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

-.) sham iously again verdict I F.) 7al ad he ne of ns THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Six 0' clock. TATTERSALLS'-(THIS EVENING. But very few members present, the following bets being all that came to our notice : TWO THOUSAND. sto 1 agst Buccaneer THE DERBY. 11 to 1 agst Thormanby (taken) 12 to 1 agst Buccaneer (taken) 13 to- 1 agst The Wizard (taken) 14 to 1 agst Nutbourne (taken) 50 to 1 agst Paleface (taken) 1000 to 25 agst Restes (offered) THE BANKRUPT HUGHES. The jury having found the prisoner guilty on the second indictment the other charges were withdrawn, and he was sentenced to 10 years' penal servitude. .110.41 7 8 Y _MARKET AND CITY NEWS. 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 c ommercial community provided for their bills i n a very satisfactory manner, and no failures Portance occurred, but a f avoura bl e liqui dat,iton of accounts was looked for i n consequence of Lae healthy condition of trade, and the abun dance and cheapness of money. The market f lay new 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, may prove of short duration, 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 sold at previous rates. In the railway share 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. a The market for English Securities opened with . nul a pp e arance, owing to the decline r ep or t e d in the R entes • S. TI and the Ministeri a l c h anges spo k en of in Pa r is. Con so l s a t one ti me were 9 5 : , b ut they are now 9 54 1, being a shade firmer; the February quotation is 951 9, The transactions have been very limited. The New Threes and the Reduced nnuities are 951, 96 ; Indian Deb en t ures , 981 I ; ditto 5 p er Cent . enfaced paper, 961, ; India Sto c k prem. is 104-1- ,; and th e Exchequer Bills are 31s. to 325. In the Foreign Stock Market a fair amount of business has been transacted, and prices generally show an improvement. 7 81 to 79i ; dit to Turkish 6 p er C en t s . are New, 661 to 661 ; M ex i can i s Bat at 221; • . Bue nos Ayr es 6 per Cents. have ad- _ vonced to 85 Portuguese to 441 4 ; Dutch 4 per si Cents. to 102 ; Russian 3 per Cents. to 66i, ditto 4} per Cents, to 981, ditto 5 per Cents. are marked 1091, and the Scrip 1 dis. Tho Ocean Marine Insurance Company's shares are It 2 prem. ; the Universal ditto, k dis. to t I par ; San Paul o R a il way , par to prem. Bank of Turkey, Ito 11 prem.; and the New Canadian Loan, 11 to 2 prem. The last; week's railway receipts, ascertained up I Ghost W es t ern .. to this day, are in round figures as under lB6o :- 1859. North-W eatorn £25,875 £24,694 t 72,053 65,198 St Sonth-W eatern 14,452 13,234 st 14,607 12,786 Brighton .... ..... . ........... ~ kidland ..... Mouth -Eastern .... Groat Norther n ...29,244 24,171 Si .... Latteahliji * and York s • a' ' 34 190 30,175 li Bristol and Exeter. lur 7;281 6,384 North-Eastern .. 33,288 29,411 13t• tkfuelleste, Sheffield, and LinColn Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton 4 722 4,375 West Hartlepool . : 3,351 2,760 st, alia.burgh and Gies g . o .... 3,529 5,288 St: Glasgow awl South - W es tern Great Luxembourg 8 ril 1,944 1,551 Great Western, of Cana da . 7,362 7,610 1 These returns show a satisfactory increase on most I of the principal lines in the United Kingdom. On st , the Great Western it amounts to £1 , 1 81; on the 1 North-Western, to £6,760 ;on the South-Western, 2 , to 4218; on the Brighton, to £1,821; on the st : Midland, to £3,757 ;on the South-Eastern, to 1, the Great N orthern,.Xs,lo3 ; the Lancashire st Z: and Yorkshire, X 4,015 • ; the North-Eastern, £4,877 ; the Edinburgh and Glasgow, £241 ; and the Great . 6 :, Canadalaucembourg, £ 39 3. On the Great Western of st there is a deer o f £248. Buiness in tile moderately Rai l wa y Share Market has been 1 active, bu prices have sympathised St with the heavy torte of t he English market. Great st Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, S. Western, Midland and North Caledoni an Briti s h have declined ss. 11. , 10s. and S outh Eastern, 15s. Great st, Northern improved £l, and 10e, North Eastern York, Z The F ore i gn and Colonial lines are also a shade Si flatter. Lombardo -V enet i an have declined I I ; ' Pernambuco, , and Bahia and S an Francisco, s. East Indian are flat at 104, but Great Indian Peninsul a advanced to 1021. Grand Trunk of Canada a re steady at 441, and Great Western of at Canada, 121. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re main quiet at about former prizes. London and 1 ,_ 7 Westminst er realise 66, 11 , Iadras Irrigation 21 to 21-, 1 20 and Nati ona l Discount Company, 4:1. ahlt Stock BRI G TIS H FUNDS—CLOSIN PRICES. -n ... 2281 ................. 01, 6 5 4 1 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • uo NRW 3 per Cent. Annuities '• 951 /4 6 5I 6 • • • ludia Stock ..• Ditto Debent ure • ;;lB • s • B • .. .. ........ •• • NI Z i Dittol)Eitnlte' id pa 1859 ••• POIIKOIR for Account (Jr. Ditto 51 per Centr, ' ! sper lo cent.. ... India Steek for Acountr' Fxchequer Bills £ l ,O OO, 11 • 3l 229 Ditto 00 f55152040ii: .. .............. .... .. • d . .... 31 2 29 .... FOREI GN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent. .................. u ,.. Ditto Account ... —. . ...... . ....... 1031 iseuoe Ayres, 6 yer Cent•.............. • 86 _ . vg. Ditto Deferred., ... .. . . ............... 22 i/ -quad New Consolidated ' • ............ 13 " Le z l sau, 3 per Cent. • .................. i Ditto Account ...... 22 Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. .......... ..... 411 1 / Ditto Account 'toilful, 1822,Cent.. ....... 109} 981 xd Ditto 41 per Cent. t St., 5 per 66/4 6/4 :Ditto, 3 per Cent 1859 .) i d Ditto Scrip, 84/ 8"... clillian, 6 per Cent 43/ x d Spanish 3 per Cent 44 Ditto Account .. 10/ Ditto Passive Turkish 6 per Cen • t -- Ditt o . .. 79 84 9 Ditto Accoant New L oan _ 6 1 6 1 6 1 Ditto A ccount 6st 64 tellgian, Divid ende on th e a b ove paya bl e in London. 4 25f 9Bl Ditto Certifi ' ' O l Exchl per Ce n t , Ex nge tes, 4 per : 12 . Guil. Center Cent — calo2 Co uitt o lisols, Ac Money count (Jan. 10) 9 5! t THREE O'CLOCK. lIR 1341778-11" _EXPEDITION TO CHITA. • Her Ma.; ,esLY her M a j esty's -- J's shi ps Si moom and Sphinx, with a rrived a t gunboats Hardy and Haovck, Dec. 6, St. Vincent, C ape d e V erd Island, from P ortsmouth, an'd the three last sailed Wea the 7th for Rio Janeiro and China. Her Majes s 6114) Encounter and the gunboat Grasshopper arrived on the 7th, and sailed on the 11th for Rio Janeiro and China ; on the Bth, her Majesty's ship Odin the and the gun b oat Weazel, and on the 9th gunboat Beagle, and all three sailed on the game day for Rio Janeiro and Chine. • On the 10th, her Maje s t y ' s gunboat Flamer, and on the 11th the gunboat Snap, also arrived from Portsmouth, and sailed also for Rio Janeiro and China. Share SHARE MAR. 12.10 !Ambers., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction 10 1 50 Belfa.zt and Ballymena all 13.14 Bin, Wol., and :Str. Val. all Stock Bir., La.. and Ch. June, 100 25 Blackburn ^' ,l 25 Bly,th and Tyne...... all 10 Bost.Slefd.& Mid. C uan ' all Stock Bristol and Ex Stook Caledonian 100 ' - ',',er lOO 50 Cork and - fl an a on 9 20 ,Cofic, 10 Carmr-11611 & Cardigan all 10 Do. A 10 Do. B 20 . j o rnwaii Blkrock,&Passage all all fA roves. no div f all / mtil6p. c. per an all hasbeen pd.t tO Dublin andßelfast Juno. oß. all 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc all Stock East Anglian lOO E Stock astern Counties lOO Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 Stock Do. do. B Stocki 100 25 Do.NVT.A. ( Ite.E.U3ds)I 8 , 20 East Suffolk all 10 all Stock Edin Do burg: and Glasgow 10( Stock j Edln.,Perth, & Dundee. 101 10 Forth & Clyde Junction al Stod -I Furness &PA Glasgow& South Westn lO 10 Great North of Scotla n d a ] Stock Great Northern lO Stock, Do. do. A Stock r 10 Stock Do. do. B Stock lO Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 10 Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk 101 12 Irish South Eastern al Stock Lancaster and Carlisle / la 16i Do. Thirds to Do. New Thirds . al Stock Lancashire & Yorks'A re 19 Stock London and Blar;cvrall. 10 Stock Lon.,Brightm ..icS.Coast 10 25 Lond. Chrt and Dover a] Stock London North Westn' 10 12 Do. E'..ghtlis Stock Lor.ton& South-Westn lO 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen a) Stoex Man., Shef., 'e Lincoln lO tit Metropolitan stock Midland ll Stock Do. Birming. & Derby.: lk 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) a, 25 Do. i Shares a] 100 Newcastle and Carlisle al 25 New., Aber., & Hereld; al 10 Newry & Armagh (ad.) 1 20 Newry, Warpt., & Rol; a] Stock Norfolk lOl 50 North. Counties Union : Stock North British . „... . . 101 Stock Nor.Dev.Rall.&Dk..l.litk: 101 Stock Do.A Stk.— Arec. ro div. until 6p.o.hasb'etnpdß 10( Stock Do. B Stock . Stock North-Eastn .