The Sun. — London, England, 1854-06-19 00:00:00

.ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. At the last meeting of the session of this society, Sir Roderick I. Murchison; Vice-President, in the chair, the papers read were :- 1. Late Tour to Medina and Mecca, made by Lieutenant R. Burton, of the Indian Army, at the expense of the society, with route from Yamba on the Red Sea. Condensed by Sir Gardner Wilkinson. The object of Lieutenant Burton's journey in Arabia was to cross• the Peninsula from El Medeeneh to Muscat, or from Mecca to Makulla on the Indian Ocean ; but finding the state • of the' country too unsettled at the time, and his leave of ab sence too short to admit of his waiting for a more propitious moment, he was only enabled to perform the two short jour neys from Yambo (Emba) to Medeeneh, and from this last to Mecca. The, former of these is the subject of the present eommunication. After noticing his departure from Southampton, in April, 1853, and his arrival in Cairo, he describes the precautions he adopted for travelling through the " Holy Land" of Arabia, so rigidly forbidden to Christians, and the disguise he assumed for this purpose. During his stay at Cairo he became an.ln dian doctor, and having supplied himself with " one of those preposterous outfits, thought necessary for all Eastern travel lers to the Hedjaz, which can only find a parallel in the baggage of our East India cadets," he proceeded to Suez, where by good fortune a young man of Mecca and a respectable party of Medeeneh people, believing him to be what his second d enise proclaimed, an Affghan pilgrim, became his friends, ins end offered to take him to their native city. By this m an e._ a. he was enabled to reach Medeeneh without suspicion, mosque, to the " prophet's burial place" managed to visit th i e environs to sketch the town, and to visit all the consecra h te: with. the exception of Khaybar. At Mecca, too, after wards an opportunity of seeing all the ceremonies 0 1 i f a l n t d ne li aigythpte ;11adj), made a plan of the Kaabah, and, returned most interesting objects of that holy city, na .i ; visitinged te E which may do with the title and character of a r eal asiou d in these countries. aim good service on some future occasion Suez must be given in his The narrative of his journey from awn words, though somewhat curtailedinero:l--der to accommo late it to the necessary limits of this l pap _ v. • .1 . like .l ra ship,th a " We embarked on board , the Gnoedrenrigk and build, apigi eelonging to a merchant of Suez. ef all the Red Sea craft, h av e a general resemblance to th e Indian pattimar, which I believe to be the most a nc i en t s h ape in the Eastern world after the ' Catamaran and the ' loni ' ' or hollowed mango trunk. The Western Arabs s till know only q vesse ls, the eambuk'* and the ' B ag hl a h , 'l• twodiffering kinds of : in tonnage, not in shape; while the Eastern Arabs h ave almost as many varieties of craft a s we h ave. Thi s ar i ses from the c ircumstance that timber for ship building is not to be found on the shore of the Red See, for which reason the ' people never were and are not a nation of mariners ; whereas the inhabitants of Oman, Hadramaut, and Y emen eas ily sup plied their want of wood by trading for teak with Malabar. This traffic, which began doubtless in early ages, gave the Eastern Arabs a spirit of adventure familiarising them with navigation, afforded them an opportunity of colonising, and opened India to their energy and industry. ."The owner of the G o ld en Wi re h a d agree d t o t a k e 60 passengers—a cargo quite sufficient, with the mountainous heap of bag g age, for an open decked vess e l o f about 75 tons. Favoured by fortune, he filled it with 130 human beings, meetly Bedawin, from Elallaegbrab (' Western' Africa), per haps the greatest ruffians in Islam. "I will not describe the daily fights wo witnessed, and had sometimes to join iu. Two men were stabbed in the port of Suez a aml before we 'were halfway between Egypt and Jambo, the second class generally made an energetic attempt to share with the first the lofty loop of the Golden Wire. But we re ceived them with our quarterstaves, and after an elegant little defence of our vantage ground, we forced them to beat a re treat, when, in token of their repentance, they kissed our heads, shoulders, andknees, and having promised not to offend again during the rest of the voyage, they contented themselves with cursing us. We crept slowly down the coast of the Red Sea, and.on the sth day we slanted across the Gulf of Aka bah, when, in the course of conversation, one of my compa nions mentioned a hill N.E. of Muwaylah (Moileh) called Ge bel. Rumen (Mountain of the Romans), and assured me it is covered with remains of ancient buildings. They might be worth exploring, and since Burekhardt's glorious restoration of retra to the world, and that profoundest of Arab travellers Dr; •George Wallin of Finland, there has been no discovery in this region more iuteresting than would be the remains •f a Rom in civilization in the wilds of Arabia. Near Muwayah gold. is still found. A Hadji of Cairo extracted with quicksilver no less than 6 drachms of dust out of 52 of sand collected in 'a torrent bed, and according to the testimony of the ancients, the precious metal was at one time plentiful in Arabia. • ,4 We made Yamboo on the 12th day after leaving Suez, and tottered - ashore with cramped legs ; sonic feverish, others co vexedewith boils, and all suffering from the burning heat of tha‘sun. . Abstemiousness had been my safeguard during this voiage, as 'on my two subsequent journeys, and the pilgri mage time, When my bare head and almost naked body were extiosedto the fires of an Arabian September. As precau tions I avoided washing, because warm water debilitates and cold. gives fever; a little oil or melted butter and occasionally a bath of lukewarm water and henna paste to cool the skin were found amply sufficient. For thirst, I neither chewed bullets nor washed hands, face, or feet, nor anointed my jaws with clarified butter, nor drank great quantities of liquid ; the only remedy is patience, and ater suffering for au hour or two the task is an easy one. When the skin is burned by the sun, white of eggs cures the sore, which, if not attended to in these regions, may become very serious. And as in hot climates cold is injurio r us, it is as well not to be underdressed by day, and at night to sleep- wilh e a sheet drawn over the bead as well at the body. ' "Of Yambo I have nothing now to say, except that its po pulation is considered the most bigoted and the best mariners in Western Arabia. We left on the 18th Jnly, and followed a path directly eastward along the plain, between the Eadlivrah hills and the sea. There was uo regular road ; a teodden line traversed hard and level ground, strewed with ilfunps of granite, greenstone, and schist, rounded by the action of water, with here and, there a little stunted vegeta tion' in the shape of accacias'and tufts of grass, coarse enough for brooms. The pace of the Hodjazi camel in a caravan is tiro miles an hour WilCn travelling over a plain, and our first march was a short ono of eight hours. Halting at three a.m., we found a grain-cafila (or caravan) of about 200 head, with its aimed drivers, and an escort of seven irregular Turkish horsemen, tolerably mounted, and each supplied with an ar- Moury in epitome. " July 19, at nine p.m., we arose. Prayers were said and pipes were smoked, and we congratulated ourselves on our escape from the towns. And here I may observe that my companions were strictly devout whenever we met strangers, wheresa at all other times one only (the grandson of the Mufti - of EI-Medeeneh) ever dreamed of prefer ring a prayer to a 'pipe. At a mile westward of our en itempment lay' the little • Village of Muzabhal, a straggling line of.miserable clay hovels; au the south was a bright blue saripeof the Red Sea, and all around stretched a plain of vebbles and gravel, bounded northwards by a wall of blackish cock, with here and there a shrub only fit for fuel, or a tuft Of herbage crisp with heat. At three pm. we were ready to Start, and with jorsaw a huge black cloud rise behind the shoulders of Radhweh, and array itself like a good genius be tween us and our fierce enemy the sun. All hoped that it contained rain ; but it was only a ' dry storm'—blasts of wind; hot as from a volcano; and fine sand—a phenomenon lere common; at this time of the year, and supposed to pre tede-the autumnal rains. The same kind of desolate country continued the whole of that and the following day ; and be tween ten and eleven p.m. we sighted human habitations for the first Since leaving Muzahhal, in the long straggling village called El-Hamra, from the' red' colour of the ravine on which tstatids, and ElMasitah, from being the ' half-way' sta.ion between Yinibo and El-Medeeneh. We wandered in search •of an 'encamping ground nearly an hour ; for the hospitable villagers contented themselves with ordering us off every flat patch of ground where we proposed to pitch our tents ; dining which operation I was secretly warned by my companions to speak Arabic only, otherwise the gentry of El-Hamra would claim black mail for permitting me to pass through their Streets. After much wrangling we found an encamping , Place; our jaded beasts were unloaded, the boxes and bag gage were disposed as a defence, and my friends spreading their rugs upon their valuables, prepared to sleep. I was invited to join them, but firmly delined the vicinity of se Many steaming and snoring fellow-creatures ; and if some Wonder was excited by the Affghan Hadji's obstinate restless ness, it was thought that a man from Cabul might be allowed to do strange things. -. "The village is built on a narrow shelf between a high steep bill and a sandy ' ravine, about half a mile broad, with a wind ing bed. On all sides are rocks, so that you here find your self-in one of those punch-bowls which the Arabs seem to prefer to plains. The ravine threads the heights all the way from the. Medeeneh plateau ; and during the rainy sea son it becomes a raging torrent, carrying westward to the Red Sea the drainage of a hundred hills. Good water IS . found in it by digging a few feet below the surface, at -the 're-entering angles ; and El-Hamra is further supplied by a fine