The Sun. — London, England, 1854-07-06 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Creswell.) BRUTAL MURDER OF A CHILD, Mary Anne Alice Seago, 30, was indicted for the wilful murder of William Seago. Mr. Payne conducted the prosecution. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Parry. The circumstances of this case were of a very distressing character. It appeared that the prisoner had been married to her present husband about twelve months, and that the unfortunate deceased was a child five years old, the son of the husband by a former wife. It would seem that the prisoner aud her husband were in the habit of getting drunk, and that they frequently quarrelled, and lived very un happily together. On Sunday, the 21st of May, the prisoner and her husband had been out together, and the former came home about four o'clock, and she commenced prepar ing tea for herself and family. While she was so engaged, one of the children, named Thomas, told the pi isoner that his brother Billy had got him into "such a row," and that his father had struck him. Immediately upon this it ap peared that the prisoner seized the poor little child, and threw it with great violence upon the floor, and then put him into a tub of water. At this moment the husband of the prisoner came in, and when she saw him she made use of a filthy expression towards him, the effect of which was that he said he would not stop in the house any longer, and as he was going out the prisoner exclaimed to him, "Go, you -, and take your -- children with you." The moment the husband was gone the prisoner commenced another most brutal attack upon the child, and continued to beat it and ill-use it until it ac tually died under her hands. When the child was seen to be motionless and speechless, one of the other children called out to the prisoner, "Oh mother, you have killed Billy, and you will be hung." The prisoner upon this told the child not to say anything of what had happened, or else she should be hung. She then sent out for some brandy and tried to administer it to the de ceased child, but she found he was unable to swallow, and she then wrapped him up in a cloth and carried him to the London Hospital, where he was found to be quite dead. When the prisoner overheard that the child was dead, she expressed great sorrow for what she had done, and said that she had loved the child. Upon her being taken into cus tody, she again expressed her regret for what had hap pened, but said that the occurrence was the result of acci dent, and that the child fell forward while she was washing it, and that its head struck against a tin box that was in the room. Mr. Parry made a most earnest and feeling address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and after observing that it was clear she had caused the death of this poor child, he submitted that they might, under the circumstances, come to the charitable conclusion that she was not actuated by malice aforethought, and that she might, therefore, be convicted of the offence of manslaughter only. The Learned Judge having summoned up, the jury, after a short deliberation, found the prisoner guilty of man slaughter, and she was sentenced to be transported for life. NEW COURT. (Before Baron Martin.) THE MURDER AT NEWINGTON. Henry Murray, 26, agent, was indicted for the wilful murder of Rose Murray. Mr. Ryland and Mr. Clark were for the prosecution, and Mr. Clarkson defended. Mr. Ryland briefly opened the case, and in so doing ex pressed an opinion that there could be no doubt but that the unfortunate prisoner was of unsound mind. The first witness examined was Alfred Buxton, who stated that he lodged in the same house as prisoner and the deceased. Upon the morning of the 7th of June, at about half-past five, he was alarmed by the cries of Mr. Larkin, another lodger, and upon going down stairs he saw the deceased, who was bleeding, trying to crawl up stairs, the prisoner was standing near her. He was dressed, and had his hat on. In his had was a clasp knife, and before the prisoner could get up to the unfortunate deceased the prisoner drew the knife across her throat, and cut it again. He then closed the knife and came up to the deceased, whom witness had by that time picked up, and said the Great Bear had done it. Witness left the dying woman in the care of Mr. Larker, and went for a surgeon and the police, and when he came back she was dead. Ann Larker gave testimony corroborative of the first witness, and added that, as far back as Christmas, she had noticed his manner to be so strange that she told deceased it was not safe to let him be about. Mr. Baron Martin, after hearing this evidence, said he thought it unnecessary to proceed further, but the jury expressing a wish to hear the counsel, Mr. Clarkson then briefly stated that prisoner was not in a state to be accountable for his actions. In 1848 he had received a hurt upon his head, on board a ship where he was a seaman, and from that time down to the present had been subject to fits of insanity. Evidence having been given of the fact, the jury acquit ted him upon the ground of insanity, and he was ordered to be detained. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY). (Before Mr. Undersheriff Burchell.) LIBEL.—BADMAN V. VISCOUNT DRUMLANRIG. This was an action to recover damages for libel. Mr. Robinson appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., for the defendant, who suffered judgment to go by default. The case was called in, and Mr. James addressed the jury, and said that they would be relieved entirely from any trouble, as it had been arranged between him and his learned friend that they should be discharged without giving a verdict. The action was brought by the plaintiff, who is better known by the soubriquet of Johnny Walker, for a libel published in Bell's Life in London. It was not until after judgment had been entered for default of plea, that defendant knew anything of the matter, but he now openly said he did not cast any imputation on the plain tiff's conduct. Viscount Drumlanrig was unconnected with any of the subsequent letters Mr. Robinson sail after what had been stated, he was satisfied, as the plaintiff's sole object was to vindicate his character. Had the case been gone into, he should have called witnesses who would have completely refuted the slanders which had been repeated in every way to his great injury. He would have called unimpeachable medical witnesses, who would have proved that the only cause of plaintiff not fighting was severe illness, and not from the motive imputed to him in the libel. The jury were then discharged. The damages were laid at 1,0001. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. - (THIS DAY). CHARGE OP ROBBERY. — Elizabeth Mendy, a woman of the town, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with stealing, at the Crambourne Coffee-house, Crambourne court, Leicester-square, a gold watch and 5 sovereigns, the property of a gentleman, name unknown. Joseph Tyler, waiter at the above coffee-house, stated that on the morn ing of the 15th of June, the prisoner came into the coffee room with a gentleman, and partook of breakfast. The gentleman afterwards fell asleep, and witness took no fur ther notice of him until he went to clear away the things. When he woke him up, at that time, prisoner was sitting close by him. After he had taken the things away, prisoner came and asked him to allow her to go upstairs, 'which he did, and while she was away he went to the gentleman and asked him if he knew the woman he was 'with, and if he had his property all safe. The gentleman telt, and said, " Oh, yes, it's all right; I know her well." The gentleman then fell asleep again, and in the meantime the prisoner went off. Witness at a later period of the morning aroused the gentleman, and again requested him to examine his pockets carefully, and on his doing so he discovered that his watch had been cut from the guard, and five sovereigns taken from his pocket. The gen tleman gave witness a description of the watch, and re quested him to look after the prisoner, as he (the gen tleman) was obliged to go to Paris on business, and would not return for a few weeks. After the gentle man was gone, witness swept the room, and close by where prisoner had been sitting with the gentleman lie picked up tifio gold studs and the swivel of a guard chain, which he now produced. On the following Satur day prisoner came into the house, when he taxed her with the robbery. She denied it at first, but on his threaten ing to give her in charge, she admitted that she had pledged the watch at a pawnbroker's in the New cut, and that if he would go with her to her lodging near there, she would give him the ticket. He accordingly proceeded there with her, but on the way she gave him the double," and got clear off, and he saw no more of her till last night, when he gave her into custody. Witness added that the gentleman, whose name he understood to be Lewis, would be in town on Tuesday next. Mr. Hardwieke remanded the prisoner until that day. