The Sun. — London, England, 1862-01-23 00:00:00

3/ 0 NEI' MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The discount market is rather quieter to-day, the demand for commercial purposes having abated, while the effect produced by the payments on ac - can't of the Moorish Loan has ceased to influence either the demand or the quotations. The minimum at the Bank remains at 2 per cent., while the terms in the open market range as low as 21- per cent. A moderate amount of business was transacted in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, but pr ices were variable. The sales were 5,000 bales. At the Bank of England yesterday the bullion 'operations were of an unimportant character. The bar silver by the last West India packet has been sold at ss. lid. per cz. standard. The Etna, from America, has brought £76,000, and the Borussia £26,880, in specie. A dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. will be proposed at the ensuing meeting of the Scottish Australian Investment Company. The market for Public Securities to-day has been rather firmer, although the transactions have been ether restricted. Consols, which closed yesterday afternoon at 921 4, are now 92: 93, and the ten dency appears favourable. The New Threes and the Reduced remain at 921 1:; Exchequer Bills, March, at 17s. prem.; ditto, June, 20s. and 235. ; Bank Stock is 242 k and 243; and India 5 per Cent. is firm at 1051- 106. Very little alteration has taken place in Foreign Securities, and a fair amount of business has been transacted. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 831 I; ditto, 1858, 731 741 ; Mexican are steady at 29k a ; Portuguese, at 4614 ; Sardinian, at 771 ; Spanish, at 521 54; ditto Deferred are flat at 424, and Vene zuelan have receded to 231. The Moorish Loan is 44 51 prem. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under:-- 1862. 1861. Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton 13,378 11,050 Midland South-Eastern 'Great Northern 23,629 25,381 Lancashire and Yorkshire :Bristol and Exeter 6,016 6,353 North-eastern Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 13,128 12,735 _Eastern Counties _Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,135 6,862 Great Southern and Western of Ireland 7,031 7,236 Great Western of Canada 11,466 7,242 These returns, in several instances, are still of an unsatisfactory character-on the North Western there is a decrease of £2,515 ; on the Midland of £1,664; on the Great Northern of £1,760; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £2,679; on the Bristol and Exeter of £337, and on the North Eastern of £2,019 ; the Great Western, however, shows an increase of £498 ; the South Western of £1,243 ; -the Brighton of £2,328 ; the South Eastern of - .C160 ; the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £393; the Eastern Counties of £1,245; the Edin burgh and Glasgow of £273, and the Great Western of Canada of £4,224. Business in the Railway Share Market has con tinued rather inactive, and a slight heaviness has prevailed. Great Westerns have declined about 15 s. ; Great Northern, 10s. ; and Lancashire and -Yorkshire, North Western, and Midland, ss. ; Eastern Counties, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin oln, North Eastern (Berwick), and South Eastern, Lave improved 5s In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there liaa been little change of importance. Grand Trunk of Canada and Great Western of Canada realised previous prices; East Indian declined 55.; and Great Indian Peninsula advanced ss. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares were in very limited request, and prices were with out material change. --- BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 'Bank Stock 242 k 3 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92} f i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 92i 1 New 31 per Cent. Annuities lOO India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent. lOOl Ditto 51 per Cent lo624Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 991 100 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £l,OOO Consols for Account, Feb. 6 93 2A i March. I . June. 20 3 pm 20 3 pm 20 3 pm Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2.3 Ditto £5OO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Prazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860 .. 914 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto Deferred, 1 per Cent Usitian 6 per Cent .... Ditto 41 per Ce n t Blf I.llexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Account %Grenada Active Do. Ex over-due Coups. & Hectares lO Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 46 Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, and '6O — I )itto A ccount :Russian 5 NO Cent. 1822, £ St — Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 - ardinian 5 per Cent Ditto Account fipanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of C ou p. no t f un d ed 6 li 'Turkish 6 per Cent. B3l i)itto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Venezuelan 3 per Cent Ditto Account . 231 Ditto 11 pet Cent l2 Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 TIIREE O'CLOCK. Consols, 'Money Ditto Acco un t 7711 S DAY'S ,IIARK.ETS. CORN EXCHANGE. hif ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 61s 4d ; barley, 36s lld ; oats, 22s 2d ; rye, 36s 8d ; beans, 40s 11d; and peas, 41s ld. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. -- Wheat, 61s 6d ; barley, 36s 6d; oats, 22s 2d; rye, 35s 2d; beans, 41s 6d; peas, 42s 7d, ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.--Wheat, 73,480 ; barley, 107,269 ; oats, 18,932 ; rye, 4 ; beans, 5,301 ; peas, 1,731 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Although only a moderate supply of beasts was on offer in to-day's market, the beef trade was in a sluggish state, at a decline in the quotations of 2d. per Blbs. The top figure was 4s. 10d. per 81bs. We were scantily supplied with sheep ; nevertheless, all breeds moved off heavily, and, in some instances, prices gave way 2d. per Sibs. The ex treme value for D -wns was ss. 6d. per 81bs. No change took place in the value of calves; but the veal trade was by no means active. Pigs and mil3h cows were a dull in quiry, at late currencies. Per Sib. to sink tlic offal. , e d. s. d Crse. &inf. b eas t s 3 4 3 61Primecrs-wool d 0. 4. 4 5 0 Second quality do. 3 8 4 2' Pme. S'thdown d 0.5 2 5 6 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6! Large orse. calves 4 8 5 2 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Prime small do 5 4 5 8 Crse. & inf. sheep 34 3 6 Large hogs 3lO 4 4 Second qualitydo. 3 84 4 Small porkers 4 6 4 8 Lambs, Os Od to Os Od. Suckling calves, 12s to 30s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 21s to 3 TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Beas .. 2,120 Shee ts 126 p .......... Calves 640 Pigs Sheep 90 Calves .............. 72 260; Pigs .... , ......... ___ MEAT MARKETS. NEIVOATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate, and the demand is inactive, as follows• Beef, f rom 2 s 8d to 4s 2d, mutton, 3s Od to 4,3 4d ;_lam.---b, Os to Os Od • vea l, 4s 8d to 5s 4d ; pork, 48 Od t o 4s 8d per 81bs to sink the offal. SOUTHALL, Jan. 22.—0n1y a moderate supply of stock was on sale to-day, and the trade generally ruled steady, as follows :—Beef from 3s 6d to 4s 10d ; mutton, 4s to 58 4d • lamb, Os Od to , Os Od ; veal, 4s 6J to 5s 4d ; and pork: 45 Od to 4s 8d per 81bs. by the carcase. Rompoun, Jan. 22.—Each kind of stock was in fair re quest, at f u ll prices :—Beef, from 3s 4d to Ss ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5 8 Gd ; lamb, Os to Os Od ; veal, 4s 6d to 5s 2d ; pork, 4 8 Od t o 4s Gd per 81b • suckliw , - calves, lOs to 20 s ; quarter old store pigs, 22s to ' 29s each"; and mulch cows, £ l4 Os to £lB O s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIIIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 ; clover, rys to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s Od pia: load. A fair demand. CU MTIPRLAND.—Neaiow hay, £2 5s tQ 45 Os; clover (!n., _ lOs to 45 18 1: an d straw, -41 8s to £1 16 s p er l oa d. Trade steady. 43 lOs tipply tolerably WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 2 8 to £5 O s; c l over , to 46 6s Od good, and atraw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. 7S DAY). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share' Railways. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blyth and Tyne Bost., Sleaf.,and M Bristol and Exeter Caledonian !C irk and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no div 'Do. B tiil6pc.pau.has been paid to Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun.,Pertli,& A b. Junc East Anglian Enstern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do Bdo do DoNw A, late E U 3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Perth, & Dundee i IGlasg. and S. Western.i GreatNrthn.of Scotland) Great Northern Do A stock Do B do IGt. S. an i W. of Ireland Great Western .... j Do Str Val gua. stock Irish South Eastern .. Lancashire & Yorkshire' London and lilackwall Lon., Bright ,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western 13.14 25 10 se st 50 20 6.4.0 'L'derry S Coleraine .. L'derry & Enniskillen. Man., Shet., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do I shares lretropoli r an Midland Do New Do Birmintr. & Derby, Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland! Do. d shares Mid Kent 19.16. Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry, Warnpt, & Itos Norfolk North British Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. Gran. Rl. & Canal Portsmouth . Rh 3 mney 4 cottish Central' Scot. N. E., Aber. stock, Do Sc A. Mid. stock i Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union Sittingbourne do Sheer South Devon S. Durham & Lanc.Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun 'taines,Wok.,andWok. _ . IStockton & Darlington I Do Do New, 1860. st Taff Vale st Do Pref. No. 1 25 TharnesH avenDk&Rail 50 Ulster 25 Do 12.10 Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny; Waterford & West Cornwall West London Do Ist class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har.&R, 91 93 301 301 101 103 [l3 114 110 111 132 134 104 106 67f 681 57 6) 'West Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 1071 10811 5 , 3 60 tl9 121 45 47 941 97} 9Si 9 11 44, 45 !i 7 134 133' 1i )1p 103 105 64 66 65i 66 100 100 100 16.13.4 100 100 100 [Ol5 102 575 58 id p 895 00 98 100 4t 41d 101 11 92 93 124 126 44 46 100 102 46 48 37 39 781 79} (7 69 97 99 5f 6 32f 40} p 6 7 p 554 54 24 34 d ip 83 92 1274 13 6 6i 90 891 791 9 88 LINE LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Busi ness Railways. Paid. Co. s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead. Bucking re .. Chester &II ilyhead.. 100 Do. Do. 5/ per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 lOO Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.U.&E.O 63 65 E. Lincolnsh. (4.1 pr e. 100 Gr. North. 135 138 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 4/ Do. Woodbridge.... 100 • • • • Gls.Barr.&Neils,Dret. 100 Caledon Do. new Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. West. Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 111 113 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 200 205 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per c all D 0........ London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen 3 Lon.,Tilb.& s, shend 100 Peto &Co B2 84 LowesDo a * tqf r gut centa. *p c.. 100 Do 100 Nor . folk • • 31nc.,8xtn.,& Matlock all LNIV& M 3/ 4/ Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx gua. 5 per cent. .. 5. 5.6. E Counts ' par / p Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 1( 0 N. E. Ber North Western &N. Preston and Wyre. all L L. yk. W 44 46 Do. 1< shares A. all Do. •• • • Roystn.Hiteh.& Shep. 100 Gr. North. 134 137 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 120 122 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 90 1•2 Wimbledn t Croydon all L. &Brgtn 8/ 91 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share( Railways. Paid.l Closing 1 Business Prices. I Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. at Brig. &Exet. 4p.C. at 20 Do. shares at Calcdon. qr. shrs, NO. 2 pref. issued at £5 6/ Cork & Bandon, 55 p. c 20 Cornwall. 5 per cent 61 Dun. Perth, & Aber.J un 10 Do. Ist Class Pref st E. Angn. Class Asp. c at E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 at Do No. 2 at Do. new 6p.c. at at Eastern Union, 4p. c— at Do. sp. c. guar st Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares at Do. 4p. c. guar. S. &J . . st Furness, 5 per cent at Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c st Great Northern, sp. c at D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm at Do. 41 p. c. do at Do,sp.c.Redmatsp.c.prn 10 Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. st Gt. Sn. & IN. (Ireland) 4 per e.,ent 50 Great West. (Berks and - Rants Ext) 5 per cent at Do. redeem. 11 p. ct at Do. redeem. 4 p. ct at Do. irredeem. 4p. et at Do. sp. c. redeem. pref 8 ')o. firm. pref. shares 10 Do. Cheater 8 p.c. pf. she 10 Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs at Do. Birm. guar. stock 2f Do. Chester guar. shares 135 Do. do 20 Do. do 100 Lan. & Carl. 45 p.c. pref at Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock at Do.Barnsl.st£s 28 1 0e1Pe' st Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.) at Do. 45 p. c. (Blackb. pur at Lon.&Brig.sp.e.gu. No.l at Do. 5 per cent ... do. No 2 at Do. 6 per cerif - iiii at Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 at Do. 7 per cent pref. atk at Do. 6 p.c. d0(W.14:.&C.P.) at Do. 4 p c.st.(div.deLlir6s at Lon.Chat.&Dov. sp.c.pf. st Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. at Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. at., late 3d shares st Do. 4% ner cent is 6d Do. (Prtsm. perpl. annsl of 28 6d 125 Londondy. & Cole. 5 shs 125 Londony. & Ennis. 5 shs Et Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct. 6 Do. £5 .... ......... . et Do. 35 pe rcent, 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent 125 I)laryport & Carl. 4 pr. C 125 Do. 45 per cent...., at Nridland Con. 6p, c. stk. at Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.e. at Do. 45 p.c. pref. st, rdem at Do. 45 p.c. irredeomable F. 6 Do. 44 per cent..... . st Do.Letc, andllit.4per et at .Norfik. sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 st Do. 55 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 at Do.sWay.ValEx.st.lBl7 at Nort British, 5 per cent. at Do. New gua. per cent 10 Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. 10 Do. do. do. at Nth.Dvn.Retil.&Dck.Co. st N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. at Do. 45pr. ct. redeemable at Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. pref, 17 ,Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. 20 Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. I ' 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 25 Do. York, R. &S. Purch 20 North Staffordshire 10 ithymney Guaranteed at Scottish North-Eastern 35 p. c. pref. stock at Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c st Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock lOs. South Devon, Ann, 10s. 10 Do. Fixed 45 per cent 0. 6. South Eastern(Reading Ann., 1.0.6) st Do. 44 per cent at Do, Fixed 45 per cent at South Wales, gua. 4p. c. at Do. 41 per cent at Do. do. 1859 at Do. 5 per cent. st S. Yorkshire, 4 P. c. gua. 20 Do. sp. c. gua. '5 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c 25 5 Do. B6p. c st Vir. Mid.-Oxf Ist tr" Do. C6p. c st Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p. c st Do. - - - st Do. Ne- ."0 coo 4 stk st Do - • rOrtsp.c.pf.red at , - r erPet.6 p. C. pf. 1866 Do. till 1869 92 94 2(1 214 6 61 101 103 109 111 108 110 ,124 126 81 83 111 113 90 0 116 118 113 115 10* 106 103 110 n 99 98 100 88 90 89 01 1(2 104 9i 1( 17 18 10a 11 76 78 zoi 201 10k 101 15i 15 134 136 102 104 113 116 113 116 136 138 113 116 152 155 127 130 73 75 98 97 1112 111 13t 14 .26 128 fpm 68 70 134 140 103 105 93 95 111 113 109 111 1 liPm 100 102 98 100 i die par i dis par r 22 23 32 136 10 11 24 24} 02 104 02 104 98 100 86 84 28 9 f 2 ii p 32 - 31 31 33 42 45 127 129 122 125 102 103 122 125 118 121 _ stock Commercial. ----- ---- stock , Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.lll4l.l 11,0,1 122 124 stock Eiist anq West India ... .toes ' Let? a<; - •• • liarint. ---- • 10 0 5 50 stock ot. liaL ........ no " • stock 'Southampton..........' lOO 62 65 stack ,' Victoria .. ........ 100 7 — 99 go !DO New p- sir *seas. , 2 1 i d DOCKS. 86 49 46 01 Paid. ' Closing Business Price. done. 7i 8 6i 7 95 07 104 104 i, 1041 i 54 1 1 1 1141 131 1101 1 88 8 i i i 8 71 1084 8 i 121 451 1 411 I 1t 1331 1 1 3 P 105 651 6 5 86 51 102 1i d SHARE 5 6 44 111 19} 65 62 36 I all all all 100 100 100 100 13 3 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 95 4/ 97/ 108 9i 82 11 104 1031 1102 i I l ' 124 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY E NI N . (1, UA II Y u 23, 1862 , Closing Price. Paid. Business done 55 60 99 100: 4/ 5 cl 6i 7! 