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

CRIMITNA L COURT-(THIS DAY). The September session of the Central Criminal Court was opened this morning by the Right Hon. the Lord Miyor, the Right Hon. the 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 chargitz the Grand Jury, expressed his regret at the rtate 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 was made out, and it would be 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. Ho was of opinion that, under all cir cumstances, these excursion trains, as they were called, were attended with ♦ery 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 was 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 bad 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 having 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 prison, 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 becomiang good members of society. The grand jury then retired. 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 resistance. 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 step 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 bottle. and bride-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 he 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 Marylebone, at the Court-house, Marylebone-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. DEPARTURE OF THE EGYPTIAN YACHT FAID GAIIAUD. —SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.-- This splendid specimen of ship-building has at last taken her departure. She went POISONING BY TOBACCO.—A lady named Watts, the out into the river last night, and started early this m orn . wife of a retired physician, formerly of Nutiingham, died ing. During her stay in these docks the Paid Gahand at a lodgi ng in New Brighton a few days ago, from the has been the subject of admiration to many hundreds of effects of a decoction of tobacco, taken, it is surmised, persons, and no sooner was it known that she bad ar medicinally, without the knowledge of her husband, she rived at this port than numerous applications were made having been long in a delical'e stat eol hea lth. She had to ensure au inspection. The Fai l Galiand has l e ft f or orde re d th e serva nt g i r l t o boilhalf an Ounce of tobacco Constantinople, where she will land her noble pasier.gerp, in a pint of water, and she drank the half of the dee m: . who have departed for the benefit of their health; b u t it tion, said to he five times more than sufficient to cause i s ve ry probable that she will remain a few days at Malta death, and w hi c h o f c o urse produced death on the fol- on her voyage out. During her stay in these docks she lowing d a y. She h a d never been known- to use tobacco has undergone a perfect renovation. She hen left in before in way way.—Oloogow Daily MO. ; charge of her commander, Alastapha Dadeek, Consols Ditto October Account MABKET .NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The country markets held 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. The continental markets have been rather firmer for all articles. Advices from New York to the 6th inst. state that the 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 tires, 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 quotations obtained on Monday last of from 2s to as per qr. Wo 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 wero in request, and 3s. to 4s. per quarter dearer. We were scantily supplied with barley. Most kinds commanded more attention, at, iu some few instances, a rise of ls. per quarter. Malt—the supply of which was but moderate—met a dull inquiry, bat we have no further decline to notice in prices. _ There w•as a limited quantity of oats in the market. The trade ruled firm, at from Gd. to I.s. per quarter above the rates of Monday last. Beans were steady, and a few transactions took place at an improvement of is. per quarter. Peas were steady, and rather dearer. We had an improved demand for flour, partly on con tinental account. American parcels were is. dearer. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red .• .. new 541 to 623 Ditto old 56s 68 3 tntto, White new 465 70s Ditt0........ old 54s 65s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 48s 54.3 Ditto new •• • ... 47s 52s stye--Old .........• .• —s New .......... • . 38s Bad .ty —Grinding .• • .. 3 , /s %felting ......... 30s Ihevalier.... • • • 32s %fait—Suffolk and Nor- Malt—Chevalier • • 69s to 70, Oats -- Yorkshire and Lir colnsh., Feed 22s 261 Potato Youghal aad Cork Black. Cork, White •• 24s 27s Scotch, Feed..... 28s 30s Beans—Tick ... • ..... 40s 48s —s 40s 31s 32s 333 Pigeons ...... 42 56s Peas—Grey •• 35s 37a 38a 40$ folk.. •••• ...... 623 67s tlrown•••••••......•• 583 ( , 03 KingstonaadWaso 683 69s White •• •• •• •• 403 45s Boilers ••••••• •• —s —s Fleur—Town-made,. 48s 50s Suffolk .... —— •. 41s 47s Stocktn & Norfolk Es 43s SMITHFIELD. We were heavily supplied with foreign stock to-day. All kinds moved off slowly, at drooping prices. From our own grazing districts th• 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 beef trade rated heavy, at a decline in the prices obtained on Monday last of 2d per 81bs. Tile top figure for beef was 4s 10d per 81bs, 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 Sibs. 