The Sun. — London, England, 1860-02-15 00:00:00

MIN r,to Oiya Met near ITT" NEW& r SHARE IL MONEY 161.4RKET AND C CITY, Two o'CLocK. Although very few withdrawals of gold from the Bank of England are now reported, and the price of that metal is only a fraction dearer in Paris than in London, remittances are still made to the Continent, and the £61,000 received by the Africa from New York has been purchased for that pur pose. The cessation of the dill= from the Bank, however, has somewhat diminished the expectation of a further immediate advance in the rate of discount, although the inquiry for money continues active, at full quotations. There were no bullion operations of importance at the Bank of England yesterday. The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon ex hibited a slight recovery in the Austrian rates. In the Liverpool cotton market yesterday the transactions were rather restricted, and prices were heavy. The sales were 5,000 bales. The Railway Share market closed rather actively, and quota tions exhibitel increased firmness. It appears by a return just published that the total amount of Enfaced India Government Rupee Loans registered at the India House ip to the 31st December last was £4,098,657, and the portion transferred into stock £694,965. There is a steady demand for discount accommo dation both in the general market and at the Bank of England. Full rates are consequently enforced, and a further advance is still considered probable unless the specie movement becomes more favour able. The Market for English Securities opened favour ably, but the sales then effected produced heaviness, and at the latest moment a decline of about per cent. was exhibited, Consols being 941 for money, and 94: for the account. Speculation is dull, and very few transactions are recorded. New Threes are flat, at 94! I; the Reduced are firm, at 94; 95 ; Bank Stock is steady, at 2291 to 231 ; India ditto is 220 ; ditto New Loan has im proved to 1031 ; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper has receded to 97. Business in the Foreign Market continues inac tive, and prices are tolerably firm. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 78 to 79 ; ditto New, 651 to 661; and the 4 per Cents. are steady at 1011 1021; Venezuelan 3 per Cents, have improved to 261 27 ; Russian 3 per Cents. are 641 ; and ditto 5 per Cents. are 1092- 110. The Ocean Marine Insurance Company's shares are 2 prem.; the Universal ditto, prem.; and the Canadian Loan is 2 I prem. The transactions in the Railway Share Market have been very moderate, and in most instances prices have shown a slight depression. Eastern Counties, Great Westerns, South-Westerns, Mid lands, and South-Easterns declined 6s. Caledonians advanced ss. Scarcely any business was transacted in the Foreign Market. Sambre and Meuse advanced to 6, and Lombardo-Venetian are nominally quoted 111 111. In the Colonial Market prices have been steady. Grand Trunk of Canada realised 351 ; East Indian, 101 to 101 I"; and Great Indian Peninsula improved to 98f 981. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are a shade flatter. London and Westminster have im proved as. ; Union of Australia ss. Royal Mail Steam have declined 55., and Madras Irrigation se. BRITISH FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. sank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 941 5 4f 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock Ditto 6 per Cent. Ditto Enfaeed Paper, 4 per cent. — Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto 51 per Cent lO3l Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Consols for Account (March) Exch. quer Bills, £l,OOO, 1}d.... 24 5 3 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — Ditto Deferred Chilian 6 per Cent Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Peruvian 4} per Cent — Ditto Account' , 94i Ittu.sian, 1822,1 St., 6 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto, 3 per Coot., 1859 644 Sardinian, 5 per Cent B5l Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account 'Venezuelan 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. Console, Money 941 I Ditto Account (March 8) Share ORDINARY SHARES &11l ...NOZLLYIg..BOdt and Eastern Junction nelfast and Ballymena fir., Wol., and str. Val Birk., L a., and Ch. June Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bost.Slefd. & llid. Coun Bristol and Exeter Caledon ian Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passage Cornwall Do. A A roves. no div Do. B un'til6p.c.per an hasbeen pd.toß ; Dublin andßelfast June , Dun.,Perth,& Abr.June 1 East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Suffolk Do !Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern., Lancashire & Yorkshire; London and Blackwall. Lon.,Brighton & S. Coast' Cond. Chat, and Dover, London & North Westn' Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen. Man., Shef., & T,incoln.. Maryport and Carlisle . Do. do. I Shares Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland; Do. Shares Mid Kent Do. (Cray Line) Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & If erefd, Newry & Armagh (ut) Newry, Warpt., & /toe Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p. c. hasbeenpdß IDo. B Stock INorth-Eastn.—Berwick IDo. do. G.N.E.Purchase ;Do. Leeds IDo. York 'North London North Staffordshire..., ,No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles jPortsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central South. N.E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union ISittingbourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern (South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun ,Staines, Wok., & Wok Stockton & Darlington Do. do. 'Stockton & llartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Ulster Do. Railways. 1410 Stoclz Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock 12i Stock Stock, 321 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 100 100 all 100 100 Stock I Stock! Stock, Stock Stock! Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock. Stock Stock Stock! Stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 3i 100 100 100 all all 9 164 100 Stock Stock Stooks Do. Vale of Neath !Victoria Station & Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class all all all all all 13.14 Stock Stock Stock STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Feb. 14.—There has been a good deal of business in yarns, and in some cases rather higher prices. The chief demand in singles was in 20's and 30's water-twist, and in 40's mule yarn, the latter being chiefly in demand for India. For 40's mule some very large additional contracts have been entered into at very full prices. The Germans ars also free buyers to-day in all suitable descrip tions of twist. For Bradford the demand was some thing enormous, chiefly for the doubled yarns used in the warps of worsted goods for dress pieces. Yarns cannot, in fact, be supplied in sufficient quantities for this branch of trade. On the whole, the Market for yarns has been healthy, strong, and vigorous, with a demand for all markets, home and foreign. In the cloth market there has been less actiVity, the letters by the overland mail, now over due, not being to band. Manufacturers have few or nb goods to sell, however, and are indifferent about extending orders which must necessarily be for delivery at a remote period, and form engage- Meats which there is hesitation about taking with out some advance in terms. For the home trade market there is no change. LEEDS, Feb. 14.—There has only been a moderate uttendande of merchants in the cloth halls this Morning, and the tone of the market has been rather eat. The demand for summer fabrics is decidedly easier, and the transactions generally have been Within a limited compass. 2111 S DA Y'S MARKETS. Our mirket to-day was very scantily supplied with Eng lish wheat in fair average c on diti on . All kinds moved off St , freely, at' filly le per qr above l as t wee k' s quotations, and 6t ' at which a good demand was e ff ect e d. S S ti There was rather more inquiry for foreign wheat—the s t show , of which was good—at very full prices. Floating eargoes, however, were a slow inquiry. The barley trade was somewhat active, and extreme rates were paid in every instance. Finer new malt was steady in price; but old qualities Were very dull. We have to report a fair inquiry for cats, at full quota tions. Both beans and pins were firm, and there was rather lore doing in flour. Fine country marks were held for ll ither rates. ARRITALS TRTS *SEX Wheat. Barley Malt. O. Fleur. 