The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-18 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CO.TEILIE,OIAL9INT:ZLLIC:4ENCII CITY, Two o'CLocK. Letters from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market on Saturday closed quietly, but firmly, at fully Friday's quotations. The sales were esti mated at 6,000 bales, 500 of which were taken by the exporters. The Railway Share Market was in an uncertain state, and quotations were a shade lower than on Friday. The letters received from the manufacturing districts of the north still describe business as being dull, the decrease of money and the high quotation of the raw material checking production. In many cases the mills are working short time, notwithstanding Mr. Hankey's assertion in the House of Commons, that the present position of the money-market had no effect whatever upon trade, which he alleged to be in a most thriving condition in Manchester, Liverpool, and London. The fineness of the weather, however, exercises a beneficial influence ; and, in the event of money becoming rather easier, increased activity is shortly anticipated. In Mark-lane to-day business is dull, and English wheat is rather cheaper. Although the pressure for money within the last few days, both in Lombard-street and at the Stock Exchange has been rather more severe, hopes are yet entertained of an early alteration for the better, as the engagements falling due during the re mainder of the month are not believed to be heavy. This increased demand has chiefly emanated from the Stock Exchange, and parties associated with the movement of the precious metals. Since the Bank refused to continue their practice of granting loans the jobbers find great difficulty iu raising the means to pay for any large amount of stockthat may be thrown upon the market, and they are compelled to submit to usurious terms for the accommodation required. This necessarily has au unfavourable effect upon the general discount market ; but it is contended that, with a large importation of gold and a limited export inquiry, the Bank will steadily acquire strength, which will soon enable the Directors to modify their minimum. Th el ate accoun ts from Chic a reporting an advarce in the rates of exchange at Hong Kong and Shanghai seem to have given rise to some uneasiness lest the shipments of silver should again become extensive, but there is really no just cause for alarm on this point, as all will depend upon the quantity of tea and silk required. At present the accounts relative to the progress of the silk crop iu the south of Europe are sa tisfactory, and if the yield should prove of an average character, an alteration in the ex changes will, no doub', take place when the intelligence arrives out. In the south of Italy the opinions expressed as to the probable harvest are favourable, but it is too early to form any estimate of the probable produce of the north ern districts. From the south of France also, the accounts were generally encouraging. During the next fortnight, the advices from this quarter will be perused with much interest, as the satisfactory progress of the money market is greatly dependent Upon the result of these crops. Last week the imports of specie amounted to about 500,000/ , and the exports to 76,0001., be sides private remittances, the particulars of which are not ascertained. The steamer America, just arrived from the United States, brings a large amount of gold, viz., about 128,8801. The Orinoco, from the West Indies, is announced with about 188,714/. Be sides these, the Hero, from Port-Philip, is in, but it is not yet known whether she has any gold on board. Advices have been received in town of the stop page of Messrs. R. Lawe and Co.'s bank at Preston, through the sudden death of that gentleman. There were branch establishments at Ormskirk and Southport, but it is expected that no loss will be sustained by the depositors. The Funds are steady to-day, but there is an entire absence of speculative activity, which im parts a degree of flatness to the market. Prices, however, exhibit no decline, and a few purchases in all . probability would cause a slight advance, as money is rather easier, and specie continues to arrive in large quantities. Consols for transfer have been 931- 94, and 93 f. For the account they have 94 i f 1, which are the present It* I ( 8 ) quotations. The New Threes are 92! 4 - I, and the Reduced, 921 ; Bank Stock is 2131. The March Exchequer Bills are 3s. to ss. pre -13111101 ; writhe June do., 3s. premium. The Go vernment broker has invested a further sum of 15,000/. in these securities. In foreign stocks the dealings have been limited. Turkish 6 per Cents. are marked 94f 95 ; and the 4 per Cents. have been dealt in at 101 ; Dutch 4 per Cents. are 97f ; Russian 5 per Cents., 1051 ; Ditto 4i per Cents., 961 ; Peruvian 3 per Cents., b3l. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :--Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6. 1 7 ; Mexican, 224 Peruvian 41 per Cents., 77 7 8 ; ditto 3 per isoot• Cents., 531 4 1 2 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 445 Y ; 20 Russian 5 per Cents., 104 106 ; ditto 4i per 20 Cents. 96 98 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41k ; ditto VA Deferred, 25-i ; ditto Certificates, Ga ; ditto 100 Passive, sg. 100 100 In the Railway Share Market, the dealings have ice boen extremely inactive, and with one or two ex ceptions, there is little change to report in prices. Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North- Eastern Berwick declined about ss. South-Western advanced ss. to 10s. The other English lines were at previous rates. Paris and Lyons were in active request, at an advance of about 1/. to 1/. ss. East ern of France improved 10s., and the Canadian lines were supported at former values. Great Indian Peninsula, East Indian and Madras realised previous quotations. In Mining Shares there has been a moderate business done. Great South Tolgus advanced to 19i, Great Wheal Alfred to Q , I t , North Frances to 19, and Wheal Edward to 5i 1, For Joint Stock Bank Shares there was but little inquiry, and Saturday's rates were barely sup ported. In 'the Miscellaneous Shares Australian Agricul tural ruled firm. National Discount Company, Bu.lin Water Works, and Peninsular and Oriental Ste am realised previous quotations. BIGITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( Ircm the Official List:) Business done. Eau] : Stock 3 pd t.:ent. Reduced Amanitas 924 fi 31pe r Cent. Consols Ann,iitiee 9n 4 71 3 per Cont. Annuities 92 d ••?! I itsdi a Bonds. £lOOO D itto, under £lOOO 4 d Con sots for Account ... .. .. 94/ -k E tehequer Bills, zld. March. 1 £lOOO 2500 Small . I )itto Bonds, 1856, 36 per Cent. .... ..... I )itto, 1359 PE ICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCE . Pei •avian Bonds, 4i per Cent — 1 )itto 3 per Cent. — 1 )itto Account Russian Bonds, 1622, 4: St., 5 por Cent lost, 1 )itto, 46 per Cent... ' 963 Tw •lEltsb .onds, Ii per cent — 1 )itto Account " 95 4i I >At° Guaranteed, 4 per Cont. I )itto Account . lO4 4 On . Ideals on the above oavablo in London. Vlach Exchangft, 2i per Cen;., 12 Guilders :Ditto 4 per Cent. Vertitleates June. 3p Conaols, money , Ditto for a,ceount.... , TWO O'CLOCK. 931 94i MANSLAUGIITER BY A BOY OF 15. —Oa Thursday even ing, at Kirkham, Mr. Myers held an inquest onthe body of Betty Titterington, aged 14, who bad been fatally ett ebbed by John Elliott, aged 15. The facts of the gad affair, as reported by us last week, hik,vemesrelf u evi deince. deince. When Elliott , who gave day morning, was charged with murder, he said " She struck me fir At." He took the knife from his pocket when asked for it, and said " I had it in my band wh en I (Amok her but it was shut, and I musthave cut had ber I with the back of it, or with my nails." The he knife marks of blood on the inside. The jury returned a ver dict of " Manslau,ghter," and the prisoner stands com mitted for trial at - the Liverpool Assizes. The Madrid Gazette of Mr,y 15, publishes a royal de- i tree, prolonging to the 31st of December next the file, 11 importation of corn. SHARE MARKETS—(This Da3q RAILWAYS. Closing Pricey Saturday ;IPa , l RAILWAYS. 