The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-14 00:00:00

M K . AND COMAIEBOIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK, The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 6,000 bales, including 1,000 American taken fur export and on speculation. The market was tame, but steady. The sales com prised 5,000 American, 250 Pernam and Maran ham at bid. to 6d., 20 Bahia at 6id., 200 Egyptian at bid, to 90., 300 Surat at 3d. to 4d., and 350 Sea Islands at 10d. to ls. sd. per lb. Railway Shares were dull at lower prices. As might be expected from the continuance of the fine growing and harvest , weather the corn market was in a drooping state to-day, and prices generally in decline. About 150 quarters of new wheat were on sale in Mark-lane in excellent con dition. The reduction in cereal values so far, and Which from pr e sent appearances may be looked for continuously for some time to come, is calculated, with other beneficial consequences, to exercise a considerable influence on the money market, and on the rates of interest and discount. Large amounts of capital will of course become disengaged, which heretofore have been necessary to the representa tion of the higher prices of corn ruling, added to which the tendency of an abundant production of home growth will be to diminish materially the quantity of bread stuffs required from abroad, whilst from the lower prices which will prevail so much capital less will be absorbed in payment for that lesser quantity which shall arrive. It may be observed that whether such payment be made in hard money or bills representing money, or in commodities, the effect will be the same, of releasing so much capital. Supposing, which may be hoped, and so far as the United States may be anticipated, that payments for imported breadstuffs shall be balanced or covered by fabrics and pro ducts exported, and that the present market value of these shall be supported, if not enhanced, it should result that with a greatly-decreased cost of the raw material of life the country will be the gainer in addition by all the profits of exported in dustry. In so far a large proportion, if not the whole, of the surplus profits from past high prices necessarily paid away for an excess of foreign sup plies will be recovered, and thus on the sound free trade principle the trading intercourse of nations will be found to adjust a balance itself. In the face of these encouraging circumstances, and with prospects of such promise, it would seem impossible that the present high rates for money accommodation should be long maintained. With disposable capital daily in increase, and the sup ply of bills in the discount market notoriously short, arising mainly indeed frcm the greater pre valence of cash payments induced by the high rates exacted for discount and the more restricted credit, it should follow that the directors of the Bank of England will find it necessary to take further steps in the reduction of their present minimum rate of 5 per cent., under-sold as they already are by the banks and discount houses. The recent reduction of per cent. appears inadequate to satisfy the legitimate conditions of the present state of money and commercial affairs. The commercial advices by the Overland Mail from India are of a mixed ch E.racter. At Cale :tta the trade in piece goods was heavy, and prices on the decline, without attracting purchasers. At Bombay, on the contrary, the heavier kinds of cotton goods were not difficult to move at a slight reduction upon previous quotations, although finer goods, such as jacconets, are neglected. The export trade was dull, chiefly on account of the high prices and short supplies of produce, and freights had fallen in consequence, and with a full supply of shipping. From Hong Kong and Canton a fair amount of business was doing in imported commo dities, but teas were ruling at advancing rates, with light stocks and not much offering. The ope rations of the insurgents in the province of Canton were calculated to interfere with the passage of the' supplies from the tea districts. The New York accounts by the St. Louis notice a depressed stock market. Money continued easy upon good paper, and the bankers, it is stated, found difficulty in employing their capital. The latest weekly return of the city banks showed a de crease in the deposits of $1,168,426; in the circula tion of $11,512; and in the specie of $333,445. The item of discounts increased $576,709. The exports of specie during the week ending the 29th ultimo were $985,755, making the total for the year up to that date, $19,108,319. In the dry goods market foreign products were in improved demand, but still the aggregate transactions were limited, and the prices irregular. There is little change to report in public:securi ties, in which the transacti ons hav e b een of in considerable extent, as usual, on the first day of the week, with a thin attendance of dealers at this season of the year. Consols have range d b e t ween 93, 1 to for money, and the same for time, the market firm. Reduced Threes 93t to 4. Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. 94 to Exchequer bills, par to 2s. premium. Long Annuities 4 11-16. Foreign securities are quiet, and generally without material variation in prices. Brazilian Small Bonds are quoted 1001, and the New Four and-a-Half per Cents. 95i ; Grenada Deferred have been dealt in at 6 to 6±, and Peruvian Four-and- Ilalf per Cents. are firmer at 78i. Russian 41 per Cents, are 86, and Swedish Four per Cents. 854. Spanish New Deferred are dull at 18g-, and the Committee's Certificate at 4i Nothing has been done in Mexican or Dutch Bonds. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 6i. ; Mexi can, 24 to 24i ; Peruvian, 68 to 70 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 51 to 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 39 to 41 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 98 to 100 ; Ditto 4.i per Cents. 83 to 85 ; Spanish New Deferred, to 19 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 39 to 39i ; Ditto Certifi cates, 4i to 5i ; Ditto Passive, 3i to 4k. The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing Company. Date. Place. Belfast and County Down Aug. 31, Belfast. Birken. Lane. and Ches. Jn Aug. 26, Birkenhead. Ceylon Aug. 17, Copthall-buildings. Darenth Valley Dui lin and Wicklow :astern Counties Edinburgh and Bathgato Aug 15, Edinburgh. Glasgow an d S out h-W es t ern S e pt. 6 Glasgow. Great Northern Great S. and W. of Ireland Great Western Llanelly London and South-Western Aug. 16, 34, York-road. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock Maryport and Carlisle Melb 'urns Dock and Railway Aug. 21, London Tavern. Midland Newry and Enniskillen......... Aug. 29, Guildhall Coffee-h Norfolk Aug. 30, 69, Lombard-st. N. and S. Western Junction Aug. 15, Euston-square. North Eastern Northern and Eastern Oxford, Worces., & Wolver Aug. 29, London Tavern. Royal Danish Royal Swedish St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) Aug. 31, 26, Parliament-st. Sambre and Mense Aug. 24, Jardinet. Severn Valley Aug. 19, 31,. Parliament-st. Shrewsbury and Hereford Aug. 16, Shrewsbury. South Devon , Aug. 22, Plymouth. South Eastern Sept. 7, Bridge-house Hotel South Wales Taff Vale Aug. 17, Bristol. Thames Haven ... Aug. 28, London Tavern. Vale of Neath Aug. 30, Neath. 'Waterford and Limerick Aug. 30, Waterford. Wells and Fakenham Aug. 23, Fakenham. 'West Cornwall W. E. London and Crys.Pal Aug. 21, London T avern. West London Aug. 22, London Tavern. Wharfdalei Wimbledon and Croydon Aug. 22, Fendall's Hotel. Worcester and Hereford In Railway shares not much is doing, and the quotations have further tended downwards. The decline is most observable in South-Western, Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshir e , Midland, and York and Berwick. Great Western are consider ably lower, the report just issued not being so favourable as generally anticipated. The Foreign lines are dull but steady. Mining shares attract very little attention, Joint stock Banks are rather better, and Land shares firm. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (From the Oticial List.) Pustnelm dnne. Rank Stock i 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 94 3 4 3 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 93a 4 Se per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 India Stock Consols for Account 17th August Exchequer Bills, 2d. £5OO Small par 2 pm 2 die par 3 pm Exchequer Bonds Scrip Ditto 1859 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY:7 Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Small 1001 Ditto New, 1852, 4 per Cent . Grenada Bonds, Deferred Peruvian Bo n ds, 4} per Cent'. .... . .. 70j Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 p er C ont. £ St Ditto 4i per Cent 86 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Ditto for the Account 3i t • 9 Spanish New Deferred, 3 p er C elt. .... Spanish Committee Cort. of C oup. not fun 4l o Swedish 4 per Cent... ..... ....... Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2a per Cent. 12 Guil Consols THREE O'CLOcie. 931 i Ditto Augut Account 931 A I, : A 1 . 1 ET S. SI 11 D E (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. !Closing Prices 1 this day. BligineSS done this day. 234 3 i 221 - 23 5 - 9 - 10 11i--10i d 16,E —17 i 7 -- 6.• 95 97 6.3 b 64 15i - 164 12 14 - i -- id 7 - 8 tii ----: iii 12 a 128 1 36 - 40 25 - 27 67 - 69 58 •-• 60 25 - 26 66 - 68 85 - 86, 2 67 - 69 125 -12 i 94 - 96 71 -72 89 - 91 11 - 13 11 - 13 i 68g - 69 6g - 6g .1 iEi ------- 16i iii - 9 1051 - 1061 104 105 - 1 p - ci 84 35 71 7 6c 23i 24 , 67 bi 39 41 i d parl 7 6 dl 3 3A 6 - 8 45 -- LO 34 - 34 314 ... 354 7 9 li - li - 1 1 3 hd P 4 . 1 66 7 par 2 p 33 - 35 95 - 97 59 - 61 70 - 73 68 -- 72 7t 18i -- 193 91 Oi 11 -- 15 3i -- 3id 13 - 15 654 66 354 - 364 34 - 36 34.- 3i 19 194 4 - 5 23 - 25 5 - 6 = i' 74A 75} 6t 64d 4 --36d 1 57 -- 58 RATIVrAYS. Paid.l 100' Aberdeen . Amhg Nottng. Bost ' and Eastn. Junct... Bel fast & Ballymena. Birming. Wolverh. Stour Valley ...... Birkenhd. Laucsh. & Cheshire Junct . Do. Chesh. & £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O lityth & Tyne origina , £25 (issd. at £45, Bristol and Exeter...l .ialedouian. 3hester & Holyhead. fork and Bandon .3ork, Black, & Pass. lornwall lrieff Junction tublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber teen Junction ')o. New 'ilast Anglian.... 1)o., (£lB E & H).. jlastcrn Counties..... .astern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock Do., New A Lancashire tdinburgb & Glasgow and Peebles Edin. Prth & Dundee ,forth & Clyde June Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ') Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle. Do Thirds Do. New Thirds Laneash.andYorksh Do., Fifths Di., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern 100 - 42 34 100 100 100 174 Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Loud. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn Do. Fifths Do.lo/.Sh.,M&B ( Do. Eighths London and.% Westu. Do., £5O Do., £49 Lndndrry& Coleraine ndndrry. & Ennisk. Aanch.Slief.& Litwin '710., Man. & Lin. Up , Aidiand )0. Birmn g. & Derby Aidld. G. West. (lrk.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Newmarket 17i all 10 1 Do., Bury Exteusioii wpt.Aberg. & Hrfd. Newry & Newry Warreopoinl and Rostrev or. Norfolk Northh.Comities (hi North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 6 A Deferred Do., 6 B Guarantee North London IDo. New £lO stead, and City Ju North Staffordshire, North Western N. & S. Westru. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley. and Leicester I)xford, Worcester,& Wolverhampton 1 'Portsmouth 3eottish Central !Scottish Midland N,ALS : Shrewsbury & Bi Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed St tut_ ,;hrewsby & IHezefi Shrewsby. & Climate: (N. W. Min,.,,, Do. Halves,l Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per ceu - . 4outh Devon [South Eastern.., South Wales S. Yrksh. da Riv. Duo Do.. Staines, Wok. &Wok Stockton & Darling Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. £lO shares Do. Pref., No. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West London Wimbledn & Croydon York Newetl.&l3erw.l Do. Extensions Do. Gas?. E. Purchase York& N.Midland 25 25 18 20 St. 2s) 20 20 LO 10 St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 20 dli 75i4.14 FOREIGN. 10 all Antwerp&Rotterdanr 6 (iid 6i 5 20 3 8 i ß i e o l z g i e i a r n s t Ea 0 o s r a t u. June. issessa 1 c3i d 20 2s. : lombay, Baroda, and Centrallndia,Scrip ia-ip Jentral of Italy 20 all ,Jharleroi& Erquelin — 17A all Demerara 20 14 Dijon and Besancon p 20 9 , )uteb Rhenish 3 • 2id zin 20 all Ea.st Indian 24 2 i P 20 2 Do Extension__ A _ d 5 all -it. Indian Peninsula P 20 10 'M. Juliet. of France 25 10 .3rd. Trunk of Canad. 6 5 d 100 Do. Debentures 7 6 100 all )o. do. — 20 10 Central of France par p 2W AP it. Western of Cana( Shares Do. Bands (Ist is. )'57 ...p 20A all damilton & Toronto id— 4 p 100 . all ,Do. 6 per cent. 20 5 Lake Const. & Basle • 5 all Lucca. &Pi stoja 5 p.c. pref — dis 20 15 Luxembourg •• •.. 10 10 Do. (Railway)...,, 5 2 Do. Pref — 5 3 Do. (Canal) — 10 5 Do. 6p. et. pref — ...d 20 0 Lyons and Geneva ... 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran. 20 13: Madras id — 4 P 33., Maria Antonia 10 all Do. do. New •• ••• 21 - 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry 20 all Namur & Liege (wits interest) 74 8 20 all Do. (ex interest) 16 all Northern of France. 33k —33 j k Do. 201.3 p. c Bdp 20 all (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs. 10 all NorwegianTrunkPref 8 120 14 Paris and Lyons lBk 18$p 40 all Ditto Bonds •• 10 all Paris and Orleans 47 49 20 111 Paris and Rouen 39 41 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 314 31 20 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. pm 10,i 10 uebec & Richmond 20 all Rouen and Havre 22k —23 20 15 Royal Danish ld—lp 5 2 Royal Swedish — d 20 all Sambre and Meuse 7i 84 8 5 Do. 54 p. cent. Pref — 20 6 Southerr: of France —pm 20 8 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) . .•• 8i all West Flanders 3i 4 zin 10 all Do 54 per c. Pref d 20 10 Western of France si — 64 P 10 7 \Vest. of Switzerland ••• 20 2 Wiesbaden -- ••• 20 15 Zealand etveibScrii .1..681....iii...1:1:: 193.i.i..7.4. MINES. 1 all Agua Fria . 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold ... ... ... B. all Anglo Californian 10 2 Australasian 1 4 d 20 6 Australian ll —l/ 1 all Australian Cordillera a 1 all Australian Freehold. a t 1 all Ave Maria . ... 1 all i Baden (Gd.Dachy of) i 11 50 all I Blwnarvon Iron and 1 Coal . 1 all IBritish Austrin. Gold .. ... 20 13.5, British Iron 8 9 35 24 i I Brazilianlmp. (issued 4 34 at t 5 pui S 30 all Do. Cocaes & Culada 1.1 21 2 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 26 —2B 1 ! i Carsous's Creek * i 10 all Cobre Copper 46 48 5 1 Colonial Gold 1 i * i ... 16 Copiapo l.l 12 • St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 52 57 25 all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent. 1 3 p 5 all English and Austin. 20 all a l all G C t . o N p General i ti ) Copper lg. Smeltg. Co. 14 11 . 2 2 Do. Registered § i i 3i all Great Polgooth 1 1 1 all Lake Bathurst ... ••• 1 all Liberty h i 3 1 a al il l I L o l cz i u n u a ci e t & s z ea li Crush. o rn . Co Gold 9 ........ 1 0 .. 10 1 1 all al Nl N M ae e: w x r a i i t ca i Gs u mi n i .a t ea: S . : * . id . A n . ag . m .. e . c ri .. .c ... .n : .. 6 _.-- 6 1 all New Linares Mining 1 all Nouveau 'Monde i 1 20 all Poutgiband Silver 1 5 5 1 a : 1 11 1 571 QuartzPTinDNWest Leadu o l e .Philip csaNttre G.o.3.3llß Croft l o 1 1 ,n c . . . Granada,,,,, &. . .. Smelt.. 