1,150 4,080 70 ; 6,170 90 1,22. 1,760 7 fara l • m% 1,640 , 4,120 1 :1,280 ; aks. kis. BOROUGH HOP. Ou r market4,tuw is very dull to-day, and prices rule almost uai. WHITECHAPEL. kind of meat is in moderate request, as follows : liZ t e e ;f, from 3s Od to 4s 4d mutton , 3s 3d to 4s 8( 1 :; 61, 11 , Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d ; and pork, 31 ‘0 gs Od per Kb., by the carcase. colonel M'Cleverty, who has just lx en appointed i t alai or- G moral on the Staff in India, will pro cee d t o th e _4:kir/kg Presidency, relievin g M a j or -G enera l e ra i go .— -- , 41 Y and Navy Gazette. 4 1or Royal Highness the Princess Alice, accom led b y the Princess of Leiningen, an d a tt en d e d b y L a d y roline Barrin g ton, Hon. Lucy Ke rr , C o l one l t h e H on . (1. Liddell, and Lord Charles Fitaßoy, honoured the Olym pic Theatr e with their presence last evening. der Royal Highness the Duchess d'Aumale gave t r aud ball l as t even i ng a t h er res id ence , O r l eans House, Twickenham.h tosd Earl and C oun t e ss of Darnley com e t o t own "Y from C o bh am Hall, Kent. Hi s L ordsh i p has taken d al in Bruton-street for the season. T he Earl an d C ountess o f Li c hfi e ld l e ft t own a te 114 Y8 since for their seat, Shugborough Hall, Stafford. 411. Earl and Countess of Hopetoun have left 11 ,,,,g'3 hotel f or Lord Middleton's seat in Yorkshire. tile Countess of Powis, the Ladies Herbert, r Po the Earl of Powis are expected in town on Thursday, ns' Castle, Montgomeryshire. paid. / Closing lnstates Share Railways. Prim. Done. I 12 10 Stock PREFERENCE SHARES. 5 Blythe and Tyne It per; c. pref. (issued at £5O) Itk Bris.Sr Exet..4p.ct.Stock; Do. do. do. Shires. Stock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. 20 Cornwall, 5 per cant. 65 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. Stock E.Angn. Class A 7& spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc.... Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc .... Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pot. No.l Stock Do. do N 0.2 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. stock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Stock Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. &D. Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Stock 'Furness, 5 per cent .... Stock iGlas. &S West. a. 5 pc. Stock Great Northern, 5 p. et. Stock Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Stock i Do. 45 p. c. do. do. 100 1D0.5p.c. Redm.,s pc. pm 10 ,IGt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf stookGt Sn W (Ireland) 4 , •• p. ct. pref. Stock 50 Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct.. Stock Do. Redeemable, 41 pet. Stock Do. Redeemable, 4 p. StockiDo. Irredeemable, do Stock I Do. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pref 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares 10 'Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c.pf.sb. 10 Do. do. sp. et. pref Stock , Do. Birming. guar. stock VA Do. Chester guar.shares 13} Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock, Stock Do.Barnsl.St.£s 3slodpcl Stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan) Stock L o & Brig.spc. gu. No.l Stock Do. , 5 p. o No. 2 Stock , Do. gua., 6 p. ct. Stock Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 StockiDo. Do. 45 per cent 5 ' Do. do. 41 per c. shares StocklDo. 7 per nent. Pref. St.' Stock Do 6 p c d0.(W.E.&C.P.)1 Stock D 0.4 p.c S.(div.def.til'6s) 25 iLond. Chat. and Dover Stock' Lon. & N. W.Cov. & Nun - eaton, 5 p. ct. k Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ot. stock, t 24 Londondy & Cole, she. 124 Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh. ;ock & Lin., 6 p. ct. 6 Do. e 6 ock Do. 35 ner cent. 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent. 124 liaryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent ck / Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock ck Do.Con.Bris. &Bir.6p.ct ack Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock 6 Do. with option till 1860, .ock Do. Leis. & Hitpref. st.' , NewportAber,&c.pret.s "i p. c. redeem, nt 5p.0. n m 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with option till 1866 10 Do., till 1869 ,ock Norfik 5p.0. Ex.Stk,lB46 ,ock Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 ;ock D 0.5 WavVal. Ex. Sk 1847 ock North British, 5 per cent Lock Do. New, gua. 5 percent Lock Nth.Dev.Rall.& Dek.Co. ock N-East.Cons. Pret.4p.c. Lock Do. Berwick, 4 p. o. Pref. 17 Do. do. do. 2t, Do. Leeds, 6p. a No. 1 125 Do. do. Quarters,lB46 25 Do. York, H. &S. Purch. 20 North Staffordshire Lock Ox. wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Lock Do. Redeem., 2d gua ock Do. Irredeem., 2d gua 10 1 ithymney Guaranteed 84 ISeottish Central, new p 1 ,ock , Scottish North-Eastern Size' ;lc 34 per c. prat, stock ;ock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc lock, Do, 7p. c. pref. stock 10s. iSouth Devon, Ann. 10s 10 Do. Fixed 44 percent .0.6. Snuth Eastern (Reading Ann.,106) ock Do .44 per cent ock Do. Pixed4ip.a. let is ' oak South Wales, gua. 4 p.c ,oek Do. 44 per cent ock S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua 25 Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e 25 Do. B 6 per cent 26 Do. C 6 per cent Stock Watrfd & Kilkny, ep.e Mines. 3 4; 11 2 1 330 340 1 440 450 30 130 135 7.0 51. .4.0 11 1 54f 55 57 17s HI 14 .4.2 1} I . 34 94 3.9 4 427 2 9 4 5.6. 1 11 91 49 51' 2f 6 6 1 10 54 6 5 54 F. 9.4 84 1 61 .8.712 1 48 50 10s 1 4 14 250 260 2 24 3 1.18.9 175 185 .18.0 25 26 4 2 4 1 3 9 4 5, Is 6d 1 4 19 20 10 81 83 471 405 415 . 9 170 180 100 105 14 14 I s 30 :12 2 9 31 6 1.7.2 a 441 Il 30e 30 291 II 1 1 100 95 97 1102 104 5} 6 99 101 112 116 105 107 114 116 113 115 128 130 82 84 111 113 90 92 77i 784 116 118 120 122 112 114 106 108 87 89 96 98 97 99 87 89 89 91 100 102 10 • 104 17 18 184 104 75 77 20 21 10 104 15 154 139 141 116 118 [l6 118 38 143 116 118 [53 157 133 136 66 68 21 22 .17 119 LH 127 I It. 66 68 I fp 139 141 109 103 93 95 P 10 10} 11f 121 ar i p ill 113 [O9 111 91 93 96 1 d i id 23 24 124 126 125 130 117 128 78 78 122 124 125 130 11 111 24 2 4 4 101 103 101 103 92 94 101 103 85 88 28 29 33 34 32 33 50 55 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. -. ilv u 1 I. ryi.w.vy 1 , - , ..a.; 4* 129 31 I " Railway; I Paid. Leasing Closingl Business -- FOREIQN I • Co.'s. Price. ; Done. Zi. AllBtrßliall --- tientoru and litetchley all Ln &N. .. .. 1 Bon Accor de oPP er,Lim. 15s * d pa x Buckinghamshire.... 100 Ln& N.W 99 101 99 35 llruzil. Imp. (is. at £sp.) 274 _ Chester & Holyhead.. 100 'Do. 504 31 20 I Do.St.Johndelney,Lim. 15 21 22 Do. do. 54 p. ct..... 100 Do. 5 I Do. Land and Mining Co. all _ Do. do. sp. et. 1 'Clarendon Con s. Min Co. I —_ d Clydesdale Junction. 100 'Caledonir 103 105 4O Cobra Coppar all 48 48 Colchester, Stour Val: all E.1.1.&E Cl 6 17 Copiapo l6 7 8 E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.o. 100 Gt. North. 140 142 141 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.oo all E Union,HarwichShs. all i E.Counts. 44 4 all 31 It 2 Fortuna Do. Woodbridge • , 100 I Gls. Do. N Barr e .&Neils,DreV. l 100 Caledonti • 2 Gt. N. Austr I }d i p I i w 3 Linares Gloster& Dean Fo res t, a ll H t. West — 2 14 ler liartlpooLDck.&Ralhi all IYk.N.&III 5 Lusitanian Hull and Selby I all 'Yk.N.3ld. 111 ns 1 martquita all II Do. i Shares .- , all ; Do. p N o . R n t l IR b e a C u o p d s . o i 14 r . A: Leads .L 100. }d p Do. Shares all D o . Mining and Smelt.... all 4 6 Lanc.&Carl.gua,s p.c. , 100 'L n & NNW 208 212 London&Greenwicti .1 100 S. East 6l 66 5 Port Philip 1 4 ,i Do, Preference Lon., l l . lll.iy.&Soutend.i 100 Peto &Co 93 95 931 4 4 ' 18.2.81iUnited 31e•xiean ...... all 2 21 Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct. 100 Norfolk . _ Do. 6 per cent ! 100 ,Do. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Manc„Buxtn. & Mak _____ all ILN W&M 24 2 - Alid.liradford Prefer-i Share( Joint-Stock Banks. Dubois 'Paid./ Closing p i .i ce. Dons. enee t4toek ' 100 (Midland 96 98 Newmarkt..lluryEx ' 5. 5. 6.'E.Counts 4 4 . 