The Sun. — London, England, 1853-09-02 00:00:00

40 NEy - HARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. The Ba l CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. ett„ .. , es of cotton at Li ver p oo l yes t er d a y were L ' vu at 6 ,000 bales, of which 2,000 American taken for export and on speculation. The market. closed steadily. The sales comprised 4,000 *kaien ean ~„ eld , i . 12 uu Perham and Maranham, at 61d. to at 6' to'''''' tgYptian, at 6d. to 10-id. •20 Bahia, Per lb, 6 id. • and 500 Surat, at iid. to 40. Pres se d l'h e Railway ' Share Market was again de prives, and closed. heavily at a further define in eoialllille produce markets this week there has been g i ven animation, and full support has been y est il I t ' 7 o Prices, although the advance in discounts eh, er uaY had had some effect in checking pur hZei:l. Scotch pig iron has declined to 625. Sugar reali se d a good sale this week, and coffee has Eletiian advance. Rum and brandy have been dearer. an Cochineal has been in active demand ; 1 144;7 1 on the advance ; pepper in request at B teaci . rat es, and cotton dull. Tea has been In, Yo and tallow on t h e d ec li ne. Ab ou t 15,000 -038 f 4eXteins ula • gO are expecte d t o b e o ff ere d a t th e , h , gal '4e° 'W f 11 . t rnit t ins. - is part of a report upon the dried Le following receiv e d f rom M essrs . H oug hton an d :1 of Liverpool : b. u : (34 r, market s f or currants during the past month has efiLeiaarac te rised with the usual dulness at this period ilkite e ar, the t ransactions by the trade being very Parcels' and speculation being solely confined to a few V klac 451 old fruit ; on this description a further ad o e : ' l . 08 to 108 per cwt. on our last quotations . has el ear +Z tail led) and the market is now comparatively Itr e 4 the entire stock being held by a few parties who rice °td'et disposed to realise—anticipating a further btheieeerie;lfopiarctihoa,nduunadoubtedly will be obtained, as the scar eNe, th is Sort will be ' severely felt as the season for gradually decreasing. there being no hope of any fur. tote i t ar rivals of importance, and the stocks in this decreasing. New fruit has been quite of th e eci, but th e b ulk of this description does not admit Fully ( ten t% of sp ecu l at i on as the old. We, however, are %et,' et ° °Pinion, w h en the autumna l d eman d commences portic t e ,. .. 1%1411 qualities will yet command higher rates, as this tbe le only very small, and, to judge . from i_ men of we have seen of the new Patras fruit as a spec i nferi n ',. the best of thisyear's growth, it is considerably %v ei l - to last season's. The telegraphic dispatch re t • to 6:1 1 the 7th inst. was the most unfavourable . y d e . lAt er - '; , which led to the operations above-mentioned e , tot al 'wvices enter more into detail, and state that the elle.th? re P will not exceed 18,000,000 lbs., or scarcely 0 4.4 1 41 that of last year ; of this . quantity only about .. Pall y 1 , will be merchantable fruit, which . will princi- K lee e ve h en]. the Morea and Cephalonia, .the latter repot c i_ ha ying suffered so much in proportion as the e 18 , 1 4 1. 11 ds- The only arrival consists of 427 barrels, comparison Vio th ' fr om Trieste The clearances, in .'or hrcer months, show ' a considerable falling off, being ietis,',llle 00 0surnpt:,on only 100 tons, and export 30 Th 44,9, condition of the Manchester market is thus 1- 11 1 g ue :.1 . IT Messrs. M c Nair, Greenhow, and lice %°;ction of this market during the month has *er e t v il lously influenced, and its prevuiling features 'ttio "e of a changeable and fluctuating chara t cte n r . , oth er Taal activity at one period and depression da each eeen Primarily in importance was the continued un -414.44' as to the result of the Turkish question ; next, f ives IsPotes as existing between the masters and opera to ea to the increased demand for wages ; thirdly, l as titike increased dearness of money, as applicable to a e- Noernte co mmercial transactions, aided by the un a f nd C I u 5 accounts by the Overland Mail from Indi a w eath er / ; a nd, lastly, by the unfavourable changewb which has tlie ectil which has recently taken place, and i rates tended to produce an apprehension that the naturally that et. discount would increase, and if so, as 'h t di recti:Perations from - the absence of facilities in tot l erei3 would ' be much restricted. Reverting app a t y he i s n e inkingth eo nsiderations and causes, we are h 411 t o th at, from the accounts received to-day in re -1.:(51' til e Russian and Turkish affairs, so long in inju t° : exis tence, that it will now soon be peacefully . brought t l e kite rs e°4 a e n i ci csion, ttat as to the disputes between . ork sett' operatives, that matter has, for the time, • th e ed. by tne conceding of the demands bl tillileratives ; and from and t Bombay,somewhat improved by the last k le S t e ter from Ca may I r e k ut m ta uch better ; and lastly, in r t e e k llee to the statwe work the weather at this date, w d e are ota k el nove that money will still be dearer t an bec f c r ine t4 or e , 4 , 8 a consequence business operations will 4 tlie .eBt ricted. Our ' market, a . also that of the whole °ll t*,,„ ll 'acufacturing districts, we are happy to observe "S i e - le to exhibit undeniable proofs of substantial l' : ° ttl '- f r i , Lt Y. We are, nevertheless, apprehensive, that elle ,ige increasing extent of production, ad the lb ' re state s tate of the foreign markets, so unfavourable . in e "' l lep -il nerative point of view, that a day will arrive ti,e4„l?Teat distress to parties interested will be expe ue g.,;. To Jibe a familiar phrase, we would appear to A lbg 'too fast." 4 „,br v ße ixt ilerallY active silk market is reported by ~..tv,,, " • Eaton. I ` 4 , ee; ' l fillence of the advance in the Bank rate of ,"'At 4t would probably not be so much felt, but Lt 1 (1 1 ;:'.0, Weather is still lowering and ungenial, R 7e4,.., 1.e such is the case,_ there cannot but be miabress and reserve. There is also very rtebae 'k,o a Pprehension upon the subject of %t a qi "e shipments to Australia, a most Aai l 11R il lustration of the injudicious a c'i. th er° i ad • •en in the leading artice t c l e o re e r 4- r n o tes h al svolincee w gl ee v ks back,. when the merchants L ligh i , ached for not having sent enoug , t . , e f1e,;.,, Was notorious to . practical men that a I.' I, " Was on the eve of arriving out at Sydney, 1; a 44 1.1 - ` °6-11 made very long passages. Persons . 11,%-!e3rillallii2agecilinte.clwith the Australian business 11l Fall Peed so liberally, that the older hands tk thia ' Y consider that there is increased risk , 4 4, tth trade. Undoubtedly, it is desirable vi jecl e colo • iq z , Lilt if /lies should be amply and cheaply sup tni rell a glut ensues, another . _ . evil will result, velle p ' v ed scarcity for a period . t h 044 .111 148 have been heavy this morning, w g bu i t , r hall..,Particular change. Consols ' ll4 tte r vil lig been 97.1 I The New Tbhrirneeg-and-a ettk Nt I '. l ' Cents. have been quoted_ 2B lo . Oi. to i. South q' t "' k e f is rather firmer at 227 to 2 . & I' 3 llr t °e t -to.`a,worth 115. Exchequer Bills era 2s. 1 14,1 ‘ :) te;,,, - ts• premium. -'' 4 /7 st ocks have been a shade worse, but the Ik u iN hay' A numerous. Span sh New Deferred tt'eel realised. only 22 i to 23, but the Com.- 11 (I Certifi is firm at 6l to g.. Mexican t o a 8 h re A cate llt * r ,' 1 1 1 : 4 crivn to 26 to g, and Brazilian New 99g l' h' e ttt -8 1 ;"_ a4 Bonds are 116 ex div. Dutch 4 ) 44 , 4) 8 . ori ng 98 1. 04,leelllittauce for the Mexican dividends er 4e 4 ll d a ha s ig under 22,000 dollars, and Santa h..'' e l ] . unable to raise money for a chvi -1141-'414, Q 'ii 4% t "hares are rather worse again, the Eng -44(1141). El: ell:1 g down kto per cant. Being re 41prilabaete. Prressheand, there is not so much roo - ra p for Vt e A uz irench Shares are dull. Bank Shares have given on ihthe ~,I lall s again, and the cause. is unqueste La. - 4 , l ea ,t competition arising. gtIT I ''' u°lll Panies and Mines are very flat. $ -------- tia 13"413 S ~THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ll ' gto (Front the Official List.) 0,, el t Business done. li A t , `- , el it. ,:. ...... . ....... .... ...... 227 8 • 11 ,,,, attt. ~'educed Annuities 9Bl i i a 1,:k5 1 15 1 , er e!: 11 7 1 8 Annuities . lqt 4 4 ' Cent As Annuities., ,4Oniti„ ' ~_rLaill.'es (I—'ll --8 4 i lB6O • 5 li oii , tk i (la, 4 1 00 x 0 P re sth Jan., - 4 4 4 BeZ li der 400 n• • • .... • ' ...... ••-•• • • • • • 13 0 _ k„, gt„,,, v _. , a1„.,,'.e-.. ............................... k-llifo few: A llltitie s F 4440164 er ................... ......... September... tlt , .. .............. 