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. WEST-END OF LONDON AND CRYSTAL PA- LACE. The extraordinary general meeting of proprietors re quired by the Wharncliffe Order for the approval of the company's bill now before Parliament, was held yes terday at the offices, 8, Adelaide-place, London-bridge. Resolutions approving the bills and authorising the directors to proceed with them in Parliament were passed, and the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. The following are the titles of the bills :- 1. A bill to enable the West-End of London and Crystal Palace Railway to extend their line from Nor wood Station to Bromley and Farnborough. 2. A. bill to authorise the West-end of London and Crystal Palace Railway to enter into working arrange ments with the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending June 25,1854 £18,228 9 7 Corresponding week last year 15,817 19 11 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending July 2, 1854 . 220,361 17 10 Corresponding week last year CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending July 2, 1851 £5,624 16 10 Corresponding week last year 5,475 8 9 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS--(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. _ _ The Lords' amendments to the West Bromwich Im provement Bill were considered and agreed to. The Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Bill was considered and ordered to be read a third time. £149 8 1 Increase in 1854 SUSPENSION.—The suspension of Messrs. H. W. Lord and Co., East India and colonial brokers, was announced yesterday, the event having been caused by the other failures in that branch of business during the past month. The liabilities of the firm are understood to be considerable, and are stated to have been incurred in a great degree through advances on warrants which prove to be worthless. AUSTRALIAN MINING SCHEMES.—Another action on the part of a shareholder in one of the Australian mining schemes against a director for the recovery of the purchase money on 100 shares, terminated success fully yesterday in the Court of Common Pleas. The undertaking in question was the Lake Bathurst Aus tralasian Mining Company, and the allegations of the plaintiff were that he had been induced to purchase the shares from seeing them quoted in the Stock Exchange official list, and that it had afterwards turned out that the committee of that establishment had been tempo rarily led to authorise their insertion by false represen tations, inasmuch as the requisite certificate of two thirds of the scrip having been paid up had been im properly concocted for the purpose. The evidence was of a remarkable character, and the jury almost im mediately gave a verdict for the full amount claimed. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented from Manchester and other places against the sale of intoxicating drinks on Sundays ; by Mr. GROGAN, from the Corpo ation of Dublin, against the extension of the Bills of Exchange Bill to Ireland; Mr. WISE, from Hanley, in Stafford shire, against the extension of the Board of Health Bill to that district; Dr. PRILLIMORE, against the Church Building Acts Amendment Bill ; also a petition from the merchants and inhabitants of London, praying to be heard by council at the bar of the house against the same bill ; by Sir J. PAKINGTON, from 41 incumbents of churches in the city of London, in favour of the Church Building Acts Amendments Bill. CHURCH BUILDING ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. Sir J. PAKINGTON moved the second reading of this bill, and briefly stated its object to be to give autho rity for pulling down certain superfluous churches in the City and re-erecting them in other parts of the metro polis which were destitute of church accommodation. (Hear, hear.) The house was aware that owing to a change of circumstances most of the City churches were now little better than useless, because there were no parishioners to attend them, and the Bishop of London and his clergy were of opinion that the buildings should be pulled down, the sites sold, and the materials and proceeds applied to erecting churches in those metropolitan districts that most required them— that was the simple object of the bill. It embraced no new principle, because a similar measure bad already been extended to other sees, and since the measure was one of necessity, he hoped the house would experience no difficulty in adopting it. Mr. R. PHILLIMORE moved that the bill be read a second time this day six months. He denied that there was any superfluity of churches in the City, while he contended that the deficiencies which were said to exist in certain districts, could be supplied by the contribu tions of the places themselves. This bill interfered with the rights of parishioners in a most unjustifiable manner, not only in London, but in Bristol, Ches ter, York, and various other places, and as no proof had yet been given of the necessity of this measure, except as regarded the city of London. He did not think the house would be justified in passing such an arbitrary measure as this. The case of London was a very exceptional one. It was true the rich bad ceased to make it the place of their residence, and had gone to live in the suburbs, but would the house be justified in disregarding the claims of the poor man to Church accommodation ? (Hear, hear.) The fact was the in cumbents of many of these churches had so arranged the opening of their pews that the poor were kept out of them, and now, because they wanted to follow their affluent parishioners into the suburbs it was argued, forsooth, that the churches were superfluous and un necessary, simply on the ground that they were never attended. But why were they not attended ? Only be cause while the rich found it convenient to retire to the suburbs, the poor though forced to remain in the City were kept out of the churches, not by their own wish but against their will to serve the interest of the incum bent. (Hear, hear.) There was a great constitutional objection in this bill ; it proposed for the first time in the history of this country to pull down churches, break up church yards, transfer church rates and tithes from one district to another without the consent of the pa rishioners. (Hear, hear.) The powers of the bill were to be put in force merely at the will of the bishop, the parishioners were to have no voice in the matter, and that being so he was right in stigmatising the bill as shocking, arbitary, and unjust. (Cheers.) Mr. HADFIELD seconded th . e amendment. (LEFT BITTING.) MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY). GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended July 6, 1854, made up from the Returns of tt' e Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. I RYE. I I BEANS. PEAS. Sd 77537 s 23 30s 73 435 Od 49s sdj 47s 5d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. - -- -- - WHEAT. 1 EARL IT. I OATS. I N EYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 78s 7d 373 Id 30s 2d 5 2d 49s 6d 46s Ild ..„... . DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEATS 04 . I Is BARLEYO4 . I Is OAT O4 la S. I RTE Od . I BE IsANSOd . I PEAS. I is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 57,945; Barley, 4,141; Oats, 7.417 ; Rye, 67 ; Beans, 2,733, Peas. 340 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SurrßFlELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 5/ Os ; clover ditto, 31 lOs to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 12s to 2/ Os per load. Supply moderate, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ Ss to 51 Os ; clover ditto, 31 8s to GI Oz ; and straw, 11 12s to 21 Os per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 8s to 51 Os; clover ditto, 318 s to 61 03 ; and straw, 11 12s to 2/ 04 per load. Both hay and straw ruled steady, at our quotations. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The general demand ruled steady at this market to-day, as follows : Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 8d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTUALL, .Tnly s.—Beasts and sheep moved off steadily, at extreme rates. In other stock very little was doing. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 3s Gd to 5s Od ; Lamb, 5s Od to 5s B,d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 6d per 81bs, to sink the offals. ROMFORD, July 5.—A full average business was transacted at this market to-day, at the following quo tations :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; Mutton, 3s Gd to 5s Od ; Lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od ; Veal, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 811 per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 21s to 26s each. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, July 6.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W., and cloudy. GRAVESEND, July 6. — The Jeanne Marie arrived here Mr yesterday a prize, in charge of• Parsons. PLYMOUTH, July s.—Wind, W.N. ,v . Arrived—Morris, from Maceio. Arrived—Her PORTSMOUTH, July s.—Wind, S.W . Majesty's s. Star, from Sheerness. FALMOUTH, July s.—Wind, N.W. Arrived —Specula tor, from Alexandria ; Integrity, do., with damage to rudder; Tres Amegos, Iquique, and sailed for H ambirgh. COWES, July s.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Franklin (s), from Havre, and proceeded for New York. BRISTOL, July s. —Wind, W. Arrived—Whampoa , from Batavia ; Forest State, Miramichi. SHIELDS, July s. —Wind, W. Arrived—Rolling Wave, from Gir,genti ; Meika, Licata; Jantina, Garina. Sailed —Bride of the Seas, for Bombay. MILFORD, Julys.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Aeron Vale, from Rio Grande, with loss of maintopmast. PENZANCE, July 4.—Wind, W. Sailed—Sophia, for Berbice. ILFRACOMBE, July s.—The Market Maid, Bridgewater to Barnstaple, with bricks and tiles, left this harbour this morning, but sprung a leak north of Boggy Point, and went down—Downend bearing S. distant about 4 miles; crew saved. CARDIFF, July s.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Sorrans, from Malta. Sailed—Snow Squall, for New York ; Wm. Bromham, Quebec; Swanhide, New York ; Perlen, Barcelona. HOLYHEAD, July s.—The John and Mary (flat), of Liverpool, hence to Bangor, in ballast, went ashore at Fydlin last night, and is likely to become a total wreck. BELFAST, July 4.—The Nuovo Providence, of and from Genoa, for Troon, in ballast, went ashore on Ringford Point, Ardglas, on the 2d July, and is likely to become a wreck. WATERFORD, July 4.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived — Clio, frdm Marseilles ; Challenger, Baltimore. Sailed — Star, for St. John's, Newfoundland. QUEENSTOWN, July 4.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Jonge Andries, for Smyrna ; Unicorn, Callao, and sailed for London. MEMEL, June 29.—The cargo of the Fortuna (sloop), which was brought in here a prize to the British, June 19, is being discharged. NY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Rajah, from Constantinople, Smyrna, Malta, and Gibraltar. LIVERPOOL, Thursday, 10.30 a.m. Wind W.S.W., moderate breeze, and rainy. Arrived—L'Aimable Virginie, from Santander ; Indus trie, Ostend; Charity, (s.), Montreal; Shamrock, ( B .), Havre ; Daring, Newfoundland ; A , hburton, New York ; Beltona, Demerara ; Marie, Buenos Ayres. Sailed—Glaucus, for Valparaiso ; Clio, Quebec; Rattler (s), Lisbon ; Janet, Halifax; Morgiana, Calcutta; Wave, Gibraltar. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10 20 ex. Wind W., tide high water; fine. Arrived, sth.—Jean Marie, from Elsinore (prize); Granville, Calcutta. Arrived, 6th.—Rainbow, (s), from Rotterdam ; Baron Osy, (s), Antwerp; Triton (s), Calais; Earl of Auckland, Rotterdam ; Magnet (s), Amsterdam ; Columbine, Rotter dam ; Two Sisters, Honduras ; Rendsburg Company, No. 2, Rostock ; Dolphin (s), Cuxhaven ; Myrtle, Santander ; Young, Memel ; Neptune, Guernsey; Sympathy, Bor deaux ; Florence, Porto Rico. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.30 a.m. Wind W. by S., moderate. Passed—Marie Gabrielle, from Nantes, for London ; her Majesty's ship Rhadamanthus to the westward. Anchered—Atkin, from Memel, for Shoreham. ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.—The Countess de Neuilly, accompanied by the Duc d'Aumale, Count Montmorency. and General the Ccunt de Ducteau, visited the diorama of the Danube and Black Sea yester day. The following distinguished and fashionable par ties have also visited the above interesting diorama : The Archbishop of Armagh and party, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Bishop of Worcester and party, the Duches , . of Atholl and party, the Duke of Leeds, the Marquis of Exeter and party, the Earl of Essex, the Earl and Countess Fitzwilliam, the Countess of Desart and party, Lord Sondes, Lord Kinnaird and party, Lady Graham and family, Lady Cremorne and party, the Hon. Colonel Cavendish and party, the Hon. Mr. Ellis, Lady Egerton and party, Sir James Hamilton, Lady Gardiner and party, Lady West and party, Sir John Benson and party, General Darhy and party, Colonel Gage and party, Captains Fremantle, Osborne, and Hay, W. Scholefield, Esq., M.P., Mrs. Gladstone and party, H. Layard, Esq., M.P., and party, Mrs. Raiford and party, Mrs. Gurney and party, &c., &c. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 6, 1854. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday. Business done this day. !Paid. !100 Aberdeen Ambg Nottng. Bost and FA.stn. Junct Belfast & Ballymena Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. do Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Blyth & Tyne original .£25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass. Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction 'Do. New lEast Anglian 24 - 25 bi 5a 9 - 10 11i--10id 17 -- 18 7 -- 6d 99 - 100 631 -63 i 154 - 164 11 Fs 13 ia -- = p.a.; 7 - 8 fi . -- Do., (€iB E di 11)..„ Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, A Stock De., B. Stock 13k -13 i 40 - 44 29 - 31 IDo., New A..: East Lancashire 65 - 66 61 - 63 Edinburgh& Glasgow. Edinb. and Peebles Edin. PHA) &Dundee' Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow & S. Westorn l Great Northern in "---- id 65 67 90 91 73 75 126 - 128 97 - 99 79 •; 79i Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds 89 91 11 13 o 11. —l3 p 66i 67 6 Do. New Thirds Laucash. audYorksh Do., Fifths D D.; Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwal' Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Load. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths 154 -- 16 .83 -- 81 11 -- 114 106 -- 107 105 - 1054 Par - 4 P, D0.10i.5h.,M&8...( Do. Eighths 6 P d 92 83 d 4 8 8 7d London and S. Westn Do., £5O . Do., £4O Lndndrry& Col eraiue Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Nla,nch.Shef.& Linelu Do., Man. & Lin, Un Midland le ."... ... 21 - 22 661 674 39 - 41 )o. Birmng. & Derby G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares , • .-" • • • ,• "-. ... Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket o• ...... • •• Do., Bury Extension. Nwpt.Aberg. &llrfd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warreupoint and Rostrevor ....... 6i d — 6 di 2 6 8 50 52 34 3i 344 35 Norfolk Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1. Do., No. 2 ,•• • • Do., A A Deferred Do., 1 „ B Guaranteed North London , • ''' • • • iDo. New .ZlO.. 52 551 par il 3 l P 40 31(1 1 74 ld —lpl N.&-,S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth 32 - 34 Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Bii mg Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed St Shrewsby. & Herefd. Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Mini, Do. Halveso. c. 92 94 5R 60 65 - 70 65 -- 70 26 2u 17 -- 19 13 -- 14 34 -31 a Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union „ Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dnn Do 14 - 16 64 65 35 - 3G 4 - 2 , 1 4 - 5 Staines, Wok. &Wok Stockton & Darling Stockton & Hartlepl. Taff Vale. 33 - 35 Do. £lO shares... IDo. Pref., No. 1. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath 3a 31 19 20 4 -- D 23 25 6 611 Watorfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall. West End of London and Crystal Palace West London. Wimbledn & Croydon York Newetl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. 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Pref d 20 10 Western of Franc e •54 —61 p 10 7 West. of Switzerland 20 2 Wiesbaden 20 15 Zealand i - 1 1 - 2 1 ', I 1 1 - 7 - 9 **i I= 10 3 - _ 24 28 30 ' d 44 - 46 11 -12 60 -60 2 - 4p 14 - 2 I = 1 1 - li to ::: ii 4 - i 6 1 - 6 1 i - i - 16 -- 18 32 -- 34 4i -10 i - 5 1 a -- id i -J. is 70IIS - - 25 a 1 1 ,, 1 6 A.J u b st i ra n iCiniaonalSAaCEngridLellauriotn.7l46i — --. JOINT-STOCK mums. •••••••••••••••••................................................................ 40 all Australasia ........... 81 5 8 3 •• ••• 474 464 40 all B r iti s h Colonial Bank ikustralsn.Pcific.Maill . an d Loan Company ... 20 14 ... 10 8 Xustraln. Royal Maill . . ... 50 all B r itish N. American ... ad I ''' ..• ••• ••• 5 0 20 2 Chrtd. Unk. of I ndia, 40 Brit. American L an d' 70 75 25 5 Chartd. Bank o f Asia 1 id 10 4 Berlin Water Works Australia, & China ... ... a 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co ... 100 25 Colonial ................ .. ... ••• 80 85 100 20 Commercial of Lond. ~„ 100 32 3 / 4 Canada ... 5 5 Crystal Palace 5 54 5i 41 Australian ............ 3 24 d 5 3 : 1, Do. New ...... par p 20 12 English Scottish and 20 20 Lond. Chart. Bk. of 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France ... ... 34 20 3 Eastern 5team.. ,,,,,, ... . Australia 2l 213 • 25 20 ElectritTelegraph(A) 18i —19 i 20 L on don and County ... ... 50 10 London Joint Stock „. ... 25 all Do. (B) ••• -- ••• 100 20 Loud. & Westminster ... ... 1 1 Electric Toleg. of Ir. ... ... 100 33 National Provincial 15 14 Gem Steam Navigat. ... ... ._... of England ........... ... ... 40 20 18 General Scre w Steam ... 20 10 Do. New ............... ... --. . 20 7 I r i s h Beetzoot Sugar •„_ ... 50 22?, N a tional of Ireland.. ... ... 20 10 Nla.gdalena St. Navig. „. ... 20 all New South Wales.... 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... ... 25 all Oriental Bank o f 10 3 Netherlands Land 3 /4 1 3 / 4 Corporation 4B —49 2 1 N. S. W. Coal &Inter. 25 5 Do. New .., ... • -- ••• St ea m Navigat. Co. 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ... 1 all N. B. Australasian... i 1 10 all Do. New 1 A Do. New .• • ••• 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. 20 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam ... ... & Gold Imp C 0.... ... ... 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 3 / 4 —4d 25 all South Australia 42 44 50 all Peninsular& Orienta l ... ... 57 25 all Union of Australia.- 74 76 x d 50 40 Do. Do. ... ...p 434 ... 2, Do. New 8 10 2 all Portland Iron Co 4 iP 50 10 Union of 2 " London.. • •• 100 60 Royal Mail Steam ... ... .. . 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 2 3 / 4 2i 2 3 / 4 25 25 South Austral• Land 36 38 36 SMYRNA.—According to the latest from Smyrna, the 1 A all Submar. Telegraph.. i i 1 harvest there is everywhere abundant. Piracy is 1 all Do. Registered. i 1i increasing. There is a contilaual arrival of French • 28i1iran Diemen Land 12 —l3 troop. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Llosing Prices Business Shr. Paid. Barman. compans. yesterday.' this day. 50 all Bedford and London & Bletehley.... N. West St. 100 Buckghamsh. L.&N.W 95 100 50 all ClydesdaleJc. Caleden 95 97 97 St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 134 137 25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Directl ••• ••• 25 all Do. Now. 'Do — 25 all 'Glstr.d;Dn.Fr Gt. Westn 28 30 100 all llrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NMd 103 105 25 all Do. 4 Shares. Do 514 —52 124 all Do. a Shares. Do 254 26. 13i all Lou.&Greenw S. Eastern 124 134 20 all Do. Preference Do 234 244 20 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk — 20 100 Do. 6 per et. ..• 5i all Manch. Bxtn. L.&N.W. and Matlock & 2.lidld, 2! 2i 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton & Redcar 10C all Midld.Bradfd Midland.. 93 95 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count. 57 59 51 50 Do. 6 per et. D 0 . .. 50 all Do. Fixeds pe Do • -- ••• 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N.W &Ln&Yk 124 12 Do. Shares. Do ••• St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. GtNorthn St. 100 Do.Shent, l l.Sl, Do 133 136 25 18g Shef. Rah Lancash & Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. ~• •• • 12 9S. Staffordsh. M.MClean; 2 - lid 50 all We,arValleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt.l —• • 25 all Do D 0.. ..,,,,, 30 31 St. 100 Wilts&Somrst GtWestn.l 93 95 PREFERENCE SHARES. 95 - 97 li id 3 -- 34 4 - P 1-- 11) lip 131 -- 134 22 - 24 31 - 34 116 -- 1181 .09 - 111 .00 - 102 ... xd 6 6 98 100 90 92 93 95 Id p ar L 35 137 ... --- ... 2i - 3PI 5 i 6i 9 gi par 4r, .35 137 1 id 107 - 110 94 106 16 17 9i 101 12 14 id e p 23 —23 i 100 302 15 —2O 2 - 1 4 93 - 96 31 - 31 i id r Aberdeen . Do. No. 2, p. c. Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 500 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent... Cork &Bandonsip.c. Dundee Perth &Aber- deen Junction EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent Do. (£5) 7 per cent Do. (£7 17s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex-1 tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do. No. 2 . Do. Now 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent ... Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- East Lancash. 6 p. cts. East and West York shire June. Pref... Edinb Prth.&Dundee 4 per cent. Glasgow & S.Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... Do. 42 p. c. Scrip Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pref Gt. Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh Gt. Westn. (Belts & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do cov. red. 4:1 p.c Do. con, red. 4 p. c Do. irred, 4 p. c Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock Leeds N. 6 p. c. No.l Do. Quarters, 1848 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do. New Guar.Op. c Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton London & S. Western Con. Thirds Londonderry& Color, Shares Londy. & Ennis. Sh Shef., & Shares, No. 1. Do. New, £lO Do -P6 Niarypt .& Carl. 4 p.c Do. 4. per cent Do Nfld. Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Firm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4z per cent Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Est _ Do. 5i per ct. pref. Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c, North British • I North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. Xl5, 6 p.c. D 0... Scot. Cent. ,New Prel Shrews. &Birm.N.G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon De. fixed, 44 percent' S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4 iper cent. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stockton and Dar- lington, 4 per cent Do. do. do, Stockton and Hartle• pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York, Neweastle,and Berwick,4 p.c. Pref Do York&N,, Midlanda, ~b,i Si. Pura Agna Fria. Anglo Austrin, Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) Blaenarvon Ir. & Coal Brltish Austrin. Gold British Iron • Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 Do. Coeaes di Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek .. Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica_ Cobre Copper Colonial Gold .... Copia po .............. . .... . Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 7, p. cent. English and Austrin. Copper Smeltg. Co. General Great Nugget Vein,,, Do. Registered Great Polgooth. Liberty ............ Linares ...... ......... Lond.&Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co. Diariquita .......... Niexican&S.Amerien. New Granada.,..,.. New Linares Mining and Smelting Co.. Nouveau Monde Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. di Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymuey Iron Do. New "Santiago de Cuba south Australian Tin Croft United Mexican Waller West Granada West Mariposa Worthing Mining of ,Yuba .................. 