The Sun. — London, England, 1856-06-26 00:00:00

710NAL MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly and steadily, and compared with Friday's range prices of all kinds were unchanged. The sales were estimated at 12,000 bales (1,000 for export •nd 300 on speculation), comprising 90 Pernam and Maranham, 6.1 d. to 6.1 d., 50 Bahia, 6id., 300 Egyptian, Gg .1. to iid., and 1,000 Surat, 4d. to sd. The Railway Share Market was dull, and prices were a shade below the current rates on Tuesday. _ _ _ It is understood that Messrs. Anderson, of Glas gow, are the successful competitors for the Aus tralian mail contract. The sum at which this firm has tendered, is stated to he much lower than was generally anticipated, being 185,0001. per annum for one mail a month. As this sum is not more than the Colonial Governments have set aside for the establishment of steam communication, it now becomes a question worthy of consideration whe ther our Government, having agreed to bear a moiety of the expense, should not establish an additional line of communication via Panama, so that there might be two mails per month, which the extent of our commercial relations with the Colonies fully justifies. It is sincerely hoped that the contracts taken by the above named firm will at once go into operation, as the communication of late has been very irregular, and much annoyance and inconvenience has been experienced by mer chants and others interested in the Australian trade. The Board of Trade Returns for the month and five months ending 31st May, 1856, have just been issued. For the month, compared with the same period last year, the increase in the imports has been in brimstone, coffee, barley, flour, raw cot ton, plate glass, jute, hides, metals, palm oil, rice, rum, brandy, and Geneva, sugar, tea, wine, and cheeps' wool, while there is a decrease in live ani mals, corn, dyeing stuffs, fruits, guano, hemp, provisions, quicksilver, spices, and tobacco. The total value of the exports has amounted to 8,733,3001. against 8,049,2461. in the same month last year, being an increase of 684,0541. The in crease has principally been in beer, ale, gloves, haberdashery, and millinery, hardwares and cut lery, saddlery and harness, metals, silk, and silk Manufactures, stationery, refined sugar, and wool len and worsted yarn. The vessels employed in the foreign trade of the United Kingdom have shown a falling off of 76,760 tons for those outwards, and an augmenta tion of 34,391 tons for those entered inwards for the month as compared with th© like period of last year. The opinion generally expressed in the City yes terday afternoon, that the Bank of England Direc tors, at their meeting to-day, would make a change in the minimum rate of discount, has proved cor rect—a reduction of 1 per cent. having been an nounced. Some parties went so far as to assert that an alteration of 1 per cent. would be resolved upon, but this could scarcely have been thought probable ; still it must be admitted, considering the favourable prospects of the money market, that the present rate, viz., 41 per cent., is not likely to be long maintained. The effect of the measure adopted to-day will be productive cf great benefit to all branches of business. The Stock Market has been dull, and the altera tion of the rate of discount has produced very little influence upon prices. Consols rose to 94i 1, but they have since been 941 1. The Scrip is nomi nally 31 f, but there is very little business, to-mor row being settling day. The New 3 per Cents. are 95 4, and the Reduced 941 to 95. Bank Stock is firm at 218. Exchequer Bonds are 10s. to 13s. premium, and India Bonds 14s. premium. The dealings in the Foreign Market have not been very numerous. Turkish 6 per Cents. have improved to 1041 to 105, and the 4 per Cents. 105 k Russian Fives are nearly 1 per cent. higher, viz., 109 E, and the 41 per Cents. are 98g. Sardinian have been 92. Spanish 3 per Cents., 474. Buenos Ayres, 81 to 82 ; and Danish 6 per Cents., 102} to 103. . The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 7f ; Mexi can, 22i 23 ; Peruvian, 78 80; ditto 3 per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 50 2 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 109 10 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 97 9 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 47f I ; ditto Deferred, 25a i; ditto Certificates, 6# ; ditto Passive, 6; 71-. The last week's Railway Receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1856. ........ £31,417 60,343 18,334 19,348 30,246 20,651 11,739 20,330 24,007 34,107 6,894 5,884 9,527 9,807 2,302 7,404 4,009 1,354 5,221 10,197 great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland Ihuth-Eastern Caledonian Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire North Eastern tristol and Exeter Chester and Holyhead Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln London Gen. Omnibus Company North London North Stafford Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverh 'Ulster Railway Ed►nburgh and GlaQgow Great Western of Canada 1855. £28,444 57,898 17,216 14,720 28,394 19,637 11,667 19,324 21,506 34,633 6,550 5,390 9,417 2,196 6,430 3,451 1,209 4,944 7,948 Grand Trunk of Canada Northern of France .... 4,514 35,111 3,930 37,874 Railway Shares are quieter, but generally firm, as regards the English undertakings. The Foreign arid Colonial are steady, but very dull. Euphrates are to premium, Rigas 3to 3i premium, and Ceylon I.i Banking and Miscellaneous Shares are well Maintained. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—t. LOBI gG PRICES ( From the Oficial List.) 1313inall done. Bank Stock a tier Cent. Reduced Annuities 94i 5 4i 6 New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Tan. 1860 — Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 173 India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO, l4 p 0 insolo for Account India Stock Ditto Account 233 x d Exchequer Bills, 24d. £IOOO ' £ 5BO l3 10 14 p Small • PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds. 5 per Cent. — Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 15 per Cent. B2 1 Danish Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1825 Ditto, 5 per Cent. Mexican 3 per Cent 23 Russian Bonds, 1522, £ St., 5 per Cent — Ditto Account . ... Ditto 41. per Cent. titrdinian Bowls, 5 per Cent. liP•nish Bonds, 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto Passive 63 LiOanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 7l 7 p 0 •C trkith Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto Account 1043 5i 5 43 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Accornt timid, Os on the above .ayable In Lonaor Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent., 12 Gull_ G6l Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. C.)ngolq Ditto Account (July 10) THE AUSTRIAN NATIONAL DEBT. private letter, just received from Vienna, from a perfectly reliAle source, state that Baron Bruck is now "clinied with the elaboration of a plan, by which the h - 0 1 e Austrian National Debt shall be converted into ": 11 e uniform paper, bearing 5 per cent. interest, the I Ttninal worth in each case being adjusted to meet the ti 4 tlge that takes place in the rate of interest. Thus, 1 4 the place of 1,000 gulden at 214 per cent. there will be l aalled scrip for 500 gulden at 5 per cent. The subse qukTt process to which the able financier proposes to 411 blect the Austrian Debt when once so uniformly con 110hdated i s th e re d uc ti on o f th e ra t e o f interest from 5 ‘° 4 per cent. TRH TRANSPORT SERVIOR.