The Sun. — London, England, 1862-02-06 00:00:00

.. could not find words to express when he had to , THIRD EDITION. meet, on occ as i ons lik e the present, and congratu late them on the great prosperity of their flourish- ing association. In conclusion, he should be happy to hear any gentleman who might feel disposed to address the meeting, or to answer any questions that might be put to him. He therefore moved that the report submitted to the meeting be received and adopted. (Cheers.) No gentleman having risen, the chairman was abort to put th e reso l u ti on t o t h e mee ti ng , w h e n as ,per Mr. LLOYD said he scarcely liked to let the report )f 7 pass without making a few observations, He wished nch to impress on his fellow clerks the advantages held .rue out to them by the association. How readily they / could obtain a loan when temporarily embarrass e d ; RD how they might obtain a situation by m eans o f th e was ,es i books of the saciety, or dispose of their policies to the greatest advantage—all these c i rcumstances s 1) ought to induce the clerks as a b o dy t o g i ve the i r J VII R E deep attention to the benefit s o f th e association. he This society had been the first to bring life assurance eecb to the door of the working man. A short time ago 0 „ t this was not the ease, as all attempts to receive Mai( premiums weekly or monthly had been thought test ny undesirable. Thi s soc i ety had thought otherwise, and its adoption had brought to them Ns orking men, si as insurers, in the Post-office, the electric telegraph r companies, and on the railways. (Cheers.) And if there was no other advantage to be derived from a policy of life insurance, be thought the feel ing that it made its possessor less liable to become a burden on the poor-rates ought to in duce men to come forward and avail themselves of the advantages placed within their reach, as a duty to their families. (Cheers.) If a man insured his life, and through misfortune was unable to keep up his payments, in this society he did not lose his saving, for he received a policy for the amount he had paid in —(cheers)—and amongst the whole of the life assurance companies of the metropolis was there one carried out with greater rectitude than the Provident Clerks'. He had bad the pleasure of auditing the accounts year after year, and often felt that he was only working at a useless task, as in the books he always found the most scrupulous accuracy. The CHAIRMAN then put the adoption of the report to the meeting, when it was carried unani- Mously. Mr. REYNOLDS said the resolution he had to pro pose required no preface ; it was as follows—" That the thanks of the meeting be presented to the direc tors for their exertions during the past year." (Cheers.) It had been usual with the resolution annually to present those gentlemen with 800 pounds ; but on the present occasion he should move that the sum be increased to 1,000. (Hear, hear.) The increase had been well deserved, and the state of their income was such that they could afford to give it. Before he resumed his seat, he wished to impress upon all present that theirs was a mutual association. Every one felt the benefit of an additional policy, and he begged the young members to think of this, as they were, he consi dered, the society's best agents. (Hear.) To those the society must look, and those who had not yet availed themselves of the advantages of the association could best be reached by those young men who had shown a praiseworthy forethought. Re, therefore, urged all their young members to become its advocate amongst their friends and fel low clerks. Mr' PILCHER said he had great pleasure in se conding the resolution, the more so as he had tried to increase the sum presented to the directors on two former occasions, when it had been declined by the board themselves, A MEMBER observed it had been remarked that Young men were their best agents. With that ob servation he agreed, but he also thought they pos sessed another good agent which did a vast amount of good, he meant the beautiful lit t l e almanack that th e socitty publish an nua ll y, and if th a t was presented by th e mem b ers to their lady friends, chance of bein g married who of course all stood a —(laughter)—they would see that on their benevolent fund there were 11 widows of clerks receiving £2O per annum, 37 - widows receiving £l5 per annum, 4 clerks receiv ing £3O per annum, being 59 persons receiving sums in the aggregate which amounted to £1,070 per annum. (Cheers.) He thought every one should present an alrnanack to their friends. (Hear, bear.) He knew a person who had insured his life in another office, the policy for which had unfor tunately become a claim. It was true the widow and five children got the £lOO, but if the insurance had been effected in this the widow might have had the prospect of the £l5 per annum. (Hear, hear. ie w as sure that if a young clerk presented the little bcok to any young lady who was about to commence houskeepin g s h e, a b ove all persons, would see the necessity for her future partner joining the Provident Clerks. (Laughter and cheers.) He t hought the directors were well entitled to the in creased_ s um proposed to be presented them. eTh.e n S ECRETARY then p u t th e resolut i on to the etig nts when it was carried with only two dissentie. .The CHAIR.DMAN, in returning thanks, said he felt highly gratifi e d at the congratulatory expressions that had been uttered ; he thanked them most sin cerely for their kindness. Mr. J. W. WELCH, the deputy chairman, said, althougn labouring under severe illness, he should tot like the present meeting to pass off without expressing the gratification which was felt by every gentleman on his side of the table ---where we had a tt a i ne d our majority with a strong, hearty, and sound constitution. (Cheers.) It only required the same means that had been used to increase the success of this institution, 'Which was one, he did not hesitate to say, which 'Possessed a hoard of directors who had its good 'entirely at heart, and also a determination to ex tend its usefulness in every way. There was another very important point that must not be overlooked, f or however good directors might be, Without they had the aid of an efficient and ener tgetic secretary and staff, their efforts were very inseh confined. He had great pleasure in bearing the testimony to the zeal, ability, and energy of p r esent secreta r y (M r. Linford), and the staff se Etviciated with him. Th ey were all gentlemen de Oted to the interests of the office, and each and all had a t heart the prosperity of the institution. Heibegged to thank them for the confidence reposed in the di rectors, and tru s t e d th at h e might be spared some the years l onger, to p.rticipate i n th e p l easures of Lae annual meeting. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution for the reelection of the retiring directors, Messrs. Daw- Bo t n, 'Top e s, and Li ntott, w hi ch was carried unani /oasty. Mr. JEPPS, on the part of his brother directors, returned thanks. He said for one and twenty years the retiring directors had always been re-elected unanimously, and such he thought was a mark of confidence which could not be surpassed. He felt satisfied their institution was one which was not surpassed by any other in the world. During the time they had been in existence many in stitutions bed gone to th e wa ll, b u t th e i rs remained is tact. (Cheers.) The retiring auditors, Messrs. Lloyd, Woolley, and Took were re-elected. Mr. WOOLLEY returned thanks. A vote of thanks was proposed and unanimously given to the secretary. Mr. LINFORD, in returning thanks, said it was a source of much pleasure, and even of some pride, to him to see that daring the eight years he had held the office of Secretary, the progress of the associa tion had been such as to gain the approval of the Board as well as the members (Cheers.) He reviewed briefly th e difference between their posi tion eight years since and now. In that period the income had increased from £ 1 7,000 to £50,000, which he had every hope would be the figure of their next belittle() sheet, and the assets from 1:67,000 to £170,000, and he believed they would soon be Dearly £200,000. He thanked the proposer and seconder of the motion, and his kind friend, the deputy chairman, for his handsome allusion to his services, and he was sure Mr. Welch would not have said so much unless he had felt he was fairly entitled to it. (Cheers.) Th e , m embers co u ld have no idea of the great diffi cu l ties 11 ° and the board had had to contend with in bring. ofg the blessing of life Assurance within Vie reach the poor man, but they had succeeded, by i dint ° J shee r h ard work, and b e i ng a l wa y s first p the ?: 14 - He b e li eve d th e s t a ff were well deserving of; t he thanks of the members, and could say, from his ° Wn kno w l e d ge o f t h ose gent l emen , that they e Nve re alway s rea d y an d w ill ing to d o their best in tr ver Y Way for the int e r es t s o f the association, %--4aed eheers.) Ito Mr. L LOYD said he hoped the meeting would °W him the pl easure o f pass i ng a vote o f th an ks the chairman. c 41 '• lt.EYaroLns seconded the vote, which was arried unanimously. aThe CH AIRMAN thanked the meeting heartily for vgood wishes tow ar d s hi m, and trusted he would e the pleasure, when he met them next year, u p o n the increasing prosperity. The proceedings then terminated. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock, NIPERIAL PA Et LAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—THIS DAY. Parliament was this day opened by Royal Commission. The Royal Speech, a copy of which will be found in another part of The bun, was read by the Lord Chancellor. At the conclusion of the reading of the Speech, the house adjourn. till 5 o'clock. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsaek. There was a large attendance of strangers this evening. The ladies in the galleries were attired in deep mourning. VESTRY BILL. This bill was read a first time, on the motion of Eari GRANVILLE. HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH—THE ADDRESS. The LORD CHANCELLOR having read her Majesty's Speech on the opening of Parliament, Lord DUFFERIN, who wore the Windsor uniform, rose to move that an humble address be pi esented to her Majesty in answer to her most gracious Speech which had just been read. He said, on rising to perform this duty, he felt that no person had ever bad to move an address under more painful and trying circumstances. For the first time since the commencement of her Majesty's most auspicious reign they met under great affliction, because a great and mournful event had occurred, which opened up a vista of unexampled calamity. He felt that this was not the proper place, nor he the proper person to pass, a panegyric upon the character of his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort, more especially as the whole nation had given most solemn expression to its feelings under the affliction. Monarch., statesmen, and patriots, had passed from amongst them, but one had latterly quitted the scene who had endeared himself to the whole nation. Coming amongst us a stranger and an alien, he had by his conduct earned for himself the general esteem of the nation, and the death of so eminent a personage tamed England into general mourning and p-ief. He was ever found fore most amongst those who, by their talent and ability, ad vanced the glory of this country. It was not for what he had done,but for what he was, that Prince Albert would be remem - bered. Politically speakirig, the Prince Consort was ignored by the constitution, yet we all know how well the Queen's first subject had fulfilled his duty. (Hear, hear.) Until the present generation had passed away, it would be impossible for the people of this great and powerful country to estimats the obligations they were under o that good, wise, and accomplished Prince. Well had he fulfilled the expectations that were raised of him by the people of this country, when, 20 years ago, they con fid e d to his keeping the happiness of the Queen of thi s l an d. H e would not touch upon the grief such an affliction had occasioned to her Majesty, but this he knew—that the Queen of this land was now a stricken woman in a desolate home. Since the time they had last met two other celebrated men had passed from amongst them, one amem ber of this branch of the Legislature, and the other a mem ber of the House of Commons and colleague of the late distinguished statesman, Sir R. Peel. The noble lord whose death they all regret ed was always the steady and true friend of the British soldier. If anything could have deepened the gloom that had overspread this country it would have been to become involved in war with a nation speaking our own language, but by the most.prompt exertions of Government this calamity has been spared us. The utmost miscalculation had been put upon our acts by the Northern States of America. Instead of being jealous of her prosperity we have always looked upon it as the most satisfactory security for our success. The good :feeling that had existed between this countryland America for years had lately stood in jeopardy through the acts of a blundering captain seeking for per sonal notoriety. Within eight and forty hours after it had been known that Messrs. Mason and Sliddell had been taken from on board an English steam vessel coming from a neutral port, a feeling arose in this country which left no doubt as to the course the Government would pur sue. That step had been taken, and had been suceessful. ]LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(This EVENING.) The house resumed at a quarter to 4 o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. The following members took the oaths and their seats : —Mr. C. Turner, as third member for South Lancashire Mr. Laird for Birkenhead ; Mr. Cox, for Finsbury; Col. Fane, for Oxfordshire ; Mr Potter, for Carlisle; Mr Sealey, for Lincoln ; Sir H. Bruce, for Coleraine ; Mr. Morrison, for Plymouth ; Sir R. Clifton, for Nottingham ; Sir P. Burrell, for New Shoreham ;. and Mr, Vernon, for East Worcester. SESSIONAL ORDERS. The SPEAKER submitted the usual Sessional Orders to the house, which were agreed to. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. BRAND, The SPEAKER issued his warrant for the election of a member for the City of Lincoln, in the room of Mr. Heneage, who had accepted the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds. LOR `) PALMERSTON. Lord Palmerston entered the house about 20 minutes past 4 o'clock, and was received with loud cheers from the Ministerial benches. THE TRENT AFFAIR AND MEXICO. The SPEAKER laid on the table the correspondence which had taken place in reference to these subjects. HIGHWAYS. Sir G. GREY gave notice that on an early day he would move for leave to bring in a bill for the amendment of the Highways. THE REVISED CODE. Mr. LOWE gave notice that he would move for the production of the report of the Council of Education on the subject of the Revised Code. lELAND. Sir R. PEEL gave notice that he would move for leave o bring in a different bill relating to Ireland. PAROCHIAL ASSESSMENTS, Mr. CLIVE gave notice that he would move for leave to bring in a bill on this subject. THE POOR-LAW COMMITTEE. Mr. VILLIERS gave notice that he would move for leave to bring in a bill for the reappointment of this com mittee. MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER, Mr. M. MILNES gave notice of a motion for the intro duction of a bill to render legal marriages of affinity. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. The SPEAKER read the Queen's Speech, and that por tion which related to a measure for facilitating the transfer of land was received with general applause. Mr. W. H. PO ItTMAN, who was dressed in the uni form of an officer of Yeomanry, then rose to move that an address be presented to her Majesty, in reply to the Speech from the Throne. He alluded in very appropriate terms to the loss which her most gracious Majesty and the coun try had sustained in the death of the Prince Consort. When that illustrious individual was first introduced to the people of this country, the most sanguine predictions were entertained as to the advantages that would result from his union with her Majesty, and these predictions had been fully verified. From his posi tion his Royal Highness was excluded from interference in politics ,but he dirt* ed. the exertions:ef his cultivated intel lect to all that could promote moral, social, and intellectual progress generally, and the physical condition of the humbler classes. He next adverted to the dispute with America, and attributed the pacific solution of the differences between the two coun tries to the promptitude exhibited by the Government. He believed that to be the feeling of a large majority of the people of this coun t ry. That difference had been attended with two important results in developing the loyalty of the people of Canada--(hear, hear)—to the con stitution under which they lived, and satisfied them that the Government of this country was not indifferent to the defence of Canada, one of the moat important of the English colonies. He alluded also to the friendly tone of the Emperor of the French, to which he consi dered this country was to some degree indebted for the solution of the difference with America. He congratulated the house on the success of the scheme for the augmentation of our Naval Reserve, which placed at the disposal of the nation a reliable and efficient force to maintain her rights. He expressed a hope that an improve ment would take place in our future relations with China. The measure for facilitating the sale and transfer of land would be a great boon, not only