The Sun. — London, England, 1858-01-04 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET A.ll , COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK, The advices from the morning repr,sent busitiess as still being very dull. At Manchester there had been a slight in:- provement on the demand for long cloths, T and printings. In yarns there was also rather more business doing, and prices generally hal a steady appearance. In the export trade, however, little change can be reported. At L eels the tran sactions were of a very limited character, all per • SOUS acting with great caution. Tue failures in the woollen trade, however, during the late panic have not been very extensive, and it is expected that the demand for spring goods will soon com mence at remunerative prices. In Nottingham the lace trade has been inactive, the gloom that has so long prevailed in the market has been by no means dispelled by the usual inactivity of the Christmas holidays. There are a few orders given out, but no real beneficial change is expected for some period to come. The hosiery trade at Leicester has been exceedingly dull, the extreme mildness of the season being against the sale of winter goods. Great numbers of the operatives are out of employ ment, and sales of most kinds of goods have been pressed at lower rates. At Birmingham the re duction in the price of iron has taken few parties by surprise, owing to the large quantities of manu• factured iron thrown into the market by the late failures. Business is very inactive, there being an absence of export orders. The coal trade of the district continues dull, and in the several trades of the district few orders have been received for any description of local manufacture. At Bradford most of the business community have been busy stock-taking, and in ascertaining the result of the last year's business. In wools there is little change to report as regards values. In piece goods there has been rather more inquiry, and some slight symp toms of a revival of trade are expected before long. A decline of 1 or 2 per cent. in the minimum rate of discount is looked for this week. The im provement that is supposed to have taken place in the resources of the Bank w.iuld justify a further relaxation, and the continued influx of specie -693,8171. having been received to-day—has strengthened the conviction that some measure of relief will be at once afforded. The dividends wl.l be paid this week, the usualnotice having appeared, and this distribution may be expected to render some assistance in prcmoting case. No doubt whadver can be felt that the terms of discount will descend to a much lower point than attained for a long time past. Important remittances of gold are advised from Australia ; these will provably be received in the space of a few week, snit the export demand both for silver and gold being limite , i, the bulk of any supplies, whether from Amelica or Australia, must be sent into the Bank. The fol lowing vessels were reported to have left the colony for England—viz , the Oliver Lang, with 47,442 ounces, and the Australia with 8,309 ounces, besides the Northumberland and the Marco Polo, which are sure to bring a considerable amount. The Europa from New York has arrived with 468,0001,, in specie, and the advices indicate the probability of continuous shipments on a large scale. • A further sum of 320,0001. chiefly Australian gold, ex the Suffolk, was taken into the Bank on Saturday. A further amount will probably follow to-day. A decline of about per cent. took place in the English Stock Market soon after the commence - ment of business, and its tone was very heavy, pro bably in consequence of the preparations for the set tlement which will have to be completed this week. Under these circumstancesthe influx of gold into the Bank on Saturday, and the large arrival reported this morning have failed to promote any additional firmness, the tendency, on the contrary, being rather adverse. Consols have bten 941 Z, and 94i but they are now at the former quotation. The February price is 94a • the New Three p er C en t s . are 94i ; and the Reduced, 94i ; Exchequer Bills are ss. premium. Foreign Securities have undergone no material variation, and a large business is recorded. Turk ish 6 per Cents. have been 982 99. The 4 per Cents. are 1031 104. Transactions have been re corded in Mexican at 201 21, in Russian at 1091, Sardinian at 851 86, Spanish 41, and in Dutch 2k per Cents, at 64: The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 6 ; Mexican, 24, 21k ; Peruvian 4k per Cents., 79A 80k ; Por tuguese 3 per Cents. 44 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents. 106 108 ' • and Ditto 4k per C ents., 9 6 98 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41 41k ; and Ditto Deferred, 254 26k. In the Railway Share Market this morning busi ness has been rather active, most of the leading lines having improved about to 1 per cent. on pre vious quotations. Caledonian, Eastern Counties, Edinburgh and Glasgow,Brighto n and Norfolk, advanced los. ; Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee, Great Western, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin coln, 1/. Bristol and Exeter, Midland, Lanca-hire and Yorkshire, and South Wales, realise former rates. The foreign lines are quiet hut steady. Northern of France have risen Ms. Dutch Rhenish, Antwerp and Rotterdam, and Sambre and Meuse are at former quotations. The Colonial undertak ings are buoyant. Grand Trunk of Canada have advanced 1/. 10s ; Great Western of C4nada, 10g. ; atid East Indian, 10s. ; Gr ea t I n di an Peninsular, Geelong and Melbourne, and Bombay and B.,roda are a shade firmer. For Joint-Stock Bank Shares there is a steady inquiry. Union of A ustralla improved ss. ; and Union of LOtleoll declined 10s. In the Miscellaneous Share Market no change of importance has transpired. Australian Agri cultural advanced ss. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE ( )• r. 3 per u.tit. , sedueed Anhuiths. Now 3 per Cent. Annuities 94. laJia - Ditto, under £ .•• 1000 2 d Clot Bois for Account Ex £lOOO . 5 p 0500 5 7 pSuss'. ... . 9 Rxchequer Bonds, 1859 5 p Pi per Cont. Cent._ Ditto, 1859 98/ PRI.C.RS OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brar.luun 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Mexican 3 per CenZ, Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds 4/ per Cent Ditto Ac coun t Witte. 3 per Cent hs 3 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 -- Ditto 181)3, 3 per Cent 43/ 43 Russian Bonds, 16'22, St., 5 pe r Cent._ 10A Bs-dints. Bows, 5 per Cent. ...... .. 85 : 16 Ditto Account R 5 Ditto Account t Tallith Fonds, 6 par cent o3i Ditto Account 9Bv 9 , Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cont. „ 'Ditto Account lO3/ I Venezuela Bonds, 4/ per Cent ,:„Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable„in London. Dutch Exchange, 2,!-, per Cen'.;., 12 Guilders 641 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Cone°le for account Ditto, February TWO O'CLOCK. 94 x d 04/ / Tat AMERICAN MAIM—LIVERPOOL, Saturday.—The ltritish and North American royal mail steam-ship America, Capt. E. G. Lott, sailed from the Mersey at eleven o'clock this forenoon for Boston and Halifax, with the usual roads for the United States and British possessione in N ort h America, a full complement of passengers (including 150 officers and men of the 62d and 63d Regiments for Halifax), and a fair amount of merchandise on freight. The America did not carry Out any passengers. SERIOUS COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL, AND Loss OF Two LIVES.—LIVERPooL, Saturday.