The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON 9 t .. .......- c MONEY MARK PT AND CITY NEWS. SHARE MARKEIS.-( THIS DAY.) ' BRITISH Y 1 4 r s ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. C r lo r s ice in . p. Paid. - Illusineu doze c CITY, Two o'CLocK. ---- -- I id. Closing Business I . ;Pa Atlantic &St Lawrence all 82 84 831 Y The return from the Bank of England, coma- Share Railways. 1 Price. 100 Leased at 6 per cent.. ii pleted to the 7th inst is of a satisfactory character, -- --, - - --- • f stt Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd 100 084 004 994 9 ✓ but there is little variation of importance to notice 12.10 ,Amberg., Notting. Bost! gu. 5 per cent 18 Do. Addit. Capital A all 174 17f a 60 and Eastern Junction 1 10 Pi 61 in the various items. The bullion has been slightly , Belfast and Bahemena..l all - - 18 Do. Do. 811 I i d a 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val.' all 8 81 20. Buffalo and Lake Huron all 41 sid 6 diminished, and the reserve of notes shows a small in- StozkJ3ir. La., and Ch. June. 100 771 781 205 Do. New all - - Y . crease. The other securities, owing to the payment 25 18l ac • kburn 25 IBlyth and Tyne all 11. 12. all - - 10 Do. Preference 100 ( all 51 64 Buffalo,Brant&Godrich I no - - O of the bills due on the 4th of the month have slightly 10 BostSlefd. & Mid. Coun. all 61 64 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 ) 1 diminished. The public deosits are rather smaller, Stock ' Bristol and Exeter , 100 101 103 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 - - p Stock ' Caledonian •• • .1 100 921 03 921 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 - - o but there is about a similar addition to the private 50 'Cork and Bandon I 9 --- 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 30. (par 1p ' par )f 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan' all -- - 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. - - b alances. The various items will be seen in the2o Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s. 11 11d , t 20 ;Cork, Blicrock,&Passagel all - - - Joinedsub table :___ Cornwall2o Central Gude (Limited) 2s. 6d. - 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 71 4 4 d 2 1 1 0 00 'Do. BIA roves. no div. all an , _ 64 _ 7 11• Active Circulation .. .. .. £21,150,405 until6p.c.per an. all i - - 17/ Demerara - - 20 Eastern Bengatga.sp.e 5 4 fd 41 d Decrease .. • • ' ' . ' 94,225 ha sbeen pd.toß. Bullion . 16 936 815 50 (Dublin andßeltast June. all - - Stook East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 103 1031' 103 21 Si 20 Do. F Shares - Ext 5 par Id Decrease .. .. " • • 81,697 25 IDun.,Pertle&Abr.June. all 71 0 Stock East Anglian lOO 131 141 b 4 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 par 1 d Rest .. .. .. .. 3,139,380 Stock Eastern Counties lOO 56. 57 561 100 D 0.4. p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all - -- Increase 7,610 Stock , Eastern Union A Stock 100 38 40 100 Do. 45 p. c. Debentrs. all 100 101 Public Deposits .. .. .. 8,608,215 Stock Do. do. It Stock 100 27 20 20 Geelong,& Melbourne - Decrease 71,100 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 81 - - Geelong Corporation 6 Sto. I 1 100 - .. .. .. .. per cent. Bonds d Other Deposits .. .. .. 13,444,361 20 East Suffolk - - Stock. Grand Trunk of Canada 100 38/ 39/ 391 t 1, Increase .. .. .. .. 79,979 10 Do - - _ Stock Edinburg , and Glasgow 100 80 8 1 B ' 4 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 924 935 93 9- Seven Day and other Bills .. .. 792,422 Stock l Edin.,Pertle & Dundee. 100 30 61 100 Do. 6 per cent. Debentr all 70 72 711 1 1 Decrease .. .. .. .. 29,589 10 'Forth & Clyde Junction all - - 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 1. 100 Do. do. 1867..., all 73 75 74 i Government Securities .. .. 10,925,157 Stock Furness - - i 0 Stock ;Glasgow & South Westn lOO 98 99 100 Do. do. 1872 .... all 70 72 71 No alteration. Stock GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 1001 1001 1001 1001 101 fir Other Securities • • .. .. 19,350,811 10 'Great North of Scotland all - - Stock 'Great Northern , 100 105 107 406 20 Do. New, gua .5 per cent. 6 1 4 d 20 f Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.-Scrip i lO i i d 11 Decrease: 25,628 St oc k D o. d o. A Stock .. .. .. .. 1 100 94 95 9 , 51 In Notes Unemployed .. .. .. 9,59 3 , 410 Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 132 134 ( guaranteed 5 per cent. a Increase .. 13,285 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 112 114 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 131 106 13 24 1 d 1 13 Stock :Great Western 10- The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon Stock 'Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk 100 55 60 100 c Do. Bonds pay. '76,with I l a i n 98 7 ( opt. till '6O Id exhibited a f ur th er s li g ht improvement in the rates stloo2 k ifrish South Eastern.... all - - Lancaster and Carlisle. 100 201 KS 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O to p 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 98 102 .on Vienna and Trieste. 164 ;Do. Thirds a tea r Do. New Thirds ad 16 171 , p 100 Do. 51 p. e. do. '77 do .. all 92 95 The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 so 100 991 1 1 Stock Madras, guar., 41 p. e 100 90 94 es Stock Do. do. 5 per cent 100 99 101 •l. Stock :London and Blackwell. 100 66 67 'et l'er a, which leaves on Monday for Bombay, wi I &Mk Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 113 114 Stock Do. 4f p. c. Extension.. 100 92 96 Stock Do. Third Ex. g - ua.s.p.c. all - _ i c onvey £135,717 ; viz., 191,629 in silver, and 25 I Lond. Chat. and Dover, all 13 14 _.... 1 1 £ 44 ,090 in gold. Stock ! London & North IS est& 100 00 881 eat 20 Do. Fourth do. 10121 'Do. Eighths - - Stock blelb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 -...- 01 ~ A call of £5 per share, or £500,000, on the East Indian J Stock IL? ndon& South-Westn. 100 97 _ 06_ 98 74 Newßrunswick&Canda. 25 IL derry & Coleraine all 70 29 I Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc 25 IL'derry & Enniskillen. all 8 9 18 - .' td übbulpore:ltailway, and of X 5, or X 250,000 Stock; Man., Shef., & Lincoln lOO 37 38 371 1 Class ACapitl.Share.. 18 on the (F) Extension is due today. 10 'Metropolitan 3 - - d .. Do. do. Land d 0... 20 Do. do. B. Capital do. ) . s - In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday about s s t t ocklllidla . nd . lOO 1 80 08 i 1 8 0 8 84 108 1 1 1 Stock Do. Birming. & Derby. 100 .. Do. do. Land d 0... j' B - --d 20 Gude (Limited) - - If/ 11l average amount of business was transacted at 50 IMid. Gt. West.(lreland) all - - 20 Scinde co rather lower prices. The sales were 6,000 bales. 25 Do. 1 Shares all - - 100 Newtastle and Carlisle all - - 20 Do. New V. fi 15 id par p t New. , Aber. , & Herefd: all 101 111 20 Do. Punjaub Since Monday last the imports of specie have 25 id b 10 Newry & Armagh (cle f . ) 9 - - 20 St. Andrews & Quebec AlB - - le " 11 about £306,000, and the exports £193,000, 20 Newry, Warpt., & Roe all - - 100 57 59 10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 - - ig e lclusive of the following shipments direct from Stock It Norfolk North. Counties Union 3l 31 1 d FORE I G N RA ILWAYS . ,er Lon don to the Continent, during the week ending Stock 'North British lOO Olt 611 611 1 Stock 'Nor.Dev.RailakDk. Stk lOO - - 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 44 41 11 to Th ursday last :- Stock Do.A Stk.-Arec.no div 2O Ardennes all - - p a, ' until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 - - 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 5 1 I 4 1 Gold coin, Calais' l4O ozs. Stock; Do. B Stock - - 5 Belgian East. Junction all if Ditto Boulogno - - II Silver coin, Calais l,OOO „ 25 'Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase;l6l3 4 1 I. d d 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail. all 21 21 la Ditto Hombre' - - Ditto Boulogne 3d Stock ( North London lOO 1041 108 20 Dutch Rhenish d - Ditto b ars, Hambro' Lid be The market for English Securities to-da has 10 'No. & Sou. W. Junction all 8 4 94 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. - - p g y Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 36 88 20 Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c. 6 - - ill u rather flat, but the decline has been limited to to Peebles all 74 84 20 Great Central of France alt - - 'at Der cent., Consols being 951 I for the 18th prox. 1 i 20 Portsmouth 0 Rhymney lO - - 20 Italian Junction ....... al? - - lat. 100 - - 20 Lake Constance & Bale all - - This movement has no doubt been produced by a Stock Scottish Central StocklScoth. N. E., Aber. Stockj 100 271 171 20 Lierre and Turnhout... all - - of re W calls in realisation of profits, and a slight de- Stock I Do. Scottish mid. Stock 100 82 84 ' 100 47 48 20 Lombardo Venetian.... 