The Sun. — London, England, 1856-05-31 00:00:00

Ar, 4r" 17' 77. p TT COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. In . the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday there was an 'mproved demand, and the prices closed more firmly. The sales amounted to 8,000 bale s , including 2,000 on speculation and for ex port. The latest advices from the Marseilles grain mar ket report a steady state of business, with a slight recovery in wheat. Galatz wheat is 44f. per hec tolitre, Roumelia ditto 33f. 50c., Salonica do. 40f. to 401. 50c., and white Spanish 45f. Rye was not 80 much in request, and prices were not so firm. Oats were sought for at 24f. for Marans, and 22f. for Brittany ; and barley was in demand at im proved rates. Advices from Galatz continue to report a dull state in the grain market, and con siderable difficulty in effecting sales, unless at a reduction, so as to induce shippers to buy while the freights are low. Accounts from St. Petersburg to the 2d inst. state that the grain market continued active, and there was an advance in prices. Wheat of the best qualities was in demand at; 30 roubles 50 kopecks to 32r. per tschetwert ; rye 22r. 75k., and linseed was sought after, and sold for 29r. 75k. assig. The demand for tallow has not diminished, and fine qualities for Candles to be delivered immediately have been sold at 134 silver roubles per berkowitz, and contracts for August have been concluded at 13 3 roubles. The price of tallow is thus advancing, and speculators for the fall have not succeeded. They, however, continue their efforts to lower the rates of hemp, but the Russian holders of stock Maintain the former rates with firmness. _ _ The Bank of England Return to the 24th ult. is quite as favourable as was anticipated, and the stock of bullion has at length exceeded ten millions. The change in this department, and the large in crease of notes, and the probability of a further improvement on both items next week, explains Why the Board of Directors, at their meeting on Thursday last, deemed it expedient to reduce their minimum. The other changes in the accounts are also of au encouraging character. Active Circulation Decrease Bullion Increase Rest £19,331,915 205,025 10,558,804 756,939 3,254,763 7,800 3,535,203 Increase Publie Deposits ..- Increase Other Deposits Decrease Seven-Day and other Bills Decrease ..... - 543,247 11,472,481 878,614 742,904 44,233 Government Securities No alteration. Other Securities Decrease Notes unemployed Increase Notice has been given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the Exchequer Bills dated June and August, 1855, are to be sent in on or before the 9th June, and new bills will be issued bearing th e same rate of interest, viz., 2i per diem, or 31 . 16s. Old. per annum. This announcement With regard to the payment or renewal of the bills has not had much effect upon the markets for those securities. The official return of the exports of bullion from the Port of London for the -week ending Thursday ast is as follows : Gold Coin , Bars Silver Coin Hamburg ... 2001. 1, /I „ Bars Hamburg ... 1,000 Ozs. Hurbury —. 73,200 Ozs. The English Stock Market has been further de pressed to-day, but the weakness now apparent is chiefly caused by the closing of speculative accounts by weak operations. Consols, for money, have been largely dealt in at 9411 and Nil. The prices for the 4th inst. are 94-a 1, and for July 95 to i t . The New Scrip is 13 to 2 premium. The New Threes have ranged from 94f and 93k, and the Reduced from 93i to 93k. The adver tised Exchequer Bills have been dealt in at 2s. discount to ls. premium. Foreign Stocks are also flatter. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been 99k, and the 4 per Cents. 103±. Spanish Bonds are firm, the 3 per Cents. being 47, the New Deferred 251, the Passive and the Certificates 61. Russian 4 per Cants. are marked 9 6i, and Mexican 22 to 23, being per cant. lower. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 71 ; Mexi can, 23.1 ; Peruvian, 77 79 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 51 56 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 50 52 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 105 107 ; Ditto 4 per Cants., 95 97 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 461 7± ; Ditto Deferred, 2 511 ; ; Ditto Certificates, 6.1 ; Ditto Passive, 7 The Railway Share Market is flatter, and some cf the quotations are 10s. lower. The Foreign are dull. Banking and Miscellaneous Shares are inactive. Victoria Government 6 per Cants. improved 103. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONG O'CLOCK. ( From the Orseiesi List.) Engine. , done. 3 per Cent. Redaced Annuities 93 i i 4 B per Cent. Consols Annxitieg 9ln ii 6 New 3 per Cont. Annuities . 94 i 4 3i Long Annuities, expire an Jan 1860......3 346 e0.1.,.-oR ..rir Account Consol Scrip 2 li p Exchoquvr wile, 21(t. March. June £10:10. •• •• 3 p ''lo — n .sth. Pm rill . . Ditto Advertised 2 a 1 p Ditto Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cent 99 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK' Gkenada New Active, 2i per Cent. . Ditto Deferred 7i Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Portucuese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto Small — Ditto ex all over due Coupons ......... Russian Bonds, 1822, E. St., 5 per Cent — Ditto 41 per Cent. Strdinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ... Ditto Account Spaniel Isolois, 3 per Cent 47 Ditto Yew Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Passive tips.nish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 6} p c Turltiat Bonds, 6 per cent 99A Ditto Account ... Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cunt. Ditto Account ..................• ...... .. Dividends on the above .sveite in London. Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Cent 561 TWO O'CLOCK. Console for Money 9.li i Ditto Account (July) 95 i CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day). OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) The only cases left in this court were those of John .41twahain and TVillian Atwell, who were charged with passing forged cheques, by means of persons who ad vertised for situations. The prisoners were tried sepa rately, and the cases were proceeding when we went to press. THIRD COURT. (Before W. Prendergast, Esq.► Q.C.) Henry Char well, William Martin, Charles Peshell, John Tillett, and John Sales, were indicted for stealing a quantity of plate, valued at about 5001., the property of Richard Trott Fisher. Mr. Gifford prosecuted, and Mr. M'Enteer, Mr. Par7y, and Mr. Cooper defended. This case also was likely to last the entire day, as the prosecution had not closed when this edition tl went to press. Charmll had been butler to the pro secutor, and had feigned a story of the place having been broken into, and the other prisoners had been seen at the prosecutor's house upon the night of the robbery. This was the last case of the session. FIRE AND Loss OF Two LIVES.