The Sun. — London, England, 1854-05-27 00:00:00

was on aror of ration, rotocol atcheS ter at ven bl y con satis- were, for Mar' been ppert, ......m....•...... larch, at ree,eipts 6r a CO n• ❑inter of France resole• erself in rce pre without France your ex ,'Empire is pre govern- 'as thus ving, as of war, loan to Le coma- - and so political at your e faith of your nanded its lair tese two 3f for ;f. ; the increase adopted Pa that certain direct Bich the budget, on, anti 'ding to ur army' That day, i$ which, sown in will be, that our I, will it firninish asses of organ the iso xi theta to enter s which 3S. We present 'e cow 3 repre ive and l a y the on the ,uties of we set ts. Be' islative at the o adopt ;en pre rived, a ment of will be ary and Lye row. _ 1 1~,117~~ lON EY ATA B K 1 1441 T CUMMERUIAL INTELLIGENOE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 0,000 bales, including 1,000 taken for export. The market was dull, and prices in favour of buyers. Railway shares were steady and firm. The gold receipts had not apparently come into the Bank return up to the 20th inst., although they may in part have been available in meeting the demand for remittance, and even the next re turn published will not show the full effect, as a good deal has yet to be delivered. The demand for discount accommodation is proved by the in creased amount of the other securities ; but a far more remarkable feature is the reduction in the Government Securities to the extent of nearly a "pillion and a quarter sterling. The probability is that the Bank sold Exchequer-bills, though it may have disposed of stock likewise, in order to meet the inereasinc , demand upon it. The amount to the credit of Government had not much in creased, and the balances of private depositors Were further trenched upon. In the reserve of notes there was a satisfactory augmentation, and the circulation of notes was curtailed by the opera tion in Government Securities above referred to. Compared with the previous week, the changes are as follows : Active circulation £20,679,065 Decrease Bullion 12,513,969 Decrease . 75,397 3,225,731 Rest In crease Public Deposits Decrease Other Deposits Decrease Seven-Day and other Bills 10,834 2,671,551 67,886 10,146,428 440,582 1,069,784 Decrease Government Securities 10,406,309 Decrease 1,219,183 Other Securities 15,425,281 Increase notes unemployed 5,100,030 Increase 386,750 There was no particular alteration yesterday afternoon in the rates for bills of exchange upon the principal continental cities, but they were firm. Paris, 90 days, 25 25 to 27i ; Hamburgh, 13 5/ to 5 i ; Amsterdam, 11 16i to 17 ; Frankfort, 1181 ; and Trieste, 13 46 to 50. Bar silver is flat, ss. 1/d. per oz. Dollars are t ' S • id. The gold recently brought from Australia I ras delivered at the Bank yesterd a y , and nearl y all offered to it for purchase, owing to the high rate of exchange. The Devonshire Great Consolidated Copper Min ing Company, yesterday, at the Board meeting of tb e Directors, declared a dividend of 11,2641., be ing ill. per share for two months. The Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada will have its meeting next Tuesday, when the Di rectors intend to recommend a dividend at the rate 'c't . 8 per cent. per annum. All the pu r p oses con templated in the original formation of the Company have been well carried out, 454,5321. having been invested in Canada on first-class security, while the flourishing condition of the colony affords the best guarantee for the future. We see in this instance What English capital may accomplish, where there are great natural resources awaiting development, and far preferable is the employment of our surplus Means in such manner to their wasteful misappli cation in loans to bankrupt foreign states. The last New York accounts report dull markets for imports. One account states : " Foreign manufactures are without improvement in any respect. The regular trade movements are insigni ficant and worthless as a guide to the market, purchasers generally finding it less difficult, and more advantage ?es, to procure stocks in toe auction-rooms than of the Importers, who have not a great deal on hand, or of Commission merchants, who are rather unwilling to sell privately at prices to suit buyers. Still it is quite evi dent that owners are anxious to close out what goods— especially such as are of an unpopular or inferior kind —they retain, and to do this they evince an inclination, even by abating their claims. Failing to accomplish Their object by these means, they resort to the public "-les-rooms, through which they are distributing their Dtocks, chiefly among near-by country and local dealers, :without much regard for prices, which are all in favour of the purchasers. Hence the present dulness and de- Ptession of the business." The amount of gold exported direct from Lon don during the week to Thursday last was 5,275 ounces, and of silver 14,180 ounces, all to the Con tinent. The steamer Indiana bas arrived from the Cape of Good Hope. The letters by the steamer Australian, transferred to the Meander, have been delivered this morning, but the dates are old. The private accounts from Paris are very satis factory. Great buoyancy prevails there, and . I , 4 oney is so plentiful as to impart a decided stimu lus to trade. The official report upon the French udget has been perused in the City with consider able interest, and is regarded as favourable upon the whole a small surplus being s h o wn. The finances of France were, indeed, seldom in a sounder Condition. The Funds have improved considerably again this morning, and there is a good business doing for transfer and account. The rise in prices is to per cent., the advance of 1 per cent. at Paris Yesterday, and the confirmation of the treaty be tween the four p o wers, having a great influence. Consols have been 90i 1, and since 90g ft. There have been several buyers for investment, the pub lic having taken courage, and being anxious to secure the dividend next clue. The New 31 per Cents. have realised 90k to 1. Bank Stock is steaay at 204 to 205. Exchequer-bills have been at par to 4s. prem., and the " advertised" at 2s. discount t ° 2 s- prem. India Bonds are ls. to 4s. prem. The foreign securities have been quiet, and there ig no change of interest. Mex;can Bonds are worth 44 1, and Grenada Deferred 61. Buenos Ayes have been at 55k. Russian 5 per Cents. have been up t° 96 and 97. Dutch 2i per Cents. have been at 601._ Railway shares have been brisk, and there is an improvement again in all the qu otations. The North Stafford have risen upon the new agree ulent with the North Western. North Western are 11, higher than they were yesterday morning, Caledonian better, and Midland, Great Northern, and some others in proportion. Foreign shares are tip likewise. Northern of France have advanced 11, upon the rates of yesterday morning. The Mining shares are duller, the Banks fully supported, and the Land Companies' again in the ascendant. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. ( From the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock - 5 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B9h i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9o.t $ A i I New 3} per Cent. Annuities B9- 901 A g New 2i per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 bittc-30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859. 4$ India Stock 236 India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £ lOOO 2 1 4 p Sank Stock for Account Consols for Account 6th June ....... . . Exchequer Bills, 2d. I, p.000 2500 4 p par 4 p Small 4 p Ditto Advertised 2 p 2 d PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent ssi Grenada Bonds, Deferred Mexican 3 per Cont. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St 97 6 Ditto 4A per Cent B3 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 3.9 Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 4t Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Gnil 6Ol li Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifieates . TWO 0' CL 0 CK. Consols 903 Ditto June Account 9O SounwarroN, Friday Night.—By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Euxine, Captain Coop er , we have dates from Constantinople to the 10th, Smyrna to the 12th, Malta to the 16th, and Gibraltar to the 21st inst. The Euxine brings 22 passengers and a Cargo of Levant produce. On the 17th she spoke the Peninsula' and Oriental Company's steamer Simla, on the 20th the transport-ships Negotiator and Bannatyne, on the 21st a steamer, No. 4,862 first distinguishing pendant, and the Culloden, War Cloud, and three other transports, on the 22 , 1 the steamer Madrid, on the 23d the steamer Colombo, and on the 24th the screw-steamer %dupes off Cape Finisterre. The steamer Tanning was at Gibraltar, eml , arking troops for England, and the sailing -tram part No. 25. From Constantinople and Malta the Euxine brings no later news. MONEY ORDERS.