The Sun. — London, England, 1860-09-03 00:00:00

\ .l NONE Y MARKET .4ND CITY NEWS. SLIARF; MARKET.-(TILIS DA Y.) ________.-__ 4 . CITY, Two o'CLocK. ORDINARY SIIARES AND STOCKS. During the past week there has been no material Share Railways. p n ;,. Closing I Business alteration in the general state of business throug h- , Price. Done. out the manufacturing districts. The woollen - trade at Leeds has continued inactive, and at Man- 4 0 14 Ballymenal3 ,i e r lfa . ;t ro Tcl anr gtl. all - 8 -- 7 1 cheater no improvement has taken place in the stock Birk., La., and Ch June lOO T 8 80 25 Blackburn enquiry for India goods. There has been some de- 25 Myth and Tyne all - stock 11 3- , ? i s T ar x d e iN e l r i d : Co 1- ''o', 1 mand, however, for the home markets. Wools a nd s t io , Ta e i a l f 4 IgA 102 yarns have been dealt in to a fair extent for the stock Caledonian - 100 944 941 945 a m season, but piece goods have been exceedingly dull. 10 ( - C la o r rT a a r n t c l i ma n rdia.:an a a ll -__ _- The hosiery trade of Leicester has been more active, 20 (cork, Cornwall a ll 5 - 4 - 65 all and in the various hardware districts a steady 10 D o A (A zeta no div. ( a ll _ business has been transacted, chiefly for home re - to Do 8,, V as t' l I ` I I- , P d er t a t . all - - uiroments. 50 Dublin & Belfast J un e. all - - q 25 Dun. Perth, &Ab..lunc all 74 81 Th e Liverpool Cotton Market, on Saturd a y , was sto c k East Anglian lOO 164 171 stockstoc Eastern a ern moderately active, and 8,000 bales were sold att Counties 100 rei 545 "i about last Friday's rates for most qualities. stock Do do Bdo 100 28 30 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds 85 - Th ere were no bullion operations of importance 20 East Suffolk - - at the) Bank of England on Saturday . stock Edinburgh & all - - Gl asg ow 100 81 82 82 Thee West Indian steamer which leaves today stock Edin. Perth, &Dundee 100 305 311 304 5 1 301 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - will take out £3,521 in specie. The Tyne has ar- stock Furness . - - rived from the Brazils with £71,000, and the stock gl re aN. N a t il i el n S o . f lLe o slrn nd 100 al 107 109 Europa from America with £35,000. stock Great Northern lOO 1141 1151 1155 15 stock Do do A stock Tb.e particulars of specie on board the Ceylon, stock Do do B do n 111 113 1111 which leaves for the East on the 4th instant, are stock stock (It. t ea S i .kesWteorfnlreland lo -g 71 714 714 41 4 as follows :--Madras, gold, £3,341 ; Calcutta, stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 60 6.5 silver, £16,000 ; Singapore, gold, L 4,735 ; Hong ~t 0,121, LancashirelriSouth-easternsh x,,0 r hir. 100 an 11 - 05 1 - 101 1101 liii Kong, silver, £101,515 ; Shanghai, silver, £70,784 ; stock London and Blackwell 100 __M. ~t, g , n i i i stock Lon., Bright.. & S Coast 100 loft li a total, £196,375. stock Lond., Chat., and Dover 100 47 49 100 1001101 1 00 1 It 4 A sAight increase has taken place in the business stock T.Agg. ei & g isA s . Western 10 121 121 transacted in the general money market, owing to stock Lond. & sth. Western lOO 92 93 924 n - - the provision which has to be made for the bills due 25 L'derry 'cerr & goleirsaKineen. all 105 111 to-morrow, the 4th of the month. Nothwith- stock Man. Shef. & Linao . • .. i n 100 431 445 431 4 50 Mtayport and Carlisle all - - standing the quietude of trade, the engagements 121 Do do 1 shares all 4 3 - 2 d arriving at maturity represent a large aggregate st i o n ck Midlaondlitan 125 1255 12514154 • amount, and the necessary preparations conse- stock s 11 1 - ( lo G il . rming i , r -- ? .Et e n rb a y 100 al 1100 102 quent ' ly create more animation in discount circles • 25 Do 4 shares all - 25 Slid Kent ....... - - the rates, however, remain without any material 10 Do, Cray Line - - variation, owing to the large supplies of money at 10° 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d Newcastle and Carlisle all - the command of the banking community. 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros. all - - stock Norfolk.. ...... . Continued buoyancy has been exhibited in the so N tin"). Counties Union 35 3 5 3 1 d Market for Public Securities, a further rise of 1 per stork e t Lor r t Bv R i ai l&rit sh . Dk. s toev 110)(0) 635 68 644 • cent. having taken place in consequence of pur- stock D• A stk ; A recs no 0. . until (Inches beenpd.B 100 - - chases for investment as well as on speculation. stock Do B stock ........, 100 - - stock Nth. Eastern-Berwick 99 4 100 99 9B 95 94 9 Consols, soon after the commencement, consequently,d 25 Dodo, G.N.E. purchase 16134 15 1.1 53 improved to 931 -2 for money and the 6th inst., and stock Do Leeds ..... ......... lgg Z 2 42 5 6 1 144 it 34 to 932 1 for the 4th prox. They are now, how- stock North ,IN' ) o ° rTlT"L tc ondon . 100 103 105 . ...... ever, 93: 1 and 93-1 2 respectively. The New 19.g.4 North Staffordshire.... 17 4 . 8 35 3A d 13 1 N. and S. W. Junction.. all 9, 10 Threes and Reduced have been 931 94 ; Exchequer 12 Not. &Grantham Hall.. 10 6 4 &I 10 Bills ls. to 4s. prem. ; India Loan. 1031 2 ; ditto 5 - - " e o e r i t ) s i m es c:aiiii - •••• • • • • • all -- -1- per Cent. Enfaced Paper 9 6 1; ditto Debentures sto lt - ', lc Z h oWiTh eY" Ce • nir • al - ••• • • • 10 1 0 1 1 - 14 11 - 6 961 ; and ditto Bonds, Bs. dis. ; Bank Stock is 233; stock Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 32 33 stock Do Scot. Mid. stock... 100 87 89 and India ditto, 21 6 . stock Shrnpshire Union . • ... 100 50 52 In the Foreign Market the dealings are rather 001,0 k , s s o n u lf i lto v il o rn n c & Sheer.. 100 4 ( 1. 1 8 7 3 more numerous, and prices have exhibited a slight stock South Eastern . •.•.: :: .. lo o g 875871 871115 1 u p wa rd tendency. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 731 1 ; stockock . S S . 0 t ut k W . : n l e d s ßiver • isi • rn • • 100 78 80 79 ditto New Loan, 571 to 571; ex div. ; ditto 4 per 20 Staines. Wok,. and Wok all , 6 8 '25 Stockton & Darlington all 38 39 Cents. 100:4 to 101; Dutch, 641; Russian, 104 1 25 Do do ll 81 95, p Stockton & Hartlepool 16 * - - ex. div. ; Portuguese, 431 to 441 ; Mexican, 211 t - o stock Taff Vale ...... , lOO - - 22 ; and Peruvian, 951 to 96. stock Do Pref. No 1 lOO , - - 2 The Ocean Marine Insurance Company's shares g( 5 ) T i l l i A am er esHay . e . n! , k&R ail 22 5-5„ 585 I are 2 1 pm. ; the Universal 1 1 pm.; and the 12 1 0 i llo o ..... : _. 4p , r - 5 dl9 19 Thames and Mersey, 1 1 pm. stock Vale of • l\`'ea • ill •••• • • • • 100 1 56 60 59 all i 115 115 The dealings in the Railway Share Market have st l o : Clc Z t t:2;nlL a ZillZ l n; , 100 ' , - -- been rather active, and prices have shown an up- N Waterfordles(nw&aldmerick: all I - 61. - .1 ward tendency in sympathy with the buoyancy at 20 West L0nd0n..... • . :: .. all ' - - present in the English Funds. Caledonian, 10 jr, 4 e d t e es : ....:: :: :: it 1 all -- -- Brighton, and West Midland have advanced 55.; stock West Midland-Oxford 100 44 46 455 5 25 no. Newport all 105 111 Edinburgh and Glasgow, Great Western, North 125 Do. Hereford. ll l 25 11 al Western, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, PREFERENCE SHARES. North British, and South Eastern, 10s. ; and Lan- Share , . Railways Paid. Closing Business Price. Done. , cashire and Yorkshire, and North Eastern (Ber - I wick), £l. 25 Plythe and Tyne 10 per ~ 11 - Tho Foreign and Colonial lines have not been very r :tic flr% P . rAc;fl.;,'_f=epdcZtstlocsko 100 - -- active ; quotations, however, have shown more 120 IDo. do. do. Shares - - stock C'lttledon £10,41 per cent 100 103 105 buoyancy. South Austrian and Lombardo-Vene- stock IDo. Guar. Shares, No. 2. all - - tian have advanced to 11k - ; Great Western of 2g / t( i ' : '. =lll - 1 1 gTCAIT .C. all 205 - iTi Canada, to 711 711 ; and East Indian, to 1001. 61 Dun.Perth&Aber..Tun all 51 6 stock E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c lOO 99 101 Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares stock Do. do. Class B 6 p.c lOO 114 116 la aVe been dealt in to a moderate extent. London stock Tf.),odo ;D J . n C . la x s . 