The Sun. — London, England, 1853-06-23 00:00:00

..... lON ....--,- . o .re 9 t l4 )rOt - t 5 0 very iterPr iSw 0 referee' 5 bra'g' n gindled ti) t . talles t )robablY h e ld I" eing s.in t l ire the ti o ivate n ohtP ican P das $ iinP°se t th e g ible tha h bi rollg 33 y, 3 corllP / rn 3 .'t. 3 of the ar - lad lists/ not Vi l th an ellSe 10 , r y ¢ rio l a l eraP° .- i iii, yare d cnteoP .oi, b i e ra Pr e Da eder i g to t l ' 6 , ran ted 0; ;oratio n 'f s cp °f , e ldeut treasurer pig year* $1 >bares of a fifty O r ') by the , of should MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL I NTELLIGENCE -(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday sin. juz We r! estimated at 7,000 bales, of which 500 d os e e l c i l nall were taken for export. The market — St. B a l es fiery, without alteration in prices. The 20 comprised 5,500 American, 500 Egyptian, at S ! to i s . 2d .; 1,000 Surat, at 341. to 4d.; and 14 Sea Isla n d , at 2s. to 2s. 6d. per lb . R a il wa y ares w ere firmer. 31 per quarter, six weeks' a verage pr i ce o f w heat is 445. id. 271 ~, quarter, and the last week's sales were 98,824 q u arters. 22 w lu the existing state of the Money Market, it St. ~a 8 not to be expected but that the proprietors of . 5t. ,,, Z s iltil Sea Stock would follow the same course in r o tweet thereto as they did formerly in regard to 20 rtieet 4 i nullities they hold. Accordingly, at the 50 ng held this day, there has been a resolution 25 tassaed unanimously to accept from Government Its I v 111°Iint of the capital, upwards of 3,000,0001. 25 wp , ?Id be erroneous to infer, however, that this ,i i i occasion particular inconvenience to the Chan- 18 ce l 11" ° f the Exchequer, as the repayment will not 20 ue_o.btainahle until next year. 25 There are late accounts from Peru respecting the 25 t a h ile es g e ed discovery there of a new El Dorado, and if 25 r e Prove true, even the wealth obtained by the st. 111 311 ?,. 1 -in from it s guano d e p o sits will be far eclipsed. 50 Thee Co ntercio of Lima gives the following state meat ,___ st. " We have 10 hi s . aye learned that General O'Brien has informed st. for fiendsits here that his departure hence for Chili has St. do its B ° l e object the making of the necessary prepara- St i. , there for his march for the valleys of Paucartambo, St. an te winch expedition he calculates on the powerful assist- St. 200eetpromised to him by the Supreme Government, of St. t izto troops and 4 pieces of light artillery, for his entry ~. his . the territory of the Chunchos, where the general, in -I-; 1 ,„, two former voyages, in 1834 and 1835, has made the 16 ,„4,Lallable discovery of three auriferous rivers, which pro- St. 13 1 11 1 eto the explorer an abundance of gold in dust and iN of g r ain, which even surpasses the marvellous findings 14 California and Australia." elle - Valparaiso Mercurio, in endorsing fully 2 5 0 0 i 3 report, goes much further, and asserts that 11, theap pear, 'batter is much more important than might p . je jea r, and that the Government of Peru is mak- -;. a •E great preparations to organise an expedition on 20 large scale. 10 s carcely Stocks have been very firm, but with St. from any business doing. The private accounts ,(?, revicuna received by telegraph, were stated to N r e „, ° PrY favourable, and orders, it is said, have been 25 conviction to purchase Austrian Stock, under the st. nviction that peace will be preserved. Consols 8, h ave L been marked 98/ ft, and were at one time _St.. I‘ . l 3'ers at the highest of these prices. The b so t 3 per 3 1 per Cents. have been 1002 to 1011, and the 25 4t v 2 e 2 r B ?ents. 992 to g. Bank Stock has been firm 100 and 229. Exchequer Bills are 2s. to ss. St. pr emium, T and India Bonds 28s. premium. 6 4 2 1 the Foreign Market there is not much doing, 25 but Mexican prices are a shade better in some instances. 20 e xican have been done at 27 - ,-, 1 and 28, Buenos A yresD_ at 63, Brazilian 4i. per Cents. at 98/, and St. rs_.4.llador Bonds at 5/. Spanish New Deferred 15 ~. Ble realised 23i. Russian 41 per Cents. are 1021. Z 96 bran 2A per Cents. 561, and Dutch 4 per Cents. 16 I P i 5 being steady prices. 16 to The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up 8 t his day, are in round figures as under : 8 1853. 1852. 20 I, l . °r o e_at i ... I 20 _Vestern £23,646 £2O, 10 371 Lta NV estern 53,302 49,345 St. sou th-h West ern 16,345 13,797 -o righto n Midl and 34,639 21,896 St. 0 411 til Eastern 17,459 14,012 St. , aled, • m Great Gan L , Northern 1 0 ,1 eashire and Yorkshire 19,4 25 17,657 10 261 rk and North Midland, Newcastle • and Berwick, and Leeds Northern 27,181 23,616 131 th ii4 ilway Shares have been a little firmer, but 20 ° e is no decided change, and the operations are 20. v t } e a r Y limited. French Shares are all rather better, ? Paid. . n rise being Ito / generally upon the 16 1 . to 201. gio. 20 ch ange Gold Mine Shares are inactive, and without 20 "' a , ll 2e in value. ••• - 1 • 1 1 the Joint Stock Bank Shares of Australia 25 scarcely x, any business has been done, but the Lou- 20 ' l.Oll and Westminster have been in demand at ad - 20 Va , - -eeßi rates. 50 th e Land Companies' Shares are very firm, a nd 2 0 "e Crystal Palace have improved. 10 N i Ple prices not officially marked are—Metcalfe St. — Tle) 51 to 6 , Port Royal, Ift. to i ; Sue River, 25 Central 25 (-14•' ° 2 ; and Jamaica,. 2 1 2 to 2/ premium. "' Prance Railway are 1 to II premium. St B RITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, (.From the Official List.) Business done. Il e bk Stook 228,i 9 al ) er Cent. Reduced Annuities ... ...... 994 a x lz.,C'ent. Consols Annuities ... shut Lon„",i Per Cent. Annuities lolg ,i i he "Illnuities Expire sth Jan., 1860 -1; 4 Bonds £lOOO ..Jit t 8, • e o 0, under £lOOO 2B ,Ilf4olBfor Account 9Bil B ` 4l ehequer Bills, ld. £l000 1:500 Small 5 2 p PR ICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O' CLOCK. B razilia n Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Small t Ditto N ew, 1852, 46 per Cent 9Bi x d t ile "s Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 63 R c l b ador Bonds exi L c an 3 per Cent. n. -- '"in Bonds, 5 per Cent. to -- bit 4) ; per Cent. pa 4 ish New Deferred, 3 per Cent lO2 23& t ei Dividends on the above payable in London. t i g l ail per Cent. lit e ] I Exchange, 2, 1 per Cent. . ....... , 65/ itto Ditt o B onds Cent. Certificates 96 _ _—_ HALF-PAST TWO. Consols for Opening 19th July 9BA fl s d RAILWAY TRAFFIC _RETURNS. ~ Mu,NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return foi e f , - Week ending June 12, 1853 (28.3 miles) £15,825 16 5 - . l . 4 "Pouding week last year (2231 miles) 10,833 13 6 of tti ' 4 NCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffie re eo or the week ending June 19, 1853 .. ..,k,19 ,425 17 11 'responding week last year CH v th -- ...STER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for ,-., 0 Week ending June 19, 1853 .i. £5,159 15 5 ''orr esponding week last year - ---- t. Increase in 1853 £ 1,721 19 1 "OTTISA CENTRAL RAlLWAT.—Traffic return for the eo 2t. .f. ending June 19, 1853 r "' , Pouding week last year . .... 2,019 3 9i Wes` o p t . - AND BANDON RAILWAY.-Traffic return for the k eo ending June 18, 1853 £193 11 6 IT cliponding week last year 136 7 2 `PR E SCREW STEAMER BRILLIANT.—This steamer, nicli runs between Madeira and Southampton, has .„3 °ell l aid for the summer. She is one of the fastest ktii , up 20 a dins brigs afloat, but she has recently been fitted with 5 4 - 1, 11 auxiliary screw propeller, which drives her in calms 2 Pee n five knots an hour. This auxiliary power has St. th e found to answer well. It often happened, before 20 e Brilliant was fitted with it, that she was becalmed St. Just before she reached Madeira, and was prevented th en from arriving at her destination for days to 15 - tether. With the auxiliary power this can never ° 10 41 2 en again. It was intended to send her to Australia t n o 6 . '` l( e out coin and bring home gold dust, and there is 10 "°ubt she would prove the fastest of any ship on that 25 lin e ,The dearness of Australian gold at the present 10 „ i l era - i ti ti ve oN . vev er , prevents such voyages from being remu- 1.0.1 tat ; rl lß WEST INDIA MAIL STEAMER CLIME.