The Sun. — London, England, 1856-07-17 00:00:00

MONEY DI Ait K. sl' COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed heavily, but with more steadiness ; compared with Friday's rates, prices of all kinds were unchanged. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales, including 780 Pernam and Maranham, at 6 1. to 61d. ; 50 Bahia, 61d. to 61d. ; 100 Egyptian, 61d. to Bd. ; 6 00 Surat, 40. to 50. ; and 80 Sea Islands, llid. to 13d. per lb. The Railway Share Market was not quite so firm as on Tuesday, there being a alight fall in prices. The public sales of colonial wool commence this evening, and it is expected that about 70,000 to 80,000 bales will be offered during the series. The advises from New York state that the mar ket for speculative securities was iu a very unset tled condition at the latest date, and it was gene rally considered probable that prices would recede since a disposition was manifested by the operators to realise their profits after the recent improve ment. The Cotton Market was firm but quiet. Bread stuffs were fully supported, and the demand for flour for shipment to Europe had increased. The Australian accounts brought by the Earl of Sefton, which arrived yesterday, are generally con sidered favourable. Gold had receded to 76s 6d. per cz. In New South Wales, also, trade appears to have improved. The half-yearly meeting of the London Joint Stock Bank has also been held to-day, at which the report was presented, showing the net profits for the half year to have been 92,5861. 18s. 6d., from which the directors made a dividend at the rate of 124 per cent. per annum, with a bonus of 10s. per share, leaving a surplus of 25,0861. to be carried forward to next account. The report was well re ceived, and thanks were voted to the directors. The Bank of England directors at their meeting to-day have made no change in the official charge for discount accommodation ; but, although the minimum is still 4y per cent., the rates iu Lom bard-street continue at 4 per cent., or a fraction lower. At the present quotations the Continental exchanges are firm, and if further remittances of gold from Australia should arrive, and the exports of gold to Paris, ac., diminish, the authorities in Threadneddle-street will, no doubt, speedily an nounce a reduction of a half per cent. Yesterday the receipts of specie were large, viz., as follows : Per Earl of Sefton. Melbourne..... £240.000 FianciNllenty Portland Bay 42 8 ,000 Atlant;c V New York 183,000 Tatar £851,000 This total is very considerable, and at the pre set t moment cannot fail to produce a beneficial 113 fl ue , ce on the general condition of the money market. The Funds have improved to-day, but there is still an absence of animation. The return of favourable weather, and the large arrivals of specie more than a milflion sterling having been received this week-have naturk.lly imparted a firmer tGne to the market. Consols for money have been to 951, and for account 95 and since 90 4 96 . The Ne w 3 per Cents. are 961 4, and the educed 95'4 to .064. Exchequer Bills have risen to 20s. and 245. prem., and the Bonds to 1001. India Stock is Foreign Securit ics are dull, but firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents, have risen to 104 and 1011, and the 4 per Cents. to 10 , 6 and 1061. Spanish Threes are ; the New .Deferred 234 ; the Passive 61 ; and the Certifica+ - ..as 6. Russian Fives have been 111 i, and Sardini an 921. Mexican Stock is higher, viz., 234 I. The following a re the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 74 ; Mexi can, 23 4 Peruvi: in, 81 3 ; ditto 3 per Cents, 57 9 ; Portuguese 4 iSae Cents., 49 51 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 111 1.3 ; ditto 4-k per Cents., 98 100 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 4i14 4i ; ditto Deferred, 23 4; ditto Certificates, 5-& 64- ; ditto Passive, 6i 7. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :- 18.N6. 1855. treat Western 4 Noith•Western South-Western Brighten 16,514 15,392 Midland S outh-Ea2tern 21,908 21.809 Caledonian Great Northern....... 20.295 19 , 491 Lanca s hi re an d Yorkshire,-..... 25,324 22,317 Bristol and Exeter 6,858 6,492 C hester and olyhead 6,773 6 , 140 Londo n G en H Omnibus Comp any 10,648 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 9,301 8,698 'orth St a ff or d O xford Worcester, and Volverh. 3,797 3,774 Waterford and Lin - meek 1,193 1,035 Relf a Y t and B a ll rne 1.005 878 Aberde en and Scot; a h Nrcl'iand . 3,641 3,477 Edinburgh and Gbi 5,455 4 , 944 Gi aß Grand and Sout),-Western 6,754 6 . 928 a " iroA of Canada Great Western of Canada....- The I :tailway Market has been fluctuating, but at pre, wait the quotations area higher. A moderate amor Cut of business has been done, and Lancashire and Yorkshire and Great Northern have been in de. 'hand. The Riga Shares are heavy, owing to a mitinua.nee cf unfavourable rumours regarding the concession and the I va-ante°. Bengals are premium, Calcutta 41, Euphrates 4, Colonial Shares generally rule firm. Banking Shares have advanced ; but Mines and Miscellaneous descriptions are quiet, at previous rates, p.u,:n, One. 1 11 `'ulc Steak Reduced .. ku unitieb... . ........ 95k 6i 6 k 3 !.er Oent. Co ns ols annuities 950 4 i N " •-` per • 'eta. Annuities New 3i per Cent. Annuities New 2i per Cent. Annuities 791 Lon Annuities, expire stb Jan. 1860... 3 5.16 a Ditto 3 t Years, expire 10th Oct , 1859 3i Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1385 lBl India Stook C.,,eois for Account Consol Scrip 4l p Exchequer Bills, 20- )31000 £SOO small Ditto Bonds, 8858, 34 per Cent. lOll 1 _ __ . Ditto, 1859 - - - ' 1001 1 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Mexican 3 par Cent 23 1 Ditto Account 231 1 I Russian Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent lll. 121 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Sp i is, Bowls, 3 per Cent 44 Ditto Account Ditto Few Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account ' Ditto Passive 6l N 3 allish Committee Cert. of Coup. wit fun 6 Tarkisth Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account 'Venezuela Bonds, 4/ per Cent Ditto Account 3l n. i. en , on the shove payable in London. French Rentes, 41 per Cent. . Ditto 3 per Cent. 72f ea 25f Zia THREE O'CLOCK. 95a ...... 95i Ga d ConKols •••• Ditto Account (A.Tz. 7) I VIEETING OF THE CITY BANK. (This Day.) BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. I l on . f grom, 004.-ial Lit, The first ordinary general meeting of the shareholders 40 of the City Bank was held to-day, at the London 'raver'', r 5 B ishopsgate-street ; Sir R. Carden, the Chairman of the 20 Board of Directors, in the chair. The report was ex ceedingly f avou rable. New shares bad been issued to ig ° o the extent increasing extentofl,soo shares, at a premium of Si. per shar e, 100 the subscribed capital to 450,0001. After 20 t ransferring 10,000/. to the " Reserved Fund," allowing 20 1 ,000/, on account of the building, paying off the entire 20 amount of the preliminary expen3e3 (3,1181. 17s. 50 11 ) , and making all other necessary alto ances, 1600 C the directors are enabled to pronose a dividend, after the 100 rate Of SZ. per cent, per annum, free of income tax, and 104 - , carry forward 2,367/. is. 6d. to the " Profit and " 20 " 8 " new account. Since the Gth of August (the t 50 opening of the bank) 14,827/ 103. GI, has been paid for 20 in terest on curre n t an d d e posit accounts. The rep ort was unani rnously adopted, the dividend declared , and 20 votes of thanks passed to the chairman and directors, UN and tn. avir. White, the manager. 10 THE RECENT STEAM-BOAT COLLISION ON THE 25 ziERSET. —A.o.thpr of the uaortu• ate suff rers from 2f. the recen , t coliiyion between the Excel4or and the Mail s team-bo l is died, yesterday, in the Liverpool Northern la tr. N,v, c /IL d h. A E, (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. I raid.) Riar..wATs. Closing Prices this day 'Ater. t. Cu 9i Ambg. liottng. Bo.L. and Usti. Janos... all Belfast & llallymenz , .. all Birming. Wolverh, 4tonr Valley ..... all Birk eihd. Lan.:si,. aheshire %.