The Sun. — London, England, 1859-03-28 00:00:00

SMTSI7.- ..____Aimiti......, ____ „molimmilllMl=Me _ ____. - - ___ • • __ _ _ _ I • - , i -/ , • i THE SUN, LONDI 1 SHARE .3IA.RKET.-( THIS DAY.) BRITISH POSSESSIONS. MORE Y MARKET AND CITY NEWS . ' i paid. Closing rrice I Business ' . • ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share, Railways. CITY, Two o'CLocx. I . i Done. • Closing Business The progress of trade in the manufacturing dis- Share Railways. Paid- Price. , i tricts during the past week has exhibited little 12.10 Amberg., Notting. Bost. 18 Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd 131 1 1 d 13 i variation of importance. In some few branches and Eastern Juiritio2 10 661 6 1 . 50 Belfast and Ballymena.. all - - gu 5 percentlB Do all - - I more activity has been apparent, occasioned by the 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 71 81 Stock Birk ., L a ne ., and Chesh. 100 62 64 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 I id 5 1 I demand for home consumption. At Leeds 18 Do. Do. 841 d • ' the woollen cloth trade has been moderately 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne all 32 35 201 Do. New l6l - - d . active, but dealers have operated with great Stock Bristol and Exeter .... 100 921 a4l /00 f Buffalo,Brant&Godrich / 100 85 00 Stock Stoc k Caledonian caution, summter goods being the chief articles Chester and Holyhead - - • 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 1 0 0 82 80 dealt in. Most of the manufacturers are well 50 Cork and Bandon all - 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 80 84 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1- 3 . 0. par i p 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all - - employed upolt orders, and the operatives are, in 20 Cornwall all 5 51 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2 s. - - 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. 1 / most instances, working full time. Business at 10 Do. A A roves. no div. 1 all - - 20 Central Oude (Limited) 25. 6d. - -- until6p.c.per an 10 Do . B • all - - .20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 2 i IP bi Bradford has been active, and, for long wools, there hasbeen pd.toß. 171 Demerara - - 50• Dublin andßelfast June. all - - has been a good demand. For worsted yarn there 20 Eastern Bengatgu.sp.c. 5 1 /d 41 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc all 81 9 has been more inquiry from the home trade, and in Stock East Anglian lOO 16 161 161 Stook East Indian, gu. sp. c.. 100 102 103 Stock Eastern Counties lOO 60 61 CO 20 Do. C Shares all - - 20 Do. E Shares Ext l5 • 1 1 P cotton yarn a full average amount of business has Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 45 47 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 - - Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 30 32 been done. .Piece goods have been in brisk 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 81 - - 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all - - demand, and as stocks are generally light, 25 East Kent all 14 16 20 Geelong & Mel.gua.s p, e. all 191 201 stock East Lancashire lop 921 931 sto. f Geelong Corporation 6Om - - prices have be en fully supported. At Man- go East Suffolk all - - / per cent. Bonds 10 Do - - Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 35 37 351 chester little improvement can be reported ; 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 75 77 Stock Edi. ra' abu and Glasgow 100 721 7 27 24 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pre' • 100 93 94 the demand for the continent has been rather more Stock Edin. ferth, & Dundee. no 10 Forth'Sz Cvde Junction all - - 20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c.' all 101 102 active, but the high rates now current in a great Stock Furness . - - 20 Do. New, gue.s per cent. 4 par it P , 20 Do. do 4 - - - Stock Glasgow & Sone.' Westn 10 93 94 measure prevent; any large operations. India goods 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 101 . 20 f Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.-Scrip /2, _ / guaranteed s_per cent. 1 . have been almoa neglected, but yarns have exhi.. Stock Great Northern . . .... ... 10- 103 194 193 i 100 87 89 201 Gt W. of Canada Shares all 15 151 151 Stock Do. do. A Stock 100 f Do. Bonds pay. '76,with bited rather more activity. The lace trade at Stock Do. do. B Stock l6O 132 134 201 Do. New } all 103 105 13 5/ 41 d Nottingham has been rather more buoyant, and Stock Gt South.& Wstn.(lreld) 1 0 0 10 105 584 1 06 594 581 4 / opt. till '6O Stock Great Western buyers for the home market have purchased rather stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk. 100 5 6 58 100 Do. do. ''/3 without opt all 103 1 0 5 . 12 Irish South Eastern.... all - - 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do freely. Cotton hosiery of all descriptions con- 50 Lancaster and Carlisle. all 83 8 7 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c all 171 18 tinues in active demand, and the prospects 161 Do. Thirds 20 Do. do. 5 per cent.- all 1 9 20 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 111 121 p 20 Do. 4-I p. c. Extension.. 11 18 102 of the trade are encouraging. The worsted Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 95 0 1 9 4 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.e, 10 61 d 16 Do. do. F 216 6 Ifd 20 Do. Fourth do. hosiery trade at Leicester continues inactive, 9 Do. do. £9 shares.. 7 - - Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 - - i but prices of all descriptionsare fully sup- 3 Do. West Riding Union I - 20 Do. Southport all - Newßrunswick&Canda. 69 674 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc 10 _ -d Ported. The iron trade of South Staffordshire has Stock London and Blackwell. all 67 Class ACapitl.Share.. • - Do.Newiss.at £5105 sh. - - -,- .. Do. do. Land d 0... .. shown signs of gradual improvement ; and, owing stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 20 Do. do. B. Capital do. 1 - --e 10 ; to the improved prospects with regar d to conti- Stock Landon & North 126 Do. - gighths Westn . 1 j 112 113 1121 71 n „,/, „,,, ao . , , .. Do. do. Land do. - nental politics, prices are tending upwards. At Stoc ic Londod az South-Westn. 100 9 . 4 Z /'' , 2 '" 5 511 Northof India Tramrm . u 1 Limited, Scrip 20 1 2s. 25 L'derry & Coleraine ... all - 20 Oude (Limited) - . Birmingham there has been a full average business 25 rad err y & k i ;niskillen. all - - transacted in the various manufactures connected Stock Man., She., & I,ncoln.. 100 38 30 3 2 1 d 20 Scinde 20 Do, 2 2 4 1 P 10 Metropolitan .• • 20 Do. New r.. -•,_, 10 11 d 1 With the town and neighbourhood, and large orders Stock Midland lOO 1011 102 101} 1 1 Stock Do. Birming. & Derby lOO 7_5 76 MI 20 Do. Paub .. a R . 5 1 1 1 - for rails have been received from some of the lead-20 Do. Indust. Flo. to' - ' 10 i d par 50 Mid. Gt. Wekt. (Ireland) alt 20 St. Andrews & Quebe4A 18 - - I . ing railway companies. At Sheffield and Wolver- 25 Do. 1 Shares all - - 10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip. 1 Id par 100 Nentastle and Carlisle all -7, I I ham ton trade generally has exhibited little im- , 25 New., Aber., & Herefd an 11 L. , - 10 Newry & Armagh (_def 9 - VOREIGN RAILWAYS. provement. For the Indian market; however, there 20 Newry, Warpt., & Roi ) all - - ', is a fair demand for cutlery, and a few orders have Stock Norfolk lOO 60 62 4 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 4/ 51 50 North. Counties Union , 3/ 31 3 d been received for Australia, and the position of the Stock North British lOO 6 0 6 0 4 6 ° i 20 Ardennes all - - p - • 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 1 id , 21 a United States markets is reported to be rather Stock Stoc k Nor.Dev.Rail. &Dk. Stk. 100 - - Do.A Stk.- Arec.no div. 5 Belgian East, Junction all / OS Beziers to Graissessaa. all -- - More favourable. until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 - - 5 Carmeaux Mine &Rd all 11 21 Stock Do. B Stock lOO - 20 Dutch Rhenish The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed S to c k North-Eastn.--Berwick 100 924 13 92 i i do. GN E Purch 1613 41 1 11 d d 6 Eastern of France firmly, and 10,000 bales were sold at very full •st 2S ock Do . po. Leeds • • ase 100 47 4 17 4 47 6 1 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. -- p 100 761 77 7 i 20 Great Central of France all - - prices. In Railway Shares a very moderate busi,. ( Stock : T ' o o i.t . llTo k ndon lOO 102 104 20 Gt. Luxem., Con, she.. all 61 7 64 7 10 Italian Junction .. -... 8 - ness Was transacted, and quotations tended down- 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd - and City J 2O Lake Constance & Bale all - - Junction £3 is. - - b Wards. . 20 North Staffordshire l7/ 41 41 d' 13 20 Lierre and Turnhout... ell - - There is still an active demand for money, both 20 North-Western ; • 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 7 8 20 LUeO4. & Pistoj a, 5 p.c.pf. all - - n in Lernbard-street and at the Bank of England. Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Woken 100 34 341 20 Lyons slid Geneva .... all - - n all -- 331 Maria AntOttla all - -1, ' Very little alteration in the terms of discount hasl9 7 5 d 20 Do. do. New - - 2010 P ee bles all - yet taken place, as the supplies are still exceedingly 10 Rhymney lO - - 20 Namur and Liege all 8f 1 9, Stock Scottish Central lOO 110 112 20 Do. do, 6p. a Pref. all 20 2 abundant ; but the tendency is upward, and a rise Stock Seoth.N.E., Aber. Stock 100 261 27 16 Northern of France .... all 37 37 11 Stock 20 Do. New Shares - p 1- W ou ld no t crea t e s urprise, owing to the increased Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 84 85 Shropshire Union lOO 46 48 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 9 10 f • 10 Sittin_eimurne & Sheer , all 2/ d 20 Ottoman , g ua . 6 per cent 7 - - E requirements of the trading public, the negotiation Stock South ' Devon lOO 381 191 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 331 34 C of loans, and new issues of joint-stock securities. Stoc k So uth-Eastern lOO n 11 20 Paris and Orleans ...... all 53 55 Stock South Wales Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) 1 1 a In the course of a few weeks a considerab le absor p - 20 South Y o rks.&Riv.Dun. all 60 70 gua. 7v. et. (Lim.) ... i 9 4 d 20 Riga and Dunaburg.... 