The Sun. — London, England, 1853-08-18 00:00:00

_MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 American and 600 Pernam and Maranham were taken for e.xport. Th e mar k et c l ose d h eav il y, w ith but little change in prices. Th e sa l e s comprised 4,300 American, 1,100 Pernam and Maranham, at 60. to 7id. ; 200 Egyptian, bid. to 10d.; 300 Surat, 4d. to 5d.; and 100 Sea Island, at ls. 9d. to 2s. lid. NT lb. Railway Shares continued dull at lower prices. The six weeks' average price of wheat is 51s. 6d. Per T qr., and th e l as t wee k' s sa l es we re 84,907 qrs. The e steamer Parana brings a large bullion freight (7 6 7 000 dollars) from the Spanish Main. The accou n t s s t a te that the weather in Jamaica had become excessively sultry. The Public health, how ever , was in a satisfactory con dition, but cooling showers were much required. In Trinidad the 1853 sugar crop had been L ; in, and thaandWould not, it was considered, prove far short of the last y e a r , a s had been generally ex lectei4 The labour Market was well supplied in some localities while a deficiency was felt in others, but in no Dart was there a, surplus. Unfortunately the fever lad b ro k en ou t amon g the soldiery at St. „arcles• A resolution had been passed in Council that it is e x p e dient that at least 1,000 free l abourers from the East Indies be introduced into u▪ le colony in 1854." ofThe Trinid a di a n, noticing the arrival in England a vessel with a cargo of asphalt or pitch, says "The ship Roger Stewart, arrived safely at Gravesend the 11th of May, after a voyage of 45 days. She carried 550 tons of pitch (common asphalt from Point La fetal in bulks, and by her safe arrival has proved that it is as practicable to ship mineral pitch in bulk as it is to Saito stone coal. "We make this public announcement of the safe ar rival of the Roger Stewart, for the purpose of correcting a prejudice which was current amongst some of our sh i▪ ppers here, namely, that pitch could not be shipped in bulk on a voyage across the Atlantic. One of them Who, on other matters, is less prejudiced or ignorant, Went so far as to warn the captain of the ship against taking the freight, and said to us, `that it would be better t o s i n k t h e s hi p a t L a B r ea, here she took in the cargo, and save the people, than to let her go outside the Pocas.' For such men it would indeed be better to refrain from expressing any opinion, and to learn that wise men examine before they judge, and fools judge before they examine.' "We have not the slightest doubt that before ten Years have passed wound our export of mineral pitch will exceed in weight and bulk all other exports from Trinidad. By that time also we expect to see the Colo nial Government and the Town Council make use of a Material (mineral pitch) in the colony, the value of which they seem at present to appreciate but little." The Bank of England weekly Board meeting has broken up, and no further advance has been made in the minimum rate of discount. The Stock Market is firmer this morning, in con sequence of the rather easier state of the money ' 33 arket, and the absence of any unfavourable news. There is, however, very little doing. Consols have been -r 97-& and 98 for Transfer, and at one time 98 , bu it for Account. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents, have realised 104 to 1, and the Three Per Cents. 98/1 to 981. Exchequer Bills have been at 2s. discount to par. Bank Stock has touched 22 8 and 2281, being a rise of about per cent. kAast India Stock is firm at 257 to 259. South Sea Stock has been quoted 1151. In the Foreign Stocks there has not been a n y life. Sardinian have risen however to 67 and 97k. Brazilian 41 per Cents. are very firm at 99 to 99 a , and Grenada Deferred have advanced to 10k. It 15 obvious that those securities w hich have a firm basis will now become more in dema nd, and p rofit by the disinclination to encourage new foreign schemes. Portuguese 4 per Cents. have been at 4 .,N. Dutch 4- per Cents. are at 65,i. Mexican Bonds have been at 26i to 27. Not a single bar gain is recorded in Spanish Stock. Russian Bonds are nominal. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as und er 1853. 1852. £26,832 £20,383 60,885 55,414 Great Western .................. North Western* ................ South Western Brighton Midland South Eastern 20,011 Caledonian and Edin . and Glasgow 16,092 Great Northern 18,341 Lancashire and Yorkshir e 21,461 York and North Midland, Newcastle and Berwick, and Leeds Northern 30,311 These earnings, it will be perceived, are very l arge upon al! the principal lines, and but for the extensions and the increased expenditure would afford reasonable ground for the expectation of better dividend.; hereafter. Unfortunately, how ever, the unproductive branches absorb in many instances more than the increased revenue. In the English Railway Shares there is a slight improvement, but the amount of business done has l been very limited. Great Wester n, North- Western, and the York and Berwick aro the only l ines in which there has been dealing of the least iliagnitude. French Shares have been in request, and active, being still very scar ce. The U pp er India Scrip is at b premium. Central of France are clearer. The Gold Mine Shares have slightly risen, and there is more doing in Linares. The Joint Stock Bank Shares have been heavy, and in the Land Companies there is no animation. 12,811 25,637 19,014 14,078 13,600 20,215 27,518 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Business done. tank Stock ....... ..... ....... ..... . 22Bi 3 3 , Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 Bg trer Cent. Consols Annuities ... 9B 74- per Cent. Annuities lOl. A I •oug Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -4 Vitt° 30 Ycars, Expire sth Jan., 1860 India Stock 133 uth Sea Stock India Bonds, £lOOO . e ''tisols for Account Bth September Exchequer Bills, Id. ll'oo £5OO . Small . On 8 par 2d 2d NICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto New, 1852, 4 per Cent 99a 9 Grenada Bonds, Deferred Ditto 1A per Cent 24 1 iexi • , I. ean 3 p , n. Cent. °lit ;nese Bonds, 4 per Cent. „ Ditto Ex all over-due Coupons 414 rdinian Bouds, s . per Cent... Dividends on the above payable in London. bl itch Exchange, 2i per Cent. D itto 4 per Cent. Certificates .. lIALF-PAST TWO. Consols 97 8 Ditto September Account 9B sellers X 10 6 x d ". St, 4 , 1. , Including proportion of traffic previously dedu cted St. ucr agreement with the North Staffordshire Company. St. 0 St. STATE OF TRADE• (Prom. the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) ..,),lANCEIESTER, Aug. 16.—The advancing te n d enc y of ""e rates charged for discounts, and the effect the greater d o r e c o u m lt e y . e xperi ence d i n e ff ect i ng th em , have .191 1 at further restricting the purchases of oda speculatorserte de and . Of s hippers. There is, therefore , only a m m And for c o tt on at Liverpool, , yet without !my change in ees, though buyers haveo a better choice ; and our 4 market is inanimate for most of themored g is iv ta iu n g t Mark e t s. The Russ i an merc hants are, however, °Ot orders for yarns, as the season for shipping ; and thereis will be 11111 ' 11 ot; out before they can be executed Zofficient business doing bY the to render them ull Yers in w arps an d we ft, f ro m 28's to and 32's,n continental the better sorts of exceedingly stiff in. price. . triuting cloths are in also Somegood ofrequest,i at full rates. --r ake the market generally, indeet. reported as very firm ; being supported, and b t biet mexten t ust be existing engagements and the increasing cost of of produc tbt. The makers of India and China wealthyshirtingset(aoeks, , i ° -.3') consider that it will pay them to hold and i: 6 d isposed, to do so, rather than make any concession r u , °lll ornest car Present low quotations. In pincops there is a giving way now amounting to id. Per lb. from the late extreme prices, which wer o e_dise. ropertionately high. We understand that at one t 4rgest mills in Stockport part of the workpeople again t urned a out this morning, on what grounds we are not 01 , I. e. At Blackburn the hands will accept the advance `ea per cent, only on conditions which the masters are not inclined to accede to. Z,trUIDDRESFIELD, 6.—We have no material . s aoge to report in our Aug.* market of to-day ; the demand ee l's op for seasonable goods. Manufacturers generally 4re fully engaged working to order. 11flaItitstcHam, Aug. 15. C ons id era bl e interruption i 4 e been experienced during the last week in the pudd i - g n and othe r d epartments of manufacturing iron, n hest of the severe heat of the weather ; but the h St feeling prevails among the workmen, who seem to 'olPerly appreciate the liberality of their masters in to ) tir miog the high rates of remuneration for labour, i twithstanding the repeated reductions in the price of I. ' 1 0 general, our works are well supplied with radeers, and. all hands are fully employed, the only draw co k being the scarcity of fuel, which, in consequence, ,-ljZiomands still a disproportionate and exorbitant price. e Prosp ects of this district are again considered to be o _". a a satisfactory and progressive ch arac t er. Though the j l t rket has for a ti me b een over suppl i ed with pigs, % e tas not been so much from the make exceeding riet es ef. cons umption a s f rom o th er causes. T he absti pric m anufacturers, during several mo n th s o f h i gh lakess, to from their usua l purc h ases , the efforts of specu %mar push their lots, and the introduction of S co cotch e rat . l :her che a p er metal, must be taken into nsid . n. These causes are now sighting themselves. SLAKE MARKETS.