The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-21 00:00:00

'rnE riS7, N, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MA Y 21, 1857, MINING INTELLIGENCE. IIvIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. The following mining news is taken horn Messn Watson and CuelPs weekly circular : HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. ST. JAMES'S-PARK. At Great Consvl4, it has been determined to stop the engines, and draw up the bottom to see the effect of the water in the adjoining mines. . . Sir F. BARING moved for a return of any sums expended for the alterations in the lake in St. James's park, together with an estimate of expenditure required to complete them, and the vote of Parliament under authority of which any expenditure has been incurred. And, copy of any correspondence between the Board a Works and. tbe Treasury respecting such expenditure, and of any order or authority under which payments have been made by the Postmaster-General fur such work, and tbe dates of such payment.—Ordered. ELECTION PETITIONS. _ , At Trewane United', a tin lode lvts been cut in the 30 fm. Jowl, 8 inches of the lode nearly solid. At North Robert, in the 42 south cross-cut, the south part of the lode has been increased, and iv 1 foot 6 in. wide, worth 2 tons of good ore per ho. ; lode richest in the bottom of the end. This is considered a good dis covery. At TrefusiP, the bottom end east has been turning out some good work for tin, and if it continues this mine will mcre than pay cost. East Basset has improved in the 60 east on the tin lode. Pkitions complaining of the returns for Leitrim c)unty, .Beverley, and Taunton, were presented, and ordered to be referred to the General Committee on Elections. REGISTRATION OF LEASES (SCOTLAND) BI LL. Mr. DUNLOP moved the second reading of this bill. Its object was to improve the law with respect to leases in Scotland. ,• The LORD-ADVOCATE said he would not oppose the motion, but in committee he should propose some amendments. The bill was read a second time. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS BILL. At Silver Valley, sinking bas been commenced below the 26 and the lode is improving. The 26 end also look ing well. At Clijah and Wentworth, cross-entting at the 80, and will cut the first lode in about two months. At North Francis, the lode in the shaft continues as good RR ever. At Great South Tolgus, the lode is said to be yielding 15 tons of ore per fin., worth 151 per ton. At Catnborne Consols, the lode in the 10 fin. level west is yielding 2 tons of good ,ore per fin., worth 301. per fin. ; and 40 tons, worth on an average 10/. per ton, will be sampled this month. At the meeting to-day, there was a balance of 6201. in favour of the mine, which with the ore to be sold, will more Ethan cover the cost for the next fuur months. At the next meeting, two months hence, the shares will be divided into 6,000. At present prices (121 per 1,000 h) the shares will probably pay for purchasing. The mine adjoins Dolcoatb, one of the oldest and richest mines in Cornwall. Mr. ADDERLEY moved that the house go iuto committee on this bill. He thought that the alterations proposed by the noble lord the member for the West Riding could be fully discussed, and his motion was agreed to. Sir G. GREY said he had hoped that the hon. gen• tlernan had merely proposed to go into cmmittee pro forma, in order that certain amendments might be made. He did not think the house was prepared to-day to go on with the bill, as several honour able gentlemen deeply interested in it were absent. The honourable gentleman opposite said the amendments of the noble lord the member At Wheal Pollard, a slide has come into the end, splitting the lode, and it will take about 2 fms. further driving to meet with the next lode. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) for the West Riding might be made by clauses in com mittee, but no notice of such clauses had been gives. He should be sorry to vote against the bill, but if the hon. gentleman pressed his motion to a division, he should feel it his duty to vote against going into com mittee. LONDON, May 21.—Wind this day at noon, S.W.; moderate breeze and cloudy, with slight rain. PLYMOUTH, May 20.--Wind S.W.—Arrived—Lucilla, from Buenos Ayres ; Vivandiere, ditto; with foremast car ried away. FALMOUTH, May 20. —Wind S.W. st rong—Arrived— Namser, from Rio Janeiro • Margarita Louise, Santos. Cow Es. May 18.—Wind ? W.—Arrived—Lion Belga, from Callao ; Sunda. Trinidada, Cuba ; Vesta, Havannah ; Scnndia, ditto. Mr. GREGORY hoped a clause would be introduced n this measure to lull the feelings that existed in cer ;ain places—viz., that the religious opinions of the child might be tampered with by the provisions of this bill. Lord GODERICH moved that the house go into committee this day three weeks, in order that the rate payers might bavefurther time to considerita provisions. Mr. ADDERLEY said he thought the proposition to postpone the consideration of the bill was unreasonable. If the house went into committee, they could discuss the main provisions of the bill, and then reconsider it, in order that the amendments might be presented. Mr. BAINES said, he trusted that the consideration of the bill would be postponed ; he was still in favour of the principle of the bill, and such being the case, he wished a good measure to be passed, instead of a crude DUMFRIES, May 20.—The Sally, from Chepstow for this port, is on Corrie Bank, full of water. JERSEY, May Il.—Wind W.—Sailed—Swift for La brador. SWANSEA., May 20.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Charles. from Coquimbo. PETERHEAD May 19.—Wind S.—Arrived—Traveller, from Greenland. SHIELDS, May 20.—Wind W.—Sailed—Marlborough, for Aden ; Express, Algoa Bay. HARTLEPOOL, May 20.—Sailed—Victor, for Singapore. LOWESTOFT, May 20.--The Cognac Paekei, of Harwich, grounded on the Newcome Sands, but came off and pro. needed. and ill judged one. The great point to be settled, and for which time was required, was whether the rate pro posed by.this bill should be a general or local one. Mr. ROEBUCK said it was the duty of the Govern ment to have brought forward a bill of this description, and not to have cast the responsibility of doing so on a private member. The proposition to go into committee pro forma was an attempt to get rid of the bill by a sidewind. STROMNESS, May 18.—The Sarah (barque), of and from Hartlepool for Quebec, has put in hers very leaky, having struck upon the bar whenlentering the harbour; will be laid upon the beach at high water. YARMOUTH, May 20.—The Mary Bell, of and from New castle, for Hoare, got on the Seroby Sands this morning running through the Cockets ; is expected off next tide, with assistance; part of cargo thrown overboard. After a few words from Mr. KENDALL and Mr. PALK Mr. R. PALMER urged his hon. friend to agree to the proposition to go into committee pro forma, and that this day four weeks should be the time fixed for its re-committal. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday, 10 a.m. Mr. A DDERLEY assented to the proposition. The house then went into committee pro forma, certain amendments were inserted, and the bill was reported with amendments and ordered to be printed. JUDGMENTS EXECUTION BILL. The house then went into committee. Mr. BLAND said as a number of Irish members were absent from the house, he shonld move that the chair man report progress, and ask leave to sit again. The committee then divided, when there appear ed For the motion Against it Majority --147 Mr. SPOONER objected to the first clause of the bill. The measure as it at present stood, he thought, would give facility to fraud. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND said the fears of the hon. gentleman were groundless. Col. FRENCH moved that the chairman report progress. He complained of the forcing on of this bill in the absence of upwards of 100 Irish members, who were attending an appointment with Lord Palmerston. The committee again divided, and there appeared For the motion Against it Majority ---140 On the question that clause 1 stand part of the bill, Mr. BLAND moved the omission of it with the 12 following ones. His objc-t was to give the attested copy of any judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, or Exchequer at Westminster and Dublin, or the decreet of the Court of Session of Scot. land, the same force and effect as a warrant of attorney to confess judgment. After a few words from Mr. AYRTON, The committee divided, when there appeared— For the clause 137 Against it - 43 Majority --94 The clause was then ordered to stand part of the bill. On clause 2, being read, Mr. AYRTON moved the omission of the clause, for the purpose of introducing a clause regulating procedure in the precise case which was found in the Act for Winding•up Joint-Stock Companies. The LORD ADVOCATE said the form of the clause was certainly different from the one cited by the hon. gentleman, but its effect was precisely the same. Mr. AYRTON withdrew his amendment. Mr. NAPIER moved that the Chairman report pro- gress. Mr. ROEBUCK said this was a very important bill, es it proposed to alter the law most materially. Such being the case the present measure ought to have been intro duced by the Attorney-General for England, and the names of the Attorney-General for Ireland and the Lord AdvOcate ought to have ap peared on the back of it, and not those of private members. Such a circumstance would have given autho rity to a bill, and he deprecated the practice of Govern ment leaving to private members the introduction of measures which they ought to bring forward. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL defended the bill, as it was brought forward to remedy an evil which was antiquated and expensive. After a short discussion the committee divided. For the motion Against it Majority --98 • On the motion that clause 2, as amended, stancrpart of the bill, Mr. AYRTON suggested that the bill should be re ferred to a select committee composed of lawyers, with a view of fully considering the whole question. After a few words from Mr. BLAND, The committee again divided on the question that the clause as amended stand part of the bill For the motion Against it Majority The clause was then agreed to. ClauEe 3 was then proposed. Mr. M'CANN said it was five years since the hon. member for Ayrshire first brought forward a bill similar to the one the house , had now under its considera tion. Ever since that time the measure had improved by time, and by next year he thought they would be in a position to legislate on the subject. The pre sent bill was certainly not required by the mercantile community, as there had not been a single petition presented by that body in its favour. The clause, after a short discussion, was omitted. 92 179 --77 On clause 4 being proposed, Mr. DEA.SY moved an amendment to the effect that from and after the registering of any copy, or extract of any such judgment or decreet as provided by the clause, it should not have effect unless leave to issue had been granted by the judge before whom it was ori ginally recovered. Mr. CRAUFI7RD opposed the amendment, The committee divided when there appeared— For the amendment 96 Against it 163 Majority against it 67 On the motion that clause 4 stand part of the bill, Mr. AYRTON said, by clause 4 great difficulty and expense would be caused, and therefore he begged to ask the Attorney-General for Ireland whether he thought it beneficial to set up two new registers in the Court of Common Pleas—one for Ireland, and the other for Scotland. He thought, without much difficulty, one registrar could perform the duty. No answer was given to the question of the hon. and learned member, and the clause was then ordered to stand part of the bill. On clause 5 being proposed, Mr. ROEBUCK said the house had omiited clause 3. He thought this one must necessarily also be ex punged. A verbal amendment was made, and the clause was agreed to. After a long discussion, clause 6 was agreed to. Clause 7 was under discussion at a quarter to sx, at which hour the chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again. The other orders were then read and pestponed. BURIAL ACTS AIONDMENT BILL. This bill was read a second time. THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISt Mr. T. DUNCOMBE obtained leave to i.rjrig : i f n i bill to facilitate and afford more frequent opportini:" for the registration of the elective franchise in Englano and Wales. THE SLAVE TRADE. Sir G. B. PECHELL moved for a return of her Ma jesty's ships and vessels employed on the coast of Cuta for the suppression of the slave trade, from it Jan., 1854, stating the dates of their arrival on, and their departure from, their respective cruising stations, with the names of their several captains and commanders, and distiu gushing steam from sailing vessels.—Ordered. Petitions complaining ELECTlO N o f r t E he Ti r T et i frn N s S ior Lambeth, Finsbury, Bodmin, Dover, Weymouth, Galway, Bath, and Cashel were lodged, and ordered to be referred to the General Committee on Ele,ltiow, The hope!, then adjourned. LITERATURE. Barchester Towers. By Anthony Trollope, author of "The Warden." 3 vols. Longman. The readers of Mr. Trollope's clever story of " The Warden" will remember that it ended in an ' unsatisfactory manner. Hiram'd Hospital, the subject of all the discussions and disturbances, was left in a state of anarchy and desolation. The mild and conscientious warden, Mr. Harding, abandoned his pest when his right to it was questioned, and lived on the income of some small clerical. appoint ment which he held. His daughter Eleanor was married t) the meddlesome reformer, John Bold ; and the fiery archdeac.;n, Dr. Grantly, Mr. Hard: ing's son-in-law, after vainly endeavouring to per suade Mr. Harding to retain the office of warden, gave up the attempt in disgust and indignation. " Barchester Towers" takes up the story after the lapse of a few years. It opens with the death of the Bishop of Barchester, Mr. Harding's old friend, and the father of t h e arc hd eacon. Th archdeacon is ambitious of succeeding to his father's dig nities, but his hopes are frustrated by a change of Ministry. Dr. Proudie is the new bishop ; and, as he has a Xantippe for a wife, and a vulgar, un principled adventurer for a chaplain, the appoint ment is not the most satisfactory. Mrs. Proudie aspires to be the chief person in the diocese ; and as Mr. Slope, the chaplain, has the same ambi ion, the poor bishop is nearly distracted between them. The appointment of a new warden gives rise to a grand struggle. The af fairs of th e h osp it a l h av i ng b een l oo k e d into by the authorities, extensive alterations have been made, and the salary of the warden consider-' ably reduced. It still remains a vary comfortable position, and the general opinion, loudly set firth by thelarchdeacon, is that Mr. Harding should have the place. Mr. Slope being of a different opinion, offers it to Mr. Harding . in such a manner that even the gentle and courteous ex-warden is roused into indignation, and rejects it on those terms. Mr. Slope from the first is the violent opponent of the archdeacon, and a regular warfare is established between them. The archdeacon regards Mr. Slope with positive hatred, and the gentle Mr. Harding thoroughly dislikes him. Great is therefore the mortification of both on finding that Eleanor, Mr. Harding's youngest daughter; makes a point of de fending the enemy from their attacks. Eleanor, now Mrs. Bold, is the heroine also of this tale. She has been left a widow by the early death of John Bold, and is beginning to recover from her great sorrow. Mr. Slope having shown himself to her, civil, and willing to oblige her father, she de fends him from a feeling of ju s ti ce , th oug h disliking bis vulgarity. Dr. Grantly's anger increases until, at a hint from his wife, he firmly believes Eleanor is going to marry Mr. Slope. Eleanor, furious at the suspicion, quarrels with Dr. Grantly, and leaves his house in indignation. In the midst of the general perplexity the Dean of Barchester dies, and another good appointment is vacant. It is offered to Mr. Harding, but he declines it from conscientious scruples. Mr. Slope moves heaven and earth to obtain it ; but failing, and being triumphantly extinguished by Mrs. Proudie, he leaves Barchester in disgrace. Mr. Arabin, an Oxford friend of Dr. Grantly, has been summoned by him to quit his fellowship, and aid him to fight against Mr. Slope. He accepts the offer, and becomes vicar of St. Ewold's, a small living ,in the gift of the archdeacon. He - becomes attached to Eleanor Bold, who returns his affection, but the unfortunate mis understanding about Mr. Slope estranges them. However, at the conclusion all is happily settled. Mr. Arabin becomes the new Dean, and marries .Eleanor Bold, to the triumph and satisfaction of the archdeacon and Mr. Harding. A poor clergy man, with a large family, is