The Sun. — London, England, 1853-07-18 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE-;THIS DAY.) CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpoi)l on Saturn' ,ay Were estimated at from 9,000 to .10,000 bales ,of Which 1,500 A mer i can were taken ft , r export. The Market was tame, at previous rat( s. The sales e °rePrised 6,000 American, 400 Per nam and Mar aeham, at 7d. to 70., 400 Bahia, it 6 3 / 4 d. to 61d., 1 ,500 Peruvian, at 7 d., and 200 A yptian, at • 61d. to 9d. per lb. Railway shares were very dull. Wheat is up Is. to 2s. per qr. th; .s morning. The railway meetings announc , 3d are the loWmg COMPANY.' DATE. PLACE. &C. ,Charleroi and E r quelines July 30,. Charleroi. Dublin and Wicklow Aug. ,S, :Dublin.. Eastern Counties July 19`, London Ta a'ern. Great Luxembourg July 20, London Trivern. Po. Do. 440 1idon, Brighton, &S. Coast July 2 5 , El idge-hsg 3. Hotel ladras North Staffordshire July 29, Stc le-oil-Trent. P n aris and Rouen July 28, Pal 'is. rortsmouth July 29, 28, Gt. George s t., Westmin. Sambre and Meuse July 28, 61, Al oorgate-st. n Do. Do. o outh Staffordshire July 27, BirrliDgharn. South Yorkshire July 39, L.3ndo n Tavern. .„_Staines, Wokingh , & Wok July 25, London Tavern. western of Switzerland . The annual meeting of the Gra:ad Duchy of Baden Silver Mining Company was held at Carls rube on the 30th ult., when the report anl balance sheet were unanimously passed. Reports by Pro fessor Ansted. and Mr. Lindon were sul3mitted to the meeting from which it appeared that the works were progressing favourably, and the prospects of the Company were satisfactory. Mr. John. Ran kine Davidson and Mr. D. W. Dowling, both of London, were unanimously elected auditc'rs for next year. The intelligence from New York reports 1 rosiness throughout the States as dull, but prosperit, y gene rall prevailed. The reports from New York to the 3 0th June were 28,160,747 dollars, being about 3 )000,000 dollars over those to the same peric )d last Year. The tenor of the private letters receive( 1. this morning from Vienna, Paris, and other cities ,abroad, are very reassuring ; and it is consi 3ered that Russia, having communicated to Austr is the terms which it was disposed to accept, the latter 4 a4_ engaged the other Powers to acquiesce. Con dantinople dates of the 9th inst. also affiri n that th ere were stronger hopes of peace. Con " Pis have been 97i to 98 for Transfer, and 98 to ?r accou n t. The " options" come off a li .ttle be fore 3 o'clock this afternoon, and it will then be 'ell whether stock is "put" upon the n Larket or ~ called." Th e N e w 3f per Cents. hay e been at VOi to 1001, and the 3 per Cents. at 981 to 1. rst India Stock has been quiet at 2f )8. There o ve been no transactions in Bank S tock. Ex flecluer Bills have been heavy at 2s. discount to Premium, money being in demand., Fist India ' ll (is have been quoted 21s. to 265. premium. In Foreign Securities very little he ~s been pass -22i. Spanish New Deferred St ock has realised 6 , 1 ) and the Committee's Certificate has been at , bein g rather fuller rates. Portuguese 4 per c ents. have been 41 to 411. Brazilian New 5 per e el lts. have been quoted 101. Rua sian 5 per Cents. 00 e1) very firm at 117, and the per Cents. at ,„tMexican Stock is at 261 and dull. e Railway Share Market ha s been very inae de) and prices are generally the same as on Satur ba for the English lines. Ft vnch Shares are 11 ,,aker. at The Shares of the Joint-stock Banks have been about previous rates. Gold Mi nes are h eav y, an d L an d Sh ares ne glected. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official Li;sl.) /la Business done. nk Stock . Nper Cent. Reduced Annuities ...... eer Cent. C onso l s Annuities... India Stockp er Cent. Annuities 258 India Bonds, £IOOO vonsols for ACcount Exchequer Bills, ld. 1p 2 d £IOOO £5OO Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. trazilianNewßonds, 1829 & 39, 5 per Cent. 101 Grenada Bonds, Deferred ..... 9,f Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Scrip .. . — d Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. p.„Ditty ‘A per Cent. , s,„„ ; 14 , 11 Bonds, 5 per Cent 9- I'i I A' -. '"' Bl-113- onds, 3 per Cent 46t il' a ilish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 223 i eaaish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 5t p e wetlish Loan ....... — p Dividends on the above payable in Londpn. THREE O'CLOCK. 98 x d Consols for Opening 19th July , MARLBOROUG.H-STREET.-(THIS .DAY.) 11 4 "t.-Colonel Edward de Burgh, Sidley, of the 50th e:gitnent of Foot, was charged before Mr. Bingham with ea ting a disturbance at No. 4, St. Alban's-place, Re gent -street. " - , t appeared from the evidence that the gallant de teh3/4ant had occupied apartments in the above house for Th e last three weeks, and that about one o'clock this e ening he returned home, and, being under the in °Fnce of wine, created the disturbance complained and was eventually given in charge. , - the usual penalty of ss. was inflicted, and the gal mit colonel left the court. SPORTING NOTES. SPORT AT STAMFORD. ~The Stamford meeting has attained only a limited Z i — Pularity which is scarcely commensurate with its "efts. Its stakes are rich and somewhat attractive, 4 1 1 . ( 1 its management in every department is unexception able. Under the immediate superintendence and ag of the prime promoter of the gathering — the ratron '.arquis of Exeter—the sport is invariably conducted On the soundest principles of honour and fair-play, t ne l, if the supply be at times rather scanty , it ▪ always sufficient to occasion active speculation, and to give profitable employment to the book-makers. To - morrow is the opening day. The programme contains five items, one of which, the Stamford Oaks, did not fill. Fourteen have accepted for the Burghley Stakes, but scarcely a mo i ety of that number will bo found at the starting post. At present Pancake has almost entirely engrossedrossed wh a t lit t l e b ett i ng t h e " even t" h as occa sioned. , e is " in" on favourable terms, and the partiality of her backers is fully justified by the comparative light ness of her weight, and her performances during the current season. R e t a il b as also attracted some attent i on, but ho is too uncertain a horse, and his disposition too roguish, to ind uce me to place confidence in his chance. Dawson is again " dangerous" with Chief Justice, Red Lion, and Galva n i sm • ReldoLt Lion will, perhaps, be his most intended. The Hero is favourably inyhhe ha d n e d fe i a e t a e p c fe h d is , and remembering the easy styl e opponents for the Willoughby at Warwick, I shall, if his party be " on," reserve him for a cockboat. The winner, I anticipate, will be either Red Lion or Pan cake. Of the three nominations to the 20 sous. S weepstakes, tw o belong to Lord Exeter, in whose favour the race will, perhaps, result. Should Pelion and Dove meet for the Stamford St. Leger, the encounter will be somewhat interesting. To l'elion would doubtless be awarded the palm of sup er i o _ ti tY• If, however, he should be found wanting, D ove may achieve the victory. From the fifteen horses entered for the Handicap Plate I shall select Nonsuch, Cock Pheasant, and the Har 41nny filly against the field. The sport on Wednesday will be far more interesting Bald attractive than that on the preceding day. Know ing little respecting the capabilities of the majority of the animals nominated for the 15 Sovs. Sweepstakes,i a, 11l compelled to anticipate the success of so bad a pub lic Performer as Bridesmaid. The conditions of the Stewards' Plate are framed from those of a similar stake at Stockbridge. This event has obtained thirty-one subscribers, and among the entries figure the names of our principal turf celebrities. Lord Exeter's chance of carrying oft the prize with either Cob nut or Ilex is very formidable ; Cobnut, however, may be reserved for his engagements at Goodwood and Don caster. Kingston's starting is somewhat uncertain, should he, however, go to the post, I shall be prepared to see him achieve the victory. Pelion, too, must not be slightingly regarded. Should the three start, I shall expect the foremost places in the race to be occupied by Kingston, Pelion, and Ilex. Mary and Dove are most entitled to consideration for the, Assembly R oom St a k es , a nd the Gold Cup will, per. "Ps, be added to the number of Lord Exeter's tur: trophies by Nutpecker. July is. A FRESH MAN, FIER AT AN ILLICIT DISTILLERY.