The Sun. — London, England, 1863-06-01 00:00:00

NONE Y MARKET AND COMMIRCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Owing to the preparations now in progress for the bills arriving at maturity on Thursday next, the 4th inst., business in the general discount mar ket is rather active. The inquiries have increased, and this circumstance has induced bankers and others to ask full terms for the securities offered for discount, and 4 per cent. is now the minimum in the open market as well as at the Bank of England. About £lO,OOO in gold was taken out of the Bank on Saturday. Tne arrivals of specie announced to-day com prise £116,560 by the Sussex, and £135,088 by the Essex, from Australia; £1,498, by the Oneida, from the Brazils ; and £40,500, by the Teutonia, from New York ; making a total of £293,646. The half-yearly report which has been issued preparatory to the meeting of the African Steam ship Company, recommends the payment of a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum. From the manufacturing districts the account for the past week state that, in consequence of the intervention of the Whitsuntide holidays, there has been a very limited business transacted in most departments, and prices generally have remained without any material variation. Two o'CLocK. At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 69f 22c.—fl The meeting of the Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Packet Company took place to-day, and a resolution agai❑ adjourning it to the 13th proximo was passed, i❑ order to allow time to the directors to communi cate the terms of the new contract with the Govern ment. The adjourned meeting of the shareholders of the Anglo-Portuguese Bank was held to-day, and the necessary resolution carried confirming the minutes of the preceding meeting authorising the increase of the present share capital of £1,000,000 to £1,260,000, by the creation of £2,600 new shares of £lOO each. Very little alteration has taken place to-day in the market for the English Funds, Consols being 931 5 for money, and 92H, less the dividend. for the account. The New Threes and the Reduced have been dealt in at 911 -1, and Exchequer Bills ale 4s. dis. to par.; India 5 per Cents. 1104 ; the 5 per Cents. Enlaced 106-} ; and the 5 per Cent. ditto 115. The transactions, however, have been very limited, a disinclination being shown to extend engage. ments on speculative account as to affect invest ments. There has been more animation and buoyancy in the Foreign Market. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 72 2 ; do., Consolides, 51/ 52 ; Spanish Passive, 334 34; do., Certificates, 128 ; Greek, 33f, Q ; do., Coupons, 15 i ; Mexican, 35/ ; Venezuela, 594 Equador, 171 182 ; Portuguese, 49; 501 ; and the Confederate Loan, 24 to 18 dis. In the Railway Share Market there has been less animation, and several of the principal lines have slightly receded. Great Eastern A Stock, Metropolitan, Midland, and North Stafford have each declined about 55., and North British 10s. For the Foreign and Colonial undertakings the inquiries were also very limited, and quotations were unaltered. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in limited request. City Bank have receded to 116; Oriental Bank improved to 561-; Electric Telegraph to 105; and South Australian Land to 33; International Finance Shares are quoted 61 to 71 prem. ; London Finance, 18 24- prem. ; and General Credit, 31 31 pre M. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock — 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities I I New 3 per Cent. Annuities A.nnuities, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4 15-16 New 21 per Cent. Annuities.... India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent lO6/ Ditto 51 per Cent a ?In bonds £l,000 Ditto under £1,000.. Consols for account, June 9 92i Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 per Cent 4 dis Ditto £5OO Ditto Small laclis FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Chilian 6 per Cent. — Ditto 41 per Cent. Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent 91110181 171 Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant Egyptian 7 per Cent lOO Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824.5, ex-Coupons 3 - 3 Ditto Account 15 1 Ditto Coupons 154 Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 81 sot 1.1 801 11 Mexican 3 p er C ent Ditto Account 351 New Gr ana d a l6l Rcruvia n 41 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent, 1862 Ditto Account 9O Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account.... ......... Ditto 3 per Cent. 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 — Ditto Account.,' 5O i 49 i 501 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 934 Ditto 4i per Cent., 1850 Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 Spanish 3 per Cent ..............4 Ditto Passive Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded" — TDitto Account.. ........... 12i B urkish 6 per C en t. 1854 .. ..... ......... Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 24 Ditto Account Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto Account 25/ 6 Ditto 6 per Ce n t., 1862 Ditto 11- per Cent .. 14 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 24 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 654 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs -- Ditto Acc011m..... THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money ...... ... 931 a AittoAccount 92k k xd ________:: ........ Liverpool Cotton Mrket—This Da. Dull. No change. Sales, about 4 ,000. Import, 1,918 ; p rev i ous l y, 7,379. SHIPPING —This Day. LONDON, June I.—Wind r. this day at noon —East ; light breeze and fine weathe PORTSMOUTH, June I.—Arrived —Copenhagen, from Calcutta. OFF PENZANCE, May 30 . — Arrived —Agincourt, from Melbourne. Melbourne OFF POR TMOUTH, June I.—A rr i ved—Sussex, from BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. t . I , IP u T .Madeal Manocriniago.pe, Arrived—Pierre De°sirre,H from London; Oneid a , steamer, from hi° Janeiro ; Argyll, titeamer, from Carentan. Sailed—Guide, for Matanzas. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, May 31 7 —Emily A. Hall, from Callao ; Glend- Voyn, from Dantsic ; Progress ? from Ostend ; Charlotte from Sidwesthorn ; Sultana Reins, from Navis ; Recom pense, from Guernsey ; Cleopatra, from Barbad l aes ; Nep tune, from Windau; Carolina, from Ystadt ; Fairy Q ueen, from Bordeaux. DEAL, Monday Morning. Passed, May 31—Loadstar, from London, for Singapore; British Tar, from London, for Ascension; James, from London for Bermuda • Giant's ' Causeway, from London, •for St. Phillip's • Ada, screw steamer, from London, for ' Gen oa Port Royal, from London, for Jamaica. A grand Conservative banquet is to take place on the Bth of June at Willis's Rooms. The Earl of Shrews bury is to occupy th e chair. It is estimated that seven days out of ten throughout the year Cape Race is enveloped in fog. By great circle sailing the arc of the circle passes over the Cape. The latter is 1,000 miles, or about one third, nearer Liverpool than New York, the O'Connor Do n , NIT., has made a perma nent reduction of 20 per cent, in the rents to all his tenantry. Mdlle. Carlotta Patti's concert fee is said to be never under 100 guineas. The sum of £5,000 has been invested in the funds to the credit of the O'Connell Statue Fund. The claim to the Dandonald Peerage, on behalf of the second son, has been rejected, and the original marriage in Scotland has been decided to have been a legal one. Every one of our readers will probably remember the touching appeal made by the Countess of D un d onald, in the House of Lords, on behalf of her eldest son, and it will give universal satisfaction to find that the fif st born of the late gallant admiral will hold his honours undisturbed, SHARE MARKETS--This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. I p aid. i Closing Business I Price. dene. Bit, Tirol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian , :ork anti Bandoli. Gornwall I Do A. A Vets no di \ 1 Do ri filial) c.p an.ha s I b pai Dublin & een Belfastd June. Dun„Perth,&Ab. June.: Edinburgh & Glasgow. !Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st : GreatNorthof Scotland (Great Northern 1 i Do A stock 1 I Do Bdo Gt. S. an IW. of Ireland Great Western .. • • • • i Do Str Val gua. stock ;Lancashlie & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast' Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So.y.th Western M,an., Shef.,•& Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do i shares.. Metropolitan .......... Midland .............. Do New mg? Gt.in t irm . W. g o . f 46IrDelearnbyd Do. ¢ shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee N th. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot I. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews, and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton St Darlington Do Do New, 1866 Taff Vale., Do B Do C Ulßter ' Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall 'VV. Hartlepool Har.&it West Midland Oxford, Do Newport' Do Hereford. BRITISH Pi Shan 100 etk 20 20i 10 too 1 100 100 stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stock &ailwitva Ntla.ntic & St Lawrencr flom.,Barodak.Cent In Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New . ...... Do. E. Shares... Bulialo and Labe llama Do. Preference .• • • • • Buffalo,BrantotGodrich p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1871 Do. do. Juac: 1, 1;;:q : - 31cutta.,t S.FastE. Cape Town Dock Seri) ldastn. Bengal 5 p. ci East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext Do. do. H do. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pr•-f. Bonds Do. ao. deferred Do. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d I' ef. stock Do. do. del erred 1 Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. aO. deferred...... Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e Do. New gua. stock st I St ock Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares I Do. New . Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.. I Indian Branch Limited Itadraa guar., 5 p. c. Do. 41 p. o. ExteneioL Dc. 44 d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. 6 p. 0. Bnds. 51elb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. o. Hortg. Bds ewßrunswick sr Candu Class A an d B N.Rl.C'da6 pc Ist pt bds, Soinde ) Do. Delhi Do. do ... fl Do. Punjaub Do. Do. •• Do. [ndus.St. Flo. J A.,ON lAL (10V Eli p.c.J a &Ju ts - 1877-St . ..... ........ ,! Do. op. c. Feb. & Do. p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. Ep. c. Jan. &July. Do. 5 Inscribed stoch Cape G. Hope, 6p 0,187. Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 Do. 189, - !Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, N0v.1 , 78, 6p c, Mau WIN 6 per cent .. Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. ,N.B.Gov. 6 p.c..; a.ttJ ul) p. c.Ap. & Oct. 'N. S.W. ov, 5 p 1,18 Do. 5 p. c.,18/ i to L i( - Do. d0.,1838 &upivds New Zealand 6 p cent. ,Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. e. , sterling, 1875. Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. S. Aus G6p.c.1678.4t up.. - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. to 6 p.c. Ap.&Oot.. all all all j all 8 84 8 9 85 87 1171 1181 6 7 30 41 134 114 91 93 108 110 53 34 48 50 244 254 127 128 128 129 134 136 101 103 es (8i 111 1116 77i 78* 116 118 41 42 103 101 i 1044 1054 45 451 121 12} 129} ;291 Itp 97 99 52 53 24/ 25/ 1021 1031 50 60 90 906 115 117 1i 11 p 164 HI lit 121 119 - 121' 46 17 98 100 51 52 32 33 921 t2l 70 72 100 102 7 8 37i 38i 9, 16i0 71 tit p 153 166 5} 51 3 34 p 79 82 155 157 28 30 44i Isi 38 49 99 101 ISSESSIONS. Paid., all lOU Closing Price. 54 57 ICBi 1081 1 lF p lk la p/ 5i o 8 8i 100 100 100 100 100 ton 108 109 1 1094 1101, 110 112 109 110 14 14p 1 14p 191 205 68 70 5t 55 58 60 45 60 41 41 34 34 27 30 23 25 110 111 1 2 1 13. 107 ICB 11i 111 1 9 81 97 100 89 c 2 P 107 108 101 103 C 8 100 all 100 (100 100 15 1 100 1.100 U r..r 100 100 100 100 100 50 53 5 84 86 ICOi 110 i, 107 108 11 3 Ilp 107 IGB 10f 106 S K 1 1 I r; 1061 1071 103 te6 103 106 :97 98 95 97 111 113 112 114 113 115 115 117 113 115 108 110 109 111 107 ICB 1021 1031 103 104 LOn 1044 112 114 106; 1071 113 115 1 13 115 110 112 11l 111 k 11171 82 li 2 5i 6 15 16 !40 250 16 17 31 4} PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. U. 6 per cent. pref., 131 Great Western, 5 per cent. red. prf., 1048 511 Midland 44 per cent. irrd., 103 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 44 per cent., pf., 96i Ditto, 5 per cent., 1064 iLondon, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., Ditto, 6 per cent., C, 81- LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Hull and Selby, 112 Wilts and Somerset, 93 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 84 Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 201 4 Great Luxembourg, 141 Paris and Orleans, 401 Recite and San Francisco (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., 16; Sambre and Meuse, 104 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 91 Ditto (all), 23 1 FOREIGN MINES. Alamillos, limited, ; Vallanzasca Bon Accoid Copper ' aim.), 1 Gold, ( li ra .) , lion Pedro, Nor h Rey, 114 Linares, 7 Alliance Bank United Mexican 74 JOIN T-sTOCK RANKS. and Liverpool (lira.), 321 3 Bank of London, Anglo vort a.,ntirslitrali—a, 49 Australasia, 5 :7 (Una.), 8 Ditto, new, g, Bank of Queensland E R ) 9 Chartered Bank of Chartered Bank of itish Columbia 10 1 City, 1:6 • India, Australia , - and China, 29 1 English and Irish ( lira.), ti English, Scotch, and Austiali Hindustan, china, aud Japanaii,Chartered, 23 imperial Bank aim.), 211 24 (ur n.), 191 Imperial Ottoman, 204 Union of London, 361 6 London and Brazilian (lim.), 41; 2 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 284 London and County, 434 London Joint Stock, 4 New South Wales, 521 2 Oriental Bank Corporation, 564 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi aim.% 21 Standard of British South Africa (lima), 171 Union of Australia, 544 Union of England and France (11m.), 84 DOCKS. East and West I 5 MISCELLANEOUS. Crystal Palace, 35 Ditto, pref., 116 East India Irrigation and Canal, 54 f i Electric Telegraph, 105 Italian Irrigation (Canal CavOnr), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds rd.issued 90, 2 18/0 Joint stock Discount, 4 I London Financial Association, Victoria, 0 n d 0 n London General Omnibus Company (lim.), 14 Madras Irrigation and Canal, 41 National Discount Company (lim.), 91 North British Australasian, 1 4 Peninsula and 0 , iental Steam, Ditto, new, 471 8 7 Royal Mail Steam, 62 1 " South Australktu Land, 33 Van Diemen's Lma, 151 MARKETS—This Day. MARK LANE. The leading country markets held on Saturday were fairly supplied with wheat, which changed hands slowly at about previous quotations. All kinds of spring corn, in cluding flour, were inactive, but not cheaper. Throughout the Continent wheat has been slow in sale, at late currencies. Barley and other articles have com manded rather more attention. In America, very little change has taken place in the value of produce. The arrivals of English produce up to our market of last week were moderate. From abroad they comprised 7,286 qrs of wheat, 5,143 barley, 41,433 oats, 1,754 beans 1,685 peas, 95 sacks and 240 sacks of flour. A very moderate supply of home-grown wheat was re ceived fresh up to this morning's market in fair condition. Both for red and white qualities there was a steady, but by no means active demand, and last Monaay's quotations were in most instances fully maintained. At the close of business a fair clearance had been effected. The supply of granaried pamples of foreign whest was moderately large. Sales progressed somewhat slowly in most descriptions ; nevertheless, prices ruled firm. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand at late currencies. The supply of English barley was small, of foreign quali ties very moderate ; on the whole, the demand ruled steady, at quite previous quotations.. Malt changed hands to a fair average extent, at late rates. With foreign oats the market was extensively supplied, but scantily with home-grown produce. A fair business was transacted in most descriptions, at the late decline in the quotations. Beans, the supply of which was small, ruled firm, at fully previous rates. Peas moved off steadily, at exreme quotations. The supply on offer was small. Barrel flour ruled firm, and fine parcels were held at an advance of ficl., the supply on offer being small, In town and country made descriptions about an average business was transacted on former terms. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE, Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new Ditto, old 4Bs 54s Ditto, white, new 43s 528 Ditto, old sos 57s Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s s Ditto, new Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding 2ss 268 Malting OOs OOs Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk SOs 68s Brown Kingstown and Ware 6os 68s Chevalier 668 68s Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding l9s 23s Potato Youghal and Cork, black les 22s Cork, white Scotch, Feeding 2os 2+s Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey, new Maple White, new Boilers Flour—Town-made Suffolk 3os 32s Stockton and Norfolk . 29s 318 BRIT] SH Cambrian Consol. Gold `ulittord Amalgamated Devon G. Con..,"favist ; East Bassett (lllog-am East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon East Cam Brea E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) Gam.&St.Aubyn'Gwen ' G rent South Tolgus Wheal Vor (11elstm 'Grenville derud's-Foot ilingston Downs !Lady Bertha Nlargaret (Uny Lelan t Nlarke Valley.. Ilyndy Iron Oro (Lim ' 'New Setun North Downs N. Wh'i Basset (Illo4an North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blaney; Providence (Uny Lelnt.) South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Iliogan) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan; Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. Tin Cron West Basset (Illozan) W Caradon (Lis kear (I)! West Seton •••• • • • Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLud,ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) Wheal Seton . . Wheal Tretawney (Lie )' Wheal Union R. 4.4) 8.1.6 i7l 6.16 8.12 4.i7.0 2.0.6 4.3.0 161 2.4.9 11 5.15.8 18.1.L9 28.9. 47i Zi 5 2.0.8 2.10.8 53i i I 48,1 1271 129 101 i 68 * 11!j i i 78 1164 41a! 1u24 3 4 rasa 12k i 129} 104 21 16t i it 921 i i 70 Business don, 109 i 27i 7 noi 1 107} 8 7i 1071 7 97 i i i 1091 107} 101 31 .111 } I THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 1, 1863. the quotations are steadily supported. Last week's import was 685 bales from Algoa Bay, and 266 bales from the Cape of Good Hope. SEEDS. Linseed ruled firm, at extreme rates. Other seeds, how ever, met a slow sale, on former terms. Cakes changed hands to a moderate extent, at previous quotations. Turnlp,White,p.bus.lls tol4s j Carraway . .. 26s 27s Swede —s — s , Coriander l6s 18s Mustard, Brown .. 98 12s Hempseed, per qr 428 448 White, Tares, New 7s Id 8s Id Crushing Old per quarter - 8 —s Baltic —s —s Canary, per quarter 46s 52s Odessa —B —s Rye grass, new s ---s Linseed Cake, p ton —s —a Clover, Red Eng., et. —s —s English £9 lOs .610 --a White — s —s Foreign £9 lOs £lO 10s Foreign Red.... s —s Rape Cakes,p ton£6 Os £6 108 White. —s —s Rapeseed, new,pr qr 80s 82s Trefoil, new. —s —s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. To-day's market was fairly supplied with foreign stock as to number; but its general quality was very middling, and sales progressed slowly, at about previous currencies. The show of English and Scotch-fed beasts here this morning was seasonably good, and nearly all breeds came to hand in prime condition. The attendance of buyers was moderate, and the beef trade was in a sluggish state, at Thursday's decline in the quotations. A very few supe rior Scots realised ss, but the general top figure for them was 4s 10d per Blbs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Esse; and Cambridgeshire, we received 2,500 Scots, shorthorns, and crosses; from other parts of England, 500 various breeds; and from Scotland, 250 Scots and crosses. There was a fair average supply of sheep in the pens, in good condition. Prime downs and half-breds moved off slowly, at last Monday's currency ; otherwise the trade was heavy, at a decline in the currencies of 2d per Blbs. Lin colns sold at 4s to 4s 4d per Blbs. The best Downs were worth 4s bib. Lambs, the supply of which was only moderate, moved off slowly, at from 5s 4d to 6s 8d per 81bs. A few very superior Downs and half-bred lambs realised 7s per Blbs. Calves were a slo w sale, on former terms, viz., from 4s to 55 per 81bs. The supply was moderate. The sale for pigs was heavy, at barely last week's prices. Per 51b. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 1 Primecrs-wool d 0.4 6 4 8 Second quality do. 3 8 4 4, Pme. S' thdown do .4 8 4 16 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Large orse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 3 10 Large hogs 3 4 4 0 Second quality do. 4 0 4 4 Small porkers ... , 4 2 4 6 Lambs, 5s 4d to 6s Bd. Suckling calves, 12s to 20s ; and quarter-old storo pigs, 19s to 28s, TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY, Beasts .. Cows Sheep and lambs .. 26,370 I Calves 263 Pigs. 440 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices ci fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, June 2, 1862, and this day, Monday, June 1, 1863. Per 81b. to sink the offal. Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs June 2, I June 1, 1862. 1863. Coarse and inferior beasts 2 10 to 3 0 3 4to 3 6 Second quality do, 3 2 3 6 3 8 4 4 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 0 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c 4 2 4 4 4 8 410 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do 4 4 4 6 4 6 4 8 Prime Southdown do. .. 4 8 410 4 8 410 Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs.. .. 550 390 SUPPLIES ON SALE, June 3, 1861.—Beasts, 3,740 — sheep and lambs, 27,320—calves, 256—pigs, 450. JUNE 4, 1860.—Beasts, 3,880 —sheep and lambs, 29,280 —calves, 224—pigs, 300. The total imports of foreign stocx into London, last week, amounted to 6,342 head. In the corresponding week in 1862, we received 2,791 —in 1861, 5,814—in 1860, 6,722 —in 1859, 4.452—in 1858, 2,962 —in 1857, 2,531 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDuN LAO WEBB. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam 256 .. 186 ~ 376 .. 190 .. Harlingen lO7 .. 377 .. 43 .. 29 .. Hamburg l9 .. 4,265 .. • ~ Boulogne. — .. -- .. Cuxhaven Calais NieweDiep — .. • • Amsterdam — .. .. • Antwerp. — .. .. Ostend ...... Bremen 53 .. __ .. _ .. Dordt. - .. 103 .. 196 .. 1 .. Guernsey 4 .. .. 30 - • • - • • 10 • • •• -'-' •• • • - - .. --- • • 44 .. - • • - .. 23 .. - Total .... 469 .. 4,931 .. 615 .. 297 .. 30 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1862 230 2,437 .. 466 .. 641 .. 17 1861 422 4,310 .. 94 .. 441 .. 546 1860 290 .. 5,974 .. 189 .. 208 .. 61 1859 314" 1.. 3,126 .. 569 .. 435 .. 8 1858 2lO .. 1 898 .. 321 .. 452 .. 18 NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of town and country killed moat is by no means extensive. The trade, however, is in a sluggish state, and prices have a downward tendency. Per Slb. by the carcase. salad sdsd Inferior beef .. 2 10 3 2 Middling mutton 3 10 4 2 niddling do. .. 3 4 3 6 Prime do .. 