The Sun. — London, England, 1854-09-18 00:00:00

MONEY MA RKET AND COM ifER.CIAL INT;TLLra E N ' . CITY, TWO o'CLOCK, The "sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday, Were estimated at 6,000 bales, including 500 American, and 500 taken for export and on specu lation. The market was tame, and closed heavily, with prices rather in favour of buyers. The sales comprised 4,500 American, 250 Egyptian at 54d. to 6 id., and 1,300 Surat at 3d. to 4id. Railway Shares were steady. The wheat trade has been steady to-day, and prices have advanced 2s. to 3s. per quarter, and the imports of fore:gu grain are very limited. The accounts by the overland wail are in respect to the condition of the import markets at Calcutta and Bombay of a more satisfactory character, the de mand for piece-goods having increased, although prices were kept down by the abundant supplies. In exports a moderate business has been done. Money was becoming easy. As to the China mar kets they were still deranged by the revolution, and at Shanghai the difficulty about paying duties arrear caused much annoyance to the merchants. The steamer Tamar, with the West India mail, brings better accounts of the health of the colonies, but the cholera still raged in some places. The amount of specie on board is 500,000 dollars. There are a few Australian letters and papers to July 3by this opportunity. As usual in the winter season, trade was dull at Melbourne. The gold production of the three previous months showed an increase of 41,000 oz. in Victoria. Specie was being freely re-shipped to England, and several vessels had left with large amounts on board. The Eagle had 80,000 oz. and 34,9991. The advices are very scanty, as no regular mail comes via Panama. The New York accounts, per Asia, to the 6th met., describe the money market as continuing tight. One writer observes " The experience of the past six months has been such AN to utterly destroy all disposition to enter into new speculations, and it will therefore be difficult to get up 41 kflation in prices, except in extraordinary instances. There may be cases where stocks possess a greater actual than market value, where certain movements have lieen male that give a different complexion to the com- P4'Y's affairs, where an improvement in prices would oe justified, but, as a general thing, we can look fur no favourabl e c h ange , an d m ay as well make up our minds for a long period of dullness and depression. Money is abundant and cheap enough for the ordinary purposes of trade. Th e p rem i um at which the New York State Loan Was taken a few days since showed that there is capital enough offerinY when scar( ity is undoubted. The great eculty in the fancy stocks of the day is a want of confi nce." Concerning the crops we have the following ad ditional information : "There is no doubt that a great number of fields of Virginia, and potatoes in some of the States, particularly in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan, will nearly if not quite fail. Many fields of corn 'will hardly yield a return of the seed, and but a small Proportion of winter fodder ; while others wiil oily 1:rodu„, a respectable show of " nubbins," which de scription of corn ears generally find their way to th e pigstyes. The greater proportion of the potato field s in the above named States will not produce an t a pregate yi e ld o f more than half the average, al "gn there are seine of a late planting, which will Probably turn out handsomely. In most of the Southern States the drought was not so severely felt, and we bear "unusually large crops of corn in that section, and a s 4 °d avei age yield will also be had on the bottoms of the Oh; 0 , Upper Mississippi, and Missouri rivers. In the Northern and Eastern States, althouJ,h the dry wea ther has been very trying upon the tall crops, we have eard of very few complaints compared with these which n ave reached us from the West, and we think we can safely anticipate for corn and potatoes, in this section, a Yield which will nearly, if not quite, compare with that of previous seasons. _ _ The Montreal Pilot, of the 18th inst., says We have authority to announce that the entire line of railroad from Quebec to Richmond, will be Opened for traffic and travel on the 2d of October, on and after which day regular trains will traverse the road between Montreal, Richmond, Quebec, and Pori land. Fires Port D ov er Argus, of the 26th inst., says -nres are still raging in the woods around us, in "ery direction for miles, and have done consider able damage in burning fences, and in some in stances have destroyed entire fields of grass. The Port Hope Watchman, says :—Although the yield of wheat is not generally so great as last year, yet from the circumstance of a greater breadth of land covered with fall and spring wheat this sea son, the quantity grown and harvested in these counties will be much larger than what was pro duled in 1853. The Stock Market is very dull this morning, but the quotations are much the same. Consols have becn 95i 4, and since 951 g for transfer, while the uccount prices are 95i I. Exchequer Bills have teen 6s. to 95,, and India Bonds Bs. premium, being steady. The Exchequer Bonds of 1859 are at 994 to par. Speculators generally are now quietly awaiting the receipt of late intelligence from Sebastopol, and should that prove favourable, Many of them anticipate an immediate rise of 1 Per cent. In the Foreign Market the Turkish scrip is now quoted without the new allotment, and is 3 to 3i premium. Mexican Bonds have been done at 24i. Sardinian Stock is worth 881, Russian 4i per Ceuta. have been done at 89 to I. In Spanish Bonds there have been only a few bargains. The 3 per Cents. are at 371, and the Deferred Bonds have been done at 181 to /. In railway shares there has not been much doing, and they are in some instances less buoyant than t hey were. The Midland have been at an advance to 33 and 331, the Berwick are firm at 79 to r, and the Caledonian, North-Western, and Great Western are at about the previous rates. buxemburgh Shares have been at previous rates, and Antwerp ". 11 9. Rotterdam are rather firmer. The Frenc h itre merely nominal. The Gold Mines are a shade better, the Banks quiet, and Crystal Palace Without alteration. _ The following are the nominal prices of foreign Mocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 6; Jqexican, 24i to 24i ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 51 to 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 98 to 100 ; ditto, 41 1 - per Cents., 88 to 90 ; Spanish New Deferred, 1l to ; ditto 3 per Cents., Vi to 38 ; ditto Certificates, 5i to 5i ; ditto Passive 4 to 41. The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing Company. Date. Place. Birknhd. Lane. & Chesh. Jne. Oct. 21, Birkenhead. Boston, Slefrd.andilid. Juno. Sept. 19, Euston Hotel. Caledonian East Anglian East Lancashire Sept. 25, Bury. Hereford and Welwyn, June Sept. 39, Shire Hall, Hertfd Lancaster and Preston Manchester, Sheff and Line Sept. 19, Manchester. Do. Pref. and No. 1. Qui:liars Sept. 19, Manche-ter. Mid. Great Western (Ireland) Sept. 22, Dublin. North British Sept. 22, Edinburgh. Portsmouth Sept. 28, Great Geeorge-at. Rouen and Havre Sept. 29, Paris. Royal Swedish Scottish Central Sept. 19, Perth. West Hartlepool Whitehaven Junction BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES (From the (Vicki List.) Be fuss done. Per Cent, Consols Annuities 9SA ludia Bonds, SACO() . ........ ....... ••• Ditto under £lOOO p Consols for Account 17th Oct. Exchequer l3ills, 6 9 £lOOO ......................... 8 9 6 2600 ........................... ...... 9 6 Each Small ......................................... Nuer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent. — Ditto 1859, ~ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. trazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent lOl Mexican 3 per Cent. ........................... Ditto for the Account ........................ 