1 1 _8 04 02 : 4 1_ B A B" 1 rriatu g : ill; ktik a . I. tr ao p fa ; l i g ya t ed p S t erv I o e B k 50 73 75 guaranteed t. P. C. , Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c., all , Do. all 79 81 791 Do. do. 6 per cent. ...' all , Do. sch o o f I Lon uk North. London all 24 25 e a r n i 6 a C on allal l 5 : 1 _5 : 2 - 3 5 i 4 1 N Do o . rt F h ix W ed es is ter a n r .!. e . n , t :; all all ' , M ll ,,,t o ia N itin4 144 15 Preston and Wyra. I all & L.Yk. j — 2 0 • Chtd. Bank of India. Jui all 204 21 2 Do. 4 Shares A.; all Do. — 25 Ch.Rer.of In. Lon.&Ch. all 31 33 21001.11 CgolottnlYon, ;Colonial of Canada a 25" 1l — 4 1 - 66° 651 s ß h o r y Q st , i) H r y i t k e 1 i i i , o k , i e 3 f h o er d 1 100 00 ' T O t u . N ra o s r s t o h y .l o 3 4 s 1 10 3 6 7 Do. D o , 1 1 ; ~.. I 5 iP 100 levioumgru, Scot., 4 of A LLnd c o h n : 0 20 li 1 14 1 2 6 01 201 South Staffordshire .., all lfiCipan •I lot ii ,G . en ri ll . k. of' Switzerland, Wilts and Somerset.. 100 at, Wept i9O 92 _ 20 20 11 25500000 . , ll, ' oNNL L raoaoi (National nd . :Ion: t ura i v r k . w B . cko Banko Count f .: A n. o.i g u rn:la p . as i t t .tni r eQd a r. n l 1, 1 4255210 1 1 1 1.... 2 ... :: , 2 :::: 66 4 Wimbledon& Croydn.' all L.&Bri7ln el li stur ge 1 8 Li jun _ pocKs. 50 Loudon and County 2O 33 33 50 ;London dolot StOelc ,s 10 20 rDo. new v . • 4 . 3 ! Share , Dooka. Paid Prioe. Paw 10 __ 20 'New South Wales Stock ; Commercial l OO ...all pi i Stock , Do 4 perCent.Pref .3lin, /OP Stoek;Eamt and West India lOO — 2 O 91 Stock'London lOO 7 0 10b 'El'OirM o l ; al 'or treland .: 25 77 79 25 12: S tD 7u . ° lh rillel A t U ::::: 1 ;1 4 1 a . ****** all all —.-- = Stock St. Katharine IGO Stock Southampton lOO St ock,Victori a 10 ,3,Th Nero 111 . 4 •4110.•14•Wil 2 ~. . . . V IlTnion cf LaLd,„ . i 2 .h ..= vi 4 I --- ~,, ...., too Unity Zaututil *** ..... ... = " Sto Sto St 4 Stock Stock all 1100 74 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 8.13.4, 'HIS DAY.) ,AND STOCKS. Paid. ei 8 6 7} 8 136 1-11 57} 68! 39 41 27 20 804 911 29 29 100 102 108 1081 97 98 133 135 112 114 69 691 60 65. 100 1001 C 6 66 110 112 12 13 DO 094 I d 9 i l 631 8 10 38 38i 50 52 2} li d 1072 1(14 85 ST 91 10! 57 59 3j 3 d dli d 24 93 931 11 11 ,1 Idf 761 771 107 109 31 34 d 9 94 35 36 7 84 14 16 113 115 27} 28 84 86 47 49 4 3d 42 44 87a 88 70 72 70 72 6 8 37a 38 8 9 p 55i 56j 2i d 31 ip OD 62 ,Oi 11 5f 61 Closing Prioe. 8 Ri 73 74 114 124 - - 64 7 104 106 93 94 93# 47 77 94 1 31 IUI II effiiigi MI I I 100 971 7 I 1111 101 90 i 93 ;08i 8 *4 i 8 i 7 1 8 129 1011 1 9 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENIXO, FEBRUARY 15, MO. Share Railways. i Closne Paid.` Business done Atlantic & St Lawrence t a Leased at 6 per cent j Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd 1 gu. 5 percent Do. Addit. Capital A - Do. Do. 1 Buffalo and Lake Huron al Do. New a Do. Preference Bull'alo,Brant.&Godrich 1 1 , 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 18;2 j Do. do. 1 July, 1873 10 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 10 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3 Central Oude (Limited)'3s. Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 7 Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, gu. sp. c lO Do. 14` Shares Ext 1 Do. Jubbulpore 1 Do. 4} p. c. Debentra r al :I Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 186( 1 10 Geelong& Melbourne I al Geelong Corporation ö r 1 , per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada 104 Do. 6 per cent. Pref al Do. 6 percent. Debentr al Do. 7 per cent. 1862 al Do. do. 1867.... Do. do. 1872.... al Gt.lndial'enin.gua.sp.c. 10 IDo. New, gua.s per cent. IGt.South. of Ind.Lim..-1 guaranteed 5 per cent I J GUN. of Canada Shares 100 Stk 87 89 100 196 97 ' 10_ lioo® I 100 17& ' 20 took 100 Stock) 20 Sto. Stock 100 100 100 100 100 1 Stock Do. New ,,,, I Do. Bonds pay. '76,with 1 an ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. 'V3 without opt all Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do : Madras, guar., 4i p. c lOO : Do. do. 5 per cent lOO Do. 4f p. c. Extension lof Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c lO/ Do. Fourth do, Do. do. al Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 10 Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc a Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Oude (Limited) Scinde c i 4.: a Do. New Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo. f St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 Trinidad(Limited)Scrip 1 Stook 'AYS. _ ti ii 4 * __. ,4 1 i P l " .11 - - di I 2} ii ill ,11 If f l 5 5 5d al 24 25& p 0 7 ,0 111 - - 11 8 al 19 19+84 ill 36 384 12 p 111 9 10 al 341 ash ill 63 85 L 3 14 Id [0 SEGUE: 7 113 116 109 111 112 114 1 109 110 99 100 99 100 99 100 l'i EOlllB. all 14 15 all 130 170 19 132 33 11 .. i 4! 5 kll i3B 40 ill 20 22 al i 14 15 I2i 121 125 Lll 8 9 Lll . Ali 23} 24! I 5 fii 1101 103 106 106 par 2 p 2} 2i i I 2 1 5 1} 1 d t tll 14 It 1 21 11 3 4 1} i 1 - 1 4 i J 1 I ill t 5 6 8. par - LOO 9 52 ill 78 80 5 12 14 1 4 1 L I 21 P 111 6, 7 O 52 63 o 120 130 11 35 u 11 f I 11 12 INES. d. Closing Price, TIES. •It 108 f 1101 11 "I 80 9 Buis eso Done. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(THIS DAY.) The SPBAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the abolition of church rates, the Highways Bill, and legalising marriage with a deceased wife's sister. PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion of Mr. C. FORSTER, the Brighton Im provement Bill was withdrawn. The following Bills were read a second time :—Border Counties and North British Railway Companies, Caithness Roads ; Caledonian, Edinburgh and Glasgow, and Scottish Central Railway Companies ; Consett District Water, Dublin Corporation Water, Epsom and Leatherhead Rail way, Great Northern and Metropolitan Junction Railway, Horsham and Steyning and Beeding Roads, Leeds Town ship, Leicester Cemetery, London and North-Western Railway (No. 3) ; London and North-Western, Great Northern, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Companies; Mersey Dock and Harbour Board, Mirfield Gas, North and S ou th L anar k s hi re Roads, Pontefract and Castleford Railway, Portsmouth New Railways, &c., Rugeley and Abbots Bromley Railway, and West Hartle pool Harbour and Railway. THE INDIA HOUSE. Col. SYKES gave notice that, on the motion for the ad journment of the house on Friday, he would ask if there was any truth in the report of the removal of the business of the East India House to the Victoria Hotel; that seine of the manuscripts of the East India House wore to be destroyed, and if so, what steps will be adopted to provide premises for the East India Company ? CORRUPT PRACTICES PREVENTION ACT (1854) AMENDMENT BILL,. Mr. MELLOR, in moving the second reading of this bill, said that, since the introduction of the measure, he had received letters from different parts of the country, not only sympathising with the principle of the bill, but ap proving of its p r o v i s i ons. H e had already explained the nature of the bill, and he would not detain the attention of the house at any considerable length. In the first place, he would state that he proposed to give a certain amount of dis cretionary power to judges in dealing with parties convicted of having received bribes or offered bribes, by which the maximum punishment to be inflicted for such offences should be six months' imprisonment with hard labour. Some con sidered that his bill did not go far enough in dealing with these offences, and that it should have been rendered more stringent in regard to those who were proved to have been guilty of bribery; but the fact was that in many cases a trap was laid for those who were induced to offer bribes, and therefore in some instances the party receiving the bribe was the more criminal party, and consequently should suffer the severest punishment. The judge would be able, from the complexion of the case, to decide between the respective degrees of the criminality of parties charged with those offences, and therefore to inflict the proper punishment. He then alluded to the re cent case of attempted bribery at Norwich, in which a town councillor was offered a sum of £5OO to induce him to vote for an alderman of the borough. To show that an altera tion in the existing law was requisite, when an inquiry into the circumstances was ordered, one of .the persons called on to