The Sun. — London, England, 1854-07-24 00:00:00

THE BALTIC. ARRIVAL OF FRENCH TROOPS IN THE BALTIC. NYBORG, SaturdayEvening.—The British squad ron, consisting of two three-deckers, three two deckers, and three paddle-steamers, have passed the Great Belt, and are steering up the Baltic without having stopped here. It is expected that they have ;one to the Aland Isles, there to meet the Baltic fleets of both countries, and to take possession of them as a per manent station for the land force. MAR' ,TIAL LAW PROCLAIMED AT RIGA. According to advices from the Baltic of the 9th instant martial law had been proclaimed at Riga and in the district of the Duna, in consequence of the hostility manifested by the inhabitants towards the Russian Government. INTENDED BOMBARDMENT OF BOMARSUND. DANTZIC, SUNDAY EVENlNG.—Bomarsund, in the Aland Isles, is to be bombarded on the arrival of the French troops. The fleet has left Baro Sound, and the cholera has nearly disappeared. " BALTIC FLEET, BARO SOUND, July, B.—As Ira Slowly and majestically approached the neighbour hood of the Russian capital how changed did the scenery appear on either shore, when contrasted with the rocky pine -clad hills of the Finland Gulf, Lear its entrance at Hango. Our mighty steam fleet, conscious of its strength to punish the haugh tiest of all haughty Autocrats of all the Russias, steamed boldly onwards, disgorging bl ac k vo l umes of smok e th at clouded the horizon, and threw the camp fires of the Russian soldiery into the shade. The Toll Beacon Lighthouse was now in sight, its occupants beating a hasty retreat as the allied fleet advanced to reconnoitre. Up went a signal to the light division of the fleet, when within a few, miles of the lighthouse, to " look out for infernal ma chines," or "machines" rather, as the admiral politely though significantly called them, the dear old man evidently having some regard for the fel low's feelings in withholding the word infernal ; but he need not have been delicate on that score, as the signal was plain to the meanest capacity. The vessels despatched on this delicate duty were, the Imperi euse , A rrogant, Desperate, Bulldog, and; a French steam-sloop. On they went, fearlessly set ting all such diabolical agencies at defiance, nor stopped until they arrived within dangerous proxi mity to the fortifications. We had a capital view of the enemy. His soldiers, refulgent in armour and in gorgeous trappings, were encamped in legions along the shore. His sailors—or at least those dressed as such —were on the yards of the Russian ships, exercising sails, regardless of the presence of—and many severe, yet his amused withal —naval critics. Yes, they actually had sails bent, b oats hoisted in, and everything prepared for sea. What a mockery ! We threw down the gauntlet, but they would not come out. No, nor will they while heavy anchors and strong chains can prevent them, unless indeed they wish to add to the strength of the Anglo-French fleet. Sonia of theßussian ships are heavy three-deckers ; two of them are moored stem to stern across the narrow channel near the dockyard. They are fine looking ships, long in the hulls. Two out of nine ships that we counted flew admirals' flags. Rus sian admirals appear numerous, and apparently have nothing better to do than admire their bunt ing in the breeze. The Cronstadt division of the fleet consists, as well as could be distinguished, of 16 line-of-battle ships, eight frigates of various sizes, and about ten or a dozen small steamers. One of the frigates seemed to be a screw-pro pelled one. There was one small steamer which, for rapidity of movement, might have vied with Our " Vivid." This despatch boat was pro bably employed by the Emperor for transmitting news to Peterhoff, a handsome marble palace, em bowered in trees, and 'vis-a-vis with Cronstadt. Another imperial residence was conspicuous, its shape in the pavilion style of architecture—if there be such an one. In approaching Cronstadt excite ment did not altogether supersede a good deal of quiet mirth. The flying squadron that had gone ahead in search of the infernal machines came sud denly to a stand off Toll beacon, and like true dogs of war immediately pointed ; a mysterious-looking buoy, with something red attached, appalled them. They were now satisfied of the truth of the infernal machine story. A boat was lowered, which pulled onwards with timid strokes to certain death. They neared the spot. Some thousand strained eyes were fixed upon the devoted crew as they approached the diabolical thing all red. With desperate energy a noose was thrown around its neck, and the boat's crew made frantic efforts to give way to wards their ship. The hammock nettiugs of the ships were crowded with a terrific weight of palpi tating curiosity, but how ridiculous afterwards was so much anxiety to see a Russian target from which, horresco referens, the flag had been shot clean away by the precision of their fire. We have often ascended the lighthouse, which was aban doned so hastily on our approach that every ar ticle of domestic furniture was left behind by the employes. We had a commanding Tiew of the place. The admirals, French and English, com modores, &c., all visited the tower to survey the locality. An enemy, more powerful than man, obliged us, on the 2d instant, to withdraw from before the walls of Cronstadt. Great, indeed, would be the responsibility of a commander re maining in so affected a locality when a remedy was at hand. Yet it is thought that the present change of position will not suffice. The doctors in the fleet urged our quitting Cronstadt on account of the cholera there, but they evidently wish us altogether out of the Gulf, and consider a cruise in the Baltic Proper essential towards restoring health amongst the men. SPAIN. • The Madrid mail did not arrive in Paris yester day, but it was again reported here that the Go vernment had received a telegraphic despatch, which announced that, after a great deal of fighting in the course of the 19th, Madrid remained on the evening of that day in the hands of the people, who were complete masters of the capital, and that a provisional Government had been proclaimed. The Moniteur, of Monday, announces that a letter from Madrid of the 19th states that the Queen had sent for Espartero, in order to form a Government. The General was at Saragossa on the 20th, and must be now in Madrid. A letter from Madrid says•:—" The Gazette an nounces that until the Cortes are convoked the press will be regulated by the law of July 6, 1845. The decree of May 19, respecting the payment in ad vance of the taxes for six months, is recalled." • It is said that, according to private accounts received by telegraph from Madrid, to the 20th, the fighting continued in the streets of the Spanish capital, and the neighbourhood of the Queen's Palace, which, however, was not taken by the mob. The rest of the city was in the hands of the insurgents. A Provisional Government was in stalled at the Hotel de Ville, of which General Evariste San Miguel was ..president. The new Government had lost all controul over the insur gents. Every one was calling for the Constituent Cortes. A letter from Saragossa, of the 18th, says that the pronunciamento had succeeded in that city without any fighting. Espartero was expected on the 19th. He had been nominated President of the Junta by universal acclamation. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY EVENING. The Europa has arrived from New York with advices to the 12th, and $353,670 in specie. She spoke the steamships Asia and Pacific. The Committee on Foreign Relations had re ported back the fishery and reciprocity treaty. It was not known when it would be taken up. The George Law had arrived at New York with 11,523 dols. in specie on freight. Californian advices are to June 16. Among the despatches from Commander Perry was the Japan treaty. New and rich diggin g s had been disco vered at Kern River. Trade had been moderately active. The Star of the West had arrived with upwards of 1,000,000 doll. of Californian gold. The French and British squadron had been re inforced. The French Admiral Duquesne died on the 3d. Trade at New York continued inactive ; the de mand for money was less urgent, and the rates of discount were 7 and 8 per cent. on call, and 12 and 15 per cent. on first-class commercial papers. Stocks had been weak and drooping. Exchange was quoted at 9 to 91 on London. Cotton was buoyant, and an advance had been realized; in flour and meal there was a fair business doing at depressed rates ; wheat had materially declined ; iron was very quiet ; turpentine firm ; freight also firm, especially to Great Britain. . It is said that Count Montemolin, accompanied b FR &NOE Y Gene ra l Eli o, has entered Navarre, where a Carlist movement has broken out. The French Government is about, it is said, to establish a corps of observation on the Pyrenean frontier. Accordi ng so th e C onst i tutionnel, Queen Chris tina has embarked at Port i Vendres. The Monit eur o f yester d ay says : " We cannot too eeverely stigmatise the unworthy manoeuvres resorted to by spreading abroad s i n i s t er i n t e lli gence from the Beat of war. Ia this manner they have had no scruple e s saying that a b rave reg i men t