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he saw fortlT.F Ist and s owed On the o their ' avast atteries n their b. were which, as they idering the hot a very arnent ad the in the of the ig the rich so Arhen seized lower e over ttioner niards i satis- mehed 5 and owing guard ewdly Le pro things but this comfort )resents ng can more [rely in are in ing the . - Few in, who e man- aish his I when .. each. ms and. every is over. at his Dinner een ex ived. to for it Signora ressed." is taken 3arone Such which ,hropie inated 1 adap ) their ncy, if iimself y, if a he was ;red on inmate victim Pe and calked ch fol systera ilogiasts 3Si gni- C,COUnt Fa the tion of )unced ie na- 1 prin- aottling le eazne Mira t 3s. 2d. was too ced and aws for I have )on the aceived. The ie head •n gros, Major taut to g their n their filtered )rate of his re oes sot fles the , efore it bed to with. is host course ie im lied to iolate. :tOUT:SC r, p.n d passant we would recommend the editor to be a little more careful in his supervision of the foreign adages, quotations &c. We have sevoral times en countered very singlar specimens of the Gallic tongue. After Easter most of the visitors quitted Rome, three hundred horses being ordered for the bight of Easter Monday alone. The following anecdote gives a ludicrous illustration of the profit made out of the Signori Inglesi. " THE DOG AND THE SHADOW. " An amusing instance of the wish to keep the English to the last moment occurred on Monday. In the morning it was reported in the Hotel des Isles Britanniques to the landlord, that his cellar of charcoal w as on fire, owing to the negligence of a servant, a nd was gaining such a hea d that it would be better to send for les pompers. By no means,' quoth the landlord; 'throw as much water as you can upon it ; shut the doer, and hold your tongue. The Signori Inglesi will all go to-night after La Girandole is over, and when they are gone we will put out the fire ; but if they hear of it now they will quit here this morning, and get their dinners elsewhere, and perhaps not come back to the house next year.' In this spirit of calculation he acted, and closed the cellar door. But the fire would be no party to the landlord's saving project, and broke out before dinner ; so the dinners wero all spoilt, the pompiers were obliged to be called, the Signori Inglesi did leave the house, and the landlord's kitchen was burned down." The fact of the state of affairs being now so very different that the pictures of that day are hardly recognisabla in the present, adds considerably to the attractions of the volumes. It is strange to read the familiar gossip and easy narrative relating to a country as far removed from the Italy of Victor Emmanuel and Garibaldi as if it belonged to a byegone world. The artistic reflec tions are, however, as appropriate to-day as ever. Pompeii and Herculaneum are indifferent to the conflicts of peoples and dynasties ; the Coliseum has seen too many ages to fear the steps of years ; and the great masterpieces of painting and sculpture receive with unchanging beauty the homage of suc cessive generations. As combining in a rare degree the attractions of politics, literature, science, and art, the work addresses itself to a large circle of readers who will feel for its author the interest in spired by high rank and great misfortune, accom panied by considerable talents and consistent advocacy of principle. Which does she _Love? By Colburn Mayne, author of " Madeline Clare.' 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. In these volumes the reader will find great variety, and some of the leading personages are mgenaously introduced to our notice. Ada is not at all an attractive heroine. She wants decision in the first place, and self-control after she has at length made her choice. Her conduct towards Lionel was *wrong in the extreme, and displayed recklessness that almost amounted to heartlessness. Happily she married at last a man of sense, who was able to direct her erratic course far better than the excit able and enthusiastic Lionel could have done. Some of the sceoes in which she displayed her utter ignorance of all prudence in money matters are almost amusing in their absurdity. As it happens that matters right themselves at last, one can be allowed to smile at the extravagant notions of the young wife, which would !coon have turned her paradise into a pandemonium if not checked in time. Clara, the other heroine, is also unsatisfying in her demeanour. She is cleverer than Ada, and of more feeling; but she mars the good qualities of her disposition by her hesitation, and thus is as useless as Ada, not from want of reflection, but from a sort of morbid ner vousness, which made her fail in the trying moment of danger. She should never have agreed to let her father go to Paris without her, and afterwards ate should have been resolute and decided, instead of trying to compromise with an arch-deceiver like her aunt. This latter lady is an adept in crime of all kinds, and certainly she possessed, in a forcible degree, all those attributes of energy which the otherladieslacked. Herfinal discomfitur e and sigaal defeat is a striking success in the-narrative, and is a positive relief to the mind of the reader, after havin been so long indignant at her strata gems and pl o ts succeeding so well. She was caught in her own toils; the villain she had bribed turned round upon her, and circumvented her in her hour of success. In this world so comp lete a retribution does not often overtake the criminals . ; but it seems only right and fitting when we meet with such an illustrative judgment in the pages of fiction. It is seldom indeed that a more effective passage is met with in a novel than the one which relates the scene on the wedding morning. The retribution was also for Philip Helmer, as he was confronted by his first wife ; and thus she, whom he had neglected and maltreated in the morning of his life, appeared in the evening of his days to comfront him and stay him in his reckless course of crime. The author seems almost too lenient re garding this guilty pair ; but there is much truth in the remarks made on the insufficiency of human adjustments in matters of right and wrong, and thus it is forcibly stated :—" Ah, reader, have you made up your mind to follow always only justice in this world P—then think of what you have decided on. As this world is constituted think of the many hearts you must break, of the many hopes you must crush, of the many lives you must ruin ; and then think again if justice may not safely be left in the hands of the all-perfect God, and if mercy be not better suited to the nature of erring man." Edmund Morton is a peculiar style of character, who reminds one of Wilfred in " Rokeby"— Nought of his sire's ungenerous part Polluted Wilfred's gentle heart— A heart too weak from early life To hold with Fortune needful strife. Mrs. Dorr,ngton received another warning in the realisation o, her dreams as well as in their destruc tion, for her ei:erished idea was fulfilled of Clara and Edmund bein j united, but it did her no good ; her day of power w i 2e over, her reign of inquity no more. All the sins of ,her lifetime hidden from her fellow-creatures were set down in the awful account of hereafter, and while her conscience recalled them to her mi n d, her judgment to!d her they were of no avail. Sh e h a d perilled her soul for the posses session of gold that had turned to dross in the touching, and for fruit that had become ashes in tasting. Some portions of this work are marred by overstrained descriptions, which are the more to be regretted as there abounds throughout these volumes 180 much variety of incident, and the style is flowing find often vigorous in its tenor. It is to be trusted that on a future occasion the author may avoid such .extremes, which deteriorate from the ef f ect of his admirable constructions. " Which does she Love, " apart from such considerations, Contains much to attract, much 'to excite, and Much to interest. Some of the most potent pas sions of human nature are here aptly described, and appropriately descanted upon. We meet with illustrations of persons who in actual life, form the adventurers who shake kingdoms by their