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The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-16

PP.OVISION

Beef, per lb 6d to Ed
Mutton, per lb 5d to Sd
Lamb, do., 03 0,1 to 0
Veal, per lb ... Ed to N9d
Pork, per 1b...N 5d to Os 6(.1
Salmon, per lb Os to Os
Grouse, per brace Os to Os
Tallow, p stone, 03 to 12s 61
Rabbits, each...

Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt. 104 s to 108 i
Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen

RETAIL PRICES.
Flour, 11lb 0s Od to 2s 10,1 Barley flour,l4lb.Os to 2s 4d
Oatmeal Os Od to is 10d „ dust,
Beremeal ....Os Od to 23 Od , per lb 2d to 2ad
Peasemeal... Os Od to 2s 8d Side, 6l

Cheese, per imperial s
44b. 10af...8d.

,`,.one, 4s. Od. to 4s ad
1 2-Ib. 10af...4d.

DUBLIN. FE8.13.

White wheat, 31s 6d to 34s Gd ; red ditto, 31s Od to 328
6d; ditto now, —s ; barley, malting, 16s to 258 6,1 ; grind-
ing, 15s to 203 6d ; oats, old, lls to 13s ; ditto, new, —5
01 to 153 01 ; oatmeal, 14s to 15s 01; bore, new, 16s to 18s
01 ; rwes, d, 303 Od to 32s Oct per brl; I,akere flour, 193
6d to 26s Oct per cwt; Indian corn, 31s 01 to 373 Od per
480 Ih.

LOCAL SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, FEE. 14.

STOCK EXCHANGE. The market continues steady to.
day, at about the same as yesterday's rates. The follow-
ing were the sales :—Blackbarn, 8 15-16 9—Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 99i—Eastorn Counties, IC—Caledonian
32 L—Dutch Rhenish, a p—Midlands, 83 i—London and
North Western, 1074 i—North Union A., 228—North
Eastern, Berwick, 211-South Eastern, 22k—Grand Trunk
of Canada, 12i—Great Western of Canada, 254—Ditto,
new, 21 pna.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 36
Lancashire and Cheshire, 68 9—Lancaster and Preston.
(4 shares, issued at 4/. 145.), 24
London, England, 1857-02-16

THE NEW PROPOSED DUTIES.

The following are the duties upon sugar and tea,
as proposed to be enacted :

SUGAR-TAU CWT.

Present There-
Duty. 1857-8. 1858-9. 1859-60. after.
£s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Refined 1 0 0 18 4 16 8 15 0 13 4
White Ol7 6 16 0 14 7 13 2 11 8
Yellow
Brown
Molasses 0 5 4 5 0 4 7 4 2 3 9

Tea

TEA-TLIE LB,
17151- 3 1 0

INCOME AND PROPERTY TAX-PER E.
01407 0 7 0 7

It is said in the green-rooms—and we imagine with
good f Aindation—that Mrs. Nisbett'a return to the stage
may be shortly looked for.
Mr. C. Kean, it is said, intends to quit the stage in
1859. His last season at the Princess's Theatre is ex-
pected to realise a profit of 10,0001.
In consequence of the decease of Mr. Richard Smith,
brother to 11r. Albert Smith, the Egyptian Hall will be
closed all this week.
DINNER TO MR. ROGERS, THE COMEDIAN.—It is
said to be the intention of certain theatrical gentlemen
to get up a dinner to Mr. James Rogers, to be given on
ash Wednesday. The tickets are to be 13s. 4d. each.
Young John Henry Cooke, the talented equestrian
of Astley's, has returned from America, where his won-
derful feat of the "Leap of the Bridge," created an un-
precedented sensation. He is announced for this per-
formance during the week.
MME. GRISI IN THE PROVINCES.—Mme. Grisi is now
engaged in an operatic tour In the provinces, under the
direction of Mr. Beale. She has been performing at
Liverpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow, &c., with almost un-
paralleled success.
DRAMATIC COPYRIGHT.—The question of dramatic
copyright of French authors is about to be submitted to
the Court of Chancery. Mr. C. Reade intends pro-
ceeding against Mr. Payne, of the Strand Theatre, if he
should produce a piece, entitled "Poverty and Pride "
(which he intends to perform this evening). Several ma.•
nagers have entered into a subscription to defray the

expenses of the defence.
The annual grand ball given by the enterprising pro.
prietor of the Canterbury Hall, Mr. C. Morton, takes
place on Wednesday next. Preparations for the occa-
sion have been going on for some time. The splendid
ball has been tastefully embellished, a numerous band
has been engaged, and a supper of the most recherche de-
scription is to be provided. The arrangements of the
ball-room have been confided to Mr. Frampton. That
there will be a large attendance there cannot be a doubt.
A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 25th ult., in the
Constitutionnel, says :—Several accounts have been given
relative to splendid presents made here to the Countess
of Morny, but they are all completely unfounded. The
Emperor aed Empress have not made any present, pro-
perly so called, to the young Princess Troubetskoy. The
only mark of attention which has been paid to her by the
Imperial family was to send her at the moment of her
marriage the picture of the Empress in diamonds—an
elegant decoration, which is highly valued at St. Peters-
burg. As for the magnificent present of diamonds from
the count, there is not a word of truth in it. Everything
at the marriage was conducted in the most simple man-
ner."
London, England, 1857-02-16

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London, England, 1857-02-16

Just published, price 2d., or post free 3d., the 102 d Edition of

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Supported by testimopilais from the celebrated Professor of Che-
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King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been
restored by it; after all other means of cure had failtd.
London : Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street.