o f our army had been dtroyed befor e B uc h ares t, an d t h at one of our most alreagallant generals had been slain. These repos, it is known, were without any foundation s t and, if dyallUde to them, it is merely to show what culp a bili ty ther e i s in the calculations that invent such news, and in the thoughtlessness that disseminates them. Por the rest the government will use the arms it pos !leases for chastising the authors and propagators of men dacious reports.,,2ll,e Moniteur publishes the following tele ,,ie despatch : pero ry-aenaaterdaEmpress , at the fall of night, the Em midst of crowdsthieht k walk at Biarritz, in the took a of visitors, who manifested by loud acclamations how happy they were at the presence of tthaeir Majesties. The road from Mont de Merson to haZ n _ n e , by which the Emperor and Empress passed, cen ornamented with evergreens and strewed with Sowers . by the inhabitants of the neighbouring towns and villages, All of them came out dressed in their holi day clothes, to hail their Majesties with enthusiastic . cpe s. Everywhere the same marks of gratitude, affec .loe, and devotedness were shown. All official recep tions had been formally forbidden, but the people Lund 4 means of testifying their feelings," ~During the absence of the Emperor at Biarritz, ;e Ministers meet in council four times every _' r eelc ! M. Baroche presiding. They deliberate, but decide nothing ; it is at Biarritz that every. officers at Varna. Omer Paella said the Russians had thing is, ultimately determined on. Two couriers retired from Silistria, and wanted an armistice of 61 are despatched daily for Biarritz, with reports days—what fel he cannot make out, unless it is to come from the different Ministries. on with fresh troops against us. Never mind ; let them The Russian three-master Orion, sailing un d er come as fast as th ey lik e, we w i ll render a good account Tuscan colours, which was ca pt ure d o ff Le g horn b y of them, or I very much mistake. Within this half hour a re p ort h as reached us that we are to move on. the French steam-sloop A Vdr ne 2 was brought int o It is imp oss ibl e to say what is to happen. Omer Pasha Toulon on the 19th inst. On the same day detach is to be here again to•morrow, to see all the cavalry and infantry again. I wish to goodness they would push menu of the 20th Regiment of Lightl noffatnhtery,tiannd of the 20th, 26th, and 39th Regiment East in e' on, and let us go to work, for this idle, useless life is were embarked in that port for the the gettin g perfectly monotonous ; besides this, we are steanaLfrigate Canada and in the sailingfrigate nearly starved to death, having nothing but our rations Pander°. to live upon, precisely the same as the men. You good Accounts from Marseilles represent the cholera peopl e read i n th e p a p ers th a t we are well provided as still raging there with violence, and from 120 for, and that beer, porter, tea, coffee, &c., are all pro- to 130 deaths daily are recorded. More than one vided for us ; but that is all humbug, for we have not seen or smelt a drop of beer sin ce th e 4 t h o f June, when third, some say h a lf, o f the inhabit an t s h ave l eft ' we were at Varna, and then were a bl e on l y to procure the city. In the environs of Nancy also it i s very two barrels of p or t er f or the whole regiment. Tea there violent. was, but now that is out, and now we get coffee in the The Noititeyr publishes a note which announces berry, and have to roast it and also pound it ourselves. that the fine weather is general, and that th e liar- We fi n d t hi s very different from Chobham, I can assure vest is commencing everywhere, with results far you, for if a fellow does by any odd chance get an ythi ng superior to those o f a m e di um y ear. good, h e i s as selfish over it as a great sulky boy. 1 The weather in Paris continu es t o b e excess i vely wish so me o f you good people would give the pagers a; oppressive. Yesterday (Sunday) a t one o ' c l oc k , hint that th e country ought to treat us better than they the thermometer was at 86 in the shade. A Paris do, espec'ally in the postage arrangements ; for, al- paper, in describing the throng of Parisians crowd though I know there are numerous papers and letters ing to the baths on the river, declares that he can on the road for me, four letters and three papers are not compare the borders o f th e S e i ne to anything all I hav e rece i ve d s i nce I left dear old England. I hope but the valley of J e h os h ap h at on the Day of you 'sill write and t e ll me a ll t h e news you have, fora Judgment. letter f rom E ng l and is a great Godsend. The weather is intensely hot, and wo are a ll as b lack as niggers. We The mother of M. L e d ru -R o l l i n died on Fridayat her residence in Paris. Th e f unera l took place are clos e t o a b eaut i ful river, which I think adds to th e health of the men. The horses, poor brutes, suffer most; yesterday (Sunday), but the police had ordered the we have lost 30, and expect to lose more ; they are all newspapers not to announce the ceremony, and picketted in the open air without the least covering, and moreover directed that they were not to publish sometimes it rains in torrents, such drops as I never saw details of the funeral. before, for days together, but in a few hours the sun - Notwithstanding the efforts of the police to con- Com es ou t a n d all i s dried up, and nature is all smiles • ceat the death of Madame Ledru•Rolin a con again. Our poor women seem to weather it out well ; Siderable crowd assembled, at the early hour of ten of them are in a way soon to prelient to their hus- - si;, o'clock, at the residence of the deceased, in the bands pledges of their affection." Rue du Four St. Germain: They found the house occupied by sergens do ville, and surrounded by a . picket of th e gar d e . de Paris on horse back. .The police, seeing that.a crowd was as ' sembling, hastened the departure of the funeral at seven o'clock instead of eight, which was the hour fixed for it. The procession, which consisted only of the hearse, two mourning coaches, and a few private carriages, then proceeded to Pere la Chaise by the Rue de Charonne. Some ouvriers having attempted to join the cavalcade, the police_ attempted to prevent them; and a row ensued, in the course of which a considerable number of per sons were arrested. The rest. of the affair Rassed off quietly. .. . The Three per Cents. closed on Saturday at 70f. 65c. for the end of the month ; and the Four-and a-Half per ; Cents. 98f. Orleans Rail wa y Sh ares , 1,160 f. ; Rouen, 1,017f.50e, ; Havre, 580 f. ; Great Northern, 815 f. ; Strasburg, 7.75 f. ; New Shares, 620 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 938 f. 75c. • Lyons to the Mediterranean, 840 f. ; Western of ? France, 642 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette; 602 f. 50c. ; Great Central of Fra nce , 491 f. 25 c . ; L yons and Geneva, 505 f. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 680 f. SWEABORG AND HELSINGFORS. Sketched by E. T. DOLBY. Published by Colnaghi and Co. A companion-plate to those already mentioned in terms of deserved eulogium by ourselves, repro. senting the fortifications and towns of Cronstadt and Sebastopol—this cleverly-sketched and bril liantly-coloured lithograph presents to the English public at one view the batteries of Sweaborg and the city of Helsingfors. It is a continuation of the series of authentic engravings illustrative of the events of the war with Russia, issued from time to time (as those events transpire) from the Messrs. Paul j and Domini° Colnaghi's enterprising and popu lar establishment. It will be remembered that while the lithograph of Sebastopol (or, as it was there spelt, Sevastopol) was taken from original drawings by Lieut. Montague O'Reilly, R.N., of H.M.S. Retribution. The lithograph of Cronstadt (or, as it was there, by a somewhat stranger freak of orthography, spelt Krondstadt) was taken from sketches by Mr. E. T. Dolby, the artist sent out for the very purpose of making these sketches by the eminent publishers already mentioned, with the sanction of the Admiralty, and we believe, iri deed, if we are not much mistaken, under the ex press patronage of Sir James Graham and the Lords Commissioners. However this latter cir cumstance may be, the lithograph now before us, representing, as we have said, Sweaborg and Hel singfors—an engraving executed in double-tinted lithography, by Mr. W. Simpson, from sketches taken in the Baltic by Mr. E. T. Dolby, a work printed by Messrs. Day and Son, and published by Messrs. Paul and. D. Colnaghi—is formally dedicated (by permission) to Sir James and his Admiralty colleagues. It forms a picture not unworthy of being inscribed to the Lords Commissioners, and of being placed side by side in the portfolio with the previously issued views of Cronstadt and Se bastopol. Authenticated in many particulars by reference to various official documents, the present representation of the batteries of Sweaborg and of the city of Helsingfors has been produced from the actual drawings taken on the spot by Mr. Dolby —drawings now, we learn, in her Majesty's posses sion. The view being a bird's-eye view, enables us to observe in detail the nature of the islands form ing the renowned Sweaborg fortifications, together with the construction of the batteries, and the num ber of the guns mounted upon them, and includes besides all this the whole of the picturesque city of Helsingfors. Helsingfors is in the background— the front of the picture being occupied by the grand defence of Sweaborg and its insular fortifications. It is impossible to examine the engraving without being struck by the peculiar resemblance in the situation of these insular batteries of Sweaborg in reference to Helsingfors, and that of the insular batteries of Cronstadt in reference to St. Peters burg. Remarkable ability has been shown in the skilful rapidity' with- which the lithograph has been produced, and no less remarkable enterprise mani fested in the speed with which one engraving of the kind after another is supplied by the publishers for the gratification of the curiosity naturally enough felt by the people who remain at home in reprd to the scenes of the exploits of their gallant fellow-coun trymen, whether by land or by sea, in the Baltic or in the Euxine, along the sho res o f the C r i mea or on those of the. Gulf of Finland, MARKET 'HIS DAY.) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. CORN EXCHANGE. Our advises from most of the country markets held on Saturday state that the demand for wheat was excessively heavy, at a DECLINE IN PRICE of from THREE SHILLINGS to SIX SHILLINGS per quarter. Barley and oats gave way is, with a very dull inquiry. Flour was offering on lower terms, and the value of other articles was almost nominal. New York letters to the 12th inst. state that bread-stuffs were very dull, and lower. The continental markets have b:en depressed, and prices have tended downwards. Very limited supplies of English grain arrived here last week. The imports from abroad were 13,281 quarters of wheat, 3,073 barley, 17,596 oats, 2,455 beans, 42 peas, 3,103 linseed, 1,288 rapeseed, 37 sundry seeds, and 2,820 barrels of flour. The quantity of wheat received fresh up to our market to-day, coastwise from Essex and Kent, was limited. From all other quarters the receipts were small. Notwith standing that the supply was comparatively trifling, the demand for all kinds ruled excessively heavy ; indeed, throughout the day scarcely any business was doing, and the quotations were nominally from FIVE SHILLINGS to SIX SHILLINGS per quarter LOWER than on Mon day last, and a clearance was not effected. We learn that the cutting of rye and winter oats has Won partially commenced to-day in Essex, and that within ten days harvesting of wheat will b e pre t ty general in our forward di s t r i c t s . The market was well supplied with all kinds of foreign wheat. The trade ruled dull in the extreme. Prices fell to some extent; but it is next to impossible to quota the actual decline. Some very inferior wheats were offered at from 7s to Bs—in some instances even more per quarter ; but the FALL may be considered fully SIX SHILLINGS per quarter. At this decline, scarcely any transactions were reported. Since Monday last, 22 ships have arrived off the coast laden with wheat. There was no inquiry for floating car goes to-day. Barley moved off heavily, and the quotations were is to 2s per quarter lower than last week. In malt, very little was doing, at fully Is per quarter less money. We had a fair supply of oats on offer, and which moved heavily, at from 6d to is per quarter beneath last week's currency. In beans, very little was doing, and the quotations gave way is per quarter. Peas were lower with a dull inquiry. The flour trade was depressed at 2s to 3s per sack, and to 2s per barrel beneath last Monday'ss currency. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEABlliit.. Wheat--Eases as Kent, i Mal'--Chevalier .. • • 74s to 75? Red .. new 64s to 78s Oats Yorkshire and ..... old 663 78s Lincolas4., Feed 28s 32s oPitto, White new Gls 79s Potato ...... • . Sea 33s Ditt0.....,,. old 70s 80s Youghal and Cork Norfolk and. Lin- 81ack..... •• 28s 31s coin, Red, old 64s 74s Cork, White . 28s 32s Ditto new •• •• •• 64s 74s Scotch, Feed. 32s 34s Rye—Old •• •• .. 508 51s Beans—Tick .•-•••..- 43s 52s New ...... ••• • • • 50s 51s Pigeons 47, 58s Barley—Grinding... • • 325 37a Peas—Grey .....• •• •• 44s 485 Malting •• —5 —s • Maple ..... •• •• Chevalier.... ••• —5 —s White... .• .• •• Ms 58s Slalt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers 56s 583 folk . • ••• • • • 665 71s Flour—Town-made 58s 60s Brown •• • • 60s 62s Suffolk .....• • , 50, 573 Kingstouand Ware 735 74s Stoaktn & Norfolk 48s 55s SMITHFIELD. The total imports of foreign stock last week amounted. to 6,057 head. In the corresponding week in 1853 we re ceived 12,422 ; in 1852, 7,022 ; in 1851, 7,128 ; in 1850, 5,146 ; in 1849, 4,209 ; in 1818, 4,253 ; and in 1847, 5,152 head, SHARE MARKETS. • HOUSE OF COMMONS--(THIS DAY.) The SPEAMER took the chair at one o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' Amendments to the following bills were considered and agreed to :—Ambergate, Nottingham, Shr. and Eastern Junction Railway (Working arrangements with Great Northern Railway) ; Electric Telegraph Company) No. 2 ; Great Western Railway (Berks and St. Hants, &c.) ; North Shields Quays and Improvements ; 20 Selkirk and Galashiels Railway ; Stockport, Disley, And Whaley B r id ge. 50 The Millbank (North Shields) Estate Bill was con- 13i sidered and ordered for a third reading. • THIRD READINGS. 31 Vne Merton Colle g e Bill, Mitf or d' s Estate Bill, a n d 27i Wilkinson's Estate Bill, were rea d a thi r d time an d gassed. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. ADMIRALTY COURT BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. LAND REVENUES OF THE CROWN tine This bill was read a thir A d and passed. DUCHY OF CORNWALL OFFICE. On the order of the day for the third reading of this bill, Mr. WISE, as a representative of the people and a tax-payer himself, objected to the passing of this bill, which asked for a sum of 17,0001. to build a new office in Pimlico for the Duchy of Cornwall, while there was ample accommodation for the purpose at Somerset house. St ' Sir W. MOLESW ORTH said he should fully explain St the necessity for this bill being passed when the house went into committee of supply. • St Mr. W. WILLIAMS thought the house ought 'to 25 resist the passing of this bill till they had a full explana- St. tion respecting the reason for erecting such a building, St. while the Government had Somerset-house, and such a 10 number of oth er pu bli c buildings. St. ~ Mr. HENLEY o bj ected to the bill beingpassed hastily 10 through the h ouse without hon.' members having had St. " time to consider it, as the bill was only distributed to hon. members on S a t urday last. . St. Lord J. RUSSELL said it was thought convenient St St. . for the public business that the Inland Revenue-office St. should be removed to Uomerset-house, and that was the 12 reason why this bill was introduced ; but as he thought 50 it was very reasonable that the house should have full K information on the subject,-he bad no objection to post- 16 ' pone the considerati on o f th e bi ll till Thursday. (Hear.) St. Mr. DIVETT thought this was a very unsatisfactory 1 . .: mode of transacting public business and asking for large s o sums of money; he should therefore move an amend- 20 ment that the bill be read a second time this day three iii months. 10 The house then di v id e d , w h en the numbers were— St. For the a men d ment lB ' St. Against it 79 20 Majority The third reading was accordingly postponed till 126 St. Thursday. 50 HIGHWAYS (PUBLIC HEALTH ACT) BILL. 40 This bill was read a third time and passed. 25 (LEFT SITTING . ) 25 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 24, 1854. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Hamburgh 9B ... 1,771 Rotterdam 291 ... 1,114 420 ... 374 ... Harlingen Calais Amsierdam 7B Dordt 5O Antwerp Tonningen 244 Bremen 533 Lambs. Calves. Pigs. - ... - 53 ... 59 198 ... 39 10G ... - 120 ..: 9 108 ... - Total _. 1,313 —. 3,239 —. 490 —. 847 —. 168 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pins. 1853 1,513 8,910 —. 791 —. 766 _. 402 1852 964 _. 4,548 ._ 1,109 _. 254 —. 147 1851 7OB —. 4,600 —. 750 _. 680 _. 390 1850 770 —. 2,972 —. 524 _. 732 _. 148 1849 556 _. 2,896 _. 359 317 81 We had rather an extensive show of foreign stock in to-day's market, but its general quality was interior. From our own grazing districts, the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were moderate, and, for the most part, light in weight. The fine prime Scots and short horns on offer changed hands at full prices ; but all other breeds of beasts were dull in sale, and quite 2d per Sibs lower than on this day sen'night. Great difficulty was experienced in effecting a clearance. The arrivals of boasts from Lincolnshire, Liecestershire, and Northampton s hi r e amounted to 1,750 sho r t horns; from other parts of Eng land, 500 of various breeds ; and, from Scotland, 130 horned and polled Scots. We were well supplied with sheep, at least a moiety of which were beneath the middle quality. Prime old Downs and the best half-brede were in fair request, at full quota tions. Otherwise, the mutton trade was heavy, at a fall in value of 2d per 81bs. Lambs—the show of which was moderately good, moved off slowly, at Friday's decline of 2d per 81bs. The supply of calves was extensive, but mostly inferior. The veal trade was heavy, at 2d per Bibs less money. Pigs were very dull, and the quotations were almost nominal. The arrivals of stock by sea from Ireland, last week, were only 3 boasts. Per Sibs to sink the offals. -- s. d. s. d.l s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 4 PrimeSouthdown 4 8 410 Second quality.... 