The Sun. — London, England, 1857-06-03 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND LCOMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocit. The Liverpool Cotton Market closed rather schvely, and prices of all kinds were well sup rtaci. The sales were estimated at 5,000 bales, I > oo o of which were taken by the exporters. The 4411 Way Share Market closed with more animation, 414 prices of all the leading stocks have :slightly advanced. further arrival of specie was announced yes terday afternoon, and. the tital amount received ' wi thin the last two or three days has approached. a million sterling. This important and timely influx h as neutralised the unsatisfactory f€eling which 1 :, °111(1 otherwise have been experienced. o n account the large shipment of silver spec ified below, and ' 1 t here is now some expectation that a moderate Ir °Plrtion of the supplies which are still vverdu e will be sold, and added to the stock i o f bullion in the Bank of Eng land. At a 14 t , hour yesterday afternoon it was reported that t he Morning Star was off Bristol, with 46,500 ou nce s, valued. at 186,0001., and this morning we l u:e advised of the Sydenham, off Penzance, with 41 ,462 ounces, or say 125,8481. Besides these Other vesse l s are d a ily expected, and as the silver br ought by the Parana will almost be sufficient for the next Indian mail on the 20th inst., pur ac.l,"-sei of that metal on the Co ntinent will for a time diminish, The market for silver remains in a 41 %1 state, and the price of bars is still nominally 6 _ lid. to 62d. per ounce, but as usual im mediatel y Ifter the completion of the shipments by the bi blonthly steamers, business has become dull. Subjoined are the particulars of the s p ecie on , 'c's , rd the Indus, which leaves Southampton to t *rm. , * for the East Indies and China : tomboy (silver) Ceylon (gold) Madras (gold) Do. (silver) Calcutta (silver) Penang (silver) Singapore (silver) 36,860 }long tong (silver) 127,097 Do. (gold) 650 Shanghai (silver) T0ta1......... £761,813 The was scarcely any alter ation in the Continen tal exchanges yesterday afternoon, but rather less li rm—uess was apparent. 41 1 important failure has been announced of a :',"se at Manchester, connect e d with the trade of " 8 4 city. It is that of Mr. William Macintosh, t a d his liabilities, it is feared, are very heavy. "reml of the principal London firms will be lerere losers through this unfortunate event. An active demand prevails for mo ne y , and at the Present moment there is considerable pre ssure, ol i rin g to the provision made fo r to-morrow, the A, of the month. steam meeting of the Peninsular an d Oriental leaul Navigation Co. was held this day, and passed ° g satisfactorily. The report states that the profits : the company would enable the directors t o allow Per cent. as interest for the half-year, besides 3 . bonus per 501. share, and 3s. per 10/. share. . 44° report was adopted. 411 important meeting of railway proprietors w as , this day at the London Tavern—W. Vance, 4 c1.) in the chair—to agree upon a memorial to be Presented to the Right Hon. Robert Lowe, M.P., oreident of the Board of Trade, for the purpose inducing the Government to afford every en couragement to railway companies to sto p further l ° ll cessions for branches, &c., seeing that they as a iju dY have subscribed an amount equal to upwards of a third of the National Debt, and that the r i blie are saved 40,000,0001. a year by travelling railway 13 over the common roads. The memorial was unanimously agreed to. be market for Public Securities is rather h I:e "3r, and no improvement has been caused b y the arrivals of gold, or the determination of t he 13 411 k to accommodate holders of stock w hi le t he transfer books are closed. The fact is, attention is too much absorbed by the pre alulinary arrangements for the settlement, and tbe unfavourable tone of the letters from Paris, f, with continued weakness in-the Rent ea, deter specu lators for a rise. In addition to this there is natu rally a good deal of uncertainty regarding the specie d rain and its probable effec's. An exportation of lever, to the extent of a million and a half sterling ' lB Per month, is a serious matter, but with large arrivals of that metal from Mexi co and of g old from 12-84 Australia, there is a probability of the present stock 100 of bullion in Threadneedle street being maintained, 100 i f , indeed, no increase takes place. If it is fou nd too that a fair amount of the supplies just received 20 a re retained here, increased firmness will 20 no doubt be imparted to stocks. Consols ha v e 20 9 31 to 94, and 934 to 94 for money ; for to- 20 1.74 morrow they are quoted 931 to 94, and the price st. for July i s 941 The New Threes are 92i 4, 20 41 1 d the Reduced 92i . Bank Stoc k is igs 213 i. The March Exchequer Bills are 2s. to 4s. 20 premium, and the " Advertised " ditt o 2s. dis. to st. a ' Premium, being lower. ion /'or Foreign Stocks there is very little inquiry, ,?.9 a nd the quotations are rather flat. Turkish 6 per 20i Cents. ar e 94195, and the 4 per Ce nts. 101. A 201 Spanish Deferred are 25g, Sardinian 881, Mexican 1 0 4 22 i 23. A Dutch 4 per Cents. 97. 1100 St. 50 St. St. 50 St St. 10 20 20 10 St. 4, an, J us. p , The following are the nominal prices of Forei g n 100 stocks: —Grenada Deferred Bond s, 6 ± ; Mexican, 20 Z ~,i 3 1 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 78 ; ditto 3 per 20 1 7 418 ., 53 4O 55 ; P or t ug uese 3 per Cents., 45i 461 ;20 5 per Cents., 107 109 ; Spanish 3 per 20 "Mk, 411 2 ; ditto New Deferred, 25± A ; ditto 20 C ertificates, 61 ; ditto Passive, 5i I. 2 All extremely limited business has been done in - the Railway Share Market, and prices in most in -BtaneeB rule lower. Caledonian , Bri g hton, and ~ -14Lidland,•have declined 55.. ; Lancashire and York -11,/ure) 7s. 6d. to 10s. ; and Great Western and t: 46 rth Western„ 10s. The French and Canadian Linea are also depressed. Southern of France have receded 10s., Paris and Lyons 155., and Great Western of Canada ss. The East Indian have im- Proved ss. Mining Shares have been quite neglected, and prices are nominal. For Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares there was very little inquiry. Bank of South Australia advanced 55., and Electric Telegraph, 10s. There was a bargain in Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China at 9. 13 RIMEL FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY. (From the Official List:) Business done. r aZik Stock . 2131 13 !Per cent. Reduced Annuit ies ' 3 per Cent Consols Annui ties 1134 4 3 4 3 , ',.„" 3 per Cent. Annuiti es 92i i 6 Consols for Account ..................... ...... • Exchequer Bills, 21eli. I -' £looo . ,,,, - .......... £ 5OO l arl ell ...... .... ..... .. 362 p i Ditto Adve.rtised - Ditto Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cent. ... ...... Ditto, 1859 ............ '' ..................... 984 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS —THIS DA.Y. Brazilian 5 per Cent. .. ........... .. .......... 100 Ditto, 1829 and 1839,. 5 per Cent......... 100 A _ Gren a d a New Act i ve , 21 per Cent......... 23 blew ean '3 per Cent .............................. 22i _ Ditto Account - ....... 22i 3 Anssian Bonds, 1822, i; St., 5 per Cent.... Ditto, 41 per Cent. Ditto Small Sardinian Boras, 5 per Cent. . ......... Panifli Rouds, :3 per Cent. .. — Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cen . • Di tto Account Tu .,, 25 bt rkieh Bonds 6 per cent — Ditto Account 94i Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. bitto Account lOll thvldenis an the above oavable to i.onacn. Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cen';., 12 Guilders Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 97 7HREE O'CLOCK. Consols, money , e.3s k Ditto Account June 4 93i f FALKIRK BANK EMBEZZLEMENT. —We are informed that last night a telegrap hic communication reached this c ity, which has since been confirmed by letter, intirna ijug that Henry Salmon, the defaulting bank-agent, who recently ab::•wonded from Falkirk, committed suicide on Su nday forenoon, by hanging himself in the stable of the Harp Inn, Conway, North Wales.