The Sun. — London, England, 1858-01-07 00:00:00

MONEY IWARKET °DIM:EEC YAL INTELLIGEN E. CITY, Two o'CLocK. A. marked improvement seems to have taken place in the position of monetary affairs upon the Continent. At Paris the minimum rate of dis count, from 8,9, and 10 per cent. has re ceded to 5 per cent., and a further reduc tion is expected. Indeed, it would not create surprise if the terms were adjusted at 4 per cent. to-day, so satisfactory are the advices received in reference to the movements at the Bank. The dulness of trade, precisely as in this country, has led to a diminution of pressure, and specie is also accumulating, without the assistance of gold purchased abroad. In Holland, Prussia, and Belgium the rates of discount have declined and the effects of the late crisis are rapidly disappearing throughout the north of Europe. In Stockholm, a guarantee association has been formed by merchants and others for the purpose of supporting credit, and great benefits are likely to be derived from its operations. Moreover, a loan of from 600,0001. to 700,000 1 . will be raised by the Swedish Government with the view of affording relief to those who have lately suffered from the adverse current of events. The Norwe gian Loan of 220,0001. contracted by Messrs. Baring will also exert a beneficial influence. At Hamburg the discount quotation is 6i per cent., and in Belgium it is 4i. per cent. In all directions, therefore, money is getting cheap, and after the late severe stringency the op posite extreme will probably be experienced, when arage for speculation will be created, and a multitude of questionable undertakings may be expected to be brought forward for public patronage. The gold sent into the Bank yesterday amounted to 125,0001., making the total influx since the date of the last published weekly return upwards of 1,100,0001. Accounts from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday closed firmly, and prices slightly improved. The sales amounted to 8,000 bales, 1,500 of which were taken by the speculators. The Railway Share Market manifested a steady ap pearance, with an upward tendency in quotations. At the meeting of the Netherlands Land Enclo sure Company to-day a resolution was proposed for raising 160,0001. by the issue of 16 000 obliga tions at 7 per cent., repayable in seven years, by instalments of 21. 10s. each. Some discussion took place, but the resolution was carried. It was stated that 42,5001. of the amount had been already taken up. A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Wienholt, Wehner, and Co., took place at the London Tavern to-day, when a statement was exhibited, which showed the total liabilities to be 93,514/. is. Bd., and the estimated assets 83,097 . 3s. Some dis cussion took place, in which the firm were compli mented for the straightforwardness of their conduct towards their creditors. It was agreed that the (affairs should be wound up under inspection. At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. C. A. Jonas and Co., held this morning, it was stated that their suspension was attributable to losses sustained by the late crisis, and about 10s. in the IL will probably be realised. The statement pre pared by Messrs. Quilter and Ball, gives the lia bilities at 32,1451. 4s. Bd., and the assets at 15,729/. lls. Bd. REDUCTION OF THE BANK RATE OF' - St. DISCOUNT. st. The directors of the Bank of England, after St. a short discussion, have reduced the minimum rate of discount from Bto 6 per cent. This measure g t was fully anticipated. The terms in Lombard- Di street being 6to 6i per cent. for some days past, St. comparatively few applications have been made at 20 the national establishment, end the consequence 20 must have been a material improvement in the m 25 Securities and the Reserve of notes, while a con- 25 siderable increase in the Bullion is known to Lave 25 taken place. St The Funds advanced soon after the commence- st meat of business about ± per cent., owing to the 2p, demand for stock, and the statement that the Bank 2( will replace the securities parted with during the Si crisis. Increased firmness was also produced 5 by the expectation that the Bank rate of dis- 2 ' 1 count would be reduced. Afterwards, however, a reaction occurred, and for the moment the market appeared heavy, but since the alteration of the minimum a partial recovery has taken place. Con sols for money have been 94a 95, and 94i R ; for to-morrow they reached from 95 95i to 941 '4. They are now 94i 95, and for February 95k, the - "contango" having decreased. The New Three per Cents. are 95t and the Reduced Annuities 94 95i. Bank Stock is quoted 218. Exchequer Is Bills Bs. to u s, premium. In the Foreign Stock Market a moderate busi ness has been transacted, and, in most instances. at enhanced rates. Turkish 6 100 per Cents. are 99 to wo 99 3 / 4 , and the 4 per Cents. Guaranteed 1034 4 ; Mexican 20g. ; Peruvian 4 3 / 4 per Cents. 79i ; 100 Russian 5 per Cents. are 1081 to 1091 ; ditto 4i per Cents. 991 3 / 4 ; Sardinian 5 per Cents. 87 to 871 ; Chilian 6 per Cents. 103, and Dutch 2i per 20 Cents. 64i to 654. 17 The following are the nominal prices of Foreign 20 Stocks :--Grenada Deferred Bonds, 516 ; Peruvian Et, 4 3 / 4 per Cents., 79 81 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 43 3 / 4 44 3 / 4 ; 20 Russian 5 per Cents., 108 110 ; Ditto, per 100 Cents., 98 100 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41 42 ; 20 Ditto New Deferred, 26 261 ; Ditto Certificates, 5 6 ; Ditto Passive, 5 6. St. The transactions in the Railway Share Market 1 22 have been of a moderate character, and a slight im 20 - provement may be noted in some of the principal 20i undertakings. The unfavourable traffic returns, 20; however, in one or two instances, have caused a 100 downward tendency. Chester and Holyhead, 100 Eastern Counties, and Lanca , hire and York- 100 shire advanced ss. ; North-Western, Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln, and South Wales, 10s. ; 20 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 15s. ; South- 20 Western, 1/. ; and Caledonian, 2/. South-Eastern declined ss. ; North-Eastern (Berwick), 10s. ; and 2 0 Brighton 1/. The Foreign and Colonial lines were in moderate demand. Paris and Lyons and Northern of France realised about former quotations; and Grand Trunk of Canada, Great Western of Canada and East Indian improved about 10s. Mines, Banks, and Miscellaneous Shares have not been very active, and there is little change to report in value. Union of Australia advanced about 10%, and Van Diemens' Land 1/. BR VIISH FUNDS. —CLOSING PRICES —TIIIS DAY. (From the Official Lists) _ Businecadone. Balk Stock 8 per Cent. hoduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuitlee 94i 5 4/ Now 3 per Cent. Annuities 9sh 5 $ i 5 New 2i per Cent. Annuities On sots for Account Ex t,sein,r +lila, 2 td. moo 'silo Snell PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent lO3 Ditto 3 per Cent Idotican :3 per Cent - Ditto Account ..................... Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cont.. Ditto Account ... Ditto 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Russian Bonds, Ig2 - 2, E St., 5 per Cent 108 ? ), 9i. Ditto, 44 per C en t . 991 6 9 Bat dinian Bonds, 5 per Gent. $p nibil Belida, ',l per Cent. ri , ttc Hew Deferred, 3 per Cent, Ditto Account 261 Tarkiali bonds, 6 pur cent Ditto Acc ount 9Bl o a .101tto Guaranteed, 4 por Cent. Ditto Account Dividends on th e a b ove p a y a bl e I n London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cen:,., 12 Guilders 651 4i Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 44 por;Cent. SSA 6 Console ac count, Jan. 8 1 tittEli; CY CLOCK. 941 i x d 79 .3; THE SUPPOSED M u ", Mr. T. ra. o t N NORFOLK.