The Sun. — London, England, 1857-08-15 00:00:00

( liP. -D COlll ) roads a trial derfui ?poin as let which le the ivets. tinned .lasted rs may of this in ex- wisted. A Prf ING. CApt. e Sits- screw r Nod icir rc. ie tele repurt to four about Ince of dtntia. ?.a, and and )etim©s ed was e than erefore ,ad the )cad on heavy ant was .0 from creased in the by her pat t- iagara's )yelops, tia, and Tree re- t 2,000 E.S.E., 'wing at 1. The ,ral opi for alio cpressed The isidered that the was ap- T R E entirely n prora -1 on the I Flower will be 220 feet L House, , tnpleted I jesty's entrance w-street, spacious Queen's Inicating retiring th Hart her with ucted of used in luseuna, for such he upper be re ntire re ,ridgr the tiug Light and 'umns in D will be n is in- nit of re as occa- rt room, .uditory. ntrance, that no le. The ill com pit, and so as to and will Gye's red by a pan, the stalls for produc ,he mar n Bow er from -garden. )repared T whose • Messrs. 1, Lam- RKS. of the hfildhall .e board answer munica- •essed to ig when eive his Igo sub ) would, itten t• ,ersisted discus. ion was to no nmittee ►ken for '41., the agreed a which -ark 6,8201.; w& put ;b it ect's K. Princess ky even •rt-road, COWER. he Pearl Bts from lived up t- wharf, by the ade, by ror and ae-Com le club ral viei• aadron• High nought ding at n from old take ng who )e paid esented in the to be n, and TO Os ty the :ks this n yacht visit to Leve, of return a storm good is Theux Reid MONEY VIAR] ET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Accounts from Liverpool mention that the Cot ton Market closed firmly, and prices of all descrip tions were unaltered. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed quietly, and prices are at a slight decline. The Colonial Produce markets closed yesterday With a heavy appearance. Sugar further receded, making the decline on the week about 24. 6d. to 3 V• per cat. Cocoa was firm, and also tea, while coffee was at a slight improvetneet. After the re cent advance, saltpetre has been quieter. A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Forster, Rutty, Hall, and Co., warehousemcn, who lately foiled, has been held, and the balance-sheet pre sented was very unsatistiory, showing a defi ciency of assets compare& th liabilities of neatly 3 8,0001. A dividend of 59. or 63. in the pound is expected, and it has been reserved to wind up the affairs of the house under inspection. The Bulk of England Return for the week ending the Bth inst., although showing an increase in he reserve of notes, is considered rather unfavoure.bla. There is a small decrease in the bullion, and a large ad(liton to the securities, with a falling off in the private deposits. At the same time, however, a large augmentation in the public deposits is noticeable, which partly accounts for the pressure on the est:tblishinent. The principal items, and the 1111 auges they present, aro as subjoined : Active Circulation Decrease 358,540 Bullion Decrease Rest Increase Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits Decrease Seven• Day and other Bills 736,352 Decrease Government Securities kra Decrease Other Securities Increase Notes unemployed Increase 321,810 The official return of the exports of bullion from th e port of London for the week endicg Thurs day last is as follows : Gold Coin ... Boulogne ... 146 Oze, ... Belgium ... 3,000 „ t,, Bars ... Belgium ... 23 ~ ... Boulogne ... 29 , 000 „ S'i ' ver Coin ... Hamburg ... 800 „ Boulogne ... 40,800 „ Money is still obtainable on the best descriptions of mercantile paper, at a fraction below the Bank sate. The Funis continue buoyant, and speculation for a rise is still prosecuted with vigour, notwith standing the unsettled state of the weather and the A ccumulation of securities at the Bank. The easier state of the Money-market, and the expec tation that the next accounts from India will be more favourable, asst in promoting the im provement. Consols for money have risen to 9( 4) 91, and 911 while for account they have been firm at 9la 1. The New 3 per Cents, have been 91i I ; and the Reduced 91 4 Bank Stock is 2151 ; Exchequer Bills are firmer, being 4s. discount to par ; and the Bonds 98 1. India Bonds are marked 20s. to 18s., dis count being higher. Businessinthe foreign market has been rather active, and prices have generally advanced. Turkish 6 per Cents. have risen to 95a a, and the 4 per Cents. ate 99 Spanish 3 per Cents. are 40 to 40f ; the New Deferred, 25 ; the Passive, 6, and the Certificates 5g- g, being firmer. Russian 41 per Ceuta. have been dealt in at On Sardinian at 89 i. Mexican at 22i. Chilian 6 per Cents. at 1031, and Brazilian 1021. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 ; Mexican 3 per Cents, 221 a; Peruvian 41 per Cents. 81 82 ; ditto 3 per Cents., ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 4 45 k ; Russian 5 per Cants., 112 114 ; ditto 4 per Cents,, 97 99 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 391 40i ; do. new Deferred, 25 25k ; do. Passive, 5i 6. There has been a large businoss transacted this ni 'rning in the Railway Share Market, and an im provement of about I to 1 per cent. has been es tablished in the values of most of the leading nn dertakings. Eastern Counties, Great-Western, North-Eastern and York, North Stafford, advan ced 58 . ; Caledonian, Brighton, Manchester, Shef field, and Lincoln, North-Eastern, Leeds, and South-Eastern, 10s. ; Great Northern and Mid land, 11. ; Great-Western, North-Eastern, Ber wick, and Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 1/, 10s. The French lines are quiet, but Dutch- Rhenish improved 10s., and Sambre and Meuse, 10 8. East Indian have advanced 1/. ; Great Indian Peninsula, ss. ; and Grand Trunk of Canada, about 10s. Great Western of Canada are steady. Mining Shares are dull. Wheal Edwards were dealt in at 51. A very limited business was clone in Joint Stock Bank Shares, Oriental Bank, Ottoman Bank, and London Joint Stock Bank realised previous rates. In the Miscellaneous Market there is very little Variation to report in prices. Electric Telegraph are D OW quoted 100 ex dividend. lIIIITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY (Iron the Official List.) Businers dere. B. 'nit Stock . .......... . 21 51 8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9IA i i 1 per Cent.. Console Annuities 9 l' 90i 1k ~.New 3 per Cent. Annuities 91?) A $ i 1 4'.1a . Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... 2 7.16 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Jan., IS6O 2 3-16 ladia Bonds, £1000 )itto, nnder £ lO OO 2O d C A Rol p for Account 22 cd °quer Bills, W. Eh.) , t; ill. ... vsOtt 8 -all. . :Fxchequer Bonds, 1858,3/ per Cent.... Ditto, 1659 PRICES OFIFOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Brazilian 5 per Cent. Milian Bonds, 6 per Cent lo3i Ditto 3 per Cent Mexican 3 per Cent -- Ditto Account 22/ Portuguese Bonds, syer Cent., Con. 1841 -- Ditto 1853,3 per Cent 451 Rus3ian Bonds, 1522, it St., 5 per Cent — Ditto, 41 per Cent. 9B Ditto Small Sardinian Bouts, 5 per Cent. . ......... . Bio , niEh Bonds. 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Dittc f ew Deferred, 3 per Cen'. Ditt, Passive 6 Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 57 nikieh Bonds, 6 per cent D tto Account out° Guaranteed, 4 per Cont. Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable In London. Dutch Emclulnge, 2 6 perer Cell, 12 Guilders Do. 4 ..:tr cent. Cites Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK, Consols, money Consols account NEcx BROKEN IN KISSING.—On Tuesday night, a 'girl of 17. residing in Bridgegate, Glasgow, narsed Catherine Burt, bad her neck fractured in a struggle arising from a young man babying attempted to kiss her. No extra violence, it waAaid, had been used. Dr. M`Gill reported that the injury sustained appeared to be partial dislocation of one of the vertebra of the neck, causinz great difficulty in respiration and swell >wing, be presumed from pressure on the respiratory nerve. She now lies in a dangerous st a t e .--North British, Mail. 1 THE CONDEMNED CONVICTS AT MAIDSTONE.