—Edinburgh Courant of yesterday. CAPTURE OF THE ESCAPED PRISONER BRAITHWAITE. — On Monday morning at five o'clock, Braithwaite, who escaped from the New Bailey prison early on Friday, Was captured at the village of Bradford. Paid I RALLWAU. 10 1 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June....... all Belfast & Ballymena all Birmn,g. Wolverh. Stour Va11ey......... 103 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Juliet.... all Blackburn . ....... all Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45).... 100 Bristol & Exeter.... 100 Caledonian. 100 Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon.... all Cork, Black. & Pass all Cornwall all Dr., A 8 Do. B 45 Dublin&Belfa.stJunc all Dun. P. 4/Aber.Junc. 100 East Anglian ......... all Eastern 'Counties.. ... 100 i EasternUnion,A. stk. 1 100 Do., do. B. ....... Si Do. New A............ 17i 'East Kent ........... 1100 East Lancashire ... all ,East Suffolk 4 ' Do. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow all lEdinb. and Peebles_ 100 iEdinb.Prth. &Dundee all IForth and ClydeJunc. 100 Furness .... . it. 100 ;Glasgow &S. Western .0 all 'Great N. of Scotland it. 100 Great Northern it. 100 Do., A. Stock it. 100 ,Do., B. Stock it. 100 Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) it. 100 Great Western. it. 100 'Do. Str.V.R. gua.St .2 all Irish South-Eastern. iC all 'Lancaster di Carlisle. .6 1.4f,D0., Thirds 16i 12 Do. New Thirds St. 100 Lancash &Yorkshire 16 6 Do., do. F. £l6 3 I Do., Wst. Riding Un. 20 all Do. Southport 11 all London & Blackwall St. 1100 Lond.Bright. &S.Cst. St. 1100 London &N. Western 20 1 all Do. Fifths 10 1 all D0.,16/.5ia.,M&8...0 12i' 2 Do. Eighths Bt. 100 London & S. Western 25 all Lndndrry.&Coleraine 25 1 all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. St. 1100 Manch.Shef. &Lincln. 10 1 1 Metropolitan .0 I 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement 100 Midland 100 Do. Birming. & Derby all Midland G.West.(lr.) all Do. i Shares all Newcastle &Carlisle all Newpt.Aborg.&Hrfd. 9 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor 100 Norfolk.. 3i Northn. Counties Un 100 North British 100 North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock 100 Do., A Stock ......... 100 Do., B Stock 100 N. Eastern Berwick 23'Do. do. Extension 16 4 1D0 do. G.N.E.Purch. all Do. Leeds 'lOO Do. York 100 North London . . ... 1 31.1 N. &S. Wstn., Hamp stead , and City Jn 1 1 17i North Staffordshire all North Western.. all N. &S. Westrn. June. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 16 Portsmouth 0 10 Rhymney it. 100 Scottish Central ...., 'lOO Scot. N.E. A brdu. St 100 Shropshire Union 6 Sitingbourne &Sheer all South Devon 100 South Eastern 1 1 all :Do. 4i per c. Shares 100 South Wales 17 S. Yorksh. RiverDnn 7 Do.. all IStaines,Wok.,&Wok. all 'Stockton & Darling 15 Do. do., 1854 ...... 3 Do. do., 185 16i 'Stockton & Hartlepl. 100 Taff Vale, 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 22 ,Thames Hay. D. &R. at I Vale of Neath all j Waterfd. &Kilkennyll all IWaterford&Limerick all , West C0rnwa11........ all I West End of London and Crystal Palace.. all j Do. A all I Do. B all 'West London all Do. First Class all Do. Second Class all Wmbledon &Croydov with a with a ye. It !resting " Sir It num lionaire reaches Bouffes '' Dien ;he con- Gerstase D many ife died tal went DU after In the be third en, and gut told f " The ameim- ;, as the a of the Mr. ;s" gives its. ants. It we meet Papers romance are al a nd the has two rst, from terestiug ver ; the is from ac e. The Lure, and Maid Of r t of the Mr. and )k of the r. 3, while Ma' tance for Dias of the ideration. tf British, Horsleh nachinerY ;es under h . co pper, cuts scat ial attrae- Ily distin ing, wai n ' of topical 3 of Char' ind," and Those who in subject ,er liter e are glad id contro- Strand.' ) the juve; boys, en. ° re. It 13 )rmally foll )out wilic' mals, tree/ tin papet ° , 1 will wee of Mexiean ars have re' Mexico th e Governme° the treati se 231 of Jao ° ' and We" with t b° , agents he: id since the e I fund. T 13,, rsc. per Ea rl; with the P re ; ince. to 1.5 23d of Jen' far as lay is no cause , t? . . tid not pos s 4 Iro ductivel 1 ed. A de li ; the couotri id of Sono!, ad been so. )e n made r S U. 14 to a report)! ace at GUlr r, b a t e that •°' • th at is p n I i • 0 f °l' I' is gr• 31°1 ; n with • i 4. s Yh t; )xford-stF e t e k i or negotis, irtnersior, of a r Mon ill f o ,b 6 edings ill " LAIIIIIE' ft field of l io Dumfries, f ma t c h o Lb h 8 club L tbrougb°" L iND. tero 19 . d yes ather Wa s 00 I were do so Duo, d lite d o iye a s eri°- stro bo7 o, were 1 611 ,0 d forty tEli A ro ,, s o three c 11 4 .1 aden r e l i e d lave 6/ "„, red an ,r 'as, the ri l ti.rance• —The 1%, nt .60 and p , e Hon. op; t c .) 35, °,OO 1 cargo• t , gene,,, C or id f New 01 nropeP.,„ w er Capt. P", 04 etwerP , Brazil& opt the acc ° ,l ip appear s t bodieB gate r Sunday re ►ersons serf iday. the nary I °` o ro arty DPP r ig ken ,ndP P in ° :;.et n L an 00 0 • .r harlot ige r , cab ° r ,i e et rent-g or ' e ar 130 10 4 °10° e came 04 i n the a , Did 'own to t 01. - D. 3 0 A :r. 1 3 ° 13 p e ed , Being ci the id waeer th 'pa' t a liet jourt„ic' Bing tbroogrcie 35 , bio tbem "Cking I the a ol' e %4 the- 1 7 aore et e bo now II 0 00' e art u l ae lci ,at ftr C but a • c baratily Bt bee n a Ito • Ade C l' rID „lie C f the c hebtul I -post. St. St. St. 50 20 BRITISH Pi 0 1 all lAtlan. and St. Law. 9 I Bombay, BAroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. all Do. 101 Buffalo & Lake Hur. 100 Buff. , Brut. di God ch. 100 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 100 Do. do., 1 June, '7l' 2s. Calcutta and S. East. 2eld Central Oudo (Lim.) 10s Ceylon ;bares 1 Do. B. do. all Demerara 2s. Eastern Bengal 100 East Indian 15 De. C Shares all Do.4i p.c.Bnds.,'s7 all Do. do. do., '59, do. all Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. 100 Gcl. Trunk. of Canada all Do. 6p. c. Deben all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c. 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c. all Gt. Westn. of Canada 101 Do. New all Do. Bds., payable '57 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73, do. all Do. do., '73, without option all (Madras, guar. 41 p.c all Do. do., 5 per c. 10 Do. 41 p. c. Eaten. 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. ss..loude (Limited) 5 iSeinde, guar. 5 per c io I a n L Do FOR: A.ntwrp & Rotterdam Ardennes.. Belgian East. Junct. Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry Dutch Rhenish Eastern o f France Do. New Euphrates Valley Gt Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetia n Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. Lyons and Geneva ... Lyons & Mediterran. Maria Antmla ....... Do. New ............... Namur & Liege ...... Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of France.. NorwegianTrnk.Prel Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans , Reeife & San Fran (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish I Do. 8 p. cent. prof, Zealand ......... Sainbre and Meuse - )o. 5i per cent. pref Southern of France West Flanders Do. 54 per c. Prof W. &N.W. of Franc(' Western of Austria._ West. of Switzerland iWiesbadeu THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENIN.G, JUNE 3 , 1857; SHARE MARIETS—(This Day.) RAILWAYS. Closing rrices this day Business dons this day. 51 - 5B 8i - 9 67 - 69 8i - 9 89 - 91 - 73 3i - 37 .. ..... ••• 4 - 5 9 - 10 18i -- 19 11g -11 i 52 -- 54 35 -- 36 ii - 7 d 07i 98 53 - 61 95 - 97 8 - 9 97 - 88 - 89 121 - 123 [O3 - 105 641 -64 i 63 - 65. 70 - 74 6 - 8 p 6- 8 p - -100 i - 6} ill -112 XII - id 93 42k - iii 831 - 8:1 54 - 55 14i - 62 - 64 31 - 3 4 43 - 44 ... ''''' .., 1 88 - 89. - 2 2. - 2 42 - - 43 684 - 69 96 - 99 - - 8 10 - 10: 301 - 31 7 - 5 105 25 - 48 - 18 , - 741 - - 42 ... . • • - 21 - 4i - 9 - 3i - 6 SSESSIONS. i - lip ld par 194 96 91 93 91 93 fcp ••• •••• 107 - 109 - lip 196 - 20 636 - 6461 91. - 92 21 - 231 I - iP 23} - 236 - 2 100 111 - 101 110 - 114 .110 -- 114 106 - 108 19 - 20 21 - 214 d-- Cp l I - $l , -gyp ••• - •• li - lip 6t - 7 lf par -- la I lp 4i 5a 2 lid 281 - 29 par 24$ 6s p• ••• •• ••• - SP, 29; - 30 8 i 201 -20 i 7 i 38 9 __ 10 57] 58 36 -- 58 i d 16 . 