24i Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 por Cent. X 5t..... 'Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent 42 40 Ditto 4i per Cent S9I 9 R ardiniau Bonds, 5 per Cent BB4 71 Spanish. Bonds, 3 per Cent. 37A SPani.h New tteferred, 3 per Cent . 18i paanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 5 p Turkish s'erip Ditto for the Account 3A 3 Dividends on Ine above paysoie I,ondon. THREE O'CLOCK. ...... 95A § CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY). The September session of the Central Criminal Court was opened this morning by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Right Hon. thb Recorder, Aldermen Sir G. Carroll, Sir J. Musgrove, and Kennard, Mr. Sheriff Wire, Mr. Sheriff Wallis, and Mr. Under-Sheriff Ander- ton, &c. There are 103 persons for trial, and a great many of the cases are of a very serious character, involving charges of murder, manslaughter, and other grave offences. The "Recorder, in charging the Grand Jury, expressed his regret at the state of the calender, but he said that although the cases were of a serious character, yet as they did not appear to present any legal difficulties, it was unnecessary that he should occupy much of their time in making any observations respecting them. He re gretted to see that there were several cases of murder, in which the victims appeared to be children of tender age, and the parties accused of the crime stood related to the deceased, which, under ordinary circumstances, would make them considered the last persons likely to commit such a crime. In most of the cases the accused standing in the relation of parents to the deceased. In all the cases it appeared to him that, upon the depositions, the crime of murder eas made out, and it would he the duty of the Grand Jury to find bills for that offence, and if there were any mitigating circumstances that were calculated to reduce the cause to one of lesser magni tude, they could only legally be taken into consideration by the petty jury. There was one case of manslaughter of an important character, in which a driver of an excur sion train upon the Dover railway had, as was alleged, by reckless and negligent driving, caused the deaths of three persons. He was of opinion that, under all cir cumstances, these excursion trains, as they were called, were attended with very great danger to the public ; but the question on the present occasion was whether the defendant, by his own reckless and negligent conduct, had been the occasion of the fearful acci dent which took place on this occasion. He was not aware whether it was intended to present a bill against the accused at this session, but he felt it his duty to call the attention of the grand jury to the case, and to state the circumstances under which the charge arose. The learned recorder then proceeded to state the facts connected with the accident in question, and which will be fresh in the recollection of our readers. He said the point for them to consider was whether the ac cident wee occasioned by the accused person having driven at an improper pace, and in disregard of the signals that were put up. He thought it right, how ever, to say that it appeared that a signal which was called the distant signal had not been raised, and that if this had been done, in all probability the accident would not have happened. The nearer signals were put up, and it seemed that the accused had done all he could to stop the train, but owing to the speed he was going at was un able to do so, and the consequence was that the accident in question took place. It did not appear that the pri soner was driving fast contrary to orders, and under all the circumstances the grand jury would say whether the accused had been guilty of such gross negligence and rashness as to render him amenable to the charge of man slaughter. His lordship concluded by congratulating the grand jury and the country upon the passing of the act of last session for the promotion of reformatory schools for young criminals, and in his opinion it would relieve the criminal courts from a most painful portion of their duty in braving to dispose of charges of felony against children of tender years, whom they were formerly com pelled either to discharge altogether, or to place them in charge of their parents, who, in many instances, were worse than themselves, or of remitting them to a pi icon, where they could not avoid being contaminated. Now, however, he said, the Court had the power of inflicting some punishment upon criminals of this description, and they could afterwards send them to these establishments, where they would be properly taken care of, and have a chance of becorniing good members of society. The grand jury then retired. MAEKET .NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The country markets hold on Saturday were but mode rately supplied with wheat, in which a steady business was transacted, at an advance of from 2s to 4s per qr. Barley was quite as dear; but malt commanded very little attention. The oat trade was firm, and prices had an up ward tendency. Beans, peas, and flour ruled about sta tionary. Tho continental markets have been rather firmer for all articles. Advices from New York to the 6th inst. state that tho previous advance in flour was supported. Very moderate supplies of English grain came to hand last week. The imports of foreign amounted to 2,470 qrs. of wheat, 550 barley, 4,426 oats, 700 beans, 34 tares, 2,010 linseed, 25 rapeseed, 61 sundry seeds, 850 sacks and 4,201 barrels of flour. There was a full average supply of new English wheat on sale in to day's market, chiefly by land carriage from Essex and Kent. The general quality of the samples was remarkably fine, and some of the wheats weighed 62 to 64 lbs. per bushel. Factors were very firm in their demands, and about an average business was transacted in most kinds at an advance in the quotationsobtained on Monday last of from 2s to 3s per qr. We were scantily supplied with old English wheat, in which a steady business was doing, at 2s per qr. more money. _ _ The show of foreign wheat was moderately good. On the whole, the trade was firm, and the currencies were about 2s. per quarter above those of Monday last. Floating cargoes were in request, and 3s. to 4s. per quarter dearer. We were scantily supplied with barley. Most kinds commanded more attention, at, in some few instances, a rise of is. per quarter. Malt—the supply of which was but moderate—met a dull inquiry, but we have no further decline to notice in prices. There was a limited quantity of oats in the market. The trade ruled firm, at from fid. to ls. per quarter above the rates of Monday last. Beans were steady, and a few transactions took place at an improvement of ls. per quarter. Peas were steady, and rather dearer. We had an improved demand for flour, partly on eon tinontal account. American parcels were is. dearer. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL. MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Ksnt, Rod .... new 544t0 625 Ditto•••• ........ old 56s 68 ei uitto, White new Z6s 705 Ditt0........ old 54s 65s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 48s 515' Ditto now •••••. 47s 524 Rye—Old •••• •••••••• —s —s New .• •• •• 38s 403 Barl I —Grinding . • • •• 3 , 1 s 318' Malting .•••••••• 30s 32s Chevalier.•. • •• 323 33s Salt—Suffolk and Nor. folk•• •• •• 623 67s 8r0wn..•..•.......•• 584 Os gingston and Ware 684 Ohs i Malt—Chevalier •••• 69s to 70/ Oats— Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feed 22s 26i Potato ...... . • 25s 284 Youghal and Cork Black. .. •• • • 18s 25, Cork, White . 249 27s Scotch, Feed. .. 28s 30s flea►ns—Tick • . 40s 483 Pigeons ...... 42 564 peas —Grey 359 879 Maple. •• •••• • • • . 38s 40s White....... ... 