The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-30 00:00:00

THE STAMP DUTIES.

The following are the resolutions to be moved by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer to-morrow evening :-
1. That from and after the time to be specified, in lien
of the Stamp Duties now payable on the following deeds
or instruments there shall be charged and payable thereon
the Stamp Duties hereinafter set forth, that is to say :
Conveyance of any kind or description whatso-
ever, in England or Ireland, and charter dis-
position or contract, containing the first or
original constitution of fen and ground annual
rights in Scotland (not being a lease or tack
for years), in consideration only of any an-
nual sum, payable in perpetuity, or for any
indefinite period, whether fee farm or other
rent, fen duty, ground annual, or otherwise,
Where the annual sum thereby reserved,
secured, or made payable, shall not exceed 20s. £0 2 6
And where the same shall exceed 205., and shall
not exceed 121., then for every 20s. or any
fractional part of 20s. of such annual sum 0 2 6
And where the same shall exceed 12/. and shall
not exceed 241., then for every 40s. and for
any fractional part of 40s. of such annual sum 0 5 0
And where the same shall exceed 24!., then for
every 4/., and for any fractional part of 4/. of
such annual sum OlO 0
2. That from and after a day to be named, the followin
Stamp Duty shall be charged and paid, (that is to say)
On any scrip certificate,
i that is to say, any do-
cument denoting, or intended to denote, the
right or title of the holder thereof, or any
person, to any share or shares in any joint
stock or other company, or proposed or in-
tended company, or any certificate declaring
or entitling the holder thereof, or any person,
to be or become -the proprietor of any share
or shares of or in any such company,
Where such certificate, or the right or title to
such share or shares shall be or be intended to
be transferable by the delivery of such certifi-
cate, or otherwise than by deed or instrument
in writing

£0 0 1

3. That from and after the sth day of July, 1853, in
lieu of the Duties now payable on Advertisements, shall be
paid :
For or in respect of any 'advertisement con-
tained in or published with any gazette or
other newspaper, or any other periodical
paper, or in or with any pamphlet or literary
work 0 0 6

DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE NEAR LIVERPOOL.—An
occurrence of a very painful nature happened on Mon-
day morning at Doe-park, Woolton, near Liverpool, the
residence of Mr. J. B. Neilson. The premises of Mr.
Neilson had been robbed several times recently, and in
consequence a watchman was appointed to protect the
tools, &c., belonging to the workmen employed
in alterations. The watchman's name is Frederick Guy.
A carman named John Cume was also employed on
the farm, and he attended to the poultry. On Sunday
night James Cume, the brother of John, came to Guy,
and said to him that as it was Woolton wake there
would be many rough people about, so he would sit up
with him. This was at 9 o'clock, and while they were
speaking John Cume came in, and told Guy that he had
a duck just hatching in the plantation near the gate,
and he should not like to lose it, so he begged Guy to
look after it in the night, which Guy promised to do.
At 5 o'clock in the morning John Cume came early to
his work, and found his brother James asleep in
the saddle-room, and Guy on the look-out. He awoke
James, and asked him if Guy had looked after his
duck in the night. James said he did not know,
as he had fallen asleep, and had not been with
Guy for some hours. John then said that he
would go and look after it himself, and, without seeing
Guy to tell him, he went to do so. He crept into the
plantation, and finding that the duck had hatched her
young, he took off his cap, which he put upon the ground,
went down upon his hands and knees, took the old duck
off the nest, and began to take the young ones out of the
nest to Put into his cap and carry up to the farm. While
doing this the old duck made a great noise, which Guy,
as he was walking round, heard, and thinking it was
something worrying John's duck, ho went to the planta-
tion hurriedly. Just as he got near it, he could indis-
tinctly see through the thick foliage of the trees, very low
down, a rough, brown, hairy thing, which he took for a
dog worrying the duck. This was poor John's head, at
which Guy fired without speaking, killing the poor fel-
low on the spot. John called out, "Oh! dear me!"
and Guy ran, shouting out to John's brother James,
who at once ran to his assistance, but all was over. The
unfortunate man has left a wife and three children.

