The Sun. — London, England, 1860-01-05 00:00:00

_HONEY MAR I :ET AND CITY NEW S. e CITY, Two o'CLocK. There is rather less activity in the general dis count market owing to the completion of the monthly engagements due yesterday, but the rates charged for accommodation continue firm. The commercial community provided for their bills in a very satisfactory manner, and no failures of importance occurred, but a favourable liqui dation of accounts was looked for in consequence of the healthy condition of trade, and the abun dance and cheapness of money. The market may now be expected to assume a quieter aspect, as the dividend payments will soon afford relief. In addition to the interest paid away at the Bank, numerous joint-stock companies are now calling their shareholders together,lto divide the half-year's profits, and by this means an enormous sum passes into the hands of the public. The effect, however, n?ity prove of short d*ration, owing to the introduc tion of new schemes, and the anticipated im provement in trade. At the Bank of England yesterday there were no bullion operations of importance. Letters from Liverpool report that the cotton market yesterday closed steadily, and about 8,000 bales were ■old at previous rates. In the railway Milan market business was rather more active, and prices exhibited an improvement. The total amount called up last year in the shape of railway calls was £15,452,941. The market for English Securities opened with a fiat appearance, owing to the decline reported i t the Rentes and the Ministerial changes spoken are now 934 of in Paris. Consols at one time were 95,3, but they 1, being a shade firmer ; the February quotation ig 951 Z. The transactions have been very limited. The New Threes and the Reduced Annuities are 951, 96; Indian Debentures, 981 y ; ditto 5 per Cent, enfaced paper, 961 ; India Stock is 104-1 I ; and the Exchequer Bills are 31s. to 325. Prem. In the Foreign Stock Market a fair amount of business has been transacted, and prices generally sho w an improvement. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 781 to 791 ; ditto New, 651 to 661 ; Mexican is fiat at 221; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents, have ad vanced to 85 ; Portuguese to 441 1 ; Dutch 4 per Cents, to 102 ; Russian 3 per Cents. to 661, ditto 41 per Cents. to 981, ditto 5 per Cents. are marked 104, and the Scrip 1 dis. The Ocean Marine Insurance Company's shares are is -: prem. ; the Universal ditto, 1 die, to Par; San Paulo Railway, par to 1 prem. ; Bank of Turkey, Ito 11- prem.; and the New Canadian Loan, 11 to 2 prem. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this d ay, are in round figures as under :- 1860. 1859. Great Western £25,875 £24,694 North-Weste ''' 72,058 65,198 South- Wes} ridighantodu ....... ....................... 14,452 13,234 South-Rest:4;;; 14,607 12,71 ....................... 37,211 33,40 9 0,282 19,3 i 8 Great North rip ........ e - z! 29,214 24,171 Lancashire I n z d eta x r . lish — i;e . Bristol and 7,281 6,384 North-East r North-Eastern" 33,'238 29,411 Manchester, Sheffield ................. Oxford, Worcesie::B,:l West Hartlepool . and Lincoln ... 11,406 10,144 Edinburgh and G 1 ................ u. l t. V e.r o .n lv . erhanip . ton 3,354 4,72 4 375 2,760 Glasgow and South 7,490 7,444 Great Luxembourg .. 551 Great Western o f C ....... 1,944 1, 7,362 7,610 These ret urns show a satisfactory increase on most of the pri nc i pa l li nes in the United Kingdom. On the Great Western it amounts to £1,181; on the North-Western, to £6,760 ; on the South-Western, to £1,218 ; on the Brighton, to £1,821; on the Midland, to £3,757 ; on the South-Eastern, to £904; the Great Northern, £5,103; the Lancashire and Yorkshire, £4,015 ; the North-Eastern, £4,877 ; the Edinburgh and Glasgow, £241 ; and the Great Luxembourg, £393. On the Great Western of Canada there is a decrease of £248. Btsiness in the Railway Share Market has been moderately active, but prices have sympathised with the heavy tone of the English market. Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, S. Western, Midland and North British have declined ss. Caledonian, 10s. and South Eastern, 15s. Great Northern improved £l , and North Eastern York, los. The Foreig n and Colonial lines are also a shade flatter. Lombardo - Venetian have declined Pernambuco I ; , and Bahia and San Francisco, I. East Indian are flat at 104, but Great Indian Peninsula advanced to 1021. G ran d T run k o f at Canada Canada are steady at 441, and Great Western of , 121. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re main quiet at about former prices. London and Westminster realise 56, Madras Irrigation 21 to 21,-, and National Discount Company, 'lt. IRITISR FUNDS THIS DAY IT ONE O'CLOCK 5& 3 per Cent. R educed Annuities 6 5 9 New 3 per Cent. An nu i t i es India Stock .............. Ditto Debentures 1858 9Bi ,Ditto, 1859 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 per cent 96 r• 05/ onsols for Account (Jan 10) India Stock for Ace unnt ' Ditto, 1 859, 5 per Cent. 104 t 1 Ri.tchequer Rills £ 1 000 lid .. 31 2 DittDitto £5OO ... ?. " ........ 31 2 o Smell, ltd. ......................... 31 2 ?RICE OP F OREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 85 Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent Mexiean 3 per Cent. • .. Ditto Account . 22} Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. 441 1 Ditto Account 1001 Russian, 1822, St., 5 per Cent 081 id Ditto 41 per Cent. 66k Ditto, 43 per Cent., 1859 i Ditto Scrip, 8 I 1 Sardinian, 5 per Cent 43/ x d te p an i 8 li 3 p er Cent D itto Pa ss i ve T urkish 6 per Cent D itto A ccount Ditto New Loan 651 61 6 Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in Londoa. D itch Exchange, 12 Guil. 2% per Cent — D itto Certificates, 4 pe r C e nt. 102 Consol s , M oney TWO O'CLOCK. Ditto Account (Jan. 10) .. 951 1 Ditto, Feb THE BRITISH EXPEDITION TO CHINA. Her Majesty's ships Sitnoom and Sphinx, with her Majesty's gunboats Hardy and Haovck, arrived at St. Vincent, Cape de Verd Island, Dec. 6, from Portsmouth, and the three last sailed on the 7th for Rio Janeiro and China. Her Majes ty's ship Encounter and the gunboat Grasshopper arrived on the 7th, and sailed on the 11 th for Rio Janeiro and China; on the Bth, her Majesty's ship Odin and the gunboat Weazel, and on the 9th the gunboat Beagle, and all three sailed on the aline day for Rio Janeiro and China. On the 10th, her Majesty's gunboat Flamer, and on the 11th the gunboat Snap, also arrived from Portsmouth, and sailed also for Rio Janeiro and China. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. ornorr, Jan. s.—Wind this day at noon, South- South West ; light breeze, with rain . DAlrruorrir, Jan. 4.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived E I P r ess, from Sunderland for Alexandria, leaky, &c. ,rte ORM/MOUTH, Jan. 4.—Wind, W., blowing hard.— Fo,ed—rama, from Mauritius ; Waterloo, from London 'Mouth and Sydney, N.S.W., with loss of crossjack a4N. S ailed—H.M.S. Basilisk, for Woolwich. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. t ud S.W ., rain, LIVERPOOL, Thursday.Moming. WI ", S. (int "IMIARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAM) DEAL, Thursday Morning. Sailed, Wind. "W. 'Liu. J_ powerful, for Hong Kong. The 13,en 111‘Dh VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. u, from Coquimb o t o S wansea , D ec . 9, l a t. 30 " N The Lancaster (barque), from Africa to Liverpool, Dec. 11, lat. 32 N, long. 41 W. , The Gladiolus (barque), steeling S., D ec . 1, l a t. 5 N . , 'm g% 22 W. . - P The Melizza (Hamburg s hip), f rom G o th en b urg h to Port hilip, Dec. 3 , let. 7 N ., l ong. 23 VT. lat. The John Phillips, from:Mauritius to London, N ov . 24, 61, long 16 W. The Nadijda, f rom C ardiff to Pointe de Galle, Nov. 1, lat. 33 N. long. 18 W. The Lady Elizabeth, from London to Shanghai, Dec. 18, lat. 8 N., long. 23 W. The Duke, from Liver po ol to Calcutta, Dec. 21,1 at. 4 N., long. 23 W. ra.l ind the Line ORDEURY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share! nallways. Paid. I 12.10 'Amber - 4%, Notting. Post. ,hei Eastern Junction and Bahymena 13.14 Wol., and Str. Va] Sto?]r Mr.. La.. and Ch. June 25 ißlackburn 25 Myth and Tyne 10 ! Bost.Slefd.& Mid. Colin Stock Bristol and Exeter Stock naledonian 50 Cork and Bandon 10 ;Carmarthen & Cardigan 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passa4re ' 20 Cornwall 10 Do. A 10 A raves. no div. , Do. B until6p.c.per an. i hasbeen pd.toß. 50 !Dublin andßelfastJunc. 25 !Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc. Stoc l - .East Anglian Stock Eastern Counties Stock 'Eastern Union A Stock Stock Do. do. B Stock 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 20 'East Suffolk 10 1 Do Stock !Edinburg and Glasgow Stock ! Ed in.,Perth, & Dundee 10 i Forth & Clyde Junction Stock Furness Stock'Olasgow & South Westn 10 'Great. North of Scotland, 8 toak I G re a t Northern Stock] Do. do. A Stock S took! Do. do. B Stock Stock Gt. South. & Wstn.(lreld)l Stock Great Western Stock' Do. Str.Vl.Rail Oua.Stkj 12 ifrish South Eastern Stock Lancaster and Carlisle 164 ,Do. Thirds usg Do. New Thirds Stock, Lancashire & Yorkshire Stock London and Blackwall. Stock 'Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 25 Lond. Chat. and Dover Stock ;London & North Westn' 124 IDo. Eighths Stock 'London& South-Westn 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen StocklMan., Shef., & Lincoln , 10 ' Metropolitan Stock l Midland Stock IDo. Birming. & Derby.-,E 50 !Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland)l 25 IDo. 4 Shares 100 'Newcastle and Carlisle , New., Aber. ; & Ilerefdi Newry & Armagh (def.) !Newry, Warpt., & _Hos :INorfolk North. Counties Union 'North British ' Nor. Dev.Rall.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.—Arec.no div 1 until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase, • Do. Leeds Do. York !North London North Staffordshire .No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver ]Peebles I Portsmouth Rhymney ;Scottish Central 'Scott'. N. 143., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union I Sittin g bourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern I South Wales SoutliYorks.&Riv.Dun IStaines, Wok., & Wek 'Stockton & Darlington Do. do. 1855 Do. do. 1858 'Stockton & Ilartlepool Taff Vale 'Do. Preference, No. 1 ITltamesllavenDk&Rail Ulster Do. 6 1 6i Do. Vale of Neath Victoria Station & Pimi Waterford & Kilkennyj ,Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal ' Do.A.—Arecv.nodiy.till , 7 p.c. has been pd. toil! Do. B .. West London Do. Ist Class I Do. 2d Class SIIARB Ai A itifET.-( .77-lIS DA Y.l Cloying I Badness Prioe. 104 941 5 41 8 R. 76i 77 114 12, 64 7 102 104 61 7 71 8 144 15, 58 59 39 41 27 29 824 S3l 301 31 994 1001 VI 108 95 96 133 135 112 114 691 701 60 62 j 203 211 17+ 181p1 17+ IVp 'lOOl 101 85 56 1141 1151 13 14 99 991 d 98 981 81 11 391 40 110 1104 87 89 loi 114 59 61 34 td 63 1 64-i 95 956 1i l d 481 491 '79 796 107 109 i 4 31. cl, 84 94 35 36 71 8i 14 16 116 118 281 291 ;83 85 47 49 34 24d 434 444 844 85 7 2 74 64 66 6 8 36 37 551 56) 2* 3* p I d * p 63 6 6 6} !ARES. Closing Business Price. Done. 96 98 1102 104 M 6 1 102 112 115 106 10, 114 116 113 115 1128 130 84 86 111 113 90 92 774 784 115 117 118 120 112 114 106 108 86 88 98 100 90 101 89 91 91 93 103 104 10 101 17 18 101 10f 75 76 20 21 10 104 15 151 [4O 142 1118 120 'llB 120 140 150 'llB 120 18 120 10 11 125 130 I IP 68 70 4 II) 4• 142 [O2 104 95 1 96 PI 1 10 104 1'; 121 [ll 113 [O9 111 93 95 98 99 1 ^ 23 24 IP 125 126 1125 130 1117 120 75 77 1 1g 1.3 ( 0 to 11} 241 241 1103 105 103 105 84 87 288 2(4 33 34 34 338 56 59 1194 20 25 10 20 Stocks 50 Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock, Stock' Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 181 100 100 li 100 9} 100 all all all all all PREFERENCES: Railways. Paid. (Blythe and Tyne le per c. pref. (issued at 250)4 Brie. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon 210, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent. . Dun. Perth.& Aber.J un . 14.1.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 pc E. Corm. Ex. 5 p et. No.l Do. do N 0. 21 Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Edin.&Glas. spc sharesl Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. & Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc.p Furness, 5 per cent Glas. &S West..r a. spc.' Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.prn Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do.sp.e. Redm.,s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf f Gt. Sn.& (Ireland)4 p. et. pref. Stock Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.et Do. Redeemable, 44 p ct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. ct. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares) Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf ; shares Do. do. 5 p. et. pref Do. Binning. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl.St.£s 3slodpe i,on.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l' Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 1 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct , Do. do. 5 p. 0. No. 41 Do. do. 44 per c. shares, Loud. Chat. and Dover Lon.& N. W.Cov.&Nun-; eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon. &S. W, 7p. ct. stock,' late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, she ' Londondy,& Ennis, eh Nian.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. Do. 26 1 , Do. 3} per cent. I Do. redeem. 6 per cent. {Do. & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent Do. \lid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&l3lr.6p.ct Do. 44 p. C. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. Newport,Aber,&c.pret.s 3p. c. redeem, at sp. a. n m Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares Do. 5 p. 0. Ext.Stock,lBl6 Do. 54-p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.& N- East. irred. 4 p.a. Deb. Do. Consol. Pref. 4 p. c. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. o. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters,lB4 6 ' IN). York, IT. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6pc. Ist g Do. Redeem., 2d gua , Do. Irredeem., 2d gua. Rhymney Guaranteed.l Scottish Central, new pt, Scottish North-Eastern 34 per c. pref. stock I)o.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc.' Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock., South Devon, Ann. lOs . 1 Do, Fixed 44 percent., South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6.) Do .44 per cent De. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is. South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. l Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.c. Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny,' 1 6 per cent,. . LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid. I Leasing Closing, Business Railways. Co.'s. I Price. Dons. Bedford and Bletchley all !Ln& N.W, Buckinghamshire lOO Ln& N.W. Chester & Holyhead 100 Do. Do. do. 5i p. ct. lOO Do. Do. do. sp. ct. 1 ClydescialeJunction lOO Caledonin Colchester, Stour Val all E.I.J.&E C I E.Lineolnshirejr.llp.c lOO Gt.North.' E Union,Tl2rwicliShs all E.Counts.! Do. Woodbrichre ! 100 1 Gli.tarr.SiNeilec,Drct.• 100 ;Caledonin Do. New lOO I Do. Gloster& Dean Forest! all Gt. West. Ifartlpool.Dck.&Rall. all ,Yk.N.&l3r Hull and Selby ! all AI.N.Md. Do. Shares 1 all !Do. i Do. Shares 1 all i Do. ! 1 11 00 : !Do. London&Greenwich . 1 100 S. East Do. Preference., T lby.&o u . t . e.iiP p e o t n& Co Lowestoft, iztia. 4p. et.; 100 !Norfolk ! • Do. 6 per cent M a ne,,Buxtn. & Matk all IN W&M Mid. Bradeord Prefer-i e nce Stock 5100 ;E Counts Newinarkt.,BuryEx I ... 5. _ ,__ ~ all I Do. ...... N o g r u t a h r f& tte a l st s n P ..s c p -. .c. 1 all !Do. ...... all !Do. ...... ! all LMldland all !lAN W Preston and Wye'. il & L.Yk. 1 north Dl }d'oi l .l l ,6ed 'e P s el l r e p r ce n ern cet . n. V. : ,Do. Do. 4 Sharer, 'L ' all Roystn,Hitc h ., & sh oi 100 'Gt.North. ,sliritvsbry& Hereford 100 !T Brassoy Do. Do. 1 1 •• • • South Stalrordithire .. all 111`Clean .1 Wilts and Somerset,. 100 Gt. West i Wimbledon& Croydn, all ,L.&llrgtnl INS. 09 101 IP 57 59 14 14 1137 139 101 106 104 1 p 1 93 95 74 84 Closing B nsin nos Paid Prioe. Dom. Share DOoke. I StockiCommerctid lOO -- Stock l Dot poreent.Pret.Min lOO Stock ! East and West India lOO Stock' London lOO Stock St. Katharine 1100 .-- Stock Southampton ' 100 -- Stock Victoria ...,. ...... ...:: 100 104 106 40 Do New ••••..........: \ 2 0 99 101 ' 50 51 124 126 1114 116 103 105 16 17 139 141 41 jlll 113 RS 67 115 120 96 98 21 21 Stock Stock 12 10 Stock 10 Stock all all all 1 all I all all 100 3} 100 100 all 1100 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1860, BRITISH POSSESSIONS Railway s. Closing Price. business dose Pal all ) 1100 all all all all 1 leo 100 ;1. 3 0. 11 2s. fid all 5 100 all all all }lOO :Atlantic ez St Lawrencel Leased at 6 per cent.. Bom.,Baroda& Cent. Ind gu. 5 percent Do. Addit. Capital A , Do. Do. ißuifalo and Lake Huron Do. New Do. Preference Buffalo, rant.lizGodrich 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Dn. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta. & S.}: as trn. Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) ; Cape Town & Dock Scrip' Central Oude (Limited)l Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c IDemerara Eastern East Indian„;m.'s p. 0.. Do. Shares Ext. --, Do. Jubbulpore DOA p.c. Bds. pay.'s9' Do. 44 p. c. Debentrs.l Geelong& Melbourne 1 Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bimds (rand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Prof IDo. 6 per cent. Debentr jDo. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 IDo. do. 1872 Gt. India Pen in .gu a.sp.e. iDo. New, gua.s per cent. ed.S.of guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. ot'Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with opt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. "/3 without opt Do. 5} p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 4i. p. Do. do. 5 per cent. Do. 44 p. c. Extension I Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Do. do. 'Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Oude (Limited) Scinde d 4 3 Do. New g Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. no. en ¢' St. Andrews & Quebec Trinidad(Limited) Scrip FOREIGN Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes BalL&S.l 4 `ran.,Lim.7p.e Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac ICarmeaux Mine & Rail Copiabo Ditto Extension 'Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley ;Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junction Lake Constance & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New (Namur and Lice Do. do. 6 p. c. Northern of France .. Do. New Shares Norwedan Trunk Paris,Lyons, and Medit. Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) gua. 7 p. ct. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 54 p. c. Preference W. & N. W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref 'Zealand 86 ES 9)4 100} 174 lf Idi par 4t 51d, 51 61 par * p 1 i 1 (II I id 10'4 1031 par ip par ip 100 101 19 21 41 43 95 96 73 74 85 87 75 77 73 75 1001 1011 1d par t id 131 131 71 61 d 98 102 98 102 98 102 W 2 95 91 93 100 102 90 94 i I- - -dl 20 20 Id j) Id ip 'AiS. 4; 10111 4 101 4 41 I d iiii 21 21 1 d !,4 di 21 21131 81 81 19f 201 38 39 — 9 -1- O P, 37 374 55 67 id fd 7 9 91 21 22 51 9 10 22i 234 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECUR Securities. Can. Gov. 6 p.c a. & July ' Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. PT. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1976 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up NovaScoSaGov.6 p.a. S. Deb. redeemable, 1875 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July Vict*Gov.6p.c.Jan &July Do. do. April & Oct. Paid. C r l r s ioe il l 100 112 114 -- 100 112 114 100 112 114 10C 1081 1091 100 - 100 99 100 100 09 100 100 99 100 100 108 109 100 110 112 100 - - 100 111 1114 IiEOUS. MISCELL. Anglo-Mexican Mint .. tlantic Tel. (Limited). ustralian Agricultural ustralian Royal Mail . 'Berlin Water ikorks !British American Land Brit. & Trish3fae.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. o. till 1862.. Do.o Canada Land Chan. Isl an d s Tel.(L Itn ) Cop. Min. of Eng. & Smltg Do. Preference 7i per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Do. 6 p. c. Perpet. Deb Electric Telegraph Do. New ;English k Aust. Copper ;Gen. Steam Navigation. Great Ship (Limited) 1 Indian District sttirt T s i tT:Legr g.r: London London Discount Co Madras Irr. and Canal Mediter. Electric Teleg. Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) National Discount Co Tetherlands Land Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss. at idle .Br.&NovaScotiaLandi .B.Australasian (Lim 1 Oriental Gas o. New Shares Orientl. In. Steam, A Ditto B Ditto C Peel River Land & Min Pen. & Oriental Steam o. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr hymney Iron Do. New ,it Royal Mail Steam Scot.Austrin.lny.(Lim ) South Australian Land 'Submarine Teleg. Scrip F i o. do Registered r.& Co.ot Upr. Can Iran Diemen's' T.and 14 14i 170 20,► 33 14 4t bt 35 37 19 21 13 15 [2O 126 8 9 231 244 1 1 5 51 101 104 100 108 par 1 4 i I 1 #d It t / ' / I 11 4 5 1 I d par 51 53 78 80 11 13 I 1 P 22 24 6 7 51 53 1130 140 35 37 i 1 12 14 BRITISH MINES. -- - - -- -- Paid.' Closing Thulium Share Mines. I Price. Done. - - 5 'Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.19 f 44 54 ~,, British Iron lu Clifford - 1295 305 - Devon G. Cons (Tavist.) 1 1450 460 - East Bassett (Mogan). 30 1274 1321 - East Caradon 20 E. W'l Russ], (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 12 121 Gam.&St.Aubvn(Gwen.) 544 tit 65 - Great South Tolgus " 17a 141 141 - G.WhealAlfd.(Phillack) 12.4.2 1 4 14 - G. Wheal Vor(lIelston) 94 4 - Grenville - Herod's-Foot S i. 21 4 221 '- Hingston Downs 4.3.6 4 44 20 Lady Bertha - Margaret (tiny Lelant) 9/ 50 53 - North Downs - North Frances illlogan) ais l : o 4108, 14 5 491.; 5 4 - North and m C i r n o i f n t ..g. y ...c.. . c. .. 00 anaall: 7 1111 . 9.4_ 81_9 1. 1 •-- N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan) 5 6 55 - Par Consols (St. Blazy). 14 11 12 - 7 Providence (Uny Lelnt) 10.6.7 44 46 -••• Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 10s 4 4 4 - SoutliCaradon (St.Cleer) 14 250 260 - South C. Brea( Mogan). 2 24 24 S Wheal Fran. (Illog, an) 18.18.9 175 185 - Stray Park : 18.18.0 t * Tamar Silver and Lead' - Mining Co I 41 31 3 - Tin Cro't 9 4; 54 - Vale ; of Towey (Carm ) 128 6d 4 4 - ;West Basset (Illogan) ll 17 18 184 174 - 1 West Seto -I W. Caradon (Liskeard) lO 73 71 - 'Wheal Basset (Mogan) 5l 175 185 - IWheal Buller (Redruth) 5 105 110 - Wheal Edward (Cals.). 6 11 14 .... Wheal Kitty (U. Lelanl 1.7.2 114 125 - Wh'lMaryAnn (M exile 8 31 33 .... WWI Trelawney (Lisk. 44 30 32 ------ FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian - 'I 4 par t 1 BBOranzAlicco. Imp.rdC (oips.paetr,Lipm.i 274 ..... .... 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lbai. 15 194 2 04 21 21 it n Co. Jamaica i - d 16 71 81. 42 1 5 ec C D o9 l ° l a Clarendon n c d oo d o o. n pop C fe o r nsols Min •••• all 3 . 1 , 20 212 . , 26 Fortuna ...... 53 Gen eral L 's a l lB t ri a eu ia n: n .:C: 5 Port Philip ..... 1 i 2 20 1 1 N p 3l o . m a l n t r it h i n g g i t u i n nb i e t aa C a ua o p . d . ns . d . o . ii . s f v . m S: r Smelt. ... l n.. Leads.. .- ..L . l a a o l l a l l . pa r l 5 7 1 p 1 Scottish Australn. (L.)... l a -0 11 ii 11 1 id 42 p 28.2.81,United Mexican Share Joint-Stock 1 -S . eCplCaid7:rioKrs; itszee7s 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk l 50 - - 40 Australasia all 82 81 25 Bank of Egypt all 23 24 100'Punk of London 5O 50 52 40 Brit. Col. Bk. k LoanCo all - - 50 'British North American all - - 20 ChM. Itank of India, Ace 18 194 201 25 Ch.Mer.of In. Lon.&Ch.l all - '- 100 City ' 50 64 66 100 Colonial 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada all - - 100 I Commercial of L .ndon 2O 195 205 20 , Eng Scot. & Aus. Ch all 174 174 20 ,Gen lik. of Switzerland all - - 20 ILon.Char.lik.ot Austral. all 224 23 224 i 50 ILondon and County - - 50 'London Joint Stock . , 10 - - 100 London & Westrninste; ; 20 - - 66 100 Nat. Prov. of England ! 35 - - 20 Do. new ! 10 - - SO National Bank i 25 - - 20 New South Wales I all - - 25 Orient .11k. Corporation' all 394 404 [4O 4 20 Ottoman Bank all 17 18 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 ,Do. New - 25 .South Australia - - 25 'Union of Australia all - -, I SO Union of London l2 284 29 4 499 PAN , Mutual OO = E... 1 SPORTING NOTES. THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE SPRING EVENTS. The racing ball has been again set rolling, and it will not be stopped until November. The note of preparation has been sounded in earnest, and trainers, speculators, and clerks of courses have been aroused from their recent inactivity. I have received the first instalment of the Spring nomina tions, which I present to the reader. The lists fur nished below are necessarily incomplete. The entries for the Chester Cup d) not include many nominations in London, and not an entry that was made in York. The Northern official, in fact, seems to have been somewhat "slow" in completing his list, for the Northamptonshire clerk of the course has stated that he had not received the York nomi nations. The lists before me are certainly satisfactory. For the Northamptonshire Stakes there are already 107 names set down, and amongst 'them are those to which much celebrity attaches. Amongst the nominations for the Chester Cup are two " cracks," who it was believed had broken down and finished their turf career. These are, Fitz Roland, the winner of the Two Thousand int 1858, and Musjid, who was last year decorated with the Blue Riband of the turf. Trnmpeter, another cripple, also figures in the list. The most important three-yrs