403 453 Boilers ••••••• •• —s —s rlour—Town-made. 481 50s Buffolk •• •• •• 41s 47s Stocktn &Norfolk 41s 43s SMITHFIELD. We were heavily supplied with foreign stock to-day. All kinds moved off slowly, at drooping prices. From our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts were large as to number, but very deficient in quality. The attendance of both town and country buyers was by no means numerous, and the buef trade ruled heavy, at a decline iu the prices obtained on Monday last of 2d per Sibs. The top figure for beef was 4s 10d per filbs, and a clearance was not effected. . _ The arrivals from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire, amounted to 2,600 short-horns ; from other parts of England, 550 of various breeds; and from Scotland 17 Scots. The show of sheep was very extensive, but we observed scarcely any really prime stock amongst it. Prime Downs sold somewhat steadily, at last week's currency ; but all other kinds moved off heavily, at a decline in the quota tions of 2d per Slbs. The few lambs in the market sold at mutton prices. Although the supply of calves was limited, the veal trade ruled very dull, at a further decline of from 2d to 4d per 81bs. The highest quotation was 4s per 81bs. At least two-thirds of the supply were disposed of for country consumption. The pork trade was exceedingly depressed, at about nominal prices. . The arrivals of stock from Ireland, last week, were 114 beasts and 96 calves. About an average supply of foreign stock was received in the port of London last week, viz., 10,008 head. In the corresponding week in 1853 the imports amounted to 10,517 ' • in 1852, 12,167; in 1851 , 7 , 8 3 ; in 1850, 7, 0 00; in 1849, 6,200 ; in 1848, 5,500; in 1847, 7,520 head. DEPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEER. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. llamburgh Bl ... 295 Flarliugeu Rotterdam 404 ... 1,968 ... Dordt 35 ... 204 248 St. 2i 25 50 Touningen 471 ... 486 Amsterdam 7l ... 3,240 Bremen 397 ... Antwerp — .•• Ostend 68 ;;. 509 88 ... 9 ... --- ... 60 ... ... -- - ... 43 ... - Total -. 1616, ... 7,165 ... 169 ... 487 . 66S i 25 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1853 .. .2,004 ... 7,263 ... 5 ... 763 ... 422 The general quality of the importations is still inferior. Per Sibs to sink the offskls. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 2 t3econd quality.... 3 4 3 8 Prime large oxen 310 4 6' Primo Scots, &e. 4 8 410 Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 6 Second quality ...3 8 4 01 Prime crse.-wlled.4 2 4 TOTAL SUPPLY. s. d. s. d 20 32 ,0 0 ~ Prime Southdown 410 5 0 e ors°. calves 2 10 3 6 ~.° (Primesmall d 0... 3 8 4 0 20 ' , Small hogs 1 0 4 2 ••• ',Small porkers 4 4 4 8 !Sueldingcalves ..22 0 28 0 20 Quarter old pigs 20 0 26 0 10 Beaats ... ... • ........ •• 5,607 Sheep .•• •• ..•• •• •• —36,970 SPORTING NOTES. QUEER DOINGS AT DONCASTER. Endurance has its limits. The duper wearies of prac- tising the same petty tricks day after day, and emboldened by success and impunity, extends the sphere of his ope rations, whilst the duped at length discovers the artifice and sham of which he has been a passive victim, and rouses himself to a violent reistauce. A bad actor once strutted and fretted his hour upon the stage heedless of the groans, hisses, and cat-calls with which he was saluted ; these means failing to stop his antics, the audience began to pelt him off the stage. Our hero of the sock and buskin then stepped forward, and told them he did not mind their hooting, and did not even care much for orange peels, but he asserted that ginger beer bottles and brick-bats he could not stand. Now John Scott has been placed in the same awkward predi cament ; he has long openly defied public) opinion—so long, indeed, as it was full of sound and fury, signifying nothing ; and when people have talked rather loudly about his doings ho has " shifted his trumpet and merely took snuff." He made, I hope, his last appearance in the character of Sir Giles Overreach at Doncaster, and will not I trust again experience the "New Way " which Turfites have of "Paying Old Debts." Acrobat's performance on Friday was sufficient to in dicate that, to use the mildest language, his running for the St. Leger was a mistake, whether premeditated or not the reader must determine for himself. In allowing him to start for the Doncaster Stakes was, however, after all the greater mistake, and one which I was sur prised that John Scott with all his shrewdness and tact should make. If Acrobat's performance for the St. Leger was a delusion and a snare, the error of judgment which his trainer committed on Friday in bringing him out to compete successfully with Ivan and Scythian is not a little extraordinary. The rough treatment which John Scott experienced after the race, marked in an unequivocal manner the disgust and indignation with which the proceedings connected with his " Leger lot " were regarded, and had it not have been for the effective service rendered him by Harry Broome and Mr. Robert Morris, the growing rage and fury of the mob which surrounded him might have been attended by terrible consequences. John Scott met with no sympathy ; almost every man's hand was against him ; and that overwhelming burst of public indignation will be remembered and deplored by him as long as he lives. Lord Derby, as the owner of the horses, is looked to for an explanation of this disgraceful affair. In talking of the matter, his name is disagreeably associated with that of John Scott's. That Lord Derby is to blame for his part, however small, in the business is unquestion able. He set the established usages of the turf at nought when he started three horses for the St. Leger without declaring with which he intended to win. A thimble-rigger never more dexterously concealed the little pea than did this sometime Prime Minister of Eng land mystify turfites with his three horses—Boiardo, Dervish, and Acrobat, and puzzle them as to his inten tions respecting them. The turf has degenerated indeed when those in high places resort to artifices which used to be common only with the knights of the thimble. The settling will take place this afternoon, and I regret to state that well-founded doubts are entertained of its being brought to a satisfactory conclusion. The " gentlemen" are losers to a man ; the principal winners are—the Messrs. Morris, Mr. T. Bell, Mr. J. Waring ton, Mr. W. Stebbing, and Mr. Davis, "the Leviathan." The principle turf appointments for the current week are—Bedford, to-morrow and Wednesday ; Leicester, Wednesday and Thursday ; and Manchester, Thursday and Friday. The acceptances for the Bedfordshire Stakes have not yet been published, and a complete programme of the Manchester Meeting has not yet been issued. To-morrow, however, I will throw some rough notes together respecting the events to be decided at Leicester and Manchester. Sept. 18. A. FRESH MAN. REGISTRATION COURTS.—This day T. Y. McChristie, Esq., the Revising Barrister, will commence the revi sion of the list of voters for the city of London, in the Court of Common Pleas, Guildhall, in the following order. The lists and notices of claim and objection to the Livery will be first received, afterwards the parish lists will be received in the order they stand upon the register ; when that is concluded, the revision of the Livery will be proceeded with, and subsequently the parishes according to their polling places. The Revising Barrister, John Frazer Macqueen, Esq., has appointed to hold his court to revise the list of voters for the borough of Westminster, in the Court of Common Pleas, Westminster hall, on the 25th inst. • for the borough of Merylebone, at the 'Court-house, karylehone-lane, on the 28th inst. ; for the Tower Hamlets, Borough, at the Court-house, Wellclose-square, on the 3d of October ; and for the Borough of Finsbury, at the Vice-Chan cellor's Court, Westminster-hall, the 4th of October. DIIPAIiTURE OF THE EGYPTIAN YACHT FAID GAHAUD. —SOUTHAMPTON; Friday.