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 81 bs. 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 depres;ed, 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, 7,000 ; in 1849, 6,200 ; in 1848, 5,500; in 1847, 7,520 head. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INT ELLTGEWE:, CITY, TWO o'CLOCK, The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday, wero 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 50. to 61d., and 1,300 Surat at 3d. to 4kd. 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 foreign grain are very The accounts by the overland mail are in respect to the condition of the import markets at Calcutta and _Bombay of a more satisfactory character, the de mama 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 in arrear caused much annoya,uce 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 bad 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 inst., describe the money market as continuing tight. One writer observes : "The experience of the past six months has been such as to utterly destroy all disposition to enter into new speculations, and it will therefore be difficult to get up an inflation in prices, except in extraordinary instances. There may be cases where stocks possess a greater actual than market value, where certain movements have been made that give a different complexion to the com pany's affairs, where an improvement in prices would be justified, but, as a general thing, we can look for no favourable change, and may 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. The premium at which the New York State Loan Was taken a few days since showed that there is capital enough offering when scarcity is undoubted. The great difficulty in the fancy stocks of the day is a want of confi dence." _ _ Concerning the crops we have the following ad ditional information : "There is no doubt that a great number of fields of corn and potatoes in some of the States, particularly in Virginia, 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 will only produce a respectable show of " nubbins," which description of corn ears 'generally find their way to the pigsty es. The greater proportion of the potato fields in the above named. States will not produce an aggregate yield of more than half the average, al though there are some 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 hear of unusually large crops of corn in that section, and a good average yield will also be had on the bottoms of the Ohio, Upper Mississippi, and Missouri rivers. In the Northern and Eastern States, although the dry wea ther has been very trying upon the tall crops, we have heard of very few complaints compared with these which have 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 Portland. The Port Dover Argus, of the 26th inst., says : Fires are still raging in the woods around us, in every 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 lope 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 duced in 1853. The Stock Market is very dull this morning, but the quotations are much the same. Consols have been 95' 1, and s ince 95/ for transfer, while the account prices are 95a I. Exchequer Bills have been 6s. to 95,, and India Bonds Bs. premium, being steady. The Exchequer Bonds of 1859 are at 99i 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 88a, Russian. , q per Cents. have been done at 89 to I. lii 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 I. In railway shares there has not been much d o ing, and they are in some instances less buoyant than they were. The Midland have been at an advance to 33 and 331, the Berwick are firm at 79 to and the Caledonian, North:Western, and Great Western are at about the previous rates. Luxemburgh shares have been at previous rates, and Antwerp and Rotterdam are rather firmer. The French lines are 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 stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 6 ; Mexican, 24l to 241 ; 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, 412 per Cents., 88 to 90 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18i to 18/ ; ditto 3 per Cents., 37i to 38 ; ditto Certificates, 51 to 5i ; ditto Passive 4 to 41. The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing : C o mpany. Date. Place. Birknhd. Lane. & Chesh. Jnc. Oct. 21, Birkenhead. Boston, Slefrd.andklid.Junc. Sept. 19, Euston Hotel. Caledonian East Anglian East Lancashire Sept. 25, Bury. Hereford and Welwyn, June Sept. 30, Shire Hall, Hertfd *Lancaster and Preston Sept. 18, Lancaster. Manchester, Sheff, and Line Sept. 19, Manchester. Do. Pref. and No. 1. Quarters Sept. 19, Manchester. Mid. Great Western (Ireland) Sept. 22, Dublin. North British Sept. '22, Edinburgh. Portsmouth Sept. 28, Great Geeorge-st. Rouen and Havre Sept. 29, Paris. Royal Swedish Scottish Central Sept. 19, Perth. West Hartlepool Whitehavou Junction BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK '(Frons he Wial List.) Bu iness dime. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9si i India Bonds, £lOOO . .. Ditto, un der £lOOO 8 p Consols for Account 17th Oct. Exchequer Bills, 20. £lOOO £5OO 8 9 G Small 9 6 Exchequer Bonds 1858 , 3i per Cent. — Ditt o 1859, „ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ON O'CLOCK, Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent lOl Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 24 Illissian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St — Ditto 4i per Cent 691 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.. ..... ..... Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. 37 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent lBi Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 5 Turkish Scrip , 3 i it Px n Ditto for the Account 3l 3. ), Dividend' on the above payable in London. HALF-PAST TWO. 951 95,i 1 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1854, IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WE SS. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Elamburgh Bl ... 295 Harlingen 252 981 ... 248 ilott , 2rdam 404 ... 1,968 Dora 35 ... 204 Tonuingen 471 486 An,eraam 7l ... 3,210 ... Breineu... 397 ... Antwerp Ostend iV 68 ... 509 6 ; 88 ... 9 -- .•. -- ... 60 ... - ... T0ta1.... 11;1 - 6, .:. 7 — ,165 ... - 169 ... — 487 ...768 1 2-5 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as undo; : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1853 .2,064 7,263 ~. 703 422 The general quality of the importations is still inferior. Per Sibs to sink the ofiloß. s. d. s. d. Inforinr Beasts..._:l OGo 3 2 eeoud quality.... 3 4 3 0 Prime large oxen 310 4 6' Primo Scots, die. 4 8 410 Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 6 Secoua quality ...3 8 4 0 1 Prime crse.-wlled.4 2 4 61 s. d. s. d I PrimoSouthdown 410 5 0 Lnago eVO.J. calVoc. .2 10 3 0 Prime small d 0... 3 8 4 0 Large hogs 3 0 4 2 Small porkers 4 4 4 S Sueklingealves ..22 0 28 0 !Quarter old pigs 20 0 26 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. Beat .- .. -...--...........•_51,07 St. 10 St. 25 FOREIGN SUPPLY. 8ea5t5................... . 2,51 --..... .. Sheep .•• .• •• •• ..........36,970 1 Sheep .. • 7,440 /U „,, Calves .... .............. 362 Ca1ve5,....... • ... Pigs .... „,............. 380 , Pig 5....,...... ..... A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat 20 stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on 20 Monday, Sept. 19, 1853, and this day, Monday, Sept. 18, 1854. Per Blbs, to sink the offals. 17, Sept. 19, 1853. 15ept.18,1854 20 s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d 20 Coarse and inferior beasts ... ... 210 to 3 2 3 oto 3 2 20 Second quality ditto 3 4 3 63 4 3 8 20 Prime large oxen ... 3 4 03 10 4 8 20 Prime Scots, &c ... 4 2 4 44 10 5 0 20 Coarse and inferior sheep ... ... 3 2 3 6 3 6 3 8 100 Second quality ditto .. ... 3 8 4 0,3 10 4 0 Prime coarse woofed ditto ... 4 2 4 64 2 4 8 100 Prime Southdown ditto ... .. 410 5 2k 10 5 0 -20 Lambs ... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Large coarse calves ... 3 6 4 0 3 0 3 8 25 Prime small ditto 25 ... 4 2 4 83 10 4 4 Large hogs ... ... 3 4 4 2 3 0 4 2 Neat small porkers 4 4 5 0 4 4 4 8 100 Beasts... ... ... 6,224 5,607 Sheep 27,410 36,970 leo Calves... ... 275 362 20 3SO 5 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Sept. 20, 1852.—Beasts, 5,513 ; sheep, 5 28,900 ; calves, 332 ; pigs, 340. 20. Sept. 22, 1851.—Beasts, 5,270 ; sheep, 32,120; calves, 269 ; pigs, 862. 100 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. For the time of year these markets are well supplied. The general demand is in a sluggish state, on the following terms : Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Beef, interior 3 2 3 4 Mutton Inferior 3 4 3 6 Do., middling : 3 6 3 8 1 Do., middling 3 8 4 2 Do., prime large .3 10 4 2 Do., prime 44 4 8 Do., do. small ....4 4 4 6 1 Veal 2 10 4 0 Pork, large 32 4 0 Pork, small 42 4 8 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Unusually large supplies of English potatoes, in excellent condition, continue on sale in these markets ; but there are very few on offer from abroad, last week's imports being only 35 baskets from Rotterdam. A steady business is doing in most kinds as follows :—Regents, 703 to 80s ; middlings, 45s to 50s; Shaws, 60s to 70s per ton. BOROUGH HOP. About 80 pockets of new hops have been disposed of at from 181 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, S from Calais, 38 from Rotterdam, 108 from Antwerp, 2 from Hp ..J, and 44 from Boulogne. The following are the prices c - slings Mid and East Kent pockets, 131 133 to 181 Ci Weald of Kent ditto, 131 Os to 15/ 15s ; Sussex ditto, r.'.l Os to 161 Os ; and foreign, 11/ 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 Elam burgh, 156 from the Cape, 060 from Launceston, and 1,517 from Portland Bay. The following are the current rates of English wool : Sout•bdown boggets, is Id to is Itd ; balf-breds, is ld to is 21; Southdown ewes, is 03d to is ld ; Kent fleeces, is ld to is 2d ; combing skins, is Id to 19 2d ; flannel wool, 10d to is 2d ; blanket wool, 9d to lld; and Leicestor fleeces, is Oicl to is ld pet lb. SEEDS. Owing to the late dry weather, a very moderate busi ness has been transacted in this market. In prices, how ever, scarcely any chango has taken place. TurnlP•White, per bush. 21s to 25 Carraway .......• •• .. 368 40s Swede ••••• • .• • • 24s 38s •. • • • • —s —s iinstard, Brown.• .. •• —s —s Hempseed, per quarter 40s 44s White, new ••• • .. 7s 9s Linseed, Eng.-owing.. 6GB - rares.Pirinter,new...• Os Od 080,1 Crushing .. .. •• .. 60 8 62 s Old s OdOs 0,1 Baltic .. ••.