The Sun. — London, England, 1856-08-18 00:00:00

. THE SAIN , LONDON MONDAY $ 5 EVENING AUGUST 18, lB5 6. , ..................._---_. of the world, taking the place of ancient jealousy SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY. Naval and Military Intelligence. first-rate harvest weather. The corn, too, is veil much prospects of the deceived emigrants, but the finances of ! Spirit of the Public Journals. and fear. The world could offer no better wish to _ o p_ of it deed-ripe, and there is a difficulty in finding hand, this colony, we may state that on one given day spec-- _......__=_...-____ There is much in the present movement for a Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, Commander-in ee the Czar on his coronation than that his new Se- thowreealpitittl little doubt u en bt o enough. It opinionslt he a r s ipe t n o e i d m a r (Front the Daily News of this day.) of his whole re- 7 universal Satil' al Chief at Portsmouth, visited the Sardinian corvettedino• the destitut, received Govern- A thousand years ago, when pilgrims from many bastopol might thus become a type . .ay half-holiday to excite the ad- andlvlessto f t a in st ie th w at hi w ch e 3 fi , e l , l BB in so t T h v e Bi re i t e u e rn u e of the . select committee there were d t 1 po s. uts t pon a popu year by generated empire. miration of tike phile.uthropist, and to stimulate Dutch frigate at Spithead on Saturday afternoon, and are given by oer ciercseonclente would all be put at four went rations at the various , parts of Asia and of Europe were resorting, _ the zeal of those who expect things to be as they was received, with ali due honours by each, and saluted to ton &,ys earlier than they ate (Milted :.ere if they were lion of, at the time, about 87,000 or 83,000 persons. It • i year, to Kiev-the holy city among the hills, to (From the Morning Herald of this the ought to be rather than as they are. The picture on leavin g* . eiven again. The hot diy weather of Joly and Augrat is needless to Fay more. which the capital cities of the world sent tribute- It is of the utmost to trace the pro 'ms, however, been favourable to the crops, and OS .••••1.1••••••••11MIV e .......... 0.1••••=1, 9 Her Majesty's ship London, 90, Captain William H. there was difficulty in providing resting places for of Russia parallel with the gradual inroads onrains which have fallen latterly have done more good pRIC.g 8 OF ii ARE S. on the S t alafternoon,Jervis, is appointed to be unmasted at Devonport this the companies which arrived from the north and Gress . practices of Great Bri of • d the ancient constitutional pleasure . aux ay that they may d devote their whole Sunday to worship and medita- ay, and her crew to be paid off on Monday, the 25th than harm to the country generally as yet. We quite I IiTHER CO (- north AND a s north east. There was a confluence a river an rain, and to remark that diplomacy-the modern inst. believe, therefore, that the yield of wheat will prove an I BANKS, I lion, is so easy to (haw picturesquely and colourunusually productive one. As to the other crops, we 1 PANIES' STOCK. two brooks and a group of 200 ponds at one spot in used term to cover infractions attractively, that vee are afraid some disappoint may shortly say that of the returns of the barley the steppe, which seemed suitable for the purpose ; powerful in the hand of the Muscovite only . - Claude H. M. Buckle, was unmaetei at Davenport on weapon in t may beex ected if the i ci op, 30 put it as an average, 98 at over average, and and ou that spot a little solitary chapel was erected, tritest'England has laid aside her buckler of law. l tried la -P experiment s ever to Saturday ; her crew are orderel to be paid off to-mur- Front the Ujficial Inst. ( and a pries • t was appointed to serve it. A few s. gave a brief historical Sketch Some time ago we , , eaou a :ge scale. That five hours' labour row. . • can be abstracted from the week without causing The Des 63 as under average. Of the oat crop reports 20 put it at average, 96 as over average, and 78 as under average. i '"UBLISR ED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING ; patch, gun-boat, was taken out of dock on LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1856. roofs soon sheltered the pilgrims ; and the gardens, f the gradual disuse of the functions of the Privy corresponding adjustment between The acreable produce of the barley crop is tittle at least went from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound , ..' GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Which belonged to them showed how great was the ° 0 andexplained that although prior to Council we a capital is of course out of thequestion ; either as much above an average-and we beneve them both on Wednesday. fertility. That little chapel still exists, looking the year 1700 attempts had been made by various ' , to be unusually good-as that of oats ; but to the for- Dividend I Amount ~>< ter or workman must suffer, and all experience The screw steam-ship Conqueror, 101, Commander Paid. Price. much as it did a thousand years ago, and much Sovereigns to govern by favourites alone and with- 1 1 .mar must be added the cmsideration that so few acres Name of Company. per of 15,510ng since shown us that the capitalist will not. Charles Fellowes, from Queenstown, arrived at Plymouth Annum. Share. I as it may do when all around it has crumbled into tt t h e d always been a council, yet such a emp s a ofthe barley lably b ruin. That lowly little old-fashioned church is out. A d. iv tit t tlth t • hof the resistes, an t awas no un 1 e riunrip Friday, The competition of manufacture is too severe to leave on y ' has been the case this year. The pulse crops are gen • Xs.d.X a. d. tse margin sufficient to bear a diminution The crews of the screw steam-ship Cornwallis, 60 of - - . relly geod, especially those of peas, and on the green British ••••••• • • • • • • • - l - usually crowded with worshippers • and next White faction • in r 1 - 05 that the Crown, with all its i store than. eight per cent, Ca • George G. CaptainWellesley, the paddlewheel steam- ' p at. upon production, which f • Leopard, • - crop returns we may justly add that they refer exciu- • 1 month it will be as *full as it can ' hold, nightthe lads of ewer and privileges, literally fell into hafrigate 18, Captain Courtenay O. Hayes, and 5/. 20 0 0 20 0 0 15 - Fould. assuming the men to Brighton • • • • • • • • • • • . work ten hourssteely to turnips maugeed wurtz-1, &e not to grass er !100 0 0 leo 5 u - and day. It stands under the shadow of the cache- P a one or two influential men, who could hold. to- , s. ensue, , . the troop-ship Belleisle, 6, Commander James Hosken, CRY of London -•• •• 41. os. dral of the Assumption at Moscow, where the Czar ;:e ' t Y laer, and by any means, however unscrupulous, a-day; sc stays in. the week ; and when it is re- were paid off at Plymouth on Wednesday ; the crew f hay, nor to p )tatoes. They are generally, it will be seen, Contineatal (4th Cap.) . - 1 5000 20 0 0 - 3 150 0 0 all , 35 Alexander is going to be crowned. Around that s, e a return of a favourable majority in the membered how many men take a holiday on the the Queen, 116, Captain Robert F. Stopford, were paid unfavourable, As to the hay crop, including the first E - Luitai ••• •••• 0: .• *.• 81 2t. log. 1 10 0 0 all 12 ToCUT I\ Lerida called Salo t Monda fbeen un recedentedly well t and ,-rear Central .•• all 90 little church have arisen seven cathedrals and six P House of Commons, thus depriving the Sovereign • .y, . e yr _or this very reason, off on Friday, and the ship towed to her moorings in cut of clover, it has have - g ' lmperial .. • • ........ 10/. & bonus. 50 0 0 it; will be seen that even that lar. . abundaut. The opinions we had given us of the . i ndependent ........• 51. i4O 0 0 t, , ... ~ ,e fi.ure does not ordinary by the Confianoe and Zephyr on Saturday. hundred churches, most of which have five or of his councillors, and engrossing to themselves the . . 50 0 0 d ,fine the extent of the ca ital p Mato crop are generally favourable. The disease is _ p ist s possible loss ; for The hired screw steam-transport Williain Hutt, from . i „ 125 more cupolas ; so that, judging by the appearance of the whole power which it presents to the approaching traveller, Prior to the year 1700 the present empire o. , vrhere the men only work five days, the production C _ onstantinople, July 21 ; Malta, 28 ; Gibraltar, Au- spoken of in a few p lace s, aces, but by no means generally. - ~,,,e ..i x ............. Agricultural Gazette. 41. per cent. ;60 0 0 52 0 0 1 - 5/. ,100 0 0 16 0 0 ' 16 Moscow should be the Holy City par excellence 1 to 1_ Russia consisted of a mere province, scarce y e anould fall short by ten per cent., an d th ere are no gust 6•; and Cadiz 8, wit provision stores for Ports- Ratcliff -• • • .. •• •• • United General .• •• •• 21. 10s. 50 0 0 all I - of the world. While these churches have arisen designated kingdom called M - of which ' a, uscovy , refits? capable of bearing such a diminution as that. ,noubu, a The alternative of requiring• 5 Ru-sian cannon ut into And 1 . . , pPlymouth Sound on Friday. ___ . __ _ Westminster Chartered 4f per cent. 50 0 0 ,' " I 53 50 0 0 10 0 0 10% the men to work an Ditto, New .... • • • • - round the antique nucleus, the oardeias have he - 1 M dwhich was scarcely - EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA. t, the capita was Moscow, an additional hour on the other five The Ray. C. E. Yeo, chaplain of the screw steam days, so as to WATER-WORKS. •me a thousand, and the little lakes have by de known in E urope.ship James Waet, 91, has presented to the Re 1N I ya ava • _ equalise the week'sproduction, unfortunat ely is g:ees been enclosed within parks and pleasure The defiance of Queen Elizabeth's representative (Front the Adelaide Observer.) Paid. Price grounds •; so that Moscow is reasonably the boast to the very person and presence of Ivan the Ter- Lae ' o jection that the men are mostlY 14e. 7d., subscribed by the officars of the Land Trans- Name of Company. per of worked. u to their full available strength Among the official documents laid upon the table of Annum. Share. of Russians, for its beauties and pleasures, as well rible himself, and the admiration expressed by that p„, already, port Service, who embarked at the Crimea for passage as for the sacred privileges which make it truly fer • for the ferocious savage Englishman's courage. , and that the few hours of leisure they have in the home in that ship. the Legialative Council was the report of the select corn- - X s. d. X S. d. creek are the holy city of the Muscovite. There will a new . insufficient, as it is, for anything in the The di nner to the members of the Artillery cope now mittea appointed on Mr. Blyth's motion to inquire into East London should never be forgotten.o 0 all 78 shae of moral cultivation intellectual the . excessive female immigration, to e g ether with the Grand Junction p or improve- stationed at Ipswich, and lately returned from the Cri-SO% Czar be presently crowned, encompassed. by dele- At later • d the diaries of Sir John Finer, a period eKent.... • • minutes of evidence and a pendix ertaining thereto. 