‘ es Birk. all Do do all Rlyth &Tynsorigins , £25 (isad. at £4 100 Bristol and Itietei... 100 Oaledonian..... ..... • all Chester 4; Holyhead. all Cork and I3ando ,, all Cork, Black. it Pas,. tBnornw all Do. A ............. 8 Do. B 4T , Dub: in&Belfast,June All Du - a. P. * T. Jae Eagt Ai glian all K, tern Counti , s.. . 100 'Tnion 4 Btl pt.., B. Stock 8j ; ) 4) , I7»w A-... .. 10 East Kent OU I :Aro 1.-4neashire Fdiut uuh Glare.' all Edlnb. and Peel , es... Or' Edin.Prtii ndee all t , ortb & Clyde :tine. aU Furness all I )o. I.'Xt Glasgow Welrt all Great N. of Scotlnd. 1.00 cheat Northern 100 Do., A. Stook 100 Do., B. Stock IY. It. Sth. & West. (Ire lOC heat Western...... . 100 3., Stour Val. Rat Gila. Stk.. all Trial; South-Easter!. ill eareaster & Carlisle 14Y Do., Thirds 11 DJ. New Thirdb..... 1 Lniwlsh.andYorkP' 1 )1., We,. aiding fru all Do. South' or: all uoudon & 1113 1...0nd. Bright & S.Cat 10G [And. and N. Westn 16 Do. Fifths 5i D0.101.8h.,M&1L,C DQ. Eignthn too I,ondon and R xv , -. tn. 14 Lon. Tilby. & South. Barking Sh all Lndndrry atOolerain , ill Lndndrry. & Ennisk, I'W' tianch.Shef.kLind' x2s ; )., Man. tin. Tin 1 .4 etropoli tan 100 Stidland 100 ; ►o. Birmng. &Derb all Mid. 13.0. West. arc all i.)o. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisl, all Nwpt.Aberg. & Pi Nauru & I Newry, Warrenpo - nt ani Koitrevor..,_ :4rfolk 7 3i '''ortho.Countion North Britihh .„ 100 th Pnynn Rai!. & Dock Stock LOO :so., A Stock .;) B Stock. lo N.Eastern—Berwt , 23 i)u. do. Ertousiou 16 ! 1),.d0. G. N. E. ?uret , al Do. Loodß 100 ,f)o. York 100 !'.rort.h [,onion 3, i c &S.Wstru.,llart.. stead. and City North Stafrordshir ai North Western all N. kS. Westrn.Jun, ,• +Y., Wore.. t Was 12 I ,',rtAreenth Ottl9ll ewatrid itottish Midland 1 a ' , 00tl, Devon Baritom .... .00 ~ uth Wales . I*. Riv. DI; a ll ,t , nes, Wok. Pir. Wr. • tooktor St Daring. 10 Ivo , do., 185 1 Do., do., 1855 !:nrttet! 1 ; rA f' Vale ..... I r ) 0 . Pref., No. 2 r"‘m.nao3 Hay. D.& K. all Vale o 4 Neath... Waterfd. & Rilkenn V.lterfori&Limer all West Cornwall a u vest End of Londil , And Crystal Palace.. all Do. A 3 Do. B tii West Londoa. all Wimbledn &Croydon till intwerotitJtt rd 10 Ardennes .1, Atlan.k St.Lw. leased at 6 p. c. by Gcl.Tnk. of Canada • , 1111 tolgian It'Astu. Jun, t 4 !:Sozierb to Graisse ee - 4 6 Rona bay , &aro (I , an (!ea, g 5 p. c all Do. 5i B u ff & Lk. Hur. Ry. all Canaeaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. all i aoluerara 11 1 hitch Rhenish .... ;II Eastern of France. 9 l )o. gew ill East Indian, g. 5 p . ;ill nr , T'x. B. gu .5 p.c 5 Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. c ill Do. do. D, gu. sp. c. all D 0.4 6 p.e.Bnds.,V sil 1 10. do. do., 'CP, fl , ill Gee ong '":. Melbouzne guar. 5 per c nt.. all GC TV. of Can4daA i 9 . 00. Cert. of Debe i t . con, into Stk. till : ii !)o.Coinp. Bp. 0., (1, '4 ("ft. Central of fr'litt all (st Tr. Poo. g. sp. c 2 Do New, gu tr. sp. c 5 ‘ heat Luxeraboer Constituted Ship ( ill ,at.wmotern of (lanai+ a 'Mares ....... SADo. New...... ...... onyable '6 al'. Do. do.. '76./4'60.. al !")o. do., '73 do. IN - ,. do., '73, withou o ption .. ........... all 'Ai( e riOnqt. & Bag' all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. ; I.li Lucca Pist. 5 p e•P 10 Lyons and tknovs all Lyons c 4 M A ditArrsk 411 iradraf gua-. 4^ p.c all 10. Newdo.,sp. o all Do. 44 p. c. Eaten 10 Do. 3d Ex., g, sp. c all Simla Antonia ' all Do. do. New all Matainr 4 Liege (wit interest) .01 no. (ex interest)... all Do. do., 6p. c. Pref sl lorthern of France Ai: gorvregianTrankPre all Paris and Lyons...-. all 'itto Bonds 4' 'arts and Orleans. 3 Recife & San. Fran., (Pernam ) g. 7 p. c. all Riga & Dunaburg is. at 801. per share .. 5 Rome and Frascati. all : , yal Danish all Etoya!Swedish..... ki -.timbre and Manse. all to. 54 p. cent. Pref. 5 ;elude, guar. sp. c all D 0... 18 outhern of France., 8 it. Andrew's an • Quebec (A).,. vest Flanders_ tii. )o 5A per C. Pref 1 411 V. &N.W. of Pram, i• Vest. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden .11 %%lend iOTNT.' 11 I A.,Virr3.l,olt eiIItRIGN 14 Bank of Egypt 50 Bank of London all tn. Col. tik.lkLn. C. al tritiwb N. American •hartd. Bank of As- , 6 'intd. Bnk. of India, Australia, Zs Chin, ICity olon•al 20 lonuneretal of Loud all ilng.Scot.ltAns.Cht all Loud. Chart. Bk. 0, Australis 15 :litto New zt. London and Conni Al. l 50 Lna. &E. Bnk g. Corp . ii London Joint filtizwi, . 10 Loudon and Paris.... 2u . ,aud. & Wostminsto. 31 lational Pro.of Eng 10 Do. New ... 22 Cation:l of Bank ... all Yew Bonth Wain... all Irient%l Bank )S o,,rpnr a ttc m . 10 Ottoman Bank , 2 .:TGvincial of Irelan , aii 'to. Now . kos R &Go h a f .. - ) 5 -toyal British....... all fink dof Anstralit.. , 2 Do. ICIIN 10 , nion , 'f bfuvlon 0 bo festern BkofLond 29 31 41 - 5 - 81 9 4 191 - 20 18 - 18 134 141 96 -- 98 I 611 -61 t! !6 17 12 - 14', """ 2 3p ' 10 11 18 -- 19 10} 37 - 39 20 - 28 , 86 - 88 62 64 38 - 39 94 - 96 8 - 84 97 98 , 77 -- 78 130 132 112 1 1 4 62 64 60 _ 65 73 -- 76 ei 74 e 7 97i ... 98} 7 7i 108 110 1071 - 108k' -- 2 pl i d 1106 - 107 1.•- 5 7 33 34 id -- par 82t 83} 53 64 in : 16 55 11 - 57 3i - At 37A -. 38 •.- 4 / 1 - 3 2} - 7i 184 62 CS 91 96 4f - 4 6 • Ci 11. • 12 32 - 34 'O6 108 77 - 79 49 bl 6- 73 744 80 - 4 2 15 --- 17 37 38 19,E 20i 5i li 23 2 6 6i - 76 31 -- 7 - 9 8 B il 4 -- 5 ? 3 3 / 4 - lip - 36 3i - 374 .• - 244 9.3} - 23;1 2i - 3 i 22 -23 f 24 - 25 13.1 g4i - ftrq 8 22 —22 a 2 2,p 53 -- 5 3 26 .6 / 2 100 - 102 124 I '2B 124 - 128 11 1.12 - 6 p l 11 - 126 - 21; - - 9i 91 8$ - 9 20 43 - 43 8 -- 9 ' 56t - 57 ••• --- ••• 54 - 56 11 - 3 ... 3tp ••• - 20- 1 - - 10 11; 21 - 31 Pm - 5 37 - 38 ii 7 io RA NW& Ul3 - 105 ' lIP 68 - 70 .. .... • i •1 p 74 -- 76 •e, ''.. ... 17i -18 i 20 - 21 p- 1p per 21:' - • ••• .'". •••• .h 47 - 49 41 - 42 51 .as ''' ~... - 45 47 35 37 72 74 8 10 ••• • - ••• 1 Li, 2 p Business done this day `TIE SUN, LONDON• THURSDAY EVENINM; JUIN - 17. 1856. RAILWAYS. 1: 'ledfoid :%fl Rlot.iidt 100 Buckahani.i'n 1;0 Clydesiai , all Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. 10( E. Lin. v. pc. all E. Un. ICK) Glas. Barr. & gel's. Direct !ICP) Do. N0w...... all Gletrat Dn Fr all Hrtlpl. Dk. Railway ..„ al Hull & Selby all Do. s al! Do. T Shares. at! Lon.&Greenw sl Do.PreferenN. 10!) Lon., Til., & 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. to() Do. 6 per ct. all Manch. Bxtn. and Matto. I, all Middlesbro' Redcar 1410 Midld.Bmdf 54 Newmarket Bury E. G.spt al i N.,St Est.s p.c. all Do. 6 per ct all Do. Fixeds p c all Prost. kV yr all Do. Shr, A l`3o Royetn.k Hit. Shot Roth an , Goole g. 5 p. c. all Shrews.&Her 10i S. Staffordsh. 411 Wear Valloygr i per cont , all D 0.... 1100 I Wiltqleornrst Lo a fits fora: ,an I Gunon N. ge.i.W. (Inlocio , • . E. Un. E. C... Ot..Nrt , E. Count. !Do at. Viewx Vk. Now. Berw. Y. St N , Do. I Do B. Este I Do Poto he Co. !Norfolk., Do L.& N. W & Stek ton & Darlingt.' En. Conn. E. Count. D 0... Do L. & N. W I Do Gt North.) Laneash Yorksh. T. Brassey 14. ?Wien! Stockt. Darlingt Do iGtWeetn. C :: , in, „ this - 100 100 -- 105 12 - 14 L 35 139 4 ... 44 ••• ''.' 23 ie .•. .07 1(9 234 - 213 Ll 5 - 114 ~. '-' • • • 2i 94 -- 66 5/ - 7 - t,91 ... - ~ 135 - 138 71 21 -- 33 - 34 90 94 PREFERENCE SHARE:3, Bt. , St. 100 berdeq , Deben. 100 Do. 6 per cent. lOU i)o. N 0.2, 7 le o. 4 . 1 - 4 1yth andTyn 10 pf c. prof. (issd..tsoi & Mx. 4 p. e. 'lO. 4 p. c. Shares ti !aledonian £lO .... el 'hes. & Gn. 5i p, ')o. do. Prof. No. 2. UI rm. do. Pref. No. 2. Cork &Bandousip.e Inn.Prth .