—Yesterday mornin, trict of g the county Ne4o,proner for the Lynn diF• resumed at Middleton, near King's Lynn, the in qui r yi e n a to the mysteriouß cir cumstances attending the diaahave been of the old man Bell, who is supposed to 13th Nov., 1849. A 0 - eat deal of eevnidme n murdered on the indi rect and incidental nature was adduced, and ua the()f an stated that he had received informati on which hecoroner could not disclose at present, but which wa , - of a highly impor tant character. The circumstances under whi c h the sloe leton was fo un d l e d to the conclusion that the body bad not been interred in the crdinary way, altbouoli there 1 1 was no direct p r o o f that the bones were those o f Mr. Bell. Still noother person but Mr. Bell had been miss( d in the village, and there was every reason to suppose that he had been foully murdered. In consequnce of the information which he had received, he hal written to the detective officer who came down when the first Ptir Was made in the matter ; and he thought a strong link had been obtained in the chain of evidence which fix-d . the guilt of murder upon a person whom he should not name at present. The inquiry was again adjourned till to-morrow (Friday), a communication which the coroner stated induced him to adopt that course being handed to • the foreman of the jury. THE SUN, LONDON, THUR SDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1858 " I :P 4 Z` 4 1) rb t A LORD MAYOR IN TH ; FOURTEENTH CANTUR Y. (From the Oily Press) In the year 1381—the beginning of the reign of Richard the Second—the kingdom was far from being in a prosperous state. The working classes, especially, feeling themselves heavily oppregaed tiy a poll-tax, which had been imposed the year before, and which, being farmed by several noblemen, was exacted by their collectors with great severity, re solved to make a general effort to rid themselves of the hated impost. With this view they chose a man named Tyler fur their captain ; and such was the rapidity with which the flame spread, that lie soon found himself at the heal of nearly a hundred thousand men, composed chiefly of the pQasants of Kent and Essex. SUN OFFICE, Six o' Clock. TATTERSALLS'—(This Evening.) There were very few members present, and scarcely any transactions took place. No change occurred in the position of the favourites for the Derby or the Two Thousand Guineas. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) OLD COURT. MANSLAIIQHTER. Entering London on the 13th of Junel, they im mediately proceeded to the wildest excesses. All the houses which they could learn were tenanted by lawyers were, with all speed, laid in ruins, and the archbishop's palace at Lambeth, with all the stores of furniture, books, and manuscrip t documents, mot with the same fate. To help Them in these destructive outrages, and to augment the force with which they hoped to pull ( I ,own the whole fabric of the State, they had, on thifir first entrance into Southwark, broke open the two great prisons of the King's Bench and MarshalFsea, and released all the prisoners. These prisoners, most of them hardened villains, all joined the ranks of their deliverers. A young man named James Brown, a bricklayer's labourer, was indicted for the manslaughter of a child named Jane Coney. It will be recollected from the report of the circum stances, which has already appeared in The Sun, that the deceased child and some others were playing in • Chec quer's-alley, where some buildings were being pulled down, and in consequence of some of them carrying away some of the material•, the prisoner, it was alleged, went to drive them out of the place. In a short time after the child Jane Coney reached her home, crying very much, and suffering from sickness. A boy about 12 years of age, named James Bell, who happened to be present, said he saw the pri g , ner strike Coney with a strap which bad a buckle on it, and he was, on the death of the child taking place, given into custody and charged with manslaughter. The chief witness against the prisoner was the boy Bell, who repeated very clearly the evidence he gave before the police magistrate. 51r. Wright, the surgeon, said—On the 14th of Dec. I was called to the deceased. I found on the left side of the temple a wound, and that the child had great dif• culty in breathing. I could not account for the appear ance, except from what I had been told by her mother, and I thought the sympt ims might have been occasioned by fright. I attended her for some days ; the child rallied, but she ultimately died on Wednesday evening, the 80th Dec. On the following day I made a:post mortem examination, and found on the temple on the right side the wound I have already described. The inside of the head was perfectly healthy and all brain, until I came to the left side, and in the middle lobe of the left side I found a clot of blood about the size of a hen's egg, and about two ounces of dark-coloured blood there was some softening from disorganisation. Every other part of the brain was perfectly healthy, as were the other parts of the body which I afterwards examined. I attributed the cause of death to the clot which interfered so much with the other functions of the brain, and I believe that death arose from the blood on the right side, which had caused the discolouration. These appearances always follow when a blow has been struck—it is a law in surgery. I know of no disease that could produce such appearances as the brain presents. A blow from any instrument would produce the appearances I have described. The prisoner, on being called upon for his defence, said, " I am innocent, and I have witnesses to prove it. I never struck the blow." He then called the following We have not space hero minutely to detail all the calamities which ensued on the 'outburst of popular fury. Suffice it, that all the richest and most in fluential citizens, who did not 15ecure their safety by flight, were hanged or beheaded. The Flemish merchants, in particular, were sacrificed in great numbers. The Temple and the other Inns of Court were attacked and burnt, irith all that they con tained. Many of the mcst ancient and curious re cords relating to our national history perished in these conflagrations. Soont after, the prisons of Newgate and the Fleet were broken open, and all the prisoners released—whence a new augmentation of desperadoes to the desolating crew. As yet, neither the Government nor the citizens had made any attempt to resist the rioters. Their prodigious number, and the terrible excesses by which they gave demonstration of their temper and their strength, seem to have struck all powerless with consternation. At len.gth it was resolved that an attempt should be made to effect their disper sion, and that the King should proceed, for the pur pose of holding a conference with the rioters and their chief, to West Smithfield, where they were then collected. His Majesty accordingly made his appearance, attended by William Walworth, Lord Mayor, and a few other followers. Tyler, who sat mounted in front of his rabble, as soon as he per ceived the King approach put spurs to his horse, and, dashing forward, did not stop till he had placed himself close by Richard. " Sir King," he then said, "seest thou all yonder people ? They be all at my command, and have sworn to me their faith and troth to do all that I would have them." He followed up his speech by indignantly command ing one of the King's attendants, Sir John Newton, to dismount, and remain on foot in his presence ; and on the knight's refusal drew his dagger and rushed to stab him—an intention which he was only prevented from putting into execution by the King requesting Newton to come down from his horse. Several efforts were now made by the King and those with him, to prevail on the haughty re bel to oome to terms ; but he only replied to their remonstrance with scorn and defiance. At last, incensed at his insolent bearing, the royal atten dants called upon his Majesty to have him arrested. Richard, with some hesitation, pronounced the bold order, when Walworth immediately advancing, struck Tyler a blow upon the head which brought him to the ground. The mob, as soon as they Law their leader fall, raised a shout of vengeance, and were preparing to rush against the King and his friends. One instance, however, of surprise and indecision still retained them where they stood ; when Richard, with extraordinary resolution and presence of mind for one so young, only in his 15th year, rode up to them and exclaimed, " What, my friends, will you kill your king ? Be not troubled for the lose of your leader ; I will be your leader, and all you desire shall be granted." This address acted upon them like a spell ;_ with wild acclamations they, one and all, followed their new captain to St. George's-fields, across the river. No sooner wero they gone, than Walworth, who had already acted a bold part, proceeded to raise such a force as he could among the citizens ; and his active exertions succeeded in bringing together a body of a thousand men in arms, and in restoring peace and order. S MA! t ; - 'l . I' This D 3,y.) RIILWAYS, Closing Pric. , this day. Business dons this day. Paid RAILWATI kning. N . ottng. Bost, Eastn. June.... i 0 all Belfast & Ballymen 3-1 all Birmr.g. Wolverh. Stour Valley it. 100 Birkenhd. Lanesh. Cheshire June - 15 all Blaekbu vn 5 all Blyth & Tyne origina' £25 (iss. at £45)... 