The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, Me.

Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Devons'ire.
Sir James Hamlyn Williams. Bart.. to be Deputy
Lieutenant; the Hon. John William Fortrscue, to be
Deputy Lieutenant; William Hole, Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant, Aug. 10; the Hon. William Wel .s Adding-
ton to be Deputy Lieutenant; John Marshall, Esq., to be
Deputy Lieutenant; Thomas Wentworth Buller, Esq.,
to be Deputy Lieutenant; John George Johnson, Esq.,
to he Deputy Lieutenant; John Henry Furse, E%q., to
• be Deputy Lieutenant; John Barguss Yonge, Esq., to be
Deputy Lieutenant; Charles John Cornish, Esq., to be
Deputy Lieutenant; Shilston Calmady Hamlyn, Esq.,
to be Deputy Lieutenant, Aug. 26.
In the East Devon Regiment of Militia Charles
Fursdon, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Aug. 9; Samuel John
Maclurcan Esq., to be Captain, Sept. 1.
In the North Devon Regiment of Militia Isaac
Newton Fellowes, Esq., to be Captain, vice Parker,
resigned, June 14; John Marshall, Gent., to be Lieute-
nant; John Sydney Smyth, Gent,, to be Ensign, July 31;
Thomas Berry Torr, Gent., to be Ensign, Sept. 1.
In the South Devon Regiment of Militia—Sydney
Strode, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Ougier, resigned,
June 22.
Commissions by,the Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland.
Ralph Carr, Esq , to be Deputy Lieutenant, Aug. 11.
Northumberland Regiment of Militia William
Matthew Bigge, Esq. (late Lieutenant Colonel in her
Majesty's 70th Regiment of Foot), to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice Coniston, retired; Algernon George Percy,
Esq., commonly called Lord Lovaine (late Lieutenant
and Captain in her Majesty's Ist, or Grenadier, Regi-
ment of Foot Guards), to be Major, vice Ogle, retired,
Sept. 8; Edward Smiles to be Surgeon, vice Dennis, re•
tired, Sept. 8.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Durham.,
Henry John Baker Baker, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu..
tenet; George Hawks, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant;
Henry Hobart, Esq., to be Depnty Lieutenant; Robert
Henry Allan, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Aug.
26; John Harrison Aylmer, Esq., to be Deputy Lieute-
nant, Sept. 5.
Durham Militia—Frederick Acklom Milbank, Esq.,
to be Captain, Aug. 26.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucester-
Infan Infantry shire and Bristol.
George Drinkwater Bourne, Clerk, to be Deputy-
Lieutenant, Sept. 4.
—John
nt h
Williams
Wallington,Light
Regiment
oenbt be Major;Militia
Thomas Warner, Gent., to be ''' • •,k•
Surgeon, vice Fil in, re-
signed, Sept. 7.:
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the East Riding
East York of Yorkshire.
Regiment of Militia—Robert Wharton
Wilkinson,
,Esq., to be Captain,vice -
Sept. 9. 1.,
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire.
Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia
—Adjutant Frederick William '
Lane to serve with the
rank of Captain, Sept. 7.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.
1 Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Spencer Field to be
Ensign, vice Faller, resigned, Sept. 10; Thomas Omman-
ney Pipon, Esq., to be Captain, vice Impey, resigned,
Sept. 13.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire
Royal Montgomery Militia—George Beadnell, Esq
to be Captain; William Slyman, Esq., M.D., to be Sur•
geon, Sept. 10.

BANKRUPTS.
Alexander Eorfar, straw bonnet manufacturer, Dun-
stable, Bedfordshire, to surrender, Sept. 30, and Oct. 26,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official
assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street; Crosley
and Burn, Lombard-street; Simpson, St. Alban's, Hert-
fordshire.

Lewis Worms and Matthew Worms, merchants,
Queen-street, Cheapside, Sept, 30 and Nov. 2, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee,
Abchurch-lane; Tilleard,cSons, and Freeman, Old Jewry.
Benjamin Salter, brewer, Fulham, Sept. 28, at one,
and Oct. 19, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ed-
wards, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-
street ; Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry-Chambers.
Henry George Quilter, grocer, Birmingham, Sept. 29
and Nov. 2, at halt-past eleven, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham;
Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham.
Maurice Richards, grocer, Birmingham, Sept. 29 and
Nov. 2, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Mot-
teram, Knight, and Emmett, Birmingham.
Edward Michelson, woollen merchant, Manchester,
Sept. 28 and Oat. 29, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Court. "Young, official assignee, Leeds; Bond and Bar-
wick, Leeds.

