The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-21 00:00:00

from at of )ourt harge ng at rbaoh 0 to ;k on 'edish xzette, to be lay at ras no would )g the it pre- eeting Town- lir-to Ild be ssment ade in ;ncy of 'homas !closed cemity lode of y, and are to as ap collect Ter, re id thus securi- not to Ist they t to the iat they Inland yes open ich they court of with a ermined ring the tanding the pre current batever. ,meat to respon and to as those UM. s society en there Aitution ten who M. P., 7, M.P., James, ;an, G. Frazer, The ob- asylum re of the by the rchants, tte habi- chapel, 1, where , II every inmates nd their upwards the re ntunate The rued 11 P sinneuto [r. Bass) iat were teartiest Thorna o set forth that the Ting vgas 1 by Mr; and d agree up into pleasailb ; to pass with. 1 Dues, il. The 0,000/4 Russia . ►tals are id Not s which spective über r repre ; itec?.,s s w ox itrac sbur s°- ineu tsy ated a El ct sha R. Y E T rikaa _At AND COMMERCIAL INT7LLICtENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton Market yesterday closed steadily but quietly, and last week's prices were fully maintained. The sales Were estimated at 5,000 bales. The Railway S hare Market closed quietly, without any material alteration in prices. The failure has been announced at Paris of M. h tn'neyssen, a banker and sharedealer, whose lia bilities are estimated at from 800,0001. to 4 ,_ 400 ,000/. Hi s connec ti ons were principally among re Polish res id en t s i n P ar i s, w h o are heavy suf eirere, through the loss of money and securities placed in his hands. It is evid en t f rom thi s failure, and other symp tol4B, that the condition of the Bourse at Paris is lerY depressed, and st ill suffers from the dearness and scarcity of capital and the excess to which specula cnll nes been carried. The stupendous operations ; t he Credit Mobilier, notwithstanding the ela borate and flourishing statements put forth by M. h a ei re, .the influential manager of that institution, e involved the PAris Money Market in ties Which cannot easily be removed, while the esta blishment of similar projects in Germany and : wh ere has chiefly occasioned the general " ile tarY disturbance lately so alarming, and still .F,erelY felt throughout Europe. The Bank of ~ that is again a buyer of gold, and it is alleged L "" contract s h ave a l rea dy been entered into with i7bels here for an immediate supply of 1,200,0001. sar r has naturally diminished confidence in the ea ,, 3r improvement of affairs in this market, be iseen, t if rat s e uch operations are resumed, and the o b e exportation to India and China e°iitinued, it is evident that we shall lose the Ater Part of the gold received from Australia on I ' ll , in considering the future prospects of our 410 11 eY market, ' so muc h r e liance h as b ee n pla ce d. Ine Active operations are in progress for the ship- I t tit of specie to the East on the 4th proximo, hen a very heavy remittance is. expected. Large Catities o f fi ve f ranc p i eces are arriving from ghica for this purpose, but in the silver market r e there i s not muc h an i mat i on . „ for discounts Lomb ar d- street an d at t h e B an k the d eman d r n di scounts is comparatively quiet. Cllie annual mee ting of the Provincial Bank o f th e aad was held this day, Oliver Farrar, Esq., i n tile chair. Th e re port was read by M r . H ewat, s ecretary, and gave a highly favourabl e accoun t nt t he state of Ireland during th e past year, both 44 eregards the crops, and th e i mprove d method. of enitm'e introduced by the Drainage Commis tu,4ers, and now generally adopted by the small , ers and landowners. In addition to the new Leh and established at Nenagh and Templemore, toil e ttier had been opened at Carrick-on-Suir. The I ,"ritig is the a ccoun t on b a l ance - s h eet : DMarch, 1856 edsct dividendsandbonusfor/856 - 86,400 0 0 Le w ','ng a balance of £110,387 12 4 watehaddnetprofitsforpastyear 115,527 5 5 The X225,914 17 9 Ye ar Profits were greater than in any preceding Pe t The directors gave an increased bonus of 6 pe r n eell t.) together with the usual dividend of 4 a '834 '5 the halfyear , making 18 per cent. per .4 1141 e tha t) l: The report was adopted and a vote of a id t w ae passed to the Chairman and Directors, ° Mr. ilewat, Mr. Murray, and the' other era of the establishment. C n rther slight decline has taken place in the t , e 11411 Stock Market to-day, and its tone is still t atil ii 4 l , l glY heavy. The speculators are now ope tactie'h'or a fall, and are encouraged in such tran- Ohi b ," B by the increased exportation of silver to . 11 0 , -4 aed the unsettled state of affairs on the Paris qz ie (I f I d . Jj 6 esid-%s these influences, the resumption 14. g hf °- Purchase ' s on account of the Bank of France tho,-avnerable. For these reasons also, many of itet olio bought at higher prices when the mar keht:s t ending upwards, are closing their engage- IN at a loss lest quotations sbouid descend still folr, • consols have been 93i I for money, and 93 kte the account. The Nevi Three, per Cents. t t i, 92l t -a, and th e R e d uce d 92i I. The March ii tt 'equer Bill s are ss. p re mium, and the June 4: 28. Premium. The Government broker invested £30,000. Foreign Market the dealings have been Cent d ' and prices ruled loWer. Turkish 6 per t - * have b een down to 941 g, and the 4 per l'0 11 ; 8 ' a re flat, . at 1001 Sardinian Bonds are 91g. 4e r;u guese 3 p er Cents. 45f and all the other , l ea are at nominal rates. ko o k 1 ° fo llowing are the nominal prices of Foreign 25a :--- Grenada Deferred Bonds, 617 ; Mexicin, 23. Peruvian 41 per Cents., 77 78; ditto 3 per 4, 5 5 5 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45i 6, ; ‘;046 5 per Cants., 105 107 ; ditto 44 per befetred, 608 ; Sp an i s h 3 per C ents., 41 t ; di tto a 4 4, ; ditto Certificates, 61 ; ditt o la ` 'k, 5 3 / 4 to4 l last week's railway receipts, ascertained up 4 day, are in round figures as under :- 1867. 1856. Wo N West oh, ern £28,733 £27,033 L western kititou .......... 13,444 14,441 t1:44(1 31,823 32,001 tastern ....................... 17,533 19,194 ,tit,`Apaian ................................ 12,598 11,270 ati4,tlTorthern .......................... 21,756 21,249 \ll:i!, 3l aire and Yorkshire ........ 23,661 29,227 , - " 4, rad Exeter ... .................. 6,398 6,349 beat and Holyhead ..................... 5,837 5,744 acashire 6,553 7,863 41, e4ter and Carlisle koZhetBotenr: Sheffield, and Lincoln 10,512 . 12,022 1, 1 4 1 1111 12 k4 t :r il d 7,964 7,628 it 4 t6 4-r gli and Glasgow ...... 5,838 5,477 „ 4 4 4 t ij;,- of France - • 38,058 32,638 e ta "extern of Canada .. 12,005 16,712 lid T„... , 9,512 4,794 1 4 tt 'unk of Canada tkitd dull, Railway Share Market business generaly 4 N - 0 41111 , and prices declined in most instances to eal k i' extent. Great Western,. North Western, li iiir e -°44 h, and Midland, were 5s lower ; Lanca -41442 4.141 Yorkshire, 10s. ; :and Edinburgh and 44 (1.1:' 1 /. ; Brighton, Manchester, Sheffield, '4 L e ,, --e°l n, North-Eastern (Berwick), and North 1 '4 4 : - a ll (York), improved ss. The French lines I N” : e P r e B sed, as also the Canadian and East t te.e icl e - d . Paris and Lyons and Northern of France d p i laEst 4 ; 1 411 :u 10s. ; Great Central of France an d ni e k r g ., -- o ° ' France, ss. ; Great Western and Gran '44 4 a '''' Ca nada ss. to 10s. ; and East Indian 10s. It ets: P , and Rotterdam, and Sambre and Meuse, 1 4 ...iiirlade flatter. tit3 tt, 7 1 „ inii3 g Shares there is little variation to re kci 1 . 1 " heal Edwards realise si, Tin Croft 41i, Ittv -teat sled Alfred 6to 6±. St. John del 04`1:tlecI int- Sto st e e k ad i3 Y a a n tl4. k Shares were dull. London .t.. l itook e , r d of Australia declined. 55., London Jou' 14 thus'!...and Ottoman Bank about ss. 1,,„., .'e end Market prices ruled lower. IliC'lo Te legraph fell 1115.., London General Om 1110'1' 00. 