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

310 N .EY MARKET A NI) CITY NE TVS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The disccunt market is rather quieter to-day, i he demand fcr commercial purposes having abated, while the effect produced by the payments on ac count of the Moorish Loan has ceased to influence either the demand or the quotations. The minimum at the Bank remains at 22 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 prices 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 oz. 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 rather restricted. Consols, which closed yesterday afternoon at 921 I, are now 92i 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 2421- and 243; and India 6 per Cent. is firm at 105 k 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 ; ditto, 1858, 731 741 ; Mexican are steady at 29k ; Portuguese, at 461 ; Sardinian, at 77; ; Spanish, at 521 531; ditto Deferred are flat at 421, and Vene zuelan have receded to 231. The Moorish Loan is 41 preen. _ . The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under 1862. 1861. Great Western ..£40,497 £39,999 North-Western South- Western Brighton 13,378 11,050 Midland South-Eastern Great Northern 23,629 25,38 J Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter North-Eastern Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 13,128 12,735 Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,135 5,862 Great Southern and West ern o f I re l an d 7,034 T,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 £160; the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £ 3 93 ; the Eastern Counties of £1,245 ; the Edin burgh and Glnsgow 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 15s. ; 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, have improved ss. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there has 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 —ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities . ... 92i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 921 f New 31 per Cent. Annuities lOO India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent ^ Ditto 5 per Cent. lOOl i Ditto 51 per Cent .{ Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1363 991 100 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO , )itto under £l,OOO Consols for Account, Feb. 6 . 93 2/ March. 1 Jun 3. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 17 20 3 pm Ditto £SOO Ditto Small — I 20 3pm FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent i )itto 41 per:Cent, 1860 Mexican, 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 — Diti o Account Russian 5 p* Cent. 1822, £ St .. Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 .. 60 591 Sardinian 5 per Cent ... — Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred 42! Ditto Passive Turkish 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent, Venezuelan 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto 11 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 23.—Wind this day at noon—South- Easterly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. CLYDE, don. 22.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Hope, from Quebec. DARTMOUTH, Jan. 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Don Jose, from Bremen for Porto Rico. CowEs, Jan. 23.—Arrived—Borussia, screw steamer, from New York, and proceed e d fo r Hamburg. NEWPORT, Jan. 21.—Wind E., with snow.—Arrived... Gleaner, from Hamburg for Callao. Sailed—Thornhill, for Halifax, N.S. DUBLIN Jan. 22.—Arrived—Allen K err , f r o m St. John's, N.B. (BY SUDISARINE AND MAGNETIO TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrjved, 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 Count de Castries, brother of the Duke de Castries, and father of the Duchess of Magenta, died in Paris on Friday last, in the 54th year of his age. His funeral obsequies were performed in the Church of St. Clotilde on Sunday with great pomp. The church was crowded with the elite of the Faubourg St. Germain. PITO, SPHORESCENCE.—It is well known that cer tainaubstances, after having be e n ex p ose d t o heat, and even under other circ umstances, become visible in the dark like phosphorous, whence the name of phosphorescence given to the phenomenon. Recent investigations instituted by Baron Von Reichenbach tend to prove that phosphorescence is a usual consequence of all molecular action, and not merely the result of combustion or oxidation. Mr. Phipson proved this point some time ago, when he showed that dead fishes shine in the dark, even under water, and in the ab sence of oxygen. According to Von Reichenbach, there is phosphorescence during fermentation or putrefaction, cry stallisation, evaporation, condensation of vapours, the pro duction of sound, and the fusion of ice ; a considerable glow is remarked when a galvanic pile is in activity, a block of ice in fusion, or a solution of sulphate of soda in the act of crystallising is observed in the dark. The human body it self is stated by our author not to be devoid of phosphores • cenee, and to emit a yellow glow in a state of health, while a diseased state of the body is revealed by a reddish glow, an observation which, if correct, might be of some use in diagnosis. But to perceive these phenomena, the eye must have been previously rendered sensitive by remaining some hours in perfect darkness, and even then all eyes are, not equally impressionable ; but if several persons unite in per forming the experiment together there will be always a certain number who aro able to see the phenomenon. The well-known minuteness with which Baron Reichenbaoh generally conducts his observations induces us to Euppose that he h as t a k en ir l t o account the liability of our organ of vision to become illusive when strained for experimental purposes. The eyes, when kept long in the dark, gradually collect all the feeble rays of light from which even the densest obscurity is not entirely free, and objects thus be come faintly visible, their outlines being generally fringed, an appearance which, we think, does not strictly come "Within the mewling of phosphorescence,—Gorlignant. Share i Railways. 