2 10 1 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Junc all Belfast & Ballymena all Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 100 Birkenhd. Lancsli. & Cheshire Juuct all Blackburn ..... all Blvtli &Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) 100 Bristol & Exeter 100 100 Oliester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black. & Pass all Cornwall all Dc. A 81 Do.B 45 Dublin&Belfastjunc all Dnn. P. & Aber. June 100 East A nglion all [Eastern Cour ties.. 1100 Eastern Union ,A. stk 100 Do., do. B 83 IDo. New A... 17,1 East Kent 100 East Lancashire all East SuTolk 4 Do. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow all Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edinb. Prth. &Dundee all Forth and ClycleJune. 100 Furness ..... 100 Glasgow & S.Wester; all Great N. of Scotland 100 Great Northern 100 'Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) 100 GreatWesteru. 100 ,Do. Str. V. R. gua. St all liri;h South-Eastern. 5C 1 all Lancaster & Carlisle. 16i 145 , D0., Thirds aj 12 Do. New Thirds . 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 6 Do., do. F. Do., Wst. Riding Un. all Do. Southport. all London & Blackwall' 100 Lond.Bright. & S.Cst. ;100 London &N. Western all Do. Fiftl , . . all D0.,161.5ii.,M&8...0 24 Do. Eighths 100 London 4S. Western all Lndndrry.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. ;100 Manch. Sh ef. &Lincln 1 Metropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement 100 Midland . .. :100 Do. Binning. dr Derby all Midland G.West. (Ir.) i all Do. ?; Shares . all Newcastle dr. Carlisle all Newpt.Aberg.dtHrfd 9 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry, Warrenpoint Rostrevor 100 Norfolk.— ...... 3A Northn. Counties Un 100 North British 100 North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock . ....... 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B Stock 'lOO N. astern Berwick 23M.D0. do. Extension 16TDo.do. G.N.E.Purch. all !Do. Leeds ,100 Do. York 1.00 North London 31.1 N. &S. Wstn., Hamp- stead, and City Jn In North Staffordshire all (North Western all N. &S. Westru. June 100 'Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 16 Portsmouth 10 'Rhyinney 100 Scottish Central 100 Scot. N E. Abrd a. St 103 (Shropshire Union 4 ISitingbourne &Sheer all ,S ou th Devon 100 !South Eastern all , Do. 4i per c. Shares It. 100 ,South Wales 0 17 S. Yorksh. River Dun O 7 O all 'Staines,Wok.,&Wok. 5 all !Stockton & 5 15 Do. do., 1854 5 3 Do. do., ISNS 16i,Stockton & Hartlepl it. 100 lA' Vale it. 1100 IDo. Pref., No. 1 ..... 5 22 Thames Hay. D. &R ;0 all iVale of Neath O all Waterfd. & Kilkenny, i 0 all Waterford&Limerick ;0 all West Cornwall LO all West End of London and Crystal Palace 5 all Do. A 5 all Do. B 30 all West London LO all Do. First Class .t 0 all Do. Second Class I LO all Wmbledon &Croydon BRITISH P all !Atlan. and Sc. Law. 9 ; Bombay, Bi.roda, and I Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. I all IDo. 14 Buffalo & Lake 1100 'Buff. Brat &Godch 1100 16- . , p.c.lods., Do. do., 1 July, '73, ) 100 Do. do., 1 June,'74 ) 2s. Calcutta and S. East! ) I2sqdiecntral Oude (Lim.)l lOs iCeylon A shares 1 Do. B. do all Demerara . 2s. Eastern Bengal 100 East Indian 15 Do. C Shares all D0.4..3 all Do. do. do., '59, do. all Geelong <St Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. 100 G(1. Trunk. of Canada all Do. 6p. c. Dcben all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c. all Gt. Wcstn. of Canada 8 Do. New all IDo. Bds., payable '571 all jDo. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73, do. all Do. do., '73, without option all Madras, guar. 4l p.c all Do. do., 5 per c. 10 Do. 44 p. c. Exten. 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. St. 20 100 100 20 ss. ioude (Limitea) 9 5 ISeinde, guar. a per e. 9 a ll Do FOR . .0 all !O I 18 Antwrp&Rotterdam' Ardennes Belgian East. Jnnct. Be ziers to Graissessae Carmeaux&Toulous e Coal Mines and Ry. Dutch Rhenish ...... Eastern of France ... 5 all 9 16 6 all 0 112 0 all 0 i all Do. New ',O 12s. Euphrates Valley .. Gt. Central of France' Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca & Pist.sp. c.p Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterrau Maria Antonia 10 all Do. New !I) 18 n 18 1.0 4 20 all 20 all 20 6 5 all 20 all 20 all 33. all O all 0 all l 6 all 10 all ?0 all ?.0 all 20 7 1.0 7i ao all Namur & Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France NorwegianTruk. Pref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Recife & San Fran , fPcrnam.) g. 7 p. C Rome and Frascati Royal Danish 5 all Royal Swedish 20 all Sambre and Mouse 10 all )o. 5 per cent. pref 20 all Southern of France gi all West Flanders 10 all Do. 54 per C. Prof 20 all IW.&N. W. of France 20 6 i Western of Austria._ 20 all i West, of Switzerland 6 all IWiesbaden 6 all I Do. Bp. cent. prof. 20 all Zealand ......... .. JOINT-ST& 409 ,11 I. 25 IA 100 50 • 40 all 50 all 20 8 lAtuitralasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London I Bri. Col Bk.& Ln. Co !British W. American C. Bk . of Ind. Au. &Ch !City 100 125 100 I 20 20 all all 20 all 20 all 20 20 50 53 50 10 100 20 100 35 20 10 Cofouial Commercial of Loud Eng. Sc ot. &Ans. C ht Lon. Ch Bk .of Aust Ditto New London and County ezE.Bnkng.Corp Lonclon Joint Stock Lond.andWestminst National Pro. of Eng Do. New. 10 2*l National Bank 20 all New South Wales 25 all Oriental Bank Corp 20 15 Ottoman Bank ln J 5 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New 5 1 R.Aus.B.&G.Im.Co 25 all South Australia 25 all Union of Australia 24 Do. NLw 50 10 Union of London 00 50 Unity Mutual 00 )50 Webtrn Bk o Loud , 5a 5a fii - 9 66 - 68 81 - 9 89 - 91 73 - 731 35 - 36 --- •5 5 4 --- - 9i 19 - iii - 12 - 54 :isi - 36 8 7 d i 98 991 61 -. 63 ii = ii 95 - 97 8 - 8i 97 - 98 89 - 91 121 - 123 102 - 104 67 - 67 63 - 65 70 74 6 8 p 11.01:si 102 - 6k sa 1 110 112 1105,1 - 106 par, 100 —100 t, 4:4 7 43 - 831 - 81 54 - 5G •.. ••• 16 - 164 64 - 66 3i - 34 , 1 43 - 44 87 88 3A 3 d 2/ 2i 41 42 65i 661 96 99 4i 4:i - 8 10 - 103 30 -31 i 7 - 106 - 108 25i - 26 48 - 50 2} - 1:14 - 1 75 - 4 - 86 - 87 4A-I 4.!;d 41 43 21, 1 -: .. . . 4 i 2?; - 5i - ISSESSIONS. I- i P - P }96 - 98 93 - 97 95 - 97 ii 7- lip! i - - 107 • 10i li - 4p 191: 201' 64 66 911 92:1 21 211 1 PI 23 s i —24 k, 2 2 al 99 101 115 120 - 119 106 —10& I 19 20 211 d —R p 1 t 7 iP •• - ..• 11 - 2fp IIGN. - la lfis -- 3 p 5 - 51 1 d 29$ 2tl ••• par IP 231 2ti 7 7i ' si -- 30 --- A 8 8d 20 20 38 38 8i 58 58 56 58 f d • pail 17 - -- 19 1 -- 14 8i -- 8,1 -- 8i 31i -- 324 4i -- 54 9A -- 10 301 - 34 par -- 1 p X BANKS. 87 - 89 11- 52 - 54 , Icl 62 64 17 17a 18 17 71.7i1 46 48 40 41 Lid pal ••• -- 55 6 - 57 7 • 4 • .. ....- • • 9 7d ) Business done this day. 25 St. 10 10 50 25 [OO 25 St. 50 St. St. St. St. St. 25 20 20 10 St. T;11 E SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 18b7, ;hr.! Paid I?ATLWAY3• it. XlO9 ;t. 100 5 all it. 100 5 all it. 1100 ' Buckghamsh. ! Clydesdale Je. Col.St our Vy. g. 6 p.e E. Uu. H. Sh. 'Glas. Barr. & j Neils. Direct. ;t.l+ 00 IDo. Nerr all Gistr.&Dn.Fr i 0 all i Hull & Selby 15 all Shares .2 all Shares 12 ._, all Lon. & Greenw f 0 I all IDo.Prefercnce it. 100 Lon. Til., &S. .0 5i Do. Bark. Sh 5 all 'Manch.lixton. I I and Matlock St. 100 1Md1(1. Bradfd. 64 54 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. 50 all IN.& Est.s p. c. 50 all Do. 6 per et.. 50 all Do. Fixed 5p . c 25 all Prost. & Wyre 121 all !Do. ? I Stirs. A St. !100 !Roystn.ez Hit. 10 all !Shrews.& Her 12 all ;S. Staflordsh.. 50 all ! Wea,rtial.g6pc 25 all Do . St. 1100 !Wilts&Samrst! 5 i all PREFEIi,En Leasing Companies Ln. &N. W. Caledon E.U.&E.O Gt. Northn E. Count. Caldonian. Do. Gt.Westn. Y. LI N.M Do Do S. Eastern, Do Peto & Co Do Ln. &N. W. do Midld. Midland... E. Count. Do Do Do L. &N. W Do Gt.No , thu T. Bra7sey' MCloau Stk.&Dar Do Gt.Westu Blyth and Tyne 10 p. e.prcf. (iscd.at 501.) Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. St. IDo. 4 per c. Shares.. Caledu. £lO 41 p. c. ! Ches. & Ho. 5i p.c. IDo. do. 5 per cent... I Cork&Bandons ;Dun.Perth.hAber.j. E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do, do. Cls. B Op. c. ,Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eas Co Ex 5p.cN0.1 2 - ...... IDo. New 6 pr. c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51. , 10 per cent. IDo. 101. Dcbentr.Sh. 