The Sun. — London, England, 1857-06-03 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET Alm COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The Liverpool Cotton Market closed rather actively, and prices of all kinds were well sup- Ported. The sales were estimated at 5,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken by the exporters. The Railway Share Market closed with more animation, and prices of all the leading stocks have :slightly advanced. A further arrival of specie was announced yes terday afternoon, and the t )tal amount received within the last two or three days has approached a Million sterling. This important and timely influx has neutralised the unsatisfactory feeling which Would otherwise have been experienced on account of the large shipment of silver specified below, and there is now some expectation that a moderate proportion of the supplies which are still overdue will be sold, and added to the stock of bullion in the Bank of England. At a late hour yesterday afternoon it was reported that the Morning Star was off Bristol, with 46,500 ounces, valued at 186,0001., and this morning we are advised of the Sydenham, off Penzance, with 31,462 ounces, or say 125,8481. Besides these other vessels are daily expected, and as the silver brought by the Parana will almost be sufficient for the next Indian mail on the 20th inst., pur chases of that metal on the Continent will for a time diminish. The market for silver remains in a firm state, and the price of bars is still nominally 61 P. to 62d. per ounce, but as usual immediately after the completion of the shipments by the bi- Xonthly steamers, business has become dull. Subjoined are the particulars of the specie on board the Indus, which leaves Southampton to baorrow for the East Indies and China : • bombay (silver) Ceylon (gold) Madras (gold) Do. (silver) Calcutta (silver) Penang (si'ver) Singapore (silver) Hong Kong (silver) Do. (gold) Shanghai (silver) . £115,210 . 3,432 . 1,282 . 7,987 . 243,795 . 9,610 . 36,860 . 127,097 550 . 215,740 Total 4761,613 , The was scarcely any alt eration in the Continea- Lai exchanges yesterday afternoon, but rather less Ireuiess was apparent. An important failure has been announced of a house at Manchester, connected with the trade of t hat city. It is that of Mr. William Macintosh, a nd his liabilities, it is feared, are very heavy. several of the principal London firms will be severe losers through this unfortunate event. An active demand prevails for money, and at t he Present moment there is considerable pressure, 4th"ring to the provision made for to - morrow, the of the month. The meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental 'team Navigation Co. was held this day, and passed off satisfactorily. The report states that the profits ;f, the company would enable the directors to allow Per cent, as interest for the half-year, besides . " °B . bonus per 501. share, and 3 s. per 101 . share. *L he report was adopted. 411 important meeting of railway proprietors was held this day at the London Tavern—W. Vance, 44 1, in the chair—to agree upon a memorial to be esented to the Right Hon. Robert Lowe, M.P., Pre sident of the Board of Trade, for the purpose °t ` inducing the Government to afford every en couragement to railway companies to stop further Z. ° _ e oessions for branches, &c., seeing that they as a body have subscribed an amount equal to upwards I: * a third of the National Debt, and that the public are saved 40,000,0001. a year by travelling 13 3' railways over the common roads. The memorial was unanimonsly agreed to. The market for Public Securities is rather Li he avy, and no improvement has been caused by the arrivals of gold, or the determination of the ! l a, ilk to accommodate holders of stock while t he _transfer books are closed. The fact is, !tteetion is too much absorbed by the pre illninary arrangements for the settlement, and the unfavourable tone of the letters from Paris, with continued weakness in the Rentes, deter specu lators for a rise. In addition to this there is natu 11Y a good deal of uncertainty regarding the specie drain and its probable effects. An exportation of silver, to the extent of a million and a half sterling Per month, is a serious matter, but with large a rrivals of that metal from Mexico and of gold from l estralia, th ere is a probability of the present stock v r bullion in Threadneedle-street being maintained, , 1 ? Indeed, no increase takes place. If it is found t a fair amo u nt of the supplies just received are retain e d h ere , i ncre ased firmness will zo b , doubt be imparted to stocks. Consols have ra en 9 3i to 94, and 93f to 94 for money ; for to they are quoted 931 to 94, and the price r July is 94 • The New Threes are 921 and the Reduced 92 Bank Stock is 213 i . The March Exchequer Bills are 2s. to 4s. I I : 1311111 u; and the "Advertised" ditto 2s. dis. to ;Premium, being lower. °r Foreign Stocks there is very little inquiry, Q the quotations are rather flat. Turkish 6 per ri ' H its. are 941 95, and the 4 per Cents. 101 .1 1. 1 1" li ell Deferred are 25 - 1, Sardinian 881, Mexican 22 ~ 23 , and Dutch 4 per Cents. 97. The foll ow i ng are th e nom i na l prices of Foreign t 2 :l z CkB :--Grenada Deferred. Bonds, 6± ; Mexican, e e l 3 1 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 7 8 ; ditto 3 per Al tB .) 53 55 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 1 46 1; a nts. 5 per Cants., 107 109 ; Spanish 3 per 41 1 2 ; ditto New Deferred, 25± 1 ; ditto Certificates, 61 I ; ditto Passive, 51 1. th 4 n extremely limited business has been done in i t: Railway Share Market, and prices in most in .nees rule lower. Caledonian, Brighton, and 1, Z e i dland, ha ve d ec li ne d 5 5 .. ; L a ncashire and York ibire) 1 7e. 6d. to 10s. ; and Great Western and th Western„ 10s. The French and Canadian D ries are al so d epresse d. S ou th ern o f F rance h ave ` . eded 10 s., P ar i s an d L yons Iss and Great ec Western of Canada Se. The East Indian have im 'toyed 5,1. Mining Shares have been quite neglected, and Prices are nominal. For Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares t here was very little inquiry. Bank of South 4 4stralia advanced 55., and Electric Telegraph, I , ° s• There was a bargain in Chartered Bank of 4 tdia, Australia, and China at 9. IRITISII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List:) Business done. 144 k Stook - 3 b,,, 213 A 3 - b -- teat, Reduced Annuities 92 i li,„`",,,Celitt Consols Annuities 93k 4 31 4 o,;_^ 4 per Cent. Annuities 92ft f 6 , L ,"hols tor Account ...... .. 94 31 4 'lchequer 13111 r, 2id. I 4300 R'rr ell ~,. 362 p I I . Ditto) Advertised 2d 1 I I;9ES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. tU ' ll n C t Di tto 3 per Cent 2? Nixinto Account 22Z- 3 hp, tni i t all -oan4s, 5 per Cent. ty ' ll Bolds, :3 per Cent. tlt , t, c New Deferred, 3 per Cen'. -- rit‘to Ao3ount D' ith nonds, 6 nor cent ith o Account . 94 i Dit tn , ` 4ll raranteed, 4 per Cent. 33 1110 1 •t 'den is o, the above , sxvible in Lon,i,n. po -L - I R : 4 /change, 2i per Cenl., 12 Guilders Ditto 3 Per Cent. CertiflcaLes TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, money • t c3 931 i Ditto, account 94 t Account (July) - - ATR A p. r. 1) 4 ,,T , TED IHOlDE.—Yesterday morning Mr. Wm. Co r a ' aged 28 years, who resided at M a3on - s t ree t, tZtawall-road Lambeth, attempted self-d es t ruc ti on b y ti ng bis th;oat with arazor. Slight hopes are enter- I lled of his recovery. No cause is assigned for the tjat laat ALI MIC BANK EMBEZZLEMENT. — We are informed night a tele raphic communication reached this VtY, which has since g been corfirmed by letter, intima- Z n g that Henry Salmon, the defaulting bank•agent, who 6„ -en . ,t 1 3 7 tb-vonded from Falkirk, committed suicide on i " n uaY forenoon, by hanging himself in the stable of wle Ilarp Inn, Conway, North Wales.