—Yeater7 day a special warrant was issued to the sheriff of Kent for the execution of the culprits Fox and Edwards, now lying under sentence of death in Maidstone gaol for the ii crime of murder, and they will accordingly be executed 1 there on Thursday next, the 20th instant. NATIONAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN.—Th e reconstruc tion and enlargement of this building is proceeding ra pidly, from the design of Finch Hill, Esq., architect, St. Swithin's-lane. It interior is to be decora'ed in the most I elaborate style, and when completed it will be one of the largest and most magnificent music halls in Lond on . 1 Its internal dimensions in the clear are as follows—viz"., 1 the length 103 feet, breadth 40 feet, height, 35 feet.— uilding Neils. THE FIRE AT DANTZIC. — The injury caused by th e late fire at Dantze is not so extensive as was at first feared. The fire commenced in a timber 'yard our- 1 rounded by large sheds, and from tale extreme dryness of the materials and a high wind, spread very rapidly. Several public edifices ere at one time in great danger, but some houses having been pulled down the progress of! the flames was arrested. The thirty houses which r, have been destroyed were principally cccupied by the 1 Working ()Wm who have boat all they poeseued. 11 rtiE SUN LoNDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1857 Mr I Pail! Leasing companies Closing Prices this day Business this dear 91 - 96 ii - ii 'ii L - .ii 166 12 12 23 98 100 id P 2i 91 51 1 1 7 19 S gi 8 i -9; - .. 31 - 3 'i 86 - 88 rk SHARES. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. --e.- GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Yesterday the ordinary half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Bristol ; the Hon. F. G. B. Pousonby, the chairman of the company, pre siding. The - CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report and accounts. Lord DARLINGTON (the Deputy Chairman) se conded the motion. Mr. MALINS proposed an amendment as follows : " That so much of the report as provides for the payment of a dividend of per cent. be confirmed (though, for one, he th')ught it would be better not to pay any dividend) ; but that the .re mainder of the report, together with the accounts, be referred to a committee of six proprietors, with power to examine all books and documents, and to call for the services of the °facials in possession thereof, and to report thereon at a special meeting to be convened by the directors on their request to receive the same. A lung discussion ensued, at the termination of which, Mr. MALINS refused to withdraw his amendment, and The CHAIRMAN put the question, when the ori ginal motion, adopting the report, was carried by a large majority. A resolution confirming the dividend of 4 2 per cent. for the half year was then put and carried, and a vote of 40,0001. was taken for new locomotive plant and other purposes. • The meeting then separated, without the usual vote of thanks to the chairman and the board. sH.A.2.E MAR,KETS—CiIis Day.) RAILWAYS. ir. raid RAthwAre. Closing Trice+ this day Business done this day. 21 101Ambe;. Nottng. Bost. Eti Elatn June all •Belfast & Ballymena .3i all !Birmng. Wolverh. Stour Va11ey......... >t. 100 1-lirlconlyl. Lanesh. & cllicsbiro June. 25 all Blackburn 25 all 131yth & Tyne origina , . £25 (iss. at £45) St. 100 Bristol & Exeter St. 100 Caledonian St. 100 Chester & Holyhearl 50 all Cork and Bandon 20 all Boric, Black. & Pass 20 all Cornwall 10 all 101 8 Do. B 50 45 IDublin&BelfastJunc 5 all I Dnn. P. &Aber. Jun , t. 100 Eat Anglian 9 1 all Eastern Counties 3t. 100 EasternUnion,A.stk It. 100 Do., do. B I 5 8? Do. New A 5 17'East Kent . it. ,100 Bast Lancashire !O 1 all Suffolk ........ .0 1 4 Do. it. !100 ,Ed inburgh & Glasgow 0 1 all !Edinb. and.Peehles t. 100 ,Edinb.Prth. &Dundee 0 all Forth•andClydeJunc. a. 1 100 IFurness ....... . it. 1100 Glasgow & S.Western A . ) j all Great N. of Scotland it. 1100 !Great Northern it, ,100 !Do., A. Stock it. !100 !Do., B. Stock St. 100 'Gt. Bth. &West. (Ire. ) St. .100 Great Western. :100 , Do. Str.V.E gua. St all :Irish South-Eastern I all 'Lancaster &Carlisle. 14: Do., Thirds 12 :Do. New Thirds ... 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 6 Do., do. F £l6 ... Do., Wst. Riding Un. all Do. Southport all London & Blackwall 100 Loud .Rright.&S.Cst. 100 London &N. Western all De. Fifths all Do. ,161.5h.,M&8 0 5 Do. Eighths 100 London & S. Western ' all LndndrTy.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 'Manch Shef. &Linen. 1 Metropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement ,100 Midland ....... 100 Do. Birmiag. Derb), all Midland G.West.(lr.) all Do. A Shares ..... all Newcastle &Carlisle all Newpt.Aberg.&llrfd 9 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor 100 N0rf01k...... ..... I 3 Nordin. Counties Un 100 North British 100 North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock ...... 100 Do., A Stock 100 Do., B Stock . 100 N. Eastern Berwick all Do. do. Extension 16,1 Do do. G.N.E.Purch. all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York [OO North London. 31.1 N.& S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn 17 North Staffordshire all iNorth Western.. all IN. &S. Westrn. June :100 :Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 16 , Portsmouth 10 IRhymney 100 :Scottish Central 100 !Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St 100 Shropshire Union 6 ,Siting,bourne &Sheer all :South Devon 100 :South Ea5tern...... ... all Do. 4i per:. Shares 100 :South Wales. all S. Yorksh. River Dun 10 Do ........ . ..... all l Staines,Wok.,&Wok. all 'Stockton & Darling.. 15 Do. do., 1854 5 , Do. do., 1855 16:Stockton & Hartlepl 100 :Taff Vale 100 'Do. Pref., No. 1 ..... 22 ,Thames Hay. D. &R ;0 all 'Vale of Neath... 0 all ; Waterfd. & Kilkenny i 0 all I Waterford&Limerick 0 all West Cornwall.. .0 all ,West End of London' and Crystal Palace 5 all Do. A 5 all i Do. B !O all :West Loudon LO all Do. First Class 30 all Do. Second Class LO , all :Wmbledon &Croydon 13RITISTI all Atlan. and St. Law. 9 Bombay, Baroda, and CenJud,guar. 5 p.c. all Do. 10A Buffalo & Lake Hur 100 Buff. , Brnt. & Godch 100 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 100 Do. do., 1 June, '74 2s. Calcutta and S. East. 1 2sgcl Central Oude (Lim.) 10s Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. all Demerara 2s. Eastern Be n g al 100 East Indian 15 Do. C Shares all D 0.4 A p.c.Bnds.,'s7 all Do. do. do., '59, do. all Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent 100 Gd . Trunk, of Canada all Do. 6p. c. Deben all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pert. 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c. all Gt. Wcstn. of Canada 10. Do. New all Do. Bds., payable '57 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73, do. all Do. do., '73, without . option all Madras, guar. 4i p.c all Do. do., 5 per c. 10 Do. 44 p. c. Exton. 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. 5 Do. 4th Ex., do ss. Onde (Limited) 5 Scinde, guar. 5 per c a ll Do FOR LO all N 3 18 5 all ?,0 16 6 all Antwrp 86 Rotterdam Ardennes. ........... B e l g i a n East. Junct. Reziers to Graissessac Carmeaux&Toulouse Coal Mines and By. Dutch Rhenish ...... Eastern of Franco ... ',CI 1 12 IA I all :0 all !O 2s. !O 18 20 4 20 all 20 all Do. New Euphrates Valley .•• Gt., Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. St Bale Lierre and Turnhout O 6 5 all O all 'AiII all 13 -11 Lombardo-Venetian Lucca & Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran, 'Maria Ante-aia a. .0 I all Dcr. New !O all tO all 1.6 all LO all Namur & Liege ..... Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref, orthern of France. NorwegianTrnk. Pre' I__ N 3 all Paris and Lyons 10 all Paris and Orleans 10 7 Recife & San Fran , (Fermin.) g. 7 p. c• LO 7i Rome and Frssw.ti 20 ali Royal Danish 5 all Royal Swedish 20 all Sambre and Meuse 10 all - )o. 5 i per cent. pref. 20 all South ern o f F ranc e ,81 all West Fl an d ers 10 al Do. 5i per c. Prof 20 all IW. & N.W. of France 20 6 Western of Austria 20 all West. of Switzerland 6 all Wiesbaden . ........... 6 all DO.B p. cent. p re f. 20 all Zealand ......... .. ..... JOINT-Si all . (Australasia 5 18 i Bank of Egypt 10 50 Bank of London kl all Bri. Col. Bk.dt Ln. co if) all British N. American i 0 8 IC.Bk.of Ind.Au.