The Sun. — London, England, 1860-01-24 00:00:00

• FHE SUM, IMPIDU ........... MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. SHARE MARKET:-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH POSSESSIONS )thS Of -4. + I Share, Railways. Paidi Clclsin g Business done 'night. ♦ CITY, Two O'CLOCK. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. I Price. r state The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets - lOO Atlantic &St Lawrence all 89 91 89 i 004 89 relies -- during the last few days have shown rather less Share Railways. Paid. Closing Busbies. Price. Leased at 6 per cent.. n that 1 stk Bom.,Baroda&Centlnd 100 974 924 914 he ex activity, the advance in the rate of discount having 12.10 amuerr., Noti mg. Boot - gu. 5 percent - - Do. Addit. Capital A - h have in some measure interfered with speculative trans- and Eastern Junction 1 0 si 61 50 Belfast and Ballymena.. all -41 18 Do. Do. 811 Id f d ' 0110 actions. A fair amount of business has been done 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val.' all 8 ei mi Buffalo and Lake Huron all 41 61. 204 Do. New all - - t had in tea, and the finer sorts have realised Stock Birk.,La., and Ch. June 100 765 775 10 Do. Preference 25 Blackburn crush higher rates. Sugars have been dull, and 25 myth and Tyne all - - . 00 f Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich ' 16 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 160 - - aught 10 Bost.Slefd.& Mid. Coun all ei 7 the small amount of business transacted has been Stock Bristol and Exeter - - ng his Sto ck Caledonian - - for immediate consumption. A large quantity, s Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 30. par }p is an lO Carmarthen & Cardigan all - - • 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. - - rah at however, is announced for public competition dur- 50 Cork and Bandon 9 - - 133 20 Cape Town & Dock S c rip 3s. 14 1 d 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passaga all - - 20 Central Oude (Limitedo3B. Od. - - Le the ing the next few days. For coffee there has been 20 Cornwall 10 Do. B all 64 7 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 7 1 i d lower- scarcely any inquiry ; holders, however, demand 10 Do. A A roves. no div. all - - 174 Demerara - - Their late rates. In rice the dealings have been ex- until6p.c.per an hasbeen pd.toß {all - - 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c. 5 Id 4 d 4f Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 1015 102 10144114 nately 50 Dublin andßelfast June all - - 20 Do. I` Shares Ext lO par 4 g tremely limited, with no alteration to record in pro- Abr.June all 71 81 20 Do. Jubbulpore lO par 1 p prices. Saltpetre has been in active request, and stock k D Ea u s n t"A P n eri gl h ial lOO 14 15 100 Do. 45 p. e. Debentrs. all 1005 101 1014 trunk ock Eastern Counties lOO 564 575 56 1 i Stock Do. 6 p.c. Deb., 1861_ 100 1015 102 ill call the finer descriptions have improved in value. Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 39 41 20 G eelong& Melbourne .. all 19 21 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 27 20 e have Tallow has been steady, but only a limited amount 25 Do.Nw.A.(ite.E.U3ds) 84 - - Bth. I Geelong per cent. Corporation 6 Bonds 1 to p - ( ice the of speculative business has been transacted for 20 East Suffolk - - Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 39 41 394 9i 5 10 Do - - 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 955 964 96 )eting forward delivery. Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 81 82 8% 100 Do. 6 percent. Debentr all 75 76 761 76 7 ,phant Stock Edin.,Perth & Dunee. 100 291 30; 20 1 I I In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a 10 Forth & Cly'de Junction all - - 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 in size Stock Furness moderate amount of business was transacted, and 100 - - 100 Do. do. 1872 .... all 78 80 re fact, Stock Glasgow & South Westn. 100 100 101 Stock GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.e. 100 00t 991 00 1.1 $1 hat of prices of all descriptions were unaltered. The sales 10 Great North of Scotland all - - 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent. 6 Itt id n I Stock Great Northern lOO 1075 1084 1075 20 f Gt. South. of Ind.Lim.- , but it were estimated at 8 , 000 bales. Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 96 97 ( guaranteed 5 per cent. 110 1 4cl taut 1 0 It has been decided by the Committee of the Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 133 135 5 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 12; 14 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld 100 112 114 204 Do. New ;tautly Stook Exchange that Friday next shall be a special Stock Great Western 100 I Do. Bonds pay. ' 7B, w l lh all 98 102 in that Stock Do Str.Vl.Rail Gua Stk. 100 60 65 apt. till '6O settling day in the New Canadian Loan, in the tt have 12 Irish South Eastern.. .. . all - - 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 98 102 99} registered shares of the London and Mediterranean Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 101 1015 1015 1004 11 tat the Stock London and B'ackwall. 100 654 665 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do _ all 92 95 Id that Steam Navigation Company, and in the Universal Stock Lon.,Brigliton &S.Coast 100 115 116 116 Stock Madras, guar., 45 p. c. 100 90 92 25 Lond. Chat. and Dover all 13 14 1 4 - e meet Marine Insurance Company ; and it has also been Stock Do. do. 5 per cent. 100 98 99 98 Stock L on d on n & North We s tn' 100 985 99 94 ; i Stock Do. 4tp. c. Extension lOO 92 94 u seful ordered that th e reg i s t ere d s h ares o f the London 12 5 Do. Eighths - - Stock London& South-Westn lOO 965 075 97 65 704 20 Do. Fourth do. General Omnibus Company, and of the Worthing 25 L'derry & Coleraine... all - - El t 2 o o ck N M ecß e w 2 3 . BB:aLAa Corp. acsnwia 20 Do. do. - - [own if, Mining Company shall be officially quoted. 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all 9 10 Stock Man., hef.,S .'e Lincoln.. 100 38 39 364 I 'es when like the A steady demand still prevails in the money 50 Maryport and Carlisle . all 50 52 all 6 8 125 Do. do. i Shares.... all -- - of this market, but bankers and brokers, having ample 10 Metropolitan 3 - - d .. Do. do. Land d 0... ryes theloo 109 1095 109 ssi means at their disposal, negotiate first-class bills as2o Do. do. B. Capital do. 1 all 5 7 tnd, and Stock Stock D M o id . l ß a i n rmi d ng. & Derby?, 100 86 88 .. Do. do. Land d 0... if erect. low as 21 per cent. 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all - - 20 Oude (Limited) - - he force 25 Do. i, Shares all - - 20 Soinde ,i ...i all 195 20 rea The efflux of gold from the Bank of England 25 Mid Kent all - - s weigh t 20 Do. New Ls t 15 id ar 14 3. a clan' continues active in consequence of the demand for 10 Do. (Cray Line) all - - 20 Do. Punjaub .. gci 5 sit 41 • 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all - - 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. &,,..," all Id d mple ar - exportation and the inadequate supplies received 25 New., Aber., & Herefd: all 105 114 104 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 - - ind feet 10 Newry & Armagh (aef.) 9 - - 10 Trinidati(Limited)Scrip 1 Id I p ithout 11 from Australia. About L 46,000 was withdrawn 20 Newry, Warpt., & ttos all - - _ • , yesterday, and if the movement should continue a Stock Norfolk lOO 57 59 50 North. Counties Union 34 34 3 d FOREIGN RAILWAYS. l gall*, 100 62 & 4 62 11 further advance in the rate of discount may speedily Stock North British lO Antwerp & Rotterdam all 4f 4f h wool a Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO - - 20 Ardennes all - - 0 L shuffle, take place. Stock Do.A Stk.-Areano div. 20 Bah. &S.Fran.,Lim.7p.e 7 1d t d [as that There is an inactive market for Public Securities ' Stock Do. B Stock until 6p.o.hasbee-npdß 100 - - 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 • 100 - - 'fain for2o Beziers to Graissessae. all ,--- - dp6(ciLPtki7mcs.Ch.Binint3edpd.ac.s. 100 - .... which, however, continue flat, in consequence of Stock North-Eastn.-Berwick 100 231 945 94 31 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail. all 21 21 1 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 6134 14 1 d 61 100 Copiabo elephsl, hi t the efflux of gold, and the possibility of an ad- Stock Do. Leeds lOO 48 485 47 4 10 Ditto Extension .... all If 1 d and cl e 'ranee. Consols for transfer are 94, I, and 95 1 100 775 78 771 84 ' 20 Dutch Rhenish Aversia 4 Stock North London lOO 107 109 105 20 Eastern of France ...... all 25 26 Stock Do. York i venture; for the account. The New Threes and Reduced 20 North Staffordshire l7l 4 31- d 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. - - p ;eneraill - are 941, 95, and the Indian Loan is 1031- 104 The 10 No. & Sou. W. Juncton all 8 1 9 1 Stock Oxford, Wor &W 1 100 S5l 36 20 Grand ; Rus. Guar .5 p.c. 6 - - 1 .• 0 ver. 20 ,Great Central of France all - - lit e ti/ all 7 81 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she all 6; 75 1 uPe Enfaced Paper has been dealt in at 105 k. 10 Peebles 20 Portsmouth - - c gor d e' Business in the Foreign Stocks continues quiet, 10 Rhymney lO - - 20 Lake Constance & sale all - - c assures' Stock Scottish Central lOO 114 116 114 20 Lierre and Turnhout... all - - but:prices in some instances are rather firmer. Sour-1000 Stock South. N. E., Aber. Stock 100 28 285 29 Lombardo Venetian.... 10 25 21p 12f 4 y passel , Turkish 6 per cents, are 79 to 791 ; ditto New Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 85 87 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all - - 1 Stock Shropshire Union lOO 46 48 335 Maria Antonia all - - Loan, 67 to 671 ; and Mexican is about 221. 