—Edinburrjh of yesterday. C_PTIIRE ° ltrant es Uri Uonday morning OF THE ESCAPED PRISONER BRAITHWAITE. at five o'clock, Braithwaite, who ,__ c aped from the New Bailey prison early on Friday, "s captured at the village of Bradford. s with a ," with a ctive. It aterestms ;rs." Sir ;ont num bllionaire d reaches Bouffes "Eden g the con r. Gervase so manY wife died rbtalment 300 a after In the the third and but told of " Th e name in' is, as the on of the rk. M r ' kits" gives s O'N rite. tents. It I we Meet -. Papers romoc e .e are also and the has two first, from ateresting )ver ; th e is frost lace. The cure, and Maid of, in of tin Mr. jina ok of the while Dyal Aca rtance for ons of the ideration. f British Horsley, machineli ses unde r h copper' cuts sot" 'al attran Ily distie• ing, wan' of topics , include-- c of Char ; ind," Chose who n. subject er liter 3 are glad d contra. Strand - ' the juv e ,; )oys, an d .e. It 13 rmally so, out win ch la's; treat ingpaPel will wee" f Mex;lcaft 14 have re' Mexico' the 'overawe' be trestle. ki of Jana' and reco' with the, agents_ since then fund. Th e c. per Bari/ th the Pre' ce, to urge . ) ,3d of JaD. ar as lay in o . c.ause not poesi• , ductive, it A diln• le count'', of Sonora., been At• made pri• 71 1.3 a report 10 3 at Guild' E 3 that. Dfr• n partner' Ln Oxford' Mr. gar' vith ig the ord•streetl neg otia • te lership, or n in Ycs ur rigs i n the 1.17R1E. d of rye. , tufrieo, Jil bob of the ,lub c 1 roughout• D.—Thi g esterd•9' a* was ,ii re drawn r.—Los e ; dated a serious ramboerg 7e killed' rty veal g-crose driver. ardent ,8 cow' into ) sacoe DS' bill uce to , r , at- slowed• iry re jurf ,erloo- Tails° 20 50 20 10 206' 100 100 20i 20i 100 100 100 100 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNSDAY E EVENINO, JUNE 3, 1857, Leasing 'lompanies Closing Priced yesterday. Business done this day. /001 111 101 i e 3 i 12i 12i 20 St. 50 50 50 25 121 263 13A 20 . St. St. 12i 12 1211 St.l 1.0.61 100 all all all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 1100 100 100 all all 15 , all 12/ 12 11/3 16/15 1.256, lil is; Ln.&N.W. .;alcdon E.U.dtE.O ':4t.Northni E. Count. Caldonian., 93 95 11 - 13 ii 1 - ii Do Rt. Westn Y. & N.M Do Do 166 := 108 S. Eastern Do 121 -- 12/ 223 -- 234 4ot -- 106 P 88 2f 2s' Ed - P E 4 5 Peto &Co Do La. &N. W. dz Midld. Midland... E. Count.. Do Do Do L. &N. W ' Do Gt.Northn T. Brassey M. Meleau Stk.&Dar Do 130 - 133 8 - 9 9 - 9} 314 - 88 - Gt. W 4 E SHARES. FOREIGN MINES. 20 7 Australian 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at .L 5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada ..• ••• 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 16 18 1 4 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica 40 all Cobre Copper 53 55 . . 16 Copiapo 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares 5 1i Lusitanian 1 all Mariquita 1 all New Granada — 1 all Novcau Monde 20 all Pont.Sil.LdM.& Smlt 6 8 5 1 Port Philip • • -- 30 16, Santiago de Cuba 1 all South Australian ;, 1 all Do. Scrip 1 all Do. 10 p. c. Pref • . 281 all United Mexican 34 4 • MISCELLANEOUS. 25 19 Australian Agricult. 184 191 10 all Australn. Royal Mail . . 10 all Berlin Water Works.. 4 5 50 40 Brit. American Land . 103 32t Canada - 152 St. 100 Do.Go.6ic.Jan&July 112 1121 1121 St. 100 Do. C p.c..Teb.&Au.^. St. 100 D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. St. all Copper Min, of Eng. 30 35 25 all Do. Pr-f, p. cont. 25 . 27 5 all Crystal Palace 2 21 5 all Do. Pref e renc e 4 all Crystal Pal, of France ... 1 Dnston Iron Ore ••• ••• 20 18 'Eastern Steam.. •.. • •• ••• St. 100 Electric Telegraph. 1 all Electric Tel. of Irel 5 all En.&Aust.Cop.SmCo 14 10 10s.iEur. & Ind.Jctn. Tel. •• 25 %id Gen. Ir.Se, 15 1.4 Gen. Steam Navigat. 2(1 I 5 London Discount - 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 34 34 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. „. 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 10 all Mexican& S.Americn • 21 24 5 5 Nat. Discount Co ll ti 5 5 Do. New 10 5 Netherlands Land •la —l4 to all Do. Do. .PLiss.at ld 44 S. Land 18 22 par 1p 100 5 5 a BO ll l DDN New ow . BDPBo. N. c . St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.e D., 1 all N. 13. Australasian... 10 all Nrtli.ofEuropeStcam 9 10 1 all Oriental Gas 12 55.,D0 New Shares p iP 25 all Peelhr. Ld. & Miurl l4 24 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 50 10 Do. New 50 all Rhy mney Iron 15 all Do. Now 5 7 60 60 Royal Mail Steam— 59 61 1 all Scot, Austral. Invest. 14 la all Do. New S. Aus. Gov. 6 p.c.bds. ••• •• • 25 all South Austral. Land 34 —• 36 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip 4 1 1 all Do. Registered 20 5 Trus, Ln, Co. Up. Can .• 100 283 Vail Diemou'a Land_ 11 -- 12 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Business this day Pm 55 TIIE DISCOTERFiIt OF COLLODION. The subjoined deeply interesting account of the dis covery of Collodion will be read, we doebt .not, with peculiar, because very melancholy satisfaction, now that the discoverer, Mr. Scott Archer, has breathed his last so very recently and so very prematurely. We extract the passages here following from the really charming essay upon Photography adorning the newly-pub lished - number of the Quarterly Rcvicw. And we do so the more eagerly because, apart from the attractiou of the subject itself, it may serve, practically serve, by-means of this separate quotation,.materially to forward the subscriptions now being raised in behalf of the young family left behind him by this gifted and lamented gentleman, A subscription list, generously headed by her most gracious Majesty with a donation of twenty guineas ; and to• which another donation of 50/. has already been added by the Photographic Society of the Metropolis. The Quarterly reviewer observes : " The world was full of the praise of the daguerreo type,.-but Mr. Cundeil stood forth as the advocate of the calotype or paper process, pointed out its greater simplicity and inexpensiveness of apparatus, its infinite superiority in the power of multiplying its productions, and then proceeded to give those careful directions for the practice, which, though containing no absolutely new element, yet suggested many a minute correction where every minutia is important. With the increasing band'ot experimentalists who arose—for all photogra phers are such—now ensued the demand for sonic mate rial on which to receive their pictures less expensive than the silver plate, and less capricious than paper. However convenient as a medium, this latter, from the miscellaneous nature of. its antecedents, was the prolific parent of disappointment. Numerous expedients were resented to render it more available—it was rubbed, polished, and waxed, but, nevertheless, blotches and discolourations would perpetually appear, and that at the very moment of success, which sorely tried the pho tographic heart. The Journal of the Society sends ap at this tithe one vast cry of distress on this subject, one member calling unto another for help against the com mon enemy. Under these circumstances many a long ing eye was fixed upon glass as a substitute ; and nume rous experiments, among which those by Sir John Herschel were the earliest and most successful, were tried to render this material available. But glass itself 'was found to be an intractable material; it has no powers of absorption, and scarcely any affinities. The'one thing evidently needed was to attach some trafsparent neutral coating of extreme tenuity to its surface, and. in due time. the. name-of Niepce again appears - supplying the intermediate step, between failure and success:' M. Niepcei de St. Victor, nephew to the inventor of 'helio graphy, is known as the author of the albumen process, which transparent and adhesive subitance being applied to glass, and excited - with the same chemical agents as in the calotype process,- is found to produce pictures