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS IN FRANCE.—Tuesday
was the warmest day that we have had this summer. At
12 o'clock, M. Chevalier's thermometer marked in the
shade 28 deg. 5-10th Centigrade (83 deg 1.3 d of Fahren-
heit), and at 2 o'clock 30 deg. 6-10th Centigrade (87deg.
of Fahrenheit). The last two days have been exceedingly
favourable for the hay harvest, which must be an abund-
ant one from the great quantity of rain that had fallen,
and the hay, except in very low situations, where it
had suffered from inundations, must have been got in in
a pretty good condition. The corn in the environs of
Paris seem to have recovered already under the influ-
ence of sun and wind from the injury caused by the con-
tinued rains, and although less full in the ear than in
some former season, it is far from scanty. It is too
early yet for us to know what effect the change of wea-
ther has had generally throughout France. If the weather
should remain fine for several days, it may be assumed
that the corn crop will be at least an average one. At
any rate the last two days, if the change has been gene-
ral, must have bad a most beneficial effect in checking
the injury caused by excessive moisture. The accounts
of the vines in the provincial journals are of a contra-
dictory character. Whilst some declare that unequivo-
cal signs of the grape disease have manifested them-
selves, others state that the vines are healthy, and
promise an abundant harvest. If the disease does not
make its re-appearance extensively, and we should be
favoured with fine weather for the next two months, the
vintage will be good in quality and quantity, for the
rains coming thus early in the year have been rather
beneficial than otherwise. A repetition of wet and cold
weather for many days together would, however, be as
injurious to the vines as the late rains have been on the
whole advantageous. —Galignani's Messenger.
LITERATURE IN BED.—" I generally," says Hans
Christian Andersen, " found the jovial Alexander
Dumas in bed, even long after midday ; here he lay,
with pen, ink, and paper, and wrote his newest drama.
I found him thus one day ; he nodded kindly to me,
and said, Sit down a minute ; I have just now a visit
from my muse ; she will be going directly.' He wrote
an ; spoke aloud ; shouted a vivat, sprang out of bed
=timid; ' Third act is finished,"' ,

LATEST FOREIGN NE VS

FRANCE.

The supervision of the public journals having
come within the attributions of the Minister of the
Interior, in consequence of the late suppression of
the Ministry of Police, M. de Persigny summoned
the chief editors of the several journals of Paris
to attend on Tuesday at the hotel of the Interior.
The representatives of the several journals were
received separately, and M. de Persigny, after
alluding to the measures of severity which the po-
litical crisis lately passed through had rendered
necessary in the interest of society, expressed him-
self in most indulgent terms towards the press.
The various editors withdrew much pleased with
their interview.

By a recent decree the Minister of Police has
interdicted the entrance into France of M. Eugene
Sue, who is now residing in Savoy.
The Emperor will to-day review the troops
in the camp at Satory,- and the Empress and the
Duke and Duchess of Alba will be present. His
Majesty will put the troops through different ma-
noeuvres, and before the filing off there will be a
distribution of rewards. The men are actively
engaged in repairing the injury done to the embel-
lishments of the camp by the late heavy rains. All
the paths between the tents have been covered
with sand, and triumphal arches have been erected
in different parts to do honour to the visit of their
Majesties.

Several officers, says the Pays, were to leave
Paris yesterday for the Camp at Chobham, namely,
General the Duke de Montebello, aide-de-camp to
the Emperor • chef d'escadron Reille, orderly offi-
cer to the Minister of War ; a colonel of infantry,
and a captain of artillery.
The Emperor, on the report of the Minister of
Public Instruction, has decreed that, with the con-
sent of the Bishop, pensions may be conferred on
old or infirm priests of more than thirty years'
standing.
We read in the Constitutionnel :—An important
measure is said to have been adopted in principle
by the Director of Agriculture and Commerce. We
allude to a decision that merchandise now prohi-
bitKshall be acitaittpd. tho TJniversal Exhibition
of 1855 ; it will be allowed to be re-exported with-
out charge at the close of the Exhibition, or sold
in France on payment of a duty of 30 per cent.
The Moniteur contains a decree authorising the
Minister of Public Instruction and Religion to
grant pensions to such members of the clergy as
may be incapacitated by age and infirmities for the
discharge of their duties, for which purpose the
subvention of five million francs accorded by the
decree of January 22, 1852, is to be employed, to-
gether with an annual vote.
A decree approving of the cahier des charges of
the railway from Lyons to Geneva is also published
in-the official journal.
The market for Rentes was dull yesterday, and
at the termination of business a general decline in
prices had taken place. The final quotations were :
—For cash—Three per Cents., 76f. 80c. ; Four-
and-a-Half per Cents., 101 f. 75c. For the account
—Three per Cents., 76f. 60c. ; Four-and-a-Half
per Cents., 101 f. 40c. Bank Stock, a
2,685. Shares
of the Societe Mobiliere experienced further re-
trograde movement to the amount of 22f., and
closed at 758 f. ; in those of the Bank of Credit
Foncier no change occurred, being still quoted at
700 f. The Railway Share Market was also unfa-
vourably influenced by the generally inactive con-
dition of business, and those securities underwent
a still further downward movement, the progress of
which apparently was only arrested by the close of
business : the decline was most considerable in
shares of the Bordeaux and Cette line, which fell
20f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 17f. ; Paris
and Rouen, 15f. ; Western, 12f. ; Paris and Stras-
bourg, 12f. ; Orleans, 10f. ; Paris and Lyons, 10f. ;
Northerns, 7f. ; and Rouen and Havre, 5f., closing
prices.

