The Sun. — London, England, 1854-07-28 00:00:00

Ministers was held 'yesterday at the palace, the Emperor pteAding. is said that imp irtant re sult' ions relative to ult, r;or armaments have been come to, and that they are to be execute 1 with the greatest celerity. Divisions of troops f (mu It dy and otl.ef !Avis of the _Empire are here ; they arc intended for the army conerated Transylvania. The subscrip'ions for the new loan continue, and a result is expected which will sur ps ;di tre liopcs entertained, atel of a nature to exercise a very favourable influence on the finan cial state of Austria. The Russian Embassy here has receive! from Bucharest news of a very dis couraging character ; in particular, 'the number a Russian officers killed and wounded is much dwelt on." SPAIN. PROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTION. Advices from Madrid, of the 25th, state that the Spanish capital is tranquil. The Queen was d'accord with Esijartero, who was expected there on the 23th. BARCZLO gA, July 23.—Ord-ir continues, thanks to tile attitude of the garrison and the Captain- General. The arrival of Don Manuel Concha had restored confidence. The two generals act together in the most per• fect harmony. ITALY. TURIN, July 27.—A permanent council of war has been appointed. 'At Parma two soldiers have been shot. FRANCE. Abd-el-Kader has sent three magnificent Ara bir.ris as presents to the Emperor. The Moniteurcontainsthefollowing fromßiarritz, dated the 26th :—" At noon, to-day, the Emperor, accompanied by the Prefect of the departmetit, Co!onel FlPiny, ani Commandant Coulongeon, left Biarritz fur Bayonne, in a carriage escorted by two squadrons, one of the Guides, which had come from Paris, and the other of the Gth Chasseurs. His Majesty first went ti the Hotel de \Tulle, where the aucl.orit es. were: in waiting, and where the official recepti , u took place, and afterwards re viewed three battalions of the 35th Regiment of the line, on the excellent appearance of whom the Finpt-ror highly eoinplimenced the CAnnel. His Majesty, who returned to Biarritz at a quarter-Last t v‘u o'clock, was everywhere received with the wannest marks of respect.. " We r(4l in the Union, :—" The French Govern meat has,_ it is said, sent P ince Albert an invira tion to be present next math at the manoeuvre at the camp of Boulogne. Lie King of the Be!- gians is said to have promised to proceed there at the same time with the young King of Portugal." The Mouiteur de r rmee says :—" Some ill in form,d journals have announced the formation w a (amp at Biarritz. Tue only troops collected on that point, for the purpose of acting as a guard of honour to their Majesties, are two battalions of infantry and a svalron of Gui(!.es. The orderly service between Biarritz and Bayonne is performed by a squadron of the 9th Hussars, and another of the 61.11 Chas:eurs." A telegraphic tlegpatch from Toulon, announces the latinchini, of tl e Navari►i screw lint-A-hattle ship, of 100 pits, at that port, amidst loud cues of " Vive l'Enipereur !" Two more - piratical vessels hal e been burnt by the Garval, French steamer, in ill; Gulf of Scala Nova. Tie Three per Cent , . c'nse I to-11y at 71f. 15c. for the eild of the iboal h, and the Four-and-a- Half per Cents. at 98f. lec. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,157 f. 5Jc. ; Rouen, 1,020 f. ; Havre, 575 f. ; Great Northern, 815 f. ; Strasburg, 778 f. 75e. ; New Shares, 620 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 943 f. 75c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 842 f. 50e. ; Western of France, 645 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 608 f. 75c. ; Great Central of France, 495 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 505 f. ; Bank of C.•edit 693 f. 75c. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY-(THIS DAY). (13tfo e Mr. Commissioner Fane. IN RE G. B. MEDLET.-ENTENSIVE FAILURE OF AN UNDERWRITER. To-day was appointed for the last examination of this bankrupt, who had carried on business as an under writer in partnership with Adams, at Lloyd's, and Great Tower -street, City. Mr. Linklater appeared on behalf of the present bank• rupt, and applied for an adjouroment to an early day, as Messrs. Harding and Pulleiu had not had time to prepare the account. Mr. Lawrance. for the asi , nees of Adams, thought that, th e adj,urnment should ° be made to the day on Which Adams came up, CO that the certificate meetings might be hell on the same day—separate petitions hav ing been filed. Mr Linklater objected, as a long peric.l might slap-e before Adams' accountants were ready, as they depeoded on returns from the West Indies. The case WA3 ultimately adj 'timed till the Ist of September next. From the ►tatement of Messrs. Harding an 1 Pul , en, it appa.tra the debt...aim:mot to +buut 80,0001., t.,e aelJtts are e.tituated at about 3 ).0001. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) - LormnN, July 27. Wind this day at Noon. N.N.E. to N.E ; ilea ant breeze, and fine clear wealber. POR :111 Urn, July 27.—Wind, E. Arrived—Chatham, from Ma Iris. Mauritius. &.3. PLYMOUTH, July 27.—Wind, E.S.E. Sailed—Orient, for Putt Plii.ip ; 1-le of Thu.net, do. Off Purt—ELAl.:!. Tyne, from South America. FALMOUTH, July 27.—Wind, E Arrived—Castilian Crum Loudon, for Neu Immiland ; Liwa, London, for Flobart Town, wiih cholera on GLOUC ..EITER, July 27.—Sailed—Helen Lindsay, fur ‘. SHIELDs, July 27.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Frederick, front New York ; British Queen, Mirawichi ; Polly, du. ; lropress, Quebec. LPOnD, July 27.—Wind, E. by S. Arr:v rifler. from Sal'aunith• SCNDERLAND, July 27.—. Wind, E.S.E. Sailed—George Welt:, lot Ceylon ; Chace, Li new, July 27.—Wind, N. W. Arri Jed—Euphrosyne, from 6 ..John's, N B ; Blanche, do. CUXHAVEN, July 24.—The Aleda, from Hartlepool to Altona, is on share off the liiiidcrbalje. NEWPORT, July 27.—Sailed—Gentral Taylor, for New York. SWANSEA, July 27.—Wind, E. Sailed—Amana, for Coquimbo. QUEENSTOWN, July 26.—Sailed— illiam, for Quebec ; Flora, do and Montr-al. ;ELSINORE, July 22.—The Sphinx (transport steamer), With Wrench troops on board, arrived here yesterday after 11' On. An English war st earner, with two transports, No. 105 and 106 iu tow, passed this morning, bound to the :July 24.—Her Majesty's steamer Stromboli proceeded this morning, with two transports in tow, for the Baltic. HONG KONG, ISlty 21—The Shamrock, b. Al id to Mel , nr .e, with loss of topmasts, &c., iu a gale, on the 12th of tceb , was s, oken by the Klassina, arrived here from } lava pool. a I.EI,I3OURNE, May 2.—The Antoinette C ezar d (F renc h suip), from Loudon, struck on the Corsair Rocks, and was run on shore on Swan Bay, lull of water, and remains; Part of cargo landed. 111 R ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LIVERPOOL, Friday, 10.30 A H. Wind, S S.E ; light and dull. Arrived-841.10n.5, from New York ; Thornhill, Quebec : Rattler (a), Op , rto ; Augusta Louisa (s), Bordeaux Sailed—Panther, fur COcuita, ; Stamboul, Sydney ; Britannia ' Philadelphia; Old England, New Yo r k; Th us . Labrador. BIRMINGHAM, JULY 27. • STOCIE EXCHANGE.