The Sun. — London, England, 1857-07-16 00:00:00

T ~purß~ ernsel ; • erd o ' : ~ Ckb °l o rli fi 3e, ) 0.133. fof 'C illi" choice' 0 ,on, S sl‘' a; s ` l3 t i e ljd ci os „ o f the r bat d° MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two o'CLocK. Accounts from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market ye-terday manifested a very animated ap pearance, and prices of most descriptions were id. per lb. dearer. The sates were estimated at 10,000 bales, 2,000 of which were taken on speculation and for export. The Railway Share Market closed quietly yet steady, and a slight improvement was experienced. According to the official returns just issued, it appears that the state of trade in Franca continues active, and the revenues derivable from theimports and exports are in most r,speas satisfactory. The import duties during the past six months produced 52 6,017,000 francs against 499,732,000 francs in 1856, and 442,962,000 francs in 1855. The demand for silver continues active, and the quotations are firmer. It is now stated that the shipments to the East next week will exceed half a million sterling, and the bullion brokers are busily Occupied in making the necessary arrange:nents. The price of bars has advanced to ss. Id. per ounce standard. A further sum of 120,0001. in Californian and Australian gold was taken into the Bank yester day, and the immense purchases made by the authorities during the last few days must have caused a material augmentation in the stock of the precious metals. At preseut the.e is a very limited Continental demand, but as the inquiry for silver has revived, it is probable that some large remit tances will be sent to France and other places for the purpose of obtaining supplies of that metal. The amount of specie brought by the steamer Medway from the Brazils is 70,3001. At the half-yearly meeting to-day of the London Joint Stock Bank, a report was presented stating the half years' net profit for the past six months Was 76,747/. 19s. 3d., which enabled the directors to declare a dividend at the rate of 12i per cent. Per annum, and a bonus of 10s. per share, leaving a balance of 9,216/. 19s. 3d. The report was Adopted. ALTERATION IN THE BANK RATE OF DISCOUNT. The Directors of the Bank of England have at at length modified their terms of discount, and the minimum now stands at 51 per cent. This mea sure was forced upon them by the abundant Supply of capital in the open market, ard reduced rates at which accommodation could be obtained there. Of course few persons would go to the Bank and pay 6 per cent., when they could obtain the assistance they required in Lombard street at and thus the discount business of that establishment, during the last few days, has almost ceased. A considerable improvement must have taken place in the various items of the Bank Recounts since the last were published, and there is reason to believe that a further decline in the charge for accommodation will soon take place. Already the discount firms have lowered their terms, and since the directors separated first-class bills, have been dis counted in the general market at 51 per cent. While the supply increases, and the demand is re stricted, thetendencymust necessarily be in afavour able direction. This alteration will no doubt induce many persons having money deposited "on call" . with the Joint-Stock and other establishments to Withdraw it, the allowance for the use of such capi tal being now under 5 per cent. The preSump tion therefore is, that investments in the Funds and other Securities will become more numerous. • The market for the English Funds opened firmly, 'but they have not been much benefized by the re duction of the Bank rate. Indeed, a decided fall has occurred, and the market is exceedingly de pressed, owing to large sales. Consols have been 91i and 911 For the ac count the quotations have been 911 :1-, and 91.1 2 . They are now 91 to 91k, and 91k respectively. The, New Threes have been 914 and 91i ; the Reduced 914, 1, ; Exchequer Bills 4s. dis to par. ditto Bonds, 1859, 98,1. India Stock is 2121 16, and ditto Bonds 10s. discount. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign 111 Stocks :-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 61 ; Mexican, 22 ; Peruvian, 80 82 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 54 56 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 441 5i ; Russian 5 per Cents., 109 111 ; ditty 41 per Cents., 96 98 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40 i ; ditto Deferred, 25 1 ; ditto Certificates, 5 ; ditto Pasiive, 5 1 2. Foreign Stocks have been rather active. Turkish - 3 per Cents, depressed, being 93i to 95 The 4 per Cents. G uaranteed are 1021 Dutch per Cents. 54 ; Russian 6i per Cents., 97 to 98. Peru vian, 80 ; and Mexican, 22. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under 1857. 1856. £31,043 £29,194 68,283 65.549 15,591 16 514 31,739 29,312 22,476 21.908 14,382 12,676 21.351 20,295 26,329 25,324 3,112 2,801 6,744 6,858 6,669 6,774 7 426 7,463 12,917 6.774 6,472 10,322 9,301 34,973 33,091 8,783 7,586 2,666 2,445 4,604 3,723 1,454 1,436 5,796 5,455 7,362 6,754 9,776 5,61 9,479 10,00( 37,485 36,93 f. Great Western. N orth-Western Brighton tlioland 8 puth- Eastern Caledonian Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire Birkenhead Bristol and Exeter Chester and Holyhead East Lancashire Landon General Omnibus Company Lancaster and Carlisle Manzhester, Sheffield, and Lincoln North-Eastern — North Stafford North London Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver Ulster Edinburgh and Glasgow Glasgow and South- Western Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada 'Northern of France Business in the Railway Share Market has been very inactive, but the few transactions re ported have been at rather enhanced values. Eastern Counties, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln„ Midland, North-Eastern (Berwick), and Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, have advanced about 55., and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 78. Gd. ; South Western, and one or two others, remained at about former values. The dealings in the Foreign and Colonial lines are extremely limited, Northern of France improved about ss. Grand Trunk of Canada declined 103., and Great Indian Peninsula, and Great Western of Canada Were steady. Mining shares show very little variation in value. Great Wheal Alfred have declined to 71 to 5g and North Wheal Bassett to 14. In Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares only two or three dealings have taken place. London Joint Stock are rather fircacr. Ottoman Bank receded about 55., and Electric Telegraph are dealt in at 91. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( from the Official List;) Business done. 3 per Cent. Reluced Annuities 9l/ $ 3 per Cent consols Annuities silt $ a 3 i Ne w 3 per Cent. Annuities 9 14 i - 3 t Long Anuuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 — Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1 86 0 2} Ditto 39 Years, expire sth April, 1885 lB 1-16 India Stock 1 .u, oonds, . 4 ,-;1001) 0 i Sole fOr % e,mint than for Opening 9lg 2Exolie q uer Bills, 2id. c touu . W,9 E5OO • Ditto Bonds, L 658, 3i per Cent. ... parl) a- r 44 d Ditto, 1359 RIM OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCI.O Mexica n 3 per Cent 22 Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1811 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent 45 Ditto, 4i per Cent. 97 Ditto Small R P ' , 4'. "• mm , ttee Cert.. of Coup. not fun. 51 Tarkieh Bonds, 6 per cent 914 $ thtto Aceouut Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable 'onlc n. 1) itch Exchange, 2A per Cent., 12 Guilders 64 TWO O'CLOCK. ... A 4 ... 