The Sun. — London, England, 1856-06-09 00:00:00

Ar c o - 4 0 • st 15 3gerr, b thi g •,4 l es'o• $ll. 130 51 • no v? , ' r. P • Fit e ' CO' gall' ---- ,tes ad' i ceived weans als fa' on the be nu' 3mbers de 13 dopted 3 e r i ati. islies eluded ril attn- I /19111 5 6 rn ci f 26v , . Her ald 00 t he Iv ad it. . as ye/ le otherer 18 beep )f Le— as P er krier lY Color that 1 0 Co senate' aqiiir er steel bY a 17011 eSPeei' articl e ° re l a tion ed vie and to ° fray , °ff 1 4 ,, atails th ,l c eeP un"" v" g i d in espee. ra a de An be St°r }g .eagletlB se riot° •tiv , ;es vc l • on thio' eff me ff Cor a . ba ' A de' tel 331 DgS b f A l recut woo' Tlaw , rhe lo os iounte t ;t a b°ll the r! a 1 le 0 ,4 - •Alai ith the morlei k sow e. :ton ba d ur i 4/3 ! 'carer (Secon d ilaS' MONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed heavily, but prices of all kinds were without any material change. The sales were estimated at 5,000 bales-500 for export and 500 on specula tion—comprising 240 Pernam and Maranham, bid. to 70. ; 30 Bahia, 61d. ; 100 Egyption, to lid. ; and 500 Surat, 4id. to 51d. per lb. The Railway Share Market closed at an improvement. Accounts from Paris report very little variation in the state of trade during the last week. The manufacturers continue to receive a sufficint num ber of orders to keep their workmen employed. Of these the greatest number are from Russia, for articles of dress and luxury, to be delivered by the end of July, preparatory to the coronation of the Emperor. The United Staes purchase very little, and the advices from New York report a glut of French merchandise in that market. The demands for the interior of France are less than usual this week, on account of the inundation, which has exercised a depressing influence upon the country manufacturers. At Lyons most of the silk manu facturers had to stop their works during the floods. Advices from Galatz report an improved state of trade in the grain market there and at other ports on the Danube, in consequence of the accounts of a rise in prices at Marseilles. Those who had con tracted for wheat at 106 paras per kilogramme, will realise a good profit, as the same contracts could not be closed on the 23d May under 114 paras—these prices are respectively at the rate of 17s. sd. and 18s. 7d. per quarter. Freights con tinued low, on account of the number of small vessels waiting for cargo. Rates for the Mediter ranean with maize stood at 10s., with 30 to 35 days' credit. Exchange in London from 954- to 96 paras. s s s - 'The arrival of the Asia from New York has been telegraphed from Liverpool, with 760,395 dols. and 2601. Her advices are awaited with consider able anxiety by all classes of the business comma , - nity, and especially by the speculators in public securities. The corn trade is of course to some extent under the influence of the Central American Question, and to this subject the rise which has taken place in the market this morn ing, namely, 2s. to 3s. per quarter, may in some degree be ascribed, although the inundations in Prance have no doubt assisted the movement. The cotton trade does not at present seem to have been affected, a belief being expressed in this, as in every other branch of business, that an amica ble adjustment of the dispute will ultimately take place. The Australian advices telegraphed from Trieste are deemed highly encouraging, both in a financial and commercial point of view ; for while the ba lance of trade was in favour of the colony, and the markets generally were in a favourable condition, the yield and shipments of the precious metal Were larger than ever. The immense remittances on the way to this country, and which are likely to continue, cannot fail to exercise a beneficial influ ence on our Money Market. The social state of Melbourne appears to have improved, and the supply of labour, which was recently superabun dant, is now described as inadequate. From India the intelligence is less encouraging, Money being tight, and trade consequently dull. The Brazilian mail reports business affairs in Buenos Ayres to have been healthy at the latest date. The annual meeting of the Bank of Australasia Was held to-day. The report stated that the net profit of the year was 196,4201. 183. 9d. The ba lance at the credit of profit and loss on 15th Oc tober, 1855, was 200,6671. 16s. 11d., out of which the April dividend and bonus was paid. The dis turbance in the state of commercial affairs was subsiding, and the export of gold continued undi minished. The directors hoped for a favourable result to their application for a renewal of their charter. A dividend and bonus at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum was made payable on the 14th October next. The suspense which prevails among the spe culators at the Stock Exchange, pending the receipt of the American advices, renders the market for Public Securities temporarily inactive, but the quotations have, up to the present mo ment, been maintained with remarkable firm ness, and a slight advance—namely, 1 per cent.— can be recorded. Consols were 931 to 94, but they have since been 94i. Special transfers Lave been effected at 941. The New Scrip is 21 prom, The New Threes are 94f and the Reduced Annuities 931 to 94. Bank Stock is 217 to 218. Exchequer Bills are firm at ss. to Bs. premium, and the Bonds have been marked 98k. There have been a few large transactions in Foreign Bonds, at full prices. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 99k, and the 4 per Cents. 1038, being a slight improvement. Russian Fives are 108, ditto 41 per Cents. 971 to 981, and ditto Small 981. Sardinian Bonds are 921, and Spanish Deferred 251, Mexican Bonds are 1 higher, viz., 221 Peruvian Threes 55. Brazilian Fives are 101. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 7 ; Mexican, 22i ; Peruvian, 77 9 ; ditto Three per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 50 2 ; Russian Five per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half p e Cents., 97 9 ; Spanish Three per Cents., 461 71 ; ditto Deferred, 25i ; ditto Certificates, 6i 7 ; ditto Passive, 6i 7i. Railway Shares are all rather higher, but the dealings have not been numerous. The Foreign are quiet, and the Colonial steady. There have been several bargains in Banking Shares at fuller quotations. Australian Agricul tural have risen 108. to 155., and the Canada Land 1/. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (From at Ogcial List.) . _ Bnain.e. done. tank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities._ . 93i i 4 i a per Cent. Consols Annuities shut 91i Ne w 3 per Cent. Annuities . 94} ii i I Cew 2i per Cent. Annuities 79 Lon g Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... - Ditto 30 Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 3 Consols for Account 94 31 411 a x d Consol Scrip 2i i p Exchequer Bills, 24d. £lO3O .. .. 