The Sun. — London, England, 1856-08-04 00:00:00

goner, teded d the ck on w the of an age in en the Tie ze the st the lg the irthie it came from ii ! COM • fault, ,o keep hat on varraot he ter :ircuur 1-court, of the r , Mr. and to iguage• of big any of IVert or om the as clear Den die• become It wag and be a default meet. 11, wA s of tak e Strand ailor at ►tes. here di a asg , from pool, but London. If you it money iverPoa l do all 11 accoar ver your ondon to ;1199 's. person r o ffer, I I WO . are div ed on 1336 remando d person 0 1 oni-hau° 6 w. Car' t the 00 res at va• trace tbil Prisoner, prl*Seller for )(Use, e Month°. tnocent 01 id that 10 ill for an sever, be. sent bi° :r. Tele , 6 / brook' 0 , In, wai t ed Islander°' it 7r reesiog , stiee-reo° 3 wore O. gi with ng to mought come t i ° Z. and 1C) “ as unab le T he ict of tb ,,, n e days P - b e 0 1 0 11 " leighboto; ey vii9be )r, one I 89 inter vira lpol• , osses ow I be talc°° till at b i : se, and b a dal 1 were in , gas tbel t see 0 :0 es, anc l ,eal to toi h e y f o o ,o uals, so vere 0 / c kyard to jog °" es The e. t ,y) neiders'4 4 , ailing I r e for a lt s 0 They f 32 fe et 6 !Thisea.:ill ^ ti ]em to 0 Ere 60"guto theei so t )1. . 0 0 y, I ' l° !do' is svou d itS opoly of bridgl o a boor, fte , a )60 10 00 wt."' 31P from. 0 0 reg el n or this 131- S /3 ei c' with .. or 31011001? des y ou lig h ' fI P or t al -b 1 0 f the 2 0 1 _ tt Ge° . a o ,ti sto ,Au p• C " un ~~~~~ MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INITILLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed tamely, and was well supplied, but the prices of all kinds were unchanged. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken for export and on speculation, com prising 100 Pernam and Maranham, at 7d. ; 200 Egyptian, 61d. to 71d. ; 1,000 Surat, 41d. to 50.; and 20 Sea Islands, ls. to ls. 6d. per lb. The Railway Share Market closed with little animation, and a slight improvement in prices. The weekly commercial report from Paris states that, although business has not been active during the past week, still it has been generally satisfac tory, both in the cities and manufacturing districts, considering the dull season of the year. Foreign producers of fabrics have come freely into the mar ket and paid the advance in prices asked by the manufacturers, especially Russian traders, who continue to buy largely. Commissions likewise are numerous from England and the United States, and it is reported that a busy trade will be done before the commencement of the winter season with the latter country. Trade in the interior is quieter, and purchases are limited in the provinces. However, advices from Beaucaire continue satisfactory, and the mer chandise sent to the fair held there has met with rapid sale. The retail trade at Paris is quiet, as the wealthy part of the population are out of town, but the great number of strangers visiting the capi tal are free in their purchases. The attention of the mercantile community has been occupied with some interest at observing the decrease of silver in circulation and the increase of gold, the one caused by the large exports to the East, and the other by the purchases made in England by the Bank of France; and should it progress, it is probable that in less than two years there will be more gold then in circulation throughout France. The accounts from New York, by the steamer Africa, state that money continued abundant, al though there was rather more demand for commer cial purposes. The banks lent freely at previous rates, and the last weekly return published by those institutions showed an increase in their dis count business of almost a million and a quarter dollars. In trade no new feature of importance was apparent, but it is mentioned that, during the week ending the 19th ult., the imports of merchan dise exceeded the exports to the extent of 3,000,000 doll. This being the "fourth" of the month, when, as usual, a large mass of commercial bills becomes due, there is a good demand for money, but no pressure is experienced, nor can any further altera tion in the rates of discount be recorded. A steady absorption of capital is occasioned by the periodical calls by the recently formed joint-stock companies, which, together with the requirements of trade, and continued purchases of gold and silver for France and the East, causes the general Money Market to remain firm at current quotations, and prevent any immediate reduction in the Bank minimum term of discount. The imports of the precious metals last week amounted to about 825,2001., and the exports to 653,000/. The quantity of specie on board the steamer Ava, which leaves Southampton to-day for China and the East Indies, is 675,292/. In Mark-lane business has been extremely dull to-day, and the corn market is nominally 10s. per quarter lower. Scarcely any variation has taken place in the prices of English Securities to-day, the market being dull but firm. The arrangements for the settlement of the account, which is fixed for the 7th inst., now begin to occupy the chief attention of the brokers and others ; but speculation having recently been very quiet, this will prove an affair of less importance than usual. The terms charged for continuation are still per cent. Consols have been 95,1 for money, 95/ to 957 for the 7th inst., and 96i for September. The New 3 per Cents. are 961 4, and the Reduced 96i Exchequer Bills are 15s. to 19s. premium, and the Bonds 100,1 y. India Bonds are 16s. to 20s. premium. The Foreign Funds are well maintained, but very little business has been done. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 1041, and the 4 per cents. 1044, being about previous rates. Spanish Deferred are steady at 24 I. Sardinian Deferred are 92 to 92/, and Mexican g. Dutch per Cents. have been marked 65, and the 4 per Cents. 971. The English Railway Shares are well main tained, an d i n some i ns t ances t en d up war ds. Great Northern, Great Western, Midland, Nor folk, and North-Eaztern (Berwick), have all im proved. The Northern of France are flatter. The Colonial Shares are very dull, but continue firm. Calcuttas are ± prem., and Bengals prem. Itiga.s have declined. Banking and Miscellaneous Shares are quiet. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. Prom h s Ogcial Lie.) - 'Rushton dole. R par Cent. Reduced Annuities__ 961 8 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 6i 13 i i New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Bonds. £loon ..... , . Ditto, under £lOOO 2O p ermsol4 for Account Consol Scrip 4l p Exchequer Bine, 2/d. CIOOO Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3/ per Cent.. — Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Guatemala, Bonds 6O Mexican 3 per Cent — - Ditto Account 233 1 3 Sardinian Bon4e, 5 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent _ Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account . ... Tarkit.6 Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto Account 7 )itto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Venezuela Bonds, 4/ per Cent Ditto Account Divtlends on the above nayable In London. Dutch Exchange, 2. per Cent., 12 Guilders 65 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. Console, Money... Ditto Account (Aug. 7) 951 if The Mast Hon. Frances Anne, Marchioness of Lon donderry, is at present sojourning at Seaham Hall, where her ladyship is entertaining a select party of friends, in cluding the Earl and Countess Vane, the Earl of Eglin ton, Lord A. V. Tempest, M.P., Sir F. Kelly, M.P., Captain Scott, and Mr. V. Stewart, M.P. In the course of the present month the marchioness will repair to Gar ron Tower, Antrim, for the autumal season.—Newcastle Journal. Sump:qt.—On Saturday night, about a quarter past 12 o'clock, a man named Cambridge, a coal-porter, threw himself from the bridge in the York-road (Maiden• lain) into the Regent's Canal. An alarm was instantly given by Some persons who witnessed the sad occur rence, and a boat was speedily at the spot. but the un fortunate man had sunk, though not without some desperate struggle.. About an hour elapsed before the body was recovered. Deceased resided at 32, Sidney street, Caledonian-road, and had been absent from home on the previous night. THE CROPS.