The Sun. — London, England, 1853-08-22 00:00:00

2 pAL RICA k nt Stan' Modzko, gy s tori• ~e Ado' czewski, [r. Joh❑ ;ciety in se nt his cl, silver, astimonY thy with he depu ,ddressed had th e on fro' 0 un ction s ociety 3ted th e Ition to• sions eX: it objec t lso some titu d e to )n ly on behalf of De to his onour to tanislatis al eo sin Foreig n ace. *r. .ench,le )N, 3f•r• ,; a* lords , / le gra nt ( a ) . e gen e , „ rt9 r a it of 2; of le C Ito dem d s tinge En storiaJ ;an OP-; ass to 9°° r en iost the heA° ll a l justi cB ; from orint D e In lleetioo 1 pledg e ° its ge t ; Pr eseil 'be s ed able Prv— Aue elf bf we er, e - I ntrio ve 9°e , u , for ,cietyp [OWe tarY• h W ere hie raan n i 94 ; the e" a juseir A t ior Sg t ~ ix, grt'' •eSee-uted e d b 7. in i d fai i i , y2-Aftl'r i t,oo LVOV 1 164 •7 , AO, 182 01 AdO s and the LIT.ERATITRE. 131traok No. XVIII. B y Ch ar l es Di c k ens. ourlet without something like regret do we find bleak arrived at th e penu l t i mate number o f (the Souse---conscio us th a t another instalment h, 4 „ double number concluding the serial) will t Zg haif to a close the chequered incidents of a story itsto ore . simple narrative, half as a yet simpler smcer a e, aet°blograpy. Our regrets in this matter are the becam e of late Bleak House has by 11 ort ri e ened tlier tale our excellence proved in many respects r r ,_ o Y of its incomparable author's reputation. perusal of the opening chapters of p o i Tal e we must confess to a feeling of rather der in 411 ant disappointment. There was such bewil , changino• was g confusion in the scheme of the fiction, there Work s uch a distressful sense of uncertainty in a at doubtful intervals from the first „ I T the third changing at there was such vagueness in 4t_i" characters at first introduced, and those charac ,7B_, moreover, made su c h rea lly m ysterious and Ze.xpected appearances on the scene—that with ( pe ,, e r admiration for the genius of Mr. Dickens gen . „..tps we should rather say because of the C hi i. : " . eness and fervour of that admiration), the e f eeling excited in our mind by the tale was, T o this observed, a feeling of disappointment. e ls moment we have not the slightest notion Whenceti, came so suddenly in the streets of London hero and h ero i ne, Ada and Richard. Even now • clon't know anything at all, good, bad, or indif trt, abo u t th eir antecedents. We can ' t conjec we e from what points of the compass the two lovers t , o re bro ug h t abruptly together. Their parents areas like th ey h ad never existed. Their childhood, • e ginable within a dream, is wholly unima • • Adream gain, up to this instant, John Jarndyce 4the Merest sketch of a character, without a trait which he could be recognised, if we except his ife!.erated allusion to the east wind. And assuredly t he Jarndyce is nothing more substantial than 2. 1 ( 7 , Merest sketch, the same may be said of that kAs,ist silent and vapoury of walking gentlemen, Zlan, Woodcourt. Another source of disappoint ent to u s in "Bleak House" is connected with Y m nderful Lawrence Boythorn, who, after pro mg so gloriously on his sudden burst" into the e",• rrastive, wrecked our hopes in his regard Eby an f2 ua llY sudden disappearance. Likewise to a cer hausl extent has it been with dear little Charlie, who cc 0 th thadled from the precocious orphan of poor d t ,„,°,.avillees" into the obscure and for the most part 110 -41 " and invisible handmaiden of Esther Summer ]) 1 . 3 .• 'Crook and hi s di a b o li ca l ca t g l ance d for a ,„„ ll ' e f While from the fiction like the veriest night -'l3, and then made a hideous exit in the glare of d:Poutaneous combustion. Nemo, without uttering ie liable, c raw l e d a b out for a s h ort ti me i n rags t o i n. of Opium in a garret, and then to moulder away j o a nameless pit in one of our city graveyards. the n shouldered his broom for an instant, and moved on" in a like direction. Gridley 4., raved about hi s wrongs d ur i ng a h urr ied interval , of d expired in a make-shift bed in the corner h a ; shooting gallery. Meanwhile, we have had W h er e" glimpses into the hall at Chesney Wold, solemn footsteps sound along the ghost's 4 ... 44 R, at twilight, and where Rosa shows her pretty at the lattice, and where the honest old house 'eePer, d er Rouncewell, smooths down her laven th While sitting in the storeroom, musing over th e 'ortunes of one son, the " Iron Man," and over h ave taiefertune s of another, the scapegrace. We p o i e Peeped into Mr. Skimpole's apartments in the f a lgon, where he condescends to a noontide break %s 11 .Pcn a dish of nectarines. We have entered h as littered house of Mrs. Jellyby, where Caddy twi sd . b e,en in a " state of i n k," and Peepy has i 4 ,:eu• himself into a laocan among the area rail- Z' We have penetrated the backarlour of the c o ' h b ll ets, where the " mixture" has been placed hc, v t enient to the elbow of the old girl's husband, It g i rte hands of that same beneficent old girl her- Yo . "„. s ' the Worthy mother of Quebec, Malta, and Woolwith—the colour-sergeant of the Non- Par e Battalion. We have watched the fair Judy • ass iduous attendance upon grandfather and 4 1'„ unaother Smallweed : and have witnessed the t - t ' (;tion of Phil S quo d t o th a t s talwart Mr. George, benefacto r : and have remarked the • fits in li l g e ed in, off and on, by the faithful Guster in that 6.„ underground kitchen of the tenement of Mr. h - „ a g B hY the l aw - s t a ti oner . S ome times our attention called away from the main plot by the hoi h"'" Piety o f M r. Ch a db an d , an d some ti m es again i If t ile shall ow phil an thropy of Mrs. Pardigg e. e,„ ...we have w an d ere d up to London, it has been the dir ec ti o n of the gorgeous town house f T c uedlocks, an d now into the squalid haunts of s o , 4 u-alone's. An attendant . sprite in the per al,°f Mr. Bucket, the detective, has waived a ;7, of magic over the scene through an occa riBl,-P under current" of forefinger. He has car de us with him along the trail left by the mur -4,e,r of the old man of the name of Tulkinghorn. d„c 'Jae fixed upon Mademoiselle Hortense, the t& ,,,. -e a. riled lady's-maid, the brand of midnight as 4-'4,,Mation. Throughout all these shifting scenes, I t " I. changing persons, and- varying incidents, it eft i mpossible not to have a discomforting sense th keeir pervading confusedness—and yet gradually p a e , te „ has grown out of all this chaos of pre re,;:i,",i3n a surprising harmony in the un olitu.pg of the tangled skein of the romance, - • 4 .° 1 all these regrets connected with the scheme p e „ . . 4l e narrative there has latterly sprung up a th - Z marvellous fascination. .Notwithstanding, 14; r efore, the undoubted shortcomings of the ear betMoiety of the fiction as a work of art—it m t u h s el R t e knowledged by us that we recognise in e is ° ,Z,F instalments of " Bleak House" much that h er -- tled to our warmest admiration. The num ter,„ here_ i before us, that for August, may be r e Ztued without extravagance as one of the most f o Zatkable of the many remarkable literary per etZances of Boz. It lures us on from the first s a ir, ll , ee to th e l as t w ith an a tt rac ti on w holly irre tbZe• It ca rr i es us b rea thl ess ly through all le e k im petuous chase after the missing Lady Ded shre',:eePing perpetually before us the miraculous of •",xless of Mr. Bucket and the dazed solicitude of the Summerson. It interrupts the account the angular journey down into the country to eacCLage of the brickmakers, and then suddenly . ain to the crowded streets of the metropolis h ers ,;',. a. tong us into several of the sumptuous cham the f ‘ , the town-house of the proud but generous, W r sa i ken and (literally) paralysed, Sir Leicester. _ou lad ee ll'illa apparently dying on his couch, sur- Alr, bY a cluster of faithful attendants, by bluff 4 14 ' -,,,eorge, by kindly Mrs. Rouncewell, by the Th: va_°llunnia, with her rouge and her sympathy. the r , 0Y a sudden change, we are once more upon ti lne ° ad, with Mr. Bucket and his companion—this five;'' °°, actually upon the trail of the fugi 0. Iti oW • e vY e scarcely remember any imaginary teeti o nt More ingenious than the abrupt de ,„by Mr. Bucket of the clue which lab7: l ,e l 3r guides them th r ou g h the mazes of the ancr•V_, 11l --the e xc h ange o f c l o th es b e t ween J enn y ree. o 47„ Dedlock. C er t a i n ly we canno t c all to Inovi n ' e "en any fictitious scene more exquisitely th e in its p a th os t h an t h at wh i ch ta k es p l ace static st one-kitchen of Mr. Snagsby, the law touch It is marked in every syllable with the nbly the masterhand. If read aloud it infal any e i, s eta mands les larmes clans la vo i x . Under 9n r re'ennastances it secures our sympathy, rivets Mg W ar d, and extorts our admiration. Suppos §ing co that Mr. Dickens had never written any leg usTiVarable in merit to these chapters, lead ing st Lito the d ea d b o dy o f th a t l a dy- mo th er 4 eP in draggl e d rags at daybreak on the "f . 