- This splendid specimen of ship-building has at last taken her departure. She went POISONING Br TOBACCO.—A la , d y, ll ~a nied Watts, the out int o the river last ni g ht, and started earl y this morn 'wife o f a retired physician, former) of tt'inham died iug D urin g her sta y in these docks the Faid Gahaud ' at a lod g i ng in New Brigh to n a l tlew days ago, from the has . been the subject of admiration to many hundreds of effects of a decoction of tobacco, taken, it i s serm i re d . meson s, and no sooner was it known that she had ar. I neuicinally, without the knowledge of her husband, ; we d this port than numerous applications were made , ' I °wing been long in a delieate state of health. Sh e h,,d to ~,,,t ore a n inspection- The Fail G.thatid has left for '''clert - !(1 the servant girl to boil half e.., ace , c w . ista „ti li ople, where she will lend her noble Pasieegerrs, Ilia pint o f water, and s he drank the half of the dean- who have (lepArteci ior the benefit of their hea:th ; hut it li on, said to be five times more than sufficient t o cause i s very probable that sire will remain a few days at Malta death,r_ and which of course produced death on th e f o l- o n h er voyage out. During her stay in these docks she 7fing day. sh e h a d nev e r been known to uettobacoo has undergone a perfect renovation. She has left in °"91", is say w i f,y —Gi f i N ow Daily Moil. " charge of laer commauder, Mustapha Dedeah. Consols , Ditto October Account THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER is, 1854.. FOREIGN SUPPLY. 8ea5t5......... ........ . 2,565 Sheep ..•• •• ... ...... 7,440 Calves.... •............. 174 P 11,12..•• •• •• A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Sept. 19, 1853, and this day, Monday, Sept. 18, 1854. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. Sept. 19, 1853. !5ept.18,1854 s. d. a. d.ls. d. e. d Coarse and inferior beasts 2 10 to 3 2'3 oto 3 2 Second quality ditto ... 3 4 3 6,3 4 3 8 Prime large oxen ... 3 g 4 03 10 4 S Prime Scots, 4 2 4 4;4 10 5 0 Coarse and inferior sheep ... ... 3 2 3 6,3 6 3 8 Second quality ditto ... ... 3 8 4 01 10 4 0 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... ... 4 2 4 6!4 2 4 Prime Southdown ditto ... .. 410 5 24 10 5 0 Lambs ... .•• 0 0 0 o'o 0 0 0 Large coarse calves 3 6 4 0.3 0 3 8 Prime small ditto ... ... 4 2 4 813 10 4 4 Large hogs"l ... 3 4 .4 3 0 4 2 Neat small porkers ... ... 4 4 5 0 "1 4 4 4 8 Beasts... ... ... 6,224 5,607 Sheep ... ... 27,410 36,970 Calves... 275 362 Pigs .................. 440 380 SUPPLIES ON SALR, Sept.• 20, 1852.—Beasts, 5,513 ; sheep, 28,900 ; calves, 332; pigs, 340. Sept. 22, 1851.—Beasts, 5, 2 7 0 ; sheep, 32 , 120 ; calves, 259 ; pigs, 862. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. 100 100 For the time of year these markets are well supplied. 1 00 The general demand is in a sluggish state, on the following terms : Per Bibs by the cum.:). s. d. s. d. s. d. 0. d. I Beef, inferior 3 2 3 4 1 Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 6 Do., middling 3 6 3 8 i Do., middling 3 8 4 2 Do., prime large .3 10 42 i Do., prime 44 4 8 Do., do. small ....4 4 4 6 1 Veal . 2lO 4 0 Pork, large 324 0 1 Pork, small 42 4 8 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. 20 Unusually largo supplies of English potatoes, in excellent 20 condition, continue on sale in these markets ; but there are 20 very few on offer from abroad, last week's imports being 33 ! only i 5 baskets from Rott..rdam. A steady business is 10 doing in most kinds as follows :—Regents, 70s to 80s ' • 2P middlings, 45s to 50s ; Shaws , 60 s to 70 s per ton: 20 BOROUGH HOP. About 80 pockets of new hops have been disposed of at from 18/ Os to 211 per cwt. The duty is called 60,0001 to 70,0001. Yearlings are very firm, at our quotations. Last week's imports of foreign hops were large, viz„ 707 bales from Hamburg, 217 from Ostend, 8 from Calais, 38 from Rotterdam, 103 from Antwerp, 2 from Havre, and 44 from Boulogne. The following are the prices of yearlings : —Mid and East Kent pockets, 131 13s to 181 Os; Weald of Kent ditto, 131 Os to 151 15s ; Sussex ditto, 121 Os to 161 Os ; and foreign, 111 Os to 131 13s per cwt. WOOL. Since our last, about 3,000 bales of East India and low Foreign wools have been disposed of at public sales, at about previous rates. English wools continue in request, at full quotations—otherwise the demand is in a sluggish state. Last week's imports were 67 bales from Ham burgh, 156 from the Cape, 060 from Launceston, and 1,517 from Portland Bay. The following are the current rates of English wool : Soulhdown hoggets, is ld to is lid; half-breds, is ld to is 2,1; Southdown ewes, is o . ',d to is ld ; Kent fleeces, is ld to is 2d ; combing skins, is ld to 14 2d ; flannel wool, 10d to is ; blanket wool, sa to lid; and Leicester fleeces, is Oid to is id per lb. SEEDS: Owing to the late dry weather, a very moderate busi ness has been transacted in this market. In prices, how- 40 ever, scarcely any change has taken place. 40 Taroio.wrute, per bush. 21s to 25: Carraway „ 36s 40a Swede ........ •• 243 384 —3 —g 50 gagtard, Brown , ••••• — 8 —s HemPseed, per quarter 4(1 44s 25 r 0 0 s 8 7 0:/ n o: 0 0 9 d; Lius C e u e r a d u: t s 5 6 6 0: 625 60 s 53 20 • 1 . .. • 0 6 :11 6 10 2 : 1 2 1 00° , per ton 9.5 s 11/ 58 Cakes, pr ton 6 7 0 ,, 6' 105 F tyci n e, . a Fiv l ror y i: , iiet p tsteeg e .ti r n.E q .ln: u t 2- 4 :4 0 0 : : 2 5 :2 0i s lan: O Fseo d ndr e ec s Odessa 20 White •• .• —s —s ittpeseed,New,prist 26 IJs3O Os 50 T r efoil, new.. 16 3 20 TALLOW. 50 100 The continued hot weather sensibly affects the delivery. 100 We have to report a very dull market, at droopi ng p r i ces . To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 64s to 64 s 6d per 20 cwt. Forward del iver y very little is doing. Town tallow, 50 02s per cwt. net cash. Rough fat, 38 5d per Blbs. 20 25 1850. 1851. . 5 .,,,. : ie.).s• i iss4 Stock this day —.• • • :,!; 71d 17: 30.153 38,%43 ! 21,125 30,*13 3 3 1 44 9,1 •.0,39s Ild ..o 54s 01 4; Oli Price of V. C. •• •• t it 34 , 3 , 1 39; 6d413k ihi ,to 51 61 61 1 Gr Delivery last week •• '',494 2,191 2,297 ' 3,4 1 1,506 Ditto from.; anal.... 45,066. 24,745 20,844 26,566 Soi7s Arrivals last week.. .044 377 2,324 1,4.'3 Ditto from Jtmel...., 20,585 12,i91 16,499 24,376 13,488 resat of T0w0......1 410 Od 41i Ott 411 94 no 0 64 0,1 , SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Pald.l MuLwAvs. Closing Prices this day. BIIIIiIIOU dons uds day. ~ 100 A.berdeen.. 8,) Ambg. Nottng Bost and Eastn. Junct.. all :leolast. iianyMena all Binning. Wolverh, Stour Va11ey........ Lanesh. Cheshire Juliet ...... all Do. Chesh. & £5O and £25 Cons. 19 Do., £20..._....... ... 30 Myth & Tyne origina 425 (issd. at 445 100 Bristol and Exeter.. 1 1 00 Caledonian 21s. Cat marthan and Car digan all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon._ all Cork, Black, & Pass 14 Cornwall 1 Crleti Junction ...... 45 Dultlin&llella,st.lune all Dundee Perth &Aber ,i c ,n Junction all Do. New ....... 100 East Ang1ian......... all Eastern Counties.. , 100 Eastern Union, A Stock ... 100 Do., B. Stock 8:R Do., New A......, 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh & G:asgow 9 Edinb. and Peebles.. 100 Edin. Prth &Dunde, 1 Forth & Clyde June 100 Glasgow &S. Weston 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth. &,West.(lre. 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rai' Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisit Do., Thirds 4 Do. New Thirds 100 Laneash.andYorksl , 18:. Do., Fifths 11.1 Do., Wet. Riding Un all Liv.Crsby.&S, utltpt all London & Black wal 100 Loud. Bright &S.Cs• 100 Loud, and N. West?, 12 l)o. Fifths 1 D0.101.5h.,M&8... Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Westu -+2 l)o., 450 34 Do., 449 all :31.1ndrry& Coleraine all tattlnclrry. & Euuisk 100 tfanch.Slicf.