spring, which bubbles up from the base of the southern hills. The village is a collection of stunted houses, or rather hovels, made of unburnt bricks and mud, roofed over with date leaves, rarely boasting a bit of plank for a shutter, thickly peopled where the walls are standing, but, . like all settlements in the Hedjaz, half in rnins. It contains ,a few shops in a long lane, and this bazaar, like the other streets, is full of glare and d us t. P a l m groves o f cons id era b le . extent supply it with dabes, And my io - mpanions found grain so cheap_that they' laid in a store far 'their families at El 'Medeeneh. . ' "Ready-made bread, horse-plantains, rice, butter, and , :similar edibles are also plentiful ; and flocks of sheep and ‘ goats, drive n i n by sur l y s h epherds, who would give no milk Leven in exchange for bread and meat. But I bought a large Jamb for a pillar dollar; and we breakfasted merrily. Near r encampment was a fort, held by a troop of Arnauts `Toned - to thife n d th e v ill age and to escort merchant travellers , consisting of a wall loop-holed for musketry. El-Hamra is the third_s_ta i ti , en from El-Medeeneh, on th e D er b ees -S ott ed ee ( shore a to ' ll i ni th read'), the westerly highway along the sea (( Wh6l rabe r B Permit them, pilgrims prefer this route to all others, on account of the facility of procuring supplies, . , e ancL ei Passing through th e Ah is oly place of 'diedr.' After midday of the El-Medeenele entered Ell a caravan en route from Mecca 'to procure an escort and Permi ssio n and had interest enough -We joined s ince s from our to proceed without delay, a band of Berdllalt at 5 p.m., and after a 41elay, occasioned by win having positively ob ,4ooted to admit our escort of 200 i rregulaxs we passed about _midnight through another straggling vas ' . Ra zg ra e cailtled Gadaydah, or Ei.Khayf, a 'declivity.' Like F 1 .Ham A little beyo t a it for . t and .._ is the ~`springs of tolerable Thihar, or defile, h ' the eHarbi-Bedawi n at ee l i h m e 1 3ey . w o r e totally where e ated b y E th tian arra Y izder '''' Whabis in 1811 A.D. (an d disastrous d a of sax g afterwards mentioned b y the ae, and .soldiery 'GadaYall i ' n was Egypt with feelings of horror and g r ) ---rk- ish hving travelled 24 miles d r u e e - e e a t si . , we en camped ; A t four .-- ; n. , Its position is like that of ELF/am—a: at Bir-Abbas. to pro and it has a stone fort, whore e - re troopers are stationed ---, tea travellers. Nothing worthy of note happened e durin e our journey, till on the morning of .the . 0 4th July, at day break, we entered the ill-famed gor ge called we neared it, loud ealled Shuah-el-Ra g `(Shab-el-Iladj), ' the Pilgrim's Pass.' ' talkers became silent, and in their f a ces fear was written in a 'Rue clear hand. Presently from the cliff on the left a thin 'curl of smoke rose in the morning air , preluding_ entmherr wtecrhe lock's loud ring. A number of Bedawin, bo y s and swarming like hornets over the crest, and clambering with ad . - mirable agility up the precipices, till comfortably seated behind a breastwork of stones, piled up as a defence and as a rifle rest, . they fired down upon us with perfect convenience to them . selves. It was useless to invite them to fight us upon the plain like men. On the eastern coast the robbers will some times do this, but not in the Hedjaz; and it was equally un- ProfitableAo shoot at stones. Moreover, had a Bedawi been kilted, the country would have risen en masse, and 3,000 or 4,000 robbers might have the courage to overpower a caravan, li n which ease there would have been a general cutting of throats. Their fire was directed principally against the Arnauts, who cal l 7 ,l %r d s)saietanc e from the yarty of Shayks that had ac . - .4 als frOinißir-Abbas ; but those dignified ancients, .iffstadttnifitig spalsquatting round - their pipes in council, came e'4o' the- Pqn - e-lugklikittt as the "' er e the 4to t he i r ii,lika g t,. Bedawin world probably turn a ~,,, , 3 ;_ : _ ~., , . ..ey had better spare themselves the ( tirn Th lo,r,--1 e:_ of 'Broecp 3 g 4. ; il , we blazed* away as much powder, '' tied -availed . bnraalyees .1 as thick a cloud, as roeEible '', * This name is the more remarkable , a s Ati lan d us d eser i oe s , the musical instrument called " Sauibuca" as " resembling a ship with a ladder placed °Ter it." , 'Y A mule. rr MIIIIMdMIMNIIIIIMI and were obliged to be content to lose twelve men, besides camels and other beasts of burden. After an hour of hurrying on, we passed Shuhada, an unremarkable spot, with a few ruined walls, and a cluster of graves, -each an oval of rough stone, con taining the mar tyrs,' crowned with glory in one of the Prophet's plundering expeditions ; a . .d in thirty minutes reached Bir-el-Hindi, a favourite halting place, where some forgotten ' Indian' had dug a w ell. We jogged on, scarcely out of the cut-throat gorge, and the nests of the Hem'dah; and then, leaving the ravine, we struck off northward into a well-trodden road, running over stony rising ground. The heat became sickening. At no tine is the sun in these regions more dangerous than between eight and ten a.m. and it was eleven o'clock before wo encamped. The station Suwaykeh is a rugged plain covered with stones, coarse gravel, and thorn trees, and surrounded by racks pin nacle-shaped and calcareous on a granite base. We pitched our tent under a villanous mimosa, the tree whose shade is compared by these poetical thieves to the false rone that deserts you when most needed ; and on the 25th of July, as day dawned, finding all my friends were hurrying on with reckless haste, I en q uired if more robber s were there ? No,' replied a n eighbour, we are walking upon our eyes ;in a minute we shall sight El Medeeneh.' Rapidly we crossed the muse-loved ravine El Akeek. It was dry wo as d sum r me is dust, a broad flight of seteps ,, r a e n se d nt a ly t eve a nd its beautiful trees' were stunt e d fi re e s u am m e m t it o , a pas ia si u n ia g rragthro'ugh a lane of lava with steep banks, we suddenly beheld the Holy y lyi ng upon the plain 'before us.. We halted our beast s as if C• b t y ' woil of command, and all of us, tired and hun g ry as we we re , d ismoun t e d an d sa t d own t o enjoy the view. Numerous were the poetical excl..= atiens of those around me, whilst their features worked with excite ment and their eyes swam with tears. I now fully under stood tho meanin g o f th e d ar k phrase in the Moslem ritual, 3 ,4 l l e V d h ee en ne h h i , s le (t t h h e im pilgrim raise 's) voiceall the and sight falls buesposnthtsherrtorepehse(t)fwEitlh the choic , est m o s ff re eri st n r g ik s. i ' s,of tbeforehej journey no y o after the desolation fc'ir view feature was than the gardens and palm-groves of the town. We reached El-Medeeneh on the 25th of July-, thus taking nearly eight days to travel abo u t 130 m il es. "Xy computation of the stages is Miles. From Yambo to Muzanhal l6 Bir-said El-Hamra —64 half -way. El-Hamra to Bir-Abbas ..., 24 Suwaykeh El-Medeeneh --66 - Total . ...... .. 130 "My camel men were of the Harb tribe , corrupted by Turkish example, and the profession of taking in pil grims. They made no difficulty in answering my questions about the country. To obviate curiosity I had an extract of Arab genealogies, and always began my questions with You men of Harb, on what lineage do you prido your selves ? ' Notes- must be kept private, and sketches must not be seen; but these people do not object to a learned man writing in a manuscript, as if commenting upon it, and he may also retire into solitude. The best pretext to avoid company is Sando, a i.e., a melancholic tempera ment, all Orientals, especially the Arabs, being subject to fits of nervous depression, when they fly to solitude a,s to a friend. " Before I conclude I will not omit to mention some of the secondary objects of my journey, which were to find out if a market for purchasing horses could be established, to obtain information concerning the great eastern desert, and to in quire about the existence of perennial streams, as well as the disputed slope of the country. Of the first 1 can say that I feel satisfied El-Hejaz (the Hedjaz) cannot supply India with horses. These anim,ls, though bred in the holy laud of Arabia, are • rats,' as slender stunted bloods are generally called, of fabulous price, and to be bought only when neces sity compels their owners to part with them. 2. Of the great eastern desert, marked in our maps as Ruba-el--Khali, or the uninhabited region, I have heard from credible sources that its horrid depths swarm with a large and half starved population, am. -ngst whom a hardy and daring explorer will find it possible to travel; and that it is a sys tem of rocky hills, semi-fertile ravines and valleys, sand deserts, and plains of hard clay covered with thin vegetation from a scanty winter rain. At El-Mecleeneh I heard a tradition that in days of yore a high road ran from the city, passing through this wild region, to Hadramant; :it had, however,- been deserted for ages, and my informant con sidered me demented, when I talked of travelling by it. 3. I am satisfied that, despite all geographers between Ptolemy and Jomard, Arabia, so rich in ravines or winter streams and mountain rills, contains nothing that can pro perly may be called a river, and I have reason to believe that, contrary to Ritter and others, the general declivity of Arabia is from north to south—from Bagdad to Mecca. My etlino al3oingeaciiceamelnyer h e n s e e a txet r 3c h ro e em s e em l n u. p —n r i o r p o thi s no e nv e t w j o t lhl d e detail nho a eu t s t i o tno m e m e b er f .,y u t s u fiir f g . : e ni t y i time, most most obedient servant. (Signed) e eu y a Bombay Ggph A Army. "To 'nlßicß7.(l: "To Dr. Shaw, Secretary to t li h i So ciety. ! "Belair House, Bombay, April 13." 