—The sc h ooner Foam, which sailed for the Azores on the 30th ult., h as returned to this port, having been in collision with a brig when about fifteen miles west of Holyhead, in which she was cut down to the water's edge, had her mainmarit carried away, and two of her crew kil'ed upon the spot. A legacy of 5001. bas been received Ly the committee of the City of L d don Hospital for Disease s of the Chest, Vic oria-park, under the will of the late M. John Aitken, of Havana. The hospital being much in neeii of funds at the present time, the assistance so oh aired will prove most serviceable. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.—gr. Sergeant 13yles will be the new judge, in the room of Mr. Justice Cresswell, appointed to the Course of Divorce aud Matrimonial C 'uses. Mr. S ergean t Will s i s a pp o inted th e new judge of the Supreme Court in India. We regret to state that his Grace the Duke of Port land is alarmingly ill from the shock he sustained on Wednesday last in consequence of the fire which occurred in his bedchamber, through the overturning of some spirits of wine.—Court Journal. The Poet Laureate i., it is said, (Illustrated London Ifews) priming his poetic wings for a flight—an epithalarnitin—on the approachi ng marr i age o f the Princess Royal. St. St. St. 50 25 St. St. St. St. 3 20 all 111 all St. 100 St. 100 20 all 10 all 121 5 St. 100 5 all 25 all st. 100 10 1A 10 1- THE SUN, SHARE M IH. 4 :ETS— This Day.) RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Pr co Saturday. Business done this day. ra iy:. N ttr, . • di Eaqtn. Jun,. 53 -- 8 - 84 lelfast Rirmug. Woiverh, - , tour Valley... arkonhd. Lanes. Cheshire June. 'Ilse?: burn myth & Tyne origins £25 (iss. at £45)... Bristol St Exeter...... 68 - 70 - 9i Si - 83 85 86 : 31 - 36 7 - 9 'thester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall Dom, A Do. B I Dublin&T3elfastJunc Dun. P. &Aber.Junc. East Anglian ......... Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, A. stk Do., do. B. Do. New A ..... ....... ,Eas , t, Kent East Lancashire ..... 'East Suffolk Do. j Edinburgh & Glasgow and Peebles Edinb.Prth. &Dunde , Forth and Clyde June. Furness ... . 'Glasgow& S . Western Great N. of Scotland ' Great Northern 'Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock .•• 4 - 5 181 - 19 : - 60, 43_ - 44' 31 - 33 17 - 18 92 - 93 6 -- Ci ... - .„ 301 - 31 89 - 91. 9 - 9i 97 - 98. 86 - 88 1 124 - 121 97 - 99 57 ; - 3 / 4 - 58. 58 - 62' !Gt. Sth. &West.(lre). Great Western. Do. Str. V.R gua. St Irish South-Eastern Lancaster rk Carlisle. 'Do., Thirds... Do. New Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshir - Do., do. F 116 Do., Wst. Un Do. Sonthpurt. London & Blackwal Lond.Bright.&S.Cst I London & N. Wester. Do. Vifths D0.,10/.Sh.,M&B.„C Do. Eighths 77 - 80 8- 9 ; 8 -9; 94i - 95 i - i - 108 - 109 98 - 99, - 98 - 99 London dr S. Weatern Lnindrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. Ja Ennisk. Ranch. Shef. Metropolitan ........ Do. J. L. Ricardo'f 1 arrangement '4tdland 'Do. Birming.& Der)) , Midland 0. West.ar.;' Do. 5hare5......... 39 -- 40 911 - 924 66 - 67 . ' Newcastle dr earl Isl Nownt.Aberg.diffrfd Newi-y dr. Enniskille , Newry, Warrenpair dl Rostrovor Norfolk. ..... 13 - 14 Nortl ;ounties Un North British 61 - 63 -•- 53 - 54 lorth ftwon. Dock Stock . )0., A Stock B Stock Eastern Berw;ek Do. do. Extension 'Do do. G. N.E. Purch, Do Leeds 93 - 2 - 55 -- 56 85 - 87 90 - 95 Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn., Ramp stead, and City Jn. North Staffordshire.. North Western........ - - N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & 84 - 912, Wolverhampton.. Portsmouth...... 32 33 10 8 d Rhymney Scottish Central ,Scot. N. E. Abrdu . St !Shropshire Union' Sitingbourne Sheer. South Devon ;South Eastern 105 - 107 24 - 26 47 - 49 4 - 3 34 - 36 72 - 73 Do. 4i pent. Shares 'South Wales S. Yorksh. RiverDur' 13 794 156' 4 • 7 5 d 9 11 36 38 !Staincs,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling Do. do., 1854 Do. do.; Stockton & llartlopl ; Taff Vale 'Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Hay. D. &R Vale of Neath ••• .... ••• 19,i- 20 Watorfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cm nwall.. West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A 7 - 9 3 - 3A 5/ - 6- Do. B West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class... Wmbledon &Croydon ►SSESSIONS. - 24 5.} - 4141 184 - 88 82 - 85 81 - 81 •• - •• - -- 1 - 4 1131 -- 141 24 -21 p 1 - 50 — 52 84 86 221 221 f, 21 211 par p BRITISH Pi 'titian. and St. Law. Bombay, 13aroda, and Ccn.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. Do. Buffalo dr Lake 'fur.' Buff. Brnt. dr Go 1 ch. 6 P. Ads., 1 Aug. ,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 June, '74 ! Calcutta and S. East. I Central Oude (Lim.), Ceylon A shares Do. B. do. Demerara, Eastern Bengal , East Indian Do. C Shares --- D0.43 } p. c. Buds. ,'s7i Do. do. do., '59, do. 'Geelong & Melbourne} } guar. 5 per cent. jGd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben...l 'at, In. Pen. g. 5 per c. jlio. New. guar. 5 p.c. ,Gt. Westn. of Canaaal Do. New ID°. I3ds., payable '57 .1) 0 , do., '76, p•'6o.. Do. do., '73, do. Do. do., '73, without option Madras, guar. 4 z p. c Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 4i p. c. Exton., Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. I Do, 4th Et., do, 'Oude (Limited) e I s'inde, guar. 5 per c Do P ntwrp &Rotterdam' Ardennes... Belgian East. Junct Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux & Toulouss Coal Mines and Ry !Dutch Rhenish Eastern of Franne. Do. New .......... Euphrates Valley Gt. Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran. 'ReVtn"'. Namur & Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Prof, N orthern of France., Norwegian Truk. Prel 'Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Reeifo & San Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c Rome and Frascati, , Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 5 per cent. pref Southern of France West Flanders !Do. 51 per c. Pr, f . W.& N. W. of France Western of Austria We , t. of Switzerland Wiest aclen Do. 8 p. cent. pref. Zealand ••• 1108 - 112 108 112 ;101 - 103 104 i '197- 201, -224 t - 4 3 : - lip: 6/ 1 - lip' 61 21 - 2ip :IGN. 6.1 : 7 4 - 41 3i - 2ii 27 - 28 •• ".. s••• - ii = ii ni . 6ip ii : 28 201 - -20 i 38 2 - 39 80 - 90 34; - 35 53 - - 55 11 .- lid 16 - 18 84 - 8 - 8g 22i - 23' 4 - 6 8A - 9 27 - - 28 ... .'' ... JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co British N. American I C• •Bk of Ind.Au.&Cl, 10ity Colonial Commercial of Lond Cut Lon. Cll. lik,of A Ditto New !Loudo❑ and County I,la(i.&E.Bnkng.Corp Loudon Joint Stock. Load.andWestminst. National Pro. of Eng. Do. New National Bank Now South Wales (Oriental Bank Corp. 'Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland I Do. New South Australia Union of Anstialia 'Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual N 0,411101; of Lond 82 S► 3 2 d 43 52 ii a a' 18 -- 13. 171 -- 16.} ••• ~. 44 - 46 31. - 33 181 - 19 33 - 35 49 - 51 ," ...a -- d ~. _. ••• .NE'-', LEASE RAILWAYS. 1 13nekghamsh. Clydesdale Je Col.Stour E. Lin. g. 6 p. E. U 1). FL Ah. Glas. err. & Neile.Direet. Du. Vaw 'Gletr.StDn.Fr. !full d Selby. Do. A Shares. Do. Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference, Lon. Til., &S. Do. Bark. Sh. Manch.Bxton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. drEst.s p.c. Do. 6 per et Do. Fixed sp.c Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roy stn. & Hit. Shrews . & Her S. Staffordsh WearVal.g6pc Do ;WiltediSornrst PREFERENI Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 501.) Brig.& Ex. 4 P.C. St. Do. 4 per c, Shares Caledn. £lO 4. p. c Ches. & Ho. 51 p.c Do, do. 5 per cent Cork & Bandons ip.c D nn.Perth.&Aber.J. E. Anglian Cis, A Sh. Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l Do. No, 2 IDo. Now 6 pr. c. St. East Un., G. 6 /3. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh., Do. do. 4 per cent East Lane ash .6 p.cts E.&W. York. J. sth , Edin.