The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-05 00:00:00

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THE SUN, LONDON,

4tr4 Vatton
TIIE PROROGATION

PARLIAMENT.
(Tins DAY.)

lirsPeeen. laajeslY prorogued Parliament this day in
toll° imposing royal cortege, with all the attendant
tap and splendour, left Buckingham Palace about
zatt,altfe-ip:st twelve o'clock, and wound its way, at the usual
Paee, through the avenues leading from the
palm , • rou,,
Whitehall 13 to the horse Gaards, and from thence down
, through Parliment-street, to the Palace at
estrainster,
The , '
brio,, aY being ilium-illy fine, and the weather Kiln-
though h)t, a vast number of persons con-
ehre'gattici along the entire route. Her Majesty was
laultr•ed a most enthusiastic and loyal manner by thri
thci
npitude of her subjects who awaited the approach o
the Vr°.°ession. Her Majesty and her illustrious Consort
them •ihe-
e gracefully acknowledged the homage paid to
virnuY repeated bows-.
Eltal,n,ever noticed so large a number of beautiful and
but tuY attired ladies on any foimer.
.occasion.
EtrverpQrhaPs we were not such scrutinising b
teem:B of female beauty and elegant attire odn °e
144 lops referred to. Handkerchiefs were wavcer. and
the
Preseralsed in the air at many points, in honour.
I/tile:ilea of the Queen, and the utmost enthusiasm pre-
Pariiment-street a number of richly-coloured flags
)t'euleellsPeoded across the street, and hung from the
42tvvs of the houses.
be °gether, owing to the finreness of the weather, the
titeelltil,til attire of the ladies, and the dignified. appear-
uc.. °I the militar, who wore their best uniform emi
w:utreraents, the prorogation of Parliament to-day
ki,,the most splendid of the many occasions of the
Ileive have witnessed.
t r Mkiesty arrived at the Houses of Parliament at
v quarter after one o'clock, her arrival being announced
the firing of artillery.
peed 4 Ital. delivering her most gracious Speech (which tip-
tueii. another column) her Majesty returned to
ord- Ingham Palace, the procession going in the same
" it had approached the House.

LAZERIAL PIVR,LIAINIENT.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
,
Tais being the day fixed for the prorogation of Par-
ItottileFo:usteheir Lordships assembled at Twelve o'clock.
was opened about half an hour previously
hour of assembling, and the side galleries and
media eaches in the body of the House were almost wa-
wa, eIY occupied by elegantly-dressed ladies. The day
tlitonBuPerb; and the effect of the sun's rays streaming
the lh the painted glass windows, and reflected from
to eh'rgeous ornaments of the House, was beautiful
tresses extreme, and the various colours of the
titiet-ee,,of the ladies took away from that appear-
brdi ()L heaviness which the House exhibits on
of tirierY occasions. Never has that chef d' ceuvrc
1, °rid Goyhic, the new House of Peers, appeared
I:iegtreater advanta,,e than it did this morning. It
great realised thebidea of Mr. Barry—the home of a
at natio,
t, ".
teattwelveo'clock the LORD CHANCELLOR took his
Praye,7 the Woolsack, and immediately afterwards
Iva Were read by the Bishop of HEREFORD.
Earl e Lake of Wellington was, as usual, among the
earl arrivals; he was soon followed by the Marquis
hardlsd,uwoe, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of
tiflf.,'"tice, Lord Campbell, Lord Monteagle, the Earl
att,:et°, and several other Peers. The Peers, as they
kearieti, took their seats on the front bench and their
414, et robes, trimmed with white fur, formed a pic-
Ittellte contrast with the many coloured dresses of the
occupied the back benches.
ti‘el e -e.oreign Ministers began to arrive at half-past
Le,' Among the earliest of them were the Tuikt,
ittl-"'r, and M. Gustave de Beaumont, the French
lehter.