4/ ti SOMIAMPTON. The Hamburg and American Company's steam ship Borussia, Captain Trautman, from New York, on the 10th, at 2 p.m., arrived off Cowes at 1 23 a.m. The Borussia brings 46 passengers for Hamburg, and 40 for Havre; she has on freight 133,400 dole for England,and 250,338 dols for Havre. During her vopage she spoke the following ships:—Steamer Etna, bound for Liverpool; she left on the same day as the Borussia,and was with the Borussia until the 15th at 3 p.m. On the 18th passed an English steamer at 10 a.m., with four masts, a black funnel with one white rim round, supposed to be the Glas gow, in lat. 49 10, long: 32 50, steering westerly. On the 19th, at 9 a.m., saw an English steam fri gate in lat 49 32, long. 25 50, steering N.W., bound west. PORTLAND, lan. 11. (Per Norwegian via Londonderry.) A despatch received here announces that Mr. Seward has telegraphed permission for the British troops, en route for Canada, to land here and pass through Maine to their destination. time, the American Government has committed itself fully and unreservedly to the tight of a neutral flag to cover civil passengers. The question (he continued) has been argued with the -greatest ability and thoroughness by the most eminent American statesmen, including Jefferson, Maddi son, Munro, and other presidents, and the whole record of American diplomacy is luminous with arguments against such acts as that of Capt. Wilkes. Mr. Sumner proceeded to show that Americans had protested again and again that a naval captain had no right to constitute himself a judge on the deck of a neutral ship, an 3 take from her at his pleasure and discretion what he might think to be contrabani. He was bound, if he suspected her of carrying contraband, to carry her into port, and have the question decided by a competent court. No court in this country, recognising the national and long-established position of America in the law of nations, could have lawfully condemned the Trent, or held captive the ambassadors. In taking them from under the British flag, Mr. Sumner held that Captain Wilkes, misled by British legal authorities, and by British law books, had violatel the American principles of the right of search ; while the British Government, on the other hand, had, by demanding the surrender of Slidell and Mason, stultified its own history, renounced its own principlea, and virtually acknowledged the justice of the position so long maintained by the United States. This was a political and diplomatic triumph: of tile highest value, for which the United States wore deeply indebted to the daring and pa triotic act of Captain Wilkes, and the enlightened states manship of Mr. Seward. The speech was heard with the greatest attention. The French Minister, M. Mercier, and many of the diplomatic corps were presont on the occasion. The proceedings in Congress, Jan. 10, were unimportant. Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence Born.,llarodia.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent... Buffalo and Lai e Huron, Do. New Do. Preference IC leill tN.oz.S.ll.astrl. !Cape, Ealdn.Prov. (Lim ) ICapeTowu & Dock Scrip Demerara Eaatn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. 4 p o. Debentra. Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 Do. 1866-1871 . . Do. do. G Ext !Grand Trunk of Canada, Do. 6 per cent. Pref..l Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et.. Do. 6 per et. Debentr. Do. 7 percent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. • 1872.. GLlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of Tndia (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. ofCanada Shares Do. New . _ _ _ ....... Do. dp:c. '73 wlth't opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 d 0... Madras guar., 5 p. c.;.. D 0.4 p. c. Extension Do. 41 Alcib.Corp. 6 p. o. Buds.' New Itr un s wick a Cando Ity.&Land(Lim.)g.6P( Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. • . •• .. Scinde . • • (.7 4', Do. Punjaub .• • • V , ci: Do. Do. ...• •• • • a Do. indus.St. Flo. b,F; Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. all /100 15 all 100 1 FOREIGN Algerian , Antwerp di, Rotterdam Ardennes.... Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiapo ........ .. Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Grand Rus Guar. 6 p. c Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. sits Italian Junction Lierre & Turnhout . Lyons & Geneva Namur & Liege .... Do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of France.... Do. New Shares -Norwegian Trunk l'ref. 0 t'mn (Smyrna to A idn) Paris,Lyons, & Medi ter. Paris ez Orleans ..... . Recife & S. Fran. (Pere.) gua. 7_ p. et. 1im...... Riga & Royal Dani5h.......... Royal Swedish ........ Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse ..... Do. 5/ per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c. S.Aust &Lomb Venetin Southern of France.... S. East Portugal West Flandern Do. 5} p. c. Preference.. W. & N.W. of France .. Wesfrrn of Austria.... IVest,?rn of Switzerland Wiesbaden ...... Do. 8 per cent Pref.... Zealand .. BRITISE If red Congols (Philack rtritigh Iron Devon G. Cons. (Tavist., (Cast Bassett (Illogan) 31 03ast Caradon ....... East Carn Brea... 3.0 9]. W'l Russel (Tavistk. 7.7 Gam,VSLAubyn(Gwen.) f;( Great South Tolgus G. Wheal ABC. (Philack G. Wheal Vor (I.lelston 4( Grenville . if erod's-Foot B.l Ilingston Downs 4.1 Lady Bertha 11 - argaret (tiny Lelant 91 Mark e Valley.. slyndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 2:? North Downs North Frances (Illogan 12. Basset (111o4an; North Wheal Crofty 2.2 ['ar Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lehat.) 10 . 1 iortridge Cons. Min. Co. south Caradon(St.Cleef: 3. Carn Brea (Illog - an) 3.1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim al S. Wheal Fran. (Mogan' 1 8.1 Stray Park 27 Tamar Silv.tt Lead Min 4i ['in Crott 9 Vale of Towey (Carm2; 138 IWest Basset (Illozan) W. Caradon (Liskeard: 5 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan' bi Wheal Buller(Redruth; 5 Whin! Edward (Cals.) 7; Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 7 FO REIGN 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim al 5 Brazil Land Sz Min.Co al 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo 10 Cobre Copper Copiapo ..li 1 jDunMoun.Cop.Minc.r..Co 3 East Del Key (Limited) 2 I Fortuna. 20 General 2 G t N. Cop. of S. Austr ;Kapunda (Limited) 2 , Linares 5 iLusitanian 1 Alariquica 1 iN.RhineCopofS.Aus.L 20 IPontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... 5 Port Philip 1 IScottish Austrin. (L.) 1 20 St. John del Rey (1..) 28.2.81 United Mexican 1 Northing (Limited)... • ,W .I 1 1 k )s. j 1 4 fpm 65 8i l # 65} 5 1 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-9 lOO 107 IC9 I'B - Do 6p. Cent.lBBo-2 100 - Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. k Aug. 100 109 111 1 Do. 6p. c. Mar. .& Sept. 100 109 111 I Do. 5 per c en t lOO 98 99 981 8 I Do. Inscribed stock 100 97 99 ICapeG.llope, 6p 0,1880 100 110 112 Do. 1890 10 0 110 112 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 109 111 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c 100 t N.E.Oov. a.&July 100 101 106 Do. 6p. o.Ap. AL Oct. 100 N. S.W. (-7, ov. sp. c.,186(3 100 98 100 Do. sp. c.. 1871 to 1876 100 87 99 971 Do. do., 1888 & upwds lon 96 98 971 New Zealand 6p. cent. Iro 105 107 'Nova. Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 ,105 107 Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 102 101 - Do. do. 6 p.c..Ap.&Oot lOO , 1011 1051 1051 4f 1051 I 4f 51 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedScrviceßkl 60 85 87 40 Australasia all 165 67 25 flank of Egypt all 22 23 221 100 fia•ak of London 60 73 75 73 50 British North American all 50 52 51 60/ 20 Chtd.Bank of India, .tc. all 21 214 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 33 S 5 100 City 100 Colonial ... . 26 47 39 Nil Com. Bank of Canada.. all 20 Eng.. Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 19 191 191 19 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 25i 26 26 51 20 Do. new all 262 251 261 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.African lO pr 100 Londen & Westminster 20 72 74 732 100 'at. Prov. of England 42 20 Do. new l2 351 6 50 NationaliNnk ..... 