The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-07 00:00:00

SI 0 E ,:'4.11 AAL K. . AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY. TWO o'CLOCK The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 10,000 hales, ineludin4 Ame rican taken for export and on speculation. The market closed firmly without alteration in prices. The sales comprised 7,000 American, 200 Pernam and Maranham at Gil to 60., 100 Bahia at 61d. to sp., and 3,000 Surat at 31d, to 41d. per lb. Railway Shares were firmer. From Liverpool, Messrs. Houghton and Levy report of the foreign fruit trade as follows : " The consumption of currants has, in a great mea sure, been influenced by the prices of the necessaries of life, and as they have fallen, so has the demand for fruit continued to increase, although in a season of the year when English fruits are in abundance, and take the place of foreign dried. For 1851 fruit there is little in quiry, but still holders are firm in their pretensions, and prefer looking on until the approaching season draws nearer, when the result of the growing crop is known. 1852 and 1853 fruit has been more eagerly pressed on the market, and although it has led to a fair business, has not materially affected prices. The arrivals continue very limited, and are about 25 tons, against 450 tons during the corresponding month last year, thus our clear ances are and have for some time been considerably in advance of the imports, and our stock is consequently gradually decreasing, and as no further augmentation is anticipated until the arrival of the new crop, the quantity on hand then will be much lighter than was generally . expected. The accounts from the places of growth con tinue most unfavourable, with the exception of Cepha lonia, where it is expected the yield will be about the same as last year, but with a less amount of disease, con sequently, with such prospects, there is a fear that we shall have a positive scarcity this next season." The accounts from the Levant about currants are likewise unfavourable. The homeward bound ships left the Downs for the river yesterday. In Mark Lane this morning, wheat is quoted 3s. to 4s. per quarter higher than on Monday last. From the tenor of recent advices, it seems pro bable that Australia will very soon in regard to bread stuffs be independent of foreign supply. In South. Australia we learn the vigour with which cultiva tion is proceeding, is perfectly amazing. A very large number of ploughs were imported during the past year, and yet the plough is almost the only article which is not a drug in the market. It is still in demand, and scarce, and the price has risen. It is stated, apparently on good authority, that the increase of cultivation this year over last, will be at least one-third. Another illustration of progress is the number of new flour mills. Previous to the gold discovery, that is in 1850, there were 27 flour-mills in South Australia, of which 17 were driven by steam ; but these were insufficient, and we have before us a list of no less than 22 new mills, four water, and the rest steam, now building, or recently built, in nearly as many different districts. The power of these is esti mated at 313 horses; and the produce 665 tons of flour weekly. The reaping machine invented in 1843 by Mr. Ridley, a colonist, residing near Ade laide, has been found of very great importance in developing the agriculture of the country. It reaps and thrashes the corn at the some moment ; and with two horses and two men it operates on from five acres per diem. This renders the farmer comparatively independent of labour. We are in formed that one artisan iu Adelaide manufactured no less than 24 of these machines last season, and had orders for as many more, which he could not execute. Their cost is about 1001. each. They are considered superior in this climate to any of the recent inventions in Europe or America. Accounts from Hamburgh state that permission having been given to neutral vessels in ballast to leave the Russian Baltic ports, as well as those in the two gulfs, most of the vessels had availed them selves of the opportunity, and it was supposed had all got away. At Hamburgh, business generally has been quiet, except in a few articles, such as spices, dye woods, and hides, in which there was some activity. Grain was firmer. Discounts were 2to 2 per cent. The Belgian Consul-General at Lima, M. Derote, under date of June 25, writes that the demand for guano for Europe was so great that all the ships available were freighted there by Gibbs and Co., for England, Belgium, and Germany, or by the other contractor for France. Belgian ships, there fore, could obtain ready freights. The accounts by the steamer Lusitania, from Brazil, report trade as being very dull at Rio de Janeiro. Freights were at 40s. and 5 per cent. for the Channel Islands. The weather was favourable for the growing crops. The steamer Tagus, with the remainder of the Indian and Australian mails, has arrived, and the letters will be delivered this afternoon. The New York accounts notice a buoyant stock market, and money was abundant. The light re ceipts of bread stuffs, supported prices, and they lad advanced. Cotton was steady, but dull, and sales could not be pressed without a reduction bein g acceded to. The North Star had arrived from California. The intelligence from the dig gings was most satisfactory, and miners generally met with good success, The markets were heavy. In Lombard-street this morning, money is in ac tive demand, and the brokers freely allow 42 per cent. on " call." The stock market is very buoyant, notwith standing the still unsettled appearance of the wea ther, and the demand for money. Consols have been 921 to 931 for transfer and up to 931,- and 93 1 for account. The New 3/ per Cents. have been marked 932 to and the 3 per Cents. 92 7 g to 931. The prosrect of vigorous operations in the Crimea, still imparts buoyancy in conjunction with the re treat of the Russians from Wallachia. Bank Stock has been fir m a t 2101. E xc h equer bills have re alised ls. discount to 2s. premium. The foreign market has been firm, and in one or two stocks there is more doing. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been supported at 39 to 391 ex. div., the New Deferred at 19k, and the Passsive, Con verted, at 4to 4 and the Certificate at *. Mexican bonds have been at 241 and Peruvian at 69. Brazilian old stock has realised par. Russian Pour-and-a-Half per Cents. have been done at 84. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6to 6 ; Mexi can, 242 to 24i ; Peruvian, 67 to 69 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 51 to 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 39 to 41 ; Russian 5 per C en t s ., 97 to 99 ; Ditto 41 per Cents., 82 to 84 ; Spanish New Deferred, 19 to ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 381 to 391 ; Ditto Certi cates, 4'l to 5/ ; Ditto Passive, 4 to 4/. Railway Shares do not, in all cases, move up correspondingly. with the f u nd s , b u t mos t o f th e lines are rather higher. G rea t N or th ern h ave rallied, and there is an advance in Caledonian, Great Western, Manchester and Licolnshire, North British, and York and Berwick. The French lines have been quiet. Luxembourg are firm. The Mining Market is neglected, the Joint Stock Banks are a shade higher, and Peel River is flat. The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing : Company. Date. Place. Buckinghamshire Cork and Bandon Darenth Valley Aug. 14, Gt. Winchester-st. Eastern Counties East Indian Aug. 10, London Tavern. East Kent Great Northern Great S. and W. of Ireland Great Western - - Hull and Selby Llanelly London and North-Western Aug. 11, Euston-square. London and South-Western Aug. 10, 34, York-road. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock Middlesboro' and Redcar Aug. 9, Darlington. Midland Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Aug. 10, London Tavern. N. and S. Western Junction Aug. 15, Euston-square. North Devon Aug. 30, London Tavern. North Eastern Northern and Eastern Shrewsbury and Hereford Aug. 16, Shrewsbury. South Eastern Sept. 7, Bridge-house Hotel _... ..._ Aug. 25, Paddington. S:Ath Wales . Stockton and Darlington Aug. 9, Darlington. Victory Emanuel Aug. 7, Chambery. Wear Valley Wimbledon and Croydon Aug. 22, Fendall's Hotel. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLO.J.K. ( Front the Ogeial List. ) nustnest. onnv Bank Stock & R per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93 2 31 i 3 per Cent C onso le Annuities : 93 2 3,f, 31 per Cent. Annuities . 93i 3 i Consols for Account 17th August 93A 3 Exchequer Bills, 21d. 1a 2 p £lOOO.. 2500 1 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. — Ditto Small Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. 69 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St Ditto 4i per Cent B4 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent...... 85i 8 5 i Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 394 9 X d Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. l9l Ditto Passive (Converted) Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun SA p ° Dividends on the above payable in London. Consols T TVO O'CLOCK. 93 A Ditto August A ecount 93 LEICESTER, August 3.—There is a general improve ment in the demand for both regular and fancy hosiery. Worsted spinners have cleared their old stocks, and re. cent joh3 in yarns are now over. I 'APE RI &IL I .ABL . t HOUSE OF COIVIM-ONS-(THIS. DAY). The SPEAKER took the chair at two o'clock. Mr. WALPOLE presented a petition from a great number of clergymen (5,500) of the Established Church of England against the n,tional system of education in Ireian.l. The right hon. gentleman gave notice that early in the next session of Parliament he should call attention to and move/resolutions on the subject. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. On the motion for going: into committee on this bill, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY took the opportunity of asking the Secretary of the Treasury what was the total amount of money which the house had voted on esti mates. At the same time he begged to give notice that on the third reading of this bill he should ask the Chan cellor of the Exchequer whether he intended to adhere to the principle which he laid down in the early part of the session, of meeting the expenditure out of the taxes to be raised within the year ; and he should also ask the right honourable gentleman whether he intended to increase the funded debt through the medium of the savings banks. With regard to the question which he had put to the Secretary of the Treasury, he made the total amount of the estimates already voted for the year reach to between 63,000,0001. and 64,000,0001. Mr. WILSON said it was impossible for him to give an answer off hand, but there were papers on the table which would furnish the exact information required. The bill then passed through committee, and was ordered to be reported to-morrow. [LEFT SITTING.] THE PENINSULAR MAIL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday, eight a.m.•—The Penin sular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Tagus has arrived, with the heavy portion of the India and China mails ; also, the Australian mail. Her dates are, Alexandria, July 22, and Gibraltar August 1. The Tagus brings 76 passengers (of whom 37 are first-class), 7 boxes of specie (value not given), and a valuable cargo of silks, elephants' teeth, wine, &c. From Gibraltar we learn that her Majesty's steam• ship (E transport) Himalaya passed from west to east at ten o'clock on the morning of the 31st ult. A number of horses were waiting to be despatched to the East from Gibraltar, for the use of the army there. BRITISH T ELEGRAPH COMPANY. Some important changes in the prospects of this com pany have recently taken place in which the public are interested. The British Company have now extended their wires to London by the purchase of the wires, in strumonts, works, patents, agreements, contracts, and property of every descriptio❑ belonging to the European Telegraph Company. These are as follows, viz., Ist, An underground system of telegraph wires from Liverpool and Manchester, through Warrington. Stock port, Macclesfield, Stafford, Wolverhampton, Birming ham, and Northampton, to London, and thence by Deptford, Greenwich, Woolwich, and Gravesend to Dover and Deal, where a junction is formed with the wires of the two Continental Submarine Companies, viz., with the one from Dover to Calais, and with the other from Dover to Ostend. The Submarine Company (Dover to Calais) has, by a concession from the French Government, granted them for ten years, the exclusive right to connect England and France by telegraph. The other Submarine Company (Dover to Ostend) has precisely the same kind of agreement with the Belgian Government. 2.1, The British Company acquire the benefit of agree ments entered into by the European Company with the two above-mentioned Submarine Companies—whereby they are constituted the sole and exclusive carriers for ten years of all continental messages, both inwards and outwards, passing through the submarine wires of the two above-mentioned companies. 3d, The British Company obtains the benefit of a 14 years' agreement with the English Government, for telegraphic communication with the Dockyards between Somerset-house and Deal. 4th. The British Company acquires the right to use the letter printing telegraph, which is just being success fully introduced into America, and which turns out the messages printed in duplicate in Roman capital letters. sth. A Company, which would have been a powerful rival, is converted into a deeply interested friend and ally, and, its own identity being completely merged, there will now only be three telegraph companies. The cost of the above property is the exact sum of 130,0001., of which 100,0001. is to be paid in the shares of the British Company and 30,0001. in cash. Both the companies have power to sell and purchase telegraphs, therefore there is no legal difficulty in effecting it. The united capital when all works are completed will not exceed 250,0001. Out of the 300,0001.—the capital of the company under the charter-235,0001.; has been provided for ; of the remainder a portion is reserved for Belfast, where the company has influence ; and the rest will be allotted to other parties interested in tele graphing. Their present share list is composed of such parties to the number of about 200, of whom nearly 70 of the leading merchants in Glasgow form part. Already, since the line to London was opened, the work is pouring in faster than the British Company can accomplish it ; but their officers are vigorously engaged in erecting more wires, and in two or three months or so they -will have ample accommodation for any amount of business. The submarine cable has been successfully laid down between Portpatrick and Carrickfergus, and the testing is perfect. The land wires to connect Dublin and Belfast with Glasgow, Liverpool, and London, are in progress. We understand the agreement between the British and the European Companies has been actually sealed, so that the companies will become one forthwith. We learn that some late remarks on the incln sistency of the Old Company in demanding of Par liament what they had resisted when sought by the British Company, is thought to convey by inference the impression that the latter did not succeed ultimately in getting limited liability. Such was not the intention, as it was known that the British Telegraph Company obtained by charter the limited liability, which at, first they sought through means of an act of Parliament. Immediately on opening the London line the com pany reduced materially th eir tariff ; forL ' before they opened was ss. from Liverpool price .insta l n t c o e, L t o h n e . d ar o e n, no an w d 2 s s s . . G f d ro . m bet L vv i e v e e7 e o a o c l h to of G t l h as o , „ s r to he ss. from London to Glasgow ; it is no 4s. e ow p . l . ac T e w s h . ese lt pr u i s e e e d s The British Company have abolished all charges for porterage, and make no demand for the words sent as names and addresses. A MAN KILLED IN JAMES STREET, COVENT-GARDEN MARKET.