machina tions, and the bandits and bravos who convulse pri vate life with their plots. Also some secondary people are ably treated of, as Miss Foster, afterwards Mrs. Pindar. Mrs. Harwood is an apt representa tion of a soi-disant good woman, who will work her own purposes, and sees so many faults in others that her own are rendered invisible. On the whole there is good reason to suppose that :this novel will gain approval from the readers of romances, and it de serves it in many parts, for while it evidences the faults and follies of life in strong colours, it also shows some instances of a better and brighter state of things. Thus it can lay claim to the merit of blending a romantic tale with some of the stern lessons of reality that all who mix much in the world must find inseparably interwoven with the most fascinating cycnto and tho moat alluring prospects. The Russians on the Amur. By E. G. Raven stein, F.R.G.S. Trubner and Co. Russia, although a leading state and one of vast power, is, in point of civilisation, as yet but partly developed ; while other nations date back their his tory to before the Ch r istian era, the history of Russia, until the end of the 17th century, was al most traditional and n o t t o b e re lied on for parti culars. But notwithsta n di ng their state of semi barbarism, the spi r it o f co l on i sat i on was i n h er ent in the race; wild exaggerated stories of the wealth of eastern Asia were brought by and adven turers, and the Governm en t of thwwandering e Czar determinedto take possession of the P ac ifi c coast tofthe pent. The rich valley of the A mu ; rich in cmine rals. and possessing a fine climate, gave promise of But when an El Dorado to the new colonists.enere is not a direct i ng s p iri t , where no power of there is com mand is maintaine d, c an colonisation succeed Bands of plunder in g marauders overrun the coun try, and turned a friendly people into determined , enemies ; and, although the first advance of the Russians into the far East was as early as the end of the 15th century, it was not until the time of Peter the Great that any real progress was made ; then, as if waking from a primeval trance, the mighty power of Russia began to develop itself, and far and wide the mighty power of the Czar ex tended itself. The Chinese found it convenient to make terms with a power whose law is a word and a blow, and yield by treaty what they could not hold by force, thus the whole of Northern Tartary Vas surrendered to the north, and the vast area of the valley of the Amur, containing upwards of 720,000 square miles , became the property Russia of GEOGRAPHIC AL DESCRIPTION or THE RIVER AMUR. The Amur, one of the largest rivers of Asia , drains with its tributari es a b a sin of 766,000 square miles. This basin l! bounded on the south i,y the Shan-alin moun tains and a lute passing through Korchin and the Gobi desert. To tills the west and north the Yab lonoi and Stanovoi ranges separate it from the rivers flowing to the Arctic Ocean and the sea of Okhotsk, and in the east the coast• range from the rivulets entering the Channel o f Tartary or 'Manchuria. e ßussian . geographers look upon the sources of t he Kerlon head-waters of the Amur; the Chinese, however, wako it take its rise in the Shan-alin or White Mountains, sacred to the present Manchu dynasty as the . cradle of their race. According to the fo rmer the Amur is formed by the junction of the Kerlon, called Argun in its lower course, with the Shilka, the Shilka itself being formed by the junction of the Ingoda and Onon. According to the Chinese the Sung Khua Kiang, or Pine-Blossom River, which they consider the head of the Amur, rises from six springs on the north-west slope of the Shan-alin. The Manchu call this river Sungari, Cc., Milk-street River. After a course of 300 miles the Sungari receives the Nonni from the north, and assumes the name of Kuentong, which with the Chinese it retains until it enters the sea. From the left, this Kuen tong receives the Helong Kiang, river of the Black Dra gon, called Sakhalin Ula, Black Water, by the Manchu, and Shilka (Silkar) by the Tunguzian Oronchons and Manyrg. This Sakhalin Ula, according to the Russian view, is in fact the Upper Amur. The Lower Amur, or rather the Amur below the mouth of the Sungari, is called Mango by the Goldi, and Mamu by the natives near its mouth. The Russian Amur is believed to be a corruption of the latter. If we consider that source of a river situated at the greatest distance from its mouth entitled to the honour of being looked upon as the fountain-head of the whole sys tem, then must the Kerlon in the present instance be adopted as such. The development of the Kerlon (and Argun) to its junction with the Shilka is 1,000 miles, ex clusive of all minor windings, which in the present state of our geographical knowledge of these regions it would be impossible correctly to estimate. The Amur thence to the sea has a development of 1,400 miles. On the other hand, from the source of the Sungari to the mouth of the Amur the development of the river is only 1,450 miles. It has not yet, however, been ascertained whether the Sungari or Sakhalin Ula carries the greater quantity of water. Schrenck is in favour of the former, and if we add the fact that the Amur below its junction with the Sungari mountains the north-easterly direction of the latter to its mouth, we must acknowledge that after all the Chinese may have good cause for maintaining their side of the question. The great drawback to the navigation of the Amur is that towards its mouth the river takes a northerly direction ; and although the main course of the river is in a mild climate, its mouth is ice-bound through the winter months, which, of course, is much against the commercial importance of the river. The population of the country is remark ably scanty ; in fact, the resources of the eountry are as yet undeveloped, and -it will require the energy of the West to bring its full value to be understood. This work gives a very fair account of the country and its inhabitants, and is illustrated with some good engravings and maps. MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. During the past week there has been little change of importance to record in the progress of business in the manufacturing districts. At Manchester, however, the prices of yarns have shown an upward tendency, and piece goods are also held for higher rates. The woollen trade at Leeds, Bradford, Hali fax, and Huddersfield has continued dull, and little improvement can be reported in the hosiery and lace trades at Leicester and Nottingham. In the hard ware districts of Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wol verhampton, a moderate business has been nego tiated, chiefly however to supply home require ments. About £BO,OOO in gold was withdrawn from the Bank of England on Saturday. There is a moderate inquiry for discount accom modation, and the rates continue easy. The abun dant supplies of floating capital, and thq competi tion which prevails among the joint-stock banks and private establishments, enable the mercantile 31asses to negotiate first-class securities on terms a fraction under the Bank of England minimum of 21 per cent. Continued activity was apparent in the Liver pool Cotton Market on Saturday, and prices tended upwards. The sales were 12,000 bales. The shareholders in the Bank of Egypt, at their meeting to-day, agreed to a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. for the half-year, ending the 31st of December last, the actual balance being £13,534. At the annual meeting of the Red Sea and India Telegraph Company held to-day, Mr. Marsham in the chair, the directors' report, which has already been published, was received and adopted, and the retiring directors re-elected. Although the variation in the Market for Public Securities to-day has been merely fractional, some indications of heaviness have been manifested con sequent upon the extreme inactivity of business. Consols are quoted 921 93 both for money and 6th prox. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are marked 93} ; the New 21 per Cents. 