The Sun. — London, England, 1853-05-25 00:00:00

1120NEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE -(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 American :were taken-on speculation. The market was firm, but tame. The sales comprised 4,500 American ; 100 Pernam and Maranham, at 6d. ; 1,000 Egyp tian, at 61d. to 9d. ; 400 Surat, at 3d. to 44d. ; and 1 0 0 Sea I s l an d , at 2s. to 3s. 14d. per lb. Ralway Shares were quiet at previous rates. Bills of Exchange were taken yesterday at full a on tes upon the principal Continental cities. Paris, days, was negoti a t e d a t 25 25 to 30 ; Amster 'loan at 11 181 to ; Hamburgh at 13 84 to and Trieste at 10 51 to 54. c ommunication of some interest has been for r,rded Mbssrs. Baring Brothers and Co. to Ite:Coramittee of Buenos Ayres Bondholders, and uus dest roys for the present the hope of a satisfac ,TY arrangement through the medium of Major "bite, the aaent of the firm. It was not to be e Peeted that while the political troubles of the ~'•rgentine Confed era ti on were threatening its very 7, u liet ence there w ou ld b e muc h di spos iti on t o en t er P°ll matters of this kind, but on that account lf 3 re is really no cause for despondency. At the d•• at est date th ere was every pro b a bili ty o f peace ,i-ng restored, and, rule who may, the foreign 0 1 14 must be hono ure d. Th e f o ll ow i ng is a copy Late letter sen t b y Messrs. Baringtothe Chair 'Lan of the Committee, Mr. Robertson " BUENOS AYRES DEBT. " Committee of Spanish American Bondholders, : I 8, Bro a d- s t ree t-b u ildings, M a y 24, 1853. The C omm i ttee of Spanish American Bondholders from b een favoured w ith the following communi c atio n of Messrs. Ba r i ng Brothers and Co., on the subject the Buenos Ayrean debt, the publication of which eh" 41 delayed for a couple of days in consequence of the 11:Ilan's unavoidable absence from town : " " 'London, May 20, 1853. .`Sir,-----We beg leave to acquaint you, for the infor peatl°,ll of the h o ld ers o f B uenos A yres b on d s , th a t M a j or yea r uti d White, who proceeded to Buenos Ayres last at 'our request, in the hope of making arrangements this the PaYraent of the English loan, has returned to st c ountry ; and we regret to add that, in the unsettled f affairs in Buenos Ayres, it has been impossible of :Lajor White to obtain any settlement of the claims ;V e English b on dh o ld ers . kn o ‘4t may be satisfactory to the parties interested to i ll °NY i. t hat, in Major White's communication with those nine4,,nthority i n B uenos Ay r es, they have always recog ,-, t he importance of an early settlement of the Eng s aoan ; and he bas received from all parties an mi ght of their desire to make such arrangements as at a t t be satisfactory to the bondholders, so soon as the affairs should enable them to do so. qi: 1 1 1; • " ,"e need hardly add that, until peace and tran th Can be restored, it is not reasonable to expect elgtea set tlement of these claims ; but, if affairs are re beii.blished o n a sa ti s f ac t or y b as i s , th er e i s reason t o b e ° le that the resources of Buenos Ayres would soon t 1 4 8141 fa Cient to, meet all such engagements.—We have ho nour to be, &c., (Signed) " BARING BROTHERS AND CO. "' David Robertson, Esq., -I rraan of the Committee of Buenos Ayres Bondholders.' " Th e th at ~, Committee very justly express their opinion :Qe thanks of the Bondholders are especially a elid ,"° Messrs. Baring, inasmuch as the expense of th e '"g Major White has been wholly defrayed by ex e - `,: When future success results from these r eco r„"leils, the fact will doubtless have a substantial ,glaition • Stock Exchange will hold its meetings on and after Friday next in the Hall of Commerce, a very " curt" notice having been given to the t at , s eribers to the latter establishment, much dis peZBfaction has necessarily been excited. It ap nivrs, that th e a ff a i rs o f th e l a t e M r . M ox h a y b e i ng n, to e lved at the period of his death the estate went iN t , oll ancery, and that any blame in the present 11 0ti ' l lee attaches to the legal advisers. Four days' th e e l ? °lily has been given to the subscribers to th e their subscriptions being returned, less p art litte tliat has elapsed since they were paid. The 1 14 l es representing the estate centend that they itg rA e f ull power to act thus, under a clause in the 44:lent or proposal, signed when subscribers are th at %lecl ; while, on the other hand, it is contended ' ""e clause in question only gives power to re- At a where there is misbehaviour. bai t :„llleeting of the members it has been deter tr to resist the intention. to close the hail, but the'PPrehend that there will be some difficulty in t o . 4 :latter. The proper course would have been Of g lue notice as would allow the frequenters /I; Ilan to select another place of meeting. 4 08 ' e re are no further arrivals to-day from the I;tralian ports. te 4 4 16 accounts from New York report a downward 1,0 1 2.3 . 1 in the Stock Market. rrninetheus, from California, had arrived at Ae n „ ork with 170,000 d o lla rs in. gold dust and alts to th e 17th u lt. Th e m i nes were y i e ldi ng 411 (la tl y. t l / 41 ere is a very thin attendance in the Sto c k Ex k lige and in the City generally, and the Colonial the are closed. B f ,'Lle affairs of Mr. John Attwood, who failed last A th, are to be wound up under inspection, and Properly surplus is expected, if the liquidation is e l perly manage d. b e 4 ° funds are looking up. Exchequer Bills have en h i sold, and the proceeds invested i oo n h e , e ll are looa for transfer, and 1 Il for i ° 1 , 111 4. N ew 31 per Cents. have been 104 to 4t *c Stock has been firm at 229. Exchequer Bills for eign Par to 2s. discount. fer e - a te ign Stocks are neglected. Peruv ian De at 1 01 are at 63. Brazilian 4 1 per Cents. are 2 • 2 3, Spanish New Deferred Stock has been at The Sw e di s h L o an is at 1 discount. kti n h u waY Shares are firmer, although there is not doing • 4 4Joint Stock Bank Shares are well supported hhare 5 elci Mines are steady. The Land Companies qu ar e very iet. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. ( From the (*dal List.) , Nli i i,. Business done. 3 h -- Ste k . 229 ver ,-, e 99 i. 100 i 100 3 per ,eut. Reduced Annuities looiiiii Iszt,,,,,eent. Consols Annuities 102 i l t , ul Per Cent. Annuities 41144-ipuulties, Expire sth Jan, 18G0 rii 25 30 s r , tith Se e ds, under 1000 ,o11,„-1 -'ea New Annuities E ....' for Account Ist Juno ...k e l, go er Bills lid . tl . •• *4 • ...... ............... 3 d 1117.94' ........................ •• .... I l z i i . let OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Ditto 'call e wßonds ' 1829 tir 39 , _ 5 per Cent. 10 - 11 oto v 101 uit N ew 1852 4i per Cent "k • ' s lew' ' 39 5 per Cent lo2i 184 ks t onds,llB29 (St , 85 1, 4 e1t C u(1 8, per Cent iN 11 , 4 Red eo l llv. 1 , 1 ; ;Gilds, 4i p er Cent. B7t tiet,;""eerred 3 per Cent. W etli th "per Ceilt„ New Deferred 23 L in 1 i P 'ellro- blvidend; on the above payable in London. 1) '4 ll ' e t* , 80f 50c It teh 'l-8 3 per Cent. ..... .. b* t keh ' Ex. 25f 100 Itt o d liars' Certificateser Cen 97A 7 4 Per Cent June. ➢farcli. 1p 2a par 3d THREE O'CLOCK. 100 i 3 . 00 i ... ....... ...... . ••• ..... t .. Ditto Account . at Paris is ____ of e at the ("old >b;,,iltfle OE GoLD.---The quotation,.., tariff), which , ounce for r ip .f. ,a't Par (according to the7 s su i 100. per an d , the 4444134 kint price of 3/. - • of 25.17 ;25.071, it tkeh„4:(l gold, glace an exchange being in Paris NI - ige at Paris on London at shortc__4. dearer t 0 h price til44°`ts that gold is about 0.38 per cent. e"' Hamburgh lish Mint 'r k4.L°lldon. By advices . fro _, Edn'yold, gives ,_ A gee 1 ' 427 per mark, Ammar- c, „,burgii kli „,of 3/. 17a. lOid. per ounce for at Ham burgh gold is at which, at the g tlirl i'ql4tte of 1 3.6 ; and, the exchange that the ,34°114011. at short being 13 . 6, it followsburgh• ~-„,Ille Price in London and Ham burgh. ta m i a. 411;.