TURKEY.
Most of the Paris journals continue to abstain
from remarks on the Eastern question, for, as yet,
no new fact has transpired. The telegraphic
dispatch from Vienna, with accounts from Con-
stantinople of the 11th, merely confirms the news
already received of the rejection of the ultimatum
of the Emperor of Russia, and the Patrie, in
stating that the Sultan, in signifying his refusal
to accept it, offered, as a proof of his desire to
negotiate, to send an ambassador to St. Petersburgh,
only repeats what had been asserted in the Eng-
lish journals. The Moniteur does not even com-
municate the news that must have been received
by the French Government of a later date than
the 18th. It is not surprising, therefore, that it
should abstain from comment.
The following telegraphic dispatch has been re-
eeived in Paris :
gi Vienna, June 28.—The last accounts from Con-
stantinople are to the 18th. M. Balabine, the last
member of the Russian legation remaining at the hotel
of the embassy, left Constantinople on the 17th with
the refusal of the Porte to accede to the last ultimatum
sent by the Government of the Czar. M. Balabine
took with him in the steamer to Odessa the archives of
the Russian embassy."
According to the above dispatch, the diplomatic
relations between Russia and the Porte, which were
not entirely broken up so long as M. Balabine re-
mained at the Russian embassy, are now at an end ;
but there is nothing in the dispatch to show whe-
ther the rejection of the Porte was unqualified, or
whethet it was accompanied, as some of the Ger-
man journals pretend, by a proposition suggested
by the Austrian ambassador, of a nature to open
the way to new negotiations. Neither is it said
whether M. Balabine proceeds to St. Petersburgh or
remains at Odessa. If he has gone on to the capital,
the statement of the Emperor of Russia having re-
voked the power he had given to Prince Mensehi-
koff to give orders for the occupation of the princi-
palities of the Danube immediately on receiving the
news of the rejection of the last ultimatum, and to
await further orders from his Majesty, is probably
correct. This statement cannot be traced to an
authentic source, but it has arrived from so many
quarters that we may suppose that it was an
authorised one. If it was false, the question
assumes a serious aspect ; but if true, and the re-
jection of the ultimatum was accompanied by pro-
positions which the Emperor of Russia could not
decline without showing that he is more desirous
of war than peace, the accounts from St. Peters-
burgh may be of a satisfactory character. It will
be perceived that there is no allusion in the tele-
graphic dispatch to the account given in the Cologne
Gazette of M. Balabine having on the 11th pre-
sented a second note from Count Nesselrode to the
Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs, in which the
Russian Minister is said, whilst declaring that the
Emperor, his master, would withdraw no part of
his demands, to have added that if the Sultan was
desirous of negotiating, he must commence by dis-
missing his present ministers, and appointing others
less hostile to Russia. The inconsistency of such
a communication, to say nothing of its dictatorial
tone, is so great, that it is hardly possible to
believe that the Cologne Gazette is well informed.
We read in the Constitutionnel :—" At the
Bourse, where every piece of news is turned to ac-
count, it was yesterday affirmed that a dispatch
had been received, announcing that the Pruth had
been crossed. Who received this intelligence ?
Whence did it come ? That is what no person
knew anything about. We have no right to deny
absolutely the exactitude of it, for it is not rigor-
ously impossible that the movement of the Russian
army has commenced ; but what we can say is that
it appears more and more certain that Turkey will
confine herself to a protest against this movement
of the Russian army, and, in this case, England
and France will remain in statu quo. But as that
statu quo could not be indefinite, Russia would be
compelled to explain her ulterior views, or to with-
draw after a diplomatic arrangement, for it would
be a matter of urgency to put an end to a state of
things which, without being war, would have all
its inconveniences for Turkey and for her allies.
Before, however, carrying ourreasoning any further,
it is necessary to have precise information on facts,
and it cannot be long wanting."
The Dgbats says We have received letters
from Jassy of the 18th. They state that on the
previous evening Prince Ghika received from the
Russian Government an official notice, dated 11th,
declaring that in the very probable case of the re-
jection of the last ultimatum of the Emperor
Nicholas by the Ottoman Porte, the Russian troops
would pass the frontier ; and, in consequence, the
Hospodar was invited to prepare provisions and
carts. In this official notice the Cabinet of St.
Petersburgh declared to the Hospodar, in the most
formal manner, that the Emperor did not send his
troops into Moldavia to make war, and that the
occupation would have none of the character of an
invasion. It therefore recommended that nothing
should be changed iu the administration of the
country, that the functionaries should remain at
their posts, that the levying of taxes should not be
interrupted, and that the customs service should
be maintained. A similar notification has been
given to Prince Stirbey, Hospodar of Wallachia."
According to a letter from Vienna of the 23d,
in the Augsburg Gazette, the Russian Government,
notwithstanding the rejections of its last ultima-
tum by the Ottoman Porte, has decided that its
troops shall not cross the Pruth without formal
orders from St. Petersburgli ; and consequently,
adds the letter, ' they will make no movement be-
fore the. Ist July.
The Turkish Government Tins (says a letter from
Scutari of the 15th,) sent orders to Albania to
cause as great a number as possible of irregular