95 gations from the powers of the world of our day. Master of the Ceremonies to James 1., and that of i nen ,t or even intellectual recreatioia which to mea, passed off with great eclat. The High Sheriff of The' report itself has already p b P - Lambeth • • .... ••- . • - 100 0 0 - been published in this jour- - - New River Company 2l. 10s. - All the pomp that the nations of Europe and Asia Pepys, shows in whatsortof estimation the am epys, nal, the evidence • tau manifest through their representatives will be held,an extraordinary Dassalors were whom, on weary clerk, is probably the most effective form in inner which was on • after the d , a liberal and handsome but - - 61 0 0 - 100 which the treasures of mind can be scale,f ' meats orming the appendix have net yet appeared in West Middlesex .. • SI. per cent. tendered, and- . there ; and close at hand, within the enclosure of occasion, the Dukes of Muscovy had sent to the rint• The whole Her Majesty's slop Algiers, 91, Captain Codrington, P • forms a bulky pamphlet of 70 folios, BRIDGES. the Kremlin itself, there will be exhibited spectacles Court of Britain. The former represents them as that . any further exertion of body or tension of C. 8., from and an rom the Crimea but last from Soithead where presents overwhelming array of facts and figures, more calculated to foster the pride of Russia than. d. ' I •t 1 b 1" • . P in an ante-room, an imp ici y e ievin, mind might be detrimental to physical well-being. she arrived 'on Tuesday, and was instantly ordered off • ' impeaching the conduct of the Emi g rat ion C o mm i s- Dividend Amount of Paid. Price. all the magnificence which will be presented as the that they, were highly honoured by being allowed ' d . It is lamentable h bdeow o y and soul are alike ground to Queenstown, nut into Falmouth with strong westerly sinners. Name of Company. per Annum. Share. homage of the existing generation. In that range . Term red view of the British Sovereign ; own in the great labour mill of this country, but winds and short of fuel on Thursiay and would take in The number of days on which the committee sat was an unin p . s. d. .S s. d. of galleries which all strangers will visit-that place with the thought that it is a fact, and must be dealt with as such. It 250 tons of coal before proceeding. ' The Algiers has on 15, and the number of witnesses examined eas 33. The _ -7% and. the latter makes merry wi Ittneerford....•• .... - in which are preserved all the crows, canopies, and suitsounds cold-blooded to say that the national great- board the entire of the 56th Regiment, and the left wing ,greater part of this number consisted of the female im- - 100 0 0 - - had been supplied to the barbarous ' one court marriage robes of all the Emperors-there are re- on leaving his country, which, as it had to mess is am to the national toil, and that the toilers of the ath Regiment, *umbering upwards of 1,100 men. migrants themselves, the other consisting of the officials New oeek p.c. le per cent. So 0 0 - - lies which the Muscovites show to their guests with envoy g his sire little cared for at the hands of thosewith whom The Esmeralda, Cl:titian Government steam-frigate, connected with the immigration and destitute establish- - 100 0 0 - - used in rota- • be worn out before return, was - - throbbing hearts. The crown of the conquered ~ h e y are in closest contact, and whom chiefly they bound for Valparaiso, also remained at Falmouth, coal- meats, in Colonial Secretary, and one or two private 26 bthe ambassador his and his ton y , secretory, Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 10s. 4d. 40 0 0 kingdom of Kasen is there, and beside it the crowns , • , aggrandise ; but this, though not existing at pre- ing. &c. gentlemen. The evidence, as is already known, estab- Vauxhall ...... -.. • • 965. 70 10 3 - 21 unclean suite. lishes the fact that the Emigration Commissione r; S S of Astrachan and Siberia. The symbols of the so- - , • i position The change in the relative ve oia of the two sent to anything like the serious extent which for- Tae Malacca, 17, Captain Arthur Farquhar, is at y tersatically despatched large numbers of persons in direct DOCKS. vereignty of Georgia are there too, and a plain countries dates from the visit of Peter the Great t 0 . 3' e . merl disgraced and endangered the manufactur- Chatham, refitting for sea. The Calypso, 28, is in dock at Chatham for the pur- opposition to their instructions ; and also that they ship- Dividend Amount crown of bright gold, with a cross in the centre, be- and the almost simultaneousdeprivation England, ' tog interest, is but a corollary of the absolute ne ose of under • going extensive alterations and improve- Ped for Port Adelaide great numbers of persons who a• p er Name of Company. Annum. of Share. I Paid. Price 10Doina to a throne of blue they studded withcessity of getting a fair day's work for a fair day's e f B'" h. Sovereign f ' •standing - - ci. sp o the ntas o lie sal re asn-b • • di' ' her 1 tb Th . manta y receiving an a t Leon to eng . is yes- - plied for passages to Sydney, Melbourne, and Geelong. ____________ golden stars-the crown and the seat of Casimir, . wage, and exemplifies the impossibility of recon- xs.d.lX s. d. blcouncillors. • si. e sal was built at Chatham and launched in 1845. The Some of the poor creatures thus shamefully entrapped Stock. Stock. ciling the dictates of humanity, not so much with Commercial •• - -.. •• 51. pr cent. Sobieski, and Stanislaus Augustus. Gifts and. fro- t h . The only seaport Peter possessed a is acces- dock in which the Calypso ' ' lying •to be lengthened is is were given to understand that the Adelaide Government East and West India.. 61, pr cent. Stock. 126 - the cupidity of the employers of labour as with would be bound to send there on to their destination ; - - - pities are there from all royal cities from Pekin to sion was Archangel, situated in the frozen regions 40 feet to enable vessels of a larger class to be docked. East Cinntry• • 2os. per sit. Lisbon, from every country lying between Iceland f the White Sea. He saw that an outlet by the the demands of very economical customers. The following vessels are now building at Chatham others that it was but a short distance from Adelaide to London .- .. ... ..- 5l. pr cent. Stock. - I - - 104% - and Madagascar. From the day when d.wellingsbegan lc was an in ispensa e necessi y for Russia n of ' d.• bl 't On the other hand, if it be assumed that as the dockyard, and are in Various steges of progt l ess :-The Melbourne or Sydney ; a b an- others were put on board Ditto Bonds 4l. per cent. St. Katharine .. •• - 119 to rise round the chapel iu the desert to the acces as well for securing a foreign commerce, advantage is on the side of the employed so should Renown, 91, screw -steamer, -sin a forward state, and will ship like cattle, without their consent to the change in ouths.mpton .• •• .. .• 3/. Os per C. 50 0 0! ea 0 0 , - sion of the present Czar, every reign -has added advance, . - . be the loss, and that he should be mulcted of the be ready for launching early in the ensuing year ; this their destination being so much as asked or expected. In Victoria .......•• •• - I 51. percent. 20 00i10 0 0 I 211 4 as for connecting Russia with Europe, and acting something to the pride of Moscow. First, churcheshalf day's pay, or of one-twelfth of his income, the vessel is a few feet longer its broad facts this abominable prostitution of colonial than the Orion, 90, and is the the countries of the that connection with through go funds for the purpose of kidnapping is already well JOINT-STOCK BANKS. and palaces were multiplied, and then every sore- question at once arises, can he afford it? Let any East. intended to be fitted with a screw. The Hood, 80, and known to our readers. But as the evidence now pub- Dividend Amount reign desired and strove to contribute some memo- one read au account of the weekly expenditure of of Paid: Price. Consequently, the Czar, in 1697, arrived in Lon- the Irresistible, 80, both fitting for a screw. The Racoon, lished supplies us with more precise details, and as it Name of Compahy. per real of the annexation of a new state. From the don, having visited Riga K• b Dt• „ , onigs urg„ an zic, with family,' - a man, a earning from 2as. to 30s. a impossible, un iwe securethe advantages of the new 20, screw-corvtte buildin • is CI g on the same slip as that Annum. , Share. time when St. Petersburg arose out of the swamps e Hamburg, d Amsterdam,and h • prepared g, an an having prepare week, and he will see how little he can afford any from which the Cadmus, 20, was recently launched. Waste Lands Act, to give too much prominence to this --. , , X a. d. Z a . d. it has been the ambition and the custom of Rus-deduction of income ; let him look at the ever-re- subject, we shall extract from the evidence of the female A.u5tra1a5ia........... 201, per cent. 40 0 0 all 103 the means for using the various powers of Europe The Charybdis, 20, screw-steamer, laid down in March sian monarchs to add to the row of keys of con- • and Poland.H found cursing tea, 10d.; sugar, 7d.; milk, 7d.; soap, 6d.; last on the slip from immigrants themselves the unvarnished statement of commercialrfcan 61. per cent. 50 0 0 '0 which the Severn, 50, sailing fri against Sweden Turkey, quered fortresses in the cathedral of the new capi-salt and pepper, 2d.; vegetables, is. 2d. ; and the gate was launched. In addition to the above a large their and our wrongs. Colonial - ... •• • ...... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 21 in England a "Minister ' to his mind." tai, and to the display of crowns and thrones in The Earlof D b had been • ched by Darn by impeached the humble weekly items that make up the poor man's vessel is ordered to be built on the new granite slip on Frances M g Dowell came out in the Rodney, asked 61, per cent. 25 20 0 0 0 25 au g - 22 the Kremlin of the old. comforts, to say nothing of the more important which the 'Etna, 16, floating battery was constructed. • t or a passage to Melbourne, but on getting herlembarka• Lond.Char. Bk. of Aus. - Commons for " traitorously encroaching to him-London and County •• . 101. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 36!‘ It cannot be but that this aspiration must be i n necessaries, bread, meat (unhappily not always), A detachment of the Scots Greys, consisting of four flog order found it was for Adelaide. Ellen Door carne Lenart end Westminatr 114/. percent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 49 by treating • self regal power, in matters of peace out in the _Australia, applied fora passage for herself the memory of every witness of the approachin.clothes, and fire, and he will soon see how much officers and 83 men, will embark to-day at Liverpool for London Joint-Stock .•• 121., per cent. 50 0 0 10 5 0 0 32 and. war with foreign ambassadors and princes, and coronation-from the Czar himself to the humble:t better the two shillings or half-a-crown, the half Dublin, end on Wednesday a similar detachment of the and sister to Sydney. Her sister was sect out here in Frovin:tf Ireland.: ! 