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benevolent intentions. We shall lieT inviolable
those principles ; and thus the national banner be
beach(' by the Cross, which is the symb)l no less of
victory than of justice and truth."

LOMBARDY AND VENICE.
The report of a battle having taken place between
the Piedmontese and Austrians is not confirmed by
the Italian papers which have arrived. They state,
however, that the communications between Mantua
and Verona are completely open to the Austrians
who cross the Adige at Legnano.
The Dieta Italiana of Bologna of the Bth, states
that on the 6th General PEPE ordered the two
Bolognese battalions, and the battalion of Lom-
bardy, to march to Brondolo, to attack the body
of Austrians stationed there. The General him-
self made a sally to destroy the works begun
by the enemy against Malghera. The results of
these two operations are not known. Letters from
Vicenza announce that two-thirds of the population
have emigrated ; that the Austrians have imposed
new contributions, and that a great mortality prevails
among the 20,000 men stationed in that town.
The Imparziale of Venice cf the sth, states that in
consequence of the repeated refusal of MANIN and
TOMASEO to resume the Executive power, the follow-
ing Ministry has been named by the Assembly :
JACOPO CASTELLI, PIETRO PALEOCAPA, FRANCESCO
CAMERATA, ANTONIO PAOLUCCI, LEOPOLDO MAR..
TINENGO, GIo. BATISTA CAVEDALIS, and GIUSEPPE
REALI.

LITERATURE.
THE CLOSING SCENE. By the Author of " The
Bishop's Daughter," 4-c.
The lives of eminent men may always be read with
profit, but never more so than when they are brought
in strong contrast to each other, as they are in the
volume before us. Here we have the lights and sha-
dows of human life—the holy aspirations of the
Christian contrasted with the gloomy forebodings of
the Infidel : and so faithfully are the portraits drawn,
and by so masterly a hand, that they cannot fail to
arrest attention. The author laments, that " among
the acute, and the gifted, and the highly educated,
are arrayed the antagonists of Revelation and the
enemies of the Redeemer." It ever was and always
will be so. What says the Scripture ? "Not many
wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many
noble are called."' And Cowper, who always de-
lighted to drink from the Fountain of Life, thus
enforces the same truth
Not many wise, rich, noble, or profound
In science, win one inch of heavenly ground."
"Not many wise are called." And why? Clearly
because they are so puffed up with their own (often
vain) attainments, that they think it derogatory to
ask tbr aid of Him to whom they are indebted for
all the talents they possess. The inconsistency of
these men is most remarkable. For instance, Shelley,
a sketch of whose unhappy life is given in the work
under consideration, once declared to a literary friend
that of all the books he had ever read he valued the
Bible the most. His friend, somewhat startled at
this remark, asked him how he could, with the least
consistency, make this assertion after the sceptical
opinions he had published in his various works ? " If,"
replied Shelley, " I have written anything in opposi-
tion to the Bible, it has been done from very scorn
for the hypocrisy of those who call themselves
Christians, but whose walk in life is as opposed
to that of Christ as light to darkness." This is ex-
ceedingly cutting, and is well calculated to lead men
of reflection to consider the springs of their actions,
and what their "closing scene " is likely to be.
Shelley was an extraordinary man ; highly gifted
unquestionably, with a keen perception of the beauti-
ful. His " Hymn to Intellectual Beauty "is proof
sufficient of this. At every object in nature he
looked with the eye of a poet. In watching the
graceful motion of the clouds he once said—
" They blindly on their errands go."
Not thinking, perhaps, at the moment, that he him-
self was equally blind in all matters relating to
eternity. Shelley at one period of his life endured
great privations; hut when his circumstances im-
proved, we have heard from a gentleman who was in-
timate with him, that to a necessitous author, though
no relation, he presented a thousand pounds. This
was at any rate acting the part of the good Samari-
tan. And after such conduct, who can refrain from
looking with tenderness on the man whose feelings could
prompt him to such princely liberality ? When
Shelley drew the cheque for this amount, he might
have said to a mere professor, "Show me thy faith
without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by
my works." The " mighty, the noble, and the rich,"
are included in our quotation ; but we have not space
at present to pass any remarks on these. Fro► the
narrative of every character included in " The
Closing Scene" we might select passages of great
interest, but in doing so we should be robbing the
book too much of izs valuable contents. We will
therefore close our notice by strongly recommending
the reader to get a copy of the work, which, to our
taste, is the most interesting of any which the author
has yet published

