The Sun. — London, England, 1862-02-21 00:00:00

Active Circulation Decrease .. Bullion . .. £20,129,510 .. 395,130 .. 15,894,405 .. 148,544 .. 3,410,504 • • 4,949 .. 5,397,144 .. 512,155 .. 15,085,843 Decrease Rest .. Increase .. Public Deposits Increase .. Other Deposits.. Decrease .. Seven Day and other Bills .. Decrease .. .. .. Government Securities • • A further sum of about £32,000 in foreign gold Was withdrawn from the Bank of England yester day. At the half-yearly meeting of the Berlin Water Works Company a dividend of ls. 6d. per share was declared. At the ensuing meeting of the Southampton Dock Company a dividend at the rate of 3-1 per cent. will be proposed. A meeting of the British and North American Association has been called for the 26th inst., to settle the plans of its operations. The market for Public Securities opened with an improved appearance, both as regards the num be! of transactions and the tendency of prices. An advance of per cent. has been established, Consol s b eing 931- for money and the account. The , New Th rees h ave i mprove d to 9311; the Red uced, to 931 ; Bank Stock has risen to 242 and 243 ; India ditto is 225 ; the 5 per Cent. has , advanc e d t o 10 6 4 107; Exchequer Bills, March, to 16s. and 18s. prem. ; ditto Jane, 16s. to 20s. prem. Forei gn S ecurities have been dealt in to a fair e Turkish and q uotat i ons exh ibi t an upward tendency. inr kinh 6 per Cents. are 841 1, ditto 1858, 751 ; azican have improved to 341 ; Spanish Pas sieve to 20 1 ; Venezuelan to 251 ; and Italian 5 per e ats. to 68fr Th e M oor i s h S cr i p i s steady at 4 i prem. ; Equador 181; Portuguese are flat at 461; and Chilian 41 per Cents, at 85. The Mires Tur kish Loan is buoyant at 651 t o 661 ; an d t h e New Italian Loan is maintained at to ls. prem. In the Railway Share Market the deali ngs h ave b ean moderately active, and a slight improvement day be noticed in most of the principal lines. I. °o nth Easterns have advanc e d .£1 ; London, Chat -44114 and Dover, 15s. ; Eastern Counties, £1 10s.; and London and Brighton, 15s. Great Northerns, Westerus, and Midlands, have each improved about o s . The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have re- Znined Without any material alteration. Great 26 11 :eroburg are firm at 101 11; Dutch Rhenish at 1; Bahia and San Francisco at 158 16. Grand G r u nt ` o Canada have improved to 25 and 251 ; tereat W estern of Canada to 121 I-. East Indian Perininsulanrallit 10 a l t l. 1011, 102/ ; and Great Indian Joint Stock 4 COnti nu Bank and Miscellaneous Shares o in moderate favour at about previous (Notations. 1 0 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ' a llic Sto k . 243 2 4 a .. e e ........................• 93k a tPer.l' Cent. Reduced Annuities •• • 924 Lit Cent. Consols Annuities 931 4 4ew Per Cent. Annuities -o:lllUities, 30 yrs, ire Bth Jan., 1880 — IndiaDittojor 30 yrs, expire exp sth April, 1885 l5l Stock Ditto 5 225 t bi i t: 43,o 1061 7 , 5 per Cent. -uuto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent per Cent. 102 1 1,." 5 1 per Cent ........ 1075 18 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100 994 r„. 0 Ditto ditto April, 1864 100 zt els Is for Account, March 6 93 4 ul a Stock tor Account, 5 per Cent . June. March . . 16 18 20 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 16 17 1 19 ~ Ditto £500 Ditto Sall .. 14 18 I 20 .... ::,:itto°R _ EIG ... . FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. ,?ilian 5 per Cent Chi b a 44 per Cent, 1860 1, 4 1 6 per Cent Imp4l per Cent or New Consolidated 18i 55 4 k e al Moorish Scrip ipan, 3 per Cent r itto Account ~ avian 44 per Cent — 1004 100 4 1 , tto Account 465 4°„„"4l.guese 3 per Cent., 1853.. 102 1 "'".,,ltui 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St 611 25 8 4'l4° 3 perlBs9 ft,,tdinian 5 per Cent . .... — 81 Sp an . ui to Account th 3 per Cent 20/ . Ditto Passive ;',l3Ettish Cert. of Coup. not funded 4'itrkish 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan _ Ditto V enezuela, 3 per Cent ........ .. 251 25) I D itto Account p Dividends on the above payable in London. ch Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. .... 70f. ant 5 per Cent., 1861 THREE O'CLOCK. 00118018, Money Account • -LAW lII' TILLIGENCE.—(This DaY .) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lords Justices.) RE 'WINDH AM. Windham, of This was a petitellbrigg ion P re sented for Willi am F re d er i c k FHall, Norf o lk , which prayed that tie much of tho crder of Court of Nov., 23 , 1861, be re straned until further order from i nterfering in the affairs bend concerns of the petitioner, and that the costs of Mr. i ndham on the proceeding cons equent thereon be aid t he petitioners or one of them. , p Itowcliffe said he had to apply to the Court to allow the case to stand over until the next petition day. Lord Justice Knight Bruce—ls there any opposition to t he case standing over ? NAir. Bacon, Q.C., (who appeared for Mr. Windham)— °, I have no objection, my lord. Lor d Justice Knight Bruce—Let it be so then. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. CBef ere Mr. Justice Blackburn and a Common Jury.) PINNRS V. NORTH LONDON RAILWAY. .4tw e l : W " an action brought by the father of a young girl, p e ,.. a 10 and 11 years, named Finnes, to recover com- NtC h t ° l3 . for the injuries she sustained . by an accident a*rt o l i , -.4 happened on the above named railway somde from the near near Kentish-town. The girl, when rescue rom the : ec i i dealt, Was conveyed to the University Hospital, and °lt t o - „, 151 " (41 under the care of Mr. Marshall, the surgeon. h has exal nination taking place, it was discovered that f she e nd ci 6tl a tained a concussion of the brain, injuries to her h os o tal e el) cuts about her face. She remained in the Pi t he "ek, but was t h en suff i c i ent l y reco vered to leave ltvernat itlitioUr but she was not then considered to be cured. end ) , E i l h lee she h a d suffered from the shoc k t o th e b r ain, ° ltpi rm r ; Marshal was of opinion that she would, at the Ivo ll i c i"t of 10 or 12 months, recover the injuries, but she foot, Perha cps, a l ways feel t h e hurt she had receive d to h er Th e 4 : l the a 'cars on her face would always remain visible. l 'erdi e , 4ll % at ler about 40 minutes' deliberation, found a f°l. p Damages, L5OO. -RONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. • CITY, Two o'CtocK. The Bank of England return completed to the 19th February is of a rather favourable character. The bullion shows a small diminution, but there is slight increase in the reserve of notes. The public deposits have been largely added to, and a decrease to about a similar extent is observable in the pri vate balances. The Other securities exhibit a con siderable diminution. The various items and the changes they present are shown in the subjoined table:— 440,491 643,216 68,45,6 11,101,802 No alteration. Other Securities 17,573,010 Decrease •• •• .• •• 238,429 Notes unemployed .. 9,527,260 Increase .. 183,120 During the last few days there has been more animation in the foreign and colonial produce markets. Tea has fully maintained previous rates, while sugars have been actually enquired for at enhanced prices. Cocoa and coffee have each been in fair request at full values. For rice the demand has been steady, without any material change to record in prices. Saltpetre has been inactive, and prices have slightly given way. In the tallow mar ket business has been dull, at barely previous quo tations for both present and forward delivery. The Don Pedro North Del Rey Gold Mining Company, with a capital of £lOO,OOO, in shares of £1 each, has been introduced to the public under very respectable auspices. Its object is to purchase and work the gold mines of Brucutu in the Brazils. The estate is freehold, situated in the centre of a populous district, near the mines of the St. John Del Rey Company, so long celebrated for their im mense returns of gold, and the large dividends they Pay to their shareholders. The purchase of the property has been effected on very favourable terms. A deposit of Se. upon each share applied for, must 13 e paid to the company's bankers previously to the application being sent in. This sum will be re turned in full if two-thirds of the shares are not applied for, or if no allotment is made to the ap pi ican t. Share Railways. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val all Blyth and Tyne ; Bost,Sleaf.,andMid. O ' all ll Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian lOO Cork and Bandon car - Cornwall al Do A A gets no dill a ti c.p an.has Do. B been paid to B.] Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do Bdo do DoNw A, late E U 3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin., Perth, & Dundee Glad;. and S. Western. GreatNrthn.of Scotland Great Northern........ Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an i W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Irish South Eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat, and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man., Shef., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle. Do shares.. Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid, Gt. W. of Ireland, 13.14 25 10 st et 50 20 6.4.0 Do. 5 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry, Warnpt, & Ros Norfolk North British Nor.Dev.Rall&Dk.stock Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. Gran. Rl. & Canal Portsmouth Rhs mney Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews, and Welchpool Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon S. Durham & Lane. Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darling - ton Do • Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. Do Pref. No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do Ist class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har.&R : West Midland -Oxford : Do Ne wp ort Do Hereford 1 19.1.6.41 12.10 100 100 100 100 10 0 100 42 44 10i 11 19 20i 57 58 56 59 37 40 93 94 3ot 30! 101 103 [lB 119 18 119 134 136 104 106 71 71i 57 6J 107 1075' 59 60 120 121 45 47 96 986 101 102 127 129 45 47 102 104 46 48 37 39 831 1' 68 70 84 99 101 5 Ai 381 1 39/ Si 6 9 i 4 P 6 i PI 144 148 I 54 564 24 34 ' * d 4R 20 - 58l 28 7, 38 118 i 11$ 128 131 1071 1 1201 45 1 964 1 4 1 1011 8k 8 132 a 1 1i p 981 d 1011 1 12} i 83t 5 68 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. 1 Leasing Closing' Business 1 Co. s Price. Done. . _ Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W ,-.— Birkenhead..., Buckingh • shire lOO Do. 95 07 97 Chester & Holyhea lOO Do 53 55 Do. 54 per cent 100 Do. 125 127 Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon, 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.U.&E.O E. Lincolnsh. giipr a 100 Gt. North. 136 138 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 41 , Do. Woodbridge.. 100 •• •• •• Gls.Barr.&Neils.Dra . . 100 Caledon .. .. Do. new - .. .. .. Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. West. .. .. Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 109 11l Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 200 205 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per c all Da . ... • • • • London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen le Lon.,Tilb.& 5.. - 7thend 100 Peto &Co B2 64 Lowestoft gua. I p c.. 100 orfolk Do fs pler ce • • nt lOO Do.• •• • Mnc.,Bxtn.,&Matlock all LNW& M 34 3I 31 i Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx gua. 5 per cent .. 5. 5. 6. E Counts. p 1 p Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent..... all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool ItO N. E. Ber. . • • • North Western all Midland 16 16j 161 Preston and Wyre. 1 all L&N•W 1 AA _ 46 & L. Yk. " Do. 1 shares A. all Do. ••• • .. .. • . Roystn.Hitch.&Shep. 100 Gt. North. 134 136 1351 5 Shrewsby Do & Hereford 100 T Brassey 122 124 123 llp South Staffordshire .. 100 Ln.a.W .. .. Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West. 93 95 Wimbledn t Croydon all L.&Brgtn 81 91 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share/ Railways. Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. - pref. issued at £5 .- Bris. & Exet. 4 p. C. st Do. shares 26 131 20 100 2s 6d ICaledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 Cork .4; Bandon, 5i p. c., Cornwall, 5 per cent ' Dnn.Perth, do Aber.Jun Do. Ist Class Pref K Angn. Class A. 5 p. c. E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 Do No. 2 Do. new 6p. st Eastern Union, 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4p. c. guar. S. &u Furness, 5 per cent Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c Great Northern, 5 p. c D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c. pm Do. 4i p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redrc.atsp.c.pm Gt. Nh. of tzcot. Ist pref. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland) Paid I Closing Business " Prices. Done. 4 per cent Great West. (Berks and Hants Fad) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 44 p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref Do. Birm. pref. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shs Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs, Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Chester guar. shares, Do. do Do. do 93 95 20 21 6 6i Lan. & Carl. 44 p.c. pref , Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsil.stXs 2s 10dpe (East Lan Do. 44 p. p. c. (Blackb. pu .) r Lon.&Brig.sp.c.gu. No.l Do. 5 per cen_kdo. No 2 Do. 6 per cent—do. Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C,P.) Do. 4p c.st.(dly.def.lll'6s Lon.Chat.&Dny. sp.c.pf. Lon. & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. Ft., late 3d shares Do. 14 per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpL anns of 2s 6d Londondy. It Cole. she Londony. & Ennis. shs Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent, Do. redeem. 6 percent Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c Do. 44 per cent Midland Con. 6 p. 0. stk Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 44 p.c. pref. st. rdem Do. 4il p.c. irredeomable Do. 44 per cent Do.Leic. andHit4per ct Norfik. 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 54 p. C. Pref. st. 1847 D 0.5 Way.ValEx.st.lBl7 Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New gua. 5 per cent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. Do. do. do. Nth.Dyn.lbil.&Dek.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 44pr. ct. redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. et. pref. Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, IL & S. Purch. North Staffordshire ithymney Guaranteed Scottish North-Eastern 99 101 109 111 109 111 126 128 81 83 3i p. c. pref. stock. , Do.Aberdeen,guit• 6 l).c S o D p u th o o : 7 F D p i e x . v e c o d . n P 4, ;Alt" e n r c t O e n fi k t . South Eastern( Reading Ann., 1..0.6) Do. 4* per cant Do, I , lTed q pet cent South Wales, ,Tua. 4 p. c. Do. 4i per cent . • . ••• • Do. do, 1859 Do. 5 per cent. S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. g,ua. Do. sp. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. 138 p. c Watrfd D p W. & Rilkny, 6p. e Mid.-Oxf Ist gua stk Do. 2d do ... . . Do.Newpor t 5 P.O. cf. re d. Do. Perpet.6 p, c. pr 1866 Do. Rai 1869, i- 4] Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-S 2 Do Bp. cent.lBB3-4 tpo - - Do. 6p. cent. -- 100 - - Do. 6p. a Feb. & Aug:. 100 106 108 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 109 111 Do. 5 per cent lOO 99 100 Do. Inscribed stock 100 97 99 -- Cape G.Hope, a p c,lBBO 100 111 113 Do. 1800 100 111 113 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 111 113 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p o 100 - - ov. 6 p.e. J a.&July 10r Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 101 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 101 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 101 Do. do., 1888 dr npwdo 101 New Zealand 6p. cent. lit Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling:, 1875 lOl S. Au5,G6p.c.1873.& up lOl Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja&July • Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oet 11o5i mil ;0 1 107 10 107} 104 10 ivo 100 104 106 107 108 1061 100 94 7f 97a I lon i JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 AgractUnitedService Br 60 89 91 40 Australasia all 66 67 '67 25 Bank of Egypt all 211 2211 100 Baak of London 50 British North American all 52 53 20 Chtd.Bank of India, Im. all 21f 221 22/ 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.dt Ch. all 82 .44 100 City 100 Colonial *.... . 