The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-03 00:00:00

inhabitants of that city against giving credit to false rumours relating to the existence of plots against the Government, preparations for insurrection, Menaces of pillage, d:c. It observes that such re ports are calculated to increase public distrust, to stop trade, and to give a fresh impulse to emigra tion,whicii is already too considerable. A letter from RoMe, in the Parlamento of Turin mentions a rumour to the effect that Queen Chris tina is shortly to arrive there with a large WEST COAST OF AFRICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY MORNING. . The African Steam Navigation Company's mail packet Forerunner, Commander Barnwell, has arrived. She left Bonny June 30th ; Lagos, July 2d ; Accra, 4th ; Cape Coast Castle, sth ; Sierra Leone, 14th ; Bathurst, 18th ; and Teneriffe, the 25th. Her Majesty's ship Crane and one of the ex ploring vessels were at Fernando Po on the 30th June. The latter was to leave Fernando Po on th e 3d July, for the Niger. The Ferret, Britomart, and Plumper were at Sierra Leone on the 14th July. The African mail packet BaJchante was expected to leave Sierra Leone for England on the 20th ; and the Candace left the Gambia, for Sierra Leone, on the 16th. Commander Beacroft, R.N., her Majesty's Con sul at Fernando Po, died on the 19:,h of June. At the Cameroons trade was brisk. The merchant ships Elizabeth Bibby, Golden Age, Victoria, Sarah, Abeona, and Rapley, were at Old Calabar, trading. At Lagos all was quiet and trade brisk. ' A considerable emigration from Sierra Leone to the Brazils had taken place. Mr. Campbell, her Majesty's Consul, was en gaged at Badagry reinstating the displaced Chiefs, but the natives were refractory. At Accra trade Was good. Sierra Leone was healthy, although the rains had set in. The Chiefs of the bordering territories had threatened a suspension of commercial intercourse, the intended imposition of duties being regarded as obnoxious. A brisk trade was springing up with Lagos, but vessels were scarce. The Forerunner had a cargo of palm oil, gold, 1311 m, ivory, cochineal, pepper, beeswax, &c. THE CAPE MAILS. • (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAP Ff. ) • PLYMOUTH, Tuesday Midnight.—The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's mail packet Mauritius, Captain Sceals, arrived this evening at eleven o'clock. She left Plymouth on the 15th Januiry, Cape of Good Hope sth March, and ar rived at Calcutta on the 9th April. Homeward da tes—Calcutta, 14th May ; Madras, 20th ; Point de Galle 27th • Mauritius, 11th June ; Cape o f aood Hope, 26th ; St. Helena, 26th ; Ascension, 9th July ; and St. Vincent, 20th. The Lieutenant-Governor was to open the Par liament on the 20th July. From the Tambookie country, up to the 13th of 'Tune, we lea rn th a t th e war b etween t h at tr ib e and the Amagaleka still continued, but no news of a Pitched battle had been received. Everything was tranquil in Guleke country. At Fort Elizabeth the wool trade had revived, but live stock had fallen considerably in price. The steamer Dee, Lieut. Smith, in Symond's B ay; June 20, was expected to arrive in Table Bay, with the eastern province members, about the 28th June, preparatory to the opening of the Cape Parliament on the Ist July. The Frolic arrived at Symond's Bay on the 17th. In the Mauritius chilera and other disorders have been very fatal. The epidemic broke out on the 14th May, in the civil pri , on of Port Louis. The deaths ave raged from 100 to 125 daily. Among the victims are Mr. Shelly, assistant auditor ; Mr. S. Childe bank, clerk • and Mr. L acos t e , manager of the theatre. Among the troops only 14 had died. Some 5,000 or 6,000 persons left Port Louis imme diately. Labourers were paid 15s. per day for digging graves, and could not be readily obtained to carry coals for the mail packets. Document bills rule at 1 to 1 per cent. prem. Freights—United Kingdom, 3/. ; Cape, 121. ; Australian Colonies, 21. 15s. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. (BY . ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. By the arrival of the Peninsular and Oriental ‘jorapany's steam-ship Iberia, with the Peninsular mails, we have dates from Gibraltar to the 25th of (Tilly; Cadiz, 26; Lisbon, 29; Oporto and Vigo, 30. The Iberia brings 27 passengers, 1,3101. in specie, and the usual cargo of wine, oranges, lemons, &c. Prom Oporto we learn that the excitement had subsided, the Government having agreed to allow the importation of Indian corn at a low duty until December 31. The prospects of the approaching vintage at Lis bon are stated to be more favourable. Exchange was quoted on London at 54 for bills a t 30 days' date, and 54 at 90 days. Inscriptions, 38. Exchange at Gibraltar was quoted at 51k for bills o nLondon at 90 days; Paris, sf. 32c. THE CREW OE THE TIGER AT ODESSA.—An Austrian Journal says, under the head of Odessa, that an English S ail or, one of the prisoners of the Tiger, having endea voured to ma k e hi s escape, was b ayonete d an d k ill e d b y Russian sentinel. Another letter from Odessa says "tat our officers and sailors had ex p resse d th emse l ves Well satisfied with the treatment received. Indeed, one ,Of the f ormer has made such good use of his time that 'EL has won the heart of one of the richest maidens of Odessa, and is about to carry her off as a prize. t ill icaturriNG FOR THE C ZAR . —A. letter from Kalischa, o the 2.4 th ult , states that in the night of the 21st a levy Was made for the army in the ordinary way ; that is to B ay, all the villages were entered in the dead of the night and th e men designated as capable of bearing arms were taken from their beds. -PALMOUTH, AUG. 2.--THE CHOLERA.—The Lima erni- Pant ship l os t the cook by the disease on board. Yes ""rdaY the carpenter died. - To-day her sail-maker is very low, and one of her passengers was taken by the tn alady this morning. WTHE LORD AUCKLAND TRANSPORT. PLYMOUTH, ednesday evening.—Only one additional case of sick -4eBB, of a mild character, has occurred on briard the Lord Auckland, and all the sick who are in charge of As sistant-Surgeon Dalby. R.N., are impioving. An other court-martial was held to-day, and one of the privates sentenced to receive 50 lashes. Sir Harry Smith withholds the infliction of the sentence upon con dition of the restoration of• order. The soldiers have c ommenced holystoning the lower deck, and appeared quite subdued by the determination of the Major- General. A FORTUNATE MEETING.-1 gentleman residing in Our neighbourhood was on the platform at the Station the other day, accompanied by a friend from Lon don who had lately arrived on a few days' visit. The Up-train stopped as they were standing conversing, and the attention of the Boston gentleman was quickly attracted by perceiving a young female, of prepossessing appearance, with whose parents he was acquainted, seated in a first-class carriage. He approached the window, and entered into con versation with her, somewhat surprised at the ex pensive .mode of travelling which she had chosen, as her father is in humble though respectable circumstances. A few moments explained all. She had answered an advertisement which appeared in a Hull newspaper offer ing a comfortable home in a respectable family for a nur sery governess. The elderly lady, so richly dressed, who Was with her in the carriage, had come from London ex pressly to have a personal interview with hei, and was 8 0 well satisfied with the result of the inquiries she had Mad e that the engagement had been concluded, and 141 ' 3 13 was then on her way to town with her newly found friend. The gentleman, having tendered his con gratulations to both ladies, turned from the carriage and Was immediately