—Berwick 100 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 161: Stock Do. Leeds lOO Stock Do. YOllc lOO Stock North Landon lOO 20 . North Staffordshire.,, 17 10 No. & Son. W. Junction all Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver lOO 10 !Peebles all 2C.1 Portsmouth 11l Rh ymney lO 1 Stock Scottish Central lOO Stock Scoth. N. 8.. Ab er. St ock 100 Stoe;aDO. Scottish Mid. St oc k 100 Stick Shropshire Union lOO i 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all Stock South Devon lOO Stock South-Eastern lOO Stock South Wales Stock SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun all 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 25 Stockton & Darlington • all 25 Do. do. 18 55 25 Do. do. 1858 9 Stockton & Hartlepool 16i Stock Taff Vale lOO Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 50 Ulster 25 Do, 2O 12 10 , Do. Stock' Vale of Neath lOO 10 rVictorla Station & Tim 91 Stock' Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick, all 20 West Cornwall 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal lal 5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B 1 5 Do. B ....i al 20 West London . al 10 Do. Ist Class.... .. al tO Do. 2d Class "._ 84 9, 34 40 00 110 110, 00 87 89 104 11 24 d 441 S 5 554 564 • 2 4 3i p ip 63 6,5 8 di PREFEREgbn 78 DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. I,_ sd. Closing Prioe. 6i gi _ R 141 761 771 11i 121 - - 7 102 (31 101 91} As} 64 7 7 14* 15, 58 0 39 41 27 20 821 143 i 30, 31 107 108 95 96 133 135 112 114 691 701 60 d .11 R) 208 211 i 1 171 18/p 11 174 181 - ci O 1004 101 ' * 65 66 * 1144 1154 11 13 14 0 0 99 094 O 98 984 11 - - Unetni 104 941 5 58 i )0 50 61 31 34 it 6 633 641 95 954 1 d 481 4 D 79 79i 'lO7 109 4 31 d 35 31 1 7 St 14 16 [OB 7 [3.i 4 70 G 0 ; 70 210 i 104901 I 981 i 191 10 61 3f 70 I [3l, I 85 5 1 .01i ARES. Railways. I Paid. Blythe and Tyne 1C per k 0. pref. (Issued at £5O/ Ak Bris..Sz Exet.4p.et.Stock tO Do. do. do. Shares ,ock Caledon £lO, 4,1 per cent 2.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 61 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. 6 Dun. Perth,AzAber.Jun Stoc - E.Angn. Class A 757, spc Stoc Do. do. Class B 6 pc gtoe Do. do. Class C 7 pc Stoc D 'took E. Coun. Ex. 5 p et. N o. l i o. do Stoc Do. New 6 - N 0.21 1 , 96 9S 102 104 154 6 100 102 112 115 l':/6 107 114 116 113 115 128 130 84 R 4 111 113 90 '92 77i 74 _....k. o per ct. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ',,c, `,ock Edin.&Glas. spc si.lares took Do. 4 p.c. gut. S. &D. ,ock Edin.Perth.,eo Dun. 4 pc. ;ock Furness, 5 per cent cock Gla2. &S West. , 2 - a. spc Stoc Great Northern, sp. et , 10. Do. 5 _pc Redm.,lop.c.pm ock Do. 4f p. c. do. do. ,0 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Se,otld, Ist pf ;001 j Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. et. pref. Stock 50 GrvireaatntWoeEstx. t(.Bseprkest.7.d ,ock 'Do. Rec'emnable, 4 4 pc t ct ock Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct ,ock Do. Irredeemable, do ;ock Do. sp. ot. Redeem. Pref 8 Do. Birm, Pref. Shares 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.e.pf. shares ............ . 10 Do. do. sp. et. pref mid Do, Binning. guar. stock 26i Do. Chesterguar.shares 1311 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. ........ , ock Lan. & York 6 p.o. stock bock Do.Barnsl.St.ts 3slodpc ;ock Lon.&Bri - 45pe.gu. No.l .00lt Do. prel., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 ,ock: Do. New gua., 6 p. et ,oak D 5. do. sp. c. No. 4 5 00. do. 44 per c. shares 25 Lond. Chat. and Dover ;ock Lon.& N.W.Cov.&Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. took Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares 124 Londondy & Cole, 4 ahs 124 Londondy.& Ennis 4sh lock 3 tan.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct 6 Do. ,e 6 boy k Do. 84 ner cent. 10 Do. redeem. 6 per coat. 124 IVlaryport & Car., 4 p.c. „ Do. ( Do. 4 per cent... 'w , ..... ock Rid. * Con. 6 p. c.. Stock ock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.et ock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock 6 Do. with option till 1860 ock DO. Leto. & Hit.pref. it. 10 i Newport,Aber,&c.pret.s _p. a redeem, at 5 p.c. u m 10 Do. Perpet, op. c. with option tllllB6 1 took Norfolk Deb. 4 p. 6 c. shares Stock Do. sp. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 Stop Do. 54 p. 0. Pref. do. 1847 Stock DM Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 Stock NO ft British, 5 per cent Stock T o. New, Emit. 5 percent Sto;ic - Nth.Dev.Rall.& D ;k.C o. 14 'vock N-East. irreci. 