The Sun. — London, England, 1857-07-30 00:00:00

AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. ConAnlß, money Consols for Account : 111114114 1 ' ' , --s v pr ' l l. A .9, Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton Market yesterday closed firmly, and previous rates Were fully maintained. The sales amounted to 10,000 bales. The Railway Share Market close - I with less animation, and prices were a shade low er . The advices brought by the Columbia from the 'United States which brings about 20,0001. in gold, contain very litt;e intelligence of monetary or cnm- Mercial interest. The exports of specie from that Port continue large, and the quantity shipped dur ing the year to the 17th inst., was nearly five mil lions sterling. The accounts from California report considerable depression in tract., and several heavy failures had occurred which produced dis+rust among the mercantile community. Mon , y was in limited request, and the rates continued easy. The Mining as well as the Agricultural accounts are exceedingly satisfa , tory. Late yesterday afternoon it transpired that M. Giustinani of Cons . altinople had suspended, and hence, all expectations of the firm of the same n ame who had failed a few days ago being able to resume payments has been di sipat ,, d. It is now said the liabilities of the London house will pro bably exceed 300,0001., and the results of the Liquidation., it is thought, may prove unsatlsfac tory. A report has been issued by the directors of the 391 %liquita and New Granada Mining Company, Which states that the balance F•briding at the credit of profit and los; after payment of the dividend declared in January last, and transferring the BUM of 5191. to the reserve fund, is 31,66'7/. It is, therefore, proposed to declare a dividend of is. per •hare. Owing to the advance in the Indian exchanges, the autholities in Leadenhall-street have raised he terms for drawing bills on the three Presiden cies to the extent of 1 per cent. This bas added to the uneasy feeling already created by the with drawals from the Bank, and the preparations made for the remittances of silver to the East, as the efflux thither is likely to increase. The inquiry for that metal is more active, and the quotations tend up- Wards, the price of bars being about ss. lid. to s s. 2d. per ounce standard. The Bank of England Directors, at their meet ing to-day, made no alteration in their discount regulations. The renewed pressure for money and the withdrawal of gold lately reported, besides other adverse influences have prevented any fur ther relaxation, and for a time increased stringency rather than a diminution in the rates may be anticipated. Full terms are charged by the LOmbard-street firms, and as the 4th of the month approaches the inquiry becomes more About 47,0001. in gold were taken fi om the Bank yesterday for shipment to the Continent. A decline of per cent. has taken place in the 13 glitth Stock Market to-day, and numerous sales have been effected. These are based upon the less encouraging prospects of the Money Market, in consequence of the increased demand for accom modation, the advance in the Indian exchanges, end the large specie shipments that are being made to India and China. The unsettled state of Indian affairs also depresses prices. Consols fur money have been 90t 901, 91, and 901 4. For the account they have been 901 91, 901 and 90# The present prices are 90 end 90 1 i respectively. The New 3 per Cents. } lave declined to 901 911, and the Reduced are Marked 918 8, although now lower. Exchequer 13i11s are ss. to is. dis., and the Bonds 988. Foreign Stocks are heavy, but dull. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been 94 I, and they are now called 94. The 4 per Cents. are 1018 102. Peruvian 41 per Cents. 80/ ; Spanish Deferred, 2 5 ; and Venezuela 41 per Cents., 34. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 6i ; Mexican, 22 ; Peruvian, 81 2 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 55 6; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 444 54 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 110 12 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 97 99 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40 ; ditto New Deferred, 25 ; ditto Certificates, 51 ; ditto Passive, 51 The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 18b7. 1856. Great Western £35,057 £31,298 North-Western South Western Brighton Midland Sauth-Eastern 25,134 24 324 Caledonian Great Northern Lancashire anal Yorkshire 27.751 26 277 Bristol and Exeter Chester and Holyhead East Lancashire , 7,156 6,647 Lancaster and Carlisle Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 10,618 9.417 North Stafford N orth-Eastern Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver.... 4,745 4,057 Dubli n an d Wielil,:w Ethnbur hand G _...g l 9 „ ~.arav Glasgow and South•Westeln Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada 8.337 9,202 The arrangements for the settlement of the ac ennuts, on the 31st inst., are now in progress in the Railway Share Market, this being what is tern le i "Ticket day," an 1 most of the dealings have ben in reference to that event. Some flue tnationsin prices have taken place. East Anglian, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and North-Western, de clined 5 '4., and South-Western and South - Eastern, 'Os. Eastern Counties and Great-Western, advanced 53. N orth-Eastern (York). Midland, and Caledonian, 10 °., and North-Eastern (Berwick), V. The Foreign li nes are very quiet, French being at quite nominal quotations. Namur and Liege are 71-. In the Colonial lines, East Indian have improved about 10s., and Great Trunk of Canada 11. Great Western of Canada are steady. In Mining Shares a few dealings have been re- Ported. Alfred Consols are 171 -a ; Sartridge Con sols, 2/ ; and Cuba Copper, 451. 46. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show no important variation. Bank of London itre 451 ; London Chartered of Australia, 17Z-; Ottotran Bank, 151 ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 68. 69. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE o •'CL01;14:. (From the Official List:) !Smitten dere. ink Stock 21.6 i 3 r tent , Reduced Annuities .... 3,tper Cert ciorsols A•nn,iri s .. ^^le, lO4 1 903 , 'per Cent. Annuities.,, !Aug Annuities, expire sti. Jan. 1860 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 , 18 1-16 C SOIS tea' CCOITht .. 91 90) E.teheo . n-r 131110, £IO6O 5 1 • Fxchequer 8„,1. 5. RSR, './A per Cent 9Ba PktICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Peruvian Bonds, 4? per Cent Sp rish Rcmis, g per cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Con'. Ditto Account .. t 25 Turkieh RonitS, C per cent 94i Ditto Guaranteed. 4 per Cent. Venezuela Bonds, 4f per Cent Dividends on the above payable 1r T.on ,, n. TWO O'CLOC . tiOj 3 NEW CHELSEA BRIDGE.