—This 2 , g x - t ain eri which has been cut down and undergone e t, t , - ; ll sive repairs, made a trial trip at Southampton yes- 44 tfCay, previous ' to her departure next Saturday for St. „ a - : lTi as, in the West Indies. She is to run on the Mexi -25 e a,l,l"lllph station, which requires a steamer of consider- Pvver and speed in consequence of the severe on ea ls til !r ?xperiencell there. From the speed of the Clyde m t .'el trial trip, she is likely to prove a valuable acqm 11",:° 1 1 to the West India fleet. She is to be commanded 10 15 c aptain Wilson, late of the West India mail packet 5 e 20 teilMl4kx POSTAGEe.-A secret worth knowing ! How 20 If avail y ourself of the cheap b oo k pos tage in India. 20 b v " 11 Y° send a half-p oun d book from Calcutta to Lahore 20 18 d awk banghy," under the most liberal Indian rules 20 will cost you in the conveyance 13 annas. If money 25 Iy a greater obect withou time, as it sometimes 20 witli thrifty people in the than matter of literature, send 201 Zn' book t o a fr i end i n E ng l an d , S cot l an d , or I re l an d, ta tie Charge of four annas, and let him redirect it to t, th e - I °re ! whither it will go for four annas mere. Thus at °°K is carried some 12,000 miles for eight annas, 20 A Yon save five annas by tbe process.—Hurkaru . 10 , tO 7: I noa FOR THE NEW YORK EXH IO IBITN.—A mon the le g) 'weighing 1,1091b5., was lately shipped on board ~! rev.tya.onz. A n r e ct w il s , on his way to the World's Fair at ..; purchased by Messrs. R. Bugg and ; rar-ptrewart, of Niagara County, New York, for 200 dol -21 (1 0 r ° 4 l Mr. Hollister B. Thayer, of Troy, Walworth fonuoY, Wisconsin. His actual measurement was as 2 1 ext re ws :—Girth behind the shoulders, 6 feet 7 inches ; b aek 'no length, 9 feet 11 inches ; height to top of the 2 o _, , 3 feet 10 inches. He was perfectly white, and . v. 7 20 months old. The hind wheels of the) waggon e taken off, when the animal walked off of his own 2 r d on board the boat, and laid down on deck con ten°ted 2 I,Boolb The owners are confident of making him weigh 2 2 bo6pe • When fatted, live weight. This is on of the 2 b e Cilens Winconsin sends to the World's Faire it will t a i r li cl a t u o eat . —New Yoi k Tribune. N il _as RAINBOW. —This rare and singular phenome day right atinedminster, near Bristol, on Sun full 0n g,..,t last, at a quarter before 11. The moon being It I. . u esday mornin g , th e ra i n b ow was not c i rcu l ar. inlnat ered a space on the horizon from W.N.W., ter highest pg N.E. by E., about 140 den Tees, and at its 1 4 , „sted neaart about 38 degree s a b ove t h e h or i zon. I t but ver r y half a n h our , and NUB 07 no direct colour, Y diatint;t in ita arc. SHARE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Paid! RutwAlre. Closing Prices Yesterday. 27 -- 28 54 9i 104 8 6 al 20 -- 22 34 -- 24 d 100 -- 101 68 -- 684 21i -- 224 20 -- 21 ... -- . •p 8 - 9 5 - 3i 4 12k -13 A 11 - 12 8 -8; 71i - 72 54 - 57 70 - 72 Basineas done I 50 this day. 1100 Aberdeen ....... Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. Junc..... all Birmng. Wolverh. Stour Valley 28 Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Junet.. all Do. Chesh. & £5O & £25 Cons 181 Do., £2O 100 Bristol & Exeter 100 Caledonian....... all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black. & Pass 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc. all Dundee Perth &Aber deon Junction all Do. New all East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.) all Do., (£lB E. & H.) all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh 82 Do., d 0 ........ all Do., B. & C. 100 East Lancashire . all East & West Ind. D • k. & Birming. June 100 Edinburgh& Glasgow 12 Edinb. and Peebles... 100 Ediub.Prth.&Dundee 100 Glasgow & S.Western 100 Great Northern Stk.. 100 Do., A. Stock _ 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) 100 Great Western........ 11 Irish South-Easters. all Lancaster & Carlisle.. 113 Do., Thirds....— .. . . 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 16 Do., Fifths 111 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Soutbpt. all London & Blackwall 3 Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Lond.Bright.& S.Cst. 100 London &N. Wostern 12 Do. Fifths 1 D0.,16/.5h.,M&8...0 100 London dr S. Western 421 Do., £5O. 34 Do., £4O all Lnudrry.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shef.&Lincln. 44 Do., Man. &Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 Do. Birming. & Derby 474 Midland G.West.(lr.) 173 Do. Shares all Newcastle &Carlisle.. 100 Newmarket 32 Do. Bury Extensions 16 Newpt.Aborg.&lltfd 72 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor 100 N0rf01k..... all Do., New.... .... Northn. Counties Un 100 North British .... 13 North Devon, No.l 62 Do., No. 2.. . ... . all Dc., A Deferred 5 Do., B Guaranteed 172 North Staffordshire all North Western 10 N. & S.Westrn. June. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg. 100 Do., L. & N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock 8 Shrewsby. & Herold. all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all Do. Halves, do. all Do. Oswestry 6 Shropshire Union.... all South Devon 100 South Ea5tern......... all South Wales 15 S. Yorksh. River Dnn 5 Do.. . . .. 163 Stockton 19 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Watorfd. & Kilkenny all Wa.terforcl&Limerick 13 West Cornwall.. 21s. Wmbleden &Croydon 1 Woodford.. . . 100 YorkNewcti. 20 Do. Extensions 11 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York &N. Midland 100 'Aberdeen • .. all IDo., No. 2, 7 p c... 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. a. St. 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ... 100 Caledonian £10 : ..... • all Chester & Holyhead) 1 Guar. 5a per cent... 3i,Cork &Bandon 5a p.c. all Dundee Perth&Aber- deen Junction...... all EastA nglian (X 3 10s) 6 per cent. all Do. (E 5) 7 per cent.. 2 Do. (1:7 17s) 7p. et.. all Eastern Cour ties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2 .. all Do., New 6p. c. St. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... 100 EastLancash. 6 p.cts. all Ediub.Prth.&Dundet 5; per cent. 100 Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent.... 100 Great Northr 5 p.c. 100 Do. sp. c.,Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom .... all Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. 100 G. West. fixed 4i pc. 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O, 100 Do., 6p• c., Stock... 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c... 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852. ....... • .. • • 100 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. 5 London &S. Western , Con. Thirds 10 Londonderry& Coler ) Shares •• • all Coudy. & Ennis. Sli all Manch. ,Shef. , & Lin., Shares, No. 1 all Do. Now, £lO 6 26 ••• •• • .2A all Ylarypt. &Carl. 4p. c. 2 all Do. 14 per cent....... £q Do .. 100 \lid. Cousol. 6p. c. St. 100 Do. Cousol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 5 Do. Pref. per cent. all Norfolk Extension... all Do. Guar. 53 per ct.. all Do. War. Val. 5p c 100 North British all North Staffordshire 310 Oxford Worcester Wolverh. p. C. 15 Do all Shrews& Birm. N. G all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon 1i Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 05.6 d., all S. Yorksh.4p. c. Guar. 3 Waterfd. &Kilk. 6p. c. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c.Pref. 5 Do 10 York& N. Midland H. St S. Purch .d 4/ - d 8 9 ... - ••• PI 48 - 49 95 - 96 59 - 61 62 - 64 70 74 Idis 17 19 9i 13 15 3i -34 d 20 -- 21 711 —71 i 35A —. 36 13 14 23 - 25 2f 3 - 10 6 d -- 70 7id -- 69 - 7i 2 591 -- . PREFERENCE SITARViS. 92 - - 96 88 - - 92 LO7 - - 109 iii : 161 19i —20 i id 6k -- 6 4 - 4, 5_ • - A- 11P 1/ -- 21 p -- 2 p 14i -- 151 19,1 -. 20. S 1 - iii : 130 - 113 8g - 6 - 7 105 lo 7' Ad -fpm 152 - 154 ).51 - 157 3i - 4 pl 10 -- 11 13i -- 14 8 - 9 10t -- 11 i - i r ..• - •, ••• ".- •' 150 152 par i P 111 i 118 118 122 16 - 117 25A - 26! li - li: 10J - 11 171 184 1 p 14. 15} par i p 26 26; 19 20 id pa: 1.03 - 105 - 5 - i PI 3 ntworp&Rotterdani 3 .lelgianEastn. Junct. 4 Beziers to Graissessw all ,liarleroi & Erquelin. 10 Dijon and Besanon S , Dutch Rhenish all I East Indian . . --- 1 Do. Extension .... all A. Indian Peninsula 10 'ad. Junet. of Frane€ 15 .A.Western of Canada 1 I Shares Lucca & Pistoia 5P.0. pref 15 Luxembourg 10 7 )0. (Railway) 2 ................... 3 )o. (Canal) ............ )o. 6 p. et. pref..... 9 ,yons & Mediterran. 41 Aadras ................ all Namur & Liege (with . interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &Ams. Shs.) all NorwegianTrunkPrel 10 Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 4 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. 