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada.. all 20 Eng., Scot., do Aus. Ch.. all 181 10 19 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 251 26 251 20 Do. new all 24 251 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S. African lO * fp 100 London & Westminster 20 80 82 81 80 1 100 vat. Prov. of England 42 20 Do. new 50 National Bank ........ 25 2C New South Wales..:... all 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 54 55 54i f• 20 Otto.nan 8ank......... all 21 22 21 100 Provincial of Ireland .. 25 85 10 Do. new all •25 South Australia all 25 Union of Australia .... all 42 43 43 50 Union of London 100 Unity di utual I 80 MISCEL: Anglo -M e +dean Mint .. Atlantic B. MI. Stm (1d) Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Bahia Steam (Limited). Berlin Water (Limited) British• American Land B.W.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) Do. C. (Limited) Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) China & Japan Coast & River t Steam Naviga-1 Cop. Min.ofEng.&Smltg Do. Pref. 7 per cent Crystal Palace Do. Preference ,ANEI Do. 6 p et. I'erpet. Deb. E.lndia & Lon. Ship A. Do. B. E.lndia Irrign. & Canal Electric Telegraph .... Do. New English &Aus. Copper Gen. Steam Navigate Great Slip Limited) Do° 17# p. ct Preference Indian Carrying (Lim.) Lou. District Tel. (Lim.) L.G. Omnibus Co. (Um.) Madras Irr. and Canal Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) Do. 8 per cent. pref National Din. Co. (Lim ) Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) Netherlands Land Do.B p.e.Pref..iss.atl dis N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Urn.) Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Shares (Lim.). Orintl. In. Steam (Lim,) Pee l ß.l.nd.arMin.(Lim) Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Ited ißhymney Iron Do, New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) South Australian Land 413 h to Ind a (L.), Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. do. Registered Do. do ... . Austrlasia (UM) fa, Tr. 45 Ln.Co. of Upr.Can, TTreulesgl: Agency U. IC do well's Co. (14m o' v a n,:pi Land —I all all all all all 2i alt all 100 100 100 ,OUS. 26 28 51 5i 29 32 18 20 9 11 111 113 15 17 33 35 104 1( 8 105 108 14 Of pr bra 96 99 16¢ I .3 Fi 6 I & 4 11 I; 24 21 4 5 2 Idl all all all 411 100 all 33i 4 10 15 1/ 11 1 11 71 8 51 53 68 70 10 12 191 191 17 19 0 0 52 54 134 13 32 34 100 'all all a.,1 all I 4-'1 6 ds ip pr 11 9 10 31 3 DOCKS. 7 7} 47 49 43 46 90 92 112 114 90 92 119 121 113 115 106 103 109 111 1100 102 98 100 89 91 90 92 102 104 95 105 17 18 105 11 77 79 201 215 10. 101 15 16 135 137 102 104 112 114 112 114 135 140 112 114 152 156 128 131 75 77 96 98 13, 124 126 # Om' 69 71 136 138 103 105 94 96 1 111 113 109 111 11 Upm 100 102 97 99 Olio par die par 22 23 10 11 1 0. 6. 24} 25 101 103 101 103 87 i 0 j 11 p 28 20 32. 34 31 33 42 45 128 130 123 126 103 105 124 128 120 125 stook Commercial ....... ._._ lOO stook Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.2fin too __. stock East and West India 1:10 124 1 26 stock \London . + f•• 100 57 59 stock St Katharine. • l6O 60 52 stook ' Southampton 100 _ stick iVistoria .. ........ 1 100 Do 101 1 20 IDO I NeW•......0.0.3.5 1 X 3d p SHARE MARKET-(THIS DAT.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. raid. l Closing Business Price. done. 7i 8 6 7 96 (47 1 1061 106 f 106 i 5 6 THE SUN, LONDON, Railwayb. SH POSSESSIONS. Atlantic Zr St Lawrence' Boni.,Baroda&•Centlndj Gu. 5 per cent. Buffalo and Laze Huron Do. New O • •• Do. Preference Cleutta.ez,s..Eastn. (Li ) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Demerara.. ....... Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. 44 p c. Debentre. Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1845-1870 Do. 1866-1871 Do. do. G Ext 'Paid. C Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. , Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et.. Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. G t.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5} p. c. do. '77 d 0... Madras guar., 5 p. Do. Op. c. Extension all 100 all all all all 67 70 100 101 5i 6 d 7 81 5 5t i IP 99 1004 101 f 102 j 99 101 102 102 102 103 104 105 25 26 71 73 60 63 40 42 90 45 37 40 37 40 100# 1011 pr ip Do. 11' d 0...... • . Mclb. Corp. B p. o. Ends. Newßrunswick Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.fipt Class A Capital Shar, Do. do. Land do.. .- • • Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land d 0.., •• • • Scinde ... ...... c i..J Do. Punjaub .... V, 6 Do. Do. . ••,_ •• ..1 t ! Do. Indus:St. Flo. Ec s , Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. FOREIGN all i 100 15 all 100 1 Business done 100 121 12! 8 72- 98 102 93 95 991 1001 92 94 90 92 5 7 8I 51 5 18i 1 1021 11 2; 25f 5 614 41 3 101 12 991 121 94 991 looi 4 6 1011 1024 pr '5 98 A I C 9 11 43 44 74 84 L 314 132 14 11p 101 103 68 70 65/ 66 NI 931 p 55 d tsi 84 87 100 102 .6i _6 di 10i 11 94 96 I 2 , 153 101 101 100 100 100 all all Algerian ..... Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes.... • • • • Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Bezlers to Graissessac.. 'C'armeaux Mine & Rail Copiapo ................ Ditto Extension.— Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France .... Grand Bus Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. she.... Italian Junction ...... Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons do Geneva Namur & Liege ........ Do. 6 p. 0. Pref Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Ot'mn(Smyrna to Aldn) , Paris,Lyons, & Medi ter. Parts & Orleans Recife & S. Fran. (Penn ; gua. 7 p. ct. Riga & Dunaburg Royal Danish Royal Swedish ....... Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 5 per cent. Pref San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. a S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin Southern of France S. East Portugal 7 p ct West Flandern . Do. fla p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France • • Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden ..... Do. 8 per cent Pref Zealand BRIT'S] lirert Consols (Philack British Iron !Clifford . Devon G. Cone. (Taoist., East Bassett (Illogan).. East Caradon ...... !East Cara Brea. E. WI Russel (Tavistk. Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen. Great South Tol,Tus r. Wheal Alici. (Phil ack G. Wheal Vor (Helston Grenville Herod's-Foot ingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant Mark e Valley.. ,Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) North Downs North Frances (Illogan N. WWI Basset (1110 ;an' North Wheal Crotty . Par Consols (St. Blaze; Providence (ljny Lelnt.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer; 3. Cern Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim '.Wheal Fran. (Illogan Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min Tin Crott Vale of Towey (Carm ) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Whc,..l Edward (Cals.) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant). Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Trefawney (Lis.) FOREIG MINES. d i ii I i al 14 Ai ; di;!. all 32 94 6 8 8 I zil 1 li ill 2 2i ill 22 24 1 id t p 11 l p ill 8 9 i d pr t k . i - 1 I I 11 2 4 I 1 11 Is. 11 liPm 83 65 84 9 it I 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim. a 5 Brazil Land it M1n.C0... al • 1 Clarendon Cons.MiaCo 40 Cobre Copper a Copiapo 1 1 DunMoun.Cop.Minz.Co a 3 East Del Rey (Limited) 2 Fortuna. 20 General a 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 11 Kapunda (Limited) 3 Linares 5 ILusitanian 1 Mariquica 1 N.RhineCopoiS.Aus.L 20 'Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... a 5 Fort Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. 