The Sun. — London, England, 1862-02-24 00:00:00

0/01VEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. he accounts from the manufacturing districts during the past week state that business generally has been dull, although in one or two instances symptoms of improvement have been perceptible. At Manchester prices have been well supported for both cloths and yarns, while a steady business has been done in spring goods at Leeds and Brad ford. The hosiery trade of Leicester has continued dull, but at Nottingham a slight improvement has taken place in the lace trade, owing to the receipt of orders from the Canadian and German markets. In the hardware districts of Birmingham, Shef field, and Wolverhampton there has been a slight improvement, and the operatives are now working full time in several departments. Owing to the vast accumulation of money at the command of the joint-stock and private establish ments, the rates of discount continue exceedingly easy, and on the Stock Exchange the terms for ad vances are almost nominal. The inquiries on com mercial account are extremely moderate, and the promoters of new joint-stock enterprise are taking advantage of the opportunity to bring forward nu merous projects requiring a large aggregate amount 'of capital. A fair amount of business took place in the Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday, at previous rates. The sales were about 8,000 bales. About £12,000 in gold was withdrawn from the 13 ank of England on Saturday: The Africa, from New York, has brought ;C123,640 in specie. The day for receiving tenders at the Bank of , ngland for the next instalment of £400,000 in on India has been changed from the Ist March 'to the 28th inst. The traffic receipts of the Great Western Railway of Canada for the week ending the 7th instant amounted to £10,389 against £7,050 last year. Business was resumed in the English Stock Mar ket this morning with some activity, and on the appearance of the Chancery broker, who effected some large purchases, a rise of k per cent. took place Consols being 93 for money and the 6th proximo. The New Threes and the Reduced improved to 938 4; Exchequer Bills, March, are irm, at 17s. to 20s. prem. ; ditto, June, at 225. prem. ; Bank Stock is steady, at 243 ; India ditto, at 226 ; and the 5 per Cent., 106 k 107 k. In the Foreign Market the dealings have been rather less active, and prices have a downward tendoncy. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 84: 5 ; ditto 1858, 74: 75. Mexican are flat at 341 Z. Spanish are firm at 53: 8 ; ditto Passive have receded to 20 ; ditto Certificates are depressed at 7t, 4 ; and Italian 5 per Cents. at 688 4. The New Italian Loan is I Prem.; and the Ottoman Loan of 1861, 65: 66. The operations in the Railway Share Market have been moderately active, but in some few in stances prices have shown a slight downward movement. Great Westerns, Lancashire and York shire, and Blackwall have receded ss. ; London and Brighton 10s. ; and Midlands 15s. ; Eastern Coun ties and East Anglian have improved 55., and Norfolks 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines generally are a 'bade flatten:: Great Luxembourg realise 111 11i ; Great Western of Canada, have improved to 126 ; and Grand Trunk of Canada are firmer at 51; •East Indian realise 101! 1021; Great Southern of -India, 100 to 1001 ; and Scindes, 102. Joint -Stock Bankland Miscellaneousishares'exhi bit a slight downward movement in prices. London and Westminster have declined to 841, Union of Australia improved to 441 ; and Union of London to 321 ; Crystal Palace Stock has receded to 341, Peninsular and Oriental Steam to 681, and Van Dieman's Land remain steady at 91. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 31 a i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9 31 i I India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent lO2l Ditto 51 per Cent •• lO7l 8 74 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100 Ditto Bonds £l,000 Ditto under £l,000 Consols for Account, March 6 .. March. June. -Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 20 2/2 Ditto £500 bitto Small — 22 29 FOREIGN 7F.FNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Ditto Deferred, 1 per Cent ..... .... 32 f I mperial Moorish Scrip 5/ Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto .Account ie i) i., u tvitoa Grenada Active Do n3D . e :e r,, x rr o e v d er-due Coups. & Hectares — Dittosl 4 p l er l7 3 r en C i e , nt look 834 p Dittoa n Russi an isp s 3a p ps e se r irv l e ''ent. 1822, £St lO3 2 s Ditto 4 / per Cent .. 93i 44 Gent — Ditto Account Spanish C 6 e p r e t r . o c f e C n o t. up. not funded 7i k 84} Loan Dittot° NA A ee ce '.7 o un u Account Ditto £lOO 80nd5.... — Ditto. 74k I 1 5 761 0 0 GLtaratteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Ad want -B ei Dlvic,'ends on the above payable in London. j ta ,g l , att,_4l p€ T Cent., Ex. 25f lOl Consols, Money .. "ati per C'e7t., 1861 THREE O'CLOCK. 93R i Accou n t SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—SATURDAY. For the Lincoln Handicap, 5 to 1 was freely offered liguimit Suburban, and some few investments were made upon Arcadia, Shropshire, and Ducat, but the most business Was done on Zuleika, 6 to 1 being taken freely. Straw berry Hill an d Livingstone were each supported for the Brocklesby Stakes, but no great amount was invested upon this event. F.Dr tht' Grand National Steeplechase there is 11 0 change in the two favourites; 15 to 1 was asked for about Jealousy, but the only investments we saw made Were upon Northern Light and Coronet. Closing prices:— LINCOLN HANDICAP. sto 1 agat Suburban (offered) to 1 agst Zuleika (taken freely) 10 to 2 agat Arcadia (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Ducat (taken) 10 to 1 agat Shropshire (taken and offered) BROCKLESBY STAKES. to 1 .agst Strawberry Hill (taken) sto 1 a gat Livingstone (taken) '.'WO TV:OUSA.ND GUINEAS. 3to lon the field (offered) Bto 1 agst The Marquis (offered) 12 to 1 agat Wingrave (offered) 14 to 1 agat Alvediston (taken) 20 to 1 agst Caterer (taken) THE DERBY. Bto lon the field (offered) 28 to 1 agst Typee colt (offered) 33 to 1 agat Malek (taken) 33 to 1 agst Caterer (offered) GRAND NATIONAL. Bto lon the field (offered) 14 to 1 agat Jealousy (offered) 14 to 1 agat Thornastown (offered) 20 to 1 agst Northern Light (taken) 20 to 1 agat Corona (taken) CHESTER CUP. 20 to lon the field (offered) RACING FIXTU: FEBRI [RES FOR 1862. VARY. Lincoln ........... 26 Covei4ry . . l7 Warwick Sprin g Shrewsbury S Edinburgh Spring, ... Nottingham S .. 4 Derby Spring .......... 6 Liverpool 5............ 11 Doncaster ... e ........ 13 Northampton... ....... 1 Croxton Park. ........ Epsom Spring ........ 10 Liverpool Hunt Club Ponteland ............ 14 Newmarket C 2l Bishop Auckland 2l Catterick Bridge 24 Abergavenny 24 Thirsk 29 AY. Newmarket F 5........ 5 Chester Spring ........ 13 York Spring ......... 20 Salisbury Bath Harpenden 3O Epsom Summer 3 Chelinsi"ord * ll * Alanchest 91 ' 11 Ascot JU O diham 1 New....... • • 2 I3ibury Club . . 2 . .• • Stockbridge • 3 7 Winchester**: • •• 4 Ne wmarket . .. ... . • • • • • • W orcester ....... •••• 10 44iT erla001 • ...... • • • • 16 Beverley Newcastle Hampton Carlisle LY. Abingdon Pontefract Hungerford Nottingham Southampton .......... 22 Stamford Marlborough .......... 25 0 . 004WC , 0d stotiore,••• 29 ercial y-ex- And that, coun both graz would ,e lees which 'extern an the ,on the Thor hiding xi from ag fur knd, in season, which xplora- no clue 3h form.. iflicting ors and ing that iey flow like the , ,ped hip ation of to solve e almost ive evi than the to sur- lut there s having vill soon. ie ba:rque 3 western ; and on. 