4 - - n, tion will take place, if, as anticipated, the Indian 20 Do. do lB - - 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok., all 8 11 10 Rome and Frascati .... all - - and Russian loans are brought forward, and it 25 Stockton & Darlington. all 361 371 20 Royal Danish all , - - e- 25 Do. do 1855 - - 5 Royal Swedish - - li is now ascertained that the former will amount to 25 Do. do. . 1858 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. .. all I - - 11 £11,000,000 or L 12,000,000 instead of £7,000,000, • - Stockton & Hartlepool 1 4 61 -- -- 20 Sambre and Meuse..... all G/ 71 11 Stock Taff Vale lOO - - 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref. ... all 91 96 11 as originally contemplated. At the same time, also, Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 - - 20 Southern of France .... all 20 21 b a • 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rall 22 - - 81 West Flanders all 5/ 6 51 11 ' the specie movement is less favourable, owing to Stock Vale of Neath lOO 65 70 67 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference . all 91 91 for the enlarged remittances of silver to the East, and, Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 23 241 ; 50 Waterford & Limerick all - - 20 Western of Austria.... 6 - - I fc consequently, of gold to the continent. Notwith- 20 West Cornwall - - standing the arrivals from Australia; bullion is still 10 W-end Lon. & Cry Pal, all - - 6 Wiesbaden - - ~5 Do.A.-Arecv .nodi . v.till 6 Do 8 per cent. Prof all - - fl it- Withdrawn from the Bank, and unless the imports 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 2 3 21 20 Zealand all - - d 6 Do. B all 6 61 64 t r y increase this efflux is expected to continue, as the 20 West London all -- • demand for silver on Indian account is fully sus- 10 100. Ist Class all - - BRITISH MINES, ix LSt 20 iDo. 2d Class all - - . tained. ' PREFERENCE SHARES. nitre' Mines. Pal a Closing I Business It Be, - Price. Done. The report of the directors of the Cape Town Closing 1 Business Share' Railways. Paid. Price. Done. ri , ra- Railway and Dock Company states that they had - Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 oi n 25 Blythe and Tyne 1( per 93 pri - tish Iron l5 n si a P c. pref. (issued at £ 5O ) all 49 51 - Condurrow (Camborne). go amended the contract with the Governm ent, and ter that , the line of railway from the Cape to Welling- I Stk Bris. & Exet4p.cUitock 100 95 97 'lO Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 465 475 20 Do. do. do. Shares 9 - - - East Bassett (Illogan). 30 230 240 ton would soon be commenced. The amendments- Great South Tolgus.... • 17s 12 14 ii took £lO, 41 per cent 100 103 105 sir are to be embodied in -a supplemental contract, - G:Wheal Alfd.(Phillack . ) 11.18.8 21 31 si 12.10 Do. Quar . Shares, No. 2. 7. 10 - - . Stock l Chester & Holyhd, 51 pc 100 - ._ -G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 91 1 121 en, copies of which are to be given to the shareholders. Stock Do. do. sp. ct. lop _ - Lady Bertha lBs 6d •.•1 1 p 311• The annual meeting of the British American a k Cork & Bandon , 51 p. c. all - _ - North Frances (Illogan) 81 71 8 - North Wheal Crofty 7.9 . ,1 71 86 9 Land Company was held to-day. The report stated E.Angn. Class A 7 dr spc 100 98 101 am 'Dun. Perth,& Aer.Jun. all 51 el - N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 91 10 1S . Stock Do. do. Class B 6 p 0.... 100 110 115 - Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 1/ 14 15 a that the quantity of land sold had increased over Stock Do. do. Class C7pc . .. 100 106 110 - Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 - - era , 114 116 , - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s 3 # that of the previous year by 7,9201 acres.. Al- Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. NO.I 1001( rS 0 Stock Do. do N 0.2 100 112 114 - SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 2/ 46.5 47 ) n. though the sales had increased, the prices realised Stock Do. New 6 p er ct. Stock 100 129 131 --•Sorth C. Brea', Illogan). 221 3 Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 62 84 - S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 200 210 b had been smaller. No dividend was proposed. Stock East Lane. 6 per ct lOO - - 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 4l 14 2 nd f After some discussion, the report - wits adopted. Stock Edin.&Glas. spc elm • -no 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths all -- - - 10 Tin Croft 9 4 41 'he The market for public securities, which closed Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 71 73 70 1 -- Unitedaitnes(o yeennap) 40 _- _ . , C Stock Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 - - - Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d 1 1 on Saturday with a depressed appearance, has ex - stack Gies. &S West.: a. 5 pc. 100 110 112 - West Basset (Illogan) ll 21 23 F. ed , S tock Great Northern, SP. ct . 100 118 120 - W. Caradon (Liskeard) 2O 75 80 I hibited more firmness to-day. Speculation, how- aid Stock Do. 5 poßedm.,lop.c.pm 100 110 112 - Wheal Basset (Illogan). 51 190 200 I ever, is still very quiet, and few investments are Stock Do: 4i p. C. do. do. - Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 130 140 C ri- 100 Do.sp.e. Redm.,s pe. Dm B O 83 05 Wheal Edward (Cals.).. 51 21 3} F the recorded on behalf of the public, who are no doubt m Gt. all. of Seotld, lei pf all 11 114 i Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 1 100 - _ p, et. pref. Stock - Wheal Kitly (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 11 12 ato holding themselves in readiness for the new stock- Wh'l Maryrinn (Menhe) 847 49 - Wh'l Trelawney (Lick,) 41 30 32 ;h, creation of stock, which will shortly be made on 50 Great West. (Berke and 6 - - Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct.... r il_ account of India and Russia. Consols are now Stock Do. Redee mable, 41 p et. 100 96 98 FOREIGN DIMES am • 95 1 z for money and account, and very little varia- Redeem able. 4p. ct. 100 87 89 act Stk Do. Irredeemable, do. . 100 88 90 St o ck Do. 20 Australian tion has taken place. India Loan Debentures are Stock Do. sp. ot. Redeem.Pre . f. 100 100 102 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim lOs } # P ( 8 Do. Birm. Prof. Shares all 91 Di 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) 27 1 11 1 he 97i ,988, and the Bends 16s. prem. Exchequer 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. 20 Do.St Jo'indelßey,Lim. 11 11 12 A go, Bills are 325. to 365. prem. shares all 161 171 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 91 loi 5 Do. Land and Mining Ce. all 11 2 1 Clarendon Consols 3lin tho In. he Foreign Market a limited amount of busi- Stock Do Binning. guar. stock 100 n 74 ing Co. of Jamaica ... 6 --- d 261 Do. Chester guar.shares all 18+ 19 1 40 Cobre Coppel '7, tress has been reported, and a slight improvement isk Do. do. do - Caplan.) l6 10 12 . Lee, has taken place. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been 20 Do. do. do. 111... Stoc k Len. & York 6p.c. stock 100 140 142 2 Fortuna dealt in at 9 21 I, the latest quotation being 921,- 93, Stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.i 100 - - 20 General all 23 25 1 ian. . Stock Do. pref., sp. a ...No. 2 100 - - 1171 3 Linares all 91 10A and 'the New 6 per Cents. are 78i 791, ; Sardinan OH Stook Do. New gua., 6p. et... 100 - - 5 Lusitanl - i all # I . Lcly Bonds are marked 81 8 ; Spanish Threes, 44a; Rus- Stock Do. do. sp. c. No. 4 100 - - Stock Lon.&N.W.Cov.&Nun- 1 Mariquit? 1 New Granada all - - on. Sian 41 per Cents., 1081 8; and Mexican, 219. eaton, 5 p et. Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, 20 PontgibaudSilve••, Leta' id, Austrian Scrip is about 1 dis. to par. late 3 d shares lOO 160 165 Mining and Smelt.... all 4 6 In the Railwa Share Market a steady down . 121 Londondy & Cole, 1 ohs all - - 5 Port Philip 1 4 1 y 121 Londondy.& Ennis 1 sh. all - - 30 Santiago de Cuba l6, 1 1 be 1 • Ward tendency has been apparent in prices. The Stock Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. et. 100 123 125 28.2.811 United Mexican all' 21 2 at ' l ll i IP arrangements for the liquidation are now in pro-100 70 72 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. [le.stock Do . 3 4 :per cent. and in most of the principal lines a decline of 121 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. all -- greys,( Do. 4 per cent .. ...... all - - Closine• Business about Ito k per cent. may be reported. Eastern 12 4 1 Do. - - Share Securities. Paid. , Prices. Done. hts Counties, Great Western, Lancashire and York- - ;ht Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. 100 139 141 Stock Mid. Con. 6p. a Stock . 100 - _ io- shire, Brighton, South Western, North Stafford, Stock Do. 41 p• a pref. stock lOO 101 103 102 - CanDo.Gov.6 p 6 p .c. Fb.&Aug. I .c.Ja. & July 100 00 113 115 115 116 115 6 Do. with option till 18 60 3 / 4 p - . her and South Eastern have receded ss. ; Midland - Do. 6 p.e.llar. & Sep. 100 113 115 and Vale of Neath, 10s. ; and London and Black- str A r N D e o w . L po e rt ia , si t.p c. r p e r f e . a t . 100 100 94 96 tall 9/ 10 - N.8.G0v.6p.e. Ja. &July 100 1111 1121 Ab n er! " _p. c • redeem, at 5 p.c. nin - Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct 100 - -. the wall, £l. • 10 no. Perpet, 6p. a with -N. S.W. Gov. sp. a Deb .. 100 103 104 ing option till 1866 all 111 111 111 - NovaScotir Gov. 6 p.c. St. The Foreign lines show little activity, and prices Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1111 1121 na. lO Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares all 9 91 - S.Aus.Gt6pc.Jan&July 100 114 112} -les remain stead. Lombardo-Venetian old shares Stock Do. sp. a Ext.Stock,lB46, 100 - - Stock Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 - - - Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 - y -- __ JOINT-STOCK BANKS. are at 91 9-1, and the New at 8181. Great Luxem- Stock Do. WavAral.Ex.SklB47 100 - - zes Stock North British, sper cent 100 ill 113 • at" bearg are dealt at 61, 7, and West Flanders at 571. Stock Do. New, true. 5 per cent 100 - - Closing i Business Lnd In the Colonial Market, Grand Trunk of Canada Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.&Dek.Co. 100 - - Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 - - Share' Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. ble have improved to 351, and Great 'Western of Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. a Pref. 100 97 98 971 4 I Price. Done. ely 17 Do. do. do. LOW Canada to 15 2 _ Great Indian Peninsula and East 2 0 • Do. Leeds, 6 P. a No. 1. 