2. Journey from Cairo to Jerusalem, via, Suez, Mount Sinai, Akaba, and Hebron, by the late Professor G. Wallin, of Fin land, translated by Dr. Shaw. 3. Further explorations in Central Africa, as far as lat. 14 deg. 10 min. 52 sec. S., and long 23 deg. 35 min. 40 sec ~ by Dr. Livingstorie, with correct astronomical obsei vations, and map of route, communicated through the Loudon Missionary Society and Lieutenant-C,douel Steel, F.R.G.S., with motes from G. Frere, Esq., F.R.G.S., through the Foreign-office, and from T. Maclear, Esq., astronomer at the Cape, to Sir J. Herschel, communicated through Sir Roderick Murchison, who stated that he heartily agreed with the astronomers, Mr. Maclear and Sir John Herschel, that so prfound an explorer as Dr. Livingstone deserved every encouragement, and that he rejoiced that • the Royal Geographical Society should pre viously have placed its confidence in this adventurous missionary, and that ho should have lived to accom plisli, with the chronometer awarded to him by the society, results exceeding in accuracy of observation any lately - made. Dr. Livingstone has received this award for his discovery, in company with two English gentlemen, Messrs. Oswell and Murray, of Lke Ngami, and afterwards for his discovery of the largest river of Southern Africa, which river this most en terprising of modern explorers had now traced far into the in tenor, and the results of whose labours were so well con densed in the following letter : " Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, April 19, 1854. " My dear Sir John—By to-day's mail for England, I send to Lieut.-Colonel Steele, F.R.G.S., the observations, and the results from them, made by Dr. Livingstone for the geogra phical points along his route in 1853. By the last I forwarded to the same gentleman a despatch from Livingston, intended, I believe, for the Royal Geographical Society. " Having reduced the observations, I can vouch for their correctness; and they include four occultations. " The remarkable geographical fact is the existence of a very large river, which he navigated in canoes, in the com pany of a horde of natives, from about lat. 18' 20' to Lat. 14° 11'. " On the other side I give you the latitudes and longitudes of the points where he observed for both, and the latitudes of all the points where he observed. I hope also a tracing of the river will be ready in time for the post. One has been sent to'Solonel Steele, on a large scale, drawn by Livingstone, but it will require a little correction, as derived from my cal culations. " Lake Ngami and most of the southern points must now be shifted rather more than two degrees to the westward. " Another remarkable fact is the detection of a Portuguese slave merchant stockade. It was said that the existence of slave merchants in that quarter, and so far south, is new—in other words, the game is wearing out in the northern direc tion. " Where there is plenty of rank vegetation, heat, and mois ture, you may conjecture that there is likely to be plenty of fever ; and such is the case. Livingstone has had fever eight times. At a spot a little south of the Chobe river, the whole of his party was laid prostrate at one time. This spot ho names ' the Fever Ponds.' " At the date of his writing to me (Sept. 29,1853), he was preparing for a push towards Loanda, on the west coast, . thence to return to his late track through Loanda, ' the capi tal of a powerful state, down the Leda.' If spared to accom plish this, he will rip up and expose to the public an interest ing section of this ' terra incognita.' "Iu order to accomplish his task without personal anxiety, he sort his wife and family home (to Eng:and) last year. Such a man deserves every encouragement in the power of his country to grant. He has done that which few discoverers or other travellers can boast of—he fixed his geographical points with very great accuracy. He is a poor missionary.-- Yours, my dear Sir John, faithfully, "T. MACLEAR." 4. On the Eastern Territory of the state of Ecuador, the Canton Quizos, the River Napo, and the N.W. sources of the Maranon. Communicated by the Rev. C. G, Nicolay. In introducing the well-known traveller, M. Kohl, to the society, Sir R. Murchison briefly enumerated the leading features of a work on America on which that author is en gaged, and which is specially recommended by Baron Hum boldt. This work was described as follows :- 1. A manuscript of about Eve volumes, containing a history of the progressive discovery of America and all its divisions, from the earliest times down to the latest years. 2. An historical map of the whole of America, showing upon a single sheet the progress of the discovery of the New World, and the part which several European nations, trading com panies, and other classes of persons, as w e ll a s everydistin guished conquoror took in that progress. To each advance a particular and distinct colour was assigned, whilst the names, dates, and routes of 700 travellers are given in the map. 3. A .collection of sketches and copies of 750 American maps, taken from many old books and collections in Ger many, Franco, and England. These maps have been divided into general and special maps, and arranged in twenty-six portfolios. Each portfolio contains the map of one great American division or country, put into chronological order, so that you see all the different representations that have been given of this country successively displayed from the first primitive maps and the rudest sketches of the earliest dis coverers and travellers down to the perfect surveys of modern geographers. The Chairman next directed attention to the instrument on the table, for measuring the velocity and ascertaining the direction of sub-surface currents, by Dr. Buist, of Bombay; to an ancient map of the world made in the fifteenth century, exhibited by Sir Thomas Phillipps, as contrasted with Mr. Arrowamith's beautiful map of the southern portion of the Crimea, shortly to be published ; and to the sketches exhi bited by Mr. John Webster, illustrative of the cruise of the royal yacht schooner Wanderer, commanded by the lamented Mr. Boyd, through the islands of the Pacific, including the Sandwich, the Kingsmills, and the Solomons, depicting the natives and the scenery of the various groups. In answer to Mr. Montgomery Martin's inquiry about the actual state of the Proposed North Australian expedition he explained that the ceaoutencoil had that day empowered the president to commit!' i vember of State the' subject with Sir George Grey, the new Secretary requested for the Colonies. In adjourning the meeting to No tbiheramato i s rela tate n that announced fll fellows t 0 f Lo t r h d e Ellesmere society whearde warmly invited to attend his the on the 14th and 21 t ' soirees at Bridgewater-house, s inst. PRISONERS RE; O T ---- is now before the House of moval Bill, which has The with the approbation of the for debt or contempt of Coo:, e ' sheriff, may be removed from county gaol, when the Inspector of B the House of Lords, and DILL —The Prisoners Re- Tor e c t s a , Secretary, prisoners quarter sessions (on shall have HCoommonß, provides that, prop er their ap• state for a icrahe custody of the prison to the certified to the justices in plication) that the county gaol is in a the reception of debtors ; and thereafter all the sheriff's prisoners for debt shall be sent to the county gaol. If the keeper of the gaol is appointed by the justices, an d not by the sheriff, the keeper and not the sheriff is to be liable, at law for the escape of a debtor ; and the justices ace4gpause the keeper to give security. BLILW . iiT FRO It A THENRY TO Tl.7.tu. We understand has I - wen Fri.oorl igul in urging up on that ' !: , 4 , 1 j.B1;11 , : the diiwturs of it Mid'aud Gre.: , t Western Railway the'necessity of opening a branch line from Athenry via Tuam into Mayo, and that the p ro j ect will be p ushed forward with the titglost deepaia,—Ciattrav !Wet. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1854. SPORTING - INTELLIGENCE. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE RACES. PROGRAMME OE THE SPORT. TUESDAY. The TRIAL STAKES of 5 Boys. each, with 20 added ; tyro yr-olds, sst ; three, 7st 41b ; four, Bst slb ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 31b; mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs., if demanded, Ste., and the second to save his stake. T.Y.C. The NORTM DERBY of 10 sovs. each, p.p., with 100 added, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 91b. Certain winners extra. The second to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes. Once round 18 subs. Marley Hill Horatio Melcombe Flying Frenchman Honeysuckle Aribbas Amalgamation Brown Brandy Neville The Norseman British Queen Biilingham Errcina Orangeblossom Monitnia Jujube Meteora The Bee The MEMBERS' PLATE HANDICAP of 5 sovs. each, with 900 added. Certain winners extra. Tne second to save his stake. Mile and a quarter. 26 subs. Age at lb 5 8 7 4 7 9 4 7 8 6 7 6 5 7 2 5 7 0 Kohinoor .. Vindex Captain Cornish Lough Bavcn Merry Bird Revolver Age st lb Dalkeith 5 6 7 Burgeois 4 6 3 Merry Monk 3 6 0 Tommy Knt. of St. George 3 6 0 Eva 3 5 12 Donekoy The Skinner Itch 4 7 0 4 6 12 4 6 10 Maude Mary 3 5 12 St. Clare ...... 3 5 10 The Jealous One 3 5 10 Ammonia ERrlv Bird 3 6 9 Miss Allen 3 5 7 The - Surveyor 5 6 9 Gamelad 3 5 5 The General The TYRO STAKES of 10 sous each, p.p., with 50 added., for two-yr•olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. Cer tain winners extra. The second to save his stakes... T.Y.C. 22 subs. Lord Alfred (2 lb ex.) Great Prophet Maid of theWoldz Oakwood Courteney Nettle Lady Alicia Chisel Saraband Cockspur Flight Abercrombie Neoptolemus Marco Spada Jack Sheppard The Sore Star Scipio Dragon Westminster I The Corfiote Lily Orion The SELLING STAKES of 3 sovs each, with 30 added, for three-yr-olds and upwards. Oue mile. 6 subs., or no engagement. NEWS FROM MELBOURNE. The bill for the construction of the new constitution, says a Melbourne letter of March 4, which has been so long under the consideration of the Legislative Council, is drawing to a close. The schedule of members for the Lower House has been adopted, with no other change than that of giving au additional member to Sandridge, the Gravesend of Melbourne, and to Emerald-hill, a small but rapidly increasing village on the road from that port to the city. In the draft schedule, these places had but 1 member assigned them ; they will now have 2. The total number of members, 60, as proposed, will remain, the addi tional member being abstracted from the district of the Loddon, which will be excluded from thearrangeuient, and added to the Talbot district, there being but thirty electors within the boundaries of that district, whereas Sandridge and Emerald-hill contain a numerous popu lation, which is increasing ev er y d ay. T he