91i g _ . Consols, money Consols for Account At a special meeting of the Royal Mail Stearn-packet la Ono „ p any y ester d ay, a resole i on f or am algamating with "e European and Australian Steam Navigation "Vany was agreed to, after some opposition. coin cry 0 ' oula ..; 133°. ii.), fof ert, for a, fr°° riYed' rre, Alia Btir" 6 , 10°3' ksliq r ! poDo' Ised° ( , Incial`s' ly i 4 ebea fat SHARE MARKETS- 7 -(This Day.) RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesteriay Shr. raid ' RAILWAYS. 10 A.mhg. Nottncr. Bost. I Eastn. Junc all I Belfast k Ballymena all IBirmng. Wolverh. dt Stour Valley 100 IBirkenhd. Laucsh. ds, Cheshire Junet all IBlael(burn 1 all i Blyth & Tyne original, £25 (iss. at £.15) 1 100 1 nri"ol & Exeter.-- " 100 Caledonian....... 100 lei:ester At Holyhead, all 'Cork and. Bandon all Cork, Black. & Pass 1 all iCornwall all D a.A 8 Do. B I 45 iDublin&BelfastJunc. all Dun. P. ezAber.June.l 100 East Anglian I all !Eastern Counties..... 100 EasternUnion,A. stk. 100 IDo. ' do. B. ..•••• 81 IDo. New A........... 17''Elst Kent 100 'East Lancashire ...... all lEast Suffolk 4 Do. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow all jail nb. and Peebles 100 l Ediab. Pith. &Dundee all Forth and ClydeJunc. 100 Glasgo es w & S.Western all iGrcat N. of Scotland 100 Great Northern 100 IDo., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 1100 IGt. Sth.&West.(lre.) 1100 Great Western. ... • • 100 Do. Str.V.R gua. St all ,Irish South - Eastern. all ;Lancaster & Carlisle. 14i Do., Thirds 12 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 1 6 Do., do. F. £l6 ... Do., Wet. Riding Un. all Do. Southport. all London & Blackwall 100 Lond.Bright. &S. est. 100 London &N. Western all Do. ,10/.5ii.,M&8...0 5 Do. Eighths IEOO London & S. Western all Lndndrry. &Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shef. &Lincln.t Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland Do. Binning. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. i Shares .... Newcastle & Carl isle.. Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk_ ........ ...... Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. dr Dock Stock Do., A Stock Do., B Stock ...... N. Eastern Berwick Do. do. Extension Do do. G.N.E.Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North London ..... N. &S. Wstn., Hamp- stead , and City Jo North Staffordshire North Western.. N. & S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester dr Wolverhampton Portsmouth Rhymney c-:cottish Central Scot. N. E. Abrdn . St Shropshire Union Sitingbourne &Sheer. ; South Devon !South Eastern Do. 4. per:. Shares , South Wales.. IS. Yorksh. River Dun 0o . . ... .. •• • • •• • . L ! .: . '' . ;Staines,NV k o ,&Wok.l 'Stockton & Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 18M Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale IDo. Pref., No. 1 Thames Hat. D. &R I Vale of Neath Watered. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall ,West End of London, and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London ... Do. First Class Do. Second Class Wmbledon &Croydon BRITISH PI Atlane and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. Do. Buffalo & Lake Hur Buff. , Brnt. & Godch 6 p. c.bds.,l Aug.,'72; Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 June,.'74! Calcutta and S. East. ICentral Oude (Lim.) (Ceylon A. shares Do. B. dc. ..... Demerara . Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares D 0.4. p.c.Bnds.,' s 7 Do. do. do., '59, do. Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c Do. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Wcstn. of Canada) Do. New Do. Bds., payable '571 Do. do., p.'6o ; Do. do., '73, do. . i H Do. do., '73, without I option IMadras, guar. 4. p. c Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 4i p. c. Exten. IDo. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex. , do Oude (Limited) 'Scinde, guar. 5 per c Do 5a 53 8i - 9 69 - 71 71 - 8i 91 - 93 751 - 754 36 37 - ... 5 4 - 9 - 10 20 - 21 11i - 11 52 - 54 35i - 363, i 7 a 97 98 61 :-- 6 Ei = iii - 101 - 9 98 - 99 90 - 91 121 - 123 104 - 105 63i - 644 63 - 65 70 - 74 6 - 8 p 1 6 -- 8 ill 1001 -100 i fi a 6,1 1112 - 114 .1 ilO2i - 104 , . ".' id ? 1031 161 (1 1 43i = :1,3i 83 -83 i 54 - li - ii 62 - 61 3 i - 43 - 44 901 22, 23 2t lid, 44 45 71i 72 96 99 - 41 - 8 10 - 10 33 - 35 6 - M 1.01 - 106 • 25 - 26 I 43 - 50 3 - 17 - 18 74i - 74 - 9 5 0 5S- 4:1 9-11 41. - 43 - iq' 3 - 41 ... - 7 - 9 1 3 - - 6 ISSESSIONS. I - 5 4d 88 92 85 90 85 90 •• - ••• - p 1101 - 106 A - 1p 20 -- 201' 56 -- 58 87 -- 88 20i -- 21 rl 213 -21 i -- 12 1 99 -- 101 109 -- 113 ;109 -- 113 'log 113 19 20 21 214 4d par - i i iP 1 1 - 12p1 Basiness done this day. 20 1.1 i St. St. !100 :100 all all all all St. 'lOO 50 32 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 25 all 25 16i 50 1 all St 100 St. 1 100 10 ,31.1 ;0 I all .0 all ;t. ,100 !O 16 .0 10 ;t. 100 ;t. 100 it. 100 .0 6 0 all .0 all 5 all 5 all !O all .0 all !O all .0 all 0 all .8 9 .8 all ;oi, 10i )0 100 )0 1100 10 100 !O 2s. !O 2sqd tO lOs !ID 1 L 74 all !O 2s. ;t. 100 0 all 0 all 0 all ;t. 100 )0 all 0 all !N all !Oi )0 all )0 all )0 all )0 all !O all !O all !O 10 ;0 5 O ss. 0 1 all FOREIGN. 10 ' all Antwrp &Rotterdam 6 6i 20 18 Ardennes... ......... ••• 5 all Belgian East. Junct 14 11 20 16 Beziers to Graissessac 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. 41 5 20 12 ,Dutch Rhenish 4l 4 d 20 all lEastern of France 261 27 20 all I Do. New 20 2s. ,Euphrates Valley 20 13 ,Gt,, Central of France 241 241 20 18 Great Luxembourg 64 6i 6/ 1G 4 'ltalian Junction ... . 20 i all Lake Const. & Bale ..• 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ...d 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 38 —44 p 5 all , Lucca & Pist.sp.c•p. ••• 20 all I Lyons and Geneva 20 all Lyons & Mediterran. 331 all Maria Antrala 10 all I ' Do • New • --- ••• 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref 2O/ 201 16 all Northern of France 3lt 33/ 32k 10 all NorwegianTruk.Pref 81 -- 94 20 all Paris and Lyons 51% 52 20 all Paris and Orleans 56 58 20 7 Reeife & San Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7p. c. id.— d 10 71 Rome and Frascati — ••• 20 all Royal Danish l6 18 5 all Royal Swedish — 1 20 all Sambre and Meuse 7l 8 a al l l l ) 0 o u . t s h l e i p n e r c of e F n t r a n . p e e f 2 8 64 2 8 7 1 1 20 0 8i all West Flanders 4l 5 10 all 130. 51 per c. Pref 20 all W.&N.W. of France 28 29 20 6 ,Western of Austria,, , ••• ••• 20 all 'W est. of Switzerlad . 6 all Wiesb a d en 6 all ~ Do 8 • P. cent. prof. 20 i all Zeal an d ••• JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all 'Australasia 25 181 Bank of Egy p t 100 50 Bank of London lid 40 all Bri. Col. Bk. & Ln. Co. 49 51 50 all British N. American "" 20 BC. Bk. of Ind. Au.&Ch 1/ 'd 100 50 City 65 67 100 125 'Colonial 100 20;Commercial of Loud 20 all lEng.Scot.&Aus.Cht l7i 20 all ,Lon. Ch. Bk.of Aust l7g 18" 20 all Ditto New 2(, 20 London and County 50 50 Lud.&E.Bnkn g. Corp 50 10 London Joint Stock 32i 100 20 Lond.andWestminst. 100 35 'National Pro. of Eng. 20 10 IDo. New 50 221 National Bank . ••• 20 all New South Wales .... 48 50 25 all Oriental Bank Corp. 37 38 20 15 Ottoman Bank ...... d I p 14 100 15 iProvinc al of Ireland ... ••• 10 all iDo. New . ••• 5 1 R.Aus.B.&G.lni.Co — 25 all 'South Australia 32 34 25 all 'Union of Austialia ' 541 554 2 11 D° Ne w 6 7 60 10 Union of London — 100 50 Unity Mutual 100 150 Wets43ol& of L9nd l4 = 12d, ril E SUN, LONDON rd R SDAY EVENING, JULY LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid) EA.LwAis. Leasing Companies Ciosine Prices yestr r d ty. Buckghamsh. Jc. Col.Stnur Vy. ,E.Lin. g. 6 p.c Sh. ( - 11 as. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Do. ',law Ln. &N. W. Calailon E. U. &E.O ;t. North," E. Count. Caldonian. it - 13 132 - 13 t 3i - 41 Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Hull & Selby. Do. 1 Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw !Do.Preferenee ;Lon. Til., &S. Do. Birk. Sh. IMatieli.Exton. and Matlock Mild. Bradicl. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. N. &Est.s P.C. Do. 6 per et.. Do. Fixed sp. e Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shrews . & Her IS. Staffordsh.. WearVal.g6pe Do . Wilts&S.inrst Do qt. Westn Y. & Do Do S. Eastern Do 106 -- 108 12i 122 2? —23 10i 105 2i 2$ 90 92 - 11,1 3 55 o 7 Peto &Co Do Ln. & N. W & INfid E. Count Do Do Do Do Gt.Northn T. Bragseyl M. MCloan Stk.&Dar Do Ot.Westn 131 - 133 8 - q 9 -1) Al} - 32} 89 - 91 PREFERENCE SHARES. B)yth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (is9d. at 501.) Bris.&Ex..l p.c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares Caledn. £lO p. c. & Ho. 5. P.C. Do. do. 5 per cent Cork &Bandons ip.c Dun.Perth.&Aber.J E. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Cis. B 6p. c Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 ....... Do. New 6 pr. c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. DI. Debentr.Sh. Do.•do. 4 per cent East "'encash .6 p .cts E.&W. York. J. sths Edin. dr Gl. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed.PrtlL&Dun.4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c Glas. dr 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem Do. 42 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. cou. red. 41 p. c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per tent. Do 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Bp. c .P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. d 0... Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh. Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l Do. ,P., 5 p. c. St. No. 2 Do. New Guar. 613. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., N 0.4 Lon. & N. W. , Cov. & Nuneaton 5 p. Lon. & S. W. 7 perct., 91 -- 93 oi -7 97 - - 6i I: oi 111 - 113 I 112 - 114 121 12i 5 -7- ii di - 116 1105 - 107 1100 - 102 61 -- 63 108 -10 i 5i -- 64 94 -- 96 83 - 85 85 -- 87 ' 101 -- 103 9i -10 i 16i -- 17 91 -- 104 73 -- 75 19 -- 20 9i -- 10 143 -- 15 1138 - 141 1115 - 117 ••• ..." late 3d Shares Londy.& Color. Londy.&Eunis. Sh. _ - . 1156 - 358 S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 31 per cent. Marypt. Carl. 4 p.c. Do. .q per cent Do. do. Nfld. Consol. 6p. c. St Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p. c Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St Do. L. &a Pref. St 1 New.,Aber., &c., pr 5 p. c. red. 5 n. c. pm Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct Norfk Deb. 4p. c. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 51 p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. ..,1847 North British Do. 7/. Preference N.E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf. Do. do. do ••• ..• - 66 - .68 'l:3 - 134 96 - 97 87 - 89 ii -- ii i ••• .-- - 103 93 95 1 li is Do. Leeds 6 pc. No.l Do. do. 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. do.3z p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 4i nr cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4b p.c. Sh S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 4t p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., sp. c Do. do. do. Stock. & llartl. g. 5 p.c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. id Par' 22i —22 ii 113 - 115 98 - 99 114 - 116 105 - 110 is —i9 22 3 / 4 - 23 98 - 100 95 - 100 27; - 286 -- 3 p ••• i - 2/3- ^ ••• 2 MINES, _. ... BRITISH . . 2/ 12 Alfred Cons. (Philk.) 161 174 20 14 (British Iron . . 20 Condurow (Cambrn.) 130 140 10 1 iDev.Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) 140 450 ... 14s ,Great South Tolgus l6 18 ... 11/ 3Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) 7 7i 74 I 7 Grt. W. Vor (Helstn.) 4 5 ••• 13s Lady Bertha 71 IN. Frances (Mogan) 11 ••• •• N. W Basset (Illogan) 14 15 14 ... 6/ 15 1 North Wheal Crofty 3 4 ... lit Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 19 -- 21 ... 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) 5 6 ... 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co 1 4 11 ... 21 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) 315 325 ... 2S. Carn Brea (Illogn.) 4 5 .▪ , 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn.) 275 -- 285 5 41 Tam. S. L„ Min. Co. 14 11 10 9 Tin Croft 3k ... 40 Un.Mineu (Gwenuap) •.. ... 12s 6;V. of Towcy (Camar.) A ... 11 W. Basset (Illogan) 2B 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd ) i2O 130 51 Wh. Basset (Illogan) 220 239 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth) 260 - 280 51 Wh. Edward(Calstck) 5 64 •.. 11 7s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 19 191 8 Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht.) 46 43 45 Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 24 26 FOREIGN MINES. 20 7 Australian 35 27 l3razilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaes d; Cuiada 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 10 12 1 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica — 1.1 40 all Cobra Copper 4B 50 ••• 16 Copia po - 13 2 all Fortuna - sP 20 all General 3 all Linares 5 1a Lusitanian 1 all Ma r i qu ita 1 all New Granada — 1 all Novean Monde 20 all Pont.Sil.LdM.&Smlt 5 7 5 1 Port Philip 30 16, Santiago do Cuba 2i 21 1 all iouth Australian 1 all Do. Scrip 1 , all Do. 10 p. c. 28i1 all United Mexican 3l 31 MISCEL: .ANEOUS . Australian Agricult.l Australn. Royal Mail' Berlin Water Works Brit. American Lani: Canada 20 - 21 10 50 100 St. Do.Go.6pc. JantJd. Do. 6 p. c.Feb.&Aug. D 0.6 p.c. Dilsr.&Sept. Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7§ p. cent Crystal Palace I DO. Preference ••• - •• 4 - 5• 1.38 142 ,113 - 114 Crystal Pal. of Prance' lDuston Iron Ore 'Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Electric Tel. of Irel En. &Aust. Cop. SmCo Eur. & Ind.Jetn. TeL I Geu. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.). Gen. Steam Navigat. London Discount ILond. Gen. Omnibus IMe.cdalena St. Navig.l Mediteran. Elec. Tel.l Mexican & S. Americn Nat. Discount Co I Do. New Netherlands Land Do. Do. 30 -- 35 25 27 5b 5g all 10 all all IDo.B p.e.Pf.iss.at Do. Do. New B. &N. S. Land IN.S.W. Gov.s p.e.D.: N. B. Australasian._ Nrth.ofEuropeSteam lOriental Gas Do New Shares Ld. & Minrl 1 Peninsular & Oriental' Do. New ;Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam._ iScot. Austral. Invest. IDo. New S. Aus, Gov. 6 p.e.bds South Austral. Land !Submarine Tel. Scrip r Do. Registered Trus. La. Co. Up. Can. iVan Diemen's Land„. 97 99 ••• 11 ••• 11 ld 3i 3i 11 21 1k - Li 3i 4 if 4 441 id 18 22 97 9 . ) 8 9 " 68 2i 70 41 5p 24 26 6 58 60 all all' all all 104 ... - - fda 33 - 35 i - 1 i - 1 ••, 11 12 Ituainess this day THE PARLIAMENTARY OATHS BILL. Meeting of Members of Parliament This Day. This afternoon a meeting of the Members of the House of Common., favourable to the principles of the Parliamentary Oaths Bill, was held at the King's Arms Hottl, Palace-yard, for the purpose of taking into con sideration the rejection of the measure by the House of Lords. Amongst the Members present were the following : E. W. Watkin John Locke W. S. Lindsay S. Gregson W. Coningham G Ridley T. M. Weguelin T. Mills T. P. Thompson R. Davey M. T. Bass J. Townsend W. Williams D. Nic. ill J. A. 