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

MONEI M A AND COll INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday c g Were estimated at 6,000 bales, includiug 1,000 American taken for export and on speculation The market was tame, but steady. The sales cone - - prised 5,000 American, 250 Pernam and Maranham at Old. to 61d., 20 Bahia at 61d., 200 Egyptian at 60. to 9'd., 300 Surat at 3d. to 41-d., and 350 Sea Islands at 10d. to ls. sd. per lb. Railw a y Shares were dull at lower prices. • As might be expected from the continuance of the fine growing and harvest weather the corn market was in a drooping state to-day, and prices generally in decline. About 150 quarters of new wheat were on sale in Mark-lane in excellent con dition. The reduction in cereal values so far, and which from present appearances may be looped for continuously for some time to come, is calculated, with other beneficial consequences, to exercise a , considerable influence on the money market, and on the rates of interest and discount. Large amounts • of capital will of course become disengaged, which heretofore have been necessary to the representa tion of the higher prices of corn ruling, added to which the tendency of an abundant production of . home growth will be to diminish materially the 2 quantity of bread stuffs required from abroad, s whilst from the lower prices which will prevail so much capital less will be absorbed in payment S for that lesser quantity which shall arrive. . It may be observed that whether such payment St be made in hard money or bills representing money, lc or, in commodities, the effect will be the same, of St releasing so much capital. Supposing, which may 10 be hoped, and so far as the - United States may be St. anticipated, that payments fur imported breadstuffs St. • shall be balanced or covered by fabrics and pro- St. ducts exported, and that the present market value St. • of these, shall be supported, if not enhanced, it St. should result that with a greatly-decreased cost of 12 the raw material of life the country will be the 5 2, gainc.or in addition by all the profit s o f exporte d i n- 141 dustry. In so far a large proportion, if no t th e St : whole, of the surplus prots from past high prices 194 necessarily paid away for an excess of foreign sup- 14 . Plies will be recovered, and thus on the sound free 2 - 0 _ trade priliciple the trading intercourse of nations- u_ A • Will be found to adjust a balance itself. 10 In the face of these encouraging circumstances, St. and -with prospects of such tromise, it would seem St. , impossible that the present high rates for money ;_g accommodation should be long maintained. With 12 disposable capital daily in increase, and the sup- st. ply of bills in the discount market notoriously 50 short, arising mainly indeed frcm the greater pre- 40 valence of cash payments induced by the high rates g exacted for discount and the more restricted credit, st. it should follow that the directors of the Bank of 512 s England will find it necessary to take further steps St. •in the reduction of their present minimum rate of St. 5 per cent., under-sold as they already are •by the 2 5° 5 bank s an d di scount houses. The recent reduction 100 Per cent. appears inadequate to satisfy the st. legitimate conditions of the present state of money 6i and commercial affairs. 25 The commercial advices by the Overland Mail 50 from I n d ia are of a mixed ch hatter. At Cale itta 20 the trade in piece goods was heavy,.and prices on st the decline, without attracting purchasers. At 5( Bombay, on the contrary, the heavier kinds of S' cotton goods were not difficult to move at a slight • reduction upon previous quotations, although finer goods, such as jacconets, are neglected. The export trade was dull, chiefly on account of the high prices and short supplies of produce, and freights had fa 1 n in consequence, and with a full supply of shipping. From Hong Kong and Canton a fair amount of business was doing iu imported commo dities, but teas were ruling at advancing rates, with light stocks and not much offering. The ope rations of the insurgents in the province of Canton were calculated to interfere with the passage of the supplies from the tea districts. The New York accounts by the St. Louis notice a depressed stock market. Money continued easy upon good paper, and the bankers, it is stated, found difficulty in employing their capital. The latest weekly return of the city banks showed a de crease in the deposits of $1,168,426; in the circula tion of $11,512; and in the specie of $333,445. The item of discounts increased $576,709. The exports of specie during the week ending the 29th ultimo were $985,755, making the total for the year up to that date, $19,108,319. In the dry goods market foreign products were in improved demand, but still the aggregate transactions were limited, and the prices irregular; The value of wool, cotton, silk, flax, &c., entered for home use in the week to the 27th ult., was $1,871,209. From all quarters of the States prospects of abundant crops of wheat Were reported. There is little change to report in public securi ties, in which the transactions have been of in considerable extent, as usual, on the first day of the week, with a thin attendance of dealers at this season of the year. Consols have ranged b e t ween 93 g . to for money, and the same for time, the market firm. Reduced Threes 931 to 4. Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. 941 to Exchequer bills, par to 2s. premium. Lung Annuities 4 11-16, Foreign securities are quiet, and generally without material variation in prices. Brazilian Small Bonds are quoted 100 i, and the New Four and-a-Half per Cents. 95i ; Grenada Deferred have been dealt in at 6 to 6i, and Peruvian Four-and half per Cents. are firmer at 78i. Russian 41 per Cents. are 86, and Swedish Four per Cents. 852. Spanish New Deferred are dull at 18k, and the Committee's Certificate at 4i Z. Nothing has been done in Mexican or Dutch Bonds. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 6i ; Mexi can, 24-i to 241 ; Peruvian, 68 to 70 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 51 to 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 39 to 41 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 98 to 100 ; Ditto 4 per Cents., 83 to 85 ; Spanish New • Deferred, ].Bi to 19 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 39 to 39i ; Ditto Certifi cates, 41 to sg. ; Ditto Passive, 3Z to 4i. The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing Company. Belfast and County Down Au D g. te 31, BelfasPt. Birken. Lanc. and. Ches. Jn Aug. 26, Birkenhead. Ceylon Aug. 17, Copthall-buildings. Darenth Valley Dui lin and Wicklow Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Bathgate Aug 15, Edinburgh. Glasgow and South-Western Sept. 6, Glasgow. Great Northern Great S. and W. of Ireland Aug. 26, Dublin. Great Western Llanelly London and South-Western Aug. 16, 34, York-road. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock Maryport and Carlisle Mel Jurne Dock and Railway Aug. 21, London Tavern. Midland Newry and Enniskillen Aug. 29, Guildhall Coffee-h Norfolk Aug. 30, 69, Lombard -at. N. and S. Western Junction Aug. 15, Euston-square. North Eastern Northern and Eastern Oxford, Worms., & Waiver Aug. 29, London Tavern, Royal Danish Royal Swedish St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) Aug. 31, 26, Parliament-st. Sambre and Meuse Aug. 24, Jardinet. Severn Valley Aug. 19, 31, Parliament-st. Shrewsbury and Hereford Aug. 16, Shrewsbury. South Devon South Eastern Sept. 7, Bridge-house Hotel South Wales Taff Vale Aug. 17, Bristol. Thames Haven ... Aug. 28, London Tavern. Vale of Neath Aug. 30, Neath. Waterford and Limerick Aug. 30, Waterford. Wells and Fakenham Aug. 23, Fakenham. West Cornwall W. E. London and Crys.Pal Aug. 21, London Tavern. West London Aug. 22, London Tavern. Wharfdalel W imbledon and Cr0yd0n...... Aug. 22, Fendall's Hotel. Worcester and Hereford Aug. 21, Birmingham, In Railway shares not much is doing, and the quotations have further tended downwards. The decline is most observable in South-Western, Man- Chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Midland, and York and Berwick. Great Western are consider. ably lower, the report just issued not being so favourable as generally anticipated. The Foreign lines are dull but steady. Mining shares attract very little attention, Joint i ck Bank s are ra th er b e tt er , an d L an d shares firm. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, ( From the Oticial List. ) Business done. ila ult Stock 208 i 3 per C ent. Reduced Annuities • 91 8 per C ent. Consols Annuities 93 3i 5 i § Per Cent. Annuities . " m g Annuities, E xp i re s th Jan., 1860 4 9M 11-16 Consols for Account 17th August . i 3 i Exchequer Bills, 2i d. 93 .E5OO Email par 2 pm PR ICE OF FOREIGN FUN DS AT O par 3 NE O' pm CLOCK. Grenada Prazi lian Bonds, ti per Cent.. Ditto New, 1852, 4.i per Cent •••• •........ 0i 10 95nada Bonds, Deferred .................... 6 A i Peruvia n Bonds,',li per Cent. ............. .. 70j Ru ssian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ 5t..... Ditto 4i per Cent B Panish New Def erre d , 3 per Vent. ....... 86 S panish Committee Cert. o f C oup. not fun lBl 4 S wedish 4 per Cent.....,....... .... ...... Dividends on the above payable in London. - - .HA LP-PAST T IM %awls • . •-'•••••••••••••••••.•• ..... • .6. 9 20 20 20 33! 20 10 20 20 20 20 104 611.A.1LE (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. IPaid.l RAILITATM. ,100 Aberdeen Unbg Nottng. Bost. and Eastu. all Belfast & Ballymena. all Binning. Wolverh. & Stour Valley ..... Lanesh. Cheshire Juliet all Do. Chesh. dr Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 18i Do., £20.. . 30 idyth &Tyne origina' £25 (issd. at £45 : 100 Bristol and Exeter 100 ,Caledonian all Chester & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon... all Cork, Black, & Pass 14 Cornwall 6 Crieff Junction 45 Dublin&BelfastJune all Dundee Perth &Aber Coca Junction all Do. New all East Anglian all Do., (£lB E & 11)..., all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, A Stock 100 De., B. Stock 86 Do., New A 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 9!, Edinb. and Peebles LOO Edin. PAL) & Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June. .00 Glasgow& S. Westerul .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 LOO Laneash.andYorksh 18e Do., Fifths 11{ Do., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Orsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwal all Loud. Tilb. &Sthend. .00 Loud. Bright & S.Cst .00 Loral. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 DO.lO/. 5h.,M&8... , 26 Do. Eighths 00 London and S. Westn. 42A Do., £5O 34 Do., £4') all Lnndrry& Col eraine all Ludndrry.&Ennisk. LOO !dancli.Shef.& Lincln 41 Do., Man. & Lin. CD LOO Midland LOO ; o. Birmng. &Derby 470 1 Nliclld. G. West.(lre.y 174 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & .00 Newmarket 64 Do., Bury Extension 19! Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd 7 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor LOO Norfolk .. 3! ) Northn.Counties Un .00 North British 16 North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all >O., 6 A Deferred 8 Do., 6 B Guaranteed all 'North London 5) ; Do. New £lO 1/ is N. &S. Wstrn. ,Hamp stead, and City Jn., 17i . North Staffordshire , all forth Western 10 &S. Westru.June. 1 Itineaton, Hinckley and Leicester...,.,,, 100 )xford, Worcester, & Wolverhampt on 212 s ?ortsmouth 100 icottish Central 100 icottishMidland 100 ihre wsbnry &Bi mg, 100 Do, L. &N. Weston, Guaranteed Stock , 10 ihrewsby. & Herefd. all 3hrewsby. & Chestei (N. W. Min,;... all Do. Halves,c all Do. Oswestry 6 Shropshire Union „ Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent all 4outh Devon 100 south Eastern all. Mouth Wales 15 5. Yrksll. & Itiv. Dun 5 Do 312> Staines, Wok &Wok all Stockton & Darling 16 'itockton & Hartlepl. 100 l'aff Vale . 8 Do. £lO shares 100 06. Pref., No. 1„ 21 Niamey Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all 'Araterfcl. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 16 West Cornwall 1 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London 81s. Wimbledn &Croydoi, 100 YorkNewctl.&Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 130 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 1ork& N.Midland 20 20 10 10 'Closing Prim Saturday. 23 - 5 - 51 9 - 10 114--10 i 161 - 17. 7 - 95 - 97 63. - 61 15i - 161 12 - 14 :i is 7 - 8 ... - ... la - 3.8 2~ 12 36 - 40 25 - 21 65i - 66 58 - 60 25 - 26 66 - 68 86 - 87 68 - 70 [25 - 127 94 - 96 73 -74 89 - 91 11. - 13. 11 -13 , 681 - 69 6g 15 } - 16; 8t I - -.9 106 - 107 [(at 1064 - 1 ;)! P - 84 4 -85 A 8 - 7 1 7 - 6 24i - 25 674 68i 39 - 41 d par 7 —6, 3 6 8 49 61 3 4 3id 34 7 1 ... 3591 it— -6A 7. 53 56 P Ad p 4 d 6A 7 Id 1 p 33 - 35 95 - 97 60 - 62 70 - 73 68 72 7i —7 19 20 Pi 10 14 15 3 —34 d 1 3 - 15 651 €64 351 - 361 34 = 36 31 - 3i 19 194 4 -5 23 - 25 5 - 6 6' -- 7 75 —76 6i 6 d 4 3A,1 57 5$ FOREIGN. all Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to Graissessae 2s. Bombay Baroda, and Central In dia,Serip ... Central of Italy all Charleroi do aquelin all Demerara 14 Non andi3esancon -9 ')utch Rhenish all East Indian 2 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 10 rxd. Junct. of France: 10 Grd Trunk of Canada 41) Do. Debentures all Do. do 10 Gt. Central of France all Gt.WesternofCanad.a Shares Do. Bands (Ist is.)'s7 all Hamilton & Toronto all ;Do. 6 per cent. 5 Lake Coust. & Basle all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c pref 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) ..... 2 Do. Pref 3 Do. (Canal) 5 Do. 6p. ct. pref 0 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons & blediterran iladras 33), Maria Antonia all Do. do. New 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France • Do. 20/. 3 p. c BdP all (finy.B.&Ams.Shs.) all NorwegianTrunkPrei 14 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds ...... . all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 10 ParisCaen &Ch erbrg. 101 Quebec & Richmond all Pollen and Havre 15 Fsoyal Danish 2 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse 6 Do. 5 p. cent. Pref 6 Southern of France 8 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all ' , Vest Flanders all Do 5A per c. Pref 10 Western of France 7 ;vest. of Switzerland 2 Wiesbaden 15 Zealand 6 lied 1 3i— 3d id—ip 3 2 . 0 24 2ip d 6 5 d 7 5 0 - i - a 17i-184 id— ip ... die i ' d i PI . • -- ... i • d -- 4 p 7a 8 iii :: iii • 8 - 19 p, ... - 47 - io 40 - 42 31i -- 32 - - pm 23 21 Id—lp d.•• 8 8i ••• ..... ••• ••• pm 3i - -17afa MISCELLANEOUS all kubin Coal and Iron 17_. Australian A gricult. 14 1. ustral sn. Pc ific. Mail 8 vustraln. Royal Mail 4 terlin Water Works 40 Ira. American Land 1 , irit. & Coln. Smoltg. and Reduction Co.. 32,3 Canada ............. 5 . I rystal Palace ..... .. 3ADo. New...... ........ . 2 Crystal Pal. of France 1$ Eastern Steam ....... 20 ElectritTelegraph(A) all Do. (B). • ............... 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir. 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 18 General Screw Steam 76 Irish Beetroot Sugar 10 Magdalena St. Navig. all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 3 Netherlands Land. , , 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. . -- • Steam Navigat. Co. all N. B. Australasian ' Do. New...... 10 Nrth.ofEuro)eSteam all Peel Hr. Ld. Minrl. all Peninsular & Orioutal 40 Do. Do. all Portland Iron Co 60 iLoyal Mail St.= all Scot. Austral. Invest. 25 South AustratLand all Submar. Teleg•aph all i )o. Registered zsi ;van piouezl baud ••• - •• 43 45 65 io ••• 88 _ 5 , j 31 - 411 19 - 20 ••• - ... 