4 . • ouid have city k beengraveyard—that description alone the o veiisit sufficient to stamp his reputation _e c rew , Proving by the pathos of the humorist er. ' 4l ight lu s at once of our Tears and of our "- QUARTERLIES. out to be an ales imitator of the Tennysonian genies, or an original songster of less pretension, we are imme diately summoned to believe in him by the whole coterie in chorus. These people regard matters of poetry and authorship as mere articles of vertu, and would fain earn a reputation for cleverness by the eccentricity of their tastes. They are for the most part mystery-mongers of literature, who wish to spare their own opinions too searching an analysis, and delight in dealing with sub jects transcending sense. The new pet of this class of persons is Mr. Alexander Smith ; and they are busy in destroying any germs of genius within him by their in discriminate praise. They are encouraging his faults, urging him to fresh outrages on sense, taste, grammar, and poetry ; and they will, in all probability, cause him to write more and worse, until he will be in danger of becoming a burlesque on Bailey, who wrote Festus, and a travesty on Tennyson. A man of genius'like Byron can rise superior to the censure of false critics ; but he must indeed be great who shall triumph over flattery ex hibited in such large doses at au age so young." The characteristics of the author who has been thus extravagantly eulogised, the reviewer truthfully enough declares to be—" bathos, a sort of luminous obscurity and imitative mannerism." The hero of the principal poem in the volume of Mr. Smith is afterwards facetiously, but, again, most truth fully, said to be descriptive of " the strivings and wrestlings of a soul above buttons, discontented with its lot, and wishing to be everybody !" Fin ally, this only rational critic we have yet read upon the book, draws his remarks towards a conclusion by asserting that "To praise Alexander Smith as others have done, would only be to be tray him into further imperfections : it might urge his Pegasus to bolt over plains of blas phemy and bathos, and to plunge into the dirty waters of licentiousness." Nothing harsh in all this notice, but is justified by the produc tion of " proofs positive" in the shape of most copious quotations. In the article already referred to as having allusion to Fox, the following passage occurs, and is not undeserving of particular notice, as having reference to the real value of the late Dr. Allen's reputation : "It was the fashion of the Whigs of that time to think Allen a wonderful man, and it is a tradition of the present day that he was so. He wrote one excessively absurd book, and he committed the Edinburgh Review to a considerable quantity of very shallow nonsense about our Constitutional History. Beyond this he did no thing. He appears to have been one of those might could-would-or-should sort of men, who have the knack of twaddling to a clique, and who succeed in impressing their intimates with an awful idea of what they could do, if they would only try." An elaborate essay on " Modern Miracles," or, in other words, on spirit rapping and table turn ing, exposes that enormous humbug, the latest and greatest of all popular delusions. The subjoined will afford the reader a capital notion of— AN EVENING WITH MRS. HAYDEN. " You are dining, for instance, with Mrs. Leo. Hun ter. When you ascend to the drawing room you find a new face among the ladies ; an intelligent, mobile, not undesirable face, probably at the moment pushed for ward in rather voluble conversation. There is some thing a little not quite bon ton in the lady's manner, and there are grammatical difficulties in her phraseology ; but we must allow for the peculiarities of her position. Moreover, she mixes in so many circles. Perhaps she has just been en rappart with Colonel Crockett, or has been charged with bad grammar by Cobbett's ghost, who has been running a saw' upon her. However, she is lively, agreeable, intelligent, and well-looking ; so, in spirits or no spirits, we have no cause to be displeased with our new acquaintance. She is, of course, intro duced as Mrs. Hayden, the American medium.' " There is a large 100 table in the middle of the back drawing-room, and Mrs. Hayden is reclining in a com fortable chair at about three feet distance from it. Mrs. Leo Hunter is seated on one side of her, and a senti mental-looking young lady is on the other—a lion of unmistakeable pretensions, who is bearded all over to conceal his ugliness, and who speaks very bad English, with a strong German accent, leans upon her chair, and struggles to monopolise her attention. But—a l'oeuvre— Tis time the performance should begin. " Mrs. Hayden now draws her chair forward quite up to the table, takes up a white China silk scarf that lay in her lap, and spreads it over the back of her chair, passes her hand down to her knee, as though to smooth her dress, and then settles herself to her work. Of course, our idea of the audience is quite imaginary ; we describe Mrs. Hayden, however, exactly as we have seen her. These movements are all natural enough. We only record them as an observation for future ob servers. "The German gentleman, who tells the company that he is a convert after long investigation, and that, in fact, he is himself a medium, and who is evidently one of those fetch-and-carry tame animals of society who run to and fro between drawing-rooms and circulating libraries—the German gentleman demands pen, ink, and paper, writes out the alphabet from A to Z, and the numerals from Ito 0. Mrs. Hayden's fair round face and twinkling eyes move round the circle as she places her hands upon the table and begs that the com pany will not disturb her by conversation. " Then she addresses her supernatural friends, who make it their peculiar habit to live always under a table ; and after long expectation some one hears a faint knock. The ice once broken, the little just audible sounds be come more frequent. The alphabet is asked for in the usual way. Mrs. Leo Hunter takes the pencil and the German's alphabet. A knock arrests her hand as she points to S,' another as she points to ' a third as she points to L,' and so on, until the full word Silence,' has been spelt. Mrs. Hayden looks on the paper all the time with a quiet smile, and remarks that the spirits are quite right—it is impossible to proceed amid such a buzz of conversation. "And now numerous candidates take paper and pen cil in hand, summon a spirit by a wish, and ask the ini tial letter of his name. Some are very wrong, some are quite right. The majority are certainly altogether wrong, but a fully sufficient number are right to dmon strate that it cannot be by mere random guesses that the results are obtained. Those who get wrong answers are usually inclined to sneer, and are scowled upon and scolded at by the busy and enthusiastic German. Those who get right answers declare how wonderful it is, and believe in the spirits right off. Then comes the turn of the sentimental young lady on the left. She throws up her fine eyes and thinks of a friend, a departed com panion of her tenderest woes. With tremulous hand and expectant heart she passes her pencil over the let ters until she reaches S;' a tiny rap is heard, the letter is noted down, and the alphabet is recommenced, the young lady looking astonishment and awe through all her features. This time, however, she pauses in the middle of the alphabet, and says that the proper letter has been passed —recommences, A," rap, the 'A' is noted down. Again, B,' rap, the B' is noted down. Again, Y,' wrong, try again. Again, E,' right, the B' is noted. L,' right. 'L,' right again. A,' right. The letters form Sabella.' The other name is Macintyre, and is spelt out with only three mistakes. Sabella Macintyre was the name of the young lady's de ceased friend. Conticuere omnes, intentique ora tensbaut— but the demonstration is complete ; Mrs. Hayden rises and the séance is ended. The German is in ecstasies, the sentimental young lady in tears, about one-third of the company are seen to smile, and the rest are in a great passion with them." As to table-turners the tables have never before been turned upon themselves more effectually than by this contribution to the New Quarterly ; while, as to spirit-rapping, the media have never before re ceived such smart and stinging raps over the knuckles. SPORTINt NOTES. Already IV 1.