alteration is therefore judicious, as these places are thriving locali ties, and mus:t in a very short t ime b ecome towns of con siderable commercial importance. The schedule for the Upper House, which is to co ns i s t o f t hi rty members, has been agreed to in committee ; they are dist r ib u t e d according to the following arrangement : Number of CENTRAL PROVINCE. Members. Including the city of Melbourne and the country ex tending three miles round the corporate limits of the city 5 SOUTH PROVINCE Including the counties of Bourke, Evelyn, and M0rn ingt0rt.............................................. SOUTH•WESTERN PROVINCE. Including the counties of Grant, Grenville, and Pol. warth 5 • WESTERN PROVINCE. Including the counties of Ripon, Hampden, Heytes bury, Villiers, Normanbv, Dandas, and Follett 5 NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE. Including counties of Talbot and Dalhousie, and the Wimmera and Loddon districts EASTERN PROVINCE. Including the county of Anglesey, the proposed county of Rodney, and the Murray and Gipps' Land districts ............................... The Colonial Secretary, in proposing the schedule, observed that, "in forming this division of the country, the Government bad acted with great deliberation as to the most advisable course to adopt, and they now sub mitted their scheme to the consideration of the house, confident in the belief that, under such a distribution of the provinces, whatever of talent or character was pre eminent in each locality would become readily known and recognised for election by the voters to the Upper House." A sentiment which appears to be acquiesced in by the council, indicated by the readiness with which the arrangement was agreed to. The bill has passed through committee, and the consideration of the report stands as "an order of the day" for Friday next, the 10th instant. The exodus of the Americans from the colony con :riistsh unabated ac ti v ity. Th e reported discovery (otioil e f r r a u w g s o e ts l s t d lt : i in Peru, an d t h e lib eral encouragement held out t i e n n t t e h r a p t r s o i u n g n t r b y o , d y i s o t f h r g e r n e a t t o attraction m w e r h i i e c a h . The port of destination is Callao ; and although the dis covery of gold in those regions does not appear to be fully authenticat e d, the Americans are p er f ect ly sa ti s fi e d to run th e risk. The truth is, they are anxious for an excuse to abandon a colony which affords so little en couragement for settling in ; the exorbitant price of la bour, rendering agricultural pursuits a speculation which holds out no prospect of a remunerative return at all proportioned to the outlay, the risk of failure of the crops in so precarious a climate, and the enormous cost of transmit of the produce to market being serious draw backs upon this branch of industry. The older colo nists, who have obtained their land at low prices, and have the aid of their-own families in the cultivation of the soil, may possibly make it answer; but even these, unless men of large capital, prosecute agricultural en terprise under great disadvantages, and without much enjoyment of what we should consider the necessaries of life ; but as the greater part of them have never been ac customed to anything better, and have enough to eat of damper and mutton, and in the season, "when grass grows," of milk to drink, they bear their lot with patience and equanimity. Men who have neither rent nor taxes to pay, and are exempted from the expense of keeping up appearances with regard either to dress, household furniture, or house accommodation, beyond a bark hut, or the more pretensional residence of a dwelling con structed of " w a ttle and dab," are f ree d from many anxieties ; and though the range of their enjoyments is limited; the deprivation is probably compensated by the absence of positive suff:ming. The Americans, aho can do so touch better at home, and can ob tain the best land unsold at a dollar an acre, with the advantage of water-carriage, have few induce ments to remain here. The mines here they do not consider as productive as those of California, where they can moreover engage in the opera tions of mining with the enjoyment of greater comforts than they can procure here. They value this country only for its gold, and as the yield is now comparatively scant arid precarious, they prefer their own country as a field of enterprise to that of Vic toria. When pressed upon the prospects in Peru, the answer is, that they are indifferent upon that point, for if the a.cc.,unts should. prove fallacious, they will be nearer their own country, where they cannot fail to push their way. The . country' which intervenes between Calloa and the 'reputed gold -fields Of Peru is difficult to pass through, which is not unknown to the Americans. This, with other considerations, leads me to believe that these keen-sighted men have other objects beyond the acquisition of gold by digging in view, in their emigrat ing speculation. The propagandism of republican principles and the ultimate annexation of Peru to the great republic are at the bottom of the movement. The Tarrengower diggings are still favourably spoken of, but no positive proof of their richness has been as yet produced, nor is it expected until the washing season sets in. It is computed that there are now 18,000 per sons on these fields. Ballarat has not lost its fame, and very large deposits of the precious metal are reported to have been found in the deep sinkings, but these are very expensive operations, which require considerable capital, and, as the result is precarious, are only engaged in by the old, experienced, and systematic diggers, who can afford to make. the outlay, and to look for remuneration for their labour and outlay upon the calculation of ave rages. 'Tie season has been dry beyond previous experience, which has been attended with a very general failure of the crops, the want of pasture and water. Extensive bush fires have taken place in the interior, and even within ten miles of Melbourne ; the loss of property has not been very great. Several people were severely burnt, but loss of human life has not been reported. The fire continued in some districts, Glenire's for instance, within ten miles of Melbourne, for three weeks con tinuously. The snakes and venomous vermin were ex tensively got rid of, and the opossums were roasted without anybody being found to eat them. The rapid passage made by the Golden Age steamer has attracted general attention, and much dissatisfaction has been manifested at the conduct of the Government in not encouraging the enterprise of the owners. The want of policy in this case is now apparent, and the merchants have suffered severely by this transaction, as the overland mail has not yet arrivel ; their advices through that medium might have been anticipated by the Golden Age. with of a The passengers were sowell pleased sre a t s h e rp e vni q rc u sse i ctok) of aboutrp ul plate, , thatwn which e y y i s guineas, well lani merited feorri Captain tstdiithe ) pk en of respect. It will be recollected that this ship made the passage :from Liverpool to Melbourne in 51 days and 3 hours, "runningac complishing s i the " p b a u s t s a w g a de c s from detained ed 18 or tto pdaysor port, , in coaling, p o in t of time, in 69 days. raising last year upon 42,000 tons, at peace prices averaging 351. per ton, a market value of nearly 1,500,000/. It appears, then, that last year we received from Russi a of theie two articles . Flax Hemp Total 105,588 „ Va1ue...23,395,335 And the present war price has enhanced that value to up wards of 6,500.000/. Next, as regards paper. We are, comparatively, little dependent upon other countries for the direct supply of ma terial in the state in which it is used in the manufacture of this most important article. Without particularly specifying the quantities of rags imported, chiefly from Germany and Italy, it may be taken at less than a twelfth part of the entire weight of material of all kinds used for paper making. But small as that im portation is, in proportion to our wants, we are not suf fered to retain it. The Americansare large buyers of rags in this couutty ; whether of those imported or of our own pro luction is immaterial ; the general consumption in the United States, so enormous is the quantity used for news papers exceeding their own internal supply. With this state of things is to bo coupled the vast in crease in the consumption of paper in this country. In the five years, 1830 to 1834,.pri0r to the reduction of th e exc i se duty on-first-class papers from 3d. to its present equalised rate of 10. per lb., the average annual quantity made was 70.989,1311b5. ; and in the last five years, 1849 to 1853, the average annual quantity made was 151,243,1751b5. The production of the year 1853 was 177,623,00011)5., being above 23,000,0001b5. (more than 10,0 ,0 tons) over that of the preceding year, and more than 36,000 tons over 1834; such excess requiring for its production nob less than 13,000 tons of raw material in the former case, and nearly 47,000 in tke latt r. The whole weight of material employed in the manufacture of paper only, may be stated at between 110,000 and 120,000 tons per annum. It results then from these several statements, that for our textile manufactures, rope and twins, and paper makers, we are short of the requisite supplies of raw material, as compared with our position at the beginning of last year, to the extent of nearly 120,000 tons, viz. : Last year's import from Russia of hemp and flax, as above 106,210 tons The above excess for the make of paper 13,000 ~ Deficiency 119,218 subject only to suc h di m i nu ti on o f t h at quantity as Russia may find means to convey to us by circuitous routes. With a liberal allowance for this possible diminution, we may fairly consider ourselves deficient to the extent of a quantity ranging between 80,000 and 100,000 tons of fibrous matter. This being our position, it is a subject of much interest to determine in what way so large an actual or impending deficiency can be supplied. To this point I proceed now to draw your attention, and if the facts which have come before me aro substantially correct, of which there seems to be no reasonable doubt, it would appear that not only can we obtain adequate sup plies from India, 'but