1 * —• 50 all Rhymney Iron 29 1 30 11i Santiago de Cuba 4 5 1 all South Australian : 1 i ili 1 1 0 28A all United Mexican; * ' 31 34 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa.: 1 12s. Wortking Mining ..... 1 all Y A u u b • i - JOINT-STOCK B ANKS. 40 all Australasia ....... .. 40 all British Colonial Bank . and Loan Company 50 all British N. American 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asi• ..id --_ 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of Indi a , par Australia, & China ... 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Lond. _ '• 20 14 English Scottish and ••• Australian 2l 1i d 121 1 20 20 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australir 2Ol 211 21i 50 20 London and County ... ...... . 50 10 London Joint Stock.. ... ____ ... 100 20 Loud. & Westminster ... ... X d 103 35 National Provincial x d and b of England .• --- ... 20 10 Do. New ••• . . 50 221 National of Ireland ... _ ... 20 all New South Wales — ...... 25 all lriental Bank ox Corporation 46 47 25 5 Do. New ••• -- ... 100 25 • Provincial of Ireland ... _ ... 10 all Do. New ••• .... ••• 5 1 Royal Australis. Bkg & ;;old Imp Co ... —. ... 25 al. south Australia 4l 43 25 a!! Onion of Australia 66 68 66 x d ... 2 )o. New ..• ... 50 lii Union of London ... — ... SRaT..on.k.oll 83 BALNK BS E 6 , 84 i allau BritishA. u Australasia,,,, t r a j l e a ° s o i l l a l o :. . :. . . ". MISCELLANEOUS - and Loan Company ... .. 5 all Aubin Coal and Iron ... •-- ... 4 40 0 25 17: kustralian Agricult. 43 • 45 431 4 50 all British N. American 20 14 Australsn.Pcific.Mail ~ ... • • 10 8 Anstraln. Royal Mail .., .. 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asi • •id ''" 10 4 Berlin Water Works • 20 2 Chrtd. Bak. of India, par ••• ••• 50 40 Brit. American Land 65 70 Australia, & China ... 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smelt g . 100 25 Colonial and Reduction Co.. ... 100 32i Canada ••• 92 10 20 0 20 14 Commerc ial English Scottish of Lo and nd ••• . :.. . - -- ... '' • 5 588 Crystal Pa1ace,..,,,, 3a 4/ 31 431 / Australian 1 . .. 4 2 rystal Pal. of Fran ce .• • 20 20 Lond. Chart. Bk. of • Australis 20 5 Eastern 5team.....,,, . ... . -- ... 201 —. 211 21i 25 20 electrit Telegraph(A) 1.9 50 20 '.onion and County ... ...... ... 20 25 all Do. (B) . 50 10 London Joint Stock.. .. ____ ... x d ••• ... 100 20 Loud. & Westmiustor ... _ ... 1 1 electric Teleg. of Ir. .., . X d and b 15 L 4 lon. Steam Navigat. .. ••••• 103 35 National Provincial 20 18 i;eneral Screw Steam ... . of England .• ••• 20 7 Irish Beetzoot Sugar ... ... 20 10 Do. New ..• • • 20 10 Magdalena St. Narig. ... ... 50 22 National of Ireland . _ ... 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel .. 2 . 20 all New South Wales — ...... .. 25 all lriental Bank of 10 3 Netherlands Land.... i ii 2 1 N. S. W. Coal &Inter. Corporation 46 47 Steam Navigat. Co. ... 25 5 Do. New ••• ••••• ... 1 all N. B. Australasian... 100 25 • Provincial of Ireland ... _ ... i I 1 ?•, Do. New ... ''''' 10 3,11 Do. New ••• .... ••• ... 20 10 \Trth.of EuropeStea.m .. _ .. 5 1 !loyal Australn. Bkg. 5 all Peel 'tr. Ld.& Minrl. 4i —4d 44 i & gold Imp Co ... —. ... 50 all l'etiinsular& Oriental ... _ ... 25 if. iouth Australia 4l 43 50 40 Do. Do. ,_ ..., 25 , sll Onion of Australia 66 68 66 x d 2 all Portland Iron C 0...., 4 _ 4 :', ••• 2 ; )o. New ••• ••• 100 'lO loyal Hail Steam ... ... ___ ....- 50 Us Union of London ... — ... ----- 1 all icot. Austral. Invest. si n 25 2 - . iouth Austral. Land 34 36 LIVERPOOL, Saturday.—The British and North 1 all Submar. Telegraph„ - ____ 14 1 American Royal mail steamship Asia, Captain E. G. 1 all Do. Registered 280 Van Dielo9ll Mud 1 "12 York, with 106 passengers, and a fun cargo on freight. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY WENING, AUGUST 14, 1854. .N'r FTXIO) RANTAI,4. THE QUARTERLIEB. the gay world, including Sir Brian's family, the Kews, M. de Florae ' and that very wonderful woman Madame L a Duchess© D'lvry. The August number of " The Newcomer" informs us how among the cavaliers in the train of Madame La Duchesse there is one marvellous little fire-eater Pald.l LiAn.wAire. ueasing Compans. k.:lottug Frices this day. livailusSs this day. The Edinburgh .Review. No. CCIII. A rather heavy number of the Edinburgh is the one here recently publi s h e d. S carce l y one article out of the nine contributions making up the con tents of the present instalment of our Whig con temporary has even the superficial merit of an attractive title. About the least unattractive is the one vaguely headed "The Great Social Pro blem." But a perusal of the argument of the re viewer from whose hand the article in question has emanated will show that, rather disappointingly, ; while the Problem may be given plainly enough, the reader will look in vain for its solution in the _Edinburgh. The Problem referred to has allusion to the relations between labourers and capitalists. Turning from this particular paper to the eight other articles by which it is accompanied, and con sidering these eight contributions consecutively— we come first to the threadbare subject of the " Diplomatic Hist or y o f t h e Eastern Question,', which we fill(' told all over again with most minute and, therefore, of course, the most distracting elabo ration. The second article is a satiric treatise upon " Teatotalism and the Laws against the Liquor Trade"—the Maine Law being, as a matter of course, the main one particularised. A ripe scho lar has taken in hand, in the third paper, the task of criticising " Hermann's iEschylus"—but he has done it drily enough, less in the spirit of an appreciator of poetry than of a painstaking philologist. Afterwards, in the fourth contribution, we have another often told (and not very pleasing) tale of the " Kafir Wars and the Cape Policy," due reference being made in it, you may be sure, to Sir Harry Smith and Sir George Cathcart. Then comes the essay on " The Great Social Problem," already mentioned, as in title, not wholly unallurin g , b u t as, in t r eatment, alto gether unsatisfactory. S u b sequently another Edin burgh reviewer takes serious note of " The Orders in Council on Trade during War." Another weighs in the balance " Marshal on the Representation of Minorities." Another considers the fact, and the probable effects, the amount and character of "European Emigration to the United States." The last of the contributors selecting as his theme, the theme of the moment, " The Russian War of 1854." From all which it must be manifest that the new number of the Edinburgh is, in truth, as we have declared it to be, heavy and serious, rather than lively or interesting. Satirical though the writer upon " Teatotalism" cannot help being for the life of him, his heart is evidently in earnest in the cause of Sobriety. Insomuch, that he ends his remarks by declaring, "We wish God speed to the champions of Temperance"—addin g : "In these days, there is more reason than ever to welcome every means which may tend to re fine and elevate th e democracy of Engla n d. Th e y who are carelessly indifferent to the welfare of their brethren, and feel no Christian sympathy in their moral progress, should now promote it, if only from selfish motives. The political changes which are looming in the distance, wha' ever shap e th ey may take, cannot fail to give added power to the poor. As years pass on, the S.,vereign People is likely to become more and more absolute in its sovereignty. If Lemuel was right, it would be best for all parties that King Demos should be a water-drinker. And in the prospect of his reign, the rich have assuredly every reason to desire an appeal from Demos drunk to Demos sober." verse-writing, pistol-firing Gascon, one M. de Castillonne. The rivalry at the balls of Baden between Miss Ethel Newcome and Madame La Duchesse D'lvry is productive of more than