81. per cent. i ' 7: 0 o 0 all giving instructions to his Majesty's amba.ssadors same regiment will sail for the same destination. On the Cressy, but there not being room for both she was 22 10 0 - attache of the smallest legation present. The goes- day's pay, might be employed ; in fact, in many Na p tlo t t t ir,l of i f r . e . i . a . r:d. •. ..... ' 61. per cent. 50 0 0 abroad without communicating the same to the Saturday evening the steam-transport Pacific No. 8) sent out in the Australia,. She "cried a great deal, and tion cannot but be in all minds whether Alexander cases, instead of being a boon it would be simply a Nat Provincial of Eng. 8!. per cent. 10 2 g 0 0 3 1 5 0 g g -__ Secretaries of State and the rest of his Majesty's arrived at Liverpool from Dublin with the depot of the said she would rather be sent home again than be sepa Ditto, New .. ••..•• i V. per 11. desires and designs to adopt and fulfil the ambi- council." 15th Regiment, consisting of 13 officers and 356 men • and rated from her sister." Honor Kennedy applied fora 0 0 - ft tion of his ancestors, or whether he is capable of The Minister stood his ground when the King, the privation of the choice of what day in the week the depot of the 96th Regiment-13 officers and 243 ' men. passage to Melbourne, but was sent to Adelaide in the South Australia •• . jl4l per cent. 25 0 0 Union of Australia.... 30/. per cent. 25 69 the higher and better aspirations which it must be his ,lied. He • d • master, was exp was raise in the the working man would indulge himself with aea Wednesday she will embark, at Liverpool, for Dub- Northern Light without her consent being asked. She Ditto .............. 301. per cent. - 2ib 0 - reserved. for some sovereigns to entertain, sooner holiday. The cases of clerks, shopmen, ikc., Jac., lin, the depot of the 4th Regiment-29 officers and 864 "did not know the difference " between the two places. union of London. '2o.!. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 28M dnext find that " while the Czar peerage, an the into with Union of Madrid ..... 1 40 0 0 all or later. The march of centuries must bring onwould. be still worse, inasmuch as they have to men ; and on subsequent days the following changee Jane Higgins "obtained an order for Melbourne, ' but "n England he entered a treaty some ' the change in civilisation which makes it a disgrace wasl Englishmerchants togive them a free keep up some sort of appearance ; but we refrain between Dublin and Liverpool will be effected through found, on arriving •at Plymouth, that there was ho ship CANALS. considerable .. . instead of a glory to carry off crowns and thronesfrom entering into them, preferring to treat the her instrumentality ; -From Dublin, 21 officers and 392 for Melbourne, and so came to Adelaide in the Thomas . by the strong hand, as men used. to levy tit© cattle monopoly c i . of tobacco into his dominions, on the matter as altogether a working-man's question. of the 41st, and 15 officers and 37 men of the 49th ; Arbuthnot. Thought it was "no use to object." Names of .' 1 Dividend Price Names of ~.,, . 4 Dividend per f • - s per hogshead to the Mar con. ition o paying . p . Companies. es . Price, and the merchandise of the caravan, and to lay There is, however, another point of view, in which from Liverpool, 38 officers and 864 men of the 38th • Ellen Neal applied for a passage to Melbourne, and Companies. a Annum.per,.,„ ..n... Ins of Carmarthen.received an order for the Octavio, on the berth for Ade. _ _ we cannot help thinking that this proposition re- from Dublin, 21 officers and 335 men of the 30th, and waste kingdoms as barbaric chiefs used to harry their q H • thus secured English Minister and Having . an24 officers 568 men of the 55th ; from Liverpool, 24 laide. Was told that Adelaide and Melbourne were X I X I neighbours' lands. Sooner or later the day must • quires the very gravest consideration. The Satur- I f English Court b having excited the fears o the y officers an i 864 men of the 77th • from Dublin 15 offi- only one day's walk apart. Mary Fitzgerald has an Ashtn &Oldh 93 71. p. et., 145 Macclesfield. 100 21. 10i. 51 come which will show to every potentate that the • day half-holiday, of course, implies the payment e ' •the Swedish Monarchengaged • representing as in cars and 380 men of the 51st, and 15 officers and 380 aunt living in Swanston-street, Melbourne, and obtained Bani recl;• l :, zi. g:fd:::::: i io og 161. 103 kingdom which most requires conquering is his own • • of wages on the Friday night, but it by no means men withthe British Jacobites for the conspiring ileirrknnenehamgi 40! 4/. 93% Peak Forest. 78, 51. Os. 76 with its needs and its faults ; that the keys of his implies the expending those wages at market b ration of the Stuarts; and having been victoriousby The 16th Lancers are under orders to march for tralie at Plymouth, bound for Adelaide, and as sh e Coventry.... 100, 251. - Regent's.... 30 11 16 own fortress are those which he had better hang at Pultawa, Peter finally obtained the treaty of the wife on the Saturday afternoon. Human Longford immediately. They are at present stationed "could not help matters, consented to come on to Ade- Derby • 30 . C. h - s 1( 4 ) 2t'li 15 c s t .. 84 Rochdale.... es es' le ios. 76 up, and that the trophies of science art, and popu -1721, b which Russia gained the Swedish provinces astute is human nature after all. We may talk of in Dublin, and may be expected in Longford on Tuesday laide," but expressed her great disappointment to the E i r l a s n e G il l d r Junctn 100 31. p P r . .ct. 43 Do. Lk FdSt 1 t ( 2 ) - - lar welfare, will shine more brightly in the eyes of of Esth Y • I • and Livonia including the the dignity of labour • but the sons of labour or Wednesday next. person in charge at Plymouth. Mary Ring arrived by Do., 6 pr. Ct.! 10 61. pr. ct. 11% Stfird &Wore 140 281. 420 posterity than all the barbaric gold, ivory, and tow towns o o f n s ia t. , nria, Revel, stud Cronstadt. think of the delights Of drink, and it is much to the Australia, having applied for a passage to Melbourne, Grand Surrey; 100' 41. - Shrewsbury.. 1 25 - - 1 100 11.0 s, - Stourbridge.. 5 121. 290 Petersburg so and thought she was going there, until she found out Grand U n i on , and' l4 gems that the famous Moscow galleries can show. be feared. that the possession of the week's wages On the capture and execution of the Czar's envoy, her mistake on board ship. Bridget Broderick, by the Kennt & Avii 39 6s. Od. 6% revernl i 26 2i. - The coming of that day can no imager be altogether Baron Gertz b Swedish h officers after the death of , y is . , .on the Friday night would lead many to make THE HARVEST. Europa, obtained an order for Melbourne, and never Lancaster . 100, - - Wye Rail. Leeds &Livri 100! 251. 483% Warwick & 7 ignored. Nicholas talked as Alexander I. had talked Saturday a whole holiday, and that the money 21. 25 Charles XII at Frederickshall his loaners were ---as-. knew there was such a place as Adelaide until after Leicester-HMI 61. 49f6 Birming. 5 100 before him of the amazing deal he had to do for his ” - ' • - with which the wife ought to make her purchases Leicstr &Nth, 83 - -- Warwick & 1 seized. and published. The plan. he had brought Our contemporary, the Gardener's Chronicle, pub- nhe was on board ship. Elizabeth Cagney, by the 21. 10 people, and of the folly of sup posing therefore thathe f the o needful food and groceries for the en -Loughborogh, 142 701. 550 Napton...s 100 from Peter to propose to the Swedish King con- lichee this week reports from upwards of 200 correspon- Glentanner, also applied for Melbourne, and only Monmouthshlloo - Worcstr &I ' 78 Si, • 20 dreamed of any aggression beyond his ownfrontier; rained this amonest other conditions fora plan of suing week would. have found its way to the pub- dents in all the counties of England, and f • found out she was coming to Adelaide after embark- mntgmerysh'loo - - Birming. and v.t. ho Ice.nt. sin two ftriniost_ one for home ...• e -es aele _.... a ,s. - -KT-43- -r - w.,...-- t lican before the ordinary marketing hours of the narts of Scotland_ Tnihi.rol •iiid 'L. ~.rO, from in g . Margaret Duggan, whose brother had preceded Meltnlawbriloo! - - Wilts & arks -10 s. Od. .... There is much in the, present movement for a universal Sam - :day half-holiday to excite the ad miration of tl'.e philem thropist, and to stimulate the zeal of those who expect things to be as they ought to be rather than as they are. The picture of the happy and contented family taking their pleasure on the Saturday afternoon, that they may devote their whole Sunday to worship and medita tion, is so easy to (haw picturesquely and colour attractively, that we are afraid some disappoint ment may be expected if the experiment is ever to he tried ou a la - :ge scale. That five hours' labour can be abstracted from the week without causing a correspond - mg adjustment between labour and capital is, of course, out of the question ; either piaster or workman must suffer, and all experience liP,s long since shown us that the capitalist will not. T he competition of manufacture is too severe to leave t se margin sufficient to bear a diminution of nore than eight per cent, upon production, which ffOlllCl ensue, assuming the men to work ten hours a-day - for six days in the week ; and when it is re msernbered how many men take a holiday on the tonday, called Safilt Monday for this very reason, it, will be seen that even that large figure does not d afine the extent of the capitalist's possible loss ; for vrhere the men only work five days, the production rkrould fall short by ten per cent., and there are no . ?rofits capable of bearing such a diminution as that. The alternative of requiring the men to work an additional hour on the other five days, so as to , equalise the week's production, unfortunately is met by the objection that the men are mostly worked up to their full available strength already, and that the few . hours of leisure they have in the ureek are insufficient, as it is, for anything in the s hape of moral cultivation or intellectual improve- vent, or even intellectual recreation, which, to tle already overworked and tisk. worn artisan or weary clerk, is probably the most effective form in which the treasures of mind can be tendered, and that any further exertion of body or tension of mind might be detrimental to physical well-being. It is lamentable how body and soul are alike ground down in the great labour mill of this country, but it is a fact, and must be dealt with as such. It sounds cold-blooded to say that the national great n.ess is dim to the national toil, and that the toilers Fire little cared for at the hands of those with whom they are in closest contact, and whom chiefly they aggrandise ; but this, though not existing at pre ' sent to anything like the serious extent which for merly disgraced and endangered the manufactur ing interest, is but a corollary of the absolute ne cessity of getting a fair day's work for a fair day's wage, and exemplifies the impossibility of recon ciling the dictates of humanity, not so much with the cupidity of the employers of labour as with the demands of very economical customers. On the other hand, if it be assumed that as the advantage is on the side of the employed so should be the loss, and that he should be mulcted of the half day's pay, or of one-twelfth of his income, the question at once arises, can he afford it 7 Let any one read as account of the weekly expenditure of a man, with a family, earning from 255. to 30s. a week, and he will see how little he can afford any deduction of income ; let him look at the ever-re curring tea, 10d.; sugar, 71d.; milk, 7d.; soap, Gd.; salt and pepper, 2d.; vegetables, ls. 2d. ; and the humble weekly