—On Saturday morning a most frightful acci dent happened to a man of the name of James Wilson, residing near Bedfordbury, which terminated fatally. It appears the unfortunate man was running across the road to get out of the way of the carts, when he was knocked down by some horses underneath a potato wag gon, the wheels of which passed over him, crushing him in a frightful manner. Police-constable H. Castle, No. 3, F division, instantly picked up the unfortunate man, and had him conveyed to Charing-cross Hospital, where the house surgeon, on examination, pronounced life to be quite extinct. SINKING OF A SAILING VESSEL AT BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE.—On Saturday night, at a late hour, a sailing ves , el, the property of Mr. Limpus, of Whitefriars, containing about 65 tons weight of builders' sand, and manned by five persons, came into collision with one of the wooden piles near Blackfriars-bridge, driven into the river to prevent vessels passing under the bridge from striking against the timber supports placed some time ago under three of the centre arches. The vessel having struck violently against the pile, soon became a wreck, but the men on board were fortunately rescued by a boat which was despatched to their aid from the adjoining passenger pier. . DULWICH COLLEGE INQUIRY.—On Saturday morning Mr. Thomas Hare, inspector to the Charity Commis sioners, resumed the inquiry into the state and adminis tration of the College of Dulwich. After Mr. Farmer, representing the Dulwich School Association, and Mr. G. Allen, master of the college, had been examined, the inspector said no further public inquiry would be held, but the members of the college could take to the Ist of September to make their report, and the parishes could take to the Ist of October to consider what they agreed to or dissented from, after which he would make his report to the Charity Commissioners. The proceed ings then terminated. ACCIDENT ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.- - On Friday the down mail train from London due at Derby at 1.40 a.m. did not arrive until 2.45 a.m., in consequence of having met with an accident at Barrow. Whilst the train was going at its ordinary speed two of the wheels of a first-class carriage snapped asunder, and, becoming released from the body of the carriage, ran under the mail van, which was next attached. The driver imme diately perceived the." jerking" of the train, and suc ceeded in stopping it before any serious mischief was done. On examination it was ascertained that the wheels of the first-class carriage had blocked the wheels of the mail van, and it *as found necessary to lenve the latter and the guard's break behind, the letters and par cels being removed to another part of the train. Mr. Sanders, secretary to the Midland Railway, and family were in the carriage at the time of the accident, and were of course greatly alarmed. At' Derby a fresh mail van was attached, and the letters proceeded northwards without delay. A second accident occurred on the same morning, on the same line, near to the Clay Cross tunnel, by which a platelayer lust his life. IRISH SPIRIT TRADE.—The following letter has been received from the Treasury by Mr. Cassidy, of Monas terevan ;—" Treasury Chambers, July 21, 1854. Sir, — Having laid before the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury your memorial praying to be al lowed to remove British spirits from ally excise duty-free warehouse , in one part of the kingdom to a like ware house in the same, or another part of the kingdom, under a general bond, I am directed to acquaint you that the Commissioners of the Inland Revenue have taken the necessary steps for accepting a general bond p e r o r t t e d , or for the removal of British spirits from an excise duty free warehouse in one part of the United Kingdom to a like warehouse in the same or another pat, under such appear to them requisite for the se curityee regulationsxv e as re m v a e y nue. My lords are not prepared, how ooend the same indulgence to spirits transferred, i s hipped as stores.—l am, sir, youy obedt. servant, J.PIES WILSON. Mr. Robert caesidy, 04, Pall-mall, Loudon." 7 ltl!r* P'‘To ° i 1 1 _11E SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AVGITST 7, 1854. 4I? .4'ET NEW THI 9A. F. 1 :l it E .11 A R E 6. (THIS DAY.) a_,P, ES. CORN EXCHANGE. Aberdeen.. There was rather an active demand for wheat in the whole of the country markets held on Saturday, and prices advanced from 3s to 55 per quarter. Barley and malt commanded very little attention ; but there was more doing in oats and flour. Beans and peas were almost nominal. Advices from New York to the 25th ult. state that flour had advanced 6d to is per barrel. Most of the continental markets have been rather inactive, and prices almost generally have given way. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week, were moderate. The imports from abroad amounted to 9,792 quarters of wheat, 8,220 barley, 11,543 oats, 4,965 beans, 95 peas, 4,337 linseed, 2,410 rapeseed, 1,930 sundry seeds, including Indian corn, /77 sacks and 2,391 barrels of lour. _ Do. No. 2, p. c. Birth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 501) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Cork &Bandens4p.c DundcePerth &Aber deen Junction BRITISH RAILWAYS. EastAnglian (X3los) 6 per cent Do. (X 5) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 A very moderate supply of wheat was received up to our market, to-day, coastwise from Essex and Kent, whilst the receipts of that grain by land carriage were trifling. The show of samples of both red and white was small, and the demand, owing to the late heavy rains, was steady, at an advance in the prices of Monday last of from 3s to fully 4s per quarter. The general condition of the samples was by no means prime. There was no new wheat on the market. 'Do. New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 ner 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. 4 p. c. Scrip Gt. N. of Scot. Ist Pre; Gt. Southn. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh. Gt. Wostn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. cov. red. 4i, 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. e. St. 4Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do, New Guar,6 p. c. Lon. &N. W., Coy. dt Nuneaton We had scarcely any sale for wheat for forward de livery. There was rather a firm market for foreign wheat, the show of which was good, and about an average business was doing in most kinds, at from 3s to 4s per quarter above the rates of this day se'nnight. The few floating cargoes of wheat were held at 3s to 4s per quarter more money. We were well supplied with foreign barley. Holders were firm, but the sales were chiefly confined to immediate wants on former terms. The malt trade was dull, but no change took place in prices. _ _ We wore but moderately supplied with oats. The trade was rather firm, and good sound corn was the turn dearer. Scarcely any English beans were on sale ; but the supply of foreign was good. The demand ruled inactive, at late rains. Peas moved off slowly, on former terms. There was a better sale for flour. In some instances ship and American parcels were is to 2s per sack and barrel dearer. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier • • •• 74s to 75.1 Red .• .• new 66s to 783 Oats Yorkshire and Ditto.. • • ........ old 66s 793 Lincolnsta., Feed 28s 31s Ditto, White new 70s 80s Potato .... 30s 33s Ditt0........ old 70s 803 Youghal and Cork Norfolk and Lin- 81ack..... —27 s coin, Red, old 683 763 Cork, White ..• .• 28s 32s Ditto new •. —68 s Scotch, Feed..... 32s 34s Rye—Old .. •••.. . • . .. 50s 51s Beans—Tick .—— .• 43s 52s New .. •• • • ...... 50s 515 Pigeons .... 47s 58s Barley—Grinding .•• .. 32s 373 Peas—Grey Malting .•• • • .... —s —s Map1e........... 46s bis 'hevalier —.