& Gl. sp. c. Sh Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c Furness, 5 p. c Glas. & p.c Groat Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4. per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. G t.N. of Scot. Ist Pr( Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 pert. Pref. St. Gt W.(8.&11.Ex.5pe Do_ con. red. 4 P.C. Do. con, red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per sent. Do 5 p. C. red. prof. Do. Birm. Pref. DO.Chestor Bp. c. P. S. Do. do. 5 p. c. d 0... Do. Birm. Gua. Stk.' Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh. Do, do. do I IDo. do. do 100 100 100 100 all all 'OO %ll all 100 100 1 100 100 1 100 1100 Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 Do., P., 5 p.c. St.No.2 Do. Now Guar. 6p. c. 1)o. do. 5 p. c., No, 4 Lon. & N. W., Cov. & Nuneaton 5 r. et... & S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares ... Londy.& Color. Sh. Londy.&Ennis. Sh. M., S., &L. 6 p. Cont. Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 3i per cont. Marypt. +t Carl, 4 p.c. Do. 4i per cent Do. do. ... Consol. 6 P.C. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4. p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. di 11. Pref. St. New. , Aber., Stc., pr. 5 p. c.red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct. gorf k. Deb. 4 p. c. Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 54 p.c. pf , 1847 Do. Wv. V.sp. North British Do. 71. Preference N. E. 13erw. 4 p.c.Prf Do. do. do I Do. Leeds 6 pc. No.l Do, do. Qrs., 1848_ Do. York H. & S. Pur. North Staffordshire,. Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist par. Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar._ Do. do. Debeatr. St. Scot. Ceut.New Pref. Sc. N. E. Aber. g. 6p c. Do, do. 7 p.c . . pf. St Do. do.3i p.c. pf. St South Devon 'Do. fixed 44 pr cent. 'S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Sh Do. New 4i pr. cant . Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 44 p. c S.Yorksh,4 p.c. Guar Stock. &Dar., 5 p. c, IDo do. do. IWaterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. 100 100 100 all all all ,100 100 'lOO 100 all 1110 all 100 100 3 100 i 0() 163 100 100 all 10.) all all all 90 864 i i 191 601 1. 31i 2 86 7 125 3i 58 9 6 tost 4 99 8 40i i 92 521 31 98 i 14i 15 721 801 x d 111 15i 11 i 53i 3 41 31 85 221 3# 211 13i # 181 17i 18 LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, D AT Fr Leasing Companies. Ln.SzN.W. loalwion E.U.&E.r (fit. Noru 'E. Count. 1D0..., :E r Closing Prices Saturday 93 - 95 93 - 95 12 - 14 13 - 134 3i - 4 Y. & N.M I,Do ••• '..." 105 - 107 Do S. Eastoi n Do 12 13 23 24 94 93 I i d 2j 21 90 92 Peto k Co 1 Do Lai. &N. W. & Midld. Midland... E. Count I Do Do a P 55 i 57 .L.aas.w.l Do Gt.Northn 130 133 T. Braesoy 7 A 8 M. MClean 9i Stk.4lDar. Do ••• ••• 31 32 Gt.Westn. 83 85 SHARES. ••• .—.. sea 89 - 91 ii oi ••• -- ••• 6 - 61 105 -- 110 110 -- 114 106 -- 109 104 -- 107 122 -- 125 115 - 117 LOG - 108 98 - 100 61 - (3 9 - 101 __ 86 -- 88 81 -- 83 81 -- 83 91 -- 96 15i -- 16 94 -- 9i 68 -- 70 17i -- 13 13.} -13 t ,35 - 140 .15 - 118 .50 - 160 115 - 120 61 - Ci 131 - 133 95 - 97 86 - E 8 fi 7.- - iii ,i.;47 --- 16 95 97 1— i d 1 - 21i 113 - 115 103 - 105 110 - 112 'lO3 -103, 71 - 73 10 - 1011 22 - 23 96 - 98 94 - 98 26 - 28 BRITISH MINES. Alfred Cons. (Philk.)i British Iron Condurow (Cambrn.) Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay. ) Lst Basset (Illogan) Great South Tolgus G rt. W. Alfrd.(Philk.) Grt. W. Vor (11elstu.) Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N. W. Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St. Blaary) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons, Min. Co S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogn.) S.W. Frances(lllogn.) Si, L. Ain. Cc Tin Croft Un. Mines (Gwennap) V. of Towey (Camar.) W. Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskrd.) Wh. Basset (Illogan). Wh. Buller (Rdruth). Wh. Edward(Calstck) Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 12 - 13 5 - 7 80 - 90 420 - 440 85 - 95 13 - 14 3 - 4} 1 -- 11 - 1 9 - 10 11 - 12 4 - 5 16 - 18 4 - 5 1$ -1?, 340 - 350 3} - 4i 220 - 230 - 1 3 - 4 - 1 21 - 22 100 - 1101 145 - 155 - 280 7 - 71 12 - 14 44 24 - /6 FOREIGN Australian Bon Accord Cop. (li.) Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm) Do. Cocaes da Cuiada Do. St. John Del R©y Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Co bre Copper Copiapo Duu Mountain Cop- per Mining Co Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian Nlmiquita New Granada Novean Mondo 7..7714 Port Philip Santiago do Cuba United Mexican MIN Ea. I - i 4 d par li 24 ii'i : ii, 39 - 41 11 12 id P id 14 16 -- 9• 14 id ••• -.- ••• Ai _ gi li - 2i 41 - 4i 12} 13 121 MISCELLANEOUS. I Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) Australian Agricult. Australis. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Do. New iss. at 51. d Brit. American Land 1, Canada Do. Go. 6pc.Jan&July Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7I p. cent Crystal Palace Do. Preference Crystal Pal, of France Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Electric Tel. of Irel. En. &Aust.Cop.SmCo Eur. & Ind.Jctn. Tel. Eur.&Am.Stm.(lim.) I Gen. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.) 'Gen. Steam Navigat. 'London Discount ... Lond. Gen. Omnibus Magdalena St. Navig. Mediteran. Elec. Tel. Do. Extension Tele& Mexican & S.Americn Nat. Discount C 0.... letherlands Land.... Do. Do. Do.B p c.Pf.iss.at ld. Do. Do. New &N. S. Land N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. B. Australasian... irth. of Europe Steam )riental Gas Do New Shares I t eelllr. Ld. do Mimi , ?eninsular 4 Oriental Do. New . Ithymney Iron .toyal Mail Steam scot. Austral. Invest Aus, Gov. 6 p.e.bas south Austral. Laud submarine Tel. Scrip Do. Registered Trus.Ln.Co. Up. Can Vau_Dielllool ••• 25 - 26 • • •• --- •• 4 - 5 30 35 125 - 130 109 j - 110, 27 - 32 . 23 - 25 11 - 4 - 41 3 i - 4. 104 -DS ••• --• ... 11 - li ••• -•••. ... 5 - 5i 1 3 rd 3t-- 3/ i li iis 2 1 31 31. 1 d 16 i lB 93 95 8 i 1 - iif P - i 211 - 4 2i 72 - 74 5 - 6p 20 -22 51 - 56 li - li iii :----- in i 1 t 1 9 - 11_, Business this day MAGAZINES Blackwood. —ln " What will He do with it 1" some remarkable events occur. The reader will be delighted to find that Sopby and her grandfather are reunited. By an adroit and skilful contrivance, whie'l outrivalled the mimic rept'. sentainis of the stage on wincli he kid once tiiu:nphed, thv comedi in performed his parr, and rescued the imprisoned child by night. We are left to suppose the joy of that meeting. The climax of Waife's skill is displayed when he meets Rugge face to face, and is unrecog nised by the latter. The subjoined remarks on the fato of the man of genius are eminently fitted to engage the attention on that often questioned but still inexplicable subject. " But how often does it happen to us, ♦enerated readers, not to recognise a man of genius, even when he takes no particular pains to escape detection ! A. man of genius may be for ten years our next door neighbour —he may dine in company with us twice a-week—his face may be as familiar to our eyes as our arm chair— his voice to our ears as the click of our parlour clock —yet we are never more astonished than when all of a sudden, some bright day, it is discovered that our next door neighbour is—a man of genius. Did you ever hear tell of the life of a man of genius, but what there were numerous witnesses who deposed to the fact, that until, perfidious dissembler, he flared up and set the Thames on fire, they had never seen anything in him—an odd creature, perhaps a good creature--probably a poor creature ;—but a Man of Genius ! They would as soon have suspected him of being the Chain of Tartary ! Nay, candid readers, are there not some of you who refuse to the last to recognise the man of genius, till he has paid his penny to Charon, and his passport to immortality has been duly examined by the custem-house officers of S-yx 1 When one-half the worldfdrag forth that same next door neighbour, place him on a pedestal, and have him cried, ' O yez ! 