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all 4 3 d 10 Do. do. New - - to see A 100 434 445 20 Namur and Liege all 81 885 t „ qu ota i The shares of the Ocean Mar i ne Insurance avc , -- Stock South-Eastern Stock South Devon 100 84 845 831 41 3; 4 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. .. .. all 19 19 , epiaallt ° 21 f i prem. ; the Universal ditto, I -a, prem. ; the 100 01 72 71 5 16 Northern of France .... all 36 36 oentioll Stock South Wales Stock SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun lOO 68 72 20 Do. New Shares - - p s - Bur Bank of Turkey, par to 1-, prem. ; the Canadian 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok.. all 6 8 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 9 10 ,in ~, 25 Stockton & Darlington. all 375 385 38 1 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit all 365 361 365 65 1 the e' s Loan 31, press . 20 Paris and Orleans • In the 25 Do. do. 20 I Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) 13 15 11c1 111 1 The transactions in the R a i lway Share Market - Stockton & Hartlepool 163 - - as to 11 Stock Taff Vale lOO - - gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) ... c Peak, ° have been moderately active, and in some few in- StocklDo. Preference, No. 1 100 - - 20 Ri t a and Dunaburg.. . 10 - - >i ,C 1 the 1:,,, stances ;symptoms of improvement have been ap- - 1 22 - - 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rai all 554 564 10 Rome and Frascati. .... all - - t helm "' 60 Ulster of au e re ' parent. Brightons have advanced about ss. ; 25 Do. - - a South-Western, ss. ; and South-Eastern, ss. 12 10 Do. l4 Id 5 p 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. - - a Stock Vale of Neath lOO 60 63 20 Sambre and Meuse. .... all 6 65 65 6 a had be' n l The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have been io Victoria Station & Pim el - - 10 Do. 55 per cent. Pref. ... all 8 9 89 t was 0- dealt in to a limited extent, at about previous rates. Stock Waterford & Kilkennv 100 - - 20 Southern of France.... all 19 20 50 Waterford dz Limerick all - - 81 West Flanders all 511 54 hich 01 Lombardo-Venetian, 121 121 ; and San Paulo, s l- to 20 West Cornwall insetll.l, all - - 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 22 234 1 ' lip I discount; Grand Trunk of Canada are steady 20 West London all - - 20 Western of Austria .. . 6 - - dly _ .. ..ed at 391 391; East Indian, 1001 101 ; and Great In- 2 1 0 0 D D o o .. 2 1 d s t Class s s all -.- 20 Western of Switzerland all - - i teep gu a dian Peninsula, 991 99,1-. 6 Wiesbaden - - r upon t i g Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re- PREFERENCE SHARES. 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all - - 20 Zealand..... all - - eYB fro t 0 main dull at about previous quotations. London ,gather Closing 1 Business , I e l ' and Westminster have risen about 55., and Penin- Share Railways. Paid ') Price. Dons. select I bCOLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. E Ludy v ll sular and Oriental Steam ss. to 10s. So cur e t ONE O'CLOCK. 25 Blythe and Tyne it pert - ean.Goy.6p.e ia.&July 100 114 116 t Oao. pref. (issued at £5O) all - - - Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 113 115 ul. zo •, 1 Stk Brig. & Exet.4p.ctStock 100 96 98 - Do. 6 p.e.Mr.& Sep. 100 113 115 s to oo' Consols, money 941 i 20 Do. do. do. Shares l4 - - - Do. 6 per cent. 1879 100 - - 1124 o Do. account - 1)o. 6 per cent. 1880 100 - - N :rdS, O S , 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. all - - - N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 10C 100 110 109 / 1 nflo 64 Cork & Bandon, 55 p. e all - - - Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - rig is - i f THE MALY - OLIO O.F THE CHURCH. 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent... all - - -N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 106 99 100 d tO• L i t _____ 4 „._____- 65 Dim. Perth,& Aber.Jun. all 54 8 gn. Class A 7 & spc 100 100 102 - D0.5p.0en.1871 to 1976 100 99 100 - D0.5p.e,en.1888 and up 100 99 100 994 f r f frora P, Dean Close is at the pump again. He puts up at l If to 0 2, the sign of Aquarius as punctually as the sun Stook D0. 1.A n do. Class B 6 pc.... 10 0 112 116 took Do. do. Class C7pc . . 100 105 107 Conn. Ex. 5 p ct. , , T ro . o : i 100 0 113 115 - NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. SZ. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1084 1094 1094 ,ant the himself. Just at this festive season, the Dean is as Stook Do. - S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 110 112 - iP - Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 - - 1 regular at the Carlisle Temperance Society as Tonv Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock 100 127 125 - Do. do. April & Oct. 100 1104 1114 1104 111 10 c ige 0 Stock Eastern Union 4 per et. 100 83 88 .II Coll'' Lumpkin was at the Three Pigeons, roaring his h 'ols • irreverent Rock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc' shares 100 111 113 MISCELLAR EOM s whl. o i; opposition song- Stock' Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. dr D. 100 90 92 d d d e l ' StdcklEdin.Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 774 7 8 5 77 1 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 114 15 tl When Methodist preachers come downlooo Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all 170 203 ct p melf 116 - 11 - 8 rtr-- t I A-preaching that drinking is sinful, Stock I Furnese, 5 per cent .... 100 r 100 119 121 25 Australian Agricultural 19 34 35 35 Stock !Gies. &S West.: a. 5 pc. b 1 g reli s I'll wager the rascals a crown Stock Great Northern, 5 p. ct. 100 112 114 10 Australian Royal Mail . all - - ~ see • They always preach best with a skinful. Stock Do. 5 pcßedm.,lop.c.pm 10 Berlin Water Works ... all 41 55 6 t: ef n e n ' Stock Do. 45 p. c. do. do. - 27 1 11 ° I p. " Merry Carlisle " /Lao a just cause of too Do.sp.c. It etlin.,b pc. pm B O 50 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. all 35 37 n the/ r ' action against her Dean for trying to rob her 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf all - - 20 Do. B, 7p. o. ti 111862.. all 19 21 1. lit 111° o f her ancient character for good-humour. He Stoc k f Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 lOO 98 100 20 Do. C la let / 1 p. ct. pref. Stock ... 100 Canada Land 325 115 120 li leing reall y ought to be removed as soon as possible to SO Great West. (Berke and 6 10 Chan.lsl ands Tel.(Lim.) all 8 9 otly l ife the watery diocese of Bath and Wells, or perhaps Hants) Ext. 5 p.et.. - - Stock Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg all - - f • it 25 Do. Preference 75 per ct all 235 244 a ) rais e Cork would be a fitter promotion for so determined Stock Do. Redeemable 45 n a 100 100 102 6 Crystal Palace. t Stock Do. Redeemable' 4 - ti. ct. 10 0 90 92 100 92 94 5 Do. Preference" all 5 54 15 R par I, a stopper cf bottles. With what propriety, we Stock Do. Irredeemable, do.. 100 103 1(5 s Ito th el ! should like to know, do these societies call them- Stock Do. sp. et. Redeem.Prei.Stock Do. 6p. c. Perpet. Deb. 100 100 103 102 If 21 1 o 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 10 1. 01 Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 108 111 0t e utra° selves after the virtue of tern peranee P We ask 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c.pf.sh. all 17 18 25 Do. New Ilt 31liag the question because, if there is one thing abused 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 10 5 lei 5 English & Aust. Copper. all 2 2 1 Stock Do. Binning. guar. stock 100 75 77 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 n hle WI more than another at their meetings, it is temps- 26 ; Do. Chester guar.shares all 20 21 - - 1 Great Ship (Limited).. all 4 1 o fores t ' ranee itself. We should all join them in denoun- 115 Do. do. do - - s 16 tr illi cing excess, but they are just as intolerunt of mode- 20 Do. do. do. 100 40 142 5 London District Telegr. 1 ;Id Stock stock D L o an n & arn York 6 p.c. stock 20 London Discount 6l 1 d afinitelf ration. A temperance society means a society to sI.StXS 3slodpc 100 - - 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co all 11 11 lf o'6 per c. (E. Lan) .. 1 00 - - 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 15 2 21 1 the s o , p , ut . down temperance. Only listen to the Dean. Stock Do. 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all - - i c a. h . Hut Christian friends had no idea of the extent 190 120 122 Stock Lon.&Brig,.spc. gu. No.l 1 00 120 122 Stock Do. ,sp. c. No. 2 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 4 5 I N'e llie'l and ramifications of the misery occasioned in this Stock Do. gua.. 6p. ct. A . Stock Do. do. 5m C. No. 4 100 120 122 10 Netherlands Land all - - au "" country, not by drunkenness, but by drink-by theloo - - 6Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at idle all 5 1 it i° Stock Do. Do. 4 4 per cent thing itself, by that which intoxicates." The fal- 5 Do. do. 4i per c. shares 1 - - 100 ,N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 - - 1 ) , N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all ; 1 left, 0 0 lacy here is too palpable to need exposure; drink, Stock Do. 7 percent. Pref. St. 100 156 160 Stock D0.6p.c.d0.(1V.E.&C.P.) 100 135 140 1 Oriental Gas ' the e l ' or u the thing itself," is not a convertible term with stook D 0.4 p.c S.(diy.def.til'6s) 100 65 68 1 Do. New Shares lss. 4 a par .i ' 0 1 / • di 10 Orientl. In. Steam, A 6 - - 1 i curl ° , that which intoxicates," for a moderate glass of 25 Lorid. Chat. and Dover all 215 225 Lon.&N.W.Cov.&Nun- 10 Ditto B 6 - - rBl it ale or wine has no such effect, so that, in denoun - eaton, sp. et. - -- rOael l e l e g Sling it, the Dean is really denouncing one of the Stook Lon.