-(TIII8 DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Yesterilay. 26 - 27 4i - • 5i 9i - 101 9 7 dis 20 - 22 3i 102 - 103 , 674 - 67' 21 - 224 - 20?. ... -.- 4 - 53 8- 9 3/ - 4 - 13 44 - 46 32 - 34 ii 3 -72 A 52 - 55 72 - 74 --- 83 S 4 52 54 133 -- 134 112 -- 114 88 -- 884 71 -- 7 i 103 -- 105 17 -18 p 75 -- 754 5 -- 4id 34 -- 2i 14i -15 i .84 -- 84 —lipxu 102 - —lO3 d 111 i -- 112 -2. p 1 86 87 7 6 d 6 5d 11 13 18 20 27a 28 Business done I 21 this day. 69 8A il -- 7i -- 1031 -- 101 -- 103 -152 d ' -hd 150 - 10 - 11 134 - 14 8 - 9 - - 6 : 21 2O 1131 . • ..• 149 151 par i 114 11.6 118 122 - 118 24?1 - 25;1 1501 • 2 —2: 10 10: 17i -- 1 8 i -- 14 -15 i P par -- i P 25 -- 24 110 -- 112 19i -- 201 103 -- 105 5h -- 5i IPar IGN. 1031 - 1 (-1 , - I4A 11 - 154 - 2i - - p 14 - !Si Up - 2 2 -24 p - 71 - 4 11 - 1 - - 71 - 71 34 - 36,, 1 41 - 141 -- 9 1 5 9 0 -51 p 444 -- 454 41 -- 414 5 -- 6 14 -- 1d 20} -21 i 94 -- 10 54 - - 4i 10 A T.:, 21 d a Paid. j RAILISAYS. 100 iberdeen 8 Ambg Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Janet all aiming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 28 3irkenhd. Laucsh & Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 18. i Do., £20..... 100 3ristol an. 3. Exeter 100 :Jaledonian all Chester & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon... all Cork, Black, & Pass. 45 Oubliu&BelastJunc. all Dundee Perth&Aber deeu Junction all Do. New all East Anglian.... all Do., (XlB E & all East - .;ru Counties... all astern Union, A Stock 160 Do., B. Stock Do., New A 100 East Lancashire East &West Ind. Dk all & Birmiug. Juuc 100 Edinburgh& Glasgow L Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin. Pith. &Dundee 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk. 'lOO Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. 5t0ck...... 100 Gt. Sth . &West. (Ire.) 100 Great Western 11 Irish South-Eastern a ll Lancaster & Carlisle 113 Do., Thirds 100 Laucash.s.ndYorksh 16 Do., Fifths 11i D D. , WstßidingUn all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwall 7 Lond. & Sthend. 100 Loud. Bright & Cst. 100 Lund. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/.Sh. 100 LondonandS. Westn. 421 Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all Lndmirry& Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Mauch.Shel. &Lincln 44 Do., Alan. & Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmng. & Derby 471 Midld. G. West. (Ire.) 174 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle 100 Newmarket 4:3 Do., Bury Extension 176 Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd 7 Newry S.; Enniskillen allNewry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor. 100 Norfolk 31 Northn.Counties Un 100 North British 16 N or th Devon, No. 1 111 Do., No. 2 all Do. A A Deferred 8 Do., B Guaranteed 171 North Staffordshire all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. June. 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central 100 ScottishMidlaml 100 Shrewsbury &Biinig. 100 Do. L. &N. Western Guaranteed Si 8 Shrewsby. & Herefd. all Shrewsby. & Chester, (N. W. Min ;.„ all Do. Halveso. all Do. Oswestry ......... 61 Shropshire Union all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 0 SDo 15 16i Stockton & Harticpl. 5 20 Thames Haven Dock and Railway !O 17 Vale of Neath 0 all Waterfd. & Kilkenny i 0 all Waterford&Limerick 0 14 West Cornwall .0 21s. Wimbledn &Croydon A. 100 York Novetl.&Berw. 15 20 Do. Extensions ;5 115 Do. G.N.E. Purchase A. 100 York &N. Midland 511 I 21 88/ 75 11 11 1111 11 x d x d x d x d x d 36/ 6 28i 91 50 i 40/ 29 704 - 71 40 - 42 St. St. St. St. ... - • 55 - 5 7 4 - 28 - 8 91 51 53 2d, 32 ... 33 ..• -- ~ -- 84 --9 16 -- 2:11, 50 - 51 93 - 95 62 - 61 60 - 62 69 - 71 li - 1(1 19 - 21 1 9A - 10 14 - - 15 3_ 19 - 20 70i 71 35 - 36 124 -13 t 25 - 27 - 2i 14 - 15 8 - 8i 32 - 3 1 - 10 68i 64 8 -- 28 58 -- 59 St. St. St. 16 PRE FERENCE SHARES. IWO Aberdeen 100 Do. No. 2, 7 p. c 1100 Brig. & Ex. 4 p. c. St lO3 I 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares i . 1.00 Caledonian f:10 105 all Chester & Holyhead (hear. 5!.; per cent l9, r 1 Cork &Bandon 5 p.c. all IDundeePerth &Aber- all l(leen Junction EastAnglian (4:310s) 6 per cent Do. (a) 7 per cent 2 IDo. (X 7 17s) 7 p. c 12as:;ern Counties Ls• tension, 5 p. c, No.l all Do. No. 2 - Gi - 4 1. - - 1R) - 2p - - 15 all Do. New 6 p. c. all EasternUnion,Scrip Guar. 6 per cent 100 F.ast La.nca,sh.6 p. cts all Minh Prth.&Dundec 5i per cert. 100 G!asgowLS.Western Guar. 5 per cent 100 C2eat Northn. sp. c . 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem , at 10 p. c. prem : 7 1 Do. 4A p. c. all Gt, Southn.&Wes: , m. (Ireland) Eighths) 6 Gt. Westn. (Bells & Hants Ex. 5 p. 100 Do . cov. red. 4? .. ; p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4p. c 6 Lan. &York. F. £2O 100 „ Do. 6 p. c. Stock ... 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c 100 Do. Prof., s p. c. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 ............... 100 Do. New Guar.6,D. c. 5 Loudon &S . Weste rn Con. Thirds I`3B - 11`: .- 1291 -113 k - 1 p - 9 10 C o udOndeny&Cole:: ' A Shares 24 all L l onay. Ennis. SI:. all Sian., Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1. all Do. New, £lO 3 Do. £6 all Nfarypt Carl. 4 p.c all Do. per cent 5. Do 100 Mid. Consol.6 p.c.SL. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm.. 6 per cent 5 Do. Pref. , qper cent 6 Norfolk Extension .. 100 Do. 5 p.c. Ext 1.00 Do. C nay. 5i per et 100 Do. \\Tay. Val. sp. c 100 North. British all North Staffordshiro 100 Oxford,Worcester,& Wolverh. X 15,6 p.c. 16 10 St. St. L 512 Do.. 8 all Shrews. &Birm.N.G LO all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. LO 10 Do. 5 per cent ?,5 all South Devon LO 1,1 Do. New o.€ all S. Eastern (Reading Aun.) of £1 Os. 6d. it. 100 Do. 4di per cent. Pro. K) all S.Yorksh.4p.e.Guar. 5 3 Water7d.&Kilk.6p.c. 'it. 100 York, Newcastle,and Berw:clyt 2.c. Prof 17 SDo 10 Yorlr &N. Midland H. 25 and S. Parch FOR . x d Ili .0 4 Autwrp & Rotterdam 5 3 I Belgian East. Junct. :0 all Charleroi & Erquelin ?,0 10 Dijon and Besaslon ?,0 S (East Rhenish !CI all lEast Indian ?,0 1 Do. Extension 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 20 10 Gd. Juliet. of France 20i 20iGt. Westn. of Canada Shares 5 3 'Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. prof. 20 15 iLuoxembourg 10 10 Do . (Railway) 5 2 3 5 Do. (Canal) 10 4 Do. 6p. cent. pr ef I 20 9 Lyous & Mecliterran. 20 7i'Madra,s 33 29 Maria Antonia 10 10 IDo. New ............... 20 all Nainur & Liege (with !O all 6 all ;121 all interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds , Umy.B. &Arn s.Shs INorweglanTrni: 2rcf !Paris and Lyous ;Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen i Paris and Strasbourg ( Paris Caen& Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havro Sambre and Meuse Do. 51 per cent. prof. Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 56 per c. Pref, . Western of France West. of Switzerland Now Ze1ga1ad.,...11.,. 10 all 20 10 20 all 20 all 20 all 20 4 101 10 20 all 20 all 10 1 20 6 20 28. Si all 10 10 20 10 10 2 r MINES. 1 all Agua Fria _ 11,1 2 [Os. all Anglo Californian ••• 10 2 Australasian ld par 20 5 Australian 1 - 2 1 all Australian Cordillera _ d i 1 all Australian Freehold. A g d 1 all Ave Maria 4 A d 1 all Baden (Gd• Duchy of) dis par 1 all British Austrin. Gold ••• d 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 241 Braziliaulmp.(issued at £5 pm 3 41 30 all Do. Comes & Cuiada. 26 36 20 15 Do. St. John Del Roy 32- 1 336 331 1 A Carsons's Creek ld par 40 all Cobra Copper 476 48 5 1 Colonial Gold I ... 14 Copiapo St. all Copper Min. of Eng 55 —65 25 all Do. Pref. 76 p. cent 64 —76 p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co 24 20 all General l4 —lu 2 all Great Nugget Vein — p, 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Lake Bathurst d 1 all Liberty 1 par 1 all Loud.&Californ•Gold Quartz Crush. Co._ r 1 all ilariquita cl par 10 9 Nlexicau&S•Amerien. 61. 1 all New Granada ail H p 1 all Nouveau Monde 11 5 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock id — AP 50 all Rhymney Iron — 15 Do. New 30 10i Santiago de Cuba 3A 46 1 all South Australian l d— Par 10 7 Tin Croft 6 8 286 all United Mexican 4 -- 5 4 1 all Waller — 1 all West Granada — d 1 all West Mariposa 1 all Yuba JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia BO 82 816 40 all British Colonial Bank •• • and Loan Company 50 all British N. American ••• 20 2 Chrtd. 