-- d Weo 4V-ew Quarterly Review. No. to commend alre th e , „ More than once taken occasion tb-,,,-,..eauy delightful freshness of styleobserv a a n b d le in in_ te l- 'ew Periodical. It evidences a carefultdewne, tall avoidance of the beaten track—shall Panic4ll it tlie path of dullness?—habitually contem -0 nlarly of late, by its quarterly Peararies. Its writers prove, moreover,tl t r h h e e y . to ll , : be vigor o us without being vulgar,dmerry wi."'„?e,l 'wibeing grandiloquent, an Lii",,uut allowing 44,,rieserne extravtahgtrievaivcitiythtooutd,egteonoe,rbaetiengint.? l a i:w_e'Y pragmatical, the New Quarterly arl • for :er obtaTniselan - '3 liter arY and its political criticisms, reveal an oft:rable independence. Under the sarcastic title -, the ~ 454-L. Potsherus, Mr. Burckhardt a Rowland f hisn Oliver, "Laren a xl e l'turt upon a review of - work called lay. Penates. ' There is much deserved dispraise d ea.b1:11;e:1 s o u Lord J. Russellin his recently assume ilio`,„-e-lbY editor —in articles relating to the me- Affo'-ials of Charles James Fox, and to Thomas chae's voluminous correspondence. Another ill AZia giVell of the history of our Government °f the-44/`4°stae, under the heading "Recent Progress ham. ...aste.rii Question" —a paper from the same 41 17 e t° Which we have before acknowledged our iiona e indebted for similar contributions. A whole of :.eerrective is administered to a certain class ut k ri r , ~i c e) who have recently been doing their 1 111, 1 , -4 to turn the head of an ingenious young l'ellill:allied Alexander Smith—trumpetting a little as anb e of verse from his hands, crude and unequal IleverJ kaicleu-work we have ever perused, as a cc 4 Y e t was trumpetted a " Paradise Lost," or eaueerusalera Delivered." Of these critics (so , " It 'it:lei:Arm Quarterly very sensibly observes 4 0 4 iSG-? LaBllloll With some critics and cliques to ' take ' -", paid whether the poet of the moment turn The recent Meeting at York may challenge any of its predecessors for superiority—it was a magnificent meet ing in every respect. Sport excellent, weather superb, and attendance of company immense. The results were, however, for the most part, anything but couleur de rose to the fielders. It is really marvellous what an alterative effect change of place frequently has on the running capability of many horses, even when ground, weight, distance, and weather appear to be most in their favour. Talk of the " holding " of deep ground—why there is at times much more palpable holding over dry, smooth ground ! Some of my calculations last week were manifestly checked by too much weight i on the bridle—others were nullified ,by withdrawals on the ducal principle that every man has a right to do what he likes with his own. How striking a contrast did Adine's performance at York present to Adine's performance at Brighton ! At the latter place Pantomime carried sst 131 b, Adine Bst 101 b, and a length separated them at the finish ; at York, Pantomime carried 51b less and Adine 101 b less, and yet Adine never got nearer the front than fifth or sixth, and was many lengths behind Pantomine at the finish ! These are things which are obnoxious to suspi cion and reproach ; but 100 8i " That in the captain's but a choleric word Which in the soldier were rank blasphemy." To be a Triton "in the swim" is one thing ; to be a minnow is another ! The general programme of sport this week is abun dantly varied and attractive. Radcliffe puts forth its claims to patronage to-day, and will " carry on " for three days. The Wilton Cup is likely to be well con tested by Black Doctor and Doubt, and I shall expect to find one of them the winner. In their absence, I should try my fortune with Defiance and Saguenay. If Barrel is not run out by the drawings upon it at York, there may be a good chance of its carrying off the Two-year-olds Stakes, with Ludwig and Gabriel in close attendance. Lough Bawn and The Surveyor I pick for the Stew ards' Cup, Mocassin for the Radcliffe St. Leger, and Snowdon Dunhill and Missive for the Free Handicap. all 100 St. 10 St. St. 50 161 St. 10i ii 11i 100 The Manchester Cup may find a successful Event without Doubt, and Dear Me may throw his susceptible owner into a fine frenzy by carrying off the Bury Purse. Egham will commence its sport to-morrow on the glorious Runnymede, and terminate on Wednesday. The fields will, in all probability, be short, but interest ing. Epaminondes, Strutaway, and Student I select for the King John Stakes—my preference being in the order named. Frantic, notwithstanding the weight, I place much confidence in, but may find my notions upset. by Ta.vistock or Toboluki. A bdallah and Puritan I shall take for the Runnymede Stakes ; Vaultress for the Magna Charta, with Monnie Moses second. Vixen or Wingfield will, I think, carry off the Baron's Stakes, I shall, however, make a reservation in favour of Single ton Lass. The Amateur Stakes are likely to be awarded to the Heriot. Derby has its opening day on Wednesday, Hereford on Thursday ; and as many of the horses which are en gaged at the one are engaged at the other, it would, in the absence of all knowledge as to the intentions of owners, be absurd to attempt to pick out the probable winners. All I can say under such circumstances is, that for the honour and integrity of the noblest of our national sports, my most fervent wish is that honesty of purpose may be crowned with success, and that the best horse may win.. Brighton, Monday morning. 114 all all all 100 42i 34 fall all 1100 50 25 100 St. 100 all 3i 100 A FRESH MAN. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT, Aug. 21. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO IRELAND. DEPARTURE OF THE ROYAL YACHT FOR HOLYHEAD. — Soon after four o'clock this afternoon her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert steamed from this roadstead for Holyhead, attended by the Encounter, Barracouta, Banshee, and Tribune war-steamers, and the Fire Queen. The latter vessel only accompanies the yacht to the Needles. ~. . 100 100 100 100 .... —.—. DEPARTURE OF THE COURT FROM OSBORNE.—Satur day next is the day at present named for her Majesty's departure from the Isle of Wight for Ireland. FETE AT OSBORNE.—The rustic games in which the seamen of the royal yachts, the servants employed at Osborne, Barton, &c., exercise their skill, and to which all her Majesty's tradesmen and their families have tickets of admission, took place yesterday, when the grounds of Osborne were thronged. Bands of music at tended, to which all were invited. There was running, jumping, throwing, &c. The Queen, Prince Albert, and the junior branches of the royal family were on the grounds, and seemed as highly pleased with the sports as those who took a more active part in them. SCHOONER MATCH FOR 100 G-lIINEAS.—The match made between Mr. Joseph Gee's yacht Gloriana, of 134 tons, the winner of her Majesty's cup on Wednesday last, and Lord A. Paget's yacht Roseland, is expected to come off early in the week. ACCIDENT. —A boat was capsized off Ventnor yester day, by which two watermen and a gentleman lost their lives. 64 all 100 all 20 20 50 20 21s. 1 100 20 11i 100 The body of Wearn, who lost his life by being run down by the Medina steamer, was found yesterday. A jury was summoned, which after viewing the body, ad- journed till two o'clock on Tuesday next. MATCH FOR 100 GIIINEAS.—The highly interesting match between Mr. Weld's yacht Alarm, 248 tons, and the Swedish yacht Aurora Borealis, of 250 tons, takes place to-morrow, and, from the very high standing of the Alarm, bets ran high in her favour, though there are many who prefer the Swede. She is certainly as fine a vessel as one would wish to look upon. THE AMERICAN CUTTER YACHT SILVIE.--The owner of this splendid vessel, which won the second prize (a cup, value 501.) on Saturday, not feeling satisfied in being beaten by the Julia, is reported to have challenged Mr. Peareth to sail his yacht for any sum he may please to name. So certain did the members of the Royal Yacht Squadron feel that the Silvie would outsail all the other yachts entered for the 100 guinea cup, that they at the last moment gave a second prize of 501., as it were for the other yachts to contend for, but though she seemed almost to fly along in light winds, she did nothing when the wind freshened. Some think even now that she could have been first if she would. STATE OF TRADE. (Front the Manchester Guardian of Saturday.) MANCHESTER, AUG. 19.