items that make up the poor man's comforts, to say nothing of the more important necessaries, bread, meat (unhappily not always), clothes, and fire, and he will soon see how much better the two shillings or half-a-crown, the half day's pay, might be employed ; in fact, in many cases, instead of being a boon it would be simply a compulsory diminution of income, conjoined with the privation of the choice of what day in the week the working man would indulge himself with a holiday. The cases of clerks, shopmen, Jac., would be still worse, inasmuch as they have to keep up some sort of appearance ; but we refrain from entering into them, preferring to treat the matter as altogether a working-man's question. There is, however, another point of view, in which we cannot help thinking that this proposition re quires the very gravest consideration. The Satur day half-holiday, of course, implies the payment of wages on the Friday night, but it by no means implies the expending those wages at market by the wife on the Saturday afternoon. Human mature is human nature after all. We may talk of the dignity of labour ; but the sons of labour think of the delights of drink, and it is much to be feared that the possession of the week's wages on the Friday night would lead many to make Saturday a whole holiday, and that the money with which the wife ought to make her purchases of the needful food and groceries for the en suing week would. have found its way to the pub lican before the ordinary marketing hours of the lower classes commenced. Stack is known to have been the case in many of the experiments of paying wages on the Friday; and neither employer nor la bourer, wife nor child, can possibly benefit by such a result. That many may unconsciously advocate the Saturday half-holiday from a desire that a Sunday may be spent according to their own views, we do not doubt, nor do we blame them. The proper observance of the Sabbath is ground upon which all Christians may meet in principle, though they may differ in degree. We merely warn them that a custom which has been established for hundreds of years must have some solid foun dation to rest upon ; that there were originally good reasons for preferring Saturday to any other day in the weeh ; and that when an alte ration is attempted these reasons will probably reappear in their original force—that the con ditions of capital are as inexorable as its demands—that the duration of labourhours cannot be controlled by sentiment, however amiable—that the law of wages is a law of nature, and cannot be abrogated or even strained to suit the most benevo lent intentions if not guided by the wisdom that accepts the worldasit is—that in this, as in all other attempts to step between labour and capital, the first, last, and greatest sufferers are those that live by their daily toil; and as philanthropic fashion is powerless alike against the commerce of the world and the smallest baker's bill, we would caution them not to expect too much from this movement, or to press it too hastily. There are few employers who cannot from time to time give their men a half holi day without cost to them or loss to themselves. This is an unmixed good, as cementing the links of good feeling between employers and employed; and a few such, judiciously accorded, may directly be nefit the employer, by the increased willingness of the men, and the increase of his influence over them. Each individual knowing his own circumstances best is best able to judge for himself when and how the relaxation shall be allowed ; but any injudicious interference from without with the course of labour is likely to do little else than produce disaster.— Morning Post. Dividend i Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. £ a. d. British • • • • • • ... • • • • .. - - - Ditt o Provincial.. •• 71. 20 0 0 20 0 0 - Brighton • • • • • • • • • • • . 51. 20 0 0 20 0 0 15 City of London ...... 41. Os. 100 0 0 100 6 u - Continearal (4th Cap.) . - 60 0 0 20 0 0 - Eluitable • •• •• •• •• 21. 103. j 60 0 0 all 35 ,freat Central .. - .. . 81 per cent. 10 0 0 all 12% Imperial • • - ........ 101.& bourn!. 50 0 0 all 90 Independent ......... 51. 40 0 0 t, ••• London.• ............ - 50 0 0 ++ - Do., Pail. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 ~, 25 P,lce• Ix ............. 41. per cent. ; 60 0 0 52 0 0 - Ratcliff - •• • ....... 51. , 100 0 0 16 0 0 16 United General .• • • •• 21. 10s. 50 0 0 all , - Westminster Chartered 4f per cent. 50 0 0 ~ Ditto, New • • • • - 50 0 0 10 0 0 10% WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price , Annum. Share. - - .£ a. d. £ s. d. East London Grand Junction Kent.... • • - 30% Lambeth • • - 100 0 0 - 95 New River Company 21.105. - - Southwark & Vauxhall 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - - West Middlesex • • • • - 100 BRIDGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ' . X s. d. X s. d. lltingerford.... • • .... --- - -7% Southwark ...... • ... -•120 0 0 - - Ditto New of 7% p.c. 1/. per cent. 50 0 0 - - Waterloo - 100 0 0 - - Ditto Old Ann. of it 11. 14s. Bd. 60 0 0 - - Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 10s. 4d. 40 0 0 - 264 Vauxha11.......... • • 965. 70 10 3 - 21 DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. --- X s. d. £ s. d. , Commercial .• - - .. •• 51. pr cent. Stock. Stock. - East and West India.. 61. pr cent. Stock. - 126 East Ciantry• • 2os. per sh. - ..... - London .•• • • • •• ••-•• 51. pr cent. Stock. - 104% Ditto Bonds .. - - - St. Katharine - $9 outha.mpton •• • . .• .• 3/. Os per c. 50 0 0 56 o o , - Victoria ...... • • 1 [ JOINT-STOCK BANKS. . • Dividend Amount Name of Compahy. per of Paid: Price. Annum. Share. r ---- 3 --. , X s. d. X s. d. 3 Australasia.......... 20/. per cent. 40 0 0 all 103 f British North American 61. per cent. 50 0 0 ..- , 2 Commercial of London. 10/.per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 31% , Colonial .. ... • • • ...... 51 . per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 21% 1 lonian.- .• • ....... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - . Gond. Char. Bk. of Ans. - 20 0 0 all 0 22 , London and County • • . 101 . per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 36 % ',. Lculdn nod Westminatr 114/. percent . 10 0 0 0 20 0 0 49 l London Joint-Stock ... ,121. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 32 3 Provincial of Ireland•. 18t . per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - a Ditto, New..• ...... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 all - I NatiOtif[a of Ireland.... 6l. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provincial of Eng. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New .. • • .... ? V. per cant. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - a Oriental Bank Corpora. 84 p. ct.&bs. 25 0 0 all - South Australia • • .... i 1 4 1 p.ct.& bs. 25 0 0 fil a .--. - Union of Australia.... 30/. per cent. 25 0 0 69 O Ditto .............. 301 . per cent. - 2 ib 0 - ~ Union of London. '20 . ,.. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 2814 t Union of Madrid ... •• 1 - 40 0 0 all - - ... The number of days on which the committee sat was 15, and the number of witnesses examined e as 33. The greater part of this number consisted of the female im migrants themselves, the other consisting of the officials connected with the immigration and destitute establish ments, in Colonial Secretary, and one or two private gentlemen. The evidence, as is already known, estab li,hes the fact that the Emigration Commissioners sys tematically despatched large numbers of persons in direct opposition to their instructions ; and also that they ship ped for Port Adelaide great numbers of persons who ap• plied for passages to Sydney, Melbourne, and Geelong. Some of the poor creatures thus shamefully entrapped were given to understand that the Adelaide Government would be bound to send them on to their destination ; others that it was but a short distance from Adelaide to Melbourne or Sydney ; and others were put on board ship like cattle, without their consent to the change in their destination being so much as asked or expected. In its broad facts this abominable prostitution of colonial funds for the purpose of kidnapping is already well known to our readers. But as the evidence now pub lished supplies us with more precise details, and as it is impossible, until we secure the advantages of the new Waste Lands Act, to give too much prominence to this subject, we shall extract from the evidence of the female immigrants themselves the unvarnished statement of their and our wrongs. Frances MgDowell came out in the Rodney, asked for a passage to Melbourne, but on getting herlembarka ' tion order found it was for Adelaide. Ellen Door came out in the Australia, applied for a passage for herself and sister to Sydney. Her sister was sect out here in the Cressy, but there not being room for both she was sent out in the Australia. She "cried a great deal, and said she would rather be sent home again than be sepa rated from her sister." Honor Kennedy applied for a passage to Melbourne, but was sent to Adelaide in the Northern Light without her consent being asked. She " did not know the difference " between the two places. Jane Higgins " obtained an order for Melbourne," but found, on arriving at Plymouth, that there was ho ship for Melbourne, and so came to Adelaide in the Thomas Arbuthnot. Thought it was "no use to object." Ellen Neal applied for a passage to Melbourne, and received an order for the Octavia, on the berth for Ade laide. Was told that Adelaide and Melbourne were only one day's walk apart. Mary Fitzgerald has an aunt living in Swanston-street, Melbourne, and obtained an order for that place, but was sent on board the Aus tralia at Plymouth, bound for Adelaide, and as she "could not help matters, consented to come on to Ade laide," but expressed her great disappointment to the person in charge at Plymouth. Mary Ring arrived by the Australia, having applied for a passage to Melbourne, and thought she was going there, until she found out her mistake on board shin. Bridget Broderick, by the Europa, obtained an order for Melbourne, and never knew there was such a place as Adelaide until after she was on board ship. Elizabeth Cagney, by the Glentanner, also applied for Melbourne, and only found out she was coming to Adelaide after embark ing. Margaret Duggan, whose brother had preceded her a few weeks to secure a place in Melbourne, applied for an order to follow her brother, and was sent to Ade laide, with the assurance that the commissioners here would send her on to Melbourne. Elizabeth Downey was similarly decoyed on board the same ship. Anas tasia Collins, by the Nashwauk, paid her money for Melbourne, and on getting her sailing order found it was for Adelaide. Her parents remonstrated, but were told by the officials that it was " quite easy to get from Ade laide to Melbourne." Margaret Fitzgerald applied for a passage to Melbourne, but on reaching Birkenhead was put on board the Europa, for Adelaide. Elizabeth Wil liams and sister were sent on board the Aliquis, at Birk enhead, under precisely similar circumstances. Her ap plication was through Mr. Ellis, of Marlb irough•street, Dublin. Ellen Power wanted to go to Melbourne where she had friends ; she was therefore put with the Mel bourne girls, but at Southampton was put with the Ade laide