81 30 4i 91 30 par Paid] Patawats. .00 IBuckghamsh. .00 Clydereale Jc. all Col.Stour Vy. 100 E.Lin. g. 6 p.c all E. Un. H. Sh. 100 Glas. Barr. ,SL Neils. Direct. 100 ,Do. New all IGlstr.&Dn.Fr all 'Hull & Selby all iDo. 1 Shares all I Do. 1 Shares all :Lon. &Greenw all IDo.Preference 100 )Lon. Til., &S. 71'Do. BArk. Sh. all Manch.Bxton. and Matlock 100 Mdld. Bradfd. 51 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. all N. E st.s p.c. all Do. 6 per et all Do.Fixedsp.c all jPrest. & Wyrr all Do. 1 Sims. 100 Roystn. & Hit. all ;Shrews. & Her all S. Staffordsh all IWearVal.g6pc 25 all IDo St. 100 ‘'N'ilts&Sorurst Leasing .companies Ln.&N.W. I CaWon._ E.U.&E.O Gt. Northn E. Count. Caldonian. Do.. 3t.Westn. Y. k N.M Do Do S. Eastern. Peto & Co Do Lu. &N. W. & Midld. Midland... E. Count Do Do Do L.& .W Do Gt.Northn l T. BrasseYl M. MCloan Stk. &Dar. Do .... . Gt.W. 2 -- Closing Prices this day. 93 - 9S i a - 13 1131 3 - 133 1 -'i fc;6 iiii 12i -12 i -- 23 101 -- 106 P 2i -- 2i 88 -- 90 I - 1 ,1 54 - 561 Ilio = 133 9 9i - " ili - 32) 87 - 89 E SHARES. ... -- • • • 92 - 94 &i - 95 .• - •.• 5/ - 64 LOB - 112 ,08 - 112 pl 12 - 123 ••• - ..• 71 - 72 iii ::: lie 1105 - 107 I 99 - 101 61 -- 63 10i -- 101 5i -- 6i 93 -- 95 83 - 85 85 -- 87 100 -- 101 94 -- 10 162 -- 17 91 -- 101 72 -- 74 19 -- 19]. 91 -- 9i 14i --14; 134 -- 136 138 - 141 115 - 117 ••• ;II ••• 1151 - 156 ••• ••• IP 66 -- .30 - 132 95 - 97 86 - 88 11 - E. 1- 16 ft 92 li ld ••• - ..• 22* - 22 i 1111 - 113 114 - 116 105 - 110 18 - 19 22} -2.3 i 98 - 100 95 -- 100 ••• i -.- • 3 •• 2 91A d PREFEREN, all Blyth and Tyne 10 p e.pref. (issd. at 501.) 100 Brie. &Ex. 4 p.c. St. , I 5 Do. 4 per C. Shares 100 Caledn. £lO 42 p. c 100 Ches. & Ho. 53 p.c 100 Do. do. 5 per cent 1 all Cork & Bandon 53 p. c all Dun.Porth.&Aber.J 2 E. Anglian Cls. ASh WO Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c 100 Do. do. Cls. C7p. c all Eas.Co.Ex,sP.c No.l all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 pr. c. St all East Un.. G. 6p. c all Do. 51., 10 per cent all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. all Do. do. 4 per cent 'OO East Laneash .6 cts. all E.&W. York. J. sths 5 Edin.&Gl. sp. c. Sh.l 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c.i l 100 Furness, sp. c 100 Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c. 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c. 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem: at 10 p. C. prem 100 Do. 43 per cent 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. all Gt.N .of Scot. Ist Pre. 100 Gt. S &W. (Ireland) 15 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. 6 Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc 100 Do. con. red. 43 p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4 p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4 per lent. 100 Do 5 p. c. red. pref. all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh all Do. Chester Bp. c.P. S. all Do. do. 5 p. c. d 0.... 'OO Do. Birm. Gna. Stk. all Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh. all Do. do. do. all Do. do. do. 100 Lan.& York. 6 pc.St. 100 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l 100 Do. ,P., sp. c. St.No.2 100 Do. New Guar. 6p.c. 100 Do. do. sp. c., No. 4 100 Lou. & N.W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. et... 100 Lon. & S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares ... all Londy.& Color. 3 Sh. all Londy.StEnnis. 3 Sh. 100 M., S., &L. 6p. Cent. 43 Do. do. do. £6 . 100 Do. do. 3,} per cent. all Marypt. It Carl. 4 p.c. all Do. 43 per cent 103 Do. do. 100 Wid.Consol.6 p.c. St 100 Do.Con.Br.Bir.6 p.c I [OO Do. 43 p. c. Pref. St 100 Do. L. &H. Pref. St all New.,Aber.. &c., pr 5 p.c.red. 5 p.c. p.n 8 Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct all lorf Ir. D eb. 4 p.c. Sh 100 Do. 5 13. c. Ex, 1846 100 Do. 53 p.c. pf , 1847 100 Do.Wv.V.sp. ~1847 100 North British 33 Do. 71. Preference 100 g. E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf 8 Do. do. do 13 Do. Leeds 6 pc. No.l 9 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 10 Do. York H.& S. Pur. all North Staffordshire 100 Ox.,Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. 100 Do. 6p. c. 2d guar, all Scot. Cent. New Pref. 100 Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. Sl. 100 Do. d 0.33 p.c. pf. St all South Devon all Do. fixed 43 cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 43 per cent 1100 Do. Fixed 43 p.c. Sh 100 S. Wales Gus. 4 p. c 100 Do. do. 43 p. c all S.Yorksh.4 p. c. Guar all Stock. &Dar., sp. c 15 Do. do. do. all Stock. & Hartl. g. 5. p.c. till July 1, '56 all Waterfd&Kilk. 6 pc. 25 10 L 0.6 , . 2112 Alfred Cons. (Philk.) Z 0 14 'British Iron 20 Condur3w (Cambrn.), 10 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) ... 14s Great South Volgus ... 11/3 Grt.W.Alfrd. (Philk.) ... 7 Grt.W. Vor (lielstn.) ... 13s Lady Bertha ... 7i N. Frances (Illogan) . . N.W.Basset ( Illogan) ... 6/15 North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St. Blaxy) ...• 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) ... 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co ... 2 S. Caradon (St. Cleer ... 2S. Cam Brea (Illogn. . . 19 S.W. Franees(lllogn. 6 4i Tam. S. kL. Min. Co. 10 9 Tin Croft ... 40 Un.Minea (Gwennap' I2s 6 V. of Towey (Camar. ... 1i Y. Basset (Mogan). ... 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd. 5k Wh. Basset (Illogan) 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth) ... 5i IWh. Edward(Calstek ; 117 s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant: 8 Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. • 4i Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) BRITIS 11 MINES. 18 - 19 7 - 8 L 45 - 155 165 - 475 16 - 18 7-74 4i - 5 16 - 18 19 - 20 4 - 5 22 - 23 - 5 it - 1 330 - 340 5 - 6 300 -- 320 4 a 1.90 44 2101 30 31 140 150 260 270 330 350 6 6i 17 19 46 48 23 24 MINES. i - i ii - li 16 - - 17 id 53 55 12 14 id 16 18 74 7i N— p 1 6 - 8 - ii : i ••• ••I • 3 • ..• •i - 4 FOREIGN 7 Australian 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at .£5 pra) all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica all Cobre Copper 16 Copiapo all Fortuna all General all . Linares 1i Lu,sitanian all Mariquita all New Granada all Novean Monde all Pont.Sil.LdM.&Smlt 1 Port Philip 16,, Santiago de Cuba , all 4outh Australian all Do. Scrip all Do. 10 p. c. Pref all United Mexican MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Agricult. Australn, Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Canada Do.Go.6pc.Jan& 3 uly Do, 6 13. c.Feb.&Aug. D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7§ p. cent. Crystal Palace Do. Preference I Crystal Pal, of France iDuston Iron Ore I Eastern Steam .. ..... I Electric Telegraph I Electric Tel. of Irel ! En.&Aust.Cop.SmCo, Eur, & Ind. Jan. Tel. l Gen. Ir.Sc, Col.(lim.;' Gen. Steam Navigat. , London Discount ...I Loud. Gen. Omnibus' Magdalena St. Navig. Mediteran. Elec. Tel.; Mexican& S.Ammien; Nat. -Discount C0....1 Do. New . Netherlands Land..., Do. Do. Do.B p c.Pf.iss.at Id. Do. Do. 1 N e w B. &N. S. Lan - d1 I N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D.; l N. B. Australasian...l 1 Nrth.of Europe Steam I Oriental Gas s. Do New Shares 1 Peelßr. 14. & Millrl• 1 Peninsular & Oriental _ Do. New ............ Rhy mney Iron ...... Do. New ................ Royal Mail Steam.... (Scot. Austral. Invest. Do. New ............... S. Ans. Gov. G p.e.bds. South Austral. Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. Registered ...... Trus. Ll 3. Co. Up. Can. Van Diemen's Land... - 19 ••• 4-5 ••• 148 - 152 112 -- 112 30 - 25 2 -5t 35 27 2 5, •• • ..• - ••• 91 93 ... ••• ii - ii ••• ... 11- 22 _ 1 ••• 4 41 - 4. 