I,e)rd m NORTH WALES RAILWAY.
-eONTEAGLE moved that the messengers who
eeal,,een directed to summon Mr. W. Chadwick, the
and Mr. John Mariner, the Secretary of the
rth
:lei Wales Railway Company, to attend their Lord-
hhould be called to the bar.
is as: messengers having been called to the bar, stated,
wer to questions from the Lord Chancellor, Lord
th Campbell the Earl of Minto, and Lord Monteaele, that
had called last night at the respective residences of
Iced • Chadwick and of Mr. J. Mariner, and had been
sE, 'net both gentlemen were out of town, and con-
teelstiQutlY they had been unable to make personal sere
I, of the summonses.
aerV. d MONTEAGLE believed that as no personal
tteit ,„e uad been effected, it would not be legal to order
14; ',"ese persons be taken into custody. lie would
ka-,,e,`°Te move that William Chadwick and John
‘"aer be ordered to attend at of tin ir Lord-
te,„"' House on the first Monday afters the commence-
bit of the next session, and
on
intended toufwoleliow that
Y moving for the production of al). oc its and
I,,'ollots rileting to the affairs of the North Wales nail-
s). r
Company.
th,s d CAMPBELL supported the motion. He believed
persons were purposely absenting themselves.
to method proposed to be adopted by his Noble Friende
e,oul enforce their attendance was slew but sure. lie
suppor the The motion.
motion was then agreed to.
42.10 here were several foreigners of distinction present,
cg them was M. Guizor.
t,likt twenty minutes before one o'clock a flou.rish of
f:, Duke
announced .the arrival of his Roy al Highness
"'D.ake of Cambridge, who shortly afterwards entered
1)::"te. Lord Chief Justice Wilde arrived a little
the one o'clock, and took his seat on the Woolsack by
seetssiclC of the Lord Chancellor, with whom he continued
4et time in conversation.
- One o'clock the arrival of her Majesty was an-
_eas
en °ad by the firing of the Park guns, and immediately
ti wards a flourish of trumpets preluded the entrance
eiftlils Sovereign into the New Palace of Westminster.
11„71' n short delay, the royal procession entered the
hv-",s,e• The Crown was borne on a rich velvet cushion,
h'y The
Marquis of Lansdowne; the Sword of State
1,1„; the Duke of Wellington; and the Cap of
ii-'lltenance by the Earl of Shaftesbury. Her
folk train was borne by the Duchess of Nor-
veravild the other ladies in attendance on her Majesty.
tted- clue present rose on the entrance of the Sovereign,
Lee; `"tl not resume their seats until her Majesty,
'43,g taken her place upon the throne, corn-
lsted all to be seated. The chair on the
Ito, cf the Throne was occupied by his Royal
it:'"ness Prince Albert. Her Majesty, who was dressed
of a superb white satin dress, and who wore a tiara
1.1 r; thagnificent diamonds, looked exceedingly well.
Albert was dressed in a Field Marshal's uniform.
The
-
,ommons having been summoned by the Black
t67'eteae Speaker, accompanied by several Members of
The
appeared at the bar with several Bills.
1 SPEAKER addressed her Majesty. as follows:
Ost gracious Sovereign,—We your Majesty's faithful
rnons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
ac,""? at your Majesty after protracted and laborious
a4lon with our last Bills of Supply. After a most patient
3,0 careful examination of the estimates which, by
4,41. Majesty's commands were laid before us, we
peg made every practicable reduction in the public ex-
toilditu,sre ; the same time, that we have had regard
qietclie financial state of prosperity of this country, as
y,s.ted by the commercial embarrassments of the past
the r' and by the interruption of trade consequent upon
%eke, late political events in Europe, we have
of a every precaution to secure the efficiency
g
departments of the public service. In obedience to
eve,; 'Majesty's most gracious recommendation, which
sionersommunicated to us by the Lord Commis-
-4t the commencement of the session, our
let;"°"1 has been specially directed to measures re-
reti -gtht° the public health. It is impossible to over-
thee the importance of a subject so deeply affecting
end tie and happiness of the poorer classes.
b en"' confidently hope that if the Bills which have
Wals'el,Pa,,s3t3d are carried out in the same spirit ind
to
moral
have been framed they will greatly ten
the lessen the amount of human suffering, and to promote
the improvement as well as contentment of
Nlabouring classes in dense and populous districts.
et unmindful of the condition of Ireland, or of the dis-
limit state
of the poor in that country, owing to the
add.e,u• demand for labour, we have provided
additional funds, arising from the repayment of
Lionel loans, to be expended in public works;
ofandl we have removed the impediments to the sale
as incumbered estates, in order to encourage
to tetuuell as possible the application of capital
di, improvement of land. The spirit of insubor-
th-eation which has prevailed in various parts of
country, especially in Ireland, has forced
upon our consideration topics of a far more
grilvo and anxious character We have !cordially
concurred in those measures which have been thought
necessary to secure obedience to the laws, and to repress
ofd to prevent outrage and rebellion. Deeply sensible
we the value of those institutions under which
have the
Part happiness to live—no effort on our
has been wanting to preserve them from the
evil designs of misguided men, who, taking advantage
of a season of temporary distress, have endea-
voured to excite discontent and insurrection. 'We
.42,7 witnessed with gratitude and proud satisfaction
mass nequivocal expression, on the part of the great
me ot the people, of those marks of attach-
law!. to their Sovereign and respect for the
and
we'
as their representatives, participating
to the fullest extent in these feelings, now tender to your
!Y1 jc sty the sincere expression of our devotion and
loyalty. The Right Honourable Gentleman then
t the Con s o Consolidated tte
Bill.
presented to her Majest for the royal assent,
Fund y' • -
Appropriation Bill, and the Ex-
chequer-billsller Majesty then gave her Royal assent to these,
and also to the Copper and Lead Duties Bill,
and Muscat Slave-trade Treaty, Preliminary Inquiries'
Act Amendment Bill, British West India Colonies and
Mauritius Bill, Savings' Bank (Ireland) Bill, and City
of London Sewers Bill.
The Lord Chancellor' then advanced to the foot
of the Throne, and handed her Majesty a copy of
the Speech
Majesty
having
which see another column).
ms
Her •concluded the reading of the
speech,
The LQRD CiIANGUALQII adintace4 to the feet Of

the Throne and is her Majesty's royal
will end pleasure that this Parliament be pro-
rogued to Thursday, the 2d day of November next,
tote here holden, and this Parliament stands prorogued
to Thursday, the 2d day of November accordingly.
The Queen then quitted the House in precession, in
the seine order in which her Majesty had entered it;
the Commons retired from the bar; the Peers proceeded
to their robin.; rooms; the spectators left the Ilouso,
and thus ended the longest session of Parliament known
within the memory of any one living.