93 4 100 5 100 all THE QUARTERLIES. The journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. Volume the fifteenth. Murray. There is a long account of the " Farming of Ox fordshire" given here, which presents many instruc tive details of that county. It is observed at the commencement of the article, that many things may be better or worse than is mentioned in some cases, but that for the most part they will be found true. It appears that Oxfordshire is cold in climate, the amount of rain is more considerable than in Lon don, while the thermometer is one degree lower. Some remarks are made on the necessity of drain age in the county. We select the following pas sage as a sample of the arguments : " When it is considered that the water passing through Oxford is drained from 850,000 acres of land, it is time that the weirs on the Thames, which have now only a: water way of thirty feet, should have double that space ; for the evil of floods is a growing one, and the more extensively land is under-drained, the more rapidly will the water be poured into the valleys, and the greater should be the facilities devised for its speedy out-fall by a proper system of arterial drainage. Lower down the Thames, from Wallingford to Henley, the floods do lit tle damage as they seldom occur in the summer. The traffic is considerable, and the locks, being under the superintendence of the Thames Commissioners, are kept in excellent order. Moderate winter floods are even beneficial. In passing rapidly over the land the water leaves a deposit equivalent to a coat of manure. A high level of the river is also desirable. The Thames mea dows chiefly rest on gravel, and through this porous subsoil the water percolates, and by capillary attraction supplies nourishment to the roots of the grass in sea sons of drought. " The Thames stream is in a dreadful state ; in some parts the river is nearly silted up. A good rain is sure to send the waters out. There have been 17 floods in 12 months, and a third of the hay this season has been washed away. Many years ago a commission was ap pointed, and the bed of the river was cleared out ; a rate being levied on the landowners to provide for the necessary outlay. This measure needs to be repeated ; and the occupiers of the meadows would gladly submit to an annual charge of 5 per cent. on the cost. The banks of the river are planted with willows, and weeds and rushes for the most part enjoy unmolested security. Waterstock and Waterperry are exceptions, and at those parts all impediments to the free course of the water are carefully removed. If all proprietors of land intersected by this river would adopt the same plan the destructive summer floods would become less frequent. " The waters of the Cherwell are soon out, and soon off : they rise with astonishing rapidity, and last July full three-fourths of the hay was swept away by the floods. In addition to the impediments already adverted to, the numerous mills on this stream considerably aug ment the mischief, and the same may be said of those on the Evenlode and Windrush. "There are not many water-meadows in the county. At the foot of Blenheim-park are 70 acres on the Even lode ; these are well shaped and highly productive. The soil of the Thames meadows is well adapted for irriga tion. At all the mills and locks on the river there is sufficiency of fall to water at a small expense a large tract of meadows below. There are a few patches of catch-meadows at the foot of the chalk-hills ; some grow ing an abundance of grass ; the most extensive are at Shirburn, where about 50 acres of the park are irrigated. A very well contrived catch meadow has recently been formed on a hilly piece of ground at Chadlington, which shows how easily streams can be diverted for purposes of irrigation." An outline is given of the geology of Oxfordshire, which will be of service in explaining the facts men tioned. There is altogether much to attract atten tion in this prize essay. There remain, besides, some other papers of general interest, which w e have not space to enter upon at large. A transla tion is given from Esprit Fabre, on the " Species of Agilops of the South of France, showing forth their Transformation into Cultivated Wheat," which is interesting. Several figures are annexed to the account, which represent the different ears of the grain, natural size and magnified. The London Quarterly Review. Some very interesting subjects are considered in this number. It opens with an article on " Russia's Place in Christian Civilisation, " which subject has been so much discussed historically, geographically, morally, theoretically, and practically, that it can certainly no longer be considered an original oue. An essay on the " Modern British Pulpit " gives some extracts from a recent work by the thoughtful and talented writer, Professor Vinet, of Lausanne. " A Memoir of the Dukes of Orleans," after a catalogue of the misfortunes and misconduct of the race, in giving a summary of their deaths, most of which were un fortunate, adds :—" Not one fell in the field, or died of the effects of over-zeal in the service of his country." It is followed by "An Account of the History and Progress of Anatomical Science." An interesting criticism on " The Recent Poets of America " selects three authors for consideration, Longfellow, Lowell, and Poe. A striking contrast —for the direct purpose and moral elevation of the poet of " The Psalm of Life " is hardly more differ ent from the wild and irregular enchantment of the bard of " The Raven," than the satirical wit and buoyant enthusiasm of the writer of the "Fable for Critics" is distinct from either. An article on "England undor Henry - tho Eighth" affords much entertainment to the reader. A paper on " New Grenada, the Gate of South America," concludes the number. The Journal of Agriculture. Blackwood. This Quarterly contains much information on agricultural matters. The second article in the present number will arrest the attention of the scientific. It is on " The Steam Engine, and its Application to Agriculture," continued from the last number. It is illustrated by several figures, and a plan of a portable steam boiler. A paper on " Italian Irrigation" gives some curious particulars respecting the physical aspects of Italy. It may not be generally known that the mean winter tem perature of Lombardy is even lower than that of Scotland. The summer temperature is much higher, which produces striking effects on vegeta tion. In the south of Italy the winters are very mild, and the grasses then flourish most, as the summer heats make the fields look as bare as our winter frosts. The farming is adapted to suit these singular circumstances. The sheep graze on the high grounds in summer and only visit the plains in winter. "In the great plain of Apulia, extend ing along the Adriatic from Bari to Otranto, about one million of sheep are grazed in winter, and re turn to the heights of the Appenines when the heats dry up the herbage in the low country." Papers on " The Breadstuffs of the United States and the Prices of the different Counties of Scot land" may also be noticed. They are followed by tables of the average prices of grain, foreign mar kets, butchers' meat, wool, &c. The usual account of the transactions of the Highland and Agricul tural Society of Scotland appears at the conclusion. The Journal of Pyschological Medicine and Mental Pathology. Edited by Forbes Winslow, M.D., D.C.L, &c. Churchill. This quarterly is well known, as affording desir able information on a most important subject. It presents researches and details of an abstruse and scientific nature, which, if not attractive to the general reader, are nevertheless of vast interest to those engaged in such matters, or concerned in their carrying out. There is an article on " Para lysis and Diseases of the Brain," in which it is observed that clinical lectures, which is the form of the work referred to, are the best. " Remarks and notes made at the bed-side are indeed speci mens of the natural history of disease freshly gathered, and not a mere hortus siccus of pathology, concocted from the stores of a well-stocked library." In the "Autobiography of the Insane " some really remarkable facts are elucidated. The details are furnished by persons who have recovered from attacks of madness, and the reader is enabled often to trace the cause and occasion of the malady from the untoward circumstances in which the sufferer has been placed. No. 111. of the Lettsomian Lec tures