The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-08 00:00:00

LONI'ON, TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1856

The WENSLEYDALE Peerage Compromise Bill
last night received a second reading in the House
of Commons. Its reception was, however, very
different from that accorded to it in the Upper

House. In place of everythiut passing smoothly,
and with ahnost perfect unanimity, there were
many members able an i willing to expose its de-
fects, and the palpaWe job that will thereby be
effected. Scarcely a single one of its supporters
spoke without quali&at ion in its favour. The
best that could he said of it was, that it would be
something better than the system now in opera-
tion, and that there was but little chance of per-
suading a majority of the co-ordinate branch of
the Legislature to surrender the shadow of a
jurisdiction to whic't they clung with desperate
tenacity, although they had long since surren-
dered the substance. It would, of course,
be, absurd to suppo,e that men could be
hereditary judges or lawyers, although they
might be hereditary legislators. In order,
then, to preserve the show it was necessary
to recognise a legal fiction worthy of MuNcaAusEN
himself, and to constitute an imperium in imperio.
Under this plan the appeal was to the Lords, but
all Lords were not admitted to share in the judg-
ment. The great msjori'y of Peers were excluded,
and nonebut those who had previously held, or were
holding, certain judicial situations were allowel to
participate in the pr,-,ceedings. It is true that
an unhappy "Dutntny" was nccasionally compelled
to. yawn through a tedious sitting in order to
make a House, as there was no security that even
two of the privileged number could be induced to
attend. But, however protracted the arguments,
none could be called on for more than a single
day, or induced, save in cases of eeneral interest,
to take part a second time in the solemn farce.
Why, thee, desire to continue the mockery? Their
Lordships seem to think it adds to their dignity
and importance. We confess that we cannot see
it in that point of view ; but de gustibus non est
disputandum. They therefore resolul:ely rejected
a transfer of the appellate. juris lietion to a more
competent tribunal, or the permission to infuse
new blood into their own h ely by the addition om
Life Peers. We confess that we fully concurred
in the latter decision, inasmuch as we felt that
these were not the times to add to, or revive, the
obsolete alleged prerogatives of the Crown. But
there was no possible reason why a new tri-
bunal should not be constittited, duly qualified
for the arduous and important duties that would
devolve upon it, or why the Judicial Cimmittee
of the Privy Council should, not be substituted for
the quasi House of Lords. The better course was
clearly perceptible, but to gratify aristocratic pre-
judice Parliament was called on to follow the in.
ferior one, and to sanction a measure whicli , its
mast talented supporters wore compelled to admit
to ,be little better than a mere " make-shift."

We have already explained the chief features
of the bill now before the House. It authorises
the.ereation of two Deputy-Speakers (at salaries
of '4,0001. 'per` annum eac:.,), an .extra charge on
the over-burdened tax-payers, and any Life Peer
who shall have filled any of certain high judicial
offices, for not less :than five years, may be ap-
pointed thereto, and a-Life Peer appointed -Chan.,
eellor, or to either of the Deputy7SpeakershiPs
msy be admitted to sit and vote in the House,
provided that not more than four Life Peers shall
be- so admitted at the same time. The Court
may also'sit to hear and decide during the Pro-
roiation of Parliament, so as not to remain neces-
sarily idle during the greater portion of the year.

These are the chief features of the Bill—And it
will, Iwo hahere, by all not entitled to the privi-
*gee of the Peerage, be considered as neither one
thing. nor the et er—sffering neither- a good
Iou• of Lordi n6r a good appellate -tribtthal,

it would have a tendency to degrade the men
thus pitchforked into the Peerage, although not
possessing the hereditary attribute. They would
be looked down on by the more highly-
favoured Peers, would feel that they were.
" with them, but not of them." They
would, besides, be receiving high payment
for duties which others were discharging for
nothing, another distinction which could not fail
to operate greatly to their prejudice. Besides, if
the tribunal consisted of the Lord Chancellor and
two Daputy-Speakers only—how would its deci-
sions be more respected than those-of the Lord
Chancellor and the Lords Justices of Appeal, who
could be chosen from the best men in the profes-
sion and without limitation of any kind ! A less
apprenticeship than five years may clearly esta-
blish the possession o f exalted judicial functions,
bUt still the services of the party could not be
made available, however great the exigency,
until he had served his full term. t. is manifest,
then, that the bill is but a .comprthnise, not sup-
plying the best.y-emedy for the admitted grievance,
and as such it ought to be rejected. - The Lords
themselves unhesitatingly threo out the compro-
mise offered by. the Commons in reference to the
Oath of Abjuration Bill. Why should the Com-
mons treat them with greater ceremony, or acceptl
such a miserable bantling for sound and whole-
some legislation ?