girls. " On protesting against the change in her destination she was brought before a thin gentleman in spectacles, who said it was just as well to go to one place as another, but that when she got to Adelaide she could state her case to the commissioners if she did not like the colony." She came out in the Oriental. Mary Riley came out in the Nashwauk, having applied for a passage to Sydney, where she had friends. On getting to Birkenhead she found her destination was Adelaide. She protested against the change, but was told there was no vessel for Sydney, and she must go in the Nashwauk. " Many others who paid their money for Sydney and Melbourne came out in the Nash wauk to Adelaide." Mary Ann O'Brien, by the Aliquis, thought ske was on her way to Melbourne. where she had friends, until after embarking. The Rev. D. Armstrong, from whom she got her "form," told her, in reply to her objection, that Adelaide and Melbourne were " no great distance from each other," and that she could easily get from one to the other Bridget Keogh came out in the Coromandel, having ap plied in Dublin to a relation of Dr. Blood's, of Keputela for a passage to Melbourne, but he procured her ferme for Adelaide. Jane Carolly " took out her forms for Sydney, and paid her money for Sydney," but on arriv ing at Plymouth found the embarkation order was for an Adelaide ship. On objecting she was told she could get from Adelaide to Sydney in a week, and, not liking to put her father to further expense, she resolved toe mie. She was put on board the Thomas Arbuthnot. The foregoing witnesses were all examined at some length by the committee, and very many more might have been added. We never remember hearirg of so fl grant the a conviction ic o t f ion twholesaleat the ho,e kidnapping, aG ov cannot e a r n n d ment o n yet ob taining possession of the evidence elicited by the select committee, will take steps to bring the offenders in this business to merited punishment. We hardly know which is worse—thes shipment of so many girls against their wills or the extorting of consent from those poor unfortunate creatures who, after travelling from various Irish counties to Liverpool, were there told that Ade laide and Melbourne were only a day or two's journey apart, and that if they got to one they could easily get to the other. For the credit of England we hope the inquiry which has been instituted here will be followed by a corresponding inquiry there. The total number of single women sent out to this colony in 1855, at the expense of the Land Fund, was 4,049, of whom 1,887 were under 21 years of age ; 2,123 over 21 and under 45. 21 between 45 and 50, and 13 between 50 and 70. These immigrants came-857 from England, 217 from Scotland, and 2,981 from Ireland. Their occupations are roost unsatisfactory classed, being adopted, in fact, from the representations of the girls themselves, each girl describing herself as belonging to that class in which she wished to obtain employment. In this manner the 4,049 wee entered as—domestic ser vants, 3,481, farm servants, 3ft, sempetreseee, 47; cooks, 37; dairymaids, 58; laundresses, 36. With respect to the 3,481 domestic servants and the 390 farm servants, we now know well enough that it would have been much nearer the mark had these numbers been ex changed. The education classification shows that of those between 14 and 21 years of age, 569 could read, 911 in addition could write, and 397 were ignorant of these attainments. Of those, from 21 upwards, 675 could read, 928 could write, and 966 were ignorant. The total result shows that 1,839 could read, 1,244 could write, and 966 were ignorant. Bet it is needless to say that of those entered as being able to read and write, as little reliance can be placed upon the edu cational accomplishments they indicated as upon the aptitude for domestic service of those who in scribed themselves under that head. Of the reli gicus persuasions, 2,540 were Catholics, and 1,509 different denominations of Protestants. These immi grants arrived in 39 ships, of which 7 arrivel in the month of April, 4 in May, 4 in June, 4 in December, 3 in January, 3 in February, 3 in July, 3 in August, 3 in November, 2 in September, 2 in October, and 1 in March. The largest number of single females in ono ship, during 1855, was by the Aliquis, in Augnsr, which brought 241 of this: class of passengers, the next largest being by thd Grand Trianon, in June, bringing 225. The Fitzjemes, in December, brought the third highest number—namely, 186, after which several ves sels range from 170 to 140. The Mallard and the Caro line, in May, brought 28 and 36 respectively, being the lowest on the list., with the excentien of the Nile, in February, which brought only 24 single females. Di viding the total number by the number of ships, we find an average of 1291 to each of the 39 ships arriving throughout the year. At the time when the evidence herein referred to ma taken, there were in the depot 311 girls, of whom only 158 had applied for orders to Adelaide- the rest having been applicants fur passages to Mellourne, Geelong, at d Sydney. As art sa miniscence of the extent to which the injustice of the' Emigration Commissioners has affected not only the Consequently, the Czar, in 1697, arrived in Lon don, having visited Riga, Konigsburg, Dantzic, Hamburg, and Amsterdam, and having prepared the means for using the various powers of Europe against Sweden, Turkey, and Poland. He found in England a "Minister to his mind." The Earl of Darnby had been impeached by the Commons for " traitorously encroaching to him self regal power, by treating in matters of peace and war with foreign ambassadors and princes, and , giving instructions to his Majesty's ambassadors abroad without communicating the same to the Secretaries of State, and the rest of his Majesty's council." The Minister stood his ground when the King, his master, was expelled. He was raised in the peerage, and we next find that " while the Czar was in England he entered into a treaty with some considerable English merchants to give them a free monopoly of tobacco into his dominions, on the condition of paying ss. per hogshead to the Mar quis of Carmarthen." Having thus secured an English Minister, and having excited the fears of the English Court by representing the Swedish Monarch as engaged in conspiring with the British Jacobites for the resto ration of the Stuarts; and having been victorious at Pultawa, Peter finally obtained the treaty of 1721, by which Russia gai ued the Swedish provinces of Esthonia, Ingria, and Livonia, including the towns of St. Petersburg, Revel, and Cronstadt. On the capture and execution of the Czar's envoy, Baron Gortz, by Swedish officers, after the death of Charles XII., at Frederickshall, his papers were seized and published. The plan he had brought, from Peter to propose to the Swedish King con tained this amongst other conditions for a plan of partition of Poland and the North of Europe. " As to what relates to England, the two parties take their measures to disable the Court from en gaging the nation in any proceedings contrary to these schemes." The method of Russia has from that day forward been invariable as regards England. The two first Sovereigns of the House of Bruns wick, knowing little and caring nothing about Eng ' land, and deprived of any disinterested council lors who could enlighten them, became but as pup pets in the hands of successive Ministers, whose policy was to strengthen themselves by the power which they derived by their sole possession of state secrets, and by keeping their compeers, like the rest of the nation, entirely in the dark. The struggles made by George lIL to emanci pate himself were unavailing, and during the latter and gloomier years of his life the internal history of England is but a record of the struggle between two leaders of faction—the one of whom strength ened themselves by the possession of the reigning Sovereign ; the other by their supposed ascendancy over the future Regent. During this time Russia had Europe as a field open for her onward march, and we find her from 1721 to 1829 continually making new acquisitions. In 1772 the first partition of Poland took place, without a protest on the part of the English Ministry. In 1774 Russia gained, by the treaty of Kain ardji, the Sea of Azoff and part of Turkey. In 1780, by a secret compact, she got virtual possession of Oldenburgh. In 1783 she gained the Crimea ; and in 1792, by the treaty of Jassy, part of Turkey, including Odessa. In 1793 was the second partition of Poland. In 1795 she gained Courland, and a coast line on the Baltic. In 1795 the third partition of Poland. In 1800 Russia seized Georgia ; in 1802, Min grelia. In 1804-5-6, she dismembered Persia.. In 1809 she seized Finland, and in 1812 Bessa- It cannot be but that this aspiration must he in the memory of every witness of the approaching coronation—from the Czar himself to the humblest attache of the smallest legation present. The ques tion cannot but be in all minds whether Alexander IL desires and designs to adopt and fulfil the ambi tion of his ancestors, or whether he is capable of the higher and better aspirations which it must be reserved for some sovereigns to entertain, sooner or later. The march of centuries must bring on the change in civilisation which makes it a disgrace instead of a glory to carry off crowns and thrones by the strong hand, as men used to levy the cattle and the merchandise of the caravan, and to lay waste kingdoms as barbaric chiefs used to harry their neighbours' lands. Sooner or later the day must come which will show to every potentate that the kingdom which most requires conquering is his own with its needs and its faults ; that the keys of his own fortress are those which he had better hang up, and that the trophies of science, art, and popu lar welfare, will shine more brightly in the eyes of posterity than all the barbaric gold, ivory, and gems that the famous Moscow galleries can show. The coming of that day can no longer be altogether ignored. Nicholas talked as Alexander I. had talked before him of the amazing deal he bad to do for his people, and of the folly of sup posing therefore that h e dreamed of any aggression beyond his ownfrontier; and yet he kept up two armies, one for home and another for foreign service ; a vast force for the internal service of the country, and a yet vaster force, the grand army always moving about on the frontier where he erected a chain of fortresses, and stored them with war material to an amount with which that of Sebastopol itself cannot compare. The professions of Alexander 11. resemble those of his father. What will his actions be ? A series of Czars, with professions of domestic pre-occupation and peace upon their lips, have lived solely for aggrandisement by war. Already the new Czar has excited suspicion by certain movements in Asia Minor, in the Black Sea, in the Baltic, and in Fin mark, While all his talk has been of internal im provements and the elevation of his people at home. If he is already too like his predecessors in this dis crepancy between speech and action it can hardly be hoped that the associations of Moscow will not be too much for him—that the spectacle of the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them, epitomised in the Kremlin will not be au irresistible temptation to him. It may be well that, as the moment