&Aber.J. 4. Anglian Cls. A Sh OM Do. do. Cls. B6p. c. 100 )o. do Cls. C7p. c. I.l' ;?.as.CIo.TIT ,spc No t.ll Do. No. 4 . til )o. New 6p.0. St cast Un., G. 6 p. all )o. 51., 10 per cent 10. IU. Debentr.Sh. %I . )o. do. 4 per cont. lad Lanea-h 6 p. etr ?t W. York. S. sth, 3 &lin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh. 4 . 00 PAIL &Dun.4p.c all ?unless 82. 3 531 2u St St St. Ar. 1t39. &5.W.G.5 p.c .00 front Northn. sp. c 0C o. sp. c. Redeem A 10 p. c. prom. +o. 4.3 p.c 74 Do. sp. c. Scrip, RM. 5 p. c. , aI , It.N. of Scot. lat Pre 0 , It. F, itSV. (Ireland 13 Do. 4per c. Prof. 4t. W4is. (Gll. Exspc io. con. red. IA p.c. COD. r ed. 4 p. c irre(i. 4p. c. 861 7 18} 6:4 1 3 21 95 LOO Do. sp. c. red. prof to Jo, Binh. Pref. Chester 8 p. c. P. r t 1 )o. do. sp. c. do. )e. , Birux. Gus. Stl, til )o. Ches. Gus. Sh.• %I )o. do. do -11 Do. do. do fi An. &York. F. £2 )o. 6 p. c. Stock . ,on. &Brie!, (4.6 LOU )o. Pref., sp. c. S'.: I_o' .l Do. New Guar.6 p. e [OO Do. do. 5 per cent r,OO. &N. W., Coy. d! uneaton 5 p. et 00 (Th .& q. w. 7 per ct late 3d Shares ... All Cole' tSL Goody. & Ennis. s ' . 107 T. 6p. Cent 13 i i i Igi 16 1 16 74A 4 1)o. do. do. 00 ,)o. do. 31 per con'. .11 Warypt.AtCarl.4p r. all .)u. 44 per cent; 10. Do. do. did. Consol.6 p.c.St 1(10 'to. Con.Fir.Bir.6p( 100 Da. 4i p. C. Pref. - iOO Ditto L.& R. Pref. S , I New., Aber., &c., pr. (sp. c. red. 5p c. pm. 2 Do. Perpet. 6 p et. with optn. till '66 ali Norfolk l;eheuture 00 Do. Pref. bp. e. St , el: 00 Do. 5 p.c. Ext. . :00 D , .). 6i per ct.pref.... 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. 0. iOO North British inn N. E. Berw. 4p.0 P. Si Do. do. do 13 Do Leeds 6 p.c 9 Do. do. Quarters ... 10 Do.Yorkfl.&S. Pur all North Staffordshixle. 100 Ox,Wo, •: W. 1518 p, all Do R. Pref. 101. Sh. all Soot. Cent. ,New Prof all South Devon all Do. fixed, 44 per cent all S. Eastern (Routine /ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 1.00 Do. 44; per cent all Do. Fixed 4i p c sh 100 3 Wales (Ina. 4p. c 100 D 3. do. 4} p. all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. all Atock.& Dar., sp. c. 15 Do. do. d..) z all :tuck. & liartl. g. 5 p. c. till July 1, '56 5 4i Waterf&& Kilk.6pc x in x in x in x in 14} 14 x in I si St. x in St. x in 20 x in 25 x in 25 2 1 1 i 7i 131 xin 85} 211 xin 22 4 x in 4} x in 5 I i 2 _.9 A • •• ''.' Do - . Pref. 7i p. oen ,Copiapo. 2 1I 1 Fortuna 0 Alt .............•.• 1 all Gt. NuggetVeinßog, 4,1 all Great Poleooth ....... 5 all Gt Wheal Vor United 1 all Liberty 3 111 Linares 5 1i Lusitanian 1 all Mariquits. 1 sal iNew Granada 1 all 'Nouveau Mondo 10 all ;Pontgi.9ll.4k Le. Min , 6 1 'Port Philip 1 all 'Quartz Rock 0 all 11.1iymney Iron ... I_s all ,Do. New 57 6 7 30 1 4i Santiago de etal,a.. x in 211 i x in 22j xin 111 i x in 7i 9! I 51 41 i I 9 3 / 4 111 1 R 4 - 90 1117 120 116 - 118 5 97 101 103 16 - 17 5 - 6 - 107 - 112 100 - 105 1 - 1 , 3 - 134 137 139 ii - iiii 15 1 120 111 - 114 105 - 107 - ip 6 - 6k 95 - 97 87 - 83 88 90 98 100 10 -- 10; t 7 17 10} 10 75 - 77 20% - 21 tOf - 104 15i -15 f 38 140 .Do ..... O. ,« --~ ... , so .... v•• N. .5R - 162 2 - 4 7 - 9 122 - 125 - 1 65 - 70 - 140 101. - 103 91 - 93 li - 2 PI , ... ... ••• 105 —lO7 96 F.B 1 d ... .... •• • 1 - 112 - 114 15 io 23i - 24 102 - 105 10} -- 10! ... MM. .. ..• -•- 2i - 3iPl .ii —11 d 101 pm pm 120 191 MINES. 1 all Ap.I. Fria - ••• lOs all .nglo Californian - .., 30 7 Australian , la - 10 1 all i lladen (Gd. Duchy of .• . - •.. 50 all Blsonar. Iron St Goa ••• - ... 20 14 , 1 3ritish Iron 4 - 6 15 264 Brazilianlrtp.(iesne e at £5 pm.) - 3 30 all ,Do. Comes Er Cuiab 3 --- 4 20 15 Do. St. Johr Del Re , 21. - 23 1 ij Clarendon Cons. MiT. Co. of Jamaica A - IP 40 all Clobre Copper .. f.o -- 62 6/i 60 5 1 A Colonial Gold ... - ••• it Ale Copper Miu. of En... • - 30 -- 35 32 25 111 Do. Pref. 7i p. can: 25 - 4 27 -.. IC Coplapo. ... .. 16 -- 18 . 2 11 Fortuna l .d - P 20 all Gcnt...a1.... .......... 1 all Ot.NuggetVeinßog• . - 41 all Great P01c00th....... .. 5 all Gt Wheal Vor United_ id 1 all Liberty i i 3 all Linares 8 - 8f 5 1f Lusitanian p-- 4 1 1 all .Mariquits. .... - i 1 all iNew Granada - t 1 all 'Nouveau Monde ':.O all ;Pontgi.Sll.& Le. Min ll - 12 6 1 !Port Philip - I 1 all 'Quarts Rock l-- 0 S 50 all ithymney Iron ... 26 - 28 15 all ,Do. New 8 -- 10 30 1 4f gantiaao de Cuba.. 21 -3} ... 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 2 - 2a 1 all Sont.t. Australian. i -- 4 I all Do. Scrip 0 1 all ;Do. 10 per cent Prof ... - ... . . 41 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. 11 - 21 10 all (in Croft ... ..... - - 40 sgi all United Mexican 3A - 4 1 ad] Waller -• ... 1 all West Mariposa i i 1 12s Worthing Mining of Australia ......_ 25 1 9 le 11 to all MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Agricult. Anstmln. 'Royal Mail Berlin Water Work -Slit. American Land Canada .1, Go.6p.e. Jank;nly Do. 6 p.c. Feb & lug Do. 6p c. Mar & Sept ‘lrysta) Palace 28 - 30 51 - 6 130 14i - 115' - 6 - 6. - t•• "."`" 92 - 94 1~ - 1~ 4A 8 10 31 41 11 • 14p 21 44 - 5 a an 22 - 24 141 - 15 - 1 i - $l) 4 21 - 3' 66 - 68 5 - 6p 71 - 73 - 2 - 37,P 1 1 11 16i -- 17; ... -! ... Ocs. Preference.. lrystal Pal.of Franc ')URtOI3 Iron Oro Eastern Steam. r:lectric Telegraph... glectric Teleg. of Ir. En.&Aus Cop Sm Co Gen. Iron Sc Collier Swaim Navigat. Gene; al Screw Steam Loud. Gen. Omnibus Magdalena St. Navig' Aediteran. Elec. Tel. %to xica n kS. Am erica. Nat. Discount C 0.... Nat. Pat. Steam Poe 1 4 et ',whin& Land._ Do. Do. Do.BpePissatld New B. di N.S. Lana N.S.W. Gov. sp.e.D. N. 14. Itustraiaman Nrth.clEuropeSt4ani Oriental Gas Do. "New Shares" Peel Rr. Ld. & Peninsular& Oriental Do. New Ttoyal Mai' Steam ..„ Scot. Austral. Incest. Ditto New.., Slutb linatrll.-Laril enbmar. Tel. Seri . D tjt:g , Ist Co. Cr, [Vas Digirsipn'. v.Go.6p.c.JaliSt7nil his i LAW INTELLIGLNOE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Cornrniesioner Fane.) IN IZE J. IL CORIUM Thi:s bankrupt is described as a boarding-house keeper, and to-day was appointed for lye last examination. The balance-sheet, prepareti by Messrs. Bee4ley and Franklin, Moorg,ate4treet, extending over a period of 10 years, from May, 1846, shows debtor:to creditors—un secured, 1,132/. 2s. ld. ; ditto holding secdrity, 2,6121.; profits, 5,174/. 19s. Surplus, May, 1846, 2,474/. 19..4.; creditor by good debts, 44/. 10s. ; property, 181/. ; ditto in the hand , of creditors, 310/. ; trade expenses, 4,836/. ; domestic, 3,6961. ; law, 2631. ; losses, 2,3021. ; interest and discount, 1,156/. Mr. Chidley appeared for the bankrupt, who passed without opposition. IN RE POLGLASE. This bankrupt was described as a millwright, of the Borough-road, and to-iay came up for his certificate. Mr. Lucas appeared to oppose on several grounds. Mr. Linklater, for the bankrupt, submitted that this was a case entirely of unavoidable loss and misfortune, arising principally on a loss of 12,0001. on a Govern ment contract for shells during the late war, The loss was alleged to have been occasioned through an error on the part of bankrupt's foreman. His Honour said there was no ground for delaying the certificate a single day, and granted an immediate certificate of the first class. THE WRECK OF THE SPARTAN. ADMIRALTY, 17TH JULY, 1856. The following intelligence has this day been re ceived from Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir M. Stop- ford : On the night of the 11th of July her Majesty's steamer Shearwater and steam-transport City of London arrived at Malta from Tunis, the former with 1 officer and 196 men, and the latter with 10 officers, 520 men, 1 lady, 1 child, and 6 horses, all of the Land Transport Corps, that had been wrecked in the steam-transport Spartan. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. CHELMSFORD, WEDNESDAY. The following prizes have this day been made public : DIPLENIENTS. The judges were—Mr. J. V. Gooch, Mr. T. Huskinson, Mr. C. Sewell Read, Mr. H. B. Caldwell, Mr. T. Hawkins, Mr. J. H. Nalder, Mr. W. Chalderaft, Mr. J. J. Rowley, Mr. J. Clarke, Ploughs best adapted for general purposes-J. and F. Howard, s'. ; W. Ball, 4/. ; E. H. Bentall, 4/. Ploughs best adapted for heavy land-J. and F. Howard, 4/. ;W. Ball, 31. ; Ransomes and Sims, 21. Ploughs best adapted for light land-J. and F. Howard, 41. ; Ransomes and Sims, 2/. ' • W. Ball, 21.; E. H. Bentall, 2 /. Ridge plough -.4. and F. Howard, 31. Tarn wrest plough-Ransomes and Sims, 2/. Pipe and tile machine-Mr. J. Whitehead, Si. ; Mr. T. Stragg, 4/. Brick and tile machine-Sfr. H. Clayton, Si. Set of draining tools-Messrs. Burgess and Key, 3/. Clod crushers, heavy land-A. Crosskill, 3/. ; W. Dray and Co , ;W. Cahlblidge. 21. ; Ransomes and Sims 2/. ; W. Dty and Co., 2/. Plain roller -Ransomes and Sims, 2/. ; ditto, light land-Hill and Smith, 2/. ; E. H. Bentall, 21. Heavy land crusher-A. Croskill, 21. Subsoiler Bentall, ; Mr. Smith, 4/. ; Dray and Co., C. ; J. anti F. Howard, 31 . ; Ransomes and Sims N. ; Barrett, Exall, and Co., 1/. ; General purpose harrows-W. Wdliams, 3/. ;J. and F. H o ward, •; Ransomes and Sims, 21. Dr •g harrows-J. and F. Howard, 31.; W. Williams, 2'. Light ditto-J. and F. Howard, 31. ;W. Williams, 2/. ;E. H. Bantall. 21. Cultivators for heavy land-E. H. Beutall, 31. • It. Cideman, 3/. ; Ransomes and Sims. 2/. Ditto, light land-R. Coleman, 3/. ;E. H. Bentall, 3/. ; Phillips and Wood. 1/. Scarifier or parer-R. Coleman, E H. Bentall, 2/. SILVER MEDALS.- T. F. Griffiths and Co., a patent cheese-making apparatus ; Mr. bert Roby, a patent corn screen ; Mr. George Pye, the preparation of flax ; Messrs. Barrett, Exall, and Co., a patent endless band saw ; Ran somes and Sims, Cotgrave's subsoil plough ; Phillips and Wood, poppy extirpator. SHORT-HORNED CANTLE. CLASS I.—Best bull, calved previously to the Ist July, 1854, awl not excooding four years old, 30/ , Lieutenant Charles Towneley, Towneley Park; second best ditto, 151. H. Ambler, Farnley, near Halifax. 2 —Best bull, calved since the Ist July, 1854, and more than one year old, 251., F. H. Hawkes, near Otley ; second best ditto, ditto, 151., M. Barrowby, of Dishforth, Yorkshire. 3 —Best bull calf, above six and under twelve months old, Si., H. Am bler, near Halifax. 4—Best sow in milk or in calf, 201., Lieutenant Charles Towneley ; second best ditto, ditto, 101., ditto. s—Best heifer in milk or in calf, 151., ditto ; second best ditto 101., R. Stratton, Broad Hendon, Swin don. 6—Best yearling heifer, 101 R. Booth, Warlaby, Yorkshire; second best ditto, d. P. Grenfell, Taplow court, near Maidenhead. HEREFORD CATTLE. CLASS I—Best bull, calved : previously to the lst of July, 1854, and not exceeding four years old, 301., Lord Berwick; second best ditto, ditto, 151., E. Price, Court House, near Leominster. 2—Best bull calved since the let of July, 1854, and more than one year old, 251., W. Rooster, Thinghill, Hereford ; second best ditto, ditto, 151., E. Williams, Howes Court, Radnorshire. 3—Best bull calf, above six and undr 12 months old, Si., W. Perry, Cholstrey, near Leominster. 4—Best cow in milk or in calf, 201., W. Perry, Cholstrey, near Leominster ; second best ditto, 101., P. Turner, Pambridge, near Leominster. s—Best heifer in mills-or in calf, not exceeding three years old, 151.. Lord B wwick ; second best ditto ditto. 101., W. Raester, Thing hill. 6 Best yearling heifer, 101., W. Raester, Thing hill; second best dittO, 51., W. M •y berry, Brecon. DEVON CATTLE. Clara 1. - Best boll, calved previously to July 1, ]854, and not exceeding four years old, 301., to J. Quartly,Sonth Moulton, Devon; second best ditto ditto, 151., W. M. Gibbs, near Taunton. 2—Best bull, calved since July 1, 18i4, and more than one year old, 251., Prince Albert ; second beet ditto ditto, 15/ ,J. C. liaise, Molland, Devon. 3 —Best bull calf, above six and under 12 months old, 5/., G. Tur ner, Barton, near Exeter. 4—Best cow in milk or in calf, 201., J. Quartly, Melland House, Devon ; 2d best ditto ditto, 101., W. Farthing, Stowey Court, Bridgewater. s—Best heifer in milk or in calf, not exceeding three years old, 151., J. Quartly; 2d best ditto ditto, 101., Prince Al bert. 6—Best yearling heifer, 10/., E. Pope, Great Toiler, Dorset ; 2d best ditto, 51., J. Mole, Knowle House, Somerset. OTHER BREEDS. Class I.—Best bull, calved previously to July 1, 1851, and not exceeding four years old, 201., Lord Sondes ; beat ditto ditto, 101., J. S. Turner, Chington Farm, Sea ford. 2—Best bull, calved since July 1, 1854, and more than one year old, 101., G. D. Badh.m, near Ipswich. 3 Best cow in milk or in calf, 101., J. Gorringe, near Lewes, Sussex; 2 , 1 best ditto, 5/., T. M. Hudson, Castleacre, Nor• folk. 4--Best heifer, in milk or in calf, not exceeding three years old, 101., Lord Sondes. s—Best yearling heifer, 51., G. D. Badham, near Ipswich. AGRICULTURAL HORSES. Class 1.--Best stallion for agricultural purposes, foaled previously to Jan. 1, 1851, 301., Prince Albert ; second best ditto ditto, H. Bidden, Playford, Ipswich. 2—Best stallion for agricultural purposes, foaled in the year 1824, 201., G. M. Sexton. Cocktield, Sudbury; second best ditto ditto, 101., G. 1). Ba !barn. 3—Best agricultural stallion, foaled in the year 1855, 151., J. Clayden, Little Linton, Cambridge. 4—Best mare and foal for agricultural pur poses, 2.)/ , G. Carter, Danbury, near Chelmsford; second beat ditto ditto, 101., M. G. Barthorp, near Woodbridge. s—Best two year old filly for agricultural purposes, 151., S. Wrench, Great Holland, near Colchester ; second best ditto, ditto, 10/., S. Clayden. DRAY HORSES. Class I—Best stalliou, foaled previously to the Ist of January, 1554, 201., W. 1341cer and Son, Stapleford, Cam bridgeshire. 2 —Best stallion, foaled in the year 1851, 151., C. Tomm, Scrooby House, Notts. SHEEP. LEIC EST HRS. Class I—Best shearing ram, 251., T. L. Po.wlett,Beeston, Beds ; second best ditto, 151., ditto. 2—Best ram of any other age, 2 1., ditto; second best ditto, 15/ , R. W. Cress- Raverstone, Leicestershire. 3—Best pen of five shearing ewes of the same flock, 201., J. G. Watkins, near Droitwieh, Worcestershire; second best ditto, 101., G. Turner, Barton, near Exeter. SOUTHDOWN OR OTHER SHORT-WOOLLED SHEEP. Class I—Best shearing ram, 251., K, Orenman, Wester ham, Norfolk ; second best ditto, 151., Jonas Webb. 2 Be-t. ram of any other age, 'Si., Henry Lugar, near Bury St. Edmund's; second best ditto, 151., Lord Walsingham. 3—Best pen of five shearing ewes of the same flock, 201., ditto ; second best ditto, 10/., ditto. LONG-WOOLLED SHEEP. (Not qualified to compete as Leioesters.) Class 1— Best shearling ram, 251., James Walker, North leach, Gloucestersbire ; second best ditto, 15/ , J. B. Brown, Hampden, Gloucestershire. 2—Best ram of any other age, 251.. W. Lane, near Northleach, Gloucester shire; second best ditto, 15/., Garre, jun., Bibury, Glcueestershire. 