—There is a sum of 24,0001. in the votes of this year for the abolition of the tod. Late letters from Constantinople state that. the Sultan has presented Mme Thouvenel, wife of the French Am baosador, with a magnificent diamond necklace. The directors of the \lariquita and New Granada Mining Company have issued their report. The direc tors propose to declere a dividend of ls. per share. ART-TREASURES EXHIBITION —Toe following is the retur n as to adoossions on Toogdav :—Season tickets, 1,108 ; cash, 6,445. Total, 7.553. According to al, the accou. is from Poland the harvest Will this year be one of extraordinary abundance. A Want of hands to get it in a'ready begins to he felt. Accounts from Constantinople announces the failure of M. Ginstiniani, a relative of the Greek merchant of the same name who suspended here a few days BANKS.—Tbe Halifax and HudderA&l I Union Bank, at their last meeting, have declared a dividend of 10 per cent• and a bonus of 5 aer cent. per annum, allowing the clerks a gratuity of 10 per cent. noon thr , ir sa;aries. It is reported that the E.,glish. Scottish, and Anstra ban Chartered Bank will exhibit, at the approaching meeting of the proprietors, profits equal to a dividend at the rate bLa per cent, per annum. SHARE MARKETS—;TI2 s Day.) RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yeiterlay Business dons this day. RAILWAYS. Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Jun 0...... Belfast & Ballymena Birrang. Wolverh. *Si Stour Va11ey......... Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Junct...... Black burn ....... . Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45).... Bristol 4k Exeter...... Cal edonian.... ..... 100 all all all all 8 Mester ft Holyhead Cork and Bandon ' ' Cork, Black. & Cornwall D. A Do. B Dnblin&BelfastJune Dun. P. &Aber.June. East Anglian ......... Eastern Counties Eastern Union ,A. stk Do., do. 8.. no. New .......• Ea,t Kent ~. . East Lancashire ...... East Suffolk Do. Edinburgh &Glasgo , .v Mint). and Peebles... Edinb.Prtla.&Dunde Forth and elydeJune. Furness Glasgow & S. Western. Great N. of Scot) and Great Northern Do., A. Stock ...... Do., B. Stock ..... Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) Grer tWestern. St. 100 Do. Str.V.B gua.St 12 all Irish South-Eastern 5C all ! Lancaster do Carlisle. 16j l 4 Do., Thirds 161 12 I Do. New Thirds . St:100 16 3 I 20 all 111 all St. 100 St. 'lOO 20 all 10 ! all 122 5 St. 1100 Lancash. &Yorkshire Dp., ,do. F 16 Db., Wet. Riding Ern . Do. Southport. London dr Blackwall Lond.Bright.&S.Cst London & N. Western , Do. Fifths ..... 25 all 25 all Do. Eighths London & Wagtail: St. 1100 Lndndrry.&Coleraint Lndndrry. do Ennisk. io j 1 10 1 1 1 Manch.Silef.dtLincln. St. 100 St. 100 50 all 25 all 100 all 25 all IMetropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland Do. Birming. <SI Derby Widland G. West. ar. ) Do. A Shares ......... St. 50 St. St. - 81 - 9 69 - 71 8 - 8i 90 - 92 1 754 - 76 35 - 36 ••• I = -6 9 - 10 20} - 118 - 11$ 52 - 54 35 - 36 -- 8 7d 96 98 s 2 - sa ii - 34 93 -101 8 - 9 97 -98 91 - 93 1 20 - 122 103 - 105 63i - 64 63 - 65 70 - 74 6 - 8 r 6 - 8 100 - 1001 - * Fit - 6 5 1 111 - ii? 103 - 1031, ~ .... •.. d i 99i 104 tii = A ••• 83 -83 i 54 - 55.3 Newcastle dz Carlisle Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk. Northn. Counties Un North British . North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock Do., A Stock ......... Do., B Stock ......... N. Eastern Berwick Do. do. Extension Do do. G. N. E Purch Do Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester Wolverhampton Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scot. N.B. Abrdn . St Shropshire Union Sitingbourne &Sheer South Devon South Eastern Do. 4i per:. Shares South Wales ,S. Yorksh. River Dun 14 - 15 63 - 65 3i -3.; 45 - 46 20 20 10 A. 173 all all 100 100 all 100 all 1 16 i 100 'lOO 93 - 94 23 -23 i 2 - 74 , 1 43. -44 i 751 -76 A 97 - 99 44 3FI 74 8 10 104 344 354, 6 5d 101 106 25 26 49 50 3 2 d 17 18 7.4 75;', 91 - 931 5i - 5i - 461 9 - 11 41 - 43 1 . . . Staines,Wok.,&Wokj 'Stockton & Darling. Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 1855 Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Hay. D. &R Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick , West West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class Wmbledon &Croydon 931 41 21i -22 i - 44- 7 - 9 3 - 3. - 51 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. [CO all 'Atlan. and St. Law. ... ••• 81-) 2 18 9 ' Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,gu ar . 5 p.c. l d - P ar 18 all ;Do. 202 10i1Buffalo & Lake Hur. 4i 4d 100 100 Buff. , Brut c& God b 8 . 92 100 100 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug ,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73t 85 90 too 100 Do. do., 1 June, '741 85 90 20 2s. Calcutta and S. East! 20 2sqd Central Oude (Lim.)' •.. 20 lOs Ceylon A stares • ••• 20 1 Do. B. dc.. l.l 1 174 all (Demerara... .• •• 20 2s. ;Eastern Bengal St. 100 I East Indian 99 101 1001 20 15 Do. C Shares d-- par 15 100 all D 0.41 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 100 all Do. do. do., '59, do. ... 20 all , Geelong & Melbourne I guar. 5 per cent. 20,1 St. 100 !Gd. Trunk. of Canada! 54 56 55 100 all Do. 6p. c. Deben 1 , 83 89 87; 20 all ,Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c 1 —2O 20 4 i Do. New. guar. 5 p.c.,1 id par! 3 20A all IGt. Westn. of Canada —22 A 20i 10A Do. New i lApi 100 all Do. Bds., payable '571 99 101 100 Do. do., '76, p. '6O 'lO9 113 100 all Do, do., '73, do. llO9 113 100 all Do. do., '73, without ; option lO7 109 20 all Madras, guar. 4. p.c 18 19 20 111 i Do. do., 5 per c. l9 —2O 20 10 Do. 43 p. c. Exten 1 1 d 20 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c A id 20 5 Do. 4th Ex., id 20 ss. Oude (Limited) 20 5 'Seinde, • guar. 5 per c 1 iP Do FOREIGN. 10 i all if', ltwrp & Rotterdam 6 a 6, 1 20 18 Ardennes ... ... 5 all Belgian East. Junct. li 11 20 16 Bezi en to Graissessac ... •.. 6 all Carmeaux&Toulous , Coal Mines and Ry. 41 40'+ 20 12 Dutch Rhenish ...... 4 3 , 1 20 all jEastern of France ... 26 27/ 20 all iDo New 20 2s. jEuphrates Valley 20 18 I Gt Central of France 23i 24 20 all Great Luxembourg 7 i 8 ' 1G 4 Italian Juuction 20 I all Lake Const. & Bale ...,1 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ... ••• • 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 41 4 ? 5 all , Lucca & Pist.sp.e.p. ... •• 20 all !Lyons and Geneva 20 all I Lyons & Mediterran. ... ... 33 3 / 4 1 all j Maria Ante - ,:ja 10 all I • NewDo 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref l9:i 20 16 all Northern of France 33/ 3 3 1 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 81 84. 20 all Paris and Lyons 541 —54 i 20 all Paris and Orleans 56 58 20 7 IReeife di San Fran , 121.005 g 7aaaalllilllll R f o P m ei e la a a n m d .) Fra g. 3 7 zzi p. L c . . i ... —..... I . d llR SL yyaa b li re Sl)w a a n ned d isihs M h euse... 1 '73 --- 11 :, 2 8 0 i all all ' s - : ; o eu . st s th ?:, per cent. pref. 8 . ril m ern u o d f er F . rance.. 26 4 1 _.... 2;1 1 2 : all 6 i ' l ' IND Western %eTor.f Prefi j us ti i Austria,,, France. 2E84 29 20 all 20 all 'West. of Switzerland ••• ••• .. ::z __ ... 