'Do. do. 4 per cent._ East Lane ash .6 p.cts. , E.&W. York. J. sths Edin. & Gl. sp. c. Sh. Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Gans,&s, 5 p. c ..... 5.W.G.5 p.c. Great Northn. 5 p.c. iDo. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem.... Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. Gt.N . of Scot.lst Pre Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W.(B.&II.Ex.Spc Do. con. md. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per , ent. Do 5 p. c. rod. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sl' Do. Chester Sp. c. P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gna. Stk Do. Chesil. Gua. Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lau.& York. 6 pc. St.' Lon.&B.G. 5 pc.No.l Do. New Caul'. 6 p.c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lou. & N.W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. et... Lou. & S.W. 7 per et. late 3d Shares Londy. & Color. 6 Sh Londy. &Ennis. 1 Sh M., S., &L. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. Do. do. 31 per cent. Marypt. Carl. 4 P.C. Do. 4. per cent Do. do. Nfld. Con 501.6 p.c. St Do. Con. Br. B ir. 6 p.c I Do. 44 p. c. Pref. St Do. L. &H. Pref. St New., Aber., &c., pr 5 p. e.red. 5 p.c. pm Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et Norf k .Deb. 4 p.c. Sh Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5i p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. ~1847 North British Do. 71. Preference N.B. Berw. 4 p. c. Prf. Do. do. do 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, p. c. 2d guar._ Scot. Cent. New Pref. So.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. Do. d0.3,i p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 44 pr cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £i Os. 6d. Do. 4?:, per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 4i p. c S.Yorksh.4 p. c. Guar Stock. &Dar., 5 p. c Do. do. do. Stock. & Hartl. g. 5. p.c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd& link. 6 pc. Closing Prices Saturday. 92 - 91 97 - 99 11 - 13 133 - 135 31 - 41 106 - WS 124 23 234 1101 - 106 i par p 2$ - 88 - 4 90 p - P - 56 114 . 0 1 : 4 8 - 9 - 91 32 - 33 86 - 88 E SHARES. 93 - 95 &a -- 93 51 - 6 108 - 112 108 - 112 - A - OP 12 - 723, 113 - 115 105 - 107 100 - 102 60 -- 62 10i -- 10$ 51 -- G -193 -- 95 83 - 85 1 81 -- F 6 100 -101 9t -- 10 16} -- 17 gi -- 10 72 -- 74 19 -- 19, -- 91 14,1 -- 14 432 -- 134 37 - 140 .14 -- 116 .54 - 156 66 -, 68 .30 - 132 96 - 98 86 - 88 it = lii .01 - 103 91 92 1d i id 21i 221 1110 - 112 911 a 114 - 116 105 - 110 i• -- 19 22i —23 a 98 100 93 9i 27 - 2 - ~•1 - 24 - ••• 2 BRITISH MINES. 211.2 Alfred Cons. (Philk. 14 British Iron 20 ,Condurow (Cambrn.) 1 iDev.Gt. ensls. (Tay.) 14s n Great South Tolgus 11131 G rt. W. Alfrd. (Plink ) 7 Vor (llelstn ) 13s Lady Bertha 7 N. Frances (Illogan) IN.W.Basset 6/ 15'North Wheal Crofty 1i jPar. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 9 IPorkellis U. (Wend.) 6s. 'Sort. Cons. Min. Co Caradon (St. Cleer 2 ;S. Carn Brea (Illogn. 19 S.W. Franees(lllogn, 44 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co 9 'Tin Croft 40 lUn.Mines (Gwennap) I2s B,V. of Towey (Camar.) 1i W. Basset (Illogan) 20 ;W. Caradon (Liskrd ) 5 \\TII. Basset (Illogan) 5 Buller (Rclruth) 55 lIVh, Edward(Calstek' 1/ 7s'Wh. Kitty (U. Llant l , S 'Wh. (Menht., 4i Wh. Trelawney (Lis. 191 201 , 7 - 8 155 165 460 470 181 19. 6 —6.; 41 - 5 ! r 18 20 I 20 22 5 6 22 23 5 6 2 )330 340 ) 56 61 290 --- 310 4 voo 220 - 1 . 30 32 ) L4O 150 I. 260 270 1. 360 380 :) 5 L) 18 20 ) 45 47 .) 221 24?,i1 FOREIGN Australian Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm) Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey ! Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper Copiapo Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada Noreau Monde Pont.Sil.LdM.& Smlt Port Philip Santiago de Cuba south Australian Do. Scrip Do. 10 p. c. Pref United Mexican MINES. 4 - 1 14 - 11 - 17 id 58 GO 10 12 14a 15. Z% 8 id p 1 - 6 -: 8. ••• 2 2J ••• i - 4 --.• ••• 3 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Agricult. Australn. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Canada Do. Go. 6 pc.Jan&July Do. 6 p. c.Feb.&Aur. D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7§ p. cent Crystal Palace Do. Preference Crystal Pal. of France Duston Iron Ore !Eastern Steam all 40 324 100 100 100 all 18 100 all all 10s. (tll Electric Telegraph .. ( Electric Tel. of Irel En. &Aust. Cop.SmCo Eur. & Ind.Jctn. Tel. Gem. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.) Gen. Steam Navigat. London Discount Lond. Gen. Omnibus Magdalena St. Navig. Meditoran. Elec. Tel. Mexican& S.Americn Nat. Discount Co Do. New Netherlands Land Do. Do. Do.S p c.PLiss.at ld Do. Do. ............ New 13. &N. S. Land N. S. W. Gov. 5 p. c. D. N. B. Australasian Nrth.ofEuropeStea m Oriental Gas ......• Do. New Shares PeclEtr. Ld. & Minrl. Peninsular & Orientals so too all all Do. New Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Aastral. lnvest Do. New S. Aus. Guy. 6 p. c. bds South Austral. Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. Registered ITrus. Ln. Co. Up. Can, Van Diemon'o Land.. 194 —20 bi •• - •• 4 - 5• ••• --- ••• 1 149 - 154 32 37 25 27 2i 2a bg 1i ' par ~„,-..4 w ••• gu 11 P... id 3 s l 4; 31 4 - 4 4i Par 22 18 - li - P - 11 - ••• '''' 21 -- la 23 8 G 2 60 - li - 34 - a ... -- 11 •-- BuSine6l this d ay MARKET VEW.F..%—(TinS D gip.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of English wheat on sale in most of the country markets held on Saturday WC7O oily moderate yet the demand was in a sluggish state, and s •: , rts had a down ward tendency. Barley and all other spring corn realised full quotations, with a fair demand, but flcur was dull and drooping. On the Continent, wheat and most oiler articles have sold steadily at very full ,prices. In tin United States, the quotations have had au upward tenderly. The arrivals of English grain up to onr narket last week were very moderate. From abroad we received 6,315 quarters of wheat, 18,710 barley, 10,435 d ate, 1,070 peas, 1,503 tares, 1,295 linseed, 1,801 rapeseed, !0 mustard-seed, 3,520 sundry, 100 sacks and 1,433 barrels ,f flour. Fresh up, to-day, the arrivals of Englids wheat, coast wise and by land carriage, wero very moderate, and most of the samples were in secondary condition. Owing in some measure to the prevailing fine weatier, the demand for all kinds of wheat of home produce rile.' heavy, and, in some instances prices were Is per quanta: beneath those realised on Monday last. We were fairly supplied with foreigl wheat, winch changed hands slowly; indeed, so little was doing in it that prices were almost nominal. Floating cargoes of grain were held at very full prices. The late extensive supplies of foreign barley having passed into the hands of the distillers, the show of that grain here, to-day, was limited, and all kinds moved off steadily, at fully late rates. Malt, the show of which was limited, sold slowly, at barely last week's prices. We had a good demand for oats, at an improvement in value of Gd per qr. The supply was very moderate. There was a fair demand for beans, at very full prices. The show of samples was moderate. Peas were in fair re quest, at extreme rates. We had a dull sale for flour, and country markets were the turn iu favour of sellers. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red .... new 47e to 593 •- i Malt—Cheyaller .• 78s to 80s Oats Yorkshire and Ditto .... old —s —a Ditto, White new 48a 67s Ditt0........ old —s —s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old —s —a Ditto new .•.... 46$ 59s Rye—Old ............ —3 —s, New ...........• 32s 363 Barley—Grinding .••.. 2,is 32a, Malting . • . • • 401 41s Chevaller•••• • • 42a 463 Malt—SaffolkandNor rolk...•......•• 67s 773 1 BrOwn ~............. 623 63s Kingston and Ware 69s 78s - - - Lincolnsk., Feed 203 23s Potato . • • 225 29s Yonghal and Cork Black.•.•••• 18s 223 Cork, White ..• 193 285 Scotch, Feed. •• .. 20s 24, Beans—Tick 35s 37s Pigeons ...... 42 44s Peas—Grey ..• • •• 37s 39s Maple • • ...... 