11 20 St. John del Rey (L.) l5 28.2.81 United Mexican all 1 IWorthing (Limited) all COLONIAL GOVERNMEN 16 17 2 3 RAILWAYS 61 i 1 1& .11 12 41 4 , 1 I .P 23 z 4 10 Ic, R l 20 21 i 40 41 8 10 8 i 7i 421 43} 64 56 34 31 i 12 15 si 8f 9t lom 11 l f kp 28} 200 7f if 10 10k 22 23 ES. 4 I 30 32 410 420 18 57 30 31 100 11 2 3 13 15 1 4 S 1 61 7 2 2 36 38 2f 2f 42 (4 10 101 5d I pm 1 3 36 11 2 76 136 4L 44 315 725 2* 3 100 105 29 31 11 2 9 94 12i 13} 39 tl 270 280 974 102 72i 77i IV 2 14 114 15 18 18 19 :10i 11 197 20 31 4121 10 2 i 2 644 8i T SECURITIES. 109} 109 112 EVENING, - FRBRITARY • 21, 1862, EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. kA PE II L PA ULIAMENT -- 4- -- - HOUSE OF LORDS—Tnis EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE NEW EDUCATION CODE. The Bishop of WINCHESTER presented a petition against the new education code. The Earl of MALMESBURY presented similar peti t ions. THE VOLUNTEERS. Lord TRURO said, in consequence of communications he had had with several commanding officers he should postpone putting the question, relative to the Volunteers, which stood in his name on the paper for Tuesday next, for the present. PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion of the Earl of HAItDWICKE, the fol• lowing bills were read a second time :—Mersey, Weaser, lrwell, &c., Protection; Dundee Water, Wakefield Water, Pulteney Water, Ventnor Harbour, Rogerston Embank ment and Reclamation, Llynvie Valley Railway, and Strat ford Gas. THE REVIEW AT BRIGHTON. Lord TRURO rose to ask a question relative to the command at the review at Brighton. The noble lord took the opportunity of making a few remarks on the subject of the Volunteer movement. H e sa id h e h a d postponed putting the question till this time, in the hope that a noble Ica d who had addressed a communication to the War-office would have received an answer to his inquiry. No such answer had been r ece i ve d , and therefore he availed himself of the notice he had given. He could but regret that the Government was about to depart from the system of non-interference s hich they had hitherto wisely exer cised. It was well known that a rivalry existed between two noble lords, but then he not think there was any real animosity between the noblemen and the only object of both was to add strength and permanency to the movement. There had last year been a rev i ew of B righton, which had been organised by Lord Ranelagh, and he must say he thought the Government gave a very doubtful consent to the review, fearing it would turn out a failure, but the :very reverse was the case, and the affair ended in great success. He regretted now that snother review was to take place, the Volun teers were not to have the command. Of course there was none who would not feel it an honour to serve under Lord Clyde, who was the first commander of the day ; but then he could but regret that that noble lord should hava lent himself SIR an inatrnmAnt to the Government on this occasion, in order to get th em over a difficulty. He could not agree that it was un d es i ra bl e that volunteer officers should be precluded fr om command ingbodies of men, and he very much volunteers wouldimagine th a t if th ey the were thought unfit to command they would soon h ave bri gadiers put over them. He could not but lo o k upon th e whole affair as a slight on Lord Ranelagh, wh o h a d d one so feared l a r t g h e a t much to further the volunteer movement. Earl RIPON said there was no intention to slight Lord Ranelagh in the steps the Government intended to take with respect to the Volunteer review on Easter Monday. The Government finding that some 20,000 volunteers were about to assemble, selected the best general they could to take the command, and Lord Clyde had been nominated. [LEFT SPEAXING]. HOUSE OF COMMONS—This EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS, The Middle Level and SOuth Level Drainage Sand Nay, gation, &c., Bill, and the Brecon Markets and Fairs Bi were read a second time. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented praying for an alteration in the Poor Law, for the Repeal of the Grant to Maynooth, against the Revised Code, for a reduction in the duty of Fire and Life Assurances, &a. AVY SHIPS OF WAR. On the motion of Mr CORRY, 'a return was ordered of the names of the ships of war of which it is intended to re duce the armament METROPOLITAN TOLL GATE S. Mr. WHITE asked the Secreta of State f or th e H ome Department, if he had any plan orry p ro position from the Metropolitan Road Commissioners , for the remova l o f objecttoll s ai d gatesof commissionersr in em a o y v d i nrgou thenhda edLondon; l e a d n d together if not, wh e th er t h e to for the special , obstructions. Sir G. GREY said that no such plan had been submitted to Government, but there had been a correspondence be tween the Home-office and the commissioners oR the sub ject. AUSTRALIAN COAL. Lord A. CHURCHILL asked the Secretary to the Admiralty, whether the Government had received any com munication with respect to Australian coal ; and, if so, whe ther her Majesty's ships in those waters shall make trial of it; and, if any slight alterations are requisite in the machinery, to adapt it better for the use of this coal, whe ther the Admiralty would direct these to be made in steam ships now on the Australian station. Lord C. PAGET said that the Admiralty had lately re ceived a report from the Colonial-office with respect to this subject. It appeared that the Australian coal would burn, but then it spoiled the flues of the vessels. 'There would be no objection to alter steam ships so as to enable them to consume Australian coal, but it must be borne in mind that if this alteration took place it would unfit these ships being used for service to any other colony than Australia. THE ECCLESIASIICAL COMMISSION. Mr. Alderman COPELAND asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if it was the intention of the Go vernment to appoint a select committee to inquire into the state of the Ecclesiastical Commission, and the manage ment of the estates now vested in the Commission. Sir G. GREY said that he stated, in reply to a question last session, that he considered this a fit subject for inquiry, and his hon. friend the member for Poole had given notice for a committee which would deal with the question of the hon. member. THE ISLAND OF ST. JUAN. Mr. HALIBURTON asked the Under Secretary of State for . Foreign Affairs, upon what terms, if any, the Americans retain possession of a portion of the island of St. Juan ; whether there is any negotiation pending on the subject, and the nature thereof; and, whether there be any objection to produce the papers and correspondence referring thereto ? Lord PALMERSTON said that an arrangement was made in 1859 between General Scott and Governor Douglas, without prejudice to the claims of either country. That arrangement was, that each party in St. Juan should hold a provisional occupation of opposite parts of the island, and that neither should have more than 100 men in such occu pation. The respective subjects of those parties were to be under their control. Negotiations afterwards took place between the two countries, but were suspended in consequence of the civil war in America, and he thought that it would be unadvisable to lay the papers in question on the table at present. (Hear, hear.) CAB AND PUBLIC CARRIAGE TRAFFIC IN THE METROPOLIS. Mr. HUME asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he had it in contemplation to intro duce a bill this session to amend the law relating to the traffic of cabs and publics carriages through the streets of the metropolis ; and, if so, when it may be expected to be laid upon the table of the house. Sir G. GREY replied in the negative. THE POST-OFFICE EMPLOYES. Sir G. BOWYER asked the Chancellor of the Exche quer whon the report of the committee on the Post-office would be laid on the table ? the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had stated last session, in reply to the hon. baronet, the subject was under the consideration of the Government. The report referred to the claims made by some portion of the metropolitan officers employ ed in the Post-office, and these claims were examined by the Treasury and the heads of the Post-office. There was some difference of opinion on the subject, and under the circumstances Government thought it right to undertake the responsibility of dealing with