6 all Wiesbaden . . 6 all I e . ent. .. ...... ... 20 all Zealand ... prof. *** '•• JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia B9 91 25 181 Bank of Egypt 100 ,50 Bank of London 2 lid 45 40 1 all Bri.Col Bk.&Ln. Co. ... -- 47 45i 50 1 all Britisb N. American ... -- 20 j 8 C.1111.0f Ind.Au.&Ch lf • 1 d 100 ' 50 City 64 --- 66 100 25 ,Colonial - ~„ 100 1 20 'Commercial of Loud „. I 20 ' all jEng.Scot.&Aus.Cht lB 19 20 all !Lon. Ch. Ilk.of Aust l7 18 17i 20 all Ditto New ... `A, 20 Loudon and County .. ... 50 50 Lnd.&E Bnkng.Corp ... ... 50 10 London Joint Stock ... ... 100 20 jLond.andWestminst. ... ... ' 100 35 ;National Pro. of Eng. ... ... • 20 ,10 iDo. New.... 50 I 22A : National Bank . ... ..• f 20 ; 411 New South Wales 46 4‘; ) 25 I all !Oriental Rank Corp 34 36 20 115 'Ottoman Bank ...... par P , ' GO I 15 IProvinc al of Ireland ... --- .•• r 10 %11 jDo. New ..• --- ••• a 5 1j R . Ans. B. &G. Im. Co . . •• • 25 all (South Australia 32i 33} 25 all j Union of Australia 54 55 ... 2 2 -, no. New 6 7 5 00 10 'Union of London .. ... tlO ) 50 Unity Mutual .... . , 100 50 ,Westrak of Loud ' , •.1:3 . U u -•- n A —. THE SUN, LONDON THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 80, tfl7, GOODWOOD RACES.—;This Day.) IRELAND. aids RAILWAYS. Leasing 3ompanies Closing Prices yesterday Business this clsi (BY ILECTRIO TELECIRAPB.) MOLECOMB STAKES. DUBLIN, JULY 29. HARVEST PROSPECTS. 94 - 93 Lord of Lorn Vandyke Queenstown Some of the country journals received this morn ing from the southern and midland districts state that the greatest anxiety begins tit prevail with regard . to the safetyof the potato crop. According to one of these authorities (the Kilkenny Moderator) —generally no unnecessary alarmist), there can be no doubt that the mysterious disease has partially manifested itself, but it is not yet by any means universal, and it is alleged that there is, as usual,. too great a tendency to create fears in the public m;nd. The Kilkenny paper; publishes two reports. The first comes from the Gowran district. The writer in Ireland takes a very gloomy view of the farmers' prospects as far as the potato is concerned, while in other respects" his anticipations are most cheering : 11 - 13 .33 - 135 3 - 41 Five pan. SWEEPSTAKES OF 200 SOVS Toxopholite Cymba colt Beadsman jiiii = 166 Five ran. Won easy. 12 124 2•t 230 'lOO 102 id A LATEST BETTING. 7 to 2 art Gemma di Vero , sto 1 art Anton 6to 1 agst Riseber Bto 1 agat Florin 10 to 1 agat Arsenal 12 to 1 apt Monarque • 20 to 1 agst Melissa 20 to 1 agst Gunboat 21 - 2$ 91 - 92 * g - P 55 - 57 " So far as the cereal crops and green crops generally go this year, the farmers are not likely to have cause of complaint. The wheat, I think, is past all danger, ex cept that it is partially laid by the recent heavy rain ; bat it is likely to prove a good average crop as to pro duce, while a larger breadth of land than usual has been placed under it. But the potato, I fear, is doomed for this year. The old disease is visible in all the early sown of every kind. The late sown potatoes have still a blooming, healthy appearance, but I apprehend that when they come to a certain age—that is, approach maturity, they too will be likely to be largely cut away. I hope I may prove a bad prophet, but the experience of past years con firms me in this opinion. If we are blessed with very fine weather it may tend considerably to stop the progress of t+ e disease, but if wet weather set in I.think we must calculate:on the greater portion of the crop being destroyed. Oats, barley, meado wing (both old and new), nd turnips are doing well, and, in fast, the only drawback in our 4oticirations of an abandant reason is the potato, the danger of which is a serious consideration for the farmer. There was already a field of winter-sown oats cut down last week in the neighbourhood of Go wren, and farmers here think the harvest will be genepl about the 1511 of August. _ . 132 - 134 8 - 8i 9 - 9,4 GOODWOOD Cur.—Early Bird, Pole Star, Fazzoletto, Aitillery, Enchanter, Blue Jacket, Wardersmarske, Mongrel, Snefze, Dulcamara, Saccharissa, and Gaber• Int.zie have paid forfeit. 3i 89 91 6tiAtt.h. GOODWOOD STAKES.—There is no objection against Leamington. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF CONIVIONZ—(`Ihis Day.) The SPICAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. CASHEL ELECTION. The SPEAKER announced that the petition against the return of Sir T. O'Brien bad been withdrawn. ELECTION COMMITTEES. The following committees were sworn at the table of the hou.e The next report is from a Graigue correspondent. He does not take quite so dark a view of the pro spects of the potato crop : " I travel each week over a wide range of this side of the ceunty, observing as I proceed the state of the crops. I am sorry to say' that I have not observed one single garden of early potatoes the stalks of which are not ex tensively affected by the blight. If the mischief ex tended no further than the stalk, what harm I but I have, in several places, where I saw men digging out the tubers, alighted to examine, and have invariably found the potatoes partially diseased. I have been using my own early potatoes for the last fortnight. They are the kinds call primroses' and pink-eyes.' Both kinds are as good as were ever laid to a table at this time of the year, but each is diseased to the extent, I should say, of about 1 in 20. That is not much, awl it others be not worse off there will not be so much cause to complain of. It is the same description of pota toes which I see in every place affected. But I have been only speaking of the early crop. As to the general crop throughout the country, which are principally Scotch downs,' they look admirably, and I have no doubt but that there wilt be an abundant crop, even allowing for a partial failure, which I am almost certain will occur. As regards the cereal crops, the prospect of quantity and quality was never more cheering. Wheat and oats, the two principal crops, are approaching matu rity in many places, and, will favourable weather, I should expect to see the sickle applied to some early wheat before the 10th Aug. The turnip crop bids fair to be a good one, although generally sown kite this year, but the crop was not anything like so largely grown in this as in former years, while there were more potatoes planted than in any other year since the blight first mani fested itself." BEVERLEY (BOROUGH).—Mr. T. W. Evans, (Derby S ) Mr. J Foley, Lieutenant-Colonel Brownlow Knox, Mr. S. B. Miller ; chairman, Mr J. Abel Smith. J SLIGO (BOROUGH).—Mr. J. W. Dod, Earl Jermyn, Mr. John Martin (Tewk.sbury), Mr. J. B. Smith (Stockport) ; chairman, Sir J. Yards Buller. DIIELIN (CITY).