8nk.02 India, Austral., and China a _HP 25 5 Chrtd. Bnk. of Asia. Ad par 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial o 7 Lond. •,• 20 10 English Scottish and Australian Cirtd par— 6 y 10 20 15 London Chrl.l. Bnk. of Australia - 3 p 171 50 20 London and County ... ••• 50 10 London Joint Stock — •• • , 100 20 Lond.andWestminst. ••• 100 35 Nr_lArial Provincial o 2 England 20 10 Do. New — ••• 50 226 Ne... 1: anal cif Ireland — •.. 25 all Oriental Bank Cor poration 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... 10 all Do. New — 5 1 RoyalAustraln. Bkg and Gold Imp. Co 6 d— par 25 25 South Australia 44 46 25 all Union of Australia 7l 73 26 Do. New 50 10 Union of London •••• ••• 40 all Union of Madrid •••• ••• ••• MISCELLANEOUS. 5 5 Aubin Coal and Iron 100 35 Australian Agricult. 34 36 20 8 A ustralsn.Pcitic.Mail 10 6 Australn. Royal Mail ..• 50 38i Brit. American Land 64 67 5 1 Brit. & COL Smeltg. and Reduction Co ••• 100 32' Canada Company 5 5 Crystal Palace l— 2 p 4 2 C...ys ;,a1 Pal, o: France 1 p 20 1 Eastern Steam — •• • 1 1 Electric Tel. of Irel — 15 14 Gen. Seam Navigat — 20 14 General Screw Steam ... •• • 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar •• • 20 4 Magdalena St. Navig. 1 all Nat. Pt. Steam Fue' •• • 10 3 Netherlands Land jd pal 1 all N. B. Australas'an par p 20 7 E I _Trth.of...luropeSi,eam •• • 5 all '._7eel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 1 p 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 25 Do. 2 all tioAland Iron Co 100 60 Royal Mail Steam — 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest lg —IZ pxd 1 Do. New Scrip — 25 25 South Austral. Lan( 37 39 l all Submarine Telegraph ... 100 Van Diemen's Land 16 17 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) OENERA.L AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Aug. 18, 1853, made up from the Returns of the Impactors in the different Cities and Towns in England and 'Kale,: per impu*ial Quarter. WHEAT. IragLET.l OATS. I RTE. BEANS. TEAS. 533 3 , i I 29i 101 I 22s 3 I 313 91 1 41s 51 I 363 9il THE SIX WEEI'S AVERAGE. • WHEAT. BARLY,Y. 1 OATS. RYE. 1 BEANS. PEAK. ,Is 29s tid 21s Sd 35s 9,1 40s Sd I 36s 7d DITTIES ON FOREIGN CORN NVBEAT. BARLEY. OATS. I LIE. I BEANS. PEAS. Is Od is Od Od is Od Is Od is ud • QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK, Wheat, 81,907; 13arley,i 1,625; Oats, 9,325; Rye, 187 ; Beans 2,900; Peas, 215 quarters. HAY MARKETS. S3IITEIFIELD.—OId meadow hay, 41 4s to 51 lOs ; now ditto, 2/ lOs to a Os ; old clover, Si Os to 6/ Os ; new ditto, 3/ lOs to 4/ 12•: ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/16s per load A fair average supply, and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND. — OW meadow hay, 41 50 to 5/ 12s Od ; now ditto, 2/ 15s to 4..3 4s ; old clover, 5/ Os to 61 Os ; new ditto, 3/ 10s to 4/ 12s ; and straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 183 por load. Supply but moderate, and trade firm. WHITECIT ATEL.—OId meadow hay, 4/ 5s to 5/ 10s; new ditto, `2llos to 4/ Os ; old clover, 5/ Os to 61 Os ; new ditto, 3/ 10s :',A) 4112 s ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load. Trade steady. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18, 1853. MEAT MARKETS NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The general demand ruled steady, and prices were well supported :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 8(1 to 4s 10d ; Lamb, 4s 8(1 to 5s 8d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Pork, 38 Od to 4s Od per Sibs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, AUG. 17.—T0-day's market was seasonably well supplied with each kind of stock, the demand for which ruled steady, and prices were well supported.— Beef, from 2s 10d to 48 4d • Mutton, 3s 9d to 58 Od ; Lamb, 4s 10(1 to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d ; Pork, 3s Od to 3s 10(1 per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, AUG. 17.—Our market was well sup plied today, yet the general demand ruled very firm, as follows :—Beef, 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 8(1 to 5s Od ; Lamb, 5s Od to 5s 10(1 ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d. ; Pork, 3s Od to 3s 103 por 81bs. Quarter old store pigs, 19s to 21s each. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) -- - LONDON, Aug. 18.—Wind this day at Noon, S.S.E., light breeze, and fine weather. DEAL, Aug. 18.—(Per Elec. Tel.)—Wind, N.E., very light. Arrived—Marion, Ceylon ; Harriott de Denia, Smyrna ; Victoriosa, Crovetto, Bondiera Sarda ; Edina, Carthagena. Arrived from the River, and sailed—Alex andrina, Cooper, and Abby Blanchard, Cardiff. Sailed — Gilmore, —; Hamilla Mitchell, -- ; Janet Boyd, Demerara • Rambler, Margaret, Persian , and Mar y Ma cree. 9 . 40' a.m.--Passed—Nestonia, from Cardiff, for London ; Harriott de Denia, Smyrna, for London.—The barque Australia, from Grimsby, for Rio Janeiro, got on the Goodwin Sands about 6 o'clock this morning, and is now afloat. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 18 (10. 4 5 a.m.)—Wind, S., mode rate, and showery. ° Arrived—Express, from Monte Video ; Windsor, Ceara ; Hope, St. John's, N.B. ; Undaunted, Cyprus ; Emile, Nantes. uebec. FLEETWOOD, Aug. 17.—Sailed - Wakefield , Q PORTSMOUTH, Aug. N.N.W. Arrived— H.M.'s s. Diligence, Arctic Regions; Mundagues, London, for Matanzas ; Gabrielle , Hartlepool, for Bordeau ; Emilie, Hamburgh, for Callao. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 17.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Water witch, Corunna ; Tagrasand (s.), London, for Alexandria ; Christian, Cape of Good Hope. Sailed—Minister, Den mark. FALMOUTH, Aug. N.W. Arrived—Verbena, Bahia ; Hellas, Taganrog ; liana, Odessa ; Bohemian Girl, Crrdiff, for Barcelona ; Dusty Miller, Middles borough, for Genoa. Sailed—Bellerofonte, London ; Ape, Liverpool ; Angelica, do. ; Hesperus, Londonderry ; Eos, Hull. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 17.—Wind, S.W. Arrived — Thames (s.), West Indies ; Hermann (FL), New York ; Tagus (s.), Lisbon. DARTMOUTH, Aug. 17.—Wind, W. Arrived—Dromo, Naples, for London 7. BRISTOL, Aug. 1. —Wind, E. Arrived—Via anti, Ha vannah : Lady of the Lake, Nantes ; Elizabeth, Bremen ; Secret, Rotterdam ; Nicolai, Cronstadt. SWANSEA, Aug. 17.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Lord Dnfferin, Coquimbo ; Freya, Quebec ; Sophia Margaret, Garrucha ; Antonetto, Almeria ; Amity, Memel. Sailed —Emulous, Madeira. WATERFORD, Aug. 16.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived Rengo (s.), London. CORK, Ang. 16.—Arrived —Mary Gibson, Odessa. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 16.—Wind, S. Arrived—Geo. Duckwitz,„ Monte Video ; Margaret Gibson, Mauritius; Maria Iges, Bahia ; Malaga, Halifa do. J. Temple Latika ; J. Minach, Odessa ; Hilton Maid, ; Vieran, 'Constan tinople. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION. —The Pekin left South ampe m ig t r o a n n t s yesterday afternoon d.TheEpam fo i r no A nd u a st s r w al i i l a l , al w so ith sai r in o a few days with about 340 passengers, and the Hereford shire is preparing to sail with a large number of navvies. LuNAcv.--From a return to Parliament, it appears that the receipts on account of the several county and borough asylums in England and Wales during the year 1852 were 294,8921. 15s. 64d., while the expenditure was 356,1291. 7s. 3id. There were balances in hand at the beginning and at the end of the year. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BETWEEN ENGLAND AND IRE LAND.—Telegraphic communication will be continuous by the Ist October between London and Cork, Dublin, Belfast, and Killarney, the land lines being completed in Ireland, and the submarine link between Portpatrick and Donaghadee being at work. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS NEAR BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—Among the acts of Parliament lately passed is one to enable the Commissioners of Public Works to complete improvements in Pimlico and the neighbour hood of Buckingham Palace. Certain houses specified may be purchased, streets altered, and the contemplated improvements forthwith comraoneed. LITEPATUBE. Sketches in, Ultra-Marine, By J. Hannay, late of Her Majesty's Navy, author of " Singleton Fon tenoy," &c. 2 vols. Addey and Co. These volumes will form an agreeable subject •f perusal to those who delight in the witty and sparkling style of composition, and who find en tertainment in satires on men and manners. There are various incidents narrated as occurring to dif ferent persons mentioned in the work before us, but there is no regular story, and no definite plan observed. The object seems to be to amuse by the " sallies of youth" recorded, and to show forth some of the inconsistencies and improprieties of the present naval arrangements. " King Dobbs" is the most striking of the episodes here met with. It relates the adventures of some young men who went out in a yacht, in the hope and expectation of becoming celebrated characters, but who were compelled finally to return home no more famous than they departed. The following scene will serve to illustrate the styli of their exploits : " What's that noise ?' cried Dobbs, suddenly. " They jumped from their