395 40. White. • • 40 Boilers ••• • . • • 373 393 Flour—Town-made..• 50s 528 Suflolk •• • • 40s 41s Stocktn Pa Norfolk 39s 405 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The tot:d imports of foreign stock into London last week were 2,220 head. In the corresponding week in 1856 we received 781 ;in 1855, 1,193; in 1854, 1,078; in 853, 2,582; in 1852, 2,171; in 1831 , 2,102; and in 1830, 1 1 ,739 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEER. From Beasts. MINT. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Harlingen l4l ... 555 ... 10 32 4 Calais Hamburgh 26 Dordt ...... Rotterdam 63 Amsterdam 7 ... Antwerp Oporto 538 ... - • • • 140 ... 14 ... 124 ... - ••• ••• 106 ... 57 ... T0ta1.... 603 1,332 ... 24 257 ... 4 The yearly comparison of weekly Imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheen. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 1856 207 409 ... 43 ... 122 1855.... 1854 353 1,012 ... 9 ... 396 E 1853 462 1,741 ... 13 3 . 38 2E 1852 389 1,616 ... 30 ... 435 ... 14 1851 426 1,597 ... 45 ... 322 6] 1850 227 1,428 ... 230 ... 127 ... Amongst the foreign stock gene to-day's market were about 500 oxen from Oporto. The ral condition of the sup ply received from the continent was tolerably good. From our own grazing districts, the receipts of beasts fresh up this morning were moderate for the titre of year, and in fair average condition. Although the attendance of buyers was tolerably good, the beef trade ruled heavy, at 4d. per 8 lbs. beneath the currencies realised on Monday last. The top quotation for Scots was 4s. Cd. per 8 lbs The arrivals from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire amounted to 2,000 Scots and short horns ; from other parts of England, 300 of various breeds ; from Scot land, 300 Scots ; and from Ireland, 50 oxen. With sheep we were fairly suplied, and most kinds were of full average weight. The mutton trade was inactive, yet no change took place in the quotations. The highest price in the wool was se. 10d. ; out of the wool, ss. per 8 Lambs—the show of which was good—were in fair re quest at full prices, viz , ss. 63. to 63. 41. per 8 lbs. About 600 came to hand from the Isle of Wight. We were scantily supplied with calves which sold steadily at an improvement in value of 2d. per 8 lbs. The top figure was ss. 2d. per 8 lbs. Pigs were in short supply and heavy request at barely last week's currency. - • Per Sibs to sink the offals. o. d. s. d.l s. (1. Inferior Beasts.... 2 10 to 3 0 PrimeSonthdlwn 5 6 510 Second quality-3 2 3 6 Large erse. calves 3 8 4 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 2 Prime small d) 4 6 5 0 Prime Scots, do. 4 4 4 6 Large hogs Inferior Sheep _4 2 4 6'Small porkers Second quality ...4 8 4 10Suckling calves-23 030 0 Prime crse.-wlled.s 0 5 4'Quarter old 13'48.21 0 28 0 Lamb, 5s 6a to Gs 4a. TOTAL SUPPLY': FOREIGN SUPPLY. feasts Sheep and lambs 21,350 Sheep and lambs .. 1,300 Calves llB Calves 57 Pigs 3lO Pigs A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on Monday, May 19, 1856, and this day, Monday, May 18, 1857. Per 81130, to sink the offals. May 19, 1856. MaylB, 1357 s. d. s. d. Is. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 2to 3 6 2 10 to 3 0 Second quality ditto ... ... 3 8 3 10,3 2 3 6 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 4 3 8 4 2 Prime Scots, lie 4 6 4 84 4 4 6 Coarse and inferior sheep 4 0 4 24 2 4 6 Second quality ditto ... 4 4 4 8 4 8 410 Prime coarse woolled ditto 410 1 415 0 5 4 Prime Southdown ditto 5 6 5 10 , ‘ 5 6 510 Lambs ••• ••• ••• ... 5 4 6 4.5 6 6 4 Large coarse calves ..„ 4 0 4 10.3 8 4 6 Prime small ditto 5 0 64 8 5 2 Lar bTea g t e s h gl a l porkers 4 4 4 84 4 5 0 3 . . 4 3.64.17 213 8 4 3:8:0 Sheep and lambs 18,930 21,3 0 I)9 Pigs 250 llB 310 SUPPLIES' ON SALE, May 21, 1855.—Beasts, 4,290 ; sheer, and lambs, 21,770 ; calves, 120; pigs, 410 May 22 , 185 L—Beasts, 3,510; sheep atd lambs, 27,1:0 ; oalves, 200 ; pigs, 280. NEWGATE AND LEADENSALL• These markets are well supplied with all kinds of meat and the trade generally is heavy, as follows : Per bibs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 2 S 3 0 Do., middling 3 2 3 8 Do. prime large-3 8 4 0 I Do., do. small 4 0 4 2 Perk, large 3 8 4 2 Lamb, 4s s. d. a. 4. Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling ..... 3 S 4 0 Do., prime.... ..... 4 2 4 S Vca1...., ............3 4 4 S Pork. small ........ 4 4 5 0 to 5s 10d. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELD S. Only moderate supplies of home-grown potatoes have come to hand since our last report. The imports have 7 n amounted to 125 bags from Rotterdam, 897 bvs from Os tend, 270 tons and 158 bags from Antwerp, 79 40 tons from Hamburg. The trade generally is slow, bags a d at our quotations. York Regents, 100 s to 170 s per ton ; Kent and Essex do., IC9s to 1603 ; Scotch do., 95s to 1303 ; do. cups, 903 to 105 s ; Middlings, 75s to 85s ; Lincolns, 993 to 105 s ; Blues, 93s to 120 s ; Foreign, 80s to 955. BOROUGH HOP. There is a fair demand for most kinds of fine hops, at full quotations. In other qualities very little is passing. Last week's imports were 460 bales from Hamburg. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 103 to 51 124 ; Weald of Kent, Si to 31 15s ; Sussex, 31 Oa to 3112 s ; year • lings, 1/ 10s to 31. per cwt. WOOL. The public sales held since our last have been somewhat more active, and some large parciels of wool have found buyers for the continent, on rather better terms. Prices : Australian—Clean sheep's, is 93 to 2s 7(1 ; scoured, is 90. to 2s 61d ; do. pieces, is 10d ; bandwashed, is 9d to is 11d; locks, Is 7d to is 9d. South Australian— Clean sheep's, is 80 to 2s ; scoured, ls 9id to 2s ; handwashed, 1s 7d to is 11d ; lamb's is 8d to is llid ; skin, is 8 d t 3 is 9 i d ; do. handwashed, 1s 10d. Port Philip -Clean sheep's, le 9,d to '283e1; scoured, 2s lid to 2s sid ; lamb's, 2s to 2s 2d ; skin, is 54d to is 8d ; pieces, is 6d to is 9d. Van Diemen's Land—Clean aheep's, is 9id to 2s 3d •; lamb's, is 10t,d to 2s 4id ; locks, is 4id to is sd. Cape—Clean sheep's, is 1?-.d to is 9i ; scoured, is 3d to is Sid ; hand washed, is 4d to is lid; grease, 70 to is ld per lb. By private contract, prices of all wools are nominal. Last week's imports were 2,758 bales from Geelong, 57 rom the Cape, 76 from Buenos Ayres, 12 from Gibralsa., f 18 from Copenhagen, and 13 from Rotterdam. The following are the current rates of English wool : Down tegs, 1s 7d to is 8d ; half-bred hoggets, is 6d to is 7d ; Kent fleeces, is 5d to is Gd ; Down ewes, is 5d to is 61 ; Leicester fleeces, is 4d to is 5d ; combing skins, is 3d to is 5d ; flannel wool, is 2d to 1.3 6cl ; and blanket wool, 10c1 to 1s 2d per lb. SEEDS. Canary seed maintains its value, with a fair demand. Tares still continue to be offered in abundance, on lower terms. The 'season for cloverseed is now nearly over. Linseed is in limited request, yet late rates are well sup ported, owing to the short arrivals and small quantities on offer. These is a fair inquiry for rapeseed, at full prices. Turnip,White,por bush. 155 to 185 Carraway .... 445 46s Swede .. .... • . 161 18' C0riander............ 24s 26s gustard, 8r0wn."... 205 225 Ilernpseed, per qaarter 455 • 465 White, new.. •• .. ids 12s Linseed, Eng.3owing•• 725 76s Tsres,Winter,new..•.bs Od 6s Od Crushing .. 56r 68s Old.. ••• • • • —g —s Baltic 585 60s Canary, per quarter .. 805 90A Odessa .......... 643 65s Uyo grass (new) •• •• 305 465 Limed Cake, pr. ton— CloTer,ltedEng. (cwt.) 58s 72' English .. ...101 Os 101 108 White ......• 5Ss 685 Foreign,per ton 91 0. 10.15 s ,per ton 61 Os 6 105 80a 84s 5 5 26 : 3 : 7620:5111Raappese co:17;i TALLOW. Oar market is much less active, and the business doing in it is very moderate. To-day, T.Y.C., on the spot, is gelling at 55s 6d; and for all the year, 55s per cwt. Rough fat, 3s ld per Bibs. 1854. 1 1853. ... Stock this day ....1 7 .--- 3.035 \\ 35.975 C'47sokto 61 4 Od Price of T. C —— i i --a Od Lc —s 0 ,1 Delivery last week •.: 766 539 Ditto from Juno 1.... 101,259 92,060 Arrivals last week.. 325 1,190 Ditto from Junel...„ 84,556 104 726 Price of Towne,".. 494 V 616 Oci 1856. 1e57. 