—On Thunday night a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Mitchiner, vene tian blind and packing case manufacturer, St. Ann's court, D; an street, Soho. Mr. Mitchiner, his son and danehter, occupied the first floor, and several other families tenanted a portion of the building. The back attic, where the fire originated, was rented by a person named Dobbinson, and Mr. Bowler, his wife and three children, resided in the room adjoining. The fire was speedily got under, but we regret to say that that two children, Eliza and George Bowler, were found burnt to death in one of the rooms. The origin of the fire is unknown. r 7Vr T. of give par hive colliery The saeri• less than 12 to eternity cl pit, Cwm ines w orked ). of Capper ,use of the f that mine, The part Of :e had been ;he proprie; Ling two of m prove the isible of the proper mea mple aupyl uard against given infor e immediate conjectur e ; hence of the naked light: place the re in the mine , ch prevailed, ;he explosion Such rela• hastened to vent to the 3 noise of the bove ground , ,n the extol very violent the manag er of the work'' Een for bring' it any me °5 to lessen tte at once de' ;ell, and both mouth of t h , e ppliances as n; iy sufferer , ° le men bell )in were de le or no hop es our fellow MA is body, which tion. Two or )ut the inli e ; only marks , arches, not of lath. The four 3r rallied, b ut A f the decea sed aill, aged 50 ; ;an, aged 26; was ' aged 2 7 ;ed 21 • Joh n ., d 19 • I ged 45. ' Mani_ ye left wid ows ad. Since the several scien' een found tbat 'he sides of the ;gen, cocors,ed 3 had been a Ul e osed, has Ca st d t occurred, an re occurrence. CD TO 01° lay 15, 18 56 ' the Conosn de , r t thing an elttr 3 :', tte for of this army : u0 mrtunity as tz. [der your eevi a r enduranC J 313 . ; entertained t° nment, and to .my first cln" nseitude of or Shor til Gunter. übtful as to t. b , in contact Wit° f rrible attack. °I6 2areer of mall 4 anion, the elf•ra ;ourage per/ I ' e , iphedl in eng 3 g .it , enem y's side sat incredib Wh ic ' course of it , tions from stra.,, its numbers ,1?,.Y, impaired its di: o gallant conorit',l.o id to mourn w ci England, 'l n ., a eer as soldie't nom their dtibl ile, stations o f t he). ch the army P re a ' been prolonge t ; nd its fitness all. These O f f, thus afforded '''' °ll country, the ie r the army linu, o ersal that it 13 0 ' 0 haracter an er mu may be 1: „1 , e it will be )f its Sovereie a tb imiration bY r ,re that the e hed to the art; : !' , the fullest erect' j Dmtnissariat, an to bring the ar' PANMURS• ief of the Staff' *CE. V P RO MOTION el or Edward Ber k 0 3 8 secretall t° r e' r. BerringtTot F. W. Bog" j, n this doc lanr 4,oo he Board 01. ' 4 '0 of her 21 ,1 i ° '' r of ointed r e cei!e t be id district, in e j, R• N r esign a 13 been aP„,P e ,",,,,00 1 ion ; Mr. the Coast '"„ r o' eery has beerldrep; titers, i 0 Ln r ,' d r ;ed 11.0.ra thir bs; ; vic r. A fi e , ALI to third "p 4 rt M. Gree% 0$ is of se arche" fro . n Aron tote d r Thomas ~,1 %-" ° ; 3 01 ' clerk at P r ,ter, Genera 1 U e g;ho J ew . J sd by tl " o ry 1 - j— ommia stone d a le' 1 diet r ict 0 - v eil las. lla w hay lot ent ma, gistra':ijoil Mr. M r. Gilu bee o ,videos has for mt ma; Tistretee o Mr. J . G. A ber -114 r. C hristoPp, judge of t i l e e o Forbes has h ero . for th e son" )point od G ° ' , e fk, rovinc 8 ; 1V1. " (3 0 . ° lament; agen t !le e )ii 'Seri tO owing: reO ry War Abel ry last pr° Re i - th Tulati on °' 0 0' The last ce t bee .e yea r late, t l be ate r eat in teresk i ,„ e ris lation of - 4- Taff nothe r C °11 ; 0 5 ; ems( )(1 11(3° q; L ie Li be Pr °c :er° th, e 1 011 % 0 in Ai geri 3 - the for ligi°s n of ce rtai tive s ' ans a nd Id cc inlio` 6B : an d a th e , tow° o ce :lens us in eg• nnu the conl l , g ol tlvipt it s "'„, - be be e2:pen" i a ce 4 :t - P suchlE conk titatew crest ?astx.ve, I r eq j t h e annexe 14 ce -vAILO O w e ca,rrYi n e) o i 4 Ce liSt. a i l l N elaploY e ts ill the :Auden Cii, ambors o f r of the cOrge ware , . 0 ,9 a `„ e rtll ilk at the ge"„hie D.ve consider' 00 ° SRAR,E MARKETS. 3. 8 12. i, A Y..) RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday 26 -- 27 4/ -- 5 ... ~ .. 8i 9 17 - 18 15 - 16 12 - 13 88 - 90 61$ -61 i 15g:1; j:64 ••• ".. ••• .. - ...d 16,1 - 17 10, 10i 32 - 34 22 - 24 79 - 80 60 - 62 31 - 32 88 - 92 7i - 8i 95 - 96 78 - 80 129 - 131 106 - 108 61;.- 61 59 ', 61 70 - 75 6 - 6 - 7 1 : 7 931 .... 93,1 61 103 104 102 k 102 par -- p par -- p 98 2 99 ... .".. *Of i6i - A‘ ,l 79} -79 i, 49 - 51 13 - 15 55 - 57 - St.' 353 353 82 - 4i 44 2gdl 174 186 59 60 88 CO - 5i 6i - 7 161 - 11 27 - 28 _O3 105 76 78 46 48 14 - 15 72i 73 71A 72 4 2 A( si 36 -- 37 19 - 20 4i - 5 6 1 ii 6 --- 3 - 5 - - ••• ..4 - 8 Lr. !Paid It. lA} 0 all 411 a 1 29!, a►ll 2 19 !6 all it 100 it. EGO .0 61q. ;) all i 0 an 0 all 0 18 0 all .0 8 .0 1i >0 45 it. 100 !0 Xll t.. 1 ler ;5 I 10 ii. 100 3t. 100 10 all 3t. 100 10 9 all 10 all it. 100 .0 all it. 100 it. 100 it 1 00 it. 1)0 it. 100 it. 100 .2 I all ;0 all 1.41' 8 I . 100 it an t. 100 o 16 0 5 i L 2 2i 3t 1 100 all [0 all 8 all /5 911 3t. 100 2.4 82s 0 1 k. 100 It. 100 ;;:. I all 50 33 it. 100 t. 100 t. 100 8 all 8 all it. too ,t 5 ?.5 15 ~!,11 3t. 100 it. 100 LO 3> L. LO all LO 1. A. PO 30 11 RAIL WA Ye. ykinbg. Nottng. Bost. kna. Junct X3,,1: Est & 1i5.11y1nt,,.4 fitrming. Wi,lverb tour Valley e Cheshire Junet Do. Chesl.l. & Birk. £3O and £25 Cons Do., £2O Ftlyth &Tyna origins' £25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carrel. and Cardigan Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon... Cork, Biack, & Corny/nil Do. A Do. B CrieT Junction Dabl.in&BelfastJ tine Dun. P. & Aber. Jac , East Auglian Eastern Counties East. Union, A Stt De., B. Stoe- Do., Now A East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgo , Edinb. and Peebles Edin.Prth & Dunde , Forth & Clyde Juni. Furness. Do. Extension Glasgow & a. Weston, Great N. of Scotlnd Great Northern Do., A. 5t0ck......„ Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &Weet.(lre ) Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorksb. Do., Wet. Rifting Ur. Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blaokwall Loud. Bright & S. est. Loud. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths D0.10L5h.,M&11...0 Do. Eighths,. London andS. Westn. Do., £5O . Do., £4O. Lndndrry& Col erain, Lndndrry.&Ennisk lanch.Shcf.&Linch , Do., Man. & Lin. Un, Metropolitan Midland Do. Birran g. & Derh,) Midld. G. West. lre Du. Half Shares Newcastle & Nwpt. Aberg. &lirfd `dowry Nowry War:eupoiru and Rostrovor Norfnlk lorthu.Countiesl 7 n North 8riti5h.......-. Nth Devon Rail. & Dock Stock ....... Do., A Stock B Stock . Do., B Guaraute , N.Bastern—Berwie!; Do. do. Extension Do.do.G.N.E.'eurch Do. Leeds Do. York North London . &S V,' str - stead , and City Jo,. North Staffordshir , ,,, North Western.,,, N. & S. West rn. June , Nnnoaton, Hinckley, and Leicester.. Ox., Wore., & Wolv. Portsmouth Scottish Central.... Scottish Mid Land Shropshire South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Rig. Dur 110 ................. Stair.eB, Wok. &Wok Stockton & Darli - itolkton & Ifartlepl Tag Vale .. . Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Hay. D.& R Ulverstone & Lanes Vale of Neat Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limeriel West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palsies Do. A ......,.. 3 Do. B all I West London. all ,Wimbledn &Croydon FOREIGN. Business done this day. %1.1 intworpczlt,,tt reonal 40 Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. l in Sh. at par till '64 10 Ardennes ........... all Belgian lqlaitn. June. 14 Beriers to Graisaessa 4 IktrOda , an Central India,Scril 81 - 83 51 - °if 2 2 4' 4 -5,} F _. . I all Do. .................. all Demerara ....... 11 Dutch Rhenish ....... all Eastern of France ... 19 Do. New ............... all gad Indian, g. 5 p.c 15 Do. Extension.. all D 0.4 p.c.Buds.,' 37 a'l Do. do. do., '59, do.. 16 Gee'ong h Melbourne guar. 5 per ef nt. all Do., Lon. allot., do. 22 Gd Tk. of CanadaA is ail Do. ..................... 90 Do. Cert. of Debon.. con. into Stk. till '6S all Do. Comp. 6p. e., do 14 Gt. Central of Fra.ncu all (It. Indian Penincui 14 Groat Luxembourg Constituted Share, all Do. Obligationg„. .• 11 Do. re-is. forf id Sh. all Ilit•Westernof Cane a ..• ••• 394 - 391 ••• •••" 23/ -24 i 231 -2. ti 22A - 23 10 oel i 5- - 1G 73 - 77 8; - 1 ; 8 - 8A; 22/ - 22/ 51 - 6 2 3i 3ii Shares ........ 201 51 Do. Now .......... .. .00 all Do. Eds., payable'o7, with option till '55.. ) all Do. do., P. ) all Do. do., 'VI, P. ) all Dc,. do., 9 73, withoni option.. ........... iP all quilllton St Toront2, D all Do. 6 per cent. ...... 0 17 Lake enlist. 2z Bast' 0 all Liorre and Turnhout 5 !Ili Lucca k- Pist. sp.c. p 0 16 Lyons and Ouieva 0 14 Lyons & Nfditerr ,, p. '0 all rArto , , guar. 4 4 p c 10 1.0 Do. New c, 0., sp. c 0 10 Po. 4i p. c. Exton all Slaria Antonia Do. do. New ...... Namur & Liege (wit.; interest) Do. (ox interest) . STorthorn of France Do.2ol.She Do. 201. 