* 1 Cor. i. 26.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday had
been active. The sales amounted to 7,000 bales, of
which 6,000 were American, at 3d. to Sid. per lb., at
fully previous rates. In Railway Shares only a mode-
rate business was transacted, and the market was very
firm. Holders in some instances demanded higher

prices.
There are no arrivals to• day with news of any parti-
cular interest, the ship letters not being generally of
later date. We are glad, however, to notice the most
favourable reports upon the state of the crops on the
continent, as well as in the United Kingdom, and par-
ticularly in Ireland, and there seems to be every pro-
bability of food becoming even cheaper and more
abundant than it is at present. The grain market
this morning evinces unmistakeable symptoms of weak-
ness.
The Money Market is exceedingly easy as far as the
bankers and others are concerned, and even in general
quarters there is a greater abundance. The railway
" calls" absorb, however, a portion of the surplus which,
in the absence of that source, would be seeking em-
ployment. For the present month they amount to
3,833,2551. on English, and 157,5001. on foreign lines.
For August the amount as yet announced is about
1,500,000/.
A report of the state of the iron trade appears in Aris's
Birmingham Gazette, from which we take the following
extracts :—" The slight amendment in the export and
home demand for iron, noticed in our last as a ground to
hope that little underselling would be resorted to, hag
since that time considerably increased, and not only
proved sufficient to realise such expectations, but, with
the aid of some heavy orders for railway bars brought
forward just upon the quarterly meetings, has induced
considerable anxiety on the part of our manufacturers
generally to obtain supplies of !metal before any de-
cided reaction in price should take place."
"Although we think that we may now congratulate
the trade upon a very general impression that the
lowest point has been turned, and that a more cheerful
feeling may be reasonably assumed, still this beneficial
movement cannot be referred to such a permanent re-
vival of activity in the iron market, or in the general
aspect of mercantile affairs, as would warrant the
expectation of any immediate advance in prices;
and, above all things, a wild resumption of opera-
tions or increase of make should be guarded against,
The flush of orders which has lately been felt may be
accounted for, even by the distribution alone of that
business whichi was formerly executed at the various
works unfortunately closed under the late pressure; and
it should be borne in mind, that sales made at the pre-
sent prices are affording little or no remuneration for she
outlay of capital, if, indeed, they do not entail an abso-
lute loss upon the manufacturer.',
The abundance of money still has a strengthening in-
fluence upon Consols, and although the " fag end" of
the settlement may be in part the occasion of the ad-
vance, there is also, no doubt, an indisposition on the
part of the jobbers to sell stock, seeing the manner in
which the quotations were lately " run up." The trans-
actions have been exceedingly limited. Consols have
been 871 to 88 for Transfer, and 871 to 88 for Account.
The premium on the March Exchequer-bills is again
455. to 495. Bank Stock has been 197 to 1971, being a
very decided rise for the first named. East India Bonds
have been 295. to 31s. premium. The New Three•and-
a-Quarter per Cents. have been 87i to 881, and the
Three per Cents. 871 to 88.
In the Foreign Bonds there has not been much doing,
but the quotations are steady. Spanish Five per Cents.
have realised 114, and the Three per Cents. 214 to 22.
Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 171, and Bra-
zilian 69. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were 45
to 45/. Danish Bonds have been at 70. Mexioan
are 171.
Railway Shares are looking very firm again, and are
still tending upwards. There is a small business doing,
but holders are not inclined to prONEess business.
ARICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLO,K
Bank Stock 197 197th
3 per Cent. Reduced Anna .. 873/41A 88
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities B7l/2 83
New 3M per Cent. Ann 5...... . 87% 88%
Long Anns. to expire Jan. 1860
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 9-16
India Stock 239
India. Bonds, 1,0004
Ditto under 1,0001..........- 3l p
Oonsols for Account, Aug. 10 87% 88
L.xcuequer Bills. 21,4 d.
1,000/. June 43 40 p
1,0001. March 45 49 p
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. oNE
O'CLOCK.

CLOSING
PRICES.
196
88
88

88%

8 9-16
239
29p
31 p
881 i

44 p
49 p
CLOSEts 0
IritICES.

Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, Small 7l
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent 7O
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 l7
Ditto, Account
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Ditto, 4 per Cent 1714
Russian Bonds -
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Passive
Ditto, Indemnity
Ditto 3 Der Cent 2l
Ditto, Account 22
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 4% per Cent —
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 71 71
Ditto, Account
PRICES OF PAID BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
.
RAILWAY SHIRES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen., ... 60 ..... 20 ',f 21 .. 91
Amber., Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 33/4.....•
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 21,42 — ••
Belfast & County Down 16 ......
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction .... ... 20
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10 .. -
Birniing.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 121. 4s ...
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Junc.... 10 •••••• ..• • .........
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5
Bristol and Exeter B5
Ditto, Thirds ... ...... 25
Buckinghamshire... 141. 4s.
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares .. 83/ --
Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50
Chester and Holyhead... 42% —
Ditto, Preference lb ......
_ _ Clarence
. _ _

Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10-
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Direct London & Ports-
mouth
Dublin and Belfast Junc. 30
Dundalk & Enniskillen
East Anglia, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D.....• 25
Do., 181., E. & 18
De., 31.105.

17%

18
994

Eastern Counties... ..... 20'
Do. New Guaranteed
6 per Cent.
Ditto,Extension,s per
Cent., No. 1......61. 13s. 4d....
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d...
Do. North. & Eastern 50
Do., 5 per cent.
Do. Quarters ... l2 q ... ...
Do. New ... 23
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 25
Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1
Ditto, Class B (I. &
and B.) 2O
Ditto, Class C, ditto... 171,x —
1)o. Scrip (6 per cent.) 10
.....
Ditto, ditto
Ditto (C. & E.) guar.
5 per cent............ 21,E . ...
East Lancashire .
25 . ....
Ditto, New ........•... 17 ....., ..
Do.,
ference Quarters ... 2IA — •
Ditto,
East Lincolnshire . ..... 20% —
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 42
6 Newper
Cent. Quarters
Pre- 6 4 ......
• ••••••
Ditto, Half Shares ... 15_ ~. .. 1 it
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/2... 10 A
Edinburgh and Northern 25 .......
....
Ditto, New.. ............ 614 .
t ........ 13_ ....
Ditto, Newpor .. —.
Ditto, ditto, New ...... 3f4...... --
Exeter,Yeovil, ts Durch. 2A ......
Ditto, New .... ........ 3AI
Glasgow, Dumfries, and ni
Carlisle ....... ••• —Bl- 6s- 1)"*"' --
Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 - ........... ....
Ditto, New ... ...... ... 40 -
Do. Preference Consol. 15 ...... . ........ •
Great Northern .........15 ...... 6'4
Do., London and York 21/s ...... Pi.•
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
.
Great North of En gland.loo .....231
Ditto, New, 40/......... 15 ...... --. ....
Ditto, New, 301. ...... .. 30 ...... ---
Ditto, New,lsl 1114.. .. .•• ............
Great Western 9O ... .. 89%,•••••••••• ...
Ditto, 14 Shares 5O ...... 497 i ...............
Ditto, '4 Shares
Ditto, Fifths 2O ...... 191 ....... . ......
Ditto, New 171 l3 ... .. 12 ...............
Huddersfield and M.snch. 28
Ditto, Thirds
Hull and Selby ' . ...... 50
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25
Ditto, u Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle 5O ..
.... ... ............
Ditto, Thirds
...............
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93
... Ditto, ditto
Ditto, 14 Shares . .... 43 •
Do. Quarter Shares 173.
Do. Fifths... 9
Do. Sixteenths 614
Do. Thirds (Reg.)..... 13 . —
Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 21% ... .....
Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 ......
Ditto 14 (late Hud-
dersfield and Sheff.) 38
Do.(Wakefield,Ponte-
tract, and Goole) ... 50
Do.( W. Riding Union) 6 ...... - ..•••••••••• ••
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
..
D 0.% Shares (A)... 91......
Leeds and Bradford 5O
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 471,
Do., Half Shares 22 L 4...... ...
Do., (blue) Scrip.-- DA— .. _
Leeds and Thirsk ...... 45 ........ ..•••
Ditto, New ...... ....... 30 - ••• •••••
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% ...... _—
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport . ........... .. 31t _
Liverp., Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction... 2% _
London &Blackwall...l3/. 68.8 d....
Lorin
South Coast ........ 60
Do. Consol. Eigh
od.oEn,xtßernisgihon .
ton... ......... 221. .
.... ..........
....
ths. 40 - ....... ••••...