7i quebec &Richmond all Rouen and Havre— all Sambre and Meuse 4 Do. 5A p. ct. prof 2 ith -Eastrn. of France 4 southern of France 2s. Lipper India Scrip..., all West Flanders.. 8 Do. 5A per c. Prof.... 10 Western of France... 2 West. of Switzerland 6 Zealand iil -- 14 -- 5 - li li i lip iris 5 p 2 IP 4 p - 1 41) —4 P d 7 - 4 1 1 1 I d ••• 2 p - 7i 34 1-- 14 15 8A -- 9 15i —16 p 40 42 39 41 351 3. 44 6 par 184 19 8 84 5 p iP 5 pis §11) 30 - 32 86 3 / 4 - 54 - 134 - 'llO 136 - 112 - 89 - 8 - 16 p -78 A - - (I -15 i s 9 11 - 1i p 104 - I(js 115_ - 115; li - 2ii, 1 - hp 89 - 90 5i 4id 4A 12 13 19 21 29i —30 A! 2ia 72 721 40 42 52 - - 4 2t - 7i - 50 - 31 - 33 - 21 d 34 10' 20 10 20 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 23, lhh3, LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS, Leasing Closing Prices Busines Slit. Paid. RAILWAYS. Compans. Yesterday. this day. 50 all Bedford and London & Bletchley.. N. West ... 301 all Birm. & Oxfa. guarantee_ Gt.Westn 301 all Do. withoutgr Do 30. all Birm•Wolv. Dudley guar. Do — 30,i all Do.wthtguar. Do — St. 100 Buckghamsh. L.kN.W lO6 108 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon 54 —56 St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 150 152 25 all Glstr.& Dn.Fr Gt. Westn 33 —34 100 all Elrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &N Md 112 114 25 all Do. 3 Shares. Do 56 57 123 all Do. 1 Shares. Do 273 28), 131 all Lon.&Greenw S. Eastern 141 14:i 14 20 all Do. Preference Do 26 27 20 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk 9B 100 20 100 Do. 6 per et. 51 all Manch. Bxtn. L.& N. W and Matlock & Midld 3 31 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton Redear Darlingt. 00 all Midld.Bradfd Midland.. 106 108 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count. 65 67 50 all Do. 6 per ct. Do 50 all Do. Fixeds ps Do ••• 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N.W &Ln&Yk 123 113 Do. 3 Shares. Do — St. 100 Roystn.k Hit. GtNorthn 151 153 St. 100 Do.Shepth.St Do 151 153 25 18a Shef.Roth.and Lancash& Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. . 12 93 S. Staflordsh. M.MClean 11 d 50 all Wear Valleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt. 25 all Do Do 32 33 St. 100 Wilts&SomrstiGtWestn lO5 106 MINES. all Agua Fria ...... all Anglo Californian 2 Australasian 5 Australian all Australian Cordillera all Australian Freehold all Ave Maria all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all British Austen. Gold 13.5 British Iron 241 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm all Do. Comes & Culada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey A Carson's Creek all Cobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold 14 Copiapo . all Copper Min. of Eng. all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent. all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. all General all Great Nugget Vein all Great Polgooth all Lake Bathurst all Liberty all Loud. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. C 0... all Mariquita . 9 Mexican&S.Americn. all New Granada all Nouveau Monde 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 10i Santiago do Cuba all South Australian , 7 Tin Croft all United Mexican all Waller all West Granada all West Mariposa all Yuba JOINT-STOC. all Australasia all British Colonial Bank and Loau Company all British N. American 2 Chrtd. Bnk.of India, Austral. ' and China 5 Chrtd. Bnk. of Asia. 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lond. 10 English Scottish and Australian Chrtd 12i London Chrtd. Bnk of Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond.andWestminst 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 22 National of Ireland all Oriental Bank Cor poration 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australn. Bkg. and Gold Imp. Co 25 South Australia all Union of Australia 2i Do. New 10 Union of London all Union of Madrid MISCELL. 5 Aubin Coal and Iron 35 Australian Agricult. 8 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 6 Australn. Royal Mail 386 Brit. American Land 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co 326 Canada Company 5 Crystal Palace 2 Crystal Pal, of France 1 Eastern Steam 1 Electric Tel. of Irel. 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 14 General Screw Steam 5 Irish Beetroot Sugai. 4 Magdalena St. Navig. all Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel 2 Netherlands Land all N. B. Australlsiam.. 76 Nrth. of Europe Steam all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. all Peninsular & Oriental 25 Do. do. all Portland Iron Co 60 Royal Mail Steam.... all Scot. Austral. Invest. 6 Do. New Scrip 25 South Austral. Land all Submarine Telegraph 286 Van Diemen's Land A S P 1d par 2 t -- " d I d d— par d— 4P 7 4i - 5 4 - 51 31 -33 Ad- A p li - lip 10 - 11 60 - 70 7 - 8p 2 —lid 15 17 111 lip 1 1 Par — 4P d— par 8 par— p 1 —14 p d p par p 26 28 7 9 d— par 8 10 4 4i p d- far d d BANKS. 81 - 83 i - 11 lf - 21 LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE. The following decree of the Emperor, dated yes terday, appears in the Moniteur : "Considering that the calm and security which reign in the country permit the suppression of the Ministry of General Police, the institution of which was founded on exceptional circumstances, we have decreed and do de cree as follows : 'Art. 1. The Ministry of General Police is sup pressed. " Art. 2. The attributions of the Ministry of General Police are again added to those of the Minister of the Interior." In consequence of the suppression of the Minis try of Police, the Emperor has decreed that there shall be established at the Ministry of the Interior a Direction of Siirete Generale, and appoints M. Collet-Meygret, Prefect of the Aube, to be the di rector. Other decrees of the same date raise M. de Maupas, the Minister of Police, to the dignity of Senator ; M. Latour-Dumoulin, director of the press, to the grade of officer of the Legion. of Honour. Another decree confers the decoration of chevalier of the Legion of Honour on M.Theblin, chef du cabinet of the Minister of Police. We read in the ilf oniteur :—" The Emperor has decided that the Ministry of Agriculture and Com merce shall be re-established, and that the present attributions of the Ministry of Public Works shall be attached to it. This new ministerial depart ment is to be confided to M. Magne." The same journal states that M. de Maupas, the Minister of Police, will be speedily appointed to a diplomatic post. - The Minister of War has appointed a commission of superior officers, under the presidency of General Count Schramm, to pass the final examinations of the pupils of the Ecole Imperiale Speciale Militaire. " It is intended," says the Patric, " shortly to make the troops of Satory give the representation of an attack on Versailles, by night, as if it were a hostile city." A telegraphic despatch announces that Marshal do St. Arnaud had arrived on Monday at Sarre- Louis on his way to Sarrebruck, and would most probably return to Paris on the evening of Wed nesday. The funeral obsequies of the late Mgr. Gari baldi, the Pope's Nuncio, took place yesterday at Notre-Dame. For the last three days the body of his Eminence had been exposed, covered with his archiepiscopal ornaments, in the midst of a chapelle ardente at the residence of the deceased, in the Rue d l'Universite. Masses were each morning said by the side of the body, and on Monday funeral services were celebrated in all the chapels of the religious houses for the repose of the soul of the deceased. In the evening of that day the body was placed in a leaden coffin, and then in one of oak, covered over with purple velvet. The monks of La Trappe de la Meilleraye have addressed a letter to the Emperor expressing their deep sense of gratitude to his Majesty for his bene volence in furnishing them with money for the pay ment of the transfer duty which devolved on them in consequence of the death of their superior, Father Maxime, and which amounted to 18,032 fr. 82c. The Phare de la Manche states that the greatest activity prevails in the dockyard at Cherbourg, where the Austerlitz mixed line-of-battle ship of 100 guns, and the Alceste 52-gun frigate aro being got ready for sea. It was also reported that the Clorinde and Bellone frigates, and the Phlegeton steam corvette were to be immediately fitted out. The Constitutionnel, after quoting the above, says : —" We may add, that in order to expedite the fitting out of the Austerlitz, which has only been a few months off the stocks, a large number of me chanicians have been sent from Indret to Cherburg in order to fit up her engines, It is thought that the three line-of-battle ships now fitting out at Cherburg and B res t, together with some sailing and steam frigates, will form a Channel squadron, which in case of need will act with the English squadron under Admiral Corry, as the Levant fleet acts with that under Admiral Dundas." At the Bourse yesterday a general decline in prices took place, its further progress apparently being only arrested by the termination of business. The final quotations were :—For cash, Three per Cents., 76f. 60c. • Four-and-a-Half ditto, 10 1 f. ; for the account, Three per Cents., 76f. 30c. ; Four and-a-Half per Cents, ditto. 