—CAEDITON, Saturday. ---A field of wheat near the railway station has this day been cut, which has attracted much attention from the thickness and un usually bright colour of the straw and the weight of the ears. We are confident that the crop will be upwards of forty bush e l s p er a c re, which will amply repay the spirited occupier, Mr. Mortimer, for his skill and outlay, in reference to whose fields generally we may say, "Ex uno disco omnes." An immense breadth of ground in this neighbourhood is in wheat a great part of which will fall before the sickle during the coming week. One gentleman, Mr. Elias Tremlett, has upwards of 100 acres of wheat, every p erc h o f w hi c h we ar e assured is in all respects good, and this we are told, even by those who have acquired the name of grumblers, is the character of the wheat crop generally. But little barley has been sown, therefore, although the crop is excellent, we should not be surprised to see bailey and wheat about the same price soon after harvest, in consequence of the great demand which there is for malt, the crop of apples, which for five or six years past has been gradually getting worse, being now a total failure. Indeed, many farmers have for months past given each of their labourers ls. 6d. per week, in lieu of "hard cider," which many a philan thropist h as denounced as the bane o f t hi s part o f t h e kingdom ; but which the husbandmen say is necessary to stimulate th em to t h e i r l a b our, an d a ll a y their great thirst. Th e sweet, sparkling cider, so grateful in hot weather to Cockney palates, is now risen to a fabulous price. - REVIVAL AFTER EXECUTION. —" Nov. 20, 1740. — William Dewell, for a rape on Sarah Griffin, in a barn at Acton, was carried to Surgeons' Hall for dissection, when he came to himself, and was the same night again committed to Newgate." Dec. 6, 1740 —The case of Da well, the maletactf r, who, after hanging, came to life again, is left to the Recorder." " Feb. 14, 1741.-- The condition of Dewell's pardon, who revived after execution, is transportation for life."—Notes and Queries. MARKETS. 'THIS DAY.) EAILwAYS. It'aid itAII.WAYB. Closing Prices this day bertv,eu. ,anibg. Nott7m. Bost and Bann. Junet... Belfast Ballymena. • Binning Wo'verb /Ai ' Stour Valley Birke.thd. Laneßh. di Cheshire Junet Do. Cbesh. & Birk Do., do. Blyth &Tyne origins £25 (load. at £45) Bristol and Pieter Caledonian. Choeter 8 Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Po. A B Dub lin&BelfastJuno Dnn. P. & Aber. Jnc, East Anglian Eastern Counties.. gut. Union. A. Stk Be., B. Stock. Do., New East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh & Gimp -, Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prtt & D nude Forth A Clyde Jun.% Furness Do. Extension... Glasgow & S. Woet•• Great N. of &abut Great Northern 100 100 100 1)0 Do., A. Stock..... Do., B. 5t0ck,,.... .ot. §th. &West.(lre. Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk.. [rich South-Eastern. raneader Ac Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds LAncash.andYorksh Wst. Riding Un Do. South } ort London & Blackwall' Lon& Bright & S.Cst. Lund. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths IDo.IOI. 5h.,24& 8... C Do. Eighths London and R. W. , tn. Lon. Tilby. & South. Barking Sh (Lndndrry di Coleraine Lndndrrr. & Enniak • Nfanch.Shef. & Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Ntotropolitan Midland ►o. llirmnq. &Derb tfldld. G. Weet. (Ira ) 00. Half Shares....... Yewcastle & Carli le. Nvrpt.Aberg. &Hi fd tiewry & Enniekille ,, Newry, Warrenpoint and Itostrevor tiorfolk Northn.Counties Un North British Nth Devon Lail & Dock Stock Do., A Stock ►o.. B Stock ... N.Eastern—Berwic!= Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. Parch Do. Leeds ......... Do. York (North London &S.Wstrn.,lltml stead, rind City Jn North Staffordshire North Western K. & S. Westrn. Juno ;)x., Wore.. & Woly oortsmonth :i'cottish Contral,: lihropshire Union south Dovou South Eastorn South Wales . Yrksh. di Ely. Dun Do ' ."It.aines,Wok. &Wok iteckton & Darling. Do., do., 1854 Do., do., 1855 =lto 2kt wi & Hartlep , laff vale 1 )o, Pref., No. 1..,, Names Hay. D,St R Vale of Neath Waterfd. At Kilkenny Water ford&Limorick West Cornwall.. West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London. Wimbledn & Croydon 4j -4/) 9i 19i -- 20, 16 -- 18 13i -- 145 94 - C 6 60j - 61 17 -17 j 13 - 15 , •es ... ... 3 3 / 4 - 10 - 11 17; -18 i 101 -10 i 36 - 38 25 - 27 86 - 88 61 - 63 ii 2 39 ... - ... 94 - 96 7i - Si 98 - 984 81 - 83 133 135 118 120 63i 64 60 • 65 73 76 6 i 74 sgt 7A 971 984 ••• 7i - 7# [O7 - 108 LO7/ - 1084. 1 - 14 1 1 = LO9 110, 34} 35 - id 84i 85 55 57 ••01 ... ... = 55 - 57 3i - Sr 37 - 38 •.• "'" 87 - 88 3i - 3 2 - li i 18f - 18/ 62 63 95 - 97 61 - 6i It - 32 - 34 108 110 77 79 49 - 51 154 - 16 1 74f —74 i 80 82 4 2 17 - 1/ d 37 38 • •• ^ 19i —20 i Bo 7 25 - 2T 6i 76 6 - 8 - 4 51 - 5i = *6 ... FOREIGN. Antwerpetßott rdr Arlennes Mimi& St.Lw. leased at 6 p. c. by Gcl.Tnk of Canada Belgian Ea4n. mum Reziers to Graisaessa Bombay, Barods., an PAn. India, g. 5 p. c Di. Buff & Lk. Hur. Ry. Carmeaux & Toulouse, Coal Mines and Ry Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France 1)o. New Rad Indian, g. 5 p. Do. Az. B, gu 5 c P. . Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. D 0.4 Do. do. do., '59, dr. Gee'ong k Melbourne guar. 5 per c nt. . Gd. l'k of CanadaAi& Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till': Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Ceutral of Fran. Gt. Tn. Pen. g. 5 p. c. Do New, guar. 5 p. c. Great Luxembonr. Constituted Share Gt.Westorn of Canada Shares ......... . Do. New............ 'Do. Bds., payable 's' Do. do., '76, p. '60.. Do. do., '73 do. De. do., '73, without option Lake Const. Basle Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca &Pist. 5 p. c.p Lyons and Geneva Lyons dr lliediterrar• kia.dras, guar. 4?,p.c Do. New do., 5 p. c Do. 4/ p. c. Eaten Do. 3d Ex., g. 5 p. c Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege (witi Interest) (ex interest)... Do. do , G p. c. Pref northern of France siorwegianTrunkPre I Paris and Lyons nitto Bonds Paris and Orleans Itecife & San, Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7 p. Riga & Dunaburg is. at M. per share... Rome and Frascati.. nyal Danish Royalawadish iambre and Meuse.. )o. 5 p. cent. Pref, .3einde, guar. 5 p. c. Do. .- southern of France.. it. Andrew's and Quebec (A) Vest Flanders Jo 6 per c. V. et N. W. of Franc, Nest. of Switzerland Wiesbaden /Aslant-I MINT-St instratasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London ttri. Col. Bk.ean. C. ritish N. Amoric:ar ahartd. Bank of Aim eihrtd. BLk. of India. A.ustraan, & Chine City . . olon al Commercial of Lond 17, n g. Root& Mis.Cht Lond. Chars. Bk. o' Amdralia •litto New recudon and Conn' y 4 Ln(Lk E. Bnkg. Corp, London Joint Stook. London and Paris.... Lond. & Westminster national Pro.ef Eng Do. Now National of Bank Now South Wales.... Oriental Bank )f Corpora ti ..... Ottoman Bank ttovincial of Ireland Uo. Now Aus B &Go Im 0( :Loyal British. 4 , :d•la &ustralis • Units of Australia.,, Do. New 'Won of London VVosteni Bk of Lone - 84 44 - 54‘ - 2 d 2 3 2 - 2i, - 1 p 51 5 i 2i - 2i 361 -37 t iii =.**i.3 2/ oa. 3 224 23 t•• ." ... 24 - 13i - 14 844 - - Eii• 22 -22 i lk - 2ip 51 25i - 26 3 i -31 V 100 - 102 123 126 123 - 126 111 112 5i - Sip - pig n 12 24 - P 2k - 2tP 9 9 1 81 -• 9 20 -20 i 411 -41 j 86 - 9i 56 -56 t 51 EO 11 - 31 ... 311,1 191 20 1 —1: 131 13 9i 2a 3b • OM Mt - pm 9f - 9 i 37 - 38 19 - 20 BA NIS. 102 104 ' 1 , 69 - 71 •.* .... ~•• ••• --- ••• i •1 p ...d 71 -- 73 • •• .... ... 17 -- 18 21i -14 pi 1 - 3p toe ... ... -- ...d ••• .'" •%. sr. ... . • 48 - 50 40i - 414 1 11 - IBp rio• ..." w 38 42 36 - 38 68 - 70 7i 8 p a r a ip- Business done this day. 4 i a a St. St. 50 50 St. SO lt. St. 5 5 to 10 68} 8 814 2 1 3 134 3 118 64 3i 1681 7 xd 1071 81 109 } 10 ••• .. 13 id 6 I I 2285 i 4i 22 1 i 4J i i I 131 i i 400 ..