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epidemic, surrendered herself without thought of
fear to the service of the sick, spending all her re-
munerations for their benefit. " The History of the
Harp" traces that instrument to a very remote an-
tiquity. There are also entertaining sketches of
"Castle Building" and "Spanish Poetry." The Far-
niers' gives a largoamount ofagricultural intelligence,
and the plates of two prize animals. The Church
of England Magazine has many subjects of interest
and information on scriptural and theological points.
The Ladies' Companion presents its usual amount
of tales and verses, of which the most worthy of
notice are a story from the pen of Mrs. Abdy, and
the continuation of Miss Pardoe's " Race for
Gold."—The Illustrated Magazine of Art contains
a great number of wood engravings and explana-
tions of a very low price. To those who are unable
to obtain a superior class of plates the present
serial affords great advantages.—The British Jour-
nal has many well-known contributors and amus-
ing sketches.—The Charm and the Picture Pleasure
Book are two of the best works of the kind that
have appeared for some time. Nothing can be
more comical or curious than the descriptions given
of the pictures, which are very good and suitable
for children.—Newton's London Journal gives us
an account of sixteen recent patents, with plates,
and its usual list of grants and scientific notices.—
The Illustrated London Magazine ranks among its
contributors the Hon. Mrs. Norton, William Car-
leton, Horace Mayhew, Captain Mayne Reid, and
several others.—" Swiss Men and Swiss Moun-
tains," forms the forty-fifth number of the excellent
series of the Traveller's Libra? y. It is from the pen
of Robert Ferguson, author of " The Pipe of
Repose."—Le Follet does not give us such elegant
groups as usual. It contains a sketch entitled
" Table Turning."

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL
INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. I
The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday Shr,
were estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 1,000 were
taken for export. The market without alteration
in prices. The sales comprised 7,000 American,
200 Pernam and Maranham at 6d. to 7d. ; 100
Bahia at co. ; Egyptian at qd. to 10d. and 500
Surat at 3 to 41d. per lb. Railway shares were
steady.
Wheat has risen again this morning, and is 3s.
to os. per quarter dearer than on Monday last.
Russian Tallow is up to 535. for best on the spot.
Hemp and other Russian imports are in demand,
and there is some excitement among the merchants,
owing to advices from St. Petersburg received at
the Baltic Coffee-house to the effect that the war-
like appearances were more decided.
The ironmasters have been induced to lower the
price of the manufactured article 20s. per ton, and
this decision is stated to have occasioned a good
deal of surprise, as it was scarcely expected with-
out some attempt to diminish the cost of production.
The metal trade of Birmingham is described as
being dull, owing to the high price of copper.
The following is part of a communication upon
the silk market, from Mr. Henry W. Eaton :
" Since the public sales the silk market has been more
animated than is usual just subsequent to those periods. 50
In Chinas a considerable business has again been done St.
at very full prices, perhaps, considering quality, even at 10
a slight advance, leaving the stocks in the hands of im- St.
porters extremely light. The India mail, delivered this St.
morning, brings no recent advices from Shanghai. Ben- St.
gal silk has also attracted some notice, about 300 bales
having arrived overland, including some of the new
Hurripauls. The letters from Calcutta up to the 16th St.
May quote prices as firm, but not much doing. Coarse 12
silk, with the exception of Hurripaul, was not to be ob- 50
tained. In Brutias the imports continue very limited, 161
and have been taken at about 6d. per lb. advance on St.
previous rates, owing to the high price of Taysaam 20
Chinas. The Persian market has participated largely in 14
the operations of the last week, orders having been re- 5°
ceived from the Continent." 20
New York accounts report the Stock Market as
being duller on the 20th ult. The value of the st.
exports of merchandise in the week ending June St.
18, was 1,370,665 dollars, and of specie 883,990 20
dollars. Freights were steady. 10
st.
The railway meetings announced are the fol- 50
lowing :
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COMPANY. DATE. PLACE, &C. 25
East Anglian (6 & 7 per cent. 25
Pref.) July 6, London Tavern.
Great Luxembourg July 20, London Tavern.
Do. Do.
Llanelly Railway and Dock July 9, London Tavern.
London and Greenwich July 12, 10, Coleman-st.
Madras July 19, 33, New Broad-st,
Newmarket July 13, London Tavern.
Paris and Rouen July 28, Paris.
South Staffordshire July 27, Birmingham.
South Yorkshire July 79, London Tavern.
Western of Switzerland July 23, Lausanne.
The following note has been sent to us :
" Committee of Spanish American Bondholders,
8, Broad-street- buildings, 2d July, 1853.
" Venezuelan Debt. The Committee of Spanish
American Bondholders have received advices from their
Commissioner, Mr. Weiss, dated Caracas, the Bth ult.,
stating that he had had an interview with the Minister
of the Interior and Foreign Affairs, to which he had
been introduced by the British Acting Consul-General,
and that he was proceeding in the business of his
mission."
The following extract is from a letter received
by the committee of Mexican bondholders, dated
Mexico, June 1
" Mr. Falconnet had been liberated, and had had an
interview with the President, General Santa Anna,
who expressed the best intentions towards the bond-
holders. The suppression of the commotion at
Vera Cruz, at the expense of some sixty killed,
had strengthened the new Government in public opi-
nion, but no general measure appeared as yet to have
been adopted for the improvement of the finances. It
was, however, expected that, within a few days, a new
tariff would be promulgated, abrogating the prohibition
against the importation of cottons, but fixing the duty
at six cent. per vara, which rate it was feared would be
found too high to prevent smuggling.
"In the meanwhile the so-called diplomatic conven-
tion creditors, to whom 15 per cent. of the import duties
is assigned, had considered it so much for their inte-
rest to support the new Government that they had
for the present waived their right in favour of Go-
vernment. Mr. Falconnet had also been invited to
do so on behalf of the foreign bondholders, and to
allow Government to appropriate the revenues as-
signed to the foreign debt from the Ist of January to
the 30th of April last ; but having no instructions, he
could not do otherwise than protest against such a pro-
position. [lt may be convenient here to interpolate that
the committee recently wrote to Mr. Falconnet that it
might possibly be the wisest plan for the bondholders to
follow the example of others similarly situated, and
frankly to offer the new Mexican Government, as a
loan, so much of the revenue assigned to the foreign
debt as might at the present critical moment be
absolutely required ; blit that the treatment which
the bondholders had hitherto received had been such
as to destroy all faith in Mexico here, and to
deprive such a proposition of every chance of being enter-
tained.] The appropriation has, however, notwith-
standing Mr. Falconnet's pretest now taken place,
though under a promise that from the Ist of May last
the revenues of the foreign debt shall be faithfully ac
counted for.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, JULY 2.
LADY MARGARET PROFESSORSHIP.