&Ch 100 50 pity O 25 .Colonial K) 20 Commercial of Loud. O all Eng.Scot.StAus.C h t . 0 all Lon. Ch. Bk of Aust. !O all Ditto New ... . 0 20 London and County 50 Lnd.&E.Bnkng.C or p 0 10 London Joint Stock.. O 20 Lond.andWestminst . O 35 National Pro. of Eng. O 10 Do. New. . . ........ O 22. National Bank ...... 0 all New South Wales Oriental Bank Corp Ottoman Bank Provinc'al of Ireland Do. New R. Ans. B. &G. Im.Co South Australia Union of Australia— Do. New Union of London 5 all 0 15 10 15 LO all 5 1 15 all 15 all i 0 1 0 10 50 ►)~0 87 89 - 2 i d 47 49 lf id 64 66 17i -18 i :14 35 36 Par 33 - 34 f)1, - 52, 6 - 7 Unity Mutual Noftrak of Load l2 5i - 54 8i - 9 67 - 69 ri - Si 88 - 90 78} - 781 :35 - 36 - ... 5 4 - 9 - 10 19.4 - 11; -11 i ... -. R 7 a 96 97 -- 6 ii : iii 100 102 8 9 96 —97 i 90 92 (21 123 102 lot 53 53 63 65 70 - 74 6 - 8 p 6 - 8 p 99 -99 i # i - # 5i - 6-h 101 - 106 ,1024 - 103 ... ..." .. -- lid 941 95,, 39 - 40 81i - 55 - 56 ; iii = is 63 - 65 454 - 463 95 96 231 24 2i lid 41, 45 1 771 78. 95 97 - 4 4' 7 - 8 10 - 101 32 - 33 6i - 5.1(1 104 -- 106 24 -- 25 48 -- 50 3 -- 2 d IGi -17 i, .31. 99 91 1 14A --15. :1; 5i 4Ad l 9 li 40 42 21i -21 i 3i - 4 7 - 3 - 5} - SSESSIONS i d par 4i 4d 188 92 85 90 85 90 li - li I 101 102 par -- d 201 -- 20i 1 50 -- 52 85 -- 87 19i -- 201 2k_ 21 pa 99 -- 101 105 -- 110 105 -- 110 106 -- 103 19 -- 1 20i 1i -- d d -- par d parj -- ••• - lip ;lON. - .. - ... 1 - I,i ~ ....' ... 4A - 5 4 - 27i -27 i - 23i - - 21 7 ...•i 4p ...... ...s. g ... -- •• 26i 27.. ••• - 19 - 1971 34i -34 g 3 9 61 3 3 0 6) 57 - d Pa: ••• ••• 16 - 18 # - 1 74- 8 - 26 - 26; - 5 9 - 94 28 - 29 qi BANKS. RAILWAYS. It. 100 M. 100 it. 100 5 all ;t. 1.00 It. 100 all i 0 all Bnckghamsh. IClydoeule Jc. !Col.Stour Vy. i 1 , 1. Lin. g. 6 p.'. IE. Un. 11. Sh. Glas. Barr. Neils.Diroc t Do. Naw 'Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hull dr Selby Do. A Shares 12A all Do. I Shares. 12i all I Lou. & G reenw 20 all Do.Preforence St. 100 'Lon. Til., &S. 1.0 7i Do. BArk. Sh. 5A,! all liancli.Bxton. I and Matlock St. 1100 !Mild. Brad fd 6il 541Newmarket ! 50 1 all IN. &Est .5 p. c. 50 all !Do. 6 per et 50 all ,Do.Fixedsp.c 25 ! all !Prost. & Wyre 12A! all l I Do. A Shrs. A St. 100 ,Roystn.di Hit. 10 all Shrews. Sr., Her 12 all 'S. Staffordsh 50 all !WcarVal.g6pe 25 all Do.. St. 100 Wilts&Sornrst 263 13 20 St. St. 12i 12i 1211 St. I rt.w PREFEREN all IBly th and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (issd. at 501.) 100 Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. St. 5 IDo. 4 per c. Shares , 100 ,Caledn..£lo 43 p. c 100 iChes. & Ho. 56 p.c 100 Do. do. 5 per cent all Cork &Bandons6p. c all IDun.Perth.&Aber.J 2 [E. Anglian Cls. ASh 1.00 Do. do. Ole. 11 6p. c 100 Do. do. Cls. C7p. c all Eas.Co.Ex,sp.eNo. l all Do. No. 2 ......... all IDo. New 6 pr. c. all East Un., G. 6 p. c. all IDo. 51., 10 per cent. all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. all Do. do. 4 per cent ) ,' 00 East Lane ash .6 p . cts all E.&W. York. J. sthe 5 Edin. & Gl. sp. c. Sh. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. 1100 Furness, sp. c 400 Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem [lOO Do. 46 per cent 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p, c. prom. all Gt.N. of Scot.lst Pre 100 Gt. S &W. (Ireland) 15 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spe 100 Do. co - red. 46 P.C. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. C. 100 Do. irred. 4 per lent. 100 Do sp. c. red. pref. all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh„. all Do.ChesterBp.c.P.S. all Do. do. 5 p. c. do 1100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk all Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh all Do. do. do all Do. do. do 1100 Lan. & York. 6 pc. St 1100 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc.No.l 'lOO D0.,P., 5 p.e.St.No.2 1100 Do. New Guar. 6p.c.1 100 Do. do. sp. c., No. 41 100 Lon. & N.W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. et 100 Lon. & S.W. 7 per ct. late 3d Shares all Londy.& Color. 6 Sh. all Londy.&Ennis. A Sh. 1100 M., S.,&L. 6p. Cent. 43 Do. do. do. £6 . 100 Do. do. 3,} per cent. all Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.c. all Do. 46 per cent 10? Do. do. 100 Wid.Consol.6 p.c. St 100 Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c 100 Do. 46 p. c. Pref. St 100 Do. L. &H. Pref. St all New.,Aber., &c., pr 1 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm 8 Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et '' all Norfk .Deb. 4 p.c. Sb 100 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 100 Do. 5A p.c. pf , 1847 1100 Do.Wv.V.sp. ~1847, 100 North British 3A Do. 71. Preference 100 N.B. Berw. 413. e. Prf.l 83 Do. do. do 13 Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 9 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 10 Do. York H.& S. Pur. all North Staffordshire 100 Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 61 p.c., Ist guar. 100 Do. .c. 2d guar all Scot. Cent. New Prof. 100 Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. 100 Do. d 0.36 p.c. pf. St all South Devon all Do. fixed 4, pr cent all S. Eastern (Reading' Ann.) of D. Os. 6d. 100 Do. 4A per cent 100 Do. Fixed 46 p.c. Sh 100 S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c 1100 Do. do. 46 p. c all S.Yorksh.4 p.c. Guar all Stock. &Dar., sp. c 15 Do. do. do. all Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p.c. till July 1, '56 ell IWaterfd&Kilk. 6 pc. 25 10 Ln. &N. W. Caladon E.U.&E.O Gt.Northn E. Count. Calclouian. Do. qt.Westn. V. & N.M Do Do S. Eastorn Do Peto d; Co Do rte. &N. W & zstidid, E. Count Do D 0... Do W. &N. W Do Gt.Northn T. Brasseyl M. MCloan Stk.&Dar Do BRITISH 12112 Alfred Cons. (Philk.) 14 British Iron 20 Condurow (Cambrn.) 1 Dev. Gt. Oasis. (Tay.). 14s: Great South Tolgus 1113 Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) 7 Grt.W. Vor (1Iolstn.) 13s Lady Bertha 74 N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.Basset (Illogan) 6115 North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co 2 S. Caradon (St. Cleer 2 S. Cara Brea (Illognl 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn. 4i Tam. S. Sy L. Min. Co 9 Tin Croft 40 Un.Minets (Gwennap) 1256 V. of Towcy (Camay. ; 14 W. Basset (Illogan) 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd.) 5h Wh. Basset (Illogan). 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth). 5i Wh. Edward(Calstek 117 s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant 3 WhiSla.Ann (Menht.' 4i Wh. Trelawney (Lis. 10 all :0 15 1 4 2 1 t►ll ,I 0 all 3 all 5 1 1. all 1 all 1 all 10 all 1 all 1 all 1 all 18i all FOREIGN Australian Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm) Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Cobra Copper Copiapo Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada Noveau Monde Pont.sil.Ldßf.&Smll Port Philip Santiago do Cuba 4 outh Australian Do. Scrip Do. 10 p. c. United Mexican MISCE: Australian Ag,ricult. Anstraln, Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Canada Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July Do , 6 P. o.Feb.&Ang. D 0 .6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Prof * 7 5 P. cent Crystal Palace Do. Preference Crystal Pal, of France Duston Iron Ore Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Electric Tel. of Irel En. &Aust.Cop.SmCo Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. Gen. Ir. Sc. Gen. Steam Navigat. London Discou n t Loud. Gen. Omnibus Magdalena St. Navig. Mediteran. Elec. Tel. Mexican & S.Americnl Nat. Discount Co. ~,I Do. New Netherlands Land 1 Do, Do. Do.B p c.Pf.iss.at 1 d.' Do. Do. New ii. &N. S. Land N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. 13. Australasian...l Nrth.ofEuropeStearn Oriental Gas Do New Shares Peellir. Ld. & Minrl ..1 !Peninsular & Oriental 10 -_ Do. New . Rhymu cy Iron I Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest 'l Do. New S. Aus, Gov. 6 p.c.bds South Austral. Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. Registered Trus. Lo. Co. Up. Can. Van Dlomon's 6 ::: bi 66 :--- 97 5i = 6 11 - 115 12 - 116 - 121 - 12 iCt - i' 116 1105 - 107 1100 - 102 60 -- 62 10} -- 10,),-1 Fig- 6 92 -- 94 82 - 84 83 -- 85 98 -- 103 9i -- 10 16i -- 17 Oi -- 10 70 -- 73 18} -- 19 9i -- 96 I 131 -- 144 '135 - 139 113 - 115 L 53 -355 ti - ill 64 - 66 .30 - 132 97 - 99 87 - 89 ii -7- ri 3 liiii = iiii iii 95 14 ld ... - v• 1 22 -22 i 14 - 116 .00 - 102 • .... • • • 13 7= 19 22i - 23 98 - 100 95 - 100 26 - 27 16 -23 p 21 - MINES. 16 - 17 6 - 7 130 - 140 430 - 410 16 - 17 71 - 7 1 3 - 4 9 - 11 13 - 19 3 - 4 20 - 21 5 - 6 1$ - 1315 - 325 5 - 6 - 285 -- 295 1i 1$ 4 - 4i - 1 26i -27 i 115 - 125 223 - 230 290 300 51 - 5i 22 24 48 - 50 23 - 25 MINES. i - i li - 2 •.• 11 - 13 42 44 10 12 i id' 71 7i N- p - A 8 d - 6 ::: 7 ''ii ii ii 1 ii .ANEOIJS. 21.4 - 22i1 4i - 5 35 - 40 138 142 11.12 - 113 30 - 35 25 27 li - li 4fi 4i 99 7101 - - 3A ••• 3 36 3 36 1 A c t 18 22 97 93 l 84 94 lh 11 67 69 4 4ip 21 23 51 g 0 1 1 1 1# 106 -• 108 32 - 34 - 1 i - 1 ..• ••• 11 12 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the cba;r at tevelva o'cl)ek. NEW PALACE YARD. - - Mr. CONOLLY asked the First Cotnmissioner of Works whether his attention had been drawn to the present arrangement for ingress to and egress from New Palace Yard, and whether it was not possible to effect some improvement in the same? Sir B. HALL said this was the first complaint he bad heard against the present arrangement. He would make enquiries, and if he found inconvenience arose from them, he wool I do his best to have them altered. MR. GLADSTONE AND THE " MORNING POST." Mr. GLADSTONE explained that last night, in refer ence to his complaint against the Morning Post, in using the word " falsehood," he did not intend it to ape]; as a wilful fabrication on the part of the writer, but sqnply that the statement was untrue. SCOTCH CONFIRMATIONS. Mr. HADFIELD asked whether it was the intention of the Lord-Advocate to bring in a bill to remove the present legal difficulties that prevented Scotch confirma tions having operation over the estates of deceased persons in Scotland, and also whether he intended to introduce a measure to extend the operation of Riglish and Irish probates over the property of deceased persons in Scotland The LORD-ADVOCATE said it was his intention next session to introduce such a measure. BEVERLEY ELECTION. Mr. J. LOCKE (Southwark) presented a petition from Mr. E. A . Glover, late member for Beverley, praying the house to direct an inquiry by a select com mittee, or some other tribunal, whether the petitioner, on the 28th of March last, was possessed of a sufficient crialifleation to be returned for Beverley. The petition was founded on the report of the election committee, calling the attention of the Attorney-General to the evidence taken by the committee relative to the ques tion of qualification. The SPEAKER said the committee had already de cided the question, and that consequently the petition could riot be received. (Hear, hear.) The petition was then withdrawn. The Charitable Acts Continuance bill was read a third time and passed. The Mutiny (E t t India) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Parochial Schoolmasters (Scotland) (No. 2) Bill was also read a third time and passed. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BEGGING IMPOSTORS.—This day John Collins and J. Mayn, two notorious begging impostors, were brought up in the custody of Hewitt and Shargold, officers of the Mendicity Society, charged with begging. Hewitt stated that in the course of the previous afternoon he was in St. James's-street with his brother officer, when he saw the prisoners, who were soliciting charity from various persons. He followed them, and saw them go into the Guards Club-house, Pall-mall. When they returned, he, knowing that Collins had been several times convicted for begging, took him into ens tody. The other prisoner was apprehended by Shargold. On searching Mayne a petition was found, in which it was stated that the petitioner was a widow, and that a few months ago she had lost her husband, who was run over and kil'ed i❑ the street. She alleged that she was left with five children, and solicited the support of the benevolent. On the petition wasthe nameof Mr.Laye, 133, Pall-mail. He (Hewett) went there, and found that the prisoners ha I called with the petition, and that they had obtained 63. (The petition was produced. There were several signatures attached to it, with: the respec tive sums given by each contributor ) John Osborne, servant to Mr. Laye, proved having given ss. to the prisoner. Hewett stated that Collins had been five times con victed for begging at different police-courts. The prisoners were sent severally for three months with hard labour to the House of Correction. A DANcEIIOI/5 FBEAt.—Sarnuti Watson, a young man, was charged with the following offence : It appeared from the evidence that about 1 o'clock this morning the prisoner went to the house No. 12, King-street, Bad got into it. As soon as he entered he went to different rooms and called out " Fire I" The inmates got up, and some of them rushed to the win dow, calling out " Fire !" and "Police 1" The prisoner afterwards went into the street and exclaimed "Fire, fire 1" The pe.lice came and a crowd collected, when, it being ascertained that there was no fire, the prisoner was apprehended and taken to the station-house. He was held to bail, himself in 201, and two sureties of 101. each, to keep the peace for three months. THAMES. ATTEIMTEI ♦T SUICIDE —Sarah Freeman, a woman of the town, aged 28, and reeiding at No. 2, Glasshouse street, or buildings, Rosemary-lane, Whitechapel, Vk her.i many robberies and outrages have been committed, was brought before Mr. Yardley charged with attempting self.•lestrcetioa. It appeared that the prisoner, who had been drinking freely and quarrelling with some companions of her own class, had, after making an ineffectual attempt to throw herself from the window of the house where she lived, gore to the Hermitage-lock of the London Dock, in Wapping, and after getting over the rails on to the quay, where she raved delirious in a fearful manner, swore she would drown herself, and gave an hysterical laugh. She advanced towards the edge of the luay, and bef ire Holmes, a police constable, could seize her, she plunged into the waters of the lock which is upwards of 20 feet in depth. The drags and grapnels were immediately procured and thrown into the lock, and after the lapse of a few minutes the prisoner was taken out of the water in a perfectly insensible condition, and was recovered by the application of friction to the body, and stimulants. The prisoner appeared to be in a languid condition, and to have suffered much from her immersion in the water, and the means adopted to resuscitate her. The prisoner made no reply to the charge. She made an attempt to speak but was unable to do so, and it was evident the wretched creature was suffering both men tally and physically. Mr. Yardley remanded the prisoner to the House of Detention fur a week, and said she would be taken care of in that prison, and the Chaplain would look after her spiritual welfare, and he hoped would convince her that she had committed a most rash and wicked act. Jane King, aged 24, a married woman lof No. 1, Greenfield, Whitechapel, was brought before Mr. Yard ley charged with being drunk and disorderly, and caus ing a mob to assemble in the Canal-road, Mile-end, by attempting to throw herself into the Regent's-canal. It appeared from the evidence of George Gray, a police conetaide, No. 302 K, that hi, attention was ca'led to a disturbance at the aide of the canal, and he found the pri soner there in a most excited state and declaring that. she would drown herself. He removed her and told her to go home, which she refused to do, and continued haranguing the mob, shouting and declaring that!' her time was come and into the water she must go. She made several attempts to throw herself into the water, and he was compelled to take her into custody. Mr. Yardley said the prisoner described herself as a married woman. The number of married women brought before him daily for drunkenness and disorderly conduct was perfectly shocking. He sentenced the prisoner to seven days imprisonment. MARKET NE 'S. -(This Day.) COVENT iARDEN. and vegetables were