13 - - 1 100 lAg•ra&UnitedServieeßk 50 68 70 D 11.• Indian are at nominal rates. The New Shares are 124 Do. do. 8.13. A. 4 4 Quarters, 1846 . 9 - - 40 lAustralasia all - - 11.25 lao. York, H. &S. Purch . . 10 1 d p 25 Bank of Egypt all 241 25 . di- quoted par to 1 pm., and 41 per Cent. Debentures 20 North Staffordshire . . ell 231 231 Stock Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. ls . t . g• 100 123 125 100 Bank of London 5O 45 47 rue -1,- to 11 pm. Stock Do. do. do., 2d gua. lOO 118 120 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all - - 50 British North American all - - m. ? Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are Stock Do. 41 p.c. Db.stk.in perp 100 99 101 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 10 11 1 d 84 Scottish Central, new pe all - - 100 City 5O 62 64 dealt in to a limited extent at about former rates, Stoat Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 - - art Stock Do. 31 per c. pref. stock 100 - - 100 Colonial 25 - - wn with the exception of Canada Land, which have Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. 100 - - 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada all - - na, declined to 125. Stock Do. 7p. a pref. stock. 100 - - 100 Commercial of London. 20 - - 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch. all 16 161 in"' 105. South Devon. Ann. 10s. all 101 101 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all - - 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent. all - - the • 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading 20 Lon.Char.Bk.otAuetral. all 231 24 ter ' BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Ann., 1.0 6) all 24 241 50 London and County - - ,in 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 96} 3 4 Stock Do 41 per cent lOO 102 104 50 London Joint Stock ... 10 - - 31/ or- India Stock - Stock Do. Fixed 4/ p.c. Ist is . 100 102 104 100 London & Westminster. 20 - - 50 1 om Ditto Debentures 973 8 4 Stock Do. New do., 2d issue. 100 - - 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 - - 20 Do. new lO - - ton Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO - - 50 National Bank 25 - - )Bs, Consols for Account 9si 3 Stock Do. 44 per cent lOO 20 S.-Yorksliire, 4 p.c. gua all 1 r 20 New South Wales od, March. June. 71 Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. all 28 29 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all - - 401 1 ids Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & lid.. 36 2 1 - 25 Do. 6 per cent all 33 20 Ottoman Bank all 211 22 211 i Provincial of Ireland - --- St Waterford & Kilkenny, Ditto Small, 11d - - 6 per cent . - all 50 54 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 25 South Australia 25 Do, New - - IN, Mexican 3 per Cent, l7l - - - 1n -Ditto Account • - 21f LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 25 Union of Australia 25 Do. New all - CSI- . 20 - -- Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. - - my, Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent Co . 's . Price. Done. 100 Unity Mutual 55 - - 7 ' Ditto Ai per Cent. - , _ 100 Western Bk of London 50 211 201e1 mt 100/ / -- , SaYdinian, 5 per Cent. J - Bedford and Bletchleyl all ILn & N.W - - - Ditto Account 8 4 1 Buckinghamshire.... , 100 ILn & N.W 98 100 MISCELLANEOUS. Ind ess d one Spanish 3 per Cent. ClydesdaleJunction..l 100 Caledonin 102 104 Share Miscellaneous. Paid. \ Closing A . A. Turkieh 6 per Cent 921 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.ILT.&E Cl 7 18 t nein d J. E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.e. 100 Gl...North. 142 144 l bat° Account ....... OM Ditto New Loan sin Ditto Account - 100 - - Gls.Barr. &Neils,Drct. 100 Caledonia - - 10 Anglo• Mexican Mint .. all 13 14 1000 Atlantic TeL (Limited). all 220 250 tho - Dividends on the above payable in London. • Do. New.... .. ..... 100 Do. 25 Australian Agricultural 19 33 34 ew Austrian, 10 Fl, 5 per Cent 73 Gloster& Dean orest all Gt. West. - 10 Australian Royal Mail . all 4 / the rtlpool.Dek..Szßail. all Yk.N.&Br - - TWO O'CLOCK. Ha 10 Berlin Water Worksall 21 31 ain • Hull and Selby ...... all Yk.N.Md. 109 111 10 Do New, issued at 25 ~.i a 3 - - ' Consols, Money ................ 951 I f Do. 1 Shares all Do. - -- innConsols for Account (April 7)• •• • 95 :i s Do. 1 Shares ....... all Do. - - on 50 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. all 3 6 1 3 8/ ific . L on d on &G r eenwich . 100 S. East 64 66 20 Do. B, 7p. C. till 1862 .. all 19 21 ith Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. 100 Peto &Co. 93 94 94 100 Canada Land all 14 15 321 126 130 125 sin Do. Barking Shares.. all Do. - - 10 Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim.) all 9 10 Mme. Ristori has arrived in Paris ; and though ad Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct. 100 Norfolk.. - - Stock Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg all - - the opening of the Italian dramatic season is not yet an- Do. 6 per cent lOO Do. - - 25 Do. Preference 71 per et all 24 25 nouneed, we may, of course, look for Mirra and Medea, Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. all LN W&M 21 '1 5 Crystal Palace• rd together with some new tragedies which are highly spoken lifidsb.& It eder, g.6p.e. all Stk.&Dar - ..._. 5 Do. Preference all 5 5 sir of, in the course of a short time. Mine. Ristori is aecom- Mid.BradfordPrt. Stk. 100 Midland .98 98 20 Eastern Steam all - - wm kt ,BuryEx m ect wnied by Mme. Santoni, said to be a tragedtan only second Ne -ar tee d 5 5. 5.6. E.Counts. }4 p Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 103 105 guaran p. a 5 Eng. & Amt. Cop.St.Co all •• 1 1 p 4 1 eat to th e former lady. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do, 57 59 10 Europ. &Ind.Junct.Tel. 105. ' 1 d ng The attention of the musical world of Paris is at Do. do. 6 per cent. . . all Do. - - 9 Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) all I amFixed 5 per cent. all Do. present wholly absorbed in the forthcoming opera of M Do. / 20 Gtlron ScrewCol.(Lim all - - DSO beer, " Le Pardon de Notre Dame d'Aubray," which is M eyer- - Preston and Wyre. all L& N W - - 461 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 - - ate pro-.Yk. 20 London Discount raised for Monday or Tuesday. It has been rehearsed this Do. } &bares .... A. all Do. of • 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co: all a week three times, and is said to present the genius of the RoystnXitch.,& ..... 100 Gt-North. 137 140 10 Mediter. Electric Tele ,g. all - - ers compose' : in an entirely now form. Less complicated than Shf.Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c. 1811 6'Lan.& Yk - - 10 Med. Exton . Tel. (Lim.) arell 5 6 his latter works , the music is, in a word , described as corn- Shrawsbry& Hereford all T Brassoy 9 1 91 25 National Discount C 0...... 5 11 d of all mioican . lei ni bining the sprightly elegance of the Opera Comique with Wear South Staffordshire .. 10 Netherlands Land - - all Stk & D . ar - - 10 Do do ess Valley, g. 6p. c. all 1 2 in the refined depth and fancy of the Italian school. But the Do. do. - - SDo 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.atldis. all 1 a :he masterly fi nish of Meyerbeer is always present. Wi lts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West. 89 91 1 00 N.Bn&NovaScotiaLand 80 _ 1- MOBILIER.-The following cern- Wimbledon& Croydn. all L.&Brgtn 8 9 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 - 1 m- THE CREDIT 20 North of Europe Steam all - - ,nd raunication regarding the - Credit Mobilier to be established - 1 Oriental Gas In at Paris has been addressed,• on behalf of the promoters on DOCKS. 1 Do. New Shares lss. }Ws par the that side to their connexions on the London Stock Ex- Share 1 p..,,, Closing I Business 75 Peel River Land & Min all 2/ 3 ' Docks. ro- change :-‘, Paris, March 27. The Minister of Finance ' l" Price. D one . 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam. all 83 85 50 Do. New lO 13 14 p 281 le- has just authorised the prescription ordered by the Council - )e of State for the '.Societe Generale de Credit Industriel et Stock Commercial lOO all 2i4 260 Rhymney Iron . It ;It Commerce. Do you wish to take an interest in the foun- Stock Do 4 perCent.Pref.lllin. 100 15 Do. New all 7 i - tile dation of the new bank? A public subscription was in- Stock East and West India... 100 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 62 64 - ASO sisted upon by the Government, although the founders Stock London loo - 1 Scot.Austrln.lnv.(Lim.) all 112/ 125 u• - offered to find the capital, and we should like our friends Stock St. Kathai ine ..... 100 - 25 South Australian Land, a ll 36 37 Pep not to lose in the public subscription the in t erest we counted Stock Southampton lOO _ 1 Su bmarine Tele g. Scrip. all 1 1 1 St zg- on reserving to them in a private one. DoNox, ATTBRY, oar Victoria a DO New lB - 20 Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can. 5 - - GAuriER, and Co. From C. W. Price, Londod." , 100 ,Van Diaten's Land «. 211.: 9 U - . Share Railways. i p a ,,,. Closing I Business `" Price. Done. i 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence an 85 88 Leased at 6 per cent 18 Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd 131 1 1 d 13 gu. 5 per cent 18 Do all - - 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 I 1d 5 4 18 Do. Do. B 41 1 d 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 61 7 201 Do. New 164 - - d /00 c Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 1 inn 85 on / 6 p. et. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 1 0 0 82 80 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 80 84 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3. 0. par i p 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. - - 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. 1 1 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. - -- .20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 2 i 4 P 5} 171 Demerara - - 20 Eastern Beng,al.gu.sp.c 5 1 id 41 Stook East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 102 103 20 Do. C Shares all - - 20 Do. E Shares Ext l5 • i 4 p 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 - - 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all - - 20 G eelon g - & Mel.gua.s p, e. all 191 201 sto j Geelong Corporation 6Om _ I per cent. Bonds Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 35 37 35 4 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 75 77 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref lOO ..03 94 20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c ' all 101 102 20 Do. New, gua.3 per cent 4 par it p, 20 Do. do 4 - - - 20 j Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.