25 20 New South Wa1e5...... all 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 53 64 631 6 20 I Otto.nan Bank... all 19 20 191 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 10 Do. new...... all - sn i 25 South Australia all 25 lUnion of Australia .... all 40 12 50 lUni r.i of London 100 Unity Mutual ' 60 MISCELLANEOUS. --....—..... 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 11 35 81 10 Atlantic R. MI. Stm (1d) all 1 2 SI 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 25 27 26 10 Bahia Steam (Limited). 1 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 51 51 51 4 1 50 British American Land 40 —f( 50 11.&I.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 32 20 D0.11,7p.e.ti111g52 (Lim.) all 18 20 a' 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 9 it b 324 Canada Land all 106 105 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Urn , all C 10 China & Japan Coast & River Steam Naviga. 21 k at Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smitg all 25 Do. Pref. 71 per cent all 15 17 st. Crystal Palace st. Do. Preference at Do. 6 p et. Perpet. Deb lOO 101 104 P 10 I D E.lndia & Lon. Ship A 74 lf. o, B 74 11 01 Si 20 E.lndialrrign. & Canal 1 pr /pm at. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 n 5 English &Aus. Copper all 31 21 P 15 Gen. Steam Navigati ni 14 h 1 Great Slsp Limited) all 4 i 1 1 Do 174 la, et Preference all 4 / 1 tl 2 Indian Carrying (Lim.) 1 5 Lon, District Tel. (Lim.) 44 —s( 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all II 14 n 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 2 21 of 10 Med. EXten. 'rel. (Lim.) all 5 44 10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all — n, 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.) 5 * Ip 6 i la 2 0 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim.) 5 11 d 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis all i I 100 N. Br.&NovaScothiLand 81 10 15 18 1 N.R.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 1/ di 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). 'all 1/ 14 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 1/ 14 3' 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) all 7 8 B st. Peelit.Lnd.&slin.(Lim) 100 49 51 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 69 71 70 ti 50 Do. New 3O 10 12 al 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.44p.c all 19 20 50 Rhymney Iron all 17 19 Cl 16 , Do. New all 5 6 ti 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 50 52 :51 501 st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 135 140 al 25 South Australian Land all $3 85 B 1 Submarine TeL S cr ip a ll 1 Do. do. Regist ere d it 10 Do. d o ni 2 Telegraph to Inera (L ) 1 Ide par B 10 Trust and A ! - .rency 0I Austriasia (li rn)lst is. 1 pr p PI 20 Tr. 4 Ln.Co.ol Upr.C an. 5 11 4 tr 5 11. IV dom Tel. Co. (liin.) 1 14 vi 100 vim Piezdeu'a Land . 28; 910 P THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, }Seven o'clock. TA TTBRSA LL EVENING; CHESTER cur. 33 to 1 agst Agag (taken) 40 to 1 agst Umpire (taken) 40 to 1 agst Caller Ou (taken) 40 to 1 agst Brown Duchess (taken) 40 to 1 agst Schism (taken) THE DERBY. 25 to 1 agst Typee colt (taken) 40 to 1 agst Hubert (taken) NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The following appointments wero made at the Admiralty his evening : Captains--G. H. Seymour, C,8., to the Victoria and Albert, vice Denman, promoted; A. C. Gordon, to the Euryalus, commissioned. Cpmmander George H. Parkin, to the Euryalus. Lieutenant Henry Hawkes, to the Colossus. Sub-Lieutenant Compton E. Domville, to the Shannon. Surgeon David L. Morgan, to the Euryalus. Assistant-Surgeons—Jeremiah A. Hatch (acting), to the Investigator; Charles R. Godfrey, to the Euryalus; Ed ward E. Birch (acting), to ditto. Paymaster Charles G. Burney, to the Euryalus. Assistant. Paymaster George W. Jones, to the Euryalus. Clerk Alfred De Donne, to the Euryalus BANE OF ENGLAND. - --. An Account, pursuant to t] cap. 32, for the week ending of Jan., 1861: le Act 7th and Bth Victoria, ; on Wednesday, the 2!d day ISSUE DEP Notes issued .......X30,129,5001 'ARTMENT. Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin .1c Bullion 15,479,500 Silver Bullion .... £3 0 ,129,6001 £30,129,500 BANSINIa D Proprietors' Capi tal £14.553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na- EPART3IINNT. ' Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £12,268,818 Other Securities 17,099,102 Notes Gold and Silver Coin 871,439 tonal Debt, and Dividend counts) 5,467.140 Other Deposits 15,3C6,081 Seven Day and other Bills 746,'58 £39,417.489 31. £39,417,189 RSITALL, Chief Cashier. Jan. 22, 1862. AMERICA. NEW YORK, JAN. 11. (PET Borussia, via Southampton.) A despatch, dated Halifax, January 9th, says:— The steamship Parana, which had beer: falsely re ported lost, was at Sydney to-day, and will be at Halifax to-morrow. The steamship Cleopatra, with troops from England, arrived at Halifax, January 9. The following is from the .2Vew York Times of January 11 : A despatch from Cairo announces that the great Missis• sippi'expedition was to leave on Thursday, but was delayed in consequence of a dense fog upon the river ; esterday, however, the fog raised, and at last advises the expedition Was expected to start immediately. The, steamers and gunb , ats were ready, and the troops and stores all on board, and a part of the forces had already proceeded to some point down the river. We may leok for stirring news from the West in a day or two. A despatch from New Orleans, received by way of Cairo, reaffirms thestate meat that Biloxi, on the mainland of the Mississippi, has been taken possession of by our troops at Ship Island. It appears that a rebel force was stationed there, which was captured, together with the cannon. The despatch intimates that the place is to be held perma nently by the national forces. A. report reaches us from Romney that the rebel General Jackson, who recently disappeared from the vicinity of Hancock, has made his appearance before that town with the intention of attack ing General Kelley's command. No fears aro entertained as to the result. By the arrival of the steam transport Oriental, we have advises from Port Royal to the morning of the 6th January. Nothing of special importance had occurred since the sailing of the Vanderbilt. Gen Stevens still held his position at Port Royal Ferry, without serious interference, from the enemy, and was waiting for rein forcements to enable him to advance further on the main land, probably to attack the rebel batteries at the railroad. . . _ A slight skirmish took place on the sth, in which seven of the enemy were captured and marched to Beaufort, where they were provided with safe quarters and plenty to eat. General Sherman's force had received reinforcements, numbering 3.500 men, and was making preparations for more serious operations. Three thousand of his troops had been sent to Tybee Island, where work on the entrench ments stilt continued. Port Pulaski continued to expend shot and shell in the vain attempt to delay operations. Only one man, however, has yet been struck. Two schooners, of heavy tonnage, were loading at Hilton Head, with Sea Island cotton, and wore expected to sail soon for this port. Our correspondents give; a more detailed nar rative of the recent battle at Port Royal Ferry, from which it will be seen that the affair was one of considerable mag nitude, and even more disastrous to the enemy than at first supposed. The Government sale of Sea Island cotton, confis cated by the National forces in South Carolina, was made yesterday. There were in all 73 bales sold, weighing about 25,7001b5. The prices paid varied from 634 cents. for the ginned, down to 18 cents. for the unginned. The total proceeds of the sale were 14,231 dole. 12c. Col. Jennison is still operating in his peculiar style in Johnson county, Missouri. A part of his regiment recently visited Holden, and made a descent upon the neighbourhood where the Government waggons were burned a short time ago. Tho houses of the most prominent rebels engaged in that affair were burned, among them that of Vard Cockerel], the Methodist preacher, and Tomkins Bradley, a Methodist class reader. Cockerell has fled to Price's camp. The St. Louis Republican re views Gen. Hunter's course since he has taken com mand in Kansas with much severity, charging him with having sanctioned the outrages perpetrated by Col. Jennison in Jackson and Cass counties, where 70 farm houses, some of them the homes of Union men, have been destroyed. A despatch, dated St. John's, N.F., Jan. 10, says the excitement at Carbonnear is intense and increas ing. Several stores