- 1021 i 13i In 12 1111 i 481 8 x a THE SUN, LONDON; MONDAY EVENINK: AutYCITYNT 4,185 e; MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) Mbirb Witittion SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAYS. Tledfcred ausl Blot ?hley Bnekghanish. ClydesdaleJ , Col. Stour Vy. Sad, and Hal. E. Lin. g.l Pc. E. Un. H. SI,. (Ras. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Ellstr.ik Dn. Fr Flrtlpl. D. Railway Hall & Selby Do. Shares. Do. d Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference L0n.,111.,&5. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cont. Do. 6 por et. Manch. Bx nn and Matlocl; Middlosbro' & Rodear Micild.Bradfd Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.drEst.sp.e. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixe(ls p c Prest. & y: Do. I Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shot. Roth.atvi Gooleg. 5 p.c. Shrews. &Her. S. Statfordsh. Wear Val leyg r 6 por cent Do WiltaPicr:or,,t .cin Compana. Loudon N. Wc't. L.StN.W. Calodon... E. 'Cu. & E. C IGt. Nrthn. IE. Count. Caldonian. (it. Wenn Yk. New. Berw. Y.SiNkt , Do Do S. Hastert Do Peto Az Co. Norfolk Do L.&N.W & Midid Sl.ekton& Darlingt. En. Coun. E. Count. D 0... Do L.&N.W Do Icit North n Lancash St Yorksh. T. Brassoy M.MClean gtockt. Darlingt Do iffiWnstn. C wen. eria. this day. 98 - 100 00 -105 12 - 14 139 - 141 4 ... 4i egb• .... • • ii 7 16 LOi : IE6 12/ 23i - 244 112 115 2f - 2f 94 - 96 - 58 - GO I.** ^".. • • • ~. .... ... 138 7a 3 2ad - ?5 - 93 Pm Oa k'11.1; FE RENGE SHAMS. St. RA) a oardeen Deben. R 4 - 90 St. 100 Do. 6 per cent. St. 100 Do. No. 2,7 p. c ll6 - 118 t 5 .tlythandTyno lOpe , c. pref. (issd. 21501 & Ex. 4 p. c. St - 20 6 Do. 4p. c. Shares - St. laledonian £lO 101 - 103 1021 15 all ihes.&llo.Gu. 55 pc, 16 -17 91 all )o. do. Pref. No. 2. ... - 24 all )o. do. Piet. No. 2 - 64 all :lork &Thaidonssp.c 5 - 55 61 al )un.Prth .47. Aber. J. 6 -4. 65 10 2 4. Anglian Cls. ASb - St. LOO Do. de. Cls. B6p. c. 107 - 112 St. 00 1)o. do Cls. C7p. c. 100 - 105 1015 6. sl 7 as.Co.F.x,spoNo. 1 pm 6. all Do. No. 2 - 1 p pm 10 Do. Now 6g.c. St 13 - 135 13k 20 all last Un., G. 6p. c. - 5 all Do. 51., 10 per cent ... - 19 all Do. 1. Debuntr.Sn. - St. all Do. do. 4 par cent St. I.ob 3ast Lanca4...6p.ot4 r all "•'. kW. York. J. sth, ... 10 3 Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh - St. LOO 441. Prth.&Dun.4p.c 781 -- 795 20 all Furness -• ••• xd St. WO Pas. & S.W.G. 5 p.o ... - St. 100 'Treat Northn. sp. c 119 - i 2l St. 100 Do. sp. a. &doom at 10 p. c. prem. 112 - 114 St. LOG Do. 45 p. e - 107 12, 75 Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red at sp. c. - ip 10 all R.N. of Soot. let Pro - St. 100 It. S. &W. (Ireland) ... - 20 13 Do. 4per o. Pr.f. S ...- sO 6 It. W. (B. eH.Exspc 6 - 6A St 100 lo.con. rod. 45 p.c. 95 - 97 96 St. 100 - )0. con. red. 4p. c 89 - 91 St. 100 )o. irrcd. 4p. c. .. 89 - 91 St. 100 Do. sp. c. red. prof 99 • ]Ol 99 8 all Do. Birm. Prof. Si .. 10 -10 t 10 all no.ChesterBp. c.P.9 174 -17 10 all Do. do. sp.c. do lo.k 10' St I.OG Do. Birm. Gua. Stk 75 -77 2 i all Do. Ches. Gua. Sh 2O/ - 21+ L 3 all Do. do. do lO - 101 20 all Do. do. do 155 -16 16 6 !Jan. &York. F. XI A St. LOG Do. 6p. c. Stock 136 138 St. 100 'An. &Brigh. G.E: p.c. ... St. LOO Do. Prof., sp. c. St. ... St 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. - St. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent .. - St. 1.00 Lon. &N. W., Cov. Nuneaton 5 p. et... - St (00 on. &S.W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares 160 -. 166 12a , all Andy. & Color. 5 Sh. 35 ID .11 Londy. & Ennis. Sh 9 St. 10( 11.,5.,& L. 6p. Cent 125 - 130 6 45 Do. do. do. Xt3 . d - St. 100 Do. do. 3f per cent. 65 - 70 L6b all Niarypt.& Carl. 4 po. - 121. all Do. 44 per cent - ••• 125 I.o' Do. do. St. 00 vlid.Consol.6 p.e.St . - St. 00 Do. Con.Br.Bir. 6pc 119 - 141 St. la) D 4. 45 p. c. Pref. S 101 - 103 1025 St. 100 Ditto L. &H. Pref. St 91 - 93 912 10 311 I New., Aber., &c., pr. t sp. c. red. 5 p c. pm. f*" ••• 10 4 Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66 14 - 2 p 10 all Norfolk Debenture St. 100 Do. Pref. sp. c. Stock St. .00 Do. 5 p.c. Rat St. 100 De. 55 per ct. pref - 5141 t. 100 Do. Way. Val. 5 p.c - St. 100 Northßritish lO4 -106 St. 100 N. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P. 98 -99 17 84 Do. do. do 1 - 4 d 20 13 Do Leeds 6 p.c - 125' 9 Do. do. Quarters ... 25 10 Do.YorkH.& S. Par. 1 - 51 95 20 all North Staffordshire.. - St. 100 Ox,Wo, kW.IS/ 6pe 112 - 114 114 10 all Do R. Pref. 101. Sh. - 85 all Scot. Cent. ,New Pref - pm 25 all South Devon l5 16 10 all Do. fixed, 45 por cent ... .o.f all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 245 - 25 St. 100 Do. 4i per cent 102 - 105 10 all Do. Fixed 45 pc sh lo} - 105 St. 100 S. Wales Gua. 4p. c - St. 100 D:),, do. 4. p. a •.. ... 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar - 25 all 3tock.& Dar., sp. c •-• 25 15 Do. do. do 24 - 35 125 all Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p. c. till July 1, '56 . . 5 45 Waterfd.&Kilk.Bpc 15 - 14d.34 i MINES. 1 all A.gna Fria . . ...1 . ... 10s all tnglo Californian ... ... ... 20 7 tastralian. ... . . .... 1 li 1 all Baden (Gd.Drichi of ... ._ 60 all Blrenar. Iron Sc Coal ... .' . 20 14 British Iron 4 6 35 26e Brazilianlmp.(iesned at £5 pm.) 30 all I Do. Cocaes Sir Cniaba 3e —7. 4 3 1 4 1 20 15 , Do. St. John Del Rey 20 22 1 h Clarendon Cons. Min, Co. of Jamaica k— in 40 all ( Cobra Copper 55 7 5 16 !Colonial Gold — ••• St, all Copper Min. of Eng 3O . 35 25 all Do. Prof. 76 p. cent 26 -- 28 9 ... 1e i Coplapo. l6 18 2 1} ;Fortuna i id 20 all ;(lencal l3 —l5 1 all 'Ut.NuggetVeinlieg 1 6 4.1 all 'Great Polgooth 5 all ,Gt Wheal Vox United 26 lid 1 all 'Liberty 4 f 3 all Linares 7i 8 5 1/ , Lusitanian id i 1 1 all I Mariquita... .... 1 all Now G ranad a' 1 all Nouveau Monde 20 all Pontgi.Sil.&Le•Min. 10 4 1 lle 5 1 Port l Philip — i 1 all ,Quartz Rock — ••. 50 all IRhymney Iron 26 28 15 all , Do. Now 8 10 30 14i Santiago d e C n b a 2l i 2 24 . . 6s. ISort. Cons. Mi n . C o. 2i 2 1 all South Australian , i 6 1.0 1 3 " . 4a l ' it i l l i l , 1 TDD Pinaoom.. C l . O rs t o l i p f p s,t e . r .L... e . .......... _—...: i t 28e all United Mexican — 4 3/ 1 all Waller • • I all West M ar i posa i i 1 12s. Worthing Alinin g o Australia . ............ ...., .... MISCELLANNOVB. 25 19 Australian Agri=lt. le .11 Australn. Royal Mail , 28 274 007 1: a 34:0, 1: 1 co F 3 te 2:r orinti Canada,,,,, n .A ; pin V . .. a e; .rt. American u Works .. '26 2 . . 6 6 6i 6 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug . . St. 100 D. 6p C. Mar & Sept .1. 129 127 1145 1151 115 5 all Crysta) 24 5 all Do. PrP:ference ..... . 5i 54 4 a Crysto .1 Pal. of Fran . ce g Dust on Iron Or — 20 15 Eaf ,tern Steam ... . St. 100 F. ectric Telegraph._ 03 95 95 1 all W.ectrie Teleg. of Ir. 5 all F.n.dzAus Cop Sm Co 14 25 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier ..„ 15 14 ii)en. Steam Navigat. 16 all eleueral Screw Steam 13 135 131 I 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 4} 4S 4i 20 10 stagdal , 3na St. Navi.; , 10 all Keditiaran. Elec. Tel. .F 4 in 1.0 9 ex 4 .ean&S. Arnericn. 3} 3{ 25 5 NP.t. Discount Co 1 1 1 lip 61 n 1 all Rat. Pat. Steam Fuei 10 5 srethorlands Land 14 -- 2 20 all ')o. Do. -- 5 5 3 Do.SpoPissatld a_._ Bp 35 100 80 _ N N . e s w .w ß . . G & O N. v. S s . p L .c a . n ro d . 2 . . 4 . 7. 6 d..• ••• a ll N. B. Australasian $ 30 lb NTrth.ofEuropeSteam 13 * 14i 1 all Oriental Gas. 1 1; a 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" 4. -- 31 3 " 111 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Mimi. 2a 24 5 0 a ll Peninsular& Oriental 64 66 615 1 50 10 Do. New 4 5 p 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 a ll Scot. Austral. Invest, 14 —. d 1 Ditto_ New _ 3 iP 25 all South Austrai.A.,or d 36 37 1 a n Snbmar. Tel. Scrip.„ I 14 1 all Do. Registered........ 1i prust& . 100) 28% Van Dlemeu'e Irmo 16 17 164 ).6p.c.JtuiSil•llT H. ti. en • 'LSI ROW this day CORN EXCHANGE. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were scantily supplied with wheat ; yet all kinds met with a very dull inquiry, at a decline in the quotations of from 31. to ss. per quarter. Barley supported previous rates, bnt all other articles were dull and drooping. The foreign markets have 'become less active, and prices are rather in favour of buyers. The shipments to Eng land are seasonably good. Up to our market, last week, the arrivals of home grown produce were very moderate. From abroad we re ceived 16,453 quarters of wheat, 1,681 barley, 19,564 oats, 2,240 beans, 70 tares, 3,987 linseed, 2,495 rapeseed, 8,170 Indian corn, 310 sacks, and 19,469 barrels of flour. The fresh arrivals of English wheat to-day were season ably extensive, and we bad several merchants' samples on the stands, in addition to a large portion of last week's un sold supply. A few rubbed-out samples of now Talavera wheat were shown in good condition. The attendance of buyers was limited, and the trade was excessively heavy ; indeed, so few transactions took place that it is difficult to coote prices accurately. However, we consider them nominally lOs to 12s per quarter lower thau on Monday last. There was a good show of foreign wheat. Tho trade was unusually heavy, and the quotations were nominally 83 to 104 per qr. lower tha❑ on this day se'nnight. Floating cargoes of grain were much neglected. There was only a limited quantity of barley in the mar ket, and it sold at last week's currency. Malt moved off steadily, at full quotations. The supply was but moderate. O tts —the supply of which was large—moved off slowly, at a further decline of ad per quarter. We bad a heavy inquiry for beans, at is to 2s per quarter decline. The sale for peas was heavy, at is to 2s per quarter less money. A sample of new white peas, in excellent condi tion, realised 50s per quarter. The flour trade was heavy, at 2s to 4s per sack less money. Town-made fell to 64s per 2801bs. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red •• •• new 603 to 683 Ditto.• •..... old 65s 693 Ditto, White new 68s 75e Ditt0........ old 70.3 76s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old —s —a Ditto new .. •• .. 58e 68 Rye—Old •• •• •••• •••• 443 ale (Oats .. •. 76s to 77s lOats Yorkshire and Llncolnsh., Feed 253 28s Potato ...... 263 293 Youghal and Cork Black. .. •• •. 233 27, Cork, White ..... Ms 28s Scotch, Feed..... 283 30s Beans—Tick ......... 36s 39s Pigeons .... 40. 43s Peas—Grey .......... 36s 40s Maple 408 42s White. • • • ....... 42s 47s Barley—Grinding .• • • . Maltinr • • • • Chevalier...• • . M Alt—Suffolk and Nor folk .• • • ••• .• 698 71s Brown .• • ........ •• • • 63q 6is Kinestonand Wars 691 76s 42s 445 37s 40a 42s 435 433 4is Boilers ... ..•• 433 488 Flour—Town-made... 60s 64e Suffolk •• ......•. 47s 488 Stooktn & Norfolk 465 493 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The imports of foreign stock into London since Monday last have been tolerably good—the total supply amounting to 8,010 head. In the corresponding week in 1855 we received 8,6.44; in 1851. 7,014 ; in 1853, 5 : 273; in 1852, 7,736; in 1851, 7,885; and. in 1830, 6,250 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEIGH. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pin 529 ... 27 ... 166 376 390 180 2 593 426 ... 176 5 680 96 52 455 61 From Beasts. Harlingen Amsterdam 53 Rotterdam 116 ... Flamburgh lB ... Dordt 36 ... Kam pen 2O Bremen Ostend Nieu Diep 64 ... 1,134 ... 1 Tonningen. 4.!4 473 ... 46 Frederick stadt 405 55 ... 2 _ ... _ 7 ... 9 13 ... -- Calais ....... ..... - ... ... 26 ... - T0ta1....1,984 ... 4,466 ... 572 ... 571 ... 417 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : _ . Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1855 1,197 ... 5,515 ... 430 ... 713 ... 841 1854 1,378 ... 4,084 ... 419 ... 605 ... 560 1853 738 ... 3,677 ... 243 ... -517 ... 98 1852 1,335 ... 4,416 ... 950 ~, 514 ... 488 1851 1 135 ... 4,908 .., 520 ... 684 ... 639 1850 1,083 ... 3,999 ... 578 ~. 461 ... 129 There has been less activity in the demand for stock in Holland and Spain, on French account. The principal exports have therefore been directed to England. Large supplies of beasts are expected to arrive from Sweden dur ing the present month. _ 'Chord was a full average number of each kind of foreign stock in to-day's market, in middling condition. With home-fed beasts we were moderately supplied, chiefly of middling quality. Although the attendance of buyers was tolerably good, the beef trade was in a very de pressed state, at a decline in the quotations compared with Monday last of from 4d to 6d per 81bs. The highest value for Scots was 41 8d per 81bs, and the whole of the supply was not disposed of. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton. shire we received 2,000 short horns ; from other parts of England 600 of various breeds ; from Scotland 100 Soots, and from Ireland 350 oxen. There was an average time of year supply of sheep in the market. All breeds were dull in sale, and prices gave way 2d per 81bs compared with Monday last. The top quotation for Downs was 5s 2d per 81bs. 2,800 head reached us from Ireland. Lambs were in fair supply and heavy request, at barely stationary prices. The highest figure was 5s 8d par 81bs. Calves, the show of which was rather extensive, wore very dull , and 4d per 81bs lower than on this day se'nnight. In pigs scarcely any business was doing, and the quota tions gave way ld per Blbs. Per Sibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. S. 4. Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 41PrimeSouthdowu 410 5 2 gecsnd quality.... 3 6 3 10 ) Large ors°. calves 3 4 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 4iPrime small do 4 2 4 6 Prime Scots, itc. 4 6 4 8 / Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 8 3 10 1 Small porkers 4 2 4 8 Second quality ...4 0 4 4,Suckling calves 22 0 28 Prime crse.-wlled.4 6 4 8 Quarter old pigs 22 0 47 0 Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s Bd. TOTAL 1117PPLT. I FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts •• •• 4,682 Beasts...." .......... . 1,513 Sheep and lambs •• ; .... • 23,420 Sheep and lambs . 4,000 Calves A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on gonday, Aug. 6, 1855, and this day, Monday, Aug. 4, 1856. Per 8113 s, to sink the offals. Aug. 6, 1855. lAng 4,1856. s. d. d. a. d. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 10 to 4 0,3 oto 3 4 Second quality ditto 4 2 4 43 6 310 Prime large oxen ~, 4 6 4 84 0 4 4 P r ime Scots, drc ~, 410 5 2,4 6 4 8 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 6 3 8,3 8 310 Second quality ditto 310 4 24 0 4 4 Prime coarse woolled ditto 4 4 4 8'.4 6 4 8 Primo Southdown ditto 410 5 24 10 5 2 Lambs 8 6 5,4 8 5 8 Large coarse calves 4 2 4 6 3 4 4 0 Prime small ditto 4 8 5 2 4 6 Large hogs ... ~, 3 6 3 10,3 2 310 Neat small porkers ......4 0 4 6 4 2 4 8 Beasts.., 3,937 4,E8: Sheep •.. 25,120 25,420 Calves... 282 330 Pigs 520 275 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Aug. 7, • lBs4.—Beasts, 4,046 ; sheep auid lambs, 31,740; calves, 300; pigs, 435. Aug. 8, 1853. —Beast s , 4 , 832 ; sheep and lambs, 29,700 ; calves, 361 ; pigs, 320. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Owing to the prevailing hot weather very limited sup -Ali:3e of each kind of meat have been on sale in these mar fete since Monday last. Generally speaking the demand is very inactive, as follows : _ Per 81bs by the carcase. s. (1. s. d. Reef, Inferior 2 10 3 2 Do., middling, 3 4 3 6 Do. prime large 3 8 3 1(I De., do. small ,4 0 4 4 Pork, largo 3 6 4 0 Lamb. 4s s. d. s. d. Mutton Inferior :3 4 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 2 Do., primo 4 4 4 8 Veal 3 4 4 6 Pork, small 4 2 4 6 d to 5s 2d. BOROUGH HOP. The plantation accO;;Uir;;;; favourable, and the duty has advanced to 220,0001. All kinds of hops are pressed for sale, and prices generally have a downward tendency. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 8s to 6/ 6s per cwt ; Weald of Kent, 3133 to 5/ Os ; Sussex, 3/ Os to 4/ 16s. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Unusually: large supplies of home-grown potatoes con tinue to arrive in excellent condition, but we have had no imports from abroad. Although an extensive business is doing prices are very low. The best kinds may be pur chased at 35s ; other kinds from 55s to 70s per stone. WOOL. There has been rather more firmness in the biddings for tine wools at the public: sales held since Monday last, but we have no change to notice in prices, which have ruled as follows :—Sydney—Clean sheep's is 4d to 2s 0. d ; s'eured is 9d to 2a 4IA hand-washed Is 60 to is ; lambs' is Sid ; skin Is 6d ; pieces is ld to la 9d; grease 10.1 to 10d. Port Philip—Clean sheep's is 6d to 2s 1 ; sconied is Brl to 2s 6,1; hand-washed is Bid ; lambs' is 4 , 1 to 2s ld ; ditto scoured 2s 3ld to 2s 10d ; skin is 8;d to is 9d ; pieces is 3 , 1 to is 90 ; grease 80 to 110. Van Dietnen's Land—Clean sheep's is 7d to is 9 t •, lambs' is 5d to is 10d ; skin is 7d to is Bd. Adelaide—Clean sheep's is 3d to is 7d ; lambs' is 7,1 to is 81 ; grease, 8d to is iAd. New Zealand —Sheep's is 6,1 to is 7d. Cape—Clean sheep's is 11d to is Gid ; other kinds lid to is 3d per lb. By private contract nothing is doing. Last week's imports were 14 bales from Madras, 483 from Bombay, 148 from Buenos Ayres, 122 from Hambro', 32 from Malta, 1,531 from Algoa Bay, and 157 from Mogadore. Tho following are the current rates of English wool : Down tegs, is 3d to 11 ld ; Down ewes, is 2d to is 3Ad ; half-bred hogs, is 2d to is 3 ; Kent fleeces, is 2d to is ; Leicester do., 1,4 ld to is 3d ; combing skin, is to is 4 d ; blanket wool, 9d to is ld; and flannel wool, is to is 5d per lb. SEEDS. There has been very little business doing in linseed, and pi ices have advanced 2s per quarter on the spot, and is for forward delivery. Cakes are in good demand, at ad vanced prices. Rye and oil seeds are quiet, but prices are well supported. Turnlp,White, per bush. 225 to 25e Swede .. •••• .• •• — s —4 %tint& d, Brown• ••• •• 22s 24. Ilhlte, new •• •• •• Ins 11 Fares,Winter,new....63 Od 6s GLI Old.. •• •• • • •••• • —5 —5 l Canary, per quarter • 5G3 62; Rye :rasa.. ••• •• ••• —s Clover ,Red Eng.(cwt.) —ll White ••••.•• • • • —5 — s Foreign Red.. •• bi 615 White.. •• — s Trefoil, new.. •• .• .• •• —3 Carraway .... 42e 443 Cori ander ••• •• • . 25:3 :Ss liemoseed, per quarter —s —8 Linseed, Eng.sowing•• 63i s Crushing .. • • .... 524 56s Bxltic •• •• •• —5 —8 Odessa —e —8 Unwed Cake, pr. ton— Fnglish —lOl 5 , 10 108 _ • _ Foreign, per ton 91 Os 11/ 5s Rape Cakes, prton 51 58 5' lOs 1-. 1 Napeseed, pr qr. ...... 82s 84s TALLOW. Since our last report only a moderate business has been transacted in this market. Paces, however, have ruled steady. To-day, P.Y.C., on the spot, is selling at 51s 61 per cwt. Town tallow, 51s 6d nett cash. 1852. 1853. 1854. 41,853 r 18,258 4 33.987 44,029 12,205 38s 624.0 523 6,1 16703.1t0 85s 61 to 51s 61 —8 01 ;to —s Odi —s Od —s Od to —, 01 1,308 ( 1,661 ', 946 1,722 1,868 9,345 i 13,917 1 9,632 15,387 19,523 135 . 1,247 1,315 915 844 10,100 8,860 7,619 11,692 14,019 393 63 533 61 68; 61 563 61 54s 3d I 1156. Stock this day ...... • • Price of Y. C ...• Delivery last wed • • Ditto from June 1.... 1 Arrivals last wed.. Ditto from Junel , ... i Price of TONS la SPORTING NOTES. A GLANCE Ar GOODWOOD. Circumstances connected with the deplorable accident in the race for the Goodwood Stakes prevented me from fulfilling my promise to place certain " Notes" before the reader on Thursday last. I will, however, now endeavour to recount the most interesting incidents which marked the proceedings. The active sympathy which has been displayed in behalf of the injured jockeys will afford some recom pence to the poor fellows for the dreary months of long suffering which awaits them. It is more than questionable whether either Bartholomew cr Mundy will be again able to figure in the pigskin. When a boy poor Bartholomew met with a serious accident, and it is said that the old wound which he then received in his head is again softening. He has a young and somewhat numerous family, but by his abstemious living and quiet industry he has savedsufficient money to place them and himself in comfortable circumstances. Poor little Mun dy will of course need all the pecuniary assistance which can be afforded him. Several subscription lists have been opened almost simultaneously, and donations have been made with the well-known liberality of racing men. Some people seem to think that the accident mate rially affected the result of the race. Of course it is impossible to state what put the fallen horses might have taken in the encounter, but ire my opinion the chances of the favourites were uninfluenced by the catas trophe. Goldhill could not stay the distance, and Ban dalore performed like an utter bad'aa. Zeta's running proved theinferior quality of the animals which contested the Northumberland Plate. In Pretty Bey, Messrs. Barber and Saxon possess a wonderfully good horse, and it is to be regretted that he is not in the St. Leger. Still at a mile and a half I do not think he would have any chance of defeating Fazzoletto ; over two miles I do not know any horse capable of galloppiug against him. Sandboy was well tried enough, and his perform. ance showed that his party's judgment was not at fault. The very fact, however, of his having been purchased by Mr. Howard ought to have prepared people for his running second. Mr. Howard's luck is cer tainly not worthy of his "pluck." For the Cup he was second with unfortunate Yellow Jack. Young Goater rode his horse with considerable skill ; some persons, however, could not understand why Wells had the mount on Coroner, and were still more puzzled that Mr. Howard should have given up Fordham to ride Rogerthorpe. Were the interests of the Danebury and Findon stables "amalgamated" on this occasion The Cup, which was a somewhat ugly affair, was pre sented by Mr. Hill to a gentleman of an exalted pasi. tion, and who is well known for his honest love and ad miration of horse-racing. New Brighton has turned out a lucky horse for Mr. F. Fisher, and the improvement which seems to be effected in his form is not a little creditable to the train ing skill of May, of Harpenden, whose small and " un fashionable" stable has during the season turned out several winners. Our French allies—allies in sport as well as in war—were unfortunate with Monarque, who could get no nearer than third for either the Stewards' Cup or the Goodwood Cup. The "gentlemen" received another heavy blow and sore discouragement by the de feat of Olympus. Zuyden Zee scarcely disappointed me, for it may be remembered that I expressed my doubts as to his ability to defeat Ayacanora. He is certainly a fine looking animal enough, but " there's that about his legs his backers would scarcely care to see." The Lord of the Hills made his debut, and only showed the folly and absurdity of giving extravagantly high prices for yearlings. A most interesting and instructive book, called the " Post and the Paddock," has just reached iti second edition. It has been considerably enlarged and im• proved, and it deserves the extensive circulation which it has commanded. I. however, merely notice it to cor rect an error into which the author has fallen with re gard to myself. The letters of "A Fresh Man " are written exclusively for The Sun, and were never pub lished in any other evening newspaper. When I receive a copy of the work I will give the reader a spice of its quality. To-morrow, when I shall have received a complete programme, I will give my notions about Brighton. August 4. A FRESH MAN. SKETCH OF GENERAL WALKER. At a first glance Gen. Walker appears a small man ; but when standing beside men of the average height be appears a trifle taller than they. He is very thin—not an ounce of superabundant flesh upon his bones. The framework of his body is small, but he has a tough and very sinewy appearance. His soldiers say (those who have been with him since the begiuning of his adven tures) that he can endure more hardship than the strongest-looking man in the State. He is one of the most industrious of men, and supervises the entire affairs of the country. His ordinary dress consists of a pair of common blue pantaloons, a coarse blue linen overshirt, upon the shoulders of which two small pieces of red flan nel do the duty of epaulettes, and a straw hat. When he sits ho settles down in the most careless manner, his shoulders appearing to contract into a small compass. His ungraceful posture while sitting, with