& Lincir 4; Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 Aidland 100 ')o. Binnng. & Derb al( Aidld. G. West. (I r ) 22 to. Half Shares .tl3 Newcastle & Carlisle 5. Newuakt. Bury Exton 19 Nwpt.A berg. &Hrfd 8 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Wa.rrenpoini and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk 3! Northu.CountiosUn 100 North British all North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all .0., 4 A Deferred all Do., B Guarautee , 1( (0 N. Eastern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension .. 13 Dodo. G. N. E. Porch. al] Do. Leads 100 Do. York all North London 8. Do. New 410 11 .le N. &S. Wstrn. ,Hamp stead, and City Ju 17? North Staffordshire all North Western al] N. &S. Westrit. June, 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 4 Portsmouth 101' 3cottish Central tOf Scottish Midland all 2 iliewsby. & Herefd all iltropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,full. paid up at per cent. all south Devon iOO south Eastern all 'south \Vales 15 Yrksh. & Riv. Din • 5 8 ' , tallies, Wok. &W all tockton & Darlitt; . 16. .itocktou & Hartlepl. WO WY Vale . 9 Do. £lO shares. 100 Do. Pref., No. 21 Thames Haven Dock and Railway all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. k all Waterford&Limerick 16 West Cornwall. 3 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London 81s. Wimbledn & Croydo: all Antwcrp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Easitn. June. 8 Bezi era to Graisseasae 2a. Bombay, Baroda, and Central ludia,Serip ... Central of Italy all Demerara 14 Dijou and Besancon 9 ►.Dutch Ethenish all Eastern of Franc• 10 Do. New all East Indian 2 Do- Extension all Do. 411 p. e. Bds., paT I '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '59, do ' 10 Gd. Juliet. of France 10 Gd. Tk of Canad.aA is. all Do. do all Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. all Do. Cert. of Deben con. into Stk. till all Do.Conii). 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of Frallee. all Gt. Indian Peninsula I. Do. Now 5 per cent. all Gt.Westernof Canada Shares all Do. Bds. payable's7, - -- ; with option till 55.. all Do. do., 'O2, p. '56 .. all Do. do., '76, p. '60... all Do. do., '73, withou t option ............. all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. ...... 8 Lake Const. & Basle all Lucca & Pistoja sp. c. Pref................... 10 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations....... 10 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons Li Mediterrs.n. ............... 9 D°. New.,.,.,,, Maria Antonia _ ...... all Do. do. New 2 Melbourne Dk: ds Ity. all Namur & Liege (with interest),,., all Do. (ex interest)..., all Northern of France all D 0.201. Sbs.late Char leroi and Erqueliues gun.. 3$ p. c. &red. at 2211. dur. 88 yrs. from IJan. 1854 all Do. 20/. 3 p. c BdP (frny.B.&Ams.Shs.) all NorwegianTrunkPref 14 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans.... all Paris and Rouen 10 ParisCaen (St Cherbrg all Rouen and Havre 15 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse._ all Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. 10 Southern of France 12 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West Flanders all Do 34 per c. Pref 10 Western of France_ 1 ; West. of Switzerland, all Wiesbaden 20 Zealand :10 I NT-STOP sll kustratasia all il3ritish Colonial Bank' and Loan Company all BritiAl N. AMerican 5 Oliartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Loud ' 14 &Ojai! Scottish and Australian all Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 London and County 10 Lovdon Joint Stock 20 Loud. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 224 National of Ireland all - New South Wales all Oriental Bank 01 Corporation. Provincial of Ireland .111 Do. New 1 .toyal Anstraln.Bkg. Cold Imp C 0.... all iouth Australia all Union of Australia ' 2i Do. New IQ Union of Imam LINES LEASED AT FIXED BENTits. Skr Paid. RanwAn.' I L eas i n g Closing Prices B us i ness Corapans• this day. this day. 50 all Bedford and London & Bletchley N. West. St. 100 Buckghamsh. L.StN.W. 95 100 St. 11.0 ClydesdaleJc. Caledon... 98 100 St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthu. 137 140 25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonis.n. Neils. Direct ••• ••• 25 all Do. New Do . . ....... ••• 25 all Glstr o iDn.F; Gt. Westn 28 30 100 all llrtlph Dk. & New. Railway 100 103 25 all Do. Shares. Do. - 51 12i all Do. Shares. Do 50 all Hull & Selby 25 —25 12i all Lon.&Grcentr S. Eastern 12i 20 all Do.Preferenee Do 23 — 24 v & . s„ B li er ju w a 10 all Lon., Til., kS. Peto 8: Co ll} —ll St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk St. LOU Do. 6 per ct. ••• s : i all Manch. Bath. L.&N.W. and Matlock & Midi& 2i 50 all Nliddlesbro' & Stektou & Redear lOf all Ifidlcl.Bradfd Midland.. 92 94 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count. 58 60 59i 50 all Do. 6 per et. D 0 ... 50 :dl Do. Fixeds p 25 all Prest. & Wyrt L. &N.W. &Ln&Yk „.. 12 all Do. Shares. Do — St. [OO itoystn.&llit. GtNortlin 135 138 25 18i Shef. Roth.anc Lancash & Gooleg.sp.c. Yorksh. 12 9?, 3. Staflordsh. M.MClean 2} lid 50 all Wear Valleygr itockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt 25 all Do Do 30 31 St. ,WO Wilts&Somrst ,itWestn. 93 95 PREFERENCE SHARES. St. [ lOl St. 10( 25 31 Aberdeeu Do. N 0.2, 7 p. :0 Birth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 500 10 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares . St. 11.00 St. ti Caledonian £lO a Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5. per cent._ 1 Do. do. Prcf. No. 2 1 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 11 Cork 6ißandonsip.e dl Dundee Perth &Aber- 2B a: 2i a 64 al 64 al 3fl a. deen Junction 611 EastAnglian (£3lox) 6 per cent 611 Do. (£5) 7 per cent: 2 Do. (.£7 17s) 7p. c. .11 Eastern Counties Ex- 6 al 10 K 1 20 al 51 al St. I al tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 .11 Do. No. 2 .11 Do. New 6 p. c. St. .11 Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent 01 Do. 51., 10 nor cent. dl Do. 101. inefientr.Sli ill Do. do. 4 per cent... I East Lan cash. 6p. cts. .11 i East and West York __ shire June. Fifths 4 per cent. St. it st. II 8 al 10 al 10 al 98 iOo 36 - 46- 5 - 1' Gia - sgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent.... Great Northn. 5 p. c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 - p. c. prem... (Ireland) Eighths) 6 Do. 4 per c. PrQf. St 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do.con. red. 44 p.c )0 Do. con. red. 4p. c )0 Du. erred, 4p.e. dl Do. Birm. Pref Sh ill Do. Chester Bp. c.P.S Lll Do. do. 5 p. o. do )0 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk dl Do. Ches. Gua. Stk - Lll Do. do do Ali Do. do. do ... . 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O )0 Do. 6 p. c. Stock ►pl London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c )0 IDo. Pref., 5 p. e. St. 10 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. al 13A al 2; a] St. I L St. !li 1 -- lip - 1 4 R 13i -13 g 1 22 - 24 )0 Do. 4Ap, e 8. Gt.N.of Scot. Ist Prof J.l Ca. Soutlin.dffestm. 114 St. 11 St. LI St. t( 107 - 109 ,100 - 102 6 - 6A 99 - 101 90 - 92 94 - 96 11 -11 i 17 -18 101 - 11 75 -77 19A - -10 1 - 1 it - 134 - 136 ... ..... .« )(.1 Lon.&N. \V., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. et. 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds 2i - 3 p 12 82 1.2, 1 . , ♦] 11 Londonderry& Coler ' i Shares 11 Londy.&Ennis.i Sh. 11 \lan., Shef., & Lin., + Shares, No. 1. ... 11 Do. New, £lO . 4i Do. £6 A Aztrypt.&Carl.4p c Do. 43 per cent 12i.,\ al 12?,. 12 II st: Ito St. Ito 4id. Cousol.6 p.c.St. I 0 00. Consol. Bristol Birm. 6 per cent.... lE Do. Pref. 4; per cent 8 Norfolk Debenture .. 0 Do. Prof. 4p. c. Stock IG,I 1 St. li St. II St. 11 St. 11 St. 1( st. 1( 17 25 - 1.1 20 al St. 110 8 10 • 11 25 al 10 1: ..0 6 al K) Do. sp. c.Ext 10 Do. 54 per ct.pref 10 Do. Wav, Val. sp. c 7 - 8 10 - 12 North British - 8 - 9 11} - 12 i - iP •••,, """ ••• ,138 - 138 - ki NT. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P. 5 Do. do. do L 3 Do. Leeds 6 p.c. No.l 9 Do. do. Quarters '46, LO Do. York ti..& . 4 . Pi) r.! North Staffordshire , Jaford, Worcester, be Wolverh. 415, 6 p.c. 11l Scot. Cent., New Prei .0 Do. 5 per cent .11 South Devon 00. fixed, CI per cent 11 3. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 41 per cent. 11 4.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Xll Wales Gill. 4 p. 0. IG Do. do. 4p. c.... . all itockton and Dar St. 20 20 r. , 20 11 25 - 90 103 - 106 92 - 94 Bi - 3i Z =-- is 109 8 102 114 - 116 12 13 6a par 23i 24 99 101 I lington, 4 per cent 5 Do. do. do, dl itoekton and Hartle• pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1556 4 Katerfd.iMilk.6p.c. 2 1 d MINES. ill Agua Fria ill Anglo Austrin. Gold iil Anglo Californian 6 Australian al Australian Cordillera 611 Australian Freehold ill Avo Maria al Baden (Gd.D achy of , 11 Blonarvon Iron and Coal . 3.5 British Iron 4 Brazilianlnap.(issued at £5 pm 11 Do. Cocaes & Cuiada .5 Do. St. John Del Rey A Carsons's Creek Clarendon Cons. MM Co. of Jamaica, al 'Cobra Copper 1 Colonial Gold 11 Copper Min. of Elie 11 Do. Pref. 7i p. cent. .6 Copiapo 611 English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co _ _ 1 Fortuna 611 General.. 611 clt.linggetVeinßeg 611 Great Polgooth al Liberty 1 Li naive . _ Haricinita •. 9 Mexican&S.Amerieu. 11 New Granada 11 New Linares Mining and Smelting Co al Nouveau Monde._ all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Iliu. U Smelt 1 Port Philip 11 Quartz Rock 11 Rhymney Iron al Do. New 11i 3antiago de Cuba Yl a iouth Tin Croft . al United Mexican , Lll Waller Ui West Mariposa 2s. Worthing Mining of Australia Yuba Rubin Coal and Iron .7i Australian Agricult. 6 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 111 Australn. Royal Mail 4 Berlin Water Works LO Brit. American Land , 1 B a nd Reduction Co. Canada 00 Canada Gov. 6 p. et Jan. and July .11 Crystal Palace all Crystal Pal. of France 5 Eastern Steam l 0 ElectricTelegraph(A) dl Electric Teleg. of Ir. L 4 Gen. Steam Narigat., a G ene ral Screw Steam' 10 Irish Beetroot Sugai D Magdalena St. Navi g . al Mediteran. Eleo. Tel. al Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 5 Netherlands Land , 1 N. S. W. Coal &Inter, Steam Navigat. Co 1 I all N. B. Australasian._ 2? Nrth. ofEuropeSteara all Peel Er. Ld. & Mimi. all Peninsular& Orieutai ;0 Do. Do. Al Portland Iron Co ;0 Royal Mail Steam 11 Scot. Austral. Invest. dl South Anstral.Land 1 1 Babmar. Telegraph,.! Do. Registered. Tan J - 4,319' . s Xialto i - 1 - i - i i - - i 8 - 8i 8 - 3i 11 - 24 26 -28 92 - 44 52 - 5 1 - 3 p' 11 - 12 , 1i - 2 4 - iP I a - 1 8 ... I 6 6 3 / 4 a a a 15i :: -- 1 16 i 1 25 -- 27 8 - 9 - 3] - - ..• -- ••• 42 - 44 ~. ... ••• IS - 70 ui = 3:6 110 - 111 2i -2/ ... -- ... 14 -17 *i = ii i - i q = ii •1I 2 2ixd' -2..x3 37 - 39 - 1 - 1,%1 • p „ triton. t: SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. TATTERSALL'S. (THIS EVENING.) CESAREWITCH. 300 to 8 agst Balrownie (taken). 14 to 1 agst Calamus (taken). 15 to 1 agst Muscovite (taken). 16 to 1 agst D. 0. (taken). 20 to 1 agst Indian Warrior (taken). 25 to 1 agst Star of Surrey (taken). 30 to 1 agst Joe Miller (taken). CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 15 to 1 agst Early Bird (taken). 20 to 1 agst Monie Moses (taken). 25 to 1 agst The Deformed (taken). DERBY. 13 to 1 igst St. Hubert (taken). A comparatively thin attendance, and the settling very " Blow." PONTEFRACT RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL STAKES. Rataplan Sweet Agnes WEST RIDING HANDICAP. 1 Lancashire Lass The Skinner Eight ran. PARK HILL STAKES. Fandango Amy • Nine ran. IRELAND. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) ATTEMPT TO UPSET AN EXCURSION TRAIN. DUBLIN, MONDAY. Full confirmation has arrived of a diabolical attempt to upset a railway excursion train from Londonderry to Enniskillen, on Friday night. There were 800 persons in the train, including the Earl of Enniskillen, the Hon. and Rev. J. C. Maude, and several clergymen of the Established Church. One of the engine•drivers was killed ; another had his leg broken ; and the Earl of Enniskillen received some contusions. The upset of the engine was caused by large blocks of stones. The excursionists belonged to a Protestant associa tion, and bad dined at Derry. The coroner is now holding an inquest. Lord Londonderry has offered a reward of five hun dred pounds for the discovery of the miscreants con cerned in tbis horrible outrage. SCIENCE OF OFFENCE AND DEFENCE. A modern traveller gives as a sort of good joke an anecdote of his meeting, somewhere in the backwoods, a genuine Yankee—a kind of person who believed that America could " catawampously claw up the whole world," and that he (the Yankee) could "catawampously chaw up" America. The Yankee in question laughed immeasurably at the idea of England not being able to hold its own against the miserable Kafirs at the Cape. He chuckled with intense delight at the idea of the " Britishers" being successfully opposed by any number of dark skins. As he saw that his auditor did not ex actly enter into the humour of his argument, ho brought forward a British " regulation musket," which he pro fessed to have imported at considerable expense, in order that he might be able to test experimentally the value of our weapons of defence or offence. He indicated a trunk of a tree at some distance, and vowed to his companion that with the " tarnation musket" there was no possibility of hitting it. He then took up a revolver, and asked his friend to mark the result. The consequence was that not one shot was lost. The moderate proposal of the Yankee was that the "Queen of the Britishers" should contract with him for the subjugation of the Cape, and that he, relying on the contract, would enlist an ade quate number of Yankees, all armed with the revolving rifle, and the thing would be done. There may be some doubts as to the acceptability of the Yankee's proposal ; he and his followers might turn out the Kafirs, only, however, to take their place ; but few persons who have observed what Americans have done will be inclined to put limits to what they may do. Six thousand Yankees with revolving rifles would be able to accomplish more than we give them credit for. This, however, is not the question. The point that will—if the war continues —be mooted very sharply is, are we—warring as we are with a barbarous Power—making use of all those re sources which our intellect, our capital, our wonderful progress in science, in fact, our immeasurable superiority over all barbarous Powers—puts into our hands t Are we not going to war under the old blundering system, forgetful that science has put into our hands, as it did into the hands of the Yankee, means of offence and defence that no barbarous Power ever dreamed of ? This is a propos of an anecdote narrated by Sir Joseph Paxton at a dinner which took place last week at the Crystal Palace. He gave the heads of a conversation which he had heard between two of the members . of Fox and Henderson's staff, in which, after referring to what had been done at the Crystal Palace, one of the interlo cutors asked what would be the next great work. The answer was, " Suppose we contract with the Govern ment to take Sebastopol or Cronstadt." It is said that roars of laughter followed this announcement. But, in fact, there is nothing laughable in it. We believe in all earnestness that were George Stephenson alive now, he would not hesitate to sign a bona fide contract with Powers like France or England to take any fortress or lino of fortresses in the.whole world. What are any or all of the great military engineering achievements in the whole of Europe compared with the cover ing of England with a reticulation of railways ? Did any twelve thousand troops, under the com mand of the most skilful officer, ever accomplish as much as six thousand " navvies" under the com mand of