The Sun. — London, England, 1856-06-05 00:00:00

0 lg. ucr WI A 71'. 2`,l:La• 0 0ZdIUROI.P.L IYIELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLooK. T haLiverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed 4171137, and p r i ces wore in favour of the buyer. ,h e,, Pales were es ti m ated at 6,000 bales, includ -1140 Pernam and Maranham, 6 ad. to 7i ;20 8 4b4 1 bid. ; 300 Egyptian, 61d. to 101. ; 310 3d. to 4d., and 100 Sea Islands, is. 3d. 24 ' 4 1 per lb. The Railway Share Market °:ed, tamely. abet Cotton Market at Havre opened th is mont h ti :er flatly, with a heaviness in the closing quota ph._.ll3of May. The sales, on the 3d inst., corn -474600 bales. Louisiana, Georgia , mix ed sorts i 3t uebllowing prices :—Louisiana, very low sorts, ti Pet 50 kilos, good ditto 8 9 f., very or dinar y std good ditto 105 f. ; Georgia, very low, 82f., 1, 8 4 50c., and very ordinary 88f., and mixed 14 7 frcm 74f. to 83f. 50c. In coffee the arrivals fete limited, and sales were effected at the follow ftales :-30 bags, Gonaives 69f. 50c. p er 50 k°.; 250 ditto Seremiale 65 f. 50 c. ; 3,500 ditto t: i ° B , price not given ; 36 , ditto Demerara 128 f. 1 28f ' . 6 t per 50 kilos. ; and 900 Java at 125 f. to k eeotnts from Riga report an active trade in all kti t i e Bof export at the close of May. Linseed, of I Jetnr quality, was much sought after, and the ?erealised were above previous rates for sorts iolgilbg 112 lbs. Hempseed was also in demand, qtalities weighing 90 to 91 lbs. realised 3 t : l B bles9o kopecks, of which 8000 tons were die kre'l ; and a portion which had been in store 4°ll li time realised 3 80 silver roubles, with a Pre • nilim for good weight. Hempseed oil for con 141)tion sold at 38 to 39 roubles per berko witz. 411 , I6 vewas also in demand, and 40 roubles p er toll)Pitz was asked, but buyers were not inclined Oite more than 38 or 39 . Exchang e on London ', 41 (1 on Paris 400. eo ''t the meeting of the Peninsular an d Oriental 111 1aly shareholders, held yesterday, a dividend tt the rate of 7 per cent. was declared. Thelast week's Railway Receipts, ascertain ed u p to thisday, are in round figures as under :- 18b6. 1855. kat Western Ro°ttll:V estern h0 :'"-Vestern )i,, r t i l ghtcn 24,249 1 5 , 133 v i arit 30,839 30,636 N . te ll , t ia-ta2tern 19,879 19,831 d . 4, (man l i `eitt n or th ern t ri ll eatnire and Yorkohire °Nand Exeter 6,354 5,958 t ot ,. and Holyhead !it 4 dm Gen. Omnibus Company 1 1 ,931 k Nester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 8,864 12,386 le o l. th Stafford rth London tfo,L., , Worcester, and Wolver 3,810 3,571 q lti a terford an d Limerick tow and South-Western and Glasgow rtler n of France (I r ek Western of Canada 12,451 9.175 rand a Trunk of Canada ,h fourth of the month passed of satisfactorily, verYlimited amount of bills having been returned. 1 4 e Money Market has continued easy , an d the ; z ge arrivals of specie by the Atlantic an d Solent, about 767,0001., have produced a favourable ; Pression. No alteration can be reported in the t t t rnt rates of discount, and it is expected that ghout the present month there will be a 3' inquiry. The i tti T tone of the English Stock market has rather oved, the advices from New York on the Cen tralh American question being considered mor e °4l "able. Consols opened at 941 for money, std b e : 9 5 to 95i for account, but they have since pp 94± and 944 to 95 respectively. The New 53 :1 3 is 1i 2 prem. The New 3 per Cents. are Bank to 94, and the Reduced Annui ties 93 k Stock rose 1 per cent., viz., to 217 and 218. East India Stock brought 233 to 234. Exchequer 418 were ss. to Bs. premium. I n Foreign Stocks there have been several trans -4 ti ° l3 ll. Turkish Bonds are firmer, the 6 per Ce nts. being 99k, and the 4 per Cents. 103 1 13. , 4 Panish Threes were 47, and Deferred 25 k. Russia n Per Cents. rose to 108 ., , and the 441- per CentF to 9 1 and 98g. Sardinian ruled steady, at 014 ,to 92 i. Mexican at 222 an d Brazilian Fives 1 ~`l O to 101. Buenos Ayres rose 1 per c ent., being ~0 to to 78. The Ecuatorian commission of agency have re teived a further remittance of 3861. 12s. 10d. on keount of the Ecuador dividends. The f o ll ow ing are the nominal price s of Foreign ,tcks :-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 7 A ; Peruvian, j 9 ; ditto Three per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese Ugper Cents., 50 2 ; Russian Five per Cents., ; ditto Four-and-a-Half ,per Cents., 9 7 9 ; Spani s h % Three per Cents., 47 ; ditto Deferred, ; ditto Certificates, 6f ; ditto Passive, 71. The market for Railway Shares is quiet but S teady, the variation in price s havin g been gene rally unimportant. The Foreign and Colonia l S hares are rather flat. Great Western of Ca nada have been a shade firmer. Royal British Bank Shares are 11. lower, and '°Yal Mail Steam have receded 1/. 103. B RITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES f Prom the Oriciol .s n .i,Aqa done. i l la uk 5t0ck.......... . ........ 217 18 i1'431 tient. ftecl.s. cad ....... . ties ............... 94$ i t , Per Cent. Consols Annsiti ~v 9 3 per C'e,nt. knnui;,ios ). ""q Annuities, expire sth .Tan. 1560 — Ditto 30 Years ex pire sth April, 188 5 l7l 5-16 India Stock ' 234 3 ' ll `tik Bonds, £lOOO 1 „Ditto, under LllOOO p 5 `;lnsma ;or Account eonsol Scrip l/ p Exchequer Bills, 24d. plOOO 5 8 p - 2500 5 8 p Rn•all 5 8 p • Ditto Advertised 2 p 1 d par PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. s Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. Ditto Account - Danish Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1825 — ~Ditto 5 per Cent. lO3 4 oxica.n 3 per Cent 224 Ditto Account Account Russian Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent lOB 7i Ditto 4 3 per Cent. S trdinian Bon =ls, 5 per Cent. ~. Ditto Account 9ll 2i x d °Pstniel Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto Account . Ditto N e w Deferred, 3 per Cent. tirk i b h Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto Account .. Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account Venezuela Bonds, 41 per Cent 20i 30 Ditto Account Dividends on the above ,avable in 'London. Dutch Exchange, 26 per Cent., 12 Guilders 65 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Money 94 Ditto Account (July 10) 95 i The Spanish Minister in Paris has decided that, on the occasion of the baptism of the Prince Imperial, he Will anticipate the quarterly payments to all those who, having belonged to the French legion which fought in the defence of the throne of Queen Isabella, receive a Pension from the Spanish Government. The naval armament about to be sent by Spain into the Gulf of Mexico will consist of two ships of the line, three frigates, two corvettes, and four steamers. Prince Oscar, who had left Paris for Brest, returned Yesterday on account of an accident ; the horses of his Carriage had taken fright. The secretary was slightly hurt. STATE OF TRADE. — NOTTINGHAM , June 4.—The lace trad e continues quiet, the demand for the home market being dull. There has been a good business doing in Plain nets. The lateness of the spring has retarded the demand for light and fancy de s c ri p tions of nets ; the fine ik weather having now, however, set in, we may expect an tl improved demand for fancy articles. The American buyers have been purchasing sparingly. Upon the whole, the trade is very quiet. In hosiery business is rather brisk, especially for the American market, but the raw material still continues at a very high rate, and our manufacturers complain very much at the extreme prices they are compelled to give. Yarns remain firm. MANCHESTER ART EXHIBITION.