The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-04 00:00:00

12, Litton SUN OF FIVE, Seven o'Clloek. TATTERSALLS'—(This Evening.) The room was very thinly attended, as most of the members bad left for Chester. There was no variation from former quotations. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—(This Day.) The following appointments were made at the Admi ralty this afternoon : Master—Henry A. Martin, to the Leopard. Second Master—Clement Hirtzel (acting), to the Vol eano. Master's Assistant—Henry Hosken, to the Boscawen. IVI y IYI .ARK ET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed heavily, and prices were unaltered. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed quietly, and a rather limited business was transacted. Very little alteration is reported in the trade of many of the manufacturing towns, but prices are maintained. _ _ . The commercial bills falling due to-day the 4th of the month, have now been provided for, and the demand for discounts during the next few days, especially after the 7th when the consul settlement takes place is likely to undergo some diminution. ligorthe moment, therefore, less anxiety is apparent, as the pressure during the last week had been suffi ciently severe to create an apprehension of iurther restrictive measures. No quotable alteration in the official value can be predicted, but tile tightness may temporarily relax, at all events in such a manner as will preclude the lice°ssity of a further advance in the minimum or other protective regulations. The present quo tations are an -effectual prohibition against new Illidertaking with which the market is now over -1111)) and the Grand Russian Railway scheme for ttately receives no support. As will be seen by t he particulars given below the a mount of silv e r t o leave to-day for India and China is under the late average, and the hope is indulged that these bi- Monthly shipments will henceforth be made to a faller extent. As the advices from Victoria inform that large supplies of gold are in transitu, there is every prospect of the stock of bullion at the Bank being satisfactorily augmented. The fulloW- N remittances are reported, viz., per European, ; Medway, 18,000 oz. ; Donald Mackay, 12 ,000 oz. ; Istamboul, 45,000 oz. ; the Stehon heath, 5,000 oz. ; the Sussex, 48,000 oz. ; the 14 °rning Star, 32,209 ; the Sydeuham, 31,462 oz.; arid the Thames, 4,780 oz. The total supply thus e xpected is about 900,0001. The American and exchanges will now be carefully considered ',Pon the arrival of eachmail, as thereis a favourable 'earlency in both. Altogether, a better feeling Prevails, but there are so many difficulties in the W ay of arriving at a correct idea of what is likely t ceeur in the financial world, every one is tho roughly prepared for a continuance of the existing t erms of interest and discount. Subjoined are the pgrticulars of the specie on be ard the PeniwiAll4F Oriental Steam Coal ,- pang's vessel Fem. Bombay (silver) -C192,325 Ceylon (gold) Madras (silver) Calcutta (silver) 124 530 Penang (silver) Singapore (silver) 'long -Kong (silver) Shanghai (silver) Total Later advioesbave been received from New York I)3 ' the steamer Niagara. She brings 581,083 dole. il l gold, the exchange on London baying beconie kiere favourable. Rather more firmness is apparent in the English Stock Market to-day, the anticipation of some 4batersen.t of the money pressure, and large specie l eteittances advised from Australia, having im_ ported a better tone. Business, however, is 14 , 1 ' 01 contracted, owing to the settlement /P4 ich takes place on Thursday. Until that e7 exit is passed the maiket will probably re main dull, but if the aspect of financial affairs ; ill . Proves, as many expett, a speculation for a 4 ' 8 ( 3 may be initiated which would probably cause :, ), itnPertaut change iu value. Consols have been and 03k for money, and about the same for T h ' 7 th inst. The June rates have been 931 New Threes are 91a to 91i ; the Apduced, i~; the March Exchequer Bills, Ps. discount to , 3 * P r eMlUra ; and the Bonds, 98 ; Bank Stock 212 to 213. \ Porei g Securities are very i nact i ve. Turkish s 'er Cent s . h ave b e en 9n- and are now 93 to t• The 4 per Cents. are 100. Russian 44 per erit '• 9 6. Mexican 23i. and Portuguese 45 . The % follo w i n g are the nominal prices of Foreign 2 3 ( 1 ek8 :--Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6& 7 ; Mexic Peruvian 4t per Cents„ 7e4 771 5 ; do. 3 per Ilt k• 53t 543 ; Portuguese 3 per 'Cents., ; 5 per tents., 104 6 ; Do. 41 per Cents., 25 25 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 414 ditto Deferred, 1; ditto Certificates, 6q • ditto Passive, 5 6. very moderate business was done in the Rail aY Share Market. Most of the principal lines, rat ever, show a slight improvement on previous ah.• _North Counties, Lancashire and York •D're) Western, South Western, North Eastern. Berwick and South Eastern, advanced out 55., and Great Western and Midland, labout 10s. The French lines were depressed. Eas tern of France declined 55., and Paris and Pus 15s. Grand Trunk of Canada improved about 1/. In Mining Shares there is no change to report. Alfred Consols realised 24, and 'United Mexi can 3t Joint-stock Bank Shares have beendull. London ', o int Stock, London and Westminster, and Al likiee Bank are a shade higher. In the Miscellaneous undertakings business rules ex tremely dull ; London General 'Omnibus Cora -134113' and Royal Mail Steam are at previous quota tions lIRI TISH FUNDS.—CLOSING picdoES —THIS DAY. tl rgal Los t:) I.Eroin v n --..et ,-- Business done. , . .. 21 291 13 3 bank S tock T , ''''' "P t R 'cludod'Ann - Pitles 92i 3 i i liPer ec a rt yonsols , i , PTili'tIVR 91$ N e ' v 3 per Cent. Annuities 1... "°2 3 Per Cent. Annuities _ 77 2 ""? A nnuities expire sth . lan 116Q.. 4,12).itt0 1 , ) Years' , expire 10th Oct., 1859 2 346 •••• "qla Bonds, .0 0 (ilt .......... """'!"'"' lO d e bat ° - under £lOOO D , ';' ' ?er Account . March. 1 June. Etc '.' Bills, 24d. q O 4O ........ ' ... tto ^ t.ll .1 p 2 d ' 1 5 2 . 2 -- . "itto New, 1852, 4i per Cent. .8. ""..... ? zi tt 1,' ICIE kt. • '—' l s. per Cent. OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS AlQat3per Cent . . 23 1 ,,,, p 'll'4o Account e rnvi '-h. Ditto' .onds, 4i per Cent rtilguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Cou. 1841 ti. b 0 1.853, 3 per Cent. — T, sp l ,tte Account ..-,t.to 185 6, 3 per Cent lau Bonds, 1522, St., 5 per Cent 96 iP t ° , 4i pe r Cent. T u., ? , to s i „ .au 97 Ditto (.nfi s? , 6 per cent . , .... .. . 9 9 2 2 i 3i 4 oii!t:. Account t "6 . qrilarfulteed, i per Ce 4.• , .. 1004 bitto. APoQ''llt D, ..., Q,cli gzel' per Cen:,., 12 Guilders 60 2 Ditto ' 'ange' " • con4:le3r, ra Ce:C ey Certifieates 2114E740, O'CLOCK. 0 oic. 931- 1 Ditto, ACCOllat (Nu 7) 93 i i St. 50 St. St. 20 20 10 St. v 11 T. "_, 71 .i Highness Duchess of Kent, attsnded 13 ,1" a —a u9 Anna Maria Dlwson, went to Kew on Satur e-:atld visited their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of afteon $ l en nl L bri dge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Meek f "lichees ,buurgh Strelitz 4.. he '1", ' 1f Sutherland arrived in town t o ti n u F;i a d t a c y tf toe Ear Cam as Ca stle Howard, yoaswEß, - 4 of garlisle. • • Ivan what line, Sales Iles." Corn ;land, alifax New cl has yhead s, in- ding, a , sign winds .k and. honict Orliter ience, New twith- the d for frod4 Star, F, had Ilaucl. xct,ed ) quite had iatio rrived ibral isbon, specie, doub- 'date 4, packa- 3t9am at Lis ) hours .th and ier or led by ire the in the Sultan insular Eianged of the ) miles on the e, with mles La, and n from ) 535; , 531 ; rise in y sub we the Depu e pro ► carry o were of tho 1, and being T 1 4.11 • atioupd Won of ter ad- s inters- Letances 'b) evi sA only t would .ord , of 4ider to ne Mr. an or stained ject, or dy 'dis cs, but The e Eatne nlight - ye the ur's re wise. WWI A M Cele- ►S born a ~ Qur fyeal )feePoF Kong, me of tW i 1 o ver at the turclai i n the coul4 a bay ° Ist in rudeot 3arefa l obtain At SHARE MARKETS—(This Day). RAILWAYS. R ILWATS. Ambg. Nottng. Bost dr Eastn. June....... Belfast k Ballymena Birmng. Wolverh. dr Stour Va11ey......... Birkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Junct...... Blackburn Blyth Sayne original £25 (iss. at £45).... Bristol dr Exeter...... Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass, Cornwall D. A DO. B Dnblin&lelfas . tJunc Dun. P. &Aber. Julie. East Anglian .... . . Eastern Counties EasteruUnion,A.stk. Do., do. 8.. ...... Do. New A East Kent . . East Lancashire East Suffolk ......., Do. Ed rnburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb. Prth. &Dundee Forth and ClydeJunc. Furness l O r a e s a g t o N w & of S s -W co e t te n r3 Great Northern. 0., A. Stock M., B. Stock Gt. Sth.kWestare Great Western Do. Str.V.R. gua. St Irish South-Eastern. Lan caster dz Carlisle. ,Do., Thirds... Do.' New Thirds Lancash &Yorkshire' Do., do. F. £l6 ... Do., Wst. Riding Un. Do. Southport. London & 131ackwall Lond.Bright.& S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths . Do. ,161.5h.,k&S 0 Do. Eighths London & S.Weatern Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch .$1) e f. &Lincln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland . Do. Birming. dr Derby, Midland 0. West. (Ir. ) Do. Shares all Newcastle all Newpt.Aberg.difirfd 9 Newry dt Enniskillen] all Newry, Warrenpoint tfi Rostrevor 100 Norfolk.. Northtt. Counties Un North British • North Devon, Rail. di Dock Stock I Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N. Eastern Berwick Do. do. Eetension Do do. G.N.E.Porch Do Leeds Do. York North Loudon v. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and'City North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scot. N.E.Abrdo. St Shropshire Union Sitingbourne 6r4heer. South Devon . ... ... Solidi Eastern IW. 4i per C. Shars (South Wales 18. Yorksh. River Pun Staines,Wok.,&Wok.' Stockton & Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 1855 Stockton' di liartlepi, (Taff Vale • Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Hay. D. &R, Vale of Neath ........ Waterfd. & Kilk amyl Waterford&Limalick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class.. Do. Second Class [ Wmbledop Szeroyclol, BRITISH P, and St. Law, Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. F p.c. Do. Buffalo La 'a e Hur. Buff. , 13rnt. & Go , ch. 6 p.c.bds.,l 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 0.4)) p c.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, do. Geelong di Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. Gil. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p C. Deben at:. In. Pen. g. 5 per c Do. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Wcstn. of Canada, Do. New Do. Bda., payable '57 Do. do., '76, p. Do. do., '73, do. Do. do., '73, without . . option Madras, guar. 44 p.c Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 44 p. c. Exten., lyfo. 3d Ex., g.. Do. 4th Ex , do. Oude (Limited) Scinde, - guar. 6 per c Do Closinv Price Eaturd&y. 5i - 5 8i - 9 65 - 67 81 - 9 88 - 90 691 - 34 - 35 **B 8 - 9A' 18 - 19 11 -11 i 54' - 56 f 364 - 37 8i —76 d 97 99 55 = 56 31 - 32 95 - 97 8 - 96i - 97 86' - 88 121 - 123 101 -7- 103 66 - 66 63 - 65 65 - 70 5 - 7p 5 - 7 p; .01 - 104 I 6 -- 6f 110 -- 111 110#i -,.- 1054 d 1001 101 461 - 2 82 - - 543 i'6 - i.. 60 - 62 3i - 311 42 - 43 851 - 86} B - 3 2 - 2i,1 3q -40 i 64i 651 96 -! 99 5i s&d 84 , 10 11 29 - 30 6 - 4 106 104 25. -26 i 48 50 24 lid 1r 18 74A 861 -87 i 5 5 :f 6 - 54 1 4p - 42 201 -20 i 4/ -- 7 - 9 2h - 3 5.- 6 ISSESSIONS i .--- 20 100 100 all 104 'lOO 100 100 20 20 20 20 174 St. 20 100 100 20 2sqct I lOs 20 20} 204 100 100 100 100 Par 4 P 196 98 - 95 -- 97 95 97 ..• ••• 1 --- p 107 - 109 1 - lip 19 -- 20 65 -7 Q 4 891 -7 90i , 21 -- 214 - fir, 24 -24 i - 20 99. -- 100 1 16 -- 121 410 -- 121 101 107 19 20 211 d pa;' iP SP 664 6 I 904 21i 24 10i ... - ... it -24 p . _ FOREIGN. 20 7 Australian ~ l. 1 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued 10 all A - itwrp &Rotterdam 7 —7/ at £5 pm). 20 18 Ardennes •• • 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada ..'• . . 5 all ltelgian East. Janet. li 1i 20 15 D o . St. Jolin . Del Rey 18 20 . 20 16 13eziera to Graissessac 2 3 p 1 6 Clarendon Con. Min. 6 all Carmeaux&Toulons , , Co. of Jamaica.— a Ad 20 1.2 Dutch Rhenish ...... 1 '-3 d 12,k ... 16 go Oapo Coal Mines and Ry. 4 ii 51,- 20 all ESera pf Prance ... 3 1 31,, 311 4 . 40 all Cobra Copper 5B — 6O 2 ill Fortuna • 20 all Do. - .. New ••• 2O all General - 20 2s. 'Euphrates Valley ... par —jp P '3 all Linares ' 6i —7l 20 18 Gt Central of France 231 231 6 11 Lusitanian 20 18 Great Luxembourg 61 - 7fi 1 all Mariquita 16 4 Italian Junction — ••• 1 all New Granada i 20 all Lake Coast. & Bale .., ••• 1 all Noveau Monde 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ... • ••d 2 0 all Pont.Sil.l4lM.& Sinit 6 8 20 ' 6 Lomhardo-Venetian 4:1 s p. 5 - 1 Port Philip — ... 5 all Lucca & Pist. sp. c. p. . . • • 30 16,. Santiago de Cuba : ... ... 20 all Lyons and Ge neva ... 30 31 1 all 4 outh Australian 20 all Lyons & Meditenan. ... •• • ' 1 all Do. Scrip 33i all Maria Antr . ...la .. all Do. 10 P. C. Pref.... ... • 7 .- ... 10 all Do. N ew 28- i all United Mexican ... .. .lil, 4 31 .. . 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6 p c . P re f 2O 201 MISCELLANEOUS. .- 16 all Northern of France 3B F 38 • 25 19 Australian Agricult. 20 --. 21 - 10 all NorwegianTrnk. Pref 8. 9 10 all Australn. Royal Mail ... , ... 20 all Paris a n d Lyons 5B —58 i I 10 'all Berlin Water Works.. 4 5 20 all Paris and Orleans 57 59 50 40 l3rit. American Land . . -- ... Rome andl n ] i Fras t natl i . . —___ 3. • • u ,-. 20 7 Reeife di San Fran , - 100 321 Canada - 155 (Pernam.l g. 7p c. id— par St. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July ... ... 2100 all 7. St. 100 Do. 6 p.c.Feb.kAuv. ... ... 5 all Royal Swedish 1 11 . St. 100 D 0.6 p.c. Mar.StScpt. ... .•• St. all Copper Min. of Eag. 32 37 20 all Sambre and Meuse Bl 8 1 25 all Do. Pref, 74 p. cent. 25 27 10 all 10. 5j per cent. pref Bl 8a 5 all Crystal Palace 2. 2. 1 , 20 all Southern of France.. 31. i 32 5 all Do. Preference 8 1 A n West Flanders .... . . 4,1 44 a all Crystal Pal. of France ... ••• 10 all Do. 54 per c, Pref . 04 _ 10 1. i Daston Iron Ore 20 all W.&N.W. of France 30 31 . ... 20 18 Eastern Steam ...... 20 6 !Western of Austria. . par —1 p ' St. 100 Electric Telegraph 20 all ;West. of Switzerland ... _ ... 1 all Electric Tel. of Ire' ... ... 6 all Wiesbaden - ... 5 all En.&Aust.Cop.SmCo la li 6 1 a ll Do. Bp. cent. pref. „. _ ... 10 10s. Eur. & Ind.Jctn. Tel. par iP 20 1 all 'Zealand ... . ..... ._ _ ... 25 all Gen. Ir. Sc. Col. (lim.) ... ••• ' ------_. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 15 14 Gen. Steam Na.vigat. 2Q 5 London . . Discount ... :I. 3. ..d i. 4i) a ll !Australasia BB —R)' 88 " 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 31 3 1 3 i 25 18i Bank of Egyp t 100 50 Bank of Londo n 52 — 54 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel, ... .•• 40 all Bri.Col , Bk.&Ln. Co ... ... 10 all Mexican St S America 21 50 all British N. American ... ... 5 5 Nat. Discount C 0.... i _... f d 20 8 C.Bk.of Ind•Au.&Pll 11 Id 5 5 Do. New 100 50 City .................. 62 64 10 5 Netherlands Land 1 - 11 1/ , ... 100 25 ! Colonial • ••• ..• -- ••• 10 all Do. Do. 100 20 ! Commercial of Loud. • ... ••• 5 all Do.Bp c.PLiss.at 1 d 4f•- 41 4 20 all Eng.Scot.daus.Cht. 171 —17 i 1 Do. Do. 10 all Lon. Ch. 13k.0f Anst. 17 18 100 80 New B. &I',T. S. Land 18 22 20 all. Ditto New ... .. ..... .. 1 7/ I-7 St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.sp.c.D. ... ... 20 20 Loudon 4nd County • .. ••• 1 all N. B. A.ustralasiau... 