4 - ii i -= i' lii = 4ia --- - ••• - i - I) - i P a tg 2$ • 3 36 14 • L I 12 ilr.sineas done this day. 23 3 5k In 1 i 72A 3 2 i 691 i 106 i x d 24i 4 67i THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1854. Ql.f ARP Paid.l Leasing Compans. tloaing Prices this day. Business this day. the, gay world, including Sir Brian's family, the Kews, M. de Florae, and that very wonderful woman Madame La Duchesse D'lvry. The August number of " The Newcomes" informs us how among the cavaliers in the train of Madame La Duchesse there is one marvellous little fire-eater —a verse-writing, pistol-firing Gascon, one M. de Castillonne. The rivalry at the balls of Baden between Miss Ethel Newcome and Madame La Duchess° D'lvry is productive of more than one scene worthy of being remembered. The climax of all the dancings, and gamblings, and flirtings, and jealousies, and heartburnings, being the fact of my Lord Kew coolly knocking down, with an easy back-hander, the wonderful fire-eating, verse-writ ing, pistol-firing Gascon, M. d e Castillonne. Be fore the last number closes, too, we learn that it is all up between my Lord Kew and Miss Ethel New come ! In spite of all Lady Kew's adroit intrigues and machinations to bring about the marriage satisfactorily. It is all up in that quarter --at least apparently. There is new hope dawning, it would seem, unknown to him as yet, for Clive. What though he is more truly than the Lord of Burleigh little more than " a landscape painter." The dear old Colonel's dream of Clive's union with his fair cousin Ethel does not appear to be quite so far now, as it used to be, from the mere possibility of realisation. The Edinburgh__ ___...—.... Review. No. CCIII. A rather heavy number of the Edinburgh is the one here re cen tl y published. Scarcely one article out of the nine contributions making up the con tents of the present instalment of our Whig con temporary has even the superficial merit of an attractive title. About the least unattractive is the one vaguely headed "The Great Social Pro blem." But a perusal of the argument of the re viewer from whose hand the article in question has emanated will show that, rather disappointingly, while the Problem may be given plainly enough, the reader will look in vain for its solution in the Edinburgh. The Problem referred to has allusion to the relations between labourers and capitalists. Turning from this particular paper to the eight other articles by which it is accompanied, and con sidering these eight contributions consecutively— we come first to the threadbare subject of the "Diplomatic History of the Eastern Question," which we fad told all over again with most minute and, therefore, of course, the most distracting elabo ration. The second article is a satiric treatise upon " Teatotalism and the Laws against the Liquor Trade" —the Maine Law being, as a matter of course, the main one particularised. A ripe scho lar has taken in hand, in the third paper, the task of criticising " Hermann's lEschylus"—but he has done it drily enough, less in the spirit of an appreciator of poetry than of a painstaking philologist. Afterwards, in the fourth contribution, we have another often told (and not very pleasing) tale of the " Kafir Wars and the Cape Policy," due reference being made in it, you may be sure, to Sir Harry Smith and Sir George Cathcart. Then comes the essay on " The Great Social Problem," already mentioned, as in title, not wholly unalluring, but as, in treatment, alto gether unsatisfactory. Subsequently another Edin burgh reviewer takes serious note of " The Orders in Council on Trade during War." Another weighs in the balance " Marshal on the Representation of Minorities." Another considers the fact, and the probable effects, the amount and character of "European Emigration to the United States." The last of the contributors selecting as his theme, the theme of the moment " The R uss i an W ar o f 1854." F rom a ll which it must be manifest that the new number of the Edinburgh is, in truth, as we have declared it to be, heavy and serious, rather than lively or interesting. Satirical though the writer up on " T eatotalism " cannot help being for the life of him, his heart is evidently in earnest in the cause of Sobriety. Insomuch, that he ends his remarks by declaring, "We wish God speed to the champions of Temperance"—adding : "In these days, there is more reason than ever to welcome every means which may tend to re fine and elevate the democracy of England. They who are carelessly indifferent to the welfare of their brethren, and feel no Christian sympathy in their moral progress, should now promote it, if only from selfish motives. The political changes which are looming in the distance, wha ever shape they may take, cannot fail to give added power to the poor. As years pass on, the Sovereign People is likely to become more and more absolute in its sovereignty. If Lemuel was right, it would be best for all parties that King Demos should be a water-drinker. And in the prospect of his reign, the rich have assuredly every reason to desire an appeal from Demos drunk to Demos sober." Referring scornfully to the notion (credited by some) of a Russian attack being made upon our Asiatic possessions, the writer upon the present war thus speaks of the bugbear dread, plainly, bluntly, almost indignantly : "Really, on calm reflection, it is impossible to charac terise ideas of positive invasion of India by Russia at this juncture but as the idlest phantasies of the brain. Our feeling is one of astonishment at fancy, which can so ex aggerate the strength and resources of an enemy, which can attribute to him omniscience and übiquity. It is in deed strange Our Indian empire has still all the vigour of youth. It can hardly be restrained from dancing from one acquisition to another. It can be reinfOrced from home with the utmost certainty ; every circum stance connected with it shows that it is passing into a state of p ermanence and solidification. It is a curious system which particip a t es i n the vitality of the free con stitution of Gr ea t B r i ta i n by the constant influx of fresh blood, whil e it i s f enced by military precaution and armed by administrative concentration. Much as there may be to correct, inseparable as abuse must be in some cases, we have faith in the system and in its effects. Even were the attempt at invasion made, sufficient energy would be found to strike it on the head, sufficient means to roll it back. On the contrary, we cannot have faith in the omnipotence of the opposite system, also resulting for the most part from the right of conquest—a system be gotten on serfdom, which, for sheer existence, must be clamped and rivetted as the granite blocks in the quays of the Neva, to meet the winter frosts. We believe we have a strong will opposed to us, and that great re sources for defence are at the disposal of that will. But we do not believe in the power of great resources for attack, except by the slow undermining process, which has been so insidiously worked by the cond,ottieri of diplomacy, since the foreign policy of R uss i a was fa• shioned by Peter the Gre a t. ' The Physical Atlas. Part 111. By A. K. John ston. Blackwood and Sons. A steady advance in the issue in a serial form of this very remarkable publication, shows more and more clearly through each successive instalment the superiority of the present edition when com pared even with its notable predecessor. Nine of the comprehensive and elaborately-finished plates of the " Physical Atlas," extended and improved, have now made their appearance. The three last published, those comprised in the part lying before us for examination, are among not the least im portant in the whole collection. One of them-- morally. Another—scientifically. Another—com mercially. The first being " A Moral and Statis tical Chart of the Geographical Distribution of Man, according to Religious Belief," collected and arranged by no other than the accomplished editor himself, Mr. A. K. Johnston, whose name (it is not difficult to predict) will hereafter be honourably remembered as that of the founder of the science of Physical Geography. Or, at least, if not the original founder, the practical organisor of that new study as a distinct branch of education. The second being a map by Sir David'Brewster of the " Lines of Equal Polarisation in the Atmosphere." The third, the only one here