The Sun. — London, England, 1854-06-15 00:00:00

AMERICA. ( BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) • SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The United States mail steamship Franklin, Wotton, Commander, has arrived off Cowes, en route to Havre. She left New York on the 3d instant. The Franklin brings 230 passengers, and specie value $1,300,000, of which $130,000 are for London. The Cuban difficulty - was assuming a serious character, Mr. Soule having failed in getting a compliance with the demands of the American Go vernment at Madrid. It is stated that President Pierce was about to send a message to Congress representing the critical state,of the relations with Spain, and asking for an appropriation for the Outfit of two Special Commissioners to Madrid to bring about a satisfactory settlement of the difficulties. From the Sandwich Islands we learn that the Xing has applied to the American Consul there urging the speedy adoption of measures for annex ing these islands to the United States. The fugitive slave, Burns, about whom so much excitement has prevailed at Boston, has been sur rendered to his master. His surrender had to be accomplished with the aid of a large military force, including a detachment of artillery, to overawe the populace, and prevent his rescue. The New York Stock-market was firm. Exchange on London, 1091 to 1091. The failure of William Platt and Co., of Phila delphia, with liabilities for $1,000,000, is announcA. Cotton is about ic. lower. Flour advanced 25c. Wheat and corn also im proved in value, influenced by the light stock, and favourable foreign news. Provisions rather dearer. THE CLAREMONT TRAGEDY. ESHER, Thursday.—The funeral of the murdered Children, it is understood, will take place this afternoon. The coffins (six in number of the murdered children were Yesterday fastened down and left ready for interment. Before this the father, accompanied by his remaining daughter Mary, aged 19,- who has been for some time Past lady's maid to a noble family in Yorkshire, and - . who arrived hero in the course of the day, took a fare- Well look at the deceased children. It was the first time they had seen the victims since the tragedy, and as might supposed, the sight was attended with tenfold horror, especially to the father, who appeared completely maniacal. His wife has, it is said, l'requently requested to see him, but he refuses ever gain to speak to her. Shortly after her arrival the daughter had an interview with her wretched parent, silo continued weeping bitterly, while she hysterically arrated the whole history of the appalling drama ; at the same time remarking that it was fortunate that she (the daughter) was from home at the time. She said her reasons for committing the foul dead were, that the ivas afraid she would be separated from her children b 7 the agreement she was to sign on the Saturday (the (lay the murders were committed). The interview concluded by her informing her daughter that she had Willed all her effects to her, including several valuable trinkets received by her while nurse to the Prince of Wales. The miserable woman, who remains under the surveillance of one constable and two female nurses, is oxpeeted, will be so far recovered at the beginning of next week, as to be removed to the infirmary of Horse- Iconger•lane jail, where she will remain until her trial. P ie man who is charged with being th e whole cause of tike l dreadful acts, has sold his business and left the vil lage to evade the vengeance of his neighbours. He has not made his appearance in the village since the catas t"°Phe. He is a married man with a family, and is said to be worth a deal of money. An action has been en tered against him by Brough for crim. con. 121,1 St. 50 40 25 812s1 ,----- LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) I 20 "^ SHERIFF'S COURT. WHITECOMBE AND CO. V. MOON. This was an inquiry, under a writ of capias ultigatum, to inquire of what property the defendant was possessed within the bailiewick of the Sheriff of Middlesex. Mr. Prentis appeared for the plaintiff in the cause, and 41 4-r. Duncan for the defendant. Mr. Prentis objected to an y learned counsel being aeard,. as this proceeding was ex parte, but might be set aside hereafter for irregularity ; the only object was to ascertain the value of the property possessed by the de fendant on or after the 23d of March, 1554. The Learned Under-Sheriff said that this was a Crow n process, and on this writ defendant could not appear by Counsel—it was for t he p laintiff to prove the oefendant was entitled to the property. After some discussion, evidence was adduced to show that defendant, who had been a solicitor in Charles- S t reet, Piccadilly, was entitled under his father's will to cne-half of property sworn by the executor under 9 ,000/. Th e Learned Counsel on behalf of the estate, again contended that he was entitled to examine the witness, as his, the Learned Counsels client, was interested in the estate, The Undersheriff said that was decidely of opinion 110 could not be heard, but any suggestion as amicus t urce would be attended to. It was then shown that defendant, although entitled to the interest under the will, was, in fact, indebted to the estate. The learned Undersheriff sa id that was not the point ; t he plaintiff in this action was entitled to a verdict. A verdict was taken fo r 1,2001. only, being sufficient to Cover the amount of the debt sued for. St. CRIMINAL COUNT.-(THIS DAY). 2525 OLD COURT. Charles Roberts, 26, a well-dressed man, who has been for many years knows to the police as a thief, was charged with stealing a cheque for 31,0001. and Bank of ...ogland notes of the value of 2,7001., the p roperty of I‘.l elegant. Barnett and Co., ban kers. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Sleigh condu cted the prosecution. 5 20 The prisoner was defende d b y Mr. Robinson. It appeared that about 4 o'clock , on the afternoon of 20 the 13th May, Mr. Tasker, a clerk in the establishment 20 of the prosecutor, was in die London Joint Stock Bank 111 Princes-street, for the purpose of settlinc , the diffe- 172 2 =eases of the day, and for that p ur p ose he had' a leather 20 case, which contained a large sum of money in notes and 20 theques, in his hand. Up on his name being called 0ut,20 the clerk proceeded towards the counter, and he was im- 20 Toediately followed by the pris oner, who was observed to take his hat off and hold it over the case with one hand, 20 with the other he took out the notes and the cheque. M The act of the prisoner wa s fortunately observed by 100, ton's other bank clerks who were standing by, and the 20 Prisoner was seized, and he was then seen to drop the 20. Dotes and the cheque, which were found crumpled up at his feet. Th e jury returned a verdict of g uilt y . 20:! The learned judge sentence d the p risoner to be kept 100 20 to penal servitude for ten y ea ' s. James Champlovier surrender ed to take his trial for 6 laanglaughter. 20 This case was of rather a singu lar character. It ap- 10 Peared that, on the evening of the Bth of May, the pri- 5 toner was walking along the street at Kensington, when 5 two mea passed him in a cart, and one of them threw a 10 Piece of coal, which struck him. The prisoner immedi- , 20 ately pi c ked up a stone and threw it at the man who had 20 thrown the coal, but missed him and struck the de- 20 ceased, who was an old man, who happened to be 3..3 Passing accidentally at the time. It appeired 10 th a t h e was wounded on the foreh ead b y the stone, ro that his nose bled most profusely, and although on the following day he was considered out of danger, it ap- 20 Peared that on the day after he was seized with an apo- 16 Pleetic fit, which terminated in his death. The surgeon deposed to these facts, but at the same time stated that 20 he was unable to say with certainty that the death of the IS deceased was positively attrib utable to the injury he had 24(.