old whose name appears in the imperfect list before me is Nutbourne. The Liverpool Steepleche,ac has obtained 53 en tries-11 less than last year. When the nomina tions for the spring events are placed before me in their entirety, I will discuss at length the racing prospects of 1860. A FRESH MAN. CHESTER, CUP. The following are the whole of the Chester Entries re. ceived up to 5 p.nt., January 4, with a portion of the Lon don Entries, but none yet received from York : Allegra Flitch Ambush Fravola Aneurin Fright Apollyon Gridiron 1 ie : bi b n Y dr y e l ia a rrl oa d tnla rh Surplice— Concertinao se s Arsenal Artless , Acton Ataman Athos Balnamoon Gwellyan Bankrupt Hal o Kirkloes Baron Munchen- Heiress 8611 llelwith Bastion Her Highness Bevil Herne Blue Jacket Hibernia Blue Ruin Horace Br. to Rainbow Independence Bye Ways lifeboat cby Grosvenor— Little Dick Common Sense Lord Nelson cby Newcourt— Madrid Treacherous Maid of Orleans cby Surplice— Malpas _ _ Prioress Promised Land Queen Bess Rara Avis Rattlebone Remunerator Rising Sun Rocket Rogerthorpe Roman Candle Ronconi Royal Sovereign Sam Spode Satellite Satinstone Schism Simple Simon Sir William Special Licence Springwell Telegram The Baronet The Brewer The Greek The Monk Theodora The Pitman The Prophet The Squire The Tiger Timandra Tournament T. P. Cooke Traducer Trumpeter Tunatall Maid Twilight Uncle Ned Underhand Weathcrbound White Hart Willie Wright Winkfield Woman in Black Yoicks. Rose ofCash mere Chance Shot Cheery Chap Chere Amie Chirp Chirper Clapham Clara Webster Clovernook Corhampton Defender Ditto Don Cossack Egbert El Hakim Eskdale f by Surplice— Concertina First Lord Fitz Roland Man at Arms Marionette Mesmer Miss Digby Mixture Mooreock Mouravieff Mowbray Musjid Napoleon Nessus Nutbourne Old Robert Optimist Oxford Pensioner Petra Philomel Physician Polestar Precursor ENTRIES FOR THE LIVERPOOL STEEPLE- CHASE. Abd-el-Kader Acton Anatis Beberon Ben Lomond Bridegroom Brunette Congreve Contention Cuirass Cyclops Diamanti Duk de Drops Emigrant Ganymede ethika Goldsmith Horniblow 11. b. by F.D uteh - man, out of Gala Jealousy Kibworth Lass Kilcock Link Boy Little Bob Lobster Lord Oswald Lottery Luck's All Macbonnie Maria Agues Napoleon New Broom Nicholas , Red wing Romeo Roscommon Sepoy Shanbally Shy lock Sunblush Tartar Tease Telegram Brewer Curate Freshman Huntsman Thomas-town Venison Wee Willie West Indiamo.n "Westminster Xanthus MR. ANGERS7'EIN, M.P., AND 1118 CONSTITUENTS. Last evening, at eight o'clock, a numerously at tended meeting of the electors of the borough of Greenwich residing in the districts of Woolwich, Plumstead, and Charlton, was held at the Literary Institution, Nelson-street, Woolwich, for the pur pose of hearing an address from Mr. Angerstein. M.P., as to his past Parliamentary, conduct, and his views as to those questions which will probably be considered during the ensuing session. The chair was occupied by Mr. J. R. Jolly (churchwarden of Woolwich, who briefly ex pressed his satisfaction with Mr. Angerstoin's con duct in the House of Commons since his election. Mr. ANGERSTEIN, M.P., observed—He consi- ' dered it was the duty of every member of the House of Commons to meet his constituents at least annually for the purpose of conferring with them relative to those great questions which agi tated the public mind, and such a course invested a member with an amount of moral power which was an excellent auxiliary to the proper dis charge of his Parliamentary duties. In referring to past events, he could not but consider that the recent unfortunate dispute between masters and workmen was at least creditable to the men in one respect, for notwithstanding the suffering which must have taken place, and the large amount of wages withdro wn and lost to the community, yet the poor-rates of the country had decreased in the ratio of four per cent. He would not enter into the merits of that dispute, but his own opinion was that both masters and workmen had acted wrong. (Cheers.) He cordially agreed with the general movement for the defence of the country, and trusted that the volunteer corps would include men of every class. It had been stated to him from good authority that with reference to the volunteer movement the Emperor of the French had said, " England had become perfectly mad, but mad in the right direction." He did not place implicit faith in the policy and principles of Napoleon, but he believed that he was far too wise to attempt an invasion of this country, which was his refuge in time of need, and where he would certainly be ultimately defeated. The war with China would doubtless engage the attention of Parliament early in the ensuing session, and whatever measures might be adopted for the coercion of the Chinese nation, and with a view to increase our trade, he trusted that the justice of our proceedings would be deeply considered. (Cheers.) One of the most important local questions affecting that district was the assessment of Government establishments. The late as well as the present Government had recog nised the justice of contributing to the local taxa tion, and a Government surveyor was now engaged in estimating the rateable value of the Govern ment works. Foreign affairs would occupy the attention of Parliament at an early period. He did not concur in the opinion that England ought, under no circumstances, to send a represen tative to the European Congress. He believed in the sentiments expressed in the newspapers that the steady refusal of Lord Palmerston and Lord John Russell to recognise the Congress until security had been given to secure the rights of the Italian people, had rendered them mas ters of the position, as it was evident that the Go vernment would be first informed as to the views of other nations on this point, and it would thus be seen whether England could consistently send a re presentative. He was glad to find that the present Government had taken active measures for the effi ciency of our army and navy. The late Duke of Wellington had wisely said that England could not engage in a little war ; and it was true wisdom to be prepared for any emergency that might arise. The question of Parliamentary Reform would be submitted to the House of Commons during next session. He did not share in the opinion of those whosaid that no necessity for a Reform Bill existed because the people did not clamour for it. The proper time for considering the question was a period when no undue excitement prevailed, and he had always regretted that the very respectable mea sure of Reform introduced by Lord John Russell, in 18M, had been abandoned. Without entering into detail, he would assure them that a complete Reform Biil should receive his earnest support, as he believed that the mass of the people did not de sire the franchise with a view to pull down the Constitution, but because they believed they were unjustly deprived of privileges which their neigh. hours enjoyed. Mr. Angerstein concluded by re fer ring to his votes in Parliament as a proof that he had not forfeited his pledge to act with the Liberal party. Mr. E. MURRAY moved—" That this meeting de sires to express its approval of the conduct of Mr. Angerstein as one of the representatives of the borough of Greenwich in Parliament, and tenders him its thanks for convening this meeting." Mr. SLO3fAN seconded the resolution, which was adopted, and, after other addresses, The meeting separated, LITERATURE. The Diaries and Correspondence of the Right Ron, George Rose. Edited by the Rev. L. Vernon Harcourt. Two vols. Bentley. These volumes furnish a very valuable addition to our national literature. Without belonging to the direct annals of events or biographies of dis tinguished men, they pertain to that class of works which shows us the undercurrents of their time, the secret workings of personal prejudice and party manoeuvres, and the difficulties against which the statesmen of the day had to contend both abroad and at home. Such works throw considerable light on the vexed questions of bygone times. They admit us, as it were, behind the scenes, and very often prove the judgment of contemporaries to have been erroneous. Our standard histories owe much of their authenticity and many of their views to the facts gathered from ambassadors' notes or secre taries journals ; and it is generally from such sources that those minor incidents and details are gathered, which enable us to realise the events of the past, and which give vitality to the misty shadows of a distant era. The epoch brought before us is the latter portion of the eventful reign of George 111., the age of Pitt and Fox, of the European War and all its attendant evils 