-Scrip /2, - I guaranteed 5 per cent. 201 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 15 151 151 201 Do. New 100 i Do. Bonds pay. '76,with 13 54 44 d } all 103 105 / opt. till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O 100 Do. do. ''/3 without opt all 103 1 0 5 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c all 171 18 20 Do. do. 5 per cent all 19 20 20 Do. 4} p. c. Extension ll 18 15' 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.n lO s 1 d 20 Do. Fourth do. Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 - - 20 i Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc_ 10 .... _e Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do .. 20 Do. do. B. Capital do /10 - --e .. Do. do. Land do ) _ ...., 20 ( NorthoflndiaTramroad 2s. I Limited, Scrip 20 Oude (Limited) - 20 Scinde 20 Do. , ; .s 15 l all 2tt 21 1 P 20 Do. New E i •-',._ lO 1 d } p 20 Do. Punjaub .k 3 5 1 1 1 d 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo ton 10 1 d par 20 St. Andrews & Quebe4A 18 - - 10 I I Trinidad(Limited) Scrip. 1 id par VOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp az Rotterdam all 44 54 20 Ardennes all - - p 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 4 id , 24 5 Belgian East. Junction all f 000 Beziers to Graissessaa. all -- -- 5 Carmeaux Mine &Rd all 14 21 20 Dutak Rhenish 6 Eastern of France 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. - - p 20 Great Central of France all - - 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she all 61 7 4347 10 Italian Junction .. - 8 - - 20 Lake Constance & Bale all - - 20 Lierre and Turnhout rll - -- 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 1/ 11p 91 1 20 LUCC4I & Pistoj a, 5 p.c.pf all - - 20 Lyons and Geneva - - 331 Maria AntOnta all - - 20 Do. do. New - - 20 Namur and Liege all 81 1 20 Do. do. 6p. o. Pref. all 20 2 16 Northern of France all 37 37 20 Do. New Shares - - p 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 9 10 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 7 - - 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 331 34 20 Paris and Orleans all 53 55 2 0 ( Recifeaz S. Fran. (Fern )I 9 ,1 d I gua. 7D. et. (Lim.) 20 Riga and Dunaburg 4 - - 10 Rome and Frascati - - 20 Royal Danish all , - -- 5 Royal Swedish - - 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. - - 20 Sambre and Meuse all 64 7i 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref. 20 Southern of France 84 West Flanders all 5/ 6 51 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 23 241 20 Western of Austria 6 - - 20 Western of Switzerlan all - 6 Wiesbaden - - 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all - - 20 Zealand all - - • Closing Business Share Railways. Pail Price. 12.10 Amberg., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Juiritio2 10 6 61 6 4 50 Belfast and Ballymena all 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val all 74 81 Stock Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction lOO 62 64 2.5 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne all 32 35 Stock Bristol and Exeter Stock Caledonian Stock Chester and Holyhead - 50 Cork and Bandon all - • 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all 20 Cornwall all 5 51 10 Do. AIA roves. no div 1 all until6p.c.per an a ll 10 Do. B hasbeen pd.toß. 50 Dublin andßelfast June. all 25 Dun.,Perth,& Ahr.June all 84 9 Stock East Anglian lOO 16 104 161 Stock Eastern Counties lOO 60 61 CO Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 45 47 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 30 32 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 85 25 East Kent all 14 16 S t ock East Lancashire lOO 921 931 20 East Suffolkall 10 Do Stock Edi:.(bllyg and Glasgow 100 725 735 Stock Edin.,ferth, & Dundee. 100 27 2n 10 Forth & e?yde Junction all Stock Furness Westn lO 93 94 Stock Glasgow & Souo 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 10f Stock Great Northern Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 87 89 100 132 134 Stock Do. do. B Stock Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 105 106 Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 56 68 12 Irish South Eastern all 50 Lancaster and Carlisle all 83 8 7 164 Do. Thirds 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 11 4 12 4 p Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 95 05 1 9 4 16 Do. do. F 216 6 sid 9 Do. do. £9 shares 7 3 Do. West Riding Union A 20 Do. Southport Stock London and Blackwall all 67 69 3 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh — 112 Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 ll3 1 1 21 Stock L;mdon & North Westn 100 9 5 1 0 5 4 25 4 4 4 5 1 124 Do. -gig hths Stock Lon-doll& South-Westn lOO 92 4 93 4 92 4 5 i 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & ki;niskillen all Stock Man., Shef., & Oicoln lOO 3 8 30 10 Metropolitan .• • 3 2 1 4 Stock Midland lOO 1015 102 1014 1 f Stock Do. Birming. & Derby l°o 75 76 74} 50 Mid. Gt. Wekt. (Ireland) alli 25 Do. 1 Shares all 100 Netastle and Carlisle all 78, 11 I. 25 New., Aber., & Herefd. all ..-• 10 Newry & Armagh (def.) 9 20 Newry, Warpt., & os all Stock Norfolk lOO 60 62 50 North. Counties Union 35 34 3 d Stock North British lOO 60 604 60 i Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO Stock Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 Stock Do. B Stock lOO Stock North-Eastn.--Berwick 100 925 13 923 5 25 Do. do. G.N.E. Purchase 1613 4 1.1 34 d d 'Stock Do. Leeds lOO 47 171 471 (Stock Do. York lOO 761 77 764 4 Stock North London lOO 102 104 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampatd and City Junction £3 is. 20 North Staffordshire 174 41 41 d' 13 20 North-Western 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 7 8 Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolter lOO 34 341 10 Peebles all -- 20 Portsmouth l9 7 5 d 10 Rhymney lO Stock Scottish Central lOO 110 112 Stock South. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 265 27 Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 84 85 Stock Shropshire Union lOO 46 48 10 Sittin g bourne & Sheer all 31 25 d Stock South Devon lOO 38 391 Stock South-Eastern lOO n. 11 Stock South Wales 20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun all 00 70 20 Do. do lB 20 Staines, Wok., & Wek all 8 11 25 Stockton & Darlington all 365 875 25 Do. do. 1855 7 25 Do. do. 1858 • Stockton & Hartlepool 1 4 - - Stock Taff Vale lOO Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rall 22 Stock Vale of Neath lOO 65 70 67 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West Cornwall 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal all ~5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 2 3 21 6 Do. B all 6 61 6f 20 West London all —— • 10 100. let Class all 20 iDo. 2d Class all PREFERENCE SHARES. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.1110 65 75 93 Br itish Iron Condurrow (Camborne) - 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 465 475 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 210 240 Great South Tolgus l7s 12 14 G.Wheal Alfd.(Phinack) 11.18.8 25 35 G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 95_ v I 2 4 m Lady Bertha l Bs l 1 N No or rt h h w Fr h a e n a c i es c ( r l o ll f e e rn ) 7. 8 8 4 .,1 7765 848— N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 95 10 Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 15 14 15 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 25 465 47 South C. Brea', Illogan). 2 25 3 S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 200 210 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 45 15 2 10 Tin Croft 9 4 45 17nitedMtnes(Oweinnap) 40 _ • Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d West Basset (Illogan) l5 21 23 W. Caradon (Liskeard) 2O 75 80 Wheal Basset (Illogan) s} 190 200 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 130 140 Wheal Edward (Cats.) 54 25 3} Wheal Rit,,v(U. Lelant) 1.7.2 11 12 Wh'l Maryrinn (Menhe) 8 47 49 Wh'l Trelawney (Lisk.) 45 30 32 FOREIGN DUNES 20 Australian 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim los I I p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at R• 5 p ) 27 20 Do.St.Jo'indelßey,Lim l5 11 12 5 Do.LandardMintnee all 14 2 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica d 40 Cobra Coppe.. al l 36 38 Caplan° l6 10 12 . 1 DunMoun.Cop.M ng.Co all 2 Fortuna 20 General all 23 25 3 Linares all 95 10} 5 Lusitan ,— i 1 Mariquit? all 1 d 1 New Granada all 1 N.RhineCop.of us.L 10 4 5 p 20 Pontgibaud Save", Leaf Mining and Smelt all 4 5 5 Port Philip 1 30 Santiago de Cuba l6 1 1 • 28.2.85 United Mexican all 2} 2 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. Paid. Closing business Prices. Done. Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 115 116 115 Do. 6 p.c.rb.&Aug. 100 113 115 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 N.8.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &July 100 1115 1125 Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 -- N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 103 104 NovaScoLir G 0v.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 111 i 1125 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 1115 1125 Vict'Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. re n . Busine s s Clo Done. Share' Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. g g 100 lA g ra&UnitedServiCeßk 50 68 70 40 lAustralssia all - 25 Bank of Egypt all 24i 25 100 Bank of London 5O 45 47 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all 50 British North American all 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 10 11 1 d 100 City 5O 62 64 100 Colonial 25 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of London. 20 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch. all 16 161 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all 20 Lon.Char.Bk.otAustral. all 23 24 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 100 London & Westminster. 