1. 100 F /oiiistol Exeter..... it. 100 al edoni . ...... . 1. 100 5 ri 8 - 84 69 - 71 - Oi = -6i 89 - 91 87i - 884, 38 - 40 10 - 1 'Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon—. all Cork, Black. & Pass all Cornwall ... - ... 4 - 5 all I Do. A . all ! Do. B . all Dublin&BelfastJune all Dun. P. &Aber..Tunc 1100 East Anglian .. 100 Eastern Counties.. 1 100 Easterul3nion,A.stk. 100 Do., do. B. Si no. New A all East Kent 100 East TAncashire all East Suffolk all Do. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow all Edinb. and Peebles 100 Ediub.Prth.&Dundei all Forth and ClydeJunc. 100 (Furness 100 :Glasgow & S.Western all Great N. of Scotland 1100 Great Northern 81 - 18 - 19 60{ - 61) 45 - 48' 33 - 31 17 - 18 92 - 94 61 = 64, ii - 34 91 - 93 94 - 10, 99 - 100 85 - 87 124 - 121 93 - 100 59i - CO 58 - 62 100 I Do., A. Stock 1 100 T")ft:L, B. Stock 100 Gt. Stli.&West.(lre) 1100 IGreatWesteru. 1 100 Do. Str. V. R zuW. St all Irish South-Eastern. all Lancaster & Carlisle. 14f, Do., Thirds 15 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 6 Do., do. F £l6 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Do. Southport 77 - 80 8- 9 p 8 - 9 954 - 994 i - i all London & Blackwai 100 Loud. Brif,Tht. &S.Cs t IGO London &N. Weiterc all Do. Fifths 6i Esi 108 110 994 100 all 'D0.,1W.5h.,1V1dt8...0 5 Do. Eighths 100 London & S.Weatarn $ i d 98 99 all Lnslndrry.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. St Ennisk. 100 Manch.Slief.&Lineln. V, Metropolitan .. 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement ...... 100 Midland .. •• 36i 931 - 9:3i 66 - 68 100 Do. Birming. & Derby all Midland G. West. (Ir. all Do. Shares . . all Newcastle &Carlisle. all Newpt.A berg.daTrfd 9 Newry & Enniskillen all New l y, Warrenpoint & RPstrever 100 Norfolk -- ..• 1 " 3 . - 14 62 - 64 31 - 34 53 - 54 3i Northn. Counties Un 100 North British ........ 100 North Devon, Rail. Dock 5t0ck............ 100 Do., A Stock ......... 100 Do., B Stock ........ 100 N. Eastern— Berwick .g 6, -- 9.611 all Do. do. Extension 16:1 Do do. G.N.E.Purch, 10D Do. Leeds 2cl par 554 561 861 87 90 951 1.00 Do. York 100 North London 31.1 N.& S. Wstn., liamp stead, and City Jn. 17 North Staffordshire all North Western.. all N. & S.Westrn. June 1 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 18 Portsmouth ... - ... 3 - 2i 8 -9, 33 34 9 sd, 10 Rhymney 100 Scottish Central ....,. 00 Scot. N.E. Abrdn. St 103 Shropshire Uniou 8 Sitin ,, bourne &Sheer 105 107 25i 26 47 49 2i 34 su 73 73 100 South Devon . . 100 South Eastern . all !De. 4i per c. Share: LOO South Wa1e5.......... all S. Yorksh. RiverDuL 10 Do.. all Staines,Wok.,&Wok all Stockton & Darling.. 174 Do. do., 1854 5 Do. do., 1855 16iiStockton & 'lOO iTaff 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 ..... . 22 Thames Hay. D. &R. all ,Vale of Neath 103 IWaterfd. & Kilkenny all l Waterford&Limerick all 'West Cornwall.. all , West End of London I and Crystal Palace all I Do. A all Do. B all IWest London all Do. First Class all Do. Second Class 0 all Wmbledon &Croydon 80 81 13 15 7 5 d 9 11 36 38 19 - 20 13 - - 15 7 - 9 3 -3, -6, 64 St. St. St. 25 10 - 1.0.( ... "-- • , • • • '.. • , e'•• • BRITISH POSSESSIONS. St. .CU all 'Atian. and St. Law.) ... . ... St. 1S 9 Bombay, Baroda, and' St. Cen • lnd,guar. 5 p.c. 1 1i 21 St. 18 all Do. - .•• St. 20. all IButralo di Lake Hur •5l —41 d LOO 100 I Buff. , Brut. di Godch 185 90 90 25 LOO 100 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug.;72 l 25 Do. do., 1 July, '731 84 88 St. 100 100 Do. do., 1 June, '74' 82 86 _ 20 2s. , Calcutta and S. East. .., ... 20 2s6d 1 Central Oude (Lim.) ... ... ••• 20 lOs 'Ceylon A shares lB lip 21 20 20 1 Do. B. d 0..... . • ••• 10 174 all Demerara. 20 2s. Eastern Bengal St. 100 East Indian n. 131 1411 113. 121 ••• 20 15 Do. C Shares 2/ 26' 17k ••• 100 all D 0.41 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 ... ... ••• 100 all Do. do. do., '59, do. ..• .., ••• 20 all Geelong & Melbourne ••• guar. 5 per cent. I2O 21 20i 1 201 ••• St. 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canada! 54 56 54 1 3. 4 ••• 100 all Do. 6p. c. Deben ' 86 88 86 51 ••• 20 all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c. 221 —22 i 4 ••• 20 4 ID°. New. guar. 5 p.c. 1/ 1113 5 ••• 201 all IGt. Westn. of Canada 21$ —21 i 211 a ••• 201 13 I Do. New 100 all iDo. Bds., payable '57 ... ... I ••• 100 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O ;108 112 5 100 all Do. (10.,'73, do. .' 408 112 10 100 all Do. do., '73, w ith ou t ••• option 103 105 ..• 20 all Madras, guar. 41 p.c l9i - 201 ••• 20 all Do. do., 5 per c..,, 211 221 20 10 Do. 44 p. c. Eaten../ ••• 1p 10 2O 5 ; Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c . 1 lip 5i ••• 120 5 Do. 4th Ex., do, ••• 20 10s. Conde (Limited) ... •• 20 5 Scincle, guar. 5 per c 21 2i P i i ••., 20 all ,Do - - FOREIGN. 10 all I Antwrp ,Sc Rotterdam Q 7 20 20 all 'Ardennes ••• ••• 1 5 all Belgian East. Junct ll — 1 ?., ii 35 20 all Beziersto Graisscssac ... ... 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse 30 Coal Mines and By. 41 41 4,1 20 20 13 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of France 20 all Do. New 20 2s. Euphrates Valley , ... ... @VI 20 all Gt. Central of France ... ... 1 20 all Great Luxembourg._ 8 8.1 74 8 10 6 Italian Junction 20 all Lake Const. & Bale ~. ••• 2( 20 all Lierre and Turnhout •.• ...d 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 6 —61 p 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. ... .. ] 20 all Lyons and Geneva , 27 28 20 all Lyons & Mediterran. ... ... 33i all Maria Antonia - ••• 21 10 all Do. Now — 1 •• 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Prof. 201 21 2! 16 all Northern of France 391 40 39i i 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 8 9A 20 all Paris and Lyons 351 Mt 351 i _ 20 all Paris and Orleans 20 9 Recife & San Frau , 2 (Pernam.) g. 7p. c. 1 —11 p 8 1 10 all Rome and Fr%sce.ti,.. ... ... I 20 all Royal Danish l6 18 1 5 all Royal Swedish A 1 5 20 all Sambre and Meuse Bl BiN 81 1 i 10 10 all Do. 51 per cent. pref B.l ei El 20 all Southern of France, 231 230 231 .9 8i all West Flanders 4i 5 2 10 all .Do. 51 per c. PM 20 all W. &N.W. of France 27 28 27/ 20 6 Western of Austria ... ..• 20 all ' We , _t. of Switzerland ... ••• 2 6 all , W Lesl aden 6 all j Do.B p. cent. prof. ... ... 20 all 'Zealand ......... .. 20 1 ii 35 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia ,Bank of Egypt Bank of London 'Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co British N. American ' C. Ilk . of Ind. AL& Ch City Colonial Commercial of Lond. Eng.Scot.diAns.Cat. Lon. Ch . Bk.of A ,0,.t 'Ditto New Loudon and County Lml.&E.Bnkng.Corp London joint Stock. Lond.andWestminst, National Pro. of Eng. Do. New National Bank New South Wales Oriental Bank Corp Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland. Do. New R. Aus.B. &Gt.lin*Co 1 ... South Australia 33 Union of Australia 49 1 . 2 Do. New ... Union of London Unity Mutual ,.. ►Woetrnßk of Long ... 85 - 90 4 - 2i,i 48 - 52 ... .. .. .57 -a" ". -- 18i --19 18,', -- 19 45 - ii 31 - 33 181 - 19 ... -- .. 5 i i 87i i 8i 8 20 St. 40 39 10 50 18i 19 50 50 61 60/ 25 33i i i I 2, 59i i 9 n 91 96 i 5i 61 109 991 i 9 40i 39 404 St. 100 93 iiiiii 63. 2i 52i 3i 98i 8 i 86i 15t 6 33 11 35 73 i 21 80/ 1 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paidi RAILWAYS. Leasing ,Companies. Ln. &N. W. Caledon E.U.,SzE.O ,Gt.Worthn E. Count. Caldonian. Gt.Westn. Y. & Do . Eastern Do Poto & Co Do Ln. &N. W & Midld Midland E. Count. Do Do L. &N. IV, Do lat.Northni T. Braosey M. MCloan Stk.6tDar Do Gt.Westn SHARES. Closing Prices this day 92 - 94 94 -• 96 12 - 14 130 - 134 3i - 4 144 :: ioi 12 - 13 23 -24 93 - 100 A - P 23 - 2i 92 - 94 - P 55 i - 57 - 133 8i - 9} 31 - 326 81 - 86 100 IBuckghainsh. 100 (:',ly(lesda , le Jc. all Col.Stour Vy , 100 E.Lin. g. 6 p., all lE. Un. H. Sh. 1100 Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. 100 IDo. Naw all I Glstr.&Dn.Fr all Hull & Selby all Do. Shares all Do. Shares all Lon.&Greenw all Do. Preference, 100 Lou. Til., &S. 10 Do. Bark. Sh. all Manch.Bxton. and Matlock 100 Mdld.Bradfd. 54 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. all N.&Est.s p.c. all Do. 6 per et.. all I Do.Fixedsp.c all IPrest. &Wyre 123, all I Do. Stirs. 100 R o y s tn.&Hit. all rSlirows.