46,680 16,389 10,052 525 3,1 t, 465 Odle 55s 6d to —5 04 —s Od Od 1,611 2,591 1,751 8.1 ;1 1 5 106,247 104,150 7,45 1 1 2,373 2,495 95,391 76,094 97,222 334 61 48s 6d 608 Od SPORTING NOTES, EPSOM AND BATA. The doings amongst the Derby horses have of late been not a little perplexing. First, Saunterer was re introduced into the betting with a seeming determina tion on the part of his supporters to maintain bins in a prominent position until the very hour of the race, and when he had almost superseded Skirmisher as first fa vourite a reaction set in, and, indeed, at my present writing the fall of Saunterer appears likely to he as sud den and decisive as his rise. In the meantime no telling demonstration has been made in favour of Magnifyer, and despite the outlays which have recently been madeen Sprig Shillelagh, and is giu stables I shall ,Bb be s som l e s - what surprised if of Tupthe do not amalgamate their interest, and let Wae dermarske be their most trusted representative. Strath never has not attained that position in the betting to Which he seems to he fairly entitled by his Dee Stakes' performance, and as for his stable companion, the once formidable Blink Bonny, she appears to be gone, never to return. When Bird-in-the-Hand went through London last week,' a rush was made to get on him, and the horse was backed eagerly by those who hold John Scott "dangerous" with whatever animal be might choose to send to Epsom, I have, however, no faith in "the Bird." Lady Hawthorn is reported quite sound, and she and the other " cripple" Zayder Zee, if they go to the post unaf• fected by the hard ground, will be found very formidable customers. The Danebury people unhesitatingly pin their faith to Anton, and seem to ignore the fact that be only beat Loyola by a head. A very pretty quarrel has, I believe, been occasioned by Sydney's exhibition for the Two Thousand, and Charlton hag in consequence been compelled to send in his cap and Jacket. The Baron has expressed his determination of having the affair searchingly investigated. I should not like to state how many pounds Arsenal is reported to be better than Drumour. He has been heavily backed, within the last l few days, to the great prejudice of M.D., and many people believe that Mr. Howard has at length come to the turning in his long lane of ill-luck. Adamas, who once seemed likely to rise into great favour, has been driven out of his "teens," and sent to the 20 to 1 division. Skirmisher holds his position with great firmness, and the public confidence in the "spots" is not likely to be easily shaken. During the next two days at Bath, however, some important movements may be expected. The list of sport prepared under the direction of the committee is most attractive, and the prorni-:e which it presents will be fully realised. The first item on paper is the Biennial Stakes for three-yr-olds, which has thirty-seven nominations, including the names of Lam bourn, Aspasia, and Drumour. The lastmentioned was so injured in the race for the Chester Cup, that his starting is somewhat doubtful—should he, however, go to the post " all right" I shall have no hesitation in let ting him do battle for me. Wentworth, Jesuit, Hiseber, and Dulcamara are the only animals which have yet figured in the betting on the Somersetshire Stakes. The remarks made above respecting Drumour apply also to Dulcamara, with one exception, viz., that the support which he has re ceived is calculated to remove all doubts relative to his starting. Favourably as Wentworth is weighted, lam not inclined to trust him, and cannot regard his race with Manganese at Newmarket over the D.I. as proof of his staying powers, for the mare was as thin as a rail and scarcely capable of raising a gallop. Taking the Chester running as the most trustworthy guide, I am induced to assign the foremost places to LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. ConirniFsioner Gouiburn ) IV RE GEOIIEGiAN-SIIIIRE SPECULATIONS. This bankrupt was described as of Pal.:.grave-placc, Strand, priuter,-stationer, &c., and to-day came up for his certificate. The balance sheet prepared by Messrs. Beasley and Franklin, commences 16th Oct., 1354, and ends March, 1857, and shows debtor to creditors 1,8241. 7s. To ditto bol•ling recurity, 78S1. 10 Capital Ist Oct., 1854, creditor by good debts, 2601. ; cash given up, 841. ; property, 2981. ; losses on speculations on shares, 1,2561.; los3es, bad debts, 6941. There was no opposition, and on behalf of the bank rupt it was stated that ha had been induced to take the shares i❑ various public companies, in crier to secure their printing, but he had lost by them. His Honour said, that he could not consider this as being a case of unavoidable loss, but the bankrupt might take a certificate of the eecond class, and there was no imputation —it IA , act a far better case than many which came before the Court. EISEBER and DULCAMARA. Either Sir Colin or Madame Rachel may carry off the Lansdowne Stakes. For the Free Handicap I 'hall select The Bold Buccleugh and Heroine. The Members' Plate may go to Somerset, and the Weston Stakes to either Happy Land or Volatore. Both the Dyrrham Park Handicap and the Bath Handicap will be so mate rially regulated by the result of the preceding race that I shall not touch °pm them. May 18. A FRESH MAN. CITY BETTING-SATURDAY NIGHT. SOMERSETSEURE STAKES. 3to 1 agst Wentworth (offered) 7to 1 agst Risebar (offered) 7to 1 agst Dulcamara (offered) DERBY. 100 to 15 agst Skirmisher (offered) Bto 1 agst Arsenal (take 10 to 1) 10 to 1 agst Anton (taken and offered) 12 to 1 aget Saunterer (offered) 100 to 8 agst Bird in the Hand (offered) 100 to 6 agst Sprig of Shillelagh 20 to 1 agst Tournament (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Zuyder Zee (taken and offered) 300 to 150 on Saunterer ag'st Zuyder Zee (taken) LATEST BETTING. DEBBY. 6 to 1 agst Skirmisher (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Arsenal (taken freely) 11 to 1 agst Anton (taken) 12 to 1 agst M.D. 14 to 1 agst Sydney 15 to 1 agst Saunterer 18 to 1 agst Sprig of Shillelagh (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lady Hawthorn (wanted) 20 to 1 agst Adamas (off.) 33 to 1 agst Wardermarske (take 40 to 1) 450 to 100 agst Arsenal and Anton coupled (t) TATTERSALL'S.—The Subscription-room will be opened every day this week. KENT AND THE DUEL—Kent was struck out of the Derby at 3 8 p.m. on Saturday last. GENERAL TODLEBEN.—This distinguished Russian engineer has fixed the first week in September for visit ing England and attending the banquet to be given to him in London by the officers of the Royal Engineers. The Observer of yesterday states that the Queen has conferred the title and dignity of a baronet of the United Kingdom upon Sir Jamsetsee Jeejeebhoy, Knight, of Bombay. Mr. Charles O'Leary, acting consul at Bogta, is appointed vice-consul at that place. CRYSTAL PALACE GREAT HANDEL FESTIVAL—The first of the concluding series of rehearsals for each oratorio takes place at Exeter Hall this (Monday) even ing, when the 1,100 metropolitan choral performers will be assembled under the baton of Mr. Costa. The issue of the 103. 6d. tickets for the festival in the north and south naves commenced this morning. THE HORRIBLE CASE OF INFANTICIDE AT NORWICH. —The coroner's jury empannelled to inquire into the circumstances under which the mutilated body of a female was found a few days since in a bin in Crook's place, Norwich, have returned a verdict to the effect that the child was born alive, and came to its death by violence from some person or persons unknown. SAVINGS BANKS.—A return has just been published (moved for by the late Mr. Brotherton) relative to savings-banks. It shows that at the date of the return the number of banks in the whale of the united kingdom amonnted to 591 ; the num ber of ufficere, 620 paid, and 1,203 unpaid ; the sala ries and allowances of the paid officers, 85,186/. ; the annual expenses of management, 113,4231. ; the number of accounts remaining on the 20th Nov., 1855, 1,301, 4221. ; the total amount owing to depositors on the said 20th Nov., 185.5, 34,135,5251. ; the total amount invested with the National Debt Commission ers, 33,956,1051. ; the rate of interest paid to depo sitors (on the average), 21. 