The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-16 00:00:00

4nl itrb aßbtti WOLVERHAMPTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPEf.) WROTTESLEY STAKES. Pole Star.. Boddicot Wire Butterfly Game Chicken Romeo Lurley Five ran. FOAL STAKES. STEWARDS' PLATE. Twelve ran. HOLYOAKE STAKES. Five ran. EGTIAIVI RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) MAGNA CHARTA STAKES. Saucebox.. Glenstrae.. Gossip May Day Hermitage Red Rose.... Warwick Black Swan. Three ran. EGHAM STAKES. Six ran. TOWN PLATE. 1 2 Eleven ran. 3 BARONS STAKES F by Cowl out of Miami Miss Littler Despised Five ran. Won easy. MON E Y MA It K E 194 14 50 20 11i AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, including 1,000 Ameri can taken for export. The market was flat, with out change in prices. The sales comprised 4,000 American, 100 Egyptian at 61d. to 10d., 800 Surat at 3d. to 3d., and 100 Sea Island at 10Id. to ls. Bd. per lb. Railway Shares were quiet. The letters and papers from the West Indies, brought by the Royal Mail Steamer La Plata, are still mainly occupied with melancholy details of the ravages of the cholera, more especially in Barbadoes, which was most grievously afflicted with that scourge. The dates from the various islands come down to the close of last month. Trade and cultivation were materially affected by the prevailinc , epidemic, and in J ama i ca b y th e scarcity of labourers, b whose continued emigration in numbers to Panama was the cause of much complaint and embarrassment. The destruction of Greytown on the coast of Nicaragua, bombarded by the United States sloop of war on the 13th ult., had inflicted heavy losses on the merchants of Kingston, who had property there t o th e va l ue o f 30,000 dollars. The paper money or note panic was still the occasion of much inconvenience and loss in general dealings, and the notes w ou ld on ly be ac c ept e d a t var i ous heavy rates of discount. The New York papers received by the Pacific steamer to the 6th inst. contain a loosely worded, but apparently certified report, that a revolution had broken out in Cuba. No particulars are given further than that General Pezuela, the governor of the island, had issued a proclamation, imploring the population to "k e ep coo l un d er the present excitement." As a strong party of creole Cubauos is known to have long existed in favour of separa tion from the metropolitan country, it is not im probable that advantage may be taken of the recent change of government and the existing troubles in Spain, to make a declaration of independence. As a strong force of Spanish regular troops garrisoned Havana and other of the chief places in the island, the issue of a contest must be doubtful in the midst of a numerous slave population, unless the American Government should interfere in favour of the creoles upon a compact for the substitution of annexation for independence. The stock market in New York had experienced a slight improvement so far as cash dealings, which was attributed to a temporary scarcity of stock, owing to the bear speculators having oversold themselves. Speculation for the fall was however still active in time bargains, and the business quo tations for account were lower than for money. The Mexican Envoy had notified the banks where the first payment of the indemnity money was lodged, which was contracted to be paid to. Mexico by the Gadsden treaty, that, at the expiration of ten days, the three millions of dollars in specie so deposited, would be required. The fall business in foreign imported fabrics and products had set in favourably, and dealers from the interior had purchased freely at fair prices. The stocks of goods on hand were reported to be far from heavy, as merchants had imported cautiously in face of the money pressure experienced for some time past. 50 40 25 25 8/ 281 St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 20 The Morning Advertiser has the following state ment on the forthcoming Turkish loan : "The new Turkish Loan bas not yet been publicly brought; out, but the capitalists are already sending in letters of subscription. The price is 80 for a 6 per cent. Stock redeemable at par in 18 years, and by annual drawings. The instalments will be 15 per cent, on allot ment, 15 per cent, one month after the issue of scrip, 20 per oeut, at the end of two months, 15 per cent. at the end of three, and 15 per cent. at the end of four months . The nominal price is 21 to 3f premium, but actual dealings hare taken place at 3 premium for the coming out. It is to be hoped that the offi cial notification of this loan will not be much longer delayed, or the public will be disposed to credit the rumours now in circulation that some diffi culty exists as to the guarantee proposed for the pay ment of interest and amortisation of the capital." From information derived from quarters entitled to credit, there is reason to believe that thi3 state ment is entitled to belief, and that there really does exist some difficulty, although neither formi dable n or insuperable, about ' the guarantee pro posed of the Egyptian tribute to be assigned for payment of interest and redemption of the principal. It is believed, however, that within a day or two all the necessary arrangements will be finally and satisfactorily concluded. An improving tendency may be noted to-day in public securities, and without any particular fea ture, or advance in the quotations, the market has been fairly supported. We quote Consols 931 both for transfer and to-morrow, rather buyers. Re duced Threes, 931 to I. Three -and-a-Quarter per Cents., 94i to Long Annuities, 4 11-16. Ex chequer-bills, large, ls. discount to 2s. premium ; small bills, Is. to 3s. premium. Exchequer-bonds, 1869, at 98. In Foreign Stocks a limited business is doing, and prices are without much variation. Mexican are dull at 24k, Spanish 3 per Cents. at 38i to :381, the New Deferred at 18i, and the Committees' Certificate at 4i to 5. Dutch 21 per Cents. are marked 61i, and the 4 per Cents. 93i, being steady. __ The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 6i ; Mexi can, 241 to 24i ; Peruvian, 69 to 71 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 51 to 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 98 to 100 ; Ditto 4-i per Cents., 85 to 87 ; Spanish New Deferred, 3.8 i to 18 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 38i to 39 ; Ditto Certifi cates, 4 to 4i ; Ditto Passive, 31 to 4. In the Railway market the dealers were chiefly occupied with the operations of pay-day on the settlement of account. Shares are in rather more favour, although they opened h eav il y, and prices have slightly rallied since the morning. Eastern Counties declined one per cent., the dividend de clared having disappointed expectation, being only one-half the tate paid the preceding half-year. The Great Western, North-Western, and most of the principal lines, are still in decline upon yesterd a y' s quotations, although with a partial recovery upon the morning's depression. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES, ( From the Oficial Lino Rusineso done. i Bank Stock 1 3 per C en t. R e d uce d Annu i t i es 938 43i 3 per C en t. C onsols Annu i t i es 931 8 A 3i per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, E x pi re sth J an., 1860 11-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 Consols for Account 17th August 93. Exchequer Bills, 2id. £.lOOO 2500 3 p m par par 2 pm 1 d c l i s i Small 3 p m par Exchequer Bonds Scrip Ditto 1859 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. hrexican 3 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent ...... 