—Any favourable effect which the removal of the apprehension of war might be ex pected to produce upon our market has been neutralised, not only by a greater difficulty in effecting them, during the last six days, in consequence of the still increasing demand for capital. The articles most affected are com mon mule yarns for India, 16's to 24's water twist for China, pincops for domestic cloths, and 40-inch G E shirtings for the markets of the East. In all these, prices are rather against producers. With the exception of the pincops alluded to, the change is slight ; but these may be had gd. per lb below the highest prices lately obtained ; those prices were, however, out of proportion with the quotations for other yarns made from similar cotton. Taking the market at large, there is great steadiness in prices—for the most part, indeed, a re markable firmness. BRADFORD, Aug. 18.— Yarns—There is a fair demand for yarns, but the prices are too low to meet the price now demanded for wool. Pieces—There is a tolerably active demand, and in the warehouses, for finished goods, an average business doing. The accounts from America are represented as favourable. Wools—There is no in creased disposition to buy English wool, and from the high prices sought by the country dealers and growers, it would appear that they are unwilling to accept prices at which sales might be made. NOTTINGHAM, Aug., 18.—There has been less business doing in the lace trade since our last account of it, but it is still in a healthy condition for the season, consider ing the disarranged state of political affairs on the con tinent of Europe. The home and colonial trades are taking off large quantities of lace and hosiery goods of the best qualities, particularly the latter ; and it would appear that no articles they require can be too well made for them. INQUEST ON A SOLDIER OF THE 3D DRAGOONS.— GRAVESEND, Aug. 19.—This day an inquest was held at the workhouse, before Mr. G. Arnold, deputy coroner of this borough, on the body of a man picked up in the river, who, by the medals found upon his person, was a private in the 3d Light Dragoons, a large portion of which regiment had been about three weeks since dis embarked at this port from India. The name of de ceased was John Galloway. At the time of the disem barkation of these troops it was stated that a soldier was missing, supposed to have fallen overboard, and been drowned. It appeared from the evidence that the body was picked up last evening off the entrance to the canal below the Terrace-pier, and was apparelled in the undress of a soldier. Mr. Aitkins, coroner's officer, deposed that he saw the body on ins being brought on shore, and on searching it found three medals, which he now produced, and which indicated the name of the soldier, as well as the battles for which he had obtained them, viz., Sabraon, Sutlej, &c. • and on the buttons of the undress ,military jacket which deceased had on was inscribed 3d Dragoons. On the medals witness found the name John Galloway, 3d R.O.L.D.—Ver diet—Found drowned. STATE OF THE WOOLLEN TRADE. (From the Leeds Mercury of Saturday.) LEEDS.—The reports which have appeared for seve ral weeks past, notwithstanding the gloomy apprehen sions which overshadowed our foreign relations, and the unfavourable weather for our harvest prospects that we had during last month, have represented the trade of this town to be in a good and steady state and healthful condition. In the Coloured Hall a full average quantity of cloth was disposed of. There are also deliveries regularly taking place at the warehouses of goods that are either made to order or sold by sample. Many of the principal manufacturers dispose of the bulk of their goods without bringing a ny portion of them into the market. BRADFORD, Aug. 18.—A fair amount of business was doing, but without any alteration of price. The spin- ners complain strongly of their position, that the price of tops is so near the price of yarns, and th a t one or the other must alter if they are to derive any benefit from their business. The demand for gross yarns to the Continent is but slack, and there does not seem to be an ascertained price for them, as different rates are obtained for the same counts and quality. LEICESTER.—The same general activity pervades all branches of our manufactures that has existed for some time past. Commercial confidence seems fully esta lished on a firm and sound basis, producing a legitimate business, to which the demand for our Australian colo nies has materially contributed. Worsted yarns are more in demand, and the prices remain firm. There is more doing in wools at prices rather in favour of the seller. DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL LORD SALTOUN.—This gallant nobleman died on Thursday last, at his shooting seat, near Rothes, N.B. The noble lord had been ailing for some months, but, until a few months prior to his death, no immediate danger was apprehended. His lordship was in his 69th year, and was highly esteemed by the late Duke of Wellington for his gallant defence of Hugomont, at which place he commanded the light companies of the Guards, and had four horses killed under him. Lord Saltoun served with Moore, and throughout the Peninsula. The 2d Regiment of Foot becomes vacant, of which he , was colonel. His lordship was a staunch patron of most of the musical institutions of the metropolis, president of the Madrigal Society, chairman of the Musical Union, &c. The Duke of Wellington had once publicly described the gallant lord as a pattern to the army, " both as a man and a sol dier." His lordship is succeeded in his titles and estates by his nephew, Major Alexander Fraser. The fun eral of the deceased lord is expected to take place at Fraser burgh, in Aberdeenshire. SINGULAR ELOPEMENT.—Elizabeth Gibbon a young lady of considerable personal attractions, 22 years of age, highly educated, and the daughter of a deceased major in the army, the other day eloped from Dublin with a man named Anthony Flannigan, a loader of turf flats, near to her father's residence, where he (Flannigan) became acquainted with his inamorata. He wooed, and wooed successfully, and the lady yielded ; and, as already stated, eloped with him. Her friends sent a relative in pur suit. He arrived here the other day, and the runaway lovers were found consorting together on board the Esmeralda, having taken a passage in that vessel to New York. The relative induced them, in compliance with the earnest request of her friends to go on shore, and get united in wedlock before departure. All ne cessary preliminaries were arranged, the marriage license procured, and they were indissolubly united at St. kaurs Church on Saturday. EXTENSIVE FRAUDS BY GAMBLING EMIGRANTS.--In formation has been received in London that a captain of a ship, who, some months ago, took his passage to Aus tralia in a screw-steamer, has suffered severely, with others, from two well known gamblers on board, named Christy, an ex-publican, and Fry, a medical practitioner. The victim who has given this information to the police, states that on the two above named persons first enter ing the vessel, they were received as third-class passen gers, but suddenly from, it is feared, an "understand ing" with some of the officers on board, they became first-class passengers, and are winners without the least doubt of 3,000/. The applicant, or captain, intends to proceed against the owners of the ves se l f or t h e recovery of his share, 6501 ., and in a day or two the names of all parties concerned will be fully made known to the pub ' lice THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1358. SHARE MARKETS.-(TITS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. 'Aberdeen . Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Junc....... Birmng. Wolverh: dt l Stour _ _ Closing Prices Saturasj. 26 -- 27 4i 58 9i 103 9 7 d Business done this day. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid, Leasing Compans. London & N. West. 261 51 Gt.Westn Do all 100 all 100 Do Do L.kN.W Caledon Birkenhd. Lo - mesh. di Cheshire Junet Do. Chesh. di Birk., £5O di £25 Cons Do., £20......... Bristol dr Exeter Caledonian. Closing Trim; Saturday. 103 —losxcl 51i —s3ixd 150 152 32 33xcl 20 22 33 23_d 102 103 663 --67 21 22 193 203 Gt.Nrthn. Gt. Westn Yk. New. & Berw. Y.&NMd Do Do Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Black. & Pass. Dublin&BelfastJunc. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New 67 i 211 all all all all all 100 113 - 114 56 - 57 273 - 28 14* - 144 26 - 27 4 - 5 p East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. dr D.) ..... Do., (£lB E. & 110_ Eastern Counties..... Rastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... Do do.. IDo., B. & lEast Lancashire East & West Ind. DILI dz Birming. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb.Prth.drDundee Glasgow dr S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock .... . Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) Great Western.. Wish South-Easters. Lancaster dr Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths . .... Do., Wst. Riding Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. & So utbpt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Blight.