13.14 25 10 st st 50 20 ißir., Wol., and Str. Blyth and Tyne ;Bost.,Sleaf.,and 18r93t0l and Exeter ; Caledonian ;Cork and Bandon. ;Cornwall 'Do A A gets no div Do. B ti 11 6p c.p an.has been paid to B. 'Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June East Anglian :Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do Bdo do DoNw A, late E U 3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin., Perth, & Dundee Glasg. and S. Western. IGreatNrthn.of Scotland Great Northern.. .. Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an W. of Ireland 'Great Western Do Str Val zua. stock Irish South ICastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western L'derry & Coleraine .. L'derry & Enniskillen. ,tan., Shef., & Lincoln. ➢iaryport and Carlisle. 6.4.0 19.16.4 DO # shares.. ...... Metropoli fan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry, Warnpt, & Ros 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. El. & Canal Portsmouth Rhs mney Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Solt. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon S. Durham & Lane. Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines.Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington 12.10 Do - Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. Do Pref. No. 1 I ThamesH avenDk&Rail lUNter Do Do Vale of Neath 100 100 100 [6.13.4 100 100 100 I Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London all all all all all 100 61 7 95 07 104 104! 5 6 42 44 10! 18 20 54 65 48 52 34 36 91 93 304 31 101 103 114 115 111 112 132 134 104 106 68f 691 57 6) 108 1081 58 60 119 121 45 47 941 05& 96 D 7 124 126 42 44 98 100 46 48 Do Ist class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har. &R West Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford, loli i 54j I 114 tl.Ol ; 100 69 8 11 i i 37 39 78i 79 f 6 68 97 99 5i 8 39i 40i I 1G p 6 p 55i 565 25 35 d 5p 1081 45f f 105 133 f lf 651 6 66 88 - fli . 127 i 134 6 61 84 86 47 49 44 46 89 91 90 891 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing Business ''' Co. s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N'.W Birkenhead., Buckingh • •:•isalre lOO Do. 95 97 Chester &II Ilyhead lOO Do . 538 548 Do. 58 per cent 100 Do. 124 126 Do. 5 „ 100 Do. ll3 115 Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledor. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.U.&E.O 63 65 E. Lincolnth. ge.pr c. 100 Gr. North. 135 138 E.Thilon,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 41 Do. Woodbridg,e.... 100 . • • • Gls. Barr.&Neils.Drtt. 100 Caledon.. .. .. Do. new .. ..Gloster &Dean Forest all qt. West. .. .. Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 111 113 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&X.W 200 205 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per c. all Da ... ... . • .. London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen a Lon.,Tilb.& S._ '....'send 100 Peto &Co B2 64 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk Do n pier cent lOO Do.• lllnc.,Bxtn.,&lllatlock all LNVir& Id . 31 48 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt ' BuryEx 1 5 5. 6 1 E Counts. par i p gua. 5 per cent... 1 • , Northn.&Ea. , tn. 5 p.c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... all ',Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn— Hartlepool I , 0 .N. E. Ber .. .. North Western Preston and Wyre. { all L&N.W . in L. Yk. 5 44 46 Do. 4 shares A. I all Do. ••• • .. .. .. Roy stn.Hirch.& Shep. 100 iGt.North. 134 137 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 'T Brassey 120 122 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 91 93 Wimbledn tz Croydon all L.&Brgtn 88 98 FOREIGN Algerian Antwerp & 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. she... Italian Junction ...... Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva ...... Namur & Liege ........ Do. 6 p. c. Pref. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares ...... Norwegian Trunk Pref. Ot'mn (Smyrna to Aidn) Paris,Lyons, & Medi ter. Paris & 0r1ean5..... ... Recife & S. Fran. (fern.) ,7, u a 7 p. ct. lim Riga & Dunaburg...... Royal Dani5h.......... Royal Swedish ,Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse ...... Do. 51 per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. S.Aust &Lomb Venetin Southern of France.... S. East Portugal 7 p et. West Flanders Do. 5i p. c. Preference .. W. N.W. of France .. West"rn of Austria.... Westcrn of Switzerland Wiesbaden ............ Do. 8 por cent Pref.... Zealand . PREFERENCE SHARES. Share( Railways. paict f Closing I Business Prices. Done. 25 ( Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 all et B. is. & Exet. 4p.c. at 100 92 94 20 Do. shares at Caledon. qr. shra, No. 2 100 6t Cork & Baadoa, 51 p. c. all 20 Cornwall. 5 per cent all 204 214 el Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jan all 6 61 10 Do. Ist Class Prof all st E. Angn. Class A. sp. c lOO 101 103 st E. Coon. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 100 109 111 at Do No. 2 100 108 110 st Do. new 6p.c. st lOO 124 126 at Eastern Union. 4p. c— 100 81 83 at Do. sp. c. guar lOO st Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares 1 0 0 11l 113 st i)0. 4p. c. guar. S. & u lOO 90 92 st Farness, 5 per cent.. 100 st Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c. 100 at Great Northern, 5p c ' 100 116 118 at D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm lOO 112 114 st Do. 43 p. c. do lOO 104 106 at Do.sp.c.Redrr.atsp.c.pm 100 103 110 108 10 Gt. Nll. a Scot. Ist pref. all at Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 97 99 50 Great West. (Berks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent 6 at Do. redeem. 