give evidence refused to do so because it would tend to criminate himself. He believed he was correct in stating that there was a feeling on both sides of the house that something should be done by Par liament in order to remedy what was an apparent and serious evil. He did not propose his bill as a final mea sure, but merely as a provisional one, which would have the effect of repressing the evil. (Hear, hear.) He referred to the committee appointed to inquire into the elections at Gloucester and Wakefield, in the latter of which boroughs a large amount of money was proved to hav e boon ex pended in direct bribing, in hiring bands of ruffians to intimidate the electors, and in beer and spirits to corrupt the voters. He proposed by his bill that no candidate should be allowed to pay election expenses, other than those excepted by the existing Act of Parliament, and that any money expended for election purposes should be paid through the medium of an election agent and election audi tor. He did sot approve of the latter official, as ho con sidered him at present little more than a useless machine; but he did not intend to deprive him of hi s func tions. Finally, he proposed to do away with paid canvassers altogether, and he called on the house to accept his bill, which, if it was not final in its operation, would have the effect of diminishing the evil which was a degra dation to the country. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HUNT approved of some of the provisions of the bill, though he did not consider it an efficient measure as a whole. He contended that the evil which the bill proposed to remedy would not be effectually suppressed unless mem bers of that house and candidates for election were prepared to carry out the spirit and letter of the laws passed by the Legislature in reference to this subject. Sir H. GOLDSMID opposed several of the provisions of the bill, and the principle it proposed of repressing bribery by severe penal enactments, which experience had shown to be fallacious. He referred to the history of crimes in this country, to which severe nunishinents were applied to support his proposition. For instance, capital punishment had failed to prevent the commission of forgery, which was diminished by doing away with the cir culation of notes of small amount, which removed the temptation to commit the offence. Again, in the case of smuggling, the severest punishment had been found inoperative as a repressing agency; but when there was an alteration in the excise Lhe offence was re duced, because its commission ceased - to be profitable. The hon. member then proceeded to argue in detail in support of his proposition, that bribery, like other offences, was to be prevented or repressed by removing the temptation to its commission, rather than punishing it severely. Mr. A. STEWART approved of the bill generally, but considered that it would be desirable it should be referred to a select committee. He disapproved of the provision with respect to paid canvassers or messengers, as being open to practical abjection. Mr. COLLIER defended the provision of the bill which gave judges who tried cases of bribery a discretionary power as to the amount of punishment to be inflicted. Hon. mem bers in the house denounced bribers as a degrading of fence, but their sincerity would be doubted so long as they did not invest the judges of the land with power to inflict on those committing it a degrading punishment. (Hear, hear.) He approved also of the provision by which an moneel ectiy for election expenses should be paid oily throuh on auditor, and Ike propos e d t o add that any person infringing that provi s i on s h ou ld lose his seat. Having expressed his approbation of other clauses of the bill, he contended it would be desirable to appoint a public prosecutor in cases of bribery. He had introduced a bill last session by which a public pro secutor was proposed to be appointed in the case of offences generally, by which prosecutions would be entrusted to a public officer, and not left to the carelessness or malice if private individuals. Some practical difficult) , had been encountered in the details of the bill, but he thought on several grounds that the proposal might be adopted in the present instance, in which public morlity was concerned. He would support the second reading, a but thought the bill should be referred to a select eoramittee of the house. Sir G. GREY said that he thought before legislating on this subject there should be a most searching inquiry into the operation of the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act. (Hear, hear.) He objected to the provision by which severe punishment was to be inflicted on persons convicted of bribery, because he believed the effect would be to prevent juries convicting such offenders. He approved of the indemnity to witnesses who gave evidence, and it was owing to this indemnity they had ob tained such full disclosures in regard to Gloucester and Wakefield. He was opposed to some of the other provi sions of the bill, and suggested that the inquiry he proposed should precede the second reading. (Hear, hear.) Mr. MACAULAY also objected to the provision inflict ing severe punishment in cases of bribery, which he believed would prove inoperative. lie defended the ap pointment of election auditors, which had been designated as nugatory, and believed that no case had been made out against its continuance. After a few words from Mr. M. Anuses in favour of re ferring the bill to a select committee, Mr. MELLOR said he would defer to the wish of the house, and withdraw the motion for the second reading of the bill. The motion was then finally withdrawn. Mr. E. JAMES moved that it be an instruction to the committee to consider and report on the operation and effect of the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act (1854), and the Acts continuing the same, and also upon the operation and effect of the Election Petitions Act (1848), and whether any further measures are necessary for the prevention of corrupt practices at elections. He contended that the office of election auditor, as at pre sent constituted, was utterly illusive an d nugatory. He called on the house to deal promptly and effectively with the subject of corrupt practices at elections. In his opinion ' the Government ought to take the matter into their own hands, and bring forward some fitting measure, instead of allowing the subject to be taken up by a private member. Mr. KINGLAKE seconded the motion, and contended the office of election auditor, which he considered had been properly designated by the report of one of the late election commissions as a mere screen,was not to protect, but to de ceive the public. After some further discussion, in which Mr. Philips, Mr. Pullen, Mr. W. P. Martin, Mr. Denby Griffiths, and other hon, members took part, The motion was agreed to. ELECTION PETITIONS ACT (1848) AMENDMENT BILL. The second reading of this bill was post day next. Ported till Tues- ADULTERATION OF FOOD OR DRINK BILL. On the motion of Mr. SCIIOLEFIELD, this bill was read a second time. TRAMWAYS (IRELAND) BILL. Sir R. FERGUSON (on the reading of the order of the day for going into committee) moved that it be referred to a select committee, to consist of the followi ng 15 mem bers :—Mr. Cardwell Sir R. Ferguson, Lord Naas, Sir E. Grrgan, Col. Fr 044, Mr. H. Herbert, Lord C. Hamilton, Col. Greville, oc4. Dunne Mr. F. Russell, Lord J . B rowne, Mr, 11, Ha m ilt on, Mr. Butt, Mr. Davison, and Mr. Has sard.—Agreed to. CHARITABLE USES BILL. On the motion of Mr, HADFIELD, this bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed next Wednesday. WAYS AND MEANS. The hous e then went into committee of Ways and Means. Mr. LAIN G moved that, towards making good the supply granted t o h er Majesty for the deficiency in the grants for the service of the year ended the 31st day of March, 1859, the sum of £407,649 be granted, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Bri tain and Ireland. The CIiAIIIJIAIsr was ordered to report the resolution, and the house resumed. VALUATION OF RATEABLE PROPERTY IRELAND. Tho report on this su ( bject was bro ) ught up, and leave was given to bring in a bill founded on it. MR. BA.LFE, THE IRISH MAGISTRATE. Col. DUNNE moved for a copy of the commission for an inquiry into the conduct of Mr. Balfe, a magistrate of the county of Roscommon, accused of having committed a cri minal offence —tog e th er with the report of the commis.