Edward Jones, linendraper, Liverpool, Sept. 24 and
Oct. 15, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Williams, Liverpool.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS.
S. Slater, tailor, Princes-street, Hanover-equare.
B. Jarman, carpenter, Stockwell-grove, Lambeth.
D. L. Marr, fruiterer, Park-terrace, Regent's-park.
C. H. K. Tatem, Liverpool-street, City.
E. Oiley, butcher, Morpeth-street, Bethnal-green.
D. Pinkstone, licensed victualler, Hutchinson-street,
Aldgate.
J. N. Brooks, clerk, King's-road, Chelsea.
T. C. Watts, gentleman, Tennison-street, Lambeth.
N. S. Price, accountant, Brompton-crescent, Middlesex.
S. Rogers, carpenter and builder, Old Broad-street, City.
W. Hooper, house painter, Ty soe-street, Clerkenwell.
R. Parpworth, Craven-buildings, Drury-lane.
J. B. Heeles, Gresham-street, City.
J. Pelting, miller, Addle-hill, Doctors'-commons.
R. L. Harbert, greengrocer, Nine-elms, Vauxhall.
R. N. Wilson, Craven-street, Strand.
R, Adams, turncock, Mint-walk, Croydon.
J. H. Page, auctioneer, Hyde-place, Heaton.
J. Jenkics, builder, Southsea, Hants.
G. Rouse, provision-shop keeper, Hulme, Manchester.
S. Campbell, shipowner, Liverpool.
G. M. Bower, master mariner, Liverpool.
J. Thistlethwaite, Levenshulme, near Manchester.
G. Porteus, journeyman shipwright, Durham.
A. Colclough, Walesby, Nottinghamshire.
J. Moor, cordwainer, Lancaster.
J. Cbeswortb, licensed victualler, Liverpool.
P. Johnson, general commission agent, Liverpool.
J. Bate, gardener, Aston, Warwickshire.
W. Kirk, grocer, Yorkshire.
Rev. W. P. Burn, clerk, Utley Parsonage, Yorkshire.
J. T. Signet', clerk, Devonport.
W. H. Norton, surveyor, Birmingham.
T. C. Sudbury, cabinet maker, Pontefract, Yorkshire.
M. Wood, chemist, Wednesbury, Staffordshire.
N. Samuel, fishmonger's assistant, Bishop Wearmoutb,
Durham.
J. Dring, publican, Chattcris, Isle of Ely, Cambridge-
shire.

DIVIDEND.
In the Country.

F. Rnfford, Stourbridge, Worcesiershire, banker, Oct.
6, at half-past ten, at the Court, Birmingham.
NOTICE OF CERTIFICATES.
In the Country.
_

silk manufacturer,
W. Higginbotham, Macclesfield,
Oct. 7, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J, Earp,
Uttoxeter, brewer, Oct. 9, at half-past ten, at the Court,
Birmingham—C. F. Bailey, Burslem, Staffordshire,
bootwaker, Oct. 11, at half-past ten, at the Court, Bir-
mingham—T. Shaw, Birmingham, stationer, Oct. 9, at
half-past ten, at the Court, Birmingham—R, W. Lish-
man, Shenstone, Staffordshire, surgeon and apothecary,
Oct. 11, at half-past ten, at the Court, Birmingham,
CERTIFICATE GRANTED.

R. W. Street, Oxford-street, victualler, certificate of
the third class.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

J. B. Williamson and J. Heywood, Preston, Lanca-
shire, cotton manufacturers—J. Stevens and G. 13. Park,
)olanehester and Macclesfield, architects—B. Mobbs and
H. Phillips, Portman-place, Edgware-road, linendrapers
ary Tatham, S. Horsfal, and J. Fonlds, Halifax,
t,,Yorkshire.., worsted spinners—H. Miles and C. Miles,
-)P row. Limehouse, and Giles'-row, Cambridge-road,
Mile-end-road, drapers—O. Owens and T. Owens,
Pontesbury s •
Bennett, li'a Shropshire, grocers—J. P. Tyleo and T.
chemists—W. Plant and T. Bentley,
Taylor,
Liyaffordshiro, plumbers—J. S. Deane and J.
Hillas, and g.llllll
LOngton, Staffordshire,
manufacturers— general merchants—A. Hardy, R.
istlas, Bradford, Yorkshire, worsted-
Haliwen,
Lancashire, cotton-manufacturers (so
G. Gollai
Bungay and Beeciesute'iffe)---T. Smith and R. Butcher,
..Knnowles, Birkenhead—T. R.
preserved
Holloway-terrace, and
E. T. Higgins, and s.er.u-naerchants—C. H. Higgins,
j m n,Leadech
Clarke, W. Wilmwoetr,.ahniidi,
King-street, To
Barber na
—R. Bendle, J. Bendle, and Tr.vVrPgrhotv,iscioatrilimslear, cshoalinctis-
J. Pattinson,
all- street,
R. Barber, 1
Lancashire,
Cin.an.aiflaiel
ship o r s
and .
insuranceMacdonal d
brokersal id j .
manufacturers R. New Carlisleton -,
W. W. Tookey and J. Selby, Oundle, No4:11! naptha—
silk mercers—R. Sherwin and W. Sherwin
Newton-heath, joiners—E.
iant he r,
s —LEa n.
.Macclesfieldptnshire,
brush makers—A. S. Macrae and W. D. Torclnso'
Liverpool, general brokers—G. Knock and J. I. Clarke'
Piccadilly, linendrapers—T. Flintoff and W. Mickle'
Newcastle-upon-Tyne_, mustard manufacturers —w.
Abell and L. Owen, Holyhead, linendrapers.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
John Lovegrove, Clewer, Berkshire, fruiterer.
Henry Thomason, Eceleston, Lancashire, saddler.
John Ellis, Norwich, carpenter.
John Bryson, Canterbury, butcher.
Henry Moreton, Wolverhampton.
Samuel Page, Wolverhampton, moulder.