&S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,16/. 5h.,M&8... C London & S. Western Do., £5O Do., Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.&Lincln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Midland . Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G.West.(lr.) Do. Shares Newcastle &Carlisle.. Newmarket............ 'Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor N0rf01k......... Do., New Northn. Counties Un North British ... North Devon, No.l Dc., i A Deferred Do., i B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westu Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon... ..... South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun D 0.... ..... ....... ..... Stockton & Hartlepl Thames Haven Dock and Railway `Tale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall Wmbledon &Croydou Woodford. York Newctl. &Berm Do. Extensions....... Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. 8 - 9 5 R -- 5 11 3g 3gl 12i -- 13 IS. Eastern D 0.. . Norfolk. 20 5i 50 L.& N. W. & Midld. l Stekton & Darling,t. Midland.. 98 - 100 3 - 38 48 - 50 35 - 371 71i- 7211 52 - 55 72 - 74 T ... 28 . -- 30 83 i 52 54 1 33 135 112 114 -- 89 1 — 7 I , 0 4 - 107 17 -18 p 76 5 4ict - 4t • 154 102 —lO3 112 1:3/4 11 1 lb 86 87 , 7 -- 6 d 6 5d 11 13 18 20 27 3 / 4 —28 A 71i 40 42 55 57 o k 3d 2 3i 8 - g 50 - 52 li 2 . 1 d 32 —33 Q 44d - 9 1-2 p 50 51 93 95 62 - 64 63 65 69 71 1 2i 2disi 19 21 9} 10 14 15 3 3ad 19 20 TOt 71i 1 $6 37 - 14 26 28 2 2 :4 —15 z 8 9 ;2 31 toi 68i 694' 8 7d 2 -- 2d 58i —59 i 13 } Liii - 109 E. Count Do Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do 841 i 54 134 114 89 i 761 6 i lli 15k 151 65 - 100 100 18# 9i all Gt Northn D 0.. . Lancash& Yorksh. M.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do 8 103 1121 87 6i xd ad ad 27/ 72 i all all all all all 13.5 24i 30 20 1 40 all all all all all all 15 101 all iGtWestl, Agua Fria Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) British Austrin. Gold 1 British Iron I Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek Cobre Copper Colonial Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 1 7i p. cent English and Austria Copper Smeltg. Co General Great Nugget Vein... Do. Registered Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Linares Lond. &Californ. Gold ......___. Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexican&S.Americn New Granada Nouveau Monde Nova Scotia Mining and Copper Smeltg Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New 15 i 'Santiago de Cuba 'South Australian 70 12i 591 4 148 —lsoxcl 148 —lsoxdl ii--id FOREIGN. 10 4 A n t wr p &Rotterdam lA - 1 d 5 3 !Belgian East. Junct. i - 11 20 all 'Charleroi & Erquelin 141 -15 i Hi 20 10 Dijon and Besnon 2 - 3 , z , 20 8 !Dutch Rhenish - lia 20 all East Indian 5 - sip 20 1 Do. Extension - 14p 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 2 -24 p 71 20 10 rGd. Junct. of France 2 -22 p 201 201 Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares i - id 5 3 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. - f 20 15 1-Auexembourg - 7 10 10 Do. (Railway) - 4 5 2 ; Do 1 - 1 5 3 Do. (Canal) 1 - 1 10 4 ; Do. 6p. cent. pref. ... - ...d 20 9 'Lyons & MediteiTan. .. -- 20 71 Madras l4 -21 p 333 29 'Maria Antonia - ... 10 1 10 Do. New - ... 20 all 'Namur & Liege (with interest 7i - 7i 20 all ; Do. (ex interest) - ... 16 all , Northern of France 351 - 361 3611 20 all iDo. 201. 3p. c. Bds 1 [finy.B.&Ams.Shs ]l4 - 141 10 all !Norwegia,nTrnk . Pref 8A - 9 20 10 'Paris and Lyons lSt -- 19 p 29 20 all ;Paris and Orleans 49.j - 501 20 all !Paris and Rouen 44 - 45 20 all 'Paris and Strasbourg 403 - 40. 40 4 a 20 4 Paris Caen& Cherbrg. 41, - 51, 10 101;Quebec & Richmond 14 1 d 20 all IRouen and Havre 20 all !Sambre and Meuso -10 10 4 'Southern 51 per cent. pref. ... - ... 20 6 iSouthern of France.. 54 - GA 20 2s. Upper India Scrip ... 8R all West' Flanders 4 i - 4'4 10 10 Do. 5:1 per c. Pref.- ... - ... ' 20 10 Western of France l Ol -10 i 10 2 IWest. of Switzerland - id 20 9 INew Zeala.utt„..., 2 —2i d xd 31i -- 102 i— 103ji d— leP par pm ld par f4d - fi id par 7 9 Bxudnesa this day. 3 - 44 2i 33 32i 33/ id par 10/ -10 i 55 -- 65 6 i -- 7 i P 2i - 24 d - 14 -- 16 - P . . d . g. , . Pa d 8 — r d: pa r - 6i 7 d aP 6 P d d— e p 'Tin Croft United Mexican. West Granada West Mariposa Yuba 3i id par 7 9 c i X d --- dd BANKS. 814 -82 i - 1 pl Par — i P ' 2i 3 p 50i -- 51 dis— par 44 4G 71i 724 8 84- ,I a d I 1 ad 4 , MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. 35 37 364 20 12 Australsn.Pcific. Mail 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail 50 382 Brit. American Laud 64 67 100 32 6 Canada — 5 5 Crystal Palace li 2 p 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 1 p 20 1 Eastern Ste2-n — 1 1 Electric Te leg. 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 Land d liar 3 20 10 Nrth. ofEurope Steam 50 Peninsular & Oriental ... 78 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral. Land 37 39 1 all Submar. Telegraph 5 2 Uaiveral Emigration and Colonization — 100 284 Van Diemen's Land 16i 174 171 iii - 1741 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(TIIIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug. 22.—Wind this day at Noon, Northerly, and hazy. DEAL, Aug. 20.—Wind, W.S.W., fresh and cloudy. Arrived—Hampshire, Mauritius ; Creole, Dominica ; Fal con, New Orleans ; Republic and Julindar, New York ; W. A. Cooper, John Wickcliffe, and Balmoral, Quebec ; Mountaineer, Smyrna; Daring, Patras. Aug. 21.—Arrived—Stately, New Zealand ; Cambodia, Sydney, N.S.W. ; Ragusa, do. ; James Alexander, Port Philip ; Scotland, China ; Doctor Kneep, Monte Video ; St. Croix, Barbadoes ; Sumatra, Jamaica ; Adams, St. George, N.B. ; Christian, Olivea, and Achilles, Quebec ; Sea Lion, St. John's ; Mary, Patras. Arrived from the River—Bermondsey and Aberfoyle, for Melbourne, and sails to-morrow ; Henry Gillespie, for Melbourne ; Ralph Thompson, Launceston, V.D.L., and sails to-morrow ; Margaret, Madras ; Rubens and Alexander, Mauritius, both sail to-morrow ; Athens, Constantinople ; Cassite rides, Falkland Islands.—A bottle has been picked up, containing a report, dated Aug. 1, barque Jane Susanna, of and from London, for Quebec, with pumps chocked, &c. SHEERNESS, Aug. 19.—The Leibnitz, Wieting, from the Cape of Good Hope, on her arrival at Chatham, her anchor not biting, she drifted on to the Gravelstone Bank, abreast of the Sun Pier, subsequently got off, and proceeded to London.—The wreck of a vessel, bottom upwards, of about 200 tons, was passed on the sth of August, in lat. 20 N., long. 19 W.—The Hope (barque), of Limerick, from Cardiff, was spoken, very leaky, by the Tamarac, Thompson. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 20. —Wind, W. S. W. Arrived—Choice, Monte Video ; Barragate, Matanzas • Jane Pie, Prince Edward's Island ,- Qeeen (s.), Oporto ; Lady Mansell, Randholm. Sailed—Chandos Genoa. DARTMOUTH, Aug. K.—Ai-rived—Gustave, Baltimore, for Bremen ; Elise, New York, for Hamburgh. BRISTOL, Aug. 21.—Arrived--Foam, Africa ; William Miles, Hercules, Cosmo, Columbus, and Columbine, Que bec ; John Temple, Latakis. GLOUCESTER, Aug.l2.—Arrived—Star, Quebec. Sailed —Confidence, Galatz. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 22.—(10.45 a.m.)—Wind, W.N.W., moderate and fine. Arrived—Camilla, from Maceio ; Marathon, New Orleans ; Amelia, Charleston ; Holywo od, Richibuceo ; Butius, Montreal ; California, Alexandria ; Elizabeth, Trieste. Off Port—Ariel and lowa ships, Susan barque, and Hunter schooner.—The new ship M elbourne, from Quebec ' to this port, was ashore on Anticosti, Aug. 6.—The Mary, of South Shields, Scott, bound to Quebec, which went ashore on Mille Vaches Shoal s, July 2, has been condemned. LYNN, Aug. 21.—The Caroline and Elizabeth A R u hod s e t s : from Woodbridge, which put in here on the 19th 0 very leaky, &c., has been obliged to discharge her c gu arg (wheat), about one-fifth of which is damaged. JRES FOR 18. UST. 25 Hereford (2) 29 Eccles (3) 9 9 Lichfield (2) 30 Chelmsford (2) 30 Plymouth MBER. Folkestone, Hythe, and Sandgate l3 Doncaster (4) ..13 Dover 15 Pontefract (2) l9 Bedford (2) 9 0 Leicester (2) 21 Lanark (2) 9 2 Manchester Autumn (2).22 Canterbury (2) 22 Newmarket F. (). (3) 27 Walsall (2) ..................28 Northallerton (2) ......... 