—Mr. Ayrton, Hon. R. H. Dutton, Eari of Gifford, Hon. Francis Scott ; chairman, Mr. T. E. Headlam. The three committees will meet to-morrow at eleven o'clock. POLICE (SCOTLAND) BILL. The committee on the bill was resUmed at clause 24. Clauses from 24 up to 36 inclusive were agreed to, with amendments. Clause 37 was struPlE out. The remaining clauses were then agreed to. The LORD ADVOCATE proposed a clause exempt ing Ork..ey and Shetland from the provisions of the bill. Mr. STIRLING opposed the clause. The clause was, after a discussion, withdrawn. The LORD ADVOCATE then moved the insertion of a clause to exempt police vans from turnpike tolls, wlych was also opposed, and pressed to a division. The numbers were— For the &use Against it . ........ . Majority The clause was then added to the bill. The LORD ADVOCATE proposed a 'clause for regn lating the assessments to the police rate, and providing that tbe.whole rate should be paid by the landlord. Mr. STIRLING of jetted to the clause, and moved an amendment that the rate should be levied equally on the landlord and tenaht. After a discus,ion the committee divided, For the amendment Against it ...• 57 Maj , rity The clause was ultimately added to the bill. From the adjacent county of Waterford the last accounts are much more favourable than could be expected from the tone of the advices at the close of the past week. The blight does not seem to have increased, and the crop is looking better than it did some days back. In the neighbourhood of Dublin yesterday a small'field of potatoes was dug up, and a gentleman present states that at least one-half of the produce was hopelessly diseased. This, however, is an isolated case, for the supplies brought to the markets are abundant and of unex ceptionable quality:" From the western province it is states that there were rumours relative to the fairly potato plantings being slightly affected with the blight, hut it was believed that no injury of any moment had as yet taken place. The tubers were not at all touched, although the stalks were blackened in enclosed and sheltered localities. THE ATLANTIC TELEGBAPH.—QUEENSTOWN, Wed nesday.—The Niagara, Susquehanna, Leopard, and Cyclops have arrived. The Agamemnon is hourly ex pected. The ordirary session of 'the two Chambers of Nassau was closed on the 24th. It is, however, said that the Diet will again be convoked this year for an extraordi nary session in order to settle some questions which have not been brought to a solution. The Emperor of Russia, on learning that the elder Lablache was ordered, on account of his health, not to think of again appearing on the stage, has sent to the artist his nomination to the dignity of " His Majesty's singer," accompanied with a gold medal enriched with diamonds, bearing the inscription—" Poar distinction." The medal to be suspended from the neck by the ribbon of the Order of St. Andrew. EMBEZZLEMENT AND SUICIDE.—On Saturday forenoon William Woed, late salesman to William Glitnore and Co., of Glasgow, was apprehended at Helensburgh on a charge of embezzl-meat by Mr. Miller, messenger-at arms, Glasgow, and conveyed to Greenock in the steamer Alma. While the boat was passing We't-quay Wood jumped overboard, bat was rescued by two Nor wegian Featnen, who were passing: When taken into the boat, however, he drew a razor from his pocket and cut his throat. He was remitted to the infirmary, where he lies in a critical state.—North British Mail. THE WALLS OF BERWICIE.—" We observe, " says the Newcastle Chronicle. " that the council of erwick, at its last meeting, entertained three distinct resolutions for the partial demolition of the ancient ramparts of the town, and it seems not improbable that the modern Vandals who brought them forward will succeed in car rying out their designs. The good people of 13 , rwick have not very much to be proud of in the way of archi tectural beauties, but th e y cer t a inly may claim no in considerable renown from th e p osse ssion cf the ancient defences of their town, and it seems hardly credible that they will permit these time-honoured erections to be demolished." INCOME AND EXPENDITURE OF THE EAST INDIA ComeaNy.—Last eeek were issued the accounts respect. ing the territorial revenues and disbursements of the Eva India Company for the year 1855- 56 ; with an estimate of the same for th e succ e eding y e ar. The total revenue re ceips of all the Prssidences of India for the year amounted to 28 891,2991., and the total charge or expenditure in India to 26,599,4611., which added to 3,264.6291., disbursed in India, brings the total expen diture of the year to 29,864,0901., thereby showing an excess of expenditure over income of 972,7911 In the ten previous years the deficiency was respectively 1,707.3641 and 2,044.1197. The income for the year 1856-57 is estimated at 29,344,961., and the expendi ture at 31.326,0221 `WITCHCRAFT IN ' thawing a deficiency of 1,981,062/. BRISTOL—An elderly man named Skinner, residing at St. Pnilip's was charg ed y esterday before the Bristol m agis t ra t e s with an as sault on a person named Finch. From the eviden ce of the com plainant it appeared th a t on Sunday eveni n g he was told. that Skinner veshed to sneak to him. He went out to him, upon which the defendant, without giv ing him time to say anything, struck him a heav y blow over the head with a wa lking Finch at first denied any knowledge seam time. " You see what you ha ve p ut on me." s tick, saying at the o f the cause of the assault, but upon cross examination by Mr Tucker, who appeared for the defendant, and from the evidence of Miss Skinner, the true state of the case seemed to be that Finch, in conjun ction with two other men named M'Cull o ch and Brown , had succeeded in persuading the old man (Skinner) that he was sufferin g from " witchcraft," and that they coul d remove or in crease his afflictions at their pleasure, they bein g ade p ts in the " black art." On one occasion they prevailed on him to go out and purchase a heart, which was to be stuck full of pins, and then roasted, he being assured that if this were done be would recover. The heart was bought by the defendant, but Mrs. Skinner, with more sense than her husband, would not allow the process to be pursued in her house. So great had been the effect of thee practices on Skinner's mind that his intellect bad failed bine, and it was evident from his demeanour before the magistrates that be was verging on lunacy, and they therefore merely fined the defendant the costs of the summons. The complainant was also cautioned tbat in pursuing the practices alleged he might render himself liable to be committed as a rogue and vagabond. Mr. Tucker intimated that it was his inten tion to prefer a charge against Fitch and his companions as soon as he had procured the necessary evidence. ANTI-MORMON RIOT IN BIRMINGHAM.