3 6 3 8 Large crse. calves 3 2 4 0 Prime large oxen 319 4 2 Prime small d 0... 4 4 410 Prime Scots, ,Ste. 4• 4 4 8 Large hogs 3 0 4 2 Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 6 ,Small porkers 4 4 4 8 Second quality ...3 8 310 Sucklingcalves ..22 0 .29 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 0 4 6,Quarter old pigs 21 0 27 0 Lambs 9s 4d to 5s 6d. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep •••••• •• •• —28,390 Sheep .. •• ......4,190 'ialves ............ .. 580 Ca1ve5...........• ......•• 477 A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, July 25, 1853, and this day, Monday, July 24, 1854. Per Sibs, to sink the offals. July 25, 1853. !July 24,1854 s. d. s. d. !s. d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts ... 3 2to 3 63 oto 3 4 Second quality ditto 3 8 3 10'3 6 3 8 Prime large oxen ... ... 4 0 4 2,a 10 4 2 Prime Scots, dzc ... 4 4 4 64 4 4 8 Coarse and inferior sheep ... ... 3 6 3 10,3 4 3 6 Second quality ditto ... ... 4 0 4 413 8 310 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... 4 6 4 B'4 0 .4 6 Prime Southdown ditto 410 5 04 8 410 Lambs ... 5 0 6 o'4 4 5 6 Large coarse calves 3 6 4 2 1 3 2 4 0 Prime small ditto 4 4 4 10!4 4 410 Large hogs 3 0 3 GP 0 4 2 Neat small porkers 3 8 4 o'4 4 4 8 Beasts 4 , 558 4,032 Sheep ▪ 32,010 28,390 Calves... ... ...497 580 Pigs 310 310 NEWGATE AND▪ LEADENHALL. " The supplies of each kind of meat here today were sea- sonably good. Generally speaking, the demand ruled heavy, and prices were about 2d per 81bs. lower than on Monday last. Per Sibs by the carcass. s. d. s. d. I p. d. s. d, Beef, inferior....(.3 0 3 4( Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 Do., middling ..... 3 6 3 8 I Do., middling 3 8 4 2 Do., prime large .3 10 4 0 Do., prime 4 4 4 8 Do., do, small ....4 2 4 6 Veal 3 2 4 Pork, large 3 2 4 0 Pork, small ...... ..4 2 4 10 Lamb 4s 4d to 5s 4d. BOROUGH HOP. The amount of business doing in our market is very moderate ; nevertheless, prices are well supported in every instance. The plantation accounts are very unfa vourable. In the duty nothing is doing. Last week's imports were 207 bales from Hamburgh, 51 from Ostend, 5 from Rotterdam, 109 from Antwerp, 6 from Ireland, and 10 from New York. The quotations to-day were as follows :—Mid and East Kent pockets, W. lis to 151. 15s ; Weald of Kent ditto, W. Os to IV. Os ; Sussex ditto, 11/. Os to 131. Os per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. These markets are extensively supplied with home-grown potatoes, but the receipts of foreign are very moderate. We have a fair demand for most kinds, at full prices. English 6s to 7s per cwt., and foreign 4s to 5s per cwt. Last week's imports were 161 tons from Jersey, 132 baskets from Guernsey, and 21 baskets from Rot terdam. WOOL. The attendance of both home and foreign buyers at the public sales continues extensive. The bidclings are firm, at very full prices. The following quotations have been paid since our last : — Sydney—Snow-white sheep's, is 9d to 2s ld ; handwashed, is to is 6d ; clean sheep's, is 3d to l s 8d • clothing, is 7d t o i s 8d ; combing, is 6id to is 9d. Adelaide —Scoured sheep's, is 4d to ls 6d ; clean ditto, lid to Is 5d ; lambs', is 5d to is 8d; mixed, 10d to is 2d; damaged, lid to is 3d. Algoa Bay—Clean sheep's, is 2d to is 5d ; damaged, 103 to ls; grey, &c., 8d to ls; mixed, 10,1 to ls. Portland Bay—Clean sheep's, is 4d to is 9id ; other kinds, 8d to ls. Port Philip—Clothing, is sd. to is lld ; combing, ls 61d to ls 8d; clean sheep's, is 6d to is 11d ; grease and locks, 10d to is ; yearlings, is 10d to 2s ; lambs, ls Id to 2s ; skin, 9d to is ld ; greaso, 8d to 10d; slips is Od t o i s 4d . L aunceston— Clean sh e ep' s , i s 5 d to is 9d; lambs', is 6d to 2s ; grease, 8d to is ld; combing, is 10d to 2s 2cl; clothing, is ld ; lambs, is 8d to 2s per lb. English wools are firm, and quite as dear as last week. The imports have amounted to 220 bags from Hamburgh, 56 bales from Leghorn, 874 from Bombay, 1,350 from Geelong, 1,229 from Portland Bay, 28 from Copenhagen, 600 from Melbourne, and 1,000 from Sydney. E ng li s h wool are as follows : South-down hoggets, is to is lid ; half-bred hogget s , lld to is ; ewes, clothing, lld t o ls; Kent fleeces, is to lsOid ; combing skins, 10d to is ; flannel wool, 10d t o i s id ; blanket wool, 7d to ls; and Leicester fleeces, 10d to is per lb. We continue to have aBvEeErybmB.oderato demand for lin seed, yet we have no decline to notice in prices. All other .. 428 48s seeds command very little attention, but cakes are in fair .. 24s 38s C0riander............ ss request, at extreme quotations. per bush. 14s to 20 Carraway.......... Vast,ard, 8r0wn... ... 10s 13s Itempseed, per quarter 408 44s White, new • • ...• 103 14s Linseed, Eng.iovring.. 748 768 Tarn s ! rtres,Winter,new.• .. Os Od Os Od Crashing •• •• •• .. 62s 64s Os OdOs Od Baltic •• •••• • • .. 628 66s Canary, per Quarter • . 47s 50s Odessa •• •• ••• • • • 643 688 Rye grass. . ~........ 6s 30s Linseed Cake, pr. ton—. Cl over ,R e dEng. (cwt.) —s --s English .. . 101 N 1 1 i lOs — 8 Foreign, per ton 915 s 111 as White ••• • • ...• • • —s Foreign Red•••• .. —9 —s Rape Cakes, pr ton 61 158 715 s White.• •• —8 —s Rapeseed, New, pr lst 38108 40108 wldellite.: .... .. Trefoil, new.. •• .... •• —s —3l TALLOW. The amount of business doing in our market is limited, yet prices are well supported. P.Y.C. on th e spot is selling at 665, and for delivery during the last three months 68s per cwt. Town tallow, 65s net cash; rough fat, 3s 7d per,Blbs. 1850. 1851. 1852. 1853. ISM. 25,331 1 33,889 48,273 18,743 33,578 358 9,1 , 37s 9,1 *.o 37s 9d •:o 51s 3:1, 66A Od to to v.)oi Od 384 Od ; Orls Od to 51c 68 004 Od [ Delivery last week .1 1,166 ' 1,148 530 1,003 1,243 Ditto from June 1....1' 8,967 10,062 7,055 11,072 7,947 Arrivals last week.. 9;il 1,188 516 311 383 Dlttofrom Jam 1...: 8,673 7,42 5 i. 9,700 6 , 500 , 5,525 . . !_7 1 9, I; Ton ...•! .• ail pi 394 icl IPi 6 4- pi 94 64 Od .. ,_. Stock this day . • . • • • Price of Y. C.' . • • • 1 DRU.RY-LANE-ROY AL OPERA. On Saturday evening Mozart's If Seraglio was per formed at the abov e th ea t re f or the last time this season. The production of this great work, which, until the last few weeks, was almost unknown to the London public, reflects much credit upon the present management of Drury-lane Theatre ; for not only is the music of Il Se raglio eminently calculated to raise and purify the public taste, but its execution by Mr. Jarrett's German com pany has been most satisfactory. Nobody since Stau digl in his best days has personatedthe old Turk, Osmin, so admirably as Formes ; and more efficient representa tives of Constanze and Blonden than Madame Ruders dorff and Madlle. Agnes Bury could scarcely be found. Of the respective merits of these performers, as exem plified in the above-named opera, we have already spoken in detail ; but the cast of Saturday evening included a novelty which it were unjust not to notice. This was the delineation of Belmonte for the first time by Herr Reichardt, in place of Herr Pecz, who, we believe, has quitted the theatre. Studiously avoiding "odious com parisons," we shall simply state that Herr Reichardt, who sang most of the music set down for him delight fully, and acted throughout with great spirit and judg ment, made on this occasion another highly valuable addition to his already long list of successes with the London public. The opera was enthusiastically ap plauded from first to last, the principal artistes being called for at the conclusio n of the second and third acts. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DA St. Y.) __ LONDON, July July 24.—Wind this day at Noon, S. to S.S.W. ; light pleasant breeze, and fine, clear, sultry weather. SOUTHAMPTON, July 22.—Wind, W. Arrived—Argyll (s), from Carentan. PORTSMOUTH, July 23.—Wind, W.S.W., Arrived— Anna Colbiornsen, from Christiana, and sailed for South ampton ; Forsoget, Christiana. Sailed—Tern, Malaga. COWES, July 2 3.—Wind, W. Arrived—Auroar, from Callro. OFF DARTMOUTH, July 22 . — Arrived—P'oictiers, from Geelong. PLYMOUTH, July 23.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived—Princes Royal, from Quebec ; John, do. ; Penelope, Longsound, and sailed for Falmouth. , • FALMOUTH, July 23.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived— Chatham, from Madras and the Mauritius, and sailed for London Aberfoyle, Sierra Leone ; Christina Carnall, do. ' - Geffon, Bahia ; Lorrido Pernambuco.' Pendleton, Matanzas ; Iron Gem, Alexandria ; Tribune Girgenti. BRISTOL, July 22.—Wind, S. W. Arrive--Oros,, from Rio Janeiro; Rebecca, Licata. OFF PORTLAND, July 22 . — Arrived—Shan:non, from the Mauritius. GLOUCESTER, July 22 . — Arrived—Gugliebia, from Ca tania. Sailed—:Majestie, for Quebec. BRIDGEWATER, July 22.