& Her all ,S.Staffordsh.. all IWearVal.g6pc 5 all IDo It. 100 !Wilts&Sonarst PREF ERENG all Blyth and Tyne 10 p. 1 c.pref. (issd.at 501.) 100 Bris.&Ex.4 P.C. St. 7 Do. 4 per c. Shares 100 I Caledn. £lO 4 3 / 4 p. c 100 Ches. & Ho. 5 3 / 4 p.c 100 Do. do. 5 per cent all Cork&Bandons 3 / 4 P.c all Dun.Perth.&Aber.J 100 E. Anglian Cle. ASh 100 Do. do. Cis. B 6p. c 100 Do. do. Cls. C7p. c 100 Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l 100 Do. No. 2 100 Do. New 6 pr. c. St all East Un., G. 6p. c all Do. 51., 0 per cent all IDo. 10i. Debentr.Sh all 'Do. do. 4 per cent._ 100 East Lane ash. 6 p . cts. all E.&W. York. J. sths 9 Edin. & Gl. sp. c. Sh. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. 100 Furness, 5 p. c 100 Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem 100 Do. 4. per cent ..' 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. pram. all Gt.N. of Scot.lst Pm 18 I Gt. S tit W. (Ireland) 18 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. 6 Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc 100 Do. con. red. 4 3 / 4 p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4 p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4 per lent. 100 Do 5 p. c. red. pref. all Do, Birm. Pref. Sh all Do.ChesterBp.c.P.S. all Do. do. 5 p. c. do 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk all Do, Chosh. Gua. Sh. all Do. do. do al Do. do. do. 100 Lan, & York. 6 pc. St. 100 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. I 100 D0.,P., 5 p.c.St.No.2 100 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. 1001 Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 100 Lon. & N.W,, Coy. & Nuneaton 5 r . et... 100 Lon. & S.N.V. 7 per et. late 3d Shares ... all Londy. & Color. 3 / 4 Sh. all Londy. &Ennis. 3 / 4 Sh. 100 ' ~ S.,&L. 6p. Cent. 1 4 3 / 4 80. do. do. £6 ... . 100 Do. do. 31 per cent. all Marypt. &Carl. 4 p.c. all Do. 4 3 / 4 per cent 10, 3 / 4 Do. do. 100 Mid.Consol.6 p.c. S':, 100 Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c. 100 Do, 4 3 / 4 p. c. Pref. St. 100 Do. L. &'H. Pref, St. all New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p.c.red. 5 p.c.pm.l all Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et.' all Norf k. D eb. 4p. c. Sh. 100 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 100 Do. 5 3 / 4 p.c. pf , 1847 100 Do.Wv.V.sp. ~1847 100 North British 3 3 / 4 Do. 71. Preference 100 N.B. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf 81 Do. do. do 13 I Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 9 IDo, do. Qrs., 1848 10 Do. York H.& S. Pur all North Staffordshire 100 Ox„ Wor. & Wolv. 6 , p.c., Ist guar. 100 Do. p. c. 2d guar 100 Do. do. Debentr. St all ,Scot, Cent. New Pref, 100 iSe.N.E.Aber.g.6p.e. 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. 100 Do. d0.3 3 / 4 p.c. pf. St. all .outh Devon all o. fixed 4 3 / 4 pr cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 4 3 / 4 per cent 100 Do. Fixed 4 3 / 4 p.c. Sh 100 Do, New 4 3 / 4 pr. cent 100 •,:. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. 100 Do. do. 4 3 / 4 p. e all '.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar all Stock. &Dar., sp. c 19 Do. do. do. 100 Waterfd& Kilk. 6pc 20 20 50 St. 26 2 14 20 St. BRITISH 211 Alfred Cons. (Philk. 14 British Iron .. . .... 20 Condurow (Carnbrn. 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay. 273 East Basset (Illogan) 17s Great South Tolgus 17i5 Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) 7 Grt.W. Vor (Helstn.) 17s Lady Bertha 8 N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.Basset (Illogan) 6115 North Wheal Crofty 1i Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 2 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) 2 S. Carn Brea (Illogn. 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn., 4i ram. S. &L. Min. Co, 9 Tin Croft 40 Uu.Mines (Gwennap 12s V. of Towoy (Camay, W. Basset (Mogan). 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd. 5i Wh. Basset (Illogan) 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth) 5i Wh. Edward(Calstck; 117 s Wh. Kitty (U. Limit' 8 Wh.Ma. Ann (Menht. 4i Wh. Trelawney (Lis. ) FOREIGN 78 Australian 10s. Bon'Accord Cop. (IL ) 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm) all Do. Cocaes dr Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey A Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica all Cobre Copper 16 Copiapo all Dun Mountain Cop per Mining Co. all Fortuna all 'General all 1 Linares 1i Lusitanian all Mariquita all New Granada all Noveau Monde all Pont.Sil.LdM.dt Smlt 1 Port Philip 16i Santiago de Cuba all United Mexican 89 .•• -91 • • • on -- ii • • '''.... • • • G - 64 105 - 110 11.0 - 114 106 - 109 104 - 107 124 - 127 1115 -- )17 107 - 109 100 - 102 62 - C 4 10 - 104 - 61 -- 6 90 -- 92 83 -- 88 83 -- 85 96 -- 98 9i -- 9i 15A -- 161 9i -10 i 6J -- 71 18 -- 19 9 -- 91 131 -- 14 .35 - 140 .15 - 118 1155 - 160 115 - 120 - i 6 i - E 8 132 - 134 95 - 97 87 - ES ii 1 - i*i 1102 - 104 95 97 f - Id i 11 22 c 3 116 - 118 1103 - 105 4 "" .. • 105 - 110 71 - 73 10 - 10, 22 - 23 95 - 98 94 - 98 26 __ 28 MINES. 12 - 13 5 - 7 1 80 - 90 420 - 440 95 - 100 14 - 15 4 - 5 12 -- - I 10 - 11 12 - 13 4 - 5 16 - 18 4 - 5 11 - 340 - 350 4 - 5 1220 - 230 - .3 - 4 i - 1 21i - 22? 10Q - 110 145 - 155 260 - 280 7 3 / 4 - 8 12 - 14 1 44 - 46 1 26 - 28 MINES. Y d par 2i 121 13 43 - 45 12 - 13 id i PI id 15 17 8,, -- 9 li Ad A i i i ~. - .. i 4,i - 5 2 - 2§ 41) - 4i MISCELLANEOUS. 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) 19 ;Australian Agricult. all lAustraln. Royal Mail all , Berlin Water Works 2 !Do. New iss. at 5/. d 40 IBrit. American Li ad 32 Canada 100 Do.Go.6pc.JanSauly, all Copper Min, of Eng. all , Do. Pref, 7§ p. cent all Crystal Palace all IDO. Preference all 'Crystal Pal. of France all Eastern Steam 100 !Electric Telegraph all ;Electric Tel. of Irel. all iEn.&Aust.Cop.SmCo I.os.Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. all ;Eur. &Am. Stm.(lim.) 111 'Gen. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim. 14 'Gen. Steam Navigat. 5 'London Discount all 'Loud. Gen. Omnibus 10 ,Magdalena St. Navig. all lMediteran. Elec. Tel. all Do. Extension Teleg. all Mexican& S.Americu 5 Nat. Discount Co 6 Netherlands Land all Do. Do. all Do. Bp. c. Pf. iss. at 1 d 2 Do. Do. 80 New B. &N. S. Land 100 N. S. W. Gov. sp.c. D. all N. B. Australasian... all Nrth.of EuropoSteam all Oriental Gas 10s. Do Now Shares all 'Peellir. Ld. & all Peninsular & Oriental 10 Do. New all Rhymnoy Iron 60 loyal Mail Steam , all scot. Austral. Invest. 100 SS. Aus, Gov .6 p. c.bds. all iouth Austral. Land all ,inbmarine Tel. Serif all Do. Registered 5 Trus. Ln. Co. Up. Can, ) 281 Vanyienieu'o Land •.• ---"- *es 25 26 • • •• - •• 4 - 5 35 - 40 110 111 27 32 23 25 ld li '4i -- 44 4 - 6 104 - 108 ••• --- ... lA - it 51 - 5i ••• ••• 11 1 d 3i 3i - ia " -- 3 4 3 3 13 d 17 20 93 95 8 -- 1 P 2 - 2 11 73 h 75 6 I 20 —2 2 P 54 56 la la 34 - 36 i - 1 i - 1 ••• ...".. ••• 1 0 -- 12 Basiness this day witnessed : Robert How, a shoemaker, said my house is opposite the spot where the prisoner was engaged on the day in question. It always happens when a house is being pulled down that a number of ch ldren were carrying away the bits of wood. I beard the brother of the prisoner call to the children to go away, and then I afterwards saw ono of the children, who had made use of a very strong expression being held by the prisoner's brother, who told the child he would nail him up to the wad, which appeared to frighten him. I saw no blow struck. lam not sure of the date of the day on which the circumstance occurred. Mr. Alfred Hewitt—l am the owner of the materials that were being pulled down, I employed the prisoner and two others to pull the building down. I was on the spot the whole of the day, with the exception of the time occupied in taking my meals. I saw the children, bat I never saw the blow struck. The prisoner received a good character for humanity and industry. At the request of the foreman of the jury, the boy Bell was recalled, and, in answer to a question, eaid his attention was only drawn to the subject alter Coney died. Mr. Baran Martin having summed up, the jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY BY A Want-iENowkr num—James Ryan, 19, a rough-looking fellow, was placed at the bar charged on remand with stealing 7 brass valves and 19 brass unions, value 31., the property of James Walby, iron merohant, 59, Greek-street, Soho. The prosecutor said he missed from his warehouse, on the 30th ult., 4 parcels of brass fittings, which