( received from the stone thrown by the prisoner. The Court, under these circu mstances, directed an 211 acquittal. LAMBETH-(THIS DAY). CHARGE OF STABBING SEVEN MEN. John Hannaly, an I rishman, was char g ed with stab bing and wounding no less than seven men. The outrage occurred on the night of Saturday, the 13th of May, when prisoner and some of his countrymen, also labourers at the Crystal Palace, having been turned out of the Thurlow Arms, remained in the street, and after attacking and kicking some men because they were Englishmen, appeared eventually to have been over powered, when the prisoner drew a clasp knife, and, rushing along the road with it, succeeded iu stabbing no less than seven Englishmen, several of wliom were per fect strangers to him. Four of them were unable to attend, but three were present —namely, Henry Fair brother, John Barton, and John West, each of whom showed the remains of the brutal injuries they had re- ceived, Remanded for a week. THE ARMS OF THE IRISH COASTGUARD. —An English gentleman, who has been making a tour in the west of Ireland, writes that within the last month one of the places at which he happened to be was alarmed by a re port that the coastguard had been turned out to examine and, if necessary to board a suspicious-looking brig, sup posed to be a privateer. Anxious to ascertain the truth of the report, the tourist visited the adjacent coastguard station, where he learnt that it was quite true, and that the men bad general orders to capture any doubtful-look ing craft that might be seen in those waters. Some con versation having taken place between the stranger and the men on the nature of the service, the former remarked some old flint muskets that were ranged along the wall, and asked if they were retained as mementos of bygone times ; but, to his manifest surprise, he was told that such were the only arms they had been supplied with. One of the party observed—" We will do our duty, Sir ; we are not afraid ; but it is hard to ask us to risk our lives where we have no chance. You know, Sir, it is most difficult to keep the flints dry from the sea and spray, and what chance have we against even a common percussion musket, much less a Mini 6 rifle or a Colt's revolver ? Why, every man of us would be shot down before we got at them with those old muskets. We are ordered out to almost certain death." Upon making further inquiries, the tourist ascertained that all the Coastguards were supplied with no better descrip tion of arm than the old and condemned flint musket, ,bong b one from I tbo the portg goo a astle, of far I that hone° ad, ill joiu ,er big the, Her a' thexA T eenu es the 1 Fin" rborg, mea" ble bi k. gold ded t t ° re astle• 1 takeil to th. e." no tice. ig the a nd i I ; s fro o " e lligo 9 vor? ct dity o f tartars, said to w ill for at 7 2 fq al price . th ; th e )O.;A lothita ived t° Mel 0 0 in the read DI t th 3c tia tall° A tb at Ca ll be l ie id 1 . 6 of iu tl, _airy of irect °r Vet in pre; a nee% a F° o .00 Peel. ea ecel° r . ging ;Oro. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday. Business done i this day. 1 1 50 1 20 51 35 RAILWAYS. 1.00 Aberdeen 86 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. and Eastn. Junct... all Belfast & Ballymena. all Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 28 Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & £5O and Cons. 18i Do., £2O 30 Rlyth & Tyne origins: £25 (issd. at £45; 100 Bristol anJ Exeter 100 Caledonian. all Chester & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass 14 Cornwall CrietT Junction 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc all Dundee Perth&Aber Been Junction all Do. New all East Anglian all Do., (XlB E & 11) all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, A Stock 100 Do., B. Stock Do., New ...... 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 54 Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin. Priti & Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June., 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk. 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock. 100 Ca. Sth. &West.(lre ; 100 Great Western 12 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 11i Do., Thirds 2 Do. New Thirds 100 Laucash.andYorksh 186 Do., Fifths 114 Da. , Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt all London & Blackws.l , 8 Loud. M. & Stliend. 100 Load. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Gond. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 DO. 10/. , M&8...( 2, Do. Eighths 100 London and S. Westu. 42.' Do., £5O 34 - Do., £4O all Lndndrry& Col eraine all f.includrry. & Ennisk. 100 Ilan ch. Sh ef & Line In 14 Do., Man. &Lin. Un. 100 Midland 100 )0. Birmug. ILDerb ), - 47 dl d. G. We st. (I re ) 17t :)e. Half Shares all ;Newcastle & Carlisle. 100 Newmarket 5,!, Do., Bury Extension I.C,k Nwpt.Aberg. &Ilrfd 76 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor .. 100 Norfolk 3 Northn.Ccianties Un 100 North British 16 North Devon, No. 1 ' all Do., No. 2 all Do., A A Deferred 8 Do., 1 B Guaranteed all JNorth London 5i Do. New £lO U is N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jo , 1~1 North Staffordshire all North Western 10 N. &S. We,strn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 212 s Portsmouth 1.00 Scottish Central 100 Scottishllidland 100 Shrewsbury & Biling. 1.00 Do. L. &N. Western Guarante ad. St &Lk -10 Shrewsby. & Betefd all Shrewsby. & Chestei (N. W. Min ;.. all Do. Halveso. all Do. Oswestry 8i Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fully • paid up at per cent, all South Devon .. 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 5. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 5 Do 212 s Staines, Wok &Woll all Stockton & Darling 16i Stockton & Hartlepl. AX, raff Vale . 8 Do. £lO shares 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 21 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Water:o :d&Limerick 16 West Corn .vall 1 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London 51s. Wimbledn &Croydon 100 YorkNewetl.&Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 13s Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 - York &N.Midland 23 - 24 5i - 51 8 - 9 12 —ll dis 17 - 18 7i - 96 - 98 58} - 58 14i - 15 7 - 8 15i :: 16 12 - 32 - 36 24 - 26 66 - 62 58 - 60 23~ - 2~: 58 62 89i 90. 70 72 123 - 125 7s~ 77 87 89 11 —l3 e 11. —l3 62 62i 71.1 13 —14 A, .02A —103. s 99A - 100 d dd d 1 d 80 82 10 9 1 9 8 d 19 - 20 62 • 624 31 - 36 d 6i 3 6 8 47 49 34 31 33 ... 34 52 55 par i p V ) 41 4 d 7 7i id i p 30 - 32 86 88 54 56 60 - 65 oo 65 2 —2; 16 - 8 - 9 12 - 14 3k -Olt 14 - 1 6 621 634 34 - 35 4 - 2.1 4 - 5 30 -: 32 3i 31 18 as 19 4 5 20 --, 22 6 . - ... - 7 76 - 7 1 8 70 ft 4td 50 -- 51 FOREIGN. 9 Autwerp&Rotterdanu 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 BezierS to Graissessac 2s. Bombay, Baroda, ant" Central In dia,Scrip Jentral of Italy all jharleroi & Erqueliu all Demerara 14 Dijon and I3esancou 9 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 2 Do. Extension all 3t. Indian Peninsula 10 'lrd. Junet. of France 7i Grd. Trunk of Canada 40 Do. Debentures all Do. do 10 Gt. Central of France all Gt.WesternofCa.nadi, ... .. ... Do. Bonds (Ist is.) 54 all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 5 Lake Const. & Basle all !Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. prof 15 Luxembourg, 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do. Pref 3 Do. (Canal) 5 Do. 6p. ct. prof 8 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons 6: Mediterrau. 13' Madras 33; Maria Antonia all Do. do. New 1 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry 1 all Namur & Liege (witl- interest) .......... all Do. (ex interest)... all Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds all (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs , all NorwegianTrunkPre 10 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bords all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen— all Paris and Strasbourg' 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. 10i Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre 12 Royal Danish ......... 2 Royal 5wedi5h......... all Sambre and Meuse... 6 Do. 5i p. cent. Prof, 6 Southern of France. 8 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) ......... i all West Flanders all Do 5# per c. Pref 10 Western of France , 7 West. of Switzerland 2 Wiesbaden 15 Zealand 4 - 301 - It 3i - d-ip • • P 4 34d 2 p - d - P .8 6 d •• par • p 19 -191 - ,p - AP 7 -9 P die i i d . ••• d— 4 P • -- •• . - .. ~ ...- •• 9 - 9i 3# - 3~# - -- 17i -- 17 9 iRI :in 7 17 33 - 39 31i • 31i - Pm 2 d— Par 9 ... Pin ..• - 3 - .:1 —d id 5i 641 ... .. 51 r - I 51 - 41,11 _ MISCELLANEOUS \ all lubin Coal and Iron 174 I.ustralian A gricult. 14 .tistralsn.Pcific.Mail 8 Lustraln. Royal Mail 4 Berlin Water Works 40 Brit. American Laud 1 iirit, & Coln. Smoltg. and Reduction Co 32i Canada 5 Crystal Palace 3A Do. 2 Crystal Pal. of France 3 Eastern Steam 20 ElectritTelegraph(A) all Do. (B) 1 Electric Teleg. df Ir 14 Gen. Steam Navigat, 18 General Screw Steam 71 Irish Beetvoot Sugar 10 Magdalena St. Navig. all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 3 Nebherlands Land , 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter, Steam Navigat. Co all N. B. Australasian A Do. New 16 NAIL ofEuropeSteam all Peel Er. Ld. & Minrl. all Peninsular & Oriental 35 Do. Do. all Portland Iron Co , 60 Royal Mail Steam all Scot. Austral. Invest 25 South AuStral.Laui all Submar. Telegraph. all Do. Regittered. ) 28i Yau Diann Land ••• - 43 - 74 - 80 85 5a a • ". ••• i 7 - is, ,• -.". • • • ~ ..... ... •• "''''" ••, .