58. 4/T ia 11 Ir"I3B.—CLOSING PRICES —THIS DAY. Pa (Ircontt)te Official List:) Business done. Der tt• Reduced Annuities 92/ h Nee :, Per'.,9olinole Annuities en i S O 4, . .t2ent. Annuities 921 $ i il4Auututies, expir e 6th Jan. 1860 2 7-16 n i° bitt l3 "ds. 4:1000 ......... .. 'tiasol, oxide/. £ lOOO ...................... Ac:for Account ..................... ...... ~,,,e, Ku, 24d. March. I June. tr_ek•_ ........... ...... ........... .... ‘)° 5 p 1 2 p i,..??. ................................... i.lti ........ . ...... •0 . li fe, a . ` 4 " .s ES OP FOREIGN F UNDS —THIS DAY. Nll),:iltto4T:oeuriFtent .............................. — l5 7 1 ) 14 1 0 1 8 Ltonds, b .... . Vezit. ...... . . .1841 2 2s 4 - Al " itto V d 'is 3 per Cent. ..................... 453 a • 8c oust ....... ..... . ........... .. ... 45 k eit ia4 ,_ Itoods 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent. ... -- -Ard.g. 4i Per ' Cent. ........................ ... 964 N i t 4 ' 4113 0134s 5 per Cent. ....„ - 1113tbitt, Account' . ... ...... 911 bi t , head% 3 per bent. ................. ,„, ‘,,, Acconnt ... uitt o ~, 41i ,b itt ,lONV Deferred, 3 per Cent. Nu t k i °,, Account 25i b..°- Bonds, 6 er cent — iqo Account P 13.,itt0 941 i 4 i Guaranteed, 4 per Gait. l'itto Accos t .. looi li 101 i Dividends on UK. iOOVe P.Y.2".11'"R1 "iiril'o,noL 0 G K. Consols, ..s. money 44tto, Account (June 4) rIIE SUN, LONDON, TRURSDA 7 EVENING, MA Y 21, 87, SHARE P.1TAR,1 4 7-TS—(This Day.) RAILWAYS. Closing Pilaw this day Business done this day. RAILWAYS. ,itaid ) Ambg. Nottng. Bost. dz Eastn. Junc...._ Belfast & Ballymena Birmng. Wolverh. Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh. Cheshire Juliet Blackburn Blyth Sr, Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol do Exeter__ Caledonian 100 all 100 100 8 17i '100; Chester do Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & PASS Cornwall Do, A Do. B Dnblin&BelfastJunc Dun. P. daber.Junc. East Anglian ......... Eastern Cour Lies EasternUnion,A. stk, Do., do. 8....... ...... Do. New A ... East Kent ...... East Lancashire all (East Suffolk ...... 4 Do. 100 Edinburgh&Glasgow all Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dundqe all Forth and Clyde June. 100 Furness 100 Glasgow &S. Western all Great N. of Scotland 100 Great Northern St. 100 Do., A. Stock St. 100 Do., B. Stock ...... St. 100 Gt. Sth. &West(lre.) St. 100 Great Western. ... . St. 100 Do. Str.V.R..gua.St 12 all Irish South-Eastern. 5C all ,Lancaster &Carlisle. 16i r i 14i Do., Third 5..... ....... 14_12 iDo. New Thirds St. 1100 16 6 3 i. 20 all t 1 all St. 100 St. 1100 20 I all 10i all 12} 21 St:1100 25 I all, 25 all F 1.1.00 • 10 1 101 1 1100 ;100 I all Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F. £l6 Do., Wet. Riding Un Do. Southport. London & Blackwal] Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. London & N. Western Dc. Fifths Do. ,16/.5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London & .S. 'Western Ltulndriy.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef. &Lincln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland ....... Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir. ) Do. i Shares ..... Newcastle & Carlisle Newpt.Aberg.dairfd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint Rostrevor Norfolk.. Northn. Counties Un North British „100 North Devon, Rail. di 1 Dock Stock . ....... 100 Do., A Stock 100 Do., B Stock ,100 N. Eastern - Berwick 23i Do. do. Extension lfii Do do. G.N.E.Parch all Do. Leeds 1100 Do. York LOO i North London ..... 20 20 10 St. 31.1 17 i all all 0.00 100 100 & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western.. N. & S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth f Rhymney Scottish Central Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St, Shropshire Union Sitingbonrne &Sheer South Devon South Eastern Do. 43 per c. Shares South Wa1e5...... ..... S. Yorksh. River Dun D 0... . Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling.. Do. do., 1854 Do. do., Stockton dr Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Hay. D. &R Vale of Neath . Waterfd. & Kilkenny Vfaterford&Limerick West C0rnwa11........ West End of London and Crystal Palace.. Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class Wmbledon itCroydou all all all all all all BRITISH Pi Atlan. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lud,guar. 5 p. c. all Do. 10? 2 Buffalo dr Lake Hur 100 Buff., Brnt. Godch 100 6p. c.bds. , 1 Aug. ;72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do.' do., 1 June, '74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Do. B. do Demerara Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares D 0.44 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, do. G3elong Q, MelboUrne guar. 5 per cent. Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pert Do. New. guar. 5,p. c Gt. Westn. of Canada Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., 76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, do ' Do. do., '73, without option Madras, guar. 4i p.c Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 44 p. c. Exten. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex., do Onde (Limited) Scinde, guar. 5 per c Do 5i - 53 iii - 9 67 - 69 8 - 9L- 89 - 91 72 - 72 36 - 36 ... 5 1 -- - 9 4 181 -19 i 111 - 12 52 - 54 351 - 36,4, SA 7Ad l 9Th 98i1 59 --- ol 32 - 33 95 - 97 8 - k 33 97 - 98 88 7- 90 t2l - 12:3 103 - 105 663 67 63 - 65 70 - 74 6 - 8 r 6 - 8 p 101 -101 i * 6i - 6 111 - 112 1013, - 105 id pai 93 -99. E • -- ... 41i - 424 82i - 53 -5583 i •e is is~ 63 - 65 3 - 31 , t 42A - 43 86A - BTh 3; - 3 d 24 - 40} - 413 65i - 663 96 - 99 5 441 7i - 10 - 30 - 31 7 - 5 105 - 107 253 - 263 48 - 50 3 - 2 ti 183 - 193' 74 - 75 86 - 87 5A 5i 7 4Adl 41 - ~3 203 - 21 4 - 41 7 - 9 2A - 5;, - 6 ISSESSIONS. 4 - i P par 195 97 94 96 94 96 - - 107 - 109 - lip 19} -- 20} 63 -- 65 911 -- 92 21 -21 A , l' 2311 23$ -- 1 R 99 -- 101 110 -- 114 110 -- 114 10G - 108 19 -20 i 21 - 21i 1 *d- iP - ;P - I 1 - 2ip FOREIGN. 10 all A - atwrp &Rotterdam 6a 7 6i 4 20 18 Ardennes ... 5 all Belgian East. Juliet. ••la— " la 20 16 Beziers to Graissessac 14 2 0 6 all ,Carmeaux&Toulonse Coal Mines and Ry. 41 _ 51 20 12 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of France 20 all Do. New 20 2s. Euphrates Valley 20 18 Gt. Central of Trance 244 211 244 20 18 Great Luxembourg 6i 71 6i 7 1G 4 Italian Junction ... ••• 20 all Lake Const. & Bale ••• d 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ~. •••d 20 . 6 Lombardo-Venetian 51 5iP 14 5 all Lucca dt Pist.sp.c.p. ... •• , ' 20 all Lyons and Geneva 20 all Lyons & Mediterran. ... ••• 331 all Maria Ante . .,:la 10 all Do. New — ••• 20 all Namur & Liege '• 8 81 8 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. P re f 2O --20:} 16 all Northern of France 37i- 38 1 3 7i 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 84 921 20 all Paris and Lyons 5B 58} 58 171 84 20 all Paris and Orleans 56 58 20 7 Recife dr San Fran , (Perham,) g. 7p. c. 4 d par 10 71 Rome and Frascati... ... •• • 20 all Royal Danish l7 19 250 all l Royal Sambre siiiap w a eet tnrerodd Swedish a e p r. ... unplf.. pref. f 30 8 8 141 --____ 131 88 :0 1! 8 5 : 2118000 i all allal laall Southern Doo.Wests 20 all IW.drN.W. of France 30.; 311 20 6 Western of Austria. par 1 p 20 all West. of Switzerland ... ••• 6 all Wiesbaden ••• ••• 6 I all Do. Bp. cent. pref. ~, _ ... 20 1 all Zealand . _-------- ••• JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all !Australasia B7 89 25 18a Bank of Egypt 100 50 Bank of London 5l 53 40 all Bri. Col, Bk.& Ln. Co .., ... 50 all British N. American ... . 20 8 I C.Bk.of Ind•Au.drCh 11 Id 100 50 City 62 64 63 2i 100 25 Colonial 100 120 Commercial of Loud ... ... 20 all Eng.Scot.&Aus.Cht l 7l 1.7:1 20 all Lon. Ch. Bk.of Aust. 174 18 20 all Ditto Now . ..- .17 In 17 20 20 London and County ~. ••• 50 53 Lnd.diE.Bnkng.Corp ... •.. 