The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-22 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed steadily, and prices were without alteration. The sales were estimated at 5,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed firmly, and prices were well supported. During the week the transactions in Foreign and Colonial Produce have not been extensive, but the demand continues active, and prices are fully maintained. There has been an absence of public sales of sugar, but privately a moderate busi ness has , been done at previous rates, and the advance realised at the Dutch auctions has caused a slight upward movement here. Coffee is firm but quiet, and for t-a the in quiry is limited. Rice has been in request at late quotations, and cocoa is ls. to 2s. per cwt. dearer. Saltpetre remains inactive, but tallow is firmer. At the wool sales there is a good attend ance of buyers, and the biddings are animated. Although no advance has occurred, the prices realised exhibit increased firmness. Nothwithstanding the general soundne=s of trade, the protracted dearness of money leads to an occasional failure among firms who are small, to obtain the assistance necessary to carry on their business. In addition to those lately noticed, that of Messrs. M'Alpin and Nephew, has just been announced, warehousemen ; and, although their li abilities are small it tends to impair confidence,. especially when several other establishments in various branches of trade aro known to be in an insecure condition. Should the existing stringency 54: prev a il muc h l onger , as it no d ou bt w ill, th ere is 16 every prospect of several additions to the list of 3 these casua lti es d ur i ng th e y ear . 20 i The Istamboul, screw steamer, from Melbourne, st.' bag arrived at Plymouth with 4 t,552 ounces of s lo t. gold. The voyage has been performed in 79 days, io showing the advantages of the auxiliary screw. T- 1 , This supply of gold is opportune, but it will no 25 doubt be absorbed on continental account either for 25 the Bank of France or the purchase of silver. ' t • The demand for the latter metal is still active 10 owing to the amount required for remittance to India and China on the 4th proximo, and it is feared that most of the earlier receipts froni Aus tralia will be taken away instead of being deposited in the Bank as was expected lx , fore the news arrived from China announcing an advance in the rates of exchange at Hong Kong and Shanghai. Accounts from Panama state that her Majesty's ship Alarm is expected there early next month from Mazatlan; with 51,500,000 or upwards, so that the imports of silver will no doubt be large, and may prevent such an unfavourable movement ef gold to the Continent as many apprehend ; but there can be no doubt that the shipments to the East will be maintained for some time, which from time to time will give rise to an uneasy feeling. Por money the enquiry is still kept within mode rate limits, and there is an entire absence of the pressure complained of a week or ten days since. The rate out of doors is maintained at 6i per cent., and on the Stock-Exchange full terms are paid for advances. A further decline of per cent. has taken place In the English Stock Market, owing to renewed sales, by th ose h av i ng B u ll accoun t s open . Th e G overnment broker, however, besides his usual Purchase of 30,0001. Exchequer Bills, has bought ° onsols, but this has failed to give support to prices. c c nsols have been 931 i for account, and 93i for tLI°II eY• The New Threes are 92 1 . a, and the .e duced 92 India Bonds are 7s. to 3s. dis count. h, Yhe March Exchequer Bills are 53. to Gs. pre ;int; and the June ditto 2 s. to 3s. premium. Ju ne bas been given that the bills falling due in 6 and December will be paid off or renewed at 1111 the prese n t rate of interest. The Bonds are 98i to 99. Foreign Securities are dull, and in some cases rather lower. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 94 to 941, and the 4 per Cents. 101/ Business has been offi cially recorded as follows :—Mexican 3 per Cents. 221 ; Spanish 3 per Cents. 41-i ; French 3 per esnt3.6Bf. 75c. 50c. Exchange 25f. 30c., and Dutch I Per Octns. 97. kE lha follo w i n g are the nominal prices of Foreign eks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 617 ; Mexie se, ; 7 ‘cl ' 2l 4; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 77 78 ; ditto 3 per 0 : t its., 531 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45i 61 ; naSian 5 per Cents., 105 107 ; ditto 41 per D 6 98 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41± ; ditto 18 8 ; er r d / ditto Certificates, 61 ; ditto e "%Ivo, 51 I. 11.1Vssars. D. B e ll, S o n a n d C o ., re p or t th a t d ur i ng 4° "week the re has be en ver y littl e b us i ness i n. . 4 tn erican Securities, and little change in prices. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 1711 it Redeemable. Per Cent. tr,. ed States 6 per Cents. 1867-1868...106 10° 3 (. 1 States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...106 106 kial STATE SECURITIES. Lt ax :ma 5 per Cent —an d 5 Per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 14%achusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) aBIP P i '6 per Cent. k te plds 18 iapi 5 Cent. Union Bk. Bonds 74 _76 e44B Ylv • terin t ",_ ra h er per Cent. Stock . 71 V In a 5 per Cent. Bonds ....1877... 80 82 vlrtin.es see 6 per Cent. Bonds " li ni 6 r tl3 nds 1886... 831 84i per . °lltrea l a per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... &I 86 LOANS OF. CITIES. New 6er Cent. Bonds *Orleansp 6 per Cent. Stock 1883... 75 77 RAILROAD BONDS. llot is i C entral 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, Ill' ; ( •lanvertiblo 1875... 89 91 llti tt 'r Centr a l 6 p er Cent 1875... 87 88 ; () ° , l l : l l ,.Central 7 per Cent. Freeland 1860...107 109 V le; •• gieh B Central (Shares), $3O paid ... 30 32 p , i gan Cent ra l 8 p . C en t., C onve rt 1860... 4 "• do. do. 1869... 91_ 92 Doan N,.° Central 7 p. 6 Centper., Cent. , Convernot t 1864... 92 94 o tie ewaveork Centra l rtible 1883... 78 80 N g -4 rk and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort -1883... 84 85 N. V r ," . _ and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862... 78 80 " r " and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking I'4 1875... 82 84 Pe ti al lia 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage .154aYlvania Central 6 p.Cent..lst Mort 1880... 89 91 b e ' lll4 iness in the Railway Share Market has again re el l very circumscribed, and the few transactions t a t) : i. rt ed are i n mos t instances at lower quo t a ti ons . eru Counties, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Great Western, rece ded ss. ; Caledonian, Chester and (Ic e " 1-°l 3 7 head, N or th Western, and North-Eastern kk -rwic k), 10s. ; Brighton improved about ss. ; ti!lel les ter, Sheffield, and Lincoln, East Anglian, tat e lti a bil Lgh, Perth, and Dundee, realise previous bnt at The French and Canadian lines are inactive, 1% 14 to s teady rates. Antwerp and Rotterdam, Mi ni do-Venetian are a shade lower. lovaPr 17g Shares are in better request, but at ,ear at j ah il„es• Wheal Edwards were 5 a ; South •Ke -11 ; East Basset, 65, and St. John Del 113 i in . al.nt-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are h ha 1 / 3 11° st nominal quotations, and little business clI• eened 5n reported. A us t ra li an Ag r i cu lt ura l de- ... 78 - ... 89 91 ... 98 100 114111811 FU NDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY. P en a Der (From the Offictal Ltd.) . Reduced A nnnitiss 92 Business done. - eat Der 935 “ii lie_ ~Cent. Consols etnrmities 1,,7 per Cent. Annuities 92f sI -0 ' 4 Bonds 13000 "—• 73 d % Ws ?or A l '.'•' . • • • ''''' ' . 93 1 i D _ ....ceount ..................... ...... • • '-'.rehequer Bills, 24 Mardi. I June. 1, 000 .... t6i) ...... ......... ........ 4 p { Fitsan . ..... : .... .. ............................ .. .. .. Ditto Eo.r.ll3;iiiii,ii per ........ . ... ...... osg 9 Cilia?li.lCES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—TFIIS DAY. . e.n At Bonds, 6 per Cent ...................... 102 i - J . 3 per Cent .............. P o - account .... 