a Stephenson, or a Dargan, or a Peto ? What a trifle is Napoleon's road over the Simplon compared with the "engineering difficulties" conquered by plain working men in half the districtis of civilised Europe ! This is really a serious question. We have old gene rals and older admirals going to work with the know ledge that they acquired either by experience or by tra dition during the last war. But the world has been re volutionised since the last war': in every material of which gunpowder is made, in every material of which guns ail, made, we know infinitely more than we did at any period during the last war. The civilians really possess more .of the knowledge of every material ele ment concerned in war than the professional men. Our admirals know, perhaps, something about steam, but surely not so much as our engineers. Sir Charles Napier himself, with commendable modesty, said, in his last speech before quitting the shores of England, that under the present system of warfare it would be impossible to predict the results. All this shows that the men of the world are beating the mere professional men. It is a well-known fact that the old military and naval officers, who are asked as a matter of courtesy to preside at the scientific examinations which take place in some branches of the service, are accustomed to confess honestly to the professors that they know nothing at all about the matter. But these professors themselves are only imperfectly acquainted with the great results that are daily taking place in the fields of practical science. The enormous extent of the field over which our practical men of science have to ope rate in the present day, gives them knowledge which could be acquired by no other means. They are in possession of secrets which are not known to the world beside. Professional pride ought to give way before pretensions like these. Why should not our military engineers submit to take hints from our civil engineers ? The pen has beaten the sword for the last three centuries ; let it now have its full scope. Science will beat brute force now, let the barbarians do what they may. In sober earnest, the Govern. ment may be asked why they do not advertise for the cheapest tenders to take Sebastopol? There is no doubt that a large' number of engineering firms would send in estimates.—Daily News. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Sept. 18.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W, ; pleasant breeze, and fine weather. FALMOUTH, Sept. 17.—Wind, W. Arrived—Anna Col lins and Falcon, from Constantinople ; Felix, Rio Janeiro ; Rainbow, Salonica ; Spy, Smyrna, for Leith ; Noge, Alexandria. Orr DUNGENESS.—AdmiraI Kensbergen, from Batavia. OFF THE ISLE OF WIGHT. —Baldar, from Rio Janeiro. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 17. —Wind, S.W. Arrived —Flora, from Tarragona; Ringdove, Cadiz; London, Leghorn; Indefatigable and Transport No. 101, Constantinople. Sailed—British Queen, for London. DARTMOUTH, Sept. 1 7.—Wind, W. Arrived—Escort, , from Labrador. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 17.—Wi n d W.S.W. Arrived — Tamar (s), from th e W es t I nd i es ; Flora, Cadiz ; City of Limerick (s), and left for London. SHIELDS, Sept. 17.—Wind, W. Arrived — Q. ED. - Southern, from M a lt a ; Lively, Gibraltar. Sailed—Ohio, Rolla, Minnett, and Elizabeth, for C on stantinople. CLYDE, Sept. 16.—Wind, S.W. Arrived —Black Dia mond and John Anderson from Trinidad; Mary Ash, Labrador • Wilh e l m i na , Q uebec; Resoluti on, Toronto. Sailed—Washington But Q er, for Philadelphia ; Volti geur, Pictou, F.S. GRIMSBY, Sept. 17.—Wind, W. Arrived—Susannah, from Havannah ; Cassel., from St. John's ; Arctic Hero, Miramichi. QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 16.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Suri nam, from Pernambuco, Australia, Colville, Callao ; Oden, Honduras; Nal* Antonio C, Alexpthia ; Pembroke rains . 20 10 20 20 4/ - 5 96 - 97 66k - 661 153 - 16 10 - 12 7 -17 t 17 - 18 11 - 35 - 40 24 - 26 70 - 72 61 - 63 23i -4; •• • - . . 89 - 90 71 73 L 2 - 127 91 - 93 73 73 72 - 76 82 - 85 9 - 11 9 - 11 7.3 - 54 - 5 ... - ~.G 104 - 105 104 i 104 - 1 1 - 6 , 84 - R 6 9 - 8 8 - 7d'l 25t -26 i 71j 72 - 44 d par 8 6 21 2i 5i 6i 51 53 33 ... :34 8 10 -11 66 78 7i 5i — 5 9 d 34(1 1 1) 154 56 57 54 1 P I 4 d 3p 6i 7 34 - 36 -- 97 -- 95 63 -- 65 74 --. s 3#4 - 66 664 334 34 2 1 d ii - 35 18 19 41 - 24 - 26 31 - 41 F :7 FOREIGN. 17 -18 P - 23 - 22. 9 9i 11 —lO d 17 - 18 7 -6. i 1 . --- I'd et— 7 " 3 " id—ip P 21 - 2 - 321 2i 3p id s id 7 .4 6 9 7d 9 7d i - iP A iP ld pit R d ip •• par ld par e 2 2i - 2f - 1 - lip ••• --.. par i . p 7 -- 7} 34 - 84~ 121 -12 i, -- g _-..-. i . ig i - 19ipl 4A 37 - 39. par —1 p ••• - pal 'it * i ---- 7dr ii -::- ri BAN 84 ~ 85 1 2 - id io 7.- - ii 21 - n d 21i 22 Sil -- 40 42 - 44 44 - 46 67i - 684 !!!. n sib i UI 12 I 37 25i 4 89} 9 73 124 74 i 31 i r'i i i 13i Si 1044 1041 4 2 23-a 6 72a a 2 152 1 33 i 79 k 14k 15k 56t k per cent. 10a. ai 20 1 al 1 a] 1 al 1 al 50 a: 30 1 a] 20 I 1 25 I al 2 20 al 1 al 3B al 1 a 3 al 1 a 10 1 a: 1 al 50 I al 15 I a' 30 10 7 28i 9; 1 a: 25 1' 20 10 a 10 50 4 5 a] 4 al 20 25 121 15 1. 20 al 20 1' 20 1( 10 al 1 al 10 20 11' 50 I al 2 too 6 1 t 25 al 110 i n it LITERA T U .1? .E' . Mathew Paxton. Edited by the author of " John Drayton," "Ailieford," d ec . 3 vo l s. Hurst and Blackett. To those who appreciate a simple, truthful style this work will be welcome. It shows the calm even tenour of life in a humble way. It is the autobiography of a man whose course was run half a century ago. He was born and brought up in the Highlands of Scotland, a shepherd's son. But in his case, as in that of many others who are weak and afflicted in childhood, nature made com pensation in intellectual gifts for what was deficient in personal and physical attributes. Mathew Pax ton was instructed by the clergyman of the district, in common with his neighbours' so ns . Th ese lat ter, however, he soon surpassed, and at last his instructor confessed he was equalled, if not excelled, by his promising young scholar. The next step was for Mathew to go to college at Glasgow, which he was enabled to do in virtue of a charity to which the more efficient youths were entitled. He set out. His parents, simple, primitive people, were much affected at his leaving their solitude among the mountains for the snares and perils of a great city. He remarks that, though more than forty years had gone by since that evening, he still could hear his mother's voice singing the Psalm they had chosen out for that night's devotion, as being suitable for the occasion, commencing thus:— "Jehovah hear thee in the day When trouble he doth send,. Aid may the name of Jacob's God • Thee from ail ills defend." The adventures of the ignorant and unskilled Loy a re sufficiently ludicrous to account for the derision he metwith in Glasgow. However, he met with the triumph his talents and industry de served, and . some of th e scoffing youths of the town looked annoyed when and ill-favoured wanderer from the hills put at once into the fi rs t classes, Aa they fmouanyd be thisimunacgoinuedth the delight of his parentswas very great when he s came home with priz es in every studies ; but the crowning tribut e of was that accorded by hi s quondam taeanderm e department of his see ing Mathew a master of a r t s , a degree of honour enrwriich he had neve attained himslf. The next portion of the story is not so pleasing. Mathew went to London, where he m e t no pleasant friends or companions as he had done in Scotland. The institution at which he was placed w as a branch society, and limited in scale and narrow in its undertakings. After two years the hero re turned to his own country, and took his last year at Edinburgh. This was a bright epoch - in his career. He was enabled to form many agreeable acquaintances, which were a pleasure and profit to him in after years, and to