—One of the latesi, contributions to the guarantee fund is that of the Lord I I , Mayor of London of 5001. The committee have ap- 1.1 pointed as their secretary Mr. Minchin, who lately filled the same office to the committee of the Patriotic Fund. The offers of land as sites for the proposed building have been numerous, and it was expected that the committee Would decide on the most eligible plot last evening. Already several of the leading contractors have visited Manchester with a view of making offers for the erec tion of a building. The guarantee fund is to be raised to 100,0001., if possible, with the view of extending, if it shall appear desirable, the objects of the exhibition beyond the limits originally indicated. I g erift ilea' -$Oll 43. frOo ona °°' bittO el' or 13 1$ bee! Ing t." Taa te°l dere' 11 Wl° a 10 0 be ,i 0 g 0 ' aillg' N go O Pg; La 1° aiOP aio /' Oa° o. o ' t, f t° gol , i' r it.g. Df °' ?' r ,itisil', )00Pt1 t th e a t he o „ r 0 o ot a °_ n 13 8 ' i ur lce ~.. . 0 . .A", 4 aroeP P. M, ART S. ._ .i A. ._. .. _. _ ~._ IP AILW IPaid.l RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day 25i - 2 3 4 4i 5 110 0 Aberdeen.......- 9A '. a bg. Nottag. Bost and Eastr. Junct cli a:lfasf ?z, Bralyneaa all Pia-ming. t olve Stour Valley..., `9l Sirkeand. Taanash. alheshire Janata._ all Do. Chech. & Birk. £5O and £25 Cona 19 Do., all Myth &Tycearigina £25 (isach at .2a5 100 Rriatol and Exeter 100 Oalsdonian. ......... 61s. Cana. sad Cardigan all :;heater & Holyliaaa all Jork and Bandon,. all '.lork, Black, &Pas , 18 Cornwall all Do. A ............. 8 Do. B larieff Junction— . 4c D a bandsßelfastJnue. all Dun. P. as Ahor. Jnc. 100 East Anglian ill gastern Counties 100 gast. anion, A Sti 10: De., B. Stoat: 84 Do., New 10 East Kent 100 asst Lancashire 100 Edinburgh& Glasgoa all Ediub. and Peebles 100 Edin.Prth &Dundo 9 feorth & Clyde Joan. all Furness all Do. Extension 100 lasgow fa West. , all Great N. of Seotind. 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock LOO it. Sth. &West.(lre 100 Great Western 100 .)o. Stour Val. Ra! Gna. Sth all (rich South-Eastern all retneaster & Carlisle 14'1 Do., Thirds 8 Do. New Thirds 100 Lance.sh.andltorksh Do., Wst. Riding lan all CAT.Crsby.&Southrt all London St Blackwall 100 Load. Bright &S.Cst. 100 Loud. and N. Wean 16 Do. Fifths 5A D0.101.5h.,M&8 , .. 1 2 Do. Eighths....... . 100 London andS. Weetn all Do., £5O all Do., 440 all taidndrry&Coleraine all budndrry.&Enalak. 100 Waneb.Sheth Linda 32 e . Do.,Man. &Lin. Un. 1 Aetropolitan 100 liiilLand 100 Do. Birmng. & Der i 3 all alidld. G. West. (Ire. 1 1l Do. Half Shares . araweastle & Carlisle all Nwpt.Aberg.&Hral si loamy &Enninkiller all Newry Warrenpoin l and Rostrevor. 110 Norfolk A gorthu.Coauties T.Tu 1)0 North British a . Nith Dpvan Rail. .& 100 Dock Stock ........ . LOO ' , 0., A Stock all , B Stock all Do., 4 B Guarantee 1.0 f! N. astern—Berwic 211 Do. do. Extension 15 Do.do. G.N.E. iural all Do. Leeds (10 Do. York 100 North London a • 1, `4.StS.Wstru.,Fratn - stead, and City Jr... 17A North Staffordahia al North Western.... all N. &E. West rn. June 1 Nuneaton, , and teleastera ~/ x„, Wore.. & Wolv 12 I .'ortsraouth 'Scottish Central 130 Scottishlaidlaad.,„ !DO Shropshire South Devon I ar) South Eastern 100 south Wales . 15 3. Yrksh. & 5 Do 16 staines,Wok. &Wok all Stockton & Darli 1631 Staxzkten & Eartlep , 1/0 Taff Vale . lao Do. Pref., No. 1 , 72 Thames Hay. D.& R, Elverstone & Lanes all Vale Cl all Watorfd. & Kilkenny a ll WaterfordaiLiwer all ` West Cornwall. all West End of London and Crystal Palace.. all Do. A 3 Do. B all West London all IWirabledn &Croydon 84 9 17 - 15 - 16 12 •- 13 Si - DO 61 -61 i - 17 ... "''... ." ... ....'... ' '. ... '''' • ' 8 - 94 16 3 / 4 - 174 10 - 10 32 - 34 22 - 24 78- 80 60 - 62 31 - 32 ... .. ... .-- • 88 - 92 7i - 83 95 - 96 78 - 80 129 - 131 105 - 107 61 61i 76 - 75 5} €if . 5i - 6 0 , 92- 93- - 105 102 IP P i 99 29; - 30 4 4 76t - 781 48 50 s. """" ii - 15 54 - 56 3i - St 35h 36 -82 5} - - 2 0 , - 171 58 59 89 - 10 - 11 iT - 28 104 77 - 70 46 48 14 1f 711 - 72 72 - 74 4 - - 9 - 7 36 - 37 • •• 19 - 20 4} - 5 ... - ••• 6A - ril 6 - s - 5 - 6 - 7'S 14} 71i 2i 2 6 - 103 102 par par FOREIGN• all kntwerpdatitt rd. In 40 Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in at par till'64 10 Ardennes ........... a ll Belgian Ea.tn. Juno 14 &seers to Arai sac sea 44 Bombay, Bare da ,an Central Ind is,Scri; all D 0................... all Demerara .......... ~ 11 Dutch Rhenish ...... . all Eastern of France .. ..., 3 1 n 9 TiLo;it New...... 13.ia *** ******** 15 Do. gitentiors.. all D0.43p.e.8nd5.,'57 ail Po. do. do.. ' 59 , de'.• 16 Gee'ong tr Melbourne guar. 5 per e nt.. all Do., Lon. allot., do. 22 Gd.Thof Cansdedii 1 IDo. ..................... i 9) Do. Gut. of Deben. ) con. into Stk. till'6 ! %11 Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 14 At. Catitral of Fra.nc , all (it. Indian Penh:mil. 14 Great Luxe,,Tnbonr Conatitnted Shoire -4,11 Do. ahligntions... 14 Do. re-is. 'orft d. Sh. I 41 GLW,...sternot Cause a . _ Rharep ... • ....... ,4, N Do. New ........... • .1.11 Do. i-. 1,18., payable's7 with option till '55. all Do. do., '62, p.'56.. ail Do. Jo., '76, p. ) all Dr,. do., 73, withou option ..... ........... ) all Ramilton Ac T o TOTIV ) ail Do. 6 por cent. ) 17 Lalse Con Ft. & MO' I all Liorre and Turnhout 5 All Lucoa t Pist. sp. c.p 0 16 Lyons and Gt,n. , -vl , .. • 0 14 I,yons 1., ',/twilt.,rra- . P all ,fadraF, guar. 4 p.e 0 LO Do Now 0., sp. c 0 , 0 Do. 4;•': p. c. Eaten 3.• all Maria Antonin ~. all [to. do. New ....... , ~111 l Tamtir & Liege (wits interoat) Do. (ex interest) ;Northern of France, , D 0.201. She Do. 'VU. 3 p. a Bap (fmy.l3.6t &me. She. NorwegianTrunkPre' Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Rome and Frascati Royal Danish RoyalSwadish Do. Obligations .... Sambre and Mon se.., Do. 5,, , ,p. cent. Pref, Scindo, guar. 5 p. c /0 sal IA all 20 111 LO al; 20 all 40 all /0 all 10 5 5 all 4 all 20 % ,11 1.0 all 20 5 20 all SO all 20 16 D 0... ................. 3outhern of France St. Andrew's stia Quebec (A).......•. West Flandors Do 6A 11, - T c. Pref `v. &N. W. of Franc , West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand 8 el 10 all 20 18 20 all 6 all 20 all 11 0 .5 12 [OO 50 let All 30 all li si 6 - 541 2 i• l 4 -- 449 ... ...! - 37)_t - 3 , - 23A - 24 23i- 21 221 - 23 lot 15 k 6 70 - 75 SO - F 4 22k- 7 - 22 t 51 25+ - - 100 - 102 iio :: 125 les 110 1 2 pm 6i ----- 20 2 - 2i i - iP ~ ""' 8 6i - 71 44i - 44' 8 - 59 - 55 - 19 - fig - 91 - = 4 2i - 3. ... 4a 4 JOINT-STOGIL SINKS. lAustralagin Bank of Egypt Bank of Loudon Bri. Col. Ek.SzLn. C. British N. American Chartd. Bank of ASIA Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Chiwi 'City 1 Coloujal Commorcial of Lund il'ng.Scot.&Atts.Clit Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia. Ditto Now I•rmlon and Count y:.! Lnd . & E. Thal: g• Corp. 1 r A milon Joint Stock. London and Paris 7, o nd. a. Westminster National Pro.of Eng Do. Now ............ ... A National of Ireland.. 'clew South Walee - Oricutra Bank yf Ottoman Bank ...... Royal British ~, : itlt Australia ..... ''pion of Australia.. TniOn f.f. London \Vote= Bk of Lone f 96 par - ~ 68 7v """' ... -.... i - 1 p ...e fi7- 69 8.. ..... ••• 16#-- 17?, 184 -- 18; 2 -1, par 2p 4 -- 2 d s. ... • . 4 GO ..• ••• 42/. - 43 41 - 43 1 33 - 39 73 - 75 8 - 10 4i 31c1 Business done this day. St. St. 8 8 20 5 20 18 IQ I an 1,0 I all 45 1 2 0 LOCI 50 10 35 tii THE SUN, LONDON, THRTRSDAY N EVEINGS JU ME . 5,_ 1 B's 6. I 3 4584 ''• I Cliwisuz) this Lis,s 50 all Bedford and London &' Bletchloy N. West. St. 100 Diekghamsh. t.&N.W. 96 100 St 100 Clydesdale:ie. Caledon.,, 95 100 25 all Col, Stour Vy. & Sud. and Hal. E. C . 11 13 St. 100 F. 3.in. r. 6 pe Gt. Nrthn. 134 137 5 all E. En. H. Sh. S. Count 4 ... 