'Abroad, with the • king vacillating on the verge of insanity, and dis content fermenting among the masses of the people at home. Mr. Rose, though never in eminent,office himself, was personally mixed up in all the exciting events of, the day. He filled a suc cession of subordinate posts, and appears to have been well cared for by those in authority, after a fashion very general with persons so well connected and befriended. His chief distinction, however, arose from his being th e i n ti ma t e f r i en d and confi dant of the first statesman of his day. The numer ous letters contained in these volumes, addressed to him by Pitt, prove the high estimation in which he was held. From their first acquaintance it appears that Mr. Rose entertained the highest esteem and admiration foe Mr. Pitt—a feeling which never abated. After the Minister's death he retired from the political world. Only on two occasions, he tells us in his notes, did he differ seriously from his leader, and on both of these occasions we suspect that Mr. Pitt, though unable to carry either point, will have the sympathy of modern readers. These two questions were the introduction of a Reform Bill and the Abolition of the Slave Trade With respect to the Catholic Disabilities, which were the occasion of a change of Ministry in 1801, Mr. Rose does not state his own opinion very de cidedly. He appears to have been a man of sense, perception, and good principles, without any striking abilities or much liberality of feeling; seeming to have shared the wholesome horror with which most Tories of that day regarded the slightest innovation or reform, and not wholly uninfluenced by a sense of of what he might lose were modern improvements carried too far. At the same time, looking back on that stormy period, we can make some allowance even for obstinate prejudice, when we find the principles of liberty and toleration carrying their advocates so far as to induce the great leader of the Opposition to observe in his correspondence—" The truth is, I am gone something farther in hate to the English Government thon perhaps you and the rest of my friends are, and certainly further than can with prudence be avowed. The triumph of the French Government over the English does in fact afford . me a degree of pleasure which it is very difficult to disguise." With regard to the vexed question of. the opening of hostilities with France, Mr. Rose strongly supports the policy of his chief, reiterating his assertion that Pitt was really anxious for peace, but that war was forced upon him by the necessities of the time, and that, having been driven to commence it, ho was deter mined to carry it through boldly. With regard to this subject, there will probably always exist great difference of opinion, but some of the details given by Mr. Rose are not unimportant. " On the 31st of December, the very day on which Lard Grenville signed his note stating the terms on which a rup ture might be avoided, Monge, the Minister of War, in a circular letter to the seaport towns, said :---‘ We will make a descent on that island ; we will hurl hither 50,000 caps of liberty; we will plant there the sacred tree, and stretch out our arms to our brother republicans. The tyranny of their Government shall soon be destroyed.' Equally violent and hostile language was used by other members of the Convention ; but if such a dispatch had been issued by Count Walewski or any other Minister of Na poleon 111., at the present time, tho most factious Radical in the House of Commons would have been clamorous for war. ChausBard, who was sent by the Council to execute their decrees in the Austrian Netherlands, about the same time announced their object in these unequivocal terms : "A war, ad itattruccionein, is declared against all monar chies." " The first overtures for peace from the British Govern ment were made through Mr. Wickham, in Switzerland, in 1796, but failed, because France insisted on keeping all the conquered territories which had been annexed to it by a decree of its own looi slature—Savoy, Flanders, both Dutch and Austrian, ° Sce. The second attempt was made by overtures from Great Britain in the same year, through the Danish Ambassador; but they wore flatly refused by France, on the ground of their not being made by a direct communication to the Directory ; al though Lord Grenville's note requested a passport for an ambassador, to go to Paris to negociate. A third attempt was made in z-eptember of the same year, by a direct application, and at the end of October Lord Malmesbury went to aris ; but the terms were refused by France, without any counterproject being offered, and he was ordered to quit Paris. The terms were, that Great Britain should resign all her conquests ; France to restore the Netherlands, to evacuate Italy, and to maks peace with Germany. Lastly, another attempt at negociation was made in June, 1797, in consequence of the preliminaries being signed at Leoben between France and the Emperor, and the plenipotentiaries met at Lisle. The terms offered on our side were most liberal ;—to surrender all our conquests from France, and to claim nothing In return ; but France required the cession of all that we had conquered from Spaia and Holland besides ; and, by insisting upon this as a pre liminary, the treaty was broken off. And who was it in England that opposed this peace ? Who was it that put forth arguments as incentives for war ? It was Mr. Fox who objected to the Ministers getting out of a contest, which, at the same time he styles most unjust and most impolitic, by a peace queleonque ; and would not acquiesce in their mak ing such a peace as could be justified only upon the consi deration of the condition in which they had brought us." " If further proof be required of Mr. Pitt's devotion to pacific policy, as soon as a diminution of danger appeared to warrant a hope of success, we have it in the despatch of Lord Grenville, declaring the minister's anxiety to make it evident to the world that the negotiation in 1796 failed from the hostile determination of those who governed France, and from their resolution to admit of no terms of peace consistent with the safety, interests, and honour of the other powers of Europe. And again in the following year, when Lord Malmesbury Was sent to Lisle to renew the ne gotiation, Lord Grenville was decidedly opposed to this step,' and long argued it with Pitt ; but the latter remained firm,repeatedly declaring that it was his duty as an English Minister and a Christian, to use every effort to stop so bloody and wasting a war. He said he would stifle every feeling of pride to the utmost to produce the desired result. Why, then, was this result not obtained ? Because, as we learn from the negotiator, " there was a fixed determination on the part of the French Government to continue the war with Eng land." Of the five Directors then ruling in France, two, Barthelemi, and Carnet, were moderate men, who would probably have listened to reason, and on that account ob noxious to the other three, who were violent haters of Eng land, and who succeeded in turning their colleagues out of office. The just conclusion, from all the correspondence is that Pitt was not only sincere in his overtures for peace, but anxiously eager to obtain it on almost any conditions, short of dishonour. Even this exception scents scarcely to have had due weight with the Minister in the estimate of his royal master as appears from a conversation between the King and Mr.. George Rose, mentioned by the latter in a letter to his father." The Administration of Mr. Addington met with little favour from so warm a supporter of his predecessor. Mr. Rose looked on with suspicion, while Pitt was assisting Ministers with his advice and nominal support. His opinion of the relative positions of the parties may be gathered from tho following passage : " Mr. Pitt feels it quite impossible to avoid the interview with Mr. Addington, under so decisive a request, and I can say nothing against it. Feeling, however, very consider able" apprehensions that at the meeting, the low cunning and artful management of the one, opposed to the candid and generous nature of the other, may lead the latter to a disclosure, not only of all his opinions, and a detail of the gross blunders committed by the former in France; but also to give him his advice on every point of importance—l thought it my duty to say everything I could to put Mr. Pitt on his guard ; which I did with the utmost earnestness, and supported by every argument that occurred to me ; under a strong conviction that if Mr. Addington's ignorance and incapacity is not detected and made manifest now, he will