addressed by his London friend, " You are certainly very courageous in the country in acknow ledging your acquaintances." " How so ?" The " young _lady is a stranger to me, though evidently. an.old fiiend of f Yours," was the reply ; "as for the other woman —" What of her ? I declare I don't know her ?" "You d on't I She is Mts. —" naming an infamous pro euress) "of Gower-street !" There was not a moment • to lose. The whistle was sounding and Mr. Waghorn bad already given the signal for starting, but fortunately a few moments were. sufficient to explain to Miss t he imminent danger which threatened her. She left the carriage, without any opposition on the part of her com panion, who spoke not a single word, and evidently feared the result of the discovery which she saw had taken place. The gra tit u d e o f the young lady and her Yiends may be well imagined. By a mere accident the for mer has be en rescue d f rom a lif e of misery, and we t rust that th e f act a b ove narrate d , a t ru th as s trange as fiction, may act a s a cau ti on t o a ll y oun g females who are compelled to seek situations by answering the adver tisements which appear in public prints.—Boston Guar dian. CONVICT DISCHARGED AFTER TWENTY YEARS ' IMP RISONMENT.—On Thursday last, George Risbey, who was tried at the Lent Assizes, at Chelmford, on • the 9th of March, 1835, for the wilful murder of John Spooner, at West Bergh°lt, was discharged from Spring • g eld gaol, her Majesty's pa r d on h av i ng b een received by Mr. Neale, the governor. Rishey. was committed on the 7th of August, 1834, and at the following assizes was tried, and acquitted on the ground of insanity, but • ordered "to he kept in strict custody until his Majesty pleasure he known." Thus, after a lapse of 20 years, a few days only excepted, he has regained his liberty. His • ease and good conduct in prison having been represented • to the Secretary of State, the authorities were induced to recommend hie releasee,-Essex Herald. BREMTON RACES (THIS DAY.) (F ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PAVILION PLATE. Kennyside Faro Roebuck RtDCLIFFE RACES. (YESTERDAY.) (BY 7LECTRIC 7ELEGRAPII.) lANCHESTER CUP. Syvagee Gamelad St. Andrew E Little Fawn ..... Fur ran—won by a length. LATEST BETTING. 5 to 4 n Little Fawn. 6 to 4 Agst St. Andrew. EMPEItIAL PARLIANIENT EEO OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY). The S'EAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were consideenl and agreed to :—Great Western, Shrewsbury, and Bianingliam, and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Companies Amalgamation ; Paisley Waterworks (No. 2) ; Si . .lisbury and Yeovil Railway ; British Guarantee Association (No. 2). The following estate bills were read a third time and passe/ :—Hornyold's Estate ; Park's Estate ; Peel's Estat ; Staveley's Estate. EPISCOPAL AND CAPITULAR ESTATES BILL. Tie committee on this bill was resumed. M. CAYLEY moved the insertion of the following . clause :—Provided always, that in computing the due regaxl to be paid to the just and reasonable claims of the present holders of lands under lease or otherwise, arising from the long-continued practice of renewal, the basis of compensation shall be that laid down by the Episcopal and Capitular Revenues Commissioners in their report of 1850 ; and, where that may not be applicable, to the recommendations laid down in the Lords' re port on the same subject in 1851. Provided always that in all computations in any way dependent on the dura tion of lives, the expectation of life shall be calculated at the rate of 3/. 6s. Bd. per eentum ; and, so far as such rate can be applied, according to the data on which the life tables are founded which were published in the twelfth annual report of the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England. Provided always, that until such sales, purchases, or exchanges shall be effected, nothing herein contained shall be construed as intending to interfere with the renewal of the leases of such lands on the accustomed terms. Mr. LASLETT opposed the clause, which would be an unjult interference with the property of the Church. In Worcestershire, the value of the property belonging to the Church was 2,000,0001. ; but, if this clause passed, it would be reduced by at least .half a million. He, for one, could not assent to such a monstrous act of injustice. After some discussion the first and second proviso of the clause were agreed to with one or two verbal amend ments suggested by Lord J. RUSSELL, with the view of rendering it less compulsory, the bill being purely of a permissive nature. The third proviso was withdrawn. The bill then finally passed through committee. (LEFT SITTING.) MARKET NE WB-(T LILS DAY. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 41 15s ; clover iitto, 3/ 8s to 5' 15s ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ Os per load. A moderate supply, and a dull trade. UumßEßLAN.B.—Meadow hay, 2/ 8s to 4/ 15s ; clover •iitto, 3/ 5s to 5' 12s ; and straw, 1/ 168 to 2/ Os per load. Supply moderately good, and trade rather dull. '‘VIIITECHAPZL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 83 to 4 153; clover ditto, 3% 8$ to 6 0$ ; and straw, 1/ 148 to 2/ 0$ per load. Both hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations. New meadow hay realised 50s to 90$; and now clover, 603 to 95s per load. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The general demand ruled steady to-day, at the following quotations : Beef, from 3s 2.1 to 4s 6d ' • Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8(1; (1 Lamb, 4s 4d to 5s 6; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6,1; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Aug. 2. —To-day's market was fairly sup plied with e,ch kind of meat, which sold readily, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 8(1 ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4, 10 ; Lamb, is 6d to 5s 4d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per Blbs, to sink the offals. ROMFORD, Aug. 2.—The trade ruled firm to-day, and prices had an upward tendency. The quotations are as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s Lid ; Mutton, 3s 6:1 to Os Od ' • Lamb, 4s 4d to 5s 6d ; V ea l, 3 s 4d t o 4 s 6d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per Sibs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 21s to 26s each. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug. 3.—Wind this day at Noon, N.E. ; fresh breeze, and cloudy, with rain. There was a heavy storm of rain, thunder, and lightning, at about three o'clock this morning. Cowls, Aug. 2.—Wind, W. Arrived—Marie, from Callao ; Amadora, Trinidad de Cuba ; Union (s), Havre, and left for Now York. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 2.—Wind, , N.W. Arrived—Faid Gehaad (Turkish war steamer), from Alexandria. Sailed —Magdalena, for the West Indies. OFF PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 2.—Medway, from Melbourne, with 42,000 ounces of gold. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 2.—Wind, N. Arrived—lnvoice, from the Persian Gulf and Mauritius ; Jeanette, Porto Rico ; Mauritius (s), Calcutta and Mauritius. Sailed— Panama, for Sydney, N.S.W. ,• Kent; Melbourne. FALMOUTH, Aug. 2.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Maria Cecilia, from Havre, for Guadaloupe, assisted in with damage, and two men killed, from contact with an Ame rican ship bound up the Channel, about 35 miles S.W. of the Lizard; the latter lost jibboom and foreyard. OFF PORTLAND, Aug. 2.—Ernestine, from New York, for Bremen. CARDIFF, Aug. 2.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Sophia, from Quebec. Sailed—Higginson, do. SWANSEA, Aug. 2.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Artistic, • from Valparaiso. SHIELDS, Aug. 2.