29

14%
3!,‘

5134

1014

6

F 9%
497 i
19%
19%
12

3214

Do. Guarant. 5 per et., 9
...... 81kex div B% x.d.
Do. Pret. Con. 5 per et.. 50 .. ...
Ditto, ditt0...... 1852: 50
Ditto, New 51., guar. ~
6 per cent. .. ~ 2 —
London and Greenwich 12/153 4d... ••••••••• ..... •
Ditto, Preference... ; zi/ 17a 2d.... ••••••
London and N. Western 1(X0 ..„,..1271,4 127 127
i )o. Quarters (L. & IL) 22 ......
Ditto, New
Ditto, .. . Fifths ... .
_ _ I S

Do. 401.Shares(L.M.) 20
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 9
Do. 10/. (M. 1&.)13. 9
Do. la (M. & B.) C. 1 --
Loud. & S. Western
Do. New 50/. ..... 42%..
Do. New 401. ...... 34
Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50
Ditto ditto
3%
Ditto. Thirds ....... 11/. 13s. 4d 274 dis 2 dis.
Do., New Scrip, 1818,
Pref. 7 per Cent. on
Deposit, and 5 per
Cent. on Calls ... 1/. 13s. 4d... dis dis.
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil .....
Lon:lowierry&Coleraina .••••••
Londonderry and Ennis-

_
killer
Lowestoft (4 per ct.)
Ditto (6 per ct.) ..... 3 -
Man,:diester.Buxton,and
itl4elock••• • 4
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire ...100
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 18 - ••• •••
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 7% — ••••••••••
Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 10
Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 30
Ditto ditto . ......... 9 - ••.••..••
Ditto ditto -
Ditto Sheffield and
Lincolnshire ........• 10 . ...
Do., Grimsby Dock... 15 -
D 0.,•
Manchester and
Lincoln Union..... 41.2 s —
Mancliost.& Southampt. 2,A ......
Midland ......... ..... -.100
Do. Consolidated Pref.loo
Do., do., 501. Shares... 20 ...
Do. Birm., and Derbyloo
Do.Consol.Bristol and
Binning., 6 per ct.... 100
Di tto, Brist. & Glocstr. 38
Ditto, ditto ...... ...... 14/. 18s —
Ditto,Leieest.& Swan-
nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo
Midland Great Western
Irish ........... ........ 442 —
Middlesbro' and Redcar,
6 per cent. guar.
Newcastle and Carlisle...loo
Do. Quarters 25 ......
Newmarket... ..... ... 20 ..... ...
Do. Extension ...... ...21. 125....
Newport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford
Newry and Enniskillen 7
Newry, Warrenpoint,
and Rostrevor .. 17% ......
"-
Norfolk .......... ........... 100
Do. New 20!. „. 5
Do. Extension 5 p ct. 20
. _ ......

Do. Guaranteed 517/2pc. 5
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2
Northern Counties Union 4
North British ... .... ... 25 ..
Ditto, Halves
Ditto, Quarters
•••
Ditto, Extension O% .....
„.
Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 4y2 .. ~,
North & South-Western 2
North Staffordshire 12%..... 10,1,
North Wales . ... 3112
......Aa is••••• ......
North-Western .......... 8% —
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate 71,4.....
Royston and Hitchin
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland. 25
Ditto, New
Sheffield, Rotherham, &
Goole (Nor. Div.) ••• 7% —
Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 4
Shrewsbury and Birm... 8
Ditto ditto. Class B. 5
Shrewsbury and llerefd. 2 ...... ...-
Shrewsbury & Chester
(Nor. W. Min.) ...... 16
Ditto Halves ... ditto 8
.....
.........
Ditto Oswestry ...... 16

Ditto New -
Do. 8 per Cent. I'ref 10
Shropshire Union
South Devon...
•••
•••• ••••
Do. Preference
South Staffordshire...... 5% —
-outh Eastern
Do., No. 1 24

Do., No. 2.
Do., No. 3 ..... 25
Do., No. 4 Thirds ... 83/4 —
South Wales
S Juth Yorkshire, Don-
castor, and Goole 4
Swans. & Loughor & Ca-

meron's StM. Coal. ... 6
raw Vale Extension ... 6
Thames haven Dock

and Railway
Vale of Neath •..
Natertord and Kilkenny 151,2.. —
Watertord and Limerick 42
W a►ci ILI, NS' ..vf, Lt, relauw,
and Dublin -
Wear Valley G per Cent.
Guaranteed
Do. do. do. ... 25 ' 27%%
Do. do. do. .....
Westcornwan
Whitehaven & Furness 13
'Sindsor, Staines, and
South Western .....
A ills, Somerset, & W ey-
mouth
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick. ...
Do. Original New and
Berwick ...... 25

•
Do. Extension No. 1. 15
Do. do. No. 2.
Da. G.N.E.Preference 8 ...... 94 %
York and North Midland 50
Ditto, Preference ...... 10
Do. East and West Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Central of France (Os.
leans and Vierzon) ... 16
Ceylon -
Demerara .. ... .. 1211 ..- .•. ......... .••
Dendre Valley... 4
Bombay and ...............
Direct
_ .