18s. Bd. per cent. ; the total number of annuite's granted from the com mencement 10,602 (184,2171.) ; the annual number of of receipts from depositors in the year ended the 20th of January, 1855, 1,409,724/ ; and the annual number of payments to depositors in the year, 793,066/. The average amount of receipts from depositors in the year was 51. 2s. 3d. and the average of payments to deposi tore, 21. 13s. 4d. THE LUNDHILL COLLIERY EIPLOSION.—LUNDHILL, Saturday.—The protracted and tedious labour of re storing the mine and recovering the bodies of the men has up to this time resulted in the exhumation and burial of neatly 100 bodies. The total number killed was 190 ; but it is not expected that more than 30 or 40 of the remaining bodies will be found, as it is known that when the explosion took place a large number of miners were getting their midday meal near the fur nace at the bottom of the ventilating shaft, and their bodies would of course be consumed entirely by the ter rific fire which raged there. The engineers wbo superin tend the operations of the committee of colliery viewers who are managing the works meet at the offices from time to time, and receive the report of the sub committee. The conduct of the Barnsley board of guar dians to the Lundhill widows has been rather strange, and has excited many comments. The sum subscribed amounted to about 8,0001., and a feeling appeared to pre vail that the poor women ought not to be supported by the union, but from the contributed funds. However, on Wednesday, the guardians were induced to order a very small rate of relief to the unfortunate women. Thursday being the day on which. the relief fund was paid to the unfortunate widows by the relieving officer of the Barnsley Union, a scene of a painful character was witnessed. The poor women, some of whom had walked a distance of two or three miles, seemed to feel very much the humiliating position in which. they were placed by the small amount of relief which they were allowed by the board of guardians, which was only :about 31d. per head. One poor woman with seven children, one of them an idiot, had the sum of 2s. per vi eek allowed her. In many other rases only is. a week._ was allowed, out of which sum many of the women ha 41 paid 9d. railway fine to Barnsley and bock, so as t o attend before the guardians, on Tuesday, at Barnsle. F. The maximum_ sum allowed in any case was 2s. T he subscriptions of the workmen at some establishmer is have been very liberal. ROBBERY AT A CONFIRMATION.— -At a c onfirmation by the Bishop of London, at St. Mai:y'e, Greenwich, last Friday, a lady, who attended the cer emoinywith her maid servant, a candidate, was robbed 5n the aisle of her gold watch as she was leaving the church. Toe person who is believed to have committed the, ,robbery was exa mined at Greenwich Police-court on, Saturday, and is under remand . IN RE J. O. ROBSON. The bankrupt was &scribe.' as of Castlf-street, Ox for.]-street, builder, and to-day was appointed for his last examination. An application was made for an adjournment on the ground that the bankrupt had not had time to complete the accounts. Mr. Chidley, for the assignees, did not object, and the adjournment was granted. IN RE lILNEITRY. This bankrupt was described as of Brencbley, grocer and draper, and to day came up for his last examination. The amount of the debts and assets are small, and in October, 1854, he had only a capital of 101. He had not kept a cash-book, and his accounts ware almost wholly unvouched. The bankrupt said they were the best he could make out. His Honour said he would not paki on such accounts. The examination was then adjourned sine die. SUCCESSFUL DIPLOMACY WITH THE CHINESE IN 1848. The following extracts from Mr. De Quincy's work on "China" will be read with interest : " Shanghai, as is well known to those few per sons who have made themselves acquainted with our Chinese treaties, is one of the five ports laid open to our commercial shipping—that is, extorted from the terrors of China by our 10,000 txpostulating bayonets ; and next after Canton it is the most important. Here we British had, upon the whole, lived very much unmolest ed. For a thousand miles, laid between us and the mur dering ruffians of Canton, had availed to cleanse the air from the reeking fumes of human shambles. Early, however, in the spring of 1848, six years after our drums and trumpets were heard no more, this happy calm was interrupted by a ferocious outrage, which is of the last importance for reasons of permanent diplomatic value. The reader must not understand that, in its immediate features of violence and wantonness, this case transcend ed many others in or near Canton ; on the contrary, by an accident no life was lost on this occasion ; whereas in Canton as many as six of our countrymen have been murdered outright in one and the same minute. Bat the Shanghai case moved regularly through all the stages of judicial inquest under the most resolute, vigi lant, and prudent of public officers. The Consul at Shanghai, Mr. Rutherford Alcock, fortunately for the interests of justice on this particular occasion—yet that was a trifle by comparison with the interests of our general position in China—followed up the criminal in quest, hunted back upon the traces of the ruffians with the energy of some Hebrew avenger of blood. " On Wednesday the Bth March 1848, three British missionaries—Medhurst, Lockhart and Muirhead—made an excursion into the country from Shanghai, for the purpose of distributing Protestant tracts—a purpose quite unintelligible to the Celestial intellect. The furthest point of their journey was Tsing-poo, distant about ninety-six le (1 e., according to the usual valua tion, 96.3 English wile). The exact distance became a que-tion of importance, since naturally it must every where be desirable for sustaining a complaint against wrongdoers—that the plaintiff should not himself be found trespassing upon any regulation of !aw. Now, the treaty limited our journeys to a day's extent. But on this point there seems to be no room for demur, since the consul (whose authority is here unimpeachable) exonerates the missionaries from having at all exceeded the privileged distance. On leaving Tsing-poo, the missionaries were hustled by a mob—not, perhaps, ill disposed in any serious extent, but rough and violent. Yet this moderation might be merely politic ; for thus far the mob was under the eye of the town and its police. But, on leaving the town, another mob was ' seen coming after them—apparently, by its angry and menacing gesture, of a more dangerous character. Two of the missionaries, Medhurst and Lockhart, being able to converse fluently in Chinese, thought it best to,ex postulate with this mob ; and, accordingly, to await their coming up. Any expression of courage was likely to do service, but in this case it failed. g' It is not necessary to repeat minutely the circum stances of the outrage. The missionaries were knocked down, trampled on, robbed of their watches, and all other personal effects, ant then dragged back to Tsing orne f e e r ed) thousand o f striking do ll rs, off poo, with the avowed intention of either forci n g th em elsese v c e th, o op ir l'y the a wwholet m h they pof their heads en reaching the other side of the city." "On March 9, the day immediately following the out rage, the proper steps were taken for obtaining satisfac tion by the Consul resident at Shanghai. A demand was instantly lodged with the Ta-00-tae, or sheriff, for the arrest of the persons criminally implicated it the attack, for their trial, for their punishment, and for the restoration of the stolen property. Very soon it became evident that the magistrate had not the remotest inten tion of attending to any one of these demands. With a singular inaptitude,' says the Consul, he wasted time so precious to hem in mere subterfuges, and miserable attempts at trick and evasion. And the arrests, which were prevented at first only by his want of will, would soon pass out of his power.' Once convinced that no thing was to be hoped for from the voluntary aid of the Ta-00-tae, the Consul sat down to calculate his means of compulsion. There lay chiefly in such coercion or restraint as might be found applicable to a vast fleet