'Wise W. G. Langton W. Cox G. Hadfield . B. M. Wilcox J. Platt J. A. Turner G. B. Pechell J. T Norris • G. G. Glyn C. Paget J. Brady M. 'Williams C. Forster A. W, Kinglake IL A. Bruce J. A. Kinglike C. Napier J. M`Cann H. W. Schneider J. Whit, C, Trueman Goderieli,Vlscouut J. Wyld. C. Buxton J. Cheethain J. B. Smith C. Akroyd J. Blake A. F. Kinnaird J. Vagwell W. Kirk H. Pease S. Gurney J. A. Roebuck T. Mulkey W. Ewart A. Macarthy L L. Dillwyn J. Paxton • C Gilpin K. D. Hodgson R. N. Philips . W. T. M'Cullagh J. S. Trelawney R. W. Crawford A. S. Ayrtcn E. LI. J. Craufurd W. Hackblsck C. E. Mangles. G. C. Glyn H. Fenwick C. S. Butler Raynham Robert Grosvenor De Lacy Evans S. WC. Greer Chas. Cavendish J. A. Smitk S. Beale James Clay R B. Sheridan W. Brown W. Jackson John F. Maguire Wm. Pinney William Scholefield C. P. Greufell C. R M. Talbot C. W. GI-cafell R. W. Grey W. P. Price E. Horsman J. G. Rebow George Byng W. P. Thornhill Ilastinls Russell Herbert Ingram Erskine Pony George Bowyer R. D. Mangles Harry Verney W. Hiatt -, Francis Pigott T. E. Headlam P. MacMahon Augustus Smith E. MacEvoy Henry Rich John Hanmer J. Jervoise W. COM J. C. Vivian John Biggs 0 W. Fa gin E. Mice E. Colehrooke R. P. Clinton H. R. F. Davie R. J. IL Campbell J. Kershaw H. Hussey Vivian J. D. Harris Win. Henry Sykes J. Potter • R. M. Milnes F. H. Berkeley George Moffatt John Steel W Roupell E. II Holland J. C. Stuart James Pilkington C. Cowan H. W. Wickham L. Waldron H. M. Clifford F. French Thos. Barnard John Ennis R. Dalglish F. W Russell Melgund Sutton Western. Wentworth Beaumont At two o'clock precisely the chair was taken by the Right Hon. Edward Horsman, M.P. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said they were met together that day, as a party, for the purpose of concerting measures for carrying out a principle of civil and religious liberty, to which they were all attached. They were not there as the partisans of Baron Roths child, but, as he bad said, they were there to show their adherence to a great principle—(hear, hear)—civil and religious freedom. Mr. D'llon had given notice of a mo tion, which, if carried, would be of great importance, and the noble lord the representative of the greatest commercial city in the universe, the colleague of Baron Rothschild, had also given notice of a motion to amend the Ist and 2d of Victoria, to regulate the oath for the admission of its members, The rubject was an important yet simple one, and, if they were only firmly united amongst themselves, the object they all had in view would be accomplished, and the gentleman who had been seven times returned as one of the members of the City of London, would be eligible to take his seat in the House of Commons—(Hear, hear) — and the princip'e which they all had at heart would be finally accomplished. The last division on the re jection of the Oaths Bill had occasioned much disap pointment, because it did not contain the names of all the members of the Government, and it had been said that Lord Palmerston was not sincere in their endeavours to admit the Jews into Parliament. [We shall give the conclusion in our last edition.] ELECTION COMMITTEES.—(This Day.) MALDON. The Committee appointed to try the allegations against the return of Mr. Western, met for the first time this morning. There were two petitions, one from Mr. Pea cocke, the defeated candidate, against the sitting mem ber, praying for the seat on account of bribery, undue influence, and treating. The other petition was from three electors against the return of Mr. Bromley Moore, the other sitting member, upon the same grounds. Sir J. Trotlope presided, and the other members of the com mittee were—Mr. W. E. Baiter, Mr. H. J. Baillie, Colonel Shafto, and Mr. Cole. Mr. E. James, in reference to the first petition, alluded to the notoriety of Maldon in election matters, which be supposed would continue so long as the majority of the electors were freemen. The learned counsel said that the bribery assumed all sorts of shapes and forms. One briber promised a voter that be s hould have flour at a Is. less up to the time of the election if he would vote for Mr. Western ; another was promised the repairs of the church if he would adopt a similar course. T he treatin g consisted of open houses where electors had anything they pleased, and at one, -the "Welli ngton," Mr. Weston himself was present and encouraged them. Besides that, there was a system of breakfasts in the out lying districts of the borough, after which the voters were brought to the poll in carriages an d vans direct from the breakfast tables by gr. Western 's friends. The learned counsel called several witnesses in sup port of his statement. BATfI. The scrutiny wait again proceeded with this morning and continued throughout the day. wEy This committee met for the first time this morning at 12 o'clock for the purpose of inquiring into the allega tions contained in the petitions against the return of Mr. Campbell a❑d Colonel Freestun, the sitting mem bers. There are two petitions, one by Mr. Butt, the late member against the return of Mr. Campbell, and the other by electors against Colonel Freestun and Mr. Cami,bell. Both petitions alleged bribery, undue influ ence, and treating, but the two latter were this morning abandoned, and confined to bribery alone. The committee first proceeded with Mr. Butt's petition, and witnesses were examined to prove bribery on the part of Mr. Simmonds, one of Mr. Campbell's agents. LAMBETH. The committee met yesterday at the usual hour. The witness. Tredre was brought up in custody and exunined. Ile stated he was a currier by trade, and had latterly been sleeping in various places. He was appre hended yesterday by a policeman. He was employed during the election at the Surrey Canal Tavern as a canvasser. There was a committee of 13, and Mr. Gillan was the chairman. He corroborated the state ments of previous witnesses relative to the conversation for opening more public houses. , In his cross-exa mina tion he said th a t h e k ep t ou t o f the way, to ascertain which side w ould pay him best— (laughter)—and not t o g et u p evidence against Mr. Itoupell. erchant a er b o l io r : Ralhsoodaen elector, Rhodes, h l op ctor m n elector, and Mr. S. , were examined re l a ti ve t o M r . Roupell's statement with reference to the application that was made to him to get rid of the petition. They both denied that their Conversations with Mr. Roupell bad that object in view. The remainder of the day was occupied in hearing evidence of a similar character. The petitioners having finished their case, Mr. Slade addresse d the com mittee on the part of Mr. Roupell the sitting member. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine replied on the whole case, after which The committee consulted, and on the re-admission of terangers they declared Mr. Roupell duly elected, and the petition frivolous and vexatious. SUICIDE IN THE. REGENT'S PARK.