troops to be collected and sent to Schumla. The
ex-commander of the fortress of Zablick has sent
arrested (it is not stated for what reason), and sent
to Constantinople. A great many troops are be-
ing embarked at Dulcingo for that city.
A letter from Vienna of the 24th, in the Cologne
Gazette,
rumoured that great agitation has prevailed in the
says :—" For some days past it has been
Sclavonian provinces of the south. However, it
would be a mistake to suppose that this is a ma-
nifestation of sympathy in favour of the projects of
Russia on Turkey ; on the contrary, the movement
is favourable to the Ottoman Porte. Everywhere,
in fact, deputations are being named to express the
devotedness of the populations to the Sultan ; and
it is certain that all the chiefs of the Sclavonian„
populations are opposed to the designs of Russia.
A telegraphic dispatch, dated Marseilles, June
28, says :—" The French squadron had arrived on
June 13 in the Bay of Besika, near the Dardanelles.
The English fleet arrived there on the 14th. Tho
utmost cordiality existed between the seamen of
the two fleets." -

SPAIN.
The Madrid journals of the 24th are destitute o.f
.
news of importance. The Espana says that Mt
Luis Gonzalez Bravo is to be named ambassador at
Washington, in the room of M. Calderon de Ilk
Barca, appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. 17
cording to a letter, it was doubted whether t e
Cabinet would give a prompt solution on the col'
cession of the Northern Railway, the affair of Gene"
ral Narvaez and other pending matters, the Irv(
Minister of Public Works, M. Moyano, not having
had time to examine them fully. The 24th was
the holiday of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist,
and in consequence the Stock Exchange was 11°',
open.

ITALY.
The Opinione of Turin, of the 26th, announces ~f
that the bishops of the ecclesiastical province
Turin have addressed a petition to the Senate,
praying that the clergy and the ignorantins may
be exonerated from military service. It may be
remembered that a motion to that effect was lost ie
the Chamber of Deputies after a very inter
debate, when the new recruitinc• bill, now ve""e
the Senate, was discussed there:.
A letter from Florence of the 22d in the Pane''
mento of Turin, states that the judges of the
Supreme Court are divided in their opinion on
Guerrazzi's case ; that one section is for condemn:
ing him to imprisonment in irons for life, the other
for acquittal. It is freely rumoured by persons M
the confidence of the Tuscan Ministers that in tll6
case of his being condemned a decree of commuta-
tion of punishment will be issued forthwith, the
commutation to consist of exile.