the subject. He thought the report in question ought not to be laid on -the table, as it would be unfavourable to the discipline of the public service. DISTRESS IN IRELAND. On the motion for going into Committee of Supply, Mr. MAGUIRE called the attention of the house to the serious distress which he alleged existed in Ireland. He trusted that he would be able to prove that the statements which he had made as to the extent of that distress, and the information on • which the Irish executive acted was unfounded in fact, He did not wish to say anything unfavourable of the amiable nobleman the Viceroy of Ireland, but he contended that he was too prone to view the state of Ireland through a Claude L6raine medium, and to bo too much inclined to ignore the real condition of Ireland. The hon. member then entered into different statistics to show that for some time past there had been a decrease in the live stock and cereal production in Ireland. Ho quoted also the report of Messrs. Sturgo for the same purpose. He denied in tote that the number of poor is the workhouses in Ire land was a test of the condition of the people in that country, though it might perhaps be a delicate baro meter on the subject. The fact was that there was the greatest repugnance to accepting parish relief, which in some cases extended even to death from starvation as a preferable alternative. Re th oug ht i t re fl ecte d very little credit on the sagacity of Sir R o b ert P eel that he relied on the information on which he found e d hi s op i n i on fferent influential p as to the state of Ireland, and ridiculed his assu m i ng a know ledge of the condition of the people from theofoarcttotrheacteihvee travelled 300 miles through the country in th ree d ays . (Hear, hear, from Irish members .) He n ext reverted to f his statement. One of th ese wr i ters parties the parochial subject in s relief,u o p f t o h r et andoreaddisinclination extracts from f the Irish d said that there had been 8 or 10 deaths in Sligo which came under his own knowledge, and some of the letters stated that the greatest distress prevailed in Slig o . ILEFT SPEAKING.] TO BE INSPECTOR OF STUDIES, SECOND COMMANDANT. Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Frederick Au gustus Yorke, Royal Engineers. TO BE ASSISTANT INSPECTOR OF STUDIES. Captain and Brevet-Major Charles John thbb, Royal Engineers. TO BE CAPTAINS OF COMPANIES OF GENTLEMAN CA.D E T Captain and Brevet-Major Henry Terrick Fitz-H u g Royal Artillery. • Captain and Brevet-Major John Everett Thriug, Royal Artillery. Second Captain Charles Hunter, Bengal Artillery. TO BE CHAPLAIN. The Rev. A. C. Fraser. TO BE PAYMASTER AND ADJUTANT. Paymaster (with the honorary rank of Major) Charles South, from the Coast Brigade Royal Artillery. TO BE QUARTERMASTER. George Alexander Shepherd, Royal Artillery. TO BE SURGEON. 'James Somerville Litle, Surgeon-Major, Royal Ar tillery. WAR OFFICE, FEB. 21. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Paymaster Rowland Webs ter, from the 72d Foot, to be Paymaster in tha Coast Bri gade, vice South, appointed Paymaster of the Royal Mili • tsry Academy, Woolwich. Royal E ngineers — Lieutenant -Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Sir Henry James, on the Supernumerary List, to be Supernumerary Colonel ; Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet- Colonel William Robinson, on the Supernumerary List, to be Supernumerary Colonel ; Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Thomas Rawlings Mould to be Colonel, vice John Chaytor, deceased. • BREVET. Captain Henry George Delafosse, Bengal Infantry, to be Major in the Army. The undermentioned Officers of the Royal Artillery, having completed 5 years' service in the rank of Lieutenant- Colonel, to be Colonels in the Army, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of the 14th October, 1858 : Lieutenant-Colonel James Benjamin Dennis. Lieutenant-Colonel John Travers. LONDON GAZETTE.—(Thas _Evening). FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 20. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Ferdinando de Luca as Consul at Gibraltar for his Majesty the King of Italy. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. for Thomas the United States Shankland as of America. Consul at Port Loui s , I sle of France, FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB, 21. The Queen has been p l e ased to a pprove of M r . S a l va d or the MorKing bange of tbe as Consul- lgians.General in Au s t ra li a for his Majesty Be ROYAL MEWS, PIMLICO, F EB. 19. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the lion. Arthur Temple Lyttleton to be Page of Honcur to her Majesty, vice Lord Castle Cuffs. WRITH P En. 21. t Lo, The Queen has been pleasedappoint F re d erick Lewis Maitland Herijt, Advocate, to b Esq.,the e Sheriff o f t h e Shi re or Sheriffdom of Forfar , in room of Al exander Stuart Logan, Esq., deceased. PALL WAR-OFFICE, MALL, F EB . 21. E A L ROYAL MILITARY ACADENrcr (Woolwich). The Queen has been gractiaously pleased to approve of the officers corn' osing the _S t.tttached to the Royal Mi litary Academ Woolwie . h, being granted commissions, made in accord aanncdeotfhet following r h o e with ghneel the Duke of Cambridge, TO BE GOVERNOR. TO BB LIEUTEN ANT-GOVERNO R - OOMMANDANT, Major- General Hong Sandham, Royal Engineers. N. G G e . n , e&racl.,:chiognZiaLlig-im•Chief, BANKRUPTS. William Bennington, late of Clenchwarton, Norfolk. Elias Loader; greengrocer, 9, Kensington-place, Not tin g-hill. William Pickford, builder, Old Kent-road Silas Paul, baker, Twickenham William Sinnock, baker, High-street, Peckham Thomas Wrighton, farmer, Syresham, Northampton John Edwards, watchmaker, Southamton John Sullivan, stevedore and rigger, Poplar Henry Lea, bookseller, Warwick-lane, City Robert Hamilton, draper, Dover Wm. F. Smith, lithographic printer, Aldersgate-street Esau Dodge, coachbroker, Blackfriars-road Felix F. Farr, draper, Baldock, Herts Mary Pinnol, Opera Storea Tap, Buw-street Emma Charlotte Bruce, late of Scotland William Harris, West-hill,. Wandsworth Wm. Aylott, carpente; Lemster- street, Bayswater John Glasscock, corn dealer, Kennington-park Wm. West, publican, Royal Mint-street, Tower-hill Ann Pannell, spinster, Ripley Wm. Jones Williams, auctioneer, Harewell, Berks Charles Edward Symonds, paint manufacturer, Borough Robert Yellop, publican, Norwich Charles Edward Newnham, farm agent, Sherborn.streeb Edward Pullinger, builder, Lewes Matthias Michaelis, clothier, St. George's-in-the-East Arthur Wellesley Austin, bootmaker, Whitechapel Thomas Gwillini, broker, Old Bailey Charles Frederick Restell, clerk, Kennington-oval Algernon Philip Wiss, Caen-lodge, Twickenham James William Willis, Vauxhall-walk, Lambeth Thomas Bruin, licensed victualler, St. John-street, West Smithfield Charles J. Combos, shopman to a grocer, Golden-lane, Barbican Robert G. Butt, and Peter Macqueen, commission agents ; Wood-street, City. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Hutchison and Co., merchants, Port Dundas Samuel Robinson, publisher, Cupar-Fife Wm. Manson, Innkeeper, lele of Ski e Menzies and Hunter, drapers, Dundee AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Browliorguscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending Feb. 18, 1862, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon an the importation thereof into Great Britain : Per. cwt. From the British possessions in America 24s. tad, Mauritius East Indies Average price of the three foregoing COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Turs DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 18 11 181 .. Antwerp • • 25 371 25 421 Brussels — 25 371 25 421 Hamburgh — 13 7i 13 8 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 1181 1181 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 321 34 Berlin — Madrid Cadiz Leghorn — Milan — Genoa Naples Palermo .. Messina — Lisbon — Oporto — Rio Janeiro Now York Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) 0 5 11 South American Doub!oons 0 0 0 481 481 25 471 25 45 25 45 40 120 12(4 52/ 521 481 48 25 52} 25 50 25 50 40A 1201 120} 62t 521 TRIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The show of samples of English wheat here to-day was small. All good-conditioned parcels were firm !in prices; but damp qualities were much neglected, and their value ruled, in a great meatuse, nominal. There was a fair quantity of foreign wheat on the stands. In most descriptions a limited business was transacted, yet, compared with Monday, not quotable change took place in the currencies. Floating cargoes of grain were in limited request ; never theless, prices ruled tolerably firm. Barley was a dull inquiry, and secondary qualities sold at fully the late decline in their value. Malt sold heavily at previous rates. For oats there was a limited demand. Fine corn firm in price, but inferior qualities were rather drooping. Both beans and'peas were in limited request at about stationary prices. The flour trade was dull, yet no further change of im portance was observed in the quotations. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. 720 630 3,870 2,940' 1,390 sack.. Irish F0reign........ 3,770 3,180 j 210 j 20,020 brie. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Fair average supplies of beef, mutton, and pork are on sale at these markets, and the demand for all qualities rules heavy, on easier terms. Veal, however, owing to the limited supplies on offer, commands extreme rates. Per Sib. by the carcase. sascl sdsd Inferior beef .. 2 6 3 0 Middlingmutton 3 10 4 2 Middling do. .. 3 2 3 6 Prime do .. 4 4 4 6 Prime large do. 3 8 3 10 Veal 4 6 5 4 Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Small pork . , Large pork .... 3 6 4 2 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 2 3 8 BOROUGH HOP. There has been more activity in the demand for most kinds of hops since our last report at the late reduction in the quotations. The arrivals from abroad are for the most from New York. New Mid and East Kents 150 s to 205 s per owt. New Weald of Keats l4os 1708 ~ New Sussex 1358 1608 „ COLONIAL. TEA.—A rather active business has been recorded, and good and fine descriptions have sustained fully late quota tions. SUGA.R.—The market has been animated, and higher rates have been realised for British West India. Foreign qualities have also exhibited an upward movement in values. COFFEE.—Plantation Ceylon has been in active request at fully late values, while a fair business has also been done in native at high rates. RlCE.—Only limited transactions have been entered into, without, however, any material alteration in values. SA.LTPETRE.—The market has continued dull, and prices have slightly given way. TALLOW.—OnIy moderate transactions have been entered into, without material ch ange i n va l ues . P.Y.C. on th e spot is quoted 46s to 46s 3d ; and last three months, 48s per cwt. TIIIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. 21.—Wind this day at noon—South; moderate breeze, and fine weather. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 20.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Trafalgar. (EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived—Charlotte, from Guernsey. Sailed—Antiquary, for Elsinore; Margaret Jane, for Shoreham. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 21—Wanderer, and Queen, from Guern sey ; Neptune, from Mauritius. Sailed, Feb. 21.—City of Brisbane, for Brisbane; Pan ther, for Boulogne; Scotia, for Calcutta. DEAL, Friday Morning. No arrivals. THE RAILWAY AND CANAL BILLS OF 1862. The report of the Board of Trade, issued yesterday, states that the number of bills relating to railways in Great Britain and Ireland deposited for this session amounts to 229. Of this number 174 authorise new works. The pro posed new works to be authorised by these bills may be classed as follows :—By new companies in England, 70 bills for 1,005 miles of railway; in Scotland, 6 bills for 99 miles ; in Ireland, 8 bills for 104 miles. By existing companies, 77 bills, for 492 miles, relate to England ; 8 bills, for 5 3 miles, to Scotland ; 5 bills, for 47 miles, to Ireland. Th . e whole length of th e new li nes i s th ere f ore 1,800 mile an ". there are in addition 89 miles of deviation WIN. r RIDAY THIRD LITEI TURE. The Christ Church pulpit, New-road, Brighton. n Fleet-street, ; Ob server Office, Containing S ermons delivered by the Rev. Robert Ai n sli e . W illiam Free The AinslieCirc tuihorßooKing-street, Brighton. thek Book . Compiled th eC b o y ng t Congregation, Rev. gatio R n ,c o h b r e h r t t Church, New-road, Brighton ; Observer Office, King-street, Brighton. . Perhaps there are no more effective and imme diate means of extending and t hi' h . es a le nig the in fluence of real religion, than by the regular. preaching of intelligent and tolerant sermons. w e may respect the learning of the scholar in divinity who can challenge the Old Fathers, and go back to the speculations of heathen philosophy and apostoli cal dignitaries with profound analysis. We may listen with attention to the man who can expound ecclesiastical ordinances, and pronounce on the obscure texts of Hebrew prophets with glib dogmatism. We may lend our Sunday ears to the loud voiced orators who mingle rhapsodical enthusiasm with colloquial coarseness, and cle verly, but irreverently, interpolate the leaves of Holy Writ with storif s from Joe Miller's endless pages. But these are not the sermons which make men and women feel and think as Christian men and women ought to feel and think. These are not the sermons that make " those who came to scoff remain to pray." These are not the sermons that bring the human heart to the feet of its Creator in humble trust and broadening love. No ! —it is the plain, unpretentious discourse that advo• cates daily Christian duty in conjunction with pro fessing Christian faith ; that tells us no ceremonial of creed, no mere form of doctrine, can elevate our spirits into communion with God unless the practical conduct is in unison with God's universal laws of benevolence and truth. Give us the honest warning and kindly expostu lation that bring our errors and wilfulness under the stern rebuke of our own consciences. Give us the warm appeal and rational exhortation which strengthens our desire to be wiser and better than we are. Let us have the light of religion placed before us in its glowing, simple beauty, to attract, inspire, and fortify; not in the mystic blaze of selfish ignus fatuus vapour, that either supinely fascinates or dangerously bewilders. Give us plain sermons that we can hold fast by in thought and deed, and that will help us to walk through life with endurance, hope, and sterling piety, piety that in its every day development, embodies the words " Lord, thou knowest I love thee." It is seldom we hear or meet with such sermons, and, therefore, we greet with a welcome those now being issued in " The Christ Church Pulpit," each monthly number giving two discourses. Those before us contain, amongst others, two Funeral Sermons on the deaths of the Duchess of Kent and the Prince Consort, and both of them are admirable specimens of this order of composition. They suc cinctly and freely set forth the characteristics of the Royal dead, without indulging in any of the usual inflated eulogy which, to a thinking hearer is offen sive and wearisome. They are j us t, sensible, and apposite to the purpose, and present a wholesome contrast to the outpourings of sickly adulation which have marked so many of our pulpit addresses on the melancholy subjects. A Discourse on "The Hidden Life" contains much simple and beautiful truth; well • calculated to arouse the sluggard and quicken the worker. It blends earnest teaching with forcible and im pressive diction, and gives assurance that " The Christ Church Pulpit . ' will contain matter of consolation and instruction, alike gratifying to the enlightened student and untaught disciple. We are induced to give the following extract from the discourse on " The Hidden Life" : " There is, and there can be, a hidden life in man known chiefly to God, and to himself. It may be a wicked life, concealed. Society may know nothing of it. There may be the guilt of murder on a man's soul ; or he may have defiled himself with perjury. He may be in the habit of unfair dealing ; of oppressing the poor—he may be inhe. rattly covetous; or known