one scene worthy of being remembered. The climax of all the dancings, and gamblings, and flirtings, and jealousies, and heartburnings, being the fact of my Lord Kew coolly knocking down, with an easy back-bander, the wonderful fire-eating, verse-writ ing, pistol-firing Gascon, M. de Castillonne. Be fore the last number closes, too, we learn that it is all up between my Lord Kew and Miss Ethel New come ! In spite of all Lady Kew's adroit intrigues and machinations to bring about the marriage satisfactorily. It is all up in that quarter—at least apparently. There is new hope dawning, it would seem, unknown to him as yet, for Clive. What though he is more truly than the Lord of Burleigh little more than " a landscape painter." The dear old Colonel's dream of Clive's union with his fair cousin Ethel does not appear to be quite so far now, as it used to be, from the mere possibility of realisation. The Physical Atlas. Part 111. By A. K. John ston. Blackwood and Sons. A steady advance in the issue in a serial form of this very remarkable publication, shows more and more clearly through each successive instalment the superiority of the present edition when com pared even with its notable predecessor. Nine of the comprehensive and elaborately-finished plates of the " Physical Atlas," extended and improved, have now made their appearance. The three last published, those comprised in the part lying before us for examination, are among not the least im portant in the whole collection. One of them— morally. Another—scientifically. Another—com mercially. The first being " A Moral and Statis tical Chart of the Geographical Distribution of Man, according to Religious Belief," collected and arranged by no other than the accomplished editor himself, Mr. A. K. Johnston, whose name (it is not difficult to predict) will hereafter be honourably remembered as that of the founder of the science of Physical Geography. Or, at least, if not the original founder, the practical organisor of that new study as a distinct branch of education. The second being a map by Sir David Brewster of the " Lines of Equal Polarisation in the Atmosphere." The third, the only one here remaining, being the joint production of Mr. J. S. Russell and Mr. A. K. Johnston—a " Tidal Chart of the British Seas, showing the Hours of High Water." These en gravings being accompanied as usual by a mass of instructive and explanatory letterpress. The Tidal Chart, besides indicating the progress of the wave of high water, shows the hour of high water in Greenwich time at new and full moon, as well as the depth of the sea—embracing within the limits of the engraving not merely the United Kingdoms, not merely the whole of the islands and islets of the British group or Archipielago, but the southern ex tremity of the Norwegian peninsula, and the broad line of the coast of the European continent from above Thysted. in Jutland to below Brest in France, including of course the North Sea shores of Germany and the entire seaboard of the Netherlands from Dunkirk to Groningen. The depth of the sea is marked in fathoms—the hour of high water being indicated in Roman, and the rise and fall of the spring tides on the coast in Arabic numerals. The wonderfully ingenious map showing the lines of equal polarisation in the atmosphere, it may be well hero to remark, is the finished, compact, and accurate result of four years' observation—four years' observation by Sir David Brewster, one of the most careful of observers, and one of the most illustrious of living philoso phers. The plate still remaining to be noticed more particularly is to our thinking of all the most important yet published—namely, Mr. Johnston's moral and statistical chart of the g eographical dis tribution of man according to reigious belief-0, chart of the whole world, accompanied by four maps, and three diagrams. The three diagrams indicating—here the comparative progress of Edu cation [the highest being Saxony, the lowest Rus sia, France being intermediately situated in this respect, with Belgium higher, and England lower] —here the comparative extent and relative num bers of the different religious bodies in Europe [the Jews being represented as 3,000,000, the Heathens and Mahomedans together as 8,000,000, the Pro testants as 62,000,000, the Greek Church as 64,000,0000, and the Roman Catholics as 128,000,0001 —here the comparative extent and relative numbers of creeds, estimating the popu lation of the globe in round numbers as One E Thousand Millions: this last-mentioned diagram giving the following as the relative proportions:— Jews Mahometans Christians Referring scornfully to the notion (credited by some) of a Russian attack being made upon our Asiatic possessions, the writer upon the present war thus speaks of the bugbear dread, plainly, bluntly, almost indignantly : " Really, on calm reflection, it is impossible to charac terise ideas of positive invasion of India by Russia at this juncture but as the idlest phantasies of the brain.' Our feeling is one of astonishment at fancy, which can so ex aggerate the strength and resources of an enemy, which can attribute to him omniscience and übiquity. It is in deed strange Our Indian empire has still all the vigour of youth. It can hardly be restrained from dancing from one acquisition to another. It can be reinforced from home with the utmost certainty ; every circum stance connected with it shows that it is passing into a state of permanence and solidificati on . It i s a curious system which participates in the vitality of the free con stitution of Great Britain by the constant influx of fresh blood, while it is fenced by military precaution and armed by administrative concentration. Much as there may be to correct, inseparable as abuse must be in seine cases, we have faith in the system and in its effects. Even were the attempt at invasion made, sufficient energy would be found to strike it on the head, sufficient means to roll it back. On the contrary, we cannot have faith in the omnipotence of the opposite system, also resulting for the most part from the right of conquest—a system be gotten on serfdom, which, for sheer existence, must be clamped and rivetted as the granite blocks in the quays of the Neva, to meet the winter frosts. We believe we have a strong will opposed to us, and that great re sources for defence are at the disposal of that will. But we do not believe in the power of great resources for attack, except by the slow undermining process, which has been so insidiously worked by the condottieri of diplomacy, since the foreign policy of Russia was fa shioned by Peter the Great." We cannot but smile at the complacent credu lity with which the Edinburgh afterwards alludes to the war policy of the present Cabinet, where it is said of Ministers that " they are dete rmined to repress the growing usurpation"—the usurpation of the Russian Autocrat, whose soldiers are, in the August of 1854, not even yet quite driven out of the Principalities. Heathens 53000;000 1,000,000,000 The Heathens being thus distributed : Miscellaneous Pagans, 100,000,000 Brahmins Buddhists 530,000,000 The Christians, according to Mr. Johnston, being thus proportioned in numbers relatively : Minor Sects Greek Schismatics 75,000,000 Protestants 95,000,000 Roman Catholics 340,000,000 A rather notable discrepancy, however, is percep tible, by the way, between Mr. Johnston's esti mate of the latter numbers, and that put forward by Mr. Macaulay, in a somewhat memorable cal culation. We mean where, in his celebrated panegyric on the Roman Catholic Church, as an institution, marked according, to his view, by the attributes of perennial youth and undiminished grandeur, the Whig essayist wrote in the October number, 1840, in the Edinburgh Review—" The members of her communion are certainly not fewer than one hundred and fifty millions ; and it will be difficult