1.., '' • ........... '911 . 1 b 0:4 4 4 ,,t0n d !,1G1T SAT ONE O'CLOCK. , i !tt„ ll „reali -- . t' per Cent tlt h , !,:_e•Gp 1 i :j. ..... ~..4 ',NZ 46 1 P: 1 01. 6 ,5 2 ' 4 6 per Cent 102,1 99$ 9 x d -.4 pe' l ,, 1i0t4'1,4 ........ 102 11 "itt" 3 Per ' "eferred 11Z%14115 f o r th e e4 t. ... J. 144 N i:14 A ce ttn. 26i , ,‘ .., ) 5 _o t ................ h", 4 lhh7, r tgo lida, per Cent. 116 4-slii4h-roew b efe u rr P e e ci r ent.. b -"' 24,11 itt ee %it Per Cent %Ito, _%14,,,,,_ n •of Coup. not fun. 6i i P Ditto.e,e4_ '. ° the above Payable in London. 4 Per4Cent . certificates .. ... . t? 4 80 18 HALF-PAST TWO. ittosei ................ 9 7$ v e nl'oer A ecoulir -............. 97$ ...._ - 44 01 , V 4 Ol l Z 1, SZTIP PING.—(TRIS DAY . ) 1)0 1 , , this day at Noon, N.W., to g,1,g 0 -...,r 4 :1 3 t. 2 (;a3," cloudy weather. r_th 4 1' INii )11 , /r ot , *; 1 ) W -111 d, N.W. by W., cloudy. :tiq o 'r b. Sailed--"."4, for London ; Delhi, Tag:l.ll - f du Dunkerque and Schwan, tr ? -ei_mcbored—South American, from 1\1.c4:,14,1Z1, ii,4r-11.3m.0; London, for Dartmouth. s ept. 1. Tl.ifsganCeapseot.aest Castle. I*---Wind, S.W. SailepdlirQanunenc.(s), ik" lo l:r , r tt 141 b. I % f Sept. 1 - sr hi 4 4 , eNv . W.S.W. to W. Sailed qi 4 l4 4ebe A e T ta, s , ork, 4 istixtl' Se k. I . —Wind, W. Arrived —Village ''Nlkl) TER ' Se pt. %( 1 ' ) ,: - -1-1,4 Sep t - ; ---- Arrived—Collina Quebec .(4t ll6 t b t tl it n 4 e 4 con ew"-.17:-trrived Gipsey: Valparaiso. iso. Il k 1) , Sew, °"" titt*4;:miPktee• I, ____ —. l l; — ,Arrived—BlackPrince, Quebec. 1, 4 11 1 , 0 11 , , e a — Mercury, St. John's, N.B. ; "1 g• 31 "w• ' qtteb ec. s . " - W.S.W. Sailed—Law- 'SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. ,___ rade f Ilia visit pro -ered 'age. Is of icine Ls tro- to on irdaY 1 111 5 went bair lS Sis f its 22c 1 ng 3 301 31- pre/ to ° ,ti o ov. iu s th° or Ca" )ted ent. 00 1 ii i 5 he RAILWAYS. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junet Binning. Wolverli. Stour Valley ...... Birkenhd. Limesh. dr Cheshire Juliet Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., .C 20.,.- ...... .... Bristol and Exeter , Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass. Dublin&BelfastJunc. Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian Do., (£lB E & H) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A, Stock .......... IDo., B. Stock 'Do.; New A.... East Lancashire Ea;t - &West Ind. Dk. & Birming. June Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. 5t0ck...... Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash.andYorksh Do., Fifths Da., Wst. tidingUn Leeds Northern avTCrsby.&Southpt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. &Sthend. Lond. Bright & S. est. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lol. Sh ~M&B 0 London andS. Westn. Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef. & LineL Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmr g. &Derby Midld. G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension. Nwpt.Aberg. & Newry &Enniskiller Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor. Norfolk .... Northn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., a A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Bi img Do. L. & N. Western Guarante ad Si tisk._ Shrewsby. & B erefd Shrewsby. & Cl ester' (N. W. Min ; Do. Halves, t Do. Oswestu Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun Do Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledn & Croydon York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland Closing Prices Yesterday. ."' .. . 4i -• 4i - 104 9 7 disl 19 -- 21 3 -- 2 1 1 (1 99 -- 100 -- 66 20t -21 i 19 -- IN I 3s— 4,1) 8A -- 9 - 4 13 - 134 47 - 49 33 - 35 76 = iii ii ----- ii ii ---- 81 82 51 53 11.33 131 110 112 86 —86 i 7 74 105 107 17 —18 p 74 744 5k 4ictl 15 154 81 -- 84 1004 --1014 d, 1094 -- 110 11 -14 p ' 4-- 14p 834 -84 i 8 7a 7 6d 11 13 18 20 26i -27 i 68 -68 i 39 - 40 ... - ••• * - ° 3 d 2i 3 * - 81 53 - 55 3 . 1 - 2id 32 ... 33 8 10df 11 2 7 - 7cl 5 8 9 2b,1 48 - 49 95 - 97 63 - 65 64 - 66 69 -- 71 13 -- 10 18 -- 20 9 -- 10 13i - 141 - 3i -- 18 -- '2O 69 -- 33 -- 37 12i -- 13 io 8 154 8a - 32 33 10 68 69 8 - 7d 2 2d 57 -- 58 PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. c... Bris & Ea. 4 p St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares... Caledonian £lO ...... Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent... Cork&Bandor 5i p.c. Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction....... EastA ngliau (£31.05) 6 per cent............ Do. (25) 7 per cent.. Do. (27175) 7 p. et.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c!No.7 Do., No. 2.. ...... Do., New 6 p. c. St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... EastLa.neash. 6 pets. Edinb. Prth. &Dundee 5i per cent Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent. Great Northr 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c.,Redeem., at 10 p. c. pram._ Gt. Southn. &Westu. (Ireland) Eighths Gt. Westn. (Becks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) G. West. fixed p c Lan. 14 York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. Do. Pref., 5 p. C. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 . . Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Loildor derry& Coler. Shares . Londy. & Ennis. SL Manch. ,Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1 Do. Now, £lO Do., £6. ... Marypt. &Carl. 4 p c. !Do. 4i per cent. Do Mid. Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. V,- per cent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Pref. 5i per ct... Do. Way. Vat. 5 p c North British . North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolyerh. £15,6p. c. Do Shrews& Birm. N. G Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. e. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Atm ,) of £1 Os.6d. Yorksh.4p. c. Guar. Waterfd. &Kilk.6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.e.Pref. Do _ York& N. Midland H. S. Purch FOR: Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. Juno. Beziers to Graissessac Charleroi & Erquelin. Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do, Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt.Westernof Canada Shares Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c , pref.... Luxembourg.. Do. (Railway)... Do. Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. ct. Lyons & Meditvrar Madras Namur & Liege (NC intei Jst) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 20,. 3 p. c Bds (fmy. B. & A - us. Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Faris and Orleans Paris and Ro aeu Paris and Stra-sJou - ,r ParisCaen & Oherbis Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havro Royal Swed sh Sambre and Meuse Sth-Eastrn. of France Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 5i per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland Zealand 103 - 1051 s~~~~ Business done this day. 105 - 107 19i • 20i id -- par 6i -- 6g 4 -- 4i 5 56 -- l a __ l 4 -li - 211 -- 22 6 . 6 - 1.-7 110 - 112 8i Si " 103 _ 104 d 150 152 3i - 3 i 1 10 - 11 13i - 144 7 - 8 104 - -10 i i 4 P . --- ... 149 - 151 id - ip 114 - nix 118 - 122 115 - 117 244 - 25& lli 21 17A 18 14 P Par 25i - 261 19 - 20 f id! 101 103 5 5i Par— i pi aGN. 2 —14 d 14 par —kp 134 2 3 p 24 - 2 d 4 3 5 p 1 - lip 21 2p 2 2:lp id 7t 7 4 41 4s 14 14 id p —24 p 71— 7i iii -- 35 14 -- 144 8i -- 9i 18g 18ip 50 -- 51 43 -- 44 38i -38 i 4i -- 54 20 -- 21 9 — 9id P P i.P 5 4 .if - dis - - 21 8 n soi iix a 130 1101 86 t 5 q 741 * a 109 i 91 jh . d ad 68& a 8 i Pm Wheat. 1,520 English .. Irish •• • • Foreign .. 14a pm 1251 pm 4i MINES. 1 all Agua Fria . — 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold d par 10s. all Anglo Californian pm 10 2 Australasian l4d 4 d 20 5 Australian 1 all A us t ra lian Cordillera d 1 all A us t r alian Freehold d 1 all Ave Maria 6 - d 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) Id. par 1 all B r itish Austrin. Gold i d 20 13.5 British Iron • 7 9 35 243 Brazilianlmp.(issued at X 5 pm 3 - 41 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 2 3 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 32 -- 34 33 1 Carson's Creek 40 all Cobre Copper 4l 45 5 1 Colonial 15 Copiapo St. all Copper Min. of Eng 55 —65 25 all Do. Pref. 71, p. cent 64 —7i P 5 all English and Austrin Copper Smeltg.Co 2l -1 1 d 20 all General 2 all Great Nugget Vein_ p 2 all Do. Registered 3 all Great ?olgooth 1 all Lake Bathurst; — id 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co. 1 all Mariqui; - 10 9 MexicarLS.Americn 6 7 1 all New Granada d— far 1 all Nouveau Monde p 10 5 Nova Scotia Mining and Copper Smeltg. 