—Mr. Wakley held an inquest on Tuesday afternoon at the Elephant and Castle, Camden town, on a gentleman unknown, who committed self-destruction in the Regent'd park on Sunday morning last. The attention of pace-constable 240 S, was aroused about half past two o'clock in the morning by a report of firearms on the bank of the canal, near the Zoological Gardens, and he found the dece ase d l y i ng t h ere w i t h hi s face and bead awfully disfigured by the discharge of a areal pocket pistol which lay by his side. Notwith standing that his Ekul had been shattered and the left cheek and that ,-ids of the nose and eye had been blown away, he was alive, and, although perfectly unconscious, survived twenty minutes after the arrival of Dr. Good child, of Princess.terrace. The deceased was *ell dressed, but only a Jersey half-pen/1y was found in his pockets, besides an enamelled address card with the name " C. H. Insert" upon it. He appeared about thirty-two years of age. The jury returned a verdict " That the deceased committed suicide, but there is no evidence as to the state of his mind at the time." 100; i 43j i I 91i 90i 100 100 all 100 all 100 51 50 50 50 25 all 100 100 100 100 36 1100 1100 1 100 100 1100. all all 921 a d 841 x d 1141 14 16, i 857, LIVEJTOOL RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LATEST BETTING. LIVERPOOL CUP. 9 to 2 agst Rigerthorpe (taken) sto 1 agst Grey Pyrrhus (taken) 5 to 1 agst Bashi Bazouk (offered)(take 6to ]) 10 to 1 agEt Janet (taken) 10 to 1 agst Newton-!e-Willows (taken) 10 to 1 agst Moose (taken) 10 to 1 agst Gilliver (taken) 20 to 1 agst Sir Humphrey (taken) 20 to 1 agst Pantomime (taken) GOODWOOD CUP. 11 to 2 ag4 Anton (taken) 10 to 1 a3st Fieherinan (offJred) ST. LEGER. sto 2 agst Blink Bonny IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS.—FINSBURY PARK (No. 2) BILL. O❑ the motion for the third reading of this bill, Sir 11. WILLOUGHBY asked how the park was to be paid for ? Mr. H. ADAIR sa;d it would be paid for by the Metropolitan Board of Works. The bill was then read a third time and passed. The Lords' amendments to the Australian Agricul tural Company and the Margate Water Bills were con sidered and agreed to. The Basselileigh Road, Campbell's Divorce, Fleming's E-tate, and Ley's Divorce Bills were read a third time and passed. GALWAY ELECTION. Mr. CLIVE, chairman of the GalAay election peti- tion committee, moved that the evidence taken before the committee be printed and laid on the table of the house —Agreed to. FALKIRK. ELECTION CONIMITTEE. The committee appointed to try the petition against the return for the Falkirk burghs were swor❑ at the table of the house, and directed to commence their sittings to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock. HUNTINGDON (COUNTY) ELECTION. After calling over the names of the committee ap pointed to try the allegations contained in the petition against the return for Huntingdon (county), The SPEAKER read a letter be had received from Sir E. Dering, one of the committee, stating that his health would not permit of his attending the probably protracted sittings of the committee (though it did his attendance to the ordinary Parliamentary duties), and he asked to be relieved from serving on the committee in consequence. After a discussion whether the question rested with the house or the general committee on elections, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that if Sir E. Dering attended at the table of the house to be sworn, and assigned reasons against doing so similar to those contained in his letter, it would then be competent for the house to hear evidence at the bar relative to those reasons and judge of their sufficiency. Sir E. Dering then being present it would be in the power of the house to dispense with his attendance. If that course were not followed it would be difficult to determine whether in reality the whole of the committee should not be taken to be discharged, and the general committee of elections proceed to strike another committee. Sir E. DERING rose and addressed the house. He said he had no wish to shrink from the ordinary duties of the house, or those of an ordinary election petition, but as this petition involved a scrutiny, and the consideration of 240 individual cases, be doubted if his heaLh would permit him to undertake the physical exertion of a pro tracted daily attendance, and in consequence he thought it better to make the communication he had to the Speaker. Dr. Latham was called to the bar of the house, and examined by the Speaker. He said, that his present opinion was, that Sir E. Dereing had begun to show infirmities similar to which sent him abroad last year. The exertions necessary to a daily protracted sitting would be prejudicial to his health, and he considered him physically incapable of discharging the duties of a committeeman. Sir G. GREY regretted that Sir E. Daring had not been sworn to theabove evidence given, and Sr E. Dering excused his attendance even at the inconvenience of the committee proceeding with only from members instead of the house adopting what he (Sir G. Grey) considered an irregular proceeding. The attendance of Sir E. Dering was then dispensed with, and the order for the committee di , cbarged. THE CASE OF MR. MERRY, M.P. Mr. COBBETT, in pursuance of the notice given by bim yesterday, in presenting a petition from Mr. Merry, M.P., relative to a petition against his return for Falkirk Burghs, moved that instructions be given to the com mittee of the General Elections Committee to appoint a select committee of five members to consider Mr. Merry's case, and that the committee have no o'er to send for persons, papers, and records. Sir G. GREY said that, assuming the facts to be true, Mr. Merry had not adopted the proper course. The act prescribed in such cases, that withins ten days after the lodgment of the petition the sitting mem ber should go before the examiner of petitions, who at the expiration of that time would give five days' notice to the parties to attend before him and enter into the case. Instead of that, Mr. Merry had delayed moving in the matter till the day before the members of the com mittee were to be sworn. He thought the committee must be sworn and the petition against the return pro ceeded with. Mr. WALPOLE considered there was no ground for the motion before the house. After some remarks from Sir W. HEATHCOTE. Mr. COBBETT said this was not a question of recog. nisances, but of petition or no petit.on, and as the house appeared to be against the motion he would not press it. The motion was accordingly withdrawn. THE CASE OF MR. P. SOMERS, M.P. Mr. I. BUTT presented another petition from Mr. Somers relative to the criminal proceedings adopted in the Court of Queen's Bench, Ireland, relative to the Sligo election, which was read by the clerk at the lable of the house, and ordered to lie on the table. Sir G. GREY said th t the petition was different from the one presented yesterday, and could not then be entertained by the house. Mr. BUTT moved that the clerk do read at the table of the house the resolutions of the house on the 26:h . Jan , 1703.—Agreed to. [The resolutions which were read bad reference to elections of members of the House of Clromons, making it a breach of privilege in any person interfering in the proceedings relative to returns of members, except in particular cases, as required by act of Parliament. Mr BUTT then moved that the proper officer of the Queen's Bench in Ireland return to the house a copy of alt the proceedings in the action mentioned in the peti tion. The hon. and learned member said that there was a petition against the return of Mr. Somers for Sligo, and that, pending that petition, proceedings had been taken in the Court of Queen's Bench, Ireland, relative to the non-taking of certain votes at the election, which was the same question the commi'tee had to de cide. Since then, an indictment bad been preferred in the county of Sligo, against"the mayor and his clerks for conspiracy, in reftisiii'g to take the votes in questien. The hon, and learned member referred to a similar case occurring at Aylesbury, and on application to the courts of law, it was held to be a valid proceeding, on which the House of Commons passed the resolutions that had just been read. An elector had a right to bring an action against a returning officer for depriving him of his vote, but he ought not to be allowed to do so either di rec tly or i n di rec tly pe n ding a similar enquiry before a comrnittpe of the house. If he did so, he rendered himself liable for contempt, and he (Mr. Butt) considered the house should carry out the resolu tions of 1703. He should move, in addition to the ,motion before the house, that the further consideration of the case be adjourned till Monday, by which time the re• turn he asked for would be made. The matter could than go before a committee of privileges for decision. Ha considered the house should act cautiously and solemnly in a matter of this importance. Sir G. GREY considered this a proper subject to be brought under the notice of the house, and one in which they should proceed cautiously and solemnly, and not take such steps as would lead to inconvenience. (LEFT SITTING.) The accounts of the growing crops received from Normandy are most satisfactory, and in all the markets of that part of France a considerable decline took piece yesterday in the price of wheat, the diminution averag• ing as much as sf. the hectolitre. THE NATIONAL GALLERY.