GERMANY.
A letter from Stettin states that, by order of the
Government, all the papers and books of the
society called the Association of Guttenberg bac°
been seized.

The Prince Regent of Baden returned on the
24th to Carlsruhe, from Dresden.
The Duke of Genoa has arrived at Berlinft3
have also the Prince and Princess Frederick of t.,..w3
Netherlands, who are about to rejoin their son-lir
law, the Prince-Royal of Sweden.
The Prussian Gazette states that in consequolle
of the recent vote of the Second Chamber, the
Prussian Government has withdrawn the whole °f
the bill for the revision of the Constitution.
The Post-Ampt Gazette of Frankfort states fro7ll
Pesth that General Meyerhoffer has been sent t°,
Belgrade on a mission connected with the affslf
of the East, but the nature of it had not
transpired. It appeared, however, that Aust?,7
had resolved on the strictest neutrality in the als.
pute between Russia and Turkey. There was soma
a
excitement among the Hungarians in favour of
Turks, and several arrests had been made.
The Vienna Gazette of the 20th publishes an
imperial decree containing a series of definitir
nominations of high functionaries in Hungary, al
execution of the law on centralisation.

SW ITZERRLAND.
The New Zurich Gazette has the following tole.
graphic dispatch from Berne, dated the 27th L.'
" The election for Bulle could not take place. of
Charles, who filled the office of scrutator, examined
scrupulously the claims of the Radicals, and tore
up the vote-paper of a civic guard named Blot
who immediately slapped his face. The Radicoo
then fell on M. Charles, and beat him with sticks'
He was much injured, and owed his life to the in-
tervention of a magistrate. Cannon was then
brought up, and the greatest disorder ensued."

THE NEW SAVINGS BANK BILL.

The Government has at last produced this important
bill, and, on the first view of its various clauses (nearly
80), it appears very far from simplifying the present law,
but contains so many trivial and vexatious enactments
that we think it impossible to carry out the provisions e,
it, even if supported by the wishes of the trustees and
managers, with their great experience of the necessity of
working such institutions with simplicity and safety. It
may be sufficient to point out a few of the many objee"
tions to the bill.
It must be premised that there are between 500 and
600 savings banks, which, with few exceptions, are acici
mitted to have been conducted with great economy and
efficiency, but it is provided that the commissioner°
shall have the power to appoint receivers to all thesccis
banks independent of the trustees and managers, at
who are to be paid such salaries as the said cenullw,
sioners may determine ; these receivers are not to ,
or receive without the presence of a manager, and the
trustees and managers are prohibited from receiving !_r_
paying ; and on these conditions the country will 17°
liable for the acts of such receiver ; and unless the dee;
sitor's book is signed by the receiver, the depositor will
have no claim in case of defalcation.
How this is to be carried out in the large establish'
ments especially, it is impossible to conceive, unless tiho.
depositors have more patience than is now required
.°1
them in the well-conducted banks, where order and ilis"
patch go hand in hand ; and, notwithstanding the Go'
vernment receiver is alone to interfere with the cash, D'
manager or trustee must be present, and consequently,
unless such should be the case, the business will not
f td is put to all trustees and managers tlie
fusion and isappointment that would consequeni
arise ; neither is it possible, either in the large or slosh
banks, with their various localities, to command seep
attendance from those whose services are gratuitous.
It is likewise provided that four days a year shall re
set apart for depositors to produce their books to the
auditors for examination, and that all those who do not
so produce them shall forfeit their interest, and a list °I
such absentees forwarded to the National Debt Office,
and that interest shall not be restored without their COr"
sent. The depositors will fully appreciate this clails_e,
and the trustees and managers will know it cannot 7
carried out with justice to a large body of the industriolicsr
classes, and especially in the larger banks ; and in_
such large bodies are to attend in the time prescrib';
living, as the depositors are, all over the United IC113:r
dom, and many abroad, appears impossible. Power
might be given to the banks to suspend interest in old
cases as they might consider fit to visit with such loss ht
interest, but a person who has saved a few pounds eugfe
not to be harassed with such regulations when the mute
fortunate and rich man is exempt.
From and after the 20th November the interest PI;
able on deposits is to be 24 per
cent., but the deposit°
are allowed to direct the trustees to invest their saving'
if above 501., from time to time with the Commisai t
for the Reduction of the National Debt, and the intertbe
to be payable through such savings banks. Here is
premium held out to break up all savings banks, for toubj
allowance at present, without the larger deposits,
nw:,
not pay the expenses of the institution, for one.tereTore
all deposits are under 11. The institution will therefore
the
be left to struggle with pecuniary difficulties, whilecia
_Be
Government receiver would be exempt. Another
wh:re
authorises the Government to appoint receivers would
there are no existing banks, and in such cases he
act alone without the presence of managers.
It has been proved that the defalcations have
___aerrisbeYl3
as much from want of exercising the existing P"
.and
the National Debt Office as from any other mouse'
_ them'
ness that office will admit with what alacrity and there'
ness the numerous returns for Parliament and the
selves have been rendered, and also, consideri:bboe
immense number of depositors, how few disputes
t°
arisen during the 36 years, where it was necessary
refer to the barrister for arbitration. „doe of
These and many other facts speak to thed T.:etbing
savings banks, and if inspectors were appoint' trustees
more would be heard of defalcations. That thtehe work•
and managers should be called on to continue
ereoelly
ing of the bank, and that they should be Ywbatever
liable jointly and severally by bond, and tliri,; be liable
expenses they may incur for such bank show' and tbat
to be disallowed, no trustee could consent to ; the
the National Debt Commissioners should ssPar
patronage of 500 or 600 receivers is a question iunts be
liament to determine ; should such appointmu
made, it would only be just, as in other large Y
corn
s"
establishments, that the patronage should he i
out
co.
tees and managers, subject to the approval of n t
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MORE PUBLIC BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES.—.-A neat
and commodious building has just been completed in
Endell-street, St. Giles's, to serve for baths and wiugh‘
houses for the parish of St. Giles and St. George, Blooms-
bury. The edifice is to be opened for these purposes
this week. There are 16 baths for women and 57 for
with
men. Even the second-class baths are fitted up ith
attention to comfort, and the first class baths are ea"
poted, and have all that the bather may require for the
toilet. The same care seems to have been bestowed
upon the wash-houses. There are wringing machines,
drying closets, and every convenience both for ironing
and mangling. Each woman engaged in washing will
have a separate compartment for the purpose.