—Wind, N. Sailed—Balkan,. for Rio de Janeiro. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. I.—Wind, W. Arrived—Countess of Durham, from Callao. Sailed—James L. Bogart, for New York. GRIMSBY, Ang. 2.—Arrived—Bellona, from Miramichi. ELSINORE, July 28.—The Eagle (s), from Memel to Hull, was in contact last' night with a Swedish brig, and lost bowsprit, but proceeded to-day. July 30. —An English Steamer, with the transport No. 9 in tow, arrived from the North Sea last night, and pro ceeded for the Baltic with troops on board. The English screw steamer, No. 107, and the transport No. 108, passed this morning to the southward, both with troops on board. (BY SUBMARINE ANJ) EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 11.27 a.m. Wind, E.; tide, quarter ebb ; weather, rainin g . Arrived, 2d—Agamemnon, from Quebec. Arrived, 3d—Yrima, from Guernsey ; Vibilia, Guern sey ; Gefion, Bahia ; Perseverance, Marseilles ; Geo. Les lie, Matanzas; Theodosia, Demerara; Aberfoyle, Sierra Leone ; Aunadar, St. Stephen's Louisa, Oporto • Wes tertina, Alexandria ; John Wesley, Guernsey ; Christina Camel, Buenos Ayres ; Forager, Guernsey ; Capido, Memel ; John Mowlem, Guernsey ; Augusta, St. Andrew's; Caroline, Guernsey ; De Pique de Bairne, Maranham ; Kossuth, Matanzas; Henrietta, Danzic ; Vorwarts, Gir genti ; Pearl, Quebec ; Milton, Gothen burg ; Concordia (s.), Rotterdam; Baron Osy (s.), Antwerp; Earl of Auck land (s.), Rotterdam; Magnet, Amsterdam ; Columbine (s.), Rotterdam. Sailed, 3d—Calabar, for Port Phillip ; Ocean (s.), Havre; William Joliffe, Calais. AL, Thursday, 9 a . m . Wind, E.N.E., mo d era t e, and D ra E iny. Oceanus, from Cardiff for the Baltic, on the Goodwin Sands, full of water. Has mast cut away. Boats are saving the stores, etc. Crew are all lauded at Deal. Passed—Robert Law, from London for Melbourne; Persian, London for Leghorn ; Thibet, Sunderland for London. Sailed—Drnid, for San Francisco. LETTERS OF NAVAL OFFICERS.—GENERAL Pon- OFFICE, July, 1854.—The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having been pleased to extend to officers in the Royal Navy, serving abroad, the privilege granted in 1850, to seamen employed on board her Ma-. jesty's ships on foreign stations, of pre-paying, by means of postage stamps, letters, forwarded by them to the United Kingdom, all letters from naval officers which may hereafter leach this country in bags made up on board any of her Majesty's ships are to be delivered free, provided the postage to which such letters are liable for conveyance from the place where they may originate to the United Kingdom, be duly paid by post age stamps of the proper va l ue being affixed to them. These instructions relate especially to postmasters at the outports, to which 'mails are brought from abroad by packet or by private ship. THE STEAMS H IP FRANKLIN. —Latest particulars re specting the situation of the steam-ship Franklin, are dated up to 11 o'clock yesterday (Wednesday) morning, when the - general belief of the most experienced seamen was to the effect that the steamer would be a .total loss. From daybreak of Tuesday she lay more easily, but was momentarily settling deeper in her bed, with from 81 to 10 feet of water in her hold. Notwithstanding the heavy buffeting which she had endured from the moment of the disaster up to the hour at which our last accounts were written, the machinery still held together, and was con sidered to be in good working order, although covered with water. Mr. Kane, the • purser, with about 35 of the hands employed in various departments of the vessel, reached Brooklyn by the Long Island Railroad at a quarter•past 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. A number of the crew were left behind, owing to having been marched to a wrong station, and they suffered a good deal froth want both of food and fresh water. As the Franklin is the first steamer which ever went aground on the Long Island shore, the scene at the mainland, on the bay, and even in the surf, was at once romantic and affecting. Mrs. Commodore Hull, Mr. and Mrs. Mor ris, with some 6 or 8 more of the passengers, remained at Bishop's Hotel, Morriches, yesterday morning. It was then expected that the baggage and a portion of the cargo would rmtcli New York this evening, or tomor row (Friday) afternoon, at least. The baggage has been well cared for, and the Custom - house.officials were dili gent in the execution of their duty. —N ow York Heraw, /tag 20'. . , Print syrN, 'LONDON, TTrunsnAwir -Y WING, . AUGUST s l 1854. SII.ARE MARKETS, (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. !crown Prices yesterday. Business done this day. R4II,ITAT6. .kherdeen Xpabg Nottng. Bost and Eastu. Junct Belfast & Ballymena Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh. dt Cheshire Juuct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20.. . Blyth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction I)ubliii&BelfastJunc. Dundee Perth&Aber deco Junction Do. New East Anglian Do., (XlB E & H)__ €astcrn Counties Eastern Union, A Stock . Do., B. Stock po., New A. Easi Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prim & Dundee 2orth & Clyde Jung. .41.asgow & S. Western Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West ...... Great Western....... Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds...,,, Laucash.audYorksh Do., Fifths Da., Wst. Riding Un ,Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Black wal Lond. Tilb. & Stheud. Loud. Bright & 3.Cst. Loud, and N. Westn Do. Fifths Do.lo/.811.,Af&8...t Do. Eighths boudonand S. Westn. Do., £5O Do., £4') Lndndrry& Coleraine Ludndrry. & Ennisk. qaueli.Shef.& Liunln Do., !Awl. & Liu. 1311. Midland Birrang. !didld. G. We5t.(11,4.; 1)o. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension. N wpt.Aberg. & Hrfd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor ....... Norfolk . Northu.Counties North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 A A Deferred 'Do., 3 B Guaranteed North London IDo. New £lO N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp• stead, and City Jn., North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester l)xford, Worcester,Sz Wolverhampton Portsmouth 'Scottish Central 'Scottish Midland Shrewsbury &Biting 1)o. L. & N. Western GuarauteadStGLlt & betefa Shrewsby. & Chestei (N. W. Miu,;„ Do. Halves, G.., Do. Oswestry Shropshire anion Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per e,IO South Devon ISouth Eastern.. 'South Wales i. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun itainos, Wok. &Wok - toekton & Darling Stockton & Hartlepl. Pair Vale . Do. £lO shares. IDo. Pref., No. 1. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Wale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall.. West End of Loudon and Crystal Palace West London \Vimbledn & Croydon' York Newetl.&Berw.l Do. Extensions IDo. G.N.E. Purchase York& N.Midland 23 - 24 ! 5 - 5.1 9 - 10 11i--10i d 17 -- 18 7 -- 6 d 98 - 100 63i - 64 15i - 16 12 - 14 3 ld 7 - 8 17 - 182 134 I3i 35 •-- 37 25 -- 27 - -- 65 --67 57 - 59 ii :::- 26 66 - 68 88 - 89 72 - 74 [26 - 128 96 - 98 784 - 79 89 - 91 11 - 13 u 11 - 13 674 - 68 64 - 64 .11 . - .. 15 - 154, 8i - 06. - .05f -105 i 6 -- p - p 84 —85 A 8 7 d 7 —64 i 23 23 06i 674 38 - 40 d parl 7 6 2 3A 6 8 50 52 34 34 ... 35 52 55 I par § p 4a 411 PI t 64. 6t 1 Id 1 p 32 - 34 94 - 96 54 - 60 68 -- 72 65 -- 70 2i 2i 18 - 20 9 - 10 14 - 15 3i 34kt 13 15 61 - 646 35j - 366 34 - 36 -- 1j -19 i 4 6 23 -- 15 5 -- 6 G . ••• - 7 75 - 76 6i - 6d 4 30, 554 -- 564 FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rotterdao Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Graissessae Bombay, Baroda, am' Central India, Scrip Central of Italy Charleroi & Erqu Demerara Dijon and Besangon - : Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension 'jt. Indian Peninsulr +x(l. &met. of Frauct Ird. Trunk of Cana& Do. Debentures Do. do Gt. Central of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares Do. Bands (Ist is.)'s7 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. take Coust. & Basle! !Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. pref Luxembourg Do. (Rail way) ..... Do. Prof Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. et. pref Lyons and Geneva .., Lyons (SE Mediterran, Madras Italia Antonia Do. do. New Melbourne Dk. & Ry. Namur & Liege (witl interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France. Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bds. (filly. B. & Am s. M 16 .) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Ly0n5....., 1 0itto Bonds ...... Paris and Orleans Paris and Ronen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen di, Cherbrg. Quebec di Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Roya l Swedish Sambre and Meuse._ Do. 34 p..cent. Pref. Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 5 per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand 4 . sid p 1 34 3 d id—ip ••• ••• 3# 31 , 1 14 2 p d R P 6 6d! 7 6 -- d 171 -- 181 • .(1 4 I) ... dis •0 '''' id I P id-fp 7.3 - 8 ii i : 32 8 - 9 17 - 17ipi 45 - 47 40 - 42 31 --• 31; - pm 22 23 1 d —1 p ••. d 8 9 ••• -- pm .. - •••3, 4 •.• 4 - 5 - 6P x in ••• - ... 4 i -41 x ill Agua Fria 611 Anglo Austrin. Gold 11 Anglo Californian 2 Australasian 6 Australian iustralian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) Blaenarvon Ir. di Coal isrltisb Austrin. Gold British Iron . ..... „ Brazilian Imp.(issued at £5 pm.,,,, Do. Cocaes dz Culada Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper...... Colonial Gold. Copiapo copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 7. p. cent English and Austria Copper Smeltg. Co General Great Nugget Vei n Do. Registered . Great Polgooth Liberty • - Linares Lonti.ckCaliforn.Goid Quartz Crush. C o Mariquita Mexicau&S.Americn New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co , Nouveau Mcinde . Pontgibaud Silvei Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip 'Quartz Rock ithymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba south Australian Tin Croft United Mexican Waller West Granada . West Mariposa .... . , Worthing Mining of Australia..... Yuba ...... Leasing Compans. London & N. West. L. &N. W. Jaledon... rit.Nrthn. Calclonian. Do Wostn Now. & Berw. I r .&Nbid Do Do S. Eastern Do Norfolk, L.& N. W. & Midi& Stekton Darlittgt. E. Count. Do Do. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do Gt Northn Do Lanca;d4, Yorksh. H.MClean itockt. & Darlingt. :ItWestn. THE QUARTERLIES. The Quarterly Review. No. CLXXXIX. It has frequently been our gratifying duty to commend, and seldom with more reason than of late years, the ability, sometimes the remarkable, al ways at least the respectable, ability with which the old Tory Quarterly sustains its high literary reputation. Whatever is said by us in commenda tion of our co n t emporary i n t hi s respect w ill h ave possibly to so me th e super i or advantage o f b e i ng said simply ex debit() justitice—certainly not in any way from our being enamoured with, or infatuated by, the general principles with which the very name of the Quarterly h as l ong s i nce come to b e popu l ar l y ouus extorted by art porfai justice se--a n spontaneous identified. H owever thi s may b e, our praise is a praise eo from o nn ur p sense ial bloom ing from our prepossession. In this way we are fain at once to commend with all earnest ness the very excellent number now lying be fore us for cursory allusion to the contents-- contents amounting by the way to no more than eight articles altogether, but almost each one of which is of a kind calculated to allure the reader to a perusal by the interest of the subject selected, and during perusal to win his admiration. Our opinion of the new number of the Quarterly, as a whole, is perhaps the more amiable, seeing that the political article for once is of a nature exactly in accordance with our own sentiments. The argu ment here referred to we have already men tioned in our leading columns in what we con ceived to be merited terms of panegyric, the argu ment relating to " Lord Lyndhurst's Speech on the War," a paper especially condemnatory of the shortcomings in regard to the present struggle with Russia, the notorious and mon strous shortcomings of the Aberdeenite portion of her Majesty's Government. Apart from the complacency inspired by the circumstance of this brilliant political chapter, being precisely accordant with our own oft-expressed opinions upon the Russian war and the Coalition Government, we cannot but think that the Quarterly affords us ample reason for words of encomium in reference to some at least of the nine remaining contribu tions. The paper descriptive, for example, of " The House of Commons" is as pleasantly and sparklingly written throughout as if it had been penned by the author of the " Faggot of French Sticks." Every Ingenuus previously unacquainted with the subject may from its pages alone become delightfully familiarised with the internal organisa tion of the English house of representatives, the lower chamber of the Imperial Parliament. Thus speaks the writer by the way of the oratorical powers of the Leader of the Opposition : "Of Mr. Disraeli's masterly, passionless, finished delivery we have already spoken. Like the warrior to whom Norna chants her witch-song, seldom `Lies he still, through sloth or fear, When point and edge are glittering near.' An ever-ready speaker, his premeditated or a ti ons , th a t i s to say, those over which he has had some time—no matter how short—to ponder, are nevertheless infinitely better than those prompted by the exigency of the moment. He will sometimes from this cause reply better to the earlier part of an antagonist's argument than to its close ; and his own peroration is seldom so effective as what, in dra not a without blow a sufficient missea ; nota variety piat o i f _ dra matic language, may be c a ll e d th e cr i s i s o f h i s speech. treatmentti tion of the : p Unprepared, he has a tend enc y t o ver bi age, and to a repe respaanird, same idea, tude irritates ; not a sarcasm is impeded by a weakening phrase. The arrow, stripped of all plumage except that which aids and steadies its flight, strikes within a hair's breadth of the archer's aim; whether it finds the joint of the har ness, or shivers on the shield, is occasionally matter of opinion ; but that it often wounds deeply would seem to be proved by the exceeding ferocity with which, out of the house, Mr. Disraeli is assailed." Thus of Mr. Disraeli's chief antagonist, the present Chancellor of the Exchequer : " Mr. Gladstone is the most polished speaker in the House of Commons. His verbal resources are as remark. able as his management of them ; and his manner is inva riably that of a gentleman. He is charged with 'subtlety' by coarser minds, but we fancy that the English intellect, which is not distinguished for its analytical power, treats the subject in a somewhat jumbling fashion. Mr. Glad stone inclines to the Tractarian party—Tractarians are no better than Jesuits—Jesuits are proverbially subtle—and, therefore, when Mr. Gladstone is defining, very elaborately, the difference between long annuities and deferred annui ties, he is talking Jesuitically. We believe that Mr. Gladstone would be a more popular orator if he would be less explicit ; but, while he exhausts the subject, he some times exhausts the listener. His refined and scholarly periods, the creation of the moment, but as elegantly balanced and as keenly