nah have been sold at 213 6d to 23s 61 for Nos. 121 to
15k, Duty paid parcels met with more atiereiun to-day
privately at previous terms. There was no public sale.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the quantity of Bengal
Sugar offered at public sale amounted to 3,970 bags, but
stiffer rates being required a small portion found buyers.
Benares middling to good sound white went at 36s to 38s,
ordinary 35s to 358 6d. good to fine like Mauritius 343
to 365, ordinary to middling 303 to 333. Of Madras 500
begs realized 26s 6d for ordinary soft yellow, being the
full worth.
COFFEE.—This afternoon the public sales of 413 casks
530 brls 260 bags Plantation Ceylon Coffee went with
fair spirit at full rates, better sorts being most in re-
quest. The good middling to good kinds fetched 59s to
61s, middling 563 to 583 6d, low middling 54s to 55s 6d,
fine to fine fine ordinary 503 to 535, inferior old 47s to
495, triage 40s. to 48s. Of Tellicherry 64 cases went
dear and. realised from 583 to 70s for middling to fine.
aedtriefiv
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met with
453 to
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est India met with little attention ;
Antigua and Barbadoes at 14s to 15s, and other sorts
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123 to 133 6d. In Bengal and Mauritius sales have been
trifling ; there is an increasing supply, and 12s is the
value. For Cuba and Porto Rico, there are sellers at
13s sd. Of Tamarinds supply is not equal to the de-
mand, and the rates obtained for East India are 7; to
123, West India 24s to 423. Honey is much wanted,
Jamaica at 35s to 543, Cuba 323 to 403. and Narbonne
509 to 603 per cwt.
TEA.—In consequence of rather lower rates ha ving
been accepted for inferior Congou large purchases have
been made for home consumption, and several export
orders were executed. For better sorts, in some cases, a
small decline has occurred, but a good demand now
prevails. Prices for low to good common rale at 7td to Bfd,
rather blackish leaf to blackish leaf 9d to Mid, strong
and Pekoe sorts I ld to is 4id, choice is 5d to is 6d per lb,
and the market has been well supplied. Fine and good
Souchong much wanted at is to is 10d; orders are,
however, small for inferior, with sellers at 8d to I ld,
there being a plentiful supply. Oolong met with little
notice—common to mid can only be obtained at 8d to 11 d,
and good to fine is to ls Bd. Clean Pouchong continues
to be much wanted at 5d to lid, and supply is barely
adequate to dealers' wants. Green Tea is plentiful, and the
ord sorts have been purchased with reluctance; there are
also sellers upon rather lower terms. In fine young
Hyson, and better qualities of Gunpowder and Imperial
large transactions have taken place, and at rates fully
equal to those prevailing previously. Of Hyson the
quantity on offer is larger than for some time past, and
all qualities meeting with little attention rates show a
small reduction. Scented orange is still freely offered for
sale, and there being no increase of demand common to
mid can be obtained at Biel to 100, better sorts lid to
Is 3d, and fine is 4d to is Bd. A dull sale exists for
scented Caper, with sellers at 63d to is 2d. In flowery
Pekoe little has been done, although fine can be pur-
chased at is 9d to 3s 4d, and low to good ls 2d to is 8d
per lb.
RICE.—To-day there was a material increase in the
demand for East India Rice, and stiffer rates were
obtained. The private operations are from 8,000 to
10,000 bags. At auction 2,767 bags Bengal were sold
at 103 to 103 6d for good white. Of Sago the sound of
525 boxes was taken in at 17s to 17s 6d for medium
grain, damaged selling at 14s to 14s 6d, and two lots
small sound 165 6d.
SPICES.—Of Pimento the supply has decreased this
week, and none has been submitted for sale. Privately
a fair business has been concluded at full rates,
mid to
fine selling at sid, and inferior to 5d per lb. Pepper
is in scanty supply. The parcels sold privately were MEle
lobar at 4}d, Sumatra and Penang aid to4id. Of
.white
supply is not adequate for the demand. Pod is in fair