771 ; Exche quer Bills, March, 13s. prem. ; ditto, June, 15s. to 19s, prem. Bank Stock is 241 243; and India Stock 224 226. Foreign Stocks continue to attract attention, and the principal movement this morning has been a further important rise in the Mires Turkish 6 per Cents., which are now quoted 66 661. The old 6 per Cents. of 1854 have been dealt in at 841 85 ; and those of 1858 at 75 751: Venezuela are firmer, being 251 26, but Mexicans are flatter, viz., 341- 351. Some of the Spanish securities are also less buoyant, the Deferred having been 434, and the Passive, 19:I 20,1. The operations in the Railway Share Market have been of a rather active character, and for most of the principal undertakings a slight improvement has been established in prices. Great Nortberns, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin coln, and North British have improved 55., Lanca shire and Yorkshire, North Westerns, Midlands, and South Easterns, 10s. ; and Bristol and Exeter, 15s. ; London and Brighton, however, have receded about ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain in fair request at steady rates. Dutch Rhenish, however, have improved about 1. Grand Trunk of Canada, Great Western of Canada, and East Indian, fully sustained former prices, while Great Indian Penin sula are a shade flatter. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remained in good demand. Union of London im proved 311 32 ; Union of Australia brought 421 ; Ottoman Bank, 211; Canada Land, 110 ; Peel River Land, 511; Red Sea Telegraph, 191 and Scottish Australian Investment 135 to 138. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 931 h 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 931 i Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 7-16 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent. lO2 Consols for Account, March 6 .. March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 13 19 15 Ditto £500 Ditto Small l3 15 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Chilian 6 per Cent Litto 41 per Cent Equador New Consolidated Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditty Account 111 , t'Ov tan 41 per Cent .. QC) Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 461 Russian 5 per Cent.' lB22 , £ St lOll 1 2 11 Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 .. 61/ ardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cent ... Ditto New Deferred Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Acco mt .. 751 i 5 Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Account COLLIERY ACCIDENT—ADVANTAGE OF A MODE OF EXIT INDEPENDENT OF THE MAIN SHAFT.—The other day, an accident occurred at the Kepier Colliery, near Durham, by the breaking of the crank-pin of the drawing engine. There were 42 men and boys in the pit at the time, and was two o'clock next morning before the accident could be repaired so as to enable anyone to de scend the shaft. Fortunately a drift had some time previously been driven from the workings into Kepier Plantation, by which the whole of the men and boys made their exit in safety, otherwise they would have had to undergo an imprisonment of 24 hours in the pit. This colliery, of which Mr. John Thwaites became lessee in 1860, we are informed, had been worked for a period of 21 years with only one mode of exit. When the project of driving this drift—one hundred yards in length from the present workings—was first mooted, there was much diver sity of opinion as to the cost of the undertaking. Mr. Thwaites, however, being desirous that it should be done, the work was taken in hand, and ultimately accomplished at a cost of £6O, although some individuals calculated that the work wou ld cost at l eas t £2OO. This is a practica l proof. if any were nee d ed, o f t h e grea t a d v antage of inde pendent only as regardsmod es the of ingress s y a o n f d tn eg e re w s o s rk to me p n it , w bu or t k a in ls g o as to workings, not thes beeniinproyement of the v en til a tion, which in this instanc e ha immensely benefited by the simple operation indi cated.—Durham Chronicle, The Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society has forwarded an additional contribu tion of £l5O to the National Lifeboat Institution, being the amount gathered from sailors who are members of that society. fliE !SUN, LONDON, MOND 8.1( EVENING, FEBRUARY 1 ; 17, 1832. SHARE TS DAY.) THIS 'BM: Share] ' Price. Railways. Paid. Business done CORN EXCHANGE. Atlantic z ct Lawrence Bora.,Baroda&Cent Ind Gu 5 per cent.. ...... 64 67 99i 1001 5 51 d Buffalo imuLake Huron I Do. New Do. Preference ...... Clem ta.,v,..Easin.(L, , . ) Cape,Eastn.l'rov. (Lim.) Ca peTown .% Dock Scrip, 'Demerara. Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. ri East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. 4i p c. Debentre. Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864.. Do. 1865-1870 Do. 186f-1871 Do. do. G Ext Grand Trurk of Canada Do. 6 percent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6 perct. Debentr Do. 7 percent. 1862 Do. dc. 1867 Do. dc. 1872 1 iGt.lndiaPesi n.gua.sp c Do. New zua. 5 p. c , Gt. South.ot Ind'a(;,hp) I ,k , naranteed 5 per cent. !Gt. W. of Canada Shares' Do. New .. ....... Do. 6 p.c. '73l,vitiet opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do Madras guar., 5 p. c.:j Do. 41 p. C. Extension Do. 44 d 0... Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßrunswick a Canda Ry.aLanC(Lim.)g.6pC all Class A CLpital Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. .B CEpital do. Do. do. Land do. Scinde ........ i ... 1 100 4 Do. Punjaut .... _ca ,9 15 Do. Do. .......1 'is" 9 all Do. Indus.St Flo. fte, 100 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 71 5 tl CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new Ditto, old —s —s Ditto, white, new 6ls 68s Ditto, old —a -a Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s a Ditto, new Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding 2Ba 298 Malting 46s 42s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 5OB 66s Brown Kingstown and Ware s6s 70s Chevalier 665 Ms Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 2ls 258 Potato bYoughal and Cork, black ... 195 238 Cork, white Scotch, Feeding 238 26s Beans--Tick Pig - eons, Peas—Grey Maple White 3BB 418 Boilers Floor—Town-made ..._ Suffolk 39s 43s Stockton and Norfolk. About average supplies of wheat were on sale in the lead ing country markets held on Saturday. Selected samples were mostly disposed of at full prices ; but inferior qualities were rather cheaper. Barley, oats, beans, and peas had a drooping tendency; but flour was tolerably firm in price. The French markets generally have continued flat for all kinds of produced. In America, however, the quotations have ruled a shade higher. Up to our market last week the arrivals of English grain were moderate. From abroad we received 2,705 quarters of wheat ; 3,781, barley ; 5,665, oats ; 480, beans ; 899, peas; 522, tares; 1,600, linseed; 140, sundry seeds; and 5,596 barrels of flour. Fresh up to this morning's market the arrivals of wheat, both from Essex and Kent, were very moderate, but a slight improvement was observed in the general con dition of the samples. The trade, however, for all qualities ruled inactive ; nevertheless, compared with Mon day last. No quotable change took place in the currencies. The show of samples of foreign wheat was moderate. The amount of business transacted was small, yet prices were quite supported. Floating cargoes of grain were in limited request, yet no alteration took place in their value, compared with Monday last. The supply of barley was very moderate, yet the demand for all descriptions raled inactive, at late rates. Malt was dull, and the quotations had a downward tendency. For oats, the supply of which was limited, the demand ruled steady, and prices were well supported. Beans were in fair supply, and slow request at the late decline in the quotations. Peas were a dull inquiry, and prices were with difficulty maintained. The show of samples was moderate. In all kinds of flour sales progressed slowly, yet the quotations were fairly supported. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing Business Paid. Price. done. 7i 8 64 7 g 6 07 106 1061 1 0661 1 Share Railways. 