The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-04 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET. CITY NEWS-YESTERDAY. The bidclings for 50,00,000 rupees in bills on India took place to-day at the Bank of England, the Proportions to be allotted being 27 lees on Cal cutta, 20 le es on Bombay, and 3 lacs on Madras. The declared minimum price was, as on the last o ccasion, 18. 11-Id. per rupee on Calcutta and 2s. on Ii ~° lllb aY and M a d ras . Th e a ppli ca ti ons within the Inuits were for about 60 lees. Tenders on Calcutta at 28 . will receive about 48 per cent., and above that Pr !" in full ; on Bombay at 2s. Old and upwards will receive in full ; and on Madras at 2s. Oid. will receive about 88 per cent., and above that price in full, e'reral vessels clearing for New Granada are be ing rapidl y fi lled up w i t h goo d s , ow i ng to the satisfactory nature of the recent intelligence from that republic. It io stated that parties at Now York have made an offer to the Minister of New Granada at Wash ington to place 50,000 or 100,000 emancipated hegroe s on the banks of the Magdalena if t h e Gre nadian government will make a proportionate Co— " c ession of land. The minister is said to have expressed his individual approval of the scheme, thewill th ere f ore pro b a bly b e b rou ght under h notic e of Pr, sident Mosquera. Its realisation under efficient auspices would doubtless promote the development of the resources of New Granada. It appears that on the 15th Nov. the New York Stoc k Exchange, by a large majority, cancelled the , res olution p asse d pro hibi t i ng d ea li ngs i n go ld, an d tran saction are recorded as heretofore. A general meeting of the Crystal Palace Corn l'anY will be held on the 17th inst. The half•yearly I : ec ting of th e Af r i can St eam C om p an y is convened for the same day. CITY NEWS-THIS DAY. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. I . ll e directo rs o f th e B an k o f England have held their weekly court, and, as anticipated, have sepa rated without altering their terms of discount. The In quiry for a ccommo d a tion in the open market has 'nightly incr. ased, owing to the liquidation of the e°llBo l account ; but first-class three months', bills continue to be negotiated at 21 per cent. A. capital of £1,000,060 is r,luired for a now •Lndian Bank, which has been started by a number of gentlemen connected with this portion of our e mpire as directors of its railways or as late in fluential members of its government. The under taking is entitl e d th e S c i n d e , P uh j au b, and Delhi ~, '3!nk Corporation, and the first issue of its capital /7111 be 25,000 sh ares o f £2O eac h. The Indus Steam , .Jlotilla Company, arid the railways of the pro -I.l.nces, have p rom i se d t h e i r suppor t t o th e ne w esta aishment, an d application has already b een ma d e ro• the vrivilege of circulating the Government 11° \es, and of participating in the other advantages collteded to ha t :ks in India. Conclusive evidence re !Wing the increase of trade in the three provinces 11 43 it-is propos e d t..? es t a blish the new bank is afford in th e p rospec t us , and there seems no rea epn to d ou b t that from the r iterprise and infiuen 'lal Position of the : directors they will eventually ile : 11113 . a large and lucrative busine ss for their un d rial uct. The project has bee n received with favour, ani the shares are d y prem. b e 4 general court of the E..:st India Company will hell on the 10th inst. °I I the _l3engal division of the East Indian Rail- Iva y the traft.o receipts for the week ending the 14 th Se pt. amounted to £6,327 against £6,822 in the cor responding p er iod o f 1861. Th e ear nings on the North West Provinces Division were £2,574 against £2,440 last year. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures is under : Gr eat Western 1862. 1861. £51,618 £50,381 orth-` V b °ll .th-Western ,_'/Ighton .aticlland 'teat Northern 40,0.34 40,121 17,036 16,232 ',reat Northern "at E 27,663 27,370 1 astern li llleaal dre and Yorkshire o tt h, t_,.. pastern 42 199 41,162 ............ , ii and and Exeter 5 251 5,303 , ......... , `cititilaabhester Sheffield, and Linc01n...... 15,951 16,135 I 4e tt 111. 0 ' and Glasgow t Western of Canada Thesep returns ar e , in most instances, satisfactory. 00 'lit Great Western there is an increase of £1,237 ; IV the North-Western of £2,482 ; on the South th es c t , eril 13 f £292; on the Brighton of £2,091; on of' 3(A ith-Eastern of £BO4 ; on the Great Northern t i ., 293 ; on the North-Eastern of £1,037 ; and on h "Jeat Western of Canada 0f.E3,706. The Lan -48(1-4.,e and Yorkshire shows a decrease of £241, 411 'e Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of .£lB4. Two o'CLOCIC. Ti ler . the_ h ere is not the slightest variation to record . in 4,l3usrket for the English Funds, which continue tle al i t "tt exceedingly inactive, owing to the limited It f r o g s at present entered into for the new account. (1.4 i t n lt ently happens that an extreme degree of aie:"" succeeds the liquidation, and at this mo etli" there is very little demand for investments to bi a i n v t e n . the market. Consols are nevertheless well th e 'lntel at 921.1 for transfer ; and at 921 for Jan uaryth, account. deduced, 92 The New 3 per Cents. and ; Exchequer Bills, 108. prem. ; Cen t f ace Stock is flat at 235 and 2367 1 -, ; India 5 per f acver i 1 1 1 0 2 72 . ; and the 53- per Cent.. En- P or er Y little business has taken place in the ek7gu Market, and prices continue steady. 10 4 1 t.- 4 h 6 per ents 7 1854, are 841 ; ditto, 1858, t d " ; ditto, New Loan, 701 1; and the Con -383 5 Greek Bonds are steady at 167 ; ; 11 4 . 'aPons 6. at 7; Russian New Loan, 93i- t, tic 's Ape s 1 per Cents. are heavy at ; i l ,l l)ti an, 92 ; ditto, 2d issue, 901-, ; Spanish Pas ha': 23 1 ; ditto, Certificates, have receded to 9. , 441 1 are firm at 701. b e i gl the Railway Share Market the dealings have 410" very restricted, and prices generally have shires a sli g h t d ecl i ne. Great W esterns, Lanca b_ e and Yorkshi re , an d L on d on , Ch a th a m, and Ed inburgh have d ec li ne d 55., and South Westerns 10 s . ; '-'cllnburgh and Glasgow, however, improved £l. T he Forei gn li nes have remained inactive, at about previous rates. In the Colonial Market prices continue steady. Joint -Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are a shade flatter in most instances. BRITISH FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. B ank Stock 236 5 3 a Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 'iv 3 per Cent. Annuities 92 2 esth Jan., 1880....--. I 11.uities, 30 yrs, expire Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — , D i tt o (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 _213-16 1 ' Dt Ditto: Debentures ' Enlaced i n pert. P a ee Cent. ' cleCnePtn;:tl24.epr: r 4 (313 ee nr t C April,en Oct., 11886643 122 : 1 044°01 2 702 : ik?..2 ; r 9c4 , Ditto ditto Ditto fo nds f 1.090 itto under £l,OOO c'll els for Account, Jau. 8 ************** 4 March. tZfl, it) --• ''eqUer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Ct. .. ~,. Ditto £5OO unto Small o'CL_OCK. tra F OREIGN FUNDS—ONE I)'f'ilian, perr Cent lit4 tt ° 41 Cent., 1852-SS-60 /j" °B A-Yres 6 per Cent 011aIN 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 17 tlor New Consolidated 92 - lii P 4, tia n , 7 per Cent. 161 a a 90& Q r ;Lo, Second IsPuo D e i l s. 6 Per Cent., - 1821-5, ex-Coupons • • 7 ki !40 Coupons , %l ea ., . - _ bi t , -• 4 per Cent 321 a ht, 'c• Account " Z. Gr onada, 2 per Cent \ ltte ex ove , il"itt° beferrreddil — e Coups. & Hectares 3Plan 41 per Cent 87 11 Itt° 3 Per Cent n.,,, i , .. 1);,', 4 0 per Cent. 1822 .£ St 93/ i "") Paid Scrip.... Danish 3 i) 111 — b itto pa; e . r ve Cent 23± i P ili sh Cer s t i . .`c not funded 841 Ditto G Per Cent. 1854 70! .1 paid-up cerip"! b , I)!videnllS' on the above payable in London. t t?' 23 / 4 Per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 102 It mi l ito 4 per Cent Certificates _ Ditto Acco unt Cent 1861, E x. 25f IN Account 970 i o°ll s, m l Ol oney TWO 9 O I 'C I LOCIK. Ditto A ccount, Jan, 8 ". . .... 