almost everything of interest in the great com mercial capital of Lancashire. METROPOLITAN POLICE.—The first of the new metro politan police uniforms was issued on Monday to ti. E division. The Chief Commissioner, Sir R. Mayne. act ing on the report of the Hyde Park Riots Inquiry Com mission, that policemen's numbers should be more legible, has this year discontinued the scroll-work on the collar. The number and letter are thus made much more promi nent. THIS BRITISH MEDALS FOR THE FRENCH ABET.— General Lord Gough left town yesterday evening, with a numerous staff, to present to the officers and soldiers of the French army the medals sent by the Queen as a recognition of their brilliant services in the Crimean campaigns. ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC BOSPITAL.—Her Majesty the Queen has graciously been pleased to present the muuificent donation of 1001. towards the expenses of the recent enlargement and improvement of this institution. DEATH OF LIEUT. GEORGE 'MACKENZIE. —Died, oo the 13th inst., at Perth, Scotland, at an advaticed age, Lieut. George Mackenzie, ~f the Royal Perth Militia, author of the " System of the Weather in the British Islands" (1821), of the " Elements of the Cycles of the Weather and Prices of Corn" (1846), and of various other publications and reports on meteorolo4y. The records of the unremitting observations of the deceased for up wards of sixty years, from their minuteness and con• a • - tinuity, are well known to be highly valuable, and, although unacknowledged by successive Governments, may yet prove cf essential service in the practical appli cation of a science to which Lieut. Mackenzie devoted an unpretending and laborious, hut unrewarded, life. LORD LISTOWEL'S VISIT TO lIIS TIPPERARY ESTATE. —The young Earl of Listowel recently visited his exten sive estates in the barony of Upper Ormond, and was received with every mark of respect and affection by his numerous and happy tenantry, by whom his noble father was greatly beloved, and who have every reason to lee- Hove that the son will walk in the footsteps of the parent. His lordship was particularly well pleased to witness the comfort enjoyed by so many of those who hold farms under him, and who appear thriving and contented.—Limerick Chronicle. SEBASTOPOL.--A. letter written from Sebastopol on the 2d inst. says :—" The 9th Regiment, on board the transport Resolute, and the 39th, on board the Simo(ru, left yesterday fur Canada. The Russians decline buying horses ; mules are selling for 4f. 40,000 French have left Kamiesh for Algiers and for France. The Tartars are arriving in numbers at Balaklava, to escape from the Russians. The Russians have promised to respect the tombs of the English." ST. PANORAS.—At the weekly meeting of the Board of Directors of this parish—F. T. Streeten, Esq., churchwarden, in the chair—it was resolved that in fu• tut° the bvead ehould diaoontinuo the practice of dining at the ratepayers' expense on Tuesdays. and that in future the meetings be held at two o'clock in the after noon instead of 10 o'clock in the morning, as heretofore. How TO DISTRESS.—Mr Justice Erle recently decided that a person might make a distress by entering th ro u g h an open window, but he was not justified in opening a window he found closed. Even if a man dropped down a chimney, and thus got into a house without opening a window or anything else which was closed, he would be guilty of trespass. FRIGHTFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT HIILL.—On Fri day, while three boys were on the railway bridge on the Humber bank, a goods train passed under on its way to the Victoria station, and a crane, which was in one of the trucks, caught the top of the bridge, and broke it down, precipitating two of the boys on to th e car riages along with th e b ro ken bridges. One of them, named Cooper, was thrown upon the line, and was killed upon the spot, the back of his head being broken in, and both his legs were also broken. He was removed to his father's house. The other, named Macintosh, had the left side of his head seriously fractured, and was re moved to the infirmary. Cooper was 8 and Macintosh 11 years of age. The latter is now lying in a pre carious state in the infirmary.