remaining, being the joint production of Mr. J. S. Russell and Mr. A. K. Johnston—a " Tidal Chart of the British Seas, showing the Hours of High Water." These en gravings being accompanied as usual by a mass of instructive and explanatory letterpress. The Tidal Chart, besides indicating the progress of the wave of high water, shows the hour of high water in Greenwich time at new and full moon, as well as the depth of the sea—embracing within the limits of the engraving not merely the United Kingdoms, not merely the whole of the islands and islets of the British group or Archipielago, but the southern ex tremity of the Norwegian peninsula, and the broad line of the coast of the European continent from above Thysted in Jutland to below Brest in France, including of course the North Sea shores of Germany and the entire seaboard of the Netherlands from Dunkirk to Groningen. The depth of the sea is marked in fathoms—the hour of high water being indicated in Roman, and the rise and fall of the spring tides on the coast in Arabic numerals. The wonderfully ingenious map showing the lines of equal polarisation in the atmosphere, it may b e we ll h ere t o remar k , i s the finished, compact, and accurate result of four years' observation —four years' observation by Sir David Brewster, one of the most careful of observers, and one of the most illustrious of living philoso phers. The plate still remaining to be noticed more particularly is to•our thinking of all the most important yet published—namely, Mr. Johnston's moral and statistical chart of the geographical dis tribution of man according to religious belief—.a chart of the whole world, accompanied by four maps, and three diagrams. The three diagrams indicating—here the comparative progress of Edu cation [the highest being Saxony, the lowest Rus sia, France being intermediately situated in this respect, with Belgium higher, and England lower] —here the comparative extent and relative num bers of the different religious bodies in Europe [the Jews being represented as 3,000,000, the Heathens and Mahomedans together as 8,000,000, the Pro testants as 62,000,000, the Greek Church as 64,000,0000, and the Roman Catholics as 128,000,000]—here the comparative extent and relative numbers of creeds, estimating the popu lation of the globe in round numbers as One Thousand Millions: this last - mentioned diagram giving the following as the relative proportions:- Jews Mahometans Christians . 340,000,000 Heathens We cannot but smile at the complacent credu lity with which the Edinburgh afterwards alludes to the war policy of the present Cabinet, where it is said of Ministers that " they are determined to repress the growing usurpation"—the usurpation of the Russian Autocrat, whose soldiers are, in the August of 1854, not even yet quite driven out of the Principalities. 1 0,000,000 The Heathens being thus distributed : Miscellaneous Pagans, 100,000,000 Brahmins Buddhists 530,000,000 The Christians, according to Mr. Johnston, being thus proportioned in numbers relatively : Minor Sects Greek Schismatic s 75,000,000 Protestants Roman Catholics 340,000,000 ' A rather notable discrepancy, however, is percep tible, by the way, between Mr. Johnston's esti mate of the latter numbers, and that put forward by Mr. Macaulay, in a somewhat memorable cal culation. We mean where, in his celebrated panegyric on the Roman Catholic Church, as an institution, marked according, to his view, by the attributes of perennial youth and undiminished grandeur, the Whig essayist wrote in the O c t o b er number, 1840, in the Edinburgh Review—" The members of her communion are certainly not fewer than one hundred and fifty millions ; and it will be difficult to show that all the other Christian sects united amount to a hundred and twenty millions." An estimate which would not hold good—unless by ignoring the existence of the 75,000,000 Greek Christians—according to Mr. Johnston's statistics. Setting altogether on one side those 75,000,000 members of the Greek Church—Mr. Johnston and Mr. Macaulay would coincide perfectly well in the result of their calculation. Not otherwise. For in that case we find contrasting with each other-- 20,000,000 minor sects, and 95,000,000 Protestants, the two altogether numbering 115,000,000—and (upon this point throughout Mr. Johnston and Mr. Macaulay are agreed) 1 50,000,000 Roman Catholics. While itis consolatory to think that in Europe alone there are in the aggregate as many as 254,000,000 of believers in Christianity, it is terrible to reflect that there are scattered over the globe no less than 530,000,000 of Heathens altogether ! The minor maps introduced by Mr. Johnston into what must otherwise have been empty portions of this extra ordinary Chart, illustrative of the twin studies of Zoology and Phytology, represent—here the mis sion stations of British North America—here the mission stations of India—here the mission sta tions of South Africa. There are besides these two wonderfully interesting maps of Europe, show ing, one the distribution of the prevailing forms of religion, and the other the distribution of the dif ferent European languages. Enough has surely been said even in these few cursory comments upon this latest specimen of the new and enlarged edi tion of the " Physical Atlas" to intimate clearly the increasing value of the work as the text-book of physical geography, and to illustrate anew the ability manifested by Mr. A. Keith Johnston, both through his individual share in the labour of its production, and in the responsible and important task of its general supervision. WAREHOUSEMEN AND CLERKS' SCHOOLS FOR ORPHAN AND NECESSITOUS CHILDREN.—This excellent institu tion, which was commenced in January last, seems to have met with the success which it undoubtedly de serves. It appears by the book just issued by the board of management that the fund subscribed already amounts to 7,0001., and amongst the governors are the names of some of the most influential and important firms in the city of London. It is equally satisfactory to find that the young men (the class for whose benefit the institu tion is designed) have shown, by the number and aggre gate amount of their subscriptions, that they intend to maintain the prominent position which they originally took up as the founders of the institution. It is evi dent that the rules have been framed with considerable care and judgment, and are based upon the most liberal principles. It appears, also, from a circular issued by the board of management, that efforts are being made to increase the present fund by the 20th August next to the sum of 10,0001. The energy which has been hitherto displayed, and the ' numerous and liberal class upon whom the institution has undoubted claims, let - , fe no room to question that this desirable object will be an compliihed, in which case an election of children will take place in the following month of November. Such an institution is alike deserving of praise and encourage ment, both for the energetic and liberal m anner which it is being esta blishe d and the in great benefits it is ultimately destined to confer. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.—Letters from Western Aus tralia, dated the 14th of May, entirely dissipate the accounts of gold discoveries in that colony. According to previous advices, great excitement prevailed on thu subject, and prospecting parties were in course of organisation. All that is now said about it is, " The gold fan o over t and 11 4 7 an 9111100 ha. been loud." RAILWAYM. Bedford and Bletchley Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New GlstrADn. Th lirtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do: Shares. Do. s Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 p, r cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtu. and Matlock Kiddlesbro' & Redcar. Nfidid.Bradfd Northern and Easternsp.e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p e Prest. & Wyre Do. A Shares. Roystn.Sz Hit. Do. Shepth. St Shef.Roth.and Goole g. 5 p. c. S. Staffordsli. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent... Do.. ........... Wilt s&Somrst Aberdeen Do. No. 2, p. Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Cork drEandensip.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAnglias (X3los) 6 per cent . , Do. (.£5) 7 per cent Do. (.£7 17s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 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... Ediub Prth. &Dundee 4 per cent. Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Noahn. 5 p. c, Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4i p. c. Scrip Gt. N. of Scot. Ist Pref Gt. Southn. & Westm. l (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh. Gt. West:. (Berks Hauts Ex. 5 p. c) Do. cov. red. 4i p.c Do. con, red. 4 P. c Dc,. irred. 4 p.c. Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c, Stock Leeds N. 6 p. c. No.l flo. Quarters, 1848 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. e. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. e., 1852 Do. New Guar.6 p. c Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Yuneaton London & S. Western Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler Shares Gondy. & Ennis. Sh Wan., Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1. Do. New, £lO Do. X 6 Aarypt.&Carl.4 p.c Do. 4i per cent Do Aid. Consol.6 p.c.St Do. Consol. Bristol & Lim. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Debenture Do. Prof:4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Do. 524 per ct . pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh..els, 6 p.c Do Scot. Cent., New Pre Shrews. & G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. ' Do. 5 per cent 34 - 3h 6 - 6 98 - 100 90 - 92 93 - 95 d 133 1 36 • •• .., 2i - 7- 8 11 - 13 7 - 8 11 - 12 - 90 - 93 LO2 - 105 (South Devon., D~a. fixed, 4 per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4 ipor cent. S. Yorksh.4p. c . Guar Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent Do. do. do. Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York, Neweastle,and Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref Do York&N. Midland H ,nd ..... 114 - 116 ...... 10 -- •11 17 -- 18 104 -10 i 12 -- 14 3- i p 23i -- 21 1 'a, 92 - 95 „- 4 95 - 100 97 - 99 134 - 137 ii io 103 - 105 51 3 / 4 - 52 3 / 4 25 3 / 4 - 26 3 / 4 12 3 / 4 - 13 3 / 4 23 - 24 2i - 21 R = o*i 53 - 60 i 34 -- 137 21 lid 30; -- 314 92 -- 94 1 PREFERENCE SHARES. 95 - 97 li id •• • • • 31 - 34 4 - 5 1 -- Pp 131 -- 13/ 22 - 24 a~ .16 118 10 - 112 .01 - 103 .34 —l36xd i li id MINES. d all Agua Fria all Anglo Austrin. Gold all Anglo Californian 2 Australasian 6 Australian all Australian Cordillera all Australian Freehold 1 all Ave Maria all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all Blmnarvon Iron and 8 1 d 1 A 8 - I 7 - 9 Coal 12 a 3 l i l Iron 24 A n ii n om s n t p r In. s Gold sued . (i all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek at pm all Cobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold 16 Copiapo all Copper Min. of Eng all Do. Pref. 7. p. cent all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co all General all Gt. NuggetVeinScrp 2 Do. Registered...,, all Great Polgooth . all Lake Bathurst all Liberty all Linares all Lond . &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co 'all Mariquita 9 Mexican &S. Americn all New Granada all New Linares Mining and Smelting C. all Nouveau M on d e all Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 1 Port Philip all :Quartz Rock all 15 inhyrnney Iron I Do. 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New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp Co all South Australia all Uni6n of Australia 23 Do. Now 10 Union of London , 41 - 43 66 - 68 66 x d LIVERPOOL, Saturday.—The British and North American Royal mail steam-ship Asia, Captain E. G. Lott, sailed from the Mersey this forenoon, for New York ) with 106 monger', and a full cargo oh Night Lond.on & N. West. L. &N. W. 3aledon... Jt.Nrthu., Caldonian.l Gt. Vrestx irk. New. & Berw. Y. &NMd Do Do S. Eastern Do Norfolk. & Midld.. Ackton& Darliugt. Alidlaud.. E. Count. Do. L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do t Northn l D 0... ..... . trancasi;ii Yorksh. A.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do CltWestn MORE POISONING WITH ARSENIC. COMMITTAL O" A WOMAN FOR THE MUR DER OF HER SON. CHIPPING BARNET, Arc. 12.—A very mysterious case of poisoning with arsenic occupied the magistrates and coroner of this district nearly the whole of to-day in in vestigating. The unfortunate victim of this horrible and secret system of murder was a fine boy named William Newton, eight years of age, and the party suspected of having administered the poison is his mother, Sarah Newton, a widow aged apparently about thirty-five. The husband of the accused was a kind of jobbing agri cultural labourer. They had two children, the deceased and a younger boy, and resided in a small cottage on Rowley -green, in the parish of Shenley, some two miles distant from this town. About two months since the husband, who was often ailing, died, and being entered in a friendly burial society, 10/, was allowed for his in terment. The deceased was generally considered a healthy boy, free from sickness. However, he was sud denly seized with illness, which was most mysteriously accounted for, his symptoms became worse, and on the following day he expired. Suspicious circumstances then came to light as to the cause of his death ; an inquest was called ; but, owing to the restrictions placed upon the coroner, in respect to the fees of the inquiry, a diffi culty presented itself in directing the analysation of the contents of the stomach, &c. At length an appeal was made to the Secretary of State, and his lordship at once desired Dr. Taylor, professor of medical jurisprudence at Guy's Hospital, London, to make the necessary analysis. From the evidence it appeared that, on the morning of Thursday, the 20th of last month, the decased went to school. About half-past two o'clock Rachel Howe, who lived near the prisoner, saw the accused, and she stated that the boy had picked up some powder in a paper, and had eaten it on going to school in the morning, and that it had made him sick and ill. Later in the afternoon she saw the child. It was retching, and Howe asked her what the boy had taken. She replied a powder in a paper, and the child said "Yes." She then added that the governess had sent the child from school because he had been very sick all the morning. She said she would take him to the surgeon in the evening. In the course of the evening Police constable Brett, S 144, was informed of the circumstance, and on going to Rowley-green he saw the prisoner. He said to her, " What is it your child has picked up and eaten ?" She replied, "He picked up something going to school in the morning in a paper, and it hung about his mouth like flour.:' The officer inquired for the child. She fetched him out, and the constable asked him where he got the powder. He answered, "In the lane." He was asked what lane, and whereabouts, and he said, " Barnes," on the grass. He added that he had thrown the paper away. He then asked his mother to give him some water, and she said, "Come in my dear, and I will give you some tea." He retched while outside the house. He advised her to take the child to a surgeon ; she said she would, and between 8 and 9 that evening she went with the deceased to Mr. Godson. She told him the child had been sick the whole day, and that the fluid which he vomited resembled in colour ground slate pen cil. She said she had thrown the vomit away 4 The child did not appear to be suffering much—the pulse was steady, tongue moist, and there was "no tenderness on pressure of the abdotren. While the medical gentle man was examining him he vomited a clear fluid like water, and Mr. Godson remarked that the stomach must have rejected the whole of the powder that it had taken in the morning. Mr. Godson asked the child why he had eaten the powder if it was so nasty. He made no reply. After he had vomited he looked up to the