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock — P 50 all Rhymney Iron 15 15 Do. New — 30 10i Santiago de Cuba -• 41 1 all South Australian _ id par 10 7 Tin Croft 7 9 28i all United Mexican 4l 41 1 all Waller d 1 all West Granada s d 1 all West Mariposa 1 all Yuba JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 74 78 77 5i 50 all British N. Americ ..• 20 2 WEI Bnk. of India ; Australia, & China 4 p 100 25 Colonial — 100 20 Commercial of Lond — 20 10 English Scottish and Australian ld p 104 20 15 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 2l 2p 171 50 20 London and County ... 50 10 London Joint Stock — 100 20 Lond. & Westminster 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 223 National of Ireland — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corpora; ion 4B 50 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... 10 all Do. New ..• 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co 3 dis— par 25 all South Australia 4O 42 41 25 all Union of Australia 64 68 23 Do. New 7 8 50 10 Union of London 40 all Union of Madrid.. MISCELLANEOUS luo 3o Australian Agricult. 33 35 20 12 Australsn .Pcific. Mail 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail 50 384 Brit. American Land 64 67 66 100 32; Canada — 5 5 Crystal Palace _ 2 p 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 6 1 p 20 1 Eastern Steam 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 20 14 General Screw Steam 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 3 Netherlands Laud —id xin 2 t i xin 20 10 Nrth. ofEuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral.Lrnd 35 . 37 364 1 all Submar. Telegraph 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization — 100 28i Van Diemen 's land 16 17 16i MA.RTAT NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. This week's arrival of English wleat up to our market coastwise has amounted to 1,520 quarters, almost wholly from Essex and Kent. Fresh up to-day, the receipts by land carriage were trifling, and the show of samples was small. Although the trade was not so brisk, factor we re very firm, and most of them refused to sell except at an advance f from is to 2s per quarter. From abroad 10,980 quarters of wheat have come in. That article was in good request, and prices were a shade higher than on Monday. Floating cargoes realised extreme rates. There was a good sale for barley, and new qualities sold as high as 03 per quarter. There was an improved demand for malt, the value cf which had an upward tendency. Good sound oats were scarce, and rather dearer. Low and middling par..els were firm. Beans and peas Loki on former terms. There was a good business doing in flour, and the best town-made was wortil 60s per 2801bs. ARRIV/7.8 TUN WEEK. Barley. Malt. 40 690 10,980 5,750 Oats. 110 300 12,960 Flour. 940 300 sks 2,650 bri THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1858. COURT CIRCULAR. DUBLIN, AUG. 31. Yesterday morning at half-past ten her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, left the Viceregal lodge, escorted by a detach ment of cavalry under the command of Major Foster of the 16th Lancers, to pay a visit to the Dublin Indus . trial Exhibition. Upon arriving within the building an address was presented to her Majesty from the Exhibition Com mittee by Mr. George Roe, chairman of the committee Lord Talbot de Malahide, the Hon. George Hand cock, and Mr. William Dargan, who were presented to her Majesty, and had the honour of kissing hands upon the occasion. An address was also presented to Prince Albert. Her Majesty and the Royal party then went round the building, and upon returning to the central ball a loyal address was presented to her Majesty on behalf of the Corporation of Dublin, by the Lord Mayor, Mr. Kinahan, and Mr. Francis Codd, and Mr. Joseph Boyce, Town Councillors, who were presented to her Majesty, and had also the honour of kissing hands. Prince Albert afterwards received an address from the Corporation of Dublin. In attendance upon her Majesty were the Lord Lieutenant and the Countess of St. Germans the Duchess of Wellington, the Hon. Mary Bulteel, the Earl Grar vile, the Marquis of B"eadalbane, the Hon. Colonel Phipps, the Hon. Colonel Grey, and the lion. Colonel Gordon. In the afternoon, her Majesty, Prince Albert, with the two young Princes, and the ladies and gentlemen of the suite, drove to the residence of Mr. William Dargan, from whence an extensive view of the surrounding country is obtained. Mr. and Mrs. Dargan received the royal party and had the honour of pointing out the principal objects of interest. . - The following had the - honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday :- -The Earl Granville, the Duchess of Wellington, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl and Countess of Miltown, the Earl and Countess of Erne, the Earl and Countess of Donoughmore, Viscount and Viscountess Gough, Vis count St. Lawrence, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord and Lady Roismore, Hon. Mary Bulteel, Hon. William Eliot, Sir John and Lady Young, Sir Edward and Lady Blakeney, and the Lord Mayor. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston arrived at their residence, in Carlton-gardens, on Wednesday evening, from Melbourne, Derbyshire. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yes terday from the Governors of the West India Islands. Dispatches were sent to the Governors in the West Indies yesterday. SMITHFIELD. To-day's market was very moderately supplied with beasts, both as to number and quality ; nevertheless, the demand for all breeds was in a sluggish state, at Monday's currency. The primest Scots sold at 4s 4d per 81bs. The supply of sheep exhibited a slight falling off ; yet the sale for that description of stock was rather inactive, at the late advance—prime old downs having realized 5s 2d per 81bs. Lambs met a dull enquiry, at, in most instances, a decline of 2d per 81bs. Prime small calves commanded full quotations. Inferior veal was 2d per 81bs lower. Pigs were steady, at late rates. Milch cows moved off slow including their small calf. Per 81bs to s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 4 Second qualii;y....3 6 3 8 Prime large oxen 310 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 2 4 4 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 310 Second quality ...4 0 4 21 Prime crse.-wlled.4 6 4 81 Lambs ly, at from 151. to 181. each, the offals. s. d. s. d. Prime Southdown 410 5 2 Large crse. calves 3 8 4 4 Prime small d 0... 4 6 5 0 Large hogs 3 0 3 6 Small porkers 3 8 4 2 Sucklingcalves ..21 0 26 0 Quarter old pigs 20 0 24 0 is 6d to 5s Bd. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts . 1,100 Sheep and Lambs .. •• ....13,0 Calves 480 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Bemts ••.. .• . 380 Sheep . ........ 3,000 403 PigS•••• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• .'..' NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. A fair average business was transacted, at the following quotations : Per Sibs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Beef, - inferior 2 10 3 2 Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 6 Do., middlin,g 3 4 3 8 Do., middling 3 8 4 4 Do., prime large .3 8 3 10 Do., prime 4 6 4 10 Do., do. small ....3 /0 4 0 1 Veal 3 8 4 10 Pork, large 3 0 3 6 Pork, small ..3 8 4 4 Lambs 4s 6d to 5s 6d. BOROUGH HOP. There is a slight improvement in the sale for good Sussex pockets, at full prices. In all other kinds of hops very lit'ao is doing. Duty, 160,000/. The quotations are — Mid and East Kent pockets, 128 s to 180 s • Weald of Kent ditto, 115 s to 130 s; and Sussex dit to, 1108 to 122 a per cwt. COLONIAL. this article a fair trade has been done. liarbadoes, by auction, has realized 33s to 38s 6d per cent. East India, Bengal, sold to a small extent ; good and fine white Benares at 39s to 40s Gd, being Gd advance ; fine yellow and low white at 36s to 375, and date sort ord to good yellow 32s to 35s 6d. Madras common damp brown and yellow realised 30s to 31s. Mauritius was partly bought in, but very low dark to fine brown sold at 26s 6d to 33s ; low mid to veil good yellow at 34s to 365, and crystalized fine brown and low yellow, also 34s to 365. FOREIGN.