—There was wore done in the market to 'Lay than for some days past, and i,l hough Shrewshuly and Birmingham stock rrcesteil a point daring the (lay, it recoveied it, before the close of 'Change. The only sal, Imported on 'Limp was Shrewabu y and Birmingham Stvetc, at 70. LIBERATION OF MR. JEREMIAH SMITH. LATE MAYOR OF RYE, .Yes erday morning this geutleintn was line i.,l+ll by order of the Secret try of State of the Home t',Partinent, previously to which a certifilate of belief tt 11 innocence of any c Irrupt motive was signed by ev ery juryinau who tried him, arising from circumstances that have become known since the trial. ,„ REALTEt oF THE LORD CHANCELLOR OF IRELAND.— 'he Lord Ch ance ll o r has almost entirely recovered from titi recent indisposition, and will, it is expected, be shortly able to resume the discharge of his official duties. L O UTH or LORD MEDWYN.—We regret to announce t he death of Lord Medwyn, which took place at his rise here yesterday morning. His lordship had reached advacced age of 77. He was caled to te bar i and raised to the bench in 1825 1 ; and he h only re n l igi , ed his judgeship in the end of 1852.—Scotsman. , Loan ABERDEEN AT MALVERN.—It has transpired ` ll4 t the Earl of Aberleen's flying visit to Malvern the Other day was p-ti , l to his soil, Lord Radio. who is a patie n t at one of the water-cure establishments there. rhe disclosure will prove a great relief and comfort to t he minds of many credulous old ladies and g,ntlemen, w ho might otherwise have fancied that he had gone thi ther to meet the Russian Count Nicholas Pa!:len, on the a nd,colleague with him fur betraying this country to Worcestershire Chronicle. t CHARGE OF MURDER.— At the M ans i on House yes pr hty+ Franz de Haas was charged before Mr. Alderman - "ggerid ge , On suspicion of having committ,d an atro rBue munier near the City of Amsterdam, on Thursday , 4 • Mr. Joh n M a tth ews a t, ein b d as solicitor on be malt of the Dutch Governumnt. He stated ti n t the pri thtoner was a Dutchman, and bad been apprehend& d rough the instrumentality of the electric tell-erapir, on n- liicton of 11 , ,vin cruelly murdered a f am il y o f fi ve Persons nained Rikwinkle. at the Ringlijh, in the IlI tY of Ainsterdsin After the hearing i.f evidence, Alderman Mturceride said he could not allow such a p:rson as the prisoner to go at large ; he would there bre remand hi m till S 4 t ur l ay . I n t h e meantime, the to tneh authoritie s would receive the ueoehary authority - 0 . 4110 T0 . ttla p4ooreax to iloilra.d. - • GOODWOOD RACES ~TiIIS Y.) (BY ELECTRIC TELFaRAPH.) 100 SOVS. SWEEPSTAKES. Calier;ile Hayes R:iaruld . NASSAU STAKES. V.r ,g 1 Fnur ran. CHESTERFIELD CUP. Ca'spaw Knight of St. George Twenty three ran. LATEST BETTING. NURSERY STAKES. Cowl filly. 6 to 1 ag , t Any other. 1 ~ 2 IMPEIZIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY). Tile SPEAKER touk tie chair at 12 o'clock. PRI VATE EOSIN ESS. The Lords amendments to the following bills were con,idered aid agreed to :—C-rk and Waterford Rail way, Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway (Chipping Norton Branch), Portsmouth and Direct London and Portsmouth Railway, Stockport Rectory Division, We:4 London and Crystal Palace Railway (Bromley and Farnborough), York, Newcagle, and Berwick, York and North Midland and Leeds Northern Railway Cou►pan'_es Amalgamation ; British Guarantee Association (No. 2), Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton Railway (Stratford-upon. Avon and Stour bridge Branches). Caton's Divorce Bill and St. Catherine's Pariah (Dublin) School and Charity Estate Bill were read A third time and passed. The Earl of E , linton's Estate Bill was considered and ordered to be read a third time. Legh's Estate Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Mr. SPENCER, fr m Brighton, against the opening of public houses on Sun •lay ; by Mr. CHRIST,IPHER. trurn Lincolnshire, to the same tffect ; and by Mr. HENLEY, from Oxfordshire, with the same prayer. MILITIA (No. 2) BILL The committee oo this bill was then resumed. Clauses 1,2, and 3 were agreed t.). clauQe Mr. R. PALLIER moved an amendment, with the view of provi Si g that half the expense of urttitix stwe and barracks should tee borne by the Consolidated Fund. PALMERSTON and Mr. WILS,IN resisted the I til ei d rllrl lt Mr. S HERBERT said if the amendment lee ,arried, it would be for the Gov .rn , lient to consider whether the y would g • on with the bill. Alter some Wither di , cussion thecominittee divided, v.hen therj appeared— Fur the amen iment Against it Maj,rity The ain••ndinent Was accordingly carried, The CHANCELLOR of the EXJHEQUER said the onendinent involvf,i a very important principle, and it being nor sanctioned by the committee, it had become the duty of the Goverioneut to take time to consider .ghat cou7se they should pursue with regard to the bill. Notwithstanding this declaration, the consideration, of the r-rn ining clauses were proceeded with. Clause 4, as amend,d, was agreed to. [LEFT SITTING MARKET N EIVS-(THIS DAY.) CO RN EXCHANGE There has been an increased arrival of home-grown wheat up to our market coastwise, the supply during the week being upwards of 1,003 quarters. To-day's market was scantily shill lied with land-carri ge samples, yet the de- Wand was in a depressed state, arid pi ices were again lower to purchase However, so little business was tran-acted that the quotations were almost nominal. Several of the importers having withdrawn their wheats for the present, the quantity of foreign' wheat on show was comparatively small. however, to force sales lower rates must have bJen accepted. In flouting cargoes nothing- doing. We had a dull inquiry tor barley, the nature of which had a downward tendency. Malt moved off slowly, at barely Monday's decline. Oats— the supply of which was good —were dull, and fully (id per quarter lower. Beaus, peas, and flour were exceedingly dull. risk troreign AttitIVAIA4 MIS WISISK. Bad y. i gait. Oats nom 311 4,630 290 t 1,30 10, 6 - 0 3,200 I 27,180 2,790 br 1 Wheat. 1,050 SMIT ['FIELD. A very moderate supply of beasts was on offer here to day. Most breeds moved off steadily, at an advance in he prices of Mond a y of 2d per ilbs. Prime Down sheep were scarce, and 2d per Sibs higher. Otherwise the mut ton trade was firm, at full quotations. We had an im ,roved inquiry for the best lambs at 2d per 81bs mote money. Middling and inferi-ir breeds were quite as dear as last advised. Ttete was a slight improvement in the sale f:x calves, at full prices. The supply was large. In pigs next to nothing was Moir Mich cows were in inOdE to 19/. Os. each, including tl rer 731 ins Lt. :in B. d. s. d 1 E.derior Beasts.... 3 2to 3 6 fecund quality.... 3 8 3lu Prime large oxen 4 4 Prime Scots, dte. 4 6 410 Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 6 iecoad quality ...3 8 310 Prime erse.-wlled. J 2 4 be Lambs._ TOTAL SUPPLY ;rate request, at from 141. ieir small calf. is UR, uttalta. e. (1. R. (1. PrimeSouthdowo 410 5 0 L:u•ge erso. calves 3 2 4 0 Primo small d 0... 4 4 4 8 Large hogs s 0 4 2 ;mall p )rk ors 1 4 4 8 itteklingealves —22 l) 29 0 quarter old pi 21 0 27 0 4s 4d to 5s Bd. POtLEIGN SUPPLY i Gatti ... • • •• • • 910 • 3?0 e ►ive3.. 6,9 ! Lives .......• 7:36 Pigs ..•• ~.• ........ 