of great beauty and finisb.' But, inge nious as is the process, and often as it is still used, it fails of that unsurpassable fitness which alone commands_ universal adoption. The amalgarriation of the substances is tedious and complicated, and the action of the light much slower. The albumen process was a great step, and morever a step in the right direction ; for it pointed on ward to that discovery which has reduced the difficulties of the art to the lowest sum, and raised its powers, in one respect at all events, to the highest possibility, viz. to the use of collodidn. The Daguerre to this Niepce was a countryman of our own—Mr. SCOTT ARCHER— who is entitled to fame not only for this marvellous improvement, but for the generosity with which lee threw it open to the public. The character of the agent, too, adds interest to the invention. The birth and parentage of collodion are both among the recent wonders of the age. Gun-cotton—partly a French, partly a German discovery—is but a child in the annals of chemical science ; and collodion, which is a solution of this com pany in ether and alcohol, is its offspring. Its first great use was, as is well known, in the service of sur gery ; its second" in that of photography. Not only did the adoption of.this vehicle at once realise the desires of the most ardent photographer—not only, thus applied, did it provide a film of perfect transparency, tenuity, and intense adhesiveness—not only was it found easy of manipulation, portable and preservable—but it supplied that element of rapidity which more than anything else has given the miraculous character to the art. Under the magician who first attempted to enlist the powers of light in his service, the sun seems at best to have been but a sluggard ; under the sorcery of Niepce he became a drudge in a twelve-hours' factory. On the prepared plate of Daguerre and on the sensitive paper of Fos Talbot the great luminary concentrates his gaze for a few earnest minutes ; with the albumen-eheathed glass be takes his time more leisurely still ; but at the. delicate film of collodion—which hangs before him finer than acy fairy's robe, and potent only with invisible spells—he literally does no more than wink his eye, tracing in that moment, with a detail and precision beyond all human power, the glory of the heavens, the wonders of the deep. the fall, not of the avalanche, but of the apple, the most fleeting smile of the babe, and the most vehement action of the man. Further than this the powers of photography can never - go ; they are already more nimble than we need. Light is made to portray with a celerity only second to that with which it travels ; it has been difficult to con trive the machinery of the camera to keep. pace with it, and collodion has to be weakened in order to clog its wheels." As we briefly intimated in our impression of Monday, the Committee Room of this nobly deserved Testimonial [mark the words we have printed in italics in the above quotation is at No. 226, Regent-street, where Sir William Newton, R.A., has generously undertaken the office of treasurer. THE COOLIE TRADE.-EXTRAOBDIN.ARY VERDICT. (From the China Mail of April 15 ) Horrors 'connected with the disgraceful coolie trade have of late proved a fertile source of animadversion for the press in China ; and not the least atrocious of these was the holding "in durance vile" of 240 miserable wretches, cooped up in four small rooms at West Point. The discovery of the confinement of these men, and the investigations into the cruelties inflicted on them, led to the committal for trial before the Supreme Court of Mr. Y. J. Mor row, one Malay, and five Chinese, on charges of false imprisonment, assault and battery, and nuisance. The trial took place on Monday and Tuesday last, and ex posed details eo disgusting, that but for the purpose of enabling our readers to arrive at a true estimate of the facts, we would hesitate to admit them into our coluran ,, . Here is a description of the premises, and state of the unfortunates when discovered :-- Dr. R. Caldwell, pr lector of Chinese—On Sunday, the Ist of March, I was passing the door of the E-wo establishment., the property of Mr. Tarrant. In e ,nse (pence of seeing a placard I had the door unlocked. I could not see my w.y at first, it was so dark—this was between one and two in the daytime. I found the house full of coolies. I first found three or four in an outer room. I bad to lay bold of the man who let me in. That man was the first prisoner. There is no means of light from behind ; the room faces the Queen's road, and there were no windows in it. This was the ground floor. The prisoner led me up stairs. He led me willingly, I think. At the top of the stairs I saw a great many men lying on the floor. It was an open room, like all Chinese houses, about 50 feet long by 7 or 8 wide. There was an open bamboo fl.mring about six feet from the floor. On the floor itself there were about 30. and about Bor 10 on the temporary floor. There were windows on that floor. They were closed, and the back door locked. The only ventilation was through the crevices of the venetians and of the door. I then went to another room—through a door in a party wall ; the windows of this room were also shut, but the back door was open—it opened on to a terrace ; there were two terraces, one to each room. Through the back door I observed that the terrace was used as a privy ; there was a temporary house on one used as a watchhouse ; the other was used as a privy, all the ordure lying on the tiles. There was a wall be tween the terrace and:the room ; the terrace ended in a blank wall— way. There were no means of egress that There was a very large collection of excrement, in some parts 18 inches deep, the collection of many days. The second room - Was alio dark, except from the light that came through the back door. The smell was very offen sive, so much that I intended to report upon it. The se cond room was of the same size as the first. I (lid not go into a third room an this occasion, but left the premises without communicating my intentions in the matter to any one. I reported the matter to Dr. Bridges en Tues day morning. We were out together, with the super intendent of police in company, and I thought it a good opportunity to show them the place. Mr. Walker, the surveyor general, was also with us. On this occasion we first went into the rooms I had at first visited, and found them in exactly the same condition—the door locked, and the venetians closed. The venetians I found were nailed ; I broke them open myself. The terrace was in the same state—the filth Whae went d not been removed, it had certainly increased. into the street, and went into two other houses and a passage connecting the houses together; I there saw similar rooms and orlOp decks—the rooms the same size about 7 feet by-20. The outer door was locked ' • we had to go in through the kitchen to g et at the door. In these two rooms and passage I found double the number of Chinese that there were in the first two rooms. There was also a terrace to these houses—on which there was a much larger collection of filth than in the other, and also large jars overflowing with urine. There were up• wards of 200 persons in the four homes—not more than 250 I suppose 230 or 240. On this occasion I spoke to the coolies, in my official capacity—told who we were, and what we bad come for. Some said they were goiug to foreign countries some to the gold country—some did not know where they were going to ; but they were all anxious about four dollars each, which had been promised them, and which they had not received. I asked them if they wanted to go out ? They laughed, and said they dared notthey w ould be flogged if they attempted to do s o ; and one ma n was brought to me who had been flogged for attempting to get out. I showed them the staircase, and told to gd daft ; they would not until the doors below'', Which were barred, were forced open, when a large number, upwerds of 100, rushed into go.