At the conclusion of the voting, which was continued
till 5 o'clock, the numbers stood as follows :
Heurtley .•• ... 53
Woodgate
..• ••• ... 46
Hansell 22
Foulkes
••• 20
Mr. Heurtley is therefore the new Margaret Professor of
Divinity ; he is rector of Fenny Compton, in Warwick-
shire, a college living, to which he was appointed in 1840.
BALLIOL COLLEGE.
The Rev. Walter John Clarke, M.A., of this College has
been appointed to the vicarage of Eagle, Lincolnshire. I

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EXETER COLLEGE.
There has been a call of the house of all the Fellows of
this College, for the purpose of examining the statutes.
The Fellows meet daily.

QUEEN'S COLLEGE.
The Rev. Charles Robinson, M.A., has been appointed to
the vicarage of Bishop Burton, Yorkshire.

NEW COLLEGE.
The Rev. John Marsh, D.C.L., Fellow of this College,
has been appointed to the rectory of Tingewicke, Bucks.
BRASENOSE COLLEGE.
The Rev. George John Banner, M.A., of this College,
has been appointed to the perpetual curacy of St. Bartho-
lomew, Huyton, Lancashire.
JESUS COLLEGE.
The Rev. Lewis Thomas, 8.A., has been appointed to
the perpetual curacy of Eglwys-Brewis, Glamorganshire.

CAMBRIDGE COMMENCEMENT, JULY 2.
At a Congregation held this day the following degrees
were conferred :

HONORARY DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS.
Thomas Frederic Charles Vernon-Wentworth, Trinity
College.

DOCTORS IN DIVINITY.
Nicolas John Temple, Fellow of Sidney College.
John Gilderdale, St. Catharine's Hall.
DOCTORS IN LAW.
John Gardner, Trinity College.
John Francis Hawker English, Christ's College.
DOCTOR IN MEDICINE.
Henry Thompson, St. John's College.
BACHELORS IN DIVINITY.
Henry James Grasett, St. John's College.
George Fraser, Queen's College.
MASTERS OF ARTS.
John Westlake
William Hector Lyon
Cyril! Jeddere-Fisher Trinity College.
Lo Contour Balleine
Frederick Borradaile
George Anstice Hayward
David Mourtfield
rt. John's College.
FWreilldiearimc LChetahribresicWigeoodhouse
Alfred Burnett
William Wilkinson
Herbert Bree, Caius College.
James Goodday
Richard Pilkington
Henry Whitley
Thomas Daniels
Mortimer Manley .
William Henry Gibson Carmichael
Alfred Smith St. Peter's College.
Humphrey Pountney Chesshire
Edward Wiles Gilbert
Henry Owen Jesus College.
Christopher Smyth
Bury Capel
}Christ's College.
Samuel Cheatham
Thomas Pickering, Corpus Christi College.
John Young Hughes. St_ Catherine's Hall.
Logh Richmond Ayre
Charles Frewin Kelly Emmanuel College.
Edmund Harling Cautley

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AD EUNDEBT.
Aubrey Townsend, 11. D., Trinity College, Dublin.
Samuel Sayle, of Trinity College, and Joseph Foxley, of
St. John's College, undergraduates, recited their pri2:o
essays, subject—" Utrum ex &rim cupidine, an ex honest°
erga rempublicam studio, magna plerumque et heroics
facts, oriantur."