4! p. et._ 100 08 100 at Do. redeem. 4p. et lOO 88 90 at Do. irredeem. 4p. ct lOO 89 91 at Do. sp. c. redeem. pref 100 100 102 102 8 'lo. Birm. pref. shares all 91 10/ 10 Do. Chesier 8 p.c. pf. she all 17 18 10 Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. slis all 104 11 at Do. Birm. guar. stock lOO 76 78 261 Do. Chesier guar. shares all 203 201 134 Do. do all 10 3 10 1 20 Do. do all 153 151 100 Lan. & Carl. 41 p.c. pref st Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock 100 134 136 st Do.Barnsl.st£s 2s 10d ;le 100 st Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.) lOO st Do. 41 p. c. (Blackb. pur. 100 102 104 st Lon.&Brig.sp.e.gu. No.l, 10 0 1 13 116 at Do. 5 per cenAdo. No 2; 100 113 116 at Do. 6 per cent. no I 100 136 13A at Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4' 100 113 116 st Do. 7 per cent pref. stk 100 152 155 st Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) 100 127 130 St Do. 4 p c.st.(div. def.lll' 65' 100 73 75 at Lon.Chat.&Dnv.sp.c.pf. 100 15 97 at Lon. &N. W., Cov. & Nunea ton, 5 per cent. 100 112 114 at Lon. & s.West. 7p. cent. at., late 3d shares 100 at Do. 4i per cent 28 6d Do. (Prtsm. perpL anns.l of 28 6d 121 Londoncly. & Cole. 1 sirs all 121 Londonv. & Ennis.l shs all 1. 14 et !Sian. Sh. & Lin. ii per ct. 100 i 26 128 6 Do. £6 at Do. al per cent. ........ 103 68 70 10 Do. redeem. G per cent... 5 1 /pm 121 Alaryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. all 121 Do. 41 per cent. all .. at Midland Con. 6p. c. stk. 100 .. st Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c. 100 134 140 at Do. 41 p.c. pref. st. rdem 100 103 105 at Do. 41 p.c. irredeom.ble 100 16 Do. 41 per cent..... . all at Do.Lcic. andFlit. 4 per ct . 100 93 95 st Nnrflk. sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 1 100 st Do. 51 p. C. Prof. st. 1847 1 100 .. at Do.sWay.ValEx.st.lBl7 100 st Nort British, 5 per cent. 100 tll 113 st Do. New g - ua. percent... 100 1.09 111 10 Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. airs. 7 1 11pm 10 Do. do. do. all st Nth.Dvn.llail.&Dck.Co. 100 .. st N-Ea at. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. 100 • • • • at Do. 41pr. ct. redeemable 100 .. st Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. pref. 100 100 102 17 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. 100 98 100 20 Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 13.4 3 dis phi 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 13 .. 25 Do. York. H. &S. Porch. 9 .. .. 10 20 North Staffordshire.... 10 1 dis par 10 ithymney Guaranteed.. all 22 23 at Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. c. pref. stock.... all at Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c 100 at Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 108. South Devon, Ann, 10s. 100 132 136 10 Do. Fixed 4a per cent all 10 11 10. 6. South Eastern (Reading all Ann., 1.0.6) st Do. 41 per cent at Do, Fixed 41 per cent 100 102 104 at South Wales, gua. 4p. c. 100 . . at Do. 41 per cent at Do. do. 1.859 lOO at Do. 5 per cent. < lOO .. at S. Yorkshire, 4p.c. gu a lOO 86 83 20 Do. sp. c. gua. 13 13 p ' 5 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c all 28 29 2 Do. B6p. c all 32 31 25 Do. CGp. c all 31 33 Watrid & Kilkny, 6p. c. 100 42 45 et W. Mid.-Oxf Ist ( - rua stk 100 121 128 Do. 2d do lOO 122 125 s a t D D o CL . N p e e7p P e O t r .6 t p sp c. .e n . pl.l B C e d ,o . 1 00 00 1 1 ,0 01 1 1 0 24 3 St 1) °. 18691 100 1118 1'7,1 ? D ar : . . 7 1 ; stock ICommercial sstocktocc EastD o . 4 andpe c y tt .. 8 . t 1 . 100 122 - 124 stock Lon do— settooCekk S g t o . u l t C h a a t m ha p . to in n e ..... :. •. : I °s oo 57 62 59 65 100 st .. •• 100 97 99 I 98i 8 ,21 11 moil • Ofiewv.3.• 2 1 i d FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 Bon Accord Copper,Lim 1 all 5 Brazil Land & Mln.Co { ail 1} 1} 1 'Clarendon Cons.MiaCo — 40 'Cobre Copper I all 34 36 Copiapo l6 6 8 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Cc all 1 1} 3 East Del Rey (Limited) 1 # # 1} 2 Fortune. 20 ;General all 23 24 2 'Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 pr } p 1} I Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 1} p 2 3 Linares all 71 8 6 Lusitanian 2 d pr 1 I Mariquica all iN.RhineCopof S.Aus.L 4 a id 20 I'ontgibaud Silver,Lead, ' Mining and Smelt... all 2 4 5 Fort Philip j 1 1} 14 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) 1 10s. ; i}om 1} 20 St. John del Rey I 15 62 65 28.2.8} United Mexican . all 8} 8# 1 ,Worthing (Liraitell) ( all I COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-9 lOO 108 109 Do 6p. cent.lBBo- 100 - - Do. 6p. cent.lBB3- 100 - Do. 6p. c. Feb.. Aug. 100 109 111 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 109 111 Do. 5 per cent lOO 98 99 981 8 Do. Inscribed stock 100 67 96 -- Cape GA:lope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 108 110 Do. 1890 100 109 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 109 111 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c 100 N. 8.610 v. p.c. J a..t.luly 100 104 106 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 97 09 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 96 98 Do. d0.,1888 &upwda 100 96 98 97} New Zealand 6p. cent. 110 105 107 ;Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 105 107 S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up lOO - IVic.