--On Saturday even ing a fire broke out at No. 8, Abercorn-mews, Violet hill, St. John's-wood. It originated in one of the houses • belonging to Mr. Ponsford, but who the occupier was is unknown. The fire was caused through the head of an illicit still being blown off, and the spirits becoming ignited, set fire to the loft, over a coach-house fitted up as a distillery. The alarm having been given, the par ties renting the premises during th e con f us i on w hi c h prevailed, mana ged to effect their escape. The brigade and parish engines were soon in attendance, but consi derable damage was done before the fire could be extin guished. The contents, of course, were uninsured, but the building, it is supposed, was insured in the Sun- Office. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.--The Royal Mail steam-ship Asia, Captain Lott, sailed to-day fin- New York with the usual mails. Among her passengers were Mr. Ro bert Stephenson, M.P., Mr. William Jackson, M.P., Au; Betts, contractor, and Mr. Bidder. SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). BRITISH RAILWAYS. Sim Paid - 86 RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. 26 -- Ab ardeen .. • ........ Ambg. Nottng. Bost & East'. Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey......... Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junet...... Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons.... Do., £20.... ..... Bristol & Exeter...... Caledonian. 5a 53 91 101 9 - 7 :11 20 - 22 3A -- 2i di 100 A -- 1011 68 -- 68 21 -- 22 19A -- 201 Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Black. & Pass. Dublin&BelfastJunc. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ....... Do. New ... -- .. - .. p 8 - 9 East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.) Do., (£lB E. & Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh Do., d 0............ Do., B. & C.. East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Ediub. and Peebles Edinb.Prth. &D nude, Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock I Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) Great Western 51 - 5i 34 4 12t - 13 72i = i:ih 50 - 54 70 -- 72 6 . -. ii- e:4 53 55 133 - 135 107 109 89 -- 8 9 4 7 76 99 102 16 —l7 p 77 774 4i 4d 3} 3 d 141 —15 i birth South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle.. Do., Thirds • Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. &So utbpt ndon & Blackwall 14ond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths o. ndon & S. Western 9 14 —2 pxdi 1034 1644 1134 111/,, —24 r, 1 —14 pl 89 90 Do. £40. ... ....... .... ndndrry.&Coleraine Ludndn7. & Eunisk. 5i 4Ld 4A 11 13 18 20 28g 294 ?Ilanch.Sef.&Lineln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un Midland . ~- -- --d' 7O -71 i 10 - 42 j Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir. ) Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg. &Had Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor 53 - 5(3 - 40- (1 3 8 - 9 49 - 51 Norfolk. Do., New Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l 'Do., No. 2.... ...... Dc., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western.. N. & S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westu Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do Do. Oswestry ...... Shropshire Union South Devon South Ea5tern..... .... South Wales... ....... . S. Yorksh. River Dun Do. Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Ncath......... Waterfd. dr Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West C0rnwa11........ Wmbled on &Croydol Woodford York Newctl. & Berw Do. Extensions .. Do. G.N.E. Purchase York di N. Midland.. ai 2 8 / d 33 —34 4 4B(1.! s I ... - ... pi 49 - 50 92 - 94 60 - Ot 55 - 60 65 70 11 idis 17 19 9 9i 13 14 :3i 3id 19 • 20 - 71 35 —36 i 13 -- 14 23 25 2! 2 14 1 5 8, 9 32 9 104 ...d 92 • - 96 88 -92 103 • - 103, Aberdeen ........ Do., No. 2, 7 p. c• Bris. & Ex. 4 p. a. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 51 plbr cent Cork&Bandon 5 p.c Dundee Perth&Aber dem Junction EastA nglian (£3los) 6 per cent. Do. (25) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 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 Nper cent Glasgow & S. Western guar. 5 per cent Great Northr 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c.,Redoem , at 10 p• c. Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) G. West. fixed4i p c. Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock... London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. e... Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 ..... Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds los 107 Londondeny& Shares . . Londy. & Ennis. Sh Manch. ,Shef., & Lin., I Shares, No. 1 Do. Now, £10... Marypt..tearl. 4 p. c Do. 44 per cont 'Do Aid.ConsoL 6 p.c. St. Do. Cousol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4. per cent Norfolk Extension Do. Pref. b per ct Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British . North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester do Wolverh. £15,6p. c. Do Shrews& Birm. N. G Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent.. South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading, Ann.,) of S.Yorksh.4p.c.Gnar. Waterfd. &link . 6p. c. York Newcastle and' Berwick ,4 p.c.Pref Do York& N. Midland H S. Purch FOR: 4 Antwerp&Rotterthun 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8. Beeers to Graissessac 11 Charleroi & Erquelin. SI Dijon and Besancon.. 8 Dutch Rhenish ....... all East Indian ........... 1 Do. Extension *. *** 11 Gt. Indian Peninsula l 0 Junct. of France Gt.Westeruof Canada Shares 3 Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c pr0f................. .5 Luxembourg......... .0 Do. (Railway) ....... 2 IDo.. 3 Do. (Canal) ............ 4 Do. 6p. et. pref....- 9 Lyons & Mediterran. 7 Madras ................ all lamur & Liege (witl interest) al Do. (ex interest) al Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds. 11 (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.) ill NorwegianTrunkPref LO Paris and Lyons al Paris and Orleans ill Paris and Rouen._ 11l Paris and Strasbourg 4 i'arisCaen &Ch erbrg 7 4uebee & Richmond ill Rouen and Havre 2 Royal Swedish ill Sambre and Meuse 2 ith- Eastrn .of France 6 Southern of France Upper India Scrip 1 West Flanders .0 Do. 5 per c. Pref .0 Western cf France 2 West. of Switzerland 9 Zealand 68 69 8 —74 d 2i -- 2iel 58 59 PREFERENCE SHARES. Business dons this day. Si all • 100 all 100 all 3 100 111' all 81 17 all 100 100 100 100 all 100 all 15 21s. 100 1 20 11i 100 100 all 100 5 100 all 100 6 100 100 Tall 101 2 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 20 20 I a' 20 I 1 20 20 20 5 a 20 1 204 a 2011 10 1 50 al 16 al 20 aA 10 al 20 1i 10 al 20 al 1,20 al 20 104 ' 20 al 50 ' 20 a] 20 20 20 2s 8 al 10 1 20 1 10 19 20 - 6i 4 - 4i 5 - lip 14- -- 21 p li -- 2 p 14i -15 i 20 -- 201 31 - 3i 130 112 - 113 8i- 8i 7 103 1 04 , A d 149 151 151 - 157 3 - 4 10 - 11 13 - 14 8 - 9 10 1133 I - PI 1514 -- 15211 pari pt 114 —116 x 118 -- 122 .15 - 117 25i -26 i! 1 10i— 1! 171 6 - p 14 15 Par 3p 261 19i 201 par 101 103 5i 5a par i p, IGN. 1 d 1 14 —l5 par— 1 p 2 lid 5 5 41: 1 11 _.... Ig p lip par 4 40 1 d 2ip 7/ - 7i 3ii 351 14 15 8 9 161 —17 a 12 —44 41 —43 • 36i 371 4 -- 5 ad par . 19 20 . d p . 8 81 -G r - 4i - - (Es 3 -- 2 d THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1853. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid, all 100 all 100 all all all all all 100 100 100 18i Oi all Leasing Compans. London &, N. West. Gt.Westn Do Do Do L. SzN.W. Caledon.. Gt.Nrthn. Gt. Westin Yk. Now. & Berw. Y. &NMd Do D 0.. . S. Pastern Do 'Norfolk L.& N. W. & Midi& Stckton & Darlingt. l Midland.. l E. Count Do Do L. & N.W &Ln&Yk Do • Gt Northn Do Lancash& Yorksh. M.MClean Stockt. & Da rlingt Do IGtWesl MIN: Clositiq Prices this, day. RAILwAlre. Bedford and Bletchley. Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Do. withoutgr Birm. Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do.wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Olstr.& Dn. Fr firtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. d Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redear Midld.Bradfd Northern and Eastern sp. c Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p e Prest. & Wyre Do. Shares. Roystn.SD Hit. Do. Sh ep th. St Shef. Roth.an d Goole g . 5 p.c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent... Do .Wilts&Somrst 106 - 108 54 - 56 150 - 152 33 - 31x(1 112 114 56 57 27i 28} 14i —l4ixd 26 27 98 - 100 3 - 34 1106 - 103 65 - 67 151 - 153 151 - 153 ii ::: i-d 32 33 103 —lo4xdi ES. 1p d par — ll 3 2 3 - id id par 4 9 4 4i 3A 4 33 34 t id par i -- li 10i -- 114 60 -- 70 7 -- 8p 2 I,id 14 16xd /3 i P id Adis— p 9 10 I d--- par_ p P par id par 26 28 7 9 4 5 id par 3t 41 par, id par , d d BANKS. 