22a yrtilguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Di ... R tto 18:)6, 3 per Cent 46 ai:dinia.o R.- m i s, 5 per Cent. ... ....... .... -- Dtt/1,410 Account 913 ,i,h v; ( ..,, ifis, 3 per Cent. -- ta tbltto Account TPallish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 6/ i erltith ilonds, 5 per cent ...•• • .- . • — 1);tto Account 944 4 i Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account 10li 4 of :rfends en tee above ayaio la Lon...n. French Routes 4 1 per Cent. Ditto ‘, ' 2 CBf. 75c. 50c. ex 25f. 30c. 1 ) ,. 0.. per Cent. ''-'4,-, •Flschange, 21 per 0011:.., 12 Guilders Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 97 EE O'CZOCK. Cons o l s, move ... 7IIR 93 11 R 4.-4 ......................... 0 . D itto, 4ceounty Vuue .. 4) v...." a LO A. Af. u)mpiny's first of the ning from i 79 ("vs. ldel Cape . 37. She )00 ounces des. Her n of light 1 - 1(1s. She 2 32, long. nadon,l32 L when her MAY 20. stitution in yen for the r a certain of Colonel legion, has tins with a EVENING. ) and :d1 the he King of u yesterdaY it in a cba,r a stag hunt• Jot all .wing ties, after a :back in the little before after having n, attended olic church. iperial High tic body, and Bourn, at k the Prince it Majesties, 1 family. go visiting dlf ft by an e 0. horses had stables, ill i,ght visit th e battle. TO the evening, on of Queen ie at Brusse ls t three in the ,nd. the Coal )me officers°, him. Legation, O a zence of 1 , ; (3r t the statio n : ectionately , the Queev . a Le Palace, al i t rater at Oell r e ft erw ards d to Laclge?' ,e at Brussel s ' to Lackell t ES. , E the Princl u P j " A circular "; Wallachia7 , t u tion, whi c .A 1 bo subio i6t 7„ :orunaist'i°ller' *the Porte is r, e : with it. A rt. l at home 1113 $ tutees. iti-ri e r icipalities 11 0 o f gning up in the 1 3 v 13 ; The form oftj Non of the 13 , 9 1 e, are respous w 1 . 1 foreign e e et o ;. All foreleve r. Art. 7. 0 01 gn churches o t, Chap. IL P o d Is are subje c o o , y to the eg ) s 1 allachians vir cording to t r od all to el ) r e' he laws area endence of tties, the tests in the .s°l now gettingoroi o wa s the he state ° f r e . living v erl ,o La the mg', 3 day befor e / 0 d ys from r h r ;of 3d the Pl e 7 es /i late his Ale' 1/ 1 l i l a m r a d i s n dined in ,t ) ot The Bell r e/ 0 a centenaV e rOt The Bel.ctil' s of the ag fl o d d has addl.:Bo° resident (),' tt eh itograph ion at th e 1 8 1 0) generally e li be o o who bad t a are abodel 3assed 4 1 0 his depsrti/- el f° irra t ile • - b j$ frO tl3 *ls collt iel 0 bef°' f AO. t the t P tiv the D j 0 0 "g t n ite it bet ,set.rat,jy. for 'l l B og etber o i;t Lis i 9 ii c ar' i" lstill ace tAkeP FRIDAY EVENING, MA Y 22, 1857 LAW Igo TE: E.—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. THE QUEEN ON THE PROSECUTION OF WILLIAM COCKBURN -LIBEL. Sir F. Thesiger moved for and obtained a rule for a criminal information againat Mr. Cockburn, publisher of the Joint Stock Companies' Journal, for a libel against the directors of the London Bank in that paper. Mr. Cockburn appeared personally and opposed the 106 108 I motion. 'i L - ii Rule made absolute. 12 —12 A 232 LO4 106 par p COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fr.ne.) IN RE NATHAN. 2a 2a 88 90 This was a meeting for the last examination of this bankrupt, who was described as of Church-lane, White chapel, butcher and salesman. 54 - 55 1 Mr. Sturgeon appeared to oppose, on the part of the assignees, on the ground that the accounts were un satisfactory, not being vouched ; and that the bankrupt bad not exerted himself to obtain accounts from the persons with whom he hail dealt, in order to corroborate the statement in his balance-sheet, the bankrupt not having kept pr)per books of account. - 13 8 0 13 9 3 - 9 - 9i 32 - 33 86 - 88 88 7 His Honour said that a bankrupt could not compel them to give information, and probably they would not take any trouble at his request, but the assignees could apply to the Court for summonses against them, and compel them to give any required explanation. The as signees bad bad ample time to do so, and if they had not done so, it ought not to prejudice the bankrupt, and he would therefore be allowed to pass. Mr. Sturgeon said the assignees would oppose tie ap• plication for a certificate. - 95 - 96 CITY SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Prendergast, Q C.) 3fACIPHERSON V. PULLEN. 61. 2 CAUTION.--PROMISSOBY NOTES.—The plaintiff in is an accountant, and brought an action on two pro missory notes flr 2/. each, given by the defendant. It appeared that the defendant bad been a bankrupt, and his examination had been adjourned several times, the accounts not being satisfactory, and ultimately the laintiff was engaged to complete them, which he die, but refused to filo them until he bad been paid, and defendant gave him the notes in question. Mr. Lewis, for the defendant, took an objection that the notes were invalid on several grounds—the principal being that the notes being for sums under 5/ , the law required that there should be a subscribing witness to the signatures, also that the name and address of the person to whom it was made payable ought to appear on the face of the document, and also, that they were made payable one month after date, whereas the length of time was limited to 21 days, and by the Act of Parlia ment the note was to be made according to the form prescribed in the Act. His Honour held that the objections were fatal to the case, and the plaintiff must be non•suited, but where a man, in writing, admitted his liability, he ought to pay. Mr. Macpherson said that he should bring another action on the contract generally. .16 14A MONSTER BLAST. 91i HOLYHEAD HARBOUR, MAY 21. This ma inificent operation came off with com plete success at 20 minutes past noon this day, when, with an aggregate charge of 21,0001 b. of powder, a section of Holyhead mountain, amount ing in measurement to 160,000 tons of the hardest quartz rock, was dislodged. The most splendid sight was presented on the command " Fire !" be ing given, when a section of the mountain up heaved and came over like an avalanche, leaving a sp l / 2 ce of 450 feet in length, 120 in height, and 60 in breadth, as a witness to the successful applica tion of powder as a moving agent. The engineering operations were conducted by Mr. Chas. Righy in person, assisted by Mr. G. C. Reitbeimer, the resident engineer for the contrac tors, Mesrs. J. and C. Rigby, of Westminster. Upwards of 60 engineers of the civil and military branches were present, several'of whom are among the more eminent of the day. The London and North-Western Railway Company afforded every opportunity to the scientific inquirer and public at large by running cheap trains. Nearly 10,000 visitors witnessed the operation. LITERATURE. The Comprehensive History of England. Parts I. and 11. Blackie and Son. A magnificent serial appears to have been here commenced. A national illustrated " History of England," giving promise of turning out to be an improvement upon the far-famed Pictorial ! And surely that is saying much in commendation of the Comprehensive! The work is published in shilling. instalments from month to month ; and the pros pectus announces in plain terms that the number of embellishments, when the Annals are actually completed, will extend to nothing short of a thou sand. Woodcuts for the most part, but, interspersed with these woodcuts, steel engravings of great beauty -if we may estimate the general merit of the latter from the exquisite specimen prefixed to the initial part ; an engraving by Prior, from Cope's great painting of "The Supremacy of the Law," a work of art worthily commemorative of the famous inci dent associating together the names of Prince Henry and the Lord Chief Justice Gascoigno. The motto selected for the new History is a couplet (if we recollect rightly) from The Pirate Morns in Lord Byron's " Corsair"—rather a strange source for a motto for such a title-page : " Far as the breezes blow, the billows foam, Survey our empire and beho!d our home." The History will have reference to England's Civil, Military, Religions, Intellectual, a , d Social Ad vancement. The Vignette on the cover is grace fully suggestive in its way—if