• .• .. 58s 60s Canary, per quarter •• 40 a 50 s Odessa •••••• • • • • 6 0e 62s 03 11 1 1 11 1 5 0: Foreign,English Rye grass • • • • 24s 28s Linseed C a k e , pr. ton --s Clover,RedEng. (cwt.) —4l Foreign Whit e e . :• : —s Rape Cakes, pr to n 6/ 0., 6/ lOs White•• •• —s —s Rapeseed, New,prlst 26 10 8 301 os Trefoil, new.......... 16s 20, TALLOW. The continued. hot weather sensibly affects the delivery. Wo have to report a very dull market, at drooping prices. To-day P.Y.C. en the spot iq selling at 61s to 64,i 6d per cwt. Forward delivery very little is doing. Town tallow, 62s per cwt. net cash. Rough fat, 33 5d per 81bs. tsso. 1851. 185.1. I 1853 21,173 30,163 j 36, , 43 21,125 34 Del 38s 9d •'0 1 393 6d :o 54s at 31 3d 393 6d 404 Od :to 54 6 , 1 3,494 2,493 2,297 3.4 1 25,036 24,745 20,834 26,566 966 •x,'244 377 2,324 20,585 18,333 16,493 24,376 41104 411 04 413 9g 464 64 Stock this day • • •• • • Price of Y. C. •• • • [ Delivery last week • • Ditto from June 1.... Arrlval3 last week.. Ditto from Junel.... Poe et 30,n 13 ud t.> 64+ Ad 1,506 8,675 1,4:+3 13,488 64a Od SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Cloglnt Prices Saturday• Brudnsu dons this day. !PEdd.! RAILWAYS. 100 Aberdeen.. ..... inbg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junet all Belfast & Ballymena all Binning. Wolverh. Stour Valley 201, Dirkenhd. Lanesh. fi Cheshire Junet all Do. Chesil. dr Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 19 Do., £2O 30 Blyth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45, 100 Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian 21s. Caimarthen and Car. digan ... all Chester & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon... all Cork, Black, & Pass 14 Cornwall 16 Cried' Junction 45 Dublin&BelfastJune all Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction all Do. New,..... 100 East Anglian...., all Eastern Counties 100 Eastern Union, A Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 86 Do., New A. 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh& Glasgow Ediub. and Peebles , 100 Edin.Prtii &Dunde, 1 Forth & Clyde June. 100 Glasgow &S. Weston, 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 1.00 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre : 100 'Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Ra it Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 14i Do., Thirds 4 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash.andYorksh 186 Do., Fifths 11 D 3., Wst. Riding Ur all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwal ,100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst 100 Loud, and N. Westu 12 Do, Fifths 1 Do.lOi.Sh.,M&B • 26 Do. Eighths 100 London and S. Westn. 42: Do., £5O 34 . D• 0., £49 all Lndrry& Coleraine all Lndudrry. & Enuisk. 100 Vlanch.Shef.& Linclu 41 Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 90, Birmng. &Derby all Aidld. G. West. (I re.) 221 Do. Half Shares cal N• ewcastle & Carlisle Newmkt.BuryExt,en 19, Nwpt.Aborg. &Hrfd S N• ewry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk 3i, Northn.Counties Un 100' N• orth British all North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all A Deferred all Do., 4 B Guaranteed I.IX I N. Eastern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension .. 13 Do.do, G.N.E. Purch. all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York all North London 8 . Do. New £lO 11 1E N.&S. Wstrn. ,Hamp stead, and City Jn 17' North Staffordshire all North Western all N. &S. Westrn.Junc 1. Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. 1.00 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 4 Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland all ihrewsby. & lierefd all Shropshire Union Do, A, B, C,& paid up at per cont, all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales • 15 -I. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 5 Jo 8 -;taines,Wok &Wok all Aocktou & . 1.6 Stockton & Hartlepi 100 l'aff Vale 9 00. £lO shares 100 1 :10. Pref., No. 1 21 names Haven Dock and Railway all Vale of Neath al .l Waterfd. & Kilkenny all (Vaterforcl&Linunie) 1G West Cornwall 3 West End of Lonclo, and Crystal Palace all West London 81s. Wimbledn &Croydol 25 St. 20 St. all Antworp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Ewan. June. 8 Beziers to Graissessac 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip Central of Italy all Demerara 14 Dijon and Besancon 9 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France . 10 Do. New all East Indian 2 Do. Extension all Do. 4?,p. e. Bds., pay '57, COuvertible all Do. do. do., '59, do 10 Gd. Juuct. of France 10 Gd. Tkof CanadaA is. all Do. do all Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. all Do. Cert. of Deben 20 10 20 20 con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Contra) of France all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 Do. New 5 per cent.' all Gt. Western of Caua,(La Shares all Do. Bds. payable's7, with op - gou till '55. all Do. do., '62, p. '56.. all Do. do., '76, P. '60.. all Do. do., '73, withou option .............. all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 8 Lake Const. & Basle all' Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. 