29 IBER. Warwick Autumn (2) ...18 Caledonian Hunt and Kelso 18 Richmond (2) l9 Newmarket (H.) (6) 24 ,MBER. Shrewsbury (2) 15 Newton Autumn (1) 24 Aberystwith (3) Last week , _ - .. • - Paris, 5.121 to 5.15 ; Amsterdam, 401 to 41; Hamburgh, 36f to 361 ; Bremen, 791 to 791. The advices per Baltic had produced no effect on the cotton market. Business had been almost sus pended by the great advance in freights, from Ic. to c. per pound, and the scarcity of vessels ready to receive cargo. A few hundred bales o n ly had in conse quence been daily sold, without change. Flour had slightly declined m price. Wheat had advanced about 4c. per bushel. Indian corn i n good demand, at an advance of lc. to 2c. per bushel. Pork inactive, at 15 dolls. 50c. to 15 dolls. 624 c. for mess, and 12 dolls. 75c. to 12 dolls. 871 c. for prime ; d r y h am s in salt sold at Bc. ; lard in barrels in moderate request, at 10Ic. to 11c. ; beef, steady at 8 doll s . t o 10 dolls. for country, 12 dolls. 25c. to 12 dolls. 81c. for city mess, and 5 dolls. to 6 dolls. 50c. for prime. Scotch pig iron firm, at 33 dolls. to arrive. Freights to Europe very firm :to Liver pool—wheat Bd. in bulk and 81c. in bags; flour, 2s. 9d. to 2s. 10d. ; rum, 2s. 9d: ; cotton, 3s. Bd. asked. To Glasgow—flour was taken at 3s. ; grain 9d. fl To London —our, 3s. ; ;rain, 9d. ; turpen tine, 35.: heavy g oo d s , 25 5 . to 275• 6d. oDA• PREFERENCE SHARES. \ 100 Aberdeen all Do., No. 2, 7 p. e... 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. a. St. 1 5 Do. 4 p. e. Shares ... 1.00 Caledonian £lO . ..... all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent... Cork &Bandon 5i p. c. Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction....... EastA nglian (£3los) 6 per cent ...... ..... Do. (£5) 7 per cent.. Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. et.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent EastLancash. 6 p.cts Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 5} per cent_ Glasgow & S. Western guar. 5 per cent Great Northr 5 P.C Do. 5 p. c.,Redeem., at 10 p. c. pram._ Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths._ Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) G. West. fixed 4i p c Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock—. London andßrighten Guaranteed 5 p. e Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds - - Londonderry& Coler i Shares Londy. & Ennis i Sh Haneh.,Shef., & Lin., i Shares, No. 1 Do. Now, £lO.. Do., £6.... Marypt. &Carl. 4 p. c IDo. 44 per cent. 100 6 100 100 101 100 100 100 100 100 100 1.0.61 10 all all Do. Consol. 6 p. e. St Do. Consol. Bristol dr Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Extension Do. Pref. Si per ct Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British ..... North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester di Wolverh. £15,6 p. c. Do Shrews& Birm. X. G Shrewaby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent......., South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of Os.6d. S. Yorksh.4p c. Guar. Waterfd. &Kilk.6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.e.Pref. Do. York& N.Midlaud H & S. Purch - 1051 .05 - 107 19i 20i s-- is GA-- 6# 4 - 5 561 16p 11 - 2 pl 11 -1 pi 14 - 15 20i -- 21 128 k - 112 i -113 i - 9 - 103 - 104 I pm 150 - 152 Si - 3 1 10 - 11 13i - 14 8 - 9 IN - Di i - i P 1149 151 par --ip 114 —11 1 -" x 118 122 244 - 25 2 101 101 17 18 14 15 Par -- P 261 19i 204 - id 103 105 Kea- Par i PI AUSTRALIA. By the Harbinger we learn that the session of the Legislative Council was opened by Sir C. Fitzroy, on the 10th of May, at Sydney. The following is the Governor-General's address " Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, " In meeting you again in session it becomes my duty to declare to you the objects for which you are thus as sembled. I have called you together at an earlier period than usual, in compliance with the request conveyed to me in your address of the 21st of December last, and also because there are some matters in respect of which I am anxious to avail myself of your advice and assistance with as much expedition as may be consistent with their proper consideration and satisfactory settlement. " I desire first, however, to acknowledge with gratitude to Divine Providence the general prosperity enjoyed by all classes of the community. At no former period of the existence of the colony has the material condition of its i n habitants, I believe I may confidently assert, been in a more satisfactory and progressive state. Although the prices of the necessaries of life have very considerably ad vanced, yet I am happy to say that they still continue abundant ; while the increased means at the disposal of the people generally have enabled them without difficulty or inconvenience to meet the additional expenditure to which they are subjected. I must except, however, from this satisfactory state of things, the paid servants of the Crown, whose incomes, fixed with reference to former prices, now prove very inadequate to their proper position and reasonable support. It will be my duty, therefore, to invite your concurrence in such an advance on their present remuneration as the altered circumstances of the colony may appear to render just and expedient. " While in the enjoyment of so large a measure of mate rial prosperity, we must not forget the duty which devolves on the Legislature to make some corresponding provision for promoting the intellectual and moral advancement of the community. Measures will accordingly be submitted to you for augmenting the amount allotted for education, with a view to the extension of primary schools, as well as to the encouragement of institutions destined to promote the higher branches of literatur e and science. " It is with lively satisfaction that I am at length en ad t e o nt p l o a n ce th b e ef r o e r p e r y e o se u n t t h a e tio d n e s cis c i o o n n t o a f in h eedr M in aj y . e o s u tf r s p G et o i: tion to her Majesty, adopted on the sth of December, 1851, complaining of certain grievances, and praying that her Majesty would be pleased to adopt the neces meas ure s for their redress. Th e di spa t c h es of the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington conveying this decision, and of his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, confirming the s ame, on behalf of her Majesty's present 'rovernment, will be immediately laid before you. To these d ocumen t s I would, therefore, refer you for the detail of the terms upon which the con trol of the administration of the Crown lands, and the ap propriation of the revenue arising therefrom, will be trans ferred to the Legislature of the colony, as well as those upon which other important concessions will be made, rather than attempt any recapitulation of them here. It is sufficient to state that everything of material consequence will be granted upon conditions which I doubt not will be considered satisfactory both by you and the colonists gene rally. It is a matter of unfeigned gratification to me that these important concessions have been consented to during thetime that I have the honour to administer the govern ment of the colony, as I entertain a confident and earnest hope that, by a wise exercise of the additional powers of self-government which will thus be conceded, this rising and important dependency of the Crown will rapidly ad -1 vance in its social, moral, and religious condition ; and I cordially join in the expectation so ardently expressed by. the late Secretary of State, that the effect of these impor tant measures may be such as to cement and perpetuate the ties of kindred affection and mutual confidence which connect its people with that of the United Kingdom. " ' I have the satisfaction to announce to you that I have received advices of the arrival in England of the remit tances made in the month of August last for the purposes of immigration, amounting to about 105,000/. The ad ditional funds thus placed at the disposal of her Majesty's Land and Emigration Commissioners will enable them to increase in a material degree the number of emigrant ships to be sent to this colony during the present year. In addition to the number already arrived, I have received an intimation of nine ships having been taken up for the conveyance of emigrants, and which may be expected in the course of the next two or three months. This acces- sion to the labouring population will afford a very season able relief to the pressure for additional labour which is now so severely felt in all branches of colonial industry, and will, I hope, tend to prevent any further rise in the present high rate of wages. The various documents having reference to this important subject will be imme diately laid before you. " I have also to congratulate you on the highly favour able state of the public revenue. The aggregate amount collected in the past year exceeded that which was received in the year 1851 by 100,0001. This increase arose exclu sively in the general revenue. In the territorial revenue there was a trifling decrease, but