—Hull News. The " Societe Generale des Clippers Frangais" is the first of those really international undertakings, of a commercial character, f o llowing upon the broth er h oo d of arms between England and France, so likely to ex tend the amity and unite the material interests of the two countries ; yet it comes before the public with pos sibly stronger claims to attention in the more selfish view of individual gain than in consideration of its social progress, because those who participate in the o p era ti ons of the comp any must natura ll y pro fit in proportion with the united infl uences b roug ht to bear under thi s new political phase. If British commerce with the east can profitably employ her first-class steam-shipping, by so much greater must be the benefit of the shipowners if the trade of France be combined with it ; and that this ensues the readiest evidence is supplied by the co-opera tion of the council in France and the committee of supervision in E ng l an d, anno unced in the prospect us , composed, as th e y are , o f official, mercantile, and nauti cal gentlemen of high station and unquestionabl e ex perience ; and as this enterprise opens with lines of clipper steamers of established reputation whilst the property of the General Screw Company, and with every advantage of previous knowledge of the most practical kind, there would appear to be no reason whatever why this undertaking should not satisfy social and political expectation, and the individual requirements of profitable investment. Nava! and Military Intelligence. The following is from a letter dated Malta, the 9th inst. : " Her Majesty's steam-transport Himalaya, bringing Captain Halstead, R.N., Mr. and Mrs. Lethbridge; and the Simla steam-transport, bringing Engineer, Pot ter, R.N., arrived from Southampton on the Bth. The Sitnla left for Constantinople on the 9th, conveying Lieutenant M'Neil, Scots Greys. "The City of London steam-transport, arrived from Genoa and Spezzia on the 7th, with oxen and preserved meats for the British Commissariat, and having on board Dr. Ganger, of the Anglo-Italian Legion ; Deputy -As sistant-Adjutant-General De Giorgio, Brigadier-Quar ermaster Leech, Quartermaster Watts, 4th Regiment ; and 8 Maltese cattlefeeders. "The Ripon and the Imperador steam-transports have left for Constantinople. "Her Majesty's steam-transport Hesper left on the Bth for Constantinople with biscuit, from England, for the British Commissariat. "Her Majesty's screw steam-transport Resolute ar rived from Balaklava on the Bth, bringing 13 horses, Colonel Borton, Majors Howe and Leslie, Captains Darling, Lousader, Straubenzee, Percy, and Terry ; Lieutenants Beresford, Borton, Elliston, Harvey, Hus sey, Nugent, Sealy, Thompson, Taylor, and Wishart ; Plumridge, Paymaster Sievewright, Adjutant Macqueen, Surgeon Meadows, and 690 non-commissioned officers and privates of the 9th Regiment, who left in the same transport on the same evening for Quebec; Captain M‘Pherson, Lieutenant M`Pherson, and Lieutenant Parker, and 88 non-commissioned officers and privates of the 17th ; Lieutenant MacLeod and 18 men of the Land Transport Corps ; Major Robinson, 4th; Cap tains Jones and Kerr, of the 13th. This vessel left for Quebec on the Bth, after embarking at Malta Captain and Mrs. Percy and child, Lieutenant and Mrs. Taylor and child, and Mrs. Bunbury and three children. " Her Majesty's steam-transport Assistance arrived fromScutari on the 9th, bringing 155 horses; .Captains George and Keith ; Lieutenants Lord Vane Tempest, De Bourbel, Hunt, Kinstowley, and Puxley, and As sistant. Surgeon Cullen, and 219 non-commissioned offi cers and troopers of the 4th Light Dragoons ; Captains Clayton, Frith, Jervis, Maclean, and Smith, Lieute nants Kountzh, M'Neil, and Mnnn, Quartermaster Cresder, Dre. Armstrong and Howe, Veterinary-Sur geon Hart, and 393 non-commissioned officers and troopers, and 'three soldiers' wives of the 13th Light Dragoons ; Major Beardmore ' 20th Regiment • Cap tain Barnett, R.A., and Civil Surgeons Hall and Ni cholas. "The Derwent steam-transport left for England on the 7th. ... 2 .. 3 .. 1 .. 2 " The Maria schooner-yacht, having on board the owner, Mr. Wylie, sailed for Gibraltar and England on the Bth. "Her Majesty's screw steam-frigate Dauntless left for England on the Bth. " The Chester steam transport left for England on the 9th. " Her Majesty's steam-frigate Odin arrived from Mar seilles on the Bth. "The Brandon, French Government steamer, arrived from Toulon on the Bth. "The Minna screw-steamer, with iron boats and pro visions for the French, left for Kamiesh on the Bth, conveying four French soldiers and two English en gineers. " The Roman schooner Don Luigi, with bay for the French Government, arrived on the Bth from Fumicino. "The Viscount Lambton screw steam transport, with a cargo of stores for the French Government, arrived from London on the 9th. " The Laplace, French steam corvette, arrived on the 7th from the Piraeus of Athens, bringing 420 officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates for Oran. " The French sailing frigate Zenobie, with 560 offi cers, non-commissioned officers, and privates for Oran, arrived from Kamiesh and the Piraeus on the Bth. " The French screw steam-transport Br6gil arrived from Constantinople and Zante on the Bth, with 282 officers, non-commissioned officers and privates for Algiers. " The Tigris, English barque, with ammunition and warlike stores, conveying 15 Sardinian soldiers, left for Spezzia on the 7tb. " The Nil, Egyptian steam-frigate, left on the 7th for Gibraltar, to load mules for Alexandria. " The Orontes, French postal-steamer, from Mar seilles and the Italian ports and Messina, arrived on the Btb, and left on her return voyage the same day. " The Tamise, French postal-steamer, from Constan tinople, Smyrna, and Syra, arrived on the 7th, bring ing, among other passengers for Malta, the Hon. G. Elliott and Mr. Boileau Elliott ; and for Marseilles, Mustapha Bey, five privates of the Anglo-German Le gion, General of Division Vinois, Generals of Brigade Beuret, De Puybusques, De Veinseffer, and De Villiers, Lieut.-Col. Cadars, 36 other French officers, 40 non commissioned officers, and 400 privates. She left for Marseilles on the Bth. "Her Majesty's steam-packet Triton, with the mails from the lonian Islands, arrived from Zante on the Btb, bringing Ensign Hall, 47th, Captain Forrest, of the lonian service, and son ; Serjeant Salter and Private Salter, of the 48th, with their respective wives and six children ; Private Cockran, 48th ; Mr. Byrne, of the Medical Staff, and Dr. Toms, R.N. " The French postal-steamer left for Marseilles on the Stb. "The Lady Alice Lambton and the Butjadingen (Oldenburg) screw-steamers left with general cargoes for Constantinople on the Sth. " The Briton's Ferry screw steamer arrived from Smyrna on the 9th, with a general cargo for London. " The Royal Albert, steam line-of-battle ship, has just returned into port from a five days' cruise in the Malta Channel, and the Victis is signalled from Australia, with the Overland India Mail for England, which she will carry on to Marseilles this evening." By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Sultan, which arrived at Southampton yesterday with the Peninsular mails, we receive the following items of naval and military intelligence from Gibraltar. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-transport Simla arrived at Gibraltar, en route to the Crimea, to bring home horses and troops on the 4th instant, and shortly afterwards resumed her voyage. The Clarendon steam transport, with stores for Gibraltar and Malta, arrived out on the sth inst., having experienced a gale of wind during the voyage, by which her fore and main topmast and mizen top-gallant -mast were carried away. The steam-transport Hesper, from Plymouth, with a cargo of biscuit for the use of the army and navy, sailed from Gibraltar for Malta and Constantinople on the 2d inst. The whole of the ambulance waggons, arranged for the transport of the prepared fireworks, are in readiness for departure from Woolwich to London, so that it may be concluded the arrangements are in a due state of forward ness. A mile of electric wire has been drawn from the depot at the Royal Arsenal, with a view of increasing the rapidity with which it is necessary that some of the pieces should be ignited in succession. It is, however, understood that the attempt did nut succeed ; neverthe less, judging from the experimental trials which have taken place in the marsh at Woolwich, there can he no doubt that the national treat of the 29th will be pro nounced one of unparalleled splendour and magnificence. Independently of the fountains, which are to flow with streams of fire showered down from three lofty basins, and many other designs entirely new, numbers of the rockets being the peculiar invention of Capt. Boxer, superintendent of the laboratory department, and par tially prepared by himself, are of a strictly novel and unique description. The ground will be constantly illu minated with the popular red, white, and blue, to be re presented by a composition which will be set on fire at various distances throughout the inclosed space. The termination of the entertainment will be appropriately announced by an illuminated device of " God save the Queen" on a wreath of laurel, surmounting a brilliant and fixed star framed with olive branches, emblematical of the occasion, which will be visible for four minutes. Brevet-Lieut,-Colonel Haroley's Company, No. 6 of the 12th Battalion Royal Artillery, have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to proceed from Wool wich on the 17th inst. for Leith to relieve the 2d Com pany