were broken into last night and arms and ammunition extracted. Reinforcements are still arriving. It is doubtful if the military will be able to prevent a collision much longer. The Osprey leaves Halifax to day with the Bth battery of Royal Artillery. Gen, Sigel has resigned his command in Missouri, and a mass indignation meeting of German citizens has been called in New York to protest against the treatment Gen. Sigel has received at the hands of the Federal war authorities. The New York .Tribun6 says Austria has sent a courteous but decided protest against the capture of Mason and Slidell, declaring at the act is not accordance with international law. A leading banker in Washington, named Smith son, has been arrested on a charge of corresponding with the rebels. The response to the resolution of the House of Representatives, calling upon the Secretary of War for further information, that officer says that mea sures have been taken to ascertain who is responsi ble for the Ball's Bluff affair, but that it is not compatible with the public interest to make them known at this time. The Tribune says the Committee of Ways and Means have resolved to impose a tax upon railroad passengers of le. per mile. The same journal says : The necessity of issuing 150,000,000 dole. of Treasury notes a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, presses upon the Government. The exercise of its highest prerogative must be brought into requisition to save the war and save the republic. The wise and equitable scheme prepared carefully by the committee, has been pro nounced constitutional by two very painstaking members Thaddeus Stevens and Mr. Spaulding, and the Attor ney-General has, in a written opinion, pronounced it to be lawful. Of itsnecessitythe IN recancobNeGnßozzstion. PROCEEDINGS In the Senate on the 9th the house resolution relating to ended coffee, tea, and sugar was passed. The correspon dence relating to the Trent affair was then taken up, and Mr. Sumner delivered his expected speech on the subject. He took the ground that Capt. Wilkes was not legally jus tified in searching the Tr t e h n e t p a u n r d es ta t kainndg mostfrom p h a e t r ri t o h ti e o r m eb o e - 1 making the seizure the gallant t ca i am v p e Lt s aa , is a ns n awd d oa a rs c s, t a e c d tthu in oaut s eg t dh ri b c yi t n ao c o r dance with British precedents and with international law, as expounded by the highest British authorities. Mr. Sumner contended that the uniform policy of the United States, as well as the States of Conti nental Europe, has been opposed to the pretensions of the British Government, and has maintained a liberal inter pretation of the rights of neutrals; and that in many solemn treaties and many most important and authoritative State Papers from the foundation of the republic to the present 09i 1511 99e 1012 1 101 1011 211 62 100 I 11i i 100 991 I id 90 100 101 102 99 101 101 102 101 102 104 105 21 22 62 65 50 54 34 37 38 42 32 35 32 81 001 100 pr 093 100 lie 118 95 9 8 88 92 99 100 92 94 [9O 92 5 7 4 6 101 102 i pr 94 98 t i COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, Jan. 11 (Evening).—Cotton dull and heavy. Middling upland, 35c. Breadstuffa heavy. Exchange on London bankers' bills, mi. Gold 4 premium, dull. Stock buoyant. New York Central, 83/ ; Illinois, 63 ; Erie, 35/. 271 E WINDHAM CASE—(This Day). This morning Mr. Coleridge addressed the jury on behalf of Mrs. Windham. The learned gentleman cammented strongly on the observations of Mr. Chambers, in his open ing speech, relative to his (Mr. Coleridge's) client. The learned counsel for the petitioners bad thought fit to enter at some length into the circumstances attending the mar riage of Mr. Windham, and he had expected that before the evidence for the petitioners had been brought to a close witnesses would have been,called to support the assertions of counsel, but such had _not been the case, and the jury were left to act merely upon the remarks made by the learned gentleman. The object of the petitioners was clear and apparent; it was to get rid of a marriage which it was not to their interest to acknowledge, and which stood in the way of the property at Felbrigg ever coming into their possession. In order to invalidate the marriage the petitioners had fixed the Ist of August as the time from which the jury were to date Mr. Windham's lunacy ; but he felt convinced that the result of the inquiry would be that the jury would be of opinion that, before and after that time, Mr. Windhain was a person of sound mind and well able to take care of himself and his property. [The learned gentleman was addressing the court when we went to press.] LA TV INTELLIGENCE.—(7his Day.) COURT OF CHANCERY. ;Before Vico-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley. HOARE V. OSBORNE. The contention in this cause arises on the construction of the will of the late Mrs. Freeman. Her estate consisted of three parts. First, she had a real estate in Lancashire for life. Secondly, she had 511,335 3 per Cent. Consols. She was entitled to six annuities for her own life, amount ing altogether to £1,210. She was also entitled to a moiety of real and personal estate from the estate of her late brother. And third, she was also entitled to certain personal chattels, such as ornaments,:trinkets, paraphernalias, household fur niture, and ( ffects, which she possessed under her marriage settlement. By her marriage settlement the two first •named portions of her property were ves'ed in trustees for the trusts of the settlement. As to the third portion, Mrs. Freeman reserved an abso lute power of appointment, and this portion has now become the subject of dispute between the two parties. She had no issue. At the time of her marriage she had two cousins, George and William Osborne. By her will in 1855 she executed her power of appointment over this portion of her property in favour of herself for life, her husband, Mr. Freeman, on her death, also for life, and Mr. Hoare (the plaintiff) Mr. Meredith, Mr. Poole, and the two defendants, George and William Osborne in reversion. Mr. Poole died, and his share accrued to the survivors. His Honour mado a declaration in terms of the ap pointment, and directed the question to be argued whether Mr. Hoare was entitled to any por tion of her estate in respect that he was an acting trustee on her estate, and not entitled, under the Wills Act, to take as a legacy any portion of her pro perty, and ordered Mr. Freeman to pay the defendants' costs of their examination, as costs in the cause. POLICE 2NTELLIGENCE.—( This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULT IN ♦ POLICE STATlON.—Augustine Fitzgerald, a gentlemanly-looking man, residing at 31, Lansdown road, Nottiag-hill, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting police-constable Leighton at the police station. The defendant was brought to the station the previous day charged with being drunk, and when brought to the court was discharged. In the afternoon he again got drunk, and on being brought to the station and being led to the cell he seized the constable by the hair of his head and struck him a severe blow with his fist, and tried to bite him. Defendant said he had nothing to say in answer to the charge, and was fined 20s. or 14 days. A GOLD WATOII IN BARLET-COURT.—TWO young women, living in Barley-tour`, Coal-yard, Drury-lane, • court which was stated by the constable, Appleby, 39 F, to be the worst place in the locality, and who gave their names as Burke and Smith, were charged with being in possession of a valuable gold watch, supposed to be stolen. The girls were seen minutely examining the watch (maker's namo " Le Plastiner, Chancery •lane") by Appleby, through the door of the King's Head public -house, Broad street, St. Giles's, and believing, from the fact that they resided in Barley-court, that they could not have come by it honestly, went in and took them into custody on their not satisfactorily accounting for its possession —one of the girls stating that it was her husband's, the other that her " friend" had given it to her. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoners for a week, so that, if possible, the owner of the watch might be found. ROBBERY AT A LODGING-11011SE.