&S. W, 713. ct. stock, 100 - - Stock Peel River Land &MM lOO 52 54 I « To- rl cardinal virtues. And he does it so intemperately 121 k Londondy & Cole, 4 shs. all - - 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 77 79 761 J be 12 Londondy.& Ennis 4 s h .1 all 11 12 50 Do. New l5 12 14 t oo. as to speak in the following irreverant strain of2o Red Sea & Ind. Telegr l5 4 1 p A to f go' the Bible itself, because he finds it impossible to 6 Do. £l3 Stoc Wan.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. c t , 100 125 130 4 4 -1 1 r 6 2 60 Rhymney Iron ,arse 1/434 force either its precepts or examples into his service. Stock Do. 31 per cent. t 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent. 5 3 1 P 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 64 differ "He did not care what they call it, or what the 125 Maryrort & Car., 4 p.c. all - - Stock cot.Austrin.lnv.(Lici ) 100 130 140 25 South Australian Land all I 35 36 0 for • Bible might call it, but it was the something that 12i f Do. 45 per cent...... . all - - 0 1 Do. - .- 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. all f 1 e Port made people drunk, whatever that might be, only l Do. do Registered all 1 1 P Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock . 100 - - 20 Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can. 5 - - rep it was not water." Here is the style in which an Stock' Do.Con.Bris.&lllr.6p.ct. 100 142 144 Ho Van Diemen's Land evangelical divine of the first mark, or more pro- Stock Do. 45 p. o. pref. stock.. 100 103 105 Stock 6 Do. Do. with option ' 3 1 _I P _ - ract ell' lb till 186 c Leto. & Hit.pref. st. 100 95 we BRITISH MINES. a ed °l to P.e.riv the first water, talks of the Bible, when he 10 i Newport,Aber,&c.pret.s d have • tails to wrest it to his purpose. The 'Scriptures ( p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c. ri m i all 10 104 - - Closing Business a ell Share Mines. Paid. DasSa. hot only indirectly sanction but expressly proscribe 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. a with price. Dane. B plac e the moderate use of the very thing which Dean optien ti 1 1 11856 Do., til 186) 73 1 1 P - Alfred Consols (Philaok) 2.11.16 44 6 Close tells mankind they must not touch as they S i2 toc lo k N or fik 5 p.c. Ex.Stk,lB46 10t - - 20 British Iron 7 : --- ,/1 acrd' 'value their immortal souls. The Dean only wants Stock Do. 54 p. c. Prof. do. 1847 100 - - - Clifford - 335 3445 i niolll'Stock D 0.5 WavVal.Ex.Sk 1847 100 - - - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 450 460 1 iy 10- t h e 'the power to turn our wine into water ; but we Stock North British, Stier e,ent 100 111 113 - East Bassett ( Illogan ). 30 127 1325 1274 c midst t ,.A . know who it was on a jovial occasion performed st o ck Do. New, gua. 5 percent 100 109 111 - East Caradon colle°' °- 1, he - E. W'l Russl (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 11 111 11f f t •oug- t just th e o pp o site miracle; and we know also who Stock NO.Dev.Rail.& Dsk.Co. 100 - - - Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 541 66 58 a/ 0. it was that, with the wine-cup in his hand, ordained Stock g-East.Cons. Pref.4p.c. 100 93 95 94 )ra ta . 0 - Great South Tolgus l7s 144 141 tlb the solemn rite most distinctive of Christianity. 17 Do. Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 100 N 99 90 do. do. - G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) 12.4.2 1 1 14 i wee! ) 0 -G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 91 4 4 ) still iles g e In truth, if there is one production of the teeming . 125 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 -9 - ..._ - Grenville 5311 35 i iisell er° 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 13 - _ alt , earth more countenanced than another by scriptural- Herod's-Foot 8 26 4 i I asse . 20 North Staffordshire. ... all 024 235 - Hingston Downs 4.3.6 4 4 of r authority, unfortunately for Dean Malvolio itis the 25 Do. York, H.& S. Punch. 10 6ip claw° A i - Lady Bertha juice of the grape ; yet he has the hardihood to call 100 125 130 Ares 4; , ~ Stock Do. Redeem., 2d gua. • • • Stock ,Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. le g 100 125 126 - Margaret (tiny Lelant). 95 10 62 very 01 if it an artificial drink which God never intended Stock Do. Irredeem., 2 , 1 gua. 100 117 129 - North Downs - North France s'l llogan) 10 6 64 _.,, tudioa l luau to take, and which man only drank to his own 10 Rhymney Guaranteed. all -___ -.... 85 Scottish Central, new pt all - N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) 5 61 7 , o g the P. Misery." Stock Scottish North-Eastei All 100 .-- - - North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 85 9 rsUer 9. Oa The D ea . n wen t on t o sa y-" he had often thought Stock 35 per c. pref. stock.... 100 75 78 10 Par Consols (St. Blazy). 15 12 1 doWn of Providence (Uny Lelat) 10.6.7 48 50 I Le lea d e l people appeared stupid, and when he came to ask Sto c k Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pe. 100 Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 125 130 - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. lOs 1 1 el er the cause, the answer was Drink." Water-drinkers, 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 101 1 1 1 - SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 11 255 265 1 %‘) o pt We suppose, are never stupid, though this is a truth 121 123 10 Do. Fixed 45 per cent. all -•-• - ,Sorth C. Brea( Mogan). 2 24 21 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading - S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 180 190 •11 til we should not have discovered from the speeches Ann., 1.0 6 ) all 245 24 1 - Stray Park 18.18.0 25 27 , , w ho 0 made at temperance societies, not even from those of Stock Do .45 per cent lOO 103 105 5 Tamar Silver and Lead 3 Nr billy President Close himself. For a specimen of a stupid Stock Do. Fixed 45 p.e. Ist is 4 3 31 1 t that s Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 92 94 10 Tin Croft 9 4 41 54 Wi til speech, which wine is not responsible for, we need Stock Do. 45 per cent lOO 101 103 - Val e of Towey (Cann.) 1211 6d I le p - West Basset (Illogan).. 15 l 9 204 not go beyond that which is before us. The follow- Stock S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. 100 84 87 - W. Caradon (Liskeard). 10 80 82 25 Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e. all 29 so ,f the 0 ,5 ' ing rubbish, if due to the potations of the evening, 25 Do. B 6 per cent - West Seton , e stor' r is a positive warning against water-drinking, show- 25 Do. C 6 per cent . all 33 34 - Wheal Basset (Mogan). 55 180 190 - Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 100 105 105 sir tell ° Stock Watrfd &' Kilkny, 6p.c. 100 54 58 , Or ing how low the faculties ma be broug ht b y it. y - Wheal Edward (Cals.). 6 15 14 'pia P il d ip i - Wheal Ritty(U. Lelal 1.7.2 12 13 empte,to " Whatever made men drunk-he would not say LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. • - Wll'lllfaryAnn (Meshe 831 32 , A rdow: 4) , reduced them to the level of the beast, for beasts I Share Railways. Closing Busbies. I Price. 12.10 Am ner.r., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction 10 el 64 50 Belfast and Ballymena.. all 41 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val.' all 8 61 Stockßirk.,La.,andCh. Juuc lOO 761 771 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne all 10 Bost.Slefd.& Mid. Conn all 51 7 Stock Bristol and Exeter Stock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all • 50 Cork and Bandon 9 1 4 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all 20 Cornwall all 61 7 10 Do. A I A roves. no div. all 10 Do B until6p.c. per an. {all hasbeen pd.toß. 50 Dublin andßelfast June. all 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.June all 74 85 Stock East Anglian Stock Eastern Counties lOO 561 57/ 564 4 Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 39 41 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 27 29 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 81 20 East Suffolk 10 Do Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 81 82 8 4 Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 294 301 2n II 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all Stock Furness Stock Glasgow & South Westn lOO 100 101 10 Great North of Scotland all Stock Great Northern lOO 1071 1081 1071 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 96 97 Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 133 135 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 112 114 Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 60 66 12 Irish South Eastern all Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 101 1014 1014 1005 11 Stock London and B'ackwall. 100 651 661 Stock Lon.,Brigliton&S.Coast 100 115 116 116 25 Lond. Chat. and Dover all 13 14 134 1 Stock London & North Westn ' 100 98/ 99 981 1 i 121 Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn lOO 961 07/ 97 61 754 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 9 10 Stock Man., Shef., .'c Lincoln lOO 38 39 3s} 4 50 Maryport and Carlisle 121 Do. do. 5 Shares all 10 Metropolitan 3 d Stock Midland lOO 109 1091 109 185 Stock Do. Birming. & Derby? lOO 86 88 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all 25 Do. 4 Shares all 25 Mid Kent all 10 Do. (Cray Line) all 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 25 New., Aber., & Herefd: all 101 111 104 10 Newry & Armagh (aef.) 9 20 Newry, Warpt., & Roe all Stock Norfolk lOO 57 59 50 North. Counties Union 3l 34 3 d Stock North British lOO 62 & 4 62 14 Stock Nor.Dev.RaiL&Dk. Stk lOO Stock Do.A Stk.