were safe on the day previous. The articles produced were his property, and a part of what he had missed. The prisoner was an entire stranger to him. Harriet Clark, of 24, Dudley-street, a marine store dealer, said that on the 29th December, between six and seven in the evening, the prisoner came to her shop, and having asked whether she bought brass, and she having answered in the affirmative, put the articles produced in the scale. The prisoner said they belonged to his father, who was giving up business. He gave the name of Jones. They weighed 71b., and she gave 6d. a-pound for them. William Buck, a police-constable, said that on the 29th of December he took the prisoner into custody, and told him he bad sold some brass articles. The prisoner stoutly denied that ho had done so. There were two other lads with the prisoner at the time, but they escaped. Postle, 147 I', said the prisoner had been convicted of felony at the B ow - s t ree t P o lice-court, and had been committed for six w e ek s . H e was well known. In answer t o th e mag i s t ra t e as to whether he wished to Fay anythi ng , and that what he said would b e taken down, the pri soner sa id h e was not guilty, and that the witness Cl ar k h a d sa id on t h e previous exlmination that she could not swear to his being the person who sold the articles. The prisoner was then fully committed for trial. WESTMINS PER. A FORMIDABLE RUFFIAN.—Charles Frazer, a deter mined looking fellow, was charged with violently assaulting Mr. Broghtley ' th e proprietor of the Prince of Wales public-house, Vauxhall-bridge-road, also William For his potman, and with attacking Mr. Stephen Redman, a dealer in machinery. Mr. Broghtley said that defendant was so lawless and desperate a character that he had again and again forbidden him his house, notwithstanding which he came there yesterday afternoon and endeavoured to force his way p into the to room. Witness told him he should have nothing there, and endeavoured to put him out, but he resisted violently, and after striking complainant on the breast bit him through the left hand. William Forster, the potman, said that he assisted e his ma s t er i n endeavouring to get the defendant out, when he ki c k e d and b ru i sed hi m ver y much. Mr. Ar no ld—W hat have you t o sa y to the charge Defendant—They, e has nwdfioatrh a n b t- i — dsd T tei h ne e k y , ow h u i h t teh m ne h e io a wu s es. went there. ere T . hey hit me once before, Mr. Ar no ld —What do you go there for The land lord Defendant—l have y as much right there as anybody else. Mr. Arnold —Yo u have not if you conduct yourself in this disgraceful way. You had no right to endeavour to (ores y our way into the house. Alt hou g h bo und to supply refreshments to decent and well - conducted people a landlord may refuse to admit and serve those who conduct them se l ves i mproper l y . He is bound by law to keep hi s h ouse in an order l y man ner. Public ans are more open than any other class of tradesmen to annoyances of this description, and I shall always feel it my duty to support them while they do right. Mr. Stephen Redman said that immediately after the previous outrage committed by the defendant be (complainant) was about to start with a low carriage for the conveyance of machinery, when defendant jumped into it, and, with a filthy expression, declared he would have a ride. Complainant said he would call the police, when defendant jumped out of the carriage and dragged him violently to the ground. Mr. Arnold.--Do you know anything of him I Mr. Redman—He is a most desperate fellow and the terror of the neighbourhood ; he is perfectly unfit to be at large, and will murder somebody I fear before long. He threatened me very much, and it is difficult to say whether he might not carry his threats into execution. I saw him the other day wantonly, and without the least provocation, throw a brick at three little children, and had it struck either might have been attended with fatal consequences. Mr. Arnold (to defendant)—Your conduct is more like a madman than anything el se . I s h a ll fi n e you it. for assaulting Mr. BrogLiley, and in default commit you for two months, and shall require you to find bait for six months. H e was committed in default. ROYAL SACRILEO,I3.—.A. letter from Stockholm of the 26th ult. says: — " The cath e d ra l o f Upsal, as is well k nown , conta i ns the tombs o f th e Ki ngs o f S we d en . The coffin of King Gustavus I. (Gustavus Wasa, born ofth the Kingdom in 1521, elected to June, 1523, an d w h o di e d on 156 0) was lately opened, and the i tt n hh ee l t 4 : 9 9r o toh , L oe f i e os u ne t p e t t n he a et un 6th ter o h f sceptre and the crown 01 Que en G un ill a -Bj e lk e , w hi c h had been buried with him, taken out in order to verify by the quality. of the gold if th ey were rea ll y those w h ic h h a d been originally placed there. The examination proving satisfactory they were again replaced. The coffins of King John 111., who died in 1592, of Queen Gunilla-Bjelke, and of i the thr ee w i ves o f King Gus tavus Wasa are also n this cathedral. The coffins, which are of lead and wood covered with velvet, a re placed in sarcophagi of bronze. The insides of them now only contain pieces of stuffs, jewels, and bones; by the side of the remains of Queen Gunilla was placed in a state of perfect preservation, and detached from the head, her mag ni fi ce n t hair, the remembrance of which is handed down in history and in the national poetry." A " provisional dividend" of two guilders per share, for the first half of the present " book year," is announced on the shares of the Dutch Rhenish Railway Company. A telegram dated Galatz, Jan. 5, states that the Danube is frozen over, and, according to appearances, will remain so unti l t h e spring, THE LEVIATHAN. The precautions adopted on Monday night and yes terday to prevent the water for working the pumps from freezing ware continued last night, and the men were enabled to commence work this morning at 9 o'clock without any delay. She started this morn ing at a less pressure per circular inch from the hydraulic rams than yesterday, but a slight increase on that used when the men left work in the afternoon. The hauling chain, fastened to Trotman's anchors and to piles driven on the other hide of the river, are found of great service as an assisting power. Her motion was not gradual and equal as yesterday, but by blips varying from 3 to 15 in, The pressure used varied from 20 to 25 cwt. per circular inch. Yesterday, when the men left off work, she had moved 117 in. forward and 122 in. aft. At 12 o'clock to-day, when the men stopped to dinner, she had been moved 52 in. for ward and 49 in. aft. At the time of our report leaving she had moved 66 in. bow and 64 aft. The length of the ways, including the cradles, Irons her first starting point to insure sufficient water to float her, is 211 feet. Of this distance she has traversed about 131 feet, leaving about 80 feet for her to travel. When she has gone over that distabce, she will have got, it is expected, sufficiently far that at an ordinary spring tide she will float and leave her cradle. About 20 feet of water is considered sufficient to float her. A. large number of men are busily occupied in the yard clamping together pieces of balk timber of various lengths to fill in as the rains are worked out to their fall elstent, so as no time might be lost, and the progress of the launch impeded. Should no unforseen accident happen, it is believed that in less than a week she will have reached low water mark. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Jan. 7, 1858, made up from the Re turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns iu England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WEIRAT I BARLEY OATS I RYE I BEANS PEAS 47s 7d 35s 10d 22s 3d 32s ld 39s 3d 39s 4d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. WHEAT I EARLEY I OATS I RYE BEANS PEAS 48s 7d. 36s 5d 23s Od 33s 4d 40s 8d 40s 5d ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 85,188 ; barley, 87,288 ; oats, 8,463 ; ryo, 33; beaus, 4,000 ; peas, 1,636 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NNWGATB AND LEADENHALL.—There Wag a fair de mand for most kinds of meat, and prices generally were well supported :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4e 6d ; Mutton, 33 4d to 4e 10d; Veal, 38 8d to 4s Od ; Pork, 3s 6d to 5s 01 per 81bs by the carcase. - - SOUTHALL, Jan. 6.