• - - 11 - i - i - iP 36 12 =l4 n - 3S THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EINENING, JUNE l5, 1854. WEST INDIA MAIL• , :kl.l)trb ,:lßyttiott. all Aqua Fria ' all uglo Austrin. Gold all luglo Californian 2 :Australasian 6 Australian all A.ustralian Cordillera all .Australian Freehold all Avc Maria all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all Mural - von Ir. & Coal . all British Austrlu. Gold 13.5 British Iron 24) Brazilianlmp.(issued I - id par 1 d I 4 8 - 10 The Royal mail steam-ship La Plata, Captain Weller, arrived at Southampton last n-i,g,•.ht, bring ing the West India and Pacific mails, RI) charge of Lieutenant De Lisle, R.N., Admiralty agent. Her latest dates are—Honduras, May 17 ; Car thagena, 26 ; Chagres, 24 ; Jamaica, 26 ; Porto Rice, 29; Demerara, 25; Trinidad, 25; Barbadoes, 27; Grenada, 25; St. Lucia, 28; Martinique, 28 ; Guadeloupe, 28; Dominique, 28 ; An tigua, 28 ; St. Kitts, 29 ; and St. Thomas, June 1 .. La Plata brings 200 passengers. On fr ei g ht she has specie value 800,000 dols., pearls vaFne 1,1001., 713 serons cochineal, 109 serous indigo', 97 cases cigars, 4 bales tobacco, 69 bales sarsaparilla, 98 casks ginger, and 74 packages sundries. The Atrato, with the outward mails of the 17th ult., had arrived out at St. Thomas in U. days 8i hours from Southampton, the quickest xun ever made by any steamer across the Atlantic. From Jamaica our accounts, to the 26th ult., are as fallow : ‘4 Since the sailing of the last packet there Dave been very few occurrences in this island, either political or doinestic, worthy of particular observation. His Excel lency the Governor has not yet returned to the seat of government in Spanish Town. His reception con all sides has teen most enthusiastic, and congratulatory addresses, cot/cited in language teeming with eulogy and respect, have poured in everywhere. Sir Henry .Ba rkly is a truly popular man. We regret to observe that cholera has been making very Serious ravages in mreny parishes ' of this island ; and on this occasion many of the most emi rant and distinguished persons have fallen. victims to its _fearful agency. In fact it has become painfully ap paront that its ravages have been especially among the high er classes of the population, while the poorer classes suffer in a less degree." ASCOT RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPB.) ST. JAMES PALACE STAKES. *i =- 9• BanMee Prince Arthur at £5 pm all Do. Cocaes & Cuiala 15 Do. St. John Del Rey t Carson's Creek .....• Clarendon Con. Min Co. of Jamaica all Cobra Copper 1 Colonial Gold 15 Copiepo all Copper Min. of Eug all Do. Pref. V> p. cent all English and-Austrin Copper Smeltg. Co. all General all Great Nugget Vein... all Do. Registered all Great Polgooth Libertyall all Linares all Lond.&Californ.Gol o Quartz Crush. Co all Niariquita 9 \lexican&S.Amerien all New Granada all New TAivares Mining and Smelting Co all :Nouveau Monde all rontgibaud Silvoi Lead Min. & Smelt 4i - 5 - 21 30 - 32 - Three ran. VISITORS' PLATE. Jujube Little Jack 44 - 46 11 - 12 50 -60 2 - 4i' Ten ran. GOLD CUP. West Australian Kingston 1i - 24 1 - 1 THE BALLOT. --I i - 1 10 1 - 11 The speeches of Mr. Berkeley and of Sir William Molesworth on the Ballot were unanswerable and unan swered. Lord Palmerston with his experience must know that in counties the influence of the landowners and others is altogether overwhelming, and in many cases turns the election almost into a farce. Nothing will make county voters free voters but the Ballot. Sir William Molesworth's statements are of great impor tance to the Liberal party, and means ought to be taken at the next general election to secure men ready to en dorse the principles of the hon. member for Southwark on this question. There would be little difficulty in carrying the Ballot if Lord John Russell, and two or three of his brethren n the Cabinet would give in their adhesion to it. Lord John, when he was a defeated candidate for the county of Devon, wrote to the electors of Stroud that though he opposed the ballot at that time he must become its supporter, unless some means could be adopted for put ting an end to the intimidation that existed in Devon, and generally in all counties. Does he in his conscience believe that Devonshire intimidation is over? In examining the Division list, if we take out the 27 liberals from the majority of 194, and add them to the 157 who supported the motion, we have 184 liberals, and only 167 conservatives. . Every elector should look over the following list of 27 liberals who opposed the ballot, and- let the constituents of these gentlemen tell them that they ought to have supported the motion. We can not but think that if the liberals understood each other properly, that the Coalition could not go on unless they agreed to support the ballot. The liberals who opposed the motion were— $ 6 - 64 i - i •I a 17 - 19 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock all ithyruney Iron • 15 Do. New 1O ,iaiitiago de Cuba all =outh Australian 7 Pin Croft all United Mexican . all Waller all West Granach all West Mariposa 12s. Worthing Mining o: Australia all Yuba 33 - 34 91 - 1O 3i - 4i 2 - 4 g - De Cordova's Intelligence?' says, in reference to busi news matters— " Our market showed some signs of activity soon after our last issue, and a few moderate operations wore effected, consequent, in some instances, on the desire of holders to realise, and in others on the disposition of the trade to increase their supplies. This improvement, however, was of 2. merely temporary duration, and we have again to report a very unsatisfactory and inactive state of affairs" The; cholera has made its appearance among the ' black population in Barbadoes. Shipping was much wanted for the present crop. At S t. Lucia sugar-making was going on vigor ously, :but much distress was occasioned 7v the rise of freight to ss. 9d. and Gs. per cwt. In I) , cmerara the weather was dry, an immense quantity of sugar - was on hand, and freights were still liiigh ; the next crop promised large results. The Court of Policy had been busy with. the new Immigration Bill. We have late accounts by this steamer from the Pacific ports : "Pery.—Our files of Lima papers are to the 12th of May. "The Foreign, News gives the following details of the melancholy loss of 731 Peruvian troops : "' The Peruvian transport Mercedes, bcaund from Casma to Callao, with about 800 troops on board, struck upon a rock near the mouth of Casma harbour on the morning of the let instant. The Mercedes was accom panied by the Government steamer Rimac, tb e officers of which rendered every possible assistance, but without effect. The Mercedes went down soon after she struck, carrying with her 731 persons. The conduct of Captain Noel, commander of the lost vessel, was, from the ac counts published in the papers of this city, such as must merit universal praise and admiration. He remained at his post to the last, and went to the bottom with his ship, and more than 700 of his countrymen. " The Australian miners who have been attracted to Peru by the report of the gold mines found themselves very much deceived. The Peruvian Government give them no encouragement, and dread their entrance into i • .. - ". R - i JOINT-STO 1K BANKS. all iustralasia 81. - 82 all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Bak. of India,, 1 id _ . Australia, / , t Chine 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lend 12 English Scottish and' ...d Baines, Right Hon. M. T. Mackinnon, W. Alex. Drumlanrig, Viscount Mulgrave, Earl of Duff, George Skene Pahnerston, Viscount Duff, James Peel, Frederick Dunlop, Alex. Murray Phillimore, Robert J. Echo, Lord Seymour, Lord Elliot, Hon. J. Ed. Shelburne, Earl of Gladstone, Right Hon.W. E. Whitbread, Samuel Graham, Right Hon. Sir J. Wilson, James Greene, Thomas Wood, Right Hon. Sir C. Herbert, Henry Arthur Wortley, Right Hon. J. S. Hervey, Lord Alfred Wrightson, W. Battie Hogg, Sir Jas. Weir Young, Right Hon. Sir J. Mackie, John Australian 20 Gond. Chart. Bk. ot 3i 3 d Australia 20 London Pl.l County 10 London Joirt Stock 20 Loud. & Westrtinste) . 