HOUSE OF-COMMONS•
The SPEAKER took the Chair to-day at Half•past
Twelve o'clock.

NEW MEMBER.
Mr. BASS took the oaths, and his seat for Derby.
Mr. DU NCAN presented the report on public petitions
Mr. Ai'.:STEY presented a petition from a person
named Ford, confined in the prison of the county of
Surrey, praying for his release.
PENAL DISCIPLINE.
Mr. HUME wished to ask the S,cretary of State for
the Home Department wht ther it was the intention of
the Government to make a trial of Captain Maconochie's
murk system in his system of convict discipline?
Sir G. GREY observed that he was not. prepared to
say that the Government were prepared to adopt the
course proposed by Captain Maconoehie, but the Go-
vernment approved of the principle of the system.
NOTICES OF MOTIONS.
Mr. ANSTEY gave notice of his intention, early in
the next session, to move for leave to bring in a Bill for
the further encouragement of the fisheries and inland
navigation of Ireland.
Mr. F. O'CONNOR gave notice of his in-
tention, in the course of the next session, to move
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the apportionment
of a sufficient quantity of land to workhouses, to enable
them to employ their able-bodied poor.
The HON. MEMBER also gave notice of his intention
next session to move that in future no Member in
bringing forward a motion should occupy more than
40 minutes in doing so ; and that no Member in speaking
on the motion should take up more time than half an
hour.
The Hem MEMBER also gave notice of his intention to
move for a return of the respective branches out of
which the revenue of the country was raised and ex-
pended.
The lION. MEMBER also gave notice of his intention,
next session, to move for leave to bring in a Bill to im-
prove the system of registration.
The HON. MEMBER also gave notice of his intention,
next session, to move that in future no person in the pay
of the Government should be competent to sit in that
House as a Member thereof.
Lord DUNCAN gave notice that he should, next
session, move the re-appointment of a Select Committee
to continue the inquiry into the management of the
Woods and Forests and Board of Works.
Mr. F. SCOTT gave notice that next session he should
moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the nature
of the financial relations between this country and the
colonies.

EVICTIONS IN IRELAND.
Mr. P. SCROPE moved for a return of the evictions
under sheriffs' warrants for the last three years up to the
latest possible period. Also the number of dwelling-
houses which had, in the same period, been pulled down

_
ROMAN CATHOLICS.
Sir R. 11. INGLIS moved for a return of the cor-
respondence respecting the circular of Earl Grey re-
lating to Roman Catholic Prelates.
HORSHAM.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL read a letter from Mr.
Justice Coleridge, explaining that he was not t o blame
with respect to the non-attendance of a Judge at Cham-
bers in the case against himself (the Attorney-General'

MEASUREMENT OF STEAM-VESSELS.
Lord G. BENTINCK inquired of the Chancellor of
the Exchequer if the return regarding the measurement
of steam-ships under the old and new mode of measure-
ment was correct?
The CHANCELLOR, of the EXCHEQUER was
understood to say that it was, and explained how the
system of measurement was carried out.
NEW SOUTH WALES.
Mr. SCOTT inquired if the Government were prepared
to aid in promoting (migration on the plan of a new so-
ciety, and if the Government intended to give a constitu-
tion and the elective franchise to the colony.
Mr. HAWES replied that a Bill for that purpose
would be introduced early next session.

A fter a pause,
Sir AUGUSTUS CLIFFORD, the Usher of the Black
Rod, appeared at the table, at twenty minutes after one
o'clock, and summoned the House to the House of Peers,
to hear her Majesty's Speech.
The SPEAKER, who wore his state robes, and the
whole of the Members left the Rouse, accompanied by
the Sergeant-at-Arms, who wore his collar.
On their return, in about half-an-hour, the SPEAKER
read the Royal Speech, and the Members wended their
way out of the House.
The memorable and prolonged session then ter-
minated.