—General Post-office, May, 1854. — England —On the Ist June, a major money order office will be opened at West Hartlepool, county Durham. Minor money order offices will be opened at the under mentioned places •on the respective dates named : Shirley (Hants), head office, Southampton, June 20 ; Stretford (Lancaster), hearl office, :Manchester, June 26. telaml—Clontarf (Dublin), heldlioffice, Dublin, June 1; ugort (Mayo), head office, Westport, June 1; Oughte 22ade (Galway), head office, Galway, June 1. Scotland -I,B.arrhead (R en f re w), head office, Glasgow, June 1 ; Vumbernitula (Dumbarton), head office, Glasgow, June 1 ; Gourock (Renfrew), head office, Greenock, Juno 1 ; Le.nnoxtown (Stirling), head o ffi ce, Glasgow, June 1 ; po lock s h aws (R en f rew ), h ea d o ffice, Glasgow, June 1 ; i ßenfrew (Renfrew), head office, Paisley, June 1; Shotte (L anark), h ea d o ffi ce , M o therwell, June 1. On the let June a major money order office will be opened at Strom. n es; Qrkney, CAPE MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, May 27.—The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's splendid ship Indiana, Cap tain G. P. Lambert, arrived at five this morning, with the usual mails from the Cape of Good Hope, ci:c. Her dates are—Calcutta March 15, Madras 20, Ceylon 24, Mauritius April 9, Table Bay 21, S. Helena 29, Ascension May 2, St. Vincent 12, Lisbon 23. Her Majesty's ships Racehorse and Saracen ar rived at the Cape April 18. The Hermes left Simon's Bay April 17 for England ; the Tortoise and Philomel were at Ascension. The Locust left St. Vincent, Cape Verde, for England, May 12; the Medea left Lisbon fur Jamaica, on the 22d ; the United States corvette Aclarion was at St. Vin cent. Spoke the following vessels :—April 15, lat. 65 S., long. 21 E., British ship Hempsyke, lat. 18 S., long. 3 W. ; Rafatston, May 1, lat. 13 S., long. 8 W. ; Seringapatam, May 8, lat. 10 N., long. 20 W. ; British ship, second distinguishing pendant No. 8,316 May 17, lat. 30 N., long. 20 W.; an emigrant ship standing to the southward, second distinguishing pendant, No. 8.410. The Company's ship Argo left Table Bay March 29, and the Pro pontis left St. Helena April 13. The Indiana brings a full cargo of indigo, silk, and lac-dye, and 158 passengers, among whom are the Bishop of Natal, Commissary-General Mac Lean, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Badnall, Captain Blankley, 6th Regiment ; Captain Corbet, from the Cape. From Calcutta : Rev. W. Stur rock, Rev. Dr; and Mrs. Mason, Colonel Hope Dick, Dr. Wood, Major Bradulph. From Madras :—Brigadier-General James, Colonel Mil ner, 94th Regiment ; Lieutenant-Colonel Bond, 15th Hussars; Major Hecker, do. ; Dr. and Mrs. Beauchamp. The ship Earl of Balearres, from Bombay, with troops, put into Table Bay March 13, totally dismasted, having encountered a hurri cane in the Mozambique Channel. The Indiana made rapid a passage from Calcutta to Table Bay in 32 days, including stoppages, having arrived April 16. She completed her coaling on the 18th, but was detained by order of the Lieutenant- Governor, till the evening of the 21st, the reason given being that she had arrived before her con tract time. She put into Lisbon for coal. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. During the month few public events of much importance have occurred within the colony. The attention of the inhabitants has been chiefly occu pied with the elections for their first Parliament, which is expected to assemble for the despatch of business about the end of June. General Jackson, who has recently accompanied Sir George Cathcart on a visit of inspection to the various frontier posts, and been introduced by his Excellency to the different Kaffir chiefs, succeeds to the command in British Kaffraria, under circum stances apparently highly favourable to the con tinuance of peace. The abandonment of the Orange River sove reignty has been carried into full effect. The troops have been withdrawn into the colony, and the fort erected by Sir Harry Smith, Blomfontein, is now guarded by burghers, under the Government of the Yolks Raad. A. highly satisfactory interview took place between the chiefs Moshesh and Moroko and the new authorities of the Orange River Free State, at which the most friendly sentiments were expressed on both sides. Copper ore of excellent quality continues to be raised in Momahualand. Gold in the north fron tier is still found, but in small quantities. The Australian was to leave the Cape on the Bth of May for England. At Mauritius trade was pros perous. The sugar crop still looks well. MARKET .NR WS-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. A steady demand was experienced for most articles, as follows : FRUIT.—Pine apples, English, 6s Od to 10s Od each ; hot-house grapes, 6s to 12s; foreign ditto, is 6d to 3s Od., per lb ; peaches and nectarines, 24s to 42s per doz.; apricots, green, 6d to is per putt]©; s trawberries, Gd to is Gd per small basket ; apples, 6s to 83 per bush. ; pears, 3s Od to 6s Od per doz. ; goose - berries , 3s Od to 5s per half sieve ; currants, ls 64 to 2s per small basket ; forced cherries, 10s 3d to 13s Od ; French ditto, 4d to ls Od per pound ; lemons, Od to 2s ; oranges. 4s 6d to 12s per 100 ; almonds, 28 to 3s per lb.; Barcelona nuts, 21s per bush. VEGETABLES. —Cabbages, 9d to is 6d ; Brussels sprouts, is Od to 2s Od per half sieve ; brocoli, 9d to 3s Od per bund.; greens. 2s Od to 4s Od per doz. bunches ; French beans, lsOd to 2s 01 per 100 ; potatoes, 140 s to 200 s per ton ; new ditto, 18s to 25s Od per cwt.; asparagus, 2s to 6s per 100; sea-kail, 9d to 2s per punnet; garlic, 8d to is per lb.; young turnips, Os 8d to is ; young carrots, is to is Gd per bunch ; cucumbers, Os 3d to is Oil each ; celery, Gil to Is 6d per bundle ; spinach, is Od to 2s Oil per sieve; spring onions, 3d. to Gd per bunch ; Spanish ditto , is t o 3s per doz. ; leeks, ld to 2d per bunch • shallots, 5d to 8d ; horse-reddish, 2s Od to 4s Od per bundle ; parsley. is Od. to 2s Oil per half sieve ; rhubarb, Os 3d to Os 8d per bundle ; endive, 2s to 4s Od • per score ; beet, is to is Gd per dozen bunches; parsnips, is to 2s Od per dozen ' • small salad, 2d to 3d per punnet ; mushrooms, Od to is 3d per pottle ; artichokes, is Od per half seize ; cos lettuces, is Od to 2s per score ; sorrel, Gd to is per half sieve ; radishes 6d to 8d per dozen hands ; shelled green peas, is 3d to is 7d per quart. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkey poults, 5s to 7s ; Goslings, 5s 6(1 to 7s each ; Duck lings, 2s to 4s; tame Rabbits, 8 d to i s 6d ; wild do , 8d to is Gd ; Guinea Fowls, 3s to 3s 3d ; Pigeons, 7d to 9d each; Surrey Fowls, 6s Od to Us Oil ; ditto Chickens, 5s 0.1 to Os Gd; barn-door Fowls, 3s Od to 4s Gd per couple; Capons, 3s to 4s 0(1 ; Chickens, 2s Od to 2s 9dl per couple ; leverets, 3s Oil to 4s Od each. English Eggs, 7s 6d. to 8s 6d; French ditto, 5s Od to 7s Oil per 120 ; fresh butter, 9s to 15s per dozen l ßl bs. LLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s Od to lls ' • Brills, is to 7s Od each; Salmo n is ld to is 8d per lb; Cod Fish, 2s to Gs Od each; Soles, 4d to is 6d per pair ; Eels, 8d to is per lb ; Lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d. ; Crabs, Gd to 2s Gil ; Whitings, 3s Od to 12s per doz.; Common Oysters, Os to 16s ; Natives, 40s Od to 48s per bsh; Mackerel, 32s to 40s per 100; Smelts, 3s Od to 5s pr doz.; Skate, 6d. to Oil per lb; Shrimps, is 6d o 2s Gd per gallon; Bloaters, is Oct to 2s Od per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 8s Oct to Os 0.1 per 100 ; Haddocks, Os to 12s per doz. ; Plaice, 4d to is Od each ; Carp, 2s Oct per brace Tench, 28 Od to Os Od per brace ; Gurnets, 4d to is Od each ; Halibut, Gd per lb. • Salt Fish, 2d to 5d per lb. ; Prawns, 2s Od to 4s Od per lb. ; Flounders, 9d to is Gd per dozen ; Sturgeon , 6d p e r lb.; Pike 6d per lb. BR)JAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 10d to Ild; of household ditto, 81d to 9id per 41b loaf. NEWPORT. Beef from 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 5s Gil to 6s 4d ; veal, 4s la to 5s 2d ; pork, 3s 8d 4s 10d. per 81bs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 43 8d ; Lamb, 5s 2d to 63 4d; Veal, 4s 4.1 to 5s 2d; Pork, 3s Gd to 4s 8d per 81bs. by the car AN case. HIDES D SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id. to 3d; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to Od; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 34d ; 801 b to 881 b, 30 to 3id ; 881 b to 961 b, 3,id to 4d ; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od ; 104th to 1121 b Od to Od. Horse hides, 6s Gd to Os Od; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 3s Od; ditto, full, 5s 6d to Os Od; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od; Bents , 7s Od to 8s Od; Half-bre ds, Os Oct to Os Od ; Downs, 5s Od to Gs 3d ; Lambs, 2s Od to 3s Od ; Shearlings, HAY 6d t MA o is R 7BETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 5l Os ; clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 2s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 21 15s to 51 5s ; clover ditto, 31 8s to 6/ Os; and straw, 11 17s to 2/ as per load. Trade rather dull, at about stationary prices. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 51 03; clover ditto, 3/ 8s to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 1/16s to 21 2s per load. Supply tolerably - good, and trade rather dull. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, May 27.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; fresh breeze, and squally, with rain. OFF DOVER, May 26.—Starling, from Leith, for Mel bourne. COWES, May 26.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Sam Mansell Segundo, from Rio Janeiro. FORTSMOUTIT, May 26.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived— H.M.S. Royalist, from Hong Kong ' • H.M.'s steamer Stam boul, Eastward • steamer Teazer, Coast of Africa, and sailed for Eastward ; H.M.'s steamer Star, do. ; Tan tivy, London, for Sydney, and sailed for Southampton. Off Port—Sir R. Peel, New York.—Part of the deck and forecastle of a vessel of about 20 J to ns, which appeared to have been recently in collision, was fallen in with on the 19th May, in lat. 47 N., 25 W. FALMOUTH, May 26. Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Her man Daniel, from Monte Video ; Sa4o, Porto Rico ; Olaf Rye, Rio Grande ; Felix, Monte Video, for Hamburgh. Sailed—Clifford, for the Capo of Good Hope. Off Port — Jenny, from Paraiba, and sailed for Gluckstadt. I SOUTHAMPTON, May 26.—Sailed—Kingston, for Hobart Town. PLYMOUTEI, May 26. —Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Strenge, from Sierra Leone, for Chatham ; Marchioness of Douglas, do. ; Cos Addaidos, Havannah ; Indiana (s), Calcutta, &c. Sailed—Virginia , _ for Honduras. YARMOIITH, May 26.—The Brilliant (s), from South ampton to Madeira, got on the Mud, near Hurst Castle, but came off and proceeded. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. ArrivedLThe screw steamer Kangaroo, from Constan tinople. After coaling she is ordered to Woolwich'to em bark warlike stores for the East. LIVERPOOL, Saturday, 10.30 a.m. Wind S.W. moderate, and fine. Arrived—Globe, from Pernambuco; Middleton, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Bannockburn, New Orleans ; and Countess of Sefton, Callao. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 10.20 a.m. Wind S.W., tide one hour and a half's flood, weather moderate and fine. Arrived, 26th—Aberfoyle, from Calcutta; Eliza, Mau ritius ; Dispatch, Colombo ; Launceston, Calcutta; Elec tric, Cadiz ; Farewell, Memel ; Admiral, Antwerp. Arrived, 27tb.—P1oneer (s.) from Hamburgh ; Seine, Boulogne. DEAL, Saturday, 9 a.m. Wind, S.W. ; strong and cloudy. Passed.—Fantome, from Jamaica ; Lady Stanley, Co. lombo ; Candahar, Mauritius; William Simpson, Batavia; Wanderer, Bombay; Tinto, Bombay; Ebba Brahee, Chiuca Islands; Brunette, Port Glasgow ; Monsoon, Mau. ritius (87 days out) ; Thebes, Penang ; British Isles, De. merara —all for London. Lattan, from London, for Singa. pore. Brig Valiant, of Arundel, with loss of bowsprit, and other damages, haying been run into by steamer off Dun geness, has taken modal" and proceeded to Rgasgate for repgro. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 18454. SPOUTING NOTES. A NOTE OF IdtEPAIIATIOIst. The tendency of speculation daily becomes more signifi cant. The hopes which were once entertained of the return of Autocrat and King Tom to favour seem now utterly de stroyed. They still encounter the most determined oppo sition. Dervish is steady in the market, and Wild Hunts man has a large pack of partisans. Andover will perhaps be superseded in the betting by his stable companion, Hermit. From the ranks of the " outsiders," Knight of St. George and The Trapper are coming into increased force. Hospodar, too, is advancing with a steadiness which indicate growing confidence of his supporters. To morrow morning early I shall be off to Leatherhead to obtain occular proof of the boasted fitness and condition of Dervish. My remarks on the probabilities I shall reserve until Monday, when, having carefully noted the changes in the betting, and all the " movements on the board," I shall enter fully into the discussion of the comparative chances. Hastily formed opinions must be strictly guarded against. May 27. A FRESH MAN. -- ..._ COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.)I so (Before Mr. Commissioner Fano.) THE LYCEUM THEATRE.-IN RE CHARLES J. MATTHEWS. To-day was appointed for the last examination of Mr C. J. Mathews, late lessee of the Lyceum Theatre. The balance sheet having been recently published in de tail, it is only necessary to give a summary, as filed by Mr. Thomas, of Basinghall-street, who had acted as trustee for the creditors in the proceedings under the Arrangement Act. The balance sheet commences 2d April, 1851, and ends 7th April last, and shows—debtor to creditors, 22,4151. Hs. 9d. ; to ditto holding security, 7001. Profits from the Lyceum Theatre, including amounts from provincial en gagements, 6,5481; less keep of carriage three years, 9001. Theatrical wardrobe ditto, WU. Creditor—By property in the hands of creditors, 7001. ; expense, interest, and law costs, 4,7171. ss. 2d. ; repairs and alterations vouched, 5031. 6d. ; ditto unvouched, 450/. ; domestic and personal expenses, estimated at 3,0191. Gs. Bd. ; annuity to Messrs. Park and Freeth, three years, 9001. ; deficiency April 2, 1851, 17,7271. 9s. 6d. ; loss on sale of furniture, 170. ; balance in the hands of Mr. Thomas, under the arrange ment, 6/. 14s. Gd. Mr. Lawrance appeared for the bankrupt, and said he believed the accounts to be as satisfactory as could be ren dered, and applied that the bankrupt be discharged. Mr. Hare, for the assignees, said they had no opposition to make, and the bankrupt passed in the usual manner. Mr. Lawrance then applied for an early day to be named for consideration of the certificate, and his Honour ap pointed Friday, the 23d of June. The court was crowded by creditors, principally as sistants at the theatre, who proved for small sums. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (Prone the Mining Journal of this day.) 20 During the past week the business done in our market has 10 been of a limited character ; and, as there appears to be a 126 very reserved feeling existing with regard to metals generally, St. the demand is not likely to improve to any extent at present ; 50 indeed, it is not improbable we may continue to experience 40 an inactive market for some time. If the value of metals is 25 estimated in proportion to their consumption, it is evident 25 they have realised their highest point, for the supplies are St. now becoming more than adequate to the demand , with the 812 s exception of iron, for which a strong enquiry exists ; and St. should our market be pressed with heavy stocks, holders St. would be compelled to submit to some concession in price ; 50 and as gradual changes are always preferred to sudden iluctu- 25 ations, there would seem policy in making such alterations at 100 once, to meet, if possible, the views of buyers. t. Although, during the week, information has been received 6 : that several of the Californian gold mining associations aro in 25 active operation, and making returns, yet no decided improve ment 50 can be said to have taken place in this stock. Quartz 20 Rocks have declined, Ague. Fria and Anglo-Californians have been somewhat firmer ; but, on the whole, the market may be considered quiescent, buyers and sellers showing little tendency to operate. The several accounts which have come to hand from California have been more than ordi narily favourable. Business was generally reviving in San Francisco Coals from Vancouver's Island were selling at $2O per ton ; and as the Hudson's Bay Company had largely increased their facilities for working the mines on that island, a full supply of coals could be depended upon from the Pacific side, for both mining and domestic parposes. The mines continued to increase in production : the last arrivals at New York from San Francisco brought in $2,714,520 in gold-dust. At Yankee Hill, near Columbia, a piece of gold, weighing 271b5., had been dug out by a man who, the previous day, was 53 poor that he had not sufficient funds to prova. •le himself with the necessaries of life. As will be seen from the reports of the several companies, quartz crush. ing is progressing favourably. The Agua Fria Company have received a remittance of gold, amounting to 3198 ozs. Sir Henry Huntley, the superintendent of the Anglo-Californian Company, reports that ou what has already been crushed a profit from 41. 