demand, and few parcels are on offer. The value is 42s
to 58s for low to mid, and 60s to 70s per cwt for better
sorts. Several transactions have taken
place in Cayenne
at 7d to 11d, fine is to is 3d, and there is no increase
of supply. Mace continue; to be wanted, and few par-
cels are yet on offer; rates are 2s 8d to 3s 3d for good to
fine, common to mid 2s 6d to 2a Bd.
FRIIIT.—There is less disposition to operate in Cur-
rants, and large indirect arrivals having again taken
place, merchants are more inclined to sell good to fine
sound at 55s to 635, low to mid 50s to 545 per cwt; the
supply is chiefly of inferior fruit. Valencia Raisins are
wanted, new at 455, and old at 39s to 403 per cwt.
COCHINEAL.—This afternoon the market for Co-
chineal presented a quiet aspect; and at auction 130
bags Mexican ware all taken in above the value; Silvers
at 33 10d, and black 4s to 4s 3d per lb.
SPlRlTS.—Leeward Rum is much wanted, and realised
Is sid to is 64d per gallon proof; the supply is still
limited. East India is wanted at is 5d proof, and su-
perior is *l. For Demerara there is a firm market,
at 2s to 2s 2d for 34 to 40 per cent over proof. For
Jamaica there is more firmness in the market,
superior sorts 36 to 39 per cent over proof 3s 5d to
3s 11d, fine 2s 9d to 3s 4d, good mid to good 32 to 36
over 2s 4d to 2s Bd, and 34 over 2s Icl to 2s 3d, but sorts
from 2s 2d to 2s 10d have been most in request. Havannah
is in scanty supply, and wanted at is 4d to is 4id proof,
Geneva, fine 2s 2d to 2s 6d. British-made spirit, 9s 7d
to 9s 8d cash; Gin, 17 under proof, 8s 8d to 8s 9d; and
22 ditto, at 8s 2d to 8s 3d per gallon. To-day the de-
mand was active for Brandy, and there is a further ad-
vance; sales of Cognac best brands of the vintage of
1851 made at 5s 4d to 5s 6d per gallon.
TALLow.—Although a good business has been con-
cluded in Russian on the spot since last Tuesday, yet
prices have slightly declined, fine old Y. C. selling at
39s 3d, and now at 39s 6d per cwt. There are several
buyers for last three months of the year at 38s 9d,
and with not free sellers. Of home-melted sup-
ply is on the decrease, and many parcels have
been sold; the value being 383 6d to 393 cash. Full
terms are obtained for other sorts of Tallow, and the
parcels at auction nearly all found buyers; 550 cks Aus-
tralia') Beef 36s to 388 6d, Mutton 368 9d to 39s 6d; 390
cks South American 363 to 39; 9d, low and very ord
33s 5d to 35s Gd; 67 cks Belgian 378 6d to 38s, and a
small parcel of common East India Vegetable 33s to
33s 3d per cwt.
OlLS.—Prices are not better for Seal, yet there is an
improved demand, and at auction 112 tuns were nearly
all disposed of, pale at 341, straw and tinged 321 to
331, yellow and brown went from 311 to 321 per ton.
Cod met with little notice, and rates have declined
to 321 103 to 33/. Few buyers of Southern are to
be met with, stilt no further decline has occurred,
low to mid being held for 301 to 32110;, and good to fine
331 to 341103. Purchases in Sperm are limited, and
supply being on the increase there are sellers at 851 to
871 for British. For auction 150 tuns are declared. Head-
matter has been operatedin with caution at 871 to 90/.
Olive is much wanted, and stocks being light there is
an advance, sales of Gallipoli made at 54/ to 551, and other
sorts 511 to 53/per tun. Linseed Oil has been inactive,
and prices have further improved, sales on the spot
having been made at 303 6d to 30s 9d, and at 288 6d to
303 Od per cwt for delivery. An improving demand for
Rape Oil, and prices are firm; brown at 31s 6d to 323,
refined 323 6d to 333, and foreign 33s ed to 345. Cocoa
Nut is wanted, previous terms being well maintained,
although supply is more plentiful. At auction 370
casks, &c., were sold, Ceylon at 32s to 333 6d, Cochin
345, Sydney 27s 3d to 335. Palm is more plentiful, and
rates have rather declined, at the same time a good de-
mand has been experienced. At auction 330 pipes, &c.,
were sold at 253 to 283, and very common at 23s to 24s
6d per cwt. Lard Oil is wanted at 52s to 54s per cwt,
and supply keeps limited. Sales of East India Ground
Nut Oil made at 32s to 335.