'y, which Chia place Iphin lay it persona: nterprif - ,e. into the y finally rrived v - ere thus of which ry. And Neal dis made by time, and ses, there- ,urpos es of era of the eir copious cl been col -3 Dolphin, e pearls of by a com- C. penetrate is—the one ad in both small and Illy grassed first entered nt at which iangulation, I by him in tent of rich inland, from aouth Gulf. rton," "Liter enced some the 'eat of t completing the territory equipment, se-shoes, he ulties which koned of any return route ed and fertile of limitless y, and found most arnica geographical eight or nine party again, e S.E. The d with some soil in many Ae land, and ►nd fish (some a abounded in a magnificent red by a large )y came upon! have the fol 3enery in the ulating plains hward ; while , kundred yarn 19 )ut trees, the a most a .gr ee rards f .allowed strer gym, u pon er.' ~ Keep . . direction, ' ,r, upon al l i-ridges. And iver some forty' would, in Air• question of the diged, from the conditic n of the 3t. This great rails, then, still ling the efforts Mon. Return" • " Oakover" y," and rune' ,mbined than' yards wide--' ✓ route they,' • of goon 7 confluent cf xamined to CO ihowed er ,uallf d Bay Ai Oct. ;raphici 3.1 ini ,765 t part this large ror r ies n p, pursuits. The ly miles extent IT is of opinion three r nillions of that good ous fruits the,' palatable" ; the 'ruit tree; very all gourd. Tc r ; ices, the grour.oh autiful flower* ;h. There, w ero mans and emus' U suited f o r th e and pasture' iblesome. find rn corner of the . asures to ree il, as Moe on thP, globe, irtll-west C Oast , ;an open to O r r-makers into all id ruinous land Scott Rus sell' r. Commission er nto the facto an d ides. Mr. Sc ot; Justices agai lls ;ued before theme 2Gth inst. rform her 111 ‘ ace, the buria l.% h coil. TIT' ea: ars in excel 1 e ., - , incubation vit"' I Hospital at on, is not to 1r seen asmdaecicio d tr i I st o Loweded.—lints - '-- SHARE MARKET-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. I Closing Business Paid. i Price. done. Share 13.14 Railways. Bir., Vol., and Str. Vat Blyth and Tyne Bost.,Sleaf.,andMid.t ,o, Caledonian Cork an d Bandon Bristol and Exeter Cornwall Do A A gets no div, Do. B tiil6pc.pan.has' been paid to 8. 1 Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do Bdo do DoNw A, late E U3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin., Perth, & Dundee Glasg. and S. Western. G reatNrthn. of Scotland Gres t Northern .. 1 Do A stock Do 13 do Gt. S. an 4 W. of Ireland Great Western ...... 1 7i 8 6& 7 96 07 106 106 k 5 6 Do Str Val gua. stock Trish South Eastern .. Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast ) Lon., Chat., and Dover' Lon. & North Westerni Lon. & South Western' L'derry & Coleraine .. L'derry & Enniskillen. Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do shares Metropolitan Midland 42 44 11 11 19 20i 57 58i 56 59 37 40 93 94 30 3O 101 103 117 118 116 117 134 136 105 107 701 71} 57 6) 6.4.0 Do New Do Birmin~. & Derbyl Mid Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent _ Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry, Warnpt, & HOS Norfolk North British N or. Dev. Rail &Dk. stock Do A stk ; A rocs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß, Do.B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick, D0,...G.N.E. purchase, 1071 1071 8O 82 120 121 46 48 06i 861 101 102 Do'Leeds Do York North London [9.16.1 Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction ! Not. Gran. RI. & Canal Portsmouth Rh 3 mney Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Sc , t. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon S. Durham & Lanc. Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do Pref. No. 1 ThamesliavenDk&Rail Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford dz Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London 12.10 9 11 431 43f 7 B 1311 1 1 31! 14 lip 101 103 Do Ist class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har.&R ,' West Midland Oxford Do Newport: Do Hereford E 9 71 651 0 98 9Q/ id p 55 55/ 1 87 87/ 101 103 5 6d 10i 11 9$ 96 127 129 45 47 103 10G 46 48 37 39 841 85f 68 70 100 102 61 381 30f 8i 96 p Si si 144 148 201 20 57i 8 71 8 55} 56i 24 34 A d ip 7 7i 47 49 43 46 90 92 107} I II i 601 1 12 i 46? 9 4 I I nit 81 1311 * I 70 65* 98j 12! 85} 5 4} LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Pao. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Paid. Leasing s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead., Buckingh •ns'aire. Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do 53 55 54 Do. 5i per cent 100 Do. 125 127 Do. 5 „ 100 Do. ll2 114 Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.U.&E.O E. Lincolnsh. gApr c. 100 Gt. North. 136 138 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 44 Do. Woodbridge.. 100 •• •• Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drci. 100 Caledon .. . • Do. new Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. 'Weet: .. .. Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 109 111 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 Do. ...... . • •• London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen a Lon.,Tilb.& S,. -`bend 100 Peto &Co B2 84 Lowestoft gua. *p c.. 100 orfolk Do 6 per cent lOO Do. 14 2,1 N e n i wd c .. .. B B ar x ar k t d n tf ,o . , Br & du, MatlockEx Prefer encels. 5. 6. Ea 1 1 L N Counts. p pW & 3tl 31 stock gun. 5 per cent... j 100 Midland 96 98 Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do. . Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Da' . . N. Eastn—Hartlepool 1(0 N. E. Ber .. .. North "Western Preston and Wyre. 1 all L&N.W & Lyk. 1 44 46 Do. i shares A. all 'Do. ••• • .. .. .. Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 Gt. North. 134 136 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 122 124 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 93 95 Wimbledn t Croydon, all L.&Brgtn 8i 9k PREFERENCE SHARES. share/ Railways. Paid.( Closing Business Prices. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 all st Bris. & Exet. 4p.c. st 100 93 95 20 Do. shares st Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 100 64 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. all 20 Cornwall. 5 per cent all 20 21 64 Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun all 6 6 4 10 Do. Ist Class Pref all st E. Angn. Class Asp. c lOO 99 101 st E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 100 109 111 st Do N 0.2 100 109 111 st Do. new 6p.c. st lOO 126 128 st Eastern Union, 4p. c— 100 82 84 st Do. sp. c. guar lOO at Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares 100 112 114 st Do. 4p. c. guar. S. &0 . . 100 90 92 st Furness, 5 per cent lOO st Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c lOO st Great Northern, sp. c lOO 119 121 st D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm lOO 113 115 st Do. 41 p. c. do lOO 106 103 st Do.sp.c.Redrr.atsP.c.pm 100 110 112 111 161 10 ' Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. all st Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 100 102 50 Great West. (Berke and Hants Ext) 5 per cent 6 st Do. redeem. 44 p. et— . 100 98 100 100 st. Do. redeem. 4p. et lOO 89 91 st Do. irredeem. 4p. et lOO 90 92 st Do. sp. c. redeem. pref. 100 102 104 8 Do. Birm. pref. shares all 94 101 10 Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shs all 171 181 10 Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs all 104 11 st Do. Birm. guar. stock lOO 77 79 264 Do. Chester guar. shares all 20 tll 131 Do. do all 10 104 20 Do. do all 15 16 100 Lan. & Carl. 44 p.c. pre( SO st Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock 100 136 138 st Do.Barnal.st£s 2s 10d fie 100 at Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.) lOO st Do. 41 p. c. (Blackb. pur. 100 102 104 st Lonatßrig.sp.c.gu. No.l 100 112 114 st Do. 5 per cenLdo. No 2 100 1 12 1 14 st Do. 6 per cent - do._ st Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 100 112 114 st Do. 7 per cent pref. stk 100 152 156 st Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) 100 128 131 st Do.4p c.st.(div.detliP6s 100 75 77 st Lon.Chat&Dov. sp.c.pf. 100 96 98 961 4 7 st Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. 100 st Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. et., late 3d shares .... 100 st Do. 44 per cent 2s 6d Do. (Prtam. perpl. anus of 28 6d all 121 Londondy. & Cole. 4 shs all 121 Londony. & Ennis., shs all 14 134 st Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct. 100 124 126 6 m 6 Do. .£6 st Do. 34 per cent. .... 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent.... 5 4 4pm 12a Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. all .. .. 124 Do. 41 per cent all .. .. et Midland Con. 6p. c. stk. 100 .. .. st Do.Con.Bris.& Bin 6 p.c 100 137 139 st Do. 41 p.c. pref. st. rdem 100 103 105 105 st Do. 41 p.c. irredeemable 100 6 Do. 41 per cent..... . . all .. .. at Do.Leic. andllit.4per et 100 94 96 st Norflk. sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 100 .. .. st Do. 54 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 100 .. .. st Do.sWay.ValEx.st.lBl7 100 .. .. st Nort British, 5 per cent. 100 111 113 st Do. New Erna. 5 per cent 100 109 111 10 Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. 7 14 llpm 10 Do. do. do. all .. .. et Nth.Dvn.Rail.&Dck.Co. 100 .. „. st N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. 100 .. .. 