that something like reproach attaches to us for having permitted ourselves so long to neglect to procure, to some extent at least, these essential commodi ties from that great country. Dr. Forbes Royle, whose reputation as an experienced Indian botanist is too well established to stand in need of any individual testimony, and whose valuable paper on this subject, recently read before the Society of Arts, I will, as it is already out of print, circulate with this letter throughout India, has distinctly proved the existence, in various parts of our Indian empire, not only of the identi cal plants which furnish flax and hemp, but of numerous other plants yielding fibr4s of great importance, some of them greatly superior in strength and general value to either of those articles. The proof of this is too important to be omitted here. Having submitted a variety of fibres to be tested, the weight egch broke with he ascertained to be as follows : FIBRES OF EQUAL WEIGHTS, AND OF EQUAL LENGTHS TESTED AT THE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S MILITARY STORES. lbs. Petersburg, broke with l6O Tubliblpore hemp, from Mr. Williams l9O Wucl‘ oo nar fibre, Travancore 175 Mudaror Yercum fibre, common all over India l9O China grass, Boehmeria nivea 250 Rbeea fibre, the same from Assam -320 Wild Rheea, Boehsperiae species from Assam 343 Kote Kangro hemp (no breakage at) 4OO East India House, Dec. 16, 1853. It is true that some these Indian plants are grown in places remote from the seaboard ; and from which there are still very bad roads, or no‘ roads at all, for transport; but several of them, and amongst them perhaps the most pro lific of all, are of very extensive growth in parts contiguous to the coast, and therefore capable of being beneficially and cheaply prepared for exportation. The most conspicuous of these is the plaintain, which contains a valuable fibre, and is ev_erywhere cultivated in the plains of India for its fruit, an article of universal consumption by the native population. It is a tree which bears fruit only once, and as soon as that is removed it is, and has been from time immemorial, cut down and left to rot upon the ground. Persons who have paid close atten tion to the subject state that there will be nd difficulty in obtaining from this plant alone any quantity of fibre of admitted valuable quality, and as fast as the mechanical appliances necessary for its preparation can be sent out. Upon this essential point I have reason to believe that machinery is devised and patents are secured for the pro cesses of preparation, calculated to carry on every necessary operation both as regards fibre for textile Purposes and pulp for paper, in a perfect manner ; and at a cost which, even under any conceivable rise in the price of the raw material in India, must command such a profit as to en sure its cotitinuons and 'almost unlimited production. Some statements have also been prepared, and are readily producible, showing a very tempting p ecun i ar y p ro fit t o induce parties in India to produce the material required, and that the simple and efficient machinery to be employed may be furnished at a moderate cost. Applicable as this fibre is-to the manufacture of every species of cloth or other article usually made frOm flax or hemp, and of equal quality, it can be used with no less facility and advantage In the manufacture of paper, thus supplying both the one and the other of the important de siderata which the foregoing facts and figures establish. We have, therefore, within the limits of our own posses sions, in the East Indies and in the West, ample means of furnishing at a low price as much of this' important pro duct as our utmost wants can require. Permit me, in conclusion, to add, that this question, in volving as it does the interests of India, which, in your high position as president of the India Board I know you watch over with anxious solicitude, embraces also the in terests of the whole empire, especially at this moment ; and I feel assured of its receiving, as it well deserves, your prompt and earnest attention, and the continued favour able consideration of the East India Company, and of her Majesty's Government.--I am, dear Sir Charles, yours very faithfully, SAMUEL GREGSOIT, London, June 1. WEDNESDAY.' The GRAND STAND STAKES of 10 SOVA each, 5 ft, with 5C added, for two and three-yr-olds ; two-yr-olds, fizd 121 b ; three, Bst 121 b ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b. Certain winners extra. The second to save stake. T.Y.C. 17 subs. Age Freddy Irvioniar The" Jealous One 3 b f by Chanticleer, Age! Lily Rose 2 Cockspur 2 Maude Mary Gatuekeener Lord Alfred 2 Sir Peter Oakwood 2 Orion Ellerdale 2 Rylstone Westminster Sahara 2 Eva 3 FREE HANDICAP of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, with 50 added Certain penalties. The second to save his stake ; if seven start, the second to receive 20 sovs out of the stakes. The highest weight accepting being under Set 71b, it has been raised to that weight, and the others in proportion. Three-quarters of a mile. 3? subs. Ag© st lb Orestes Vindex 4 8 0 Hunca Munca 4 8 0 Catherine Parr 4 7 3 • A xwell Mail of Team Valley Miss Agnes Dear•me.. 4 6 7 Candiewick Billy Richardson 5 6 7 Donskoy Eva St. Clare Stiletto Robin Hood 3 5 5 Nelly 3 5 5 Punch-box 3 5 5 Roebuck Age st lb The Jealous One 3 5 3 Viniagrette Horatio Billingharn The Early Bird 3 5 1 Maude Mary 3 5 1 Master Adam Garrulity Tutu Rintoul 3 4 13 Tommy 3 4 13 Device Arribas General Breezo 3 4 13 Maid of the Tees 3 4 11 Cable Gabriel... 3 4 11 Nelly Hill 3 4 11 Plicenix 3 4 11 Phoebus 3 4 11 The NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE of 200 goys, added to a Handicap Stake of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared, &c. The second to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes. arid the third to save his stake. Certain winners extra. Two miles. 103 subs, 57 of whom declared. Age at lb Kingston Balrownie 4 3 2. Red Lion Ty pee (91b extra) 4 7 12 Indian Warrior 5 7 10 Talfourd 4 7 4 Hunca Munca Joe Miller Eulogist 4 7 0 Little Jack Grapeshot Mr. Sykes 4 6 12 Colsterdale The Skinner Don Quixote _ 4 6 4' Provost Marshal 4 6 4 Candlewick .. a 6 4 Doublethong 4 6 3 Peggy Braxev The Early Bird 3 6 2 Axwell (61b extra) 4 6 2 La Belle 4 6 0 Augusta 4 6 0 Age st lb St Clare 3 5 7 General Breezo 3 5 7 Aribbbaq 3 5 2 Dr. O'Toole 3 5 0 Caliph Comfort 3 5 0 Baalbee Swiftsnre Shunting 8 4 -8 Bianca 3 4 7 SirJamesGrabam 3 4 7 Julius Agricola 3 4 7 Amalgamation 3 4 7 Royalist 3 4 7 Lincoln's-inn 3 4 4 Erycina 3 4 4 Jetty Treffz 3 4 4 chcby Verularn— _ _ Marchioness 3 paid Prime Minister paid Eva paid Dear Me paid Panchbox paid Her MAJESTY'S PLATE of 7st ; four, Bst 101 b ; five, 9sl Three miles. 'lOO guineas ; three-yr-olds, t 41b ; six and aged, 9st 71b. THURSDAY. Fifteenth year of the GATESHEAD LOTTERY STAKES of 5 nova. each, p.p., with 50 added, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. The second to receive 20 sous. out of the stakes. Two miles. 16 subs. Jetty Treffz ' The Jealous One Orange Blossom Moss Rose The Medal Billingham Mcesia Midsummer Village Lass Diligent Jujube . I Mor,omia Middlesborough Sister of Mercy 1 The Greek Slave Lamprocles I The GOLD CUP STAKES of 10 sovs. each, pp. ; three-yr olds, 6st 101 b ; four, Bst slb ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9,t Sib ; mares and geldings allowed 3lb ; the winner of the Northumberland Plate to carry 31b extra. Gen tlemen taking a nomination and net starting, to be subject to the payment of 3 sovs, which will be given to the second horse. Two miles. 10 subs. Yrs Yrs Goorkah 4 The Wild Huntsman ... 3 Brown Brandy ...... Newminster Meteora Umbriel The CORPORATION PLATE (ElancliCap) of 60 gs., and 10 added for the second horse. Certain winners extra. Once round. 82 subs. Age st lb Age st lb Kohl-noor Red Lion Typee Vindex Captain Cornish... 4 7 6 Saguenay Lough Bawn 6 7 5 Fairthorn Grapeshot 4 7 3 Bourgeois Deformed Merry Bird Haricot Jack the Giant 1 Merry Monk 3 5 7 Killer 4 6 12 Tom Rintoul 3 5 7 Felatah . Lindrick Lerrywheut Helena Revolver Cariboo • a 6 10 Tommy LittleJack' a 6 10 Jujube(inc.7lbex.)3 5 5 Catherine Parr 4 6 9 Eva 3 5 4 The Skinner 4 6 9 Seducer 3 5 4 Sir R. Trenchard 6 6 9 Garrulity Colsterdale Donskoy The General 4 Penitent 3 5 2 The Jealous One 3 5 2 The Surveyor 5 The Buck 5 Braxey Candlewick Dalkeith Itch Don Quixote 4 Provost Marshal 4 Dear-me 4 Jetty Treffz Julius Agricola 3 5 0 Horatio . The Greek Slave 3 5 0 Shunting Magic 3 5 0 Syvagee 3 5 . 0 Gamelad 3 5 0 Sir James Graham 3 5 0 The Vet 5 Miss Allen __ 3 5 0 Dove 4 br to King of Troy 3 5 0 Early Bird 3 Maid of Team Amalgamation.... 3 5 0 Sistel of Mercy... 3 4 12 Valley Ammonia Axwell La Belie 4 6 2 Bianca The SPECULATION PLATE of 5 sovs each, with 20 added ; tie second to receive back his stake ; for three yr-olds and Upyritrds; optional selling weights. Once round. The SCURRY HANDICAP of 3 soya each, with 20 added, for all ages. The second to save his stake. T.Y.C. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1854. JUNE. Newcastle•on-Tyne 20 Riding 23 Hampton 2l Bibury 2B Knighton 23 Ludlow 28 Carlisle 26 Stockbridge . 2B Beverley, Hull, and East Winchester 3O JULY. Newmarket Worcester 4 I Stamford 18 Barnstaple 6 1 Newton 18 Lanc•►stcr Oi'i 20 41"'" Liverpool ............ Fltirrng.te ............ .....:14 ' Great Grimsby 24 nansiieli .................. 11 I Goodwood 25 31 Abingdon . 31 Ip3v,, Q_ .................. 13 I Deritend Pool ...... 12 I Radcliffe i h .... .. .. . ... .. ...... 13 I Ripon __, - ,- ---- IND I A.N FIBRES. The following letter.. written by Mr. Samuel Gregson addressed to -Sir Charles Wood, President of the Roard of Control Dear Sir Charles, —Among the many important ques tions now pressing upon public attention, there are two which I venture to bring particularly under your notice, both for the interest of India and the public at large. They are the means of providing an effective and ample substitute for flax and hemp for our manufactures, and of obtaining the necessary quantity of material, now noto riously inadequate to supply the demand for the produ o . tion of paper. The war with Russia affects in a material degree our command of these important articles—flax and hemp; while the rapidity and largely incr eas ed consumption of paper without any corresponding exte n sion , but rather a diminution, of the supply of the raw ma t e rial for its pro duction, operates prejudicially on what may now be ca ll e d a necessary of life. Allow me to submit to you a few facts bearing upon Kingdom and especially in I re l an d . each of these matters. The growth of flax has rapidly inc reased wit hin the last row years in th e U n it e d In 1849 the quantity of land in Ireland under this crop, was 60,314 acres ; and taking its average yield at 6 cwt. per acre, the produce would be 18,094 tons. In 1853 there were 174,423 acres under flax cultivation, yielding, at the some average, 52,327 tons. - The importation of foreign flax for the last three years has been From Russia. A p l a l rts Total . other importation. In 1851 40,934 tons ... 