—The supplies of fat stock here to-day were moderately good. Generally speaking, the trade ruled steady, and prices were well supported : Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 2Sd ; Mutton, 3s 81 to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s 03 to 5s 03; Pork, 3s 6d to 5s 01 per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Jan. 6.—The trade ruled firm, as follows --Beef, from 3s Gd to 5s Od ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s Gd; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Perk, 4s 4d to 5s Od per 81138; Store Pigs, —s to —a ; Mulch Cows, 151 to 20/ ; Lean Cows, —lto —1; Suokling Calves, 1 4s to 25s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 41 Os; clover, 3/ 12s to 51 ss; and straw, 11 6s to 1/ lOs per load. A limited supply, and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 4/ 4s ; clover, 31 10s to 51 Os ; and straw, 11 Gs to 1/ 108 per load. Trade firm. WHITEOHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ Os ; clover, 3/ lOs to 51 5s ; and straw, 1/ Gs to 11 10s per load. A firm market. Yesterday Mr. William Payne held an inquest at St. Bartholomew's Hospital on the body of James Besant, who, it will be remembered , was k illed b y a bull in the City. John Munro, police-constable 230, said he saw the beast in Skinner-street, and from thence it was driven into Farriegdon-street. The drover's name was William Harper. The bull ran from Farringdon street into Stonecutter-street, and then it turned into Child's livery stables. Another constable was there at the time. The bull ran into the harness-room, and could have been securely penned up, but the livery stable keeper said he would turn it out. Witness told him tbat it bad injured several people, and if be did so he would be held responsible for any mischief that might be occasioned thereby. The other constable s t r then tried to close the gat es to kee p him in ; but Mr. Child, jun., and two or thr ee of his teen, struck the animal with sticks, and turned it out into Stone cutter-street. Young Child, who turned it out, said it should not be there, that it was a " fine lark," and laughed heartily at it. It bad knocked a female down in Farringdon-street, and had done other damage. Child said he did not care—it should not be there, althoug h the drover told him that h a e t h h a e d em se p n lo t y fo o r f a m e .r o.n,Eveletcher of Ports mouth The drover said the bull belonged to Mr. mouth, and that he was was absolutely of Nine Elms. The j ur y thought it keeper, should , ne cessary that Mr . Child, the livery-stable b e summoned to hea r the charges which had against him, a nd to allo w time to been made BUM= him the inquest was adjourned, Qt. St. St. St. 12 20 20 10 St. 20 100 'CO .20 50 20 25 20 4i 98i 9 321 2 181 19 341 5014 92 1 96i 874 7 1031 141 15 44k 5 4i 1101 10 i 103 2 35} LITERATURE. The Beautiful in Nature, Art, and Life. By An drew James Symiugt - 4). 2 vols. Longman. The subject selected f; :r t tese volumes is one eminently fitted to excite the enthusiasm of the imaginative and the interest of every cultivated mind. It embraces all that is noble an eleva',ing in the worlds of the Real and the Ideal, all that charms and fascinates the senses with all that at tracts and moves man's deeper feelings, and it claims a band of votaries which includes all who have won themselves a place in the Temple of Fame, no matter in what degree or by what profes sion, so long as they have won it worthily. The author is evidently impressed by the magnitude and harmony of his subject, and he treats it in a fitting spirit. If his writings show the traces of excited fervour and undisciplined enthusiasm, it is at least only for the really beautiful and elevated, not misled by the trappings of worldly success or deceived by the specious soplaistries of subtle phi losophers. If we meet the signs of an early work in the style and character of the volumes we find also its freshness and vigour ; if we differ from the degrees of literary honour conferred, we find no carping criticism, no ungenerous disparagement. An enthusiastic lover of the Beautiful, whether in the marvels of Nature, the chef-d'wuvres of the Artist, the systems of the Philosopher, or the life of the earnest Christian, is apparent in every page; a full sense of the harmony of all that is beautiful with all that is good, a correct and discriminating taste and au extended acquaintance with Literature and Art are equally manifest, and, indeed, necessitated by the subject. The writer soars so high above the bounds which some narrow minds would interpose between Art and Religion, that he loses sight of them altogether. He perceives their fitness and sympathy—he anticipates their eternal union. As he gazes on the mighty shadows of the Past—as he watches the advance of the Present—as he looks forward to the heights which shall be climbed by the coming ages, the limits of epoch, creed, and country fade away from his sight, and he recognises in the glowing colours of the Painter, in the thrilling sounds of the great Musician, in the stately piles of the Architect, in the wisdom of the Sage, in the immortal words of the Poet, and, above all, in the acted poem of a complete and high-principled life— parts in the grand onward procession of the human race, from the darkness of barbaric ages to the climax of its final development. He opens his work with an introductory essay on the Philosophy of the Beautiful, and then proceeds to trace its übiquitous presence in nature. It needs little logic to trace the Divine origin and influence of this de partment. He then proceeds to trace its existence and progress in Art, seeking it through Architec ture, Sculpture, Painting, Poetry, and Music, and then devoting 'a final treatise to the influence of true Christianity, uninfluenced by sectarian feeling or formalism, in harmonising and elevating the discordant principles of human na ture. It must not be supposed that the whole of his work consists of rhapsodies on the wonders of Art and Nature ; he treats of the rise aud develop ment of each art, its early origin and the careers of its great masters, its various schools and the coun tries and eras in which it has most flourished. in treating of Nature, again, he gives copious extracts from standard writers, descriptive of some of its marvellous effects. kis poetical quotations are met with at every page, indeed, they are almost too frequent, but they aregathered from such a variety of sources and harmonize so well with the subject that the reader can scarcely complain. The author has rejoiced to trace the unison between great minds and his own impressions, and hastens to secure their testimony to the truth of his assertions and deductions. It is in every respect a remarkable and original production, bold in its aspirations and unique in its character. Its tendency is to elevate and refine, to kindle a warmer admiration for all that is good and beautiful, to embody in one work a faint outline of an everlasting subject. It is a work that does honour to its writer, and when time and experience have condensed and modified his style, and given a more extended character to his partialities and opinions, we shall look for other works from his pen which shall place him high among our prose writers. He is eminently fitted for any that require taste and talent, and a combina tion, which is rare, of an enthusiastic reverence and admiration for Art, with a sound ethical philosophy. MALLET'S 36-INCH MORTARS AND SIIELLS. (From the Engineer.) The hollow explosive pr.jestiles that we call shells or bombs are a very old invention in the noble art of human destruction. Under the name of " coininges" they consisted of rudely-formed globes of plate iron I melted together, and filled with gunpowder and all sorts of miscellaneous " mitraille," and, were thrown to short distances from " pierriers" (a sort of mortar) and from catapulta, as early as 1495 at Naples, 1590 at Padua, 1520 at Heilsberg, 1522 at Rhodes, and 1542 at Bou longne, Libges. About the middle of the 15th century bombs of cast iron seem to have come into use ; and, strangely enough, an Englishman named Malthus (pro bably an ancestor of the great objector to the increase of population) learned the art of throwing them from the Dutch, and, migrating into France, perfected the system for the French armies—being the first to throw shells in Fiance, at the siege of La Mothe, in 1643. The diameter of the bomb seems at that time to have become fixed (doubtless, by mere combination of acci dent