10s. to 51. per ton was made, and that remit tances would be forwarded by the next mail. The report of Mr. J. A. Phillips to the Nouveau Monde Mining Company is anxiously looked forward to, and now that the accredited companies aro making returns, it is anticipated that a reaction will take place, though it is at the same to be de sired that several of the associations which are now dragging on a lingering existence should be wound up, as while they continue in the market, even though at nominal prices, they injure, with the less-informed portion of the public, other stocks ; and if business in these descriptions is to regain a healthy tone, those associations must be expunged from the list. The Sydney Escort Company, it appears, at their last meeting, had lost, on their year's transactions, 6,677/. ls. , and had petitioned the Government for a grant of 5,0001.: this was conceded them, on the condition that they resumed their useful labours for another year ; but it would appear that they ima gined the grant should be-afforded them untrammelled with any restrictions The Hobart Town journals state that rich discoveries have been made in the Ben Lomond district. At the Eureka diggings, a nugget, of the weight of 207 ozs. had been found ; and it was reported that one at Ballarat had been taken up, which, sinking the quartz, weighed 685 ozs. (?) The gold-fields would seem to have no decrease in produce. and the diggings were as brisk as at the first discovery. The arrivals of bullion this week have been—Kangaroo, from Melbourne, 10,111 ozs. ; Aberfoyle, from Geelong, 21,108 ozs. ; Constant, from Melbourne, 12,000 ozs. ; Kent, from Port Philip, 63,735 ozs. ; Maidstone, from Sydney, 15,Y05 ozs. In addition to this, 127,6501. has been received by the American steamers, Arabia and Pacific, as well as 1,2351. per the Tagus. The gold on board the wrecked steamer Australian, 78,907 ozs. has been landed at the Cape of Good Hope. The arrival has been announced of the Surrey, from Melbourne, whence she sailed on the 27th Jan., but it is not yet known if this vessel has any gold on board. In addition to the imports already recorded, the Irene, from Adelaide, has 5,337 ozs. of gold on freight ; the Wellington, from Hobart Town, 1,10 ozs. ; and the Derwentwater,from Hobart Town, 240 ozs. ; in all 6,677 ozs., worth 26,7001. The Mary Queen, from Portland Bay ; the Francis Ridley, from Melbourne ; and the Hero, from Launceston, have no gold on freight. The Stirlingshire is also in from Launceston, but is not known to bring any gold. The Ajax sailed from Melbourne on the 20th of Feb. for London, with 10,000 ozs. of g old on freight • and the Marquis of Bute, on the 25 th of February, with 766 ozs. In Iron and Coal Companies during the week, business has been remarkably dull ; in fact, there have been scarcely any actual transactions STATE OF TRADE. (Front the Manchester Guardian of this day.) 1( MANCHESTER, May 26.—During the last few days, there has 1( been some increase of business in mule and water twist, as `. well as in shirtings and other goods, suitable for India and China; but rather lower prices than before have been submitted to, producers being anxious ; to obtain orders, especially for goods the supply of which is greatly increased by the resumption of work at F reston. There is also rather more doing, by the home manufacturers, in yarns, chiefly weft, for such cloths as domestics ; prices having receded to figures which are deemed pretty safe for the present. But, making the most of those operations, the market continues extremely dull, and the decline in prices at large is more marked throughout than it was last week. Some accumulations are beginning to show themselves in goods, aud, iu a less degree, in some descrip tions of yarn also; as yet, however, there are no stocks which a little lively buying would Ilot clear away in a few days. But the perils that hang over Europe are keeping the continental merchants out of the market for anything beyond what may be necessary in the way of assortment; while the stringency of the money market exercises a strong and general restrictive influence upon transactions. The advices from Calcutta are favourable for our produc tions. NOTTINGHAM, May 25.—The lace and hosiery trades con tinue dull, the former particularly so, especially in the home department, which is unusually flat for the season. Many machines have been stopped in consequence of this, and many of the females usually employed in the tinkle are either unemployed or are obtaining only half work. Foreign orders for all articles of hosiery up to the present are more limited this season than for some years past. Very little business is doing in cotton yarn or silk. LEICESTER, May 25.—The home demand continues dull and unprofitable. There are a few more American orders given out, but they do not produce au increase of employment to any extent, and the operatives generally are in a deplorable condition. THE WOOLLEN TRADE. (From the Leeds Mercury of this day.) LEEDS, May 26.—There has been a fair steady business done in the Cloth-halls this week. Both on Saturday and on Tuesday the markets were, on the whole, of a rather bet ter order, and a fair average quantity of cloth changed owners. There are regular deliveries taking place at the merchants' ware houses;tn rather given less was,b t theae many business e to the clothiers are either nearly or fully completed, and as th e merchants have for some time past been careful in giving direct orders, the goods that aro now preparing and pro duced are mostly suggestions of what may be required, than to actual orders ; hence the Cloth-halls, it is very probable, may be the mart for their disposal. The mill s and manufac tories in the adjacent clothing villages are generally in fair employment ; there is very little cessation in the trade of thin district, and as the wool purchases at the sales now proceeding find their way home, we anticipate that the textile manufactures of the district may probably continue in moderate activity. The demand for the home market being over for the spring season, and the shipping trade not having commenced, there is not consequently much doing in the warehouses. The trade in most of the warehouses has been dull and inactive this week. BRADFORD. —Wool.—There is no change in the monotonous state of things we have had to report for some time past. The high prices of wool retard operations. Yarns.—The production at present is 50 per cent. less than it was at this time last year and yet the prospect is such that further limitation appears to be the better course. Pieces—There is no activity, and the season has not arrived for buying in quantity for the home trade for the autumn. Stocks are exceedingly low, and there is every hope that, as the season advances, increased activity will be induced. HALIFAX MARKET.—Great caution is exercised in all the se veral branches of trade iu our market, and under this influ ence business continues very dull. The tendency of long wool, .with the exception of bright Lincolns, is rather to decline in price. We can quote no alteration in short wool this week. THE GREAT NORTHERN R Al LWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending May 14, 1 854 47,174 6 2 Corresponding week last year 15,867 12 9 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. Traffic re turn for the week ending May 21, 1854 49,388 12 1 Corresponding week last year SHARE MARKETS• (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. IPaid•! RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. Basiness done I '"' this day. 50 0, .00 A.bercleen 8: ? imbg. Nottng. Bost. andßastn. all Belfast & Ballymena. all Birming. Wolverh. Stour Valley 28 Birkeulul. Lancsh. & Cheshire Juuct all Do. Chesh. & £5O and £25 Cons. 18i Do., ....... 30 Blyth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) 100 Bristol and Exeter 1.00 Caledonian all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass. 12 Cornwall Crieff Junction 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc all Dundee Perth&lber doen Junction all Do. New all 'East Ang1ian........ all i Do., (£lB E & H).. all !Eastern Counties... all Eastern Union, A Stock 100 Do., B. Stock Si Do., Now A. A:10 East Lancashire .00 Edinburgh & Glasgow 54 Edinb. and Peebles LOO Edin.Prth &Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June. LOO Glasgow &S. Western LOO Great Northern Stk. LOO Do., A. Stock LOO Do., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth. &West.(lro ) 100 Great Western 12 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 11i Do., Thirds 2 Do. New Thirds 100 La.ncash. audYorksh 184 Do., Fifths 111 D 3. Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwali 84 Loud. Tilb. &Sthend. [OO Loud. Bright & S.Cst. LOO Lond. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/. Sh.,M&B 0 2 Do. Eighths 100 London and S. Westn 42? Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all Lnnarry& Coleraine' all Lncludrry. & Ennisk. l 100 Nlanch.Shef.