pri sioner's face and said, "I am better now, mother." Some proper medicine was then prescribed for him, and the mother was requested to let the surgeon know early on the next day how the child was. They then left and returned home to Rowley -green, when the young woman Howe saw the prisoner give the de ceased a powder, which she said had come from Mr. Godson's. On the following (Friday) morning Howe again saw the deceased. He was in the garden, and looked very pale. It appeared that he had been vomiting in a basin, and the prisoner put it into a small yellow jug. At ten o'clock she went to Mr. Godson, stated the condition of the child, and had more medicine for him, and at five o'clock in the afternoon of the same day she again went to the surgery, and took with her the yellow jug, without the handle. It contained a dark fluid, and had sediments of a slate colour. She informed Mr. Godson that the contents of the jug were a portion of what the child had vomited that afternoon, and at that gentleman' s reques t th e utens il was left at the sur gery. The symptoms of the boy then became of a more alarming character. He gradually got worse, and died the same evening, Mr. Mulreany, assistant to Mr. God son, having been sent to attend him. The prisoner seemed much affected, and observed it was unfortunate it should have happened so soon after his father had died. The grandmother then arrived, and hearing the prisoner state that the child had picked up something in the read and had ate it, the old lady declared that she could not believe it, and that she would not follow her grandson to the grave until the whole matter was seen into. On the following (Saturday) morning Mr. Godson subjected a portion of the contents of the jug to two tests, both of which clearly showed the presence of arsenic. Brett then arrested the prisoner in the cottage. He saw a neighbour scrape some earth on the left hand side of the door. She said thst she was going to throw it away. The constable inquired what for 7 and she replied that it was where the dear lamb was sick, and she thought she would take it away before the coroner and jury came. Inquiries were then made, and it was ascertained that, about a week previous to the death of the deceased, the mother had called at the shop of Mr. Dowtwaite, che mist and druggist at Barnet, who had known her four or five years, and had purchased a packet of Butler's rat poison. She conversed as if she bad had some before, and she was asked if it had answered her purpose in clearing the house. She replied "Yes," that it had cleared the house, and now she wanted some for the barn. She was then served with a sixpenny packet. The pow der was a slate colour. It was also elicited that on the 15th of July she went to the shop of Mr. Timberley, a clothier in Barnet, and asked for a suit of clothes for her son. Ellis Edwards, the assistant, inquired of her whe ther she wanted them for the same boy for whom she purchased a suit of clothes at the death of the father. She replied " Yes." She was shown some clothes, but as they would not be large enough for the boy, the assistant informed her he would get a suit made for him by the Wednesday, and that if she would call on that, or any of the following days, she could have them. On the 20th of July she again went to the shop, and was shown the suit. She remarked "I hope they will be large enough, because be will have to follow his eldest brother to the grave on the next day." Edwards made answer "Is he dead ?" When she replied, " Yes, I am in great trouble ; it is only seven weeks and two days since I buried his father. I understand from what Mr. Godson says that he has the same complaint as his father had, and I should not have much reason to grieve, for I should not like to see him the same sufferer as his father was." She then took the clothes away. It was then shown that deceased did not go down Barnes-lane when he went to school in the morning. Ann Rainbow, a young woman, saw the deceased and his younger brother pass her house. She gave them each a rose. They did not go down the lane in ques tion. In the course of an hour the prisoner pa , sed, and Rainbow asked her how she was. She said that she was very well, but that William (the deceased) had not been well all night. She had sent him to scnool, and she was sorry -he had done so. She added that he had been sick and bad all night. About two o'clock in the after noon the prisoner was seen by Rainbow returning with the deceased. She said she was going to take William home as he was sick, and the governess had sent him home. Miss Edmonds, the governess of the school, stated that the deceased was not sick at the school, and she did not send him home because he was sick. Mr. A. S. Taylor, the professor of medical jurispru dence at Guy's Hospital, was then sworn and examined —Under an order from viscount Palmerston proceeded with an analysis of the stomach and contents, and liver of the deceased, the contents of a brown jug, a dark _ _ coloured fluid 'with a sediment, said to have been vomited by the deceased, and a packet of Butler's ver: Min killer: In the latter powder there was no trace of arsenic, or of any arsenical compound. The result of a number of experiments let to the conclusion that it was thus constituted in 100 parts of weight—corrosive subli mate 14, carbonate of barytes 83, charcoal as colouring matter 3-100. Both corrosive sublimate and carbonate of barytes are poisons, the former being very destructive to human and animal life, while the latter (carbonate of barytes), although not very poisonous to man, is a poison to animals. The deadly ingredient is corrosive subli mate, of which two grains might destroy the life of a child. The quantity of liquid in the brown jug amounted to six fluid drachms. On submitting it to the usual chemical processes, metalic arsenic was obtained from it, and it was proved to consist entirely of white arsenic. The witness then entered into a very minute and elaborate detail of the appearance of the stomach, its contents, and the liver, and gave the following as the results of his analysis :-1. The contents of the stomach of the deceased contained arsenic in sufficient quantity to destroy life. 2. The coats of the stomach, as well as the liver contained arsenic ; a fact which proved that the poison had been taken while the child was living, and that it had been absorbed. 3. Tale into consideration these facts, as we ll as the c ing i stance that the deceased di e d rap i dly after having la boured poisoning with arsenic, rc i u t m i 8 - yopinion symptoms the deceased of is my under that from no other cause. 4. Th e fluid of the jug contain e d a large quantity of ar sen i c, amounting in the whole to powder highly in the p at contained least 13n arsenic,o grains. Thea and although p a o p i : o r n p o a u c s k , t it could have had no s h are i n the death of the deceased. In answe r t o the jury, th e w i tness was the third p ow d er o f Butler's vermn state d kill e that which hiS had examined. Th ey were all diff erent—not one onealikhee. In 1846, a case occurred in Essex, been one a o lia ß rt u v el h e :, , d e died from arsen i c , sa id to have h powders. A similar one was supplied by the druggist, and it was found to contain no such poison. In con sequence of the difficulty in which they were placed, Mr. Butler was communicated with on the subject, and he (Mr. Taylor) received a letter from him, dated High Wycomb, July 16, 1848, in which he stated that a case of suicide having occurred in London about eighteen months ago (the commencement of 1847), from the use of the killer, he determined no more to use arsenic in its preparation, but substituted precipitated carbonites of barytes in its stead. Mr. Dowthwaite was recalled with a view of ascer taining whether the acket which he sold to the pri soner might not have been one of the old stock, and so have contained arsenic, but nothing conclusive was ar- rived at. The evidence having closed, the prisoner was asked whether she had anything to say. In a low tone of voice she observed, " I am innocent of the oharge." 