Just published, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d.,
ON STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA :
its PATHOLOGY and RATIONAL TREATMENT. Illus-
trated by numerous Cases selected from the Records of upwards of
Twenty Years' extensive and successful Practice, and which embrace
every variety of Urethral Contraction, together with appropriate
Means of Cure.

By F.B. COTIRTENAY,
Member of the Royal College of ',urgeons of England.
H. Ballliere, 219, Regent-street.
"We believe Mr. Courtenay's experierce In the treatment of
stricture to have equalled, if it has not exceeded, that of any of his
contemPeranes ; whim we most certaoy snow of no man to whose
cars we would sooner Intrust the treatment of a severe case of strle-
ture."—Medical Circular. .
London, England, 1857-02-16

4,414°
small pocket-pistol. Since the commission of thi
murder the police have been unceasing in thpir
exertions to apprehend the .fellow, but up to the
pre:etit mom.-nt have been unsuccessful, although
it is thought tha', from the very full description
given of him he cannot long e.selpe detection.

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London, England, 1857-02-16

THE BALTIC.

HAMBURG, Feb. 14.—Accounts from St. Peters-
burg up to the 7th instant give a very melancholy
picture of the continued general distress and want
—bordering upon positive fa mine—exist ing through-
out the Grand Duchy of Finland, and which pro-
mises to become daily worse, notwithstanding the
amounts subscribed in St. Petersburg, Helsing-fors,
and other places for the alleviation of the existing
evil. The Emperor and Empress have subscribed
10,000 silver roubles and 5,000 silver roubles re-
spectively for the purpose ; and large supplies from
the military magazines in Finland have been
placed at the disposal of the poorer classes, at
very low prices, to aid them ; but this aid is of a tem-
porary character. TLe population in many parrs are
perishing of hunger and cold. The merchants and
other monied men have subscribed in the capital
about 28,000 roubles ; among them Baron Stieg-
litz's name is down for 10,000. The authorities are
at their wits ends in Finland to meet the great
distress.
The navigation of the river Elbe will become en-
tirely free from the the ice in a couple of days. The
Loudon, Hull, and Hartlepool steamers pass up
and down the river, suffering only trifling obstacles,
and these will probably disappear in a very short
time. The thaw has continued rapidly, and much
rain has fallen, accompanied by somewhat stormy
weather yesterday.
London, England, 1857-02-16

LEEDS, FEB. 14.

STOOK EICOHANGE.—An average business done to-day.
Midland, 831—North Eastern, (Leeds capital stock), 19—
Ditto Yorks, 31 i—North Western, 7 13-16—Manches.
ter, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 36.
London, England, 1857-02-16

fecm long confinement and low urihealay diet, and ai,-
gravatel by the friction of his chain. An opuratiun was
performed very receroly upon him, and he is now, I ace
toll, in a more e,•atisfacory state of health. Ba:, if thy
information is correct, and I have no reason to doubt it,
however revolting to humanity the frie, neither before,
nor dining', nor after the operation, was Poerio's chain
removed."
London, England, 1857-02-16

British rrovincial
Brighton .• ...• ••
City of London ..
European .... .•• ••
qreat Central
Imperial
Ditto New

Ditto Debentures
Do. Continental 1 stCap
Do. Do. 2d Cap
Do. Do. 3d Cap
Do. Do. 4th Cap
Independent .......
London Pail. Preferen.
Pheenix
Rateliff
Surrey Consumers
United General • • •• ••
Westminster Chartered
Ditto, New .... • • ••
Western A
Ditto B
London, England, 1857-02-16

THE NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICES.

Lord R. CECIL asked the Chief Commissioner of
Works whether the judges of the approaching competi-
tion, with reference to the new Government Offices,
would be appointed before the day on which the plans
were sent in ; also, whether he intended, in appointing
the judges, to confine his selection to those who were
uneutangled by any personal connection with the pro-
fession, or whether he intended to include among them
practising architects.

Sir B. MALL said ;.bat he proposed to appoint
as judges gentlemen unconnected with the pro-
fession of engineers or architects, and who were
in no way connected with gentlemen competing.
London, England, 1857-02-16

SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.)

RAILWAYS.

Closing Prices
Saturday.

Business done
this day.

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.

[i RAILWAYS.

Paid'

Leasing
Companies

Ln.&N.W.
1 cialedon ...

Gt.Northn
E. Count.
Caldonian.

Closing Prices
Saturday.
London, England, 1857-02-16

ITALY.

A letter from Genoa of the 12th inst, observes
that should the illness of the Duke of Modena end
fatally, his death would give rise to serious compli-
catious. He has no children, and his brother left
but one child—a daughter. If the latter be inca-
pable of succeeding; the question will arise whether
the Duchy will pass to the elder branch at Vienna
or the junior branch at Florence. The writer of the
letter thinks that, after the recent demonstrations
made by the inhabitants of Modena, Reggio,
Massa, and Carara, they will not readily submit to
a German Sovereign.

The Milan Gazette replies as follows to the article
of the Moniteur relative to the affairs of the Danu-
bian Principalities :—" The article of the French
official organ in defending the union of the Princi-
palities thwarts the views of Austria and Great
Britain, who had declared themselves in favour of a
separate administration of these provinces. It is a
brand of discord thrown into the league of the 15th
April, 1856, which was concluded for the common
defence of the integrity and independence of the
Ottoman empire. Austria and England are not
powers to allow themselves to be readily turned
aside from their plans or to fail in their observance
of treaties. It must therefore be bk lieved that the
questou put forward by the Moniteur cannot be
solved in aCcordance with its views, even should
the statesmen of Turkey admit the opportuneness
of what the French official organ calls for."

The Austrian General who had the command of
the troops in Bologna is dead. The immediate
cause of his death was a hundred oysters of the
largest size, which he ate at a sitting.