• sionera appointed to make the inquiry, and correspondence connected therewith. Mr. WHITIISIDE seconded the motion. Mr. CARIVWELL entered into some explanations, after w ic l a, » discussion ensued. the motion was agreed to. ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST. Mr. BUTLER moved an address for a copy of all correspondence that had taken place between the Rev. Bryrin Ring, the vestry of St. George's-in-the-East, and the Bishop of London, relative to the disturbances in the parish church.—Ordered. The house adjourned shortly after five o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. POSTPONEMENT OF LINCOLN RACES. These races are postponed, on account of the frost, unti to-morrow or Friday. It is fully expected that they wil; take place to-morrow. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUZSDAY. The present state of the weather quite upsets all calcula tions in racing matters. Horses are stopped ii their work, and speculation, under the circumstances, becomes ridicu lous and altogether unlooked for. The Lincolnshire Han dicap is quite shelved at present as a betting. race, and so general is the opinion that the frost has set in in earnest, that as much as 5 to 2 was laid that the Lincoln Handicap would not be run during the present week. Owing to a general meeting of the members of the sub scription rooms having been fixed for to-day, the appoint ment of a committee of management, and transacting other important business for the better regulation of the betting rooms, took precedence of other business. In other respects the following quotations will suffice : CLOSING PRICES. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 12 to 1 agst Anatis (taken) 14 to 1 agst Xanthus (taken) 100 to 6 agst Brunette (taken) 100 to 5 agst Emigrant (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 100 to 6 aget Chere Arnie (taken) 20 to 1 aget cby Andover (taken) 20 to 1 aget Nucleus (taken) 40 to 1 agst Hal o'Kirklees (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. sto 1 agst Wizard (offered) sto 1 agst Lupullus (take 11 to 2) 7to 1 agst Buccaneer (offered) CHESTER CUP. 22 to 1 agst Satellite (offered) 22 to 1 agst Birmingham (offered) 22 to 1 agst Longrange (offered) 25 to 1 aget Vietka (take 200 to 7) 30 to 1 agst Squire (taken) 100 to 3 agst Tame Deer (take 40 to 4) 100 to 3 aget Promised Land (offered) i 0 to 1 agst Sir William (taken) 1000 to 10 aget El Hakim (offered) DERBY. 9to 1 agst Umpire (take 10 to 1) 10 to 1 agst Mainstone (offered) 11 to 1 agst Thormanby (offered) 12 to 1 agst Buccaneer (offered) 100 to 8 agst The Wizard (offered) ARRIVALS AT LINCOLN. Nucleus, Rattlebone, Zodiac, Madrid, White Rose, Jenny Longlegs, Tormentor, Stapleton, Fernleaf, Desmond, Apollyon, Contention, Julie, Minster, The Present, Greta, Rupert, Cantab, The Gentle, Glautius, Reverie, and Ap pendix. The weather very severe, and the ground covered with snow. The following telegraphic message was received from the clerk of the course last night : " There is very little chance of running to-morrow (Wednesday), but hops to do so on Thursday. The snow is fast disappearing." FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT DEPOT BATTALION. Major Andrew Pitcairn, from the 25th Foot, to be Major, vice Robertson, who exchanges. Paymaster George Pott Erskine, from the 11th Light Dragoons, to be Paymaster, vice Young, who retires upon half pay. Quartermaster John Conner, from the 82d Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Crooks, who exchanges. COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. Monmouthshire Militia—John Finnerty to be Quarter master. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE LORD WAR- DEN OF THE CINQUE PORTS. 3d Company of Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers- Henry Wise Harvey to be Captain ; Major William Prime Jones to b e Fi rs t Li eu t enant ; Morris Bowles Thompson to be Second Lieutenant ; Charles Roberts, M.D., to be Honorary Surgeon. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. 2d Monmouthshire, or lst Newport Rifle Volunteers— The Hon. Frederick Courtenay Morgan, late Rifle Brigade, to be Captain ; Sir George Ferdinand Radzivil Walker, Bart., to be Lieutenant; George Barclay Gething, Gent., to be Ensign. 6th Monmouthshire, or Hanbury Corps of Rifle Volun teers.—Major Henry Charles Bird, to be Captain; Richard James Pye Steele, to be Lieutenant; Charles Conway, Gent., to bo Ensign. Royal Denbigh Rifle Regiment of Militia—George Henry Rose Briscoe to be Lieutenant; Ensign Jacob William Geoghegan to be Lieutenant; Ensign Hugh Robert Hughes to be Lieutenant. Northamptonshire Volunteer Rifle Corps, 2d Company —John Wardlaw, Esq., late Captain in King's Own Light Infantry Militia, to be Lieutenant. 21st Lancashire Rifle Volunteers—Captain Nathaniel 'Eckersley to be Captain Commandant. 6th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers—John Isaac Mawson, Gent., to be Super numerary Lieutenant. Ist Cornwall Artillery Volunteers—Henry Marley to be Honorary Surgeon. 2d Cornwall Artillery Volunteers-- William Thomas Alexander Pattison to be Honorary Sur geon. 2d Section of the Cornwall Artillery Volunteers— Edward Dunstan to be Lieutenant. Bth Cornwall Rifle Volunteers—William Herbert Man sell, Esq., to be Captain; Francis Gilbert Enys, Esq., to be Lieutenant; William Francis Phillpotts, Esq., to be Ensign. 9th Cornwall Rifle Volunteers—Henry Hawkins Tr3rnaynetobe Captain ; Edmund Carlyon to be Lieutenant; John Coode to be Ensign. sth Surrey Rifle Volunteers—Captain Thomas Eman to be Captain Commandant; Lieutenant Edward Griffiths Syms to be Captain. 11th Company of Survey Rifle Volunteers— James Oliphant, late Colonel Honourable East India Com pany, to be captain; Timothy Richardson, Esq., to be Lieutenant; John Stewart Oliphant, Esq., to be Ensign. Warwickshire Rifle Volunteers, 6th Company—Thomas Aurelius Attwood, late Lieutenant of the 3d Company, to be Captain. 7th Company—Henry Perrot, late Lieutenant 59th Regiment of Foot, to be Captain. Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia Artillery— George Frederick Webster, gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Thomas Augustus Forbes Leith. resigned. Ist Ferfarshire Rifle Volunteers—David Greig, Esq., to be surgeon. 2d Forfarehire Artillery Volunteers—Robert Wal ker, Esq., to be First Lieutenant, vice Francis Balfour Paton, Esq., resigned. Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers.-4th Corps (Glasgow Northern Battalion).—Alexander Mien, Esq., to be Captain of the 13th Company; Peter Hamilton, jun., to be Ensign in the 13th Company ; James Morton, Esq., M.D., to be surgeon. 19th Corps (Glasgow 2d Northern Battalion). — Lieutenant Daniel Reid, late 28th Company, to be Major; Ensign James Boyd Thompson to be Captain of the 28th Company, vice Latham, resigned; Peter Wilson, gent., to be lieutenant in the 28th Company ; Stanley Latham, gent., to be Ensign, vice Thompson, promoted. 3?..d Company (Summerlev).—John Neilson, Esq., to be Captain ; James Lang., gent., to be Lieutenant; James Muir, gent., to be Ensign. 37th Company (Lesmahagow).—James Thomas Brown, Esq., to be Captain ; Hugh Mossman, jun., gent., to be Lieutenant; John Blackwood Greenshields, gent., to be Ensign. 50th Company. —William Walker Scott., gent., to be Lieutenant. 51st Company.—Robert Buchanan, Esq., to be Capt a i n ; J o h n C raw f or d , gent., to be Lieutenant ; Frederick John Christian Dietrichsen, gent., to be ensign. 2d Royal Lanarkshire Militia—Lieutenant James Car michael Robertson to be captain, vice Park, promoted ; Captain Walter Brisbane Park to be major, vice Harrington, resigned. Ayrshire Artillery Volunteers-2d Company—William Baynham Cuthbortson, gent., to be lrst lieutenant ; Wil liam Bell M'Kesso c h, gen t ., to b e second lieutenant. Forres Rifle Volunteer Corps, being No. 1 Company in the County of Elgin--Sir Alexander Penrose Gordon Cum ming, Bart., to be captain ; Felix Calvert M'Kenzie, gent., to be lieutenant; Robert Davidson Mayfield, gent., to be ensign. let Company of the Banff Volunteer Artillery Corp— William James Whyte, M.D., to be captain. BANKRUPTS. Ellen Susannah West, lodging•house keeper, Holton. William Watts, builder, Southern, Warwickshire. Thomas Streeter, hotel keeper, Portsmouth. Eleazer Slader, grocer. Bridport, Dorsetshire. Henry Quarteruaan, builder, thfcrd. William Worrell, grocer, West Melton, Yorkshire. Richard Heys, provision dealer, Heywood, Lancashire. Joel Durham, contractor, Wingland, Norfolk. John Jones, maatle manufacturer, Lambeth-square. John Whittaker Bush, colour manufacturer, Wands. worth. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Henry Campbell Thorburn, clerk, Glasgow. James Finlay, gasfitter, Glasgow. Alexander Cameron, sewed muslin warehouseman, Glair gow. PLYMOUTH, Tuesday.—The Vimiera, Captain Swanson, belonging to Messrs. Dunbar, 89 days from Syd ney, all well, put into the Sound to-day. She has three cabin and two steerage passengers, and a cargo including 1,100 bales of wool, 50 tons of gum, 100 logs of iron bark and cedar, 1,000 hides, and 1,000 horns. Signalled Jan. sth, in hat . 23 44 S., long. 28 W., the Lord Burloigh, 49 days London for Auckland ; 11th, the Hamburg ship Etrope, bound to the Cape ; 25th, passed a large water-logged ship, some timo abandoned. The Vimiora made long. 20 W., Jan. 21st, since which strong north-oast gales have pre vailed. The Lizard was sighted in 86 days. An influential meeting of the wholesale tea trade was held this morning in Mincing-lane, and a committee was appointed for the purpose of representing to the Chan cellor of the Exchequer that the proposed charges on the rebov ding and warehousing of tea are considered exorbi tant. The feeling on the subject was unanimous, and it was thought desirable that the committee should at once put themselves into communication with the leading mem bers of the trade at the various bonding places throughout the country, so as to obtain a general assent to their pra ceedings. The question of the heavy charges proposed to be placed upon warrants was also warmly discussed. A HUNDICED YEARS AGO.—The number of sea men and marines voted for the service of the Royal ,Navy in 1760 was 73,000, and the sum of £3,640,000 was granted for their maintenance. The navy at this time consisted of 120 ships-of-the-line, besides frigates, fireships, and smaller vessels. The French navy had become so weakened by the war that few ships remained to be employed, and conse quently only six were taken during the year. In North America the appearance of the British squadron compelled the French to raise the siege of Quebec, and the whole of Canada came into the possession of this country. BOY ACCIDENTALLY POISONED.—A case of ac- cidental poisoning occurred at Little Clacton last week, a boy named George Jeffries, aged eight years, the on of a rat-catcher of that place, having drunk in a mistake for beer from a bottle containing a solution of arsenic used for destroying rats, which his father had incautiously placed within reach in the house. The child was immediately seized with the usual symptoms of poisoning, from the effects of which he died on Saturday, notwithstanding the exertions of Messrs. Manthorp, surgeons, to save his life. On the 6th inst., an inquest was held by W. Codd, Esq., coroner, when the jury returned a verdict of "Died from incautiously drinking solution of arsenic."—.Essex.lierald LI ;d .11 41 bid at 5} 6} r 0.1 par 'a. a. 14 Idi 5 DO 103 fd 1 1011 d 10 Id fp 10 d fp Lll 1100 100 DO 1 100 f 101 11 20 21 100 35 36 94 95 784 744 85 87 76 78 75 77 98 984 Id f 11 fd 124 121 8 71 d 95 ICO 95 ICO 95 10 90 93 86 89 961 97 90 93 JO -..- [0 Id Id ll ill 1 - is. 191 19f 5 f 11 fd fd Id id 97 11 91 ei 44 101 4 m t I Ni! FOREIGN RAIL. Antwerp & Rotterdam al Ard , :nnes al Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c Belgian East. Junction a] Beziers to Graissesaac al Carmeaux Mine & Rail 'Copiabo Ditto Extension al Dutch Rhenish lEastern of France al , Euphrates Valley 2s Grand Rue. Guar .5 p.c Great Central of France al Gt. Luxem., Con. she a] Italian Juntion a) Lake Constance & Bale al ILierre and Turnhout at Lombardo Venetian Lyons and Geneva al Maria Antonia al Do. do. New Namur and Liege al Do. do. 6p. c. Pref al Northern of France Do. 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Wheal Buller ( edruth) Wheal Edward (Cals.) Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant Wh'l Mary Ann (Menthe sVh'l Trelawney (Lisk. LITERATURE. he Earl's Cedars. By the Author of " Smugglers and Foresters," &c. 2 vols. Booth, Regent street. These volumes present a complicated story, which contains some dark scenes of life. Some of the persons met with have a very real appearance about them. Duncan Geddes, the keeper, is an excellent sketch ; in his strong character and se ere style we seem to trace some remnants of the old Covenanters. As is often the case with such men, sorrow and disappointment hardened him the more, until he looked upon all around with uncompromis ing sternness. There is also something worthy of notice in the wild recluse, Matthew. It was his tales of wondrous travels and voyages that first created the desire for roaming in the mind of Charles Frankland. As he wandered about the beach, this strange individual would descant on his long past days, and tell how, when at the age of his auditor, he had " crossed the line, and seen the southern cross dip down beneath the water in another hemisphere." This was the learning that Charles prized. " What was the cold teaching of books, compared to the simple words that came from lips which had given forth a wild shout, when at last, after unnumbered perils, the vein of virgin gold was found ?" A s m i g h t h ave been supposed, after such thoughts in youth, the energetic hero lost no time in seeking adventures abroad ; but he met with the most romantic ones at home. Near to bis father's house was the stately domain of Lord St. Lo. It was called the " Cedars ' from the magnificent trees, that were its glory and its pride. The circum stances connected with the family to whom the estate belonged were most peculiar, and the house hold of Doctor Frankland was mixed up in their ffairs. Lady Honoria is wild and fitful in her moods, but one cannot help sympathising with her in the many sufferings she underwent in conse quence of the persecutions with which she was sur rounded. The stepmother was inimical enough to have belonged to the old tales that abound concern ing that class of relations, and for a time indeed her direful plots seemed to succeed, at last how ever, the retribution that so often overtakes the de vices of the cunning, and confounds the machina tions of the crafty fell upon that deceitful woman. In spite of all her manoeuvres, she lived to see the son of one of her step-children inherit the property. Among the many who flit across the scene, Captain Fairfax is one of the most pleasing. He is a good representative of his class and displays many of those qualities that have long distinguished the British seaman. The pictures of home-life that ap pear in the first volume are pleasant to dwell upon, and far greater serenity reigned beneath the hum ble roof of the country practitioner, than under the grand dwellings of the Earl of St. Lo. The con flicting cireumstances of the latter portion of the tale are very ingeniously disclosed, and the " Earl's Cedars" is altogether a very eventful story. The Comprehensive History of _England; Civil, Military, Religious, Intellectual, and Social. Illestrated. tarts Ito 26. Blackie and Sons; Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London. The inhabitants of Great Britain may, without national prejudice, or exaggerated vanity, be per mitted to claim for the history of their empire a degree of interest and importance second to the annals of no other state or nation, ancient or modern. Reaching from our own eventful epoch, when England is foremost in the march of progress and leading the van of civilisation, back to the shadowy days of early legend— " Beloved as fable, yet believed as truth," the rcords of our national achievements are inse parably interwoven with the rise and progress of modern Europe. Even before emerging from the gloom of barbaric ages we can recognise some of the spirit of our later days. Caractacus and Boadicea proved themselves no unworthy antago nists for the victorious Romans, while few of the gorgeous Csasars could bear comparison with our English Alfred. Coming down to the days when our national existence had assumed a more definite form, what