—A picture bequeathed by the lite Rev. Thomas Halford, of Hanover-square, has been added to the national collection. It is a transcript on a small scale of the celebrated " Night Watch" by Rembrandt, now in the Museum at Amsterdam. CRICKET.—GENTLEDIEN V. PLAYERS.—This exciting match was brought to a conclusion last evening in favour of the Players, by 13 runs only. The terrific batting of Mr. Drake brought down repeated applause from the spectators, numbering upwards of 3,000. Score— Players, first innings, 199 ; second innings, 122. Gen tlemen, first innings, 194 ; second innings, 114. The East India Company have given notice that they will receive tenders on the 21st inst. for the hire of steamers, of 1,000 tons re:Aster and upwards, for the conveyance of about 6,000 troops (of her Majesty's service) from England or Ireland to Cilcutta. The men are to embark not later than the 29th instant, and the passage money will be payable in India, at the exchange of 2s. !d. per rupee. It is expected that an additional force will shortly be sent out. PUBLIC PETITIONS.—The list now includes five peti tions for altering the law of election petitions, signed by 141 persons ; one, signed by 15 persons only, against any alteration in the Thok of Common Prayer; 22 against the disendowment of the Church in Ireland, signed by 3,342 persons ' • 36 for a provision resp ectin g church•ratee, signed by 1,420 persons; 202 against the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill, signed by 48,273 persons ; 162 for a repeal of the Maynooth endowment, signed by 25,180 persons ; 25 against levying a toll on Chelsea new bridge, signed by 4,823 persons ; 123 for a repeal of the paper duty, signed by 3,647 persons ; 293 for an alteration in the law of the civil service superannuation fund, signed by 11,547 persons ; 384 for a redress of the grievances of medical officers of unions, signed by 2,298 person s ; 26 for a prohibition of the opium trade, signed by 1,589 persons ; and 41 in favour of the Vaccinatitu Bill, signed by 2,887 persons. THE GREAT SALE AT ALTUN TOWERS. ALTON TOWERS, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. The sale of the collection of armour and arms commenced on Monday, and was continued yester day and t9-day, and brought to a close this after noon. The attendance of buyers was numerous, and included agents on the part of Government from the Tower of London. The interest attach ing to the sale seems to increase, and the number of visitors during the last few days who have per ambulated the grounds is very large. The railway has each day brought thousands from different parts of the country. The s Ile of Monday commenced with the armour and arms in the entrance hall ; after which the contents of the armoury were disposed of. In ad dition to :shiel 4 ls, halberds, swords, and helmet s, they consisted of several full figures in cap-a-pie suits. A lay figure in a splendid cap-a-pie tilting suit of plate armour sold for 20 guineas. The day's sale realised 455/. 2s. 6d. Yesterday a fine fluted steel Cuirassier helmet of the time of the Restoration sold for 19/. 19s. A fine circular shield sold for 91. 9s. A figure in a superb .Spanish cap-a-pie -suit, 22 guineas ; a lay figure in a three-quarters suit of tilting armour, 15 guineas. Several other suits sold for from 151. to 201. each. The produce of the day's sale was 490/. lls. 6J. The finest portion of the armour was sold to-day, consisting of several splendid suits in the Talbot Gallery—a very fine tilting cap-a-pie suit of plate armour, engraved, 82 guineas ; a suit of fluted ar mour, of globose form, date 1550, 91 guineas ; a grand equestrian figure of a knight, in a complete suit of plate armour, fluted, the figure holding in his hand a beautiful State sword, inscribed, " Ego sum Talbotti, pro vincere inimicos suos," sold for 71 guineas. Several flags and banners in the ar moury were next sold. A blue silk flag, carried by the Earl of Shrewsbury at the funeral of Wm. IV., was withdrawn. A number of curiosities and orna mental objects closed the sale. These included figures of Le Grand Talbot and his Countess—sold )r 155.! ; and a bu,t of Sir Gilbert Talbot, of Graf ton Manor, carved in wood. The proceeds of the day's sale was upwards of 900/. being nbout.l,7oo/. for the whole. The sa'e of the porcelain, sculpture, marbles, and marble tables in the Talbot Gallery, the Picture Gallery, and the Conservatory will commence to morrow, and the general impression is that for several of the articles there will be great competi tion and high prices realised. The marbles include the celebrated mosaic Boman table, wita, exotic birds in the centre, said to be the most splendid of its kind in the empire. THE CROPS I V TIIE MIDLAND COUSTIES. We are now arrived at a crisis in the growth of the cereal crops of the country when some estimate can be formed of the prospects of the approaching harvest, and for many years it has not been the lot of the reporter to have so favourable a report to present as at this moment. The extremely hot weather towards the close of last month, when the wheat was in blossom generally throughout Wor cestershire, Gloucestershire, and Herefordshire, led to some apprehensions of a failure in the kerning, but happily at the critical moment when it was wanting we bad some most acceptable thunder showers, which did no harm to the crops, but had a wonderfully fructifying effect, and have added some bushels per acre to the produce. The wheat is now full, and in forward situations is betginning to harden. The present sunny hot weather just suits it, and unless a very great change takes place we shall have a very early and no doubt a very bountiful harvest; for, independent of the average produce being larger than usual, there is an increased breadth of wheat planted, especially in Herefordshire. The barley also was much benefited—indeed, saved by the rain, and is now in ear and looking promising. Oats are but litt'e grown in this district. Beans were just come into pod when the rain opportunely arrived. They are a most excellent crop, being moderately long in the straw, without any appearance of the black bight, which sometimes shortens the crop by destroying the late blossoms. Peas are promising. The hay making is now drawing to a close. The week's interruption from rain has not been injurious, only discolouring some of the grass just cut. The crop is very good in this district—above 1 ton to the acre, and, with very little exception, will be got up in first-rate condition. The turnips have been much infested