of the 6th Battalion, who are ordered to return to head-quarters to prepare for foreign service. The convict-ship Runnymede sailed this morning from Woolwich Arsenal, whence she embarked 44 convicts for transportation to Western Australia. A detachment of 13 pensioners were likewise shipped thence for volun tary emigration, who are to }set as guard during the pas sage out. The crew of the Runnymede being incom plete she was obliged to anchor at Gravesend, but will most probably muster to-morrow, and take her depar ture, calling at Portsmouth and ether places on the coast to fill up her destined freight. A number of mortar floats are expected at Woolwich Dockyard from Portsmouth. Immediately on arrival they will be dismembered, and stored piecemeal, so as to require little labour to readjust them for contingent emergencies. The Merlin, 6 guns, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Capt. Bartholomew J. Sullivan, C. 8., arrived at Sheerness, from Portsmouth, on the 13th inst., at 11.15 a.m., with the mortar-vessels Nos. 7 and 16 in tow. The gun-boat Shamrock, Lieutenant-Commander W. A. J. Heath, also arrived the same day from Portsmouth at 11.15 a.m. The Firefly, 4 guns, paddle-wheel steam-vessel Capt. FL C. Otter, arrived the same day at 2.25 p.m., with Nos. 8 and 0 mortar-vessels in tow from Portsmouth. The Otter, 3 guns, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieut.- Commander J. IL Glover, arrived at Sheerness yester day at 9.30 a.m. with two mortar-vessels from Ports mouth. • An order bas been given to launch the Scylla, 20 guns, screw steam•corvette, at Sheerness, on the 19th of June next. The following appointments were mad yesterday at the Admiralty :—G. E. Green, to be master, to the Kite; W. Richardson, to be assistant-surgeon to Haslar Hospital ; J. F. Mitchell, to be assistant-surgeon to the Retribution ; S. Magill, to be assistant•surgeon to the Virago. MILITIA. The 3d West York Militia are to remove from Belfast to Richmond Barracks, Dublin, this day (Thursday) prior to their embarkation for England, where they will be disembodied. They are expected to be in Doncaster in the course of a week or two. Orders have been issued for continuing the recruiting for the regiment in the West Riding, but no more men are to be sent to Ireland. STATISTICAL SOCIETY.—On Monday evening, the 19th inst., at 8 o'clock, the following papers will be read : " On the Loss sustained by . Government in Granting Annuities," by Frederick Hendriks, Esq. ; "On the Effects of Overcrowding and Want of Ventilation on Choltra "by Sam: itirifickf BK. M,D, 10 10 St. St. 20 12 25 20 St. LAW INTELLIGENCE—May 14, COURT OF QUEENS BENCH. LIBEL- LEVITE V. LEDGER. This was an action to recover compensation in da• ranges for a libel. Mr. Sergeant Thomas, Mr. Pearce, and Mr. Prowett appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Collier, Q.C., and Mr. Hawkins conducted the case for the defence. Mr. Pearce, in opening the pleadings, said that Mr. L. Levite, a member of the theatrical profession, was the plaintiff, and Mr. F. Ledger, the proprietor of the Era, was the defendant. The declaration stated that the libel complained of was published in the Era, and that it was injurious to the plaintiff in his professional character, and in the opinion of his friends. To that the defendant pleaded not guilty, and on that plea the plaintiff joined issue with him. Mr. Sergeant Thomas stated the case, and said it was an action for libel on the plaintiff, who was a ballet dancer. The circumstances arose in this way. The plain tiff was engaged, and was about to take a benefit at the Garrick Theatre, and had put himself in communicatio❑ with a printer named Till, about the printing of his bills of the performance and tickets. A question arose between them as to whether Till was to receive the whole of the amount of his claim, but that person however agreed to take one-half the amount. Till, however, after matters were so arranged, instead of carrying out the agreement, went into the County Court, Shoreditch, which was pre sided over by Mr. Sergeant Manning, and the case was proceeded with in the absence of the defendant, against whom the learned judge made an order for the amount claimed, 1/. 