& Lineln 44 Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 Nlidland 100 Do. Birmng. & Derby 47 %Md. G. West. (In.) 17 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle 100 Newmarket 54 Do. , Bury Extension 17 Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfcl 7i Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk 31 Northn.Counties Un 100 North British 16 . North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., / A Deferred 8 Do., B Guaranteed, all North Loudon 511 Do. New £lO is N.&S.Wstrn.,llamp stead, and City Jn 171 North Staffordshire all North Western 10 N. St S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester 00 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 21 2s Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury &Biimg 100 Do. L. d; N. Western Guaranteed Si cck 10 Shrewsby. & Berefd all Shrewsby. & Ghestei (N. W. Min ; all Do. Halveso. all Do. Oswestiy 6i Shropshire Union „ Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent all South Devon 100 South Eastern. r all South Wales 15 5. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 5 Do 2/ 2s Staines, Wok &Wok all Stockton & Darling 16i Stockton & Hartlepl. WO . Taff Vale 8 Do. £lO shares. 100 Do. Pref., No. 21 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 16 West Cornwall 1 West End of London and Crystal Palace.. all West London. 51s. Wimbledn & Croydon _ . __ _ _ 100 YorkNewctl.kßerw. 20 Do. Extensions 13§ Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York &N. Midland 23 - 24 4i - 43 8 - 9 13 —l2 dial 15 17 8 7 d 90 - 92 57 -57 i 14 - 15, 9 r, 11 ii ::: ii 7 - 8 igi = i6i lii I: iii 59i -60 i 51 - 56 ii 1. - 24 58 62 88 88k , 73 75 121. - 123 89 - 91 75 • 751 85 -8/ 10 - 12 D 10 - 12 p 61 - T i 61i 12 - 12 i 8 1 1 " 8i LO2 —1 0 P 98 - 981 lid 1 d fd 11 d 77A 781 12 111 10 9d 19A -20 A 59i - 60 32 - 34 4 d 7 5 d 21 6 8 46 48 34 31 , ! 33 ... 34 50 54 A d ip - 44(11 7 - 74 1 29 - 31 52 54 53 - 58 53 - 58 3 - 24, 14 16 7 8 10 12 4 3id 13 - 15 62i - 63 34 - 35 4 - 21 4 - 5 io ::: ii 17i 0 18i 4 -- 5 20 A 22 51 - evi 66 47 st d 51 418 47 -- 421 FOREIGN. ,C$ 9 5 3 ?,C1 8 A 2s. Nutwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn . June i3eziers to Graissesnw Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Serip Central of Italy Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junet. of France Grd. Trank of Canada Do. Debentures Do. do. Gt. Central of France, Gt. Western of Canadtl Shares O all )0 all !O 5 5 all ;0 15 Sll 10 5 2 5 3 1.0 5 M 8 ?0 12 N 13 3 . 4 33 10 all Do. Buds (Ist Hamilton & Toronto. Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p. c ' prof ;offal !O all ,G all o all .0 all o 10 .0 all !O all ;0 all !O 10 L 0 10 20 all 20 12 5 2 20 all !O 6 ',O 8 8i all LO all ?,0 10 LO 7 ?,0 2 ?0 15 347-3 d itil 1 li 31 2bcl d . - 4 d 14 2 _. -P ••• • J ... ... i— i d 18} 19 3 par 1 P 7 — 9 P Luixembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Prof dia - 51, 3 I " 11 li d 11 Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. ct. pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran. Madras .. ... ad Imo Maria Antonia Do. do. New . Ntelbourne Dk. & Ry ' Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bds (fmy. . B. & Ams. Shs ) NorwegianTrunkPrel Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds 7 - 7i Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg, ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i p. cent. Prof 'Southern of France 33k I 17 25 Pm at. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do ISA per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand all Apia Fria all .inglo Austrin. Gold all Anglo Californian 2 Australasian 6 Australian - i __ o In -- 17iP all Australian Cordillera) all Australian Freehold all Ave Maria all Baden (Gd. Duchy ofjl all Blaenarvon Ir. & Coal all aritish Austrlu. Gold 13.5 British Iron 24 Brazilian Imp . (issued at £5 pm all Do. Cocaos & Cuia 15 Do. St. John Del Re/ Carson's Creek 6 Clarendon Con. Min Co. of Jamaica all CobreCopper 1 Colonial Gold 15 15 Copiapo all Copper Min. of Eng. all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent. all English and Austrin. Copper Smeltg. Co, all General li ii 1 * d ip 1 d 2 2 .. 1 - io fi -6 - ii. 5 2 2i 29 —3l d 44 4 a 6 36 30i -- 3 308 Pm 43 - 45 - 10 - 12 50 -60 2 - 4p 1/ - 21 all Glreat Nugget Vein all Do. Registered all Great Polgooth all Liberty all Linares all Lond.dtCaliforn.Gold Quartz Crush. Co all Mariquita 9 Yfexican&S.Americu all New Granada all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co all Nouveau Monde all Pontgibaud Silva] Lead Min. do Smelt. 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Ithymney Iron 15 Do. Now 10 S'autiago de Cuba all south Australian 7 rin Croft all United Mexican all Waller all West Granada all West Mariposa 12s. Worthing Mining 01 Australia. all Yuba ." ••• 3 --2 d 81 .i 1 = *I ... - PM 1 - li * I io 1 .i 4 d 6 6 P 31 —0 ad 331 i 1 10 1 1 27i f A .-__- 6 4 i - 1 .i - i 16 - 18 - 31 29 - 31 8 - 10 3 - 4 1 = i iil i d d 20 2 ‘Vieshaden a IS ••....•.•.••I ••• i I 20 15 Zealand , ......P....mmiips JOINT-STOCK BANKS. MISCELLANEOU S 40 all Australasia 77 —79 78i 8 .. 40 all British Colonial Bank 5 all Whin Coal and Iron ... ••• and Loan Company ... ... 25 17i .ustralian Agricult. 476 —48 i 17 50 all British N. American •,. ... 20 14 kustralsn.Pcific•Mail ... ••• 15i 25 5 Chartd Bank of Asia 1 id 10 8 kustraln. Royal Mail ... ... 20 2 Chard..B. of India, ... ••• A us tralia, & China 2 lid 10 4 , ierlin Water Works i 100 25 Colonial ' 50 40 hit. American Laud 65 --75 San. & Coln. Smoltg. 100 20 Commercial of Lo ud. ... ... 5 1 ad Reduction Co.. ... •••• 20 12 English Scottish and A us t ra lian 4 3 d 8 4 i 100 32i J ana d a BO 85 5 5 2rystal Palace 6l 7 6 1 7 20 20 Loud. Chart. Bk. of 5 14 Do. New la - 11 31 Australia 2l —21 i 4 2 irystal Pal. o f France ... ..• 50 20 London and County ... ... 20 3 ?Astern Steam .• ••• 50 10 London Joint Stock.. ... ... 25 20 ElectritTelograph(A) 17 18 100 20 Loud. & Westminsto ... ... 25 all Do. (B) ••• ••• 100 35 National Proviucia' 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir ... ... of England ........... ... ••• 15 14 ;en. Steam Navigat ... •.. 20 10 Do. New._ ............ ... • • 20 18 General Screw Steam ... ••• 12 50 22A National of Ireland. ... ... 20 7 i Irish Uses St. Sugar ... ... 20 all New South Wales.... 20 10 Niagdalena St. Navig. ... ... 25 all Oriental Bank of 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... ... C0rp0rati0n.......... 46 4S 47 4Gi 10 3 Netherlands Land—. i 1i 25 5 Do. New ............... ... -- ••• 2 1 N. S. W. Coal &Inter. 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... • ••• Steam Navigat. Co. ... •.. 10 all Do. •Now ............. .. ... —' ••• 1 all N. B. Australasian 1 1i 1 5 1 Royal Austral n.Bk g . 1 i Do. New • ••• & Gold Imp C 0.... ..• •.• 20 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam ... . . 25 all South Australia ...... 41 43 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. par— i d 51 1 5 25 all Union of Australia-• 70 72 71 704 1 50 all Peninsular& Oriental ... ... 2' Do. New .......... 7 8 ... ..... 50 35 Do. 50 10 - Union of London ... ••• 2 all Portland. Iron Co i— ip .........;";;"" , i 100 60 Royal Mail Steam .: ... •.. TILE ALLEGED TRAFFIC IN Z:',%ITUATIONS BY THE IRISH. 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest Si —n 2 i REPRESENTATIVES . —The committee yesterday again 25 25 South Ausral.Land 37 39 assembled, to further consider their report. They re -1 all Submar. eTelegraph.„ 1 1 t mained in consultation from one to four o'clock, at which 1 all Do. Registered. i— 1 ' time they ha d not conctuded, and the subject of the re -100 280 fan memo Wad 111 --. 16 N A was Mljounled until alter the Whitsuntide room ! it -- ti 4...d1 :5 i all 5 all 5 all /0 all '0 all 15 all .2i all .3i all !.0 all !,0 100 !OBI WO all Shr.j eald.l Eluweirs. 3edford and Bletchley Buck& amsh Clydesdale Jc E. Lincoln gr 6 per cent. Glos. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New • ilstr. & Dn. Fr Dk. & Railway Gull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. d Shares. Lou.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Mauch. Bxtn. and Matlock [iddlesbro' & Redcar. . Aidid.Bradfd Northern and Easternsp.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p e Prest. &Wyre Do. i Shares. Itoystn.Szilit. Do. Shepth. St Shef. Roth .an a Goole g. 5 p. e. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrst .:lostila Prices th's day. Leasing Company, London N. West. L.SLN.W. •~aledon... Clt.Nrthn. Caldouian. Do ;rt. \Testy New. & Berw. V. &N lid Do Do Eastern, Do Norfolk L.& N. W. St Midi& itekton Darlingt. :Midland.. E. Count. D 0... Do L. &N.W &Lu&Yk Do Gt Northn I D 0......... Lancash& Yorksh. 11.11 Clear itockt. Darlingt D 0... GttW, PREFERENC 'estn 93 - 95 91 - 96 LOI - 103 50 - 52 25 -26 12 - 13 22. -23 i 2} - 2i ii = ik, 51 - 56 xd xd 29 - 30 90 - 92 SHARES. ii = lid 6 - 6 24. - 3* 3 - 4 - P : 1 L i 12! - 13 23 - 24 3 -3i - 113 - 115 106 - 108 91 - um ri 8 .. ad 6 6. 