3 p. a Bap (fmy.B. ut Arne. Shit Norwegi2mTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans.... Rome and Frascati.. }loyal Danish Royal Swedish Do. Obligations Sambre and Alonso... Do. 54 p. cent. Frof. Scinde, guar. 5 p. c. 99 - 101 i2B - 132 109 i - 11 ... - • •M ''.... •• 12i - 13 20 - 20 2 - 2. 0 all :0 41/ - 6f- 7 61 - 46 20 all tr, an 20 all • •• -- 10 all 20 all 40 all 10 all 10 5 ali 8 - 9 601 - 61; 57 - 19i - 20 all 4 all 20 all to all 20 5 20 All 20 all 20 16 12 - 9i - 3 - D 0... Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 64 per c. Pref W. & N. W. of Franc( West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand ..• 41 - 4i 8 el 10 all 20 18 20 all 6 all 20 all 37i - JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 11 Australvoa. - 99 97 25 5 Bank of Egypt 100 50 Bank of London 67 -- vo 40 all Bri. Col. Bk.&-Ln •C. ... 50 all Britisth N. American 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia • l * p 20 6 Chrtd. Enk. of India, Australia, & China ..6 100 50 City 66 68 1.00 25 Colonial... 100 20 Commercial of Loud. 20 all Eng.Soot..tkus.Cht. 16b 20 all Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia lBi 19 20 5 Ditto New 2 1 d 50 20 Lmadon andConnty; 334 3 100 1 15 ".:000 London L L E l o o c n l u d d . & . o n B a . r P . k t - d3l 100 35 'National Proof Eng 20 10 Do. New ........... • 50 22 1 National of IrclAnd.. 20 !LIT Now South Walez.... 42k 431, 25 all Oriental -Bank )1' xd C0rp0rati0n.......... 40 42 20 10 Ottoman Bank ...... 1 2 lip 11 100 s'l Royal 8riti5h......... 65,3 ••• 25 all loath .A.nutralia ...... ..• 3Si k 9 25 sly Union of Austrglia... 72 - 74 71 " Do. New 8 10 50 10 1 - nion lolnclon • • 100 3 . Weston) Bk of Loud • 5 ;:`•-•!, 4 d I;. 100 It. 1 100 15 15 all le4 ft. 190 ft. 100 15 22 3 all 0 all in all ;0 all LO all 20 5 20 18 89 61i 15/ 16 17 10i 1 32 i li 95i 5 107 601 1 9 3 11 It i 3 103 i 4 31 102 a 30 291 79h 9 I 361 6 82i 3 16g IVI 18 173 S(J 4 23 2i 211 2 22} xn 2Si 6 I 8 6i 191 19 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 31,1856. o ' 1 n t 40,14' Tt , =,eaetP, Cv..vta , ';*,lf-• this j,5-L71.6 , 5.TJ6 J'. ~. ,~... ~:1 SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. Iledfora ar.d London &' N. Wo%t. L. &N. W. Calodon E. Un. & E. C qt. Nrtnn E. Count Caldonizn 96 - 100 94 - 11 - 13 134 - 137 4 ... 4i ••• ..... Do at. West Now. Ber a. Y. &NIL 105 v 167 Do Do S. Eastern Do ..• -- •• 12i --13• 117 IPeto & Co. Norfolk Do L.& N. W. & Midid., IStekton Darlingt. Blidland.. 21 - 2i 93 - 95 En. Conn. E. Count Do Do P 56 1 — o 8 ... "". ... all all all 11;0 l8)1 45 - 47 Do ii 4 -: iii Gt Northn Lancash& Yorksh. T. Brassey M.llClean gtockt. Darlingt Do GtWestn •.• - ••• 74 - 8 31 - *ll 32 - 33 PREFERENCE SHARES. 19t, - 1 100 Aberdeen I 115 118 St. 100 Do. N 0.2, 7p. a I 115 117 St. 100 Do. Debentures B4 90 26 all BlythandTyno 10 poi c. pref. (ised..2.t 50/ St. 100 iris. & Ex. 4p.c. St 94 —96 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shane •.. St. 100 Caledonian £lO 99 101 15 all rlhes. &Ho. Gu. 51 pc 16 —l7 98 all Do. do. Prof. No. 2. ... 2t all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 ... 61 all Cork &Bandonslp.e — 6} all Dun.Prth .&Aber.J 54 61 10 2 E. Anglian CIR. ASh — St. 100 Do. do. Cis. B6p. c lO7 112 St. 100 Do. do Cls. C7p. c 97 102 6;1 all las•Co.Ex,SpeNo. 3 4 P Pm 0 all Do. No. 2 1 $ Pm 10 all Do. New 6p. c. St. 124 —l3 20 all East Un., G. 6p. c. 5 all Do. Si. , 10 per cent. ... 10 all Do. 161. Dobentr.Sh. Bt. all Do. do. 4 por -- St. 100 East Laneash.6p.ets 134 137 5 all F..lrW. York. J. 501 10 1 Edin. & 01. 5 p.c. sh. •• • St. IGO Hl 1. PAIL &Dun.4p.e. 70 72 20 all Furness -••— ••• St. 1(111 Tao. & 0.5 p.c St. 1 1.00 Croat Nurthu. sp. c 1118 119 118 St. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. 109 111 1104 St. 100 Do. 46 p. e lO3 105 121 76 Do. p.c. Scrip, Red at 5 p. c. - , 10 all Gt.N. of Scot. lstPre 91 10/ St. 100 Ct. S. 4W. (Ireland) ... 20 11 Do. 4por a. Pr-f, • 50 6 lt.W.(B. , !af.l:x3pc 6 61 St. 1100 00. con. red. 16 p.c. 95 —• 97 96 St. 400 D 9. con. rod. 4p. c. 88 90 alt. 100 Do. irred. 4p. c. 89 —9l 901 St. 100 Do. sp. c. red. pref 98 • 100 10 all Do. do. do. '• •• ••• 8 all Do. Biro'. Prei.'Sh lO —'lol 10 all Do. Chester Sp. e.P.5t 164 17 10 all Do. do. sp.c. do lO •••• 106 St 100 Do.l3inu. Gua. Stk 74 —76 7o 231 all Do. Ches. Cue. Sh l9/ 201 1311 all Do. do. do — 10,k 20 al' Do. do. do l4l 15/ 16 6 Lan. & York. F. .Ef.tr t d 100 Do. 6p. c. Stc,ck El% 1.00 Lon. &Brigh. G. 5 p.c. ... St. 1.00 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. - 1100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. 13 7 139 St. 'lOO Do. do. 5 por cent St. 100 bon. &N. W., Coy. 6 Nuneaton sp. et_ ••. - St 1.00 on.& S.W. 7 per et 153 160 157 all Andy. &Color. 6Sh 121 ad Londy. & Ennis. 6 SI, St. 10 L„,New,lo/ • •.. 6 fit Do. a 4 ., 121 all 4arypt & Carl. 4 p /21 all Do. 41 per cent — 121 101 Do St. 100 Nii.l.Consol.6 p.c St ..• St. 100 Do. Con.Br•Bir. 6pc 116 138 138 St. 100 'Do. ref. c. .Pref. S 97 99 16+ all Do. P 1 p con 5 all Do. Si. Prof. 4p. c. St. 100 !Ditto L. & 11.1'ref. Si 88 90 &e., pr. 10 "" !o p. c. rod. 5 p.c. ••• ••• 10 all : Norfolk Debenture ... 84 St. 100 Do. Prof. 5 p.c. St. cl, St. 100 IDo. 5 p.o. Eat ••• ••• St. 100 Inc. 51 por ct. prof._ t. 100 ;Do • Way. Val. 5 p.c. •• • St. 100 INorthßritish lOl —lO3 103 26 St. 100 N. B. Berw, 4 p.o.P 92 —94 931 24 17 7 Do. do. do ll ld d 20 13 Do Leeds C. p.c 1.21 9 De. do. Quarters . 25 10 I Do.VorkII,& ?or 4 id 20 all iNorth Staffordshire. St. 100 1nx,W0., , ,:W.15/6pe 99 100 100 10 91 Do R. Pref. 101. Sh. 8i all Scot. Cent. ,New Pra 25 all South Devon l4l 15 10 14 Do. fixed, 41 per cane 1.0. f all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of .£1 Os. 6d. 231 234 St. 100 Do. 46 per cent lOO 102 St. 100 ,Do. Fixed 41 p c all lO 10/ St. 100 IS. Wales Oita. 4p. c — 20 all I Do. do. 41 p. c 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.e.Guar. 25 all Stoiek.& Dar., sp. c. —. • • 25 15 ,Do. do. do. 11 —21 p 121 all IStock. & g. E P.C. till July 1, '56 ... . 5 46 ;Watertd.& MIMI) c 24 214 21 MINES. 1 i 1 all llgua Fria .... ....... ... - •.. 1 all kriglo Austria. Gold ... .. . 10a all : Angio Californian I I 1 1 20 7 knetralian 1 11, I E 1. all A. as tralian Cordillera ... ... 1 all .:*t.vo Maria 1 1 all Paden (Gd. Duchy of ... ... • 50 all Ilk:mar. Iron & Goa' ... ... 20 14 British Iron 4 6 1 35 26 Brazilianlmp.(issued 1 at 1;5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocaos tr Cuialr. 28 3 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 25 27 26 1 i Clar3ndon Cons. Min Co. of Jargaica g l.. i i , 40 1 all Oobre Copper 63 65 5 1 1 Colonial. (;old • ... St. l all Copper Min. of Eng 30 35 25 ' all Do. Prof. 7} p. cam; 258 271 ... ie Copiapo l6 18 2 .1: . , Fortuno. A Id 2'o all (kne.zal l4 16 1 all Gt.NnkrgetV:3lnltog I a 41 ail , - 4,r,a.t. 1'olao.,I1) .... A _... 5 . all St Villeal Vor United 1 . „ id 1 all Liberty h - I 3 all Linaree .". ....... 5 11 Lusitanian i 4 ! J. all llariquitr. a 1 1 all N ow Granada i 1 all No, Monde 3 /4 i 20 ail Poutgi.Sil. zkz Le. Min ll 12 5 I Port Philip 1 1 all Quartz Ronk 50 all RI lyinnoy Iron 2:?. 94 15 I all Do. New 6 8 30 13/ Santiago do Cnba 3B 4 .. 66. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 21 33 1 a ll ionth Australian 1 all Do. Scrip - i 1 Do. 10 per cent Pref ... ... ... 4a i Tam. S. SLL.Min. Co. 2 28 10 9 fin Croft 283 all , United Mexican ..... . 34 4 1 all Wailer — i i 1 all West Mariposa 1 128. Worthing Mining o 1 Australia .. ... ... 1 ail tuba NISCELLA.NRO I7I3 . _ ------ 25 19 Nostralian A gricult. 31 33 313 IC nil A.ugraln. Royal Mail ... ... I 10 all Berlin Water Works 53 —6l 50 A Brit. 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Now qi 5 p 151 1 100 60 iloyal Mail Steam „ 72 74 Ed 1 all 3cot.Auf.tral. Invest. 1:1 —l/11 i 1. 1 Ditto New 25 all south ALiar:lL:lnd 37 38 37 I sl: gn'b r aar. Tel. Scrip 1 14 20 all Tim. Registered 1 11 15 5 ilrust& L. Co.U.Can —, 10() 2Bl ' r " -.sl'".,"'°"d 16 !•• 18 17 i vs6.o.6p.c.oanOnly .;. ..... 410 i PRUSSIA. BERLIN, May 28.