4 4 4 6 Prime large do. 3 8 3 10 Veal Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Small pork Large pork 3 6 4 0 Lamb ...... 5 4 6 4 Inferior mutton. 3 4 3 8 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The season for old potatoes is now drawing to a close. The supplies on offer are small, but the demand is by no means active; nevertheless, flukes command 160 s to 180 s per ton. Other kinds are selling at 80s to 130 s per ton. The supply of new produce is moderately good, and prices range from 103 to 12s per cwt. The import last week was 10 baskets from Rotterdam, and 5 tons from Guernsey. Yorkshire Regents Do. Flukes Do. Rocks o. Seedlings Kent and Essex Regents —s to —s Scotch Regents Do. Rocks 6os to 70s „ Do. Reds Foreign sos to 60s BOROUGH HOP. A fair average business has been transacted both in Eng lish and foreign hops, and prices have ruled firm. At the commencement of last week the account from the planta tions was less satisfactory, but the favourable change in the weather has produced a beneficial change in the state of the plantations. Last week's report was moderate, viz., 196 bales from Hamburg, 30 Bremen, 10 Rotterdam, 259 bales and 261 pockets from Dunkirk, 400 pockets from Jersey, 6 bales from Boulogne, and 1 bale from Antwerp. BMidSussexa vaarni Bavaria 1. . . East . Keats . . 7 7 0 0 s t s too 12651 8057 per cwt. Weald of Keats Belgian $$ American 6ss to 76s $$ 70s to 86s $$ WOOL. The public s a l es of colonial wool have gone off steadily since our last report, and prices have ruled firm. Good and fine wools are selling at about l ast sales' rates, but in ferior qualities remain at id to id per lb below the prices then current. The French demand has Sot materially abated, although large quantities have been taken. The inquiry on Belgian and American account is still very Rinked i n English wool a moderate bu s i ness is doing, and THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) (Per City of Cork.) NEW YORK, MAY 20, Evening. No further confirmation has been received of the reported evacuation of Vicksburg. Neither is the report credited here. The impression gains ground that Johnston will offer Grant battle in the neighbourhood of Viela burg. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, MAY 24 (Afternoon). Money abundant. Gold 48a prem. Stocks heavy. New York Central, 124; Illinois, HOZ- ; Erie, 991 ; Five per Cent. United States Bonds, 96 ; Sz per Cents., Mi. Flour dull. Wheat and corn advanced one cent. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.---This Day. TATTERSALL'S—Tans EVENING. ASCOT STAKES. sto 1 agst Oldmineter (offered, take 6to 1) 7to 1 agst Captain Crow (offered) 7to 1 agst Rubicon (taken) Bto 1 agst Brother to Rapid Rhone (taken) Bto 1 agst Bandage (taken) ' 12 to 1 agst Knutsford (offered) ASCOT CUP. 5 to 4 agst Tim Whiffler (taken freely) 6 to 1 agst Marquis (taken) Bto 1 agst Buckstone (offered) LEGER. 6to 1 agst The Ranger (offered) 9to 1 apt Lord Clifden (taken) 18 to 1 agst Saceharometer (taket) THE DERBY, 1864. 1000 to 55 agst Blair Athol (taken) 20 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (taken) 40 to 1 agst Calista colt (taken) 40 to 1 agst Claremont (taken) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CITY BETTING--Tars DAY. ASCOT STAKES. 6to 1 agst Bedouin (taken) 6to 1 agst Oldminsier (taken) 6to 1 agst Captain Crow (taken) 8 to 1 agst Bandage (taken in force) Bto 1 agst Brother to Rapid Rhone (taken) ROYAL RUNT CUP. 8 to 1 agst Victor (taken) 10 to 1 agst Catch'em Alive (taken) 12 to 1 agst Polynesia (taken) 15 to 1 agst Bertha (taken) 20 to 1 agst Ace of Clubs (taken) 20 to 1 agst Wingrave (taken) ARRIVALS AT ASCOT. Lady Evelyn c, War Horse, Gentle Kitty c, Edmonston, Crochet f, Merriden, Polynesia, Zelle, Black Lily, Bathilde, Jacqueline c, Lizzie, Misfire, Blue Mantle, Chip of the Old Block, Cadeau, Southport, Glance c, Queen of Trumps, Villette, Elmsdale, Disappointment, Grey Hen c, Peahen, Cock Robin, Welcher, Rubina, Adventurer, Liston, Mary Copp c, Lady Clifden, Wild Rake, Loiterer, General Hess, Knowsley, Beauvale, Brother to Rapid Rhone, Eleanor, Supple, Wingrave, Gorse, brother to Morocco, Jarnicoton, Grafton Lass, brother to Canace, Tomato, Lady Wilton, Miss Sarah c, Anonyina, Oldminster, Dirt Cheap, Miss Whip f, Carisbrook, Fantail, Midnight Mass, Prince Plausible, Turcos, Vigil, Cadiz, Loosefish, Perseverance, Feu de Joy, East Sheen, Gossamer f, Vivid, Tim W hiffier, Paste, Dr, Syntax, Carnival, Queen Lily colt, Hippolyta, Roseneath, Captain Crow, Borealis, Vacuna, Caller Ou, Glenorchy, Clown, Senorita c, Avenger, Boadicea, Lista, Africus, Sea Nymph, Flying Fish, Raindeer, Judex, Dux, Carnival, Vindicta, Gem of the Sea, Argonaut, Columba, Virdia, Millionaire, Bandage, Atherstone, Weatherbow, Ossian, Merry Maid, Blair Hill, Catalpa c, Splitvote c, Coupon, Quadrille, Queen of Spain, and Brother to Tuccio. NAVAL PROMOTIONS—This Evening. The following appointments were made at the Admiralty this afternoon : W. B. Hutchison, paymaster, to the Eclipse, W. Hardie, engineer sup., to the Asia. Joseph Gray, Ist class assistant engineer sup., to the Fisgard. John West, to the Columbine. E. W. C. Smith, second acting m aster, supernumerary, to the Victory; Herbert D. W a l ker , d o ., do.; Joh n F , Barns, do., do.; W. C. Sp a i n, do., do. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS---This Evening. The Lord Chancellor took his seat at the usual hour. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Tranmere Docks, Birkenhead Improvement, Dublin Corporation Water, Skipton Gas, and Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway bills were read a second time. The London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (No. 1 ), THIRD READING. Lowestoft Water, Gas, and M ar k e t, Rixton and Warbur ton-bridge, and Blackfriar's-bridge bills were read a third time and passed. SPEED OF LOCOMOTIVES. Lord BROUGHAM asked whether there was any inten tion on the part of the Government to introduce any mea sure to affix a maximum speed to railways. The dreadful accidents that had taken place lately rendered Government i n t er ference highly necessary ; but at the same time he must say he was decidedly against any oc casional legislati on , because the laws made on such occasions generally took a one •sided view of the subject. Four years ago he had spoken against the high rate of speed oa English railways, compared with those in foreign coun tries, on which acci dents less frequently occurred ; and h e was told that 50, 60 , or 70 miles could be run with safety , but notwithsta nding that he still maintained his views, and the late horrid accidents fortified him in his opinion. The g reatest danger was also incurred in consequence of the practice of engine drivers, in crier to pick up lost time, putting on the steam beyond the bounds of safety, and the result being calamities of the most distressing description. He hoped the Government would take the subject into their conside ration. Earl GRANVILLE said he was not aware that the noble and learned lord intended to ask the question he had just put, but as far as he knew it was not the intention of the Government to introduce any measure on the subject If they did he thought it very unlikely that Parliarment would pass such a measure. He did not think it was desirable for the Government to interfere with the manage ment of railways, and he thought that the speed on foreign railways was in man y i nstances greater than 25 miles an hour. The n oble lord hi mself seemed to think cau to deal with b y l eg i s l a ti on. e.driver to ov er t a k e l os t ti m e, a lt that a great deal, of the danger arose in consequence of the e circumstanceu d eav o urs of very the edni difficult i Lord BROUGHAM said he was quite aware of the diffi culty of dealing with the subject. The Earl of HARD WICKE thou ght if