pointed as if they had been written and studied, are always marvels of fluency, and often spe mens of eloquence." Of another conspicuous man of the time, the Crichton of his age, the reviewer has previously ob served : " Sir Bulwer Lytton, who early won reputation by his speeches in Parliament, has distinguished himself since his recent return to the House in the Conservative ranks ; and has more than once been appointed to the post of honour, and shown himself worthy of it. His trained intellect, great energy, and command of language, make him for midable, both in attack and in defence ; and we presume that as there are few other achievements he has not accom plished, that we shall one day see him holding the Castle Dangerous of office." (A criticism on Dean Milman's new work pre sents to the reader, in the subseq uen t p a p er , a clever, and, just at this mom en t, a ti me l y an d valuable argument upo n w h a t i s t erme d "L a ti n Christianity." From the brief, but thoughtful and suggestive, article on the "Drama," the article which comes immediately afterwards, we extract the following genial tribute to some of the " pick" among our many delightful, and some of them glo rious, actors of nowadays. The critic has been declaiming against those who depreciate the Pre sent, out of an infatuated preference for the Past. He observes : "We have, however, said already that we distrust the alleged superiority of the actors of former days, and of the general decline of acting at the present moment. We be lieve, on the contrary, that with a better system of co operation a single English theatre would rival, in the re finement and effectiveness of its corps dramatiqtte, any single Parisian house. We have seen no French comedians in the same line better than our incomparable pair of Keeleys. The St. James's theatre has hitherto imported no performer, with the single exception of Regnier, more variously accomplished or more consummate - in skill than Mr. Alfred Wigan; and Mr. Charles Matthews, even in parts more exacting than the usual repertoire of the Ly ceum vaudeville, has few equals—we are inclined to add no superior. It is rarely found that actors excel alike in the lighter humours and the more earnest passions. Gar rick and Henderson are perhaps almost solitary exceptions of equal and transcendent merit in Hamlet and Benedick, in :Macbeth and Megrim, in Richard and Abel Drugger. John Kemble in comedy, in spite of Lamb's eulogy, was recorded in his day among `the miseries of human life,' and the elder Kean was absolutely intolerable in the few attempts he made in the service of Thalia. The present stage, however, affords an actor who combines passion with humour in a remarkable degree, and, in the midst of the ludicrous embarrassments of comedy, presents us with fer vent tragic p ithos. No one can have witnessed the per formances of Mr. F. Robson at the Olympic theatre, with out being struck with the narrowness of the bounds bo tween sport and earnest. His farce has a pathetic depth, a grave earnestness, that touch, at one and the same mo ment, the sources of tears and laughter. He is partly Lis ton and partly Kean. With less than a cubit added to his stature, Mr. Robson would be the first Shakspearian actor of the day. It is unfortunate both for himself and the spectators that his physical qualifications are not in better accordance with his dramatic genius. He lacks presence only to mate Kean in Shylock and Overreach, or Macready in Virginius and Lear." This is very fine—very encouraging —very de served. A feather iu the cap of many an old favourite—of the Keeleys, of Alfred Wigan, of Charles Mathews—and a whole bunch of plumes for F. Robson, of the Olympic ! A careful and learned criticism on " Classical Dictionaries " gives the merited meed of praise to the masterly compi lations edited by Dr. William Smith. Without militating in his remarks against the repute won by Lempriere, the reviewer writes thus of Dr. Smith's Classical Dictionaries : " We are not disposed in this, or any similar case, to risk our credit by an unqualified expression of opinion, that these volumes have so exclusively occupied the ground as to leave no arena whatever to future competitors. Such pretensions to permanent popularity have probably been advanced in their clay in favour of other works which have long since been laid on the shelf. But with the best wishes for the future progress of critical archaeology, we see little reason to apprehend a similar fate for Dr. Smith's volumes. In their present integrity, they are about as complete and critical a digest of the whole range of subjects which they treat, as could reasonably be expected from even the strong phalanx of able contributors which the learned and accomplished editor has united for his undertaking. Room, no doubt, has been left for change or improvement ' • but the basis of the compilation appears sufficiently b road and firm to admit of its easily incorporating the results of future researches in the subsequent editions which will in the progress of years be required." The essay descriptive of " The Electric Tele graph" might almost have been written by Sir Francis Head, so full and complete is it in its in formation. It traces this most wonderful of all discoveries up from its earliest glimmering of a commencement—from the discovery of the " bat tery " in 1800 by Volta, to that of the deflection of the magnetic needle in 1819 by Oersted, on to that of t of the multiplication of the deflecting po.wers the needle (by means of the coiled wirF) . by Schweigger, on again to that detectedhe liquid.'s power of magnetising steel or iron, (also in 1819) by Arago—down to the completion of the whole series of marvels, somewhere 'bout the years 1837 and 1838, by the almost simul taneous inventions of telegraphs worked by elec tricity in New York by Morse, in Munich by S.tein heil, but, above all, in London by our own illus trious Professor Whea t s tone. , ci L u.o et ted th f e ro r m ea t d h e e r n c e o w n h over the following paragrap d e , quoted of the fi rs t number of the Qu arterly, evening's working of the electric telegraph (b e t ween E us t on Station an d Camden Town) by Wheat- tone :-- " Late in the evening of the 25th of that month, in a din i ly little room near the booking-office at Euston-square, by th e light of adsring dip-candl the e inventor, with a b ea ti ng , which only illuminated th e turrounding kness, sat pulse and a heart full of hope. In an equally small room at the Camden -town station, where the wires terminated, sat Mr. Cooke, his co-patentee, and among others two wit nesses well known to fame, Mr. Charles Fox and Mr. Ste , phens.m. These gentlemen listened to the first word spelt by that trembling tongue of steel which will only cease to discourse with the extinction of man himself. Mr. Cooke in his turn touched the keys and returned the answer. ' Never dii I fel such a tumultuous sensation before,' said the Professor, `as when all alone in the still room I heard the needles click, and as I spelled the words I felt all the magnitude of the invention, now proved to be prac tical beyond cavil or dispute.' The telegraph thencefor ward, as far as its mechanism was concerned, went on without a check, and the modifications of this instrument which is still in use have been made for the purpose of rendering it " more economical i n it s cons t ruc ti on and work ing, two wires at present b e i ng emp l oye d , and in some cases only one. " A short time after this he insulated four miles of wire in the vaults of King's College, on which he, performed most of his subsequent experiments.