SEABORNE MAILS.
[..?7 signifies that the malls are sent frets the General Post-of:la
by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.]

PLACZS. When made up la From what wh
GeneralPoat-office[ port dis- " -"n
London: patched. due..
1...••••.... ••••••=••••••••• -
I
America (by Brit. pkt.)N,Sept. 17 .. ..ILlverpool .. Sept. 18
America (by U.S. pkt.) N Sept. 21 .. ..!Liverpool .• Sept. 14
America (by U.S. pkt.) M Sept. 15 .. .. Southampt. Sept. 22
Australia (via South- I
ampton) .. .. .. Ml2oth ofeach month Southampt. Sept. 24
Ditto (via Marseille.) N 24th °reach month Dover .. Sept. 19
Ditto, via C. of G. Hope N 2d & 14th each mo. Plymouth.. Nov. 30
Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month Plymouth Uncertalr
Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30th of rao.;Dover .. Sept. 18
Belgium • • .. .. N Daily .. .. .. !Dover .. Daily
Brazil .. .. .. M 9th of the month Southampt. Oct. 12
Buenos Ayres .. .. M 9th of the month (Southampt. Oct. 12
California(viaChagref)M 2d & 17th of month Southampt. Oct. 16
Cape of Good Hope N 14th of the month Plymouth.. Sept. 26
Cape de Verdi .. .. Nr2d of the month .. Plymouth.. Sept. 26
Constantinople* .. • . Ni7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Sept. 20
Central America .. Mj2d & 17th of men. (Southampt. Sept. 16
Channel Isles .. .. NiMon., Wed., &Fri.iSonthampt. Tn. Th.Sas
Chili .. .. .. . 512 d & 17th of math ISouthampt. Sept. 16
France .. .. MAi NlTwice daily .. .. Dover .. Twieedaily
Greece* •• .. .. N'7thl7th27thofmo !Dover .. Sept. 19
Hambnrgh .. .. N Tuesday & Friday 'London .. Tues. Sat.
Holland .. .. .. M Wednes. & Satur. London .. Sus. Thor 8
Honduras .. .. . Nil7th of the mouth Southampt. Sept. 1G
Ireland .. .. M & N!Twice daily .. .. Holyhead.. Twicedally
India (via Sonthamp.) M 20th of the month Sonthampt. Sept. 24
India (via Marseilles) N Sth& 24th ef month !Dover • • Sept. 19
India, via C. of G. Hope N 14th of month 'Plymouth.. Sept. 26
Mauritius .. .. .. N,l4th of month Plymouth.. Sept. 26
Mediterranean (via 1
Southsurpton) .. M 20th of the month Southampt. Aug. 24
Mediterranean (via I
Marseilles) .. .. NBth& 24th ofmonth Dover .. Sept. 19
ItteiLino
made,... .. .. .. M[2B of the month.. Soathampt. Ist ea. mo.
"' • • •• .. It9th of the month Southampt. Sept. 22
Malta*
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IN:i 52tdhoir5 tt 1::
f 7th,17th,19th,27th I Dover Sept. 19.
Naples* / &30th of month
PaPal StatZtis ..' ''
Tuscany* :: :. N sth 15th 25th ofme Dover .. Sept. 22
Peninsula
.. ••• N sth 15th25th of molDover .• Sept. 22
rWeer:it Indies : •• .. M 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. Sept. 16
•• M 2d & 17th of mnth Southampt. Sept. 16
West Indies es:
Nassau)
msthonotfhm..o
soDonvtehramp..t. Sept. 22
17th of the month Southampt. Sept. 16
•• The mails to those countri
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OF Ex 6,
Amsterdam ....., 11 19
Ditto, three months.. 12 0;Z
Rotterdam •• .. • • 12 0%
Antwerp .• • • •• .. 25 5t
Brussels . • 25 62 yi
Damburgh • • • • • • • •• •• 13 94
Altona • • • • • • •• .•
Paris, 3 days'sight •• 25 30
Ditto, 3 months •• • 20 00
Marseilles 25 50
Baurdeaux...._ •, • • • • • •
121

.A.NGE.--TIIESDAY.
Gibraltar.. •• •• •• •• .• ••
Leghorn
30 7234
Geacia •••••••••••••••. 25 6%
Milan, .-••••••••••••• '
Naples ......•••••••• 41%
Palermo, peroz ........ 123%
Messina
•• 12334
•• •• ••• 53%
0p0rt0.......• •• • 63%
Rio Janeiro ..........
Buenos Ayres
New York,6odays'aight
Philadelphia ..

PRICES OF BULLION, PEA oz.
Foreign Geld inbara —X3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0

!New Dollars ......•
Silver in bars ........

0 4 10%
0 5 0%

WIY INTELLIGENCE,

SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER.

BETTING HOUSES.