794 - sod i - 111) id - 14 p' li -- li PI 48 - 50 die— par 45 —47xd 77 79 8i Agua Fria Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Ma-ia, Baden (Gd. Duchy o British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilian Imp . (issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek Cobra Copper Colonial Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 7i p. cent English and Austrin Copper Smel tg. Co General Great Nugget Vein Do. Registered Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Linares Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexican&S.Americn New Granada Nouveau Monde Nova Scotia Mining and Copper Smeltg Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft United Mexican Waller West , Granada West Mariposa Yu..)a JOINT-STO I Australasia British N. American Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Lond. & Westminster London Bank of Aus tralia and India National of Ireland. Oriental Bank of Corporation. Do. Ne , vineial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold hum Co South A_astralia Union o! A astralia Do. New Union o! London Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS 'Australian A gricult. Australsn. Pcific. Mail Australis. Royal Mail] Brit. American Land Canada Crystal Palace Crystal Pal. of France Eastern Steam Electric Toleg. of Ir Gen. Steam Navigat General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel] Netherlands Land Nrth. of Europe Steam Peninsular & Oriental Do. Do. Royal Mail Steam South Austral. Land Submar. Telegraph.. Univeral Emigration and Colonization ... . Van Diemen's Land - 35 131 65 - 68 68 - 70 lf -2hp x - P parr, 39-40xd,xn 16 - 17 Business this day. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Most of the leading country markets held on Saturday were but moderately supplied with wheat, in which only a limited business was transacted, at about stationary prices. Barley, the supply of which was trifling, realised very full currencies. In the value of malt. no change took place. Oats were firm, and somewhat dearer. Beans, peas, and flour commanded full currencies. Nearly the whole of the continental markets have ruled steady, not only for wheat, but likewise for all other ar ticles. The latest advices from New York state that new wheat had made its appearance there, and sold at 108 cents per bushel. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were very moderate. The imports were-36,219 quarters of wheat, 17,264 barley, 16,559 oats, 2,200 rye 560 beans, 27 peas, 470 tares, 1,477 linseed, 767 rapeseed, 2 , 400 sundry seeds, 1,426 sacks and 746 barrels of flour. The quantity of wheat received fresh up to this morn ing's market, coastwise from Essex, Kent, &c., was very moderate, and somewhat out of condition. By land car riage from the midland counties the receipts of that grain were comparatively limited. The show of samples of both red and white being small, the attendance of both town and country buyers good, and the weather extremely wet, the demand for all kinds of wheat of home produce ruled active, at an advance in the quotations paid on Monday last of from is. to fully 2s. per quarter, and a good clearance effected. The number of offers for forward delivery was not large. Several parcels sold at a rise of 2s. per quarter. Notwithstanding that there was a considerable increase in the show of foreign wheat, the trade ruled active, and several heavy parcels changed hands at from ls. to 2s. per quarter more money. Floating cargoes were in improved request, and about 10,000 quarters of wheat sold at au improvement in the currencies of this day se'nnignt of 2s. per quarter. No English barley at market ; but the supply of foreign was good. The trade ruled steady, and last week's prices were well supported. Malt—the show of which was moderate—moved off steadily, at full quotations. The supply of oats was very moderate, and the demand for all kinds was rather active, at fully the late advance, We had a moderate inquiry for beans, at full quotations. Peas moved off steadily, but we have no change to notice in prices. The flour trade was firm. Ship marks and barrelled qualities of flour were the turn dearer. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAI, MEASURE. Wheal—Essex & Rent, Red • • •• new 44s to 508 Ditto • • • • .... .... old 44s 54s onto, White new 44s 54s Ditto.. • • .... old 465 658 No,rfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 448 54s Ditto 'new ...... 40s 49s .• ...... • • .. 28s 308 New • • • . s .• u9s 31s Ba.ley—Grinding • • .. 26s 298 Malting ......... 701 32s Chevalier• • • • . 33s 36s Walt—Suffolk and Nor folk • • • • • • 528 Ms Brown . • • • • • • • • • • . 468 52s Kingston and Ware 57s 60s Malt—Chevalier ...• 61s to 63s Oats Yorkshire and Lincolush., Feed 19s 24s Potato .• •• 243"29s Youghal and Cork Black. •• • • lgs 22s Cork,White..... 21s 24s Scotch,Feed..... 24s 27s Beans—Tick •• 378 4's Pigeons 39. 47s Peas—Grey ..•• •• •• •• 333 38s Maple• •• •• •• •• •• 36s 39s White••• •• •• •• •• 39 43s Boilers • ••• •• 40s 43. Floor—Town-made•-• 42s 47s Suffolk •• •• .• •• •• 35s 37s Stosktn & Norfolk Ms 398 SMITHFIELD. During the last week the import of foreign stock into London amounted to 9,306 head. In the corresponding period of 1852, we received 7,071; in 1851, 7,189; i n 1850, 4,481; in 1849, 4,266 ; and in 1848, 3,220, and in 1847, 1,847 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEER. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Bromvershaven 4 -. 190 ._ 46 Harlingen 242 -. 552 -. 6 ••• 118 ._ 473 Tonningen 227 -. 240 .- ." Hamburgh Rotterdam.-- 427 -. 1,944 _. 65S -. 503 -. 15 Flordt. - 362 114 S ". 2 Aansterdama.- ll5 -. 1,209 .. -. 200 -. 36 Calves. Pigs, Nicu Diep lOl ... Oster' — ... Bremen B4 ... 61 ... 3 12 ... - T0ta1.... 1,294 ... 5,756 .. 824 ••• 903 529 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1852 B4O ._ 4,647 ._ 622 _. 649 ._ 313 1851 1,297 ._ 4,303 .- 858 .- 541 -. 190 1850 852 _. 2,706 _. 336 _. 492 95 1849 450 _. 3,026 _. 314 55 1848 356 _. 2,370 _. 59 -. 435 ... __ To-day's market was very extensively supplied with foreign stock as to number, but its general quality was extremely in favour. A good clearance was effected on higher terms. The arrivals of beast from our own grazing districts were very moderate, and we obßerved a considerable falling off in the weight and condition. The attendance of buyers being large, the beef trade ruled very brisk, at an advance in the prices obtained on Monday last of quite 4d. per 81bs. A few very superior Scots changed hands at from 4s. 10d. to ss. ; but the general top figure for beef was 4s. Bd. per Blbs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, wo received 1,000 Scots, short-horns, &c. ; from the northern districts, 800 short-horns ; from other parts of England, 600 Herefords, Runts, Devons, ; and, from Scotland, 220 horned and polled Scots. There was a falling off in the supply of sheep, a large portion of which was beneath the middle quality. We had a very brisk trade for all breeds, and the currencies advanced fully 4d. per 81bs. A few very superior old Downs realized ss. 4d. per 81bs. The general top figure for mutton, however, was ss. 2d. There was a very active inquiry for lambs, at a rise in prices of quite 4d. per 81bs. In extreme cases, Down qualities of lamb sold at ss. 6cl. per 81bs. The supply of calves was good ; nevertheless, the veal trade ruled steady, and the quotations had an upward tendency. Pigs were in fair average supply, and steady inquiry. Prices were somewhat on the advance. Per Sibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d.l Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 8, Second quality.... 3 10 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4 Prime Scots, &c. 4 6 4 8 Inferior Sheep ...3 8 4 0 Second quality ...4 2 4 6 Prime crse.-wlled.4 8 410 Lambs 5s s. d. s. d. Prime Southdown 5 0 5 2 Large case. ca'ves 3 8 4 4 Prime small d 0... 4 6 5 0 Large hogs 3 0 3 6 Small pozkers 3 8 4 2 Suekliugealves ..20 0 26 0 Quarter old pigs 19 0 24 0 2d to 6s 4d. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts .. • • • • ...... 3,909 Sheep and Lambs .. • • ....25,470 Calves . . •• 3 7 8 Pigs ......... ... FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts •.. 1,631 Sheep ..•• •• •• •• .• •• .• ••• • 3,940 Ce'ves.•••.. •• •••• • • 30 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, July 19, 1852, and this day, Monday, July 18, 1853. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. July 19, 1852. 1 Ju1y18,1853 s. d. s. d. a. d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts ... 26t0 2 8,3 4to 3 8 Second quality ditto ... ..• ... 