to the possessors, but the cultivators of land. (Hear, hear.) Having referred briefly to other points in the royal speech, he called on the house to agree to a special paragraph in the address expressing the deepest condolence on the loss she had recently sus tained. Her Majesty had so deeply identified herself in the domestic interests of the country that the community s) inpathised with her, not merely as a Queen, but as a mother and a widow. (Hear, hear.) In agree ing to that paragraph they would not be discharging merely a conventional duty, but giving expression to the general feeling which rested on the affections of an attached and loyal people. The hon. member concludedby reading the address, which was an embodiment of the sentiments he had expressed. Mr. WESTERN WOOD, in seconding the address, re echoed the observations of the preceding speaker rela tive to her Majesty's loss in very feeling and effective terms. He felt deeply indebted to the Government for the manner in which they had actel in reference to the dispute with America, which had such an important influence on the monetary interests of this country. He congratulated the house on the stability of the public funds,which he contrasted with the state of Government Securities in other countries. He again referred to the course pu rsue d i n regar d to the United States, and repeated his praise for the promptitude, efficiency, and conciliatory spirit exhibited by Government. He next alluded to the Naval Reserve and the Volunteers, and argued that with such defences the country might rest satisfied i of safety and security being assured. He went through some other points of the royal speech, and said that in regard to estimates a liberal provision fre quently proved in the end a wise economy. In speaking of the distress existing in the country, he reminded the house that it had not allowed to the extent which it, had done on previous occassions and that up to the present time local assistance had been found sufficient to meet the emer gency which had arisen. He praised the working classes for the patience they had shown under their sufferings, which he ascribed to the more general diffusion of know ledge. He contended that the distress did not arise from a deficiency of supply of the raw material, but from over production, what had been the means of overstocking all the markets of the world. The hon. member concluded by repeating the paragraph in the Royal Address, which prayed for the wise guidance of the deliberations of Parlia ment. The SPEAKER then moved the Address. Mr. DISRAELI, on the motion that the address be agreed to, said that the allusion to the state of our foreign relations was satisfactory to the house and to the country. The course of events in North America fully justified the approval of the p o li c y o f neutra li ty w hi ch h e h a d en on a prev i ous occasion. The sentiments which acco mpanied the reparation to this country was as ample as that reparation itself. (Hear, hear.) With reference to th e differences in America, he said that it was most im portant to consider th e course th e y should take in reference to the Confederate States. He thought the house was entitled to the production of all the papers in the possession of the Government in reference to the blockade of the Southern ports. (Hear, hear.) I t was more important to consider, in regard to our relations with the S o uthern States whether England should be the first country to strike at the independence which these States claimed for themselves. He next called the attention of the house to the paragraph in the Royal qu Speechconsideration relating to Mexico, which, h of e the contended, also re house. With respect to ;.19x•ocCO ) he couteacled that i t Wee far awe THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1862. ...mhmongm..• desirable to have a real guarantees than a neutral one, and therefore he objected to the course which the Government had pursued in regard to this matter. The right hon. gentleman then adverted, in eloquent terms, to the death of the Prince Consort. [LEFT SPEAKING.] TATTERSALLS'-(THIS :EVENING). GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. 15 to 1 agst Thomastown (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 100 to 30 agst Old Calabar (offered) 8 to 1 agst Marquis (offered) CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Vest colt (taken) 33 to 1 agst Agag (taken) 40 to 1 age Chere Arnie (taken) 40 to 1 agst Pagoda (taken) DERBY. Bto 1 agst Buckstone (offered) 9to 1 agst Old Calabar (taken freely) 25 to 1 agst Typee colt (taken) 40 to 1 agst Neptunus (taken) 40 to 1 agst Master Fenton (taken) 60 to 1 agst M.alek (taken) BANE OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to cap. 32, for the week ending of Feb., 1862 : he Act 7th and Bth Victoria, on Wednesday, the sth day ISSUE DEI Notes issued ......X29,765,080, 'ARTMENT. Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 15,115,080 Silver Bullion .... 429,765,080, £29,765,080 BANKING D : Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- :PARTBINNT. Government Seen- rides (including Dead WeightAn- Securities 4 nuitll,3olBo2 Other Securities 17,435, , 550 Notes Gold and Silver 84 , ,823 Coin counts) 5,788.411 Other Deposits 14,179,917 Seven Day and other Bills 7 692,899 £38,609,600 M. £36,669,620 EARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Feb. 6, 1862. MONEY 211ARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. There is an increased demand for money, and full rates are current in the open market. A further supply of gold, viz., £9,000 was with drawn from the Bank of England yesterday. The Mexican dollars by La Plata have been sold at ss. 04-d. per oz. At the first half-yearly meeting of the Dover Hotel Company, a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum was declared. A dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. is proposed to the proprietors of the Bristol and Exeter Rail way. The half-yearly meeting of the London and County Bank has been h e ld t o -d ay , w h en i t was stated - that the net profit for the past half-year, and including the sum of £19,473 3s. 3d, brought for ward, amounts to £62,203 3s. 2d. - The usual divi dend of 6 per cent , with a bonus of 21 per cent. free of income tax were declared, and a sum of .C 20,703 3s. 2d. remained to be carried to the current account. In consequence of the great increase in the busi ness of the bank, the directors have considered it advisable to augment the capital stock of the com pany by the issue of 5,000 additional shares, to be offered in the first instance, pro rata, amongst the proprietors as they appeared in the register on the 27th January last, being the date when the trans fer books of the company were closed. Such shares to be issued at the price of £3O (being a premium of £lO per share), to be paid by instalments, the details of which will be immediately transmitted, by circular, to each proprietor. This measure will produce £150,000, out of which it is proposed to add £lOO,OOO to the capital stock of the company, and £50,000 to the reserve fund, thus raising the former to £OOO,OOO, and the latter to £175,000. The prospectus has been issued of a new under taking, entitled the Yudanamutana Copper Mining Company of South Australia. It is established in order to purchase and work a very valuable pro perty, consisting of several copper mines, within an easy distance of Port Augusta. The reports fur nished by several mining engineers are most favour able, and highly satisf ac t or y resu lt s are anticipated from an energetic development of the works. The purchase, including all ores at surface, of which there is an extensive supply, has been arranged as follows, viz., £25,000 in cash, and 15,000 paid-up shares on the assignment of the property ; but none of these shares are to be transferable till six months after the date of issue. The prospectus contains a full description of the project, and the capital is fixed at £135,000, in 45,000 shares of £3 each. The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap pointed Friday next, the 7th inst., a special settling day in the scrip of the Moorish Loan, dealings in which are to be officially recorded. A fair amount of business was transacted in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were unaltered. The sales were 7,000 bales. The market for Public Securities is flatter to-day owing to the French Loan, Consols being 92! 1 for transfer, and 921 for March. Business has con tinued dull. The Foreign Market presents rather a heavy appearance, and the business transacted is less active. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 8411 851 ; ditto New 751 Venezuela 257 4 ; Mexican 341, 1,-; and Italian 5 per cents. 67k. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1862. 1861. Great Western ..