18,775 tons ... 59,709 tons 1852 47,426 ... 22,703 ~ 70,129 „ 1853 64,399 „ 29,770 ~ ... 94,169 „ Total in 3 years 152,759 , 71,248 ~ ...224,007 „ Average per an. 50,920 23,749 ... 74,669 p, showing that the importation of last. year from Russia was 16,973 tons more than that of the year preceding-13,479 tons abovo the average of the three, years —and within 10,270 tons of the total average importation from all parts of the world. Putting out of view the growth of flax in Groat Britain, of which we have no available information, t he importation, and the Irish production together, of flax during the last year amounted to 146.496 tons, of which entire quantity nearly one-half, and of the total importation more than two-thirds, came from Russia, its market value (at peace prices averaging 301. per ton) amounting to nearly two mil lion pounds. Then, for hemp. Of the articles passing under this ge neral title, including sunn and jute from India, and that known as Manilla hemp, the quantities received from Russia do not bear the same proportion as in the case of flax, being -4.11 other Total From Russia parts. importations. In 1851 33,229 toes 01,442 tons 64,671 tons. 1852 3 ~~_~.,. Total in thr-: , 102,216 „ „ 153,;x.:7 „ Average per annum 34,082 „ 26,427 „ 60,509 , Here again, however, we see that Russia has supplied considerably more than hal4' t entire importation, re' SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, JUNE 17. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS.—The Alar from Dun kirk ; City of London, Dunkirk ; Belgium, Ostend; Thrifty, Antwe r p ; J o h n an d M ary, C aen ; Ruby, Moga,- dore ; Margaret Evans, New York ; Helen Catharina, Lis bon ; Governor Brown, Cardenas and Cuba ; Hounslow, Dunkirk; Enterprise, Malaga ; Harriet, Marsala • Pioneer, Hamburg; Fort una , Ch r i st i an i a; Nautilus, eldewalla ; Blanch, Santiago and Cuba; Rhone, Havann a h ; Di ana , Gotten burgh ; H e l en Mary, Batavia ; Den 6 Juli, Io•g -horn ' • Maria, Sevill e ; Bathorina, Seville ; Camal a n, Ca diz ; Albion, Genoa • Dove, Port Fairy Thom as D r yd en , Colombo ; Greenwich, Mauritius ; Inca, Panama and Buena Ventura; Phoebe Dunbar, Gallo and Colombo; Rodrigo, Seville; Greyhound, Previse ; Seine, Boulogne. ENTERED OUTWADS.—The American Congress, New York; Alar, Dunkirk; Belgium, Ostend; City of Lon don, Dunkirk; Margaret and Jane, Toulon ; Apollino, Melbourne; Tropic, Barbadoes ; Countess of Lonsdale, Hamburgh ; Janet Kennan, Dorst ; John and George, Fecatnp ; Amity, Dunkirk ; Friendship, Havre; I. and S. Martin, Dunkirk ; Agenoria, Dunkirk; Zephyr, Dunkirk; Marianne, Hamburgh ; Lord Raglan, Adelaide ; Hero, Hainburgh and Harburgh ; Golconda, Constantinople; Emperor, Madras; City of Boulogne, Boulogne; Two Sarahs, Dunkirk ; John Edward, Cape of Good Hope. - VESSELS CLEARED WITH CARGO.—The Achilles, and Emma Mathible, fdr Hamburg; Margare and Jane. Tou lon ; Eendraght, Dantzic ; Economy, Swartwick ; William 111., Port-Philip ; .S. Lindsay, Bombay ; Alphonte N. Cezard, Port-Philip ; Braganza, Payta ; Countess, of Seafield, Sydney, New South Wales ; Zephyr, Don kirk ; Acacia, Madras ; Joseph Fletcher, New Zea and ; Baron Osy, Antwerp ; Batavia, Rotterdam; Lord John Russell, Harlingen ; Earl of Auckland, Rotter dam ; Phantom, New York ; Wanderer, Copenhagen ; Wellington, Hobart. Town; D'Auvergne, Honduras; Royal George, Calcutta ; James Armstrong, Calcutta ; Albion, Boulogne; Magnet, Amsterdam; Ardjoena, Syd ney ; Alar, Dunkirk ; City of London, Dunkirk ; Triton, Calais ; Soho, Havre ; Paris and London, Rouen and Paris ; William Stewart, Sydney, N.S. W. LIVERPOOL, June 17. The Sarah, from Matacong to Liverpool, with a cargo of palm-oil, was lost in the Talloff River, 30 miles north of the Gambia. The wreck of a ves sel, painted black, apparently about 230 tons, was passed, May 26, in lat. 37, by the Express, arrived here. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. -- The St. Nicholas, bound E., June 4, 235 miles from New York. The Galatea (brie June 9. The Marion, of and for Waterford, from Savannah, May 28, lat'4o N. long. 54 W. The Annie (ship), No. 475, first distinguishing pendant, June 6, lat. 45 N., long 14 W. The Jeannette Bertha, Hamburgh t o M e lb ourne, A pr i l 22, lat. 1 N., long. 20 W. The Evans (brig), June 10, lat. 44 N. long. 12 W. The Queen (barque) June 13, lat. 49 N., long. 6 W. The Morning Star, bound to Ceylon, March 21, lat. 12 S., long. 30. The Ocean Herald, steering W. June 9, lat. 46 N., long. 41 W. A Russan ship, May 21, lat. 43 N., long. 51 W. The Harmony (emigrant ship), June 9, lat. 50 N., long. 21 W. The Dundonald, bound to Quebec, June 4, The Devonshire, June 7. The Mary Sophia ' Newport to Quebec, Jane 9. The Sybilla, of L o ndon, from B ar b a does, May 23, lat. 37 N., long. 53 W. The Coronella (ship), with troops, June 5, long. 41 W. The Surprise (schooner), outward bound, June 6, lat. 43 N., long. 10 W. The Allert (brigantine), outward bound, June 14, lat. 48 N., long. 6 W. The Thomas Hodgson, Newcastle to Quebec, May 28, lat. 46 N., long. 35 W. (had lost boats, bulwarks, and cook house, in a gale on the 12th), and supplied with a jolly-boat. The Conference de Lisboa (French brig), from China, March 26, lat. 29 S., long. 40 E. The Jobn Barker, Cape to London, March 30, lat. 35 S., long. 33 E. the William Rathbone, May 29, lat. 48 N., long. 39 W. The Competitor, outward bound, June 6, lat. 43 N., long. 15 W. MIGRATION OF FOREIGNERS FROM RUSSIA.—A. Berlin letter, of the Bth, says that a perfect migration of nations, consisting of foreigners of various denominations, but chiefly of Frenchmen, is now taking place. They are leaving Russia by way of Tauroggen and Kauen. Most of these persons might have remained in that co,in trY3l}u;v contit - kil.ci reFideoe.:-. in Russia seems to them, under pra, - ,ent eireumstatioes>, somewhat too insa e‘lre, eveeially as they opine "that RI on the Lye of a great revolution." This opinion, so fre quently expressed, is, according to the correspondent in cfneation, « well worthy of attention.", Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. • £ s. d. £ s. d. Australasia 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 all 81 British North American 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 PP ...-- Commercial,of London. it. per cent. 1100 0 0 20 0 0 31% Coionial ...: 3l. per cent. ; 100 0 0 25 0 0 - lonian 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 , - Loud. Char. Bk. of Ans - 20 0 0 all 0 21% London and County 6l. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Londu and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0, 0 20 0 0 38% 'London Joint Stock 6l. per cent. 50 0 0 10 J 0 26 1 4 Provincial of Ireland 81 per cent. .100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New... -•• • B.. per cent. 10 0 0 all - National of Ireland 41, per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provncial of Eng 61. per cont. 100 0 0 3.5 0 0 - Ditto, New .... •• - ( si. per cent. 20 0 0 la 0 0 - Oriental Bank Corpora,. 1 21. p et. &bs. 25 0 0 all 47 South Auitralia • B, p. ct.& t r lS. 25 0 0 f , 44 Union of ittstralia 40.. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 70 Ditto .. Ol. per cent. - 210 0 8% Union of London .... . ..5i. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 25% Union of Madrid ... • • ' - 40 0 0 all ' - I N - SURANCE• COMPANIES. , Dividend Amount • Nam - e of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. • - - - X s. d. X s. d Albion .......... . .•.• 31.105. 500 0 0 50 0 0 90 Alliance Brit. and. For. 7/. 14s 6d.rs. 100 0 0 11 0- 0 19% Ditto Marine ........ •.1. p.c.& ba. 100. 0 U 25 0• 0 40 Anchor .......... - ..- 6 per cent. 5, 0 0 1 0 0 - Atlas •• ' ',' -13 i 6d. 50 0 0 -5 15 0 18% rgus Life ......... ••' 41 per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - British Commercial .. 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 5 0 g 7 Clericl.Med.& Gen. Life spr ct. & bs. 100 0 0 10. 0 0 21 County .. „ ...,, Crown Eagle 5O 0 0 5 0 0 6% Equity and Law....,.. 4% per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 6 European Life lss. 20 0 0 all 19% General..... . .• Globe ... • • ... 6!. per cent. Stock. 127 Puardian ............ 5 . per. cent 1' 0 0 0 45 0 8 57 Imperial Fire... ••. . . . 12/. per cent, 500 - 0 0 50 U 0 - Imp , rial Life - Indemnity Marine.... I all.. & be. 100 0 0 20 0 0 56 Law Fire .... Law Life... • . .... -.•- 100 0 0 10 0 0 55 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 6% London Fire .... London hip.... ..... - Marine......... •• • • - 51ed.invlid&Gen. Life 4% . per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 Minerva • : ...... - - sp. ct. & bs. 20 0 0 2 o`o 6 Monarch .... - 5 0 0 1 0 0 1% National Loan Fund 5l. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% Palladium Lite . . Pelican .... • • • • • • .. • • - - - 45 Phoenix . • • . • • • - - - 180 P wessional Life." 57. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 % Provident Life .... Rock Life .... ••.. .• Royal Exchange Sun Fire ..... • • - PP 260 Ditto Life ..... 1/ lOs . - 21/ 65 United Kingdom .... 4? pet & bs. 20 0 0 4 o 0 8% Universal Life - 1 ictoria Life .... - 51. per cent - 4 12 6 - BRIDGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per I of - Paid. Price. Annum. I I Share. ' ' £ s. d. X s. d. Hungerford .... • ..... -, - - 12 Southwark .. ..... ... - 100 0 0 - - Dia° New of 7% p.c. 70s. per cent. 50 0 0 - - Waterloo ... -.. - 100 0 0 - 44 • Ditto Old Ann. of U. 11. 12s. GO 0- 0 60 0 0 2$ Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. Se. Od. 40 0 0 40 0' 0 - Vauxhall ............ 