The Sun. — London, England, 1853-05-25 00:00:00

e sti; !STEP MARKET AND COMMERCIAL IN TELLIGENCE -(THIS DAY.) CITY, TW O'CLOCK. The sal es o f cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken on speculation. The market was firm, but tame. Th e sa l es compr i sed 4,500 A mer i can ; 100 Pernam .and Maranham, at 6d. ; 1,000 Egyp tian, at 6itl. to 9d. ; 400 Surat, at 3d. to 41d. ; and 100 Sea Island, at 2s. to 3s. lid. per lb. Railway Shares Were quiet at previous rates. Bills of Exchange were taken yesterday at full Ats ates n upon the p r i nc i pa l C on ti nen t a l c iti es . P ar i s, days, was negotiated at 25 25 to 30 ; Amster „,lu at 11 1 84 to ; Hamburgh at 13 81- to 1, and Trieste at 10 51 to 54. conanaunication of some interest has been for :vv,arded y Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. to I , ll e. Committee of Buenos Ayrezi Bondholders, and l'ius destroys for the present the hope of a satisfac- Eor , .Y arrangement through the medium of Major White, the anent of the firm. It was not to be expected that while the political troubles of the gentine Confederation were threatening its - very existence there would be much disposition to enter ther e is really lio cause for ,despondency. At the latest date there was every probability of peace ring restor e d, an d , ru l e w h o may, the fore i gn nebt must be honoured. The following is a copy of the letter sent by Messrs. Barinc , to the Chair loan of the Committee, Mr. Robertson " BUENOS AYRES DEBT. " Committee of Spanish American Bondholders, $, Broad-street-buildings, May 24, 1853. The C omm i ttee of Spanish American Bondholders rye been f avoured with the following communication ti r f eal Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co., on the subject the Bu enos A yrean de b t, the publ i cation of which _,ag del a y e d for a couple of days in consequence of the qlairizan's unavoidable absence from town : " London, May 20, 1853. Sir, --We beg leave to acquaint you, for the infor tleation of the holders of Buenos Ayres bonds, that Major o rdin and White, who proceeded to Buenos Ayres last rr at our request, in the hope of making arrangements t 1 1; the Payment of the English loan, has returned to ata t . ecnintry ; and we regre t t o a dd th a t, i n th e unse ttl e d f i ,7,91 affairs in Buenos Ayres, it has been impossible of the White to obtain any settlement of the claims English bondholders. it Zany be satisfactory to the parties interested to ll°w hat, in Major White's communication with those 14 authority in Buenos Ayres, they have always recog tLted the importance of an early settlement of the Eng- Tg loan ; and he has received from all parties an 1 11 „ 11 , r anee of their desire to make such arrangements as ht !:L' l t he satisfactory to the bonolders, so soon as the f affai rs s h ou ld enable them to do so. q u i,:, l Ve need h ar dly add that, until peace and tran i"" tV n be restt hese ored, claims it is not reasonable to but, if affairs are re - e l e setti c e a ment of ;- on a satisfactory basis, there is reason to le ve that the resources of Buenos Ayres would soon . th Buffleient to meet all such engagements.—We have h°nour to be, &c., (Signed) " BARING BROTHERS AND CO. "' David Robertson, Esq., air man of the Committee of Buenos Ayres Th e n Bondholders.' " th at C ommittee very justly express their opinion ,the thank s of the Bondhold er s a re especially heil e ,p Messrs. Baring, inasmuch as the expense of them. Major White has been wholly defrayed by When future success results from these r ec ' i ° ll s, the fact will doubtless have a substantial e gnition. T he Stock Exchange will hold its meetings on at t a 4 , 4 after Friday next in the Hall of Commerce, l G_YerY " curt" notice having been given to the s ati : e , ll bers to the latter establishment, much dis pe 'L a ctic% has necessarily been excited. It ap itivar,B that the affairs of the late Mr. Moxhay being it i t:',v,ed at the period of his death the estate went i 440. s uuancery, and that any blame in the present ti ot Vlce attaches to the legal advisers. Four days' tho‘ce Only has been given to the subscribers to the hall, their subscriptions being returned, less p art t .inle that has elapsed since they were paid. The h av l es representing the estate contend that they a.,p r e f ull power to act thus, under a clause in the 4,l7aent or proposal, signed When subscribers are th at d ,, ted ; w hil e, on t h e ot h er h an d , it is contended t ti , the clause in question only gives power to re- AC subscriptions where there is misbehaviour. ki n a 'fleeting of the members it has been deter ed to resist the intention to close the hall, but th e aPprehend that there will be some difficulty in to katter. The proper course would have been giv e • of such notice as would allow the frequenters e hall to select another place of meeting. rre are no further arrivals to-day from the The ports. te m " accounts from New York report a downward ~ plue3' in the Stock Market. N-ewile Prometheus, from California, had arrived at 4e eo Y6 ric with 170,000 dollars in gold dust and 41, lints to the 17th ult. The mines wore yielding Iludantl The • • Y. e l la le is a very thin attendance in the Stock Ex lege and in the City generally, an d th e C o l on i a l ;Vkets are closed. m'ue affairs of Mr. John Attwood, who failed last on th, are to be wound up under inspection, and lir 'eta)]. surplus is expected, if the liquidation is °l) erly managed. the funds are looking up. Exchequer Bills have en sold and the proceeds invested in Consols, k er : e it are 100 for transfer, and 1002 for New 3I per Cents. have been 102 k to 4 1 ::" ( Stock has been firm at 229 . Exchequer B ills 4 t Par to 2s. discount. fer t ,ign Stocks are neglected. Peruvian De -4t li ) " . „ are at 63. Brazilian , 4 per Cents. are 2 31: 4 k Spanish New Deferred Stock has been at kt aii he Swedish Loan is at 11 discount. mn~ Way Shares are firmer, although there is not ttoing 444 Joint . Stock Bank Shares are well supported 1 41 4 ,1 4°1 d Mines are steady. The Land Companies are very quiet. BR I ' ISII FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY. taok Btoe (From the (*cid List.) Business done. Der , k ( •eut at' duced Annuities MI 100 k 031 pc' Cent. Annuities A tin !... Annuities to_Tties, Expire sth Jan., 1860 o thgn , flutter £l000 New Annuities 1, for Account Ist Juno •••.ie,1004 L 'lller Bills lid./.00 (1 , June. .50 0 _ ........... 3 d ...... 1:1 Pazii l ‘? (311 FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 4 D itto 11 Ne w130 11(18, 1829 & 39, 5 perCeut. -u4lSinn b sp e 1011 Itt o r Cent. (Rothchild's) lOl ri d oi a4 i Tv, 1 852, 44 per Cent 102,i 3 eferred 3 Perper Cent. 11 4 'il i •, Cent., New Deferred 23i 11 'xeh ... a di, Itt o l, alige, 24 per Cent. 12 Guil. Per eent.-Certificates.......... .. 9 7 HALF-PAST TWO. . j itto " " wog J une Account.. Doi March. 1p 2d of • at the which, %he4Tq OF GoLD.---The quotation list tariff), ounce for .r,L.1.,4t Par (according to the 18. gold at Paris is 101 d. perl.. and, the l it 444 Mint pric e of 31. exchange of 25: '25.071, it kei a ' 4l gold, gi ves an being g rer in Paris . lelL 4 l;',e at Paris on London at short per cent. th 444 that gold is about 0. a i 38 om bu e rrh Ham_ r,, English Mint ef,11,11 London. By a-v-ees 1 at the gold, gives i liri: 'is 427 • mark, which, e 01 , „. per ounce for standard ___burgn the price ktl , ul. 17e. low. per at Ham • t exchange that gold is-at ,4 Ixe;iange of 1 3.6 ; and, the it follows 41, :e.O(lon at short being 13.6, ,; l I,x44ne price in London . and I an course of IThleurgii. is At ' yo N Nv- yoRK.— . 1 1 ‘ 1. 51., 1 ,, AT E for bills at 60days'Eng .094 - .ork on London exchange between it follows 1 41 1 4 1 Per cent., and, the par of 40 favour that !tlilld Anieriea. being 109 23 1 9 17per cent. 1,11..1.,,es of c'i1;,,,,1,e exchange is nominal.y -. for co.roct. per cent., . tit on tr4.114.4kl ; and, after making allowance a trifling p th, • Port, the present rate leaves p,ll,ltcrtation of gold from the IND. CIRCUMSTA . N i I zing ko:tA94DIZZARY AND DI T S-8 • lEB f orn exPerlmellt` "Animal United IN,bit th distressing event, arising r power ofin e recently discovered moving P States. __ E. — lady residing . in. tltoietisni" has happened to a young that, in co ie ''exl)lltee, Old Tent -road. It appears_ a party to test 141tWith many others, she formed onenost of this agency, s kid ( 14 , 11 of the movin g a table by In adopted of compre - Rti Itl.C°!