£42,527 £43,505 North-Western South-Western t ;rig - hten 13,217 12,898 Midland South-Eastern Great Northern I ancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter 5,173 5,764 North Eastern Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow 5,908 5,969 Glasgow and South-Western Dutch Rhenish Grand Trunk of Canada .. 17,453 12,301 Great Western of Canada 11,743 8,975 Tne above traffic returns show a continued fall ing off in the receipts of the principal lines in the manufacturing districts. Railway shares are generally firme r. HALF-PAST Two. The market for English Stock continues steady at the fractional decline already reported, Consols being 924 i for money, and 921 I for the account. The New Threes are 921 93; the Reduced, 92 7 6 ,- Z- Bank Stock is 241 ; an d I n di a 5 per Cent., 106 i 1,; being firmer. The transactions in the Foreign Market have been less active, and prices in some instances show a downward tendency. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 841 and 851, and ditto, 1858, 751 76; Mexican are flat at 348 7 4 ; Equador are 181; Spanish 53;f, 548; and Italian 67-1. BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock •••• 241 39 42 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 924 ft 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 921 3 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire .sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5l k India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent • — Ditto 5 per Cent lOll I Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 99k Ditto ditto April, 1864 991 Ditto Bonds £l,000 Consols for Account, March 6 92/, 1 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent March. I June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 15 18 17 Ditto £5OO Ditto Small l4 i FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Ditto Account ,... 93 Ditto Deferred, 1 pe r C en t 32 I Equador New Consolidated Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Account Grenada Active Ditto Land Warrants 2l Ditto Deferred, Ex Hectares 6 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St 99 Ditto 4 per Cent, -ardinian 5 per Cent. .. — Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Ceut Ditto Account Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account 5 i 41 5 a Ditto New L oan ; Ditto Account Ditto £lOO 80nd5.... Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto Account .. Dividends on the above payable in London Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 67k 6/ 7} 7 I THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 92 1 4 1 :4,, Account The London and North-Western Railway traffic returns shows this week a decrease of £6,918. The coming return of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company will show a decrease 91A801 LITE.RaTURE. A Great Sensation. By Edward HeneagaDering, Author of "Lethelier." 3 vols. 1 - Thrst and Blackett. The novel reader in search of variety will be pleased with these volumes, for there is much origi nality met with in their pages, and the knowledge of society displayed is very considerable. Some of the scenes are very ably described, and the persons who figure prominently on the stage are often most aptly pourtrayed. Sir John Campion, for instance, is a first-rate character in his way. He was too much a man of the world to possess any very great susceptibility, but he was kind-hearted and gene rous, and under happier auspices would no doubt have proved a worthy man, whom many respected, and to whom all looked up; as it was, he effected a great deal, and the promise he made by the death bed of his friend was indeed faith fully kept. It were well fer the peace of many if all such sacred treaties were thus ratified. Lord Elfintower is a very ro mantic style; in truth, a veritable:hem; de roman. He was shamefully treated by Edith. When she was engaged to him he had no title, and urged on by her mother, who wished for some one better, she turned from one devoted to her, to gain the homage of Lord Ravensdale. This latter man was a most disagreeable character, and bitterly did the simple maiden regret the day that made her his bride. Caterina is a striking illas tration of an ungovernable temper, and a jealous disposition. It is most satisfactory to find her direful plans frustrated, and her vile attempts rendered of no avail. Sir John Campion here shone conspicuous, and the efforts he then made greatly redounded to his credit, and more than compensated for many previous errors and short comings. Constance is a very superior style to her sister ; and after the many troubles she met with, and the sad disappointment she endured of finding Edith bent on rejecting her advice, and pur suing the path that led her on to misery, it is gratifying to learn she is united to one in every way calculated to render her happy. Rupert, the brother, was a stronger nature than Lord Elfin tower. He made a great mistake in going after Caterina, but then he had an excuse in avoiding a house where Edith came, and thus he lost sight of Constance. Mrs. Grahame is a very counterfeit presentment of a weak woman, who was always making absurd mistakes in her inordinate desire to make a show, and to gain a position for herself and family, among people who laughed at her and derided her foolish pretensions. She threw herself into a state of excitement which would hardly have been justified by a direct calamity, when she learned how she had been made game of, and how those she cringed to and ardently desired to number among her list of friends, had been urged and solicited in vain to appear among her guests. The grand event of the story is the supposed elopement of Rupert with Lady Ra vensdale; this was in consequence of Caterina sending Rupert's letters to her on to Edith, and thus making her believe they were intended for her. Edith never had much sense or spirit. She was maddened by her husband's conduct, and enraged at finding out the visits of Caterina. She was easily influenced by Rupert, on account of , whom sh e h a d h er influenced her against iany r s e st s elhmo her better eo r t u o g.3 hu h d i hg s emr b e r nm o t t .o h t e h r Caterina's motive was revenge. Edith had taken her place. She had always believed the specious promises of Ra vensdale that he would one day make her his wife. Lord Ravensdale's object was still darker. He sought to get a divorce from his too trusting wife, who had r esume d hen th e nove l ty o f Never w as a man Edith h ed e ri n tohl ,ds hes charms marry erh and is w C r n t n e ed r d, i .n when stopped short in a more unworthy course, and never did a wily machinator meet with a more complete foil than did this wretched and subtle ensnarer, when he encountered Sir John Campion, assured from previous watching, convinced by his knowledge of old affairs, and intimate acquaintance with the parties, fired with just indignation at the villany of the affair, he spoke forcibly, acted warily, held his ground inflexibly. This was the " Great Sensation" in the London world, a sensation that lost its sting of satire and its strength of scandal as the fair noted one returned to her husband's house, which, sad as it was, was her lawful place. From thence she could defy the taunts of a cold world and the sneers of a cruel set, who would have gazed on her ruin as part of the spectacles of the season, laughed, commented, wondered for a nine days' tur moil, and then put her aside altogether. This gay brilliant lady who had adorned their circles, this week their scorn the next their contempt. They would have taken no heed of her temptations, they would not have marked the shadows that fell on her future path on earth, they would not have mourned over the soul that had wandered away and for ever lost the track that should have guided it to heaven. Such was happily avoided, but peace dwelt not within the halls of the ill-assorted pair. This work is superior in many respects to ordinary fictions, and it certainly can lay claim to present ing the thoughtless with a hint, the unscrupulous with a lesson, and the selfish with a warning. Had Lord Elfintower and his brother been more firm and decided they would have lived happier lives. Had Lord Ravensdale fulfilled the contract, to which he was bound in honour, he might have married the woman of his choice, instead of inveigh ling another to break off her engagement, and after all to plot her ruin afterwards. Mrs. Grahame had much to answer for, and her sufferings were well deserved. Constance was too tame. Had she roused herself she would not have sunk into that hopeless state of lethargy which is almost the worst ill that can befall humanity. Life was given her for nobler ends than to lose it in sighing over one she did not think cared for her. Time for its own sake far more in reference to its eternal issue, was too valuable to be wasted in meaningless complaints, when really she had no definite charge to make against Rupert, Who had never had very