made Warden, and all is arranged to the content of everyone except Mr. Slope. There are many more characters in the story those mentioned, conspicuous among them is the family of the Stanhopes, who are cleverly drawn, though rather extravagant. Madeline Neroni, the second daughter, is a lady of a very witch-like nature, but though her character and fascinations are somewhat alarming, she does little eventual harm. The style is sparkling, the satire pointed, and many of the persons and incidents very naturally described. It may be questioned whether it is desirable to make the actors and com batants so entirely ecclesiastical, whether it is not encouraging that spirit of presumptuous sarcasm which is so common, and which , thinks that to ridicule anything which ought to be respected, is the sign of a superior intelligence. It must be ad• mitted that the author himself is totally free from this error, and on y reserves his weapons for the faults and failings of the churchmen, and not for the church they represent. Without any vivid excitement the story is interesting, and the reader will find entertainment for many a leisure hour in this history of the strifes and struggles of a cathe dral city. Below the Surface : A Story of English Country Life. 3 vols. Small and Eider. This work displays considerable knowledge of society in its various phases, it is intended to do more, however, than merely " catch the living manners as they rise," it represents the evils that exist in many social institutions. These various details are not dwelt on in an exaggerated manner, nor presented to notice in an unlikely firm, but simply and naturally brought before the reader. The narrative which forms the connecting links to these subjects is of great interest, it is true that many of the leading circumstances are not new to readers of fiction, such as the jealous husband being deceived by suspicious, occurrences, but the general construction of the plot is skilfully devised, and the attendant minor incidents admirably ar ranged. Oliver Nugent's character is well described, and while no one can help admiring his strong sense of rectitude and high spirit, at the same time it is apparent that his unyielding temper, and un sympathisiug disposition are not calculated to ob tain the influence that his virtues merit. As a striking contrast to this rigid being, is Sir Reginald Clinton, who is as enthusiastic and sensitive as the other is calm and constrained. One who looked on social existence in such an uncompromising spirit as Nugent was not likely to be of any service to those who required encouragement as well as warn ing. Of the latter class was Clinton ; unfortunately, however, he found in the wife what he missed in the husband, a ready Eympatby, and in tuitive perception of the necessities of the disposition she encountered. It was also unpro pitious that at the time when Gertrude was enter ing into the troubles of her husband's cousin, that Nugent was already seriously displeased by the continued interference of Lady Maud, his mother in-law, between himself and her daughter. Such conduct, always to be deprecated, was hazardous in the extreme with a man like Nugent, and was, ' indeed, one of the proximate causes of the un happy events that afterwards occurred. Lady- Maud Ushorwood is one of the chief characters, and her petty ambition, her scheming mind, and her interfering nature, are ably sketched. Mr. Lovell is an instance of what forbearance, spirit, and kind ness can effect. His conduct at the attack on Beaumont House was a proot of his worth. The whole description of the latter event is excitingly narrated. There is a complicated account of the discovery of Sir Reginald's son, a youth frequently met with in the story, who has had to fight his way on from the lowest places in life. He was subse quently adopted by Nugent, with whom he was living when found by his father. A number of People are introduced, among whom Weston and Harrill figure .prominently as the agents in the nefarious transaction, which consigned the unfor tunate Mrs. Clinton to a madhouse, and sent her son into the world as a beggar. On the whole, there are many things to merit the attention in the peru sal of "Below the Surface," which seeks to give a fair exposition of country life. First Series. The Laughable Looking-Glass, for Little Folks. Dean and Son, Ludgate-hill. We candidly confess that we have read this little book from beginning to end, and that we wished it were longer. The dash of m atter-of-fact, old fashioned morality running through it, the really clever rhyming, illustrated by pictures of an un usually comic and forcible character, are well adapted to induce that culmination of wisdom and dignity—"a grown up person" to read it aloud to the chubby-faced scions at their knee. Any foolish papa or doting mamma wishing to delight their little blessings iu disguise," must carry this book home ;T: their pocket. New C:tvatina. "A Whisp er , th e F reemason ' s secret , JBy J . A. Anschuez. Novello, Dean street, Soht,': We have no do,lbt this is very effective in full singing, and that it ;will have a large circulation among the "craft" it is chiefly intended for. The words are very deficient in pleasure,. to say nothing raoro or rather less of them. LIINDHILL COLLIERY EXP:riOSION. — Since Saturday last only six more bodies have Wen recovered. Of these two were brought out on Monday; and one of them was identified as that of George Thompson, one of the leaders of the Oaks strike. One was found on Tuesday, and the other three yesterday ( Wedneeda yl , • on the north side, where the men are still busily engawed in clearing away the roof. An inspection of the pit was made on Tuesday by the engineers, for the purpose oi t laying be fore the jury, which meets this da y (Tharsday,\ , the state of the pit up to that time, and if p ossible to h ive some idea of the cause of the terrible accident. The number of bodies recovered has now reached 101. he Petrenilay . SHARE MARKETS-(This Da: - .) - T - "T , " 1 " 7 7 A. - K E the 13th, in BT 0 l'a .1I; X _.....1 A. . 3. ' a, ' L i ao squaron Mexico, an d AN RAILWAYS.D ______ . • )s, had, after CONINERCL e aL INI'ELLIC - IZi(j:, Shr. raj , ' Rai:mum. Closing Prices Easiness done Ind weather, luba. yesterday this day. --,..........._„, CITY, Two o'CLocK. -- 3 ' 10 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. 2 0 i a letter from • Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton dr Eastn. June 5l -5/ the death of Market yesterday closed steadily but quietly, and 50 all Belfast & Ballymena ... - ... In all Birrang. Wolverh. dr of the Court last week's prices were fully maintained. The sales Stour Valley Bl - 9 ntsl discharg e . y in firing at were estimated at 5,000 bales. The Railway St. 100 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & de Lehrba ell Share Market closed quietly, without any material Cheshire Junct 67 -69 25 all Blackburn N - 9 i from 1849 to alteration in prices. 25 all Blyth & Tyne original ••• - ••. The failure has been announced at Paris of RI. St. 100 Bfi 2s stol iss dr . E a x t ef Exeter....., *. *. : - 91 Thurneyssen, a banker and sharedealer, whose St. 100 Caledonian. - 724 72 at Lubeck ° n u . the Swedis h ' liabilities are estimated at from 800,0001. to St. 1 00 Chester & Holyhead 351 - 3(4 36 50 - 1,000,0001. His connections were principally among all C or k an d B an d on ••• ••• 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass •-• - - the Polish residents in Paris, who are heavy suf- 20 all Cornwall 10 all Ds Do. B ..• 4 - t 41 - .ru 8 . tional Gazette, ferers, through the loss of money and securities -.- 400 appears t o ,b° placed in his hands. . 50 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc. •.. - ...d d yesterday a' It is evident from this failure, and other symp- 25 all Dun. P. &Aber.Junc. 81 - 9* There was 5 1 toms, that the condition of the Bourse at Paris is St. 100 East Anglian 1 2 2 ° Royal wo I iii 20 all Eastern Courtics ) n i ; tics during t'''' very depressed, and st ill suffers from the dearness and • St. 100 EasternUnion,A.stk. ? 2 , - _ s4 _ ~_ S 2s t. 1 8 0? Do. do. 8.. .... ...... 6 .. 5 . 0 - ; 35 ! *- 13 since is at V l ' scarcity of capital and the excess to which specula- Do, 'New A tion has been carried. The stupendous operations 25 17l East Kent - 71(11 . of the Credit Mobilier, notwithstanding the ela . St. 100 East Lancashire 971 - 98:; 20 all East Suffblk ...... .. ••• - ••• OMB TAX- borate and flourishing statements put forth by M. 10 4 Do. - ... 