210 3 0,3 10 4 0 P r ime large oxen 3 2 3 6 1 4 2 4 4 Prime Scots, &c ••• ... 3 8 3 10 1 4 6 4 8 Coarse and inferior sheep ... ... 210 3 0 1 3 8 4 0 S ec ond quality ditto ... 3 2 3 4,4 2 4 6 P r ime coarse woolled ditto ... ... 3 6 3 8 1 ,4 8 410 Primo Southdown ditto ... ..• 10 4 05 9 5 2 Lambs ••• • ••. ... 4 4 5 2'5 2 6 4 Large coarse calves 2 8 3 4 3 8 4 4 Prime small ditto 3 6 4 0 4 6 5 0 Large hogs ...............2 8 3 4 3 0 3 6 Neat small porkers 3 6 3 8 3 8 4 2 Beasts... ... ,„ 3,743 3,909 Sheep • . ... 28,140 25,470 Calves... 355 378 Pigs ,„ ,„ 167 410 SUPPLIES ON SALE, July 21, 1 851. —Beasts, 3,520; shoop and' lambs, 31,570 ; calves, 339; pigs, 385. July 22, 1850.—Beasts, 3,719 ; sheep and lambs, 28,350 ; calves, 584 ; pigs, 253. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of each kind of meat on sale to-day were very moderate. The general demand ruled brisk, at an advance in prices of from 2d to, in some instances, 4d per Sibs. Per Blbs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 0 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 3 8 Do., prime large 3 8 3 10 Do., do. small 4 0 4 2 Pork, large 3 2 3 s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 6 3 10 Do., middling 4 0 4 6 1 Do., prime 48 5 0 Veal 3 10 4 10 i Pork, small 3 10 4 2 5s Od to Os 4d Lambs BOROUGH HOP. The accounts from the plantations are rather conflicting, especially from Sussex. The demand, however, is far from active, at our quotations. Last week's imports into London were 37 bales from Ostend, 36 ditto from Antwerp, and 55 ditto from Hamburgh. Mid and East Kent pockets 130 s to 180 s ; Weald of Kent, 128 s to 1455; and Sussex, 115 s to 130 s per cwt. BOItOUGFI AND SPITALFIELDS. These markets are tolerably well, but by no means ex tensively, supplied with new potatoes, which are in good request, at from 8s to 20s per cwt. Last week's imports into London were 12 baskets from Boulogne, 101 ditto from Dunkirk, and 3,459 ditto from Rotterdam. WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool commenced on Thurs day, with a very moderate attendance of buyers. The biddings, owing chiefly to the large quantity advertised (upwards of 60,000 bales), have ruled inactive, at a decline in prices of from id to ld per lb. The following quotations have been paid :—Port Philip : Clean sheep's, is 61d to is 100 ; damaged do., is 7d to is 10d ; part grease, is 7d ; pieces, ls. 141 to is sid ; locks, 101 d to is 5 d ; do. and grease, is ; lambs', is 6d to 2s lid ; clothing . 1 s llid • skin, is , 1,,c1 to is sd. ; combing, is ; scoured sheep' s , 1; 9d to 2s ld ; greasy, 11c1 to ls Nd.—Moreton Bay : Clean sheep's, is 9d to ls - 9i ; damaged, is 8d ; locks, is 3d ' • do. and pieces, is 2d ; hoggett, 1 1 10 d. — Adelaide : Greasy sheep's, Bid to ls ; lambs', is 2Ad ; clean sheep's, la stl to is B) , d ; locks, 7d ; grease, 9d to ls.—Sydney : Snow white sheep's, is 70 to ls loi ; damaged. Is 9d to is 91d • clean sheep's, is 7d to is 10d ; super do., 2s 4d ; damaged: is 7d to is 81d ; broken, is 6id ; clothing, is 101 d to ls Ild ; combing, is 101 d ; hoggett, is 110 to 2s Oid; hand washed, is 40 ; locks, is 6d to is 7d. New Zealand : Scoured sheep's, is 6d ; grease, is lid ; handwashed, is 3id ; mixed, is 3d.—Algoa , Bay : Cleau sheep's, is 4d to is 4id. ; handwashed, is 2d to is 3d. — Portland Bay : Clean sheep's, is 4d to is 8d ; grease, lid to is 3d.—Launceston : Clean sheep's. is 7id to is 9d ; lamb's, is 10d to 2s.—Hobart Town : Clean sheep's is 6d to is 7id ; combing, is 7id ; lamb's, is bid to is 7id.—lt has been announced that only one more series will be held this year, and that two months will elapse between the holding of the present and the commencement of the next auctions. In the private market, next to nothing is doing. Last week's imports were 1,153 bales from Sydney, 79 do. from Hamburgh, 366 from Bombay, 35 from Alexandria, 25 from Odense, 17 from Seville, 1,406 from Port Philip, 136 from Mogadore, 2,800 from long, 10 from Mar i seines, 368 from Taganrog, and 800 from Algoa Bay. TALLOW. Sinco our last report, there has been less activity in the demand for tallow, and several large parcels have changed hands for delivery during the last three months at 51s 6d per cwt. To-day, Y.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 52s to i 1849. 1850. 1851. 1851. I 1853. 52s Odlo 523 Stock this day ...... 24,152 25,4 '5 133,819 43,987 19 434 Price a Y. C.: .... 6d [ :to 39 3 s 9s 3 f t id i 3 0 6s 0s 3d Or 3 3 7 8% 9'1 0r to to 37 0 5 0..?0% Delivery last week .. 1,152 1.364 1,448 467 1,5t7 Ditto from June 1.... 7,576 7351 8,921 6,595 10,070 Arrivals last week .. 575 20(3 1,234 605 678 Dittofrom June 1.... 6,245 7,712 6,237 9,184 6,189 Price of Town .... —40 s 38s 06 39s 61 39s Gd ,sls 3d SEEDS. Since our last report a steady business has been doing in linseed, at full prices. All other seeds have moved off slowly, at barely late rates. Cakes command very full currencies. Turn' p,White, per bush. 98 to 115 Swede ••••• .. • • 103 12s Mustard, 8r0wn...... 79 Os White, n0w....., 7s nd 94 Tarcs,Winter, new.. Os Od Os Od Spring • • • • • • • ... 4s 6d 5s 6d Canary, per quarter .. 403 43s f? ye grass • • • • • • - • • 28s 3 is Miter, Red Eng. (cwt.) 44s 64s White • • • • .. •• • • 48s 65, Foreign Red.. • • 44s 62s White.... 51s 65s Trefoil, 24s 288 Carraway...... ••• • .. 45s 485 Coriander... .... •• • . 113 14s llempseed, per quarter 38s 421 Linseed, Eng.Aowing.• 64s 5/3 3 Crushing •••• • • •• 473 49 5 Baltic .. • • 463 48s Odessa • • ...• •• • • 46$ 485 Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English .. . 81 Os 9 5s Foreign, per ton 7110 s Rape Cakes, pr ton 4111 s 5/ Os Rapeseed,lievr,pr Ist 2110 s 2410 s ASCENT OF MO.NT BLANC. Mr. Albert Smith has been ascending Mont Blanc nightly now for nearly two seasons, but ho appears as far as ever from realising Coleridge's description of the poor relation— " That hath outstayed his welcome while, And tells the jest without the smile." The popularity of his amusing entertainment, so far from diminishing, is decidedly on the increase every week. Considering the long run it has had—we are afraid to say how many, but over 300—one would al most fancy that everybody had seen it sufficiently often, and that, despite all its brilliant jokes and clever hits, it would have grown as wearisome as a twice-told tale ; but Mr. Albert Smith seems to have the knack of telling the same good thing in half-a-dozen different ways, and though the delighted auditor knows perfectly well what is coming, he cannot resist the drollery. What an enviable person, then, must he be who has the pleasure in store of hearing the Ascent for the first time, and no doubt there are such persons left, though, if we are to judge from the squeeze every night at Egyptian-hall, the race promises soon to become ex tinct. Mr. Albert Smith had long been a popular favourite, but he has now become the leading saran of Europe, and we shall soon expect to see all the letters of the alphabet tacked to his name, for no philosopher however learned, and no digger however industrious, ever found so much gold at so high a level as Mr. A. Smith has succeeded in finding on the top of Mont Blanc. We heartily congratulate Mr. Smith on his success, for no man deserves it better. 52s 641 per cwt. Town tallow is 51s net owl; rough fat, 2s 11d per 81bs. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. On Saturday evening, as is always the case when Grisi and Mario are announced, there was an overflow ing audience to witness their appearance in La Favorita, performed for the first time these two years. The opera itself has no extraordinary attraction ; it has merit, but is not comparable to several of Donizetti's other works. It was written towards the close of his life, and for the French stage—circumstances which may account for its comparative want of freshness and flow of melody, and for its full and elaborate style of instrumentation. Its airs have not taken posses , sion of the public ear ; one of them only—" Ange si pue—bas found its way to the concert-rooms, the surest test of popularity. On the other hand, Donizetti took more than his usual pains to make his music dramatic, a quality more prized by a French than an Italian audience. The concerted pieces, in which much of the dioalogue is carried on, are skilfully constructed and sometimes strikingly effective ; and the French original shows the care bestowed in adapting the music to a correct and emphatic declamation—though this fea ture has been much impaired in the Italian version. The drama, notwithstanding the objection to the character of the heroine, is interesting. The scene in which the lover indignantly rejects