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VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMO
TIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.

" The agents of the bondholders remit for the divi-
dends by this packet, to the Bank of England, at the
joint order of Colonel Facio and of the chairman of the
committee, $8,978 83 from Vera Cruz, ,
and 14506. 92
from Tampico."

New Appointments in Inspector of Prisons Department—
Several appointments will be made at the new Convici
Prison now erecting at Gosport.
Vacancy in the Customs—There is a vacancy in the Ex.
aminer's Office, caused by the resignation of Mr. F.
Forrest.

The English Stock Market has been in a very
excited state, though without much actual business
doing. As the dividends at the Bank of England
will be payable next Friday to the public, special
transfers will now be resumed, prior to the general
opening of the transfer books. Consols for Account
were done as high as 98 at the commencement of
business, but upon sales made went back to 97g, 2.
There is an immense amount of " options," and
these will sway the market from day to day, and
induce much artificial variation, though, in the
event of more favourable news, the subsequent
rally would be all the greater. The New Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents, have been 1001, to 101 k,
and the Three per Cents. 98# Bank Stock has
been maintained at 2281 to 229 f. Exchequer Bills
have been at ls. to 55., and India Bonds is at 255.
premium.
The Foreign Market has bees more animated,
and prices rule lower generally. Mexican, owing
to the duties accruing this year having been appro-
priated by the Government, has declined to 27 and
261. Equador Stock is not higher than s±. Spanish
Deferred Bonds have been at 22 to 22i. Portu-
guese Pour per Cents. are 39 to 1. The Swedish
Loan is at iz prem. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. have been at 63 to 1, and Russian Five per
Cents. keep firm at 1171, and the Four-and-a-Half
per Cents. at 991 to 100 ex. dividend. Sardinian
Stock has been steady at 93.
Railway shares have been flatter, but the sales
are not extensive. Great Northern have dropped
most, and Caledonian are very depressed. French
shares have been fluctuating.
The Gold Mines are about 1 lower on the 1/.
paid. The Australian Banks are all lower ; the
Land Companies also.

Appointment—M. J. M. Arnaud, Searcher of the first
class, has been nominated to the office of Landing Sur-
veyor of Customs, vice Watson retired.
Inland Revenue Department—Mr. Alexander Barton of
Garstang, and Mr. Charles William Dyer, of Kirkham, are
to exchange stations.
Mr. Charles C. Trim, supernumerary, Lancaster, has
been appointed to Drumnadrochit, Scotland ; and is to be
succeeded at Lancaster by Mr. John. Kelly, from Cole-
raine.

Appointment in Board of Trade, Whitehall—Tar. Henry
B. Williams has been appointed Registrar and Beeper of
Official Papers, vice Noyes, resigned.
Prince of Wales's Council-Chamber, Somerset-House--
Mr. W. J. Alexander, Q.C., has been appointed Attorney-
General to the Prince of Wales' vice Smirke resigned.
Appointment of Vice- Warden of the Stanneries—Mr. Ed-
ward Smirke has been appointed Vice-Warden of the
Stannaries, vice Dampier deceased.
Appointment in Devonport Dockyard—Mr. Edward E.
Woodhead has been appointed Clerk and Draftsman in the
Direction of Works Department, vice Crealoch, appointed
Clerk on the establishment.
Diplomatic Appointments—The Queen has approved of
Mr. J. Lynch as Consul at Dublin, Mr. W. H; D. Wolff
as Consul at Dundee, Mr. Dennis Mullins as Consul at
Cork, for the United States of Anierica ; and Mr. Charles
Stoess as Consul at Liverpool, for the Prince-Regent of
Baden.

IRELAND.
Vacancy in the Will Law Cou4s---The Lucratiie Office
of Taxing-Master to the Will Law Courts is now vacant,
caused by the death of Mr. W. E. Hudson.
Appointment in the Constabulary—Mr. Joseph Cox, late
Sub-Inspector at Cashel, has been appointed County In-
spector of Constabulary for Louth, vice Battersby deceased.