19s. On the 23d March, the plaintiff's atten tion was drawn to the Era, a paper remarkable for re porting and noticing theatrical proceedings—and in that paper the libel complained of appeared. It purported to be a report of a case in the Whitechapel County Court, and was so full of absurdity that it turned the plaintiff into ridi cule, and caused him to be called after both in and out of his profession. That was more than any man could stand, whether poor or rich ; and it would be for the jury to say, when he read the article complained of, whether the man attacked was libelled or not. Than he (Mr. Sergeant Thomas) no man could more rejoice at the freedom of expression and opinion exercised by the newspaper press. It was good and wholesome as long as it was not licentious, and the harm which it did was very little ; but, if it unjustly libel a man, and by invention publish that which is calculated to injure him in his professional pursuits, and turn bins into ridicule, then it descends to licentiousness, and inflicts unwar rantable injury. He would read the libel to the jury, purporting to be a report of the proceedings in the case of "Till v. Levite," in the Whitechapel County Court, and leave the jury to form their own opinion of it ; first, however, observing that if any man made a speech in a court of justice which was not supported by evidence it would be very unfair in any party to publish a report of it ; and if any man publish the invention, whether for party purposes, or from motives of spleen, or otherwise, and turn the assailed party into ridicule, then it was right that such a proceeding should be checked, as of the licentiousness and not the true liberty of the press. The learned sergeant then read the libel complained of, as he proceeded, commenting on the "laughter," "loud laughter," "roars of laughter," and "shouts of laughter' with which it was interlarded. It was headed "White chapel County Court," and ran as follows : "THE PRINTER'S DEVIL AND THE HARLEQUIN.-TILL V, LEVITE. "This action was brought in the Whitechapel County Court by a funny little printer, of 22, Commercial-road East, to recover V. 19s. for printing 3,200 theatrical bills and admission tickets. The case caused consider able merriment. May it please your lordship—ha! hem ! hem !—I am the plaintiff in this action, and, as a theatrical printer of some experience, I ought to have guarded myself against being here. The defendant, Lewis Levite—inter nes, his right name is Levy, but, as there never was a distinguished star of that vulgar name, he has changed it, without royal licence, to Levite. lam thus particular, as if, when John Gregory, your officer, calls upon him, he should find it convenient to drop his fashionable name and take up his old clothes. Now, tins distinguished man was the harlequin at that distinguished theatre, the Royal Garrick. He appeared in the Northern Imp, an appropriate piece to his merits for cheating a printer. On the 22d Jan. he had his benefit, and I printed his bills and tickets,but first told him it was to be a ready money transaction. He asked me to wait until his benefit was over. 'Catch a printer marrying a columbine,' said I, 'no, no, my boy, it will be no benefit to me if I wait for a harlequin ; so, if you cannot stump up on deli very, favour the Queen's printer with your patron age, or, perhaps, the Morning Advertiser will pull you through.' Oh, for the matter of that, Mr. Till,' he replied, see how low the funds are'—he meant the Garrick all the time—' and it would be a loss to sell out ; but if I pay you ready money, I shall expect a discount.' This I agreed to ; and when the printing was done, I called Ginger—as wide-a wake a printer's devil as ever stepped into an office. Ginger,' I said, " you've cut your eye teeth, and the expedition you are now going on requires you to throw your bed away. (Loud laughter.) The gentleman whom the printing is for ais harlequin, and you know what slippery customers they can be if hey like. Now, on no pre tence whatever do you let go one of these bills until you get 1?. 98. good coin of the realm.' I will try them all with my teeth first, sir, says Ginger.' (Laughter.) To my alarm, the lad did not return ; and when I did get sight of him, I found that Mr. Levite, assisted by souse congenial spirits, had got the printing, and Ginger had not the chance of testing the purity of the coin. It seemed, from Ginger's tale, my hid, that Mr. Levite's heels eclipsed the honours of his head of the benefit tickets made him more lithesome than usual, for at one bound be jumped through the stage-door, and left my devil' in wonderment where he and my printing had flown to. Mr. Levite's benefit proved a bumper, no doubt through my printing—(laughter)—and upon my calling the next day for my money he gave me a note of hand, and his address-15, Fetter-lane. I find they know nothing of him at Fetter-lane, and I wish to my heart's content I was as happy as 15, Fetter-line. (Loud laughter.) Now, my itti, don't you think lam to be pitied—done by a harlequin ; but it's all through