4 p.c. Deb. stock Do. Consol. Pref. 4_p. a '*.ock Do. Berwick, 4 p. C. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. 24 Do. do. Quarters, 1816 S -- Do. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. l s t g ,ck Do. Redeem., 2d gua i ock Do. Irredeem., 2 , 1 gua 10 Rhymney Guaranteed 84 Scottish Central, new pt i lock Scottish North-Eastern I took 34 pert. pref. stock I took Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc I took Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s 10 Do. Fixed 44 percent 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 G ) Itoek Do .44 per cent itock Do. Fixed 44 p.e. Ist ie >took South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Stock Do. 44 per cent Stock S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua I 25 Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e 25 Do. 11 6 per cent 25 Do. C ii per cent Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 percent. - LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 115 117 118 120 11? 114 106 108 86 88 all ) 100 98 100 100 100 100 100 all 91 101 £0 91 91 93 103 101 10 101 17 18 10,1 102 75 76 20 21 10 104 15 154 140 142 118 123 118 120 140 150 118 120 zll 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 all all Bedford and Bletchley ! all ILn & N.Wj Buckinghamshire .... 1 100 'Ln& N.W 99 101 Chester & Holyhead.. 100 • Do. 5O 51 Do. do. 5i p. et. .:.. 100 ;Do. 'l24 126 Do. do. sp. et. Clydesdale Juncti on lOO 'Caledonin 103 105 Colchester, Stour Val all 1E.17.&E C 16 17 E.Lincolnshire,z.6p.e 100 Gt. North. 139 141 u nion,Harwie,hShs.l all E.Counts. 4i Do. Woodbridge Gls.Barr.&Neils,Dret lOO Caledonin Do. Gloster N & Dean F orest all Gt. West. Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. f Shares .... . all Do. London&Greenwich.. 100 S. East Do. Preference .. .. 100 Do. Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. 100 Peto &Co. Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct. 160 Norfolk,. t . & Matk. all LN 7W&M 10 0 Do. Do ai d . n 60 Bradfordper cent Prefer ence Stock Newmarkt..BuryEx gnaranteel 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c Do. do. 6 per cent D. Fixed 5 per cent North Western Preston and Wm?. Do. Shares A . Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep Sbrewibry& Hereford Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Croydn. 100 Midland . 3. 5. 6. E.Counta all Dm all Do. all Do all IMidan all I L. " W I 8: L.Yk. all ! Do. 100 1(34-North 100 'T Brasgvyi all 1111`Clean 100 IGt. West all !L'.&Brgtni DOCKS. Closing Business Price. Done. Railways. ' I Paid , Leasing Closing Business Price. Done. O. 11. Stock St St, Share Dooks. Stock Commercial I 1 100 Stock DolperCent.Pret.Min i 100 Stotlk:Eatat and Vi6St India., : 300 ....., s• ook ¶.O-1 dor ' 100 StOck St. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton , 100 Stock Victoria .. 1100 \ lO4 106 U: 1 Do NeWi5,..v.,,.....! 2 I:3 i ►llB 120 ;10 11 125 130 i 1 RS 7 0 4 I P 1140 142 102 101 95 P6 P 10_ 101 l'; 12A 111 113 109 111 93 9.1 98 DA iP n ip 23 24 125 126 125 130 117 120 75 77 12& 12= 125 130 101 11} 241 241 103 105 103 105 84 S 7 284 204 33 34 34 334 56 59 111 113 615 67 115 120 96 98 21 23 1 ' 99 101 57 59 - 14 1-4,11 137 139 104 100 ar i loi 1 1 93 95 7i Si Closin Paid r ice g r . Balinese Done. SPORTING NOTES. Share nallways. 1 Toeing Business deal THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE SPRING Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent,. Bom.,Baroda&Cent,lnd gu. 5 percent Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. B Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Ew trn. Lim. Cape,Eastn. Yrov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore D0.4,1p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 Do. 4 p. c. Debentrs. Geelong& Melbourne Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Prot Do. 6 per cent. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 18 62 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New, gua.s per cent Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,wlth ot. till '6O I Do. p do. '73 till '6O Do. do. 73 without opt Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 4i P. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 4} p. c. Extension 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 d 0... Do. do. B. Capital do. Do. do. Laud d 0... Oude (Limited) Scinde di - 4 Do. New cc! g Do. Punjaub , O; ?„, Do. Indus. St. Flo &NT St. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip EVENTS. 