to himself as a hypocrite. There is no access to his innermost thoughts and feel ings ; and no knowledge can be acquired of hispri vate habits, and the workings of his soul. On the other hand, the hidden life may be marked by humility, love, to integrity, devoutness, an intense desire be con formed to the likeness of Jesus, and the cultivation of all that is truly great and grand in human character. The nobility of title may not be possessed, but the nobleness of a large, over active, Christian heart is cultivated and enjoyed. . . . It is this hidden life, sincerely devout within a man, and benevolent, just, loving and merciful in conduct, that is preferable to any other, and is indispensable to happiness, and consistent with usefulness. It embraces both worlds. It is for this life, to make its possessor a kinder, more moral, and more holy man before God. To make him a loveable, and loved man in his family. To make him a generous, charitable, humane man in society, truthful, just, upright, Lonourable and honoured, conside rate as to every other human being, and compassionate over all the sorrows, woes, and sufferings of our afflicted race." " The Church Service " is, in our opinion, a most excellent and valuable work, and evidently been the subject of great care and labour. We believe the most prejudiced, Evangelical followers will con fess that there is much in our "Prayer Book" which is useless and obsolete ; much that is totally ignored in our usual ritual; and much, even of what is employed, consisting of mere tautological platitude. Mr. AINSLIE has judiciously extirpated all the superfluous matter, and compiled a powerful and available compendium of "Prayers, Thanksgivings, and Ceremonials," from strictly, scriptural resource, and has given eight distinct forms of services ; four for the morning, and four for the evening; which excludes that monotony and rote utterance which many join in rather from habit than feeling. The whole book is so wisely abridged, arranged, and revised, that the thanks of all sensible Christians are due to Mr. AINSLIE for the much needed volume which he has produced. Some of the Prayers, which he has gathered from ancient and legitimate ecclesiastical text, are exceedingly touching and impressive; exciting a serious atten tion and devout sympathy, which at once testify to their worth. A collection of hymns, anthems, and chaunts is ap pended, exhibiting good taste and judgment in the selector. The quaint old style of " Sternhold and Hopkins" is not repudiated where popular association is in favour of its retention, but we find th e names o f Milton, Montgomery, Barbould, Remus, Milman, and numerous others in the list, whose piety of thought is exquisitely united with poetic writing. The Rev. ROBERT AINSLIE appears to be a hard toiler in a sound cause, and merits the warm thanks of all who would like to see true Christianity advanced by plain Christian doctrine. History of the Opera, from its Origin in Italy to the present time, with Anecdotes. By Sutherland_ e Edwards, author of " Russians at Home, & e ome/ 2 vols. Allen and Co., Waterloo - la of the outline of the rise end progress give us an These very animated and entertaining volumes opera tic consitution, tracing its different develop. m ent in the several European nations • comparin g the merits of antagonistic schools and rival com posers, and interspersing the whole with anecdote, epigram, and incident connected with the lumina ries of the musical world. Italy was, as is well known, the first country in which opera was brought to any degree of perfection, and all other countries readily followed the lead of a nation more gifted than themselves, with the exception of France, whose obstinate opposition to the Italian school long impeded her artistic advance. The earliest musical drama with choruses, recitatives, airs, and instrumental preludes was, we learn from these pages, performed for the first time at the Corsi Palace, at Florence, in 1597. It was entitled "Dante," and was composed by Peri and Caccini, two of the principal musicians of the day, under the auspices of two Florentine noble men, one of whom was Giacomo Corsi. The libretto was by Rinuccini, an Italian poet. The opera was not then looked upon with the same severity with which some conscientious persons now regard it, for Popes and Cardinals took it under their special protec tion, and it was introduced into France by Cardinalas not Mazarin. In England the Italian opera established until the early years of the of Handel eighteenth century. It was under the management excellence.' that it soon reached a high degree een of in existence English opera had, however, been Puritans that Sir curious that it was many years previously, and it during the stern reign of theermission from the William Davenant obtainedroo m P fer the performance Protector to open a lrg i e rns elf had a great love of of operas. Cromwell fl Arthur." composed his celebrated music for 1690-91, Purcell h the divine art, and often rewarded musicians. In the '''Tempest," the 'tons inlatter, "Come The war song of the is i fin . finest work's . Ki ng excites r the th •en ustasm of concert if you dare," still s. Tempest," and ms Reeves. when sung by Mr.. i ln the middle rooms sv 'ties by no means ages kings and celebrities by shared the old Roman idea of the degradation. of appearing on the stage. We have many instances of members of the royal family joining in the Court per formances. The Grand Monarque himself was great actor day, an d f a in his frequently sung and danced in the Court ballets. The heartless ness of his successor, Louis XV., was forcibly shown in his own theat re i n the Letivm, when e n ensign in the palace guard fell from a box and was transfixed through the neck. The theatre was stained with blood,and the unfortunate officer was removed a corpse. Just then the King made his appearance and gave the sign to commence as if nothing had happened. Mr. Edwards inquire into the origin of "God save the King," and examine the several 'rival claims to the composition of our national anthem. it is remarked that Handel, if not the composux, had at least good reason to join in the song, considering the steady patronage he re ceived from the three first Georges. The contro versies between the partisans of Handel and Boo nencini, Gluck and Piceini, and many other har monious wars are, of course, duly chronicled. More amusement, however, is to be found in the personal anecdotes of celebrities, of which we cite a few specimens : CIMAROSA. Cimarosa, though he may have possessed a more digni fied sense than Paisiello of what was due to himself, had less vanity. A story is told of a painter wishing to flatter the composer of " Il Matrimonio Segretto," and saying that he looked upon him as superior to Mozart. "Superior to Mozart l' exclaimed Citnarosa. "What should you think, sir, of a musician who told you that you were a greater painter than Raphael ?" AN EXCHANGE OF PROFESSIONS. A curious dispute between a violinist and a dancer was settled in a satisfactory way for both parties. The dancer was on the stage rehearsing a new step. The violinist was in the orchestra performing the neces sary musical accompaniment. " Your scr Ting is enough to drive a man mad," said the dancer, " Very lik e l y, " sa id t h e musician, " and your jumping is only worthy of a clown. Perhaps as you have such a very delicate ear," he added, " and nature has refused you the slightest grace, you would like to take my place in the orchestra ?" yrGweoihpuv ` Your el ‘ taehmrdeeoer.thyyr the dancer. yourra Why nyvmei ed:rlosi. most you awkwardness ehyfnue not continued, tinw i rm t ty h iiblnlys t uo h neum e bow e der:afey,fortune radtnunoodntea makes ncbioyneingtyeohoo m euudp e rb walo d einh o gi e u esttr, b i t , the stage. I know the scale already. You can teach me to play minuets, and I will show you how to dance them." The with thesed interchange of g oo d o ffi ces took place, and happiest results. The unmusical fiddler, whose name was Dupree, acqui re d great celebrity in the ballet, and Leclair, the awkward dancer, became the chief of the French school of violin playing. The Reign of Terror was a sad time for art