Ginger. (Roars of laughter.) The Judge—l shall make an order for it to be paid in a week, with costs. The printer and his devil then left the court to test the har lequin's coin with their teeth—when they get it." Now, that was :the libel of which the plaintiff coin plained, and he (slr. Sergeant Thomas) would show that it was throughout an invention, and that nothing of the kind occurred in the court. He would call the learned judge who presided in the court to prove that nothing of the sort occurred in his court, on the occasion referred to ; and he would show that a letter had been written to the defendant by the plaintiff request ing an apology ; and bad the defendant taken notice of that letter, and expressed his regret that the unfounded report had by inadvertence been published in his paper, the present proceedings would not have been instituted ; but he took no notice of the plaintiff's letter. The learned gentleman then called Mr. T. Bennett, of Somerset-House, who proved that Mr. Ledger, the defendant, was the registered proprietor of the Era. Mr. Sergeant Manning examined—Deposed that he is judge of the Whitechapel County Court, that he remem bered a plaint in which Levite was defendant, but that he had no book containing notes of any such case as that which was reported in the Era, and was the sub ject of this action. This closed the plaintiff's case. Mr. Collier having declined to call witnesses, Mr. Sergeant Thomas addressed the jury, and sub mitted that he had proved his case, and expressed hopes that the jury would award the plaintiff adequate com pensation in damages, for the injury be bad sustained. Mr. Collier submitted that his learned friend bad not made out any case at all. He had not shown whether the libel was published by the defendant, and had not called the plaintiff, and even Mr. Sergeant Manning had no recollection of the case. Mr. Hawkins followed on the same side. Mr, Justice Erle said the only evidence in support of the case was that the man who wrote the article com plained of had used the surname Levite, and that the defendant in the alleged cause had the same name. Mr. Sergeant Thomas—lt was put in issue that Le vite appeared in court, and defended the case ; and the defendant in this case was proved to be the proprietor of the Era, in which the libel appeared. The learned ser geant then called Mr. Hudspeth, a comedian, who deposed that he had read the article in the Era, and that he knew it referred to the plaintiff, who was a good ballet dancer and a good harlequin, with whom he sympathised. Cross-examined by Mr. Collier—Have you ever been a harlequin ? Mr. Hudspeth—l once played harlequin. Mr. Collier—And that accounts for your sympathy ? Mr. Hudspeth—Yes. (Laughter.) Mr. Collier--But the plaintiff will not suffer by this article, rather it will, as a harlequin, raise him still higher. Mr. Hudspeth—l am very glad to hear it—l know him, and he is a good dancer and a clever harlequin. ' Mr. Collier—Would he jump through a deal board ? (Laughter.) " Mr. Hudspeth—No, but ho can go through a " trap. (Laughter.) Mr. Sergeant Thomas—Whether in a waiascot or side wing, or above or below ? Mr. Hudspeth—Whether up or down, or above, or below. (Laughter.) Mr. Collier then addressed the jury on the evidence in support of the plaintiff s case, and he said he could not see how this calumniated harlequin, as his learned friend called him, was injured by the article iu question, Why did not his learned friend call his injured harlequin? Because he knew be could not stand moss-examination. "There was but one step from the sublime to the ridicu lous," and his learned friend's speech showed that. His learned friend said that the plaintiff had been libelled as a harlequin ; that he could jump, if not through a deal board, at least through a " trap," whether above or be low ; that he had been desi gna t e d as " s li ppery, " an d that he was so injured in his profession that he could not get an engagement. Now, he (Mr. Collier) must say that he had looked through the article, and that so far from its being calculated to injure the plaintiff as a harlequin, it was of a character to serve him ; and as to tho term that he was a " slippery harlequin," that was the highest recommendation, and no libel. A harlequin ought to be " slipp er y," an d an " ee l" was "slippery ; but it was no libel to say so. He, therefore, submitted that there was no case—no injury done—and that the jury ought to find their verdict for the defendant. Mr. Justice Erle, in summing up, said that any writ ing which was of a nature and tendency to lower a man in the opinion of his acquaintances, or that tended to