seats. " Now, don't be frightened,' said Chilton ; it's a gun.' "At this point, M'Mizen came down the companion ladder with a lantern, enveloped in a huge greatcoat. Maister Chilton, hae ye got the papers —the ship s papers, ye ken ?' " What are they ?' asked Dobbs, in affright. " Chilton turned rather pale—.' Come on deck !' he cried to his friends. "They all hurried up together, and found the whole crew assembled, gazing to windward, where there lay the heavy form of a large revenue cutter, with three lanterns hoisted perpendicularly in her rigging. " Good God ! ' exclaimed Chilton, why did you let her go to windward of us ? D—n the moon !' he con tinued, as that luminary, shining in the clear heavens, threw a most distinct light on the elegant figure of the Baboon. " ' Why, sir,' said M'Mizen, ' it' s o ' na e consequence ; of course ye hae the papers. How's the cutter to ken that you are no a smuggler, or even a pirate? It's only a form.' "The smile that passed over Chilton's face short and quick, and luminous in its scorn at these words, was singular ; but it was nothing to the feelings that passed across his heart. With one glance, he took in the whole pOsition, as his eye dwelt on the cutter, the assembled crew, the calm gaze of M'Mizen (wherein was much to be noted), Carisford and Pereira in startled silence, un happy Dobbs awestruck with terror, and knowing not where to look. " Carisford saw Chilton's glance and came up to him. In friendly grasp he took his hand, as he whispered You may have thought from what passed in the cabin that I am timid ; try me now ; what you will, I am ready to act.' " Then two men came forward from the crew, to speak to Chilton. " ' Well, Hartly, what have you to say ?' he asked. " Why, sir,' said the fellow, a huge man, with black whiskers, who looked as if he had the strength of a Titan, and an equal readiness to use it against Heaven, me and my friend doesn't understand this ; we don't want to be shoved in limbo. What we does, we does : we want no humbug. How about that 'ere cutter ?' " Both the vessels were now laying to, the cutter oc cupying her windward position. The situation of poor Chilton and his friends became alarming. Here was the poor Baboon, that had been suspicious in her ap pearance—watched by the Tulip, telegraphed, probably, down the coast, from station to station—now with a government vessel to windward, and two of the best men in the crew in a state approaching to mutiny ! " Oh,' said Chilton, 'I suppose the ass takes us for a smuggler. We must send our papers on board. What an infamous thing, that a gentleman's yacht should be interfered with in this manner ! Mr. M'Mizen, get a boat ready, and show a lan tern on the weather bul warks.' Chilton then went below ; and coming up again, gave some documents to Hartly, and said—' Go on board the cutter with these, and Mr. Dobbs's (the owner's) compliments.' "The boat was brought up to the lee gangway. Hartly and the sailor who had come with him to speak to Chilton, went into it with the papers—shoved off, dropped astern of the Baboon, and pulled towards the cutter, on board which the lieutenant in command, who had watched every movement, prepared to receive them. "The boat pulled towards the expectant cutter; but soon the Baboon lay to no longer ; over the quarter glided the huge boom ; the jib sheet flowed free for ward; smart hands rounded in the weather foretopsail brace (she was a foretopsail schooner), the gaff-topsail rose like a balloon to its station ; the water foamed be neath her bows, dashed along her sides, quivered in whirling eddies and sharp curves in her wake ; a kind cloud hid the moon's face ; and when it shone again on the Baboon, she was rushing in solitary sovereignty through the waters, headlong on, towards the stormy bay, which dashes on the shores of France, the accumulated terrors of a thousand miles of waves. " Meanwhile, the cutter having caught a glimpse of the retreating Baboon, was in such a hurry to chase her, that she rolled heavily on to the boat which Chilton had dispatched, experiencing, of course, a vexatious de lay, and with difficulty saving the lives of the men, whose screams compelled her to lay to for the purpose." The Life and Times of Madame do &acl. By . _ Maria Norris: David I3ogue. The life of an author and the history of a revo iution must always be full of striking incidents, and worthy of attentive consideration. In the present case they are combined, and the same vo lume traces the life of France's greatest authoress, and the picture of her darkest times. Miss Norris is a young writer of promise. It is easy to trace the enthusiasm of youth in her pages, nor is it diffi cult to discover a certain decision of tone on im portant subjects, and a partiality of judgment which often characterise the early works of an author. Her admiration of her subject is very great, and she does full justice to it. Not content ing herself with praise, she points out to our notice those excuses which may well be offered for an eager impulsive character, devotedly fond of society, and shining in conversation, to a nation which is generally stigmatised as cold and reserved. Madame de Stael's devotion to her father, M. Necker, th e Minister of Finance, wh o experienced both ex tremes of public opinion in so short a time, was con stant and unchanging. Her mother was of a directly opposite disposition to herself, and in spite of her Spartan disposition and the many admirable quali ties for which Miss No rr i s g i ves her credit, she is not at all a pleasing character. Of the revolution itself Miss Norris is an impartial historian, but in criticising character she is too apt to be guided by her admiration of the individual or his opponents. It is nevertheless a work of striking interest and much ability, and will deservedly increase the writer's reputation. Speaking of her heroine's share in the political troubles of the day, she says, with truth:— " We may indeed settle the question by saying that as a woman she ought to have left politics entirely alone, but a very little consideration of the times will show us that such a course was impracticable. Who was she that could in those days leave them alone ? Certainly not the wife of an ambassador, who was expected to preside at public receptions and to entertain her guests, all of them political people. Certainly not the daughter of a minister whose character and policy were variously handled, and often so unfairly considered that filial love must have been cold indeed had he lacked one adherent in Paris, where he had formerly counted so many. Cer tainly not a woman who had been in peril of losing her life in a political convulsion and who had subsequently been urged by her own noble nature to confront the tyrants who decimated her country, and demand mercy for one unhappy political miscreant after another, until she again put in hazard her own safety. " Heaven forbid that women should interfere or have a voice in the little questions of the day, that often provoke disagreement and contention without involving any high interest. The profoundest wisdom has hedged round the sanctuary of domestic life, and protected it from the storms of party discussion and the violence of political hate. But in any great crisis of public affairs, surely every noble man would have his women act as the wife and daughters of a patriot should. If the real liberties of a country—the fundamental prin ciples of government be at stake, that woman is little worthy of the name who, having great influence, stands inertly aside and says, lam a woman, it is no concern of mine.' Are women, then, incapable of public feeling ? Let history decide. History, which tells in one page how women cut off their hair to string the bows of their defenders, and in another how the wife and mother of Coriolanus went forth, unheeding the Volscian cohorts, and besought him to spare his country and theirs. One can better sympathise with the poor Spartan mother who shed no tear when her son, who had fallen in defence of his fatherland, was brought dead to her on his own shield, than with women who only smile insipidly when some stirring history is read, and feel that, as women, they are absolved from the obligation of caring whether Stuart or Hanover hold the throne—whether they breathe the air of slavery or freedom. This kind of in difference is often put forward as a most feminine and agreeable quality, when it is in reality an idle excuse to save the trouble of earnest thought, or an evasion to cover ignorance of the question at issue. Alice Lisle and Rachel Russell, at any rate, were not women shaped in this mould. We believe that the men of a country are never so good as when they know something of the women's virtues, endurance, and .resignation, nor the women so fully capable of playing their own part in the drama of life, as when they have caught somewhat of the hero's spirit." • DEATH or AN OLD SOLDIER. — Mr. John Taite, for merly of Kildale, in C leveland, met and triumphed over his last enemy at Middlesbozough, on Saturday last, in the 80th year of his age. Deceased, at an early part of volunteered from the the last great