—Arec.no div Stock Do. B Stock lOO until 6p.o.hasbee-npdß 100 Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick 100 23f 945 94 3 1 1 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 16134 11 1 d 4 Stock Do. Leeds lOO 48 481 47 1 Stock Do. York lOO 771 78 771 85 ' Stock North London lOO 107 109 10 5 20 North Staffordshire l7l 4 34 d 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 84 9f Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver lOO 361 36 10 Peebles all 7 85 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney lO Stock Scottish Central lOO 114 116 114 Stock Sooth. N. E., Aber. Stock 100 28 381 Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 85 87 Stock Shropshire Union lOO 46 48 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 4 3 d Stock South Devon lOO 43/ 44/ Stock South-Eastern lOO 84 841 834 44 35 4 Stock South Wales Stock SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun lOO 68 72 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 6 8 25 Stockton & Darlington all 371 381 38 5 25 Do. do. Stockton & llartlepool 103 Stock Taff Vale lOO Stock IDo. Preference, No. 1 25 ThameslfavenDk&Rail 22 60 Ulster 25 Do. 12 10 Do. l5 td 4p Stock Vale of Neath lOO 60 63 10 Victoria Station & Pim 95 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West CornwaH 20 West London 10 Do. Ist Class all 20 Do. 2d Class PREFERENCE SHARES. Closing Business Share Railways. Paid .1 .1 Price. Doan. " Merry Carlisle ha© a just ennse of %lion against her Dean for trying to rob her of her ancient character for good-humour. He really ought to be removed as soon as possible to the watery diocese of Bath and Wells, or perhaps Cork would be a fitter promotion for so determined a stopper cf bottles. With what propriety, we should like to know, do these societies call them selves after the virtue of tern peranee P We ask the question because, if there is one thing abused More than mother at their meetings, it is tempe rance itself. We should all join them in denoun cing excess, but they are just as ilutolerunt of mode ration. A temperance society means a society to put down temperance. Only listen to the Dean. " His Christian friends had no idea of the extent and ramifications of the misery occasioned in this country, not by drunkenness, but by drink—by the thing itself, by that which intoxicates." The fal lacy here is too palpable to need exposure; drink, or" the thing itself," is not a convertible term with " that which intoxicates," for a moderate glass of al e or wine has no such effect, so that, in denoun cing it, the Dean is really denouncing one of the cardinal virtues. And he does it so intemperately as to speak in the following irreverent strain of the Bible itself, because he finds it impossible to force either its precepts or examples into his service. " He did. not care what they call it, or what the Bible might call it, but it was the something that Made people drunk, whatever that might be, only it was not water." Here is the style in which an evangelical divine of the first mark, or more pro perly the first water, talks of the Bible, when he fails to wrest it to his purpose. The Scriptures not only indirectly sanction but expressly proscribe the moderate use of the very thing which Dean Close tells mankind they must not touch as they 'value their immortal souls. The Dean only wants 'the power to turn our wine into water ; but we know who it was on a jovial occasion performed Just the opposite miracle; and we know also who it was that, with the wine-cup in his hand, ordained the solemn rite most distinctive of Christianity. 1 11 truth, if there is one production of the teeming earth more countenanced than another by scriptural authority, unfortunately for Dean Malvolio itis the juice of the grape ; yet he has the hardihoodito call It u an artificial drink which God never intended Man to take, and which man only drank to his own misery." The Dean went on to say—" he had often thought people appeared stupid, and when he came to ask the cause, the answer was Drink." Water-drinkers, we suppose, are never stupid, though this is a truth we should not have discovered from the speeches made at temperance societies, not even from those of President Close himself. For a specimen of a stupid speech, which wine is not responsible for, we need not go beyond that which is before us. The follow ing rubbish, if due to the potations of the evening, is a positive warning against water-drinking, show ing how low the faculties may be brought by it. " Whatever made men drunk—he would not say reduced them to the level of the beast, for beasts sever get drunk—but whatever reduced them to the state of madmen robbed them of their mental Power, so that they could not distinguish right from Wrong; this was the evil that percolated through society." We must drink nothing but water to reach such a truth as that " whatever reduces people to the state of madmen robs them of their mental power !" But we hardly know which most to admire, the Dean's depth of thought, or felicity of language, or knowledge of natural history, exhibited in the asser tion that beasts never get drunk, being the direct contrary to facts with which we thought everybody Was familiar. Swine, for instance, are notorious drunkards; they cannot drink in moderation, and it would, therefore, be perfectly right to invite a Pig to become a teetotaller. Dean Close's preach ing would have a propriety in sties which it has not la the resorts of men, who are gifted with reason expressly to draw up at the boundary-line between temperance and excess, or right and wrong. What is the intellect for, if the doctrine is to be received that it is impossible for men to enjoy the good things of this world in moderation ? And if well-founded, why is it not extended to other things ? Why not to money, for example ? Is the love of gold less perilous to souls than the love 0 ! wine ? The Scriptures, if they are of any autho rity, affirm the very contrary, -for they describe lich es, not w i ne, as the root of all ev il . H ow muc h I) etter,then, to renounce them altogether, and abstain entirely from filthy lucre, which, it is curious enough, was the only case in which total abstinence Was recommended by the Author of our religion— `` " Sell a ll th at t h ou h ast an d g i ve to t h e poor ;" b u t Were Dean Close told to do so likewise, he would probably treat the text with as Jlittle respect as lie .. 40 e8 the i nnumera bl e au th or iti es f or th e t em p e rate New of the g rape t o b e f oun d i n b o th the Old and 'Jew Testaments. Gold is a fine thing, and no man have too much of it ; a fig, th e Dean would pro aoly cry, for what the Bible say s to the contrary. ,f the , 0 1 , e s tar. eir terr°, ipid Pl e t ; DlnF te' to rda that har4a tld fa rat OP ) the n 2,o' gu t str, ing-P 1 Leasing Closing! Businessßailwayg. Paid. Co.'s. Price. 1 Done. FOREIGN MINES Bedford and Bletchley all Ln &N.IV .. .. 2tl A.ustralian *. n i I Buckinghamshire.... 100 Ln& N.W; 99 1 0 1 1 B on AccordCopper,Lim. 158 * d par Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. 5OB 518 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at t 5 p.) 27i Do. do. 58 p. ct..... 100 Do. Do. do. 5 . et. 1 100 Do. 114 116 5 Do. L and and Mining Co. all ClydesdaleJunetion 100 Caledoninllo3 105 1 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. * __ d Colchester, Stour Val all E.U.&E C, 16 17 40 Cobra Copper all 48 50 E.Lincolnshirea.6p.e. 100 Gt.Nortli.l4o 142 Copiapo l6 E Union , Harwich Shs. all E. Counts.'' M 44 44 1 Duns all 3 1 Do. Woodbridge . 1 100 2 Fortuna Gls.Barr.&Neils,DreV. , 100 Caledonin 20 General ..... . Do. New , 100 !Do. Gloster& Dean Forest' all Gt. West. 1 3 Lir at:s ................ all 108 14 Hartlpool.Dck.&Rall. all , Yk.N.&Br, 5 Lusitanian Hull and Selby I all IYk.N.Md.'lll 113 1 Mariquita all # # Do. 8 Shares all IDo. - •- 1 N.RhineCop.of S. Aus.L 10e. 8 i p Do. + Shares all I Do. Lanc.&Carl.gua.s p.c. 100 ILn &NkW,2OS 211 Mining and Smelt.... all 5 7 London&Greenvvich . 100 IS. East ISt 66 5 Port Philip 1 1. . 1 Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend., 100 IPeto &Co 93 95 18.2.81 Unite d Mexican Lowestoft, gua. 4p. et! 100 , Norfolk , . Do. 6 per cent , 100 Do. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. • Mane.,Buxtn.& Matk ' all I LN W&M 24 2; _ __ _ Buboes Closing Mid . Br adford Prefer- • 1 1 I Share; Joint-Stook Banks. Paid. I prim ! D one. ence Stock 1 100 'Midland . 99 101 I i Newmarkt.,BuryEx 1 11. 5. 6. E.Counts 4 8 guaranteed sp. c. , P Northn. & Eastn. 5 p.c. I all , Do. Do. do. 6 per cent. ..., all , Do. 4O Australasia all 83 85 Do. Fixed 5 per cent .' all ' Do. N o rth Western ...... ' all ,Midland ~ 141 144 144 1 100 'Bank of London 5O 52 5 3 53 3 4 L& NWI ' c , 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all , Preston and Wm. 11 all & Lsk. 3 2v9 211 SO British North American all - 57 4 4 8 Do. 4 Shares A.I all Do. ! 20 IChtd. Bank of India, &c all 20 204 Roystn,Hiteh.,& Shep 100 ' Gt.North. l l3B 140 25 Ch.Mer.of In. Lon.&Ch. all 298 304 Slirewsbry& Hereford 100 ;T Brassey 105 107 100 City ' 60 65 67 Do. Do. 1 I 1 !.. it I p l4 4 100 ,Colonial South Staffordshire .. ' all M`Clean . 108 11 20.11 ,Com. Bank of Canada , all Wilts and Somerset.. 100 IGt. West 91 93 928 100 Commercial of Landon ' 20 20 21 Wimbledon& Croydn. all I L.&Bren 7 4 8 4 2O Eng Scot., & Aus. Ch , all 174 174 174 20 Gen 'Bk. of Switzerland all 20 ILon.eliar.llk.ofAustral. all 224 234 23 2# 3 DOCKS. 50 , London and County - 344 50 iLondon Joint Stock me ng guineas 100 'London & Westminster 2O 671 # Share Dooko. t Paid p r i ce . Dow. 100 Nat. Prov. of England 35 —— 20 Do. new lO — 50 National Bank 25 StoektCommercial lOO . 20 INew South Wales Stock Do 4 perCent.Pref.Min. 100 25 ,Orient .11k. Corporation all 40 41 40 4 StocklEast and West India.., 100 -- 1161 16 20 Ottoman Bank all 18 19 18 Stock,London lOO -- 75 100 ,Provincial of Ireland .. 