—Last week a storm disturbed the usual calm which distinguished the sittings of the little chamber of Meiningen representatives. The Ministry brought forward a message calling on the house to give its assent to the publication of the federal law for the " prevention and punishment of abuses of the press." To this the committee de murred, saying that it saw no reason for hurry in the matter, in small states, when great powers like Prussia and Austria had hitherto abstained from adopting, or at all events from publishing, this re strictive law. Thereupon the Minister replied by denouncing the pretext for refusal to be "hamisch" (knavish or malicious). Upon this a dozen mem bers rose, and demanded that the minister should be forthwith called to order, and retractation of the offensive expression ; but in lieu of submitting, the offender declared that ministers were no ways sub servient to the chamber, and so the house deter mined to appeal to the sovereign. The quarrel was settled, however, next day, by a queer compromise; the minister retracted, and the house assented to the measure. _ Stutgard journals announce that the King of Wurtemburg has sent a considerable number of fine red deer from his preserves as a present to the Emperor Napoleon, for the purpose of improving the breed in the imperial forests. The liberal side of the second chamber has lost one of its most efficient members, by the resigna tion of M. Reichensperger, a counsellor of the Co logne Appeal Court. WELLINGTON COLLEGE. Extensive preparations are in progress for the cere• mony of laying the first stone of this noble institution by her Majesty, on Monday The area of the building has been enclosed and fitted up with seats, and a pavilion erected at the south end for the use of the Queen. A large working party of sol diers from Aldershott has also been actively employed iu preparing the ground and making arrangements for the review, which the military authorities are using to render as effective as possible. Refreshment tents have been erected, and the supply entrusted to Messrs. Staples, of the Crystal Palace, who have undertaken to make ample provision for the comfort and accommoda tion of vistors. Numerous applications have been received for tickets, and from the warm interest which her Majesty and the Prince Consort, and all classes of the public, have evinced in the progress of the institution, it is expected that the inauguration of this noble monument to the memory of the great duke, and fur the education of orphan sons of the gallant men who have fallen in their country's service, will take place under auspices the most favourable to its future usefulness and well-being. The governor of the College will assemble at the Royal Pavilion by one o'clock, to receive her Majesty, and the Queen's arrival will be announced by a royal salute from two batteries of artillery. A prayer for the occasion will be offered up by the Archbishop of Canterbury. A glass tube, containing specimens of the current coins of the realm, together with an inscription engrossed on vellum, wilt be depo cited in an aperture in the stone by the (been. Her Majesty will then proceed to lay the stone, and the com pletion of the ceremony will be announced by a dis charge of artillery. The Qaecu sill then return in pre cession to the Royal Position, and the governors hill have the honour of taking luncheon with her Majesty. The military bands wiil play during the time of luncheon, after which the Queen will return through the building to the royal tent on the terrace at the north front, to review the troops. About 12,000 troops, with two field batteries of artillery, will be assembled for the occasion, under the command of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. At the close of the review the troops will march past her Majesty in front of the ter race. The Queen will return to the Pavilion, and take her departure about 4h. 30m., and the special trains fur the governors and their friends will leave half•an-hour after her Majesty. Ticket holders for the reserved seats, and no others, will be admitted to the Queen's terrace. A special train, of first class carriages only, will leave the Waterloo bridge station for the site of the building at 1011. 30m. on the morning of the 21. June. There will also be a special train, at nine o'clock, with first and second class carriages, from the London•bridge station of the South Eastern Railway, on a train of first class carriages at 10 o'clock from the Bricklayers' Arms sta tion. MARKET NEW '(This Day.) COVENT GARDEN. The supplies of vegetables rire greatly on the increase, yet the demand for them is active. Fruit is tolerably firm in price. FRIIIT.—Pine apples, English, 8s to 12s per lb; colonist do., Os to Os each ; hot-house grapes, 68 to 12s Od per Ib ; foreign ditto, Od to Os ; melons, Os Od to Os Od each ; peaches, 30s Od to 40s • nectarines, 30s to 40s per dozen ; apples, 3s Od to Bs oh per half sieve ; pears, 3s Od to 6s per dozen ; plums, Os to Os per sieve ; green gages, Os per punnet; apricots, Os Od to Os Od per doz.; common plums, Os Oct to Os Od per sieve ; cherries, 3s to 5a per pound ; lemons, Gd to is 6d per doz ; oranges, 6s to 12s per 100 ; fil berts, 9s to Os per doz. lbs ; cobnuts, 15s to Os ' • almonds, Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, 01 to Od per 100 ; figs, Os 9d to is 6d per doz. ; strawberries, le 01 per basket ; goose berries, 2s Gd to 4s Od per half sieve ; currants, Os Od to Os Ott per half sieve ; raspberries, Od to Od per pottlo. VEGETABLES.—Greene, is Gd to 3s Od per doz. bunches; cabbages, 9d to is 6d per dozen ; Savoy ditto, is to 2s Od per do. • brocoli, is to is 6d p e r bundle ; potatoes, 50s to 110 s per toni ; vegetable marrow, Od to Os per doz.; peas, Is to 2s Od per quart ; French beans, is Od to 2s Od per 100 ; turnips, new, is to is 6d per bunch ; carrots, is to 2s per bunch ; cucumbers, Os 6d to is 6d each ; garlic, 6d to ' Os 8d per pound ; spinach, la 6d to 2s Od per sieve ; old onions, 5s Od to 7s per bushel ; new ditto, 3d to 4d per bunch ; leeks, 4d to 61 per bunch ; shallots, Is to is 6d ; horse-raddish, 2s to 4s per bundle ; parsley, 3d to 4d per bunch ; celery, Os 6d to is 9d per bunch ; endive, 2s Od to 4s Od per doz. ; beet, is Od to 2s per doz. ; parsnips, Os 6tl to is Od per dozen ; small salad, 2d to 3d per punnet ' • mushrooms is Od to is 6J per pottle ; artichokes, 6sl to 'Bd each • cabbage lettuces, Is to is 6d per score ; sorrel, Od to Os per half sieve ; radishes, Gd to is per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 3s to 4s per half sieve; chillies, ls to is Gd per 100; Brussels sprouts, 2s Od to 3s Od per half sieve ; capsicums, 1 s to 2s per 100 ; walnuts pickling, al to Os per 100 ; cauliflowers, is to 44 Od per doz. ; rhubarb, 4d to sa per bundle ; asparagus, is 6d to 4s per 100 ; sea kail, is to 3s per punnet. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Tdrkeys, 4s 6d. to 8s 63. ; Goslings, 5s 6d to 7s Od each ; Ducks, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; wild do., Os Od to Os to Od ; rab bits, is to is 6d each ; Pigeons, 5d to 8d each ; large Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; middling, 2s to 3s 6d ; Chickens, 2s Od to 3s 01 ; Capons, 3s 64 to 5s Od ; Hares, 2s 61 to 3s 6d ; Grouse, Os Oct to is to Od each ; Pheasants, Os Oil to Os 04 ; Partridges; Os 01 to Os to Od ; Guinea Fowls, 2s 61 to 3s 3d ; Roasting pigs, 03 Oil to Oa Od each. Ostend fresh butter, 12s Od to 13s 6d, and English 12s Od to 16s 01 per dozan lbs. English eggs, 9s to 10s0d ; French do., 5s Od to 7s Od per 120. NE WPORT. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 4&1 ; mutton, 3s Ga to 4s 10d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 59 8(.1 ; veal, 33 8d to 49 8d; pork, Ss 2d to 4s 8d per 81bs , by the carcase. WIIITECHAPEL. Beef from 33 2a to 4s 4d ; mutton, 33 6d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 53 8d; veal, 38 6d to 4s 8d ; pork, 33 2d to 4s 8d per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s Gd to 15s ; Brills, 2s Od to 1013 each; Sal mon , is 4d to 2s Od per lb ; Cod Fish, is to 530 d each ; Soles, 3d to 2s Od per pair ; Eels, 8d to ls per lb ; Lobsters, 1s to 3s Od ; Crabs, 6(1 to 2s 6d ; Whitings, 3s Od to 12s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 16s to 208 ; Natives, —s to —s per bah.; Mackerel,4os to —s per 100 ; Smelts, is Od to is 6d per doz. ; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, ls Gd to 2s 6d per gallon ; Bloaters 5s Od to 88 Od per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, 5s Od to Os r 100 ; Scotch do., Od ; Sprats, Os Od to Os Od per bushel; Doreys, is to 103 each Haddocks, 4s to 12s per doz. ; Pike 6d; Sturgeon, ad per lb ; Prawns, 3a Od to 4s; Mullets, 6d to 3s Od. each ; Plaace, ad to is each ; Halibut, 6(1 per lb ; Flounders, is Gd to Os Od per doz. ; salt fish, 2d to 8d per lb. BREAD. The prices of whoaten bread in the metropolis are from 7Ad to Bid p er 4 lb l oa f. 9d to 90; of household ditto, HIDES AND ‘SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to '64lb, 3id to Od ; 641 b to 721 b, 3id to 4d ; 721 b to 80113, 4d to 41d ; 80113 to 881 b, 4id to 4id ; 88113 to 96Lb, 4id to 5d ; 96113 to 1041 b, Od to Od ; 1041 b to 1121 b —d to —4l • upwards, —d to —d ; Horse hides, 6s Od to Os Od ; calf skins, light, 2s 03 to 3s Od ; ditto, full, 6s 6d to Os Od; Polled Sheep, Os Od to Os Od ; Scants, Os Od to Os Od . Half-brads, Os Od to Os oa ; Downs, 5s 6d sh ea iiings, i s ld to is 2d ; Lambs, 2s 6d to 3s 4d. to 78 Od ; nAT MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 31 12s to 6/ Os ; clover do. 41 15s to 6/ 108 ; and straw, 11 5s to 1/ 10s per load. A full average supply and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—aead°w hay, 31 15s to 6103; clover do., 41 12s to 61 10a ; an d straw, i it 6s to 1/ lO s per load. Both hay and straw were n moderate request, at our quotations. WarrEcaan.--Meadow hay, N 10s to 61 Os ; clover do., 4115 s to 61 12s ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ lOs per lead. at late rates. Trade generally dull, LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(Tbis Day.) LONDON, May 31.—Wind this day at noon, N. strong breeze and dull hazy weather. The schooner Jane and Mary, of Falmouth, from Cardiff for Marseilles, was wrecked near Cape Spartel previous to the 6th May. The Gazelle, of Scilly, from Cardiff for Messina, which was stranded 17 miles from Tangier on the 31 April, has been abandoned, condemned, and sold. PORTSMOUTH, May 30.- Wind E.N.E..—Arrived— 11.M.5. Dauntless, from Malta. Sailed.—M.M.S. Majes tic, for Lisbon • Windsor (tpt.), Queenstown ; H.M.S. Pearl, Pacific ; W. S. Lindsay, Woo lwich. PLYMOUTH, ii.M.S.'i Algiers and Caesar, o Black Sea • May 30. —Wind N.E.—Arrived.---Saeger, from Calcutta ; Ajax, S. Sebastian, making water ; Shang hai, London, for Swan River. Sailed.—H.M.S.'s James Watt, Brunswick, and Exmouth, for the Crimia. Off the port—Blenheim, from Calcutta. LITERATURE , Poems and Tales of Travel: ~,By John Leekey. Whittaker and Co. We are expected, of course, by the writer of this little volume, upon opening it "to chew the cud of sweet and bitter fancies" stored up in these same " Poems and Tales of Travel." For the life of us, however, we cannot swallow it. It is precisely what is to us subject for the most utter repugnance. Jingling verse, pretty in sound, weak in passion, frivolous in signification. Precisely; too—all this —what we have' showered upon us most abundantly: "biding [as we luckless critics must] the pelting of the pitiless storm" of " Poems" (so called) hurled at us in cartloads, season after season, 4tos, Bvos., 12- mos., 16m05., by a legion of poetasters. It is, never theless, a mistake for any one to suppose that the multiplicity of these kinds of small versifiers consti tutes anything at all peculiar to our very favoured generation. Not a bit of it. Ago after age some body or other has had to lament it. Sometimes a cry of anguish coming from the lips of a really great poet, stunned—under the dissonant dis cord of the would-be songsters not less than the hero of Hogarth's deafening picture of the Enraged Musician ! What was it Lord Byron wrote in the second decade of the present century ? " They storm the types, they publish, one and all, They leap the counter, and they leave the stall, Provincial maidens, men of high command, Yea, baronets have inked the bloody hand !" As for the stages of their rise and development, does he not say, moreover, very descriptively ? " Alas ! woe worth the scribbler often seen, In Morning Post and Monthly Magazine. There lurk his earlier lays ; but soon hot pressed, Behold a quarto !—Tarts must tea the rest." The time for quartos, it is true, has pretty well gone by—but neither for duodecimos nor for tarts. And so we still have the poetasters—a wonderful band : numerous in themselves, and in their habits marvellously industrious and productive. They will " sing you like any sucking doves," and write whole libraries as they warble. Here is another modest little volume to add to the yearly hecatomb. Eheu ! for the many heartaches con sequent upon poetic ambiticns, bootless, fruitless, and fraught only with the most woeful disappoint ment. It is curse enough in itself, we should con jecture, without the aid of ridicule from reviewers. And so—shrugging our shoulders with bewilder ment when we find what we presume from the title of the piece must be angaish—thus articulat ing itself— " A chill came o'er my bounding heart, A void in its recess ; A blighting pang in every part, A deep-felt, sore impress - ;" and so forth—we close the little book, and lay it aside sorrowfully. Perversion ; a Tale for the Times. 3 vols. Smith and Elder. The object of this tale is to show the causes that chiefly lead to infidelity in the present day, and to depict their consequences. The hero, Charles Bampton, is the only son of a weak and foolish widow. He is heir to a large fortune, and is sent to a preparatory school at a great distance from his mother, whose indulgence his guardian feared would impede his progress. But at this school he meets with so much potty tyranny, and suffers So much from the cruelty of the elder boys, headed by ono named Armstrong, that he makes his escape, and, after a long and painful journey, re turns to his mother. His sufferings and fatigues, added to the exposure to the weather, bring on a dangerous illness, from which lie never entirely recovers. After this unfortunate affair, school is not to be thought of again, so a German tutor is procured, with the stipulation that he is neither to make his pupil a Republican, or an Atheist. To this the instructor assents, and, consequently, when Charles begins to inquire into the traditional principles of his faith the tutor takes refuge in vague generalities. But it is not enough not to iustruct youth in evil ; it must be taught what is right, or the natural faults of the character and the influence of bad companions will speedily depress the scale. It was thus with Charles Bampton, but in his case the evil was further increased by unfortunate circumstances. His mother, who was a weak minded woman, easily influenced by those around her, had taken up her residence in a country town where the two extremes of High and Low Church had developed themselves. Unhappily for Charles and hie twin sister Clara, who shared his opinions, the individuals of both sects whom they met, pre sented none of the features of a Christian charac ter ; consequently, they decided that religion was a delusion, and that most of its followers were hy pocrites. Charles's principles had been undermined at college, where he had met with his old enemy Armstrong, without recognising him. This indivi dual, after passing some time in the army, left it in consequence of some discreditable transactions, and after many singular adventures, spent some time in America with the Mormons. He had been married, had left his wife with the Mormons, and returned to England, taking the name of Archer on inheriting some property. He consi dered the best way to employ himself was to enter college, and accordingly went to Oxford, where his talents soon procured him distinction. Hers he met his former victim, Bampton, who did not recognise him, owing to the alteration of name and