10 21 2fp 121 1 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all - - 61 eli ne in the French Funds, but the alteration is of Stock Shropshire Union 10 I Sittingbourne & Sheer 1 six 31 21 a 331 Marla Antonia all - - 1 100 43 (5 44 10 Do. do. New - - rO' /'e •./ .1. " little importance. The transfer books being Stock l South Devon clos ed, Stock ,'South-Eastern 1100 81 811 811 1 ; 20 Namur and Liege all 81 1 A ~s ed , the market is now left to the influence Stock 'South Wales els ° I the speculative dealings, and prices are easily stookisoothYorks.&Riv.Dun all 62 64 16 Northern of France.... all 37} 37 .ti eff 20 Staines, Wok., & Wek all 6 8 20 Do. New Shares - - p 25 (Stockton & Darlington. all 351 361 34 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 9 10 , e eted by sales or purchases. The New 3 per to 25 Do. do. 1855 9 - - 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 374 370 t;ents. and the Reduced are flat, at 951 1; Bank 25 Do. do. 1858 9 - - 20 Paris and Orleans _, .. all 56 68 Se' gto - Stockton & llartlepooll 161 - - 20 1 Recife& S. Fran. (Per - n.) 1 ter OE is firm, at 227 to 228 • ; India New Loan Stock l Taff Vale 1 100 St 1. - - gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) ... 13 14 1 d 111 1 eft 0e... is steady, at 106,1 1 2 ,- ; ditto Debentures (1858) Stock 'Do. Preference, No. 1:I 100 - - 20 Rig and Dunaburg.... 8 - - 00, 10.0 9-, 4 Z ditto (1859) 96/ 97 ; and the Bonds 3s. 50 25 uThlsatmeresHavenDk&Ralll 22 - - all 531 545 10 Rome and Frascati .... all - 20 Royal Danish - all - - MO 25 Do. 2O 11 21 p 5 Royal Swedish - - pro ; Exchequer Bills remain at 275. to 30s. ills Drena. 12 10 Do. l4 L d A ar 100 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.., all - - 20 Sambre and Meuse all 61 7 111 4 Stock Vale of Neath 10 Victoria Station & Pim' 4 - - 10 Do. 4 per cent. Pref. ... all 8/ 91 art A moderate amount of business has been trans- 20 Southern of France .... all 21 22 acted • Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 84 West Flanders l ig ' in Foreign Securities, and prices remained 50 iWaterford & Limerick allttll - 0 - 20 'West Cornwall 6 l 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference . all 9. 10 A. Wi n %out any change of importance. Turkish 6 per 10 W-end Lou. & Cry. Pal. all - - 20 W. & N.W. of France all 23 24 ;he "Ilt s• are 77 1 - to 781 ; ditto New, 6GI to 661 ' 6 Do.A.-Arecv.nodiv.tilli 1 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 31 eg 20 Western of Austria .. . 6 - - 20 Western of Switzerland • all - - ri lt ad the 4 per Cents. are 1041 1 Dutch 21 per 6 Do. , B .. all 7 1 7; 6 Wiesbaden - - Ile , 4. 20 ! West London - - 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref.... all - - ill alint;s. are firm at 65. Sardinian are steady at 10 I Do. let Class all - - 20 Zealand... all - - 20 iDo. 2d Class all •••• - seo Russian 3 per Cents. at 661 ; and Brazilian 5 ri COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECUR TIES. per ev. -Ants. at 103. Mexican is flat, at 2211. PREFERENCE 141 ARES. , ?11. 140 Ocean Marine Insurance Company's shares Closing Business 0 lire 1 i Share! Railways. (Paid./ Closing Bu siness Share Prim. Dona. Securities. Paid. Prices. DIPS& , 4 I premium. i oft --- - ___ - Can.Gov.6p.c Ja. & July 100 116 11,7 11 1 i 1 ---- ad l a the Railway Share Market only a moderate 25 Blythe and Tyne 1C per - Do. 6 p.c.Fb.drAug. 100 113 115 114 01' ,_ lll / I °ll llt of business has been transacted, and in o. pref. (issued at £5O) all - - - Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 11 1 ' Stk' /Iris & Exet 4p et. Stock 100 96 98 4408 t instances prices have shown less firmness. . • •• ' l4 - - - N.B.Gov.Gp.c. Ja. &July 10e 1111 1121 20 Do. do. do. Shares - Do. 6 p.c. Ap. & Oct. 100 - - BY. . e nled • _ • °man, Great Northern, Great Western, Lan-Stock Caledon £m 44 per cent 100 02 103 - ~. N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 1011 102 . ,iy ,v 4 l'llire and Yorkshire, North 'Western, and Mid- 12.10 C o. Quer. Shares, No. 2. ail - - 61 Cork .11 Bandon, 55 p. c. all - - D0.5.cen.1871 to 1976 100 101 102 - , Do.sp . cen.lßßßandup O. 11W- ZcovaScoliaGov.6p.e. St. 1 1144 ~ ‘&1 have declined ss. ; and Eastern Counties and 0 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent all - - 6 61 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun all 51 Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 111 112 --- .Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 412 114 114 roi ,south Western, 10s. ; South-Eastern and North Stock E.Angn. Class A 7& spc 100 100 102 .... ict•Gov.tip.c.Jan&July 4'iti sh brought about former prices. Stoc Do. do. Class B 6 pc 100 100 105 112 108 115 Stoc Do. do. Class C 7 pc ...- Do. do. April & Oct. 100 110 1101 1101 1 1 • The Foreign and Colonial lines are flat. Per- Stoc E. Coun. Ex. 5 pet. No. l 1 00 MISCELLANEOUS. t he Iles- Stoc • Do. do N 0.2 100 1 11121 1 1 3 14 Loblloo declined So. ; and Bahia and San Fran- Stoc' Do. New 6 per ct. Stock 100 127 129 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 14 15 t 0 24 0 , Stoc . Eastern Union, 4 per et. 100 83 85 1000 Atl an ti s T e l. (Li m ited). all 160 210 At ) 58 . ; Lombardo-Venetian were steady at 124. Stoc i Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 109 111 25 Australian Agricultural 19 33 35 i irl a ln the Colonial Market there was very little ac- Stoc Do.. 4 p.c. gua. S. &D. 1 00 00 92 10 Australian Royal Mail . all 1 4 es' 'Wit Stock Edin.Perthat Dun. 4 pe, 100 75 78 10 Berlin Water Works ... all 41 6 0 1 _ 3'• East Indian brought 103 to 10* ; Great Stock Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 `Od - - Stock Glas. &S West. r. , a. 5 pc. 100 115 117 60 British American Land 40 - - j an Penirsula, 1001 101 ; Grand Trunk of Stoc Great Northern, sp. ctso Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. all 35 37 4 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862.. all 19 21 20 , 14 4, 39 1 39 1 - • Great Western of Canada, Stock Do. spc Redm.,lop.c.pm 100 20 Do. C 1g 1 Qt . 4 2 ) and Stock Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 1 100 106 108 100 'Canada Land 325 05 108 eve ' ... 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm.l 80 86 88 10 ,Clian.lslands Tel.(Lim ) all 8 9 filo/ - ls t -Stock t-Stoek Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf.' stoe Gt.Sn..ls W (Ireland)4, ) 100 98 99 Btoeb'Cop.3lin.otEng..iSmltg all - - p. ct. pref. Stock ... alr 25 Do. Preference 71 per ct all 231 24 - alit terve dealt in to a very limited extent, and prices 50 mat West. (Berke and 5 Crystal Palace. all 11 1 ;or' shown no particular alteration. Perin- Rants) Ext. 5 p.ct.. 6 - - 5 Do. Preference Stock! Do. 6p. e. Per et. Deb lOO 100 102 of 1 1 4 1 , L t and Oriental Steam, h h a ve a dv ance d I Stoc Do. Redeemable, 45 p c • t • . l 100 98 100 ' Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 105 107 3' or 60 0 how ever, Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. et.; 100 89 91 25 Do. New 0 0 ! Ut £l. 1 Stock Do. Irredeemable, do. . 100 91 93 81 1 5 Eng. & Auwt. Cop.St.Co all 11 1 f if 11 0 6 ' Stoc Do. sp. et. lledeem.Pref. 100 102 104 • 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 91 101 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 - - !1 Great Ship (Limited)., all 1 4 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. tile lit e e ItITISII FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. shares all 17 18 20 Indian & Aust. Telegr. 2s. - - 'go a stock pet. 227 8 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 10 105 5 London District Telegr. 2 1I d 20 London Discount 5 1 . the , Il k. Cent. Reduced Annuities 954 4 Stock Do. Birming. guar. stock 100 75 70 . Cent. Consols Annuities Tr 3 Shut 971 7 26i Do. Chester guar.shares all 19 20 20 Madras Dr. and Canal 1 1 1 11 rid' . 04 Per Cent , Annuities . 951 / 134 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. 2: 11_11 all 9 10 all 14 1 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all - - cod Di t to Aalnuities, expire sth Jan., 1860.... - .1 to f o Stoc - Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 100 139 141 10 red. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 41 54 r e ' ' sdi, c , r 3 0 Years, expire sth April, 1885 174 -../,:- otock - - 25 ational Discount Ce... 5 1 1.. 10 etherlands Land all , - - Itultte 1 5 ,,, - Stoc Lon.&Brig.spc.gu. No.l 100 - - 6 DoB p.c.Pref.,iss.atldis all I 1 1 hat " 1 4( 4 . Low, 5 per Cent. - 7 100 ' .Br.&NoraScottaLand 80 - - D ebentures, 1858 97 I i Stoc Do. New gua., Bp. et_ 100 - - 1 . .B.Australasian(Lim.) all 4 1 3111% bit i , s Ditto, 1859 - - 1 oriental Gas or e - 7 ponds - - 1 Do. New Shares lss. 4ci 1 p olg , Eon so4 ...0 £l,ooo .25 Lond. Chat. and Doter all - - are x,,, h _ I r Account (Jan 10) - 10 Orientl. In. Steam, A.. 6 - - 41 1 10 Ditto B 6 - - biti m o "l l ler Bills, £l,OOO, ljd 3O 27 eaten, sp. et - - O a b itt 46(X i i s a , - -- is e f 0-41141,14 d. - - stook Peel River Land & Min. 100 54 56 50 E'en. & Oriental Steam. la st 6l l l l 7 221 9 1 21 7 p 2 8 7 1 1 1 ' h a t 124 Londondy & Cole, / she, all - - 50 Do. New )lei Pa.