we except the pump handle tail of the British Lion at the feet of the Allegorical Figure of Britannia. Among the few coins represented in a cluster round this central group we cannot imagine why the lot should have fallen for distinction upon mean bad kings like John and George IV. The Protector's coin—the coin of William and Mary—and the three medals on the opposite side, being rather more comprehen sible. The last-mentioned cluster especially—the three medals—first the medal of the Great Exhibi tion, 1851—secondly, the medal of the First Rail way, opened 1830—thirdly, the medal of the incor pora•ion in 1853 of the Submarine and Electric Telegraph Company. We wish the enterprise of Messrs. Blackie and Company success in its de. velopment. Good in Everything. •A. Tale. By Mrs. Foot. 2 vols. .Durst and Blackett. This novel is written with energy, and a tone of earnestness pervades its spirit, but it is to be wished that the authoress could have chosen some means less startling and painful to effect her pur pose. Sho evidently intended to illustrate the various conditions of the human mind when tried by torturing suspense and harassed by conflicting claims. To do this it is not reasonable to expect that the course of events could flow on smoothly as in the mind of a calm existence. The beings whose careers are here chronicled passed through the thickest of life's fitful fever, not its cool seques tered vale. It is impossible not to sympathise e ith Helen Monmouth, whose trials never unnerve her for her duties, and who seems to rise superior to the numberless evils by which she is surrounded. It is otherwise with Frederick Beresford, how ever, for sad as his life was, it was in a great measure caused by his own fault.. It could never be excusable or justifiable under any cir cumstances to form the contract he did at his grand father's death-bed; and it is only a monad feeling and a false sense of right that would palliate such conduct. The results of his rash act are vividly exemplified ; and his remorse at finding it impos sible to make himself appear consistent to Helen might point a moral to those who place themselves in false positions. Perhaps it would have been better to have left the evil irremediable on earth, instead of introducing death as an alleviator ; but the torments Beresford endured must have been felt long after the immediate cause was removed. With regard to Mabel Beresford it will appear to many that her part is overdrawn, and it is to be hoped that few could be her prototype ; nevertheless it is not the possibility of such wickedness existing thatistobequest;oned, butthe advantage of thus pre senting it in so black a form in the pages of romance. The stern resolve she exhibited, and her power of self-command are depicted in a forcible and impreJ sive manner; and it is a fitting close to aniacquaint ance with so evil a nature to find that she, whose cunning and dexterity Lad averted the terrors of earthly justice, had been overtaken by the re ribu tion of Heaven in the sharpest sting that can affect humanity. It is a relief to the reader to turn from such horrors to the numerous objects of interest that are elsewhere to be found in the tale. The account of the family of the Monmouths departing from Eng land is touching and truthful, and the many diffi culties they encounter in India awaken the interest for those so painfully situated. Mrs. Truman, the old housekeeper, is a faithful sketch of an old, at tached servant, and it is gratifying to meet with one so genial and devoted in a sphere that had been contaminated by the presence of a Mahel Beres ford. Putting aside the above-mentioned draw backs, much remains in the narrative that is note worthy and commendable. The skill that has con• structed the plot before us, and the feeling dis played in many of its passages, might be exercised to advantage in compositions more pleasing and desirable. MR. COBDEN ON OUR TRADE WITH CHINA. Mr. Lindsay, M.P., at a public meeting held in the Albion Assembly Rooms, "North Shields, on Tuesday evening, read a communication he bad re ce ved from Mr. Cobden with regard to our trade with China. Mr. Caird, M.P., had handed several written questions to Mr. Lindsay, and he had sent them on to Mr. Cobden, whose reply he had re ceived to the following effect : "Mr. Caird asks— . "1. What are the objects of the war ? "2. Is Lord Elgin to demand permission for British subjects to reside in China ? "3. Is Ch usan to be seized and permanently occia pied as the hest emporium for Biitish trade 7 "4. Is the navigation of the China eeas and rivers free to all countries to be insisted upon ? "5. Are preparations, on a scale of due magni tude, being made for enforcing such conditions ? "6. Is Lord Elgin cautioned against making any sudden or patched-up treaty, which may render the past bloodshed and expense ineffective 7" To these questions Mr. Cobden replies : "1. I should say that the objects of the war are to divert public attention from domestic politics, and keep the present administration in office. Wars have generally had similar objects and always have succeeded. "2. Such a demand would be very unreason able, unless the Chinese Government were allowed to make its own conditions—a right insisted on in other countries. For instance, the United States will not allow a British subject, if he he not quite white, to reside in some parts of the country. The Russian Government will not permit a British sub ject, if he be a Jew (at least it was so when I was there in 1849) to carry on business in St. Peters burg, and our dear ally the Turk prohibits on pain of death the entrance of Englishmen into Mecca. But practically what advantage would be gained by having the right of residing in any part of China conceded to us ? What Englishmen are found living for the purposes of trade in the interior of Turkey or Persia, or even of our own territory of India Why, with the exception of half a score of Indigo-planters, there is hardly an Englishman, or even a Scot, to be found residing in British In dia, beyond the great sea ports. There are nearly as many British houses of business in China as in India. It is a chimera of the brain, this cry for ad mission into China. "3. Why seize anything that does not honestly belong to you ? If I were to seize some of your Ayrshire cows, you would send me to Newgate or Hanwell. I ate, however, by no means sure that it would not be a wiser plan to give up Hong Kong, and offer to withdraw from all the five ports to which we are entitled to trade, on condition that Chusan were made free, like Singapore, to the trade of all the world, and declared neutral terri tory. My own opinion is, that the more contact we have with the people of China on the mainland, the greater the danger of collision ; that it will not lead to any increase of our trade, whilst it will occasion a constant increase of our military and naval sta blishments to protect British merchants and fili busters, and of course lead to frequent recurrence . of war. On the other hand, if Chusa n w ere a f ree port, the Chinese would bring their silk and tea there, and take your manufactures (as much as they do now) in return ; and after a long experience of the benefits of a peaceful trade with the barbarians, the Chinese people might come to wish to be better acquainted. Why not ? It is human nature. "4. The navigation of the China seas is free. No nation allows foreigners a free navigation of its rivers. Try it on the Loire, the Gua.dalquiver, the Po, the Dnieper. Surely you would not be so un reasonable or unjust as to demand privileges for 'all the world' in China which the other nations will not accord to us. "5. It requires no great amount of force in the present weakness of the Chinese Government to dictate any terms by cutting off the supply of food and other necessaries to Pekin, as before. But the question still remains, Cui bono ? Who is to bene fit ? Look at the Queen's Speech of the session of 1843. There we are congratul a ted on having dic tated peace, our own terms of peace, to China, and we were promised a great extension of our exports to that country. The Manchester people threw up their caps, and thought there was to be no end of the demand for cotton goods for Chula. I was the CE SHARES. 