11. ss. 70 10 3 - 21 WATER-WORKS. • ' Dividend Amount Name of Company. ( per . of Paid. Price. . .. Annum. Share. --- - • , - £- i. d. X s. d. East London 6l. per cnt. Stock. 100 - Grand Junction ....:• 4'. per cnt. 50 0 0 all 72 Kent ...... ••• . . , 41. - per cnt. 100 0 0 - 80 Lambeth ........ • • • • .. I . - 100 0 0 - 97 NeWßiver Company.. , 21. 10s. - - - Southwark &Vauxhall 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - '89% West Middlesex .... - 5/.los. pr ct. - - 102 . DOCKS • Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. 4 s. d. £ s. 1. Commercial .......... 41. pr cent. Stock. Stock. - East and West India.. 61. pr cent. ' Stock. - - East Country.. 2os. per sh. • - - - London .• • • ..... • • 51. pr cent. • Stock. - - Ditto 80nd5........ 41. per. cent. - - - St. Katharine ........ 4 per cent. Stock. - - ' outhampton ........ N. 12s per c. 50 0 . 01 50 0 0 - Victoria ..... ..... • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 936 STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of Saturday.) MANCHESTER, FRIDAY, June 16. —The check which was last week giVen to the upward tendency of prices con tinues to be felt in our market. Both in goods and yarns, however, we remain steady at the previous attainable rates. There is evidently a more general business grow ing up. In yarns, the Germans are increasing their pur chases to cover sales of which they were advised in the early part of this week; and the Greeks, who have received im proved accounts from Persia and Constantinople, are now buying certain kinds of both yarns and goods to a moderate extent. In the home trade, too, there is some improvement ; and both the printers and general dealers are buying rather more from the manufacturers. Still, the market is felt to be inanimate. This is very much" owing to the cessation of the late active de mand for India, which the advices just come to hand are not likely to revive ; for the report from Bombay is unfavourable, and, though at Calcutta large sales had been effected, there was a slight giving way in prices ; while the quantities shipped from hence are known to be enormous. From America we learn that the confident statements we were lately receiving of extensive destruction, to the young cotton plant by frost, were generally abandoned ; and the New York market was dull at a decline of ie. per lb. ; but, at New Orleans, the class of " middling," which had fallen to Tic. in the previous week, was quoted at Bc. on the 27th May, with freight at 15-16 d. It is difficult to comprehend the movements that take place at Liverpool. From ten to fourteen days ago many forced sales were effected considerably under the autho rised quotations. The-e may be accounted for ' • but we do not see what can have led to the porchase of 7,000 to 10,000 bales per day during the last three days. PRICES OF SHARES. IN BANKS, ASS - URANIA AND OTHER COM. PANIES' STOCK. From the Official Lest. PUBLISHED EVERY TUE'DAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY,•JUNE 16, 1854. JOINT-S SOCK DAMN. 50 0 0 10 0 0 CANALS. Names of g Dividen6 Names of t; Dividend' 4-. per ) Companies. A per Price. ct Companies. .nnum., , Price. 7 , ! cr.Annum. -- ---- - A --- £ £ A shtn &Oldh , 98 74. p. ct 151 Macclesfield. 100 27. 10s. - 51% Barnsley ••• ~ 160 Neath ••• • • • 100 161, 150 Brknk&-tbrg 150 41. 60 Oxford.. •• • • 100 13 . 115 Birmingham 40 41. Peak Forest. 78 5 , Os. 86 Coventry...• 100 251. 215 Regent's •. 30 18, 16% Derby • •• 100 61. 63 Rochdale ... 85 IL 10s. 66 Ellsmre&Chs 69 2% p. et. Sonar& t Coall i 4l Grandhnctn 100 4. pr. ct. 58 . Do Lk P t -1, 12 Do , 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. et. 11 tfird &Wore • ,40 281. 407 i;• rand Purrey 100 2/. 10 8 . 50 'throws bury. 1 ' 2 5 Grand Union 100 11. Os 1214 itoarbridgi,...l l 4s 121. 285 Kennt & Avn 39 6s. Cd. 6% ievers and 11 1 21. 24 Lancaster • 100 Wye Rail. j 26 , Leeds &L v' p 100 251. W-i rwiel &"/ Leicester .... fOO 51. 68 13Irming. j 100 ) 2/. 27% Lcicstr &Nth 83 4/. 1 29 Warwick & 1 Loughborogh I 142 701. • 557% .Napton._. 5 100 31 ' 13 Momnouthsh , 100 : worcstr & / Mntgmerysh!loo i Birming. 578 31. 32 MeltnMwbryi 100 ,Wllts & Brks —10 s. 05. GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES Dividend Amount Name of Company, per I of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. 1 Z s. d. £ s. d. • British •••••••• • • • • •• - - - • - Ditto Provincial .... I/. 88. 20 0 0 20 0 0 : 24, Brighton • • •... •• •• • • 51. 20 0 0 23 0 0 i 15 City of London .. •• • • 4:. 10s. 130 0 0 160 6t...0 - Continentat(3d Cap.)... . 41. 75 '0 0 43 10 0 , - Equitable •••••.. •• .. li. ss. 50 0 0 all : 2614 Great Central . -- • 7k per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 , 11% Imperial ............_ 6i.& bonus. 50 0 0 all 86% Independent ......... 51: 40 0 0 ' SI ..... London .. .. .. .. .. .. - co 0 0 ~ ..... Do., Pal. Preference 61. per c e n t. 25 0 0 If 25 P• ce ix . - ...... •• .. 3#l, per cent. 50 0 0 49 0 0 27 Ratcliff ..- .... „ . 5/. 100 0 0 i 0 n 0 I 73 United ceneral -..- 21.105. SO 0 0 all lit % Westminster Chartered Si.per cent. ' 80 0 0 Of 36 Ditto, ew ........ 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 , 0 7 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. • Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ a. d. Rank of Scotland .. • • 71.-per cent. :100 0 0 100 0 3 18 , 1 0 ' British Linen Coman 8 7 - per cent. :00 0 0 100 0 0 203/ 0 Caledonian Bank . . .....Si. per cent. 10 0 0 210 0 3 18s , City of - lasgow Bank 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 ,t 0 10/ 178 ,' Clydesdale Bank ..•• 5%L p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 '1 18s unercial Bank .. 71. per cent . 5 0 0 0 100 0 0 199/ 0s Eastern Bank ........ 6/ per cent 25 0 0 10 0 a 10/14 3 Edinb & Glasgow .. • • 3 % 1 . p cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 4/, 103 Exchange link of Scot.. - 100 0 0 31 5 0 - National Bank ...... 6% per cent 50 0 0 10 0 0 15 11 7 s North of , cotland Bank bi per cent 20 0 0 210 0 4/. 7s Royal Bank of A coil. .. 5/. per cent . lc(' 0 0 100 0 0 1251 0 Union Bank of Scot. ... 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 901 5s ' West.-rn Bank ••••• • •• 7/..per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 73/ Os A Mance Fire and Life.. : 41. pr cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 241108 British Guarantee .... IL per cent.. 10 0 0 2 0 0 11. Os Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 261 Os City of • , lasgow Life.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 4/. Ils Colonial Life .... • .... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 1 0 0 5 ,. 28 E di n burgh Life Insur. . 11. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 251 lOs Eng. & Scot. Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 212 6 '4l. 7s Life • ssoc. of Scotland 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 110 04 . 15s National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 13s North British Insur... 71 per cent, 200 0 0 20 0 0 341 lOs Scottish Union Insrnc. 7%1 pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 I/. 148 , tandard Life - .... • • 5;. per cent sO 0 0 7 0 0 17/ t s United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 , 1 o 0 - MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. Assam Tea •......... s' . £s.d.£ s. 0. 0 0 20 0 0 - Luctian Mart.- ...• IL & bonus. 80 0 0 - - instralian Agrieulturl 1/. Is. 100 0 0 17 10 0 44 Australian Trust .... 61. per cent. - 25 0 0 - Australian Royal Mail 5/. 10 0 0 8 0 0 - kngio-Mexican Mint. ii. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 21 British American Land 15s. - 38 10 1) - Canada ..... -.••• •• 61. percent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 - Do. 5 per cent Bonds 51. per cent. - - -- Ditto, 6 per cent. • • 61. per cent. - - 110 City Navigation Bonds 3i per cent. - - - Electric Telegraph (A) - 25 0 0 20 0 0 - Ditto .. •• • • ...• (11) - 25 0 0 15 0 0 - Equitable Reverslonry 51pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Ditto New ....•.• .. - 50 0 0 12 10 0 - Gen. R evcrs. BlnVest. sp.c. & bs, 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Gen.SteamNavigation 10 p et. 15 0 0 14 0 0 - iludson's Ray.... .. - - Stock. I - - Hungerford .......... 2/. Is. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - London tnstitntion ••• --". 1 ....- .....' '-'- Lo•;(1311 Reverti•Aary 5. 7 . per cen t . , 1 .5 0 0 1 5 0 0 I - ' Kir , ....,erl Institution •• •• - I - 11210 0 : - '_ Price's Patent Cand. Co NV. per cent ! .20 0 0 , II 10 0 1 -- I{ `•t' '' l. ' n ' r Y l ' r ' t • '''oe. 4 , I. pr ,e11t,.100 C° i) :100 0 0 - Royal mail team..., 4i. p. chute. 10i.. 0 0 4O 0 0 - South A ustrallan..... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 37 3 4 Trust and Loan Comp._ UPPer ctuutda..•• = - - r . 7 COUNTRY MARKET S. HADDINGTON—JUNE 16. The following are the pri ces o f gra i n at our Illa rkei to-day : WHEAT. I EARLEY. 1 OATS. EEC, First B2s Oci 40s 6d 40s Oil 5 1 ,1 Second 7ss ld 1 38s ld 1 37s 6 d 51 55 . 1 - 01 Third 66s Od 1 35s Od 1 34s Od 485 Q A. o ld Total quantity of wheat in market, 362 qrs., 3 u-,, ~,14 PP PP barley ~ , 137 qr s., 10 old ~ ~ oats PP 258 qrs., 24 3 50 00. f f jp, beans PP 54 qrs., 51 6 Average of wheat 43 15 10 4-12th' Ditto of Barley Ditto of Oats Ditto of Beans .. ..... .......... DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—Jura! 15. fer l-6r. Qrs. Best. Current. Ino t i 346 Wheat 81s Od 532 Oats ...38s 8d oos Od ... ...... 0 0! 0.1 178 Barley 393 3d O O, 00s Od ......... 03. 33 Peas & beans 593 at OOs Od ......... 0 03 Average of wheat, Si. 11. s. Bid. • ABERDEEN—JUNE 16. " 1,2 6a; The prices of grain to-day are—Oats, 32s Od ,ur 101bs poi Lusel; new oats 00s Od to uos Od, 401bs bushel ; bere, h 33s Od to 340 , Qd, b3lbs per bushel ; 33s Od to 343 Od, 531bs per bushel • wheat, red, 60s Odd , 65s Od, 62103 per bushel ; wheat, white, 73s Od to 755 i 1; 621bs per bushel ; oatmeal, 24s tc 26s Od per N ib, flour, 568 Od 57s Od per sa4k. Provisions—Beef, Pe r g 4 ; 6d to Od ; mutton, ditto, 6d to 8d ; 1 ditto, 6d 0 yea , ,‘ ea; pork, per lb, Os 6(1 to Os 81 ; sal u, on, per lb, 2s Od ; rabbits, each, Od to 01 ; tallow, per stone, bs 9d to Os potatoes, per peek, 14d to s4d ; but tor, per lb; 84d to 9pci t eggs, per doz, Os 51 to Os 7d ; hens, per pair, 3 3 a ' 61 3s 5d ; chickens, ditto, Os 01 to 2s Od ; ducks, ditto, barlerf, to 3s 0 ; ducklings, ditto, 2s 6d to •Os Ud ; t l°)r e i each, 33 01 to 4s Od ; geese, ditto, 2s 6d to 3 Od s o a; for e2mortation (present care), per cwt, 748 to OU S ditto (summer cured), ON to 00s Od ; eggs, wholeede P ri r k, per dozen, Od to bid ; 41b loaf, 9d ; 21b loaf, 4•l ;" I )° ,,A ; fine small, Os Od to Os Od ; pork, large, Os Od to 0 3 lamb, per qr.,. 