The Sun. — London, England, 1856-07-21 00:00:00

OMAARkET AND 0 MIER ably, INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o 7 C - Locei Tho Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed tamely, with a firm feeling, at the current rates of last week. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales --Z"a00 were taken for export—comprising 680 Per+ nam and Maranham, at 611 to 60. ; 200 Egyp tian, o}d. to BYd. ; and 500 Surat, at 44d. to 4id. Per lb. The Railway Share Market exhibited a dull aspect, with little or no change in prices. The usual weekly commercial report from Paris states that business generally has been quiet in that city, on account of the number of Parisians Who have left town for the country. Amongst the Manufacturers the demand for exportation is almost nil. The late events in Spain has closed all trade in that quarter. England and Russia con tinue to make small purchases. The last packet boats from New York and South America brought n o new orders. The commercial operations be tween France and the United States during the first quarter of HA as regards imports, amounted to4lo reillionsof francs, etiainst 236 millions in 1855, and exports 240 millions against 176 do. respectively. In the principal sugar markets there has been a rise in prices. At Havre good Antilles advanced from 66f. per 50 kilos. to 68f. The stocks on hand are said to be very small, and a good many pur chases have been made in advance of arrivals. This rise at Havre has influenced the market at Nantes, where there are many extensive sugar re fineries. One establishment purchased 7,475 bags of Antilles at 67f., or an advance of 50c. on pre vious quotations. At Marseilles an upward move ment has taken place in foreign sugars, in conse quence of the deficient importations from Ravenna and Brazil, and the increased consump tion throughout France. The steamer Asia has arrived from New York ; but the letters and-papers have not yet arrived:in tovrn. She brings $1,600,000. This day the second annual meeting of the London and Eastern Banking Corporation was held, the Hon. John Cadwalader Erskine in the chair. The general manager, Mr. Stephens, read the report, from which it appeared that this bank had been very successful within the two years of its establishment. The profits of the past year were 25 , 3 781., exceeding 10 per cent. upon the paid-up capital of the bank. The shareholders having been Paid two dividends of 6 per cent. for that year, the directors felt it more advisable to stop any further distribution out of that year's profits, and had therefore put away the balance of 10,378/. towards a reserve fund. The past half-year's profits had been so far satisfactory that the directors felt bound to continue, in anticipation of the accounts, the usual dividend of 6 per cent. to the 30th June l ast. tt appeared from the report that the objec tion to this bank offering a higher rate of interest than others was removed by the corporation having Indian branches, in which money could be em ployed at remunerative rates. The success attend ing the rlyde Park Branch had induced the di rectors to establish another in Pall Mall. The report was adopted, and a vote of thanks was Passed to the chairman and directors, and to the officers of the corporation. In the discount market the inquiry for accom modation continues very quiet, and the rates are : as about 3 / for th e negot i at i on o f fi rst c l ass paper . the foreign exchanges are rather firmer it is hoped that the remittances of gold to the Conti nent Will di m i n i sh when the Directors of the Bank Of E ngland would p ro b a bl y b e i n a pos i t i on to re duce the minimum rate of discount. The Engli s h previous he Engli s h F unds are exceedingly dull, at about previous alixost quotations. Speculation appears suspended, and the public are not in vesting RIF so f ree l y as usual just after the payment of the dividends. Consols have been 931 and ° 9 p for money, and 95 for account. The. ,„ y r 3 Per Cent s . were 961 1, and the Reduced 2_ .7611 to 95 1. Indi a Stock is 234, and Bank Stock 16 to 2171. Exchequer Bill s ru l e fi rm at 20 to 23 Premium. Consols Scrip is 20s. to 235. prem. P ereign Stocks are quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents. are fi rmer,being 1041 for account. Venezuela `Yallt,the 41 per Cents, being 34 to 36, and the 11Def erred r 141 to 16. Mexicans were 23. Buenos j-,Y r es 86, and Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 61 2. "'Qat 4 per Cents. were 97i. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign ")e ke: —Grenada Deferred Bonds, 7 ; 23 1; Peruvian, 81 3 ; ditto 3 per Cents, ' e rtuguese 4 per Cents., 48 50 ; Russian 5 P e r Cents., 111 13 ; ditto 4A- per Cents., 98 100 ; 914, Spanish 3 per Cents., 44 45 ; ditto Deferred, ; ditto Certificates, 6 ; ditto Passive, 61 7. the Railway Share Market there is no gene - rat movement of importance in prices, but they re- Main exceedingly firm. In many instances the Principal shares are s s . t o 10 s . hi g h er th an on Sa yr da Paris and Lyons and some of the other f ereign lin es are rather heavier. Riga and Duna- F or Bankin g bur g Shares ru l e fi rm. Shares there is an inactive market. General Omnibus Company's Shares are 4i 4i ex dividend. Royal Mail Steam are flatter. RIIITISEL FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONG OTLO , .)K. (Praia the Ofsciai List' fin , on,as done. Ilauk SI ..hock $ per kj e -n 1 . tia 96,15 d „ at. .Lsonuc Annuities... . Per Cent. Consols Annuitiosi l-1.5 N e*T 3 per Cent Annuities - India Stock . 21 Indic donde. ZlOOO ••• Ditto under 1000 evasois for .A..ecount, 2l 25 p 1)51 Cl ansol Scri 1 p 4l p &Lein:quer Bills. 2id. Clooo %mill PIII CES OF FOR:PIIGIN PUN - DS AT ONI O'CILOi:K. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. Chiliau Londe, 6 per Cent lO5l Ifexican 3 per Cent _ Ditto Account 23 Turkibn tioncia, ü per cent 1144 Ditto ' ...._ .. Account V enezuela Bonds, 4f per Ceut Ditto Account Ditto Deferred, 14 per Cent. . . l6 14i • •• en Dutch Exellauge, per Cent., 12 Guilders Ditto 4 per Cent. Cortirieates Peruvian Dollar Eouds, 4 1 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK". Congas 94 5 Ditto Account POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) GUILDHALL. " How TO MAKE A 1,000/. OUT OF A PENNY," PRACTICALLY ILLUSTRATED.—James Phillip was Placed at the bar on remand before Sir J. Musgrove, ellarged with stealing a quantity of printed paper. the property of Messrs. Taylor and Greening, printers, 4 and 5, Greystoke-place, Fetter-lane.. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was In the prosecutors' employ when he stole the paper in question, amounting to upwards of a cat., and sold it a marine d ea l er i n Church-paseae, Chancery-lane. T he Paper comprised plain and printed paper, and amongst the latter several quires of the sheets of a vv ,, rk " How to make 1,0001, out of a Penny." The prisoner induced one of the boys in the prosecut“r's service to take the paper to the marine story dealer, eed on his going subsequently to be paid for it repre sented himself as a master printer. Prisoner bad been hothe prosecuto rs ' serv i ce a b ou t f our mon th s as ware 13trian. Wh en h e was appre h ende d b y d etect i ve Q ft reeniileY he denied all knowledge of the transaction. Mr. ng identified the paper, and deposed that the pri ner had no authority to take the paper from the pre ull,ies and di spose of it. Ihe prisoner was committed for trial. MANSION-HOUSE. T t- ~ I BERTY OF THE SUBJECT.