87 Spanish Bonds, 3 pe r Cent.., .. ....... .. 244 .............. Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent., ,,, .......... ........... Ditto Passive (Converted) ............ . mirk, nl, on the *Any° navahle n Lomi (n . Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifteates......_ TRAKE .O'OLOOK. Consols ................................... 93i Ditto August ‘Aiquouut ........ 913 a 50 50 20 20 FOREIGN. 10 all Antwerp&Rotterdam 6 6Ad • 2 25 0 0 2 38 s . B B Bombay, c lz i m g e ei n b al t ' a ns l y . a t Ea , ° I G n a s it r a . an o i i s s ; e s , us c a na r a n i e p d '; : 3-6 p d ... Central of Italy 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin — 172 all Demerara 20 14 Dijon andßesancon.. • p 20 9 Dutch Rhenish 3 2A xin 20 all East Indian 2,t 20 2 Do. Extension 4 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula t dsi 20 10 Gd. Junet. of France : _..p 25 10 Grd. Trunk of C ana d • 6 100 4 , 1 Do. Debentures 7 6 d 100 all Do. do — 20 10 Gt. Central of France par p 20 all Gt. Western of Cana& Shares Do. Bonds (let is. )'57 ..p 2▪ 0A all Hamilton & Toront o Ad— i p 100 all Do. 6 per cent. ..• 20 5 Lake Const. & Basl e 5 all Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c. • pref — die 20 15 Luxembourg — 10 10 Do. (Railway).,.,, 5 2 Do. Prof — 5 3 Do. (Canal) 10 5 Do. Bp. ct. pref..., — • ~.d 20 10 Lyons and Geneva 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran —. 20 13 Madras id—i • p 33i 33 Maria Antonia 10 all Do. do. New • 21' 2 Melbourne Dk. & R y. .•• 20 all Namur & Liege (wit! . interest) 7* 8 20 all Do. (ex interest) — 16 all Northern of France 3.3i 33/ Do. 201. 3 p. c Bde 20 all (fmy.B.&Ams.Slis , 10 all NorwegianTrunkPref g 20 14 Paris and Lyons - asp 40 all Ditto Bonds . . 10 all Paris and O r l eans— 47 . — 49 20 all Paris and Rouen 39 41 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 311 • -31 i 20 10 ParieCaen &Cherbrg. pm 10 10 1 Quebec & Richmond 20 all Rouen and Havre 22A 23. 20 15 Eoyal Danish 1 d— 1 p 5 2 Royal Swedish — d 20 all Sambre and Meuse 7 8 81 ... 6 Do. 53 p. cent. Pref — 20 6 Southern of France ... —pm 20 8 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) .•• 8 all West Flanders •3i 4 2in 10 all Do 5A per c. Pref — d 20 10 Western of France si —64 p 10 7 West. of Switzerland 20 2 Wiesbaden 20 15 Zealand MISCELLANEOUS 5 all kubin Coal and Iron ... ••• 25 171_, tustralian Agricult 43 . 45 20 14 A. ustral sn Pci fi c. Mail 10 8 A.ustraln. Royal Mail 10 4 Berlin Water Works 50 40 Brit. American Land 65 70 5 1 Brit. di Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co 100 32i Canada..,,, 88 5 5 Crystal Pa1ace.,,.,,,, 31 31 31 / 5 3i Do. New....... 4 2 Crystal Pal, of France 20 5 Eastern Steam 25 20 ElectritTelegraph(A) 1 6 —17 an 25 all Do. (8)... . . 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir ••• 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ..„ ... 26 20 18 General Screw Steam 20 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 3 Netherlands Land 2 1 N. S. W. Coal di Inter Steam Navigat. Co. 1 all N. B. Australasian 1 A Do. New .• 20 10 Nrth. ofEuropeSteani ••• 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 4 44 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 50 40 Do. 2 ) Portland mil Steamnd a lronCo. .. to. I a l , icot. Austral. Invest 21 25 2. • south Austral. Land 84 36 1 all Submar. Telegraph„ 1 1 all Do. Registered. i 2;44 TVA DicElol /Cad St. 20 St. 15 5 10 St. 5 16t 10 St. St. 10 . 25 10 ..0.6 Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, p. c. Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. 500 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Cork &Bandens4p.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (X3los) 6 per cent Do. (45) 7 per cent Do. (71,75) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex- 100 5 100 all gi -- 97 li id 31 - 34 4 - 5 tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent... Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- East Lancash. 6 p. as. East and West York shire June. Pref... Edinb Prth.&Dundee 4 per cent. Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent.... Great Northn. 5 p. c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... Do. 41 p.c. Scrip Gt. N. of Scot. Ist Prof Gt. Sonthn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths)... Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh Gt. Westn. (Berks & Rants Ex. 5 p. c).. Do, cov. red. 4i P.C. Do, con, red 4 p. . . c. - P 1 - lip - 13 -13 i 22 - 24 ••• '.. 3f - 31 is — -- its 110 - 112 101 - 103 LOO 1.00 LOO 6 LOO irred, 4p.c. Lan. & York, F. £2ll Do. 6 p. c. Stock Leeds N. 6 p. c. No. I Do. Quarters, 1848 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c . . Do. Pref., 5 p. e. Si. !Do. Convertible, 5 p 1852 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Lou. &N. W., Coy. dt. Nuneaton London & S. Western Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler Shares - - -- Londy. & Ennis. Sh lan., Shef., & Shares, No. 1. DO New , .E.lO . _ _ , , Do. £6.. Warypt.&Carl.4p.e Do. 4i per cent 'Do -- Aid. Consol.6 p.c.St. Consol. Bristol & 13irm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. ‘q per cent Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. 'Eat Do. 5:l per ct. Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British 6-64 98 10) 90 92 94 96 id 134 136 North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh..£ls, 6 p.c Do Scot. Cent. , New Prei Shrews. & Shrewsby. & Chestex (Nor. W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent ••• .... M. 24- 3 pl !South bayou. 7- 8 10 - 12 Do. fixed, 4i per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4iper cent. S.Yoriceh.4p.c.Guar Stockton and Dar- lington, 4 per cent Do. do. do. Stockton and Hartle. pool, guar. 5 p, c: till Ist July, 1856 Waterfd.&Kilk.Bp.c. York, Neweastle,and BerwickAp.c.Pref Do 7 - 8 11 - 12 i - iP ,34 —l36xd 1 id 88 - 90 .02 - 105 York&N. MidlandH. and S. Purch 114 - 116 1151 10 -7. 'll 17 -- 18 101 -- 101 12 -- 14 id -- e P 234 -- 24 2 - ct 92 95 3i 4 1 —#d MINES. 1 all Agua Fria. 1 all Anglo Austria. Gold _ ... s. all Anglo Californian _ 4 _ i . i 10 2 Australasian 1 / 20 6 Australian li a 1 all Australian Cordillera _ ... 1 all Australian Freehold. 4 _ t 1 all Ave Maria — .. 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) i • __ i 50 all Binnarvon Iron and Coal 7 9 1 all British Austria. Gold _ ... 20 13.5 British Iron 8 9 35 244 Brazilianlmp.(issued . at 1.!5 pm S 4 30 all Do. Cocaes & Culada li 24 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 26 —2B 1 4 Carsons's Creek A - i 40 all Cobre Copper 45 47 5 1 Colonial Gold ... 16 Copiapo ll 12 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 52 57 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent. 1 3 p 5 all English and Austin. Cpper Smeltg. Co. 14 —_ _ll 20 • all General o 2 all Gt.NuggetVeinScrp _ . 2 Do. Registered 0 i 34 all Great Polgooth i 1 1 all Lake Bathurst. 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 9 ". 10 69i i 1 all Lond.