The Sun. — London, England, 1859-04-04 00:00:00

MONEY MA ORDINARY SHA: CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The accounts from the various manufacturing Share/ Railways. districts represent that during the last week there 12.10 Amberg., Notting. Bost. ne a i rAd s pst d eg ai tur e t n ir . 1 1 0 1 8 64 has been a gradual improvement in business, al- 50 13.14 fir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 7/ 81 though little change of importance in most of the staple commodities had occurred. At L ee d s the Stock Birk., L ane., an d Chesh Junction lOO 62 64 all 11 111 manufacturers are moderately engaged / but 25 Llaqc 25 isiyth b and Tyne all 32 S 5 there is a rather quiet feeling in the Stock .o Bristol and gxeter s ili :4 general; market for woollen cloths. Light Stock a l e e s d te o r ni a a n n d Holyhead - - all - • • fabrics, which have hitherto been in active gg Cork ' g i lt B oc a ll i Zassage all - - demand, have shown symptoms of abatement. At 20 Corn;vall ' all 5 si Bradford worsted yarns are in increased inquiry 10 Do. A. A r . cves. no div ( all - - 10 Do. B until6p.c.per an both for ho me use and for exportation ; - and piece hasbeen pd.toß 50 Dublin andßelfast June. all - - goods have bee:n dealt in to a fair extent at fully 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc all 8 9 100 15 161 late values. wool s have also exhibited rather Stocko L as sle A rn n g o li v an nties lOO 59 604 more firmness. A considerable number of buyers Stock Do. do. 13 Stock 100 30 32 Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 45 47 for the, United States markets have operated 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 84 - - all 13 15 during the past week. At Manchester the 2 5 0 k East as rent t ashire lOO 92 93 markets generally have been inactive, and 20 East Suffolk all - all - - India goods more particularly, owing to Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 724 73 27 271 the falling, off in the demand, have been Stock }EodgdeAhy,de& Junction all 1:1 1 depressed in value. - At Leicester the Stock Furness 9 -i 9 i hosiery trade has ex hibi ted very little variation, Tack- gr la e s ar;of ‘ tg o onc v o r tiat n ci 073 l all 10 101 but at Nottingham a fair busi ness h as b een done in stock Great Northern lOO 102 103 tock Do. do. A Stock ioe 86 68 lace, and the cotton department is ' exceedingly Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 132 133 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 105 106 active. The i ron trade of South Staffordshire has stock Great Western exhibited signs of improvement. The furnaces in S tock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 56 58 blast are gradually increasing and the founders are all 83 87 12 Irish South Eastern. - - t 4 50 Lancaster and Carlisle 164 Do. Thirds busily engaged upon contract orders for rails at 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 11 124 p t Birmingham. No change of importance can be Stock Lancashire & York s hi re 100 4,4 1, 9 1 16 Do. td recorded in the principal manufacturesof the neigh_ 9 Do. do. £9 shares 7 . bourhood. At Sheffield, Wolverhampton and 2O Do.o West Southport Union .d• 2 _- took London i and t flrwalk all 6 6 08 I *Walsall the state of trade has been very unsatisfac- S tory, and th e i mprovement lately noticed has been Stock Lon N .Sl w rig s ;;tonlS °3 .&;as s i 100 112 113 confined to a few a r ti c l es. Stock London & North Westn 100 948 05 124 Do. Eighths In the Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday a Stock London& South-Westn lOO 92 4 93 25 L'derry & Coleraine - - fair amount of business was transacted, at full rates. 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all - - Stonk g r a n. Shef., & Lincoln lOO 38 381 The sales were estimated at from 6,000 to 7,000 3 2 1 1 bales. The Railway - Share Market closed very st1 " 0 k Nridramutan lOO 1011 102 , Stock Do. firming. & Derby. 100 75 77 quietly, and prices were unaltered. 50 Ifid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all -:- The preparations' for the bills due to-day, the igg L i )! ( e ). 4a 4" S s i l a e re a s nd Carlisle. all - -- 1- - 4th of the month, although they have assisted to 10 25 si New., Aber., & Herefd. all 11 12 & w A ari T t r a,:h e Al t e o f; ‘ 21 impart greater activity to the market, have not ii ke ewrY created any pressure, and accommodation is still S5O I, T r gt f. h ir . i Counties Union 1 0 3 )1 6 1 1 d Stock North British lOO 53 t 58 1 obtainable at the Bank rate of 21 per cent. gtoct iN)oo.rf aßaik r &Dk o S d t iv k. 100 - Considering the numerous payments lately -- completed, a greater effect might have been laWaset=o76 Igg reasonably anticipated. There is still, however an Stock too. it i Stock North-Eastn.--Berwick 100 92 92 4 Stook Do. o. d i (l.2 s N.E.Purchase :1g 4 4 1 6 1 J v hd accumulation of unemployed capital, and competi- S Stock Do. York lOO 76 164 tion being thus excited, the terms are kept at a Stock North London lOO 102 104 moderate point. The most unsatisfactory feature 10 N. &S. Westn., Hampstd at the present time is the extensive efflux of silver 20 North a Staffordshire, a rlt o r n e: .... : £3 l is. 4 - 4 4 - 4 di to the East, - which is absorbing the whole 20 North-Western still, gio & rd S , o 4r L o r w .,l j i l Y n o c l t y l e o r n I a OO 3 .4 Ai of the gold received from Australia and the United States. Indeed, the remittances from M I) ) .certlmesouth all -- 1, 7 6 d those ,sources of supply are inadequate, and 10 Rhymney lO - - 100 107 109 $ b recourse is had to the Threadneedle -street vaults, Log L o cor i i ,T i . C entral ., Aber. Stock 100 26f 27 washeraelrea adryeacctoimonmareyncemd.ovemTehnet exinchatnhgeesbuhlliavoen glo w / Mosiinieshulifin Mid. stock Stock gig 82 v lately taken an unfavonrable turn, and there is an impression'that the drain will continue some time longer. s lO stable - bourne & Sheer. all. Stock South Devon stock South-Eastern 3l 24 d 100 41 43 100 7(.1 103 St 2 o o ck S outh Wales Sout h Y.&Riv.Dun all 6 4 1 8 20 Do. do g Stockton alf ll i - - I l o &r j li n W j k a About £112,000 i n gold was withdrawn from the 25 Do. do. 1855 on . : 3 6 37 7 - Bank on Saturday for exp or t a ti on. 25 Do. do. 1858 7 - In the market for English Securities to-day there - Stockton & llartlepool 161 Stock Taff Vale lOO is very little change to notice, and business has Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 100 ii 22 felt almost, suspended, owing to the anxiety s gek Vale 1 , 'tm oefsgel LehnDk&Ra 100 Lions the to ascertain the nature of the explana- Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all lonB to be offered by the Ministry this 20 West Cornwall evening. An idea prevails that if they should 10 W-end Lou. & tillry all 5 Do.A.-Arecv.uodi continue in office, 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all will take place in the Stock E xc h ange markets, a material improvement 5 Do. B all 20 West London all Consols, in which a very few dealings have taken 1° Do. ist'Class all ' Do. 2d Class all place, are marked ' 952- 7 ,,- 3 for money and 9.51 - ii 7 for .o the May settl ement, but the latest quotations are PREFERENCE ' 951 t-, arid: 95a I respectively The N 1 Cents. are-80. Indi a Debentures 981, ditto ew 2 per Bond 14s. prem. Exchequer Bills 325. prem , and the the Bonds 99Z- 100, 7 The transactions in the Foreign Market have only extended to about half-a-dozen securities. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 93, and the New 79, being ' flatter, while the 4 per Cents. are about 1021. CRussian 41 per Cents. are 100; Peruvian 3 per ents, 721 I i ; and Mexican, 21.-a ; Austrian Scrip is 1 dis. to par. .. ~, Business in the Railway Share Market has been i moderately a c ti ve, b ut some of the principal lines s, _show a slight d ownward tendency. - Caledonian, Lancashire and Yorks - hire, and Eastern Counties St have receded ss. ; and Great Western, North St; 'Western, and North British 10s. Bristol - and sit i Exeter improved 108., and Great Northern ss. I The .Foreign lines are also a shade flatter. Lombardo- St 'V enetian -Old - Shares' have declined to 91 and t the New are at B z , Paris and Lyons have receded to St 33:. In the Colonial market Grand Trunk of Canada r t have declined about 15is., but Great Western have St proved 10s. ; Great Indian Peninsular and East dian are atiquite nominal quotations. The New ast Indian Debentures are quoted Ito li prem., Si and the New'shares „I to 4 prem. Joint -Stock. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are s i _a shade flatter—London Chartered of Australia Si have declined' ss. to 103. ; London and County, 55.; Si London and Westminster, ss. si paid" Closing Prlon. 65 68 3 12, 64 Share' Railways. Closing Business (Paid 'l Prioe. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 1C per c. pref. (Issued at £5O) 1 Stk Wis. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 20 Do. do. do. Shares tack Caledon £lO, 44 per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Stock Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. ct a Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun 8 E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc . Stock E. Count Ex. 5 pct. N o.) Stock Do. do No 2 .. : • • • Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Stock East Lane. 6 per et 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths Stock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares took Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. took Furness, 5 per cent took Glas. &S West.z a. spc Pock Great Northern, 5 p. et crek Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Lock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 00 Do.sp.e. Redm.,s pc. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist Df Lock 1 Gt ' Sn ' & W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. Stock 50 Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct. ... Lock Do. Redeemable, 44 pet. tock Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. tock Do. Irredeemable, d 0... tock Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem. Pref. 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares 10 Do. do. sp. et. pref.... ,tock Do Birming. guar. stock 26( Do. Chester guar.shares 13i Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. took Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock tock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l ,tock Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 , took Do. New gua., 6 p. et 'Usk Do. do. .5 p c. ro. 4 ;took Lon.&N.W.Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. ltock'Lon.&S. W, 7p.ct. stock, late 3d shares 125 Londondy & Cole, 4 ohs 124 Londondy.& Ennis 4sh Stock Man.. Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct • 6 Do. ,E 6 Stock Do. 31. per cent. 124 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c 12 { D Doo . cent... 4 per nt .. 5 . Stock Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock . Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. Stock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock .. 6 Do. with option till 1860 Stock Do. Leis. & Hit.pref. st. 10 f NewportAber,&c.pret.s ( p. c. redeem, at sp. c.n m -10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with option till 1866 10 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares Stock Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Stock3B46 Stock Do. 55p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Stock Do. way.'Ml.Ex.Sk 1847 Stock North British, spercent Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dsk.Co. Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Stock Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 17 Do. do. do. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 25 1)o. York, H. &S. Purch 20 North Staffordshire .. Stock Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. lsig Stock Do. do. do.. 2d gua.. Stock Do. 45 p.c. Db. stk.in perp 84 Scottish Central, new pi Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb Stock Do. 35 per c. pref. stock Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 10s. South Devon, Ann. 108. 10 • Do. Fixed 44 percent. 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann.. 1.0.6.) ... ....... Hock Do .44 per cent Stock Do. Fixed 45 p.c. Ist is Stock Do. New do., 2tl issue Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Stock Do. 4i per cent 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua 25 ) 'Stockton and Dar. 5 p. c 125 i ' Do. 6 per cent . . teak Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent.. all 49 S 1 100 OS -97 100 1100 102 7. 10 I 100 100 all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 100 100 -- 100 110 112 100 117 119 100 110 112 100 103 105 60 63 65 all 11 11] 1 100 6 98 101 61 112 116 108 112 114 116 112 114 • 130 132 82 84 - - 71 73 100 jO6 98 100 87 £9 100 88 90 100 100 102 all 10 10} all 1 161 17 all 91 101 100 72 74 all 18' 191 all sit %- all 141 141 100 140 142 100 --- 100 ---- ` BR ITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK •ta per Cent. Contiols Annuities .......... 9.5 a I i n Cent. R e d uce d Annuities .......... t . 94a teW 2f per C en t, Annuities 80 dia Stock . ........ ...... ..:. ...... '. . '.. .. .... . itto Debentures . itto Bonds, £l,ooo * • ..... . . .......... 99 1 ..... itto under Zl,OOO .. .. . ... . ........................ li onsols for Account ................. " . 951 I / March. June. ' Zchequer Bills -11 000 2d. & ltd. • 32 I ~. 9 , 32 I tto Small, 1-id 2 f t zohequer Bondp, 1859, 3i per Cent .... 100 994- PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto Account ..................... 211 on 41 per Cent .................. Ditto 3 per Cent. :. .... . ............. Ditto Account ...................... 724 n xd ussian, 1822, £ St., - 5 per Cent......... Ditto 41 per Cent. ,-5 100 urkish 6 per Cent. .................... Ditto Ditto Account ............ . ......... 93 . New Loan .... : ... -. . ..... D itto Account ..... ... ............ 791 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 12 Gird. 21 per Cent... . Ditto Certificates, 4 por Cent . ....... 100 ` TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Mon ey . . . .... 951 1 Consols for Account. (April .7) .• • 95 1 a Dittd• Muy • , ....... - 100 1118 120 100 160 165 all all 100 123 125 4 4 lOO 70 72 in all all IQ 100 100 139 141 100 101 103 3 100 94 9 6 all sof 10 10 all 11( 112 all 9 94 100 100 100 1084 109] 100 100 97 98 8.13.4. I d 13 1 al o l 231 231 100 123 12.5 100 118 120 100 99 101 all 100 __.___,___..—._ 1 The Juvenile Ball at the Pale the 'll 'lnst., in honour of Prince. Leopold 's birthsll- wi ll 4 be l usual 1' a more exte:nsive .scale. than uene e , perhaps, of the advanced , n conse age of the Royal rincesses. Between two and tluve hundred areexpected make up the compleraent of thuball; and the y e oiithf u l eats are invited an hour later than has hitherto been cus- Mary. The juveniles will appear in fancy dresses 'and 11e event will be, therefore, one of more than ordinary i n .. *rest. —Court Journal. . -, 3 . UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.---. 111 or d er To prevent lisappointraent amongst these who are anxious towitness his great event, we take the earliest oppertunityof inform :l:lg our readers that It has been agreed upon between th e n nversities that the race'shall comae off on Friday, the 16th nstant, at about h a lt-P ast twelve, instead of Satur d ay, 16th nstant at half-past 'one. This fixture is more convenient br th e crews_, who will b e i n L ondon taking the i r "b rea th Ilgo'' over the course in a few days. e THE MAILS, &C.—SOUTHAMPTON, April 2.—The [loyal Mail Company's steamship :Magdalena Captain E. Boynton, sailed heats.' to-day with the West India, Mexico, mot Pacific mails, a fel varg0,:.£7,060 in specie, and 94 pas for, among whoth'inie Major Reade, Jady,, and family Barbadoes), Commander Montgomerie, Mr. Uhleubeck, ernmander in the Dutch Navy, &c. The South-Western I,Blailway Company's steamship Despatch, Captain Babot, l unes her place on the station between this port and the 11annel Islands ne,24,,weelt, after having. undergone a aorought refit and improvement in every department, and If/' sleeping : accommodation being increased to the extent i Providing for 120 ;pivAiengers. The speed of this ship a now 144 knots, or upwards of 16 statute miles; *r hour. The Despatch and Courier (a sister ship) will _7'ecupy this station aiiiing the season carrying her Ma -8 mails. On and after Saturday next an extra steamer vi i leave this port fon Havre, and vice versa, every Satur •ty, in addition to the regular boats on Mondays, Weclnes raaYino,oT _Fridays. ^During,the summer months a special will be despatelia henee to London for the accom aodation of travelle ,ompany's steamersrnpy Yiliekever any of the South-Western arrive here after'the departure of he regular trains. ip Tyne, Captain Sawyer, with the 3razilian mails, and theehl7 Captain Christian, with the !last India and China mail- ,ile.esspected to arrive on Mon lay. Tho Parana, Captains hour] expected, with he mails from the West Indie s v ; 1 )i8 NEW SOUTH WALES..:.' _rho Dotal and Mexico' &c. who havea arrived in ' nuruber of im nigrants, adults and cAildren, olony from the Ist of 'January, 1832, to the 31st ofD c thle 'or, 1867—a period of 26 of to 16 6,972 e em ber exceeding one-half of the present populawtieorne aailientpli; hriving colony. Of these iminigrants, 126,216 xid 41,576 children ; of the adults, 66.200 were nien_ adults, 6,016 women—that is . , 89 women to 100 men. During- the sve years, 1863-57, 73,031 . persons arrived in this colon 8 ,6 . 