95 97 87 89 88 90 Id par 128 132 ••• .... ... - p 5,) 6a 84 9 i —ad 1131 133 1f - 95 - 96 8i -- 9 151 91 -- 10 11 -- 13 ta -- I P 221 -- 23 98 -- 10 0 15 -20 0100 -- ••, 2 - 1 88 - 92 3 - 3 11 id Business this day. 44J Pirb '6-1.-471bition SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'clock. TATTERSALL S. (THIS EVENING.) DERBY. 5 to 2 agst Dervish (taken). 9 to 1 agst Andover (taken). 9to 1 agst The Hermit (taken). 12 to 1 agst Hospodar. 100 to 7 agst Marsyas (taken). 12 to 1 agst Neville (taken). 13 to 1 agst Wild Huntsman (taken). 100 to 6 agst The Trapper (taken). 22 to 1 agst Knight of St. George (taken). 33 to 1 agit Canute (taken). 35 to 1 agst Alembic (taken). • 50 to 1 agst New Warrior (taken). 1000 to 10 agst Champagne (t . aken). 1000 to 5 agst Belgrave (taken). 1000 to 5 apt Prince Arthur (taken). OARS. 7to 2 agst Meteora. 9to 1 agst Malmsey (taken). 10 to 1 agst Bribery (taken). THE GUARDS AT SOUTARI. The following letter has been received from Constan tinople. It was written by a private of the Scots Fusi lier Guards, and is addressed to his mother : " Scutari Camp, May 2. "Dear Mother,—We sailed from Malta on Saturday, April 22, and had rather a stormy passage, especially the first two days. The name of the vessel that we sailed in was the Kangaroo, and well named she is, for I don't think the animal she is called after can go through more antics than she did. The Grenadier Guards sailed at the same time the name, of their vessel was the Golden Fleece; so did the Coldstreams ; their ship is called the Vulcan, one of her Maj es ty's troop-ships, all screw-steamers. Our vessel was the smallest ; there was only,room for one half of us below, consequently the rest had to be on deck 24 hours at a time. Ours is intended for an Australian packet, to take out emigrants. Being the fastest sailer she soon left the others behind. We soon had a hint of what sort of weather we might expect as we left the harbour, by meeting two of her Majesty's steam-ships, ono towing the other, that had lost one of her paddle-wheels and her funnel. I took up my quarters on a seat in front of the galley, and wrapped my blanket round me, to make myself as comfortable as possi ble. I was rather amused at seeing the troops rolling about the decks; they were almost all sick, with very few ex ceptions. I could have had as much victuals as would have served me a voyage half round the world. On Mon day morning the storm abated. We were very nearly run ning on a rock, the weather being hazy, and the man on the look out did not see it ; the captain was the first to notice it ; he had been up all the night and gave strict orders for the seamen to look out. We were not six yards from it when it was first noticed. Shortly after we passed one of the islands of the Greek Archipelago and anchored in Gallipoli Bay on Tuesday night, at 11 p.m. There were seven French and one English wen-of-war lying there, and our regiments were encamped some miles from where we lay at anchor. The French occupy the town, and were busy fortifying it. A sergeant of the 93d came on board ; he said the French and English soldiers agree very well, and are quite sociable together. We sailed from Gallipoli on that night, and had a stiff head-wind all the way that we sailed up the Sea of Marmora, and arrived at Stamboul at 9 a.m. on Thursday. The country all the way from Gallipoli appeared to be well cultivated, and put me in mind of the sea coast of Sussex. When I first saw Constantinople I thought it the finest city I ever be held, it is so nobly situate, and the minarets and domes glitter in the sun ; but I believe it will not do to inspect it closely. Close to where we landed there is a fine square building that was intended for us, but it was swarming with vermin, so they have sent us to camp. There is a regiment of the line there ; they showed some of our men their arms and breasts ; they were quite flayed. We did not disembark before Friday, and went to our present station. The place where we are is like Hamp stead, only it is all green grass. The regiments of the line are stationed on a sloping hill on the left, and we on an other at the extrema right. At the bottom there is a fine green valley with a brook running through, where I go to wash my shirt, for I have turned my own washer woman. since I left London. Close to the encampment there is a Mussulman burial-ground, three or four miles in length, it looks like a Scotch fir wood ; it is thickly planted with ' cypress trees and has a most gloomy and funereal appear ance. The gravestones have a strange look ; they are shaped like turbans, and the flat ones have a place that holds water, where the pious Mussulmans wash themselves when they pray. In fact, everything around puts me in mind of being amongst a people of strange manners and cus toms. Close to the wood there is a publicroad and the well where we draw our water, and not a day has passed since we have been here but a troop of wild, savage-looking horsemen have passed, headed by their sheik or chief, from the interior, I had a close look at a troop the other day, and a more villanons cut-throat lot could not be got to gether ; they were of all colours, from a red to an ebony, and armed with all manner of weapons, and such wretched looking horses ! Tho Sultan's artillery barracks are close to our encampment; I cannot say much for the soldier looking appearance of the men. Tho place seems quite a Primrose-hill for the inhabitants. They come here in all manner of strange-looking machines, from a bul lock cart to a donkey ; the young roll about the grass, and the old smoke the pipe of meditation. We have quite a bazaar here, and it is principally tenanted by Jews and Greeks. The suttling tents are kept by Greeks, and a ras cally lot they are ; I would sooner take a Turk's word than a Greek's oath. They have got a Greek in prison for at tempting to poison two soldiers of the 88th Regiment. It is only of the lower class of Greeks that I talk this way ; the better class are well enough. " Lord Raglan and the staff have arrived hero. I don't know how long we shall be here. We are all in the best of spirits and health, and havenot lost a single man, but left a few behind at Malta to be sent to England. The Grenadier Guards had three men die while there, and the Coldstreams two by fever. The Turkish women, when they walk or ride out, have their faces covered all but their eyes. It gives them a strange look. They seem to be as inquisitive as their sex in England. I have not received an answer to the two letters that I have written you, one from Malta, the other before we sailed from Spithead ; this will be the third." SURREY SESSIONS—May 25. (Before T. Puckle, Esq„ and a Bench of Magistrates.) SENTENCE OF THE REV. (!) MR. GIBSON. Just before the rising of the Court, Robert Gibson, alias the Rev. Robert Gibson, was brought up for judgment, he having been found guilty on the previous night, after a very lengthy trial, of committing an aggravated assault on Samuel Cookson. Kelly, a young man 19 years of age, and son to a female whom he had cohabited with, having seduced her from her husband and family. On the previous day, dnrium ' the trial, he exhibited the utmost levity, and at one time distributed handbills among the auditory, maligning the character of' the husband whose peace of mind he had destroyed, and vindicating that of the base woman who had so far disgraced herself, and dishonoured her husband and family, by living with him in open adultery. However, when placed in the dock to receive sentence, he seemed much chop-fallen and dejected. On the Chairman asking him whether he had anything to say why sentence should not be passed upon him, he said that he had indicted four other parties at the last sessions for assaults upon him, and true bills were then found, and he should like them to be tried. He had, how ever, to say that, if he struck the blow with the jug, it was in self-defence, as he was much pressed upon and threatened by a number of persons. He might have struck the first that pressed -upon him, as he was much frightened, and knocked about himself. The Chairman said he should then proceed to, tit ; en tence. The defendant had not been sentenced on the pre vious evening, as it was the wish of the court that he should be brought up to - day , wllich would enable them to calmly and deliberately look over all the circumstances of his case and see what sentence he really deserved. They considered it a very gross and shocking ease, especially in a man who professed himself a minister of the Gospel, and by such facilities as were afforded him by that profession to introduce himself into the bosom:of a respectable family and ruin the peace of mind of those he ought to comfort. He had opportunities of seeing the dishonoured husband and disgraced children, and if he had ever any faith in the words he formerly preached, he ought to have comforted them rather than seduce the mother and wife from her family. And what did he do that for ?