Vessels of war are to proceed from Spain to Cuba,
to form part of the contemplated expedition against
Mexico.

Mr. Sergeant Marnell was sworn in one of the Barone
of the Exchequer, in the room of the late Sir J. Alder-
son, on Saturday, at the Privy Council Office, before the
Low cjsucellor.
London, England, 1857-02-16

IDO. Preference

Crystal Pal, of France
Duston Iron Ore
Eastern Steam

Electric Telegraph ...
Electric Tel. of Irel.
En. &Aust. Cop . S raCo
Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel.
Gen. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.)
Gen. Steam Navigat.
London Discount ...
Lond. Gen. Omnibus
Magdalena St. Navig.
Mediteran. Elec. Tel.
Mexican & S Amerien
Nat. Discount C 0....
Do. New
___

Netherlands Land....
Do. Do. ,

Do.B p e.Ptiss.at 1 d.
Do. Do. .
New R. &N. S. Land
N. S. VV. Gov. 5 p. c. D.
N. B. Australasian
Nrth.of Europe Steam
Oriental Gas . ....
, Do. New Shares...
Peen*. Ld. 6r Minrl.
Peninsular di Oriental
Do. New
Rhymney Iron
Do. New
Royal Mail Steam
Scot. Austral. Invest
Dp. New
S. Ans. Gov. 6 p. c.bds
South Austral. Land
Submarine Tel. Scrip
Do. Registered
Tru.t.St Ln. Co. U Gan
Van Diemen's Land
V. Go. 6p.cJan. & July.
London, England, 1857-02-16

Commence at half-past Seven.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMP HITH EA.TRE.
„LA_ Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
THIS EVENING —A Per &prmanee crow ned with Rignnl
t,nere,is !—The operatic ertma of ROB ROY, Illustrat«l
by Mr. Wm. Cooke's Trained Horses, and act( 1 with the
or7ginal music, with Mr. J. H. Cooke's Creat Bridge Act.
After which, the Equestrial SCENES in the CIRCLE.

To conclude with the equestrian comic pantomime or PAUL
My OF HORSEBACK.

Con-inlet:33 at seven o'clock. Dross Boxes, 43."; Upper
Tloxec, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 11., no charge for booking ;
Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6,1.
vox.office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager,
Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

CXNTERBIT 11X HALL. Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY E VEN [NG. —Th e follow-
inz company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
Sc'ections from all tno popul, Ooeras, Madrigals. Chgruses,
(flees, Duets, 4e., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield,
Miss Brunel], Miss Scurners. and Madame Marietta; Mr. J.
Caulfield, ITe-er F. Jongluna,l9 It, Grover, T. Tarrant, S.
Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corti. Senor Antonio M.
de cola, and E. L. lime; Misters Austin, Bennett. and
Corn ; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Maeleney, and C. J Wilkins,
PiAnorarb. M . C.:cd Tlicl-s; harmonium, J. CauPeld, jun.;
director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre-
cisely, Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock, Mr. C. Morton's
Annual Full Press 8.71 will take place on Wednesday, Feb,
18. Gentleman's ti,:dcet, 7s; lady's ditto, 53; double ticket
(lady and gentlerlim or two ladies), 10s.
London, England, 1857-02-16

IMPORTS

A very favour tble change t a considerable extent is
perceptible in our import market, both in grey goods and
yarns ; stocks seem to have been reduced, and dealers
seem-to he 'making purchases at advanced prices. The
business transacted during the past fortnight might be
said to have been to a considerable extent. Grey shirings
up to 71b. are in good inquiry, 6,1-ib. to 7 b. are scarce
and in great demand at advanced rates. Grey long cloths
are nut inquired for, but are steady at last quotati.,ns.
Grey domestics are in good demand. Grey T-cloths are in
good inquiry at a slightly advanced rate. Grey jaconets
and Madapollarns have advanced one anna, and are in
moderate inquiry.
In-ached and Fancy Goods.—These goods, of certa,n
descriptions, have also participated in the advance in
value to be noticed in the grey goods.
Cochineal —The market is firm, and the ruling quota-
tion is 2r. 4 an.

Spirits.—Brandy, 1,550 dozens at 11r. per doz 500
dozen at 12r. ; 700 hhdp. of brandy at 2f r. per gallon.

EXPORTS

Cotton Wool.—After the departure of the last mail
this staple declined in price, but since the arrival of the
Overland Mail of the 11th of Jan. it has again come up
to our last quotations. We quote Broach at 120., Dhol
lera at 117 r., and Oomrawuttee at 114 r. per candy.
Pepper.--Tlie market in this article is firm. We quote
Bhutcol3 at 93r. ; of Malabar there i 3 no stock available
in the market.

Hemp.—The following are the quotations :—Calicnt,
42r. to 45r. ; Concan, 37r. to 38r. ; and Ghatee, 30r. to
31r. per candy.
Oil Seeds.—Linseed is in good inquiry at 4r. 11a., and
rapeseed is also in f.ir demand at 4r. 13a.
Ciffee.—The stocks have been taken up, and we quote
Mocha at 10r., and Malabar at 7ir.
Opium.—The demand for the article has lessened, and
our present quotation is 990 r. per chest. The Rajah of
Cochin takes about 1,281 chests on board.
Tonnage.—The rates of freight have declined to 21.
103. to 21. 12s. 61 for London and Liverpool, at which
the quotations continue steady.
Exchange.—Previous to the arrival of the English
mail first-class paper sold for 2s. 20., subsequently 2s.
20. was submit'ed to, while local bills and documents
soil at 2w. 2ad. to 2s, lgd.
Court bills on Calcutta, 60 days' sight, 98g.
Madras, 30 days' sight, 98i.
China, 60 days' sight,- 212, nominal.
London, England, 1857-02-16

TZT/STRZS.

alph Walters,E Chairman of the Board of Directors of
sq.,
the Eastern Counties Railway Company.
Colonel William Petrie Waugh, Director of the London and
- Eastern Banking Company.
David Waddington, Esq., M.P., 4, Spring-gardens.
Jahn Bagshaw, Esq., M.P., Director of the Eastern Counties
Railway.