86 88 88 1 1001 1 031 1001 171 1 cl; par 41 61d The racing ball has been again set rolling, and it will not be stopped until Novemler. 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 eh sot include many nominations in London, and not en entry that was made in York. The Northern official, in fact, seems to have been somewhat "slow" :n completing his list, for the Northamptonshire clerk of the course has stated that he had not received the York nomi nations. The listsbefore 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 clown and finished their turf career. These are, Fitz Roland, the winner of the Two Thousand in 18,58, and Musjid, who was last year de,corated with the Blue Riband of the turf. Trumpeter, another cripple, also figures in the list. The most important three-yrs old whose name appears in the imperfect list before me is Nutbourne. 5f 61 par i p li Icl ff id 1021 1031 par ip Par it) 100 301 19 21 41 43 95 96 73 74 8.5 87 75 77 • 73 75 1001 1011 d par id 13 13i 7k 6/ d 98 102 98 102 98 102 92 95 91 93 100 102 90 94 , The Liverpool Steeplechase 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. i I- A FRESH MAN, CHESTER CI P. 20 20 Id a 1 ad id The following are the whole of the Chester Entries re• eeived up to 5 p.ns., January 4, with a portion of the Lon don Entries, but none yet received from York : Allegra Flitch Ambush Fravola Aneurin Fright Apollyon Gaylad Arsenal g by Surplice- Artless Concertina Anton General Hesse Ataman Gibraltar Athos Gridiron Balnamoon Gwellyan Bankrupt Hal o' Kirklees Baron Munchau- Heiress scn Helwith Bastion Her Highness Bevis 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 Rose of Cash- Mau at Arms mere Marionette Chance Shot Mesmer Cheery Chap Miss Digby Chere Arnie Mixture Chirp Moorcock Chirper Mouravidf Clapham Mowbray Clara Webster Musjid Clovernook Napoleon Corhampton Nessus Defender - Nutbourne Ditto Old Robert. Don Cossack Optimist Egbert Oxford El Hakim Pensioner Eskdale Petra fby Surplice— Philomel Concertina Physician First Lord Polestar Fitz Roland Precursor Id fp Prioress Premised Land Queen Bess Rare Avis Rattlebone Remunerator Rising Sun Rocket Rogerthorpe Roman Candle Ronconi • Royal Sovereign Sam Spode Satellite Satinstone Schism Simple Simon Sir William Special Licence fipringwell 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 Tunstall Maid Twilight Uncle Ned Underhand Weatherbound White Hart Willie Wright Winkfield Woman in Black Yoicks. FOREIGN RAIL' "ASS. Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiabo Ditto Extension Mitch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. she Italian Junction . Lake Constance & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France Do. New Shares Norweglen Trunk Pref Paris,Lyons, and Medit Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Peru.) gua. 7 p. ct. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati .... Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre and Meuse Do. 51per cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 51 p. c. Preference . W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SEGUE: THE LIVERPi CHASE. H. b. by F.Dtitcb man, out of Gala Jealousy Kibworth Lass Kilcock Link Boy Little Bob Lobster Lord Oswald Lottery Luck's All Macbonnie Maria Agnes Napoleon New Broom Nicholas Red wing Romeo THE SUN,' LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1860,, LITERATURE. " The first overtures for peace from the British Govern ment wore made through Mr. Wickham, in Switzerland, in 1796, but failed, because France insisted on keeping all the conquered territories which had bien annexed to it by a decree of its own legislature—Savoy, Flanders, both Dutch and Austrian, &c. The second attempt was made by overtures from Great Britain in the same year, through the Danish Ambassador; but they were 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 eeptember of the same year, by a direct application, and at the and of October Lord Malmesbury went to Paris ; but the terms were refused by France, without any counterproject being offered, and ho 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 neg - octation was made in Juno, 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 Spain 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 quelcongto ; 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 a:rpetired 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 honout 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 