101 f. 20c. ; Bank Stock, 2,665 f. Shares of the Mortgage Bank re mained without variation, being still quoted at 705 f. Those of the Societe Mobiliere fell 5f., the last quotation being 780 f. At the Railway Share Market yesterday business was generally dull, and we have to report a decline in the shares of nearly all the principal lines ; in Paris and Lyons and Paris and Rouen Shares to the extent of 10f., and from 2f. to sf. in the remainder. Closing prices : Northern, 878 f. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,046 f ; Paris and Strasbourg, 890 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 890 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 990 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterra nean, 715 f ; Western, 710 f. ; Rouen and Havre, 565 2 • Bordeaux and Cette, 615. TURKEY. A private telegraphic dispatch from Trieste, dated yesterday, announces the arrival, on the 13th, of the British and French fleets in the Bay of Besika. At Constantinople the armaments con tinued. The late events at Constantinople have produced a profound sensation throughout Arabia. The numbers of pilgrims that are assembled at Mecca, and all the native tribes, wait but the signal to commence the War. eligious fanaticism has reached the highest point. - The prices of grain have risen, owing to extensive purchases which have been made for the Russian fleet and army. On the evening of the 6th the Mussulman fast of the Raraad an commenced, during which time, as it is well known, all good Mussulmans abstain from eating, drinking, or smoking, from sunrise to sun set, after which they make up for their abstinence by feasting and merrymaking. This fast, most painful to the lower orders, who keep it strictly, and have to labour in the sun besides, sits lightly on those of higher rank, who sleep during the greater part of the day, and do but little business during the rest. The important city of Smyrna, the second port of the Ottoman Empire, has now been nearly four years practically in a state of siege. The inhabitants cannot go, as formerly, to spend the hot months of the summer in the neighbouring vil lages, nor can any one with safety walk half an hour beyond the walls. The besieging army consists of about a score of clever desperadoes, headed by a certain " Yani Katurgi," or John the Muleteer, a sort of Rob Roy, who levies black mail on the neigh bouring villages, and from the mountain heights watches the movements of the caravan or rich tra- yeller. Muleteer John has a well-organised baud of spies in the city, and when any wealthy mer chant or banker strays somewhat out of bounds he is pounced upon and carried to the hills, where he has to remain ill-fed and lodged, and otherwise un comfortable until terms of ransom are agreed upon. This accident happened about a year ago to the Dutch Vice-Consul, who was seized in his own gar den, and carried off, nor was he restored to his family until a large slam had been paid as ransom. The Sultan refunded him the money, but others who can less afford to lose their cash have been obliged to raise the ransom on their own resources. A few days ago a new exploit was recorded of this bold freebooter. The General Assembly of the Island of Samos sent a deputation of three of the principal inhabitants of the island to Constantinople with the annual tribute, amounting to 1,0001. The deputation landed on the coast of Asia, and pro ceeded on their road to Smyrna. When near the village of Ghiaourkeni, five men, armed with double barrelled guns, pounced upon them, seized and tied their hands behind them, after which they pro ceeded to the boat, of which they took possession, having secured the sailors. Towards the close of the day they disembarked with the prisoners, sailed to a desert point of the Island of Samos, and sent one of the deputies to his friends to say that if 1,0001. were not paid at a certain place within three days, the other prisoners would be put to death. We have not yet heard of the result of this affair, but if the poor Greeks escape without paying ran som they will be the first who have done so. The exploits of Yani Katurgi's band would make a very interesting addition to the lives of freebooters, but the moral of the story is comprised in the fact that for years a small band of robbers can perform, un molested, feats of this kind, and hold the second city of the Empire in a state of blockade. Some of the Paris journals of yesterday did not publish the circular of Count Nesselrod.e, but pro mise to give it. The journals, which do give it, abstain, with ono exception, from comment. The exception to which we allude is the Constitutionv el, but we are not able to judge from the little that is said by this journal, what view the French Govern ment takes generally of the document. For the present, the Constituti,onnel confines itself to reply ing to a reproach against France of having been the first to disturb the good understanding between Russia and Turkey, by demanding and obtaining from the latter concessions and privileges on the subject of the Holy Places, which were at variance with the principles on what that question had be fore been treated. The Constitutionnel denies that the charge against France is well founded. There may, perhaps, be more foundation than the Constitutionnel admits for the argument of Count Nesselrode as regards the question of the Holy Places. We remember well that, even at the moment when son) o of the Minis terial journals were boasting of the influence of France at Constantinople on this subject, it was rumoured in the diplomatic circles that the Empe ror of the French, with the prudence and fore sight for which he is so much distinguished, took a different view of the question from that of most of the persons attached to his court; and, although not disposed to blame M. de Lavalette for the zeal he had displayed, took the first opportunity of making concessions which ought to have removed from the Emperor of Russia every pretext for coin plaint. Supposing, however, that Russia was warranted in attributing to the representative of France at Constantinople the difficulties which led to remonstrance, the argument of the Constitution nel, that the concessions made to Russia afterwards by Turkey, with the consent of the other powers, ought to have put an end to the dissatisfaction of Russia, and to have prevented new demands utterly unconnected with the subject of the Holy Places, is one which no diplomatic subtlety can refute. If the French Government had merited the reproach cast upon it by the Count de Nesselrode, ample sa tisfaction was given to Russia by the recal of M. do Lavalette, and the readiness with which the new French ambassador at Constantinople, in virtue of his instructions, co-operated with the representa tives of the other powers in obtaining from the Sultan new arrangements of a nature to satisfy the honour of the Emperor of Russia to the fullest ex t it. The Constitutionnel says : "As an expression of the opinions of the Czar, this document has an incontestable importance, which does not permit us to delay the publication of it. But in giving it to-day we must make our reserves as to the manner in which the facts are there presented and ap preciated. Several passages of this diplomatic docu ment call for observations which we will present to morrow, and at the same time we will correct what is erroneous in the ideas expressed, and inexact in the in cidents related. We have specially remarked with sur prise a passage in which the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in Russia, seems, in terminating, to make the origin of the present difficulties ascend to the French Cabinet. This is an accusation which facts have already denied, since it is known that the special question of the Holy