35 National Provincia' 21 - 214 of England 10 Do. New ~. "--. . . - - L 2? National of Ireland. all :sTew South Wales... all Oriental Bank of Corporation 5 Do. New 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australn. Bkg & Gold Imp Co._ all south Australia all Union of Australia Do. New 10 Union of Londort..... 47 40xd Mr. Hume's name is not in the division or pairs. He has been too unwell since Monday to attend the house. —Daily News. It appears almost a truism to say of a cabinet avowedly formed of discordant elements, that its mem bers are at variance with each other. Nevertheless matters are now in such a state that it is a political announcement of some importance to say that the differences of the cabinet have assumed a form very nearly irreconcileable with their continued cohesion. The direct antagonism between Lord Palmerston and Sir W. Molesworth in the debate of Tuesday evening was an event not insignificant in itself. It may be that Sir William's Radical speech was the result of the anti cipation of a speedy break up. " Make to thyself friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, for thou mayest be no longer steward," is a precept which pro bably Sir William has Christianity enough to have read, and prudence enough to translate into the mean ing, "Be reconciled with the Radicals, as the day of your dismissal from office is at hand." We more than suspect, indeed, that the whole matter was previously arranged between Sir William Molesworth and Mr.• Bright. Everything that occurred bears this - appearance. Mr. Bright made an appeal to the Cabinet Minister who represented the opinion of the ballotists to state his sentiments in the debate. In answer to that appeal Sir William Molesworth rises and delirers a speech which, beyond all question, was elaborately prepared. Does not this look very like an arrangement for extracting an extempore speech from the representative of the Radicals at the council board ? Upon the character of the antagonism between the Chief Commissioner of Works and the Home Secretary it is scarcely necessary to say anything. Whatever be the merits or demerits of Mr. Berkeley's proposal, it involves, at all events, a great constitutional question. Upon this question one Cabinet Minister in the House of Commons falls foul of another. Sir William Moles -1 worth answers Lord Palmerston, and answers him in a tone savouring very little of kindly feeling. The division list exhibited a disunion at least as re markable as that of the debate. Sir Win. Molesworth does not appear to have realised his boast that he re presented twelve members of the Government on this question. On the other hand Lord Palmerston does not seem to have carried with him the majority of offi cials which would entitle him to say that he represented the feelings of the ministry. Upon a question of vital moment, a question upon which Lord Palmerston put himself forward as the champion against the ballot, by rising to reply to Mr. Berkeley—upon this question the votes of the members of the Government were as follows : 43 - 45 70 - 72 7 - 9 MARKET NEWS--(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended June 15, 18,54, made up from the Returns of tt e Inspectors in the different Citle s and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. I .012E3. 1 RYE. 1 BEANS. PEAS. 785 9i 37s Id 30s 81 49s 31 494 81 47s 4d THE SIX WEE KS' AVERAGE. PARLEY. 378 Od I 29s OATS. 8d 1 RYE. BEANS. 1 PEAS. 495 lid l 48s lid 46s 31 DUTIES ON FOR EIGN CORN. WHEAT. I B ARLEY. I OATS. RYE. I BEANS. I PEA S . IS Od Od is 0,1 Is Od Is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRA IN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 51,182; Barley, 4,472; Oats, 13,273; Rye, 148; Beans, 3,376; Peas, 31.3 quarters. the interior. - "A decree was lately passed prohibiting them from carrying arms into the interior, but by the exertions of the United States' MiniMter, it has been modified as far as regards the United States' citizens." In the Valparaiso markets there had been con siderable animation owing to large purchases for Ecuador and Mexico. WHEAT. 79s Od FOR TIM BALLOT. Sir W. Molesvrorth, Cabinet Minister. Admiral Berkeley, Lord of the Admiralty. Sir Richard Bethel, Solicitor-General. William Keogh, Solicitor-General for Ireland. Mr. Villiers, Judge-Advocate-General. AGAINST THE BALLOT. Lord Palmerston, Home Secretary. Sir Charles Wood, Cabinet Minister. Mr. Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir John Young, Irish Secretary. Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Admira lt y . Lord Drumlanrig, Comptroller of the Household. Lord Elcho, Lord of the Treasury. Mr. Sidney Herbert, Cabinet Minister. Lord A. Hervey, Lord of the Treasury. F. Peel, Under Secretary of State. Here we have the vote of the First Lord of the Adm ralty contradicted by that of a junior lord; the Secretary for Ireland one way, the Solicitor-General fur Ireland another. Five Cabinet Ministers voting against the ballot, one Cabinet Minister speaking for it. It is im possible that such a state of things can last. Sir NV. Molesw orth made his speech as his retiring one. Mr. Bright took care that about this there should be no mis take. We have already intimated our belief that there is a serious quarrel in the Cabinet upon subjects of more pressing practical importance. There is nothing in the proceedings at the London election yesterday to alter that opinion. We still believe the elevation of Lord John Russell to his new office to have been a direct and plain triumph over Lord Aberdeen. The offering the Colonied seals to Sir George Grey is another. We only hope that these changes indicate the triumph of the anti-Russian party in the Ministry. To what a miserable state are we reduced when we have to speak of an anti-Russian party in the Cabinet of the Queen. The words imply that there is a Russian one. There is not in the country, or in the House of Commons, a man who does not know that it is so. Yet there is not a man in the House of Commons who has the courage to say it, and to follow that up by a resolu tion which alone could retrieve the present House of Commons in the estimation of the country—a motion to address the Queen to remove Lord Aberdeen from her councils. How easy would it be to frame such a resolution from the materials of the secret despatches. What House of Commons would venture to negative the proposition, that the conduct of the war ought not to be entrusted to the man who is the bosom-friend of the aggressor, and who, ten years ago, was made the confidant, and, be cause the confidant, the accomplice of his infamous designs. If such a vote was proposed and carried in the House of Commons, then we might believe that assembly truly to represent the feelings of the nation. Outside the House of Commons there is not one Englishman in 500 who does not feel the interests of this country in peril while Lord Aberdeen—the friend of Russia, and the minister of continental despotism—is permitted to occupy the place of Prime Minister of England Morning herald. Ll RE. The Statistical Companion for 1854. By T. C. Banfield. Longman and Co. A cordial ireeting is due to this compact, lucid, and eminently useful compilation. The industry displayed by Mr. Bonfield in the collection of the materials compressed together iu this volume of less than 150 pages, must be allowed to be not less worthy of praise than the skill with which they have been arranged, and the scrupulous care with which accuracy has been assured by their authenti cation. The compiler had already revealed the extent of his knowledge to a considerable degree through six. " Lectures on the Organisation of Labour," delivered by him in the University of Cambridge. The scope of his information is yet more clearly, and still more usefully, displayed through the medium of the present "Statistical Companion." As the title of the work indicates, the particulars, comprised within and arranged in a tabular form, are, for the most part, brought down to the present year of grace 1854, inclusively. From the motto selected by Mr. Banfield, it would almost appear that he is no other than an avowed disciple of Mr. Gradgrind, M.P. for the borough of Coketown. It is a sentence, however, which Mr. Dickens would be the last man to quarrel with, that noble utterance of Lord Verulam—" The man who writes, speaks, or meditates, without being well stocked with facts , as landmarks to his understanding, is like a mariner who sails along a treacherous coast without a pilot, or one who lid ventures in the wide ocean without a rudder or compass." A motto like that can only be rendered evil in its influence when perverted in its appli cation by a Boanderby, and crannued down the throats of infancy by that hobgoblin MacChoak umcbild. The nature of the