and artists. Although the number of play-houses in creased, the actors were ill-paid, and lived with the sword of Damocles suspended over their beads. Hebert drew up a list of suspected persons, Whi c h he used to show every now and then to the h a p py individuals named in it. Lefevre, a sixth rate tenor, but a fervid republican, insisted on being promoted to first characters, and threatened his rivals with denunciations and the guillotine if they objected to make way for him. This had the desired effect, but he did not gain much, for the tasteful Parisians, compelled to submit to his tyranny, as one of the twelve chiefs of the National Guards, revenged themselves by hissing his bad singing. The opera was transferred to the Rue de la Loi in 1794, building exactly opposite to the National Library, with the praiseworthy hope that the Library might be burned in case the Opera-house should again take fire. It is not surprising that men of such intelligence should be outwitted by the bril liant Sophie Arnould, who, when accused of aristo cratic sympathies, pointed to a bust of the composer. Gluck in her room, and asked if it were likely she would keep the bust of Marat were she not a .good Republican. The following is an interesting anec dote connected with the Revolution : A RECOGNITION. - - On the 23d of January, 1796, Madlle, Guimard re-ap peared at a performance given for the benefit of aged and retired artists. A number of veteran connoisseurs came forward on this occasion to see how the once charming- Ma deline looked at the age of 59. After the ballet an old habitue of Louis the Fifteenth's time called for a coach, drove to his lodging, and on getting out proceeded naturally to pay the driver the amount of his fare. "You are joking, my dear Count," said the coachman. "Whoever heard of Lauragaia paying the Chevalier de Ferriere for taking him home in his carriage ?" " What 1 i s it y ou P" sa id the Count de Laumgm . s. " Myself!" replied the Chevalier. The two friends embraced, and the Chevalier de Fer riere then explained that, when all the Royalists were concealing themselves or emigrating, he had determined to do both. He had assumed the great coat of his coachman, painted a number over the arms on his carriage, and emi egurasttoedmearssfaarnad passedstoßouunleinv uninjured d w an he d re un h s e us f p ou ec tplenty ug o h f . the Reign of Terror. Another operatic revival witnessed Et curious sight. On the reproduction of " Thetis et Pelee," in 1750, Fontenelle, the author of the libretto, entered a box and sat down just where he had taken his place sixty years before, on its, first night. " The public delighted, no doubt, to see that men could live so long, and get so, much enjoyment out of life, ap plauded with enthusiasm." The chang es of publi c opinion are curiously evidenced in the treatment of Mozart and Rossini. To this day, according to our author, the Italians do not appreciate the divine melodies of "Don Giovanni." Owing to the strong prejudice existing against Mozart, and the; envy of cliques, this splendid work of genius failed on. its first appearance at Vienna, as was also the fate of "Le Nozze di Figaro," Of Mozart, the first of melodists, :our author expresses unbounded admi ration. Of his chef d'ctuvre, he speaks as follows : DON. GIOVANNI. Thero is absolutely no excuse f or managers mutilating "Don Giovanni;" not even the excuse that in its original form this inexhaustible opera does not draw. It has al ready lived, and with full, unfailing life, for three-quarters of a century. It has survived all sorts of revolutions in taste, and especially in musical taste. There are now no Em perors in Germany.. Prague has become a third-rate city. That German opera, which Mozart originated with his " Entfuhrung aus dem Serail," has attained a grand deve lopment, and among its composers has numbered Beetho ven, Weber, and the latte r ' s f o ll ower, an d occasional imita tor, Meyerbeer. Rossini bas appeared with his seductive melody, and his brilliant; sonorous orchestra. But justice is still—more than - ever- , -done to Mozart. The verdict of Prague is maintained; and this year, as ten, twenty, forty years ago, if the manager' of the Italian Opera of London, Paris, or St. Petersburgh, has had for some time past a series of empty houses, he takes an opera seven t y -f our years of age, and which:according to all ordinary musical calculations, ought long since to have had, at least, one act in the grave, dresses it badly, puts it badly on the stage, and with such scenery as weuld be thought unworthy of Verdi, and hazardous for Meyerbeer, announces "Don Giovanni," and every place in the theatre is taken I Another proof of the occasional injustice and ab surdity of popular decisions was the cold reception given to Rossini's ever-fresh and delightful "Barber of Seville." The 'ex'pressions of disapprobation were so loud and numerous as to create quite a dis turbance. It was at Rome where the audience, one would think, might h ave b een b etter judges, Ros sini took the affair very coolly, and went home quite calmly. He was certain of its ultimate success, and did not care forithe temporary failure. As Mr. Edwards observes--" Rossini's ' Barber' has now been before the world for nearly half a century, and we all know whether it is old fashioned; whether it, is tedious; whether the power of the concerted pieces and of the grand finale leaves anything to be desired; whether the instrumentation is poor; whether, indeed, anylc b of e w the criticisms and compl a i n t s of that day 0 u tolerated in this. The reforms which Rossini anticipated e ie g ip e a a t t e ly d in troducedr assisted its intothe development." management Mozart fa.retpa had h a a n v the resources adapted by semi, but to R oss i n i belongs the merit of having 'brought the lyric d rama o o z er to perfection on the Italian stage." We commend these light and pleasant volumes to all lovers of musical and dramatic art, asauring them they will find ample entertainment in their animated pages. It is said that insurances are being effected daily on ships and cargoes about to run the blockade of the Southern ports. The highest premium paid is 15 guineas, the ship being entitled to select any pert. In some instances the risk to a single port of easy access has been as low as 10 guineas. Nearly all the vessels so insured are steamers of about 1,600 tons burthen. assailed The fate of the contractors in the Federal States who have been envied for their sudden acquirement of im kwePafttobuut they are alsoo 11 . mense fortunes seems at present not ittho their re moneywithout some plea alloy. most unqualified d • denunciations. in every quarter by the Evening Journal, after recapitulating some of The Albany developed before the Investigation Committees the frauds that Not they e only can ton, remarks—" If the cause of the Union fails, at Washing ,yanaraeffotrhdeyto —which God forbid I—the shame and the guilt must rest, not so much with the army of Jefferson Davis at the South, as with the army of plunderers at the North." Among the items of taxation contemplated by turthe American Congress fortheir to provide war expendi- e 160 millions sterling per annum is a duty equal to three halfpence sterling on every telegraphic mes sage. A return of the annual number of such messages has accordingly been prepared, and the total is found to be 2,805,000. The amount to be derived from this new source of revenue would, therefore, be £17,531. The best mode of taxing newspapers and other periodicals likewise continues to be actively discussed, and the _New York Commercial. Advet tiser frankly admits that in the present urgent neces sity " there is no reason why so large an interest as the literary publications of the country should be entirely exempt." It condemns, however, the idea of imposing rates on packages sent by rail, and also that of imposing a stamp on each publication. A tax upon the manufacture of paper is accordingly suggested as the simplest mode of effecting the object. By this method, it is observed, " the impost would be levied at the fountain head, and all the streams would be made tributary. 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