3 —Best pen of five shearling ewes of the same flock, 20/ , W. Lane, Northleach ; second best ditto, 101., ditto. THOMAS MOORE. Memoirs of Thomas Moore. Edited by the Right Hon. Lord John Russell. S vols. Longman and Co. (FIFTH NOTICE ) Spirat adhuc amor at the commencement—Finis coronat opus at the conclusion —it is accomplished ! Moore's Memoirs are at length completed : at last Lord John Russell has found himself enabled to consummate the final tribute of a faithful friend ship—a friendship so intrinsically real and earnest that it has discovered for itself the means of being thus posthumously perpetuated. A friendship knitting together during their lifetime the sympa thies of a Whig Duke's son and of the son of a Dub lin grocer—coupling together, after their separa tion by death, the names of the poet Moore and the patrician Russell—the once Prime Minister of Eng land, assuming in regard to the Irish melodist the delicateand responsible office of his biographer. In discharging the duties of that office Lord John after all, we cannot but think, has acquitted himself very judiciously. Notwithstanding tne sneers of some and the snarls of others, he has contrived to con duct the Memoirs gradually to their conclusion in a spirit of mingled reserve and candour, manly can dour and adroit reserve, preserving from first to last as editor of the papers committed to his charge for the purposes of collation and selection, an amiable and, it must be added, sometimes a most magnanimous equanimity. Sometimes—namely, when a writer of fiercer passions, or of more atra bilious temperament might have been roused to retort—stung into indignation by the brutal taunts or coarse scurrility of a mind in itself naturally spiteful, but rendered by the lapse of time and the consequent growth of suspicion more than usually malevolent, at the very period when other men are endeavouring to cultivate at least the appearances of amenity, or the affec tation of dignified indifference. Serenely unin fluenced by mockery or by misrepresentation, the editor of these eight volumes giving us the memoirs, journal, and correspondence of Thomas Moore, has brought them in due course of time to a state of completion, and, in doing so, has added to our national store of literature a voluminous contribution, replete in almost every page with the ripe materials, not the raw materials, but the ripe materials, of interest and entertainment. Already in our previous notices of the attractive work under review, we have spoken of it in general terms, as a production distinguished, among other qualities, by two very prominent and acceptable characteristics, those of memoirs abound ing in delightful anecdote and agreeable reminis cences. The latter of these two conspicuous cha racteristics we have already illustrated by detailed allusion to the numerous and motley crowd of celebrities introduced to our acquaintance, so to speak, in kit-kat or full-length, in profile or three quarters, in life-size or in miniature, now in a ran dom sketch, now in a mere silhouette by the piquant Diary of the observant melodist-humorist ! Even the anecdotal liveliness of the pro duction, we have taken occasion, here and there, as opportunity tempted us, to in dicate incidentally by a casual bon mot or some witticism parenthetically introduced. It will be our object now, however, to afford our readers evidence, somewhat more minute and explicit, of the charm appertaining to Moore's memoirs as a repository of anecdote. A rather pleasant enterprise—we take it—seeing that the " good things," iu this way, with which the Diary in particular is stored, : happen to be, for the most part, very good things indeed, and very plentiful to boot. Apropos des bottes by the way, the specimens we shall have to give will require to be introduced—iu other words " tumbled in " neck and heels, like a swarm of merry andrews, leaping the garter on the saw - dust of an amphitheatre—these specimens of fun and frolic, quip and crank, drolleries the direct antithesis of what the Dunciad has stigmatised as— " All that on Folly Frenzy could beget Fruits of dull heat and sooterkins of wit." It is observable throughout that Moore had a natu ral relish for the ridiculous. He had a ready laugh for anything at all partaking of the facetious : whether he heard of an absurd fellow meet ing a friend running through the rain with an umbrella over him, and calling out to him as he passed, " Where are you running to in such a hurry like a mad mushroom,?" or listened to the good old story of the Irishman in the Marshalsea having heard his companion brushing his teeth the last thing at night, and then, upon waking, at the same work in the morning : " Ugh, a weary night you must have had of it, Mr. Fitz gerald !" Among the multifarious anecdotes re lated by Moore, there are no lack, by the way, of those setting forth the drollery of his fellow countrymen in a light of peculiar ridiculousness. As for example that recounted of a visitor asking a servant—" Is your master at home ?"—" No sir, he's out." " Your mistress?''—" No, sir, she is out." " Well, I'll just go iu and take an air of the fire till they come." "Faith, sir, that's out tool" Or that of the man asked by a friend to come and dine with him off boiled beef and potatoes : and who replied " That I will," says he, " and it's rather odd it should be exactly the same dinner I had at home for myself, barring the beef !" Or, again, that story of Luttrell's about the Irish lady who had been travelling with her family, and on being asked whether they had been at Aix, answered, " Oh, yes ! indeed ; very much at our ase everywhere !" Or best of all, perhaps, as indicative of the pre posterous slips of the tongue peculiar, not to John Bull, but to Pat Bull ! that related by Moore as having occurred actually within his own experience when suddenly coming one morning (with an uncle of his) upon the dead body of a poor wretch lying upon the highroad between Dublin and Sandy mount. "He had been shot," says Moore, " just under the eye, and there was no other mark than the small hole through which the bullet had en tered. Au old woman who was looking down at the body at the same time with us, said, 'lt was the blessing of God it didn't hit his eye " Not a few among the anecdotes and witticisms related by the Irish melodist come back to us, of course, as very old friends, known, years ago, familiarly. Some of them, indeed, regular " Old Joes" very much fumbled, and towzled, and dogseared, and threadbare. Scarcely any one, for example, re quires to be reminded of the uncleanly whist player to whom it was said, " I say if dirt was trumps, what hands you' would have !"—the same individual, one might conjecture, of whom it was remarked (epitaph-ically) by Kenny, that he "died of a cold caught by washing his face." Almost everyone, again, has an intimate personal acquaint mice with the sham problem, discoverable, we should fancy, somewhere or other in the pages of Miller—" Given the tonnage of a ship and the course she is upon ; required the name of the cap tain !" While the same, doubtless, might be said with equal truth of that capital old story of the man brimming over with ill-temper, coming out of a room whero he had lost all his money at play, and seeing a person (a perfect stranger to him) tying his shoe at the top of the stairs ; "D—n you (says he), ou're always tying your shoe!" and kicked him down stairs. Not less familiar too are some of the theatrical legends here revived for our amuse ment. As, for instance, that of the actor saying by mistake— " How sharper than a serpent's thanks it is, To have a toothless child ! " Or that one of old Parker, who used always to say " coison'd pup" instead of " poison'd cup " a ludicrous lapsus linguce here mentioned by Moore with a laughable addition (new to us), to the effect that one night when old Parker spoke it right, the audience said " No, no ! " and called for the other reading ! Something of the same kind, is the absurd blunder related elsewhere by our Diarist—about John Kemble performing one night at some country theatre one of his favourite parts, and being interrupted from time to time by the squalling of a child in one of the gaileries—until at length, angered by this rival performance, Kemble walked with solemn step to the front of the stare, and, addressing the audience in his most tragic tone, said "Ladies and gentlemen, unless the play is stopped the child cannot possibly go on !" A French theo.tric,tl anecdote told to Moore by an actual ear-witness of it, no other than Lord John Russell himself, is, to our thinking, in its way, ab solutely delicious. Seated next a man at the Theatre Francais, who was very much discontented at the way in which the play (" Cinna") was acted, Lord John heard him, on the following line being spoken, Ou laissez-moi regner, ou laissez-moi perir, mutter, "Ou laissez-moi siffier, on laissez-moi sortir ! " Several delightful stories, by the by, are told here about that Priaceof French wits, Charles Maurice Talleyrand—one whose sayings