18 - 22 i - 9 -- P - 1t - 19 -- 59 - II - i io ii iP 2 .. •"'" • 1121 36 1 - 1 34 - I - - 12 Business this ds7 TliE DISCO The subjoined deeply interesting account of the dis covery of Collodion will be read, we doubt not, with peculiar, because very melancholy satisfaction, now that the discoverer, Mr. Scott Archer, has breathed his last so very recently and so very prematurely. We extract the passages here following from the really charming essay upeu Photography adorning the newly-pub lished number of the Quarterly Review, And we do so the more eagerly because, apart from the attraction of the subject itself, it may serve, practically serve, by means of this separate quotation, materially to forward the subscriptions now being raised in behalf of the young family left behind him by this gifted and lamented gentleman. A subscription list, generously headed by her most gracious Majesty with a donation twenty guineas ; and to which another donation of 501. has already been added by the Photographic Society of the Metropolis. The Quarterly reviewer observes : " The world was full of the praise of the daguerreo type, but Mr. Cundeil stood forth . as the advocate of the calotype or paper process, pointed out its greater simplicity and inexpensiveness of apparatus, its infinite superiority in the power of multiplying its productions, and then proceeded to give those careful directions for the practice, which, though containing no absolutely new element, yet suggested many a minute correction where every minutia is important. Wiela the increasing band of experimentalists who arose—for all photogra phers are such—now ensued the demand for some mate rial on which to receive their pictures less expensive than the silver plate, and less capricious than paper. However convenient as a medium, thie latter, from the miscellaneous nature of its antecedents, was the prolific parent of disappointment. Numerous expedients were resorted to render it more available—it was rubbed, polished, and waxed, but, nevertheless, blotches and discolourations would perpetually appear, and that at the very moment of success, which sorely tried the pho tographic heart. The Journal of the Society sends up at this time one vast cry of distress on this subject, one member calling unto another for help against the com mon enemy. Under these circumstances many a long ing eye was fixed upon glass as a substitute; an•l nume rous experiments, among, which thoie by Sir John Herschel were the earliest and most successful, were tried to render this material available. But glass itself was found to be an intractable material; it has no powers of absorption, and scarcely any affinities; The one thing evidently needed was to attach some transparent neutral coating of extreme tenuity to its snrface, and in due time the name of Niepce again appears supplying the intermediate step between failure and' success. M. Niepce de St. Victor, nepheiti to the iriveritor of helio graphy, sir known as the' author • - eef .the albumen process, which transparent and adhesive substance being applied to glass., and excited with the same chemical agents as in the calotype process, is found to produce pictures of great beauty and finish. But, inge nious as is the process, and often as it is still used, it fails of that unsurpassable fitness which alone commands universal adoption. The amalgamation of the snbstances is tedious and complicated, and the action of the light much slower. The albumen process was a great step, and morever a step in the right direction ; for it pointed on ward to that discovery which has reduced the difficulties of the art to the lowest sum, and raised its powers, in one respect at all events, to the highest possibility, viz. to the use of collodion. The Daguerre to this Niepce was a countryman of our own—Mr. SCOTT ARCEIER— who is entitled to fame not only for this marvellous improvement, but for the generosity with. which he threw it open to the public. The character of the agent, too, adds interest to the invention. The birth and parentage of collodion are both among the recent wonders of the age. Gun-cotton—partly a French, partly a German discovery—is but a child in the annals of chemical science ; and collodion, which is a solution of this com pany in ether and alcohol, is its offspring. Its first great use was, as is well known, in the service of sur gery ; its second in that of photography. Not only did the adoption of this vehicle at once realise the desires of the most ardent photographer—not only, thus applied, did it provide a film of perfect transparency, tenuity, and intense adhesiveness—not only was it found easy of manipulation, portable and preservable—but it supplied that element of rapidity which more than anything else has given the miraculous character to the art. Under the magician who first attempted to enlist the powers of light in his service, the sun seems at best to have been but a sltiggard ; under the sorcery of Niepce be became a drudge in a twelve-hours' factory. On the prepared plate of Daguerre and on the sensitive paper of Fox Talbot the great luminary concentrates his gaze for a few earnest minutes ; with the albumen-sheathed glass he takes his time more leisurely still ; but at the delicate film of collodion—which hangs before him finer than any fairy's robe, and potent only with invisible spells—be literally does no more than wink his eye, tracing in that moment, with a detail and precision beyond all human power, the glory of the heavens, the wonders of the deep. the fall, not of the avalanche, but et the apple, the most fleeting smile of the babe, and the most vehement action of the man. " Further than this the powers of photography can never go ; they are already more nimble than we need. Light is made to portray with a celerity only second to that with which it travels ; it has been difficult to con trive the machinery of the camera to keep pace with it, and collodion has to be weakened in order to clog its wheels." As we briefly intimated in our impression of Monday, the Committee Room of this nobly deserved Testimonial [mark the words we have printed in italics in the above quotation f] is at No. 226, Regent-street, where Sir William Newton, R.A., has generously undertaken the office of treasurer. _ '' • THE COOLIE TB ADE.. -;E'2 BAORDINA:NY VERDICT: TIER C+ OF COLLODION. in the presence of the prisoners, and the coolie who had been flogged pointed to the second prisoner as the man who had flogged him ; the prisoner said "No." Others of the coolies pointed to the fourth prisiner (4 Malay) as the man appointed to flog them if they tried to go out. The prisoner laughed, and said he bad only given them two or three cuts to keep them quiet and prevent them going out ; adding he was there to keep guard, and had been appointed by Mr. Mur row's comprador. I eent for the comprador, but he did not come. I asked who was the headman. - They pointed to the second prisoner. They also stated that a man named Foo-Ayee (the fifth prisoner) was a head man. He was not there are the time, but I caused him to he pat in the dock up at the police-court. The third prisoner at the time said what he was, but I forget the exact words—it was to the effect that he was looking after the business. Mr. May may have been in the room when I kicked open the windows, but I am not sure. A number of the coolie,, and especially those in the passage, were sickly and weak. There were no police there until after I had released the coolies. The ace Ners thus given me were not in reply to any sugges. tions made by me to them—but voluntar ly, in answer to my question what they were doing there. (A. Chinese produced.) I recognise him as one of those who spoke to me on the first occasion—he was one of the coolies— I recollect him more particularly, as he speaks the Can ton dialsct very well. Such was the evidence of Mr. Caldwell, corroborated by the surveyor general and the superintendent of police ; yet notwithstanding no attempt whatever having been made to disprove a single statement made by him, and the fact of the coolies having been detained in durance of the most disgraceful kind, in premises disgustingly filthy, guarded by men appointed to flog such as might attempt to escape, and empl eyed by the European pri soner, who did not deny a fell knowledgeof their crowded state, or the condition of the premises—from which it must have been inferred that all was performed a jib his full knowledge and coneurrence, if not approval—not withstanding all this he was only convicted of simple nuisance, and tined five dollars, while five of the Asiatics guiltypaid of him ttie l and u acingll count, under and s e n b t i n ced orders,to sixw e r fu e months' u n d imprisonment with hard labour. Then we had a sample of the crimping system —the mode in which the victims of the coolie slave trade are procured. The principal witness deposed as follows,•and his manner carried a conviction of the truthfulness, of his words to the minds of the majority of those present, though among the minority are t 3 be ranked the six, gentlemen of the jury, who by their fiat declared his etategeent false, and liberated the scoundrel whom he ac cused of kidnapping and robbing him : Tam aba, grass-cutter to the Tuck-ee milk-shop.