* Thus in the silence of that gloomy vault as early as 1836, the lightning that was to flash with intelligence round the world—the ner vous system so shortly destined to spread itself through two hemispheres, string together continents and islands, and carry human thought under the wide-spreading seas, was slowly being trained to the service of man by one of the most distinguished of the many philosophers who have contributed to the development of this branch of science. The following note from the previous page of the Quarterly is also particularly deserving of quo tation : "It may interest our readers to reproduce the first pub lished notice we can find of Professor Wheatstone's Experi ments relating to the Electric Telegraph, and which appeared anterior to his connection with Mr. Cooke During the month of June last 'year (1836), in a course of lectures de livered at King's College, London, Professor Wheatstone re peated his experiments on the velocity of electricity which were published in the Philosophical Transactions for 1834, but with an insulated circuit of copper wire, the length of which was now increased to nearly four miles ; the thickness of the wire was 1-16th of an inch. When machine-electri city was employed, en electrometer placed on any point of the circuit diverged, and, wherever the continuity of the cir cuit was broken, bright sparks were visible. With a voltaic battery, or with a magneto-electric machine, water was decom posed, the needle of a galvanometer was deflected, &c., in the middle of the circuit. But, which has a more direct reference to the subject of our esteemed correspondent's communication from Munich, Professor Wheatstone gave a sketch of the means by which he proposes to convert his apparatus into an electrical telegraph, which, by the aid of a few finger stops, will instantaneously and distinctly convey communications between the most distant points. These experiments are, we understand, still in progress, and the apparatus, as it is at present constructed, is capable of conveying thirty simple signals, which, combined in various manners, will be fully sufficient for the purposes of telegraphic communication.' " From the Magazine of Popular Science (Parker, Strand) for March 1, 1837. The whole article merits a very close examina tion. A paper on " Christianity in Milanesia and New Zealand" is followed by an elegant historic treatise on the very enthralling theme of " Queen Elizabeth and her Favourites." Dr. Lingard, the great historian of England, has called them " Her Paramours." The Quarterly Reviewer contents himself with speaking of them as " Her Favourites." Conspicuous among them, of course, are—Thomas Seymour, brother of the Lord Protector Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester— Walter Raleigh, the great poet, anna list, courtier, and navigator—Christopher Hatton, the dancing chancellor—and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex—cunt multis aliis, though not cunt cceteris paribus ! The style of the article, though good in the main, and sometimes eloquent in its senten tiously balanced sentences, is occasionally flawed with slips of syntax, and even of etymology. At page 238 we have it said of Essex, "He is one of those persons who just miss of being truly great." Previously, at page 223, we find the writer remark ing of the noble house of Courtenay— " A branch of the house of Capet was content to merge its royalty in their name and inheritance; they have filled the throne of Constantine, and intermingled their blood with that of Plantagenet ; and their Decline and Fall has been, recorded by the same hand and in the same volumes as that of the R 0112,221, Empire itself." A sentence without grammatical symmetry, and certainly by no means euphonious. These, how ever, are minor faults. And from what we have here already said and quoted, it will have been rendered obvious that the new number of the Quarterly is one in all respects worthy of the repu tation of our distinguished contemporary. MISCELLANEOUS MAGAZINES. The National Miscellany opens with a paper on " A New Street in Old London," which is the street leading from London-Bridge to St. Paul's Cathe dral, which has been completed, it is stated, after au outlay of 200,0001. The subject of " War Cap tives" also furnishes an interesting article, which is likely at present to attract attention. There is, generally, something superior to the average in the style of this serial.—Sharpe's London Magazine has two very pretty engravings—one of a scene in Albania of a shepherd " leaning his boyish form along the rock," as it is described in the accom panying stanzas from " Childe Harold." The other represents Constantinople. " Harry Coverdale's Courtship," by the agreeable writer of " Frank Fairlegh," continues with undiminished vigour. The " Studies of Great Authors" contains a criticism on Ariosto. A lively summary of a news paper, by Alfred Cole, is amusing and satirical. Of Course there are two or three papers on Turkey and Russia, but there are also some subjects of more novel interest.—Newton's London Journal continues to form a " Repertory of Arts, Sciences, and Manufactures, with Descriptions of New Patent Inventions." For those engaged or interested in scientific pursuits this must form a valuable work of reference.—The Journal of Progress is a periodi cal recently commenced with very meritorious ob jects. It professes to be a record of moral, social, industrial, and political economy and statistics, dame schools, juvenile reformatories, public wor ship, and Sunday places of recreation. On the last subject some very sensible remarks are made, truly objecting to the inconsistency of those rigid moral ists who, because they can have fresh air and recreation every day, do not prize them as they should. It is never by arbitrary denial or coercion that the lower classes will be taught to prize the Sabbath. A somewhat ungenerous attack upon the objects and purposes of " Hard Times" we are sorry to see, as the rest of the jour nal appears to be written with sense and impar tiality. An opening no doubt exists for the publi cation, which we trust may prosper.— Home Thoughts has been considerably enlarged, and is now threepence. This is a decided improvement, as before it was so very similar to the long-esta blished and excellent little work, The _Family Friend. One of the most st r iki ng a dditi ons to this miscellany is the description of character by handwriting. All . who desire to ascer t a i n t h e i r own unknown qualities have therefore now only to write to the cheirologist of Home Thoughts, v. ho will answer them from a single word ! A story with the attractive title of " The Lost Heir" is progressing in this serial.—Our Friend is another of those cheap publications which are calculated to counteract the evil effects of pernicious literature. We would advise the editors of these little works to be careful that they make them sufficiently interesting to attract those who have been accustomed to more exciting works. It is not of course to be wished that they should lower their tone or their sentiments, but in their strict avoidance of this they are likely to fall into the opposite error, and make them good but dull.—The English Gyclopcedia has reached the conclusion of the second volume of natural his tory and geography. The two last parts are published at the same time for the convenience of subscribers. ---liandley Cross continues with unabated sport ing interest.—Le Follet has now four plates instead of three—an additional attraction to its fair readers. The Penny Post is a useful little miscellany, chiefly suited for the young.—The Railway Miscellany is a light and lively melange of sketches and criti cisms, romance and farce. A comparison between our chief writers is one of the most interesting features. They are selected two by two—the in dividual criticism being generally more just than the comparison.