60 Pereira, the influential manager of that institution, 8 , t . . 100 1 E Er b burgh d & pe Gt e g s ow 60 -.... 62 have involved the Paris Money Market in liabili- 4. 100 Edinb.Prth.drDundee ii - 33 321 waded m e eting ties whi c h canno t easily be removed, whil e th e es t a - 0 all ForthandClydeJunc. ... - ... Ain the Tor tn , ; blishment of similar projects iu Germany and St. 100 Furness ... .. ....... - ... St. 100 Glasgow & S.Weste:a 95 - 97 1 the chair •- t a elsewhere has chiefly occasioned the general 10 all Great N. of Scot'arad 8 -8/ ares should lit Monetary disturbance lately so alarming, and still St. 100 Great Northern ... - 98 99 re-assesse 3e %St. 100 Do., A. Stock - 90 severely felt throughout Europe. The Bank of to be made' , St. 100 Do., B. Stock l2l - 123 ol France is again a buyer of gold, and it is alleged St. 100 Gt. Sth. &West. are. ) 102 - lel 103 a deficiency , ion of Thotel that contracts have already been entered into with St. 100 Great Western. ...... 664 - 67_ 661 St. 100 Do. Str.V.R. gua.St 63 - 60 Lnees diselo S .' firms here for an immediate supply of 1,200,000/. 12 all Trish South-Eastern. ... - ... •ative neces n This has naturally diminished confidence in the 5C all ,, i Lancaster &Carlisle. 70 - 74 of the mad e j 16 61 12 143 D Do o . . , N Th ew ird Th s.. i . r . d .. s ... .. .. 6 6 - - 8 8 r, early improvement of affairs in this market, be- 1 .. country, I t , cause, if such operations are resumed, and the St. 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 101/ - 1041 101} 1 on that ar e ' 16 6 Do. do. F. £l6 ... 1 - i sr present rate of exportation to India and China aiggs was o t 3 I Do. 9 Wst. Riding lin. ... - ... to Con e be continued, it is evident that we shall lose the 20 all Do. Southport. ...... ... - ... raper,re' n, however a, 05 greater part of the gold received from Australia on 14 all London . dr Blackwall 6k - 64 1 not, and t'., ~ which, in considering the' future prospects of our S I . . 1100 Lond.Bright&S.Cst. 111 - 112 111 i 1100 London &N. Western 1051 - 105' 104 5 gave no sec - , , ,s ... - ... rt. Brigs Money market, so much reliance has been placed. 20 I all Do. Fifths 10 , all D0.,10/.5h.,M&8...0 •.. .- ••• Active operations are in progress for the ship- 124' 21 Do. Eighths id - Pas 2 $ I i with the sc a , hole year. ,_ Y ,d Theta of specie to the East on the 4th proximo, St. , 100 London & S.Weat799l -99 i 99 81 / 25 all lardndrry.&Colerame ... - - ies. He baln' a `j When a very heavy remittance is expected. Large 25 all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. - ... name, and , b a , quantities of five franc pieces are arriving from St. ,100 Manch.Shef.&Lincln. 41i -- 421 42 11 26 his' own de,' 3 l ,' e Belgium for this purpose, but in the silver market 10 i 1 Metropolitan - ... i ached, untiv io 10 ' 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's here there is not much animation. arrangement - ... uptcy, whee l u a In Lombard-street and at the Bank the demand St. 100 Midland .......... - S 3, 83 21 ict collector, the e St. 100 Do. Birming.&Derby 54 - 55 for discounts is comparatively quiet. T day than 5O all Midland G.West.(lr.) ... - ... cept it 'CO S i 0 The annual meeting of the Provi nc i a l B an k o f 25 all Do. / 5hare5......... ... - .. gs then trie n tb e Ireland was held this day, Oli ver Ferrer, Esq., in 100 all Newcastle &Carlisle ... - .. 'uwent, butt the chair. The report was read by Mr. Hewat, 5 2 0 5 1 all Newptaberg.dalrfd. 16 - 161 i Newry dr Enniskillen ... - ... ianded it te'4, the secretary, and gave a highly favourable account 20 I all Newry, Warrenpoint became 1)3 0 of the state of Ireland during the past year, both 1 & Rostrcvor ... - ... g through t y St. 11.00 Norfolk. - 65 money in 1 ,1 as regards the crops, and the improved method of 50 1 31 Northn.Countiestrn 34 - 31 t ad that it sh ° 4 agriculture introduced by the Drainage Commis- St. 100 North British - 441 St. 1100 North Devon, Rail. dr ) law author i ii sioners, and now generally adopted by the small ' Dock Stock . .. - ... I paid int ° ay. farmers and landowners. In addition to the new St. kOO Do., A Stock ......... ... - --- )rs realised ' branches established at Nenagh and Templemore, at. 11.00 Do., B Stock .... ..... ••• - •• • raintenane e li. St. N.Eastern - Berwick 861 - 87/ 87 )priated ral°sl another had been opened at Carrick-on-Bair, The 25 23/ Do. do. Extension ... 30 - 3ti • ' Le was origil l p following is the account on balance-sheet :- 25 iq Dodo. G.N.E.Purch. 2 - 21 50 all Do. Leeds - 411 to 1,700 L , Il; Rest, March, 1856 - 662 661 6 and is n o " t hi Deduct dividends and bonus f0r1856 86,400 0 0 St. Ile) North London ..... - -93 reported t ° ,Ir 10 31.1 N. &S. Wstn., Ramp l fruitless OP r ii Leaving a balance of £110,387 12 4 • stead, and City Jn.. ... - .. tevenue no bs) To which add ne tp ro fit s f or ptyear 115,527 5 5 20 171 North Staffordshire.. 5 41d !vied that ' t i,,' 20 all North Western........ 7/ -8/ Rest £225,914 17 9 10 all N. &S. Westrn. June. 10 - 104 3d them t 0 e s St 100 Oxford Worcester di them that a The profits were greater than in any preceding Wolverhampton..... 30 - 31 301 1 / 1)15 20 16 Portsmouth - 5 ma the a Year, The directors gave an increased bonus of 6 Iternatives ° la 10 10 i Rhymney . • - ... Per cent., together with the usual dividend of 4 St. 100 Scottish Central lO5 - 107 ,7 for which ' . l l rt ' Per cent., in the half year, making 18 per cent. per St. 100 Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St 251 - 261 It in a co ° ),1 St. 100 Shropshire Union - 50 it allected va l al an num. The report was adopted and a vote of 10 4 ,Sitingbourne &Sheer. 3 - 2 d was deter t° l o thanks was passed to the Chairman and Directors, 50 all I South Devon.. ...... - 191 r) to bring A and to Mr. Hewat, Mr. Murray, and the other St. 1C 3 South Eastern 74 - 75 10 all Do. 41 per c. Shares ... - ... rotwithsta e „? officers of the establishment. St. 100 South Wales B6 - 87 net it, the } o c A. ,f.urther slight decline has taken place in the 20 17 S. Yorksh. River Dun 51, -46 d . 51 -46 d eat the en r c et , -20 7Do u g-ush Stock Market to-day, and its tone is still 20 a ll St a i nes,Wok.,&Wok. ... - ••• urity wha te t ti ; parliarn ell olr e xceedingly heavy. The speculators are now ope- 25 all Stockton & Darling.. , 41 - 43 25 15 Do. do , 1854 25 3 Do. do:, 18K5 - .. yof the ree d to rat ing for a fall, and are encouraged in such trap- - ••• taxes, a O l ,O l c hina by the increased exportation of silver to ... 164 Stockton & Hartlepl. ... - ... as t St. 100 * Taff Vale ) same ' h ina , and the unsettled state of affairs on the Paris-. -a taxes. B St. 100 D o . Prof., No. 1 ... - ... = B° Besides these influences, the resumption 25 22 Thames Hay. D. &R. ... - ... Of gold purchases on account of the Bank of France 20 all Vale of Neatb.... ASYLUM' 20 all Waterfd. & Kilkenny 4 - 41 18 u nfavourable. For these reasons also, many of jo! , the 50 all Waterford&Limerick ... - - , Se who bought at higher prices when the mar- 20 all West Cornwall...-. ... - ... ritoriouS Si n ell get was tending upwards, are closing their engage- 10 all West End of London Lim, whey. ' t jas and Crystal Palace 7 - 9 the install j ' dents at a loss lest quotations should descend still 5 all Do. A - 3 lower. Consols have been 931 f for money, and 931 gentlemen , r f,, 5 all Do. B, oi - 6 5/ Bass, 3 ,„, ( P a i for the account. The New Three per Cents. are 92k I, 20 all West London - ... 10 all Do. First Class - ... fanbury, 1 ,0 0 % . ! 20 all Do, Second Class ... - ... and the Reduced 92k f. The March Edwin It ' I.' Exchequer Bills are ss. premium, and the June •10 all Wmbledon&Cioydon ... - ... EL Wig al3 ' di BRITISH POSSESSIONS. I .l io tto 2s. premium. The Government braker ins, A. a at aae, o°o lB 9 Bombay, Baroda, and 0 again i nvested £30,000. [CO all Atlan. and St. Law. ... - ... de an 8 9 In the For e i gn Market the dealings have been Cen • lnd,guar.sp.c. A - i m embers °' ibi limited p , and prices ruled lower. Turkish 6 per 18 'all Do. - .. others, hid Cents. have been down to 941 il, and the 4 per 201 101 Buffalo & Lake Hur ld - par , Erse rnerea;a 100 100 Buff. , Brnt. dr Godch ta, c exits• are flat, at 1008 Sardinian Bonds are 912. parate in l ' o P 100 100 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 f " - 97 fort 3 per Ceuts. 451 2, and all the other Do. do., 1 July, '73 94 - 96 acted a e' vi Del l 100 100 Do, do., 1 June, '74 £4 - 96 Englancl, 6 44 securities are at nominal rates. 