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MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS,
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
In the Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday there was
no change. Sales, 2,000 bales.—Railway shares were
flat, but not much was doing.
The continental advices received to-day are not of a
very interesting character. The storm which raged
here last week was experienced also in Belgium.
The exchange on London at Hamburgh last Friday
was 13 5:1. Money was very easy.
The steamer Acadia furnishes late intelligence from
the United States and Canada. The money market was
in a steady position in New York, and the exchange on
London was 1094 to 1091. It is stated that—
"lmmense sales of dry goods at auction are announced
for Wednesday next. The lots to be offered embrace a
large amount of goods from the principal eastern manu-
facturers, and also many of foreign manufacture, and
comprise 600 cases mousseline de laines from the Man-
c;:ester mills ; 650 cases blue deminas from the Otis
and Oxford companies ; 200 Otis tickings ; 335 cases
tweeds, stripes, ginghams, and jeans from the Columbia
and Thorndike companies ; 400 cases fine Waltham
bleached cottons ; 100 bales brown ditto ; 300 cases
flannels ; 250 cases fine cassimeres ; and 500 cases im-
ported alpaccas, blankets, linens, &c. This is the open-
ing of the sales of the fall trade, and they will, without
doubt, attract a great number of merchants from other
cities. A very fair business has already been done this
season with the south and the south-west, and the indi-
cations at present are decidedly in favour of a large trade
with all sections of the country."
The Gaspe Gazette contains an article on the affairs
of the Gaspe Company, which it represents as being in
a sad state of contusion, the labourers employed by it
being unpaid. This paper states—" We
the cannot at
ofttribute
the
the fault to the manager here; but conduc
board of directors in London, in not putting him in funds,
is scandalous, and we trust that they will not be allowed
to obtain their Act shallpt until a full expose
of their proceedings be laid before the public. The
worthy Member for this county, Mr. Christie, ushered
the bantling' into the world, and we wish he could de-
vise some means to find security for its good behavi t
our."
A Nova Scotian journal remarks—" We regret o
hear that the potato blight has not been confined to our
sister province of New Brunswick, but that its fatal
death-speck has already been visible in several placesav on
the peninsula of Halifax. From the interior, we he
as yet heard nothing but cheering accounts of the pros-
pects of the farmer, and reiterated assurances that this
year his labour will not be in vain. So let us hope. But
the disease, we fear, is too contagious and too universal
to be confined to a single district, or even to a single
county."
The English Funds are flatter to-day, although there
is very little doing. Consols 86 to 861 for money, and
86 to for account. It appears as if the settlement
would be Bullish. Exchequer-bills are 225. to 255. pre-
mium for those of June. Bank Stock is worth 196. The
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents have been 861 to
to 87-tic.
Spanish Active Bonds have been 12, and Portuguese
Four per Cents 22 to 2211. These are the only bargains
in Foreign Stocks.
Shares are quiet.
BRITISH k LINDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock
3 per Cent.lteduced Annuities...... 861/4'
3 per Cent. Consols Anns 86% 86
New 3% per Cant. Asa. &37 ',14 8074
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 13-16

India Stock —
Do. Bonds, 10001 22 20 p
Ditto under 1.000/
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 2%d. 2d.
March. Jude.
25 22 p
22 21 p

1,000?.

5001 —
Small 2B p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto 4 per Cent.
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840
Dividends on the above payable in London.
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ON E O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. rein. FEB SIIARE.
Aberdeen ........................ 50 ...• • ...... to
Affibm, Notting., Boston, &c. 33/4••••••
Ayrshire and Galloway
Belfast and County Down .. 17% .. ..
Birmingham & Oxford Junc... 20 •••••• --.
Birmingham, \Vol., & Dudley 10 ... •
Binning., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.143....
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction
Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5
Bristol and Exeter . ... 85 - •••
Do., Thirds
Buckinghamshire..• l4l. 4s — .•••
Caledonian
Ditto, llalf Shares
Ditto, New 101. Preference 2% o., ,
Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50
Chester and Holyhead... 47% _
g 214, ..
Ditto, Preference
Clarence.....
Do., lst Class, 6 per Cent... 10 • •
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 •••
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
Direct London & Portsmouth 514 •••
Dublin and Belfast J unction.. 30
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 20
East Anglia, 251. L. & E.,
and L. & D .
15 25
Ditto, 181., E. & H ...... ..
Ditto, 31. 10s., E. &11 3% —
Eastern Counties
Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct 5
Do. Perpet.,s per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d — .. to
Do., d 0....... ......... N 0.2,61. 133.4 d l/ d:... s is. ~. f ..o
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50
Do., 5 per cent.
Do., Quarter
D0., New
Eastern Union, Class A (late
gt IL Uares) •III II 25