the hand of the object of his passion when he discovers that she is the mistress of the king, is finely worked up, and there are few things on the stage more mournful than the final meeting of the sepa rated pair, who, in the gloom of the cloister, see each other again, only to die. But this opera is one of those things which depend more on the performers than on the author ; nothing less than transcenda n t p owers on t h eir part will give it effect. During the last ten or twelve years it has been repeatedly performed at both our Italian theatres, but Grisi and Mario only have made it the means of achieving a triumph. And this triumph never was greater than on Saturday night. Our incomparable pima donna never was in fuller possession of her powers. Her voice had all its richness, beauty, and thrilling sweetness, which goes at once to the heart ; and she acted 'with that natural simplicity and feeling which constitute her peculiar charm. Mario was equally felicitous, and in the pathetic scene which forms nearly the whole of the fourth act (the finest part of the opera, which Donizetti is said to have composed in a single night), they produced an effect which we have rarely seen surpassed.. When the curtain fell the audience expressed their ad miration and delight, not by applause merely, but by shouts and acclamations. Yet now that this highly-gifted pair have reached the very summit of their art, while their faculties are unim paired, while they enjoy an unparalleled amount of pub lic favour, and are the great objects of attraction in the theatre which has the good fortune to possess them, they are abandoning, one by one, their principal parts, in which it is found by experience that no one can re place them. Only the other evening Don Giovanni was produced without Grisi as Donna Anna, and without Mario as Otta,vio ; and their absence (especially that of Grisi) marred the performance, and disappointed the hopes of those who had been looking forward the whole season to the enjoyment of the chef-d'ceurre of the mu sical stage. Why this should be it is difficult to under stand—we can only regret it without attempting to account for it. ANOTHER AFFRAY BETWEEN THE IRISH ROMAN CATHOLICS AND THE ITALIAN REFUGEES. Another serious disturbance occurred last night in the neighbourhood of Gray's-inn-lane, between a number of the lower order of Irish Roman Catholics and a party of Italian refugees, resident in Baldwin's-gardens and its vicinity. On this occasion, as on Monday last, the Irish were the aggressors, and owing to the admirable pre cautions taken by the police of the G division several men have been apprehended and lodged in the station house, on the double charge of assaulting unoffending Italians, and resisting the police in the execution of their duty. It was about half-past seven o'clock when the first disturbance occurred. Information to the effect that a large number of Irish Roman Catholics had left the various localities of Whitechapel, St. Giles's, Lambeth, and the Borough, in parties of two and three, all directing their steps towards Gray's inn-lane had previously been received, and the reserve constables from the chief police station in Bow-street, as well as those at Islington and other dis tricts, had been summoned to the spot. At seven o'clock an Italian boot and shoe maker, named Daniel Staurenghi, a resident in Baldwin's-gardens, was returning from a house in Greville-street, used as a resort by many of the refugees, to his own residence, when, while passing through Fox-court, a paved thoroughfare leading from Greville-street into Gray's-inn-lane, he was assaulted by an Irish costermonger, named James Neale, who threw a round paving-stone weighing several pounds at him from behind, and then hastily retreated into his house —a small tenement in Fox-place, an outlet from Fox court. It does not appear that Neale had any previous personal knowledge of Staurenghi, but as the latter wore a red cap of liberty and possessed strongly marked Italian features the Irishman considered him a fair object of attack, and, as stated, threw a stone at him with so much violence that it rolled several yards in advance of where he was walking. Staurenghi, being an active man, turned suddenly round, and seeing his assailant running away he followed him as quickly as possible and marked him enter the house No. 1, Fox-place. One of Mr. Martin's constables was fortunately passing down Fox-court just as the stone was thrown by Neale, and the missile actually rolled close up to where the officer stood ; his attention was instantly directed to Staurenghi running after Neale, and calling to his assistance two or three other officers, they followed the Italian into Fox-place, where they found the house Neale had entered barricaded against them. After attempting to effect an entrance by the ad joining house, in which they failed, the officers called upon Neale to surrender. The summons was answered from the second floor window by hurling down a variety of missiles, and among the rest an iron-mounted plasterer's hammer, which narrowly escaped falling upon the head of one of the constables. A renewed sum mons to surrender himself, and a threat that if he did not do so the door would be forced, brought Neale to the window with a kettle full of boiling water, the con tents of which the miscreant threw out upon the officers, one of the sergeants receiving a considerable quantity over his head and face. It was now felt that further parleying would be useless, and a reinforcement of constables having arrived an entry was effected, an d Neale's apprehension , after some difficulty, se cure d . A second Irishman; named John Carroll ,who assi s t e d Neale in barricading his house and assaulted Mr. Staurenghi, was also safely lodged in custody. Th e greatest excitement prevailed in the neighbour hood during the progress of this affray, and but for the presence of an overwhelming force of police, all of whom behaved admi ra b l y , there can be no doubt very serious consequences would have occurred. Up to H o'clock only four arrests had been made —all Irishmen —and although it was thought desirable to retain the police on duty there appeared every probability of the n ight not being further disturbed. THE YUCCA GLORIOSA, OR ADAM'S NEEDLE.—It may perhaps interest some of our readers to learn that a fine specimen of this plant, in the flower-border on the west side of Kensington Gardens, will shortly be in blossom. The flower-stalk is at present about three feet high, and covered with flower-buds ; but ere it be in full blossom it will attain a height of eight or nine feet. It is one of the most beautiful and majestic of flowers ; and, apart from this, the rarity of its blossoming always makes it an object of much interest. 12 13 134 899 10 7i I} 76i 71 Pm 114 8f 84 a d 115 14i 891 90 70i i 11 if 10 ol 39 xd, x n i 1 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, July 18.—Wind this day at Noon, S.S.W. ; moderato breeze, and cloudy, with rain. COWES, July 16.—Arrived—Falstaff, Trinidad de Cuba ; Florida, Havannah ; Susanna, do. ; Juniata, Matanzas. DEAL, July 17.—Wind, S.W. by W. Arrived—H.M.'s st. Cyclops, Eastward, for the Westward ; Alexander, Mauritius ; Sultan, Islay ; Eliza Charles, Monte Video ; Pursuit, Mobile, for Amsterdam; Savannah, Quebec ; Queen of the East, Calcutta ; Eliza, Trinidad; Protector, Jamaica ; Beaufort, Honduras ; Glen Huntley, St. John's ; Gabrial, New York. Arrived from the River—Token, for Bombay. Put back—Druid, Launceston, V.D.L. PORTSMOUTH, July 17.—Wind, W. Arrived—Caroline, Quebec ; Emerald, London, for Antigua, master ill ; Nyverheid, Amsterdam, for Liverpool, with a leak. —The Factor, Weymouth to London, which got on shore on Sand Head, on the 13th inst., has come off without damage. . PLYMOUTH, July 17.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Con stante, Matanzas. SOUTHAMPTON, July 17.—Arrived—Orinoco (s), West Indies- on freight 558,516 dollars on freight. MILFORD, July 16.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Dale Park, Sierra Leone. LOWESTOFT, July 18.—Arrived—Emerald, Hartlepool, for London, leaky. WHITSTABLE, July 17.—The Harry King, of Cork, got on shore, and was abandoned, but was got off by the crew of a smack from here, when the crew returned. MILFORD, July 17.—The Mary, of Aberystwith, is sunk at Broadhaven. TORBAY, July 17. - Wind, W., fresh. Sailed—Richard Anderson, New York. BRISTOL, July 17.—Arrived—Austen, and Helen, New York ; Lalla Rookh, St. Stephen's. NEWPORT, July 16.—Sailed—Geo. A. Hopley, New York ; Toutonia, Bermuda. CLYDE.—Arrived—Cecilia, St. John's, N.B. ; Glymene, do. ; Warrior, Quebec. Sailcd—Assaye, Bombay; Cuth borts, New York. DUBLIN, July 16.