25 -77 79 77 8 Stock St. Katharine lOO ..- 78 4: 10 Do New all - Stock Southampton lOO 25 South Australia Stook ! Victuria ...............: 100 102 103 1 03 25 !Union of Australia all 40 IDo New „,,,,,,,,............... 2 t'll t5O Union of London l2 274 284 23 74 - 100 'Unity Mutual ..60 ... ... fineaj l e l to g he Dcfro Le. la, were • p 9. 4i 1. 914 t o 3 o f tile e aras bstract.' +ll et orthi t i ruse r Li le . Le In )COl ti e n ot kis trv` a ' ay Og r, nee nOt °ll 's MA E tr t ;pitte t i o illgti;ct)* ' . ,;%11):rj •clert iret y 30, ° it ,xlO jj 1856 ; e j old 11° s$ uil li j o lubl t o' 1•1‘ 11° i ims 0 1 , I,ollclo • - ‘ 7 4° . ; THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY THE BALLOT. The following letter has been addressed by the Hon. W F. Campbell, member for Harwich, to the Provost of Jed burgh, containing some new suggestions with reference to the question of the Ballot. TO THE PROVOST OF JIDET_TRGH. Sir,—Your high position in the North, and the local tiee between your borough and my family, make me anxious to submit to you a question which concerns every first magis trate and town councillor throughout the country. However great the apathy on organic change, when the Gevernment of the day propose to alter the Reform Act, the long agitated subject of the Ballot cannot be passed over; as no measure which excludes it altogether can be re garded as a final one; as a large majority of Liberals are pledged to its support; as it is a change designed to in crease the power of those who vote at present, while nearly all the other changes yet discussed are calculated (for good or else for evil) to take that power away. If you reflect on the position of the Ballot as a ques tion, you will not, I think, fail to discover a balance of argument on the one side of authority and influence upon the other. On the one side it is contended that bribery is by far the most established and alarming blot of the Reform Act; that, under different forms, it equally prevails in small and large constituences ; that no remedy except vote by ballot has been left untried ; that none has been of service ; and that, as a poorer class of voters is created, unless new agencies control it, such bribery is certain to extend. It is further argued on this subject that between a ten-pound criterion and household suffrage, no resting place is pos sible ; that under household suffrage the great mass of voters would be dependent in their circumstances, however just in their opinions and their views ; that to impose upon them the necessity of voting openly for candidates would, in point of fact, be arming station, property, and capital with power they have not yet acquired to influence elections. The ordinary case in favour of the Ballot was well known to the world before 1832-has since been frequently enforced by Mr. Grote, Sir William Molesworth, and Lord Macaulay; has gained strength at every general election ; so that if it makes no kind of progress now, its defoat would appear to be irrevocable. On the other hand, besides the united body of Conservatives and the majority of landowners, the most accomplished journalists and influential Statesmen of the day, oppose the general adoption of the Ballot, prefering changes more extensive in their scope, as the alternative. It is under these ciraumstances that I venture to invite you to consider an adjustment of a question in which some compromise appears to be essential. It is not now for the first time that the principle of grant ing to constituencies the option of voting secretly or openly in Parliamentary elections has been mooted. As yet no method has been indicated in which the application of the principle is feasible. The option conceded to the body of the electors without determining whether this previous question should be decided by secret or open votes. And hhre the difficulty is insuperable. That within constituencies there are better means of judging in which form they can most effectually discharge their duty to the public than there are beyond them, is a point which, in the abstract, you would not be inclined to contest. The application of the principle which I respectfully sub mit to you is, that the power of determining by which method an election should proceed be vested in the first ma gistrate and town council of each borough which sends members, and in which town councillors are chosen by the rate-payers. Before the town council the question of con • ducting a Parliamentary election secretly or openly would come in the same way as any other business of the moment. Altkough you may pause before assenting to a novel pro position of this character, it will, I trust, occur to you as one which neither party is committed to oppose. In dealing with a recent question the Tory party gave the :House of Commons a discretionary power to admit Jews or to exclude them, with a certainty that the power would be exercised in the direction which they feared, and not in that which they approved, while for many years the general admission of the Jews had been resisted by them. Except as to the certainty al luded to, the cases are analogous. The shelter of the pre cedent belongs is all who shared in that arrangement, in cluding nearly every opponent of the Ballot. As regards those who are prepared to sanction its general adoption by a compulsory law, but who have :not any prospect of obtaining it, they are not in any manner pledged against a scheme which must partially establish the kind of voting they desire. _ The practical effect of such a measure is what you would wish at first to ascertain. As far as I can judge, where Liberal opinions prevail in a town council the Ballot would be frequently adopted ; where Conservative opinions prevailed in a town council it would be more frequently renounced. In some boroughs, tkerefore, the change would be resorted to. In others, Parliamentary elections would go on as they do. If the operation on the Ballot were found such as many hope, its gradual and general adoption would be certain. If it wore found such as enlightened opponents fear, the town councils who had tried it would recede from it. Can you desire more than some machinery by which the eventual triumph or defeat of a popular opinion would depend upon its truth, and by which, if nothing could be gained, nothing would be hazarded! Should any general opinion be formed amongst the provosts, mayors, and town councillors of boroughs in favour of the compromise adverted to, you will admit, at least, that no Government could easily withhold it. If petitions for the Ballot came from every constituency, a Minister might still deny the policy of granting it, , If petitions for discretionary power on the question came from every town council, a Minister, however rash, would hesitate before disputing the capacity of such local bodies to decide the best form of voting in the boroughs of which they managed the affairs. The result is that the concur rence of town councillors would secure the measure I have brought under your notice, and that as soon as it engages their attention its fate depends on them alone. It is true, however, that what is undeniable in principle may often lead to inconvenience in its practical effect. The local obligations of town councils may be in the way of their deciding freely on the mode of conducting Par liamentary elections. Without a knowledge of their feelings the State would not be justified in adding new responsibility to functionaries whose duties were not light before. It would be impossible, or at least pre sumptuous, for any one to raise the question in the House of Commons, without ascertaining the opinion of corpora tions on its tendency. Unless, however, such a plan strikes you as wholly Inad missible, I shall bring it before the first magistrates of other towns, besides that over which you have so long and so impartially presided.—l am, sir, your faithful servant, London, Jan. 18, 1860. War. F. CAMPBELL. T .111 S DAYS MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 158 to £4 4s ; clover, £3 15s to £5 Oe • and straw, 5s to les per load. Trade steady, at full prices. CUMBERLAND.—MeadOW hay, £2 15s to £4 4s; clover, S 4 Os to £5 Oa ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 108 per lead. A fair demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2lss to £4 4s; clove?, £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 9s per load. A moderate supply, and a steady trade. COLONIAL. TEA--A rather large amount of business haslbeen trans acted, and full prices were current for the finer descriptions —Common congou is quoted is 41d to is 41d per lb. SUGAR—There has not been much activity in the pro duce market, as a largo quantity is announced fur public sale during the nex t few days ; prices, however, remain steady, and in the refined market late quotations are fully maintained. COFFEE —The dealings have been unimportant, with little change to record in values. Stocks on hand compared with those of the same period last year only show a defi ciency of about 200 tons. Rica.—Only a very limited business has been transacted, and prices have undergone no change of importance. SALTPETRE.—The inquiries for the finer qualities have been on the increase, and prices tend upwards. TALLOW.