92 st Do. 44pr. ct. redeemable 100 .. at Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. pref 100 100 102 17 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. 8. 13.4 20 Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 13 1 dis p ar d 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 9 .. • • 25 Do. York, H. &S. Purch. 10 .. . • 20 North Staffordshire.... all 4 dis par 10 Rhymney Guaranteed.. all 22 23 st Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock.... 100 .. .. st Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c 100 .. .. st Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 .. .. 10s. South Kwon, Ann, 10s. all 135 140 10 Do. Fixed 4} per cent all 10 11 10. 6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) st Do. 44 per cent Bt Do, Fixed 44 per cent 1150 101 103 at South Wales, gua. 4p. c. 100 .. .. S t Do. 44 per cent st Do. do. 1859 lOO .. . • st Do. 5 per cent lOO .. .. st S. Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua lOO 87 90 20 Do. sp. c. gua. 17 1 li p 26 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c all 28 29 25 ei D dw. o. B6p. c all 32 34 25 Do. C6p. c all 31 33 : t t Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p. c. 100 42 45 st st NDV0..:128 103 130 105 Do. 2d do Do. per p l )- e °o t r x . a t_ f s p l . p s e .. t c g u p . pl i r 's B e t 66 d k . 1 1 1 0:0 at at Do. 'till 1869 100 1 \ 1 12 20 1 : 1 1 2 2 5 8 stockstock CEoarnstmaenrcoti s — t — m - k — D — o. ------ 4 per Cent..P; ---------.-- laVi.eetlndia .. 1 100 124 126 stock sSotuKthaatml;ap.r.Ziine. ........ ....... 1 1 1 5° 00 stock London. 5 60 7 5 62 9 ot.Jok Victoria ... ................ i 100 20 tDol New..., ""*—, 100 99 101 _......a.. 1 2 1d p e. i ..linil DOCK S.roo 71} 1 431 i 87 9i 128 131 StIN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1862. MIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Although the country markets held on Saturday were but moderately supplied with wheat, the demand for all kinds was in a sluggish state, and prices had a drooping tendency. All spring corn moved off heavily at barely previous rates. In flour very little was oing. Throughout the continent the grain tr de has continued remarkably quiet; but in America rathe more money has been paid for both wheat and flour. Up to our market last week the arrivals of English produce were much restricted. From abroad we received 9,895 quarters of wheat, 3,725 oats, 2,121 beans, 797 tares, 9,581 linseed, 1,274 rapeseed, 26 sundryseeds ; 1,170 sacks and 20,022 barrels of flour. Fresh up to this morning's market the arrivals of Eng lish wheat were on a very moderate scale, and, generally speaking, the condition of the samples was decidedly infe rior. All dry parcels changed hands steadily, but by no means readily, and last Monday's quotations were well sup ported. Damp parcels, however. were only saleable by submitting to lower prices, but there appeared to be no dis position to make purchases in them, even at reduced rates. Our currency, therefore, for English wheat remains much the same as on this day se'nnight. There was a fair show of foreign wheat on the stands. For the most part sales progressed slowly, and a limited amount of business was transacted, at prices barely equal to those realised on Monday last. Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request, neverthe less the quotations were supported. Good and fine malting barley met an improved sale, at very full prices ; but inferior parcels, as well as grinding and distilling sorts, moved off heavily, at about previous rates. The malt trade was dull, on former terms. Although the supply of oats was by no means extensive, the demand for them was in a sluggish state, and the cur rencies were barely maintained. The show of beans was less extensive. There was, how ever, no improvement in the inquiry for them, yet prices ruled firm. P ea s—the supply of which was only moderate—sold t i d n u f ll a , vo a ur nd o t f h b e uy v e a r l s u . e c o o f l u m ry erican slowly, a ru t ou la lre t d e tr r sa a od t m e a s e . wwhaas qualities Thefl mar kets also were the turn cheaper. CURRENCY PER IMPERJAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new Ditto, old —s —8 Ditto, white, new 6lB 68s Ditto, old —B —8 .INorfolk and Lincoln, red, old —B 8 Ditto, new Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding 2Bs 298 Malting 368 428 Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk sos 66s Brown Kingstown and Ware Ms 70s Chevalier 66■ 688 Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 2lB 258 Potato Youghal and Cork, black l9O 23s Cork, white l9s 24s Scotch, Feeding 238 28s Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey Maple White 3BB 418 Boilers B3s 41. Flour—Town-made Suffolk 398 438 Stockton and Norfolk 39s 40. moderate business has been passing, yet no change has taken place in the quotations compared with our last report. The first series of public sales of colonial wool for the year are announced to commence on Thursday next. The arrivals since last auctions consist of the following, to which must be added about 5,000 bales left over from the last series : Sydney 3,316 bales. Victoria ... Van Diemen's Land. 469 ~ Adelaide New Zealand lO9 ~ Cape 19,133 „ Total.. 35,378 7) TALLOW. The tallow market continues dull, and a further decline has taken place in the quotations, P.Y.C. being to-day quoted at 46s per cwt; rough fat, 2s sid per 81b. 1858. 1859. 1860. 1861. 1862. Stock this day.... 19,277 20,720 :,2.940 70,910 43.635 Price of Y.C. —s Od - s Od 60 8 3d —s Od Os Od 52s 92 to's2s 6d to 60802 t0,5989d to 468 Od to Delivery lastweek 1,938 1,432 1,2411 1,001 1,795 Ditto from June 1 87,987 82,036 65,922 61,435 96,952 Arrivals last week 390 1,110 694 802 173 Ditto from June 1 93.2 2 91,180 86.781 108,251 83,826 Price of Town . 55s 64 545 3d 618 9d 608 3d 48s Gd asked a man without a sense of tune in him. " Because it haunts me." "No wonder," said Foote, "you are ever murdering it." Foote praising the hospitality of the Irish, after one of his trips to the sister kingdom, a gentleman asked him whether he had ever been at Cork. " No, sir," replied Foote ; " but I have seen many drawings of it." Why learned men are to be found in rich men's houses, and rich men never to be seen in those of the learned, was mace asked of Foote. " Why," said he, "the first know what they want, but the latter do not." . TFIE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. The story of the production of this delicious little novel, is one of the best known episodes in Goldsmith's history. No incident of an author's life has become more popular : painters have transferred it to their canvas, and biographers to their pages , and our anecdote life of the novelist would be incomplte without it. The work had been no hasty effort, but a labour of love. whenever the author could shift off the yoke of translation or compilation. It is thought to have been commenced so early as 1761, and it lay by him until the spring of 1763. The circumstances attending its sale are too singular to be told in any other words than those of Johnson, as reported by Boa well : " I received one morning," says Johnson, " a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and, as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion—l perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated. He then told me he had a novel ready tor the press, which he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit ; told the landlady I should soon return - and, having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I broUght Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill." Mrs. Piozzi gives the same anecdote with some varia tions; among others, that Johnson found Goldsmith with his bottle of Madeira in the evening not the morning; and Mr. Croker inclines to adopt this more favourable account. Another version of the story is that Goldsmith insisted on the landlady joining him in a bowl of punch. Nearly two years elapsed ere the " Vicar of Wakefield" was published ; when it rapidly obtained a popularity which has lasted down to our time, and which is likely to last as long as our language. It came out on the 27th of March, 1755 ;, before the end of May a second edition was called for ; in three months more, a third ; and so it went on, widening a popularity that has Lever flagged. Yet Johnson was deceived as to its succeeding : speaking of the work to Boswell, some time subsequent to its publi cation. he observed, "I myself did not think it would have had much success. It was written and sold to a bookseller before the 'Traveller,' but published after, so little expec tation bai the bookseller from it. Had it been sold after the ......