-. F OREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. 125 Londondylz Ennis . sh. all 10 11 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr l5 i WI" les , zili ttii , Stock Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. et. 100 124 126 60 Rhymney Iron Air "texi % ~, i per Cent. tb g . ti • c ) Per Cent. P t i ts A - I Stock Do. 31 ner cent. PO ant Ni t bjir e se, 1853, 3 per Cent. ita, . ° Account 464 121 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. all - - 121 101 - - 25 'oath Australian Land. all 36 38 1 ;:übmarine Teleg. Scrip. all 1 1 lip°. 4 per cent... ...... all - Do. 1 Do. do Registered all 1 1 Ad . . biT t a n o 1 1 822, £ St., 5 per Cent - Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock . 100 - - 20 r.& Ln.Co.of Upr.Can. 5 - - p ° i Nird i , 3 Per Cont., 1859 661 Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.et. 100 139 141 100 ;Vau Diemen'a Land .. 281 14 15 lik ° ~bitt , ,a ll. l 5 per Cent Stock Do. 4i pc. pref. stock.. 100 102 104 103 , . 0 4 t Ilrki p l'tecount - 854 6 i Do. with option till 1860, 3 } I'p - - BRITISH MINES. bls• titt o ', 6 Per Cent Stock' Do. Leic. & Hitpref. st.l 100 94 95 95 - ,awe Ditt o Account nee , 1 / 1 0,, t 1 ; e w Loan , price. Done. I p. c. redeem, at 5p.c.19 m 1 1 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. o. with los' b' Account •caccount - - tiV option till 1866 bit to G natanteed, 4 pc:r Cent. - Stock Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares 100 - - - Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 44 51 01 ,0 . Account - - , 20 British Iron 7' 0 - Clifford - 290 309 kw Dividends on the above payable in Lon(100-. Stock Do. 55 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 - - 3: -. , Irlt all to , 2 4 Per Cent., Ex. 25f. Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 100 - - - Devon G. Cons. (Taoist.) 1 435 445 ulzt. e 4 ~,4 1 Per cent Stock North British, spercent 100 111 113 1121 - Emil Bassett (Illogan). 80 1221 1271, 125 o p - East Caradon ..., 2.7.0 5 4 64 aof xixehange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent... 65 Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dsk.Co. 100 - - E. W'l Russ! (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 10. 11 11 - Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen.) 541 825 65 64 s pt TWO O'CLOCK. Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 - - - Great South Tolgus... 17s 131 14 ire' , Consols, Money - Stock' Do. Consol. Pref. 4p. c. 100 91 93 Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 100 97 99 - G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillack . ) 12.4.2 1 li for! Ditto Account (Jan. 10) .. 95/ 1x d 17 Do. do. do. 8 13.4. 11 f p d - G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 'Cal 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 13 - - - Grenville 951 11 t 1 t j, of - _ 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 . 9 - - - Herod's-Foot 8 22 23 sit THIS DAY'S - Hingston Downs 4.3.6 41 41 - Lady Bertha as 10._ ......_____ 20 North Staffordshire .. . all 23 24 - Margaret (tiny Lelant) 9l 44 46 the km 'nom 'n ' Stock Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6pc. Ist g, 100 124 126 -aek t, 1 ....Cc. 10.-Wind this day at noon, E. to N.E. ; Stock Do. Redeem., 2d gua.... 100 125 130 - North Downs or 4 1, 0 k e breeze and very fine. Stock Do. Irredeem., 24 gua. 100 117 120 - North Frances allogan) 10 5 61 thgo Rhymney Guaranteed. 81 - - - North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 101 At 3 1411° X 1 111 D ec. D 9. - Wind, East. - A rr i ve d - - N.l'll.'l Basset (Mogan) 5 5 61 role 44 b* • } ler° f * ee* 84 Scottish Central, new pt al - - it 1 0 ef ore , rom Portland, and not 11.M.5. Conqueror, Stock Scottish pr th ...... Par Consols (St. Blazy). 11 9 10 ' ora rab o. r eported. Off port-Isabella Robinson, from Co- stock 35 pert ef. stock. ... I 100 73 75 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt) 10.6.7 45 47 47 8 11 Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc.l 100 120 122 - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. les 1 0 t li g to 4 WP - SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 11 250 260 t j'etu ti t lt ,T, Dec. 9.-Wind, E.-Sailed-St. Thomas, Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 - - - South C. Brea( Mogan). 2 2} 2f Ft o f 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 101 111 - S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 165 175 , on - hbov "'puce ; Marie, for St. Thomas. C kt , 10 Do. Fixed 41 p ercent. all - ..- - Stray Park 18.18.0 191 201 :Ain Ark ' - iiee. 9.-Wind, S.E.-Sailed-Sailed for the 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading •Ta a ' Ann., 1.0 6 ) all 231 241 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Og 4 4 11 % „ itit,, D ec. 8.-Wind, S.E.-Sailed-The Swift, for Stock Do .41 per cent lOO 103 104 Mining Co 10 Tin Croft 4; 21 31 9 5 51 on l ti • Stock Do. Fixed 45 p.c. lst is . 100 102 104 Vale of Towcy (Carm.) l 12s 6d i('e . ket a lti4l 'o Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 - - 1) I I Dee. 9.-Wind, S.E.-Arrived-Mariauno, Stock Do. 45 per cent lOO - - - West Basset (Illogan).. 14 18 A- 18 1 - West Seton ' 0 1.1 - ettier ai , ' Stock S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. 100 84 87 - W. Caradon (Liskeard) lO 70 75 iare i s sta e a. 25 Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.c. all 28 29 - Wheal Basset (Illoo;an). 51 180 190 qr. tl is kOZ I PI, Dec. 9.-The Nile, Riga to London, reported 25 Do. B 6 per cent .... all 33 84 ...,- Wheal Buller (Redruth) 6 1071 112 ble igear N A „, n g as having put bac here, making water &c 25 Do. C 6 per cent..... all 34 331 , ~- Wheal Edward (Cals.) 8 11 11 or le e kler tla iderablv strained. The pumps are constantly Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, .... Wheal Kitty(U. Lelant) 1.7.2 12 13 4the t o, and it is 6 percent.- lO O 57 59 the _ 4I_2 e - WWI Mary Ann (Meithe) 8 34 36 the , _gtior k ' 4 g can be arranged the vessel may be towed to at. ' LINES LEASED AT FIXED_ RENTALS. - Wh'l Trelawney (Link.) 44 29 30 29 ea 04 ,-Ityp r , I Leasing Closing Bushing O. 1 4 . 0 4 4or eiat ; ,L IA e D n e o c rt . h 9.-The Shamrock (schr), which was Railwa y(1. I Paid. Co.'s. Price. Dons. the 44tht side of the harbour, was got off and foo , lit u i l ig th e la st night. The Hazard, which went on shore + 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim lss 4 d par sot 35 Brazil. Imp. (iv. at £5 p ) 274 - - - I , . " 1 01 p gale of tho 4th and sth Dec., but was got off Bedford and Bletchley, all ;Ln & N.W .. .. 20 Do.St.Johndelltey,Lim. 15 171 18 4194 4 0 ,0 " to ws into . the port, sustained no damage. Buckinghamshire....' 100 ILn & N.WI 99 100 5 Do. Land and MintngCo. all - - I/ - Chester & Holyhead.. 100 ,Do. l49} 49 491 50 Do. do. 55 p. ct..... 100 Do. ;123 125 1 Clarendon Consols Min eli (EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Do. sv. et. , 100 Do. lll3 115 ing Co. of Jamaica ... 1- - d a' o '' \IN ~ 4,...._,(1 . SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. , Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonin,lo3 105 10 Cobra Copper all 47 49 481 e rel •IN di ved Colchester, Stour Val. all ,E.U.&E C 16 17 - Copiapo 1 DanMoun.Cop.Ming.Co l a 6 ll 7 / 85 00 pock, J ai ;" - to, L . ib_erty,. from London; Despatch, steamer, all 21 14 E.Lincolnsbire,g.6p.e 100 Gt.North.'l39 141 2 Fortuna Sail 1j a ,., ,, .. , 6 urprtse, from Fowey ; Gem, from Hartle- E Union,HarwicliShs ' all E.Counts.l 41 _4l Do. Woodbridge . .1 100 , ire Ap o .‘ o ny, from St. Ives ; Concordia, from Newcastle. Gle.Barr.&Neils Drc . t.l 100 Caledonin - - 3 Linares all 101 111 1 4 m, st -- ' ln Plis•hter for Seaham; Alcester, for Cardiff; Do. New ' I 100 'Do. - - 5 Lusitanian its te . ea m , b , 1 Mariquita all )1 111 , Agar, for Rio Janeiro; Alliance, steamer, for Gloster& Dean Forest, all Gt. West. - - 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L lf s. 1 p iii' ''h uts and Courier, steamers, for Jersey. Fiartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all Yk.N.&Br - - 28 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead the Wi nd Hull and Selby 1 all I Yk.N.Md. 110 112 Mining and Smelt.... all 6 7 li k ri S., fres LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Do. f Shares 1 all , Do. -- v. 5 Port Philip 1 4 1 oo ' 'ble e d. 1),,,„1",,D0. 4 Shares 1 all iDo. - es• 1 Scottish Australn. (L.)... 108 3 d par io' A__.frfvetztii, i , a . ga . , n - ro iN g .l . aaeira Pet, from St. Michael's; Lonnon&Greenwich ' 100 IS. East... 64 66 66 Do. Preference sl O on.,Til.&Soutend. 100 (Norfolk 96 98 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. (Ire -uee 10- - Juliet Trundy, from New Orleans. Lowestoft gua. 4p. ct. 100 - - .bi, slab - -- - ,og Nirizia ..LARINB AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) Do. 6 per cent lOO 'Do. Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk all LN WS 24 21 Share Joint-Stock Banks. !Paid. Closing Business off b A m ••C GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Price. Dons. h ° -t riv • ; tide l _ oil ta ad, b ,Second hours' flood ; weather, fine. Mid.Bradford Prefer- - - ence Stock 91 ' 1 .111 1 , 4 , 11 tw . e ,, e !•0• -Susan, from St. Michael ; William, 5. 5. 6. E.Counts 3 1 p - 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 71 73 sex "law A•ew F ' Neptune and Providence, from Gravelinee ; 40 Australasia all 81 83 YellNegnwmaraarnktti.o,ll3n6rypEc.x fro k °lira. ; It, , from Dmikirk ; Malbina and Vidar, from Nortlin.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all ;Do. 156 58 25 Bank of' Egypt all 21 22 ay, thtt, Attw e 'nger, steamer, from Oporto ; Rhine, steamer, Do. do. 6 per cent. ..., all IDo. t ° t Ri t iinear eor r P f ; .. Panther, steamer, from Boulogne ; Bel- 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all - - NA --- .--,T,, , ,. = O / 1 1 Ostend. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. I all all iii D l o id . land . 1 14 141 all ,St L.Yk. 1 - - L& N W 50 British North American all -- - lay P i t ort ll., ide a . " Sisters, for St. John's, Newfoundland ; 20 'Chid. Bank of India. &e 18 ld 1p Ile' eta oier Hamburg o r m ~ . for ; Louisa, for Cherburg; NproersttloinWaenstdcwrnyre I Do, 1 Shares A 1 all I Do. - - 25 Clealer.oi In. LonakCh. all - 100 (City - 50 - - all V aueira, Roystn,llitch.,& Shop 100 I Gt.Nortli.,l3B 140 100 ,Colonial 2 1 0 00 . 11 , 'CommercialC o m nnn dd . Boo ß nnk a ., ta n o n k wt o o f f C L a la d d o a n . 25 - - in° 1 ., lad , hie Pi... l 4aed e " • 3 .E . DEAL, Saturday Morning. par 1 p SlimwAry& Hereford' 100 IT Brassey 100 105 Do. Do. 1 1 •• • • - 19 20 - I , qui i ---..b, • , lnoderat tee NI t c ; i --" for °' • South Staffordshire .. all M'Clcan . 101 10. 20 Eng , Scot., & Aus. Ch. all 173 171 fol ~, la v :, Charlestown ; Tigress, for Port Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West 93 95 ' decstomu ni Switzerland ntyster. a 2 2 10 01 -:: -.. outer t. •-•-•, for Syd - ney ; Naiad, for Alpe Bay-all Wimbledon& Croydn. all LaStßrgtn , 71 8 1 2O Lon.Char.Bk.of Austral. all 231 231 10050 GLLooe osg U DOCKS. 50 London Joint Stock •.:•. 10 - - 0 t i 4 tit '""••••---......_- _..-__________________________--..... - closing Business . tb° ° ; 41 0 1, d e I nure' Dooka. I Paid k i lat, t Tesaed ir , „ I ng of the sth Prince Charles of Share Prim. Dom. 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 33 -- $0 !se 20 Do. new lO - - its 11 4 ,711%. 4 41 of 0 4 _,Lue Austrian uniform, wont to the rail- - 5O National Bank hie 14`"ber *he had " ,1 11he, to receive the last of the Austrian Stockl l Commercial lOO .... 20 New South Wales - - a ntt. 3' of 41 1 d C zk ,_arrived from France. They were 85 in Stock 'Do 4 perCent.Pref.Min. 100 25 Orient .Bk. Corporation all -- - 39 ,01 ... hail liter th ei4 ha osen . all seriously wounded in Italy, and Stock Eastland West India... 100 .-- 20 Ottoman Bank all 17/ 18 Stock St. Katharine ti le tis„, ally 1 , either arms of legs amputated ; the Stock - 661 0 100 Provincial of Ireland .. 25 - . 10 Do. New e, 4 , 1 11, 4 8 4(1 1 ., 4 eß enibled a travelliner hospital. Prince 100 --- all - - 'tea Ild a se( ' some words of consolation to each of S Southampton lOO - 25 South Australia - ' 411 d .4 irlhabl. Stock Victoria ......... lOO IC4 106 25 Union of Australia all - e lms i ant of Carlsruhe distributed coffee, to Do . New „„„.,,,„...! 2 0 50 Union of London l2 293 so 1 among them. 100 Unity Mutual GO .... ... ... THE SUN, WNW*, SATURDAY EVE RING, DECEMBER 10, 1859, THIN D EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Six o' Clock. AUSTRIA. The Vorstadt Zeitung has received a written warn ing on account of an article entitled " The Fate of Central Italy," in which mention was made of the Archduke Maximilian " without that respect which is due to a member of the Imperial family." If my memory is not at fault, his Imperial Highness was spoken of as a candidate for the throne of the future kingdom of Etruria. Although the Augsburg Gazette eulogises almost all the measures of the Austrian Government, it could not refrain from observing, that if Paragraph 4 of the supplementary Press Law should be strictly up held, " a paper could publish hardly anything without being in danger of punishment." Fortu nately for Government, paragraph 4 cannot be car ried out, as it is so loosely worded that the judges are unable exactly to understand its sense; As half a-dozen papers have received warnings during the last three or four days, it is probable that the Go vernment will hold its hand for a time, as it must know that the line which separates the serious from the ridiculous is a very narrow one. The Imperial Government thinks of proceeding against the 140 persons who signed the Kaamark protest against the Imperial Patent of September Ist, so that there is likely to be a "monster process" in Hungary. The man who printed the protest—the Hungarians call it a " petition"—was sentenced to imprison ment for 30 days, or a fine of 150 fl. The pay ment of the money was at once offered by some Hungarian patriots, but the printer declared that he wished to be locked up "for having done his duty to his country." It strikes me that it is unwise of Government to proceed against the Kfesmark Pro testants, as it will be at a loss to know ►hat to do with them if they are convicted. The Hungarians are in a state of great excitement, and one false step on the part of Government might bring about a conflict, which would lead to a regular Hungarian question. It affords me pleasure to be able to in form you that the Minister of the Interior has in formed the Saxon Protestants in Transylvania, that they are at liberty to dedicate 50,000f1., their an nual contribution to the provincial treasury, to the improvement of their schools. "If there is money enough in the Treasury " the arrears due since the year 1851 are also to be paid up. It is said that ths taxis are to be raised in all the provinces, but the report can hardly be true, as the Hungarians, Croats, &c.,,are unable to pay the taxes already imposed. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(TIIIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart.) PROM Y. SOADT-JUDGMENT - 110TION FOR. DECREE, His Honour the Vice-Chancellor:said—The plaintiffs, infants, by their bill, pray for the assistance of the court to give effect to the representations alleged to have been made by the late Dr. Anthony Dickson, the maternal grandfather to their father and mother before their marriage, that the Ed rington estate, and 105,000 Sicea rupees would be settled on them and their children. His Honour the Vice-Chancellor referred to the evidence produced, both written and parole, on both sides, which was extremely contradictory ; but, on a minute and careful consideration of the evidence, his Honour came to the conclusion that the balance of evidence was in favour of the plaintiffs, and declared accordingly, and remitted to his chief clerk to ascertain whothar it would be for the benefit of the plaintiffs to elect to take the 105,000 sicca rupees, or the estate, or the residue. No costs on either side. His Honour refused to grant an injunc tion, but granted liberty to apply. ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls.) LEES V. MASSEY.-MOTION FOR DEOREE.-JUDGMENT. His Honour tho Master of the Rolls said—l have looked into this case, and am of opinion that the m ord "relations" in this will means "neat of kin ;" and, therefore, I must make a declaration that the next of kin are entitled to take the estate of the late Thomas Lee. Costs of all parties to come out of the estate. His Honour made the usual admi • nistrative decree. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-( TRIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SWINDLING OP A GERMAIZ BY A NOTORIOUS FOREIGN CARDSIIARPEIL—Jacob Mindl, described as a German courior, but who is said to be a well known cardsharper, and frequenter of billiard-rooms, was charged with defrauding David Piepes, a German commercial clerk, out of employ, of his silver watch of the value of Lt. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the prisoner, Mr. Albert intreproting the evidence. _ From the evidence of the prosecutor who said he resided at 208, Marylebono-road, ho was passing along Oxford street on his way horns when the prisoner asked him some thing in English which he did not understand. A gentle man, who was close to the prisoner, said to me in French, that the prisoner was a German. The prisoner then asked for a street which ho did not know, and walked on with him and just as he was about to leave the prisoner said, " Will you take something to drink with me ?' and ho wont into an hotel with the prisoner and the other man, who said he was a Swiss. While they were in the hotel a short man, who said he was a Spaniard, and had just returned from America, where he had inherited a largo fortune, came in, and after a short time said ho pre ferred wine to beer, and asked what sort they would take, he having joined in conversation with them. Prisoner im mediately said, " It's usual, and custom requires, that we should play for our score," and took from his pocket a sort of cigar-case, which contained a red and a white countec, the ease being so constructed that when a person calleid "red," prisoner opened it and showed "white,' and vice versa. The prisoner and the Spaniard and the Swiss then played, and the Spaniard lost five times, and said, " I owe you for the opera, the dinner, and some bottles of wino." Some gentlemen then came in, and prisoner said, "We are not comfortable here, so we will go to another hotel," which they did, and the Spaniard then said to the prisoner, " I've lost several times, it's your turn to guess," and he placed on notes, and asked p r i soner t o s t a k e his £2O. not got so mu c h, b u t wou ld stake his prisoner and the S w i ss th en placed their watches . The Spaniard said they were not the,Prisonera t table ;ao n saidn2d tO the h i e hen table.. had ble worth £2O; and the prisoner, turning to him, said, "For God's sake lend me your watch for a minute and help me out of this difficulty; in a minute I will give it to you back, and £6, the third part of the £2O I shall win off the Spaniard ;" and he then gave him his watch and he laid it with the others. Ho should have taken the money if the prisoner had won, but all ho wanted was his watch. The Spaniard then went to work, and on the first occasion the prisoner was to guess he gave a blow on the table which upset the counter in the case, and the Spaniard won, and took up his own £2O and the three watches. He then said, " Gentlemen, I want my watch—it's not a fair game." Mr. Lewis—That was your opinion The prosecutor said the prisoner then said he would give him another chance of winning, and took him with him to get some money to play the Spaniard again, they got into the street the prisoner said, "What do you want?" He told him he wanted his watch, and as ho could not get it ha gave him into custody. and as soon as Mr. Lewis said it had been held in a similar case that the watch was only lent, and that the person had his remedy in the county court. _ _ Mr. Bingham said he did not think a man who did not come into court with clean hands had much to complain of, but he must have the watch restored. Sergeant Rogers, C division, said he thought if prisoner was remanded he should bo able to show that he was con nected with a gang of swindlers. Mr. Bingham said ho should remand tho prisoner, but would tako good bail. THAMES. THE SAILOR ON A LEE SnonE.- - -William Sloane, a stout man-of-war's man, who had nothing. on his person but a bluo shirt and a pair of canvas trousers, but who was not withstanding in a cheerful humour, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with committing a violent assault upon a man who did not appear against him. Police-sergeant Stimpson, No. 21 IC, said that the pri soner was intoxicated last night, got into a row, and ill-used a man. He ascertained that the prisonor was a deserter from her Majesty's ship Queen, at Portsmouth, and left her on Tuesday. The prisoner had lost or spent all his money, and been robbed of his clothes in a house of ill-fame in Shadwell. Mr. Yardley said the prisoner could scarcely be considered a deserter, for his pass ticket extended to the 9th instant. He directed Stimpson to convey the prisoner to the Croco dile receiving ship, off the Tower. A MEAN AND BRUTAL ScousnnEL.—James Stotter, a coalwhipper, aged 35, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with committing a violent assault on Mrs. Sarah Chandler, landlady of Ship public-house, in Bell-wharf, Shadwell. Mrs. Chandler said the prisoner had been in the practice of frequenting the Ship, making a disturbance, and calling for beer and liquors which ho had not paid for. On Friday night ho came to the house with others, and called for a pot of beer, which he carried into the tap-room, drank part of it, and refused to pay for it. She took away the pot, and ho snatched it front her and threw it at her head. If it had struck her it might have killed her, or done her a serious injury. The prisoner then took up another pot and struck her on the arm with it. She had been in great pain all night, and her arm was bruised. Mr. Yardley said the prisoner was a mean and brutal scoundrel, and sentenced him to two months' imprisonment Oa hard labour. THOMAS DE Q UI/VOLT. Thomas Do Quincey died at Edinburgh on Thursday, December 8, at 10 o'clock a.m., in his 75th year. In noticing, on the occasion of his departure from us, the life and character of De Quincey, none of the doubt and hesitation occur which render the task generally embarrassing as to what to commu nicate to the public and what to suppress. The " English Opium Eater" has himself told publicly, throughout a period of between thirty and forty years, whatever is known about him to anybody ; and, in sketching the events of his life, the recorder has little more to do than to indicate facts which may be found fully expanded in Mr. De Quincey's " Confessions of an Opium Eater," and " katobio graphic Sketches." The business which he has, in fact, left for others to do is that which, in spite of obvious impossibility, he was incessantly endea vouring to do himself—that of analysing and form ing a representation and judgment of his mind. and of his life as moulded by his mind. The most in tense metaphysician of a time remarkable for the predominance of metaphysical modes of thought, he was as completely unaware as smaller men of his mental habits that in his perpetual self-study and anlysis he was never approaching the truth, for the simple reason that he was not even within ken of the necessary point of view. " I," he says, " whose disease it was to meditate too much, and to observe too little." And the description was a true one, as far as it went. And the completion of the de scription was one which he could never have himself arrived at. It must, we think, be concluded of De Quincey that he was the most remarkable instance in his time of a more than abnormal, of an artificial condition of body and mind—a characteri sation which he must necessarily be the last man to conceive of. To understand this, it is necessary to glance at the events of his life. The briefest notice will suffice, as they are within the reach of all, as related in his own books. Thomas De Quincey was the son of a merchant engaged in foreign commerce, and was born at Manchester in 1786. He was one of eight children, of whom no more than six were ever living at once, and several of whom died in infancy. The survivors were reared in a country home, the incidents of which, when of a kind to excite emotion, impressed themselves on this singular child's memory from a very early age. We have known only two instances, in a rather wide experience of life, of persons dis tinctly remembering so far back as a year and a half old. This was De Quincey's ago w h en th ree deaths happened in the family, which he remembered, not by tradition, but by his own contemporary emotions. A sister of three-and-a-half died ; and he was per plexed by her disappearance, and terrified by the household whisper that she had been ill-used, just before her death, by a servant. A grandmother died about the same time, leaving little impression, be cause she had been little seen. The other death was of a beloved kingfisher by a doleful accident, When the boy was five he lost his playfellow, and, as he says, intellectual guide—his sister Elizabeth, eight years old, dying of hydrocephalus, after manifesting an intellectual power which the forlorn brother re called with admiration and wonder for life. The impression was undoubtedly genuine; but it is im possible to read the " Autobiographical Sketch" in which the death and funeral of the child are described without perceiving that the writer referred back to the period he was describing with emotions and reflex sensations which arose in him, and fell from the pen at the moment. His father meantime was residing abroad, year after year, as a condition of his living at all; and he died of pulmonary con sumption before Thomas was seven years old. The elder brother, then 12, was obviously too eccentric for home management, if not for all control; and looking no further than these constitutional cases, we are warranted in concluding that the Opium Eater entered life under peculiar and unfavourable conditions. He paned through a succession of schools, and was distinguished by his eminent knowledge of Greek. At 15 he was pointed out by his master (himself a ripe scholar) to a stranger in the remark able words, "That boy could harangue an Athenian mob better than you or I could address an English one." And it was not only the Greek, we imagine, but must have been the eloquence too that was in cluded in this praise. In this, as in the subtlety of the analytical power (so strangely mistaken for entire intellectual supremacy in our day), De Quincey must have strongly resembled Coleridge. Both were