Places was regulated to the satisfaction of all the Go vernments interested, when Prince Menschikoff created much greater difficulties, by bringing forward new pre tensions in the name of the Czar. Until we shall be able to discuss the circular of the Imperial Cabinet of Russia, we must protest against this passage." A letter from St. Potersburgh of the 13th states that the Emperor Nicholas went the day before to visit Cronstadt where the Russian fleet in the Baltic is at present assembled. Cronstadt is about twenty miles from St. Petersburgh. The Portafoglio Maltese, of the 11th, quotes letters from Trebizond, announcing that the Czar having ordered Lieut. General Wrevsky to attack Schamyl in his capital of Argille, the Circassians saw themselves closely invested on 13th April by 40,000 Russians, and 36 field-pieces. Partial attacks were made by the latter on different points ; but Schamyl, prudently avoiding a general battle, ma noeuvred to get the Russians in such a position as to close up their retreat and prevent their ad vance, and succeeded completely. He then attacked them on all sides, and routed them with great havoc, 23 guns and an immense quantity of pro visions falling into his hands. Five battalions of Poles and irregular troops went over to the Circas sians on that occasion, and Schamyl subsequently issued a proclamation, declaring that Russian de serters are henceforward to receive his protection. The German Journal of Frankfort has the fol lowing from Berlin, dated the 18th :—" We learn that, as regards the notes, which our Government has sent to the Cabinets of London and St. Peters burgh, the neutrality recommended by the Presi dent of the Council is strictly observed, although it has not responded entirely to the views of the Russian Cabinet. M. de Radowitz and M. de Gerlach both declared against this system of neutrality, but with this difference, that the for mer thought it useful to adhere to the coalition on the Eastern question, while the latter wished that the demands of Russia should be recognised as well founded, and that Prussia should even sup port them." The Cologne Gazette, under date of Vienna 18th, says :—" Lord Carlisle, who arrived here a few days since from London, on his way to Constantinople on a private mission, left yesterday for Pesth. Lord Carlisle is said to be the bearer of definitive instructions to Lord Stratford de Redcliffe." GERMANY. The Debats says—" We learn from a good source that the rumours which have for some tine past been spread regarding negotiations for a new Aus trian loan have no sort of foundation." Several journals of Vienna having spoken of a payment which Austria had to make to Russia on 31st July next, the Austrian Correspondence con tradicts the statement, and says that the last pay ment was made several months a g o. Changes are about to take place in the Berlin press. The Prussian lloniteur will be increased in size, and the Prussian Gazette will, it is said, cease to appear, and be replaced by the Temps. A letter from Berlin states that from Ist Janu ary, 1854, the duties on foreign wines will be con siderably reduced in Prussia. Several Prussian Chambers of Commerce have begged the Ministry to profit by the increase in the relations with France to conclude with her a treaty of commerce, and. I permission has also been demanded for authorisa tion to import bronze articles from France, which have been hitherto prohibited. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 17th contain no news of interest. The Gazette publishes a royal decree removing Don Manuel Lassala from the post of Governor of the Province of Barcelona, and ap points Don Melchor Ordonez as Civil Governor, with a commission to assist in the new organisation of the Province. The Queen has expressed her desire to see the Cabinet complete previous to her departure for La Granja. The Three per Cents. were at 44k. AUSTRALIA. The latest advices received from the Australian colonies extend to the 23d March inclusive, by a vessel arrived at Madras, but the intelligence con- veyed to this country is of a somewhat irregular character ; this is the more to be regretted, as it has often occurred that very late news has been received both from New South Wales and the colony of Victoria by similar opportunities. There are also accounts to the 14th March by way of New York. The general state of trade at Sydney is re presented as very active, and the market for most kinds of imports very firm. The yield of gold had declined, but it is accounted for by the adoption by the Legislature of the act to " regulate the raising of a revenue from the gold mines of New South Wales." The effect of this measure was to create great dissatisfaction and disorder at the mines and to very considerably decrease the population, many thousands of whom had left for the neighbouring colony of Victoria. It will, if persisted in, says the Empire, drive all foreigners from the New South Wales diggings, and deter the colonists and British immigrants from the enterprise, or induce them to step over the boundary to the still more tempting diggings of Victoria, where a similar law does not exist. The chief points of this law deemed so aggressive are these : "Under pretext of preventing runaway servants from digging, it empowers the authorities to demand from every one proofs that he is not an absconder, and to imprison him until he can produce such proofs, and all this without any one to bring against him a complaint. It thus, contrary to the whole spirit of British law, throws on the innocent party the onus probandi of his innocence, and deems him guilty without proof of guilt. This is one of the offensive provisions. Another is, that it requires everyadult male remain ing in any district proclaimed as a gold field, unless engaged in pastoral or agricultural pursuits, or in tun nelling, to take out a licence, as if he were a digger, of 30s. a month, every male being reckoned adult above 14 years of age—so that all persons carrying on any kind of trade in the township must not only pay licences for themselves, but for every one in their employ. And it empowers the authorities to fine or imprison all such persons found on the ground who have not taken out a licence. The effect is to prevent enterprise, and to raise the cost of necessaries, so as to make digging, to the great majority, a profitless labour. And a third objec tionable clause is one that makes the fee double to a foreigner, and puts the onus probandi upon every person who may be accused of being such. With regard to the general effects produced by this law, a local paper observes "The diggers are abandoning their work by thousands, and retreating to Victoria, rather t h a n h azard an illegal collision. Manwhile, the splendour of recent discove ries in that quarter is enough of itself to effect a power ful revolution in the minds of the labouring class, in favour of that colony ; and were other things equal, there would soon be very little labour left in New South Wales ; and the concoctors of those mischievous measures would bitterly suffer the fruits of their own folly. However, the exeessive appetite for gold in Vic toria has produced a state of things there extremely dis astrous to the public and social well-being. The im mense rush of immigration has found the colony unpre pared by wise measures for its reception. The employ ment at the mines, rich as the production is, adds nothing either to the necessary sustenance or to the comfort of the colony. Agriculture and other agricul tural pursuits are ill cared for. The Government is weak and incapable. The squatting occupancy shuts uy the land. The result is, that there is at Melbourne a large floating population, of which it would be hard to say whether it belongs to the colony or not. We are told, says the Empire, that there are thousands of per sons at the city, living in tents, for the sit e of each of which the Government charges a ground rent of five shillings a week. The price of labour and material being exorbitant, building is rendered next to impossible. Nor is the spirit of Victoria legislation any improvement upon our own. They, too, act upon the principle of was not possible to turn the gas key, nor so easily cap throwing the onus probandi upon parties unaccused ture me. Having rid myself of my first assailant by otherwise than by constables and magistrates." I throwing him over the pulpit, I took off my cloak, and The general progress of the colony, however, brandishing the chair which had served me as an orator, was favourable. All articles of consumption main- I defended my post as a true Italian crusader. I think tamed good prices, and the prices of colonial pro- that many of this gang will remember for some time this passage of the Italian missionary's lecture. Hay dram and stock were more remunerative. But the Empire obs erves : ing a pulpit about twelve feet wide, with th e stai-s exposed facin moire church, and compelled to "It is not quite easy to give a fair estimate of the commercial prospects of the present moment, when the defend it against than sixty savages —was rather a diMcult task. An artillery sergeant—who cause of the recent progression has been so strangely now enjoys the sympathy of all parties—to the tampered with. The Government recently exulted in great shame of the policemen (who were standine by the expectation of a large revenue from the gold as idle spectators), leaped from these stairs, and6suc mines, for 1853, and placed the valuation of the licences used 41 in defending with me my citadel. After the first and royalties, which was considered very much be neath the probability, at 100 0001. 