4 $ 50 50 Lnd.&E Bnkng.Corp ... ••• ~,, 0 ' all Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 91 10 1 50 10 London Joint Stock.. ... —• ... ou‘t 1 all Oriental Gas - MO 20 Lond.andWestminst. ... .•• 46* i 12 ss. Do. New Shares * - 7 - i a P m 100 35 National Pro. of Bug. ... ... 7 \25 all peel . o.r. Ld. & Minrl. 2 24 50 all Peninsular & Oriental ... ... 68 U 20 1.0 Do. New — ••• 50 . -- ••• 10 224 National Bank 20 all New South Wales.... 46 48 50 all Rhymney Iron 25 sit Oriental Bank Corp. .. .. 15 all Do. New 6 8 20 1 15 Ottoman Bank , , 1 - ( 10 . 115 Provincial of Ireland ... ... 1 all Scot. Austral.lnvest. 11 IL$ 1.0 all Do. New... • ••• 1 all Do. New 5 1 B.AnS.D.S.:q•IIII•Co• ..- ... St. 100 S. Aus, Gov. 6 p.c.bds ... •• • 25 11 south Aqstralia •- o all South Austral, Land 34 36 25 all Union ut Ans4lia..l 58 60 58 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip 1— 1 24 Do. Nev. , 66 -_-7 7 f ,i, 1 all Do. Registered - 1 100 to - union of ado .... ... - ... 120 5 TrustizLn Co.U.Can ... ... ' 100 - 0 11Juity Mutual ..... ... .. -- ... , 100, 281 Van Diemen's Land 10 12 100 50 , Westria Bk. o i Loud.. .), :,,=,_ I.od t, ni lA, i 100 Ditto p.c,Jan, & July .., vr 4. ... Boldness done this day. 16i 100 100 18 111 i i 101 i 105 k 4i 2 101 100 j 51 rHE SUN, .I_,I'ONDuN, MONDAY EVIV.,":34ING, MAY 4 , i 8,57, MAP4Aw Di:Ews.--41 1 4:1s D 34.) THE MAGAZINES. CORN EXCHANGE. The principal country markets held on Saturday were firm for wheat, at is to 2s per quarter na-:re money. Barley, ho ever, ruled dull; oats commented a trifling advance, I all the values of all other articles was well supported. he near continental markets have been firm for most kinds Of produce, and the quotations have bad an upward tendency. • In the United States both wheat and flour have commanded more money. Only moderate supplies of English grain were received up to our market last week. The imports from abroad were 6,007 qrs of wheat, 18,754. barley, 16,59!. oats, 77 peas, 160 tares, 213 linseed, 30 rapeseed, 40 mustard seed, 95 sundry seeds, and 2 222 brls of flour. , The quantity of English wheat received fresh up to our market, to-day, coastwise and by land carriage, was mode rate for the time of year. The condition of the majority of the samples exhibited a further slight improvement. There was an average number of both town an country millers in attendance, and the demand for nearly all kinds of wheat, of home produce was steady, at an advance in the quotations realised on this day se'nnight, of is per quarter. There was a good show of foreign wheat, chiefly ex graaary. For fine parcels we had a steady demand, and the quotations ruled about is, per quarter dearer. Se condary and inferior kinds moved off slowly, yet prices , were well supported. Floating cargoes of grain were held for more money. Scarcely any English barley was in the market, and the supply of foreign was only oa oderite. The barley trade ruled firm, at full prices. Malt, however, moved off slowly, at barely late rates. We were fairly supplied with foreign oats, yet the oat trade ruled firm at an advance of from 6d to is per qr. The few beans in the,market sold readily at 1s to 2s per quarter more money. There was an active inquiry for peas, the prices of which advanced is to 2s per quarter. The flour trade was firm, and country markets were is per qBolbs dearer. The same advance was demanded for American qualities,__ ____ . Blackwood.—" The Athelings" we grieve to think are evidently approaching to a termination. The twelfth part virtually sets at rest all doubt as to the fact of Louis Rivers' legitimacy—establish ing the veracity of his claim Co the name, style, and title of Lord Winterbourne. There is a hitch, however, in the disentanglement of the thread of the narrative. An apparent misunderstanding between, and estrangement of, Agnes and Lionel ! Another instalment will probably put all that to rights—and then we shall have an end of it. Pos sibly we aretoo hasty in our anticipations—but what wehavehere stated is ourimpression. The additional fragments of the new serial in Blackwood entitled " Scenes of Clerical Life"—strange to tell with " such" a heading—proves to be wonderfully ro mantic. But then, it must be confessed, the se cond title is a little more suggestive of romance than the first—to wit, " Mr. Gilfil's Love Story." But fiction before now, sooth to say, has dealt somewhat largely in hero-clergymen. Don't we all of us very well remember the three evan gelical Chevaliers in " Shirley ?"—and the more recently created Mr. Hale of " North and-South I' —and further back than either, Oliver Goldsmith's charming Dr. Primrose, the " Vicar of Wake field ?" So that. perhaps, after all, it is only the most natural thing in the world, that these " Scenes of Clerical Life," and particularly those coming under the supplementary title of " Mr. Gilfil's Love Story," should prove to be most romantic. The readers of Maga in May cre likely to he breathless enough by the time they have got well through the number. For, besides being hurried through all the mazy windings and involntione of the two serial tales already mentioned —"The Clerical Scenes" and "The Athelings"--they are dragged on, a se cond time, "Afoot" through an article so entitled, an article in which they are wearily tutoyeed all the e way unint4roptedlv ? And this, too, after haying ' been whisked across the Atlantic at a tangent for a run, literally " A Run to Nicaragua." A very ex hilirating and refreshing run it turns out to be, however —fortunately. Then, another contribution leads us the most eccentric and erratic dance imaginable, through a considerable part of all the 145 small octavo manuscript volumes of O'd Thomas Hearne's Diary ! A Diary recently "licked into shape" under the auspices of the amiable and learned Philip Bliss, Principal of St. Mary's Hall, Oxford—the said diary extending over the three decades ranging between 1705 and 1735, kept by a sort of an academic Evelyn, or respectable , t old fogified " Penya! After an archaeological dissertation on " The Sculptured Stones of Scot lend " and a pleasant -glimpse of " Life in Central Asia," we have—fancy this in Blackwood, ye Gods ! —a rhythmical school thesis (" After Rogers," as hey say—a very long way After Rogers), designated " Columbus." A bit of Prescott or Irving "done into verse," in regard to which we m a y say , w i th a slight alteration, what somebody saidto the Eng bah translator of the Iliad--" Very pretty lines, Mr. Johnston, but not Poetry !" Afterwards— there is no mistaking the authorship—Bon Gaul tier, the real genuine Original, the veritable Simon Pure—W. E. (not Gladstone but) Aytonn—gives us four comical " Lays of the Elections." Well, • perhaps, after all they are not so much comical, as -simply ridculous. Here is just a flavour of the fun of the thing : There I saw a Chanticlero Strutting with intense delight, Spnred and plumaged like a hero, Victor in a desperate fight. Deftly rose the feather'd phantom ; ' To the hustings' top it flew— " Cock-a-doodle !" crow'd the bantam, "Cock-a-doodle-doodle-doo !" "Fowl !" said I, "in various fasllions Mother Nature shapes her plan Say, do poultry feet the passicrns That molest the heart of man ? Hath ambition stirr'd thee nearly ! Gallant bantam, tell de true I" "Cock-a-doodle !" crowed it clearly ; "Cock-a-doodle doodle-doo !" The gallant Bantam being of course, " in point of fact," - as Cousin Pheenix says—my Lord John Russell. The next lay referring to Lionel Roths child—the next to Milner Gibson-:---the next to Richard Cobden. Not one of the four Lays being ; evidently hatched over by the small bird whisper ing such very queer notions ever and anon into the eat of Bon Gaultier ! The last contribution in the May number of Biackwood—though vetyfew would suspect as much from its title, that being briefly a fourth of friend Phosphorus's "Letters from a Lighthouse "—is Maga's Political ! In which, by he way, the oddest views of things imaginable are gravely a,dvancecl. For instance, Lord Palmerston,- we are told, had much better, for his own sake —fancy had much better for his own sake NOT have dissolved the last Parliament ! Again—With a clear gain of close upon a hUndred to the side of the Liberals in the New House of Commons (a gain admitted by honest Ebony), with that clear gain of a hundred to the Liberals, there is no mistake at all about it—phosphorus insists, that the strongest, compactest, most formidable, most po - tverful body in the House is that of the Conservative Party ! They, says he, have scarcely lost anything in the General Election ! Then where the 'Den—, but we will keep our temper, Where, we ask, do these one hundred gained by the Liberal party come from ? We suppose from the place where the " ruck" of the " Derby" find themselves—Nowhere ! With which small joke, good-naturedly whispered in the ear of Maga; close we our notice of the May num her of Blackwood. cultur:Ney PER IMPERIAL MEASURE Sheat—Essea it Kent, 44alt—Che - raller • • • • 77s to 80s Red • • •• new 47s to 59a Oats Yorkshire and Ditto old Lincolnsia., Feed 20s 22 , D , tto, White new 48a 70s Potato . Ditto old Youghal and Cork iiorfOlk and Lin- Black. .• •• •• 185 2I coin, Red, old —s —3 Cork. White . • • • • 191 27. Tito new • • • • • • 46s 593 Scotch, Feed. •. • • 20s 24s ItYP—Old • • • • • • •• • • • • —s — s Roans—Tick •..... 345 New • • • • • • ...... 3 Zs 363 Pige0n5.......... 40 42 Bar'iy—Grinding ••• • • 26s 3la Peas—Grey .. • • •• 363 37, Nfaltftig 40s:. 413 38s 39. *.invcier•• •• • • 423 46s White •• •• 363 37 , Mai t—Suffolk and No- Boilers ... 353 38 , 675 773 Flour—Town-made... 503 52 , Drown •••• .......... 62s 638 Suffolk .• 403 4ls Kingston and Ware 69s 78s 4 ltocktn 8.1 Norfoll; 393 40s Dublin University.—The account of "The Cas tle of Dublin" is continued in a second chapter, it contains a great deal of information, and will prove very interesting. Some of the facts mentioned-are curious and striking, as, for instance, the traffic carried on by the merchants of Bristol in sending slaves to Ireland. " A Sketch of Two Homes "is a cleverly written tale, it consists of a series of reminiscence, all melancholy, the two passages of domestic life are widely different; far more sympathy is felt for the latter Characters, however, as they were the victims to the terrors of disease, while the others sacrificed 'themselves to the impulses of rage and jealousy. An article is met with on " Whewell's History of Moral Philosophy in England." Pre vious to entering on en analysis of the subject, the writer speaks of Dr. Whewell in high terms. "The name of Whewell must ever be mentioned with re spect and gratitude in any history of moral philoso phy that may heretif,er be published in the Englisji linguage." After enumerating many of the emi nent services he has rendered to his' country,. be goes on to criticise, what he considers his defects ; among which he classes his style as egotistical and dogmatic. The chief point of the ayticleconsist in remarks made on the great wfters of fhe seven teenth century, Hugo Gtotins, Robert Sanderson, and Thomas Hobbes. " Sir Charles James Na pier" froths the subject of another paper ; the two first volumes of his life that have recently appeared are discussed ; the reviewer has evidently entered into the spirit of what 139 terms the " various and deeply interesting contents of these volumes." The strange story of "John Twiller" becomes more amusing in this portion of it, and there is the com mencement of soma important discovery that is evid.eutly looming in the distance. " The Rides and Reveries of Mr. YEsop Smith," are proceeded with. The last article, Called " A FortuitOuS Con currence of Atoms," is very sensibly written, and takes a calm and cautious view of the various vexed political questions of the day. "The Manchester Exhibition of Art Treasures" is deserving of atten tion for its details and descriptions, and also for its being the subject at present uppermost in public interest. It is truly stated that the present time has been characterised. by many as " the age of in vention, the age of telegraphs, exc,, but that the nineteenth century has some claim to be called " the age of exhibitions." At the conclusion of these remarks a hope is expressed that the benefits derived from the exhibition may be rendered last ing instead of transitory. " Will the public be contented to let 411 this galaxy at Manohester dissolve and disperse, without an effort to substitute something permanent and fine in its 'place ) ? Are there no generous hearts amongst those who shall bring their pictures to Manchester fo r a season . , to edify and delight the public, who will not also give a portion of them as a permanent gift to the nation ? Are there none who may be disposed for an adequate price to sell their masterpieces to the nation, and will the nation refuse a grant for their purchase ? We hope and believe that these questions would be answered in the affirmative, if the appeal or the application were niade." Bentley'sllliscellany-713entley's Miscellany opens with its usual anticipatory notice of the Royal Academy. It gives some interesting details of the paintings of the chief exhibitors. Dudley Costello's story of the Millionaire of Mincing-lane, is progress kg slowly. The present instalment gives us three cbapters. A panegyric on Mr. Charles Kean's skilful representations of Shalt speare's plays follow, in which it is justly observed that the great suc cess they have met with is a sufficient pi•oof that the adoption of correct illustrative scenery, dresses, &c., far from being derogat to the plays theuiselves, only heigh.ens their dramatic interest. "The Wolf's Betrothed" is the title of the new work of Alexandre Dumas. It is a strange, weird story, not yet completed. The paper in Bentley's gives a summary of it, with co pious extracts for the benefit of the curious. "The Fatal Article" is the title of the present instalment of "Byways of History. ° It alludes to the article in the marriage treaty of Charles I. and Henrietta Maria, which stipulated that' theirchildren should old bought up by theii mother till the age of 1.3; LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS, Paidi l RAILWAYS. l'4s!ng 010$ing Ptic. Saturday. 100 100 all 100 all 100 10,0 all all all all 100 541 Buckghanyih Clydesdale Jc. Col.Stour Ary. g. 6 p.e E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Do. N6TC , Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hull & Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares Lon. &Greenw Do. Preference Lon. Til., &S. Do. Bark. Sh. Manch.l3xton. arid Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. NeWnaaket BuryE.G.spc. N. &Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per et Do. sp. Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystn. & Hit. Shrews. & Her S. Staffordsh.. 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Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 51 20 50 St. St, St. 12i! 120 20 12J i 25 r 20 25 10 1.0.6 20 25 25 124 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 100 all all P. c. Prom. Gt.N. of Scot.lst Pre Gt. S cu W. (Ireland) Do. 4 pert. Pref. St. Gt . W. ( B. &H. Ex .spc Do. con. red. 4i p. c. Do. con. red. 4p. c. Do. irred. 4 per lent. Do 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Sp. c.P. S Do. do. 5 p c. dO Do. sirm. Gua. Stk Do. Chesil. Gua. Sh Do. do, do Do. do. do Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 D0.,P., 5 p.c.St.No.2 Do. New Guy. 6 p.c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lou. & N. W. , Cov. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct Lon. & S. W. 7 perct late 34 Shares Londy.& Color. 4 Sh Londy. &Ennis. Sh M., S., &L. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 3i per cent. Haupt. Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4il per cent Do. do. Wid.Consol. 6p. c. St Do. Con. 8r.13n•. 6 p. c Do. 44 p. c. Pref. St Do. L. 4H. Pref. St New.,4.ber., Sze., pr 5 p. c. reel. 5 p. c. pm Do. Perpet. 6 pr: ct clorfk . Deb. 4 p.c. Sh DO; 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do 54 p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. ~1847 North British D 71. Preference N. E. Berw. 4 p. c.Prf Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 pc No.l Do. do. Qrs., 1848 . Do. York LT. & S. Pur. North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar po. p. c. 2d guar Segt. Cent. New Pref Se. N. E. Aber. g. 6p . c Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St Do. d0.3l p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 44 pr cent S. Eastern (Reading sun.) of £1 Os, 6d. Do. 4A per cent Do. Fixed 4l p.c. Sh S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 4* p. c S.Yorksh .74 p. c. Guar Stock. &Dar., sp. c Do. do. do. Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 - p.c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. 1004 lOTA BRITISH MINES. ---- . 2112 Alfred Cons. (Philk. 20 - :-- 21 20 _ 0 14 British Iron • • 20 ICondur3w (Cambrn.) 160 170 10 ' 1 ;Dev.Gt.Cnsls. (Tay.) 140 460 ... 14s Great South Tolgns l3 14 ... Ili 3,Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk ) 6 --6 3 r ... 7 IGrt.W. Vor (Helstn ) 4 5 ... Bs6dLady Bertha ' ... 7A N. Frances (Illogan) 15 17 .... N.W.Bisset (Illogan) 19 21 ad ... 6/0 North Wheal Ory 5 6 ... li Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 22 --23 ... 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) 6 7 ... 6s. Sort. Cons Min. Co 1 -- 11 .:. 2f S. Caradon (St. Cleer 330 340 ... 2S. earn Brea (Illogn. 6 7 • . 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn. 320 - 330 5 44 Tani. S. &L. *ha. Co. .1 I.} 10 9 Tin Croft 4l —: 41 ... 40 Un.Minety (Gvvennap) 200' 220 ..: ip 6V. of Towcy (Camar.) - i 1 ... 1* IW. Basset (Illog tn) ..: 20 IW. Caradon (Liskrd.) 150 -- 7 160 ... 51 Wh Basset (Illogan) 16Q 270 ... 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth). t6O 3so ... 5i Wh. Edward(Calstek) 44 - ... _1176 Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 17 19 ... 8' Wh.Ma.Aun (Menht.) 45 47 ... 4. Wh. Trelavvney (Lis.) 23 25 FOKEIGN AILNES. 106 108 1 116 133 8 9 -7 9i 11 1 3 3 2 1 go 88 SHARES. 62 - . - 91 9093 5i 6 108 - 112 108 - 112 _ ~, 111 - 12; 72 - 73 13 - 115 106 - 108 101 - 103 GO 62 10i 10g1 -- 6i 94 -- 96 83 -- 85 85 -- 87 99 -- 101 9i -- 101 16A -- 17 91 -- 10. 71 73 19 -- 194 Di 14/ - 14 132 -- 131 Is 7 - 140 1113 - 115 1 44 -15 G - 1)166 - 68 131. -13 i 96 - 98 86 --- 88 - ii =7_ 11 , . - ... 101 -103 91 - 92 li - 1(1 1 6di 21 22 109 - 111 114 -- 116 105 - 110 i 74 - 22i -23 i , 98 - 102 9 - 10.1 27 - 28 - 3p • •• ..... • • 2i 3 • 90 - 92 98 - 102 11 - - 13 133 - 135 3 - -41 12i -- 13 23 -- 24 102 -- 104 par - 7 p 2i -- 2a 88 7- 90 p t P! 54 --06 1 Business this day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week were 1,456 head. In the corresponding week in 1856 we received 742; in 18'5,1,266; in 1`:54, 1,122; in 1853. 3.474; in 1852, 2,072 ; in 18A., 1,923; and in 1850, 1,425 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST prom Beasts. Retterdam 73 ... Dordt Harlingen Framburgh „ Calais — ... Antwerp ... Oporto S he 2 6 1 6 8 - 11) 5 405 .. . Lambs. Csivr,s. Pigs. 65 ... - - ... 14 T0ta1.... 428 ... 874 ... 5 ... 147 .. 2 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows ; Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 1856 293 * 367 ... 4 78 1855..... 691 265 ... 5 ... 305 ... 1854 309 ... 566 ... 3 ... 232 12 1853 854 2,100 ... 2 ... 518 1852 270 1,366 ... 2 ... 318 ... 114 1851 514 1,275 2 ... 315 1850 - 322 ... 725 113 248 ... 7 The supply of foreign stock in our market, to-day, was poly moderate, yet the demand ruled heavy, at drooping prices. rrow our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts, fresh up this morning, were moderate, and in fair average condition. As the weather was favourable for slaughter ing, the beef trade ruled steady, at prices about equal to those realised on Monday last. The primest Scots sold without difficulty at from 4s 10d. to ss. per 81bs. The receipts of beasts from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, amounted to 2,150 Scots and short-horns ; from other parts of England, 300 of various breeds ; from F4cotland, 450 Scots ; and from Ireland; 110 oxen via Liverpool. Compared with many previous market days, there was a considerable increase in the supplies of sheep. The mut ton trade was, consequently, heavy, at a decline in the qu o tations realised on Monday last of 4d. per Blbs. The best old gowns, in the wee], sold at 5s 10d—out of the wool, bs per Blbs. Most breeds came to band in good sale able 'condition. We were fairly supplied with lambs, which moved off heavily, at 4cl per 81bs beneath the currencies realised on this diy se'nnight. About 300 came to hand from the Isle of Wight, and the top figure for down qualities was 6d. per Blbs. The supply of calves was limited, yet the veal trade ruled heavy, at 4d per 81bs beneath last Monday's prices. In pigs, scarcely any business was passing, and the quo tations had a downward tendency. Per 'Bibs to sink tho Ofrals. s. d. s. d.l e. d. a d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 64orimeSouthdown 5 6 510 4seend quality.... 3 S 4 O I L:Argo crse. calves 3 6 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 8 Prime small do 4 6 5 0 Prime Scots, dm 410 5 0 Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...4 2 4 6 Small porkers 4 4 5 0 Second quality 4 8 410 Snekling ealves 23 0 30 0 Prime erso.-wlled.s 0 5 4 Quarter old pigs 21 0 28 0 Lamb, 5s 6cl to 6s 4d. TOTAL SUPPLY FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts - 3,730 Beasts Sheep and lambs 22,360 Sheep and lambs ...,.... G9O Calves Pigs 2lO Pigs — Q, statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on Nionday, May 5, 1856, and this day, Monday, May 4, 1857. Per Sibs, to sink the offals. May 5, 1856. May 4,18:+7 s. d. s. d. .s. d. s. d. Qoarse and inferior beasts 3 2to 3 ¢3 4to 3 6 Second quality ditto 3$ 310 3 8 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 4 2 4 8 Prime Scots, &e ... 4 6 4 84 10 5 0 Coal.Se and inferior sheep ... 4 0 4 4,4 6 410 Second quality ditto ... 4 6 4 105 0 5 2 Primp coarse woolled ditto 5 0 5 2 5 4 5 8 Prime Southdown ditto 5 4 5 8,5 10 6 2 Lambs 5 $ 6 8.510 6 S Large coarse calvps .:. 4 2 5 0 3 8 4 8 Prime small ditto ... 5 2 5 B'4 10 5 4 Large hogs ... 3 4 4 2 3 8 4 2 seat small porkers ... 4 4 4 8 4 4 5 0 Beasts... 4.185 3,828 Sheep and lambs ... 23,178 17,740 , 131 210 13TirPuBs ON SALB, May 7,lBss.—Hearts, 4,496 ; shoo, , and lambs, 21,470 ; calves, 175; pigs, 360. May 8. 185 f.-13easts4,815 ; sheep and lambs, ; 229 ; pigs, 280. NEWGA_TB AND LEADENHALL Increased suppliPs of both town and country killed meat have been on sale in these markets within the I,st few days. Generally spealeing the trade has ruled heavy at drooping prices. Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, Interior 3 0 3 4 Mutton, Inferior Do., middling 3 6 310 Do., middling.— Po. prime large 4 0 4 2 1 Po., prinsp Do do, small ~..4 4 4 6 1 Veal Pork, large 3 8 4 2'l Pork, small .. . .... Lamb, 5a Od to 6s 01. BOROUGH ANT) SPITA.LFIELDS. Since Monday last the arrivals of potatoes, coastwise and by laud carriage, have been only moderate. The imports have amounted to 103 tons from Rotterdam, 375 tons from Harlingen, 410 tons from Hamburg, 85 tons from Ternet;zen, and 80 tons from Schiedam. The demand is steady, above quotations. York Regents, 1003 to 175 s per ton ; Kent and Essex do., 1004 to 160 s ; Scotch do., 95s to, 1404 : do. cup s, 90.3 to 105 e ; Middlings, 70e to 80s; Lincolas, 854 to 100 s ; Blues, 83s to 103 s ; Foreign, 90s to 100 s. ti. 3 2 . 