bring him into ridicule or contempt, must be, and ought to be, a libel. One of the plaintiff's witnesses said that the plait:- tiff, after the article appeared, had been "badgered" by his acquaintances. A letter had been written to the de• - fendant, and probably, if the editor of the paper had said, "he regretted that the article had been admitted through ' , ant of care," the action would not have been brought. If the jury were of opinion that the plaintiff had good ground of complaint, they would give him a verdict which would enable him to say that his rights had been aff.cted, and that the verdict of a jury recognised the in. jury. The jury conferred together in the box, and returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages, 101. Sporting Intelligence. SHREWSBURY SPRING RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Sbropshire Sweepstakes (Handicap) of 10 sous each, i it, with 50 added ; the second to receive 20 soya out of the stakes, and the third to save his stake ; certain penalties and allowances. Shropshire Course, about a mile and a quarter. 42 subs. Mr. Hope's Agra, by Birdcatcher, 3 yrs, est 121 b / Mr. Williams's Atherstone, 4 yr s , i s t 121 b (Spe (Mundy) ight) 2 Mr. Davies's Titterstoie, aged 7st 131 b (T. Cliff) 3 The following also ra n : Defiance, Romeo, The Cropper, Elfrida, and St. Dunstan. Betting-6 to 4on Agra ;6to 1 agst Romeo ;7 to agst The Cropper ; and 10 to 1 agst any other. Won cleverly by half a length ; two lengths betw een th e second and third. Elf r id a was fourth, and Romeo fifth. Tliu Biennial Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for two-year-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, 88t 41b ; cer tain allowances and penalties ; the second to receive 10 sovs. Five furlongs. 18 subs, Mr. G. Mather's The Kertch Chief (T. Cliff) 1 Mr. T. Stevens's Sorceress, Bst llb (Prior) 2 Captain Christie's Amati, Bst 41b (W. White) 3 The following also ran :—Silkmore, Curacoa, Lan damia, and The Dupe. Betting -6 to 4 agst The Dupe ; and 3to 1 agst Cu racoa. Won by three quarters of a length ; two lengths between the second and third. Landarnia, The Dupe, and Silkmore, nearly abreast, finished about two lengths behind Arnati ; Curacoa was last. The Corporation Handicap of 3 Bove each, with 25 added ; for two-year-olds and upwards ; the second to save his stake ; the winner to be sold for 501. ; win ners extra. T.Y.C. 10 subs. Mr. Gulliver's Frederick, by Archy, 4 yrs, 7st (Prior) 1 Captain Christie's Roving Betsy, 4 yrs, 6st 316 Mr. Minor's Mameluk e , 4 yrs, 6st s:b (Plum (Pritchard) 2 b) it Betting-6 to 4o n F re d e rick ;2to 1 agst Roving Betsy (offered.) Won by a length ; Manaelnke was beaten six lengths from Roving Betsy. The winner was bought in for 70 guineas. The Hawkstone Cup, value 100 Bora, the surplus is specie by subscriptions of 10 sovs (handicap) ; the se cond to save his stake ; certain penalties ; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs. One mile and three-quarters. 20 subs. Mr. G. Drewe's The Cropper, by Flatcatcher, 4 yrs, fist 111 b (Bray) I Capt. Christie's Lawn, 3 yrs, Est 10lb ...(J. Walters) 2 Mr. Williams's Atherstone, 4 yrs, 7st 91b ...(Speight) The following also ran :—Ethelbald, Jane Shore, and John Dory. Betting-5 to 4 agst Jane Shore, 7to 2 agst Ethel bald, sto 1 agst Lawn, 6to 1 agst The Cropper. A good race in, won by a head ; two lengths between the second and third ; bad fourth ; Jane Shore and John Dory did not pass the post. The Acton Burnel Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for three-year-olds and upwards ; optional selling weights, &c. ; winners extra ; the second to save his stake. Three-quarters of a mile. 4 subs. Mr. Samwell's Usurer. 4 yrs, ist Env, 501. (Mundy) 1 Mr. Wood's Cineas, 6 yrs, Bst 61b, 501. (Cowley) 2 Mr. Evans's Ninette, 3 yrs, Est 31b, 501. (Prior) 3 Betting-2 to lon Usurer. Won by a length. Ni nette ran against a poet soon after starting, threw her jockey, and galloped riderless after Cineas and Usurer. Her jockey was uninjured. The Attiagham Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for three-yr-olds—colts, 9st ; fillies, Sst 111 b ; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs ; allowances if entered t o b e sold for less; the secon to save his stake ; five furlongs ; 4 sub., were won by Mr. Evans's Ear. drop, 7st 6lb, 601. (Prior), beating Jane Shore, Eupho• rus, and Philip. DERBY BETTING ON THE COURSE. THE DERBY. 