13 5 C p 7 . c p.; io ... i 12 1 ( 0 ) 7 9 111 and Westminster have advanced to 581 ; London stock Do. do. No. 2 100 108 110 stock Do. New 6 per ct. stock. 100 123 125 and County, to 36 ; Great Ship Company's shares stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 81 83 are at 1•; and Peel River Land, 471. stock Do. 5 per cent. guar... 100 - - stock Edin.& las. sp.c. shares 100 112 114 stock Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. &D. 100 90 92 BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. stock Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 781 795 Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 931 /4 4 stock (ling.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. 100 120 122 stock ,Great Northern, sp. ct. 100 114 118 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock. .. . 216 100 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 80 84 86 Ditto 5 per Cent 1035 / 10 Gt. Nh. of t'cotld. Ist pf. all - - Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. - stock c Gt.S.n. & W (Ireland) 4 1 100 97 99 Ditto 5 per Cent. 965 / p. ct. pref. stock.... 50 Great West. (Berks and Ditto 55 per Cent. - - Ditto Debentures, 1858 Ditto, 1859 Ditto Bonds V.,000 - stock IDo. Irredeemable, d 0... 100 90 92 92 )itto under £l,ooo a iDo. Birm. Pref. Shares. all 94 104 Consols for Account, 6th Sept. 9 35 5 1 10 Gt. W. Chem. 8 p.c. pf.sh. all 161 175 Exchequer Bills, £I,OOO, 15d Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS=-CLOSING PRICES. 264 Do. Chester gua. shares all 20 205 114 Do. do. do. Brazilian 5 per Cent - 20 Do. do. do. Ditto, 1839 & 1859 99 stock Lan.&York 6p. c. stock. 100 137 139 Ditto 45 per Cent. 1860 .. B7l 4 stock Do.Barnsl.stXs 38 10d pc 100 - - - Buenos. Ayres, 6 per Cent. - stock Do. 6 per C. (E. Lan.) .. 100 - - Ditto Deferred Chilian 6 *per Cent - stock tDo. sp. c. No. 100 115 117 Ditto 41 er Cent stock 'Do. gua. 6p. C. stock Do. do. 5 p.c ' 100 138 143 p 825 No. 41 100 1115 117 1185 Greek Bl 91 10 stock Do. do. 41 per cen'. .... 100 102 104 Mexican 3 per Cent - 5 Do. do. 41 p. c. shares.. 5 - - Ditto Account Peruvian 45 per Cent - stock Do. 6p.e. do. (W.E.&C.P.) 100 130 134 Ditto Account stock Lon. Chat. and Dover.. 100 83 86 85 Ditto (Uribarren), 45 per Cent. .. 84 stock Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Ditto 3 pen Cent. - Nuneaton, sp. ct..... 100 117 119 Ditto Account) Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. - - Ditto Account of 2s. 00. all - - 2 4 Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £St .. - 12} Londondy. & Cole.. sh. all - - Ditto Account Ditto 41 per Cent 941 stock Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. 100 126 128 Ditto Scrip , Spanish 3 per Cent -stoc- Do. 31 per cent p Ditto Account 121 Mary ort & Car., 4p. c., all - - Ditto Passive - - Turkish 6 per Cent .. 731 stock Mid. Con. 6p C. stock.. 100 - - Ditto Account Ditto New Loan - stock Do. C. p. c. pref. stock.. 100 101 103 Ditto Account - - Ditto Guaranteed, 4 er Cent. p - stock Norflk sp. c. Ex. et. 1846 100 - - Ditto Account - - i Dividends on the above payable in London. stock Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 100 - - Butch Exchange, 12 Guil. 25 per Cent 641 stock North British, sp.c. .. 100 112 114 P eruv ian Dollar Bonds, 45 per Ct. Ex. 4s. 835 5 1, stock Do. New, gala. sp. c.... 100 110 112 101 sh Do. Bor. U d n. o g. pf. s 5 1* THREE O'CLOCK. 10 ( Do. . do. all -- p Consols, Money - - Ditto Account stock 10. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 100 96 98 17 Do. do. do 8.13.4. 1 i d 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1 1 3 - - TBIS DAY'S SHIPPIIVG. 125 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 9 - - __---4,--- -- 25 Do. York, H. &S. Purch lO 4 d .1 p LONDON, Sept. 3.-Wind this day at noon-W.N.W. ; 20 North Staffordshire all 224 235 light breeze, and fine weather. 10 Rhyntney Guaranteed all - - 1 Si Scottish Central, new pf all - - PLYMOUTH, Sept. 2.-Wind N.N.W .-Arrived-Pin k, stock Scottish North-Eastern from Baltimore; Percy, from London for Hobart Town. 31 p. e. pref. stock lOO - - Sailed-Southampton, for Melbourne; Salamanca, for Cal- stock Do.Aberdeengua.6p.c. 100 122 124 tutta. stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 130 135 les, South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 104 11 OFF DARTMOUTH, Sept. 2.-Wind N.W.-Arrived - 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent. all - - Barah Fleming, from Torquay for Quebec. 1.0.6 South Eastern (Reading CLYDE, Sept. 1.-Wind N.W.-Arrived-Jane Dag- stock Ann- 1 - 0 . 6) . all 245 241 25 41 100 102 104 104 gett, an Croaker, from New York. Sailed-Harvest stock B o olk i €7 ,c s ent. ' p.c. Ist is. 100 102 104 Moon, for Monte - Video. stock south Wales, gua. 4p. c. 100 91 93 OFF HURST CASTLE, Sept. 3.-Wind W.-Arrived- stock Do. 41 per cent lOO 100 102 stock S.-Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua. 100 83 85 Clara, troop ship, from Portsmouth. 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. e all 27 28 QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 1.-Arrived-Minx Manx, from 25 Do. B 6 uer cent all 321 321 Ifagazan. 25 Do. C 6 per cent all 32 33 ,arba.does. Limanicx, Sept. 1.-Wind W.-Arrived-Faith, from stock Watild & Kilkny , 6 p. o. 100 46 50 -u stock W.Mid -Oxf I st Gua stk 100 126 128 Do. 28 do 121 123 m ic rimsmounr, Sept. 2.-Wind W.N.W.-Arrived- 10 Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. all 1124 105 Lecta" Condottiere, from Naples, leaky, in tow. Sailed_ 10 Do.Perpet. Op. C. pf 1866 all l2l York. , for Buenos Ayres •; Margaret Evans, for New 121 D 0.1869, Ist is all 14 -till . . 145 121 Do. do. 2d is. 5 - - OFF Q - Do. Hereford 45 p.c. pf. all - - Tort° Rico , aNsTowN, Sept. 2-Arrived -Arrived from ..._ duras, an _nd sailed for London ; Malthedies, from Hun- LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. - ' s4ll ed for Dablin. 1 I Leasing Closingl Business . i Railways. i Co.'s. Price. Done. Orr I Pa i d RLECT RIC TELEGRAPH.) Bedford ancrlTFachley, all rLn & ff.NV .. .. Wind N.E. SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. • h 1 ' Backing ams iire ...., I 100 iLn &N.W 95 98 96 Arrived, Sept. 1....... j. , Chester & Holyhead.., 100 ID°. in SL.e.. ii .onn. Souchav, from London with Do. do. 55 per cent.' 100 Do 125 127 loss of jibboo , ' ' - vve steamer" from H • Courier Do. do. 5 per cent ) 100 Do ll2 114 I 112 Jersey; -v v ... , r , Havre , steamer, from ' Clydesdale Junction.. 100 .Caledonia 102 104 I 103 Sailed-Commodore, f or S7te, from Peres. COlchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&91 C 151 161 er Dublin f ; Atalanta, steamer, far 138 140 E.Lincoinshire,g.6 p.c. ! 100 Gt. North. Jersey; Temora, steam ' fee London;J a ne Cochran, for E.Union,llarwich Slis all E.Counts.l 4 45 Cardiff. o -Tyne t Do. Woodbridge ... i 100 1 - Arrived, Sept. - • ' '' - eattle from Rio j • GI B &N 11 D t 100 ICaledoninl 7- -. - carentaA. r, Janeiro ; s. arr. les, re . .A.rull, steamer, from Do. New .... • ..... 100 D 0....... - - -- Th Gloster& Dean Forest all ,Gt. West. - (BY SUBMARINE AN D MAGNTI e TELEGRAPH.) Hull and Selby .. GaiLVICSENb, ~_ 'londay Morning. Do. 1 Shares - - - Wind calm ; weather fine. Do. 5 Shares ....... all IDo. . ...• - from Lanc.& Carl. alia.s p.c. 100 ILn.k • N.W 206 209 Arrived, Sept. 2.-Economy, ,Th , Rotterdam • A ' me, London .& Greenwich 100 , East. from Nassau • Hortensa, from -u a r t ' B lO; J ut h il , de from Do Preference ...... 100 ;Do. Dantsic ; Sarah and Ann, from Lisbon ; Isi aria ' f L • ~Tilby.& Soutend. 100 jPeto & Co. 025 931 Stage ; Ada Letitia, from Mazagan ; Brothers, from' Cron-rom eo n wes Lott, gua. 4 p.ct. 100 fferfolk - - stadt ; Eclipse, from Cronstadt ; Liberty, from Arch an 0 . Do. 6 per cent ........ 100 Thomas Leopold, from Malmo ; Julie ant A - ag nate 3 , Manc.,Buxtn. & Alatk. all IL NW&3I 3 35 ,from 'Wolgost. 51h1. Bra dford Prefer- I • Arrived, Sept. 3.-James Holmes, from badoe - Bar g , nen-ence Stock ..... t, 1 , - ....I 100 Midland £5 97 964 6 Newmarkt., Bury •,x ' rich, from Hooksiel; Reynard, from DeM6V ra ' ;5. 5.6 , E.Counts 5 Ip, guaranteed 5 p. c. , Sailed, Sept. 2.-Laughing Waters, for - klg - oa Bay ; y Northr.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all IDo . . Westburn, for Adelaide ; , Princess steamer, mer, for Genoa. Do. d o . 