The second reading was carried by a majority
of 49, there being 191 for and 142 against it.
But it has still to pass through committee, and to
weather the rocks and quicksands that obstruct
the final entry into port. Let the Commons only
do their duty and we shall next year have some-
thing really useful, that will not enhance the blots
on the national escutcheon, or add further' illus-
tration to the blunders of legislation that have
been so frequently and loudly deplored by jurists.

At the very time when the roses are again
blooming in the Temple Gardens—blighted no
longer by the London smoke very recently swal-
lowed up by Act of Parliament—it is proposed to
remove the National Gallery from its present site
in Trafalgar-square upon the plea that the carbon-
laden atmosphere of the metropolis is prejudicial
to the national paintings. A most inappropriate
moment, surely, to have chosen for such a really
preposterous argument--for an argument implying
that pigments are more susceptible to atmospheric
influences than the most delicate blossoms of the
parterre ! Hitherto we might have contented-
ourselves with bringing into court as witnesses
whose evidence goes directly counter to the state-
ments so very pertly advanced by the abettors
of the Kensington Gore project—Philosophers of
European reputation, men of science no less emi
neat than the greatest of all living Masters in
every branch of Optics, and the distinguished
experimentalist who is incomparably the first of
our contemporary Chemists and Electricians. Pro
fessor FARADAY and Sir DAVID BREWSTER have
.
both of them pronounced decisively.. against the
notion of the air of the capital being injurious to
the surface of the paintings hanging upon the
walls of the National Gallery. With their great
names we may now couple the very humble'onlof
a practical working-man—honest SAMUEL BROOME,
of the Inner Temple Gardens. The Fullerian
Professbr, whose genius has been principally
manifested by the astonishing results of his recon-
dite investigations into the reciprocal relations of
heat, light, magnetism; and electricity—has spoken
distinctly and positively upon the subject of the
supposed evil influences of the London afISTMOIN

upon the pictures adorning the Waits of the
Nttional Gallery. So also, for. that matter, has
the learned Liograplier of NEWTON, the discoverer
of the stereoscope, and the elucidator of the great
jaw of the angle of polarisation: Yet neither
BREWSTER nor FARADAY has adduced upon -the
particUlar matter before us any fact more directly
to the purpose, more positive and point-blank in
its application to it, than plain Sane r, BROOME,
gardener of the Inner Temple Gardens I* The
roses—once the glory of these old gardens, but
for a long while past " k 13t, down " by
the smoke reeking from the chimneys of
the London houses, and from the funnels of the
liver steamers—have again, he tells us, in the
June and July of 1856, made their welcome
reappearance. Yet, precisely at the very time
when this conclusive attestation of the efficacy of
the recent act of Parliament for the purification
of the atmosphere of the metropolis, by rendering
the consumption of its smoke compulsory upon
its inhabitants, becomes knoarn--H.R.H. and
Fl.R.ll.'s abettors in the Court-hobby aboui,
the Kensington Gore market gardens, insist upon
the necessity of removing the National Gallery
from Trafalgar-square, because, forsooth, of the
serious injury inflicted..upon the National collec-
tion of pictures, by the heavily-carbonised London
atmosphere. In demonstration of the ultra-
absurdity of this plea in favour of the proposed
site at Kensington Gore, in preference to the old
(existing) site in Trafalgar-square—we need only
point to the fact recently announced by SAMUEL
BnoomE, the gardener of the Inner Temple Gar-
dens, to say nothing of the authoritative scientific
evidence formerly given before. Lord ELOHO'S
Committee of 1852,•by Sir DAVID BREWSTER. and
Professor FARADAY. - As affording conclusive
testimony of the safety of the Na.i.oaal painting's,
if still kept in T.Eafalgax-Square, we need only, in
feet, point to the beautiful trees now blooming in
the old Temple Gardens, blooming as freshly' as
(a :curd ing to SHARSPEtteslovOy historic phantasy)
they bloomed. some QQ.OI ur us back, in-the days of
our Sixth HARRY, where in that same old garden
of the Temple, SOMERSET and WaawreK plucked
the rival flowers in the presence and at the behest
of RICHARD PLLNTAGENET. Wherefore, in the
presence, as it were, of thosefragrant blossoms
of the old Inner Temple Gardens, as the interlo-
cutors said of old in SHAKSPERE'S HENRY. VI.-,
Par; 1., -Act ii., ec: 4—applying their allusions
now to the ridiculous Court-hobby of a National
Gallery at Kensington Go're—
" Let him that is a true-born gentleman,
And stands upon the honour of his birth,
If he suppose that I have pleaded truth,
From off this briar pluck a white rose with me.
Let him that is no coward, nor no flatterer,
But dare maintain the party of the truth,
Pluck a rod.ross from'off this thorn with me."
Blooming still in the old Temple Gardens, the
red rose and the white still flourish there as of
old, uo longer, however, _as the rival, but rather
aa the blended badges of truth against Courtly
flatterers.