—PorLo Rico has been sold at 34s to 378 for low heavy to mid grocery, and 37s 6d to 39s 6d for mid to fine bright yellow. Yellow Havannah partly sold at 35s to 38s for ord to good yellow ; white Havannah, in bond, was sold at 278 6d to 29s for mid to good. Bahia sold at 29s to 335. for ord to good brown, and at 33s 6d to 34s for grey P e rnam went at 30s 6d to 33s for ord to good. Cuba sold 33s 6d to 383 for low grey to good yellow, and at 31s 6d to 33s 6d for low and mid heavy brown. Three float ing cargoes of Havannah sold at 22s 9d to 23s 6d accord. ing to quality. COFFEE.—The market has been brisk. Jamaica brought 48s to 53s for fine ord and low mid pale, the rest being taken in at 85s to 90s for mountain berry. Quilon sold for good and fine ord pale, and mixed at 48s 6d to 50s 6d. Mocha brought 658 for clean garbled. Planta tion Ceylon has been is higher for coloury sorts • low mid and good mid heavy coloury 58s to 663 6 d, good 68s 6d, fine and fine ord small 548 to 578 6d, and triage 47s to 55s per cwt. Native Ceylon has been done at 47s 6d, being also higher. Costa Rica fine ord brownish of old import went at 52s to Us 6d per cwt. COCOA.—Trinidad has been sold at 34s to 36s 6d for mid to good dark red, and at 33s to 35s Gd for mid and good mid grey. SPlCES.—Pepper has been in large demand, and Allepy has risen id per lb, mid and good at 4Bd to 4id per lb. Batavia sold at Ved to 4id for mid. Pimento ord to good went at Gad to 64d per lb. Nutmegs, 3s for good. Mace, 2s 10d to 2s lid for mid. RlCE.—Java has been sold at 12s to 15s 6d for mid to good table, and Arracan at 10s 3d for fair. Bengal was bought in at 148. Coringa Madras sold at lls to lls 6d per cwt. SALTPETRE.—Business has been dull, and parcels were taken in at 27s to 27s 6d for low and mid, fq to 6 per cent. refraction, and 26s 6d for 10i per cent. COCHINEAL.—This article has been in request, and has tended upwards. COTTON. — There has been rather a dull market. TEA.—The transactions have been limited. TALLOW. — P.Y.C. has declined to 51s and 50s 9d per cwt. on the spot. GREEN FRUIT.—A limited business is doing. Lemons do not improve in value, the weather being against con sumption. A considerable shipment of Barcelona nuts is being made to Australia. A small parcel of grapes, per Madrid steamer, from Lisbon, being the first shipment this season, was sold by Keeling and Runt at public sale, and brought good prices. INCREASED RATE OF DISCOUNT. The Bank of England to-day have raised their rate of discount to 4 per cent. This time last year the rate was 2 per cent. It was advanced to 2i per cent. on the 6th of January, to 3 per cent. a fortnight afterwards, and to 3i on the 2d June last. Within less than eight months, therefore, it has been doubled. So rapid a movement is without precedent since the'passing of the Bank Charter Act, in 1844, except during the panic of 1847, and even then, although the rise was practically more considerable, inasmuch as it was from 4 to 8 per cent., it was spread over a longer period. There can be no question, however, that the Bank have acted soundly. The propriety of their previous steps in the same direction has been demonstrated by experience, although on each occasion the public, who were unaware of the immediate extent of the drain in progress, were disposed, while they approved the prin ciple that had been pursued, to consider that it had been carried out with almost undue promptitude. But the steady diminution in the stock of bullion was the true guide for the directors, and, by following it implicitly, and thus giving the system of Sir Robert Peel its natu ral course, they have saved the commerce of the country from any violent shock, and prevented an extension of commercial speculation which it is now seen would have ended disastrously. Yet, while the necessity of a continuance of decisive measures is admitted, there is nothing to create alarm. The causes of the drain which has continued, almost without interruption, for exactly 12 months, and which has taken away upwards of 5,000,0001, of bullion, are all perfectly disting Fishable, although they have mostly arisen from unlooked for casualties, and been protracted beyond any period originally contemplated. These causes have been-1. The shipments of coin and mer chandise to Australia, the merchandise being created out of raw material imported and paid for in cash, while the returns from the colony must involve the lapse of a year. 2. The rise in wages and the general employment of the working classes, so that every family, including those that were previ ously destitute, have now perhaps on an average two or three sovereigns in their possession. 3. The demand for an increased circulation to meet the larger payments caused by a rise of prices. 4. The heavy draughts of the English and American merchants at the Chinese ports on the London houses with whom they have credits, such draughts being consequent on the in crease in the value of money in consequence of the hoarding practised during the rebellion. 5. The aug mented demand for specie on the continent for the armies set in motion on the Turkish queltion, which has caused all available credits on this country to be used at Ham burg and elsewhere. 6. The considerable although not excessive number of foreign undertakings in course of completion by British capital, and lastly, the fears re gardini, the harvest, and the consequent enormous speculations in wheat, under circumstances that have been aggravated by the apprehension of equal or greater deficiencies in France, Italy, and elsewhere. . Among this singular combination of powerful in fluences, those from the Chinese rebe!lion, the Turkish dispute, and the deficient harvest have all been acci dental, while even the Australian speculation, inasmuch as it has now been carried to a point that, notwith standing the favourable account s hith er to received of the markets, may warrant very g rea t an xiety, is also to be included as exceptional since it i s s trangely iu con tradiction to the apathy at first ex hibited. We have here, therefore, three or four of the most important elements of the whole movement, which are to be re garded as entirely of a temporary nature, and which must all cease at certain limits, and be followed by a proportionate reaction. The Chinese drain, serious as it has been, must ultimately find a check in the ex hausted credits of the merchants, since, however tempting may be the prices at which they can now buy tea and atTurkishhoemleemploymentsmtoo a fn fft dangers, as i g s a e eyA e r msna, not tae a lgr l t erahetrouadudragnyht the ooe theiht a 9 silks for cash, the process w ill soon assume a specula tive character that will ex c it e reserve on th i s s id e . The t grainvc oo e ri dn beennit hasr speculation, removed channels hc : o ad v nl yet teen carried e n d d oe w f s i r into from the want of comprehe ns i ve statistics no re li a ble opi nion can be formed whether it h as o r be yond proper bounds, but is impossible not to see that there have been for some time indications of an ardent ten dency in the market, especially when the rates of freight are taken into consideration, such as usually end in par tial losses. At all , events, although a question which still depends in a great degree upon weather must be out of the reach of argument, the turn which affairs will take after the requisite supplies, whatever may be their amount, shall have been obtained is a matter of certainty. In none of these cases, therefore, is there any cause for disquiet (such as arises from hidden processes which seem to tindicate some unsound condition of the coun try generally, and the end of which cannot be defined. They may continue longer, and op::,-ate, as they have done already, to a greater extent than any one calcu lated upon, but they can lead to no destructive effects, and the ultimate recovery of them is certain. In the case of the Australian shipments the prospects of an inevitable reaction is still plainer. If the hopes of the exporters are realised, the homeward remit tances of gold must soon be continuous, and far ex ceed any that have yet been received. If, on the contrary, accounts should eventually come of fail irg markets, the rage for sending goods will be suddenly stopped, and the process of the past year will be reversed, since, while we are receiving payment, although perhaps, at depreciated prices, for the supplies already sent, we shall be sending nothing from this side, and thus the stream, instead of being a comparatively exclusive one of merchandise from En g land to Australia at a heavy outlay, will be one of gold from Australia to England, with little going hence in return. The remaining circumstances that have operated on the money-market, and which, unlike those just named, were all foreseen, are such as are not