&Californ.Goki Quartz Crush. Co 1 all Mariquita 10 9 Mexican&S.Amerien 6 —64 1 all New G rana d a . i 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co 1 all Nouveau Monde i 20 all Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 16 17 1 5 all DRPs Unitedoo Quartzl oi South y m . . t t Nh PhilipneAweßmu Australian..,,, i e txa i Iron ; li.::: . . .. .. 2 * 83. 9 4 = I:: 3 4 933 1 4: if I Ti Sa n ut c iag ro o ft le , C . üba.. _ 4 5 31 50 05 a l l is l i 2 11 8 0 A all al 7 l 1 all Waller . 1 all West Gra aada ******* — 1 all West Mariposa..,, '' — i i 1 12s. Worthi ng Minin **** * - Australia * g 1 1 all Yuba ************** — .- ................ *i _ 40 j°l"-ST------------ all Australasia ...... . 4 83 BANKS' 4 25 0 05 aalllsl c ß ohari ri t t ii i ts s h h d. C Nßa ol . o nA n k ia mo l ef li ri . a: Aca n sia. i n :.i. 85 i..a: • 4 4 and loan Company 20 2 Clutd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & Chin a 100 25 Colonial.,.. 100 20 Commercial of Loud, - "' 20 14 English Scottish and *** '" Australian 2 —l4 d 20 20 Load. Chart. Bk. of Australia 2O/ 2 14 214 50 20 London and County ... _ 50 10 London Joint Stock.. ... _ ..' 100 20 Load. & Westminster ... _ • x. d ... 10D 35 National Provincial xd and b of England ... 20 10 Do. New . 50 224 National of Ireland ... .... 20 all New South Wales._ _ _ 25 all Oriental Bank or Corporation. 46 48 47 25 5 Do. New • -- ••• 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ... 10 all Do. New ... -- ... 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co _ -... ... 25 all south Australia 4l 43 25 all Union of Australia 66 68 x d ... 2. Do. New — ... 50 10 Union of London..., ... ... THE AIRDRIE number of iond now in prison for being connected with these riots is twedty nine. A strong feeling against the Roman Catholics engaged in the mines has begun to show itself. It is said that several of the pits have struck work until they !than be expelled,-774 thOttlian• SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. THE i ,iSUNp SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. .A.berdeen. A.rabg Nottng. Bost and Eastu. Junct Belfast & Ballymena Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 1 Birkeuhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Juuct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and #.125 Cons. Do., £20... Blyth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45, Bristol and Exeter Ca1ed0nian........... Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian Do., (XlB E & Eastcrn Counties. .. - Eastern Union, A Stock pe., B. Stock... IDo., New A. East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Pr L & Dunele, orth & Clyde June. Glasgow &S. Western Great Northern Do., A. Stock.., Do., B. Stock.., Gt. Sth. &West.(lre., Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle: Do., Thirds IDo. New Thirds . Lancash.andYorksh Do., Fifths Di., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwal. Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Loud. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/.5h.,31&8...( Do. Eighths LondonandS. Westn. Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Nianch.Shcf.& Linelu Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Uo. Birmng. & Derby Midid. G. West. (Ira.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension. Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor.. Norfolk Northu.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. Do., No. 2 A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North London IDo. New £lO N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp• stead, and City Jn., North Staffordshire , iNorth Western N. & S. Westrn.Junc Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. ..... . Oxford, Worcester, & i Wolverhampton „, 1 Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland. 'Shrewsbury & Bit mg, Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed Si Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester' (N. W. Min,; Do. Halves,l Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,full.l - up at per cent South Devon South Eastern. Wales . i. Yrksh. & Riv. Dui r)O.. 2 •• •itaines, Wok. &Wok 'tockton & Darli;ig Stockton & llartlepl raff Vale Do. £lO shares:: Do. Pref., No. 1... Marilee Haven Dock and Railway Vale ofNeath.: Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall, West End of London and Crystal Palace-, West London Wimbledn & Croydon York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York& N.Midland (Closing Prices 1 this day. 22i - 23 5 - 9 - 10 11}-10# d 16i -17 i 7 -- 6.1 95 - 97 61f - 624 15 - 164 12 - 141 e'i I is 7 - 8 11' - ii iii - 111 36 - 40 25 - 21; 66 - 67 58 - 60 25-26 66 - 68 82i - 83. 63 - 65 125 - 121 1)2 - 94 70 -70 i 89 91 11 13 c 11 13 67i 68 64 0 4 = ** 9 104 106 100 101 Par § p par 4 p 81 83 d 9 8 I 7 c( 23 - 24 674 68 39 - 41 i d par 7 6d 2i 34 6 - 8 43 - 45 34 - 3} 34 ... 35 7 9 - - 70 63 - .1 P 4i P 64 7 par 2 p 34 - 36 95 - 97 59 - 61 70 - 73 68 -- 72 7i -- 7t 18i -19 A 9i - 9t 14 -- 15 3i -- 3.0 13 - 15 64i C 5 34 - 35 33 = 35 , .. -..- .. 31 - 19 194 4 - 5 23 - 25 5 - 6 s'-7' 72i -73 A 6t 601 4 - 56i 57t Boldness done thLi day. ONDON, WEIDNESD LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAY/. Bedford and Bletchley Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jo. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. ',Ras. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New 4lstr.,dt Dn. Fr irtlpl. Dk. &! Railway hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. than. and Matlock Nliddlesbro' & Redear !Viidld.Bradfd Northern and Easternsp.e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p e Prest. & Wyre Do. %bares. Roystn.Sz Hit. Do.Shepth.St S' het Roth a , sd Goole g. 5 p. c. 3. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent... Do Wilts&Somrst Closing Prices this day. Leasing Compans. London & N. West. L.&N.W. Caledon... it. Nrthn. Caldonian. Do Westn yk. New. Berw Do S. Eastorn Do 'Norfolk.. L.&N. W. & Midld. Stekton Darlingt. Aid E. Count. Do Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do GtNorthn D 0.., Lancash& Yorksh. A.lSlClean itockt. & Darlingt. D 0.. . tWestn 95 - 100 95 - 97 134 - 137 28 - 30 103 -- 105 514 -52 i 25i -- 264 124 -- 134 23 -- 24 2i - 2i R = 95 53 - 60 132 - 135 ii : iidl 30i -31 A 92 - 91 , PREFERENCE SHARES. Business this day. 61j i i 2 li 17 18 niiiiii 82 804 3 4 63 4 2 4 3i 127 • 70 691 70i 91 111 67f 874 I LOOl i 100 ad ad xd xd 83 ad ad ad 231 / i 671 j / i 563 53 60 71 2 per cent. 64 i i 35 41 i a r3r THE NEW SATIRE. Firmilian ; or, the Student of Badajoz. A Spas modic Tragedy, By T. Percy Jones. Black wood and Sons. Whoever wrote this " spasmodic tragedy" ;of Firmilian is evidently one well qualified to— " Laugh and shake in Rabellais' easy chair." For we accept it, at once, not, as a weekly contem porary has already somewhat egregiously done, as a serious effort at the sublime, but as a sly satire on the spasmodic school of poetry rather popular of late among -certain young poetasters of the present generation—in other words, as a fresh and lively illustration of the result of the " one step" beyond the sublime--into the region of the ridiculous. The truth of this, we take it, is emblazoned upon the very title-page. The author's name there given we receive with ou t an instant ' s hesitat i on as a simple nom de plume. N a y — we a re almost dis posed to reit era t e our recognition of the ver i ta b le " Simon Pu re " th rough the harlequin mask of T. Percy Jones, of Streatham—no