6 per cent .... all Vo. - Morning. Do. Fix-: 5 per cent.'- all Do. - - North Western I all Midland 14/ DEAL, Monday 15 Wind N.W. moderate. Passed, Sept. ' 2.-Yanakile, for Moreton Bay;Grace Preston and W eall L ' ' '' NW n yr . a I & L.Yk. - - Ross, for New Orleans; Princess, screw steamer, f or Genoa; 14 0 °- y 1 Stares A. all Do. - Citizen, screw steamer, for Bordeaux ; Westburn, f or Ade- skis g_tn..H;teb., &Shop! 100 Gt. Nor fh. 135 136 ! 136 lade ,• Laughino - Waters. for Algoa Bay - all from London.; IP 0 7 8131 7& lieg e fordl 100 T.Brassey 103 106 1035 Ave, brig, from Shields for Genoa; Angristo, from Shields, ;011ilth Stafrordshir • e .. all M'Clean.. 10 . 1 1 11 P 5' for Ferrol ; R PM G Commercial Code, from north, for wi m Mid Somen,et.. 100 Gt. West. 92 94 I west ; Jane, from London, for Mauritius. - - °11 .._& Croydn. all L.& Brgtn , 74 81' IVA7t frt. - '''' ---""- It is said that Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clotilde will leave Paris to-morrow for the seaside. They will take a short cruise and be at Cherbourg on the .sth inst. There they will be joined by a suite of some half-dozen persona, including M. Bella, professor of agriculture, and a conple of aides-de-camp, and thence they will proceed in a yacht to visit the coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. This trip has nothing of an official character. It is said that the Prince( means to pursue some agricultural inves tigationeir sbarel Do c k,. Paid. @ploriscoin.g Business Done. per Ceni'rei..iin 100. a nd West Indies .:1 ^0 Commercial . ... 100 I St. Katharine. ........... 100 ,Southampton .......... ioo 1 100 97 99 Vittoria . Doliew ,—..•••••••••• 2 id p LDLEoa%Bdon ........... no stock stock stock stock stock stock 'dock rEE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1860. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share Railways. Closing ' Paid. Price. Business done 100 Atlantic & St Lawrence a - ri — 87 89 stk i ßom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 100 934 944 Gu. 5 per cent. 18 Do, Do. B 16 14 11 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron' all 5 1 6 5 4 4 204 Do. New 10 Do. Preferene,e Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 100 100 78 82 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 73 78 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 70 75 • 5 Cleutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) 1. 30. 1 d 4p 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 2s. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s. 2i 2 d 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 74 4 4.• 174 Demerara....., ...... _ all 20 Eastn. Bengajegu. sp. 71 14 14 d 64 stock East Indian, /kru„ .sp. c , 100 995 ICO4 994 1004 1001 20 Do. F Shares Ext..... 15 4 d .4 20 Do. Jubbulpore. l5 d 100 Do. 44 pc. Debentrs. all 984 991 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864.. all 101 102 20 Geelong & Melbourne.. 214 221 sto. Geelong Corporation 6 100 percent. Bonds stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 311 321 324 24 2 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 89 91 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. all 65 57 554 6 4 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867.. all 51 64 63 100 Do. do. 1872.. all 50 53 took GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 964 97 96/ 7 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 6 Id 4 d 54 20 I Gt. South.oflndia (Lim) 13 2 lid guaranteed 5 per cent. 205- Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 131 134 13 1 44 4 201 Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76, with 100 all 93 96 opt, till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 93 96 100 Do. do. '73 without opt . . all 93 96 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 90 92 stock Madras, guar., 44 p. c... 100 83 85 stock Do. do. 5 per cent .... 100 94 95 94 4 stock Do. 44 p. c. Extension 100 87 89 20 Do. Fourth do.. .... 10 14 14 d 20 Do. d 0..... .... all stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 Newßrunswick & Canda 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g,.6pc all 5 7 Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0... .... 20 Do. do. B Capital d 0... all 5 7 Do. do. Land do. ...... 20 Oude (Limited) ........ ss. stock Scinde ... ...... + 100 974 985 985, 20 iDo. Punjau)) .... a g 7 11 d lid { 20 ,Do. Do. ..... .. a. all d ato3k IDo. Indus St. Flo. ?,,a , 100 03 041 20 r StAndrews & Quebec A 18 10 ITrinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 4 4 d FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rot.terdaml all 5 55 1 55 20 !Ardennes . ........ all 1 --p; 20 Bah.&S.Fran Eim.7 p.c. Si I id , 5 ißelgian East Junction all 4 1 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 24 24 100 Copiabo .... .... & ...... all 10 Ditto Extension all 24 2 d 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 15 4 140 124 4 20 Eastern of France .... all 25 26 20 Grand Rue. Guar. 6p. c 6 20 Do. do. all 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., con. she... all 64 7 20 Italian Jurction .. ... all 20 Lake Constance & Bale. all 20 Lierre & Turnhout .... all 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all 336 Maria Antonia .... ~.. all 10 Do. New . 20 N'arnur & Liege .... —.. all 74 Ai 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref. ... . all 194 20f 16 Northern of France all 376 6'85 20 Do. New Shares ..... 15 —— p 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 74 85 20 Paris,Lyons, & 3lediter. all 344 354 20 Paris & Orleans.. .... all 53 55 55 20 r Recife & S. Fran. (Fern.) gua. 7p. ct. lim ...... 13 24 25d 20 Riga & Dunaburg...... 14 10 i Rome & Frascati .... all 20 Royal Danish ......... , all 14 16 5 Royal Swedish ........ all 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... all 54 5 10 Do. 55 per cent. Pref..... all 85 65 20 San Paulo, lira, g. 7p. c. 2 4 Id 1 4 20 S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin 12 14 4 d 11 1 20 Southern of France.... all 19 20 84 West Flanders ........ all 54 54 10 Do. 55 p. c. Preference.. all 95 94 20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 22 23 23 Western of Austria.... 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do. 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zeat.nd BRITISH MINES. Share Mines. Paid. 1 Closing Business Price. Done. Aliret Consols (Philack) British Iron 4 % 9 Clifford , 200 210 430 440 1074 1124 91 101 11 114 29 31 111 12i 1; 13 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.)i East Bassett (Illogan).. !East Caradon ..........I IE. W'l Russel (Tavistk.)' IGam.tSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolmis.... G. - Wheal Alfd. (Philack) !G. Wheal Vor (Helston) Grenville ... !Herod's- • • Hingston Downs Lady Bertha !Mirgaret (Uny Lelant) !North Downs 2.14.6 7.4.0 j 17; 12.13.9 5.14.6 8.12 4.8.8 1.8.6 2i it 30 31 31 23i 38 1 4 0 31 4. 'North Frances (Illogan) iN.Wh'l Basset (1110 an) [North Wheal Crofty [Par Console (St. Blazey) ,Providence (Uny Lelnt.)[ [ Sortridge Cons. Min.Co.l South Caradon(St.Cleer) ,S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim IS.Wheal Fran. (Mogan), Stray Park [Tamar Silv.& Lead Min [Tin Croft 5a 9.18.9 1* 10.6.7 8 - 9 11l 12& 45 47 295 310 2} 2t 133 140 52 55 3i all 18 1 , 9 122..18..0! 21 21 4 1 1 5 !Vale of Towey (Coml.)! IWest Basset (Illoban).. Caradon (Liskeard)! 'West Seton 1 ,,',',3 6dl Wheal Basset (Mogan' 'Wheal Buller (Itedruth; Weal Edward (Cals.: !Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant` j Wheal Mary Ann (Meni Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 1.7.2 FOREIGN M 20 Australian 1 Bon Accord Copper,Lim. 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £; 20 'Do• St• Johndel Rey,Lim' 5 i Do.Land and IhningCo 1 1 Clarendon ConsilinCod 40 Cobre Copper Copiapo 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Col Fortuna. General Gt. N. Cop. of S. 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Electric Teleg. all 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 3 4 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.) 