69 of whom were males, and .34,742 females, a g . a i4 0 ,829 in the previous five, 15,695 of whom were males and 5,1:33 females. The proportion of female immigrant s to 1 13 1 ° males, during the last five years, was only 89, during p.? Previous fire it was 96. The total amount of money .ont of the revenues of the colony on account of immi gtion during the 26 years, was Z 2,098,883. . all 10i 101 all ; all 24 24i 24, 100 102 101 100 1102 104 100 100 100 all all 28 29f 29 all 132 i 331 all 1 53 56 KS AND STOCKS. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENT.ALS. Railways. Redford and Bletchleyl all Buckinzhamshire lOO 'nsdaleJunctlon. 00 'nr, Stour Val. j 1 t all altire.zGp.c.l 100 farwichStia. all cxlbridge 300 rlslella,Dret 100 r .... ..... 100 Sean Foreai , all ,Dck.S/Rail all Selby all 'MS lares all n,n . r 3e . ig r a r ue : e s S e a n h o . u 4 w a . . li llich 1 0 0 0 ,1 liatk. a ctn. edcr, ..0% •-- all CordPrf.Ttk. 100 t.,BuryEx I 5. 5.0. eed 5 P. c• Eastn. 5 p.c. all 3er cent. 5 per cent all !olcheal Gls.Barr. (1-lOsterk Hartlpool Hull and Do. i S! LOnan . nlz( Do. Prefer Lon.,Tilby Do. Barkb Lowestoft, Mid.Bradfi Newmarki trilaran_ Nortbn.& Do. do. 8 r Do. Fixed and Wyre. all Closing! Business Prioe. Done. Paid Leasing Co.'s. I Ln & N.W - I Ln & N.W 98 100 98 Caledonia 102 104 C 17 18 Gt. North. 142 144 lE.Counts. 41 44 Caledonin Do. ... —_ Gt. West— 109 111 Do. .. Do. .. S. East — 1 Do. . di ,4 6 115 120 Peto Co 93 Do. NortO g 4 ll;:: ,LET 14 3 i 2 11 Stk.& Dar . Midland . 96 98 E.Counts. Do. 67 59 Do. Do LiCN & L.Yk. , res A. all Do. — itch.,& Shep 100 Gt. North. 137 140 &G01.g.5p.e. 1811 Lam& Yk y& Hereford all T Brassoy 91 Di ffordshire .. all M ' Clean . 10! 11 92 ley, g. 6p. c. a ll S tk.dc Dar all Do. . Somerset. 100 Gt. West 9O 92 ni.lz Croydn. all L.&Brgtn 8 9 6 DOCKS. CITY NEWS. Preston al South Sti Wear Pall Do. do.. Wilts and . Wimbledo Sh are Stock) Commercial rCentPref3lin lOO S tock East and West India lOO Stock L0nd0n..... St ock St. Katharine.. St ock ; Southampton lOO -- ockVictoria . z 0 ipo New ...... .......... _ Docks; I Paid i Closing Business Price. Done. 1 21-(THIS DAY.) THE SUN, LONDON, 1110NiiALY EVENING, APRIL 4, 189 BRITISH POSSESSIONS Railways. /Atlantic & St Lawrence; Leased at 6 per cent.. Bom•, Baroda&Cent.lnd; r . 5 percent Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn. Lim. Cape,Eastn. Proy.(Lira.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. Demerara ......u...... Eastern Bengal.g.sp.c. East Indian, g•u. 5 p. c.. Do. C Shares Do. E Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Gee 44 o. p.c. lids . pay.'s9 long& Mel.gua.s p. c. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B Do. 6 per cent. Pref. Gt. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New, gua.s per cent. Do. do Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip W. 5 er cen Gt.W. of Canada p Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with opt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till 'GO Do. do. "43 without opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 4i p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 4 p. c. Extension.. Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. Do. Fourth do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ity.&Land(Lim.)g,.epc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Northof India Tramroad Limited, Scrip Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. g. 6 Do. New 0 +- Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo St. Andrews & Quebec A ITrinidad(Limited) Scrip Closing Price. 85 88 i id i 13i d, _ ii 7 85 N 82 86 80 84 par p 4 ,i p i f cf 102 103 i (par i p 19 20, 35} 3E4 136 s 76 78 93 94 93} 100 4 1014 (I par is I 6 Ist 16 4 44 81 103 105 103 105 103 105 98 100 17 17:1- 14 20 1 18 184 f # d tcl,4; par }pi is 20 21 d ar / d d cl. FOREIGN RAILWAYS, 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam 20 Ardennes 20 Bali.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 6 Belgian East. Junction 20 Beziers to Graisseesac 5 Carineaux Mine & Rail 20 Dutch Rhenish 6 Eastern of France ..... 20 Euphrates Valley 20 Great Central of France 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. ehs 10 Italian Junction 20 Lake Constance & Bale 20 Lierre and Turnhout... 20 Lombardo Venetian.... 20 Lucca &Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf. 20 Lyons and Geneva .... .331 Maria Antonia 20 Do. do. New 20 Namur and Lieg,e 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. 16 Northern of France 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 20 Part s,Lyon e, and Medit. 20 Paris and Orleans 20 f Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) „ 20 Riza and Dunaburg.... 10 Rome and Frascati .... a 20 Royal Danish a 5 Royal Swedish ..... . 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse a 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref. 20 Southern of France 8 1 West Flanders a 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference 20 W: & N.W. of France al 20 Wes Lein of Austria 20 Western of Switzerland al 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref al 20 Zealand al 4; 51. id, If 21 26 2g, 6f 7 - - I 1 1 lb; 20 20 361 37* P 8} 0/ 331 34 53 65 I I d 9 7 1 20 21 9f 5 6 23 24 BRITISH MINES. Share' Mines. Alfred Consols (Phfiack; 20 British Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 10 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) East Bassett (Illogan). Great South Tolgus G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) G: Wheal Vor (Helston) Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty N.Wh'l Basset (Illogal -- Par Conso's (St. Blaxy -- Porkellis Unit. (Wend. Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) South C. Brea( Illogan). S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 10 Tin Croft UnitedMines(Gwennap) Vale of Towey (Carm.) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) 'Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) , Wheal Edward (Cats.).. !Wheal Eitty(U. Lelant); WWI Mary Ann (Meithe) -- I Vi r li '1 Trelawney (List) Paid. Closing Business Prise. Done. 2,11.10 6 7 21 31 17s 11.18.8 91 1886 d 8 1 7.9.4 nil. 40 its fit li 20 5/ 5 5# 1.7.2 8 44 460 470 220 230 12 14 2 4 3 1 1 7f 81 5 7 94 104 14 15 , 232 1 4 2371 2f 3 ,200 210 4 2 4; f 74 824 1190 200 130 140 ' 2f 3 101 lif 4G 43 30 32 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian . 74 1 1 1 Bon Accordeopper,tim. 10s par p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. At £5 p.) 27 1 11 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 11 12 111 5 Do. Lan d and Min ingCo. all 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica ... I d 40 Cobro Copper all 36 ZS Cepiapo l6 10 12 1 Dun Moun.Cop.Ming.Co all 4 I 2 20 General 3 Linares all 94 10 5 Lusitan lan 1 Mariquita all E 1 New Granada all 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 1 p 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 4 5 5 Port Philip 30 Santiago de Cuba l6l I 1 1 28.2.131 United Mexican COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. Paid. I Closing B us i ness Prices. Dane. Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 116 116 1151 Do. 6p.c.lob.&Aug. 100 113 115 Do. 6p.o.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 N.8.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &July 100 1111 1121 -- Do. 6p.c.Ap.,Sz Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 103 104 NovaScoac Gov.° p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 111 i 1121 104 S.Aus.Gt.6p c .J an &J u l y 100 1111 1121 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. I Closing I Busi ness Share i Joint-Stock Banks. !Paid. Price. Done. 100 II I 50 68 70 671 40 Australasia all - 884 25 ( Bank of Egypt a l l 241 25 100 IBank of London 5O - 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all +DO British North Am er i can all -- 56} 7 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 10 11 1 d 100 City 5O 62 64 100 Colonial 20.11 Com. Bank of C ana d a all 100 Commercial of London 2O 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 154 164 16 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 231 234 23 60 London and County 60 London Joint Stock .. 