to
to

~.. to

.... to
... to

--- .
Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1
Ditto, do, Class B (1. & B) 20
Ditto, do, Class C, ditto-. 171,4 —
Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 10 •. —
Ditto, ditto ... ... 'A ......
Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 21/2
East Lancashire
Ditto, New l 9
Do., New Quarters -
Do., 6 per Cent. Preference
Quarter Share, 414 —
East Lincolnshire
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — to
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Stares 1214
Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ......
Ditto, New port l3 - .•.... to --
Ditto, ditto, New ... 3N — ...... to
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to
Ditto, New
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 65.8 d... to
Glasgoiv, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ......
Ditto, New
Do. Preference Consolidated 15
Great Northern. .......... ... 17
Do. London & York Exten. 2% — ...... to
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42% —.... to
Great North of England 100 ......
Ditto, Nt w 40/ 4O
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, New 30/
Ditto, New 151.-- ... ...... 14 .„.... .
Great Western
Ditto, Halt Shares ..... 50
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto, Fifths 2O
Do. New 171 l3 .• ... • ..... to
Huddersfield and Manchester 28 .. ...
Ditto, Thirds
Elul' and Selby 5O
Ditto, Halt Shares. .. ...... 25
Ditto, Quarter Shares .•12% — to
Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50
Do., 'Thirds lO
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... to
Ditto, ditto
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Quarters
Ditto Fifths
Ditto Sixteenths ... ... 614...... to
Ditto Thirds (Reg.)
Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 2% — ...... to
Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43
Do. (Rudders. and Shelf.) 38
Do., Wakefield, Pontefract,
and Goole
Do., West Riding Union... 6 .... . 1
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ...... 3134 x.i to
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 91/2 —
Leeds and Bradford -
Leeds,Dewsbury,& Manches. 50
Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..... .... 2% — ...... to
Leeds and Thirsk 5O - •••• . to
Ditto, New
Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. .... ...... to —.,
Liverpool, Crosby, and South-
-3% to •-•
port.
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction 2% to --
London & Blackwall .....131.65. 8d.... -
Do. Extension ...... 221/2
Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9
Do. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 .....• .. ... to
Ditto, ditto 1852 50 .....
Do., New, guar. 13 per cent. 3
I ondori and Greenwich... 12/.155. 40
Ditto Preference lBl 17s 20... ...... to
London & North We5tern.....100 114% 115% to 115
Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22
th. New
~. 2

Do. Fifths
Do. 401. Shares... _.L. & M 25 .....•
Do. 101.... M. and 13. (A.) 9 ...• •
Do. 101. .. M. and B. (B.) 9 -
Do. 101. ... M. and 13. (C.) 1
London and S. Western....... 50
Ditto, New 501........ .. ..... 42.1 h......
Ditto, New 40/..... ..... .. .. 34
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50
Dr Tenths (Consolidated) 40 _ —
__. _ _

Jo. _
Ditto, Thirds ... ll/. 13s. 4d ...
Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref.*
7 per Ct. on Deposit and
5 per Ct. on Calls .....11. 13a. 4d.... % dis. to
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 11,4 —
Londonderry and Coleraine... 27I,E
Londonderry and Enniskillen 25
Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 3
Nlanch, Buxton, & Matlock 4
Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo -to
Ditto 1% Shares (No. 1) ... 18
Ditto, ditto (So. 2) 25
Ditto, % Shares (No. 3 )... 71.•••••
Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ... ••
Ditto Grimsby 35 — to
Ditto, ditto. .....-.. ll
Ditto, ditto ... ....... . ....... 634 —
Ditto Sheffield and Line. 12%......
Ditto, Grimsby Dock •...... 171,4 — to
Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 25....
Mid1and........ ..... ... ..... ...100 BB 8814 to 871 x.d.
Ditto, Consol. Preference...100
Ditto, 501. 5hare5........... 20
Jlidland, Birm., and Derby...loo .....
Midland, Consol. Bristol and
Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100
Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 38 ... ...
Ditto ditto 141. 18s. ..
Midland, Leices. and Swan-
nington (8 per ct. gua.)....100 .... .
Midld. Great Western(lrish) 491,2 — ...... to
Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6
per cent. guar.
Newcastle and Carlisle
Ditto Quarter Shares