—Wind, S. Arrived—Cadet, St. John's, N.B. LEITH, July 16.—Arrived—George, Quebec. SUNDERLAND, July 17.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived— Express, Quebec. • REDEAR, July 17.—The Baltic, of Whittington, has been towed back to the Tees, with oss of mainmast. EUROPEAN TROOPS IN INDIA.—Lord Ellenborough has a bill in the House of Lords, just printed, to provide for an /additional number of European troops in the service of the East India Company. The number is not to exceed 20,000, including commissioned and non commissioned officers, and the Company may enlist and have in pay and train and discipline under a former act, officers and private men not exceeding at one time 4,000. JUVENILE OFFENDERS..—Mr. Adderley and Sir James Pakington have a bill in the House of Commons (printed on Saturday), for the better care and reformation of juvenile offenders. Reformatory schools may be esta blished and convicted children sent to them, and detained until sureties are found for them. The Treasury may grant a sum not exceeding 10,0001. for the purpose or aid of a reformatory school. ACCIDENT ON SNOWDON.—An accident, which it is feared will prove fatal, occurred the other day on Snow don. A party of gentlemen from Birmingham were making the ascent, accompanied by a little boy acting as guide. They went by the more uncommon route, direct from the Victoria Hotel— a perfectly safe way ; but, in order to shorten the distance, the travellers diverged from the ordi nary t rac k. O ne o f th e p a rty, in hastily running, missed his footing, and fell down a precipitous declivity, a distance o f more th an 100 yards. He is so seriously injured that his lif e i s despaired of. ASYLUTiI FOR FEMAL E O RPHANS , LAMBETH.—Yester day morning five young women pel t e receive fivethi s ven erable charity attended in the chapel guineas each, as a reward for faithful service. There were present their Royal Hi g h nesses th e D uc h ess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, attended by the Baron Knescheek. Anthems were sung b y t h e 160 orphan girls ranged in the gallery. Prayers were read by the Rev. Stephen Read Cattley, the chaplain ; and the Rev. John Jeesopp preached the-sermon. 36i i 7i 7 i i PM 151 i x d 1071 661 6 33i1, 3 3i 2 I 80 791 60 x d & bon 45 a all 78i 9 8 65 7 4 x new EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION. A fire attended with a destruction of property valued at several thousand pounds broke out shortly after 5 o'clock p.m. on Saturday, and although upward of a dozen engines had been actively throwing water upon the flames, they were not entirely extinguished at 3 o'clock yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. The scene of this misfortun e was Lower North-street, Knightsbridge, a narrow thoroughfare running out of Sloane-street, in the direction of the Brompton-road. The premises in which the fire commenced belonged to Mr. Charles Arter, a timber-merchant and importer of veneers and fancy mahogany. The property in question stood on the north side of the road, and contained a range of work-shops, several stores filled with timber, while a great'number of stacks of deals in the open yard mounted high above the housetops in the neighbourhood clearly proving that unless the flames could be subdued a fearful sacrifice of property must follow. The brigades, on finding that there was not the least chance of saving anything either in the workshops, the, covered stores, or piles of timber in Mr. Arter's open yard, directed the branches from their several engines in such directions that the water discharged should fall upon the surrounding habitations, which, happily, had the desired effect of arresting the devouring element in its progress. The total amount of loss, or how the disaster was oc casioned, cannot at present be a scer t a i ne d. Someidea of the extent of property destroyed may be formed from the subjoined official report, fur n i s h e d by M r . Superin tendent Braidwood " Saturday, July 16, 1853.—A fire broke out at 5 15 p.m. in Lower North-street, Knightsbridge, which did the following damage : " Mr. - Charle w s Arter, timber, veneer, and mahogany merchant, in Lower North-street.—The workshops and several stacks of deals, &c., under cover and in open yard, destroyed, and contents in building on the opposite side of the street damaged by fire and water. The cause of fire unknown. Engines that attended-1 A, 28,5 C, f our o f the parish, and that of the West of England Insurance office. The buildings and contents were insured in the Star Fire-office. " Mr. John Cuthbert, tallow-molter, in the same street. —Contents and building damaged by water and removal, and roof by breakage. Insurance unknown at present. " Mr. H. Bellringer, dealer in marine stores, No. 6, in the same street.—Back part of house and contents de stroyed ; part of the roof off, and rest of house and contents damaged by fire, water, and removal ; contents not in sured. Building unknown. Mr. Hascombe (private), No. 5, in the same street.— Back part of house consumed, the roof burnt off, and rest of building greatly injured by fire, water, and removal. Insurance not known. Mr. Brown, confectioner, No. 4, in the same street.— The building partly destroyed, and contents severely da maged by fire, water, and removal. Not insured for con tents. " No. 3, in the same street, name of occupier unknown. —Back front severely burnt, and remainder of building and contents injured by water and removal. Insurance unknown at present. " Mr. Charles Walker, cowkeeper, in the same street.— Part of the roof of lofts and cowhouses burnt off; contents and buildings damaged by fire, water, and removal. In surance unknown. " No. 14, Queen's-gardens.—Mr. C. Arter, counting houses and private dwelling. Similar damage to premises and their contents. Insured in the Star Fire-office. " No. 13, Queen's-gardens.—Mr. Toon (private); build ing and contents damaged by fire, water, &c. Building insured in the Star-office • the contents uninsured. "Nos. 8,9, 10, 11, and 12, in Queen's-gardens, let out in tenements, the property of Mrs. Haines, Grove-place, Brompton, and uninsured.—The five buildings greatly damaged by fire, and contents by fire, water, and removal. The gardens also destroyed. "No. 12, New street.—Mr. P. Johnson ; back premises and the roof seriously damaged by fire, and the contents in front house by water and removal. Insurance not known. . "No. 13, in the same street.—Mr. James C au l, baker ; considerable damage to contents by water and removal ; contents insured in the County Fire-office, and the build ingin the same office. No. 20, Exeter-street.—Mrs. Mary Ayling, chandler. Similar damage ; not insured." During yesterday afternoon several thousand persons visited the still smouldering ruins, and a strong body of the B division of police were required to keep them out of danger. THE INUNDATIONS. READING, July 16.—The fall of rain has this week been such as has no parallel in this district at this season of the year. Both on Monday and Tuesday the weather was very favourable for hay making, and great activity and energy were displayed to secure the crops of grass then cut ; but a check was put to these busy operations by a fall of rain on Wednesday night of the most fearful character. The low lands in the neighbourhood have been covered with water making a second flood within a period of little more than six months. In the parish of Swallowfield, a few miles from this town, Mr. G. Cox a farmer, had water in one of his meadows to the depth of three feet, and it presented a singular appearance, from the surface being covered with mown grass. At different parts of Burghfield the hay meadows were in undated, and the road leading from that place to the village of T'neale was rendered impassable to pedestrians. The injurious effects of the storm have been experienced at Sonning, where a great deal of hay was lying on the ground ready to be carried. Near Newbury the flood has considerably extended itself. By this heavy rain the damage to some portion of the corn crops it would be difficult to estimate. The barley appears to have suffered to the greatest extent, for in some districts whole crops are completely flattened, and it is not possible they can recover. The wheat is less in jured, though in a few places it affords evidence of the severity of the storm. The other grain crops are all mere or less damaged. This fall of rain, followed by strong and chilling winds, has been unfavourable for the potato, and no w the tubers present appearances of the old disease. Up to the time of this stcrm the reports of the crops of this plant were generally good, but there is too much reason to fear the truth of the rumour that they are attacked. NOTTINGHAM, Saturday.