50 10 London Joint Stock ... ... 31 2 1 2 100 20 Lond.andWestminst. ... •• • 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. „. ... 20 14 Do. New • •-- ••• 50 221 National Bank 20 all New South Wales 46 48 47 25 all Oriental Bank Corp 4Ol 41 40i 20 15 Ottoman Bank 100 :35 Provincial of Ireland ..; „, 10 all Do. New . • -. 5 1 R.Aus.B.&G.Im.Co 25 all South Australia . . 25 all Union of Australia 55 57 ••• 24 Do. New 6 7 50 10 8 Won of London • ... -- - - ... 26 100 5 0 Unity Mutual 1 •• • 1 0 ° 50 Wontrußk o Lond ,• 9 -- • 7d , LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. EATLWATS. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale .% Col.Stour Vy. . E.Lin. g. 6 p.e E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Do. New Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hull & Selby Do. i Shares Do. I Shares Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Lou. Til., &S. Do. Bark. Sh. Manch.Bxton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket BnryE.G.spc. N. &Est.s P.C. Do. 6 per et Do. Fixed. sp. e Brest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A Itoystn. & Hit. Shrews. & Her S. Staffordsh.. WearVal.g6pc Do.. Wilts &Somrst Blyth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (issd.at 501.) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. Do. 4 per c. Shares.. Caledn. £lO 4i p. c. Ches. & Ho. 54 p. c. Do. do. 5 per cent Cork &Bandon 5i p.c. Dun.Perth.&Aber.J. E. Anglian Cis. A Sh. Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. 0. Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pr. c. St East Un., G. 6 p. C. Do. 51., 0 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancasb .6 p. cts E.&W. York. J. sths Edin.&Gl. sp. c. Sh.i Ed.Pr th.&Dun.4p.e. Furness, 5 p. c IGlas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. .5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem Do. 41 per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pre Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc Do. con. red. 4i P.C. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per lent. Do 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do.ChesterBp.c.P.S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk IDo. Chesh. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lau. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon.&B. G. 5 pc.No.l D9.,P., 5 p.c.SL.No.2 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. et... Lon. & S.W. 7 per ct. late 3d Shares Londy.& Color. sSh.. Londy. &Ennis. a Sh., M., S., &L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 31 per cent. Marypt. h Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. Ilid.Consol.6 p. c. St Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c Do. 44 n. c. Pref. St Do. L. &J . Pref. St New.,kber.. &c., pr 5 p.c.red. 5 p.c.pm Do. Pet-net. 6 pr. ct gorfk.Deb.4 p. c. Sh Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 54 p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. ~1847 North British Do. 71. Preference g. E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf. Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 pc. No.l Do. d 6. Qrs., 1848 Do. York H. &S. Pur North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar Scot. Cent. New Pref Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St Do. d 0.31 p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 44 p,.• cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh. S. Wales Gus. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4i p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., 5 p. c Do. do. do. IStock. & Hartl, g. 5. p.c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd&Kilk. 6 pc. 1 137 - 140 114 -- 116 154 - 156 1130 - 132 96 - 98 86 - 88 11 -- llf tOi. -103 4 id 22 -22 i - 112 - 116 - 110 18 - 19 22i 98 - 100 93 - 27 - 2 -- '• i B = ii BRITISH MINES. 'Alfred Cons. (Philk.) ißritish Iron ..... xs - 7 - - 8 iCondurow (Cambrn.) Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) Great South Tolgus Grt. W. Alfrd. (Philk.) Grt.W. Vor (Helstn.) Lady Bertha N. Frances (11l °pia) N. W. B Asset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co S. Caradon (St. Cleer S. Cam Brea (Illogn. S.W. Frances(lllog,n. Tam. S. & L. Min. Co Tin Croft Un.Minee (Gwennap) ;V. of Towoy (Camr7.) W. Basset (Illogan) IW. Caradon (Liskrd ) Wh. Basset (Illogan) Wh. Buller (Rdruth) Wh. Edward(Calstek) Wh. Kitty (U. Limit; Wh. Ma. Ann (Me nht. Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 155 - 165 470 - 480 194, - 20,1: - 44 17 - 20 - 5 -- 22 - 5 - Li - 330 - 56 - 300 -- i 4i - 200 - - 1 30 - 32 140 - 150 260 - 270 '360 - 380 5i- 5i 18 20 46 - 48 23 - 25 PREFERENCE SHARES. 93 - 95 gi : 66 - ... 51 - 6 1.08 112 108 112 gP ..... o p 12 121 71L- -72 i 113 - 115 101 - 106 100 - 102 61 -- 63 10k -- 10 54 -- - 64 93 -- 95 83 - 85 84 -- 86 100 -101, 94'- 10 16i 94 -- 101 72 -- 74 19 -- 194 91 -- 9i 14f -- 144 132 -- 134 - 66 -68 RP 91 92 1i ld FO REIGN (Australian Brazilianlmp.(is.sued at £5 pm) Do. Cocacs Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Co bre Copper Copiapo Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada No veau Monde Pont. S I. LdM. (St Smli, Port Philip Santiago de Cuba south Australian Do. Scrip Do. 10 p. c. Pref United Mexican MISCEL: MINES. 4 - 1 14 - li 13 - 15 $ id 57 59 10 12 d 15 17 7,1 8 id p 1 6 - 8 ' - ii 31; - 4 .ANEOUS. 19 - 20 Australian Apicult, A.ustraln. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works ' Brit. American Lan"! Canada Do. 6pc.Jan&July Do. 6 p.c.Feb.&Auv. D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pre. 7s p. cent Crystal Palace Do. Preference Crystal Pal, of France Duston Iron Ore Eastern- Steam Electric Tel egrapli Electric Tel. of Irel. En. &Aust. Cop . SmCo Eur. & Ind.Jctn. Tel. Gen. Ir. Se. ;„;;; Gen. Steam Navigr.t.l London Discount .I Loud. Gen. Omnibus; Mardalena St. Navig.! Mediteran. Elec, Tel.! Mexican & S. America' Nat. Discount Co Do. New Netherlands Land , Do. Do. Do.B p c.Pf.iss.at Do. Do. New B. &N. S. Land N. S. W. Gov. 5 p. c. D. N. B. Australasian... Nrth.ofEuropeSteam Oriental Gas . Do. New Shares Peelßr, Ld. ds Minrl Peninsular & Oriental' Do. New Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest Do. New S. Aus, Gov. 6 13. c.bds South Austral. Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do, Registered Trus. Ln. Co. Up. Can. Van Diernen's Land, ••• - •• 4 - 5• 149 - 154 112 - 113 32 37 25 27 2 2e 51 - sii 92 """ ... ig - ig 1 31 4 4 -- .. ... 11 14 4 4.4 41 44 )ar 4p L 8 22 ... g - A ) - 1.6 1 - 1} 11 - 2h 21 - 23 6 - 8 60 - 62 1,1 - 13 34 - 36 i - 1 i - 1 I . l‘ - 12 Leasing Companies Ln.&N.W. Calßdon Gt.Northn E. Count. Caldonian. Gt. Westn. Y. & N.M. Do - S. Eastein Do Peto & Co Do Ln. &N. W. & Midld. Midland... E. Count Do L. &IS. W Do Gt. Northn I 2. Brasseyl M. MClean , Stk.. &Dar I Do IGt.Westn. D 0... Closing Prices this day. 93 - 91 II - 13 - 34 - ida -- iiii 12 —1 . 21 22?. t 234 104 106 par p 2i - 2s - - 90 E - -56 P - 133 8 - 9 9 32 - 33 86 - 88 Business this day i ' i ' leirft -‘ l .' ; ' ,..i ... rsa.f ." r ill l prA oig,u .0 , 15, , ... SUN OFFICE, Ecren o'Clock. TATTERSALLS'—(This Evening.) DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Skirmisher (taken) 10 to 1 agst Arsenal (taken) 10 to 1 agst Anton (taken and cfnred) 11 to 1 aget Tournament (taken) 12 to 1 agst Saunterer (taken) 12 to 1 agst M.D. (taken) 15 to 1 aget Sprig of S'aillelagh (taken) 15 to 1 agst Sydney (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lady Hawthorn (offered) 20 to 1 aget Strathnaver (taken) 20 to 1 agst Adarna,s (offered) 25 to 1 agst•Bird-in-the-Hand (taken) 25 to 1 agst Wardermarske (offered) 25 to 1 agst Zuyder Zee (taken and offered) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Evening.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. Lord Ebrington, Mr. Somers, Sir T. Burke, and Mr. Corbally, took the oaths and their seats. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Guildford Gas, Guildford Water, South Shields Gas, and Sunderland Gas. The Chester Water Bill was further considered and ordered to be read a third time. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented in favour of the abolition of Ministers' Money ; against the Maynooth Grant; against the present Superannuation Act ; from the shareholders in the Royal British Bank, complaining of want of pro tection under the Joint-Stocks' Winding-up Act, 1854 ; &c., ko. THE CASE OF - MR. JOHN BOWIE. Mr. COWAN presented a petition from Mr. John Dowse, writer to the signet in EJinburgb, and formerly solicitor to the Post-office for Scotland, " complaining of the treatment which he has received from that de partment, and in particular alleging that in consequence of his having considered it to be' his duty, in the ma nagement of criminal prosecutions in Scotland, to aot under the orders of the Lord Advocate, and not under those of the Postmaster-General, he was dismissed from office after nearly 34 years' service, and praying for relief and redress." TROOPS IN CHINA. Major S. WORTL SY asked whether her Majesty's Government had consideftd the expediency of keeping the troops in China as much on board ship as possible until the close of the unhealthy season rendered field operations practicable ; and whether, when the troops were encaMped they were to be supplied with the Indian tents ? Sir C. WOOD said that the Government had taken measures for the protection of the troops as asked by the gallant member. EAST INDIA RAILWAYS. Mr. CHEETHAM asked the President of the Board of Control, when the returns relative to the East India Railways, ordered by the house on the 31 of March last, would be laid upon the table ? Mr. V. SMITH said that the returns woull be laid on the table almost immediately. MILITIA MEDICAL SERVICE. Mr. BRADY asked the Under Secretary of War if it was the intention of her• Majesty's Government to in clude the Militia Medical Service in the inquiries about to be instituted relative to the Army Medical Depart ment? Sir J. RAMSDEN said that the Government did not intend to include the Militia Medical Servica amongst the subjects to be inquired into by the commit tee alluded to. LEASES AND SALES OF SETTLED ESTATES Act Mr. BEAMISEI asked the Attorney-General for Ire land whether the Lord Chancellor of Ireland had made rules and orders under the 30th section of Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Act, and when they might be expected to be laid before Parliament, as directed by 31st section of said act Mr. FITZGERALD said the rules were this day issued in Dublin. The delay arose from the act apply ing to England and Ireland, and it being desirable to have the same rules for both countries. TROOP SHIPS. Major S. VVORTLEY asked whether Government would have any objection to appoint a board, consisting of two military, two naval, and one medical officer, to examine and report upon all ships appointed to sail with troops, in order to obviate the sending of troops in ves sels unfit for that service ? Sir C. WOOD said that substantially what the gallant member asked had been done. NATIONAL EDUCATION (SCOTLAND). Lord MELGUND asked the Lord Advocate whether it was his intention to propose a bill on the subject of national education in Scotland ? 10130 LORD ADVOCATE said that time would not permit of his introducing an education bill this session. Re hoped to introduce a comprehensive system next year. GREENWICH HOSPITAL. In reply to Sir W. CODEINGTON, Sir C. WOOD said that the Order in Counc 1 of 1819, relative to the half-pay of naval and military officers, was founded on a permissive act, and it did not grant half pay to certain officers holding offices at Greenwich and Chelsea. These officers had always been considered as retired officers, and not entitled to their half pay. ELECTION PETITIONS. The following election petitions were ordered to be referred to the General Committee of Elections :—Mal don, Lanark County, Weymouth, Bridport, Ipswich (2), Falkirk, Clare, Drogheda (2), Sligo County, Hunting don County (2), Iloniton and Athl•me. DUBLIN PORT. Mr. VANCE moved for a committee of the whole house for leave to bring in a bill to repeal certain duties on ships entering the port of Dublin, and other imposts affecting its trade and commerce. He com plained of this tax as oppressive to the inhabitants and detrimental to the trade of Dublin, and he con tended that they ought to be abolished. It was in vain to expect relief from a general measure, and therefore it was that he proposed to introduce this bill. Should, however, a general measure be introduced he would give way to the Government. Mr. GROGAN seconded the motion. Mr. LOWE said that the Government felt it to be their duty not to Ist this measure go a single step in that house. These dues amounted to about 3,0001., which were paid to the consolidated fund as interest for 314,0001. advanced by the Government, to improve Kingstown harbour, and besides that the Government advanced money tl pay off the debt on the Corn Exchange, so that they received but a small sum as interest for the large sums the Government had advanced to Dublin. In addition to this the Govern ment paid the City of Dublin 2,5001. a-year for giving up certain differential dues. It was true that last year he proposed to abolish these dues, but then f Etat was as a part of a general measure. He ob jected to these dues being made the subject of a sepa rate measure. Mr. GROGAN supported Vac motion at great length urging that these duties ought not to be levied on the trade of the city of Dublin. It was necessary some thing should be done to relieve the trade of this unjust impost. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the two members for Dublin objected last year to a mea sure of a general character for the remission of shipping dues, and now they came forward and asked for the remission of those dues in Dublin, which were made over to the Government for large advances of public money. Such a proceeding was very much like repudiation on the part of the city of Dublin. He felt it . his duty to resist the motion. Col. FRENCH condemned the conduct of the Go vertneut in resisting the motion, and contrasted it with the permission they gave for the introduction of English bills, whether the Government agreed with them in principle or not. He thought Irish members ought to be allowed to introduce measures for the benefit of Ireland, seeing that there was no Irish Secretary for Ireland, nor an Irishman in the Cabinet to lock after Ireland's wants. e.. Lord PALMERSTON said the Government bad no wish to deal with Ireland in an exceptional manner, but Irish members. He would make a compromise with the hon. members for Ireland, and if they would support him in a general measure, he would introduce Dublin to a participation of its benefits. (Laughter.) Lord CLAUDE HAMILTON condemned the con duct of the Government in refusing the int ro d uct i on o f the bill. He could only attribute it to the justice of the demand for Dublin, and that the Government were afraid that if the bill was introduced it would be estab- lished. Mr. VANCE said if the Government would allow him to bring in this bill he would withdraw in on a general measure being introduced by the Government. If that was not acceeded to he should divide the house. Mr. DISRAELI, without giving any opinion on the merits of the case, urged that the Government ought not to resist this motion, especially as they agreed last year to the principle of abolishing these dues, in a com prehensive measure brought forward by them, but which did not pass the house. He asked the noble lord to re consider his decision, and give permission for the introduction of this bill. Mr. LOWE, in explanation, said a bill having °refe rence to this subject had been prepared, and that it would be speedily introduced. After some remarks from Mr. ITORSMAN, who