information given to the inquirer by Mr. Banfield may be understood by a glance through the first few pages of the " Statis tical Companion." Proportions of Planets to the Sun, that of the Earth being unity—Distance of Planets from the Sun—Area of Oceans and Lakes —Height of Mountains —Length of Rivers—almost immediately after this, Results of the Strike at Preston—and a little further on a table of the Eng lish Sovereigns. It were difficult, however, to afford by any passing reference like this an ade quate notion of the diversity of facts gathered to gether in the pages of the " Statistical Companion." As a work of reference suited to the masses gene rally, the volume can scarcely be mentioned in too high terms of commendation. Statistical Tables for the Half Century. By T. G. Darton. Longinan and Co-. A compilation somewhat akin in its character to the one already noticed above as the " Statistical Companion." Mr. Darton's excellent tables ex tend, however, only over some 36 pages, com pressing his work in dimensions to the size of an ordinary pamphlet — bound in limp cloth, by-the bye, for hard usage in the way of reference. Few though the pages are, they comprise within them tables sufficiently ample, so as to in clude an extraordinary array of facts, extend ing over the fifty years from 1801 to 1851, inclusively—facts relating to Population, Mor tality, Food, Clothing, Politics, Finance, Taxa tion, Currency, Mineral Produce, Commerce, Shipping, Emigration, and other important and interesting subjects. Not the least astonishing or least important of which are those of Crime, and its Punishment. As a book, or rather pamph let, for instant reference to in cases of doubt or at moments of emergency, " Darton's Statistical Tables" will be found re mliarly acceptable even by men with the readiest memory and the largest amount of information. The Iliad of Homer. By G. T. Barter. Longman. A translation of Homer in verse, after Pope, must necessarily be a very arduous undertaking, and, in the present instance, it is not a successful one. The writer asserts that a translator's office is to be strictly literal, and that a moderate share of abilities will, with this requisite, go further than the highest poetic talent with less exactitude. But in avoiding this error of interfering with the author, he has fallen into the other extreme, and in making his translation, no doubt strictly literal, he has deprived it of all melody and beauty of its own. Perhaps in distinction from his great prede cessor, the author has adopted the Spenserian stanza, which appears to have added to the difficulty, from the number of abbreviations introduced. No doubt the translator fully appre ciates his wonderful original, but surely those English readers who desire to study Homer in a metrical translation have always the opportunity of doing so, and it is a somewhat ambitious undertak ing to produce a work of this kind for the general reader. It is to be hoped that in his next transla tion Mr. Barter will remember the reader as well as the writer, and, dealing with a less difficult sub ject, present us with a more satisfactory volume. History of the French Protestant Refugees. By Charles Weiss. Translated by Frederick Hard- man. Blackwood. The history of exiles is always interesting when only a limited number are banished for political offence; or by the tumult of revolutionary epochs. But the interest is of a higher character when thousands simultaneously forsake their native laud and all worldly advantages, preferring voluntary exile to the desertion of their faith. Their bitterest opponents must at least accord them respect, and, while believing them mistaken, cannot but admire their consistency and self-sacrifice. Such was the case of the Jews of Spain, and of the Protestants of France. Surely it is not just to say that avarice and selfishness are always the first principles in the actions of mankind. The writer of this work has most judiciously confined himself to the narrative of the adventures of the refugees, avoiding religious discussion or political animadversions. It is truly what it professes to be, a history of the exiles. The first book extends from the promulgation of the edict of Nantes to its revocation. The six fol lowing books trace the fortunes of the exiles in Brandenburg, England, America, Holland, S wit zerland, Denmark, Sweden, and Russia. It is the result of much time and research among the various documents of the different nations. Both as his tory and biography, independently of all other in terest, it will well repay perusal. Select Library of .Fiction.—" Mary Barton." Fifth edition. "The Blithedale Romance." Second edition. Chapman and Hall. A new and delightful series of works of fiction has been commenced. The first instalments pro• mise well for the future numbers. All the readers of "Mary Barton" will admit that the first volume of the series is one of the best, as it is one of the most successful, of recent works of fiction. The fascination of romance and the earnestness of truth are blended. The sufferings of the poor and the rich are both portrayed. Not with the Chartist im pression, that all the higher classes of society ate unfeeling tyrants, a nd the poor, because they a' p o or, all unselfish martyrs. Nor does it take the other side, Sand assert that the common people have not sufficiently refined feelings to suffer as the educated would. -It shows, on the contrary, that the human heart is ever the same, and that sorrow comes to all alike. Instead of placing the interests of the employers and employed in direct antago nism, as is too often. done, the whole tone of the work tends to promote a better understanding— to teach the rich that the poor have feelings, and the poor that the rich have cares. Nathaniel Hawthorne is well known as one of the most popular of American prose writers. " The Blithe dale Romance," which was published a short time since, forms the second number of these works of fiction, which promise to be all of a high class, since the two next akOnnounced to be the clevthe er and satirical history''of "The Bachelor of Albany," and the best of all the novels of the ta l en t e d author of " Olive," " The Head of the Emily:" The Commercial Products of the Vegetable King. dom. By P. L. Simmonds. T. F. Day, Carey street. This is a volume of considerable extent, display. THE VINTAGE.—The subjoined report has been re ceived from Bordeaux re g ardin g the condition and pros- i n a much study, an d evidently the result of much labour and research. The various uses of different pacts of the vines :—" In answer to your query about vegetables are considered, their cultivation and the state of the vines, I regret to say that I cannot report colni.ercial value also the substances obtained more favourably than in my last. Up to this moment from trees andidant. s, the husbandry of t e r a o p a i: al a we have scarcely had a really summer day, so that the vegetation does not progress satisfactorily. The accounts and sub -tropical regions, &c. .is in from all our wine districts, both red and white, are very book of reference for the colonist, manufacturer, , discouraging. Under t he most favourable circumstances, an merchant ; and as it is supplied with a copious we cannot expect to ma ke as much wine as we did even index, it 18 likely to prove very useful for that last year, which did not yield above a third of an average purpose. In - the preface the author remarks as -- In and purposes of the following work are. The e t forth in the introductory chapter ; but I may vintage. The vineyards that look third o f promisin are those that produce the middling and lower qualities fully set to remark here, d that its compilation and of wine. A considerable portion of their vines are corn-- arrangement have occupie pletely destroyed, partly by the oidium of last year, and a very large share of my time and attention, and I can therefore assert with con- Ofpartly by the frosts of the early part of the winter, fidence that it will be found the most full and complete which occurred before the sap was at rest in the plant. those that remain there are many that shoot only book of the kind that has ever yet appeared. It is not and from the root below the surface of the soil, the wood above being dead. These, of course, if they eventually but is the a mere survive, can only yield fruit for wine in three or four dictionaries,Parliamentary and Consular r eports ; years hence. The fruit bunches on the most healthy plants aro small, and far between. You may imagine t . 