thrilling episodes we encounter. Every where we see the same dauntless spirit, loyal and self-sacrificing to the death where it embraces a cause, be it ever so hopeless ; inflexible and invincible where its freedom is at stake. We cannot proceed far in the history before we come to the sturdy barons of Magna Charta while the Scotch struggling in early ages for their national existence, and later on for their freedom of worship, though defying successfully the tyranny of the English, prove by that very defiance their kindred spirit. The annals of the Civil War, grievous as such a calamity must ever be, are not without their redeeming touches. The chivalrous devotion of the gallant cavaliersaipholding a failing cause, the unbending determination of the resolute Puritans, unflinching in their sense of duty, may each show, among crowds of time-servers and self seekers, brilliant names and noble characters that do honour to their nation and their age. The changing scenes of the history bring us down through many eventful years till we reach the climax of naval, military, and political glory at the beginning of our century. Now the giants of those days have passed away into history, leaving their humbler successors in less stirring times to reap the fruition of their labours, and to carry out those great principles of civil and religious liberty whi c h the tread of contendin g armi es kept from full de velopment, though it could not exterminate the seed. After a long interval of peace and domestic improvement Europe seems threatened with a return of storm and convulsion. We can hardly hope to escape altogether from the strife and turmoil around us. It is well then that in this anticipation, the men of the present should learn from the errors and achievements of the men of the past, and study the foundation and develop ment of their national greatness. The importance of a fuil and accurate knowledge of the history of our country is now becoming universally recog nised. It is not a mere rote knowledge of names and dates and the outlines of a school epitome, or cate chism that is required,but a thorough comprehension of the individual features of each successive epoch, a familiarity not alone with the names but with the characters of the great men of the time ; a sense of what was the nature of the principles contended for in our social struggles ; a perceptien of how the opinions and doings of one aye acted upon another, of what was the extent of the influence exercised by education and literature and the gradual ad vance of the people in political knowledge ; a right view of th e onerous p os iti on held by England among the nations of our day, and of her responsibi lity to God and man for her use or abuse of her opportunities and power. We have much pl easure in directing the attention of those who wish to acquire this invaluable knowledge to the work before us, which is now approaching its com pletion. Commencing with the earliest traditions, it gives a full and comprehensive account of the history of England, as viewed in its civil, military, religious, intellectual, and social objects. A work combining the civil history of a nation which has wrested its freedom alike from despots 'end demo crats ; the military records of the people who have struggled successively and successfully with the whole of Europe, the religious annals of the greatest triumph of the Protestant Reformation, the intel lectual achievements of the countrymen of Shakes peare, Newton, and Bacon, and the social progress of a self-governing community may well be called a comprehensive history. Nevertheless, all these pro mises are fully and fairly kept. 'rho various branches are carried on simultaneously in different chapters ; the style is clear and copious, enriched by nume rous extracts and quotations. The following pas sage, taken from the early announcement of the work will give the best view of its plan and pur pos " The history of a country is not exclusively impressed upon its battle-fields. These, indeed, are the great land milli' that first arrest the eye, and over which the popular feeling is most delighted to linger. The deliverance of a land from thraldom, and the heroic deeds through which a small nation has become a great one, are, indeed, of para mount importance, and should therefore be duly commemo rated. But the adaptation of a people for these achieve ments, although a silent and unobtrusive, has also been a most essential process; and its record is to be traced, not upon the heaving surface, but in that under-current of progress by which the people have been borne forward—by which they have been taught the full value of national free dom, and the best modes of securing it. But hero some one else than the successful soldier has been at work, and some thing else than mere military training. The wise and the good, who carried on that improvement, and made each generation better than the preceding, are a country's verit able heroes—the progress of that improvement is its real history. "But while these are truths so obvious that it seems almost impossible to overlook them, history, as It has hitherto been written, has been too exclusively devoted to military achievements and political movements without reference to that moral and intellectu a l p rogr ess by which a its country emerges from barbarism into civilisation, and in people become intelligent, happy, an d f r ee. Thisocca sions, historical writing has often been felt, pand, °h two defect istories of attempts have been made to our own country as they o u g ht t o be written The The first of these was Dr. Henry's well-known v oluminous un finished work ; the other the "Pictorial History of but Eng land," whi c h was an improve‘mPenicttoonri the plan of Henry. In the present work a n attempt ha upon both ; and the plan whicht hass been made to improve been followed for that purpose we shall now proceed. s pecify. In the Comprehensive History of England,whmilielitdaurye preponderance has been allowed to the civil and annals, constituting, as they do, the most distinct and ilia portant part of the story of the People na rrative, specia,eloatlte fenotioEnnhgalad, a has been given to present a well as of England itself —of of the state of r e li g i on and the progress o f social refinement, as well as of c onquest and political aggrandisement. Moro particularly, the following subjects have been grouped together in two sections, and suitably detailed at each important period or epoch of the history :—the state of religion—the industrial condition of the people, and their agricultural and mercantile progress —the dress, distinctive habits and customs, and the general aspect of society at each step of transition—the progress of literature, science, and the fine arts; and notices of those individuals by whose effective but unobtrusive labours the several departments of art and science were improved, and their influence extended over the community at large. " In treating of these subjects, care has been taken neither to be too abstruse nor yet too prolix. Instead, therefor!. of entering into a minute recora of each custom, art, an. science, and thus encumbering the general narrative and with disquisitions by which the reader's patience might be too severely tried, the principal points have been selected and introduced, for the purpose of giving strength, distinctness, and continuity to the history, as a record of the religious, intellectual, and social progress of English society." More than a thousand illustrations enhance the value of the work. They include maps and plans of various localities, battle-fields and ports, views of .buildings and monuments, illustrations of the manners and customs of our ancestors; por traits of celebrities, and steel engravings of his torical subjects. We heartily commend this valua ble and interesting work to all who wish to obtain a thorough knowledge of the history of their own country, and if continued and completed with equal success and ability, which there is little reason,to doubt, it will form no unworthy record of our national greatness. Stories of Peninsular War; or Peninsular Sketches. By W. H. Maxwell, E: q. Charles H. Clark, 13, Paternoster -row. These sketches, by a practical writer like the author of the " Stories of Waterloo," with which most of our readers are conversant, would have come out