is "On Medico-Legal Evidence in Cases of Insanity," a subject which is truly remarked as being of vast importance. After observing on the great difficulty of the task assigned to those sum moned before a bar of their fellow-countrymen to decide the existence or non-existence of insanity, the writer thus proceeds : " There is no possibility of our placing the diseased mental elements submitted to our critical examination in a psychological crucible or test tube ; we cannot avail ourselves, in these delicate investigations, of the aid of the microscope; there is no mode by which we can pene trate the curtain, or tear aside the veil that divides the material from the immaterial—mind from matter; there is no possibility of our obtaining access to that myste rious chamber where the spiritual portion of our nature is elaborated ; we have no gauge, no square rule, by which we can ascertain in all cases, with any approach to chemical or mathematical accuracy, an accurate idea of the actual condition of the mind, w hen a pparently under a cloud. In the elucidation of these points, W 8 are in a great measure left to our unaided mental sense —to the uncertain guidance of our own deceptive expe rience, and alas ! often, fall ible judgment. M The Freemasons' Quarterly agazine. Routledge. This quarterly, which has recently commenced, is chiefly interesting to f re emasons, as it i s prin cipally- devoted to characteristic subjects. A large portion is occupied by . .masonic intellige nce acco unts of meeting s, charities, (ke. It is not , however, without some papers suited t o th e gene :. ral reader, one of , which is on " Silence and its Ancient Symbols. , Some verses are introduced, o f average merit. THE S A TURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY ,-- The merchants and brokers engaged i n the . tobacco t ra d e h ave agree d t h at business shall cease in future at two o'clock on Satur days. 50 50 20 20 19i 14 50 20 11i all all 100 .00 LOU - 423 34 all 8/ 2sl 100, 47i all LOO 6j 25 50 20 u 1 2/ 2s 100 100 100 100 121251 165 100 20 20 50 20 100 100 all all all 13i i 90i 74 3il 106 a 101 i 21 a i I 66i i per cent. 5 10 St. 5 all all [OO all St. 20 12i St. 12. 126 25 12 12. 12i St. St. all 10 .00 .00 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 St. St. St. 20 15 8} 8 10 all all 13.5 24 15 all all all all all all all 1 10 1 1 all all 15 10 all all all all all 12s. 4i f 109 8 10 29 ad MISCELLANEOUS MAGAZINES. The manager of Bentley's Monthly .Revietv, find ing the name interfered with it, has changed its title, to the New Monthly Review, with which the British Journal is now incorporated. The first number promises well. It opens with a memoir of Mr. Disraeli, remarkable for its impartiality and appreciation of genius. It is so much the fashion at present to attack and decry all those whom their abilities have raised above the common level—it seems to be so generally considered, by the envious and mediocre, a mark of taste and judgment to affect a lofty superiority over those more brilliantly gifted, that a generous and fair spirited criticism on a celebrated author and politician is something quite original. A chapter on " The Origin of Great Names" is curious and entertaining. " A Trip to Parnassus," which mountain seems to be quite out of reach, to judge from the specimens given, is very amusing. The writer suggests that some Government measure should protect the pub lic from the "mental assaults" of "ruthless poetas ters ;" and that, as in military or nautical offices, candidates must answer certain questions, aspi rants for poetic honours should pass an examina tion in Horace's Art of Poetry, before allowed to publish. The National Miscellany gives us the third number of the " Military Geography of Tur key." A paper, entitled " How to Settle our Poor," considers an old question in a new light. " The Political and Milit ar y A spec t o f S we d en " i s a subject of some importance at present, and may, therefore, prove att r a c ti ve . A cr i t i c i sm on "Kean,' a drama by Al exan d re Dumas, favours the reader with the pl o t, w hi c h i s the most absurd andimprobable th a t could well be imagined.— Tait's ,Ed i nburgh Magazin e o p ens w i t h a paper on " Testimonials,' which are certainly growing numerous and general. " Ilted Smith" is con tinued. University Reform Several sketches of trav e l s an d f ore i gn places are to be met with . Amon g the rem a i n i ng subjects may be mentioned Univer and " Falstaff and Mistress Ursula. „ L t j Edinburgh Journal has many sensible papers, chiefly on ecclesiastical subjects. Some remark s j on the war are very just.—The Scottish Review presents the reader with an essay on " Epidemic Delusions," in which, of course, table-rapping finds a place. It is proposed in a future article toin quire into the nature of these delusions, and the mode of remedying them. A paper on " English Literature and the Reformation" scarcely renders justice to Alexander Pope. The Assurance Magazine has much information on business points. —The Family Friend and Home Companion are continued with their usual variety.—Orr's Circle of the Sciences progresses satisfactorily.—Knight's Cyclopedia is published in monthly parts, and will make a valuable work of reference when com pleted.—The Land we Live in has reached the fourth part.—The fifth number of Macaulay's Essays has now appeared, and contains the exciting " History of Lord Clive," the eloquent essay on " Von Ranke's History of the Popes," "Gladstone on Church and State," and the " Comic Dramatists of the Reformation." ZOLLVEREIR DUTIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR, —Although differing from you in many points on the principle on which our new commercial policy has been established, and believing that the first step towards its true establishment in the world should have been the forming of a British Zollverein, with no customs duties or imports, between each and all our possessions, and then to have offered to admit, on the same terms of perfect reciprocity, other countries, excluding slavery from the compact, and which would, I feel convinced, have laid the foundation for universal peace, and the extension of our Reformed Faith, I am yet induced to address you, believing, as I do, that you cordially hate slavery and despotism in any form. In 1846, as a bribe to Manchester for its support, in the hope that with it the house of Bedford would be enabled to hold the purse strings and patronage of the empire at command, Lord John Russell passed his unasked-for bill for the equalisation of duty on slave sugar when imported into this country, it being at the time asserted in arguing in its favour by his Lordship, and also by the then Colonial Minister, Lord Grey, that such was the energy and industry of free as compared with slave•labour (owners), that the latter would speedily succumb to the former when thus stimulated to compe tition. In 1830, according to the last United States' Census, the total population of 14 of the principal slave-holding states of the Union was 5,498,943 ; in 1840 it was 6,661,945 ; and in 1850 it is stated to be 8,734,646, be ing an increase of upwards of 2,000,000 in the 10 years in which the system of slavery was so powerfully stimu lated by this country. Coupling this increase of population in these slave states, into which the tide of European emigration does not flow, from the fact of its being impossible for them to labour and live in the humid heat in the level and swampy lands of the southern states, which produce the greatest abundance of cotton, rice, and sugar, with the increase on them of cotton alone, which in 1831 con sisted of 2,000,000 bales for export and home consump tion of all kinds, and which in 1852 had increased to 5,000,000 bales for export, and the increased home con sumption, one is naturally led to ask, with these facts before uo. From whence comes all this slave-labour, re quisite to produce this great increase in the supply of cotton ? and also to inquire if our Indian Empire, with its 100 millions of population, and when the degradation of the last is unknown, has kept pace with its slave competition in the West, and can show similar results in increased productions in the same period ? In truth, are we not compelled to ask, Has not our cotton production in India decreased from the period that Sir R. Peel gave the boon of Id. per lb. to the slave-grower, when he took that import duty off his pro duce at our Customhouse, and was it not at the ex pense of our Indian growers when thus brought to Man chester ? And this was done despite the fact that Ameri can ships, bringing their thus encouraged slave produce, had some 10,000 miles less of ocean to traverse than our British ships bringing home our free produce from India.