___ ~.._ __ . ' Traveller,' he_ might have had twice as much money, though sixty guineas was no mean price." GEORGE CO LM AN. Colman and Bannister were dining one day with Lord Erskine, the ex-chancellor, who, in the course of conversa tion on rural affairs, boasted that he kept on his pasture. land nearly a thousand sheep. "I perceive, then," said Colman, " your lordship has still an eye to the Woolsack." One day, speaking of authorship as a profession, Colman said, " It is a very good walking-stick, but very bad crutches." (This is usually attributed to Sir Walter Scott.) He was once asked if he knew Theodore Hook ? "Oh yes," was his reply, " Hook and I (eye) are old asso ciates." Narrative of the War with China in 1860. By Lieutenant-Colonel G. T. Wolseley. Longman and Co. Although the public must be pretty well ac quainted with the history of this war, from the perusal of the voluminous accounts of special corre spondents and Government despatches, a succinct and comprehensive narration of the various events of the campaign cannot fail to prove interesting. Colonel Wolseley has contrived to combine a de tailed account of all the movements of the army and flotilla, together with a description of the coun try, and the habits and customs of its strange inha bitants. The capture of the Takoo Forts is minutely described. The Chinese had taken great pains and spared no expense in their construction ; but, like most Chinese works, it was too complete, for' each fort being surrounded by two ditches, some 20 feet apart, the space between them being planted " as thickly as close stubble, with sharp bamboo stakes, to cross which on foot was almost impossible"— thus, when the allies entered at the gate, the de fences, which had proved ineffectual to keep them out, presented an insurmountable barrier to the discomfited garrison when they desired to retreat. In the arrangements for the attack the French, as is usually the case, were far better prepared than the English, who, in military affairs, generally con trive to be too elaborate, and thus often baulk their object by being too secure. The author, in deprecating certain arrangements, has the justice to admit that it is easy to find fault after the mischief is done. " It is very easy when an undertaking of this kind is over, to pick out faults in the arrangements made before hand, and many are the wiseacres afterwards, who say, Oh, why was not so and so done?' How very stupid to have done so and so ?' These remarks particularly apply to hangers-on about the camp, travelling gentlemen, and that class commonly known as adventurers. Errors in judgment are frequently made in all warlike operations, and such will ever be the case, as long as warfare presents such a vast variety of combinations. One of these mistakes was made in taking up a small pontoon bridge, instead of a number of ladders, or a small plank-bridge made like a fire escape, to rest on wheels. As it happened, the pontoons were not only useless for the assault, but were really a very great impediment, as they blocked up the narrow cause way along vhich we had to advance, and exposed a large number of men for a considerable time as they carried them, and who had fre l uently to stop until a wounded man was removed from the party. A round shot passed through one of the pontoons as we advanced and rendered it quite useless. A few ladders made of bamboo, and a small number of planks carried along withthem would have enabled all to get across both ditches easily, whereas all the English storming party, who actually captured the place in conjunction with the French, struggled and clambered across the wet, muddy ditch, having water nearly up to their armpits ; the pontoons did not prove of any use, and were the unfortunate cause of many wounds and several lives being lost." Before leaving the swamp on which the Takoo Forts were built the author inspected the forts on the south bank of the river, and from his observation Colonel Wolseley understood the cause of the failure of Admiral Hopein 1859. He vindicates the conduct of the gallant admiral in making the attack, and shows that although his rashness was censured on that occasion, because of his want of success, yet had he declined the encounter he would most probably have met with far greater blame. He observes that because the forts were taken with ease in 1858, it did not follow that they should not be able to with stand an attack in 1859; and after describing all the obstacles to be met with by a force attacking from the sea, he sums up by stating it to be his be lief that were a resistance offered similar to that which the land force encountered in the recent attack, no troops in the world could capture the forts from the sea. The melancholy affair of the cap ture of Mr. Parkes and his comrades, and the sub sequent deaths of the unfortunate Brabazon, Ander son, and Boulby, are related with every particular. Col. Wolseley blames Mr. Parkes for dividing his escort. This is no doubt right enough, but Mr. Parkes's greatest mistakes seems to have been when he found that the Chinese had not kept faith with him, and were prepared to cut off his retreat, to waste precious time in attempting to negotiate with a people in whom his long experience must have taught him no trust was to be placed, If when he found his advance stopped by Chinese infantry, in stead of seeking their General, he had given the order to charge, his party would have reached the British lines as did Colonel Walker's some few minutes previously. But for the fortu- I nate circumstance that Col. Walker was called to the assistance of a French officer and so got himself involved, he and those with him would have shared the fate of their less fortunate countrymen ; "but finding that to remain longer in the Chinese lines without fighting was impossible, and for so few men to contend against crowds would have been ridiculous, he called out to his party to ride for their lives," and all (some half a dozen) started at a gallop, and cut their way through with only two wounded, although exposed to the fire of all those near them, as well as the batteries. The de scription of Pekin and its fortifications are full of interest. An amusing account of the sack of the Summer Palace by the French is given, in which the author maintains that soldiers are little better than schoolboys on such occasions. He ridicules the idea of the remonstrance made by the French against the burning of the Palace afterwards by the British. He thinks that after they had taken or destroyed everything of value in the building, it was rather out of place to deny us the satisfaction of destroying the shell. After leaving Pekin, Colonel Wolseley paid a visit to Nankin, and he gives a very different account of the rebels to that furnished by some other travellers. He says that there is no regular form of Govern ment, that the soldiers, or rather mob, live by pil lage, and that if proof be required of the wanton destruction of property perpetrated by these robbers one need only look at the banks of the river above the possessions of the self-called Christians, where all is prosperity, and in their own territory, w h ere all is desolation. That the Chinese hold human life cheap is well known, but it would seem th a t they possess a certain discretion in their wholesale slaughter. There is a certain resemblance between the Mormons and Chinese with regard to women, at least that portion of the celestial empire under the rule of the Eastern King, who calls in the assistance of religion to secure his own ends : THE FAIR SEX AT NANKIN. "In Nankin, the population of which is now very small, there are about two women for every man. Most of the inhabitants have been captured, a large proportion hav ing been taken from Soochow; and unlike any other town which I had hitherto visited in the empire, the women walked and rode about in public, and did not pretend, as Chinese ladies usßally do, to be in the least degree afraid of foreigners, nor did they seek to shun us. 7 hey were almost all beautifully dressed in the curiously worked silks and satins of Soochow. With admirable discrimination the followers of the Heavenly King seem exclusively to reserve the good looking women in the almost general mas sacres which follow their victories. Old women and female children there were, we may say, none, although there Was a very large proportion of boys. To be