his unpre tending style of dress, is apt to disappoint those who ex pect to find in him physical dimensions proportionate to the spread of his fame. But when in full uniform and animated his whole appearance changes, his shoulders expand to squareness, his height seems to increase at least a couple of inches, and the sparkle of his usually dreamy grey eyes indicates the fire and the brilliancy of the man within. His head is more than usually high, somewhat large in proportion to his body, and expands as it rises upward. His hair is of a tight colour ; his forehead is broad and smooth, and so developed in the reflective faculties that a phrenologist would be apt to pronounce him an idealist and of a speculative turn of mind. His face is thin, his nose slightly aquiline, his mouth is well formed, expressing great firmness, and his lips have that compression peculiar to those who are very fastidious and systematic. His eyes are rather small, and placed low down from his brow. , He speaks with much deliberation, and is particular in his choice of words. when so interested in conversation, however, as to for get himself in the subject, his delivery is easy and even graceful. His face, without being particularly hand some, has an intellectual and pleasing expression, and a moustache which he is cultivating will shortly add its graces to tout ensemble of his features. His ambition is, no doubt, great, yet he is in appearance as modest and retiring as a schoolboy. No person would suspect in his half-bashful, half-shrinking manlier the desperate courage of which be is possessed, nor suppose that his small hands and delicately tapered fingers had so often fought their way with the butt-end of a pistol through a crowd of enemies. He was born on the 10:h of May, 1824, and is consequently a little over 32 years of age. He associates but little with his soldiers, but when in their company treats them in all respects as equals. Through his apparent lack of pride be has succeeded in gaining the respect, if not the affection, of his men, who, in speaking of him to each other, call him by the familiar name of " Uncle Billy." At present all the Americans in Nicaragua have an especial interest in his life, for were he to die there is no person, in the absence of Ganeral Gorcouria, to whom they would look for a suc cessful continuation of them stregvle, or even a safe re treat from the country.—New York Tribune. __— THE REVISING BARRISTER'S COURT.—Yesterday the list of voters for the county of Middlesex and the va rious boroughs in it was posted up at the doors of the various churches and chapels by the overseers, and which will remain there for the inspection of those entitled to the franchise, in order that . each voter may see if h is name is on the register. It is necessary that every one should see his name is on the list, so that if it be omitted he may apply to the revising barrister, when he holds his court, which will be in the course of a few weeks. T ESTI MONIAL TO AN ARCHITECT.—It gives us r.eret pleasure to record an act hihighly honour a bl e to the archi tects of this country ; it . the presentatio n t o M r . J as . Pennethorne of a testimonial from his professional bre thren on the occasion of the completion of the western wing of Somerset House. In this t es ti mon i a l th e archi tects express their opinion of this service and of Mr. Pennethorne's xierits. This is is rare compliment among men of genius ; architects are as irrit a ble as any other class, but no professional jealou.zy obscures from their eyes the claims of merit. —The Builder. Observant Husband : " Sarah, dear, if I were in you place I wouldn't keep that babe so full of butter as you dO."—Tboughtless Wile : "B u tt er , my dear ! I neve r give it any butter."—llusba,ed " No, but you poured a bout a quart of milk down it this afternoon, and then trotted it on the knee for nearly two hours. If it don't contain a quantity of butter it isn't for the want of churning. THE LEGION OF HONOUR. A Supplement to the London Ga.:cite of Friday has just been published, containing the Lames of the officers who distinguished themselves in the Crimea, and on wham the Emperor of the French has conferred the Legion of Honour, which have already appeared in The Sun. TATTERSALL'S.—(This Evening.) BRIG LITON STAKES. 2to 1 agst Clementina gelding (taken) 3to 1 agst Qqince Time wholly occupied by the settling. TEE MAGAZINES. Blackwood.—Beyond all manner of question the most brilliant number of Blackwood published for many a long day—this glorious one for August, 1856—clever though our grand old Maga is in variably: For we don't want in any way to dis parage her performances of late by giving those compressed within the compass of this single in stalment of her classic psges the preference. All we mean to imply by our first sentence—and that, we take it, is a vast deal—is the fact that, to our mind, the August number before us is, all things considered, quite an out-of-the-way number, a model number, an exceptional number,. one quite refreshing to come upon unexpectedly in the full flush of this broiling summer weather. All hail, then to King Christopher Redivivus ! . . . But let us particularise. There are eight separate and very varied contributions. Each of these eight contributions being in its way perfectly admirable. First of all there is a magnificent tribute to " Macaulay"—a tribute (remembering the politics of Macaulay and the politics of Maga) altogether, we cannot but think, quite as magnanimous as it is magnificent. Then there is another instalment of Margaret Oliphant's charming new serial tale of " The Athelings"—telling us, among other things, how Agnes's maiden novel won for itself very soon the glory of a Second Edition ! Besides all this—there comes to us most seasonably— a chapter upon " Seaside Studies :" most seasonably just as all the world and his wife and their children are wending their way north, south, east, and west, to Lowestoft, Hastings, Brighton, and Ilfracombe. In solemn earnest, we learn in the last political paper how " India" fared under Lord Dalhousie. In delightful gossip wo take a pleasant survey of Gilbert White's dear old home in Hampshire : accompanying another of Black wood's contributors upon " A Visit to Selborne." Two, among the more notable of these same Black wood contributors—to wit, Professor W. E...A.ytoun and the late Rev. John Eagles—receives. each in an appropriate form the most genial and deserved tri bute from the Divine Maga herself, speaking through the quills of two of the ablest of her reviewers. The earliest of these amiable tributes appearing under the guise of a criticism upon the well-known " Sicetcher Papers." The latest being a sort of premonitory flourish (we cannot call it a puff preliminary), about the most eagerly-looked-for poem of the day—" Aytoun's Bothwell." To crown all—we cannot omit mentioning in this re splendent August number of Blackwood, "Tick ler among the Thieves," being the final portion of that notable fragment of a charming little Dog's Autobiography ? This last-mentioned paper coming fresh and sparkling! from the humorous and ima ginative genius of one of the greatest of the many great names of Blackwood—Samuel Warren, the pathetic writer of the " Diary of a late Physician," and the comic Author of " Tan Thousand a Year." Remembering very vividly the absurdity of the Brick produced as a specimen of the House, we won't venture to emulate in this present instance the Skolastikos of old Gaffer Hierocles. Though many a racy bit of fun tempts us here and there to luxuriate in quo tation. Especially one at page 223—a fragment, by the way, relating to one whom all the readers of " Bon Gualtier " have long since voted a genuine brick and no mistake !—namely, the laughable re pudiation by Maga of the rumour rising out of a great popular delusion to the effect that Professor Aytoun is (what he most positively is not) the Editor of Blackwood's Magazine. The Dublin University.