92, '4 SHARE MARKET...THIS DAY. OR,DTNA.TtY SHAKES AND STOOkS. Closing Business Price. done. R> ihraye. Bir, \Vol., and Str. Val i :iv the and, Tyne. ...• Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon fzots no die Do A ti e.p an.has Do J 3 • been paid to B. Dublin Is Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western., Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do !Gt. S. an W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock !Lancashire & Yorkshire 'London and Blackwall I Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast! Lon., Chat., and Dover' Lon. & North Western, Lon. Al South Western flan., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do I shares Metropolitan Midland 0%4.0 Do New 8 84 el tit 83 S 5 1151 116 i 5i 6i Do hirrn & Derby' Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent _ Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York _ Do Carlisle.. North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock. Do Scot. Mid. stock !Shropshire and Welchpool Shropshire Union !South Devon 18. Durham .t Lanc.Un South Eastern South Wales !S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darling-ton I Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.• Do B Do C Ulster Do Do 'Vale of Neath Victoria sta. a Pim W a terford & an Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford Share 13.14, 41 43 13 14 87 88 101 106 15i 464 41 43 241 25} 12ft (25 1274 128 135 137 104 105 654 66 5A 57 109 109 i 694 704 119 120 38 39 961 46! 1014 1022 394 40 128 12q li lip 97 93 541 551 25 21 991 991 56 57 88 884 125 127 106 108 p 41 3/ d' 101 11 118 120 48 49 103 105 46 48 33i 34i ssi 89 69 70 98 100 7 8 39 40 10 10. p 7 74 p 146 148 45 5 r 25 3 p 555 565 24 35 p (15 p 87 59 140 145 29 31 43 45 35 37 941 25i PREFERENCE SHARES• Brie. & Exet. 4 p. C. st Do. shares Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall, 5 percent Do. 41 p. c. gua. perpet Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun j Do. Ist Class Pref . • ..• , Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. & D Glas.& S.West. pm 5 p.c Gt.Eastn, E.Coun. Ex. 1 Do No. 9 Do 6 p. c. pref IDo. F.. Angn A st 5 p.c. Do ...7.. p.c. Do, E. Agn. B 6 p. c. pf. Do. _ do. C 7 do. Do, E. Union, 4 p.c. gua Do 5 p. c. flua Do.Norf'k 5 p.c. 14:x.1846 Do. do. 5. p.c. pref. 147 Do. p. C. Wavy. Val. '47 Great Northern, 5 p. c.. D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm. Do. 4/ p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redtr .atsp.c.pm Do. Hertford purchase. Do. do. 44 p. c. pref Do. Luton do Do. do. do. sp. c. pref Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (Berks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 4/ p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref. Do. firm. guar. stock Do. firm. pref. stock Do. Chester. g - uar. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shF Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. she Lan. & Carl. 45 p.c. prel Lan- Jo York. 6 p.c. stool, no.Barnsl.st£s 3s 10dpc Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) , Do. 4/ p. c. (Blackh. per Lon.&Brig,.sp. , _%zu. No.l Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Da 5 per cent. Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) Do. 4 p c. st.(di y. def. Lon. Chat. &Doy. sp.c.pf. Lon. & N. IV., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. S.West. 7p. cent st., late 3d shares .... Do. (Portsm'thyerpetl anus. of 2s. 6d) Ran. Sh. & Lin. fl per ct Do. £6 Do. 8 per cent, ........ Do. redeem. 6percent .. Nlaryport ,t Carl. 4 pr. c. Do. 4f per cent ........ 3lidland Con. 6 p. c. stk. Do. Con.Bri s. & Ilir. 6 p.c Do. 4i p.c. pref. st. rdem Do. 40 p.c. irredeemable Do. 4f per cent Do.Leic. andllit4per ct Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New gua.. 5 per cent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c: Do. 4i pr. ct redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pref Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. I Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, IT. ,t S. Purch.j Do. Carlisle 4f p. c..... Do. do. 4 p. c. N. London 4i p. c. £2O pf, North Staffordshire.... Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock.— Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.e Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 105. Do. Fixed 44 per cent South Eastern(Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent Do, Fixed 44 per cent outh Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do 1859 Do. 5 per cent S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gna Do. 5 p. c. gua Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 p. c Do. C 6 p. c Paff Vale No. 1 Pref ated & Kilkny, 6 p. c. W.llid.-Oxf 15t guastk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c. pEreil. Do. Perpet.6 p. c. pl. 1866 Do. till 1869 95 97 20 21 ei 111 113 91 93 111 113 110 112 129 131 ;105 108 129 1U 148 151 117 119 112 114 105 107 108 110 98 100 98 100 88 90 89 01 ,102 104 77 79 170 175 104 100 13,4 140 103 105 116 118 116 118 136 140 116 118 155 160 1131 135 78 82 96 98 I 2f 2; 123 125 67 0 n iPrn 140 142 103 105 94 96 110 112 108 110 I 1 lapml 92 94 102 104 98 100 }d fp - - 22i 23i 10s. 10 1, O. 6. 100 100 100 all all 10i 101 24 244 102 104 102 104 87 89 21 21i 28 29 33 34 33 34 45 47 126 IZB 120 124 100 102 121 123 117 120 1261 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ) ; A L eas i n g Closing Business Railways. ' Pam. CO. s Price. Done. -- --- ---. Bedford and Illetchley i all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead.. . 1 100 Do.&G.W 88 90 Buckingh msaire. . ' 100 Do. Chester & Holyhead:l 100 Do. 55 57 Po. 54per cent) 100 Do. Do. 5 , 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Cledon lO3 105 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.U.&G.E 67 69 E. Lincolnsh. g6pr c. 100 Gt. North. 136 138 Gl s .Barr.&Neils.Drct. 100 !Cledon Gloster & Dean Force , all 'Gt. West — Gt.Ea tn. Newmarket &c., 5 per cent lOO Gt.Eastn. -- Do. E.U.llarwch. 4 p.c 100 D 0....... Do.Wodbrg. Ex. 4 p.c 10: Do — Hull and Selby all 1 Yk.N. MIS 111 113 Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 203 205 Lon. and Chat- Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 0 per c all Do. ..... • • • • • Do. New ShlB6l, 4 jp.c c all Do. .... ... l D 0........ 28$i 2 I 4 D o. Wn. Ext. A, 44 p B.l Loudon & Greenwic 100 S. Eastern 64 86 Do. Preferen n Lon.,Tilli&s--Viend 100 Peto &Co B7 39 Lnd• dr. &Ennis. orig.l 100 Do. A; 100 Irish N.- Do. B' 100 Western. Do. C 100 Lowestoft gua. s p c.. 100 Norfolk •• • • Do 6 per cent lOO Do. Mnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M 'ii *ii Mid. Bradford-Prefer ence stock Nor.Dev.Rail & Dock lOO L.&S.W. Do A stock Do B stock lOO Jan.. 1863. Nortlin.&Eastn. sp. c all Gt. Eastn 56 58 Do. 6 per cent N. Eastn—Hartlepool 100 N. E. Ber _ .• North Western Not. Gran. RI. & Cl. 100 Ot.North. 954 964 L&N.W Preston and Wyre. t all L . yk . i 44 46 Do. 4 shares A. all Do. "••.. •• •• Roystn.llitch.&Shep. 100 Gt. North. 136 138 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 L.&N.W.. 136 137 Do. Do. South Staffordshire lOO n.,tN.Vi West London, Cls A all V.Ln.Ex Do do B all n&N.W. D o do C all i&Gt.Wst. Wilts and Somerset lOO ;Gt. West. 92 94 Wimbledn & Croydon all !li.Szßrgtn 85 95 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS niviriprids contingent on the Profits of each separate Yet Do. Do. South Staffordshire West London, Cis A Do do Do do C 1 Wilts and Somerset Wimbledn & Croydon FREFEREN Dividends wilting-en 102 104 106 10S P 101 103 6i 61 'OCKS )arate Year. 160 st '*Caledon. (xu, . stk prof. 100 6 5 p P . t e pt. B 11 6i I Do. do. 41 do. shares a st Lond'n, , Brig'tn, 18 1 ot t KentC4 L o t n.CoI Eastern:ak s s t N : all,44 p.• . s k 100 per cent.... .... . . 1858 . 100 st Do. do. 4 per ct. 1860 100 st Do. do. 4; per ct. 1861 100 5 Do. do. 41 pe: ct. 1861 31 st Ln.Chtla,&c. 6p.c.2d pf . 10 IDo,Metroo.Ext BA 6 p.c. all et I Lon. &S. Western 4,4 p.C. , 100 10 North British £lO Gila., Shares, 1861... • all st •DoEd,Prtli,&D'dee,4pci 100 st *ScottisllCe n t ral4l p.C.I irred. pref... .... lOO 10 S.-Eastern 4i p.c. 1859:., all 10 10 I 10 D°. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd.); all 101 10 10 Ipo. 5 p.c. Aug. 1861 ( r d .), 101 10 20 Vale of Neath all 201 21 * Failure of full dividends in any given half-year not to be made geed 0 1 .4 9. I ?rofite e; ikuy subsequent halt YOU. 103 105 92 96 103 105 83 85 loi 10& 104 106 DI & 82 84 19.18.4 12.10 117 16; 65'4 i 109 k I 119 i 3S} 961 1 iOli 1281 97k 541 t 88 1 & 51314, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1862.1 URITISH POSSESSIONS Railways ~AtianticX St Lawrence 113om.,Baroda&.Ceut Ind Gu. 5 per mut... Do. New ..... Buffalo rnd Laxe Huror. Do. Preterunee Buicalo,Braut,&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1,174 Cl.attta..v.S.Eastu.(Li , r) CapcTown .t Dock Serif Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. C East Indian, gu. 5 p. C. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. Gt.lndiaPenin.gua. s p.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c Do. January, 1862 Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Share, Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt Do. n p. c. do. '77-S Indian Branch Limited Madras guar.. 5 p. c. Do. lip. C. Extension Dc..h d 0.......• IMelh.Corp. p. o. Bnds Melb. & llobson's Bay. Do. 7p. c Blortg. Bds. Newßrunswick& Candy Class A Capital Share Do. do. B Capital d 0... ,N.Rl•C'da6 po Ist pi bds I,soinde Do. Delhi Do IDo. Punjaubo l p a Do. Do. , g Do. In dues. St. Flo.) 1 1 '0 100 100 100 100 all alt all all 100 (100 ' 100 2 15 , ICO k . 100 Paid all (llosin2 Price. 66 08 104 105 ItA I 1, 51 51 8 81 76 80 74 78 71 74 104 100 106} 107/ 105} 1(61 108 ic9 1 lip 21 22 69 71 60 62 33 35 45 18 33 35 33 35 100 107 lip 2 1P 104 105 12f 13 7i. 7a 97 99 90 92 dis 1034 1044 98 100 94 96 75/ 35i 64 6 4 35& 1081 1* f 10} I 1o& Antwerp & Rotterdam. Bah. & S. Fran.. Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Copiapo ~...... • . Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ....... Do O ••••• Eastern of France .... Grand Rus ( Irian 6 p. c. Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction Namur & Liege Do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of France Do. New Shares N.Rail. of BuenosAyres Gua. 7 p c., Lim Do. do Norwygian Trunk Pref Ot'mn(Smyrna to Aidn) Parfs,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & Orleans Recife & S. Fran. (Pern.) gua. 7 p. ct. lim Riga k Dunaburg Royal Danish.- Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse ...... Do. 5i per cent. Pref San Paulo, Um, g. 7 p. c. S.Aust, &Lomb Vend in S. East Portugal 7 p ct. Southern of France.... Turin and Savona .... West Flanders . . Do. 54 p c. Preference.. W. & N. W. of France .. 51 53 3 5 3 h 83 E 5 1051 1061 1031 10.4 IP 101 105 100 102 VVA~ 7 7 - 6 2p 11 11 7 5 d 1 li p 201 tii 14 141 9 91 20 21 40 41 id ip 84 gi 9 8 d 45 46 41 43 171 18; 15 17 i i 93 Of 103 1* limn 231 23* 3lf S2l 2* 2 d 6Z 7* 10i )0I 20* 21* 'OLONIAL GOVERNMENT SEC t 1 Calt.liOY. 6 p.c.J a ,t.l thy 1877-Si Do. 6p. c. Feb.. Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,1873 1 Do.Ap & Oct 1880, Do. 18901 Do. Jan. & July, 1891_ , Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p c N.13.G0v. 6 p.c. J a.&July Do. 6 p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. G ov. 5 p c.,1866 Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds New Zealand 6 p. cent.l Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6p. C S. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up I Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July[ 'Do. io 6 p.a. Ap.&Oct 1 100 100 100 100 100 MI. ilOB ICO 'lO6 108 106 1(8 98i tin 97 1,9 103 110 111 113 112 114 113 115 BRITIS Cambrian Consol. Gold Chit ord Amalgamated Devon G. Cone. (Taoist ; East Clogau Gold Ltd East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Cam Brea... W'l Russel (Tavist4 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.), Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Relston)l Grenville Herod's-Foot llingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Cny Lelant' Marke Valley Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) North Downs North Frances (Illogan) N. Wh '1 Basset ( 1110 f, an North Wheal Crotty ['ar Consols (St. Blazey) Providence( Uny Lelnt.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogan) E.Wheal Fran. (Mogan' Stray Park Tamar Silv.a Lead Min Tin Croft West Basset (Illogan) , W Oarvlon (Liskeard) West Sawa Wheal Basset (Illogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Edward (Cals.), Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)l WhealLudcott Wheal MaryAnn(MenA Wheal Treiawney (Lis.)j 107 110 101 102 I 101 102 100 i 101i' 111 113 1071 104 1 109 111 110 112 ICB Mil 4 fp 21 23 495 505 pr 53p 35 51 53 35 36 124 13 34 4 16 6 61 65 61 44 54 45 47 2 24 15 14 39 41 81 91 do pr 21 $k 21 81 41 41 I a 40 42 A 1 390 400 2i 3 90 95 43 15 I I 131 13 14 31 83 285 24;5 82} 871 50 12 1} 8 1, 10i 11 15 18 17 174 Eb. i 1 2 pr }Pm 20 22 7 9 I ;P 31 4} 20 , 2 11 Ed it) 7 8 1 ds pr I t 2 1 21 ds 1 3 11 If i Pm . I 4Prn 61 63 51 51 6 t 31 31 ANKS. 88i 89} 7 7ip 71 73 25 26 96 98 50 52 1 d 21i 22 38 40 90 92 41 43 20 204 2 lid 6 1 p 11 01 4 113 271 esi 39 46 36i 87i 23i 24 fp p 79 80 21 zip , 17 18 54i &Si 32 33 51 8 P 88 90 48 491 Old 33 34 1ff 4 8 4 2 244 254 6e 7 f dis ap 97 100 19 91 87i 181 in 114 111 114 Id I p 5 6 i d ipm 100 103 21 la 27 28 i iP 4 3 0 11 li 2} 2} 3 4 3 pl pr 2 p 10 12 11 1 11 71 i B,l * p 52 64 74 76 14 16 r 19 p 2l 6 6 28 281 55 57 133 137 32 34 6 1 I fd Id p 1 p X l2 13 Ftneineso done LA W---THIS TEA Y. COURT OF PROBATE. BARNARD V. 13ERROUGHS AND WIFE. The hearing of this ease was resumed this morning. The defendants propounded the will of Jemim a Bradley, dated the Ist of September, 1860, of which they had ob tained probate in common form, The plaintiff, who is ere of the nieces of the deceased, cited the defendants to bring in tho probate, in order that it might bo revoked, and pleaded in opposition to the will undue execution, incapa city, and undue influence. The deceased, who had been a housekeeper in a gentleman's service, had saved about £l,OOO. In the summer of 1859 she went to lodge at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Burroughs,in Canterbury-row,Ken nington-road. At the end of 1859 she had an attack of paralysis,and was attended by Dr. Iliffe,who practised in the neighbourhood. She required constant attendance and good nursing, and Mr. and Mrs. Burroughs and their daughter (Mrs. Smith) were very attentive to her. She had a brother (Edward Bradley) and some nephews and nieces ; but she was not un very friendly terms with the nephews and nieces, and objected to their visiting her. She had made wills distributing her money among the different members of her family, and in February, 1860, she ex pressed a desire to make a new will. Mr. Roffey, clerk to Messrs. Chester, solicitors, was called in, and she instructed.' him that she wished to leave £2OO to Mrs. Burroughs, £5O to Mrs. Smith, and the residue to her brother Edward. A will was prepared in accordance with these instructions, and was duly executed on the 28th of February. In the following August she again sent for Mr. Roffey and gave instructions for a codicil. A codicil was accordingly prepared, but when it was read over to her she said it was not quite correct, as she wished her brother to have the Turkish bonds in which £3OO or £lOO of her money was invested. Mr. Roffey sug gested that it would toe better to make a fresh will. She acquiesced, and another will was prepared. By this will a life interest in the money invested in Turkish bonds was given to Edward Bradley, and the residue together with the Turkish bonds on the death of Ed ward Bradley, was given to Mrs. Burroughs, with the exception of a legacy of £5O to Mrs. Smith. On the Ist of September, 1800, Dr. Iliffe went into her room with the draught will, and asked her to state what disposi tion she wished to make of her property. She answered clearly and without prompting, and her answers corres ponded with the will. Mr. Roffey then came into the room, the will was read over, and she executed it by signing her mark, Mr. Roffey and Dr. Iliffe being attesting witnesses. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) PELLATT V. THE LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action to recover a sum for three bottles of wine alleged to have been abstracted from a parcel intrusted to defendants for carriage. The plaintiff did not appear, and Mr. Pook for defendants applied for costs. The Company had brought up six wit nesses to answer this case, and some of them had come all the way from Hastings. His Honour—l will allow 15s. costs. Mr. Pook—You see that the honesty of some of defen dants' servants has been attacked, and we are here to vin dicate it. We are compelled to come, and so perhaps you will allow a little more. His Honour—l cannot allow more than 15s. Costs allowed to defendants. SALTER V. THE LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY. This was an action to recover for damage to a cab, Mr. Sorrell, of Mark-lane, appearing for the company. The case was'a very short one as regarded evidence, and a police-constable called by plaintiff deposed to the nature of the collision. Defendants' witnesses contradicted each other directly upon one very important fact, and His Honour remarked that it would be as well to remem ber what the officer had sworn. Mr. Sorrell was compelled to admit that his witnesses had not turned out very satisfactorily, but the constable had not shown negligence on the part of defendants' driver. His Honour—Very well; we will ask the officer who was in fault. Officer—Oh I the omnibus. (Laughter.) His Honour—There, Mr. Sorrell, now I must find for the plaintiff, with costs. MARKETS-THIS DAY. MARK-LANE. IMIERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 47s 8a ; barley, 35s 6d ; oats, 21s 3d ; rye, 31s Od ; beans, 39s 3d; and peas, 41s 4d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 48s 8d ; barley, 35s 6d; oats, 21s 3d; rye, 32s 10d; beans, 39s 4d; peas, 41s lid. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEER. —Wheat, 85,103; barley, 122,223 ; oats, 17,090 ; rye, 84 ; beans, 3,787 ; peas, 2,152 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. To-day's market was but moderately supplied with beasts, in, for the most part, middling condition. Prime Scots, moved off steadily, at full prices. Otherwise, the beef trade was in a sluggish state, at Mon lay's currency. The top figure was 5s per Blbs. Sheep, the supply of which was rather limited, ware unaltered in value, but the inquiry for them was somewhat heavy. The best Downs realised 5s 8d per 81bs. Prime small calves moved off freely; in ferior veal slowly, at the late decline in the quotations. Pigs supported previous rates, but the demand for them was by no means active. Minch cows were very dull. Per Slb. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 Ursa. ez inf. sheep 3 8 4 0 Second quality elo. 4 2 4 8 Suckling calves, 10s to 208 20s to 30s. TOTAL SUPPLY. s. d. s. d. Priraeers-wool d 0.4 10 5 4 Pine. S' thdown de.s 6 5 8 Largo orse. calve, 3 6 4 0 Prime small do 4 4 4 6 Large hogs 4 0 4 6 Small porkers 4 8 5 0 and quarter-old store pigs, Beasts 980 Cows 136 Sheep Calves 220 Pigs FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep Calves ..... Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWGITE AND LEADENTIAIM.—The demand for each kind of meat has somewhat i mprove d, and the quotations are fairly supported. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4 s Od , mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; veal, 3s 8d t o 4 s 4d ; and pork, 3s 8 d to 48 8d per 81bs, by the carcas e . SOUTHALL, December 3.—Th e su pplies of stock were moderate, and the trade r u l e d i nac ti ve , as follows' — Beef from 3s Bd ' to 4s 10d; mutt on , 3 a 10d to 5s 8d; veal, 4s Od to 4s 6d; and pork, 3s 10d to 4s 10d per Ms, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, December 3.—Prime beasts and sheep com manded a steady sale at full prices ; otherwise the trade ruled heavy. Beef, from 3s 8d to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s Od to bs 8d ; veal, 38 10d to 49 6cl; pork, 3s 10d to 4s 8d per 81bs ; suckling calves, 10s to 185; quarter-old store pigs, 18s to 28s each; and milch cows, £ l4 Os t o £ lB O s each. HAY MARKETS. ----- SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Lay, £2 16s to £4 5s Od; clover, do., £3 lOs to £5 8s Od; and straw, £1 12s to £1 16s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.--Meadow hay, £2 16s to £4 8s; clover, £3 lOs to £5 8s Od ; and straw, £1 12s to 16s per load. A heavy demand. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 16s to £4 5s Od ; clover, do., £3 lOs to £5 8s • and straw, 12s to £1 168 per load. Trade heavy. SHIPPING---THIS DAY. LONDON, Dec. 4 . —Wind this day at noon--South- Easterly ; light breeze, and cloudy weather. OFF PLYMOUTH, Deo. 4.—Arrived—Devonshire, from Callao, for Cowes. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 3 . ---Wind E.S.E.—Arrived—Ed mund, from Callao; her Majesty's ship Lily, from Sheer ness. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 3.—Arrived—Oneida, ntuttiner, Brazils. CLYDE, Dec. 2.—Wind E.—Sailed—Jessie Campbell, for Weymouth, N.S. CARDIFF Dec. 3.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Pellicanus, for Manilla ; Earl of Mar and Kellie, for liavannah ; P) ince R gent, for Hong Kong ; Alida Maria, for Singapore ; Elizabeth, for Martinique, SWANSEA, Dec. 3.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Star of the West, from Caldeira ; Chelydra, and Oberon, from Co quimbo. OFF COWES, Dec. 4. Arrived—New York, screw steamer, from New York, and proceeded for Bremen; left New York Nov. 22. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thuraday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 3.—Lily and Englishman, from St. Michael's ' • St. Pierre, from Caen; William and Mary, Rival, and Jubilee, from Guernsey ; Vitus, from Hapa randa; Escape. from Rio Janeiro ; Ocean, from Quebec ; Honer, from Rouen ; Jane, from Antwerp ; Soh-i-noor, from Calcutta; Lily, from Denia; Ottela, from Gefle ; Jean Marguerita, from Marano. Arrived, Dec. 4.—Reine, from Boulogne. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Fruiterer, for Plymouth ; Cid, screw steamer, for Bilboa : Citizen, screw steamer, for Bordeaux; Seine and i Tam Ready R hino, for Malta ; Pro spero,sel s , fof i or s r e ist , ii for sasv Rouensaanun—ah.all ;from London , Mary Hall, from Shields, ENORMOUS DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY BY c r F I RE (THIS threeDAY).-3-,T4h,isanmdorsn,inugighab-soturteet, llom o'clock, the premises, N occupied by Mr. J. Hayward, grocer and cheesemonger, wer e discovered to be on fire. Th e i nma t es e ff ec t e d t h e i r having been nearly suffocated engines were soon on the of fble nature of the contents of the premises, they were unable to over come th e fi re b e f ore spot, escape e etus tm with forkoem. great tAh d e i n ffi iun c mfl u ab l difficulty, having the three houses belonging to Mr. Hayward were destroyed, and several adjoining much damaged. A fire also happened at Mr. Hill's, confectioner, 24, Baker's-row, IV hitechapel, but owing to timely assistance, the damage done was small. Another fire did considerable damage to the house of Mr. J. Grazing, 2 Roman-road, Old Ford; and the premises of Mr. J. Squires, carpenter, sigh, s t reet, St o k e Newing ton, were partially des tro yed. The sufferers by all the above fires were insured, POLICE-THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A CAB PROPRIETOR CHARGED WITH RECEIVING STOLEN CORN—Robert Smith, in the employ of Mr. G. Charles Northcote, a city gentleman, was charged with stealing some corn, the property of Mr. Henry Souter, livery stable-keeper of Queen-street, Cheapside, and W. Newton, a cab proprietor, of Pimlico, was charged with receiving the same with a guilty knowledge. Mr. Wm. D. Smyth defended Newton. The prisoners were watched on two or three occasions by Dawson, 301 A, and Butcher, 137 C, and Newton was seen buying corn of Smith which had been given him to supply the horse belonging to Mr. Northcote. The case having been gone into, Mr. Knox said it was a olass of theft of a very serious nature, horses being starved in order that the persons steal ing the corn might get some paltry gain out of it. In this case the proper food was supplied and the horse deprived of it, and .the wellbeing of an animal of considerable value concerned. He should commit both prisoners for trial. Mr. Smyth applied that bail might be taken for Newton, but Mr. Knox refused. ROBBERY AT VERRAY's.