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 102 104 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO 1 104} 105 101; 541 101; 5 41 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßki bi 85 87 40 Australasia all i 65 67 1 66 25 Sank of Egypt all 22 23 100 Baak of London 50 British North American all 50 52 20 Chtd.Bank of India, (to. all 21 21:1 211 3 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 33 15 100 City 100 Colonial 25 37 39 20'11 Com. Bank of Canach... all 20 Eng.. Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 19 191 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 1251 26} 253 61 20 Do. new all i 24 46 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.African lO pr kp 10k 2 100 London .4; Westminster 20 72 74 73 100 Nat. Prov. of England 42 20 Do. new - 50 INational Bank ........ 25 26 INe Ix South Wales.-- all 25 Orient. B. Corporation 20 Otto,an Bank 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. new 25 South Australia all 25 Union of Australia all 40 42 413 50 Grit,),, of London . l2 30 31 301 3 30 100 \ Unity Mutual.. 6O MISCEL: rANEI oUS• 81148 NARK ET-(THIS DAY). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid. Closing 1 Business Price. I done. 7i 8 9 11 45 46 fi 7 133 i. 134 fi lip 103 105 64 66 654 66 .011 102 1 d p 574 58 895 00 98 100 104 11 41 & 92 93 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1862. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Rai 1 w Atlantic lir St Lawrence Bom.,Barodahr.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. Buffalo and L axe iiuronl Do. New .... . Do. Preference Clourra..v.s.Eastn.(l.ll, ) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town A Dock Scrip Demerara.. Eaetn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. 4i p c. Debentrs. Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 all 100 all all all al 1 Paid. 'Closing Price. 55 60 99i 1002 41 5 d te I is Do. 1806-1871: Do. do. G Ext.. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 percent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. G t. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of India (Lim) . _ guaranteed 5 percent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do. . Madras guar., 5 p. Do. 41 p. o. Extension Do. 4tdo-• Nlelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßrunswick at Cando, Ry.ezLand(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land do.. ...... Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... Scinde • • g r.' Do. Punjaub ..../ Ls . I Do. Do. .... •• • • g '-: ~ Do. Indus. St. Flo. ~,g 'Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. BRTTIS 41fred Consols (Phitaek British Iron Clifford Devon G. Conn. (Taoist. East Bassett (Illogan).. East Caradon ..... East Carn Brea t. WI Russel (Tavistk. Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus ',.Wheal Alfa. (Philack Gr. Wheal Vor (llelstori Grenville Herod's- Foot Hingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (IJny Lelant Mark e Valley.. igyndy Iron Ore (Lim ) North Downs North Frances (Mogan V.Wh'l Basset (1110 ;an North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt. l Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim .Wheal Fran. (Mogan) Stray Park Tamar Silv.dz Lead Mth l'in Croft Vale of Towey (Caren ; West Basset (Illonan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset tlllog,an) Wheal Buller(Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cals.) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 99 100 101 102 99 101 101 102 101 102 21 22 62 65 50 64 34 37 38 42 32 35 32 34 94 100( i pr 991 looi 11k II f 91 9h 95 98 88 92 99 100 5 7 4 6 101 102 i pr 94 98 8 # d THE WINDHAM CASE—(This Day). This morning Mr. Coleridge addressed the jury on behalf of Mrs. Windham. The learned gentleman commented 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 I 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 let of August as the time from which the jury were to date I%lr. 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. Windham 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.—(2his Day.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before Vice-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 £11,335 3 per Cent. Consols. She was entitled to six annuities for her own life, amount ing altogether to £4,210. 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 affects, which she possessed under her marriage settlement. By her marriage settlement the two first •named portions of her property were vested 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 beeome 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 made 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 the einwgtrustee estate , alegacy and not entitled, under any portion of her pro perty, and ordered Mr. Freeman to pay the defendants' costs of their examination, as costs in the cause. Wills Act, to on take her as POLICE .INTELLIGENCE. —(2118 Day.) MARLBOROUG LI-STREET. ASSAULT IN A POLICE STATION.---AliguStiße 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 bad nothing to say in answer to the charge, and was fined 20s. or 14 days. A GOLD WATCH IN B A RLEY -COURT.—Two young women, living in Barley-courf - , Coal -yard, Drury-lane, a 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 name " Le Plastiner, Chancery •lane") by Appleby, through the door of the King's Head public-house, Broad candrtbelieving, f rom t h e fact that they they could not have come by r s e tr s e id e e t, d S G in t. Bailrelse'sy.,on, that 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 -ROUSE.—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 £l2 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 sumsito 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 whsle of the property found on him. The prisoner was remanded. SPORTING INTELLIGENC g. Entries for the Hon. Artillery Company's Steeplechases, run on Saturday, Jan. 25 : Farmers' Steeplechase, set 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. THIS DAY'S ATARRETS. CORN EXCHANGE. iMt ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 61s 4d ; barley, 36s lld ; oats, 22s 2d ; rye, 36s 8d ; beans, 40s lld ; and peas, 41s ld. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES.— Wheat,• 61s 6d ; barley, 36s 6d ; oats, 22a 2d ; rye, 35s 2d ; beans, 41s 6d ; peas, 42s 7d, ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 73,480 ; barley, 107,2 69 ; oats, 18,932 ; rye, 4 ; beans, 5,301; peas, 1,731 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKEI. 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 81bs. The top figure was 48. 10d. per 81bs We were scantily supplied with sheep; nevertheless, all breeds moved off heavily, and, in some instances, prices gave way 2d. per 81bs. The ex treme value for Th,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 milth cows were a dull in quiry, at late currencies. Per Sib. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. a. d Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 I Primecrs-wool d 0.4 4 5 0 Second quality do. 3 8 4 2) Pme. S'thdowndo.s 2 5 6 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Largo orse. calves 4 8 6 2 Prime Scots, &o. 4 8 4 10 Prime small do 6 4 6 8 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 4 3 6 Large hogs 3 10 4 4 Second qualitydo. 3 8 4 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 s. TOTAL SUPPLY. , FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs. 26 0; Pigs .... MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate, and the demand is inactive, as follows : Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; lamb, Os to Os Od • veal, 4s 8d to 5 s 4 d ; pork, 4s Od to 4s 8d per 81bs to sink the offal. SOUTHALL, Jan. 22. —Only 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 6s 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 4s 6d to 5s 4d; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 8d per 81bs. by the carcase. ROMFORD, Jan. 22.—Each kind of stock was in fair re quest, at full prices :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 5s ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 6d ; lamb, Os to Os Od ; veal, 4s 6d to 5s 2d ; pork, 4s old store pigs, 22s to 29s each; and ra n c h cows , £l4 O s to XlB £ o l d B to o 4s s eao 6 h d . per 81b ; suckling calv es , 10s to 20s ; quarter THE GAOL DELIVERY. (From the Gazette of Bankruptcy.) The Registrar to whom was allotted the examination of the first 33 prisoners returned by the keepor of the Queen's Prison, Capt. Hudson, as under his charge on the Ist Jan., 18G2, attended at that prison on Saturday, and examined all the prisoners, with one exception, whom he found within his jurisdiction. The first on the list was one of these ex- ceptions, and he is a cidevant dashing solicitor, who has been an inmate of the prison since 1842. The reason why the Registrar could not deal with this person was that there is a vesting order touching him in the Insolvent Debtors' Court. The like reason operated to exclude from the exa. mination another prisoner, who has occupied free apart ments in the establishment since 1813, a third who has been there since 1846, a fourth who has been there since 1847, and a fifth who has been there since 1851, besides four other collegians who, being also under the wing of the authorities still potent for pending business, were exempt from bankruptcy interference. Some course must be at once taken either to pass these persons through the Insol vent Debtors' Court, or to have the files of that Court re lieved from their names, so that they may be dealt with by the Bankruptcy Court, under the prisoner sections of the act of 1861, or otherwise, and that the Queen's Prison may, at the earliest practicable moment, witness their departure from within its too comfortable refuge. The Court of Chancery may, also, consent to aid the good work, by taking some steps, in the person of its proper officer, to clear from their contempts such prisoners as are incar cerated for not appearing, not answering, and so on, and as may be sent about their business withoutabsoluto injury to the rights of other subjects of her Majesty, The first prisoner on the list, for example, has no fewer than ten contempts of the High Court of Chancery weighing upon him, from which nothing but the intervention of that Court would seem capable of exonerating him. Where punishment for fraud, or for contumacy affecting public policy, is contain plated, that punishment, so far as we can perceive, is, in a very slight degree, accomplished by relegation of the of fender to the airy and tranquil hermitage of the Queen's Prison, where an excellent dietary, easy regulation, and ready means of attaining all the creature comforts by those who can pay for them at the market rate, are at the dis poall of the inmates. There is one worthy, for example, now a prisoner in this establishment, who, if the allegations against him, which induced the Registrar, while making him a bankrupt to withhold his discharge, should turn out to be true, ought to be undergoing the most rigorous dis cipline of the most austere common gaol ; yet this man—a Mr. Morton—was credibly stated to be enjoying himself in his apartment upon an expenditure of some £3 a week, the facile result of begging letters " from an unfortunate debtor, illegally detained" (all debtors are illegally detained), the extramural manipulation of which is conducted by his wife. One happy release effected by the Registrar on Saturday was that of Mr. Cobbett, who, it is hoped, will accept their emancipation from imprisonment with resignation. There were several other prisoners who pro tested against adjudication, and were prepared with much argumentative, documentary, and other heavy matter, to dispute the jurisdiction of the Registrar and the wisdom of the Legislature in creating his mission; but ultimately about ten