—l remeMber the sixth prisoner coining to me, and asking if I would like to go to the new gold country.' I would get $ 8 a month wages, and if I wished to go he would take me. Passage-money would not be requ'red ; only a few dollars to buy provisions with. This took place in prix nor's house. Prisoner pulled me in as I was passing by, after having received my wages—s3—from my was ter. He said I would not want the dollars when I got to the gold country, and took them from me by force. I had promised before this to go to the new gold country. The prisoner told me to sleep in his house that night, and next morning he would take me to see the master. I did stay that night, and was taken to E•wo House, where.' was stripped of my good clothes by the prisoner, who gave me some rags to put on, and then pushed me into a dark room. I was not allowed to go out from that day until I was released by Mr. Caldwell and others. I was detained against my will the whole time. We were ell confined alike—more than 200. I recognise the first, second, and fifth prisoners. Did not see Mr. Murrow there. Never saw the third prisoner, but have seen the fourth ;be kept watch with a gun. The first prisoner kept the keys of the door ; the second and fifth also kept watch. The first, second, and fifth had a gun by them, but did not hold it in their hands. They bad knives also. Have seen the fourth prisoner beat the people with a rattan to keep them quiet and prevent their talking. By Mr. Day—The first prisoner said nothing to me before dragging me into the house. He then asked me if I should like to go to the gold country. I had known him before. thought the prisoner bad some friend who would advance my passage. Do not know why he dragged me in. I met the prisoner in the street, but close to his house, at a distance of 40 or 50 covids (a covid is 14 inches). He dragged me that distance, and after I was in he shat the door. I had known him before. I did not think anything wrong when he pulled me along. When prisoner proposed to me to go to the new golf country, I said, "Yes, I would he very glad to go if any one would pay my passage." Prisoner said that was all right—be would provide for that. I told him I had $3 about me. I had all my baggage with me, having left the Tuck-ee shop to join my brother in the Kwang-yti market to assist him in his shop. And more he deponed to the same effect—the trifling discrepancies being easily reconcileable to those having a knowledge of the Chinese character, and manner of giving evidence. And, as a windup to the whole, we have proofs of deceit practised_ on the emigration officer—the English version of the agreement furnished to him stating the term of bandage to be five years, while the Spanish and Chinese versions make it eight ; and three years, our readers most remember, is the average of life in the cop- Per mines of Cuba, to which, doubtless, a portion of the poor wretches were destined. on shipping and mining, and on wages in every depart ment of industry." Mr. J. DUNCAN seconded the motion, and proceeded to expose the several fallacies connected with the quee tion, and said that it required a thorough sitting. Mr. DODD urged that a movement should be got up to have the Bank Committee a public instead of a private one, that the public might have daily opportunities of analysing the evidence produced before it. The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. DODD then moved a resolution, expressing the opinion of the meeting that the Bank Committee should be a public and not a private one. Colonel MACDONNEL L seconded the resolution. The resolution was then agreed to. A resolution, appointing a committee to carry out the objects of the meeting was then agreed to. A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the business of the meeting. THE MURDERER BAVE. The execution of this unfortunate man, who wan fon. victed at the last session of the Central Criminal Coui t, before Mr. Justice Cresswell, of the murder of a corporal of marines, on board the Slaney gun-boat, named Samuel Long, has been appointed to take place to-morrow, at Maidstone. It appears that since Ilia conviction the pri soner has conducted himself in a very becoming manner, and bas never on any occasion attempted to deny the justice of his sentence. A memorial was transmitted to the Secretary of State from some inhabitants of the town of Maidstone, praying for a remission of the capital sentence, but the answer returned was that there were no circumstances in the case that would justify the Go vernment in recommending the culprit to the mercy of the CrOwn, and the law was consequently left to take its course. It will be remembered that the prisoner was an able seaman o❑ board the Slaney, and that it was proved at the trial that the unfortunate deceased bad reported him for some misconduct to his superior officer, the consequence of which was that ho was not promoted to the office of quartermaster, which he expected, but for this, to have received. The disappointment excited a deadly feeling of revenge in his mind, and on the night of the fatal occurrence he secreted the bayonet belonging to the unfortunate deceased, and upon meeting him on the deck of the Hebe, a hulk on board which they were both employed, he thrust the bayonet into his body with such force as to pass it completely through the abdomen, and to wound the spine, thus causing almost instantane ous death. The prisoner is a very fine young man, and very much resembles in personal appearance Robert Marley, who was executed for the Parliament-street murder ; and he, like that prisoner, was also, it appears, engaged against the Kaffirs at the Cape of Good Hope. Two of the sisters of the unhappy man visited him on Monday for the last time, and the interview, as may be sxpected, was of the most painful character. Bays, it. appears, was under an engagement of marriage to a re spectable young woman at the time of the dreadful et: currence, and the ceremony was to have been perform ed before the departure of the Slaney for China. MARKET NEWS.— (This Day . ) CORN EXCHANGE. 63,350 I 1,400 .0 all !O 18 5 all ?,0 16 6 all O 12 ko all O all ;0 2s. !O 18 l 0 18 1.0 4 20 all 20 all 5 1 all !CI all all :0 I all .6 all LO all .0 7 4 !O all 5 all ?0 all l 0 all 81 all ,flo all h) , all ?,0 I 6 20 all 6 all 6 l i all 20 1 al JOINT-STOI \ 40 all Australasia i 25 18i Bank of Egypt 100 50 Bank of London 40 all Bri. Col. Bk. & Ln. Co 50 all British N. American 20 8 IC.Bk.of Ind. Au. &Ch 00 50 City 100 25 Colonial 100 120 ,C o mmercial of Lond 120 all Eng.Scot.&Aus.Cht. 20 all ,Lon. Ch. Bk.of Aust. 20 all Ditto New ... _ . 20 20 Lon d o n and County 50 50 Lnd,&E.Bnkng.Corp 50 10 London Joint Stock.. 100 20 ,Lond.andWestminst. 100 35 [National Pro. of Eng. 20 10 'Do. 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Plausible Elieruaire Glede Hawk Six ran. PRODUCE STAKES. Wardersmarske Sir Colin Four ran. UNION CUP. Fright Fourteen ran. Cedric was scratched at 2.27. LATEST BETTING. UNION CUP. sto 1 agst Stork (offered) 7 to 1 agst Courtenay (taken) 7 to 1 agst Cedric (taken) Bto 1 agst Bourgeois (taken) TRADESMAN'S CUP. 7 to 2 apt Underhand (taken) ASCOT GOLD CUP. 5 to 1 on the Field (offered) Entriei for the Qieen's Plate. 