the husband of one wife does not necessarily foam part of the nor METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. For the time of year the supply of foreign stock here to day was moderate, and in fair condition. The show of home-fed beasts was seasonably exten sive as to number, and, with very exceptions, of prime quality. All breeds met a very dull sale at a decline in the quotations, compared with Monday last, of 4d per 81bs. The highest quotation for Scots was 4s 6d, and some re markably good beasts changed hands at 4s 4d per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 2,360 Scots, short horns and crosses; from other parts of England, 800 various breeds; from Scotland, 400 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland 280 oxen and heifers. About an average supply of sheep was brought forward in fair suitable condition. On the whole, the mutton trade ruled steady et last week's currency. The best old Downs realised 5s 6d per 81bs, clipped sheep sold at 8d per 81bs beneath that quotation. Lambs moved off steadily at 7s 4d per 81bs. There were about 10 in the pens. Calves—the supply of which was limited—moved off slowly. Prices, however, were supported. The top price was 5s 10d per Blbs. We have to report a dull inquiry for pigs at barely last week's quotations. Per Mb, to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 0 3 2 Second quality do. 3 4 3 10 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 2 Prime Scots, &c. 4 4 4 6 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 0 Second quality go. 4 2 4 6 s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool d 0.4 8 5 2 Pme. S' thdown do .5 4 5 6 Large orse. calves 4 10 5 4 Prime small do 5 6 5 10 Largo hogs 3 8 4 2 Small porkers ... , 4 4 4 8 - Lambs, Os Od to Os Od. Suckling calves, 108 to 265; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep .. 17,140 Sheep .... Calves rigs. 405 Pigs The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 1,282 head. In the corresponding week in 1861, we received 3,059—in 1860, 1,921—in 1859, 1,829 —in 1858, 617—in 1857, 884—in 1856, 429 head. IMPORTS INTO LuNDON LAS! WEEK. From Beasts. Rotterdam 6O .. Harlingen lO4 .. Hamburgh (Wend.... --- Coruna Dordt ** Amsterdam.... 50 .. Bremen Boulogne Oporto. Antwerp ..... . • Nieu Diep . Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 306 .. .. 171 .. 3 13 .. .. 7 .. 6 424 • • • • • • - - • • • • 12 • • 18 .. - .. - .. - • • '"" • • - • • -- -- • • -- • • 9 • • - Total .... 314 .. 761 .. 199 .. 8 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1861 631 .. 2,165 .. .. 236 .. 27 18R0 323 .. :1,308 .. 124 .. 66 1859 542 .. 1,111 .. 176 • • -- 1858 123 .. 132 362 1857 154 .. 637 .. *, .. 93 .. 1856 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, Feb. 25, 1861, and this day, Monday, Feb. 24, 1862. . , Per 81b. to sink the oal. Feb. ff 25, Feb. 24, 1861. 1862. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 2to 3 6 3 oto 3 2 Second quality do. 3lO 4 I 3 4 310 Prime iarge'oxen 4 4 4 8 4 0 4 2 Prime Scots, &c 4lO 5 0 4 4 4 6 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do .. 4 2 4 6 4 2 4 6 Prime coarse-woolled do 4lO 5 8 4 8 5 2 Prime Southdown do. 0000 0 0 0 0 Lambs Large coarse calves Prime smell d 0.5 4 5 8 6 6 510 Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 8 410 4 4 4 8 Beasts 3,600 3,960 Sheep and lambs • 14,900 15,410 Calves ; Pigs.. 390 255 SUPPLIES ON SALE, FEE. 27, 1860.—Beasts, 3,960 ; sheep and lambs, 16,000 ; calves, 120 ; pigs, 300. FED. 28,"1859.—Beasts, 3,595; sheep and lambs, 16,450; calves, 103 ; pigs, 420. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat on sale at these markets continue large, and the trade generally rules heavy, at quite 2d per 81bs beneath last Monday's quotations. Per 81b. by the carcase. d • d Inferior beef .. 2 6 3 0 Middlingmutton 3 10 4 0 Middling do. .. 3 2 3 6 Prime do .. 4 2 4 4 Frimo large do. 3 8 3 10 Veal 47 4 5 4 Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Small pork Large pork .... 3 6 4 0 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 2 3 8 BOROUGH HOP. Since our last report there has been an improved feel;ng in the market for hops, and several parcels of old, of good quality, have been taken for export, at the late reduction in their value. In new hops, however, a limited business has been transacted, at late rates. Last week's import was 140 bales from New York, and 65 from Hambro'. New Mid and East Kents.. 150 s to 205 s per cwt. New Weald of Kent's.. 140 s 170 s „ New Sussex BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Homo grown potatoes continue to arrive somewhat freely to those markets. Good and prime qualities move off slowly, at about previous quotations, but inferior parcels are a heavy sale, and prices are with difficulty supported. Scotch Regents 100 s. to 140 s. per ton. Ditto Rocks York Regents 120 s. to 150 s. „ Ditto Flukes ..1405. to 160 s. „ Ditto Rocks llos. to 120 s. „ Kent and Essex Regents —s. to —s. „ Lincolnshire ditto 110 s. to 130 s. ~ Foreign .. 70s. to 908. „ SEEDS. Cloverseed commands rather more attention, and the market both for linseed and rapeseed rules firm, at full quotations. In other seeds very little is doing. Cakes move off heavily, at barely late rates. Turnip,White,p.bus 11s to 14s Swede —8 — s Mustard, Brown l2s 14s White," 7sod 9sOci Tares, Winter 7s 6d 8s Old per quarter 3Q s 42s Canary, per quarter 48s 60s Rye grass, new —s —8 Clover, Red Eng., et 4Bs 52s White Foreign Red 44s 508 White 6BB 88s Trefoil, new 2os 248 Carraway .. 221 to 251 Coriander l4l 18s lierupseed, per qr sos 52s Linseed,Eng.sowing 721 741 Crushing Baltic Odessa Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English ......£lolos£ll 55 Foreign £lO lOs 12 Os Rape Cakes,p ton £6 Os 6 15s Rapeseed, per qr.... 63s _ 66s WOOL. IA all kin& of Wool, both English and colonial, a very LITER AI ÜBE The Odyssey of Homer; in English Hendecasyllable Verse. By Henry Alford, Dean of Canterbury. Part 1. The Iliad of Homer; in English Hexameter Verse. By J. Dart, M.A., of Exeter College, Oxford, author of " The Exile of St. Helena. Part 1. Longman and Co. These volumes have been printed uniform as re spects size and external appearance, and doubtless many classical literati will desire to possess them both. There is always something attractive in the perusal of these marvels of ancient verse in what ever form they are presented to notice, and perhaps nowhere in his essays did Macaulay command more acquiescence than when he paid his admirable tri bute to their merits. " These two strange old poems, the wonder of ninety generations, still retain all their freshness. They still command the vene ration of minds enriched by the literature of many nations and ags3. They are still even in wretched translations the delight of schoolboys. Having survived ten thousand capricious fashions, having seen successive codes of criticism become obsolete they still remain to us immortal with the immor tality of truth, the same when perused in the study of an English scholar as when they were first chaunted at the banquets of the lonian princes." In the preface to the Odyssey Dean Alford informs us that " the following version is line for line. I have not shrunk from incurring the risk of some roughness in the version, if I might in any mea sure reproduce in our language the very form and cadences of the glorious old bard." Mr. Dart, in introducing us to the Iliad, observes that he labours under the disadvantage of want of leisure. but that, not supposing he will ever have more time, he has determined to try the venture of publication, especially as he has been informed that " his attempt to reproduce the most noble of all pro fane authors, in a shape more nearly resembling the original than the existing versions, is sufficiently successful to warrant its publication, even in its present imperfect state." Considering the care and attention inseparable from such attempts that must have been bestowed on these translations, and the just appreciation that the authors exhibit for the subject of their labours, it is to be hoped that their efforts will meet with due encouragement in the right quarters. If they induce those who are cog nisant of the grand language of the poet to study ander retation on their sublimity and beauty; if they interest and excite p the original themselve s, and thus renew their ac quaintance gighhtioy t majestic strains; if they impart desirable inf ormation to those who can ouly dwell e with l the th m r ou the student to compar e the me rits of rival transla