of display—the crisis, perhaps, of a choice between two methods of ruling his empire—is drawing near, another spec tacle, equally impressive to those who know how to regard it, is presented in another province of his dominions. Our contemporary, the Gardener's Chronicle, pub lishes this week reports from upwards of 200 correspon dents in all the counties of England, and from many parts of Scotland, Ireland, aad Wales, of the prospects of the harvest in their respective districts. The returns of wheat and barley are almost uniformly favourable, and and promise a result above the average. In many in stances a "great breadth" of wheat is reported—a fact resulting of course from the high price of grain during the last winter, and the prospect at that time of a con tinuance of the war. The reports of the state of the green crops present a remarkable contrast, great com plaints being made from many districts. Want of rain is generally mentioned as the cause of failure. The showers of last week, however, will probably have caused some improvement, without being sufficiently heavy or con tinuous to damage the cereal crops. Of 147 returns from various parts of Z 9 English counties, 82 represent the standing wheat as remarkably good, or over average ; 57 return an " average" or " medium" crop ; while 8 only are positively unfavourable. The neigh bourhood of Barnsley, Think, Tarvin (Cheshire), Dur ham, Doddenham (Worcester), Brook Wingham (Kent), and Corfe Cestie, are the exceptional districts, the wheat there being light and "under average," or " injured by blight " and " Sly." Of the barley in the salve counties 82 out of 144 reports speak highly favourably, 39 men tion average or medium crop, and 23 are unfavourable — including such answers as " not average " or "under average," " ripe too soon," &c. In the neighbourhood of Blakemore (Heretord), Branfield (Suffolk), and in some parts of Nottinghamshire, the barley is said to be " bad," "light," or "deficient." Coleford (Gloucester shire) alone reports "very bad." The results as regards the oat crops are equally encouraging. Eighty-four re ! ports employ the terms "good," " very good," " heavy," &c. ; 39 imply an " average crop," while 16 are less fa ' vourable ; though none report in worse terms than " light," "indifferent," or "under average." Peas and beans, where reported, present results equally ~atisfact ory. With regard, however, to what are technically celled "green crops," the replies, as we hare already in 'Seated, yield a large proportion of complaints—the northern arid some midland counties, however, appear ing in this respect to be more fortunate. The returns from Cheshire, Derbyshire, and most parts of Yorkshire speak in the highest terms ; in the two former counties we have 52 reports, of which 18 are equivalent to au " average," 6 unfavourable, and 28 good. Twenty-five other counties show a great contrast ; in Worcester. shire, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wilts, Surrey, Hamp shire, dec., the accounts are generally bad. Ninety-five reports from these 25 counties resolve themselves into 16 favourable, 26 average, and 53 bad. In Suffolk tur nips are reported to have failed. The Scotch returns give similar results, the neighbour hood of Selkirk alone reporting the wheat "under average." In Ross, Inverness, Aberdeen, and Elgin, the crops are spoken of as heavy, luxuriant, or much over average. Barley and oats in the same counties receive a character scarcely less favourable. Twenty three re turns of the wheat in Scotland give one unfavourable, six average, and sixteen highly favourable. Of barley, twenty-two reports give two under average, or indiffe rent, eight average, and twelve favourable. Of oats (so important to our Scottish brethren), thirteen out of twenty-two returns are very favourable, eight average, and one only under average. Of the green crops, the accounts are various, save in the four counties first men tioned, which appear to be uniformly fortunate—the green crops there being reported to be good or very pro• seising. The Irish returns are also similar. Wheat, barley, and oats appear to be generally good. In the county of Down a great extent of wheat is reported. Thirty-four returns of the appearance of the wheat crops in Ireland are composed of 29 highly favourable, four "average," and ono unfavourable ; the wheat in the neighbourhood of Randall's Town, county Antrim, being reported to be "rustel" Of barley, 16 out of 27 reports are very fa vaurable, 7 "average," and 4 return " short," •• infe rior," or " under average." Of oats there are 36 reports, of which 4 give " inferior" or " short," 4 " average," while 28 are very favourable. The Irish green crops appear also to have suffered considerably-17 out of 36 reports being positively unfavourable. Beans and peas appear to have been little cultivated. A few Welsh reports present the same features. The re turns for the United Kingdom may be summed up thus : Wheat --207 reports. Very favourable, 129 ; aver. age, or terms equivalent to average, 68 ; bad, 10. Barley --195 reports. Very favourable, 114 ; aver age, 54 ; had, 27. Oats-200 reports. Very favourable, 128 ; average, 51 ; bad, 21. Green crops-208 reports. Favourable, 59 ; average, 65 ; bad, 84. Some districts remain still unreported ; but the above abstract will sufficiently indicate the probable character of the harvest in the United Kingdom. INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount . Name of Company. • per of Paid. Price: Annum. Share. 1 £ a. d. £ a. d. Albion .....• ...*. •• .. 3/. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86 Allianta Bri:. and For. 71. 14s. 6d.bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17% Ditto Marine ....... 61. p.c. & be. 100 0 0 25 0 0 42 Anchor .............. 6 per cent. 5• 0 1 0 0 - Atlas .. Xrgus Life ......... • • 41. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 23 tlritish Commercial .. 71. 10s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 - Clericl..lled.& Gen. Life spr ct. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - County .............. 4/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Crown .............. 17s. Od 50 0 0 5 0 0 - Eagle .. Equity and Law...... 4% per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 5% European Life ...... ... 1/. 20 0 0 an 18 2 % Genera 1.......... •. • • 6/. 5 0 0 If 5 1 ,6 Globe •......... 51. per cent. Stock. ~ 104 Guardian ............ 5?. per cent. 100 0 0 47 5 0 56 Imperial Fire... •• .... 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 -- Imperial Life - Indemnity Marine.... 1/.3s & 3/. 100 0 0 20 .0 0 .- Law Fire ............ 2s. & 2s. bs. 100 0 0 210 0 3% Law Lite••• •• - 100 0 . 10 0 0 61 Legal and General Life - 50 00, 2 0 0 5% London •••••••• London Ship.... - Marine........ .. 18s.per share 100 0 0 25 0 0 57 4 Med•lnvlid& Gen. Life 4% /. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3% Minerva ........ •• .. sp. et. & bs. 20 0 0 2 0 0 - Monarch •• •• •• •• •• .. - 5 0 0 1 0 0 N. National Loan Fund.. 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - Palladiu:n Life .. Pelican ~..•• •• .• .. • • - - - 50 Phoenix ..... ..... ..., - - - 180 Professional Life •• •• Provident Life.......: 1/. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 35% Rock Life ........ •• .„ 7s. 5 3 0 010 0 8% Royal Exchange ....• • 101. per cent. Stock. all 275 Sun Fire ...... 6/. 10s. - ++ - Ditto Life - . •• 11. 14s. - - United Kingdom .. .. 41. p. ct. & bs. 20 00 , 4 0 0 5 Universal Life . Victoria Life ...... -5/. per cent. - 412 6 5% LIST OF SCOTTIS a COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amo•lnt Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. • Share. --_-.-..--......._,,-.-. .£ a. d. 4 s. d. Bank of Scotland .. - 71. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 200/03 British Linen Company 8/. per ce nt. 100 0 0 100 0 0 KO/Os Caledonian Bank .. •.. 8/, per cent. 10 0 0 210 0 41. 38 City of Glasgow Bank 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 121 Os Clydesdale Bank ...• 041. p :ant. '2O 0 0 10 0 0 13 115 CAninercial Bank - 71. per cent. ,500 0 0 100 0 0 235 /Os Eastern Bank.. •..... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 121 Is Edinb. & Glasgow.... 3%1. P cent. 5 0 0 5 0 05/ O s Exchange Bnk of Scot.. - - - - National Bank ...... 5% per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 18710 s North of Scotland Bank 51. per cent 20 0 0 210 08l Os Royal Rank of 8 cotl. .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1441 i 0 Union Bank of Scot. ..8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 101/15 Western Bank - ...... 7/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 431 5s Liar cent. 100 e 0 11 0 0 '16115s Alliance Fire and Lire.. 8 % British Guarantee . •• 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 1/ 14s Caledonian Fire Incur. 10, per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 25/ O s City of Glasgow Lite , 61. ent. 0 0 2 0 0 1/ 8s Co onial Life ......... 5 /. per cent. 50 0 0 1 0 01 / Is Edinburgh Life Dann, 61. Der cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 291 3s En• - ••• & Scot, Lam Life 51.0er cent. 50 0 0 d 5 0 1/ 8s Life Assoc. o 3cotaand 61. per cent. 10 0 0 110 o'l lOs Nationa, Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 / Is North British insur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 36/108 Scottish Union Insrnc. 7%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 I/ 16s Standard Life • • •..... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 201 Os United nee Assurance Si. nor cent. 10 0 0 . 1 0 o - MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. , Share. _____---- ----__ £ a. 0. £ a. d. Assam Tea - ........ M. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Auctien Mart.• ...... 2 1 4 per cent 50 0 0 - Australian Agriculturl 1/. Is. 100 0 0 17 10 0 26 cent Aus t ra lian Trust .• .. RI, pet - 25 0 0 - Austradan Royal Mall 5/, 10 0 0 all 2% Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. los. 10 0 0 all - British American Land 15s. - 40 0 0 - Canada .•••••• • • •• •• 6 1. percent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 127% Do. 5 per cent Bonds 5/. per cent. - - - Ditte, 6 per cent. •• 6 1. per cent. - - 11414 City Navigation Bonds _ - - - Electric Telegraph .. 6 per cent. 25 0 0 24 0 0 97 Ditto .• ••••• • • • • • - - - - Equitable Rerersionry 71 pr. cent. 100 0 0 'lOO 0 0 - Ditto New .. •• •• • • - 50 0 0117 10 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest. 5 p., c. & bs, 100 0 0 ,100 0 0 - Gen.SteamNavigation 10 p. et. 15 00 1 14 0 0 26 Hudson's 8ay........ _ Stock. - _ Hungerford .. •• .• •• .. 21. ss. 100 0 0 ,100 0 0 - London institution ... - , - 1 - ....., L on d o n Reversionary 51per cent . 15 00 1 all _ Russell Institution.... - - 12 10 0 - Pt lae's Patent Cand. Co 10/. per cent. 20 0 0 i 1 7 10 25% Reversionary Int. Soc. 441. pr cent. 100 0 0 'lOO 0 Royal Mail Steam.... 41. p. share. 