much to do with her. H a d Sir John Camp i on fixed his affections on a bett er woman he m i ght have retired into a private sphere, surrounded by happi ness and crowned with prosperity. With the strange events, the striking characters, and above all with the great sensation in the midst of it, this novel may well aspire to take a high rank, and to becomo a favourite with many classes of the com munity. There is especial merit in the descriptions of fashionable life, and some of the concomitants of society are naturally pourtrayed. :These volumes are calculated to interest, especially towards the conclusion, when the interest becomes most intense and the events are of the most exciting kind. " A Great Sensation" has sent many to their lonely homes in tears, and driven many away for ever from all the ties and friends of home, but when, as in this case, it brings matters to a crisis, then it is not without a purpose, and may leave the various spheres of action purer than before it came. The author may be well satisfied at the result of his labours on the whole, as he has succeeded in the arduous attempt to paint the world as it is in most cases, and while extenuating nothing, neither has he set down aught in malice. Hymns of the Church of England. Printed by Spottiswoode, and - sold by Longman. At the present time the service of the Church is greatly improved by the introduction of hymns instead of the old method of the versification of the Psalms being sung. The collection here placed before us is a very admirable one, and there appear some of those standard verses which should never be omitted in any hymnal of the English Church, some of those glorious pieces whose words are like a trumpet .sonnd to rouse her sons wherever her faith is professed or her ritual followed. The pur pose of this collection seems rather to be the laudable one of presenting us with some well-known favo rites whose praises have come down from genera tion to generation, than to bring forward some new ideas and favourite plans of the compiler's own fancy. This latter error is too often perpetrated by well-meaning persons nowadays, and it is much to be deplored, as, instead of suiting general tastes, individual prejudices, and a r isectarian d understood ds are eendoot minate over the extended views and lib eral spirit which should actuate and animate all w h o m i n i ster t in he h t o r l i y fli t n h g ing thng s i li s ynan that many would persuade us they are in the present day —so rife with levelling doctrines, and so prolific in unbelieving strictures. They may soothe and solace in the hours when graver studies are impossible, and while gratifying the taste with pleasing harmony may lead on the eye of faith to the contemplation of that far off time, when the Christian sh all a be g h la o s ld a face d ark l t y o face ,and wwhheant now Iwhatev a e p r pea gre r a s t t t h h i r n o g u s gh are laid low, and grand ones passed away, we are told that the voice of praise shall resound for ever, and the hymns of the redeemed shall cease not day nor night. All who would desire an admirable collection of choice minstrelsy would do well to procure this Hymnal, and they will undoubtedly rejoi ce at its posses s° varied an d profit asibolne'apsreelseecnt n n g , and as s i o t gdoooeds'an assemblage. Dublin University IPlagazine. "A Souvenir of Chapelizod" is continued in its usual sparkling style. We meet with some emus ings andh ketnhes ; a e luic s d fnr ro in lls zstennce, Mrs. M acnamara 's dismay,planati on of it. Deve reux seems to be getting into difficulties, which is imprudent. " Th e Lady of La Garaye" has a notice in these page s . I t i s wr i tten in a very flattering manner, and it i s tru l y sa id t to hou b g e h re o g f r t e e t n ted, as be is a fine sp i r i te d f e ll ow , that " it is a positive relief to meet with a writer of poetry who imitates no one, and would have been precisely what she is had Tennyson never written a line. " Shakspeare Travestied" is an excellent paper on the subject, and speaks in strong terms of the unwarrantable lioerty that has been taken with the text of our immortal bard. "Peter Brown's Black Box" contains another poetic contribution to suit the lover of the mysterious and romantic. " Mil - the Barrister " is continued, and this division is important, as he gets married, albeit it is to be feared to a very unsuitable companion, for one of lofty tastes. It is most probable that when the first excitement is over he will wake to the utter dispersion of his dreams of young romance, and find cold reality unsatisfactory and disappoint ing. " Patterson's Essays in History and Art," lately published by Blackwood, are criticised here ; a favourable opinion is expressed, as it is stated that those are fortunate who, like Mr. Patterson, possess both ideas to communicate and a style which ren ders th ose id eas commun i cable. " Weddings and Funerals in Poland" is an entertaining article, which gives us some very animated accounts of the doings in that land, which will interest and instruct many readers. "Secession and Submission" refers to America. It contains some deserved strictures on the papers of that country, truly stating that it is better to be dumb than never to speak without uttering a curse ; better nb newspaper at all than such a newspaper as the New ork Herald. There are other articles of interest met with in this periodi cal which we have not space to comment on, but which maintain the general character of its conflicts, Bentley's Miscellany. Harrison Ainsworth's story is continued. " So. cial Science, and Sunny Scenes in Irela n d," i s an amusing sketch of a trip through Ireland, with remarks on social science. " The Adventures of Lorn Loriot" are continued, and the story loses none of its interest. Lorn is released from custody, and Smudge, his faithful friend, is delighted. Her devotion to the man whom she knows loves another is very touching. One could fancy her repeating to him, when she visited him in prison, had she only known them, the lines— " Although thou should'st be dragged in scorn, To yonder ignominious tree, Thou shalt not want one faithful friend To share the cruel fate's decree." The conversation between those two swindlers, Mrs. Drakeford and Bastide, is a clever exem plification of diamond cut diamond, in which the latter overreaches his quondam mistress, but while these worthies are bargaining for the disposal of Esther, the poor girl takes ad vantage of their absence to disconcert their plans by leaving the house. Meanwhile, the clouds are fast gathering round Mr. Drakeford and Bas tide, and next month will probably find them in custody. " Table Talk," by Monkshood, is written with his usual ability and poetical quotations. Under the head of " Scandinavian Travel," is much interesting information about Norway and Sweden. "A Real American" is worth reading. " Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, or the Story of a Broidered Shield," by Ouida, is written in this author's amusing and peculiar style. The St. James's Magazine. ! The St..Tames's Magazine has as much varied entertainment as ever. It opens with a vivid nar rative of" Arctic Adventure," by Dr. Walker, late surgeon on board the Fox. It is followed by the continuation of the editress's interesting story of " Can Wrong be Right ?" It is evidently ap proaching a crisis, and the " Wrong" seems likely to be righted by the interposing hand of death, more ready to relieve from trouble, and to solve perplexities in romance than in real life. It is cruel in the authoress to have robbed poor Mildred so completely of her good looks. There is a very interesting paper entitled " The Blind Lady and her neighbours," in which an ac count is given of the origin of the Association for promoting the welfare of the Blind. It was pro jected by a bishop's daughter, who being blind herself, felt for the terrible affliction which loss of sight must be to the poor. She devoted her fortune to the organising of this association, and under the able management of some kind friends its suc cess has exceeded all anticipations. Its great ob ject is not only to teach the blind the means of earning a livelihood, but to find them employment and dispose of their work when done. The shop for the sale of matting, basketwork, &c., in the Euston- road has been well supplied with customers, but a great misfortune has now befallen these poor sufferers. The progress of the under ground railway has cut off the high road from traffic, and during the last nine months the institution has lost in its retail trade ' £2O a week. We cannot doubt that public benevo lence will readily stretch out a hand to aid so dev 1 serving an institution. The story of" A Tangled I Skein" is continued, and promises interest. A lady who has lately obtained celebrity as a novelist contributes a tale of domestic life, with the attractive title of " The