—Arrived—Emma, Altona. SWANSEA, July 22 . —Wind, S.E. ArrivecL—Pearl, from Cuba. CLYDE, July 22.—Wind, W. Arrived—Spartan, from Quebec; Harlequin, do. ; Margaret, Alicats.; Courier, do. Sailed—Onyx, for Montreal. LIVERPOOL, July 23.—The Sarah Sands (s s), arrived hero from Montreal, sailed on the 6th of July, and passed several icebergs in a thick fog, after getting through the Straits of Belleisle. The Salem, of St. John's, N. 8.. dia.. masted, waterlogged, and abandoned, was passed on the 15th of June, in lat. 35 N., long. 56 W., by the Samuel, arrived hero. --- (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) ... • GRAVESEXD, Monday, 10.50 A.M. 20 Wind, E. ; tide two hours' flood, very fine. 17, Arrived, 23d—Stadt Dord rec ht ( s ) , from D or dt ; H echa 20 (s), Ghent; Sumatra, St. Croix; Sophia, Naples; Leo, 20 Guernsey; Ambrosia, Nyeland ; Spencer, Antwerp; 20 Union, Arch ange l ; Liberty, Guernsey • Edward - Virginia, 20 Marseilles ; R e d port, Oporto • Torsas, jersey ; Margaretha, 5 Memel; Assina, Nykobing ; ' Caledonia (s), Hamburg. 20 Arrived, 24th. —T wo Brothers, from Bremen ; Stranlie, 25 Emden ; Fyenoord, steamer, Rotterdam; Unity, Ant- 100 werp ; Courier, Guernsey; Leonne, Gravelines ; Page, .100 Guernsey; Clara, Carolinseil ; Bven, Havanna ; Diana, 20 Arsens. 20i Wind E.N.E., li g ht and fine. DEAL, Monday, 9.45 a.m. Thomas Lawrence, from Jacatnel for Copenhagen, spoke io the English ba rque F avourite, from North Shields, July 100 14, in lat. 16.22, l ong. 14.33. 20 Passed—Pa ragon, from London for Barbadoes; Cossi- 5 pore, London for Cape of Good Hope; Aberfoyle, London for Geelong. 20 Hendrik Hud son An American line of packet ship, supposed to be the 10 London. , the South Foreland, in tpw, for STEAM GUN-1304.TS FOR THE BALTIC. —On Saturday the Minx screw gun-boat, intended for the naval opera tions in the Gulf of Finland, was launched from Messrs. Green's yard, at Blackwell. The Minx has 160 feet length of deck, with great beam, to enable her to carry a heavy battery, including a long pivot gun for shot and shell. It is stated that th e whole fleet of gun-boats, together with a number of small steamers re cen tly launched at Pembroke, 1561 — ymouth, Portsmouth, a n d other naval depots, will be ready to start for the Baltic about the second week in Au gust. K• Sir George Grey, e —• 8 , G overnor of New Zea land, is appointed Governor end Commander-in-Chief over her Majesty's settlem ents at the Cape of Good Hope. appointed Gover nor and Commander.in-Chief of the Bermudas, or Somers Islands. QUARTZ ROCS MARIPOSA GOLD MINING COMPANY.— Lieut.-Colonel Freeman .Murray is a_ A bs ce t ri g of this company, tohfeMr. Phillips' at the London T avern, the meeting A firme unanimously approved an,. con d the arrangement made by the directors with the contributors to the sub aratuorrddainyary general meetin g i da p .n t: ll o e n xSt raised to meet the present d ifficulties of the re -11,054 unissued among the -pre sent contributors, or others subscribing before Jul o i 20, in repayment of the advances made. The chairman (Mr. Alderman Carter) informed the meeting that advises, this week have port s b a r e o s on of company,tit the under m e i company s which,be in g aresatisfactory,in to t u he b e e vea divided which he hoped and believed wo b ul be favourable, might be expected not later than Octo er. SPECIE. --The arrivals been very large, and have reached a total of absiut ARRIVALS OF 850,000/. • the whole of which, with the exception of about 150,000/., was i n gold- The ea r e are estimated to have amounted to 500,0001., of which 250,000/. con sisted of silver to the East. QUARTZ ROCK (MARIPOSA) GOLD COM PANT.—A meet ing of the Quartz Rock (Mariposa) Gold Company took place on Saturday afternoon, when the arrangements of the directors for procuring an investigation of the pro perty of the company in California were agreed to, and the unissued shares assigned as security to those of the shareholders who have subscribed the f un d s to pay the exenses. Courorre.—Notice has been given by the a gents of the Brazili an G overnment that additional coupons for 10 years have been p repare d f or t h e l oans of 1824 and 1825, and that th e y w ill b e ready for delivery on and after th e 2d of Augu s t. TRIUMPH OF " THE BEARD MOVEMENT" IN THE ARMY.—An order was issued a few days ago allowing the troops in th e E ast to wear the moustache, and the beard also, if they. please. [ADVERTISEMENT].—HoIIoway's Pills again—efficaious in curing a severe case of Rheumatism.—Extract of a let ter from Mr. William Davies, of 36, Regent-road, Salford, dated April 12, 1852 :—" To Professor Hol loway. Sir,—l have been troubled for some months with rheumatic pain in all my limbs, and have tried everything I could hear or think of without any good effect ; at last I was recommended to try your pills, a few doses of which relieved me, and before I had finished the second hod health. was quite well, and am now in• the enjoyment of sound health. Mr. Whittaker, druggist, of this Place, will cheer fully verify this statement."—Sold by all druggists and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 241 Strand, Ludo, 10 20 20 20 15 20 20 20 50 50 2 100 1 25 RAILWAYS. fOloslng Prices f Saturday. 23k - 24 ! 5k - 51 9 - 10 11i--10i a 17 -- 18 7 -- 6d 98 - 160 62f - 63 15. - 16 12 14 :: 7 - 8 I.l* - ii 131 -- 35 -- 25 -- ... - 64 - 60 - 24 - 66 68 904 91. 75 77 .25 -127 96 - 98 79 -79 A 89 - 91 11 - 13 D 11. -13 1 , 66/ - 671 6 - 64 it 14i 16, .8h- 109 i 110 1041 - 105 P PI d l 83* 844 9 - 8 - 7 (11 --- •.. 23i - 66/ - 67 38. - 40 - ... ... ••• ''.. • •• i - d. =- i' l 1 6k 6 d 24 - 52 3i,i ... 34i 56 I F. P 4 d 1 74 —lp - 34 - 72 - 2J 20 10 15 aid - 16 64 - 36 - 35 Si 191 5 25 6A - 7 74i - 6 0 , 56 311 lt 3 d 812sl Paid.] 100 Aberdeen 81 Aznbg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct all Belfast & 'Ballymena all Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 28 13irkenlid. Lancsh. di Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 184 Do., £20.....,.... .. 30 Blyth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45, 100 Bristol and Exeter.., 100 Caledonian all Chester & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass. 14 Cornwall 1 Crieff Junction 45 DubliudrßelfastJunc all Dundee Perthdaber• decn Junction all Do. New all East Anglian all Do., (.£l.B E& H) all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, A Stock 100 De., B. Stock 81 Do., New A. ..... 100 East Lancashire LOO Edinburgb dr Glasgow 9A Edinb. and Peebles.., DO' Edin. Prt li di Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde Jane. .00 Glasgow& S. Westornl .00 Great Northern .00 Do., A. Stock 00 Do., B. Stock .00 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) .00 Great Western 12 Irish ,South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 111 Do. ' Thirds 2 Do. New Thirds .00 Lancash. andYorksh 18 Do., Fifths 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwali all Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. .00 Lond. Bright & S.Cst. .00 Loud, and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/.5h.,111&8...0 21 Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Westn 42. Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all Lndndrrydr Coleraine' all Lndmirry. & Ennisk, 100 Manch.Shet&Lincln 44 Do., Man. & Lin. Un, 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmng. & Derby 471 Midi& G. West. (Ire.) 174 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle 100 Newmarket......,,,, 5 : 3 Do., Bury Extension. 194 Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd. 7i Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor. ...... 100 Norfolk • 3i Northn.Counties Un, 100 North British 16 North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. .2 all Do., A Deferred 8 Do., B Guaranteed all North London 5i Do. New £lO 1/ is N.&S.Wstrn. ,Hamp stead, and City Jn 17i North Staffordshire all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn, June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 21 2s Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central 'lOO Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury dr Bit mg 100 Do, L. &N. Western Guaranteed Stock 10 Shrewsby. & Herefd all Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Mir,; all Do. Halves,a all Do. Oswestry 6i Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& paid up at per cent all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. (Si Riv. Dun 5 Do 212 s SLaines, Wok. &Wok all Stockton & Darling 16i Stockton de Hartlepl 100 Taff Vale 8 Do. £7O shares. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 21 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkeniay all WaterforddtLimerick 16 West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London 81s. Wimbledn & Croydon 100 York NewctL&Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 131 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York& N.Midland . 