—This town and neighbour hood have, during the last several days, been visited by heavy storms. A considerable amount of property has been either spoiled or injured in the lower districts of the town. In the neighbourhood of Poplar the river Beck, which is arched over, and forms the main drain of the district, was quite incapable of carrying away the vast quantity of water that rushed into it ; the conduit consequently burst at several points, making, in parti cular, a cavity of several yards in extent in a yard known as Stevenson's-yard, thus filling the houses of the poor in that district with the most offensive sewage matter, and doing great injury to articles of domestic use. The depth of water was such that the inhabitants of the dis trict were either obliged to retreat to their chambers or leave their dwellings altogether. Two large stone slabs, covering a portion of a small culvert in Plough-lane, were forced up by the tremendous rush of water. The cellar of a public house in Poplar was inundated, and 100 gallons of ale spoiled. This morning, in conse quence of the heavy rains that have fallen in Leicester shire and Derbyshire, the river Trent, in this neighbour hood, rose to an alarming height. In the East Croft and meadows, near the town, some of the low lands were flooded ; we have not heard, however, of any seri ous damage being done. At Kegworth and in that neighbourhood the sudden overflow of the water has done great injury to the crops. THE PItIN6IPALITY.-ThE; recent heavy floods have been attended with a considerable destruction of pro perty in the Principality, more especially in South Wales, in addition to those already recorded. At Cwm Neath alone no less than seven bridges (including that of Pontwalby) have been swept away by the heavy thunderstorms and the unusual rise of the waters. In the Vale of Neath the fall of rain has been heavier than has been known for many years. The county bridge of Pontwalby was literally carried bodily away, only a small portion of the eastern abut ment having been left ; the result was, that the traffic on the Merthyr road was completely stopped. In and near Brecon the loss of property has also been very great. It i 3 said that the river rose 15ft., and that the flood was the effect of a waterspout. The Taff was also flooded to such an unusual extent as to carry away the stone bridge thrown over the river between Pentrebach works and Abereannad ; its chief ravages, however, were in the upper part of Brecknock, and in the adjoining vale of Neath. Brecon town was flooded and filled with mud ; a cottage, with five inmates, was carried away near Builth, and the whole district was swept clear of hay, potatoes, and all moveable articles. The river Mellte carried away s everal small bridges, washed off all the hay that was already cut, and did serious damage to all the corn fields and meadows on its banks. The little river Nedd Vechan, prior to its junction with the Mellte, carried off the parapets of Pont Neatli Vaughan bridge, and from the junction below that village the Neath committed terrible devastations. The farm of Ynys Sando was inundated, the cattle were carried away, and the farmer only escaped with his own life, after climbing with much effort from one of the outhouses through the window into the upstairs room. The farm of Ynys-y-Cymmer was denuded of its hay, and the houses in the neighbourhood were filled with water and debritus. At Lougharnc a great amount of damages has been done to the wheat crops as well as the hay. The flood likewise undermined a large piece of the ancient castle wall, which fell with a tremendous crash.. The dis trict of Marros Pendine and Amroth was completely over flowed, a great number of houses were inundated, and the inhabitants obliged to make their escape through the win dows and roofs of their houses, and leave all to the mercy of the water, and rushed with awful impetuosity, carrying before it bridges, culverts, hayricks, and everything that Stood in its way. Great damage was done to the highways. especially those places having any declivity, which were completely blocked up, and it will take some time to put them in passable repair. The brook at Amroth was swollen to such a degree that the water found its way into the Castle several feet in depth. The amount of damage at this single place is estimated at from 2501. to 3001. At Haverfordwest some cattle were killed by lightning during the storm that prevailed. At Cardigan two pigs, belonging to Mr. John Ilavard, cabinet maker, were killed by the lightning ; and at Dlaennerch, near Trensaine, two horses, worth about 301. each, be longing to the Rev. Mr. Jones, of Blacnnerch, were killed. They were in a field at a farm called Cwm. The farmer, George Griff ' hs his wife, and children, had a providential escape from being struck by the electric fluid. While they were sitting at breakfast it entered the room by the chimney, and in an instant cleared the breakfast-tabla of everything, and struck down a little girl ; it then passed out through the open door, leaving the room filled with sulphurous smoke. The child was slightly scorched on the arm, but happily no other injury was sustained. Altogether suc h a wi ely-spread devastation occasioned by heavy floods has not been known for many years. I THE GALE OF 1 SHIELDS, SATURDAY , —On . from the N.N.E. raged off A meeting of the friends of the ballot was held on the 14th, at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. The meeting, which was convened by circular from the Ballot Society, was called with the view of enabling that body to confer with the friends of the ballot movement on the best means of insuring its success. The attendance on the occasion was highly in fluential, while the letters received from leading re formers in the country proved how wide-spread is the feeling in favour of the ballot among the constituencies of the empire. At the hour fixed for the meeting, ono o'clock, there were, among others, present, the Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P. ; R. Cobden, M.P. ; J. M'Cann, M.P. ; J. Brady, M.P. ; J. Ball, M.P. ; W. J. Hall, Torrens M'Cullagh, T. Prout, H. Bateman, Donald Nicholl (who handed in a contribution of five five guineas), G. Pouncey, T. B. Parker, G. E. Dennes, R. Dawson, J. Evans, W. Simpson, J. Ledger, A. New ton' W. D. Saul, W. Geeson, J. Prout, W. Wickham, H. Dixon, W. Roberts, R. Cassidy, Monstrevern ; H. Kennedy, Brighton ; J . Sothern, Yarmouth; W. Gibbs, Aylesbury ; R. Cosens, Barnham, Sussex ; T. Falvey, Southampton, and other gentlemen. Previous to the more immediate business of the meet ing, the Secretary of the Ballot Society read communi cations, expressive of concurrence with the ballot move ment, and of regret at their inability to attend on this occasion, from Baron Rothschild, M.P., through Mr. W. J. Hall, with a contribution of twenty guineas ; Mr. Scholefield, M.P. ; H. Hussey Vivian, M.P. ; R. W. Crawford, F. Bennoch, Dr. Lee, of Hartwell-house, Bucks ; Mr. J. Etches, Derby, with a contribution of 51. Letters to the same effect were also read from Ha. vant, Landport, Haverfordwest, Swansea, Enfield, Stroud, Inverness, Banagher, Cheltenham, Bristol, Great Marlow, and other places. The Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, having been called to the chair, stated the object of the meeting, which was to confer on the steps to be taken at the present im portant juncture (when a measure of Parliamentary Re form was in prospect), for obtaining such an expression of public opinion in favour of the ballot as would secure its adoption in the place that would be proposed by her Majesty's Ministers. Mr. Berkeley was followed by Mr. Cobden, who ad. verted to the means of effecting this object. Mr. Cobden thought that the constituencies should make the ballot an indispensable condition to their support of candidates at the next election. The whole energy of the country should be concentrated on this great ques tion, which involved equally the national character and public morality. As a means to this end the hon. mein ber dwelt on the importance of local organisation for the promotion of the ballot. Mr. Cobden was followed by Mr. W. J. Hall, Esq., who said he had been requested by Baron Rothschild in handing in his subscription, to express his regret at his unavoidable absence. Mr. Hall then expressed his concurrence with the views put forward by Mr. Cobden, and added, that, as alcitizen of London, he hoped to see the City soon take