• •.. —8 —s White..... —— —54 s Stalt—Suffolkand Nor- Boilers • ........ 56s 58s folk.. •• •• .. 66s 71s Flour—Town-made... 58s 60s crown .—•• • • ........ 6% 62s Suffolk •• • ..... 5,s 57s 'Quest:Y.: 7.. id Ware 73 74s Rtocktn & Norfolk 503 55s SMITHFIELD. London & S. Western Con. Thirds. Londonderry& Coler i Shares Londy. & Ennis. i Sh Nan., Shef., & Lin., 4 Shares, No. 1 Do. New, £lO Do. £6 Thero was a full average supply of foreign stock in to day's market, but its general quality was inferior. From our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts were moderate as to number, and there was a material falling off in their general weight and condition. The attendance of buyers being good, the beef trade ruled brisk, at fully Friday's advance in the quotations of 2d per 81bs. The general top price for beef was 5s per 81bs ; but a few very superior Scots were sold, by weight, at 5s 4d per Blbs. The arrivals from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire amounted to 1,950 shorthorns ; from other parts of England, 600 of various kinds ; and from Scotland, 50 horned and polled Scots. We were seasonably well supplied with sheep, but at least two-thirds of them were in very middling condition. The priniest sheep were, therefore, in good request, at full currencies. Otherwise, the demand was in a sluggish state, yet prices were fairly supported. Prime lambs were scarcer, and quite as dear as last week. Inferior breeds met a slow sale, at Friday's decline. The show of calves was again extensive ; nevertheless, the veal trade was steady, and prices had an upward ten dency. Pigs—the supply of which was but moderate—sold on former terms. The total imports of foreign stock last week amounted to 7,041 head. In the corresponding week in 1853 we re ceived 5,273 ; in 1852, 7,736 ; in 1851, 7,885 ; in 1850, 6,250 ; in 1849, 5,248 ; in 1848, 4,400 ; and in 1847, 7,164 head. Haupt . & Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 41 per cent Do Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Debenture I Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Do. 5i per ct. Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c. North British North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. Xl5, 6 p.c Do Scot. Cent. , New Prof Shrews. &Eirm.N.G. Shrewsby. & Ches Lei (Nor.W.Min), S Do. 5 per cent,.. . .... ....... IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From ' Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Hamburgh 35 ... 1,382 55 Rotterdam 391 1,475 ... 306 344 ... 9 Harlingen ... 106 756 3 142 ... 496 Calais — ... 25 ... Dordt lB Antwerp — Tonniugen 3BB Bremen... Ostend Oporto 52 ... 110 ... --- 91 ... - - ... - •.• 14 ... - ... 6 ... - 251 .., -- ... - Total ... 1,376 ... 4,084 ... 419 ... 605 ... 560 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. .853 738 ... 3,677 ... 243 ... 517 ... 98 852 1,335 ... 4,446 ... 950 ... 514 ... 488 851 1,135 ... 4,908 ... 520 ... 683 ... 639 .850 1,083 ... 3,999 ... 578 ... 461 ... 129 849 639 ... 3,980 ... 324 ... 224 ... 81 Per 81bs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 8 PrimeSouthdown 410 5 0 Second quality.... 3 16 4 2 Large erse. calves 3 4 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 Prime small d 0... 4 4 5 0 Prime Scots, dm 410 5 0 Large hogs 3 0 4 2 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8 Small porkers 4 4 4 8 Second quality ...3 10 4 o,Sucklingealves ..22 0 29 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 2 4 BRuarter old pigs 21 0 27 0 Lambs 4s 4d to 5s 6d. TOTAL SUPYLT. FOREIGN summit. Beasts ..•• •• ............ 4,046 IBeasts•• ..•.•• . ........ .1,530 Sheep .•.• . .. • ..... 31,740 Sheep A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Aug. 8, 1853, and this day, Monday, Aug. 7, 1854. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. Aug. 8, 1853. Aug. 7,1854. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d 3 oto 3 413 6to 3 8 3 6 3 83 10 4 2 310 4 0 1 4 4 4 8 4 2 4 4 1 4 10 5 0 3 6 310 3 6 3 8 4 0 4 4 1 3 10 4 0 4 6 4 84 2 4 8 410 5 04 10 5 0 5 0 6 o'4 4 5 6 3'4 4 03 4 4 2 4 2 4 814 4 5 0 3 0 3 6'3 0 4 2 3 8 4 014 4 4 8 Coarse and inferior beasts Second quality ditto ... Prime large oxen Prime Scots, &c Coarse and inferior sheep ... Second quality ditto ... Prime coarse woolled ditto ... Prime Southdown ditto Large coarse calves Prime small ditto ... Large hogs Neat small porkers ... 4,046 31,740 300 435 Beasts... ..„ 4,832 Sheep „, 29,700 Calves._ .„ ,„ „, 361 SUPPLIES ON SAL; Aug 9, 1852.—Beasts, 4,416 ; sheep and lambs, 32,880; calves, 385; pigs, 410. Aug. 11, 1851.—Beasts, 4,209 ; sheep and lambs, 33,000; calves, 415 ; pigs, 410. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of each kind of meat on sal e t o -d a y were moderately go od for the time of year. Prime beef, mutton, lamb, and veal moved off steadily at very full p r i ces . Otherwise, the demand was tolerably firm, at our quota tions. • FOREIGN. 10 a 1 120 21 A Dtm n yoeio t .ln w bnptos e eru r p rearefnns & . dt. Melbourne Geneva p. o . t k t ... e .. , i i r . d .i t a m ..y l. 6 ; ..1. . —____ 6 8 i . . i 5 3 Belgian Eastn. June i 1 20 8 13eziers to Graissessac 3i 3 d 20 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Ceutrallndia,Scrip 4 d 4 p ... ... Central of Italy 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin ... ... 17 all Demerara 20 14 Dijon and Besancon ... aid 20 9 Dutch Rhenish. 3i 20 all East Indian li —24 p 20 2 Do. Extension A 4 d 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula i il p 20 10 Gd. Junct. of France . .. Bands (lst e: is :a7na .) l: s d: : .e' : : 51 d 4 1 . 10 G DD i 00. Shares 1 2 00 5 d 201, all Gt.WesternofCanada 100 all a a l 11 1 0 l GpiD Lucc a I Ai ty o oap. 100 all 'Do. 6 per cent. 20 5 [Jake Const. & Basle 1122:2 3 0 58 1 33 5 3 D L M ux oa.ri e i m c.Aa b ßn o n.a m tsztioi - A g n.... . rai... . a..5.. ..... 5 . ..... 118 1 .... i • .. ...... d. --__ i d i p is 50 0 000 all 1 1 0 52 ..... .•• ... -- ••• 20 13i Madras .. . .... 10 all ll Do. do. ja N n e li w .unk li " 8 * I 4 . • • 20 all Namur dr Liege (with *** *** 20 all Do. (ex interest) . 16 all Northern of F ran ' c ' e ':: ;•,.;, I' 32 - i Do. 20/. 3 p. 0 13(1i ,. ` 14 2 2 10 0 20 14 Paris and Lyons,~,, . 7 7 ...did 1:::: 1.4681..,....:pd i 1.671 ... 18 i p 32 2 t (0)0 all lli ParisPa Ditto ii s aal,36Rocluee.;allt.i..: E 40 ..... m 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 311 _ !...., 20 10 ParisCaen&Cherbrg. ...e _ 4111 104 101 Quebec & Richmond _ P .. 20 all Rouen and Havre ~,,• 2. - i _ 23 20 15 Royal Danish ld—l p 20 5 20 6 Southern of France,. ... _ pra .. 20 8 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) ••• ...... ••• . . 0261 Sambre al bsri S e w pa e .n d ca i e s nm h t . e. . us . p .. ie .. e: ii : . i 4 __ 9. d 8i all West Flanders 3 . ..... 4 x in 10 a ll Do 5i per c• Fref••• .. 2 d 20 • baden ....... , . ••• 20 2 10 0 10 15 Zealand - 3icixn 2 WWWieeestsst.eiomf osfw!'itizesnriceaai .. 5. • ____ !p . on Do. hre.n6D( R u ts Lo b t ,.. is.: i d p en k l . ct. . 8 1. a. .oetou. MISCELLANEOUS 5 all Aubin Coal and Iron 25 Australian .Agricult• 43 20 14 ku,s tra l sn .Pcific.Mail • " 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail ••• 10 4 Berlin Water Works 50 40 Brit. American Land 65 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. an d Reduction Co 100 32i Canada BB 92 5 5 Crystal Palace 5 3A Do. New 4 i 4 i 4 2 Crystal Pal. of F rance •• ••• 20 5 Eastern Steam 25 20 ElectritTelegraph(A) 19 25 all Do. (B) .. . . . ....... ••• ••••. •• io 20 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir. 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. -- •• ••• 20 18 General Screw Steam 7.: __••• • 20 7? Irish Beetroot S u g ar .. • 20 10 ' Magdalena St. Navig. .. 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel .• 10 3 Netherlands Land—, 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. 1 all N. B. Australasian_ / ' l} • 1 Do. New ......... 