5 11 1/ d 34 4 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 2 lid 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis. all 100 N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand 88 — 4 1 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all / 1 / 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1 1 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.) . 15s. ipr 10 Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)A 6 10 Ditto B. 10 Ditto C stock Peelß.Lnd,&lBlin.(Lim ) 100 17 50 . 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam 50 Do. New 25 121 131 p 20 RedSea&lnd.TeLg.44p.c all 18 181 18 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 50 64 ' 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 51 53 stock Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) 100 122 125 25 South Australian Land all 31 34 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all / 1 ' Do. do. Registered. 19 Do. do 4 all 51 4 oi l 20 Tr. ir Lo. CO.ofUpr.Can 5 ... 109 Pah Diemen's Laud I 1 H EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. TATIERSALL'S-(THIS _EVENING.) LEAMINGTON STAKES. 4to 1 agst Royal Sovereign (talon) 4to 1 agst Crater (taken) 6to 1 agst Wild Rose (taken) 7to 1 agst Argosy (taken) ST. LEGER. 9to 2 agst Sabreur (offered) sto 1 agst Thormanby (taken) 6to 1 agst The Wizard (offered: Bto 1 agst Umpire (taken freelj) Bto 1 agst Sweetsauce (taken) 20 to 1 agst St. Albans (taken) 50 to 1 agst Cape Flyaway (take') 50 to 1 agst Tom Bowline (taken) 50 to 1 agst Buccaneer (taken) LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(7111S DAY.) SHERIFFS' CO inn PRINTERS AND MACHINE BOYS.-IMPCRTANT DECISION. SMITH V. DANKS. Plaintiff is a machine boy, and defendant a master printer. The action was brought to recover 12s. wages stopped, and 7s. 6d., one week's wages, in lieu of notice. Defendant pleaded on the first occasion that by the rules of the trade plaintiff was not entitled to notice, and that as to the 12s. plaintiff had been fined that amount for breaking a form. His Honour adjourned the case for consideration, and this morning said he had consulted twc printers of great standing in the trade, and they are both positive upon one point—the machine boy is entitled to a week's notice. Mr. Danks—Then as to the 12s. ? His Honour—You must show negligence on the part of the boy. If he wilfully or negligently broke a form con taining type, you would be justified in dismissing him on the spot, and stopping all his wages. Plaintiff—l couldn't help breaking the form, and no type was spilt. His Honour—A great many people employ wretched little girls as servants, and these wretched little girls break plate. That case applies here. You, Mr. Danks, employ little boys as machine boys, and then forms are broken. There is no negligence shown here, and plaintiff must have a verdict for the whole amount. THE PANIC IN THE LEATHER TRADE.--ISRAEL V. OSTLER AND ANOTHER. In this case, in which plaintiff recovered a verdict for a sum of £2O 18s. for certain hides supplied to defendants, Mr. Ford moved for a new trial, on the grounds that the verdict was against evidence, that his Honour had misap prehended the law, and surprise. His Honour ruled that upon the first ground defendants could not apply. Upon the second defendants could appeal, and as to surprise there was not much in it. A long argument ensued, in which Mr. Ford, Mr. Buchanan, for plaintiff, and his Honour took part, Mr. Ford contended that the market value of the hides was the principal ingredient in the matter, and that defend ants had allowed plaintiff a fair market value. llis Honour was of opinion that upon the failure of Messrs. Streitfield and Co., the salesmen were afflicted with an unreasonable panic, and sold at any price, and a panic value was not a quarituni market value. Mr. Buchanan urged that the verdict was in accordance with the evidence, and his honour refused the application, giving plaintiff costs and defendants leave to appeal. POLICE INTELLIG CE-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SELLING SPIRITS WITUOITT A LICENSE.—ASSAULT ON A POLICE INSPECTOR.—Peter Ward Hebblethwaite, chan dler shop-keeper, and Bridget Hebblethwaite, his wife, were charged with selling spirits (rum) without a license ; and the female was further charged with assaulting In spector Webb, of the C division, &c. The defendants were fined £25 each, or three months' im prisonment in default, THAMES. DARING ROBBERY AT THE STEPNEY STATION OF TH33 BLACKWALL RAILWAY.—John Cannon, a tall man, about 23 years of age, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing a silver watch, value £7, from the person of Mr. John Lowe, fishmonger, of No. 3, Northampton-place, II olloway. Mr. Beard, solicitor, defended the prisoner. The prosecutor stated that between eight and nine o'clock be was at the Stepney station, making his way with others towards the North London train, which had just arrived, and in the rush that took place the prisoner got before him, and he felt his watch drawn from his pocket. He seized the prisoner by the arm, held him, and struggled with him. The prisoner ran away at great speed along the platform and fell over it. An officer followed the prisoner, who got up and looked over the wall of the railway, and also put his hand over. Directly afterwards the prisoner was secured. Mr. Beard cross-examined the prosecutor in a very in genious manner. Mr. Lowe said he came to the conclusion that the prisoner stole his watch, because he stood in front of him, and because his face was close to his own, and there was no other one near him. Mr. Beard—You think so. Witness—And I think rightly too. Mr. Beard—You are jumping at conclusions. Witness—And a right conclusion too. He stole my watch. Now, sir, I contend— Mr. Beard—l won't argue with you. Did he not run in common with others when the train arrived. Witness—Yes ; but he ran before, and the others ran behind me. He looked over the wall and threw my watch away. Mr. Beard—You have got that in your mind. Witness—And you won't get it out of my mind. George Barry, a railway constable, said that the prisoner was brought to him, and he afterwards looked for the pro secutor's watch, which he found on the roof of a shop in the rear of the premses of Mr. Pearce, shirt maker. It was open and the glass was broken. Mr. Pearce's shop was below the railway, and right opposite the place where the prisoner looked over the wall. The prisoner cut his knees and hands severely when he fell. Mr. Beard said there was only a case of suspicion against the prisoner. Mr. Selfe said he intended to° commit the prisoner for trial, but on the intercession of Mr. Beard, consented to deal with the case summarily, and on the prisoner plead ing guilty he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour. MAGAZINES. Blackwood's Magazine. If we wanted a proof that the personal animosity and bitter vindictiveness of party feeling has in great measure died out among us, it would be afforded by the opening paper in Maga. It is a criti cism on the political career of Sir Robert Peel, in this old established organ of the party who so long looked up to him as its leader and whose ranks he finally disorganised. The days of those contentions and the bitterness of feeling that attended them have long since passed away. It is as an eminent English statesman, as one of the recognised chiefs in our Parliamentary history of modern times, that his career is discussed, and his character analysed in the paper before us. Founded on Sir La wrence ! Peel's recent memoir of his distinguished relative, it gives us a brief outline of the rise of the family to wealth and honour, and of the early training which shaped the future Premier's tastes tad habits. The effects of his education were apparent, in the opinion of the writer, through all his later life. The younger Pitt was held up before him as the model of a statesman, especially with regard to commercial and financial questions. " It was the spirit of Pitt's commercial policy which mainly chimed in with the opinions of the success ful manufacturer; and this he did his best to im plant deeply on the mind of his son. Without doubt, the seed thus sown never lost its vitality. For many years after his entrance into public