20 50 3 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 20 Do. new lO 50 National Bank 25 20 New South Wales 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all 404 20 Ottoman Bank all 214 22 21 Provincial of Ireland - 10 Do. New all - 25 South Australia 25 Do. New 25 Union of Australia all 25 Do. New 2O - -- 50 Union of London lO -- - 100 Unity Mutual 55 - 100 Western Bk of London 50 211 204 d THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, ;_859 THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. LITERATURE. • The Life and Times of Charles fames iox. By the Right Hon. Lord John Russell, M.P. Vol. I. Bentley. In the fourth volume of the corr espandence of Charles James Fox, the right hon .ourablc editor promised to place in a connected nr.irrative a rela tion of the political career and an account of the times of that eminent man. In tb at narrative he undertook that the great events v f his life should be prominetly set forth, and his yablic policy fully discussed. That promise he Eras now fulfilled by giving us the first volume of a. , .vork which promises to be a valuable addition to the Parliamentary history of England. He lie,s acquitted himself of his laborious task with sue cess. The style is clear and concise, the tone of the work impartial, and the political criticisms are, for the most part, just and liberal, though reflecting, of course, the poli tical sentiments of the author. The Parlia mentary struggles are described with the spirit and readiness to loe expected from one who has so long mingled in the strife of the arena. The author tells us in the preface that he has " found it impossible to perform his task without entering very fully into the Parliamentary history of the times. A great leader, who took a prominent part in the main discussions of the House of Commons from 1775 to 1806 is identified with that which is the life of England —her free debates in Parlia ment." Few of the readers of the work will be disposed to regret this necessity the Parlia mentary history of those thirty years being one of the most animated pages in European history, whether we regard the importance of the events discussed, the extended influence of the policy adopted, or the brilliant elo quence and administrative ability of the rival politicians. This first volume brings us down to the junction of Mr. Fox with Lord North —that unpopular combination which his right hon ourable biographer terms "the one great political error of his life." It leads us, therefore, through all the stormy debates on the American War, through all the earlier years of Mr. Fox's triumphs in the senate, and shows us his great rival just ap pearing on the scene, already a fluent debater, speaking with a readiness and dignity that foretold his future eminence. The details of the disgraceful misgovernment during the American War are given with force and succinctness. The lamentable par ticulars are well known • but the numerous e x t r a c t s given from Fox's speeches will be new to many readers. They- are full of fire and spirit, and display that vivid eloquence for which he was always so remarkable. Speaking of his oratory, in the pre face, Lord J. Russell quotes a forcible passage from Lord Erskine. He remarks that the remains of his speeches are mere sketches, for that shorthand alone, secured at the moment, could have perpetu ated their lustre and effect, but that still the correct substance remains, which preserves from obli v i on more than by such means could be obtained of any other speaker. "Eloquence which consists more in the dexterous structure of periods, and in the powers and harmony of delivery, than in the extra ordinary vigour of the understanding, may be com pared to a human body, not so much surpassing the dimensions of ordinary nature as remarkable The leading country markets held on Saturday were but moderately supplied with wheat. Good and fine samples moved off slowly, at very full prices, and the value of other kinds was supported. Fine barley has realised extreme currencies. In all other produce the transactions were far more numerous, on former terms. Throughout the Continent wheat has sold at a slight advance, but damp parcels have continued heavy. Most kinds of spring corn have commanded extreme rates. In the United . States produce has further improved in value. The arrivals of English produce up to our market last week were only moderate. From abroad we received 6,024 quarters of wheat, 13,555 barley, 9,360 oats, 890 beans, 50 peas, 200 tares, 2,500 linseed, 1,000 rapeseed, 577 sundry seeds, 566 sacks and 50 barrels of flour. Owing to the continued firmness in most of the provincial markets, and to the arrival of a very moderate supply coastwise and by land carriage, the factors commenced business to-day by asking is to 2s per quarter more money for nearly all kinds of English wheat. Millers, however, operated cautiously; nevertheless, the demand may be con sidered somewhat steady, at last Monday's currency. We were well supplied with most descriptions of foreign wheat. Good and fine samples were in fair request, at full quotations; but other kinds met a dull inquiry, on former terms. Floating cargoes :of grain, off Falmouth, sold at full prices. Fine barley was scarce, and in request at extreme quo tations. Grinding and distilling sorts met a dull inquiry, and prices were the turn lower. There was very little inquiry for any kind of malt, and to have forced sales lower rates must have been sub mitted to. In the value of oats no change took place, and the trans aetions were by no means numerous. Beans were in fair request at fully last week's quotations. Peas changed hands steadily at full prices. Flour was rather firm, but the demand for it was by no means active. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new 37s to `46s Ditto, old —B —s Ditto, white, new 4os 508 Ditto, old --s —8 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old ''''S —s Ditto, new.. 37s 448 Rye—Old —8 —8 IceW Barley—Grinding...., 24s 26s Malting Chevalier 3ss 42s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk. s2s 66s Brown sos 52s Kingston and Ware s2s 64s Chevalier Oats-Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding l9B 24e Potato 26s 30s Youghal and Cork, black ... 20s 238 Cork, white 2os 29s Scotch, Feeding 2os 29s Beans —Tick Pigeons 38s 495 Peas—Grey Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made Suffolk 3os 32s Stockton and Norfolk ... 27s 28s for the symmetry and' beauty of its parts. If the shorthand writer, like the statuary or painter, has made no memorial of such an Orator, little is left to distinguish him ; but in the most imperfect relics of Fox's speeches the bones of a giant are to be discovered." At the conclusion of the preface we find the following remarks : Horace Walpole says :—" Fox had not the ungraceful hesitation of his father, yet scarce equalled him in subtlety and acuteness. But no man ever excelled him in the close ness of argument, which flowed from him in a torrent of vehemence, as declamation sometimes does from those who want argument." Burke has called him "the greatest debater the world ever saw ;" Mackintosh " the most Demosthenean speaker since Demosthenes." We must be content with these testimonies. Of eloquence it has been eloquently said—" Eloquentia sicut flamma, materie alitur, motu excitatur, urendo clarescit." Mr. Pitt thus happily rendered the passage—" It is of eloquence as of a flame : it requires matter to feed it, motion to excite it, and it brightens as it burns." But it also 'wastes like a flame. The bright stars of poetry shine to us in the heavens as they shone to our fathers three thousand years ago ; the flames of oratory have, in too many cases, blazed like earthly fires, scorching and consuming in the hour of their fierce ness ; pale and glimmering when that hour is past and their work is done. But in the work itself orators have their true fame.• Those who, like Pym and Hampden, and withstood a despotic Court—who, like Somers, have restored the liberties of their country—who, like Chatham, have exalted its reputation—or who, like Fox, have placed on a height their beacon to save the wandering friends of freedom from destruction—may be content to let their speeches moulder in the dust of libraries, while their names are hallowed in the temples they have founded, adorned, and preserved. The biographer finds occasion to regret the foolish indulgence of his father, who introduced him early to Parisian society and the gaming table, thereby fostering . the faults that his open pleasure-loving disposition naturally exposed him to. The'follow ing anecdote is curious : In a letter from Kingsgate, dated July 25th, 1765, his father says—" Charles has been here, but is now at_Oxford studyindvery hard, after two months at Paris, which he relished as much as ever. Such a mixture in education was never seen, but, extraordinary as it is, it seems likely to do well." That this education enabled Mr. Fox to read the Greek and Latin poets with facility, to make himself familiar with French and Italian literature, and to become very early a man of the world, cannot be disputed. But, on the other hand, it led to desultory habits of study, and, what was much worse, to a fondness for the pleasures of unbridled youth, which in his after life marred the effect of his bril liant talents, and prevented his acquiring the entire confi dence of the moral and sober part of the nation. It must have been in 1767 that his mother paid a visit to Lady Chatham, of which she gave the following account to her husband :—" I have been, this morning, with Lady Hester Pitt, and there is little William Pitt, now eight years old, and really the cleverest child I ever saw, and biought up so strictly and so proper in his behaviour, that, mark my words, that little boy will be a thorn in Charles's side as long as he lives." A very singular prediction, showing not only the early cleverness of the two boys, but the cherished ambition of their parents, the wise strictness of Lord and Lady Chatham, and the sagacity of Lady Holland. When little more than nineteen Charles Fox en• tered Parliament for that borough of Midhurst, whose political existence it is now proposed to annihilate. His wonderful abilities soon made him remarkable. After a brief tenure of office, under Lord North, as junior Lord of the Treasury, his daring temper led him to involve his chief in a dif ficulty which resulted in his dismissal. On the 24th of February Charles Fox was dismissed from the Board of Treasmy. It is said that on this occasion Lord. North wrote him the following laconic note —" His Majesty has thought proper to order a new Commission