—to live in adultery with her. However, he' had to remark, that he was not tried for adultery, but for committing a very aggravated assault on a lad—one of thesons of the unfortunate woman he was living with. It was feasible that her children must have a desire to see her , and when they were in her pre sence he ought to have humbled himself, or conducted himself in a much milder manner to the injured children. It ill became him, in his disgraceful position, to take up a jug and throw it at the head of one of these children. The Court, it must be c onsidered, in passing their sentence, did not punish him for adultery; that. they would now entirely forget, and merely look to the offence he was con victed of. The opinion given by the jury that his witnesses had perjured themselves, greatly aggravated his case and no fine that the Court could inflict upon him would be adequate punishment. The sentence of the Court was, that he be imprisoned in the House of Correction at Wandsworth, with hard labour, for three months. The defendant received the sentence with much surprise. The other cases stand over until next sessions. LAMBERT'S MAP OF THE SEAT OF WAR, Price is. 6c/., in neat case, 2s.—lt would be difficult to produce a Map more satisfactorily distinguished by the merits of clear ness in printing and accuracy in arrangement. It cannot but be eagerly welcomed, by our intellige n t population.— Sun. It is an easily intelligible, accurate, and complete delineation of a region with which every one should now be as familiar as with the Map of Eng land or Palestine.—Nonconformist. We have already found it of great We for reference, and can confidently recommend it to our readers, for it is, in our opinion, the most useful Map of th e S eat of War yet published.— York Herald. London : Dobbs, Kidd, and Co.;Edin burgh : Menzies ; N ewcas tl e : L am b ert, an d all Book sellers.—A dvertisentent. A. YEAR'S EXPORTO.—The declared value of our pro duce and manufactures exported in 1853 was no less than 98,933,7811., an increase of above 20,000,0001. over the export of the previous year. The export of cotton manufactures increased from 23,233,4327.t0 25,817,249/. ; of woollen manufactures increased from 8,730,934/. to 10,172,1821. ; of kon and steel, wrought and unwrought, from 6,684,2761. to 10,84 from apparel, from 1,246,6771. to 2,766,6961 . (1 of c h ee se, from 754,6271. to 1,291,3571. ; of butter an beer, 4221. ; of r and 393,3191. to 520,6561 . ; of haberdashery and millinery, from 2,074,180/. to 4,156, 494 /. ; of hardwares cut lery, from 2,691,6971. to 3,605,0511 ha . ; of leather, from 60,3041, to 1,278,011. 20 20 50 20 56 71 14' 1 50 7i I 2 5 ? 16 wtt all 5 I all .2ii 12 100 518; .2 all 5 I all t. 100 12i f I Si si 60i I 50 56 88 91 8i St. 731 4 St. 1.23 25 75 I St. 20 62b I 66: 12i 8 1 i IC2i / 11 881 II 79 81 I 20j I 54 60i \ \ I. 100 Aberdeen.. 00 Do. No. 2, p. C. 30 Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/) 100 Bris. & tx. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares I 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent... 64 Cork &Bandonslp.c. all Dundee Perth &Aber- deep Junction all EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent all Do. (£5) 7 per cent. 2 Do. (£7l7s) 7p. c. all Eastern Counties Ex- tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p. c. St all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent all Do. 51., 10 per cent all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh [Op East Lan cash. 6p. cts. all East and West York- shire June. Pref... all EdinbPrth.&Dundee 5. per cent. 100 Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. sp. c 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem 10 Do. 4i p. c." Scrip 6 Gt. N. of Scot. Ist Pref all Grit. Southn. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) 5 Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) 100 Do. cov. red. 4i p.c 100 Do. con, red. 4p. c 100 Do. irrcil. 4p. c 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O LOO Do. 6p. c. Stock . 13 Leeds N. 6 . p. c. No.l 6 Do. Quarters, 1848 1 . 00 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c WO Do. Pref., sp. c. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 100 Do. Now Guar.6 p. c WO Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 London &S. Western Con: Thirds all Londonderry& Color i Shares all Londy. & Ennis. iSh all Stan., Shef., & Lin , Shares, No. 1. all Do. New, £lO 44 Do. £6 an Aarypt. & Carl. 4 p.c all Do. 4 per cent 10i Do .00 liid. Consol.6 p.c.St .00 Do. Consol. Bristol At %rm. 6 per cent 5 Do. Pref. 4 3 / 4 per cent) 6 Norfolk Debenture .. 100 Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock IGO Do. sp. c. Ext. 100 Do. 5i per ct .pref.... lin Do. Way. Val. 5 P.C 100 North British all North Staffordshire , 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.£ls, 6 p.c. 15 Do-. - - all Scot. Cent. , New Pref all Shrews. & Birm.N.G. all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Miu), 8 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon De. fixed, 44 per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Lop Do. 4ipor cent. a ll 4.Yorksh.4p.e.Gnar all Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent 5 Do. - do.' all Stockton and Hartle- pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 3 Waterfd.StKill.6p.c. 1 100 York, Newcastle,and Berwick,4 p.c. Pref. 5 Do 10 10 York&N.lfidlandll and S. Pura .. 33i I s 13 * I St. 7/1 I 50 54 1 12 per cent. 63 2i I 313/4 31 I 10 dis St. 671 7 20 25 47f 81 1 25 12! 10 25 10 ..06 I DEATh OF VICE-ADWBAL PARKER, C.D. We stated yesterday that Sg,Admiral HyditTiir C.D., was so ill that he wa nit.'expocted to rec 6 and we now regret to annou #pis decease, which place at Ham ye3terday morn Vice-Admiral Hyde Parker as' he son of the e brated Sir Hyde Parker, and grataften otlice-Kfimirai Sir Hyde Parker, Bart. The late descendant of those illustrious flag-officers entered the navy in 1699, and in early life saw much active war service, but started in the navy as he was, his promotion was rapid, and in later life he had the good fortune to be almost continu ously employed. He commanded the Rodney, 92, as the finest two-decker in the navy. He served as com mander in chief of an experimental fleet, and for many years as superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard. He was selected as senior naval lord of the Admiralty under the Duke of Northumberland, and when the coalition ministry succeeded Vice-Admiral Hyde Parker remained as its senior prefessional member. - - He married the daughter of the late Sir F. M. Eden, Bart., sister of Captain Charles Eden, of the London, 90, in the Black Sea, and his son, Captain Hyde Parker, cora -Man& the Firebiand, 6; steam-frigate, in the Black Sea... By thedeath of Vice Admiral Parker, Captain Michael Seymour (1826), now serving as captain of the fleet, bi comes rear admiral of the blue, placing a good-service pension at the bestowal of the First Lord of the Ad niiialty. The following account of the brilliant services of the deceased Admiral is given in 0' Byr roes Naval . Bio. graphy :- " This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy Feb. 5, 1796, and embarked in September, 1799, as a volunteer on board the Cambrian, 40, Captains the Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge and George Henry Towry, employed at first in the Channel and then in cruising among the Western Islands. In November, 1801, he removed as midshipman to the Narcissus, 32, Captain Ross Donelly ; and while in that frigate, of which he was created an acting and a con firmed lieutenant October 6, 1603, and September, 24, 1801-, he saw much active service. On July 11, in the latter year, in particular, he assisted with the boats of his own ship and o f the Maidstono and Seahorse, 10 in number, under the orders of Lieutenant John Thomson, and was highlyspoken of for his conduct at the capture and destruc tion of 12 settees, lying at La Vandour, in the Bay of Hyere, after a conflict, in which the British, encountered by a tremendous fire of grapeshot and musketry, as well from the vessels themselves as from a battery and the houses of the- town, sustained a loss of four men killed and 23 wounded. In the following year Mr. Parker, who, in July, 1803, had contributed to the capture of L'Alcyon, of 16 guns and 96 men, accompanied the expedition to the Cape of Good Hope ; on her passage whether the Narcis sus, besides making prize of Le President privateer, of 12 guns and 70 men, retook the English merchant ship Hora tio Nelson, mounting 22 guns, and drove on - shore the Napoleon privateer, of 32 guns and 250 men. Subsequently to the reduction of the Cape ' Mr. Parker on th e surren d er there of the 46-gun frigate Volontaire, was placed on board that ship, under the orders of the Captain the Hon. 