8 5 p Rraall Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent 9Bi PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. lOl Ditto Small IOOA Ditto New, 1852, 41 per Cent. tunes Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 7B Chiliau Bonds, 6 per Cent lO4 _ Ditto 3 per Cent Danish Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1825 Bl Ditto, 5 per Cent. fexican 3 per Cent 22s Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds 4k per Cent — Ditto 3 per Cent Ditto Account ssk 4 Ritssian Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent lOB Ditto 4k per Cent. Ditto Small Ihrdinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. apanisb Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto Account 471 $ )itto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 6,1 7 Onrkieh Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dittolkccount Dividends on the above payable in London. trench Rentes, 4i per Cent 93f 50a ez2sf 3510 Dutch Exchange, 2 per Cent., 12 Guilders Ditto 4 per_ Cent. Certificates Ditto 4 per Cent 94 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Money Ditto Account (July 10) Letters from Constantinople state that the Persian r epresentative in that city has assured M. Thouvenel that a Persian ambassador will be shortly sent to France. W. 0. Massey, acting lieutenant of her Majesty's ship Malacca, eldest son of Mr. Massey, M.P., died, we re gret to say, on the 4th ult., at Port Royal, Jamaica, of lloiv fever. Lord Brougham arrived at Brougham-hall, from Lon `l,'/I, on Saturday evening last. We (Westmoreland 'lazette) are sorry to add that his lordship looks very much indisposed. Dr, Lankester has been appointed one of the examiners la Natural Science of candidates for the Civil Service of l'° o East India Company. It has for some time been currently rumoured in many quarters that the usages of precedent are to be laid aside, and Mr. C. Kean is to receive the honour of knighthood. For our own part we sincerely hope the report is correct.—Morning Hera. Bt. 10 10 20 124 25 20 10 LOA; JOINT-STOCK BANKS; 40 all giustralagia 96 a 8 964 7 i 25 12.3 Bank of Egypt 100 k 50 Bank of London - 70 - 40 all Sri. CoL lik.&Ln. C. ... ••• 50 all British N. American 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 1 p 20 6 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China , 100 50 City 100 25 Colonial • IS ••• 100 20 'Comraercial of Lond. 31 20 all Eng.Seot.&Aus.Cht. 181 17; 17} 20 all Loud. Chart. Bk. ol Australia lB4 —18 i 11 20 10 Ditto New 2 Iti 8} 50 2U Liendon and Count y=, 100 50 Lnd.&E.Bnkg.Corp. p ar 2p 50 10 London Joint Stock. 100 10 London and Paris 4 100 20 Gond. & Westminste, 49} 9 100 35 sational Pro.of Eng 20 10 Do. New 50 22 National of Ireland ..„ 20 all New South Wale!.... 42 44 43 25 all Oriental Bank pf Corporation 4l 43 41} 20 10 Ottoman Bank - pll 101 100 26 Provincial of Iraland 10 all 1)o. New ... . ... 5 1 R Ans B SzOo 1m C( 100 50 Royal British ... 48 25 all ;Guth Australia 25 all Union of Australia 73 75 74i 31 4 ... 2; Do. New 8 ... 7 10 50 10 anion of London •.: 100, 50 Wooternßk of.l 4 ond gi 8 ha 46i PREFEREN St. St. St. t 5 90 24 6 6 1 10 Aberdeen Deben. Do. No. 2, 7 p. c Do. 6 per cent. Myth and Tyne 1 Oper c. pref. (issd.2lsol) Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO thee. &Ho. Gin. 5 i pc Do. do. Pref. No. 2. Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork 4Bandonsip.c Dun. Pah .4c Aber. J E. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. ClB. B 6 p. c Do. do Cis. C 7p. 0: 'tae. Co.Ex, spc No. 1 Do. No. 2 'Do. New 6 p. c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Dcbontr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lancash. 6 p. de F. &W. York. J. sthF Edit'. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh. l Ed. Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furness all 100 UV) 100 100 ll} an too all all all alas. 5.W.G.5 p.c. Groat Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. a. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prom. Do. 4i p.c I Do. 5 p. c. Scrip, Red at 5 p. c. pm:.. Gt.N. of Scot. lstPre Gt. S. &W. (Ireland) Do. 4por o. Pruf. W.(13. H.Exspc D o con. red. 4 j p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4p. C. Do. 5 p. c. red. prof Do. *to. do. Do. Birm. Pref. Do. Chester 8 p. c. P. Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Chos. Qua. Sh - .. Do, do. do Do, do. do Lan. &York. P. £2 , Do. 6 p. c. Stock Lon. & Brigh. G. 5 p.c. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Now Guar.6 p. c. Do. do. 5 per cent . Lou. &N. W., Coy. Nuneaton 5 p. ct on. & S. W. 7 per at .endy. & Color. Sh Londy. & Ennis. - SI, ‘1.,5.,& L.,New,lo/ 00. £6 Do. do. 31 per con'. 4arypt .&Carl.4 p o ,)0. 4i per cent Do Consol.6 p.c St Do, Con, P.r.Rir. pc De. 4i p. c. Pref. ti Ditto L. & H. Prof. Si Nov., Aber., exc., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p. c. pm. Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 5 p. c. St. cl: Do. 6 p.c. Eat 1) , ). 5i per ct. pref.., ;Do.Way.VB.l. 5 P.C jNorth British K. E. Berw. 4 p.c. P Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.et.No.l Do. do. Quarters Do.YorkH.& S. Par. North Staffordshire. Ox, Wo. & W. 1516 pc Do R. Prof. 101. Sh. Scot. Cent.,New Prof South Devon Do. fixed, 4i per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i p c sh IS Wales Gus.. 4p. c Do. do. 4i p. c...... S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. IStock.& Dar. , 5 p. C. Do. do. do. 'Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p.c. till July 1,'55 IWatertd.& Kilk. ape !E SfiAlt Mo. 84 - 90 115 - 117 115 118 a ze•6 100 - 102 16 - 17 ... '''' 6. i i = wi 107 - 112 97 -102 P 12i -- 134 134 - 137 70 - 72 di ---- )20 [O9 - 111 103 - 105 9i -10 j - 6 - 6A 95 - 97 89 - 91 90 - 92 .00 • 102 10 -- 10; 161 -17 i 10 -- 10) 74 -- 76 19/ -- 201 14/ - It - - 137 - 139 • 011 ..... 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Copiapo . l6 18 2 11 Fortuna 1 id 20 all Gencial l4 —l6 1 I all Gt.NuggetVeinßog — 44 , all Great Polcooth 1 1 5 all Gt Wheal Vor United 1 . id 1 j all Liberty k 3 all Linares 7i 81 81 8 5 11 Lusitanian — I' 1 all lariquita 3 /4 1 all New Granada 6 I 1 all Nouveau Monde • k 20 all Pontgi.Sll.& Le• Min. 11 12 5 1 Port Philip 1 all 4nartz Rock — ••• 50 all Rhymney Iron 23 15 all Do. New 6 8 30 144 4Antia g o de Cuba 3l 4 t ers Sort. Cons. Min . 1 3i ••• • • 1 all Aonth Australian — 1 all Do. Scrip tl 1 all Do. 10 per cent Pref 41 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. •11 21 10 al fin Croft 4l 45 281 ail United Mexican 3l 41 31 1 all Waller — 1 ill West Mariposa — 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia — 1 1•11 Yuba MISCELLANEOUS. 25 )9 Australian Agricult. 30 32 30i I le all Anstraln. Royal Mail . • 10 all Berlin Water Works 51 50 40 Brit. American Land .. (00 '4'4 Canada l2B 132 130 129 St. CO 0.00.6 p.c. JanVnly 112 11211 11121 1 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug St. 100 Da. 6p. c. Mar & Sept . .. 6 all Crystal Palace 3 /4 —2s 21 5 all Do. Preference.., , 51 51 51 4 a` .l Crystal Pal.of France 1 Duston Iron Ore 20 15i Eastern Steam . • St. 100 Electric Telegraph 94 96 94 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir — 5 all En.&Aus Cop Sm Co 11 11 5 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 16 all General Screw Steam ... 141 1 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 3i 41 4 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig 10 all Niediteran. Elec. Tel. 8 10 10 9 ?iitexican&S.Americn. 5 51 25 5 Nat. Discount Co. 4d 41 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuei 10 5 Netherlands Land..., .1 1 1 24 20 all Do. Do. 5 2 Do. 8 pcPissatld in 21 1 100 80 New B. & N.S. Land 18 22 N.S.W. Gov.6p.c.D. •• ••• . all N. B. Australasian 2 — 20 15 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 1 all Oriental Gas lt 1 1 2s. Do. " New Shares " p ip Pm 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Mind. 3i 31 3/ 1 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 68 6 69 81 50 lo Do. N ow 4l —51 p 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest ll 11 11 1 1 Ditto New 1 $P 25 all South Austral:Land 361 371 ,361 1 an Submsr. Tel. Scrip — 11 1 all Do. Registered. — 20 5 rrust& Co.U.Can. - 281 'Vac; Diaraen% v.xxvt 151 161 V.Go.6p.c.Jo.drolnll SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. i Closing Prices Business done this day this day. RAILWAYS. ueraotu bnbg. Nottng. Bost and Eaetn. Janet Belfast & Eallymens, Birming. Wolverh. Stour Valley ...... flirkeand. LanesL. Cheshire Junct Do. Check. 