0 yez ! Found a man of genius ! Public property—open to inspection !' does not the other half the world put on its spectacles, turn up its nose, and cry, ' That a man of genius, indeed ! Pelt him I—pelt him ?' Then of course there is a clatter, what the ♦ulgar call a shindy,' round the pedestal. Squeezed by his believers, shied at by his scoffers, the poor man gets horribly mauled about, and drops from the perch in the midst of the row. Then they shovel him over, clap a great stone on his relics, wipe their foreheads, shake hands, 43,unprornise the dispute, the one half the world admitting that though he was a genius he was still an ordinary man ; the other half allowing, that though he was an ordinary man, he was still a genin.. And so on to the next pedestal with its Hic stet,' and the next great stone with its Hic jacet.' " Losely plays some dangerous games at this time, which, after a brief glimmer of success, seem to result in the darkness of failure. It is an amusing episode of the handsome widow, Mrs. Haughton, who is no match for that wily deceiver, who dodges her footsteps. Lionel's indignation against the new comer is natur it ; it was not in his d 'ring and impulsive spirit ta brook coming into contact with such a man with impunity, and his horror was great at finding his mother so taken in by a specious flattery, and plausible appearances. Col. Morley's appearance on the scene was a terrible shock to Jasper; although he contrived alter , yards to recover from the attack, at first he was mortally stunned. " rho mere sight of the real fine gentleman made the mock fine gentleman shrink and collapse." " The Bells of Botreaux " is a legend Well worthy of pe rusal. A few 'persons appear on the scene, whose characters are strongly marked, and the light and shade of whose dispositions are finely delineated. One or two of the scenes are almost dramatic in their powerful conception and vivid colouring. "At the mill-dam head, leaning over a railing, were two figures looking down into the little pool beneath, the valley was all alight with moonbeams, the cas cades flashed] with] silvery brightness, and the stars above had a fellow in the pool below. The rocks cast a dark shadow on them, and ever and anon behind them flitted a stealthy shade ; before them all was bright and clear." This brief passage explains the tale, the old story of love and jealousy, which has been re produced in so many forms and fashions, but which seems to renew its youth like the eagle, and to be ever fresh and vigorous to run a new race, and make or mar the fortunes of men. The interest is wound up to a pitch of painful excitement during the struggle between the rivals, and afterwards a sense of impending evil hangs on the mind. These sensations are dispersed by the holy hour that in tervenes between the death stroke and death. "Let us part in peace" exclaims he, who in self defence had struck the blow that sent his enemy to worlds beyond the reach of mortal foemen. The desire was accorded, " and so closed the Christmas day which had dawned so darkly." A pleasing article is that on "Beranger," which refers to his autobiography, recently published. It is said that without any great pretensions to eloquence, it pre sents us not only with an admirable portrait of the popular poet of France, but an extremely clear and simple picture of the memories of his rank and time." The writer concludes by observing that Beranger died amid such popular expressions of re gard as no poet has yet attained in this country, and asks, "Is the fault with the people or the poet 1" "The First Bengal European Fusiliers in the Delhi Campaign," is an account. taken on the spot in spare moments, during the Delhi cam paign. As may be supposed, it is of great interest, and brings before us a picture of the awful scenes that were enacted in the East. The exact details of the strife and struggle, as they went on from day to day reveal, with a vivid reality, how hard won was the fight which resulted in the British army walking as conquerors through the str ,, ets of the city of the great Mogul. "The Scottish Universities" will be found to have been . reated with the attention the subject merits ; and further, the spirit with which the treatise is actuated is worthy of the magazine in which it bas a place. While allowing the necessity for alteration and improvement, someof theproposed innovations are objected to, especially the proposal to institute examinations, " which would shut the door iu the face of msn who have laboured with their hands, and practised self-denial of the mos , austere kind, in order to obtain the m , ans of joining a univer sity." It is argued that the freedom of entrance Peculiar to the Scottish Universities has been often of essential service to many an aspiring mind that has a ft erwar d s b een t h e a d m i ra ti on of the world. " Livingstone, the African missionary, was enabled by such means to take that degres in medicine which was the foundation of his success." The Germ an and it novel, " Debit and Credit," is criticised, is said that whatever rank it holds in Ger many, it can only take a second place among Eng lish novels • but that Germany, which possesses so many Works of profound learning, is very inferior in novels. A. preface, by Chevalier Bunsen, con tains so me very strange op i n i ons concern i ng some English novelists. Dublin. —The first subject met with in this num berdoubtless i re t j p oi r c o e m t is o e m s w e e t ll, gaia a is th e commencement of a new ta l e b y Harry favourite author. Lorrequer, en titl e d "G era ld Fitzgerald, th e Che valier," "The P artners, " by Shirley Broo k s, i s continued, in three c h apters. The story b ecomes more deve loped, and sornejcurious revelations are made. Charles Aubrey finds himself involved in mystery. while his own seems is discoversd, an d w.,iiiock contrives to get himself into a lunatic asylum, from whence egress is another question. There will in all probability. b e some striking scenes when the returned wanderer demands the restitu tion of his rights. An interesting article called " The Earls of Kildare," contains some remarks on a work printed for private circulation by " the accomplished descendant of the Fitzgeralds, the Marquis of Kildare. After glancing at some of the most memorable or romantic details mentioned, the writer observes that few will rise from the perusal of the book wi.hout coinciding in the remark that the family of the Geraldines is so ancient that it seems to bays no begin n i ng , and so illustrious that it ought to have no ' en d . ” st Buckle's History of Civilisation" calla forth some observations, which are made in a fair spirit, free from prejudice or flattery—it is said that the work is too elaborate, and that the author must beware hat he exhaust his strength too early in the undertaking. After enumerating the several points of importance, the critic explains, " It i s not without a feeling of en thusiasm that we contemplate this beginning of a national history of England. This leviathan of books appals us already. Like its namesake it is to be built up in c ompartments, and joined together. Will the same enginee r who has built the com partments, rise to join them together, and launch his leviathan history in one broadside into the river of Time 1" Due praise is awarded to Mr. Atherstone's recent remarkable work, " The Handwxitiug on the Wall;" it is truly styled " not a romance, but a poem in prose." Those who have perused the book wdl agree with what is here said, 66 we thank him for having given new life to characters and events so interesting, and for hav- 1 i ng made us as familiar with the