10 - 31; 100 London & Westminster 2O 50 100 Nat. Prov. of England 35 20 Do. new lO SO National Bank 25 20 New South Wales 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all 20 Ottoman Bank all 20 201 201 Provincial of Ireland - 741 10 Do. New all 25 South Australi a - 25 Do. New l7l 25 'Union of Australia all 54 26 Do. New 2O . 60 Union of London lO -. 100 Unity Mutual 6O ', • - 100 Western Bk of London 50 211 203 d . MISCELLANEOUS. Share' Miecellaneouc r a m . ' Closing Price. Business done A lO Anglo-Mexican Mint .. 1)00 tlantie Tel. (Limited). 25 Australian Agricultural 10 Australian Royal Mail . 10 Berlin Water Works ... 10 Do New, issued at X 5 die 50 British American Land 1 50 Brit. & Irish 3lag.Tel.A. j 13i 144' !•20 250 32 34 I 4 3i 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862. 20 Do. C 100 Canada Land 10 Chan. Islands Tel.(Lim ) Stock Cop.Min.otEng&Sniltg 25 Do. Preference 7& per ct 5 Crystal Palace. 5 Do. Preference 20 Eastern Steam Stock Electrio Telegraph 5 Eng. & Amt. Cop.St.Co 10 Europ. & Ind..Junct.Tel 9 Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) 20 GLlron ScrewCol.(Lim 1 5 Gen. Steam Navigation 20 London Discount 4 Loud.° en. Omnibus Co 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg 10 Med. Exten. TeL (Lim.) 5 National Diseount Co 10 Netherlands Land 10 Do do.. 5 Do 8 p.c. 100 N.hr. &NovaScotiaLand • 1 N.B.Australasian ( inLY 20 North of Europe 1 Oriental Gas Steam 1 Do. New Shar • es .. :5 Peel River Land &50 Pen. & Oriental Steam. 50 DO. New .•.. . 20 Red Sea & ...... Telegr. 50 Rhymney Iron ....... 15 Do. New .............. 100 Royal Mail Stearn . . 2115 1 D lio ub. t mt . dh A aoA u riß s un t ese r git l Tra n s .l iie n eanrg r e. . d c: :ca. i rn u4 i.: 20 Tr. & Ln.00.01 Upr. Can. 100 ,Van Diemen's Land « 36 38 19 21 14 15 123 128 9 10 24 25 li 1 5 5i 102 104 t 1 P 1 td 11 lf all all all 15s. all all 5 6 14 1 11 i 1 1 I die ar 21 p 3 83 85 13 14 p 24 24 6} 7 61 63 112,E 125 3 6 37 9 11 Paid. lall 13/ all 161 1100 100 100 1.3.0. 12s. 6-d. LAW INTR. THIS .DAY.) COURT.' 0:E BANRUPTCY. (Before Mr. C on anissioner Fonblanque.) IN RE SCIIL - ES SINGERS AND PARFIT. To-day was appointe d for hearing further arguments on the application of the 1 mnizrupts, who had carried on busi ness in Basinghall-stre a as merchants and drysalters. Mr. Rosaburgh now proceeded to address the court on behalf of the Seblessing ers, and Mr. Bagley for Parfit. The case is proceedi. &g, and not likely to be concluded this day. SARDINIA DES. treats in this month of petty malignity and petty trickery, which he terms two blisters of humanity. Though contai n i ng much sense i and truth this s. scarcely equal to some of his former essays. " Holmby House" is con tinued, and leaves the adventurous Humphrey Bosville in serious difficulties, under the immediate expectation of a duel with George Goring. The Puritan discourse introduced is somewhat too long, considering how often that character has been in troduced in the pages of fiction. Shirley contri butes an interesting article on Dr. Brown's " Horm Subseeivm," under the title of "Professional Sec tarianism." The feature which the critic especially commends in th a t vo l ume i s the absence of party prejudi ce an d narrow-mindedness. A paper on the Court of R uss i a a hundred yEars ago treats of the edifyi ng memoirs of the Empress Catherine 11. An amusing article, entitled "Russian Dinners," dis- FFes the art o f di n i ng, and gives several entertain anecdotes, beside s a li tt l e serious advice to ban. quet givers. A pleasant record of excursions its the Eastern Pyrenees follows, taking the reaer into Spain, an d wandering about the recesses d of the chain of mountains. A memorial tribute to the late Mr. Broderip will be read with interest by many. His able paper on the shark, which appeared in the March number, w as t h e last ofthat valuable and instructive series of essays on natural history which have so long delighted th e readers of _Eraser's Magazine, displaying so much ability and such varied knowlege. Au essay on "Re cen t Writers on Reform" enters into some of the aru ments on this muc h -vexed question, and concludge& the number. CONGRESS. lusinoss Done. (Before Mr. i C!ommissioner Goulburn.) IN RE ;EDWARD HEWITT. This bankrupt was d ascribed as of Chatham, corn dealer, and this was a meeting, for the last examination, Mr. Lawrance appear ad for the bankrupt, and asked for an adjournment, as the bankrupt had been in prison, and Messrs. Hart Brothers had not had time to complete the balance-sheet. Mr. Plews oppoied for the usignees unless bankrupt paid the costs. Mr. Lawrance object .ed to this. Assignees had even taken the excepted artic 1./es to which bankrupt was entitled His Honour granted the adjournment. IN ► RE PELLET. This bankrupt was ( lescribed as of Woolwich, carrier, and this was a meeting for choice of assignees. No ac counts were put in but r srgsignees were chosen. Mr. Buchanan appear E d for the petitioning creditor, and was appointed by the as i gnees. IN RE DAVIES. This bankrupt was dors Tibed as of Badlock, Herts, baker, and eame up and pass e d his examination on accounts prepare4`by Messrs. Hai t Brothers, showing debts £1,629, and there wiiS , a deficiency in July, 1857, of £1,092. The debts were inconifderable% POLICE INTELL EG.E'NCE:-(THIS DAY. MARLBO-1 ‘OIIGH. STREET. WHOLESALE ROBBERY OF AN EinmovEu.—William Pullen, shopman in the e; riploy of Mr. Thomas Simpson Duff, oil and colourman; of 51, Brewer-street, Golden square, was charged with it obbing his employer as follows The prosecutor was his thopman, and from suspicions ho had he communicafed with .. the police. On Saturday he left the shop with a truck containing goods to deliver to customers. The three box. )s, 2111). of candle - s, and 61bs. of soap produced, were his p roperty, and he believed three - quarters of a Aundredweig tit of soda produced was also his property. Prisoner had a shop in Crown -street. Charles Cole 317 A, a vo ry active detective, said he saw the prisoner leave his mast k is shop with a truck, and after delivering goods at several places he went into Crown-street, and stopped opposite the s hop 22, and took from it a box covered with a sack, which he took in and placed on the counter. He went in and sisked what he had in the sack, and he made no reply. B:0 (Cole) then undid the sack, and found in it the box cc altaining the candles produced, and on asking him where he brought them from he hesi tated, and then said from Mr. Duff's, in Brewer-street. 'He then told him he was an oft icer, and that ho must consider himself in his custody for sizaaling them. He (Cole) then asked if he had got any so( la in the place, and on looking under the counter he found the soda produced. He then asked if he had any candles, and he said only those hang ing up, but on looking-unde-r the counter in a box he found some more, and also some in the parlour, which he said were his master's. In the truck there were two bars of soap, which he said were also his employer's. The prosecutor said he hai I reason to believe the prisoner had carried on the practice fc r some time, and to a consider. able amount. Remanded. THAMES. UTTERING BASE COIN. George Hadaway, a man about 25 years of age, in appearance a labourer, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with uttering a coun terfeit florin and a counterfeit shilling at the shop of Mr. Harvey, butcher, Upton-terrace, Commercial-road-east. Mary Ann Harvey said the prisoner came into her hus band's shop on Saturday night and bought a piece of meat, the price of which was 2s. 10d., and he put down a florin, a sixpence, and 4d. in coppers. While she was counting the money, which, if it had been good, was ls. over the price of the meat, the prisoner walked out of the shop. She called out to him the florin was bad, and ordered him to put down the Ipeat. He then pretended to be tipsy, and she gave him into custody. On Saturday fortnight the prisoner tendered her a bad shilling in payment for some meat, and left the shop while she was looking at it. The prisoner —It is all false. I gave her no bad money whatever. Mr. Yardley asked the proseeutrix if she was sure the prisoner was the man who gave her the spurious shilling on Saturday fortnight. Mrs. Harvey —I am, sir. A police-constable said the prisoner gave his address No 8, Pennington-street, Ratclitf-highway. The lowest num ber in that street was 80, and the prisoner did not live there. Inspector Allison-4 believe the prisoner is an old offender. A woman from a nutorious brothel in John's place, Baker-stroot, Stepney, , brought him food to the station-house yesterday. Mi-. Yardley. remanded the • prisoner, and directed tho police to giie information of his apprehension to the Mint Solicitor. A JUVENILE THIEF.