—The story of " The Darragh," is continued, and becomes more compli cated. The kind-hearted old general dies at the conclusion of this portion of the narrative, and the wily and subtle Gilbert has things all his own way. The nephew and narrator of the events, Walter, very imprudently departed for a foreign land, leav ing everything exposed to the machinations of the enemy. Mrs. Cardonald and her daughter are specimens of worldly cunning and intrigue, cleverly sketched. " Cyprus" is a well-writtex sketch of travels undertaken in that island, with a view to soarcli out the curiosities and antiquities of the place. The travellers did not, as is so frequently the case with modern excursionists, hurry on " from night till morn, from morn till dewy eve," from one spot to another, but remained resolutely fixed to their task. The first thing mentioned worthy of notice is, " the wine collars of Salina," which are large caves, artificial and natural, in which the inhabitants of old hid their treasures from pirates. Planks of wood kept the sand from falling over the aperture. When these were re moved the entrance was impossible to be found. If pursued by the enemy the inhabitants could dig themselves out in another direction. Another curious circumstance is here recorded that Cyprus was the birthplace of Zeno, the founder of the Stoics. It is truly observed, as a strange thing, that "the man who preached indifference alike to pain or pleasure, should have coinetroin the island where pleasure was deified. The island of Venus was the last place where one would have expected that the stern philosophy of the stoics should have issued, yet so it was." Larnacca is the busiest town in all Cyprus, though it is said, en passant, that for an English city it would be singularly dull and quiet. Soma strange things are observable in the customs of the wealthy Cypriots. Of these not the least surprising is the incongruity of their gardens, where all is mixed. Marigolds surround onions, roses bloom beside beans, hyacinths and jessamines spring next to cucumber and garlic. In conclud ing the account of these travels the writer pays a tribute to the Turks, in the non-molestation they experienced in their various journeys about the plain. Whatever other results come from his rule, it is said, let him not be blamed for evils that do not exist. An article is written on " French Ver sions of Shakspere," which denounces the recent attempts in that line. After trying the various alterations and additions that have been made in the plays of the great bard, it is urged that it would be better to leave Shakspeare alone than to dress him in false colours. " With all our heart do we protest against such profane incongruousness, whe ther attempted by a Dumas or a Sand." " A Gos sip on Fortune" is well worthy of persual, -as it brings before the reader many quaint and curious sayings and doings of the departed great. Some striking remarks concerning celebrated personages are to be met here. For instance : "Casar appeals to his Fortune as a charm against the hurricane. The stern Marius uses his masculine reason but to distinguish the portents that are to save him from peril. Mahomet was all fate ; Bonaparte all star and destiny. Cromwell confides in September three ; Louis Napoleon in December two ; and that wonderful man, Sylla, who owned a nature of less weakness than any of them, deliberately willed 'to be known not as Magnus,' like Pompey, nor the laurelled Dictator like Casar, nor as King or Emperor like Crom well or Bonaparte, but simply as 'Felix,' the favoured child of Fortune." " The instances of persons whose influences have been wholly unfortunate to themselves and those surrounding them, are more numerous as more remarkable ; Agrip pina, for example, to Germanicus ; Lady Macbeth to the Shaksperean hero ; Margaret to Henry the Sixth ; Henrietta Maria to Charles the First, and Marie An toinette, to Louis the Sixteenth ; women, of personal qualities so like, and the evil genius of husbands so similarly distinguished by character and fortunes, that it would cost nothing to suppose the same brace of souls bad been fated to play nearly the same role on different scenes under successive transmigrations." Some selections in verse are in terpersed throughout the collection of subjects hero met with, which give a variety to the prose, although they are not them selves of so high an order of merit as have appeared in the pages of this periodical. A paper appears on " Modern English Latin Verse," in which it is said that its pilmy days are over—" the poetry of scholarship has given way to science." It is argued that from this no good has arisen to the student., for the past generation " wrote the language with a geniality and a fluency wholly unattainable by us, who are too much occupied in probing among its roots to distil the honey from its flowers." A conclusion is given of the narrative of the life of James Montgomery, formerly concerned in this magazine. Finally, it is said that " there can be little doubt that upon his own times few writers have been more influential, and no doubt that his talents were at all times conscientiously exerted for good." Bentley.—Bentley opens with an amusing retro spect of the Session and the Season, political, fashionable, and dramatic. It is followed by the continuation of tin!, record of the crimes of the Joint-stock Banker, whose last achievement is the discovery of a man very like himself in appearance, who is dying of consumption, and who is to be finished by his friend the doctor when he finds it convenient to make his disappearance. The edi tor'Atale of " The Spendthrift" is continued. Those who anticipated the reformation of his reck less hero from the wonderful events of the last chapters will be disappointed, as the author holds out no hope for the amendment of a determined gamester. A memoir of the late Charles Young contains many interesting particulars of the actor's career. A paper on Ben Jonson has also much merit. "Mary Goring" forms another in the series of Miss Halliwell's experiences, and a very sad one it is—the marriage of her favourite niece with the son of Sir Thomas Elliot being suddenly broken off by the discovery of the painful rumours circulated at her mother's death some years before. " The Attacbd in Madrid" does not give us a very capti vating picture of Spanish life in the capital. Monkshood's Prosings are, as usual, the best among the literary articles—this month the subject I being Samuel Taylor Coleridge. While rendering fall homage to the great powers and extensive acquirements of the author of " Christabel," our critic cannot refrain from joining in the regret fre quently expressed that so great a genius should not have left some more finished memorial of his powers. Some of the quotations on criticism are very entertaining. The New Monthly.—" The Session and the Pre mier'" is the title of the opening paper in this ma gazine. In taking a review of the chief events of Lord Palmerston's premiership it arrives at the highly satisfactory, but slightly perplexing, conclu sion, that the termination of the present war is the most triumphant and successful of recent times. No less than three papers of travels .are this month among the contents, including a considerable range of land and sea in their descriptions. " Travels in the Central Parts of South America," the first of these is taken from a French work which has re cently appeared under circumstances that invest it with some degree cf interest. The author, M. de Castelneau, was the author of a work on The United States, and the Silurian System of North America. His talents as a geourapher and natu ralist procured him so much consideration that he was offered a diplomatic appointment at Lima, by the Republic ; but having first to ask permission of his own government, Louis Philippe, who is said to have taken great interest in geographical disco veries, reproached him for deserting the cause of science, and offered him the command of an explor ing expedition into the least-known parts of South America. This offer he accepted with eagerness, but the events of 1848 prevented him from giving the results of his researches to the world. He is now French Consul at Bahia, and the " Histoire du Voyage " has now appeared in six volumes, under the superintendence of Dr. Weddell, one of the party. Many