let_ t 3'.

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* The Roes'ill Tempe (.Wardens.—Samuel Broome, the
gardener of the Inner Temple Gardens, records the re-ap-
pearanCe in the gardens of roses, for some time kept down
by the smoke of the steamers. " Thanks (he says) to our
jegiqato,s they passed au act to make that ahominable nui-
s,,nce discontinue. Such havo been the results of this, that
am happy td inform you- this year my poor roses, that
have been in the gardens so many years; are now fast rt-
..overinr their health, and show that they will not cease to
blow; for I have a great many white ones cooling, and
red also, and the plant bids well for healthy wcod for
another year. The poor forest trees also are making shoots
much better, although the spring has been so unfavourable
vegetation • in fact, everything it!, the garden is greatly
improved in health and vigonr.', ewspaper paragraph.

The right man -in the right place, and the
wrong man as fast out of it as possible—may or
inaynot be an improvement on the expression
of -the popular sentiment, but in either case
pretty closely dt-soribes our own. The right than

The Arntricae advioes this week desCribe an improve-
ment in the stock market,.dwing to the political and
monetary atliicee from this side reporting an advance
is Conjs,
_atapid increase of bullion at the Bank, and"
a diminished probability of the dimissal.of Mr: Dallis.
The bullion in the New York banks also ,lead exPeril
oncd•ti further increase,•and•money was in Bond 1440PiY
at 7 perient. Erie Railway was ctuottli at 5St ~.,13eadi-
8i,8:11:71:iterPfubsaerny,747,rnalri0,d :4t:ao,b;aldr.nlifaoilfl;ellan7titS, Cloo;l,lttrhael :131:wndesst,
p' t- yet touched. From Central .America there ,was
Walker
,being characteristically contemplated movementby
Guat4-,
-mai% Sat Salvador, and . Honduras, at the. moment-
when the withdrawal of ike" Cokta Ricans, from
agaia
They support metered the at fermonAll hopo ;-
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THE SUN, LONDON TUESDA y V.VE Y , rA 5