would have tickled the risible muscles of Voltaire, and have been dear to the memory and the note-book of the Chevalier Boufflers I Hear that story of someioody who squinted asking him Comment vont les affaires, and his answering COMM vows VOI jeZ Listen to him one day when Bubus Smith hap pened somehow in conversation to speak of the beauty of his mother, saying C'etolt done votre pore qui &Roil pas biers ! Hearken to that laughter moving reminiscence of his correspondence—the story about the lady who wrote to him (Talley rand), informing him in high-flown terms of her grief on the death of her husband, and expec ting an eloquent letter of condolence in return; his answer only being Betas ma dame. Votre affection 6, &c., Talleyrand ! In less than a year another letter from the same lady in formed him of her being married again; to which he returned an answer in the same laconic style—Oh, 01, Madame ! Votre a f fections, dc., Talleyrand. A companion anecdote illustrative of Talleyrand's nameless whimsicality being introduced in an earlier page of these amusing memoirs. The anec dote, related by Dedel, of the Duchesse de Gram tnont (sister of the Duo de Choiseul) coming to dinner, and on her passing through the ante-room where Talleyrand was standing, he looked up and exclaimed significantly, " I" In the course of the dinner, the lady having asked him across the table why he had uttered the exclamation of oh ! on her euirance, Talleyrand, with a grave, self-vin dicatory look, answered "Madame, je it'ai pas dit oh ! j'ai dit ah ! " To which adds Moore—" Co mical, very, without one's being able to define why it is so." Bon mots, grave and gay, are recorded by Moore of others beside Taileyrand. Mention, for example, is made of the late heroic Sir Charles Napier writing very beautifully and touchingly to a lady, upon the eve of his great victory at Meanee, —" If I survive I shall soon be with those I love ; if I fall, I shall be with those I have loved !" Turn • ing at a glance from the sublime (as this may be called without much exaggeration) to the ridiculous —what a provocative of mirth there is, in that allu sion to Scroope Davies calling some person who had a habit of puffing out his cheeks when he spoke, and was not remarkable for veracity—" The .Eo lian Lyre." Or, better still, that anecdote related by Kenny about Charles Lamb being once bored by a lady praising to him " such a charming man !" &c., ending with "I know him, bless him !" On which Lamb exclaimed—" Well, I don't, but d—se, him at a hazard ! " A gentleman resembling this unfortunate lady, in one respect at least, is alluded to elsewhere by Moore as the victim of one ofLord Pluukett's punning sarcasms. " Mentioned," he writes, " Plunkett's joke on some one saying Well, you see —'s predictions have come true. ' Indeed,' said Plunkett, I always knew he was a bore, but I didn't know he was an augur.' Sundry old friends we fancy we recognise here and there with new faces. Take that comical definition blurted out by Dr. Currie (hot both by name and by nature) when teazed by a frivolous Blue to tell her the precise meaning of the word idea (about which she said she had been reading in some meta physical work, but could not understand it). " Idea, madam," at last angrily exclaims Dr. Carrie, " Idea, madam, is the feminine of Idiot, and means a female fool." The very counterpart in its way of Douglas Jerrold.'s witty definition somewhere of Dogmatism,—" Dogmatism ? flog 9natism ? Why, it's, of course, ruppyism arrived at full maturity 1" Again—Mercer's mention of a punster who had so much the character of never opening his mouth without a pun, so that one day upon his merely asking some one at dinner fur a little spinach, the person stared, looked puzzled, and said, Je vous, demande pai•don, Ji onsieur, mais pour cette fois, de ne comprends pas !—is only an other version of that about Theodore Hook being in vited out under the like circumstances as a wit to be lionised, and after remaining dumb during the first course (amidst general expectation) asking his neighbour at last to pass the salt, whereupon everybody in company burst out a laughing, and said "it was too bad !" Two capital Twits are mentioned by Moore in his Diary as having been uttered by Madame de Coigny. One in which she remarked about a woman who had red hair and all its attendant consequences (some one having ob served in addition to this that she was very virtu ous)—Oui, elle est commas Samson, elle a toutes sea forces law sea cheveux! The other, in which Madame de Coigny said in reference to her own bad voice, Je qu voix contre moi—c'est le tnienne ! Quite as epigrammatic in its way is the reply said to have bean made by the Prince Liguy, who had been trying unsuccessfully to make a piece of water in his grounds, and who told him there had been a man drowned in it C'etait 112?, flatteur ! Con spicuous among the facetite preserved for us by Moore in his Diary aro the subjoined. The epitaph on the man who was very fond of oysters, and who died from a surfeit of them : "Tom Lies in these cloisters ; If at the lait trump He should not jump, Cry Oysters !'" The notion of Jekyll at Merchant Tailors' Hall, on being asked by one of that body to translate the motto, " Concordia res parvw crescunt," saying it meant, " Nine tailors make a man !" The iucittent of the Englishman giving a carte of a restaurateur (which he happened to have in his pocket) instead of his passport, and the gend'arme maliciously reading it and looking at him—" fete de veau ; pied de cochon ; ca suffit, Monsieur, c'est vows !" Enough, however. We have justified to the full, we cannot but think, the title given by us to these: " Memoirs of Thomas Moore" as a really delight ful Repertory of Anecdotes. As such alone we might commend them heartily to the lovers of light literature as an unfailing source of entertainment. We can eulogise them with reason, howbeit, for qualities much more commendable, for qualities of larger and more enduring worth ; namely, as con stituting for their author very brilliant and charac teristic memorials of his exquisite sensibility and sparkling intelligence, of the humour of his wit, it not of the Celtic music of his poetry, or the Orien tal splendour of his imagination. And so, close we here our notice of these agreeable and volumi nous Memoirs of Moore, with a Hail and Farewell! LIfhiIATIJRE. The Young Lord. By the Author of the " Disci pline of Life," " Clare Abbey," &c., &c. 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett. Those who have appreciated the former works by this authoress will welcome the appearance of these volumes. Nor will they be disappointed, as is too often the case, when previous promise is unful filled by present performance. This novel is the production of one who takes high and exalted views of life, and at the same time fully acknowledges the influence of softer sympathies, while she advo cates the claims of stern principle and uncomprt.