with great ad vantage at the close of the Russian war, just to show the public that many of the shortcomings of the -War-office, and other in competent public institutions, were not peculiar to that period. The " Sketches" are not as concisely compiled as might be, but this is made up for by the truthfulness of narrative for which Mr. Max well is so remarkable. If we had general officers in the Crimea who thought more of pipeclay and blacking than the rations of the troopers and the feed of their cattle, in the Peninsular campaigns things were carried rather further, if possible, as is shown in the following extract :—" We r eco ll ec t hearing o f a ma j or of igade, who threatened to punish a guard for coming a file short—i. e., to punish the thi r t y - n i ne fil es who did their duty,for the fault of the fortieth, which was absent." When we think of the incompetency of some of our officers, we would ask f ar some o f the spirit of tlas olden days. When all was in confusion at the siege of Badajoz, when ladders broke down and the troops were repulsed, the commanding officer of the fifth (Lieutenant-Colonel Ridge) exclaimed to an officer of his corps—" There, you mount one ladder, and I will lead up the other." " Come on, Fifth, lam sure you will follow." Ile was killed, but the place was carried. How would such con duct have answered at the Redan ? The Colonel fell ; his troops confirmed to advance, in spite of all opposition, leaving a guard of honour over their leader. THE BUDGET. The Budget is something more than a Bud get ; it is a Treaty, and a Treaty contracted with a State far behind ourselves in all commercial and financial respects. It is a Treaty with a Sove reign who has to make ignominious apologies for the prejudices of his subjects, and ask us to humour them. So we have to make heavy concessions, trusting to that immense superiority which en ables us to give the vantage to competitors, and knowing that a nation which puts any restrictions on commerce is its own worst enemy. Yet the course which France compels on its Government is in several instances so indecently unjust that it cannot be passed without remark, even if there were no factions ready to profit by it. 'I he Treaty binds us for ever neither to prohibit the exporta tion of coal, nor to put any duty upon it, whatever our financial wants or our political extremity. We are thus bound to supply France herself with coal up to the very eve of war ; and, with fleets steam ing against us, to allow coal to go we can never tell whither. France puts herself under no such re strictions, for, as she exports no coal, her share in this clause means nothing. Certainly the clause ought to be modified, and we ought to leave ourselves at liberty to forbid, on just cause, the export of the chief munition of modern warfare. Coal, next to the sea, is the great defence of this country, and at the same time the means by which it can be most readily assailed. In one other point also the Treaty is so one-sided that it can hardly pass without some modification. It reserves for France all the advan tage she attempts to secure by her Navigation Laws, and denies to us the power of reimposing our own code, even if we wished it. The English merchant, besides that he has still to meet high protective duties on English goods imported into France, against no such duty on French goods imported into England, will further have to struggle against another code of duties and prohibitions for the en couragement of the French marine. We in this country know by this time that all attempts to favour the native shipowner at the expense of the world at large, though a nuisance to everybody, are most mischievous to the nation itself which makes the attempt. But, even with this stea3y convic tion on our part, it is not agreeable to recognise what we believe to be at once a jealousy and a folly. Then, what limits does the Treaty impose to the additions which France may please to make to her Navigation Laws, if a new access of popular frenzy should force it on the Emperor ? We trust that these clauses, at least, will be amended. Times. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar-General.) The mortality in London has risen, apparently in consequence of the cold weather. The deaths were less than 1,390 in each of the two previous weeks ; in the week that ended last Saturday they were 1,442. In the ten years 1850-59 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1188; but as the deaths in the pre sent return occurred in a population that had in creased, they should be compared with the average raised in proportion to the increase, namely, with 1306. The comparison shows that 136 persons died last week, who would have survived if the rate of mortality had not exceeded the average for this period of the year. The mean temperature of the air has been lower than the average on every day, except two, of the cirrent month. On last Friday the mean was as low as 28.5 deg. ; on Dec. 17th in last year it was 22'8 deg., and on the same day the thermometer fell as low u 15.5 deg. The deaths arising from pulmonary diseases, not including phthisis, rose from 368 and 389 in the two previous weeks to 4011ast week ; the corrected average for ten weeks corresponding to last week is 296 ; this class of complaints is at the present time, therefore, mach more fatal than usual. Ii the corresponding week of 1855, when the mean tem perature of the air was as low as 30'9 deg., the deaths under the same head rose to 424 ; but with this exception they were considerably less in all the corresponding weeks than the number shown in the present return. Bronchitis was fatal last week in 217 cases, pneumonia in 144; phthisis (or consumption) in 129; and it deserves to be noticed that the first two were more fatal, the last less fatal, than usual. The deaths from small-pox now returned are 31, of which 10 occurred to persons 20 years old and upwards. There were 47 from scarlatina, 4 of which were returned in the sub-distill:A of Kensington-town, and 4 in Rotherhithe. There were also 11 from diphtheria. A hawker of fruit died at 90, Great Peter•street, Westminster, from destitution. A labourer died from apoplexy, caused by inhaling the vapours of spirit in a r_um. vault in the London Do c k s . S even p ers ons died at the age of 90 years and upwards, and amon gst these was a wido w i n th e M ary l e b o ne Wor k ho use, who had attained the age of 100. Last week 2 st o2le t i h ii e ld b r i e r n t , h w s eorfel,roe3gOisbtoeyrsdanid 991 girls, in In average nco n r u r m es br was p e onding l 7eeks of th e e ye n ars 1850-9 the heightAt the f Royalthe barometer bin 42 o l oin G ah . e dtme e levnrt:ehietvdeekinlcl fell f r om s. t oe h ni e t: e 7 in t 30 .a60:59e Wednesday, the se n n o The n Sunday readin gs to t oh2fe9t. highest4h e i na r ' being respectively week. The mean temperature of the a i r i n the week was 36 7 deg., which is 2.2 deg. below the ave rage of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher.) The mean daily temperature was below the average on every day except Sunday and Wednesday, and on the last two days of the week the amount of this depression was from 7 to 10 degrees. The thermometer in the shade rose to 50 . 2 on Wednesday, and fell to 23.2 degrees on Saturday, which were respectively the highest and lowest points in the week. The entire range of temperature in the week was therefore 27 degrees. The mean daily range was 10.3 degrees. The dif ference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 5.6 degrees, representing the dryness of ' the air. The mean degree of humidity 'was Si, complete saturation being repre sented by 100. On Friday the humidity of the air was only 70 ; and on that day a thermometer on the grass fell to 9.5 degrees. The wind which was chiefly in the south-west on the first four days, changed to north on Thursday, end on Saturday turned again to south. Rain fell to the amount of 0 . 40 inches, three-fourths of which fell on Monday. Snow fell on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday. It is stated, and we believe with good reason, that Colonel Sir John Douglas, K.C.8., of the 79th Highlanders, will succeed Colonel M'Clsverty as Assistant-Adjutant. General at Edinburgh.—Arm and .Navy Gazette. -...0 ) with tner- The tins. 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