—The disposal of the ci'ar , res delayedw upwards of three-goa l : erg o f pre- Aiding "'s T morning- from the non attendance of a Magistr,te. COURT CPiCUL,4I?. OSBORNE, JuLT 19. p r l it r " A iniesty, accompanied by the Princess of Pr l us l s c ia e , le ess Louise, the Princess Royal, and Princess • . drove round the Camp at hot yesterday morning and ins pected the- 18th Royal Alders Irish Regiment immedt , 4,01 Y ma its arrival in camp from the Crimea. Rer lll.r.jesty, with the whole of the royal party, left r-i s !,, P4 vili:) , l at three :i'eloel t i n th e a ft ernoon f o r the ' of Wight, and arrived at Osborne at lialf•pa3t six. Princess Helena, Princess Louisa, Prince Arthur, and 'ince Leopold arrived also from Buckingham Palace at Alfpast two o'clock. The Bon. so our i n 'Waitingßeanor Stanley has succeeded as Maid of . 4/ 2s ,i 0 4t. St. 5 5 21) 10 SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RA !lily AYS. RAILWAYS. i Closing Prices Saturday ga,tn. 3 a110t.... I-331110t slnulug. Wolva !•: 4 .tour . nirl7c thel. Larval,. ,Ihneitiee Jtt)119:... Cl,opth. Myth it'fynsorgina 125 Cast'. at L4L. f4ristol and Raetor..., flalo(lordixt. ...... I ;Theater iYolyhml Cork an.'_ pork, Black, Pas,,. mil 1 ......... Do. A Do. Dl:blitnigßelfastJ t te. I)un. P. Zs Jnc. East Axglian Eastern Counties.. , Ttzto , .. A. Stp Efo., B. Stock Do., Now A East Kent Elva Lancashire Edinburgh & (41asitt, 'Edinb. and Peeb'es • Edin. Prth & Dr.ndoe !Forth 9.1 Clyde Jllll.l. Furness. Do. Extension Glasgow & 3. Wester , Great N. of Scotlnd Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock th.BtWoßt.(lre Great WQsteru Do, Stour Val, Rai; Qua. Stk.. Irish floutb.-Eastern. to.neaster k Carlisle Do., Thirda Da. New Thirds Lancasii.andlrorksh. Do., Wet. iLiding Un Do South' or London & Blackwa:l Lond.Bright& S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do, Fifths D0.101.5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths,. London and S. WAr.tn. Lon. Tilby. & South. Barking Sh Lndndrry&Coleraine Lndudrrr.& Ennisk. lianch.Shef.k. Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Metropolitan Midland Do. Birmng. &Derby Efidld.G. West. (Iro Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd INewry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpo;nt and Itostrovor. Nor:01k Northn.Counties Un North British Nth Devon Rail. & Dock Stock Do., A Stock. _ _ Do.: B Stock N. Eastern—Berwic iz Do. do. Eztonsi on Do.do. G.N.E. rurolt Do. Leeds Do. York North L0nd0n...., N.&S.Wstrn.,}lanip. stead, and City Jr:,. North Stairordshir.: North Western N. & S. Wes trn. ;lune 'O Y., Wore., & Wolv ,)c,rtsmionth Icicottish Central: IScuttishlliciland Thropshiro Uviln I.3ontli Devon South Eastorn 3oath Wales 9. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun Do.. tainos, Wok &Wok ;tockton & Dar ing. Do., do., 1851 Do., do., 1855 ito Atoll d; linrtlep , reff Vele :)o. Prof., No. 1 Phames hay. D.& R Vale of Neath Waterfil. & onn - Waterford&Linteric} West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace.. Do. A Do. B West London 1 Wimblean &Croydon! histwerp&Lott rdt Art'tonnes Atlan.,k St.Lw.leasA at 6 p. e. by Gd.Tuk. of Canada Belgian Eratn. Jun, Boziera to llombay acin.an g. 5 p• c' Do. Buff. & Lk. Hun Ry. Caryneaus & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry eraemra Dutch Rhenish Eastern of Franca Do. New last Indian, g. 5 p , Do. Vx. B, gu .5 p.c Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c I Do. do. D, go. 5 p. c. Do.4i p.c.Bnds.,'s7 Dv. do. do., '59, dc Gee'oug ➢ielboutu~ guar. 5 per c , . Tk of Canna 00. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. Do.Cotap. 6p. c., do. Central of Fran at. To. Pm, g. 5 p. c. Do New, guff. 5 p. c Cheat Luxembour Constituted Sherd Gt.Wcatern of Calmer Sharn Do. New Bds., payablo '5 Do. do., '76, p. 'GO Do. do., '73 do. Do. do., '73, withou option Lake Confit. & Basic Liorre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca & Pist. 5 p. c.p Lyons and °Lucy& Lyons Is Meditorrsi: Nisdras, guar. 4 Do. Now do„, 5 p. c Do. 44 p. c. Eaten Do. 3d Ex., sp. c Karin Anton' do. New . lamnr & Liege ( interest) ... ;)o. (ox interest).. Do. do , G p. c. Pref :Northern of France lorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons..... r)itto Bonds Paris and Orleans.,. Recife & San. Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. Riga & Dunaburg is at 801. per share._ Rome and Fra,scati.. royal Danish Royalßwodish iatibre and Mouse.. r)o. 5 p. cont. Prof icindo, guar. 5 p. c Do -;eathern of France 3t. Andrew's any Quebec, (A) . West Flanders Do 6A por c. Prof W. &N. W. of Franc , West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden ..... Zeals,n,l OINT-STOI ttustralasiL. Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bri. Col. Bk.&Ln. C liritisda N. American Chart& Bank of Asir CIA& Bnk. of India. Australia, & Chim City Colonial Comments). of Lond.l Eng.Soot.&Atte.Cht. Lond. Chart. Bk. 01 Australis Ditto New London and County;. Lnd,&E. Bnk g. Corp. London Joint Stock. London and Paris.... Loud. & Westminster National Pro.of Eng Do. New ... National of Bank New South Wales?.., Oriental Bank )f Corporate 0n.......... Ottoman Bank ...... Provincial of Ireland Do. Now R Ana B &Oo Im Royal 8riti5h,.,,,,,,, south Australia Unita of Australia Do. 1 4 4 , 37 Union of London Wooteru Bk .of.Lond 29 31 4i - 43 is 20 lh 18 1.41 9G - 98 601 -601 i 164 • 17, , ,; 12 14 2 3 10 -11. p 18 19 I.oi 10$ 37 • 39 26 - 86 - 88 62 - 64 33 - 39 ... - ... 94 - 9G I 8 - 84 77 - 78 130 132 112 I'4 COA 61 60 65 73 - 76 -. 7i (1?; 7i. 97. 98 7 7j 108 - 110 1074 - 108 1 - lip g d 106 - 107 1 -11 p 5 - 7 33 ,- 33 id par 821 81). 53 54 • •• 16 55 - 57 3i - ii 37i - 38 86i - 873 3 2} lei 174 —18 i 62 63 91 96 4a 4A 6 64 11 lG 32 34 !OG 108 77 79 49 bl 1 54 16 74i 80 82 4 -- 2 11 -- /d 15 - 17 37 - :38 ... - ... 19} 20 5 - 23 - 25 6i . - 6 - 8 2 - 4 - 51 . - - 9 8 8. 4 5 c 21 - - - - 5 i *' 36i - 374 ..• 24 -24 i 231 - 231 24- 22i - 23 24 - 25 i 3 -14 j AV; -- g s e, 74 22,E - 221 28 - 2111 51 5i 26 )6 31— 3if 100 102 124 di. 128 124 128 111 112 ri - 6 r - PF O 1 . 11 - . - • 21 -21 i - 3 El - rip 2i Zip 9k - 9 3 Si 9 27 -- 20 421 - 43. 84 - 9 rit3 - 57 54 - 5G - 3,... 4rl 19/ - 20 1 -1, Ili -11 g 9A - 10 21 - 31 - pw • • •••• or • J -5; :ii - ii 5 -- 20 BANKS. 103 - 105 14 - spl 68 - ••• ''.' ••• A •' p 73 -- 74 1 ••• .... ••• 171 - 1.81 20 -- 21 1P par 2p •N .... II ea •••1 .... •,, • ••• .•• 43 - 50 41 - 42 `ll. 3kp •.• -- .. 44 gq - 37 72 - 74 8 10 4011 • . t•• 1 ; , 4 2 p Business done this day ~. r,r ._ ~~ 61i 21 109 i 108 8 3 31 i i 83i 4 3i 18i 63 2i 3i Gi x in a in G 3 xin FL a is x in x in I in x in a in 22f xin I in 563 i THE SUN, LONDON; MON DAY EVENINeIi JULY 21, 1856. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day• ) SPORTING NOTES. CORN EN olf A NGE. THE WEEK'S SPORT. scantily supplie4t with wheet, Most of the provin c i a l mar k e t s h e ld on Saturday were in which a steady business was doing, at very f u ll pr i ces. B ar l ey en d all other arti cles of grain, from th e i r s h or t arr i va l s , were steady, at extreme rates. The whirligig of time is spinning round so rapidly that it will bring the Goodwood Meeting before turfites are scarcely prepared. They will have little leisure on their hands this week, for on the home circuit there are isues to be tried at Chelmsford, Ipswich, and Marl borough, whilst at Knutsford and Lancaster racing "assizes" will also be held. Sporting affairs at Chelms ford have been placed under the management of Mr. S. Merry, who certainly possesses a happy knack of com piling an attractive programme. :The committee exer cised a wise discretion when they called in his aid, and they seem determined to second his efforts to promote sport with a cordial co-operation which does them cre dit. The good folk of Chelmsford, indeed, will have scarcely recvercd frmi the excitement attending the agricultural show, but they will not be sufficiently tired with pleasure to regard these races with indifference The programme comprises twelve it:ms ; five being "set" for to-morrow, and seven for Thursday. Metro politan turfites will ttJ enabiel to get t 3 and from Chelmsford with comfort and despatch, for the Eastern Counties Railway Company have announced special trains on each race day. By the way, the Ipswich Meeting would be materially benefitted, and a further accommodation to the puliiic would be secured, by the running of "specials" to awl from IpsNich on Thursday and Friday. A moiety only of the feu: teen anitnals weighted for the Welter Cup has been left in, Sirocco being the most formidable of the lot. There is less activity in meat of the Continental markets, although they continue to be very scantily supplied. Ad vices from New York state that large quantities of wheat and flour were in progress of shipment to England. Only limited supplies of home-grown produce were re ceived up from markets last week. From abroad they were liberal, viz., 19,793 qrs of wheat, 7,2' 4 3 barley, 23,926 oats, 2,590 beans, 895 peas, 3SO tares, 3,550 linseed, 2,000 rapeseed, 6,072 Indian corn, 455 sacks and 23,434 barrels of flour. For the time of year an average supply of English wheat was received fresh up to-day, coastwise and by land car riage, and the quality of the samples was tolerably good. For tine qualiti e s o f re d an d w hi te t h ere was a modrate inquiry at prices about equal to those realised on Monday last. In the middling and inferior kinds only a limited business was transacted, and, in some instances, the quo tations wore the turn in favour of buyers. At the close of business a largo portion of the supply remained unsold. There was a fair show of most kiutta of for.rign wheat. Millers generally purchased with extreme caution. Hence, the business doing was rather limited, at about stationary prices. Floating cargoes of grain commanded only a limited amount of attention, yet holders were tolerably firm. No English barley at market, but the supply of foreign was good. Most kinds moved off steadily at is. to 2s. per quarter more o.oney. Malt wee tolerably firm, at full q notations. We had a full average supply of oats and straw. The trade was less active than lest week. Prices, however, were fairly supported. There was . a slow inquiry for beans, at last week's q rotations. Peas were dull, 3 et very little change took place in prices. The flour trade was rather dull, at about previous rates. A public sale of 6,003 barreb, of American flour has taken place to-day. CURRENCY PElt IMPERIAL MEASCRE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, 3141t—enevaller .... 75s to 763 Rod •• •• new 705 to 7Ga Oats Yorksbir3 and Ditto.• • • .... old 735 78a Lineolnsia., Feed 25s 27s Ditto, White new 765 84s Po Ato •• .• 26s 293 Ditto..... .. 01 , 1 753 81s Yoaghal and Cork Norfolk and /do- Black. •• 22s 25 , coin. Red, old —5 —3 Cork, Wei to ... •• 24s 27s Ditto new • • • • • • 673 77 s c m h a c l v t l a n:l i 0 . 7 : • Scotch, Feed... —27 s dye-01d .• •• •• •• •• .. 42s 435 3eans—Ticli ..... •• .• 375 40s Now .... „ „.... 425 44s Pigeons. • • ....... 423 45, Belay—Grinding ..• • 378 403 Peas—Grey .......... 335 40s 42s 43a Maple. • • ........ 42s 4 is White. •• •• .• .. 445 493 Milt—SnffolkandNor ...• •• •• 43i 45s Boilers .......... 44s 491 Brown .•• •• •• •• .- •• •• " file Suffolk ••-........ ass Ks Talk. 66 . 5 73s Flonr—Town-:nade.•• 633 Gus Kluge% :ndWare 668 74s Stocttn & NOriolk 51s 52s For the Chelmsford Handicap Winkfield and Pole Star have been in some request, and no fault can be found with the julgment of the " talent" for picking them out. According to his performance at Ascot and at Hampton, Winkfield ought to be a most formidable competitor. If, however, Pole Star be in her last year's form, he will find it difficult to concede 2111bs to her for the difference of age and sex. Crown Pigeon is weighted with much leniency, and ho is the only other animal in the list whose pretensions appear to be worthy con sideration. Calculating upon a start, therefore, I shall expect to see him and Pole Star occupy the foremost positions. Gemma di Vergy has Ms extra to carry for the Brent wood Stakes ; I am therefore induced to believe that he will be defeated by Perfume, who has some speed, and who, it may be remembered, ran a close race with him at Ascot. Until the numbers are displayed on the telegraph it will be somewhat hazardous to make a selection for the Cup Stakes. Flatterer, Sly Fellow, and Lady Florence seem to be favourably handicapped. The Marks' Hall Stakes I assign to Ethelbald. Either Bannockburn or Naughty Boy may carry off the Stand Handicap. For the Town Plate Escape is my fancy. The good people of Ipu.violl must be cot a little sur prised at the wonders worked for their races by Mr. Merry. Not only has a promise of abundant sport been secured, but the means and appliances seem at the com mand of the C. C. for the realisation of that promise. Many of the horses entered for the different stakes have engagements at Chelmsford; it would therefore be absurd to enter into a full discussion of the probabilities at pro , sent. My " fancy" for the Suffolk Handicap points to Sirocco and Tug-o'-War. The Lancaster Meeting, which will take place to morrow, will afford a pleasant day's sport. Prince Plausible and St. Andrew are the most noteworthy names amongst the nominations for the Members' Plate. Alonzo and Goldhill attract my attention for the Cap, and for The Blackburn Plate Indian Queen ie " well in." The Marlborough Meeting will be somewhat preju dicially affected by its clashing with the second day at Ipswich. Either Alladin or Curious seems likely to win the Severnako Forest Stakes. Gold hill, Lord Nelsoy and Gemma di Vergy are the most attractive names for the 10 Sovs. Sweepstakes. The running of G aldhill and Fisherman, at Stamford, imparted an unexpected importance to the meeting. To explain Goldhill's defeat by Melissa is somewhat difficult, and his subsequent running for the Cup would indicate that the suspicions which have been entertained by shrewd judges respecting his staying powers have some foundation. Still, whatever favourable opinion I may entertain about his chance for the Goodwood Stakes is not shaken by his recent performances, and if he be not run off his legs (luting the current week I shall be induced to believe that at his weight, 53t 13lb, he will lie a most formidable competitor. Chevy Chase has been introduced into the market with considerable force, and the lightness of her weight ought to render her danger ous,,if she possess racing merit raised bull slightly above leather-flapping mediocrity. Fisherman's running with Melissa for the Welland Stakes at Stamford affected his position for the Cup. Melissa, however, evidently pos sesses much racing ability, as was attested by her Oaks running, and by a race at Chester, in which she bolted ; but, although she lost much ground, she never theless finished third. I hold that Fisherman is one of the best, if not the very best, three-years-old out, and this opinion I am not at present inclined to alters When an author establishes a reputation and becomes celebrated, a kind of toadyism marks the conduct of his inferior literary brethren, who gaze with envy and per haps admiration on the high position to which his genius has elevated him. Every opinion, however unsound, and every saying however devoid of wit, uttered by the great man is repeated and echoed in a variety of ways. Thus when a most popular writer expressed the chari table sentiment respecting knocking