DIRECTORS.

colonel William Petrie Waugh, Branksea Castle, Dorset, Di-
rector of the London and Eastern Banking Company.
Robert L. Leckie, Esq. (late of Bombay), George-street, Port-

man-square.
William Shaw, Esq., 1, Kensington-park-terrace.
Gregor Grant, Esq., late Chairman of the Oriental Bank,
Bombay), 4, Great Russell-street.
P. C. Zillesen, Esq., Vice-President of the Dutch-Rhenish
Railway Company, Amsterdam.
Sir Henry Durrant, Bart., Scottow Hall, Norfolk.
Henry Ward, Esq., H.E.1.C.5., K 1, Albany.
John Edward Panter, Esq., Director of the St. George's In-
..

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surance Company, Pall-mall and Fulham.
Andrew Walls, Esq., Lloyd's, and 11, Leadenhall-street.
Captain Raymond, Albion-square, Dalston, Managing Direc-
tor of the Steam Vessels.
London, England, 1857-02-16

RIGA WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

THIS DAY—Morn. 7 min. aft. 6 —Evening 24 min. et. 6
Tn-MORROW—iforn. 44 min. aft. 6—Evening 4 tain.aft. 7

THE WEATHER—SUN OBEICE, FEBRUARY 15,,
THERMOMETER, IN THZ SHAD&
47—highest since noon yesterday.
4 t--lowest this morning and during the night.
46 —this day at noon.
BAROMETER, 30.12.
-Light, with fine, sunshiny weather.
FEBBUARX 16.
47—highest since noon yesterday.
41—lowest thin morning and during the night.
50 —this day at noon.
BAROMETER, 30.16.
WIND, S.E. —Light, with very fine weather.

WIND, S.E.

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London, England, 1857-02-16

BOROUGH HOP.

There is a steady, but by no means extensive business
doing in good and fi2o hops, at full quotations. In oth
kinds very little is passing.
Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 15s to 5/ 12s ; Weald
of gents, 31 5s to 51 Os ; Sussex, 3/ 33 to 41 Os ; Worcester,
4s to 51 5s ; yearlings, 1/ lOs to 31 15e. per cwt.
London, England, 1857-02-16

TERRIBLE INCIDENT AT MILAN.

The following comes to us in a private letter from
Milan :

"MILAN, FEE. 10.
" A terrible event occurred a few days since at
Mantua._ A young man hissed a prima donna in one
of the theatres. An Austrian officer called in a
commissary of police to silence the malcontent. The
latter, in receiving a warning from the formidable
functionary, thought the safest thing he could do
was to get out of the way, and he quietly left the
theatre. But the officer, following him, inSulted
him, and proposed to fight. A meeting was ar-
ranged for the day after the morrow, but in the
meanwhile the relatives of the young man applied
to the military commandant of Mantua, and begged
him not to permit a repetition of the scandal which
occurred two months ago, when an Austrian officer
nearly killed a Lombard citizen. The commandant
in consequence of this request sent the challenger
out of the town. But yesterday, an Austrian cap-
tain, a friend of the officer who had been sent away,
happening to meet the young Italian in a cafe,
rushed upon him in a paroxysm of fury, accused him
of being the cause of his friend's banishment, and
drawing his sword cut his head clean off at one
blow. This news rapidly spread through the town,
and caused immense agitation. Groups werespeedily
formed in the streets, the shops were closed, 'the
troops were called out, and marched up and down
the town all the night. A little more and the
state of siege and martial law would have been
proclaimed."
Letters from Milan' of Feb. 14 confirm the state-
ment of an Austrian officer having cut off a young
man's head in a cafe, and say further that fights
took place afterwards between other officers and
citizens, and that more blood was shed.
London, England, 1857-02-16

BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS.

Since Monday last fair supplies of potatoes have come
to hand coastwise and by railway. For most kinds the
demand is steady, at full quotations. The imports last
week were 467 bags, from Schiedam; 40 from Belfast; 8
baskets, from Rotterdam; and 8 sacks from Limerick.
York Regents, 100 s to 130 s per ton ; Kent and Essex do.,
100 s to 130 s ; Scotch do., 95s to 120 a ; do. cups, 90s to
1003 ; Middlings, 65s to 755; Lincolns, 90s to 105 s ; Blues,
90s to 105 s.

WOOL.
As the public sales of colonial wool will be commenced
on Thursday week, there is very little business doing in
our market, yet holders generally refuse to sell except at
an advance of from LI to 2d per lb. Last week's imports
were 674 bales from Hobart Town, 401 from Melbourne,
170 from the Cape, 872 from Sydney, 83 from Dunkirk,
and 177 bags from Hainbro'.
The following are the current rates of English wool :-
Down teas, is 7d to is 8d ; half-bred hoggets, is 6d to is
7d ; Kent fleeces, is 5d to is 6d ; Down ewes, 1s 5d to
is 6(1 ; Leicester fleeces, is 4d to is 5d ; combing skins,
is flannel wool, is 2d to is 6d ; and blanket
w 001,4 to is d ;
lOdtsols 2d per lb;

a prices aro well sup
terms, but rape cakes
quotations.
SEEDS.
Linseed is in steady demand, si,
ported. Rape and z
oilseeds realise
Linseed cakes are quiet, on former
5s per ton dearer.
Tarnip,White,per bush. 20s to 21s
Swede ........ —20 s
dotard, Brown• ••• .. 20s 22s
White, new...• .. 103 12s
rares,Wlnter,new....ss 69 6s Oda
Canary, per quarter 703 76345
s
CloYer,RedEng. (cwt.) 5u3 00;
Rye grass (new) .. ~.. 24s
White ••—.. . • —65 s
Foreign Bed ••.. 68s 765,
White.. .• 68s BCH
Trefoil, new.......... 233 32i,