5i - 6 108 - 108 - 12 - 71 72: - 115 I _o4 - 106 100 - 102 61 -- 63 10i -- 101 93 -- 95 83 85 84 -- 86 100 -- 101 9 -- 10 lei -- 17 9' -- 10 72 -- 74' 19 -- 19? 91 -- 9i -141 -- I , q 133 -- 135 137 - 140 114 - 116 .54 - 156 66 - - - 68iP 130 - 132 96 - 98 86 - 88 i - iii lii -16 91 92 ld - 22 -22 i 1110 - 112 114 - 116 105 - 110 18 := 19 223 - 233 98 - 100 9i - 91 27 - 28 2 - 3 p ••• •.• 28 - 2i BRITISH MINES. ~. 2/ 121 Alfred Cons. (Philk. 20 14 British Iron ~. 20 ICondurow (Cambrn.) 10 1 D ev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) 14s Great South Tolgus 1113, G rt. W. Alfrd. (Philk. 7 tart. W. Vor (Helstn.) 13s Lady Bertha 7' N. Frances (Mogan) N. W.Basset (Mogan) ~. 6115 North Wheal Crofty 1 Par. Cons. (St. Blasy) .. 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) .. 6s. Sort. Cons, Min. Co .. 2i S, Cara.don (St. Cleer) .. 2 IS. Cam Brea (Illogn.) 19 S. W. Franees(lllogn.) 5 4i Tam. S. &L. Min. Co [0 9 Tin Croft 40 Uu.Minen (Gweunap) l .. 1256 V. of Towey (C amar. ) 1. IW. Basset (Illog4n) I .. 20 ' Caradon (Lisk r d.) l 5.4 Wh., Basset (Mogan). 5 !Wh. Buller (Rdruth). 55 jWh, Edward(Calstek) .; 117 s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 8 Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) ▪ 4i Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 18A - 194 7 - -- 8 455 -- 165 470 -- 480 18i --194. -- 5 61 1 , -- 3 1081 8 16g 20k 1 65 91/ 2 1 1 1 2 21 4/ 23k 1 21 3 108 20 21 iP - 17 - 19 20 - 21 5 - 6 22 - 23 5 - 6 -- 14 330 - 340 4 - 300 -- 320 - 4f - 4i 200 - 220 - 1 30 - 32 140 - 150 260 - 270 363 - 380 - 18 20 46 - 48 23 - 25 3321 305 FOREIGN NINES. 5 1 i _ FOREIGN. 20 7 Australian 10 1 all Intwrp &Rotterdam 6 7 64 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued 20 I 18 Ardennes at .£5 pm) ._... 30 all Do. Cocaes & Culad& .., ... 5 all Belgian East. Junct. 1$ 18 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 13 15 131 a 20 16 Beziers to Graissessae 14 21 p 1 i Clareivion Con. Min. 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse $ Coal Mines and Ry. 5—53 5} Co. of Jamaica —3 d 20 12 Dutch Rhenish ..i 20 all Eastern of France ... 29 294 291 83 2 al . 16 l Fortuna Copo 8 d 20 all Do. New 20 2s. Euphrates Valley 20 all General 8 3 all Linares 20 18 Gt C e ntral of France 21 —24 A 5 li Lusitanian 20 18 Great Luxembourg... 61 7 Gi 1 all Mariquita 1G 4 Italian Junctior ••• ••• 1 all New Granada i— 4 20 all Lake Const. & Bale ... ••• 1 all Novean Monde 4 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ... •••- ... 20 all Pont.Sil.LdM.& Smlt 6 8 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 51 — 51 p i 5 1 Port Philip — ... 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. ... —•• 30 16, Santiago de Cüba, 20 all Lyons and Genev a ... 291 301 1 all youth Australian 20 all Lyons & Mediterran. ... ••• 1 all Do. Scrip 10 all Do. New — ••• 284 all United Mexican ~..•. 3a 4 20 all Namur & Li ege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref 2O 201 MISCELLANEOUS. 16 all Northern of France 374 38' 374 4 25 19 Australian Agricult. 19 20 194 10 all NorwegiacTrnk. Pref 86 91' 10 all Australn. Royal Mail ... 20 all Paris and Lyons 5B 584 574 84 8 10 all Berlin Water Works.. 4 5 20 I all Paris and Orleans 56 58 50 40 Brit, American Land ... 20 , 7 Recife & San Fran., 100 325, Canada - 154 (Pernam.) g. 7p. c; / d par St. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July ... ... 10 74 Rome an d Frascati... ... • • St. 100 Do, 6p. c•Feb.&Auff. ... • ... 20 all Royal Danish l7 19 . St. 100 D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept ... . ... 5 all Royal Swedish 1 —1/ 1 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 32 37 20 all Sambre and M euse 8 81 25 all Do • Pref. 7§ p. cent. 25 27 10 all ')o. 51 per cent. pref Bl 8i 5 all Crystal Palace 2 21 24 20 all Southern of France.. 301 31 304 5 i 5 4 5i 8i all (West Flanders 4/ 5i 5 5 all Do. Pref ranee 4 all Crystal Pal. of France ... 10 all IDo. 51 per c. Prof . 91 10 ••• 20 all W.&N.W. of France 30 31 1 Daston Iron Ore ... 20 6 Western, ofAustria... par —1 p 20 18 Eastern Steam.. 20 all IWest. of Switzerland ... ... St. 100 !ElectricTelegi•apii 1 all Electric Tel. of !rel ... ... 6 all Wiesbaden' ....... ... ... _ ... 5 all En.&Aust.Cop.SmCol 14 la 6 all i Do. Bp. cent. pref. ... ... 10 10s. Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel.l ... ... 20 all ' Zealand .......• .. ..,,, .. ...,_ ... 25 9.11 Gen, Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.) ... ••• JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ... ••• 20 5 London Discount .. li 114 10 all Australasial 25 18/ Bank of Egypt 100 50 Bank of London 5l 53 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. ••• 40 all i Bd. Col Bk.& Ln. Co. ~, ‘,.. 10 all Mexican& S Americn 24 31 50 all British N. American ... ... 7 0 1 5 5 Nat. Discount C 0.... 1 id 4} 20 8 C.Bk.of Ind.AL&Ch 14 --ld 5 5 Do. New 100 50 City 62 64 ... 10 5 Netherlands Land.... •14 11 14 • 100 25 Colonial ••• s 10 all Do. Do 100 129 Commercial of Loud. ... ... 5 all Do.B p c.Pf.iss.at 1 d 4i 44 20 ' all Eng.Scot.&Aus.Cht. 171 17/ 174 5 1 Do. Do. 20 all Lon. Ch. Bk.of Aust. 17. 1' 17 / 100 80 New B. &N. S. Land 18 22 20 all Ditto New l7l 18 17 4 St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D.l ... ... 20 20 London and County ~. ... 1 all N. B. Australasian-1 8 9 50 50 Lnd.&E.Bnkng.Corp ... ... 0 all Nrth.ofEuropoSteam' 9 10 50 10 London Joint Stock,. ..„ . ... 314 1 all Oriental Gas 100 20 Lond.andWestminst. .., ... 484 12 ss. Do. New Shares p— 4? 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. ~, ,„ 25 all Peelßr. Ld. & Minrl li 2a 2 20 10 Do. New • ••• 50 all Peninsular & Oriental ... ... 50 22A National Bank 20 all - I New South Wales .... 46 48 50 all Rhymney Iron 25 all !Oriental Bank Corp. 401 41 15 all Do. New. 6 8 20 15 (Ottoman Bank 100 15 Provincial of Ireland ... —. „., 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 14 la 14 10 all Do. New . all Do. New — ••• 5 1 R.Aus.B.&G.Im.Co. „, .., -- S . A us . Gov. 6 p.c.bds ... ... 25 all South Australia • ..... ••• 25 all South Austral. Land 34 36 25 all Union of Australia 54 56 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip i 1 ••• • 21 De. New 6 7 1 all Do. Registered 5 0 10 Union of Loudon .... 26 20 5 Trus, Ln. Co. Up. Can, .., ... 1 10 00 ) ,5 1 0 W U th ea t t Y rn M ß u k tw n i Loud., 7d 100 284 i V : Diellloll4 Land_ 11 -- 12 i only man that ventured to say a word the other way, and could refer you to a speech at the time in which I predicted that my good neighbours would be disappointed. Well, we have had our own way, have increased our annual expenditure for ships, for troops, and civil expenditure at Hong liong and the five ports about a quarter of a million sterling, and our exports to China for the last four years have only averaged about 1,250,0001., as near as pr7ssible what they were before the war of 1840. There has beea an immense increase in the traffic in opium. 01 . course after what I have said my only answer to this must be that make what peace you will the past bloodshed will be ineffective. It is a delusion to suppose that there is any want of commercial facilities in China. There is no great empire where trade is so free. I wish we had one port in Austria, France, Russia, and Spain, where the tariffs and shipping regulations were as liberal as at the five treaty ports in China. Nowhere else can you send your manufactures at 10 per cent. import duty (half of it not paid), and where you can carry food : both cargo and ships are free from port charges. Nowhere else can you find such vast quantities of produce in the hands of native capitalists ready to meet the most sudd , n and extraordinary demands. Last year the silk crop failed in Europe, and you sent for 30,000 or 40,000 bales extra from China, and got it. How long would the native opulence last if we had posession of China ? Look at poverty-stricken India—compare Delhi with Nan kin. Now, in conclusion, let me ask friend Caird a question. Does he believe that God rules the world upon the principles of retributive justice? If so, as I am sure he does, then does not he, as a good father, sometimes tremble for the fate of some