—Emily Jones, barmaid at Mrs. Harriet Verrey's, 229, Regent-street, was charged, before Mr. Knox, with stealing some spoons and forks, the pro per:y of her mistress. Thomas Moore, 384, of the City police, said he went yesterday afternoon to Mr. Lawless, a pawnbroker, in Far ringdon-street, and from information he there obtained he went to 229, Regent-street, and saw the prisoner there. Having cautioned her that she need not answer any ques tions without she thought proper, he asked her if she had been to Farringdon-street that afternoon and offered any plate for sale. The prisoner replied that she had, that she was sorry for it, and she had stolen the articles from her mistress, Mrs. Harriet Verrey. Henry Hearn, assistant to Mr. Lawless, produced some spoons and forks offered for sale by the prisoner the pre vious afternoon, and said that seeing the name on the articles he detained them and sent for the police, when the prisoner ran away. In answer to Mr. Knox, the witness said the prisoner represented the articles as the property of her mother, Mrs. Verrey. Bernard Stearnen, waiter at Mrs. Verrey's, identified the property, and the prisoner, who made no defence, was com mitted for trial. WESTMINSTER. ASSAULTING AND WOUNDING.—John Conway was placed at the bar, charged with assaulting and wounding his wife with a hatchet. Mary Conway, the wife, whose arm was bandaged, said she lived in Cooper's-court, Dacre-street, Westminster. On her coming home yesterday afternoon, at five o'clock, she found the defendant intoxicated, and some words conse quently occurred between them. After abusing her he seized a hatchet and wounded her with it in the arm. Mr. Paynter—Did you lose much blood. Prosecutrix-1. bled very much, but I have not come hare for any punishment of him. I want to have an opportunity of getting my own living without him, and not to be ill used by him. Defendant said she had beat him. Mr. Paynter said that he must remand him, to have an opportunity of seeing how her wound progressed. A DISGRACEFUL Wu - T.—Mary Smith, a woman of dis sipated appearance, was charged with being drunk and creating a disturbance at the Victoria station. John Parish, 140 B, said that the defendant came to the station last night intoxicated and annoyedther husband, who was employed there as a time-keeper. He was obliged to remove her, as she created a great obstruction, and was an annoyance to passengers as well as her husband, Mr. Paynter—ls there anything known of her ? Witness—She has repeatedly been there drunk. Her husband is a very respectable quiet man, who fears he will lose his situation by her misconduct. The husband stepped forward and implored the magis trate's protection. He would be deprived of the means of supporting himself and family if she was riot restrained. She would not let him pursue his occupation. Defendant said she was very sorry. She would not drink any more. Mr. Paynter—Your conduct is most disgraceful. You are not content with neglecting your duty to your family, but want to get your husband out of employ. She was committed for a month. SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.—Yesterday being the last day appointed for the reception of implements intended for exhibition at the ensuing Smithfield Club Cattle Show, the Liverpool-road and all the approaches to the Agricultural Hall, Islington, were from an early hour in the morning and throughout the day completely blocked by the ponderous machinery arriving in rapid succession. In the interior the bustle and excitement, and the general note of Preparation resounding throughout every portion of the structure, were equally great; but by the judicious arrange ments carried out, under the superintendence of Mr. Samuel Sidney, the secretary of the hall proprietors, and Mr. B. T. Brandreth Gibbs, the hon. secretary of the club, there was not the slightest confusion. Amongst the stock to be exhi bited there will be several specimens sent from the Royal Flemish Farm at Windsor, under direction of Major-Gen. Wemyss, the royal land steward. The stewards for the present year are—For beasts, long-woolled sheep, and pigs, Mr. Charles Stokes, Mr. Samuel Anstey, and Mr. Richard Milward ; and for short-woolled and cross-bred sheep : Mr. T. B. Northeast, Mr. H. Thurnall, and Mr. Wm. Fookes. Mr. John Clayden has been elected chairman of the board of directors of the Agricultural Hall Company, in the room of the late Mr. Jonas Webb, and it is intended to hold a general meeting of agriculturists at the hall on Friday. the 12th (last day of the show), for the purpose of raising a testimonial to the memory of that gentleman. Yesterday evening the large mass of the root, seed, and implement stands were in their places in the galleries; and although Mr. Bird, the general superintendent of the works, re. peatedly tested with reference to the enormous weight they were bearing, there was in no instance a deflection amount ing to the 16th part of an inch. To-morrow (Friday) will be the last day for the reception of cattle. TRIAL IN FRANCE FOR SLAVE -DEALING.—The Court of Assizes of the Seine-Inferieure was last week en gagca three days in trying 20 persons on a charge of ille gally engaging in the slave trade, but only 11 of the accused were present. They were Lemore, a merchant and ship owner; Castel, captain of a merchant vessel, and nine sailors. Among the accused who have absconded were Kraft, an American ; Francisco Aguilar, a Spaniard; Pignon-Blanc, a mate ; and seven sailors. It appears from the indict ment that in July, 1860, Lemore purchased a Spanish vessel named the Etelvina, which had run ashore near Havre, and been sold as a wreck. It was got afloat, re paired, and fitted out at Fecamp by Lemore and Kraft, ostensibly for a voyage to the coast of Africa for the palm oil trade. However, from the fittings of the Etelvina and the immense quantity of water and biscuit put on board, there could be no doubt that the vessel was really intended for the slave-trade, but she got off from Fecamp before the authorities were aware of the fact. Castel went as captain, and Pignon-Blanc as first mate, Aguilar was supercargo. The Etelvina called at Teneriffe and took on board more water and a quantity of planks. Two months later she anchored at a Portuguese factory on the slave coast, and the crew were then informed by Pignon-Blanc that the vessel had been sold to Aguilar, and offered them 2,500 f. each, if they would go with him to Havana, to which they con sented. At the same time Castel left the vessel, and Pignon- Blanc took the command. Not fewer than 775 negroes were then promptly embarked, and after a passage of forty-five days landed on an island near Cuba. Pignon-Blanc then took the vessel into the offing, scuttled, and sank her. Of the guilt of Kraft and Pignon-Blanc there could be no doubt, but the evidence failed to establish a guilty know ledge on the part of Lomoro and Castel ; and as to the sailors, when once on the coast of Africa, they had no alternative but to remain there or accept the offer made to them. After hearing a great number of witnesses and vuunaol for all the prisannora prooont, tho jury rotirod and remained absent about an hour, when they returned into court with a verdict of Not Guilty in favour of all the pri soners, who were accordingly set at liberty. The traveller who has visited Toronto will be sorry to hear that that very fine hotel the Rossin-house was burnt down on the 13th November. Two of the crowd as sisting to remove property were killed by the floors falling. Steps were taken on Saturday towards rebuilding it, as its existence is of some importance to Toronto, and those pos sessing property in the neighbourhood show every disposi tion to aid in doing so, a course of proceeding the more readily adopted from the high character which the princi pal proprietors, the Messrs. Rossin, bear. The loss is esti mated at 200,000 dols., and the insurance is only to the extent of 80,000 dole. Affairs in Grand-Ducal Hesse appear to be taking a rather unsatisfactory turn. The address in reply to the speech from the Throne, drawn up on the principles proclaimed by the Nationalverein, could not be agreeable to the sovereign, who has refused to receive it. The Cham ber then resolved, as the deputation would not be admitted to send its address in writing. This opposition between the Legislature and the Crown is to be regretted in a country prudently governed, prosperous, and where the most pro found tranquillity prevails among the inhabitants. ONE REASON WHY THE POPE SHOULD BE DIVES• TED or 'its TEMPORAL POWER,—Because it takes four crowns to make a sovereign, and he has only three. — Punch. A CHARGE OF HUGGERY,—One of the thieves' terms for garotting is " putting the hug on." They would have been nearer the truth, if they had said "thue in this instance, considering the love of violence and murder that seem to be inherently connected with the pursuit.