in the right place—put there—supported there—
kept there : *the wrong man, not tolerated there
—summarily warned "from thence—ejected from ,
thence, if necessary, is what we want. We have
a QUEEN reguanta right woman in the right
place, and her we would support and maintain
in that place to the best of our ability, and with
all the loyal zeal becoming freernen: But a
Prince-regnant—that is something we cannot'
tolerate,, and any such pretender we would have
ejected from a position to which he can have no
right, and in which he can do nothing but mis-
chief. We have a Premier, too, such as he is,
theoretically responsible for his acts, and
amenable to public justice. A Premier, at least
thus responsible, we would have, living in hope
of a better. But a Premier behind the nominal
Premier, moving him as a puppet is moved in the
dark, invested with no responsibility, and
fenced round with immunities, is what we would
not have, and what ought not to be tolerated a
moment longer than can be helped.
The right man in the tight place. And that,
we takeit, may be said of Prince ALBERT when
he forgets German leanings and plays, as he
ought to do like an Englishinan, the part of patron
of art and science in this country. To his occu-
pation of such a positioni: under suck a proviso,
we can take no exception,fand while he discharges
its duties in a commendable manner no feeling we
may entertain will debar us from according him a
due mead of praise. Unfortunately hitherto op-
portunity has not been given us for dispensing
much of-the latter article; consequently we are all
the better pleased now thatwe are able to de a little
in that *ay. His Royal Highness, it will beobserYed,
has written a letter to the Earl of ELLESMERE in
relation to the proposed Exhibition of Art Treasures
in Manchester in 1857. The perusal of it, we
are happy to say, has afforded us considerable
satisfaction. It is the most English letter we
remember him to have written, and not least so
in the practical good sense it evinces. Manches-
ter, we doubt not, will be pleased with it, and if
the advibe it contains be followed we haVe little
doubt the Eihibition will prove successful.
H.R.H., it will be seen, is of opinion that the
possessors of valuable pictures may be reluctant
to incur the hazard and. iaconvenience 'of trans-
mittingtheir choicest treasures of art merely for
the gratification of curiosity and the giving an
intellectual entertainment to the dense population
of a Particular locality. To obviate this diffieulty
he proposeithe investment of the undertaking with
the halo of utility. No country, he tells-the nObl
president, invests a larger amount of capital-in
works of art of all kinds than England,'and in
none almost is so little done" for art education.
Determine that the proposed Exhibiticni shall
have the:higher character of, an &ideational exp )-
sition, illustrating the history of art in a chrono-
logical' and systematicarrangement, and their way
will be clear, and they will be enabled to.present
to the world for the first time a gallery such as
no other country could produce. Possibly some
objection' might be taken to one or more of
ILR. H.'s dicta, and SPIRO sharp remarks made on
others, but of the wisdom of his recommendation,
if folloWed in a genial spirit, there. can be no
doubt, and we are persuaded the Committee will
not be the last to appreciate it. As a public
benefactor, of course out of the political sphere,
his Royal. Highness would always lee welcome,
and has still abundant opportunity to regain his
lost popularity. Let us hope he will see this,
and, warned by both the past and the present,
resolve outside_the family circle to meddle with
II no other role.

PrAessor Mahan, whose costume wa4 objected to at
th late levee, ig now in Paris.
The Oliver Cr= well has arrived Loin Sydney, but is
stated to have brought only 500 aoveteigns.
Advices from the. Sea of Azoff state that many vessels
were taking in cargoes of corn at Taganrog, Marianpol,
and Berdiacieki, for MarseilleP.
APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH it is stated

that Henry Drummond, M.P., is about to lead to the
b men« al altar the Hon. Miss Gifford, 4a ighter of the
tir4 Baron Gifford.
FUNERAL OF TETE COUNTESS OF St. GERMANS.,--The
rema'ns of this lamented lady were buried yesterday, in
a vault in the Kensal-green Cemetery, in the presence'of
a large a-semblage of rela.ive4.l

THE POLISH AMNESTY RECENTLY GRANTED BY THE

EMPEROR OF RUSSIA —Some five orsix thousand Poles
have availed thernselvefl cf the amnesty to.return to their
colntry ;, but amougst•these there are no names of note.
There ha's been.no further efflux of gold today to the
continent, but neArly 100,0001, is understood to have
been takon from the Bank for :transmission by the Bra.
zi.ian steamer.

The gold brought from New York by the Arabia
is 315,000/. The chief portion of it is expected to
be sent t) Paris to pay for silver and purtibases of

ki.V7

-4' AV

TRIESTE, MONDAY.
From Constantinople, under date of July 4, we
learn that Aali Pacha had returned.

The Caimakans of the Principalities had been
appointed. Prince Ghika is intriguing in all
ways to secure a Moldavian movement for the
union of the Moldavian and Wallachian pro-

vi n ces.