other, let us say candidly, as we have intimated before in these columns, no other than W. Edmonstoune Aytouri, of Edinburgh. We suspected that one of the twin humorists to whom we have been indebted so often long ago for many a hearty guffaw over the gay " Ballads of Bon Gaultier," we suspected that one of these delightful humorists had something to do with the matter now in hand upon the occasion when Firmilian was first introduced to the notice of the reading public through extracts and critical commentaries, the l a tt er h alf solemn, h a lf j ocose , in the May numb er o f Blackwood's Magazine. We acknowledged o ur conv i ction plainly, almost i n so many words, in Th e S un of Monday even i ng, J u l y the 3d, our convi c ti on t h at is, that " T. P. Jones" was the alias of Ayt oun, just as " Boz" was that of Dickens, or as " Drapier " was t h at o f Swift, or as "M. A. Titmarsh" was that of Thackeray. We are only confirmed in this belief by reflection and after having read through the whole Fifteen Scenes, extending over 153 pages of the spasmodic tragedy of Firmi lian, now in its integrity or entirety issued in an elegant little volume from the Messrs. Blackwood's establishment. We may be mistaken, of course, in our conjecture. But we cannot for the life of us resist the notion that for this clever, humorous, satirical " poem" we have reason to thank not a T. P. Jones in the flesh, but a W. E. Aytoun in the spirit, not a new and more preposterous poet ling of Cockaigne, but It • • • • He who sung Of Mister Colt . • • who framed Of Widdic om b, th e w ild an d wondrous song who chaunted. " How WOrds;orth battling for the laure a t's wreath, Bore to the dust the terrible Fitzball : khliosdrgienagdsei:ftohre the Snapping glori glories Turtle's e ' t s h w e o c m o b m : How N. P. Willis, for his country's good, In complete steel, all bowie -knifed at point, who, in his own grandiloquent L'Envoy, thus pre paresg tra vestie— T " For you, bright-harped' Tennyson shall sing - Macaulay chaunt a more than Roman lay • And Bulwer Lytton, Lytton Bulwer erst, Unseen amidst a metaphysic fog, Howl melancholy homage to the man ; For you once more Montgomery shall rave In all his rapt rabidity of rhyme ; Nankeen'd Cockaigne shall pipe his puny note, And our Young England's penny trumpet blow." Open Firmilian, as every book should be opened, at the beginning, and the method of its madness is at once apparent. The tragic mask is awry —and you see at a glance underneath the wrinkling lines of laughter, the dimpling cheek, and the sparkling eye of the humorist. The motley of the droll glimmers out here and there through all the pomp of the trappings donned by the assumed tragedian. Firmilian (of course a poet) is seated (of course in his study) reading—meditating a caracolle upon the back of poor old hackneyed Pegasus, whereby " to witch the world with noble horsemanship !" Preparing, that is to say, for the production of a poetic masterpiece such as shall [hear him, as he himself describes it l] " . . recreate stupendous harmonies, More grand in diapason than the roll Among the mountains of the thunder-psalm." It is a favourite trick, this, of the Young Poets of the Now—not, we may well believe, of the Here after ! Well, Firmilian, like so many brothers of the lyre his contemporaries, aspires to write this grand poem so often dreamt of of late, as he him self represents it— " To make his song a trumpet, and to shake The earth to its foundations." He selects, as the fitting theme for the revelation of his genius —CAIN—ignoring the existence, to be sure, of a mere trifle upon the same subject like Lord Byron's " Mystery. ' But—here is the diffi culty recognised by the student of Badajoz on the instant. How befittingly describe the Remorse of Cam without having first had experience of remorse oneself? " Aye, there's the rub." Firmilian asks himself—plump—in a single line, pregnant with crimes to come by way of answer, this some what startling question— " What do I know as yet of homicide ?" His reply is no less tersely expressed, prompt, and sententious " Nothing." Doubtless, however, the words "as yet" have entered his mind as a consolation. " What do I know as yet of homi cide 1" He may compensate by the Future for any Past and Present deficiency. He may still make up for lost time. His resolve is taken—to do so ! Through homicide he m 4 be enabled at length to realise remorse—and, having realised it, he may write becomingly the biblical tragedy of Cain. Having recognised this, he naturally enough puts an end to all his doubts by declaring simply —" It is resolved." First, however, for something to inspirit hi m f or the speedily carrying out his determination. " A draught of wine ! (Dries.) "Ha ! this revives me !" A melodramatic proceeding something kindred to that of Mr. Richard Swiveller, when, " leaning his left arm heavily upon the table and raising his voice and his right leg after the manner of a theatrical bandit" he inquired " The Baron Sampso n° B rass° and his fair sister are, (you tell me) at the Play ?" Or ra th e r still more resem bling Mr. Swiv e ll er ' s b ehaviour di rect l y after wards, when exclaiming, , 6 'Ha ! 'Tis well. But no matter. Some wine there. Ho !' he illustrated these melodramatic morsels by handing the tan kard to himself with great humility, receiving it Ftoirimnfiouramn.us Refreshed thered bth haughtily, drinking from it thirstily, and smacking his lips fiercely." As the historian takes occasion amaze ment of the Marchioness. However, to return to h to t 0 the fw i n e, the Student of Badajoz thus expresses g the rapturous effects of the potation, indicatingexpresses atthe close then —much its efficacy in adding newforce to his resolve, about winning Remorse through Homicide. Like joy thro How f the nectar thrills ugh all m In the Pantheon that c Y ah rme ! There's not a god Thou purple lipped Lyasu rival thee, As thou art bounte ous. '; And thou'rt strong To stand beside the • t h W ere I Ganymede, Of the Olympian re pi c ers at the feast vel, 'and to • The foaming cups to Hebe give To see thee trip u- : I , iron ho I'd laugh Prostrate old Neptune. Vulc an 's,rl4. heels, With all his weight of armourfling bully i ng Mars, Down with a clatter on th e on his back, heavenly floor ! Not Jove himself dare rial Lord of the panthers ! Lo,a_fall. with thee, And the high purpose of tay / Ro drlnk again, grows . firm, As the sweet venom circles i n u It is resolved ! - Come, then my . ve ins — With G lt Thou raven-mother,--eame andrioua ui , „fill my cup With thy black beverag e . table Then comes, in inevi se quence, the inquiry— " But the victim ?" Who is it to be ? His be- loved Y—Lilian. - His betroth e d ?