the funds from this source have at all times been liable to considerable fluctua tion. In the present year, however, I anticipate a much more favourable result. Regulations have been promul gated for establishing local land offices, and directions given for accelerating the survey of lands, for the sale of which application may be made to the Government. I confidently trust that these measures may have the effect of greatly facilitating the acquisition of land, and thus, by affording a safe and profitable investment for the funds which under the propitious circumstances of the colony have been so largely accumulated by the community generally, tend materially to promote its social and moral advancement objects which, it will be readily conceded, are much more important and gratifying than the mere financial advantages which the mea sures in question are also calculated to produce. The usual abstracts of revenue and expenditure have been pre pared and printed, and will be immediately presented to you. "The estimates of revenue and expenditure are in a for ward state of preparation, and will be laid before you on an early day. " During the recess I have received petitions adopted at public meetings held at Sydney and Sofala, and from per sons engaged in gold digging in the western districts, com plaining of some of the provisions of the Gold Act passed during the last session, and of the regulations founded thereon, and praying that the necessary alterations may be made therein for obviating the objections to these mea• sures, which the petitioners have thus represented, and which I believe have also been entertained by a consider able portion of the community. It is my intention, there fore, immediately to lay before you a bill to amend this act in such manner as I hope will remove any just ground of dissatisfaction. "It will be duty to lay before you a dispatch from the Right Hon. the Secretary of State, recommending various alterations in the law for preventing the desertion of seamen from merchant ships, founded upon certain acts passed by the Legislature of Canada for a similar purpose, and which have been found in those provinces highly useful in effecting the object in view. A bill embodying the provisions of the acts in question, and for further im proving the law relating to merchant seamen, will ac cordingly be laid before you ; and, as this is a subject of vital importance to the commerce of the colony, as well as to the interests more immediately concerned, I beg to re commend that it may receive your early attention. " I beg also to recommend to you the resumpti on o f t h e i n vestigation, commenced during the last sessions,of the important questions relating to the law of marriage and the registration of births, burials, and marriages. On the latter subject a dispatch which I have recently received from the Secretary of State transmitting certain forma which have been found very useful for the purpose in view in the United Kingdom will be immediately laid before you. The considerations involved in these ques tions so important to th e b es t i n t erests of society, I tl g trust that the Council will be enabled during the pres ent session to place them upon a satisfactory and permanent basis. "In consequence of the large number of persons passing to and from the gold fields of Victoria, and the instances of outrage and robbery which have occurred, both on the line of the great Southern road and in the country situated upon the boundaries of that colony, I have found it neces sary to increase the police establishments for which provi sion was made in the estimates for those districts laid be fore you during the last session. Patrol stations have been established through the whole of the line of road to Albury, and detachments of native police have been ordered to be organised at convenient stations in the border districts. I rely on obtaining your sanction to these arrangements, and I am induced to believe from recent occurrences that a still greater augmentation of the police force of those dis tricts will be required. " Notwithstanding the considerable sums voted during the last two sessions for the repair of the principal leading_ thoroughfares, I fear that under the present system et management the object contemplated has been therefore, very imperfectly carried out. It is my intention, the e r s fo u 1 . o . ! place upon the estimates for 1854 the requis e it n '4; provide for the appointment of competent n ro t ad e pr g: advise and assist the local committees iivinhg upon them, per formance of the important functions devo lving provided for the Until the necessary means can be that the ordinary esta blishment of railway communication thoroughfares it seems most necessarbey onthe great lines of roads of the colony should n ards the interests of the cora. not whereby the cost of trap- present state of disre p air , sit must be greatly and, you bills for improving the " I propose to lay b mnnity, most di sa dvan ef ta o a r g s e e r o e ifsly Court both at common law and in increased. pro cedure of the Supremee b 1s are founded on acts of Parliament equity. tion of ;he colony on the subject of passed during the last session , and I deem it highly desir able that the legis a s hould keep pace with the imp rovemen t s a have received several representations from proprietors o f stock and others in the north ern di str i cts, express i ng lalwontreedfo in nn England. their desire to have the country lying to the northward of the present pastoral districts of Wide-bay and Burnett thrown open to location. Measures have therefore been adopted for this purpose. It will be necessary, in carry ing out this object, to establish an adequate police force at Port Curtis, where it is proposed to lay out a town. ship, and provision will accordingly be made upon the estimates to meet the necessary expenditure. " There are various other subjects upon which I shall. have occasion to communicate with you during the session, and I shall avail myself of the ordinary means of doing so by message, " CHARLES A. FITZROY, Governor. " Legislative Council-chamber, May 10." R►ILWATS. Belford and Hetchley.... • & Oxfd. guarantee.... • withoutgr Rrm. Woiv. Dudley guar. Do. wtht guar. Backghamsh. aydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Olstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. i Shares. Do. 4 Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar Midld.Bradfd Northern and Easternbp.e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixedspe Prest. & Wyre Do. Shares. Roystn.izHit. Do. Shepth.St Shef.Roth.and Goole g. 5 p.c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrst JOINT-STOI Australasia British N. American Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australier Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Loud. & Westminster London Bank of Aus tralia and India National of Ireland.. Oriental Bank of Corporation ,Do. New 20 10 20 2 !Provincial of Ireland Do. New \ 1 Royal A.ustra.ln.Bkg. & Gold Imp Co all South Australia all Union of Australia 2Y Do. New 10 Union of London , all Union of Madrid , RACING FIX' AUG . Radcliffe (3) 22 Barnsley ('2) .. . .. . . .. . 22 Egham (2) 23 Liverpool Hunt Cup (2) 24 Derby (2) 25 SEPTE Lincoln (2) 1 Bridgnorth 2 Marlborough Cheadle (Staff.) (2) Warwick (2) Totnes & BridgetoWn (2) 7 Weymouth Morpeth (2) Western Meeting Rochester & Chatham (2) 8 Western Zoyland and Bridgwater (1) ......•••120 OCTO Chester Autumn (2) 4 Monmouth ............. 