--John Robins, a dirty•looking boy about fourteen years of age was brought be ore Mr. Yardley charged with stealing a roll of silk value 10s. from the shop of Mr. J. Salmon, silk mercer and draper, of. No. 39, Cannon-street-road. Anna Maria Allberry, shopwoman to the prosecutor, stated that on Saturday evening she saw the prisoner in her master's shop. There was another boy outside who was looking at her through the window. She suspected the prisoner and watched him, and saw him take a roll of silk from the window and then run away with it. She followed him and seized him next door,to the shop, and he then dropped the silk. Evidence was given that the prisoner had been in cus tody before and sentenced to one month's imprisonment. He now pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment and hard labour. Our readers may recollect that a few weeks ago M. Pouchet presented a paper to the Academy of Sciences, in which he described two cases of spon taneous generation of plants and insects, and that subseque n tly M r. Mi lne Edwards, M. de Quatre fages, and other eminent members of the Academy repudiated his doctrine with the greatest warmth, M. de Quatrefages espeeially contending that the air swarmed with the minutest germs and monads of every description, and thas all those who were familiar with the microscope must have observed " numerous small spherical or ovoid bodies, forcibly impressing us with the idea that they are very minute eggs." We gave M. Pouchet's reply to all these contradictions, w hi c h reply has been again ! alternately refuted and supported until the ques tion ha s assumed a degree of importance which it had not before. With a view to show that the atmosphere is by no means the inexhaustible re ceptacle of eggs of animaculee, or imperceptible seeds, which his opponents think it to be, M. Pou chet has now sent in another paper to the Academy, in which he describes a series of observations made by him on the dust collected in different places, such as the laboratory of the Museum of National History at Rouen, the interior of the Abbey of Fecamp, the relics of Thebes, the tomb of Rameses 11., the sepulchral chamber of the Great Pyramid, the Temple of Venus Athor at Philoe, &c. He enumerated among the remains of the animal king dom found by him in dust a vast quantity of in finitely small insects, silicious infusoria, fragments of butterfli es ' w i ngs, spiders' webs, &c., and only two infusorial eggs, commonly called kysts or cysts by naturalists. As belonging to the vegetable kingdom, he mentions fragments of cellular tissue, ligneous fibres, the down of various leaves, grains of .pollen of malvaceous plants, and some spores of cryptogamous plants, but very few. What he has invariably found everywhere in large quantities is fecula, either of wheat, rye, or potatoes; hence he concludes that a considerable proportion of fecula is mixed up with the particles floating in the air. This fecula, both chemically and physically tested, becomes blue under the influence of iodine, and polarizes light just as common fecula does; and, as its particles have exactly the same form described by M. de Quatrefages, M. Pouchet does not hesitate to accuse that eminent naturalist of having taken them for eggs of microzoaria. After this smart hit M. Pouchet proceeds to describe certain further experi ments in support of his Opinion that spontaneous generation does exist, and that is idle to attribute the creatures obtained by him in his former experi ments to spores or kysts floating in the air. Three grammes of dust at least a century old were heated for five quarters of an hour to a temperature of 215 deg. centigrade (119 deg. Fahrenheit), under an oil-bath ;it was then put into 30 grammes of artificial water (which, therefore, being chemical! produced, cou ld conta i n no egg or spore whatever, under a glass receiver. After a lapse of five days, at a mean temperature of 02 deg. Fahrenheit, the receiver was encumbered with holpodes and other large infusoria. The same thing occurred with the dust which had not been previously heated • hence M. Pouchet conc l u d es t h at what had been taken for a mass of eggs deposited by the atmosphere was nothing of the kind, for had it really been such the dust which h a d b een heated could hav e p ro d uce d nothing, seeing that at so high a temperature all the eggs would have been destroyed ; therefore, as animaculce had been produced notwithstanding, they could not have proceeded from eggs, but must have been generated spontaneously. Another ex periment is this :—Let 100 litres of air he made to pass through a bulb tube containing two cubic centimetres of distilled water. After the lapse of a week no animacuhe or eggs will be discovered, although, had there been any in the air, they could not have escaped. If, on the contrary, five grammes of a fermentable substance be placed under a receiver in a cubic decimetre of distilled water, there will appear at the end of eight days innumerable an imaculw on the surface of the water.—Gatignani's Messenger. ANOTHER SACRILEGIOUS OUTRAGE IN MARYLE• BONE.—Only a few weeks since, a disgraceful outrage was perpetrated by an unknown hand in All Souls' Church, Langham -place, the object of the sacrilegious outrage on that occasion being a beautiful painting forming the altar-piece, by Westall, R.A. which was so mutilated as to be almost entirely destroyed; and we have now to chronicle another piece of brutal Vandalism of the same character, but, if anything, of a more daring and atrocious nature, which was on Friday discovered to have been perpetrated at the rectory church of the parish. It would seem that, as in the previous outrage, service was per formed in the church on Thursday evening, and after the service was over, and the congregation departed, the verger went round the sacred building, a n d t h en f i nding everything in apparent order, left the building, carefully locking the outer doors and gates as he retired. However, upon enter ing the church yesterday morning a very altered state of things presented themselves. A beautiful painting by Ben jamin West, R.A., representing the Nativity, which that artist painted in 1818, and subsequently presented to the congregation in commemoration of his having commenced his career in that parish, and resided there 40 years (all this being set forth on the picture), had been almost entirely obliterated by means of some sharp instrument, the heads of the figures being in fact entirely erased. There were ap pearances of attempts having been made to cut the picture and tear it into pieces, as in the outrage at All Souls' Church, but this had failed through the painting being executed on wood, and so the process of complete oblitera tion of the figures was resorted to. Across the painting was scratched, " Learn to worship God and destroy rub bish." Besides this, several beautiful mural monuments in the church had been hacked, and prominent portioni such as heads, &C., we re b ro k en off, and the vestry -door having been forced, some church service books had been likewise damaged, The vestry-window was open, and from foot prints on the sill it was evident the folio* escaped in that way, after carrying out his outrage. Under date of the 22d of March, the same day upon which the Paris Moniteur announced the pro posal of a Congress by Russia, Count Carour ad dressed a circular despatch to the Piedmontese diplo matice agents atforeign courts. Itis a protest against the exclusion of Piedmont from the Congress. The following is an analysis of the despatch, which we take from the Courrier dia Dimanche : " Count Cavour commences by saying that he has just received by telegraph the announcement in the Paris Moniteur that Russia proposes a Congress to settle the differences:relative to Italy, and that France accepts the proposal. " Count Cavour then expresses the painful sur prise experienced by Piedmont that she should be excluded from the Congress. He protests against that exclusion, which he describes as