captive Jews and their Babylonian masters, as if we had even known them." " Our Foreign Courier" presents its quotaof desirable information. It is probable that the paper devoted to " Livingstone's Missionary Travels will be perused with interest and attention. It is grati fying to find praise rendered to the living, instead of all acknowledgment being reserved for the time when the ear of the worker is closed to the sound, and his hand is for ever stayed from his labours. It is here said that in a favourable estimate of this great man the whole civilised world agrees. Abroad as well a 9 atl - inrnt - , , , in the Nevr World e 9 well tilt • 01(i, Liv!ii-L , ac: air i. - 3(;y finm)its. FrOld the poeine which are here uiet wih, we selcct the following verses : MARIANNE. A LITTLE ROSEBUD DAUGHTER. BY W. CHARLES KENT, AUTHOR OF " ALETHEIA." Sweet when on ray bosom leaning— Trembling out .be twilight stsr— Through thine eyes to trice th- meaning Of those holy lights afar— Lights of heaven To earth given, Rolling, each, a Godward car ! Sweeter when upon my coming, Radiant gleam thy baby wiles-- Royal trumpeting and drumming But mean welcome to thy smiles— Joy so simple In each dimple That thy father's heart beguiles. Sweetest when eve round us creeping, While dreams lift thy soul above, On thy mother's breast thoa'rt sleeping Cradled in those arms of love— Arms resembling Nest-boughs, trembling When the night-wind lulls the dove. Rare as pearl-gleam to the diver, Buddings in thy vermeil month : Rarer than to honey-hiver, Dew-bells dripping sugary drouth— Thy gay laughter, Rarest after Rompings in the sunny south. Dear, when first thy sweet eyes pondering, Gazed and gazed in wondering awe, Hither, thither lightly wandering To whate'er those sweet oyes saw— Baby histories, Endless mysteries In the wavering of a straw. Dearer far thy lisping rattle, Bubbling, babbling like a bird : Dearest when thine infant-prattle Drops some scarce articulate word Clipping often Names that soften Into quaintest sounds e'er heard. Fair, thy little dimpling fingers Dallying with thy bauble toys— Tiny hands, to ns the bringers Of such wondrous worlds of joys : Fair thy flustered Tresses clustered 'Round calm brows no care alloys. Fairer thy pure mind expanding, As the water-rings enlarge : Fairest, thy white soul, no branding Blot upon 't from marge to marge— Soul with vision Half Elysian, Fresh come from her M•aker's charge. Sweetest, rarest, dearest, fairest, Bright-eyed little maiden elf! What, ah what with thee comparest, What beyond thy fairy self ? Pleasure, treasure More in measure Than to worldling power or pelf ! What, ish ! what with thee comparest ? Toddling where the blowball ran— Sweetest, rarest, dearest, fairest Laughing where the blowball ran— Bless thy merry Choek of cherry, 0, my little Marianne ! Fraser's Magazine.—The opening article for the new year is on an interesting subject, the life and writings of Henry Fielding. The writer proposes to fill up the deficiencies in Mr. Lawrence's work, and to give some more accurate and authentic de tails than can be found in his memoirs. While, therefore, the article is more useful to the inquirer, it is scarcely as interesting to the general reader as if it treated the subject in a mere literary style. Very probably we sh al find this tone adopted in the second part, which is promised. We miss tiis month the clever story of the " Interpreter," which, as the readers of Fraser are aware, was con cluded with the year. The author of " Meg of Elibauk" endeavours to fill its place by the com mencement of a story entitled " Lady Strathmore'a Daughter." The beginning is somewhat elaborate, but it promises to be interesting, and there are some pleasing and life-like figures introduced. The heroine is the daughter of the Countess of Strath more, who married her groom. "A Visit to the Chateaux of Rubens and Teniers" relates the im pressions made by a visit to Antwerp, and a pil grimage from thence to "Steen, formerly the cha teau of Rubens, and Dry toren, that of Terriers, which lie to the left in passing from Mechlin to Brussels," as they are described in the Guide Books. A pleasant paper of " Table Talk on Shakspeare" analyses some of the peculiarities of "Love's Labour Lost." Woodpeckers and their habits are described at length in one of the Natural History papers that are usually met with. A. review of Dr. Watson's work on the principles and practice of physic has some useful suggestions on medical profession and practice. A paper on "Northern Lights" passes in review a baud of Scottish notabilities, and offers them some cordial encomiums and some sensible advice, by which it is to be hoped they will profit. The writer traces with a quiet humour the connection between the inclemency of the Edinburgh winter and the intolerance of its Calvinistic principles. Dr. Living stone's recent work, which has attracted so much attention, receives a lengthened notice, and those who are unable to procure the work itself may form seine idea of the labours and sufferings of the ener getic missionary from this summary of his adven tures. " A Mad World, my Masters !" is the title of an article on sanitary reform, a reform, like all others, which seems to begin and end in talking about it. The writer, after censuring with justice the various classes of the community who might exert their influence in its favour, and do not, says that all systems of national education and moral ad vaucetnent among the lower classes will be ineffi cacious until they are provided with the means of ventilation and cleanliness. "Prevention is better than cure, and the simple and one method of prevention is to give the work ing man his rights—water, air, light." Allowing for the enthusiasm of a reformer, there is much truth in this assertion, and it would be well if legislators and philanthropists were to act ac cordingly. Th United Service.—The United Service Maga zine his articles on many subjects of interest. The topics it selects, the authority and experience with which they are generally written, and the great importance which is attached to the efficiency of our military and naval services in the present day, elevate it to a high rank among serials, and entitles it to the thoughtful consideration of the legislator and the reformer. Of course private feeling or in correct judgments will occasionally appear, but on the whole it is singularly moderate and free from prejudice ; ready to admit the necessity of reforms and improvements, and boldly attacking the sys tems of patronage and influence, but withstanding the rash plans of innovators, who think alteration must be implovement, and carefully considering how new theories will work in practice. The open ing paperis on the question, " i llow may the Army be made more Popular and Recruiting more Efficient?" The writer answers this by advocating a greater increase of comforts for the soldier in his daily life, some athletic exercises to be permitted as amuse ment, some improvements in his clothing, and some means of advance in life, solely ("rain steady conduct. If any one, he says, will take the trouble to dress himself in an English soldier's uniform, in heavy marching order, he will solve the problem why we pro worse marchers than the people of any other country ; and thou s ti burro may deem the style and appearance of the uniform of little importance, " those who know the feelings of soldiers and the effect of a smart, well-made dress upon them, will think otherwise." "One thing more remains to be done ; it is to open up by means of service in the ranks, something far better than the well-conducted soldier has now to look forward to. If we want to extend the field for recruiting, and to give a higher character and tone to the army -this is the means, above all others, by which we may hope to accomplish it. What there is to prevent