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111°47-8r MAIMPT AND COMMERCIAL
INTELLIGENCE-{THIS DAY.)

The CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
eati,, des of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
we 'led at 8,000 bales, of which 2,000 American,
karrek taken for export and on speculation. The
with evt Wag animated, and closed firmly, compared
'ritlars rates prices of American were tight.
4371._1es comprised 7,000 American ; 150 Pernam
100.p'granham, at 7d. to Bd. ; 150 Bahia, at 6d. ;
kagYPtian, at 6id. to Bd.; and 500 Surat, at
mend
4id• per lb. Railway Shares were quiet.
wiO4.,7,Btated that the rise of 2s. in wheat, occa-
hot' PY private purchases on French account, is
weaaitained, and that the large importers who
tdl7B.'
Particularly firm in anticipation of a further
to sece and continued purchases, are now anxious
de • There are large arrivals from the Mediter-
rr„,4 shortly expected.
4bl" foreign political accounts are more favour-
keonstrued.
ttia• English Stock Market has been rather flue-
again. At the commencement of business,
94 is were 98 They were marked soon after
etie and are now about 98 The New 31 per
99t05% have realised 1014 I, and the 3 per Cents.
Aretail• Exchequer Bills have been at 2s. to ss.
and there have been more numerous
70 , ions in India Bonds at 275. to 325. prem.
klig4a °l;eign Stocks there is a little doing, at prices
day. st In favour of sellers compared with yester-
-28. rniThe value of Mexican Bonds has been 271 to
the 4ne settlement of the account is acting upon
Itel'alue of most securities, but although there has
lxielbt Preponderance of " bearing" recently, the
by Ttors are, apparently, not yet disposed to
coin", 'Jack, and accordingly the market is dull
with former periods. Should the East-
titieB 441111 y be solved, there would be many secu-
tt, which, from their low price, would present a
iitPtation to capitalists, especially as there is very
tie Probability of new loans to absorb surplus
(4143%. Buenos Ayres Stock has been firm at
Brazilian New Four-and-a-Half per Cents.
ilzki'e,adY at 98g. Equador Bonds are not better
; Russian Securities have maintained
4e, grUict; aria Vie Five per--Cents. have
b2lat 117,12- to 118. Spanish 3 per Cents. have
;rat, quoted 481, being rather heavy. Dutch 4
'ellts. bring 961 to 1. Grenada Deferred Bonds
e beeni._ at 91.
oltre itailway Share Market is rather unsettled,
Cllg to the adjustment of the account, but the
alation carried on of late does not appear to
e been active, and the differences are not heavy.
principal transactions have been in York and
leic) Caledonian, North Western, and Great
theirn• French Shares are not buoyant, nor is
much doing in them.
he Shares of the Australian Joint Stock Banks
4egleeted, and those of the Land Companies
Vali, though British American have been
Tiell'• The Gold Mines are without change.
lott,P last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
clay, are in round figures as under
1853. 1852.
western £24,018 £21,277
k
to 'Western 54,439 51,057 41:1Western 18,249 13,802
Yat°ll
„Othllll 25,631 23,905
'314 Eastern 17,197 15,135
,pti; %lan 10,021 8,717
V,tl4Terthern 15,904 11,628
oti-411ire and Yorkshire 20,244 18,042
tkb-tia'lld North Midland, Newcastle
terwick, and Leeds Northern 28,038 24,972