Races merit all that is said in their favour, but they
produce some fatal effects as well as some very good
ones. If any one should ever in his enthusiasm liken
a race-course to the garden of Eden, half the world
would only recognise any truth in the comparison,
because on the " course," as in the garden, the devil
is seated hard by the tree of knowledge. A " know-
ing one," in the language of the turf, is one of the
most admirable imitations of the father of " lies,"
in some of his attributes, that weak mortality is
enabled to produce. Ile turns the paradise into a
hell. Through him the wager which was formerly a
harmless venture between men who could afford to
make it, becomes a means of misery and ruin to hun-
dreds who ought never to come under its operation.
While betting was confined to those who owned the
horses, or to those who were excited spectators of the
race, little harm was done. At any rate the evil
was confined within narrow limits. A proprietor of a
horse backing his property, or a connoisseur in horses
backing his opinion, could scarcely do damage to any
but themselves. The evil would be local, and could
never become national. When, however, the tricks
,'f the stable began to exercise an influence over the
races themselves and the betters thereon, the betting-
book became nothing better than a rogue's ledger.
Success in betting was not the result of a well-
founded knowledge of the capabilities of a horse or his
rider, but of an acquaintance with the dirty doings
of the stables.

" What is it?" says Nimrod, " that guides the leading
men in their betting? Is it a knowledge of the horse
they back either to win or to lose?—and is it his public
running that directs their operations? We fear not.
Throe parts of them know no more of a horse
than a horse knows of them, but it is from pri-
vate information, purchased at a high price—at a
price which ordinary virtue cannot withstand—that
their books are made up. Again, how do the
second class of betters act? We reply—they bet upon
men, and not upon horses. For so soon as they can
positively ascertain that certain persons stand heavy
against any one horse, that horse has no chance to win,
unless, as it sometimes happens, he is too strong for his
jockey, or the nauseating ball has not had the desired
effect. He runs in front, it is true, for he can run to
win; but what is his fate? Why, like the hindermost
wheel of the chariot, he is

" cursed
Still to bo near, but ne'er to reach the first."

The evil, however, did not stop here. As long as
the corruption was confined to the bona fide
frequenters of the turf, the result was a mere transfer
of property from the fool to the knave. The knaves,
however, desired and obtained a larger circle for
their operations. The speed of the horse and the
skill of the rider being shown to have no influence
on the issue of a race, and all information on the
subject being supposed to be the exclusive possession
of the " knowing ones," a thousand pretenders to this
distinction sprang up, and offered themselves as safe
guides to the universal public in the road to un-
bounded wealth. The bait took, and the effect was
seen in the establishment first of sweeps and then of
" betting houses." These miniature " hells" brought
ruin within the reach of the shallowest pocket. For
half-a-crown the poor man was promised intelligence
which would put more in his pocket than he could
earn by a mont's labour. Listen to one of these wor-
thies expatiating on the advantages he can offer to his
dupes. He signs himself "Nonpareil," and intro-
duces himself to the public in a Sunday newspaper
two days ago :
I now strongly advise you to lose no time, if you wish
to be on the winners for Doncaster. lam proud to in-
form you that I guarantee a great number of winners,
including the St. Leger, which is a certainty. A list, los.
—worth lot Take my advice, and have a list. A deal
of money is tobe made. * * *
I am well assured that no enterprise is more remunera-
tive than well-directed " turf investments." Very great
advantage in becoming a subscriber. Terms—twelve
months, 2 guineas; six ditto, 1 guinea; single event,
2s. 6d.

Here is a golden harvest placed within the reach of
the poorest classes. Labourers, servants, apprentices,
are all invited to share in the promised prosperity.
Is it wonderful if the temptation should prove irre-
sistible to numbers ? The poor man, in spite of
many opinions, we may say of much legislation to
the contrary, has an appetite for excitement, and a de-
sire to take occasionally irregular means to gratify it
as his rich neighbour. And we all know without the
authority of Nimrod, that the rich man often endea-
vours to make a "good book" in precisely the same
manner as that indicated by the advertising prophet
as the way for the poor man to make his. It is here
where the cause of the evil rests. Sir Peter Laurie
may threaten to put down betting-houses, but if he
succeeds he will soon see that he will have to com-
mence a crusade against the same pest in another
shape. Until the patrons of the turf can purify
the circle of their operations, the wretched
effects which we now see proceed from betting-houses
will never cease. With what face can our legislators
enact laws for the suppression of betting-houses while
they are patrouisiug the very system which is a very
hothouse for betting houses ? The miserable fre-
quenters of these houses know that Lord Derby and
a large number of the Members of both houses who
are in England are likely to be at Doncaster watch-
ing the " odds," and looking for information as
eagerly as themselves. If, then, they are debarred
forcibly from a pursuit which they know may be
practised by the rich with impunity, they will only
be strengthened in the mischievous impression—which
is but too justly prevalent—that there are some vices
which are the especial property of the rich, and that
the end of legislation is to secure a monopoly of
these for that class. What effect this will have upon
the national morality we leave the legislators to de-
cide. They must expect to be met on all sides by
the reproach, "Physician, cure thyself."—Daily News.