appearance. They were frequently together, and. Archer, who was a confirmed atheist, partly from inclination and partly from the theories of German metaphysicians, soon brought his friend to join his views. He, in his turn, confessed his opinions to his sister, and almost extinguished the lingering elements of belief in her mind. But the time of sorrow was coming, to prove to them that in the furnaceof suffering how the false ore of their German theories, their mysticisms of Kane, and Hegel, and Atkinson, would dissolve and fail them—only the true gold of earnest Christianity could be their support and guide. Archer and Bampton, in making an excursion over the mountains, lose their way in a dangerous part, when Charles falls and breaks his leg. Assistance is procured, and he is carried to the house of his aunt, who lives near, and with whom Clara is on a visit. Archer falls in love with her and her fortune, and proposes to her. She accepts his offer, and they are engaged, with the consent of her guardians. Not, however, with that of Charles. In any case the marriage of his favourite sister, with whom he had shared all his thoughts and opinions, would have been painful ; but Charles, atheist though ho was, began to think Archer a very undesirable husband for the impe tuous and affectionate Clara. However, his re monstrances are too late, and he goes abroad for his health in disgust. Archer introduces his bride o some atheistical friends, who finally induce her ,o abandon her faith. Soon after she is startled by the appearance of her husband's first wife, whom he had left among the Mormons, thinking himself effectually rid of her. She threatens him with a trial, from which he escapes, only, however, to be subse quently convicted of perjury, and sentenced to three years' imprisonment. Poor Clara, over whelmed by this terrible misfortune, is tended with affectionate care by her aunt. But all human solace is in vain, her trouble is more than she can bear. The religion of consolation is to her only a name. One way remains to procure relief and comfort. She pours out her feelings in a long letter to her brother, which does not, how ever, reach him till he has read in anewspaper the intelligence of her suicide. The effects of this shock to his precarious health are nearly fatal. He is saved, however, by the attention of a clergyman and his wife, who are preparing to sail for Madeira, and who prevail on him to accom pany them. In them he first sees true holiness— not the narrow distinctions of sects and parties, not the intolerance which reaches no further than forms, but the true foundation of a Christian's life —faith, hope, and charity. He is not, however, convinced, though he regrets his inability to share their belief, and though the words of his sister's , pathetic farewell, in which she bewails her loss of I " the religion of the cross," aroused him to a sense I of the share her infidelity had in her final desola tion. He returns to England, and while waiting on the coast he encounters one whom ho had known in earlier days when under the influence of Archer and his circle. He provides for one of whom his want of principle had accelerated the downfall, and, like the recreant Crusader, unwittingly exclaims, "May God forgive us both." He returns to his summer house in the old town where he and Clara had met so many unworthy professors ; but searching in a different spirit he discovers one whom before they had overlooked, an earnest and faithful minister, who has devoted all his time and energies to labour ing among the poor and neglected. The last strong holds of his philosophical arguments are over thrown as he witnesses the self-denial, the charity, the patience under suffering, the unshaken faith with which he now becomes acquainted. He has seen the effects of his boasted light and reason. He has seen its encouragement of vice ; he has witnessed its fruits in a treacherous friend and a broken-hearted sister ; he has tried its inefficacy to restrain from guilt; he has proved it powerless to console. Henceforth he is a member of a truer and holier creed. But the memory of the past weighs upon him ; he seeks some means to atone, if ho may, for the years worse than wasted. Not long has be to labour before the night cometh in which no man can work. He has learned that but few years of life can be hoped for, and he resolves to dedicate them to some noble purpose. This ob ject he finds in the events of the war which has then just commenced, and he leaves England to devote himself to the care of the sick and suffering, and to endeavour to alleviate their wants and miseries by his own abundant means. After a all all 100 100 few months he dies, and so the tale concludes. Much may be found to instruct and interest the reader. There are no doubt several points which may provoke criticism ; but the main object of the book is set forward openly, and the story told with a simple straightforwardness, and a total ab sence of lecturing or sermonising, which must im press the most censorious. The complete impar tiality of the writer cannot be too much com mended. He sets forward no particular creed—no especial sect ; the plain truths of Christianity are his stronghold. His work will attract the thoughtful, and may serve as a warn ing to some against the dangers that await them. In a very brief preface the author attributes infidelity to three causes. In the deliberately wicked it originates, he considers, in a desire to throw off all moral restraints, in better natures, in the inconsistency or hypocrisy of those who call themselves Christians, and sometimes in a sceptical understanding and its inherent difficulties. , The consequences, moral deterioration and loss of hap piness, he considers, alike in all. In this list he does not include those theories of the German school which have of late years exercised such a pernicious effect, which dazzle and mystify the understanding, though they never satisfy the heart. Some of these theories are shown in their true colours, and also the principles of the Mormons, of which, however, few people have any doubt. The book is on a sub ject which is likely to attract attention, and its interest, and the ability it displays will maintain its character, and should it convince any reader that the hypocrisy he sees around him is a proof of the absence of the Christian religion, rather than of its presence, and to warn him not to judge a whole Church from the absurdity of .one or two members of it, and above all, should it show him in their true light the brilliant sophisms of would be philosophers, the author will have achieved a merited triumph. ADDRESS OF THE POLES TO COUNT WALEWSKI. The following is the address presented to CouLt Walewski by the Polish deputation : " Excellency,—The Paris Congress, by the con clusion of the treaty of peace of the let April, solved unexpectedly the Eastern question ; and in this treaty, of which the principal object was the re establishment of the balance of Europe, the West ern Powers stipulated nothing with respect to Poland, and thus sanctioned by an inexplicable omission all the spoliations committed on that na tion since the fatal period of its partition. We, the refugees and representatives of Poland, being delegated to maintain in all its integrity the prin ciple of its independence, feeling the sacred nature of our duties, strong in the justice of our cause, make a last appeal before the chiefs and plenipoten tiaries of the allied States of France, England, Austria, Sardinia, and Turkey, protesting earnestly against the abandonment of our national rights, confirmed and guaranteed in the last instance by the acts of the Congress of Vienna on the 31 of May, 9th of June, and 27th of November, 1815, and which up to the Treaty of Paris of the present year, have not been abrogated or modified by any other convention between the Powers of Europe. " Since the raising of the Eastern question, in consequence of the pretensions of the Emperor Nicholas over the Christian subjects of the Otto man empire, we have never ceased to entertain the hope that