—The market has remained ♦ery steady, a fair amount of business has however been transacted for con sumption, and previous prices were maintained. P.Y.C. on the spot, 58s 6d, and March delivery, 55s 9d to 56s per cwt. JANUARY 24, 1860. , Prn SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-MONDAY. A moderate attendance, but betting very limited. A certain number of animals figure in the . quotations given below; but with one or two exceptions the investments were to small amounts. The nature of the afternoon's transactions is indicated by the CLOSING PRICES. CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Longrange (taken) 30 to 1 agst Viatka (taken) 40 to 1 agst The Squire (taken) 50 to 1 agst Arsenal (taken) 50 to 1 agst The Brewer (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Birmingham (offered) 1000 to 12 agst Rattlebene (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Flitch (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 4to 1 agst The Wizard (taken and offered) 9to 2 agst Buccaneer (taken and offered) sto 1 agst Lupullus (take 6to 1) 100 to 6 agst King of Diamonds (taken) DERBY. Er to 1 agat Umpire (offers to take 9to 1) 11 to 1 agst Mainstone (taken) 11 to 1 agst Thormanby (taken) 12 to 1 agat Buccaneer (taken) 14 to 1 agst Nutbourne (taken) 40 to 1 agst Lancheeter (taken) ' 40 to 1 agst Cramond (taken) 40 to 1 agat Restes (taken) - 50 to 1 agst King of Diamonds (taken) 50 to 1 aget Horror (taken) 50 to 1 aget Paleface (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Sir William (taken) 1000 to 15 aget Oxford (taken) CITY BETTING.--TBSTXRDIT GRAND NATIONAL EITEBPLECHISR. 15 to 1 agst Anatis 15 to 1 agst Xauthus 20 to 1 agst Jealousy 25 to 1 agst Goldsmith (taken freely) CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Longrange (taken freely) 30 to 1 agst Viatka (taken freely) 40 to 1 agst Birmingham (taken) 40 to 1 agst Satellite 50 to 1 agst Theodora 60 to 1 agst Arsenal 50 to 1 agst Petra 50 to 1 agst The Squire (taken freely) 1000 to 15 agst Traducer TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STARES. 4to 1 agst The Wizard 4to 1 agst Buccaneer 6to 1 agst Umpire 6to 1 aget Lupullus THE DERBY. 9to 1 agst Umpire 10 to 1 agst Thormanby 11 to 1 agst Mainstone 11 to 1 agst The Wizard 100 to 8 agst Buccaneer 13 to 1 agst Nutbourne 25 to 1 agst Lupullus 25 to 1 agst High Treason (taken freely) 30 to 1 agst Upperhand 40 to 1 agst Lanchester (taken freely) 50 to 1 agst Cramond (taken freely) 1000 to 10 agst Traducer (taken) WEIGHTS FOR THE CH. Brunette .. The Huntsman .. Gannymede Biboron Hornilolow Gold smith . . . , Wee Willie Lobster Redwing .. Thomastown Dutch Di ops Napoleon.. .. Lord Oswald .. Bridegroom .. Cuirass West Indianian . • Abd-el-Kader.. The Freshman . Romeo .. Tease Sir Robert .. Emigrant.. .. Xanthus Jean du Quesne Little Bob Xilcock Benlomond New Broom Aston Anatis Jealousy .. RACING FIXT FM' Lincoln Spring 15 I Nottingham Spring 2l MA: Liverpool Spring 6 Shrewsbury Spring 7 Coventry l3 AP Newmarket C. 9 Catterick Bridge 11 Thirsk l2 M. Chester Doncaster Spring 8 Salisbury lO 15 Bath :IVERPOOL STEEPLE SE. Jtr A.aoot 5 Hampton l3 Newton 13 Odiham l9 Bibwy Club 20 Telegram .. .. Nicholas .. .. .. Maria Agnes .. .. Johuny .. .. .. Miss Harkaway .. The Brewer .. .. Jv Newmarket J. 3 Carlisle Worcester 5 Liverpool Abingdon 12 Shanbally Lottery .. Luck's All. Roscommon .. Physician .. The Curate Westminster Macßennie Tartar Sunblush.. Contention .. Gala Horse .. Shylock .. .. .. Border Chief .. .. Sepoy .. .. .. Ghika .. .. .. Congreve.. .. : . Cyclops . „ • • • • Venison .. .. .. Diamant .. .. .. Linkboy .. .. .. King William .. Athlet .. .. .. Spring • • • ' " RES FOR 1860. LTAILY. Derby Spring ..23 Warwick spring 20 Northampton 27 Croxton Park 3O IL. York Spring 17 Epsom Spring 20 Newmarket F S ..23 Harpenden lB Epsom 22 Manchester 3O Hungerford 3l Stockbridge 2l Winchester 22 Chelmsford 26 Newcastle 26 Nottingham 17 Stamford l9 Marlborough 2O Goodwood 24 SBERIFI'S FOR 1860. (From a Supplement to Friday's Gazette.) At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 23d day of January, 18E0, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Ma jesty in Council. Sheriffs appointed by her Majesty in Council for the year 1860. ENGLAND (excepting Cornwall and Lancasbire). Bedfordshire—Charles Longuet Higgins, of Turvey Abbey, Esq. Berkshire—Sir Claudius Stephen Paul Hunter, of Morti mer, near Reading, Bart. Bucks—William laackwell Tyringham, of Tyringham, Eq. Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire —Philip Castell, Lord Sherard, of Glatton. Cumberland—Philip Henry Howard of Corby: Castle, Esq. Cheshire—Clement Swetenham, of Some ford Boothe, near Congleton, Esq. Derbyshire—Francis Hurt, of Alderwasley, Esq. Devonshire—Peter Richard Hoare, of Luscombe, Esq. Dorsetshire—George Digby Wingfield Digby, of Sher borne Castle, Esq. Durham—Henry John Spearman, of Burn Hall, Esq. Essex—George Hernry Errington, of Linden Park, near Colchester, Esq. Gloucestershire—Wm. John Phelps, of Chestal House, Dursley, Esq. Herefordshire—Andrew Rouse Boughton Knight, of Downton Castle, Esq. Hertfordshire—James Bentley, of Cheshunt, Esq. Kent—Sir Courtenay Honywood, of Evington, Elmatead, near Canterbury, Bart. Leicestershire—Edward Henshaw Cheney, of Gaddesby, Esq. Lincolnshire--Sir Glynn° Earle Welby, of Denton Hall, Bart. Monmouthshire—The lion. William Powell Rodney, of Llanvihangel Court. Norfolk l L-Henry Birkbeck, of Stoke Holy Cross, EN. Northamptonshire—William Capel Clarke Thornhill, of Rushton Hall, Esq. Northumberland—William Cuthbert, of Beaufront, Esq. Nottinghamshire—Edward Valentine Pegge Burnell, of Winkburn, Esq. Oxfordshire—John Fowden Hodges, of Bobray Court, Esq. Rutland—Samuel Hunt, of Ketton, Esq. Shropshire—Sir Charles Henry Rouse Boughton, of Downton Hall, Bart. Somersetshire—Robert James Elton, of Whitestaunton, Esq. Staffordshire —Richard Howard Haywood, of Brown hill's, Esq. County of Southampton—Wm. George Craven, of Brain bridge House, Winchester, Esq. Suffolk—Thomas Thornhill, of Riddlesworth, Esq. Surrey—Wm. John Evelyn, of Wootton, near Dorking, Esq. Sussex—Charles Scrase Dickins, of Coolhurst, Esq. Warwickshire—Henry James Sheldou, of Brailes House, E Westmoreland—Matthew Benson Harrison, of Amble side, Es 1. Wiltshire—Horatio Nelson Goddard, of Cliffe Manor House, Esq. Worcestershire—Ferdinando Dudley Lea Smith, of The Grange, near Halesowen, Esq. Yorkshire—James Garth Marshall, of Headingley, near Leeds, Esq. WALES. Anglesey—George Richard Griffith, of Pencraig, Esq. Breconshire—John Evans, of Brecon, Esq. Carnarvonshire—John Whitehead Greaves, of Tanyrallt, E sq. Carmarthenshire—Alan James Gulston, of Llwynberl lan, Esq. Cardiganshire—William Jones, of Glantlennis, near Larnpeter, Esq. Denbighshire--James Hardoastle, of Ponylan, near Ruabon, Esq. Flintshire—Rowel Maddock Arthur Jones, of Wepre Hall, Esq. Glamorganshire—George Grey Rous, of Court-y-ralla, E Montgomeryshire—William Curling, of Maesmawr, Esq. Merionethshire—David Williams, of Deudraeth Castle, Esq. PeMbrokeshire—George Augustus Harries, of Hilton, Esq. ' Radnorshire—Henry George Philips, of Abbey Cwmhir, Esq. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 23.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ; fine, but blowing hard. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 23.—Wind, W.N.W. to S.W.— Arrived—Catharine, from Hamburg for Gibraltar ; Jack Frost, from London for Melbourne. Heavy weather in the Channel. THE MURDER IN GLASGOW.—Margaret:and Ann Mullighan, the two girls who were apprehended near Port Rush, on a charge of having caused the death of Isabella Irvine in Bank Wynd, have been committed by the sheriff to stand their trial on a charge of murder. They willipro• bably to be tried at the Spring Circuit. THE GALES.—Accounts were received at Lloyd's yesterday of tho loss of a considerable number of coasting vessels, as well as several ships trading to foreign ports. Fortunately, however, the crews wore saved in most in stances. THE BRUNEL MEMORIAL.—UpWards of £1,600 have been subscribed towards the proposed memorial to the late Mr. Brunel ; but as this is scarcely sufficient to accom plish the the design of the promoters of the memorial, the subscription lists will remain open until such time as the committee shall determine as to the specific appropriation of the fund. PARLIAMENTARY CIIANGES DURING THE RECESS. —Since the prorogation of Parliament several changes have occurred in the composition of the House of Commons ; and at the sitting of the house to-day (Tuesday) some of the new members will probably be sworn in. Sir Arthur Buller has been elected for Davonport, in the room of the Right Hon. James Wilson, appointed to the controllership of the finances of India ; Mr. J. Wyld has been elected for Bod min, in the room of Dr. Mitchell, who, it will be remem bered, accepted the Chiltern Hundreds at the close of last session ; Mr. B. Osborne has been elected for Liskeard, in the room of Mr. R. W. Grey, appointed one of the Commis sioners of Customs ; Mr. J. Somes has been elected for Hull, in the room of Mr. J. Hoare, unseated in July ; Mr. D. C. Marjoribanks has been elected for Berwick, in the room of Mr. R Earle, who accepted the Chitorn Hundreds at the closo of last session ; Sir Baldwin Leighton has been elected for South Shropshire, in the room of the Hon. R. W. Clive, deceased ; Sir James Ferguson has been elected for Ayr shire, in the room of Lord James Stuart, deceased ; Mr. H. S. Thompson has been elected for Whitby, in the room of Mr. R. Stephenson, deceased ; Sir F. H. Goldsmid has been elected for Reading, in the room of Sir H. S. Keating, ap pointed one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas ; Mr. J. Blencowe has been elected for Lewes, in the room of the Right Hon. H. Fitzroy, deceased; and Mr. Atherton has been re• elected for Durham on his appointment as Soli tor-General. In consequence of the death of the Earl of Camperdown, Viscount Duncan resigns his seat for Forfar shire, and the representation of that county is at present vacant. The seat for Ponfefract is also vacant, by reason of the retirement of Mr. W. 0 verend, in accordance with the award of Sir J. Coleridge; and the city of Norwich and the boroughs of Glocester, Wakefield, and Beverley are at present unrepresented, their late members having been un seated on petition, and no writs having been issued to au thorize fresh elections. The result of the elections just re capitulated has been slightly to increase the strength of the Liberal party. 