Newmarket -
Ditto Extension Scrip... 2/. 12s. -
Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7
Newry, Warrenpoiut, and
Rostrevor ........... ........ 20
Norfolk IOO
Ditto New 201. lO ... _
Ditto Extension 5 per ct... 20 -
Do. Guaranteed 5,,..2 per ct. 5 ...„ -
Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2
Northern Counties Union .... 4
North British
Ditto Half Shares. ..... ....• 12% 9 ... -to •
Do. Quarters 614
Ditto, Extension -
Ditto Thirds ... ......... -.... 4%...... 2
North and South-Western... 2 .. .. - .. -
North Staffordshire... .. ...... 12%...... 8% to -
North Wales 3l/e - ..... to -
North Western B% .... to -
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton -
Reading,Guildfd., & Reigate 10 - . .. to -
Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 1% - ..
to -
Scottish Central - -
Scottish Midland ..- ....... -- 25
Ditto, New 17% - -
Sheffield, Rotherham, and
Goole 7l/.2...... - ...... to -
Do. do. (South Div.) 4 - to -
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 9
Ditto, ditto, Class B. 5 - ..... to -
Shrewsbury and Chester
( Nor. W . Min.) - -
Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ... .. - . -
Ditto, Uswestry l6 -
Ditto ,New) 1 -
Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 ...... - -
Shropshire Union... - -
South Devon - -
Ditto, Preference 25
South Staffordshire 51,/e - .. to -
south Eastern
Ditto, New, No. 1 - -
Ditto, New, N 0.2 22 -
Ditto, New, No. 3 ... 25 - to -
Ditto New, No. 4. Thirds 10 -
South Wales - ••• .. to -
South Yorkshire, Doncaster
4 - •••••. to -
and Goole
Swans. and Loughor and Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... . 6
Thames Haven Dock and
171
-- -
Railway
raw Vale Extension
Vale of Neath
Waterford and Kilkenny lB ...... - -
Waterford and Limerick... .. 45 ... .. - -
Waterford, Woxford,Wicklw,
and Dublin ... 3
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed - -
Do. do. do. - -
Do. do. do. ...... _ 9 ... .. - ~ -
West Cornwall 6 - to -
Whitehaven and Furness l3 ... •• ••••• ..... to -
W indsor, bLitinso, and gouth
Western ... 9% - to -.
Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 35 ...... - -to -
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 .. ... 27% x.d to -
Do. Original Now & Ber'ck 25
110. Exten. No.l (Y. &N.) 15
Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 15 ._ - -
Do. G. N. E. Pun or Pref. 8
•
York and North Midland .. 50 • :59% x.d. to -
Ditto, Preference - ..... to -
Ditto East and West Riding
Extension 25 -
--
FOREIGN RAILWATS.
Anglo Italian (late Italian
and Austrian - ...... to -
Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... - ...... to -
Central of France ( Orleans
and Vierzon) - ...... to -
Ceylon .... .t/2 __. -
Demerara. - -
Dendre Valley - to -
Direct Bombay and Madras ss. ..- . - -
Dutch Rhenisb 7% -
East Indian -
Great Indian Peninsular
Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 - ... .. to --
Louvain ala Sambre ..... -.. 71/2 - ...... to --..
Luxembourg - ..... to -
Lyons and Avignon (Con-
stituted) -•-• .. to -
Madrid and Valentin
Namur and Liege 2O ...... -
Northern of France. l2 ...... - -
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 - ...... to -
Paris and Lyons -
Do. Do.
..7-...- - ....• to -
Paris and Orleans... 2O -
Paris and Rouen ... 2O - to -
Paris & Strasbourg ...... .•••• 8 --- 11,4 to -
Rouen and Havre -
Sambre and Meuse -
Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14
Tours 23z Nantes ... .. ...... .. 9 - ••..- to ...
rouruay, Jurbise, Landen,
and llasselt
West Flanders B% - -
JOINT STOCK 13ANS.S.
Australasia .................. ••40 . ...„ _ -
British North American • ... 50 - -
Colonial ..... ......... ........... 25 ..... - . -
Commercial of London 2O - -
London Joint Stock ~.. ...... 10 -
London and Westminster... 20 - -
National Provincial of Engld. 35 - ..... to -
Ditto, New ............ .... 10 ....„ -- ..,.. to -
National of Ireland . ........... 22% - ... .. to •
Provincial of Ireland ......... 25 - ..... to
Ditto, NOW ........... ~., ..... 10 .1.1... to
•

Union of Australia ...... 25
Ditto, New 21..,
to
Union of London ...... .. ...... 10
Union of Madrid
MINES.
Anglo Mexican lOO —
Asturian Mining Company... 13 . . ....

Australian 2l/
2
Blacnarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 -
Bolalios Scrip
British Iron _ 12
__ ..

Brazilian Imperial ...,. ..... 2410....., to
Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 .....
General Mining ... 2O ......
Real del Monte. Unregistered ... ..
Do. Black Debentures —
United Mexican

COLONIAL MARKETS-THIS DAY.
SUGAR .—The market for British Plantation continues
steady, 550 hhds having been disposed of without any
material alteration in value. The public sales have com-
prised 6,800 bags and 134 baskets Penang. The former
was only partially- realised at rather easier rates ; brown,
of low to good quality 30s to 355, grey and yellow of
similar description 35s Gd to 425, and 39s 6 1 to 403 Gd
for grainy kinds ; the latter brought 25s to 345 for low
brown and grey. Privately 130 hhds Cuba Muscovado
have been disposed of at I7s to 17s 6,1 fog• refining in
bond. The quantity of British Plantation landed last
week at the East and West India Docks was 2,198 hhds
352 tierces 1,290 barrels; there were taken for home
consumption 1,300 hhds 158 tierces 498 barrels. The
stock in the same places is 25,885 hhds 3,301 trees 6,207
barrels. 220 puns Barbadoes Molasses were all taken
in at 19s, there being no disposition to give the relative
value.
COFFEE was dull.
Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and
West India Docks was 715 puns 121 hhds. There were
taken for home consumption 164 puns 67 hhds, and ex-
ported 176 puns 170 hhds. The stock in the same places
is 19,703 puns 3,291 hhds.
RICE.-2,330 bags Bengal, 1,950 bags Madras, and
3,600 bags Aracan were offered by auction. Only about
300 bags of fine white Bengal Were realised at 15s to
15s 6d, which are previous rates, the remainder being
taken in for want of buyers on corresponding terms.
SPICES.-1,330 bags Black Pepper were nearly all
disposed of at the reduced price of 2;d. for ord Batavia.
TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 45s 3d to 45s Gd per cwt on the
spot; and Town, 47s Gd.
TEA.—The market is steady with fair deliveries.
TOBAcco.—Th© market has been extremely steady
last month for all descriptions. Sales, although not ex-
tensive, being only 730 hhds, were in some instances of
an improved character, buyers being less inclined to limit
purchases. There was also more inquiry and a better
demand for exportation. Recent advices from the United
States represent that prices had undergone no material
change, the factors generally having continued to main-
tain a good degree of firmness. Imports 2,150 hhds,
deliveries 827 hhds against 845 hhds in the correspond-
ing month of 1847. Stock 28,235 hhds against 26,000
hhds in 1847.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
LEAMINGTON STAKES.
7 to 4 agst Mr. Stephenson's Doctrine—taken
5 to 1 agst Mr. Craufurd's The Cur—taken
No others mentioned, and scarcely a bet laid.
GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.
5 to 1 agst Mr. S. L. Fox's Executor—taken
8 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Vampyre—taken
12 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's Cawroush—taken
14 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Alliance—taken
16 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's Keleshe—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Mirmillo—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's Prince Charlie—taken
Most of the horses quoted were backed; but, with the
exception of Vampyre, who had several friends, for very
small sums.