39 NEWGATE AND LENDENHALL. Each kind of meat was in moderate reqxest, at the following quotations : Per sibs by the eareaH. s. d. s. d. s. d. 8. d. reef, inferior 3 0 3 4 qutton, Inferior 3 4 3 6 Do., middling 3 6 3 8 1 Do., middling 3 S 4 2 Uo., prime large .3 10 4 0 Do., prime 4 4 4 8 Do., do. small ....4 2 4 6 Veal 3 2 4 8 ,'ork, large 3 2 4 0 Pork, small 4 2 4 10 Lamb 4s 4d to 5s 61. tu 5 20 20 50 I 25 I 41 4. :181 BOROUGH HOP. The plantation accounts being rather more favourable, the duty is called 50,00 N. to f;0,000/. Our market is flat, u.l prices are barely supported. This week's imports a-e 77 bales from Ostend, 314 from H•+wburgh, 51 from Ant werp, 15 from Rotteidam, ai)(1 6 from r ralogne.— Mid and East Kent pockets, 111. lls to l /. 15s; Weald of Kent, 111. Os to 141. Os ; Sussex, 111. Os to W. Os per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market for British Went In.lia has been heavy. Barbadoes have realised 30s 6d lo 31s for brown 318 6,1 to 363 6.1 for low to gout yellow, and 39s for grainy Nevis went at 29n 61 for brown, and at 324 to 3 Is for low to mid yellow. Demerara crystalised brought 40s to 41s for fine yellow, but low was taken in at 32s to 344. East India-111auritius sold steadily for the finer sorts, bite yellow at 363 to 375, ord to good at 31s i.d to 33s 6d, alid to tine brown at 288 to 31s, low at 26s to 27s 6d, and ord to tine grey at 30s to 343 6.1 per cwt. Bengal was taken in at 30s 6,1 to 3ls for low date yellow. Penang found buyers at 293 6.1 for low brown.. Foreign—Porto Rico sold at full rates for the good qualities, low heavy yellow to fine bright grocery at 33, to 38s O. Cuba Mus covado was taken in at 29s to 33s 6d for heavy brown, hut Cuba low brown to good mid yellow sold at 28s to 345, good and fine at 34s to 375, and grainy at 375. St. Croix low mid to fine yellow brought 35s 6,1 to 40s. Brown and yellow Havannah has re..eded Gd per cwt. washed low to tine brown selling at 28s 6 , 1 to 31s, and low to good yellow at 318 6d to Res per cwt. Refined brown lumps have been dealt in at 44s to 448 6,1, and gr, , cery at 44s 6,1 to 10s. COFFEE—Plantation Ceylon has been Is lower, fine to fine ord sold at 644 to 66$ 6.1, fine on( at 494 Gd to 53a 6d, low mid at 57s to 665, good mid to good at 57.4 to 66.4, low mid and mid hold at 554 to 6 Is, tine ord grey to colory at Ps 6d to 53t 61, triage at 425. to 52s 6.1, and peaberry at 534 to 624. Native has been dull,.at 44s Gil for good ord.' Rio was taken in at 42s to 4 61 for ord to good Ord fil . OWniSh mixed. Costa Rica has been at full rates, m a id !yid good Lobl e(lolr b7s to 634 for fine ord. and low urownish mixed at . 534 61 to 56.4 6,1, pale at 51s 6,1 to 53+, an , l peaberry at 53+ 6 Ito 55+ 61. RICE. —White Bengal is 3,1 per cwt cheaper, low nod 10+ 6d t • 11s, good mid to fine boll pearly at lls Gd to 12s 6,1, and good cargo 9s to Os 61 Madras sold at Os to fid for good cargo, but old to fair yellaw barley was taken in at 9- 61, and good pinkty at 10s. Yonlmein g cargo brought Os to 9, Gd, and low and white at los 6d. SPlCES.—Nutm.gs have advanced Zito 31. good to fine sel:ing at 33 i)(1 to 4s Id, and at 2s 3d to 287t1 fur Singapore mil and good. Mace has receded 2'l to 3d. Singapore maid (lark to rood pale sold at is 10.1 to 2s 3d. Jamaica ginger wont at 616 s to 10/ 2afor good. TILL—The market is dull, at 100 to lid for common Congou. . _ 6.0 RINEAL.—This article has receded in value. COTTON.—Very little has been done. SALTPETRE.—The market has improved since the early part of the week, and Bengal 54 to 3 per cent. refraction, sold at 20s per cwt. TALLow.—More is doing, and P.Y.C. is 65s 6d to 65s 9d per cwt on the spot. GREEN FRU IT. —Lemons continue to impr , ve A parcel per Madrid steamer, sin Lisbon. sold by Keeling and Hunt :tt ' , Odic sale, went at an advance of 3s per box. A cargo of West India pine apples has arrived, which, bring shipped in rainy weathtr, have been landed in bad condition A HINT TO THE ADIHHALS.—The &Shipping Gazette With all their ostensible fortifications, we be lieve the capture of the whole of these Russian forts in America and Kamschatka is within the power of a couple of frigates, aided by one or two war BteamerB. They are neither pi operly fortified nor efficiently garri soned ; the possibility of any serious att-ick by an orga nised naval force having probably never entered into the minds of the commandants —their viry isolation and in si2nificance having noubt'ess lulled them into a false sec , ,rity. The next mail or two from Ca:ifornia. or the Lthmu4, may, theref .re, lie looked forward to wiih into rest. as resultit.g in net merely the announcement of the commencement of the blockwle. but the capture of Sitka, and one or two of the Russian frigates. H.M steam-sloop Argus had arrived at iispnwall on the 24th of June, and left next day for Jamaica, to convey the mail steamer Dee, as two privateers were said to be lurking about in those latitudes. H.M.S. Davaat,tiort was expected. to Conv o y the Toviot West , ladies ottawkwa tta o m s;+ ward-4 , . TITE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY JULY 28, 1854. SHARE MARKETS, (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. 'of - .sing Prices yes erisy. 13E1,11110.s Gone this day. ld.J RAILwAys. 1P; St lI 20 Aberdeen kialbg Nottug. BOS and Eastn. II Belfast &PaHymens ll Binning. Wolverh. fi .1! 1)o. & birk. £5O and £25 Con, D 0.,„ £20.. . 10 Myth & Tyne origins £25 (issd. at £45 )0 Bristol and Exeter /0 Caledonian. II Chester & Holyhead. al Cork and Bandon al Cork, Black, & New .4 Cornwall A Cried' Junction hihliufelelfastJunc al Dundee Perth &Abel iieen ,Junction..„. al 1)0. New Ali East Anglian..., Li) Du., (£lB E & H), 1.11 Eastern Counties..,.. Xll Eastern Union, A Stock , .00 De., B. Stock 86' Do., New A ...... )0 East Lancashi re )0 Edinburgh & Glasgo* 32 , Ediub. and Peebles )0 Edin.Prtb &Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June. )0 Glasgow &S. Western )0 Great Northern 10 Do., A. Stock 10 Do., B. Stock )!. •• ) t.Sth.&West.are. X) • :rent Western [2 irish South-Easter, tll Atiicastei & Carlis f, Thin Is 2 l)o. New Thirds... allll York.' iK ilu., Fifths U 3., Wat. Riding Ui ,11 Leeds Northers 61i Liv.Crulq.&Soutlipt .11 London & Blaeltwx• ill Loud. Till,. & Stlieu 4J :mod. Brigt.t& and N. Wog, ...... . 1 4). 111/..511., 1 , 0. Ei4litlis Lon,louamiS. 4 EA') [I .ndnilrry&Coierail,) Aoludrry.& Euuisa talieli.Sllcl.& Liuell Man. & Lin, Uli. Midland 50 I al 13i! al 31 t St. Ili A. pi 50 I a] 20 I 50 I t 25 al St. 11 25 1 L Binung. &.Derb.% : G. West.° rv.) 7 'o. Half Shares , 611 Ni.weastie hi Ne winark et , o. , Bury Extensbn , 9 wpt.Aberg. & Hrfd. 7 ! . B:ewry & Enniskillen 611 - Newry Warreupoint And Rostrevor. - Nortolk Vorthu.Counties )0 North British 6 North Devon, No. 1. 111 Do., No. 2 A Deferred .8 Do., B Guarantee 11 North London 'Do. Now £lO is N.&S.Wstru.,Hainp stead, and City Jo 7i North Staffordshire North Western j N. &S. Westrn.June. 1 vuneaton, ie; and Leicester.. 10 'xford, Worcester, eVoleerlia.niptou l'ortsniouth suottish Central l Scottish Midiaud Nl .threwshury & Binog. 10 :4). 1.. &N. Weston Guar.Autead Sltu. t._ Ii - ihrewsby. & Ueiet .11 iltrewsby. & Ci.ustc (N. W. .11 Do. Elalves,a t. 11 Do. Oswestry 0.. "I.llr , spshire. Union Do. A, B, o,illll paid up at per u. . .11 , outh Devon 11l ioutli Eastern 11 4ontli Wales . Yrk h. & ttiv. 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Jun. seziers to Graissessa tonibay, Baroda, an' Central india,Scry 'carat of Italy tharlero'd:. - II erara ►i,jon MO Aesancon oiteli Rhenish , ;:ist Indian Do Extension, a. Inman Peuiusul. 