on sale steady, as follows : Tory large supplies of fruit .o -day, sad the demand ruled FR Pine apples, per lb. 330 d to 6s Colonial do., ea. is Od to 4s Od Grapes, per 1b......2s Od to 5s Foreign do Os Od to Os Od Melons, each ....2s Od to 6s Od Peaches, p. doz. 8s to 18s Odl Nectarines, do. Gs to lzs Od Apples, p. h. ay. 2s Od to 5s Od Pears, per h. sv. 2s to 5s Od Oranges, per 100.7 s Od tons Lemons, p. doz. 2s Od to 4s Od Apricots,p. doz. 2s 6d to 6s 04.1 Cherries, per lb 2d to is VEGEI Greens, p. doz. bun. Os to Os Od Cabbages, per doz.9d to is 2d Savoy do., p. do. Os Od to Os Od Cauliflowers, do.os 2d to Os 4d Brocoli, p. bun. is 6d to 2s 03 Potatoes, per ton 85s to 120 s New do., per cwt. Os Od to Os Peas, per h siev 2s Gd to 4s Od Turnips, per bunch 4d to 8d Carrots, per bunch 4d to 80 Cucumbers, each id to Os 8d Garlic, per 1b...... Oil to Os Od Sorrel, per sieve Od to 0: Spinach, p. d0...1s Od to is 6:1 Brussels sprouts, per half do Os Od to Os Od Onions, p. bush Os Od to Os Od New do., per bunch Od to Od French beans, per IT. Filberts, per lb 6d to is Od Cobs., p. 1001bs. Os to s lAlmonds, p. lb. Os Od to Os Od Walnuts, per 100 Gd„to s 10c1 Figs, per doz Os to Os Od Strawberries, per pottle Gooseberries, per half sieve ....280d to 4s Od Currants, p. h. sv. 3s 6d to 5s Plums, per do. 2s 6d to 4s Od Green gages, per b.sv.4B to Gs Raspberries, p.potl. 2(1 to 8,1 'ABLE& Shallots, per lb 6(1 to 8d Fforseraddish, p. b. Is3d to4B Parsley, per do. 2(l to 4d Celery, per do is Od to 2s Od Beet, per doz. is Od to 2% Od Parsnips, per do. Os to Os Od Small salad, p. pun. 2(1 to 3d Illushrooms,p.ptl.lB6dto2s 6(1 Artichokes, each 4d to Gd Lettuces, per scr. 2s to 3s 01 Endive, per doz. 2s Oil to 3s Radishes, p.doz.bun. 6d to is Tomatoes, per doz 3s to 4s 0:1 Walnuts per 100 ...6(1 to 10(1 Chillies, per 100 03 Od teas 01 Capsicums, per 100 Os Od to Os Rhubarb, p. bun. 2(1 to 4d Asparagus, per 1001 s 61 to 6s Soakail,perpun.Os Od to Os Od half•sieve .. s Od to N Od Leeks, per d 0......... 0.1 to Od Turnip greens, per bush Os Od to Os Od NEWGATE AND LEA.DENHALL. Turkeys, Os 0(1 to Os Od ; Poults, 5s Od to 7s 6d; Geese, 56 Od to 7s Od each ; Goslings, 5s Od to 7s Od ; Duck lings, 2s Od to 3s 0d ; tame rabbits, is Od to is 94 each ; wild do., 10d to is Od ; Pigeons, 5(1 to 7d each ; large Surrey Fowls, 68 to 10s; barn-door do., 3s to ssod ; Chick ens, 4s Od to 6s 0(1 por couple; Capons, Os Od to Os; Hares, Os Od to Os Od ; Grouse, Os Od to "Os Od each ; Pheasants, Os to Os Od ; Partridges, Os Od to Os Od ; Woodcocks, Os Od to Os 0(1 ; Snipes, Od to Os Od; Teal, Os Od to Os Od; Wild Ducks, Os 0,1 to Os 0d; Widgeons, Os to Os Od ; Plovers, Os Od to Os Od each ; Guinea Fowls, 3s 61 to Os ; Roasting pigs, Os Od to Gs Od each. Ostend fresh butter, —s to -3 0(1 ; English do., is Od to is 3d per lb. ; English eggs, 8s Od to Oa 0(1; French do., 7s Od to 71 3d per 120; Leverets, 2s Gd to 5s Od each. NEWPORT. Boef, from 2s 8,1 to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 48 6d ; lamb, 486 d to 5s 6(1; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2cl; pork, 4s Od to 4s 8 , 1 ( per Sibs., by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s sa to 4s 2d; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 6d; lamb 4s 4d to 5s ; veal, 38 61 to 4s Od ; pork, 33 8d to 4s 8( per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s 63 to 22s ; Brills, 3s to 10s each; Salmon, 10d to is Od per lb ; Cod Fish, ls 03 to 4s each ; Soles, 6d to 2s 6d per pair ; Trout., 9d to —d por lb ; Lobsters, 6d to 2s Gd; Crabs, Gd to 2s 6d; Whitings, 3s Od to lOs per doz. ; Common Oysters, 16s to 20s ; Natives, —s to 60s per bsh. ; Mackerel, 46s to 50s per 100; Smelts, is Od to is 6d per doz.; Skate, lid to Od per ib; Shrimps, Os Od to Os Od per gallon ; Bloaters, Os Od to lOs Od per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, 10s Ott to Os por 100 ; Scotch do., Od ; Sprats, Os Od to Os Od per bushel; Doreys, 2s Od to lOs each; Haddocks, 4s to 12s per doz. ; Pike, 6d ; Sturgeon, 63 per lb ; Prawns, 5s Od to Os; Mullets, Os 64 to is 63 each; Plaice, Od to Os each; Halibut, 63 per lb ; Flounders, is Od to is 63 per doz. ; salt fish, Od por lb ; Eels, 8d to Is ; Carp, is to 5s ; Tench, is to 5s per brace; Garnets, Od to Os BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 8d to 9d ; of household ditto, Gd to 7id per 4 lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 5d to 50 ; 641 b to 721 b, 56.4:1 to sid ; 721 b to 801 b, Sid to 6d ; 801 b to 881 b, 6d to bid ; 881 b to 961 b, 6id to 6,Li ; 961 b to 1041 b, —d to --d; 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od ; upwards, —d to —d ; horse hi d des, o 10s Od to 12s Od ; Calf skins, light, 3 s 01 to 5 s O d ; itt full, 8s Od to Os Od ; Polled Sheep, 3s Od to 3s Od ; Seats, Os Od to Os Od; Half-breds, 2s 6d to 3s Od; Downs, 2s 2d to 2s 6d ; Shearlings, Os Od to Os Od ; Lambs, 2s 6d to 4s 3d. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, 21 10s to 41 Os; new do., 3/ Os to 41 Os; old clover, 4/ Os to 51 103; new do., 41 5s to 51 Os ; and straw, 1/ 6 s to 11 103 per load. A fair demand, at about previous quotations. CUMBERLAND. —Old meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 4s ; new do., 3/ Os to 4/ Os; old clover, 4/ Os to 51 ss; new do., 4/ Os to 51 Os ; and straw, 1/ es to 11 10a per load. Supply moderate, and trade less active. WHITEOEIAPEL.-01 , 1 meadow hay, 21 10s to 41 Os ; new do., 3/ Os to 4/ Os; old clover, 4/ Os to 5/ 10s ; new so., 41 5s to 5/ Os; and straw. 1/ 6s to II 103 per load. Both hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations. DINNER TO MR. CARDWELL AT OMPORD.—On Thurs day the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, M.P., was entertained at dinner b . y his Oxford constituents. The banqu et took p lace in a spacious marquee erected in the m eadow adjoining Magdalen Water-walk. Upwards of a thou sand persons were present. James Pike, Esq., occupied the chair. Mr Cardwell, in returning thanks for the. toast of his health, which was drunk with great enthu siasm, ref. rred to the present session as not having bepa the , prolific in questions of interest. A fter speaking of large share of its attention which Indian affairs would occupy next session, Mr. Cardwell said that another question of importance which would come more promi nently forward than it had for the last . year or two was the apportionment of our public expenditure to our public resources. Mr. Cardwell then adverted to the promised Reform Bill—which he said would not be like the l and a conflict for power on the part of the commercial and middle class, bu t a quest ion of . the scientific application of political prin ci p les to the enlarged requirements of the people. Mr. Ca rdwell concluded b y declarin g his prin ciples to be those of a moderate "advancing ,liberal" Tho health of the Vice-Chancellor and the .17 was responded to by Mr. Roundel Palmer. THE MILITIA BILL. Oo the m(AilntoT going into committee on this bill, Mr. STAFFORD Nx):eßied a hope that the Govern ment would, at a future stage of the bill, state what they were going to do with regard to the establishment of hospitals for the troop sent to The bill went through committee. On the motion for reporting progress, the Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill passed through committee. MUSEUMS FOR EDINBURGH. Mr. CAIRD called attention to the injustice that had been done to Scotland by the withdrawal of the vote for a National Museum in Edinburgh, and expressed a hope tat the Government would renew the vote on Monday in the next committee of supply. Mr. HADFIELD hoped that the Government would not accede to the proposition. Mr. GLADSTONE said the lion, member had only done his duty by bringing the subject before the house, but he thought the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in ac cordance with the usage of the house, could not renew the application for the vote. He regretted the vote was not entertained the other night on its merits, .end hoped that early next session the Chancellor of the Exchequer would take-steps—for carrying out a National Museum for Scotland. After some remarks from Mr. DE VE RE, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the