10,) Wm. 3arr. Dirt. • St too Do. New Do 1 , ; all Olstr.dtpla. .iit. VreStlt DO all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Baru.. 60 all Hull & Selby V. &N hi 105 107 25 Do. Shares. Do ••• rn a ll Do. s Shares. Do • --- 1.44 a ll Lou.&Greenv, &lade, 121 1:11 20 all Do.Prefereu^p Do 23.t St. 10 ; Pato &Co 113 117 115 St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk_ ,„ St I.{lo Do. 6 per ci.. Do •• 5 all Manch. Bxtn L.&N.W and 14.1.at10A & Midi& 2i 50 all Ididdlosbro' & itekton& Redcar . Darlingt. St. 1.00 Midld.Bradfcl litidlaud.. 93 95 6} tsj Newmarket Bury E. G.spc En. Conn. 50 all N.&Est.sp.c. R. Count. 56 58 . 40 all Do. 6 ner et. D 0... 50 all Do. Flxeds pc Do t 5 all Prost. & yp- L. & N.W 45 , 47 12,1 all Do. Shrs. ADo — St. IA Roystn.&Hit. GtNorthn 134 137 25 8;' , 1 • Shef. Roth au. Lancash& Gool eg. 5 p.c. Yorksh. • •., 10 all Shrews.&Her T.Brassey 7i 8 1.2 I.oi S.Staffordsh. iifiliClean 3 50 all WearValloygr Stadia & 6 per cent_ g 25 . all Do Do 32 33 St. 100 WiltsVorirst .ItWesto — PRIEFER.ENCE SHARES. St 100 Aberdeen It.lloo Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c 100 Do. Debentures all Myth and Tyne lOper c. pref. (issd. 501' 100 Bris. k Ex. 4p.C. St 5 Do. 4 p. a. Shares... 100 Caledonian £lO all Ches. &110. On. 51 pc all Do. do. Pref. No. 2. all Do. do. Prof. No. 2 all Cork eaßandonsip.c all Duu.Prth .et 2 E. Anglian Cls. ASh 100 Do. do. Cls. B6p. c. 100 Do. do Cis. C 7 p. c. all F,as.Co.E , c,spc No all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p c. St all East [fn., G. 6p. c all Do. F1.,10 per cent all Do. 161. Debentr.Sh. all Do. do. 4 per cent... 10f) Had Lancash.6 p.cts all B. lzW. York. J. 5t10. 1 1 Edin. k GI. 5 p.c. sh. 100 Ed. Prth.sDun.4p.o all Furness 100 Gllas. &S. W.G.5 p.c 100 Great Northn. sp. c 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem 100 De. 4 p. c 74 Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red at 5 p. c. atl Glt.N. of Scot.l6t Pre 10) it, e . W. (Ireland' 11 Do. 4per C. Pr.f . 6 h. V.(ii. 4, ,11.F , 5'52 , 0 100 )o. con. red. 4 ; t p.c. 100 1)..). con. red. 4p. 100 Do. irred. 4p. c. ,100 Do. sp. C. red. prof all Do. 610. do. all Do. Birm. Pref. Nlh all Do. Chester Bp.c. P. s all Do. do. 5 p. c. do . 100 Do. Sinn. Gua. all Do. Ches. Gua. Sh all Do. do. do . al Do. do. do • 6 Lan. &York. F a 1.00 Do. 6p. c. Stack 1.00 LOD. &Brigh. 0.5p.c. 1 100 Do. Prof., sp. c. g , 1100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. 1100 Do. do. 5 per cent . 100 Lon. &N. W., Coy. Ntrneaton . s p. et.. .00 on.& S.W. 7 per et all ondy. &ck br. Sh 11 Londy. & Ennis. 10 ,A.,8.,,5t L.,N0w,10/ 115 - 118 115 - 117 84 90 94 - 96 100 - 102 16 - 17 •es """"' ... ... "..."' .. '6 l = 107 - 112 07 - 102 l 2 - 134 134 : 137 - 2 11 - 8 1 120 109 - 103 --- 105 9/ - 101 11. """ I - 61 95 - 97 SO - 91 90 - 92 1.00 • 102 qt. St. 10 8 10 - 'loi 16- 17+ 10 - 10} 74 - 76 19i -20 i -10 A t 4 - 15} 37 139 . -- •• 37 - 139 153 - 162 i • - i ti 4!'1.)o. A 2 sll liarypt.BtCarl. 4 p 21 all )0. 4i per cent V 10 , Do t. 109 lid. Consol.6 p.c St t. 101 . 3 Do. Con.Br."Bir. epc t. 100 D;. 4 p. c. Prof. s all 'Do. Pref. 4 per con 5 all \Do. 51. Prof. 4p. c. 4. 100 Ditto L. &H. Pref. S , LO New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p. c. pm LO tit Norfolk Debenture 3t. 100 iDo.Pref. sp.c. St ck 3t. 100 IDo. 5 p.c. Ext St. 100 De. 5i per et. prof._ t. 100 Do.Way.Val. 5 p. e . t. 400 North British 3t. 100 N. B. Berw, 4 p.o P. 17 7 Do. do. do 20 13 Do Leeds 6 p.c 0.1 12i 9 so. do. Quarters ... 25 10 Do. York Ff.& g. Pri r 20 all North Staffordshire. St. 109 0x,,W0. , zW.15/ pc 10 9 Do R. Pref. 101. Sh. Si all Scot. Cent. ,Now Pr 3 2t all south Devon 10 1i Do. fixed, 6i per can' .o.e all S. E astern (Readim , A.nn.) of £1 Os. 6d. St. 100 Do. 4i per cent St. 100 Do. Fixed 4A posh St. 100 Wales Gun. 4 /3, o 20 all D do. 4j p. c.... 20 all S.Vorksh.4p.c.Guar. 25 all Stock. & Dar. ,sp. c. 25 15 ,Stock. do. do 12i all Stock. & Hartl. g. c. till July 1, '5 O 5 4i ;Waal:era &Kilk.epc ••r .... • • - 1?8 [ 97 - 99 88 - 90 }... - ... 111111 ... ."' ... 102 -IC4 92 - 14 - 1(1 I I - fi 100 -- 102 ••• • ••• ••• 14i - 15 ••• • 11 231 2ni 100 105 10 = 10; S~ ~ li -- 93} 21 - Pm Pll2 611 1 i I St. tb P' o 921 I 32J loniell 99 si 7 8 1 i i 49k 36 51 801 16. t 17a a 534 1 114 10 MINES. all lg,t, at.... • .., • • r. 1.1 I knglo An;Aria. Geld Callfornian 7 knstralian all kustratian Cordillera' all kvo Maria . all 13aden (C4d.Duehy of) all all:mar. Iron Et Coo. 14 itritit.h Iron 21; at .tts:s pm.) Cocaes FT Culal Do. St. John Del to Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica Clobrc; Copper Colonial Gold. Copper Min. of Enp. Do. Prof. 7 p. oe,, rlopiapo ........ , 'ertrinst lt • NnggetV.inP.: , g , ~r ,at rol.rooth Gt Wheal Vor Unite ,4 . Liberty 'Linares Lusitanian • v".e.riquita New Granada Nouveau Monde Pontgi•Sii.Ez Le• Min. Port Philip 4nartr., Rock Ahyronoy Iron Do. Now antiatro de Cnba. ,Sort. Cons. Min. Co '4onth Do. Scrip... Do. 10 per cent Pro . iTam. S. Ez.L.A.lin. Co Cin Croft Jnitsd MeNican , kraller Rest Mariposa Worthing Mining cr Australia Dab?. &1I n 15 1 1 4 :0 &11 5 1 15 - all 2 11 2 all 4i ; all 5 all Mali 3 all 5 ; Il al :5 51 1 4 j I all . 5 1 all 10 11`3+' hall all 1 ! 4 I l 0 9 ni all 1 all 1 all I 12a. 1I .11 ••• ........ 000 '... - ••• '''' ••• '''' ... ."-' ... --- 4 •-- 2i - 2k - 25 - h - 63 - 30 - 254 - 35 27i 18 id 16 - i • 0 - - r - - - 21 - 41 - 4# ii. 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Tem DiAmen'e tomd 7,00,0p.(..J.m&;fn1y' - 31 - 6 25 - 120 11 - 1121 i - 24 5 - ti . ""' ... • '''. ••• la li 94 96 141 ".--. ... 1• ' m n. ... 31 - 3i 8 - 10 5 4 - 51 2 3t 4 1 18 a 22 ip h - ip 3 - 3f 63 - 69 5 - Gp\ 70 - 72 1 1 - - 3 8 - 14 16 - 18 .4 ;"' LYCEUM THEATRE. Never prObably—save on the first night of the first amateur pantomime—was an audience assembled in a London theatre so thoroughly actuated with an absorb ing feeling of curiosity as the audience who last night sat expecting the appearance of Madame Ristori. The play selected for the debut was the " Meddle" of M. Ernest Legouv6, ©f which there was much talk in Paris about a couple of years ago, when Mademoiselle Rachel refused to play the principal part. Th 3 curtain rose, and in the earlier scenes Creon, King of Corintb, Jason, and Orpheus chiefly occupied the stage. But trifles were forgotten when a tall and handsome woman, carrying one child and leading another, appeared on the mountains at the back of the stage. This was the Ristori—this was Medea, in whom the maternal principle was at once made prominent to heighten the horror of the catastrophe. The demeanour was proud and commanding, the countenance was of the haughtiest in its outline, the eye was dark and flashinee and though the only feeling delineated was that of suffering (for Me dea, accoteling to M. Legouve, has lost Jason. and has become a homeless wanderer), the aspect was of a suffer ing queen. A thunder of acclamations followed—al most anticipated her appearance—and even when she had uttered the first few lines, instructing her child ren to kneel before the temple with suppliant boughs in their hands, and implore protection, there was such a tenderness in her tone that a gasp of sympathy might he heard in every direction. The charm of the voice, the power of modulating it were so manifest that none could resist its fascinati in. Then came a dialogue between Creusa, and Medea, much on the same principle as that between Adelgisa and Norma, beginning with mutual friendship, and ending with the discovery that both the ladies are in love with the same person. Crosse is the innocent girl, Medea is a grand criminal, who has committed all sorts of delinquencies, but who has a sort of glory in her guilt, and who, when she sees her new-made