likely to have much further influence. The coin absorbed in consequence of the improved circumstances of the poorer classes, will not need any addition, since, after each family has be come provided, as is now the case, with sufficient gold and silver for their current wants, all surplus accommo dations will find their way to savings-banks or general investments. At the same time, the call for extra circu lation rendered necessary by the higher prices of goods can be continued only if the rise should go on ; and, as it has already obviously been beyond what can be ac counted for by the influence of the gold discoveries, there would be no reason to suppose that this will be the case, even if it were not rendered impossible by the pre sent movement of the Bank of England. Under all circumstances, therefore, the conclusion is evident, that the position of the country is safe in every way, and that at no distant period a decided and steady reaction from the existing condition of the money-mar ket is to be looked for. But this safety, and the early prospect of greater ease, can be rendered certain only by a vigorous adherence on the part of the Bank to the prin ciple of letting the currency contract with the efflux of bullion, so as to increase the value of the capital which is being extracted from us, un til the inducement f or the drain shall be terminated by its becoming dearer here than in other quarters. It may be hoped that the step taken to-day will finally answer that purpose, but another month must at least elapse, so as to admit of the harvest question being entirely settled, before any confident view can be arrived at, and no doubt is felt that, if the result desired should not speedily be attained a further advance will be adopted without further hesi tation.—Times. PRINCE OF WALES YACHT CUM.—The committee of the above club met last evening at t he Craven Hotel, Strand, to consider the protest of the owner of the Julia against Mr. Walliss, the owner of the Valentine. for having fouled him in rounding the steamer in the match, last Monday, and also for using his foresail as a square sail. After receiving evidence, the committee decided that the protest was valid, and Mr. Walliss was accord ingly disqualified. The first prize, therefor e , goes t o the Britannia, the second to the Julia, and the third to the Blue-eyed Maid. LITERATURE. THE MAGAZINES. tak ß e la n c f k ro w m oo t d he . in the nu m b er o f Bl ac k woo d f or S e pt em b er . It is F A r ednecl delightful h i t s f u thee story (apparently entitled "The D u k e ' s Dil emm a," and purports to principal attraction be a veracious chapter from the Chronicles of Nie sentein. Transferred in a dramatic shape from the pages of Maga to the boards of one of her Majesty's theatres, we would wager a triumphant success to the tale as a humorous extravaganza. Several of the incidents, indeed, are peculiarly dra matic in their character, especially those taking place in the a r b our of the duke's garden, first of all between Baron Pippinstir and Colonel Florival and, secondly, between Delia and Princ e Maximilian. During the former interview Delia, and during the later Florival, will be found lying in concealment under the drollest imaginable circumstances. In fact the covert pre sence of the two lovers in succession partakes some what of the same species of genuine fun discoverable in a like situation of Benedict and Beatrice in the wittiest of the comedies of Shakspere. Taking the recently published volumes of John Hill Burton as the text of an historical article, another of the contributors to Bla.ckwood pre sents us this month with a masterly paper, descriptive of Scotland since the Union—a paper that cannot fail to be read by the people of the United Kingdom, whether north or south of the Tweed, with peculiar satisfaction. It must always, by the way, be a somewhat consolatory re flection for the more devotedly and, so to speak, infatuatedly patriotic natives of Ca ledonia that if Scotland was in a manner subordinated to England by the Union, the former gave to the latter the sovereign on whose brows the diadems of the two states were first combined. Another writer—this time, however, a German, one Max Schlesinger —suggests to a reviewer in Maga an agreeable, gossipping essay, reminding us of certain " Foreign Estimates of England." A glance through this criticism will yield to almost any one amongst us a store of pleasant amusement. A second instalment is then given us of an ingenious serial com menced in the previous number about the late extraordinary variety of " New Readings in Shakspere." A fter that we have the contribu tion already particularised by us as (to our think ing) the conspicuous feature in the current number of Maga—" The Duke's Dilemma," a Chronicle of Niesenstein. Immediately following which comes the ninth portion of the popular story (not yet concluded, as the eighth instalment, in some res pects, would seem to have intimated,) of " Lady Lee's Widowhood." Besides, a rather dull poetical effusion, entitled "The Agcd Disciple com forting," and an elaborate argument purporting to explain " The Extent and the Causes of our Pro sperity"—Maga contains a charming paper—lesig nated, oddly enough, " Coral Rings" — to which we would especially direct the attention of every reader of more than ordinary intelligence. The contribu tion will be found to comprise, within very brief limits, a concise but comprehensive description of the coral polyps, with a record of some of the many astounding labours of those marvellous zoophytes. Dublin University.—ln this month's number the reader will miss the well-written narrative of " Sir Jasper Carew," which for some unexplained reason has suddenly been discontinued. There is a very interesting little sketch, called "Margaret Floreff," in which a lady, believiu' herself drowning, com mitted a bottle to the waves, inside of which she placed a paper, praying whosoever found it to say and cause to be said masses for her soul. It was picked up and given to a romantic individual, who determined to carry out the wishes of the departed; but finding himself likewise about to be plunged in a watery grave, he joined his prayers to those ex pressed by the lady, and finally recommitted the bottle to the waves. Subsequently he was saved ; and, at a church he entered in Madras, he heard to his amazement his note read aloud by the clergy man. After many adventures he found out that, like himself, the lady had again reached the earth, after having b3en fully prepared for an ocean sepulchre. In "Irish Rivers" this number describes the Suir, and give; a detail-d account of the scenery, and several easing anecdotes connected with the events of the locality alluded to. In the " Recent Poems and Translations," it is observed that a great sameness is apparent in the poetical productions that issue so prolifically from the press nowadays. The words of Moore are applied to them— " Like the waves of the summer, as one dies away Another as sweet and as shining comes on." " The Flowers of the Affections" is a very interest ing article, and is enriched by "legend, tale, and song," illustrative of ancient customs and obser vances. The rose, the myrtle, the forget-me-not, the hyacinth, &c., are described. The following passage concerning the rose is interesting : " Abdulkadri, a leaned Eastern sage, went to Babylon, intending to dwell there. The inhabitants did not wish to receive him ; but the laws of Oriental hospitality not permitting them to refuse him admittance in plain terms, they thought of a device to imply their rejection of him. Accordingly a deputation met him at the gate, in profound silence, and one of the party held a large bowl, filled to the very brim with water, so that it could' not, without oveiflowing, hold another drop— thus intimatinc - . as they expected he would perceive, that the city was already so full of sages, there was no roomforar and t another. plucking Ab off a leaf from Abdulkadri at onceom a rose that comprehended the symbolhe held, he laid it on the surface of the wa which sus tained it without running over, thus e.zrressing that a man of merit would be an ornament, but no burden to the community. This silent reply appeared so ingeni ous to the Babylonians, tnat they carried Abdulkadzi into their city in triumph. " The rose is so universally and so deservedly a favourite, it seems incrediale that it could ever have been an object of dislike to any one. Yet there are a few instances of persor^, who had an antipathy to this lovely flower, that re .y be con.,:dered a feeling contrary to nature. Among f lese instances are the Italian Car dinals Caraffa and Cordona, a Venetian noble of the Barberigo family, the Chevalier de Guise, and Lady Heneage (maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth). Both of the latter used to ant at the sight of a rose ; and Mary de Medicis, Queen of Henry IV., detested even a re presentation of the flower. Strange anomalies 1 when all the rest of the world have loved the rose, as sugges tive of so many and such various sentiments and feel ings ! It has imaged the b'ightness of beauty, and its quick decay. The love: has given it in tenderness and hope to his beloved, and has sculptured it in sorrow on her early tomb : it hvi m 4 ngled in the gaiety of ban quets, and in the slaughter of the battle-field : it has been the prize of eloquence and hieroglyphic of silence." Coburn.