10 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations 10 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons ck Mediterran 131 Madra5,.,,,...... 2 Do. New.,, 31.1 3 Maria An all Do. do, New 2 Melbourne Dk... Ry. all Namur dr Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all D0.20/.Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3 p. e. & red. at 222. dir. 83 yrs, f. om 1 Jan. all Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bdr. (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.. all NorwegianTrunkPr 14 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all l 0 a s e n u d & H C a h vi er .. rg . . 15 Royal Danish Fi ar ouen i 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 5A per c. Pref._ 10 Western of France West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden 20 Zealand JOINT-STOI all kustraiasia all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all :3ritish N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial . 20 Commercial of Loud 14 English Scottish and Australian all Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Loud. At Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 2.24 National of Ireland all New South Wales._ all Oriental Bank of Corporation 2; Provincial of Ireland 4 11 )o. New . . 1 t toyal Australn. I.lk g. & Gold Imp Co._ all south Australia all Union of Australia 2%, Do. New 10 Union o; 22 -22 i 4i - 6 9 9} 11 —lO d 17 18 7 6 d 96 - 97 66i - 67 44 - 16 10 - 12 2 1d 7 - 7t 17 - 13 12 - 121 70 - 72 61 - 63 23 - 24 89 - 90 71 - 731 .24 - 127 91 93 74 7461 72 - 76 83 - 85l i 9- 11 9 -11 73 - 74i' 5 i - 5 ... - ... 0 LO3 105 LOl 104 i A - - 4 , 85 86 9 Bdi 8 7di . . - 25 - 26 ni 42 - 44 4 • ; d par 8— 6 d 2 1 ''• 2i 5 i 6i 50 : 52 aat 8 10 1/ 1 I 6. 784 79i l 5i qd 3 3td 1 154 56 56i 54 56 1 P id P 4 6i —73 i id—iP 34 - 36 97 -- 99 63 -- 65 3i -- 3id 13 3 / 4 144 66 664 33i 34 2 1 i— i d 33 - 35 IA 19 4#- 4i 24 - 26 3C. - 43 e'i l :--- ii FOREIGN. 17 -18 61— 7 4 ii 3 ; - 3n i a il) . P - 2 .1 321 -32 i 21 3 P id i d 6i hid 7 6 9 - 7d 9 7d iP - ip A 2d par 1d 1p p .-- 2 ld • par ld par 2 4p ... dis 2 - 2i 2i 3i 1 liP par a P 7 - 7i iit : ii. 121 -12 i 8 9 18j 19aul 4 2 'i a 3 7 - 39 "* Pm 23 —23 i par 1 p 8 —si ••• •••••• -pm ... ••• ... -- .. 3 i - .4 - A 6• - 7pl 16 - 11 R BANKS. 81 -- 85 '3: io I 32 2 1 2i d 21i 22 8~ ~-- 40 4 2 - 44 44 - 67i - 68. 7i - It! M LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Compans 'London bz N. West. L.ScN.W. Calotion._ Gt.Nrthn. Caldonian. Wit. Wostn Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &Nlid Do 1 Do S. Easton) Do Petio 8: Co. Norfolk.. L.& IT. W. & Midid. Stekton & Darlingt.; Aidland..l Z. Count, Do. . Do N.W San&Yk' Do at Norc Lancash& Yorksh. A.lAClean itockt. & Darlingt D 0... .Vestn. kilosins Prices Saturday. 95 - 100 93 - 100 137 - 140 ii - iii 100 - 102 50 - 51 25 - 25 3 / 4 12 3 / 4 - 13 3 / 4 23 - 21 111 -11 i 2 1 ) - 2i 92 - 94 58 - 60 136 = lia = lid 30 - 31 93 - 95 Business this day. lid.l 74AILWA7l. 1 Bedford and Blotchley ... 0 Buckghamsh. 0 Clydesdale Je., 0 E. Liucolngr. 6 per cent. 11 Gr'las. Barr. & Neils. Direct all Do. New dl Glstr.& Dn. Fr, 1.1 Dk. k Railway al Hull & Selby dl Do. Sharos. dl Do. 4 Shares. 611 Lou.&Greonw dl Do. Pre fermi , ,e , al Lon.,Til., LS. )t) Lowestoft gr.' 4 per cent. 10 Do. 6 per ct. ill Manch. Bxtu. and Matlock ill Viiddlosbro' & Redcar all nidld.Bradfd 11 Northern an( Easternsp.e. 11 Do. 6 per ct. 11 Do. Fixcds p e 11 Prest. & Wyrr 11 Do. •i Shares. Roystn./k, Goole g. 5 p. c. 9 i. Statlordsb. all Wear Valleygi . 6 per cent._ al ll IDo D WiltskSomrst PREFERENCE SHARES. 100 Aberdeen 'OO Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c. 30 BlythaudTyne lOper c. pref. (issd. at 501) )0 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares )0 Caledonian £lO al Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Lll Do. do. Pref. No. 2 ill Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Lll Cork dißandonsip.e Xll Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction 11 EastAnglian (X 3108) 6 per cent 11 Do. (£5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (X 7 17s) 7p. c 11 Eastern Counties Ex 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... dl Do. 51., 10 per cent. 11 Do. 101. Debentr•Sh -11 Do. do. 4 per cent... )0 East Lancash. 6p. cts. 11 East and West York shire June. Fifths 11 EdinbPrth.&Dundee 4 per cent. 10 Glasgow & S.Western Guar. 5 per cent 10 Great Northn. sp. c 10 Do. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. 10 Do. 4yp. c 8 Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pref .11 Gt. Southn. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) 6 Do. 4 per c. Prof. St 6 Gt. Westn. (Bcrks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) K) Do. con. red. 4 3 , P.C 10 Do. con. red. 4p. c )0 Do. irred. 4p.c. 11 Do. Birm Pref. Sh 11 Do. Chester Sp. c.P.S. dl Do. do. 5 p. 4, do )0 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. all Do. Ches. Gua. Stk. Xll Do. do. do diDo. do. do ...... ....• • 6 Lan. &York. F. £2O )0 Do. 6p. c. Stock )0 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. 10 Do. Pref., sp. e. St. )0 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. 10 Lon.&N. W., Cot. & Nuneaton 5 p. et. 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds 11 Londonderry& Coler Shares 11 Londy. & Ennis. ASh 11 Kan., Sher., & Lin , Shares, No. 1. 