20 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 50 40 Do. 2 all Portland Iron Co 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 2/ 2 i 25 25 South Austral. Land 33 3 g 1 all Submar. Telegraph.. 114 1 all Do. Registered. le 281 icau Dina= Wad LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug. 7.—Wind this day at Noon, N.E. ; light breeze, and dull weather, but inclining to be fine. The Mercury is still slowly rising. RAMSGATE, Aug. 6.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Rival, from St. Lucia. _ . DOVER, Aug. 6.—Wind, N.N.E. Arrived—Vesta, from Shields, for Lisbon, with loss of bowsprit, kc., from contact with a barque. Off Port—Quickstep, from New York. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 6.—Wind, N. Sailed—Northum berland, for New York. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 6.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived—Rose, from Quebec. FALMOUTH, Aug. 6.—Wind, N. Arrived—Pearl, from Rio Grande; Hetty, do. ; Charlotte, Callao; Aquila, Havannah. OFF WORTHING, Aug. 7.—Matador, from London, for Geelong. WEYMOUTH.—Arrived—Atlantic, from Quebec. SALCOMBE, Aug. 6.—Wind, W. Arrived—Speedy, from London, for Reva do Sella ; Diana, St. Croix, for Copen hagen. YADSTOW.—Arrived—Springflower, from Quebec. BEIDGEWATER.—Arrived—EIIen Simpson, from St. John's, N.B. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 6.—The Xarifa, hence to Africa, cap sized off Sierra Leone about the beginning of May ; part of the crew picked up by the Sarah, arrived at Old Cala bar . HOLYHEAD, Aug. 6.—Wind, N.N.E. Arrived—Albion, from Quebec. SUNDERLAND, Aug. 6.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Ca pagne, from Aden. HuLL, Aug. 6.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Orion, and St. George, from Greenland. PETERHEAD, Aug. 4.—Wind, N. Arrived—Undaunted, from Greenland, with 13 tuns of oil. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. s.—Wind, N. Sailed—Panjanb, for the Cape of Good Hope. CORK PASSAGE, Ang. s.—Arrived Energy, from Que bec ; Pallas, do. PERNAMBUCO, July 15.—The Governor, from London to Port Philip, has put, in leaky, and is discharging to repair. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.52 a.m. Wind, N.N.W.; tide, 2i hours' flood; fine. Arrived, 6th—Rob Roy, from Akyab; Caledonia (s.), Hamburg; City of London (s.), Dunkirk ; London, New York ; Norton, Bombay ; Ocea n, Bombay ; Medway, Port Phillip ; Skull] eronwen, Stavanga ; Carter, Honduras; Harriett, Mauritius • William Hammond , P orto Adelaide; Caroline Reid, Calcutta; Yssel, China; Charlotte, Copen hagen. Arrived, 7th—lg,nis Fatuus, from Madras ; Lenor, Sant ander ; Achilles, Quebec ; Jamaica, Antigua ; Queen of Avon, Bombay ; Maria, Memel ; Earl of Devon, Palermo ; Quickstep, New York; William, Stettin' Leonne, from Gravelines ; Juliana, Rostock ; Le Poule, Cherbourg ; Christian Sophia, Hernosund ; Abbey Brown, Cuba; Albion, (s), Guernsey ; Melwenkee, Quebec ; Fyenoord, (s), Rotterdam ; Ocean and City of Paris, (s S), wevel, from Boulogne; Raveusbourne, (s), Antwerp ; John Rostock. DEAL, Monday, 9.52 a.m. Wind N.N.E., light, and cloudy. Passed— General Hewett, from London, for Moreton Bay; Cherusk e r, from London, for Sydney ; Gambia, from West Coast of Africa, for London. DONCASTER AUGUST FAlR.—This fair w as h e ld on Saturday, and was much busier than usual. Th e num - Stu be a ro r f horses exhibited was larger th an h as b een seen at t h e corresponding fairs for many years past, but the number of superior animals for sale was very limited. There was a large attendance of dealers, and a consider able n umber of horses changed hands at advanced prices. The show of beasts and sheep was large, b u t th e t ra d e vas slow, sellers demanding more than buyers were w illing to give. MILITARY ETHICS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. SlR,—The officers who are conducting the pro secution against and sitting in judgment over Lieutenant Perry appear so fearful of allowing any thing to transpire which may acquaint the public with the system of social oppression existing in the British army, that I believe I shall be conferring on her Majesty's service in general a very great boon if I at once describe to you in plain English the details of that system. Were the offenc es comm itt e d by one officer against another invariably made the subject of public courts-martial, what I am about to state to you would already have been known to all the world. The system has hitherto been fostered by what are called in the army " courts of inquiry"—i. e., packed tribunals, selected by the Horse Guards— whose proceedings and verdict are veiled in the strictest secrecy. Before these cour t s o f i nqu i ry aristocratic and influential culprits have always met with the most culpable indulgence, while the weak and the friendless have ever gone to the wall. Until lately, the half- e d uca t e d mem b ers o f our aristocracy and ploutoc rac y, w h o on l eav i ng our public schools have felt themselves unequal to meet the educational te s t s requ i s i te to qual i fy them for entering at our uni vers iti es , h ave b een in the habit of taking refuge in certain fashionable corps, in which they could dress gorgeously and play at soldiering with very slight chance of ever being called upon to perform any real service, and where they could agreeably divide their time between horse-racing, betting, fornicating, and prizefighting. It has long been the habit of the officers of these corps to consider them merely as pleasant clubs, kept up as asylums for the private accommodation of young men " in society," and to resent the ap pointment of any young man not included, in their opinion, within that pale as an unwarrantable in trusion, to be resented by all means in their power, whether fair or foul. If the obnoxious intruder, of course a mere lad of 16 or 17 years of age, should show any signs of mental or bodily weakness, they at once fall upon him, and subject him to a series of insults and out rages of inconceivable indecency and brutality. If the poor boy should complain to his colonel, who is just as deep in the conspiracy as the subalterns who are his active agents in the conduct of it, be gets such redress and protection as. Colonel Garrett appears to have afforded to Lieutenant Perry, and personal resistance is generally out of the question, the victim being only as one against a score, and duelling in the army being strictly forbidden. If, however, he be resolute and wary beyond his years, and if he contrive to meet insult by insult and outrage by outrage in spite of the odds against him, which of course can but seldom occur, another course is adopted—the recusant is sent to Coventry; nobody will speak to him, nobody will associate with him, and any friends who may visit him in his room or at mess are treated with equal con tumely. All this may happen, and does happen daily, as the Commander-in-Chief well knows, and yet the victim may be superior in every military and social quality to his oppressors. A youth is condemned in these "swell " and " fast " regiments because he goes to bed early—because he says his prayers— because he is shocked at the presence of prostitutes —because he will not drink, and smoke, and swear , —because he is shy, or studious, or silent—because he will not gamble—because he is poor, and does not choose to spend what little money he has on eating and drinking. Yet he may possess all these faults, and still have in him the makings of an ex cellent soldier. Now, if when complaints of such conduct reached the Horse Guards they were invariably made the ,subject of open courts-martial, the system would speedily die a violent death, and a young officer would be allowed in future to live in peace and quiet in any manner he pleased, so long as he did his duty attentively and manfully, and behaved in other respects like a gentleman. But so long as they are settled by courts of in quiry, so long will the rich and influential bully escape with impunity, and the system which he has instituted endure. For these courts of inquiry, composed of officers who entirely