—The mercantile vessels -41 ployed in the transport service, which some time back 141mbered nearly 300, have been gradually reduced, Until this week the number actually employed is 128, 4110 1 Which are steamers. This forms an immense fleet oo s team power, whi c h w h en no l onger requ i re d f o r the ~,11v e yance of troops, store s , an d mun iti ons o f war home ht:ttds must assuredly essentially affect the market for _ph vessels. The Government, however, release them 'Tali circumspection. 5 5 20 10 206 ma 100 100 20 43 20 20 20 St. St. 20 312 e 50 4t. St. St. 20 St. St. 20 I 2 25 20 8A 25 10 .0.6, JOINT-STOOK BANKS: 40 .11 Ametralasts 99 • - 101 100 994 100 25 12i Bank of Egypt -14 p 134 100 50 Bank of London 40 all Sri. Col. Bk.&Ln. O 50 all Rritish N. Amoricar 25 5 Chartd. Bank of AgiP 4 p 20 6 Chrtd. Bra. of India, Australia, & Chins „. 100 50 City 7l -• 73 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Loud. „ 20 all gng.Boot.&Ana.Cht 1 7 11'4 20 all Gond. Chart. Bk. of Australia lB4 -- 19 19 181 20 10 Ditto Now l. Ici 50 20 London and County: — . . 324 100 50 Gnd.&E.Bnkg. Corp par 2 . 13 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 10 London and Paris— 4 --2 . ti 100 20 Gond. & Westminster 100 35 National Pro.of Eng 20 10 Do. New — • 50 22 national of Ireland — 20 all new South Wales 45 47 25 all Oriental Bank pf Corporation. 4l 42 41* 20 10 Ottoman Bank 2} 24p 124 100 2a erGvincial of Ireland ... 10 all ljo. Now 6 I. Ans B &Go Im 100 50 Royal British , 25 all ianth Australia . . . . . 17 25: all Crnit.B of Australia._ 13 75 14 34 4 2 Do. 8 •-• 10 50 10 Union of London 100 ". ." 100 5j Western Bk ofLond 4d y 4p 434 50i 1E 811Ait Kb. Si. St. St. 25 81 - 90 117 - 120 1115 117 100 all 1.00 [O3 al) .11 WO ' all all I.oi 95 - 97 100 - 102 16 - 17 100 100 all all 15 all ... 6 - .. - 64 107 - 112 100 - 105 6 4 - 13 - 4 D! 13 4 pi i 13:4 - 137 77 - ••• --- .18 - )20 110 - 112 104 - 106 a IP 9t luj 6 - 6A 96 - 98 89 - 91 90 - 92 100 • 102 10 -10 i 16i - 171 10 -10 i 74 -76 1 9 - 10 i 14t - 15} 1138 - 140 ••• ...- vp. 1 .. 1158 - 162 § - ill 138 - 140 99 - 101 90 - 103 —lO5 93 95 -- d i Fa 1107 - 109 ••• -- ••• 14} -15 i 23} -23 i, 102 - 104 10i - mg; ••• ..... 41, 2 - 3p • 21 Sid 1001 138 9 1011 MINES. PM Pm 1 all Ikgua Fria ...... . - • ... ... 1 all Anglo Austria. Gold ... ,„ 10a all Anglo Californian ... . . 20 7 kustralian ll ii 1 2 1 all Australian Cordillera ... „. 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of,' ... 50 all Blienar. Iron & Coal . - 20 14 British Iron 4 6 35 26i Brazilianlmp.(issue , l at £5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 3 36 31 1 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 23 - 25 z d 1 / Clarendon Cons. Min. Co. of Jamaica it -- IP 40 all Cobra Copper 66 68 5 j lA Colonial Gold • ". St. all Copper Min. of Eng 3O 35 25 all Do. Prof. 71 p. cent 25 27 ... 16 Copiapo 2 11 Fortuna. la p 20 all Glenc - tal l4 —l6 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg 1 1 i 41 all Great Polgooth. — 5 all Gt Wheal Vor United .- . id 1 all Liberty •• if - 3 all Linares 8 -- 81 5Ai Lusitanian p— I p 1 all Mariquita. .. 1 1 all Now Granada 1 all Nouveau Monde 20 all Pontgi.Sil..k Le. Min. 101 11 5 1 Port Philip ...... 1 all Quartz Rock ' ....... a” 50 all Rhymney Iron 26 28 15 all Do. New 8 •-;. 10 30 14i Santiago de Cuba-- 4 41 • Sort. Cons. 6e Min. Co. 21 3 ••• 1 all south Australian I 1 1 all Do. Scrip 1 all Da. 10 per cent Prof . . ... Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. If 21 10 ail Lin Croft .... ........ 284 all United Mexican 34 34 1 all Waller -." 1 all West Mariposa 4 i 1 12s. Worthing Mining of . ._ Australia 1 11l Yuba ... ... MISCELLANBOI:IB. 25 19 Australian Agricalt. 30 32 301 10 all kustraln. Royal Mail .. . . , 10 all Berlin Water Works 54 6 50 40 '3rit. American Land . ... 100 .-,2? Canada '27 132 Rt. no C. G 0.6 p.c. Jan& 7nly •15 116 11.5 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug .. ... St. 100 DD. 6p c. Mar & Sept ... .„ 5 all Crystal Palace 2/ 24 24 5 all 00. Preference 5 54 4 a . ] Crystal Pal. of France .„ 1 a Duston Iron Ore ... .... 20 15, Eastern Steam St, 100 Electric Telegraph 92 . —91 i 1 all %lectrio Teleg. of Ir 5 all En.&Aus Cop Sm Co 11 1a 11 5 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ... - 16 all General Screw Steam ... - - ... 13# 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 4- _ 41 44 4 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig ... . _ 10 all Aediteran. Elec. Tel g , _ In 10 9 Nexican&S.Amerion. 41 44 41 25 5 Nat. Discount Co. 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel . " ". 10 5 Netherlands Land '4l 21 20 all Do. Do. 5 2 Do. 8 pcPiss at 1 d i._ip 21 100 80 New B. &N. S. Land 18 . 22 .. ... N.S.W. Gov.6p.c.D. i ... . ... j all N. B. Australasian.. , 4 _, z 20 lb Nrth.ofEuropeSteal a ' .• 1 all Oriental Gas .ll ii 1 2s. Do. "Now Shares' , -- Op m i., all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minx . ' , ‘ ._ 36 s P i 56 all Peninsular& Orient a l 50 10 Do. New 6e 68 ... 54 Sip 100 60 Royal Mail Steam ... 70 -- 72 1 all Scot. Austral. In! eat. 1i li -1 4 Ditto New 25 all South Austral: L an d 37 38 1 al: Otibme.r. Tel. S crip k - 1k 10 10 all Do. Registers L i 7 li 2 I 5 Trust& L. Co. Meal) 10 24 Vas Dieulai ea Tame 164 174 v.G0.6p.c.! auSanly ~. ... JOS -:-. N. ;terday :--- iG. ❑ tho subject r vand they o i l 'mado, An d übject. g w hich ❑ led Of 150, 000/. Kens i ng ton' and art, and a rliatuent ar y aissiouers for rchase of the d of the 15th bich lands at nissioners, to cure unity of ' the funds at out of Loney lands should t those land?, Lbject to such i to _ time ) theref, not cult beotween iand spot art fm or td su pported by Perlis- Je d the reser; . b e ere cted ve rs shall ha tl3?-_s tau& to to *thew, to hY perintend,uildingsence 0 the public ided in [Bst enntin th u! the PurP ° l or ACqUl"rj >SeS. , of the g e l the Natio ns! of a site for plane Wh • i t e e ll s Very, on o ur neigh b° 1 which b 3 Pp. ' of the 9Ell l tv • IL ob. 0, that g tO the p4r— k bl e . an alter Kens i vg tos7 olutioa itlact) prera d site of a new gat, a fter fel! Governmeov site at Itert: n' deanteg ee Aud her ) „ e d to .- to 'gement in t Governew e Laken with a ;his Pe r P n t under who the National 0 the b °l ' ra a nd Cell a u to ef t irenssed to the ta i n iog wl:; overninee_ ectio n 0 1 e r and wit h a if the ° it ; ort to pill ch Ja. eorotel n- a .ernmen t o from th. ui ", t, trio‘ v otive 31en ~ i n -- onditiol!s 41 4a a te Itol 1.851:1 „„). 4PiL"by wslia' s ,,, to' -resPop u " 31 , Xiti B Ottlltti O b, dal a'f! e e a t 1 bj,no.viri tat 9° 4 a to prepare ufg. )n-golre b ie vith if an d cise heOD for ) give ay on rec?oT2,,, ter Aisles with s / 1 1 0 ig such • rust for w hd 19 as me VILSON; ion of 185+. to the Seal" x, MAY h ero min iseloo e . _ f )rined, the selecti?t e :hilly to t!':: o f the 15w _ n which j J Idsje g gl Pr e P,„ a rs iingt° ll. ,, e; th Berl, -1 g eio° e ' h i o h ;pace iv • d an d edd l9 ' a ',jet , this P prePT, fi g • ve s . - rks in til l rnditioes - for th e that I ler , •4. with rrol , be Mai t. f or the tete: appro o tt [eh P""l i c Lain bloc mot D I the t o be 0 ; which be . for , iVe UP m ore !fe ; he bull° heir reedii Brno ° be as IneJ,. r • be su' s- 1 naten t " — rEING• i t e ara.l 'r - O P, 'ecit A rk. full OW) ?ANT. „ xftern 9° :' were — 6 , e to ° 3ll/ eet• u l is f the 3 suPPI e l he i r tots . ore) wag Jane° re' eetieg Of ocreeu. persitdie ed. The tisfactorY ,consider ited• A -v are iew A ionP• n f TAW '- cons ider' ie allow" 101 l " el fir in g the )ry p ose- ,tion for resP°l2. l e .,sbeel Sout cc, o nr ) per-lik e enginl c3p e• gesso. _ Len gth 4 fee t ; tion for otn fin d ;. mrio r • jy F ati Oder nr. vious amPt on )arty of a corn' • s tuacif tiotts. rePre sobeth" t meat ,h e pro° e artist 'don of in ac tion of es, and imps it under._ iero of n pro. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day RAILWAYS. Shr. St. 50 50 20 10 , 100 100 all all all Fast Lancashire Do., A. Stock Do., B. B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre Great Western Do. Stour Val. Re ' Gina. Stk Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lemeash.andYorksh Do., Ws t. aiding Un . Liv. Crioy. &Southpt London & Blackwall Lond. Bright & S.Cst Loud. and N. Westn Do. Fifths 1 100 182 s. Do. Birmng. & Derby Mktld.G.West.(lxo.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Nwpt.Aberg. &lied Newry &EnniskilleT Newry Warrenpoinl and R05tr0v0r....... (Norfolk Northn.CountiosUn North British Nth. Dtmon Rail. & Dock Stock Do., A Stock Do., B Stock Do., B Guarantee N. Eastern—Berwie' Do. do. Extension Do do G N E 'tura • • • • Do. Loods Do. York A.mbg. Noting. Bost and Ilastn. ;Enna_ Belfast & Ballymena. Binning. Wolverh Stour Valley Birk eand. Lanesh Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. it Birk. £5O and £25 Cons Do., £20...... myth & Tyne origins £25 (issd. at £45 !Bristol and Exeter Caledonian. Chester .k Holyhead. Cork and Bandon, t Cork, Black, 41'ms Cornwall Do. A Do. B Dub tin&BelfastJune Dnn. P. 414 Abor. Jnc East Anglian Hastern bounties..., )0 Past. Union. A. Stl [01; De., B. Stock 1 Do., New ... , 0 East Kent Edinburgh& Glaago% , Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth &Dunde Forth & Clyde Jun:. Furness Do. Extension....„.. Glasgow&S. Westin. Great N. of Scotlnd Great Northern D0.101.5h.,M&8 0 t Do. Eighths II London and S. WoOr Lon. Tilby. & South. Barking Sh Ln(indrrydi Colorain. Livindrry. & Enniak. Menoh.ali it. & Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Metropolitan Midland 'North L0nd0n...., N .&S.Wsti stead, and City .rn North Staffordshire.. North Western N. & S. West rn. June. Oa., Wore.. & Woly. Portsmouth Scottish Central.... IScottishMidland. Shropshire Union ... South Devon South Eastern South Wales 3. Yrksh. do Riv. Dux Do StAine,, Wok. StWol , Stockton & Dar in& ;toAton & Hartlep raff Vale .. Do. Pref., No. 1..„ rimtnos Hay. D.& R. Ulyerstone do Lana Vale of Noath Watorfd. & Kilkenn3 Waterford&Limoricl West Cornwall West End of Londoi and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London... Viimbledn k Croydoi. FOR: Amtwarpeaßott rdan, Ardennes lAtlan.& St.Lw. lep.ssd at 6 p. e. by Gd.Tnk of Canada Belgian Eastn. June Besiers to Graisoessa Bombay, Baroda, an Central India,Sori; Do. Buff & Lk. Hur. Ry. Carmeaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New Cad Indian, g. 5 p. e Do. Ex. B, gu .5 p.c. Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c, Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. D 0.44 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do.. '59, do Geelong •k Melbourne guar. 5 per cent..• Tk of CanadaAie Do. Do. Cort. of Debar'. con. into Stk. till'63 Do, Comp. 6 p. a., do. qt. Coutral of Franc, qt. Tr . Pen. g. 5 p. c. Do New, gun.. 5 p. c. Treat Luxembon4 Constituted ShareF .3t. Western of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bds., payable '571 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do, do., '73, without option Lake Const. Se Basle Lierre and Turnhout Lucca & Pist. 5 p. c.p , Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran. Madras, guar. 4i p.c Do. New do., 5 p. c. Do. 4i p. c. Eiden Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Do. do., C p. c. Pref Northern of France. NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Recife & San. Fran., i (Pernara.) g. 7 p. e. Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Henn_ Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. Seinde, guar. 5 p. c. D 0... Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do & per c. Pref W. 4 N. W. of France West. of Switzerlan Wiesbaden ... Zealand 28 29 5 - 5 t. ..... 84 9 184 19 , 161 s a 17, 134 14: 93 95 - 624 - 62; 16 - 164 10 - 11' ... ".. ... 9 lo 18 19 to a —1% 32 34 22 24 81. - 83 60 - 62 37 : 38 92 - 94 8 - 8. 95i 964 78 - 80 . [3O - 131 109 62 621 58 • 62 68 - 73 - 613! 5i - 66 96 962 h _ 106 107 104 101. - d 104 —lO5 i - 1 N .." •• 33 - 33 1 Ad 82 82, 52 54 ow --""' .. . WM .. i 4; = is; ~ ...' .. 55 - 57 3i - St 37i ... 313 111 .. 11101 o• "." •• of. .... 8 11., 85i - 86 41 2f 240 19 —2O 61. 62 93 95 - 5 4 7 - 74 10i - 11 3i - 36 W 3 —los ' 76 78 47 49 144 - 15A' 74 —74 i 75 76 4 2 in 14 16 364 -- 374 ""' ••• 20 101 4} 5 21 - 23 6A 7a 6 - 8 2 - 4 6 i - 6il 7 7 : -9 lIGN. 8g - 80 4 - 5 2 2i 2i - 3 p 11 - 21 ii -13 p 53 - 53 ..• - 2ip 36 -37 i 231 -24. E 23 - 2 21 3 22} - 234 14 - 15 81 - 83 5k - 64; 224 - 23 - 2 p 51 - 54 26 - 264 3 -34 p 100 - 102 125 - 130 1 111 - 112 _ . pm loi - Hip 201 - 20 2 - 24 p 1 - - 8 7 - 71 1 - 20 i 44 - 441 84 58 -58 A 55 1 - li 19i 20i 1 - 12 - 12 9 - 104 2i - 3 •.. • ••• - pm ••• - •• 5 - 9 - 96 36 - 371 16 -- iO Business done this day. 5i all all r•. 11 all all all all 109 61i 2 n 2i 59 Pm 6 61 5j 6 t loGi 6 104} 4 2 1041 / 4 32 3 81i 21 52 S 5 6 19i 61 4 i 3.3 i 4H 101 78 7} 49 74} 4 3i 14k 14 8 1 i 20} 20 Ti SUN, LONDON, TIIITRSIYAY EVENINCfri JUNIE 26, 1856. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) IRELAND. RAILWAYS. Leasing Company, Clordna rriaes this dly. Busbies. this day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) IN RE M. BOYD-JUDGMENT ON CERTIFICATE. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING. RUMOURED ROYAL VISIT. This morning his Honour gave judgment on the ques tion of certificate, which had been discussed at great length. His Honour commenced by observing that this was an application for certificate, and it was insisted, on the part of the bankrupt, that he was entitled to a first class certificate ; but, on the other hand, it was con tended that the certificate should be altogether 'refused. The opposition, however, came from one quarter only, the Royal Bank of Australia, who were almost the only creditors, and the official manager (the affairs of the bank being in course of arrangement under the Wind ing•up Act). He considered it would have been far pre ferable if the members of some commercial firm had been appointed trade assignees rather than a public officerunder the Winding-up Act, which was only another kind of bank ruptcy. His Honour then went into a very elaborate and broad exposition of the voluminous and intricate affairs which the bankrupt had had with his brother, Benjamin Boyd, and considered that a great hardship and cruel oppression had been inflicted on the bankrupt to require him to go back into accounts extending over 15 years. With regard to the different charges—acting fraudulently towards the bank ; of making a fraudulent statement that his brother was indebted to him to the lamount of 26,777/. ; of extravagant expenditure; and of making a false entry as to a debt paid to Mr. Coates, his wife's father —were frivolous and unfounded. It was clear that the charge, that the bankrupt and his brother had concealed the scheme of the bankrupt was unfounded,( for bankrupt did not interfere until 18 months after it` was found. His Honour concluded by declaring the bankrupt entitled to an immediate certificate of the first class, and expressed his strong hopes for his future suc cess. The annual rumour of an autumnal royal visit to Ireland is revived (in print) this morning. The occasion of this unexpected honour, it is said, is a desire on the part of her Majesty to take leave of the Irish Militia previous to the disembodiment of the force, "on a grand military spectacle sur passing anything of the