41. Juliet. of F'raoc , :rd. Trunk of Canal 'O. Debentures ..... i o . do ;t. Central of Franc: ;-1,. Western of Cans. i Shares to. Bonds (Ist is. )'5: lamilton & Torout' M. 1 per cent. Lake Coast. & Bash. Lucca & Pistoja 5 p c prof Luxembourg Ito. ( Rail way) ►o. Prof (Canal) ►o. 6 p. et. prof.., . Lyons and Geueva & 51.editerrai-, tadras vI aria A utouift )o. do. Now . , Tolbounie Dk. & Ry Namur & Liege (wit n►terost) Do. (ex ilitorost).... Vorthern of France bo. 20/. 3 p. c (fug. B.& A Ins. Shs VorwegiauTrunkPre Paris and Lyons ►itto Bonds .... Paris and Orloans... I'aris and Rouen.— f'aris and Strasbour; , 'arisetten & Clierbrr )uebee & Ric! mow: lronen and Havre... I.cyal Danish Loyal Swedish "anibre and Meuse !)o. 54 p. cent. Pref. . .:outlieri• of France.. Andrew's an.. Quebec (A) .. . 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No. 2, p. c. Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/) uris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares .. 95 - 100 96 - 93 134 - 137 2= 30 - 165 - 524 254 -- 264 124-1:;4 234 - 24) 2a 2i 93 - 6 57 - 59 ik -- 137 2} lid, 30 - 31 91 - 93 Haledonian £lO ;Hester & Holyhea. Guar. 5i per cent :ork drliandousip.t. )uud,ePertb &Abe • teen Junction m;astAngliau (1:310s 6 per cent ;)o. (X 5) 7 per cent )0. (X 7 178) 7 p. c. .:asteru Counties Ex I , ensten.s p. c. No. : 1 to. No. 2 New 6 p. c. St , ::;.stern Union, Seri A :Intr. 6 per cent )o. 5/., 10 Der cent 101. J)ebentr.Si Lancasit. 6 p. et: !J:ast and West York shire Junc. Prof... Edinb Prth.&Dumi. • 4 per cent. • ;lasgow &S.Woster Guar. 5 per cent. 'treat Northn. 5 p. c Jo. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem. ►o. 4i p. e. Scrip Gt. N. of Scot. lst Pre Southn. &Westm (Ireland) Eighths) Go. 4 per c. Pref. SI! It. Westu. (Berke Rants Ex. 5 p. c).. Do. cov. red. 4. p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. irred. 4 p. c. & York. F. t:2 )o. 6 p. c. Stock .eels N. 6 p. c. No. )o. Quarters, 1848 liondon and Brighto Guaranteed 5 p. c C o , Pret., 5 p. C. S , I Do. Convertible, A 0., 1852 New Guar.6 p. c. ank &N. W., Cyr. Juucaton ~ euden & S. W, , ster. Cori. Thirds , ondouderry& Color Shares .;owly. & Gllriir. S . 'tau. Shef., & Lir.., t Sl:ares, No. 1.. • ... 00. New, £lO .... 1 0. Cli.: Earypt.&Carl.4 p le. 41 per cent Consol.6 p.c.St. ' + ►o. Cousol. Bristol S. ..tirtn. 6 per cent )o. Pref. per cen Norfolk Debenture i►o. Pref. 4 p. c. Stoel i)o 5 p. c. Ext . )4). 5A per et. pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c. North British lorth Staffordshire. )xford, Worcester, Wolverh.Xls, 6p.e !Jo .cot. Cout.,New Birra.N.(; iCirewsby. & Cheater rNor.W.Miu),Bp 10. 5 per ceut .. 40iit1 I )evou . ' , fixed, 44 per eel) S. Eastern (Rea. Ann.) of £1 Os. 6,1 t)o. 44)e) cent. ;, Yorksk.4p.e.Gual 4 tockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent i )0. do. di , ;toekton and 11 arth pool , guar. 5 I). e till Ist July, 185 Naterfil.&Kilk .6p. York, Neweastle,an Perwiek,4 p.e. Pret York&N, Midland If . Fe,' ••• 1. qua Fria tuglo Austria. Gui, luglo ;:aliforuian ►ustralasiau kustrtliau ustral iau Corailler k uAt rtl iau Freeixolii %,vt• M ......... . tatieu (Gd. nue! ly .11aenarvou I r. &C m A twtrlu. Gel, tritish Iron traziliau at Z 5 Coeaus . )o. St. John Del Itu ‘ )Irsou's Creek .. Ilareudon Con. .11iu of Jamaica !obre Copper 1 010eial 4.01c1 ............ 'opia.po ......... 'opper Ain. of Eit, ►o. Pref. 7 p. cent Inglisl► awl A ustrl), Copper Suteltg.C., %eue►ul .... ....... ;rout Nugget Vein.., ►o. Registered .... ,treat tiolgooth ..... : ,iberty !Anares Quartz Crush. Co. dariquita lexicau&S.Americti Niew Granada... Yew Linares Miuini. and Smelting Co ioureau Monde.... ;'ontgibaud Silve Lead Min. & Slllolt Port Philip tux= Rock thyniney Iron .ro. Now iiiiitiage de Cuba lutli Australian rill Croft ............. 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New .•• ••• i— i d - Union of London. 3 - 2i 4 203 -- 21 15 - 47 46j 6 ... - .. 41 - 43 71 - 73 67i si x ; d vflESTElit tND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY. — Traffie return 1. r thu lading July 23 1854 £5,809 12 ti Oorrespondiln week lest year 5,975 19 2 ikons' 1101.,,osimanonammu aft LITERATURE. The Physical Atlas. Part 11. By Alexander Keith Johnston. Blackwood. Another instalment of this elaborate and labo rious production has appeared, and from Part 11. we recognise yet more plainly the promise given in Part 1., but more formally and deliberately through the prospectus, in its progress towards fulfilment. The new and enlarged edition of "The Physical Atlas" is no mere reprint of a work brilliantly and deservedly successful. It is an improvement upon a very remarkable, and in many respects a very masterly- (lint improveable) predecessor. It will in its new and extended form, with ail its original merits yet further developed, c infirm and consoli date the high reputation clainied for it by the mere novelty of the undertakin g at the period of its first appearance. Three of the splendid plates consti tuting each a marvel of admirably digested and lucidly -arranged information, are comprised in the second instalment of the serial edition now in course of publication. The engravings of course being accompanied with ample but well -compacted pages of explanatory letterpress. One, the production of Arthur Henfrey, F.R.S., F.L.S., shows the "Dis tribution of the most important plants yielding food in connection with climatal conditions." Bril liantly coloured, as usual, the plate presents through the eye to the mind an immediate appreciation of the peculiarities of this wonderful (apparently con fused but really systematic) Distribution. In one part, we note the broad undulatory sweep of the zone of tropical grains. In another we observe sections showing approxima tively the distribution of the most important eco nomical plants according to altitude in both hemi spheres—mosses and berries; oats, rye, and barley ; wheat and maize ; sugar and cotton ; bananas and cassava ; and palms. Opposite to this we observe sections from south to north in Western and Cen tral Europe, showing the distribution of the prin cipal food plants, also according to altitude—dates; olives and oranges ; maize ; wheat ; oats and bar ley ; potatoes and green vegetables ; up, through the alpine regions, to the snowy mountain tops. A sep trate division, or minor map, shows in the same plate the distribution of tea and of the principal spices in the East Indies—pepper ' cinnamon, clov es , and nutmeg—s ca tt ere d curiously from Papua to Malaya through the islands of the orientafarchi pEelago. Two other minor maps are likewise in troduced in the same comprehensive engraving. One showing the peculiarities of the distribution of tie principal food plants, fruits, and characteristic trees in Western and Central Europe. The other— the distribution of spices, dyes, and other econo nt ail sunstances growing iu the warmer regions of the globe, together with that of the more important plants yielding materials for beverages. The s cond plate in Part 11., produced conjointly by Arthur Henfrey and A. Keith Johnston, F.R.S.E., displays the " Geographical distribution of Indi genous Vegetation, together also with the distri . bution of plants in a perpendicular direction, and of plants influencing the physiognomy of the vege tation of the 'globe." The Forms of Plants are happily enough indicated in the margin by examples such as the