50 50 20 20 6 25 50 20 4f --- 55 -- FOREIGN. all Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. Juno. 8 Beziers to Graissessac 2s. Bombay, Earoda, and Central India, Scrip Central of Italy all Charleroi & Erquelin all Demerara 14 Dijon and Besancon 9 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 2 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 10 Gd. Jnnct. of France IO Grd. Trunk of Canada ii:, 40 Do. Debentures 7 all Do. do 10 Gt. Central of F rance all Gt.WesternofC Shares Do. Bonds (Ist is.rs7 all Hamilton & Toronto all o. 6 per cent. 5 Lake Const. & Baal all Lucca & Fistoja 5 p.c pref ' 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) ..... 2 Do. Pref 3 Do. (Canal) 5 Do. 6p. et. pref 10 Lyons and Geneva , 12 Lyons dz Mediterran, _ _ tiadras 334 Maiia Antonia all Do. 'do. New 2 Melbourne Dk. dt Ry all Namur dt Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) • all Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bdr all (fmy. B. dr Ams. Shs.) all NorwegianTrunkPref 10 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen__ all Paris and Strasbourg 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg 10; Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre 15 Royal Danish 2 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse,.. 6 Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. 6 Southern of France..) S St. Andrew's awl Quebec (A) all West Flanders , all Do 51 per c. Pref 10 \Vestern of France 7 West. of Switzerland 2 Wiesbaden 15 Zealand 3 - 3i- Id-ip ••• • • • ". ~ ?.1 L— i d 1 ••• 51 - 3 P d l 2 p i .P id par 18 —l9 i . a .4 -- 11 ... ..-- dis • o• • ... par -- ...d i P ••• ......'. • id }••p 71 - Si 32 - 32 8 _ ii - 171 -- 17ip 45 - 47 40 - 42 --30 3lj ... - Pm 22i 2ii 1 d 1p a... iii 9 ... - pm 3i 44 : d 5 6 p 4i - 3ii 321 x in MISCELLANEOUS all Aubin Coal and Iron 17i Australian Agricult. 14 Austral su. Pcific. Mail 8 Australn. Royal Mail 4 Berlin Water Works 40 Brit. American Land 1 Brit. & Coln. Snteltg. and Reduction 32, Canada 5 Crystal Palace 3A Do. New 2 Crystal Pal. of France 3 Eastern Steam 20 Electri - . Telegraph(A) all Do. (B) 1 Electric Toleg. of Ir 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 18 General Screw Steam 7A Irish Beetroot Sugar 10 Magdalena St. Navig. all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 3 Netherlands Land 1 N. S. W. Coal (tinter Steam Navigat. Co all N. B. Australasian Do. New ....... 10 Nrtb.ofEuropeSteam all Peel Rr. Ld. & Miurl. all Peninsular & Oriental 40 Do. Do. all Portland Iron Co i 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest 25 South Austral. Land all Seismal . . Telegraph all Do. Registered.., ' 281 Yam Dina?! Land 44i - 45, 6 - 70 88 - 32 4i id 20 - 21 "4 - ii i - 1 1 -:- i'd i --• i p .. . 31 - 36 i - li It-- li =l3 63 i i 67 i 1091 101 105 i 241 31 4j 4 671 7 131 93 53 . 68 - 18 9 14 3i per cent. 641 23 61 - ••• --- 6 dis 74 i 13j 55 1 i • LITERATURE. The Life awl Adventures of a Clever Woman,. By Mrs. Trollope. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. Tito numerous readers of Mrs. Trollope's works will, no doubt, be doubly attracted . by the title of the present tale, which seems especially charac teristic. But they will be disappointed, for though it would seem to be a congenial subject, affording full scope for all the lively sketches and satirical portraits which are the forte of the clever autho ress, neither plot, style, nor sketches are wo r thy o f the writ er o f " The Barnabys."i The life of the Clever Woman, who is the spoiled child of a wealthy father, is passed in attaining a high position in society. This is her great ambition, and she ex pends her time, money, and t nergies in striving to collect a large circle of fashionable acquaintances, who should all look up to her with admiration and respect. In this laudable pursuit she succeeds, but as she is but a heartless abrupt person after all, and shows no talent save that of manoeuvring and self - aggrandisement, the reader is not much in terested in her successes or her failures. A limited cir c l e i s i ntroduced to us, consider ing ver the y opportunities which present themselves for a variety of sketches. We are told that the heroine gave grand entertainments and tht she m a d e many friends, but we , that which d o seo nothin g o f th em. Those each other mere appear, with foil- exceptions, rival in l their repelling qualities. They are not 'y worldly p eop l e : they seemto have no redeeming attributes. Truly, if they are drawn from real life, the writer's experience of society I must be simila r t o t h at which produced the two philosophers of old, who laughed and wept at the follies and crimes of humanity. It needs the lan tern of Diogenes to discover an honest maai-aanong, them. Almost the only one introduced is Mon tagne Herbert, who appears at first as a middle aged man, but at the conclusion marries the young protegee of the heroine. Even he, however, is not a very striking character, • for though very poor, with first a young sister and subSecfuently a wife and family to support, he does not appear to do anything -to increase his income, but endeavours to reduce his expenses, lamenting over his poverty. Among, minor faults of s tyl e w hi c h m i g h t b e eas il y avoided, we may mention that of extreme inaccu racy with respect to dates and ages:_) It is true it matters little what is the age of heroes and heroines, but it is perplexing in the extreme to be perpetually told and told diefereirtly each time. Mrs. Trollope has too often proved her ability to make us con tented with inferior works from her pen, and she has too widely extended a reputation, and too large a circle of readers, to make it a matter of indiffer ence what she writes. She owes it to herself and to the public to be more careful of her well-earned popularity. It would be unjust to say that there is no talent or interest in the present work, but there is not so much as one would be led to anti cipate from the title-page. The following extract is from a conversation between the heroine and her father, at the commencement of her endeavours to be the centre of the fashionable circle, and will give a good idea of her opinions and character : "It is very true, papa, I assure you, that I do pass many hours in thinking what sort of person I should like to be, and what sort of a life I should wish to lead, when I grow from a mere girl into a woman. What I should like would be always to have just such a nice house as this, just as nicely furnished, and everything about me just as elegant and as comfortable as you have made it here. But even that would not content me, papa, unless I could contrive to make myself in some degree worthy of such a beautiful borne • and even if I could do that, it would not content me unless I had a good set of elegant and well-educated people as my friends and ac quaintances. My greatest idea of earthly happiness, dear papa, is having to preside in such a house as this with such a circle of friends as I have described." Mr. Morris felt and looked delighted. "My dearest Charlotte," he replied, "I really don't think it possible y ou could have said any thing more culat e d to give rne pleasure. Tho wishes you express are the exact echo of my own ; and I must say, that, for a young person of your age, I don't think it possi ble they could have been better expressed." "Well, then, dearest papa," she resumed, "being thus happily agreed about the object we have in view, let us hope that we shall be equally so as to the manner of obtaiuirg it. It is impossible not to see that there are some difficulties before us. While I was still a chill, and while you were still occupied by my education, in short, before we came to this house, papa, I never saw anybody, you know, in the way of acquaintance, who could be of the very slightest use in obtaining the object we have in view ; but your fortunately making acquain tance with Mr. Knighton has opened a way for us, which, if it be not our own fault, will lead us to all we wish. I think that while you were playing whist there the other night, I saw more than you could do of the style of the company. Small as they called their party, there were several people of decided fashion. Lady Wil cox Smith is a very near relation ; and that elegant Miss Herbert, Louisa Knighton told me, moves in the very highest circles. But in order to profit as much as pos sible by such a lucky chance as that Which has brought us acquainted with the Knightons, we surely ought to make ourselves as intimate with them a'3 possible." "And so we will, my dear," replied her father, very cordially. "But how, papa ?" replied Charlotte, mournfully "Before any real intimacy can be established between people," she added, "there must be a mutual wish for it." " Very true, dear," returned her admiring father, "but I cant see any good reason to doubt that it is so in the present case." "To a certain degree you are right, papa," was her answer, pronounced in a way that very decidedly show ed her to be no vain boaster when she said she thought egood deal ; her eye, her voice, her attitude, all bore evidence of it. " Papa," she continued, "as much per sonal liking as I really feel for the Knightons, I truly believe they feel for me. 