on the head all persons who bet upon horse races, his literary toadies became rampant in their hostility to the turf, and re peated the great man's opinion on every occasion. Punch echoed the sentiment by saying something about all men on the turf ought to be placed under it, and the sma'l fry, or "outer set," of literary men took up the cry. Not ono of them, however, is acquainted with the sport or the practice which they pretend to denounce. The most amusing instance of how utterly ignorant the writers in question are of sporting men is set forth in- the following extract which was recently published in a weekly journal, and which emanates from the pen of a person who styles himself the "Sojourner in the Sewers," or something else. "Another curious thing is that, during his trial, while Lord Derby was seated on the bench, a note was accidentally dropped by Palmer on to the floor, and handed by one of the gaolers to Mr. Wetherhead, the governor of Newgate. On perusing it, Mr. Wetherheo.d found it to be from Lord Derby's heal trainer, disclosing several secrets of the racing stable to Palmer, and hinting at the considera tion that was to be paid for the information. Mr. Wetherheal immediately gave she letter to Baron Alderson, who glanced at irs contents, and, with a smile, handed it to Lord Derby. It ie needless to say the trainer has since bran dismissed." Was ever a statement so false and ridiculous placed gravely before the public. The dismissal of John Scott by Lord Derby for divulging "several secrets of the racing stable" would, indeed, create a sensation in the sporting world. But the whole story is so absurd that one is only surprised at the ignorance and credulity which could have believed and promulgated it. July 21. • FRB3II MAN. CHELMSFORD.—MONDAY. Arrived.—Winkfield and Bannockburn. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) LONDON, July 21.—Wind this day at noon, N.W.; light airs and cloudy. - PORTSMOUTH, July 20.—Wind W.N.W.— Arrived — Pollock, from Quebec; Charity (s.s. 14 ), Caesar and London, Black Sea; Indomitable (s.s. tpt. 7). Con stantinople and Malta ; Ripon (s .tpt. 25), Malta ; Osprey, (s.s. tpt. 23), Constantinople • Lion (s. tpt. 132), Balak lava ; Hotspur, London, for Calcutta, &c. Sailed.—Lady Russell (tpt. 27) and Akb.er (tpt.), for Woolwich. PLYMOUTH, July 20. Wind W.—Arrived—Clio, from Quebec, struck on the Winter Rack in coming in, but came off without apparent damage. Sailed—Tchernaya, for Quebec. FALMOUTH. July 20.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived—Te resa and Lizzie Drow. from Havana. Off the port—Joshua, from Sydney, N.S.W. ; George Wilhelm, Akyab, and sailed for Bremen. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PORTSMOUTH, Monday Morning. Arrived—The steam-transport Hansa, with the Second Battalion of the British-German Legion. from Smyrna. SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Arrived —Enterprise, from Constantinople ; Gipsy, Llanelly ; Fanny, Cardiff. Tho steam-transport Hansa passed Hurst, for Spithead, at 7.54 a.m. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. .Wind N.W. Arrived—Ellen Radford, from Valparaiso ; Cheshire, Demerara; Tennessee, Charleston; Talivera, Baltimore; Elizabeth Ann, St. Dorningq ; Gem, Aux Cages ; Culloden Castle, New Orleans ; Fanny Fern, Baltimore ; Avon, Siesta ; Daniel Dyer, Dragomestre ; Benedietus, Nordreg borg ; Elizabeth, Jaffa; Imogen, Macao. QUEENSTOWN, July 19. Wind W.N. W. Arrived—Sirhowy , from Genaives ; Llewellyn, Barba does; Wanderer, Galata. WATER E ORD, July 19. Wind Nil. Sailea—Active, for Charleston. DUBLIN, July 19. Wind W. Arrived—lgnez de Pastro (8) from Oporto ; Ripley, Barbadoes. THE 'LEGION OF HONOUR.--We are requntea to state that in the list of names quotod from the Moniteur that of Lieutenant•Cnlonel E. A. ;3onierset, and the eleven' following, should have been announced as belonging to the Rifle Brigade, and not to the 97th Regiment. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. f;n:ilts4 Clowinr r/':0-4a “ , ),A , nrws RAILWAYS. Coin LO atur la,. this day. Bed to r d London f3let:Ney ... Buckg;harnsh. 100 ciy& sc h i d e ,T e . Caleglon 100 105 Col. Stour Vy. E. Ua. Sad. and Hal. 11. C l2 -- 14 E . din . . p c . 131 139 E. Un. H. SIB. E. Count. 4 4i Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct Do. New, Do . 01strAt Du. Pr al, Vret-Gll 23 30 Hrtlol. Dk. & Yk. Now. Railway at Utl w Hull & Selby Y. & N Mc , 107 li9 Do. s Share,. Do ••• Do. d Shama. D hon.& Greenw 5.1 4 .06.ir,i 12i -- 1' 13 Do.Preforonoe ...... 23 k -24 h Veto SzCo, 115 —117 i in Lowo6 - itoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfc.l.k Do. 6 pnr et. Do . . Mauch. Bxtn. &N. W and lifatloA Sr, ZAN 2l —2i Middleshro' & Stekton itedear. Darlingt. Mlilld.Bradtl tflidland 94 96 Newmarket Bury E. G.spe En. Conn. in pm N.& Eot.s p.c. E. Count. 57 Do. 6 I , er et. D 0... ••• ••• 1)o. leixeds p e Do Prest. & w yre L. &N - W. 461 Do. Shrs. A Do Royatn.& Hit. GltlZorthn 135 -- 138 Slief. Roth. and Laneash Gooleg.s p.e. Yorkoh. Shrews.ScHer, Brassoy 7i 8 S. Staffordsh. 11Z.MCloan 2j d Wear Valloygr Stoekt. & 6 por cent... Darlingt• ••• ••• Do tit) 33 34 Wiltaltrlomrst 9tWestn 9O 94 A ,-, erdeea Deben. Do. C per cent. Do. N 0.2, 7 p. 0. Myth and Tyne lOpe7 c. pref. (issd. at 50i Iris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares )aledonian I:10 • `lies. &Ho. Gn. 5 pc Do. do. Prof. No. 2. .)o. do. Pref. No. 2. Cork &Bandons gip, c )un.Prth oil Aber. J. Anglian els. A Sh. Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. e. Do. do Cis. C 7 p. c.' spoNo. 1 Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 p. o. St. tast ITn., G. 6 p. e. Do. CI., 10 por cent Do. 16/. Debentr.Sh. 00. do. 4 por cent gut Lanca4h. 6 p. cts al. izW. York. S. sthp & Gl. 5 p.c. sh. -M. Prth.&Dun.4p.c Furness 41e.0. 80.W.G.5 p.e Treat Northn. 5 p. c )0. 5 p. o. Redeem. :410 p. c. prom )o • 4 p. c - . Do. 5 p, c. Scrip, Red at sp, c. pm... ~ Jt.N. of Sea. lat Pre it. S. &W. (Ireland' Do. 4per c. S W.(BAII.ExSpc con. rod. 4i p.c. )o. con. red. 4 p. c. irred. 4p. C. Do. 5 p. C. red. pref Do. Birm. Pref. S'4 Do. Chester 8 p. Do. do. 5 p. c. Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Chee. Gua. Sh.. do do Do. do. do fAin. &York. F. £Z' Do. 6 p. c. Stock ~ & 13rigli G,5 p.c. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c Do. do. 5 per cunt • Lon. &N. W., Coy. 6 Nuneaton 5 p. et on.& S.W. 7 per of late 3d Shares ... Liendy. & Color. Lowly. & Ennis. A 74.,5.,& L. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. a Do, do. 3t per cont. 4arypt.&Carl.4p e. Do. 41 ner cent Do, do. Vfid. (10na01.6 p.c.St Do. Con„Er.Bir. 6p( N. 4i p. c. Pref. ' Ditto L. & New., Akn% , dle., pr. sp. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p et. with optn. till '6O, Norfolk Dehezttnrc 1 Do. Prof. 5 p. c. Steel Do. 5 p.c. Ext De. s t i per ct pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British ...... N. E. Berw, 4 p.c P. Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.e t/Co.l Do. do. Quarters Do. York K. & S. Pur. North Stafford sLire.. 0x,W0. , zW.1516p,.: Do R. Pref. 101. Sh. Soot. Cent. ,Now Fief South Devon !Do. fixed, 4 per cent S. pastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 81. Do. 4i por cent ;Do. Fixed 4i p c 13. Via los Gua. 4 co. c. 'Do. do. 4i p. c S.Yorksh.4p.c.Clnar Stock. & Dar., 5 p. c Do: do. do Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p. c. till July 1, '56 IN ate? fd. & Kilk. 6 p c -- 95 101 - 103 16 - 17 5 - 6 - tii 107 - 112 [OO - 105 1.37 139 = .( i 119 - 121 11l 114 1.05 - 107 i - ip ••• .... .. 6 - 6A 95 - 97 88 - :79 89 - 91 98 - 100 10 - 10# 17} -17 i 10i --- 10/ 75 -77 20/ - 21} 10 - 10;.1, 154. - 16 - 138 140 153 - IG2 7 - 9 122 - 125 - 1. 