unjust, sag. gesting that having no interest in the Crimean war Piedmont, nevertheless, took a very active part in the military operations of the allied Powers, that it spared no sacrifices either in men or money, and states that that expedition cost Piedmont from 3,000 to 4,000 men and 50,000,000 francs. " The Minister for Foreign Affairs is firmly con vinced that Piedmont having, moreover, after the eastern war, been called upon to take part in the labours of the Cong;fess opened at Paris to conclude the treaty of peace, and more recently to join the Conferences which regulated the situation of the Danubian P rincipalities —arrangem en t s in which it had no interest—is fully entitled to have a voice in the deliberations of the five great European Powers when its own existence is at stake. "Count Cavour cannot understand the argument that if Piedmont is admitted to the Congress all the other Italian States should be admitted likewise. In addition to the above-cited considerations *hich entitle it to a distinct privilege from its neighbours Piedmont appeals to the peculiar circumstances which have preceded the proposal of a Congress. Russia did not spontaneously propose to the five great European Powers a consideration of the gene. ral state of affairs of the Italian Peninsula, with a view to improve the condition of the inhabitants. The point of the question is to be found in the com plaints of Piedmont respecting the position Austria has assumed towards it, and the counter -complaints Austria has brought forward in reply. The Con gress, therefore, has to decide between Austria and Piedmont ; and is Austria to be allowed a voice in the Congress, while Piedmont is to be excluded ? " Count Cavour then draws a distinction between the position Piedmont would hold at the Congress, compared with the other Italian States. The Go vernment of King Victor Emmanuel has always shown great solicitude for the sufferings of Italians not subjects of Pielmont ; the other Governments, on the contrary, all allies of Austria, act in concert with her, pay no heed to these sufferings, and have constantly. opposed all reforms ; their representa tives would consequentlyattend the Congress simply to support AuStria and thwart the views of Europe. It would be far different if the people subjected to the domination of that Government were allowed to send delegates to the Congress to explain the grievances which weigh upon them, and under which they chafe. " Count Cavour concludes by recapitulating the dangers that will arise from the maintenance of the status quo in Italy, declaring that if the great Euro. pean Powers let slip the opportunity for improving the condition of Italy and pacifying it the responsi bilityof ulterior events will fall upon them entirely, Piedmont declining the slightest part in it." SPONTANEOUS GENERTAION Dublin.—The first article is called "The Season Ticket." It is a humorous sketch of some conver sation that passed between some travellers at Cork, in which the principal spokesmen were two Yankees. There are some :smart sayings and curious remarks uttered by the Americans, and altogether the paper is worth perusing. " Gerald Fitz Gerald" is continued, the chief event that occurs in this instalment being the artful contrivance by which Massoni imprisons the Egyptian sorceress. The plots and manoeuvre s of this story are very skil fully arranged. Up to the present moment, how ever, Gerald himself does not display sufficient spirit to awaken interest in his fate. " The House keeping of Irish Chiefs" is a brief sketch of the condition of Irish households in old days. It pos sesses much curious information on the subject, and thus will be acceptable to those who desire antiquarian researches. " The Bride of Glen Arva" is a most melancholy tale, which is written in a very effective manner, and displays skill in depict ing jealousy, and detailing the disastrous conse quences that ensue from it. There is a very interesting account given of " Kaiserswerth." This excellent institution is an honour to the land in which it exists, and other countries would do well to follow the example that is afforded them by the village of the Rhine. It was founded thirty years ago by the Pastor, Fliedner. It is called the Deaconess Institution, and females are trained in every branch of labour that may be useful and beneficial to others. No one is allowed to enter if tE ere are any home claims on her attention. The novice goes from one department to another. " She spends a short time in the orphan-house, the train ing schools, the hospitals, and the asylum. Thus she learns the duties of each department." It is altogether a most interesting sketch of a noble undertaking, which, it is said here, " now shakes its blossoms over many lands." " New Novels" form the subjects of some remarks, which are, on the whole, fairly written, and convey a good impression of the literary progress of the last few months. There is a sensible article on "Anglo-Saxon Coloni sation," which well deserves attention. It is observed that "Colonisation by the Anglo-Saxon race is the great fact of our age. More than any ,other fact it influences the destinies of man, and prospectively it directly affects multitudes, even as vast as the millions of the Chinese Empire, in their happiness and in their habits, and moulds the type of their institutions and of their civilisation." "Resources of Modern Warfare" presents us with an account of the Armstrong gun, which will no doubt be acceptable to many. It is obser ve d th at "the rifled ord nance o f Sir William Armstrong has acquired for itself a fame greater, perhaps, than ever fell to the lot of any great gun in times gone by." • " The Birthday of Burns," awarded the third place by the judges of the Burns prize poem,is here met with, and contains some thoughtful lines. The following verses are among the most . expressive : Once more comes answer, 0 my brothers !---" Yonder Safe from the reach of sin, • Where wayward genius never more may wander, The kings of earth come in. "Not only monarchs—God-encrown'd creators, The deep of heart and strong ; The poets, and the thinkers, royal natures, The kings of thought, and song. • * " ()Mimes when earth last saw them, they were bleeding, Thorn-crown d, and sore-perplex'd ; They shall be changed, and beautiful exceeding When she shall see them next. " Changed—for ere death some miracle of healing Touch'd the heart's wither'd leaf; And beautiful —with that divine annealing Which purifies through grief. . 4 A grief which brings them to some great affliction Laid on God's altar-shrine ; Some drops of blood that fall in benediction, Some touch of tears divine. There where the loftiest songs are the most vestal, Where truest, is most fair, Where Poesy upon the sea of crystal Yearneth, but grieveth ne'er. ' The poet finds the best of his creations Well-known, and gone before, Familiar to the emancipated nations Upon the golden floor." Fraser's.—This Magazine introduces us to the first instalment of a new tale by the author of " Guy Livingstone." It is entitled " Sword and Gown," and promises 4) be animated and attrac tive. The group of characters, already sketched on the canvas, give evidence of the author's power, and are distinctly marked in their separate indivi dualities. The hero would appear to be a reserved and cynical soldier, who is introduced to us, sojourn* ing in the south of France with a friend and his wife. This friend, also a soldier, is an easy tempered, thoughtless idler, who, to escape the threatenings of consumption, has been seeking a mild climate. The pretty Fanny is less decidedly drawn, but we are introduced to the antecedents of a most imposing young lady, who is, we presume, to be the chief character. We are also made acquainted with a French officer, who ha s served in the Algerian war, now a helpless an d hope less crippl e , whose only solace is the gaming table. These varied characters and their surroundings will, no 'doubt; furnish the materials for an entertaining romance. The social philosopher, who gives us his opinions and experiences of men and things, Blackwood. —The new story, which is called " The Luck of Ladysmede," is continued in this number. It is well written, but rather heavy in its style. Some new characters appear on the scene in the closing chapter, who promise to be rather more interesting companions than the mysterious Giacomo, or the fierce Sir Godfrey, The Crusader knight is well sketched, and the next instalment will most probably introduce us .