On the 24th, the clay on which the powers of
tho Hospodars of Wallachia and Moldavia expired,
no resolution had been come to for tjio purpose

of replacing them.
The Commissioners for regulating the organisa-
tion of the Principalities were to set out imme-
diately upon the re-establishment of diplomatic
relations between Russia and Turkey.

The Greeks, the Armenians, and the Jews are
to pay to the Porte, for the right of exemption

from military services, an annual sum of

62,500,000 piastres.

M kIISEILLES, TUESDAY, 8 A.M.

The Danube has arrived, with, advices from
Constantinople of the 30th, and from the Crimea

of the 28th ult.

Despatches leave at 9 a.m.

The English transport Symmetry, which left
Ktmiesh on the,sAa June, has arrived with war-
like stores.

PAW'S, JULY 8, 8 A.M.

The 3foniteur says that Rear-Admiral Pelion
announces in a despatch, dated from Constantinople
6 h-July, and addressed to the Minister of War,
that the evacuation of the troops and war stores,
which are still in that city, continues, and that
dm evacuation of the Crimea is' completely ter-
minated.

FRANCE.
PARIS, MONDAY.

A letter from Plombieres in the Satut Public of
Lyons gives a very flattering account of the Em-
peror's arriva.l%t that watering-place.
General Dulac has been appointed to the con-
sultative Committee. of infantry, and Generals
Larchey and Reuret to the committee of artillery.
Likewise, GAckalpf Brigade. Lion has been ap-
pointed to the command of the 2d brigade of
cavalry in the 3d military division, in place of
General Prince de la Mosowa, resigned.
BOURSE, July following were the last
quotations :

Cast. tr. s.
13 per Cents —
por Coats 7l 70
New Loan 7l 75
Bank Shares 4,150 'man
Credit Alobilier... _1,590 iustrian
Belgian Fivea........ 93A— Spanish Threes....„
plodmoateß.:(s)
.„,.. 91 dome Debt •

Eud or:±otoath
—f. —O..
72 5

R&ILW4 rs —FOB C.5.24fi

tr. C. . fr. a
:Jrleans .-...- ~... 1,427 50 Western-.
•zortliern ...... - , 1,110 3trambnig
Lyons ~.......... .. 1.465 Now Ditto
.Mediterranean ...... 1830 Grand Central

Lyons Genova
Cs hte "•• ; 783 --

Toste
Austrian C0ra...., . . 882 50

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COMMERCIAL ETTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLoox.

The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
firmly, without any change. The Sales were esti-
mated at 9,000 bales, 1,000 for export and 1,000
on speculation, comprising 140 Pernatn and Ma-
ranbarn, at 6id. to 7d. ; 140 Bahia, 61d. ; 400
Egyptian, at 6id. to BW. ; 700 Surat, 4id. to
4/d. ; and 100 Sea Islands 11d, to ls. per lb. The
Railway Share Market closed quietly, with little
business doing.

RUSSIA.

A letter from St. Petersburg, of June 28, pub-
lished by the Constitutionnel, states :—" Since the
opening of the navigation our port is crowded with
vessels; never have such numbers been seen here
before. The customs officers are overwhelmed with
business. Up to June 25 there had been 974 arrivals
at Cronstadt, and 283 departures. Yesterday the
arrivals had been increased to more than a
thousand. At Riga the arrivals were 885 up to
June 19, and the departures 445. The inland
commerce is not less active. I have to inform you
,that the G.pretS-ment has authorised a fair at IL e w,,
to be held aunii illy from -.Tune 27 to July 13.
'This measure will give a considerable impetus to
the trade of that town, so admirably situated on
the Dnieper, which is covered during the summer
with boats and rafts carrying merchandise."
A letter from Warsaw in the Deutschland says
—" The great hopes which had been entertained in
Poland respecting the change of the government
system are rapidly vanishing away. Toe old diffi-
culties which existed on the frontiers still remain,
and, travellers even, who were bound as pilgrims
to certain shrines in Poland, have lie'!n forced to
leave their prayer-books at the custom-houses
until their return. It was generally believed that,
after the conclusion of the war, recruiting would
not be pushed to any great extent in our depopu-
lated regions, but this illusion has likewise vanished.
A fresh recruitment took place in the night of the
21st June in the government of Kalisch, in exaetly
the same manner and proportion as in previous
years."