fine Grecians, charming discoursers, eminent opium takers, magnificent dreamers and seem large in their promises, and helpless in their failure of performance. De Quincey set his heart upon going to college earlier than his guardians thought propEr ; and, on his being disappointed in this matter, he ran away from his tutor's house, and was lost for several months — first in Wales, and afterwards in London. He was then sixteen. His whole life presents no more re markable evidence of his constant absorption in introspection than the fact that while tortured with hunger in the streets of London for many weeks, and sleeping (or rather lying awake with cold and hunger) on the floor of an empty house, it never once occurred to him to earn money. As a classical corrector of the press, and in other ways, he might no doubt have obtained employment ; but it was not till afterwards asked why he did not, that the idea ever entered his mind. How he starved, how he would have died but for a glass of spiced wine in the middle of the night on some steps in Soho square, the Opium Eater told all the world above thirty years since ; and also, of his entering col lege ; of the love of wine generated by the comfort it had yielded in his days of starvation ; and again, of the disorder of the functions of the stomach which naturally followed, and the resort to opi um as a refuge from the pain. It is to be feared that the description given in those extraordinary " Confes sions" has acted more strongly in tempting young people to seek the eight years' pleasures he derived from laudanum than that of his subsequent torments in deterring them. There was no one to present to them the consideration that the peculiar organisation of De Quincey, and his bitter sufferings, might well make a recourse to opium a different thing to him and to anybody else. The quality of his mind, and the exhausted state of his body, enhanced to him the enjoyments which he called " divine ;" whereas there is no doubt of the miserable pain by which men of all constitutions have to expatiate a habitual indulgence in opium. It may or it may not be that others may, one or all, procure the pleasures he ex perienced, but it is certain that every one must expiate his offence against the laws of the human frame. And let it be remembered that De Quincey's excuse is as singular as his excess. Of the many who have emulated his enjoyment, there can hardly have been one whose stomach had been well nigh destroyed by months of incessant, cruel hunger. This event of his life—his resort to opium—ab sorbed all the rest. There is little more to tell in the way of incident. His existence was thence forth a series of dreams, undergone in different places—now at college and now in a Westmoreland cottage with a gentle suffering wife by his side, striving to minister to a need which was beyond the reach of nursing. He could amuse his predo minant faculties by reading metaphysical philo sophy, and analytical reasoning on any subject ; and by elaborating endless analyses and reasonings of his own, which he had not energy to embody. Occasionally the torpor encroached even on his predominant faculties ; and then he roused himself to overcome the habit—underwent fearful suffer- ing in the weaning—began to enjoy the vital hap piness of temperance and health ; and then—fell back again. The influence upon the moral energies of his nature was, as might be supposed, fatal. Such energy he once had, as his earlier efforts at endurance amply testify. But as years passed on he net only became a more helpless victim to his prominent vice, but manifested an in creasing insensibility to the most ordinary requisi tions of honour and courtesy, to say nothing of gra titude and sincerity. In his hungry days in Lon don he would not beg or borrow. Five years later he wrote to Wordsworth, in admiration and sym pathy, received an invitation to his Westmoreland valley, went, more than once, within a few miles, and withdrew and returned to Oxford, unable to conquer his painful shyness—returned at last to live there, in the very cottage which had been Wordsworth's ; received for himself, his wife, and a growing family of children an uniutermitting series of friendly and neighbourly offices ; was necessarily admitted to much household confidence, and favoured with substantial aid, which was certainly not given through any strong liking for his man ners, conversation, or character. How did he re compense all this exertion and endurance on his behalf P In after years, when living (we believe) at Edinburgh, and pressed by debt, he did for once exert himself to write; and what he wrote was an exposure, in a disadvantageous light, of everything about the Wordsworths which he knew merely by their kindness. Ho wrote papers which were eagerly read, and of course duly paid for, in which Words worth's personal foibles were malignantly exhibited with ingenious aggravations. The infirmities of one member of the family, the personal blemish of another, and the human weaknesses of all, were displayed; and all for the purpose of deepening the dislike against Wordsworth himself, which the receiver of his money, the eater of his dinners, and the dreary provoker of his patience, strove to excite. Moreover, he perpetrated an act of treachery scarcely paralleled, we hope, in the history of literature. In the confidence of their most familiar days Words worth had communicated portions of his posthu mous poems to his guest, who was perfectly well aware that the work was to rest in darkness and silence till after the poet's death. In these magazine articles De Quincey—using for this atrocious pur- pose his fine gift of memory—published a passage which he informed us was of far higher merit than anything else we had to expect. And what was Wordsworth's conduct under this unequaled experi ence of bad faith and bad feeling ? While so many anecdotes were going of the poet's fireside, the following ought to be added. An old friend was talking with him by that fireside, and mentioned De Quincey's magazine articles. Wordsworth begged to be spared any account of them, saying that the man had long passed away from the family life and mind; and he did not wish to ruffle himself in a useless way about a misbehaviour which could not be remedied. The friend acquiesced, saying " Well, I will tell you only one thing that he says, and then we will talk of other things. He says your wife is too good for you." The old poet's dim eyes lighted up instantly, and he started from his seat, and flung himself against the mantelpiece, with his back to the fire, as he cried with loud enthusiasm-- " And that's true ! There he is right ! " and his disgust and contempt for the traitor were visibly moderated. During a long course of years De Quincey went on dreaming always—sometimes scheming workg of high value and great efficacy which were never to exist; promising largely to booksellers and others, and failing through a weakness so deep-seated that it should have prevented his making any promises. When his three daughters were grown up. and his wife was dead, he lived in a pleasant cottage at Lasswade, sear Edinburgh —well known by name to those who have never seen its beauties, as the scene of Scott's early married life and first great achievements in literature. There, while the family fortunes were expressly made contingent on his abstinence from his drug, De Quincey did ab stain, or observe moderation. His flow of conver sation was then the delight of old acquaintance and admiring strangers, who came to hear the charmer, and to receive the impression, which could never be lost, of the singular figure and countenance and the finely modulated voice, which were like nothing else in the world. It was a strange think to look upon that fragile form, and features which might be those of a dying man, and to hear such utterances as his ; now the strangest comments on insignifi cant incidents; now pregnant remarks on great subjects; and then, malignant gossip, virulent and base, but delivered with an air and a voice of phi losophical calmness and intellectual commentary such as caused the disgust of the listener to be largely qualified with amusement and surprise. One good thing was, that nobody's name and fame could be really injured by anything De Quincey could say. There was such a grotesque air about the mode of his evil-speaking, and it was so gra tuituous and excessive, that the hearer could not help regarding it as a singular sort of intellectual exercise, or an effort in the speaker to observe, for once, something outside of himself, rather than as any token of actual feeling towards the ostensible object. Let this strange commentator on individual cha racter meet with more mercy and a wiser interpre tation than he was himself capable of. He was not made like other men ; and he did not live, think,'or feel like them. A singular organisation was singu larly and fatally deranged in its ;action before it could show its best quality. Marvellous analytical faculty