- to something striking in the story. "A IVinter Journey "is rather a long account of foreign travels, which are most amusingly related, and which contain consi derable variety of detail, anecdote, and adventure. In the simplest style of travelling there will always appear plenty to amuse, and instruct those who are willing to improve their opportunities, and enjoy their advantages ; and this epitome of French and Italian wanderings will be .found to possess many features of interest. A striking in stance of the dissatisfactionso frequently ev i nce d in the mo s t unreasonable form, is preSented in the accounts of their sojourn at Nice, where they found delicious May weather in January, but where some over particular individuals were grumbling at the temperature. "If," exclaims the writer, " I could only have taken a phial out of my pocket, and pro duced for their benefit an hour of that day on which we left London 1" . Some space is devoted to the consideration of the " New Reform Bill," and a general review of parties and principles. As may be supposed Mr. Bright is not regarded with much favour. It is said that "he delivered sundry speeches of so wild and inflammatory a tendency, and conceived in so intolerant a spirit, that even Radicals uttered a 'rebuke.' Further on, it is remarked that his agitation proved a failure: "Mr. Bright drew large audiences, just as Mr. Spurgeon or any other celebrated orator would have done. People went, and satisfied their curiosity, but they did not ca rr y away with them the doctrine, they were no more converted to the opinions of Mr. Bright than are the audiences of Mr. Spurgeon disposed to genuine repentance." The writer then proceeds to a brief analysis of the Ministerial mea- . sure which he does not entirely approve of, but he deprecates the suggestion of the Government resign ing in the event of the factious resolution b eing , carried, which citieition was not decided when this article was written— " We certainly do not wish, nor do we deem it expedient that this measure should be tided over for another session —it is of the utmost importance that it should form part of this year's legislation ; but we deprecate hasty resolutions, and we think that, after the expiry of this debate, whatever be its issue, th ere s h ould be a breathing -time allowed for candid consideration of all that has been said in behalf of or against the Ministerial measure. That is obviously the wisest course in the present European crisis. The demand for reform is not so urgent as to require us to make Ministerial difficulties at the moment when an adverse vote of the }louse of Commons, and the displacement of a Mi nistry, may be the immediate signal for a general war. Every one must remember what was the result of the re signation of Lord Derby's Ministry, and the accession of Lord Aberdeen to power in 1852. The Czar Nicholas then thought he had found his coveted opportunity, could count upon the British Premier as an ally, or at all events a non interfering remonstrant ; and so we were precipitated into a war which cost us so many valuable lives. We would entreat the Ministry, rather than the Opposition, to think of this; for what we fear is, that their high sense qf honour may caus e th em, in the event of a defeat before the second reading of the bill, .to -tender their resig nation, which we s h ou ld regard as a great, nay, a f ear f u l national calamity at the present important crisis." There is a paper on the brilliant and successful work of "Adam Bede," which has recently ap peared. Those who have already been edified by its talent, and charmed with its lofty purpose, will not Consider the praises here bestowed on its pages as exaggerated. There is great truth in what is said of its genuine tone and extended views. There is nothing party or sectarian in its spirit or sentiments. It is observed that the author of " Adam Bede" is not one of those who (in the eloquent words of a late preacher) " have restricted God's love and nar rowed the path to Heaven." " A Cruise in Japanese Waters" is not yet concluded, and it may be ques tioned whether it might not have been more attrac tive, had the reader sooner been introduced to the important points of the narrative. However, it is very well described to us, and presents hmusing sketches of the principal places which are passed, and the style of the people, &c. There are some other articles of interest met with,. as " The Turks in Kalafat," " Christianity in India," and a "Dis solving View of Money and the Franchise," which refers to M r . C o bd en ' s translation of M. Chevalier's work. • ----- Bentley's Miscellany. —A brief resume of the principal books and pictures which have been in troduced to the notice of the public during the month, is the o p en i ng paper in Bentley. . A new and lively tale• is commenced under the singular title of " Dashwood's Drag." M on k s h ood contri butes one of hi s rambling papers, full o f anecdote, quotation, an d reference. His essay thi s time is on " Old Maids," and he makes attem to. rescue that comprehensive class froman the riclkticulo. and contempt which they often so undeservedly encounter, but which they appear to survive great equanimity. W a l ter Thornbu )vitS ry takes for ti subject the l as t w i tch burning, which took • p i ace at a date w hi c h m i ght make the boasters b 1 human progress less clamorous. The menz'oirs of M. r.'ord J. Russell, ".:1 memoirs. The Guizot, and the life of Fcx, by are critised together as politic recollections of Charles StraP'ge have reached the third part, and contain tr:lotber mystery. This time it is not a suspicious disappearance, but an equally perplexing aprtarance that troubles him, and the thief is superseded by a ghost. It is continued in its usual pleasant and animated style, though the incidents it chronicles are startling enough. Sir Henry Sydney's autobiography is continued, and gives its subject a high character in his government of Ire land. Professor Aytoun's translations of the poems and ballads of Goethe receive cordial praise. " Magic and Mystery" is the title of a paper which gives an interesting account of the career of the famous Robert Houdin, drawn from his own re mitisciences. "Up among the Pandies " is the continuation of a narrative of the writer's experi ences among those stormy scenes of Indian warfare which have become so painfully familiar to crowds of English readers. The History of Mr. Miranda is continued by Mr. Dudley Costello. CA- .urn' s New Monthly.—"ltrexico and the Mexicans" are the subjects of the first article, which gives a lengthened account of those wild regions of Central America, so rich in the gifts of Nature, and so poor in all the comforts of a civilised existence. " Pommerov Abbey" is the name of a new story, by the author of " Ashley," which i s wr i tten i n his usual animated style. It turns, however, on the painful point of a rivalry between two brothers, and, though interesting, promises to be melancholy in its denouement. " Sir Nathaniel," in his "Notes on Note - Worthies," discusses the varied accomplish ments of the Admirable Crichton. He does not . give us much fresh intelligence respecting this hero of romance, but extracts all that has been said of him and his versatile powers by able and perhaps envious critics. Mrs. Bushby has commenced the translation of another story from the Danish, en titled "Aunt Francisca." The picture of the kind hearted old maid forming a subject of ridicule for the young people she was trying to benefit, is melan choly enough, but it is a much more pleasing story than the last contribution of Mrs. BushOy, " Louis XVI. and his Times" is a review of the recent work of M. Amedee Renee, and treats of the miserable_ epoch which preceded the French Revo lution. " My Friend Pickles" complains this month of the absence of a charity for sick servants. He is obliged to keep a girl attacked with typhus fever in his house, where he has a family of eliildretn, because he cannot find anywhere to take her to. He pleads for the immediate establishment of a home for sick servants among the multifarious charities of the metropolis. The story of " Hans Ernst Mitterkamp" is continued, and narrates the suicide of the unfortunate Margaret. Mr. Mills's new Work on " Liberty" receives a most cordial encomium ; and Captain Clayton's " Memoirs of Charles the Second" are also favourably noticed. The war pamphlets which have agitated. the Con tinent form th e su bj e c t of an interesting article, which discusses the state of European politics. The third number of " Stereoscopic Glimpses," by W. C. Kent, shows us Cowper at Olney. It is the best of the series that has yet appeared. 