persons were adjudicated and released. A few others of a milder sort were negotiating with creditors, and had the most assured conviction that before the next monthly return they would be discharged by consent. The Registrar, only too happy to get rid of them by collateral process, as sented to adjourn their cases till the next month; but in each case with the clear intimation that negotiations not then completed must be regarded as unsuccessful, and that adjudication must ensue. One prisoner, who had bean sworn and examined, refused to sign his examination, and the Re gistrar thereupon reported him to the Court, and by the agency of Mr. Aldridge, the Crown solicitor in bankruptcy, applied under the 102 d section, that the recalcitrant might be committed to the common gaol and be adjudicated bank rupt, nolens volens. The learned Commissioner, Sergeant Goulburn, though anxious to carry the measure into full effect, and, on this first occasion of the power of commitment being invoked, to give a wholesome lesson to refractory pri soners, yet humanely resolved to give the offender locuspeni tenticv, and accordingly directed notice to be served upon him that unless on Monday next he should either conform or show sufficient cause against adjudication, he would then be committed to the common gaol, and be made bankrupt. There is another inm .to of the Queen's Prison who will have to be similarly dealt with—the William Miller, whose case has been made matter of so much compassionate com ment in the newspapers. It is very true, that this poor man has been in prison some forty years, and it is very possible that he may have been the victim of the illegal Frsecution which he alleges ; but these circumstances, factual and possible, afford no ground why he should, on the very close of his life, obstinately reject the advantages which a benevolent legislature has placed within his reach. Let him be adjudicated bankrupt. and he at once obtains his release from prison : there is nothing in his case—the detaining creditor died in 1841—to prevent his obtaining, within a very few weeks, his final order of discharge, - and this once secured, the remainder of his days will, webelieve, by arrangements already matured, be passed in the com fortable retirement of the Asylum for Decayed Freemasons at Croydon, where, besides apartments and other neces saries, he will receive £3O a year. The excellent chaplain of the prison is also prepared with funds, the result of his own and of other charitable subscriptions, sufficient to de fray the clothing, board, and other expenses of this poor man, until he shall enter the Asylum. Humanity, there fore, is interested in resisting the crotchet by which Mr. Miller persists in his contumacy, or rather, the mischievous counsels which probably influence his feeble intelligence. There can be little doubt thatif the Court of Bankruptcy and its officers enforce the provisions of the Act of 1861 with regard to these prisoners firmly, a few months will clear the debtor's gaols of the inmates now occupying them, or who may for a short time occupy them, by collusion or other wise, and there will remain slight encouragement to credi tors to adopt imprisonment as a mode of asserting their rights or vindicating their wrongs If the Courts of Bank ruptcy, and the County Courts exercising bankruptcy juris diction, fully carry out the intentions of the Legislature, the only prisons needed in the case of debtors will be those common gaols which are to receive bankrupts convicted of misdemeanours under the act. The visitation of Whitecross• street prison has also been concluded by Mr. Registrar Miller. The number of pri soners returned by the gaoler was 26, and of these Mr. Miller discharged five who had been incarcerated during the periods of 14 days and two calendar months before the date of the Registrar's return, required by Order 27 of the General Orders of Oct. 12, 1861. On Saturday last Mr. Registrar Roche visited Horsemonger•lane prison, and dis charged five out of the 14 debtors returned in the gaoler's list. The comparatively small number of debtors dis charged by Mr. Miller and Mr. Roche is to be accounted for by the circumstances that the debtors in those two pH sons, possessing property, were anxious to avoid a bank ruptcy by making an equitable settlement with their cre ditors. This feature in the operation of the new law is extremely gratifying, because it tends to show that the fear of bankruptcy in many cases induces individuals to do jus tice to their creditors, instead, as under the old system, of defying them within the convenient precincts of a gaol. THE AMERICAN BLOCKADE.—The schooner West Indian arrived in the river Mersey on Monday with the Confederate flag flying at the masthead, she being the pro perty of a Southern merchant and planter, and having suc ceeded in evading the Northern blockade at the port of 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 sailed from Charleston the stone fleet had been sunk, but she 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. _ _ SINGULAR BREACH OF PROMISE CASE.—At the Hull County Court, a few days ago, an old pensioner, named Galvin, brought an action against Mrs. Elder, a widow, 70 years of age, keeping a lodging-house in Hull, for I Is., value of some love tokens. It appeared that the plaintiff had been led to think that the defendant would marry him, and therefore he presented her with gloves, books, handkerchiefs, and other articles, of the value of lls., and upon her refusing to enter the matrimonial state, he wanted his presents back, but she refused to restore them. It was stated that the banns were published in one of the Hull churches, and that, when the courtship was broken off, defendant said she would not have plaintiff at any price. His Honour ordered the money to be paid, or the articles restored. HARTLEY COLLIERY.