—Frederick Eyles, a young man, was charged with robbing his employer, Mr. Browning, lodging-house keeper, of 36, Duke-street, St. James's. It appears that the prisoner was a waiter at Mr. Brown ing's, and in consequence of Mr. Browning for some time past having missed money from a desk in his bedroom, as much as Li 2 since Friday last, he marked two sovereigns last night, and consulted the police. The money was placed in the desk, which was locked, and some time after it was found abstracted from the desk, and on the prisoner being searched a marked sovereign was found in his possession. A bank note for £5 was also found in his box, and a savings bank book with sumslto the amount of £3O. Prisoner had since admitted he had taken several sums of money from the desk, and Mr. Browning stated that his loss was about £5O altogether. It further appeared that prisoner had offered to give up the vrhole of the property found on him. The prisoner was remanded. SPORTING INTELLIGENC g. Entries for the Hon. Artillery Company's Steeplechases, run OD. Saturday, Jan. 25 : Farmers' Steeplechase, sot at 12.0.—Deception, Sailor, Nancy, and Gay Lad. Hurdle Race, I.o.—Bootjack, Countess, Attraction, Lot tery, Hinder, and Indecision. A Steeplechase, about four miles, 2.o.—Duchess, Lord George, Liberator, Whisker, D. T. 0., and Hazard. A Steeplechase, about four miles, 3.o.—Vanguard, Bandy Legs, St. James, Harkover, California, Corkscrew, Swallow, Red Miner, Telegraph, and Indecision. The Count de Castries, brother of the Duke de Castries, and father of the Duchess of Magenta, died in Paris on Friday last, in tbo 54th ye ar of his age. His funeral obsequies were performed in the Church of St. Clotildo on Sunday with groat pomp. Tho church was crowded with the cliff of the Faubowg St. Germain, RAILWAYS 6) I loi 11 4j 4 pr 2 431 j 91 10 8 i 20 21 8 38i 391 8 10 8 7 41 42 62 61 31 31d 12 15 1 Si 8t 91 91 * P 1 * 26j t 76 7 4 10 104 21 22 1 MINES. 3.9.3 16 I 1 2 - it 28 g 0 1 380 390 :0 60 624 4.6 29 29i P.O 10i 11 ?..0 21 24 6f 16 1i 78 3i 4 51 61 1 2 38 40 4 2 1 3 41 10 14 5 1 5 i 2 1 21 31 li 2 7" 6 .6.7 42 44 I 9 4 320 130 1 1 .6 3* 4 Lll * V.V 110 120 ' 19. 29 31 ,* 14 2 7i 72 13 14 45 17 290 924 15 -- g7is 75 11 8 15 16 INES, .11 ; # 611 1; 12 die. all 34 36 l 6 6 8 ail 1 1; 1 4 all 1# 2f2 all 22 24 1 pr ; 1 1 1* p all 7; 8 2 a d pr all t 11 I 2 6} 15} i 9 1 I LITBR.4TUBE. The Medical Critic and Psychological Journal. John Davies, Princes-street, Leicester-square. This Serial appears likely to maintain a good position among the numerous publications which now treat of the human frame in all its mighty and mysterious aspects of mind and body. Aris totle and Galen would be astonished to see our pamphlets on Physiological Chemistry; our hand books on Operative Surgery; and the myriad octavos and folios dedicated to principles of Anatomy and investigation of Diagnosis. There is, without ques tion, very much put forth under the guise of expe rienced and genuine enlightenment on these sub jects, which savours more of egotistical vanity or prejudiced quackery, than of sound, practical judg ment and competent skill; and when we find a few hundred pages devoted to prove the infallible agency of calomel: whether the purpose of its minis tering be to reduce a dislocation or check a fever— and when we meet with a serious argument held through a lengthy article, avowing that "salt" i= now found to take the established bad character of " idleness" as " the root of all evil ;" why, we feel induced to exclaim, " Would it not be better, good Master Leech, that thou shoald'st mend thine own brain with a patch or two of plain wisdom before sending it out on the highway to preach to thy neighbour's rags." As the school of novel" Writ ing is overrun with the productions of ladies and gentlemen who mistake vivid imagination for accu rate perception, and inflated verbosity for graphic power; so is the field of Medical Literature throwing its weeds of this "fast writing" age to the surface ; in the shape of countless volumes indited by those whose talent and knowledge may be safer in con nection with the printer than with the patient. We confess we have little faith in the " M.D." whose ambition prompts him to seek immortal fame by means of an abstruse treatise on "Anatomy, Pathology, and Physiological Analysis of the Thumb-nail ;" or an elaborate article on " Microscopic and Comparative investigation of the Spasmodic and Muscular action connected with Winking." We have little faith, we say, in much of the medical pretension which now gallops into type on the various hobbyhorses of " Speciality," " Homoeopathy," Hydropathy, Vegetarianism, and divers other hacks of showy, but not enduring breed; and would back the venerable Culpepper and a sensible old nurse against many a learned trio of consulting physicians, Who know so little, and who do so much. We are glad to perceive that the work before us preserves a fair amount of common sense and plain deduction, in conjunction with its scientific and speculating tendency; moreover, it is not so strictly professional in its character, but that subjects of publ:c and general interest hold a prominent place, and attract readers of all classes. There are several articles in the present number which must claim unqualified praise. That by J. Q. Rumball, on " Instinct and Reason," presents a combination of evident facts and broad thoughts, which cannot fail to arouse the reflective faculties of any who would fain learn something of the strong and delicate links which marvellously unite the wisdom of the man and the intelligence of the brute. It is concise and clear in its style, forcible in its argument, and very sugges tive in its influences. A few pages on " The Street Folk" are at once pleasant and painful; founded on Henry Mayhew's " London Labour and the London Poor," and Mr. Hollingshead's " Ragged London in 1861." They give an insight into the existence of metropolitan life and poverty, that poet, philosopher, or philanthropist could scarcely bring home to his mind. It is sad to learn all that is re vealed in these bo iks, touching the very poor of this noble and world-famed city. The following is a well condensed bit of information— The street folk afford a study of remarkable psychologi cal and physiological interest, and Mr. Mayhewhas happily sketched the many points of comparison which exist be tween them and nomadic tribes. "The nomad," he says, "is distinguished from the civilized man by his repugnance to regular and continuous labour; by his want of provi dence in laying up a store for the future; by his inability to perceive consequences ever so slightly removed from immediate apprehension; by his passion for stupifying herbs and roots, and when possible, for intoxicating liquors; by his extraordinary powers of enduring privation ; by his comparative insensibility to pain; by an immoderate love of gaming, frequently risking his own personal liberty upon a single cast; by his love of libidinous dances; by the pleasure he experiences in witnessing the suffering of sentient crea tures; by his delight in warfare and all perilous sports ; by his desire for vengeance ; by the lowness of his notions as to property; by the absence of chastity among his women, and his disregard of female honour; and lastly, by his vague sense of religion, his rude id ea o f a Creator, and utter absence of all appreciation of the mercy of the Divine Spirit." The nomadic races of England include the vagrants, pickpockets, prostitutes, street-sellers (a large and important class, the chief agents in retailing food to the poor), street-performers, cabmen, coachmen, watermen, &c. The life of these classes partakes more or less of the vagabond, and in all there is noticed a greater development of the animal than of the intellectual and moral nature of man ; they all also (like the nomadic tribes proper) possess more or less a peculiar physical conformation, use a slang language, and are distinguished for their lax ideas of pro perty, their general improvidence, their repugnance to con tinuous labour, their disregard of female honour, their love of cruelty, their pugnacity, and their utter want of religion. Happily there are many points of relief in this charac ter, points which afford a good ground a hope to the philanthropist. The street folk are exceedingly susceptible to kindness, and often among themselves display rare traits of honesty and self-denial. Mrs. Chisholm lent out at dif ferent times among them no less than £160,000, and the whole of this large sum was returned with the exception of £l2l Mr. Hollingshead tells of a woman, who works at clump-box making, picking up an orphan boy from the streets and giving him a place a mongst her own children. He rightly adds, "Many cases of such self-sacrifice and large-hearted