11 Do. New, £lO Do. £6 11 Nfarypt & Carl. 4 p. e 11 Do. 42 per cent 0' Do 41(1.C0n501.6 p.c.St 3 Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent._ .rg no. Prof. 41 per cent 8 'Norfolk Debenture .. )0 Do. Prof. 4p. c. Stock )0 Do. sp. e. Ext )0 Do- 51 per et. pref._ )0 Do. Way. Val. sp. c )0 North British )0 V. E. Beres, 4 p.c. P 5 Do. do. do L 3 Do. Leeds 6 p.c No.i 9 Do. do. Quarto s '4B L 0 Do. York I & ‘4. Pr r. al North Staffordshire )0 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh..£ls,6 p.c. 11l Scot. Cent. , New Prof .0 Do. 5 per cent 31 South Devon Li D. fixed, 4A per cent 11 3. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. )0 Do. 4i per cent Yorksh.4p.c.Guar 11 S. Wake Gn%. 4p. c do. 4ti p. c.... • 611 .Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent 5 Do. do. do. al Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till let July, 1356 4 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 98 - 100 .•• ••• 3i - 3i 44 - 5 - P 1 -- lip f -- lip 131 -- 131 22 - 24 ,lii --_ iixe 107 - 109 100 - 102 6 -- 6A 99 -- 101 90 -- 92 94 -- 96 11 -- 111 17 -- 18 101 -- 11 75 -- 77 191 -- 201 9 -- 10 14i -- 15 14 -- id 134 -- 136 2i- 3p 7 - 8 10 - 12 8 - 9' 11 - 12 i - IP 136 138 I ii— id 187 -90 103 - 106 . 92 - 94 3h - 4 - yd 114 - 116 12 13 :id par 23i 24 0 101 ••• ... 2 1 d MINES. Agua Fria . .. • Anglo Austrin. Gold I Anglo Californian 6 Australian .11 Australian Cordillera ,11 Australian Freehold, .11 Ave Maria 11 Baden (GLl.Duchy I 50 all Blsenarvon Iron and 10s. a] 20 1 1 al 1 a] 1 al Coal . 3.5 British Iron 41 Brazilianlmp.(issned at pm 30 I al 20 L 11 Do. Cocaes & Cuia 5 Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Clarendon Cons. Min, Co. of Jamaica 11 ICobra Copper 1 Colonial Gold all Copper Min. of Eng. dl Do. Pref. 7A p. cent. 6 Copiapo . ,11 English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. Fortuna di General 11 Gt.NuggetVeinßeg 11 Great Polgooth all Liberty 3 I all Linares. Mariquita ........ 9 Aexican&S.Americu di New Granada .11 New Linares Mining and Smelting Co all Nouveau Monde \ all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt 1 Port Philip • all Quartz Rock all Rhymney Iron all Do. New .14 Santiago de Cuba South Australian ' 1 rin Croft 11 United Mexican 11 Waller 11 West Mariposa !a. Worthing Mining Australia Yuba KIS Rubin Coal and Iron 7 Australian Agricult. 6 .kustralsn.Pcifi.Mail 11 A us tralis. Royal Mail 4 Berlin Water Works 10 Brit. American Land 1 Brit. cis Coln. Smeltg: , and Reduction Co. 32A10-- ;2ira.nada 10 Canada SOY. 6 p. it Jan. and July ill Crystal Palace all Crystal Pal. of France 5 Eastern Steam 20 ElectricTelegraph(A) all Electric Teleg. of Ir. 14 Gen. Steam Navigat., a ll General Screw Steam , 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar 10 Magdalena St. Navin. all Niediteran. Elec. Tel, all Nat, Pat. Steam Fue: 5 Netherlands Land 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. all ~. N. B. Australasian._ 2 grth. of Euro p eStearr. ii Peel Rr. 1,(1. ,11 Peninsular& Oriental A Do. Do. 11 Portland Iron Co.. 60 Royal Mail Steam ... 1 1 Scot. Austral. Invest. 1.1 South Austral. Land uSubmar. Telegraph .. U Do. Registered. ii faa Disatese,e ;As' i - 1 it --- 11 i -- 1* = i 8 8i f Sa 1 24 26 28 42 - 44 52 - 57 1 - 3 p 11 - 12 4 - 2 i - iP - 1 _ i 1 - i 8 ... 9 6 * - - 61 I 25 -- 27 8 - 9 8 4i -- -- -1 ••• - •.• 42 - 44 ~. - ... 6 -7. iO iii = foi .10 - 111 2i - 2i 14 = rii 1 = ii ••• ..".. ••• i ''. i ig = ii - •••PI 2 • 2ixd 2 - qui 37 - 39 i 1 I 1 Ye 7. Pe Shr. !Pal 25 I al 25 I a] 50 a] 25 al 124, a] 20 al 10 al St. 1C 50 I a] [OO I al 50 I a] 50 al 50 al 25 a: 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 chaw 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 oppo,ed by any numbet of dark skins. Al he saw that his auditor did not ex actly enter into the humour of his argumeat, he 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 defenc e 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 Sitting 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 Yanked was th at t h e " Queen of the Britis hers" should contract with him for the subjugatio 1 of the Cape, and relyin g that he, on the con t ract, would enlist an' ade quate number of Yankees, all armed with the revolving rifle, and the thi ng wou ld b e done. There may be e e doubts as to the accep t a bili ty of the Yankee'sproposal a • he and his f o ll owers m i g h t turn out the Kafirs,o only, however, to take th e i r pl ace ; b ut 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 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 line 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 districts 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 : is every material of which gunpowder is made, in every material of which guns are 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 cur engineers. Sir Charles Napier himself, with commendable modesty, said, in his last speech before quitting the shores of England, that tinder 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. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of Saturday.) MANCHESTER, Sept. 15.