of Treasury to be made out, in which I do not see your name. —NORTH." Horace Walpole says, speaking of Lord North :—" With his usual hurry after indalence, he turn'd out Charles Fox, as a threat to those who might incline to desert, but with out effect." It is to be lamented that during this period of his life Mr. Fox entered deeply—almost madly—into the pursuit of gaming. Loid Egremont afterwards suspected that he was the dupe of foul play. Be that as it might, he borrowed to such an extent, that the purchase of the annuities he had granted cost his fond ani indulgent father no less a sum than £140,000. Horace Walpole tells us :—" As the gaming and extra vagance of young men of quality had arrived now at a pitch never heard of, it is worth while to give some account of it. They had a club at Almack's, in Pall Mall, where they played only for•rouleaus of £5O each, and generally there was £lO,OOO in specie on the table. Lord Holland had paid above £20,000 for his two sons. Nor were the manners of the gamesters, or even their dresses for play, undeserving notice. They began by pulling off their embroidered clothes, and put on frieze greatcoats, or turned their coats inside outwards for luck. They put on pieces of leather (such as are worn by footmen when they clean the knives) to save their laced ruffles ; and to guard their eyes from the light and to prevent tumbling their hair, wore high-crowned straw hats with broad brims and adorned with flowers and ribbons ; masks to conceal their emotions when they played at quinzo. Each gamester had a small neat stand by him, to hold their tea, or a wooden bowl with the edge of ormolu to hold their rouleaus. They borrowed great sums of Jews at exorbitant premiums. Charles Fox called his outward room, where those Jews waited till he rose, his Jerusalem Chamber. Soon, however, he had the opportunity of dis. tinguishing himself in a more honourable way, by his defence of the American colonists. The speech of Lord Chatham, on moving an address to the Crown, at the commencement of the year 1775. is most remarkable, not only for the correctness of its principles, or the eloquence of its expressions, but for the subsequent fufilment of the prophecy, with I , which he foretold the humiliating abandonment of the unjust and arbitrary claims of Government. " I trust it is . obviou s to your lordships," he observes at its close, "that all attempts to impose servitude upon such men; to establish despotism over such a mighty continental nation, must be vain, must be fatal. We shall be forced ultimately to retreat; let us retreat while we can, not when we must. I say we must necessarily undo these violent, oppressive acts ; they must be repealed—you will repeal them. I pledge myself for it that you will in the end repeal them ; I stake my reputation on it. I will consent to be taken for an idiot if they are not finally repealed. Avoid, then, this humiliating_ this disgraceful necessity. With a dignity becorn• ing your exalted situation, make the first advances to concord, to peace, and happiness. For that is your true dignity, to act with prudence and justice. That you should first concede is obvious, from sound and rational policy. Concession comes with better grace and more salutary effect from superior power; it reconciles superiority of power with the feelings of men, and establishes solid confidence in the foundations of affection and gratitude. So thought a wise poet and a wise man in political sagacity— the friend of Mecwn as and the eulogist of Augustus. To him, the adopted son and successor of the first Caesar, to him, the master of the world, he wisely urged this conduct of prudence and dignity. Tu • qta priontapare proj i ce tela mom" A few !months. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week were 3,065 head In the corresponding week in 1858 we received 414 ; in 1857,. 1,094 ; in 1856, 268 ; in 1855, 1,378 ; in 1854, 1,424 ; 1853, 2,7 61; and in 1852, head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam Hamburgh l2 .. 2,173 .. --- .. Harlingen , 80 .. Ostend 8 .. '''''' • • •• •• •• .. .. 25 .. Total • 232 2,786 47 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 858 94 158 .. .. 162 857 406 .. 541 .. 2 .. 145 856 :92 102 .. 855 BlO 38.5 854 613 .. 587 853 l2B .. 1,416 .. 203 .. 218 .. 397 .. Our market to-day was but moderately supplied with foreign stock, and sales progressed slowly, on lower terms. From our own grazing districts, the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were on the increase, and of consi derably improved quality. Although the attendance of butchers was tolerably good, all kinds of beasts met a dull inquiry, at a decline in the quotations realised on Monday last of fully 2d per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 2,000 Scots, shorthorns, and crosses ; from other parts of England 200 of various breeds ; from Scotland, 382 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, 180 oxen, &c. ' We were seasonably supplied with most kinds of sheep, in fair condition. The mutton trade was in a very sluggish state. Downs, in the wool, declined 2d ; other breeds, 4d per 81bs, compared with this day se'ennight. The top quotation was 5s 10d per 81bs: Lambs, the supply of which was moderate, sold heavily, and prices were 4d per 81bs lower than on Monday last. The few calves in the market sold slowly, at 2d per Blbs less money. We had a very dull sale for pigs, and prices were a shade lower. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crae. &inf. beasts-3 4-3 8 Second quality do. 3 10 4 4 Prime large omen 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 10 4 4 Second quality do. 4 6 4 10 Lambs, 5s Suckling calves, 18s to 21s 18s to 21s. TOTAL SUPPLY. s. d. s. d. Primeers-wool do. 5 0 5 6 Pme. S' thdown do. 5 8 5 10 Large crse. calves 3 10 4 8 Prime small d 0... 4 10 5 6 Large hogs 3 0 3 6 Small porkers .... 3 8 4 4 kl to 6s Bd. and quarter-old store pigs, Beasts — 3,620 Sheep 21,410 Calves Pigs 390 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 7O Sheep Calves .. 37 I Pigs • A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on Monday, March 29, 1868, and this day, Monday, March 28, 1859. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. March 29, 1858, March 28, 1859. 8 d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts . . Second quality ditto 3 4 3 '3 10 4 4 Prime large oxen 3 8 310 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, .• • . •4 0 424 ,10 5 0 Coarse and inferior sheep . . 3 0 3 43 10 4 4 Second quality ditto . . .• . 3 6. 310 4 6 410 Prime coarse-woolled ditto . . 4 0 4 4 5 0 5 6 Prime Southdown ditto ~ . . 4 8 • 5 0 5 8 510 Lambs f - 6 0 6 6 b 8 6 8 Large coarse calves . . . Prime small diao Large hogs • • . Neat small porkers . . . Beasts Sheep and lambs . . Calves . . . Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, March 30, 1857.---Beasts, 3,381; sheep and lambs, 16,500 ; calves, 89; pigs, 270. March 31,1856.--Beasts, 4,211; sheep and lambs, 21,800; calves, 67 ; pigs, 260. NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. During the past week increased supplies of meat have come to hand from Scotland and various parts of England. The show of London-killed -here to-day is only moderate ; nevertheless the trade generally is less active, at our quo tations. Per Blbs. by the Carcass. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beef 3 4to 3 6 Mid. d 0..... 3 Bto 3 10 Pm.largedo. 4 oto 4 2 Do.smalldo. 4 4to 4 8 Large pork.. 3 4to 3 8 I Lamb, 5s 41 s. d. Incr. Mutton. 3 6to Mid. do 4 2to Prime do. 4 6to Veal 3 10 to Small pork 310 to to 6s 4d. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. s. d. 4 0 4 4 4 10 4 8 4 •4 Since Monday last, the arrivals of potatoes coastwise have been less extensive ; but the receipts by land carriage have rather increased. The imports have amounted to 420 tons from Antwerp, and 92 do. from Groningen. Present rates as follows, with a dull trade : York Regents, 75s to 100 s ' • Essex and Kent, 70s to 95s ; Lincolns, 708 to 90s ; Scotch, 40s to 80s ; foreign, 40s to 60s. BOROUGH HOP. We continue to have a steady demand for nearly all kinds of new hops, at the late improvement in value. Yearlings are steady in price; but all other kinds rule heavy. Mid and East Kent pockets Bos to 140 s per owt. Weald of Kent do 62s to 76s „ Sussex do 6os to 70s ,; WOOL MARKET. We have to report a slight improvement in the demand for most kinds of English wool—the supply of which on offer is very moderate—at full quotations. Foreign and colonial qualities are very inactive, nevertheless no change has taken place in prices. Last week's Imports were 1,519 bales from Sydney, 3,998 from Geelong, and 84 from Havre. SEEDS. Cloverseed continues in good request, and white seed is still advancing in price. Trefoil is steady, at full quotations. Linseed is dull, and again cheaper. In rapeseed very little is doing, at late rates. Cakes are in fair demand, at full prices. Turnip,White,p.bus.l2s to 14s Swede Mustard, .Brown Bs lls White, new l2s 15s Tares, Spring, new.. 9s6d 12s Old —s —s Canary, per quarter 603 70s Rye grass, new 22s 26s Clover, Red Eng., et. 66s 85s White Foreign Red 66s 76$ White 76s 105 s Trefoil, new. lBs 20s Carraway Coriander 9s 12s HemPseed, per qr 30s 38s Linseed,Eng.sowing 72s 74s Crushing —s —9 Baltic —s —8 Odessa Linseed Cake, p. ton —• English £lO os£lo 15s Foreign, p ton £9 5s Od 1015 s Rape Cakes,p. ton 5 Os 6 5s Rapeseed, p. qr 64s 68s TALLOW. Since our last report the demand for tallow has ruled firm, and prices have had an upward - tendency. To-day, P.Y.C., on the spot, has sold at 53s to 53s 3d per cwt. Rough fat 2s 10Id per llbs. 1857. 1858. Stock this day.... Price of Y.C. Delivery last week Ditto from June 1 Arrivals last week Ditto from June 1 Price of Town .... 1856. I. 24,059 16,746 14,341 47s Od to 80s Od to 55s Od to —s Od —s Od —s Od 947 1,158 1,212 90,225 92,589 92,751 940 486 350 68,742 92,355 95,378 48s 6d 558 9d 568 6d 1859. 16,186 538 Od to 538 3d 1,134 87,194 _- •285 91,813 558 Od __ ~~ 1855. 33.043 48s Od to -s Od 1,270 70,187 875 68,130 48e Cd before his death, the great statesman saw his words fulfilled On the 19th of February, 1778, Lord North !rose in the House of Commons to move a fresh conciliatory budget. He proposed :-1. To repeal the tea duty absolutely. 2. To re• nounce by act of Parliament all right of taxing the colonies for revenue,. and to provide that the produce of any duties imposed for the regulation of trade should be paid over to the colonies. 