Brilliant Keeper." Many other papers of merit are among the remaining contents. ?he Cornhill Magazine. "The Adventures of Philip on his Way Through the World" possesses nothing remarkable except a fine scene at the death of poor old General Baynes, and his remorse at having broken his faith with Philip about his marriage with his daughter, and his cruelty to that young lady, whose forgiveness he asks on his deathbed, when he sanctions their union. He reproaches his wife as the cause of all the mischief, and refuses to have anything to do with her. Her remorse, not so much at what she has done, but the failure of her plans, is well de scribed : He turned away from his wife. The unhappy generaless had been to Madame Bunch in her tears and grief, com plaining that after twenty years' fidelity and attachment her husband had withdrawn his regard from her. Baynes attributed even his illness to his wife; and at other times said it was a just punishment for his wicked conduct in breaking his word to Philip and Charlotte. If he did not see his dear child again, he must beg her forgiveness for having made her suffer so. He had acted wickedly and ungratefully, and his wife had forced him to do what he did. He prayed that heaven might pardon him. And he had behaved with wicked injustice towards Philip, who had acted most generously towards his family. And he had been a scoundrel—he knew he had—and Bunch, and MacWhirter, and the doctor all said so—and it was that woman's doing. And he pointed to the scared wife as he painfully hissed out these words of anger and contt Rion : " When I saw that child ill, and almost made mad, because I broke my word, I felt I was a scoundrel, Martin; and I was; and that woman made me so; and I deserve to be shot ; and I shan't recover ; I tell you I shan't." Dr. Martin, who attended the general, thus described his patient's last talk and behaviour to Philip. It was the doctor who sent madame in quest of the young man. He found poor Mrs. Baynes with hot, tearless eyes and livid face, a wretched sentinel outside the sick chamber. " You will find General Baynes very ill, sir," she said to Philip, with a ghastly calmness, and a gaze he could scarcely face. "My daughter is in the room with him. It appears I have offended him, and he refuses to see me." And she squeezed a dry handkerchief which she held, and put on her spectacles again, and tried again to read the Bible in her lap. Philip hardly knew the meaning of Mrs. Baynes' words as yet. He was agitated by the thought of the general's illness, perhaps by the notion that the beloved was so near. Her hand was in his a moment afterwards; aLd, even in that sad chamber, each could give the other a soft pressure, a fond, silent signal of mutual love and faith. The poor man laid the hands of the young people toge ther, and his own upon them. Th e suffering to which he spe cially ly affected p uthi sda h u i g . h . ter H s seemed m t h e a d . k t e o d b H e e t a h v e en crime was see he was wrong. He whispered to his little maid a prayer for pardon in one or two words, which caused poor Charlotte to sink on her knees and cov er hi s f evere d h an d e with tears and kisses. O u t o f a ll h er h ear t s h e f orgave whic a h b!e sPeto him. She had felt that the parent she loved and was accus tomed to honour had been mercenary and cruel. It had wounded her pure heart to be obliged to think that her father could be other than generous, and. just, and good. That he should humble himself before her, smote her with the keenest pang of tender commiseration. Ido not care to pursue this last scene. Let us close the door as the children kneel by the sufferer's bedside, and to the old man's petition for forgiveness, and to the young girl's sobbing vows of love and fondness, say a reverent Amen. " The struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson " are drawing to a conclusion. The event which Mr. Robinson informed us of at the commencement comes to pass. The firm becomes bankrupt. Poor Mr. Brown is worried to death, or nearly so, by his two affectionate daughters, and is attacked with paralysis, and Mary Ann gets her reward, as many have done, in trying for too much—between two stools she fell to the ground. " The Winter in Canada" is a very interesting paper on the pursuits of the colonists during the winter months and a general description of the country. The following is a sample : TABOGGINNING. Tagogginning, the next amusement on our list, is sug gestive of nothing but romps and tumbles, and "muffining" under difficulties. The taboggin is a very simple contri vance : two thin strips of pliable wood, each about a foot wide and ten feet long, are fitted together by a groove, and secured by wooden cross-pieces ; two hickory rods are run along the inside edge ;the top end is bent down to the floor at hdh corners, and secured by thongs, to serve, as it were, for a splashboard. The vehicle is then complete. Let tho reader fancy himself at the top of Fort Henry, the day fine and frosty, his hair and whiskers white, as with a respec table old age, and each point of his moustache the base of an incipient iceberg. The hill is of the proverbial steep ness of the side of a house, covered with glistening snow, and below him stretches a mile or two of ice, some two feet thick, with patches of snow drifted over its level black sur face. He and his companions are provided with taboggins, and half-a-dozen ladies are of the party ; for in Canada ladies are essential accompaniments of merry-making both indoors and out, A favourable slide is chosen, which is considered none the worse for having two or three minor precipices in its course to the ice. The steersman of the party provide themselves with short pointed pieces of stick, with which they shape their course down the slippery de scent. A gentleman kneels down at the first taboggin ; holds it carefully to prevent a false start; tucks in the later a l super fl u i t i es o f dress belonging to the lady, who has seated herself in the prow of his ship with her feet pressing against the turned-up end ; cau tiously seats himself on the floor behind her, sticks in hand friendly ehove, and they are off 1 yes, off they go Macmillan's Magazine. This magazine commences with the first and second chapters of a new tale, which is very stupid. It relates to the vagaries of an old bachelor, and which, as far as we can judge from what is before us, contains neither point nor plot, and is very unnatural. In the second chapter the scene is in the north of Switzerland. " The Raised Beach of Great Britain, and How Scotland Rose in the "World" describes the formation of the vast shingle bulwark which surrounds the greater part of the British coast. The advance and retirement of the sea on the coast of Scotland is chiefly treated of, but the south coast of England is as good a sample as can be found anywhere. Some of the Cinque ports are far inland, and where once ships rode at anchor cattle now feed. "Ravens hoe" progresses. Charles, having become a trooper, is ordered to the East, but has an interview with Mary before his departure, in which she discovers to him her love unintentionally. The scene is well described. The conduct of that fine old woman, Lady Ascot, is beautiful, which is shown up in grand relief by the stupidity of her hapdmaid. An amusing conversation between Father Tiernay and Father Mackworth, which is concluded by the tragic end of poor Cuthbert, who is doomed a red nosed oyster : Ravenshoe bay again, then—in the pleasant summer drought I have been speaking of before ! Father Mack worth and the two Tiernays were lying on the sand, look ing to sea. Cuthbert had gone off to send away some boys who were bathing too near the mouth of the stream and hunting his precious salmon. The younger Tiernay had recently taken to collect " common objects of the shore"—a pleasant, healthy mania which prevailed about that time. He had been dabbling among the rocks at the western end of the bay, and had just joined his brother and Father Mackworth with a tin box full of all sorts of creatures, and he turned them out on the sand and called their attention to them, " A very good morning's work, my brother," he said. ' "These anemones are all good and rare ones." " Bedad," said the jolly priest, "they'd need be of some ' value, for they a'int pretty to look at; what's this cockle now wid the long red spike coming out of him ?" " Cardium tuberculatum." " See here, Mackworth," said Tiernay, rolling over to wards him on the sand with the shell in his hand. "Here's the rid-nosed oysther of Carlingford. Ye remember the legend about it, surely?" " I don't, indeed," said Mackworth, angrily, pretty sure that Father Tiernay was going to talk nonsense, but not exactly knowing how to stop him. " Not know the legend ?" said Father Tierney. " Why when St. Bridget was hurrying across the sand, to attend St. Patrick in his last illness, poor