—A writer in the Times says—ln your article of this morning upon the deplorable accident at Hartley Colliery, you observe that '!Nothing has been omitted which could have repaired the accident; nothing can be suggested to avert the recurrence of similar catastrophes." While fully concurring with the first part of your assertion, 1 beg to say that similar catastrophes may certainly be averted in future by the simple expedient of furnishing every colliery with two shafts, so that if any serious accident occurs in one there will always be free access to or from all parts of the mine by the other. This, I believe, has been repeatedly recommended by the mining inspectors ; but so long as coalowners find it cheaper to sink one large shaft, instead of two of smaller dimensions, it is not likely that the recommendations will be acted upon. Ought not the Legislature to interfere for the pro tection of the mining population LITERATURE. 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 sec 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 so un d, pract i cal 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" is now found to take the established bad challacter of " idleness" as " the root of all evil ;" why, we feel induced to exclaim, " Would it not be better, good Master Leech, that thou should'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 public 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 1. 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 Mks, 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. Mayhew has happily , sketched the many points of comparison which exist be tween tkem and nomadic tribes. "The nomad," be 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, end 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 idea of 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 impot tent class, the chief agents in retailing food to the poor), 'An:pat perforniarg, onlimptlonnollmon, w,termGn, &c. The life of these classes partakes snore 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 lakmr, 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 d hope to the philanthropist. The street folk are exceedingly susceptible to kiadness, 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 woma n , w h o wor k s a t clump-box making,pickitig up an orph an b oy f rom th e s t ree ts and giving him a place amongst 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 th ey ma k e ns 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. Beoton. Mr. Greenwood has completed the first ♦olume 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 are those of Jules Gerard, the Hon. Grantley Berkeley, Captain Rice, Sze. 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 disbovered no reason for doubting the authenticity of one legend more than the other. During the Goverement of Don Diego de Mendoz a , i n 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 garnients 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 were 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 governor was at war, and he did not choose that his subjects should reveal the weakness of his camp by appearing before the enemy as lean beggars suing . for bread. To this end he e city forbade the people on pain of death to go into the fields in search of relief, placing soldiers at the outskirts of the to shoot down all deserters from the hunger that hung over Don Diego's dominions. Many much attempt, and were duly brought down by the bullet, a s n o t to the satisfaction of the a nima 3 t i e a d iaido e tn t a r:! a : ,i t t ych b \ev ° aa n tl e le s sa. " feathers that perched disconsolate on the _ At last, however, a woman, into the open country, dabinflefeeoacire her indomitable courage diers, vultures, and all, an d n How long a time elapse night was rewarded with a meal the legend does not record ; b u t when came, a nd Maldonata required a lodging, s h e h was roused by the m Y - and down b e f ore ost melancholy and-by, h oweve r, s e crept into a cavern, an d there crouched down to sleep. B 4 -an d, raising her head, her astonish e d eyes met those of a greatmoan,ngs, I'h® puma presently the cavern entrance. T puma pacing up female paused in its une asy pacing and a pp roached Maldonata with the full in tention, as that person naturally supposed, o f ea ti ng h er up; but, ' wonderful to relate, instead of falli ng on h er toot h an d nail it merely applied its tongue, and licked I\laldonata's hand as a lap -dog might, hers being the lap it was familiar w ith. 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 ofproviding 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 De Galen, who was a man of coarse and bloody mind, ' 4 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 chai n dangling from the tree, and the victim's tatter-el 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 0113 that had protected her through two long days and nights' 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. V alen- 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 sweet and loveable character is that of Baby Bianca, and the history of her chequered 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 long war had desolated the beautiful plains of Lombardy; many villages were utterly destroyed, and num bers of orph an c hild ren, i n h ameless and hopeless destituti on wandered uncared for among the ruins. Of these some forty or fifty are assembled by the hero of their number, Antonio, and, under his guidance, ultimately reach Venice. Touchingly is 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 b)yhood. 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 P Jane answered in the affirmative • and it added— " Is an Italian maiden, called Mistress Bianca, with her now ?" 