Poland would be called to take an active part in this great judgment of the interests of Europe against the lawless ambition of Russia, and which, according to general expectation, was to have restored our independence. "After the invasion of the Danubian Principa lities and the massacre of Sinope, to which France and England replied by a declaration of war, we offered our co-operation, and proposed the forma tion of an auxiliary Polish corps, even in the ter ritory of the Sultan. The proposal, which at first seemed to be accepted, encountered opposition in the Cabinet of Vienna, which, at a later period, by the Convention of the 2d of December, 1854, joined the Anglo-French alliance. Since that day we have been in constant expectation of being called upon by the. allies, and God knows with what inexpressible anxiety we awaited the arrival of the moment when we should unite our eagles with the banners of France and England, That happiness was not granted to us. We have been forced to keep shut up in our bosom all our pa triotic hopes, but they are not the less lively and lasting from being postponed. " During the course of the negotiations opened at Paris for the conclusion of peace we did not raise our voice in the name of Poland, for we could not believe that in a Congress assembled to re-establish the ancient relations between the Powers of Eu rope the question of Poland would have been totally set aside. We left to France and her allies the task of pleading our cause at the same time as that of Turkey, and we thought that our silence ought to entitle us to this consideration. The de liverance of oppressed nationalities would, we thought, be the necessary consequence of the Wes tern alliance. But now, when the treaty of peace, ratified by the Powers, has been made public, and as neither in that official instrument, nor in the protocols of the Conferences which preceded it, have we found the name of Poland, we cannot, without •denying the past, without abandoning all regard to the future remain silent, and thus renounce the rights which even our enemies and those of France had recognised as legitimate. " France and England, by declaring war against Russia, have, it is true, assumed no new engage ments with regard to Poland ; and this Eastern war—for reasons which it does not belong to us to discuss—has terminated without her participation. But was that a reason why nothing should be sti pulated in her favour by the Congress ? Such is not our opinion. If the treaties of 1815, imposed by force, are to serve for ever as the law of Europe for all other questions besides those of Turkey, the strict observance of those treaties, approved in common, ought clearly to be demanded in all . that con'cern Poland. We only speak of the law of Europe, for that which we rely on is Poland before 1772. The sth clause of the Austrian propositions, which permits the Plenipoten tiaries to require guarantees for the security of Europe, gives them on this point complete latitude —it purports, in fact, the maintenance of Polish nationality, and such, we trust, is the meaning attached to that article in the final meeting of the Congress. Moreover, the present peace would not have been concluded without the moral influence which Poland, though unrepresented-in the Anglc - French alliance, exercised on the resolutions of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg ; and the admissions of Russia herself have been too explicit on this point for us to have recourse to any other proofs than those taken from the Times, the principal organ of public opinion of Europe. "The Plenipotentiaries have, conzequently,,the power—we may add that the obligation is imposed ou tfiem, always reserving our national rights—to demand from Russia the re-establishment of the kingdom of Poland as it stood in 1815, and which has never been considered as forming an integral uart of the Muscovite empire. Putsuant to the sense of the Treaty of Vienna, it ought to have its Government, its representatives, and its army ; its territory ought not to be occupied by any foreign troops ; and the re-establishment of Poland ought to be accompanied by that of the free city of Cra cow, as the inviolable sanctuary of our historical recollections. "All these guarantees have been comprised in the general act of Congress, dated the 3d of May, from which we quote the following passage " ' Art. I. The Poles, subjects of Russia, Aus tria, and Prussia respectively, will have a repre sentation and national institution.' " Art. 6. The city of Cracow, with its territory, is declared for ever a free city, independent, and strictly neutral.' " Art. 9. The Courts of Russia, Austria, and Prussia bind themselves to respect, and cause to be respected, at all times, the neutrality of the free city of Cracow and its territory. No armed force shall ever be introduced into it under any pretext whatever.' " We are bound at the same time to remind your Excellency of the solemn promises made to us, re lative to these different points, under the preceding regime, during the period which elapsed between 1831 and 1848, by all the legislative assemblies ; of the sympathetic echoes which they have ever found in the English Chambers, and the unanimous vote of the National Assembly on the 23d of May, 1848. These promises become, in our opinion, obligations for the present regime which has emanated from the will of France, and which is bound up with the Imperial traditions, for to establish it, in order to continue these traditions, to raise it from its poli tical decline and fall, was also to demand from it the re-establishment of Poland. From that mo ment we felt assured of our independence, based on the general interests of Europe ; we have hailed the accession of an era of glory for France, of an era of reparation for Poland ; for we could not, and we cannot now, separate those two great prin ciples which for us are embodied in the immortal name of Napoleon I. We served too well the first Empire to entertain any doubt of his heir ; we appeal to his personal sentiments, which are' in conformity with those of the nation ; to his words, if necessary, addressed on more th a n one occasion to our countrymen. France wishes for a pacific reign, but a glorious one ; but the glory of a Napoleon is in the deliverance of Po land. . "We have by the preceding sufficiently esta blished the right of Poland to the intervention of Europe, represented in Congress for the mainteu- ance of the principle of its independence. There remains, then, the question of interest which Europe may have _to sustain it. _ _ 4 The Eastern question, the definitive solution of which no one has dared to indicate, cannot be detached from the question of Poland. Any com bination the object of whose solution would be the exclusion of Poland would be at once marked by weakness and fragility, and of this we see the re cent proof in the additional treaty of the 15th of April, annexed to the act of Congress, and pur porting to consolidate it by a guarantee indepen dent of its original basis. Such must be the case; for Russia only negotiated with the view of delay, her traditional policy is in every respect the same; and the interposition of Poland is still the only lo gical and rational means of arresting her progress towards the west and south. From the present date she declares war against the Circassians, who by their religion are connected with the Sultan. To-morrow it will be the turn of the Persians; the eastern road of the Black Sea remains always open to her. There is an inexorable necessity in the life of nations as of individuals, which cannot be avoided by any expedient. One of two things— either Poland will be freed, or Turkey and Aus tria will, sooner or later, pass under the Musco vite rule. Let the Greco•Slave empire be not for gotten—that empire planned by Peter 1., and rea lised by his descendants, would be composed of near 100,000,000 men 1 Tzarogrod,' the city of the Czars !