generosity may be easily found amongst the poor. The cases of heroic endurance under the most frightful trials are even more frequent, and they make us respect these creatures even in their dirt and rags." " Medical Jurisprudence" and " The State of Lunacy in Ireland" are both excellent papers, and the general editing and contents of this periodical reflect the highest credit on its conductors. The Boy's Own Library. Vol. I. Wild Sports of the World. By James Greenwood. S. 0. Becton. Mr. Greenwood has completed the first volume of this interesting periodical of natural history and sport. We have from time to time noticed it during its monthly publication, and called atten tion to the plain and concise manner in which the description of the animals is furnished, and the adventures compiled. The habits of the elephant, and the various ways in which it is captured, occupy a considerable portion of the work. The adventures of many celebrated hunters with the lion, tiger, and other wild beasts are full of inte rest. The book is illustrated with several well executed engravings and maps, in which the ani mals indigenous to various districts are delineated. There are also several portraits of celebrated hunters, among whom arc those of Jules Gerard, the Hon. Grantley Berkeley, Captain Rice, &c. Mr. Greenwood, although most of the adventures he narrates are authentic, does not hesitate to give many interesting legends believed by the natives in different countries. We quote the following as a sample, that the reader may form his opinion from his own judgment : A marvellous legend concerning a puma is treasured by the good folks of Buenos Ayres—a legend that for romance and pathos quite eclipses the world-famed: story of An drocles and the Lion ; and I am bound to state that the most thorough investigation has discovered no reason for doubting the authenticity of one legend more than the other. During the Goverement of Don Diego de Mendoza, in Paraguay, a direful famine swept the land. A murrain fell on the cattle, and the hard-hearted earth, lacking the rain's soft persuasion, refused to yield a single green blade. As the inhabitants sauntered listlessly through the silent streets, their garments hung sluttishly on their lean bodies, and, as they regarded each other with eyes great with hun ger, they thought on all they had heard of the way in which famishing men at sea had ere now assuaged their appetites, and the more they dwelt on it the more excusable the thing appeared. That was how the strong, gaunt men viewed the matter; it is probable, however, if the tender youth of the city, and the little men who wore constitutionally plump, had been consulted on the subject, they would probaly have been of a different way of thinking. What made the destitution more aggravating was the fact that out in the country and beyond Don Diego's jurisdic tion, there was food in plenty; but the food was in the hands of the Indians, with whom the Spanish gov_ei o 'nq s hould reveal at war, and he did not choose that his subjects h reveal the weakness of his camp by appearing enemy as lean beggars suing for bread. this end forbade the people on pain of death to go into the fields in search of relief, placing soldiers at the outskirts To he beforeof the city the on M an y ma et e walls. At to shoot down all deserters from the pale ba nner of hunger that hung over Don Diego's dominions. attempt, and were duly brought down by the bullet, much to the satisfaction of the animated carrion feathers that perched disconsolate l donata, cheated tle y b last, however, a woman, named Ma fl e d into the open country. elapsed sol diers, vultures, and all, legend • but rewarded How long a time aendd fi before her indomitable courage was with a meal the does not record , g e a n n g c h she crept into a cavern, and night came, and athereMaldonataroucsre ndu c r bh e ye q d u t r e e required downao sttloomd sleep. y and• by, however, she was her astonished eyes met y meanings, and, puma pacing up and those of a great female raising her head, the cavern entrance. The p uma p re sently paused in its uneas y pacing an d approached Maldon a t a w i th the full in tention, as that person naturall y supposed, of eati ng h er but, wonderful to relate, instead o f f a lli ng on her tooth and nail it merely applied its tongue, and licked M a ld ona t a ' s up ; h an d as a lap-dog might, hers being the lap it was familiar with. The fact, however, was, the poor puma was about to become a mother; and when the cubs were born, and the animal out of its trouble, it still maintained the friendly spirit it had at first evinced, and signified, as plainly as a dumb beast could, its desire that Maldonata should con tinue to make herself at home—cheerfully taking upon itself the whole responsibility of providing food for the en tire family. This state of things continued till the cubs grew up and went about their business, as did their parent, leaving Mal donata to shift for herself. But, venturing abroad, she speedily fell into the hands of the soldiers, who brought her back to Buenos Ayres, and took her before Don Francis Ruez de Galen, who then commanded in Mendoza's stead. " Take her," said Do Galen, who was a man of coarse and bloody mind, " take her into the forest and bind her to a tree; as to her death, let starvation and the wild beasts settle it amongst them." So poor Maldonata was taken, and tied and left in the forest. Curious to know the fate of the woman, however, the same company of soldiers, two days afterwards, visited the spot, when, instead of finding, as they confidentl3 expected, the empty waist chain dangling from the tree, and .the victim's tatterel and talon-torn rags strewing the ground, there she was, alive, with a great female puma keeping sentry before her, and guarding her from a host of other pumas and jaguars that chafed and mouthed on every side. As soon as the guardian puma saw the soldiers; she with the rest of the savage beasts, retired; and then, having , been released from her bonds, Maldonata related the story of the puma in the cavern, and how that it and the one that had protected her through two long days and nifrias were identical. Hearing this, the soldiers ventured to re present the case to De Galen, who ashamed to avow him self more heartless than a puma, pardoned Maldonata, and sent her home to her family. Baby Bianca ; or, the Venetians. By Mrs. Valen tine. London : Parker. " Baby Bianca" will find a kindly welcome with many readers, introduced to our notice as she is by one so well known and so much admired as the authoress of "The Ransom ;" and once known, she will be prized on her own account. A Lweet loveable character is that of Baby Bianca, and the history of her ch(quered fortunes is one of the most charming productions of Mrs. Valentine's graceful pen. The scene opens in Italy some three centuries ago, when the close of a lonr , war had desolat e d th e b eau tif u l p l a i ns of Lombardy;i many villages were utterly destroyed, and num bers of orphan children, in homeless and hopelc.f-s destitution, wandered uncared for among the ruins. Of these some forty or fifty are essembled by the hero of their number, Antonio, and, under his guidance, ultimately reach Venice. Touchingly this little group -portrayed to us, and full of pathos is the little scene in which the Baby Bianca is first confided to their care —tenderly received by the loving hands of Pietro. The fortunes of Bianca and her two lovers, the early friends of her child hood, Antonio and Pietro, are full of varied inte rest. The determination ofAntonio and the devoted ness of Pietro, in their after lives, are in keeping with the promise of their bayhood. Pietro disap points us, however, for deception, from whatever cause, is a vice not easy to forgive, and is incompa tible with all the nobler instincts of an -affectionate nature. Bianca herself is tender and truthful, and cannot fail to win many hearts. The following scene, in which the protector of her childhood again meets his Baby Bianca, will afford a happy speci men of Mrs. Valentine's graceful, easy style of narrative, and will introduce the reader to a charm. ing domestic scene : Suddenly a rap at the door was heard, and, for an in stant, Bianca's cheek flushed, and she made a movement to put away her wheel. But ashamed of what she thought an idle fancy, she restrained herself, and sat still, while Jane opened the door. But then, a rich deep voice, with a soft Italian accent, asked if one Mistress Osborne dwelt there ? Jane