—The first article, " The Bowl and the Duty," commences by attributing the decline of British eloquence in politics and divinity to the absence of the inspiration of the vine. " Literary Leaflets," by Sir Nathaniel, devotes the eleventh number to Sir Thomas Talfourd, which opens with the following well-merited commendation on his double success in law and literature, and his well known benevolence : " To win golden opinions (we speak not of fees) from all sorts of men, in and out of Westminster Hall, as Mr. Sergeant and as Mr. Justice, is good. To win re nown in literature--such renow.i as comes not of sound ing brass an d ti n kli ng cymbal—is—we'', out with it better. To win the loving esteem of all one's associates, as a man with h ear t l arge enough for them all, is best. This good, better, best, hath Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd. His it is to enjoy ,at once the three degrees of compari son—the positive forensic, the comparative literary, and the superlative humane. A case in Rule of Three with a splendid quotient. To 'take a rule' of that sort, is not allowed to many. But Sir Thomas has it all his own way—'rule absolute.' And probably, were his good wishes for his brethren as efficacious as they are cordial and general, there would be hardly an instance of 'rule refused.' But there is no surplusage of in stances of combined literary and forensic success. To him who would ho at once a great lawyer and a great poet, and would bind up together in his book of life the studies of Blackstone and the dreams of Coleridge,—to him Experience, harsh monitor, whispers, or if need be screams, Divide and conquer. Eminence in both de partments is of the ra-est. Scott retained his clerk ship at the Com Z; of Session, but who ever heard of the Wizard of the North as a law authority ? Jeffrey is one of the select inner circle to which Tal i fourd belongs. Wilson and Lockhart—'oh no, we never mention them' in wig and gown. Sir Archibald Alison and Professor Aytoun, Mr. Procter, and Ser jeant Kinglake, Lords Brougham and Campbell, Mr. Ten-Thousand-a-Year Warren and a few others, are not all unexceptionable exceptions to prove the rule. And yet there has ever been, more or less, a hankering after the Muses and the Magazines on the part of Messieurs of the long robe. Very natural, too, If only by a law of reaction. But very hazardous, n otwithstanding ; and alarmingly symptomatic of a fall between two stools. One thing at a time the a ml,iguously ambitious avocat may do triumphantly ; but to drive Pegasus up and down an act of Parliament, whatever may be done with a coach-and-six, is no every-day sight, no anybody's feat. Lord Eldon, when plain Jack Scott, keeping his terms at Oxford, obtained the prize of English compo. sition ' On the advantages and Disadvantages of _ Foreign Travel;' and it has been remarked , we believe by Mr. Justice Talfourd himself, that since the subject of this essay was far removed from John's Newcastle experi ence, and alien from his studies, and must therefore have owed its success either to the ingenuity of its sug gestions, or to the graces of its style ; and that as, in after-life the prize essayist was never distinguished for felicity of expression or fertility of illustration, and ac quired a style not only destitute of ornament, but un wieldy and ponderous ; this youthful success suggests the question, ' Whether, in devoting all his powers to the study of the law, he crushed the faculty of graceful composition with so violent an effort that Nature, in revenge, made his ear dull to the music of lan guage, and involved, though she did not darken, his wisest words r Happily no such qucerc affects the I career of the author of `lon.' He, indeed, is not Lord High Chancellor • which ma k es a difference. h But I neither did the great Eld on wr it e a triumphant and that again makes a diff erence in the puis e tr judge's y ' ; favour. Fancy Lord Eld on e di t i ng the Reliques g of Elia,' or measuring Macready for blank verse ; and if that is not extravagr it lough, then fancy yourself read ing the one, or squeezing into the pit to see the other." " A Month at Vichy" gives an account of a lively, agreeable French town and its neighbourhood. " A Night in California" describes a party of gold diggers. A criticism on Lieutenant W. Hooper's recent work of the " Tents of the Tuski," is fol lowed by a supernatural story, entitled " The Doomed House," interesting only to the lovers of the horrible. The story of the " Cadi and the Robber," from the Arabic, displays considerable ingenuity, though, perhaps, it would require Orien tal philosophy to be out-reasoned by a robber. "A. Tomb in a Foreign Land" is another dismal, senti mental tale, ending with a tragedy. It is strange that authors should select such unplea&ng and un profitable subjects for plots. " Chronicles of a Country Town," which is commenced in this num ber, promises to be an interesting tale, drawn from real life, its trials, and its sufferings. Ainsworth.—" Nicholas Flamel" is continued, and also the accompanying historical tale of " The Queen's Letter." " Sir Loin" is founded on the old tradition of knighting beef. " Queer People" is a seri es o f s k e t c h es, wich afford much amuse ment. The present instalment is not inferior to its predecessors. The usual variety of tales and incidents are given. The Literary Notices contain an account of the life and death of Savonarola. The poetical contributions consist of " Evenings in a Highland Inn," by G. Thornbury, and an " Ode on the Lakes of Killarney," by Nicholas Michell. The last is well worthy of the author's reputation. It possesses much poetic feeling and grace of ex pression. Bentley's Miscellany. —A new and singular cha racter makes her appearance in the history of " Aspen Court," in the shape of Miss Mary May nard, who seems likely to involve the hero in serious difficulties. " Luther in China "is an article which, at the present time, when attention is drawn to the Celestial Empire, is likely to interest the reader. " The Last Years of the Emperor Charles the Fifth" proceed as usual. When we shall hear the last of them it might be difficult to say. " Practical Jokes " is another of those melancholy tales in which the intended comedy is displaced by a tragedy. The numerous catastrophes which are recounted as resulting from this most culpable habit ought surely to deter the most mischievous from risking madness, or perhaps death, for a mo ment's amusement. " A Journey from Westmin ster Abbey to St. Peter's" leaves the traveller at Rome. There is an interesting paper on the Dead Sea and its vicinity, and a variety of other subjects of entertainment. Colburn's United Service.--There is a short ac count of military schools and colleges in France here met with, in which it is observed that " of all her many institutions France should, perhaps, be proudest of her military schools and colleges." La Fleche department de la Sarthe, sixty leagues from Paris, is the establishment chosen for descrip tion at present, and after a long account of the rules and observances, dsc., we are given a story of a revolt that took place on an anniversary of Louis Philippe's birth-day, many years ago. " Organisa tion of the Russian Army" is continued, but not yet concluded. After very copious details of the plans and arrangements, much is still reserved for a future occasion. It must be satisfac tory to the general reader to meet with so much information on this subject. Following these papers on foreign nations, the " Editor's Portfolio," at the conclusion of the magazine, expresses great satisfaction at the state of our own country's army and navy. After declaring that the Camp at Chobham was admirably conducted by all the various grades assembled there, the writer observes that the great naval review was worthy of the nation. "It was supposed by some that the spirit which shone at Trafalgar and Waterloo had expired," but the late events have proved that it was not dead, but sleeping. A high compliment is paid to the Government of Lord Derby, for their praiseworthy exertions in these respects, observing that it is owing to the energetic efforts they made that " a small but highly efficient army is on foot ; our artillery has been strength ened ; a powerful militia, raised entirely by volun tary enlistment has been organised ; and the finest fleet in the world effectually guards our shores." Tait.