our acting upon it, but that exercise of patronage which resists the public good at every turn, it is hard to tell 1 How many of those appointments, even of those immediately connected with the army, and requiring above anything else, a knowledge of military details for the efficient discharge of the duties connected with them are filled by civilians, which even by simple right, putting policyiont of the question, ought to belong to the noncom missioned officer or soldier who has served well and faithfully ; and who has the requisite qualifi cation. There are some hundreds of these Go vernmeut appointments, which could nit be more suitably bestowed than in this manner ; and which, if thus distributed, would give a healthy impetus to good conduct and education, about which we prate so much, and, to all practical purposes, do so little in the army. " The recruit who joins, if he has ever heard of the good conduct warrant, can but slowly understand the intricacies of its clauses, He comprehends no difference between the defaulter's book and another. If the matter is explained to him, it is soon made clear that as much depends on his commanding officer as upon his own efforts, to get good conduct p ,y and badges. If the latter is strict and severe, the task is, perhaps, hopeless; if he is the reverse, it is, perhaps, too easy, and he laughs in his decorated sleeve, at the honours heaped upon him, which he knows have not been fairly earned. Give tbelsame man comforts in his barracks, such as have been faintly described, something which lifts him in his estimation above others in civil life ; and about which there is no sham or imposition. Let hi m h ear, besides, that Jack Steele, who enlisted from his ewe town so many year before, is now by his good co nduce, holding a Government employment, of sixty, eighty, or a hundred pounds per annum --or it ma yb e a good deal more ; let him see and hear all thi s, and can it be that the soldier will not be a better man ? and that better men will not come from civil life and join the army ? Until we do somethi ng of this kind is it reasonable to expect that such men as the Times thunders at, will '..•.ano forward awl make shipwreck of ercrythirT they can paFsibly value. for the barren honours which now attach tone ion cf p.'ivate k)l(l.er,r. t The second series of Naval Reminiscences is given, and followe.i by some remarks relative to the mo bility and concentration of field artillery. The " Mcmoirs of Marshal Marmont" furnish the sub ject for an interesting paper. The writer remarks that these memoirs sre among th e l as t we may lock f,r it )rn among the emin:nt men of the Yip '- leen era. Those of Prince Talleyraud bcing the only remarkable ones that we have to expect. A paper on a visit to the Celestial Empire, and the third chapter of a visit to the Tcherna-Morsky Cossacks, show us two very different countries, climates, and peoples. "The Monaras of is the title of a summary of the fortunes and mis fortunes of the recent Moguls. It is observed that though we regard with horror the barbarities in flicted on our countrymen, there are but too many parallels in the annals of the empire, the accession of each monarch being marked with the de struction of thousands of victims. The writer disapproves of the clemency shown to the recent pretender. Mr. Atkinson's valuable work on Oriental and Western Siberia receives a cordial nct;ce, which is full of interest for those uu ,cquainted with the work. The notes on Military Science are continued, and havereach‘d the sixteenth lecture ; they are addressed to candidates for com missions. There are also papers on " The Bengal Mutiny," and " The Seats of Insurrection," and all the naval and military intelligence of the month. Bentley's Miscellany.—" Our Annual Disserta tion" takes a retrospect of the events of the past year and celebrates the majority of the Miscellany, which it attains in this number. The indefatigable Dudley Costello commences a new story and gives us five chapters in the first instalment. It is in his usual style, and not devoid of merit. " Into Spain" is the title of a paper on an excursion into the Peninsula, from Biarritz to San Sebastian. An article on the " Mee' tribe of Candeish" gives some particulars of that curious race. "Modern Ghosts" is a paper for the credulous, read by the Christmas fireside. "The Secret Witness" is of the same character, but teaches a useful lesson. It is translated from the Danish, and tells how, when two censorious young men were ridiculing and attacking their absent friend, a sight seer saw his figure standing beside them, sadly listening to their conversation. "A day with the Brookside Harriers at Brighton" has some pleasant sea-side gossip, and "An Autumn in Wales" contains an agreeable description of a German's impressions during a visit to the Cymrians. Monkshood continues his "Retrospective Re viewala" and criticises the life and works of St. Evremond. "Too much to Wear" is the continua tion of the story of the D ►lrymple family and is not without is moral. Tue young bride, Selina Dalrym ple, comes on a visit to London with her husband, and becomes the fashionable beauty of the season. Having nothing particular to amuse her, she shares the mania for dress that has recently been raging, and at the end of the season receives a small bill from Mulatne D tmereau for three thousand pounds. The way in which the extravagant fine lady is tempted, by the clever marchande des mod e s is well described. The tale leaves the unfortunate heroine overwhelmed with consternation at the re sult of her own imprudence, and not dAring to tell her husband of the wilful extravagance that threat ens their ruin. The " Wife of an Architect" is brought to a conclusion. Colburn's New Monthly. —A paper on "The Ben gal Army" is the first that presents itself to the reader in this month's number. It does not con tain anything very striking or original ; indeed, it would tie difficult for an article on Indian clues tims to do so just now, but it is written with sense and moderation, and will repay perusal. " Home at last" is the conclusion of the story of "Susan Chase," which has been going on for the last two or thiee numbers. It is written in a pleasing style, and though the events are not very probable, it ends satisfactorily. Sir Nathaniel in his " Notes on Note-Worthies," devotes himself to St. Simon, whoso work has been familiarised to English readers through the intervention of Mr. St. John. The literary memoirs of "Cyrus Redding," an °kJ contributor to this magazine, receive a cordial en comium. " The Wild Man of the Woods," is the title of a scene from the wild and lawless life of the backwoods of Kansas. A paper on French writers on India gives us a view of the opinions of our con tinental neighbours on our Indian difficulties and ptospect4. A review of Mr. Atkinson's travels is interesting. Mrs. Bushby continues her transla tion of a Swedish voyage round the world, and describes Java and Batavia very pleasantly. Lord Nerinanby's work, on the " French Revolution of 1848," furnishes an interesting topic. Nicholas Michell contributes one of his elegant and thought ful poems on the past year ; and a somewhat tedious article on "Parliament and Indian Retrospec tions " concludes the number. The English Cyclopcedia.