3 6 ~3 8 4 0 ..4 2 4 6 .3 4 4 8 ~4 4 5 0 BOROUGH HOP. ••••• • Good and fine hops are in fair request, at full prices. Inferior sample's continue dull. Last week's imports were 180 bales frolic; Hamburg, and 5 fiom Ostend. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ lOs to Si 12s ; Weald of Kent. 31 Ps te3l 18s ; Sussex, 340 s to 3/ 12s ; yeat 14ings, 1/ 10s to 3/. per owt. WOOL. The sales of colonial wool have commenced heavily, and prices, compared with the previous auctions, have given way i d to 24 per lb. The following rates have been paid : —Anstralian— Clean sheep's is 9d 'to 2s 7d ; scoured, is 8d to 2s 3d ; ser., 2s 6d to 2s B, ' d ; h'and washed, is Gd to 2s Id. ; lambs, is lid to 2s 2 d • skin, I s 2d to is 5,14 ; do. handwashed, is 7d ; locks, is 2d to is lid ; grease, 9d is 32d. Bort Philip—Clean sheep's, is 9d to 2s 74d ; scoured lamb's, is Hid to 2s; do. hawiwashed, is 6d to is 7d ; pieces, is 20. to is 61d. Adelaide—Clean sheep's, is lid to is 101 d ; handwashed, is 6cl to is 91d ; lamb's, is 101 ; grease, 9d to is id ; do. lamb's, is 01 , 1 to is 2.1 ; do. looks, 7d to 84d ; slipe combing, is ; pieces, is 4d. Van Dieman'e Laud—Clean cheep"s, is 1144 to 2s LA ; lamb's, 2s hl to 2s I.d ; pieces, is 7d per lb. The im ports last week were 191 bales froM Odessa, 96 from Genoa, 235 from Buenos Ayres, and poo froth Australia. The private market is "exceedingly heavy, 'and prices are no minal. The following are the current rates of English wool : Down teg4, is 7d to is 8d ; half-bred lioggets, is 6d to is 7d ; lient fleeces, is 5d to iss 6d ; Down ewei, is 5(1 is 6d ' • Leicester fleeces, is 4 d to is 5 d ; combing skins, is ld to 5d ;flannel wool, is 2 d . to is 6d ; and blanket wool, lOd to is 2d per lb. SEEDS. Cloverseed is in steady demand, at full prices. Trefoil is a slow sale. Carraway seed is in good request, at enhanced quotations. Ripe and oilseed are firm, and, owing to the small stocks and short arrivals, higheirates have, in some instances, been paid. Tares and hemp-seed are steady at about previous currencies. Turtup,ArtilCe,per bush. 18s co 20s 'Sy ecle .. • • 18s 20+ ibitt4Lard, Brown• ••• • • 20s 22, White, neW ••• • .. 100 12s Tares,Wlntpr, new.... 6s Od 7+lod Carraway .... 44s 46s Coriander 24s 268 Ilempseed,per quarter 41s 441 Linseed, Eng.-lowing.. 70i 72s Crushing 561 688 Baltic ..: • • • • •• 88s 60, Odessa ......... 64s 688 LintoedCalte, pr. ton— English .. —lO7 Os 101 lOs Foreign, per ton 91 10 , 10 lOs Rape Cakes, per ton 6i o.s §/ 100 q.apeseed, pr cir. • 808 848 Canary, per Quarter .• 74s 90s Rye grass (new) .. • ... 32$ 4is Clover ,ReclEng .(ewt.) Ms 76 , White •• .• :• • • 60s 13s Foreign Red.. •• •• 578 748 Whito•• •• 60s 72 , Trefoil, new.. •• 248 30s TALLOW. Only a moderate businessis doing in our market, and prices are lower than on Monday last. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 058 9d ; for the last three months, 54s per cwt. Town ta • llow, 55s 6d net cash. Rough fat, is ld per Blbe. • ' .. 1 053. Stock this daft •.: .... 24,364 ?ripe of Y. a .... 11 47 47 " - , 9 ' : ' d Delit!ory last week •• ; 1,61$ Ditto from Juno 1....1 99,689 Arrivals last wcet,. ' , 864 Ditto from Junol .: .. 23,425 ?T4 P.f.T.Aill ll ". !I i? . 4V 34 1854. 157. 35,811 641 31 41.357 528 Odu —s 2,377 80,604 11,134 86,660 as 84 9 90,590 2,469 103,086 17.609 45s 6d u --s Od 1Q,684 55s 9d to Ocl" 1,572 10,596 1,988 101532 IM)4 72,599 $6B 6,1 91.600 14338 " Thanatos Atbanafos" is continued in its usual rambling style, occasionally quaint and suggestive, at other times offering little to attract the reader. "The Passing Bell" is the name of a new story, by the author of "The Redcourt Farm." Myst, ry and, murder hive a lacge share in it. A bride dies very shortly after her marriage under very sus picious circumstances. It is to be presumed the next number will afford some clue to the criminal. Monkshood's New . Book Notes" take fqr their subject Michelet's "History of the League." Thi§ number is scarcely equal in interest to its prede cessors. The " GA11,17 of Theatrical Portraits" presents us with a sketch of an eminent actor still living—Mr. Macready. The history of his early days will be interesting to thnse unacquainted with it. The United Serpice. 7 —The first paper in the United Service has the somewhat satirical title of "Military Education the Panacea for all our Shortcomings and Deficiencies." The - writer, as may be inferred, considers the subject has been treated with some exaggeration, and the existing deficiencies elevatedinto undue importance. He is indignant at the blame of all the disasters which occurred in the Crimea beiriri attached to the officers of the army, and asks ow it is that the officers of the navy escape the odium of our naval failures. He exclaims, More than half the sufferings of the army arose from naval mismanagement—,how is it that the rage for instruction is not extended to them ? It was not the officers of the army who ordered the confusion of Balaklava' harbour for so many months. It was not they who kept the trauSports (the Prince, among the rest) outside, riding at a dangerous anchorage in winter weather until a storm came and destroyed them. It was not they who stowed the ships from England in such a way that no'hing could be got out at any place where it was wanted. The offit'ers of the army did not do these thing=, nor a great many others which brought suffering andmisery upon them and upon their men ; and yet they are blamed and charged with ignorance because Of these acts and their consequence, and they are to be sent to school to learn to do better." The writer goes on to attribute many of the failures in the late war to Op want of a broad and liberal view of the con duct of those entru-ted with military operations, and to tying them down by the fear of reg-ulatiGns "which are so nilny pit fdls in the way of a prompt decision when nothing - but a prompt decision will avail." He remarks with just ee that the plain necessity of any 'case should be the only voucher needed f r the acts of a military commander in the field, and hints that the Admiralty and Hor-e Guards require to be put in order as well as the lower grad'es. A paper on " Hospices en Barren Islands" presents uswith some sensible remarks on a subject that cannot fail to be of importance to a maritime natiou. It is greatly td the credit of our Colonial Legislature, that the Governor of New South Wales has already established a hespice on Booby Island. The interesting account. of " A Scramble through the Hills to Cashmere," by Capt. Colrn4n, is proceeded with. The series of papers on The Military and Political Systems of Lbuis )4V., Napoleon 1., and Napoleon III." bas reached the second number, and takes a review of the miii' ary and social government of Xappleon. A subject scarcely less interesting to the historical sltident i 3 met with in the next paper. It is the Tenth Lecture " On Military Sciende," and conti nues the criticism on the campaigns of Caesar, and describes the victory of Antony and Octavius over Brutus and Cassius at the memorable battle' of Philippi. An article 'which merits attention gives us a panoranqa of Egyptian history, and' remarks that the Egyptian is the grand exception to the general incapacity of the African. A paper f0110w.3 it on Morocco, and gives some account of their neighbours the Mobrs. All the , 1 - aya t. l. and Military Intelligence of the Month is supplied, and there are several other articles on topics connected with the United Services. The New Monthly. —The New Monthly opens with a criticism on M. Hue's resent work: on Chris tianity in China. The introductory s4eteli 4 ..ud the copious extracts afford a very good idea of the work itself to those who have not perused it, and gives a concise gcnotpat of the early history of the Chilies° and Tartars. " Parkwater" continues a story begun in last month's impression; it