kind that has yet been attempted in this country." The Curragh, of course, is to be the scene of the anticipated display, and, in order to give every possible effect to the royal review, the various regi ments now stationed there, will be reinforced by a battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards, four troops (!) of Horse Artillery, and several companies of Foot Artillery, now forming part of Dublin gar rison. The whole of the Irish militia, it is added, will be disbanded immediately afterwards—that is, early in the month of September. The bankrupt was warmly greeted by many gentle men present. FESTIVITIES AT ENVILLE HALL, NEAR STOURBRIDGE. GRAND CRICKET MATCH—DEFEAT OF THE " FLEVEN" OF ALL ENGLAND. The fine old baronial hall of the Earl of Stamford and Warrington was thrown open on Tuesday and Wednes day to the inhabitants of the surrounding districts. The great feature of the entertainments consisted of a cricket match by several well-known amateurs, amongst whom his lordship was facile princeps, against the celebrated "Eleven of All England. " There were abundance of creature comforts provided for every visitor, in the good old style of English hospitality. It was what our brethren at the other side of St. George's Channel desig nate as " cead mine failthe"—a hundred thousand welcomes to those who visited the splendid grounds and witauessed the most exciting of our athletic games. The entertainment was open to rich and poor, the great and small, and fully was it. enjoyed by all, from the peer to the peasant. In the evening there was a brilliant display of fire works, by Darby, in which that distinguished pyrotech nist surpassed himself—a feat of no ordinary difficulty— to which he was stimulated by the extraordinary libe rality, which left him a carte blanche in all pecuniary matters. It is said that the outlay exceeded that ac knowledged by Ministers to have taken place in any of the Parks at the late peace rejoicings, amounting to no less than 2,5001. sterling. The band was provided by Mr. Mitchell, of Bond. street, and the entire festivities were conducted under the efficient direction of Mr. Nimmo, M.G. We understand that a similar fete will be given before the close of the season. We only hope that we may be so fortunate as to "be there to see," an aspiration in which we are convinced every spectator at the late gor geous spectacle will heartily join. From the accounts below it will be seen that " The Eleven of all England" were defeated by the noble earl and his chosen aristocratic band of amateurs. LORD STAVFORD'S TWENTY-TWO v. THE ELEVEN OF ALL ENGLAND. THE ELEVEN. First Innings. Diver CHsar st Nicholson b Drake 6O A. Clarke G. Parr . et Nicholson b Drake 23 Anderson Stephenson Willsher G. Brown Jackson c Brampton b Drake 0 Iddison ]tinkly b 1, w l Total .. 121 THE TWENVIC-TWO. First Inning's. Lord Strathmore ... c Parr ii Wilhiller . 8 Colsey run out 0 W. Nicholson, Esq. b Willshire l3 Brampton Hon. It. Grimston b Willshire It. Broughton, Esq. b Jackson Tinley b Willsher E. Tredcroft, Esq. c Caesar b Jackson 1 E. Drake, Esq cA. Clarke b Willsher... 3 Lord Stamford b Willshire Rey. W. Ridding._ not out l3 13. Richards, Esq... c Parr b Willshire 0 Bickley Capt. Bateson Roby Hall Hancock Hon. F. Ponsonby Col Mundy W. Walker, Esq C. Hewitt, Esq. Lawson b 2, 1-b 1, w 2 . Total The match was resumed on Tuesday and terminated on Wednesday, in favour of Lord Stamford's party, by four runs. The following music was performed by an Instru mental Band, under the direction of M. Theodore Her- mann : OVERTURES. " Der Freischutz" . " Guy Manneri ng " . " Fra Diavolo" ....... " Zarapa" . Herold. " Masaniello" Overture (first time)... Hermann. &c. &c. - &C. SELECTIONS. " Sennambnla" Cantina, "Ernani" Verdi. Cavatina, " Anna Bolena" " Tancredi" . . . Cavatina, " Sonnambula" (All is lost) Belliai. Duetto, "Ernani" " Norma" .. Verdi. " Travita " Verdi Duo, " La Fille du Regiment" Donizetti Cavatina, " Nabuco" .. " I Capuletti" "Trovatore" Romanza, " Guido e Genevra" Haley)! " I Lombardi" Grand Fantasie (first time) Hermann Bedford and Blotchley Bnckghamsh. Clydesdale J e. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lin. R. 6 pc. E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New...... Glstr.di Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. 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Con.Br.Bir. 6pc ICAO De. ii p. 0. Pref. S 1 100 Ditto L. &H. Pref. St I I New., Aber., &c., pr. j 5 p. c. red.. 5 p.c. pm !Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 5 p. a. Stc ch Do. 5 p. c. Ext (Do. 54 per et. pref !Do. Way. Val. 5 p. e North British IN. E. Berw, 4 p.a. P. Do o d . do. do Do 6 p. a T.N0.1 Do. do. Quarters Do. York H. & S. Pnr North Staffordshire Ox, Wo. &W. 1516 pc o R. Pref. 101. Sh. Scot. Cent. ,New Pref South Devon Do. tlxed,4lA per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4; per cent Do. Fixed 44 p c sh IS. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 4A p. a S.Yorksh.4p.e.Guar Stock. & Dar., 5 p. c Do. do. do Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p. a. till July 1,'56 W gond. & Kilk. 6 pc 95 - 100 98 - 100 11 - 13 35 - 138 4 ... 4i ••• 105 - 107 12i IRe 231 —24 h 116 119 e. ..... • , 2. - ` ii 93 95 —t) 56 o 8 U - 47 135 - 138 7} 71 3 2d - *.g3i - 92 QUADRILLES. English D'Albert Bonnie Dundee D'Albert Irish . D'Albert Neptune Little Topsy " L'Etoile du Nord" Jullien Bradgate Park (first time) Hermann GALOPS. Etna . D'Albert Pleasure's End ... Hermann MAZIJEKAS. Alma Hermann Yolks Mazurka, " Vienna" Stransa POLKAS The Enville Hall Anapa Mamelon Hermann The Peasant _ --- - - The Wizard's Festival Hermann The. New Palace Hermann Christmas The Cricketers (first time) SCROTTISCFIE. Turkish Exhibition Hermann. Camelia Flower Show Hermann. WALTZES. Les Fleurs du Printemps. L'Oriental Eugenie Dew Drop Crystal Palace. Matilda Schonbrunn Lanner. Le Labyrinthe Lebens Pulse .. .. Dunham Massey Park (first time) Hermann. MARCMES. Hungarian National &arch Strauss. Triumphal March Hermann. Annie Laurie March Marriot. GENERAL TODTLEDEN.—Captain Voy, master of the City of Perth, now at Riga, writes his owner, that the vessel being close to the bridge where the Czar had to pass on his visit to that port, two generals paid him a visit, one of them being the Crimean hero—General Todtleben. They partook of refreshments in the cabin, and smoked cigars, and were very courteous and fami liar. They, along with their friends, remained on deck while the Emperor passed. A. sentry was placed on the vessel's gangway. The very best feeling prevails at port ; and none would think that the two nations had been so lately in so bloody a conflict.