acquaintance shrink with horror at a hint that murder has been among her misdeeds, utter the words " fanciulla !" with a sort of compassionate scorn. Jealously comes to be a topic of conversation, and then Medea says what she would do to those who would make her jealous : " What would Ido to them ? What does the panter, When in the depths of forest glooms. He springs Sudden in fury, roaring with fell joy Upon his prey, and bears it to his cave, There rends it limb by limb, and joint by joint, Mangling each reeking member.' Nothing could exceed the. effect produced by these lines. Madame Ristori did not merely talk about the leopard, she became the leopard, End by her gestures signified that she was rending an imaginary victim piece. meal. With ninety-nine ar:dets out of a hundred this would have been vulgar rant ; With Madame Ristori it was a sublime burst of rage—the rage of a haughty spirit that would demolish a world. The late Mr. Edtnnnd Kean once exclaimed with honest pride that the pit "rose at him." Madame Ristori might declare with equal truth that the stalls shrank from her. As for the audience last night, they were overwhelmed with admiration. We have confined ourselves to the prin cipal "effects" of the first act. At present we would record the fact that a great success has been achieved by an artist who for sublimity in the expression of tragic emotion is probably beyond parallel. The whole affair is "grand"—that is the exact word. ADEL 111 THEATRE. Madame Celesta took her benefit last evening at this theatre, on which occasion three favourite pieces were revived, and in each of them that highly-talented actress sustained the principal part. The entertainments com menced with the " Flying Dutchman." Mr. C. Selby was effective as Captain Peppercoal. Peter von - Rummel lost none of its former whimsicality in the hands of Mr. Wright. Smutta, the black, was played with much spirit by Mr. Moreland, and Mr. Shore made a good lover as Lieutenant Mowdrey. The ladies were Lestelle helm, Miss Mary Keeley ; aul Lucy. her maid, Miss Kate Kelly. As Vanderdecken, the Flying Dutchman, Madame Celeste displayed all that grace and energy for which her performance of it has been so much praised. The scenes of the phantom ship, and the inundation of the devil's cave, were excellently managed, and loudly applauded. The second act of "Green Bushes" followed, and Mr dame Celeste resumed her original part of Miami, and went through it with the ease and dignity of manner so natural to a child of the wilderness. Messrs. Paul Bed ford and Wrigh'c, were even more free, and considerably less welcome on that account. Madame Celeste was called for at the end of each piece, and received several bouquets from her friends, who also paid her a much more substantial tribute of their admiration by filling the house in every corner. THE A.SEITURNHAM AMgRICAN FLOWER SHOW. We were favoured yesterday with a private view of the very beautiful and extensive collection of American plants arranged in the Ashburnham Pavilion, adjoining Orem orne; It is now, we believe, seven years ago since any very important exhibition of the kind took place, but how ever important the last may have been the present ex ceeds it in extent, variety, and beauty. The selection has been made entirely front the nursery of the celebrated firm of Waterer and Godfrey, of Knap-hill, Woking, and consists of specimens of every growth, colour, and quality - of Rhododendron' Azalia, and Kainaia. We understand the late Mr. Michael Waterer was the first nurseryman who brought this splendid tribe of plants into notice ; and his descendants are worthy of high praise for the spirited way in which they have carried out the earlier efforts of their ancestor. Did our limits allow us, we should be very happy to give a minute description of this very beautiful show, which as a whole is the most magnificent thing of the kind we ever saw ;but we must confine ourselves to a general, outline. The plants are admirably arranged under a pavilion of extraordinary dimensions, being 375 feet long by 100 wide, which is decorated throughout with painted windows representing various tribes of American plants, flowers, and birds. It is covered by 9,000 feet of Ameri can canvas, and is capable of aff,,rding accommodation to several thousand visitors. Opposite the entrance is an emblematic painting, in holland, with figures of Peace, Industry, Plenty, and C.annierce, with medallion por traits of the Queen and Prince Albert ; and on the op posite side is a corresponding painting, representing Fame ; History, the Fine Arts, and Science, with medal. lion portraits of the Emperor and Eaipress of the French. Along the sides of the tent run transparencies, also in holland, having painted representations of tropical birds and plants, which harinouise in a most agreeable and natural manner with the plants and flowers on the ground. These paintings, and the decorations generally, have been executed by Mr. j. Collins, of Bennet-street, and aro highly creditable in an artistic point of view. The beds are formed with considerable taste, and are in many parts raisal, which may materially increase the effect of the whole ; and much judgment is shown in the arrangement of the colours, which embrace every shade, from white and yellow to the most glowing scarlet. Two very effective avenues run the whole length of the ground, which, being tilled up with contrasting colours of the rhododendron and aril* have a most beautiful effect ; and the newly gravelled paths, edged with green turf, gives it that per fection of finish which entitles it to the highest praise. Much has been said in anticipation of this great me tropolitan feature, but we feel we are correct in stating that none of the visitors were prepared for the treat they enjoyed. Tile exhibition is opened to the public this day, and will continue for a month, and we feel assured it will re ceive that support from a fashionable public, which it really deserves, and have no doubt it will tend materially to increase the prestige of the Royal Crernorne Gardens, through which the exhibition is reached, and add an other laurel to the brow of its spirited proprietor who has entered upon so great a speculation. Amongst the visitors were the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, the Duke of Mecklenburg and Duchess of Mecklenburg, the Duchess of Wellington, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Countess of Derby, the Earl of March, Lady Mary Clive, Lord and Lady Her dinge, the Sardinian Abassacior, the Earl of Belmore, the Earl of Ashburnham, the Earl of Bective, Lady Willoughby, Lady Overstone, Marquis of Winchester, Lady Anstruther, Lady Beauclerc, Lord C. Wellesley, Sir G. Grey, Sir It. Peel, Lady G. Bathurst, Sir J. Atkinson, the Hon. Percy Ashburnhani, In the evening the fireworks were suspended, in order to secure the floral pavilion from damage, and this ar rangement will be continued during the exhibition. An immense crowd, however, assembled in the gardens, and enjoyed the other numerous entertainments which Mr. Simpson has provided for the public. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST, BROSlPToN.—YeSterday, the second day of the grand bazaar in aid of the turds of this hospital took place in the really beautiful grounds of the Toxophi lite Society, Regent'spark, and, as on the previous occasion, attracted a very large number of ladies and gentlemen, amongst whom were many of the principal members of the aristocracy.. STRYCHNINE.