100 0 0 , 60 0 0 --- S ou th Australian Land 6/. per cost. 25 00 ,i all _ 1 Trust and Loan Comp. Uppar Canada ..., - 20 0 01 • - Seventy-three years ago Russia procured by con quest a treaty which put her in possession of an arm of the sea which had been widely celebrated in an cient times for its commercial uses. Where the Greeks had flourished by means of their great mart of Kherson, there stood only the Tartar village of Aktiar when Catherine IL acquired the Crimea. Instead of restoring the ancient commerce, the Czars have used the harbour of Sebastopol for tart' purposes only. When Catherine visited it the year after the treaty which transferred it to her, a beginning of this preparation had been made ; and the great decks were finished only a few months before the late war began. The first ship was ad mitted into them in 1n53. Thus was Sebastopol a sort of exponent of Russian government before the eyes of the world, as long as the policy of Peter was transmitted with the crown. At present a crisis has intervened ; and the external present ment of it is most striking and touching. On the 21st of last month an archbishop of the Greek Church, whose diocese comprehends Kherson and Taurida, arrived by the Czar's order in Sebastopol, for the purpose of consecrating the ground on the southern shore of the harbour, preparatory to the rebuilding of the city. Not long ago he would have been welcomed by the bells of many churches, and have passed between rows of decorated dwellings, and through a multitude of kneeling worshippers. But now all was desolate. There was not a church to receive him, and he humbled himself to officiate in the little Marine chapel—the only sacred building left. That chapel had no altar, and a shelf of boards was made to serve the purpose of one. There was no remnant of a resident population, for there was not a human dwelling left. A few marines and an engineer or two, employed in the mournful work of examining the sunken ships, a few soldiers, marched there for the occasion, and a few spec tators from Simpheropol, were all who could be collected to attend such a functionary on such a celebration. Instead of the eager and joyful multi tude who usually throng to the spectacle of conse crating new ground for living uses, there was only a group of mourners over the grave of Russian prestige. The real multitude present was that of the dead. To some clear - seeing eyes there they must have swarmed tip from the waters of the har bour, the clefts of the ravines, the ruins of the streets, and the turf of the plateau ; and if there be deception in this new consecration—if Sebasto pol is again to be a centre of aggressive action —it would scarcely have been unreasonable to listen for voices from the grave to say that it must not be. The Czar has pledged himself to use the har bour and city for none but pacific purposes. We must hope that he is sincere. Whether he is so or not, it would bo well that in the midst of the pomp of his coronation he and his people and his foreign guests should remember the forlorn ceremony of last month. While the bells of Moscow are making music everywhere within the wide horizon, and the cannon aro firing, and the sunshine is flashed back from millions of diamonds, and a flushed multitude are shouting the name and titles of their Emperor, and the whole pomp of a prodigious empire is ga thered into one dazzling show, it will be well if all minds steal on e glanecat the other scene of conse cration, where nothing was heard but the soli tary voice of the priest and the dash of waves upon the beach --where the cannon lay burst and overthrown, and the brook was dry, and the stm shone on heaps of dusty ruins, and where, if there was any multitude, it was that of si!ent ghosts upon the shore. Such is th e resu l t of the last Czar's dreams of conquest ; and the next should take warn in g . If he does so, Nod pursues in sincerity a pacific policy abroad, and a policy o f de velopment at home, Sebastopol may rise from its ruins, as empires pass from barbarism into eivilisa lion, amidst the congratulations and good wishes rab:a. In 1814 she acquired possession of the Caspian, and in 1828 she seized Erivan. This brings us to the treaty of Adrianople and to her subsequent action, when, having, early in his career, acquired as a staunch ally a subordinate Minister, she has since used him in furtherance of her ends on a wider field, and having successfully conducted him to the 'post of Prime Minister of England, she looks, through his instrumentality, to acquire, at no distant period, the full fruition of her secular designs. In all these instances she has made her acquisi tions by the sanction given by English Ministers to the violatien of the laws of nations, and by the sanction given by the English Parliament and English people to the use made of the power of the Cr( wa by individuals whom they have allowed to conduct the affairs of the state without a council, and so to place themselves above the law. The success of Russia's purpose depends on the continuance of this, and the frustration of her design is certain if the moment shall arrive when ignorance ceases and law is restored. ATTACK OF THE RIFF PIRATES UPON THE PRUSSIAN ADMIRAL. By the arrival of her Majesty's ships Assistance and Resolute (the latter bearing the flag of Rear• Admiral the Hon. William F. Grey) at Portsmouth, yesterday, we have intelligence of an outrage on the part of the Riff pirates, quite of a crowning character to ail former out rages. it appears his Royal Highness Priace Adalbert, Lord High Admiral of the Prussian Navy, who was at Gibraltar on the 10th inst., in the Prussian frigate Dant zi,e was anxious to inspect r.ersonally the scene, on the Riff coast, of an outrage sonic time since on a Prussian ship, whose crew was MSS Icred by these ferocious and blood -thirsty hordes, and accordingly proceeded in his barge to the scene of the encounter a few days antece dent to the 10th inst., when his landing was not oely opposed, but he was tired upon. This roused the spirit of the ga'lant royal sailer, who returned to his frigate, I manned and armed her hoats, and then again sought the scene of his latent apposition. This time vast numbers of the pirates bad collected and made a formi dable demonstration, but the prince admiral, nothing daunted, but the rather having his valour whetted by the force of the opposing army, dashed ashore, charged the RitEans up a steep hill, an d , sword in hand, made a bold and valiant front : the result, however, is disastrous to describe ; the gallant prince was speedily struck down with a ball in his thigh, his aide-de-camp (flag-lieute nant) was mortally wounded, the mate of the party shot in the arm, seven men were killed, and 17 wounded ; these were left in the field, being unable to g e t th em o ff. In fact, the whole of the prince' s party were nearly cut off. The survivors were ultimately got on board the frigate, and subsequently to Gibraltar hospital. The killed were interred with full military honours, and the prince admiral's wound was doing well at the date of our advices (the 10th inst). H.M.S. Vesuvius was despatched immediately to the Morocco authorities to demand an explanation and satis faction. The event caused the utmost indignation and excitement in Gibraltar,— &nited Service Gazette. We have collected riots - us of the wheat crop from 207 districts scattered over the United Kingdom, 196 re ports of the oat crop, 137 and 112 respectively of beans and peas, and 209 reports of the green crops. Of the wheat, barley, and oat harvest reports, 78, 63, and 78 respectively state the crop to be an average one ; 114. 98, and 96 respectively put it at above an average ; and 15, 30, alai 26 respectively at below an average. But this term, " average" requires a word of explanation. A reporter rally have honestly returned his crop as " avr• rage" for a long series of yeav, while every succeeding year has bean an improvement on the last. An " average crop" i❑ 1856 means a good deal more than was meant by "an average crop" in 1840. Takinginto account the extent of land under wheat, which is undoubtedly much bayond an average, along with the generally favourable opinion of the crop, we may be satisfied that there is now as large a quantity of home-grown wheat within the country as there ever yet has been. To be sure, it is not all harvest ed yet, and the weather ,of the last few days has not been - >7.• ' ' THREE MEN SUFFOCATED IN A WELL—On Thursday a lamentable accident occurred on the farm premises of Mr. Coulton, of Armin, near Goole, Yorkshire. On the premises is a well used for the purpose of watering cattle, and this having become nearly exhausted it was neces sary to have it cleaned out. Fur that purpose Mr. Coul ton and his foreman had opened the well, and the latter had descended by a ladder to the bottom. He was in the act of dipping a bucket into the water, when Mr. C Algot] observed him to fall over. Mr. Coulton irnme• diately vent down to his assistance, wid bad just seized him by the collar when he ei as overpowered by the foul air in the well and fell over. The cries of the women who were at the top of the well attracted the attention of a man known as " Bus Joe," and be at once descended the well, but had no sooner done so than he shared the fate of the preceding two. A fourth man now wt 111; down the well with a rope round his body, and he suc ceeded in fastening another rope to two of the sufferers, who were drawn up, but life was extinct. The third man, also dead, was afterwards got out by a fifth man, the man who had rescued the other two being too ex- , hausted to descend the well a second time. THE JACKSONIAN SANATORIUM. This splendid establishment, situated at Fortis-green, near Highgate-hill, which has been in process of con struction for some months past, was formally opened on Tuesday evening, with an inaugural dinner to the lead ing metropolitan members of the medical profession. Dr. Little, of the London Hospital, presided, and was sup ported by the following distinguished gentlemen : Messrs. Fergusson, F.R.S., Ranald Martin, F.R.S., Adams, Critchett, Barnard Holt, Erichsen, Solly, F.R.S., Erasmus Wilson, F.R.S., Coulson, Thomas Wakley ; Drs. Tyler Smith, H. Bennet, Hassell, Wynter, Semple; Sir J. Eyre, and Professor Todd, F.R.S., &c. After the usual loyal and medical toasts, which were responded to respectively by Mr. Ranald Martin, Sir J. Eyre, Mr. Fergusson, and Dr. Semple, The CHAIRMAN rose and proposed, " Prosperity to the New Sanatorium." He begged their kind consideration while he explained to them the nature of the institution which they were met that day to inaugurate. The idea of the establishment originated in the mind of Mr. Jackson —a gentleman of fortune—to supply a great public want, who had by a large expenditure brought his philanthro pic object to that state of perfection to which they could all bear witness that day. It was admitted that the wealthier classes of society, owing to the defective ar rangements of their mansions, and the inexperience of their domestics in the management of the sick-room, often during the hours of affliction, did not receive the help which was so generously acccrded by a liberal pub li• to *yen the destitute persons received into our public hospitals. It was the object of the founder to combine all possible public and private appliances—indeed all that could be found in the largest hospitals, with every requisite of a fist-class mansion, and the most perfect modern hotel. The management was to be upon the most liberal scale. Any medical practitioner could place his patient to reside there, where would be found under one roof all the therapeutic and sanitary aid necessary for carrying out instructions for the resto ration to health of his patient. The practitioners ❑ow present could testify to the great want of such an establishment, especially in convalescent cases. The learned chairman discussed at considerable length the nature of the undertaking ; and concluded by stating, tbat he was given to understand the Sanatorium would have a resident medical officer always on the spot, a carefully appointed dispensary, experienced nurses and attendants, a most extensive suite of baths, horses and carriage~ to convey the patients to their m&ical practi tioners in town, &c. The great advantages added to the noble mansion—healthy situation, the pure air, for which this suburb of London is so reputed, and its easy distance from London—insured its success._ _ _ The CHAIRM&N proposed the health of Mr. Thomas Wakley, to whom he believed the founder was indebted for much valuable advice and assistance in his prelimi- Katy arrangements. Mr. T. WAKLEY returned thanks, and Sir JAMES Eras proposed the health of the Chairman, after which the company separated, apparently much delighted with the entertainment which had been pre sented to them.