stated his determination to oppose the introduction of the bill, if its object was repudiation, The house divided, when the numbers were— For the motion 133 Against it 253 Majority against the motion —l2o MAYNOOTII COLLEGE. Mr. SPOONER moved, "That this house do resolve itself into a committee to consider the acts for the en ment of Maynooth, with a view to the withdrawal of any endowment out of the Consolidated Fund, due regard being bad to vested rights and interests." [Lux ERZAKING.] MINING INTELLIGENCE. The following mining n e ws is taken from Messrs. Watson and CueWs weekly circular : At Great Consol4, it has 13t en determined to stop the engines, and draw up the b(4 . .0m lift , , to see the effect of the water in the adjoining mines. At Trewane United, a tin lode h's been cut in the 30 fm. level, 8 inches of the lode, nearly solid. At North Reber', in the 45: south cross-cut, the south part of the lode bas been loci eased, and is 1 foot 6 in. wide, worth 2 tons of good 0.0 per ftvr. ; lode richest in the bottom of the end. Thia is considered a good dis covery. At Trefusis, the bottom end east has been turning out some good work for tin, and. if it continues this mine will more•than pay cost. East Basset has improved. in the 60 east on the tin lode. At Silver Valley, sinking t , as been commenced below the 26 and the lode is improving. The 26 erd also look ing well. . - At Gijah and Wentworth, cross-cutting at the 80, and will cut the first lode in a bout two months. At North Francis, the loc14) in the shaft continnea ae good as At Great South Tolgus, the lode is said to be yielding 15 tons of ore per fm., worth 151 per ton. At Camborne Consols, the lode in the 10 fin. level west is yielding 2 tons of goo dtore per fm., worth 301. per fin. ; and 40 tons, worth eon an average 101. per lon, will be sampled this month. At the meeting to-day, there was a balance of 6201. in favour of the mine; which with the ore to be sold, will more 'than cover the cost for the next four months. At the next meeting, two months hence, the shares will be divided into a,poo. At present prices (121 per 1,000r1) the shares will probably 'pay for purchasing. The mine adjoins Dolcoatb, one of the oldest and richest wines' in Cornwall. At Wheal Pollard, a slide has come into the end, splitting the lode, and it will take about 2 fms. further driving to meet with the next lode. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, May 21.—Wind this day at noon, S.W.; moderate breeze and cloudy, with slight rain. PLYMOUTH, May 20.--Wino . S.V.—Arrived — Lucilla, from Buenos Ayres ; Vivandiere, ditto, with foremast car ried away. _ _ FALMOUTH, May 20.—Wind S.W. strong—Arrived Namser, from Rio Janeiro; Margarit a Louise, Santos. COWES, May 18.—Wind W.--Arrived—Lion Beige, from Callao ; Sunda Trinidada, Cuba ; Vesta, Havannah ; Scundia, ditto. DUMFRIES, May 20.—The Sally, from Chepstow for this port, is on Corrie Bank, full of water. JERSEY, May 19.—Wind W.—Sailed—Swift for La brador. SWANSES, May 20.—Wind S.W. — Arrived—Charles, from Coquimbo. PETERHEAD May 19.—Wind S. — Arrived—Traveller, "row Greenland. SHIELDS, May 20.—Wind W.—Sailed—Marlborough for Aden ; Express, Algoa Bay. HARTLEPOOL, May 20.—Sailed—Victor, for Singapore. LOWESTOFT, May 20.--The Cognac Paekei, of Harwich, grounded'on the Newcome Sands, but came off and pro. ceeded. STROMNESS, May 18.—The Sarah (barque), of and from Hartlepool for Quebec, has put in hero very leaky, having struck upon the bar wheulentering the harbour; will be laid upon the beach at high water. YARMOUTH, May 20.—The Mary Bell, of and from New castle, for Hoare, got on the Scroby Sands this morning running through the Cockets ; is expected off next tide, with assistance; part of cargo thrown overboard. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) • SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday, 10 a.m. Wind S.W., rain. Arrived—Harlequin and Fanny, from Cardiff; Le Coq, Cherbourg. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind S.W.W. Arrived—Albert Gallatin, from New York; Van Gard, Mobile ; City of Brooklyn, New Orleans; Ebba Brahe, Callao; M. Curwen, Rio e la Hach(); Ceres, Monte video; C. L. Bahr, Barcelona; Italian, screw steamer, Havre; Emilie, St. Malo ; Providentia, Ostend ; Mon daquis, Bilboa; Bannockburn, New Orleans, with crew of Robert Parkor, from Mobile for Havre, struck by light ning April 22, and destroyed. Sailed—Viscator, for Dunkirk„ QUEENSTOWN, May 19. Wind S.W. Arrived—lda, from Cardenag ; Henry Lawson, from Taganrog ; Esther Ann, Pernambuco ; Pacific, Bassalia ; Arabella, Port au Prince; Julia, Callao. WATERFORD, May 19. Wind S.W. Arrived—Catherine and Mary, from Hamburg. HOLYHEAD. May 20. The Westmoreland, from Swansea, for Quebec, has put in here very leaky, having sprung a leak 600 miles to the westward of Cape Clear. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 9.52 a. m. Wind S.E.; last hour's flood ; c l ou dy, w ith ra i n . Arrived, ay 20--Isis, from Guernsey. Arrived, May 21—Adonis, from St. Petersburg; Jellich ban, Odessa. DEAL, Thursday, 9.52 a.m. Wind S.S.W., moderate. Passed—Osmanli, of Boston, U.S., from Shields, for Genoa. Sailed—Adelaide, for Port Philip. MARKET NE - SVS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended May 21, 1857, made up from the Re turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT 1 BARLEY I OATS 1 ET; BEANS I PEAS 57s 5d 43s 7d 24s 9d 41s 6d 42s 6d 40s 10d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. WHEAT I BARLEY OATS RYE I BEANS I p&&5 54s 7d I 44s Od 23s 7d 38s Od , 40s 7d 39s 6d ENGLISH GRAIN E Wheat, 116,811; barley, 9, beans, 6,143 ; pef 'SOLD LAST WEEK. 1,108; oats, 9,457; rye, 48; as, 562 quarters., MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE ANDLEADENHALL.—The trade generally rifled steady, as follows :--Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, May 20. —Our market was seasonably well supplied with each kind of stock, and the trade generally ruled heavy, at barely stationary prices :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 8d ; Lamb, 5801 to Gs Od ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s 01; Pork, 4s Od to 4s 81 per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, May 20.—Beasts were 4d per Sibs lower, and other kinds of stock ruled heavy :—Beef, from 3s 2d to '4s ; mutton ' 3s 6d to 5s 10d; Lamb, 5s Od to es 2d ; Veal, is 8d to 5s Od; Pcrk, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2110 s to 41 4s ; clover do., 31 10s to 6/ 0 s; and straw, 11 5s to 1/ lOs per load. A moderate supply. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 41 Ss ; clover do., 31 10s to 5/ Os ; and straw, 11 5s to 11 lOs per load. Trade firm. ' WIIITECHATEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 8s to 4/ 4s : clover do., 3/ lOs to 5/ Eis ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 93 per load. Supply good, and trade steady. It appears that the dividends paid on the estate of Messrs. Reid, Irving, and Co., have amounted to 2s. 6d. in the pound, instead of is. 6d., as stated yesterday. In addition to the further sum of 6d. in the pound now de clared, it is hoped there will yet be considerable realisa tions. DR. MunA.Toxi.—We have to announce the arrival in London of this learned gentleman, well known in the scientific world as having been Professor of Chemistry at Palermo, and who is at present Director of the "Office Europeen," which has commenced business in Paris, and also Director of the " Societ6 Scientifique et Sanitaire" in the French capital. We believe the prin cipal purpose of Dr. Muratori's visit to the metropolis is to take out a patent f ,r an invention of high importance. A POPULAR DELUSION.