‘,'ItikolIDINAIty AND DISTRESSING C ex IR p CUMSTAN i C i E z . n — g kaph!the distressing event arising from power of i 4ni .n 1 „zteoelltly discovered moving 414 a Z"8,41 has h appened to a young that, in co hic,4-":Ptace, Old Dent -road. It appears. a party t o test th e 'vithAlia.ny others, she formed one oi of lady residing m i - this agency, krio i r : t a h of the movi ng a table by means adopted of comprtehse i4R. tl: °ll 'g 80, the usual way IttliNitn, ofNers, or rather doubling 0 ..i:e wa;.boonrrshe ck tordxspds On removulgxetdn in ' n in the peell up was them towards or ,,lllPlaceethetrahey had table,beme an _ d all her endeavours_navailing. t fo he Present tilli°lle to theeopen them have been unavailing. of Larl'reN'eut the a,.'l fro- lacerating the palms ra to be c'°NlB pert 1111clill 11 8 .1 7 1 have ordered Guy's and .t eyes With coette.on-awdoviolere She has been her vouchr for its 4hereir,4l, Ws hospital and they cannot to elieve her. 4441.101 s a.s this mai a ppear, we e4reftlia4l4 We would caution the public in harmless 41011atktas to indulging in this apparently x... exit. 9'n • future to be 4iontol4o4nikor CASE OP HYDROPHOBIA. —_ 12 years of Ne, 1„,, 'f'f.anuary la.st, a, girl named Taylor, in a field ztt pip bitten in the hand by a mad dog, No llighaall, Li Ih. She was taken to a stir- In the tine , wh o Lin De Ire. 1 oved to 1.4('0 N Ani. llnt °IflY cauterised the wound, but applied jg-N•lasses. She was subsequent.), rem 'l4 '''e °f Brocklesby, where she took a quantity of ktt c'll 'e, su cure. et 4.6, PPosed to be a certain preventive or _ 4.4 Until she was Nth "Nog home, she remained in apparently good t 4 elt ed b Illida.y week. On the next day ~el.44iLit ~..Y,'3Paeroa and great thirst. She was perfectly ks but „./1 th.'ileh. fiVe from the spasmodic attac ~ . 1 2 , ." (1 eh they tethrhed the aroxysmms were distres.l wound 44 the eoltimately died fp.o their effects. The ' 4 " of the deceased their small, and had healed. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. By a decree of the Emperor, the Governor of the Invalides, Count Ornano, has been placed on the general staff of the army. In the Senate, on Monday, the measure was approved of for granting a pension of 5,000 f. to the widow of M. Burnouf. The Moniteur contains a statement of the imports and exports during the month of April. Compared with April, 1852, there has been a decline in the value of the imports of 12,816,922 f., with an increase of 1,760,875 f. compared with the same month in 1851. Amongst the exports, the princi pal article which shows an increase is that of French and foreign machinery, in which there has been an increase to the extent of 1,143,196 f. in the value exported, compared with last year. In its sittings of yesterday the Corps Legislatif adopted the bill which provides for the construc tion of a line of telegraphs between France and Algiers by way of Corsica and Sardinia. The numbers were :—For the bill, 202 ; against it, 1. In the market for Government Securities at the Bourse yesterday, there has been but little business transacted, and a general decline on Mon day's quotations bad taken place at the termi nation of business, in consequence of a report that unfavourable intelligence had been received respect ing the progress of the misunderstanding between Austria and Switzerland. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. for cash were, however, steadily main tained, and had eventually improved 10c. ; the Three per Cents. for cash fell 20c. ; the Three per Cents. for the account 10c. ; and the Four-and-0,-Half per Cents. 25c. A de cline of sf. occurred in Bank of France Shares. The final quotations were : For Money Three per Cents., 81f. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 50c. For the end of the month— Three per Cents., 81f. sc. ; Four-and. a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 50c. Bank Stock, 2,695 f. Shares of the Mortgage Bank fell 17f., closing at 863 f. ; those of the Bank of Credit-Mobilier declined 7f., being finally quoted at 908 f. The same cause which exercised so unfavourable an influence on the pub lic securities affected also the market for railway securities, which ware in little demand, and gene rally at reduced quotations. Lyons to the Medi terranean shares fell 10f., and Northerns, Paris and Strasbourgs, and Paris and Lyons, each declined Of. In Paris and Rouen an advance of 2f. occurred, whilst in the remaining principal lines there was no change. Closing prices :—Northerns, 917 f. 75c. ; Paris and Orleans, I,loof. ; Paris and Stras bourg, 942 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 955 f. 25c. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,144 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Medi terranean, 800 f. ; Western of France, 782 f. 50c. It will be seen that there has been a serious fall in the price of all public securities. The depres sion has been produced by the unsatisfactory nature of the recent news from Constantinople, and the eqi ally unsatisfactory intelligence received from , Switzerland. The New Zwrich Gazette declares that the recall of Count Karnicki, the Austrian Minister at Berne, is the result of a mistake ; but a telegraph dispatch has been received from Berne, dated the 23d, which shows that the Swiss Government, so far from con sidering the recall of the Austrian Minister as a mistake, has acted as if it were done in good ear nest, and withdrawn its representatives. The following is the dispatch : " Berne, May 23. - _ " In consequence of the notification made by the Aus trian Chargé d'Affaires to the President of the Helvetic Confederation, of the rupture of diplomatic relations be tween Austria and Switzerland, the Federal Council has decided on putting an immediate end to the functions of the Swiss envoy at Vienna." SWITZERLAND. The Moniteur says :—" Count Karnicki, Aus trian Chargé de Affaires at Berne, received an order from his Government, on the 21st, to quit his post immediately and return to Vienna, after notifying to the President of the Helvetic Confede ration the rupture of diplomatic relations between Austria and Switzerland." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 19th do not con tain a single line of political news. One of them gives a translation of the letter written by the Queen of England to the King of Spain to announce the birth of a Prince ; it is as follows : "My dear Brother, —God having deigned, in his infinite goodness, to accord to me a Prince, who was born on the 7th of the present month, at 10 minutes past one in the afternoon, at Buckingham Palace, I cannot allow to pass such a happy event, which has filled myself and the Prince my husband with joy, without announcing it to your Majesty. Persuaded that your Majesty will re ceive this news with the interest which I take in all that concerns your happiness, I seize with pleasure this occasion of offering to your Majesty the insurance of my invariable esteem, and of the cordial affection with which I am, my dear brother, your Majesty's affectionate sister, " VICTORIA R. "Buckingham Palace, 30th April." GERMANY. The Cologne Gazette, under date of Vienna, 19th, says :—" The arrangements for a new loan will shortly be concluded. Subscribers will be sought for abroad in money, and not in paper." TURKEY. The Moniteur of yesterday morning says : " The Government has received from Constanti nople, under date of the 13th, the official account of the modifications which have been made in the composition of the Ottoman Ministry. Mehe met Ali Pacha, who was Grand Vizir, is ap pointed Minister of War, and is replaced in his former post by Mustapha Pacha, formerly Presi dent of the Grand Council. The latter is succeeded by Rifaat Pacha. The portfolio of Foreign Affairs is confided to Reschid Pacha." "We received yesterday," says the Constitat tionnel, "by Belgrade, Vienna, and Berlin, news from Constantinople to the 7th of this month, that is to say, two days anterior to those which have arrived by Trieste. We find in them some facts not yet made public. Ahmed Fethi Pacha, Minister of Commerce and. Public Works, had been restored to his old post of Grand Master of the Artillery, in place of Namik Pacha, who himself replaced him in the department of Commerce. ELECTION OF CHAMBERLAIN. STATE OF THE POLL. -(SECOND DAY.) Mr. Benjamin Scott 1206 Sir John Key 1127 Majority for Mr. Scott STATE OF THE POLL THIS DAY. THREE O'CLOCK. For Mr. Benjamin Scott 1695 For Sir John Key 1632 Majority for Mr. Scott 63 The polling throughout the whole of yesterday for the important office of Chamberlain for the city of London, was exceedingly vigorous. The spacious area in front of the hall, before the commencement of the poll (nine o'clock a.m.), was well dotted with liverymen anxious to record their votes, and throughout the daytime after wards the space was generally thronged. The supporters of Mr. Scott were early at the poll, and during the space of the first hour they reduced the majority