3. To appoint commissioners who should have the power to treat with Congress as such to put a stop to the war, and to suspend all laws of which the Americans might complain, and which the commissioners should be willing to provoke. A dull, melancholy silence succeeded the delivery of Lord North's speech. Astonish ment, dejection, and fear overloaded the whole aasembly. No mark of approbation appeared from any part of the house. Nor was this to be wondered at. Members who had supported the war must have seen the fabric of empire, which Lord North had hitherto displayed before their eyes, vanish into air, with feelings of consternation. Others of a different stamp, who had warned the Ministry not to repeat the experiment of the stamp duty, must have reflected with sorrow that ten years earlier the concession now made migh have saved millions of treasure, rivers of blood, and the affections of three millions of people. The united eloquence of Chatham, Burke, Fox, and their supporters could not turn the weak minister and obstinate, narrow-minded king from their per verse policy. After narrating the death of Lord Chatham Lord John Russell makes the following observations on his character : In estimating the general conduct of a great man, the failings of the age must be allowed to palliate th ose of, the individual. In this manner Tacitus vindicates the charac ter of Agricola • in this manner the ad m i rers o f Ch at h am must be allowed to plead the factiousness of many, the feebleness of most the corruption of near ly a ll o f hi s contemporaries. It cannot be denied that, in opposition to Sir Robert Walpole, he recklessly urged on the Spanish war, and cast undue odium on the Hanover, connexion. The Spanish war is now generally admitted to have been forced on by this great orator against the just views of policy; the Hanover connexion became to Lord Chatham himself, when Minister, a source of national strength. The great period of Lord Chatham's glory occurred in the four years between 1757 and 1761, when he wielded the thunder bolt and fulmined over Europe and America. A greater war Minister has never been seen; his spirit animated the nation, his sagacity descried the merits of Wolfe, and his firmness sustained the genius of Frederick of Prussia. In the American struggle, his wisdom was no less conspicuous ; but his overbearing pride threw away the instruments by which his policy might have been assured, to adopt tools he thought more pliant, but which were sure to break in his hands. Lord Chatham's eloquence appears to me to be marked by feeling and imagination beyond that of any orator, ancient or modern. In the regular sustained march of dignified language and close argument he was inferior to many : the lire of some orators is more skilfully prepared, their flame burns longer and more steadily; but Lord Chat ham's flashes are from Heaven. The meeting of the Rhone and the Saone, the immunity of an Englishman's home, where the wind might blow through every cranny, but the King's writ could not enter, the statutes turned down in dogsears, the master feather in the eagle's wing, and several more images of great beauty, will occur to ' every one. They have no parallel in the speeches of his son, of Fox, or of Sheridan—Burke alone in a different style, and more sustained flight, can bear comparison with the Great Commoner. It is in the earliest part of the volume, daring his vigorous struggle for the rights of the colonists, that the chaaacter and abilities of Fox shine most brightly-. Afterwards he becomes involved in the official tactics of parties. Mr. Grattan, himself no inconsiderable orator, on being asked which were the best speeches he ever heard, replied without hesitation, " Fox's during the American war." His biographer gives many samples of his powerful in vective and impassioned declamation. This first volume closes, as it were, the first epoch of his Parliamentary career. The tenure of office by the Coalition Government was brief and unsatis factory. The next volume will bring us to the struggle of the French Revolution and to those contests between the two great rivals which resounded for years within the walls of. the English Parliament. Through those stirring years and animated debates, one who is himself a states- man and a debater is well qualified to lead us. The records of a time so eventful and so important can never be uninstructive. Every one of the chief figures maybe painted with pre-Raphaelite accu racy and minuteness of detail, and still the history would be interesting. In these days, when the bit terness of party spirit is dying out, when political rancour is modified, and political intrigues less secure, the leaders of great parties, and toen of authority in the State, may learn somethi•ig from the errors and mistakes into which their• predeces sors fell. Looking upon the results of, each great •party move as influencing the destinies of nations, weighing the consequences of Class animosity or personal ambition in the men of ability and autho rity, the conscientious statesman may find more in the life of a great political chief than the interest of the history or the value of the record. By few could those records have been more worthily told than by one who is himself the possessor of a great historical name, and conspicuous in the catalogue of English statesmen. Ellen Raymond; or, Ups and _Downs. By Mrs. Vidal, author of " Tales for the Bush," &c., Sic. 3 vols. SrAith and Elder. This is an interesting story; it is rather compli cated in its details, but the plot is skilfully -sforked out. The character of Ellen Raymond is very well described, and her strange, eventful life possesses many features of a mournful interest. Her family was a peculiar one, and the circumstances attend ant on her home existence well calculated to be extremely irritating to one of her tempera ment. Her father was a man of a very violent temper and singular disposition. Soon after Ellen's return home from school, he renewed an acquaintance with a widow to whom in early life he had been attached. Mrs. Hay was no friend to the beautiful Miss Raymond, who in her turn resented the constant interference that went on and the perpetual complaints transmitted to her from the designing widow, which reached her in no pleasant way from her irate and prejudiced father. She was also in the extreme fear from her hasty temper, and the consequence was that she left her father's to reside with an intimate friend of hers who had been a companion of her mother's in their young days. Mrs. Wentworth is ably pictured to us as a woman of much kindness of heart, but too volatile of disposition, and too indifferent to the prejudices and practices of society to be a safe or desirable guardian to so young and beautiful a girl as the wayward Ellen Raymond. She had intended to make the daughter of her deceased friend her heiress, but she was too afraid of dwelling on un pleasant subjects to make a will, hence when she died suddenly, some crafty relatives, whom she did not like, and who did not care for her, seized upon everything. Ellen roused herself to exertion, and, having persuaded a widowed sister to reside with her, she supported herself for some time by the sale of pictures; she had always possessed a great talent in that way. There are some painful passages in the story, as for instance the part which relates to John Mortimer, who had been passionately at tached to Ellen, and she being thoughtless and hasty, treated his declaration with scorn. This excited the ungovernable temper of the man, and he vowed revenge. He fulfilled his threat in a very unmanly way, for he married the elder sister of Ellen, the unfortunate Bessie Ray mond. She for a long time believed her husband attached to her, while he was merely playing out his own purpose of forcing Ellen to succumb to his plans. By the threat of disclosing all to Bessie, which she knew would distract her, he compelled Ellen to give up to him nearly all the money which was being kept apart for her. It was her drawing out the money secretly, and refusing to account for it that occasioned the.final quarrel with her father. The Mortimers were fated to be the bane of Ellen's existence, for her attachment to Granville, the brother of John, proved a misfortune to her. Her constancy to this feeling made her refuse Edward Vaughan, who was a very estimable character, and who was much more truly attached to her than Granville, who, with all his professions, gave up a t the very first difficulty, and hurried away to marry another without waiting to clear up the mystery. All the confusions attendant on these disappoint ments and calamities tended to embitter Ellen's life, and that existence which had promised so brightly was overshadowed. At the conclusion she seemed to brighten, however, and the change from her gloomy cottage to the cheerful home of her younger sister was very beneficial to her. Many years after she again met I%lr. Vaughan, and find ing his devotion to her unchanged , she consented to their union. On the whole this work displays con siderable ability, and many readers will be delighted with its perusal. There are many persons intro duced, who impart a variety to its pages, and there are scenes of an exciting nature which characterise its progress. It may be considered a success in its peculiar style and character. Six Years' Travel in .Russia B- an English • Lady. 2 v o l s . H urst a nd 131a Y ckett. We here meet with two most pleasing volumes, presenting us with interesting and instructive ac counts of Russia and her people. The work is written in an easy, flowing style, and can hardly fail to meet the approval of impartial readers. It is true that occasionally the author is too prone to favouritism, and too apt to regard the country in which she passed some years so happily, under too favourable auspices ; but she evidently speaks her own opinions, and this circumstance does not detract from the merits of the book, as presenting lively sketches of society and graphic details of the manners and customs prevalent in Russia. There are also some passages of historical incidents, and occasionally some legends are introduced, as thosz of the Kreml, which impart an additional interest to the work. The habits of the Russians are strange in some respects, as, for instance, in raising the temperature of their houses to such a degree that they are enabled to wear summer costume in the depths of winter. It would seem more rational