life, Peel seemed to be carried away by the tide, which had set in strong in favour of a protective system. But if ever the real history of the man comes to be written, it will doubtless appear that even then he distrusted the wisdom of the course which he was pursuing." In other respects, however, the critic considers his training to have been productive of more harm than good. It encouraged the re serve and restrained manner which was afterwards complained of by his party. "He became so much of a casuist also that even as a boy he could never arrive at a conclusion till he had passed in array before his mind's eye all the reasons against as well as for the object proposed to him." Of his oratory we find the following description :—" He gained ground from day to day in reputation as an admi nistrator, and began by degrees to take his proper place in that House of Commons which was by-and bye to become his world. Not that the House of Commons ever accounted him a great orator. His skill in debate was, perhaps, unrivalled ; but in his best days as a speaker, he fell far behind Canning, Tierney, Windham, Plunkett, and Brougham, and these and many more long overshadowed him by their eloquence. For Peel had not a scintilla of genius. His style was diffuse and laboured; his best thoughts always seemed to he overlaid with words ; and his three courses degenerated at last into the merest mannerism. What he did not receive from inspiration, however, he managed to acquire by diligence and close attention to details." The essay is written throughout with a moderation of tone and absence of prejudice that are highly commend able. The writer is evidently one thoroughly con versant with his subject, and familiar with the inner life of Cabinets and parties at the eventful epoch he refers to. He has been actuated by a fair and painstaking spirit, and has accomplished his task as a whole with discrimination and candour. As an evidence of his appreciation of the lamented statesman's intrinsic merits we quote some of the concluding paragraphs : It would be too much to speak of him as one of Eng land's greatest statesmen. He possessed little originality of mind, and no genius. But he was painstaking, able, in dustrious, unprejudiced, honest in the best sense of that term, and incapable of meanness. In spite of the pains which were taken to settle his opinions in early life, he seems never to have wholly surrendered his own judgment to that of others. Indeed, his nature was one of those which mature themselves very slowly, and are therefore open to the charge, often very ill-founded, of having no fixed principles to guide them. How gradual, yet how steady, were the advances which he made towards the adoption of those views of commercial policy which are now everywhere in the ascendant. How, by little and little, the conviction seems to have dawned upon him that men's religious opinions ought not of themselves to present any impediment to their possession of political power. Yet no man of his age cared more for the wellbeing of the working classes; and it would be to do him great wrong were we to question his firm attachment to the doctrines and discipline of the Church of England. reel's defects were those of temperament merely. He was constitutionally shy and proud. He could neither give nor receive unshackled familiarity. His manner was not a pleasant one, either in the House of Commons or anywhere else. He had many admirers, therefore, but few friends. Still he was a man of whom, with all his shortcomings, Eng land has cause to be proud•; and whose name will go down to posterity among the ablest and most disinterested of those who have taken the lead in the management of her affairs. " The Romance of Agostino" is the title of a new story whose first instalment promises an elaborate plot. It is called " a true story of modern Rome," and true and false heirs, and withheld birthrights, are already its prominent features. Leaving these mysteries we come to an admirable article bearing the singular title of " Great Wits, Mad Wits ?" founded, as the reader may guess, on Pope's celebrated line " Great wits to madness nearly are allied," a theory which it succe'ds in triumphantly refuting. It appears that a French writer, physician to the Hospice de Bicetre has recently published a work setting forth the theory that "the pre-eminence of the intellectual faculties has for its organic condition a special state of disease of the nervous centres." The humiliating theory con tained in this somewhat involved statement is analysed, discussed, and effectually disposed of in the article before us. M. Moreau, the author of the work in question, seems to regard genius as arising from the same mental or nervous constitu• tion which in other cases produces insanity. " We cannot admit," says the critic in confuting this dogma, " that the strength and energy of the mind are referable to the same causes as its weakness and incoherence. To suppose that Shakespere was nearly akin to an inhabitant of Han well is about as reasonable as to consider the Benicia Boy and Torn Sayers pathological cases. The energy of genius is strength, not disease. It may, like vaulting ambition, o'erleap itself,' The intellect may be overtasked and succumb, but so likewise may the athlete overtask his strength and come home with a broken back." The long list of examples which M. Moreau brings forward to support his assertion do not prove much, seeing that if a member of a celebrity's family has been afflicted with blindness, apoplexy, or paralysis, he points to the fact as ample evidence of a pre disposition to mental disease. But, as his critic justly argues, if all his facts were as indisputable as the cases of Tasso and Cowper, they would not war rant his deduction. They night prove that many men of genius had been predisposed to insanity, but not that their genius owed its origin to that predisposition. The excitability often apparent in highly gifted natures, and general among the in sane, appears to be the only foundation for M. Moreau's absurd theory ; but that the excitement is of a totally different kind, that thousands are extravagantly excitable who are in no way re markable for intellectual preeminence, that a high order of talent often accompanies a calm and collected manner, are truths appa rent on the surface to any reflecting mind. As is truly observed in the essay before us, " If a few great men have fallen victims to the facility with which the nervous mechanism may be dis turbed, men who have had nothing great have like wise fallen victims by thousands." In this age of incessant exertion and mental high-pressure, how many have have sunk beneath disease and exhaus tion brought on by a constant strain on their nerves and faculties, by a total disregard of the inexorable laws of health which exact so stern a penalty from the offender, who under no circum stances could have claimed the pre-eminence of genius. Which of us has not known men, highly educated and of respectable capacity, but devoid of a particle of the divine " afflatus," who have fallen sacrifices to an artificial state of existence, and an incessant strain on the nervous energy. " Overwork and unseemly neglect kill the meanest as inevitably as the highest. It is a tragedy which is no respecter of persons, and darkens a thousand homes which are never brightened by a ray of genius." The venerable age attained by many of humanity's great intellectual luminaries would of itself suffice to refute the theory of a diseased organism. We have in our own day seen some illustrious examples, for it must be re membered that not poets and enthusiasts alone, but all who are remarkable for " pre-eminence of the intellectual faculties" are included in this assertion. An assertion so humiliating to the human intellect, so derogatory to the dignity of the great names who are the admiration and veneration of succeed ing ages, is indeed untenable and untrue, ,alanich he d the t . ability, the logic, and the clearness with vc writer of the essay before u 3 gathers. up t ar6 ments which are current on this s uojec . t, and sev e _ rally disposes of them, will be mos t who rightly appreciate one of the Caa gifts and of mankind's