20 1 2s. Calcutta and S. East. ... - . ;wice 01l a t? s lrhe following are the nominal prices of Foreign 20 I2sBd Central Oude (Lim.) ... - ... 142 Oja i reeks ;_Grenada Deferred Bonds, 617 ; Mexican, 20 lOs Ceylon A shares •• - - trade an d i r# 0 22 23;. Peruvian 41 per Cents., 77 78; ditto 3 per 20 1 Do. B. do. .... bated .111 3 , s r It e ns., 55 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 171 all Demerara • - *** i -- ,'. an fort ' l l 2 ) Russian 5 per Cants., 105 107 ; ditto 41 6pLer. 20 2s. Eastern Bengal St. 100 East Indian 107 - 105 I 108 less fo rt- TV, 20 15 Do, C Shares l,- - lip calling- 1 14 ~C ents .3 96 98 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41f a ; ditto 100 all D 0.41 p.e.Bnds. '57 ... - ... was se ave u e a , -Deferred, 25t• i ; ditto Certificates, 61 it ; ditto 100 all Do. do. do. 's9,'do. ... - ... establish 9 I)ae2 ive, 5 1 I. , 20 all Geelong dr Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. - 201 ems (M r ; ice,, The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up St. 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canada 63 - 65 64 A t 113" Fe to this day, are in round figures as under :- 100 all Do. 6p. c. Deben 9ll - 92 911 - 11. the 10 ° 4 20 all Gt. In. Pen, g. 5 per e. 21 - 211 , 21d who ,0 1857. 1856. 20 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c. /-1 pl )y - Mr- '',. aa` o l Great Western. stance se' t tr,'£28,733 £27,033 20A all Gt. Wcstn. of Canada 234 - 2311 231 A North-Western inced th ''' a if!, 60,328 61,703 201 8 Do. New - 1 / 7 9 i trighton 100 all Do. Bds., payable '57 99 - 101 he even ' a l) ; rj Midland 31,823 32,001 100 all Do. do., '7O, p. '60...110 - 114 dressed " 0 lionth-Eastern lOO all Do. do., '73, do. ... 110 - 114 1 7, 5 33 19,194 Hanball'ece r Caledonian , cial an d ° „ ' iP t ,' °, great Northern - 108 broke %0 1 : 4 1 Lancashire and Yorkshire - 20 23,661 29,227 20 all Do do., r • 21 -21 i 6,398 6,349 20 20 10 55 os r orl D eui o o don ....0(14e3( 4thi E p E . x le , ll ,E . 2t p. e . ..n e l :. Id 7.2 Rip of the P,' - o ry Bristol and Exeter wilding - Uhester and Holyhead 6,553 7,863 2 2 0 0 5 5 5. (Limited) m guar, i te d 2 148 t Lancashire • L ancaster and Carlisle kt ~anchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 10,512 12,022 • per c. • l i - 23 p , 3. ' North London A W illi . , allorth Stafford - - )nclude a a? Eat I, FOREIrjN., I Sound ' V I ~. 0 ►n urgb and Glasgow 10 all A.ntwrp&Rotterd ar , 6t - 7 64 L25,20 61 ' 0 ,0 .e 4 r:;ber n of France Great Western of Canada. 20 18 Ardenne5......,... 12,005 16,712 ... -- e 3, 890, 00 Grand Trunk of Canada - 1 .. ; 7 RAJ 9,512 4794 e list, ) 1 5 P . , 20 16 Beziers to Gr^,: tesessu -94 li - 2 , In the Railway Share Market business generally 6 all Carmeaux"4 Toulouse -''' ther to tA lO r talela dull, and prices declined in most instances to Coal Wines and Ry. 5 - 5 2 : i 294 den an ci vi ao 20 12 Dutch Rhenish - ii,i 1 State ec e a ar,..-,, ' a. "' L L extent. Great Western, North Western, 20 all Eastarn of France [ the resl 3 ‘B.ilsa,ieedonian, and Midland, were ss. lower ; Lanca- 20 all D, O . N e w - ... hate V 20 2s. iuphratos Valley - ip , ~,`.`;l * and Yorkshire, 10s. ; and Edinburgh and ,125, 'O 6 kirlasg ow 20 18 at, Central of France 244 - 241 241 3, 270 and Lin , li. ; Brighton, Manchester, Sheffield, 20 18 Great Luxembourg.- 61 -7/ 64 7 33, 491 ' ~ c ell; North-Eastern (Berwick), and North IG 4 Italian Junction ... - ... 24, 983 , ~5L0,.... 2O all Lake Const. & Bale ... - ... a. .`" (York), improved ss. The French lines 20 all Lierre and urnhout ... - ...d 135, 43 r, we 11, 89 ' India nePressed, as also the Canadian and East 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 51 -51 p 111 5 an Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. ... - ... 13,7 19 P aris and Lyons and Northern of France ree 20 all Lyons and Geneva - 31 10,3 33Eastedel about 10s. ; Great Central of France and 20 all Nr Lyons oyE aoam.riNau erA & w: M tLr e! ga t e erran ::: --__ ... 41, 513 , erAntwe-r.pOf Prance : Great Western and Grand 74,1 5 Trunk ef . 0 - 1 ss. 7 2 3310 : all a a il l ail - - .. % .1,1'2' land ss. to 10s. ; and East Indian 10s. 8 - • 8 1 156, 451 a Were a . et Rotterdam, and Sambre and Meuse 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref 2O - 201 493, 33 ' shade flatter. ' 16 all Northern of France 3B - 38 374 085, 9 r por t Min ing 10 all NorwegianTenk.Pref 81 - 91 176, 795 Port -"fli ng Shares there is little variation to re_ an d W h l 20 all Paris and Lyons 5Bl - 581 58 4 20 all Paris and Orleans 56 - 58 ___...-<, o f ea Edwards realise si, Tin Croft a 4 aa 20 385, 1 tber, lte Great Wheal 7 ruled steady y Alfred 6to 61. St. John del 1 7 Recife & San Fran., 150 a 1174 Royalß ( o P m eni e and Frascati 7 ca p ti. c 1 . ( . 1. -- par. at 14. , a pi: o r o i t 3 , 0 DOU i l j oint -St s: virDe in e.s !re and Memo 8 - 8 ' 84 20 all Royal Danish l7 - 19 1 Ch art Sto ck Bank Shares wars dull. London larges t ars i a erect and ' e . ~to ok 58 of Australia declined 55., London Joist -IFplacurdceersna. ........ .. 4 8 1 1 i I: 118 ‘r i 9 t h e c° .4e' In ., and Ottoman Bank about ss. tnn aroa f 1 20 all Southern of France.. 31i - 31:I tion °- bar' l a the. Miscellaneous Market prices ruled lower. 128 81 an a lli ll l 10 all Do. 54 per c. Prof , 91 - 10 clis ;ail:cut! lelegraph fell 105.., London General Om -20 all W.&N.W. of France 306 - al.. the w as t ' ins taj teP ' Co. t - ; 55.. 1 aern•P i ; 94:1 20 6 Western' ofAustria par - 1 p t w its ] . p al l -_____________ 20 all (West, of Switzerland 111 La o i a IIITISH la,- 6 all Wiesbaden .......... • *:: ---- .:• i s to t o ls FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. i th ti c es Officuti Li st.) 6 1 all Do. Bp. cent. pref.:l : • WO 3° - ... 20 I el ° 8 Der 3 De ,. C°,..st• Reduced-FR.7:n x 4 vent. Consols ann , ;itios , B 3a usiness done. all Zealand .. -- _. 3asec l . 0 11 0 0; .. 921 i 1..0647,13,,p_e_r .Cont. Annuities ................................. ; At it i a ::::.. E , expire i 5' h JOINT-STOCK BANKS. is day a OO O , 1 : 1 0 1) co - 10 . all 'Australasia 87 -89 G0vef,135i007,25 181 Bank of Egypt - lidi tD` 0 0 s a • b A ... ....... ............ ..... 4 d F. ils:o.i.s.", ;::A 9 e o j On l tinu°}l.°. .................... .. . 1 8 6.13 ..... 32 '7146 100 50 Bank of London 5l - 53 tlli g 1:I" 40 all Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co ... _ ... te 19 0 50 all British N. American ... _ ... , 0 1%6 0 pea n uasauer Em s 04 d ...... ' ....... ' ..... '' 934 I 20 8 C.Bk.of Ind.Au.&Ch 11 _ Id ar t 11() aI/ 4100 0 . '" ' March. I Jun ........... -... ............ to ;0 t ,0 Small ..................................... 6 5 4 pp I 9 Pe.• - •.. - o tiell eo t t e .. .f.feef .... 0S .... por Iv FOREIGN FUNDs i'DlOO 120 Commercial of Lond. ... - ... 1 1 °° 00 255° City t l y onial vers o h aa, -48 OF ........ •••••••• 6 4 p .. A l. 8 : 4.1, 0 . 4 N s E 0'01, 3 0 P C IC . -t. ,'nese Bonds, 5 er Cent., 20 all Eng.Scot.drAus.Cht. 174 - 17 i a l no er 0 00 20 all Ldn.Ch. Bk.of Anst. 171 - 18 sir cas ° ,7B ia e :: ,,i i li t i: t i o a i nB,3so3:, 5 pe• ce. n.t.: ... C0n,... 20 all Ditto New l7 - 171 17 3 12, per Cent, . ... 20 20 London and County ~. - ... Tied, te 1a,.... it . t a Account ...... .................... 45i i 50 50 Lnd.drE.Bnkng.Corp ... - ... d tb ° I'a j a,.‘ o Account ..... ................ 50 10 London Joint Stock ... - ... 31 1 . , 13 1 01 30 4 ,:af 14' 10' 4 AZO l n s .a 6 . per cent....... .................... .. ............................ 9-1 4 1 4 i a 100 20 Lond.andWestminst. ... - ... 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. ... - ... i, Tour ,r ,-, Az th' 0 Ditt o .-. . , 20 10 Do. New .•• - ••• bro ~ ~ . valaaanteed, 4 per Cont. ........ 7, 41 - -• g a 50 221 National Bank ' w° el /"Trg ‘-'itto Account ................ ....... .. ... ---1 Dividenu an tiro a,,,..v: . p - sy"abl. . l . n . L xi. • - •.• Ann ba y a , 1 ,, O!l i, 20 all Now South Wales , 'hau l ' „ticir; 25 all Oriental Bank Corp. 401 - 411 in 0- 00 Ad - pa) 11/ 'BurPg 0 00" Consols, mono TW °. O 'CL 2° 15 Ottoman Bank OCFr. 100 25 Provincial of Ireland a . - a . . ri itte for account .............................. .93 •t a ) l o yea :00 11° 4 the sot•eitor 10 all Do. New ••• - ..• - ...• 93 3 4 5 1 R.Aus.B.&G.Im•Co a of v ti° /1 The d ...____....................._..____27......::Z. 4 a short illues(s)f England 1. James Freshfield, jun., after ••• .. - ..