- -Lancet. Country Markets. H&DDINC,TMT CORN 1: - .ARKET—Auct 15. WHEAT. 8A11.1 . ,:f OATS. j miA%. 80 8 OA 48s GI 37s 0,1 , 52s 01 First Second Third 66s 6d 1403 Od I 31s Od t 41s Od Total quantity of wheat in market, 315 qrs., 30: sold PP , PP barley PP 40 rs., 40 sold PP oats ,; 254 qrs., 216 - , I PP P, PP beans PP 59 qrs., 42 sold AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, N. 12 8 10-12ths 1 Earley, ...V. 7 0 3-I.2ths Oata, 11. 14 9 1-Lths 1 13 , )ans, ..... 21. 8 7 3.12t0s 13.9-LIKEITH GRAIN MARKET—AUG 14. Qrs. Best. Current. liffetior 179 Wheat 80s Od oos (.41 144 Oats. 36s Bd. oos Od 35 Bart 3y 4Bs 03 oos Od 21 Peas & beaus 53s 0d...,...,, 00s Od -s Qii ABERDEEN-AuG. 15. Potato oats Us Od to 32s Od }4olbs per buahel. Common oats 3(!s Od to 30s 6d Bere Barley . .. 42s Od to 43 s Od f Wheat, rei I (spring) 6o s Od to • 55 Od j• 621138 6 white ss Od to 70s Od Oatlneal. .., 228 6d to 23s 6d per boll. Flour ~ 54s Od to 53s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 6d to Od I Butter, p lb. Oslld to is 0 I Mutton, per lb.._ ,6dto 8d Eggs, pldoz. Os 9d to Os 1,0,1 Lamb, do., Os 61 to 0, Rai Hens, p pair 3s Od to 3s Rid Veal, per lb ... Gd to Os 10d Chickens,do.2s Od to 2,i6d Pork, per st...Gs lid to 6s 3d Ducks, do., 2s Od tots .6,1 Salmon, per lb Os to Os Ducklings,o Os Od L.& •ud Grouse, per brace Os t, Os Turkeys, each 4s Od to 54 01 Tallow, p stone, 4sod to 4s, , c 1 Potatoes, pr peak, ...6d to. S 1 Rabbits, each O.l to Od. Butter for exportation (prese•nt cure) per cwt. 9250(1 to 96• Eggs, wholesale price, per .do.sen . 6id to 61 RETAIL. ZItICES. Flour,l4lb 08 Od to 3s Od Barley flour,l4lb.oB to 2i 44 Oatmeal Os Od to 28 4d „ dust, Os to ls.Oci Boremeal ....Os Od to 28 Od _„ per lb 2d to 'aid i"easemoal... Os Od to 2s 8d I Sidg, cl 4-lb. 10af...8d. 12-Ib. Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. to 4s fid. DUBLIN, AuG. 15. We had a generally dull market for old grain to-day. Wheat moved off very slowly at about Tuesday's rates.. Oats at a decline of 6d. The condition of the new graist was not satisfactory in consequence of the late rains. Oats brought 13s to 16s, bere 18s to 20s, and rape 29s to 345. Indian corn an improved retail demand at a small advan le in price. White wheat, 403 Od to 42s ; red ditto, 36s 04 to 39s O*l ; harley, —s Od to —s Od ; oats, 14s 01 to 16s Od ; rape ee d, 29s Od to 34a Od per brl ; oatmeal, 15s Od to 17s Od ; bat . 1 % lour. 9 3. Od to 27s Od per owt ; Indianoorn, 28s 01 to 323 as, per 480 lbt. LOCAL SHARE MABINTB. LIVERPOOL, A.IIGUST 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market continues to ins prove, and prices to-day are a shade higher than yester day, closing as follows :—Midland, 84i} - London and North Westerns, 108—Great Western, 65 4i—Manches ter, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 34i i—East Lancashire, 21 ex d.—North Eastern, Berwick, 21i—South Eastern, 221 —Eastern Counties, 9.l6.3.—Great Wester& of Canada, now, 2i prem.—Borough Bank, 11g. MANCHESTER, AUGUST H. STOOK EXCHANGE. - The market has bees doing a dull business to-day, but prices of railway thane won• rather inactive, and only two sales reported. District Bank, 101 pm.—South Eastern and Do -fors, 22 T-16. BIRMINGHAM, AIIGIIST 16. STOOK EXOHANGE.—The market to-day has boon abbe very little business, except in local shares. Birmingham Canals, 93 —North Staffords, 13—South Mallards, 11 d. —Birmingham Banking Co., 36k ex d. LEEDS, AUGUST 18. STOOK EXCHANGE. —The market doing a fair bus Insist. Caledonians, 28i— N orth Westerns, 6.18.1. 7.- 1 1jait4 Insurance Company, 3s. lid. SEABORNE MAILS. (N efl that the mails are sent from the Gomm! Poet4tille the night-and by the morning—despatch.) Day when made up From who' W, .4 COUNTRIES ' . in General Post- Port ttf.“ kfa Office, London.* Dispateke . /144, telt' ..........=••...•••••••••••.••••••• ... •••••1......... ..., Lmertea(bylirit.Pack)2. ',ivory Friday .... Liverpool ~.(Weekly America by United 8 a packet) .......„ „„ Every Tuesday .. Bouthanteten Weekly America (by U. StaisE , packet) .......... N •• ell. •.• ... Liverpool •• kistralia (via Liver pool) „„ „„„„„ „„ f,, 4th and 19th .... Liverpool • • Twice lao Ditto (via Marseilles) N „....,,,,„ ... DOVer ...., • • Ditto (via Cape of Goo, Hop.) ....•• •• •• ••ls • O .••• ••• Erneortele Africa (West Coast)../• 42,1 of thfs month ..Plymouth .. Bth of me. Alexandria.-- .. N lOth & 26th of n o. Dover ......12d 619th Mexandria..........Nl 4th & 20th of mo.. Southampto 4& 21 oil* Bahamas „...........111 17th of the month Southamptt rll6th Belgium ~..........1% i tally.— I ........ Dover ...... OW y Brazil ..............b! 9th of the month.. Southan 2 l 2lol, It th Buenos Ayres ........14 4th of the month., Southampton 16th Cape of Good Hope ..N Uncertain Cape of Good Hope ..N ton Case do Verde ......N oth of th- •-nontli BOuthatnp 16th' of m Ceylon (see India) 10th and 26th lb 8.3 lath Ceylon.. • . • • ........t 4th and 20th Channel Isles., „„ „„ „,,i, Au..,llba.,ftrriA Southamp.ea Tu.Th.t.itt. Chili—. .... •• •• .....11" ti &17th of 'month Southamp or , il and 16 China ..... . 1 ~,,,,n . Sotithemptt.n 7 and 2, Dover ... , .. Twice dto Constantinople ......N i Oth and 26th.... "'over -.... . 2 and lb Constantinople ....... 4 th & 20 th of Cont. of Europe If F.; N I'vvice daily ...... Egypt (ace India) France ........ hi & N Twice dai1y...... Dover , .. Twicedallr Gibraltar ..........7.1 4, 7,17, 20, 27 • fm. Southampton 6,7, 24,1 s Greece (see India) Greytown ..........1.1 2nd & 17th of men. Southeropt , ft 1 and 16 Elamburgh ...........N Daily 'London ...".. Daily Elavannah ...• •..... fo And of the month Southaropt• , Ist of me Holland ...........111 Daily ...... Dover ... „, „„ Daily Honduras .......... :II l7t.' of the month,Southampr,i 16 th India (viaSouthamPt.)lll 4th'ic 20th of mon.l Plymouth .. 4 and 21 ma India (via Marseilles)24 10th&26th of moth Dover ...... i lk& 29 la lonian Isles (see India) •• • • •• • • , Dover.. .. .. Ireland ........M & N Twice daily .....„ Holyhead ... Li5ben..............31 2d of ,-, 0 . .. Madeira ............1! 9ti, of month.— 'Southampton 8 and 16 Madeira ............N 224 o' month Malta (see India) Malta ............ N 4, 10, 20, and 26 Dover ...... 4. 15, 21,22 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius .......... N 20:h of th e mon th 4th aid 11 Mld And of the mouth Southampt -1 , exico Naples .... N Daily.— • • •• . • ,Dovor ...,. , NAW Granada Nt 24 & ;7th of monthSouthampt c . lst and IS New Zea1and.......... Twice a month .. 'Various port ion tu t h han am m o to o ; Papal btates ~ ......, N Daily .... •••• • • .• Dover .... . 4 weekly Peninsula Ai Peru NI id & 27th of mon. Ist & 16111 Po :t Natal .„ N fly private ship...lVarious port , Sicily N Every Saturday. • 'Do ver ...... Weekly Tuscany ...., N Dai1y . ...... • •IDuver .... Vonezuels .... ;IA 26& 11th ofmontly Southamptoi 1s 16nioa Val Diemen's L , tu d (Fe, , , .4.nstralia) .... ~. , . 1 4 th of ra°n• ~ " ' lmouthly , Wait truces . „.”1 , • it . ~ ~' fionthemnuo II and 16 gon thorny, .) monthli 1 11 and 16 When any of these dates full on a Sunday, the M4llB N be de spatched on the following day, with the exception of the Eno). , -fa louthampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatch , r the preceding day. SPIRITS.—A return, moved for by Mr. Brotherton, shows that in 1855 there were distilled in the whole of the United Kinzdom 27,485,193 gallons of spirits against 25,003. 912 gallons in 1854, 26,441,557 gallons in 1853, 24,423,202 gallons in 1852, 24,543,667 in 1851, and 25,844,887 gallons in 1850. Of this quantity 7,921,983 gallons were distilled in England, 11,283,638 gallons in Scotland, and 8,279,574 gallons in Ireland. The quantity of spirits charged with duty for consump. tion last year was—in Great Britain 15,728,419 gallons, and in Ireland 6,228,856 gallons. The total quantity of foreign and colonial spirits entered for home consump. tion in. the United Kingdom last year amounted to 4,788,687 gallons, of which 4,457,455 ente re d E ng l an d, and 192,148 Scotland, and 139,084 gallons Ireland. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills Efficacious Remedies for Bad Legs.—Mr. H. Jones, of the Blue Bell, Llanerohymedd, had a very bad leg, com pletely covered with wounds, to cure which be had trit d all available remedies for more than six months, but without success. At last a clergym a n recommended him to try Holloway's ointment and pills. After using them fur a short time the wounds began to heal, and in a few weeks his leg was perfectly cured ; in gratitude for which Mr. Jones will answer any inquiries about it.---Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world ; at Profess or Holloway's establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York ; by A. Stamps, node; A. Guidici, Smyrna; and E. Muir, Malta. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 14th inst., at Guernsey, the Viscountess North- land. On the 14th inst., at 5, Smith-square, Westminster, Mrs. T, Harrison. OF A DAUGHTBR. On the 16th inst., at Walthamstow House, the wife of John Glennie Greig, Esq , LL.D. On the 16th inst., at Rose Cottage, Epsom, the wife of W. Alexander Everest, Esq., solicitor. MARRIED. On the 16th inst., at Twickenham New Church, Wm. Dodd Cope, of St. Martin's-lane, to Rosins Stutchbury, ♦f Twickenham. On the 14th inst., at Lee Church, Frederic, second son of George Hayter, Esq., of West Springfield, Upper Clap ton, to Frances Elizabeth, second daughter of Jas. Drew, Esq., of the Paragon, Blackheath; D ED. On the 14th inst:, at Stepney, Mr. Thomas Cornwall, Aged 78. On the 14th inst.,' at St. John's-terrace, Notting-bill, Robert Towson, Esq., of the War Department, aged 53. On the 14th inst., at Rushton Rectory, Northampton shire, the Rey. John Wetherall, M.A., rector of that parish, hon. canon of Peterborough, and rural dean, aged 56. On the 14th inst., at Withcote Hall, Leicestershire, the aged 77. Re O v i ' l li th e :l ry F oth P. i i n m s er t., at the Hotel Braganza, at Lisbon, Bertram Arthur, 17th Earl of Shrewsbury, aged V. On the 16th inst.. at 36, Cross-street, Islington, Wm. Rid ge , Esq., aged 73. On the 15th inst., Caroline, wife of Charles Cockerel!, 81, Haokney-road. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sam Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Monday, August 18,_18W.