—It is an error to suppose that a man belongs to himself. No man does. He be longs to his wife, or his children, or his relations, or his creditors, or to society in some form or other. It is for their especial good and behalf he lives and works, and they kindly allow him to retain a certain per-tentage of his gains to administer to his own pleasures or wants. He has his body, and that is all, and even for that he is answerable to society. In short, society is the master, and man is the servant ; and it is entirely according as society proves a good or bad master, whether the man turns out a good or bad servant.--Punch. A FLEA UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.—When a flea is made to appear as large as an elephant, we can see all the wonderful parts of its formation, and are astonished to find that it has a coat of armour much more complete than ever a warrior wore, and com posed of strong polished plates fitting over each other; each plate coloured like tortoiseshell ; and where they meet, hundreds of strong quills project like those on the back of a porcupine or hedgehog. There is the arched neck, the bright eyes, and transparent ears ; piercers to puncture the skin, a sucker to draw away the blood ; six long jointed legs, four of which are folded on the breast, ready at any moment to be thrown out with immense force for that jump which bothers one when we wish to catch him ; and at the end of each leg hooked claws, to enable him to cling tight to whatever he lights upon. A flea can leap a hundred times its own length, which is the same as if a man could jump to a height of 700 feet; and he can draw a load 200 times his own weight, which is the same as if a man could carry frAm 20,000 to 30,0001b.—01d Jonathan, or the Parish Helper. MECHANICAL GENIUS. —The Patrie contains the fol lowing :—" A youth, aged 18, belonging to a respectable family of Paris, had about a year ago been condemned for theft to five years' imprisonment. His conduct in prison being quite exemplary he gained the good opinion of the director, who soon remarked in him a peculiar aptness for mechanical contrivances. A few days ago he begged the director to tell him what o'clock it was, that he might sat his watch. • You have a watch, then ?' asked the director. 'Only since yesterday, sir,' said the prisoner, and, to the astonishment of the director, produced one made of straw ! This little masterpiece is 2i inches in diameter, about half an inch thick, and will go for three hours witholit winding up. The dial plate is of paper, and a pretty straw chain is attached to the whole. The instruments and materials the prisoner bad at his com mand were two needles, a pin, a little straw and thread. Several persons of distinction, moved by this surprising genius for mechanics, are now endeavouring to obtain his liberation." • 2slld lOs 174 20 St. 20 all all all 11,1 i 32 3 2a 1014 1 i 111 i lom 5 23 99 81 42 li 28 108 191 20k 64 A 91A 21j 231 A 9i Do. Do .. 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 all al l all 4771 75 616 11 13} 1121 I LITERATURE. .Barchester Towers. By Anthony Trollope, author of " The Warden." 3 vols. Longman. The readers of Mr. Trollope's clever story of " The Warden" will remember that it ended in an unsatisfactory manner. Hiram's Hospital, the subject of all the discussions and disturbances, was left in a state of anarchy and desolation. The mild and conscientious warden, Mr. Harding, abandoned his post when his right to it was questioned, and lived on the income of some small clerical appoint ment which he held. His daughter Eleanor was married to the meddlesome reformer, John Bold ; and the fiery archrleacen, Dr. Grantly, Mr. Hard ing's son-in-law, after vainly endeavouring to per suade Mr. Harding to retain the office of warden, gave up the attempt in disgust and indignation. " Barchester Towers" takes up the story after the lapse of a few years. It opens with the death of the Bishop of Barchester, Mr. Harding's old friend, and the father of the archdeacon. The archdeacon is ambitious of succeeding to his father's dig nities, hut his hopes are frustrated by a chanee of Ministry. Dr. Prondie is the new bishop ; and, as he has a Xantippe for a wife, and a vulgar, un principled adventurer for a chaplain, the appoint ment is not the most satisfactory. Mrs. Proudie aspires to be the chief person in the diocese ; and as Mr. Slope, the chaplain, has the same amid:ion, the poor bishop is nearly distracted between them. The appointment of a new warden gives ries to a grand struggle. The af faits, of - the hospital having been looked into by the authorities, extensive alterations have been made, and the salary of the Warden consider ably reduced. It still remains a very comfortable position, and the general opinion, loudly set forth by the archdeacon, is that Mr. Harding should have the place. Mr. Slope being of a different opinion, offers it to Mr. Harding in such a manner that even the gentle and courteous ex-warden is roused into indignation, -and rejects it on those terms. Mr. Slope from the first is the violent opponent of the archdeacon, and a regular warfare is established between them. The archdeacon regards Mr. Slope with positive hatred, and the gentle :M r. Harding thoroughly dislikes him. , Great is therefore the mortification of s both on finding that Eleanor, Mr. Harding's youngest daughter, makes a point of de fending the enemy from their attacks. 'Eleanor, now Mrs. Bold, is the heroine also of this tale. She has been left a widow by the early death of John Bold, and is beginning to recover from her great sorrow. Mr, Slope having shown himself to her, civil, and willing to oblige hrr father, she de fends him from a feeling of justice, though d'sliking his vulgarity. Dr. Grantly's anger increases until, at a hint from his wife, he firmly believes Eleanor is going to marry Mr. Slope. Eleanor, furious at the suspicion, quarrels with Dr. Grantly, and leaves his house in indignation. In the midst of the general perplexity the Dean of Barchester dies, and another good appointment is vacant. It is offered to Mr. Harding, but he declines it from conscientious scruples. Mr. Slope moves heaven and earth to obtain it ; but failing, and being triumphantly extinguished by Mrs. Proudie, he leaves Barchester in disgrace. Mr. Arabia, an Oxford friend of Dr. Grantly, has been summoned by him to quit his fellowship, and aid him to fight against Mr. Slope. He accepts the offer, and becomes vicar of St. Ewold's, a smell living in the gift of the archdeacon. He becomes attached to Eleanor Bold, who returns his affection, but the unfortunate mis understanding about Mr. Slope estranges them. However, at the conclusion alt is happily settled. Mr. Arabin becomes the new Dean, and marries Eleanor Bold, to the triumph and satisfaction of the archdeacon and Mr. Harding. A poor c'ergy man, with a large family, is made Warden, and all is arranged to the content of everyone except Mr. Slope. There are many more characters in the story those mentioned, conspicuous among them is the family of the Stanbopes, who are cleverly drawn, though rather extravagant. Madeline Nercni, the second daughter, is a lady of a very witch-like nature, but though her character and fascinations are somewhat alarming, she does little eventual harm. The style is sparkling, the satire pointed, and many of the persons and incidents very naturally described. It may be questioned whether it is desirable to make the actors and com batants so entirely ecclesiastical, whether it is not encouraging that spirit of presumptuous sarcasm which is so common, and which thinks that to ridicule anything which ought to be respected, is the sign of a superior intelligence. It must be ad• mined that the author himself is totally free from this error, and on'y reserves his weapons for the faults and failings of the churchmen, and not for th© church they represent. Without any vivid excitement the story is interesting, and the reader will find entertainment for many a leisure hour in this history of the strifes and struggles of a cathe dral city. Below the