13.14 25 10 et BL 50 20 Wol., and Str. Val Myth and Tyne Bost.,Sleaf.,and Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Coinwall rti gets no div Do A ll6pc.p an.has! Do. B been pPid to B. Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun.,Perth,& Ab. Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock 6.4.0 , Do v lido do DoNw A. late E U 3ds East SuiTolk F,d.nburyh & Glasgow Edin.. Werth, & Dundee, Glasg. and S. Western. GreatNahn of Scotland Great Northern.. :Do A stock Do 13 do Gt. S. an i W. of Ireland Great West2rn Do Str Val gun. stock Trish South Eas ern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwell Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskiller 41art., Shot., & Linco'n Maryport and Carlisle Do it shares Hetropoll an Midland Do New Do firming. & Derby Slid Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle, Newry, Warnpt, flos 1 Norfolk North British Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock Do A stk ; A revs no d 19.16.4 till 6 pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchasei Do'Leeds Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire T'T. and S. W. Junction Not. Gran. 111. & Canal Portsmouth 11113 mr ey 'Scottish Central Scot. N. F., Aber. stock st Do STA. Mid. stock 1 10 Shrews. and Welchpooll st Shropshire Union 10 Sitting,bourne & Sheer st South Devon 25 S. Durham & Lane. Un st South Er stern st South Wales st S. York. and Rive^ Dungy 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok 1 25 Stockton & Darlington, 25 Do 12.10 Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. Do Pref. No. 1 ThamesllavenDk&Rall Ulster 5 6 42 44 10i 11 20 21 56 67 63 55 35 37 Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and. Plm Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London 92 93 301 31/ 101 103 1174 1181 1171 1181 134 136 104 106 701 701 67 6) 1064 107 60 62 120 122 44 46 95} 051 101 102 104 li 93 95 125 127 44 46 101 103 46 48 37 39 841 so E 3 C 9 1 99 101 1 5 1 el 38) 39} 84 9) p 5 64 p l 141 148 1 551 564 21 3i d 90 93 128 131 Do Ist class 1181 1 118 170 i f li 1071 1201 96 1 i I 43 4 133} 21 31 P 691 66- 1 6 1 i 981 f d Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland .oxford, Do Newport) Do Hereford 88 7f 7 7i 47 49 43 46 90 92 121 1 85} 11 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. I Leasing Closing Business Co. s Price. Done. ! — Bedford and Bletchley all 'I.n.&N.W Birkenhead~ Buckingh ‘ll4 . :11re. Chester &11 -iiyilead.. 100 IDo 53 55 Do. 56 per cent 100 'Do ... 1?5 127 Do. 5 „ 100 Do. • 112 114 Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.U.&E.O E. Lincolnsh. gBpr c. 100 Gt. North. 136 138 E.Union,HarwicliShs all , E,Counts. 4 4} Do. Woodbrid , re.... 100 • 1 • • Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct. 100 Caledon.. • • • • Do. new Glos ter & Dean Forest all Gt. West.. .. • . Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 111 113 Do. halves Do. quarters all Do. Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 199 204 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per c all Do. .. ... .. .. London & Greenwich 1 00 S. Eastern 62 64 63 Do. Preferen e Lon.,Tilb.&i,.. - ,thend 100 Peto &Co Bl 83 Lowestoft grua. 1 p c.. 100 Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO Do.• Mnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNIV &m 31 i l l, Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt,BuryEx 1 5. 5. 6. E Counts.n i D ;ma. 5 per cent... p p Northn.&Ea4n. 5 p.c. all IDo. Do. 6 per cent..... all 'Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all 'Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 1( 0 N. E. Ber .. . North Western Preston and Wyre. i all L&N.W / &L. y k. 3 44 46 Do. 4 shares A. all iDo. —• • • ••• • • • Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 ;Gt.North. 1331135 Shrewsby & Hereforct 100 T Brassey 121 123 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West 92 94 94 Wimbledn e Croydon , all L.&Brgtn 81 96 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share/ Railways. Paid Closing I Business 1 Prices. Done. 25 IBlythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. Issued at £5 all et Bris. & Exet. 4p.c. at 100 93 95 20 Do. shales at Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 100 t 1 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all 20 Cornwall, 5 percent all 20 21 64 Dun. Perth, &Aber.Jun all 6 61 10 Do. Ist Class Pref all at E. Angn. Class Asp. c lOO 99 101 at E. Comm. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 100 109 1 11 at Do No. 2 , 100 109 1 , 1 at Do. new 6p.c. at lOO 126 128 st Eastern Union, 4p. c— 100 81 83 at Do. sp. c. guar lOO st Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares 100 112 114 at Do. 4p. c. guar. S. & o lOO 90 82 at Furness, 5 ner cent lOO at Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c lOO t— at Great Northern, sp. c lOO 118 20 at D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm lOO 113 115 at Do. 41 p. c. do lOO 106 103 at Deop.c.ltedmatsp.c.pin 100 109 111 104 10 Gt. Nli. of Scot. Ist pref. all at Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland) , 4 per cent lOO 93 100 50 Great West. (Berks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent 6 at Do. redeem. 41 p. ct lOO 98 100 at Do. redeem. 4p. ct lOO 89 91 at Do. irredeem. 4p. ct lOO 89 91 at Do. sp. c: redeem. pref. 100 102 104 8 Do. Birm. pref. shares all 94 104 10 Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shs. all 17 18 10 Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs all 101 11 at Do. Birm. guar. stock lOO 76 78 . 264 Do. Chester guar. shares all 204 211 1 Do. do all 104 10i 20 Do. do all 154 16 100 Lan. & Carl. 41 p.c. pref 80 at Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock 100 135 137 at Do.Barnstst£s 2s 10elpe 100 st Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.) lOO at Do. 41 p. c. (Blackb. pur. 100 102 104 at Lon.&B•ig.sp.e.gu. No.l 1 00 112 114 at Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 100 112 114 at Do. 6 per cent. do lOO 135 140 at Do N . 4 u at Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 100 112 114 at Do. 7 per cent pref. atk 100 150 155 st Do, 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P ) 100 126 129 of 2s 6d all I: e c a .s to tid , i s v. p d e e r tl e l6s t lO OlOO 7_4 76_ at Le a n t. l l a l t a e t .3&dDov. sharess p . c . ..p . f 1 1 00 00 _95 _97 961 at Lon. &N. W., Cm , . & St Lou.. & S.West. 7p. cent. at Do. 44 per cent 2s 6d Do. (Prtsm. perpL anus 124 Londondy. it Cole. 4 shs all 124 i tondony. & Ennis.l she all 12% 131 Et I Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct. 100 124 126 6 ID°. £6 at ;Do. 31 per cent, 10 ;Do. redeem. 6 per cent 5 1 4pm 124 Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c all .. .. 121 Do. 44 per cent all .. .. st Midland Con. 6p. c. stk. 100 .. .. at Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.e 100 136 1;3 138 st Do. 41 p.c. pref. at. rdem 103 103 105 at Do, 41 p,c. irredeomable 100 6 Do. 41 per cent..... . all .. ~ st Do.Leic. andHit4per et . 100 94 96 st Norflk. sp. c. Ex. st. 184 e 100 .. ~ at Do. 5% p. c. Pref. st. 1847 100 .. .. at Do.sWay.ValEx.st.lB47 100 .. .. at Nort British. 5 per cent. 100 111 113 at Do. New qua. 5 per cent 100 109 111 10 Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. 7 11 lipm 10 Do. do. do. all .. .. at Nth.Dvn.liail.&Dck.Co. 100 .. .. at N.East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. 100 .. .. st Do. 41pr. ct. redeemable 100 .. .. at Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. pref. 100 102 104 17 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. S. 13.4 97 99 20 IDo. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 13 1 dis par 121 IDo. do. Quarters, 1848.. . 9 .. .. 25 Do. York, H. &S. Purch. 10 .. .. 20 North Staffordshire.... all 4 die par 10 Rhymney Guarantee.. all 22 23 at Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock.... 100 .. .. , at Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c 100 .. .. ' at Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 .. „ [ 10s. South Devon, Ann, 10s. all 132 136 1 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent all 10 11 10. 