to inure themselves more to the atmosphere than to breathe such an. enervating air as that produced by artificial heat carried to such an inordinate excess. The interior of their dwellings is arranged with the greatest taste, and they appear to shine con spicuous in all domestic arrangements, especially the dinner table, which in Russian mansions is a most brilliant affair, without extravagance. Those who desire to peruse an entertaining work, while they acquaint themselves with many things only noticeable by an eye-witness in a foreign country, will be delighted with the records of au Encrlish lady, which she has rend ere d a tt rac ti ve by their vivacity and spirit. Routledge's Illustrated Natural History. By the Rev. J. G. Wood, M.A., F.L.S. Part I. April, 1859. Those who are familiar with Mr. • Wood's " Anecdotes of Animal :Life," " Common Objects of the Country," &c:, &c., will readily believe that he is capable of producing a "Natural History" cal culated to tempt a host of readers who never before gave their serious attention to one of the most important and unfathomable subjects within the reach of human brains. In this excellent publica tion there is no mystery imposed by difficult and unexplained technicalities—there are no pretensions to exclusive and unauthorised knowledge. of the matter, but a most concise and intelligible style is blended with solid and reliable information, form ing a work of valuable character, whether for studious perusal or occasional reference. The illustrations are executed with great skill and clearness of delineation, and profusely ample i n number. We can cordially recommend this admir able and useful publication to the reading " mass," as it is issued in monthly parts, at a very cheap rate, thereby ensuring a circulation equal to its merit. The spirit and tone of the author is fairly exhibited in the following short extract :-- "Not only is the past history of each being written in every particle of which its material frame is constructed, but the past records of the universe to which it belongs, and a prediction of its future. God can make no one thing- • that is not universal in its teachings, if we would only be so taught; if not, the fault is with the pupils, not with the Teacher. He writes his ever-living words in ;ill the of his hand ; He spreads his ample book before us, always ready to teach, if we will only learn. We walk in the midst Of miracles with closed eyes and stopped ears, dazzled and be wildered with the light, fearful and distrustful of the word It is not enough to accumulate facts as misers gather eo'n and then to put them away on our bookshelves, guarded 1 y the bars and bolts of technical phraseology. As coins, th facts must be circulated, and given to the public for their use. It is no matter of wonder that the generality of readers recoil from works on the natural sciences, and look upon them as mere collections of tedious names, irksome to read, unmanageable of utterance, and impossible to re member. Our scientific libraries are filled with facts, dead, hard, dry, and material as the fossil bones that fill the sealed and caverned libraries of the past. But true science will breathe life into that dead mass, and fill the study of zoology with poetry and spirit." LONDON MECRANICS' INSTITUTION. PUBLIC MEETING THIS •DAY. A public meeting was held this day at Willis's Rooms, in aid of the funds for the purchase of the premises in Southampton -buildings occtvied by the institution, and the.release of the trustees from their liabilities. At half-past one o'clock the thair was taken by the Earl of Carlisle, K.G., *accompanied by Lord Faversham, the Bishop of Fit. David's, Mr. Slaney, M.P., Mr. F. Crossley, M and about thirty other gentlemen. Letters of apology for non-attendance, but en closing subscriptions, having been read by the secretary from Lord Brougham, Mr. Marjoribanks, Lord James Stuart, and Lord Dundonald, The noble CHAIRMAN said, on bringing before the meeting the object of the assemblage, he would endeavour to separate the topics that did not presently bear upon the object they had in view, and endeavour to lay before them those which bore directly on the point. He wss there to make an appeal to those now present, and others beyond the limits of that room to join in an effort now making to keep the London Me chanics' Institution planted in this most opulent country in the world. (Loud cheers.) In doing so he could not do better than refer to the statement issued by the committee. By that docu ment it appeared that the London Mechanics' Insti tution had, for 35 years, to a great extent accom plished the objects of its founders by affording instruction in various branches of science, art, and literature, to more than 700 students an nually. At the present time there were about 1,100 attendances weekly at the various classes. Much greater results might have been attained had it not been for the heavy expenses to which the in stitution was subject, and ofebh the principal is the rent of the buildings (Z 229 per annum), an expense from which many educational institutions are spared by permanent endowment. The lease under which the premises are held was of long duration, and empowers the institution to pur chase the reversionary interest of its landlord, and thus to reduce the above annual payment to a small ground rent, for the sum of £3,500. In order to accomplish this object, it is proposed to raise this amount by public subscription, and thus the ex penses of the institution will be reduced by £2OO per annum, and the trustees relieved from all their present heavy liabilities, and the sum at present raised toward the above object amounts to £1,684 17s. The object of the meeting was most praiseworthy, and he would not for a moment doubt that the re mainder of the sum required would soon be forth coming. (Hear, hear.) While those possessed of ample means contributed, he thought it was the duty of all who approved of such institutions as the London Mechanics' Institution to contribute their pence. (Hear, hear.) Then again it was hardly to be supposed that the great number of similar institutions now in existence would allow the parent establishment, which had set the example and pat- tern by which they had all profited, to continue to have its operations cramped by financial difficulty. (Hear, hear.) It would be but an ill requittal of the great services of Lord Brougham to allow an institution in which he had taken so much interest to fall for the want of £2,000. (Cheers.) The Bishop of Sr. DAvms said he had great pleasure in moving the first resolution. It was as follows.:— _ _ " The London Mechanics' Institution having been the first society of the kind instituted in England, having called many hUndred of similar institutions into existence, and having afforded instruction in science and the arts to more than 25,000 of its own members, thereby contributing not merely to their success in life, but to the industrial pro gress of the country, pessesses a strong claim - on public support and sympathy." He thought it was due more as a debt of justice than a tribute of respect to an eminent person, who, although he could not be looked upon as the founder, was at least the foster-father of the insti tution—(loud cheers)—that it should be immedi ately, as it were, emancipated from its present difficulty. (Cheers.) The resolution, having been seconded, was carried unanimously. The following resolutions were also agreed to : " That although the small subscriptions required from the members have been sufficient until recently to meet tho current expenses of the institution, yet the heavy rent pay able for the premises in Southampton -buildings, has not only at all times prevented many improvements in the management from being effected, an d a methodical course of education f rom b e i ng pursued, but has at length involved the institution in difficulties ; and that in order to give it the same stability which is enjoyed by many establiih ments designed for the use of the more wealthy classes, funds should be raised by public subscription sufficient to endow it with the buildings it occupies. "The object mentioned in the last resolution ra tio n: T purchase of the buidings occupied by the instit, is the snore desirable because, if attained, the surviving trustees, Lord Brougham and Mr. Joshua Walker, will thereby be re l eas ed from the hea v y liabilities which with great public spirit they incurred at the foundation of the institution by becoming lessees of the premises. "That the thanks of ail friends of popular education are eminently due to his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, and the other donors whose names have been read, for their munificent contributions to the fund for the purchase pith() lease. "That the warmest thanks of the meeting are due to the Earl of Carlisle for having consented to take the chair on this occasion, and for the manner in which he has con ducted the proceedings." THE RESOLUTION " DODGE."—Sir Hugh Cairns, in a speech of unrivalled ability, has fixed upon the resolul ion of Lord John Russell its just and appropriate designation. The spirit in which it has been conceived, the policy with a view to which it was framed, and the end which it Intended to compass ' are simply and purely those of a "d o d ge ." If it is said that the bill of the Government is so fundamentally vicious that it was necessary at all hazards to defeat it, the proper and natural course was to move its peremptory rejec tion on the second reading. If, on the other hand, it was thought undesirable to postpone the settlement of the ques tion, and with this view it was deemed e Tedient to modify the objectionable features of the Government measure, it was easy enough, in the existing temper of the House of Com mons, to put such a pressure on the administration, and in such a manner, as would have permitted them to comply with the opinion of the majDnty. The answer of Mr. Disraeli to the question of Mr. Mitchell, on Thursday night, sufficiently indicates that Ministers were brno means dis posed to resist such a solicitation. But no man who knows the real history of the resolution can doubt for an instant that it was drawn for the express purpose, and with the single intention, of oxcluding the possibility of concession by the Government, and that its only object was, not to settle the principles or to promcte the cau se of refor ,b ut purely and simply to storm the Treasury Bench.—Sarday .Review. 1 ~i 1