ST. MARYLEBOYE BANK FOR SAVINGS,
76, WELBECK:STREET. -ESTABLISHED STH JULY, 1830.

The Hamburg letters state that the money market
had bee He a little easier, owing to the arrival of
-cisme bar silver, but that the rate of discount was still-

The departures from the port ofLon.lon for its Aus-
tralian colonies during the past. week have comprised
serif-qv ve:;;;els—three to Port Philip,4wo to Sydney, one
to .New Zealand, and one to Portland Bay—with a total
cqaacity of 5,179 tons. The rates of freight exhibit no
great alt ration, but there is in some cases a slight ten•
drncy to flatness. - -
The following is from the Australian _Mining Cona-
nany :—" Toe company aro in receipt sf advices from
the colony dated April 9. Op-rations were entirely
abandoned at Tungkillo, hrugh 28 tons of ore had been
raised on tribute. At Glutton prosplc6l3 were cheer.
ing, and another branch of ore of excellent quality had
been discovered on the mineral lease adjoining.,"-
FIRE THE BLACKFRIARS-ROAD —Last ttight, about
hal-past 11 o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of
lir. Simpson, lead pipe and glass warehouseman, No.
94, Blackfriars-road, which occasioned considerable loss
of pr,rperty. The fire was not extinguished until-the pre•
mi-es in which the disaster occurred were nearly de-
stria/ed.

EVACU&TION OF KERTOII.--7The- steam ship Pacific,
Captain ,Thompsoi , arrived -at Malta, otr the 29th ult,
in days from Kerteh, with the 71st Highlauders on
beard. She -brings news of the, surrender to the Rus-
si,ins of this place. The Russians fraternised heartily
With the British Troops, and went through the ceremony
of crossing the col,urs ; the-Russian band escorting our
troops to the steamers for embarkation.
PRINCE ADALBERT. OF PRUSSIA.--Plymouth, July 7
—His R iyatilighnessPrino-3Adalbert of Prosaia,Lorcl
. High Admiral, dined on Saturday with Port Admiral
"ix Win. Parker, of Mount Wise, On Sunday Prince
A lalbert inspected the Plymouth Breakwater' and
examined the works at Saltash by the Cornwall Railway
Company. To-day his R-yal Highness will 'visit the
screw steam-ship Coniveror, 10], in the Sound, and in
the evening be will dine with Major-General Eden,
.Commander of the Forces in the West of England.
• THE MAILL—SOUTHAMPTON, July 7.—The Penin-
sular and Oriental Company's steamer Tagus,, Captain
Christian, sailed, this. afternoon with the mails for Vigo,
Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and-Gibraltar, 30 first class pas-
sengers, and 29 second class, specie value 4001. for
Lisbon, 11,044/. for Cadiz, and a full general c Argo.
The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Tamar, Captain
Bevis, sails on Wednesday, with the Brazilian and River
Plate mails. • 'The ..next homeward mails from South
America Are expected by the Tay, Captain- Brydges,
b 'ut the 10th inst. The Vanderbilt line of steam-ships.
etween. New York, S3uthampton, and Bremen have
been withdrawn until fuilher notice.
DEATH OF THE RIGHT. HON. GEORGE BANKER.—
We regret to announce that the Cursitor Baron of the
Exchequer, the Right Hon. George Bankes, died on
Sunday, at his house,7l!fo. 5, Old. Palace-yard, inflae
89th year, of his age. , 116 e deceasedigentlernan was the
eon of Henry Bankes, Esq., of Kingston Hall, Dorset
He was talked to the bar iu 1813•;,-was appointed a com-
missiener.el,Bankrupts in 1822, and afterwards Cursitor
83.r0n of the Exchequer. Was Secretary to the Board
Coatral from May,- 182.9 to Feb., 1830,.and Judge Ad-
vocate General. from March :to: Dec., 1852. , 'ln politics
be was .c,g)sersiative: He sat- for- Corfe Castle froni
1:81d to 1832.-7. Ile was returned for the countyi,of Dor-
e t 1841, the repre:eutation,of which becomes vacant
by his deceate.