tions, and the benefits of variou s modes and methods; if they attain any or so me of these results they may consider their efforts have been crowned with suc cess. It will also be a gain that is worthy of the struggle, as no one can ever be otherwise than benefited by the fuller comprehension, and more correct appreciation of these elevating and refining studies. It was truly said in the well-known, aphorism, " Ingenuas didicisse lideliter ar t es emo llit mores, nec sinit esse feros." The readers may infer that at a future period they will meet with con tinuations of these works, as they are styled first volumes. Lives of the Wits and Humourists. By John Timbs, F.S.A., author of " Curiosities of Lon don," &e. 2 vols. Richard Bentley. Mr. Timbs has long been known in the literary world by his ingenious completions and valuable works of reference. Without much original talent, he has succeeded in producing a series of works of general utility and interest, containing a large amount of condensed information. We can not altogether coincide in Swift's remark when he says that "Abridgments, abstracts, and summaries have the same use with burning glasses—to collect the diffused rays of wit and learning in authors, and make them point with warmth and quickness upon the reader's imagination." Summaries and abridgments are too often dry and lifeless, robbing history and biography of all that vitality and inte rest which excites the attention and makes a far deeper and more lasting impression on the memory than the mere rote knowledge of facts. It is not for the purpose of instruction—for thefirst study of a subject—that abstracts and summaries are valu able ; they should rather be addressed to those who —wishing to verify some assertion, to correct some inaccurate knowledge, or to renew some forgotten reading—seek, under the pressure of other occupa tions, concise and authentic statements. The work before us is not exactly of this kind. It is in tended for those who are already familiar with the names and characters of the celebrities it chronicles, but who wish to obtain fuller and more exact information concerning them. It is similar in design to the volumes of Anecdote Biography, recently published by Mr. Timbs, and is equally readable and entertaining. The plan followed is to give first a sketch of the humourist's career, arranged in paragraphs under appropriate headings, and subsequently a chapter of " Charac teristics, Personal Trait s an d O p i n i ons ," i n w hi c h are collected those flashes of wit and sparks of humour, whose brilliancy has not been extin tinguished by the lapse of years and change of manners. From the number and variety of these anecdotes, we have no doubt that Mr. Timbs's work will be widely read and highly prized, while the out line given of the wit or humourist's history will be useful to many readers. The disparaging remarks which have been made by some persons on Mr. Timba's works appear to us to be decidedly unfair. The compiler does not profess to publish an en tirely original book ; the very plan and object of the undertaking would prevent his doing so. All the anecdotes, personal details, &c., which form the staple of his entertaining vo lumes are naturally told somewhere else, but the task of collecting, verifying, and classi fying these various stories is no light labour, and the effect is by no means insignificant. He who reads one witty saying can now read a hun dred others beside it, and epigrams, puns, and re torts are traced to their right owners. The work is founded on the best authorities, which are cited in the margin, and to the later lines the compiler has been able to add the results of his own expe rience. He tells us that his canon of economy haa been to reject what is no longer essential, and another rule has made him endeavour to give a local colour to each anecdote. His list of subjects include many names of eminence : we have lives of Swift, Foote, Goldsmith, the two Colmans, Sheridan, Sydney Smith, Theodore Hook, the two Smiths ; and others. It may therefore be seen that Mr. Timbs has a rich field for his exertions, and his ef forts can hardly fail to gratify his readers. Many humorous poems, too long for quotation, are given ; among them, James Smith's clever verses on pun ning. We subjoin a few anecdotes out of his large collection, as affording the best sample of the attrac tions of these volumes : SHERIDAN. At one of the early performance; at Drury Lane, in one of the stage boxes, sat the fretful critic, Cumberland, who, amidst the general laughter, was observed not once to smile. When the comedy was concluded, he incautiously remarked to a friend, " I am much surprised that the audience should laugh so immoderately at what could not make me smile." This was told to Sheridan, who coolly observed that Cum berland was truly ungrateful for not smiling at his comedy, as he had seen a tragedy of Cumberland's at Covent Gar• - den Theatre, not a fortnight before, and had laughed from the beginning to t he end. To m Sheridan and his father had many a pass of wit. One night, as they were supping a pahlreiostsaidin' , the Hous e o f C ommons are tha t oge ther, just when Tom expected to get roc Z Parliament,moenwhoere thought r "Ig e mtko b f e th greate r' bugs. For my own pa r t, if I get into Parlia ment,pledge myself to no party, but write upon my forehead, in legi b le charac ters, 'To be let.' " " And under that, Tom," said his father, "write Unfurnished.' " Tom took the joke but soon repaid i t. One day, meeting two a royal dukes wal kin g u p St. James' -stre e t, the youngest th us flippantly addressed him : " I say , Sh erry, we have tt hh l iun w i just r „ gue __ w hat is your own opinion' my boy P" Mr. Sheri dan, having bowed and smiled at the compliment, took each oft he b n e l en by d t i h se e u a s r s m ing anwdhinetshtaner You are a greater fool or tly replied, " Why, faith, I b e lieve I am between both? , Being on a Parliamentary comm itt e e, he one day entered th e room w h en a ll th e mem bers were seated and read y to commence business. Per ceiving no vacant seat he bowed, an d l oo ki ng round the table with a droll expression of countenance, said, " Will any gentleman move, that I may take the chair sisfutr, FOOTS. Hughen Kelly was mightily b oasting of the power h e had of distri b uting literary reputation to any pon't be too prodig a l o f i t, " F oote qu i e tly inter. posed, "or you m a y have none for yourself." s „ Why are you for over king that air ?" Foots extent. a t. reviewer spiritual revelation regarding which has been made to serve even such vile purposes as the suspension, in particu lar cases, of the tenth commandment. The eastern king who declared he was the Holy Spirit, and, like Tien-wan, had fre quent prix ate intercourse with God the Father, upon one occasion said he had been directed by Him to transfer some particular wire or concubine (I forget which), from a friend's harem to his own. Those who are determined to discover good in these people aver that prostitution and adultery are punished amongst them by death ; that I think quite probable ; but as such a penalty is inflicted for the most trivial offences. it does not prove that they consider those sins as peculiarly heinous. "Not long before our arrival two women, who were heard to speak deprecatingly of the existing government, and to make some comparison between the present misery of their situation and their former lot —were beheaded at once. Although 'the social evil' may have death for its declared penalty, and although it may be to a certain extent abolished after the manner in which many wise people in England would wish to see a stop put to it—namely, by making the offence criminal- 3 et of this lam satisfied, that it has not improved the morals of the brethren.' " The work is replete with interest, and much curious information is to be found in its pages. The Literary Budget for England, India, China, Australia, and the Colonies. Saunders and Otley. This publication is continued with the same spi rit and energy which distinguished its outset. A complete resume is given of the literary events of the day, and the reader who peruses its pages will be perfectly au fait with all of importance or interest that has transpired during the month. It is most probable that this periodical will meet with considerable success on account of the peculiar ad vantages which it possesses. "The Philosophy of Common Place" is a well-written article, that con tains much truth ; but it is, at the same time, too severe in its