acquire such a character with the King and the public, as may be likely to fix him in his situation for such a period as will ensure the destruction of the country, by the tame and pusillanimous conduct of the present Government. The concessions that have already been made, must impress the French with a persuasion that there is nothing they will not bear ; and, of course the First Consul will go on from one aggravation to another, till the country will be so goaded, as to drive the Government into a war, whether they are willing or not." Mr. Rote's contemptuous opinion of the Ministry seems, however, to have been by no means restricted to himself. The Russian Ambassador Extraordinary appears to have fully shared his sentiments. " Count Woronzow having had information, on which he could most confidently rely, of a Frenchman, of an infamous character, and an agent of M. Talleyrand's, unquestionably employed by him as a spy, ho gave intelligence of the cir cumstance himself to Lord Hawkesbury ; and, after having repeatedly urged him on the subject, his Lordship at length told him the suspected person was found to be a vory dan gerous man, and that his papers were therefore seized, and he sent out of the country; on which the Count ex pressed some curiosity to know what was discovered from his papers, or if anything important respecting his employ ment here had been brought to light by the seizure of them. To which Lord Hawkeslmry replied, let really did not know, as that was in the department of the Alien Office ! ! I A Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs had no desire to be informed of the contents of the papers of a spy, but left the examination of them to a clerk in the Alien Office, who was himself a foreigner (M. Dulls) ' • and had not even the curiosity to inquire what they were I !" " The Count added, it would be endless to attempt to enumerate all the instances which had come to his knew- ledge of Y the imbecility and gross neglect of his lorship, lie mentioned, however, malty others in the course of varicus conversation." We meet with many passages painfully reminding us we are in the reign of the Georges. Thus we find a modest request from a country gentle man that his son, five years old, may be appointed to a vacant sinecure ; while the demands en Par liament for the payment of the heir-apparent's debts would somewhat startle our modern reformers. Mr. Rose's chief forte was the financial department, and ho appears to have been very useful in clearing up accounts, cutting dowi salaries (his own in cluded), and generally supervising the expenses of the civil service, which at that time were exorbi tant. In all matters affecting taxation, revenue, and currency, he took a deep interest, and shared his leader's financial views. We are told it was he who first conceived the idea of puttin! , down smug gling, and improving the income of state by decreasing the amount of duties exacted at the Custom-house. The king's hostility to the Opposition, more especially to its distinguished leader, is often referred to. In 1804, when a new Administration was in coarse of formation, it was proposed to unite the two parties for the sake of obtaining a strong Government. The Kin g , however, was immovable on the subject of Fo x ' s a dmission to the Cabinet. It was therefore proposed that sonic of his immediate supporters should be admitted in waiting for the King to yield the point. But the Opposition stood firm, encl:refused to take any o ffi ce w h a t ever unless their leader should be admitted into the Cabinet without delay, On this occasion Mr. Rose writes as follows : " May Bth.—Found the Bishop of Lincoln with Mr. Pitt, and in talking over occurrences and probable events, Mr. Pitt seemed in the highest spirits possible ; neither he, the Bishop, or myself knowing anything then of the resolutions or procee4ings of the meetings at.Camelford House or Carl ton House ; but an impression on.the minds of each of us that so fair an opening presented itself for Fox, as to afford a reasonable certainty that he would not allow it to escape him ; which we had the stronger confidence in, as Mr. Pitt had resolved to meet Mr. Fox at Lord Strafford's as soon as the Liskeard Committee should break up, on which Mr. Fox was nominee, and to discuss all matters with him in the most cordially open manner possible, waiting only to know when he could see him. All our hopes and expecta tions were, however, soon destroyed by Mr. Canning com ing in to announce to him the resolutions of the preceding evening, and to say, that in consequence o f the se M r . F ox declined a meeting with Mr. Pitt as useless. I have no hesitation in owning that in the whole course of my political life no one event ever gave me so sensible a shock ; no one that I believe I shall feel the effects of so long or so severely. I looked to the unions of talents and property projected, as the most probable means of extricating the country, giving procuri ng our to our exertions at home, and us respect Aroad ; of enabling strong measures to be taken when necessary, either of finance or police, and keeping down, in the most effectual manner, all, dangerous or factious at tempts, and all stirring of delicate questions. On this sub ject a thousand things crowd into my mind to make me deeply, very deeply indeed lament the disappointment. It is, lam sure, most strongly to be regretted that Mr. Pitt and Mr. Fox did not meet, as I am firmly persuaded that if they did, there woull have been at least a proba bility of matters being set right." A great portion of the first volume is occupied with an interesting correspondence with ;Nelson, and after his death with Lady Hamilton, respecting a pension for her. Mr. Rose was a personal friend of the hero of Trafalgar, 'and on the death of Mr. Pitt, which so quickly followed on that of Nelson, he wrote the following compaiison of their cha racters : " This afflicting stroke follows closely on the loss of Lord Nelson for whom I had also a cordial love an d affec tion; and it leads me to reflect on the uncommon simila rity of their characters—gentleness of mind ; sweetness of disposition, accompani e d by th e most d eterm i ne d resolu tion; quickness of conception, and promptitude of decision ; ardent zeal for the welfare of their country, rendering it most signal and important services ; wisdom in concerting plans, and firmness in executing them, undismayed' by any hazards of the severest responsibility. In all these they resembled each other with a degree of exactness not to be conceived by any one who did not know them as intimately and.as entirely as I did. They differed only in one having been educated as a man could be, and the other in having been deprived of that advantage by being sent early to sea. These two great mon died, as they lived, for their country. Mr:Pitt sacrificed his life in its service as much as Lord Nelson did. I foresaw what he would have to encounter when he undertook the Goveinment in 1804 ; that the whole weight of it falling, as it inevitably would do, upon him, would be too much for his health and strength to stand. He bore u p, however, under all the incredible fatigue that he underwent in the conduct of his own department, and of the War and Foreign departments, occasionally assisting in those of the Commander-in-Chief and the Admiralty, be yond my utmost hopes." After attending - the funeral of his friend, he writes the following sketch of him : " His talents ; the quickness of his perception, almost in tuitive ; his discerning judgment; the firmness of his mind, which secured to him the fullest advantage of that discern ment, in cases of the extremest public dangers and calami ties, such as indeed had never occurred since the revolution —namely, the democratical exertions, prepared to be sup ported by an immense armed force, influenced by meetings, public and private, of those of the most dangerous prin ciples and active minds, as well as by libels of a t reasona bl e nature ; the mutiny of the fleet ; the stoppage of the banks; famine in the country; invasion threatened by an immense force of the enemy, brought down to their coast, opposite to ours, with ships collected sufficient to transport them. In short, no danger (however groat) ever dismayed him, or deprived him of the advantages resulting from the quick ness of his conception. . . . . . His most uncommon share of good-nature occasioned his giving way sometimes to solicitations he should have re sisted, especially with regard to Peerages, of which he was liberal to a most unfortunate extent ; but so far from gain ing political strength thereby, I am perfectly sure he suf fered by them ' • for it frequently happened that an enemy was created in the room of the newly-created Peer. In the administration of finances, and in the management of the public purse, it is not possible any ono could be more en tirely pure and disinterested. He abolished all contracts whatever, all purchase by eommission, all private distri butions of Loan, and every other specie of money influence ; —which was in truth at my solicitation. He abolished also the sinecure employment in the Customs, numerous and valuable." After Mr. Pitt's death, Mr. Rose still took a deep interest in public affairs, and corresponded with most of the eminent men of his own party. He lived until 1818, and, therefore, a busy and interest ing period is included in his notes. The work has, been edited with care, though the editor has occa sionally indulged too •liberally in the expression of his own opinions: We commend this interesting and valuable work to all who desire to become acquainted with the political history of their coun try, as whatever may be the writer's prejudice or party feeling, he enables us to see the stirring events of that day from a contemporaneous point of view, and to appreciate the difficulties and dangers with which the statesmen and politicians of his time had to deal. 100 100 , 20 Sto. 1 ; Stock,' 100 I 100 100 100 100 Stock 58 } 1311 70 691 & P V 1011 1 9 .1 I 94 984 391 } 0 110 i i 64 3f 79 1 131 1 851 5 Stock 100 Stock 118 ss. } all 15 5 all 431 41 95i 6 7i [TIME. Business Dena The Cornhill Magazine. We do not know when we have been better pleased with the first number of a new periodical. Not only are the majority of the articles excellent in themselves, but the general tone of the whole collection is pervaded by that rarest of the senses— common sense. The Cornhill Magazine, as its name would seem to indicate, is characterised by an utter absence of all pretence or frivolity—it is a good substantial reality, not a highly-decorated show. As such we very gladly give it our cordial greet ing, and heartily wish it all the success which, if it carry out the prediction of its initial number, it promises richly to deserve. Anthony Trollope opens the volume with the first instalment of a new tale, " Framley Parsonage," which, like the best productions of that author's pen, abounds with a quiet humour and with sober sense. The third chapter, " Caldicotes," which introduces us to the varied circle then assembled, is capital. The portraits are highly finished individualities, and among them we recognise some old acquaintances from Barchesber. The second article, "The Chinese and the Outer Barbarians," is by no less an autho rity than Sir John Bowring ; while an article on " Our Volunteers " has Sir John Burgoyne for its author. Mr. Lewes' "Studies of Animal Life" are likely to fill the reader with amazement ; assuredly in the world of nature there are more (living) things than are dreamt of in our philosophy ! Mr. Thackeray himself commences one of his delightful fictions, entitled " Lovol the Widower." A little initial illustration exhibits a party walking in serene composure, utterly unconscious that for head-pieces they are furnished with veritable muffs, sable, or ermine, as the case may be. The (author's own) illustration is suggested, of course, by the opening of Mr. Thackeray's serial, e.g. : li " Who shall be the hero of this tale ? Not I who write it. I am the but Chorus of the Play. I make remarks on the conduct of the characters; I narrate their simple story. There is love and marriage in it ; there is grief and disap pointment ; the scene is in the parlour, and the region be neath tho parlour. No ; it may be the parlour and kitch n, in this instance, are on the same level. There is no high life; unless, to be sure, you call a baronet's widow a lady in high life; and some ladies may be, while some certainly are not. I don't think there's a villain in the whole perform ance. There is an abominable selfish old woman, certainly ; an old highwayrobber; an old sponger on other people's kind ness; an old hunter of Rath and Cheltenham boarding-houses (about which how can I know anything, never having been in a boarding-house at Bath or Cheltenham in my life l ?) ; an old swindler of tradesmen, tyrant of servants, LT'y of the poor—who, to be sure, might do duty for a villain,but she considers herself as virtuous a woman as ever was born. The heroine is not faultless (ah ! that will be a great relief to some folks, for many writers' good women are, you know, so very insipid). The principal personage you may very likely think to be no better than a muff. But is many a respectable man of our acquaintance much better? and do muffs know that they are what they are, or, knowing it, are they unhappy? Do girls decline to marry one if he is rich ? Do we refuse to dine with one ? I listened to one at Church last Sunday, with all the women crying and sobbing; and, oh, dear me ! how finely he preached Don't we give him great credit for wisdom and eloquence in the House of Commons ? Don't we give him important commands in the army ? Can you, or can you not, point out one who has been made a peer? Doesn't your wife call one in the moment any of the children are ill ? Don't we read his dear poems, or even novels? Yes; perhaps even this one is read and written by—Well ? Quid rides ? Do you mean that I am painting a portrait which hangs before me every morning in the looking-class when I am shaving ? Apra ? Do you suppose that I suppose that I have riot infirmities like my neighbours ? Am I weak ? It is noto rious to all my friends there is a certain dish I can't re sist ; no, not if I have already eaten twice too much at dinner. So, dear, sir, or madam, have you your weakness your irresistible dish of temptation? (or if you don't know it, your friends do.) No, dear friend, the chances are that you and I are not people of the highest intel lect, of the largest fortune, of the most ancient family, of the most cousummatu virtue, of the most fault less beauty in face and figure. We are no heroes nor angels; neither are we fiends from abodes unmentionable, black assassins, treacherous lagos, familiar with stabbing and poison —murder our amusement, daggers our play things, arsenic our daily bread, lies our conversation, and forgery our common handwriting. No, we are not mon sters of crime, or angels walking the earth—at least I know one of us who isn't, as can be shown any day at home if the knife won't cut or the mutton comes up raw. But we ate not altogether brutal and unkind, and a few folks like us. Oar poetry is not as goad as Alfred Tennyson's, but we can turn a couplet for Miss Fanny's album : our jokes are not always first-rate, but Mary mid her mother smile very kindly when papa tells his story or makes his pun. We have many weaknesses, but we are not ruffians of crime. No more was my friend Lovel." Another contribution from the same hand, being the last in the number, is the first of a series of " Roundabout Papers," and relates to "a lazy, idle boy." Nothing can be more delightful, and we commend it to all who take up the magazine. The article on " The Search for Sir John Franklin" will be read with interest, being from the pen of one of the members of the the last melancholy but successful expedition. From a very interesting and discriminating paper on " A Man of Letters of the Last Generation " poor dear Leigh Hunt—we quote the following felicitous remarks . As few men brought their personality more thoroughly into their writings, so few men, out of the bookworm pall aforesaid, were more thoroughly saturated with literature. He saw everything through books, or saw it dimly. Speak ing of his return from Italy, he writes • I seemed more at home in England, even with Arcadian idealisms, than I had been in the land nearer their birthplace; for it was in England I first found them in books, and with England even my Italian books were more associated than with Italy itself." And speaking of the Parnaso Italiano, he goes on :—" This book aided Spencer himself in filling my Eng lish walks with visions of gods and nymphs,—of enchan tresses and magicians; for the reader might be surprised to know to what a literal extent such was the case." He used to "envy" the " household waggon that one meets with in sequestered lanes" for its wanderings, but was daunted at the bare imagination of "parish objections" and raffish society ; and so he ever recurred to " the stationary domes. ticities." He failed in practical life, because he was not guided in it by literature. He could only apprehend so much of it as he found in the cyclopredia. On the other hand, he could render all that literature could give. His