4 Birk., £5O and £25 Cons Do., ....... Biyth &Tyne origina £25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon-1 Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Do. A Do. B Dnblin&Belfe.stJurie Dun. P. & Aber. Jnc East Anglian Eastern Counties.... Past. Union. A Sti B. Stook Do., New A East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles , Edin.Prth &Dar de - Forth & Clyde Jun Furness Do. Extension Glasgow & S. West Great N. of Scotlnd Great Northern Do., A. Stock 1110., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West(lre.) Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai; Qua. Stk 9A 100 100 I all all all Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. Now Thirds Lincash. andYorksh Do., Wat. Riding Dn. Liv.Cricy.&Southpi London Sc Blackwall Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Woetn. Do. Fifths Do.lol. Do. Eighths .. London and S. W, , ,qt, Lon. Tilby. & South Barking Sh Ludndrry& Col eraint Lndndrry. & Ennink. Manch.Shef.k. Li nein Do., Man. & Lin. Un Metropolitan Midland Do. Birmng. &Derbs, Midld. G. West. (Ire. Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle. Nwpt.Aberg. & llrfd Newry & Newry Warrenpo'nt and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Counties Un North British Nth. Devon Rail. & Dock Stock Do., A Stock Do., B Stock Do., B Guarantee:' N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. Do. Leeds Do. York North London N.&S.Wetrn.,Ham , stead, and City Ju North Staffordshire North Western & S. Westrn. June. Ox., Wore.. & Wolv. Portsmouth Scottish Central... Scottish Shropshiro Mahn South Devon South Eastern [ South Wales Yrksh. s Riv. Dal no Stainoa, Wok. &W‘ ,l Stockton & Dar ing. Stockton do Hr.rtlep TatT Valo . no. Pref., No. P.n_les Hay. D.k R. Ulverstone & Lanes Vale of Waled& & Kilkenn; Waterford&Limer , ei West Cornwall. West End of Londor and Crystal Palace.. Do. A ......... Do. B West London..., Wimbledn &Croydon lAntworp&RAtordm Ardennes Atlan,& St.Lw. lensed at 6 p. e. by Gd.Tnk. of Canada Belgian Eaetn. Juno Beziers to Graissessa Bombay, Baroda, an Central India,Scrii Do, Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry Cartneaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian, g. 5 p. Do. Ea. B, gu 5 p. c. Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. D0.46p.c.8nd5.,'57 Do. do. do., '59, do Gee'ong k Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. Gd. Tk of Canada© Is Do. Do. Cert. of Debon., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. Gt. Ceutral of Franc. (It. In. Pen. g. 5 p. c. Do New, gum 5 p. c. Ureat Luxemboept, Constituted Share- Gt. Western o f Canada Shares ... , Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option Lake Const. At Basl ,, Lierre and Turnhout Lucca & Pist. 5 p. c. p Lyons and Geneva Lyons (St Mediterran Madras, guar. 4. p.c Do. New do., 5 p. c Do. 4i p. c. Exten Maria Antonia Do. do. Now Namur tk Liege (witl, interest) - Do. (ex interest)... . Do. do., C p. c. Pref Northern of France . NorwegianTrnnkPre , Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans.... Recife & San. Fran., (Perham.) g. 7 p. c. Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedi sh Sambre and Memo._ Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. Scinde, guar. 5 p. c. Do. . Southern of France.. St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do Os per c. Pref W. &N. W. of Franc( West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden 1 Zealand 251 261 41 - 5 1.0 ...... a• • 8i - 9 17 - 18 15 - 16 12 - 13 88 90 61 614 in 17 0 11 ... - ... 8 4 - - 172 10 -- 10, 32 - 34 22 - 24 78 - 80 60 - 62 - 30j -31 i, • •• "."'" . 88 - 92 84 95 96 78 - 79 ,29 - 131 04 - 106 611 -61 i 70 - 76 5i - Gip 5 1 - 6 4; 92i 01 6i 7i 104 105 102 i 1021 par p par -- p $ 98i —99 i -_ • oil i6 i f ha 78i 79 18 - 50 ".• ••• fi = 15 54 - 56 3i - SI 35i ... 36 8 . 11 -82 i 5 44 3 26ci 174 18 584 59 89 91 - 62 - 7 10 - 11 28 - 29 102 - 104 77 - 79 46 - 4 8 1 4 - 15 71i - 72 73 - 75 4 - 2 11 - A 12 - 13 36 - 37 .. -... ... ^. 19 - 20 4i - 5 6 :-- ii 6 - 8 3 - 4 5 -54 r. - 6 7 i 811 - 81 5- 6 p ..• 2i ••• • 4 - 5 55 = 5i if - 38i - 39 23i - 24 23i - 2 2i 2i 224 - 23 10 - 94 , 15 - 16 70 75 80 84 7 74 22i 23 n, lip 5i 61 25i 264 3 3io 100 102 121 129 Logi -11 D . .... ptri 12 - 13 , iot 20 2 2i. - 8i 61 - 7i 19 - 1$ 45 - 45 8 - 9 60 - 60 ••• - ••• r. 6 -- 58 1 - 14 19 - 20 11i - 12 94 - 10 2t - 31 •••• ••• - pm 4 1 - 5 ii - 38 is is THE SUN, LONDON, MON DAY - E - VEN 1 JUNE 9, 1856. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) SPORTING NOTES. RAILWAYS. Leastn, CoMpans, Clown., mow this day. ~ ,t atness this tay. CORN EXCHANGE. THE ROYAL GATHERING. The supplies of wheat on sale in most of the country markets held on Saturday were but moderate, and the de. mand for all kinds was steady, at is to 2s per quarter more money. There was a fair inquiry for barley, at full prices. Other grains supported previous rates. The past week was occupied in squaring the Epsom accounts, and although that business scarcely made satisfactory progress, yet all persons agree that the settling was better than could have been expected. The fortunate backers of Ellington have come out with ex traordinary liberality, and on Friday they celebrated their success by giving a " commemoration " dinner at the. Victoria Club. The "feed," as the official program mes designated it, was wonderfully successful ; good things were supplied in abundance, and ample facilities were afforded by the energetic proprietor of the Club for their enjoyment. The party was merry and social, and throughout the evening the utmost harmony prevailed. This dinner and the settling may be regarded as the only two really important sporting events of the week. The meeting at Beverley, although successful in itself, was too far north, and followed too closely on the Epsom gathering, to present very powerful attractions to south ern turfites. Still the published returns show that the fields were large, and that in the majority of instances the races were close and interesting. I am so tired of everything connected with the Derby, —the unsatisfactory character of the encounter, the incidents which marked it and certain questionable pro ceedings—that at present I shall refrain from harping upon so mouldy a string. Opportunity, however, will one day serve for exposing with safety certain "doings " which have been brought under my notice. People are now all ago for "Royal Ascot," and despite the certainty of small fields for some of the prin cipal races, yet should the weather be propitious the anticipations of a great and glorious meeting will be realised. The opening of the railway to Ascot—the station being within ten minutes walk of the Grand Stand, will, whilst it proves an additional attraction for the " masses " to visit the Heath destroy to some extent the select character of the meeting. Still they who like can take the route through Windsor and enjoy the picturesque ride through the Long Walk, and by the skirts of the Park. The Continental markets continue very firm for wheat and spring corn, with only moderate supplies on offer. From Now York we learn that both wheat and flour were in good request. Very moderate supplies of English grain arrived up to our market last week, The imports from abroad were 5,863 qrs of wheat, 1,693 barley, 7,161 oats, 2,115 beans, 1,757 linseed, 1,332 rapeseed, 126 sundry seeds, 1,308 sacks and 2,079 brls of flour. The arrivals of wheat fresh up to-day, coastwise and by land carriage, from Essex, Kent, Suffolk, &c., were very moderate, and, as a good clearance was effected on Friday, the show of samples was small. The attendance of millers was not to say numerous, yet the demand for all kinds of wheat of home produce ruled brisk, at an advance in the quotations realised on Monday last of from 21 to 4s per quarter. The general condition of the samples was good. The show of foreign wheat, fresh as well as ex granary, was moderate. There was some demand for inland con sumption, and a full average quantity changed hands at is to 2s per quarter more money. Floating cargoes of grain were in active request, both for France and Belgium, on higher terms. Scarcely any English barley was in the market, and the supply of foreign was limited. The trade was rather active, ' at is to 2s per quarter above last Monday's currency. We have no change to notice in the value of malt. The demand for that article was chiefly in retail. We had a good demand for oats, at is per quarter more money. The supply was small. The few beans on sale were taken at is per quarter ad, vance. Peas were very scarce, and is to 2s per quarter dearer than on this day se'nnight. The flour trade was firm, and country markets were 2s per sack higher. American qualities advanced is per barrel. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent. Malt—Chevalier .. • • 78s to 80s Red new 65e to 72a Oats—Yorkshire and Ditto • • • • .. .. old —a Li ncolnsk., Feed J9s 233 Ditto, White now 65s 77s Potato •• 23s 28s Ditt0........ old —s —s Youghal and Cork Norfolk and Lin- 81ack....... 19s 22. coin, Red, old —s —3 Cork,White ..... 21s 25s Ditto new .. •• •• —s — 5 Scotch,Feed..... 26s 308 Rye—Old ............ —5 —s Beans—Tick 365 40. New ............ 46s 48s Pige0n5.......... 393 43s Barley—Grinding ..... 34s 388 Peas—Grey • •• 34s 36s Malting ......... 35s 393 • •• •• 35s 385 Chevalier.... . . 383 40s White........... 40s 44s Melt—Snifolkand Nor- Boilers 433 463 f01k............ —s —s Flour—Town-made... 63s 65s Brown. Gas 663 Suffolk ........... .503 53s KingstenandWare 75s 78s Stocktn &Norfolk 505 525 The Stakes and Plates which closed on Saturday have filled well, and my advices state that a large number of horses are already located at the different farmhouses in the vicinity of the course. The Stables at Ben Laud's, Dalton's, and the Brickiln's are full. The saving clause which exempts Apathy from being sold ,for. the Trial Stakes places an extra gloss on his back. Still I am induced to select him and Spindle against the the field. The Ascot Stakes will not occasion a very interesting race, and time need not be occupied by an elaborate discussion of the comparative chances. If Flatterer will only try, he will, despite the distance and his extra 71bs, be somewhat difficult to beat. Sandboy has been tried with Veteran, and it is said did all that was required of him. Veteran, however, is so utter a bad 'un that no spin with him can afford a very trustworthy criterion of ability. Libellist is regarded by his party with much confidence, which I am inclined to believe is not mis placed. I shall therefore take him and Sanclboy against the field, reserving Besika for a cockboat. Whether Manganese will be brought outfor the Queen's Vase, and thus jeopardise her chance for the Cup on Thursday, it is of course difficult to determine. Still, should so formidable a competitor enter the lists, I shall not withdraw my "allegiance" from Yellow Jack. Wentworth will, I anticipate, show to much better advantage for the Ascot Derby than he did for the Epsom Derby. The ground will suit him, and, should he be defeated, people will be inclined to regard his loudy-vaunted pretensions as a delusion and a snare. The 50 Sovs. Sweepstakes, three-quarters of a mile, I assign to the Vigil. If Rabena has recovered her old form, no question could be started relative to her ability to carry off the Triennial Stakes for four-yrs.-old. Doubts, however, exist about her " fitness," and I shall therefore be in duced to select Clotilde to pull me through. Both Fly-by-Night and Fazoletto are amongst the no minations for the Triennial Stakes for three-yrs..old. Report states that the former was much " knocked about" in the race for the Derby, whilst Fazoletto pulled up with more than his ordinary lameness. These con siderations induce me to pin my faith to Cannobie. To select the winner of the Hunt Cup is about as per plexing as seeking for a needle in a bottle of hay. I shall therefore content myself by merely indicating a lot which I deem "well in.". Casting my eye down the list, the following names arrest my attention :—Ven geance, Alembic, Defiance, William, Falcon, Boer, and Kestrel. When the numbers are displayed on the tele graph board the reader must allow his own judgment to guide him in the choice of a champion. The Fernhill Stakes will perhaps cause Manganese and Mincepie to be again pitted against each other. It there be any truth, however, in public running, Mince pie will scarcely have a chance of ." turning the tables" upon her old antagonist. Either Tyne or the best of Mr. Howard's may win the Coronation Stakes. For the 15 Sovs. Sweepstakes, three-quarters of a mile, Spindle is my fancy. Wentworth will have no difficulty in carrying off the Albany Stakes. Polestar and Saucebox may make a good race of it for ber Majesty's Plate. On paper the Gold Cup seems likely to occasion only a match between Rogerthorpe and Manganese. The proof which was afforded at Newmarket of the mare's " clipping" powers induces me without heaitation to trust her on the present occasion. For the St. James's Palace Stakes I shall select Pitapat •Stanhope may be second. Goldfinch is said to be an extraordinary youngster so great, in fact, is his reputation, that I am inclined to let him do battle for me for the New Stakes. Mineepie will win the Windsor Forest Stakes. Flyaway, Chow, and The Abbot shall represent my interest for the Handicap Sweepstakes for two and three years old. Friday's events do not at present require consideration. June 9. A FRESH MAN. ENTRY FOR TRIAL STAKES. 1 mile.—Spindle, 3 yrs ; Judy, 3 yrs ; King Cob, 3 yrs ; Barfieur, 3 yrs ; Fie, 2 yrs ; Remedy, 2 yrs ; Borderer, 2 yrs ; Coxwell, 2 yrs ; Cantrip, 2 yrs ; Holly Bank, 2 yrs ; Usher, 2 yrs ; Apathy, 2 yrs ; South-Western, 2 yrs. ENTRY FOR QUEEN'S PLATE. Nearly 3 miles.—llan. gerford, Speed the Plough, Mishap, Mayboy, Homily, Polestar, Coroner, Saucebox, Fisherman, Tug o' War, Barfleur, Libelist, King Cob, Aleppo, Stanhope, Mid dleton, and c by Conyngham out of Prioress. ARRIVALS UP TO MONDAY NIGHT. —Apathy, Remedy, Sydney, Cinderella, Equity, Inspiration, Abbot, Annot Lyle, Saucebox, Polestar, Vengeance, Jolly Marine, Veteran, Peter 'Wilkins, Sandboy, Besika, Libelist, Kestrel, Bandalore, Manganese, Winkfield, Pitapat, Lawn, California Dick, Fisherman, Peter Flat, Habena, Shoreham, Bird-in-Hand, Armiger, Ariel, Spaniard, Haunch of Venison, Mosquito, Defiance, Blooming Heather, Falcon, Bobby B, Speed the Plough, Mirage, Hungerford, Ceres, Flyaway, Comedy, Secret, Cran bourn9, Weathercock, Rialto (late Georgiurn Sidus), Bol ton, Quince, Boer, Queen Mab filly, Weatherbit filly, Cannobie, Mayboy, Camiola, The Cropper, Laird of Hazlewood,Yellow Jack, Goldfinch, Saraband, Scheidam, Coroner, Spindle, Lady Florence, Yorkshireman, Claret, Pony, Chow, Rifleman, Duke of Lancaster, and Per fume. Mr. Oliveira has left London for Paris, for the pur pose of examining the wines at the French Exhibition, in connexion with his proposal for a reduction of duty, and the mutual reduction of tariffs. The hon. gentleman will return to his Parliamentary duties during the pre sent week. MANCUSSTER EXHIBITION OF ART TREASURES, 1857. —The executive committee have not yet positively de cided where the exhibition building is to be erected, but the bias of opinion is understood to be in favour of a suburban railway site, if the efficient working of the im mense traffic that may be anticipated can be satisfac torily provided for by arrangements with the various railway companies concerned. The committee have re ceived numerous plans and specifications for the build ing. COUNT DUXIN'S EXPANDNG FIGURE.