third or fourth generation, or perhaps a nearer one, on whom the sins of their fathers in the East will be visited ?" SPORTING, INTELLIG,EIVCE. TATTERSA.LL'S-TRUBSDAT. Important changes were again effected in the list of quotations on the Derby, and the tendency of specula tion was rendered still more doubtful and perplexing by the movements relative to certain horses. Reeently random shots have been fired at Skirmisher with little perceptible effect, and no attempt to drive him from his position has succeeded. Since the York Spring - Meeting he has been remarkably firm, and indeed he ap peared to advance " under cover" of coming horses. Whatever new favourites were brought into the market, or whatever old ones were driven out, Skirmisher was never superseded, and the operations yesterday imparted additional steadiness to his position. The first bet booked about him was 650 to 100, afterwards 6 to 1 was taken to various amounts, the closing outlay being 1,800 to 300. Arsenal was shaken under a determined bombard ment, 9to 1 to 100/., and subsequently 10 to 1, was betted, the latter odds being currently offered, " bar one." M.D. meanwhile received more of a passive than an active support. It was difficult to ascertain which animal was really second favourite. Arsenal was cer tainly not in so much request as either Anton or Tour nament, and perhaps "for money" the last-mentioned horse had the call of everything except Skirmisher. At first 11 to 1 to 1001. was betted against him, but just as the subscribers dispersed 10 to 1 was booked to about 1,0001. Saunterer "came again," an outlay of "a pony" only by his owner having the effect of bringing him to 12 to 1. Sprig of Shidelagh, who had been at mush request at Bath, was again depressed, and 15 to 1 to 1501. was laid against him and afterwards offered. Syd ney was much inquired after. A few investments were made on him at 15 to 1, and they would have been readily extended, but layers were shy; 20 to 1 and. 1,000 to 55 were laid against Strathnaver. Closing prices : DEBBY. 6 to 1 agst Skirmisher (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Tournament (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Anton (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Arsenal (taken and offered) 11 to 1 aget M.D. (take 12 to 1) 12 to 1 agst Saunterer (taken) 15 to 1 agst Sprig of Shillelagh (taken) 15 to 1 agst Sydney (taken) 1000 to 55 agst Strathnaver (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lady Hawthor❑ (taken) 20 to 1 aget Adamas (take 25 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Zuyder Zee (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Bird-in-the-Hand (taken freely) 25 to 1 agst Wardermarke (offered) 500 to 200 on Skirmisher, Anton, and Tourna• merit (taken) 4to 1 agst Arsenal's being one of the first three 2,009 to 110 way laid on the undermentioned twenty. five :--Skirmisher, M.D., Anton, Saunterer, Sydney, Arsenal, Adamas, Strathnaver, Lady Hawthorn, Zuyder Zee, Bird-in-the-Hand, Sprig of Shillelagh, Wardermarske, Tournament, Commotion, Blink Bonny, Magnifier, Beeswax colt, Glenmasscm, Lambourne, Pyrrhus the Second, Loyola, Chevalier d'lndustrie, Sweet William, and Oakball. ASCOT HEATH. The ASCOT STAKES of 25 soya each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before Tuesday, May 26, at 12 o'clock noon. Two miles and a half. Age st lb Polestar 5 9 3 P,odle a 9 0 Fisherman 4 8 12 Ellington Pretty Boy 4 8 7 Win kfield 6 8 4 1 Age et lb Westminster Odd Trick 3 6 0 Triton 5 6 0 Xanthus a 5 12 Coup de Main Somerset Huntingdon Dusty Miller 3 5 9 Theory 3 5 9 C by Epirus Warlock 4 8 4 Victoria 4 7 12 Artillery Forbidden Fruit 4 7 7 Wentworth 4 7 6 Kestrel Emigrant Eicot's . dam 3 5 9 Pin wire C by Orlando— Riseter Vandal Tyre Prince of Orange 4 6 12 Emulator Zaidee 3 6 10 Commotion Enchanter 4 6 10 Tame Deer 4 6 10, Knight of Avon 4 6 8 Cotswold ..... 4 6 8 Mysterious Jack 3 6 8 Dulcamara 3 6 8 Vulcan 5 6 7 Gortschakoff 4 6 6 Homily Cerva 4 6 6 Stanhope Apathy 3 6 4 Ma7tinet The Caledonian 4 6 3 Aspasia Redemption 5 6 2 Absolution 4 6 2 Peeping Tom 3 6 0 Ma Mie 3 5 7 South• Wester❑ 3 5 4 Bannockburn 3 5 7 ram o'Shanter Companion Alice Wentworth 4 5 6 Bro. to Preston 3 5 4 Chow Ruth Media Nooe 3 5 0 Kingmaker Greyling 3 5 0 Charles O'Malley 3 4 12 Pauli Monti Claude Lorraine 3 4 12 Hamlet 3 4 fl Star of Albion 3 4 9 Energy Rotterdam 3 4 4 Traitor Neva Ombra Hobgoblin 3 4 0 Typee a paid. Cultivation NEWCASTL: Acceptances for the NORT -ON-TYNE. 'HUMEERLAND PLATE. Two Age st lb Polestar 5 8 12 Artillery Heir of Linne The Assayer 6 7 6 Pantomime Vandal Skirmisher...... 3 6 9 Gaudy Greencastle Riseber Crick of the North 5 6 7 Ephorus 4 6 4 King of Scotland 4 6 3 Alma • 4 6 3 C by Bircicatcher— Age st lb Sprig of Shillelagh 3 6 2 Magnifier La Victime Commoner 3 6 0 Mongrel 3 6 0 Bobby B. Baroda Underhand 3 5 9 Janet 3 5 7 Sunrise Relapse El Hakim 3 5 0 F by Burgundy out of Prioress 3 5 0 Six•&-Eightpence 3 4 7 Maid of Masham 4 6 2 AQUATICS. OXFORD UNIVERSITY EIGHT-OAR RACES. The third race took place yesterday evening, when, despite the unfavourable state of the weather, there was a good attendance of spectators. Since the last race, University, from some unknown cause, took off, leaving Oriel in the fourth position, and Christ Church second entered again. The following was the order of starting: 1. Exeter 6. Brasenose 11. Lincoln 2. Balliol 7. Trimly 12. St. John's 3. Wadham 8. Pembroke 13. Worcester 4. Oriel 9. Queen's 14. Jesus. 5. Christ Church. 10. Christ Church second. The Exeter crew gained upon Balliol considerably after passing the Long Bridges. Oriel bumped Wadham opposite the Exeter barge, Brasenose bumped Christ Church at the Gut, and Pembroke bumped Trinity at Saunder s-bridge. A splendid race between Lincol n an d second Christ Church, in which the former, though very near buniping, were unable to keep up the pace, thus giving tl ie second Christ Church an opp ,rtunity of re trieving their lost ground, which they did, and arrived at the winning-poet about the starting distance in ad vance of ...Lincoln. The next race will take place this evening (Friday). CRT CKET. UNIT E 33 ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN V. SIXTEEN Or THE LTOLISEI (OLD BRIGADE, WITH WILISHER AND BICYLEY.— Yestere ay, the Surrey ground, Kennington-oval, was the loco ,lily in which the above match took place, and was wit nessed by nearly 2.000. The - United Eleven first showed at the wickets. The wickets fell thus :—One for 3, two for 7, three for 95, four for 124, five for 152, six for 157, seven for 188, eight for 191, nine for 209, ten for 209. The match was resumed this day at half-past ten o'c' ock. LAM BE- TH BOROUGH AND SOUTHEND WELLINGTON CLUBS .--A match between these clubs was to have been playe , l on Wednesday on the Surrey ground, Kenning ton•o val ; but, owing to the Southend team not muster• ing i,n s ufficient force, and rather than that there should be no I slay, sides were selected by Messrs. Williams and New bj ▪ The match terminated in favour of Mr. Wil liams's side, after some very good play on Loth sides. RAILWAYS. Closing Price. this day Business done this day. RAILWAYS. 4.mbg. Nottug. Bost 4 Eastn. June__ Belfast & Ballymena. Bfrmng. Wolverh. Stour Birkenhd. Lancsh. ,!‘ Cheshire Juliet__ Blackburn Blyth & Tyne origina' £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol dr Exeter-- Caledonian I rliester di Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall Ds. A Do. B Dublindißelfast June. Dun. P. &Aber. June. East Anglian ......... I Eastern Cour ties..... EasternUnion,A. stk. Do., do. Do. New East Kent j East Lancashire /East Suffolk ........ Do. !Edinburgh di Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb. Pith. &Dundee Forth and Clycled unc. Furness .. St. 100 iGlasgow & S.Western 10 all 'Great N. of Scotland St. 100 ' l G4at Northern I St. 100 , ,A. Stock .., - -, t. 100 1'1`6., B. Stock it, 100 ;Gt. sth.&West.(lre.) 3t. 100 :Great Western. 3t. 100 :Do. Str.V.B gua.St I-2 all drish South-Eastern.l iC i all Lancaster &Carlisle. .6f 14f Do., Thirds - 12 Do. New Thirds 100 Laneash. &Yorkshire 6 Do., do. F. £l6 i Do., Wst. Riding Un all Do. Southport. all London & Blackwall ;100 Lon d. Bright. &S. Cst. 100 London &N. Western all Do. Fifths all Do. ,10/.5h.,11dc8...0 2&11)o. 