— Punch. "It is said," says the Union, << that Cardinal Antonelli, who had until now been simply a deacon, is about to be ordained a priest. The Opinione of Turin relates that, a few days ago, a mendicant friar, happening to be in a wineshop at Naples, had a dispute with the man who kept the shop, and pulling a stiletto from his bosom attempted to stab him; but was forestalled by the latter, who hit him a violent blow on the head, Both were arrested. FOREIGN MI Australian BonAccord Copper, L im. Brazil Land & Capula Silver Cobre Copper Coptapo DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co East Del Rey (Limited) Fortuna General Gt N. Cop. ~f S. Austr Kap un da kLimited) Linares Lueitanian Mariqui to Mont.A.Braz Gold Min N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... Port Philip Santaßarbara Gld Mine Scottish Austrin. (L.) St. John del Rey (L.) United Mexican Worthing (Limited) YudanamutanaS.A.Ld., JOINT-STO ~AQ - radaTJnitedServicc B , Alliance B.Ln. &L' pool lAustralasia Bank of Egypt naak of London British North American Ch. Bk. of B. Columbia Chtd.Bank of India, &c. Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. City ... Colonial .. . . • Corn. 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I-5 ,ANEOUS._ 14 20 If LUTIES. 1011 } 351 n 291 1 i 39 9 381 LIIERAT London : How the Great City Grew. By Gepre Rose Emerson, author of " Sebastopol, the Story of its Fall," &c. Routledge acid Co. One of the peculiar features of modern times is the change which has taken place in the position of those who cater intellectually for the public. Formerly, when newspapers were unknown, and circulating libraries existed not even in idea, the unhappy author was forced to hang on to some would-be Meeaanas, to pander to his vanity by most fulsome dedications, and to thankfully exist on the crumbs which fell from his table. But now, with the public for a patron, the writer can gain wealth or enjoy independence. The income of the success ful novelist may vie with that of the successful acrobat, and the journalist, iMound sometimes to echo vox populi, may also in tiirkguidoit. , One drawback to the vocation of the Ittiteo4, o firthe . opinion of some, the ephemeral nature on his -pro ductions. Based, of necessity, on the topics of the day, their interest when the day is done . expires; and articles written for newspapers, however good their style, however sound their views, will only bear reprinting when the subject is of historical value or permanent interest. Such, for instance, are Russell's letters on the Crimean campaign and Wingrove Cooke's letter on China ; and with them we may clues the extremely interesting volume now before us. Originally written for the columns of the Weekly _Dispatch, in illustration of the splendid map of London issued by the pro prietors the articles form, collected, the most com plete and most readable history of the great metro polis that has hitherto appeared. The amount of research they evince is enormous, the plan is most comprehensive, and the style is eminently agreeable. Indeed we doubt if it would be possible, in the same compass, to give a greater amount of informa tion in a more entertaining form. Beginning with the earliest times, Mr. Emerson describes the City under its mythical, British, Roman, Saxon, and tuediteval aspects; and then, taking the suburbs, each separately, he tells whence sprung their names, with what great men's memories they are associated, what remarkable events have occurred in their vicinity, and how their rural charms have fled before the ruthless strides of the demon of bricks and mortar. But our readers will gain a better idea of the nature of the work if we allow the author to speak for himself, as in the following extracts : INTRODUCTION. London is a phenomenon so familiar that we scarcely appreciate its greatness. It is only when we appeal to the records of the past, gather together the scattered threads of topography woven by local inquirers, and call in the aid of statistics to the task, that we can fairly Estimate the cha racter of the wonderful aggregate of towns and villages which we call London. We sometimes speak with amaze ment of the rapid growth of the cities of the New World, of the development in a few years of a few huts in a Mis• sissippi swamp or a Canadian clearing into a busy town; but London furnishes an endless succession of such won ders, and we scarcely note the fact. The infallible cen sus returns make us acquainted with some surprising matters. In 1851, London had a population of 2,362,230 ; in 1861, 0f2,803,034, showing an increment in the decennial period of 440,798. More people, therefore, live in London than in the whole of Switzerland or Denmark • more than twice as many as in Norway, Hanover, or Denmark; and nearly as many as in Scotland. When the census was taken in 1851, there were 305,933 inhabited houses in the metropolitan district; ten year& later there were 362,890; the increase therefore was 66,95 T. A comparative view of other large towns will best enable us to estimate the real value of this enormous increase. In the number of inha bited houses, London has added to itself, within ten years, nearly another Liverpool, Birmingham, or Manchester (exclusive of Salford) ; four Nottinghams, Prestons, or Glasgows ; nearly three Hudderefields or Salfords. The increase of inhabitants has been very nearly equal to the entire population of Liverpool, more than equal to that of Manchester and Salford together, and considerably above that of two Sheffields. We will put the increase-in a still more familiar point of view, and say, that in respect otsiZe, as indicated by the number of inhabited houses, London adds every year to itself a Cambridge, or Exeter, or North ampton, or Plymouth, or Oxford, or Worcester; two Budfords, or Durhams, or Lancasters ; and in respect of population, a Coventry, or Derby, or Southampton, or York, or Swansea ; two Canterburys, or Colchesters, or Lincolns, or Shrewsburys. In short, nearly one -seventh part of the entire population of England and Wales reside in the metropolitan district. Briefly, then, modern London comprises the old city, the neighbouring city of Westminster, and six Parlia mentary boroughs—Marylebone, Finsbury, and the Tower Hamlets on the north side of the Thames; and Lambeth, Southwark, and Greenwich on the south, and several out lying districts, now part and parcel of the metropolis. The city proper, that is, the old Ronsan Londinium and the city suburbs, or parts without the walls, occupies an area of 725 acres, and contains 97 parishes "within" and 11 "with out." The city and Parliamentary boroughs together have an area of 50 square miles ; and the extensive districts of Chelsea, Kensington, and Hammersmith are not yet in cluded in a borough. Altogether, that agglomeration of houses which we call Louden, including various suburban districts, spreads over an area of 122 square miles, 51 of which are in Middlesex, 36 in Surrey, and 35 in Kent. Within the limits are comprised 36 registration districts and poor-law unions, and 186 parishes. There are at least 6,500 streets and lines of road. The religious wants of the population are provided for by about 470 churches and episcopal chapels, and 6.50 places of worship belonging to Roman Catholics, Jews, Protestant