—they were afraid the street and shook their hands, saying they were no willing to go to Havannah. Some we nt avrtlY• an d some stood there. Many said, " I'm not willing, to go I'm not willing to go ! " Those w h o rush _ nutth escaped. I searched for them next day a loug with e Tepo of the district, but could not find them, and be lieve they have left the colony. I saw the first prisoner on the first occasion, and I think the second ; he was sitting at a table in the lower ro om, where the man who kept charge of the coolies lived. On the second visit I saw the first four prisoners ; they were in a lea er room of the tenement, and seemed to be guarding the door. The statements made by the coolies were made in the presence of the prisoners, and the coolie who bad been flogged pointed to the second prisoner as the man who bad flogged him ; the prisoner raid "No." Others of the coolies pointed to the fourth prisoner (a Malay) • as the man appointed to flog them if they tried to go out. The prisoner laughed, and said he had only given them two or three cuts to keep them quiet and prevent them going out ; adding he was there to keep guard, and bad been appointed by Mr. Mur row's comprador. I sent for the comprador, but he did not come. I asked who was the headman. They _ panted to the recond prisoner. They also stated that a matt named Foo-Ayee (the fifth prisoner) was a head man. He was not there are the time, but I caused him to he put in the dock up at the police-court. The third prisoner at the time said what he was, but I forget the exact words—it was to the effect that he was looking after the business. Mr. May may have been in the room when I kicked open the windows, but I am not sure. A number of the coolies, and especially those in the - passage, were sickly and weak. There were no police there until after 1' had released the coolies. The ace sera thus given me were not in reply to any sugges tions made by me to them—butvoluntar ly, in answer to my question what they were doing there. (A Chinese produced.) I recognise him as one of those who spoke to me on the fiat occasion—ha was one of the coolies— I recollect him more particularly, as he speaks the Can ton dialect very wed. Such was the evidence of Mr. Caldwell, corroborated by the surveyor general and the superintendent of police; yet notwithstanding no attempt whatever having been made to disprove a single statement made by him, and the fact of the coolies having been detained in durance of the most disgraceful kind, in premises disgustingly Slily, guarded by men appointed to . fleg such as might attempt to escape, and employed by the European pri soner, who did not deny a fbll knowledgeof their crowded state, or the condition of the premises —from which it must have been inferred tbat all was performed with his full knowledge and concurrence, if not approval—not withstanding- all this he was onlyconsicted of simple nuisance, and fined five dollars;While five of the Asiatics paid by- him and -acting under his orders, were found guilty of the full count, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. Then w.e had a sample of the crimping system —the mode in which the victims of' the coolie slave trade are procured. The principal witness deposed as follows, and his manner carried a conviction of the truthfulness of his words to the minds of the :majprity of those present, though among, the minority .ate: t) be ranked the six gentlemen 'of the jury,..who Py..their, fi at declared,. his statenient false,atidliberated'the scoundrel whom he ac, cused of kidnapping an d robbing him : Tarn aba, gr n a . ps-cutter to the — Tuck-ee milk-shop.—l remember the-sixth prisoner coming to me, and asking if I would like to go to the new gold country. I would get $3 a month wages, and if I wished to go he would take me. Passage-money would not be required ; only a few dollars to buy provisions with. This took place in prix ner's house. Prisoner pulled me in as I was passing by, after having received my wages—s3—from my mas ter. He said I would not want the dollars when I got to the gold country, and took them from me by force. I had promised before this to go to the new gold country. The prisoner told me to sleep in his house that night, and next morning ho would take me to see the master. I did stay that night, and was taken to E•wo House, where I was stripped of my good clothes by the prisoner, who gave me some rags to put on, and then plashed me into a dark room. I was not allowed to go out from that day until I was released by Mr. Caldwell and others. I was detained against my will the whole time. We were all confined alike—more than 200. I recognise the first, second, and fifth prisoners. Did not see Mr. Murrow there. Never saw the third prisoner, but have seen the fourth ;he kept watch with a gun. The first prisoner kept the keys of the door; the second and fifth also kept watch. The first, second, and fifth had a gun by them, but did not hold it in their hands. They had knives also. Have seen the fourth prisoner beat the people with a rattan to keep them quiet and prevent their talking. By Mr. Day—The first prisoner said nothing to me before dragging me into the house. He then asked me if I should like to go to the gold country. I had known him before. I thought the prisoner bad some friend who would advance my passage. Do not know wby he dragged me in. I met the prisoner in the street, but close to his house, at a distance of 40 or 50 covids (a covid is 14 inches). He dragged me that distance, and after I was in he shot the door. I had known him before. I did not think anything wrong when he pulled ma along. When prisoner proposed to me to go to the new gold country, I said, "Ye 4, I would be very glad to go if any one would pay my passage." Prisoner said that was all right—he would provide for that. I told him 1 bad $3 about me. I had all my baggage with me, having left tne Tuck-ee shop to join my brother in the Kwang-yii market to assist him in ins shop. And more he deponed to the same effect—the trifling discrepancies being-easily reconcileable to those having a knoWledge of the Chinese character, and manner of giving evidence. And, as a wind up to the whole, we have proofs of deceit practised on the emigration officer—the English version of the agreement furnished to him stating the term of bondage to be five years, while the Spanish and Cbineie versions make it eight ; and three years, our readers must remember, is the average of life in the cop. per mines of Cuba, to which, doubtless, a portion of the poor wretches were destined. SHARE IYIARKETS—(This Day.) RAILWAYS. Closing Trice• yesterday RAILWAYS. 45 all 100 all 100 100 8) 176 100 all 100 all 100 all 100 100 25 25 st. 10 St. 50 st. St. Ivo loa all all 100 all all 100 Lancash. &Yorkshii: Do., do. F. £l6 Do., Wst. Riding Un Do. Sonthport. London & Blackwall Lond. Bright. & S. Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. Oa 5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London dz S. Western Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef. &Lincln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland 1100 100 all all all Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West.(lr. ) Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle.. Newpt•Aberg.&Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor .00 I Norfolk 3 ; 100 ;100 17i all all 1100 Northn. Counties Un North British ... North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock ............I all 100 all 100 Do., A Stock ...., Do., B Stock .... N. Eastern Berwick Do. do. Extension ... !Do do. G.N.E.Purch, !Do. Leeds 16 .100 100 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. E. Abrclo . St Shropshire Union .... Sitingbourne &Sheer. (South Dev0n........ .. South Eastern Do. 4} per c. Shares South Wales 'B. Yorksh. River Dnu Do.. Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling Do. do., 1854 Do do., 18N5 Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Hay. D. &R Vale of Neath Waterfd. dz Kilkenny Waterford&Limer:ck West Cornwall 'West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class Do, Second Class I Wmbledon &Croydon 0 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. do Eastn. Junc....... Belfast & Ballymena Btrmng. Wolverh & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh Cheshire Janet Blackburn Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol di Exeter Ca1ed0nian............ Chester dr Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall De. A Do. B Dublin&BelfastJune Dun. P. drAber.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties EasternUnion,A. stk Do., do. 8..... Do.. New A East Kent ..... (East Lancashire ...... East Suffolk Do. Edinburgh & Glasgow Edi nb • and Peebles Edinb. Prth &Dundee Forth and ClydeJunc. Furness . Glasgow & S.Western [Great N. of Scotland Great Northern ,„„, [ Do., A. Stock ...... Do., B. Stock ...... Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) !Great Western. Do. Str. V. R. gua. St (Irish South-Eastern. ;Lancaster & Carlisle. Do., Third 5............ Do. New Thirds BRITISH PO, Atlan. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. Do. Buffalo dt Lake Hur. Buff., Brnt.dtiGodch. 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 June, '74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon ;hares Do. B. do Demerara .4 Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares D 0.4 p.c.Bnds. '57 Do. do. do., 's9:do. Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 perc Do. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Wcstn. of Canada, Do. New iDo. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., 76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, do. Do. do., '73, without option Madras, guar. 4i p.c Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 4i p. C. Exten. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.e. Do. 4th Ex., do Oude (Limited) Seinde, guar. 5 per c Do - 1 FOR: 11 Antwrp & Rotterdam 8 Ardennes 11 Belgian lezi e s t oEast . r Gass .11 Carmeaux&Toulous : C oa l Mines and Ry , r e ssae 6 Junct. .2 Dutch Rhenish al Eastern of France Lll Do. New !s. Euphrates Valley [8 Gt, Central of France 1.8 Great Luxembourg 4 Italian Junction ill Lake Const. & Bale all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo-Venetian all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. ill Lyons and Geneva all Lyons & Mediterran. ill Maria Antcpsla all Do. New all Namur & Liege all Do. do. 6 p, c. Pref. all Northern of France all NorwegianTrnk. Pre , all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans 7 `Reeife & San Fran , (Pernana.) g. 7 P. c. 7i Rome and Frascati all Royal Danish all Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse all Do. 5i per cent. pref all Southern of France all West Flanders..,,,, all Do. 54 per c. Pref,., all W.& N.W. of France 6 ! Western ef Austria._ all Nest. of Switzerland all ,Wiesbaden all I Do. 8 p. cent. pref. all ,Zealand..., ..... JOINT-STOI !Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co British N. American C. f3k . of Ind.Au.&Ch 'City !Colonial 'Commercial of Lond Eng. Sco to &Au s. Cht Lon. Ch. Bk.of Aust Ditto New. London and County Lnd.&E.Bnkng.Corp London Joint Stock Lond. andWestminst National Pro. of Eng. Do. New National Bank Now South Wales Oriental Bank Corp. Ottoman Bank Provinc'al of Ireland Do. New R.Aus.B.&G.Im.Co l iouth Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of London •...1 Unity Mutual.. ...... Westnaßk of 1:oncl. 5f - 51 8i - 9 67 - 69 8 - 9 89 -- 91 73t, 35i 361 . . .. - 4 - 5 9 -- 10 18i -- 19 11i -11 i 52 -- 54 35 -- 36 1 8 - 7 (1 97 - 98 ••• - ••• 53 - 51 33 = U 95 - 97 8 - 9 97 - 88 - 89 [2l - 123 [O3 - 105 61i - 65 63 - 65 70 -- 74 I 6 .... 8 p 6 - 8 p ioe,i 101 1 i 6 - GI 11l - 11, 1011 -101 i id i d 91) 100 4i : ii .•• ••• 831 - 81 54 - 56 ii - ii 62 - 64 3t - 34 , 43 - 44 88i - 89 31 - 2A - 2 42 - - 43 681 - 691 96 - 99 5 4id 8 10 —10 a 30i -31 i 7 - 5 105 107 25 26 48 50 3 2 d 186 196 741 741 87 88 6 5 d 6 5d ia. ii -... .•• 201- 4 - 4i 7 - 9 2/ - 3i 5i - 6 , SSESSIONS. .• -- ...p ld par 194 96 91 93 91 93 ••• "''' 11 - li pl 107 - 109 .1i -11 p '''' ••• 191- 20 63i -- 641 91 -- 92 21 -- 211 i 23f -23 i, 400 -- 10 1 410 -- 114 410 -- 114 106 - 108 19 - 20 21 -21 i id- hp 1P P • • • - .. 1i - 2 . p 6B ai I# par 1 p 5 2 l z d 29 29 par ip 24 —24 j 61 61 ..• •••' - 29~ - ~! 8 - 201 -20 i 37* - 38; 9 - 10 58j - tiBj 56 - 58 I d pan 16 18 8.1 - 8 8— 8; 30 4/ 9; —9/ 30 31 Par 1 1 BANKS. 88 2 lid. 50 ••• ••• id 62 64 - 17i -17 i 17 - 17 •,.• ••• 6 — 4 B 38i 39} id par 61 F ! 63 ••• ..... ••• 55 '"" 57 6 - 7 ... -- ... ." --- ...d 10 '..... ed MANCHESTER RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PHILIPS' HANDICAP. Plausible Ellermire Glede Hawk Six ran. LATEST BETTING. UNION CUP. 5-to 1 apt Stork (offered) 7to 1 apt Courtenay (taken) 7to 1 not Cedric (taken) Bto 1 agst Bourgeois (taken) TRADESMAN'S CUP. 7to 2 agst Underhand (taken) ASCOT GOLD CUP. sto 1 on the Field (offered) Entries for the Queen's Plate. 3 miles and a distance. (Ron tomorrow.) Mary, Sir Colin, hospitality, Janet, Fright, Glede Hawk, Norton, Cedric, Commotion, Br. to Preston, Stork, Mongrvl, De Dinkel, Gener►l Williams, King Brian, and e. out of Arribas Dam. CURRENCY AND BANK REFORM: MEETING THIS DAT. This afternoon a preliminary meeting of the members of the Currency and Bulk Reform Association was held at the London Tavern, Bishopegate-street, to elect a president, ♦ice -president, and acting committee. The announcement convening the meeting, and explaining the objects of the association, was to the following effect " The object of the association is to diffuse informa tion and arouse the attention of the whole kingdom to this, the most important question of the day. Without energetic action a high rate of interest will become per manent, and revolutionise the value of property of every description. Railways.—An advance of 1 per cent. on the mortgage debt of the Great Weatern Railway would be a redaction of 50 per cent. in the •dividends. Other railways rateably, as the debts bearlipon share capital. Mortgagei.—lf land yields 3 per cent. rental and mort gages advance to 5 and 6 per ' cent., how long will it require to deprive a large portion of the present proprietors of their incomes and estates ? Manufacturers.—lf interest on capital be a cost of pro d ucti on, how can we compete with the foreign manu facturers when that cost is doubled ? Agriculture. — By the large importation of foreign corn, &c., the ex changes are acted on roost disadvantageously. The remedy is the increase of our own growth. Will this be done extensively under a ruinous state of interest ? Shipping.—Stearn navigation, mining, and distant un dertakings, like irrigation and the growth of cotton. in India—the retail trader, the artisan, and all classes ex cept the money-lender, are seriously injured by the present rate of interest on current money, although capital is abundant, and trade sound. To investi gate the causes are the objects of this proposed Association, and so urge the remedy upon Government and the members of both Houses of Parliament as to ensure the removal of so great an impediment to the national prosperity and progress. Co-operation from all parts of the United Kingdom is earnestly solicited without delay, as the Committee on the Bank Charter is now sitting. A low rate of interest is not . desirable, but to avoid the two mischievous extremes—very high and very low rates—is a consummation most earnestly desired." [We will give the conclusion in our last edition.] MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of English wheat in to-day's market was only moderate. For most kinds the demand ruled inactive, yet Monday's prices were well supported. The general condition of the samples was by no means first rate. A very large supply of foreign wheat-38,230 quarters, chiefly from the Baltic—has come fresh to hand. The transactions in all kinds were trifling, at about stationary prices. Floating cargoes of grain sold at very full currencies. Barley moved off steadily, and prices were well sup ported. • Malt was in moderate supply, and fair request, at Mon day's quotations. The imports of foreign oats being very extensive -63,350 quarters—the oat trade ruled heavy, and prices were barely supported. ' Beans, peas, and flour sold to- a- Moderate extent, at Monday's prices. ARRIVALS VHS wags. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. 1,730 I 2,720 Flour. 730 English Irish Foreign..... 1 35,230 1 16,490 63,350 11,400 WHITECHAPEL. II The trade generally ruled steady, as follows :—Beef, from 38 2d to 48 6d; mutton, 38 4d to 48 M; lamb, 58 4d to 63 Oaf ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; pork, 3s 6d to 5s Od per 81ba., by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. Oar market is steady, and prices are well supported. Duty, Duty, 150,0001. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.---(This Day.) LONDON, June 3.—Wind this day at noon, S.W.; mo derate breeze, and cloudy at times. PORTSMOUTH, June 2.—Wind S E. to S.S.E—Arrived —Her Majesty's ship Cumberland, from Sheeouss. Sailed —Wellesly, for Mauritius and CalcUtta. COWES, June 2.—Wind variable- , -Arrived—Favorita, from Bahia for Hamburg. OFF MOUNT'S BAY. — Arrived—Engracio, froni Cuba. NEWPORT, June 2.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Augusta, from Rotterdam for St. Thomas's. Sailed—Negade, Que bec ; Joseph, St. Thomas's. CARDIFF, June I . — Sailed—Froiskens, for Ceylon ; Har monie, Alexandria. ____ BELFAST, June I . — Arrived—lda, from New Orleans. WESTPOINT. May 30.—Wind S.—Arrived—Juliet Erkine, from Philadelphia. CLYDE, June 2 . — Arrived—lndian, from Bombay. OFF SCILLY, May 30 .—Arrived—Sydenham, from Mel bourne. CLEAR, May May 31.—Arrived— Humphrey, from WV:46I p i a i r ai CAPE s Ci L for or (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wi n d W . ; occasional showers. Arrived—Vanderbilt steamer, from Havre; Argyll steamer, Carentan ; Le C oq , Ch er b ourg; C ome t, Madeira; Alarm, Gertrude, and Albatross, Newport. Sailed—Clementina, for Newport; Marquis of Bate and Caledonia, Caledonia. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning Wind W. Arrived—Astoria, from New Orleans ; Duko of Lan caster, Marseilles ; Humphrey Nelson, Valparaiso ; Bor land: Buenos Ayres ; Earl Powis, Cuba ; Aleppo, screw steamer, Alexandria ; Beirut, screw steamer, Beirut ; Anemone, Matanzas ; Champion, Barbad oes ,• Spirit of Trade, Rangoon ; Trinity Yacht, Porto Rico ; Columbine, Callao; Chasely, Alexandria ; Sultana, Venice ; Leda, and Dundreman, Smyrna; Delhi, Calcutta; John Bar bour, St. John's, N.B. Sailed—Bonita, for Labrador ; Conquest, Archangel ; Packet de Guayaquil, Riga ; Fraternitas, Wadsoo ; Au gusta, Newfoundland; Arva, Diga ; North American Quebec ; Braganza (s.w.), Lisbon ; British Queen (s.s.), Genoa ; Demetrius (s.s.), Beirut; Sandbach, Demerara ; Mjosen, Rio Janeiro. QUEENSTOWN, Jane 1. Arrived—Glanure, from Barbad cos ; Margarotta, from Mantillan ; Reward, Havannah ; Anne Henderson, Calloa. DUBLIN, June 1. Wind S.S.E. Arrived—Utility, Villa Nuova ; Eliza, Memel ; Paul and Maria, Memel. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) DEAL, Wednesday, 9.15 a.m. Wind W.S.W. ; moder ,te. Passed—Her blajesty's brig Mariner, from West Indies, for the river ; Claudia, Demerara, L on d on . Joune Everista, London, Havre ; Avon, Trinidad, London. Anchored—Bosphorus, from London, for Port Phillip ; Il Trovatore, London, Algoa Bay, Sailed—Alexandrina, for Algoa Bay, RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERit RAlLWAY.—Traffic re tarn for the week ending May 30, 1 837 ....... k 19,426 17 7 Corresponding week last year Decrease in 1857 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending May 30, 1857.. ......... . Corresponding week last year Total of the half-year to this date, 1857 270,675 16 9 Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 266,978 14 0 CORK AND BANDON ltAnwAY.—Traffio return for week ending May 30, 1857 £2B9 3 3 Corresponding week last year 242 4 8 GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending May 31, 1857 £l 033 19 3 Corresponding week last ye ar ........................ 581 15 4 THE NEW CHELBEA-13RIDGE TOLL QUESTION.—Yester• day a meeting cf the inhabitants of Pimlico and Chelsea was held at the Literary Institution, St. Leonard-street, Pimlico, to take into consideration the intention of the Government to levy a toll on the above bridge; and re solutions were unanimously passed pl e d g i ng t h e meet i ng to use all constitutional means to prevent the toll being imposed. It was also agreed to appoint a deputation to wait on Lord Palmerston on the subject. THE DARIEN SHIP CANAL.---We learn by the Panama Star and Herald, that Dr. Caldwell, of the United States frigate Independence, had return e d f rom t h e G u lf o f San Miguel, from hich point he made an exploring expedition into the interior, and succeeded in arriving at a point within one day's march of the Atlantic, and from which the ocean was perfectly visible. Ile was unfortunately prevented from reaching the western shore of the Isthmus, owing to the desertion of all hi , guide and assistants, but returns, as we understand, satisfied that an eas y an d practicable route exists for a canal betvre- c a iednuia Bay and the Gulf of San Migne • R.V.LWATS. I Buckghamsh Clydeeale Jc. Col.Stour Vy E. Lin. g. 6 p.c E. Un. H. Sh, Glas. Barr. (Si Neils. Direct. Do. New Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Hull & Sc' by. Do. Shares. Do. I Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do.Preferenee Lon. Til., &S. IDo. Bark. Sh. 'Mancli.Thcton. and Mr tlock Mdld. Bradfd. New market BuryE.G.spc. N.&Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per ct Do. Fixed sp.c Prest. &Wyrp Do. Shrs. A Roystn. & iShrews.& Her S. Statlordsh WearVal.g6pc Do.. Wilts &Sorarst PREF EUENI Blyth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (issd.at 500 Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares.. Caledn..£lo 41 p. c. Ches. & Ho. 5. p.c. Do. do. 5 per cent... Cork &Bandons? - 4 p.c. Dun.Porth.&Aber.J. .0. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. ilo. do. Cls. C 7 n. c. Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l l Do. No. 2 Do. Now 6 pr. c. St East Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 5/.. 10 per cent Do. 10i. Del)entr.Sh Do. do. 4 per cent._ East TAncash.6 E.&W. York. J. &In. Edin.&Gl. 5 p.c. Sh. Ed. Prth. &Dun. 4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Not Lhn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4 per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 51 p. c. prem. G t.N. of Scot.lst Pre Gt. S Qc W. (heard) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W.(B.&ll.Ex.spc Do. con. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per lent. Do 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Wrm. Pref. Sh Do.Cheste: c.P.S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Grua. SA Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan. & York. 6 pc, St. Lon & 1. G. 5 pc. No.l Do., P.. 3 p. c. St.No.2 IDo, New Uttar, 6,3. c. Do, do. 5 r. c., No. 4 "1,3 J. & N. W. Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct... r.on. et S. W, 7 porct., late 3d Shares Lor dy. & Color. Sh Londy. &Ennis. A Sh M., 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. £6 ... Do. do. 3,3 per cent. Mar) & Carl. 4p. c 4: 1 1 per cent l i)o. do. Mid.Consol.,.p.e. St. Do.Con.Br.ifr. ;.; p.c. Do. 44 c. Pref. St. Do. L. & 71. Pref. New., Aber.. &c., pr 5 p. c. red. 5 p. c. pm Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et gorfk .Deb. 4 p. c. SI% Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 Jo. 54 p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. ~1847 North British Do. 71. Preference N. E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York 11.