(l2', 80, the usual way was them, towardsthe r. Pall„ fle Ne's, or rather doublingc, was .horrole sti.„o,' the hands. On removing them she the position sl 11 4 ' t to find they had become fixed in endeavouFs. up 144 thile.aeea them on the table, and all her unavailing ; lia Pre%eut t• them have been , s o f he 1, Preve„t . trine t° OPen the Palm to be ktio s h tne from laceratingordered them Guy's and kv(4.e(leWritrili ad .earls advisershave been to .s her. 1 Th olli , c° advisers She cannot relieve its ll Ntr Li 48 8 hospital, and they vouch for ll nth 1 ( I as this may appear, we can . future to be ‘,441-1,;4114 we would caution the public in _ 1 harmless •al• • tl 's apparently p. xl , eilt. _ln the tet liti tA.O/041,TART CASE op HYDROPHOBIA.. _ 12 years of ' kke ~ el. january last, a girl named Taylor, ._ a field Itt ii."l3 bittea in the hand by a mad dog, n I to a gUr- INII)- ,in,ehll; Lin 1I • She was taken lied `lte ' "go not only e° " ri e s . d the wound, but ap e p d to ti, evtipl4g.gical.. er e uses,_ la as subsequently remov of Ille ild il / 4 e of Broclklesb; w here she took a quantity cure. Aft,r'le supposed to be' :certain preventive or_ _A 14!:11till'ettirtli°g horn°, she remained in apparentlygZat's ktt4qc Iltitil .11„day week. On the next day she ttkiii„i? h3r sPastris and great thirst. She was perfectly but Nv a Ileh th,Zlen free from the fipasmodic attacks, _, no el ls ....Y r qur ri e d the paroxysmins were distre 0.11:, 14 the 111Iti/hately died from their effects. The w. u,n.o 1141 41 of the deceased was small, and had healed THE FRENCH EMPIRE, By a decree of the Emperor, the Governor of the Invalides, Count Ornano, has been placed on the general staff of the army. In the Senate, on Monday, the measure was approved of for granting a pension of 5,000 f. to the widow of M. Burnouf. The Moniteur contains a statement of the imports and exports during the month of April. Compared with April, 1852, there has been a decline in the value. of the imports of 12,816,922 f., with an increase of 1,760,875 f. compared with the same month in 1851. Amongst the exports, the princi pal article which shows an increase is that of French and foreign machinery, in which there has been at, increase to the extent of 1,143,196 f. in the value exported, compared with last year. ' In its sittings of yesterday the Corps Legislatif adopted the bill which provides for the construc tion of a line of telegraphs between France and Algiers by way of Corsica and Sardinia. The numbers were :—For the bill, 202 ; against it, 1. In the market for GovernmetA Securities at the Bourse yesterday, there has been but little business transacted, and a general decline on Mon day's quotations had taken place at the termi nation of business, in consequence of a report that unfavourable intelligence had been received respect ing the progress of the misunderstanding between Austria, and Switzerland. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. for cash were, however, steadily main tained, and had eventually improved 10c. ; the Three per Cents, for cash fell 20c. ; the Three per Cents. for the account 10c. ; and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 25c. ~ de cline of sf. occurred in Bank. of France • Shares. The final quotations were : For Money Three per Cents., 81f. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 50c. For the end of the month— Three per Cents., 81f. sc. ; Four-and- a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 50c. Bank Stock, 2,695 E Shares of the Mortgage Bank fell 17f., closing at 863 f. ; those of the Bank of Credit-Mobilier declined 7f., being finally quoted at 908 f. The same cause which exercised so unfavourable an influence on the pub lic securities affected also the market for railway securities, which were in little demand, and gene rally at reduced quotations. Lyons to the Medi terranean shares lelllOE, and Northerns, Paris and Strasbourgs, and Paris and Lyons, each declined 6f. In Paris and Rouen an advance of 2f. occurred, whilst in the remaining principal lines there was no change. Closing prices :—Northerns, 917 f. 75c. ; Paris and Orleans, I,loof. ; Paris and Stras bourg, 942 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 955 f. 25c. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,144 f. 50e. ; Lyons to the Medi terranean, 800 f. ; Western of France, 782 f. 50c. It will be seen that there has been a serious fall in the price of all public securities. The depres sion has been produced by the unsatisfactory nature of the recent news from Constantinople, and the equally unsatisfactory intelligence received from Switzerland. The New Zurich Gazette declares that the recall of Count Karnicki, the Austrian Minister at Berne, is the result of a mistake ; but a telegraph dispatch has been received from Berne, dated the 23d, which shows that the Swiss Government, so far from con sidering the recall of the Austrian Minister as a mistake, has acted as if it were done in good ear nest, and withdrawn its representatives. The following is the dispatch : " Berne May 23. _ . • " In consequence of the notification made by the Aus trian Charge d'Affaires to the President of the Helvetic Confederation, of the rupture of diplomatic relations be tween Austria and Switzerland, the Federal Council has decided on putting an immediate end to the functions of the Swiss envoy at Vienna." SWITZERLAND. The Moniteur says Count ICarnicki, Aus trian Charge de Affaires at Berne, received an order from his Government, on the 21st, to quit his post immediately and return to Vienna, after notifying to the President of the Helvetic Confede ration the rupture of diplomatic relations between Austria and Switzerland." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 19th do not con tain a single line of political news. One of them gives a translation of the letter written by the Queen of England to the King of Spain to announce the birth of a Prince ; it is as follows : "My dear Brother,—God having deigned, in his infinite goodness, to accord to me a Prince, who was born on the 7th of the present month, at 10 minutes past one in the afternoon, at Buckingham Palace, I cannot allow to pass such a happy event, which has filled myself and the Prince my husband with joy, without announcing it to your Majesty. Persuaded that your Majesty will re ceive this news with the interest which I take in all that concerns your happiness, I seize with pleasure this occasion of offering to your Majesty the insurance of my invariable esteem, and of the cordial affection with which I am, my dear brother, your Majesty's affectionate sister, " VICTORIA R. "Buckingham Palace, 30th April." GERMANY. The Cologne Gazette, under dato of Vienna, 19th, says :—" The arrangements for a new loan will shortly be concluded. Subscribers will be sought for abroad in money, and not in paper." TURKEY. The Moniteur of yesterday morning says : " The Government has received from Constanti nople, under date of the 13th, the official account of the modifications which have been made in the composition of the Ottoman Ministry. Mehe met Ali Pacha, who was Grand Vizir, is ap pointed Minister of War, and is replaced in his former post by Mustapha Pacha, formerly Presi dent of the Grand Council. The latter is succeeded by Rifaat Pacha. The portfolio of Foreign Affairs is confided to Reschid Pacha." "We received yesterday," says the Constitu tionnel, "by Belgrade, Vienna, and Berlin, news from Constantinople to the 7th of this month, that is to say, two days anterior to those which have arrived by Trieste. We find in them some facts not yet made public. Ahmed Fethi Pacha, Minister of Commerce and Public Works, had been restored to his old post of Grand Master of the Artillery, in place of Namik Pacha, who himself replaced him in the department of Commerce. GN• 1 •—• 1 14 14i 15 ---- 3tp 11 --- Iri 51 5 i P ig 2 —2 p 2 --2 par P 71 4,1 - 4;, 1$ - d 2 P - 7i 363 - 3Ci 141 -14 i - 9 i 18 - 181 43 - 44 44. -45 A. 37. - 37 5 - 57& 21 - 21 9 - 6 - 64 p 3 - 41) 4A - 6 11 111p 1 2 d --lig THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING-, MAY 25, 1853. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia B7 88 87A i 50 all British N. American ... ... 20 2 Child. Bnk. of India, Australia, &. China 1{ lip 100 25 Colonial don x n ... 100 20 Commercial of Lon / ... ~ p 20 12A LAustraliant. Bk. o Australiaand 21 . 1 --- ! 11 . 1 . : A 0 20 t 50 10 London Joint Stock ... ~. 10 EnglishScottishaud 100 20 Loud. & Westminster ... .., 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India ... 4d— par 50 22} National of Ireland... ... ... 25 all Oriental Bank • Corporation 524 53 25 5 Do. New . . --. •.• 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ... 531 10 all Do. New . . ... 52 14 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp. Co 4d— par 25 25 South Australia 5O 52 25 all Union of Australia_ 774 781 ... 2i Do. New B4 Si 50 10 Union of London ... ... 40 all Union of Madrid . ... MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's market was very scantily supplied with English wheat ; yet the demand, owing to the limited number of buyers in attendance, was in a sluggish state, at Monday's prices. For forward delivery, next to nothing was doing. The imports of foreign wheat have amounted to 6,110 quarters. Medium parcels changed hands steadily, at full currencies. In other kinds, very few transactions took plum Floating cargoes were held at fully previous rates. English barley was firm ; but foreign parcels commanded very little attention. No change took place in the value of malt. Good sound oats were quite as dear as last week ; but damp qualities were much neglected. BOans and peas sold freely at extreme rates; but flour was very dull. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Engliill I Wheat. I Barley. Malt. I Iribh .. 1,160 I 30 1.710 Foreign Oats. Flour. 6,170 I 6,430 320 6lO 5,010 7,140 970 sks WHITECHAPEL. The demand for each kind of meat at this market to-day ruled steady. The following are the quotations : Beef, 2s 10d to 3s 8d ; mutton, 3s 9d to 4s Gd ; lamb, 5s Od to 6s 4d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d ; pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. The demand for all kinds of hops ruled steady, at very full prices. LLOYD'S SHIPPIAG-(TIIIS DAY). LONDON, May 25.—Wind this day at Noon, E.N.E. ; light pleasant breeze, and fine clear weather. PLYMOUTH, May 24.—Wind, E. Sailed—Faith (s), Coast of Africa. Off Port—Amphitrite, Buenos Ayres; Dalreadas, Batavia, for Rotterdam. SWANSEA, May 23.—Wind, E. Sailed—Gentoo, King George's Town ; Sally, Singapore • Glenmore, Cape of Good Hope ; Thos. Hankey, jun., Caldera ; Kate, Cape do Verd ; Law Ogilby, Coquimbo. FALMOUTH, May 24. Wind, E., strong Off Port—A large four-masted steamer, from the Eastward. SCILLY, May 23.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—Connecticut, New York. Doctrina et Amicitia, Batavia, for Amster- dam ; Osbert, Dominica. QuEENSTOWN, May 23.—Arrived—Deutcbland, Cuba. Sailed—Ocean, St. John's, N.B. ; Nordlyset, Miramichi. BARBADOES, May 23.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Rolla, Barbadoes. LOWESTOFFE, May 24.—The Utility, of Sunderland, London to Seaham, is on shore on the North Roads, but is expected off. CLYDE, May 23.—Arrived—Aderondock, St. John's, New Brunswick. WATERFORD, May 23.—Wind, S.E. to E.N.E. Arrived —Acorn, Demerara (in quarantine). YOUGHAL, May 23.—Wind, S.E. Sailed—Alcodo, St. John's, New Brunswick; Unita, do. YARMOUTH, May 24.—Arrived—Mayflower, London, for Goole, damaged, from contact with the 800, of Hull. Cowls, May 24.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—Don Juan, Havanna.h ; Energy, Matanzas. OFF PORTLAND—Anna, Surinam, for Amsterdam ; 2Eolus, Baltimore. SUICIDE OF A SOLlClTOR.—Yesterday morning infor mation of the following suicide wa'A received at the Platt street station :—Mr. Millward, .solicitor, of 10, Claren, don-square, stated that a gentleman, a friend of his, had called upon him at his residence, and had occasion to retire to a closet at the bottom. of his garden. His pro tracted absence, however, excited the suspicion that something had befallen him, and Mr. Millward, in con sequence, proceeded to the closet, and was unable to gain admission or receive any reply to his inquiries. He therefore sought the assistance of th e p olice, and obtained admission by means of a pickaxe, when the deceased was found in a sitting posture, with his feet stretched against the door. The floor of the closet and clothes of the deceased were saturated v rah blood, and the neck of the unfortunate man was ext ensively incised. A small knife, the instrument with which the fatal act had been committed, was lying upon the seat. The body was conveyed to St. Pancras work :house, where it awaits the coroner's inquest. Several pa pers, and 2/. 10s. in gold, Bs. 10d. in silver, and 2d. b i copper were found upon the deceased, whose name is l Samuel Rogers, a solicitor. His address, however, is at present unknown. DARLINGS. PROM ELIZA COOK'S JOURNAL. Very few people are without their "petting" propen sities in some medium or other. Most of us have some idiosyncrasies of partiality, and adopt " darlings" that we foster and adhere to through thick and thin, though very often we scarcely like to own our besetting preju dices, and are sometimes even quite ignorant of the small weaknesses that exist with our stronger psycholo gical developments. One of the commonest objects of this propensity set up by humanity is a " darling child ;" and, with all due deference to parental feelings, we have found this object among the most ridiculous and mon strous specimens of blind idolatry. We will not elabo rately irritate the philoprogenitiveness that converts Mas ter Sydney's savage kicks into gentle playfulness, and Miss Rosa's passionate scream into a mere proof of good spirits, lest we should incur the unforgiving censure of doting pa's and ma's, and be recorded as something un natural ; though we entertain a firm conviction that the undue petting and indiscriminate indulgence of a child is amongst the greatest follies and social pests that mark domestic life. Others exhibit the propensity in the shape of a "darling" dog; and this animal must have its china plate and delicate food thrust before it until it becomes a amass of obesity alike troublesome to itself and others. It must be led through crowded streets by a dainty rib bon or exquisitely-wrought chain, at the risk of upset ting the wayfarers, and with the cruel deprivation of its natural liberty. A most mistaken degree of attention surrounds the existence of the poor beast. The animal is the victim of affectionate assiduity, and, between feel ing and fondness, constitutes a laughable illustration of the "petting" propensity. Thera are other household annoyances in the shape of " darlings" besides spoiled children and waddling dogs. What will our gentlemen readers say if we venture to suggest that the " darling" cigar may become as conspicuously objectionable as any old maid's parrot or pug. Do not start, ye discreet en joyers of the fragrant leaf—ye who smoke in moderation, and who can exist three consecutive hours without the company of tobacco. We have a most kindly liking for the society of a fine Havannah at proper times and places, and hail the perfume with honest goodwill ; but when an unfortunate smoke-ridden man is never to be seen without his "petted" cigar stuck between his lips, when he pa tronises the Virginian vegetable to an extent that saturates his Hyperion curls and superfine clothes with an offevesi odour, constantly presenting the atmosphere of a tap room to the noses of all around him,—then we say that the "darling" cigar constitutes an unseemly and selfish indulgence, quite as worthy of reprehension and con tempt as the single lady's lap-dog. Another unfortunate " darling" to which the " stronger sex" most lovingly incline is "the bottle." Oh ! what a bitter curse is en gendered by this morbid infatuation ; Woe betide the strong man, the paragon of reason and wisdom, who lavishes his affectiou on the wine -flask, and who cannot be happy away from his adored Alcohol. Let him hug the "darling" to his breast, and cling to it with his eager, burning lips ; let him swear by its excellence, and revel in its fascination ; but the darli ng o bj ec t of devotion shall change its form into the demon of desolation and the petted fiend shall gurgle forth