vote was withdrawn from a fear that it would have been rejected on a division. The Government would renew the vote at the earliest convenient period, but certaicly not this session. After some remarks from Mr. MAOARTNEY and Mr. STEWART, The LORD ADVOCATE expressed his regret at the loss of the vote this session, but he had no doubt justice would be done to this national object next session. The subject then dropp ed, and the bill was ordered to be reported. The Customs and Excis e bill, the Cu stoms bill, and Jwuerriesdoircdtieornedinto be read Siam bill passedthird t timhroeugh committee, and on Monday. PROBATES AND LETTER S OF ADMINISTRA- TION (IRELAND) BILL. This b'll as amended was c on-idered and agreed to. CROWDED DWELLINGS PREVENTION BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. AYRTON complained et the operation of this bill, which would render every man's residence liable to be entered at any time by the police to ascertain that the dwellings were not overcrowded ; and a man who had his relations living with him, to escape the penalties of the act would be put to the trouble and expense of proving it, as well as the legitimacy of his children, to chow that they were members of his family. Since the second reading of the bill words had been introduced into it making it applicable to the whole counief. The amended bill had been delivered that morning to hon. members so late that he doubted if half-a-dozn of them were cognisant of the alteration. Mr. COWPER said the bill did not emanate from the Government, but it was rendered necessary to remedy a defect to be found in practice to exist fn the pre sent L idging House Act. No new principle was involved in the bi.l, and it would only affect lodging.hom-es. ' After some remarks from Mr. HENLEY, Mr. COWPER postponed the further progress of the bill till Monday. Mr. RIDLEY expressed a hope that the bill would be withdrawn till another session. The house adjourned at 5 minutes to 2 o'clock till Monday at 12 o'clock. A SCIENTIFIC) FANATIC'• My friend Marston, though one of the finest fel lows on earth, is made a bore by a n hallucination. He is of a noble nature, and has had excellent education, which commenced early, and still pro greases, although be is now in his fiftieth ye ar. He has a knowledge of languages, if not profound, yet very general ; his acquaintance with more than one br inch of science is extensive ; his love of art is pure and strong. He has travelled much in Eu rope, in the Americas, and in India ; and has al ways journeyed with observant eyes. He has writ ten much in newspapers, in magazines, and in re views, and his contributions have always revealed vast knowledge, great originality and broad hu manity in the writer.! His physical aspect visibly corresponds with his character. He is tall, erect, bread-breasted, and has firm and plea , srint features, a piercing eye, and a bright and mas sive brow. His rich and shining hair crowns his countenance with lieht. There are but few coun tries capable of producing a person at once so great, so strong, so genial, and so full of clear se nse, a n d cheerful ife as he. But ho has a singular notion respecting the designing of ships, which is now uppermost in him. Our entire mercantile and war navies are at sea in th's respect. Neither Mr. Scott Rus sell, nor Mr. Green, nor Mr. White , nor any other constructor of hips is of the smallest profes fessional worth in my excellent friend's estiation. They know how to fine a bow here, and flatten m a floor there, and lengthen a run elsewhere. They will pull the frame of this to pieces to increase her breadth of beam, and cleave another through amidships to bring in an extra 20 feet of length ; but produce a vessel that will exceed in speed a score of knots per hour they cannot. And the secret lies in this : they build ships that swim through the water like a fish, whereas a ship should glide over the sea like a skate*. This is his discovery. Of course be is aware that a vessel at rest in a fluid will displace a body of it that weighs the same as itself. It is the motive power that is to bring the new vessel to the surface, and carry her long it. Place his patent inclined planes under her bows, and give her engines steam, or her sail wind, and up she will rise, and away she will career over fifty, eighty, or even a hundred knots an hour. In a day you may be in America—in four or five at Aus tralia. These results, accord, he avers, with the laws of nature. Certainly they accord with what appears to have become a law of his nature, notwith standing its nobility. I have plied him with mathematics in all appropriate forms, but in vain. the hour with the I have played upon h im b y artillery of syllogisms, but without result. He still believes in his theory, and he still troubles ma with it beyond measure. The eye of his faith be holds the skating ship, as other eyes have beheld other phantom ships ; and I verily believe that when be conies to gaze upon the waters of death themselves he will see a swift ship s ki mm i ng across them,—Mechanics' Magazine. DIRECT CADETS.—The following gentlemen, having obtained nomination as direct cadets for the Indian mi -1 tart' service, passed their required exatningtion on the 4th iest. :—J C. Berkeley, H. W. H. Cox, T. W.Hogg, C. Wharton, F. C. W. Drummond, J. S. Irvine, H. B. Webster, R. Milne, F. J. Granville W. F. Bartleman, W. , T. Brereton, L. B. Fitzgerald, W. L. S. W By . a N s p N. L. BBe.atEtireli Erskine, B sv i r . c H h , H. B. Elatrison, R. C. Kinchant, A. P. Martin, G. E. Martin, H. K. O'Grady, G. Raneell, H. U. Smith, Cr. C. Swiney. —Allen's Indian Mail. B ARVEST IN ALGERIA. —The Zeramma of Philippeville speaks as follows of the harvest in Algeria :---" The ex port of new %heat to the mother -country continues with great activity and not less than 665-847 kilogrammes bays been carried away from this place within the last month. Thus the great hopes entertained of this year's harvest will be fully realised. Independently of a very abundant crop, the grain is of fine quality, and so heavy that the weight of the hectolitre easily attains 80 kilo grammes. On the other hand, the business transacted in flour is brisk, and our millers continue to send large Iquantities to Algiers and Oran. Under such circurn ,tances tie variou3 steamers will find a ready frcigbt during the w hole of Oaa fine semen.", THE LATE MINISTERIAL CRISIS AT MELBOURNE, Detailed accounts from Victoria have reached us of the causes and consequence of the recent Minis terial crisis in that colony. The former adminis tration, under the presidency of Mr. Haines, startled the commercial community with the vast gratuitous labour which it proposed to give itself by Government interference with matters purely commercial. The three great measures were those of a national bank, the making of trunk railroads by the St .te, and a grand scheme of immigration, with an imposing staffof officials, at an expenditure of 300,0001. Great excitement was created not only in the colony, but in this country, for the in terests of the shareholders in the various London banks identified with Victoria would have been seriously damaged, if not al'ogether destroyed, by the establishment of a national bank, and protests" tions were forwarded against the proposed interfer ence with private enterprise. Feelings of distrust in the policy of Mr. nainessoon became apparent ; and, shortly afterwards, being defeated on the im migration project, and having only a majority of one in a vote of indemnity for an unauthorised expenditure on railway account, his administration gave way, and Mr. O'Shanassy was called upon, and formed a new Ministry. Strong opposition was however, raised immediately. His administration was obnoxious to three parties —one, the official class, who dreaded administrative reform ; the squatters, as the land owners are termed, who apprehended a liberal land system ; and the third were the ultra-Protestants (both Mr. O'Shauassy and Mr. Duffy being Roman Catholics). These combined, and on the re-assembling of the house moved a want of confidence, which was carried by 34 to 19. Mr. Mc Culloch was sent for; he was un able to form a cabinet, but