211 E NAVY. The 'following is an extract of a letter dated Hong Kong, November 30 : " Reports from the north and rumours from the south tell us the Chinese are obtaining guns from various sources, which are conveyed to their desti nation in junks and Siamese vessels, and that they are preparing to the utmost of their means for a vigorous struggle. Contributions of money, some of which are very considerable, are being made to the Government by all the nobility and gentry throughout the empire. The governors of the southern provinces are collecting and forwarding to the capital all the rice and grain that can be spared. They know and feel that our next cam paign must be a decisive one ; that in addition to taking vengeance for the loss of so many of our ' braves' at the mouth of the Peiho last summer, the commercial relations of all civilised nations with the Celestial Empire must be arranged on a far more liberal basis than has existed hitherto, and their representatives placed in a position giving them the power to maintain them. " The Amezican Flag-officer Tatnall, in the United States' steamer Po whattan, has been suc ceeded by Flag-officer Stribling, in the United States' steamer Hartforth. " Mr. Ward has arrived here from Shanghai. The treaty with the United States has been rati fied. Before you receive this you will, no doubt, have read the various articles composing it. The only commercial advantage of any importance ob tained by it appears to be the opening of the two ports Swatow and Taiwan, in Formosa. " The French steamer Pregent, which arrived two days since from Touron, reports that an en gagement took place on the 11th inst. between the French forces and the Cochin Chinese, which lasted three-quarters of an hour. Capt. d'Abouville, of the Nemesis, two other officers, and five men were killed. A great many were wounded. The loss on the Cochin Chinese side was very great. The French succeeded in taking two strong forts. " A court composed of Capts. M'Cleverty (presi dent), Jones, and Willes ; Commanders Commerell (acting captain) and Ilartin, assembled on board her Majesty's ship Princess Charlotte on the 16th and 17th inst., J. W. Ashby, secretary to the Comman der-in-Chief, officiating as Judge.-Advocate, to try Lieut. Jenkins, of her Majesty's gunboat Banterer, on the two charges of oppression and drunkenness. He was found guilty on both, and sentenced to bo dismissed her Majesty's service. Also on the 17th a court, composed of the same members, was opened to try Mr. Stephen Cook, boatswain of her Majesty's gunboat Drake, for insubordination to his comman ding officer. He was found guilty, and sentenced to lose two years' servitude. " Her Majesty's steam frigate Furious and the despatch vessel Roebuck were ordered by the Com mander-in-Chief on the 19th inst., the former with a hundred marines from the brigade at Canton on board, to proceed to Shanghai, to strengthen our force there during the winter. " Admirul Jones, second in command of the naval force in China, arrived yesterday. His flag was hoisted on board her Majesty's ship Cambrian, and duly saluted. In a few days, as soon as accommo dation for him is ready, he will shift it to her Ma jesty's ship Princess Charlotte, the fine old ship which he commanded at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre.. " The ships composing our China and India squa dron are distributed as follows : "At Hongkong—The Chesapeake (flag), the Cambrian, the Magicienne, and the Princess Char lotte; the gunboats Banterer, Kestrel, Leven, Star ling, Slaney, Woodcock, Drake, and Watchful. " At Canton and Whampoa—The Fury, the As sistance, and the lles;:er, with the gunboats Staunch, Clown, and Forester. " At Shanghai—The Sampson, the Furious, the Inflexible, the Cruiser, and the Nimrod ; the gun boats Haughty and Janus. " At Ningpo—The Algerine. " At Amoy—The Acorn. " At Foochow—The Camilla. "At Singapore—The Esk and the Saracen. " Gulf of Tartary—The Actaeon and the Dove. " In India—The Retribution, the Cyclops, and the Sparrowhawk." The launch of the Prince of Wales, screw three decker, will take place to-morrow at Portsmouth, about 12.45 p.m. The " ways" were turned in yesterday morning. The Queen, 86, screw, Capt. Charles F. Hillyar, will go out of Portsmouth harbour to Spithead this morning if the weather should prove favourable. The screw-steamer Ariadne, 26, Capt. Vansittart, steamed out of harbour yesterday to Spithead, pre paratory to further trials with her screw at the measured mile. The screw-steamer Mersey, Capt. IL Caldwell, C. 8., got under way yesterday morning at Spit head to test her Griffiths-Maudslay screw at the measured mile, but, the weather proving very un favourable, the trial was deferred, and she again brought up at Spithead. The Pigmy, paddle steamer, Master Commander Johnstone, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from the westward. The Prussian steam frigate Arcona, 26, Commo dore Sundewald, sailed from Spithead yesterday morning for Southampton. Fifty continuous service, able-bodied seamen, in addition to 100 forwarded last week, from the crews of the Princess Royal, Centurion, and Conqueror, yesterday left the receiving ship Fisgard, at Wool wich, for Plymouth, and a further batch of 100 will leave in a few days for the same destination, pro bably in the troopship Dee, Master Commander T. Pullen. The troopship Rhadamanthus,Master -Commander Sturdee, left Woolwich basin yesterday morning, and sailed for Portsmouth, conveying 120 able sea men and novices for the fleet, as well as boilers and steam gear for the Sutlej. The sailing transport James Simpson, in St. Ka tharine's Dock, yesterday commenced loading 13- inch shells from Woolwich Arsenal. The Ruintus Giuseppe, Zarb master, yesterday signed bills of lading for a full cargo of war stores, and sailed from Woolwich. The following transports are char tered to ship military stores from Woolwich :—The Fortitude, the James, the Palestine, the Mischief, the Mary Sprout, the Llewellyn, the Iris, the Da nube, the Ocean, the Briton, the Agnes, the Al berto, and the Sarah. . The steam transport Khersonese, alongside Wool wich pier, loading for China, has shipped 1,655 tons of assorted military stores—such as guns, shot, shell, and other heavy war materials—and has com menced receiving the remainder of her cargo, which will consist of 345 tons of victualling and hospital necessaries—including about 100 tons of wine, spirits, beer, &c. She is expected to sail from Woolwich on Thursday for Greenhitbe, where she will embark 50 tons of powder. THE ARMY. 'Yesterday morning the ceremony of decorating two non-commissioned officers of the Royal Marine Light Infantry with silver medals, which, together with a gratuity of £l5 each, had been awarded them by the Lords of the Admiralty for long ser vice; and meritorious conduct, took place at the Marine Barracks, Chatham, in the presence of the entire battalion. The companies having been drawn up on the parade-ground, Colour-Sergeant E. Harris and Colour-Sergeant W. Cole were called to the front, when they were addressed by Col. Ilunt, the second commandant, who informed them it was with extreme satisfaction that he presented them with the distinction which had been conferred on them by their lordships, and trusted they would long live to wear the honours which they had so well earned. Col. Hunt then fastened the medal to the brtast of each of the sergeants, after which he addressed a few words to the battalion, expressing the hope that the young soldiers before him would profit by what they had just seen, and endeavour to follow the example set them by the two non commissioned officers who had been decorated. Although it was not possible that every man then before him would obtain that honour, yet, apart from the honour of bearing a good character, there were other rewards for the deserving soldier, such as additional pay, promotion, and other advantages, all of - which were open to them. Colour-Sergeant Harris is the senior colour-sergeant of the division, ' and has been 30 years in the service, nearly 20 of which he has been a non-commissioned officer; he is decorated with the Syria medal, and also the Turkish war medal. Colour-Sergeant Cole has been 22 years in the Royal Marines, 17 of which he has been a non-commissioned officer; he wears the . China medal. During th e time they have been in the service they have both borne most exemplary characters. Owing to the large number of recruits who have recently joined the Rot India depots at Chatham from the var i ous recruiting districts, most of the depots are very strong, and the three bat talions into which the several depots are formed now number upwards of 4,000 men of all ranks. It is understood that the Governm en t w i ll not de spatch any more reinforcements to Indi a un til th e commencement of the ensuing summer, by which period there will be several thousand cavalry and infantry from the several Indian battalions ready for embarkation to fill up the vacancies which are constantly occurring. A detachment of 208 gunners selected from the batteries forming the depot brigade of Royal Artil lery at 'Woolwich were medically inspected on Sun day, and we re y es t er d ay para d e d , prer aratory to %heti' departure for Portsmouth and Plymouth. THE LATE CAPTAIN HARRISON. If we had been told that the Great Eastern had gone down in the recent gales off the Irish coast the loss would have been greater—the surprise and regret scarcely less than that which the death of Capt. Harrison