of Sir John Key entirely. With but two ex ceptions the majority of Mr. Scott afterwards increased, until at the close of the poll it had swelled, as above stated, to 79. It is but justice to say that the friends of both candidates exerted themselves most earnestly during the day, the best feeling the while being mani fested by all parties. Sir JOHN KEY came forward and returned his most grateful thanks for the proud position in which the livery had placed him—for proud, indeed, he might justly call it, when he reflected upon the cruel and dis creditable means resorted to by the supporters of his opponents. (Oh, oh.) The gentleman on his left, who was so loud in his vociferations of " oh, oh," might pos sibly be the writer of th e anon y mous l e t ters s i gne d "A Liveryman," which had appeared in the papers. Mr. SCOTT, in rising to return thanks, observed that he had waived his privilege, as being at the head of the poll, and had allowed his honourable opponent the op portunity of first speaking, and he trusted to the spirit of fairness in the livery to allow him an uninterrupted hearing. PAST CHAMBERLAINS OF THE CITY OF LONDON WHO HAVE NOT BEEN SELECTED FROM THE COURT OF ALDERMEN. The following were the last chamberlains elected from the body of the livery, and not elected from the Court of Aldermen : Years. Sir Thomas Coddon 1626 Sir Thomas Fazakerley 1702 Sir George Ludlam Samuel Robinson 1727 Sir John Bosworth 1734 *Mr. Deputy Harrison *Since this election the choice has been restricted to members of the aldermanic body. FRIGHTFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.-- On Saturday, Mr. Coroner Falkner held an inquest upon the remains of the body of Joseph Buttery, a workman, who met with his death under the following circumstances :—lt ap pears that the men employed in bricklaying had left their work in the evening, and wanted to cross the great Northern line, at Eaves-lane, a few miles from Newark. Whilst on the line an express train came up, and the deceased was struck by the buffer, the train passing over him. The body was torn into upwards of 150 pieces, not one, save the head, being larger than a man's hand. Deceased was 52 years old, and has left a wife and five children unprovided for. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1853, btrb 47f'1,bettion SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. STATE OF TRADE. ( From the Manchester Guardian of this day. ) MANCHESTER, MAY 24.—We learn from the advices of the 11th inst. that, at New York and New Orlean, cot ton had receded c. per lb, in consequence of the previous transatlantic reports having produced a less effect on the Liverpool market than had been expected. Yesterday and to-day, the Liverpool market has been quiet, but decidedly firm in prices. Last week, there was a more general abandonment of business for the enjoyments of the Whitsuntide holidays, than has been known in Man chester, we believe, in any former year. To-day, there has been a resumption of business in a cheerful and healthy spirit. The buyers of yarns and of various kinds of goods have manifested a disposition to operate rather freely at previous prices. But higher rates have been required by the spinners of the medium and lower counts of yarns, whether mule or water, bundles, warps or cops ; and the transactions of the day have reached a fair amount at an advance of an id. to Id. per lb. upon the quotations:of this day fortnight. Improved accounts from Batavia as regaads the sale of Dutch (not English) goods, have led to some considerable purchases of 28's warps and 30's pin cops for Holland, at /d. more than was given last Tuesday but one. Common 40's mule are still affected by the turn-out ; but some of the hands have now resumed work, and the dispute appears on the point of settlement. Rather better prices have been obtained to a fair extent for 7-Bths and 9-Bths printers, jacconets, madapollams, and the lower qualities of 40- inch shirtings. As regards domestics, however, although saleable at somewhat higher prices than were lately ob tainable, the position of the manufacturer is worsened by the greater relative rise in the yarns he uses. ROCHDALE, MAY 23.—There is little or no change in the piece market to report either in price or demand. Tho stocks on hand are very light, which is not gene rally the case at this time of the year. The wool mar ket continues inactive, but prices remain firm. HUDDERSFIELD, MAY 24.—The market is quiet to day, and has been so during the past week. There is a slackness in the demand for all kinds of woollens, which may be expected now for a few weeks, considering tilt length and briskness of the nearly ended season. Stecks are not much on the increase, and prices remain firm. In wools not much has been done, brokers being up in London, attending the present sales. Business trans acted has been done at former rates. HALIFAX, MAY 21.—The only noticeable change in the trade in our piece hall to-day was that a little more was done in low mixtures, but not, we believe, at remu nerative prices. Yarns are firm, but the demand not active. Wools change hands slowly, and the late quo tations are stiffly maintained. BIRMINGHAM, MAY 23.—The Whitsun holidays have materially interfered with the usual business transactions of the week, otherwise there is little alteration to re port in the state of the iron trade. The feeling of dis satisfaction naturally consequent upon the abandon ment of prices wantonly adopted, without the slghtest effort to maintain them, has not yet subsided ; but the supply of an unusually brisk consumption of iron in most of the home as well as export departments, is still found suf ficient to keep in employment all our works, to the extent to which fuel and labour can be obtained. It is gene rally believed that manufacturers of the great staple hardwares of the district are declining for the time good orders, and are unable to give work to their hands for want of iron, which they, in common with our mer chants and dealers, lack confidence to purchase. While this feeling remains, but little activity can be expected ; and unfortunately it has been fostered by the ironmas ters themselves, who have availed themselves of every possible shift to avoid entering into their usual contracts for pigs, and the pig-makers also have lent a helping hand by attempting to beat down the prices of materials, although the supply of the district is notoriously far be low the consumption, and the furnace yards have not in our memory exhibited so universally naked an appear ance. The question of a further reduction of 10s. per ton for the next quarter has been broached. In pig iron transactions still remain very limited, manufacturers pressing for reductions which the pig maker is not in a position to concede, are chiefly working upon their stocks, or draining the few remaining lots from the hands of small speculators—a state of affairs which cannot ob tain long. Ironstone banks are being rapidly cleared at sustained quotations, and the quality of South Stafford shire iron is being put in jeopardy by the increasing substitution of ore from other districts. Coals maintain their full value, and appear likely to do so, under a more pressing demand than has been experienced for the last 12 or 14 years.—Aris's Birmingham Gazette. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, MAY 24. By the United States' mail steam-ship Pacific, Nye, commander, we have advices from New York to the 14th inst. She has brought $lOO,OOO in specie on freight. .... - The steam-slip Canada, Lang, commander, ar rived at Boston on the 13th inst. The steamer Atlantic arrived at New York at 7 a.m. ) on the 14th inst. The steamer Hermann arrived at New York from Southampton on the 11th inst. A dreadful calamity occurred in Buffalo by the falling of a building, occupied as a banking house, by which upwards of 25 persons were killed and wounded. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald, writing under date May 13, says— " The foreign appointments have not yet been definitely arranged, but little progress having been made, it is understood, in the Catiet meeting to-day. It is pro bable they will not be fixed before Tuesday. The Cabi net does not meet again till Monday. "It is not intended to remove Mr. Aspinwall, who now holds the London consulate, from the office, but simply to transfer him to another consulship, giving the London office to Mr. George Sanders." The steamer Texas had arrived at New Orleans, from Vera Cruz, with advices from the city of Mexico to the sth inst. General Uraga, Mexican Minister to Prussia, was a passenger by her. General Arista sailed from Vera Cruz on the 9th in the West India mail steamer Avon, for St. Thomas. The inaugurati on . of Santa Anna and the formation of a new Cabinet had taken place. The following is the list of the new Ministry : Foreign Affairs, Senor Alaman ; Justice, Senor Lares ; Treasury, Senor Tamariz ; War, Senor Tevinal. Senor Almonte had been appointed Minister to Washington. The Sloo contract had been confirmed by the Government, and the treaty in regard to neutrality concerning the Tehuantepec route also confirmed. Santa Anna had proclaimed a new arbitrary law with regard to the press, re quiring all the papers to be licensed by the Govern ment, and the proprietors to deposit large sums as securities, and send copies of every article to Go vernment officers before publication, and to abstain entirely from discussing political matters. Severe penalties attend the infringement of these rules, and also as to publishing matter denominated sub versive, seditious, libellous, immoral, and calum nious. In consequence of this law several of the most prominent of the Mexican journals, including the Monitor, had been discontinued. Texas accounts, of the 10th inst., state that the gold accounts are fully confirmed. The Galveston News says it is informed by a gentleman, from Holkhart, that a party of citizens, who had just returned from an exploring expedition, found gold in the mountains, 70 miles north of that town, both on the surface and by digging. They brought back several lumps, all of which were valued at 5,950 dolls. The deeper the digging the more abundant and richer is the gold. Quebec accounts, of the 12th inst., state that the Seignorial Tenure Bill had passed _a third reading in the Lower House. The steamer Prometheus had arrived at New York with advices from San Francisco to the 17th ult., and 170,000 dolls. in gold-dust. The steamer Northerner sailed from San Francisco on the 16th, with 2,713,550 dolls. in gold-dust, en route for the United States. The news from California, by the Prometheus, is only one day later than by telegraph from New Orleans, and is unimportant. The steamer Philadelphia had arrived at New Orleans with the California mails, and a small amount of specie. She reported that the Illinois was to sail from Aspinwall on the 6th with nearly 3,000,000 dols. in gold-dust for New York. Accounts from San Juan de Nicaragua, to the 3d list., state that all was quiet there. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, MAY 14. The money market has been decidedly easier during the last three days, much to the surprise of those who were predicting a stringent market. Money on call has been freely offered at 6 per cent. ; first-class short paper has been discounted to good extent at 6 to 7 per cent., and four to six months' paper at 7 per cent. per annum —in fact, choice four month's paper has been done at 65 per cent.' The demand for foreign exchange has not been particularly active ; the bulk of the business on London was at 1091. We quote London, 1095 to 110 ; Paris, 5 125 to 5 15 ; Amsterdam, 401 to 41 ; Ham burgh, 365 to 361; Bremen, 795 to 791 ; Frankfort, 40Vto 41. United States' stocks were in demand to-day, but as there were but few offering, rates were firm. The mar ket for other descriptions closed with a firm tendency. Cotton.L—The market has been steady as to price for the past three days, with moderate sales and a rather more general demand. The sales of the week are 11,300 bales. Iron.—Scotch . pig iron is dull. Sales have been made at $3l to $33 ; other descriptions have been sold in moderate quantity at prices in favour of the buyer. NEW ORLEANS, MAT 12. Cotton has undergone no change since the receipt of the news by the Hermann and Cambria. 4,000 4 .ba1es sold to-day at 94c. for strict middling. The Cambria's advices were received at noon to-day, and published in the evening Delta, SHARE MARKETS..-..(.THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. Salaam doh. this day. Paid, 1100 I 8i 29 - 30 6 - 10 103 7 6d 21 -- 22 102 -- 104 23 1 t -- 2 4 21 -- 21 4 • - 5 p 8 - 9 6 6 1 4 4 - 44 131 -- 13 10i -- 11 7 1 - 7i 74 - 75 53 - 56 74 - 75 36' 7 ii. 89 90 55 -- 57 135 k - 136,i 113 -- 114 90i 914 -- 94 -- 06 80 13i -- 14 p 3 :: 21 d 1 16i -- 17 _ - 2 1044 —165 A 118 118 21 11 89 - 90.1 5i 5 d 4i 4 d 12 13 19 21 30 —30 i ;if 75 751 42 44 51 53 4 3 d P 21 34 8i 94 53 55 d 35 i -36 i - 15 - 21i 1 - 76 - 37 -- 111 - 25 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS, RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. Leasing Compans. Bedford an, Bletchley Birm. & Oxfll guarantee Gt.Westn Do. without Do Birm.Wolv. Dudley guar. De.wthtguar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. t Railway gull & Selby Do. A Shares Do. Shares Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent , Do. 6 per ct Mancii.Bxton and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar. Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Eastern sp. c. Do. 6 per ct Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. & Wyre London N. West , Do Do L. &N.W , Caladon , IGt. Elt.:Yeetn. Yk. New. Berw Do Do S. Eastern Do Norfolk Do Ln.&N.W & Midld Stckton & Darliugt. Midland E. Count Do Do. L. & N . W itLndr Yk Do Do. Shares. Roystn. dz Hit. Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g.5.p.c S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent Do Gt. Northn Do Lancash. & Yorksh Mr3f Clean , Stockt. 4 Darling IDo Wilts &Sol Gt.Westa. 106 -10§ . 54 - 56 150 - 152 33i - 34 112 -- 114 56 -- 57 274 -- 2SI 14f -- 14/ 26 -- 27 98 - 100 3 - 3} 'Oa --- 1681 65 - 67 151 - 153 151 - 153 ..• 3d - 33 -- 34 1051 -- 106& MINES. 1 all Agua Fria l4 —14 p 10s. all Anglo Californian ... 4 1 p 1 10 2 Australasian par 1 p 20 5 Australian 34 4 p 43i 1 all Australian Cordillera par 1 p 1 all Australian Freehold. - 4 A 4 1 all Ave Maria i A 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy oif) Ad * p 1 all British Austria. Gold p 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 244 Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm 44 51 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cniada 44 5:1 I 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 31 —32 1 4 Carson's Creek par 3pi 4 40 all Cobro Copper 46 48 5 1 Colonial Gold l4 14 .. 14 Copiapo 9 94 Si. all Copper Min. of Eng 65 75 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent 8 9 p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co l4 11 20 all General l5 —l7 2 all Great Nugget Vein l4 2 p 34 3 all Great Polgooth — ... p 1 all Lake Bathurst # 4 d 1 all Liberty par 4 p 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co i i l . 1 all Mariquita .. .. ... 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn 74 84 1 all New Granada 4 4 p 1 all Nouveau Monde ll —14 p 4 5 1 Port Philip — Ip 1 1 all Quartz Rock — I) 1 50 all Rhymney Iron 25 —27 15 Do. New 7 8 30 104 Santiago de Cuba 6 -- 7 1 all South Australian par 4 p 1 10 7 Tin Croft 9 —ll 284 all United Mexican 5 51 1 all Waller 4 d 1 all West Granada Ad— p 1 all West Mariposa ld—i p 1 1 all Yuba par — i p JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia B7 88 874 17 50 all British N. America ... ... 20 2 Chita. Bnk. of India, Australia, & Chin 14 1i p 100 25 Colonial — ... 100 20 Commercial of Lond ... ... 20 10 English Scottish an Australian l4 lip 20 124 Lond. Chart. Bk. o Australia 24 —34 p 50 20 London and County ... ... 50 10 London Joint Stock ... ... 100 20 Lond. & Westminstei ... ... 20 2 Loudon Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 224 National of Ireland ... „„ 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 524 534 531 25 5 Do. New ••• 100 25 Provincial of Irelan ... 52 14 10 all Do. New • ..• 6 1 Royal Australn • Bkg & Gold Imp Co 4 d par 25 all South Australia 5O 52 25 all Union of Australia— 77 3 / 4 78 4 ••• 2 4 Do. New Bl 81 50 10 Union of London _ ... 40 all Union of Madrid.-- ... ... MISCELLANEOUS .• 100 35 AusiTaTian Agricult.'' 76 78 20 8 Australsn.Pcitic.Mai ... ... 10 6 Australn. R o y a l M a il 50 384 Brit. American Land 71 73 100 326 Canada 65 70 5 5 Crystal Palace . . .... - 31 Bii 4 i 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 1 — 14 31 20 1 Eastern Steam — ... 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir ... ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat ... ... 20 14 General Screw Steam ... ... 20 5 Irish Beet:oot Sugar ... ... 