--This is a most astringent vegetable poison. At Jellasore, in the Zilla of Midnapore, East Indies, it grows (as to its berries) in great wild abun• dance. It is fond of moist localities, and the nux vo mica tree is remarkable for its encouraging the most deadly snakes amid t he amolezus of its branches. Here the cobra capello ta kes up its daily ab o d e . Th ere i s known in India one bird alone that has the credit of eating the berry of the nux vomica with impunity. This bird is named Chulkai, or pepper bird. It is fashioned and feathered in plumage as in the cormorant, bat its length of beak is far out of proportion to the size of its body. This creature, like the secretary bird, is ophivorous, preying upon serpents, lizards, and other congenerous reptiles. STRYCHNINE —ITS EFFECTS ON ANIMAL correspondent, writing to a contemporary, says :—As some of the most eminent toxicologists seem to disagree relative to the effects of strychnine when taken into the animal economy, perhaps the following facts may be in teresting to your readers. Being in Mexico in 1849, T had an opportunity offered me of witnessing the whole sale poisoning of wolves by nux vomica. The plan adopted is to give an old worn-out mule the poison. In a short time death ensues'; the wolve's, which infest that part of Mexico—Parrios--dvour the carcase ; they after a few hours die ,hetir bodges in turn are eaten by the turkey buzz,rds, who also die. These facts demon strate that the acti ve p rinci p le—i. e., strychnine, is not destrnycd by absorption, but remains undecomposed, though disseminated throughout the system in the most infinitesimal atom 4. OXFORD OXFORD, June 4.—Ou this, the chief day of Comme moration, the Sheldonian Theatre was the great point of attraction. At ten o'clock the theatre was thrown open and was Ailed in an instant. The undergraduates com menced the business of the morning with their usual characteristic diversion, expressing their loyalty to the Queen, for whom right hearty and enthusiastic cheers were given. Prince Albert succi - e led, and was warmly received. The cry of "Johnny Russell" elicited a volley of hisses and groans, and Mr. Gladstone was as unpopular, but for each some faint cheers were given. The Bi-hop of Oxford was greeted twice with unteingled applanee. The names of General Williams and Omer Pacha called forth deafening ae.elatriations. On the cry of " Gavazzi" being ret.sed, never hardly was heard such a tumult and such protracted groaning and hissing. The Emperor of Aus tria and the King of Prussia seemed to be in no better odour; but when the Emperor Napoleon was called with three cheers, they were given with a gusto and a promptitude betokening that confidence is still unshaken in our ally. The only remaining cries of any particular note were those of the Duke of Cambridge, the Earl of Cardigan, and Lord Clarendon, each of which were wel comed with prolonged acclamation. In the meantime, Prince Albert, the Prince Regent of Baden, and the Prince of Prussia, attended by a brilliant suite, had arrived in Oxford in a special train on the Great Western Railway, the illustrious party being con veyed from the station in two Royal carriages to the re sidence of the Vice• Chancellor at Worcester College, and having gone through the usual formalities of presen tetion, the Royal party returned to their carriages, and drove to the theatre, where they arrived about a quarter past 11 o'clock. The Chancellor (the Earl of Derby), the Vice-Chancellor, the personages selected for the ho nours of the day, the proctors and the heads of houses, who had assembled at Worcester College, formed them selves into a procession, and followed the cortege to the theatre, A noble outburst from the organ of the sublime notes of the National Anthem betokened the entrance of the University dignitaries and their illustrious visitors, but the strain was almost instantaneously drowned by the continuous hurrahs and shouts which rang within the building, and must have been beard for a long dis tance, When the applause had subsided the Chancellor rose, and read the diplomas of Convocation conferring the honorary degree of D.C.L. upon the Prince of Prus sia and the Prince Regent of Baden, the announcement of which was received with renewed cheering. The degree of D.C.L. was then conferred on the fol lowing distinguished persons :—His Excellency Musurus Bey, Ambassador from the Sultan of the Ottoman Em pire ' • his Excellency Count von Bernstorff, Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from his Ma jesty the King of Prussia ; the Most Noble the Marquis of Abercorn, K.G. ; the Right Hon. the Earl of Claren don, K.G., G.C.8., one of her Majesty's principal Secre taries of State ; the Right Hon. the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, K.T. ; the Right Hon. Lord Ashburton ; Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., G.C.8., ; Rear-Admiralthe Hon. Sir R. Saunders Duodas, K.C.8.; Sir Henry Holland, Bart., M.D., F.R.S. ; Major-Gene ral Sir Harry D. Jones R.E., K.C.8., Governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst ; Humphry Sand with, E , q., M.D.; Dr. Heinrich Barth. Unfortunately General Sir W. F. Williams, of Kars, and General Sir Colin Campbell were absent, but the mention of their names elicited the most enthusiastic acclamation. The Earl of Clarendon and Admiral Sir E. Lyons were more especially cheered in coming up to receive the degree in the customary manner. Then followed the recitation of the prizes. The first in order was the Latin poem, by Mr. E. C. 'Wickham. of Balliol College. It was entitled "Mors Socratic." To this succeeded the English essay "The reciprocal action of the physical and moral condition of countries upon each other," by Mr. J. H. Reynolds, fellow of Erase nose College. The Latin essay, by Mr. H. Robson, scholar of Balliol College, and the Stanhope essay, by Mr. R. W. Henderson, of University College. The Newdegate poem of Mr. W. P. James, scholar cf Oriel College, was the concluding piece. At half-past twelve o'clock the proceedings of this exciting morning had been brought to a close. In the afternoon the Prince Consort received an ad dress from the city, which he replied to as follows :—" I beg to thank you for the address which you have pre sented to nae, and I assure eon that it affords me sincere graqfication again to visit your ancient city. I have had the pleasure of taking part in the proceedings of this morning, and, in company with my two honoured guests, have spent a very happy day." ETON COLLEGE.-FOURTH OF JUNE. Ever since the palmy days of departed Montem the 4th of June has been looked upon as the grand annual assemblage of the nobility and gentry of this country, more particularly of " Old Etonians," and it has conse quently become the principal holiday at Eton. - Favoured with a bright sunny day, added to the con venience afforded by the two rival railways, the Great Western and the South-Western—visitors of rank and fashion, from all parts of the kingdom, began to pour into Windsor at an early hour. The Thames by the bridge exhibited a gay and lively scane—flags of all nations and of various devices were hoisted at the wharves and principal buildings in that vicinity, and boats, from the, noble ten-oar, to the fragile ten-inch outrigger, with their flaunting ensigns, were moored along the shores in readiness to receive their gay and happy crews At eleven G'clock, the company having assembled in the upper school, the speeches commenced and were de livered in the following order : 1. Norman, ma. 2. Smith, K.S Belial Milton. 3. Moseley, ma., K. 5.... Moloch 4. Hodgson, K.S Virginius 5. Jelf, ma. {Shylock 6. Jenkyns, ma. 7. Gould .. Bassanio 8. Nelson A. Bosanquet, ma., IC.S { Dnke of Buck- } Shakspere. jugham 10. Gould 11. Shephard, ma Bertram Southey. 12. Lord H. Cecil {Alceste 13. Mr. Stanley Oronte }Molif;re. 14. Butler Johnstone Philintt) 15. Boys, K.S. {Cleon 16. Chute, ma Aquoracritus .... Aristophanes 17. Watkins, ma. ' S. Sir G. Young 5 Impeachment of 1 Sheridan. • k Hastings Paris .. 