cocoa -nut-tree, and the pine -apple tree; the ficus indica, and the saxifraga flagellaris ; the magnolia and the aster; the fern tree and the solidagos; the canary pine and the Dragon Tree of Teneritle. In regard to the distribution of Inde genous Vegetation, we observe that Messrs. Hen trey and Johnston have consulted as authorities, in reference to the Frigid Zone, Buch and Wahlen erg ; the Torrid Z one , Humboldt, Bonpland, and. Pentland; the Temperate Zone, Hooker, Thomp son, R iyle, and Jacquemsut ; Buch and Smith, in reference to Teneriue ; Buch, &hours, Rarnond, to Candolle, and Wahlenberg, in reference to the Alps and the Pyrenees. The third and last plate in this stem 1 instalment of the "Physical Atlas" gives us the " Hyetographic or Rain Map of the Wordy, with a SpJcia Mtp of the Temperature and Rainfall of India," by A. Keith Johnston, the dis tinguished geographer himself, under whose super vision the whole of this extraordinary Atlas is again in its new, and enlarge 1, and revised, and generally improved forte, being produced. This same " tugraphic or Rain Map of the Wt r (t" is one of tde more curious wonders in this singular publication. Another map of the same kind, a " Hyetographic or Ria Map of Enrope," to be given in a subse quent Rat of the serial, will complete the popular information in regard to this part of the science of meteorology. In illustration of the same study, as well a in illustration of the Natural History de partment, an 1 of the sections relating to Geology and Hy, lrogra phy, a variety of elaborate plates have yet to in their appearance. But enough has already he n presented to our no ice in these two initial portions of the new and enlarged edition Of the " Poysical Atlas" by Alexander Keith Johnston, to satisfy our judgment that the revision ;oil extension of his great work is being conducted by hint in no respect superficially, but \vial anxious caui and profound solicitude that the volume in its improved shape may continue both in Europe America, the standard and sufficient autho rity upon the sulject of Physical Geography--a branch of education which the previous edition of the work has t e dory of having originated. HONG KONG. Hunl Kong is a mass of sterile granite, sepa rated fruit the mainland by a narrow channel—it lies at the entrance of the estuary of the river of Canton and almost on the very Tropic, in the very centre of the region of typhoons. Its only advan tages are its vicinity to the emporium of Canton ant a good harbour. A better locality might assn - edly have been selected, but, such as it is, we proceed to describe its progress during the twelve years it has been a British possession. In 1844 its popula tion, wholly Chinese, amounted to 19,463 souls. In 1849 its inhabitants of all descriptions were 29,507, and last year they had risen to 39,017, so that in ten years' time the population had more than doubled. Thu ingredients of this population are curious and various. Tue mass of it, of course, consists of Chinese, for in 1853 these amounted to 37,536, or to 96 in a 100 of the whole. Die Europeans and Americans, the maser race, amounted only to the poor fraction of 496, or about one-eightieth part. The rest of the population is mole up of a in , st, heterogeneous as• sent dage of melt ofcolour—Portuguese of M teau and Goa, the bastard descendants of Vascolli and his contpani, ms—of Parsees, H in, loos, and Malanne ans, from }l;ndoAtan—of Malays and Javanese from the Indian Archipela,, , o ; anti of 13isavas and Ta galas, from the Philippine islands. All these, of whatever complexion, claim to be subjects i f Queen Victor,a, and are governed by the laws of England. The number of the female inhabitants is but 9,000, which gives three men to every woman, a condition of things extremely prejudicial to good morals, giving Hong Kong too much the character of a colony of convicts. The truth seems to be that in so far as the Chinese—the majority —are concerned the morality of Hong Kong is at z e ro, man y o f these people b e i ng louse characters and mere sojourners. The nearness of the island to the con tinent is so far a disadvantage to it, in facilitating the ingress and the - egress of malefactors, one party escal,ing from Chinese and the other from English justice. Now for the revenues of our colony. There are neither import nor export duties, for blanch a place they would be an intolerable nuisance. The items of the revenue are five and twenty in number, which is about a score too many. In 1848, the total revenue was 23,091/., but in 1853, at an in terval of five years, when the population had in creased by 76 per cent., it was only 24,7001. This backsliding is not accounted fur, all the items of both years being the same, except a paltry auction duty of 2661., abolished in 1853. The first item of the colonial income is called " land revenue," but its nature is not explained, although, most probably, it consists of the sale of public lands for building and other purposes. .. The second item is still more inexplicable, and indeed a miracle, which never existed save in the island of Hong Kong, " Rent exclusive of Land." Perhaps the technology requires amendment. After this come "licenses" for the retail vend of wine, spirits, opium, &c., the so-called licenses being in reality "monopolies," and perhaps unavoidably so. Among these licenses we discover two, which con fer a monopoly of salt, where all the necessaries of life are dear, and a monopoly of granite rock where building materials are scarce. The produce of both imposts in 1848 amounted to no more than 1,0611., and in 1853 we were very, glad to see that it had fallen off by 1631., the population meanwhile th having increased by three-fourths. Among , the particulars of the imperial revenue, we find 11 ,. cense for a billiard table," which in the year of our Lord 1853 yielded to the State the sum h 211. 3s. 3d. If the European game of billiards e MELBOURNE LABOUR MARKET. The demand for a ri ultur 1 licensed and taxed, then, we ask, Ivlly not t h e during the week. g Fe e male a THURSDAT, MAT 25. labourers cooks, has i decreased nd Chinese games of " Pho and Topho,' . which very properly are so in the Dutch and f Sg s a n n o : u sl r i a co in loni i e ni s . 4 . general servants, are wanted. c The folloawL( laundresses, and rate a In the Blitisli, under the plea of wages now paid, viz :-With rations g :-arried morality, they are prohibited, and the result g is couples, without family, 1001. to 110/. per annum; do. with family, 901. to 100/. do. ; shepherds, 45/. to 52/. that gaming is carried on clandestinely, and . the police, winking at it, are corrupted. of This . is legis_ do. ; hutkeepers, 401. to 45/. do. ; general useful genius and spirit f society. You servants, 1/, lating against thelss. to 2/. per week ; bullock drivers on might as well fornid the Ilindoos r)m dyin g z in farms, 3/. to 3/. 10s. per week ; do. for the roads, 31.105. sight of the Ganges, or the Mahomedans from i to 4/. do. ; storek ee p ers , 701. t o 901. per annum ;- good turning towards Mecca. Tile Chinese are a ddi cted I farm lab ourers . 1/. 15 s . t o 21.. a wee k ; ploughmen, 2/. to g a nd it would be wiser to d o as you d o t o 2/. 