dear, this divvle of a oysther was sunning himself on the shore, and, as she went by, he winked at her holiness with the wicked eye of 'um, and he says, says he, ' Nate ankles enough anyhow,' he says, Ye're drunk ye spalpeen,' says St. Bridget, to talk like that at an honest gentleman.' Sorra a bit of me,' says he oysther. Ye're always drunk,' says St. Bridget. ' Drunk yourself,' says the oysther; ' I'm fastin from licker since the tide went down.' What makes yer nose so red, ye scoundrel ?' says St. Bridget. No ridder sor yer own,' says the oysther, getting angry. For the saint was stricken in years, and red•nosed by rayson of being out !, 11 all weathers, seeing to this arid to that. Yer rose s through driak,' says:she, 'and:yer nose shall stay as rid as mine is now, till the day of judgment.' A nd that's; the legend about St. Bridget and the Carlingford oysther, and ye ought to be ashamed that ye never heard it before." "I wish, sir," said Mackworth, "that you could possi bly stop yourself from talking this prep3sterous, indecent nonsense. Surely the first and noblest of Irish saints may claim exemption from your clumsy wit." An article on the present "Prospects of Co-opera tive Societies" relates to joint stock and other com panies. The Hon. Mrs. Norton furnishes some beautiful lines to the memory of the late Prince Consort. The best notice we can give of them by the following extracts : What—He, whose busy brain had planned So much for his adopted land— He, who had yet scarce turned the page Dating past youth to middle age, The counsellor of wisdom proved, Toe chosen of a Queen beloved, In prime of life and princely rank, — Gone ?—gone : fill up the blank I Gone ! Even now, to wintry gales The foreign ships have spread their sails, Bringing the beauty and the boast Of other realms to Britain's coast. The busy rout of lading past, The shifting cargoes all made fast, Freed from thwehouting and the din, The motley treasures rest within. Tasks toiled at with a loving pain, The anxious work of hand and brain, Lie buried in each silent hold : Rich stuffs, a e whose a re an o e s tegathered fgold, Andcerealthings, store Competing greets our fertile shore, And sculptured statues, soon to rise Like apparitions on our eyes, And complicated wheels, which rest In muffled coverings, strangely drest, Till the bright slave of human skill, Set free to work his master's will, With whirring hum and dim low moan, Some wondrous motive-power makes known. These come :—He schemed their meeting here : To Him that rivalry was dear : His tourney of the arts of peace, The world's production and increase. These come :—and, with them, many a man Of earnest thought and active plan : His voice should praise,—His smile should thank, Gone i gone ! fill up the blank ! And for this Prince, let England give, Praise for the life he learned to live; And say—read here a royal name Shut from the common paths of fame, Who taught his soul a way to be, Yet famous with all modesty; And like a generous stream, whose course Is prisoned by impeding force, Which, in a marble circle bound, Forbid to flow through freer ground, • Leaps from the narrow darkness nigh, In silver torrents to the sky, Making a fountain of delight To quench out thirst and cheer our sight; So what he could, he did,—and gave Free service, cordial, true, and brave, Were strangers with a fore i g n ton g ue; To those who, when he knew them, y?lingt H Te is b the r s o e th w er h s o 'an w d h h en is h e e ou d n ie t dr Y mween. were then the r e lifer ButF Forget not, her n sake, no then, oom Whose bitter mourning England shares, Whose sorrow came so unawares, Fill—past the mark of shortened days— A measure of com2leted praise : And while we say of many a plan, This work he ended—that began— Plant the fair column in our land, Where centuries shall see it stand ; , And for her grief, and for our pride, Tell how he lived, and how he died ; So memory's sentinels shall prove Twin angels—Gratitude and Love. " Ten Days in the Crimea," is a sketch of a visit paid to this historical peninsula by one who was there in 1854-5, and showing "What is now, and what has been." " Suggestions for the Improvement of our Repre- sentative System," and " A Retrospect of the Ame rican Difficulty," complete the number, London Society. No. I. One would hardly imagine that among the cro wd of serials there could be room for a fresh competitor. Nevertheless, here is a new comer, full of enter tainment and variety, with abundance of illustr a trations. Among the best papers are " A Stroll in the Park," " London Flowers," an d an essay entitled, " Why Germany Glories in the Memory of Schiller." There are also tales in plenty, one of them giving an amusing account of the melancholy fate of an amatfu r choir in a count r y church. The pictures are certainly above th e average, and the whole magazine is very promising for a first number. Temple Bar. " Aurora Floyd" is continued in some very exciting chapters. She refuses two offers, but, unfortunately for one of the gentlemen, relents in his favour at last. mystery which hangs over her previous career. This is a very f orc ibl y - wr i tten t a le, t a le, sure to attract considerable noti ce. " Captain Dangerous" also proceeds. It is not so generally entertaining as its predecessor, and the old English style renders it more uninteresting; but it pos sessesch always appears con w Declining"va ivain are andis a feeling, uoZuisnuaaillabwirliittyin which writings of its author. " Invited affections the touching poem that blends successfully fu neeling, and serves to remind days of earth's ausildho spirit's jubilees if the i joicing Will in the are laid with the sleepers tomb. For them no days of re dawn till the last Great One of meeting where Death may not acquiring greater speed with every yard, raising a cloud of snow with "the digs" necessary to keep the taboggin straight before a clear channel is worn, shoot the little falls without mishap, and, after dipping the base of the incline, are seen sailing along once more in a horizontal direction over the ice below. But every pleasure has its " drawback," and so has tab , ggining ; for the impetus lost, the party have to get out . and putting himself into string traces attached to the front of the taboggin, the gentleman proceeds to drag " Humpty-dumpty" up again. As faithful chroniclers,we are obliged to add that unnecessary delay is often remarked in the ascent of "self and partner" to what lawyers call, the place of beginning. We have only described the de scent of a skilled voyageur ; half the fun is in the amus i ng accidents of less skilful practitioners. The beginner digs too hard on one side, when round goes the head of the ta boggin at a tangent to the other ; so to speak, it gets across the stream, and in obedience to the laws of gravity—. though hardly with a grave demeanour—the pilot and his companion roll down the remainder of the hill, without their taboggin. A favourite place for this diversion, where it is carried on with small hand.sleigh s , i nstead of 'tabog gins, and is attendei with considerable risk, is at the ice cone formed by the spray from the Falls of Montm orenci ', a few miles below Quebec. No. IX. of " Bird's-eye Views of Society," depicts Belgravia out of doors, which is clever like all its predecessors. " Commission of Lunacy," refers to the way in which they are carried out, and the unnecessary expense often sustained, and th e re forms required in general, citing the Windham case as an example. Mrs. Beecher Stowe's story, "Agnes of Sorrento," advances, but contains nothing particularly fresh. The Sixpenny Magazine. In this particularly cheap periodical the cha racter is well sustained ; and although it contains no writing of a high class, yet the light stories are amusing. " Scenes in the Life of Haydn" are concluded. " Bacon's Essays," which are extracts from the diary of a learned pig, is a satire on human depravity. "Lady Audley's Secret" and "Flynt shire" are short and entertaining. The only scien tific paper is "Animal Life in the Ocean," which contains much information. the Paris Elegant and 'Journal of Fashion is a charming addition to our stores of beau monde ad visers, and this one is a delightful pioneer along the silken paths, which wherever they lead as to ultimate profit, for the present are always pleasing. The plates are really elegant and well bear out the promise of the title•page. At this juncture, when the portals of fashion roll back, it is doubly wel come to meet with so bright and entertaining a periodical, and so fascinating an intelligencer of the modes and manners of polite society, and it is to be hoped that a success coeval with its merits will attend its admission to those circles to which it pe culiarly appertains, and wherelit will be of utility in. various ways in precept as well as in example. MISCELLANEOUS. The Eclectic _Review is always worth reading, and the present number has some good and attractive papers. Good Words is so welcome a visitor at so many firesides that we need hardly descant on its merits. The Editor himself, the Rev. Hugh S. Brown, and Principal Leitch are among this month's contributors. Prominent among its lighter attrac tions is the continuation of Miss Muloch's pleasant story of " Mistress and Maid. " A . paper by the late Rev. Edward Irving is also published in this part.