6.i South Eastern (Reading L Ann., 1.0.6) [ at Do. 4.'i per cent at Do, Fixed 4 4 per cent 100 101 103 e at South Wales, gua. 4p. c. 100 .. • • 3 st Do. 4/ per cent at Do. do. 1859 lOO .. .. at Do. 5 per cent lOO -.. .. • at S. Yorkshire, 4p. c. Qua. 100 85 10 9 20 Do. sp. c. gua. 13 4 li p • 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. a all 28 29 ' 25 Do. B6p. c all 32 34 t 25 Do. Cop. c all 31 33 1 at Watr:d & Kilkny, Bp. c. 1 00 42 45 ' at W. Mid. -Oxf Ist Qua stk 100 128 130 at Do. 2d do. lOO 123 126 ,t st Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. 100 103 105 at Do. Perpet.6 p. c. pf. 1866 100 123 126 O et Do, till 1869 100 119 122 ~ -----.. L.- DOCKS. stook Commercial lOO Ll stock Do. 4 per CentPref.Min , 100 stock East and West India . ' 100 123 125 U. stock (London. -..... ' 100 57 59 L e stock . Katharine' • 1:)0 60 62 t stock I Southampton • • too - stack [Vietoria . . ........ 100 98 100 20 IMO New ,—.......0., 2 14 p MISCELLANEOUS. 10 A n7lo-Mexican Mint., all 16 17 lei 10 Atlantic IL Ml. Stm (16) all 1; 2; 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 26 28 26; 7 10 Bahia Stc. — n (Limitedl. 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 61 5 1 54 50 British American Land' 40 ___ 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim .) all 29 32 20 Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 9 11 323 Canada Land all 107 110 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) all _ 10 China & Japan Coast & River 'Steam Naviga• 24 st. Cop.slln.ofEng.&Snil,g alt _ 25 Do. Pref. 74 per cent. at. Crystal Palace at. Do. Preference at Do. 8 o et. Perpet. Deb lOO 102 105 10 E.lndia & Lon. Ship A 74 _ 16 Do. B 74 14 oi 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 p r i pm 14 at. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 _ 5 English & Aus. Copper, all 3 84 15 Gen. Steam Navigate m 14 1 Great Slap 1 imited) all g 1 Do: 174 p. et Preference all 2 Indian Carrying (Lim.' 1 _ 5 Lon. District TeL (Lim!) 44 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 11 i; 1/ 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 2 21 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 4 5 10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all 25 National Dis. Co. (Lini ) 5 4 13 p 41. 20 Nerou.Coal& Iron (Lim ) 5 2 le 10 Netherlands Land., , all 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl .. all 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLancl 81 10 15 1 N.B.Australnsian (Lim. all ; 1/ 1 Oriental Gas (Limited), all 1i 11 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 11 14 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) all 774 71 at. reemLndizmin.(Lim) too 51 53 50 ['en. & Oriental Steam all 63 70 70 69/ 50 Do. New 3O 10 12 20 Red Sea.C.ln.TeLg.44p.c all 191 lin :194 50 Rhymney Iron all 17 19 11 Do. New all 5 6 100 Royal Mail Steam go 52 54 83 24 at. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim,) 100 132 137 25 South Australian Land 'all 32 34 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip 4l, 1 Do. 60. Registered 10Do, do .... all 4 61 2 peiegrsph to Ind a (L.) 1 ds par 10 Trust and Agency or Austrlasia (lim)lst is. 1 pr p 20 Tr..); Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 11 11 5 ikdom Tel. Co. (lira.) 1 14 04 10 Van Diemen's Land 284 910 9 11 421 43 7 8 [3l* / 1 321 14 19-p 102 104 87 0 86 G 64 ssi 931 d p 55 tsi 871 81 99 101 5 44c1 1001 5 1 i 7 i i 1021 2 101* 251 a loot 1 12f ! 10 i IP 994 100.4 1014 1023 99 101 1014 102, 102 103 1034 104 k 24 25 71 73 60 63 39 41 40 45 37 40 37 40 100 101 id ip 99 100 121 12: si 8 98 102 93 95 991 10Ci 92 94 90 92 5 7 4 6 104 10211 i i 96 99 # FOREIGN RAILWAYS Algerian Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes.... BalL&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian DLit. Junction' Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & coniapo •• • • •• • • •• • • I . _ _ i)itto Extension : Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Grand Rus Guar. 6 p. e. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. T.uxern., Con. shs Italian Junction ••• • • • Lierre tiz Turnhout Lyons ,tz Geneva .. • • Namur iz Liege • • Do. 6 p. a Pref....• • • • • Northern of France Do. New Shares • • Norwegian Trunk Pref. Ot'nin (Smyrna to Aidn) Paris,Lyons, & Medi ter. Paris & Orleans Recife & S. Fran. (Peru ) ;ma. 7 p. ct. lien Riga & Dunaburg Royal Danish Royal Swedish ...• • Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre Les Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref San Paulo, lira, g. 7 p. c S.Aust ILomb Venetin l Southern of France S. East Portugal 7 p ct West Flanders; ...... Do. 5i p. o. Preference W. & - N.W. of France West"rn of Austria Westurn of Switzerland [Wiesbaden ..• • I Do. 8 per cent Pref 1 Zealand ........... BRTTISE %limit Consols (Phitack, iritish Iron Clifford Oevon G. Cons. (Tavist ) Nast Bassett (Illogan) Nast Caradon ...... East Ca-n Bvea... . N. WI Russel (Tavistk.' Gam.&St-Aubyn(G wen. ! Great South Tolgus 3,Wheal Alia. (Phila.& G. Wheal Vor (HelstoW Grenville flerod's-Foot ....... t I ingston Downs Lady Bertha argaret (Guy Lelant' Nlarse ....... Myndy Iron Ore (Lim.) North Downs North Frances (Illogan WWI Basset ( I 110 ;an) north Wheal Crotty Ear Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt., .Aortridfze Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen.. Lim C.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) Stray Park ramar S. Pin Lead Min. Croft Vale of Towey (Carm ) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskearc West Seton ...... Wheal Basset (Mogan' Wheal Buller(Redruth) Wheel Edward (Cals.) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) Wheal MaryAnn(Men.N,i Wheal Treiawney 6,1 6; - - P I 1 1 11 12 li 4 6 1p 23 24 10 10i 8 ,Ti 20 21 89 40 8 10 8} ryh 421 4 53 55 31 24t 12 15 8f 81 1 94 Of pr pm 2 2fd 28; z 7i 11 10 10 22 23 _1 2 31 93 105 415 60 62} 30 31 101 It 2 14 16 4,3; 6 7 11 11 Z 9 41 2 24 43 15 10 101 d , nn' 5 5a 3 2 11 4 2 t 71 14 42 44 A 320 t3 # 0 24 3 1021 1071 30 32 11 2 8 9i 124 134 39 *1 295 2)5 95 100 65 75 11 e 10 11 15 16 18 19 74 1.7.2 FOREIGN MINES. z 0 Australian 1 BonAccord Copner,Lim all 1 1 1 / 5 IBrazil Land & Min.Co all 14 14 1 !Clarendon Cons.MitiCo ; dig. 40 ;Cobra Copper all 32 14 leopiapo . ... 16 6 8 1 I Dun Morn.Cop.Ming en all 1 14 3 East Del Rey (Limited) 1 2 li'ortuna. 20 General all 23 24 2 'at N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 pr P 14 Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 1 4 p 3 I Linares all 8 9 5 Lusitanian 1 d pr 1 Mariquira a' I I 1 N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L 4 id I 20 Pontglbaud Silver,Lead Alining and Smelt... all 2 4 5 Port Philip f 1 11 14 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) 1 103. 4 1 Pm 20 St. John del Rey (L.) 1 15 63 65 , 654 28.2,84 United Mexican all 84 9 9 Worthing (Limited) i all I COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ,Can.Goy. 6 p.c.Ja. 1877-82 ...... 100 108 110 Do 6p. cent.lBS3-4 100 - Do. 6p. cent..-- 100 - ! Do. 6p. c. Veb. & Aug. 100 106 108 Do. 6 p.c..Clar. & Sept. 100 109 111 , Do. 5 per cent lOO 98 9' l - Do. Inscribed stock 100 27 99 leaPe G.llope, 6p 0.1880 100 110 112 I Do. 1890 100 110 112 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 110 112 Ceylon, N0v.1831, 6p o 100 N. JaA.July 100 105 106 D 4 \ o•An. & Oct. 100 N. S. W.l'v G ov. sp. C., 1866 100 99 100 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876, 100 974 981 Do. '1,1,1888 &upwrig' 100 964 974 New Zealot , d 6 p. cent.' 100 106 108 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c , • ster;ln% 1875 ! 160 107 108 S. Aus,G6p.c.lB;B.&up , 100 I Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Julyl 100 103 104 , Do. do. 6 pm. Ap.&Oct , 100 1064 1071 1071 7 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 A gra&UnitedService Bi, 50 83 90 40 Australasia all 65 67 25 Milk of Egypt all 21 22 100 Bak of London 50 British North American all 52 53 56 20 IChtd.Bank of India, &c. all 214 211 25 Ch. Mer. of in. hon.& Ch all 32 a 100 'City 100 'Colonial.. 25 39 41 90.11 ,Corn. Bank of Canada all 20 Eng.. Scot., & Aus. Ch all 18t 181 20 ,Gen. Bk Apt Switzerland all 20 , Lou. Char.l3kof Austral all 254 26 20 Do. new all 254 251 50 ;London and County 50 !London Joint Stock 20 London and S.African lO pr ip 10 100 London & Westminster 20 75 77 100 , at. Prov. of England 42 20 , Do. new 50 National Bank ...... 