10 s. per week ; gar d eners, 100/. to 120 per amina, with drunkenness , limit and cont rol by taxation a n num ; cooks, - Male, 3/. to 4/. per week; w aiters, what it is irnposib This hint is 1/ 10s. to 1/. le to prevent, 15s. do. ; grooms, 701. to 1001. per an t : thrown out for the consideration o f t h e C o l onial num, Without rations :-Compositors,- 2s. 6d. per Minister. , thousand ; ditto, 7/. 7s. per week ; goo d h oos e earPen' 1 te - iis, town work, 3/. ss. to 1/. 78. per day ; The expenditure of Hon K o 14. beeng ng hits enor- it. 54. to 1/. 104. ; woolsplik.ters and fencers, 12s. 6d.. an , for so very mous, d small a place, is still pre- ' per load ; -blacksmiths for country work and shoeing, masons, n os tarously large. kt 1846 it amounted to no less 1 1/. to 1/, ,ss. per day ; labourers on the roads, with ,wood, • b ea 440. 3 of wig‘t, iiptcrittri - lior budigg Biro $4 towecaspilivicei 405303.. Per 07, Business ads day. 22 25 3 100 al 20 1 al 20 1, 20 AL 10 It. 10 El 26i 41 13i al 20 .t] 20 50 a St. 50 4 20 1 20 z 0 I'3l 25 I St. 1t 25 I 2. 20 :t.l 0 .t 1 20 Li 20 aJ 10 8] St. 101 25 21 25 1: St. It) i - 9 8 It. I toi L 5 l5 81 HAI 8 411 r 0 101 1(1 25 .0 41 til It.lwo 51 all 15 5 261 1 ,dl 5 it. t .7 1 5 15 I It) 126 7 79i f it. 1100 ;t. lux) it. 11 00 IL. kik) I all 64 u: ; 64 al) 3hl all 5 all 7i 2 jill I • LO ,11 5 411 Ll'• 411 it. l.►l' 5 all 5 I all ft. 'UK) It. 11(x) >t. 1100 t. LOU LU 6 6.1 all O I 5 0 6 It. WO It. 100 It. 100 6 6 It. 100 ‘2 'l 9 ',t. Pio io I all It. 1100 oo 2: all 15 all 0 I 6 I 4 [2 t 2 . 12 to: ft. too ft. WO A'. 5 ;t h. UK) h. 00 h. 100 it. 1(K) 10717 =d 105 4 121 234 3 67 per ceut. die 74i 91 554 I x in x in x in 1 all 1 .os. all 10 .2 41 - 1 1 ,d 1 di 1 111 1 4m 15 24. i(► 1 1 •ill !;) 5 all 2 all 2 •111 3 all 1 all 3 all all 1 ill .0 1) I all 1 all h 1 I &I) ;0 all 5 1 I a .5 15 10 10 , , I All .0 7 181 All', 1 xll 1 all 1 all 1 12s. 1 I all 131 zin ••• .... oo 95 : gi ii = ia •• .... • 31 a 4 5 1- i 1- 1 - , 31 - 134 - 24 ••• - .. 34 - 3i 11ii - a 10 - 112 .01 - 103 ..• .".. 0 • 6 - 6A 96 - 9 8 - 1 - 90 92 - 94 - p 35 - 137 ••• • .. ...". •• .. - ... 2i - 3 6i - 74 10t 1 - ill, 36 - In ii - 1.1 90 - 93 11 - 113 id 1 - 'II si 17a 0 —10 t 1 = 13 = Ir !31 00 - 103 .... ••• = 93 - 96 - 3i 1 - i - 1 i a 1 i4i 1 2 i :-- li # - g 7 - 9 8 i - 4 2 - 24 4 26 - 28 - 4 - 1 - 12 - 57 ti - li J - i 1 - lj 9 -- i -- 10 i ... . -- i b i *-- 64 2 ....... Z - f 16 -- 1 7 I - i , - t till ..... 2 9 - 10 4 - 5 : 1 4 3 i - 4 i a ••• - g *i - i• 13 124 1011 2 ISO a'.. 27 xd and public works came to upwards of 23,0001. In 1853 the expenditure was reduced to 36,4131., the "public works" amounting only to 5401. These large sums do not include, let it be remem bered, all the heavy military charges. Some of the salari es seem qu it e extravagant. Thus, the governor's amounted down to 1851, staff included, to 6,5001. a-year, but in the following year was reduced to 4,5001. The Colonial Secretary, and we presume his office establishment, are put down at 3,1001., a most extravagant sum for such a place. Then comes a treasurer at 2,0001., his very salary amounting to a charge of 6 por cent. on all the treasure in his keeping, and next we have a Surveyor-General, at 1,2951., for an islet that may he walked across in a couple of hours. Tire " Ecclesiastical" expenditure is modest, al though it includes a bishop —only 800/., and the " Elueational" expenditure—in the sense of eco nomy, but in no other—is even edifying, namely, in the last and largest year of it, 103/. 6s. Bd., or three-fourths of a penny a head on the whole po pulation, and about one-thirtieth part of Mr. Secretary's salary 1 We think we have heard of an English opium merchant of Canton, who has given out of his own poc k e t ten t i mes as much for a similar object. Let us, in justice, add that the gentleman who brought down the expenses of Hong Kong from 62,000/. t o 36 , 000/ . was the l ate governor, Sir George Bonham, a man of firmness, discretion, and common sense—the rarest of all senses, and the most useful, in the government of mankind. Of the trade of Hong Kong we have no account; and, indeed, it is probably so mixed up with that of Canton, that it would be difficult to render one. We may learn, however, the extent of accommoda tion which the settlement has afforded to commerce since its foundation, by the number of vessels which anchor yearly in its harbour. In 1842, the first year of ourloccupation, the number of large shipping, under no fewer than 28 different flags, was 391, with a tonnage of 136,346 ; whereas in 1853 the ships had increased to 1,1U3, and their burden to 447,053 tons. Besides these, Chinese boats and vessels plied in the bays of Hong Kong in 1853 to the number of 1,868, having a popula tion on board of 13,119 persons, of whom no fewer than 3,357 were women.—Daily News. THE COLONY OF VICTORIA. The following more specific items of intelligence are abridged from the Melbourne Argus, of May 26 : Since our last no new gold fields have been discovered, and the full value of the new diggings at Tarrengower and Omeo, of which we have previously spoken, has not been ascertained. It appears that the climate and country at Tarrengower are naturally very dry, and the diggers have not, at the date of our last intelligence, been able to make much progress with their accumulated washing stuff. At Oflleo, in Gipps' Land, on the other band, the country is so extremely wet, that comparatively little can be done till the height of summer. As a favourable circumstance we may mention, however, that . a nugget weighieg 196 ounces has been recently discovered at this new locality, , ffording another instance of the great dif fusion of the precious metal throughout the colony. All the old-established gold fields continue their supplies with considerable regularity, as will be seen by the sub joined copy of the escort returns :—Mount Alexander, Bendigo, and Tarrengower—Week ending March 25, 18,244 ; April 1, 18,571 ; April 8, 20,596 ; April 15, 16,815 ; April 22, 19,363 ; April 29, 18,275 ; May 6, 21,391 ; May 13, 17,198 ; and May 20, 19,307 ounces. Tue return from Ball.rat for the same weeks were respectively-19,860 ; 12,607; 17,476; 14,410; 11,297; 9,538 ; 14,875 ; and 18,002 ounces. From the Ovens the receipts for escort during the same period were 25,110/. ; and from Goulburne and M`lvor, 2,361/. The above table indicates the relative produce which the different fields aro yie,ding ; but in order to show more clearly the condition of our great golden interest, we exhibit below at a glance a comparison of the amounts respectively received by escort, and shipped in similar periods, in 1853 and 1854 Gold received by escort. Gold shipped. 1853 1854 1853 1854 oz. oz. oz. oz. January 186,695 154,119 266,868 166,420 February 172,32 J 136,579 March 169,654 153,431 April . 