—The popular edition of Macaulay's inimitable Essays has reached the sixth number, and next month, for the price of seven shillings, these magnificent displays of knowledge and elo quence may be obtained complete 1 Putnam's Monthly.—We have here the pleasant variety of a transatlantic magazine. It presents us with many subjects for entertainment. One fea ture is especially to be noticed, and that is the great superiority of the poetical contributions to those usually found in the pages of our serials. Certainly, if America cannot boast of rivalling our great poets, she eclipses us in the second-rate ones, most especially since the modern mania of mys ticism has seized our writers, and our readersw ill admire what they cannot understand. In America, as yet, there is some connection in the sentences, a nd some clearness in the ideas , how long be before the mental fog extends across the A t tmlaany tic none can tell. The somewhat puzzling que s ti on of "Is Man One or M any ?" i s the title of the first article, which contains an analysis of the races of mankind, founded on a recent work entitled " Types of Mankind." An account of some Spa nish peculiariti es , i n which, of course, a bull-fight is included, is called " Cosas de Espana, " entertaining rather f rom th e liveliness of style than any great novelty. " Herr Regenbog en's Concert" is a sketch ev id en tl y wr i tten by one who appreciates music. A story, with the pathetic title of " Hard Up," succ ee d s i n i n t erest i ng the reader in the for tunes and misfortunes of a young theatrical author, who, sad to say, is left at the conclusion rather worse off than at the beginning. There are many attractive articles, the most interesting of them be ing one on "Natural Diplomatists." It is shown how strangely some characters appear to be en dowed with this power which developes itself through all difficulties—while others, whose posi tion or ancestry would seem to entail it on them, the prove remarkably deficient. As a specimen of contrasts so frequently occurring Maria Louis e a Josephine are cited.- The following extract is fron4 some verses on "THE JEWISH CEMETERY AT NEWPORT. " How strange it seems These Hebrews in their gr ave s, Close by the street o f thi s f a i r sea - port town ; Silent beside the never -silent waves, At rest in all this moving up an d down The trees are white with dust, that o'er their sleep Wave their broad curtains in the south-wind's breath, While underneath such leafy tents they keep The long, mysterious Exodus of Death. " And these sepulcural stones, so old and brown, That pave with level flags their burial-place, Are like the tablets of the Law, thrown down And broken by Moses at the mountain's base. " Closed are the portals of their Synagogue, No Psalms of David now the silence break, No Rabbi reads the ancient Decalogue In the grand dialect the Prophets spake. " They lived in narrow streets and lanes obscure, Ghetto or Judenstruss, in mirk and mire ; Taught in the school of patience to endure The life of anguish and the death of fire. ' All their lives long, with the unleavened bread And bitter herbs of exile and its fears, The wasting famine of the heart they fed, And slaked its thirst with marsh of their tears. " Pride and humliation hand in hand Walked with the m th roug h th e wor ld, where'er they wont; Trampled and beaten were they as the sand, And yet unshaken as the continent. "For in the back-grouud, figures vague and vast, Of patriarchs and of prophets rose sublime, And all the great traditions of the Past They saw reflected in the coming time. "And thus for ever with reverted look, The mystic volume of the world they read, • Spelling it backward like a Hebrew book, Till Life became a Legend of the Dead." MASSACRE OF THE CREW OF THE HARRIET -CONFESSION OF THE PIRATE CHIEF. A letter dated Athens, July 22, supplies the following copy of the confession made by the chief of the gang of pirates who not long since murdered the crew of the Harriet in the Levant. His examination took place of board the French steam-corvette Chaptal. The pirate deposed : "In the course of the month of March last I left Con: stantinople for Syra, in the Galaxid, Captain Epami• nondas. Having arrived at Syra, the Sub-Commissary of Police, Angerinos, as well as another Samiot, conk* selled me to go to Athens. The next day, Strati, the Commissary of Police, sent for me. I told him that I had no money, and that what I wanted was to serve as a seaman on board some merchant vessel. He said that there was just then no work for sailors, but that if I would return in a few days he would put me up to some. thing good. He would send me, he said, to Chalcis, where I should see Colonel Giorgiades, who had written to me to come to an understanding with the police com missary, Strati. This letter is at Chalcis with my other effects. • " One day when I was at Strati's house he showed me a letter which he had received from Stamati. The first page of the letter was addressed to me. Stamati directed me to conform to Strati's instructions in all points, and that some day I should be great and my children after me. Strati forbade me to reveal aught that he had said to me, and then advised me to join the war in Tbessaly and to go to Chalcis. He recommended me to go by the coast of Cape Douro, and to seize and sink all the French and English ships I could find, as those nations were opposed to the enterprises of the Greeks. Strati hired a goelette, with a crew of five men, is which I embarked with 23 others, of whom 25 were Samiots. The captain of this vessel came from Stylida, in the Gulf of Zeitonni. Strati gave me 20 drachmas, but none of the men who embarked with me received pay : they only had provisions for two days. I was ap pointed chief of the expedition, and I alone knew its object, which I did not reveal to my companions until we had fairly left Syra, which we left three hours after sunset in the evening. The next day we arrived at about four or five miles from Gabrios, on the coast of Andros. "At that place we were becalmed until midnight. About three hours before daybreak, just as a breeze was rising, our men saw an English schooner. I was asleep at the time, but they called me. I ordered my eight and twenty men to follow me towards the schooner, and we boarded her. We had previously hailed the ship, and found that it was English, and that the crew also were natives. When we got on board, we made all the meu go down into the captain's cabin, and then we demanded all the money on board. The English produced three pounds sterling, two watches, a telescope, two corm. passes, and a barrel containing a small quantity of rum. We then ordered all the crew on deck, and there we massacred them with our knives, and cast their bodies into the sea. I gav e no order to kill those men, nor did I kill one myself. We had meant to sink the schooner, but we abandoned this in tention, fearing to be perceived by other vessels. After the massacre we went to Chalcis, where I landed with my 28 companions, and we paid a visit to our com• patriot Colonel Stamati Giorgiades, but did not find him at home. 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Val. 5 p. c North British North Staffordshire., Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.Xls, 6 p.c 1 Do scot. Cent. , New Prei Shrews. &Birm.N.G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. fixed, 44 per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4 iper cent. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Gnar Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent Do. do. do Stockton and Hartle- pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York, Newcastle,and Berwick,4 p.c. Pref Do York&N.Midlandll. .11 , 1 S. Purch 'Business this day. 95 = 97 li id 134 - 22 - 24 3i - 3A 16 [lO - 112 [Ol -103 6 6k 96 98 90 92 94 Id par 133 135 2i - 3 PI 6 - 7i 10 -10 k ip 133 —l3sad i ld •.