3 miles and a distance. (Run to•morrow.) Mary, Sir Colin, Hospitality, Janet, Fright, Glede Hawk, Norton, Cedric, Commotion, Br. to Preston, S'ork, Mongr, 1, De Ginkel, General Williatng, King Brian, and c. out of ..4.rribas Darn. CURUNCY AND BANK REFORII. Naval and Military Intelligence. (Front the Mina Mail of April 15.) Horrors connected with the disgraceful coolie trade have of late proved a fertile source of animadversion for the press in China ; and not the least atrocious of these was the holding "in durance vile " of 240 miserable wretches, cooped up in four small rooms at West Point. The discovery of the confinement of these men, and the investigations into the cruelties inflicted on them, led to the committal for trial before the Supreme Court of Mr. Y. J. Mu ' row, one Malay, and five Chinese, en charges of false imprisonment, assault and battery, and nuisance. The trial took place on Monday and Tuesday last, and ex posed details so disgusting, that but for the purpose of enabling our readers to arrive at a true estimate of the facts, we would hesitate to admit them into our columns. Here is a description of the premises, and state of the unfortunates when discovered : Dr. B. Caldwell, protector of Chinese—On Sunday, the let of March, I was passing the door of the E. wo establishment, the property of Mr. Tarrant. In e nose (pence of seeing a placard I had the door unlocked. I could not see my way at first, it was so dark—this was between one and two in the daytime. I found the bows full of coolies. I first found' three or four in an outer room. I had t 3 lay hold of the man who let me in. That man was the first prisoner. There is no means of light from behind ; the room faces the Queen's road, and there were no windows in it. This was the ground floor. The prisoner led me up stairs. He led me willingly, I think. At the top of the stairs I saw a great many men lying on the floor. It was an open room, like all Chinese houses, about 40 feet long by 7 or 8 wide. There was an open bamboo flooring about six feet from the floor. On the floor itself thus were about 30. and about Bor 10 on the temporary floor. There were w i n dows on that fluor, They were closed, and the back door locked. The only ventilation was through the crevices of the venetians and of the door. I then went to another room—through a door in a party wall ; the windows of this room were also shut, but the back door was open—it opened on to a terrace ; there were two terraces, one to each room. Through the hack door I observed that the terrace was used as a privy ; there was a temporary house on one used as a watchhouse ; the other was used as a privy, all the ordure lying on the tiles. There was a wall be tween the terrace and the room ; the terrace ended in a blank wall—there were no mean s of e gress the way. There was a very large collection of excrement, in some parts 18 inches deep, the collection of many days. The second room was alio dark, except from the light that came through the back door. The smell was i very offen sive, so much that I intended to re p ort upon t. The se cond room was of the same size as the first. I did not go into a third room on this occasion, but left the premises without communicating my intentions in the matter to any one. I reported the matter to Dr. Bridges en Tues day morning. We were out together, with the super intendent of police in company, and I thought it a good oppsrtunity to show themlhe place. Mr. Walker, the surveyor general, was also with • us. On this occasion we first went into the rooms I had at first visited, and found them in exactly the same condition—the door locked, and the venetians closed. The venetians I found were nailed ; I broke them open myself. The terrace was in the same state—the filth had not been removed, it anday. increased. We went out into the street, went into two other houses and a passage connecting the houses together ; I there saw similar rooms and orlop deoks—the rooms the same size about 7 feet by 20. The outer door was locked ; we had to go in through the kitchen to get at the door. In these two rooms and passage I found double the number of Chinese that there were-.n the first two rooms. There was also a terrace to these houses—on which there was a much larger collection of filsh than in the other, and also large jars overflowing with urine. There were up• wards of 200 persons in the four houses—not more than 250 I suppose 230 in my or 240. On this occasion I spoke to the cool ies, official capacity—told who we were, and what we had come for. Some said they were going to lereign countries some to the gold country---FOlllO did not know where they were going to ; but they were all anxious about four dollars each, w hich had been promised them, and which they had not received. I asked them if they wanted to go out I They laughed, and said they dared not—they would be flogged if they attempted to do so ; and one man was brought to me who had been flogged for attempting to get out. I showed them the staircase, and told them to go ; they would not go—they were afraid until the doors below, which were barred, were forced open, when a large number, upwards of 100, rushed into the street and shook their hands, saying they were not willing to go to liavannali, Some went away, and some stood there. Many said, " I'm not willing to go I'm not willing to go ! " Those who rushed out escaped. I searched for them next day aloug with the Tepo of the dis trict, but could not find them, and be lieve they have left the colony. I saw the first prisoner on the first o ccasion, and I think the second ; he was sitting at a table in the lower room, where the man who kept charge of the coolies lived. On the second visit I saw the first four prisoners ; they were in a lover room of the tenement, and seemed to be guarding the door. The statements made by the coolies were made MEETING THIS DAY. Tbis afternocn a preliminary meeting of the members of the Currency and Bank Reform Association was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, to elect a president, vice•preeident, and acting committee. The announcement convening the meeting, and Explaining the objects of the association, was to the following effect : , . " The object of the association is to diffuse informa tion and arouse the attention of the whole kingdom to this, the most important question of the day. Without energetic action a high rate of interest will become per manent, and revolutionise the value of property of every description. Railways.—An advance of 1i per cent. on the mortgage debt of the Great Western Railway would be a reduction of 50 per cent. in the dividends. Other railways rateably, as the debts hear upon share capital. Mortgages.—lf land yields 3 per cent. rental and mort gages advance to 5 and 6 per cent., how long will it require to deprive a large portion of the present proprietors of their incomes and estates ? Manufacturers.—lf interest on capital be a cost of pro duction, how can we compete with the foreign manu facturers when that cost is doubled ? Agriculture. — By the large importation of foreign corn, &c., the ex changes are acted on most disadvantageously. The remedy is the increase of our own growth. Will this be done extensively under a ruinous state of interest ? Shipping.—Steam navigation, mining, and distant un dertakings, like irrigation and the growth of cotton in India—the retail trader, the artisan, and all classes ex cept the money-lender, are seriously injured by the present rate of interest on current money, although Capital is abundant, and trade sound. To invests gate the causes are the objects of this proposed Association, and so urge the remedy upon Gsvernment and the members of both Houses of Parliament as to ensure the removal of so great an impediment to the national prosperity and progress. Co-operation from all parts of the United Kingdom is earnestly solicited without delay, as the Committee on the Bank Charter is now sitting. A low rate of interest is not desirable, but to avoid the two mischievous extremes—very high and very low rates—is a consummation most earnestly desired." The attendance was very small. Mr. W. Malins oc cupied the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the meet ing, said that they were met to consider the most impor tant subject of the day, and he regretted that some other person of greater importance had not been called to the chair. The movement was between a wealthy class who were opposed to any alteration, and i others who were suffering, but did not like openly to complain, of the present state of monetary affairs, and it was to that he attributed the sma'l attendance. The hon. gentleman haying referred to the announcement of the meeting, that it was a preliminary one for the election of officers, said that the report of 1843 on the distress of the