1. fruit of my own colonial experience as a prac the despair of the unfortunate proprietors with such a Ica planter, and of much laborious and studious inves prospect before them, and their crop of 1853 on hand, tigation into a class of ephemeral but useful publications which they cannot dispose of on account of its wretched which seldom-meet with any extended or enduring cir quality. The 1852 went cheap, as also the 1850 and ciliation—assisted, moreover, by the contributions atild 1849, so that they have not really wherewith to pay the suggestions of many of the most eminent agricultural cultivation of their estateg. Added to all other evils, chemists, planters 4 and merchants of our colonial pos the ()idiom, which last year only showed itself in July, sessions and foreign countries." has already broken out in many parishes. The vine- A list of the works consulted is prefixed, which yards of the higher g rowths show rather more fruit is of considerable exten t. The author having been bunches than the others, but even these have a very for many years the editor of the Colonial Magazine, sickly appearance, and cannot, g00d, ,, ill my opinion, come to and members f the agricultural soc of Jamaica, Antigua, Damcloes, Cape of pieties Gope, Natal, HAY 3,LA.RKETS. SurrnrlELD.—lteadow hay, 2/ lOs to 5/ 53 ; clover ditto, 31 8s to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 212 s per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow' hay, 21 12s to 51 5s ; clover ditto, 31 lOs to 61 Os; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/. 2s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade firm. WIIITECHAPILL.—Meadow hay, 21103 to 51 ss; clover ditto, 3110 s to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1116 s to 2/ 2s per load. Trade steady. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADESHALL.—We had an improved sale for each kind of meat to-day, as follows : Beef, from 3s 2(1 to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d ; V eel, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s Id to 4s 8d per Sibs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, June 14.—'The general demand was less active, and prices were ba rely supported at this market to-day. Beef, from 3s Gd to 4s 8d • Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 0:1 ; Lamb, 48 10 d to . 5 s 10 d ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s Gd to 4s 8d per F Ms, to sink the offals. ROMFORD, June 14.—1 feasts sold slowly, on rather easier terms. Other kinds of stock were steady to-day, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 8(1 to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s Od ; Lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per Bibs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 21s to 27s each. LLOYD'S SHIPPZIVG-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, June 15.—Wind this day at Noon, E. ; light airs and dull hazy weather, with drizzling rain.—The Australian (s), from the Colonies, arrived at St. Vincent on the Ist inst. PLYMoUTH, June 14. Wind, S.W. Arrived—Lucy and Elizabeth, from Matan:r.am ; Coquet, Valencia. COWES, June 14.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Reindeer, from Havannah ; Actif, do_, and sailed for Frederickshall. OFF THE ISLE OF WIG IP C.—Stebonheath, from Port Philip, with 30,000 ounces .of gold dust. PORTSMOUTH, June 14.—'vVind, W. Arrived—Jorde son, from Girgenti, having been blo vn past Falmouth. Sailed—Freia, for Havanna h. Off Port—Margaret Evans, from New York. June 15.—(Per Elec. Tel.)—The Myrmidon (s), from Africa, has arrived with the crew of the Fanny, of Sun derland, burnt off Madeira. FALMOUTH, Juno 14 —W ind, W.S.W. Arrived—Corn ponoza, from Rio Janeiro;, Bell Rock, Matanzas; Gipsy Queen, Alexandria; Argo, 1 lertch. Off Port—Governor Brown, Havannah SOUTHAMPTON, June 14. Arrived—Great Western (s), Brazils, left Buenos Ayres May 2, Monte Video 3, Rio Janeiro 16, Bahia 20, Fern ambuco 23, S . Vincent (Cape da Verds) June 1, Teneriffei 6, Madeira 7, and Lisbon 10 ; La Plata (s), St. Thomas, ',el t Juno 1, $BOO,OOO on freight. OFF DARTMOUTH, June . 14.—Arrived—Dalhousie, Cal- cutta. GLOUCESTER, June 13---Arrived—Loano, from New York ; Amalie, Bilboa. SUNDERLAND, June 14.- —lVind, W. Sailed—Henriette, Singa ore ; Durus, Marin(lr, Quebec. CARDIFF, June 14.—W ind, W.N.W. Sailed — Soolo, Hong gong; Rival and Fi!ev Trade, Monte Video ; Leon tine, Malta ; Rosevear, B arcelona , ; Minerva and Gordon Ribbon, Gibraltar. SWANSEA, June 14.—W ind, W.N.W. Arrived—Petrel, Clotobilde, Garucha. Sail ed—Solidor, Ceylon ; Sunbeam, Cuba. CORK, June 13.—Wind , . S.W. Arrived—Ospray, Bar- 1 badoes. Sailed—Chateaubtriand, Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, June 13.- Wind, S.W. Arrived—Midas, Callao; Evelyn, Havana, and sailed for Greenock ; Dart mouth, Mazagan ; Rapid, a lessa, ; Peter Faulks, Anne, Elizabeth Morrison, Galatz ; Francesca and Lucea, Theo dosia ; Nuovo lianas, Leghorn. Off port.—Arrived — Milton, Havana, and sailed fo r Bristol. S TO CKHOLM,June 6.—By ad vices from Faro (Gothland), it is reported that tl.o Norwegian schooner Joaano Maria, of Stavanger, from Riga, had been captured by the Eng lish ships of war, and arrived .at that ort, 28th May. The Dutch kuff Alida, a lso from Riga, and bound to Holland, arrived there on the 29th May. BARBADOES, May 27.—The Hanoverian barque Har burg, from Santas to Hamburg with 5,200 bags coffee, put in here, 20th May, leaky, =ad ng 16 inches water per hour. Huila, N. 8., May 12.--The Elizabeth, of Montrose, from Alloa to Oban, with coa,ls struck on the Skerry of St r oma, Pentland Frith, yost(!rilay, and remains, full of water, considerably damaged, with her keel broken, and likely to become a wreck. ST. ABES, June 7.—The Swedish schooner Triton, from Seville to Falmouth, put in lore very leaky, with loss of boats, &c., and will probably have to discharge. ST. MICHAEL'S, May 21.---The Lumley, of and from Liverpool to Richibueto, got under weigh May 19, with a steady breeze at E.S.E., and fine weather, but canted in shore, subsequently parted her anchor, struck on Delgada Point, filled, and became a total wreck, and was sold the following day. (BY ELECTEIC 'TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday, 10.30 a.m. Wind, N. ; light and dull. Arrived —Mary Spencer, from Canton ; Saxon. Deme rara ; Frances, Antigua ; Express, Foland, and Henry Grinnell, New Orl eans ; Se a King , Balt i more ; Ebe, °Fdremnn, a;jennyAlexandria ; Dwineea, Rivadeo ; Joven Fermin, Santander ; Saracen, Bonny ; and Arno (a), from Marseilles. Sailed —Saratoga and Sardinia, for New York ; Regulus, Maranham ; Langdale, Hong Kong; Clermont, Halifax ; Defence, Melbourne ; Louise, Montreal ;. Congress, Que bec ; Neptune, Havannah ; Harry, Sicily ; Somns.uth Bombay. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.34 a.m. Wind, S.S.E.; tide, 5i hours' ebb ; raining. Arrived, June 14—John Doughdale, from Canton ; Maria, Barbadoes. Arrived, 15 —Royal Saxon, from Shanghai ; Stirling shire, Launceston ; B. 11. Jarrington, Boston ; American Congress, New York ; Waterloo, Sydney ;' Gothenborg (s), Gothenborg ; Baron Osy (s), Antwerp ; Rainbow (s), Rotterdam ; Soho (s), Havre. Sailed, 14th—Scarwarton, for Caen ; Adolphe, Seville ; Bristol Belle, Boston ; Win. Jolliffo (s), Calais ; Ocean (a), Havre. DEAL, Thursday, 9.30 a.m, Wind, S.E., light, and hazy. Passed —Benjamin Elkin, from Port Fairy; Thomas Dryden, Colombo ; Ala lon, Genoa—all for London ; Her Majesty's steamer Medina, from river, for westward; Querito, Newcastle for Barccloua; William Frederick, London for Singapore ; Nile, London for Madras; Ceres, London for Oporto. Anchored—Camperdown, No. 99 transport, from Lon don for Malta. Sailed—Hoop v. Capella, Charlemagne, Vallesneria, Albyn, Princess, Portuguese, ship Nova Subtil, for Ham burg. ►SOUTH AMERICA. The Royal Brazilian Mail Packet Great Western, Capt. T. Bevis ; Admiral agent, Lieut. Thomas White Purver, R.N., arrived at Southampton yes terday with the South American mails. She left Buenos Ayres, May 2 ; Monte Video, May 3 ; Rio de Janeiro, May 16 ; Bahia, May 20 ; Pernambuco, May 23 ; St. Vincent, June 1 ; Teneriffe, June 6 ; Madeira, June 7 ; Lisbon, June 10. The Great Western brings 117 first-class and 20 second-class passengers. She left lying at Rio Janeiro, H.M.S. Mada gascar, Rifleman, and Express ; at Bahia, H.M.S. Trident; at Lisbon, H.M.S. Prometheus. On the Ist May the first railroad which has been ' constructed in Brazil was opened in the presence of the Emperor and Empress. The engines and cars were blessed by the Archbishop of Rio, and a splendid dinner was served to about 800 visitors. On the return of one of the steamers (the Gua rany) from the fete, with 200 of the elite of society, the vessel struck upon' some dangerous rocks in the centre of the bay ; fortunately only one of her passengers, the Viscount de Monte Alegro, was injured. The Emperor bestowed the title of Baron of Mann on Senor Irineu Evangelista , de Suuza, the enterprising director of the company. Mr. Bragg, the English engineer, was also made . a Ca valier of the Order of the Rose. The Russian yacht Rogneda, belonging to Prince Lebanoff de Rostoff had been announced for sale by public auction. The sale was subsequently put off, and it was said that the Brazilian Government is in treaty for her; all her stores and brass guns had recently been sold by auction. A. Russian merchant vessel had also been sold, and, under the Brazilian flag, would take a cargo of coffee to America. _ Buenos Ayres is not settled. The government has had recourse to extraordinary measures. Six gentlemen have been compelled to leave the pro vince by water in 24 hours, four aro imprisoned, five officers are erased from the military list, three clergymen are exiled, and a large number have been placed under the surveillance of the police. The Argentine Confederation was in process of consoli dation, and Urquiza, had been installed as president. It was thought at Buenos Ayres that its forts would be closed soon against the flag of the sepa ratist province. There was a project of making a railway from Santiago to Chili across the Andes. Trade in Buenos Ayres was flat, and the exports are not likely to be large. The news from Monte Video is tranquil in cha racter. The Legislative Chambers had been re-in stalled, and their first act was the election of Col. Venancio Flores, as President of the Republic for the remainder of the term corresponding to ex- President Giro. In the prospect of more settled times business was reviving. - THE FIGHTING AT SHANGHAE. The following is a full account of the feat of arms achieved by the foreign residents at Shanghae, on the 4th and sth of April last :—The foreign settlement, which is in form nearly a square, is situated on the Shanghae river, between the Soochow and Yang-king pang creeks. On the fourth side it is partially covered by a small creek, fordable at low but not at high water. The Imperialist camp was situated on the hank of this creek, on the opposite side from the settlement. On the Shanghae river were assembled eight pirati cal junks, which had been taken in to the Im p erial service. The foreign residents had been occasionally annoyed by individual marauders from the city, which is in the possession of the insurgents ; but their chief annoyance was from the Imperialists. Their complaints to the magistrates of the district were answered by representations that it was impossible to control 10,000 irregular levies, he might have said 20,000 drawn toge ther from all the provinces. On the 3rd of April the demonstrations of these insubordinate troops became so alarming that intimation was given to the Taou-tae and the district judge that the foreigners had resolved to defend themselves by force. The men and marines of the English ships of war Encounter and Gre cian, and from the American sloop of war Plymouth, were landed on the afternoon of the 4th of April, and joined by the enrolled volunteers of Shanghae. The Americans had a field-piece and two howitzers ; the English, one field-piece. When they neared the Im perialist camp, the Americans er diverged to the right, the English to the left, in 'ord to place their ad versaries between two fires. After shelling the camp for some time, both columns advanced with fixed bayonets, and the Chinese took to flight. The details of the action will be found in the subjoined extracts : An article from the Herald of the Bth of April, nar rating the operations of the British ; and a letter from an American, in the Herald of the 15th, nar rating the operations of his countrymen. For some days the army which bad retreated before 300 foreigners, looked sulky and mischievous, but ultimately their commander promised that no camp should be pitched for the future between two le of the settlement, and the discomfited heroes resumed their desultory skirmishing with the insurgents. The patrols and sentries of the settlement have, however, been increased, and their communication improved, in order that, should the naval force in the river be diminished in consequence of the war with Russia, the defence of the settlement may be cared for. Meanwhile the commanding British offi cer on the station has ordered up an additional war steamer to Shanghae. The best and most cordial spirit animates and unites the American and English residents and seamen ; it is pleasing to see the flags of England and the United States waving side by side in the East as those of France and England in the West. These three great nations united may defy the world in arms, and prove triumph ant champions of liberty and civilisation. The Chinese Imperialists have got a warning which will keep them civil for some time ; the insurgent general, who has had . ome of his irregulars shot by the foreign residents, has issued what we suppose we may call an i o order of the day," telling hie men that it 4f laved them right." ... 11 i i 110 1 24 90 71i 70i 62j lj. 8• 50 100 991 25 20 50 100 63 2i 100 35 25 .00 10 5 25 334 3 25 per cent. 41 4 i i 21i / ex b New York, &c., has naturally had many opportu nities and facilities for acquiring the necessary formation. He complains, however, that the eolo. nial brokers and importers iu the City have been very unwilling to afford him any assistance, and expressed great apprehension lest any details of their sources of supply, cost prices, should be made public. As the author justly observes, this is less excusable, as, from the Great Exhibition, the Trade Museums, and the Crystal Palace col. lection at Sydenham, so much more is generally known on these subjects than formerly. HistoryOf Missions. By the Rev, W. Browni Third Edition. 3 vols. Blackwood. The fact of this being the third edition of this work proves that it has not been without success. It relates the propagation of Christianity among the heathen from the Reformation to the present time. It relates to every quarter of the globe, and its narratives include all the varying races of hu manity. To those who take an interest in such records these volumes will afford a valuable stock of information. There is one point which the author maintains which is highly commendable. His first object in preparing his work has been to present to his readers a correct and faithful picture. It is remarked that " there is nothing in regard to which the author has been so anxious as truth. He has not concea'ed faults and imperfections. He has been as ready to state unfavourable as favour able circumstances, to markfailure as to note success. Ho will probably, however, be censured by some for having brought out so broadly and in so much detail the errors and defects of particular missions ; but he may be allowed to say that, in giving such statements, lie has not been actuated by a tone of detraction, nor yet by any sectarian s p irit . Man y of the statements now referred to, though painful, are highly instructive, and he trusts they will be useful in checking similar evils in time to come. He is convinced that the friends of missions often draw much too glowing pictures of their triumph ant progress by their past success, and of their future prospects, and that by this means they pro duce fallacious impressions on the public mind, and excite hopes which can only terminate in disap pointment. The common observation that honesty is the best policy, is applicable to truth in general. It may be attended with temporary inconveniences, but the advantages will far more than counterbal ance the disadvantages. Missionary societies might by such a system be rendered less popular, but they would probably be more useful." As a very exten sive and complete work of its kind, this volume may be recommended to the readers interested in the subject. HOME COUNTIES AND METROPOLITAN FREEHOLD LAND bOCIET Y. Last evening, a meeting of the shareholders and friends of the Home Counties and Metropolitan Freehold Land Society was held, at the offices, 14, Chatham-place, Black friars, for the purpose of balloting for forty rights to choose land on the estates of the society. Shortly after eight o'clock, the chair, on the motion of Mr. Hughes, was taken by Mr. J. Seaby. There are two special advantages in this society, viz , members are not required to pay down any part of the price of the land prior to choosing plots. The full amount of the shares drawn iu the ballot is advanced ; also that more shares are not drawn in the ballot than can be sup plied with land, so that the members may have the ad vantage of selling their drawn shares at a premium. A share in full is 301., with an entrance fee of ls. Two estates have been purchased for this society during the past year—that at Wood-green (chiefly allotted) has bean very satisfactory and profitable, both to the allottees and the society at large. The other estate (not yet allotted) promises to be a more successful purchase than the first, there being a great demand for plots upon it. It is situated in Wimbledon-park, in the midst of gentlemen's seats, and is adapted for first-crass villas. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said they had met together that evening for the purpose of balloting for forty rights to choose land. He had been taken en tirely by surprise by the motion of Mr. Hughes, but the duty was so simple that he could not object to fulfil the duties of chairman that evening. The Home Counties Freehold Land Society were now the possessors of two highly attractive estates, that would bear comparison with the best in possession of any land society. The Stuart estate, Wood-green, comprising 236 plots, mostly alloted, had been very popular, and justly so, on account of its real eligibility for building purposes, s beautiful situa tion, and its easy access. This estate had not been pur chased more than three months, when more than a thou sand new shares were added to those already taken up. This fact of itself was sufficient to show the value attached to the purchase by those persons who now made the pos session of land, through the instrumentality of societies such as this, their study. Such a satisfactory and profitable result to the allottees had fully testified to the sound judgment exercised by the executive com mittee in purchasing so eligible a property. In addition to the advantages he had already stated, it had yielded an amount of profit sufficient to bear the current expenses of the society, and to enable the directors to give a bonus on the subscriptions of the past year of 51. Bs. 4d. per cent. In savings banks the interest now allowed upon deposits was 21. Bs. per cent., - whereas in this society, as well as others, a sum double that was given, and with a much better and safer security. It had been thought by many that the Go vernment guaranteed the depositors from loss, but the con trary fact had been most painfully learned by many who haddeposited their hard earned savings, of a life time, he might really say, in them in the hope of it being a provi sion for a rainy day. The other estate, situated in Wim bledon Park, claimed a remark at his hands. It was an exceedingly beautiful one; it contained 100 plots, and pro mised to prove as successful as the estate he had just spoken of atWoodgreen. Perhaps no estate hitherto allotted among the members of a land society could be compared with this for its salubrity, beauty of situation, and its contiguity to first-class property, all which were great considerations in the value of building ground. In this society there was no forfeitures in case of arrears, the member had only to pay up his back subscriptions, and he possessed aright equal to any of the other members to go to the ballot. A SHAREHOLDER asked when the conveyance of the Wood Green estate would be ready ? The CHAIRMAN said, in about a fortnight. He had not the least doubt about that being the time. A SHAREHOLDER felt extremely gratified at the an nouncement made by the Chairman, as all of them were extremely anxious to get their conveyances. A short discussion then took place with respect to the propriety of holding the meetings of the society at the office. Mr. HUGHES thought that, for the future, all meetings should be held either at Radley's Hotel, or some other public room, and finally moved a resolution to that effect. Mr. DURHAM begged leave to second the proposition of Mr. Hughes. Mr. GEORGE said he agreed with the preceding speaker, that it would be better to hold their meetings for the fu ture at some public room where there was more accommo dation for the shareholders, who invariably attended their meetings, yet he did not think it judicious to pass a re solution, whereby they would bind themselves always to hold their meetings at some public room, for when they pos sessed larger offices than those they at present held, and had bettor accominodation for their shareholders, he thought they might imitate the larger societies—the Na tional, for instance, and not go abroad to transact that business which might be done, and well done, at home. (Cheers.) With these views, he would move, as an amend ment to the motion of Mr. Hug hes, the following :—" That in future, meetings of this society be held in some public room, and not at the offices of the society." He had no doubt the wording of the resolution would meet the views of all present. The amendment having been seconded. the Chairman put it to the meeting, and declared it carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said if any gentleman had any question to put, either himself or the secretary would feel happy to answer it. . A SHAREHOLDER asked a question relative to the mode of ballot adopted at the last meeting, as it differed from the usual mode. The SECRETARY said the mode of balloting was always taken in conformity with the wishes of the meeting ; it was so in this instance. Mr. CASE said nothing could be fairer than the mode of ballot originally adopted, and he should oppose any alteration. The subject then dropped. The ballot for the forty rights then commenceihe:_f_osl: lowing were the numbers declared by , the chairm an 559, 627, 17, 161, 101, 280, 258, 372, 300, 420, 478, 7: , 1,252, 1,288, 1,373, 1,352, 1,444, 1,494, I_, 0jy,.... . 625, 755, 721, 845, 866, 994, 942, 1,072,1.„0 . 78 , 5 ,.. 1 : 5 1 _ 4 91 , , 1 1 : 1 6 3 2 6 4 , 1,613, 1,737, 1,773, 1,848, hich the * had Mr. DURHAM said the business for w y met 1,882, 1,915, 1 VIZ havinc , terminated, he begged to move a cordial vote of thanks to the chairman for his kindness in presiding over them that evening. Mr. HUTCHINGS had much pleasure in seconding the motion. Th e resolution being put to the meeti ng was carried, unanimously. the the shareholders. compliment, saidTh ls by th • • alwaysCHAlßMAN,felt a pleasure in acknowledging meeting , accompanie d t h eir friends, the o h f e t T e h n e er he saw them more he should like them. The meeting then terminated. P.pIVATEERING. Additional Rayless from New York seem to warrant an opinion that the recent reports of attemput so-pro mote the crime of privateering having been succeasfully made by agents of the Emperor of Russia in that 'cit y were not so groundless as was supposed . From the fol lowing communication, addressed by Messrs. seen that - Dunbar and Sons to the Duke of Newcastle, it will be several vessels are believed to have been purchased for the purpose at New York, some of which ar e eut now cruseize is ing, their object being - not to take prizes,to specie and destroy ships : ~ "My Lord—l beg to Limehouse, June 13. hand you a copy of a recei ved letter from one of the first -mercantile firms in New York, a nd which may be d es erving the c onsideration o f her Majesty's Government. "D. DUNBAR. " I am respectfully your humble servant, "To his Gr ace the Duke of Newcastle,,, &o. " ' New York, May 31. " ' Dear Sirs,— 4s you are so largely interested in ship• p . w e think it may b e of use to y ou to know all that is ping, hero as regards a n y p roceedin g s of p rivateers, an d We suspect,i from some information that we heard yester day, that some vessels have been purchased here by the agents of Russia, and sent to some place to be fitted as privateers, and that vessels in that capacity are now on the o cean. There is no por t to which they can carry prizes, but they will take specie and destroy property under the Bri• tish and French flags. They cannot be fitted out here, as this Government has given the most positive orders to seize any vessel on which the least suspicion can be had, and will do all in their power to prevent any vessels under this garb from sailing. r alio underwriters here are charging an advanced pre. minm on specie by the steamers to England. " ' A. number of American ships have lately been pur. chased here, and will, we suspect, continue under the 1 American nag. ' " ' Messrs, Duncan Dunbar and Sons, Lyndon: ". ;hat Lder be oud led• DS. atch t in Bela, Dyad ta ut that 1,000 cOll - a sara° boats glish 20 50 13i 27} 22 25 50 25 25 VA 1 5i i 3i I