Compirative statement of progress at specified periods
during the lAA seven years :

....
Open Deposit Sums Invested
Accounts. with National
Debt Commissars.
On sth July,•lßso
/5 1351
ft 1852
/I 1853
7/ 1w54
)/ 1855
~ 18;6
D. FINNEY, Secretary and Actuary.

B,itITIS4 FUNDS THIS DA Y.—ULOSING PRICEF.
(Pram. th.e

tin,- •Tlf, flow,
dank Stock .. ... 218; -
ler Qeut. Bed-seed Annilities,„ ,
3 per Cent, Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
New 23 per Cent: .Annuities 852
[ions. Annuities, expire sth Jan. 16130_ 3/ --
- Ditto 34 Years, expire sth April, 1885.:. -18 ,
bola 'Bonds; £lOOO ..., ...... .;....- ~ 22 p
Ditto, wider 81000 . . 18 p
Consols ?or A:mount
E 'chequer ;Wig, ?id.
100f' .
20 17 p
Ditto ‘,.ids, 1858, 34 per Cent. lOOl 4
Ditto, 1559 -
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Brazilian 'ponds, 5 per Cent. lo2i
Ditto Small
Ditto 5 per Cent. (Rothschild's)
Equador New Consolidated.
Peruvian 13onds 4i per Cent —
DittO 3 per Cent
Russian 1 009; 1622, i.: St.., 5 pei• Cent._ .
Ditto Account ' ll3
Sardiniae ticin,ls, 5 per. Cent.
Ditto Account . .. .... .
.. , .:
.. 93
Sp ibis: ti.-:„41!.-,:tper.Oent ... . .... :: ..;.... 463,
panish Committee Cert. of Coup. nit fun. 6$ .p c
rl,-
T ~,t : .mids, 6 per cent - ' - .:..—
Ditto Account ;,
Ditto Guaranteed; 1 per Cent. -
Ditto AcCodut ' ' ' 'lO6 a
111;;J.: tit: aft tnt3 Afx;vc p4.yaie in Loudon.
Dutch Excliange,li per Cent., 12 Guilders 65
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .'. .....
-THREE O'CLOCK.

Consoh
Ditto Account(July 10) 9si a d

Colonel Dieu, the Preneh Pugineer officer .who served
vutti so much di-gination with the Turkish army in. the
c onpnign on the Danube, and took part in the gallant
defgnne of.tidistria, is still-alive, rand hasjost, returned
in.-good health from the Crimea- It will be remembered
that his s9l pased untimely death Served Lord Pa"illui*e
as the theme of some well-turned- expressions of regret
in a speech deliveied by him in"tbe House of Lords; and
it also prevented his being' included amoneithe French.
officers hohbtfred with the cle-coraiio,n of,the Bath. This
be,-of ebuise; repaired.'

The French weekly trade report for the past
week, states that business has boon very quiet in
all branches of commerce. At this time of the
year, however, such is to be expected, especially
at Paris, where the months of July and August are
considered the dull season, and no return to com-
mercial activity may be expected before September.
The manufacturers continue to be occupied with
foreign orders, principal lyfor Russia and T urkey. The
trade between France and the Levant has increased
in a remarkable.manner since the war. Amongst
the goods shipped to 'Turkey are numerous
articles of a description never dreamt of being used
in the East before amongst the Mussulman popu-
lation ; and there is no doubt that as civilisation
progresses among the people the manufactures of
France will be greatly consumed by them. In the
Parisian warehouses sales of novelties have been
almost suspended, and the proprietors are occupied
taking stock. In the departments the manufac-
turers have submitted to a decline in prices ; with
the exception of the silk manufactures at Lyons,
who find raw silks scarce, and,. consequently," the
Parisian' buyers have to pay, an advance on pre-
vious prices.- The trade in raw.silks in the Mid-
land districts has recently become active, but a
want of capital has limited the exertions of buyers,
and a branch of the Bank of France is looked for
at Valence to facilitate their operatibns.
Accounts from EgyPt, dated the 24th ult., are
very favourable with regard to the production 'of
cereals, and it is estimated that' there ,will he
4,600,000 hectolitres available for exportation
during the present year.
Letters from Spain dwell at considerable length
on the revolutionary movements in several of the
provinces, which were becoming more serious than
ever.