strictures occasionally. The following passage exemplifies some of the evils of the present day—" There can hardly be a doubt that the constant contemplation as it were in a looking-glass, of our own poor, petty, sordid, daily lives, and our own mean aspirations, gradually unfits us for the appre ciation of loftier things. It seems as if what has been called "the grand air" is departing from our character as well as from our manners. Nothing is done now upon so great a scale as formerly. Everything is little. In statzknanship we have no Pitt. In literature we have neither a Johnson, a Gibbon, a Byron, nor a Walter Scott. On the stage we have n o grea t ac t or . W e h ave no great historical is an W e are no t so a b surd as to say that this an age of me di ocr i ty . O n t h e contrary, it is an age full of the highest excellence, but it is an excellence cont ent w i t h l ower ends than we could wish to see. Why cannot people now sit out a ve-act tragedy? Why cannot they appreciate the classic elegance of style? Why is it that a man "talking Blue Books for three hours" is hailed as a great orator P The answer is that " we have grown smug, sensuous, and commonplace." All who atten tively dwell upon this subject will acknowledge the force of these observations, as it is a well known fact that there has been much retrograde movement in all elevation of sentiment, and the standard of principle has sunk much lower of late days. All tastes may be suited in these contents. They range from grave to gay, from lively to severe. There are reviews of long works, and notices of small ones, arti cles on publications of prominent interest, and an immense variety of anecdotes on all topics that are of immediate and remote connexion with litera ture. Among the incidents of interest in " Literary Intelligence" is the mention that her Majesty so higLly appreciated the tribute to the memory of the late Prince Consort in Blackwood's Magazine that she has ordered twelve copies to be struck off sepa rately and forwarded to her. Saunders and Otley's Literary Budget is decidedly a success, alike from the skill with which it is arranged, as from the ability which distinguishes its writings. Seven Answers to the Seven Essays and Reviews. By S. Wash Griffin, M.A., of Trinity College, Dublin. Longman. These able essays were originally published in special supplements to the London Review, and in that form attracted some attention. They are now re-issued in a collected form, with an introduction by the Right Hon. Jo se ph Napier. late Lot d Chan cellor of Ireland. Those who are interested in the questions raised by the recent controversy will do well to possess themselves of this volume, which is evidently the work of a man of study and reflec tion, who brings to the discussion of weighty sub jects the intelligence, cultivation, and temperance of tone indispensable to their proper consideration. Shakspere'a Seven Ages. Drawn by john Gilbert. Engraved by Thomas Gilks. Published by Dean and Son. For sixpence, the epitome of human life, as de picted in immortal verse by William Shakspere ! Beautifully illustrated by the facile and graceful pencil of John Gilbert. Admirably engraved and most enterprisingly published. The publication of so much at such a price requires the coining of a word aptly to define its excellence as a dis play of mingled courage and munificence on the part of Messrs. Dean and Son, of Lud gate-hill. The firm just mentioned has for a long while past been securely assuming to itself aposition analogous nowadays to that occupied long ago —a whole century since—by Mr. Newbury, of St. Paul's-churchyard. It has come to be a pleasant sound in the ears of picture-loving childhood the name of this popular house for story-book, parti cularly for picture-story-book, publishing. And not the most agreeably will the name of Messrs. Dean and Son be held in recollection by reason of Gilbert's sixpenny version of the Seven Ages of Shakspere. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STONE THROWING AT A CAPTAIN.—John Buckley, a labouring man, was charged, before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with throwing a stone at Captain Arthur Annesley, of the Gre nadier Guards, residing in Clarges-street, while in Hyde park the previous afternoon. Captain Annesley said—l was walking in Hyde -park yesterday afternoon when I felt a blow on the top of my hat. I turned round promptly, and from the manner of the prisoner, and the stone falling at my feet, I charged the prisoner with throwing the stone. He denied it, and I gave him in charge. As soon as I had done so some of the prisoner's companions asked me, if the prisoner apolo gised, to forgive him. On the way to the station the pri soner said he had done it, but that it was not a stone. I was only five yards from the prisoner when I felt the blow. Wm. Savage, SA, said—l saw the prisoner turn round and throw the atone at the prosecutor, and strike him on the hat. The prisoner, who at first denied it, afterwards said it was only a lump of clay, Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a most intolerable and dan gerous practice,and if persons would indulge in it they must pay for it. He should fine the prisoner 205., or a month. "YOU'RE AN OLD WOMAN FROM THE COUNTRY, BUT YOU HAVE GOT OVER ME."—Ann Stephens, a woman of about 50, was charged with robbing a young man named Samuel Merritt, a plasterer, of 11, Hay's-place, Session Greve. The young man said he fell in with the prisoner, passed the night with her, and, when he left her in the morning, politely wishing her " Good morning," he missed £5 10s. from his pocket, in which he had £8 Ios. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked when it took place. The Young Man—Last Monday night, and I've been looking for her ever since. I should know her from a thousand others. (Laughter.) Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner. THIS DA.}'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. 24.—Wind this day at noon—East moderate breeze, and cloudy weather. DEAL, Feb. 24.—Wind S E.—Arrived—Weymouth, from Sunderland for Hong Kong, QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 24. Arrived Africa, screw steamer, from New York, and proceeded for Liverpool ; left New York on the 12th. HULL, Feb. 22.—Wind &E.—Arrived—Rose, from New York. (EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Arrived—Lady Eglinton, steamer, for Dublin. Sailed—St. Charles, for Cardiff ; New Speedwell, and Necessity, for Shoreham; Twining, steamer, for Oporto : Charlotte, for Guernsey. (By SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRA VESEIiD, Monday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 23—Fanny Huntley, from Ti:ieste. Arrived, Feb. 24—Excel, from Bruges ; Queen of the Isles, from Guernsey . Sailed, Feb. 24—The Bride, for Swan River; Reporter, for New York; Sea Breeze, for Mauritius. DEAL, Sana Ma a iden Queen, Morning. A rr i v ed—Weymouth, from Sunderland; from London—both for A Turin letter of the 18th says :—" The Gazette announces this evening that the recognition of the Kingdom of Italy by Prussia may be considered as an accomplished fact. The words pronounced yes terday at the Chamber by the President of the Council would seem to anticipate that Theimpoorptapnot. event. The Senat e has j ust voted the bill im posing the tax of one - te nth on railway ce sition was more determined than usual in that As sembly, there being 34 noes a gainst 62 ayes. The principal objectio n was that a s the railways belong directly or indire ctl y to the State, in conseq uence a of the guarantee given, the t ax w il l be paid by the Stiast,e a itselfthat is not absolutely true, as the fares w ill be increased by the prosecution amount by th e companies is to be feared, e of the tax; besides h t as their agreement contains a clause of exemption from all future taxation. T the tax will be paid b y the o that traveller it i and s replied no not by thatthe 'compauy.l THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. TATTE.RSALLS'-(TB1S EVENING). LINCOLN HANDICAP. 6to 1 agst Ariadne (taken freely) 7to I agst Suburban (offered) Bto 1 agst Zulekia (offered) 9 to 1 agst Shropshire (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Ducat (taken) 20 to 1 agst Brown Stout (taken) 20 to 1 agst Queen of Spain (taken) 20 to 1 agst Chrysalis (taken) 20 to 1 agst Miss Livingstone (taken) 20 to 1 G wellyan (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. Bto 1 agst The Dane (offered) Bto 1 agst Huntsman (offered) 14 to 1 agst Thomastown (taken) 14 to 1 agst Jealousy (taken) 25 to 1 agst Northern Light (taken) METROPOLITAN. 