answered in the affirmative • and it added— " Is an Italian maiden, called Mistress liianca, with her now f" Bianca sprang from her wheel with a cry of delight ; and as the tall and stately form of the visitor crossed the threshold she rushed to meet him, crying, " Antonio! Antonio 1" "Baby Bianca !" was the reply, as he took her exten ded hands. "Dear Baby Bianca! But I must not so address the tall maiden I see before me. Alas! my pretty little vision has vanished, and grown into —." He paused, and looked mischievously in her face. " Into a very ordinary damsel, I am afraid," she said, • laughing—Bianca had a very musical laugh. " But still she is your own grateful friend and countrywoman, and baby, if you will. Mistress Osborne, this is that good Antonio of whom you have so oft en heard us talk—the Good Providence of the children of Lombardy." " He is very welcome," said the old lady kindly. " And I have to thank you, good mistress, for your kind, motherly care cf this littl e runaway ," sa id the sailor, cheerily, in good English. "Bianca mia, I learned where you were, and all the details of this kind rentlowoman's care of you, from your good friend Messer Osborne himself, who hopes shortly to be with you all again ; and who charged me with this packet for your hands, kind mistress" —(to Mistress Osborne)—"and with it all manner of loving greetings." "You are doubly welcome as coming from him, Master Antonio, as well as for the sake of your kindness to one whom I have grown to look on as my daughter," said the good gentlewoman. "Bianca, offer refreshment to your countryman, while I read my son's missive." Bianca looked very Hebe-like as she proffered hospitality to their guest. But he aeclined it, and telling her that he had brought some remembrances from Venice, which his men had without doors, called to two mariners who were standing near the house, and bade them bring in the cases. Two deal boxes were then placed on the table before Bianca, and the lids deftly removed by their bearers. With girlish curiosity and delight she examined their contents. A rich dress, of the last fashion of Italy (then the ruler of taste and toilettes) ; a necklace and bracelets of Oriental gold beads ; some bodkins for her hair, ending in large glass balls; a small mi rror i n w hi c h s h e cou ld see " what a pretty baby she was now"—Antonio told her, laughing —a drink ing vessel of Venetian coloured glass; a robe for Bettina. Every article was greeted by exclamations of ingenuous pleasure and gratitude by Bianca, and by admiring ejacu lations from the lookers on. The second case contained an offering of " sack " from Candia for Mistress Osborne, and a box of spices, which, if seen by them, would have been the envy of all the city housewifes. These gifts also received a gracious acceptance; and Mis tress Osborne pressed the seamen to sit down amidst her maidens, and take some refreshment ; an offer which they gladly accepted. Then Antonio took his seat, also, by the fire, and while the whirr of the busy wheels formed a not inharmonious accompaniment to his voice, he told Bianca, in answer to her eager questions, of his long voyages, of his dangers on the great ocean, of his many adventures in 'strange lands since they had parted. The wonders of earth, ocean, and sky appeared to be familiar to him, and, at the bidding of his graphic words, were present in the English homestead. These travellers' tales were told in a foreign idiom and accent, which gave them a new charm; while the brilliant eyes and animated countenance of the narrator atone for his occasional lack of the English words. Bianca hung upon his accents, and looked up at his gal lant and manly face with an admiration and deference she had never felt before for any one. Was it that rapt look which induced the keen-sighted "padrona" to seize on the first pause to tell Antonio (and thus remind Bianca) of her betrothal to Pietro ? " I had heard something of it before," he said, smiling. "My first visit was, of cou rse , t o Pi e t ro , an d sorely vexed was Ito have missed seeing him. But Master Hurlock consoled me by telling me of his good fortune in being em ployed by the Lord Cromwell, and also of the happy rela tion in which he stood to our Baby Bianca. Did you not marvel wherefore I have not asked about him before, Bianca ? I already knew wh e re he was, and w ou ld no t pain you by reminding you of his absence." He smiled archly as be spoke. She answered sharply, almost angrily, " It could not pain me to speak of one so dear to me. His absence is for his own benefit, and is not, therefore, a cause of regret to his friends." The sailor fixed his eyes inquiringly on her face as she spoke, and after that moment's glance a shadow of grave anxiety passed across his countenance. TFIIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 23.—Wind this day at neon—South- Eastarly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. CLYDE, Jan. 22,—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Hope, from Quebec. DARTMOUTH, Jan. 22.—Wind &W.—Arrived—Don Jose, from Bremen for Porto Rico. CowEs, Jan. 23.—Arrived—Borussia, screw steamer, from New York, and proceeded for Hamburg. NEWPORT, Jan. 21.—Wind E., with snow.—Arrived—.. Gleaner, from Hamburg for Callao. Sailed—Thornhill, for Halifax, N.S. DUBLIN, Jan. 22 .—Arrivod--Allen Kerr, from St, John's, N.B. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 22—Arona, from St. Valery ; Planter, from Berbice. Sailed, Jan. 23—William, for St. Helena ; Alexandria, for Smyrna Leon Ramondo, for St. Michael's ; Josephine, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed, Jan. 22—Parthenon, screw steamer, from Lon don, for Jamaica. Passed, Jan. 23—Wayward, from Woosung, for London. THE AMERICAN BLOCKADE.—The schooner West Indian arrived in the river Mersey on Monday with the Confederate flying at the masthead, she b e i ng the pro perty of a Southern merchant and plante r , an d having suc ceeded in evading the Northern blockade at th e p or t o f flag Charleston. She left Charleston the evening of the 24th Dec., and proceeded out to sea without seeing anything of the Federal blockading squadron. Before the West Indian sa iled from Charleston the stone fleet had been sunk, but s h e passed safely through the 11.-feet channel, one of those left open. According to the statements of those interested in this vessel, the people of Charleston felt no alarm as to the consequences of the sinking of the stone fleet, but, on the contrary, they believed the effect would simply be to deepen the now comparatively shallow channels. The West Indian, a schooner of 241 tons burden, has brought a full cargo of spirits of turpentine, She is commanded by Cap tain Foote, and has also brought to England the owner. This gentleman asserts that all the cotton plantations on the seaboard between Savannah and Charleston have been destroyed by the planters, and that at Port Royal, where the Federalists alleged they have gathered a considerable amount of cotton, the cotton secured consists really of only that left by the planters, who did not consider it worth re moval. In the Southern States the want of tea, coffee, sugar, and leather was said to be severely felt, and these articles were reported to realise very large prices. The owner, who was in Richmond, the capital of the Confede rate States, about three months ago, states there was a growing belief that there would speedily be a determination on the part of the French and British Governments to raise the blockade of the Southern ports. the Hull County Court, a few days ago, SINGULAR BREACH OF PROMISE an CA o S I E d . in st Mrs. Elder, a eared that the s! od i g t in a CASE. --At the named Galvin, brought an action aga lodging-house in Hull, 7 at the defendant would her with gloves, pfol widow, rai ni itf f NhOv alue a b r oe s fe o ns f olm a e age, think,ltookveeept o i n k g e nt that marry him, and therefore he to enter the matrimonial state, lls., and upon her refusing back, books, handkerchiefs, and other articles, of the value of he wanted his presents but she refu se d to restore them. It was stated that the banns were published in one e f f s e a o n n t o u s r a i o d r d s e h r e e a w t o h u e l d m n o o n t e h y a t v o e bplaintiffoart of the Hull churc hes, and that, wh en the courtship was broken .ce off) any pn • the articles restored. 98 Share) 100 stk „ j , 176 stock stock 100 100 100 100 stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stock 20 20 100 100 stock stock stock stock stock MI