to show that all the other Christian sects united amount to a hundred and twenty millions." An estimate which would not hold good—unless by ignoring the existence of the 75,000,000 Greek Christians—according to Mr. Johnston's statistics. Setting altogether on one side those 75,000,000 members of the Greek Church—Mr. Johnston and Mr. Macaulay would coincide perfectly well in the result of their calculation. Not otherwise. For in that case we find contrasting with each other -20,000,000 minor sects, and 95,000,000 Protestants, the two altogether numbering 115,000,000—and (upon this point throughout Mr. Johnston and Mr. Macaulay are agreed) 150,000,000 Roman Catholics. While it is consolatory to think that in Europe alone there are in the aggregate as many as 254,000,000 of believers in Christianity, it is terrible to reflect that there are scattered over the globe no less than 530,000,000 of Heathens altogether ! The minor maps introduced by Mr. Johnston into what must otherwise have been empty portions of this extra ordinary Chart, illustrative of the twin studies of Zoology and Phytology, represent—here the mis sion stations of British North America—here the mission stations of India—here the mission sta tions of South Africa. There are besides these two wonderfully interesting maps of Europe, show ing, one the distribution of the prevailing forms of religion, and the other the distribution of the dif ferent European languages. Enough has surely been said even in these few cursory comments upon this latest specimen of the new and enlarged edi tion of the " Physical Atlas" to intimate clearly the increasing value of the work as the text-book of physical geography, and to illustrate anew the ability manifested by Mr. A. Keith Johnston, both through his individual share in the la b our of its production, and in the responsible and important task of its general supervision. Bedford and Blotchley Buckghamsh Clydesdale Jo. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. alas. Bail•. & Neils. Direct Do. New !:;lstr.di Dn. Fr rlrtlpl. Dk. & Railway hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. 3 Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference' Lowestoft gr.l 4 per cent. I Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bath. and Matlock & Redear. . Aidld.Bradfd 'Northern and Easternsp. e. 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Cent.,New Pre . —. . 8 all Shrews. &Birm.N.G. 1 0 11 10 all Shreweby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.e. 17 18 10 10 Do. 5 per cent lOl 101 25 all South Devon l2 —l4 10 De. fixed, 44 per cent id 4 p 1.0,6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d, 234 —2l 234 St. 100 Do. 44per cent. 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar 25 all Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent 25 5 Do. do. do. 124 all Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 ..„ 5 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 2 1 a St. 100 York, Newcastle,and Perwick,4p.c• Pref. 92 95 17 5 Do 34 4 25 10 York&N. MidlandlFl a •ind S. Pur,ll.. 1 6 LITEBATUBB. The Netecomes. NoT ehac sh.aalorkxe.tr,eary and X . ., XI. By W. M. The descriptions ofsociety in " The t N h e e w m c o o s m t e h s r " ilh a a r n e t a th m a o t n h g the happiest and about master-hand of William a T v h e a y ok et er e a m y a .. na H ted is from style t a h p e_ pears to have acquired au abounding ease beyond the reach of furth er i mproveme nt. Our author all no iswhwriwtersithg writes—at his thisbest. His new work is, among a F l u n n o ak v ne e l the most finished il l: most purely, fluently, and racily idiomatic. otherwisey confessed, et' a even even in the bestnever wrote as he writes now, portions of " Vanity Fair," or in of W. M. Thacker y , Hardly chapters of " Pendennis." And " The Newcomes" must be -sßuacaiznloyaus.k is the more infatuated admirers l o y ther w i s e M. A. Titmarsh, scarcelyßt told a at s s a ll y i i n the Knife grinder. Interest, strictlye°l76 i_ J.3triaFYe "plush, otherwise Punch's by extraordinary (l:, Contributor, to be marked cidncies. Story, there is y b. more than what had to be speaking, interest that is by Mr. Canning's gen " era 'l l inspired by a fictitious nar rative, there is returned to his re absolutely none. The Colonel has consequently, the l gunent in Hindostan. And, down, as it were, at t minary of the tale having gone the succeeding noon, we travel on through twilight of thsaportions of the serial in a were witnessing disappointment. It is as if we " Hamlet" h • e last two or three acts of being performed without the Prince of Denmark any more making Newcome is no .his appearance. Colo nelongerit, before the footlights. We only hear of ni m i "stage whispers" IT and then in audible lachr!mcc. Hence, behindwe have the scenes. Ilinc illce of the Newcomes—Clive, to do only with the rest Lady Ann, Hobson, little Barnes, Ethel, Sir Brian, rest— with feelingsof half-ann Alfred, and the almost poignant vexationVe, and now and then of But to the development of the story—such as it is. The Colonel having returned to India—Clive , accompani e d by J. J ., goes on a con tinental tour in search, not like Dr. Syntax, but like young artists as l Beau tiful and the Picturesque, they are, of the unexpectedly upon Ethel audAt Bonn they come the whole family, with the exception of Barnes and Sir Brian, who turn up some time afterward s , after on to Baden and settled down they have gone there for a whil in a state of infinite enjoyment, there too—the aristocratic ha Old Lady Kew is lord, Ethel's affianced, gay, and the young manly debonnair, and handsome. At Baden. , open-hearted little incident of an episodical character—between there occurs a laracter—between honest Jack Belsize, late of the Horse suddenly meets his old " Young love" Guards, who Pulleyn (now engaged to h -e married Lady Clara delec table Mr. Barnes) on the promenad to the abrupt apparition, haggard, and with e—and by his a huge bushy beard, drives her on the instant into a fainting fit Barnes arrives at Baden immediately afterwards . The The scene which takes place onthe evenin day of public meeting between Jack and C g of the Clara— the scene which taes place that Clive's bedroom in the midst of cigar even i ng i n eigar smoke, wranglings, and explanations, we deem perhaps the very best in the whole book description. Clive Newcome, Jack as a graphi c Belsize, Lord Kew, and M. le Viscomte de Florae the inimitable and delightful M. do Florae, the most exquisitely choice delineation after that of our Colonel, beloved favourite the dear old Colon beyond all question the best sketch of a Frenchman off by the hand of an Englishman ever dashed —these four wrangling are the interlocutors. With their angling and reconciliation over tobacco, water,seltzer " ecri visses," and champagne, the June number closes. The instalment for July brings us to the d e p ar t ure fre". of Belsize, Clive, and J. J. Baden— poor Clive being forced to beat a retreat before Ethel's unattainable fascinations. As the yo ung informs hero himself grotesquely inf J. J. while they are packing—a retreat somewhat after of that iu which, in 1803, the Colon Newcome, with his horse killed under his nether mall clad in a pair of very l the manner Colonel, then Lieut. e tight buck skins, ran away as well as he could , considering the close embraces of (literally) his horsemen at small clothes, fairly ran away from the Mahratta the siege of Asseer-Ghur I The three having posted away from what was danger to the hearts of two among them—leave Baden to the rest of MORE POISONING WITH ARSE. COMMITTAL OF A WOMAN FOR THE MUR DER OF HER SON. CHIPPING BARNXT, AUG. 12.