Eu ro p ean war, North York Militia into her Majesty's 7th Regiment of Foot, in which he served throughout the seven years' Peninsular war ; and it was probably owing to the in domitable courage, the patient endurance and valour of such men as John Taite that the splendid victoriSala- es of Vi me ira, Talavera, Ciudad Roderigo, Bazados, manca, Vitoria, and Toulouse, with all their immense consequences, are to be attributed. To the last de ceased presented a fine and pleasing specimen of the British soldier, was much respected, and would often tell of "the battle's havoc," and show " how fields were won." liis end was peace. THE CAMP AT CHOBBAM COMMON. With yesterday's proceedings closed the duties of the second division of the British forces at the camp. The troops have p asse d through some hardships, have achieved many bloodless laurels, and won the respect and admiration of many thousands who, but for these field-days of Chobham, would never have known how fields were won or battles lost. The colours of the con- _ . quering regiments may bear no records of their gallant deeds and noble daring. The retreats at Catlin's valley, the long marches to Bagshot, the dashing charges on Flutter's-hill, the advances over Chobham ridges, the DECIMAL COINAGE. The select committee appointed to take into con sideration, and report to the house, the practica bility and advantages, or otherwise, that would arise from a decimal system of coinage, and to whom several petitions were referred, and who were empowered to report their observations, to gether with the minutes of evidence taken before them, to the house, have considered the matters to theme referred, and have agreed to the following report : `Your committee, in pursuance of the duty entrusted to them, of taking into consideration and reporting upon the practicability and advantages, or otherwise, of adopt ing a decimal system of coinage, have proceeded to exa mine such witnesses as appeared to them most capable of g'vingi nformation upon the subject of their inquiry. "The question being one vveien, from its peculiar char acter, and the importance of the principles involved in it, required to be examined with much care, it has been the objectof your committee to obtain evidence of as varied a character as possible . from witnesses whose opinions may carry weight with them, as respects not only the theoretical . but the practical bearings of the subject. Amongst the witnesses whose evidence is appended to this report there will, accordingly, be found the representatives of the scientific opinion of the country in relation to a system of coinage based upon the decimal principle, together with others who, from their social position, their busi ness occupations, or their interest in the question, have been led to examine into the practical inconveniences attaching to the existing system of coinage, and to seek for practical means of remedying them. " It may be premised that all the witnesses examined by your committee concur in the opinion that great ad vantages attach to a decimal system, as compared with the present system of calculation, and that the only points on which any difference of opinion was expressed by them relate to the precise basis which should be adopted, and the practical measures to be employed for introducing the decimal system, so as to produce the least amount of temporary inconvenience, and the smal lest extent of unwillingness to encounter the change on the part of the classes who are the most likely to be affected by it. "With regard to the inconvenience of the existing system the evidence is clear and decided. The system is shown to entail a vast amount of unnecessary labour, and great liability to error, to render accounts needlessly complicated, to confuse questions of foreign exchanges, and to be otherwise inconvenient. " On the other band, the concurrent testimony of the various witnesses is to the effect that the adoption of a decimal system would lead to greater accuracy, would simplify accounts, would greatly diminish the labour of calculations (to the extent o f one -h a lf, an d i n some cases four-fifths, according to Professor Do Morgan, who has made the question his especial study), and, by facilitating the comparison between the coinage of this country and other countries that have adopt e d th e decimal system, would tend to the convenience of all th ose w h o are engaged in exchange operations, of travellers and others. An important benefit would be derived in several depart ments of the public service, and in every branch of in dustry, from the economy of skilled labour which would result from the proposed change ; at the same time that the education of the people generally would be much facilitated by the introduction into our schools of a sys tem so directly calculated to render easy the acquirement of arithmetic. "A further evidence of the value of a decimal system is to be found in the fact of its very general adoption in the different countries of the world, not only in the case of money, but also as respects weights and measures. Your committee are not aware of any instance in which a country, after adopting the decimal system, has aban doned it. The tendency, on the contrary, has inva riably been in the direction of a further adoption of the system, the most recent instance being that of Portugal, where the mode of reckoning has long been based on the decimal system, and where a decree has been published within the last few months, providing for the introduc tion of the French decimal metrical system of weights and measures. Dr. Bowring explained to your commit tee the decimal system that obtains in the vast empire of China, and produced an instrument, a description of abacus, there called the `swan pan.' That instrument shows the ease with which a decimal system may be ap plied, and the great advantages which it confers, as is, in fact, practically proved by the extraordinary facility with which Chinese boys make any arithmetical calcula tions. "Even in this country, where the decimal system is not supposed to exist, your committee have ascertained that it is already practically adopted to a certain extent. The late governor of the Bank of England has informed your committee that it has been found advisable in that establishment to employ a decimal system of weights in their purchases and sales of bullion, instead of the old system of troy pounds, ounces, pennyweights, and grains, and that great advantage has resulted from the change, and Parliament in the present session has passed an act to legalise the new weights. The Master of the Mint has also announced the intention of introducing the use of those weights at the Mint as soon as possible. Pro fessor De Morgan mentions that many teachers, as well as himself, always use the decimal system in actual teaching, by giving their pupils a short rule for trans posing the common money calculations into the decimal form, and then, when the answer is obtained, re-trans. [erring them to pounds, shillings, and pence. The grey waste of time entailed by its being necessary to perform these operations of transfer and re-transfer, in addition to the calculation itself, is obvious, and yet the advan tage of the decimal system is found to be so great that, for the sake of employing it, it is worth while to incur the extra, labour of those operations. " With regard to the other and mm-c difficult part of the question referred to them—namely, the practicability of introducing the decimal system, it appears to your committee that the obstacles are twofold in their nature. The first arises from the difficulty which is always found to exist in inducing the mass of tlic, , population to depart from standards with which they are familiar, and from modes of calculation to the defects of which usage has reconciled them. The second obstacle arises from the necessity of re-arranging the terms of all pecuniary ob ligations, depending either on legal enactment or private contract, expressed in those coins which, in the event of a change in our monetary system. would cease to have legal currency. This second obstacle, although appa rently the most practical and most serious in its nature, is probably not so important in actual fact as the other, owing to its more tangible character, and the opportu nity which it therefore presents of considering and grap pling with its details. But an obstacle of so undefined a nature as vague popular feeling, based upon habit and association, and not upon reason, cannot be dealt with on any general and abstract principles, and your com mittee therefore purposely abstain from seekingto fetter the discretion of the Executive on that part of the sub ject. "Your committee have endeavoured to ascertain the probable feeling of the public, especially of the working classes, in reference to the proposed change ; first, by examining witnesses who may be considered to be well acquainted with their feelin g s ; and, secondly, by means of the analogy to be drawn from previous changes of a somewhat similar character. As respects the first point, several witnesses who have very extensive dealings with the poor, and some of whom are accustomed to take as many as 1,000 farthings per week over the counter, have expressed their opinion that if the farthing were altered SUDDEN DEATH OF GENERAL SIR FREDERICK ADAM from its present value (the 1-960th part of the pound , sterling) to the 1-1000th part of the pound, in accord - G.C.8., G.C.M.G.