• --- ... 90 -93 113 - 115 10 - 11 -17 i - - 14 10 i - P -23 i -103 ... . 1 .. 2 d, 92 - 95 3i - 4 1 i - 1 ••• --- ... i 1 d li I - - I 100 100 20 206 50 1 20 35 2013 100 20 all all 5 all all all 13.5 all 15 A A 20 20 20 104 all 9 all all - •• N - 7 -- • 9 8 z_. g' 3 4 4 I t 21 26 —2B * #d 11i -12 i 50 - 55 1 - 3p - - 1 9 -10 6 .._ -621 16 ...... 17 - 32 9 4. 1 -_5O 1 - 3 1 - 3i -• ••• d ••• , 1 44 3i,lani JOINT-STOCK BANNS, MISCELLANEOUS ._ 40 all Australasia ............ 84 86 5 all %Albin Coal and Iron .. 40 all B r itish Colonial Bank 25 17._ tustralian Agricult. 4i A " m . AA ? and Loan Company ... ... 20 14 Australsn•Pcific • M a il " '±'*l 50 all British N. American ... ... 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail :• • 25 5 Chartd. Bank of As' i— i d 10 4 iterlin Water Works •• •" 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, 50 40 3rit. American Land 6 - - Australia, & China ... ...d 5 1 3rit. & Coln. Smeltg. —7O 100 25 Colonial ............... ... ... and Reduction Co . _ 100 20 Commercial of ...... ... ... O .„: ... 100 34 Canada lO 92 20 14 English Scottish and 5 5 Crystal Palace 4 _. 4 . Au5tra1ian............ 3 — 2 i d 5 34 Do. New..... ..... 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France ... _ "' ••• Australia ............. 20 i 21 2 0i 20 5 Eastern Steam 5O 20 London and County.. ... ... . 25 20 ElectritTelegraph(A) 19i 20 3 50 10 London Joint Stock.. ... ... 25 all Do. (B) lOO 20 Lond. & Westminster ... ... 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir ... _ .. ... . 100 35 National Provincial 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ... _ ... of England ........... ... ... 20 18 General Screw Steam ... ... 13 20 10 Do. New •.. • 20 1 4 Irish Beetroot Sugar ..„ ... 50 22i National of Ireland ... ••• 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ..„ • „20 all New South Wales — —42 i 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... ... 25 all Oriental Bank of 10 3 Netherlands Land.... i 1 i Corporation. ...... 2 IN.S. W. Coal & Inter. 25 5 Do. New ..• -- ••• Steam Navigat. Co. ... ... 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ... 1 all N. B. Australasian... i 1 10 all Do. New . ... ••• 1 2L, Do. New • ••• 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. 20 ( 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam ... ... & Gold Imp C 0.... ••• --* ••• 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. i id 114! 25 all South Australia ...... 40 42 50 all Peninsular& Oriental ... ... 25 all Union of Australia... 67 69 x a 50 40 Do. Do. ... ...p 2. Do. New — ••• 2 all Portland Iron Co i— i P 50 10' Union of London ... ... 211 10 0 60 Royal Mail Steam ... .. ... 51 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. Si 2i CHOLERA AT ST. PRTRESBURG.—According to the 25 25. South Anstral.Lano 33 35 official bulletin there were, on the 9th of July, 670 cases 1 all Submar. Telegraph.. i 14 of cholera, 74 of which occurred on that day, and 30 1 all Do. Re Watered. 1 -- li • deaths ; on the 10th there were 55 fresh cases and 30 2 8 Van Diemen Land LI =l2 deaths. . ,- . , , 67i i 1076 k x d 1051 231 4 3i 66i per cent. 64i i dig 75 4i li pm 10/ 11 4} id 23i iOO ANOTHER POACHING AFFRAY IN DERBYSHIRE. No sooner have we finished recording the closing act of the late lamentable poaching affair in North Derby shire than we are called upon to narrate a poaching encounter in South Derbyshire, and which, though happily not attended with fatal consequences, was of a most serious nature. It appears that on Sunday evening, about six o'clock, a party of four poachers left Derby, armed, for the pur• pose of taking game in the preserves at Bretby Ball , ths seat and training-quarters of Lord Chesterfield, which is situate about nine miles from Derby, and three from Burton. There is no doubt that the poachers had a traitor amongst them, for Lord Chesterfield's keeper, James Dawson, received information that they would pay a visit on S tturday evening, and prepared accord* ingly. About two o'clock on Monday morning Dawson and the other keepers saw four men coming towards them in what is called "The Philosopher's Plantation." On seeing the keepers, one of the poachers said, "Heigh up, lads, here they are ; go into them," and set two dogs at the keepers; the dogs flew at the keepers, and a vol• ley of stones were thrown at them by the poachers. The poachers then closed in upon them, and a determined struggle ensued. Two of the keepers, George Astle and Samuel Baldwin, received very severe injuries. Evert tually, after a hard conflict, three of the poachers were secured, the fourth making his escape. On them was found nets and bags containing four-and-a-half couple of rabbits. After the affray two bludgeons, one marked with blood, were picked up on the spot, both belonging to the poachers. At eight o'clock on Monday the prisoners were conveyed to Burton-on-Trent o'clock, n theypolice-sta• tion, and on Tuesday morning, at eleve n were brought up for examination at Burton-on-Trent, and were all committed for trial. The prisoners gave their names as William Wright, William Wall, and Joseph Dakin. TRADE AND NAVIGATION RETURNS. The official returns of the trade and navigation of the United Kingdom for the mouth and ten months ending July 5, have been issued• The comparison of imports for the month is es under : 1853. 3,145 Oxen no. Sheep no. 15,064 ,____ _ 1854. 2,840 Whe - at qrs. 331,193 Barley qrs. 55,742 10,770 356,963 43,704- a. .....,,. Oats _ qrs. 47 , , 811 Flour cwt. 369,811 Coffee lbs. 9,996,633 C0c0a........................... lbs. 1,011,968 408,153 Flax .. . ....................... cwt. 260,321 Currants ..................... cwt. 2,736 4,157 Guano ........................ tons 12,614 Hemp ...... , palmcwt. 61,671 28,993 Potatoes cwt. 56,185 Silk, raw lbs. 202,077 Rum .............. proof gallons 488,468 Brandy proof gallons 247,386 Geneva proof gallons 22,217 Tobacco lbs. 1,395,835 Wine gallons. 867,672 ...... 1,114,567 Cotton wool cwt. 1,002,072 The declared value of some of the principal exports, compared with that for the same articles during the con , responding month of last year, was as follows : 1853. 1854- Beer and Ale 2110,368 Coals and ca l m 169,546 Cotton m anu f ac t ures 2,004,588 Cotton yarn 462,768 Haberdashery and millinery... 321,695 89485 ** ** .... .. Earthenware Hardware and cutlery ~,,,,,1 ., 1 6: , 082, 1,,,,,,,,,, linen manufactures Linen yarn Machinery 124,475 ...... 166,590 Metals .. 1,087, 459 ••••• 1 , 440,081 Silk manufactures Silk thrown , 12,794, ...... 13,593 Wool 30,224 .....• 91,130 Woollen manufactures Woollen yarn ..................... 1.26,217 The total declared value of the exports, exclusive of the " unenumerated " articles, amounted to 7,707,6411., against 6,772,7331. at the same time last year. The tin. enumerated articles make the total for the month to the sth ult., 8,747,313/. CORNWALL RAILWAY.—The works of this railway be tween Five-field-tane, Plymouth, and Saltash are pro gressing satisfactorily. Many navvi es h ave constant em ployment in cutting and formi ng th e li ne. The i ron cylinder, in the middl of the River Tamar, at Saltash ferry, is sunk to a considerable depth. —Plymouth Mail. THE NEW ACT ON GAMBLING Housss,—The new act for the suppression of gambling houses came into operation on Tuesday last, 812s1 20 20 10 10 50 50 20 20 25 25 18 20 St. [OO 472 17 all all it is 17i all 10 1 2? 2N too 100 100 21 281 16 100 8 100 17 all all. 16 all 81s. 100 20 13,1 100 3 All 2s. 63 i 87i 8 73 1 34" 12i1 St. St. 25 St. 20 St. 15 5 10 St. 5 Paid. all all all all all 100 N - i - P lip 1p 13i 100 a 1134