with the fly, so that they have had to be sown two or three times. The turnip crop will be short. We have heard reports of the reap pearance of the potato di , ease, but have seen none. The early crop is abundant in quantity and of go)d quality. The apples are partial. In some parts of Herefordshire, where the bloom promised a large crop, they have almost failed. The hop plantations are looking beautiful ; the bine has thrown out a promising midsummer shoot, and is free from blight. The Worcestershire plantations in this re spect pave a great advantage over the Kent and Sussex this year. MURDER IN FRANCE. The Court of Assizes of the Loiret on Saturday tried a man named Lachau, of Olivet, for the mur der of Irsfather. In April last, the prisoner's mo ther (tied, and the mau accused his father of having appropriated a certain portion of her property to which he conceived himself t 3 be entitled, and as the old man refused to give it up, he complained of him to the Procureur Imperial of Orleans ; but on investigation it appeared that there was no ground for the complaint and it was dismised. This exaspe rated the man, and he conceived a deadly animosity against his father.. He frequently said, " Since the Procureur Imperial will not do me justice, I must do it myself ! I must kill my father, and I will then kill myself !" On the 13th May, he said to some persons that that was the last day he had to live, for that he meant to murder his father and then com mit suicide. The persons in question advised him not to think of anything of the kind, but he said, in a rage, " He will not give me what belongs to me, and this very morning he sold some planks which are my property 1 I must kill him, and will do so this vary day 1" Some hours after old La chau, who was a mason by trade, returned home in his cart, and as be, with the assistance of his daughter, was unharnessing the horse, the pri soner came up and began abusing him for having told the planks. The old man retorted angrily, and either struck his son or seized him by the collar ; on which the prisoner, dragging him into a shed where there was a carpenter's axe, seized the axe and raising it above his head as if to strike called on him to give up the property he claimed. The old man refused, and the prisoner then struck at him with all his might ; but the daughter seized his arm and he missed his blow. The old man took to flight, and the prisoner pur suing, struck him three time with his axe ; one blow sliced off part of the face, and the other two were so grave that in three hours the old man died, without speaking a word. The son went up to his room, which was in his father's house, and quietly proceeded to place his papers and accounts in order ; he was so engaged when the officers of justice arrested him. The jury declared bim guilty, and the court sentenced him to death—the execu tion to take place in the form fixed by law for par ricides ; namely, to walk barefooted to the scaffold with a shirt over his clothes and his head covered with a black crape. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended July 16, 1857, made up from the Re turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT I BARLEY I OATS RYE BEADSI PEAS 63s 104.1 37s 8d 27s 2d I 40s 6d 455 4d 43s Ild THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. WHEAT I BARLEY I OATS 1 BEANS I PEAS 61s 3d 385 Ild 26511 d 40s 6d I 445 11d 43s Od ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 75,992; barley, 1,280; oats, 3,413; rye, 15; beans 2,190 ; peas, 352 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEwaA rg AND LEADENHALL. — The trade ruled dull, from 2s 8d to 4s 01 ; Mutton, 3s Oil 6d to 5s 6d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; Pork, t cl a o s s 6 1 : 81 16 : ( 0 1w; 4 s 1 : 671 Bb p e e e r 4fs, 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, July 15.—The show of stock here to-day was seasonably large, and the trade generally ruled heavy, at drooping prices. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 48 8,1; Lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od ; Veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; pork, 3s Ed to 4s 6d per Sibs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, July 15 .—To-day's market was well supplied, and the trade ruled dull, as follows :---Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 5s Od to Gs Od ; Veal, 4s Od to 4s 81; Pcrk, 3s Bd. to 4s 0d per Bibs; Suckling calves, 21s to 28s each. HAY M&RKETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, 310 s to 41 lOs Od; new do., it lOs to 4158; old clover, 3110 s to Si 53; new do., 31. 103 to 41. 108 ; and straw, 11 12s to 1/ 16s per load. Trade steady. CIIMBEALAND.—OId meadow hay, 31 5s to 41 103; new do., 318 s to 41 4s; old clover, 3110 s to 51 sa ; new to., 31 lOs to 41 10s; and straw, 1112 s to 11 183 per load. A. good demand. WIIITECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, 31 5s to 41 103 Od ; new do., 31 8s to 414,3; old clover, Si 103 to 51 5s ; new do., 31 lOs to 41 10s; and straw, 1/ 100 to 11 16 s per load. Trade firm. -._ THE BMPE. HE EXILES. (From the Morin rg Advertiser.) Stung by his defeat in the late elections, it would appear that Louis Napoleon writhes once more under the galling conviction that, within sight of the shores he oppresses, there lies the fr ee soil of England, rejoicing in political inst - tutions, against which domestic factjon and foreign levy are alike vain and empty ; blest with a hardy and: ; cultivated raae, who, preserving from the earliest times the germs of liberty, have so trained and strengthened them, that they have foiled evan the hurricane of Revolution, and struck root deeper , and deeper into the constitution. Between that British race and this despot's subjects, the last few years have seen a new spirit grow up ; both nations • ' pouring oil into the wounds of manycenturics, and se dinetheir late-born friendship by mingling their blood in the cause of a threatened nationality. The military feats of the Crimea formed, indeed' for a time, a ray of glory circling the Imperial dia dem. But the hour of triumph had hardly passel' away, when the thorns with which that Crown was' interwoven began to pierce. Frenchmen and Br:-, tons bad cemented their friendship with their blood. Their names had been writ toge her on many a glo rious trophy. They had challenged depotiem in the person of i s most renowned champion, and had, to- gether, compelled him to bite the dust. The din of battle ceased, and its clouds passed away, but before the treaty was signed which dispelled firm], the cloven foot of despotism peeped from under the Im perial throne of France—Napoleon leaned to Alex.: ander. It was but natural that birds which plumed them elves on the similarity of their feathers should perch on the same bough. But the tough old British lion lay growling at the root of the tree, and when he began to roar in earnest, and thi eatenwl to tear up their treaty, root and branch, the eagles of the Houses both of Romanoff and Napoli on were silenced. But the great French nation saw what was going on, and began to lose faith in its idol. In the hour of his triumph the image fell from its pedestal, and its worshippers found that its proud feet were made only of clay. The Providence which dements what it designs to destroy, much about this time induced that sin gular accident, the Emperor of the French to assault the liberties of the Belgian Press ; and the just, manly stand against dictation made by that little kingdom was exchanged for a compromise somewhat ignoble, but not, perhaps, unwise its so small a power, seeing that the Plenipotentiary , of the great British nation had endorsed the des pot's protest. It was not, however, expected that the next act of aggression would be perpetrated on British soil, and that a demand would be made upon us to oust a French refugee from the hospi tality of the British hearth. Still lees was it ima gined that from the lips of the Emperor himself a rebuke would go forth, and addressed—of. all things in the world—to the British Press ! But such was the fact. If it had been in British nature to submit, we should have been sold to the Emperor of Russia ; we should have been compelled to drive away from ourshores Victor Hugo and his brethren in exile ; and—worst of all—to surrender the glory and safety of our nation—the freedom of the Press. But Louis Napoleon reckoned without his host. Our hospitality and freedom were sac rifices too precious to make for the alliance of the Bonaparte. Of the alliance of his subjects we were sure. That compact was complete. But not baffled by these signal defeats, Louis Napoleon now tries his hand again. Associating with him, as we have good reason to believe—the other despotic governments of Europe, he has pro claimed his august will with reference to this country in the semi-official journal, the Pays. It would be a pity to dilute this insolence by altering the form in which it is expressed, and therefore we give it as the Imperial amanuensis wrote it down : " Since the re-establishment of the empire, the French revolutionists only show signs of existence as a corps de reserve. Every attempt that has been made in France has been made by Italians, and the men who will appear at the bar of the Assizs Court of the Seine, next month, are also Italians. Such a state rf things calls for a vigorous repression. It is from Loudon that all these attempts emanate, and it is in London that the evil must be attacked at its source. That the Eng lish people should think it an honour that their country should be the asylum for a'l who are unfortunate is no doubt a generous sentiment, and one which we can not but make allowance for.• But if it be proved that London has become the principal theatre of conspiracies directed against all continental Governments, that con dottieres are enlisted there for a democratic and social war, that arms and ammunition are manufactured there for the purposes of assassination and civil war, the Eng lish people, with that practical good sense of which they justly boast, will admit that such an abuse of hospitality deprives the conspirators of every right to the protection of laws meant for the security of the exile, and that energetic measures are called for to give satisfaction to the interests of nations allied with England, and to the public conscience which has been so long outraged by revolutionary excesses." Here we have a laboured exordium and an ap parently reasonable peroration. But the plain Eng lish of it all is, that Louis Napoleon, back 41 by the Continental Governments, is anxious to try his hand on English hospitality, and to compel the . Br itish Government to succumb to the views of a coali tion of despots. It is all very fine to wrap up preg nant matter in the complicated folds of many words. But what the Pays means is t hat despotism will suffer the English game of hospitality no longer, if it can help it. Surely the Bonaparte must have been de mented indeed, if he imagine that such a threat, so Wiallow and so insolent, would be tolerated by the British pelple. We have at present at the head of affairs the last man in the world to be influenced by so contemptible a threat ; a Statesman far more likely to resent th to acquiesce in its demands. But were the most craven Minister that ever dis graced British councils at the head of affairs, he dared not ! l'sten to such language. Behind the British Government stands the British nation, awl no mock Emperor, no bolstered royalty, no aggre gate of despots, can shake its power, or move it from its traditions of freedom and hospitality. _RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GRAND TRUNK CANADA. The Londo❑ directors of this company state in their report that the sections of the railway that were unfinished at the date of the last report, — namely, from Guelph to Stratford, 25 miles, and from Brockville to Toronto, 210 miles, were com pleted for t.affio in October last year, thus making the total mileage of the company 849 miles. The directors learn by their last advices from Canada that a traffic agreement of a very satisfac tory character is nearly completed between the Montreal Ocean Steam Company and the Grand Trunk Company. A monthly line of screw steamers from Liverpool to Portland, calling at St. John's, Newfoundland, and Halifax, was established at the commencement of this year, and the directors are informed that it is about to be converted into a fortnightly line. Other steamship proprietors have been in communication with the company on the subject of running vessels in connection with the Grand Trunk Railway. At the commencement of the present year a thorough traffic and emigration department was orpniz-d iu the London office. Many of the persons who have already travelled with through tickets, purchased previously to their leav ing Great Britain, have communicated totheir friends at home the excellence of the arrangements for their protection, and the comfort' and speed with which they have been conveyed to•their destina tions. The receipts on capital account to the 31st of Decemt er, 1856, amounted to 7,727,4301., and the expenditure to 7,551,5891., leaving a balance of 175,8401. The revenue for the s half-year ending the 31st of December, 1856, showed that 170,836/. had been received, and 143,8531. expended, leaving a balauce of 26,9831. MIDLAND. A special meeting of this company was held on Tuesday, at Derby, to consider a bill now before Parliament authorising the North-Western Rail way Company to abandon a portion of their railway, and sell or grant a lease of the undertaking to the Midland Company, A formal resolution approving the bill, in com pliance with the standing orders of -the House of Lords, was carried. GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN. A special meeting of this company was held on Monday, at Glasgow, to consider a bill now before Parliament for authorising a railway from Castle Douglas to Portpatrick. A resolution approving the bill w as F amed una nimomly, and the meeting separated. CALEDONIAN. A special meeting of the company was held on Monday, at Glasgow, to consider two bills now before Parliament, and to wake a railway from their line to St ra thaven, and to make a railway from Portpatriok to Castle Douglas. Formal resolutions approving of th) bill were carried unanimously. The Ceylon Railway Company have received a notifi cation from the Government that their terms have been finally sanctioned ; and the guaranteed interest of 6 per cent. will accordingly accrue upon all the shares from the 6 h inst. The Scottish Australian Company have issued their report, preparatory to a meeting on the 24th. After writing off 3 , 7261 Ai %Filets, the accounts show profit of the half-year of 11,0741,, out of which a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum is proposed, leaving 1,0741. to be carried to the reserved fund, which will thus be augmented to 5,9461. The contract for the sale of the Bon Accord property has been completed, and the result 3 will appear in the nest accounts. -_ _~-,.; N %rk tra lut, Ace Y• eph ing- BM' 3ur ots. airs, pri nore Lees reet, Mr. the ;Arne him, was hag were into er at Mr. caned ;aken nittal ro 'IIlp$• ,Y Wid" a.l o ' lla a 1001 12j 25 20 St. 25 10 1.0.6