—Mariana—of the " moated grange." [Both, observe ! slyly re minding one of Tennysonian widens.) ... His orien tal beauty 7—lndiana. One after another these are rejected (for the present at l east) as victims, the destruction of whom wo uld scarcely afford him remorse sufficiently poignant--f or his purpose. He resolves at leng th upon killing —by poison infused into the wine cups at a gay supper that evening—his three intimate personal friends and fellow-students, Garcia Perez Alphonso D'Aguilar, and Alonzo Olivarez. His project is carried out, after a squabble about the sensuous, or rather, we should say, _the sensual, c h arms of a negress, in the course of a n eni egiu _ m pronounced upon whom Firmilian indic ates for the first time-- and we rejoice to note also for the only time—his right to his humorously affected position as a repre sentative of the Spasmodic School of Poetry, by an outburst of gross and exaggerated pruriency. The passage is absolutely revolting, from its rank volup tuousness. Reverting to the plot—th e d ee d is, as we have said, done, and done, too, most effectively, but not by any means effectually. The first crime is committed—Perez, D'Aguilar and Olivarez are poisoned, dead, even interred--but, alas ! there is no remorse afterwards for Firmilian. His earliest adventure has failed deplorably. He must try again—attempt some crime of larger and deadlier atrocity. A hint is happily taken fr om a conver sation overheard by the Student of Badajoz—a dialogue between a Graduate and a Priest in the cloisters. The result of this hint, and of Firmilian's after meditation over it, is magnificent. He turns Guy Fawkes on a colossal scale—blows up a whole cathedral, with its priests and its congregation. Listen ! The scene is the " exterior of the Cathe dral of St. Nicholas—Choir heard chaunting with in." Enter Firmilian : " How darkly hangs you cloud above the spire ! There's thunder iu the air What if the flash Should rend the solid walls, and reach the vault 1 Where my terrestrial thunder lies prepar e d, And so, without tho action of my hand, ING, AUGUST 16, 1854. Whirl up those thousand bigots in its blaze, And leave me guiltless, save in the intent? " That were a vile defraudment of my aim. A petty larceny o' the element, An interjection of exceeding wrong ! Let the hoarse thunder rend the vault of heaven, Yea, shake th e s t ars b y myr i a d s from their boughs, As Autumn tempests shake the fruitage down ; Let the red lightning shoot athwart the sky, Entangling comets by their spooming hair, Piercing the zodiac belt, and carrying dread To old Orion, and his whimpering hound ; But let the glory of this dead be mine ! ORGAN and CHOIR. s ad honore • . Sublimatu in Nicholai preiulis; Pietatis ante rorem Cunctis pluit populis : Ut via parem nut majorem Habeat in seculis. FIRMILIAN. Yet I weep to hear the wretches sing ! There rolls the organ anthem down the aisle, And thousand voices join in its acclaim. All they are happy—they are on their knees ; Round and above them stare the images Of antique saints and martyrs. Censers steam With their Arabian charge of frankincense, And every heart, with inward fingers, counts A blissful rosary of pious prayer !' And so the scene advances with the alternate reveries of the Poet-Student and snatches of Psalmody from the Organ and Choir within the Cathedral—until the event arrives at its denoue ment. Firmiliau has been wavering somewhat in his design, when he thus breaks from his previous doubtings and bewilderment : " I must be resolute. Lose this one chance, Which bears me to th' Acropolis of guilt, And this, our age, foregoes its noblest song. I must be speedy— ORGAN and CHOIR. - A defunctis suscitatur Fortum qui commiserat • Et Judmus baptizatur Furtum qui recuperat : Illi vita restauratur, Hic ad fidem properat. FIRMILIAN. No more was needed to confirm my mind ! That stanza blows all thoughts of pity off, As empty straws are scattered by the wind ! For I have. been the victim of the Jews, Who, by v i le barter, have absorbed my means. Did I not pawn—for that same flagrant stuff, Which only waits a spark to be dissolved, And, having done its mission, must disperse As a thin smoke into the ambient air— My diamond cross, my goblet, and my books? What ! would they venture to baptise the Jew? The cause assumes a holier aspect, then ; And, as a faithful son of Rome, I dare To merge my darling passion in the wrong That is projected against Christendom ! Pity, avaunt ! I may not longer stay. [Exit into the vaults. A short pause. After which he re-appears.] This done ! I vanish like the lightning bolt. ORGAN and CHOIR. Nicholai sacerdotum Decus, honor, filoria Plebem camera, clerum totum— 147 . 1; [Thc Cathedral is blown up.]" An episode, coming directly afterwards, one relating the death of a covetous Confessor crushed under the blows of a ponderous mace, wielded by the armed effigy of the Cid, at the end of a sub terranean gallery—although indirectly another of the crimes of Firmilian—demands nothing more than a passing mention in the presence of his more stupendous and more heinous blood-guilti ness. We follow him to the spot from which he has himself witnessed the blowing-up of the cathedral —the summit of the Pillar of Simeon St. Stylites. [Another sly Tenuysonian reminiscence, observe !] Firmilian loquitur "'Twas a grand spectacle ! The solid earth Seemed from its quaking entrails to eruct The gathered lava of a thousand years, Like an imposthunas bursting up from hell ! In a red robe of flame, the riven towers, Pillars and altar, organ loft and screen, With a singed swarm of mortals intermixed, Were whirled in anguish to the shuddering stars, And all creation trembled at the din. It was my doing—mine alone ! and I Stand greater b 3 this deed than the vain fool That thrust his torch beneath Diana's shrine. For what was it inspired Erostratus But a weak vanity to have his name Blaze out for arson in the catalogue? • And yet—and yet—what hoots the sacrifice'!" Another failure ! The colossal homicide—the ho micide colossal in guilt, perched up on the top of St. Simeon's column, discovers that in his last effort to gain remorse he has been too wholesale. What were these victims, he asks, who had gone soaring up to heaven among the fragments of the exploded cathedral? " Nothing ! Mere human atoms, breathing clods, Uninspired dullards, unpoetic slaves, The rag, and tag, and bobtail of mankind.; Whom having scorched to cinders, I no more Feel ruth for what I did, than if my hand Had thrust a stick of sulphur in the nest Of some poor hive of droning humble-bees, And smoked them into silence." He is still lamenting over the blunder of his late adventure, when, according to his own appoint ment, there comes panting and toiling up the spiral staircase inside the Pillar, up to the narrow and unguarded surface of its summit, Haverillo, an other student and poet of Badajoz, the friend of Firmilian, ono who has lent Firmili an muc h money, and whose kindly fellowship in many things would seem to promise advantageously consider able remorse as the result of a cold-blooded assassination. Firmilian is resolved to avail himself of so tempting an opportunity. It were needless to give the whole scene during the earlier part of which the horrid purpose of his friend gradually dawns upon the knowledge of Haverillo. Its close, however, is too rich altogether to pass unquoted. Haverillo has at l as t cried out— " Madman, stand off !" —to which Firmilian responds— " There's but four feet of space To spare between us. I'm not hasty, I ! Swans sing before their death, and it may be That dying poets feel that impulse to : Then, prythee, be canorous. You may sing One of those ditties which have won you gold, And my meek audience of the vapid strain Shall count with Phoebus a full discharge For all the ducats. Will you not begin ? HAVERILLO. Leave off this horrid jest, Firmilian ! FIRMILIAN. Jest ! 'Tis no jest ! This pillar's very high— Shout, and no one can hear you from the square— Wilt sing, I say ? HAVERILLO. Listen, Firmilian I have a third edition in the press, Whereof the proceeds shall be wholly thine— Spare me FIRMILIAI , I. A third edition ! Atropos— Forgive me that I ta.ried ! HAVERILLO. Mercy !