- mising rectitude. The characters are natural, we do not find ideal perfection, or imaginary crime ; on the contrary, the chief purport would seem to be the dangers which surround the path of the good and excellent. These difficulties are skillfully depicted, and the reader cannot fail to be struck by the force and appositeness of the remarks made upon them. It is impressive to behold both sides of the question, not always to suppose mankind divided into two cliques, one for ever improving, the other as sensibly retrograding. The bad may make many approaches towards virtue, and the pure in purpose actually approach the wrong path. The hero is an admirable character, possessed of many advantages, with an upright mind, a kind heart, a noble spirit, thatjearless of obstacles, and scorning paltry motives, pressed on untiringly towards a high and holy end. If one thing more than another occupied the thoughts, propelled the actions, and inspired the soul of Hugh Beauchamp, it was the work of benefitting his humbler neigh bours. "He fought for his love when he fought for the poor." A casual observer m'ght ques tion how he could be wrong, but the calm vo of reason, and the sober reflection of truth, showed that he erred in his motive. He did not do right because it was right, he did not benefit his fellowmen, from the consideration that they were also his fellow-heirs of immortality, and that nothing he did for their good, their spiritual and moral advancement, but would turn to account either for their immediate benefit here, or be finally reaped by them in blessings in the harvest of here after. He desired to please them now, and to be pleased by their thanks. If he worked for them, he expected them to praise his labours ; if he im proved them, he thought the first fruits of their improvement should be exhibited in gratitude to him. It is not necessary to say that suoh is not, never has been, and never will be the result of doing good on earth. The state of society is too imperfect, the passions of men too violent, and the circumstances of life too trying, to admit of a simi lar conclusion. If the worker toil with that idea, he will find with the " young lord" that all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Not that Hugh Beauchamp was a profitless labourer in the human vineyard : the good he did was incalculable, and the influence of his known principles was grea. But he suffered himself from his own pride and presumption. Then is seen the best part of the narrative, when the proud nature that scorns to learn of earth is taught of Heaven. Not that it is suggested that the misfortune that came upon the proud heir of all that this world can offer to the young, to dazzle, to fascinate, and to delight, was to be considered in the light of a judgment or a retribution, such as often comes down in terror, as the thunderbolt of the skies, upon the head of the presumptuous offender against right and reason. It is more the intention of the authoress to show that the good must suffer as well as the evil, and that the sharpest sting of adversity for the conscience of the just is the knowledge that prosperity has been abused. The young heir of the Beauchamps overrated himself in supposing that be should be the primary object of all around him. He was taught a very different lesson when a season of distress arrived, and poverty—that touch stone of the feelings—knocked at the doors of \ h, people he had striven to serve. It was not only in a public capacity that this highly gifted, well intentioned, yet mistaken man, committed errors ; in private he was also unfortunate. His father had been appointed guardian to a young lady, by her father, who was abroad, and entertained a high sense of the superior qualities that distinguished the Beauchamps. He arranged that if Lord Sin gleton died before himself, the trust should devolve up )n his son, in whom, though young, he felt im plicit confidence. All came to pass as had been foreseen, and Hugh, then Lord Singleton, became 181 18 10t * j 97 6j 7i 77 130 1 614 2 4 6 p! 87i 8 711 81 109 107 i fi b 107 6i - 000 . 13i 114 74i 4 18 17i 20i . 1 15 ; 34; i i 32 i 49/ 50 35 6 73 2i :o all LO 9 I 5 5 I all LO zo all 5 _2 121 116 15x in 9n PIGS. Class I—Best boar of a large breed, 101., Rev. T. C. James, Entnington, Devon ; second best ditto ditto, 5/., J un ., Heaton Norris. 2—Best boar of a J. Harrison, small breed, ,0/., T. Crisp, near Woodbridge ; second best ditto ditto, Si., R. Engl"ml, &rthington, Yorkshire. 3 Best breeding sow of a largo breed, LOI., W. B. Wainham, Carhead, Yorkshire. 4—Best breeding sow o a mall U. S. Heywood, Folkington, Sussex. f 5 small breed, 101., U. S. 1-leyWood. Folkington, Sussex. s—Best breed, pen of throe breeding sow pigs of a large breed of the same litter, above four and under eight months old, 1.01., Rev. C. T. James. 6—Best pen of three breeding sow pigs of a small breed, of the same litter, above four and under eight months old, 10/., R. U. Watson, Bolton-park, Cumber land. FOREIGN STOCK. Bulls—Pure foreign breed, 301.. M. Cheradome Ex ouchi, Orne; ditto, 254,. Comte de Bourne a Vaisya, Novers ; ditto, 201., M. Allier; ditto, 151., M. Eluard ; ditto, 51., M. Cheradome. ditto, 10L, M. Phil i pp a ; Cows and Heifers —Fare foreign breed, 201., Comte de Bonilla ; ditto, 151, La Comte de Iritry ; ditto, 101., M. Allier ; ditto, 51., M. patrons. POULTRY. Prizes were also awarded for poultry, bat were of merely small amount. SPECIAL PRIZES OF LOCAL COMMITTEE. Class I—B es t through-bred stallion, 301., R. and J. Moffatt, Cumberland. 2—Best weight-carrying hunter stallion, 307., S. Adams, Great Waltham, Chelmsford. 3 Best coaching stallion, 251., (1 Rayden. Carlisle. 4—Best hackney stallion, 25/., G. W. Vox Hopton, Lowestoft. 201 s—Rest hackney mare, ~ Rev. C. T. James.. 6—Best gelding, of any age, for hunting purposes, 151., F. Barlow, near Woodbridge. 7. —B ist gelding, under 4 years old, for hunting purposes, 10/., Els' of D4ruley. B.—Best hack ney gelding, of any age, 15/., F. Barker, Essex. 9.—Best I hackney gelding, under 4 years old, 101., F. Barlow, near ! Woodbridge. 6 ex int. the guardian of Sybil Moore. Nor was her fathe mistaken. Nowhere could a more zealous, efficient, or upright depository of the important duty have been found. The faults, as usual with the young lord, were on the surface. His manners undid the works his mind planned so well. He was par ticular in one thing—he placed his young ward with a relation of his father's, who lived in the vicinity of Beauchamp Park. With this kind. friend and his wife and daughter Sybil was parti cularly fortunate. Annette Beauchamp is a most winning character—one of those rare and gentle beings who are ever intent on serving others. It is impossible to exaggerate the good effected by such natures in a world of selfishness, and Sybil was among the many who was improved by the modest village maiden. Sybil Moore was wilful and passionate, impossible to be governed by force, but easily influenced by love, and affected by the sight of virtue. She showed her intrinsic good disposition by conforming herself to the simple ways of her new home, instead of pining after the banished splendours - of - her former life where she had been " a leading . star to every eye," from her beauty, grace; and- accomplishments. Lord Singleton did not try to influence her, but commanded, and she unwilling to submit to one so near her own age resisted, and the consequence was continual struggles for supremacy. After many troubles Sybil resolved to visit some of her former friends, who were anxious to see her again. Her guardian knew that if he spoke no'use would be gained ; he therefore sought his constant helper in all emer gencies, the playmate of his boyhood, the com panion of his youth, the gentle Annette Beau champ. He little knew the suffering he was giv ing to her when having begged her to dissuade her friend from the journey, he went on to confess that the real reason that formed the difficulty of his communicating with Sybil was his own attachment to her. For once the spirit ready to help the troubles of others was lost in its own bitterness. " There are climates in which the sun goes down suddenly, and while it is day no twilight prepares the mind for the shadows of night. So suddenly went down the sun of Annette's existence. What a single word can do !" Rousing herself she pro mised to do her utmost. I; failed, however, and Sybil went away. Soon after her departure the summons came to Annette. Always delicate, the shock she had mentally sustained, joined o the effects of a cold winter, laid her low. Trouble was paramount. in _ the once happy. village. The young lord had always been warned to be careful of his sight. He neglected the warning, and just at this period he began to feel symptoms of a caming evil. Sybil returned