6s to 7s 6d ; cheese, per imperial 5s 6d to 7s. • butt DIIBLIN—JuNz IG. 405 Prices :—White wheat, 43s Od to 17s Od ; red, Q „ od 448 Od. Barley, 17s Od to 22s Od. Oats, 163 Od to 4 ` - '224 per barrel. Oatmeal, 16s 6d to 18s Od. Bakers' lia r ' Od to 27s Od. Indian corn, per 4801 b., 41s to 450. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 17. to' STOCK EXCKANGE.—The market was buoyant to and the business transacted was at an advance of per cent. on yesterd,y's quotations. MANCHESTER, JUNE 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a considerable Va n of .business done for Saturday, and prices were well 011 °' tained. • The sales were—Leeds, 63 ; Shef f ield New ral" ference, 3-16 dis.; Midland, 63i ; Dover, 19A. BLE.MINGAM, 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Ther H e was no JUNE material. differell generally in the quotations of to-day as compared 111,, those of yesterday ; but in the prices of North Staffoiritt shire, in consequence of satisfactory arrangements La the London and North-Western Company, there hag a marked improvement. SEABORNE MAILS. • (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General rest''' — by the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) . , Day when mlO Wh in .. t. , From wit', de in COUNTRIES. in General post- Port v i . , ltuld' Mice, London.* I Asp: tche.t• -I ___.---- -..-• - u mo 80 Imerica(byllrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool . Each America (by United Sts. I JUlle 21 packet) ..........N .......... Liverpool .. America (by U States packet) ........ - N • • •••• •• .. Southampton , Australia (via South- July 4 ampton) .......... iltt June 4 .... ..... ..If.-outhampton Ditto (via Marseilles) N May 8 . . 'Dover ... • Ditto (via Cape of Good .unoerla'''' Hope) ............N June 1 ..... • • .. • • le ly 6 Africa (West Coast) ..N 23d of the month . Plymouth •• • Alexandria.......... NlB, 9, 24, & 30 of m Dover ...• A1exatidria..........31 4th & 20th of moo Southamptott Bahamas ............M 17th of the moot Sduthaindton Belgium ............N11mity............ Dover ...• • • 16 Southatni.to,, July 16 Buenos Ayres- - - ..IM 9th of the month.. Soot hanipit '• Ja n., Cape of Good Elope ..N 'l4th of the mint Plymouth .. • Cape of Good Elope ..N 1 ith of the month. Southantototti (tape de Verde .......Nll4th of the month Southamptonl Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ..............N 14th of the montt . • - I , T .,...451i Chiumel Isles ........'N Mon.,Wed.,&Frid outhamptcm Ttl. . g Chi11................31 2d & 17th of mont. Southamptutt June lv China (see•lndia) Constantinople N 7,8,17,21,&27 of in. Dover .... • • Constantinople ........ 4th & 20th of moth SOuthsmptoo 0:10 Cont: of Europe M & N Twice daily ...... Dover .... • • ,Tv ile Egypt (see India) , ~ , • 1 Twlogl/141 France ........ M& N 'Twice d ally.. .. .. Dover .. ••• • i • •! Gibraltar - .... - 344, 7,17, 20, 27 ant dontimmpton Greece (see' India) I . shale 16 Greytown Maud & 17th of mon. South erupt° , , . .. Hamburgh NiTuesday & Friday London ..... I .. , flavannah ...... Ml2nd of the motif,' Southampton .7t17.; Rolland ............ Mr Daily..." • • Dover .. .• • • Ila n 1 5 , • Honduras .......... M .17th of the month. s°llo.m:lpm, Jana India (vlaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th ortn , m. Plyrn uth •••Jtuic 2. India (via Marseilles)3l Bth&24th of tnoott Dover ...... ! lonian isles (see •India), t 7, &27 of most Dover.... •• ' , ;Alf Ireland .....M & NiTwice daily ...... floiyhe.al .. Tvnl a Li5h0n..............M,7, 9, 17, & 27 of m:,StiuthamPie , ' Ju n° H 6 ade1ra.............34 '9th .of the m month Southaploit Jun , e • Madeira - . N 23d of month •... Plymouth .. June 1 6 Malta (see India) . . .. . Malta N 7,17,19,27, 30 Ofin. Dover Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Mexico .. ~,, Naples - ... • •.......N*histh2sthofmon !Dover ......I - - 1 6 New Granada ...... XI 2d & 17th of montlo Southampton .111118.,01. New Zea1and .......... By private ship . • Various port 'line ‘‘" Papal States ........ N athlbth24lboftnon. Dover .....• Peninsula ..... M 'ithl7th2B thofmon Southampton 8 16 Peru ... • ..........E1 7d & 'l7th of mon Southamptor, JUll Port Natal ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth .. Sicily ..............N sthlsth2sthotinon,lDover ...... Tuscany .............N sthiath2stholinon.lDover ...... I 1 6 Venezuela ..... .... DI 2d& 17th of Month Southampton Ju ne Van Diemen's Lana (see Australia) .. West Indies „Iv; 2d& 17th of month ,SeuthaMpten ( July _........, Southampton , * When any of these dates fall o.t a Sunday, the mail 3 vi Jli f t ra despatched on the following day wits the exception of the 1 11,11 , 1" oto Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatch ed day preceding. [ADVERTISEMENT.] HOLLOWAY . S PILLS FOR 21 1, CURE OF LIVER COM PLAINTS , INDIGESTION AND DERED STOMACH.—Mr, Richard Haynes, other Maie e vi s a Dockyard at Plymouth, for several years had not bad the enjoyment of a day's good health, constantly sufferiot u from indigestion and liver co m pl a i n t. He had the b es t , ns medical advice from both army and navy surgeo to; the disease yielded not to their treatment, and var i „ e he other remedies were tried with a like result. At l ast began to use Holloway's pills, and this fine medicine h a : so strengthened the tone of his stomach and invigorate; his constitution, that he is most perfectly cured, and joys the best of health.—Sold by all druggists, anu Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, St ritil London. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Du Barry's Delicious RevalePt":, Arabica Food invariablyiestore s h ea lth, without niedio e , z inconvenience, or expense, as it saves 50 times its COlot', i „ other remedies. We extract a few out of 50,000 Cure monials of cures, which had resisted all medicines. No. 180.—" Twenty-fire years' nervousness, constip atl indigestion, and debility, from which I had suffered g7 e, misery, and which no medicine could r e move or te lls ry have been effectually cured by Du Barry's food in a : e n 0. short time.—W. B. Reeve, Pool Anthony, Tiver"%; Cure No. 4,208.—" Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousubeee"; debility, with cramps, spasms and nausea, have or effectually removed by Du Barry's delicious food ins - „ v .,. short time.—Rev. John W. Flavell, Ridlington Rt e.4 o i,. Norfolk.' Cure No. 1,784—" Not expected to hve days longer. I wac cured by Du Barry's admirable f,.0.. —Magdalena Purvis, Moffatt, Scotland." Cure 1 1, 51,4 I 6.—" Fifty years' indescribabloagony from dysPer e : nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, fiatulen„;7o; spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomitings, ha ve - r b o gy, removed by Du Barry's excellent Food.—Maria Wortham, Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." Cure No. " Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and ge n ' t,, debility have been removed by Da Barry's Foc d.—James Potter, Athol-street, Perth. et • i fi l v nv No. 81.—" Twenty years' liver complaint, disorders of the stomach and nerves, have be., perfectly cured by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabiel• Andrew Frazer, Haddington, East Lothian." " Trevag -e r g Gulval, near Penzance. Feb. 20th, 1851.—Eighteen yea nervous debility, violent palpitation of the heart, thrt bing of the temples, violent pains in the left side and baet.o shortness of breath, coughs, numbness of the extrereiti,niesi cramps, spasms, flatulency, retching, and such gen e.- 00 weakness, that I was constantly fearful of falling excellent., my legs ; all these sympt oms h ave b een remo ved 11 '- Barry's excellent Food.—Mary Gilbert."—ln' canist ers _ suitably packed f or a ll c li ma t es,' and with full instru ctioe. —llb., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4 s . 6d. • 51b., Ils. ; 121b. , ' super-refined, 11b., 6s. ; 21b., 11s. ; :alb., 225. ; 101 b ., The 101 b. and 121 b., carr i age free, on post office o r del• Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, Londoe! Fortnum, M ason , an d Co., purveyors to her Majesty , F l ., cadilly ; also at 68, Cornhill; 60, Gracechurch - st ree 330 and 451, Strand, 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 6y, Charing-cross ; 4. Cheanside. BIRTHS. OF A BON. On the 15th inst., at the Rectory, Great Stanmerey 1 / 1 ° Lady Ellen Gordon. ot On the 15th inst., at Dunstow, Oxfordshire, the wi fe Henry W. Dashwood, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 15th inst., at 14, Grove-end-road, St. J ohn wood, the wife of H. T. Adamson, Esq. On the 15th inst., at Graveloy Rectory, Cambridgeshire' the wife of the Rev. J. P. Birkett. MARRIED. of On the 15th inst., at Kinross Robert Dundas, Escll.„, H. M.'s Customs, Glasgow, to Diary Ann, daughter of `;.'„ r late Robert Forbes, Esq., writer and procurator-fiscal A" the county of Kinross. DIED. On the 17th inst., Hart Davis, Esq., F.R.S., of Bere-bthe i ll House, Whitchurch, Hants, l a t e deputy-chairman of Board of Excise. On the 13th inst., at Tegrehan, Cornwall, the 1na516 Colonel Carlyon, and sister of Sir Samuel Spry, age d years. On the 24th of April, nt Madras, aged 32, Captain A. r. nold Ward, I s t M a d ras F us ili ers, younges t son of the Je"" John Ward, Esq., of Dover. On the 15th i ns t , a t Hi g hb ury - p l ace , i n h er 78th Ye, ll : ' Elizabeth, relict of William Farquhar, Esq., of Ll o y d an , l Woburn !dace, - PI - lilted and Publiribcd by 2:11.3.7,D0 IrOITIO of No. 112; Strand, Prinier, at ri,e Stat. 0rd , :0,.N0. 11 !,i Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy iu tb,o 01 111 1' gonday, Juno 19, Aso. VIR. ALBE N , , ineludiLg the 1 kr,EVENING, ar. I k t t . "'); and Tue. , .(11 r 4 : az• (which can ' • .lle kNNIVERS. lk„, Lord Arc hbi, L- 11 in Portent i t Jane 25th, in ai It . ihe schools 114., 41 51ies in 4,". daily educ:. 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