up the question of the ballot. Mr. J. M'Cann, M.P., adverted to the unanimity of the Irish Liberals on the ballot. All that was neces sary to be done so far as Ireland was concerned, was to give the constituencies timely notice of the question being brought forward, and they might safely be left to deal with their respective members. The resolution which affirmed tho support of the ballot as a duty in cumbent upon the friends of purity of election having been supported by Messrs. Dawson and Geeson was unanimously adopted. The second resolution, which adverted to the import ance of an immediate expression of public opinion in favour of the ballot being made a feature in the new Reform Bill was moved by Mr. Richard Cosens, of Barnham, Sussex, who, on announcing himself as a tenant farmer of 800 acres, was welcomed by the meet ing with a hearty English cheer. Mr. Cosens, after alluding to the well-known fact, that the farmers had "no voice of their own" in county representation, dwelt; at some length, on the mode in which the ballot move ment was to be promoted among the agriculturists. In the course of his speech Mr. Cosens declared his convic tion that an appeal to agricultural constituencies, on behalf of the ballot, would now meet with a welcome response from tenant farmers. The resolution was seconded by Mr. Torrens M'Cul lagh, who hailed the sentiments of the last speaker as an earnest that on the question of the ballot, town and country, the tradesman and farmer would become one. Mr. M'Cullagh, after adverting to the silent, but not ineffectual, labours of the Ballot Society during the past few months, stated that tracts were now in preparation on current objections against the ballot, some of which, such as the proposed failure of the ballot in America, had been endorsed by high authority even in the House of Commons. He believed it would be found that this supposition arose from the want of accurate information as to the real facts of the case. Such information it would be one of the earliest duties of the Ballot Society to supply. The resolution having been supported by 1 3 v I a r s . J. B rr a ie ll a M.P., and Mr. J. Gibbs, of Aylesbury, 12,011. COM The third resolution which embodiedle hearty as sent of the meeting to a subscriptio n in aid__the object , r t of i of the Ballot Society, was moved by Mr. T. Prout, who .o t a h l e y r s e t s re o l i r u a t i s i on could easily be re ferring to the difficulties in the way of carrying this ques tion showed that . t s h i e , overcome by a le which ho had the honour of proposing ; that response was, however, y on l s v e ere to of paramount importance to their success. Mr. Henry Bateman, in seconding the resolution, ob; served that it was the pith of the whole question. Ile had no fear that the movement would fail for the want of money, but under existing circumstances prompt and energetic aid in the way of contributions would go far to obviate the evils resulting from a protra,cted agitation of the question. His support of the movement was in duced mainly by his confidence that the ballot . was the most effectual means of putting an end to the present. debasing and demoralising practices of contested eled tions. The resolution having been supported by Mr. Robert . Cassidy, was carried unanimously. The fourth resolution, which urged:- the formation of local societies for the promotion of the ballot, was moved \ 1 by Mr. T. Falvey, of Southampton; who gave valuable . illustrations of the importance of local organisations. 1 The resolution having been seconded by Mr. R. Daw- THURSDAY. , son, and supported by Mr. A. Newton, was carried. Thursday a violent gale A vote of thanits to the chairman closed the proceed the coast north of Flaw.. ing6. borough-head, and it has produced serious results among the shipping. 'We received information yesterday after noon that a valuable screw collier, the Countess of Strathmore, the property of the General Iron Sermi Collier Company, which had left the Tyne heavily laden on' Wednesday afternoon for London, had foundered during the gale. In the evening tho worst fears were confirmed' by the arrival of a portion of the crew at Shields. 'When she left the Tyne site had thiee pissen gers and a crew of 15 cfficers and seambn on board, and on Thursday afternoon it appears she was off the York shire coast, nearlyabreast of Whitby, in alleavy cross sea, which washed her decks and poured a good deal, of water into the engine -room. The master, Mr. Nicholson, a man of first-rate courage, and as smart a sailor as ever crossed Shields Bar, kept her before the wind until her foreyard blew away. He then tried to get back to Har tlepool, but the vessel shipped a sea which disabled the rudder, extinguished the fires, and threw the ship into the trough of the waves, thoroughly disabling her. A billyboy put out to the assistance of the crew, and by a rope, the boats having been washed away, got off ten of the crew and two of the passengers. A Whitby vessel, the Bounty, also came down to help them, and saved others from the ill-fated vessel. But the mate, 'William Harrison, having lashed himself to a ladder, was being drawn towards the brig, when a sea caught the ladder, and knocked the poor fellow off and drowned him. The master, the last to leave his post, being a stout man, lashed himself to a new rope, and the people on board the brig had nearly dragged him into their boat, when the rope broke, and he fell under the stern arid was never more seen. A poor fellow, one of the crew, a young man belonging to Boston, had been hauled aboard the brig in a most exhausted state, and, though every exertion was made to restore animation, died shortly after he was got aboard. The vessel is reported to have foundered. The surviving crew and passengers were 'landed at Hartlepool on Thursday evening, and have been forwarded to their homes. The Countess of Strath more was a new vessel, having only been on the station since May last, and with her engines was a ship of 540 tons register. The untimely death of her commander is much lamented by the seafaring population of the Tyne, for he was a noble specimen ofthe English sailor. During the gale several vessels got ashore near Sea ham, but the crews are all saved. The Sunderland News gives a distressing account of the result of the gale at Hartlepool. Its correspondent says : "Two vessels have been stranded on the North Sands, about three-quarters of a mile to the north of the lieugh Lighthouse. -‘-‘ The first of these was a Sunderland sloop, the Sis ters, William Lewis master, which was bound for New castle, having left Whitby on the previous night-tide. When she was first discovered off the coast it was seen that she could not by any possibility make the harbour, having even then got far on towards the land. It was observable from the shore that there were only two men and a boy on board the sloop ; and as she struck the sea swept violently over her, carrying off the boy and one of the men (who afterwards proved to be the boy's father), who had attempted to rescue him. Happily both were immediately rescued by the other man ; but they were again swept athwart the deck by the retiring sea. Three hours from the stranding of the sloop were passed in a fruitless endeavour to render assistance to its miserable occupants, all the while subject to the most trying exposure, and in d a n ger o f b e i ng was h e d over board by the sea ; and it was not until afternoon that the rocket apparatus having been brought to bear on the spot., and a connexion-line passed to the sloop by this means, the vessel wa s sa f e ly b oar d e d. Thi s e ff ec t ea , the boy, whol had been supported in the arms of his father against the mainmast of the sloop since he was rescued from the sea by the captain ,during a period of three hours), was discovered to be in a state of insensi bility, from which lie never afterwards recovered, and the men were reduced to a condition of the utmost ex haustion. Both were immediately removed to the Brunswick Hate', where, with the most praiseworthy attention, the usual restoratives were plentifully sup plied, and the seamen were rapidly recovered ; but, not withstanding the most persevering application of Mr- Stamp, surgeon, by promoting artificial breathing, &c., the boy could not be resuscitated, and it is therefore supposed he must have died on the way from the shore after being landed. This was the poor little fellow's first voyage at sea ; and the probable cause of death, in the surgeon's opinion, is asphyxia, in his case the ner vous exhaustion from physical exposure and terror." 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