and habit) at 13 inches—the old Paris foot, and at this it remains (with very few exceptional oases) down to the present day all over Europe. A. few spasmodic attempts to increase the size and power of these formidable projectiles have been made at different moments, but never with the requisite know ledge, practical skill of execution, or perseverance neces sary to success : for example, 18-inch shells were thrown by the French, at the siege of Tourney, in 1745 ; and just a century before, the Swedes threw shells of 421bs. weight, and holding 40 lbs. of powder. The French, when they occupied Algiers in 1830, found numbers of old shells of nearly 900 lbs. in weight ; and in almost every arsenal and fortress in Europe one or two old 16- inch and 18-inch shells are to be found as curiosities. Scared apparently by their former abandonment —which Antoni (Use dells Armi da Fuoco," Torino, 1780) states arose from the awkwardness of loading, preventing more than one discharge in 40 minutes, and from the cost and difficulty of manufacturing large shells, owing to the defective state of iron-founding in his time—no attempt was made in modern days to realise the vast accession of power that such large shells confer, until the year 1832, when the "monster mortar," as it was then called of 20• inch calibre, designed by Col. Paixhans (the author of the Paixhans gun), was constructed by order of Baron Evain, the Belgian Minister of War, and attempted to be used by the French at the siege of the citadel of Antwerp, but with the worst possible success. Tne mortar, a crude cylindrical mass of cast iron, sunk in a bed of timber weighing about 8 tone, and provided neither with adequate means for "laying" it nor for charging in the heavy shells, that weighed when filled with 991b'. of powder, 1,0151b5. each, could with diffi culty be fired three rounds in two hours, while the shells themselves were so badly proportioned and so ill cast, and so ill fitted with fusees, that very few exploded at all, and some of those that did burst near the mortar, endangering all around. The very few that really ranged as desired prodacnd effects so formidable on the works of the citadel as to have materially precipitated the capitulation. One shell fell nearly close to the powder magazine, but did not explode ; had it fallen upon the presumed bomb-proof arch of the magazine, containing 300,0001bs of powder, it would have pierced it , ac cordin g to the opinion of all the military engineers present at the siege, and so closed the enterprise at a blow. The ill-success of this mortar gave quietus" for several years to any attempt to develop bombs into their legitimate office—as the means of suddenly transferring mines into the body of fortified places—of a power adequate to act with decisive effect upon their works, although some years afterwards a 20 iech mortar was made in England for the Pacha of Egypt, and proved at Woolwich, but was apparently never experimented with. But another circumstance still more tended to the neglect of large shells thrown by vertical fire. After repeated trials and many failures it was found practic able to throw 10-inch (and since that even 18-inch)shells from cannon or " shell guns" by projecting them nearly horizontally, or at such low angles that they should " ricoohette" and roll along the ground betore they burst ; and thus fired, it was soon seen the tatahnoir destructive power as against troops was greates from fired at angles approaching 45 d e g . of elevation mortars. From this the conclu sion was un for tunately jumped at, that mortars an d their vertic vertical fir were s ead t n i useless, were no longer want ed, that. ashel l d gunp n w a h h oas thing needful—mortar s but a relatohon f o 1 h a bar barous disu s ed customs. Paixhans and h is n good and useful school beyond its proper limits, and had lost sight wholly o f the all-important fact, th a t horizontal shell fire, powerful as it is against troops or shipping, is all but useless as an instrument of destruction to the works (the earthwork and masonry, &c.) of fortified places ; for this end weight, and the penetrative power due to the velocity o f d escent in falling from a great height, are indispensable. So completely, however, had this been lost eight of, that at the commencement of tse Russian war we not only good had no bomb vessels, and nod esigns or models w hereon to constru c t them, but even scarcely any mortars, and all wer e t o b e made at the moment when we needed them in action. About the latter end o f 1854 the attention of Mr. Robert Mallett , C.E., was directed to the mathematical consideration of the relative p owers of shells in propor tion to their i ncrease of siz e or of diameter which, strange to say, had never been attempted by any author on military science; and his inquiries resulted in a memoir presented by him to Government, in which he investigated the increase of power in shells with increase of diameter, under the heads of-1. Their penetrative power. 2. Their increased range and greater accuracy of fire. 3. Their explosive power. 4. Their power of demolition, or of levelling earthworks, buildings, &c.; and lastly, their moral effect—in every case viewing the shell not as a weapon against troops, but an instrument of destruction to the enemy's works. The result so convinced Mr. Mallet of the rapid rate at which the destructive powers of a shell increase with in crease of fire, that he was induced to propose to govern- meat the employment of shells of a magnitude never before imagined by any one, namely, of a yard in diameter, and weighing, when in iigbt, hbote:: a ton. and a quarter each; end to prepare de,iq sin bt•Titral re spect, - ' ryeezi;iar, for the conitruction ni racrtars ye] am( cvabie of projecting tins propo , al, ho cover, that far outreaches the previous thoughts of ordinary tlieller., tuie was iii r. cei‘...l by the then Ordnance authorities ; they admitted Mc. Mal let's conclusions as to the value of those enormous shells for those, being based on mathematical reasoniug, could not be denied, but they denied in effect that it was pos sible to make shells of this size that would bear being thrown, or to make a mortar that would throw them. Nor would any attempt even have been made to realise what must now be considered the most tremendous offensive siege weapon in the world, had it not beam for the clear conceptions and energetic interference of Lord Palmerston as Prime Minister. What was in 1854 a presumed official impossibility, has become in 1857 an accomplished fact. On Oct. 19 the first of those colossal mortars constructed from Mr. Mallet's design was fired on Woolwich Marshes , with charges (of pr: jection) gra dually increasing up to 701 b. ; and with the latter charge a shell weighing 2,5501 b. was thrown a horiuntal range of upwards of a mile and a half to the height of probably three-quarters of a mile, and falling penetrated the coin. pact and then hard dry earth of the Woolwich range to a depth of more than 18 feet, throwing about cart-loads of earth and stones by the mere splash of the fall of the empty shell. What would have been the crater I.loven out it the bunting charge of 4001 b. of powder had been. within and fired at that depth! It would be out of place here to attempt to follow Mr. Mallet's mathematical results as to the relative powers of email and large shells; some popular notion, however, of the subject may be given in a few words. Say we have a 18-inch shell, and a 86-inch shell, and for simplicity that each has the same proportion of iron and powder in relation to their bulks, of the same density. Roughly the large shell may be said to be three times the diameter of the small one. Theee a ring or circle, through which the larger ene will just pass, will have nine times the area of that through which the smaller one will just pass, and the weight of the large shell will be 27 times that of the small one. It the two shelli, then, be thrown at the same angle of elevation and at the same velocity, the larger shell will range greatlyiurther than the small one, for their relative resistances in the air are about as one to nine, while their relative energy of motion or momentum is as ULM to 27. A 13-inch shell, weighing about 1801 b. is thrown by a charge of 301 h. of powder barely 4,700 yards. We have teen that, with not much more than double this atnoun of powder, the 36-inch shell of more than 14 time its weight was thrown 2,650 yards, or much more than half the distance. Hence, the