25 20 ,1 e South Wales...—. all 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 534 544 541 20 ; Ottoman 8ank......... all 21 22 21* 100 I Provincial of Ireland .. 25 -- 10 I Do. new.... . .... all 25 I South Australia all 25 I Union of Australia ....I all 42 43 50 11.11,),1 of London I 12 131 32 32 lg 100 ' I Unity Kutual. . 6O METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKEL For the time of year we were fairly supplied with foreign stock, in the general quantity of which a slight improve ment was apparent. Sales progressed slowly, at barely late rates. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts were very moderate in number, but mostly in prime condition. From Scotland the receipts were large, and of very fine quality. For all breeds the demand ruled very inactive; nevertheless, compared with Monday last, no quotable change took places in prices. The extreme top quotations for Scots and crosses was 4s 10d per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received 1850 Scots, shorthorns, and crosses ; from other parts of England, 900 various breeds ; from Scotland, 450 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, 250 oxen and heifers. Notwithstanding that the supply of sheep was limited, the mutton trade was in a sluggish state. However, the prices current on this day ee'nnight were supported. The best Downs were sold at from 5s 4d to 5s 6d per 81bs, and nearly all breeds came to hand in good saleable condition. There were a few shorn sheep on offer, and which changed hands at about 8d per 81bs beneath those in the wool. About 100 lambs were on sale. They found buyers at 7s per 81bs. Calves were in short supply and steady request, at full prices —viz., from 4s 10d to os 10d per 81bs. Prime small pigs sold steadily at full currencies; other wise the pork trade was heavy, on former terms. Per 81b. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 Prinaecrs-wool Second quality do. 3 8 4 2 Pnie. S'thdown do Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Largo cm. calves Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Prime small do Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 0 Largo hogs Second quality do. 4 2 4 6 Small porkers Lambs, Os Od to Os Od. Suckling calves, 12s to 295; and quarter-old store pigs, 21s to 30s. s. d. s. d. ).4 85 2 >.5 4 5 6 o 4 10 5 4 ,5 6510 ,3 8 4 2 ,4 4 4 8 TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep .. 15,410 Sheep .. Calves Pigs. 255' Pigs The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 837 head. In the corresponding week in 1861, we received 3,691—in 1860, 1,953—in 1859, 2,645 —in 1858, 495—in 1857, I,2oB—in 1856, 612 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAS WEER. From Beasts. Rotterdam 75 • . Harlingen l2O .. Hamburgh Ostend....' Vigo.. l2O .. Dordt Amsterdam Bremen Boulogne .. Oporto Al t edemblik . • Antwerp — • . Nieu Diep .. Sheep. Daubs. Calves. Pigs. 112 .. .. 164 .. -- 10 .. 3 .. -- 234 .. .. 28 .. 4 • • .-- • • - • . - .-- . • - • . 41 • . -- Total .. .. 475 .. 126 .. - .. 236 .. - The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1861 BO3 .. 2,682 .. .. 206 .. 18R0 .. 378 .. :1,233 .. .. 295 .. 47 1859 4BO .. 2,006 .. .. 159 .. 1858 lBB .. 105 .. .. 202 .. 1857 .. 526 .. 481 .. .. 201 .. -- 1856 — .. •• --- •• •• A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, Feb, 18, 1861, and this day, Monday, Feb. 17, 1862. Per tilb. to sink the offal. Feb. 18, 1881. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 0 to 3 4 Second quality do 3 6 4 0 Prime large'oxen 4 2 4 6 Prime Scots, &c 4 8 410 Feb. 17, 1862. 3 4to 3 6 38 4 2 44 4 6 4 8 410 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 8 Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do 4 10 Prime Southdown do. .. Lambs 5 8 00 4 0 4 6 5 6 6 10 3 8 4 2 4 8 5 4 4 0 4 6 5 2 6 6 00 Large coarse calves Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 8 5 0 Beasts .. Sheep and lambs 19,150 Calves Pigs.. 340 00 00 410 5 4 5 6 510 38 4 2 44 4 8 3,960 15,410 89 255 SUPPLIES ON SALE, FEB. 20, 1860.—Beasts, 3,890 ; sheep and lambs, 18,510 ; calves, 91; pigs, 210. F. 21, 1859.—Beasts, 3,317; sheep and lambs, 15,550; calves, 87; pigs, 300. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Moderato supplies of meat continue on sale at these markets. Compared with several weeks, most descriptions have changed hands more freely, on higher terms, but the demand cannot be considered active. Per Mb. by the carcase. stied sdsd Inferior beef 2 8 3 2 Middlingmutton 40 4 4 Middling do. 3 4 3 8 Prime do 4 6 4 8 Frime large do. 3 10 4 0 Veal 4 4 5 4 Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 4 Small pork Large pork 3 8 4 4 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 4 3 10 BOROUGH HOP. For good and fine hops the market continues to exhibit a moderate amount of firmness, but so little business is passing in inferior qualities that for these prices must be considered, in a great measure, nominal. Last week's im ports were 26 bales from Hambro', and 164 from New York. New Mid and East Kents.. 150 s to 205 s per cwt. New Weald of Kents .. 140 s 170 s ~ New Sussex ~ BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The arrivals of potatoes to these markets, since our last report, have been to a full average extent. The best samples have continued in demand, at very full prices, but as regards all medium and inferior qualities the trade has ruled inactive, on about former terms. Scotch Regents 100 s. to 140 s. per ton. Ditto Rocks York Regents 120 s. to 150 s. „ Ditto Flukes ..140x. to 160 s. „ Ditto Rocks llos. to 120 s. f„ Kent and Essex Regents —s. to —s. „ Lincolnshire ditto 110 s. to 130 s. ~ Foreign _ .. year, and for several descriptions prices are quite nominal. Cakes are in steady request, at full quotations. Turnip, White,p.bus.lls to 14s 1 Carraway 22s to Ms 5wede.......... — s —s 1 Coriander l4s 18s Mustard, Brown .. 12s 14s Henapseed, per qr sos 52s White,: 7s d AsOd Linseed,Engsowing 72s 76s Tares, Winter 7s 6d 8s Crushing 639 65s Old per quarter 3-s 42s Baltic s4s 58s Canary, per quarter 48s 60s Odessa 538 58s Rye grass, new sos 76s Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s Clove Whit er, Bed Eng., et 4Bs 52s 1 English ....o,£loloB£ll 5s 58s 76s : F ore i gn £lO les 12 Os Foreign Red.... 44s 508 1 Rape Cakes,p ton £6 Os 6 15s White. 68s 88s Rapeseed, per qr.... 63s 66s Trefoil, new. 2os 24s I WOOL. The demand for low qualities of English, as well as greasy parcels of colonial wool, having fallen off, the woo} trade, as regards all qualities, has been in an inactive state since our last report, nevertheless prices have been sup ported. Last week's import was 2,800 bales from Adelaide. SEEDS. The seed trade is in a sluggish state, even for the time of 1858. 1859. 1860. 1861. 1862. ---- ---- 46s 538:1613d to 0 Stock this day.... 20 . 895 21,042 14,823 71, 1 0 9 45,527 Price of Y.C. .. 3 )c tos2s6d oc t t o GOs to6osocMo Delivery lastweek 2,215 1,579 1,557 ) 1,468 1 283 Ditto from June 1 8,449 10,604 64,721 63,434 95,157 Arrivals last week 9.!0 547 181 572 Ditto from June 1 92.862 90.079 86,087 107,449 83,653 Price of Town ~.. 55s Od 54s 3d 61s 9d 60s 3d f 48s 63 100 stk I 20i 204 10 174 stock stock stock 100 stock stock stock stock s to 3k stock stock stock all 100 all all all a!I MINES. 3.9:3 3.0.0 7.7.0 66/ 17s 6.15.6 8.12 4. 1 4 1.12. c 4.3.0 12:3 2,0.0 2 2.9 11 10.0.7 3.11.6 AEI 18.1 , .5; 2719. 13a 6d 61 14 15; 1. 1 8} 61i TALLOW. The tallow trade continues dull, at drooping cusrencies. To-day P.Y.C. is quoted at 46s 3d per cwt on the spot, and at 46s 3d to 46s 6d for April to June delivery. Rough fat, 2s 51d per 81bs. L ATV IA TELLIG.ENCE.—(This Day.) SHERIFF'S COURT. DOMESTIC SERVANTS AND THEIR PERQUISITES.