approve that sys tem, invariably decide that, although the assailants have gone too far and ought to be reprimanded, the assailed will not " do" for the army, and must sell out. Therefore, in any case, the bullies attain their object—the only question being whether they shall attain it with or without a reprimand, which, after all, they know to be a mere harmless for mality. Several of the officers whose names I see on the court-martial at Windsor will recollect the following circumstances, which occured not a great many years ago : _ _ - A lieutenant had been appointed to the —, whom the other officers disapproved. They deter mined to get rid of him in the usual way. Ile was a resolute fellow, and resisted. At last, after en during insult and oppression of various kinds with what temper he could, he called out one of his op pressors, a captain in the regiment , who had grossly and publicly insulted him at the mess table. The captain refused to meet the lieutenant, unless the latter could get a second in the regiment, which he very well knew was out of his power. The lieutenant maintained, very reasonably, that it was no business of the captain's where he got his second, so that he got an unexceptionable one, and he had taken care to do so by securing the services of an officer of the Foot Guards. Still, the bully would not fight ; so the butt was compelled to horsewhip him in the public street. Then came the farce of a bloodless exchange of shots, a court of inquiry, and a hushing up of the matter by the Commander-in-Chief—for the contained many lords' sons—on condition that all persecution against the lieutenant, against whom the officers of his regiment admitted they had no complaint to make, should cease. But from the day on which the said officers pledged themselves to receive him among them in a friendly manner to the day on which he left the regiment, a captain several years afterwards, not one of these generous soldiers exchanged a word with him save on duty. Yet the lieutenant was the only man in the regiment concerned in that business who had behaved in it with spirit and honour. I once asked a young Irishman, who had joined the corps subsequently to the fracas, why he did not speak to Lieutenant —? He answered— " Upon my word, I don't know. The poor fellow has never done anything wrong that I know of ; but none of ours speak to him ; so I don't." Since that day, sir, and it is not very long ago, some of the " capital fellows" who conspired to drive this young man from the service have mar ried prostitutes, and have retired into private life, much regretted by their comrades ; many more have been obliged to fly their coup try for swin dling on the turf, also much regretted by their comrades ; repeated courts of inquiry have hushed up orgies which ought to have broken up the regi ment, and must have done so had they been in quired into publicly ; and not one of them has been heard of in the service as a gallant or a good soldier. In another of these regiments the following operation is being systematically conducted at the present moment with the knowledge and approval of every officer in the regiment savo the one who is its victim :—A young man has been appointed to it who is the son of a solicitor. His brother officers, who are not by any means themselves all sprung atavis regibus, resent his appointment, and have determined to drive him out. But as he is a stout fellow, and is known to have excellent legal advice handy, they do not think it prudent to at tempt to carry him by assault —they judiciously prefer siege operations as less likely to cause waste of life. So none of them will associate with him, and the young man, who, they admit, does his d u t y well, and is gentlem anlike and good-tempered, has now lived alone in his regiment for nearly two years. et their. And colotn they They have a story, which they are fond of telling, lad's t father lent money acco mmodation was r e p a id b y giving andthat tthhaet the son a lieutenancy in the regiro to .n have not the wit to see that, if the story be true, it may afford an excellent reason for avoiding the intimacy of their colonel, but no reason at all for cutting the youth, who, of course, could have had nothing t Thee xa o do mple wi l t v h the hiehti m i e a s t e to r. worthless regiments set line, and at p e e rp n mi e ei t ntruae picture intopenetrated of ast thearTeim l s who are t a4 o r6e s t e hd e e , g db e Y nt one h w , :e b s : l i i l e a k v a s e u : in another, and to allow no " slow coaches" to thrive and be s 3,e h t a w pp e y h i a n v e their eb t s a oc i i tie e d t y. but glimpses of that society. I trust, however, that the courts-martial on Colonel Garrett and Major Maxwell, which must surely follow, will afford us a more complete view of it.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, A CIVILIAN. THE HOPS IN NORTH NOTTINGHA3ISHIRE.—In this district the hops are a great failure, and there is every appearance of its being the worst season for 30 years past. The bur is of a very indifferent description and small in quantity, being eaten up by filth, and choked by its own sap. By this time there ought to have been plenty of plantations in hop, whereas there is no appear ance of anything of the sort in the district. THE LAWSON OBSERVATORY.—The withdrawal of the Government grant of 2,0001., which had been calculated upon by the committee in Nottingham for the establish ment of the above observatory, will, it is thought, render abortive all attempts to carry out the scheme. The money already subscribed, which is considerable, will, unless the subscription can be increased, be re turned to the subscribers. Per Blbs by the carcase. s. d. s. d: I S. d. s. cl. Beef, inferior 3 4 36' Mutton, Inferior 3 6 3 8 Do., middling 3 8 310 1 Do., middling 310 4 2 Do., prime largo .4 04 2 ; Do., prime 34 2 4 8 4 4 8 Do., do. small .... 4 4 4 6 Veal Pork, large ........3 44 0 j Pork , s mall 42 4 8 Lamb ............... 4s 4d to 5s 4d. BOROUGH HOP. The duty, owing to the unfavourable accounts from the plantations, is variously estimated at from 50,000 1 . to 60,0001. The business doing is limited, at very little altera tion in prices. Last week's imports were l ar ge, viz.— 500 bales from Hamburgh, 10 from Ostend, 40 from Dunkirk, 48 from Rotterdam, and 65 from Antwer. The quo tations are—Mid and East Kent pockets, ' l2/. p Os to Sussex, 161. Os • Weald of Kent, 11 /. Os to 141. 12s ; 11/. Os to 131. 13s per cwt. tT6hhe The casks supplies pmpf demand B ionem O ds R 0 UGH AND SPITALFIELDS. • Last week's imports of potatoes into London were only oi fi: iErmanteghrlieicsrkh active, h a a n vde 2b and Tic od b ma pricessek e t ss less extensive, from have ß a o n tt u e upward d wh a ai m lrs t tendency. Present rates vary from 5s to 6s per cwt. WOOL. The public sales will be brought to a close this week. Since Monday last they have been well attended, and the whole of the wool offered has changed hands, at very full prices. The following quotations have been paid :—Sydney —Clean sheep's, is 21d to is 91d ; handwashed ditto, is 2d to is 9d • clothing, is 7d to is 9d ; locks a nd pieces, 10d to is 6d; grease, 9d to is Od. New Zealand—Clean sheep's, is 6d to is 10d; lambs', is 3id to is 9d; other kinds, 10d to is 2d. Adelaide—Clean sheep's, is 2d to is 7d ; scoured ditto, is 4d to is 8d ; mixed, 10d to is 2d ; grease 7d to 11d. Cape—Clean sheep's, is Od to is 4d ; damaged, 9d to is; grey, &c., 8d to 11d. Portland 134. y. —Clean sheep's, is 4d to is 9d; other kinds, 8d to is 3d. Port Philip—Clean sheep's, is 4d to 2s 3d ; lambs', s to 2s 3Ad ; clothing, is 10d to 2s ; low qualities, 8d to is 3d. Launceston—Clean sheep's, is 4d to is 8d; lambs', is 6d to is 10d ; grease, locks, &c., 8d to is 4d per lb. Several parcel s o f f ore i gn and East India have changed hands at from 'Sid to is 4d per lb; and about 3,000 skins with the wool on at from is 4d to 3s 6d per skin. The private market is steady, and prices are well supported. Last week's imports were -720 bales from Bombay, 742 from the Cape, 467 from Melbourne 99 from Hamburgb, 1,300 from Moreton B ay , 1,294 from Adelaide, and 950 from Hobart Town. SEEDS. New seeds are coming to hand in good condition. New rape is selling at 261 10 s to 301 per last. Canary is very dull at barely the late decline. Black Sea linseed is dull, at 60s to 625; first St. Petersburgh, 58s to 595; East India, 575; (.. arraway .... • • • • • • • - 60s to 62s per qr. The imports to this period are 104,445 tine German 60s. Imports, qrs, against 102,796 qrs in 1853. Rape is scarce, and :t w o qrs, against 40,121 last year. .......... 