country The Cumberland, 72, sailing two-decker, Capt. showed that the panic of 1847 was caused by the want B. Dickson, flag of Rear- Admiral P. W.P. W al- Commander-in-Chief for the South East Coast of available capital to pass from has Ito hand, and not lily ofAmerica Station, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the want of actual capital in the country , and the morning from Sheerness. lii crossing the Channel question was whether the people of this country would she fell in with the Admiralty yacht Osborne, have tamely submit to the re-enactment of the Bank Act of in; the Grand Duke Constantine on board, and, 1844. An important inquiry was, in what capital con although under a press of sail before th e wind, she e l ate d . Some National Debt was capital, whilst the took all in; rounded to, and fired a Royal s alut e. others said it said was only gold and silver represented by General Sir J. F. Burgoyne, G.C.8., R.E., In- Bank-notes, but in the banking account 14,553,0001. spector General of Fortifications, accompanied by were put down as proprietors' capital. That was money Sir F. Head, paid a visit to the head-quarters of lent to the Government in the reign of King William : the Royal Engineers at Chatham yesterday for the (Hear, hear.) In 1844 the Bank was allowed to issue purpo.e of inspecting the new buildings for the married men of the Royal Engineers and paper to that extent, so that if the proprietors' stock the stables for the engineer train which have was to be taken as capital, he thought the national debt recently been erected, together with the field- should be considered as capital also. It was stated that works which are now being carried on by the troops. the whole commerce of thecountry required nine thousand The visit of Sir Francis Head to Chatham is under- millions per annum, and the whole capital of the country stood to be for the purpose of making arrange- was only five thousand millions, consisting of fixed pro merits for instructing the men of the mounted A perty of various descriptions, of which the national debt troop of the Royal Engineer Train in the use of formed about eight hundred millions ; and the question the 1a5 , , , 0, in order that they may be acquainted arose what portion of that eight hundred millions with it previously to embarking for foreign service. should be available for the use of the public The annual inspection of the Royal Marine morning on whenever they required it for carrying on the Light Infantry will take place this mor nin Chatham Lines by Major-General Lord Rokeby. ordinary operations of trade. After alluding to Captain Pigou's company of the 2d battalion the fluctuations in the issue of bank notes, and Royal Artillery assembled yesterday in the mortar the rate of interest, the hon, gentleman said that the battery on Woolwich-common and practised shell Bank of England bad greater powers in taxing the coup firing over a flight of 800 yards. The result of the try, in interest, &c., than were possessed by the Queen firing was successful, some of the shells alighting and her Ministers, and which tended to the injury of in close proximity to tire target, while the widest the people, and to the advantage of the Bank proprie range did not exceed 40 feet. tors. An i Admiralty instructions were yesterday i ssued to important modification had taken p lace since Capt. Noddall, in comma nd of her Ma j est y 's screw 1544, in abolishing silver from the Ban k coffers. No steamship Agamemnon, cancelling her recent order person could hold silver without effecting a loss, because to proceed to Birkenhead, and directing that thefor- the legal tender of silver did not Exceed 40s. In 1847 mer order to ship the Transatlantic cable from East it was much felt, and h e k n ew of a gentleman who had Greenwich shall hold good. The United States' a large amount of silver in his possession, but who ship Niagara having been inspected by Mr. Dallas, could not convert it, and suffered in consequence. He the American Minister, it was decided that the ne- (sir. Malius) thought that silver was applicable for the cessary a rrangements should be entered into by the requirements of the trade of the count r y , and he saw shipwright department of the dockyard, 80 as to no reason why it should not be accepted by the Bank as adapt that vessel for the reception and transport of a security as much as gold. He objected to the bill of her intended portion of the electric cable from Liverpool. 1844 from the great revolution it had caused in the value Colonel Brown, commandant of the Royal Ma- of property, and he proceeded at great length to illus rine force at Woolwich, has received notice front trate his assertion, and said that previous to 1814 the the Admiralty that their Lordships have decided highest rate of interest charged was 6 per cent., but on granting to sergeants of the' Marine corps the since then it had risen to N per cent., and without limi good-conduct pay, on an equal ratio with the ser- tation under peculiar circumstances it might get much geaute of the Royal Artillery, the regulation to date higher by the present Bank Act. Our exports from April 1, 1857. of gold exceeded the imports, and therefore it The Archer, 14, Captain Heathcote, left Spit was not likely we could obtain re ref from that head yesterday for the eastw ard to be p aid off. She sailed from Greytown April the 15th, and Port quarter. It was high time foe the traders of the Royal the 27th, and had an excellent run from that country to consider whether something should not station, with strong westerly winds. She brought be done to prevent their being rode rough-shod over by home six naval invalids from the We.st India squa- the moneyed interest. What was wanted was a just dron. meciinm that would fairly remunerate the mo ne y -lender The Mariner, 12, sailing sloop, Co m. Palliser, and not rob the borrower. He refei zed to free trade, left Spithead yesterday for the eastward to be paid to the requirements .of cotton, large interest paid p off. She arrived on theprevious day rom on joint-stock banks' deposits, &c., as h avin g f the West India station ; sailed from Port Royal March produced an effect on the Bank of England. The 10th ; arrived at Real Bay, Greytown, March 24th, sailed 26th ; arrived at Havanah April B th, sailed meeting to et an attendance, believing the whole was called without previous arrange mlBth ; arrived at Nassau, Ne w Providence, on the meat g 22nd, sailed 28th ; made the Land's End May 25th. country was interested in this question, and he had no She brought home a mail from Nassau, and 34 men doubt that by combined action they would be able to effect an alteration in what they com p lained. Many from her Majesty's ship Orion, late of the Im perieuse. She has been nearly three years in corn- members of Parliament had intimated their readiness to mission, during which time she Lest only four men, '• support the objects the meeting had in view. into one only of whom died of yellow fever, three from accidents. Since she left England she sailed over rest throughout the country from Mr. BELL said the questionfexmcitaedbtehliee belief r t e h a a t t e st double 52,091 miles of ocean. The Exmouth, 91, Captain Ilyres, C. 8., the han formerly, be gnd that they were Colossus, 81, Captain Thompson, and the 'risk, the amount of interest had now to paid for money by the producing classes ha t a 14, Commander Curtis,.have left Spithead for De- Paying reference to this question, it was money was worth. If legisla vonport, to be paid off ; and the Eurydice, 28, tion was bad in it more for it t Capt. Tarleton, C. 8., and the Malacca, 17, Capt. their duty to get remedied as soon as -pos. Farquhar, have proceeded to Sheornes.s to be paid eible. The present system . told most inju off. riously in the end on the working classes, because if The Volcano steam-vessel (floating smithery), an employer of labour could not pay 10 ur 12 per cent. Master Commander Hockley, will. Fail from Spit- for money, he must discharge his hands. He considered head this day for China. it a subject demanding the fullest investigation. We The Brune, 2, paddlewheel vessel, tender to the owed the present law to Lord Overstone, who instructed Vesuvius, arrived at