•
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
( From the Official List.)
,lk Itg Business done.
'kr otock ................. ................. 2284
Itaeut. Reduced Annuities 99 *
1 t Per Cent. Annuities lOll 3 i 3
Ni4•4llluities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -
Dittilonds, £l000
ktkit Under £lOOO 2B 32 27
kq_for Account 9Bi iiiiil
kiriai' er Bills, ld.
4:q .. ~. 5 2 p
44,11
5 2 p
1:
5 2 p
l'1`41:11I
~ 46.,°t OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
,-)itt—"„ New,
5 per Cent
~.44 " 1852, 43 per Cent 983 x d
411.cj, Bonds, 6 per Cent 634
i1ku.,1825, 5 per Cent lo6i
te,l2.'l' Bonds
ic, 4d
,-ajea4 Bonds, Deferred
ertivilla 3 per Cent.
tt'4,
lt,._
for the Account 4
r Cent. 824
833 31
litlittil Bonds, 5 per Cent.
o 4,
;1,111 p_aer Cent.
Red x44h. Bonds, 3 per Cent 4Bl
e4tzliel.."'Loan . .... .
..... . .. ... .....
Bonds, 33 per .......
2
kttlt .L,Dividends on the above payable in London.
bitol6ll-ange, Zi percent. ...............
." 4 Per Cent. Certificates 963 /