it made com pulsoryos starting trhtien ago theouidp accidents tasi n railway wsoauel dorcompanies t o k eep exac t ti me in to the tim e ta bl e, a grea t man y never occur. The subject then dropped. DISTURBANCES AT ATHENS. The Marquis of NORMANBY asked whether the Government would have any objection to lay on the table of the house two despatches, received from Mr. Scarlett since their lordships last met, relative to the late disturbances at Athens? Earl RUSSELL said he should prefer waiting until he received further information before he produced tne de spatches referred to. THE BRAZILS, Earl DERBY said that during the recess telegrams had been received from Brazil disclosing some matters of im portance, and he wished to know whether any correspcth dence had been received by the Secretary for Foreign Affairs in reference to that subject, and whether there would be any objection to produce it? Earl RUSSELL said he held in his hand the corres pondence referred to, which be was about to lay on the table of the house, by command of her Majesty. _ . _ THE BURIAL SERVICE. Lord EBURY rose to move an humble address to her Majesty praying for the appointment of a committee to consider what steps should be taken to obviate the evil complained of, as arising from the present compulsory and indiscriminate use of the burial service of the Church of England. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS.---Mis Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. THIRD READING. The Memel Hempstead and London and North 'Western Railway Bill. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the sale of in toxicating liquors on the Sabbath ; Mr. M. GIBSON, from Asliton.uniler-Lyne, saying that the petitionms required recreation and refreshment on the Sabbath, and objected to the closing of public-houses on the Sabbath. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from the licensed victuallers of Rochdale against the bill for closing public houses on the Sunday, and one from the magistrates and inhabitants of the town in favour of it. CHINA—LIEUTENANT TINLING. Lord C. i"AOE Tdesiiwito correct a reply which he gave to a question the other evening with respect to the death of Lieutenant Tinling. He stated that no official in formation had been received at the Admiralty on the subject. It appeared, however, that a letter had been received from Captain Dew, sent to Admiral Cupar, inti mating the death of that officer, whose services and gal lantry he highly eulogised. ACT OF UNIFORMITY. Mr. M. MILNES gave notice that on the 9th of June he intended to move an amendment to the motion of the hon. member for Maidgione with respect to the Act of Unifor mity having relation to the Thirty-nine Articles. THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. Mr. GREGOkfga;;;;OtiC;Ciliat he should, to-morrow, ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what purpose th, international b uilding,which the Government had intimated their intention to purchase, would be devoted, and when the estimate would be laid before the house—(hear, hear) and if so, whether he would make a statement to the house, and when; whether the domes would be replaced by other structures, and if so, when these embellishments of London and the vicinity would be carried out. (Hear, and laughter.) RECRUITING FOR THE FEDERALS IN IRELAND. Mr. HOPWOOD asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether her Majesty's Government were aware that the Federals were recruiting in Ireland, and if they were pre paring to take steps to prevent it? Sir R. PEEL replied that the Government was aware that Federal agents had been at work in Ireland, but, as they did not recruit openly, their proceedings were very difficult of detection. Numbers of young men had gone from Ireland, whose passages had been paid. He had reason to believe that the Irish in America had been induced to enlist by offers of this kind. The Government were taking active steps to discover the agents. INDIAN ARMY-CLIVE FUND. Mr. M. MILNES asked the Secretary of State for India why any officer of the late Indian army, now doing duty at the depot at Canterbury, should not receive the pay due to his rank ; and whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to make up to the widows and orphans of the Indian service the loss they had sustained by the late deci sion respecting Lord Clive's bounty ? Sir C. WOOD replied that no officers so employed re ceived less than his lull pay. The hon. member had there fore been misinformed. The decision with respect to the Clive Fund he.d been so recently arrived at, that no time had yet elapsed to give it due consideration , but he did not apprehend that the widows and orphans would be indem nified. (Hear, hear.) VENTILATION OF THE HOUSE. Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked the First Commissi , ner of Works whether, in this warm weather, it would not be better to ventilate the house by the ordinary expedient of opening the windows, rather than continue the present mode of shutting the windows carefully, and pumping up the air from the cellars below the house? Mr. COWPER replied that if the proposition of the hon. gentleman were adopted the air would neither be so cool or so pure as at the present moment: (Hear, hear.) It was not correct to say that the air was pumped out of a cellar below the house. If the hon. member would go below— (laughter)—he would find that very excellent arrangements prevailed, which originated with Mr. Gurney, for purifying the air hon. members breathed. The air was admitted it the most natural way into chambers, where it was washed by streams of pure water from its impurities, and then passed at a rapid rate through clean chambers where chemical means were adopted to clear it of all impurities. When the weather was cold the air was warmed, and when warm it was iced. (Hear, and laughter.) The average heat just now indicated by the thermometer was 64, and when it was 78 outside it was 65 within, exhibiting a difference of 13 degrees. (Hear, hear.) If, therefore, the windows were opened they should have a hotter and less pure atmosphere. Wherever any benefit would arise the windows werb opened. GALWAY PACKET COMPANY AND ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND. Mr. KEKEWICH asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether the Galway Packet Company were bound by their contract to land mails as well as telegrams when the ships called at St. John's, Newfoundland ? Mr. F. PEEL explained that a difference of opinion pre vailed on the subject which had not yet been adjusted, THE PURCHASE OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING. Lord J. MANNERS inquired the price the Government had agreed to pay for the building. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that an arrangement had been come to with the Commis sioners and the contractors subject to the sanction of the house. The price agreed to be paid was £120,000, and £BO,OOO to the contractors for the residue of their claim, but exclusive of the annexes. (Hear, hear.) He should shortly fix a day when he should bring the whole matter before the house. He should not seek for the vote in a Committee of Supply, He should bring the matter before the house on Monday. FORTIFICATIONS—SPITHEAD. In reply to Sir J. ELPHINSTONE, Lord PALMERSTON intimated that he purposed shortly making a statement with respect to fortifications, when he should state the intentions of the Government with respect to Spithead. INLAND REVENUE BILL. This bill, as amended, was considered. Several amendments were proposed. (LEFT SITTING.) SPORTING NOTES. The great attraction yesterday at Paris was the Grand Prix de Paris, which, during the past week, has created as much interest in racing circles in England as upon the Continent, from the fact of several Derby " cracks" having gone over to run for this great prize, the richest ever con tended for on the Turf. The stake itself was 40 sovs each, 24 ft, or 20 only if declared, to which the sum of £4,000 (10( 1 ,000 francs) was added by the Railway Companies and Municipal Authorities of the City of Paris, in addition to " objets d'art," presented by, respectively, the Emperor and Empress, the former of whom never loses an opportunity of extending his patronage, with Augustian liberality, towards the encouragement and improvement of horse racing and breeding in France. Nothing c uld exceed the beauty of the scene of the Champs Elysees and on the Bois de Boulogne. The weather was warm, but shortly after the commencement of sport a smart shower fell. The Emperor and Empress was present, and seemed delighted with the enthusiasm of the English division, who, headed by m e , Jackson, gave them a hearty volley of British cheers. Several of our large bookmakers and leading sportsmen were on the ground. The Grand Prize was won in a canter by The Ranger, who, running through his horses in the last half mile, finished a length in front of La Toucques, who was two lengths in advance of Saccharometer ; Donnybrook fourth; and Lord Clif den, who ran a beaten horse all the way, a bad fifth. Fordham, who was present, told every one that The Ranger would win, backed the horse himself, and then in quired what would be thought of the Derby and his riding. Mr. Jackson lost about £BOO on the result, and betted £1,300 to £2OO three times overnight at the Grand Hotel against The Ranger. The easy defeat of Lord Clifden will have the effect of knocking him out of the Leger betting—but those who take liberties with him will regret it before the day of the race, as with rest he will go to the post a greatly improved horse. The Ascot meeting commences to-morrow, and will be honoured with the presence of the Prince and Princess of Wales (who will occupy Frogmore during the meeting). The whole series of scands have been thoroughly cleansed and painted, and Captain Seymour, Mr. Skinner, Mr. Oades, and Mr. Manning having personally super intended the arrangements, the recent alterations cannot fail to meet with public approval. The new hotel and stabling is open under the management' of Mr. Partridge, late of the Great Western Hotel, Reading, and the whole of the beds, boxes, and stalls have been engaged for some time past. A great many horses have already arrived there, including T. Taylor's string from Newmarket, a list of which, together with others ex pected, will be found elsewhere. The course is very hard, but a large and brilliant meeting may confidently be ex pected. There are eight races set for to-morrow, the prin cipal one being the Ascot Stakes. The field will be made up of the following :—Belman, Investment or The Knave, Rubicon, Captain Crow, Knutsford, Brother to Rapid Rhone, Stanton, Romanoff, and Sea Nymph. If any de rnonstration should be made in favour of one of Mr. Merry's, INVESTMENT or THE KNAVE, I shall stand him alone. In their absence I shall trust to CAPTAIN Cuow to pull me through. The Prince of Wales's Stakes—a sup plement to the Derby—is just the kind of race that was wanted on the first day, as it confirmed or destroyed the truth of performances in the Derby, which it was desirous should be ascertained. Lord Clifden is not likely to run, or we should have had an interesting race between him, Blue Mantle, and King of the Vale, my preference being for Blue Mantle. The Queen's Stand Plate, which first brought Buckstone into notice, if all the man in the street says is correct, will likewise bring out another crack of Mr. Merry's, yclept The Scottish Chief, about whom many Derby books have been taken, and his formidable antagonists will be Gillie and Argonaut. The Royal Hunt Cup, on Wednesday, is one of the prettie •t races run on the turf. With such an entry, an analysis of merit is quite out of the question ; and I will select the fol lowing to beat the field, Lord Burleigh, Pilot, Queen of Spain, Tolurno, Birdhill, Polynesia, The Knave, Alchy mist, Catch 'em Alive, and Bohemia. The Ascot Derby has Automaton, Blue Mantle, Queen Bertha, and Onesan• der in it, but all will depend upon the nature of the penalties incurred in the Prince of Wales. The rich Coronation Stakes will not bring many to the post in the face of Lady and Cerintha, both of which can get am to in flying co ours. Augusta The Cup Day will be honoured by the pre!eTai: will Prince and Princess of Wales, and though the:any will not be attended by the grand pageant whicha J to dlnimenhseeryalds the visit of the Queen to Ascot, it will d the éclat of the proceedings, and render the days red letter the grand one in the annals of the Turf. n formed of it some event of the day will, howeveeri,jahvTaarbdeel r ealise the expecta tions that might with few weeks since, from the extent of the entries, which r eached the imp osing number of 28. These include all Vie best horses of the da y , excep t Asteroid, a c se t arbineer, Caller Ou, Ti m Whiftlor, The Marquis, uk se Stradella, Hurricane, and Lord Clifden, are A n onyms, among those engaged. John Scott has effected a wonder ful improvemen t on the form of the Marquis since he was s o easily defeated by Stradella, and if I trust him and Tim Whiffler to carry me through, I think I sh a ll h ave name d the w inner, but I give The Marquis the decided preference. Most of the other events to be decided, depend in a great measure on previous running, A FRESH MAN. MAGAZINE DAY. Blacktvood's Magazine. Many readers will be glad to meet again with " The Chronicles of Carlingford." The one here in troduced concerns " The Perpetual Curate," Mr. Wentworth, whom we have met with before in Salem Chapel. His position was a very awkward one, and it is very ably pictured in these chapters. We leave him approaching a climax, as his three aunts, on whose opinion much depends, and who in a manner are the arbitrators of his destiny, appear i suddenly on the scene. Mr. Wentworth cchnes to extreme High Church vieccs, while his rela tions are Evangelical. The conflict between such opinions will doubtless prove a very stormy one, and furnish the details of en exciting narrative, which will vie in interest with its predecessors. "Girolamo Savor arola" is an elaborate article on the life of that remarkable man, and treats of his career in an earnest and impressive manner. From his youth Savonarola had been certain of his tragic end. "No earthly success or reward shone through the mist of prophecy to gladden the ecstatic in his dreams. A crown of martyrdom hovered visionary but stead fast over the stormy way; the scene might change, the path might unfold, but that fiery crown was never absent from the solemn future which rolled forth in clouds and darkness before him." " Charles James Blomfield" treats of a work published by the son of the late Bishop. In criticising the book an opinion is pronounced on the life and actions of the bishop which is fairly enouJa done. " A Letter from Poland" will receive notice as containing some information concerning the details of that exciting struggle. Another letter is promised from the same quarter to continue the narrative of events there. "Rough Notes of a Ride to Babylon" carry the reader to that far-off Eastern land, so prolific in scenes of interest and informa tion. This entertaining account of travels concludes with the author's visit to the ruins of the Tower of Babel, where he touches the bricks, " large, square shaped, and massive, that were thoroughly burned, the very mortar, the slime, now hard as granite, handled more than four thousand years ago by earth's most impious people." "A Glance at the Italy of Cavour " will be of interest to the admirers of that remarkable man. After analysing various events, it is said that there is but one word of an swer to those who ask why Italy has