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... ... 10 2 Netherlands Land .. ... 20 74 Nrth. of Europe Steam ... ... 50 all Peninsular & Orbital . . ... 81 2 1 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam - . . 784 8 25 25 South Austral. Land 44 4 . 6 1 all Submar. Telegraph ... _ ~. 6 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization ... ... 100, 284 Van Diemen's Land 19 20 MARKET NEWS--(THIS DA Y.) CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's market was very scantily supplied with English wheat ; yet the demand, owing to the limited number of buyers in attendance, was in a sluggish state, at Monday's prices. For forward delivery, next to nothing was doing. The imports of foreign wheat have amounted to 6,170 quarters. Medium parcels changed hands steadily, at full currencies. In other kinds, very few transactions took place. Floating cargoes were held at fully previous rates. English barley was firm ; but foreign parcels commanded very little attention. No change took place in the value of malt. Good sound oats were quite as dear as last week ; but damp qualities were much neglected. Beans and peas sold freely at extreme rates; but flour was very dull. Engll3ll I Wheat. Irish .. I 1.160 Foreign ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Barley. I Malt. 30 I 1,710 Oats. Flour. 320 I 610 5,010 - 6 1 170 6,430 7,140 I 970 sks WHITECHAPEL. The demand for each kind of meat at this market to-day ruled steady. The following are the quotations : Beef, 2s 10d to 3s 8d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d.; lamb, 5s Od to 6s 4d ; veal, 4s Od to 48 10d; pork, 33 4d to tel 4d per 81bs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. The demand for all kinds of hope ruled steady, at very full prices. LLOYD'S SHIPPIAG-(THIS DA Y). LONDON, May 25.—Wind this day at Noon, E.N.E. ; light pleasant breeze, and fine clear weather. PLYMOUTH, May' 24.—Wind, E. Sailed—Faith (s), Coast of Africa. Off Port—Amphitrite, Buenos Ayres; Dalreadas, Batavia, for Rotterdam. SWANSEA, May 23.—Wind, E. Sailed—Gentoo, King George's Town ; Sally, Singapore ; Glenmore, Cape of Good Hope ; Thos. Hankey, jun., Caldera ; Kate, Cape de Vera ; Law Ogilby, Coquimbo. FALMOUTH, May 24. Wind, E., strong Off Port—A large four-masted steamer, from the Eastward. SCILLY, May 23.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—Connecticut, New York. Doctrina et Amicitia, Batavia, for Amster dam ; Osbert, Dominica. QUEENSTOWN, May 23.—Arrived—Deutchland, Cuba. Sailed—Ocean, St. John's, N. 8.; Nordlyset, Miramichi. BARBADOES, May 23.—Wind, SSE. Arrived'—Rolla, Barbadoes. LOWESTOFFE, May 24.—The Utility, of Sunderland, London to Seaham, is on shore on the North Roads, but is expected off. CLYDE, May 23.—Arrived—Aderondock, St. John's, New Bruii4wick. WATER ORD, May 23.—Wind, S.E. to E.N.E. Arrived —Acorn, Demerara (in quarantine). YOUGHAL, May 23.—Wind, S.E. Sailed—Alcedo, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Unita, do. YARMOUTH, May 24.—Arrived—Mayflower, London, for Goole, damaged, from contact with the Bee, of Hull. COWES, May 24.--Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—Don Juan, Havannah ; Energy, Matanzas. OFF PORTLAND—Anna, Surinam, for Amsterdam ; Aolus, Baltimore. SUICIDE OF A SOLICITOR.—Yest erday morning infor mation of the following suicide was received at the Platt street station :—Mr. Millward, solicitor, of 10, Claren don-square, stated that a gentleman, a friend of his, had called upon him at his residence, and had occasion to retire to a closet at the bottom of hiv garden. His pro tracted absence, however, excited the suspicion that something had befallen him, and M:r. Millward, in con sequence, proceeded to the closet,. and . was unable to gain admission or receive any reply 'to his inquiries. He therefore sought the assistance of the police, and obtained admission by means of a pickaxe, when the deceased was found in a sitting posture, with his feet stretched against the door. The floor of the .7.4oset and clothes of the deceased were saturated with blood, and the neck of the unfortunate man was extensively incised. A small knife, the instrument with which tl to fatal act had been committed, was lying upon the soat. The body was conveyed to St. Pancras workhouse,, where it awaits the coroner's inquest. Several papers, and 2/. 10s. in gold, 89. 10d. in silver, and 2d. in copper were found upon the deceased, whose name is Samuel: Rogers, a solicitor. His address, however, is at present xj,uknown. Dulness this isy. RAILWAYS. berdeen ............ i Ambg. Nottug. Lost & Eastn. June. ..... . irmng. Wolverh. Stour Va11ey......... Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Junet...... Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O dr £25 Cons.... Do., £20....... Bristol Exeter......&...... Caledonian...... Chester &Holyhead Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Black. & Pass. Dublin&BelfastJunc. Dundee Perth da.ber deen Junction ....... Do. New ............_ East Anglian & E. & L. & D.)..,,. Do., (XlB E. & H.).. Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... Do., do ........ ...... Do., B. & C:: ..... ... ; East Lancashire .. . East & West Ind. Dk & Binning. June Edinburgh & Glasgo Edinb. and Peebles Edinb. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk De., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (I re . ) reat Western....,,, rish South-Easters. ncaster &Carlisle 0., Thirds... .. . .. . ncash. &Yorkshire 0., Fifths IDo., Wst. Riding Un, Leeds Northern.,,,,, , LW. Crsby. & So utlipt. London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. LoutlEßri g ht.dt S.Cst. ,nclon SeN. Westernl i o o . Fifths D0.,161.5h.,Mdt8 , ndon it S. Weste] 'Do., X 50... •• • Do., f 40...... ....... .. ILndndrry.drColeraine Lndndrry. dr Ennisk. Manch.Shef.drLinoln. Do., Man, do Lin. Un. Midland Do. Birming. & Derby l Midland GI. West. (Ir.) iDo. i Shares ..... ..... - Newcastle tic Carlisle , Newmarket Do. Bury Extonsiong Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warreupoint & Rostrevor N0rf01k...... ...... Do., New Northn. Counties Un North British 'North Devon, N 0.1.. Do., No. 2..... ........ Dc., A Deferred... Do., B Guaranteed !North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. dr S. WesLrn. Juno. 'Oxford Worc'ater di Wolverhampton..... Scottish Central ...... Scottish Midland...... Shrewsbury do Birmg. Do., L. dr N. Wostn. Guaranteed Stock... Shrewsby. dr Herald. Shrewsby. di Chester (Nor. W. Min.)...... Do. Halves, d 0....... Do. Oswestry ... Shropshire Union .... South Dev0n.......... South Ea5tern......... South Wa1e5..... ...... S. Yorksh. River Dun Do . Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway ......" Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limeriek West C0rnwa11........ Wmbledou &Croydo1:11 Woodford York Newctl. dr Eerw. Do . Extensions . ..... . Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. PREFERENCE SHARES, Do., No. 2, 7 p. c Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. e. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5} per cent Cork&Band on 54 p. e Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction EastA nglian (,£3105) 6 per cent. ....... . Do. ( 25 ) 7 per cent.. Do. (1;717s) 7 p. ct.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2............. Do., New 6 p. c. St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... EastLancash. 6 p.cts. Edinb. Prth. &Dundee 5. per cent..... Glasgow & S. Wester guar. 5 per cent.... Great Northr 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c.,Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... Gt. Westn. (Berks Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) G. West. fixed 44 p c Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock London and:Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Convertible, 5 p • c 1852 100 all 100 5 100 all 100 6 100 1100 lAberde — c — ai: Do: New Guar. 6 p.c. London 411 S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler. Shares Lundy. di Ennis. i Si; Manch. ,Shef. , d; i Shares, No. 1 Do. , New £lO N:)., 6 :..... all all 100 I I 100 IMaupt. &Carl. 4p. c. Do. 4i per cent. Mid. Conga 6 p. c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Fillet 4i per cent Norfolk Extension Do. Guar. 5i per ct Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester , Wolverh. £ 1 5, 0 3p. c Do 4hrewsk Birm. N. G Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent.., South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Readin Ann.,) of £103.6d. S. Yorksh. 