—A very mysterious case of poisoning with arsenic occupied the magistrates and coroner of this district nearly the whole of to-day in in vestigating. The unfortunate victim of this horrible and art secret system of murder wa s a fine boy n amed W li ilam Newton, eight years of ag e, and the py suspected cf having a dministered the poison is his mother, Sarah Newton, a widow aged apparently about thirty-five. The husband of the accused was a kind of jobbing agri cultural labourer. They had two children, the deceased and a younger boy, and resided in n sina,ll co twomiles distant from this town. About two months since the husband, who was often ailing, died, and being entered in a friendly burial society, 10/. was allowed for his in terment. The deceased was generally considered a healthy boy, free from sickness. However, he was sud denly seized with illness, which was most mysteriously accounted for, his symptoms became worse, and on the following day he expired. Suspicious circumsticei d nci t upon a an ncest u h e e s n cam e to light as to the cause of his death ; a wa s called ; but , owin g to the restrictions p the coroner , in res p ect to the fees of the inquiry, ; diffi culty presente d itself in directing the anal ysat lll- ..Y? a ion of the contents of the stomach, &c. At length made to the Secretar y of State, and his an appeallordshipatwas once desired Dr. Ta y lor, professor of medical jurisprudence at Guy's Hospital, London, to make the necessary analysis. From the evidence it appeared that, on the morning of Thursday , the 20th of last month, the decayed went to school. About hal f- past two o' clock Rachel Howe, who lived near the prisoner, saw the accused, and she stated that the boy had picked up some powder in &paper, and bad i eaten it on going to school in the morning, and that t had made him sick and ill. Later in the afternoon she saw the child. It was retching, and Howe asked her what the boy had taken. She replied a powder in a paper, and the child said "Yes." She then added that the governess had sent the child from school because he had been very sick all the morning. She said she would take him to the surgeon in the evening. In the course of the evening Police constable Brett, S 144, was informed of the circumstance, and on going t o R ow l ey - green h e saw th e p risoner . H e said to her, " What is it your child has picked up and eaten I" She repli e d, "H e pi c k e d u p some thi ng go i ng to school in the morning in a paper, and it hung about his mouth like flour." The officer inquired for the child. She fetched him out, and the constable asked him where he got the powder. He answered, "In the lane." He was asked what lane, and w h erea b ou t s, an d h e sa id , " Barnes,” on the grass. He added that he had thrown the paper away. He then asked his mother to give him some water, and she said, "Come in my dear, and I will give you some tea." He retched while outside the house. He advised her to take the child to a surgeon ; she said she would, and between 8 and 9 th a t evening she went with the deceased to Mr. God son . She told him the child had been sick the whole day, and that the fluid which he vomited resembl e d i n co l our groun d s l ate pen cil. She said she had thrown the vomit away. The child did not appear to be suffering much—the pulse was steady, tongue moist, and there was no tenderness on pressure of the abdomen. While the medical gentle man was examining him he vomited a clear fluid like water, and Mr. Godson remarked that the stomach must have rejected the whole of the powder that it had taken in the morning. Mr. Godson asked the child why he had eaten the powder if it was so nasty. He made no reply. After he had vomited he looked up to the pri sioner's face and said, "I am better now, mother." Some proper medicine was then prescribed for him, and the mother was requested to let the surgeon know early on the next day how the child was. They then left and returned home to Rowley-green, when the young woman Howe saw the prisoner give the de= ceased a powder, which she said had come from Mr. Godson's. On the following (Friday) morning Howe again saw the deceased. He was in the garden, and looked very pale. It appeared thathat he had been vomiting in a basin, and the prisoner put it into a small yellow jug. At ten o'clock she went to Mr. Godson, stated the condition of the child, and had more medicine for him, and at five o'clock in the afternoon of the same day she again went to the surgery, and took with her the yellow jug, without the handle. It contained a dark informed Mr. and had sediments of a slate colour. She Mr. Godson that the contents of the jug were a portion of what the child had vomited that afternoon, and at that gentleman's request the utensil was left at the sur gery. The symptoms of the boy then became of a more alarming character. He gradually got worse, and died the same evening, Mr. Mulreany, assistant to Mr. God son, having been sent to attend him. The prisoner seemed much affected, and observed it was unfortunate it should have happened so soon after his father had died. The grandmother then arrived, and hearing the prisoner state that the child had picked up something in the road and had ate it, the old lady declared that she could not believe it, and that she would not follow her grandson to the grave until the whole matter was seen into. On the following (Saturday) morning Mr. Godson subjected a portion of the contents of the jug to two tests, both of which clearly showed the presence of arsenic. Brett then arrested the prisoner in the cottage. He saw a ' neighbour scrape some earth on the left hand side of the door. _She said that she was going to throw it away. The constable inquired what for ? and she replied that it was where the dear lamb was sick, and she thought she • would take it away before the coroner and jury came. Inquiries were then made, and it was ascertained that, about a week. previous to the death of the deceased, the mother had called at the shop of Mr. Dowtwaite, che mist and druggist at Barnet, who had known her four or five years, and had purchased a packet of Butler's rat poison. She convened as if she had had some before, and she was asked if it had answered her purpose in clearing the house. She replied " Yes," that it had cleared the house, and now she wanted some for the barn. She was then served with a sixpenny packet. The pow ' der was a slate colour. It was also elicited that on the ' 15th of July she went to the shop of Mr. Timberley, a clothier in Barnet, and asked for a suit of clothes for her • son. Ellis Edwards, the assistant, inquired of her whe ther she wanted them for the same boy for whom she purchased a suit of clothes at the death of the father. She replied "Yes." She was shown some clothes, but as they would not be large enough for the boy, the assistant informed her he would get a suit made for him by the Wednesday, and that if she would call on that, or any of the following days, she could have them. On the 20th of July she again went to the shop, and was shown the suit. She remarked " I hope they will be large enough, because he will have to follow his eldest brother to the grave on the next day." Edwards made answer "Is he dead ?" When she replied, " Yes, I am in great trouble ; it is only seven weeks and two days since I buried his father. I understand from'what Mr. Godson says that he has the same complaint as his father had, and I should not have much reason to grieve, for I should not like to see him the same sufferer as his father was." She then took the clothes away. It was then shown that deceased did not go down Bantes-lane when he went to school in the morning. Ann Rainbow, a young woman, saw the deceased and his younger brother pass her house. She gave them each a rose. They did not go down the lane in ques tion. In the course of an hour the prisoner passed, and Rainbow asked her how she was. She said that she was very well, but that William (the deceased) had not been well all night. She had sent him to school, and she was