—such has been for centuries the Rus sian name of Constantinople. Napoleon has said, The assimilation of Poland would render Russia all powerful !' The Plenipotentiaries we feel sure will take these things into consideration in order to secure for their work the character of solidity and durability. " We disclaim the absurd calumnies which con nect the cause of Poland with anarchy and agita tion ; these are odious insinuations in which no one believes, not even those who propagate them. England, Switzerland, and even Austria have always shown themselves disposed to aid in our in dependence ; but surely those Powers have no interest in serving the cause of disorder. In this act of reparation and of justice they only see the accomplishment of a great political necessity, and we cannot suppose that their initiative would be rejected by France. We are (told that the Con gress recoiled from the question of a general recon struction of the map of Europe ; that it feared the occurrence of a discussion on Poland, as if it could be a danger more grave than that we have just in dicated ;—as if that reconstruction, the inevitable result of every important war, was beyond the power of France and its allies. But, in truth, there was no need of reforming the map of Europe, of tracing new divisions of territories between the nationalities which compose it. Quite the contrary, it was only necessary to guarantee those which were found already traced in the beginning of the European struggle. It was precisely the task of the Congress, and that task it cannot avoid accom plishing. "Is Poland destined to undergo this last out rage—to see the last shred of its independence torn ; this supreme iniquity—to see its very name effaced from the map of the world, because, 25 years ago, it did not wish to march against the West, and serve as the vanguard to Russia—be cause it constantly hoped the intervention of Europe, and demanded a term to its martyrdom ? " And why, then, should Europe refuse to fulfil its engagements towards one of the most ancient of valiant nations in Christendom ? Europe has taken an interest in the fate of the Greeks, the Roumains, the Servians, the Scandinavians, the Tartars, the Zingaros, and other heterogeneous populations whose existence is scarcely known. Can it do less in favour of the Poles—of a nation of 20,000,000 men, kept by the common enemy under a yoke a hundred times more painful and intolerable ? "Is Europe ashamed to pronounce our name because that name calls to mind the crime of the partition, the most disgraceful act of modern times'? We cannot believe it, for this last injustice woul4l prove the ruin of its moral dignity by sanctioning the right of despotism and Asiatic barbarity ! The blood of our soldiers too often mingled on fields'of battle with that of France not to secure to the latter a right to defend and protect her sister among Christian nations ! Her honour is at stare, and in France honour is a principle that does not admit of discussion. " Being persuaded that the regeneration of our country can alone insure to Europe a constant and solid peace, the regular development of its liberal tendencies, and complete security ; that it can alone put a period to the violent commotions which, since the close of the last century, have agitated the West, by exhausting in incessant and always sterile struggles the vita forces of its civilisation ; that it can alone adequately retrieve the immense sacrifices made by France and her Allies during the war in the East ; "We, emigrants and representatives of Poland, beseech the chiefs and plenipotentiaries of the allied States of France, England, Austria, Sar dinia, and Turkey, and particularly your Excel lency, our natural defender and president of the Congress, to repair that omission of the name of Poland, in the interest of all Europe aggrieved at her abandonment, and to require at least in her favour, conformably to previous engagements, the fulfilment of the stipulations which France, although distrmed; obtained for her in 1815, and which France, to-day victorious, is the more authorised to insist upon, namely : " That our national institutions be for ever re stored and guaranteed to us ; " That the kingdom of Poland and the free city of Cracow, created by the Congress of Vienna, and, since 1831 and 1846, illegally absorbed by Russia and Austria, be re-established on the bases stipu lated by the act of the Congress, and assented to by the three Courts which shared in the partition ; and "That the Code of Napoleon, abrogated in 1832, and replaced by organic statutes imposed by force, should be again put in vigour throughout the en tire of Poland. " Confiding in the wisdom of their views, in the uprightness of their intentions, we await their de cision in that respect, with a certainty that events, prepared by Divine Providence, will justify our anticipations : that we shall find a generous sup port in public opinion, the supreme arbitrator in all great national causes, and which, at this period of enlightenment and progress, ultimately comes off triumphant. " Count CHRISTIAN OSTROWSKI, Together with several thousand Members of the Polish Emigration. " Paris, May 3." BRIGANDAGE IN GREECE. In the Greek Chamber of Deputies on the sth of May there was a very interesting discussion on the convention between the kingdom of Greece and the Porte for the suppression of brigands. If we may rely upon the statement made by the Greek Minis ter for Foreign Affairs, the energy of the govern ment, the zeal of its officials, and the courage of its troops, have actually reduced the evil of brigandage so far as they have authority to act within the Greek territory itself, and would have abolished it altogether but for the obstacles which a different sovereignty places in the way of their pursuit of the brigands across the frontier. This difficulty, which the Minister poetically com pared to that which the Greek hero in the fable experienced when he found the monster with whom he was wrestling renewing his pernicious strength every time he approached his native soil, is to be removed by the convention lately agreed to with Turkey. The engagements are reciprocal, and for this common object. The soldiers of either state may advance beyond the frontier, in pursuit of persons whether foreigners or natives, who have committed crime in the state to which the soldiers belong ; but they are prohibited from any inha bited place, and they must not come near the posts occupied by the military of the state into which they have penetrated. With these restrictions, no definite limit, as to distance from the frontier, is assigned for their right to traverse the territories of the state neighbouring their own. Each of the contracting parties engages to expel, not only cri minals, but deserters from the army of its neigh bour, though it does not engage to deliver them up to their own sovereign. Greeks may be tried and punished, when apprehended in Greece, for crimes committed by them in Turkey ; but this, as ex plained by the minister, is no innovation, the principle having been recognised in the former commercial treaty. One or two of the de puties expressed their apprehensions of con fusion and conflict arising from the mixture of Greek and Turkish troops, and Greek and Turkish thieves on the border, and patrio tically disapproved the article relative to the expulsion, which they regarded as equivalent to the extradition of deserters; but the prevailing senti ment of the Chamber was that of congratulating the Government upon having adopted a measure so decidedly in the interests of civilisation and good order, and having thereby given practical effect, at this early period, to the declaration of the great powers in the treaty of peace, by which the Otto mane en family of nations,recognisedmapireis as a member of the EuropThe projet de loi, to incorporate the treaty, was passed by 68 votes I against 2. e A gentleman well acquainted with the exact state of things in Hungary gives a very unfavourable account of that Crown Land in as far as the security of the life and property of persons who live in remote country places is concerned. ~~' 01 D4 k' t - 1 ~ l'' t' ' ~I " 7,:iaer I ~_ L, 1(