power of obtaining great range with those large shells. The explosive power, it is obvious, is approximately proportionate to the weight of powder; but, by calcu lations, of which the result only can here be given, Mr. Mallet has shown that the total power of demolition, that is to say the absolute amount of damage done in throwing down buildings, walls, &c., by one 36-inch shell, is 1,600 times that possible to be done by one 13-inch shell, and that an object which a 13-inch shell could just overturn at one yard from its centre, will be overthrown by the 36-inch shell at 0 yards distance. A 13-inch shell penetrates, on falling upon compact earth, about two and a half feet. The Antwerp shell penetrated 7 feet. The 36-inch shell penetrated 16 to 18 feet. The funnel-shaped cavity, or "crater" of earth blo vn out by the explosion of a buried shell, is always a similar figure, called a" paraboloid ; " its diameter at the surface, produced by the 13-inch shell is 7 feet, and by the 36-inch shell about 40 feet. No bomb-proof arch (so called) nowjexiets in Europe capable of resisting the fall of one of those huge shells upon it, whose energy of descent may be represented as equal to about 800 tons, against the tremendous fall of such masses, still more against the terrible powers of their explosion, when 4801 b. of powder, fired to the very best a ]vantage, puts in motion the fragments of more than a ton of iron. No moans or precautions are possible in a fortress, no eplinttr proof—no ordinary vaulting, perhaps no casemate exists capable of resisting their fall and explosion, either of which would sink the largest ship (even the Leviathan) or floating battery. And as no precaution could save either garrison or town from such shells, so their moral effect would be paralysing. Other great and special uses have been pointed out for them by their proposer, both for attack and defence, which we cannot enter upon. A single 36-inch shell in flight costs 251., and a single _ _ 13-inch 2/. 2s , yet the former is immeasurably the cheaper projectile ; for to transfer to the point of effect the same weight of bursting powder we must give -55 shells of 13 inches, at 21. 2e £ll5 10 0 Against 1 shell of 86 inches 25 0 0 Showing a saving in favour of £9O 10 0 the large shell and this assumes that 55 small shells, or any number of them, could do the work of the single great one. We must, however, pass on to notice the mortars from which these Titanic projectiles are shot. The mortars are, with the exception of one part (the base), and the elm timber ends, formed wholly of wrought Iron, in concentric rings, and each entire mortar is separable at pleasure into 13 separate pieces, the heaviest of which weighs about 11 tons, s o th a t the he mense weight, when all put together (about 52 tons), is susceptible of easy transport, on ordinary artillery carriages, over rough country, or can be conveniently shipped, stowed, or landed. Special mortar rafts for the we of these mortars at sea have been designed by their inventor, and novel and more precise methods of pointing, especially at night, than hitherto practised. The two mortars which have been constructed were made partly at Liverpool, by the Mersey Steel Company and by Messrs. Fawcett, Preston, and Co., engineers, but chiefly at the Thames Iron Works (late C. J. Mare's, Black wall). Had they bean in existence three years ago, there is no hazard in affirming that we should have given a better account of the Russian casemated fortresses both on the Baltic end on the Euxine ; nor can there by any doubt that their becoming perfected and established in prac tice will materially modify the constructive works of fortification and defence, and alter many of the existing methods of attack. THE COUNT AND THB ARTIST. The Clturrier de Paris relates the following A. few days since, Meisssonnier, the painter, feeling desirous of purchasing a small carriage, went to the French Tat tersall's. He there saw a pretty coupe fitted up with great elegance ; harnessed to it was a magnificent chest. nut horse, thorough-bred, in first-rate harness. This equipage, combining everything that was brilliant and comfortable, attracted the notice of the artist, but he thought within himself that the price would far exceed what he intened to expend. While he was looking at the carriage and calculating what would be the probable cost of it, a fashionable young man came up and said, 'I believe I have the honour of addressing M. Meissonnier. The latter gave an affirmative bend. Excuse my pre senting myself to you,' said the other, lam the Count de Vauvenarquee.' Another bend on the part Meissonier. This carriage and horse belong to me, and I wish to dispose of them. I saw by your looks that they had struck your fancy, and if you wish for them they shall be yours.' Certainly,' replied Meissonnier, I should be glad to have them, but it is the price which deters me, as I see they are worth more than I intended to expend.' You may make me a sketch of your own choice as pay. merit for the horse and carriage,' replied the count, will these terms suit you ?' Meissonnier eagerly accepted the offer. Well, then,' added the count, you have only to get into the carriage, and my coachman shall drive you home, and I will leave them at your disposal until you have found one that will suit you.' Meiesonnier, .delighted with his bar ga i n , th an k e d t h e count, j umpe d into the carriage, and ordered the coachman to drive to Poissy. Before he started, however, the count, leaning on the coach door, observed to they artist that, although a coupe was very well in winter, he ought to have a pretty Atnericane for the summer, and concluded by saying that if he would make a second sketch as a com panion picture to the first, he would send him a very pretty carriage of that kind, with a handsome iron-grey horse. This offer was also agreed to, and a few days after the count arrived at the residence of Meissomier, at Poissy, driving the said Americane. When the count was about leaving, he asked if he might be allowed to inquire what the Emperor paid for the pictur!, of 'L . a Rise,' which was in the Exhibition of 1855. Meissonnier replied, replied, 25,000 f. Well then,' added the count, will you undertake for the same sum to paint me a picture of t . he same importance and the same size T , Certainly, %all pleasure,' said the artist. Well, then, I rely on y our promise, and pray do not let me wait too long befo r e it is finished.' Thus, w ithout drawing hi s p urse - s t r i ngs, Meissonnier, by his visit to Tatters a ll' s , go t two carr i ages t wo horses, with a good order."—Galignani's Messenger' ,vety RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOIITH-EABTERII RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Jan. 4, 1853 ......219,064 16 1 Corresponding week last year .. .. 18,874 9 9 Increaso in 1858 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. — Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 2, 1858 £12,777 0 0 Corresponding week last year... 11,545 0 0 Total of the half-year to this date, 1858 12,777 0 0 Total of the half-year to this date, 1857 11,545 0 0 GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re r2 t s, urn m for l4 the week ending Dec. 27, 1857 Corresponding week last year 22,372 12 5 LONDON AND NORTII-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Traffi 0 return for the week ending Jan. 3, 1858 —.219,209 0 0 Corresponding week last year CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 3, 1858 £4,172 0 0 Corresponding week last year 4,358 0 0 SUICIDE THROUGH BODILY AFFLICTION.—YeAerday an inquest was taken by Mr. Baker, at the Old Royal Sovereign, Brook-street, Hackney, touching the death of William Read, 46, a gardener, who committed suicide at his residence in Brundnell-place, Brook-street, by cutting his throat with a raz•Jr. Deceased had been for the last three years suffering from asthma, and was in consequence unable frequently to pursue his calling. Be used to complain of his affliction, and had for some time past appeared in a very desponding state. On Satur day forenoon last, as he had not been seen for sow . e time by his wife, she went in search of him, and foup . d him on the floor with a frightful wound ao d rzs ai t, ° throat. She called a female neighbour,. owfhnoowent avail. for H M e r . died Kenny, in surgeon,abou twbouebrt ?lisior:osaleielevoiteio_vrceaf the windpipe and some of the chief art Verdict, temporary insanity. 26i } 50 50 50 100 12f i 4i i