3 to 1 agst Wentworth (taken) 7to 1 agst Fazzoletto 15 to 7 agst Fly-by-Night (taken) 16 to 1 agst Yellow Jack (taken) 25 to 1 agst Coroner (taken) Throughout the afternoon 6 to 1 agst Cannobie, and 8 to 1 agst Fazzoletto were currently offered. Just before bookmakers dispersed, however, 500 to 100 was taken about Cannobie, and 7 to 4 to a pony about Fazzoletto. The meeting was scarcely successful. On Tuesday inclement weather produced a diminishing effect on the attendance of general company, whilst on Wednesday the counter attractions at Manchester drew off many of the principal gentlemen and professional turfitee. MANCHESTER RACES. WEDNESDAY. The Philips' Handicap of 70 sovs, for all ages ; the win ner of any race after the publication of the weights, 51b extra. About half a mile. Mr. L*ach's Prince's Mixture, by Malcolm, 3 yrs, 6it 131 b (Quinton) 1 Mr. Whittaker's Chere Petite 3 yrs, 6st 71b (Bearpark) 2 Mr. Ridley's Hospitality, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Bates) 3 The following also ran :—Filly by Alarm, 1). 0., R. M. (late Exmouth), Imposture, Jeu d'Esprit, and Peru. Betting-3 to 1 agst Hospitality, 7to 2 agst Jeu d'Esprit, 9 to 2 agst R. M., and 5 to 1 agst Imposture. Won by a neck ; a bead each between the next three. The Sapling Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 100 added far 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; the iecond to receive sovs out of the stakes ; extra weights for certain winners. T.Y.C. 32 subs. Mr. T. I'Anson's Blink Bonny, by Melbourne, Bst 41b (R. PAnson, jun.) 1 Mr. Forbes': Double Glo'ster, Bst 41b (Quinton) 2 Mr. J. Osborne's Saunterer, Sst 101 b (including 31b extra) (T Osborne) 3 The following also rtn : Church Langton, colt by Touch-tone, and The Clown. Betting-5 to 4on Blink Bonny, sto 2 agst Double Glo'ster, 6to 1 agst Saunterer. %Von very easily by a length ; six lengths between the second and third ; and a length between the third and fourth. The Union Cup of 200 soy's, in specie, added to a Handi cap Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, for three•yr-olds and. upwards ; certain penalties ; the second to receive 20 sou S 1 out of the stakes. About one mile and a quarter. 64 subs. Lord Wilton's Pumicestone, by Cotherstone, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b (Ashmall) 1 Mr. Knowles's The Rajah, 4 yrs, Est 71b (Quinton) 2 Mr. J. G. Henderson's Bolton, 4 yrs, Est 91b (J.Land) 3 The following also ran :—Prince of Orange, Elllermire, Domino, Yorkshire Grey, G a y, F awns , Gaudy, Van Dunek, Vandal, and Berezna. Betting-5 to 1 agst Prince of Orange, sto 1 age t Ellerrnire, 6 to 1 agst Berezina, 6 to 1 agst Purnicestone, Bto 1 agst any other. A good race ; won by a length; same distance between the second and third. The Traffird Handicap. Courtenay Bourgeois Five ran. Produce Stakes. Aleppo and West LanVon ran a dead heat. Deciding Heat.—West Langton walked over, rad divided the stakes with Aleppo. Maiden Plate. Pembed w Diva tlet 2 •es for 1856. Harpenden ..23 Epsom 27 Newcastle-on-Tyne "4 Bibury 25 Stockbridge 2C Winchester 27 Stamford .. l6 Chelmsford 22 Knutsford 23 Marlborough 25 Goodwood ....... 29 UST. Yarmouth 18 York 20 Radcliffe 0 5 Derby 26 Eghatn 26 Stockton 23 iIMBER. Cardiff Walsall 24 Manchester Autumn 26 Newmarket F a () 3O IBER. Eleven ran. Racing Fixt Southwell Bath oo JU. Beverley Ascot Heath 10 Hampton lB Newton 18 Newmarket CarlMe 1 Worcester Summer Liverpool .. _ Nottingham ..... . l5 Brighton 8 Brighton Club 11 Lewes W o lverhampton ll heading l2 Ludlow 14 SEPT] Warwick Sept 2 Lichfield Lincoln 10 Doncaster 16 Leicester 24 Kelso... Chester Autumu 7 Bedford Wrexham Autumn Newmarket S 0 Warwick Autumn 2l Newmarket H 27 NOV E: iEll. Woroester Autumn 4 Tarporley Hunt Liverpool Autumn l2 Shrewsbury Autumn ll UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, MAT 14. In a congregation holden this morningithe following degrees were conferred :—Bachelor of Divinity —Rev. Robinson Thornton (Fellow), St. John's College. Master of Arts—George Lomax Topping, Brasenose College ; Henry Stewart Byrth, Brasenose College ; Rev. John Morgan Brown, Worcester C olle ge ; Rev. Wm. Henry Hewett, Magdalen Hall ; Henry Rudge H aywar d, p e Z. broke College ; Rev. Win. Edmund Buller, Exeter Col lege ; Rev. Edward James Cooper, Queen's College ; Rev. George Robert Green. Lincoln Cottage ; Chas. P. Lawson, Balliol College. Bachelor of Arts—Y. Allan, Wadham College ; Charles Hamilton, University Col. leae ; Rev. Robert H al l Baynes, St. Edmund Hall. 'CHRIST CHURCH COLLINR.—This morning Mr. H. L. Harrison from Westminster School, and Mr. Parnell from the Charterhouse School, were elected Exhibition. Ord of this college. There were 16 candidates. AUI OCTI . _.►II IMO '.too 61a. all iloo 3 Lk 100 21i 15 all 100 100 31 1 16 110 1.00 .GN P 601 151 i 54i 4 791 15/ 15/ 56 i i 711 i