19. Watkins, ma. Massinger. 20. Browning, Tho whole of the speechel, without exception, were delivered in a very creditable manner, more particularly those by Watkins, ma., Sir G. Young, and Browning, K.S., who sustained their respective parts with Cicero nian eloquence. After the speeches were delivered most of the company partook of an elegant luncheon provided at the residences of Dr. Goodall, provost ; Dr. Good ford, head master ; the Rev. E. Coleridge, lower master the fellows, and other personages connected with the col le!,e. Among the company present were the Bishop orColombo, Earl Powis, Lord and Lady Stanley, the Hon. and Rev. E. Moore and the Misses Moore, the Belgian Miuister and Madame Van de Weyer and family, Hon. Mrs. Hodgson and family, the Bishop of Bath and Wells and Lady Auckland, the Dean of St. Paul's, the Dean of Salisbury, Sir E. Hulse Lord Lady Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. Schonerstedt and family, the provost and fellows of the college, the head and lower masters and assistant masters, with their families and visitors. At six o'clock the company begin to assemble in the Brocas, and at seven the boats were manned, when they pulled to Windsor Bridge, and then returned in gallant style for " Old Surley" in the following order : Bind of the 2d Life Guards is tmo boats. UPPER BOATS , Monarch (10 oar).—Line Fox, M.A., captain"of the • . boats ; Holland, Severue, Welby, Watkins, Field, Mr- Stanley, Pepyß, Clowes, Mr. Hare ; Lubbock, M.A., coxs wain. Costume, broad blue and white striped shirt, blue necktie and belt, straw hat with device, gold an chor and scroll, floreat Etona. Victory.—Baring, second captain ; Pott, Hardy, Hankey, Fairfax, Van de Weyer, Oliver, Hopkinson ; Hope, coxswain. Costume, blue and white striped shirt, straw bat, Eton blue ribbon, silver edged, and " Victory" in silver ; Eton blue silk necktie and belt. Prince of Wales.—Gould, captain ' • Cartwright, Lord Crichton, Morrison, Halsey, Kinglake, Bowyer, Hail ; Whitmore, coxswain. Costume, crimson and white striped shirt, bound straw hat, crimson silver-edged ribbon, lettered "Prince of Wales ;" crimson necktie and waist belt. LOWER BOATS. Britannia.—Lubbock, max., captala of lower boats ; Atkinson, Mr. Lawless, Thomaq, mi., Mr. Trench, Lane Fox, mi., Hancocks ; Wood, coxswain. Costume, blue and white striped shirt, pearl straw hat, blue ribbon, edged gold, and lettered " Britannia," blue and white cravat, and blue waist-belt. Dreadnought. Lord Sndley, captain ; Walpole, Wingfield. Craven, Kelly, Harle, Butler, Johnstone, Smith, Ponsonby, cusswain. Costume, cerese and white shirt, straw hat, bounded and silver-edged, and lettered "Dreadnought," ribbon cerese-coloured neck , tie, and waist-belt. Thetis.—Thomas, M.A.,, captain ; Collings, Hussey. Wynne,Blandy, Horne, Langham, Mr. Legge; Thesiger, coxswain. Costume, lilac and white shirt, black straw hat, bound green, green silver edged, and lettered ribbon, silver oars, and green belt. St. George.—Cave, captain ; Kekewich, Palmer, Mar shall, Burr, Brewer, Le Strange, Croft ; Smith, cox swain. Costume, chocolate and white stripe shirt, straw hat, edged violet colour, violet gold edged and lettered ribbon, " St. George," in gold, violet waist belt. After partaking of an elegant al fresco, provided by Mr. Layton, the Royal confectioner, the boats were again manned and the crews returned to Windsor, ar riving at the bridge at 9 o'clock. The customary dis play of fireworks then took place under the direction of Chevalier Southby, while the crews rowed past several times, cheered by the numerous spectators who lined every available spot. At half-past nine the day's amusements concluded ; the band played the National Anthem, and the students returned to the college. VICTORIA DOCKS.—Six months having elapsed since the opening of the Victoria London Docks, the follow ing details respecting their progress possess features of interest :—The gates were opened for the admission of vessels on the 27th Nov. last, and in the first 33 weeks 204 vessels entered. In the following similar period 354 —forming a total in six months of 558 vessels (in cluding coasters and colliers), measuring about 225,000 tons.' An increase in ships of lai%gi size is shown by the offii.iial returns. The docks are forthwith to be extended by the construction of a canal, 3(0 yards wide, to Gal leon's•reach, thereby affording a large increase of quay room, with another and most convenient entrance from she eastward. • 618 i 163 i 33 2 251 i I 8i i 122 109 10,1. 11 48 9 384 It 84 9 45 3 / 4 6 129 8 112 lit 12, 95 i 4 5, 27i i 13& 9 8 15 71 IRATION. THE ROYAL ACADEMY. (FOURTH NOTICE.) It is worthy of remark and, for that matter too, of commendation also, that there are scarcely so many portraits this season as have hitherto hung upon the walls of the Royal Academ • Gal lery, monopolising in a most unconscionable man ner the lion's share of the great annual exhibition. Yet, strange to tell, that share, iu one sense, might not unreasonably have been claimed by right in the present collection, seeing that so many of the portraits actually displayed in the suite of apartments are the portraits—veritably —of Lions, the Lions of the social world of our metropolis ! Incomparably and beyond all man ner of doubt, the Portrait of the year is that of " Mr. David Cox" (No. 138), by Sir J. Watson Gordon—a most life-like representation ! A very admirable and masterly memento of one of the most exquisite of our painters of landscapes in water-colours—a truthful effigy of a very worthy and gifted man, and one which, we are rejoiced to see, is ultimately to be placed in some public building in his native town—Birmingham. Ulti mately, we say, for, in the first place, the picture is the property of old David Cox himself, having been painted by subscription, and " presented to him," says the Catalogue, with more gracefulness of feeling than of grammatic construction, "by a number of his friends and admirers of his professional eminence and private worth." The ingenious portrait painter himself, to whose practised hand we are indebted for this really charming memorial of a contemporary artist, has, in his turn, been portrayed with a Most skil ful brush in (No. 170 by J. G. Gilbert, whose ability by the way shines forth none the less re markably from .the circumstance of its having to contend with the spindling ugli ness inseparable from that absurd garb, popularly known as a_court costume. Besides the inimitable portrait of David Cox, there are four others in the Gallery this season from the easel of the P.R.S.A., Sir John Watson Gordon—(No. 34) "Mrs. Campbell, of Monzie Castle, Perth shire ;" (No 358), " Professor Ferguson ;" (No. (504) " Lieut.