concerns the fortunes of Sophia M:ry, the clever, designing girl, who is educated above her station, and thereby rendered unfit for anything, The present passage of ber life is in Ireland, where she obtains the situation of goyerness in a noble family. There she makes nothing but mischief ; she inveigled the brother of the Countess (who had engaged hex) into the promise of a marriage ; and, although he forfeited his word, and married a titled lady, Sophia May was not to be trifled with, and the reader is left to infer that she will proceed from bad to worse, As the consequences of her early duplicity and selfishness. Notp3 on Note worthies," by Sir Nathaniel, carries the reader back to the days of Grecian pre-eminence, to " Athens, when she bora Her boldest and her bravest to the Syracusan shore." He tapes for his subject Nicias, the _Athenian com mander, and defends him from the attacks of Mr. Grote. While confessing, with Dr. Phillip,th•Lt he was wholly incompetent to the sole command of ,so great and - difficult an enterprise, the writer maintains that he had approved himself a good officer, hi 4 former undertakings hyl reflected on hiai high credit, mid. that Mr. Grote underrates ids abilities., He quotes a passage from Rousseau, iu which he .says-- • , . . " Combien de heros glorieux maguanimes, Ont vecu trop d'aajourY It is to be feared that observation may be applied to, the fame of many modern celebrities who bavo seen their reputations suddenly crumble away be fore a change of public opinion. The Electoral Addresses furnish Cyrus Redding with the subject of one of his political articled, which are more elaborate than brilliant. i A Summer in Schles wig" gives us some amusing descriptions of the domestic life of the rural population, which, to say the. truth, does not seem very intellectual. " A Swedish Voyage Round the World" progresses, and the traveller arrives at California, and gives us an account of the gold mines, and the means of procuring the precious metal. ‘,' Eutrapelia" is, as usual, entertaining and well written, its topic for this month being " Barrow on Wit." The " Family History of Joshua Tubbs" is continued —it is not so humorous as its name would lead us to suppose, many melancholy incidents having oc curred among the family circle of its hero. Florentia gives us.another of her agreeable papers pf travel on " '1 he Baths of Lucca," and the " Memoirs of the Duo de Raguse," furnish the subject for an article under the title of " King Sword and King Pen." The tt ational Magazine.—The chief contribu tion to this publication is "Lord Erlistrum—a Love Story," by the author of " John Halifax," arc. It is interesting, although not to be classed with the author's other works. Jane Douglas is a fine character, but many of her views are mistaken: A.n article, well worthy of notice, is written by the authoress of "The House of Raby," on the sub ject of " Ignoble Cares." It is said that " the great afflictions of life are eas'er to bear than the small worries 1" A clever analysis is given of the thousand minor ills that embitter and irritate the mind, and " weigh the burdened spirit down, withthe cumbering dust of earth"—minds and spirits that, under other circumstances, might have trinmphed over great obstacles, and been victors in the struggle with mighty foes. " Too Bad by Half y is an amusing sketch. The paper on " Bright Pokers" is very sensibly written concerning the folly and absurdity of families having " best rooms" and "best things" kept sacred fur occasional ci m pany, while the family in every-day life are obliged to put up with any and everything, thus sacrificing comfort for show, and real respectability for ima ginary gentility. " A Word for the Homes of our Working Men," contains some just remarks, and suggests some plans for the amelioration of the life of the labouring classes. It is shown that misma nagement occasions the same results as real po verty, in its extravagance and waste, and that care in spending the money would be of more service, than an increase of wages without prudeice. Va rious other subjects of interest are met with. The Commercial T ra veller's Magazine. This 1 magazine, representing such an influential and en terprising body, a ppears to meet With the encour agement which it deserves. It is progressing factor-ay, and will, no doubt, maintain its charac ter. The subjects are judiciously phoien, and grave and gay, entertainment and business, are pleasantly an d suitably mingled. the most remarkable fea tura in the present number iu the first article, which is entitled " The Real French Etnpire.° It takes a review of the modern financial system of France, and the extraordinary spirit of speculation that has recently prevailed arnong Parisian finan cier. The following remarks may be intere sting to those whO watch the proceedings of "Societe de Credit Mobilier" :L "The Principe of limited liabilities is applied in France under various forms ; that whiCh is best known in this country is perhaps the parineiship en commandite, under which th e shareholdersare "answerable Only for registered amount of their investment ; but the di iectors are responsible. In fact the directors form the partnership, and the shareholders are what we should call f'sle4ting partnfr,s,' ezempted from any responsibility 4ycipod ttl.e amount which they have suhscribed. and re stricted from any kind of management. But thks is no means the most effectual application of limiteg 'biti t Y•Shp 0§ ( 494t. 6 41? 2 .Vin 1, a y,at tug P•9111801 50 50 25 124 all all all 100 all all all all 1100 restn. pecimen. In this form of partnership, the shareholders, .-s in the other, are only answerable for the amount of diem. investment, but each of the directors is likewise only answerable for the amount of his own particular ha ve tmant, and is not answerable for the undertakings of tt.e Company. It is called a SociZte Anonyme because it is not known by the name of any of the partners, but only by the objects of the Association. Such an Asso ciation comes into existence from the moment that its regulations are approved by the State ; but if it infringe• any of the laws of the State, or the regulations appli-• cable to such companies, whether'already passed or to• be passed hareafter, the State can dissolve it by a simple decree. We need scarcely point out the immense licence that the managers of such a company might enjoy, if they enjoyed also the favonr of the Government for the time being. It is under this form of the society cmonyine that moat of the great joint-stock undertakings. which have become so conspicuous in French commerce have been established. The most remarkable speci mens for the nature of these objects and for success is that which has become familiar to the English reader by the name of Soci6L6 de Credit Mobilier.' 