—Perthshire Courier. THE Hor TRADE. --The disease which is so'peculiar to hops, threatens this year to have a most prejudicial of elt on the plantations. The crops are already suffering to a considerable extent, and at the present moment, al• though no bets that we are aware of have been made as to the probable amount of the duty, we question if any one would be found to back anything besend 160,000/. VICEREGAL VISIT TO LIMERICK. The Limerick Observer states that Lord Carlisle will arrive in that city on the 9th of July. On the day following he will inaugurate the opening of the Furness Railway ; on Friday, he will receive the addresses of the corporation and the other public bodies, and visit the leading public institutions. It is further announced that his Excellency will be entertained at a public dinner during his sojourn, either on the Wednesday or Thursday of the week following. EMIGRATION FROM THE SOUTH. The number of persons who left the port of Cork for England on their way to the United States and the colonies, since the Ist of June up to the present is 872, and the number who left during the corresponding period last year was 945, being a decrease of 73. Though small in itself the decline, taken in conjunction with the continued and steady decrease that has taken place for some time past, not only from the south, but from the other Irish ports, is regarded as a cheering indication of a better state of things and of a healthier tone of the home labour market. STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH AUSTRALIA. Mr. Wilson, it is expected, will this evening announce to Parliament the successful tender for the conveyance of the mails to and from the Australian colonies via Suez. Some disappointment has been expressed that a trial of the Panama route has not been made. In course of time, we feel personally convinced that this would be one of the mail's routes, but, for the sake of the Australian colonies and the Australian interests generally, we could wish that it were at once made a preferential line. Mr. W. H. Baylee, late Mayor of Geelong, colony of Victoria, strongly advocates the route. He observes—" Painfully impressed, both as a private individual and as recently the chief magistrate of a colonial community deeply interested in the subject, with the conviction that little practical consider ation has been given by the Imperial Government to the Australian steam question, I venture to offer the re sults of my own experience of the comparative advantages of the only two routes that can really occupy the attention of competent judges, viz., Suez and Panama. Lately arrived from Port Philip, after a residence of eighteen years, I learn with surprise, which I well know will be shared by those I have left behind me, that the Treasury has decided upon the former. The reasons for this pre ference I am at a loss to discover, the advantages being, to all qualified eyes, so clearly in favour of the latter, as I hope very briefly to render apparent to your readers who may not have considered the matter. I made the voyage from Melbourne to Valparaiso in a sailing vessel, from the latter port to Panama in a steamer, thence across the Isthmus by the railway, and from Aspinwall to South ampton by the West India Mail packet. My railway trip convinced me of the fallacy (now happily exploded, I re joice to hear) of all opposition on the score of insalubrity. Not only did neither myself nor any one of some hundreds of fellow-passengers experience the slightest ill effects, but I was assured by a medical gentleman that the Isthmus is now so healthy that the services of his profession are sel dom in requisition. So far as I can possibly ascertain from inquiry or observation, no person who has ever made the Anglo-Australian journey home or out by way of the Pacific, would dream of attempting it by the Indian Ocean if there were on the former waters that reasonable certainty as to arrival and departure which steam would afford. And for very obvious reasons. Sailing on the Pacific, particularly between Panama and Now Zealand, which important colony, be it borne in mind, can only be directly served postally by way of the Isthmus, is like sailing on a mill pond. Calms are the only impediment to spend, or rather to punctuality. Hence the one thing needful to the greatest uniform rapidity and consequent punctuality is screw steamers on the Pacific; but judi ciously managed, and not with such crude Quixotism as justly discredited the American experiment by the Golden Age, made under most disastrous circumstances, in the fever of the nugget mania, with provisions, fuel, wages, and every incidental expense at rates that would prevent any imaginable traffic from leaving a dividend on the capital employed. All that is now wholly altered, and the example cited becomes merely a warning of igno rant rashness to be avoided, instead of a precedent of pru dent boldness to be repeated. Very different is the case as regards the tempestuous Indian Ocean, with the run (dreaded by underwriters) along the stormy Cape Lesuwin. saying nothing of frequent transshipments. These must ever render Suez alike expensive and inconvenient to pas sengers, wholly impracticable for heavy merchandise, and even unsuitable for the enormously bulky mails which Australia now requires, including newspapers and Parlia mentary publications ; while, moreover, considering what we colonists will be forced to pay, and what we would willingly pay for proper acccommodation, we have a right to insist on the full benefit of the book-post being included in this service. Austra- Haus are peculiarly sensitive to a first false step in this direction now. Eager as they are for the rapid receipt and despatch of their letters, and knowing that the Panama route would give them that desideratum, they know also that it would give another, scarcely less important, which Suez will not—viz., a direct, expeditious, and (because of the postal subsidy) reasonably economic means of their two great staples, bullion and wool, reaching the home market. Australians read with astonishment in the American papers of coals, lighthouses, guano, arc., making nearly the whole circuit of the United States frontier, from Maine to Ore gon, across Panama, of course at a profit to those engaged in the transport. Why do not the British public— if the British Government will not—act upon so sug gestive an example ? Already about one-half the whole distance—namely, from Southampton to Aspinwall —is traversed by the Atrato, La Plata, and the rest of the magnificent paddles of the Royal West Indian Mail Com pany. Why is not that company empowered to complete the other moiety of the undertaking, and so bring Mel bourne and Sydney within 50 days of London, New Zea land thereby participating in such celerity ? Sooner or later this will have to be done, for in no other way can the objects of the colonists be attained. Why it is not done at once, why the British public do not insist on its being done, or at least on knowing the real reason for its not being done, is a mystery, the elucidation of which is desired with exceeding anxiousness by many thousands of English subjects at the antipodes."—Morning Chronicle City Article. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE, GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended June 26 ,1856, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WUEAT. ) BAXLEY. OATS. I ATE. I BEANS. J PEAS. 69i Ild a3s 4d 24s 7,1 445, 4d 42s 9.1 41s Od ' THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. BAILEY. OATS. I BEE. 1 BEANS. PEAS. 685 83 39s 91 24s Od 443 44 42s 4d 404 04 QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEER. Wheat, 105,387; Barley, 4,122; Oath, 12.171 ; Rye, 11l ; Beans, 3,583; Peas, 343 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATZ AND LEADENRALL.—Beef, from 38 6d to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s Od ; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Pork, 3s 8d to 43 8d per Sibs, by the car case. Trade steady. _ _ _ SOUTHALL, June 25.—The supplies of fat stock in to day's market were limited, and the trade ruled firm, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 8d to 59 Od ; Mutton, 4s Od to 50 4d ; lamb, 5s Od to Gs Od ; Veal, 4s 01 to 5s Od ; Pork, 4s Od to is 8d ner Blbs, to sink the offal. ROI&FORD, June 25.—Beasts and Bkeep sold briskly, at an advance of 4d per 81bs. Other kinds of stock were quite as dear as last week. Beef, from 3s 8d to 5s 4d ; ➢iut tau, 4s Od to 5s Gd ; Lamb, 5s Od to Gs Od ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Pcrk, 4s Od to 4s 8d per Blbs. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, 31 5s to 5/ 153 • new do., 31 0 to 4t 0; clover hay, 41 lOs to 6/ 12 3; an d Araw, 11 8s to 1/ 13s per load. Trade firm. CIIMBERLAND.—OId meadow hav, 3/ 104 to Cl Os; new do.. 3/ 5s to 4/ 8s ; clover hay, 4/ 108 to 61 lOs ; and straw, 11 8s to 11 14s per load. A moderate demand. WHITECHAPEL.-013 meadow hay, 3/ 8s to 51 15s ; new do., 3/ Os to 4/ 4s ; clover hay, 4/ 103 to 6/ 123 ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 13s per load. A moderate supply and a sluggish demand. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, June 26.—Wind this day at noon, N.W. ; fine clear sultry weather. PORTSMOUTH, June 25.—Wind W.—ATrived—Hy daspes (s.s. tpt. 87), from Black Sea ; Comet, Palermo ; Caroline, Antwerp, for Bombay. Sailed—Cresent, for New Zealand; Germania (s.s.), Bremen. FALMOUTH,J une 25.—Wind N.—Arrived—Facia, from Porto Rico; Carmen, Havana. OFF ST. ALBAN'S HEAD, June 24.—Swedish brig Os car. for Rio Janeiro. CLYDE, June 25.—Arrived—St. Laurence from Mon treal ; Vixen, Marseilles ; Portland, Charente ; Agnes Taylor, Matanzas; Bellona, New York; Pomona, Oporto. Sailed—Kate Kearney, for Singapore. CARDIFF, June 25.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Mary, from Malta ; Superior, Messina ; San Pietro, Genoa. Sailed—Orion, for Marseilles ; Mirage and Eliza Ann, Barcelona. BRISTOL, June 25.—Wind S.W.—Sailed--Lucy, for Newport and St..Thonias. (PER ELEOTMO TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind W.N.W. - - Arrived—Titania, from Pernambuco. Sailed—City of Kandy, for Caldera ; Queen, Callao. QUEENSTOWN, June 24. Wind W. Arrived—Giaour, from St. John's, N.B. ; Annie Morris, Casabianea ; First Fruit, S. John's, N.B. ; Ambrozie, Galatz ; Miloet, Constantinople; Grenfells, Coquimbo ; Carl Auguste, Ibraila. Rossini, who was lately staying at Strasburg, has been ordered by his physician to the spa of Wildgastein. He intends visiting Munich, Dresden, Prague, Vienna, and Berlin. all 100 18$ 98 i LITERATURE. I Lake Nganti ; or, _Explorations and Discoveries during Four Years' Wanderings in South- Western _Africa. By Charles John Anderson. Mr. Anderson, in this volume of travels and ad ventures, presents us with an excellently-written account of comparatively unknown regions and tribes ; treating largely of lion hunts and elephant killing ; of lonely marches and wonderful escapes. The author does not confine himself to his mere personal performances, as most modern sporting book-makers do ; but he descants on the physical features of the country, the religious rites and cus toms of the natives, the historical descent of the various tribes, and the legends and superstitions attached to them. He affords information of an extensive and valuable character relative to the remote parts of Western Africa ; and the tone of sincerity and acute observation developed in the work lead us to imagine that the details may be relied on. There is abundance of the startling matter which constitutes a fashionable Romance of the Rifle ; but the author has wisely remembered that a book of five hundred and fifty pages re quires to be filled with something more than blood and bullets, if it is intended for the steady perusal of the intellectual and refined. A chapter devoted to the ostrich is especially interesting. The natu ral history of the bird is graphically and lucidly given, yielding ample knowledge of the subject, interspersed with amusing recitals and sound quo tations from learned and unquestionable autho rities. Mr. Anderson says— " Anything like a scientific description of the ostrich would here be out of place; but it may be proper to men tion that the lower part of the neck and the body of the mature male bird are of a deep glossy black, intermingled with a few whitish feathers, only visible when the plumage is ruffled. 'ln the female, the general colour of the fea thers is of a greyish, or ashy brown, slightly fringed with white. In both sexes the large plumes of the wings and tail are beautifully white.' "The ostrich, when full grown, stands no less than from seven to eight feet, and instances are recorded where indi vidual birds have attained as much as nine. Its weight is proportionate. Judging from what I have experienced in carrying the dead body, it is not less, perhaps, than two or three hundred pounds. Indeed there are persons who believe that the mature bird, when in prime condition, as a butcher would say, will attain a weight of thirty stone. " The white wing-feather of the ostrich (the black ones are used chiefly for mourning) are a considerable article of commerce. The market, however, is very fluctuating. At the Cape the price varies from one or two guineas sterling to as much as twelve, for the pound, the latter sum, how ever, being only paid for very prime feathers. The thinner the quill, and the longer and more wavy the plume, the more it is prized. Seventy to ninety feathers go to the pound. But although half this number may be obtained from a single bird, only a small portion are of any value. In the pairing season—and it may be at other times—the ostrich, like the turkey-cock, the capercali, and many other birds, is in the habit of drooping its wings, so that the outer feathers trail on the ground, which soon destroys their beauty. The proper time to kill th:ostrich for its plumes, is shortly after the moulting season, or in the months of March and April. " The Damaras and the Bechuanas manufacture hand some parasols from the black feathers of the ostrich, which serve as signs of mourning, or are useful in the preserva tion of the complexion. `lt is a beautiful sight,' says Harris, ' to behold a savage, whoseskin, somewhat coarser than the hide of a rhinoceros, might vie in point of colour with a boot, protecting his complexion by the interposi tion of such au umbrella.' " Lovers of the terrible and wonderful may be gra. tified at such "narrow escapes" as Mr. Anderson here describes in au encounter with a rhinoceros— "ln heading back to my skarm,' I accidentally took a turn in the direction pursued by the black rhinoceros, and by ill luck, as the event proved, at once encountered her. She was still on her legs, but her position, as be fore, was unfavourable. Hoping, however, to make her change it for a better, and thus enable me to destroy her at once, I took up a stone and hurled it at her with all my force; when, snortin g horribly, erecting her tail, keeping her head close to the ground, and raising clouds of oust by her feet, she rushed at me with fearful fury. I had only just time to level my rifle aud fire before she was upon me ; and the next instant, whilst instinctively turning round for the purpose of retreating, she laid me prostrate. The shock was so violent as to send ray rifle, powder-flask, and ball-pouch, as also my cap spin ning iu the air ; the gun, indeed, as afterwards ascertained to a distance of fully ten feet. On the beast charging me, it crossed my mind that unless gored at once by her horn her impetus would be such (after knocking me down, which I took for granted would be the case) as to carry her beyond me, and I might thus beufforded a chance of escape. Su, indeed, it happened ; for having tumbled we over (in doing which her head, and the forepart of her body, owing to the violence of the charge, was half buried in the sand), and trampled on me with great violence, her fore-quarter passed over my body. Struggling for life, I seized my opportunity, and as she was recovering herself for a renewal of the charge, I scrambled out from between her hind legs. _ _ " But the enraged beast had not yet done with me ! Scarcely had I