• t si ttlii ii° ° t o oath of M • 25 all South Australia " • 25 all Union of Australia- 55" 757 ant 0 , the Bank land was announced yestrday, ;ions " toil °. iati"o2l Do. New cor ato . • ilia loss will be deeply fret s among all go bo Union of London 6 - 7 ercial interests . 00 50 Unity Mutual .. 4 J' l ° AO Ti r ostyak o 146 d 9 - 7cl _. __ ..... LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid RAILWAYS. Leasing Companies Closing Prices yestt r lap. 100 BUckghamsh. 100 Clydesdale Jc. all Col.Stour Vy. 100 E.Lin, g. 6 p.c all E. Un. H. Sh. 100 Glas. Barr. dz Neils. Direct. 100 Do. New all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. all Hull & Selby. all Do. 1 Shares. all Do. Shares. all Lon.&Greenw all Do. Preference 100 Lon. El., &S. 5i Do. Bark. Sh. all Manch.Brion. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. N. diEst.s P.C. Do. 6 per et.. Do.Fixedsp.c Prest. & Wyre Do. i Shrs..4 Roystn.& Hit. Shrews.& Her S. Staffordsh.. WearVal.g6pc Do - - WiltsesSorarst Ln.&N.W. Cal Q don ... E. U. dr E. C Gt. Northn E. Count. Caldonian. Do. Gt. Westn . Y. lz, N.M. S. Easter n Do Peto &Co Do Ln. &N. W. & Midld. Midland... E. Count Do D 0... . Do L. diN . W Do Gt. Northn T. Brasseyl M. MCI can, Stk.&Dar d Do Gt.Westn Blyth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (issd.at 501:) Bris. &Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares.. Caledu. £lO 4A p. c. Ches. da Ho. 5j p. c. Do. do. 5 por cent Cork & Bandon 5 p. c. Dan. Perth. &Aber.J. E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pr. c. St East Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh Do. do. 4 per cent East Laucash .6 p.cts E.,(StW. York. J. sth6l Edin. do Gl. sp. c. Sh. Ed.Prth.ST,Dun.4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c 1 Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10,p. c. prem Do. 4 per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. Gt.N. ofScot.lst Pre Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt. W. ( B. &H. Ex.spc Do. con. zed. 41 p. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per )ent. Do 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Cb ebter Sp. c. P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do. Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh. Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. ,kB. C.. 5 pc. No. 1 Do. ,P., 5 p. c. St.No.2 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N.W., Coy. dr Nuneaton 5 p. ct... Lou. & S.W. 7 per ct. late 3d , Shares ... Loncly.& Color. iSh. Londy.&Ennis. 6 Sh. M., 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 3?z per cent. Maryn'. h Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4i per cent Do. do. Kid.Consol.6p.c. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 44 n, c. Prot St. Do. L. Pref: Ob. New. , Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red . 5 p. c. pm. Do. Pe-pet. 6 pr. ct. gorf k D eb. 4p. c. Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1346 Do. 5.i p.c. 131 , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. ~1847 North British .. Do. 71. Preference N.E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6pc No.l Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York EL &S. Pur North Staffordshire Ox., Wo:. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar Scot. Con t.New Pref Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. S Do. do:11 ~c. pf. St Sough Devon Do. fixed 4i rr: cent. S. Eastern (leading Ann.) or £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh. S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4i p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., sp. c Do. do. do. Stock. & Hartl. g. 5. p.c. till July 1, 'SG I Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. BRITISH ;Alfred Cons, (Philk.; ißritish Iron na ;Condurow (Ca . brn.) IDev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) l Great South Tolgus Grt. W. Alfrd. Grt.W. Vor (Helstn4 .Lady Bertha 71 'N. Ermines (Illogan) . . N.W.Basset (Illogan) 6/ . 15 North Wheal Crofty 14 Par. Cons. (St. Blasy) 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co 24 S. Caradon (St. Clear 2 S. Carn Brea (Illogn. 19 S. W. Frances(lllogn. 41 Tam. S. St L. llin. Co 9 Tin Croft 40 Un.!ainen (Gwennap 12s 6,Y. of Towoy (Camar.) 1 4 W. Basset (illogan) 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd.) 51 Wh. Basset (Illogan). 5 Wh. Duller (Rdruth). 5i Wh. EdwarcgCalstek) 1/ 7s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 8 Wh.Ma. Ann (Menht.) 4 Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 92 - 91 11 - 13 3i --: 4 i iii 6 -- lOi 12 — 1 . 2 22: 1 2 - 234 1101 106 par p 88 - C2O - T) - 1130 - 133 8 - 9 I 9 - 9A ... - 32 - 86 - PREFERENCE SHARES. FOREIGN 20 7 Australian 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued \ at £5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaes dz Cuiadi 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 14 16 14 1 4 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica 1 4d 40 all Cobra Copper 57 59 ... 16 Copiapo 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares 5 1/ Lusitanian 1 all Marignita 1 all New Granada 4— 1 all Noveau Monde 20 all Pont.Sil.l.ol.& 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. Prof 28k all United Mexican 34 4 MISCELLANEOUS. 25 19 Australian Agricult. 19 20 191 10 all Australn. Royal Mail 10 all Berlin.WaterWorks.. 4 5 50 40 Brit, American Land ... 100 32t Canada 149 - 154 St. 100 Do.Go.6pc•Jan&July 112 113 1124 1 St. 100 Dp, 6p. c.Feb.&Aufr. St. 100 D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. . . St. all Copp er Mi n. o f Eng. i 2 37 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent. 25 27 5 all Crystal Palace 2 24 2i 5 all Do. P re f erence 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 1 ••• 1 Dusjon Iron Ore ••• 2 0 18 1 F. as t ern St eam •• ••• St. 101 Electric Telegraph 94 92i 1 all Electric Tel. of Irel all En.&Aust.Cop.SmCo 1 1 . 1 10 lOs. Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel par 4p 25 'al Gen. Ir. Sc. Col.Qim.) ••• 15 1.4 Gon. Steam Navigat.l 20 5 London Discount i 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 3/ 4 3i 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig, .„. 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. _ 10 all Mexican& S.Americn 2/ 34 5 5 Nat, Discount Co lf 5 5 Do. New 10 5 Netherlands Land.— 14 10 all Do. Do. 4 3 5 all Do.B p c.PLiss.at ld. 44 41 41 5 1 Do. Do. 100 80 New B, &N. S. Land 18 22 St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. 973 1 all N. B, Australasian... - 0 all Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 9 16 1 all Oriental Gas • 12 ss. Do. New Shares p 25 all Pcelltr. Ld. & Minrl lh 2 2 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 10 Do. New 50 all Rhymney Iron 15 all 'Do. New 6 S GO 60 Royal Mail Steam 6O 62 1 all Scot. Austral. Ir vest lB 11 all Do. New S. Aus. G ov. 6 p. c.bds — 25 all South Austral. Land 34 36 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip 3 1 1 all Do. Registered 20 5 Trus, Ln, Co. Up. Can - •• • 100 t 28, 1 , Van Diemen's Land it 12 Rosiness this ay Wind S.W., rain. Arrived—Harlequin and Fanny, from Car3iff; Le Coq, Cherbourg. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind S.W.W. Arrived—Albert Gallatin, from New York; Van Gard, Mobile ; City of Brooklyn, New Orleans • Ebba Brahe, Callao ; M. ,Purwen, Rio de ' la Hache ; Ceres, Monte video; C. L. Bahr, Barcelona; Italian, screw steamer, Havre; Emilie, St. Mato; Providentia, Ostend; Mon daquis, Bilboa; Bannockburn, New Orleans, with crew of Robert Parker, from Mobile for vre, struck by light ning April 22, and destroyed. Sailed —Viscator, for Dunkirk. QUEENSTOWN, May 19. Wind S.W. Arrived—lda, from Cardenas ; Henry Lawson, from Taganrog ; Esther Ann, Pernambuco ; Pacific, Bassalia ; Arabella, Port au Prince; Julia, Callao. WATERFORD, May 11. Wind S.W. Arrived—Catherine and Mary, from Hamburg. HOLYHEAD, May 20. The Westmoreland, from Swansea, for Quebec, has put in here very leaky, having sprung a leak 600 miles to the westward of Cape Clear. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 9.52 a.m. Wind S.E. • last hour's flood; cloudy, with rain. Arrived, day 20--Isis, from Guernsey. Arrived, May 21—Adonis, from St. Petersburg; Tellich ban, Odessa. DEAL, Thursday, 9.52 a.m. Wind S.S.W., moderate. Passed—Osmanli, of Boston, U.S., from Shields, for Genoa. Sailed—Adelaide, for Port Philip. - MARKET NEWS.---(This Dap.