—What we have to say of business may be very briefly summed up. That slacken ing in the operation of buyers which was observable last week has become still more apparent in the present week, and is more marked now than it was on Tuesday. This is felt more in the export than in the home depart ment. The continental merchants being well supplied, are making decidedly fewer offers for yarns. The markets of South America and the United States are overstocked. For India nothing has been taken of late, except in the way of speculation, induced by extreme cheapness, but even that sort of business is stopped for the moment, and the market at large affected by the suspension of a well-known and highly respectable firm in this city. LEICESTER, Sept. 14.—Further orders are given out, and the advance in the price of worsted is partially given. There is no alteration in wools or yarns ; both spinners and operatives are in full work, and the latter in the wrought-hose branch will obtain 3d. per dozen advance from the principal manufacturers to-morrow. WOOLLEN TRADE. (From the Leeds Mercury of Saturday.) LEEDS, Sept. 15.—The general tone of the trade has been rather flatter during the current week, compared to what has been the case for some time past. During the early part of the week there were a few good buyers in the town ; but since Tuesday there has been very lit t'e doing, and on the whole the trade in the warehouses during the week must be reported as having been rather dull. HUDDERSFIELD, Tue , day.—The market to-day in the Cloth-ball was again of a rather quiet description. lii the warehouses, too, there was less doing. The wool staplers, also, speak of having a flat day. There is nothing, however, as yet, materially affecting prices. BRADFORD, Sept. 14.—Wool.—The transactions throughout the week are upon a limited scale, the prices demanded being such that purchases are only made for present use. Noils and brokes are firm, and the supply limited. Yarns.—There is no change since our last. Pieces.—ln goods the merchants are all very busy in sending out, and they continue buying small lots to assort up their stocks. HALIFAX, Sept. 9.—We have no alteration to report in the state of this market since our last weekly record, either as regards wool or manufactured products. LLOYD'S AIHIiPING-(THIS DI Y.) 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. OFF DUNGENESS.—AdmiraI Kenebergen, from Batavia. OFF THE ISLE OF WlGHT.—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. 17.—Wind, W. Arrived—Escort, from Labrador. Sounwirrox, Sept. 17.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived— Tamar (a), from the West Indies; Flora, Cadiz; City of Limerick (s), and left for London. SHIELDS, Sept. 17.—Wind, W. Arrived—Q. E. D. Southern, from Malta ; Lively, Gibraltar. Sailed—Ohio, Rolls, Minnett, and Elizabeth, for Constantinople. CLYDE, Sept. 16.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Black Dia mond and John Anderson, from Trinidad ; Mary Ash, Labrador ; Wilhelmina, Quebec ; Resolution, Toronto. Sailed —Washington Butcher, for Philadelphia ; Volti genr, Pictou, F.S. GRIMSBY, Sept. 17.—Wind, W. Arrived—Susannah, from Savannah ; Caesar, from St. John's ; Arctic Hero, Miramichi. QUEENSTOWN, Sept. IG.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Snri nam, from Pernambuco ; Australia, Colville, Callao ; Oden, HoLduras; Antonia C, Alexandria; Pembroke shire, Malta. YoUGHAL, Sept. IG.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Uni. crrn, from St. John's, N.B. DUBLIN, Sept. 16.—Wind, W.S.W.be ;Ouzel G Arrived—lris , from Barbadoes ; St. Mary's, St. u , 4 Trinidad. ally KING'S LYNN, Saturday.—This morning the election for this borough took place at ten o'clock, at the Town hall. There was a total absence of any excitement, and the whole proceedings were of a dull and formal charac ter. The hall was far from full, indeed at the com mencement of the proceedings not more than twenty persons were present. Mr. J. H. Gurney, of Catton, ' near Norwich, was returned without opposition. POLITICAL ASSASSINATION.—The Parlament° of Turin quotes a letter from S oa Marino, stating that 7 . the 2Gth ult. a Dr. Lazzarini, a man known for de votedness to the Papal Government, and who had re cently got two refugees arrested, tlu was shot dead not beer market-place of that town. The assassin has discovered. PROMOTIONS FOR EXTRA. CLUES. — War, Mr. Sidney Herbert,The Secretary-at War, to allow the hasbect°w"eeen 18 and 33 following extra clerks, who are serv.ce they of age, in consideration of the I to undergo examination as comp new appointments to be made blishment of the War-offices , Briggs, jun., Jerrayn, Hutchins, jun., Lovely, year, hhoainsd have given etitors for some of tilt on the permanent esta 'Coward,viz.Messrs. Jefferson, Strachan, Cumming, and LIMO. The salary to prof at 0* Pg!ll_1 1 1--W al t ______ .._ __ 96 67 i ai 251 4 74 i 7' i 131 8i 1041 4 li i 2 25i 6 721 1 33 i 79 i 14i 15k 56t i per cent. 21 ai 64 63 al 10 I a] ht. f a] 10 al 110 al St. 1•)1 1331 a] 20 I al st. 111 St. ill 12? 2 a, 12A al 10, 1i St. 1(1 St. IR 16 1 10 gt. 11 St. 11 St. 11 St. li St. 1( St. 1( 20 12 1 25 U 20 al St. If 8 a 10 11 25 al 10 1; .0.6 al St. 10 20 al 20 al 20 11 25 a St. I a, 25 I al 20 I al 3~~ sal 1 I a, 15 30 1. 1 al 10 7 28i a: 25 I l' 20 i 110 i ti LITZ.RATURB. Mathew Paxton. Edited by the author of " John Drayton," "Ailieford," drc. 3 vole. 