-Colonel Hamley, Capt. R. A.," interesting to the readers of Blackwool, as the author of " The Story of a Campaign of Sebas topol, written from the Camp," but still more so as the author of the charming serial tale, entitled " Lady Lee's Widowhood ;" and (No. 424) — most interesting of all to the lovers of Maga— " Samuel Warren, Esq.," Q.C., F.R.S., D.C.L., Recorder of Hull, and Member for Midhurit in the present Parliament. Batter than any of which dignities won by his genius and industry, we take to be his distinguishing title above all others—that of Author—accruing to him prin cipally from his too most remarkable works " Ten Thousand a Year," and the " Diary of a late Physician." Interesting as the picture is as a re presentation of the features of the celebrated novelist and jurisconsult, we cannot induce our selves to regard it as iu any high degree satisfac tory. The upper part of the face, the eyes, the brow are admirably life-like and characteristic— ! but the mouth lacks at once both tho mobility expressive of the varying sensibilities of the ro mancer, and the inflexible resolve at other moments deepening the lines of a very fine judicial counten ance. Instead of either of which characteristic ex pressions there is observable upon the lips of this portrait by Sir J. W. Gordon, only an air of primness (so to speak) most unlike and uncharac teristic. Better than this as a whole, is T. Earle's portrait-bust of the author of "Ten Thousand a Year" (No. 1,322), in the room devoted to sculp ture. Out of the seven portraits contributed by Francis Grant to this year's exhibition we may select (No. 63) that of " His Grace the Duke of Rutland," as about one of the most curiously successful—the wiggiest portrait of an old gentleman that one would wish to see any where upon a fine day, but particularly in his comfortable arm chair in his cosy library. The same artist (in No. 116) gives us a posthumous full-length effigy of "Field-Marshal Lord Raglan," painfully like, and as such distressingly common place—not by any means the beau idea/ of a vigorous and resolute Commander-in Chief. Further on in the list, Mr. Grant portrays, also at full length, and "in full fig."—(No. 190), " Lieut.- General the Earl of Lucan," hardly less than Mr. Holman Hunt's picture, and a great deal more than my Lord Stratford de Redcliffe—a Scape goat. Besides which, as yet more favourable specimens of Mr. Grant's undiminished ability as one of the first of living portrait-painters (No. 393), the "Right Hon. Edward Vl:lice, M.P.," and (No. 432) the "Hon. Sir Charles Crompton, Jus tice of the Queen's Bench," may be mentioned, the latter as full of dignity, the former as not in appropriately destined to be sent to Coventry —to the Right Hon. Gentleman's constituents. Celebrities, one way or another, of the most varied kind (some of them not even restricted to the human species —instance, No.loB, "Sandy, the dog of the Sappers, a Crimean Hero") attract the visitor's gaze as he saunters round the rooms of the Academy Exhibition. Hero (No. 93) is "Richard Owen," the Cuvier, and in some respects much more than the Cuvier, of our generation ; here (No. 153) is " Thomas Carlyle," the philosophic hero-worshipper, the unraveller of the tangled mysteries of Chartism, the biographer of Cromwell, the historian of the French Revolution, the translator . of Wilhelm Meister, the sage of Teufelsdrocht, the high pri , •st of Transcendentalism ! Here (No. 139) is E. Boutibonne's graceful equestrian portrait of " Napoleon 111., the Emperor of the French ;" and here (No. 155) is the same artist's charming portrait (also equestrian) of his Majesty's beau tiful spouse, " The Empress Eugenie"—both pictures the property of Queen Victoria ! Yonder (No. 201) is the half-melancholy half-comical visage of " General Sir Colin Campbell," with his brow wrinkled up a/a Buckstone ! And yonder (No. 207), flames from the wall " The Right Elan. David Salomons, Lord Mayor of London " —a picture all crimson velvet and silk stockings ! There (No. 216) is the Kossuth-like face of "Dr. Sandwith" dreadfully called in the Catalogue, the Author of the Siege of Kars—meaning, how ever, of course, a book rather than a bombardment. There, again, (No. 249) we all recognise the pos. thumous likeness of good, honest, earnest "Josepla Hume," so long M.P. for Montrose, and repre sentative of the principle of Economy ! We don't feel at all satisfied with W. M. Tweedie's pretended portrait of (No. 306) "A. H. Layard, Esq., M.P., and cannot by any means induce ourselves to re gard so dull a face as that either of the learned antiquary or the slashing debater—the member either for Nineveh or for Aylesbury ! Accordingly, as the visitor to the gallery is disposed, he will look with interest or not, as prejudice or predilection may inflame him, upon (No. 271) " Owen Jones," the colourist ; upon (No. 326) the "Earl of Ellesmere, K.G.;" upon (No. 425) his Ma j, Unclee , sty‘'L L eo eo p p o o ld ld , in u g po o n f t(liNeo.Beslg3i9a)ns,t'h' eshmreawwd. worm of the House of Comm ons last- session, i o e r u d t e R n a o n b tp e r c t o G n r e o l s v ia e o n r o d r ;" A (No. 609) and n soldiersd uponf rom ( the N o. do u lp p h o u n s Vane Tem rapetset s " e a ° t n e o f ° w f m i n i a t ure painter, and as su ch noteworth y even o 365) " Sir William. Charles Ross," the eminent a o r tir b e b f r o a r v e Sebastopol; bearded in the remarkable group of our distinguished aca demicians. No one who has any appreciation for the beautiful will fail to pause awhile before (No 123) the charming representation of " Lady ClementinaVilliers," by the Court painter Winter halter, or to cast one glance at (No. 82) Sant's lovely Hebrew portrait of " Miss de Rothschild." As we commenced the present notice with an allusion to the most successful portrait in the gallery, that of David Cox, by Watson Gordon, so we end it now with a reference to one which appears to us, of all, by far the most interesting, everything considered, namely (No. 62), the por trait of " Charles Dickens," by Ary &heifer Thd most interesting both in regard to the subject and in regard to the artist —Ary Scheffer's portrait of Charles Dickens —the most interesting because of the two names, but not by anT means the most satis , factory as an achievesairn a It is worthy of re- mark here, after our having visited the "French Exhibition" at No. 121, Pall-mill, that we regard Henri Scheffer's picture of our great novelist as by far the most successful as a likeness. Yet there is, of course, no comparison at all to be drawn between the artistic powers of the two brothers Ary .Scheffer stand ing, in some respects, altogether alone and unparalleled. In his portrait of Charles Dickens, however, he has allowed his passion for umber to be altogether and distressingly dominant. The coat is light brown, the hair, the beard, the moustache are all light brown (lighter brown than in the original) the background is ail brown the whole picture is one large blot of brown. But that there is the unmistakeable genius of Charles Dickens looking out upon us from the can vass, one might almost expect to find in the cata logue that it is a portrait by another Freneh artist than Scheffer (say, Lebrun) of—Brown Brown, Esq., of Brownville ! A portrait of bim taken at a moment when he was in a decidedly " brown study," or, maybe, in the first chagrin of having been taken in by somebody,' or, in other words, thoroughly " done brown." Convinced, however, in spite of everything to the contrary, that it actu ally does represent Boz, and no other than Boz— we feel quite persuaded that before giving the artist a sitting, if Mr. Dickens has been reading anything he ha% been reading Browning. If he has been haunted by anything like his own Haunted Man, it must certainly have been, not by pixies or by fairies, but by those wee folk of elf land—the brownies ! If he has been musing over any of his own creations, it must have been neither " Little Dorrit," nor even " David Copperfield," but unquestionably—over " good Mrs. Brown " of Dombey and Son, or over excellent " Mr. Brownlow "of Oliver Twist. Ary Scheffer would really seem to have painted the picture according to the comic song " All to astonish the Browns." However—seeing that the one fault of this remarkable production as a work of art is a fault of colour—we feel persuaded that it would look to perfection, as a portrait, if well engraved. Let us hope that it will be so engraved, and that thus in many of our English homes there may soon be hanging on the walls, in some favourite hook of the familiar house room, copies of this (in many respects) mas terly portrait of Charles Dickens, taken in black and white from the brown original of Ary Scheffer. LITERATURE. The Entomologist's Annual for 185 G. Van Voorst, Paternoster-row. This is a very useful little volume, being tae production of vat ions entomologists of established reputation. It is chiefly available for those who are competent to pursue entomology, as many do " knowledge," under " difficulties," the full Latin names and purely technical descriptions of insects being carried through the book. Lists of the pro fessors of the science, and of the works treating of entomology, aro given ; and the volume may be fairly considered as a cheap and serviceable com pendium for the student's reference. MISCELLANEOUS MAGAZIN ES. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine presents us with an attractive table of contents. Politics, science, lite rature, and fiction all find a place. An article entitled " Betting and Poison" will no doubt at tract attention. The subject of it may be easily divined. A paper on " Sunday and the Demo cracy," takes, of course, the Scotch side of the question, which is somewhat inconsistent with the general politics of Tait. The Oxford and Cam bridge has only four prose articles, but the topics are of some importance. A comparison between the writings of Thackeray and Caner Bell is the first, and is written with skill and ability. A criticism on Carlyle follows, which fully appreciates his powers. "Ruskin and the Quarterly" is the next subject in the number, which concludes with a notice of " Froude's History of England." In some lines entitled " The Singing of the Poet," the thought is better than the expression of it, a some what unusual occurrence. eharpe's London Ma gazine contributes its usual stock of tales, verses, and sketches for the lovers of light literature. Sil verpen continues her domestic story of the "Holy Homes," and Alfred Cole the " History of Lorimer Littlegood." The latter is illustrated by George Cruikshank. There is an account of the treacher ous and barbarous conduct of the late Count Alexis Orloff to the Princess Tarrakanof, a tragedy which has often been presented in different forms to the notice of English readers. The Train scarcely maintains its claim to the title of a " first-class magazine," though some may admire the style of its compositions. The lovers of the humorous are likely to find some entertAinment in its pages. Newton's London Journal ' has its usual list of patents and illustrative' diagrams, together with scientific notices and reports. The Mechanic's Ma gazine appears in weekly numbers, as well as monthly parts. Ii contains much information, and many subjects for consideration in connection with the scientific and mechanical questions of the day. Le Follet is as successful as usual in its plates, which combine fashion and elegance. THE CON eT WILLIAM PALMER. STAFFORD, WEDNESDAY. A great deal of excitement has been occasioned here by au announcement which was received, to the effect that her Majesty's Government had ordered a respite of Palmer's sentence, with a view to a further examination of the circumstances connect3d with this remarkable case. Upon inquiry at the gaol it was ascertained that no official counnunicaLion of the sort had been received 11 the governor, and it is believed that there was no foundation for the rumour beyond a paragraph which ap peared in one of the London morning papers. It is stated confidently hero that Sir G. Grey, her Majesty's Prin cipal Secretary of State for the Home Department, has laid the question of Palmer's respite before Lord Camp hell, and that the answer returned by the Lord Chief Justice is to the effect that be perfectly concurs with the verdict of the jury, and that he sees no reason why the law should not take its course. If this statement be true, no further communication will take place between the High Sheriff of Staffordshire and the Government, and that high functionary will be compelled to carry out the execution according to the instructions be has already received. A circumstance which will perhaps throw some additional light on this painful case may be mentioned here. An elder brother of William Palmer, the convict, the Rev. Thomas Palmer, M.A., a clergyman of the Church of Eng land, residing at Coton Hall, Staffordshire, has visited the prisoner several times during the last few days, and has collected some extraordinary fac' a in rotation to the case, which he intends publishing forthwith in the form of a pamphlet, which he hopes may have some effect in arresting the execution, for the purpose of further in quiry. William Palmer himself is very anxious that he h )uld be put upon his trial for the murder of his wife, whose death it has been freely alleged was caused by the administration of poison by his hands. That re quest it is not likely the Government will grant, unless some strong, and, at present, unforeseen confirmation of the evidence given for the defence by the medical wit nesses should transpire. It seems to be the general opinion in this part of the country that the death of Palmer next Saturday week (if the execution as at pre sent purposed be cirried out) will not tend to unravel the remarkable medical mysteries w hich the late trial developed. If he should confe ss that he administered strychnia to Cook, Dr. Taylor's theory that it may be absorbed and ail traces of it lost will be established ; but Palmer has assured hi s brother, the governor ot the gaol, and the chaplain, that he has nothing to confess in reference to the crime, awl that he is as innocent of the murder of Cook as th e child unborn. In the event of his perseverance in this statement the discovery will have yet to be made whether . the evidence of the medi cal witnesses for t he defence i s correct, that strychnia may be found in the body after death, no matter how long it may have been administered. Palmer continues to complain bitterly of the partiality of Lord Campbell's summing up, which he declares t.> be more one-sided than even the speech of the Attorney-General, who avowedly drove to obtain a conviction against him. Within the last day or two an anonymous letter has been received by one of the scientific witnesses called in William Palmer's defence. It purports to be from a female, resident, we believe, in the neighbourhood of Liverpool. It sets forth the intimacy which had existed between the writer and Cook, and alleges that the former, in a fit of jealousy, touched Cook with a ring which contained deadl y p oison, a few da y s only prior to his illness. TUE CROPS.—As regards the crops report speaks very favourably as to the continued and rapid growth of vege. tation of all kinds. The moisture of the last few weeks appears to have effected wonders, and all that seems now requisite is warm and genial sunshine. The wheats exhibit a vigorous and abundant plant, and grow with astonishing rapidity, but the period has now arrived when dry, warm, still weather will be extremely beneficial, and when continued wet would be injurious. Up t o the present moment we do not believe any damage ex cept in special localities and under peculiar circumstances has been sustained by the grain crops o f any descrip tion ; barley, oa ts, bears, peas, &e., all have been and with fine weather, growing fast and vigorously, such as may be reasoeably anticipated in the month of June, following upon a wet May, there is every reason to hope for the most abundant results. Of the seeds and pastures it is almost impossible to speak in exaggerated terms ; there is evidently a ver y heavy swathe on t h e ground; and with anything like favourable weather there must needs lie a splendid hay harvest.--Sussex Advertiser. . „ . 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