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE . PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended May 21, 1857, - made up from the Re turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WIIEAT I BARLEY I OATS I RYE BEANS PEAS 57s 5d 43s 7d 24s 9d 41s 6d 42s 6d 40s 10d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. WHEAT I BARLEY OATS RYE I BEANS 1 PEAS 54s 7d 44s Od 23s 7d 38 s Od 40s 7d 39s 6d ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 116,811; barley, 9,108; oats, 9,457; rye, 48; beans, 6,143 ; poas, 562 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The trade generally ruled steady, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 10c1 to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 48 8d; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, May 20. —Our market was seasonably well supplied with each kind of stock, and the trade generally ruled heavy, at barely stationary prices :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d ;Mutton, 3s Gd to 5s 8d ; Lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od ; Veal, 4e Od to 58 Oa ; Pork, 48 Od to 4s 8d per -81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFOBD, May 20.—Beasts were 4d per Blbs lower, and other kinds of stock ruled heavy :—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 33 6d to 5s 10d.; Lamb, 5s Od to 6s 2d ; Veal, is 8d to 5s Od ; Pcrk, 4s to 4s $d per Sibs. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow raT,2llosio 4/ 4s ; clover do., 3i 103 to 51 0s ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 103 per load. A moderate supply. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 4/ Ss ; clover do., 3/ lOs to 5/ . os ; and straw, 11 5.3 to 11 lOs per load. Trade firm. WEITECHAPEL—Meadow hay, 2/ 8s to 41 4s ; clover do., 3/ lOs to 5/ 5s ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 Os per load. Supply good, and trade steady. It appears that the dividends paid on the estate cf Messrs. Reid, Irving, and Co., have amounted to 2s. 6d, in the pound, instead of ls. 6d., as stated yesterday. I n addition to the further sum of 6d. in the pound now de clared, it is hoped there will yet be considerable realisa tions. DR. MURATORI.—We have to announce the arrival in London of this learned gentleman, well known in the scientific) world as having been Professor of Chemistry at Palermo, and who is at present Director of the "Office Europeen," which has commenced business in Paris, and also Director of the " Societi Scientifique et Sanitaire" in the French capital. We believe the prin cipal purpose of Dr. Muratori's visit to the metropolis is to take out a patent for an invention of high importance. A POPULAR Dmusrotr,—lt is an error to suppose that a man belongs to himself. No man does. He be longs to his wife, or his children, or his relations, or his creditors, or to society in some form or other. It is for their especial good and behalf he lives and works, and they kindly allow him to retain a certain per-centage of his gains to administer to 'nth own pleasures or wants. He has his body, and that is all, and even for that he is answerable to society. In short, society is the master, and man is the servant ; and it is entirely according as society proves a good rores o ago r b od a o d r s b er a v d an m t. tt p er ue master, whether the man turns A FLEI UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.—.-When a flea is made to appear as large as an elephant, we can see all the wonderful parts of its formation, and are astonished to find that it has a coat of armour much more complete than ever a warrior wore, and com posed of strong polished plates fitting over each other; each plate coloured like tortoise•sbell ; and where they meet, hundreds of strong quills project like those on the back of a porcupine or hedgehog. There is the arched neck, the bright eyes, and transparent ears ; piercers to puncture the skin, a sucker to draw away the blood ; six long jointed legs, four of which are folded on the breast, ready at any moment to be thrown out with immense force for that jump which bethers one when we wish to catch him ; and at the end of each leg hooked claws, to 'enable him to cling tight to whatever he lights upon. A flea can leap a hundred times its own length, which is the same as if a man could jump to a height of 700 feet; and bo can draw a load 200 times his own weight, which is the same as if a man could carry from 20,000 to 30,0001b.—01d Jonathan, or the Parish Helper. MECHANICAL GENIUS. —The Patrie contains the fol. loßing :—" A youth, aged 18, belonging to a respectable family of Paris, had about a year ago been condemned for theft to five years' imprisonment. His conduct in prison being quite exemplary be gained the good opinion of the director, who soon remarked in him a peculiar aptness for mechanical contrivances. A few days ago ho begged the director to tell him what o'cl oc k i t was, that he might set his watch. You have a watch, then ?' asked the director. 'Only since yesterday, sir,' said the prisoner, and, to the astonishment of the director, produced one made of straw ! This little masterpiece is 2i inches in diameter, about half an inch thick, and will go for three hours without winding op. The dial plate is of paper, and a pretty straw chain is attached t o t h e w h o l e. The instruments and materials the prisoner had at his nom. mand were two needles, a pin, a littl e s t raw an d t h read. Several persons of distinction, moved by this surprising genius for mechanics, are now endeavouring to obtain his liberation." 11 00 54 all all all all all 100 261 13 20 St. St. 123 124 126 St. all 100 100 100 100 31 100 20 122' 25 20 25 1 10 1.0.6 100 all 100 100 all all 20 25 25 12i 12112 20 1 14s g 11/3 7 13s, 93 - 93 -, 95 5; - 6 108 - W 8 - I - _ A - i. - -72 i 113 - 115 104 - 106 100 - 102 61 -- 63 108 -- 10$ 5i -- 6i 93 -- 95 83 - 85 84 -- 86 100 -- 101 94 -- 10 161 -- 17 9, -- 101 72 74 19 -- 191 9 --91 - 141 -14 i 132 -- 134 13T - 140 114 -- 116 1154 - 156 66 - 68 129 - lii 96 - 98 86 - 88 11 - 11# fa - loi 91 - 92 1i- 1(1 id 22 —22 i - 112 - 111; - 110 is -- : 1 o 22 3 / 4 - 98 - 9i - ••• 27 2 - - 28 3r • 2i - MINES. 19 - 20 7 - 8 155 - 165 470 - 19 - 201 6 - 6i 42 - 54 - 18 - 20 20 - 22 5 - 6 22 - 23 5 - 6 330 s - 340 54 -6?, ; 309 -- 340 :if - ,200 - i - 1 30 - 32 t4O - 150 260 - 270 360 - 380 5 1 - 5 ,i 18 20 46 - 48 23 - 25 MINES. 611 1 6 i R 6 THE QUARTERLIES. --- --10,- Tice Quarterly Review. No. COIL The octave of contributions making up the con tents of the current number of the Quarterly, will be found singularly attractive throughout. We set forth with a reviewer, who leads the way, upon a Pedestrian Excursion through Switzerland.. And we end our rather discursive wanderings-afterward s (through half a dozen diversified subjects) by pausing for a while, with the reviewer, who closes the pre sent series of at ticle, in Palace-yard, Westminster—. contemplating, with this critic, the probable work now confront;ng the New Parliament ! Work which will have, sooner or later, to be got through. The "peg" for this last disquisition is (if the broken metaphor may be tolerated) of all old pegs in the wide world of politics—the well thumbed and dog's-eared Chinese Blue-book! The lucubrations suggesting. the first and rather more exhilarating topic " Pedestrianism in Switzerland," ranging from Albert Smith's well-known and rather more than "thrice told" Story of Mont Blanc, to John Ruskin's eloquent rhapsodies about Mountain Beauty in Vol. iv. of his " Modern Painters," Other wanderers in the footsteps of Dr. Syntax, in his search efter the picturesque not I , eing forgotten—Roving Englishmen like Messrs. Wills, Hudson, and Shirley—together with saun terers from France and Germany, and the eternel, inevitable and ever delightful Murray, with his scarlet Handbook. " Dred" ii afterwards re- , viewed in au article on " American Slavery"— Mrs. Beecher Stowe, being spoken of in terms well befitting one who is at once a most original ro mancer and a very practical philanthropist. We nest take a "turn" through various " Lunatic Asylums"—reminding us vividly of a Visit of Ca riosity to Bedlam, and contrasting strangely in effect with the aspect of things there mauy years ago as marked to the gaze of po3terity in a memorable picture by William Hogarth. " English Political Satires," from " The Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin" to the- last volume of "Punch, or the London Charivari," furnish the theme for an agreeable gossip,_ interspersed with many laughter-moving quotations." "Roving Life in England" proves to be not less delightful in its way than " Wander ings in Switzerland"—the critic, in this instance, directing his energies more particularly to the labour of administering a good humoured castiga tion to GeOrge Borrow, in re first of all " Lavengro," and secondly "Romany Rye ; a Sequel to Lavengro." The opening of this plea sant paper appears to us to be particularly happy, It is as follows : "Mr. Borrow is very angry with his critics. They have attacked Lavengro with much virulence and ma lice,' and he relates for their reproof a fable by Yriarte. The viper says to the'leech, Why do people invite your bite and flee from mine ?' Because,' says the leech, • people receive health from my bite and poison from yours.' There is as much difference,' says the clever Spaniard, between true and malignant criticism as be. tween poison and medicine.' This only means that Mr. Borrow prefers prai.e to censure.