& S. Pur North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Woly. 6 p.c. Ist guar. Do. ep. c. 2d guar Scot. Cent. New Pref Sc.N.E. Aber.g.6p.c Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St Do. d 0.34 p.c. pf. St South Devon . ..... Do. fixed 44 pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Sh S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 44 p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., sp, c Do. do. do. Stock. & Hartl. g.. 5. p.c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd&Kilk. 6 pc. Alfred Cons. (Philk. British Iron .. . Condurow (Carnbrn.) Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) Great South Tolgus G rt. VT, Alfrd. (Philk.) IGrt.W. Vor (lielstn.) Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St. Blaxy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co S. Caradon (St. Cleel • S Cam Brea (Mogi]. S.W. Frances(lllogn. Tam. S. & L. Min. Co Tin Croft !Un.MineD (Gwennap V. of Towcy (Camar.) IW. Basset (Illogan).. IW. Caradon (Liskrd.) Wh. Basset (Illogan). Wh. Buller (Rdruth). Wh. Edw ard(Cal stek) ;Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) Wh.Ma.Ann (Menht.) Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) ••• - ••• 92 - 94 o. i 7_ 6 ' s 1 ::: oi 108 - 112 108 - 112 # - - OP 12 - i'.., 71 - 72 di lie 105 - 107 1 99 - 101 61 -- 63 10i -10 i 5 i -- 93 -- 95 _B3 - 85 85 -- 87 100 -- 101 9i -- 10 16/ -- 17 9, -- 101 72 -- 74 19 -- 191 9 3 -- 9 i 14g.-- 14 134 -- 136 138 - 141 115 - 117 .54 - 156 ••• ••• i P 66 6o .30 - 132 95 - 97 86 -- 88 161 = ii O 1 - 103 91 92 1i ld 21 i -_-_- 21`; - 113 -- 116 - 110 - 19 22i -- 23} 98 -- 100 95 -- 100 - 28 - Sp ••• - ••• n - 3 BRITISH MINES. 18 - 19 7 - 8 150 - 160 165 - 475 16 - 18 7 71 41 - 56 16 - 18 19 - 20 4 - 5 22 - 23 41 - 5 lt - 1 330 - 340 5 - 6 300 -- 310 - 11 4 - 4i 190 - 211 I - 1 24i - 1.40 - 150 260 - 270 340 - 350 6 - 61 17 19 46 - 48 23 - 24 Naval and Military intelligence. The Cumberland, 72, sailing two-decker, Capt. J. B. Dickson, flag of Rear-Admiral P. W.P. , Commander-in-Chief for the South East Coast of America Station, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from Sheerness. In crossing the Channel she fell in with the Admiralty yacht Osborne, hav ing the Grand Duke Constantine on board, and, although under a press of sail before the wind, she took all in, rounded to, and fired a Royal salute. General Sir J. F. Burgoyne, G.C.8., RE., In spector-General of Fortifications, accompanied by Sir F. Head, paid a visit to the head-quarters of the Royal Engineers at Chatham yesterday fpr the purpose of inspecting the new buildings for the married men of the Royal Engineers and the stables for the engineer train which have recently been erected, together with the field works which are now being carried on by the troops. The visit of Sir Francis Head to Chatham is under stood to be for the purpose of making arrange ments for instructing the men of the mounted A troop of the Royal Engineer Train in the use of the lasso, in order that they may be acquainted with it previously to embarking for foreign service. The annual inspection of the Royal Marine Light Infantry will take place this morning on Chatham Lines by Major-General Lord Rokeby. Captain Pigou's company of the 2d battalion Royal Artillery assembled yesterday in the mortar battery on Woolwich-common and practised shell firing over a flight of 800 yards. The result of the firing was successful, some of the shells alighting in close proximity to the target, while the widest range did not exceed 40 feet. Admiralty instructions were yesterday issued to Capt. Nocidall, in command of her Majesty's screw steamship Agamemnon, cancelling her recent order to proceed to Birkenhead, and directing that the for mer order to ship the Transatlantic cable from East Greenwich shall hold good. The United States' ship Niagara having been inspected by Mr. Dallas, the American Minister, it wss decided that the ne cessary arrangements should he entered into by the shipwright department of the dockyard, so as to adapt that vessel for the reception and transport of her intended portion of the electric cable from Liverpool. Colonel Brown, commandant of the Royal Ma rine force at Woolwich, has received notice from the Admiralty that their Lordships have decided on granting to sergeants of the Marine corps the good-conduct pay, on an equal ratio with the ser geants of the Royal Artillery, the regulation to date 'from April 1, 1857. The Archer, 14, Captain Heathcote, left Spit head yesterday for the eastward to be paid off. She sailed from Greytown April the 15th, and Port Royal the 27th, and had an excellent run from that station, with strong westerly winds. She brought home six naval invalids from the West India squa dron. The Mariner, 12, sailing sloop, Corn. Palliser, left Spithead yesterday for the eastward to be paid off. She arrived on the previous day from the West India station ; sailed from Port Royal March 19th ; arrived at Real Bay, Greytown, March 24th, sailed 26th ; arrived at Havannah April Bth, sailed 18th ; arrived at Nassau, Now Providence, on the 22nd, sailed 28th ; made the La nd ' s End May 2oth . She brought home a mail from Nassau, and 34 mien _ from her Majesty's ship Orion, late f t perieuse. She has been nearly t l h e r t ee on y l e y o ars in com four men, mission, during which time she one only of whom died of yel ow f s ever, three from accidents. Since she left England she sailed over 52,091 miles of ocean. Captain Eyres, C. 8., the The- Exmouth, 91, Colossus, 81, Captaitn. Thompson, and the Brisk, Cuir.rse,ill.i.ave left Spithead for De -14, Commander „ and the Eurydice, 28, vonport, to b© pa Capt. Tarleton, C. 8., a nd the Malacca, 17, Capt. have proceeded to Sheerness to he paid Farquhar, _ _ .. off. The Volcano steam-vessel (floating smithery), Master Commander Hockley, will sail from Spit head this clay for China. The Brune, 2, paddlewheel vessel, tender to the Vesuvius, arrived at Spithead from Sheerness yesterday. The Wellesley Indiaman, 1,150 tons, Captain Smith, embarked her passengers at Spithead on Monday evening, and sailed subsequently for Madras and Calcutta, calling at the Mauritius. The Hastings, GO, screw blocksbip, Captain Mends, C. 8., went out of Harbour to Spithead yesterday, and after trying her speed returned and anchored. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty : C. C. Hassan, E. B. H. Bevan, and G. G. Web , b e y, midshipmen, to the Cordelia ; Henry Freeling and W. S. Bailey, midshipmen, to the Cumber land C. R. K. sin h, mideibipman, to the Corn waLlis. REALM OF LONDON DURING TIE WEEK. (From, the Report of the Registrar-General.) i The returns from the metropolitan districts ex hibit a further decrease in the weekly mortality. The deaths, which in the two previous weeks were 1,050 and 948, were in the week that ended on. Saturday, 915. In the 10 years 1847-56 the ave -1 rage number of deaths registered in the weeks cor responding w ith l as t wee k was 972 ; b u t as- . the deaths of last week occurred in an increased popu lation, the average must be raised for the purpose 1 of comparison in proportion to the increase,' in which case it will become 1,069. Hence it appears that last week was so favourable to the health of London, that the number of Its inhabitants who died was less by 154 than that which would have been placed on the registers if the average rate of mortality.,had prevailed. During the last three weeks the , 4neau temperature of the air has been 58 deg., or nearly 14 deg. higher than it had-been in the three weeks preceding. The deaths arising from diseases of the respira