4p. c. Guar. Waterfd. &Kilk. 6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c.Pref. Do. York& N.Midland H. & S. Pureh all all all 100 all 100 FORE: A utwerp&Rotterdan RelgianEastn. June t &niers to Graissessa( Charleroi & Erquelin Dijon and Besanon Dutch Rhenish East Indian .. Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares Lucca & Piatoja sp.a. pref... ....... .-.....- Luxembourg , Do. (Railway) 9 43 all Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. ct. pref Lyons Ix Mediterran. Madras Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (es interest) Northern of France Do. 2()1. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &Ams. Shs. ) Norwegian Trunk Pref Paris and Lyons ' Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg P a risCaen&Cherbrg. Quebec &Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i p. ct. Sth -Eastrn. of France Southern of Franco.. Upper India Scrip... West Flanders........ • o. 53 per c. Prof.... Western of France... West. of Switzerland Zealand.. ........ ....... 92 . - 96 ^ 107 109 'UB ` .w 110] 194 I , -- bra, G 4 6i 4-- 5 G . -13 p - 2i p - 2 p 14if - 15 18 - 18. 3a -- ii 1: 131 112 - 113 81 -8/ - 7 106 -- 1 08 p - 153 - 154 - x(1 - x(1 IlEi :-." ii 31-4 r 10 -- 11 131 144 8 -- 9 10i -- 14 A - P, • e• .—" 150 - 152 i - 1 P 118 -- 120 LI.E . - lli 25 - 26 21 - 14 - 111 17 —18 i 1p 15 16 par P 261 -26 i 19i -- 20. id P 104 -- 106 5j -- 61 I - il) lON. 1 ORd 1 fir— P 14A 15 3 p 1 dis 5 P 2 2 u > 2 par a id 7 41 44 lf 13 P 2 —2n 71 7 i 36i —36 i 144 :=. 14S, 18 18 43 44 44} 45 374 38 5i 5 id 21 21. 8 6 6i _ 4j - 5x P d par 11 llip id id 2 lid 1031 3 70i 91 901 Pin soi 80 1051 4i 118 1 xn xn xn 301 751 15 13i 13 it r 116 14 16i DALLINGS. FROM ELIZA COOK'S JOURNAL. Very few people are without their " petting"_propen skies in some medium or other. Most of us have some idiosyncrasies of partiality, and adopt " darlings" that we foster and adhere to through thick and thin, though very often we scarcely like to own our besetting preju dices, and are sometimes even quite ignorant of the small weaknesses that exist with our stronger psycholo gical developments. One of the commonest objects of this propensity set up by humanity is a " darling child ;" and, with all due deference to parental feelings, we have found this object among the most ridiculous and mon strous specimens of blind idolatry. We will not elabo rately irritate the philoprogenitiveness that converts Mas ter Sydney's savage kicks into gentle playfulness, and Miss Rosa's passionate scream into a mere proof of good spirits, lest we should incur the unforgiving censure of doting pa's and ma's, and be recorded as something un natural ; though we entertain a firm conviction that the undue petting and indiscriminate indulgence of a child is amongst the greatest follies and social pests that mark domestic life. Others exhibit the propensity in the shape of a "darling" dog; and this animal must have its china plate and delicate food thrust before it until it becomes a mass of obesity alike troublesom e to itself and others. It must be led through crowded streets by a dainty rib bon or exquisitely -wrought chain, at the risk of upset ting the wayfarers, and with the cruel deprivation of its natural liberty. A most mistaken degree of attention surrounds the existence of the poor beast. The animal is the victim of affectionate assiduity, and, between feel ing and fondness, constitutes a laughable illustration of the "petting" propensity. There are other household annoyances in the shape of " darlings" besides spoiled children and waddling dogs. What will our gentlemen readers say if we venture to suggest that the " darling" cigar may become as conspicuously objectionable as any I old maid's parrot or pug. Do not start, ye discreet en joyers of the fragrant leaf—ye who smoke in moderation, and who can exist three consecutive hours without the company of tobacco. We have a most kindly liking for the society of a fine Havannah at proper times and places, and hail the perfume with honest goodwill ; but when an unfortunate smoke-ridden man is never to be seen without his "petted" cigar stuck between his lips, when he pa teonises the Virginian vegetable to an extent that saturates his Hyperion curls and superfine clothes with an offevesi odour, constantly presenting the atmosphere of a tap room to the noses of all around him,—then we say that the " darling" cigar constitutes an unseemly and selfish indulgence, quite as worthy of reprehension and con tempt as the single lady's lap-dog. Another unfortunate "darling" to which the "stronger sex" most lovingly incline is "the bottle." Oh ! what a bitter curse is en gendered by this morbid infatuation ; Woe betide the strong man, the paragon of reason and wisdom, who lavishes his affectiou on the wine -flask, and who cannot be happy away from his adored Alcohol. Let him hug the "darling" to his breast, and cling to it with his eager, burning lips ; let him swear by its excellence, and revel in its fascination ; but th e d ar li ng o bj ec t of devotion shall change its form into the demon of desolation and the petted fiend shall gurgle forth its taunting laughter at the degraded idiot whose bloodshot eyes, foul breath, and nerveless limbs bear evidence of its having been " loved unwisely and too well." Some set their affections on a darling medicine, and become insanely devoted to calomel, Epsom salts, or castor oil. Some take to petting "Morrison's pills;" some pin their faith on " Dover's pow ders," and nothing is more common than a violent attach ment to "carbonate of soda." An aunt of ours chose to take it into her head that " Cockle's pills " would regene rate the brains, blood, and bones of the whole world, and we suspect that she cut us out of her will on the ground of having detected us in flinging the nauseous boluses into the fire, instead of swallowing them. We know a family of seven boys and girls with pnly nine sound teeth among them, this dental mi sery h av i ng b een cause d b y the father's rantic advocacy of calomel. Cold, cancer, or catalepsy are all met by him with the everlasting "five grains and a black draught," and many people imagine that two of his children, a parrot, three cats, and a spaniel, all fell victims to his most terrible of in fatuations "a darling medicine." What led us to talk of this subject was a visit from a gentleman who keeps in his vocabulary of the English language what many of us do,—a "darling" word, which he lugs, neck and heels, into his sentences, whether it be aptly placed or not. Most of us h ave this distinguishing oral feature of "darlingism,"—some word or phrase which forms the spoilt child of our conversation, and has its own way, right or wrong. The gentleman we allude to has such a decided attachment for the adjective " ab surd," that we believe his tongue would be paralysed if the dissyllable were denied it. He declares that the rainy weather is "most absurd ;" that the violent rup ture between the Press and the Playhouses is "intensely absurd ;" that the odes on the death of the Duke of Wellington are "ridiculously absurd," that his little daughter taking up with the measles just as the family were packed for Brighton was "provokingly absurd :" and when we informed him that a mutual friend had died, he exclaimed, with elongated face, "Dear me, how very absurd " Now, in two of these instances, the application of the darling word might be tolerably judi cious, but in the other three it sounded rather mal cl, propos. However, it forms his pet fraction of our lan guage, and he would, doubtless, be most unhappy with out the unlimited use of it. Another respected person in our circle has the pet phrase of "so and so," and fondles it to a very conspicuous degree. He is intel ligent and well informed beyond the average of men, —can make a clever speech, and write articles on ethics, but in every-day conversation he cannot get on for three consecutive sentences without falling over this petted phrase. He is somewhat given to politics ; and here is a specimen of his opinions ?