'Eighths --- 100 (London & S. Wsatern all Lndndrry.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 i Nianch.Shef. &Lineln.i 1 Metropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement 100 Midland ....... 100 I Do. Birming. & Derby all Midland G. West. (Ir. ) all Do. i Shares ..... all Newcastle & Carl isle all NewptAberg.drilrfd 9 Newry dr Enniskillen all Newry, Warrenpoint _ _ do Rostrevor 100 Norfolk.- ..... 3 Northn. Counties Urn 100 North British 100 North Devon, Rail. di Dock Stock 1100 Do., A Stock ,100 Do., B Stock 1100 N. Eastern Berwick 231 Do. do. Extension Do do. G.N.E.Purch. I all IDo. Leeds 1.00 Do. York 100 North London ..... 31.1 N. &S. Wstn., lamp. stead, and City Jn 173 !Vorth Staffordshire all Ncrtl , Western all IN. d; S. Westrn. June. 100 'Oxford Worcester di 10 'Wolverhampton Portsmouth 10 Rhymney 100 Scottish Central ...., 100 Scot. N. E. Abrdn .St 100 Shropshire Union . 4 Sitingbourne &Sheer all ! South Devon ..... 100 !South Eastern all I Do. 43 per c. Shares 100 ISouth Wales 17 ,S. Yorksh. River Dun 7 iDo ............ ......... all Stain es ,Wok. , &W o k all 'Stockton & Darling 15 Do. do., 1854 3 Do. do., 1855 1.00 16i Stoclzton ec Hartlepl Taff Vale 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 22 Thames Hay. D. &R all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. dr Kilkenny all WaterfordecLimerick all West C0rnwa11........ all West End of London and Crystal Palace all Do. A all Do. B all West London all Do. First Class all Do. Second Class all Wmbledon &Croydon RRTTISH IN 0 all !Atlan. and St. Law, ,8 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p. e. all 10i Buffalo & Lake Hur. 100 IBuff. , Brnt.& Cc:ich. 100 p.c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 100 Do. do., 1 June, '74 2s. Calcutta and S. East. 2s'd Central Oude (Liu.) lOs Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do all Demerara 2s. Eastern Bengal 100 East Indian 15 Do. C Shares all D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 all Do. do. do., '59, do. all Gaelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canada all Do. 6p. c. Deben all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pore 20 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c 20.,' all Gt. Westn. of Canada 20i S Do. New 00 all Do. Bds., payable '57 00 all Do. do., 76, p.'60:,. 00 all , Do. do., '73, do St. 20 .00 .00 )0 all Do. do., '73, without option all Madras, guar. 4. p.c 9 all Do. do., 5 per c. 9 10 Do. 44 p. c. Exten. :0 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. :0 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. 9 ss. Oude (Limited) !O 5 Scinde, guar. 5 per c 0 all Do 5i - 5g 8 - 9 67 - 69 8i - 91,- 89 - 91 71/ - 724 35: . 1 -36 A ... - .. 4 - .5 s-9+ 18 - 19 113 -11 i 52 - 54 35 - 36 ••• - • • - 976 - 94 59 - 61 ... --- ... 32 - 33 - ... 95 - 97 8 - - 9 . 1 88 - 90 120 - 122 103 - 105 664 - 664 63 - 65 I 70 - 74 6 - 8 p 6- 8 p 11001 - 101 - 64- - 111 - 112 1101 - 104 id par 98i —99 i - 42, - 83 St. 50 St. St. St. St. St. 25 25 20 20 10 St. SHAT , Z SO 1 all '3: I all It. I [OO ?,5 all ro - all 'lO5 25 48 - 84 - 5i -- 5j -- 41 - 2 . 0 -- 4 - • •• '''''' 7 - 2h - 5i - ISSESSIONS. - i P id par }95 97 94 96 94 96 •11 - 107 - 109 - 19 -- 63 -- 65 91 -- 92 21 -21 k - gr 22i -23 f 11 lip 99 -- 101 110 -- 114 110 -- 114 1 106 d ! - 11 2ip Ls Day.) lii 36t 6 19 183 113 32i 3i 1031 6641 101 104 112 1041 i i 42 li 821 3 2a i 42 - - - 66, - 31 - 5 107 26 50 2d 75 - 87 40 40 86i 7 6i rrRE SUN, LONDON, ;hr.! Paid EA!LWAYS. 6easm), 'ompanie, es this day. •usiness this dsx 92 - 91 ii. - ii 3t. 100 3t. 100 ?,5 all it. 100 5 all ;t. 100 3t. 100 ?; all 50 all 35 all .2i all : 2i all ?.0 - all A. 100 0 5i si . all st. 1 100 64 54 50 all 50 all 50 I all 25 a 1 , 12ii all St. 'lOO 10 a 1 12 I a 1 50 a I 25 I a 1 St. ).00 Buckghamsh. 'Clydesdale Jc. ICol.Stour Vy. IE. Lin. g. 6 p.e E. Un. H. Sh. Glas Barr, dr Nells.Duect. Do. New ,Glstr.&Dn.Fr IHull dr Selby ' IDo. 1 Shares IDo. I Shares I Lon. &Greenw ;Do.Preference Lon. Til., &S. 'Do. Bark. Sh. Manch.Bxton. and Matlock I Mdld. Bradfd. !New , :narket BuryE.G.spc. N.&Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per et Do.Fiu.cd 5p c Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A , Roystn. & Hit. IShrews. Sr. Her ;S. Staffordsh WearVaLg6pc Do Wilts &Somrst PREFER: 15 all Blyth and Tynelo p. e.pref. (issd.at 50/.; 3t. 100 Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. St !O 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares.. it. 100 Caledn. £lO 4. p. c, it. 100 'Ches. & Ho. 5, P.C. it. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent... 6 all Cork &Bandons p.c. 6i all IDun.Perth.laber.J. 0 2E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. t. 100 Do. do. Cls. B Op. c. t. 100 Do. do. Cis. C7p. c. G all Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l si all Do. No. 2 ....... ...„ ) all Do. New 6 pr. c. St. ) all East Un., G. 6p. c. 5 all Do. 51., 10 per cent. ) all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. all Do. do. 4 per cent iOO East Lancash.6 p.cts. i all EAW. York. J. sths I 5 Edin. & Gl. sp. c. Sh. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. 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. 42 per cent 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. all Gt.N.ofScot.lst Pre , 100 Gt. S &W. (Ireland) 15 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. 6 Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc 100 Do. con. .-ed. 43 p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4 p. c. 1 00 Do. irred. 4 per 'ent. 100 Do 5 p. c. red. pref. all Do. Birm. Pref. ill all Do.ChesterBp.c.P.S all Do. do. 5 p. c. do. , 100 Do. Birm. Gua. 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 D0.,P., 5 p.c.St.No.2 100 Do. New Guar. 6p.c. 100 Do. do. sp. c., N 0.4 'lOO Lon. & N.W., Cov. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct 100 Lon. & S.W. 7 perct late 3d Shares all Londy. & Color. iSh all iiondy.gtErinis. i Sh 100 M., S.,&L. 6p. Cant 4A Do. do. do. .C 6 ... 100 Do. do. 3,4 per cent. all Marypt. A. Carl. 4 p.c. all Do. 4. per cent 10 Do. do. 100 Wid.Consol.6 p.c. St 100 Do.Con.Br.Bir.6 p.c 100 Do. 4q. n. c. Pref. Si 100 Do. L. &'I. Pref. St all New.,i , ber.. &c., pr 5 p. c. - , ed. 5 p.c. pia 8 Do. Pei pet. 6 pr. ct , all tiorfk.Deb.4 p.c. Sh .00 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 00 Do. 5i p.c. pf , 1847 00 Do.Wv.V.sp. ..1847 00 North British St. 12, 1.1 1 1:4 St. 12 : i 25 20 St. 31 Do. 7/. Preference 100 N.E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf 82 Do. do. do 13 Do. Leeds 6pc No.l 9 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 i 10 IDo. York fl. &S. Pur , all North Staffordshire., 1100 1 0x., Wor. do Wolv. 6 p.c. Ist guar. 400 Do. c. 2d guar... _ all Scot. oent.Nev Pref. 100 ISc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. 1100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf; 100 Do. d 0.31 p.c. pf. all South Devon all Do. fixed 4i p : cent. all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 4i per cent all Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh 100 S. Wales Gua. 4p. c 100 Do. do. 46 p. c all S.Yorksh. 4p. c. Guar all Stock. &Dar., sp. c, 15 IDo do. do. all Stock. & Hartl. g. 5. p.c. till July 1, '56 all Writerfd&Kilk. 6 pc. CalQdon... 'E.U.&E.O Gt. Northn E. Count. Caldonian. Gt. 'Testi Y.& N.M Do S. Eastern, Do Peto &Co Do Ln. &N. W. & Midld. Midland... E. Count Do Do L.dc/S.W Do Gt.Nort'nni Br c a e s a e n y H. m Stk.ezDar i Do , rt.Virestn. Do.. Do. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(l'his Day.) LONDON, May 22.—Wind this day at noon, N.E.; light breeze and heavy, with slight rain. PORTSMOUTH, May 21.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Wanderer, from Manzanilla ; Royal Saxon, London, for Algoa Bay. Off port—Premier, from Demerara. FALMOUTH, May 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrive i—Legal, from Havan n ah. SOUTHAMPTON, May 21. Sailed—Talbot, for A ns . tralia. NEWPORT, May 21.—Wind W.—Sailed—Kezia, for Demerara ; Caroline, New York. SwAirsEl, May 21.—Wind E.S.E.—Sailed Appleton, for Caba. PLYMOUTH, May 21.