000/ It would be with an addition of 110,000/. for escort and conveyance.attack, Paoli, who was at the church door, was enabl e d to reach the stairs ; and, having snatched a stick front hazardous now to form an opi n i on o f the injury which one of the assailants hands, used it in every direction, these expected sums will have s us t a i ne d from the opera- and we were enabled to retain the liberty of our platform tions of the ill-judged Gold Act. Th ere i s every reason for more than twenty-five minutes. to believe that it will operate most disastrously upon the " But again a gang of the outward assailants to the gold revenue, and it cannot fail to produce some effect number of more than seven hundred, rushed into the even upon the general revenue, for the quantity of slier- church. This is owing to another unpardonable m a ake chandise consumed at the diggings was becoming im- of the police ; the stairs and parapet were assaulted with mense. The goose and golden egg again ! it is always renewed violence. The artillery sergeant, feeling his best to keep bungling hands from machinery which re- equilibrium fail, clung to Paoli, who, amid the great quires skill to mind it. If military must be supported throng of assailants, could no longer manoeuvre his stick, to secure the licences, the profits of the undertaking are meanwhile, two of the savages had seized Paoli to over not a little doubtful. throw him from the stairs ; he cried out to me, `Gavazzi, " The moral and religious aspects of the colony do not help me.' I a b an d one d th e f ron t o f the p u lpit, an d a vary from month to month. Immigration has done desperate bl ow o f t h e b enc h w hi c h I h e ld i n my h an d s , nothing yet to elevate the people. The female immi- fell upon the head of one of the two assassins, which gration is strangely absorbed, and the comfort of families caused him to bound from the stairs. I was returning tmhee from my I had abandoned to save my friend, lifted to the front, while some other assassins having gained does not keep pace with the quantity of young women the ,, p T u i tit, w f a r y s oi t n n a h height of snore than fifteen feet. imported. There is some error in the management of this matter, which deprives the colony of any sensiblefeet and precipitated me headlong out of advantage from the acquisition. A few only appear to be of a class able and disposed to live to some useful couldmight have e e been.ave l t e enthe hour of my death, and sufficed to crush m skull • but God was purpose. The gold has produced a deleterious effect falling with . scch violence there to protect his poor, but confident servant. upon the industrious inclinations even of young females. wasa floor afterwards said tha s t They are not willing to commit themselves to industry a a n a d I shoulders,lva was n f for support, and to learn all that is requisite to make l and fell it on them honourable members of society. iron disposition, I weighed al so as iron itself • "The state of crime is inauspicious. Altho u g h far but I sustained , , no wound from y fall. better off than our neighbours, we are reaping the fruits then dispersing, I found myself mThe crowd stretched out on the of the loose convictism of Van Diemen's Land, and of ground, with a legion of savags over the cupidity and profligacy produced by the speculating being .able to slay me. I then receivedm a otrjoyed at kit on my tendencies of the time. Outrages are becoming some chin, which has produced a slight wound, and a con what alarmingly frequent, and are accompanied with tusion on the jaw ; as the great crowd prevented the a ferocity most appalling. Yet, were the state of use of sticks, they endeavoured to supply. it with their education in advance, we should entertain no fear of feet. I perceived that nothing but a gigantic effort these symptoms. The thing to be deplored, is, that could save me, and I employed it accordingly. I rose the young are, to a large extent, growing up abandoned • • ni spite of them, and by blows opened a passage to the e in morals, from the utter want of that domestic training - bt staircase ie su erra.neous - place where without . which mere school education will he nearly the Sunday schools are, and, having met assassins in vain. The state of education is fearfully bad. Moral the stairs, I overcame them. The last, who fro on m his discipline is everywhere at fault—the result of which impeded my passage as it were a barricade, and will be, without speedy amendment, that the next gene- size with his large threatened me ration will be ono of vastly augmented profligacy and vilest names, I very coolly rolled down the stairs, and crime. There is enough in the y prospect to awaken the jumping him the over reached entry of the Sunday deepest solicitude for the future.' school. The same journal appears to be discouraged by " Fortunately the school was dark ; having examined the at present imperfect state of the steam commu- it in the morning I became acquainted with its struc nication with England by way of the Cape of Good ture. I took the left path, among an innumerable Hope. The experiments, it remarks, have as yet quantity of bench, while the savages, who were still been uniform failures, for which an extra GO per pursuing me, were obliged to delay before they could cent. upon the postal charges is levied. reach the door. It was then I heard the cry of Paoli, ' God help me,' which led me to believe that he was assaulted and beaten again by the assassins. Being left half dead, he would have been killed by the people had not an unforeseen hand conveyed him to the subter raneoas school, where he found himself, as it were, miraculously saved from a certain death. After five or six minutes of fatal suspense, some one of the police came. The lights were again lit, but this did not prevent the assailants from breaking all the windows of the school, by throwing large stones, one of which hit Paoli on the breast while Dr. Douglas was examining his wounds, But fortunately the military arrived and the assassins were dispersed. Paoli was the first to be led home. I followed him in a coach, with the mayor of the city, and all the street was protected by strong patrols. On ex amining our bodies it was discovered that poor Paoli had received eight wounds from sticks, one of which is six inches long. I was found to have a wound on my head from a stone, and another on the occipnt from the blow of a club. They, however, gave me no pain, as I contrived to let them bleed as much as possible. How ever, I have suffered nothing, and am as well now as on my setting out from New York. But the sensation experienced from this brutal as sault results contrary to what the assailants had expected. There is no Catholic Canadian who does not disapprove of this outrage. It is to be observed that the assault had been organised, consequently a premeditated mur der. The most aggravating circumstances are of having attacked a church in which women and children were assembled, and to which the men had hastened unarmed. But who, then, could have conceived, organised, and led so infamous a scheme ? . . . " Sunday, please God, we will gather together at our Italian service in New York, and I shall feel overjoyed in seeing anew my brethren, after having escaped the death of my assassins. " Meanwhile remember me to them all, and believe me to be your very affectionate