THE NAVY.
(From the Tines.)
We publish to-day a letter from Lord Dundonald,
which will combine a good variety of opinions in its
favour. In ail that the gallant Lord says about bounties
and insinuates ',bout protection he will assuredly not
want for earnest sympathizers, and four-and-twenty
hours will not pass, we dare say, without appeal to this
respectable testimony in behalf of Ministerial propensi-
ties. It is certainly true that a large number of British
seamen—some say even 50.000—are engaged in the ser-
vice of foreign countries, and it would surely be some-
what strange if it were otherwise. All nations, in all
times of the world, have always competed for the services
of any particular people distinguished in any particular
craft. Once upon a time the best weavers were inva-
riably Flemings, freemasons Normans, and sword-cut-
lers Spaniards, wherever they were met with. Later
in the day gardeners have been Scotchmen and
sculptors Italians, while at the present moment
diamond-cutters are only to be found among the Jews,
and public murderers among the Irish. Most nations
have some calling in which they excel, and the fact that
foreign countries come to England for seamen only
shows that our seamanship is the best article of its kind
in the market. It would certainly be inconvenient if we
sold all and retained none for ourselves, but we never
heard that the Swiss lacked soldiers for home defence
when they stocked half the armies in Christendom. On
the contrary, the free exportation seemed rather to sti-
mulate the produce, and Switzerland was never more
powerful than when battles were fought by Swiss in-
fantry as commonly as vessels are now sailed by British
seamen. As to bounties, the practice proves nothing
but the artificial character of the system, and for England
to run a race in such folly as this would be like protec-
ting the sugarcane by enormous premiums against beet-
root.

Omitting however Lord Dundonald's premises, we
can at once acquiesce in his conclusion that " strict
attention should be paid to all that concerns the steam
department of the navy." Whether we shall be driven,
either from the change in naval tactics, or, as our noble
correspondent prognosticates, from absolute want of
seamen, to rely upon steamers in place of ships of the
line may be a doubtful question, but as we do profess
to maintain a fine steam marine, and as we have paid
pretty heavily for its establishment, it is cer-
tainly as well to neglect no method of keeping it in
proper order. Long ago, it will be remembered, we
drew attention to the fact that engines were never
systematically fitted to ships, and Lord Dundonald
now complains that boilers are never fitted to en-
gines. This perversity of arrangement seems hardly
credible, but our noble correspondent plainly alleges
that whereas disproportionately small boilers used to be
attached to powerful engines, small engines are now
attached to disproportionately large boilers; that in
neither case was there any previous trial, and that in
both cases the result was failure. If any person should
doubt this description of Admiralty practice, we
can only beg him to recollect that practice little less
extraordinary was actually disclosed and confessed to,.
It was frankly acknowledged that the builder of the
ship was never put in communication with the maker
of the engines which were to propel her, and some
years did positively elapse before this species of concert
was thought desirable in the national dockyards.
But the remarks of our correspondent suggest an-
other question, which, indeed, instinctively arises from
occurrences of recent date and terrible significance. How
far is our present system of steam propulsion consistent
with probable security? It was but the other day that
we adverted, for a different purpose, to the excessive
speed at which our Atlantic steamers are driven through
the water, and to the sacrifice of all ordinary mercantile
considerations to this one object. It is quite certain that
for the sake of an hour or two's gain in a voyage of 10
or 12 days we surrender many of the requirements of a
packet-ship, but do we imperil safety as well? Is there
anything in these conditions of build, propulsion, and
competition on the seas which can be thought to make
the voyage more hazardous than before? Without sug-
gesting any conclusive reply to this inquiry, we must at
once admit that no recent accident seems in any degree
ascribable, as far as we could learn, to the power of the
engines or the speed of the vessel. The Amazon would
apparently have been consumed even if she had been a
very Vulcan for sluggishness, and it is quite mani-
fest that the real Admiralty standard of six miles
an hour brings about many more failures than the
racing pace of the American packets. We acknowledge,
therefore, that on the face of things there is no reason
for presuming that even our exclusive devotion to speed
and power endangers the security of the vessel. Still,
in every other description of locomotion, increased ra-
pidity does bring with it increased need of precau-
tion, and although the course of a ship over the water
is exempt from the worst liabilities, of a railway train
on land, the idea involuntarily suggests itself that some-
thing may go wrong under such extreme pressure,
and that the consequences might be worse than
in ordinary cases of failure. Lord Dundonald,
we observe, intimates that Government steamers
are positively ordered not to be worked at
the full power of steam " unless under the most
pressing emergency, to be noted in the logbook, and
officially reported by letter to the Admiralty." Now,
we should very much like to know whether these in-
structions are based upon a general conviction that ex-
cessive speed, under any circumstances, involves a cer-
tain amount of danger, or whether they are dictated
simply by a prudent estimate of Government machines
in particular. We can readily understand that if a
boiler is so ill adjusted to its engines as to require either
unnatural straining or equally unnatural restraining a
disaster is very likely to occur; but, as merchant ships
do not usually adopt those anomalies of construction,
are they liable to the same perils, or should they be
handled with the same precaution?
We throw out these considerations for reflection alone.
That there is no danger at present discernible in the
racing speed of our merchant steamers we readily ad-
mit. No voyages across the Atlantic have been executed
with greater general comfort than those performed within
ten or eleven days. But there may possibly be limits to
our license in this respect, and if so, we are certainly
going the way to find them. As to the Government
steamers, if they aro indeed fitted with such engines that
express directions are given never to work them except
where an explosion would be the lessor evil of two, we
must confess that the famous passages of oar Vulcans
and M. egseras are pretty clearly explained. To these
conditions of progress, however, we have no desire to see
our merchant, ships reduced, and, instead of such " pre-
cautions' as our correspondent alludes to against putting
on the steam, we would rather see such an adaptation of
ships to engines, and of both to the duties before them,
as would allow them to be turned to their ostensible
uses without any danger at all.