—A feeling of great hostility has for 80010 time past been mauifested towards the Mormon', who are rather numerous in Birmingham. On Sunday evening matters reached a climax. The Mormons have a chapel in a narrow thoroughfare, called Thorpe-street, and nearly opposite this building, Dr. Brindley, the master of a scholastic establishment at Leamington, and who recently Joseph h r re L i i t y h er s p e i the conductedabo minations followers to between fifteen hundred and two thousand people. Hi. discourse concluded about eights o'clock. Though a few of the more respectable -looking of his hearers left the street when he did, the great majority remained, and shortly asch o o f o J l afterwards a rash was made to the chapel where " Pre sident" A übrey was preaching at the time. The aisles and unoccupied seats were speedey filled, and then a running fire of comment on the sermon was com menced and carried on by the intruders for some five, or ten minutes. It is stated that much of the language used was of the lowest and most disgraceful kind. At last Aubrey abruptly closed his discourse, annd dis missed his congregation. It was with great difficuly that they forced their way through the crowds in the chapel yard and the street. The females were bustled, insult'd and bespattered with mud ; the men bad their hats knocked off and were struck on every side. The police were sent for, and quiet was partially restored. As soon, however, as the constables had retired, the door of the chapel was burst open, the crowd rushed in, the front windows were smashed, and the Bible and several other books stolen. The interior of the chapel was a scene of the utmost riot. A body o police arrived at this moment, and dispersed the mob, or in all probability there would have been very serious resuits, as hints of an intention to burn the chapel were freely circulated. No other diteurbance took place that night ; but on Monday morning the chap-1 doors were again broken open ; lockfast closets entered and ransacked, and a large number of school and music books were torn in pieces and strewn ..bout the yard. Except when a policeman made his appear ance, the crowd remained in possession of the building uring the day. In the evening, showers of stones were hurled through the smashed windows. Yesterday, how lever, the police took active measures to prevent a repeti tion of these scenes. —Manchester guardian, LITERATURE. Lucian, Playfair. By Thomai Mackern. 3 vols. Smil and Elder. This work is of a peculiar style, and deals with many important questions of social life. Although many may differ from the views expressed, they are brought forward in such a fair and candid man ner that they, merit attention and respect. The story is very ingeniousiy arranged. It is romantic, • which contrasts curiously enough with the practical cast of the reflections. The narrative is not very, connected in its several passages—many years are passed over, and the scenes Pnd persons vary ; but that discrepancy suits a work that has more for its object, to give utterance to opinions, than to be the velicle of an amusing legend. A great deal of feel ing is displayed in the sketches of human sorrow, sin, and suffering, with which the book abounds. The unhappy poacher, driven by famine to his first misdemeanour, and then hunted like a beast of prey, is naturally represented as sinking lower and lower in the scale, till he consummates his misery, and others cruelty, by suicide. The passage of the pedlar is an exciting one, and a mournful interest is attached to the tale told under the greenwood tree, by the adventurer in some of life's most dreary highways. One point especially referred to in the varied and complicated plo-, is the intrigues of the Jesuits. The wife of Lucian's uncle had escaped from the power of the society, but was re-captured by their arts, and for long weary years did she pine away, at last her son (unknowing their relation ship) rescued her from a madhouse, conducted on the old plan, determined to escape from its horrors, he formed his plans and was able to serve his mo ther. The several scenes of misery which Sylvester had passed through are graphically depicted, and exhibit horrors of a sadder kind than actual want, however distrts4ng, or sickness however heavy. The evils here tre Lted of refer to the gloomiest epochs of existence, the interior of the gaol, the re c-ss, s of, the madhouse—a darker night than that of the grave enshrouds their chronicles. Clement Maine is a worthy and upright character ; men like him are shining lights in their generation, and when called away,. their memory remains bright and lasting, as is forcibly deland by the writer in telling of his last moments. Tne reader who de-, sires occupaton for his mind, as well as entertain ment for his fancy, will not be disappointed in " Lucian Play fair." Leonora D'Orco. .ghistorical romance. By G. P. R. James, author of "Darnley," " The Gipsey," &c. '3 vols. Newby. This indefetiga,ble writer, who has contributed so largely to the euterta'nment of r, aders of fiction, has added another work to the list of his literary labours, It is with pleasure that we find in this novel a considerable improvement on the last, and though not equalling some of his earlier achieve ments, it is superior to many of his later novel. He has selected the epoch of Charles the Eighth's invasion of Naples, and mingles French and Italian, the gay soldier and the cunning politician, in continual variety. His heroine is an Italian lady, the dauditer of Ramiro D'Orco an ambitious and not very scrupulous Italian politician of that day. His hero is Lorenzo Visconti, a descendant of the rulers of the Milanese, though at the epoch of the story the Duchy had passed 'from their hands. The love tale has all the proper ingredients of romance, and its course is not at all a smooth one, for though the prospects of the lovers are at fiat most auspicious, the chances of war, and the treachery of a revengeful [talian, seperate them during sears of sorrow and estrangeincnt. This part of the work is told with the skill of a practised novelist, and the talents of the writer as a historical romancist are well known to his readers. Many of the names will be familiar to the reader of history, Caesar Borgia, Ludovic the Moor, the young Chevalier Bayard, and many other actors in these stormy scenes. The history of the Italian States during the middle ages furnish almost unlimited opportunities to the romancist, in their perpetual strifes, rebellious plots and factions, and the dark records of treachery and violence which sullied the names of the wisest statesmen and the bravest soldiers. Mr. James knows well how to use such materials to advantage, and has chosen a field well calculated to display his powers. His last romance, it will be remembered, was of the time of the American war, but it is in the older days of history, in the delineation of the intrigues of powerful courts and the feats of pretax chevaliers that he is most suc cessful. We are glad to find him producing a work, which will not diminish his reputation. LOG Thackghamsh 100 Clydesdale Jc. all Col.Stour Vy. 100 E.Lin. g. 6 p. 4 all E. Un. H. Sh. 100 Gias. Barr. Neils. Direct 100 Do. New all Glstr.&Dn.Fr all Hull & Selby all Do. Shares all Do. Shares all Lon. &Greenw all Do. Preference 100 Lon. Til., &S. 74 Do. 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Can. ... ... 