LITERATURE.
MAUNDER'S TREASURY OF NATURAL
HISTORY.
Another " Treasury" from the indefatigable
Maunder ! Already he has given us a " Treasury of
Knowledge," a " Treasury of History," a " Trea-
sury of 13;.ography," and a " Treasury of " Science,"
each of which volumes is almost a library in itself.
But evidently desiring to give us a treasury of
"Treasures," Mr. Maunder has not yet abated his
exertions, or suffered his zeal and energy to diminish,
and has now presented us with a fifth specimen of his
diligence. The " Treasury of Natural history" is
best described in its own words, as set forth in its
title page, which declares it to be " a Popular Dic-
tionary of Animated Nature, in which the zoological
characteristics that distinguish the different classes,
genera, and species, are combined with a variety of
interesting information, illustrative of the habits,
instincts, and general economy of the animal king-
dom." In order to render the work more
attractive to the general reader, it is embel-
lished with nine hundred wood-cuts, represent-
ing the principal animals described, besides a
very beautiful frontispiece, finely engraved, in which
the whole animal world, from the butterfly to the
elephant, are grouped together with most artistic
skill. The " general reader " will, moreover, find
abundant amusement in the countless anecdotes illus-
trative of the habits and customs of various animals
scattered throughout these pages, while the naturalist
will find his taste consulted by an introductory
enumeration of the various divisions, orders, and sub-
orders of the animal kingdom. The subjects have
been arranged alphabetically, so as to render the
work a zoological dictionary, where the pecu-
liarities of any individual animal can be learned
on a moment's inquiry. The personal ap-
pearance of Maunders' treasuries, their com-
pact form, the sober elegance of the bind
ing, and the peculiar excellence of the typo-
graphy—are too well known, and too generally ap-
preciated, to require comment or commendation. It
is su:i. cient for us to say that, in its general charac-
teristics, this new corner resembles and equals its
predecessors, while its individual peculiarities render
it worthy to rank beside them. In these closely-
printed double-columned (but withal most legible)
756 pages, are condensed, the information, the in-
terest, and the intelligence of a whole naturalist's
library. The stores of Cuvier and his confreres have
been ransacked with most scrupulous care, and rifled
with unscrupulous avidity—their scattered gems of
knowledge, are here collected, and constitute the
chief treasures of the "Treasury." Mr. Maunder has
been careful to acknowledge all select materials, and to
append to them the author's name. But if many of the
gems of the " Treasury" have been amassed from other
stores, the selection and the arrangement alone
must have constituted a peculiarly arduous and diffi-
cult labour—a labour which greatly increases the
debt of gratitude already due by the public to the
universal lexicographer. Appended to this work is
" a syllabus of practical taxidermy," which gives co-
pious instructions as to the best methods of preparing
and preserving specimens of natural history; to which
is added a " Glossarial Appendix," or dictionary of
zoological words. These appendices render the
" Treasury" complete.

TILE KELLYS AND THE O'KELLY
AS ;
rolor,
LANDLORDS AND TENANTS. By .T-
-loppe. 3 Vols.
It might be supposed, from the second title of this
book, that " The Kellys and the O'Kellys" is a poli-
tical novel, and the first chapter, which relates to the
trial of O'Connell, tends to corroborate such a sup-
position. Having perused the entire work, however,
we can assure those who may only have seen the title,
or glanced at the commencement, that " The Kellys
and O'Kellys" has absolutely nothing to do with po-
litics—that it is no treatise on the relative positions
of llndlord and tenant—that it is, in fact, neither more
nor less than a genuiae picture of Irish life. That
definition at once conveys the best description of the
work, and constitutes its highest eulogium.. The
plot is exceedingly simple, its chief interest is excited
by the difficulties which beset Lord Ballandine (the
O'Kelly) and Martin Kelly in their several endea-
vours to obtain an heiress as a bride. A half-fliend-
ship subsists between Lord Ballandine and his
tenant Martin, " for shure they were all
one family, at least so the Kellys said,
and I never heard (writes their historian) that the
O'Kellys denied it." The most interesting portion
of the tale is that which relates to the humbler heroes.
The Kellys, and more especially old Mrs. Kelly, are
thoroughly Irish, and consequently possess those
powers of attraction which are inseparable from the
warm-hearted, genial, mirth-loving Hibernian. In 11
following the fortunes of Lord Ballandine we become
initiated in all the mysteries of The Curragh," and
acquainted with the peculiarity of the Irish " turf."
Dot Blake, the friend, though by no means the dis-
interested, friend of Lord Ballandine, is an amusing
but somewhat anomalous character not quite a
swindler and not quite a gentleman.