—General Sir Frederick Adam , Colo - ance with the decimal subdivision, no prejudice would net of the 21st Regiment of Foot (Royal North British be raised against this slight decrease of four cent. in Fusiliers), having been on a visit to his brother Adrni the value of the farthing, provided they rat Sir Charles Adam, K.C.8., Governor of Green d Avid that they per e made to wich Hospital, entered one of the carriages on the u ef u th er e ' new coin for6d , where theyn w l 24. All the Greenwich Railway yesterday morning, for the purpose trailers examined also . stated, as the ') result g of their ex of returning to London, and suddenly ceased to exist. - ' Sir Frederick Adam served in Holland, and was present . . perience, that competition invariably causes the quail in the actions of the 27th of August, 10th of September, titles of the articles sold to adjust themselves without difficulty to the value of the money received for them. and 2d of October, 1799 ; he was also present in the - • "Your committee have also taken evidence as to the actions of the Bth, 13th, and 21st of March, 1801, difficulty experienced on occasions when the coinage of a in Egypt. Sir Frederick was severely wounded near n county has has been changed,' and would especially Alicante on the 12th of April, 1813 ; and at the refer to the y cases of the United States and of Ireland. Pass of Ordall lie received two wounds, one of In the former country the old system of pounds, slid which broke his left arm, and the other shattered ling s ' andpence,has been entirely superseded by the his left hand. The late gallant officer was also severely wounded at the battle of Waterloo. General Sir decimal system of dollars and cents, and no inconvenience i appears to have attended the change. The principal diffi - Frederick Adam entered the service as Ensign on culty with which your committee have now to contend the 4th of November, 1795 ; was promoted to be will be the substitution, in lieu of the penny, a new cop- Lieutenant on the 2d of February, 1796 ; Captain per coin, hereafter described, of which the present shil- August 30, 1799 ' • Major July 9, 1803 ; Lieutenant - li ng w ill contain 10 only instead of 12. In the case of Colonel August 28, 1804 ; Colonel February 20, Ireland, where 13 Irish pence made an English shilling, 1812 ; Majer•General June 4 , 1814 ; Lieut. - Gen eral for which 12 English pence were substituted, a prejudice July 22, 1830 ; and General November 9, 1846. His was originally felt on the part of the poorer classes,in comm ission, as Colonel of the 21st North British consequence of their believing that, as they only got 12 Fusiliers bears date May 31 , 1843, and his decease pence for a shilling, where they formerly received 13, t places the Colonelcy of that regiment at the dis p osal of th e y sustained a lose of a penny in e very s hilli ng. They the Commanding-in-Chief. so on found from experience, how ever , t h at the injury THE MINT.—From statements recently furnished to was imaginary. the Government of the operations of the Mint during the " The other difficulties to which your committee have last six months, it appears that time coinage during that referred, viz., those of a practical character, arising time has been 9,099,000 1 , of gold and 416,000 1 . of silver• from the necessity of a re-adjustment, a large number of The unprecedented nature of this amount may be esti- ex isting contracts and obligations based bvaiseewd furpnmonwthheiephrtee mated from the fact that in the corresponding period of sent system of coinage, are not, theirin end wohficchoumrsae, bedep in some degree opi n i on, in each of the three preceding years the totals were as fol- superable ; but the present y must ,sten lows—viz., in 11450, gold, 66,000/. ; silver, 129,000/. ; c o o n n t s h id e er ex t a li c e t m s "The first question to be Ile d a what shall be in 1851, old, 4,199,0001. ; silver, 19,000/. ; and, in 1852, gold, 4,453,0001. •, silver, 82,0001. The rate of c, adopted. eis, coinage this year has, therefore, been more than twice mittee have no hesitation • o the unit of the new system onsiderilun recommending the present g ha t t ha it t i t s h t e h p e o h u a n s d is as great as during 1852, when Australia was already Coin age • and your coin sent standard, and therefore associated with all our yielding large results. Under these circumstance:, pound sterling.o ' ideas of money value, and t there is reason to believe that time aggregate shin-i on t h which pre ment of sovereigns to the colony, together with the amounts taken out by emigrants, must have been be- all our exchange transactions yondianything hitherto supposed, and that hence the pro- it appears to spect is increased of the recent drain being at no distant would lead to y.our committee that any alteration of it date followed by a remarkable reaction. At the same infinite complication and embarrassment in our corn for time a considerable portion of the enormous quantity tunately happen s dealings ; in addition to which it supplied from the Mint has doubtless been absorbed at means laPpens that its retention would afford the mini home by the sudden improvement in the condition of the mu of introducing the decimal system with the working classes, from the high wages prevailing in all , shapem of change. Its tenth part already exists in the parts of the United Kingdom, since an extra sovereign I of the florin and two-shilling piece, while an alter in each family will be sufficient to account for several ation of four per cent in the present farthing will serve ' millions. Even in this respect , however, the effect will 'to convert th a t co i n i nto t i me l owes t step of the decima l be merely temporary, inasmuch as all beyond a certain scale which it is necessary to represent by means of au quantity will, sooner or later, find its way to savi actual coin, viz., the thousandth part of a pound. 1.: banks or other forms of investment, and there are ugs - this lowest denomination your committee purpose, sequently increased reasons for anticipatine tha c"- order to mark its relation to time unit of value, givet: lleia wave which has lately carried away our neWl t t he \ the name of mil. The addition of a coin to l e e dredth resources will return before long, and y -acquired cent, of the value of 10 mils, and equal to tl.a m . un produce with florin, would or the 10th part of the strength an opposite effect. equal par of the good,p t of coins necessary to represent serve to complete the list . would accordingly be EXECUTION OF WILLIAM FLACK. y account , which wich the extreme sentence of the Yesterday at Ips. the moneys of acco . law was • into cents, and mils. carried pounds, fl°6"'proposals, having in view the adoption of a f execution upon the body of Gilliam 19 years of age, who was found m . Flack, a labourer, "Other unit, aye h been brought under the notice theheld in this town of the murd er of Mrs, Steg g l es, h ouse k eeper your c°l : of the presentthese, f ar thi n g as the basis of a new to the Rev. Edward Buxton Barker, rec t or o f B arton, retentio ee of eeinarrep leaving its relatio n to time existing former occasion s th e d rop h a d b een sYstem un touche'd, presents the greatest amount of ad erected in the roadwayupon opposite the County Hall, but Penny vee tage. The large number of payments which are now the roof of the Hall, in front e xpressed in pence would remain unaltered, and a great of the prison. The convict . gnat on portion a those daily transactions in which Oat? WM of Tuesday trironmg . ._ storming of Fox hill, the crossing of the Virginia Water, the battle of Runnymede—these and numerous other hard-fought fights will live only in the memory of the heroes of Chobham and the thousands of camp followers who were spectators of the thrilliug and exciting en gagements. The dry recorders of history will probably he content with a short summary of the whole, and will simply mention the fact that 20,000 British troops were encamped fur two months at Chobham in 155.1. We can add another to the numerous facts which we have recorded of the doings at the camp, viz., that yesterday, so soon as the last company of the infantry had marched past the general-in-comtuand, the whole brigade of Guards raised a tremendous shout, which was taken up, as if by instinct, by all the other infantry regiments, the cause of which turned out upon inquiry to be, that they had gone through the last field-day at Chobham. Some danced, others sang, and all were thankful that they were about to leave the scene of those brilliant exploits already enumerated, and to return to the quiet retire ment of a barrack life. At eleven o'clock yesterday morning the cavalry turned out. After the cavalry had formed line the four regiments formed contiguous close column on the Horse Guards