regained my feet before she struck me down a second time, and with her horn ripped up my right thigh (though not very deeply) from near the knee to the hip ; with her fore feet, moreover, she hit me a terrific blow on the left shoulder near the back of the neck. My ribs bent under the enormous weight and pressure, and for a moment, I must, as I believe, have lost consciousness —I have at least very indistinct notions of what after wards took place, All I remember is, that when I raised my head, I heard a furious snorting and plunging amongst the neighbouring bushes. I now arose, though with great difficulty, and made my way, in the best mannei I was able, towards a large tree near at hand, for shelter; but this precaution was needless ; the beast, for the time at least, showed no inclination further to molest me. Either in the melee, or owing to thp confusion caused by her wounds she h .1 lost sight of de, or she felt satisfied with the revenge she had taken. Be that as it may, I escaped with life, though sadly wounded and severely bruised, in which disabled state I had great difficulty in getting back to my skarm.' " During the greater part of the conflict I preserved my presence of mind; but atter the danger was over, and when I had leisure to collect my scattered and confused senses, I was seized with a nervous affection, causing a violent trembling. I have since killed many rhinoceroses, as well for sport as food ; but several weeks elapsed before I could again attack those animals with any coolness." A map of the country is appended, and nume rous engravings illustrate the most astonishing adventures. Altogether, the book is one of the best of its class. William Penn. An Historical Biography. By Hepworth Dixon. New Edition. Chapman and Hall. Already Hepworth Dixon's Life of " William Penn" has taken rank as a classic among the mas terpieces of our historico-biographic literature. As such it may be numbered even now, during its author's lifetime, among the standard memorials of our great English Worthies. As it must be borne in recollection was equally the case with the bio graphy of " Horatio Nelhon," by Robert Southey, and of " Thomas More," by James Mackintosh. Little, therefore, it must be allowed, remains at this moment to be said in reference to any fresh reprint of a production so firmly established in the favour of the more discerning part of our reading population. Nothing indeed for that mat ter—absolutely nothing in the way of supplemen tary criticism upon what is so far out of the range of the daily reviewer that it has attained a recog nised position as an authority, at once, be it said, in the realms of history and in those of biography. Nothing—but for a certain curious Preface, " A New Preface in Reply to the Accusations of Mr. Macaulay !" A very remarkable argument to say the least of it—to say the most of it (and not a bit too much of it), an argument from first to last perfectly triumphant ! In the biogra pher of William Penn, Mr. Macaul a y h as °de cidedly " Caught a Tartar." Never was there such an expose of a great writer's blunders, weak nesses, prejudices, obstinacy, i ns i ncer i ty , an d pre cipitation. Had the author of " Satan" lived to read it, he would. have felt himself avenged. The veteran Quarterly Reviewer, who was once upon a time Secretary to the Admiralty, and who—rather more memorably than in that capacity, as far as the general public were concerned as spectators— was once upon a time scarified in the great blue and-buff contemporary, must have chuckled re cently in his arm chair over these thirty four pages of scornful and withering comment : solaced as he read and chuckled !—for any twinge that may have been provoked years ago by the perusal of Mr. Macaulay's re view of Mr. Croker's edition of Mr. Boswell's life of Johnson, the Lexicographer ! Yes ! infalli • bly this same " Preface" must have been very plea sant reading, indeed, to the Right Hon. Nicholas Rigby, as it would assuredly have been "nuts to the late Rev. Robert Montgomery. And legiti mately thus in either instance—Mr. Macaulay hav ing at last discovered a Quid pro Quo, a Roland for his Oliver, the critic being criticised, the reviewer reviewed ! Mr. Dixon deliberately and unsparingly trots his formidable victim out, caparisoned in ail the pomp and glitter of the resplendent panoply of his rhetoric—and shows his paces ! H e under stands obviously all the mysteries of manege, and the result is altogether a very uncommon exhibition in the literary amphitheatre. What enhances our sense of Mr. Dixon's perfect mastery of his subject is the consciousness, of course, that he is firmly mounted all the while upon a favourite hobbyhorse —one very noble and exalted in its proportions. William Penn's Biography it is—from the height of which our author-critic-satirist (" three gentle man in one" like our old friends Cerberus and Captain Absolute) hurls down upon the prancing Pegasus of the great Whig annalist those brick bats of argument, hard, and stubborn, and substantial Facts ! Mr. Macaulay s well-known charges against Penn are taken verbatim, et literatim, et seriatim , ! There are eight of them in number, eight horrible charges in the black list including among the crimes, and vices, and immoralities attributed to William Penn, those of--extortion, lying, seduction, intimidation, simony and treason ! Penn's latest and greatest biographer, the biographer indeed of William Penn from this time forth, Mr. Hepworth Dixon, reso lutely takes these eight terrible accusations, one by one, and refutes them utterly and com pletely beyond the possibility of any future revival of them either in Macaulay's "Histor of England," or anywhere else in the whole range of historic or biographic literature: He takes, first of all, because ho considers it to be the most serious of these accusations, the charge (I.) directed against Penn by Mr. Macaulay, to the effect that he (Penn) extorted money from the Taunton girls for the benefit of the maids of honour ! Proving that the Peun really implicated in this transaction was not William Penn the Quaker, but George Penne, a pardon-broker and a gamester—a man in those clays as infamous as he was notorious. Secondly, Mr. Dixon takes Mr. Macaulay's next charge (II.) against the hero of his book, to the effect that be (Penn) tried to seduce Kiffin into courtly ways ! Proving that so far from Penn being employed in the work of seduction (as Mr. Mac aulay intimates) Kiffin (who, of course, is the chief authority in the matter) states exactly the reverse —Penn (as Mr. Dixon puts it) not going to Kiffin, but Kiffin to Penn. Thirdly, our author takes Mr. Macaulay's next charge (III.) against the great Quaker, that to the effect that he (Penn) tried to gain the Prince of Orange's assent to the Declara tion of Indulgence ! Proving by the incontrovert ible evidence of dates, that Penn did not go to the Hague, that he could not go to the Hague to persuade William to support the Decla ration of Indulgence. Fourthly,. Mr. Dixon takes the next charge (IV.) brought against Penn by Mr. Macaulay, to the effect that IT (Penn) was employed to terrify, caress, or bribe the Fellows of Magdalene ! Proving, in direct opposition to this, that Penn's influence was positively "in favour of," instead of "against" the Fellows of Magdalene. Fifthly, Mr. Dixon takes Mr. Macaulay's next charge (V.) against Penn —namely, that he (Penn) accused himsel before the council with a falsehood ! Proving that no falsehood at all passed from the lips of Penn be fore the council, either expressed or implied. Sixthly, our author takes Mr. Macaulay's next ac cusation (VI.) against