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 corn. sensation in intellectual gifts for what was deficient in personal and physical attributes. Mathew Pax. ton was instructed by the c:ergyman of the district, in common with his neighbours' sons. These 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. Ho 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 loth send, Theay the name of Jacob's God trom all ills defend." The adventures of the ignorant and unskilled toy are sufficiently ludicrous to account for the derision be met with in Glasgow. However, he met with the triumph his talents and industry de served, and some of the scoffing youths of the and ill-favoured wanderer from the bills put at town looked annoyed when they found this uncouth once into the first classes. As may be ima g ine& came home with prizes in the delight of his parents was very great when he every ve d _ e studies ; but the crownin g tribute of admiration was that accorded by his p - artment of his quondam teacher on see ing- Mathew a master of arts, :degree which he had neve. 3 attained hims e lf Th • next portion of the story is not so l - . P easing. Mathew went to London, where he met no pleasant friends p easant friends or companions as he had done in Scotland. The institution at which he was placed was a branch society, and limited in scale and narrow in its undertakings. After two years the hero 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 Walkinshaw, the son of his Gl ass 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 singe childhood. He was sincerely at- Itached to Jane Wood, the eldest daughter, but a rival stepped in 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 t 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 are narrated, in which he took an energetic part in serving and benefitting his people. Dur- • mg 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 an interval of calm boththe 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 bad 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 1 Ah ! we will realise the Anglo-French alliance ; here is ours. Pray tell them that we are dreadfully hungry, and short of bread.' Back came the guide with fa loaf from the English. We sent a ham ; the English replied with a notable portion of terrine de Nerac, truffled 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 le 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 half way. The two ambassadors saluted one another, shook hands cordially, and exchanged mutual compli ments in either languge. At length we got on our horses, and prepared to say adieu ; they had already reached the top of the mountain, and were waving hats and. handkerchiefs, and crying 'Harrah !' I need scarcely say how warmly we returned the cheers." A DESPERATE FIGHT IN MISSISSIPI. —A correspondent of the Mobile Advertiser, writing from Kempen county, Aississippi, relates the following :—I stopped at Mr. J. Rupert's plantation on Saturday night, and found Mrs. Hall, the wife of the overseer, in great distress about her husband, who had gone to De Kalb. She said that a Nfr. 'Bias had rented a part of Mr. Rupert's land from. Mr. Hall, and not long since some of the gentlemen ie. the neighbourhood, suspecting Bias of trading with their negroes, set a trap for him, and caught him. Hall, see- , ing that Bias must l eave t h e place, bought the crop th a t was growing on th e Rupert, because he, as Mr.f Rupert's agent, had rented it to him. Some words passed between a Dr. Bown. accused of being accessory to Bias's place, to secure the rent for Mr. and Hall upon Hall's purchase of the crop, and Hal l was ing at it, which exasperated Hall, and Z a p ea u against Dr. Brown's breast„ and snapped where upon & warrant was issued lie would not be taken. I Shan an hour when Hall's to but with saddle and bridleio . a rrest Hall, who p elid that rascality o t r a con i n st i a in the house more had n e t returned without hire, h a orn iirs. Hall exclaimed that then sent out a boy to look .ler husband was killed. that the latter was killed. It with Hall, and repo rter sheriff, Mr. Gully, and four men were appears that the and met him and his father-in-law in pursuit of hi m ~_. fromsrC.alb—about a mile and a half from De or him. He retursedwith Mrs. Hall's father, who was Kalb. ci him to surrender, telling hires summoned and su rode up, enough to take him, and did not want to coming liall r p ushed past him. Gully then wheeled and that he Ha swore Gully, which had two balls in it ; one mea llwore that he would not be taken, and • d his knife, and the other took effect in the ball shivered ' Gully then rode up to him again, and pre right groin. d his pistol, intending to shootsfirst, but (as Gully sente pistol at himself) Hall was ready to fire again, and both d at once. He is not sure that he shot Hall, but fire 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 told me h m himi e s. bridle•rein with his right hand, and then pursued and lode 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 lyhich . time the man (I do not recollect his second barrel (a shot-gun) i n t o H a ll's back, just b e l ow th e neck. He fell, and by the time that he could be snug*" 14 ws, dead. 1 a St. 21 25 50 20 20 10 10 20 50 20 25 2i i St. 11 St. li St. it St.l 0 SAI 12i al St. 10 St. 11.1 20 5 al 7 61 St. ID St. ,li 20 20 20 10