Carraway •• 4Gs
Coriander.... ••• • •• 22s 24s
llempseed,per ciaarter 42i 44s
Linseed, Eng..iowing.. 711 73s
Crushing •• •• •• 713 73s
Baltic •• •• •• —s
Odessa •• •• •• •• • 70s 70s 6d
Linseed Cake, pr. ton—
English • • ...101108 10115 s

Foreign, per ton 91 10- 11 10s
Rape Cakes, per ton 51 15s 6' 15s
Rapeseed, pr qr....• 828 84s

1..........".....

TALLOW.
The price of tallow continues steady, at al per cwt on
the spot, and to the 31st March ; while there are sellers
at 57s Gd for delivery in April, May, and June. We have
more inquiry for the end of the year, at 543 9d per cwt.
Town Tallow 66s nett cash. Rough fat, 3s 7d per Blbs.

1867.

1853.
Stock this day ;;•• ••1 33'335
trice of Y. C 458
"°3
• I
Delivery last week . , 2,013
Ditto from June 1 .... I 76,746
Arrivals last week..
Ditto from Junel.— 74,417
hie° Of Town_ ge 46..1 6d

1854.

1855.

36,952
623 Od
to 623.9 e
1,430
77,438

275
90,775
63, 3d

37.160
56s 6dto
—s Od
2,081
60,932

-176
62.092
584 Od

23.117
GOs Od to
—s 0(1
937
83,947

10,172
68s Od
to —s Od
1,839
88,502
1,489
81,694
674 Od

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60,522
534 6d
London, England, 1857-08-20

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London, England, 1857-08-20

IMPERIAL PAR LIAIIIEN T

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YEsTERDAy.)

The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Lords' amendments to the following bills were
considered and agreed to :—Eastern Bengal Railway
Company, Scinde Railway Company. Baroness
Windsor's Estate Bill, and the Duke of Bridgewater's
Estate Bill were read a third time and passed.
ABOLITION OF IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.
Dir. HADFIELD asked the Secretary of State for
the Houle Department whether the Government in-
tended to bring in a bill next session of Parliament to
abolish imprisonment for debts contrac,ed without
fraud
Sir G. GREY said the subject was under considera-
tion, but he could make no promise.
London, England, 1857-08-20

OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-Read
eft, Patron—The QUEEN',

Founded 1-828.

The sick poor are admlttel on their own application alone. No
recommendation is required.
. During the past wee:t, 2,1364 patients received the benefits of this
Charity, either as out or in-door paticnis, and since its foundation to
31st Dec., 1856, the number relieved is upwards of 580,000.

The Committee entreat AID to enable them to continuo thii great
work of charity.

Treasuur and Banker—John Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane.
London, England, 1857-08-20

THE SONG OF THE HOUSE.

(From, Punch.)
With patience threadbare worn,
With eyelids heavy as lead,
A member sat in the Commons' House
When he ought to have been in bad.
Sit ! sit ! sit I
In dog-days, small-hours and from°,
And as his place he couldn't quit,
He sang the song of the house.
" Talk ! talk ! talk !
In the morning from twelve till four !
And talk ! talk ! talk !
At evening for eight hours more I
It's, oh, to be a slave
At words instead of work,
With Gladstone and Patti for Fox and Pitt,
And Bethell instead of Burke.
"Talk ! talk ! talk !
Till the painted windows swim;
Talk ! talk ! talk !
Till the lights in the roof wax dim ;
Clause and section and line—
Line and section and clause—
Till on the benches we fall asleep,
And dream of making laws.
" Oh, men, with incomes clear,
Oh, men, with houses and wives,
What fools we are to be stewing here,
When we might lead easy lives.
Stick 1 stick ! stick !
In the stench of the bone-boilers's dirt;
To hear Gladstone's taunts at Bethell,
And Bethell's rejoinders pert.
"Talk ! talk ! talk !
Oar labour lasts night and day;
And what are its waves—nothing a-year,
And election bills to pay;
The right to stand on this matted floor,
The right to a, idress that chair,
Anti the Times a blank—for I'm not of the rank
To be reported there.
" Sit ! sit! sit !
From weary chime to chime !
Sit ! Fit ! sit !
And to miss a division's a crime.
Amend, divide, and report—
Report, divide, and amend—
Till each section 'a a riddle, the Act a maze
And a muddle from end to end.
" Telk ! talk! talk!
In the blazing midsummer light ;
Talk ! talk ! talk ! _

Through the sweltering midsummer night ;
While all about tho House

The bone-boilers' odours cling,
To mock us with dreams of the heathery hills,
Where the grouse are on the wing !
" Oh ! but to breathe the breath
Of the heather and gorse so sweet,
With my wide-awake ( n my head,
And my luncheon at my feet I
For only one short hour
To feel as I used to feel,
After a morning's blaze at the birds,
For an appetite for my meal !"
With patience threadbare worn,
With eyelids heavy as load,
A Membar sat in tho Comaiona' House
When ho fain would have been in bed.
Sit ! sit ! sit !
In dog-days, small-hours and frowso,
And as the debate he couldn't quit,
He tried to make the best of it,
By singing the Song of the House

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon Lt
the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury
in Downing-street. It was attendtd by Viscount
Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the
Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr.
Secretary Lsbouchere, Lord Panmure, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. It. Vernon Smith,
Lord Stanley of Aide,ley, the Right Hon. M. T.
Baines, and the Duke of Argyll.
The Duke of Montrose has gone to Buchanan Castle,
Stirlingsbire. The Duchess is passing the season at
Brighton.
Tne Earl and Countess Granville and Lord Stanley of
Al lerley have returned to London from visiting Viscount
and Viscountess Sydney, at Frognal, in Kent.
The Rev. A. Bath Power has been appointed Pro-
feasor of Physics at Gaol] College, Vale of Notb, South
London, England, 1857-08-20

SECOND READINGS.