renew his friend ship with John Walkinsha w, the son of his Glas gow master, who had always been a very congenial spirit. This young man was studying for the law, and an interesting sketch is given of his course. Mathew Paxton himself was in training for a Presbyterian minister. After his collegiate career had satis factorily and honourably terminated, he went back home once more to await his final trial for the office to which he had devoted himself. In await ing this period a great misfortune befel him, which clouded his hopes at that early point of life, and cast a shade over the rest of his existence. A neighbouring clergyman was a great friend of theirs,. With his family, Mathew had been on inti mate terms since childhood. He was sincerely at tached to Jane Wood, the eldest daughter, but a rival stepped iu between him and success. John Ogle, a young farmer in the vicinity, was a handsome, dashing, high-spirited young man, possessed of all those outward attractions and attributes that Mathew was deficient in. After a painful strug gle he gave up hope, and departed to a distant sphere of action ; he was ordained with out difficulty, and set out with faith and zeal to labour in the holy and sacred work he had undertaken. He did not, however, succeed ac cording to the measure of his wishes, and soon gladly changed his abode for another. The new people he took charge of were cele brated for a very ungracious and quarrelsome race, but Mathew Paxton was pleased to have difficulties to overcome and dangers to surmount, and so he persevered. Some very interesting cases aro narrated, in which he took an energetic part in serving and benefitting his people. Dur ing this time his rival, John Ogle, had married Jane Wood, and they lived near to him. John Ogle was a firm and true friend, however, to Mathew Paxton. He was unconscious of being any hindrance to his hopes, and soon Mathew became more reconciled to his fate, and constant intercourse with Ogle increased his admiration for his good and honest conduct. After au interval of calm both the parents of Paxton died suddenly. This completely unnerved him ; they were his only ties to life, and he felt alone and use less. An awful awakening was given to rouse him from his lethargic despondency ; his dear friend, John Ogle, whose kindness and attention had been Like that of a brother, at the time of his trouble, was killed in a frightful and sudden manner. In his will he had ap pointed Mathew Paxton the guardian of his chil dren, and besought him to train them up in a way befitting their temporal and eternal interests. The sight of Jane, a widow forlorn and help less, of the innocent orphans committed to his charge, raised the dormant spirit and. awoke the vacillating will. He found he had slumbered at his post ; in his dreams of earth and its sorrows he had neglected his work in the heavenly vineyard he had undertaken, and he had deserted the plough to which he had put his hand in the sight of God and man. In the concluding page he declares that forty years have passed away, but he had never fallen back again. He felt no more a waif or a stray on the ocean of life, as he had once imagined himself, but he was assured of having much to do with the well-doing of others in private and in public. With this bright sunset to his day, which had been cloudy and. stormy many times, he takes his leave of the reader, and concludes an interesting epitome of the chances and changes that sometimes befal the simplest in the most retired walks of life. THE ENTENTE CORDIALE.—A few days since two parties, one French and the other English, pitched their camps on the Pyrenees, within a couple of gun-shots from each other. The scene of perfect courtesy which occurred is thus narrated by a correspondent of the Siecle :—" A guide came to tell us that our neighbours had no salt, and begged us to give them what we could spare. 'They want salt,' we cried , `and English too I ' Ah ! we will realise the Auglo - French alliance - here is ours. Pray tell them that we are dreadfully hungry, and short of bread.' Back came the guide with 'a loaf from the English. We sent a ham • the English replied with a notable portion of terrine de Neirac, truffied to the crust. We rejoined by the despatch of a basket of beautiful Toulouse peaches ; the English again by a bottle of Malvoisie. We gave up, perhaps with a little regret, a half bottle of liqueur de chartreuse ; they. returned a magnificent nougat. At last we decided upon despatching the best-dressed and most elegant of our party to exchange compliments with our neighbours. Monsieur to Baron M—D—, a man of charming man ners and tact, was appointed our envoy. He advanced ,• but at the same moment an Englishman came forward e v d in s g oarce hats scarcely and handkerchiefs, say half way. The two ambassadors saluted one anoth er , shook hands cordially, and exchanged mutual compli ments in either languge. At length we got on our h orses, and prepared to say adieu ; they bad already reac h ed the top of tl 1 e andmo untain,erying , H and rr `Hurrah were 1 waving how warmly we returned the cheers." A DESPERATE FIGHT IN MISSISSIPI.—A Correspondent of the Mobile Advertiser, writing from Kempen county Mississippi, relates the followi ng : —I stopped at Mr. J. Rupert's plantation on Sat ur d ay night, and fORD,. M rs .* Hall, the wife of the overse er , i n great distress about her . husband, who had gone to D e K alb. She sa id that a Mr. 'Bias had rented a p ar t o f M r. Rupert's land from. Mr. Hall, and not long since some of the gentleme n in the neighbourhood, suspecting Bias of trading with their negroes, set a trap for him, and caught him. Ha ll, see ing that Bias must leave the place, bought the crop that was growing on the place , to secure the rent for Mr. Rupert, because he, _ 2 had rented ithim.as Mr. Rupert's agent, to Somewords Dr. Brown passed between a and Hall upon Hall's purchase of the crop, and Hall was accused of being accessor to Bias's rasca lit y or conniv ing at it, which exaspera ted Hall, and he put a pistol against Dr. Brown's breast„ and snapped a cap, where upon a warrant was issued to arrest Hall, who said that he would not be taken. I had not been in the house more than an hour when Hall's horse returned without him, but with saddle and bridle on. Mrs. Hall exclaimed that her husband was killed. for him. He returned with Idre n . with Hall, and repoerffri, d ttelh then seat tfaathebroywthoo was at the latter was killed. It Mr. Gully, and four men were in pursuit of him , a i appears that the sh eriff, d met him and his father-in-law coming from De K a lb —about a mile and a half from De hed pa him. Gu then wheeled and Kalb. Hall rus s ummoned him to sur lly render, telling him rode up, and sum take and d•d. not want to that he men e nou g h to him, i that he would not be taken, and ' I kill him. Hall swor e . h had in fired his pistol at Gully, whic h ball sh ivere d his knife, and the other took e ff ect in the right groin. Gully then rode up to him again, and pre sented his pistol, intending to shoot first, but (as Gully told me himself) Hall was ready to fire again, and both fired at once. He Is not sure that he shot Hall, but Hail's shot took effect in Gully's left arm, shivering the elbow, and one shot lodged in the arm. Gully, finding his bridle-arm useless, dropped his pistol and caught the bridle-rein with his right hand, and then pursued and node a-head of Hall. Hall then seized Gully, and they both fell to the ground. Gully called on his friends to shoot him, as had been nearly killed. Hall, seeing one in the act of shooting rushed at him. It appears the man shot Hall through the hand, and finding himself disabled, he leaped a fence about 10 feet off, at which , time the man (I do not recollect his. second barrel (a . 1 shot-gun) into Hall's back, just below the neck- He . I fell, and by the time that he could 1 de b. m i l e ke It t,d. - _ 21 i 11 a] 1003 'U