the Quaker, the charge that he (Penn) told Lord Sidney something very like a lie, and confirmed it with something very like an oath ! Proving the direct nega tive of this by means of Lord Sidney's letter to King William—a letter, be it observed, which is actually Mr. Macaulay's sole authority for his most flagitious statements. Seventhly, ho takes the annalist's next charge (VII.) against the unfortunate object of . all these shame less misrepresentations, to wit the one asserting that ho (Penn) sent a message to James exhorting him to return with 30,000 men ! Proving that the solitary foundation for the charge anywhere adducable by the historian is one he is absolutely ashamed to adduce, namely, an obscure spy, worthy of no credence whatever, one William son. Eighthly, Mr. Dixon takes the crowning ac cusation upon the black list, (VIII.), that in which Penn is charged by Mr. Macaulay with doing his best to bring a foreign army into England ! Proving that Mr. Macaulay's one witness, Avaux, the only authority mentioned by him in support of this monstrous accusation, never says anything at all of the kind, never even suggests any idea of an endeavour so unpatriotic as this, imputing to Penn, the man of Peace, the design of abandoning his native land to internecine war for the advantage of a cause in which he had no p o liti ca l i n t eres t what ever, the then fallen and desperate cause of the Jacobites. Q.E.D., in short, may henceforth be stereotyped at the close of each of these eight masterly and triumphant refutations. Erlesinere ; or, Contrasts of Character. By L. S. LaVenn. 2 vols. Smith and Elder. This story is of a striking and original, but un satisfactory character. It is evidently the work of a writer of no ordinary ability, and one of deep thoughts on the elements and tendencies of human nature, and sensible that no sophisms of mere speculative morality can ever produce beneficial results. Nevertheless, setting aside the tragic tone of the story, the reader lays it dow n w ith a sense of dissatisfaction and disappointment. The writer, in painting vividly the mistakes and failures of the philosophers of the tale, the selfish sentimentalism of the disciple of Rosseau, and the superficial self-control of the would-be stoic, has neglected to show us with equal brilliancy a more satisfactory existence. The individual who, after years of self-deception and want of purpose, at length devotes himself to the good of others, and endeavours to pursue a life of active virtue, in stead of dreamy despair, at once disappears from the scene, to make room for the final catas trophes of his misanthropical and melancholy companions. Even the friend who arouses his dormant energies appears but little on th e scene . The author, wile condemning in practice the ten dencies of the mystics, inclines considerably towards them in theory. A little of the German school mingles in the metaphysics and disguises ideas in paradoxes. Some of the theories are in correct and dangerous ; one of these is the asser tion that the feelings alone should direct us—that the heart should govern the intellect, not be rul e d by it. Thus th instructor before referred to, while rousing his friend to the most worthy aspira tions, tells him in some great moral trial to take what is beautiful as his guide, forgetting how often error may dazzle for a time, if we have no surer test than the sense of beauty. The plot is simple, though novel. Two twin sons, Herbert and Cecil, are left to the care of their father and a distant relation named Stephen Harley. Their father, who is an admirer of the French school of philosophy of the eighteenth century, dies while they are yet children, leaving themto the guardian ship of Sir Harry Effingham and Stephen Harley. Sir Hairy is a retired officer in the army, with a strict idea of discipline and very decided prejudices. The other guardian, Stephen Harley, is totally different. Still young he is a cynic and a vision ary. Without any clearly-defined principles he regards mankind with contempt, and endeavours to be totally isolated from all sympathy with his fellow-creatures. He makes au exception in the case of Herbert Erle, who, though the heir, has always been secondary to his brother from his deli cate health and sensitive nature. He looks up to Mr. Harley with enthusiastic admiration, but it is in vain that he tries to make him share his stoical in difference toall around him. Herbert grows up bit terlysensible of his brother's superiority, and hope lessly devoted to Mildred Effingham, the heroine of the story. Cecil, the younger brother, becomes a selfish and ambitious politician, seeking every means of advancement, and looking on his brother with undisguised contempt. Mildred Effingham, the child of a strict and severe father, whose great rule is unquestioning obedience, and a worldly mother, whose nature is totally antagonistic to her own, is possessed of great powers of mind, and strong and passionate feelings. But her talents are undeveloped, and her passions undisciplined. She meets Stephen Harley, and a fervent attach ment follows between the coldand sceptical dreamer, and the young and vehement enthusiast. Herbert, meanwhile, has become convinced, though wrongly, that his brother is attached to Mildred, and retires from the field. Stephen Harley becomes indig nant, however, at some opposition and delay ; his pride takes offence, and writing a cold farewell to Mildred he goes abroad. He does not re turn for five years, when he meets Mildred as the wife of Cecil Erle. Though the object of devotion to Herbert's unselfish heart and Stephen's lofty intellect, she has chosen the worldly schemer, the superficial and selfish Cecil. But her eccentricity and absence of mind are often noticed. She has never recovered the mental shock of Harley's desertion, and the excitement of again meeting her early lover, and his explanations of the past and renewal of affection, together, with the ruin and disgrace of her husband, complete the catastrophe. She is preparing to elope with Stephen, when she meets her husband at the door, carried in mortally wounded in a duel. Ske ends her days a hopeless lunatic. Stephen Harley dis appears for some time, when he re-appears as a R, man Catholic missionary, having devoted him .self to a life of penance and remorse. Herbert Erle remains at Erlesmere, and endeavours, in benefitting others, to forget his own misfortunes. Such is the tale, which is told with effect, and the characters are vividly drawn. The speculations and theories of the writer will not be attractive to the general reader, though they will interest the thoughtful and mystical. A more vivid reality is wanted in the writer's dreams—a sense of the true and noble aims of life, to be pursued `with th same energy through suffering and disappointmen t as through prosperity and success. The lofty spirit of the " Psalm of Life" is wanting. The dreams become nightmares, but leave no lasting impres sion ; the theories ris e into problems, but furnish no solution : at least, however, the work proves a negative truth, the insufficieney and ill-success of sentimental stoicism ; and the reader is fully con vinced by the intricacy and indirectness of the metaphysical labyrinth of the superiority of the plain highroad of self-control and high principle. INQUIRY INTO THE GRESHAM CHARlTlES.—Yester day Mr. F. 0. Martin, one of the inspectors appointed by the Charity Commissioners of England and Wales opened enquiry at the hail of the Mercers' Com pany relative to the administration of the charities 'be queathed by Sir Thorns.? 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