details, very interesting to na turalists, may be found in this paper, which of course gives a mere outline of the traveller's ad ventures. The second paper of travels bears the comprehensive title of a " Swedish Voyage round the World," and is one of a series of letters. The ono before us treats almost exclusively of Madeira. The remaining paper is descriptive of the Cyrenaica, or region of the five cities, a pleasant and welt watered spot, situated in North Africa,and recently visited by Mr. Hamilton. Like most other desert journeys we should say the author's adventures were more agreeable in the recollection than in the experience. Among the most unph a3ant was hi detention by the Arabs of Siwah fur six weeks. " The Butterfly Chase" is the continuation of the story of Ashley, which appeared in last mouth's number. It is a tale of melancholy interest which, we suppose, will be continued. " The Old King's Arms .' is a curious story, apparently founded on fact. "The Pilgrimages to the French Palaces" are continued, and extend this month to Marly and Malmaison. Of course the latter part is occupied by anecdotes of Napoleon and Josephine, the first relating to Louis the Fourteenth and the charming young Duchesse de Burgogne, the second Dauphine, as sLe was called. Among the remaining articles may be mentioned the continuation of the " His tory of the Newspaper Press" and a criticism on Sir G. 0. Lewis's work on the "Early Roman History." Colburn's United Service.—" The first guide to the Malakhoff," it would appear, was General Mac kintosh, who, during the progress of the siege of Sebastopol, was appointed to the command of Corfu, in which he was enabled to render Lord Raglan important service. The Malakhoff, as the reader may be aware, has this peculiarity : its superior altitude and command can only be ascer tained by one who has climbed to its summit. This feat, we are told, was performed twenty years ago by the above general, who, at that remote period, penetrated the designs of Russia, and com municated the result of his observations to the Gc vernment of the day. Possessed of the knowledge thus acquired, and fortified by the opinion of Sir John Burgoyne, Lord Raglan urged, but fora con siderable time vainly, on the Fieuch commander the importance of directieg operations more imme diately against the Malakhoff ; opposition not being overcome until a letter from General Mackintosh, at Corfu, calling attention to the discovery he had made, was handed over to the French, by his lord ship, for perusal. " The Move Home," and "Reminiscences of the War in the East," are the subjects of passable papers. " Organisation of the Royal Artillery " is concluded, and " Our School of illuskotry "is described. The Hythe establish ment is said to be, "in every respect, highly effi cient." A plea is set up by a correspondent "To Increase Naval Half Pay " chiefly on the ground of the important services rendered to the land operations, by the navy, during the war. A num ber of articles, on purely professional subjects, are accompanied by a readable and useful account of " The Nicaragua Canal and the Mosquito Shore," and a bit of entertaining operatic gossip on " The War of the Theatres." The Editor's Portfolio hails the royal successor to Lord Hardinge with all the fervour of a worshipper of the rising sun—though doubtless with sincerity. "The Chelsea Report" would yield unlimited satisfaction ; but for one " damned spot," the exculpation of Lord Lucan, the commander of the ill-fated cavalry. " The tenour of the evidence," the editor remarks, " did not warrant the Commissioners in blinking that (the destruction of the cavalry) disaster, as virtually they have done." Oxford and Cambridge.—A paper on " Popular Lectures considered as an irregular channel of Na tional Education" opens the number, and offers a number of practical suggestions likely to command general approval. " Woman, her Duties, Educa tion, and Position," is the title of, perhaps, the ablest, and certainly not the least earnest, article in the number. It were well if the subject were oftener entertained in a similar spirit, and treated with like comprehensiveness, intelligence, and judgment. Without recording our assent to all that is advanced by the writer, we feel satisfied in recommending the article to the attentive perusal of the reader. Two articles in succession are de voted to the Exposition of Art : the first dealing with Alfred Rethel's (a German) two " wonderful engravings"—" Death the Avenger," and " Death the Friend ;" and the second, with a remarkable picture by " One Dante Gabriel Rosseti," from a celebrated passage in Dante ; and another, hardly less remarkable, by a native artist (Madox Brown), the subject being " The Last of England," as taken aboard ship by the straining eyes of emigrants. In addition to the above, the number contains other papers of more or less merit. The Law Magazine and Law Review.—Among the contributions to the August quarterly number will be found articles on " Probates of Wills,' " American Faction—Non-Interference with Jus tice," "Peerages for Life," Minister of Public Jus tice—His Functions and Duties," " The Appellate Judicature," and " The Evidence in Palmer's Case." Speaking of the medical evidence, the writer of the latter article remarks, " The above account of the con flict of medical evidence is calculated to suggest pain ful ideas. Either the subject is very obscure, and these scientific witnesses have rashly dogmatised where they should have been modestly silent, or, while the facts of the case were such as to warrant certain obvious conclusions, others were promul gated in fraud of justice and in contempt of truth." This may be, and doubtless is, the only alternative that could in fairness, and with due regard to truth, be presented ; but the writer certainly does not mete out the same measure of justice to his own profession, in offering, as he does, a sophistical defence of the remarkable protestation of belief in Palmer's innocence made by Sergeant Shee The Eclectic Review.— The fourth volume of " Modern Painters" is subjected to analysis in the opening article with similar results to those found in the reviews by the Eclectic of the preceding vo lumes, so far as the reputation of Mr. Ruskin as an Art Reformer is concerned. "Low Life in Lon don," as revealed by recent works, will be perused with deep interest both in the metropolis and in the provinces. Noticeable among the remaining con tents are—an article on " The ° Austrian Concordat," the mischievous political schemes intended to be accomplished by which are ably set forth ; and a review of Lamartine's characters in Vol. 111. of the Memoirs by that distinguished but somewhat im pulsive and paradoxical writer. Altogether the number sustains the reputation of this well-esta blished review. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. —The following gen. tleinen having undergone the necessary exarn;nations for the diploma were admitted members of the College at the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the Ist inst. : Messrs. William Jackson, Penin, Stafford ; John Thos. Jones, Ruthin, Denbigh s hi re ; John Thomas Morris Froxfield, Wilts ; H u b er t Ed mun d K e lly, Pi n ner, Mid: dlesex ; Henry Wilcox Down, Glastonbury ; Wilham Henry Hayward, Birmingham ; William Aickin, Bel fast ; Josiah Cash, Matlock ; William Roche, Cork ; Edward Banbury Pitman, Eastbourne, Sussex ; James Leech, Whitney, Cork ; and Samuel Archer, Liverpool. AMATEUR PAIR OARED BOAT RACE.—A. very excellent amateur pair-oared boat race was rowed on Saturday evening, for a prize of the value of 101. The competitors were C. Hales and J. Marriott (Times Unity Club), and W. White (Queen's Printers) and J. Perry (Messrs. Tyler's), and the distance rowed was from Mr. F. God frey's, the Queen's Head, Mortlake, down to Putney. bridge. , At Hammersmith-bridge Hales and Marriott were four or five lengths a-head, but a gallant spurt on the part of White and Perry, at the Crabtree, slightly diminished the lead. Hale s and Marriott afterwards went farther in advance, and won by eight lengths. 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