1‘ The purpose of this .Association was to, increase the. prodnotivity of capital and the circulation of floating capital. Its declared objects' were, to receive public securities, shares or bonus of different enterprises, eape cially the public funds, the shares of railway companies,, canal 'companies, and other public works ; to issue its own securities for a sum equal to those which it should receive ; to sell or to set afloat, as security for loans, all_ the securities, shares, and bonds received ; to open credits against the securities received ; to receive de-. posits of all kinds; to receive payments on a ccount of the nonapanies connected with it. In point of fact, this A.ssociation became an agency for other companies—a 4 agency possessing enormous powers, and able to push other enterprises. We need not point ont ho.w such an agency, by favouring one enterprise, Tight interfere with another. The capital of this Company consisted of 60,000,000 francs (2,400,0001.), divided into shares of 201. each, but by its law it is enabled to receive, in the forms which we have mentioned, a deposited capital equal to ten times its own subscribed money. This it can work upon a gross capital exceeding 50,000,0001. The original Directors of this Company--we do not know how far they may have ohanged—were, MM. Lase Pereire, Charle4 Mallet, Adolphe d'Eichta.l, Ben , is Fould, De Abarva, Ernest Andre, H. Biesta, G. des Arts, Duo de Gathers, Frederic Grieninger, Comte dq Monty, Emile Pereire, Baron Seilliere, Casimir Salva dor." A very iiateres'ing paper on the '‘ Obligations of Commerce to the Animal World" presents some useful information on the sutject of manufactures to those unacquainted with the facts. An amusing story is called A Night's Wandering," and relates how a passionate man was brought to his senses by an accidental exile. A few remarks call attention to the - 20th May, which is the day fixel for a simul taneous appeal to the Commercial Travellers of the United Kingdom for subscriptions in aid of the Commercial Travelleri' Benevolent Institution, an excellent establishment, Thic!l 44:serves to be largely supported, as it provides for those among the body who are disabled , by accident, ill health, or old age, and also assists those who have met with misfor tunes, and the widows who have been left unpro vided for. There are several other topics treated with varying success, and some entertaining papers of a lighter nature. The Train.—We are glad to see a decided im provement in the contents of tbis serial. It is a comparatively recent adventurer in the field of lite rature, and hitherto has certainly not merited its appellatiOn of "a first class magazine." how ever, it has begun to prove the truth of its motto, " Vires acquirit eundo," and we hope will con tinue to do so. It has a pleasant variety in its contents, which include an eastern story, a conversation on the politics of the day ? writ ten with much satirical truth, an amusing at tack upon Bright Pokers, a sketch of 3/Ir. Spur , geon, a memoir of Colonel Gardiner, and several other papers of various merits, most of them repay ing perusal. The Eclectic Review.--The centents of the Eclectic are more than usually attractive. It opens with a paper on Mr. Morley's clever work on born.elina Agrippa, the much-maligned scholar of the 16th century. "Recent Assyrian Discoveries" supply the topic for the next article, in which those who are unable, to study the compendious volumes pub lished on this subject will find an instructive sum mary. - Mr. Kingsley's recent work receives 4 favourable criticism, and a high encomium op. the moral of the book. "Christianity and Hinduism" is the title of an elaborate article on the religions of India, which offers much curious information to those interested. The criticisms at the end of thp number contain some pleasant Pages of literary in telligence. Knights English, cycloice r clia.—This most valu able and interesting work has reached the fifty-first part, and contains a notice of some importance to subsCribers. It will bp recollected that it was at first announced that the division of biography would lie comprised in four volumes. It was not then'intended to include the names of living per sons. Owing to the alteration of this intention, and the wonderful eompleteness of the work, it is now found that without undue curtailment, it will be impossible to conclude it within six volumes. There can be but one opinion of this proceeding, as the extent, the accuracy, and the completeness of the work would render an abrupt conclusion a matter of great regret. The editor, with jrst pride, asserts that "the English Cyclopmdia of Biogra phy may justly take rank as the most complete bio graphical dictionary in the English language, and no work of a similar nature cin approach it in cheapness." When it is considered how indipen sable a work of this kind is to almost every reader and writer, how extended is its list of names, and how concise and Moderate its memoirs, it is diffi cult to overrate tile value of Oils biography when complete, as a book of reference. There are com paratively few works of a comprehensive nature on this most interesting science, and Mr. Charles Knight has added another to the claims he already has on the gratitude of all lovers o literature, by so well supplying the deficiency. Newton's London Journal. —This journal, so useful to manufacturers and inventors, continues in its usual style. It contains sonic remarks on the working of the patent law, and on " Exist Indian Patents," giving besides a list and description of the patents granted to 23 itiverrors, together with scientific notices and reports, the list of grants of provisional protections under tbp new law, &c. The illustrative diagrams are of greit service in render ing the descriptions clear and comprehensible. Paved with Gold. the Brothers Mayhew. _ Ch4pman. via Hall. This " npfashionable novel," as it is called, narrates the life and adventures of a, poor work house boy, and promises well. All who are ac quainted with the writings of Mr. Henry Mayhaw, are, aware how much he is interested in the lowest classes of LOndon poverty, and how great is his ex• perience of their peculiarities and sufferings. A story professing to set forth " the romance and re ality of thq London streets, " produced under his guidance has consequently an air of authenticity, and the reader feels thatinstructive truth is veiled under the guiseof interesting fiction. The number for the present mouth leaves the hero iu the com pany of a group of little crossing sweepers, and street tumblers. The story possesses the advantage of being illustrated by H. K. Browne. Le Folkt- 7 -This elegant book of fashions con trives to inve§t the most unattractive modes with some degree of taste and elegance. In the present number appear numerous a ttractions to its fair subscribers, as inadditiou to the three novel g ro ups and the plate of millinery , there is a double plate of spring fashions in walking attire, and a sh ee t o f pat terns for embroidery. The literary coutents are of average merit. LLOYD'S S.HIPPING.—(Th'' 4O3 ) LONDON, May 4.—Wind this day at noon, N.E. ; moderate breeze and fine. CoWES, May 3.—Wind E.—Arrived—Washington, from New York, t lid proceeded for Bremen. PLYMOUTH, May 3.---Wind E.—Sailed—lrene for Miramichi ; Siuope, Quebec. LONDONDERRY,I May 2.—Wind N.E.—Arrived7—F4l7, from Novarro. CLYDE, May 2.—Win S.E.—Arrived—Plram from Newt/ - rork. Sailed—Brunette for Melbourne ; Edward, Bombay; Jamaica, Jamaiea ; General Ssle, Quebec. VALMOUTH, May 3.—Wind E.—Arrived—Norman (s.), from Brazils. Sailed—Charles Chaloner, for Quebec. SCILLY, May 1.---Wind E.— Sailed—Chtkpmans, for Mente Video, after repairing. WATERFORD, May 2.—Wind N. by W.—Sailed— Lavo rine Forestal, for St. John's, N.B. qUEENSTOWN, May 2.—Wind S.—Arrived —Liffey, from Barbado6s. Off port—St. John, from New Weans, for Liverpool ; Achilles, from Caillao for Leith. OFF MONTROSE, May 2.—Henry, St. John, N.B SUNDERLAND, May 3.—Wind N.E.—Sailtd--AlbeP , for Moulmeine ; Nereed, Quebec. CARDIFF, Ma/ Houston nna M Sa ari a, vali for Cape of Good Hope ; Hector, Ric o ; , 2. Wind S. S. W. —Saied—A nab. li.mwsiroN, May 2.—Wind rrivga— leel# from Bqrbadoes. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Alond,iy Wind k. ; fine. Arrived --Argo and George, from s wauaet , ; iaturiono4 and Chan-dos Cardiff; Letitia and Mary, Newfoundland La Povle. Otierbourg. Sailed.—Union steamer, for Cronstacit. LWERPooL, Monday Morning. Wind S•IQ E. Arriv.947 - D O 4 ESeW qtetmer from Rottexclam. (BY SULI34IMLB AND 41'11V TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Moaning. Wind ENB.; tide last bones flood ; flesh and cloiidy. 4.l.rlijreA—W9iiiiiiq, from Leer. _ rely son, co m ight the aera for 'tie, all 3!ow ver. and o go )decl. t 50 were ue. th a pro- tan, mers - day 3. to ialits Lead -13; ay.) a,y.) 43 2 S 6 6 LOi 69 4 I 41 a 1011 664 i 101} 391 4 t