65 - 70 138 - 140 101 - 103 191 - 93 11- 2 105 —lO7 98 —9B 1 id i = ii 12 114 15 - = i'6 24 - 24} .02 - 105 10} - 104 • • • - .• -• 2i - 3i - 1 - - 4 -- -6 21 - 34 - 4 - 23 A - IP 60 - C 2 30 - 35 25 - ``7 16 - 18 - 14 - 16 - 1 4l - Si - I - A 26 - ffB S - 10 - 3} 3- 6 - 44$ - 3A - 4 k - i PREFEE..ENCE SHARES. 84 - 90 117 120 116 - 118 - 1 P 13 -13 i ••• ' ..•• kgas Fria ringlo Californian nstralia.n Baden (Gd. Duchy of, BlEenar. Iron & Coal i3ritialt Iron B razi lian Lap. (ie mod I at £5 pm.) Do. Comes & Cub.lo% Do. St. Johr Dal Rev Clarendon Cons. Mhi Co. of Jamaica Col - )re Copper !Colonial Gold Copper Min. of Do. Prof. n p. cent 'Copiapo • !Fortuna ali Genc:al.. all Gt.NnitgetVeinike, all 'Groat l'olgooth all Gt Wheal Vor Unite. all Liberty all Linares Lusitanian Marignita ........ ,Nov (lranada Nouveau Monde ,Port Philip Quartz Rock lthyynney Iron Do. New 14i Os. all all all 4.t F-I:l.ntiago Je Cut.a... , Sort. Cons. Min. Co Kontb. Do. Scrip Do. 10 per cent Prof : Tam. S. &L..Aini. Co. rin Croft United Mexican Wallor West Mariposa,,,,,, Worthing Mining of .tknstralia I PlLid. t.,11 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Fair average supplies of foreign stock arrived in the port of London last week—the total supply amounting to 9,959 head. In the corresponding period in 1855 we received 6,169 ; in 1854, 6,057 ; in 1853, 12,422 ; in 1352, 7,02; in 1851, 7,1`28; and in 1850, 5,146 head. IMPORTS LiTO LONDON LAST WEBS. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Amsterdam 2O 678 229 10 Dunkirk 11 ... aarlingen Dordt 5 76 Elamburgli 34 2,427 -- Antwerp Ostend Calais 5 ... 55 - ... - ... 10S ... - -- ... - ... 23 ... - Touning 449 Coranna l3O Rotterdam lll 837 _1,237 ... 233 T0ta1.... 920 ... 6,013 ...1,367 ... 945 ... 599 The yearly comparison of weekly imp or t s is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Figs. 1855 425 ... 3,734 ... 708 667 ... 635 1854 1,319 3,231 490 547 168 1853 _1,294 5,756 82 t 903 529 185 2 B4O 4,647 622 619 ... 313 1851 .......... 1,297 4,303 858 511 190 1850 852 2,706 ... 336 492 ... 95 The arrivals of stock last week were the largest received in any previous week during the present year. Thera ap pears to have been a falling off both in Holland and Sp a i n on French a ccoun t, an d it is probable that our importa tions will be tolerably good next month. Thera was a fair average supply of foreign stock in to day's market, in but middling condition. The receipts of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts were moderate in number, but rather deficient in quality. Tim prirnest breeds sold somewhat briskly, at an advance iu the quotations realised on Monday last of 2d per Sibs. ' the best Scots being worth 5 3 2d p er Sib s . ; other wise the beef trade was less active, on former terms. How ever, nearly the whole of the supply changed hands. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, &c., we received 1,600 short horns ; from other parts of England 903 Scots, dic.; from Ireland 150 oxen; and from Scotland 100 Scots. We were well supplied with sheep, but there was a great deficiency of prime stock amongst them. Most breeds met a very slow trade, at prices barely equal to those rea lised on this day se'nnight. The extreme value of the best Downs was 5s 4d per /sibs. About 2,090 sheep came to hand from Ireland, Lambs were in moderate supply and fair request, at last week's currency. The top price was 5s 3d per Sibs. The show of calves was extensive, and the veal trade ruled heavy at a decline in value of 2d per 81bs. Pigs moved off slowly, but no change took place in the quotations. _ _ _ Per Sibs to sink the offal:. 0. d. s. (Id e. d. t 4 4 7 . Ulterior Reasta...;3 6to 3 10 1 PrimcSouthdown 5 0 5 4 - Semi(' quality.... 4 0 4 ;Large erse. calves 3 8 4 6 Prime large °sea 4 4 4 81Prime small d 0... 4 8 5 0 Prime Scots, &c. 410 5 2:Large hogs 3 4 4 0 Inferior Sheep ...3 10 _ 4 o,Sinall porkers ... 4 4 410 Second quality ...4 2 - 4 6Suekling calves..`. 3 0 30 ii. Prime crse.-wl led. 4 8 4 10 1 Qual ter ol 3. pigs.2l 0 8 0 Lamb, 4s lid to 5s Sd. TOTAL SOPPLT. I FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .. • ....... ..... .•• 3,1140 1 Beasts •.. ..... .......,, . 949 Sheep and lambs •• .... • • 26,630 Sheep and lambs .......... 4,310 C a l ves .. _ .. _ .... •. •• .. 405 Ca1ve5..........., ~.. _.. 349 p: o ...... .. ••..••• • • • • • 320 P:0......... ..... ..... 110 A statement and comparison 0: the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in tree Great Metropolitan Cattle Markt. t, on Monday, July 23, 1855, and this day, Monday, July 21, 1856. _ . Per Blbs, to sink the olFals. July 23, 1855dJuly 21,1856 s. d. s. dds. d. s. (1. Coarse and inferior beasts ... 310 to 4 0(3 6t03 10 Second quality ditto 4 2 4 44 0 4 2 Primo largo oxen ... 4 6 4 10 1 4 4 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 5 0 5 24 10 5 2 Coarse and inferior sheep ~„ 3 6 3 83 10 4 0 Second quality ditto • .„, 310 4 411 2 4 6 Prime coarse woolled ditto 4 6 410 4 8 410 Prime Southdown ditto „ 5 0 5 2(5 0 5 4 Lambs ,„ 15 6 2(1 8 5 8 [Argo coarse calves • , 4 2 4 613 8 4 6 Priine small dit;;o 4 8 5 0:4 8 5 0 •• •• Largo he's 6 3 103 4 4 0 seat small porkers ..• ~• 4 0 4 6 1 4 4 410 Beasts... ~. ,„ 3 ,09 8 3,640 Sheep ... „, 24,870 26,630 Calves 360 405 753 320 SUPPLISS ON Sena, July 24, 1854.—Beasts, 4,032; sheep and lambs, 28,390; calves, 580; pigs, 310. July 25. MI. —Beasts, 4,b,8 ; sheep and lambs, 32,010 ; calves, 497 ; pigs, 310. NEWGATIC AND LE ADENITALL. About average time-of-year supplies of each kind of meat are on sale in these markets, and the demand .gene rally is inactive, as follows Per Bibs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Reef, interior 32 3 4 I Do., middling 3 6 3 8 Do. prime lar;o 3 10 4 De., ao. small ...3 2 4 6 . Pork, large 6 4 2 Lamb, 9s • B. d. s. 4. Mutton, Inferior 3 6 3 10 Do., re 4 (l4.lling, 4 0 4 6 Do., prime 4 8 4 10 Veal 3 4 4 8 Pork. smull 4 4 4 8 !*1 to 5s 2d. BOROUGH AMP. The plantation accounts are for from favourable, ard we have a moderate demand for most kinds of hops, at full prices. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 10s to 6/ 103 per cwt ; Weald of Kent, 3/ 52 to 5/ 5s ; Sussex, 3/ Os to 5/. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supplies of new. English potatoes, are steadily on the increase, and an extensive business is doing in them, at from 4/. to 51, per cwt. Fo re i gn qua liti es are firm, at from 2s 6d to 3s per basket. Last week's imports were 7,265 baskets from Rotterdam, 70 baskets front Guernsey, and 50 tons from Jersey. WOQL, The public sales of wool .have been commenced some what heavily, and prices show a decline of LI per lb.- About 10,000 bales have been, withdrawn, but the stock in London is now nearly 90,030 bales. 'rho following prices' have been realised :—Australia—Clean sheep's is 7d to 2 s ld ; lamb's; le 7 d to is lid ; pieces, is 21d to is 7d ; in 'the grease, St: Port Philip—Clean sheep's, is Gd to 2s 4(1; lamb's, is Gq. to 2s 2.1 d ; pieces, is 21d to is Bd. Cape—Clean sbeeps, is 2d to is 91 ; lamb's, is 5d to is 10d ; grease, 19d to is 53. South Australian—Clean sheep's, is 'ld to 2s 1,1; 714 to is lld ; pieces, is 21d to is 7d ; grease, 81 , 1. Van Diemen's Land— Clean sheep's, is 6d to is 101 ; lamb's, is 51d to ls 10Ad; pieces, is 21d to is 3d per lb. The imports list week were -121 bales from Ilambro', 281 from the Cape, 10 from the Falkland Islands, 40 from • Rio, 1,639 from Adelaide, , 2,267 from Portland . Bay, 373 from Bombay, 1,100 from Melbourne, and 200 from other quarters. In the private market very little is done, at nominal currencies. The following are• the current rates of En g lish wool : Down tag ' s, is 3d to is 4sl ; Down ewe s , is 2d to is 31d ; half-bred hogs, is 21 to is 3 ; Kent fleeces, is 2d to is :id ; Leicester do., is L 1 to is 3d ; enable?, skin, is to is 41,d blanket wool, Oct to is ld ; and flannel wool, is to is 5d per lb. SEEDS. The arrivals of linseed have been largo, and . prices have had an upward tendency. Oilcakes continue in great de mand at improved rates. Thin oblong New York, in bar rels, on the spot or floating 11/ . p e r ton. Rapecakes dearer, and 5/. obtainable for fair samples made from East India seed. Rape and oilseeis are in great demand at advanced prices. Varntp,Whito.per bash. 223_t0 25! Swede ---9 Mustard. Brown.