sorry she had done so. She added that he had been sick and bad all night. About two o'clock in the after noon the prisoner was seen by Rainbow returning with the deceased. She said she was going to take William home as he was sick, and the governess had sent him home. Miss Edmonds, the governess of the school, stated that the deceased was not sick at the school, and she did not send him home because he was sick. Mr. A. S. Taylor, the professor of medical jurispru dence at Guy's Hospital, was then sworn and examined —Under an order from 7iscount Palmerston proceeded with an analysis of the stomach and contents, and liver of the deceased, the contents of a brown jug, a dark coloured fluid with a sediment, said to have been vomited by the deceased, and a packet of Butler's ver min killer. In the latter powder there was no trace of arsenic, or of any arsenical compound. The result of a number of experiments let to the conclusion that it was thus constituted in 100 parts of weight—corrosive subli mate 14, carbonate of barytes 83, charcoal as colouring matter 3-100. Both corrosive sublimate and carbonat; of barytes are poisons, the former being very destructive to human and animal life, while the latter (carbonate of barytes), although not very poisonous to man, is a poison Co animals. The dead .y ingredient is corrosive subli mate, of which two grains might destroy the life of a child. The quantity of liquid in the brown jug amounted to six fluid drachms. On submitting it to the usual chemical processes, metalic arsen:e was obtained from it, and it was proved to consist entirely cf white arsenic. The witness then entered into a very minute and elaborate detail of the appearance of the stomach, its contents, and the liver, and gave the following as the results of his analysis :-1. The contents of the stomach of the deceased contained arsenic in sufficient quantity to destroy life. 2. The coats of the stomach, as well as the liver contained arsenic ; a fact which proved that the poison had been taken while the child was living, and that it had been absorbed. 3. Taking into consideration these facts, as well as the circum stance that the deceased died rapidly after having la boured under symptoms of poisoning with arsenic, it 'ls my opinion that the deceased died from arsenic and from no other cause. 4. The fluid of the jug contained a large quantity of arsenic, amounting in the whole to at least 13 grains. The powder in the paper packet contained no arsenic, and although highly poisonous, it could have had no share in the death of the deceased. In answer to the jury, the witness stated that this was the third powder of Butler's vermin killer which he had examined. They were all different—not one alike. In 1846, a case occurred in EsseX, where a party bad died from arsenic, said to have been one of But:er's powders. A similar one was supplied by the druggist, 1 and it was found to contain no such poison. In con sequence of the difficulty in which they were placed, Mr. Butler was communicated with on the subject, and he (Mr. Taylor) received a letter from him, dated High Wycomb, July 16, 1848, in which he stated that a case of suicide having occurred in London about eighteen months ago (the commencement of 1847), from the use of the killer, he determined no more to use arsenic in its preparation, but substituted precipitated carbonites of barytes in its stead. Mr. Dowthwaite was recalled with a view of ascer taining whether the) acket which be sold to the pri soner might not have been ono of the old stock, and so have contained arsenic , but nothing conclusive was ar rived at. The evidence having closed, the prisoner was asked whether she had anything to say. In a low tone of voice she observed, " I am innocent of the charge." The magistrates then informed her that they felt it their duty to fully commit her for trial on the char ge o f murder, at the next ass izes at Hert ford. She frequently shed tears during:the proceedings. The coroner's Jury also returned a verdict of wilful murder against her, and in course of the evening she was removed to Hertford Gaol. WAREHOUSEMEN AND CLERKS' SCHOOLS FOR ORPHAN AND NECESSITOUS CHILDREN.--'Phis excellent institu tion, which was commenced in January last, seems to have met with the success which it undoubtedly de serves. It appears by the book just issued by the board of management that the fund subscribed already amounts to 7,000 5 1., and amongst the governors are the names of some of the most influential and important firms in the city of London. It equally satisfactory to find that the young men (the class for whose benefit the institu tion is designed) have sliown, by the number and aggre gate amount of their subscriptions, that they intend to maintain the prominent position which they originally took up as the founders of the institution. It is evi dent that the rules have been framed with considerable care and judgment, and are based upon the most liberal principles. It appears, also, from a circular issued by the board of management, that efforts are being made to to increase the pres e nt bed by the 20th August nest the sum of 10,0001. The energy which has been hitherto le displayed, and the numerous and liberal class upon e whom the institution has undoubted claims, __ eno room to question that this desirable objeet c lil d l ren will compli-died, in which case an election of h take place in the following month of November. an institution is alike deserving of pr ;goal manner in went, both for the energetic and the great benefits it is ultimately destined to confer. which it is being established and encourage Suh 12 13i 20 20 17i 121 1 1 1 87 6i 6 69 724 3 2 3 losi x d 1041 24i 4 i 87 i i i i 8 per cent. 66 sa' 36i 54 btri) V2bittion+ SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. TATTERSALL'S. (THIS EVENING.) GREAT EBOR HANDICAP. 7to 1 agst Heapy (taken). ST. LEGER. sto 1 agst King Tom (offered). 11 to 2 agst Dervish (6 to 1 taken). 9to 1 agst Scythian (taken). 15 to 1 agst Acrobat (taken). 15 to 1 agst Knight of St. George (taken). 16 to 1 agst Middlesex (17 to 1 taken). DERBY. 14 to 1 agst Oulston (taken). 20 to 1 agst Bonnie Morn (taken). Business extremely flat. WOLVERHAMPTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) ( BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. ) TRIAL STAKES. Guico war.. Calot ...... Seven ran. WOLVERHAMPTON STAKES. Newbold Eight ran. PRODUCE STAKES. Boddicot . St. Clair . Three ran. ..... 1 ..... 2 THE NEW BEER BILL. Yesterday was the first day on which the new Boor Bill came into operation, and after ten o'clock at night there was some excitement in the vicinity of the rail ways. Half-past two o'clock yesterday afternoon, the time appointed for closing the different houses, passed off, generally speaking, without any disorder ; but as the hour of ten drew near, most of the licensed ♦ictuallers, who had put the hands of their olocks forward some few minutes, so as to clear their houses in sufficient time to avoid the pains and penalties oft he new law, had the greatest difficulty in getting their customers to leave. Many refused, unless they were turned out by the police, and owing to the arrangements made by the respective superintendents of each division, in having constables placed round each house, the various taverns were soon cleared. It was remarked by the police that they never found the trade so anxious to conform to any act of Parliament as on the present occasion. In the immediate neighbourhood of the South-West ern Railway terminus, in the Waterloo-road, upon the arrival of the various excursion trains from Hampton court, Richmond, Windsor, and Southampton, it ap peared that some of the passengers were ignorant of the new bill having come into operation, and having been refused any refreshment in the towns they had visited, they expected that they would meet with every accom