4 YorkshirelTniolHunt(l) 6 Wrexham (2) 6 Newmarket S. 0. (5) ..10 NOVE: Worcester (2) 1 Epsom Autumn ( 2 ) 3 Cowbridge Hunt (2) 9 Li ver pool Autumn (2) 9 AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 21. By the Royal mail steam-ship Asia, Lott, com mander, we have advices from New York to the 10th inst. She has brought 84 passengers, and 491,200 dols. in specie on freight. The Asia passed the following vessels :—August 10, ships Constitution and Victoria, from Liver pool, going into New York ; 13th, in lat. 44.8, long. 58.10, the Bremen ship George Williams, bound west; 14th, at 3.30 p.m., in lat. 47.13, long. 51.24, the steamer America, from Liverpool, for Halifax and Boston ; 16th, at 8.20 a.m., in lat. 49.58, long. 39.39, the United States' steamer Pacific, from Liverpool for New York ; same clay, at 3 p.m., ship Britannia, steering west. The United States' steam-ship Baltic, Comstock, commander, from Liverpool, arrived at New York on the 7th inst. The steamer Star of the West had arrived at New York with advices from San Francisco to tl:e 16th ult. and upwards of 1,000,000 dols. in gold dust on freight. The steamer John L. Stevens sailed from San Francisco on the 16th ult., with 1,488,852 dols. in gold-dust, en route for New York. The steamer Brother Jonathan had sailed from San Juan for New York, with 639,200 dots. gold-dust on freight. A very serious collision had occurred on the Camden and Amboy Railroad, by which four per sons were killed and several others badly injured. The weather at New Orleans was still very hot, and the fever greatly on the increase. The deaths for the week ending on the 31st ult. were 884, of which 692 were by the fever. In 48 hours ending on the 2d inst. 299 deaths occured, of which 243 were by yellow fever. On the sth inst. the deaths were upwards of 150 from yellow fever. The correspondent of the New York Herald, Washington, of August 9, says : "It is reported that the overtures of Mr. Crampton for the settlement of the fishery question cover a broad margin of reciprocities, to wit :—Free trade with the British North American colonies, American registers to colonial fishing smacks, the privileges of our Californian coasting trade, and a perfect footing of equality to Yankee fishermen in the colonial fishing places, and so forth. Perhaps, something to the general c a u se o f f ree trade may be the result. But, not knowing much of the antecedents of our Premier on this subject of the fishery negotiations, we cannot be more explicit. He is mighty cautious, but he may prove to be fast enough yet. We hope, at all events, he will stick to it till something is done." St. John's (New Brunswick) papers of the Bth inst. state that fires had been raging in the woods on Prince Edward's Island fearfully during the previous week. Some farmers had lost houses, barns, fences, and all their crops, and very few have escaped without losing some of their fencing and grain. A great number of sheep had also been lost ; in fact, the extent of the damage done cannot yet be ascertained. The news from California is interestin g . The town of Ophir had been destroyed by fire ;the loss is estimated at $BO,OOO to $lOO,OOO. The beautiful village of French Corral had likewise been almost entirely destroyed ; the loss is estimated at $50,000 Lola Montes was married in San Francisco on the 2d ult. to Mr. P. P. Hull, late proprietor of the San Francisco Whig. Mr. Hull was a fellow pas senger with the fascinating countess on her journey to California, and the acquaintance then formed fast ripened into an attachmentwhich terminated fatally to his bachelorhood. The wheat crops in most of the agricultural districts of California were suffering from rust. The summer fires had also done much damage to the grain crops. The mammoth tree in- Calaveras County, the greatest and most wonderful production of the vegetable kingdom ever known, has been cut down for speculative purposes. A letter from Captain Love, of the California Rangers, states that he had captured the brother of the no torious robber, Joaquin, who had offered, on a pro mise of being released, to conduct the Rangers to the place of concealment of Joaquin and his gang. The Fund Commissioners of Sacramento City have paid the principal and interest of the city bonds held in California and in New York, amounting to $llO,OOO. Six months ago, where now stands the handsome village of lone Valley, there was not a house, now there are substantial dwelling-houses, hotels, a church, livery stable, saw mills, stores, &c. A Chinese church was about being built in San Francisco. It is to be 45 feet long by 42 wide, and three stories high. The Commissioners of the Funded Debt had presented their second annual report, from which it appeared that the total amount of the funded debt of San Francisco was $1,517,652 90c., $92,000 were redeemed in 1852, and so far this year. $22,900. A further sum of $lO,OOO will be redeemed during the present month The real estate sold at auction by the commissioners during the past year netted $216,085 95c., from the proceeds of which there has been cancelled of the old floating debt of the city $lBB,BOO 82c. From the Custom-house statistics, published by the San Francisco Shipping List, some idea may be formed of the great importance of San Francisco in a com mercial point of view. A city of only four or five years' growth, upon a coast before that time but little known and but thinly populated, has with magic rapidity risen to rank as the third seaport in the United States. Within the six months ending June 27, the number of American vessels that entered San Francisco coastwise was 216, with a total tonnage of 148,812. During the same time two whalers arrived, measuring 355 tons. Of these —l7 were steamers, tonnage 18,523 ; 140 ships, tonnage 115,438 2 • 31 barks, tonnage, 10,8 1 3 ; 13 brigs, tonnage 2,331; and 14 schooners, tonnage 1,707. The number of foreign vessels entering coastwise, from Benicia, in ballast, during the same time was 'T, with a tonnage of 5,143 ; of these 6 were steamers, and 2 ships. The number of American vessels entering from foreign ports was 105, with an average tonnage of 63,055 ; of these 37 were steamers, chiefly from the Isthmus, with a tonnage of 44,565 ; 13 ships, tonnage 7,457 ; 17 barks, tonnage 4,940 ; 22 brigs, tonnage 3,812 ; 16 schooners, tonnage 2,281. The number of fo reign vessels, entering from foreign ports was 231, with a tonnage of 72,600 ; of these 52 were ships, tonnage 25,349 ; 103 barks, tonnage 34,774 ; 58 brigs, tonnage 13,351 ; and 18 schooners, tonnage 2,126. The accounts from the mining districts are very satisfactory. New gold diggings had been discovered at Umqua river. The report was that the miners were taking out over 1 dol. to the pan, and some even more than that, with prospects, from the appearance of things, of striking rich lodes in the neighbourhood. A large quantity of rich gulch and hill diggings had been found near Vallecita, sufficient, it is said, to last for years to come. An immense business in the way of mining was also doing at White Rock, four miles from Placerville. Rich diggings have also been ' dis covered in the hills at the head of Rich Gulch. One of the parties sunk a shaft some 30 feet and took 10 ounces of gold from eight buckets of dirt. A correspondent of the Sha . sta Courier, writing from Pittsburg, a mining town in the northern part of the State, says : " Quite an excitement was produced here a short time since by the discovery of rich diggings in the hill this side of Rich Gulch, just where the trail crosses the gulch. As high as $6 was taken out in one bucketful of dirt. The depth to the rock is about three feet. People ' run all night' to secure claims, and a friend who was on the ground early on the following morning informs us that he saw some ten or a dozen notices within a few feet of each other, having been posted in the dark. About a week since four Englishmen took out two pounds of gold near the mouth of Rich Gulch." A large amount of business had been transacted in the San Francisco markets during the fortnight. The trade generally, anticipating the arrival of a large fleet of vessels, many of them overdue, had allowed their stocks to run low ; consequently a large portion of the leading articles of the heavy importations met with a ready sale at rather im proved rates. In golddust there had been a decided tendency towards a diminution in the supply, but prices remained the same. Money in demand at 3 to 4 per cent, per month. The transactions in stocks had been to a considerable extent at advanced prices. A letter from Surinam (Dutch Guiana) of July 16 states that African slavery is soonto be abolished in that colony, and that Chinese coolies are to be introduced instead. Advices from the Sandwich Islands of the 15th of June are unimportant. Her Majesty's sloop of war Amphitrite arrived at Honolulu on the 27th of May. _ Accounts from Tahiti of the 4th of May state that the French Empire was proc l a i med on t h e 1 7 t h o f April by M. Page, " Commander of the Mar quesas " with 300 guns. In the evening there was an illumination and a dinner given bythe Governor. The Queen and her husband and the Consuls of England and the United States were present. In the New York stock-market but little busi ness had been transacted, and prices had slightly declined. There was a fall in Erie Railroad shares of ; Nicaragua Transit, The sales of State stocks were confined to 2,000 dolls. Kentucky Sixes. at 1071 ; Indiana State Fives, at 982. : Cali fornia Seven per Cents., 87. Small lots of City stocks were also brought forward for—viz., New York City Fives, 1870, 1031 ; 2,000 dolls. St. Louis Sixes, 97 ; 1,000 dolls. Louisville City Si xes, 96. The money-market was unsettled. Loans on call, 7 to 8 per cent. for first-class paper. .Fo t r foreign exchange the demand was limited. Firs - class bills could be bad at 109 to 1091, at 60 days, on London ; Paris, 60 days, 5.15 to 5.121 ; short sight, 5.10. We quote:—Londou, 108 to 1091; .~:#-;