-SMITH V. GRAY. This was an action in which plaintiff, Rho had been a cook in the service of the defendant, sought to recover a sum of money as an equivalent for kitchen perquisites ac cording to agreement. The plaintiff said she agreed with Mrs. Gray (since dead) for £l2 per annum, Is. 6d. for the wash and 2s. per week for the fat money. This money had been paid very regu larly until recently, and for the fat money for so many weeks the present action was brought. Plaintiff called a witness, who said she had received the fat money from her mistress to give the plaintiff. Defendant admitted that the death of his wife rendered it impossible for him to controvert the testimony given. He could only say that he never agreed to pay perquisite money. Sometimes a present was made to the cook to make her care ful, but it could not be demanded. The Court—A present may sometimes be construed into a right through long continuance. The system of allowing perquisites to domestic servants is both immoral and vicious. It leads to servants robbing their employers, for where there are perquisites there are always receivers hanging about, and temptation frequently leads to servants adding to their store by pilfering first small articles and then articles of value. My advice to employers is,—pay your servants good, honest, substantial wages, and say to them, " Now mind, nothing in this house belongs to you," and robberies by domestic servants will soon be discontinued. Verdict for plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—( This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THREATENING TO RIP UP A. MAN.—William Hack, a porter attending the auction-rooms of Mr. Phillips, New Bend street, was charged with threatening to stab Mr. Jefferson, a commission agent, of Leigh-street, Red Lion square. The complainant—l purchased some goods at Mr. Phil lips's on Saturday, and while speaking to a porter the de fendant came up and said, " Let me have a go at him— punch away." The defendant then grinned savagely at me, and pulled out a knife, and said, " I'll rip you up." I followed him outside to give him in charge, and when I had done so he broke away from the constable and began striking me. He then seized me by the arm and bit my hand. I was told that he was mad, but Ido not think he is. Defendant—There were 20 of these commissien agents. Did you (to the complainant) try to throw me down stairs, and did you not say you would knock my eyes out ? The complainant—No. Wm. Darbyshira, of 118, King's-road, Chelsea, con firmed some of the complainant's statement, and said there was a regular row in the rooms, and Mr. Phillips ordered the defendant to be turned out. He heard the defendant threaten to rip up the complainant. Defendant—Why, you will say anything. You have robbed the magistrate. The witness Darbyshire said he saw the defendant "roll" into the complainant. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the witness what he meant by " rolling" into the complainant, and the witness said ha meant pitched into him or fought at him. Defendant said all the complainant's friends were ele vated a good deal. They belonged to a society, and be cause he did not they had an ill-feeling against him. He had to appeal to the magistrates at that court, and on the very morning in question the complainant looked at him like the " old gentleman." He would like to know what he was to do. Mr, Tyrwhitt—Certainly not to rip up the complainant, and you must find one surety to keep the peace towards the complainant. THAMES. A CASE FOR THE BENEVOLENT.—PoIice-sergeant Gee, No. 14 11, called the attention of Mr. Woolrych to a case of real distress which he respectfully submitted was one deserving of favourable consideration, and entitled to some relief from the funds placed at the disposal of the magistrates by the benevolent In December last a police constable, named Thomas Green, who had been for 243 ears an efficient and well-conducted member of the force, died, after a few weeks' illness, leaving a widow and five children unprovided for. During his lifetime Green was at the expense of giving his children a good education, and two of them, a boy and a girl, obtained situations as pupil-teachers, one at £25, and the other at £25 per annum. Both died last week after a very short illness, of fever contracted in the school in which they were engaged. The poor bereaved widow, who had now three young children to maintain, was ill and in a very destitute condition, and was unable to defray the expense of decently interring the remains of her de ceased child en. The widow was a very deserving woman, and any relief extended to her would be well bestowed. Mr. Woolrych said the poor woman should be relieved with a small sum from the poor-box fund, and directed Mr. Livingston, the chief usher, to make the necessary inquiries, and report to him the result. SU.P.PLEMENTABY ESTIMATE FOR TILE ARMY. The following is the supplementary estimate for the ser vices of the army for the year 1861-2 : Land forces—pay and allowances £11,785 Do. miscellaneous charges 76,510 Manufacturing establishments, military store keepers, barrack masters, lodging money, rents, &a. Wages of artificers, labourers, and others Clothing and necessaries. 178,500 Provisions, forage, fuel and light, barrack furniture, bedding, &o. Warlike stores for land and sea service 170,077 7,362 Barracks T0ta1.... TEE INTERNA.TIONAL EXHIBITIO N The following report has been addressed to her Majesty's Commissioners by the professional mem bers of the Building Committee of the International Exhibition : " To the Commissioners of the International Exhibition. "My Lords and Gentleman,—Feeling that it would be a source of satisfaction to the Commis sioners, as well as to ourselves, as members of the Building Committee, and also a due precaution for the public safety, that the gallery and other floors of the International Exhibition Building, at South Kensington, should be thoroughly proved, we un dertook a series of experiments on Monday last. "We have to report that, in carrying out these experiments the various floors and stairs were put to a more severe test than they would be subjected to with the largest number of people that could possibly be assembled upon them at any other time during the exhibition. The results of these experi ments fully bear out our calculations on the strength of the different parts of the structure, and we feel perfectly satisfied as to the stability of the building for the purpose for which it was intended. " The two large domes, in the strength of which we have taken great interest, were eased from their temporary support last week, and no observable settlement took place. " The following are the particulars of the tests : —the first caused a large body of men, about 400 in number, to be closely packed upon a space 25ft. on 'one lay of flooring; we then moved them in step, and afterwards made them run over the different galleries, a nd down each staircase ; at the same ti me we caused the deflections of the girders carrying these floors to be carefull y noted a t several pl a ces , and had the sati sfaction of findin g that, in each case es the deflections were very nearly the te ce r n in t g re s : same, en s t t r h u u e s . ex hibiting a remarkable uniformity in the n tion. The cast - iron girders, with 25 d e flected only one - eighth of an inch at eetthbec and the timber-trussed beams of the same bearing placed between these girders deflected half en inch at the centre. In every instance the immediately on ance the girders and trusse s recovered thei ror i the removal of th e loagd._alpos gentlemen, yours faithfully, Ve are, my lords and " WM. FAIRBAIRN, 13WILLIAM BAKER, C.E. " London, p e b. 2, " THE COURT MARTIAL ON CAPTAIN ROBERTSON. —This inquiry, which has already occupied five or six days, was resumed on Friday, and again adjourned until Thurs day next. SP 0.12 TL G.E." CE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-SATURDAY. For the Grand National, The Huntsman, The Dane, and Jealousy were in great force. 100 to 7 was taken about Thomastown, and any slight advance would be takon freely. Amongst the outsiders King William and Buco phalus were the most prominent, 100 to 3 would have been taken about each of them, but 25 to 1 was declined. 8 to 1 was offered on the field for the Lincoln Handi:ap. Zuleika was the most talked about, and there appeared an evident desire to lay against her for the City and Suburban. Chester Cup was scarcely mentioned; and the little done on either the Two Thousand Guineas or Derby requires no comment. Closing prices : LINCOLN HANDICAP. 