friend, " ALESSANDRO GAVAZZI." At Montreal the disorders assumed the shape of a riot, and we regret to say that various lives wero After what had occurred at Quebec, Gavazzi cannot be too severely censured for attempting to lecture at Montreal. The Montreal Herald, of June 10, contains the following par't'iculars of the riot and melancholy loss of life at Father Gavazzi's anti-Catholic lecture, at Zion Church, on the pre ceding evening : " As advertised, Signor Gavazzi met a numerous au dience in Zion Church, at half-past six o'clock p.ni, yes terday. Many of our most respectable citizens with their families were present. About half-past seven o'clock we went to the door .of the church, where we found Captain Ermatinger with a strong posse of police, some twenty or thirty men. At this time, and for about half an hour after, groups of wild, ragged-looking men were assembled around the door of the church and at different points between the church and M'Gill-street. We mixed freely among these people, and conversed with more than one of those who were considered the leaders of the Irish Catholic party. We were assured by them that they had only come to the ground to use their in fluence to prevent a disturbance, and that we might rest satisfied the lecture would pass off quietly. We were not, however, satisfied with the aspect o f affairs, and remained on the ground. At about a quarter to eight o'clock, a band of ruffians, we learn— for, although in sight, we were at too great a distance to see more than a general sadee had taken place—attacked and overpowered the police (Captain Ermatinger receiv ing a severe wound on the head), and proceeded to force thir way into the church, from which a body of 15 or 20 repulsed them, several shots from guns and pistols being fired from both sides. The assaulting party were effectually routed • two or three of their number were left dead or severely wounded on the ground, but were shortly afterwards removed in cars by their friends. Soon after this occurrence, a company of the 26th Came ronians marched from Craig-street, and were drawn up between the engine-house and that street. All seemed perfectly quiet, and remained so until about a quarter past eight o'clock, at about which time the lecture was concluded, and the audience inside the church had be gun to leave for home. At this time the troops were marched across Craig-street, and took their position in two lines, across Radayonde-street--one line nearly op posite Zion Church, and the other some hundred paces nearer Craig-street. A good deal of hooting and noise prevailed at this time, and on the M`Gill-street side of Craig-street, some disturbance with the lowest line of troops occurred, and two or three shots were fired; in other respects, all seemed peaceable. "We were, at this time, at the corner of St. James street and M'Gill-street, and had a clear and distinct view of the troops, and of the people in their immediate vicinity. There we saw no violence on the part of the mob—nothing, indeed, but the people hurrying from the church—when, to our utter astonishment, we heard and saw the troops fire two distinct running volleys among the apparently, to us, peaceable citizens. Thinking it high time to attend to our own safety, we beat a rapid retreat from this apparent scene of wanton and uncalled for slaughter. We were too far off to speak personally of the conduct of the mayor and officers, by whose or ders they were directed to fire, but if we are correctly informed by those who were on the spot, tliere was no. thing whatever to justify so rash and cowardly a pro ceeding. We must not, however, prejudge their con duct en the occasion, but the blood of those who fell calls loudly for a prompt investigation into every circum stance connected with the melancholy affair, and, ap parently at least, wanton massacre. "The following, so far as we have been able to ascertain, is a complete list of the killed and wounded.:—Peter Gillespie, clerk in Mr. Johnson's store, shot through the head with a musketball, and mortally wounded, although alive when we left (since reported dead) ; E. Crosby, clerk, a relative of Mr. Tyre, of Tyre, Calquehon, and Co., shot through the heart, and died instantly ; James Hutchinson, cousin of Mr. Hutchinson, builder, killed ; Mr. Adams, son of the city Councillor, shot through the lungs, and mortally wounded; Mr. J. O'Neil, shot through the body, and expected to recover ; Master Wallace, a lad of 14 years of age, severely wounded; Mr. Clark, bookkeeper at W. Lyman and Co.'s, shot through the foot with a musket ball ; Mr. Hibburt, of Long Point, also shot through the foot with a musket ball ; a lad, the nephew Mr. Joseph M cKa y , of St. Pau-street, shot through the leg; Mr. Patrick Guy, shot through the heel with a musket ball ; Mr. Chipman, of the National Loan Fund, wounded in the side ; Mr. M'Grath, son of Mr. Thomas M'Grath, shot through the body, and killed ; a Mr. Hudson, stone cutter, was killed ; a beautiful little boy, five years old, was shot through the leg, and broke the bone ; Mr. Stephenson, formerly of the Post Office, was severely wounded in the shoulder ; an unknown man was killed —died in the house of Dr. McDonnell ; Mr. Sydney Jones was slightly wounded by a musket ball in the hand ; a lad whose name we could not learn, was so wounded as to necessitate the amputation of one of his legs, in rile Montreal General Hospital, and is not expected to recover. Many others, whose names we could not [earn, were more or less in jured. At the time we write all is quiet in the city, There is a strong guard of the 26th Regiment at St. Lawrence Hall and at the mayor's residence, and the streets are patrolled by mounted artillerymen." MONTREAL, June 10, Noon. All is now quiet, but another disturbance is expected to-night. Seven persons were killed last evening, and six mortally wounded ; two were otherwise injured. There is much excitement here. The mayor is univer sally condemned for ordering the troops to fire without sufficient cause.—Correspendeat of Morning Chronicle. AFFAIRS OF CANADA. QUEBEC, JurrE 8. Quebec has again been disgraced by an Irish riot. Father Gavazzi, the Italian orator, accepted the invitation tendered him a few days ago by several leading citizens, and delivered a lecture in the Wesleyan Church last week. On Monday he was to deliver a second, on " The Ancient and Modern Inquisition," and some time before the eloquent padre entered the building—the new free kirk—it was filled by a very respectable audience, of which, perhaps, ladies constituted a majority. Groups of suspicious-looking individuals were noticed both in the church and in the neighbourhood ; but as one of the Catholic papers had given a hint of what might be expected from " les Irlandais, qui n'enten dent pas raillerie au sujet de leur foi," it was con fidently believed that the public were well pre pared to quell any disturbance. The padre was heard in silence for nearly an hour. Then, as lie made some allusion to the intolerance and des potism of the Irish priesthood, a man in the crowd called out, " That's a lie !" others chorused, " Put him out !" and a scene of disorder commenced which it is no easy matter to describe. Showers of stones were thrown from outside, breaking the windows, and scattering terror and injury among the audience. A band of ruffians rushed into the church, without molestation from the police. The foremost made for the pulpit where Gavazzi stood, and one fellow mounted the stairs. He was instantly seized by the Italian and thrown over the reading desk. Disengaging himself from his robe, the padre then grasped the pulpit chair, and with it felled three or four others who endeavoured to scale his stronghold. It was a memorable sight to witness the coolness and undaunted bravery with which the Italian defended himself singly against his assailants. The conflict would, however, have been but brief, had not a serjeant of artillery, named Lawson, and Gavazzi's secretary, forced their way through the crowd to the assistance of the preacher. For a space of twenty minutes these three held some sixty wild Irishmen at bay. En furiated at the failure of their efforts, a reinforce ment of several hundreds of the rioters were sent for, and quickly made their way to the scene of ac tion. Paoli, the secretary, first fell. Gavazzi— who had continued to deal terrible blows with his stool, as the wretches assailed him, shouting, "Let us murder him in the church !"