—" Don't talk to sae about the mitigation of the malt tax, and so and so, as being any essential relief to the consumer. The brewers will get the great benefit, and so and so : their mono polies at present are quite abominable. And then the Income tax, and so and so, is not at all fairly aCil;tei; 'tis a difficult matter to please every one, certainly, but the lower and middle classes, and so and so, always have to kick and struggle for their rights." Now, this may 'seem exaggerated ; but we give our honest word that it is a faithful report of the gentleman's every-day style of eloquence. Some years ago we knew a resident trades. man in a country town who had so little regard for truth that the most outrageous scandals and most unqualified " Munchausens" were always traced to his gossipping inventions. He knew secrets that never existed; he maligned characters that were as good as most peo ples ; he magnified cut fingers into broken arms,—the nettle rash into small-pox ; and, in short, was recog nised by all that knew him as the most finished liar in existence. This man had a " darling phrase," which was ever on his lips, and, strange to say, no less an antithesis to his mental and moral vernacular than " the fact is." " Well, Mr. Thompson," said we, as we met him in the High-street one day, " how is it that you have not come to hang those curtains, as you pro mised to do last week ?" "Why, the fact is, ma'am," he began, "that Mrs. Thompson has been laid up with a sort of fever, and the young ones are all very queer : the fact is, we think they've got the measles, and my man Edmonds+ has been out upon the loose for these last ten days : the fact is, I'm going to part with him, but I hope to get your curtains up to-morrow : the fact is, I must ; ter I've got to go to London the next day." We discovered in due time that every word he uttered was false. This was a fair sample of the man's general ve racity, and his adaptation of such a pet phrase has always appeared to us as the height of mendacious audacity. Some time since we were in the habit of meeting an elderly lady whose loquacity was of the "perpetual motion" order, and whose darling word at every third breath was neither more nor less than " everythine— a tolerably comprehensive side-wind to tack upon, and often employed in a most unwarrantable and ludicrous manner. " Well," said she one morning, as we greeted her, "how was it you were not at Lucombe's juvenile party last night ? They wanted you to help, and every thing. You should have seen little Harry Gibson, —he ate two muffins, a sally-lunn, and four bis cuits, and everything, for hi s t ea. Th ey h a d suc h a twelfth-cake,—and Tommy Luco m b e wan t e d to pull Jenny Lind off the middle of it, but his mamma wouldn't let him, and then he showed his tan trums, and everything. He's a sad, wicked-tempered child, that, and I shouldn't %yonder if he came to be hanged for murder, and everything." This was the way in which she entertained us for nearly an hour. We heard lately that the old lady was sadly reduced in circumstances, but we could not help observing to our informant that it was utterly impossible she should have lost " everything." A young organist at a country church had the fa vourite expression of " I see" constantly in use. "Din ner is almost ready below," we observed. " Yes, I see," would be his prompt assertion. " What a lovely sunset we shall have !" was our exclamation one even- ing. " Yes, I see," was his response. " Edwin, my dear, your hat is getting very shabby," said his mother to him. " Yes, I see," replied he. Now the most curious part of this "darlingism " is, that the unfortu nate youth is stone blind. Some small specimens of humanity in our circle of in timacy have lately adopted a darling word of rather a strong nature, and the pertinacious aptness with which they apply it is amusing. "How's your papa, Frank ?" said we to the young gentleman in a tunic. " Oh, he's got a a stunning' toothache, and it makes him so " cross,"was the reply. "Who taught you that vulgar word ?" was our interrogative, while we assumed as Mrs. Trimmer-like an air as possible. " Why, cousin Wil liam," exclaimed a most delicate-looking little lady, just up to the shoulder of the tunic, "and ma scolds us for saying it ; isn't it a stunning' shame ?" We expr,,ssed our very proper sense of galvanic sensation at their idul gence in such atrocious language, and with such impres sive effect, that, after an affectionate farewell, a scroam ing intimation was conveyed up stairs that they were going for a "stunning" walk. Now, suppose we look "at home," and just inquire if we have any darling vernacular of our own. We can didly confess that we have ; and if any one would take note of our conversational exclamations, " a great ;mis take" would be found ever and anon upon our tongue. Luckily. as the world goes, it is not so often seriously out of place as many darling phrases are ; but what we should p d r o w e ss i e t s h o t u h t e we bud g c e a t u o o f t a t e i ; i Parliament ari nd i an d indeed, it t anfAetqhueensptleyorielax: tions of a scientific society. It serves us at all ti i nes we en judge on a vi s it t . D a rich ge with ready aptitude, and saves a d ea l of troubled unfavo ur in explq a i; b ig ly o . ur N e v s e til w n e a r t e e o s f o r e t t te im rs e o sn fivccleiet was o f, the ost character,m sinwhere o from everythingt open-raouthed imposing man's a old beasts in stone on the terrace -steps to the r ose - water fountains Tsheinst moannstiohheireoturtaavienlesd after a gra n d di m ter rooms, and corrido rs of sleeping - apartments The scrolls Real turtle,rollsof gold andapartments on a ones grr scale. Th services of s il ver suites of recept i. con- I eyes out. unquesti ona bl e B urgun , and veritableM a deira,could be had at this said m. sion ; but we observed that they were generally pro duced for rich parvenues, and that wealthy intellect claimed little of the courteous attention or overflowing luxury-in this establishment. Somehow, the place was comfortless in all mental estimation of the word. There was a starvation despite the-capacious larder, and a coldness by the very side of the blazing Kendal coal. " Well, what do you think of Goldstone Hall ?" - was an interrogative that met us on our return from it. "Think !" said we, with a sort of involunta r y s hi ver, —" why, we think it is a great mistake." We made no further scandalising comment, but our opinion was allowed to be comprehensive and just. We were told the other day that Mrs. Toogood had sent her only daughter to a certain finishing school," where, the girls are taken to church three times on the Sunday, and sit in a pew with curtains too high to see over • where every window in the house is barricaded with the closest and darkest blinds • where the girls are forced to sit in such, ladylike attitude that they usually gain the ladylike possession of a curved spine • where the girls are told to look no where but on the ground as they walk two and two round the square, under the guardianship of three exces sively vigilant female gaolers ; and where the girls are taught to consider any being of the masculine gender : as something improper to gaze upon, and perfectly dan gerous to speak to. We were asked what we thought of the step, and we calmly replied that we thought Mrs. Toogood's decision and the system adopted , at the " finishing a ca d emy " were b o th " grea t mistakes ; ' and, as a proof of the " mistake," we divulged the facts of two of the young ladies having eloped,---6ne with the music -master, the other with a cousin of the house keeper's,—notwithstanding the curtained pew, downcast eyes, and nunnery -like imprisonments. We go with a country friend sometimes to the Exhibition, and when the friend exclaims, as friends invariably do, is a very strange building to show pictures in, is it not ?" we as invariably reply, "Ah yes it's a great mistake.'" And this reply seems at once natural and sufficient. " Why, dear me," strangers will observe to us on intro duction, "you are not at all like the picture I have seen of you ? What could the artist have been about ?" To which observation we always assert that it was simply a "great mistake." And when the likeness represents a huge, masculine sort of female prizefighter, while we personally offer to the eye nothing beyond five-feet-three, with features and form of a positively non-imposing order, why, the assertion must be received as a literal fact. But here we are scribbling on fast and free, with something like a notion that the scribbling may pass away idle half-hours of our lenient readers, and it is possible that we may be deceiving ourselves,—therefore we prudently-fling down our copybook, lest these lenient readers pronounce the notion to be a " great mistake," and cause us to experience the full effect of our " darling words," THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION. DUBLIN, TUESDAY. Viewed from a strictly Irish point of survey, the more the Exhibition unfolds itself the smaller and less satis factory does the display of national industry appear. A gloss has been put over the real state of the case by shopkeepers and retail dealers, who exhibit, under their own names, large and beautiful assortments of goods manufactured in England or Scotland, or on the Conti nent ; but the sanguine, impulsive people of this country must not conceal from themselves that to the splendid products of human labour, now collected within one building in Merrion-square, they have not_ contributed as they ought. To their flax manufactures, their poplins, their woollens, their hosiery, and laces, must now be added their sewed muslin's, in which a considerable trade exists centering in Belfast, and of which Holdon and others are about to exhibit some very fine specimens. But here again it is requisite to point out that the employment of large numbers of the female population in work of this description is a public benefit, attended, in the experience of England at least, with many serious and painful drawbacks. Nearly all our English manufactures of the kind have been distinguished by the introduction of machinery, or have been exposed to suffering and decay from other causes. It is, therefore, right to point out that the manufactu rers of Ireland, besides addressing themselves to the tastes of the wealthier classes, rather than the wants of the million, have a tendency to depend upon hand labour with the needle, the worst paid of all skilled employ ments, and the most helpless when periods of pressure and difficulty overtake the trade of a country. In the sections of hardware and cutlery the few symptoms of hope for the future progress of Irish industry to be gathered from the Exhibition, may be very briefly stated. Dublin boasts two good gunmakers—Rugby and True lock—both of whom show very fine specimens of work manship. It also manufactures as fine churchbells as are to be got in any part of the world, but nothing new. A little stall in one of the galleries, held by a small manu facturer of razors, for which he claims a peculiar excel lence of temper, is the sole exampl e I h ave b een a bl e to discover of Irish cutlery ; but there is, it is said, an ex cellent manufacture of the kind at Clonmel, belonging to Mr. Bradford, who intends to exhibit. In a country where the demand for organs must b. considerable, Tel ford and another are -the only organ-makers. Mr. Cul lagh, of Belfast, the only pianoforte-maker in Ireland, died from an illness brought on by his anxiety to exhibit in Hyde-park, and though a piano of his is shown in the present Exhibition, the manufacture has ceased. There is a solitary Irish harp and one small case of brass wind instruments of native make—perhaps intended for "the band"--some fair specimens of harness and saddlery, and a little superior bookbinding. A good collection of Irish clocks is shown, and dressing case and portmanteau manufacture, an excellent kitchen range by Hodges and Son, and two or three in different lamps and chandeliers. The only other remark able features of the Irish contributions to the general display worthy of notice are shoes, brushes, bog-oak ornaments, cork models, rocking-horses, and wedding cakes. Shoes are specially exhibit e by Baird of Dublin, made in a particular way, with wooden pegs instead of stitching, and are said to be excellent. There are several exhibitors of brushes, in which there is an in creasing export trade. The ornamental applications of bog-oak are of course intended to meet the eccentric fancies of tourists desperately bent on having me morials (whether ugly or beautiful, does not much matter) of their vacation rambles. Some architectural models in cork are shown by Mr. M'Gilburry in one of the galleries, and, though not rising to the importance of a manufacture, are well worthy of notice. Ireland has an export trade in rocking-horses —a funny source of national wealth certainly • but one neverth e l ess very spiritedly illustrated in one of the galleries of the Exhibi tion. Probably, however, the greatest efforts, and the most anxious care displayed by native exhibitors, in con nexion with this gathering of industrial products, have been lavished on the weddingcalces shown. Sir John Benson's design for the building is nothing compared with these triumphs of confectionery. They come, not only from Dublin, but from the provinces also, and, perhaps, have been provided with prudent foresight to meet events which the Exhibition certainly appears well calculated to being about. The number of visitors yesterday were— Season ticket holders Visitors who paid 2s. 6d. each Excursion ticket holders . Total 4,262 734 18 -5,014 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 24. The Imperieuse, 50, screw, Captain Randle B. Wat son, left at daylight this morning, will touch at Ply mouth for latest orders. A sad accident occurred at three p.m., off the plat. form, whereby two young men lost their lives. It ap pears that Henry Groves, George Thomkins, and George Nethorpe, with a little girl of about five years of age, were out in a trumpery skiff about eight feet in length. The boat upset, and fortunately Nethorpe held on the boat with the child in his arms ; they were providen tially picked up by a boat belonging to the pier. The two young men, Groves and Thomkins, after struggling for five minutes, went down in sight of hundreds of persons who were on the platform to witness this dis tressing scene. The child was wrapped in a blanket, and, under the care of Dr. Bloxham, speedily recovered its senses. The Drake lighter, sailed last evening, with stores f Sheerness, Chatham, and L'oeptford. PLYMOUTH, MAY 24. THE CHANNEL SQUADROST.—The fleet under the com mand of Rear-Admiral Corry, lying in the Sound, has been under sailing orders for the last week, and, it is now understood, is detained until the arrival of the Im perieuse, 50, screw, Captain R. B. Watson, C. 8., from the eastward. The squadron will cruise in the chops of the Channel, or probably rum as far as the Western Is lands, or Gibraltar, but ce,mmunication is to be kept with the Admiralty to meet any emergency. T w he a s rra h i i etn p hns s i ordered to sea are the Prince Rege nt, 90, Ca p tain Hut ton, flag of Rear-Admiral Corry ; London , 90, Captain Mundy ; Sa,nspereil, 70, screw, Captain Dacres ; Impe rieuse, 50, screw, Captain Watson ; Amphion, 34, sc rew , Captain Patey ; Highflyer, 21, screw, Captain H ea th cote ; and Leopard, 12 , paddle, Captain Giffard. Ai s Admiralty, ne o ti u ra ainnlTtey, on a g - d 3l a A t i t thisT i A c h i, a . p — roi T et ,hoef pend i ngdi S ta r, ln k B e , nn C eosma i n st r uctionsi p n r a e n fe d r re from re d against the surgeon, Dr. Henry. The Queen, 116, Captain Michel ; Rogue, 60, screw, Captain Ramsay ; Edinburgh, 58, screw ; and Valorous, 16, paddle, are to remain an the Sound until further orders, the Rogue occasion 2 lly cruising in the Channel. The Sybille, 40, is ordered. to be pr e p ared for commis sion at this port with all possible dispatch. It is under ono the East India li station d she is to reeve the Fux, 42, C ommodore Lambert, The Brisk, 14, screw, is olrdered to be commissioned at this port, by Commander F. B. S. Seymour. The St. Jean d'Acre, 101., new screw line-of-battle ship, was commissioned yest , :rday by Commander Peter ICracroft, for Captain the Hon. H. Kepp e l. Th e crew will be entered under the neiv . regulations. PRIZE MONEY FOR THE DESEADA.—Mr . Muspratt has giv en not i ce to the officers and TJones, o crew of her Majes ty's stea m - s hi p Sampson, Lew and of h er t en d er the Bloohound, who were E ore sq a ., captain, c t ua board at th e capture of the slave-vessel Deseada, loily on 7th July, 1851, that they may be paid their respective shares of the tonnage bounty of the said vessel, on Thursday, the 9th of June next, between the hours of 11 and 3 o'clock, at 33, Abchurch-lane, London ; and all shares not then paid will be re-called, at the same place, every Tuesday and Thursday, for three months, agreeably to act of Parliament :—Flag share, 341. 3s. ; captain's share, 641. 2 s. s d. ; second class, 11/. 18s. 2d. ; third, 91. 10s. id. ; fourth, 51. 14s. 4d. ; fifth, 31. Os. Bd. ; sixth, 2t. 17s. 2d. ; seventh, 1/. 18 s . i d. ; eighth, 19s. ; ninth, 11s. 10d. ; tenth, 7s id. 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