Suaface : A Story of English Country Life. 3 vols. Smith and Elder. This work displays considerable knowledge of society in its various phases, it is intended to do more, however, than merely " catch the living manners as they rise," it represents the evils that exist in many social institutions. These various de'ails are not dwelt on in an exaggerated manner, nor presented to notice in an unlikely furin, but simply and naturally brought before the reader. The narrative which forms the connecting links to these subjects is of great interest, it is true that many of the leading circumstances are not new to readers of fiction, such as the jealous husband being deceived by suspicious occurrences, but the general construction of the plot is skilfully devised, and the attendant minor incidents admirably ar ranged. o:iver Nugnit's character is well described, and while no one can help admiring his strong sense of rectitude and high spirit, at the same time it is apparent that his unyelding temper, and un sympathising disposition are not calculated to ob tain the influence that his virtues merit. As a striking contrast to this rigid being, is Sir Reginald Clinton, who is as enthusiastic and sensitive as the other is calm and constrained. One who looked on social existence in such an uncompromising spirit as Nugent was not likely to be of any service to those who required encouragement as well as warn ing. Of the latter class was Clinton ; unfortunately, however, he found in the wife what he missed in the husband, a ready sympathy, and in tuitive perception of the necessities of the disposition she encountered. It was also unpro pitious that at the time when Gertrude was enter ing into the troubles of her husband's cousin, that Nugent was already seriously displeased by the continued interference of Lady Maud, his mother in-law, between himself and her daughter. Such conduct, always to be deprecated, was hazardous in the extreme with a man like Nugent, and was, indeed, one of the proximate causes of the un happy events that afterwards occurred. Lady I Maud Usherwood is one of the chief characters, and her petty ambition, her scheming mind, and her interfering nature, are ably sketched. Mr. Lovell is an instance of what forbearance, spirit, and kind ness can effect. His conduct at the attack ou Beaumont House was a proof of his worth. The whole description of the latter event is excitingly narrated. There is a complicated account of the discovery of Sir Reginald's son, a youth frequently met with in the story, who has had to fight his way on from the lowest places in life. He was subse quently adopted by Nugent, with whom he was living when found by his father. A number of people are introduced, among whom Weston and Harrill figure prominently as the agents in the nefarious transaction, which consigned the unfor tunate Mrs. Clinton to a madhouse, and sent her son into the world as a beggar. On the whole, there are many things to merit the attention in the peru sal of "Below the Surface," which seeks to give a fair exposition of country life. First Series. The Laughable Looking-Glass, for Little Folks. Dean and Son, Ludgate-hill. We candidly confess that we have read this little . book from beginning to end, and that we wished it were longer. The dash of matter-of-fact, old fashioned morality running through it, the really clever rhyming, illustrated by pictures of an un usually comic and forcible character, are well adapted to induce that culmination of wisdom and dignity—"a grown up person" to read it aloud to the chubby-faced scions at their knee. Any foolish papa or doting mamma wishing to delight their little " blessings in disguise," must c arr y this book home in their pocket. New Cavatina. "A Whisper, the Freemason's Secret." By J. A. Anschuez. Novello, Dean street, Soho. We have no doubt this is very eff ec ti ve i n fu ll singing, and that it will have a l arge c i rcu l ation amon g the " craft,, i it is chiefly intended for. The w ords are very deficient in measure, to say nothing more or rather less of them. LIINDHILL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—Since Saturday last only six more bodies have been recovered. Of these two were brought out on Monday, and one of them was identified as that of George Thompson, one of the leaders of the Oaks strike. One was found on Tuesday, and the other three yesterday (Wednesday), on the north side, where the men are still busily engaged in clearing away the rcof. An inspection of the pit was made on Tuesday by the engineers, for the purpose of laying be fore the jury, which meets this day (Thursday), the state of the pit up to that time, and if possible to give some idea of the cause of the terrible accident. The number of bodies recovered has now reached 101. THE QUARTERLIES. -+- The. Quarterly Review. No. CCII. The octave of contributions making up the con tents of the current number of the Quarterly, will be found singularly attractive throughout. We set forth with a reviewer, who leads the way, upon a Pedestrian Excursion through Switzerland. And we end our rather disclirsive wanderings afterwards (through half a dozen diversified subjects) by pausing for a while, with the reviewer, who closes the pre sent series of article, in Palace-yard, Westminster— contempla'ing, with this critic, the probable work now confronting the New Parliament Work which will have, sooner or later, to be got through. The "peg" for this last disquisition is (if the broken metaphor may be tolerated) of all old pegs in the wide world of politics—the well thumbed and dog's-eared Chinese Blue-book! The lucubrations suggesting the first and rather more exhilarating topic " Pedestrianism in Switzerland," ranging from Albert Smith's well-known and rather more than "thrice told" Story of Mont Blanc, to John Ruskin's eloquent rhapsodies about Mountain Beauty in Vol. iv. of his " Modern Painters." Other wanderers in the footsteps of Dr. Syntax, in his search after the picturesque not Leing forgotten—Roving Englishmen like Messrs. Wills, Hudson, and Shirley—together with balm terers from France and Germany, and the eternal, inevitable and ever delightful Murray, with his scarlet Handbook. " Dred" is afterwards re viewed in au article on " American Slavery"— Mrs. Beecher Stowe, being spoken of in terms well befitting one who is at once a most original ro mancer and a very practical philanthropist. We next take a " turn" through various " Lunatic Asylums"--reminding us vividly of a Visit of Cu riosity to Bedlam, and contrasting strangely in effect with the aspect of things there many years ago as marked to the gaze of po,terity in a memorable picture by William Hogarth. " English Political Satires," from "The Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin" to the last vblume of "Punch, or the London Charivari," furnish the theme for an agreeable gossip, interspersed with many laughter-moving quotations." "Rt.ving Life iu England" proves to be not less delightful in its way than " Wander ings in Switzerland"—the critic, in this instance, directing Lis energies more particularly to the labour of administering a good humoured castiga tion to George Borrow, in re first of all " Lavengro," and secondly "Romany Rye ; a Sequel to Lavengra." The opening of this plea sant paper appears to us to be particularly happy. It is as follows : "Mr. Borrow is very angry with his critics. They have attacked Lavengro with much , virulence and ma- Lee,' and he relates for their reproof a fable by Yriarte. The viper says to the leech, Why do people invite your bite and flee from mine ?' Because,' says the leech, • people receive health from my bite and poison from yours.' 'There is as much difference,' says the clever Spaniard, ' between true and malignant criticism as be. tween poison and medicine.' This only means that Mr. Borrow prefers praise to censure.