consenting to act with Mr. Haines a restoration to power of the latter gentleman was the result, and he now conducts the affairs of State, but under such a total change of views and sentiments, that, although there is a return of the man to office, there is no resuscitation of measures. On the con trary, it is quite clear that the policy is to be very liberal, with a total abstainiiW from monopoly of every kind, or the interference of the executive with matters which are the pro Ape of private en terprise. On the first point—as to a Natiohel Bank—Mr. Ebden, the treasurer, stated in the house, in reply to a question on the subject, "that it was not the intention of the Government to propose any national scheme of banking, or what might be termed a Go vernment or national bank." On the second ques tion, we have a statement from Mr. Haines him se'f, that it "would be impossible to take any steps until certain questions referred to the com mittee now sitting were decided, and he hoped the membersof this committee would bring theirlabours to a termination without delay;" while the Mel bourne press generally remark that " the feeling of the public is so strongly adverse to Government con sti uction, that the chances are now greatly in favour of any private enterprise of general utility." With raforoncra to immigration, it wan likewise asserted by the Government that "it was not the intention to a nd money out of the country to im port additional labour, which was utterly super fluous." In fact, the second Haines Ministry repudiates all the pet projects of the fir.-t, and a total change has coins o'er the spirit of the dream." Mr. O'Shanassy, it appears, was acting with the utmost forbearance, and he is said to have declared fiat there should be no combinations, or factious opposition, on his part. In fact, it was thought possible that he might be induced to join the administration personally, and so complete the " coalition cabinet," which the present is considered. Mr. Hanes had expressed a hope that the present session might be short ; that he would only press the passing of such measures as were imperative, and would propose the prorogation of the Legisla ture early in July. As it will, no doubt, be interesting to the colo nists now in this country, we transcribe the names of the members who were present at the division on the vote which removed Mr. O'Shanasay from the head of the Executive : ATES.—Haines, Rutledge, Sladen, Feeley, Campbell, Evans, Michie, Ebden, Davies, Anderson, Clarke, Healer, Griffiths, Moore, Harker, Adamson, Sargood, Palmer, D. S. Campbell, Fellowes, McCulloch, Lalor, Service, Bennett, Johnson, Beaver, Embling, McDougall, Goodman, Smith, Willis, Langlands, Sit well, Rutherford. Noss.—Read, Brooke, O'Shanassy, Fyfe, Owens, Hutnffray, Horne, Foster, Syme, Grant, Wood. Duffy, Snodgras., Myles, Hughes, Blair, Phelan O'Brien, spinal). In enumerating the members of the new Cabinet of Victoria, iu our remarks of last week, we ought to have stated that Mr. Ebden, the Colonial Trea surer, was Auditor-General in 1851-52, under Captain Lonsda.le's administration. This post, although constituting the holder a member of the Executive Council, is not one of the conspicuous appointments of the State, or what may be termed political. The seven main positions are dependent on the votes of the Legislature, and the Auditor- General is net amongst them. Mr. Ebden is an old colonist, and we hope be will be as useful as Colonial Treasurer as he is said to have been as Au ditor General. —Mining Journal. AN EXILE AS HE IS. Another of my tormentors is a lean, withered exile, whose enemy is the Court of Austria. He is gradually scorching sere beneath the eye of Prince --, which, he avers, is always upon him. He is full of horrible knowledge. He tolls dismaying tales of secret police, - who follow him closely as would his shadow, were there substance enough in him to make one. They hunt him from house to house, from hour to hour. In fear of these,'he changes his lodgings every week, and his coffee room every day. His eye is restless, his gait timid, his posture crouching, his step silent. He glides in upon me with whispers, and slinks away with silent signs. This decaying martyr was once a tutor of princes, , and afterwards an official of the Austrian Court. He thus became possessed of State secrets, which, if divulged, would set empires in arms ; but he_ preserves them, and the world remains tranrquil: If he were but to speak out ! "Al' t Mis t t o e R our O dacteur," he sometimes says, " you look p Kveens, and your Ministeres, and your ooamrleem;yents but to give you your peace for long time, to ere the vurld's it is here" (striking his breast) said to de vurld, peace or war is decided ! It iisiads'eswe lips vich each morning for yeers on peers ' Peace, be still !' It isilphawh o years dis tin, vorn who holds de dogs of coat, and dat skin bare o in to let dem slip over Austria, var, and may any w— and Italy, and Poland, and France, and even over ~, your England too i thrice a-week this world's-peace-pre server Twice or thri . comes with a little slip of intelligence trans lated from a foreign language to an unknown one, an d from a newspap er to the inner side of an old en velope, announcing that an ingenious Frenchman i n vented has an apparatus for infallibly blowing out the brains of Emperors ; or, that an Italian Professor has secretly devised means for supplying unarmed peasants with a sure defence against the weapons of trained troops ; or that a clever Pole is having manufactured at Manchester a machine which, by the aid of a single patriot, will simultane ously annihilate Moscow and Vienna. On finding (as he has hitherto always found) that his article is not inserted, he whines and trembles, and departs possessed of another undoubted proof of the success ful operations of the aforesaid secret police. Re writes seven languages perfectly ; yet he scarcely knows how to obtain bread, while we—who are much poorer linguists than he—fare ,sumptThu• o ously every day ! This is his lamentation. . . 0 world, he is sure, is going to ruin-is going T g. madness at an alarming pace. Something is coming r — Wei will seta.—Nlechonia ,aragoinc. _ St. 50 St, St, 50 St St. 10 96i 76i I St. I qt. 311 2i 3i 99 9 11 104 i 4 102 i 04,1 51 39i 1 St. 100 95. 5 6 20 25 10i 25 12! i $ 101 i 2 1 2 15 20A 51 1 8; 271 i 11367 n i '5 19 0 all .0 all i 0 40 )0 32$ it 100 100 it. all 5 all 5 all 5 all 4 all 1 ?0 18 it. 100 1 all 5 an 10 lOs. 25 all 15 14 all Lo all LO all 5 5 5 5 LO 5 10 all 5 all 5 _2 1 100 all is) all 1 all 21108. :5l all a all L 5 all ;0 60 1 all all LOO all hi all 1 all 1081 , rek Erb' It matt SUN OFFICE, Six AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Aug. 12.—1 n virtue of the Currer, ty Treaty bet wee n Austria and the other German St at,s the Vienna Bank will have to resume its cash pay ments on Jan. 1, 1859, but it is by no means el. ar that it will be in a position to do so with. safe y. At present the reserve fund of the Bank is but 94,500,000f1., with a paper circulation of neatly 394,000,000f1. The moneyed world is of opiniun that the Bank would speedily get out of its difticia ties if it were to raise a loan on the doma'ins ceded to it by the State, but it is doubtful whether Government would authorise it to do so. The domains in question are valued A 155,000,000f1., and there would hardly be a - 1y great difficulty in obtaining a loan on them if it were what is hare called a " lottery loan." The loan which was contracted in 1854 bears interes t at 4 per cent., and the holders of shares (250 fl.) 1 a sides play once a year in a lottery in which th , ;re are 4,000 tickets. In the lottery, in which thrze re no blanks, the highest prize is 200,00011., and the lowest 30011. The 1854 loan was emitted at 95, l u t it now stauds at 100, although the 5 per ce. National Loan is down to 84g. The harvest L as been extremely good, but the drought has been, so great in some parts of the empire that there is a. s ,d want of fodder. In Moraviathe landed propriety re are reducing their flocks and herds, as they fore ee that, they shall have great difficulty in procuri ag - food for them during the winter. Some years