'We all chat away most plea santly together, and when people do this, evidently without an effort, they cannot, you know, feel any great dislike to each other. But that is no proof of the in timacy which I 'am anxious to establish ; nor do I believe that such an intimacy is ever established, unless each of the parties is useful to th'e 'other." Mr. Morris looked at his young daughter both with surprise and admiration. • " Charlotte I" lie replied, taking her'hand in his, and gazing at her earnestly and fondly ; " Charlotte ! you are perfectly right ; and I beg your pardon, my dear, for having treated your observations so lightly, Men may be better fitted to manage the affairs of the nation than women, and I have no wish whatever to see you obtain a seat in Parliament, for instance ; but in the do 'nestle politics of private life, I sincerely believe that the judgment of one clever woman is of more practical worth than that of a dozen men. Nou hive nay full permission on the present occasion, and on all future occasions of the same kind, to any extent that you may think right and judicious ; and, moreover, I shall trust implicitly to your judgment as to the manner of profiting from their wish to be useful to you in return ; and I assure you, dearest Charlotte, that it is a great pleasure, and a great comfort to me, to find that I can so safely trust to your judgment." The Zoist.—The distinguishing peculiarity of The Zoist among our many eminent and diversified monthly and quarterly periodicals is that of its contents containing the largest amount of novel and surprising information. This was inseparable from the very nature of the publication. It was inevitable from the singularity of the scheme in which it originated. It was guaranteed by the singular ability of the man entrusted with the duties of its editorship. It was plainly enough intimated by that quotation from Gall selected as its motto —" This is Truth, though opposed to the Philoso phy of Ages." It was plainly announced in the very title of The Zoist, as a Journal of Cerebral Physiology and Mesmerism —considered in their applications to human welfare. Systematically and energetically carrying out the views, of which it is now universally regarded as the most remarkable organ, The Zoist has successfully entered its twelfth volume; the present number being the forty-sixth of its publication. In testimony that its ability has in no way fallen off, but rather ad vanced and ripened during the process of ;its de velopment, we need no more here than quote from the number just issued the subjoined interest ing and noteworthy paragraphs. They are in the form of a " Note" by Dr. Elliotson, on two cases described by Mr. Rawe, of Hampstead— N first is one such io l T b so e "These two cases are DR invaluable. ELL d u and plan of diet and general mans as medical men have always in abundance under their care, "NOTE B T ge then another . and most frequently with un satisfactory and except that such are veryprofitable trying first one r g . satisfactory results to hasth the sti practitioner o b a pati e . l a t The , e family c or r r eh a n b f i t t e u n a l a n m d e d l i n c n a g l , a a d n v d i s e i r s wearied with the everlasting complainings : and others are continually consulted or triedin for long er or shorter periods. The drugs taken these cases is prodigious : and trading writers of books on indigestion and nervous com plaints, like those who write on gout and rheumatism, and those who write on urinary affections and cutaneous dis eases and affections of the chest, reap a plentiful harvest by advertising their books with their names incessantly, and thus catching the eye of unfortunate valetudinarians, as the advertising tailors and other tradesmen so well know how to catch customers. The advertisement of medical books on common disorders is a genteel and cun ning way of imitating Messieurs Moses, Solomon, Mechi, Hyam, Savory, and others, who legitimately advertise as tradesmen, and in a direct and open manner for customers, who are their patients. Some of these medical authors succeed in getting passages from their books that are most likely to excite the attention of unfortunate persons with dyspeptic, nervous, gouty, rheumatic, urinary, cutaneous, and chest affections, inserted from timo to time into both the London and provincial newspapers. Writers on indi vidual diseases are thought to know the most about them: but gener a lly k now nothing more of them than the rest of the profession, and are often moreover less acquainted with general p rac ti ca l med i cal science and the powers and general proper a d m i n i strat i on of remedies—aknowledge of all whi c h i s i n di spensable to the treatment of individual diseases. "The second case, . though pronounced by the medical practitioner to be flow of blood to the head, was evidently in the attack witnessed by Mr. Rawe a fit of exhaustion of nervous energy, and calculated to be injured by all debili tating means. Ammonia, and not the lancet, was at least at that time tko mitabla mucky, hajninagablOPOlNAS 1111Y0 Trrl ....—_, been destroyed in all kinds of diseases by bleeding and other debilitating means ; and innumerable persons, though not killed, been made worse or uncured, in neuralgic seizures, mistaken for inflammation; in giddiness, drowsiness, throb bing, heat, pal s y, pains, and other 'affections of the head, &c., ascribed to determination and congestion of blood, when they are dependent upon debility, and congestion is the effect of the nervous affection. The distiriction is often easy ; but often requires a very careful consideration of all the present symptoms, and all the previous' history of the patient, and a thorough knowledge of the :iarieties of the same disease. The sacrifice of hunehis ife by his igno rance must have been enormous. But Vow" medical men run into the opposite extreme, and lose lives or cause diseases to become protracted or notebecured at all, by not bleeding when they ought-- "Dam vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt." " When called to a celebrated writer a few years ago, I found he had been labouring many days under inflamma tiou of the bowels, and been treated with merely a little rhubarb, and similar things without advantage. His state was highly dangerous, and I gave it as my opinion that he would certainly, die if not bled, and might even if he wore bled. The practitioner remarked that he had n t bled a patient for two years, and that the gentleman was very bulky. I replied that I would whit and regulate the quantity and take all the responsibility upon myself. The practitioner the acti patient.m osttionerl allow courteously more blood t yielded toe flow aftermywishes and bled the pulse was slightly, affected ,it proved to be in a highly inflammatory state, as I ro ri retold. The patient was at once relieved, and with suitable medicines and diet from that moment advanted to perfect health. I myself 1 hal a very violent inflammation in my chest during last November. Nothi ng con t ro ll e d it : an d I one night begged a medical friend to bleed me. About twenty ounces were removed, and from that moaiont I recovered. In March I had a second still• severer attack, I went on without relief for some time, and then begged the same friend to bleed me one evening. Vie loss of lee; than a pint was required on this occasion, and the results were all the same as before —immediate relief and perfect cure ; and I took not a particle of medicine. I had never been so ill in my life as each time before I was bled. On casually mentioning this to a surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hos pital, ho said that he was sure that no other ,person was bled in London on the day when I was bled. Perhaps he was right, for such, are the extremes of the practice of medicine, and it is the same with surgery. Some years ago, patients were bled for almost everything: and people feared that they should not continue in health unless they were bled.twice a year. The surgeries of country practi tionees were filled at spring and fall with healthy persons attending to be bled. `` But in bl ee di ng not a drop more should be taken away than is required for the purpose : the,ege and powers of the patient sou ls' be considered : and his internal sensations, as f ringing in th e ears, giddiness, confusion, dimness of sight, moments amtness, nausea, an d d e b ility, inquired into every few : and the pulse constantly. felt, that the least diminution of strength orJ quickness, or irregularity, or increased quickness of it, may be noticed, as well as any relief in the pain or in other symptoms. If any of these effects takes place, the flow should be arrested : and if they cease, and the original state of things returns, and the patient is not relieved; the blood should be allowed to flow again, and according to the same rules. Sometimes none of these things occurs and there is no relief : and yet the quantity of blood taken is as great as we think the patient can with prop4ety lose. Here the flow should b e arrested. The effects emfmerated, few or more, occasionally begin after the arm is bound up, and thus relief is not obtained immediately, but still obtained. The patient should be bled in the upright position, because the loss of less blood in the sitting or standing position produces all the effects described than if the patient lies ; and to remove the fainte ness, &c., we have then in general merely to lay him down. We should always endeavour to accomplish our purpose without the loss of one drop more than is absolutely