—that he derives plea surable sensations from the first, and such torments from the last as are produced by an acrid poison. He confesses, to be sure, that his work is full of blemishes, but the adders who sting him are blind as well as deaf, and have not detected one of them.' This is the urn versal cry of every irritated author. In whatever part the critic had fixed his fangs, Mr. Borrow would, doubt less, have believed that it was not the seat of his dis order, and would - have persuaded himself that he was bitten by a malignant viper instead of by a medicinal leech. He has, we suspect, the same feeling about strictures upon his writings that Old Faber had about mortal sickness. 'Often have I thought with myself what disease I should be best contented of. None please me.' But the wise and witty divine subjoins an obser vation which has not yet found its way into Mr, Bor row's phlosophy—'The mark must not choose what arrow shall he shot against it.' Mr. Borrow proceeds upon the assumption that the author of a work is the best judge of its merits and defects, which, if is be true, authors ought always to be their own reviewers." - If one political reviewer, in the Quarterly, has fastened thus leech-wise, or viper-wise upon China, (as a'ready intimated), another (as John Willett, of the Maypole, would expr.ss it) has " tackled' Persia. A topic, in its torn, now that the war with Persia has terminated, " stale, !flat, and un profitable." Seven subjects we have now particu larized, and an eighth 'remains still to be men tioned. It is one of the best in the whole of this readable number of the Quarterly. The subject of it is "Photography." It is altogether as instructive as it is entertaining—and it is both decidedly. It gives us in a few pages a rapid but sufficient his tory of that New and Exquisite Att —with anec dotal memorials of the more memorable incidents marking its rise and developement. "It may not be superfluous" the writer says almost at the begin ning of his remarks— It may not be superfluous to all our readers to state that the whole art in all its varieties rests upon the fact of the blackening effects of light upon certain substances, and chiefly upon silver, on which it acts with a decom posing power. The silver being dissolved in a strong acid, surfaces steeped in the solution became encrusted with minute particles of the metal, which in this state darkened with increased rapidity. These facts were first ascertained and recorded, as regards chloride of silver, or silver combined with chlorine, in 1777, by Scheele, a native of Pomerania, and in 1801, in connexion with nitrate of silver; by Ritter of Jena. Here there fore were the raw materials for the unknown art ; the next step was to employ • them. And now we are at once met by that illustrious name to which we have alluded. Sir Humphrey Davy was the first to make the practical application of these materials, and to fore see their uses. In conjunction with Mr. Thos. Wedg wood, only less eminent than his brother Josiah, Sir Humphrey succeeded, by means of a camera otscura, in obtaining images upon paper, or white leather prepared with nitrate of silver—of which proceeding he has left the most interesting record in the Journal of the Royal Society for June, 1802." A little later on he continues : "Meanwhile, in 1803, somewhat remarkable experi ments were made by Dr. \VePaston, proving the action of light upon a resinous substance known in commerce as gum guaicurn ;" and in due time another workman entered the field who availed himself of this class of materials. The name of Joseph Nicoiphore de Niepce is little known to the world as one of the founders of the now popular art, his contributions being exactly of that laborious and rudimental nature which later inventions serve to conceal. He was a French gentleman of pri vate fortune, who lived at Chalons-mir-Saone, and pur sued chemisty for his pleasure. Except also in the sense of time, he cannot be called a successor to Davy and Wedgwood ; for it is probable that the path they had traced was unknown to him. Like them, however, he made use of the camera to cast his images ; but the sub stance on which he received them was a polished plate of pewter, coated with a thin bituminous substance. His process is now rather one of the curiosities of photogra phic history ; but, such as it was, it gained the one im portant step of rendering his creations permanent" Again, still later, it is added : " In the meantime the indi•cretion of an optician re- vealed to the philosopher of Chalons the fact that M. Daguerre, a dioramic artist by profession, was pursuing researches analogous to his own in Paris. This led to an acquaintance between the two, and finally to a legal partnership in the present pains and possible profits of the new art. M. Niepee died in 1833 without, it seems, contributin t g any farther improvements to the now common_ stock ; and M. Daguerre, continuing his labours, introduced certain alterations which finally led to a complete change in the process. Suffice it to say that, discarding the use of the bituminous varnish, and substituting a highly polished tablet of silver, he now first availed himself of that great agent in photographic science, the action of iodine, by means of which the sensitiveness of his plate was so increased as to render the production of the image an affair of fewer minutes than it bad previously been of hours. At the same time the picture, still invisible, was brought to light by the application of the fumes of mercury, after which a strong solution of common salt removed those portions of the surface which would otherwise have continued to darken, and thus rendered the impression permanent. " Here, therefore was a representation obtained in a few minutes by a definite and certain process, which was exquisitely minute and clear in detail, capable of copy. ing nature in all her stationary forms, and also true to the natural conditions of light and shade." - Had we space for so doing, we would gladly mul tiply our extracts from this delightful chapter on Photography—but must now content ourselves with but one other quotation. It is this. Quotb. the Reviewer in the Quarterly : "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 sluggard ; under the sorcery of Niepce he 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—he literally does no more than wink his eye, tracing in that moment, with a detail and preci sion beyond all human power, the glory of the heavens, the wonders of the deep, the fall, not of the avalanche, but of the appl , -, the must fleeting smile of the babe, and the moet vehement action of the man." It need hardly be added, after our extracts, that any reader may count upon perusing with pleasure this admirable little treatise upon Photography. PRESENT TO THE QUEEN FROM THE KING OF PORTUGAL; —His Majesty the King of Portugal has just sent over to this country a present of cattle of a very peculiar breed to her Majesty Queen Victoria, consisting of a bull, two heifers, and a bull calf. The animals are of the most perfect symmetry, and very diminutive, stand. ing scarcely 40 inches high ; they are of a dun colour, and in fine condition. The cows are very docile, but the bull, on being driven from the station to Prince Albert's model farm at Frog!npre, where they are now installed, exhibited a disposition rather the reverse of that of his companions, by tossing an unfortunate donkey about his own size which happened to come in his way. These Lilliputian animals much resemble the Alderney or Jersey breed, t nepear to be scarcely more than half si nila, 1, in dron and after ther, AX 72 i 36 i 1031 66j 83 21 63 :4 4 87 6i 204 66 6 30i i 25 50 25 124 12i 20 25 123 St. 10 St. 100 10 St, 20 50 St. St. 8 10 10 100 100 100 100 100 St. 12.3 120 120 St. St. 25 10 L 0.6 100 all 100 100 all all 20 25 25 124, 12/12 14s 1113, lozni 40 12s 6, 11l 100 St. 100 54 16. all all all all 611 1 921 3 3 i i 41 97i