100 2.8 i Van Diemon's Land.. 11 ....T• 12 89 - 91 o'n 7- 97 5i - 6.1 111 - 115 112 -- 116 $ tP 121 -12 i 70 - 72 114 -- 116 105 - 107 ,100 - 102 60 -- 62 10} -101 j hi 92 -- 94 82 - 84 83 -- 85 99 -- 101 91 -10 i 17 -- 17.1 91 -- 104 73 -- 75 191 -- 201 9i -- 101 14t -- 154 138 - 141 115 - 117 1156 - 158 - 4 P,, 6/ - 69 - 135 97 - 99 87 - 89 11 - 11 102 7- 101 93 - 95 14- lti 1 Ad 22i i 3 117 - 119 98 - 100 1 114 - 116 1105 - 110 184 - 19 22} - 23 98 - 100 95 - 100 27 - 28 2 -- 3p "i --:- i A graduated course of French Studies. By A. Aigre de Charente. Longman. M. de Charente is already kuown to French students by his educational works. He proves himself a valuable assistant to those desirous of becoming practically acquaintei with the French language, not merely of attaining a superficial knowledge of its rules, but of acquiring a thorough familiarity with its idioms and peculiarities. His p. sition as French master in the Royal Military Acalemy has, d, - ;ubtle, , s, enabled him to discover the difficulties met with by those who put their knowledge of a foreign language to the test by con vening with a nAive, and he has endeavoured t remove some of the obstacles. His work is divided ;nto four parts ; the first treating of pronunciation and aiiciilence ; the second c )mparing the French arid English syntax ; the third part being devoted to Gallicisms and Anglicisms, and the last, written in French, teaches the more elaborate portion of the syntax. The three first parts he int -nds to im part to the English student about the same amount of grammatical knowledge acquired by a French collegian at the age of sixteen, and the remaining part to serve him as a grammar similar to that which the same student would use in France. Per haps the most retrial kable and commendable feature of the work is the long treatise on Gallicisms; little idioms, phrases and expret , sioni that can scarcely be translated, but widen give a national and cha racteristic turn to the sentence. Ti ese often pre sent a succession of apparently hopeless difficulties to the learner, who will find this part of the present course of great assistance. We are pro mised a boilc of exercises and a French reading book by the author at a future period. He merits encouragement from bothteacher; and pupils by his laborious undertak . st; which contains upwards of ( 5,000 examples, all of 2 them entirely Religues of Ancient English Poetry. By Thomas Percy, Lord Bishop of Dromore. Edited by the Rev. Robert Ads Wilmott. Rout'edge. Percy's R liqu. s are too well known to need criticism. They are the delight of the antiquarian, and have a large claim on the gratitude of all lovers of the old ballads for collecting and pre serving them. It is, tht refire, with much pleasure that we see this volume added to Mr. Routledge's cheap and compendious edition of the English Poets ; set'ing these old friends within the reach Of all who are stirred by the martial music of " Chevy Chase" and "The Battle of Otterbourne," or who can mourn over the pitiful tales of true lovers, or who can delight in the tricks of Robin Hood, or the more stately feats of King Arthur. We must not omit to In , ntion that the editor has prefixed a memoir of Thomas Percy, and an essay on the ancient minstrels, to the volume, and that he has been careful to add to each ballad some Account of its origin and preservation. China. By Sir Oscar Oliphant. J. Blackwood. As China and the Chinese are dividing public attention with Indian affairs, the present little work is very appropriate. It describes China of the past and present, the old war and the new war, the charatt,r and customs of the people, the laws, the religion, the trade, the literature, tllis principal prodnct,i, the chief national works, and adds a chro nological account of the most remarkable events which have occurred in Chinese history from the earliest records to the present day. When so much information is offered in a concise form at a low price there is little doubt that its circulation will be extensive. Proverbial and Moral Thoughts. In a series of Essays. By C. H. Hanger. T. Cornish. This little volume contains much sense and good advice, but it is conveyed in a somewhat eccentric manner. The essa s are written in a metre very similar to that of E van g eline, but it is scarcely suited to the cha racter of t he work. They offer many va luable and ele vatin g suggestions, which may, perhaps, be mo re striking to some under th e i r present guise than in a simpler form. They show reflection and observation, and may lay claim t o some degree of originality. The Forfeit Hand. By T. Colley Grattan. The Hussar. By the Rev. G. Gleig. The Buccaneer. By Mrs. S. C. Hall. Thomas Hodgson, Paternoster-row. These three romances have recently appeared in the Parlour Library, and maintain the character of that series. It consists chiefly of reprints from the works of standard authors, and though occa sionally s ome i n diff erent works are admitted, as a general rule, the romances, whether historical or sentimental, are of a superior character. The Rifle and the Round in Ceylon. By S. W. I Baker, Esq. Second Edition. Longman. This is a new edition of a popular work, by the author of " Eight Years' Wanderings in o :4_ lon." It is reprinted in a cheaper fort , , and nar- , rates the adventures of a sportsman ir _ Tl i e island of cinnamon groves. 'This bemktif"l , it a t a, which is so eagerly hailed by travellers to the. Ea 4 after their monotonous journey, pos4esses many natural attractions, and offers Mau exciting prizes to the sportsman. The illustrations represent some start ling adventures, and the narrative relates many more. What with elephants and crocodiles ' boars and buffaloes, a day's sporting seems lather formid able, and many readers will prefer in become ae 7 quainted with jungle hunting in the authoi's milt pages to a more personal knowledge. 1031 21 31 j 100 90,i 261 13 St. 20 122 25 20 25 10 L 0.6 Ln. &N. W. l Caledon ... E.U.&E.O Gt.Northn E. Count. Do qt.lVestn Y. & N.M Do Do S.Eastern Do Peto & Co Do Ln. &It W. & Midld. Midland... E. Count.. Do Do Do L.& Do .... fat. Noy T. Bra! M. MC Stk.