unharmed by contact with frivolity to see her dying friend. On her deathbed Annette abjured her to overcome her pride, and follow the dictates of her real feelings should Lord Singleton again seek her hand. In a fit of ang,,r and misapprehension, Sybil had rejected him before her visit to London. Awed by the solemnity of the scene, Sybil promised, if the op p tueity again occurred, to agree. Annette rightly judged her friend in thinking that the affliction in prospect would hasten instead of delay her generous nature, to agree to share the lot and walk in the path of one whose way on earth had been darkened by the hand of God, possibly to show him that Heaven's sweetest blessings might yet be his—sympathy and affection. While she sunk to her last ; est, happy iu this conviction, very different was the reality. Never would the-proud young lord lee beholden in darkness to one who had scorned him in light. • He maintained a friendly intercourse with her, but that was all. Previous to this time he had resigned the trust reposed in him to Mr. Beauch trap, so now no tie connected them. The long winter he passed in town, trying reaie lies that resulted in total blindness, was au eventful one to Sybil. She learned to know her self. What ail the excellence of her former guar dian cowl I not in the least degree do for her, she did alone in the house darkened by death. Many events occurred which tested the newly-acquired humility of the learners of life's lessons. A cousin of Hugh's, to whom he had been very kind, now in his turn strove to cheer the sad life, by pointing out to him what an observer can often find—the truth—while those concerned are ignorant. Pride had its last.struple here, but finally succumbed, and the result was, the union of two haughty na tures as ever existed. Both had been trained since they first met, one by the destruction of his hopes, and the other by their fulfilment. Sybil never suffered more than when left to herself, while Hugh Beauchamp never felt more real satisfaction than when dependent on kindness. All showed it to him, which triumph his proud spirit never achieved, in its days of strength and splendour. It may seam a sad end to the record of youth and beauty, the pride of man, and the love of woman, but all those advantages did not give satisfaction, much less peace, when possessed, and their depri- . . ration showed the way for better things to comein their stead. " Not enjoyment and not sorrow" is the best and wisest description of life that the poet can picture or the novelist portray. This is peculiarly the representation here given of exist ence. The last words spoken by th young lord, as they wanderetrat evening over his splendid do main, were called forth by some exclamation of delight by Sybil. Then, when thinking of her matchless beauty, that had charmed him so often, now never t) be beheld, he said, "Oh, Sybil, to think I shall never ;see you !" This is, after all, a real harbinger of human life ; something is wanted, or desired, or missed; some treasure is lost, or found too late. The narratives that show all to be straight at last are fabulous in their in stability, without the moral of the fahle. Without trenching on subjects unsuited to the consideration of the pages of fiction, the detailer of the events of life, should make manifest, by the tone of the composition, by the spirit if not the letter, that undimmed lustre can only shine where the eyes of the bliud shall be opened. Such considerations refer only to the higher class of works, to which this book pre-eminently belongs. It is adapted to the taste of the superior in feeling, as much so the intelligent in intellect. It aspires tJ set forth unworldly precepts, and to influence in the direction of a higher than an earthly standard. All must acknowledge the purity of its motives, the genuineness of its expressions of feeling, and the force of its arguments. The story has the in terest which an earnest mind imparts to everything under its direction, and will reward reperusal, when the trifling productions of the hour or the day are cast aside in weariness of spirit. Enthu siasm is not awakened here for any ideal hero or or heroine ; they are shown faulty and human in their good, as others are in their evil qualities. A. fair specimen of the page of existence is unfolded before us, in which those who appear on the scene, are by turns influenced by the various ruling pas sions of human nature. As the plants are braced by the rude storms, and nurtured by the gentle showers, while their blossoms unfold in beauty, some reclining in the shade of earth, others shining in the light of heaven ; so the germs of the cha racters are trained by different agencies, varying in action, uniting in thought, constituting the course of what the authoress has graphically and emphatically described, as the discipline of life. With so momentous a subject, it is not a matter of surprise that the work should be the exp )nent of deep feelings, as it is the in lication of lofty prin ciples ; that it should seek the approval rather than the admiration of its readers; and, looking through ' Nature up to Nature's God, draw the inspiration of its eloquence from the shrine of truth. IVIA2.,KET NEWS,—(This Day.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF - BRITISH CORN For the week ended July 17,1856, made up from the Returns of this Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and 467 ale s per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. EARLEY. I OATS. RYE. SEAII4. PEAS 76i 31 40s 21 24s lid 49. lid 45s 51 43s 7d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I RTE. I BEANS. PEAS. its 61 38s lid 25s Od .17a Id 43, 9d 41 , 10d QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WECK . Wheat, 70,249; Barley, 1.888; Oats, 8,251 ; dye, 89 ; Beans, 2,181; Peitz, 323 Quarters, MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENEtALL.—The demand for each kind of meat was rather firm, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d. to 4s 61 ; Hutton, 3s 631 to 4s ; Lamb, 4s 431 to 58 4d Veal, 33 8d to 4s Bkl ; Pork, 38 4d to 4 s 8d per Sibs, by the carcase. SOIMIALL, July 16.—We were fairly supplied with each kiwi of stock to-day, and the trade generally ruled inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 431 to 4s 10,1; iiutton, 3s 831 to 5 , 3 2 , 1; 13mb, 4s 831 to bs 6d ; Veal, 43 Od to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 10d to s 8,1 per Sibs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, July 16.—Tkere wlis only a moderate in quiry for fat stock, at our quotations :—Beef, from 3s 631 to 58 Od ; Niuttan, 33 131 to 5s 431 ; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 6d • Veal, 4s Od to 5s 0d; Pcrk, 1031 to 4s 831 per 81bs. HAY ItARKETS.\ SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, 31 Fs to 6l Os ;' new do., 3108 to 41 lOs ; old clover, 41 15s to 6/ 15s ; new do., 31 to 4 ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 1/ 18s per load. Trade steady. CIIMBERLAND.-01d meadow hay, 31 8s to 61 Os; nes' do., 31 3s to 41 10s ; old clover, 41 15s to 61 15s ; new do., 31 5s to 4/ 1 ;a; and straw, 11 14s to 21 per load. A mode r►te supply, and a fair demand. W tIITECHAPEL. —Oil meadow hay, 31 31 to 61 Os new do., 31 Os to 41 lOs ; old clover, 4115 s to 61 15s ; new do., 31 5s to 4/ ;5 ; ant straw, 11 14s to 11 18s per load. Supply very moderate. BARON WERNER'S MISSION TO ROME.—The Correso pondence Italienne publishes the following dated Roma, July 6:—The importance of Baron Werner's visit to Rome has been underestimated. His mkt... Rion had for its object to report to the Cam binet of Vienna on the actual state of affairs in Central Italy. To sound the opinions of the Govern inents and people, and to ascertain the means of aggres sion and defence at the disposal of those Governments,, in oase of need. 41 f 38i 8 1081 115 1 li I 6 1 i 66 7 15 x d