170,427 182,807 639,023 626,966 724,649 713,230 It will be observed that in the first period the amount brought by escort is very little less than the amount shipped, while in the latter period the difference is no lets than 86,000 ounces. The in creased amount which must have been conveyed privately doubtless arises from the greater com parative s,cui ity of the roads. Another remarkable fact is the nearly equal amount produced in each year, as islo.vn by ilia shipments in the respective periods. Like those of C difornia, it. now seems apparent that the gold fi Ails of Australia ill bear wcrking without exhaustion for a long period of years ; and we would remind our distant readers that, up to this very time, the modes of extracting the precious' metal from the earth are of tie rudest character, and that it is difficult t r predict what may be the reAults when such rich de p 'sits are entered upon with all the aids of scientific kn , wledge arid mechanical ingenuity. A new coal field has been di ,, covered on the Barrabool Hills, abut five miles from Geelong, by Mr. Thomas, an innkeeper, who has sunk to the depth of 340 feet on his property and found coal, after expending upwards of 3 000 L. IL is not well adapted for the manufacture of gas, but produces an excellent coke, which burns with c iwparAtively little ashes and no perceptible sulphurous fumes, and i., heating power is equal to the best samples. If previously dried this coal would yield about 63 per Len. of coke. We have for months been proclaiming a glutted mar ket, but all on a sudden it has been discovered that in many articles, instead of a glut, there is an actual scar city. The truth seems to be that a great number of very inexperienced and thoughtless people have rushed into trade with the new gold country, and in making their purchases have not been sufficiently careful in reference to the quality of the goods and the mode of packing ; the result has been that the accumulated old stocks of the old world have been sent to Melbourne. This did not operate so prejudicially in reference to dry goods. They remain on hand. But a large pro portion of the goods were perishable. Provisions, pre serves, oilmen's stores, ac., &c., were rotting, and bills against shipment were coming to maturity. The only resource was the auction, and a sacrifice. Soft goods of course have also been sacrificed at auc tion ; but we believe the most seiSous losses that have bten sustained have been caused by the putrefaction of perishable articles, originally unsound. The consequence is that at this moment, afr,er shipments that would have glutted fur years any country with a similar population, this market is now bare of provisions, preserves, and other perishable goods in sound condition ; and at this moment, and for many mouths past, prime butter, ham, bacon, and similar articles have realised a handsome profit. In fact, it may be laid down as a general rule that an original invoice of sound good articles, of every descrip tion except soft goods, will conanand.a, fair price in this market. The tables in our last summary showed that up to the end of the first quarter of 1854 our imports, excessive as they bad been, had gone on increasing ; and fur the year ending sth April the declared value of im ports at the port of Melbourne alone had reached the enormous sum of 17,675,4721., as follows : Quarters ending. Value. sth July, 1853 £4,115,233 10th October sth July, 1854 4,153,527 sth April, 1854 5,070,421 £17,675,472 Within the last two weeks, however, it appears from the Custom returns that imports have very materially decreased. In the week ending 6th May instant the amount was 416,763/. In the week ending May 13, the amount was 270,173/. ; and in the week ending 20th May. the amount was 232.6581. The latter amount for the year would give 12,000,0001. The chief items in which the diminution has taken place are, haberdashery, slops, blankets, woollens, cottons, building materials, iron houses, hardware, stationery, beer, - spirits, and wine (.lightly). This relief to our market has not come a minute too soon, for the stocks of all these, except the last, are immense. Notwithstanding the immense amount of ready money in the hands of the colonists, the demand for , money capital continues greater than the supply. The rate of interest has been very moderate, and for this we mus t short-dated very r y l arg e g an h . thank the banks, which have judicious.lymsaukpipnlied tihi; demand that has arisen. In the first quarter of 1853 is found in the bills) debts due to the banks amounted to 1,295 , 6511 . • , the first quarter of 1854 to 5,028,472/. whollyo of this is discountin g amount creased circulation and deposits, but a y , of cre 3a,57e32(a,81°111°18.t l'ar t por tion has been expended on houses, fenc es , and permanent improvements. The circulationces, cultivation, de posits amount to 8 , 0 76,1661., which, and amounting, in the first quarter t for a population 250,000, would give upwards of°this year, to about woman, and child in the colon 32 1. for every man, Scot land, the birthplace of model ba nk s, y.Comparing with country the circulation of notes we find that in that for a population of 2,900 00 in 1851 was 3,350,0001. while in Victoria the , 0, or about is. 3d. per head ; population of circulation is 2,089,911/. for a 250,000, or more than 81. per head. BPORTING INTELLIGENCIL GOODWOOD RACES-7'IOEIII3AT. The prestige and attraction of the "Cup Day" were as usual sufficient to draw a large attendance of cese. pany. But although there was no perceptible deficiency in the display of rank and fashion, the muster of plea. sure-folk was certainly not so large as on former on, casions. The betting brotherhood gathered together in fall force, and business was carried on with unflagging spirit; their speculations were, however, greatly narrowed by the insignificant field which came forth to contend with Virago in the race for the Cup. It will be seen by the subjoined details that their pretensions were disposed of in a manner which showed them to be weak indeed. Virago's success was, in fAct, reduced to a " dead cer tainty." 6to 1 was freely betted on her at the slow, and she won in the commonest hand canter. The cup or vase was modelled by M. Lanai, a French artist of high repute, and was manufactured by Mr. Hancock, of New Bond-street. It is three feet high, in the Cinque Cento style, and is elaborately executed is bright and frosted silver. Around the centre of the cup is a series of groups, very fine in design, representing the taming of Bucephalus by Alexander the Great. The handle is partly formed by the figure of a female, is marine deity, and on the summit is a statuette swan, with outspread wings. The " tout ensemble" reflects the highest credit on the artist and manufacturers. In addition to the distinguished visitors who were present each day, the " house party" consisted of the Earl and Countess of Derby, the Earl and Countess of Bessborough, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield and Lady Evelyn Stanhope, Earl of Jersey, Earl of Eglin. ton, Earl of Zetland, Earl Bathurst, Earl of Wilton, Earl and Countess Bruce, Marquis of Anglesey, Lord Maidstone, Lady Constance Maidstone, Princess Edward of Saxe-Weirnar, Lady H. Somerset, Lady Jane Peel, General Peel, Miss Cockerill, Lord William Lennox, Mr. Francis Villiers, Mr. H. Curzon, Mrs. Anson, Lady Ailesbury, Lady Newp or t, Mi ss A nson, Lord nfield, Lord George Manners, Admiral Rous, Lord Alfred Russell, Lord Alexander G. Lennox, Lord Grey , . Milner, Miss Greville, Mr. Greville, Captain Pettat i Captain Lumley, Mr. J. M. Stanley, Mr. Payne, &c. The weather on the whole was favourable to the en. joyment of the sport, which came off as follows : The SUSSEX STAKES, of 25 soy.. each, for two-yr•olds ' _ colts, B s t 71b ; f i ll i es, Bst 41b. Certain penalties and allowance. T.Y.C. 7 subs. Mr. Elwes's Namur, Set 121 b ....