—The present nurub: - T of this valuable work closes the biography. It has extended, as its readers are aware, beyond the limits originally fixed, but there are few who feel inclined to regret this, as it is now without doubt one of the most complete and accessible biographies in the language. As this is a kind of work which all classes of readers, the learned and the ignorant, are constantly in want of, its completeness and extent are very groat recommendations. The in clusion of the names of living persons is a great advantage, as thosa who read the interesting me moirs of Sir Henry Havelock and David Living stone, in the present part, will readily acknowledge. From the latter we extract the following passage, as showing in a remarkable degree " the pursuit of knowledge under difficulties" : " Dr. Livingstone's great-grandfather was a native o the Highlands of Scotland, and felt at the battle of Cullodeu, fighting fur the Stuart line of kings. His grandfather was a small farmer in Ulva, one of the Western I-lands of Scotland, and there his father was born. Finding the tarn: in Ulva insufficient for the support of a numerous family, the grandfather removed to the Blantyre Works, a large cotton manufactory on the Clyde, above Glasgow, where the eons received employment as clerks, and himself as a confidential messenger. The father brought up his children in con nection with the Perk of Scotland, but afterwards lef. it, and during the last twenty years of his life nelil the office of deacon of an independent church in Hamilton. lie died in February 1856, when his son had passed Zunsho on his journey to the eastern coast of Africa. " David Livingstone, when ten years of age, was placed in the cotton-factory as 'a piecer.' While in this situation, though the day's labour was from six o'clock in the morning till eight in the evening, he learned Latin, and at the age of sixteen was well acquainted with Horace, Virgil, and other classical authors. He also read with eagerness scientific works and books of travel, not only studying at night, but by placing his book on a portion of the spinning-jenny, he could catch sentence after sentence as he passed at his work. In his nine. I I teenth year he was promoted to the toil of cotton-spin- I ning, whicb, being then of a slender form, he felt very severs, but was well paid for. He bad become desirous of going oat to China as a medical missionary, and the remuneration which be received for his labour enabled him to support himself while attending medical and Greek classes in G'algow in the winter, and the divinity lectures of Dr. Wardlaw in the summer. In due time he was admitted a Licentiate of the Faculty of Physi cians at Glasgow. Having joined the London Mik,- sionary Society, be was now qualified for a medical missionary in China, but the war with that country was then in activity, and under the circumstances it was deemed Letter that he should go to South Africa, where Mr. Moffat had opened an inviting field for missionary labour. After a more extended theological training in England than be had enjoyed in Glasgow, he embarked for Africa in 1840, and in three months reached Cape Town. Going round to Algoa Bay, he proceeded thence to the interior, where he spent the following sixteen years of his life." The present number is also remarkable, as conclud ing three of the four divisions of The Eflglish Cyclopcedia. The fourth, and perhaps the most in terestmg, that on Arts and Sciences, is to be defer red for a few months, as the proprietors are desir ous it should contain all the great additions which have been made to scientific knowledge in th e twelve years which have elapsed since the conclu sion of the Penny Cyclopedia, and, as m any new articles will have to be added, and the old ones ei n character, as its predecessors.and form altered and remodell ed, it has been thought ad We ad visable to delay its com menceme nt, that it might be issued trustw i t t it he same e a g ni u e a l t regularityhm a worthy completion to this valuable work. The Art Jour t ca. —The three large plates re present the disarming of Cupid, from the picture by Frost, the opening of New London Bridge, from Stanfield's painting, and a picture of a very grace ful ornamental group by J. Edwards. Among the literary contents, the Editor's Book of the Thames is remarkable, and an interesting paper, by S. J. Mackie, on Sea Weeds, as objects of de sign, will well repay perusal. The attention of the reader is directed to the grace and beauty of their development while floating in the sea, and he sug gests their suitableness for ornamental patterns and designs. The name of William Linton ap pears in the gallery of British artists with nume rous wood-cuts of his chefs d'ceuvres, and a variety of artistic information will be found among the contents. 115 17 iic i 1031 2 JANUARY 4, 1858 MISCELLANEOUS MAGAZINES. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine has a paper on the recent session of Parliament, under the head of " The Nine Days' Wonder." "Australian Sketches" is the title of sonic interesting memorials of ram bles among the graves in the bush. " Woman and Womankind" is a long article on some of the de- floien";og of feTrirtirp .- - - , (lllc,f;cyn ;i1 1: 1, e pr.. • ;' r Tu. ~ s contn usual strain ; thot afe some plea4ng tal.-0 rid a paper on Dr. Livingstone's trace's. The Eclectic Review bas, among other subjects, an article on the life and writings of Chry soiitom, "The Gold,in MoLitl2ed," and anotner on George Stepliehsor. The recent sketch of to; A. Bundled Ye - .rs ago" furi.islits an entertaining ic, and the usual inonthly and guar erly reviews of books and events are given. —The Nationa Magazine has many well-known names among its contributors, and a pleasant variety in its contents. The size and arrangement cf the magazine unfor tunately give it the appearance of being of a heavy character, but such is not always the case. The pedigree of the famous Koh-i-noor wit interest many. There are some interesting critical articles on modern literature.—Titan is the somewhat sin gular name of a miscellany, which possesses a high character, and which numbers many abh3 writers among its assistants. It has an agreeable variety of grave and gay, serious and reflective, with in teresting narrative, extracts from new works of a high character, and some translations from conti nental works.--The Irish Metropolitan Magazine offers to its readers tales, sketches, poems, review s , and racing intelligence, with something adapted to the taste of must readers. It appears to be . • improving in its contents. The Mechanics' Magazine has its usual scientific and mechanical information, with articles on all recent evi nts or improvements connected with mechanics. Among the illustrations are two that are espe cially interesting —one of Bright and De Ber gue's patent cables, the other of Pym's patent machinery for raising sunken vessels. We com mend this serval to al/ scientific amateurs and prac tical mechanics. The sersal s'ories of " Aek Mamma," by the author of " Soapey Sponge," and "Paved with Gold," by Augustus Mayhew, are continued in their varying styles of comedy and melodrama.—A new candidate for popular fivour has appeared in the first number of the " Gordian Knot," by the clever and successful author of "Aspen Court." It commences with treat pro raise, and is already interesting. The illustrations are very go ;d.—Knight's "Popular History of England" has come down to the exciting period of the civil war, and the 25th number closes with a re view of society at the epoch of its commencement. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) Lo! DON, Jan. 4.—Wind this day at noon, S.E. ; strong breeze and very fine. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 2.—Wind E.—Arrived—Ottowa, from Havannah. SUNDERLAND, Jan. 3.—Wind E.—Saiied—Simoon, for New York. CLYDE, Jan. 2.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Pastorista, from Havannah. GALWAY, Jan. 2.—Wind S.E.—Arrived--Mohawk, fra , , Callao. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 2.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Julia, froka Callao. LIVE aroma, Jan. 3.—Wind S. by E.—Arrived—Europa, (s), from Now York, with 52,3i7,74: in specie. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 3. Wind S.S.E. to S.—Arrived Ewald, from Callao. Saile44•—H.M.Str. Sharpshooter, fo ost of Africa ; Diadem, for a cruise. JERSEY, Dec. 31. Wind S.E.