The Customs and Excise Bill, and the Customs Bil
were read a second time.

BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL,
The Commons' amendments to this bill were cone'•
dered and agreed to.
Their lordship then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—{This Day.)
The SPEAKint took the chair at 12 o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

Carew's Estate bill and Keay's Divorce bill were read
a third time and passed.

RATING OF TENEMENTS.

Lord STANLEY moved for returns from the several
parishes in the townships in the counties of Lancashire,
Suffolk, Hampshire, and Gloucestershire, respectively,
of the number of tenements assessed to the rite for the
relief of the poor made next before the rate Low collect-
ing; specifying the amount of such rate, the number of
assessments rated under 41. annual value, at 41. under Si.
atsl. and under 61., at 61. and under 81., at 81 and under 101.
at 10/. and under 121., at 121. and under 151., at 151. and
under 201., at 201. and above respectively : Of the num-
ber of tenements assessed at each of these several values
of which the occupiers have been excused (so far as the
same can be ascertained :) And, of the number and
amount of compositions with owners of small tenements
Agreed to.
London, England, 1857-08-20

THE SHOOTING SEASON IN SCOTLAND,

RENYEZWEIHIRE.— The shooting season opened on
Wednesday ; but although the reports as to the number
of birds are favourable, they seem to be so wild and
strong on the wing that experienced shots only have been
able to make good bags. Renfrewshire and East Argyll.
shire have produced the best shooting. By the Greenocck
trains on Friday afternoon upwards of 40 boxes of grouse
were despatched to the south. From the Dochal
and Ardgowan estates Sir Michael R. Sbaw Stewart
sent about 30 boxes south. The Roseneath estate con-
tributed the remaining ten.—Greenock Telegraph.

STIRLINGSHIRIL—The sport on the 12th was very
good, but the birds were strong and wild, and not easily
got at. Lord Abercromby killed 25 brace ; A. C.
p'ers, of Culcreuch, bagged 27i brace with one barrel ;
Mr. James Morrison, of Livilands, killed 11 brace ;
and Mr. Ramsay, of Barnton, killed two brace.
A considerable number of boxes passed the sta-
tion here on Thursday for the south, but at the
time we go to press no intelligence Ls to the nature of
the sport during the day has reached us.— Stirling
Journal.

CAITHNESS SHIRE.—The eventful 12th Aug. dawned
most auspiciously. In this country we have a larger in-
flux of English sportsmen this year than on any former
occasion, so much so that all the shooting quarters are
fully occupied. We learn that on the moors of this
district the sport,has been fully equal to that of former
years, and that the quantity of birds bagged is consider-
ably greater than many of the gentlemen bad anticipated.
—Northern Ensign
INVERNESS-SHIRE.—The Twelfth has come and gone,
and we ( Inverness Courier) have very little information
on the subject. Hardly any birds arrived by the
coaches on Wednesday night, and there is very little
information except from shootings within a few miles of
the town. These indicate a fair amount of sport. Mr.
Dunbar bagged 25 brace to his own gun at Holme.
Mr. S. Walker, Aberardar, shot 10 brace in the course
of the afternoon. Colonel Fraser and Mr. Ross shot
183/4 brace on the Cantray Moors, in the course of four
hours. The Hon. H. Fraser and Mr. Mostyn, at Beau
fort, 373/4 brace; Major Hirst, at Tulloch Castle, 93/4
brace, besides hares and wild ducks ; Lord Saltoun, 8
brace on a little moor near Ness Castle ;
General Cracklow, 93/4 trace at ' Culduthel ; Mr.
Cherry, twenty eight brace at Gask ; Mr. J. Bailie,
fifteen brace at Large, &c. These are better bags
than were anticipated, after the decimation of last year ;
and they do not support the rumours that are flying
about as to the absence of game in all directions. No
one expected that the birds would be as numerous as
formerly, but there is this satisfaction, that, so far as we
hive learned, the assurances are most comforting as to
he qualities of the birds.
London, England, 1857-08-20

DIED.

On the 18th inst., at &asin;,. Herne-hill, Wm. Stones
Esq.

Oa the 18th inst., at Donnington-grove, near Newbury,
Henry W. J. Dashwood, Brevet Major in the Royal Ar-
tillery, aged 28.
On the 17th inst., at Hagley, Lady Lyttleton, aged 41.
On the 17th inst., at Chipping-bill, Witham, Essex, .1"..
E. Walford, Esq., aged 74.
At 3, Maryland-terrace, Leytonetone-road, Stratford,
Essex, Miss Caroline Martha Tijou, aged 60.
On the 18th inst„ at Florence-terrace, New-cross, Jane,
relict of James Grant, Esq., of 71, Cheapside, and Sister's
Cottage, Stoke Newington, aged 83.
On the 16th inst , at Clarendon-square, Wm. Quinlan,
Eaq., of Tipperary, Ireland, aged 66.
On the 18th inst., at Harrow-rbad, Mr. Charles Davies,
formerly of Wells, Somersetshire, aged 62.