modation on reaching the metropolis. A crowd of nearly 200 surrounded the Hero of Waterloo, and claimed the right of being supplied with the refreshments, on the ground of being travellers, but Mrs. Okey refused to serve them. A similar scene took place at the York, the corner of the York-road. Mr. Potter refused to supply any as travellers, unless a bona fide case were made out. Several of the metropolitan houses having tea gardens attached to their premises were exposed to greater danger of being proceeded against than others, owing to the visitors calling for more drink than could be con sumed in the time allowed by the new bill ; the orders given were disregarded by the several guests, but the houses were, after some trouble, closed at the appointed time. In the neighbourhood of the Eastern Counties Rail- way at Shoreditch a similar scene of disappointment took place, the various passengers being refused refresh ment upon their arrival by the different trains from Yarmouth, Norwich, Colchester, Cambridge, and other places. In several places, more especially in the neighbour hood of Lambeth, persons who had travq,lled by the trains from the country, after demanding admission on the ground of being► travellers, on being refused pre tended that they were seized with the cholera, but, without the interference of the police, none of those were served. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERI.—The " London season" terminated with the closing of Covent-garden Theatre on Saturday night. The house was full, and the per formances—Le Comte Ory, and the second and third acts of Otello—were very favourably received. " God Save the Queen " was sung as usual. There was a loud and general call for Mr. Costa ; and having, in cow pliance with it, presented himself on the stage, he was greeted with warm and prolonged applause—a just tribute to the merits and services of this distinguished maestro, who, ever since its establishment, has been the life and soul of the Royal Italian Opera. STRIKE OF THE LONDON CAB -DRIVERS.—Notice, it ' is stated, has been given by the cab-drivers to the several cab and hackney carriage proprietors throughout the metropolis that it is their intention to strike on Wednesday next, the 16th inst., unless their demands are complied with. Several meetings of the men have lately been held, at which statements have been made showing that the money expected by the cab proprietors to be brought in by the men every day- in some cases amounting to as much as 14—is too much; that in consequence of the largo number of cabs now plying about the streets of the metropolis, the lowness of the fares, and the departure of most of the families from town, they are unable to earn the amount expected by the master, and that their families are for the most part in a distressed condition. Deputations have waited upon many of the cab owners, and represented these facts to them, and, having obtained no satisfactory reply, the men have determined, unless in the meantime the master should alter opinions, to refuse to take their cabs out on Wednesday. The omnibus proprietors are also contemplating a withdrawal of the whole of their numerous conveyances if the demands of the commis sioners of police should be persisted in. Louis NAPOLEON AND FREE TRADE.—The French Emperor has just given a striking illustration of the truth of what Sir It. Peel urged upon his last cabinet, to the horror and disbelief of some members of it. H. asserted that if the corn duties were once totally re prAled, even in a time of famine—they would not again be enacted. France has enjoyed for the last year a free trade in corn, owing to the failure of the preceding har vest. A more abundant harvest than the present was never produced in France. The Government, neverthe less, has come forward with a decree,' that the free trade regulations of last year shall endure, and the unrestricted import of corn be permitted. France, therefore, is brought to a level with England on that great and im portant point of legislation. The trade in corn of both countries is free. The similar reduction of duties on salt meats and cattle will in all probability also be pre served, and no doubt the principle found to be so ad vantageous will be extended to other articles of neces sity. As to luxuries, France abounds in them, and can well afford, upon other than free trade reasons, to lower her tariff. Whatever on other grounds, then, may be said of the Emperor of the French, he undoubtedly seeks his sup porters in the large masses, not in privileged c As the great proportion of the French people raise their own food and consume their own produce, the price is of comparatively small importance, whilst the difference between scarcity and abundance is of very great importance. In France at present, moreover, the state, or the authorities local or central, are the great employers. It is a condition of things out of which Government finds it necessary to extricate itself, yet this it can never hope to do unless in times of cheap ness and abundance. The Emperor seems wisely resolved to get out of the difficulty by quietly adopting the prin ciples of free trade.—Axaminer. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Yesterday morning, between two and three o'clock, a fire, which destroyed property to the amount of about 7,0001., broke out on the premises belonging to Mr. William Brookes, pawn broker and silver merchant, carrying on business at No. 102, King's-road, Chelsea. The house and its contents were almost totally destroyed, and the insurance, effected frith the Sun and Defender offices, does not extend to the property in pledge. CASUALTY AT WOOLWICH ARSENAL.—An accident oc,airred about half-past ten o'clock a.m., on Saturday last, in the laboratory department, by the igniting of a metal fuzee while at work upon it, but most fortunately, although it ignited several other fuzees, the whole were put out without the slightest injury to any person, and without any damage to the building, with the exception of the breaking of one pane of glass. ROT IN BALTIC SHEEP.—Dr. Davidson, of her Ma jesty's ship Dragon, has sent us specimens of a specie! of distoma, found in the portal veins of a sheep purchased for the use of the ship's company. The veins wore cur filled with them. The species is the distoma 11(31 0601 —Medical Times and Gazette. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.—Letters from Aus tralia, dated the 14th of May, entirelyWderateth Accordingcolony. the subject, b j p e r c e t N:i o a u n s d ad p v r i o c excitementwer p e in course of now said about it organization. pr o specting parties rties gold farce is over, and no 11—During the past week All that i t s an ounce has been f i osu , n . d , .Th e M kNOHESTER, August f yarns from the home manufacturers, and there ' has been a good deal of inquiry for t he middle and lower counts c there still appear to be some buyers. The quo - Ithnedila3unticslol,, G e rman, and Mediterranean merchants. F or tations of last week have, consequently, remained firm, perhaps been fully at the least ; with an upward tendetey in some descrip tions. Thest y r e e s n t g e t r h da o y f t a h n e d m v a l r -d k z e ty t has perhap s Was us apparent T ues day. on The demand for goods is still, as it has been for a eon siderable time back, relatively inf er i or to that for yarns. The disproportion of price s h as consequently been con tinually increasing, to the disadvantage of manufac turers : and it is now felt to be a matter of serious mo ment. ROCHDALE, Aug. 7. —We have had a rather better demand for flannelslo-day, and the merchants have pur. chased more freely than on the preceding Monday. Low-priced English wools are scarce, and the dealers ask more money for them. A , 4 1212.. 21 2s 16 100 8 100 17 all all 16 all 81s. 100 20 13 100 63 i 691 i 35 44 543 5 57i i .