Blue, and afterwards formed hollow square. The Duke of Cambridge entered the square, and calling all the officers of the different cavalry regiments into the centre, addressed them as follows : " Gentlemen—As this is probably the last occasion upon which we shall be together in this encampment, I am de sirous of taking this opportunity of expressing to you my extreme satisfaction with the behaviour of the four cavalry regiments. When you first arrived in camp you had many difficulties and hardships to contend with. Rain fell in immense quantities ; you were wet through on your ar rival, and there was a continuation of wet weather for four days after your arrival. In the face of these difficulties and hardships, I have never heard a complaining. voice. Officers and men, you have submitted cheerfully to every casualty and inconvenience, and your conduct merits the highest praise. As for the manner in which the different manoeuvres have been carried on in the field, I will say, without making any invidious distinction between one regiment and another, you have all behaved well. The conduct of the troops has been all that I could possibly have wished. The drill of the different regiments has been under my minute and careful observation, and I have, with a scrutinizing eye, observed your daily conduct. I am happy, also, to say that we have had no accidents in the brigades of any consequence. " With such troops as yourselves I feel confident I could take you anywhere, and I am surd you could do anything required of you. " Officers and men, allow me to say I am proud of you ; and, as this is probably the last time we may meet at this camp, I take the opportunity of wishing you all farewell, and of thanking most cordially the officers commanding regiments—in f t o h r e t w h h o ol s e up o po f t r h t e a o n ffi a ce a r s s sista andrinooonw-chiomoh mi4you have rendered me ; and am grateful to the m en for rsionedoffi fact,rs the loyalty and zeal with which they have performed their duties. Gentlemen, good bye." After marching from their parade grounds, the whole officers—for of the infantry formed in masses of columns in the hol low a little to the left of the Magnet hill, the cavalry being in rear of the infantry. Sir R. England's brigade moved forward en echelon of regiments from the right, changing in front in the same direction, and, followed by the Guards and Lockyer's brigade, retired behind the two hills in their rear. The enemy was posted on a ridge of hills opposite, with two six-pounders, and was endeavouring to cover the camp and defend the redoubts thrown up immediately in front of it. The artillery of the attacking forces first opened fire on the enemy, who were compelled to fall back. While the artillery was engaged, the cavalry had taken ground to the right in columns of troops, and having defiled by threes over the Queen's-bridge, formed two lines and advanced to attack the enemy. The Blues and 4th Light Dragoons were the first line to charge. The manner in which the line charged was admirable, and the two regiments having received a volley from the squares, retired by threes through the second line. The second line, bringing its left shoulder forward, next advanced, and the Scots Greys and the Bth Hussars charged in a man ner most creditable to both corps ; the Greys in parti cular were remarkable for the perfect line and keeping together of their files, although they had the worst ground to go over, and it was astonishing with what alacrity the men closed in to their centre, in order to make the charge more effective ; every man appeared to know his duty, as he closed in as if by instinct. This was the last charge made at the camp, and decidedly the Scots Greys and Hussars have not only the honour of having made the last, but the most brilliant charge that has occurred during this encampment. Before these two resistless charges the enemy continue( • to fall back, and crossed a deep — and almost impassable morass, on the camp side of which they fearlessly awaited the approach of the infantry brigades, which were now advancing in line with the artillery in the intervals. As the brigades approached the morass they threw out their light companies, who kept up for some time a galling fire on the enemy. The main body next advanced, the enemy falling back into the two redoubts, where they appeared resolved to make a stand. The Coldstreams were the first to cross the swamp. Immediately upon doing so they formed line in front of the right, and the Grenadiers and Scots Fusileers crossed and formed in front of the left redoubt. The Coldstreams, sup ported by the 79th Highlanders, delivered a volley, and ascended the hill in double quick time ; the enemy contented himself with firing a few shots, and retiring from his position ; the enemy alqo fled be fore the Grenadiers from the left redoubt, and in a few moments loud shouts and cheers proclaimed that all was over, and the ColdAreams and the Grenadiers planted their colours on the redoubts. The other regiments ad vanced up the hill and took up a position near the re doubts, and formed in columns previous to marching past. The place selected for marching past was in front of the brigade of Guards. The cavalry galloped past in squadrons, the Horse Artillery at a sharp trot. The Blues went by in admirable order, as did also the 4th Light Dragoons and Bth Hussars ; but the Greys ap peared to keep up their old character in this respect. The officers were well up to their distances, and the men well up to their work. In some of the regiments, too, little attention appeared to be paid by the officers to the dress of the squadrons. Our troops are undoubtedly the finest in the world, but some of their officers do not merit so flattering a commendation. The whole of the infantry marched by exceedingly well, the 79th Highlanders and the Guards, as usual, receiving the lion's share of the approval. We regret to state that private Ware, of the Royal Artillery, had his hand blown off while serving one of the cannons, in consequence of improperly serving the vent. The poor fellow was literally blown some ten or a dozen yards from the mouth of the cannon, and was raised from the ground by one of the numerous civilians standing round, some of whom very narrowly escaped injury from the wad, which was blown a considerable distance from the gun. the population are engaged would be unaffected by the change ; but when it is considered that the adoption of that alternative would, by adding 10d. to the value of the present pound, and a halfpenny to that of the shilling, necessitate the withdrawal of the whole of the present gold coinage, and nearly the whole of the silver, and involve the alteration of the terms of all contracts and obligations expressed in coin of either of the latter metals, your committee would not feel themselves warranted in recommending the adoption of such a proposal. "Your committee, therefore, are now in a position to resume the consideration of the practical difficulties in their way and of the means by which those difficulties may be most readily overcome. The most important obstacles are those connected with the readjustment of obligations expressed in the palmy (including its mul tiples and sub-multiples), by receipts in which coin various portions of the public revenue are in great part raised, such as postage, newspaper, and receipt stamps, as well as many duties of customs ; in addition to the class of cases in which private interests are concerned, such as railway, !.ridge, ferry, and road tolls. To take an illustration, it is obvious that if, instead of charging a toll of one penny or font farthings, as at present, the nearest equivalent toll under the decimal system, viz., one of four m Is, were suhstit'ited, the change would involve aloes to the raceh er of the toll of four per cent. ; while, on the other hand, raising the toll to five miles would invole a loss to the payer of 20 per cent. The payment is now the 1-240th part of the pound, and on the first of the foregoingsuppositions it would be reduced to the 1-250th ; on tie latter it would be raised to the 1-200th. In the case f all cumulative and gross payments, that difficulty will not be felt, and may be disregarded ; as the amount involved in the change, being always less than a mil in each case, is then inappreciably small in comparison with the total sum. "The case of the penny newspaper stamps presents no difficulty, as they are always sold to the newspapers in considerable quantities, and might be charged at the rate of 12 for 50 mils (the equivalent of the shilling), instead of one penny each as at present, the two rates of charge being identical. " The payment of the troops may be easily arranged in a similar manner, for although they are nominally paid at the rate of so many pence per day, the full pay of every man is drawn in advance each month, and any difference between the sum received by him each day under the decimal system, and that received under the present system could be adjusted at the monthly clear ance, which takes place even at present, for the purpose of settling any small balance. " The cases in