its taunting laughter at the degraded idiot whose bloodshot eyes, foul breath, and nerveless limbs bear evidence of its having been " loved unwisely and too well." Some set their affections on a darling medicine, and become insanely devoted to calomel, Epsom salts, or castor oil. Some take to petting "Morrison s pills;" some pin their faith on " Dover's pow , ders," and nothing is more common than a violent attach ment to "carbonate of soda." An aunt of ours chose to take it into her head that " Cockle's pills " would regene rate the brains, blood, and bones of the whole world, and we suspect that she cut us out of her will on the ground of having detected us in flinging the nauseous boluses into the fire, instead of swallowing them. We know a family of seven boys and girls with only nine sound teeth among them, this dental misery having been caused by the father's frantic advocacy of calomel. Cold, cancer, or catalepsy are all met by him with the everlasting "five grains and a black draught," and many people imagine that two of his children, a parrot, three cats, and a spaniel, all fell victims to his most terrible of in fatuations "a darling medicine." What led us to talk of this subject was a visit from a gentleman who keeps in his vocabulary of the English language what many of us do,—a "darling" word, which he lugs, neck and heels, into his sent ences , w h et h er i t b e aptly placed or not. ost of us have this distinguishing oral feature of "dariingism,"—some word or phrase which forms the spoilt child of our conversation, and has its own way, right or wrong. The gentleman we allude to has such a decided attachment for the adjective " ab surd," that we believe his tongue would be paralysed if the dissyllable were denied it. He declares that the rainy weather is "most absurd ;" that the violent rup ture between the Press and the Playhouses is "intensely absurd ;" that the odes on the death of the Duke of Wellington are "ridiculously absurd," that his little daughter taking up with the measles just as the family were packed for Brighton was " provokingly absurd :" and when we informed him that a mutual friend had died, he exclaimed, with elongated face, " Dear me, how very absurd !' " Now, in two of these instances, the application of the darling word might be tolerably judi cious, but in the other three it sounded rather mal a propos. However, it forms his pet fraction of our lan guage, and he would, doubtless, be most unhappy with out the unlimited use of it. Another respected person in our circle has the pet phrase of "so and so," and fondles it to a very conspicuous degree. He is intel ligent and well informed beyond the average of men, —can make a clever speech, and write articles on ethics, but in every-day conversation he cannot get on for three consecutive sentences without falling over this petted phrase. He is somewhat given to politics ; and here is a specimen of his opinions ?—" Don't talk to we about the mitigation of the malt tax, and so and so, as being any essential relief to the consumer. The brewers will get the great benefit, and so and so : their mono polies at present are quite abominable. And then the income tax, and so and so, is not at all fairly adjusted ; 'tis a difficult matter to please every one, certainly, but the lower and middle classes, and so and so, always have to kick and struggle for their rights." Now, this may seem exit Berated ; but we give our honest word that it is a faithful report of the gentleman's every-day style of eloquence. Sonic years ago we knew a resident trades man in a country town who had so little regard for truth that the most outrageous scandals and most unqualified " Munchausens" were always traced to his gossipping inventions. He knew secrets that never existed ; lie maligned characters that were as good as most peo ples ; he magnified cut fingers into broken arms,—the nettle rash into small-pox ; and, in short, was recog nised by all that knew him as the most finished liar in existence. This man had a " darling phrase," which was ever on his lips, and, strange to say, no less an antithesis to his mental and moral vernacular than "the fact is." " Well, Mr. Thompson," said we, as we met him in the High-street one day, "how is it that you have not come to hang those curtains, as you pro mised to do last week ?" "Why, the fact is, ma'am," he began, "that Mrs. Thompson has been laid up with a sort of fever, and the young ones are all very queer : the fact is, we think they've got the measles, and my man Edmonds has been out upon the loose for these last ten days : the fact is, I'm going to part with him, but I hope to get your curtains up to-morrow : the fact is, I must ; for I've got to go to Londo n th e nex t d a y." Ve discovered in due time that every word he uttered was false. This was a fair sample of the man's general ve racity, and his adaptation of such a pet phrase has always appeared to us as the height of mendacious audacity. . . Some time since we were in the habit of meeting an elderly lady whose loquacity was of the "perpetual motion" order, and whose darling word at every third breath was neither more nor less than " everything,"— a tolerably comprehensive side-wind to tack upon, and often employed in a most unwarrantable and ludicrous manner. " Well," said she one morning, as we greeted her, "how was it you were not at Lucombe's juvenile party last night ? They wanted you to help, and every thing. You should have seen little Harry Gibson, —lie ate two muffins, a sally-lunn, and four bis cuits, and everything, for his tea. They had such a twelfth- cake ' —and Tommy Lucombe wanted to pull Jenny Lind off the middle of it, but his mamma wouldn't let him, and then he showed his tan trums, and everything. He's a sad, wicked-tempered child, that, and I shouldn't wonder if he came to be hanged for murder, and everything." This was the way in which she entertained us for nearly an hour. We heard lately that the old lady was sadly reduced in circumstances, but we could not help observing to our informant that it was utterly impossible she should have lost " everything." A young organist at a country church had the fa vourite expression of " I see " constantly in use. "Din ner is almost ready below," we observed. " Yes, I see," would be his prompt assertion. " What a lovely sunset we shall have !" was our exclamation one even- ing. " Yes, I see," was his response. " Edwin, my dear, your hat is getting very shabby," said his mother to him. " Yes, I see," replied he. Now the most curious part of this "darlingism " is, that the unfortu nate youth is stone blind. Some small specimens of humanity in our circle of in timacy have lately adopted a darling word of rather a strong nature, and the pertinacious aptness with which they apply it is amusing. " How's your papa, Frank ?" said we to the young gentleman in a tunic. " Oh, he's got a ' stunning' toothache, and it makes him so " cross,'%was the reply. " Who taught you that vulgar word ?" was our interrogative, while we assumed as Mrs. Trimmer-like an air as possible. " Why, cousin Wil liam," exclaimed a most delicate-looking little lady, just up to the shoulder of the tunic, "and ma scolds us for saying it ; isn't it a ' stunning' shame ?" We expressed , our very proper sense of galvanic sensation at their indul gence in such atrocious language, and with such impres sive effect, that, after an affectionate farewell, a scream ing intimation was convoyed u p stairs that they were going for a "stunning" walk. Now, suppose we look "at home," and just inquire if we have any darling vernacular of our own. We can didly confess that we have ; and if any one would take n ote of our conversational exclamations, " a great mis take" would be found ever and anon upon our tongue. Luckily, world goes, oe r s hi ti s s es n a o r t e so ; b o e f t te wi often seriously out of do without it we cannot tell ; indeed, it frequently ex presses the "budget" of a Parliament and the specula tions of a scientific society. It serv es us at all times with ready aptitude, and saves a deal of judge unfavour ably. trouble ing our n,everything n-mouthed w ild estimate Wewere o s f e n re ia e tt t e ii r e s e o se of which we taken on a visit to a rich i ma s mansion, where w as o f the most i imposing character, f rom the beasts in stone