he had ; but it all oozed out in barren words. Charming eloquence ho had; but it degenerated into egotistical garrulity, rendered tempting by the gilding of his genius. It is questionable whether, if he had never touched opium or wine, his real achievements would have been substantial—for he had no conception of a veritable stand-point of phi losophical investigation ; but the actual effect of his intemperance was to aggravate to excess his intro spective tendencies, and to remove him incessantly further from the needful discipline of true science. His conditions of body and mind were abnormal, and his study of the one thing he knew anything about—the human mind—was radically imperfect. His powers, noble and charming as they might have been, were at once wasted and weakened through their own partial excess. His moral nature relaxed and sank, as must always be the case where sensibility is stimulated and action paralysed ; and the man of genius who, 40 years before, admini stered a moral warning to all England, and com manded the sympathy and admiration of a nation, has lived on to achieve nothing but the delivery of some confidences of questionable value and beauty, andto command from us nothing more than a com passionate sorrow that an intellect so subtle and an eloquence so charming in its pathos, its humour, its insight, and its music, should have left the world in no way the better for such gifts—unless by the warning afforded in " Confessions" first, and then by example, against the curse which neutralised their influence and corrupted its source.—Daily News. THE PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE OF METEOROLOGY. At a recent meeting of the British Meteorological Society, T. Sopwith, Esq., M.A., F.It.S., the pre sident, read a paper on "The Practical Importance of Meteorology." Mr. Sopwith commenced by say ing :—ln drawing the attention of this society to a subject which must be considered to be the very basis of the society's existence—for without prac tical utility all theoretical studies and observations would have but little claim on our attention—my object is not to occupy your time by any detailed statements of views which are well understood, but to endeavour to direct attention to the present state of meteorological science with reference to some means of promoting an increased attention to pheno mena which, if accurately observed and applied, may in a great degree afford certainty in the place of conjecture, and reasona bl e ground Y of conjecture and anticipation in cases where no means are at pre sent:recognised for forming even probable conjec tures. It may, indeed, be said of every science that its uses, and consequently its importance, are in creased exactly in the same degree in which correct observation is made the basis of practical applica tion. In one sense meteorology is even more popular than the sciences of astronomy, navigation, geology or any other study that might be named. Not a day —nay, scarcely an hour passes, but some remark or silent observation is made on the weather. It is the usual salutation of friends on meeting. Whether in or out of doors, each change of aspect in the clouds, the commencement or cessation of rain or snow, and above all the varying temperature of northern cli mates, never fail to attract earnest attention. In this sense we may say that meteorology is the most uni versally observed of all the sciences—that the whole family of mankind form a meteorological society, constantly engaged in observing results which, though vague and inaccurate, are mere frequently communicated in word and in writing than any other general topic, unless it be health, which is, as we all know, closely connected with, and depen dent on, meteorological conditions, so much so that an enlarged and practical view constantly recog nises their mutual connection. In almost every con dition of active life we find especial and important claims which this science has upon the most careful attention, in order to obtain the st r i c t e l ements of health and comfort ; and in like manner do we find evil results—the loss of comfort, health, and even life, as well as deterioration of prospects, ensue from its neglect. It is probable that in savage nations the immediate suffering arising from neglect, aug mented by the absence of the ameliorating arrange ments of civilised life, probably render the inhabi tants more accurate otherwise than those to whom changes of weather are of small moment. The in fluence of atmospheric changes upon the comfort and well-being of the living inhabitants of the globe and especially of the human race, cannot be over estimated, nor would it wou ld it be easy even to enumerate the more prominent conditions which have so close a relation with life and health. In an ordinary lifetime a human being depends for exist ence on the inhaling of air with the lungs a number of times, which must be reckoned in hundreds of millions, any failure in which, even for a few minutes, would be fatal to life. How much then, in an operation of such enormous amount of repeti tion, must depend on the purity and density of the fluid we breathe. How important, then, are the means by which the condition of the atmosphere can be ascertained as regards its relation to health, and considered as an absolute means of existence. How important to foresee such changes in the atmosphere as are likely to affect personal comfort or the success of commercial or other pursuits. How important it is to have regard to density, to hu midity, to motion and temperature. As yet, the practical importance of meteorology is far from being generally understood and appreciated. The interests of the farmer, the shipowner, the mariner, the miner, and many other extensive classes of society are so largely engaged, that it is remarka ble to observe how small is the number of persons associated for the promotion of exact meteorology, scarcely, if at all, exceeding one person for each hundred inhabitants of Great Britain. This society has done more to consolidate the observations rela ting to British meteorology than -could have been done by any amount of recombined operations. And here it would be unjust not to mention in the most prominent manner, the labours of Mr. Glaisher, who may be considered as the founder and promoter of a sound system of meteorological observations. The practical importance of meteorology will, I doubt not, be hereafter admitted as generally as that of other sciences. Its aims are such as admit of accomplishment, provided the same amount of public attention can be directed to the only means whereby progress can be safely and surely made. These means of progress may be comprised in a few words, viz., correct observe- tions made with accurate instruments in a suffi cient number of places, and combined under one general system of arrangement and superinten dense. After the mention and various illustrations of cases in which meteorological conditions are of great practical importance, Mr. Sopwith dwelt at some length upon the necessity for good and accu rate instruments, and care in the observations, quot ing from his journal as follows ---Nov. 25, 1859. Correct observations in meterology hare an impor tance which is not possessed by erroneous data ; the latter are not only without positive value, they promote erroneous views, prevent sound conclusions, and entirely impede all progress in those researches of science which are useful only when based on strict truth. Mr. Sopwith discussed observations taken with the utmost care and regularity in con nection with those at Allenhead and Bywell with standard instruments, and he found that at times the barometrical observation showed increasing readings instead of decreasing readings, and the variations of temperature were entirely wrong, owing mainly to the imperfection of the instruments. These results having come under the notice of the Duke of Northumberland, on whose property these observations were made, his Grace gave a written assent to a suggestion I had offered with a view to substitute good instruments, and to have correct observations taken. Not only did his Grace offer to defray the cost of such instruments, but proposed the establishment of meteorological observations at fishing villages on the coast of Northumberland, where there is reason to believe that loss of life might be averted by such a foreknowledge of the weather as can only be obtained by means of accu rate instruments. I am sure the members of this society will cordially approve the reception which these liberal and benevolent proposals have met with from the council, who at their last meeting directed a letter to be sent in acknowledgment of this im portant practical aid, and expressing also the de sire, as well as the willingness of the council to take the responsibility of having such observations made in strict conformity with uniform prin ciples, and so as to admit of comparison with correct standards. The lnbours of local societies, and of