—that he derives plea surable sensations from the first, and such torments from the last as are produced by an acrid poison. He confesses, to be sure, that his work is full of blemishes, but the adders who sting him are blind as w e ll as d ea f, and have not detected one of them.' This is the uni versal cry of every irritated author. In whatever part the critic had fixed his fang., Mr. Borrow would, doubt less, have believed that it was not the seat of his dis order, and would have persuaded himself that be was bitten by a malignant viper instead of by a medicinal leech. He has, we suspect, the same feeling about strictures upon his writings that Old Fuller bad about mortal sickness. 'Often have I thought with myself what disease I should be best contented of. None please me.' But the wise and witty divine subjoins an obser vation which has not yet found its way into Mr, Bor row's philosophy- 4 The mark must not choose what arrow shall be shot against it.' Mr. Borrow proceeds upon the assumption that the author of a work is the best judge of its merits and defects, which, if it be true, authors ought always to be their own reviewers." If one political reviewer, in the Quarterly, has fastened thus leech-wise, or viper-wise upon China, (as already intimated), another (as John Willett, of the Maypole, would express it) has " tackled'' Persia. A topic, in its turn, now that the war with Persia has terminated, " stale, flat, and un profitable." Seven subjects we have now particu larized, and an eighth remains still to be men tioned. It is one of the best in the whole of this readable number of the Quarterly. The subject of it is "Photography." It is altogether as instructive as it is entertaining—and it is both decidedly. It gives us in a few pages a rapid ,but sufficient his tory of that New and Exquisite Art—with anec dotal memorials of the more memorable incidents marking its rise and developement. "It may not be superfluous" the writer says almost at the begin ning of his remarks— "It may not be superfluous to ail our readers to state that the whole art in all its varieties rests upon the fact of the blackening effects of light upon certain substances, and chiefly upon silver, on which it acts with a decom posing power. The silver being dissolved in a strong acid, surf ces steeped in the solution became encrusted with minnte particles of the metal, which in this state darkened with increased rapidity. These facts were first ascertained and recorded, as regards chloride of silver, or silver combined with chlorine, in 1777, by Scheele, a native of Pomerania, and in 1801, in connexion with nitrate of silver, by Ritter of Jena. Here there fore were the raw materials for the unknown art ; the next step was to employ them. And now we are at once met by that illustrious name to which we have alluded. Sir Humphrey Davy was the first to make the practical application of these materials, and to fore see their uses. In conjunction with Mr. Thos. Wedg wood, only less eminent than his brother Josiah, Sir Humphrey succeeded, by means of a camera otscura, in obtaining images upon paper, or white leather prepared with nitrate of silver—of which proceeding be has left the most interesting record in the Journal of the Royal Society for June, 1802." A little later on he continuos : " Meanwhile, in 1803, somewhat remarkable experi ments were made by Dr. Wollaston, proving the action of light upon a resinous substance known in commerce as gum guaicum ;" and in due time another workman entered the field who availed himself of this class of materials. The name of Joseph Nic6phore de Niepce is little known to the world as one of the founders of the now popular art, his contributions being exactly of that laborious and rudimental nature which later inventions serve to conceal. He was a French gentleman of pri vate fortune, who lived at Chalons-our-Saone, and pur sued chemisty for his pleasure. Except also in the sense of time, be cannot be called a successor to Davy and Wedgwood ; for it is probable that the path they had traced was unknown to him. Like them, however, he made use of the camera to cast his images ; but the sub stance on which he received them was a polished plate of pewter, coated with a thin bituminous substance. His process is now rather one of the curiosities of photogra phic history ; but, such as it was, it gained the one im portant step of rendering his creations perman-ent" Again, still later, it is added : " In the meantime the indicretion of an optician re vealed to the philosopher of Chalons the fact that M. Daguerre, a dioramic artist by profession, was pursuing researches analogous to his own in Paris. This led to an acquaintance between the two, and finally to a legal partnership in the present pair.s and possible profits of the new art. M. Niepce died in 1833 without, it seems, contributing any further improvements to the now common stock ; and M. Dagueire, continuing his labours, introduced certain alterations which finally led to a complete change in the process. Suffice it to say that, discarding the use of the bituminous varnish, and substituting a highly polished tablet of silver, he now first availed himself of that great agent in photographic science, the. action of iodine, by means of which the sensitiveness of his plate was so increased as to render the production of the image an affair of fewer minutes than it had previously been of hours. At the same time the picture, still invisible, was brought to light by the application of the fumes of mercury, after which a strong solution of common salt removed those portions of the surface which would otherwise have continued to darken, and thus rendered the impression permanent. "Hera, therefore was a representation obtained in a few minutes by a definite and certain process, which was exqui,itely minute and clear in detail, capable of copy. log nature in all her stationary forms, and also true to the natural conditions of light and shade." Had we space for so doing, we would gladly mul tiply our extracts from this delightful chapter on Photography—but must now content ourselves with but one other quotation. It is this. Quotla the Reviewer in the Quarterly : " 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 Fox Talbot the great luminary concentrates his gaze for a few earnest minutes ; with the albumen sheathed glass he takes his time more leisurely still; but at the delicate film of colodion—which hangs before him finer than any 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 preci sion 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." It need hardly be added, after our extracts, that any reader may count upon perusing with pleasure this admirable little treatise upon Photography. PRESENT TO THE QUEEN FROM THE KING OF PORTUGAL. —His Majesty the King of Portu gal has just sent over to this country a present of cattle of a very peculiar breed to her Majesty Queen Victoria, consisting of s bull, two heifers, and a bull calf. The animals are of the most perfect symmetry, and very diminutive, stand ing scarcely 40 inches high ; they are of a du* colour, and in fine condition. The cows are very docile, but the bull, on being driven from the station to Prince Albert's model farm at Frogmore, where they are now installed, exhibited a disposition rather the reverse of that of his companions, by tossing an unfortunate donkey about his own size which happened to come in his way. These Lilliputian animals much resemble the Alderney or Jersey breed, 1-I.t Near to be scarcely mere thin half iize.