& Do. W 100 100 100 100 all 100 100 XOO 100 all all nihn ssey loan 93/ 4,1 9~ ~ THE SADLEIR ESTATES. Yesterday, on the applicadon of Messrs. Mor rough and Kennedy, solicitors fur the London and County Bank, the Commissioners of Encumbered Estat 15 fixed Tuesday, the 17th Nov., for the sale of a portion of the estates of the late John Sadleir. The rental of this division of the property is about 4,0001. a year. Twenty years' purchase being the average rate of the Irish land-market, this slice of the mysteriously acquired possessions of the suicide ought to produce at least 80,0001. out of the 250,000/. or 300,0001., the estimated gross value of all the estates which from time to time came into Sadlair's hands. BEFOLT IN MADAGASCAR. "The news which we rtcerve from Madagascar," says the Ger/Leen of the MAuritius, "is most im portant. A revolt had burst out in the province of Ermine, and upwards of 4,000 insurg.arts had made their appearance at Tanautrivo b 'fore the Queen claiming protection egainst the acts of brutality of her delegates in the provinces. But nor. only their complaints were unattended to, but 1,800 were arrested and thrown into confinement, to be put to death on the Ist of June, at the f , te of The Bath,' the greatest of the Hova people." The accounts received proceed to say : "It appears, however, that Prince Rikoute, on learning this decision of the Queen, formally pro tested against so sanguinary an order, and affirmed that the execution should not take place. He added that already too much blood had been shed by his mother's Government, and that it was his firm intention for the future to sea that a more humane and morn equitable system of admin.stra ton should be acted on with respect to the llova, people. This declaration, made publicly, in pre sence of the Queen, of ier ministers, and of the whole court, had produced an immense sensation, and grave events were expected, in case the Go vernment ventured to proceed t ) the execution of the prisoners. M. Lambert (the French agent) had quitted Tamatava on the 17th May to proceed to Ermine, followed by the precious objects which he was charged to clnvey to the Queen and to Prince Rakoute. This later had sent five of his aides de-camp to meet him, and the Queen bad placed at, his orders a numerous escort. It was supposed that he might reach Tananarive in about a dozen days, in time to be present at the grand fetes of the Bath.'" The presence in the wa+ers of St. Louis of eight vessels of war of the French division in the Chinee seas had produced at Tamatava a great sensation. HARBOURS AND BREAKWATERS. Particulars are given in a Parliamentary paper published yesterday of breakwaters, piers, and re fuge harbours at the following places, surveyed, re ported on, or recommended,—viz., at Hartlepool, where two piers are recommended on the north and south side of the bay, at a cost of 800,000/.; at Teesinouth, two piers, at a cost of 275,0001.; at Reicar, two piers and other works, at a cost of 340,0001.; at Bridlington, a detached rubble stone breakwater on the seaward side of the bay, to be placed on the Stnithwick sand, to be compl-ted in a decennium, at a cost of 350,000/. ; at Alelb rough, certain new works at the entrance of the Alde, at a cost of 60,0001.; at Newhaven, an addition of 1,000 feet to the west pier, and one of 100 feet to the east one, and the excavation of the harbour and approaches, at a ci,st of 150,0001.; at St. Ives, a breakwater, at a cost of 174,0001.; at the new quay in the Bristol Channel, a breakwater on the north of the bay, at a cost of 711,7441. In Scot land, two breakwaters are recommended at Wick, at a cost of 175,175/. ; a harbour at Peterhead, at a cost of 227,905/.; two breakwaters at Elie, in the Firth of Forth, at a cost of 200,0001.; and a break water at D unbar, at a cost of 150,000/. In Ireland, two breakwaters are recommended at Ardglass, at a cost of 240,0001.; a channel to be dredged in Car lingford Bay, at a cost of 20,000/., and the removal of the bar, at a cost of 23,0461.; a cut by dredging, and the dredging of a channel, at Waterford, at a cost, respectively, of 16,000/. and 20,000/. In the Isle of Man, a pier and breakwater are recom mended on the south side of the bay at Douglas, at a cost of 30,000/., and a breakwat,r on the south side of the bay at Port Erin, at a cost of 15,000/. The above returns were moved for by Mr. Paull, M.P. for St. Ives, Cornwall. EXECUTION OF CHARLES FINOIL—CHELMSFORD, Wed nesday.—The execution of this culprit, who was con victed at the last Essex assizes of the murder of his sweetheart, a young woman who had been living in service at Rivenhall, took place this morning over the gateway at the county gaol. Just published, price 3s. 6d., letter to Viscount Pal mer-ton, K.G., on the political importance of the Euphrates Valley Railway, and the necessity of the financial support of her Majegy's Government. By W. P. Andrew, F.R G.S., &c., Chairman Euphrates Valley Railway, with reports by Makr-General phesnpv and Sir J Macneill, and memorandum . &c., by Sir Justin Sheil, K C. 8 ., an d ma p . Also minutes of evidence before the House of Commons on the establishment of telegraphic communication, with India through Turkish Arabia. By Sir W. B. 0 Shaughnessy, T. K. Lynch, E-q., and W. Ainsworth, E-q., &e., Stc., &c. K ur . rachee, by the Euphrates, is 1,400 miles nearer to Eng. land than Bombay 111 by the Red Se'.—Sir Justin Shell . London ; W. S. Allen and Co., 7, Leadenhall-street. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. There is an old, and we believe a very truestory, about the great Duke of Wellington, which we would use as our text for the fellowing remarkft. Let not our readers take it amiss, if in the midst of rumours affecting the permanence of our Indian empire, we find time to say a word about English schoolboys and thei r E ng li s h sports. The two sub jects are intimately connected, for, if we. wo u ld maintain that dominion as a really, we must we the same kind of instruments to preserve it as were employed fir its acquisition. Now, pedants and bookworms never won for us, and never will keep, the empire of British India. The story al out the Duke of Wellington is this :—lt is said that in his old ago the great chief reyi , ited the p:aying fields of Eton. Before his eyes ran the same stream into which as a boy he had plunged, and tried to swim further than his fellows. There was a spot on which he had won his first battle against a lad who in his manhood struggled as a man should with the world, and who in his declining years was one of the brightest ornaments of London society. Half a cen tury had passed away. The Duke gazed upon the well-remembered scene, and for the time the old warrior was an Eton boy again. He had not, in deed, forgotten the brilliant onset of Assaye, that " simple matter of common sense," as he used him self to call it ; nor the long-premeditated heroism of the lines of Torres Yedras, nor the daring manoe uvre of Salamanca, nor the crowning glory of Mont St. Jean. We may well r uppose—such was' the simplicity of his characte:•—that the thought_ . may have crossed his mind, that ,it was strange that he, who hid once been just like one of those eager school-boys who were shouting and careering about before his eyes, could have acted that great biography which is call d " The Life of. Arthur Wellesley." He watched for a time in silence the sports in which he had formerly played his part—the glowing health, the generous emulation of the boys—and at last exclaimed, as under the influence of a strong conviction, "Ay ! it was at Eton that Waterloo was won." Was ever such a testimony borne to the excel lence of that public-school system which has had a great part in making England what it is i Far be it from us to disparage the Merely and schol astic element in the conduct of these institutions, and, above all, the discipline and the alternate habits of obedience and command which in them are enforced. But who will deny that half, possibly the greater half, of