Spithead feLom Sheerness Sir R. Peel on the question ; but he and those who went yesterday. with him had failed to show the reasons why interest The Wellesley Indianian, 1,150 tons, Cap tain should be double what it was before 1844 . He (Mr. Smith, embarked her passengers rf ,t S p ithead on 1 Monday evening, and sailed subeequently for uld Bell) asked f be obtained or a full and t impartial ipnvres entestigat commit ion. That Madras and Calcutta, calling a t the IVlauritius. co not from he tee, The Hastings, 60, screw blockehiP, Captain many of their number being ignorant of monetary Mends, C. 8., went out of H arbour to Spithead ma tters, whilst those who did understand the ques yesterday, and after trying her speed xeturne d and s' tion were bound up in the present system. He anchored. had no doubt that, when the objects of the meeting be - The following appointment s were, made yester- \ came known, it would receive the support of the public. day at the Admiralty : an d G . G . Nv e. b.. l He moved the following resolution :—" That this meet- C. C. Hassan, E. B. H. Bea-an, its pledges itself to use every effort to form an associa ber, midshipmen, to the Cordelia ; Henry Freeling 1 and W. S. Bailey, midshipmen, to the Cumber- tion sufficiently powerful to resist the renewal of he land ; C. R. .E.-. Smyth , midshipman, to the Corn - B ank Charter Act of 1844, ex p erience having doe one e trated its injurious action on railways, on ag ivalliic.riculture, English The supply of English wheat in to-day's market was only moderate. For most kinds the demand ruled inactive, yet Monday's prices were well supported. The general condition of the samples was by no means first rate. A very large supply of foreign wheat-38,230 quarters, chiefly from the Baltic—has come fresh to hand. The transactions in all kinds were trifling, at about stationary prices. Floating cargoes of grain sold at very full currencies. Barley moved off steadily, and prices were well sup• ported. Malt was in moderate supply, and fair request, at Mon. day's quotations. The imports of foreign oats being very extensive -63,350 quarters—the oat trade ruled heavy, and prices were barely supported. Beans, peas, and flour sold to a moderate extent, at Monday's prices. ARRIVALS TtHS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. 1,730 I 2,720 Foreign..... 135,230 1 16,490 WHITECHAPEL. Flour, 730 7 The trade generally ruled steady, as follows :—Beef, from 35 2d to 4s 6d; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s S 1; lamb, 5s 41 to 6s 0.1; ♦eal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; pork, 33 6d to 5s Od per Sibs., by tho carcase. BOROUGH HOP. Oar market is steady, and prices are well supported. Duty, Duty, 150,C00/. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, June 3.—Wind this day at noon, S.W.; mo derate breeze, and cloudy at times. PORTSMOUTH, June 2.—Wind S.E. to S.S.E—Arrived —Her Majesty's ship Cumberland, from Sheerness. Sailed —Wellesly, for Mauritius and Calcutta. COWES, June 2.—Wind variable—Arrived—Favorita, from Bahia for Hamburg. OFF MOUNT'S BAT,—Arrived—Engracio, from Cuba. NEWPORT, June 2.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Augusta, from Rotterdam for St. Thomas's. Sailed--Negade, Que bec ; Joseph, St. Thomas's. CARDIFF, June I.—Sailed—Froiskens, for Ceylon ; Hat.- mouie, Alexandria. BELFAST, June I.—Arrived—lda, from New Orleans. WESTPOINT, May 30.—Wind S.—Arrived—Juliet Erkine, from Philadelphia. CLYDE, Juno 2.—Arrived—lndian, from Bombay. OFF SCILLY, May 30._Arrived—Sydenham, from Mel. bourne. - ,1 .01 , 7 CAPE CLEAR, May 31.—Arrived—Humphrey, from Valparaiso, for Liverpool. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind W. ; occasional showers. Arrived—Vanderbilt steamer, from Havre; Argyll steamer, Carentan ; Lo Coq, Cherbourg; Comet, Madeira; Alarm, Gertrude, and Albatross, Newport. Sailed—Clementina, for Newport; Marquis of Bute and Caledonia, Caledonia. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning Wind W. Arrived—Astoria, from New Orleans ; Duke of Lan caster, Marseilles ; Humphrey Nelson, Valparaiso ; Bor land. Buenos Ayres ; Earl Powis, Cuba ; Aleppo, screw steamer, Alexandria ; Beirut, screw steamer, Beirat ; Anemono, Matanzas ; Champion, Barbadoes ; Spirit of Trade, Rangoon ; Trinity Yacht, Porto Rico ; Columbine, Callao; Chasely, Alexandria ; Sultana, Venice ; Leda, and Dundreman, Smyrna; Delhi, Calcutta; John Bar bour, St. John's, N.B. Sailed—Bonita, for Labrador ; Conquest, Archangel ; Packet de Guayaquil, Riga ; Fraternitas, Wadsoe ; Au gusta, Newfoundland; Arva, Diga ; North American (s.s)., Quebec ; Bragauza (a.s.), Lisbon ; British Queen (s.s.), Genoa; Demetrius (s.s.), Beirut; Sandbach, Demerara; Mjosen, Rio Janeiro. QUEENSTOWN, Juno 1. Arrived—Glanure, from Darbadeos ; Margaretta, from Ilantillan ; Reward, Havannah ; Anne Henderson, Calloa. DUBLIN, June L Wind S.S.E. Arrived—Utility, Villa Nuova ; Eliza., Memel; Paul and Maria, Memel. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) DEAL, Wednesday, 9.15 a.m. Wind W.S.W. ; moderate. Passed—Her Majesty's brig Mariner, from West Indies, for the river ; Claudia, Demerara, London ; Jeuna Everista, London, Havre ; Avon, Trinidad, London. Anchored—Bosphorus, from London, for Port Phillip ; II Trovatore, London, Algoa. Bay. Sailed—Alex andrina, for Algoa Bay. RAILWAY TRAFFICRETURNS. - - LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERif BAlLWAY.—Traffie re turn for the week ending May 30, 1857 219,426 17 7 Corresponding week last year Decrease in 1857 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. — Traffic return for the week ending May 30, 1857 £22,681 7 8 Corresponding week last year 24,219 2 0 Total of the half-year to this date, 1857 270,675 ]6 9 Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 266,978 14 : 0 CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for week ending May 30, 1857 ........................ ....... £289 3 3 Corresponding week last y ear ........................ 212 4 8 GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAILWAY.—Traffio return 3 for the week ending May 31, 1857 /1,03 19 3 C orres p o nding week last yea r 5Bl 15 4 T" NV4 C 11 , fELfe inhabi t ants of Piml i co A-BllrDa EToLLQ UE S TI 0 and N . —— YC Chelsea day m eeting was held at the Literary Institution, St. Leonard -street, Pimlico, to take into consideration the intention of the Government to levy a toll on the above bridge ; and re solutions were unanimously passed pledging the meeting to use all constitutional means to prevent the toll being imposed. It was also agreed to appoint a deputation to wait on Lord Palmerston on the subject. TUE DARIEN SHIP CANAL.—We learn by the Panama Star and Herald, that Dr. Caldwell, of the United States frigate Independence, had returned from the Gulf of San Miguel, from which point he made an exploring expedition into the interior, and succeeded in arriving at a point within one day's march of the Atlantic, and from which the ocean was perfectly visible. He w" unfortunately prevented from reaching the wes tern shore shore of the Isthmus, owing to the desertion of it guide and assistants, but returns, understand, satisfied that an easy and practicablaesro7t_eue.x.isot f s f San canal oetween Caledonia Bay and the it Migne ATTEMPTED SClClDE.—Yeeterdly morning Daws, aged 28 years, Cornwall-road, Lambeth, whoternrepstidat g n 9 M o n r :s t l r -V e e l l; self-destruction M by t cutting his throat with a rasztoor. Slight hopes are enter . tamed of his recovery. N cause is assigned for the act. - NORWICH Musicer, FESTIVIL.—The services of Mr. Sims Reeves has not been secured, in consequence of the high terms demanded by that gentleman. Madame arrangements are Clara Novella bas been engaged, an d pending with r egard to Madame Grisi and Signor Mario. Mr. and Mrs. Weisa, Mr. Miranda, and several other artistes have also been engag e d, and the local choral so,.:iety are indefatigable in their rehearsals of the work. to be performed. THE POWER OF WOMAN. —According to writer in _Blackwood, every man who is not a monster, maillhemati . man, or a mad philosopher, is the slave of some Romeo or other. IGN. 73 2i 361 64i / 21 94 i 1061 P 61 3/4 29i i 87i 8 501 71 Ili i 36 $9 i 2i I li i