2ls 38s Coriander.— ~..... 42, 485 10 15s T4 E ? a i ,r s 6n t si pox India t i t e i , a p worth erb a sr, . 56 1 Mustard, Brown ••• • • • 10s 13s Heinpseed, per quarter 4( 44s White, new ••• • • • 10s 14s Linseed, Eng.:owing— 74 , a Tares,Winter,new.• ••OsOd 08 0,1 Crushing ...... 62, 64s Os 010 s 8 , 1 Baltic .......... 585 GOs Canary, per quarter • 453 Odessa .........., 60- 63s •• .... 26s 30s Linseed Cake, pr. ton— Swede Rye grass • • • —e a English •• lO/ Os 11 lOs Clover, RedEm,. (cwt.) White ... .__ s — s Foreign, pe r ton 9 , 5 s 11, 5s • • • • .• • Foreign Red.. ••• • —a ...... Rape Cakes, i. pr tun 6/ 15 4 71 5s white.... —s —s Rapeseed,2s ew,pr Ist 26 I'4. 30 03 Trefoil, new.. •••• •• —s —3 TAL. Our market continues stel p p.y.c. on the spot de oted. l r 'lvery daring the last th ] Town tallow, 66s al net cast LOW. ady, and prices are well sup b is quoted at 67s 3d, and for ree months, 68s 3d per cwt. i rough fat, 3s 8d per 8 lbs. 1851. 18527118-53-.7785-47 1850. 18,258 ,----, Stock this day .• .• •• c n3 6 8 ,i 0 37 3 5 2 9 ,5 ,1 4 . 1 ,0 1 3 1. 6 3r3 :0 Price of Y. C.: •• ••1 . to 040,1 38s Od } ON Od t ----- 0 52s Gd 00s Od Delivery last week •• ' 1,272 1,424 1,308 1.6 , :1 Ditto from June 1.... , 11,493 13,052 9,345 13 , 9 17 Arrivals last week.. ' 1, 5 91 312 153 1,247 Pittefrom June 1.... 11,249 9,060 10,100 8,8 60 Price of Town.... 388 Od aft 6d 39i 6d das 9d 33,987 ;76 3d to 00s Od 946 9,633 1,315 7,619 65$ 64 RAILWAYS. Aberdeen ........ Aaibg. Nottng. Bost. and Eastn. Janet... Belfast & Ballymena. Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley ........ . Birkenhd. Lanesh. do Cheshire Junet ...... Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and 4:25 Cons. Do., £2O. Myth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at .445) Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian Chester dc Holyhead: Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, do Pass, Cornwall Crieff Junction...,, Dublin&BelfastJunc. Dundee Perth &Aber. deep Junction....... Do. New ...... East Ang1ian.......... Do., (XlB E 4.; Eastern Counties.. Eastern Union, Al Stock ........... •, De B 5t0ck ... ..... Do., New A....... East Lancashire ...... Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles... Edin. PALI & Dundee Forth & Clyde June. 141asgow &S. Western) Great Northern ...... Do., A. 5t0ck......... Do., B. 5t0ck.,,,,,,, Gt. Sth. &West.(lre. Great Western....... Irish South-Eastern: Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds . Lancash.andYorksh. Do., Fifths D 0., Ws t. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwall Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. fond. Bright & S.Cst. Lend, and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do 101 Sh. M&B.. ( Do. Eighths London and S. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrryd; Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Mancli.Shef.& Lineln 'Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmng. &Derby Midld. G. West.(lre.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Connties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North London Do. New £lO N. &S. Wstrn. , Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester ..... . Oxford, Worcester,&: Wolverhampton Portsmouth !Scottish Central... Scottish Midland... Shrewsbury & Bi Do. L. di N. Western Guaranteed Si ock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Ghestei (N. W. Min i */ Do. Halveso. c. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent South Devon South Eastern 'South Wales . S. Yrksh. dt Riv. Dun Do Staines, Wok. &Wokl Stockton & Darling Stockton at Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limeriek West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace 'West London Wimbledn & Croydon York Newetl. &Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York& N.Midland ICloslig Prices Saturday. 22 - 24 5 - 5} 9 - 10 11i-1011 d 17 -- 18 7 6 d 98 - 100 63k -63 i 15 •- 16 12 - 14 'i is 7 - 8 iii - iii 134 -- 134 36 -- 40 26k- 27ii 65 - 67 57 - 59 in i 6 66 - 68 86 - 87 69 - 71 125 - 127 95 - 97 77 -78 89 -- 91 11 -..• 13 p, 11 13 68 -- 681 '6A -- 61 dl 15 : 15i — is —si 106 107 105 —105 k P di 81 —8.5 A 8 7 I 7 6d 23A - 24 67i 671, 38 - 40 i d par' 7 6 d 24 3i 6 - 8 50 - 52 34_ 31 34 ... 35 52 55 I i 1 4ia 4 p 6# 1 6t p 32 - 34 94 - 96 59 - 60 6 8 - 72 68 -- 72 7#-7 , 18 -- 20 9 10 14 -- 15 3 i -- aid 13 - 15 65 65i 351 - 364 ii = 36 18i 5 l9a 4 5 23 25 5 6 - ... 6 . - 7 74i —75 i 6 4 3d 56 57 South Devon Ds. fixed, 44 per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of ,t 1 Os. 6d. Do. 44per 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 IWaterfd.&Kilk.6p.c.l York, Neweastle,and Berwiek,4 p.c. Pref ' Do York&N. MidlandH. and S. Parch Agra Fria . Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian 1 Australasian Australian Australian Cordille Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) Blaenarvon Ir. & Coal British Austrin. Gold British Iron .. Braziliaulmp.(issued at L 5 pm Do. Coeaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek Clarendon Con. Min Co. of Jamaica-.., Cobra Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 7. p. coati English anciAnstrln.l Copper Smelts - . Co General Great Nugget Vein Do. Registered Great Polgooth Liberty Linares Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co. (ariquita Mexican&S.Amerien, New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. 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The Life of Marguerite D'Angouleme, Queen s Navarre. By Martha Walker Freer. 2 volt, Hurst and Blackett. It is somewhat singular that this should be the first time that the life of Marguerite D'Angoulerne should have formed the subject of a distinct bio. graphy. The eventful period in which she lived, the stirring scenes in which she took a part, and her powerful influence at court, would seem to dis. tinguish her life as one eminently calculated to at tract the special attention of the student of history not less than her own talents, high principles, and kindness of disposition. Brought up by her talented, though violent and imperious mother, Louisa of Savoy, the idol of all who surrounded her, looked upon with more consideration at court than either of the queens of France, in an age when one Church was treated with neglect and contempt, and the other struggling with the terrors of the stake, in a capital the most depraved, if the most polished, in Europe—it must, indeed, have been Margue rite's native virtue that preserved her piety, devo tion, and charity unshaken and unchanged. The affection subsisting between Louisa of Savoy and her two children, Francis I. and Marguerite, was SO great that they were spoken of by contemporary authority as the Trinity of France. Louisa of Savoy, or Madame, as she was called after her son's acces sion, was a woman of great abilities and command ing mind. The two feelings which ruled her con duct were ambition and devotion to her children. Her qualities for government were undoubted. After the terrible defeat of " Pavia's fatal field," she became Regent, and conducted affairs with so much diplomatic ability that she soon succeeded in alienating Henry the Eighth from his ally the Em peror Charles V. In one instance, however, she was the cause of great misfortune. It was owing to a quarrel between her and the Constable de Bourbon, in which she laid claim to some of his estates, that that distinguished soldier became a traitor to his