FINE ARTS.
ITHE AR7 JOURNAL.
Under the matured and able !editorship of Mr. S.
C. Hall, the Art Journal continues to maintain its
eminent reputation as the principal organ in the
world of art. Before us are now lying the numbers
for August and September. If only for their splendid
embellishments they would be valuable. The picture
of " Salvator," by Maclise, is characterised by much
of the genius of that distinguished Academician. It
tells its story in a glance—Rosa in the apartment of
the Jew picture-dealer offering him one of his
youthful productions. " The Fisherman's Wife,"
by Paul Falconer Poole, is among the most
felicitous, if it be not one of the most ambitious of the
works of this eminent artist. Those who are familiar
with his powers, simply through the medium of his
extraordinary painting of the "Plague of London,"
where Defoe s immortal history is realised upon the
canvass, and the fanaticism of Solomon Eagle is for
ever associated with the awful devastation of 1665,
or through his noble prize painting exhibited in West •
minster Hall, will be somewhat amazed at the grace,
the nature, and the bewitching simplicity of the
present composition. As the Art Journal remarks
of Mr. Poole, there is scarcely any other in-
stance in the history of English art of a painter
springing suddenly into a wide-spread reputation,
like that of the artist we have mentioned. "We
shall be much disappointed," says the writer, " if we
do not see greater things than any he has yet
achieved." " The Cherry Seller," by W.' Collins,
is a rural scene taken from the original in the col-
lection
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nm epni p
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ttoh et
h,abilities owf
of Sir Robert Peel. " The Intruder," if for
Edwin Landseer at sixteen years of age, would be
on the barn-door, from the rat in the rat-
trap to the broken cart-wheel, from the cat
spitting forth the whole venom of her rage, to
the dog ready to leap upon his antagonist, the picture
is full of nature. The dog alone is wonderfully
clever. J. Roberts has engraved in a very masterly
manner, from an original picture by C. L. Eastlake,
" The latest Portrait of Napoleon: The history of
this portrait is one certain to excite curiosity,
having been roughly sketched from life by East-
lake in 1815, in an open boat lying amidst a
swarm of others under the bows of the Belle-
rophon. To our thinking, the portrait is altogether
unworthy of the subject and of the artist, who has
since then acquired celebrity as a Royal Academi-
cian. The features are with one exception scarcely
recognisable, and the chief point of resemblance
seems to be in the costume—the face being more like
that of a fat lubberly boy than of the glorious man
apostrophised by Byron in his renowned couplet—
" 01-leaven, of which he was in form a feature
0 Earth, of which he was a noble creature !"
If the Emperor could have guessed what Mr. East-
lake was about in his open boat, we certainly think
that self-respect, not to say vanity, must have driven
him from the deck into his cabin. Still it must be
remembered, in extenuation, as the Art Journal Itself
observes, that the artist was " sketching in a
surrounded by crowds, and at a considerable distance
from his object." At the least the picture is curious
to look upon, and is beautifully engraved. "Nar-
cissus," from the original statue by Bacon, is,
to our thinking, absolutely hideous. If the statue
be not hideous itself we would certainly recommend
the sculptor to prosecute the engraver for libel. We
must in justice make particular allusion to the Art-
Union designs for domestic purposes, some of which
are exquisite. Among these—the teaspoons with the
tea-plant twining up the stem, strengthening the
handle with its stalks, and bossing the top with a
cluster of tea-blossoms and leaves—the water-
jug, representing the transformation of Syrinx
into reeds, the bowl of the jug being deco-
rated with bulrushes and lotus-lilies—the beer-
jug adorned with bunches of hops, and a handle
twined about with wheat ears—the back of a hair-
brush, or hand-mirror pourtraying a mermaid " with
a comb of pearl, on a throne of gold, combing her
hair " the taper candlestick, the eard case, the
the fire irons, &c. Besides the foregoing,
ink-
the Art Journal contains many other embellishments
of superior merit.

TURNER'S HEIDELBERG.
An impression of this noble engraving by
T.
The
Prior, taken from the celebrated pictur of
M. " he
Town and Castle of Heidelberg," by J . MW.
Turner, is lying before us for consideration. When
we have called the fact to recollection that this is one of
the most splendid productions of this wonderful painter
of landscapes, we have pronounced an culogium more
eloquent than could be written even in the enraptured
language of the Oxford Graduate. The atmospheric
distances, the refractions of air and water, the cirrus,
the rainbow, the half-hidden mountains, the glimmer
ing roofs of the town, all have been copied by the
graver with an accuracy very little short of the
miraculous. Even a. Boulton, the printer, deserves