—This is a piece of mechanism intended to illustrate the different pro portions of the human figure. Some idea may be formed of the number of mechanical combinations in the figure from the fact that it is composed of more than 7,000 springs, steel plates, slides, tubes, &c. The ob ject is to be able to adjust this figure to certain mea surements, and to represent correctly the person to be fitted with clothing. The Messrs. Nicoll have recently purchased this costly and ingenious figure, and, with some important additions of their own invention, are now exhibiting it in Regent-street, where it is exciting great curiosity amongst all who take interest in mechani cal invention. The expanding figure will probably do them good service, not only in respect to literary and mercantile men, who cannot spare time to visit the Lon don ware-rooms, but it must be invaluable to this firm's agents, and others throughout the United Kingdom and the Colonies. Alfred Some, F.R.S,, in his work on "Instinct and Reason," after treating on those facul ties which entitle man to hold the first place in the scale of creation, thus describes the invention, at page 122 One of the most extraordinary pieces of me chanism which I have ever witnessed has been lately de vied by Count Dunin. It represents a man five feet high, in the proportion of the Apollo Belvidere, and from that size the figure can be proportionably increased to six feet eight inches, and ad it is intended to faci litate the clothing of an Army, it is so constructed as to be capable of adjustment to the particuar proportions of each individual person. In fact, if an individual is once accurately measured, no fur her reference to him is re quired, but a facsimile can be ',induced, upon which any garment can be exactly fitted. Bedford and Blotch ley Buckghauish. Clydesdal o Jc. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lin. e 6 pc. E. Un, H. SI). Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New...... Glstr.4 Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. 4Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lou., Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. i3xtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' Redcar. Midld.Bradfd Newmarket Bury E. G.spc Est.s P.C. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p c Prest. & W y:e Do. Qrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shot. Roth.an,l Goole g. 5 p.c. Shrews. &Her S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&f;ornrst London & N. West. L.&N.W. Calodon E. Un. & E. C Gt.Nrthn E. Count Csldonia►n Do Gt. Westp Yk. Now. Berw. Do Do IS. Hastert Do Peto Co & Norfolk Do LA N. W & Midld ackton & Darlingt. En. Coun. E. Count. Do Do L. & N. W Do Qt Northn Lancash & Yorksh. T. Brassey M. MClean Stockt. & Dariingt Do iGItW4 eetn. 95 - 98 95 - 100 11 - 13 134 - 137 4 4i ••• ... • • a ••• "'' 405 - 107 12i - 1-3 234 - 214 113 - 117 21 -2! 93 - 95 - IP 56 - 58 ii -7- 47 134 - 137 8 3 2idi 32 - 33 METROPOLITAN IATTLE MARKET. Last week's imports of foreign stock into London were moderate—the total supply amounting to 2,305 head. In the corresponding week in 1855 we received 2,880 ; in 1851, 3,369 ; in 1853, 4,735 ; in 1852, 4,918 ; in 1851, 3,056; an,' in 1850, 2,124 head. WORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs, Rotterdam 6 1 348 130 173 -- Harlingen Amsterdam Dordt Hamburgh Ostend Antwerp 4 ... 29 ... 6 447 -- 13 12 ."'' ••• - ... 31 ..: - T0ta1.... 79 ... 1,701 ... 240 ... 285 ... The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1855 546 1,828 215 ... 601 35 1654 682 1,803 200 400 ... 30 1853 552 2,880 547 711 45 1852 650 3,237 ... 310 656 ..„ 23 1851 199 2,376 ... 157 301 23 1850 370 ... 1,285 58 ... 375 ... 26 There was only a limited supply of foreign stock in to day's market, and its general quality was inferior. From our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were very limited, and in middling condition. The attendance of buyers was good, and the beef trade ruled steady at last Monday's 'currencies—the decline of 2d. per 81bs. reported on Friday being recovered. The supply was all sold, and the best Scots were worth ss. per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received 1,600 Scots and short-horns ; from other parts of England 300 of various breeds; from Scotland 200 Scots; and from Ireland, via Liverpool, 32 oxen. The show of sheep was seasonably large. For all kinds we had a slow sale, at Friday's decline in the quotations of 2d. per 81bs. The few old Downs, in the wool, realised ss. 10d., out of the wool 55. 4d., per 81bs. The supply of lambs was good, and the demand ruled very inactive, at Friday's decline in value of 2d. per Sibs. The highest price was 6s. per 81bs. From the Isle of Wight we received 2SO head. Although the supply of calves was but moderate, the veal trade ruled inactive, at Friday's currency. The top price was ss. 4d. per 81bs. There was very little inquiry for pigs, at last week's quotations. Sibs to sink the otrale. • s. d. s. di S. d. a. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 10'PrimeSouthdown 5 2 5 4 Second quality.... 4 0 4 2 Largo eras. calves 4 0 410 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 Prime small do 5 0 5 4 32 4 0 4 5 45 0 8 20 Suckling Large Q Small uaie ph r oo o rgk la ser p " i calves. g . B . • 2 2 4 1 2 0 0 4 1 3 . 8 0 4. 0 0 8 5s Cd to 6s Od. TOTAL SUPPLY. I FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ............ ..... • 3,017 i Beasts.• ...• ••.-.••• .. • 32 Prime PlnferiorlSecondme c SS s uo e ha ! w e: tp 1 yd 1e a d .... . : 4 444 l4OOO Lamb, Sheep and lambs ........22,590 Sheep and lambs •• •• ...... 150 A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monthly, June 11, 1855, and in the Metropolitan Market this day, Monday, June 9, 1856, Per Blbs, to sink the offals. June 11, 1855. June 9,1856. e . d. s. d. i s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts ... ... 3 2to 3 43 6to 3 10 Second quality ditto ... ... ..: 3 6 4 0I 1 0 4 2 Prime large oxen ... ... ... ... 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 8 Prime Sc ots, du; ... ... ~. ... 4 6 4 8 1 4 10 5 0 Coarse and inferior sheep ... ... 3 6 3 8 1 4 0 4 2 Second quality ditto ... ... ... 315 4 414 4 4 8 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... ... 4 6 4 8,4 10 5 0 Prime Southdown ditto ... .. 410 5 215 2 5 4 Lambs ... ... ... •.. ... ... 5 4 6 8,5 0 6 0 Largo coarse calves ... ... ... 310 4 6'4 0 410 Prime small ditto ... ... .. .. 4 8 5 015 0 5 4 Large boss ..• . ... ... . 3 2 4 0 3 2 4 0 .. Neat small porkers ... ... ... 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 8 Beasts... ... ~. ... ... 3 ,9 69 3,017 Sheep ... ... ... ... ... 24,570 22,590 Calves... ... ... ... ~. .., 256 227 Pigs ... ... ... ... ... 450 385 SUPPLIES OE SALE, June 12, 1854.—Beasts, 4,293; sheep and lambs, 27,600; calves, 390; pigs, 350. June 13, 1853. Beasts, 4,083 ; sheep and lambs, 25,610 ; calves, 420 ; pigs, 330. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Very moderate an ppliea of each kind of meat are on eale in these markets. Fo r each kind we have a fair demand, as follows : _ _ Per Slobs by the carcase. s. d. s. (1. 8. (I. 8. (1. Reef, inferior 3 0 3 2 Mutton, Inferior 3 6 3 8 Do., 4 3 8 Do., middling 310 4 6 Do. prime large.. 3 10 4 0 , Do., prime 4 S 4 10 De , do. 5r0a11,...4 2 4 6 Veal 3 6 5 0 Purk, large 3 6 4 2 Pork. small 4 4 4 8 Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 4d. BOROUGH HOP. As the plantation accounts state that the fly is rapidly on the increase, and as the duty has been done as low as 150,0001., there is a better demand for most kinds of hop•, and prices havo an upward tendency. Last week's imports were 17 bales from Rotterdam, 50 from Ostend, and 251 from Hambro'. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 1N to 61 N per cwt; Weald of Kent, 3/ 5s to 5/ lOs ; Sussex, 31 3s to 51s. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Moderate supplies of old potatoes have come to hand, coastwise and by railway, since Monday last. On the whole the demand is steady, as follows :—York Regents, 80s to 90s per ton ; Kent and Essex do., 70s t o go s Scotch do., 60s to 70s ; do. cups, 50s to 60s ; middlings, 35s to 40s ; Lincolns, GOs to 70s ; blues, 50s to 60s. WOOL. Since the close of the public sales a very limited busi ness has been transacted in the private market, but we have no ohange to notice in prices. Last week's imports were 555 bales from Portland Bay, 620 from Moreton Bay, 12 from Hambro', 1,400 from Adelaide, and lt from Mo gad o re. The following are the current rates of English wool : South Down hogs, 171 lOs to 181 Os ; half-bred do., 161 to 171 Os; Kent fleeces, 15/ Os to 16/ 10s ; Down ewes and wethers, 16/ to 17/ Os ; Leicester do., 13/ lOs to 141 Os ; so] ts, 141 lOs to 18/ Os; combing, 151 Os to 21/ Os. SEEDS. Prices of linseed continue to range from 478 to 528 for Calcutta, and 53s to 54s per quarter for Bombay. Linseed cakes are in better demand, and, in some instances, a small advance has been obtained for barrel New York. This is rather owing to temporary scarcity. A Very large business has been transacted in Calcutta rape, at prices ranging from 30s to 48s. Turnip. White, per bush. 22s to 2551 Swede .. • • .... •• Bustard, 8r0wn."... —s — e White, new...... —s Tares,Winter, new.... Cis Od Os Od Old-- —s —e Canary, per quarter .. 41a 60. Rye grass.. •• .... 24s 30s Clover,RedEng. (cwt.) —8 —8 White Foreign Red.. ••• • —8 —3 White .• • • —s —5 Trefoil, ngw, • .• • • „..• —3 Carraway •• 445 508 Coriander."... •• •• 263 288 Hompseed, per quarter 54s hBs Linseed, E ng. Sowing.. 63s —s Crushing •• •• 468 52s Baltic .• • • •• —8 —s Odessa ... ••• —8 —s Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English .. 1 is 121 Os Foreign,per ton 101 Os 111 (15 Rape Cakes, pr ton 6103 61 108 Rapeseed, Now, pr qr., 88s 9.92 TALLOW. Since our last report only a moderate business has been transacted i❑ tallow. In prices, however, n o mat e rial change has taken place. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 4is 9d to 4Gs, and for the last three mouths 4Gs per cwt. Town tallow, 46s per cwt.; rough fat, 2s 6id per 81bs. 1852. 1853. 1854. 1855. I 1856. 47.740 1 17,185 51891 to 458 9.1 —s Od to 46v Od 1,020 1,315 1,583 1,315 1,608 791 1,608 791 518 3d 488 6d • Stock this day • • Price of Y. C •• • • Delivery last week • • Ditto from June 1.... Arrivals last week.. Ditto from Junel.... rice of Town 39,531 388 3d to 338 6d 1,267 1,897 394 6cl I 23,791 47s 63,1 Ire 47s 9d; 1,194 1,847 695 2,293 494 3(1 31,831 63s 6:ltt. —s 0(1 820 1,383 59 214 64 a 941 51 78 130 1 611 92j i 3 7 6& 7k 1043 4 102 i k 991 8i 9} 9 35i 6 82 1i / 164 2i 17/ i 58i 9 713 74 3 111 12 21 3i 22 i tan 251 6k 8 i i i all all 100 100 LITERATURE. Guide to the Crystal Palace and Park. By Samuel Phillips. Second Edition. Bradbury and Evans. A beautiful and valuable souvenir of Samuel Phillips, is this charmi ng littl e poc k e t G u id e -b oo k to the rystal Palace and Park at Sydenham. It was a " labour of love," but very recently com pleted, before the gifted man-of-letters, who had undertaken the task of its compilation, closed his life so prematurely. As all those will very well remember who took the smallest interest, at the time, in the unexp ec t e d announcement of t h e sudden demise of the eloquent, learned, daring, vigorous author of "Caleb Stukely," more eloquent, more learned, more daring, more vigorous in every respect, it seemed, in his later capacity as The Times Reviewer ! It was something like setting Scaliger to carve the Iliad upon a cherry-stone, or to write it out microscopically for enclosure in that famous nutshell familiar to Boz's old-youmg-enemy the Schoolboy of General Conversatiou—this entrusting of the duty of writ ing a "Guide t o th e C r y s t a l Palace and Park" to the novelist of Blackwood's Magazine and the critic of the Times newspaper. Samuel Phillips, however, had no cause, in truth, to disdain an undertaking in which he was aided by the co-opera tion of so many distinguished associates. As every one may appreciate on the instant when reminded that Austin Layard wrote the hand book of the Nineveh Court, Owen Jones that of the Alhambra, Edward Forbes that of the Zoological Department, and Richard Owen that of the Extinct Animals and Geological Illustrations. It was investing him with a prerogative therefore rather than luring him to an act of literary condescension, entrusting to Samuel Phillips the editorship of the various guides and handbooks of the great popular enter prise of the people's Palace and Park at Sydenham. As such, namely, as a prerogative, he really appears to have regarded it—judging of his views upon the subject, through the extraordinary interest he always evidenced in the entire undertaking, but more particularly through that conspicuously dis played in his handbook to the Portrait Gallery, and in this comprehensive Guide-book of his to the Park and Palace, with all their multifarious and manifold attractions. Extending to scarcely two hundred pages, the little volume under notice is of itself a complete repertory of general information. A sort of a microcosm, or world-in-miniature, in its way—carrying us hither and thither in eccentric eights over the whole surfa ce o f thi s s ph ere o f ours rolling' through space, this "orb terrene," as it is called, or " globe terraqueous." Carrying us not only over almost all the known regions of the earth we inhabit, but conducting us, century after cen tury, through most of the recorded epochs of the world's history, before the days when "Adam delved and Eve span," (meaning the epoch when the land had its labyrinthodon, and the sea its ichthyosaurus, and the air its ptcrodactyles) down to the present period, nearly two thousand years since the Redemption, the age of steam-engines and electric telegraphs ! In the midst of such vast variety, however, all is order, everything is in sym metrical arrangement. The Guide on setting forth with his companion descants first of all, of course, upon the site of the curious edifice he has undertaken to elucidate, reminding him, or let us say at once for the sake of simpli city, reminding us that Sydenham has an especial interest of association, calculated with every in telligent mind to enhance the charm of the natural beauty of the landscape, by reason of its having been at one time the residence of Thomas Camp bell, the author of the " Pleasures of Hope "—the very spot indeed in which that graceful poet penned the whole of his lovely " Gertrude of Wyoming." Having in this manner interested us in the very locality, Mr. Phillips conducts us forthwith, and without any further ado,into the Crystal Palace. At the entrance to which, we tarry however, for a few moments to muse over the origin of the building, as well as over the method of its actual construc tion. Marvelling much even now, when the par ticulars are becoming familiar to us, over such won drous facts as the following—viz., that the entire length of the edifice, including the main building, the wings, and the colonnade, extends to 3,416 feet, or nearly three-quarters of a mile, covered over with a transparent roof of glass ; that the area so covered amounts to 843,656 superficial feet altogether, 245,260 in the galleries, and 598,396 on the ground floor ; that the fabric attains an extreme height of 208 feet, being six feet higher than the monument ; that the total weight of iron used in its erection amounts to 9,641. tons 17 cwts. and 1 quarter ; that the superficial quantity of glass is 25 acres ; that if the panes were laid side by side they would extend to a distance of 48 miles, and if laid end to end, to the almost incredible length