on the terrace-steps to th e rose - water fountains sent on th e i r travels after a grand di nner party. This mansi on contained suites of reception arrnidiecoserrreidllosrseoff gold sleeping -ap ar t ments on a gran d eyes out. and services of silver put I s m e ' o c e a o e l . e s . s , unquestionable Burgundy, could and veritable Real Madeira,turtle be had at this said man sion ; but we observed that they were generally pros duced for rich parv enues , an d t h at wealthy intellect claimed little of the courteous attention or overflowing luxury in this establishment. Somehow, the place was comfortless in all mental estimation of the word. There was a starvation despite the capacious larder, and a coldness by the very side of the blazing Kendal coal. " Well, what do you think of Goldstone Hall ?" was an interrogative that met us on our return from it. " Think !" said we, with a sort of involuntary shiver, —" why, we think it is a great mistake." We made no further scandalising comment, but our opinion was allowed to be comprehensive and just. We were told the other day that Mrs. Toogood had sent her only daughter to a certain " finishing school," where the girls are taken to church three times on the Sunday, and sit in a pew with curtains too high to see over • where every window in the house is barricaded with the closest and darkest blinds • where the girls are forced to sit in such ladylike attitude that they usually gain the ladylike possession of a carved spine ; where the girls are told to look no where but on the ground as they walk two and two round the square, under the guardianship of three exces sively vigilant female gaolers ; and where the gils are taught to consider any being of the masculine genderas something improper to gaze upon, and perfecty d.vu- l gerous. to speak to. We were asked what we thought‘t of the s t ep , an d we ca l m l y rep li e d that we though Mrs. Too goo d' s d ec i s i on an d th e s y s tem adopted at the finishing academy " were both " great mistakes ;" and, as a proof of the "mistake," we divulged the facts of two of the young ladies having eloped,—one with the music -master, the other with a cousin of the house keeper's,—notwithstanding the curtained pew, downcast eyes, and nunnery -like imprisonments. We go with a country friend sometimes to the Exhibition, and when the friend exclaims, as friends invariably do, "This is a very strange building to show pictures in, is it not ?" we as invariably reply, " Ali yes ! it's a 'great mistake.' And this reply seems at once natural and sufficient. " Why, dear me," strangers will observe to us on intro duction, " you are not at all like the picture I have seen of you ? What could the artist have been about ?" To which observation we always assert that it was simply a "great mistake." And when the likeness represents a huge, masculine sort of female prizefighter, while we personally offer to the eye nothing beyond five-feet-three, with features and form of a positively non-imposing order, why, the assertion must be received as a literal fact. But here we are scribbling on fast and free, with something like a notion that the scribbling may pass away idle half-hours of our lenient readers, and it is possible that we may be deceiving ourselves,—therefore we prudently fling down our copybook,slest these lenient readers pronounce the notion to be a "great mistake," and cause us to experience the full effect of our "darling words." THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION. DUBLIN, TUESDAY. Viewed from a strictly Irish point of survey, the more the Exhibition unfolds itself the smaller and less satis factory does the display of national industry appear. A gloss has been put over the real state of the case by shopkeepers and retail dealers, who exhibit, under their own names, large and beautiful assortments of goods manufactured in England or Scotland, or on the Conti nent ; but the sanguine, impulsive people of this country must not conceal from themselves that to the splendid products of human labour, now collected within one building in Merrion-square, they have not contributed as they ought. To their flax manufactures, their poplins, their woollens, their hosiery, and laces, must now be added their sewed muslins, in which a considerable trade exists centering in Belfast, and of which Holdon an d o th ers are about to exhibit some very fine specimens. But here again. it is requisite to point out that the employment of large numbers of the female population in work of this description is a public benefit, attended, in the experience of England at least, with many serious and painful drawbacks. Nearly all our English manufactures of the kind have been distinguished by the introduction of machinery, or have been exposed to suffering and decay from other causes. It is, therefore, right to point out that the manufactu rers of Ireland, besides addressing themselves to the tastes of the wealthier classes, rather than the wants of the million, have a tendency to depend upon hand labour with the needle, the worst paid of all skilled employ ments, and the most helpless when periods of pressure and difficulty overtake the trade of a country. In the sections of hardware and cutlery the few symptoms of hope for the future progress of Irish industry to be gathered from the Exhibition, may be very briefly stated. Dublin boasts two good gunmakers—Rugby and True lock—both of whom show very fine specimens of work manship. It also manufactures as fine churchbells as are to be got in any part of the world, but nothing new. A. little stall in one of the galleries, held by a small manu facturer of razors, for which he claims a peculiar excel lence of temper, is the sole example I have been able to discover of Irish cutlery ; but there is, it is said, an ex cellent manufacture of the kind at Clonmel, belonging to Mr. Bradford, who intends to exhibit. In a country where the demand for organs must be considerable, Tel ford and another are the only organ-makers. Mr. Cul lagh, of Belfast, the only pianoforte-maker in Ireland, died from an illness brought on by his anxiety to exhibit in Hyde-park, and though a piano of his is shown in the present Exhibition, the manufacture has ceased. There is a solitary Irish harp and one small case of brass wind instruments of native make—perhaps intended for "the band"—some fair specimens of harness and saddlery, and a little superior bookbinding. A good collection of Irish clocks is shown, and dressing case and portmanteau manufacture, an excellent kitchen range by Hodges and Son, and two or three in different lamps and chandeliers. The only other remark ' able features of the Irish contributions to the general display worthy of notice are shoes, brushes, bog-oak ornaments, cork models, rocking-horses, and wedding cakes. Shoes are specially exhibited by Baird of Dublin, made in a particular way, with wooden pegs instead of stitching, and are said to be excellent. There are several exhibitors of brushes, in which there is an in creasing export trade. The ornamental applications of bog-oak are of course intended to meet the eccentric fancies of tourists desperately bent on having me morials (whether ugly or beautiful, does not much matter) of their vacation rambles. Some architectural models in cork are shown by Mr. M'Gilburry in one of the galleries, and, though not rising to the importance of a manufacture, are well worthy of notice. Ireland has an export trade in rocking-horses —a funny source of national wealth certainly ; but one nevertheless very spiritedly illustrated in one of the galleries of the Exhibi tion. Probably, however, the greatest effo r t s , an d th e most anxious care displayed by native exhibitors, in con nexion with this gathering of industrial products, have been lavished on the weddingcakes shown. Sir John Benson's design for the building is nothing compared with these triumphs of.confectionery. They come, not only from Dublin, but from the provinces also, ands perhaps, have been provided with prudent foresight to meet events which the Exhibition certainly appears well calculated to being about. The number of visitors yesterday were— Season ticket holders Visitors who paid 2s. 6d. each Excursion ticket holders . Total 4,262 734 18 -5,014 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 24. The Imperieuse, 50, screw, Captain Randle B. Wat son, left at daylight this morning, will touch at Ply mouth for latest orders. A sad accident occurred at three p.m., off the plat form, whereby two young men lost their lives. It ap pears that Henry Groves, George Thomkins, and George Nethorpe, with a little girl of about five years of age, were out in a trumpery skiff about eight feet in length. The boat upset, and fortunately Nethorpe held on the boat with the child in his arms ; they were providen tially picked up by a boat belonging to the pier. The two young men, Groves and Thomkins, after struggling for five minutes, went down in sight of hundreds of persons who were on the platform to witness this dis tressing scene. The child was wrapped in a blanket, and, under the care of Dr. Bloxham, speedily recovered its senses. The Drake lighter, sailed last evening, with stores for Sheerness, Chatham, and Deptford. PLYMOUTH, MAY 24. THE CHANNEL SQUADRON.