'Thee line Percy. In June, 1806, having been advanced to the rank of commander on the 22d of the preceding January, he went on half-pay. His next - appointment was in March, 1807, to the Promotheus sloop ; from which vessel, for his services during the expedition to Copenhagen, he was promoted, October 13 following, to Post - rank. h e a ft er . Wards obtained command, March 11, 1811, of the Mon. • mouth, 61, bearing the flagin the Downs of Rear-Admiral Thomas Foley; April 15,1812, of the Tenedos, 38, attached to the force on the coast of North America, whence he re turned in August, 1815 ; March 15, 1818, of the Iphi. genia, 46, which ship was paid off June 12, 1821; May 1, 1830, of the St. Vincent, 120, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Foley, at Portsmouth ; February 16, 1831, of the Asia, 84, on the Lisbon station ; December 19 following, again of tho Victory, employed as before, at Portsmouth, where he remained until February, 1833; and August 29, 1835, for upwards of four years and a half, of the Rodney, 92, on the Mediterranean station. While in the Tenedos Captain Parker was engaged, in company with the Shan non, 38, Captain Philip Bowes Vere Broke, in blockading, during the month of April 1813 , the port of Boston, in which lay the American frigates President and Congress ; he afterwards, in. April, 1814, united with the Junon, 38, Capt. Clotworthy Upton, in chasing the Constitution frigate into Marblehead Harbour, whither he was prevented from following her by a signal of recall from the Junon ; and on January 15, 1815, he witnessed the surrender of the above named President to the British frigate Endymion, Captain Henry Hope. In the Iphigenia, after having conveyed the Duke of Richmond to Quebec, he proceeded to the West Indies, where the fever in a few weeks carried off 84 of his officers and men. On September, 5, 1831, Capt. Parker was nominated an Extra Naval Aide-de-Camp to King William IV. He attained flag-rank November 23, 1841; and from August 4, 1842, until the close of 1847, he held, the appointment of Admiral-Superintendent at Ports• mouth. In 1845 he commanded an experimental squadron. He was nominated a C.B. April 18, 1839.", . - • LORD STANLEY AND THE NEWSPAPEa STAMP. The following letter from Lord Stanley has been pub lished by the Association for the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge • _ _ Albany, May 24,' Sir,—No division having been taken on Mr. Milner Gibson's motion, and the motion itself not going the length of a repeal of the stamp duty, I wish to give in my adhesion to the movement which you are promoting, so far as the abolition of that duty is concerned. The paper duty, as a financial measure, stands on a different footigg. But the stamp duty, is professedly imposed as a postal charge only, and not for purposes of revenue. It may, therefore, be dealt with quite apart from any considerations arising out of the war. I only know three reasons which really influence men's minds against its removal. Some persons fear the politi cal or social results of a l;rge increase of cheap period. icals. This objection is removed by the existence, un controlled by law, of a cheap unstamped press, dealing with every subject except the news of the day, and even dealing with that in the way of comment. The danger which they fear already exists : the proposed change of law will diminish instead of aggravating it, by giving to the cheap press a character of greater respectability. Others conceive that what is demanded amounts to this, that newspapers should be p os t e d gra t u it ous ly. It would be well to have this delusion thoroughly removed. Newspapers cannot claim gratuitous transmission any more than letters ; all that you ask is, that oily those which require postal accommodation shall pay for it, and that the small provincial journals, which doss not use the post-office, being distributed entirely by hand, shall not be taxed ar or 100 per cent. upon its value, in order that a copy of the Times - may pass four or five times through the post at the cost of a single transmission. You cannot put it forward too clearly, that it is anot the removal of the postal charge, but its equalisation, that you desire. The pre sent law is as though a penny stamp were put on every sheet of paper, so that a note sent by hand, on a written memorandum kept for private use, should pay postage as well as a letter transmitted in the usual manner. Its anomaly and injustice could not have been tolerated until now, were it not that proprietors and editors of estab lished journals circulating largely, have, or conceive themselves to have a direct interest in maintaining a system which checks competition, and favours large capitalists. I believe the fallacy here mentioned, " that what re formers ask is a gratuitous transmission of newspapers by post," has done more mischief than, from its ab surdity, would be supposed. The third objection taken—a fear lest the Post-office revenues should fall off—seems wholly groundless. Any one who looks at the returns of that department will see an enormous increase of late years in the amount of work which it has to do, and consequently also in its receipts. I believe that a diminution in the number of newspapers conveyed by post would more than compensate, in con venience, for the pecuniary loss which it might cause. But it must also be remembered that a large increase in the number of newspapers would render the paper duty (while that tax lasts) more remunerative ; and, as was urged in the debate, that if many more newspapers are published than at present, it is probable that at least an equal number will still pass through the post. Justice has scarcely been done to the claim of the pro vincial press. Take suoh a case as this : and it is not an imaginary one. A local journal, published in a small borough has 1,000 subscribers ; of these, 900 live within the borough, their copies are consequently transmitted to them by hand, only the remaining 100 copies are sent by post, the charge for which, at Id. each, would be Bs. 4d." But the law imposes, under the name of a postal charge, this peany tax on the whole 1,000 copies, amounting, in all, to 4/. 3s. 4d. on each impression ; or, in other words, taxes the journal in question at the rate of 10d. for each copy which passes through the Post-office. Can it be imagined that this injustice should be defended, as I have seen it defended, on the ground that what is thus taken from the small journa list is put into the pockets of his metropolitan rival? To those who apprehend that th e c h aracter of e a e to of discusscheap t o b e local papers, t journal , . theirsimply an b y anticipations increase refusalc r shoulds, I i h s m o uwghi will holding replye uff el• by that We contend that as a matter, not of policy, but of sim ple justice, postal charges should fall only on those who benefit by the services of the Post-office. Whatever May have been the private opinions of public men, no is impo se d purposely as a check on low-ptioed }far'minister of lat e y ears has dared to avow that the stamp duty odical writing. To admit this, is to assert the =principle of a censorship. For the existing duty, amounting to a tax of 100 per cent. on a penny journal, amounts, itt fact, to a prohibition of all such journals. B u t, if this prohibition is designed, it ought to be put in exp ress words, What the Legislature does s hould be d one openly. The question, therefore, the right of whether Parliament will continue to limit t eertain price t publication to journals sold at and above a That this is the effect of the law is clear that it is also is reduced to this-4 Formerly the stamp seems impossible to doubt.. _ the object of the law, thOugh that object_;is not acknow ledged,duty was defended on . . important , the ex are told that the fiscal question is un financial grounds alone ; now, we 11 • cuse varies from year nately clung to. to year, the policy is sti obsta rtain meantime, ; but the ultimate result is certain ; succeed Two or three years must probably . still pass before you I shall gladly join in attempting to . remedy that which is at once a great impolicy d a pie% i ous njustice. , I remain, yeti!' obechentes r vant, STANLEY. Secretary to tc Association for Repeal of Taxes on Knowledge. 1 ; *lr is • THE EGYPTIAN RAILROAD.—This; at oad is in good working order and answers exceedingly well. The trains do not r►zn on it at present at any stated periods. It is chiefly used when European or English passengers arrive in Egypt. English engine -drivers are emp.oyed on it. The speed is about 20 miles an hour. The railway the whole di3tance between Alexandria and Cairo will soon be ;open. It passes through a level and most fertile country. The Arabs do not know what to make of it. They were dancing before it some time sines, and having no conception of its speed, they did not get out of the way in time, and an Arab WOMMI was killed. - • The the r the ;ued ap ices the ,66/ 108 7 21 I