memory was marvellous; and to try him in history, biography, bibliography, or topography, was to draw forth an oral "article" on the topic in question. Ask him where was the Ouse, and ha would tell you of al/ the rivers so called ; what were the books on a given sub ject, and you had the list; "who was Colonel O'Kelly ?" and you had a sketch of th e co l one l, o f th e h orse "E c li pse, " I d Epsom, and of horse-racing in general, as distinguished from the racing of the ancients or the modern riderless races of Italy—where, as in Florence, may still be seen a speciinen of the biga sweeping round the meta" fervidis evitata rotis." His conversation was an exhaustless Curio sities of Literature. Tho delighted visitor read his host, — but it was from a talking book, with cordial voice natu rally pitched to every change of subject, animated gesture, sparkling eyes, and overflowing sympathy. In society Leigh Hunt was ever the perfect gentleman, not in the fashion, but always the scholar and the noble-minded man. But his diffidence was disguised, rather than removed, by his desire to agree with those around him, and to fall in with the humour of the hour. He was better known to his reader, either in his books, or, best of all, in his home, where familiarity tested his unfailing courtesy, daily inter course brought forth the persevering goodness of his heart and conscience, and poverty (lid but fetch out the thorough going generosity that not only " would share" but did share the last crust. Only two contributions remain unmentioned. One, " The First Morning of 1860," being a poetic aspiration against war—the other, Father Prout's " Inauguaration Ode," which is capital, and well worthy of its right humorous author. Its advice— sound sensible advice—has been judiciously carried out by the editor : with a verse or two from which genial greeting we cannot do better than conclude our notice of this new and promising aspirant in the field of periodical literature : Proffer good material— A genuine Cereal, Value for twelvepence, and not dear at twenty. Such wit replenishes thy Horn of Plenty 1 Nor wit alone dispense, But sense : And with thy sparkling Xerez Let us have Cores. Of loaf thou hast no lack, Nor set, like Shakspere's zany, forth, With lots of sack, Of bread one pennyworth. Sprightly, and yet sagacious, Funny, yet farinaceous, Dashing, and yet methodical— So may thy periodical, On this auspicious morn, Exalt its horn, Thron'd on the Hill of Corn! Of aught that smacks of sect, surplice, or synod, Be thy grain winnow'd 1 Nor deign to win our laugh With empty chaff. Slam aught o'er which dullard or bigot gloats; With meal from Titus Oates Or flour of Joseph Miller. There's corn in Egypt still (Pilgrim from Cairo to Cornhilll) Give each his fill. But all comers among Treat best the young ; Fill the big brothers' knapsacks from thy bins, But slip the Cup of Love in Benjamin's. The Universal Review of Politics, Literature, and Social bcience. Allen and Co. There is an article on Richard Brinsley Sheridan, which is very deserving of perusal. It is observed at the commencement that " of all the eminent men of these latter days whose lives have been thought worthy of embalmment in printer's ink, Sheridan seems to have met with nearly the worst treatment at the hands of his biographers." The books that have appeared on the remarkable man are then cri ticised, and the most recent one is by an octogena rian, of the general merits of which a most unfavour able opinion is here recorded, although it is allowed that it presents us with desirable information. After a well-written and comprehensive essay on the chief points of the life of this distinguished in dividual, the critic thus concludes : " Human character is always more or less of a riddle, and the key to that of Sheridan has not yet been, perhaps will never be, given us in full. How much of his careless, idle, procrastinating ways sprang from his natural self how much from cool forethought, aiding and abetting a secret love of display and startling surprises ? He seemed ut terly to hate all needless and much needful exertion, and yet he could work hard and steadily for particular ends. Sometimes the previous idleness enhanced immeasurably the results of his sudden industry. The last scenes of ono of his most popular plays, " Pizarro," were actually being written while the first acts were performing on the stage. We have seen how nearly a former success of his hovered on the brink of a more serious failure. At other times it seemed that nothing whatever could save him from delibe rately starving out the life of some hopeful literary bant ling, or from shutting the door on some fair scheme of per sonal advancement. He could bravo a world in arms to win his wife, he could wait patiently for the right moment to assert his rank as an orator and a statesman, but he never could be brought to look into his own pecuniary affairs ? or to decline paying twice over for bills sent in a second time by pure mistake. . . . That he had many rare and winning gifts of mind and soul; that his impulses were mainly right and noble; that most of those who knew him best seem also to have loved him most dearly; that his ambition, large as it was and growing what it fed on, sel dom, if ever, outran his high-toned honesty of _purpose, or turned his proud self-reliance into uncharity an u overween ing self-conceit ; that he loved his political principles, how ever faulty they may have been, better than party, and never sacrificed either to a greed for worldly advancement at any price ; that he had a fine scorn for hypocritieal pro ' tences of every kind, and a sense of honour finer on the whole than most gentlemen of his time or ours—are con clusions which the candid reader will hold us fairly war ranted in drawing from the facts within our reach." A new tale is commenced, called " Sir Everard's Daughter," which promises well, and displays some correct definitions of character. Sir Everard him self is a fine specimen of an old English country gentleman. There are two very instructive papers on recent works of importance thathave been added to the stores of our literature, both being valu able in themselves and useful for reference. One is the diaries and correspondence of Sir George Rose, and the other the autobiography of Lord Dundonald. The opinions expressed on the works of" Mary Anne Schimmelpennick" on the principles of Beauty may attract the reader. On the whole, there is a great deal of solid reading of various styles to render this number a very readable one, and political students will find matter for reflection in the details of the Shipping Interest and the re marks on Finance, which form portions of the contents. RECOVERY OF THE EUPIIEMIA.—This vessel, trading from Montrose to London, was sunk on the 14th ult. in the north channel of Gravesend Reach, nearly off Coalhouso Point, from having come in collision with the screw steamer Lady Eglinton, belonging to the British and Irish Steam Packet Co. The Euphemia was cut down to the water's edge and sank immediately, affording the crew but short notice for saving themselves in the darkness of a bitterly cold night. Happily all hands were rescued, and forwarded to London by Mr. Matthews, agent to the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society. The task of recovering the wreck from a depth of 23 feet having been undertaken by the Patent Derrick Company, the smallest of their two floating machines, under the joint superintendence of Mr. Bishop, the inventor, and Captain Atkins, adjusted the ne cessary lifting ch a i ns d ur i ng T ues d a y under the sunken and , mud-embedded craft. Yesterday, notwithstanding the con tinuance of the south-westerly gales, the derrick succeeded in raising up the crippled Euphemia and bringing her to the surface. The recovered vessel was then taken to Gravesend Reach, firmly held in the grip of the powerful little derrick, and placed on shore last evening in front of the Clifton Baths for examination as to the extent of the injury sustained through the collision. LIVERPOOL COV.ORATION ACCOUNTS.—The an nual estimate of the revenue and expenditure for the first official quarter of 1860 was presented to the Council at their meeting yesterday (Wednesday). The estimated obligatory expenditure was £91,062, including Town-hall establish ment, £3,974; constabulary force and police expenses, £22,000; borough gaol, £10,000; county expenses, £7,500; the estimated income was £107,074, including from interest £21,053; markets, £8,500; fines for leases, £26,000; tenants at will, £10,212 ; tobacco warehouses, £6,053. 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