of junks on the eve of departure for Pekin, and at that moment lying ready laden in the anchorage above H.M.S. Childers. Of these junks there were more than a thousand. Of all that vast number, not one,' said the Consul, 'shall pass the Childers,' until satisfaction shall have been gives as to the arrest of the Tsing-poo cri minals. "This embargo had been maintained for several days, when the Ta-00-tae attempted to intimidate the consul by suborning two officers to suggest the probability of an attack from a Shanghai mob. This suggestion was made by way of letter, and the men asked for a per sonal interview, at which they would have attempted to enforce their alarms more effectually. But the consul contemptuously refused to see them. I have,' said he, ' a wife and family living in the very centre of Shang hai : they and I are at your mercy ; but that will not frighten me from my duty.' " On March 12 the consul writes to say—' That up to yesterday evening, three days since the outrage had elapsed without result. All the parties implicated had been seen by hundreds, must be known to the policemen who assisted in the release of the British so cruelly mal treated ; and, finally, that all the junk-men are in the employ of the Chinese Government. The Consul is bound to inform the Ta-00-tae that, under these circum stances, any hesitation or any delay amounts to a denial of justice. "On the day following, namely, March 13, the con sul writes again The ringleaders in the late mur derous attack upon British subjects have not yet been seized. It is now, therfore, the consul's daty to inform the chief magistrate, that between nation and nation, in all countries not thoroughly barbarous, it is a recognised law, when an injury is inficted for which reparation is refused, the nation aggrieved may do itself justice, when justice cannot otherwise be obtained.'—The consul then shows, that for him the dilemma has arisen—either to see the highest interests of his nation sacrificed by the impunity granted to these criminals ; or " And then he states distinctly the other born of the dilemma in these Following terms If, within forty eight hours reckoned from noon of this present day, ten of the ringleaders are not in Shanghai for trial and punishment, the Consul will, in that case, take other steso obtain that reparation which the honourable Tacotae must then be understood solemnly to have refused.' forty-eight " But was justice to linger through these hours ? By en means ; prov isional steps were to be taken instantly—namely, these two:— a id over " First, 'noduties for British ships can be p to the custom-house ;' rmitted tt the grain " Secondly, nor can it be pe ort , basd I trust junks now in the river shall leavettee pins; see the prn that you, the honourable Ta-of- t a e attempt., deuce of forbidding them to k enake h " The closing paragraph, o minous in Chinese ears as the bell of St. Se p u:chre in past times to the poor New gate convict , ran thus :—'l entreat you, whilst it is yet time, to put an end to this untoward state of affairs by demand the criminals:' [there lay the sum of our e sa approach eeh arrivale of her f demand :] 'but, if this be not done, it remains for m a m n n e i v a n t c e .oanesdn thetheni me to announce my determination to redress inury „ mr p,de, the Espi4gle." Childers, "This dodge, that of suggesting dangerous mobs, hav ing failed, the Ta-00-tae (whom, for the sake of brevity, permit me henceforth to call by the well-known name of Mr. Toots) tried another. He had pledged his word at 10 a.m., that i❑ return for notorious forbearances on the part of the Consul, he would himself abstain from all underhand intrigues with the rice junks. At 11 a.m., on the same day, he issued secret orders that these junks should drop down, and try to slip out by tbrees and fours, hoping thus to distract the little Childers. This ruse, also, having failed, next he practised othors more and more childish. He caused, for instance, bricks to be piled elaborately above the rice. But Jack, on board the Childers, found prime larking in watching and baffl- I ing all these wiles. The little Childers proved herself I " A brick" in maintaining the Consul's embargo; and 19 12 11i 102 1i 431 2i a It. 100 it. 100 ;t. 100 0 60 0 all 'q. 100 !O , 15 it. 100 8 all LO all LO all !6il all L 3 i 1 all !O all ;t.11.00 9t. 1100 .2i all .2A all it:'100 6 4? 2 it. 100 .2i all .2 all .2i 101 it. 100 it. 100 ;t. 100 it. 100 .0 all 0 8 0 all it. 100 it. 100 ;t. 100 7 it. 100 .7 8i !O 13 9 5 10 0 all it. 100 St. 'lOO Bi, all St. 1100 St. 1100 St.lloo 25 all 10 al l .0.6! all '. 100 A;) all it. 100 3t. 100 !CI all 5 all 5 15 l2i all 5 all 6767 92 i 21a 4/ 10 91 20 19i upon the whole it was certain that the merest trifle, any at all, of the rice had slipped through, 1 ' An interdict having simultaneously been pn t upon the payment of the usual British dues to the ccs. tom-house, those who sate at the receipt of custom ' se . gan to hold a sinecure office. Fine holiday times there were now in Shanghai, which made the Chinese .Mr. Toots very popular at that port ; but on the other hand, at Peking, and all around the Imperial ExcheqUer, which showed all the symptoms .of galloping consump tion, he would bare been cursed by bell, book, and candle, had it been known distinctly who caused the stoppace. Toots, therefore, fancied that he would try his bard at a new swindle, which could cost him only two dollars and a lie. So one fine morning be said 'ete the consul—What is it you want ?—Cone. What is ? Why, I should think you knew pretty well by this time what I want is—the Teing-poo knaves.—Toots. Well, I've got 'em.—Cans. How many ?—Toots. Tco ; but as they were the ringleted. re, that ought to do.—Cons. No : it's too little, by eight. However, as a payment to ac count, I'll take it : We'll call it a first instalment. But let's have a look at the men ; are you pure they are genuine ?—Toots. Oh, quite.—Cons. Well, I'll send for the missionaries. These, on arriving, were introduced, together with the consul, to Vie supposed ruffians ; but the whole pretence was instantly detected as a hoax. Neither of the men could be recognised by any of the missionaries ; and by an ingenious artifice of the consul, they were conclusively exposed as swindlers. Concert ing his plan with the missionaries, the consul challenged both the knaves to answer him this question : one most remarkable incident in the course of the outrage—Had it happened at the east (otherwise the Shanghai) gate, or at the north gate ? Alter an embar rassed pause, both men said—A t the north gate. Now, in fact, it had happened at neither, but in the very centre of the town, two miles removed from any gate. This dodge, therefore, would not work, any more than the brick-masked rice. The two scoundrels were exploded from the stage with peals of laughter, whilst Mr. Toots walked off re infect, saying, It's of no consequence, not of the very least consequence, not the slightest in the world. "But nobody could say that of the next move in the game. The consul had by this time become weary of the fool's play, which, because it was childish and girlish be yond all belief to European minds, wae not on that ac count the less knavish or the lees dangerous. He was therefore now prepared to play his last and capital card : neither the rice embargo nor the customs' interdict was of a nature to be long continued—the pressure, growing every hour more severe, would have found a vent in riots, such as neither prudence nor conscience, on our British side, was likely to contemplate steadfastly. The last resource, therefore, in a case where the subordinate magistrates showed no signs of yielding, must be an armed appeal to the higher. This was tried : it was tried instantly ; instantly it met with the amplest ac quiescence ; instantly satisfaction was awarded on each several article of our complaint, though Mr. Toots per sisted in saying "it was of no consequence, not the least." * * * * The arch little gipsy, the saucy Espiigle, thought other wise. She and Mr. Toots differed in opinion. For she it was that worked the whole revolution. She it was that carried a certain letter from the consul, and also the consul's compliments, into