— The London Medi cal _Review has a 'good deal of discussion on matters interesting to the profession to which it is addressed. A review of Dr. Sharp's answer to Sir B. Brodie's famous letter on Homceopathy, suggests a very sensible and practical test of the merits of that system.—Newton's London Journal has a paper on " Patent Law Reform" and its usual list of re cent patents.—Dufy's Hibernian Magazine has plenty amusing and striking papers. Its politics are genuinely Irish.-7lie industrial Magazine is a useful publication devoted to the interests of trades men and artisans.—.Routledge's illustrated atural History is the best work of the kind published.-- Le has a charming array of fair ladies fasci natingly attired, and a full account of the goddess of fashion's vagaries.—The Intellectual Observer published by Groombridge, contains much curious and varied information.—Beeton's publica tions are continued with their accustomed excellence and moderation. This enterprising publisher sup plies a perfect treasury for boys, while ladies will find The Englishwoman's Magazine a complete domestic manual.—Y oung England is a new penny periodical for the young, upholding temperance principles.—The orkman's Friend has also com menced a career of utility and attraction. It is carefully edited, --Another of the many publica tions for the young is issued by Messrs. Routledge, under the pleasant title of Every Boy's _Magazine, which name it certainly deserves, for there is no boy who would not he fascinated by its contents.— Cassell's illustrated Family Bible is continued with unabated excellence. NE TV 111TJSIC. In Golden .Days. Song written by C. C. Bei'mon; the music by Leigh Smith. Buosey and Sons, Oxford-street. The Sunrise Waltz. _By Leigh Smith. Chappell and Co., Nev Bond-street. We have here two graceful and attractive com positions in which the musician has had the rare discretion of trusting to simplicity of expression and flow of melody rather than to the fashionable elaborations now unfortunately prevalent. We are often disappointed in the music of the present day, finding tame and spiritless melodies disguised under elaborate variations that might perplex Miss God dard herself, and accompaniments to simple ballads which must drown the voice and engage all the attention of most amateur singers. It is, therefore, refreshing to meet with a com poser who more rightly; appreciates his art and who bears in mind the undoubted fact that the tunes which linger on the ear and the melodies that outlive generations, are never found among the complications of " brilliant variations" - or startling .‘ fantasias," but owe their inexhaustible charm to the secret of simple melody. "In Golden Days" is a graceful and expressive air, set, we re gret to my, to very sentimental words ; but that will not invalidate its attractions in the drawing room. It is within the compass of most voices, and, with a little care in the singing, would make a very expressive and charming ballad. The " Sunrise Waltz" is elegant and spirited, and though quite within the roach of moderate pianistes, would be very effective if well played. We hope to meet with Mr. Smith in future compositions. TBIS DAY'S M.,4REETS. CORN EXCHANGE. 1111ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 60s ed barley, 365 Gd ; oats, 21s Ild ; rye, 35s Od ; beans, 408 Id ; and peas, 40s 7d. THE Six WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 618 2d barley,peas 415 3 2d. 659 d ; oats, 22s Od ; rye, 36a 10d ; beans, 40s Sd ; tpwpalised good . wth bAealslta breeds ato m ME TROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKEI . Td nu o lv ved off slowly, at barely Monday's decline in th e quota tions. The extreme value of the best S co t s an d crosses was 4s 8d per 81bs. Sheep—the sh ow o f w hi ch was limited— were very dull, and in some instances 2d per 81b lower. The very best Do wns, i n t h e wool, sold at 58 4d per 81bs. The supply of ca l ves b e i ng on the increase, the veal trade was heavy, at 4d per 81b less money. Pigs and milch cows were very dull at late rates. Per Sib. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. 5. d Crse. & inf. beasts 3 2 3 6 Primecrs-wool do. 4 4 5 0 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Pine. S'thdowndo.s 2 5 4 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4 Largo orse. calves 4 8 6 2 Primo*Scots, &c. 4 6 4 8 Prime small do 5 4 5 8 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 2 3 4 Large hogs 3 8 4 2 Second qualitydo. 3 64 2 Small porkers 4 4 4 8 Lambs, Os Od to Os Od. Suckling calves, 12s to 255; and quarter-old store pigs, 22s to 30s. TOTAL SUPPLY. F O R EIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 982 Beasts .............. 110 3,100 Sheep .............. 200 CSheep alves ........ • 294 •i Pigs . ............. Pigs MEAT MARKETS. N E waarm AND LEADENIIALL.—The supplies of meat are m oderate, and the demand is inactive, as follows : B ee f, from 2s 8d to 4s Od; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 2d; lamb, O ll3s s toto Os sink Od ; vea theo l, ffal. 4s 8d to 5 8 4d ; pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 8 SouTRALL, Jan. 29 .—To-day's market was scantily sup plied with fat stock, nevertheless the trade generally ruled heavy, at drooping prices :—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d mutton, 3s 41 to 5s 4d ; •lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; ve a l, 5 s O to 5s 4d ; an d pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs. by the carcase. ROMPORD, Jan. 29.—A1l kind of stock met a dull sale, as follows :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 63 ; mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 6d ; lamb, Os to Os Od • veal, 4s 104 to 5s 6d ; pork, 3s 8d to 4 s 8d per 81b ; suckling calves, 10s to 22s ; quarter old store pigs, 20s to 308 each; and mil c h cows , £l4 O s to £lB 5s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, £2 to £4 ss; clover, £4 to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 10s to £1 16s Od per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 2s to £4 17s; clover do., Os to S 5 10s; and straw, Nto £1 16s per load. A slow demand. WurrEcuArrr,,—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 15s; clover, £ 4 Os to kb 12s Od ; and straw, £1 lOs to D. lOs per load. Trade heavy. DOVER HOTEL COMPANY.—The first half-yearly ordinary general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held yesterday, Sir C. H. J. Rich in the chair. The al report having been read by the secretary, on the motion of the chairman, it was unanimously adopted. Sever share holders remarked upon the satisfactory i n manner which the hotel was conducted, and tha t the influx of visitor s .s caused by the approaching Exh ibition could not but in crease the business of the comPanY9 the hotel, the R oyal Ship, being in such a favo urable position at th e t erm i nus of the London, Chatham , and Dover Railway. A. dividend, at the rate of 5 per cent. for the past si x month de clared on the paid-up capital of the comp any. ips; w as rßees shareholder, moved a vote of thank s t o t h e chairman, an a and the Panto owpl i ment was paid to th e res t of the board intrutie, and where partings shall c ome no more for ever. "My Louisa" is a slight sketch sufficiently amusing to dwell upon. There is a good article on the " Lifeboat." Treatisies on this subject are gene - rally attractive, and this one does not fall below the average amount of merit It is justly said that the hope has been entertained that all knowledge on thiE. topic will possess interest for the friend of humanity, and when a fierce gale howls around " we may have a greater appreciation of, and a re• newed confidence in, those wonderful boats, in which some of the noblest of England's sons are hastening to the rescue, and are braving the direst hardships—it may be death—for their fellow creatu.res' sake." The British U orknzan. This excellent periodical has lost none of its attractions. It is crowded with woodcuts and arranged with its accustomed skill. We would, however, suggest to the editors, that if piety and temperance were not so continually inculcated the effect would be better, and the indifferent or the scornful reader would be more likely to profit. In the part for the first week in February there is a really beautiful engraving of the late Prince Con sort from Wyon's celebrated medallion. It is far superior to many more expensive likenesses.