most serious respon e s . /0 conclusion, the author turns to. _ ano tncr fallacy current on this subject--the indiff erence to mi nor morals supposed to be i nseyara hle genius. This immunity to mor al obligations claimd some times on their behal f b y the friend s as well as the enemies of genius receives no m ercy _ at his hands. He scorns the idea of , a direct connection bet wee n splendid talents and .d erl,igagements broken, trusts violated or bills un p ai and finds the reason for suc h moral delinq uenc y in the Wea k ness o f t h e con science, not the strength of th e i n tell ect . Hi s re marks, in conclusion, are so just that we cannot forbear quoting them Men of genius are said to be by nature It improvident. may be so : biography too often seems to say it is so. But thousands who have no gen i us are qu i te as i mprov id en t ; . a nd it is never virtue of his g enius that any m an is s o 'lumen nature is human nature, and its infirmities may be seen in the shade of its splendours, but they are not owing to the splendours. The great Shakespear, the great Newton, the great Goethe, were not little men because they too had their littlenesses ; nor were these littlenesses in any sense the product of their greatness. And if the trembling sensibility, which is one of the conditions of genius, makes a man more accessible to certain temp tations, it makes him also more accessible to moral influences, so that, in'point of fact, the history of men of genius is on the whole remarkably noble and pure. The curiosity naturally felt about everything concerning men of genius leads to the publication of all their errors and shortcomings ; but who can doubt th a t a s i m il ar scru ti n y of the lives of grocers would yield a much blacker catalogue of errors ? The vices of illustrious men are cried out from the housetops, but who troubles himself about the vices of blockheads ? Our conclusion, then, is briefly this : genius is health and strength, not disease and weakness ; it is sanity and virtue, not insanity and vice. The man of genius may be 1 sickly and vicious ; but he is so by reason of a sickly body and a vacillating will; not by any means because, with 1 this body and this will, he also possesses a splendid in tellect. " Norman Sinclair" is continued in its usual style, and there are also attractive papers on King Arthur of the Round Table, and the gloomy re miniscences associated with the Tower of London. Fraser's Magazine. There is considerable variety apparent in Fraser's table of contents this month. It opens with the first chapters of a new story, entitled "Ida Con way," which promises some degree of interest. A Manchester Man contributes a lengthened paper on "Hymns and Hymn Tunes for Congregational Wor ship," which contains much sense. The writer strongly supports the system of congregational singing in preference to the monopoly of vocal per formance by the choir, dwelling on its manifest ad vantages in securing the sympathy of the people and promoting devotional feeling. - We are told an amusing anecdote of a church in Durham which rejoiced in an unusually good choir. A stranger one day attending the church joined in the hymn. " Stop, sir, stop," exclaimed the fat sexton, wad dling up to him, " we do all the singing hero our selves, sir." The "Manchester Man" who writes the article refers to the skill and taste for music so prevalent in the Lancashire manufacturing districts, and his suggestions are many of them full of sense and practical benefit. Mr. Latrobe's instructions for suitable congregational singing would be well borne in mind by those on whom devolve the selec tion of hymns and tunes. " Upon every tune offered to a Christian congregation in the church of God let there be impressed as with a signet, gravity, majesty, melody, harmony. Gravity—to bow the spirit in reverence and forbid the sacrifice of fools. Majesty—to remind the singer of the character of that God whose high praise is upon his lip. Melody . --to entice the ear of the hearer, and take even his wandering affections by guile ; and harmony— to embrace the varying tones of a mixed multitude, and on the instant breathe into them one spirit of concord and puce. Such unquestionably is the character of the old church tune." Whether some of its modern successors possess all these attributes may he perhaps doubted ; but we are glad to see the subject gravely considered and fairly discussed. The Catholic and the Dissenting services both owe much to the attractions of their music; the one from its artistic excellence, the other from the prac tice of congregational singing, and we see no rea son why this part of our Church service should not ceerpy a worthier position in our parish churches. As the - writer before us observes, " We should re joice to see our church music and hurnology studied and improved more and more, not with the object of inculcating special doctrines or furl bor ing sectional views, but 'with the broad catholic purpose of enlarging religious feeling, diffusing healthy enjoyment among our people, uniting class with class, and preparing cur congregations here to join in the grand hallelujah hereafter." " A Story of 1843-9," is a raelanct.oly record of the disappointed hopes, the baffled ambition and vain endeavours of the brave band of Lombard volun teers. Their tale was told with vivid and mourn ful interest by Count Emilio Dandolo, one of the prominent actors in the events he chronicles, whose brief career was closed by a lingering disease at Milan, last spring, just as be had once more begun to hope in the future of his beloved country. Mr. Alexander Bain contributes a lengthened paper on the propensities, examined according to phrenological theories, which will inte rest those who turn their attention to physiological studies. " Gryll Grange" proceeds in its accustomed strain, full of curious research, and not without interest in the characters of the tale, though the plot is not the most probable. An able paper on Mr. Kingsley's "Miscellanies," recently published, takes a very just view of the general scope and tendency of his writings, and considers he has done good ser vice by his labours in literature. The influence which he exercises over his readers is, the critic considers, " due to the singular felicity with which he combines the highest degree of zeal consistent with clear judgment, and the highest degree of judgment consistent with ardent zeal. A little more heat and he would be a rash, injudicious ad vocate ; a little more light and he would scarcely be an advocate at all. He is a partisan and not a philosopher, but his partisanship is of the most in telligent and independent kind." The critic ad dresses himself rather to a consideration of Mr. Kingsley's general gifts and achievements as a writer than to the analysis of any particular work. We have further on an interesting paper by "A man on the shady side of fifty," describing France and Paris at the different epochs of forty, thirty, and twenty years since. His reminiscences are curious, and it will interest the reader to com pare the different stages. There are, however, so many points left unnoticed or slightly touched upon that we are not surprised at the announcement of an additional paper, which is to supply deficiences. The " Chronicle of Current. History," a new feature in this magazine, is continued in a condensed form and moderate spirit. Bentley's Miscellany. The " Oatremancbe Correspondence" is con tinued in its usual amusing strain. It takes for its heading this month the old Norman proverb " Ce qui vient de flot s'en retourne de maree," which the writer illustrates by the present state of affairs in general. The session just expired he considers should be remembered in future times as the Peckniff Parliament, owing to its resemblance to the horse of that immortal worthy, who was always going to do great things, but somehow never accomplished his magnificent promises. "Everything," says M. Victor Gouache, " that was to operate for the gene ral weal was predicted for the year 1860. Public burdens were to be removed, obnoxious taxes sup pressed, reforms of law and of representation ac complished—a political millennium was at hand. And