LONDON: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No
112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the count,
of Middlesex, Thursday, August 20, 1857.
London, England, 1857-08-20

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

THIS DAY— Mcrn., 13 min. aft. 2 Even., 33 min. aft. 2
To-Moßnow—Morn., 57 min. aft. 2—Even., 15 min. aft. 3

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 20.
TEINTOSOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
72—highest since noon yesterday.
65--lowest this morning and during the night.
69 —this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 30.19.
W[Nr', W.N.W. ; light, with dull weather.

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LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1857.

We yesterday gave the remainder of the Re-
port of the Commissioners on Purchase of Com-
missions in the Army, a portion whereof appeared
in our impression of Tuesday. We have already
explained the vital importance of the problem. On
its proper solution depends the efficacy of our
entire military system. Experience has proved,
beyond the possibility of a doubt, that English
soldiers can, if properly commanded, compete with
the troops of any nation—that they may challenge
a comparison with any armies of ancient or modern
times. But much depends on the officers, from
the highest to the lowest ; for even an army of
lions, if led by donkeys, could not be very effi-
cient. That sarcasm has b..!en uttered, and with
too much foundation, and it is therefore incum-
bent on the nation t) prevent, so far as practicable,
any repetition of the charge.
Against the determined bravery, the unflinch-
ing gallantry of our officers, not a word can be
spoken. We care not what may be the mode of
selection, whether by purchase, patronage, or
competitive examination, our officers will display
Courage in the field, will shrink from no danger,
but will
duty.
lay dawn even thoir lives in discharge of
their
than this. I3ut duty demands something more
The physical courage for which they
are remarkable is
she the characteristic of the
private soldiers, ,and an efficient officer must, in
addition to personal daring, possess sufficient skill
to render all the means
at his disposal most
available. It has been trulysaid that a WEL-
LINGTON or a Cnanixs Napier
was worth ten
thousand additional soldiers. The
re must be the
master mind to direct operations, to
apply the
motive power in the best way possible.
Now under the purchase system, this is all re_
duced to mere chance. An Officer with ample
pecuniary means may be just as good, and brave
II man, as one who has not a shilling beyond his
pay. But the chances are, that he will not take
such pains to qualify himself as the officer who
has staked all his future prospects on success in
his profession. It is notorious that amateurs are
seldom, if ever, so efficient as those who devote
their entire energies to a pursuit which is to pro-
cure them the means of living. Gentlemen
jockeys may be very good in their way, but fe w
would like to stake their money on a Derby fa-
vourite, who had not a professional rider and a
professional trainer. An amateur artist may also 1.
London, England, 1857-08-20

Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn.

Just published, by JOHN WEALE, 59, High Holborn.
AN ENQUIRY into the OPINIONS of the
COMMERCIAL CLASSES of Great Britain on the SUEZ
SHIP CANAL. By FERDINAND DE LESSEPS. Containing a report
of public meetings of M erchants, Shipowners, &c., held, and resolu-
tions passed in favour of the Suez Ship Canal in Liverpool, Manches-
ter, Dublin, Cork, Belfast, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdoen; New-
castle, Hull, Birmingham, Bristol, and Loudon.

THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.
—Just published, by order of the Directors, pr.ce Eighteen-
pence, A NARRATIVE, Historical and Descriptive, of the Geo-
graphical, Electrical an,' Mechanical Features of this great under-
taking; and of the scientific Appliances adopted for carrying out
the work, with reasons for their adoption.—Way be had on applica-
tion to Mr. George Seaward, the secretary of the Atlantic Telt graph
Company, 22, Old Broad-street, London; Messrs. Smith and Sons,
Strand; or may be obtained through any respectable bookseller,
from the publishers, Messrs. Jarrold, at. Paul's Church-yard.

MAPS OF INDIA, &c., PUBLISHED BY EDWARD
STANFORD, 6, CHARING-CROSS,
Prlce in sheet, coloured, Is. ; case, 2s. 6d.,
MAP OF DELHI AND ITS ENVIRONS,
rom Plan and other Original Materials, transmitted from
India, and the Surveys of the Honourable East India Company.

On 2 large sheets, price ISs. 6d. ; mounted in Case, 259.
QTANFORD'S MAP OF INDIA,
base upon the ,urveys executed by, order of the Hon. The
East India Company, the Special Ma,s of the Surveyor-General, and
other kuthorities ; shewing toe latest Territorial Acquisitions of the
British, the Independent and Protected States, the Railways,
Cana's, Military Stations, &c. ; togrther with a continuation of the
British Trans-Gangetic Provinces, and Diagrams exhibiting Dis-
tances and Bearings from the three Presidencies of Bengal, Madras,
and Bombay.
London, England, 1857-08-20

TIN 1%.1'417,7P1"ictS

-(This Day-)

R EB EF,P4II).

The ordinary meeting of this company has just been
held—the Hon. Capt. Fitiul2wice in the chair. The
report stated that the line mould be opened to the junc-
tion with the Taff Vale itailwaY by the end of October
next. Me net revenue of the half-year was 12,208.

and after deducting 2,2921. for the late Nontyderry
accident, left 8,916/, 2s. 6d., to be transferred to the
revenue account, which, added to the last balance,
would make 16,4601. 10s. 10d. The balance remaining
after the payment of interest on debentures, &c., and
5 per cent. shares, would leave 3,8551. 16s. Si. for the
next account. The report, after some discussion, was
adopted.
London, England, 1857-08-20

COMMUNICATION WITli INDIA.