—was seized by the legs, and thrown from the pulpit into the crowd below. Here he was trampled. under foot. The Lost. throng was too dense for his assailants to use their sticks, and after escaping death by a miracle, ho contrived to crawl to the staircase which leads to the vaults, and to effect a retreat by that issue. During the whole of the melee a desultory fight was carried on between the male portion of the audience and the rioters. Several gentlemen, among whom it is only right that I should mention Mr. Buchanan (the emigration agent), Sheriff Sewell, William D. Campbell, and others, fought manfully, and were severely injured. No lives were lost. Englishmen may perhaps be disposed to inquire what the police were doing during the battle. The question can easily be answered. They were col lected outside the church, apparently enjoying the scene, and, like Sosie of memorable renown, " pre nant courage pour nos gens qui se battaient." The stipendary magistrate—an Irishman and a Catholic unfortunately sprained his ankle early in the even ing, and was engrossed in applying lotions to the wounded limb. Gavazzi reached his hotel in safety, left Quebec the next day, and is now in Montreal, where very similar scenes are being enacted by the Irish popu lation of our sister city. The Irish mob, after leaving the church they had assailed, proceeded to the Parliament House, and called for Mr. Brown, M.P.P., who has rendered himself peculiarly oh! noxious to them by his strong anti-Catholic opinions. Mr, Brown declined their invitation to " come out that they might do for him," and they dispersed, with a few mild threats of burning the houses of some leading Protestants, and " reveng ing" the wrong done to them by the defenders of Gavazzi. As might be expected, great excitement per vades the city. A parliamentary commission has been appointed to inquire into the outrage, and is now sitting. Irishmen do not affect to conceal their satisfaction at the riot, and their regret that the _padre escaped with his life. Many of the English have armed themselves, and if 'a second' outbreak takes place, much bloodshed will ensue. I hardly anticipate it, however. Irish mobs in Canada sel dom show fight when their adversaries are prepared to meet force with force. They are prodigiously brave when the enemy is a single individual, or a church full of women and children ; but a fair fight on equal terms with men is not to their taste, The only comment I will venture on the above is a single allusion to the antecedents of the rioters. In 1849, when the cholera was in Quebec, the same men, with the same leaders, attacked and gutted the only hospital that existed in Champlain ward. In 1850 and 1851 the same men, with the same leaders, destroyed on several occasions the shipping offices that were established to put a stop to the crimping system. In December, 1851, the same men, with the same leaders, attempted to capture the polls at the election here, and were only pre vented by the determined resistance of the French Canadians. The perpetrators of these outrages are will known. Not one of them as ever been brought to trial. And though several of the rioters on Monday have been arrested, it is well known that they will escape, as no jury can be empa nelled without Irishmen, and no Irishman will find them guilty. • Parliamentary news in my next. Parliament is expected to adjourn on or about the 16th. The following is Gavazzi's own account of the affray LETTER FROM FATHER GAVAZZI TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK L'ECO D'ITALIA. " Quebec, Canada, June 8, 1853. " Dear Friend—l only write a few particulars of the shocking case which happened the day before yesterday you will perceive it inure amply described in the papers I send you. I will begin by saying that the appear ance of the assailants was most despicable, for they came dirty, torn, and in their shirt-sleeves, the better to show their origin. It was their aim to secure me alive, in order to murder me without the church ; but not hav ing succeeded, they attempted to kill me within the church. Many were led to believe it, when they had by repeated blows felled Paoli to the ground ; for believing him to be me, they said one to another, This is the very man. Another scheme of theirs was to blow out the lights, by turning the gas keys, for by so doing, from their concerted plan, they would have more easily succeeded in getting possession of me, seizing at the same time every one present, mostly ladies and children But man proposes, and God disposes, It THE NEW CAB ACT.—This act, which is now passed, will take effect on the 10th July. Forthwith new re gulations will be framed. .011 i 68 i 87 61 I 25 55i 89 i Pm 77i 1t 115 k a 14k 90,E 71i 21 dig I 5° 1 100 20 10 pm 50 14i 15 112 i 12 1521 2 34i 5! 258 61 34i 5t i St ! - 51 - 52 ... --' .. ... ---. . id 50 52 76 78 81 si rEOUS. Ei io G 6 - 71 65 - 70 2i - 24 p i - 1p ~~ - ~•P 2t - 2ipl - ii 71: ii ia .I 45 -- - M LLOYDS' SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, June 23.—Wind at Noon, N.N.W. ; light breeze, and find. FALMOUTH, June 22. —Wind, N.E Arrived—Rajah, Akyab ; Ida, Ibrail ; Posetivo, Trieste ; Zardus, Cardiff, for New York, leaky ; Perleta , Liverpool , for Panama, leaky, and pumps disordered ; M. Howes, Akyab ; Frede dricks, Dram ; Maria Sophia, Arendahi. Sailed—Arid, Exeter ; Ed. Osson, Liverpool ; Johanna, London ; Ann Martin, Liverpool • Wm. Tersmoden, Clyde. Off Port— Helena and Henrietta, Trinidad. PORTSMOUTH, June 22.—Arrived—Robeiro, Rio Janeiro, for Hamburgh. SOUTHAMPTON, Juno 22.—Sailed—Hermann (s), New York. PLYMOUTH, June 22.—Wind, N Sailed—Sonigeri Elizabeth, for Mediterrrnean. DEAL, Juno 23.—Wind, N.E., fresh and cloudy. Ar rived—Runnymede, Bahia ; City of Hamilton, Montrose. Arrived from the River, and sailed—Fayaway, Melbourne ; Strud, do. ; Admiral, Port Philip ; Statesman, do. ; Kaffirland, Callao ; Hero, Launceston ; Anna Lena, Ho bart Town. Proceeded for the River—Africanus and the City of Hamilton. WEYMOUTH.—Arrived—Queen, Calcutta. SWANSEA, Juno 22.—Arrived—Lady Prudhoe, Co quimbo ; Amana, do. ; Jan van Brucket, Cape of Good Hope. WATERFORD, June 21.—Wind, N. to N.N.W. Sailed —Dombrody, quobec. QUEENSTOWN, Juno 21.—Wind, N. Arrived—Lady Salo, Barbadoes ; Madonna, Now °dean° ; Mariner, Liverpool, for Gloucester, U.S., making water. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended June 23, 1853, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. I WHEAT. 'BARLEY. 1 I OATS. EYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. .. I 45s Od 1 295 Id 18s lid 30s 11d I 38s lid I 34s 6d THE SIX WEEK'S AVERAGE. 44s Id WHEAT. 1 303 LEY. I OATS. RYE. BEANS. I PEAS. 24 18s 10d 33s Od 37s Od 33s 64 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Is WHEAT Od . I Bls ARLEY is Od . I OAT Od isS. I BYE is Od . I BEANS. PEAS. Od I 18 Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 98,821; Barley, 4,104; Oats, 15,180; Bye, 309; Beans 3,884; Peas, 272 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 31 Os to 41 5s ; clover ditto, 41 Os to 5/ ss; and straw 1/ 6s to 1/ 13s per load. Supply moderate, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 Os to 41 8s; clover ditto, 41 Os to 5/ ss; and straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 14s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. WRITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 4/ 4s; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 51 5s ; and straw, 11 Os to 1/ 13s per load. Trade dull. MEAT MARKETS NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The trade ruled steady at this market to-day, and at full quotations. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 5s Od to 6s 44 ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s Od to 4s 44 per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, JUNE 22.—The supplies of each kind o, stock was but moderate, and the demand ruled steady; as follows :—Beef, 38 4(1 to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 8(1 to 4s 8(1 , Lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od ; Veal, 48 Od to 48 8(1 ; Pork 3s 1(1 to 4s Od per Blbs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, JUNE 22.—Beasts moved off steadily at full quotations. Sheep and lambs produced 2d per 81bs. advance. Beef, from 3s 4(1 to 4s 8(1 ; Mutton, 3s 8(1 to 4s 10,1 ; Lamb, 5s Oct to Gs 4(1 ; Veal, 3s 10(1 to 4s 1011 ; Pork, 13s 2(1 to 4s Od par Sibs. Milch cows, 15/. to 18/, 103 each, 231 35i 61 1 a Wllit FOR IGN. 11 - 1151 d 1k P 15 30 20 1 40 25 100 100 20 50 50 100 100 15 20 20 20 77i 7' 7R i