which the payment of the penny is made in separate and isolated, instead of cumulative sums, present greater difficulty. " The charges payable to the public revenue for duties and stamps are very generally expressed in pence, or frac tions of a penny. Assuming that, at the period fixed for the alteration of the coinage, no grounds should exist for an alteration of those charges, the object to be attained will be to secure the levy of an equal amount of revenue in the aggregate, without so far altering existing charges as to create public dissatisfaction, and without needlessly complicating the proceedings of the revenue departments. Your committee are disposed to believe that these objects may be attained by such slight modifications of existing payments as will enable the payments for duties and stamps to be expressed by a whole number of mils, the loss upon any one head of revenue being compensated by the gain upon some other. "The case of the penny postage is the most important, and requires a special reference to be made to it. Va rious witnesses who have been examined on this subject, including Mr. Rowl an d Hill , h ave expressed an opinion that considerable di scon t en t would be occasioned by any addition to the pr esen t ra t e, suc h as the adoption of a charge of five mils, whatever might be the benefit to the Exchequer, and they have proposed that the alternative should be adopted of substituting a rate of four mils. But your committee feel that, in arriving at a decision on this subject, it is necessary not to for get that, supposing the number of letters transmitted through the post to remain unaltered, the adoption of a charge of four mils would involve a loss of revenue esti mated at 100,0001. Whether such a loss would be ac tually sustained must depend on whether or no the trifling diminution of charge on each letter would lead to increased correspondence, in accordance with the law that is found to prevail in the case of more extensive re ductions. On the other hand, it is admitted that, apart from the fiscal and other practical considerations involved in the alteration of a duty which was reduced to its pre sent rate of one penny in compliance with a popular de mand, the establishment of a rate of five mils would be convenient, as representing an aliquot part of the coins of a higher denomination in the proposed decimal scale, and that that rate would probably have been adopted, had a decimal system of coinage been in existence at the time when a uniform postage was established. Your committee apprehend that it must remain with Parlia ment to decide, upon the consideration of the respective advantages and disadvantages of the two rates, as above indicated, whether the postage rate to be adopted under a decimal shall be four or five mils. " The new penny receipt stamp is subject to the same observations. Your committee would only observe, with reference to it, that they have no experience to guide them as to the probable receipts under it, as com pared with the receipts under the much higher rates that have hitherto existed. "The chief remaining difficulty relates to charges pay able to companies or private individuals fixed by act of Parliament at sums expressed in pence or fractions of a penny. Of this class are mileage charges received by railway companies, and toils en roads, bridge., and ferries. Various suggestions as to the means of regulating these charges, should a decimal system be adopted, have been made to your committee, especially one whereby compensation to the owners of such tolls for tho loss they would incur by the ultimate reduction in the charges should be pro vided for by sanctioning a small increase in those charges for a limited period. They refer the house to the evi dence they have received on this subject. "It remains for your committee to consider the ques tion of the coins to be employed under the decimal sys tem of coinage, and the means of introducing that system. "As respects the coins, it will be necessary to with draw from circulation certain of the coins at present in use, and to substitute in their place certain other coins, having reference to the decimal scale, before the decimal system can be considered as fully developed. Your s c t o a m n m e e i s t ? e o e f c t o h n e t e p m re p s leantte sovereigntl ie re ten t ( i l 7, 00 u o nde mile) an y c s o u v m e - - reign (500 mils), florins (100 mils), and shilling (50 mils or 5 cents). The present sixpence, under the de mination of 25 mils, might be retained, and the crown, or piece of 250 mils, of which few are in circulation, need not be withdrawn. On the other hand, it will be desirable to withdraw the half-crown and the threepenny and fourpenny pieces, which are inconsistent with the decimal scale. "With regard to the coins not in actual existence at present, but which it will be necessary eventually to in troduce, your committee refer to the evidence taken by them on the subject. It appears to them that copper coins of 1,2, and 5 mils, and silver coins of 20 and 10 mils, will be required, to which should be added such others as experience may show to be desirable. It is important, however, to bear in mind that the smaller the number of the coins with which it is practicable to effect purchases and exchanges, the better. "Your committee feel that a certain period of prepara tion, destined to facilitate the transition from the present to the new system, is indispensable. During such a transition period, various measures should bo adopted. with a view to prepare the way for ulterior changes, and to create in the public mind a desire for their completion. Several of the proceedings on the part of her Majesty's Mint, which would ulti mately become necessary, might be adopted at the present time without introducing any elements incon sistent with the existing system of coinage and accounts. Your committee believe that no unnecessary delay should p o r le e y ven r t ec t o h n e im fu e l n l d int t r i o ia d t uc t t h io e n n o e f ee t s h a e ary decimal preparatory syst s : maenad:. sures should be entered o n a t th e Royal m int as on Ra possible. "As respects the means to be employed for pre paring the publi c f or t h e introduction of the n system, your c omm it tee would refer to the y new o very vau able and detail e d ev id ence on the point giv v enlpythe Master of the Mi n t , the Astronomer R oyal, ,Professor Y De Morgan, an d G eneral Pasle Your committee .l recommend that a ll t h e silver coins. hereafter coined should have their value in mils marked upon them, in order that the public might, at the earliest possible pe riod, associate the idea of that system with their different pecuniary • transactions. They further recommend that all the copper coins that may be issued under the deci mal system should also have their value in mils similarly marked upon them. They think that it would tend to familiarise the public with the new system of account, if t some of the pap ers su b m itt e d to Parliament, and. most generally refe rre d t o , were exhibited in the decimal a well as the ordinary form. ed w in th io e " Supposing the decimal system to be introduced this country, the question of its introduet T io h n at British colonies naturally presents itself. disposition is felt on the part of the Colon,i3a4lLeg by the fact , Ilio to entertain the question, may be inferrst that the Legislature of Canada has ju decimal currency in that country. establi:sbiliteudre: " The attention of your committee tally directed in the course of the:. ~ w eights and vantage of applying :Xi l erg ee t n o in th c e i d a e d n -- the decimal I V, lii r b i c l ng a question measures as well asto coinag reference, o in u u r r c e i t m it : i li i ttee x. not embraced in the'r order Ofoesri.ctfieoric, do not feel themselves in subject. .c of further inquiry press their sense o . f tlie into that interesting r committee, having well weighed "In concl of the existing system of coinage and the obstacles which must the compara;isvirn;Eietunsi, and the decimal et sY ;ith in passing from one to the other, desire repeatbe'n their decided opinion of the superior ad desire to -tl e decimal system, and to record their vantages or i that the obstacles referred to are not of such conviction 'attire as to create any doubt of the expediency of in -I:roldueing that system, so soon as the requisite prepara tions shall have been made for the purpose by means of cautions, but decisive, action on the part of the Govern ment. " Your committee consider the present moment espe cially adapted for introducing the decimal system, in consequence of the prosperous state of the whole com munity, including those classes which would be more immediately affected by the change, and they feel the importance of not allowing such an opportunity to be lost. " They believe that the necessary inconvenience at tending a transition state will be far more than compen sated by the great and permanent benefits which the change will confer upon the public of this country, and of which the advantages will be participated, in to a still greater extent by future generations.; IR