20 to 1 agst Panique (taken) NORTHAMHTON STARES. 100 to 7 agst Dusk (taken) 20 to 1 agst Bally Edmond (taken) 20 to 1 agst Schism (taken) 25 to I agst Plumper (taken) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Zodiac (taken and offered) 22 to 1 agst Vest colt (taken) 25 to 1 agst Hadji Stavros (taken) 33 to 1 agst Chere Arnie (taken) 33 to 1 agst Victrix (taken) 40 to 1 agst Brown Duchess (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3to 1 agst Old Calabar (take 100 to 30) 17 to 2 agst Marquis (offered) 11 to 1 agst Wingrave (taken freely) 16 to 1 agst Caterer (takon) THE DERBY. Bto 1 agst Old Calabar (offered) Bto 1 agst Buckstono (offered) 18 to 1 agst Ensign (taken) 20 to 1 agst Marquis (`aken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Wingrave (taken) 28 to 1 agst Caterer (taken) 33 to 1 agst Zetland (taken) 25 to 1 agst Malek (taken) 33 to 1 agst Hubert (taken) 50 to 1 agst Argonaut (taken) IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN T HOUSE OF LORDS—Trus EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE EDUCATION CODE. The Earl of DERBY presented a petition against the new Education Code. LAW OF PROPERTY. Lord St. LEONARDS brought in a bill to further im prove the law of property. The principle of the measure had already received the approval of their lordships' house, but hitherto it had not found much favour in the other house of parliament. He considered that if the bill received. the assent of the legislature it would greatly improve the administration of justice. The bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday next. PROTECTION OF REAL PROPERTY Lord ST. LEON ARDS also brought in a bill for the further protection of purchasers of real property. The noble and learned lord in the speech from the woolsack the other evening enumerated the risks a purchaser of landed pro perty ran as the law at present stood, he having to wait for a period of forty years before his title could be considered indefensible. By his measure he proposed to shorten this period to 20 years, which he considered amply sufficient, In the event of thebieerlflbreeind to a grea s d ele a ct se c c o o m nc! time he proposed that it s h ou ld be r mittee, where the whole subject could be most maturely considered in all its bearings. The bill was then read a first time. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tras EVENING. The Spr.AxEn took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time :—Dublin (Borough) Fire Brigade, &c.—Ellesmere, Ruabon, and Shrewsbury Railways (Oswestry, Ellesmere, and White . church Railway Company)—Great Western Railway (Oswestry, Shrewsbury, and Ellesmere lines)—lsle of Wight Railway—Oswestry, Ellesmere, and Whitchurch Railway —and Ross Turnpike Trust. THE REVISED CODE OF EDUCATION. Some petitions were presented against the Revised Code of Education. THE CHURCH RATES ABOLITION BILL. Mr. S. ESTCOURT asked the hon. member for Ban bury (Sir C.:Douglas), in the absence of Sir J. Trelawny, whether it was intended to proceed with the second reading of the Church Rates Abolition Bill on the day for which it was fixed, as that was Ash Wednesday, when it was under stood the house would not sit. Sir C. DOUGLAS said that certainly the bill would not be proceeded with. OFFICERS IN THE BOMBAY AND MADRAS ARMIES. Col. SYKES gave notice that on Friday he would ask the Secretary of State for India for some information in reference to this subject. ECCLESIASTICAL MANORS. Mr. LYGON asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the return relating to Ecclesiastical Manors, ordered by this house 16th June, 1860, and 26th June, 1861, would be laid upon the table? Sir G. GREY said that the returns, with the exception of that which related to one manor, were ready, and when complete would be laid on the table. SIR ROBERT PEEL AND THE O'DONOGRUE. Lord PALMERSTO N said that he had to call the atten tion of the house to a breach of privilege which had been committed by an honourable member. It was ne cessary, in order to enable the members of that house to exercise their functions, that there should be the most perfect freedom of speech in debate. In course of the debate which took place on Friday even ing his right hon. friend the Secretary of State for Ireland (Sir It. Peel) had made some remarks which the hon. member for Tipperary considered personally offen sive to him. The course which should be pursued by an hon. member when he considered himself insulted by any remarks made by another hon. member was to call on the Speaker of the house to interpose at the time. But the honourable member for Tipperary had taken a different course, and had sent a challenge to the right hon. baronet the Secretary for Ireland. As the head of the Government, he thought it right to communicate with the right hon. baronet. The noble lord then read a letter which he had addressed to Sir Robert Peel, which was to the effect that it had been suggested to him that the 0' Donoghue contemplated sending him a hostile message, ' and that his acceptance of the same would be a breach of privilege. He also desired him to refer the O'Donoghue to him. (Great laughter.) He was accordingly waited on by a friend of the hon. member Ifor Tipperary (renewedrng laughter), and he told him that be four o'clock would bring the subject before the house at half-past what he that evening. (Hear, hear.) He h heno house. w le (ila h a d done left th e he ar.) The matterear.) The ill the hands con sidered' SPEAKER wa s hehis Speakerdu tduty, and andthe explained that the hon. member for Tipperary had been guilty of a breach of privilege, and called on him to apologise to the house, and promise that the matter should not proceed further. Major GAVIN said that he had acted as the friend of the hon. member for Tipperary. He agreed with that hon. member that the language which the right hon. baronet (Sir R. Peel) used to him in the debate of Friday required to be explained. He did not recollect the exact terms, but the right hon. baronet spoke of mannikin traitors, and alluded to cabbage garden heroes, which was in tfoenrdTeidppetroaryb.e H o e ffe h n a s d iv b e ee t n o . g th en e t o le n m ly an . cOurse open h h a i d to w .frin a id l e t u e d ede. o h n ium S o ir to ß m . Peel at f a r r i ri en v d ed cr a h t e th o e m e e o n n e e g lu h s n io e n ) h t a n d at, ta a k s en a in th th e e a honourabler y 20 years, the utehxnepd explanation t as h ht i e oonffi circumstances . thcea, ta nwdoud endeavoured H e hon.e he He had an interview with the noble lord. m to Lord Palmerston. right hon. bart. re fueed r to: fe t n: i i s a e f ie h an i y retnractationwrto, offer any explanation, and T(Lhaeugnohbtleerlord stated to him the course which he intended to pursue in bringing the subject before the house, and the matter terminated so far as he was concerned, be cause he had discharged his duty in the only way it was co mpetent in an affair of this description. (Hear, hear.) The O'DONOUHUE, who was called to order twice during his speech, then addressed the house, and vindi cated his conduct. He contended that, as a gentleman he was bound to demand the explanation which he re quired, and taunted the right hon. baronet (Sir R. Peel) with having sheltered himself under his official position, and availed himself of the technicalities of the house in re fusing him the satisfaction to which he was entitled. He made some personal allusions to Sir Robert Peel's speech at Derry. The SPEAKER called him to order, and reminded him that he had not made the apology or the promise that was required. The O'DONNOGHUE said that after the course pur sued :,by the right hon. baronet, ho thought it quite unne cessary to state that he would not carry the matter fur ther. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) THE ADMIRALTY COMMITTEE. On the motion for going into committee of supply o n the navy estimates, Sir J. ELPHINSTONE asked if it was the intention of and Government some the on entered into [LEFT SPEAKING.] ripe red be rr i es , weet Margaret Fans came enuTp the NOVEL lane froml N 1 1. --- r Li r picking m ---- the and met young Paul, voll ey and tall, going to market with cherries. Stopping she blus hed, and he looked flushed, perhaps 'twits the burden the y carried; when, they their burdens were passed on one, and at Christmas t hey were married.—. American Paper. en-- the east and Lave ;gel the is a Mr. Ex !ssed. .alia s Lgni - me t tho 7 ex- deed, at no nuch Town