The Paris Bourse ,presented a dull appearance
throughout yesterday. As the- dividends were
being paid by ,a great number of companies there
was a large amount of capital seeking employment,
but the securities most in favour appeared to be
railway -shares. .

The Metropolitan Rail way has again been brought
before the public, as there are shares amounting to
500,0001. that were subscribed for and paid upon
by the promoters, which are now offered to new
applicants under a guarantee of 6 per cent. As
this guarantee is well secured, these shares will no
doubt be'speedily taken up.
This day the half-yearly meeting of the Green-
wich Railway Company was held, when a dividend
of ss. 2d. per share was declared, payable on the
15th instant,, clear of income tax. The accounts
showed a balance in faiour of the company, after
paying the above dividend, of 321. 16s. 7d. A
vote of thanks was passed to the directors of the

company.
The first half-yearly meeting of the Bank of
Llndon took place this day, and passed off in a
satisfactory spirit. From the report it• appeared
that the profit made amounted to 37,000/., from
which the directors now. made a dividend at the
rate of 5 per cent. per annum, leaving 8,0001. to
go towards a reserve fund. The report was
adopted.
Gold continues to be withdrawn from the Bank
on continental account, and the receipts of silver
from Belgium and other places prove that purchtses
for India and China are still being made. Vessels
from Australia, known to be near at
_hand,
.are
awaited with anxiety, as their arrival will alone
prevent a diminution in the B.►uk bullion should
the precious metals continue to be forwarded to,
the Continent.
The English Stock Market is still under the in-
fluence,of the settlement, and continues to exhibit
a drooping appearance, although no decided decline
can be chronicled. Consols are 951 both for
transfer and account. The August quotation is
9)1 to 96. The New Three. per Cents are 961
and the Reduced 952 to 96, Bauk.Stock is steady,
/at 218 k. Exchequer Bills are 17s. to 205., and
Julia Bondi 18s. to 225. Exchequer Bonds have
risen to 1004 1.
Foreign Securities are dull, and mostly nominal.
Turkish 6 per Cents. have been 1031 to 104, and
since 1044. The .4 per Cents. have not been
quoted: Sardinian are 92i 93, Brazilian 5 per
Cents. 1021, and Dutch 21 per Cents. 65.
The following are the.nominal prices of Foreign
stocks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 74 ; Mexi-
can, 22 3 ; Peruvian, 81 83 ; ditto 3 per Cents.,
57 9 ; Portuguese 4" per Con 6 , 49 51 ; Russian 5
per Cents., 112 114.; ditto 4i per Cents., 98 100 ;
Spanish 3' per Cents., 464 ; ditto Deferred,
241 ditto Certificates, 64 ; ditto Passive, 62 7.
The Share Market is about 4to per cent. worse
lOr the chief lines, but the North Stafford form an
etception, 'oeing somewhat firmer, and the shares
of the Tilbury Extension Company, which has re-
ceived the Royal Assent,- are in. request. The
Foreign and Colonial are quiet, but steady.
The long-pending negotiations between the Great
Luxembourg and the Northern of France are at an
end, and no benefit has resulted. To the share-
hOlders this issue must be very annoying, and the
only course now open appears to be the prosecution
of the line by the calling up of additional capital.
Ceylon Railway Shares are 14 premium ; 'but
the public (especially the members of the Stock
Exchange) are dissatisfied at the delay which has
taken place in the allotment of the shares, whereby
their money has been looked up a longer period
than is usual in sitnilar'eases. The Bengal Shares
are ;I premium, and Regis are maintained at
advanced rates, viz., 4a
Mining Shares are as usnal, very quiet, but
Cobre . eopper have risen to 67. Banking :shares
are flat, and the Ottoman arc rather cheaper.
Australian Agricultural are not better than 30,
and -the -Canada. Land are 128 only. Crystal
Palace are firm.