COLONIAL.
THE TURKS' AND CAICOS ISLANDS.
Vacancy.—The appointment of Crown Surveyor is vacant
caused by the decease of M. W. A. Radcliffe.
Mr. Joseph Hensley has been appointed Attorney-Gene-
ral ; Mr. John Longworth, Solicitor-General ; and Mr.
George Birnie, Registrar and Keeper of Plans—for Prince
Ed ward Island.
Mr. John Scott Bush has been appointed Escribano of
the Court of Intendant of the Island of Trinidad.
Mr. Walter Maynard has been appointed a Member of
the Council of Nevis.
Mr. Augustus Douboulay has been appointed a Member
of the Legislative Council of St. Lucia.
Mr. William Ward West has been appointed a Member
of the Council of the Government of the Island of
Mauritius.
Mr. Paul Ivy Sterling is appointed a Member of the
Executive Council, and Mr. Charles Batten Hillier a Mem-
ber of the Legislative Council of the Island of Hong Kong.
Mr. James Robert Longden is appointed a Member of
the Executive Council of the Falkland Islands.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)

Bank Stock
..... . ...... 229984 8i
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.... .....
3 per Co at. Consols Annuities
............. 93
shut
New 34 per Cent. Annuities ................ 1014 100 i. 1
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 ... 5 13-16
India Bonds, £looo
Consols for Account ............................. 98 78
Excliequor Bills, Id.
£I000
£5OO ..................................... 5p
5ma11.......................................... 1 5 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Equadorßonds ............................... 5i
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Peruvian Defel:ed 3 per Cent.
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent.
Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto 44 per Cent.
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 464 5 x d
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent x d
Ditto for the Account 221 2 x d
Swedish Loan
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent.
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 95:1

IMPROVEMENT OP THE NAVY.—Sir James Graham has
given notice of his intention to move, on the sth instant,
for leave to bring in a bill to make better provision con-
cerning the entry and service of seamen, and otherwise
to amend the laws concerning her Majesty's navy. Also
a bill for the establishment of a body of Naval Coast
Volunteers, and for the temporary transfer to the navy,
in case of need, of seafaring men employed in other
public services.

- LADY MARION.—This new story of the day is attract-
ing great attention, from the circumstance of the author,
Mrs. W. Foster, being the neice of the late Duke of
Wellington, and a near connexion of many of our noble
families. As a picture •f fashionable life, illustrating
the doings and manners of the aristocracy, it can scarcely
fail to obtain extensive popularity.
IMPROVEMENT OF LAND.—A bill is now before a com-
mittee of the House of Lords for incorporating a Lands
Improvement Company, wit'l a capital of 100,0001. in
pie is i
10i. shares. Its object is to enable advances to be
made to proprietors of estates for drainage and other
ce!saential improvements, upon the security of a rent-
-11 rge spread over a certain number of years, and,
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ield extensive benefit. This is to consist in the
issue of debentures the interest of which will be gua-
ranteed by the re ' h
nt-c arges, while their total amount
will be below that of the investments made, so as to
leave a margin of additional security to the holders.
Thus, as soon as an advance has been effected on one
property, a certain portion of the sum will be repro-
duced, so as to be applicable to another,
and in this way
the capital employed will ultimately become consider-
able,_ the objectionable Plan being at the same time
avoided of raising more at first than is absolutely neces-
sary for the commencement of operations.

BA LP-PAST TWO.
Consols for Opening 19th July 97a x d

ESCAPE OF Two PRISONERS FROM THE HOUSE OF
CORRECTION, COLDBATH-FIELDS. —On Saturday after-
noon two prisoners, named James Hawkins and Thomas
Hughes, the former a bricklayer, and the latter formerly
in the army, managed to escape over the northern part
of the prison walls by forcibly entering a back shed,
which contained some ladders and ropes, used in erect-
ing scaffolds for cleaning the interior of the prison. The
first prisoner, about 28 years of age, was charged last
April, at the Central Criminal Court, and sentenced to
12 months, for attempted burglary ; he is 5 ft. 11 in.
high. The second prisoner, about 27 years old, 5 ft. 10
in. high, was formerly a military man, sentenced from
the Central Criminal Court, last December sessions, for
uttering counterfeit coin.—Dispatch.
SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday, July 2.—The Royal mail
steam-ship Parana, Captain George Abbott, took her
departure this afternoon with the mails for the British
and foreign West India colonies, Havannah, the Gulf of
Mexico, Central America, the Pacific, and California.
The Parana has 40 passengers, among whom are the
Bishop of Antigua and lady, and on freight specie value
1,3681. 14s. ; quicksilver, value 3,3991. 3s. 6d., and a
full cargo of manufactured goods from Manchester, the
Continent, &c.

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 4,185 a

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