Madras -
Dutch Rhenish .... ••'•••••• ""
East Indian 314 —..••••-• .... •
Great Indian Peninsular ss.

Italian and Austrian.... 4
Louvain ala Sambre 71 - ••••
Luxembourg. —
Madrid and Valentia... 2 ......
Namur and Liege ...... 18 ..• ••
Northern of France...... 10
Orleans and Bordeaux 6
Over Yssel 413 s 4d••••••
Paris and.Lvons
Paris and Orleans -
Paris and Rouen -
Paris and Strasbourg 8 ...... ......
Rouen and Ilavre
Sambre and Meuse 2O ••• .•
Strasbourg and Basle
Tours and Nantes .. 8
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and 11asselt 18
West Flanders B34— ••• --
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia : ' 40 .••••• ..... • ••
British North American 50
London & Westminster. 20
MINES.

%

Anglo-Mexican lOO -
Asturian Mining C0m... 12
Real Del Monte, Unreg. % .••...•.......
Do. Black Debentures
"
...
Do. Red Ditto ... ..... .........
...
United M 28:1

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, JULY 17.—Wind W., light breese, and fine
clear weather.
DoYER, JULY 16.—Wind N.E. to W.S.W.—Arrd.
15th, Ocean, Duocher, Rio Janeiro.
On BEACHY HEAD, JULY 18.--paquet de Cantebria,
Havannah.
OFF NEWHAVEN, JULY 14.—Janet Willis, Laing,
Trinidad.
SEAFoIID ROADS, JULY 14...-Arrd. Employ, Sellers,
Quebec for Hull.
LIVERPooL, JULY 16.—Arrd. Foam, Flinn, Sierra
Leone ; Neptune, Porto Rico ; Liinesta, Allen, New
Orleans ; Emigrant, Morse, Savannah ; Caleb Grim-
shaw, Iloxie, Now York ; Blue Nose, Lancaster, St.
Andrew's, New Brunswick ; Cornwallis, Newman, St.
John's, New Brunswick. Sld. 14th, Hamlet, Trinidad ;
15th, Prudence, Hong Kong; Glendaragh, Calcutta; Sir
henry Hardinge, Bombay; Colchester, Aden and China;
Oneida, Whampoa ; Benjamin Boyd, Africa; Monarch,
Rio Janeiro ; Seraphina, Pernambuco ; Yeoman, Ha-
vannah ; Conqueror, Angostura ; Susan Lord, Portland,
United States ; Humphrey Purinton, Portland, United
States ; Genoa, Bath, United States; B. C. Bailey, New
York ; Waktlla, New York ; Europa (steamer) Halifax
o
and Boston ; Windsor, Fay, Boston ;
Cumberland, United States ; Olive, ;II; British Empire,
St. John's, New
Brunswick;
Newfoundland; Charlotte, Thomp-
Brunswick ; Haidee,
son, Bombay; leaky ; 16th, Gossypium, Callao ; Eu-
opean, No • Orleans; Hebrew, Buckport, United States;
New York ; Olive Branch,
Vitisconsiti; -New York; J. Z.,
Quebec. Off port, Argyon, Csobin;
Quebec ; John,
Walsford, ditto.
DEAL, JULY 16. Wind S. to S.S.W.—Arrd. 15th,
Dianna Pattison, Hull, and sailed for Bahia, 16th, Coun-
tess of 'Dtirbatti, Sco!), Singapore; Sandwich, Dull, St,
Lucia. Arrived in the River and sailed, 15th, Indefati-
g ble, Manwood, Callao ; Maria Grace Grace, New-
gable, 16th ; Uenam, Maxton, China ; Antilles,
Pearse, Valparaiso ;
Agincourt, Nisbet, Cape of Good
hope, &c. Sarah ltiskett
Goddow, St. Helena ; Cod-
1, Iluxtable, Antigua ; Golden Rule, Watlington,
rilieirgt°mllda Sophia, Bartlett, Honduras ; Argyle, River
St. Laurence.
PonTsmourn, JULY 15.—S1d. 15th, Mary Seaton,
Aleldrum, Quebec.
OFF FALMOUTH, JULY 1 ,
3.
Jenny Lind, Rock, Rio
Janeiro, and sailed for Rotterdam; Sir It. Campbell,
Baird, Pernambuco, and sailed for London.

Mr. Macaulay haying retired from public life, is
now busy with his History of England from the acces-
sion of James 11. The two &rat volumes are in
th 3 press.