of 242 miles ; the bolts and rivets employed weighing more than 175 tons, and the mere nails upwards of 103 tons additional ! Properly astonished by these astounding statistics, wo next learn, without as much emotion as might otherwise have been expected, that the Palace is kept at one agreeable temperature by hot-water pipes stretching to a distance of 50 miles, and that an Artesian well, sunk upon the property, to the depth of 250 feet enables the magnificent fountains to throw up numerous jets of water to heights varying from 70 to 250 feet—the well aforesaid keeping up an adequate supply in the gigantic reservoirs constructed at a proper eleva tion for its reception. Glancing along the naves and the transept, and feasting our eyes, as we glance, upon the exquisite perspective, we turn soon after wards successively into the various courts lying to the right hand and to the left. Here, for example, passing up the Avenue of Lions, is the Egyptian Court, with an inscription in hieroglyphics upon the frieze, informing any traveller that may come hereafter from the farthest ends of the earth that "in the seventeenth year of the reign of Tictoria the ruler of the waves, this pa lace was erected and furnished with a thousand statues, a thousand plants, 47,0., like as a hook for the use of the men of all countries !" Here it is that we come upon the "Gigantic Figures of Rameses the Great," upon the " Tomb of Ben Hassan," upon a column from Karnak, and a colon nade from Philoe. The Greek Court brings us to the "pick" of the Elgin Marbles, charms our senses with a copy of the famous "Venus de Medici," re joices our gaze with a notion of the wondrous Par thenon ! To the Roman Court we enter under the span of what Roman genius gave the world, —the Arch—that new and very notable addition to the elements of architecture. There we muse before such examples of antique art as the statue of Hadrian, as the Bacchus of the Louvre, as the Apollo Belvidere. As for the Alhambra Court what can be said of it adequately but that it is a speci men of Moresquo or Saracenic magnificence, from the minutest portion of the arabesque ornaments to the aggregated splendour of the Hall of the Aben cerrages ! Advancing into the Assyrian Court, between the huge Winged Bulls that guard the entrance to it, we linger there amid that wilder ness of wonders, more astonished than ever at the marvels brought to light so abundantly by the in dustry and genius of such men as Layard. and Rawlinson—men who found more than " sermons in stones "—corroboration of the awful records of Holy Writ, buried under shapeless mounds of earth, and latent in arrow-headed inscriptions carved upon the solid rock in a language of which iata.nkincl had altogether lost the key. Passing on from the Nineveh, we come in duo course to the Byzantine and Romanesque Court, a court enabling the spectator, almost at a glance, "to recognise and distinguish the several styles that existed and succeeded each other" from the 6th to the 16th century ! Then follows the German Mediceval Court, with examples culled from Munich and from Nuremberg. And after that the English Mediceval Court, with specimens of the successive styles ; the " Norman," with its horse-shoe arches and its zig zag mouldings ; the " Early English," with arches lancet-shaped, and pillars consisting of slender shafts clustering about a central pier, and capitals devoid of any ornament beyond the plainest mould ing ; the "Decorated" style, with its marvellous gothic tracery, and its octangular pillars, and its ca pitals carved into foliage, and its buttresses crowned with ornate pinnacles, and its geometric forms and flowing lines, and pointed arches, seeming (wrote Samuel Phillips in his Guide, p. 88), " to lift the solid stone work up as though it were aspiring heavenward !" Finally, the "Perpendicular " style, where the. Gothic began in the midst of all its glory to betray the first signs of deteriora tion. Subsequently we come to the French and Italian Mediaeval Court, a sort of a twin court, re plete with admirable characteristics. Then the Renaissance Court makes us acquainted with the new style of "revived art" introduced about the middle of the fifteenth century, and of which a brilliant example is afforded at Rouen in the Arcade cf the Hotel Bourgtheroulde. The Elizabethan Court proves upon examination to be particularly interesting to the Londoner, its architectural de tails being taken from H o ll and House at Kensing ton. The Italian Court is invested, of course, with a less local claim upon the general sympa thies, being " glorified" with examples selected from among the " Stones of Venice" (not Mr Ruskin's, but the original), and with estimable copies from inestimable masterpieces by Raffaelle and Michel angelo. The Pompeian Court—not much further on--is a curiosity of a very extraordinary kind, being the exact counterpart of a house preserv e d for us throu g h e i g hteen centuries uninjured under the encrusted lava poured from the flaming en trails of Vesuvius. There is the entrance with the cave canem, " beware of the dog," upon the pave tnent. There is the " outer hall of atrium common to all visitors. Above it the opening in I Y. , the roof called the .compl uv i um , beneath which stands the marble basin (to catch the rain from the clouds) called the impluvium. Over each porch, lo ! there is the salve " Welcome." Yonder are the cubiettla or " bedchambers." Yonder - you may see the recesses called aim or " wings" devoted to the transaction of business with strangers: Here is the tablinuin, a room analogous to the modern drawing-room, where were kept the objects of art, the pictures, and the family archives. Beyond is the Peristyle or open quadrangle, surrounded by pillars and having in the centre ofit a flower garden. There are tho two "dining-rooms," the winter trieti 'aunt, and the summer tric'inium. There the (eetts or " banquet chamber "—then the culina, or " kit. chen"—then the balnettin or " bath room "—then the porta postica, or " back door"—then the faeces, I or " passages." It is a classic i n t er i or very astonish ing to traverse, carrying our imagination back to the toga'd and sandall'd times of Cicero, and Vir gil, and Horace. Guided by the entertaining little volume penned by the late Samuel Phillips —the wade mecum of every visitor to the Crystal Palace at Sydenham---we traverse, moreover, ex ceedingly different regions from those classic loca lities of the ancient Roman, Grecian, Arabian, or Egyptain. We examine the " Raw Produce and Agricultural Collection." We visit the " Station.. art Court," and the " Birmingham Court," and the " Sheffield Court." We scrutinise, both under the head of the New World, and under that of the Old World, the wonders of the " Natural History De partment." The " Printed Fabrics Court" makes us acquainted with everything in cotton and wool len ; the " Mixed Fabrics Court " displays to urA silks and shawls from India and China, and various other fabrics at once costly and delicate. There are unrolled before us the miscellaneous contents of the " Foreign Industrial Court," and the Court devoted to " Musical Instruments," offering in piano, and harp, and drum, and bugle, and flute, and violin, and cymbals, and guitar, and serpent, and oboe, and trumpet, add tambourine, a concord of inaudible harmonies to our imagination ! Peeping into it, one hums to oneself, almost inaudibly, the refrain to Beranger's " Lc Soir des Noce's :" Zon flate et basse Zon! violin! Zon flate et basse 1 Et violin, zon, won / But the Guide has no leisure for this—we must still bestir ourselves and onwards ! Taking "A walk through the nave : " examining all the rest of the marvels of this grand permanent Exhibition : saun tering out into the park and gardens, and enjoying to the very