this work is done by the boys themselves outside the school doors? During the hours which are devoted to study, the great merit of the master is shown in the method of his teaching and in the strictness with which he requires the execution of the appointed tasks. When the form are dismissed his discretion and judgment are mainly proved by the encouragement which he give to all influences which may tend to the formation of a manly character among the boys. High among these are the out-of-door sports, in which so many generations of English schoolboys have taken delight. The value of these consists not only in their tendency to improve the health and fortify the constitution of the boys. The generous emulation they inspire, the spirit of self-control and patience which they necessitate, have as much to do with the formation of character as the habits of intellectual discipline which are gained by the more regular instruction of the maa tere We should not insist so strongly upon the point but that there is just now a tendency—and we think a most unfortunate one—among the learned and excellent persons who are charged with the direction of our public schools somewhat to depreciate the advantages derived from these manly sports. If argument were wanting to convince them of error we should be perfectly willing to rest our case upon that strongest of all argumen s—the juxtaposition of a French or German schoolboy and of his English compeer. Mark the habits of self reliance, the vigour of body and mind, which have been engendered in the one hy the out-of-door life which he has led, and the seeming anomaly that " lie has been left a good deal to himself ;" while the undeveloped frame and undecided character of the other tell a very plain tale of injudicious con finement, overstrained mind, acid. of a systematic sups itution of the principal of authority for the spirit of independence. Leave, then, we say, English boys to their sports,—experience has shown that sound learning does not suffer from the hours spoilt in the playing fields. There has however, arisen some difference of opinion upon sthis subject. The masters of our principal public schools have, we regret to say, expressed their de termination to put an end to those public trials of skill between the various schools which are the key stone of the system. Tne boys will be left, as before, to play with each other in their playing grounds ; but school is no more to Le matched against school in friendly fight. The contest be tweeen Eton and Westminster on the river, between Eton and Harrow at Lord's Cricket-ground, are to those little worlds the great events of the year. It is on accouut of these—it is in no small degree drat he may win an honoured place among " the eight" or " the eleven," that the English schoolboy struggles on in competition with his fellows. Ex tinguish the rivalry between the schools and you do away with the great motive to exertion. The same result will follow to the character of the next gene ration of English schoolboys, if these new-fangled. notions are carried out, as would follow to English men if the Beacon • course at Newmarket were ploughed up—if Epsom Downs were converted into a site for a reformatory school—if Lord's cricket ground were devoted for the future exclusively to Cochin China fowls—if every eight-oar at Searle's were broken up for firewood, and the Yacht Club house at Cowes were used henceforward exclusively as lodgings for respectable families during their so journ in the Isle of Wight. Abolish our Olympic, our Isthmian, our Nemanan games, and of the sports which in those exhibitions attain their culminating point there is an end. Injudicious as any attempt of this kind would at any time be, there i 3 something monstrous in the method by which the authorities attempt to enforce their views. Let ue confine attention to a single point for the moment—that is, to the cricket matches between the great schools. The practice for a long time past has been to play these matcheS in the holidays. The lads came up to London from the houses of their respective parents, most gene rally stayed with friends in town, and when the match was played out returned home. The masters now say that these matches must take place no more. One considerstion strikes one very forcibly at the outset, which is, that here is a most unnecessary attempt to supersede the parental by the magisterial authority. During the school terms the master is absolut.i. A parent who com mits his son to his charge makes for a time abne gation of his authority. From the moment, .how ever, that the boy has returned to his fathers home ers home until he is recommitted at the expiration ) the vacation to the master's charg e the master's authority is at an end, or, ra ther, it neve a r had rt existence at all.. It is as monstro us o n the part of the Masters of Eton, of Winchester, of Westrheinse ster, or of Harrow to say that the pupils of schools shall not during t he vacation play against the pupils of any other school as it would be to to Ramsgate in the parents to take their sons in ' place of Brighton for change of air. As matters stand at present, any parent who may so choose it is perfectly free to refuse permission to his son to form "one of the eleven" during the vacation ; what more is required ? It is our provinc 3to point out the evil, not to suggest the remedy, but cer tainly in this case we cannot see what harm would follow from allowing the champions of the public schools to come up to Lord's, at London, at the close of the half, or at any time during its con tinuance which might Le most convenient, to decide the contest and to return. A great deal of nonsense has been talked about exposing the lads to the temptations of a great town, and it is said they never could he kept under due restraint, if sent up under surveillance. Now, we knotr_s°, thing about the nature of public schoolboys) t _n e n" b lads would stake any sum upon this result. evs e n . under the charge of their captain, P such things and merely upon theirhonour, that such _ d ot be one were not not to be done, and there well! n No need Of stance in a thousand of violatedtrfutt I to an English o P r ut ut them • masters, or ushers, or dames—trust will die before he masters of these breaks it. We trust the grave . public schoolboy's word, and great establishments will eve things as they are. and, at the least, e reconsider their determi nation,we have al r . eady said, is not below resent trme. It is important to is of young En glishmen who in days to secure a T tl i t l e e d s i ub n i i e t c y t te ' f a t s h P come, w h e n our brines h 'eve mouldered away, shall retain th e grasp 'of „England upon the world. The Jsr _.ROLD CoMMEMORATION.—Last night the per • forma* .ces at the Adelphi Theatre, as per annonnos• ''sent, were given in aid of the Jerrold Fund, and con sisted of " The Rent Day" and "Blaolc-eyed Susan" — two of the oldest and most popular pieoerof Douglas Jerrold. 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