country. His conduct cannot be de. fended, but it met with signal punishment. Styled by the haughty Castilian nobles "El traidor de su reg," at war with his own countrymen, and look ing with distrust and suspicion on the promises of Charles the Fifth, he seemed to have gained little by the treason. His death affords a singular warn ing. Sforza was besieged in his citadel of Milan. The troops of the Imperial army occupied the city, extorting money by tortures from the inhabitants, and spreading desolation around them. Famine and murder reigned in the flourishing town, till grass grew in the st ree t s and suicides were of daily occurrence. The gates were guarded so that none might escape. In the midst of this the Duke of Bourbon arrived. The citizens threw themselves at his feet, and begged for release. He replied with apparent sympathy, and told them that it was the failure of the sup plies that had caused their misery, and that if they would furnish him with 30,000 ducats—the army's pay for a month—he would withdraw the troops from the town and encamp without. " I know, " said he " that you have often been deceived by similar promises ; but if I deceive you in this, may God, who now hears me, cause me to perish in the first battle or assault I give, by the first shot fired by the enemy." The citizens believing him, raised the sum by great effort, when the duke withdrew a few regiments from the city to its suburbs. In vain the people pleaded.; they were driven from his presence. But his broken oath was fulfilled. The next " battle or assault" in which Bourbon was engaged was the assault of Rome, when he, the first to mount the breach, was killed by the first shot. Though Madame had alienated this powerful subject from France, she was of great as sistance to the king in his councils. But Margue rite was his companion in all his favourite pursuits ; she sympathised in all his tastes, and he found in her consistent and enthusiastic affection a constant resource from the cares and factions that harassed his reign. Marguerite did not inherit her mother's disposition - she was of a more gen tl e and pious nature. Her influence over the king was para mount to every other, and remained so till his death. The deepest affection united them, and though eacri was married twice, neither found a companion capable of eclipsing the early love and sympathy. Her love for her brother was evidently the reason that held back the Queen of Navarre from the confession of her sympathy with the doc trines of the Reformed Church. But though not openly avowing her feelings, for fear of displ eas i ng and perhaps injuringher beloved brother, Margue rite afforded the Huguenots every assistance and encouragement. Countless were the intercessions for pardon, the withdrawal of prosecutions, and the tolerance of individuals that may be traced to her. It is suggested that one drawback to these constant intercessions was the vacillation in the king's conduct between his desire to conciliate the people and his wish to please "sa Mignonne," as he used to call her. This fluctuation between two extremes encouraged controversy, but it moderated the rigour and cruelty of the persecutions. In her • own domains of Beam, Berry, &c., Mar guerite ever afforded an asylum for the suf ferers for their faith. She never openly re nounced the Church of Rome • but her n eg l ec t of its ordinances and h er well-known tolerance of the Reformed tenets exposed her to much animad version. Marguerite was not very fortunate in domestic life. Her first husband, the Duc d'Alen con, was a churlish and unintellectual man, who utterly disgraced himself at the battle of Pavia. He had command of one of the wings of the army; and, though not attacked, when he saw the other wing and centre routed, instead of hurrying to the rescue, to the indignation of his officers he hastily retreated. Marguerite, overcome with grief at her brother's defeat and capture, refused to see him. The Parliament threatened him with impeachment. He was soon after taken ill, when Marguerite, with her accustomed gentleness, visited him and im plored her brother's pardon. He soon after died ; and after some years Marguerite became the wife of Henry of Navarre, Prince of Beam, &c. He possessed nothing of Navarre but the title of King, as Charles V. was monarch of all Spain. It was peculiarly fortunate for Marguerite that in neither of her marriages did she quit France ; for though a great attachment existed between her and the King of Navarre, he was eleven years her junior, and sympathised very little with her love of art and literary tastes. No one ever equalled her brother in her affections ; her devotion to him was the great object of her life. For himslier. for estr him restrained the confession of her religious o p inions , she undertook her journey to Spain when he was prisoner, to negotiate for his releasmies.fortNnone tosac sacrifice seemed too great. She had the sur vive both him and her mother, to see the close of his reign involved in warfare and turmoil, to see the faith she secretly believed persecuted and re viled, and the friends of her early days scattered and changed, so that her course did not close so brightly as it commenced. Her literary talents were considerable. She and her brother were con stantlythe habit of correspondi ng i n poetry. published many works, some ex t rac t s of which She and some short poems are given in these vo lumes. They possess considerable merit ; and when we consider the length of time that has passed since they have been written, we shall feel inclined to rank them very high. A great number of original letters are given, which are full of interest. They show the queen's character just as she is described in the biography. It was one of her favourite em ployments to solicit forgiveness for offenders, or favours for those who wanted them. It gives a strong impression of Marguerite's unbounded influ ence over the king, to find that all these petitions were granted, notwithstanding their number and variety. Contrary to the usual custom, it was her fate to rule supreme over the court of her native country. The author of these volumes has derived much assistance in the toilsome research necessary for her materials from the publication of manu scripts connected with the history of France by command of the late Louis Philippe. The work reflects on the writer the highest credit. The vast amount of study requisite, the wide and varied in formation necessary, the tediou s an d l a b or ious col lection of the authorities, are sufficient to appal any any but the boldest from undertaking a firs w t o s r i ht history. The life of a queen may not a .t t had be en g seem to require all this ; and truly, if. it hardly either of the queens of Francis 1., it remember r h t i h se a d t have been necessary. But wemu l s a t n r s : Nr in sy e m Marguerite shared all the king ' s p his sorrows, gave with his triumphs, grieved over and even went as her counsel in di ffi cult ques ti o ns, l in his . cau se. . A. ing the domestic virtues of a career m b as ssaod r prominentesst o a h o i s dn t . i so eventfu l countr y e ventfu a reign is very little •gn of w hom is remem- The authoress has acquitted s d oill iffe e re m n e t di f o r e o r m e so re v c e o r r ei ander . undertaking ; the b u ly ame. h arduous h be ers re e d lf b m ut os t t h a e f 'of characters alluded to in the attention is never wearied. pTinrhtoeemrgelrnseteannttenveuevrmenfibtsaegrohsave each a little memoir intro duced, and they are so skilfully woven together—. we are shown so plainly how the conduct of one influenced the other, that the volumes have more relation to a standard work of history than the biography of an individual. We may hope for more historical narratives from the same writer, who has judiciously selected a most brilliant and eventful epoch to employ her powers. To all who wish for varied information, strict impartiality, clearness of style, and vigour of description, we can cordially recommend these interesting volumes. y I