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Tri dent, from Porto Rica. Sailed—H.M.S. Brisk, for Spit head. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind W.S.W. Arrived—Oliver Putnam, from Boston ; Marcia, Green leaf, S. C. Grant, and Echo, New Orleans ; Esther Ann, Pernambuco ; Tiber, screw s t eamer , T r i este ; A n till a, Demerara ; Adelaide Bell, Mobile ' • Highland Chief, Savannah; Nawanda, Phil a d e l p hi a; Canada, Glasgow. Off—Jno. Ravens), Lord Althorp, Esmeralda, Monarch of the Sea, Alexander. Gaz-11a, Thorwaldsen, Barton, Rd. Brown, Arabia, Elizabeth. QUEENSTOWN, May 20. Wind W.S.W. A nived Pyramid, from New Orleans. Off—El Dorado, from Callao. WATERFORD, May 19. Wind S.W. Arrived—Jessie Thorns, from Alexandria. DUBLIN, May 21, Wind S.S.W. Arrived—George Carl, from Odessa. DEAL, Friday, 10 a.m. Wind light and variable. _ Passed, in tow—Palmerston, from Calcutta ; Cambodia Calcutta; Spheroid, St. Vincent's; Agamemnon, Calcutta —all for London. Passed—Dromo, from Cape Coast Castle ; Osbert, from Dominica ; Regina, Mauritius ; Bosworth, Callao ; Sylph, Barbadoes ; Aone, Demerara; Allisson, Bombay ; Carib, Colombo ; Angelina, Calcutt ; Nil Desperandum, Berbice ; Sterling, Singapore; Enthusiast, A.ntiqua ; Gen. Nowall, Callao ; Superb, Matanzas ; Lima, Bilboa ; Ramalias, Moulmein—all for London ; Borneo, New York, for St. Petersburg. Anchored—Anne, from Chatham, for Quebec; Rival, from Newcastle, for Valencia. The Princess Royal has arrived from China with 675,6001b5. of tea and 519 bales of silk. THE SILL CROP.—The accounts of the progress of the silk crop do not vary from those previously received. According to letters from Valencia, dated the 15th of May, the Spanish yield was still expected to be about half an average, which is a great improvement upon last year. The worms were generally in their fourth stage. Regarding the French crop, Lyons advices of the 19th state that the worms were between the second and third stage, and that their progress was good. The mulberry-leaf, it :s addtd, is magnificent, and the fact is also mentioned that the quantity of eggs put to hatch this season is double that of last year. From Broussa, in Asia Minor, where the ,cultivation is increasing, the latest accounts say that everything was going on well. MEMORIAL TOR Music IN GREENWICH PAAK.—The inhabitants of Greenwich are at present signing a me morial to Sir Benjamin Hall as Commissioner of P u bli c Works, in which, after referring in a spirit of acquies cenee to the recent suppression of the fair in the park, they urge, that the beauty of the Royal park of Green wich has long been a source of attraction to the humbler inhabitants of the metropolis ; and that the performance of music by military bands, on those occasions on which the park is most frequented by the people, would be calculated to afford as much rational enjoym en t as the performance of the band of her Majesty's life guards, in Hyde Park and other places at the West-end of London, does to the fashionable and wealthy classes of those districts. The memorialists therefore pray that one or more of the military bands of the Woolwich Garrison be permitted and authorised to perform in Greenwich park on the approaching holidays in Whitsun week. THE BARGAINS.— rbe Court of Caseation was yes terday once again called on to decide whether or not time bargains at the Bourse are legal—the question hav ing been submitted to it, on appeal from a judgment of an inferior court in a case in which two persons named Perrie and Lacaz-t, and an agent de change, named Del?ecb, were parties, and the sum in disp u t e betwee n them was 26,661 francs. As it has done on numerous occasions, the court gave judgment to the effect that time bargains at the Bourse are illegal, when purchasers or sellers, at the moment of their bargains have neither the intention nor the means of receiving or delivering the securities bargained for, and can consequently only liquidate the transaction by the Payment of differences. According to the court, such transactions, under what ever name they may be disguished, constitute bona fide gambling, or wagers on a rise or fall of pu bli c secur i t i es, and consequently are included in the articles 419, 421, 422 of the Penal Code. PRESERVATION OF CORN.—About a year ago 790 hectolitres (2,175 bushels) of American corn were by way of experiment inciosed in " silos " of sheet iron (large cylinders sunk into the ground, so as to form re ceptacles for corn, like the corn pits in Algeria) between Asnieres and Argenteuil, and the covers secured with seals. These latter were removed on Wednesday last in the presence of two delegates from the war-office, to which the corn belonged, and of the Commission des Subsistances Militairee, and the corn subjected to a strict examination, when it was pronounced to be in exactly the same state as it was a twelvemonth ago. The cost of preserving corn by means of these "silos" does not exceed 80c, per hectolitre (2i buhliel9), WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH OUR CRIMINALS? On Wednesday Mr. Thos. Hodgskin, of the lEsonemi.tt newspaper, delivered a lecture in St. Martin's -hall on the question; " What shall we do with our Criminals t" Mr. Btiscoe, M.P., Mr. Ingram, M.P., and several other persons who take an interest in this pressing question of the day were present. Atter stating, and quoting in support of his statement the admissions of Paley, Lord Brougham, and others, that " all the punishments hitherto invented have failed to reclaim prisoners or pre vent or even check crime," Mr. Hodgskin said that his answer to the question, " What shall we do with our criminals V' was "Don't create them," and that his ols jt ct was to show that our criminals were the inevitable results of an erroneous system. The number of commit ments for trial in England and Wales. in 1859 WBB 29.359, an increase of 8 per cent. on the previous year. This increase, it is some satisfaction (says the compile* of the returns) to state, is confined to the least grave class of offences, and offences of violence have, on the whole, de creased." The offences against property, without violence, comprise about tour-fifths of the indictable crimes, and, in this large class, the increase of 11 per cent, shows bow largely the increase of commitments in the year is made up of offences of the least grave character." This official description of the eationel criminality in 1854 is appli cable, with one or two brief exceptions, to the whole period between 1803, when our criminal records were first kept with some but not sufficient care, and 1843. The increase in coah.nitinents (-aid Mr. Porter, in 1342) is chiefly in offences committed against property without violence." At that period these offenc, con stituted 79.31 hundredths of the abide; in 1854, they had increased ts 31.12 hundredths, Thus, thegreat majority of all the crimes puni-hed by the law after a solemn trial, excluding all summary convictions —mor e than four fifths of all the offences the increase of which so alarms the community—are offence' asainst property committed without violence. Toey are vulgar, low, mere) plunder. Nationally speaking, we are conspicuous for pilfering, not for assassination. The proportion of these offence, against property is continually augmenting, while the graver and more atrocious crimes are, on the whole, con tiuually diminishing. Most of these graver crimes, too, originate in a desire for property, as burglaries, garrot tiugs, 801.100 poisonings, and other murders. " The pro gress mentioned," said Mr. Hodgskin, "I regard as thoriughly established, and as lying at the basis of all just reasoning on the effects of penal laws. This import. ant fact may relieve timid doubters of all anxiety as to the future of society. It limits my remarks to one class of offences—to show how our system creates criminal 4, how it induces theft." Mr. Hodgskin then proceeded to show, by many and striking examples, how the poorer classes have ever been influenced by the practice of the higher—that against this no punishments were of any avail; and that " the upper classes pay a much more profound respect tLan at present to the property of the multitude, they will continue to be