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The descriptions o a f T c tNheewmcoosntiebscilliaarnet thatnif the ha master-hand of William pears to have acquired ppsioecsitetaynidn "abouthe the reach of further now writes best. improvement.aTv i I e a yet eiier e a m y a . n a Histoe d u from r a ustylet theauthor op l_. a i t e l . iis • r a a ll cil h y is id w io r m i—t a in t ga, H e most anthdeSW.or a while in th an abounding ease beyond His new work is, among confessed, even by th ‘ portions of wrote as he writes now, o "Vanity f„petl de n F n i. i t s i r . ; : ' even in the best orA And of W. M. Thackeral the most finished chapterspurely, fluently, an d yet, as a novel, Bashi-Bazouk and Pe e T ie b n e cie N s. ewcomes'' must be t e c more ontri b i u n t f o a r t , u t a o te b d e irta admirers rked scarcely any. Hardly :notherwise M. A. Titmarsh, otherwise Flunkey told in the Anti-Jacob Knife grinder. Interest, strictlyi.b yellow lush otherwise Punch's by extraordinary deficiencies. to say such as is generally ins Story, there is there is absolutely porti noon, yorne one. The Twhathe Colonel had to hasbe down, e e t w u n rn , e a d s i t t to e h r i his , at by Mr. Canning's Knife consequently, tli© luminarynar rative,regiment of the tale having gone we have the succeeding only whispers hear o bo:: Hobson, behind 1 : a li t t 1 e o vr thewe travel on through of the serial in a twilight of disappoineitas were witnessing the l inent. It is as if we " Hamlet" being ast two Denmark any more in a k• or three acts of performed without the Prince of his appearance. Colo nel Newcome is no loniegr before the footlights. Aarlnf re es d, scenes. Ethel,an d and then in audible 0 tst .ll hiilree il ßd i r c eerlisae i t i nc_ / - ce , to do only with the rest , co li m e e n s e — e' Cli ve B t hl3 t T are ic:. 1 , 11 ofl they the B e a comeu - 1 i I 1 t e and now and then of oW;a‘fsctetil Lady 'lareg A eNi 1 i n ef e n ; ei — ingg s ns u a : nf h t 1 a vl a s el x i f t -aa i t s ni on T no .3r h e a 1 1, ° col the development of enotylike Dr. Syntax, ta w lim i e t h sots f et e r e py l relhaving returned to India—Clive, accompanied J. J., goes on a b co u n t ti l n ik en e ta y l ou to n u g r a in rti s s e ts arc a h s Whole family, tiful and. the Picturesque. wunitehxptheceteedxleyeputpioon'a of E t ß he a l rn a e n s d it Brian, who u the young turn up some time afterwards, aft er t f hey have gone on to Baden and settled down there there oen-hearted ag?..l_cal ii l4ady Kew is t a h s e tte to o o Lin t fi h n e it a e ri e s n to jo era ym ti e e nt ii ,Guards, who Lady Clara d lord, n E n a t h i r e? and 'saffi h a a n n c d e s d o , m g e . a gay, At mnaandlz, little incident of an episodical character—..betweenG honest Jack Belsize, late of the Horse p su u d i d ie e y n n ly (n m o e w et e s n h g i a s g o e l d d t`o` yboeumnagrl:ievde)t" and s e t we place e n Jackth that v Y afterwards. graphicelara— table Mr. Barnes) on the promenad a a h nd by hi s abrupt apparition, haggard, and with euing of the beard, drives her on the instant intofainting fit. a uge bushy Barnes arrives at Baden immediateel Belsize Lord Lord The scene which takes place on the evening 13 theday of se publicene which meeting ttakes e b Clive's bedroom in the midst of Cigar smoke, wranglings, and explanations, perhas the very best in the whole book as deem description. Clive Newcome, Jac Kew, and M. le Viscomte de Florac the inimitable and delightful M. de Florae the most exquisitely choice delineation after that of our beloved favourite the dear old Colonel, 1 ) eYond all question the best sketch of a Frenchmaneverti dashed off by the hand of an Euglishuaan— four are the interlocutors. With their wrangling le reconciliation over tobacco, seltzer water, and yisses," and champagne, the June number " "ri closes. The instalment for July brings us to the departure of Belsize, Clive, and J. J. from Baden— poor Cli ve b e i ng f orce d t o b eat a retreatbefore h Ethel's una tt a i na bl e f asc i na ti ons. As tl ero himself grotesquely informs J. J. while they are packing —a retreat somewhat after th of th a t i n wh i ch, i n 1803, t h e Colonel, thene manner h .Lieut. ,Newcome,. h with his horse killed under him and his nether m an c l a d i n a p a i r o f very ti ' considering t buck skins, r an away as we ll as he could, nsid the clos e em b races o f ( l i tera ll y ) his small i ering clothes, fairly ran away f rom t h e M a h ratta horsemen at the sie ge o f A sseer-Ghur ! The three having posted away from what was danger to the hearts ' of t Yro arClollg thew—lease 8 0 ,4 t I eIl 0 th• rent of g xd zdandb their duty to fully commit her for trial on the charge of murder, at the next assizes at Hertford. She frequently shed tears during the proceedings, and at the close of the case urged Mr. A ppleyard, her solicitor, to ask the bench to admit her to bail, which was refused. The coroner's jury also returned a verdict of wilful murder against her, and in course of the evening she was removed to Hertford Gaol. THE NEW BEER BILL. Yesterday was the first day on which the new Beer Bill came into operation, and after ten o'clock at night there was some excitement in the vicinity of the rail ways. Half-past two o'clock yesterday afternoon, the time appointed for closing the different houses, passed off, generally speaking, without any disorder ; but as the hour of ten drew near, most of the licensed victuallers, who had put the hands of their clocks forward some few minutes, so as to clear their houses in sufficient time to avoid the pains and penalties oft he new law, had the greatest difficulty in getting their customers to leave. Many refused, unless they were turned out by the police, and owing to the arrangements made by the respective superintendents of each division, in having constables placed round each house, the various taverns were soon cleared. It was remarked by the police that they never found the trade so anxious to conform to any act of Parliament as on the present occasion. In the immediate neighbourhood of the South-West ern Railway terminus, in the Waterloo-road, upon the arrival of the various excursion trains from Hampton court, Richmond, Windsor, and Southampton, it ap peared that some of the passengers were ignorant of the new bill having come into operation, and having been refused any refreshment in the towns they had visited, they expected that they would meet with every accom modation on reaching the metropolis. A crowd of nearly 200 surrounded the Hero of Waterloo, and claimed the right of being supplied with the refreshments, on the ground of being travellers, but Mrs. Okey refused to serve them. A similar scene took place at the York, the corner of the York-road. Mr. Potter refused to supply any as travellers, unless a bona fide case were made out. Several of the metropolitan houses having tea gardens attached to their premises were exposed to greater danger of being proceeded against than others, owing to the visitors calli ng f or more d r i nk than could be con sumed in the time allowed by the new bill ; the orders given were disregarded by the several guests, but the houses were, after some trouble, closed at the appointed time. In the neighbourhood of the Eastern Counties Rail way at Shoreditch a similar scene of disappointment took place, the various passengers being refused refresh ment upon their arrival by the different trains from Yarmouth, Norwich, Colchester, Cambridge, and other places. In several places, more especially in the neighbour hood of Lambeth, persons who had travelled by the trains from the country, after demanding admission on the ground of being travellers, on being refused pre tended that they were seized with the cholera, but, without the interference of the police, none of those were served. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of Saturday.) MANCHESTER, August 11—Daring the past week there has been a good deal of inquiry for the middle and lower counts of yarns from the home manufacturers, and the Dutch, German, and Mediterranean merchants. For India, also, there still appear to be some buyers. The quo tations of last week have, consequently, remained firm, at the least ; with an upward tendency in some descrip tions. The strength of the market has perhaps been fully as apparent yesterday and to-day as it was on Tuesday. The demand for goods is still, as it has been for a con siderable time back, relatively inferior to that for yarns. The disproportion of prices has consequently been con tinually increasing, to the aisadvantage of manufac turers ; and it is now felt to be a maikr of serious mo ment: . BRADFORD, Aug. 10.—Wools r The stock of English wool in this market has not been so small at this period fur several years. Spinners have been using up their stocks, and buying only to meet their immediate wants, fully anticipating a further reduction in prices. Yarns— The increasing difficulty from the advsinged-prioe of wool, renders it impossible to produce yarns at the prices cur rent a few weeks ago. For both spools and reeled yarns higher prices are demanded, and there is no disposition to sell for distant delivery. Pieces—the piece trade is in a more perplexing position than ever. Wool is dearer. WOOLLEN TRADE. (From the Leeds atur day.) LEEDS, Aug. 11.—We have no change to notice in the state of the woollen cloth market during the current week. There was an average business done in the Cloth-halls on Saturday, as well as on Tuesday. The mills and manufactories in the town and surrounding district are generally well employed, and the operatives in good work. The trade in the warehouses was rather quiet during the early part of the week, but the appear ance of several good buyers in the town during the last dny or two has given more activity, and a fair business' has on the whole been done during the current week. HUDDERSFIELD, Aug. B.—The market was an im provement on the last week. There were a number of buyers from London, and a larger amo un t o f b us i ness was done in th e Cloth-hall than the few weeks past. Wool is said to be rising in price, and the finer sorts rather scarce, owing to foreign competition. ROCHDALE, Aug. 7. We have had a rather better demand for flannels to-day, and the merchants have pur chased more freely than on the preceding Monday. Low-priced English wools are scarce, and the dealers ask more money for them. HALIFAX, August s.—Our piece market is without any noticeable variation since last week's report. In yarns there is more activity manifested, and prices have a tendency to advance. Wools, too, continue buoyant, and may be quoted rather dearer than last week, par ticularly good down combings. The arrivals from the growing districts are now rather large. RCYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—The " London season" terminated with the closing of Covent-garden Theatre on Saturday night. The house was full, and the per formances—Le Comte Ory, and the second and third acts of Otello--were very favourably received. " God Save the Queen" was sung as usual. There was a loud and general call for Mr. Costa ; and having, in con). pliance with it, presented himself on the stage, be was greeted with warm and prolonged applause—a just tribute to the merits and services of this distinguished maestro, who, ever since its establishment, has been the life and soul of the Royal Italian Opera. STRIKE OF THE LONDON CAB-DRIVERS. —Notice, it is stated, has been given by the cab-drivers to the several cab and hackney carriage proprietors throughout the metropolis that it is their intention to strike on Wednesday next, the 16th inst., unless their demands ' are complied with. Several meetings of the men have l s a h t o e w l b ng e e t i held, hiat the at which me ne y e expected p a s t : m t t e e d h e y n statements e h e a a v been m he proprietors et n ad iv e to he brought in by the men every day- in some cases amounting to as much as 188.—is too much ; that in aboutcon s e q t u h e e n s c t e of the large m streets s of the re e n t u rnp br e e l isp of cabs now the lowness plying y in theg fares, and the departure of most of the families from town, they are unable to earn the amount expected by i te n h a ma d s i t e e t r r , and eesed their tien. families re fo Deputations afr t h he av m e most part waited facts s n t m o a t n h y em of , t a h n e d, ca h b a o vi wun g er o s h , t a a n in d ed rep n r o ese s n at t i e saut represented these reply, a t s he r m shou enh ld a ave lt d e e r t o er p m m i i n o e n d s , , u t n o le r s e s ifunsetthoe take enttbimeir meantime cabs the m aste out on Wednesday. The omnibus proprietors are also contemplating a withdrawal of the whole of their numerous conveyances if the demands of the commis sioners of police should be persisted in. Lours NAPOLEON AND FREE TRADE.—The French 1 Emperor has just given a striking illustration of the truth of what Sir R. Peel urged upon his last cabinet, to the horror and disbelief of some members of it. He asserted that if the corn duties were once totally re pealed, even in a time of famine—they would not again be enacted. France has enjoyed for the last year a free trade in corn, owing to the failure of the preceding har vest. A more abundant harvest than the present was never produced in France. The Government, neverthe less, has come forward with a decree, that the free trade regulations of last year shall endure, and the unrestricted import of corn be permitted. France, therefore, is brought t o a l eve l w i th England on that great and im portant point of legislation. The trade in corn of both countries is free. The similar reduction of duties on salt meats and cattle will in all probability also be pre served, and no doubt the principle found to be so ad vantageous will be extended to other articles of neces sity. As to luxuries, France abounds in them, and can well afford, upon other than free trade reasons, to lower her tariff. Whatever on other grounds, then, may be said of the Emperor of the French, he undoubtedly seeks his supporters in the large masses, not in privileged classes. As the great proportion of the Frenoh per raise their own food and consume their own prod w ,,M the price is of comparatively small imP°rtaul'e'of vliffiryb the difference between scarcity and abundancei:oreover, great importance. In France at to extricate itself; great t sta e t m e, pl o oy r e t r h s. e a l u t th i o s ri a ties uon lo d ca iti l o P n o r r elj o c t e _e n t n i f r_ ngs l, which Government finds it necessar y i gL l th o l ; yorf cheap nesslv d adopting the prin. to get out of the difficulty by flu yet this and i it abundance.ca can never h T o h p e e E t o m d p o e ri u oe n rt i l sy e se seems t w im is e e s l E Fins.— es e DESTRUCTIVE --B fir i : eit schich destroyed property .. ra'ay morning, between ciples of free trade. two and three o'clock , a , to the amount o f about 7,000 1 ., broke out on the to Mr. William Brookes, pawn. Chelsea. merchant, T ca b r e ry b in o g us o e n a b n u d si i n t e g es co a n t te N nt; premises belongi ng King's-road, bro w ere almost totally des tr oy ed, and the insuranc e! effected with th e Sun and Defen der offices, does not 102,ker and silver extend to the property in pledge. CASUALTY AT WOOLWICH ARSENAL.--An accident occurred about half-past ten o'clock a.m., on Saturday last, in the laboratory department, by the igniting of a metal fuzee while at work upon it, but most fortunately, although it ignited several other fuzees, the whole were put out without the slightest injury to any person, and without any damage to the building, with the exception of the breaking of one pane of glass. ROT IN BALTIC SHEEP.—Dr. Davidson, of her Ma jesty's ship Dragon, has sent us specimens of a species of distoma, found in the portal veins of a sheep*porchaga for the use of the ship's company. The veins weretinite filled with them . The species is the distoma lanceolate* —Medical Times and G'agette. 63i 4 87 6t 694 .61 all