Dissenters, and other denominations. Every day, or rather everynight, 17,000,000 cubic feet of gas are consumed, and 90,000,000 gallons of water; though it would be unfair to assume that Londoners are therefore the greatest water-drinkers in the world, for ne less than 8,000 publichouses and beershops are devoted to the supply of stronger drinks. This wonderful aggregation of humanity —this immense town growing so certainly and rapidly—deserves a better history of its progress than has yet appeared. Very clever and industrious men have entered partially on the task, narrating the growth sof certain legalities, and exploring ancient records and modern books of archaeological research for sketches of manners and the architecture of different epochs. But, as yet, London in its entirety has not been sketched. We have tried, in the following pages, to bring the diversified labours of many explorers into a focus, to add ne slight amount of original research, and, by so doing, tell a tale that all may read of the growth of the great city. Starting from the first authentic traces of the British town, we shall trace briefly, we trust not unattractively, the history of the splendid Roman city, and how in due time it included in its metropolitan area, stately Westmins ter and busy Southwark, the western fields to Chelsea, Bayewater, and Hammersmith, the pleasant slopes of northern Hampstead, merry Islington, Shoreditch and Hackney, Bethnal Green, Stepney and Poplar, and stretched even to the slopes of the Kentish and Surrey Hills, including Greenwich and Camberwell in its vast domain. FIRE, PESTILENCE, AND ?'AMINE. We must now recount some of the terrible calamities which befel the City in these early days, and necessarily hindered its progress. No town on the face of the globe has experienced more appalling visitations. Earthquake ex cepted. there is scarce a form of human suffering which the inhabitants of London did not endure during the four cen. tunes after the Norman period. We are so accustomed to hear of the terrors of the Great Plague of 1665, and the Great Fire of the succeeding year, that we are induced t o ignora the previous fearful pestilences and conflagrations which time after time almost depopulated the City and re duced it to ashes. The more terrible of these visitations we shall now briefly enumerate. We have already men tioned several great fires previous to the destruction of St. Paul's in 1086. In 1212 a fire broke out at Southwark, crossed the river, and made fearful havoc. When the flames had subsided, the charred bodies of 3,000 persons were found. In 1483, Leadenhall, which was built in 1419 by Alderman Sir Simon Eyre, for a public granary, was totally destroyed, with many other houses. Storms and hurricanes, too, did their work. In 1090, 600 houses and several churches were blown down. In 1439 many houses were unroofed, and Old Change nearly demolished; and in February, 1444, a great storm struck down the steeple of St. Paul's. - - We have records of eleven awful pestilences, which filled the streets of the City with the dead and dying. In 1348, 50,000 deaths occurred, and the dead bodies were hastily carted to spots in the suburbs. Sir Walter de Nanny pur chased a plot of ground at a place called Spittle Cross, near West Smithfield, and gave it for a cemetery. In after years the same Sir Walter de Nanny established there a monastery for the monks of the Chartreuse, out of which grew the present Charterhouse ; but for very many years after the monks took possession a stone cross with a Latin inscription reminded the passers-by of the plague-stricken thousands who mouldered below. In 1361, th 0 e 1,100 0e 17-enswere carried off in two days, among them Lan caster; and so great was the fright that King Edward 111. prohibited the slaughtering of . in the streets, and as the putrified blood and entrails 4 we Pestilence carried off, contri bute to the sickness. Thies rrt July, te 57,374 persons; Paris lost draining into the Thames, wore jus ' t i l n ' g supposed to between January and d. Five years later there was 50,000 in the same period. 30,000 of the inhabitants were another -visitation. .., Henry IV., fled appalled to Leeds 1478, the plague again broke I n September, months with terrible results. Anew for 14 Castle, Bent.off, an d the out, and raged ca a ppeared in 1485, known as the sweating d ayors six aldermen, three sheriffs, sickness. o g n s e if t k h n i red of the ands of the citizens fell victims to the ter form of pest T il and many thous .1. ears afterwards 3 n t. Fi teen y , 0,000 persons ribla visits off and floury VI itlnislselsBtirothateedswtehaatitn carried by plague; I. removed with were carrs e v u o 101 m t . hissickness Once more were carried off. In 1521 and 15 25,plague • population . again latteryear, Henryraged ; and, in the — - VIII. retreated to C eurtt appeared, Calms.an d Eltham. Our last record refers to 1528, when, for the last time, the fatal and mysterious sweating sickness again visited London, with terrible results. Added to these appalling calamities, were occasional famines, caused by bad harvest , . In 1258, 20,000 died of absolute starvation in the streets of London . and in 1270, so terriblo was the want, that, if we may believe old Fleetwood, the horrors of besieged Jerusalem were renewed in London ; for, says he, "parents did eat their own children !" I VOLSEY'S GATE-HOUSE. Just through the Bar, on the right hand side of Fleet street (opposite the lane leading to Lincoln's Inn, and bear ing the name of Chancery), is the gate-house at the end of the passage leading to the Middle Temple.. This gate-h ouse was built by Si r Amiss Panlet, as a fine imposed by Cardi nal Wolsey. Wh en Wolsey was a young and a poor m a n, parson of Lymington, he had offended tnr Amiss, who, say the old biographers of the cardinal, put him into the stocks. Fifteen years afterwards, Wolsey was the greatest man in England, and ordered his old persecutor to come to London, where he lived in a stat e of semi-captivity for six years. He ornamented the front of the house With coa t s o f arms, Car dinals' hats, and othe r devices ; and, not being possessed of the spirit of prophecy, could wa not foresee that, in 300 years' time, a hairdresser a hyely a g i wt i m would dignify his penal house with the style of a "palace , of Henry VIII, and Cardinal Wolsey." AN ENGLISH SLAVE MART. gThere wore two fairs held at Tothill Fields ; one, Meg. len's fair, lasting three days ; and another, lasting, 31 d4l4.kastituted by a grant from Ed war d 111 . Th ese f a i rs cl" were oaditless scenes of great debauchery, winked at for profit's sake by the chapter, who took the lion's share of the proceeds. James 1., however, suppressed the fairs. In 1618 a Bridewell—much wanted in the neighbourhood, wa should think—was erected in Tothill Fields. In earlier times there had- been joustings and other sports ; wagers of battle were held there, and sorcerers and witches punished. During the raging of the great plague pest houses (standing about 40 years since) were built, and the dead buried in great numbers; and in 1651 the Scotch pri soners, taken by Cromwell, were publicly sold in Tothill Fields to several merchants, who sent them as slaves t o the Barbadoes ; not, however, until some 1,200 men, worn en, and children, who had sunk under their sufferings, were buried in theet'ields. We may mention, incidentally. that somewhat to 'the west of the Sanctuary, stood, in Queen Mary's time - , a storehouse of ordnance, and a narrow pas. sage leading to it was named Storehouse Gate, since core rup/entito Storey's Gate. ; • " PRIMROSE-HILL OF OLD. As we stand on the sumit of Primrose-hill, to the north of the Regent's-park, it is not very easy to realize the idea, that in the Saxon days a dense forest reached almost to the city boundaries. This forest of Middlesex, as it was called, was the lair of wild bulls, stags, terrific boars, such as the adventurous hunter now meets with in the German or Po lish forests, and packs of wolves. It is a popular mistake that the last-named animals were extirpated by King Edgar in the tenth century. They were numerous in Britain for centuries after that