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 I Antonio I" " Baby Bianca 1" 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 Imy pretty IP 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 go o d Antonio of whom you have so often 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 little runaw a y," said the sailor, cheerily, in good English. "Bianca mia, I learned where you were, and all the details of this kind gentlewoman'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's —(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 sou'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 oases. Two deal boxes were t hen 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 mirror in which she could 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- , Cations from the lookers on. Tho second case contained an offering of " sack " from Candia for Mistress Osborn°, anti I box of spices, which, if seen by them, would have been the envy of all the city housewifee. These gifts also received a graciou s accep t ance ; and 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 Engli s h h omestead. 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 seiLe 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 course, to Pietro, and 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 ho stood to our Baby Bianca. Did you not marvel wherefore I have not asked about him before, Bianca? I already knew where he was, and would not pain you by reminding you of his absence." He smiled archly as he 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. AUSTRIA AND ITALY. The Vienna papers publish the text of General Benedek's address to the Emperor of Austria on the occasion of the recent inspection of the troops by his Majesty at Verona. This address has given umbrage I o the Cabinet at Turin, which looks upon it as a menace against Italy. The Vienna Presse, of the 17th inst., has the following on the subject : " The Cabinet of Turin appears to be much shocked by G en eral b ) et ß w e e n e e n d v elr i , enn an a d an a d s th e words spoken on the 2cl January by the E m p eror, and t tk h e e r r e e arepl y n o t o ' Fdierledczteudgipmloemisatetric relations( Turin, it has had recourse, according to its old custom, to the Cabinet of Paris. It has addressed a complaint to the lat ter against Austria, seeking to obtain, through the inter medium of France, explanations on these unusual and pro voking demenstrations of Austria. According to its cus tom the Turin Cabinet gives itself the appearance of per secuted innocence, and says, through its Minister at Paris, that everything seems to show that Austria is preparing for a campaign, while the King of Italy is remaining per fectly quiet in his own territory. It appears that the Paris Cabinet has found the complaint of the Piedmontese Go vernment to be a just one, and eagerly taking advantage of every opportunity to meddle in the affairs of others, th e French Government has, it is said, addressed ques • tions on the subject to the Austrian Government --questions, it is true, put in the most delicate possible manner. The necessity of taking the Emperor's orders in this matter is said to have been the cause of Count Rechberg's visit to Venice. It is not diffi cult t o guess the tenour of the Austrian, reply to the French request. It needed simply to point out the continual de monstrations made daily by Italian statesmen, both offi cially and ex opt°, respecting the Venetian possessions of Austria. Thus, it is said, Count Rechberg points out that the manifestations at Verona, far from being provoking, were nothing more than an indirect reply to the provoca tions which have recently repeatedly been made in the Turin Chambers. If a crusade is daily preached at Turin against Austria the right of the latter cannot be questioned to show that she, on her part, does not fear an attack." The following is the text of General Benedek'd address, as published in the Verona Gazette "Will your Majesty allow me, at this solemn moment, to outstep the limits of the silence prescribed by the regua lations, and as Commander-in-Chief, to express our inten tions and our sentiments in the name of the troops, officers, and generals hero assembled—in the name of the whole of the brave army which your Majesty has deigned to trust to me. All of us, without distinction of nationality, birth, or religion, acknowledge and worship one and the same Al mighty God in Heaven, to whom we address our Prayers for the prosperity and happiness of Austria and her Empe ror. All of us, without distinction, acknowledge one and the same honour, duty, and loyalty—those virtues of the soldier which we cherish highly in our hearts. All of us, without distinction of nationality, birth, or religion, ac knowledge with obedience and devotion your Apostolic Majesty as the first and sole Sovereign,. Emperor, King, and Military Chief- We are ready to live with honour, fight, conquer, or die for your Majesty, for your throne, for all your august house, for your great Austrian Empire, or our vast common country, for the whole great Austrian Monarchy. And may God stand by US ! Amen:, A letter from Esseg (Slavonia) announces the execution in that town of a brigand chief, Gorga. After his trial he acknowledged himself guilty of the crimes with which he was charged, but refused to impeach any of his accomplices. HAY MARXETS. SMITHFIELD. — Mea dow hay, £2 5s to £5 • clover, £3 10s to £6 Os Od ; and straw , £l. 8s to £1 ids Od per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND.—Mea do w hay, £2 5s to £5 Os ; clover do., £3 103 to £5 18s; and straw, £1 8s to £1 169 per load. Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 23 to £5 Os; clove), £3 108 to £6 6s Od ; and straw Supply tolerably good. £1 83 to £1 16s per load. 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