—The fleet under the com mand of Rear-Admiral Corry, lying in the Sound, has been under sailing orders for the last week, and, it is now understood, is detained until the arrival of the Dn. perieuse, 50, screw, Captain R. B. Watson, C. 8., from the eastward. The squadron will cruise in the chops of the Channel, or probably run as far as the Western Is lands, or Gibraltar, but communication is to be kept with the Admiralty to meet any emergency. The ships ordered to sea are the Prince Regent, 90, Captain Hut t i n o d n e sr from Warren, the ton, flag of Rear-Admiral Corry ; L ondon, 90, Captain Mundy ; Sanspereil , 70, scre w, Ca p tain Dacres ; Impe . rieuse, 50, screw, Captain Watson ; Amphion, 34 , screw, Captain Patey ; Highflyer , 21, screw , Captain Heath coteo ; and Leopard, 12 , paddle, Captain Gifford. A t n t T ai !t ics L h . ap — rogi T et ,hoef pendingS dr ta u , drunkenness es o st n sr i u m pc r erred against the surgeon, Dr. Henry. aef isdC:tvalnTe a Admiralty, - n Hue, and 'alsocrroUsr, Ca T pt h a e in Q ß ue a e m n, sa l y l6 ; , E C d a in p b ta u i r n gi M l, i s ch s. el se c e ll wog; IG, paddle, are to remain in the Sound until further orders, the Hogue occasionally cruising in the Channel. The Sybille, 40, is ordered to be prepared for commis sion at this port with all possible dispatch. It is under stood she is to relieve the Fox, 42, Commodore Lambert, on the East India station. The Brisk, 14, screw, is ordered to be commissioned at this port, by Commander F. B. S. Seymour. The St. Jean d'Acre, 101, new screw line-of-battle ship, was commissioned yesterday by Commander Peter Cracroft, for Captain the Hon. H. Keppel. The crew will be entered under the new regulations. PRIZE MONEY FOR THE DESEADA.—Mr. Muspratt has given notice to the officers and crew of her Majes ty's steam-ship Sampson, Lewis T. Jones, Esq., captain, and of her tender the Bloohound, who were actually on board at the capture of the slave-vessel Deseada, on the 7th July, 1851, that they may be paid their respective shares of the tonnage bounty of the said vessel, on _ Thursday, the 9th of June next, between the hours and all the same all shares not then paid will be re-called, or a 11 and 3 o'clock, at 33, Abchurch-lane, London ; an ; ag second cass, 11/. share, 341. 3s. three months, place, ag ree a b every o Tuesday ac t of Parliament and :Thursday,d. 1 f . Si. 14s. 4d. • fifth 18s. 2d. • third 91. 1 Os. id. ; Hid. ; captain's share, fourth, 11. " 'sixth, 2/ 17s. 2d. ; seventh, lB2. ld. ; 31. Gs. 84. ; ' ; lOd.tenth, 73. ld. eighth, 18s.; nin th , 11s. 6 , 41. 2. 5 AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, MAY 24. By the United States' mail steam-ship Pacific, Nye, commander, we have advices from New York to the 14th inst. She has brought $lOO,OOO in specie on freight. The steam-ship Canada, Lang, commander, ar rived at Boston on the 13th inst. _ . ... The steamer Atlantic arrived at New York at 7 a.m., on the 14th inst. The steamer Hermann arrived at New York from Southampton on the 11th inst. A dreadful calamity occurred in Buffalo by the falling of a building, occupied as a banking house, by which upwards of 25 persons were killed and wounded. The coroner's jury, in the recent dreadful rail way accident at Norwalk, after sitting several days, had returned a verdict that the accident was caused by the wilful negligence of the engineer. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald, writing under date May 13, says— " The foreign appointments have not yet been definitely arranged, but little progress having been made, it is understood, in the Cabinet meeting to-day. It is pro bable they will not be fixed before Tuesday. The Cabi net does not meet again till Monday. " It is not intended to remove Mr. Aspinwall, who now holds the London consulate, from the office, but simply to transfer him to another consulship, giving the London office to Mr. George Sanders." The steamer Texas had arrived at New Orleans, from Vera Cruz, with advices from the city of Mexico to the sth inst. General Uraga, Mexican Minister to Prussia, was a passenger by her. General Arista sailed from Vera Cruz on the 9th in the West India mail steamer Avon, for St. Thomas. The inauguration of Santa Anna and the formation of a new Cabinet had taken place. The following is the list of the new Ministry : Foreign Affairs, Senor Alaman ; Justice, Senor Lares ; Treasury, Senor Tamara ; War, Senor Tevinal. Senor Almonte had been appointed Minister to Washington. The Sloo contract had been confirmed by the Government, and the treaty in regard to neutrality concerning the Tehuantepec route also confirmed. Santa Anna had proclaimed a new arbitrary law with regard to the press, re quiring all the papers to be licensed by the Govern ment, and the proprietors to deposit large sums as securities, and send copies of every article , to Go vernment officers before publication, and to abstain entirely from discussing political matters. Severe penalties attend the infringement of these rules, and also as to publishing matter denominated sub versive, seditious, libellous, immoral, and calum nious. In consequence of this law several of the most prominent of the Mexican journals, including the Monitor, had been discontinued. Texas accounts, of the 10th inst., state that the gold accounts are fully confirmed. The Galveston News says it is informed by a gentleman, from Holkhart, that a party of citizens, who had just returned from an exploring expedition, found gold in the mountains, 70 miles north of that town, both on the surface and by digging. They brought back several lumps, all of which were valued at 5,950 dolls. The deeper the digging the more abundant and richer is the gold. Quebec accounts, of the 12th inst., state that the Seignorial Tenure Bill had passed a third reading in the Lower House. The steamer Prometheus had arrived at New York with advices from San Francisco to the 17th ult., and 170,000 dolls. in gold-dust. The steamer Northerner sailed from San Francisco on the 16th, with 2,713,550 dolls. in gold-dust, en route for the United States. The news from California, by the Prometheus, is only one day later than by telegraph from New Orleans, and is unimportant. 'The steamer Philadelphia had arrived at New Orleans with the California mails, and a small amount of specie. She reported that the Illinois was to sail from Aspinwall on the 6th with nearly 3,000,000 dols. in gold-dust for New York. Accounts from San Juan de Nicaragua, to the 3d inst., state that all was quiet there. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, MAY 14. The money market has been decidedly easier during the last three days, much to the surprise of those who were predicting a stringent market. Money on call has been freely offered at 6 cent. ; first-class short paper has been discounted to good extent at 6 to 7 per cent., and four to six months' paper at 7 per cent. per annum —in fact, choice four month's paper has been done at 61 per cent. The demand for foreign exchange has not been particularly active ; the bulk of the business on London was at 109 k. We quote London, 1091 to 110 ; Paris, 5 121 to 515 ; Amsterdam, 40 to 41 ; Ham burgh, 361 to 361; Bremen, 791 to 791 ; Frankfort, 40i to 41. United States' stocks were in demand to-day, but as there were but few offering, rates were firm. The mar ket for other descriptions closed with a firm tendency. Cotton.