the great river Yang-tse- Keang ; and from pure forgetfulness (which I can allow for, being myself subject to frequent absence of mind), she carried at the same time her whole armament of guns. This little ship, finding herself in this huge river, danced a few cotillions up and down ; but, at last, night coming on, she settled down to business ; ran up to Nanking ; asked if the Viceroy lived there ; and, finding he did, Jack handed in his papers, saying that the Viceroy would find a writ inside for himself. It is inconceivable what a fright and what a termashaw were caused by this little Espiegle. For hundreds of milqs on both banks of the river were seen men peering into honeycombed guns, like magpies into a marrowbone, cleaning muskets, dry ing damp gunpowder. Some reason there was for all this alarm, since the Espiegle had her guns with her ; she showed her teeth." • • " But the great result of the trip to Nanking was, that we gained all the objects contemplated by the con sul in a degree, and with a facility, that no man oould have counted on ; so that no act of vigour ever perhaps so fully justified itself by the results as did this of the consul. The fact was, they were all alarmed at our pre sence. Vainly we spoke words of friendship and assur ance. The Emperor himself was not very far off, and was agitated by the visit of the little Espiegle ; which the crew could not understand, saying, Bless your heart, the little pet wouldn't harm a fly ; she's as quiet as a lamb.' She might be so, but the likraii were all anxious that the lamb should seek her pastures in some other river. This un easiness was our greatest auxiliary : aided by this we obtained almost instant despatch ; and, that the lamb might have no pretence for coming back to attack the wolves, everything asked fur was conceded. Had we asked for Toots's head, we should probably have got it. Within three days, those ten ringleaders, whom Toots had found it so dire an impossibility to produce for trial, were paraded with the cangue (or portable pil lory) about their necks in the centte of Shanghai ; and subsequently provided with chambers suited to their various walks of study, in select dungeons : the thou sand junks, in number, roominess, and elegance of ac commodation, probably well representing the thousand black ships' that followed Admiral Agamemnon to the Troad, were all in one minute suffered to unmoor by the little Childers, whose wrath exhaled as suddenly as that of Diana at Aulis. Consequently rice was suddenly looking down' to a horrible extent in Peking. The customs which bad seemed frozen up, now thawed freely into the celestial breeches-pocket, though sadly inter cepted by ravenous mandarins on the way. Concerning all which, though everybody else was pleased, Toots remarked that it wasn't of much consequence, in fact, speaking confidentially, wasn't of any, not the lest in the world, of no consequence whatever. So terminated, in such triumphant style, and with re paration so ample, this affair of Shanghai, which, left to itself, or confided to any other hands than those of Rutherford Alcock, naturally and rapidly tended to a new war ; that tendency it was which so much alarmed the Viceroy. Of all diplomatists, this masterly Ruther ford Alcock is least open to the charge of having ope rated by means of war ; since, of all men in China, he happens to be the one who prospered exclusively by pre venting a war." LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, May 18.—Wind this day at noon, W. to S.W.; light breeze, and fine clear sultry weather CARDIFF, May 16.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed —lron Heel, for Hong Kong. PORTSMOUTH, May 16.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived— H.M.S. Eurydice, from Barbadoes ; H.M.S. Locust, East ward; H.M.S. Exmouth, Devonport ; H.M.S. Colossus, ditto. Sailed—Radiant, for Calcutta. Off port—Magdalena, from New Orleans, for Bremen. CORI, May 16.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Liffey, for Bar badoes. PLYMOUTH, May 16. —Wind S.W.—Sailed—Neva, for Barbadoes. FA.LMOUTIII, May 17.—Wind variable—Arrived—Caro line, from Rio Janeiro. Sailed—Surpass, for Newfound land ; Laurinna Rita, Havarnah. Off port—Galatea, Coast of Africa. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMTON, Monday, 10 a.m. Wind S.E nearly calm and fine. Arrived—Limerick Lase, John and Mary, from Devon port ; La Poule and Georges, Cherbourg ; Washington, Bremen ; Uthenia, Black Sea ; Ariel, Rostock. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wind W. Arrived—Mobile, from Mobile ; Burlington, Savannah ; Dorcas, Prince, Euxine, Sencothree, and St. Jamas, New Orleans ; John Bibby, Manilla ; Neptunes, Requijado, Belinda, from P.E. Island; Carl, Hayti ; Zeldenrust, Seville ; Luzon, Cardeyos ; Johanna, Malaga ; Panetta, Melania ; Faith, Demerara ; Typhson, Bombay ; Jamaica, Jamaica ; J. 'Wakefield and Doane, New Orleans ; Con dor, Charleston ; Lancaster, Philadelphia ; Royal Victoria, Charleston; Rosamond, Bahia; Ellen Stuart, Calcutta ; War Eagle, Philadelphia. ROLYHEAD, May 18. Wind W. S.W. The ship Sea Sine, from Callao, for Liverpool , ashore at Rhesny, Carnazvonßay. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.9 a.m. Wind variable; tide, two hours' ebb; fine. - Arrived, May 17—Botelde, from Nysted ; Mermaid, Guernsey ; Bristol, Adelaide ; Emma, Odessa ; Kennett, St. Übe's ; Industry, Bcrdeaux • Tickler, from M nritins Leo, from Guernsey ; Sheltief, from Guernsey ; Mary Montague, from Jamaica; Triumph, from Palermo; Challenge, from Cadiz ; Dublin Lass, from Guernsey ; Adventure, from Malta; Spray of the Ocean. from Shang hai ; Agnes fro , sh ang h a i ; Zwan, from Cochin ; Irene, from Adelaide. May 18. — Fleda , from Portland Ba y ; Ul y s ses , tvited;, D i rec t or , Jamaica ; Hero, Port Phillip ; Brewster, CalcArurti Boston; Spitfire, Table Bay; Etna, Jamaica; Providence and Dart (packet), Guernsey ; Palistria, Hon. duras; Herrog Bojislez, Memel. DEATH OF MR. THOMAS LAW HODGES.—It is our pain ful duty to record the death of Thomas Law Hodges, Esq., of Hemsted Park, near Cranbrook, at the advanced age of 81 years. Mr. Hodges had been for some time in a declining state of health, but his anxiety to promote the present movement in favou r o f an acreage d uty, a athtteen2dBeald ult.,ala large meeting m scheme originally proposed by him se lf, was so great , t h a t he etoeto\ing th o o f h o o h p ai p r. lan H te e rs n ss a d t d e r r e an e b d ro t o h t on meeting at some length in that clear and perspicacious style usual to him, and which even a d vance d age had notimpaired ; but it was evident that his strength was fast failing. He conducted the meeting to a close, and then returned to his residence at Hemsted, which he never afterwards was able to leave. The last hours of his existence were calm and peaceful, as became the closing scenes of a long and useful life. Mr. Hodges, its politics, was an uncompromising "liberal : " 11, was first returned for Kent in 1830, in-conjun ction with Si F E. Knatchbuli, without a contest, and afterwarde in IS3I with Mr. Rider. The Reform Bill was thethenpas , ed, and the county was divided. chil d H of e w as born in 1776, and married, in 1802, t he onl y Sir Roger Twisden, Bart., of Bradbourn-park.—.llfardstoneJournal., F RIGUTFU L ACCIDENT AT CHRIST ' S 110 , SPITAL.—On. Saturday afternoon, between 2 and 3 o clock, as the i. Blue-coat boys of Christ' s Hospital, /N. ewgatc -street, were engaged in their usua l s p orts, two of their number at tempted the dangerous but frequently accomplished feat of scaling the wall of the playground which abuts upon Giltspur-street. One of them descended in perfect safety, but the other, a fine youth of about 16, evidently ignorant that a line of pointed ir on ra il s a ttached to the ;remises of Mr. Gilrutb, baker, were beneath him, dropped up on the spikes, where he was impaled for several minutes, until his affrighted companions gave the alarm, when he was extricated from his horrible posi. t i o n, and the best surgical aid from St. Oartholomew's Hospital was promptly on the spot. 1 73/ 35i 122 1 67h 7 100 i H3i i 55 86 § 1Q 594 i Ili i 15 20 4 20 100 St. 331 i si b i 51 i 1091