will occasion. So completely had this gentleman been identified in public opinion with the vessel he so lately commanded that with his disappearance from the scene the great experi ment seems to have prayed a failure, and that of the Great Ship and of all the anxieties about her there is an end. Of course this is not so. This is the mere sentiment of the matter. The solution of the great problem upon which we have been so long engaged does not hang upon the life of any one man. He is gone, and another will take his place. Had he perished in the midst of his recent struggles with the elements we should have been the better reconciled to his loss, and it would have seemed natural that some one who had acted as his second in the conflict should have taken the command in chief. As the affair has actually gone the triumph remained with Captain Harrison alone, and it is natural that we should associate his name alone with the result, and presume that no other man could have achieved the like success. From first to last Captain Harrison had directed the operations of the Great Eastern. He was to be seen at Milwall scrambling about her framework when she was a mere chaos of iron plates ; he wen t th roug h a ll th e agonies of her launch, when the question was how the Great Eastern was to be transferred from dry land to the element where she was to find her more permanent home; he took her down the river, and to take her down the river was a task that many persons had pronounced to be impracticable. Through the sandbanks at the mouth of the Thames and off the southern coast of England he conveyed her in safety to the Isle of Portland, and the trial was complete. Whatever may come of it in after times, the first trial trip of the Great Eastern de monstrated that an enormous fabric such as this could float in safety upon the watery element ; it is for those who come after us to profit by the experiment which has been made at so enormous a cost. As far as mechanics and the science of navi gation are concerned the question has been set at rest for ever. Whether it be advisable and profit able to adhere to the old system of smaller ships, or whether the preferable course would be to go to sea in these huge Leviathans, is one thing; whether it can be done is another. It is now cleirly ascer tained that as far as speed and safety are concerned the great ships will answer the purposes of their projectors. With imperfect rnaehinery, under all the disadvantages of a first experiment, with an un trained crew, and with the elemental powers doing their worst against him, poor Captain Harrison proved that the thing was to be done, and that great ships are as seaworthy as small ones, and equally under human control. We have nothing to add, as far as definite infor mation is concerned, to the particulars of this sad accident, with which our readers are fully ac quainted. Captain Harrison, the man who had been placed in command of the most magnificent fabric which the wit and hand of man had ever devised to float upon the surface of the waters—of the Great Ship which was worthy of the waves of the Atlan tic against which she was destined to struggle, has been drowned in a puddle. lie went down in a few feet of water, within a few yards of the shore, where hundreds of persons were standing eager to render him assistance. It is scarcely possible to read the details of the story with common patience. A rough day in a liver, a lightly built gig, a puff ot wind, and a hitch in a rope's run—such seem to be the chief elements of this lamentable tale. As the matter was discussed in London on the afternoon of Satur- ay and Sunday, there seemed to be a doubt whe- ther Captain garrison's death was I', a'ly attribut able.' to drowning of to a fit of apoplexy. It is not, however, of much consequence whether death was caused by absolute suncation by water, or by a sud den fit, the result of the immersion at so inclement a season and of the general shock. All that we are concerned with is to ascertain that the by standers and spectators rendered all the assist ance in their power, and that medical skill was instantly forthcoming to fan once more into ac tivity the spark of life, had it not been hope lessly and for ever extinguished. Upon both these points we have ample satisfaction. It seems to have been quite impossible that more could have been done to carry help to the drowning men, for the officer of the watch on board the-Indus, close to which vessel the accident occurred, seems to have foreseen it before it happened, and mea sures for a rescue were taken while the ill-fated boat was still holding on her course. Again, no sooner had the body of the unfortunate gentleman been recovered than every appliance which medical skill could suggest was at hand to call him back to life. If sailors could have helped poor Captain Harrison they were there to pluck him from the angry sea. If medical skill had been of any avail, his insensible form, as soon as it was con veyed ashore, was surrounded by men able and eager to preserve so valuable a life to his family, to his friends, and to the world. We have, then, nothing to add to the particu lars given with reference to this sad accident in our impression of yesterday. The gig of the Great Eastern was upset in a puff of wind a few yards from the entrance of the Southampton Docks, and poor Captain Harrison, who had con ducted so many vessels in safety so many times across the Atlantic, went down with her. All that we can do for him now is to offer over his untimely grave the expressions of our regret, with which we are very confident the whole country will sympathise. It is a great thing for a man to have attained that point—that in this busy country his death is felt as a national loss. Why should not' honour be paid to such a man ? Even before his name was connected with the experiment of the Great Ship he was the very type of the bold and skilful seaman who gives to England her sovereign posi tion among the nations of the world. No doubt s kind of romantic feeling has attached itself to his name in consequence of his connection with the vessel around which the expectations of the nation had so thickly clustered; but, i ndependently of this, the premature destruction of so valuable a life would have been a loss to the country. There can be no doubt that the Great Eastern has been got ready for sea under untoward auspices. Fi rs t, Brunel, the great engineer who planned the fabric, has been called away before his course was fairly run ; then, when she was once afloat, the unfortu nate accident which occurred off the Sussex coast cast a gloom over her first cruise ; then came the gale off Holyhead—a rough welcome to the huge stranger and of evil omen for the future to all who read the future by the past. And now Capt. Har rison, the man who struggled so subeessfully against so much that was adverse in the early days of the Great Eastern, has been swept away in the fulness of his strength and in the prime of his useful life. We are far indeed from saying that fortuitous cir cumstances such as these should be allowed to have any influence over the future action of those more immediately interested in the result of the fortunes of the Great Eastern. The truest way to show honour to the memory of Capt. Harrison is to meet this last calamity with the courage and fortitude with which he himself encountered all previous difficulties, and to esteem this last heavy blow but as an additional incentive to exertion.—Tintes. I'oo MUCH SPURGEON. What an ephemeral thing fame is, had it never been known before, might be learned from the comical case of Damm v. York, tried in the Sheriffs' Court a few days since. The defendant, a confec tioner, ordered from th e pl a i n tiff a boxes for his bonbo ns , the lids to be decorated with su pply of fancy portraits of " celebrated living pe rsonages," those specified bein g M r . S purge on, Mr. Sergeant Shee, Miss Amy Sedgwick, and another celebrity named Punshon, better known to the eaters of sugar-plums than he is to us. But when the order was executed the defendant objectedppeators from)a y oitihtilsiee case groundthat t s h e Ser geant Shee is tha t there were too it a man y Spurgeons ! Sp urgeon has gone down,and co me up in his st ea d . "T he defen dant did not obje c t to Mr. Sergeant Sh ee , b u t th e Plaint iff had put five Spurgeons i n each dozen, and t h a t was too many." Only the oth e r d a y an d 12 S pur geons to the dozen w ou ld not h ave b een too mac h, but now h e won't go down even with the help of th e sweetmeats. " With devotion's visage and pious action," as Polonius says, "we do sugar o'er the devil himself," but sanctity and sugar together fail to sweeten Spurgeon any longer. The mouth waters for him no more, and his very face on a box discomfits the comfit•maker. The Court held, and we think very properly, that the plaintiff had done a monstrous thing in putting fire Spurgeons in every dozen. The de fendant had, no doubt, " ordered Spurgeon," but that was no reason why he should be ruined with Spurgeons. The case, however, was ad journed for the production of the list of portraits which the manufacturer of the boxes had received with the order. We must be more attentive in future to the confectioners' shops. It is plain that much is to be learned there of the spirit of the age, and the fluctuations of public opinions and tastes. A collection of sweetmeat boxes for a series of wears would be as valuable to the historian as a cabinet of medals, or a portfolio of caricatures. It is plain that Mr. York had his Protestant portraits and his Popish ones. When this case is resumed, we hope to hear sonlething of that " great unknown," Pun shon. "He ordered Punshon." "Who is Pun shon ?" " Oh, he was very famous."—Examiner. I