what has been the result of all these fine flourishes? Absolute and unmitigated disappoint ment. Not a single measure has been passed of all that were promised." Leaving the remainder of M. Gonache's amusing gossip we come to a tale from the prolific pen of " Ouida." This month there is really some variety in the story. The scene is laid in France, and a mystery is ingeniously interwoven with the tale which goes deeper than practical jokes or lovers' quarrels. Still the style is somewhat diffuse, and if the author could con trive to pourtray a hero of another type, not quite so much favoured by the world's approval and his own good opinion, divided between scornful asso ciation with men and contemptuous to wards women, the change would certainlyb re freshing. However, " Fleur de L ys and the two Viscounts" is certainly a consider able improvement on his later productions, have Monkshood's pleasant papers oei ,r b w i.., remember reached the second part. The reader will first of the that " Once a Child" was the title childhood The present instalment is Worn smooth num ber, reminding us that the hraostohneaerdened ruffian and most ancient patriarch a whethereats from thosem caprice w ho whose and treats ithtssohave had no childhood. The entitled, "Never rosy c h a e c e h k i s iv less remarkable_ for their mourn been, than for their striking talents, nature or fortune,lot no melancholy f ß u r l onte are cited as instances . . Coleridge says of himself that be bad no childhood, and there are many little temperamentsfamiy ones in the various ranks of life who, in the words of g rte Browning's pathetic lament. "are weeping in t h e playtime of the others." "Gurney, or Two F o rtunes," is at length brought to a conclusion, and its complicated lot finally unravelled. A lengthened paper on " The British Association at Oxford" gives us a view of the old academic city, and a sum emery of the principal papers read at this Year's nr , eting. A paper on " Madame de Monte- Span" follows the one in last month's number on , ‘ladame de la Vallicre, who also experienced the vicissitudes. of court favour, though less deserving of disgrace and downfall than the haughty daughter of Mortunart. There are also papers on "Rome and Naples" and " Natural History." The New illo7zthly A lengthened paper on " Italy ihcr Friends and Foes," is the first to greet the reader in this number, and discusses the great question of the day in its varying aspects. The writer justly remarks, in conclusion, that the French Emperor can easily, if he choose, furnish us with a practical proof of his sincerity by withdrawing his troops from Rome, which will leave the road clear for the natural se quence of events. If he truly understands the signs of the times, says the writer, he will grant Garibaldi unimpeded action. " Surely if twenty millions of united Italians cannot oblige Austria to some amicable settlement, they do not deserve ex traneous support." Whether oar Imperial ally's friendly professions and pacific intentions Will stand so severe a test may be reasonably. doubted, though the truth of the suggestion is indispn . table. The interesting story of " East Lynne" is continued, and recurs to the murder of Hallij ohn. The suspicions of those interested in the discovery rest upon Captaia Thorn, but we apprehend that the evil genius of Lady Isabel, Francis Levison, will be found to have been concerned in it. Sir Nathaniel in his " Notes on Note Worthies" discusses the gifted and daring, but eccentric and extravagant reformer Savonarola, the Florentine monk, who was the chief personage in Italy at the close of the fifteenth century. M rs . ' Bushby's tale of " The Belles of the Island" is brought to a conclusion, which is somewhat melancholy. The voyage ito England, which Helen Thornlev had so long eagerly anticipated, is productive of the greatest distr ess,for her husband is recognised by an old assoc;iate as having been implicated in a forgery and murder comm4ted many years before. He is tried and col idemned,lnd suffers the extreme penalty of the law . His heart-broken wife dies on the voyage back to Jamaica, leaving her orphan child to the care of her early friend and companion, Geraldine. Wheal Geraldine reaches the West Indies she learns th at her unhappy lover, Le Vasseur, has committed au icide, in consequence of his gaming losses. She SI tbsequently, however marries an English clergym: tn, and recovers from the effect of these complicate( I troubles. We can not say that the picture of West Indian life and society is very attractive, thou gh possibly life-like. " Gilbert's History of Dublin" is the subject of an entertaining paper, giving us particulars of some of the notabilities who have flourished in that city. Two recent works of travel are d iscussed and quoted at some length —namely, Captain Burton's account of his "Explorations in the Lalce Regions of Cen tral Africa," and Mr. Atkinson's "Narrative of his Travels in the Regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor." Those who have not met with these works will be able to form a good idea of their con tents by perusing these papers. W. C. Kent con tributes some melodious verses on the parable of " Joathc.m," and there is also a ballad by Frederick Enoch. PRINCE MURAT. The following is the text of Prince 114 urat's letter as published in the Turin Gazette : " Sir,—l have received your letter, and reply to it without reserve. I love plain dealing. I shall never be an obstacle to the wish of the people, however erroneous it may appear to me. I am a relative of the Emperor, and am, conse quently, not free ; any act on my part would im plicate the policy of France; and in' the present state of unjust mistrust which parties endeavour to excite against the Emperor, to whom I am fully devoted, nothing could be more disastrous than to make Europe believe that Napoieon 111., who in reality thinks only of the welfare and independence of nations, mediates, on the contrary, of giving thrones to his relations. " When revolution agitates a people the popular will alone, freely expressed, can put an end to dis cords and uncertainties, because it is the supreme law to which every good Italian must submit. "In the actual state of things a Constitutional • Government must be established at Naples as soon as possible, so as to establish liberty and prevent anarchy and invasion. This suffices to prevent me from participating in the revolutions of our king dom, unless the Neapolitan people, free from all ex ternal influence, should legally and so lemnly manifest its desire to have in me a pledge of prosperity and independence. I should then be strong in the consent of my cousin—then I would bring to you the French alliance, which alone can guarantee the lasting independence of this nation. " i therefore make a sacrifice of my private in terests, and, thinking only of the public welfare, I repeat to you what I have already said—it is my opinion that Italy will refind in a Confederation her former power and ancient splendour. " LUOIEN MURAT." A special meeting of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company is called for the 14th September, to authorise the directors to borrow on mortgage a sum of £30,000. THE LACEMAKERS' LOCKOUT.—This dispute, which has now lasted for several weeks in Nottingham, is still pending. Neither masters nor men a ppear i n cli ne d to give way. Subscriptions are being received from various trade societies in the country. One thing in favour of the employers is the almost entire absence of the demand for Mechlin lace, in which branch many of the lockouts were engaged. THE ROAD CHILD MIIRDER.—The memorial to the Home Secretary from the Mayor and other influential inhabitants of Bath, praying for a special commission to investigate this mysterious tragedy, and which appeared in The Sun of Thursday last, has been forwarded through Mr. Tite, one of the members for the city. Mr. Tite has communicated with the Mayor of Bath, stating that he has had an interview with Sir G. C. Lewis, who, looking to the grave importance of the subject and the influential names attached to the memorial, has promieed to give the matter his most anxious and patient consideration. Lord Panmure is expected to remove to Kis singen, after his course at the baths at Langen Swalbach, accompanied by Professor Miller.