not done more —" She has lost Cavour." " Crinoliniana "is a ludicrous sketch of the results of the fashion. " Epigrams " is a discourse on a subject that i 3 generally found entertaining enough. We are furnished with several details and descriptions of the mode in which these personalities were in dulged. in, and certainly there seems no cause to gainsay the opinion here expressed, that " it could have hardly been comfortable after all to live in the age of epigrams and impromptus." Some of the examples here given are striking enough. The following translation of a Latin definition is very good -4' The qualities three in a bee that we meet, In an epigram never should fail ; The body should always be little and sweet, And a sting should be left in its tail." Theodore Hook's impromptu is admirable, and will be appreciated by many— Here comes Mr, Wynter, surveyor of taxes, I advise you to give him whatever he axes ; And that, too, without any nonsense or flummery, For though his name's lf ynter,his actions are summary." The annexed is the original style of epitaph, sim ply an inscription. It is on the figure-head of Anson's ship, the Centurion— " Stay, traveller, awhile, and view I who have travelled more than you ; Quite round the globe in each degree, Anson and I have ploughed the sea; Torrid and frigid zones have passed, And, safe ashore arrived at last, In ease and dignity appear— He in the House of Lords—l here." The following translation of a Latin puzzle will amuse the curious on such subjects— " That which was Toby Watt, is what Toby Watt was not ; to be Toby Watt, is not to be what Toby Watt is ; Toby is not, he will be." Fraser's Magaizne. Fraser opens with an able and interesting paper on one of the most celebrated, but by no means the most popular of English statesmen. The writer, although not a partisan of Bolingbroke, considers that his history up to the present time has been written by his enemies. "His own explanations of particular parts of his policy have been slurred over; designs have been imputed to him as criminal, with- ' out due consideration of the national feeling at the time, and but little allowance has been made for the ' uncertainty and novelty in which, during the first half of the eighteenth century, constitutional go vernment was enveloped." But while making all due allowance for the peculiar circumstances and influences of the time, the critic is able to give at the best but a doubtful and limited approval to Bolingbroke's policy. A concise outline of the chief features of his life and times is given. It was but a melancholy career notwithstanding the large abili ties, the daring energies, and the ready unscrupu lousness of the statesman. The man who lived in the life of courts and cabinets, to whom power and reputation were the great ends of being, early shut himself out by a singular mischance from the active politics of his day, and in spite of his unquestioned abilities, has left a name in history which is re garded with dubious favour. Miss Cobbe contributes another of her papers on Eastern travel, this month dwelling on the solemn reflections awakened by a visit to the Holy City. An article on the Polish captivity is well written and sensible. Our legislators would do wisely to ponder on some of the arguments it sets forth before they pledge England to dishonourable inactivity at all hazards. The writer very justly observes that a decided attitude assumed by a country like ours at the proper moment not only does not provoke war but abso lutely prevents it, and refers to Canning's interven tion in favour of Portugal, which produced the de sired effect without bloodshed. That the present miserable method of following a vacillating and timorous policy, until we " drift into war" unpre pared, does not answer the required purpose, we have had ample means of testing, but we fear that the Britannic Government are very far from carry ing out the author's programme. "It would be a service at once to humanity and to Poland if wit h mut actual war, by a threatening attitude of expec tation, we forbade Prussia to aid against Poland, and forced France to direct her martial ardour against Russia, not against the Rhenish provinces. If simultaneously we kept open the Circassian trade Poland and Finland might, by the arms of France and Sweden, become independent of Russia, with glorious advantage to Europe." "An American Refugee in L , indon" is the title of an interesting paper by an American exile, driven across the as At lantic by the horrors of the ci vil war. He w to the owner and editor of a newspaper , and owing moderation of his views, he wa s ruined b y t h e con test. have test. If he had sided with either party he v! d the op inion held been welcome ; but, as he sha re d the cou ntry, of the th roug hout by the peopleef folly and wickedn ess of the fra t r icidal strife, his services were pot n H© contrived to elude to this country with his suspicion, and to eeseedaep b e was connected with comba. t. w if e , through wh om 11,i describes . Mr. Seward as g, aspiring, unscrupulous lawyer, full of gilded words and so•call d • e prin ,t,aantoodoiennibiontgh, ThetPi si de s .eS d e e r : i t 11 he styles " a weak, ciples." obsti nate ma n, of good nature and good intentions, with the jokes and manners of a clown, fitted by his honesty to be the tool rather than the instrument of his party." The story of "Late Laurels" pro ceeds rapidly, and there is also an interesting but melancholy tale, entitled, "False Ground and Firm," telling the old mournful story of fervent affection constant only on one side. There are other papers of varying merits, and the number concludes with the index to Fraser's sixty-seventh , volume. Colburn's United Service Magazine. This serial opens with an amusing article on " Fortifications and Things in General." The writer takes a practical view of the advance of science, both in defensive and aggressive warfare. While exposing certain fallacies which have taken pos session of the minds of men who ought to know better, he maintains that the national interest should be always borne in mind, and that the true way to uphold our national prestige is to abolish All punishments which tend to lower the offender in the social scale. After reviewing the continental armies, he remarks : "As regards the English system, we do not think there is much to alter that is radically wrong. All that is requisite is less pipeclay,' if we may so express it. We mean less mechanical 'parade ground' discipline; many merely parade manoeuvres that are never wanted in the field might be left out of the drill-book, and we do not think that more than one good way is necessary for one manoeuvre. We fancy there ought never to be more than tivo ways of doing the same thing, namely, the right one and the wrong one; but in our drill book,' there are frequently Live or six, all of which in our opinion must be wrong except the one right one. We would, therefore, simplify the r oanoeuvres ace much as possible, allow the men more time for ;mental and' rational recreati n and amusement, and gynmakties, and employ them in field works and all kinds of labour useful in a campaign. The men are sick of eternal drill and pipeolaYt and mere parade movements, and are often driven to the canteen because they have not time to walk in the country. When a recruit has got over his year of probation wN). credit, be b. 3 a private or ensign, he ought not to be eter nally kept at the mere A. B. C. of his profession, as is now xia much the case. If the men are well looked after on their private parades and in their barracks by their captain, and' if the captain be, as he ought to be, an efficient officer, and not a mere boy who has got his company by hard purchase over the heads of men less rich, the battalion on parade has something else to do than to go through the mere