—Ah ! [FiRmILIAN hurls him from the column.r , The result of which is absolutely delicious in its extravagance, beyond the death of Haverillo, that of the critic Apollodorus. The meaning of the satirist being more within the reach of general ap preciation, we would conjecture supposing we were to print the name of the last mentioned per sonage somewhat differently, calling him not " Apollodorus the Critic," but The Critic " Apol lodorus." Ho has been meditating in the Square below the Pillar, this same ill-starred Apollodorus, brooding over the thoughts consequent upon his first inquiry— " Why do men call me a presumptuous cur, A vupouring blockhead, and a turgid fool, A common nuisance, and a charlatan ?" When [we cannot apologise for the length of our quotation]— Enter SANCHO, a Costerntonger, singing. Down iu the garden behind the wall, Merrily grows the bright-green leek; The old sow grunts as the acorns fall, The winds blow heavy, the little pigs squeak. One for the littsr, and three for the teat— Hark to the music, Juanna my sweat ! APOLLODORUS. Now, heaven be thanked ! here is a genuine bard, A creature of high impulse, one unsoiled By coarse conventionalities of rule. He labours not to sing, for his bright thoughts Resolve themselves at once into a strain Without the aid of balanced artifice. All hail, great poet ! SANCHO. Save you, my merry master ! Need you any leeks or 01110113? Here's the primest cauliflower, though I say it, in all Badajoz. Set it up at a distance of some ten yards, and I'll forfeit my ass if it does not look bigger than the Alcayde's wig. Or would these radishes suit your turn t There's nothing like your radish for cooling the blood and purging distempered humours. APOLLODORTIS. I do admire thy vegetables much, But will not buy them. Pray you, pardon me For one short word of friendly obloquy. Is't possible a being so endowed With music, song, and sun-aspiring thoughts, Can stoop to chaffer idly in the streets, And, for a huckster's miserable gain, Renounce the urgings of his destiny ? Why, man, thine ass should be a Pegasus, A sun-reared char g er snorting at the stars , And scattering all.the Pleiads at his heels— Thy cart should be an orient-tinted car, Such as Aurora drives into the day, What time the rosy-fingered Hours awake— Thy reins— SANCHO. Lookye, master, I've dusted a better jacket than yours before now, so you had best keep a• civil tongue in you head. Once for all, will you buy IJmy radishes? APOLLODORS. No ! SANCHO. Then go to the devil and shake yourself ! [Exit. APOLLODORrs. The foul fiend seize thee and thy cauliflowers I was indeed a most egregious ass To take this lubber clodpole for a bard, And worship that dull fool. Pythi oa Apollo Hear me-0 hear ! Towards the ffrmament I gaze with longing eyes ; and, in the name O?millions th jilting for poetic draughts, I do beseech thee, send a poet down I Let him descend, e'en as a meteor falls, Rushing at noonday— [He is crushed by the fall of the body of HAVERILLO. Is not this, we may ask, full justification of what we have said about this scene's delicious extrava gance ? The one which occurs soon afterwards, the garden scene where Mariana as the rose, Lilian asthe lily, and Indiana as the night-stock, are introduced to each other by Firmilian (to their mutual indig nation), we might be tempted to quote from in like manner, but that the length to which our remarks upon this spasmodic tragedy have already extended warns us to draw our comments as speedily as may be to a conclusion,- though not, let us admit, with out reluctance. Not without reluctance, fain as we are to linger over a production the perusal of which has afforded us so much genuine pleasure and novel satisfaction. Never, perhaps, was a satire penned with more rollicking abandon than Firmilian. This the nature of the incidents already mentioned i will have sufficiently indi cated. It is revealed yet more, as by a sort of climax of extrava gance i n the closing scene by Night, in the midst of Fog and Mist, upon a Barren Moor near Badajoz, where Firmilian, the hero, is perceived through the " darkness visible" flying, in a tardy remorse for his crimes, from the pursuit of the avenging Familiars of the Inquisition. Everything in this description is so wondrously good, as constituting a burlesque " tail-piece" to the whole performance, that we can by no means refrain from giving it verbatim from the point where the Student of Badajoz exclaims, while I pausing for a moment in the foggy wilderness— Where am I ? If my mind deceives me not, Upon that common where, two years ago, An old blind beggar came and craved an alms, Thereby destroying a stupendous thought Just bursting in my mind—a glorious bud Of poesy, but blasted ere its bloom ! I bade the old fool take the leftward path, Which leads to the deep quarry, where he fell— At least I deem so, for I heard a splash— But as I was gazing on the gibbous moon, lowermy e i e w le o s r t m ial as fl h ig e h l How flight To care durst cold it not is fo rsuc h anl Ha !—What is that ? I see around me lights insect Themst comes thicker on. Dancing and flitting, yet they do not seem Like torches either and there's music too , . I'll pause and listen. Chorus of IGNES FATUI. Follow, follow, follow ! Over hill and over hollow ; It is ours to lead the way, When a sinner's footsteps stray— Cheering him with light and song, On his doubtful path along. Hark, bark ! The watch-dog bark. There's a cra-h, and a splash, and a blind man's cry, But the Poet looks tranquilly up at the sky ! FIRMILIAN. Is it the echo of an inward voice, Or spirit-words that make my flesh to creep, And send the cold blood choking to my heart ? I'll shift my ground a little— Chorus of IGNES FATIJI. Flicker, flicker, flicker ! Quicker still, and quicker. Four young men sate down to dine, And still they passed the rosy wine; Pure was the cask, but in the flask There lay a certain deadly powder— Ha ! his heart is beating louder ! Ere the day had passed away, Gracia Perez lifeless lay Hark ! his mother wails Alphonzo, Never more shall strong Alonzo Drink the wine of Ildefronso. FIRMILIAN. O horror ! horror ! 'twas by me they died: I'll move yet fmther on— Chorus of IGNES FATUI. In the vaults under Bursts the red thunder ; Up goes the cathedral, Priest, people, and bedral Ho ! ho ! ho ! ho ! FIRMILIAN. My brain is whirling like a potter's wheel ! O Nemesis ! Chorus of IGNES FATUI. The Muses sing in their charm'd ring, And Apollo weeps for him who sleeps, Alas ! on a hard and a stony pillow— Haverillo ! Haverillo ! FIRMILIAN. I shall go mad ! Chorus of IGNES FATUI• Give him some respite—give him some praise— One good deed he has done in his days ; Chaunt it, and sing it, and tell it in chorus— He has flattened the cockscomb of Apollodorus ! FIRMILIAN. Small comfort that ! The death of a shard-beetle, Albeit the poorest and the paltriest thing That crawls round refuse, cannot weigh a grain Against the pondrous avalanche of guilt That hangs above me ! ome miserable ! I'll grope my way yet further. Chorus of IGNES FATUI. Firmilian ! Firmilian ! What have you done to Lilian? There's a cry from the grotto, a sob by the stream, A woman's loud wailing, a little babe's scream ! How fared it with Lilian, In the pavilion, Firmilian, Firmilian ! FIRMILIAN. Horror ! I'm lost ! Chorus of IGNES FATUI. Ho! ho! ho! Deep in the snow Lies a black maiden from Africa's shore ! Hasten and shake her— You never shall wake her— She'll roam through the glens of the Atlas no more ! Stay, stay, stay ! This way—this way— There's a pit before, and a pit behind, And the seeing man walks in the path of the blind ! [FIR3fILIA.N falls into the quarry. The IGNES FATUI dance as the curtain descends. Terminating after this fashion, most appropriately, amidst fog, and mist, and the dancing of ignes fatui, the spasmodic tragedy of Firmilian. It must not, however, be conjectured for a moment by those who have not yet read Firmilian that it has no real beauties mingled with its burlesque—nothing ex quisite amidst the intended bombast and rhodomon tads of its extravagance. Any one may see through all the roystering humour of the satire, that the writer of the book is one who can appreciate true poetry, and recognise with his own eyes and love with his whole heart—the Beautiful. The Poet we may detect through the Satirist, for example, in a passage like that in which Firmilian apostro phises himself (p. 64) as— " . . . thou, whose mission 'tis To send vibration down the chord of time, Unto its junction with eternity." May we not perceive some glimpses, too, of the fas tidious taste of a not unripened scholarship where our author (under the name of T. P. Jones), talking of the dirty paths to learning trodden even by our children—says if • • • That hog of Epicurus' sty, The sensuous Horace ushers them along To rancid Ovid. He prepares the way For. loose Catullus, whose voluptuous strain Is soon dismissed for coarser Juvenal." And so on through a catalogue of prurient classics, down "to the rank filth of Aristophanes." The satiric power shown by the author of Firmiliau may, even now, after all we have here observed upon. it, be rendered yet more obvious by three remarkable quotations. Quotations, through which will be recognised clearly enough three of the writer's immediate contemporaries. Foremost among them comes one already mentioned—the Critic Apollodorus. Is it not just possible that under this fantastic semblance may be discerned ? MR. GILFILLAN. I've dashed into the sea of metaphor With as strong paddles as the sturdiest ship That churns Medusx into liquid light, And hashed at every object in my way. My ends are public. I have talked of men As my familiars, whom I never saw. Nay—more to raise my credit—l have penned Epistles to the great ones of the land, When some attack might make them slightly sore, Assuring them, in faith, it was not I. What was their answer? Marry, shortly this : " Who, in the name of Zernebock, are you?" I have reviewed myself inces3antly— Yea, made a contract with a kindred soul For mutual interchange of puffery. Gods—how we blew each other ! But, 'tis past— Those halcyon days are gone ; and, I suspect, That, iu some fit of loathing or disgust, As Samuel turned from Eli's coarser son, Mine ancient playmate hath deserted me. IA search r y c e h t ra genius, A pol 1 o h d a o v r i u n s g s t i l ! myself, With keen and earnest longings. I survive To disentangle, from the imping wings Of our young poets, their crustaceous slough. I watch them, as the watcher on the brook Sees the young salmon wrestling from its egg And revels in its futur e bri ght career. ' Sancho, Ha! what seraphic melody is this ? Whereupon, as we have before seen, enters -- a costermonger. The sequel will be remembered. And with that sequel that snatch of the chorus of the Ignes Fatui— " Give him some respite—give him some praise— One good deed he has done in his days ; Chauut it, and sing it, and tell it in chorus — He has flattened the cockscomb of Apollodorus." Is it not just possible, again, we ask—is it not just possible to recognise in the " Graduate" a limning of the Oxford Graduate ? Listen, and then answer whether these words of the Graduate are not the words of— RUSKIN. • " Believe me, father, they're all accurs'd These marble garments of the ancient Gods, Which the blaspheming hand of Babylon Hath gathered out of ruins, and hath raised In this her dark extremity of sin • N tin the h our w h en s h e was sending forth Her champions to the highway and the field, To pine in deserts and to writhe in flame — But in the scarlet frontage of her guilt, When, not with purple only, but with blood, Were the priests vested, and their festive cups Foamed with the hemlock rather than the wine . Call them not Churches, father—call them pris ons ; And yet not such as bind the body in, But gravestones of the soul ! For, look you, sir, Beneath that weight of sq t uare - cu t weary stone A thousand workmen's souls are pent alive . And therefore I declare them all accure'd. rgigsr. Peace, 1101: Thou rawest English .. Irish Foreign .. GRADIIATD. Do I rave indeed! ' So raved the Prophets when they told the truth' To Israel's stubborn councillors and kings So raved Cassandra, when in Ilector't ear She shrieked the presage of his coming fall I am a prophet also —and I say • That o'er those stones wherein you id a , oiryou Annihilation waves her dusky wing; -•••-- Yea, do not marvel if the earth itself, =. '" Like a huge giant, weary of the load, Should heave them from its shoulders. I turn, snit it. It is my purpose, and they all shall doirii - I Lastly, there is another personage hereraepietal— Teufelsdr6ckh. Hear how he is de scr ib e d b y . one-of.. the dramatts personot,_iti this " spasni6die tragedy" of Firrailian, and say*hether the descrip tion is not the description (to a T) of— ~~, CAELYLX. SECOND GENTLEMAN. There was a fallow, too, an Anabaptist, Or something of the sort from the. L ow I R e d j o o i n c i o n t g k i n n o w t h He stood condemned ; but it was nonidd abroso% feo n r ara wh e e o t f p T a e r u ti f c e o lsd ar riSpkh i!l That, in all ways, he was a heretic. fjf i r Six times the Inquisition held debate , r W Up h o e n re h o i f s vou chsafed h t e en la e r t g s, e 7d dida eaai n from o speech, himself. mv But they could coin no g fm hiswOrda, Further than this, that he most earnestly Denounced all systems, human and divine. And so, because the weaker sortof men Are oft misled by babbling, as the bees • Hive at the clash of cymbals, it was deemed A duty to remove him. H e , too, spoke. .1„ But never in your life, sir, did you hear Such hideous jargon l The distracting screech Of waggon-wheels ungreased was musio to it ; And as for meaning —wiser heads than mine Could find no trace of it. 'Twas a tirade About fire-horses, jiituns, windbags, owls Chocta ws an d h orse -hair, shams and finniceyism, unwisdorns, Tithes, and Unveracities. Faith, when I heard him railing in crank terms, And dislocating language in his howl At Phantasm Captains, Hair-and-leather Popes, Terrestrial Law-words, Lords and Law-bringers,— I almost wished the Graduate back again : His style of cursing bad some flavour in't ; The other's was most tedious. With these three brilliant portraits—front the life and to the life—close we our notice of FIRMILIIN grateful to the humorous author of the volume, for having (as we are sanguine that Time may prove him to have done) through this one laughter moving tragedy, given a death-blow with his dagger of satire to the whole school of the Spasmodics. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY). OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Erle.) George Mayhew, 18, was indicted for embezzling three several sums of one penny each, the property of the Post master-General. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Mr. Clarkson stated that the prisoner had been in the service of the Post-office, as a mail cart driver, and it appeared that he was permitted to receive letters upon his journey and to take a perquisite of a penny, in ad . dition to the amount of the postage ; but it was his duty to post the letters immediately upon his arrival at the head office. Instead of doing so, however, it ap• peared that in three instances he had not only kept the pence given to him as perquisites, but also those that were given him for the postage. The learned counsel added that the prisoner was not in strictness in the service of the Post-office, but that he had been several years in the Post-office, and bore a good cha- racter, and therefore there was no desire to press for severe punishment. Mr. Robinson, who appeared for the prisoner, said he was instructed that upon his journey to town, the pri soner could not resist the temptation offered by a pie man, and spent all the money in pies. (A laugh.) The prisoner was sentenced to three months' impri sonment and hard labour. William, Coyle, 45, a respectable-looking man, de scribed as a chemist, was indicted for uttering a forged cheque for 10/. 10s., with intend to defraud. Mr. Bodkiii and Mr. Sleigh prosecuted. The pri soner was defended by Mr. Parry. The offence with which the prisoner was accused ap pears to have been committed in a very ingenious man ner. It seemed that he had met several boys is the street, and that he gave them a note to carry to different tradesmen, and the answer was to be brought to him. Every one of these notes contained a cheque drawn upon Meisrs. Coutts and Co. for different amounts, and they purported to be sent by customers of the different tradesmen, requesting that the cheques might be cashed. These facts were proved in three separate instances, and in the last it happened, singularly enough, that when the boy went into the tradesman's shop the customer who was supposed to be making the request happened accidentally to be in the shop at this time, and the at- tempted fraud was, of course, discovered. The prisoner was taken into custody shortly afterwards at a public ! house in Lisle-street, and he was sworn to by the three boys as being the man who gave them the letters. The prisoner, it appeared, did not obtain any money in either of the cases. Mr. Parry addressed the jury at considerable lengtlA for the prisoner, and contended that the evidence as to his identity was not sufficiently conclusive, and upon this ground he asked for his acquittal. The jury, after a short deliberation, found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years. MARKET NEW,S-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. A very limited supply of English wheat was on sale in to-day's market. The demand for all kinds ruled very inactive, at barely Monday's decline in the quotations. The show of foreign wheat was moderately extensive. Even the finest qualities ruled dull, but we have no actual change to notice in prices. In floating cargoes next to nothing was doing. The barley trade was in a depressed state, on format' terms. In malt next to nothing passing. We had a slow inquiry for oats, yet prices ►ore sup ported. Beans, peas, and flour were unaltered in value. ARRIVALS{ TLIIB WRIK. Wheat. 610 Barley. Malt. Oata. Flour. 2,220 750 280 ':1,560 3,531 aka 3,1110brl s ..... 4,00 i 2,010 7 , BOROUGH HOP. The business doing is limited, yet prices are well sup- ported. WHITECHAPEL. Each kind of meat sold heavily to-day, as follows : Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 10l ; Od to 5s 2d ; veal, 2s 10.1 to 4s Ckl ; pork, Sa 4d t 44 4s &l per 81bs by the carcase. LLOYD'S SHIPPING---(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug.l6.—Wind this day at Noon, N.W. ; light pleasant bronze, and fine weather. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 15.—Wind, W. Arrived—York Town, from London, for New York. OFF DovRR, Aug. 15. —Emilie, from Hamburgh. far Callao. PLYMOUTH, from llan Aug.al4n.ah.—Wind, S.W. Axrpod—Waits. R. OFF THE WIGHT. —Eliza, from Havannah, for Copen hagen. Ch F rit l ti m an ° , u f i r ki Om A A u k g. yab l7 ; s. llo W ra i , nd ' Queb lV. ee, N:W io . r Truro. Sailed Sva.diled - Emanuel, for Quebec. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 15.—Arrived—L a Plata (s), from the West Indies, with 269,906 dollars on board. SUNDERLAND, Aug. 15. —Witl d, .N .W. A n i m a Maxwell, from Sierra Leone ; Orinthea, do. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL Wind, N. ; f res h an d fine., Wednesd a y, 10 . 45 A.lt. The William the Conqueror, from Barbadoes to London, mas destroyed by fire on the 9th July, in lat. 19 N., long. 130 W. Crow pieked up in their boats lame day by the Precursor, arrived here, and captain, mats, carpenter, aid seven hand s were t ransferred on the 11th to ,t High lander, from Barbadoes to Bristol. Arrived—Roger Stewart and Warbler, from New Or leans ; John Currier, Charleston ; Queen of the ' West, New York • Senator, St. J o h n, N . B . ; City of Montreal and Valleyfiald, Montreal ; Prince Regent and Express, Quebec ; Gannett (screw steamer), Lisbon ; Orissa, Alexandria ' • Southampt on , S myrna ; S upply, Leghorn ; Krydseren, Christiana- Off the Port—Mehemet, Shamrock (steamer), Onward, and Loehmaben. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.30 a.m. Wind, W. ; tide, 2 hours' ebb ; cloudy. Arrived—Tynemouth, from Colombo ; C r i m inal Batk, Pugw ash ; Lady Sanders, Ceylon ; Hope, Villa Nava ; Early Bird, Shanghai; Trafalgar, Calcutta; Sen.:Ward. Demerara ; Reka, Smyrna ; Gipsey, Guernsey; Margate Reid, Stolpemundee ; Holland, (s.), Ostend. S m. ailed ste — am Ci e t r o y , of Rotterdam, steamer, for Dunkirk ; B.L. giu D EAL , Wednesday, 10 sau. "Wind, calm, with heavy rain. Passed—Amazon, from Savannah, for London Y Nor wegian ship Europa, from Spain, for Norway. B , e hos e tt ra lit e i r :s t h pt a i s v; al d i e e n m o a ff n d 2; f p t e a r l c l oenwt,. sincef r o t n judging price,nws decrease will in all probs. the ee T fie A xr L st L tr o , : tni '. je — luy T nhe il i g e l ahs e t n i, jot not t)b . e continue brought tthoroaughou closet e t wx b ip e teh y e e tß ar au , sss s pi h ae o e; u d l yb d ut, from the active measures now brought against that The. home I Pr ° o w d e u r ct w io e n m m a u y st be reckoned to increa se . per cent., from the very fine appearance of the the country, the large number of beasts and sheep known tall hh:llBeeeCsnin b ut chers asnerr ti expenses, the cost tp e a r pp ertehaetemr price of the raw to be in the graziers' hands, and th e t fa h t e approximating a t t o i r putig so Asidenearly a that of y t e OF THE CENSUS. I :per that the expenses of taking tclehaueta, e n e t nitsyuinduc es foris were 125,4871. I.ls. I.d , which sum is within this ears from a Parlia• voted by Parliament. by 10,5121. Bs. 11d. Of 32,3551. 9s. 11d. th f o o ussa r d po i s a taf B e sl w w : si T . h p : . Si. 48 . i in 1841, all 1100 all 100 100 - 426 1100 - 100 474 17 ti bi ni all l 2/ 2s 100 100 100 100 h2l 2sl 100 all 81s. 1.00 20 13. 100 44 6 50 25 12 20 20 12i St. St. 25 100 100 18$ 9i all Paid.' all all all all all 100 1341