—" A. Triad of Great Poets—Greece, Italy, and England," would seem to promise a criticism on the three celebrities mentioned by Dryden ; but the heroes of this memoir differ in two of the im mortal names, Aschylus and Dente being substi tuted for Homer and Virgil. The subject is to be continued. No. 2of "India, its P-3ple and Go vernments," describes the Moguls. One of the worthies of that empire held it as a rule that a sovereign should never altar a decree, even if he were persuaded of its injustice, in order that his authority might never be disputed. "Recollec tions of my Youth" is a pleas'ng and entertaining account of juvenile adventures. " The Legisla tion of the Long Session" is a political paper, in which the writer's admiration of Mr. Gladstone induces him to call the past session " unprece dented for its usefulness." The Sultan of Turkey may have a different opinion. The Eclectic Review.—An historical article on Morivale's fall of the Roman republic commences this number. " The Philosophy of Help" is founded on " The Greatest Plague of Life," and gives sensible advice to all ladies " 5 n search of servants," cautioning them against the opposite errors of undue severity end unrestricted indul gence. A criticism on the lees known Ameri can poets is full of interest. Lowell, Poe, Reed, and Holmes, are those selected ; and to the gene ra'ity of readers familiar with the writings of Long fellow and Bryant, they are little known, as their works have only been recently published in this country. With the exception of "The Raven," that wonderful poem, which is well known, the lyrics of Edgar Poe have been little read. The criticism before us justly observes, that though his morbid imagination often tinged his prose works with the horrible, he seems to have kept his poetry sacred to his better feelings. Tne pathos arid beauty of some of them is increased by their originality, and the quaintness of their metre. Mr. Read is a young author, whose verse does not seem t o p ossess many striking qualities, from the sample given. We demur to the judg ment that would place Mr. Holmes on a level with Hood for humorous verse. Such praise is very high and scarcely merited. The critic observes— " It is a fact well worthy of admiring record that all the best poets of the New World have been fearless in their denunciations of slavery." It may be remembered that the numerous tributes to the cause of liberty were sufficient to fill a small volume recently published. The following ener getic stanzas are from the pen of Mr. Lowell. " We owe allegiance to the State ; But deeper, truer, more, To the sympathiel that God hath set Within our spirits' core. Our country owns our fealty— We grant it so; but then, Before man made us citizens Great Nature made us men. " God works for all. Ye cannot hem The hope of being free With parallels of latitude, With mountain range or sea. If man before his duty With a listless spirit stands, Ere long the Great Avenger Takes the work from out his hands." An article on the French Pulpit . notices the Euvres Completes," and " Les Oraisons Fune bres" of Fechier. There is also a paper on " Felice's History of the Protestants of France." Superior in attraction, however, is a painfully in teresting memorial of Haydon. The misfortunes of the artist, part of which were of his own creat ing, are chronicled, and they form a gloomy tale, ending with a catastrophe, upon which, whatever may be the extenuatin g c i rcumstances , mankind must always look as a blight on well earned fame. The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Re view.—" The Grenville Correspondence" is criti cised in the first paper of this periodical, and a high eulogium is passed upon it. " The Byzan tine Caesars of the Iconoclastic Period" contains an epitome of the career of those celebrated men. The first on the list was Conon, whose father was a grazier, but who rose by his own exertions to the rank of Emperor and King. He was not satisfied to rule peacefully over his new dominions, for he engaged in a quarrel with the Popo concerning images and pi c t ures use d i n c h urc h es , which'ended 6 in a complete rupture of treaties. " Thus did the Eastern Emperors cease to exercise influence in Italy, and the Italian Popes to enjoy authority over the wide dominions of the East." Irene, the wicked wife of Leo the Fourth, was the rum of her ill-fated son Constantine the Sixth. She broke off his marriage with the daughter of Charle magne, and finally she put out his eyes with hot irons. But she did not enjoy her power when gained after so many crimes ; she was overpowered by enemies, and " after supporting herself by her own handiwork as an embroideress, she was summoned by death to abide her sentence at the tribunal of eternal life." Michael the drunkard was murdered by Basil, his companion, who instantly " assumed the imperial purple, and the Eastern Empire found litself fallen lower than ever into the hands of a Macedonian power." " The Fine Arts at Rome in the years 1736 and 1737," present some curious specimens of ancient designs to our notice. At the conclusion of the extracts the author remarks that, after five months' sojourn at Rome, he had only spent one hundred pounds, including music masters and many things he bought. In the no tice of " The Memoirs o Dr. Bathurst, Bishop of Norwich, by his daughter, Mrs. Thistlethwayte " it is obs erve d " th a t th e b oo k h a s done nothing io heighten our esteem morally or intellectually, though it removes the offensive material with which Archdeacon Bathurst surrounded it." The latter alludes to a former work. LETTER FROM AUSTRALIA. Mr. P. H. Howard, of Corby Castle, has received the following letter from an emigrant from the neighbour hood of Carlisle, which contains interesting particulars concerning Sydney : " Sdne, March 26, 18 53. "Sir, -I take th e lib erty of addressing these few lines to you, sincerely hoping you will not be offended at my freedom, but when I think of the many acts of kind ness I have received at your hand, and particularly the time I called upon you in London a few days previous to my leaving England, I thought it but my duty to let you know of my safe arrival and pro spects in this colony. lam happy to inform you that I have not been disappointed in my expectations, neither in regard to climate nor wages ; the climate, I am confident, is suitable for English subjects. I have been here the whole of the summer, and with the ex ception of four days (which were certainly very hot, the thermometer ranging from 90 to 112), it has been much the same as a summer at home. It is now autumn ; the weather is very favourable to vegetation, getting at intervals fine refreshing showers. Sydney is a large stirring town, with a great many excellent buildings, but as there is a great many new building in course of erection in nearly all the principal streets, they give it an unfinished appearance ; but I should say in a few years it will be second to no port town in England. There is a very fine park and botanic gardens, which are very extensive, and always open to the public. The harbour on which the town is built is one of the finest, I should say, in the world. They are making a large dry dock, which was very much wanted, as there is great inconvenience in repairing vessels without one. Shipping is very much on the increase to this colony, and no doubt will continue to do so. There has been a great many arrivals this week from all parts, amongst them the Chusan steamer, with the Eng lish mails, and two ships from Plymouth, one the Bussorah Merchant, with 300 emigrants, the other the Resolute, with 136 passenger ; amongst them is Lord Henry Scott and Lord Schomberg Kerr ; also a ship with 280 Ger man emigrants-in all, from different parts, upwards of 1,200 were landed in Sydney during the last four days. But population is what is most wanted here ; there is plenty of employment and good wages for workmen of all descriptions. Labouring