8 to lon the field (offered) 10 to 1 agst Suburban (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3to lon the field (offered) Bto 1 agst The Marquis (teken and offered) 100 to 8 bar two THE DERBY. Bto 1 agst Buckstono (offered) 9 to 1 aget Old Calabar (offered) 22 to 1 agst Ensign (taken) 40 to 1 agst Gemse (taken) GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. Bto 1 agst Huntsman (taken) 9to 1 agst The Dane (taken) 12 to 1 agst Jealousy (taken) 14 to 1 agst Thomastown (taken) 33 to 1 agst King William (wanted) 33 to 1 agst Bucephalus (wanted) 33 to 1 agst Yorkshire Grey (taken) A TRAGICAL STORY. A letter from St. Petersburg, in the Progres of Lyons, gives the following details of the death of General Gerstensweig, Military Commandant of Warsaw, which it may be remembered took place some months since :—" Three of the aides-de-camp of General Count Lambert, the Emperor's Lieute nant in Poland, hearing a loud altercation in the cabinet of the latter, between him and Gerstensweig, entered, for the purpose of respectfully interposing, but the Count, without giving them the time to speak, said, Gentlemen, I have just been grossly insulted,' and then turning to the General, added, ' After the word you have just uttered one of us must be dead to-morrow. That should be so,' replied General Gerstensweig with the greatest coolness, and the three officers, who had entered on a friendly mission, witnessed the most singular conditions. The laws in Russia interdict and severely punish duelling, and moreover, in the pre sent state of affairs in Poland, the effect would have been most disastrous, if any dispute were known to have arisen between the two highest persons is the Government of the kingdom. It was therefore decided that lots should be drawn by the two ad versaries as to which of them should put an end to his own existence. That sad formality took place with the greatest coolness, for both generals were models of bravery, and the lot fell on General Gerstensweig, who, turning to Count Lambert, said in a firm voice, Count, there are several matters connected with the service to be arranged, and I have also private papers to put in order, will it suit you if I do not execute the sentence until to morrow ?" It is just what I should myself have requested,' replied Count Lambert. The two bowed courteously to each other, and General. Gerstensweig withdrew. The three aides-de-camp, pale and motionless, remained silent, and the Count, with much emotion, said to them—' I can readily conceive, gentlemen, the feelings which oppress you, but the fault of this deplorable event does not lie with me; and then striking his forehead with his band, he added—' What a fatality ! This will greatly affect the Emperor! I should have preferred that the tomb was opened for myself.' On thejoi lowing day General Gerstenweig, standing before a looking-glass, discharged two pistols at his head The ball of the first went round part of the frontal bone, making, however, a deep incision on the left side of the skull. The second was mortal, and the General fell. Two soldiers hearing the report rushed into the room, and found him lying on the floor in great agony. They placed him on his bed, when he soon recoverel his senses. He refused all medical assistance, but sent for his aide-de-camp. The report of his suicide soon became current, although every endeavour was used to make it believed that he had been struck by apoplexy. Count Lambert went to him, and, shaking him by the hand, expressed his regret for what had hap pened, and retired bathed in tears. The General lived for 42 hours in the greatest suffering and then expired. He was sensible to the last, begging the officers who were near him to conceal the cause of his death as long as possible from his wife, As to my son' (a young man now at St. Petersburg) ' let him know that I have not died like a coward who failed in his duty, or feared the responsibility of his acts, bat to obey the prescriptions of military honour. Let him know all that he may honour the memory of his father.' " THE OXFORD.—Two rivals to Leotard and Victor Julien are announced to make their first appearance at this music-hall this evening, in a couple of youths, called Henri and Pfau. They come from the Cirque Napoleon, Paris, where they have performed upwards of 300 consecutive nights. THE AIEMORIAL FUND.—It was' incorrectly stated on Saturday that the amount received up to Friday evening in aid of the Albert Memorial Fund was £32,600 ; whereas the amount received up to Saturday afternoon was only a little more than that amount. THE HARTLEY COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—The total amount received up to Saturday afternoon at the Mansion House by the Lord Mayor in aid of the sufferers by the Hartley Colliery accident was about £17,300 of which about £350 was received in the course of the day. The Athenceum records the death of one who, though not directly, was incidentally connected with litera ture—Miss Woodfall, the daughter of Henry Sampson Woodfall, the first publisher of Junius's Letters. She wag 94 years of age. THE ROCHDALE MITRDER.—AIice Iscott, who d w i a e s s d e h n o ts Saturday her urday h us u s o rn b a in n g d, fraotmittoheehda effectle s o e n f t t h h e e w l s e t u %est THE DERBY IVITIRDER.—The inquest on the body of the u nfortunate young woman, Eliza Morrow, who was murdered at Derby on Thursday evening last by Joseph Thorley (as detailed in Saturday's Sun) washeld on Thurs day morning, at the Derby Town-hall, before Mr. Coroner Vallachy, when the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against the accused. COLLEGE OF PRECEPTORS.—At a meeting of the council of this corporation, held on the 15th inst., the diploma of associate was granted to Mr. G. K. Coulthope, of the Grammar School, Henley-on-Thames ; and to Mr. C. H. Lake, of Oxford-house, Chelsea. The following gentle men were elected members of the college :—Mr. D. Cus tance, Godmanchester ; Mr. J. Pyper, Belfast; and Mr. J. Rowe, Gainsborough. THE CEMETERY OF ST.GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS. The bill introduced into Parliament for appropriating this cemetery to building purposes, like the attempt some two or three years since to remove the dead for similar purposes from the cemetery of St. Martin-in -the-Fields at Camden town, is creating much excitement in the parish of St. Pancras; an d large placa r d s h ave been published during th e last few days announcing a public m ee ti ng by the vestry, and presided over by the senior' convened church of colour, t o has ak mbeen theenendeavouring, pillars oftthe e church warden, to be held at the "Vestry -hall thi s even i ng. ART TAILORING. —A t a time when a chro mati c doctorlnternationalby experien tal bands Exhibi tion appear crooked to the eye, an enterprising tailor has been tr • in tryingvain to obtain space to show a right cunning device by which the human legs, whether " bowed" or " knocked," are made as apparently straight as the Apollo or the Farnese Hercules. The most de sirable consummation is effected by the use of a cloth for trousers of a diagonal pattern, which is so cut as to pro duce the effect desired. In this result, a geometric, ar tistic, and optical knowledge has been brought to bear, which would delight a Wheatstone .or a Farraday, As Mr. Cocks, of Cornhlll, the patentee, is moreover yet more ingenious, as: instanced by the many beautiful and original productions he hid reserved for the Exhibition, we will ingly concede him a corner of our :pace to do him justice and awaken a little of public attention in his behalf. The Belgian Chamber of Representatives, in its sitting of the day before yesterday, continued the discussion of the Budget of the Interior. The de bate principally turned on the or ganisation and armament of the National Guard. Tw o members of the Left, MM, Goblet and Van linmbeek, warmly insisted on the armament being completed without delay, and, in concert with other members, pre sented an amendment adding a sum of 100,000 fr. to the budget for that purpose. The Minister of the Interior opposed the amendment, saying that the models for the arms were under examination, and that when a decision had been come to on the subject the Government would apply for the sum required, which would perhaps be more than that now stated. The amendment was then withdrawn.