ago there was such a terrible dearth of fodder iu .IV.! , o . ravia, that many of the sheep were literally star\ rod, to death, but au ingenious nobleman manageo, to keep all his sheep alive by mixing with their r Ans i food leaves which he had gathered from the trees in summer, and dried like hay in the sun. A PEEP INTO WESTMINSTER-'HALL, (Being as much as Mr. Punch can recollect o f th e Descriptions appended to the Wellington Monu ment Models.) The Duke of Wellington, supported by Foe- .i -tude and the Hon. East India Company, tramples on Alisre pres en l a.tion and Unconstit utionalit ti a, and brandishing the sword of Justice in the face. of Ingratitude, plants the Standard of Natic,rat Liberty under the protection of the British Li c; a. Motto, "Bonus, bona, bo;turn." The Duke of Wellington plucks the Symbols of Despotism from the Lair of Tyranny, and putting to flight at once Napoleon and Anarchy, introdi, c ing History to the Speaker of the House of Lords, and calls upen Time to take notice of his speve lee . Mot'o, " Verbuin sat sapienti." The Duke of Wellington between Honour and Glory leads the British Grenadiers into acti , m, and pointing to the Angel of Temperance to show the moderation of his proceedings, beckons to Tiloflesty, Economy, and Charity to advance the flrkg of Eng land. Motto, " Dentine dirige nos." The Duke of Wellington sustains the form of Britannia (who is tottering from the effects of tl 0 earthquake of Revolution), and holds to her no e a restorative via inscribed " Waterloo," while th e discomfited Marehals of France slink away in 1.11 directions, pursued by the avenging Furies. Mott ,y, " Bis dat qui cito dat." The Duke of Wellington, at the head of the Car dinal Virtues, repels the advance of Tippo &lib, add strkes terror into the Demon of Revolution, while Fame proclaims his deeds through the silver trumpet of Rectitude. Motto, "Go thou and ilo likewise." The Duke of Wellington, his foot firmly planted on the Constitution, defies Arrogance, Aggression, and Usurpation ; and, hurling the Bible at the In fidel Domination of France, transfixes with the spear of Uriel the ferocious serpent of Oriental treachery, and by the grant of Catholic Emancipa tion invites Hibernia to the bosom of Britannia. Motto "There is no mistake." The Duke of Wellington, mounted on his charger Copenhagen, whose bridle is held by Chivalry, Valour fastening the Hero's spur, while Protestant Religion delivers to him the Sword of Loyalty. Under the horse's feet are Murder and Treason ; and Foreign Invasion, mortally wounded, staggers -backward against the Boulogne column. Mottto, " Arma viruntque cam." The Duke of Wellington as Bellerophon delivers Europe from the clutches of the monster Bonaparte, places the British Crown upon the Proud Pinnacles of Mercy, Liberality, and Emancipation, while Time breaks his scythe in sign that he will never destroy the good work. Motto, "All is serene." The Duke of Welliugton, in classical costume, to show the simplicity of his mind, lea is the charge of the Guards at Waterloo, who are dressed in mf.dimval armour, to show that their glory was not for an age but for all time. Mercy and the G enius of Treaties fly a short dis tance behind hint,. and Britannia follows as Una on the milk-white lamb, while the British Lion fran tically rends the tricolour, and the Fiends of Revo lution cling affrigt•ted to the rock of Liberty. Motto, "Such is Lif e." LLOYD'S SHIPPING.---(This Day.) LONDON, Aug. 15.—Wind this day at noon, W.N., light breeze and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. It —Wind S .S. W. —Arrived.— H.M.S. Falcon, from West Indies. FALMOUTH, Aug. 14.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived—Wa , h. ington, from Tagiillreg. OFF FALMOUTH, Aug. 13.—Arrived—Cypress, from Valparaiso. CLYDE, Aug. 13.—Wind W.—. Arrived —Mary Handl. ton, from COTAmi. DARTMOUTH , Aug. 14. Wind S.—Arrived — Hero of the Nile, from Algoa Bay. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday, 10 a.m. Wind almost calm' ; weather fine. Arrived—Argyll (s.), from Carenton ; Clara, from Sum• derland. LivnzpooL, Saturday Morning Wind E. Arrived —Paterson , frcm nstadt •; Wilbert Fisk, Bois. W o lgav, Iceland. ton ; Celt, Riga ; Sailed—Pelican, for Val,oaraiso; Florentine, St. Thomas; City of Manchester (s.s.), Calcutta; Shalimar, Melbourne; Asia, Aspinwall. DUBLIN, Aug. 14. Wind W.N.W. Arr i ve d—Philona, from St. ohn's N.B. WATERFORD, Aug. 12. Wind N.W. Arrived—Roma, from Galatz, FATAL ACCIDENT TO A POLICE-CONSTABLEAm i N uiry Or. TING-HILL.—INQUEST. — Y esterda y evening anng took place at St. George's Hospital touching the dratu of Charles Bush, aged 45, a police sergeant of the T division. James Lovett, a groom, said that about three o'clock on Thursday morning he was riding through the Lansdowne-rcad, Notting-hill, when he heard groans, and on going to the spot discovered the deceased down a deep area of one of the unfurnished houses. Witness went to the atation-house, and on giving information 0, the accident, the superintendent sent a stretcher, on which the deceased was sent to the hospital. The super intendent said that the deceased had been in the force fo. thirteen years, and was a very active officer. The un finished houses bad long been the resort of bad eharactim and it was in looking after them that the deceased hat lost his life. Mr. Hooper, the house-surgeon of the hos pital, said the deceased died from a fracture of the sp jia. Verdict, "Accidents!. death." IsTzw STEAM PLOVOIL—A young man, a native c Glasgow, named AustCe, recently manager o f _ a mill iies Donaghadee, has invited a new steam_ plough. . Tla es of the ordi oar machine sends out twsn ploug r e w h i a: !Fes the furrows. ar rouna at the erel , turned form o nu each nsdi side, ca pable rilvil : l to efe acres per day with a man and oy, and from four t the field. It is calculate' pl b ough from three t o w eight cwt. of coal, according to the power of the engine. LETTERS To OFFICERS IN INDIA.—Many persons wir, h av e friends and relatives amongst the officer* of Ii di an regiments that have mutinied and been di banded and dispersed are at a loss how to address thel d t i h re e e p te la d ce to wliet h loters, which have hitherto bee a n nd ' to direct such lett er, if r stationed.f and d name 0 The f best way if the whereabouts of the officers is not accurately h . k now 'er is still to mention the number and name oft e regimen an sh d a a ll ls h o a t v h e e b p e r e e n sid ex en tus t t o ed w t hic it belonged. A PRACTICAL SUGGESTION.—The Dekrts maintair that General Barnard has deserved well of his country b resisting all the overp o wering attempts of theenemy ; an that to await the capture of Delhi from bit; small for almost an injustice. One remark of our contemporar is very practical. He asks, " What will the Sepoyi d when the stock of percussion caps which existed in De are percu aim muskets, and they havenho.eirpows7ibPleagmeans I-. plenisbing their supp lies of caps ; capable of manufactu rin g them.' they ar e utterly i, MINES. —The Indian affairs bang like an incubi over the money-mark to mend and give pi o ciise of a et just as things were . beginnin ctive operations. T 1 re , th e"1 firm choracter of then of c e o a pp m er e , a ,howev e r, i . a rket for metals with a gr therwise T have results - t mum counteracts tinned upward tendency our favour , and have in the e ff ects which would n o_ from the state of monetary, aff airs. he ( mining iha opened particuladrly .e . O active e, with a good denial market for shares, and in some eserip ions a considerable ri took place early in the week. Of these, Nor Basse t rose from 13 to 17 on Monday, and after t active business left off at 13 to 19 ; notice was a ceived on that day that in driving the 42 cross-c' south from flat-rod lode, a lode wort.h 504 per fm. ha been cut. These sbarea had fallen from the bight. point, 44, to nil miles within a few mo oths, and it wr generally expected they would recede to 10, at whir generally of persons had resolved to buy, sod the sudde discovery, therefore, has come too soon. for tliem.- Mining /MA(4I of this dn. • H:~ ~ „. 79 I 35i 111 i 45 77} i 72i i 40A 1 G,} , 14iN 62 113711 1121