manual and platoon exercises every day, and the usual routine of useless formations which it can never be called on to execute as part of a brigade. A good march out into the country with one or two useful and practical manoeuvres on any common or open ground that may offer, with the constant practice of all that a battalion can be called on to perform' as an advance or rear-guard to a larger corps, will tend more to improve both the company officers and the rank and file than all the parade ground drill in the regula • tions.'" A paper on " Richard Cobden, King of the .Bel gians,'' will be read with interest by the pubes generally. While acknowledging the services tho.t Mr. Cobden has rendered to his country, we can not but lament that his egotistical fancies have taken him out of his depth. What is said of him in this article, although rather too cut- ting, is but too true in the main. In a paper on " Colonies, their Influence on the Mother Country" the advantages derived by Eng land from her dependencies is fully demonstrated. The author maintains, in fact, that without her colonies England would be nothing. " A Trip to Vancouver's Island and British Columbia," is con tinued, and contains as its predecessors have done much useful information. Under the head of "Cu riosities of Naval Literature," the writer makes game of naval men for gi7ing feminine names to the vari ous adjuncts of a ship. It is a cleverly written essay, but we cannot agree with him. A sailor is consi dered to be attached to his ship, which is supposed to divide his heart with the obj e ct of his affections, and is it not natural that he should speak of them both as of the same gender ? In an article on c. Taxation," the following sensible remarks are found— "For our own part we would rather have heard the Chancellor of the Exchequer announce a larger reduction of the tax upon income than of the duty upon Chinese tea or French wines. The consumption of these articles, especially of the latter, is optional, the payment of income tax is com pulsory, so far at least as those who are in the receipt of salaries or pay from the Crown are concerned. The tax being deducted from the quarterly bill, officers of the Army and Navy, and the members of the Civil Service, have not the option of escaping from the payment of one penny of the impost, even had they the inclination to do so. It is, however, otherwise with regard to those engaged in trade, as they have to make returns' which may or may not be correct. The general opinion is that these returns,' which are made under what is termed Schedule D, are generally wrong, and that if the incomes of those engaged in manufactures, trades, and professions were properly assessed, a fivepenny instead of a sevenpenny tax would be sufficient." " Greenwich Characters" is continued, and a paper on " Poland, the Diplomatic Situation," contains matters of interest. We have also an article on " The late Exploring Expedition in Australia" which is interesting, and contains some sensible remarks on the mistakes that were made. The Editor's Port fgiio presents us with the general naval and military information. Cornhzll Magazine. "The Small House at Ailington" is important in this instalment, inasmuch as it reveals the fatal truth to Lily, who, however, bears it bravely, and astonishes her friends by her fortitude. This is not an unlikely or an unnatural thing, since it is often the weakest and the most fragile who endure the best, and are the strongest in the battle of life. We also find Crosbie is promoted to very undeserved honours, for he is made Secretary, and thus fortune smiles on the recusant lover ; but actions like his bear their own punishment in a mind that is ill at ease, and those who envied him his promotion had. better have pitied. Johnny Eames seems resolved to be a fool, and he is certain to pay a heavy penalty some day for his very absurd devotion to Miss Amelia Roper. Equally nonsensical is the de meanour of his friend Cradell with Mrs. Lupex. These young men are of the class who have to buy their experience very dear. " Sibyl's Disappoint ment" is a very melancholy tale that is, however, not without its uses in impressing upon the mind the misery that may be wrought by cruel jests and practical jokes. There is no more unworthy occupation in which persons can indulge to gratify their tastes for jokes or to wreak their vengeance on real or imaginary foes than these base designs. Sibyl, it is true, must have had an ill-governed. mind, so soon to have been crushed by sorrow, but the evil is as great, and the sin as heavy, if no such lamentable results ensue as are here powerfully chronicled. " Romola" is continued, and is in this portion of it very important, as Bernardo del Nero is executed. The unhappy heroine herself is tossed to and fro with painful doubts, and the whole of the story is occupied with scenes of vexatious strife, and details of misery, and the confused epoch of history to which it refers renders it most impera tively an epitome of trouble and a catalogue of woes. "Eugenie de Gerie is a pleasing paper. This lady is eminently deserving of attention for her faithful ness and devotion. After enumerating the events of her life, the writer thus eloquently concludes his retrospection : "M. Trebutien has accomplished the p ious task in wh ich Mdlle. de Gue battled, rin was baed, and has establis hed es t a b w li n shed fame; by publishing this journal he w ter l istic quality as Eu g enie's also. She was very different frobte.acshheprresebrorthveesra but she too, like him, had that in her; 'reputation. Her soul has the same nali cha . rse ty the world is im his talent i —d t cb i a s i t e ir a t g io a n iwi . patient • ; undergoing its corrects the world's influence,f Of it, this 'l e an t it, byinsults it, hates it Guerin. belong ; they in ' e s ideals. It procures that the blunders, and fixes the world all law. This ends Tbbyisreqcueailivitnyg pass for a P• iradar nor the popular poet shall n ot T its .xorabi ; the popular preacher fora Bossuet. To the circle of spirits marked by this rare at last foarnda Eaucigteuyns,iendo.er. will take their place in the sky which these inhabit, and p F er a , t w ur h e ose de Extinction tailsw q uality, h id is a to a r r i i a c n e shine close to one another, lucida sidera." il o l f sh h oc lu k e . th E e Y a e d s m " i i r s e rs a of the blonde styles of c " u O ri n ous th p e a beauty, since it is prophesied that the time is approaching when their reign will be over. "It seems that there is a predominating tendency in favour of the dark, and small as this is, one hundred to seventy, in course of time it must end in the final extinction of the fair." "Paint, Powder, and Patches" is an entertaining sketch of manners and customs. At the conclusion of the contents there is an amusing little essay, entitled " To Correspondents," which celebrates the end of volume seven. It is encouraging to find that the work and press of literary labour does not deter the editor from expressing himself in poetic prose. Temple Bar. " John Malcbmont's Legacy" is continued at some length. It is painfully exciting in this num ber, as the unhappy young Edward Arundel rises from what all had thought to ba the bed of death, and is immediately plunged into fresh troubles. He cannot find his wife anywhere, and it is evident that there has been some foul play, for when he proceeds to Marchivont Towers, Olivia denies all knowledge of her whereabouts. As may be determined au es in her to i mag i ne d, Edwar d is almost distracted, and the tale lea es t ff a t this exciting juncture. The authoress woman i s well sk illed in drawing a particular style of char acter, and Oliv i a Marc moot is a first-rate gain n of d , an a unscrupulousna reckless o f all that stands way. Such as Olivia have been the tragedy 13.11.1 6.4.0 tv.13.4 1