— 22 - 24s 'Mite, new •. •• .. 104 Its rares,VOnter, new.. ..6s Od 6a6d Canary, per (wailer .. 561 621 Rye grass.. •• —3 Ctoyor,RedEar i .(ewt.) —9 aarraway •• 423 44s poriander •. • 253 283 Tionipseed, per quarter —I • —3 " m eed , Eng. iowing .. 63s s Crushin ........ 52s 563 Baltic ......... —s —5 Odessa .........- —s —3 LinioedCake, p-. Et-Wish ...101 Os 10' 5s Forelgr, porton 910 s lb 108 IRape Cases, pr ton 5115; 6 Os raPeseed, New, pr cir.„ 88s 923 `white .. --s Foreign R 01...... —3 Wilite• • • • — 8 Trefoil, new.......... TAT 4: Oar market continues stem ported. To-day, P.Y.C. on t cwt. Town tallow is scarce Rough fat 2s 10P per Blbs. Stock this day ....... Price of Y. CI .... 1 052. Delivery last week .. Ditto from June 1.... Arrivals last week.. Ditto front June 1.... Price of Town • .... 48,273 18,743 , 376 91t,0. ,1 51s 3 Od IteslB no 1,003 7,055 11,072 33.578 GO s 6:1to, 0;1 1,243 7,917 1855; 1 t 166. 45,546 11,870 i s4s 01 to 53A Od —s Od to —s 0:! 1,295 3,005 11,197 15,576 9,0 1 7 1,795 1 9,028 7,937 516 j 311 9,700 ( 6,500 39; G 1 1 524 91 383 5,125 679 01 559 01 151 s as 1417 to , 100 all all all 1.00 18 100 100 100 `,lll LOO all LOO 10'J 100 100 4 00 all 10; [OO [OO [OO LOO di} 00 tOiO t.OO 'OO St. St. 10 [OO [OO all all 40 5 Bt. 25 MISCELLANEOUS. 26 19 Australian Agr I cult. 28 27 I.i:strain. Royal Mail 1U all Reran Water Works 5 3 / 4 —d' 6 50 40 F3rit. American Land " Fit. i..ll B 7.6p.e.JamSatily 11247 i - 1 1 3 1 0 5: , 115 k 15 St. 100 DC,D D r0 0 33,. .. 56 6 p ptiare)l St .?:61 i 6,1 21e x jut. allB .ll 4 all Crystal Pal. of France Duston *lron 0re..,,, 20 15 3 / 4 Eastern Steam * St. 100 Electric Telegraph 92 -- P 4 1 all Electric Teleg. or Ir 5 all En.diAus Cop Sin Co 1 3 / 4 1,1 25 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier 15 14 Oen. Steam Navig at. 16 all General Screw Steam 131 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 4.1 4 1 43 10 9 Nt" i c an & S i une Tien• 3i 4] 4 2 1 0 0 61 10 1 tia me g ai d te al ran enaS t t i . o N o. a T vi e g l. .8. 0. 2 5 5 Nat. Discount Co. l3 . lip 66 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Nue 10 5 Netherlands Land._ 11 2} cZ N i . s s s . a L t a l n 2 4 1 —I - a 2 S T I 100 5 20 5 D DN o oe . w. 8 B. 849.311 N.S.W. .• ••• x d j all N. A.ustralaslau A 30 15 Nrth.ofEuropeStaani 14k 14'1 1 all Oriental GM 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" I 5 all Peel Rr. Id. tz Minrl. 2i —3; 113 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 66 68 50 10 Do. New..,.. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 7 —73 71.1 1 all Scot. Mistral. Invest. 13 14 1 Ditto New 1 " 25 all mouth Austral.Lnrd --37: 1 all Subrasr. Tel. Scrip i iA all Do. Ret.risterod 20 5 "rung L. Co.U.l.!ap. 100 28 Vl* Diainan ' S Vote, { 1 7$ ... • pm Pm 1011 974 k d 113 24 $ ES. .ow. ify, and prices are well sup- Ate spot is quoted at 53s per ), and worth 51s nett cash. 1853. 1854. JOHN RUSKIN. Modern Painters. Vols. 111. and IT. By John Ruskin, M.A. Smith, Elder, and Co. In all seriousness, let us say at once that we do Iconscientiously believe Mr. John Ruskin to be one of those rare individuals to whom an especial ' mission" has been entrusted. And, more than this, we believe him, at the same time, to be one who—reverently conscious of that " mission " strenuously endeavours, to the very uttermost of his capacity, to fulfil it. Let it be observed, how ever, at once that, while we speak thus, we are by no means among those who may henceforth be termed Ruskinites. We have the highest admiration for our author's abilities. We appreciate his genius in some of its more delicate, certainly in most of its more obvious, characteristics. But we discover ourselves differing in opinion from him repeatedly. We often and often find it impossible to arrive at the same conclusions with those he so earnestly and eloquently proclaims to be incontrovertible. We have the highest respect for his judgment, but we can't for the fife of us believe in its infallibility. Neither for that matter, it should be borne in mind, does he himself. His intellect is by far too sane for that ! As ho reminds his readers in the candid and manly Preface adorning the third volume of his great work "Modern Painters"—the phrase "I think so," or "it seems so to me," is to be imt with in its pages continually. Insomuch indeed i that as lie here observes of himself rather forcefully (the emphasis of the italics even, being his own), ".E am slot dogmatic." And so far iu truth —whatever his many bitter personal antagonists may intimate to the contrary—John Ruskin is not a dogmatist. A hoarse laugh of derision may be raised at this, but the fact still continues so never theless. Wherever a thing cannot be positively stated in regard to painting as " a truth," our author honestly avows it simply as "an opinion." And there are truths, surely, in painting ,as there are truths in any other arts, as there are truths in science, as there are truths in philosophy. To talk of dogmatism in regard to the enunciation of which would be simply absurd and preposterous. Mr. Ruskin says, however, exactly what we are here trying to articulate, as plainly as possible, in words than which none could be distinguished by more admirable lucidity or explicitness.: " There are,." - he observes, "laws of truth and right in painting just as fixed as those of harmony in music, or of affinity in chemistry"—adding a little further on that it would be as ridiculous for a person to speak hesitatingly about laws of painting, who has' conscientiously given his time to their ascertain. ment, as it would be for Mr. Faraday to announce in a dubious manner that iron had an affinity for oxygen, and to put the question to the vote of his audience whether it had or not." Admirable ! This is the true reductio ad absurdum. And as uredly it would be ridiculous to charge Professor Faraday with dogmatism as a Che mist, or an Electrician, or a Metallurgist, because ho simply states the truths of science instead of timorously suggesting those truths as matters of opinion, worthy perhaps of casual examination some time by his miscellaneous auditory ! As ridiculous (not a jot more so, how 7 ever), as it would be to tax with dogmatism the simple enunciation of the " laws of truth and right" in painting, whether the enunciation come from Mr. Ruskin, the Oxford Graduate, or from Mr. Leslie, the Royal Academician. Such an enunciation (no matter by whom made) cannot be dogmatical—any more than it can be dogmatical co assert that two and two make four, or to assert that white light is divisible by the prism into the three primary colours of red, blue, and yellow ! Thickly " sown" as Mr. Ruskin's writings are, therefore, in all matters of mere " opinion," with such modest phrases (distinctly disclaiming any thing at all like the ex cathedra coxcombry of pragmatic authority) as " I think so," and " it seems so to me "—let us hear no more of this non sensical gabble about the dogmatism of the Oxford