tory organs continue to decrease ; the numbers returned in the last three weeks were 202, 167, and 139. Bronchitis, one of the diseases in this class, was fatal in the .same times in 102, 84, and 67 cases ; pneumonia (or inflammation of the lungs) in 75, 66, and 56 cases. The deaths referred to phthisis (or consumption) which is placed in the tubercular class of diieases, were in the last three weeks 153, 118, and 124. This disease was leas fatal last week than usual, for under the aveme rate of mortality the number would have been 150 instead of 124. _ _ With reference' to diseases of the zymotic charac ter, it may be stated that hooping-cough is de cidedly more fatal than is usual at the end of May. Tho deaths caused by this complaint rose again la t week from 50, to 71; the average is 46. Only 'one death from-small-pox is recorded ; and not more than 16 from scarlatina ; 30 from typhus and com mon fever ; 17 from diarrhoea ; 3 infants from syphilis. Two persons - died from lead poison. Six mOna genarians are returned, all women except two. The age of the oldest did.no', exceed 92 years. • , Last week the births of 846 boys and 856 girls, in a 11,1,702 children, were registered in London. In the ten cdhesponding weeks of the years /847- 56 the average number was 1,436. At the. Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.597 in. On Saturday the reading reached 29.91 in., the highest in the week. The mean temperature of the week was 56.9 deg., which is 1.9 deg. higher than the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature exceeded the average on every day of the week, though generally only to a small extent. The highest reading of the thermometer in the week was obtained on Thursday, and was 74 deg. The lowest occurred on the same day, and was 42.9 deg. The entire range of that day, and also of the week, was 31.1 deg. The highest in the sun oc curred on Saturday, and was 95 deg. The mean dew-point temperature was 48.2 deg., and the difference between this and the mean air tempera ture was 8.7 deg. On the first five days the wind was generally in the south-west ; on the last two in the north-east. The rain in the week was 0.12 in., all of which fell on Monday. r MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 30 Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 26 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration 139 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion .... 53 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ...... Diseases of the Skin, &c. 0 Malformations 4 Premature Birth and Debility 35 Atrophy .. 24 Old Age sudden ..... 4 Violence, Privation ' Cold, and Intemperance 2O Causes not specified MEATUS MON ALL Cons 915 Population Deaths in eons- Deaths Enumerated. aponding week in the 1851. 011856. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 ...... 201 ...... 181 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals 2,362,236 Males 444 Females. 471 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. 1,027 Males Females T0ta1.••... 0000000000 ...•••-.....••••..... 1,702 915 STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, JUNE 2. There is a better feeling in the market both fcr yarns and cloths, and a tiffling advance has been asked, which, though not obtained, shows an im provement on last week. Buyers are willirg to give the prices of last week for all kinds of clo;h. The improvement is partly attributable to the ad vices from India, but more immediately through the progress which has been made in the short-time movement, and the consequent decrease in produc tion. Stockport has now joined the short-time movement for a month, and besides the looms that partially stopped in the district, it is estimated that at least 5,000 looms have been wholly stopped, either through the poverty of the owners and ad verse trade, or through failures. In yarns there has been a good demand for 40's mule for India, which is firmer in price. For Germany and the Mediterranean there is but little demand, and the stoppage of looms has occasioned a quieter market for home trade yarns. LEICESTER, JUNE 2. The hosiery trade continues exceedingly dull, and this week the Whitsuntide holidays will inter fere with business. Socks and fancy have been almost the only things in request. The framework knitting operatives are but partially employed, the same dullness pervading both the town and country districts. Manufacturers are careful in keeping down stocks, and material still remains at an enor mous price. LEEDS, JUNE 2. There was not a very large attendance at the cloth-halls this morning, and the business trans acted was within a very moderate compass. Com pared with Saturday, there was a falli►lg off in the demand ; but at holiday se Lsons a very quiet tone generally prevails in the hall-markets. HUDDERSFIELD, JUNE 2. We can report no sensible improvement in any branch of the trade. There are a few shippers in, but the business done, oven in low goods, is very limited. Wool reiiiains firm, with rather an up ward tendency. TILE MURDERER RAVE. The execution of this unfortunate man, who walecoln victed at the last session of the Central Criminal Cti t, before Mr. Justice Cresstvell, of marines, on board the Sla t e e ey g e n at, named Samuel of the n n b arder of a corporal Long,nee his conviction the psi- Maidstone. It appears that !I has been appointed since Place to-morrow, a t averybecoin W ing d m en a y nn t e tle s ande u o ,e i he r ea h e a never deuectedanyhioccasion in attempted o f his sentence. A. memorial was transmitt e d j to the Secretary of State from some inhabitants of the town of Maidstone, praying for a remission of the capital sentence, but the answer returned was that there were no circumstances in the case that would justify the Go vernment in recommending the culprit to the mercy of the Crown, and the law was consequently left to take its course. It will be remembered that the prisoner was as able seaman on board the Slaney, and that it was proved at the trial that the unfortunate deceased had reported him for some misconduct to his superior officer, the consequence of which was that he was not promoted to the office of quartermaster, which he expected, but for this, to have received. The disappointment excited a deadly feeling of revenge in his mind, and on the night of the fatal occurrence he secreted the bayonet belonging to the unfortunate deceased, and upon meeting him on the deck of the Hobe, a hulk on board which they were both employed, he thrust the bayonet into his body w ith such force as to pass it completely through thte.lessebtadnemteenee,. and to wound the spine, thus causing ala ru s ng ma,n and ous death. The prisoner is a verylfine E y earance Robert very much resembles is pers e o r na the a p rarliament-atreet Marley, who was executed. f or the also, it appears, Cape of Good Hope. man visited him on engaged against d e the lik e K t e h tn a t r e p r e m o tt n::, happY. Two of the sisters of th expected, was of the most eme Bave, Monday for the last timee,uapPnedietfhuel i e n h t a e t r a v e ie te w r , . as may be it a nt of marriage to a re enaleagnttghweastime of the dreadful oc currence, have been performed and s a p p e p c e t a a r b s ie was young lin ew e c r eet e a r f theSlaney f or Oh; before the departure o ....dia. NOTINVICEI MVSICAL FESTIVAL—The services of Mr. Sims R e eves has not been secured, in consequence of the high terms demanded by that gentleman. Madame Clara Novello has been engaged, and arrangements etre pending with regard to Madame Grisi and Signor Mario. Mr. and Mrs. Weiss, Mr. Miranda, and several other artistes have also been engaged, and the local choral society are indefatigable in their rehearsals of the workis to be performed. 846 854 n• en ' ing, 1 in - pate [Alec. rank- 10 20 20 20 50 103 100 all 106 100 1100 2136c1 1 lOs all I. 22 all all 15 all 1. all all IGN. 104 I