TIT.REE O'CLOCK.
98A x d
Cutisols for Opening 19th July

144 t•-TING OF THE SWELLY ROCRS.—The removal by
of the " Swelly Rocks," situated in the cent re
Menai Straits, will take place during the course
ape" present summer. The Lords of the Admiralty
adopted the plan proposed by Mr. Edwin Clarke,
• fe ' flgineer and the contractors have received
;
to proceed without delay with the work of
ilkr) ;1;41, the time for which has been limited to 18
1016-48• The chief portion, it is expected, will be
lio;il.•ed during the present season. The cost will be
6,000/,, for which a Parliamentary grant has been
,Zed, and this will insure the removal of the princi-
keetructions, with a considerable portion from the
ktta-7, of the quarter tide rocks, thus leaving the im-
Silgt navigation of tthe Straits comparatively un-
ee bed
The removal of these obstructions will scour
and channel of the Straits, and considerably
!tld ve the bar harbours of Beaumaris and Carnarvon,
bi,e4llse the transit of many vessels through the Menai,
eference to the longer route by Holyhead.
tt,()ItTLAND BREAKWATER.—This great structure now
kl mgcle upwards of 3,060 feet, comprising 102 bays of
tl' each bay being 30 feet in the clear ; the founda-
''ktt°,,l the inner breakwater is filled up level with the
sti,;:. and is ready for the commencement of the masonry
ItooZiens. Vigorous efforts are now being made towards
ett.'ng the preliminary arrangements for laying, the
kth' tie! of stones, with. which the " pier heads ' at the
ktt ,whims of the opening are to be constructed ; there
'"°o locomotives daily at work in the quarries, and
ltt:,°ll the breakwater, and all the available convict
gth is brought into requisition for the purpose of sup-
-41.15. the quantity of stone necessary for the emergency.
months past artisans have been employed in
'VA and sharping the stone to the moulds which
kti 'leen prepared, in the form and position which they
kt.° Ou upy in the breakwater. They are now laid
i4t the end of the " Gantry" at the foot of the incline,
tlittle form of a segment of a circle, being a fourth of
4tivuele area of the piers (which are designed to be of
°tit e,llhir form). The travelling "Gantry" is now run
'keo the end of the inner breakwater, and is quite
Si3;to be used for the purpose of lowering stones and
,SiOl? the div!ng bell.. Divers are daily employed, as
,t4t ~mes serve, in levelling the ground-work beneath the
,•11i:),'' and reparing it for the reception of the blocks
'4_23,,,c" are to form the foundation of the structure.
Gazette.
eISHING SEASON.—The present fishing season has
so far, one of the best which has occurred in the
i'4lv„•
.`listrict for some years. Mr. T. Bell, of Thorn-
Nt:ite, caught a pike 241 b. weight in Bassenthwaite
kali" about ten days ago. On Tuesday last Mr. T. F.
late of Cockermouth, caught one which weighed
'tatttisras of 201 b. The trimmer was used in both in-
0g,4.---Cuniberland Parquet.
'it h- COST OF A CONTESTED ELECTION IN 1768.
%I,' all our corruption, we don't spend quite as much
ktt:lntested elections as did our ancestors. In 1763,
A4/`Turthampton election (decided in favour of LordA
li r), that nobleman spent nearly 130,0001. ; Lord
ksetti: Was ruined ; and Lord Northampton, besides
4,6fi",,g down all his old timber, to the amount of
✓sold most of his furniture from Ashby, and the
of that at Compton, and spent the rest of his
Switzerland.
'''C',lllltN OF MR. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM TO LONDON.—
'klt,t7re about to lose another of our musical favourites.
has taken her departure—Kate Hayes gone to
j‘k rll, la—Sontag touring—and now Augustus Bra-
aiAtends leaving us just when we want him
e Zain—but we are glad
.to be able to say that
,t 1 ii.,111 revisit us, for certainty, andes that too at
''S• distant period, and when he do, he will meet
iell4 most heartyi and unaffected welcome from the
fi4ds whom he has delighted with his sweet strains,
-i!wise from the immense number of favourite friends
,Sbl'ave become attached to him, from the kind,
jt tid gentlemanly conduct he has so invariably
during his stay on us children of the West.
it,er t44444„te(in, and upon- good gauthority, that lie intends
In the United States, and on his return brings
h'B,uhildren with him. We need not say that we
„,11 him with pleasure as one of our citizens ; in
raay truly say that he is already (one of us).
:rei,-a•reer in this country has been brilliant in the
• Ad -e---and we fervently trust that. ho will startle the
ik
ere in the same manner. In his concert singinghe
140ft'irPassed ; who can listen to his " Pretty Jane ' or
1„4 the Still Ni ht" unmoved? or hear the curse
"ed 4,24 'Lucia" ywithogut feeling a most unwonted thrill ?
‘0 ''Still so Gently," many a tear have we seen fall,
1:411• elieline,uly sang but sobbed it out in such a heartfelt
`4rt "eat even we ourselves, case-hardened and hard-
st •
°-et.b °les as we supposed ourselves—found that our
,t°114,„-4171dkerchief was suddenly drawn out (of course in
,Ny"ellue of a severe cold). Well, we have spent
Lately Pleasant and agreeable hours publicly and pri-
Lrlife with Au u tu Braham and in bidninff him (we
hi'i):lcir short time)) farewell, beg to state that. we
• Bela
with sincere regret, and shall hail his re-
-44r With
re •
ee a pleasure ; and all who know him wi
L.l its that we wish all Englishmen were like
a Ic'tvf 2)-virit of the Tim„
oLlollnee-ril:1112t INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION.An. official
ko%Yetai has been made, that the Exkibition at the
`Ntilacs.:44o.3 will be opened on the 15th of July.—The