(A. Day) walked over SWEEPSTAKES of 200 sows, each, for two-yr-old colts, Bst 71b each. Certain penalties and allowances. T.Y.C. 5 subs. Lord Eglinton's Dirk Hatteraick, Bst 41b (Marlow) 1 Mr. T. Parr's br c by Van Tromp, Bst 41b (Fiatman) Mr. Thomas's Daleton, Bst 21b (Barham) Betting-7 to 2on Dirk Hatteraick, who made all the running, and won easily by two lengths. Bad third. SWEEPSTAKES of 100 sovs. each, for three-yr-olds, the e p o r l o t c!ti prodmaresuce of ; fillies,s which st h 2 a l v b e . oneverne mile. brecl a 6 w e i u n b n e e . Lord colts, Bst t r ; s ar e s 1 0 l n o ) 2 1 etland's Tros, Bst 71b (J . It ( I v Mr. Howard's Appollonius, bet 71b Mr. Payne's Boer, Bst 71b (Flatman) Betting-6 to 4on Apollonius, 7to 4 and 2to 1 agst Tros. Won by a length ; three lengths between second and third. The MOLECOMB STAKES of 50 soul, h ft, for two-yr-olds; colts, Bst 71b ' • fillies, Bst 41b. Penalties for oertain winners. Th e owner of the second horse to receive back his stake. T.Y.C. 15 subs. Mr. Payne's c by Cotherstone—Polydors,_B4 71b (Flatman) Mr. Powney's William the Third, Sst 71b (Maton) 2 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Trireme, Bst 41b (J. Marlton) Lord Derby's The Professor. Bst 71b (A.. Day) 4 Lord Exeter's Nagara, Bst 41b (Norman) 5 Mr. W. Cookson's Lady of Lyons, Bst 41b (C Hornsby) 6 Betting-5 to 4 agst Polydora colt, 3to 1 agst Wil liam the Third, 4to 1 agst The Professor. Won clever ly by half a length, a length and a half between the second and third, and the latter, beating The Professor by a head. The GOODWOOD Cur, value 300 soya, the rest in specie, by subscription of 20 sovs each, with 100 added ; the second to receive 1001. out of the stakes, and the third 501. Two miles and a half. 29 subs. Mr. Howard's Virago, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (Wells) 1. Mr. Morris's Indian Warrior, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Flatman) 2 Mr. Lupin's Valeria, 3 yrs, sst 91b (T. Cliff) 3 Betting-6 to lon Virago. Valeria went off with a strong lead, the favourite bidding her time in the rear. Going up the hill to the left, Indian Warrior took close .rder with Valeria. No further change occurred until they were within a mile of home, when the Warrior bore hui colours in front. Descending the hill into the straight run in, Valeria was quite beaten, and was then passed by the favourite, who waited on the Warrior to the dis tance, where she took the command, and beat him in a canter by fifteen length's. Full twenty lengths were be. ween second and third. Cobnut was scratched at 2.12' this morning. First Year of the FOURTH BENTINCE MEMORIAL SULU. A Triennial Stakes of 10 goys each, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Fist 41b. T.Y.C. 64 subs. Mr. Howard's f by Surplice (Wells) 1. Lord Eglinton's Corcebus (Marlow) 2 Mr. J. Clark's The Hand The following also ran :—Paletot, Hazel, Tiny, Para. digni, and c by B.ect Hart. Betting-7 to 4 agst Paletot, 2to 1 agst Paradigm, 4 to 1 agst Elopement filly. Won by a length. A length and a half between second and third ; Paletot a mode. rate fourth. Refraction colt fifth, Hazel sixth, and Tiny seventh. Paradigm broke down. SWIMPSTAKES of 200 soya. each, for two-year-old fillies, Btit 71L each. Certain allowances. T.Y.C. Six subs. Mr. Greville's Antoinette, Bst 7b (Flatman) 1 Mr. Mare's Whistle, Bst 7/1). (S. Rogers) 2 Betting-10 to 1 on Antoinette, who made all the running, and won in a canter by ten lengths. TOO RACING STSELS of 50 SOW. each for tlartakir-olds ; colts, Set 711.) ; fillies, Set 41b. Penalties for certain winners. The owner of the second horse to receira 100 soya out of the stakes. One mile. 22 subs. Mr. Howard's Scythian, Sat 71h (A. Day) I Mr. 0,-baldistone's Champagne, Bst 131 b (Marlow) 0 Lord Wiiton's Pumicestone, Bst 71b ...•...(J Masson) Mr. Greville's Quince, Bst 71b Mr. Howard's Belgrave, S e t 71b (Wells) 6 Betting-2 to lon Scythian, sto 1 agst Champagne. A fine race in, ended in favour of Scythian by half a length ; dead heat for a second place. .Belgrave did not pass the post. Second year of the THIRD BRUIN= 1111110 RIAL STAMM of 10 sovs each, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 7111 ; fillies, Bst 31b. Gratwicke Stakes Course. 61 subs. Lord Derby's Dervish, Bst 71b (A.. Day) 1 Mr. G. Bart on ' s A r th ur W e ll es l ey, Bst 71b (J Holmes) 2 Mr. J. M. Stanley's c by , Hetman Platoff—The Lamb, Bst 71b (J. Marson) 3 Mr. Greville's Kaffir,..84.71,b „....(Flatman) 4 Betting -10 to lon Dervish, which won by a short head only; the other two were beaten off. Before the race, 4 to 1 was taken. about Dervish for the St. Leger ; after it, 6 to 1 was offered. Thirdpear of the SECOND BENTINCK MEMORIAL STAKES, a triennal stakes of 10 Boss each, for 4,yr-olds ; colts. subs. Lord j fillies, Bst 21h. Queen's Plate Course. 35 Lord E rd E x g e li t n er,s ton ira 's Bst 71 b (Marlow) 1 Lo Filbert, ndrdeBsr(Norman) 2 alltierunn i ng , V a ud l e rd ec k e n d on . aTniaew by 20favourite, with B e t a ti ro g n; s lead, to made lengths. SWEEPSTAKES of 50 Bove each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; Bst 71b; and fillies, 84 21b. Mile and a half. 6 subs. Mr. Gully's Andover, Bst 71b (A. D &y)...W. 0. BETTING ON THE COURSE. NURSERY STAKES. sto 2 agst Miami (taken). 6 to 1 agst Rifleman (taken). 6 to 1 agst Wheatear (taken). 6 to 1 agst Matilda (taken). ST. LEGER. 9 to 4 agst King Tom. In the course of the afternoon 3 to 1 and 5 to 2 WWII taken to a considerable sum. 7to 1 agst Dervish (offered). 11 to 1 agst Acrobat. 500 to 40 apt Midsummer. 25 to 1 apt Scythian. DERBT. 15 to 1 aget Dirk Hatteraick. 15 to 1 aget Ouleton, niD AX Weights fo r th e March Stakes. Three quarters of a mile. Trust, 5 yrs, 12st 101 b Old Rowley, 5 yrs, list William Rufus, 4 yrs, 12st Micha e l mas M a id, 4 yrs , 51b • list Narcissus, aged, 12. st 41b Anteverta, 4 yrs, lOst 121 b Lady Flora, 4 jriti, lts'ellb" Little Charrey,aged,lostslb Warwick, aged, list 51b Young Norval, 4 yrs, 9st Sandhurst, 4 yrs, list 131 b The first race this day (Friday) will be at 12 o'clock. RACING PIXY AII( 'RES FOR 1854. UST. Brighton Airdrie Durham Brighton Club 4 Ripon 7 Yarmouth 8 North Staffordshire 8 Reading Lewes lO Wolverhampton l4 Egham l5 Folkestone, Hythe, and Sandgate l7 York Hereford ........ 24 ........ Eccles . ' .............. :..28 Chelmsford .. 29 rpleyrmbyouth.. .......... . ...... Lincoln 81 MBER. Leicester 2l Manchester NewthinaazuekrtetonF Au .o t . 2l Walsall .. Lanark . Nor SEPT: L w i c e h s t fi e e r l n d Warwick Meeting 7 Rochester and Chatham 7 Doncaster 12 Pontefract lB Bedford l9 [ADvPjuly nt TuaitzsT.J—" Bell's Lie in London" of San , and gratuitous S upplement of 20 h a will conta in . full and exclusive particulars of day nex4 wood Meeting,Great Gri msby, Knutsford and Goodwood Meet ing, on the Continent—Programme of B c ' tch: r i Gmr i zton Races—The Latest State of the Odds, and all the Turf news of the w eek - -Aquatics : The great Re ga!tas in Ireland—Cricket : Alarylebone and Kent, All Ragland v. Nottingham, a n d ot h er exc i t i ng an d l ate . resting matches—A.ngling—Chess—Pigebn Shooting— Pedestrianism—Wrestli ng —The Ring : New =tau, and all the sporting and miscellaneous news of.the week. —On and after Sunday, July 30, the price of "Ball's , Life in London" will be 7d. !". 11! (yid iiSp... - wir lit 1113 P. acis g i tb) Ot4h 64 au-ImA iro, pot .j 4 to 11l -4. 1 II 20 .1! 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