'We quote the following verses, pathetically describing the afflicted poet in his garden surrounded by those favourites which have become so familiar to all his readers : Note well that pensive, brooding smile That shines those lips apart ! It speaks the soul no sins defile, The mind without one touch of guile, The chaste but saddened heart. While yet the leverets, wheeling round Those slippered feet, fast trace Upon the green and dewy ground Faint rings of slow contracting bound, Tears tremble down that face— That face all thrilled with nerves of pain I Those eyes, ah, wild and sad I Whore gleams of genius strive in vain To light the chaos of a brain Inspired—despairing —mad 1 Vague, restless, bright, protruding eyes, That more than genius fires, Within whose depth of gloom oft dies What joy in lovely dreams arise • From Hope's sublime desires. Through twelve dread years' oblivion now Serenest thoughts emerge, That with fresh charms that life endow As Spring blooms on a wintry bough, Or paeans drown a dirge. Responsive to blind prayers of pain Long raised through starless night (The midnight of that tortured brain), Through storm and darkness heard again— God saith, " Let there be light !" And Paradise sweet Earth appears To poet gaze once more, And rapture trembles in the tears That own the God that soul reveres, The God those dreams adore. So eve in tremulous glory dies Yon shadowy foam above, Celestial calm its hush supplies, While near his heart Earth's beauty lies With Heaven's divinest love. Colburn's United Service.--This magazine is gas usual devoted to the consideration of questions' affecting our military and naval services. The important subject of manning the navy is discussed at length, and Mr. Lindsay's plan is brought under review. The writer arrives at the conclusion, which is generally the result of a careful examina tion into our naval systeni—that were some altera tions made in the treatment of seamen, there would be no difficulty in manning the navy. He says, in concluding his arguments, "Were these necessary reforms effected, and the navy made inviting by better pay, more consideration shown towards petty officers, promotion not a mere trap to catch the unwary, but a promise likely to be realised, Premise of promo ik were corporal t a i n o d n a fr c om t l t y h o r e i d n e n e k m s e i d n Th e o the 11rm y pu n ship courts-m ar ti a l, soaisslm to give b a c ge man d a roundohan by chance eof being heard b e f ore being condemned to that frig htful inflicti on the main difficulties in the way of manning thenavy at any time would be removed." And, again, he remarks at the close, "Let th e Admiralty and ship owners unite in doing their duty, and the manning difficulty will cease to be appalling." An article on C aptain Vivian% motion in the House of Commons on the organisation of our military department follows, and discusses the re forms which are imperatively demanded by the rival service. Another paper on the Recruiting of the Army treats of a kindred subject, and fully maintains the character of this serial as an able and consistent reformer. The eview- of the Indian rebellion is _brought to a conclusion, and several suggestions made for the imrrovement of the Indian system of government. Notes on military scienc carry us back to King Arthur and the Round Table. There are several papers of a lighter character furnishing entertainment to the reader, with the usual quota of naval and military intelligence, and the summary of events in the editor's portfolio. EXCISE DUTY ON CHICORY.—A proposition having been made to the Lords of her Majesty's Treasury on the subject of placing an excise duty on chicory, in order to prevent adulteration and increase the use of coffee, reply has been received, daft d 29th March, stating that there appear to be "conclusive reasons" against the adop tion of the proposition. 921 81f 2 31 1 2 Stock, Sto. Stock 581 8 1121' 103 4 Share) 100 18 all all 100 100 all I all all all all all all 18.18.9; THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, April 4.—Wind this day at noon, W. ; light ' breeze and fine. PORTSMOUTH, April 3.—'Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— H.M.S. Assurance, from Rangoon. SOUTHAMPTON, April 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Tas man, from London, for Kurracheb—leaky. April 2. Sailed—Magdalena (steamer), fir the West Indies. andp 2.—Wind S.W. — Arrived—Alinda, from Santos, sailed for Allma ; Norval, from London, for Boston. WHITEHAVEN, April 2.—The Wm. Brown, (schooner), of Glasgow, is on shore two miles to the northward—crew saved. LIVERPOOL, April 3.—The vessel in contact with the George Krill, was the Excelsior, (screw steamer), hence for Belfast, which received considerable damage. 03Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. ' Arrived, April 2.—Daft, from Caruarvon ; Star, from Guernsey Lively, and Mar qu i s B ute, from Sunderland ; Georges, from Cherbour; L'Etoile, from Carentan ; Havre, steamer, from Havie ; Ralph, from Cardiff ; Sylph, steamer, from Dublin ; and Elizabeth, from Neath. Arrived, April 3.—Tasman, from Lond on , pu t i n l ea k y; ,Argyll, steamer, from Carentlin Saxonia, steamer, from Hamburg; Le C oq , an d La Poule, from Cherbourg. Sailed, April 2.—Magdalena, steamer, for St. Thomas's; Cato, for Shields; Sylph, steamer, for London; Georges, for Cherbourg; L'Etoile, for Carentan ; John Byrkin, for Newport. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wind W. Arrived, April 3.—Tamaroc, from Buenos Ayres; . Stella, from Maceio ; Prospero, from Maceio ; Volta, from Bolivia ; Eleanor, from New Orleans ; Maria Alice, from Tarragona ; Triton, from Marseilles ; Irom Nantes; Falden, from Mabnes ; Pacific, from Abbeville; Hesperus, from Stettin; Askur, from Krageroo ; Pelican, screw steamship, from Rotterdam. Arrived, April 4—Marie, from Ceara ; Volante, from Catania ; Harriet, from St. John's, Newfoundland. The Royal Mail steamer Arabia, which arrived yester day, brought 73 passengers, but no specie. (Br SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Wind, • tide, low water ; w ea th er , very fi ne. Arrived, April W.S.W.i—American Congress, from New York ; Cragerwar, from Bride River ; Eliza, from Bueno s Ay res; Metropoli s , f rom Guernsey ; Alexander, from Beliz e ; T wo Friends, from Guernsey; Kitty, from Odessa; Rosa, from Guernsey; Brilliant, from Gvernsey ; Lavinia, from St. Vincent. Arrived, April 4—Zuma, from Guernsey ; Juli a , f rom Guensey. DEAL, Monday Morning. Wind, W. ; fresh. _ Passed, April 3 —Maize, from Sierra Leone; Kate, from Jamaica ; Saxon. from Madras ; Kron, from Trieste ; Priscilla, from Gambia—all for London. Passed, April 4.—Ant, and Mac Donnell, from London, for Quebec. Anchored.—Newton, for Sierra Leone ; Hearon, for Cardiff; Vile de C aen , sc h ooner, for Cherbourg; Albion, for Liverpool ; Vistula, for Portland Bay ; lon, for Quebec —all from London. FIRE IN LAMBETH. —On Saturday morning, about four, the i n h a bi tants of Oakley-street, Lambeth, were aroused from their slumbers by the springing of policemen's rattles and loud cries of " Fire!" In the course of a few minutes it was found that the premises of Mr. lloldforth, furniture-dealer, were on tire. The house was a double one, No. 36, and at the time of the disaster no fewer than twenty-three persons were sleeping therein. Police sergeant I hompson, of the L division, and Constable Barrett, No. 80 of the same division, upon reaching the building found it impracticable for eight children to effect their escape, owing to the heated smoke rushing up the staircase. A man came at the same time to one of the front windows, called out loudly for help, and then jumped to the ground, by which his leg was badly injured. Thompson at the same time entered by a side door, rushed up the stair case, and placed a child under each arm —but the smoke ' was so dense that he could not tread the stairs, and in the most to the courageous manner he jump e d f rom the first landing btom, and giving the children to Barrett, returned again and rescued in the same rainner two more. After that, with the assistance of constable Barrett, the other four were taken out in safety. Had it not been for the prompt supply of water and the exertions of the police, the house would have been totally consumed and several lives sacri ficed. The sufferer was insured in the Union Fire-office. Stock