required : and thus will seldom be under the necessity of bleeding a second time, or at any rate a third. All this I anxiously inculcated when I first even began to lecture in St. Thomas's Hospital, between twenty and thirty years ago, and I protested against the enormous and repeated bleedings practised by some through inattention to these rules. It is shocking to read the deluges of blood that some writers boast of having perpetrated in curin g th e i r patients. M an y l am sure feel the effects of great loss of blood long and perhaps for life, and not unfrequently have some disease induced which shortens their life considerably. "So with drugs. Not a particle more should be taken than is necessary to relieve or cure the patient. The aim should be to benefit the patient with the smallest number of grains or drops : and it is still better if we attain our object without any drugs at all—by diet and general ma nagement alone. Yet the sound practitioner, who aims at this, will augment his doses steadily, and continuously, till he obtains the good which he desires, or sees that by going on ho shall produce a threatening of some effects which he does not, desire. In the latter case, he will in stantly reduce the dose or omit the medicine altogether for a time. "If it is wrong to give one grain or drop, or half a grain or drop, more than indispensabl e , it is equally wron g t o give u p a med i cine till it has been taken in such quantities and for such a period as to have proved that the system has felt its power. The sound practitioner will appear to the ignorant sometimes to give doses ridiculously small, and sometimes doses preposterously large. He will not boast of giving large doses or small doses, but aim at giving the proper dose. " Some positively have a fixed dose' for each medicine. When iodide of potassium, one of the most useful 'medicines ever discovered, was first used thirty years ago, Sir --, being unlu c kily pre j u di ced against it as he is now against mesmerism, frightened some of my patients and for a time deterred them from its use, though they afterwards saw he was wrong. When its use became established, he and Dr. C-- never gave more than two grains for a dose, and told all patients and practitioners that this was the largest dose which was proper. Now there can be no fixed dose of any medicine : the effect of every medicine, and not the quan tity, should be considered. Sometimes a quarter of a grain, nay an eighth, of this very medicine, is the utmost quantity borne : and sometimes no result is obtained from less than very many grains. I have explained to patients, and always successfully, this common sense view of the ad ministration of this and other drugs, and they have always seen the error of this dictum of Sir -- -- and Dr. C—. Indeed it is now happily disregarded. I recollect that one day I met Dr. C— in consultation upon one case and the late Dr. H— upon another—both gentlemen being physicians of St. --'s Hospital and teaching the same pupils. In each case, iodide of potassium was agreed upon as the medicine. Dr. C--- said he always gave, as did Sir -- --, two grains of it and never more, even if it produced no effect. Dr. H— said he always began with ten grains. Now to begin with a large dose was as improper as to continue at one fixed small dose. Yet both these gentlemen passed as very sensible men. " While many'practitioners give medicines in inefficient doses, others relinquish them before they, on account of the smallness of the dose or the short period of their ad ministration, have done any good : and thus are changing their prescriptions incessantly : and the patient fancies he has tried everything, whereas ho has really tried nothing, and has lost all his time. One of the physicians at Uni versity College Hospital, who was not over educated or wise, but violently opposed mesmerism, declaring that he had never seen it and bad always turned his eyes away from my patients while they were being mesmerised in the wards, generally made a full sweep at every visit or two of all the drugs he had prescribed at the previous visit. When prescriptions aro continually changed, either the practitioner is usually prescribing foolishly, or is baffled at any rate : though of course sometimes changes in the symptoms require such changes of medicines. " The public have no conception of the absurd mode in which medicines are administered by men who have an abundance of practice, or of the oceans of liquid physic and mountains of pills and powders which are swallowed without having, either through being unfit for the case or improper in the doses or shortness of the period of admi nistration, the smallest chance of benefiting the patient. Sir Benjamin Brodie twenty years ago in consultation re marked to me how badly medicines are in general pre. scribed, adding that very feW prescribed them so properly as I did. Yet lam sure I never prescribe them otherwise ( than as the very humblest common sense suggests,—such j common sense as every person, ono would suppose, is en dowed with. " Till very lately, it was the custom to give cathartioe as improperly as to bleed ; to give them when they were, like bleeding, absolutely injurious, or to give them thetoo violently or often, a pill and black draught bein g . . Isitiaepclaesoefs to many worry practitioners th e bowels in incessantlyall with: stnhdeminwchrehe; natu regood h o o r u s e g ou gh t y to i incessantly s tf a t tlaloney whipping : ju just as a or - t d • r i, some pnr ri p persons o it,ns s a p n o d i l : poor dear child by nature of a chance. It is by no means requisite that the every twenty-four hours incessantly punishing it so as o, d e pr i ve bowels of every person should act nor, because they are sluggish, that aperients should 4; given, and time not be allowed 13 nature, to who, if tr us t e d , , will generally in a day or two more do her duty. Thin error I have always protested against. " Another prevalent folly has been to prescribe mercury an aperient. This is one o f th e but tnot required on every occasion of best n of f occasions medicines, an aperient being proper. Yet till lately (and too generally at present it is the case) every prescription for an aperient pill contained mercury, when some simple aperient, with no drug calculated to get into the system as well as to act on the bowelsyr,ifieveararrsesrdtchgtoeuiliritved;e. ‘ liver was tars etahtme feanvtowuriutedoirregancted; to twerehirt late years th e kid neys have had an equal run arid it. diseases ‘ For of I am sick o f h earing about renal diseases andalbuminous urine, which are serving at present to show the folly and weakness o f t oo many medical, teen, and t o answer the purpose of too many of those whose ways are those o f q e: o lt c e t d rin st e quacks. Ab ove twenty years ago I steadily opposed th e ru w c h tu ie r h al s i. tah t albumen kidn in the urine i n di. p d r i e u e n a g e p e u of the firmly, b ecause I rested on carefuleeyb. ser I a k t ept my griound now this fan c y i s g i ven up. But disease of the lcli ' kidney alis een. tinually decl are d t o exist when the result proves that it did not exist. If it really exists as one item in a list of affec tions, then are the rest continually declared to depend upon it, and important diseases of other organs slighted, and it is set up as the great enemy for attack, although in structural disease of the kidney medicine can in general do little or nothing, and frequently is most mischievously em ployed. How long this nephromania will last I cannot guess. The mosmero-phobia will soon be beaten." There is no necessity for comment upon the fore going quotations. A NEW PLANIIT.—At 11.45 mean time last night Mr. J. R. Hind discovered an object shining like a star of the tenth magnitude, or rather brighter, which proves to be another new member of the group of minor planets. It is almost exactly on the ecliptic, about midway be tween two stars of the fifth magnitude- 29 and 32 of Platnsteed in Capricornus. The observed positions are as follow : Mean Time. Right Ascension. North Polar Mat. h. in. s. h. m. a. d. in. a. July 22 at 11.55.55 21.9.50.7 106 20 27 ---- 13.42.55 21.9.47.29 105 20 49. S ROYAL COLLEGE or SuRGEONS.—The followi ng gen tlemen having undergone the necessar y e xaminations for Bristol ; ani }l . p e a n e r k y Calvert the diploma were admit ted members of the College at the meeting of the Court of Examiners, on th e 21 st et Corn. pony's service ; Thomas Steers Hutchinson, i in 3a s r t n . e:t—t,Mrineesnsrs.suJiaame Peninsular and Curtis,d Oriental B ri son, Moore. place, Kennington ; Thomas James Biddle James Bowyer Baker, Hargrave • • ' a rmy ; , iNT ortnamptonshire ; Alexander Macallen Carr, Royal Ophthalmic Archibald Macdonald Garden, R o i l Hos p ital ; pany a service, Bengal ; Thomas. East India Com. Edwin Jones, Blackfriars-road 'Watson, Bristol • Australia ; Otho Frederick' , Edward Cally Ryall, William Pearl, Box.ne, SuffolkVitalis. Constantinople; wold, Yorkshire ; and ; John Skaife, Easing ton, Armagh, At the William Reed, Newtown, Hamil. Charles Edward Stillman same meeting of the court, Mr. Carl, ..., passed his ezaraiziation for '`'` ""!awlaVe Business done this day. 90 4i 5 x in x in x in x in x in x in x in x in