—Sailed--C. T. Sutton, for iii (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Wind E., fine. .Arrived, Jan. 2.—Brothers, from Dordrecht; Colombo Odessa ; Tagus, steamer, Gibraltar ; Vertrouweu, Har lingen ; Al:trm, Mechanic's Own, Gertrude, Mermaid, Anne, Matilda, Vestal, Harriet, William, Cornish, and South Picton, all Newport. .Ari ived, Jan. 3.—Cirolino, from Swansea ; Foyle, steamer, London; Devonshire, steamer, Dublin; Rebecca, Brothers, Tiber, Clara, and Rose, Newport. Sailed, Jan. 2 Orinoco, e., for the West Indies. Sailed, Jan. 3—Foyle. s., for Dublin ; Devonshire, s., London. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Win I—S. by S.S.E., fresh. Arrived—Arno, s.-s., atd Tiber, s.-s., from Trieste ; Laura, Maranham ; Scotia, Virginia; Bride of the Seas, Madras ; Little Jenny, St. Michael's. _ QIIF.ENSTOWN, Jan. 2. Wind S .A.rsived—Exile, from Troon ; Ida, from Glasgow. BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Wind S.E. ; three quarters ebb; fresh and fine. Arrived—Josephine, from Pa t ras ; Koh-i-Noor, Jamaica Legrado, Terceira; Kelton, Lyshehl ; Progress, Guernsey ; Compeer, St. Michael's; Mary Ann, Rouen; Luoia, Ber dianski ; Cyclone, Callao ; Cynosure, Nantes ; Columbia, Callao ; Ann, Seville ; Kate, River de Cella ; Fur et, and Leon, Gravelines ; Catherine Cornelia, Rot terdam ; Friends, Dunkirk ; Pacific, Rotterdam; Johns, Dunkirk; Mary Hawnsell, St. John's, Newfoundland; Palaster, Honduras ; Union, Equity, and Leander, Dun -I,irk ; Henry Martin, Danzig; Rival, Mogadore ; James Rotterdam ; Villiers, Faro. _ DEAL, Monday Morning. Wind/E.S.E. ; fresh. Passed, Jan. 3—Savage, from London, for Newport. Sailed—Glemnanna, for Bombay. We are happy to state that the Court of Directors have, with commendable liberality, admitted Lady Neill to the benefit of the Compassionate Fund, consisting of an annuity of 1201. to herself, and 181. per annum to each child under 18 years of age ; and in addition to the pension of 5001. a year, previously granted, they have conferrei upon her a gratuity of one year's bare pay, and one-third of ayeat each child.—From Grindley and Co.'s Home News. COL. INGLIS, Or THE LIICKNOW RESIDENCY.—The pension for dif tinguished service, rendered vacant by the appointment of Sir Henry Havelock to the colonelcy of the 3d Buffs, has been conferred by the General Commanding in Chief on Colonel Inglis, of the 32d Regiment, who so successfully prolonged the defence of the Residency of Lucknow. THE OVERLAND ROUTE TO INDIA.—We have received by the last Bombay mail an exemplification of the para mount advantage of the adoption of the overland route for the transmission of troops to India. Within six weeks after the first draught of troops left England for Bombay, via Egypt, a company of the Royal Engineers, firming part of it, bad actually taken the field with the force, cAutnanded by Major Raines, 95th Regiment, which left Bombay on the 22d N.vember for the Gulf of Cutch, and they are now fully occupied against the rebels in the disturbed parts of Malwa. —United Seivws Gazette. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES FROM CAGLIARL —Strong repesentations having been made of the delays in the transmission of the Indian telegraphic despatches from Cagii:eri to this country, the French and Sardinian Governments caused searching investigations to be made into the conduct of the clerks at Corsica and Sardinia. It was discovered that a message was delayed seven boors at Sassari and 15 hours at Bonifaccio, and in consequence nearly the whole staff in Ccrsica has been replaced by the French Government, and several clerks have been dismissed in Sardinia. The French Govern= meat has also directed that some of their officials shall be employed solely on the English busieess, and Eng lishmen will be sent to Spezzia and Cagliari to secure the instant transmission of the Government despatches. It is hoped that by these means the ♦exatious and causeless delay hitherto experienced will be for the future obviated. The submarine line from Cagliari to Malta and Corfu was thrown open to the public yesterday. Rossini has addressed a letter to the president and members of the Society of Musical Composers and Pu - lishers, (expressing his readiness to accept the post of member of the society, to which he had been named during his absence in Italy. The celebrated composer expresses the utmost satisfaction at the object of the association, and declares that all the dues accruing to him shall be paid into the fund which has been formed to give assistance to distressed composers and musicana. SOUTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ELECTION.—Iie yet no Conservative has publicly announced himself in opposi tion to Lord Henley. The name of J. E. Severne, Esq., of Thenford, has been published as likeiy to come forward, but without sufficient warrant. Atter due deliberation, a Conservative candidate has been selected in the person of Col. H. Cartwright, son of the late W. R. Cartwright, Esq., who many years represented the county. Col. Cartwright will have the full support of his party, and the battle will be fought in earnest. DEATH OF A POLICEMAN FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN AN IRISH Row.-0a Saturday Henry Morgan, a con stablero from a n I o f th e ris Iri s hm an named making died e re m o a t h h injuries e Kallagher, of Sally's e re alley, London-street, f Ratcliff. On " Boxing-day" Kal lagher a ever. drunk number a countrymen a tr d m is e tu n and rb country women aneeinth Mile-end-road. Kallagher was especially violent, and struckeountyrsmeveenr,al persons who were quietly going along the roa,i. He was taken i n t o cus t o d y an d rescue d b y hi s who so severely handled the police that a reinforcement was sent for to the Thames Police sta tion. The most violent resistance was offered by Kal lagher and others to his recapture, in the course of which Kallagher made use of a pocket handkerchief with a large, sharp stone tied up in it. With this he struck Morgan about the head and face so severely that, though the latter was able to appear at the Thames Police-court on Monday last at the examination of Kallagher and some of his companions, he died on Saturday from con cussion of the brain. On Monday Kallagher was sen tenced to two months' imprisonment, but in consequence of the policeman's death be is to be again brought before the magistrate. Morgan was a fine young man, 25 year. of age, and has left a widow and three children. OLD AND NEW.—Few thing is ire more surprising than the revolutions of taste, and nothing can be more faila mils than the supposition that novelty in a lady's attire, for instance, is the offspring of the age we live in. Those who imagine that the mode of wearing the hair is not derived from a past period are grievously in error. The rolled character at the side of the head, the bon pets, the pendants in lace, velvet, ribbon, and jewellery, were not unfamiliar to the age of Louis XlV.—to the Da Barris, the Pompadours, and others, or to the beautiful consort of our own Ralph Neville, Earl of Northumber land. It is in modifying and adapting the fashion. of the past that so much is achieved and so attractively, and it is in this way that those who go hand-in-band with the r Parisians furnish suoh convincing examples of superio r taste. It is especially curious to'remark howanice/ tfa (Xur: headdresses which are adorned with or_ Pi and those in white only h a ve his 86 of th e year, Ily for gas Jr son scintillatory effect. Unusua no "n ilogent-atreet are furnished can be adapted for mournin wear inazOlitsiabivn Messrs. Jay' s showr- -1.5 ss so many families are with these adaptat ions; the room attract a more than mourning , lidghlhainted, now wear in g ordinary number of tt. 50 st. 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