—The market has been steady as to price for the past three days, with moderate sales and a rather more general demand. The sales of the week are 11,300 bales. Iran.—Scotch pig iron is dull. Sales have been made at $3l to s33'; other descriptions have been sold in moderato quantity at prices in favour of the buyer. NEW ORLEANS, MAY 12. Cotton has undergone no change since the receipt of the news by the Hermann and Cambria. 4,000 bales sold to-day at 94c. for strict middling.' The Cambria's advices were received at noon to-day, and published in the evening Delta. CHARLESTON, MAY 12. _ _ Sales of cotton to-day, 270 bales. The week's busi ness foots up 3,600 bales. Receipts, 5,800 bales. The market is unsettled and prices depressed, buyers claim ing a decline of Kc. to lc. Middling fair is quoted 10lc. to 101 c., but it is quite nominal. The excess of receipts at all southern ports over the same data last year was 270,694 bales. Freights to London and Havre without change. An active demand had been experienced for all kinds of provisions, and mostly at higher prices. Flour and wheat in better demand, at enhanced prices. Indian corn in good demand, at firm prices. 58,000 bushels sold at 62c. to 65c. per bushel for white, and 68c. for fine Western mixed. THE S LI ARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. 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Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixedspv Prest. & Wyre Do. 'Mares. Roystn.& Hit. Do. Shepth.St Shef. Roth and Goole g. 5 p.c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrst ELECTION OF CHAMBERLAIN. STATE OF THE POLL. -(SECOND DAY.) Mr. Benjamin Scott 1206 Sir John Key 1127 Majority for Mr. Scott STATE OF THE POLL THIS DAY. OEN O'CLOCK. For Mr. Benjamin Scott For Sir John Key . 1527 . 1458 Majority for Mr. Scott 69 The polling throughout the whole of yesterday for the important office of Chamberlain for the city of London, was exceedingly vigorous. The spacious area in front of the hall, before the commencement of the poll (nine o'clock a.m.), was well dotted with liverymen anxious to record their votes, and throughout the daytime after wards the space was generally thronged. The supporters of Mr. Scott were early at the poll, and during the space of the first hour they reduced the majority of Sir John Key entirely. With but two ex ceptions the majority of Mr. Scott afterwards increased, until at the close of the poll it had swelled, as above stated, to 79. It is but justice to say that the friends of both candidates exerted themselves most earnestly during the day, the best feeling the while being mani fested by all parties. At three o'clock the poll was closed. After the poll clerks had summed up the number of votes recorded during the day, the gross poll was exhibited in the hall, boisterous cheers succeeding the announcement. Im mediately afterwards Sir JOHN KEY came forward and returned his most grateful thanks for the proud position in which the livery had placed him—for proud, indeed, he might justly call it, when he reflected upon the cruel and dis creditable means resorted to by the supporters of his opponents. (Oh, oh.) The gentleman on his left, who was so loud in his vociferations of "oh, oh," might pos- sibly be the writer of the anonymous letters signed "A Liveryman," which had appeared in the papers. If s o, he requested him to come forward and boldly state before his (Sir John's) face that which he, or some members of Mr. Scott's committee, had had the cruelty to assert. If the party had done so on the day of nomination, and ac cused him of the alleged complaint before his face, he (Sir John) would have had no reason to complain. (Hear.) This was what any honourable man would have done. He would, however, ask the body before him—all of those who were parents—whether it was in accordance with either Christian or parental feeling for more than twenty years to be continually persecuting one who never injured them? (Hear.) Was it in accordance with his conduct, who on a memorable occasion said, "Let him that is without sin cast the first stone ?" (Hear, hear, and oh, oh.) Would any of the members of Mr. Scott's com mittee wish every action of their lives for the last twenty years to be brought before such a tribunal as they wished to set up for him ? (Hear, hear.) For himself, he might fairly say that, whatever might have been his fault, he had sought and he had found forgiveness at that tribunal before which they with him must all ap pear, when the hearts and motives would be perfectly open. (Hear, hear.) With reference to the statements alluded to, made against him in the advertisements in the public papers, Sir John entered into a lengthened explanation for the purpose of proving the allegations to be untrue. These statements of the worthy baronet were most cordially received by the livery. After re pudiating the idea of his appearing before the livery for the situation of Chamberlain, simply because he had the honour to wear the aldermanie gown, Sir John retried from the platform amidst loud cheering. Mr. SCOTT, in rising to return thanks, observed that ho had waived his privilege, as being at the head of the poll, and had allowed his honourable opponent the op portunity of first speaking, and he trusted to the spirit of fairness in the livery to allow him an uninterrupted hearing. First, he must render his grateful acknow ledgments to them for the proud position which their votes enabled him to occupy that day. His opponent had charged his committee and himself with inserting statements in the papers prejudicial to the character of his opponent, and contrary to the truth. (Hear, hear.) Upon his honour, which his opponent had not ventured to impeach, he asserted that he had never seen these statements—that they had not been inserted by his committee—and, moreover, that every advertisement which had issued from his committee had been signed by the chairman and vice-chairmen. The charge, there fore, was altogether without foundation, and should not be allowed to prejudice him in the opinion of the livery. He bad instructed his agents—he had requested his committee— to abstain from everything of a Orsonal nature, and he could not consent to climb to the attain ment of the position he sought by disparaging the cha racter of his opponent. (Cheers.) He would not follow Sir John Key in the personalities he had introduced, nor retaliated by going into family matters, as Sir John had attempted to do. He did not claim the office as a reward, as Sir John Key had stated, he simply sought it, or rather his friends sought it for him, because they conceived that long acquaintance with its duties ren dered him the fittest person to fill it. (Laughter.) With respect to the matters alleged against his oppo nent, lie would say that he was totally unacquainted with the facts of the case. (Hear, hear.) They hap pened many years since, and lie did not clearly recollect them, nor was he desirous of renewing his acquaintance with them, and for all he knew the charges were false. (Hear, hear.) He was prepared to admit, and to assert, that his opponent had acted honourably in relation to the matters alluded to. If any injudicious or calumnious partisan had inserted the advertisement, he regretted it ; but he could not allow such conduct to be brought forward to impeach the conduct of his com-‘ mittese or to be imputed to himself. (Hear, hear.) He sought the office at their hands, not as a favour or a sinecure, but he simply submitted that he defended in his person a principle of much importance, and the livery were entitled to the most uncontrolled liberty of selection for the office of Chamberlain, and he claimed for them that which they had that day asserted as their prerogative, the right of selection from their own body of the person they might consider best fitted to perform the duties required. (Hear, hear.) He hoped they would attend early on the following day to record yet more strongly their opinion. (Cheers.) PAST CHAMBERLAINS OF THE CITY OF LONDON WHO HAVE NOT BEEN SELECTED FROM THE COURT OF ALDERMEN. The following were the last chamberlains elected from the body of the livery, and not elected from the Court of Aldermen : Years. Sir Thomas Coddon 1626 Sir Thomas Fazakerley 1702 Sir George Ludlam , Samuel Robinson 1727 Sir John Bosworth 1734 *Mr. Deputy Harrison *Since this election the choice has been restricted to members of the aldermanic body. FRIGHTFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.