* All their lordships' free-labour theories, as it appears to me, are therefore utter fallacies. Moreover, how will they now reconcile the anomaly, if their theory has any substance, of the recently passed Nebraska Bill for the perpetuation and the extension of slavery, and of the Fugitive Slave Bill for its guardian. ship and protection ? And it must now be observed that if, after eight years' experience of the erroneousness of their assertions, their lordships do not take some steps to put a check to this terrible sacrifice of human life, and of human misery, at this shrine of their free-trade theory, their lordship's hearts must be held to be as callous to human suffering, and to the best interests of civilisation, as those of the Legrees who benefit by slavery. Again, if freedom be such a stimulant to labour in tropical heats, how comes it that our sharp Yankee cousins are so partial to slavery as to be ever increasing the numbers of their human chattels, of which some are now valued at 3001., that nine years since would not have realised but little over 1001. ? Unless something be speedily done to mitigate this cry ing injustice and inhumanity, one will have no other al ternative left but to think that a large section of the people of this country are favourable to the system of slavery, or that they have taken leave of their wits, or of their powers of common observation, now that this sophism of free labour subduing slave labour (owners), of my Lords Grey and Russell is patent to the world ; bearing in mind also the contingency, than which many more improbable have occurred, of a serious outbreak or sudden revolt among the slaves of Cuba or in the United States, and which would at once treble the price of cot ton and sugar, and for years before our now semi-para lysed and sinking colonies could recover and make up the deficiency. In conclusion, I cannot but express an opinion that there is a more subtle power than even the sophistry al luded to at work among us, the object of which is to de stroy the free Protestant British empire. We have been told over and over again, and by some in high position, that England would be better without colonies, or, as I suppose we must now, in accordance with our Yankee competitors, phrase it, "annexations"for the extension of which for themselves, they however appear inclined to imperil the present great prosperity of the country. Yours, sir, obediently, AN OLD PLANTER, WHO ASKS FOR JUSTICE TO OUR COLONIES. St. John's-wood, June, 1854. that the largest 1819.. * Mackey, the gentleman sent out by. Manchester, in his " Western India," tells us w at ore Pag pr e o l r 9 to , productions of coton there)Also, at page 9, that " No matter to how . low a . point American pricer might d ro p, they seemed to have in reserve a lower point still." DESERTER S. — The Lords Commissioners of l e G st il y's Treasury- have caused to be transmitted to Commissioners of Customs, for the • information and t h h e e rFCM7amini A e i r officers at the several ports throughout guidance iii vg of Hanover the benefit of the Foreign De the kingdom, an order in council, giving to the subjects s n e f r te th r e s' Act, 1852. By virtue of this order, seamen, not being slaves, and not being British subjects, who desert from merchant ships belonging to subjects of the King of Hanover, within her Majesty's dominions, or the terri tories of the East India Company, are liable to be appre hended and carr i ed on board their respective ships. SMOKE PREVENTIO N .—" Among the most effectual plans hitherto adapted to furnaces, are those by Messrs. Jucke, Hall, Hazeldine, and Lee Stevens. * Mr. Lee Stevens's plan has the great advantage of requiring no machinery ; so that no inattention or unskilfulness of the stoker can affect its action. We have witnessed and tested its efficacy at the office of the Times news paper, at the famous blacking mart of Day and Martin, and at. the great sweetmeat manufactory of Hill &Jones." —Dickens's Household Words.—" After having wit ' nessed the operation of Mr. Lee Stevens's patent furnaces under many varying circumstances, and having ourselves watched with impartial scrutiny the results, as well as having made the strictest inquiries, we have no hesita tion in stating our conviction, that the invention pos sesses all the advantages which the patentee claims for it : that steam can be got up by it in two-thirds the time required by the ordinary furnace ; that it will effectually prevent the emission of smoke, to the full re quirement of the Act of Parliament; that it is most economical in first cost, and will effect a saving in fuel, varying from 15 to 30 per ceut., according to ciroum• stances,"—Mining Journal. ARCH./EOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. VISIT OF PRINCE ALBERT TO CAMBRIDGE. CAMBRIDGE, WEDNESDAY.—AII Cambridge was abroad this morning, owing to the expectation of the arrival of the Prince Chancellor,- who -reached the Cambridge station, by a special train, about half-past 11 o'clock. v H a i t s e R c o a y rr a i l ageof Highness th e was vit m :C t h a a t` i . l t c h e e llo st:t c io o n nta b i y ning the that dignitary and the Rev. Professor Sedgwick ; the Rev. the Master of Trinity College and the Provost of the King's were also present. Upon leaving the station, the carriages proceeded at a rapid pace to Trinity-hall Lodge, where his Royal Higness robed, and proceeded to the Senate-house, by Senate-house-passage, amid the huzzas of the spectators. The occasion of the Prince's visit was the meetin g of the Arch ae ological Institute, which, under the presidency of Lord Talbot de Mala hide, is now in session at Cambridge. The proceedings of the society commenced on the previous evening, at the Town-hall, when a complimentary address was pre sented by the corporation, and speeches were made and papers read. This morning the museum of the insti tute was opened at ten, and was much frequented dur ing the day. A large collection of carved figures in ivory, most of them more than five centuries old, were exhi bited by Aug. W. Franks and A. Nisbett, Esqrs. ; they are principally S cr iptural designs—The Crucixion, St. John the Baptist, our Lord and Saviour, St. John the Apostle, the Woman taken in Adultery, &c. The mirror cases and tablets attracted much notice, as did the old-fashioned gold and silver tankards and cups. A subject of great interest was the warrior's boot, from Bromham-hall, near Bedford, which formerly belonged to Sir Lewis Dyre, a royalist, and was sold to the Tre vor family in 1717, and bequeathed by Lord Hampden to the present Lord Dynevor, in 1824. It has a curious wrought spur behind, and a spike in front, connected by a chain on each side. A variety of old rings, all sizes, were amongst the collection, and crosses of lead, and many singular badges. In one corner was Oliver Crom well's hat, the property of Constable and Son, very simi lar to our present wide-awakes, only that it has a coni cal top. The parchment charter-book of the corpora tion of Cambridge, which appears to have been commenced in the fourteenth century, and is still in ex cellent preservation, was also shown. There were also beads and cornelians from West Stowe, and an Anglo- Saxon sword from Stowe-heath ; also some .Anglo-Saxon fibulae and some Anglo-Saxon beads found near St. Mary's Churchyard, urns taken from Saxon graves in West Stowe, a long and very rusty Danish sword found in the river at Norwich, a statue of Albinus, Emperor of Britain, A.D. 197, found in the Thames, and many other objects equally curious. A few minutes before 12 the Prince-Chancellor en tered, marshalled in by the Esquire Bedells, and attended by the Vice-Chancellor, the President of the Institute, the Rev. the Master of Trinity College, Pro fessor Sedgwick, and one or two other eminent mem bers of the University. The PRESIDENT (addressing his Royal Highness) ex plained to him that the learned Master of Caius College (Dr. Guest) was celebrated for