—Court Journal. CRYSTAL PALACE.—HALT'-CROWN DAY.—Satur day, Sept. I.—Admissions on payment, 1,448 ; ditto by season tickets, 2,153—t0ta1, 3,601. Total visitors for week ending Saturday, 48,844.. Total visitors since opening of the Palace, June 10; 1854, 9,110,666. 2.11.10 16 EIRE AT BLACKWALL. About midnight on Friday a fire broke out in the extensive premises of the r.Chanies Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company at Blackwall, which in a few hours destroyed property of the aggregate value of about £lO,OOO, and the effect of which, be yond the immediate loss, will be, seriously to retard the completion of a gigantic shipbuilding operation for purposes of naval warfare undertaken for the Government. The works of this company are lo cated on both sides of Bow-creek, a little to the west of the Victoria Docks, on ground formerly oc cupied by Mr. Mane, the eminent shipbuilder. On the east side of the creek many of the huge speci mens of naval architecture for which the Thames has long been famous are reared from time to time, and there, also, the large subsidiary ironworks are car ried on ; while the ground on tl ie opposite side is principally, or rather was—occupied by a cluster of sawing, moulding, and planing :mills, smithies, and the like, replete with a system, of elaborate and costly machinery, all of which was driven by a steam engine of some 60 horee-power. Of this machinery, some of which was quite new, the various buildings in which it was housed, and the great steam engine itself by which it was all propelled, only a few useless vestiges remain, and a large quantity of the most valuable descriptions of timber, principally teak, mahogany, and Dantsie oak,. which was being fashioned and adapted for use, or itored in the con tiguous wharf, was involved in the conflagration. and served to ma k e a h uge b on fi re i n the dead of night, visible for eight or ten miles round. The fire, which is supposed to have originated in the engine -house, was discovered by Richard. Pretty, a watchman on the premises, who gexe an immediate alarm, which was spread more rapidly throughout the neighbourhood by the conflagration itself. The working population from_ the adjacent Trinity wharf, the dockyard of Mr. Green, and other places hastened to the scene, and rendered what assistance they could in the emergency. :By degrees, as the blaze diffused its own intellieence over the metro polis, fire-engines7and firemen almost innumerable arrived at the spot, but, owing to there being an indifferent supply of water on the land side, they were unable to render the service they might have done in arresting the progress of the fire, which continued to burn, though in :a degree mere miti gated, until five in the morning. From the adja cent creek the large floating engine, which had come from its mooring-place at Southwark-bridge, played for some hours with considerable effect on the burning mass, and prevented it extending to, though it scorched places, a long range of joiners' shops and stacks of valuable seasoned timber piled up in the immediate vicinity. What little wind there was fortunately blew in the direction of the creek, so that the fire ended there, and was confined to a comparatively limited area. The loss of pro perty—which, by the way, is covered by insurances effected in the Phoenix and Manchester offices—is as nothing compared with the delay and impedi ment it will offer to the progress of a war steam* of prodigious dimensions and strength, called the Warrior, which the company are now building for the Board of Adm iralty,an d a companion towhich de signated the Black Prince, is in course of construc tion on the Clyde. The tonnage of this vessel is estimated at between 6,000 and 7,000, and her ag gregate cost at about £380,000. Her machinery, which is being made by Penn and Son, of Green wich, will be about 1,2,50-horse power, and will propel her at a rate of 13 or 14 knots an hour. Her strength and capacity to resist an attack from without may be fancied from the facts that she is, first of all, built wholly of iron, and infinitely stronger in that respect than any ordinary iron vessel ; that upon this groundwork she is being covered bodily over with teak 18 inches thick, and over this again she is to be encased from stem to stern in wrought iron 41 inches thick, or, as it were, "locked up in steel." All the woodwork for this gigantic creation of naval architecture, includ ing the sawing, planing, tenoring, morticing, and moulding, was being executed and fashioned in the premises which, with all the machinery, have been burnt to the ground, and at a rate to which hand labour to almost any amount was unequal. The vessel has been on the stocks about 12 months, and was expected to be launched about Christmas ; but it is feared that the result of this casualty will be to retard her completion for some considerable time, unless, indeed, the operations which have been suspended by the fire can be carried on b 5 3 ,0 machinery available in other quarters. About men are thrown immediately out of employment, em ployed in the oak, and other though some 2,000 or 3,000 nl-Many- wharf are 10,000 to yard. About two months ago fro g £15,000 worth of teak, Dantsle the been to see th t e he P on woods of great cost was piled Newcastle, and Marlborough, Charles se Napier. Alfred, pe r. theß By adjacent to the scene of distin guished persons have recently and Sir t s ' erew steamer of 2,500 tons is War rior, including, among for the Peninsular a d • l C L Dukes ord c loaf:Somerset,eiifist-class pg e others, her side nearly read— for launching n nnta om y . Pa nyg, and ti AssURfiNCE UPON ASSURANCE. As far as assurances can assure, there never was a country so well assured as ours ; the Emperor assures us at Lyons ; his ambassador to the Cour of England endorses the assurance at St. Etienne ; but unfortunately it is with these Imperial assur ances as with assurance offices, the very sight of them reminds us of conflagrations. The great men of France trouble themselves un necessarily about our nerves, which are constitu tionally none of the weakest ; or if they are apt to quiver at all, there is nothing so likely to pro duce the effect as the sight of a French doctor with his tonics. In one of Smollett's novels the follow ing dialogue takes place between a lusty patient in the hands of a quack and a judicious friend who visits him. " What is your disorder ? The doctor, " What do you chiefly complain of ? Of the apo thecary, Do you feel any shivering ? Always at ' the sight of the apothecary." Count Persigny indeed, understanding us better than most of his countrymen, does us the justice to admit that we are not all in a tremor. Only a portion of the British public has taken fright, and what is extremely curious, the portion he refers t o s is not that which has flown to arms, for he PaL the volunteers a handsome compliment the dignity and calmness of their attitude; not and the propriety of their motto "Def." ; for Defiance." To return one many, let us assure Count Persi h nation as volunteers reflects the ellmnees et is not partial raithfully us its valour. The calm power and of but p;enotal, general us the feeling of gcsit)Teatnhat the readiness for all everts. to thank i e d g ment in the Count's There is another acknow re bound speech for which "The English people agitated hy ,. any d e e en the two • c se than we n sires nohing peace and harmony 1 . 7 e a. - cv „ nations," and bei c u e e ''' seeing 4 inoicatiohnoosftiliet he acquits us of France, Volunteer;" passion against even in our " host of lie claims from us th e same a dmission . as to the sentiments of France, claims it. the French and justly inpeople there is no distrustany portion of the English mind; the French people have done nothing to inspire it, but. then it is no longer by the people that France, is moved ; her institutions compel us to distinguish between her people and. her Government, and the conduct of the latter forbids us to place the same confidence in both. Confidence by shaken acts was never restored by . words.—Examiner.