---On Saturday, Mr. Coroner Falkner held an inquest upon the remains of the body of Joseph Buttery, a workman, who met with his death under the following circumstances :—lt ap pears that the men employed in bricklaying had left their work in the evening, and wanted to cross the great Northern line, at Eaves-lane, a few miles from Newark. Whilst on the line an express train came up, and the deceased was struck by the buffer, the train passing over him. The body was torn into upwards of 150 pieces, not one, save the head, being larger than a man's h an d. D e ceased w as 52 years old, and has left a wife and five children unprovided for. 20 20 10 SL 20 20 50 20 Paid. 100 181 100 100 all Sil all 100 all RAILWAYS. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng.l3o4 & Eastu. Junct..,, Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Valley__ , Birkeuhd. Lauesh. & Cheshire Junct. 'Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackroek and Passage Dubl in&llel fast June Dundee Pertli&Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian (1:25 L and E. & L. & D.) Do. Do. (Isl. E.& IL) Eastern Counties....,, Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) Do., do Do., B. and C East liineashire East & West Ind. Dk & Binning. June: boo Edinburgh & Glasgow 16 Edin. and Peebles._ 100 , Edin. Prth. &Dundee 100 Glasgow &S. Western ,100 ,Great Northern Stk.. 100 IDo., A. Stock ....... Do., B. Stock 'Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Do., Thirds Lancash.& Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. &Southpt London & Mawsll Loud. Ti lb. & Sthend. Lond. Brigt. & S. Cst. London & N. Western Do., Fifths. D0.,£10 5h.M.&8.0 London & S. Western Do., £5O Do., £4O Lon derry. &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch. Sh ef. &Linelft Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. We st. (I r.) Do. A Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extension Newp. Aberg.&Hftd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpeint, and Restrevor Norfolk Do., New Northu. Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A 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.& Hereford Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves do Do Do. Oswesti y Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dua Do. Stockton & Hartlepl Thames Haven Doak and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford& Limerick West Cornwall W imbledon&Croyan Woodford York Newetl. &Berw Do. Extensions..., Do. G. N. B. Purchase York & N. Midland all 111 100 1 11 all all all 3 100 100 100 all 3i 100 all 5 174 all 10 100 100 100 100 100 261 13i 20 20 50 all 100 all 11.16 1 100 20 11i 100 'Aberdeen . ....... Do., No. 2, 7 p. C. Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St, Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian LlO /Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5A per cent. Cork&lladdon 5A p.c. /Dundee, Perth. and Aberdeen Junction E. Aug. (705.) 6 p. c. Do. (X 5), 7 per cent. Do. (£7 17s), 7. p et. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do. , New C p. c. St Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 p er cent East Laneash. 6 p. cts Edinb. Prtf.dtDund Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c., Redeem at 10 p. c. prem Gt.S outhn. di Westn (Ireland) Eights... Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Great Western, fixed 4. per cent Lan. & York. F. £2O Do., 6 p. c., Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. o Do. Pref. 5 p. c., St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p. c. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds.. . Londonderry & Coler A Shares . . , & Ennick 4 Shares Sharai, No. 1 , Do., New, £lO Do., £6 Marypt. & Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4i per cent......, Do 124 12i 124 St. - St. Mid. Consol. 6 p.c. St. Do. Cousol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 4. percent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Guar. 5i per ct. Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent North British ......... North Staffordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, of Wolverh. X15,6p. 0. Do. ... !Shrewsbury & Bina. New Guaranteed Shrewsby. & Chester Nor. W. (Min), 3 p. c. Do. 5 per cent. South Devon IDo. New, S. Eastern (Reading Aun.) f£l Os. 6d. S. Yorksh. 4 p. c. Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref Do York & N. Midland, ,11. & S. Purchase... Antwrp. &Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. Junct. Charleroi & Erquelin Dijon and Besangon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref..-- Luxembourg ......... Do. (Railway) Do Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. pref Lyons & Med&orran Madras Maria Antonia Do. New Namur & Liege (with 10 20 20 33k interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs.] Norwegian Truk. Pre f Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen &Cherhrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse_ Do. 5i per cent. pref. Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 51 per c. Pref... Western of France... West. of Switzerland Now Zealand... ... ••• LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ltstLwiss. Leasing Compans, Closing Prices Yesterday. !London & N. West.i Gt.Westn Do Do Do L.:4N.W Caledon Gt.Nrthn.l Gt. Westu Yk. New. & Berw. Y.& N Nfd Do S. Eastern ,Do 'Norfolk L.& N. W.' & Stckton & Darliugt. E. Count Do Do L. &N.W. &LnZ.;Yk Do IGt Northnl IDo Lancash& Yorksh. M.MClcan Stockt. & Darlingt Do ,Intwestn. all 100 all 100 13 . 1 20 20 • all all all all all ,100 11 100 100 183 94 all • - ... .06 - 108 54 ; - 436 L5O - 152 33i - 34 Xl2 -- 114 56 -- 51 274 -- 28 141 -14 i 26 -- 27 98 - 100 3 - :7;.f lo;; 65 - 67 1151 - 153 1151 - 153 .•• ... i— i d 33 -- 34 1051 -- 1064 MINES. 1 all A gua Fria 10s all Anglo Californian 4— 4 p i 1 10 2 Australasian par— 1 p 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera par— p - 1 all Australian Freehold. 4d par 1 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 4d 1 p 1 all British Austria. Gold 4 p 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 244 Brazili.m Imp.(issued at £5 pm.) 4 - 51 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 44 -- 53 20 15 Do. St. John Del ltey 31 —32 4 all Carson's Creek par— 4 p 40 all Cobre Copper 46 —4B 6 1 Colonial Gold la —l4 p ... 14 Copiapo 94 91 St. all CopperMinemof Eng 65 75 25 all Do. Preference 8 9 p 5 all English and Austin CopperSmeltg. Co ll —l4 d 20 all General l5 —l7 2 all 'Great Nugget Vein ll 2 p 3j 3 all I Great Polgooth — ... 1 all Lake Bathurst i 4 A d 1 all Liberty par— p 1 all Lond.S.:Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co 1 4 1 all Mariquita i f 1— par i 10 9 Mexican &S. Americ 7 81 1 all New Granada 4 if p 1 all Nouveau Monde 5 1 Port Philip 4_ g 1 1 all Quartz Rock A 4 p 1 50 all Rhymney Iron 25 —27 15 Do. New 7 8 30 101 Santiago de Cüba 1 all South Australian par 4 p 10 7 Tin Croft 9 —ll 284 all United Mexican 5 54 1 all Waller — 4 1 1 all West Granada ..... ... Ad 4 p 1 all West Mariposa ..... - id 4 p 1 1 all Yuba par i p MISCELLANEOUS. 100 35 (Australian Agricult 177 79 20 8 I Austrlasu.Pcific.Maill ... ... 10 6 lAustmln. Royal Maill .. . . . 31 38A Brit. America. Land 71 - - 73 I 65 70 I°° s 3 5 231 C C `l a y n s ad ta a l Palace I3A — 3 4 8 3 I 4 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France a 1 4 31 20 1 Eastern Steam — ... 1 1 Electric. Teleg. of Ir ... ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat ... ... 59 General Screw Steam ... ~ . 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar ... ... 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... ... 10 2 Netherlands Land._ ... ... 20 74 Nrth .of Europe Steam ... ... 50 all Peninsular & Oriental ... ... 50 25 Do. Do. ... ... 100 60 Royal Mail Steam , ... -- ... 7S i 25 25 South Austral. Land 44 4t; 1 1 Su a b n m d a c r. o T lo e n le i g sa r t a i p o h n i ... --__ ..... 5 2 Universal Emigration \ 100 1 284 Van Diemen's Land.; 19 -- 20 194 Business this day. 50 25 100 St. St. 20 100 all 100 100 all all all 84 100 ' 100