Graduate. Dogmatic, again we repeat, he is not. He states the truths of art, the laws of truth in painting, states them plainly, so that even a blockhead may recognise them l He puts for ward at other moments his opinions upon art, his ideas in regard to the aims and the methods of painting, suggesting those opinions, suggesting those ideas, earnestly •no doubt, with all his heart and soul in their utterance, with all the graces of his rhetoric, and all the fervour of his enthusiasm, but still merely sug gesting them ! He is too conscientious a thinker, ever deliberately to confuse one with the other : the laws of truth in art and mere matters of indi vidual opinion. Wherefore, again we say, it is sheer absurdity to talk of Mr. Ruskin s a perverse 1, ; , and crotchetty dogmatist. He is ) more this than he is, what some really still seem t fancy him, a mere tyro in art, as some actually yet call him, a mere amateur in matters of painting. If there is_ one man in this country who has thoroughly edu cated himself for the office of a professional critic, and a competent professional critic, upon tho sub ject of pictures, that man we do not hesitate to say, that man we cannot in reason for one instant hesitate to say, is John Ruskin. Already (he tells us in this Preface to vol. iii.) he has given ten years of his life to the single purpose of enabling himself to judge rightly of Art, spending them, he adds, in "labour as earnest and continuous as men usually undertake to gain position or accumu late fortune." There was something chivalric in the mere awakening of his innate capacities as au Art-Critic—when he suddenly startled the world of Art-Critics in England with the youthful outpour ings of his enthusiasm. Volume One of the re markable work under consideration, was penned with burning haste, under the generous impulse of putting an end, if possible, to those odious and insensate revilings of Turner, —(incomparably the greatest landscape painter that ever lived !)—by which, as Mr. Ruskin here ex presses it, with an evident sense on his part still of mingled .scorn and indignation towards the assail ants of Turner, the public at large were prevented from honouring the great artist's genius, and that too at the very time when his powers were in their fullest maturity ! A noble effort—and one which happily proved, as we all of us remember, in a very eminent degree successful. Insomuch that the Oxford Giaaluato finds himself nowadays anything rather than in a minority as an appreciator of Tur ner's mid-career masterpieces ! Volume Two fol lowed in duo course, confirming tho victory achieved by Volume One, though lacking, we still cannot but think, much of that divine afflatus iii the way of poetic description which in the earlier por tions of the work secured to the young and until then unheard-of Oxford Graduate a brilliant and almost instantaneous, and although instantaneous, we believe in a great measure enduring, reputation. Scarcely, however, was that second volume issued from the press when the hero of the production was attacked by disease, his artistic powers betraying towards the close of 1845 very perceptible declension—in alluding to which cir cumstances, now, Mr. Ruskin remarks in his pre face to this continuation of Modern Painters, " I saw that nothing remained for me to write, but his epitaph." Another volume (the fifth), a volume announced to appear in the ensuing autumn will bring the chef cl'ceuvres of John Ruskin to its con clusion. Already its scope and purpose, even Nithout the aid of that terminal instalment, is at this moment, we conceive sufficiently appa rent. It constitutes the elaborated exponent not merely of the individual views of its author upon art generaliy, but of those more important laws of painting, the value of which is as much beyond the limits of exaggeration as their validity is altogether removed beyond the reach of scepticism. It re veals the most comprehensive and eclectic capacity of appreciation for the true and the beautiful wherever discoverable—without regard to time or country, to schools or styles, to prejudices or pre dilections. It embraces among its conspicuous objects an earnest and dispassionate survey of the various recent or still living painters. It carries the artist back irresistibly to the primal school of all—the study of Nature. Other works of note our author has produced, no doubt, eminently entitled to consideration. He has displayed the most searching keenness of observation in " The Seven Lamps of Architecture ;" the most catholic taste in various departments in his Lectures on " Painting and Architecture ;" the most fervid eloquence (as usual)in his three noble volumes about the " Stones of Venice ;" much controversial hardi hood in his " Notes on the Construction of Sheep folds ;" undiminished 'antiquarian ardour in his essay on "The Opening of the Crystal Palace ;" a really charming adroitness of fancy in his fairy tale of " The Ling of the Golden River; or, the Black Brothers ;" and a very daring determination to think and speak independently in his rather me morable treatise upon the subject of " Pre-Raphae litism." Besides which he is now bringing out annually what he feels (reasonably enough, we con ceive) that he ought to bring. out annually, viz., " Notes upon the Principal Pictures exhibited in the Rooms of the Royal Academy," as well to in, the apartments of other contemporaneous art-ex hibitions in London and Westminster. This last mentioned enterprise (recently announced by Mr. Ruskin to be henceforth among the gobjects of his life) being his periodical contribution, as an Art Critic, towards the education of the taste and judg ment upon matters of art, of his fellow-country men. Yet the work, par excellence, among all the various and remarkable works yet given to the world by the genius and industry of John Ruskin, we take this notable production, at once the eat ' hest and the latest among all his notable I roduc '•ltions, to be—this encyclopuadic treatise up on ar t, entitled " Modern Painters. A treatise upon i Art, chiefly remarkable, we cannot but think, as u.~ ••-++ constituting in reality a tribute to Nature I tribute of admiration expressed at one moment. analytically-, at another synthetically, .but always poetically, always with an enraptured sense of the" majesty of the True, and of the witchery of the Beautiful. THE POST OFFICE DIRECTORY OF DEVONSHIRE AND CORNWALL. KELLY AND COMPANY. 1856. [SECOND NOTICE.] A very conspicuous feature in this remarkabla compilation is the elaborate catalogue—engrossing pages mix. to xliv. inclusively—of the Cornish and Devonshire Mines. Giving them alphabetically. Comprising, under each title, a minute:account of its actual condition, of its geographical situation, and of its internal organisation. Ranging from the Alfred Consols Mine, in the parish of Phillack, to the Yeoland Consuls Mine in the parish of Buck. laud Monachurum. Giving the names of the prin cipal officers entrusted with the management. Relating, in many instances, how the mine is worked. Telling us by what length of lease they are, one and all, hold, and at what amount of royalty. And so forth. Every reasonable precau tion appears to have been taken with a view to the prevention of error : a matter of extraordinary im portance as well as of extraordinary difficulty amidst such a mass of statistics, arranged novs sarily not in a tabular form but in successive para. graphs. . . . Another List of very consider able interest to a different class of applicants to the Directory for information—interesting, indeed, less to the " Iron men " of the West than to its " Debilitated Cousins" and " Sir Leicester Dadlocks " generally—is the