limits of the horizon the wide sweep of beautiful landscape stretching: away from the green heights of Sydenham. The Hand-book before us, in short, will be found by anybody who pleases an eloquent and instructive companion to another of the now rather numerous wonders of the world— and not by any means the least of them—the Fairy Palace of Britannia. ROYAL CREMORNE CURREN& The Grand Fiord Exhibition of American flowering plants, at the splendid pavilion in Ashburto❑ Park, ad joining what has been well termed " The Elysium of Chelsea," continues to attract numerous and fashionable parties. It is, in fact, one of the most pleasing lounges in the vicinity of the metropolis. Open from 10 a.m., the lover of nature is enabled to erjoy the almost mira culous spectacle of at least 30,000 feet of space covered with bloarn of the richest and most varied aspect. Tnis magnificent canservatory—one of the finest that could be found in any part of the world—is intersected with gravel-walks, the plants growing not in pots but beds, and may be regarded as a covered garden. The light is admitted through a series of transparent ven tilators, adorned with paintings of the rare birds and plants of the New World, illustrating the objects for which the enormous outlay, amounting to many thousand pounds, has been encountered, A delightful, cool temperature is thus maintained, a matter of no ordinary importance to those panting under the suffocat ing heat of the dog days. The beauty of the rhodo .lendrons, szalias, kalmias, &c., which are now at the highest point of perfection, cannot be conceived by the! e who have not witnessed the concentrated effect of a collection hitherto unparalleled. We advise all persons, whether the mere lounger desirous of passing an agree able hour, or the scientific botanist, to lose no time in visiting this attractive exhibition. It will require no persuasion to induce him to repeat the visit, when he has had practical proof of the rich treat of which he may easily avail himself. SWINGING FESTIVALS IN INDIA. CALCUTTA, April IP.—The bloody rites of the Chur. ruch Poojah, or swinging festivals, which take place annually and at this time of the year in honour of the god Shiva, are ai present being• celebrated in India ; and the cruelties then inflicted are voluntarily submitted to on the part of the iudividvals who under go them. - A ceremony of this kind took place on the 11th of April, in the Circular-road. The place was crowded with natives of every caste and shade of colour, dressed up in the most gaudy and fantastic manner possible. Great numbers of the women and children had large brass rings about four inches in diameter through their noses, also rings round their angles by way of ornament. The spot where the tragic scene was to be enacted was ; large square, surrounded with houses, on the tops of which were seated crowds of Indians of every age, and all mere or less excited with an intoxicating compound called " bling." In the centre of this square was erected a long, pole 60 feet high, at the top of this was another about 40 feet long, placed at right angles to the former, working in a socket in the centre, and capable of being whirled round ; and to each end was attached a rope. Having waited for ten minutes or so, the infatuated native who was to be swung carne in, amid the beating of Indian drums and the shouts of the people. The man had a wild expression of countenance, with his eyes glaring, being under tho influence of bhang, of which he had consumed great quantities during the three previous days to deaden the pain. This unfortu nate native had two large iron hooks (not unlike those u-ed by butchers at home for hanging up meat) thrust through his back, three inches apart, and making a wound four inches in length, from which the blood streamed down. This being done the men tied the rope which was fixed to one of the ends of the horizontal pole to the two hooks in his back, and likewise passed through a cloth, which was tied slackly round his breast to prevent him falling to the ground should the flesh give way, which it sometimes does. They then pulled down the other end of the pole, which of coarse raised the one with the man along with it, and then ran round at a great speed for the space of a quarter of an •herlir. All this time the poor man was suspended in the air by the hooks in his back, and whirling round 50 feet from the zround ; and from the manner in which he kicked about his legs he appeared to be suffering great agony. When he was let down, and the hooks taken out of his back, he was more dead than alive, and the laceration caused by them was frightful. Men who undergo the swinging seldom survive it. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, June 9.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. light breeze and fine. The Tertia, of Sunderland, from Barcelona to St. John's, N. 8., sprung a leak on the 3d May, bore up, and on the 22d, made the light of Bayonne. The weather not per mitting her to reach Vigo, and, having four feet water in her hold, she ran into Aldan, and was put aground. PORTSMOUTH, June B.—Wind W.—Sailed—Ander (s. tpt.), for Balaklava ; Rhadamanthus, th• westward. PLYMOUTH, June 8. —Wind S.W.—Arrived.—Rajah (s. tpt.), from Balalaava. Sailed—H.M.S. Hecla, for the coast of Africa ; Esk, Valparaiso. FALMOUTH, June I.—Wind W. to W.S.W.—Arrived —lobo, from Havana; Queen of west, Requijada ; Rimo, Paraiba; ()iodine, Omer Pasha, and Flora Muir, Havana ; Ercole, Philadelphia; Ellen, Matanzas. Sailed—Bri tannia, for Quebec. Off the port—Alliance, from Rangoon ; Canuaher, Demerara; Annette, Aux Cayes% and sailed for Antwerp; Mary Russell, Havana, and sailed for Bristol. CARDIFF, June 7.—Sailed — Conflict , for St. Helena; Benjamin Baxter, Now York ; Wild Cat, C a ll ao . WATERFORD, June 7.—Arrived--Erin, from St. John, N.B. CORK, June 7.—Wind -: from Barbadoes. SWANSEA, June S.—Wind W.S.W.—Arri red—Stately, from Cuba. Mary Miller, (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Arrived—Northam, from Bristol ; John and Isabella, Sunderland ; Unity, Keyhaven ; William, Scilly ; Florida, Mary, Pope, and Rose, Newport; Hope, Plough, a n d Hopewell, Swanage ; Claudia, Constantinople ; Sir Henry Parnell, Buenos Ayres. Tho screw transport Princo passed Hurst at 8 a.m. Sailed—Spring and Flora, for Sunderland ; Purveyor, FS wanage ; Edward, Scilly. 'LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived- Pons Oul from Callao ; Elizabeth, Barbadoes Mary Bibby, Trinidad ; Harmak Sickett, St. John's, N. B. ; Julius Hendrick, Dantgic ; Wm. Rodgers, Now Orleans ; Birmingham, Mobile, QUEENSTOWN, June 7. Wind W. S. W. Arrived—Fluke, from Syra ; Excelsior, Tunis; Admiral. Pedar, Norway ; Toddenskyold, Trieste. Sailed—Propontis, screw-steamer, for Newfoundland. (BY SUBMARINE, AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.2 G km, Wind, W. ; tide, half ebb; fine. Arrived, June B—Northumberland, from New York ; Andrew Jackson, from Alicanta. Arrived, June 9.—Rapid , from Lisbon ; Robina, Mau ritius; Lord G. Bentinck , Antwerp; Alliance, Santander; Tarsa, Mogador ; Oscar, Drobak ; United, Oporto ; Ellen, Iquique ; David, Guernsey; Coralinda, Cherbourg ; Ma tilda, Trinidad; Excelsior, Balaklava. DEAL, Monday, 10.10 a,m. Wind W.S.W. ; moderate. Anchored.—Bruce, from Shields, for Carthagona. Passed.—Claudia, from Barbadoes ; Lavinia, Tobago ; Hornby, Mauritius ; Philo, Syra ; Benanza, St. Lucia ; Panther; Bristol ; Priscilla, Messina; Prince of Wales, Calcutta—all for London. Passed in tow.—Spinney, from Buenos Ayres, for Lon• don;_,Luguta, frow..London a for ty CYPrilio• 410 5 1 b 6 rera ejl stiO'' Shr. 11 St. St. 201 all all 100 +32s. 1 100 100 312 p St. 50 qt. Si. 1100 3! 100 100 176 al) all all 3 all all FOR :GN. 78i i 49 6a i 12i 7i 8 di i 111 i 8t Tj 4t I 0