tormented by frauds and thefts. (Applause.) The criminals of the present time were the offspring of past errors. Like railroads and steam-boats, they were our necessities—the direct consequences, probably, of penal laws, the national debt, locked-up land, a fettered commerce, an extrava gant government, and an established ohursh. The rule, therefore, " that at Rome you must do as they do at Rome" held generally good, and the morality of the mul titude, like their dress, was derived by a species of con straint from others, who punished them for the peculiari ties they had at least been itistrumental in producing. Having argued and shown that the upper classes, by means of their unavoidable influence, created most of the cruxes committed against property, Mr. Hodgskin did justice to those classes by showing the happy effect of their example in lessening crimes of violence, and in spreading generally a milder tone throughout society. He was happy to say, too, that they were becoming sensible of their influence for good or for evil, and conscious of their great responsibility, but he was there also to say that they misunderstood the means by which alone they could fulfil their duty. "Born"(said Mr. Hodgskin in conclusion) " of our common mother, the earth—for man is emphati cally dust, and always mutually connected with her, she bearing ns all, as it were, for ever in her spacious womb, and always preserving us mentally united by the similar knowled g e and similar impressions she produces in all— correcting, too, by invariable laws or by facts all our vague dreams, inflated hopes, and boundless imagina tions, false only b ecause s h e d oes not confirm them— united all by and in her, the whole of mankind forms mentally but one family. The knowledge gathered by each is generally diffused, and as it is increased and bears a large predominating proportion over individual peculiarities, it constitutes one mind fur all, imparting a great meaning to what you may perhaps have often re. peated AS merely a beautiful and impressive couplet— All are but parts of one stupendous whole Whose body Nature is and God the soul. This principle gives us the theoretical or abstract expla nation of the manner in which crimes—our present thefts —and virtues—our patriotic energy--become and con tinue national. As individuals, as classes, as the incorpo rated state, we can indulge no desire, prosecute no actics, practise no virtue nor crime, and enact no law which, in its visible effects, is nut very influential, though very often the reverse of what is intended, in moulding the charac ters and minds of all. We can only make fitting laws, therefore, for great communities, which now constitute not merely a few hundred or thousand persons, not merely a few tribes, but many millions of men, of va rlets: lineage and various faiths, by ascertaining and fully comprehending the mutual and reciprocal influence exer. cised by the acts and the example of all the individuals and classes who compose them. We can only compre hend, too, the great subject of crime, by discarding our municipal limits and i ns tit u ti ons , and even our national prejudices, and by extending our views past alt human legislation to the great laws which establish an eternal distinction between right and wrong, and impose on every human being his or her own peculiar duties, and give him his own peculiar rights. At the close of the lecture, Mr. Hodgskin was loudly applauded. MARKET NEWS.—.(This Day.) CORN EXCHA.NGE. The present week's arrivals of English wheat, coastwise and by land carriage, have been very moderate, and the show of samples here to-day was limited. For moat kinds there was a fair inquiry, and Monday's prices were well supported. We were well supplied with foreign wheat. About an average business was passing in good dry parcels, at full quotations, but inferior qualities ruled dull. The barley trade was steady, at fully late rates. Malt, however, was dull. The show of oats was only moderate, and the trade ruled steady, at very full prices. Beans, peas, and flour sold somewhat steadily, at ex treme rates. AWILIVALS TVII warn. English Irish Wheat. Barley. I 2,510 2O Malt. Oats. 12,270 50 2,640 //bun 1,49 U Foreign 1 3,340 1 5,910 11,120 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. To•day's market was but moderately supplied with beasts, and the demand for all kinds ruled steady, at an improvement in the quotations, compared with Monday, of 2d. per 8 lbs. The show of sheep was limited, and the mutton trade was firm, of very full prices. Lambs were 4d. per 8 lbs. dearer than on Monday, and the sale for them ruled steady. We had a brisk demand for calves, and the quotations advanced 4d. per g lbs. Pigs were dull, but milch cows ruled steady, at very full prices. Per Bibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d.I s. R. s i. Interior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 2 PrimeSonthdown 5 6 510 Second quality.... 3 4 S 8 lArge crse. calves 4 0 410 Prime large oxen 310 4 4:Prime small do 5 0 5 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 6 4 B;Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...4 2 4 6.Small porkers 4 4 5 0 Second quality ...4 8 410 Suckling calves 23 0 30 0 Prime crse.-wlled.s 0 5 Quarter old pigs 21 0 28 0 TOTAL SUPPLY: Lamb, 5s 161 to 6s Bd. - FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves 2OO Pigs 3lO Beasts llO Sheep and lambs 240 Calves llO Pigs NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The trade gronerally ruled steady, and prices had a upward tendency. Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Beef, interior 2 8 3 0 ! Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 8 Do., middling 3 2 3 6 I Do., middling 310 4 2 Do. prima large.. 3 8 4 0( Do., prime 4 4 4 8 Do., do. 5ma11....4 2 4 4( Veal 3 8 4 10 Pork, large 3 8 4 2 I Pork, small 4 4 5 p Lamb 58 Od to 6s 2d. BOROUGH HOP Good and fine hops continue in fair request, at full prices. In other kinds very little is passing. The show of samples is seasonably good. Mid end East Kent pockets, 3/ 103 to Si 12s ; Weald of Kent, 3/ 5s to 3/ 15s ; Sussex, 31 Os to 31 12s ; year lings, 1/ 106 to 3/. per cwt. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market is very quiet for common congon, which is nominally quoted 12id per lb, but good qualities of both blacks and greens, are in moderate request, at full rates. SIIGAR.—There was a very limited quantity on offer, and but very little business was transacted, notwithstand ing an active demand for all descriptions at full rates. In the refined market prices are on the rise. Common to fine lumps realising 71s to 75s per cwt. COFFEE.—Tbere is an active inquiry for both plantation and native Ceylon, and full prices are current. At the public sales previous quotations were readily realised, and native Ceylon has been much inquired for. RICE.—A limited business only has been done, holders ' demanding higher rates, with but few parcels on offer. SPICES.--In consequence of the recent large arrivals, prices have ruled rather easier for cloves, pepper, pimento, and cassia vera, but ginger remains firm. SALTPETRE.—The market has been quiet, and prices have exhibited a downward tendency. TALLOW.-- A rather extensive business has been done, and quotations rule higher. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 56s to h6s 6d ; last three months, 56s per cwt. The stock is still much less than at this time last year, and prices are fully 8s to 104 higher. GREEN FRUIT.—The market is well supported. The price of oranges and lemons are on the advance ; some par cels, sold by Keeling and Hunt, at public sale, went at an advance of 2s to 3s per package. The stock of nuts is diminishing daily; Barcelona are likely to be higher. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.—The greatest at. traction at the present time appears to be the latest ad. dition to the collection in the large chamber of this esta. blishment, which represents the figures of her Royal Highness the Princess Royal and the Prince of Prussia. The great curiosity displayed to view these portrait models are, no doubt, in cousequenoe of the approach. lag Royal marriage of the Royal pair. 2+ 98i i 25 1.0 1.0.61 - J. -