catalogue of the Principal Seats in Devonshire—followed in due course, later on in tbe volume, by another (a briefer list), enumerating the Principal Seats in Cornwall. The latter beginning with Acton Castle, nearPerranutho, and ending with W hitefield-house s near Stoke Climsland. The former commencing with A-la-Ronde near Withecombe Raleigh, and concluding with Youlston Park, the seat of Sir A. Chichester. The maps are wonderfully crowded but at the same time singularly legible. A more searching examination of the volume only reveals, we have found, more and more plainly the varied merits of the compilation, both in regard to accu racy of detail and comprehensiveness of arrange ment. LITERATURE. Eleonore, and Other Foons. By Hamilton Aid 6. - Chapman and Hll. This is an unpretending volume of verse, which is not without merit. The poem which gives it its title occupies the principal part, and is the most successful, contrary to the usual rule, for it is ge nerally the fragmentary poems which are the most praiseworthy, few ordinary writers being equal to a long-continued effort. However, in the present instance, the story is told in a simple and unas suming manner, without attempting any lofty flights of poetry or thrilling descriptions. The result is, consequently, that the reader is not be wildered and mystified, but interested and agree ably entertained. The story at its opening bears some faint resemblance to the " Fireworshippers," for the heroine is a fair maiden, living in a lonely castle, and the hero her unknown lover, who con fesses himself to be ono of a proscribed and out cast race. The scone in which it is laid, however, is not on the moonlit " banks of Oman's sea," but the recesses of Gascony. The outcast lover is a Cagot, who departs and joins the French Revolution. After some years he re turns to claim Eleonore for his bride, and they both escape to Paris to avoid the vengeance of the country people who are enraged that one of the Pariahs should have married the daughter of their old Lord. After some time, Gaston, in his pursuit of freedom., finds himself like too many others on the guillotine, and his widow departs to a quiet spot, where they had sojourned together, and brings up her little sou to revere his memory, and after her death he joins Napoleon's army and ob tains much distinction. Such is the outline of the tale, and if it lays no claim to high poetic talent, it is at least gracefully told with feeling and ex pression. The lesser poems are not in any- way remarkable, chiefly we should suggest from the author's indifference to a musical metre. - Some of them contain some striking thoughts or expression, but they are not without some imitation of the Laureate's style. Songs of Early Summer. By the Rev. Archer Gurney. Longman. This author has already appeared, before the public in several volumes of verse, evidencing some varying degrees of poetic talent, though decidedly wanting in the inspiration of genius. The one before us is one of his most successful efforts, and certainly possesses one- merit unhappily becoming rare. It is perfectly comprehensible, and the words, strange to say, express, instead of burying, the ideas. Such an uncommon quality may make many readers forgive a large share of mediocrity, as well as the somewhat affected titles of the dif ferent divisions of the work. Those poems in which there is any simple feeling to- be expressed are generally the most successful. Not that the author attempts any very ambitious feat, but the less he attempts the more he seems to- attain. Some of the poems are very, unequal, some lines and verses being far superior to others. The author does not spare the school of the mystics, as he gives us some very severe verses upon them. More especially he finds it impossible to forgive Tennyson, for whom he has evidently a great admiration, for having written "Maud." The sentiments expressed are generally of a high and elevated kind, and many of the poems are very pleasing, and the volume will doubtless afford gratification to many of its readers. Exposition of the Types and Antetypes of the ,Old and New Testament. By the lion. Lady Scott. 1 vol. Bentley. This volume, we are told in the preface, is de signed for family readings and for those persons who, from want of leisure and attention, have not traced the connection of the prophetic passages is the Old Testament with their corresponding fulfil ments in the New. It is written in the form of Lectures, and is very suitable for the purposes in tended, as it contains much valuable information, clearly and practically conveyed. It might perhaps have been rendered more attractive to young readers, but it is likely to become a standard work of its kind notwithstanding. A. brief narrative of the lives and exertions of the Apostles is added, of much interest. Naval and Military intelligence. GREAT DISEMBARKATION OF TROOPS. PORTSMOUTH, July 20.—Troup 3 to the number of 7,000 men are to disembark to-morrow, and proceed by train to their respective destinations. They are the 88th and 4th Regiments, the first-named from the Belleisle, 12, and the latter from the Exmouth, 81 ; they disem bark, numbering together 1,700 men, 'at daybreak, and come into the dock-yard in screw gunboats and tenders, and leave by rail at 6 o'clock for Aldershot. The 38th Regiment, 900 men, disembark from the Casar, 91, screw, at 6, and come to the dockyard, and leave by train at 10 fur Aldershot, The Swiss regi ment of the Foreign Legion, 700 strong, also disembark at 6 o'clock alongside the dockyard, and leave about Bor 9 o'clock for Shorncliffe. The.23l and 33 i Regiments, 1,200 strong, from the London, 91, leave about 10 or 11 for Aldershot, as also 550 men of various detachments from the Indomitable, Charity, and Ripon, steam transports. About 1,000 other men, detachments of various regiments from the same ships, also leave for Aldershot, Parkhurst, Preston, &c. The steam transport Osprey, No. 23, arrived to-day from the Crimea with 250 men of the Royal Artillery. She sails to-morrow for Woolwich to disembark them. The London, 90, Capt. Jervis, with the 23d and 331 Regiments, arrived last night. The Exmoutb, 91, screw, Capt. Eyres, arrived in the night with the 4th Regiment. The Cm.iar, 91, screw, Capt. Robb, arrived yesterday afternoon with the 38th Regiment. The Belleisle, 6, Captain Hosken, arrived on Friday night with the 88th Regiment. The Charity, No. 147, steam transport, arrived y.es• terday with the British Swiss Legion. The Indomitable, No. 7, steam transport, arrived yes terday with detachments of various regimen* number. ;Tie 13 officers, 3 ladies, 694 men, 9 women, and 7 chil dren. Tue Ripon, No. 25, steam transport, arrived 'yester day with 28 officers, 704 men of various regiments, 8 ladies, 11 women, and 7 childr en . A mongst the officers are Lieut.-Col. Franklyn, staff; Lieut.-Col. Whiahou, 44th, &c. The men belong as follows :.4th Regiment, • 5 officers and 260 men ; 18th, 6 officers and 319 men ; 20th, 2 offiCers and 78 men; 38th,-8 officers and 8 men ; 44th, 4 officers and 63 men ' • staff,.3 o ffi cers. The Ripon left Malta J u l y 4 , an d had to put into Cadiz, as there were no coals at Gibraltar. The Prince Arthur, No. 85, steam transport, left yes. turday for Dublin with the Ist ROyals. The screw steam frigate Emerald, 50 guns, was launched from Deptford Dockyard on Saturday. The ceremony of christening was performed by Miss Mary Wood, daughter of Sir Charles Wood. The following appointments were made on Saturday at the Admiralty : Capt. George Gifford, to the Princess Royal ; Capt. Henry Broadhead, to the Brunswick ; George H. R. 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