the attention he has be stowed, and the light his researches had thrown on the remains of the Romans and Saxons in this country. He was sure that the learning and the archaeological lore with which the learned master would illustrate and em bellish his subject would make it most attractive to all who had the pleasure of hearing him. Dr. GUEST then proposed to lay down a theory which he had formed about the " Great Boundary Dykes of Cambridgeshire "—namely, that they were the work of the Belgic tribe, who invaded this part of the country, and got possession of it after landing upon the coast of Kent, and made a century and a half before the invasion of the Romans, and for the purpose of dividing the dis trict in which they were discovered. When the doctor had finished his arguments. The PRESIDENT proposed a vote of thanks to him, and seized the occasion to express the gratification which they all felt at the:visit of his Royal Highness, whose noble influence, be said, was felt in the advancement of the fine and industrial arts, and all that tend e d t o ra i se the position of the people f the country. The vote was carried by acclamation, and the Presi dent then resig ned his place to Dr. Whewell, the chair man of the arc hitectural section, who then declared the same to be open, and called upon Professor Willis to read a paper "On the Buildings of the University." When this paper had been read, another vote of thanks was proposed by the Master of Trinity, who also addressed Prince Albert, and welcomed him amongst them. This concluded the formal proceedings in the Senate. house, and the Prince, rising, crossed to Professor Willis, cordially shook him by the hand, and remained some few minutes in conversation with him and the Very Rev, the Dean of St. Paul's. His Royal High ness then retired, and honoured the Vice-Chancellor and Mrs. Geldart of Trinity Hall with his presence at luncheon, after which the Prince, accompanied by Pro fessor Willis, visited the unique chapel of Jesus College (lately restored), and paid a visit likewise to the museum of the Institute. His Royal Highness finally left for London about 4 o'clock. THE AUSTRIAN AND PRUSSIA N TREATY. The following is a translation of the additional article to the treaty between Austria and Prussia, dated April 20, 1854 : " According to the conditions of Article 11. of the treaty concluded this day between his Imperial Majesty the Em poror of Austria and his Majesty the King of Prussia for the establishment of an offensive and defensive alliance, a more intimate understanding with respect to the eventua lity when an active advance of one of the high contracting parties may impose on the other the obligation of a mutual protection of the territory o f both, was to form the subject of a special agreement to be considered as an integral part of the treaty. "Their Majesties have not been able to divest them selves of the consideration that the indefinite continuance of the occupation of the territories on the Lower Danube, under the sovereignty of the Ottoman Porte, by Imperial Russian troops, would endanger the political, moral, and material interests of the whole German Confederation, an also of their own States, and the more so in proportion as Russia extends her warlike operations on Turkish ter ritory. _ " the Courts of Austria and Prussia are united in the do sire to avoid every participation in the war which has broken out between Russia on the one hand, and Turkey, France, and Great Britain on th e o th er , an d a t t h e same time to contribute to the restoration of general peace. They more especially consider the declarations lately made at Berlin by the Court of St. Petersburg to be an important element of pacification, the failure of th e p rac ti cal in fluence of which they would view with regret. According to these declarations, Russia appears to regard the original motive for the occupation of the Principalities as removed by the concessions now granted to the Christian subjects of the Porte, which offer the prospect of realization. They therefore hope that the replies awaited from the Cabinet of Russia to the Prussian propositions transmitted on the Bth will offer to them the necessary guarantee for an early withdrawal of the Russian troops. In the event that this hope should be illusory, the Plenipotentiaries named, on the part of his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, Freiherr Baron von Hess and Count Thun, and on the part of his Majesty the King of Prussia, Baron Manteuffell, have drawn up the following more detailed agreement with re spect to the eventuality alluded to in the above-mentioned Article 11. of the Treaty of Alliance of this day : " SINGLE ARTICLE. _ " The Imperial Austrian Government will also, on their side, address a communication to the Imperial Russian Court, with the object of obtaining from the Emperor of Russia the necessary orders that an immediate stop should be put to the further advance of his armies upon the Tur kish territory, as also to request of his Imperial Majesty sufficient guarantees for the prompt evacuation of the Danubian Principalities ; and the Prussian Government will again, in the most emphatic manner, support these communications with reference to their proposals already sent to St. Petersburg. Should the answer of th e Russian Court to these steps of the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin—contrary to expectation—not be o f a nature to give them entire satisfaction upon the two points aforementioned, the measures to be taken by one of the contracting parties for their attainment, accord ing to the terms of Article IL of the Offensive and Defen encorpeoraadtvi oann advance e f Defen sive Alliance signed on thi s da y , will be on the understand.. ing that every hostile a ttack on the t erritory of one of the i t s h s e t i p p r u i l n a ci te p d a i f i o t r i 68 7 1 y or co ntracting parties is to be re pelled with all the m ilit ary forces at the disposal o f the ot her. 4 LB in the event of ane attack on or r passage of the Balkan by Russia. ine u e t v a en mutual Th e present convention shall be submitted off i nßiv rati fication of the high Sovereigns for the simultaneously with the a bovementioned treaty. "Done at Berlin, the 20th of April, 1854. " HESS. " TRIM " MAraztrorn.' BANKING RETURNS. The returns of circulation of the Irish and Scotch banks for the four weeks ending the 10th of June, 1854, when added together, give the following as the average weekly circulation of these banks during the past month, viz. : Average circulation of the Irish banks . £6,180,288 Average circulation of the Scotch banks 4,319,098 Average circulation during the past month £10,499,386 On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks, as given in the Banking Almanac, the following appears to be the state of the circulation : The Irish banks are below their fixed issue... £174,2 06 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue 1,231,889 Total above fixed issue £1,0 5 7 ,683 The amounts of gold and silver held at the head offices of the several banks during the past month have been as follows : Gold and silver held by the Irish banks Z 1,927,752 Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks.• 1,634,440 Total of gold and silver held £3,562,192 These returns, combined with the average circulation of the Bank of England for the same period, !how a I d a e n c ( r i a a s n e d o f 1 7 a d , eclr2e,sas6e3o/f. h1,76e circulation 6,3061. in t c n i o r e t e u s in E l at onn of the United Kingdom, when compared with the month ending the 13th of May ; and, as compared with the month ending the 11th of June, 1853, the above re turns show a decrease of 2,449,6891. in the circulation of notes in England, and a decrease of 1,342,6961 . i n th e circulation Id by the Bank of England in bot h de p art ments du previous month, The average f thu comparedUnited IwithKingdom. with the th e mon th en di ng t2hhsese m a o n d t e h c , re a a n s d e 4'3,875/. w h en compared with the same y.fknfeagajssor'f:the month en di ng th e 10 t h o f J une specie held by th e S co t c h an d Irish b a n paothei decrease hr e liek:cs l de3r o e, 16a s t dsa h ltsueoltr o lcoi was 3,562,1921., being an increase of 70,4701. as compared with th e previous return, and an increase of 887,0281. When compared with the corresponding period last year.