scientific individuals, must become of greatly in creased value when combined in one general and uniform system. I may here quote a remark made by Mr. Drew, who says, " Looking at what private observers like myself may have been able to accom plish in the science of meteorology, we must arrive at the conclusion that comparatively slow progress will be made until our number is increased, and until we embrace in our observations a more ex- tensive range. In addition to the pressure, tempera ture, and hygrometric state of the air, it would be highly advantageous could we for localities ascertain the rapidity of evaporation, the range and intensity of solar radiation, and the state of electric tension. All which, in their varied combinations, go to make up that general result which we call climate, and which unitedly produce effects upon the natural world and the human frame, according to the pre ponderance in the atmosphere of the one element or the other." When public attention is thus direoted to the subject it is probable that a greatly increased c are will lead to greatly increase usefulness. I would especially mention schools as places where m eteorological observations might be kept, under peculiarly favourable circumstances. In the mean time, there is one suggestion which I have ventured to offer, and that is that in many places where ob servations arc kept the knowledge of thorn is con fined to the persons making them, or to a few per sons in the house or other building. Now it would be very easy to fix in a conspicuous manner a ladder. like scale—a sort of enlargement of what we see in levelling staves—and having a large and prominent index, moveable by hand, so as to be placed daily at the several observatories, to show the two pre ceding observations. Such an arrangement will be placed at the Alawick Observatory, where it will be seen from Alnwick Castle, and from many miles of country, by the aid of a spying-glass of mode rate power. Such indications would make the weather as well known to the public generally as the time is known by a clock. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gentlemenhaving undergone thelnecessary examinations for the diploma were admitted members of the college at a meeting of the court of examiners on the Gth inst., viz. : Messrs. 11. Rickard, Plymouth ; T. Miller, Boyton, Suf folk ; 11. Horsley, Croydon ; T. Michell, Redruth, Corn wall; F. Pout, Yielding, Kent; F. 0. B. Wither, Madras; T. Moore, llales Owen, Worcestershire ; D. Kaarney, Madras; T. S. Foster, Carnarvon ; S. Booth, Huddere field; R. S. Wallis, Birmingham; L. J. Lee, London; 11. S. llutcheon, Aberdeen; A. Lloyd, Bristol ; U. It. Irvine, Portsmouth ; E. C. Board, Bristol ; J. Neesom, Bradford ; C. J. Trotter, llolmlirth, Yorkshire ; J. Merrinece, Bel fast; J. Booster, Chester; W. Murray, Durham; W. N. Pell, Northampton; and J. It. Thomas, Dublin. MALAGA, Nov. 29.—The steamer Genoa, with troops, mules, 100 tons of gunpowder, &c., took fire in the Mole. Fortunately they were able to sink her before the fire reached the gunpowder. Upwards of one hundred m u l es parished 2111 S DAYS MARKETS. COVENT-GARDEN. Our market is seasonably well supplied with produce, and the trade on the whole may bo considered steady, as follows : FRUIT. s. d. e. d. Pine apples, perlb 4 o to 7 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes, per lb 3 0 to d 0 Foreign do 1 0 to 1 lielone, each Peaches, perdoz 0 0 to 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per 'if. BY. 2 0 to 5 0 Pears, per do. 3 0 to 8 0 Oranges, per 100 5 0 to 10 0 Lemons, per 100 4 0 to 8 0 Apricots, per dos 0 0 to 0 0 s. d. s. d Cherries, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 1 oto 1 6 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Figs, rer doz 2 6to 3 0 Strawberries p ptl 0 oto 0 0 Gooseberries Itt'sv 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. Greeni.mges, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries, prptlo oto 0 0 kIILES. vEGET, Greens, dz bunch 3 0 to 4 • Cabbages, pr doz. 0 9 to 1 0 Savoy do., pr do. 0 10 to 1 3 Cauliflowers, p dz 1 0 to 3 0 Brocoli, per 0 10 to 1 3 1 Old potatoes,p ton SO to 120 0 New ditto, per ton 0 0 to 0 0 Peas, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Turuip,s, dz bunch 1 6 to 2 6 Carrots, pr do 4 6 to 5 6 Cucumbers 4 0 to 6 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Spina:lolE-Bv_ 0 10 to 1 0 Brus. sprouts, h. s. 1 6 to 2 0 Old onions, dz bun 0 0 to 0 0 New do., sv 1 3 to 1 6 French beans, 11. s. 2 0 to 2 6 Leeks, per bunch 0 2 to 0 3 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 2 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 4 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 6 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 I'arsn►ps, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms& pun 1 3to 1 9 Artichokes, pr dz 2 oto 3 0 Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0 Endive, per score 0 9to 1 3 Radishes, dz hnde 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, hf sye 2 6to 3 6 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 • 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 I Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 4 oto 6 0 Seakale, per pun. 3 0 to 4 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 10s Od ; poults, Os Od to Os Od each ; geese, 4$ Od to is Od ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducklings, 2s Od to 3s 01; rabbits, is Od to is 6d each; wild do., Yd to is 2d ; pigeons, Gd to Os 10d each; large Surrey fowls, 53 Od to 105 Od; chickens, 3s Gd to 7s Od; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 58 Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 2s Od to 2s Od ; grouse, 2s Od to 2s 6d each; pheasants, 2s 3d to 2s 9d; ptarmigan, Os toOs Od ; woodcocks, 2s Od to 3s Od; snipes, is Od to is 3d ; teal, Os Gd to is Od ; wild ducks, 2s Od to 2s 3d; widgeons, is Od to is Gd; plovers, Os 6d to is Od each; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od; roasting pigs, 4s Od to 7s Od each; Ostend fresh butter, Os lld to is ld ; English, is 2d to is 5d per lb; English eggs, 13s Od to 14s Od ; French do., Ils Od to 12s Od per 120 ; leverets, is 9d to 2s 6d each, NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d per Blbs. WIIITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3e 4d to 4s 10d per 81b., by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 2s Od to Os Od; trout, Os Od to Os; eels, 83 to is ; prawns, 3s Od to Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, Gd pet lb. Turbots, 2s 6d to 20s ; cod, 2s Od to 15s 03 ; brills, Is Od to 10s 03 ; doreys, is 03 to 7s Od ; mullets, Os Gd to 2s 6d ; lobsters, 63 to 2s 6d ; crabs, Gd to 2s Od ; plaice and gurnets, 43 to is Od each ; soles, 3d to Is 6d per pair ; common oysters, 16s to 20s ; natives, —s to 44s per bushel ; whitings, 3s 03 to lOs Od ; haddocks, 4s to 12s Od ; smelts, Is 6d ; flounders, is Od to is Gd per dozen; mackerel, 40s; fresh herrings, 6s ; bloaters, Ss to —s per 100 ; carp and tench, Is to 3s per brace. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7d to 71d ,of household do., 5d to 61d per 41b loaf. , HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 4d to 41d ; 6kb to 721 b, 41d to 41d ; 721 b to 801 b, Vd to sd; 8016 to 8816, 5d to old; 881 b to 961 b, 50 to 6J; 961 b to 1041 b, 6,1 to 61d. Horse hides, Bsod to lOs 6d ; calf skins, light 3s Od to 5s Od; do, full, 8s Od to 105 Od ; polled sheep, 7s 6d to Os 6d ; half-breds, Gs 6(.1 to 7s 6d; Downs, 45 9d to 6s Od; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIIILD.—MOSUIOW hay, £2 10s to £4 Os ; clover, £3 lOs to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 8s per load. Trade dull. Supplies moderate. CUMBERLAND.--Meadow hay, £2 103 to £4 Os ; clover, £3 lOs to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 5s to £llos per lead. A slow sale. WiLITECHATTL.—Meadow hay, £2los to £4 Os; clover, £3 15s to £5 Os; and strawc£l 4s to £1 8s per load. Trade dull. (LET-DEC. 9. the close of the market.) Walls End. R. d. Gibson l7 6 II en gh Hall 18 9 Riddell l7 9 Acorn Close lB Birchgrove Graigola 2l 0 Powell' s Dutfryn Steam 22 6 Garway and Duffryn Malting Nixon's DuffiTn 22 6 ;t, 35—Sold, 25. COAL MARE (Prices of Coal per Ton at s. d. Bowers'Wesfflartley 14 6 Bates' West Hartley 13 6 Tunfield Moor 14 3 Tantield Moor Butes-14 Wylam 15 9 West Wylam l4 9 Walls' End. Northumberland 15 0 8rand0n....... Whitworth l5 0 ships at marlo LARGE MASTS.—A vessel which arrived some days ago at Cherbourg, from Vancouver's Island, brought for the dockyard 12 masts, which, according to the local journals, " astonished all who saw them"—three being of nearly the length of 121 feet, and rather more than 36 inches in diameter at 15 feet from the butt, and most of the others nearly 100 feet long and 34 inches. The masts are described as perfectly straight,without knots ordefect, and of a species of wood superior in quality to all other wood used for masts. Their value is about 53,0001.