monarch's bones were laid in Glaston bury Abbey, and the citizens of Saxon London might sometimes hear, in the stillness of the night, the long, dreadful howl of the hungry beasts, as they prowled around the fields lying between the city walls and the tangled forest beyond. Thieves and outlaws, too, driven for their crimes) from the abodes of civilised men, lurked in the forest ree cesses, meet companions for the savage brutes around them. It is supposed that the old Roman Watling-street had cut a way through this wild district, and travellers frorn the north might congratulate themselves if, having es caped the fierce beasts of prey, th e y reac h e d L on d on with whole skins and unrobbed pouches. There was fine hunting in those days, we may be sure, when, with horse and hound, brand and hunting-spear, the Saxon thanes and ealdermen rode through the forest towards Hanae.stetkl, in pursuit o f stag or boar. Towards the end of the twelfth century, Fitastephen a faithful chronickx, with a poetic taste, thus describes the north-western. suburb :—" On the north tare cornfields, pastures, and delightful meadows, interrnixed with pleasant streams, on which stand many a mill, whose full ie f c o l a r ee ofak t i et s hx s et o e Ina . 7 : e s a i a t f u t ns edl l t o o bvee t a h r ute:jeofafo beasts withsßt s e y aw o n n odo d dg t sa h ma v e m e:a, satnaggroves,sm, bucks,m e a n n s afforested i n 1218 , about forty years after Fitzstephen boars, and w ild b u l ls. " The forest of Middlesex was dis wrote ; but Hampstead was retained as a royal preserve, andll the heath is mentioned in a proclamation by Henry stime pa for prese rv i ng game for the royal "disport and ." ORIGIN OF " 1 /AORNEY COACRII6." Before quitting Hank:l/w, wo will devote a few lines to the correction of a popular mi,take. Our young readers scarcely know what a hackney-coach was like. They have heard, of course, of the creaking, dirty, slow vehicles, with many-caped drunken drivers, which flourished in Loudon before Shillibeer invented the omnibus, or cabs were known. It is very generally believed, and, indeed, stated in standard histories of London, that these hired vehicles were called hackney -coaches because they were first em ployed on the road to Hackney, in conveying genteel citi zens to their suburban homes. This is a great mistake. Th anie word h hackneymay be traced to the Dutch, -French, Sp s, and Italian languages. In our own tongue it is at least as old as Chaucer and Froissart, who borrowed it from the French haquenee, a slow-paced nag. Froissart says, in one of those glorious chronicles which fired the blood of Claverhouse, " The knights are well horsed, and the common people and others on litell hakeneys and gel dynges." The word subsequently acquired the meaning of " let for hire," and was soon applied to other matters than horses. In " Love's Labour Lost," Shakspeare says, " Your love, perhaps, is 'a hacknie." In " Htnlibras" we meet with " a broom, the nag and hackney of a Lapland hag." Pope calls himself " a hackney scribbler." Addi son and Steele, in the " Spectator" and " Tatler," speak of " driving in a hack ;" and we surely remember the hackney -coach in which Sir Roger de Coverley went to Westminster Abbey. Hogarth gave the expressive name of " Kate Hackabout" to the poor harlot:whose progress ho depicted. Cooper, in the " Task," uses " hackneyed" as an active verb ; and Churchill employs it is an adjective. So, there are authorities enough for the meaning of " hack ney ;" and the pleasant village, now the centre of a subur ban town, must be deprived of the honour of the invention of hackney-coaches. These will give some idea of the variety of matter which the volume contains. It will be found in valuable by those who wish to have something more than a mere vague idea of the rise and progress of the greatest city in the world. It possesses an excellent index ; and its extremely moderate price will place it within the reach of all: Bodge Podge. Routledge. This is an exceedingly amusing little volume, well calculated for the merry time of Christmas. It consists of fairy tales, poetry, conundrums, jokes, riddles, and humorous tales, and the price at which it ie published will no doubt ensure it a very exten sive circulation. While the volume is cheap its contents are unexceptionally good. Hand Catalogue of Postage Stamps. Hardwicke. In order to assist collectors of postage stamps this book has bun compiled by S. E. Gray, Esq., and it will be found of great service to them, as it contains a full description of every postage stamp at present in existence. KELLY'S POST-OFFICE DIRECTORY FOR 1863. Messrs. Kelly have just published the sixty fourth edition of the London Directory, and, like all its predecessors, the volume still continues to increase. Last year the volume contained no less than 2,526 pages, but the present consists of 2,574. Amongst the new features of the work, and one which will be found exceedingly convenient, is the introduction of a guide to the ready use of the several divisions of the book; and such is the care with which this improvement has been carried out, that the required information can be obtained in a few seconds. Another addition is the insertion of a list of vestry clerks and a statement of the populatiou of the several districts. The corrections have been carried down until within a few days of publication, so, while we have a book of universal commercial importance, we, at the same time, have one of remarkable precision, From the hasty reference we have made of the volume we can tes tify to the correctness of its contents. The book is a substantial and wonderful proof of the energy, talent, and perseverance of its enterprising pub lishers. THE ROMAN MOB. No people is less capable of guiding itself; con sequently, the first corner can easily drive them in leading-strings. They have played the part of theatrical supernumeraries in every Roman revolu tion, and not a few of them have fought without knowing what piece they were playing. They have so little faith in a republic, that, in the absence of all the authorities, when the Holy Father and the Sacred College bad taken refuge in Gaeta, some thirty plebeian families encamped in Cardinal Antonelli's apartments, without breaking a single glass. The re-establishment of the Pope, under the protection of a foreign army, did not surprise them in the least : they awaited it, as a lucky event and the return of public tranquillity. They live in peace with the French soldiers so long as those soldiers do not meddle with their family affairs, and the French occupation only vexes them when they happen to be personally annoyed. They are not afraid of sticking their knife in the uniform of a conqueror, but it may be guaranteed that they will never celebrate a Sicilian Vespers. They pride themselves on being descended in a direct line from the Romans of Great Rome, and this innocent claim appears well founded. They are, indeed, great eaters of bread, and very greedy after spectacles ; they treat th e i r w i ves as their females, never allow ing them to di spose of a centesimo, but lay i ng out their money themselves. They are well built, ro bust, and capable of giving a tug - which would astonish a buffalo; but there is not one va , f) does not try to find some mode of living without labour. Excellent workmen when they have not a sou, im possible to catch when they have a crown in their p oc k e t ; good sort of people, familiar and simple hearted, but convinced of their own superiority to all the rest of the human race ; economical to the last degree, and cheerful chewers of grey pens, until they meet with a brilliant occasion of spend ing all their savings in a single day. They glean sou by sou ten crowns in tie course of their year to hire a prince's box at the Carnival, or to appear in a carriage at the fete of Love Divine. Exactly thus the populace of Rome used to forget the past and the future at their Saturnalia.—Dickens' s "All the Ica?. Round." VULGARITY AT THE OPERA.—The grateful and graceful Parisians have been hissing Mario, just as the grateful and graceful Spaniards hissed Grisi. 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