men's wages are ranging in Sydney at this time from ss. to 10s. per day ; stone masons' mDcothmale seeaaeasmnntitdecle;fomesimn.p servantsalt fo o l aeye,lmt4sann.iidat; rkindswaeatfrof fm carpenters'3la. tradesmennt o blacksmiths' c iw k o g il is m . ith s ' much wages are very v e if it was only known in England what a beautiful country this is, the demand there is for labour, and the remuneration they receive for it, a great many more would come to this land of plenty than does, for there is no want here. I have not seen a beggar since I landed. For a man that has a young family and nothing but his labour to depend upon in England, he very much high, waimilpteet week.wi boths ureth would be doing them a greater service by bringing them to New South Wales, than leaving them at home with 1001. each, for their wages will be more in three months here than in twelve in England ; and I know unless it is altered since I left, there is many a good hard-working man begging to get work to do, with a wife and family of children half-starved at home. Now such as them I would advise by all means to try to get out here, where they will find plenty of employers glad. to engage them, and where, if they choose to be very industrious, poverty will trouble them no more. But I have made a long digression from the description of Syd ney which I was attempting to give you. There is a very good market-house, well-built, and pretty well supplied with all the commodities of life, both colonial and exported produce. The following is the present price of the articles named, retail :-Beef and mutton, 2d. to 3d. per lb. ; bread 7d. per 21b. loaf ; cheese, colonial, 6d. to 7d. ; English, is. to Is. 3d. ; bacon, ls. ; eggs, ' 2s. per dozen • potatoes, 12s. per cwt. ; butt er , ls. 4d. per lb. ; tea, 2s. ; coffee, ls. ; sugar, 3d. ; all kinds of vegetables are very dear. Cabbages, 9d, to ls. each ; carrots, turnips, and parsnips, 2s. to 3s. per dozen ; peas, 10s. per bushel ; beans, 6s. ; and all other vegetables in proportion. Fruit is more reason able. Grapes, 6d. per lb. ; apples and pears, 2d. per basket ; melons, 10s. per dozen ; peaches, 2d. per dozen ; but the fruit season is nearly over. Fruit is very cheap in the summer, and the market well sup plied. This climate suits a great many sorts of fruit that are not grown in England, such as the loquet, orange, lemon, guata, pommegranate, fig, peach, nectarine, and. apricot, which grow very fine ; and the grape, I have no doubt, in time, will form a great branch of our exports, as it may be cultivated to great perfection, at little ex pense, the climate i$ so imitable. The olive grows to a great perfection, and begins to claim no small share of attention. Several plantations have already been laid out, and no doubt, in time, will be very remunerative to the originators. The cotton Is also beginning to be largely cultivated, particularly in Morton Bay district ; and the tobacco plant is likewise cultivated to some ex tent. But all these things are only in their infancy yet; what they may eventually become is difficult to say atpre sent. The inhabitants of Sydney are composed of nearly every nation and colour; but the English and Irish are certainly more numerous than all the rest put together. Of course we have places of worship to suit all parties. There are four churches of Rome, six of England, six Scotch, and thirteen chapels of various Dissenters. There is a museum, which is open to the public two days in the week ; also a public library, a mechanics' school of arts, and a botanic and horticultural society ; also a benevolent asylum, infirmary and dispensary, and female refuge society, the Australian society for the encourage ment of arts, science, commerce, and agriculture in Aus tralia, and a society for promoting the culture of the vine ; also several minor associations, &c. The compa nies are almost out of number. There is the Railway Company, Steam Navigation Company, Gas Company, Copper Mining Company, Great Nugget Gold Company, Australian Gold Mining Company, Quartz Crushing Gold Company, Gold Escort Company, Sugar Company, Trust Company, banking companies, and thirteen insurance companies, &c. In the neighbourhood of Sidney the land is very uncultivated yet, it being very expensive to break up, the bush is so very rough, and full of stones and craigs • but there are severa l gent l emen ' s houses and huts straggling up and down, with small clearings round them. But bad as the land is it sells at a very high rate. At a sale of crown lands, last week, some lots brought as much as 1501. per acre, and some was sold for less than 1001. This ground is on the north shore, about a mile from Sydney ; it is only suitable for build ing upon and gardens ; there is no land suitable for agricultural purposes within several miles of Sid ney. House rent is very high ; a small two-roomed co.tage is 10s. per week, and large houses are very hard to get at 1001. to 2001. per year ; the population has in creased so fast lately that builders have not been able to keep pace teereeth with them, so bark huts. They y th a a r t e emanysoon families npat up. are The obliged bark, which is about 2 inches thick, is taken from the tree 6 feet long and 3 feet broad, and answers for both wall and roof, and will last for a long time. A great many of the stone buildings are roofed with bark, although shingle is mostly used. I have only seen one slated house since I have been here. Firing is also very dear in yd wood is 17s. per load, and co a l 31 . 1 0s. per ton. Horse ; provender is also very high : hay 201 per ton, and Indian corn 13s. per bushel. The gold diggings are still as prolific, or, in fact, more so than ever • the arrivals by the gold escort are quite surprising. There have been several new diggings discovered lately, both in Victoria and New South Wales, and many hundreds have made their fortunes already ; but the new comers need not despair, there is plenty of gold undug as yet. I sincerely hope both yourself, Mrs. Howard, and family are all in good health, and will continue to enjoy that greatest of blessings. lam happy to say I have not had one hour's sickness since I left England. I must now conclude by remaining your obedient and humble servant, " ROBERT ELLIOT, " Gardener to Wm. Carr, Esq., "229, Elizabeth -street, Sydney, N.S.W." THE ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.-- The report that the Lord Mayor escaped injury is a mistake. His lordship's face was much bruised, his nose and mouth were much cut, and he speaks and swallows with much pain. It was considered very for tunate for him that he bled most profusely. He passed a restless night, and is still confined to his bed. LIVERPOOL DOCK EXTENSION. —The Committee of Works recommended, at the last Dock Committee, that the trustees should avail themselves of the opportunity to purchase three parcels of freehold land near the canal, containing 28,836 square yards. The pr i c e was 11. 2s 111 d. per yard, and the total cost 33,11 3 /. 15 s. Th e purchase was considered desirable, in referen ce to an y increased accommodation that might be required in con nection with the docks.—Liverpool Times. VALUE OF A DAY'S FISHING AT WICK.—On Tuesday week the value of green fish delivered in the Wick dis trict amounted to 12,0001. ; when barrels, salt, and labour in curing are added, the aggregate amount would be fully 20,0001. SINGULAR DEATH.—A respectable man named CarrtS, a miller, at Duclair, was two days ago occupied in pouring wheat into the hopper of his mill when the end of his cravat caught in a part of the machinery and he was instantaneously strangled. ELECTRIC WEAVING MACHINE. The Chevalier Bonelli, of Turin, director of the Sardinian telegraphs, has invented electric weaving machines destined to re place with advantage the frames a /a Jacquart, for weaving figured stuffs. Details are as yet wanting re specting this invention, which appears destined to pro duce a great change in industrial matters.—Galignani. THE LIVERPOOL BOROUGH REGISTRATION.—There will be a very abundant crop of litigation in the Liver pool Registration Court, if all the objections and claims made by the two parties are persisted in. They form, together, a grand total of five thousand one hundred and fifty-one cases. Of these the Reformers have made 1,966 objections and 728 claims ; and the Conservatives, who are not far behind them, have made 1,754 objec tions and 703 claims. 100 81 50 60 20 50 100 j 81j 100 100 812s' 100 100 47)j 17 all 100 St. St. St. St. 1100 100 100 wo 13A 20 20 50 21s. 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