TO THE EDITOR 01, THE TIMES.
' Sir,—l look forward with anxiety lest the seeming im-
portance of financial, legal, and other useful reforms,
which touch the pocket and press on public notice, shall
wholly engage the time and attention of Parliament to
the neglect of really more important interests—the
security of our country from the evils of even local in-
vasion.
It is not by speeches in the Lords or Commons, though
published in the Times (stultified as they are by contra-
diction and misrepresentation), that a just estimate can
be formed of the defective nature of our protective de-
fences; no, nor by any readable article which could be
promulgated by your favour—but by directing public at-
tention in the right course to obtain information and ex-
cite reflection on the stealthy, silent changes that have
taken and are taking place in the maritime circumstances
of our country.
Let the public ascertain whether, in addition to the
loss of employment for 12,000 seamen, expelled from the
banks of Newfoundland by the effect of pecuniary boun-
ties given by rival nations, a still greater number of able
mariners have not been driven from our South Sea
whale fishery by the like device; whether the coal trade
on our shores is not now in progress of being superseded
by steam-conveyance; whether, from want of employ- I
ment in these and other ways, tens of thousands of sea-
men have not quitted their native country, to serve in
foreign vessels on distant shores ; and whether, in a
case of emergency, we shall not (as regards our sailing
ships of war) be at a loss to find seamen, while the ma-
ritime resources of rival nations have been increased by
our supineness.
If these truths are confirmed (as assuredly they will
be on inquiry), is it not essential that the most strict
attention shall be paid to all that concerns the steam
department as the best substitute for our former naval
force? I oould not composedly rest my head on the pil-
low in death (now, in the coarse of nature, not distant),
were I to abstain from endeavouring, through the widest
channel open to me, to obtain investigation into the
abuses perpetrated in the steam department of the navy.
In my last communication I proved (from the Naval
Blue Book of July, 1849), that "engines of great power
compared to the size of the boilers" (6,385) were
adopted (without previous trial) at a cost in ships and
machinery of millions sterling, and I asserted that theory
had failed to that extent in practice. I may now add,
that the reverse of this experiment has been put in pro-
gress, and that small engines are now being fitted to
large boilers, although no official trial has been made
or permitted to be made (but peremptorily refused),
since the chief engineer admitted in evidence that
4, we do not know to this day which is the best boiler"
(6,090)...

I shall here assign the reason for these peremptory
refusals on this important question—namely, that as the
whole steam department is fitted with boilers patronised
by the chief engineer, whioh are now found to have one-
third of their tubular surfaces wholly non-efficient, even
when the other two-thirds are pushed to extremity, such
exposure would be a fatal blow to farther arbitrary
adaptations.

"Nothing can
disengnee the naval service from the
drags by which its improvement is retarded but the re-
vival of the Naval Commission of Inquiry quashed by a
vote of the tinref,ruled House of Commons, on the Ist
of March, 1805."
Brenton, in his " Life of Earl St. Vineent," says,
" Every man ou entering public life should make the Re-
ports of the Naval Commissioners his study." It would
be an unalloyed good if his advice to statesmen could be
successfully recommended for public adoption, and so
originate petitions for the investigation of professional
concealments respecting which the Legislature are as un-
acquainted as with the internal organization of the Chi-
nese marine.
Dire disasters would, ere now, have aroused attention
to the erroneous equipment of our steam ships-of-war
had not the most positive orders been given, absolutely
prohibiting the working of their " engines of great
power" by full steam, unless under the most pressing
the
emergency, to be noted in the log-book and officially
my observations
t i
ons o
n
drTehadisful order, as
I reported
mentioned h
y inlet:
occur-
rence in the Amazon, ought to have been
_promulgated,
conspicuously affixed, and strictly enforced, on board of
all packets under the inspection of the steam
(5,825). A precaution the more indispensable, department
sincethe
prudent P3tinageraent* of our North Amerioau pokete .