It is said tnat a plan has been submitted to the
Board of Control and the India House for establish-
ing a postal communication with India via Asiatic
Turkey. It is calculated that, by making arrange-
ments with the Arab chiefs, a mail could be brought
to Constantinople in ebytit 14 days, whence its
principal contents could instantly be despatched in
a telegraphic message to London by the British
Ambassador. As intelligence from India cannot at
present reach England iu Lass than from 26 to 28
days, about 10 days or a fortnight would thus be
saved. The assumption is that from Kurachee to
Bussorah, at the head of the Persian Gulf, the time
occupied by steamer would be four days, and that
thence the mail could be transmitted by the Arabs
to Seleucia, on the Mediterranean, in four day?,
from which port it would be carried by steamer to
Constantinople in five days. Another route, which
would probably take a day longer, would be from
Bussorah to Be rout and thence to Constantti-
nople ; and a third plan is open, namely, an unin-
terrupted land despatch from Bussorah to Constan-
tinoVe. According to some authorities, the latter
wond be the quickest, and might be accomplished
so that, including the steam transit from Kurrachee
to Bussorah, the entire route should be traversed
in 12 days. This possibility, however, is questioned,
although in confirmation of it the fact is quoted
t
that the news of the fall of Acre was brought by an
Englishman from COPfi
anfinople to Bagdad in six
days,- '
London, England, 1857-08-20

11A1t MARKETS.

-
SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 41 Os; new
do., 31 Os to 4/ Os; old clover, 41 5s to 61 103; new do.,
41 Os to 51 Os; and straw, 11 Os to 1/ 10s per load.
A fair demand. •
CUMBERLAND. —Old meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 41 4s;
now do., 3/ Os to 41 03; old clover, 41 Os to 5/ 53 ; new
do., 31 103 to 41 153; and straw, 11 7s to 11 12s per load.
Trade rather dull.
WITITECIVAPEL.meadow ha, 2/ 15s to 4/ Os ;
new do., 31 Os to 4/ Os; old clover, 41 Os to 51 10i ; new
do., 4/ Os to 41 15s ; and straw, 1/ Os to 1/ 103 per load.
Supply good.

Mr, Andrew, chairman of the Euphrates Valley Rail
way, had an interview on 'Tuesday with hie Excellency
M, Mulivrus, Tukiah Ambassador,
London, England, 1857-08-20

COMMUN/ CA T/ON Jr/TB INDIA.

--gip.--
It is said tnat a plan has haen submitte'l to the
Board of Control and the India House for establish-
ing
a postal communication with India via Asiatic
Turkey. It is calculated that, by making arran,,e- •
ments with the Arab chiefs, a mail could be brought
to Constantinople in ab:nit, 1.4 days, whence its
principal contents could instantly be despatched in
a telegraphic messlga to L'inclon by the British
Ambassador. As intelligence from India cannot at
present reach England in lira than f
w romuld 20 t
us beo 28
days, about 10 days or a fortnight oth
saved. The assumption is that from Kurachee to
Bussorah, at the head of the Persian Gnlf, the time
occupied by steamer would be four days, and that
thence the mail could be transmitted by' the Arabs
to Seleucia, on the Mediterranean, in four days,
from which port it would be carried by steamer to
Constantinople in five days. Another route, which
would probably take a day longer, would be from
Bussorah to Beyrout, and thence to Constautti-
nople ; and a third plan is open, namely, an unin-
terrupted land despatch from Bussorah to Constan-
tinople. According to some authoriti
accomplished
es, the latter
would be the quickest, and might bo
so that, including the steam transit from Kurraeboe
to Bussorah, the entire route should be traversed
in 12 days. This possibility, however, is questioned,
although in confirmation of it the fact is quoted
that the news of the fall of Acre was brought by an
Englishman from Constantinople to Bagdad in I,ix
i days.
London, England, 1857-08-20

FOREIGN

Australian
Brazilianlmp.(issued
at £5 pm)
Do. Cocaes & Cuiada
Do. St. John Del Rey
Clarendon Con. Min.'
Co. of Jamaica
Cobra Copper
Copiapo
Fortuna
General
Linares
Lusitanian

Mariquita
New Granada
Novean Mondo

Pont. Sil.Ldlll. & Smit
Port Philip
Santiago de Cuba
South Australian
De. Scrip
Do. 10 p. e. Pref
United Mexican
London, England, 1857-08-20

Country Markets.

EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET.
, AUG. 18.
Supplies of all kinds these last six days large.
Oat straw, from 6s Od to 104 Od per kemple of 16 stones
tron ; wheat do., 6s Od to 8s Od ; barley do.. 54 6 l to 63
6d. Hay from is ld to is 4d; new do., 9d to 11d.

EDINBURGH MEAL—Auct. 18.
There were in the market to-day 10 sacks oatmeal, each
weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 44s 4d and s.

DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—AUG. 17.
There were in the market to-day 4 bags of oatmeal, oof
barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull.
Oatmeal, per sack of 2801ba I First. Second. Third
imperial
Barleymeal, per ditto -a Od —s Od --B 01
Peasemeal, per ditto
Flour, new, per ditto —s Od —s 0(1 —s 061
Pot-barley, new, per ditto —s Oct s Oct —s 0
London, England, 1857-08-20

CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West
Brompton.—Secretary's Office, 167, Piccadilly.—This Institu-
tion has been established exclusively for the treatment of the poor
afflicted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167,
Piccadilly, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted
at the Brompton Estahlishment, for one month, and for a longer
period if recommended by the medical officers. The number of per-
sons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for
the last three years about 400 cases each year. Since the foundation
of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every
form of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits of this
Charity. A Weekly Board manage its affairs, and every informa-
tion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application
to the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue
this great work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be
paid to William Loxham Farrar, Esq., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's-
inn-fields; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; and at the Secretary's
Offices, 167 , Piccadilly

By order.
W. J. COCKERILL Secretary