theircolleagues out of office. The just conclusion r 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 seems 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 the 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--I 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, the country will be so goaded, as to drive the Government into a war, whether they are willing or not." Mr. Rose'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, he 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 Hawkesbury replied, he really did not know, as that was in the department of the Alien Office ! I 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. Lullis) ' • and had not even the curiosity to inquire what they were I I I" " The Count added, it would be endless t 3 attempt to enumerate all the instances which had come to his know ledge of the imbecility and gross neglect of his lorship. He mentioned, however, many 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 moclegt repot from a country gentle, The Diaries and Correspondence of the Right Hon. George Rose. Edited by the Rev. L. Vernon Harcourt. Two vols. Bentley. These volumes furnish a very valuable addition to our national literature. Without belonginc , to the direct annals of events or biographies of dis anguished 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 mi s ty s h a d ows of a distant era. Tho 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 hi s b e i ng the intimate friend and confi dant of the fir s t statesman of his day. The numer outiletters 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 for 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 en 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 wiih which moht 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 thou 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, he 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 Grenliille 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, the plost factious Radical in the House of Commons would have been clamorous for war. Chaussard, 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 internecionem, is declared against all monar chies." 100 Stk 18 100 i 100 190 174 20 S took Sto. 1 100 tockil 100 100 100 100 Stook 20 200 20i 100 I 100 100 Stock Stock Stock Stock stock Share Securities. --- an.Uov.6P.c.Ja. Az 1 - * Do. 6 p.c.lb.&At.m. Do. 6p.c.Mr. & Sep. --.8. GOv.6p. c. Ja. &Ju y Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. . S.W. Gov. sp. a. Deb. i D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1976 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and n p ovaScoVinGov.6 p.c. S. Deb. redeemable, 1875 . .Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&july [Vict•Gov.6p.c..Tan&July - Do. do. April & Oct. MISCELLAIIEO 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 1000 tl antic Tel. (Limited). 25 • ustralian Agricultural 10 ustralian Royal Mail . 10 lerlin Water Works 50 British American Land 50 Brit. & Irish Mag•.Tel.A.l 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862 20 Do. C 100 Canada Land. 10 Chan. Islands Telalm.) Stock Cop.Min.otEng.&Smlig 25 Do. 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Roscommon Sepoy • Shanbally Shylock Sunblush Tartar Tease Telegram Brewer Curato Freshman Huntsman Thomas-town Venison Wee Willie West Indianian i Westminster 1 Xanthus MR. 4NGERSTEIN,_III.P., AND EIS 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. Angerstein'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 :ronstituents at least annually for the purpose of conkri ing 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, ho could not but consider tha t 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 withdrawn and lost to the community, yet the poor-rates of the country had decreased in the ratio of four per cent. He wsuld 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 who said 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 1854, had been abandoned. Without entering into detail, he would assure them that a complete Reform Bill 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 bours enjoyed. Mr. Angerstein concluded by re ferring 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. SLOMAN secondathe resolution, which was adopted, and, after other addresses, The meeting separated. 128 1 2R R ENTRIES FOR Abd-el-Kader Acton Anatis Beberon Ben Lomond Bridegroom Brunette Congrovo Contention Cuirass Cyolops Diamanti Duk de Drops Emigrant Ganymede Ghika Goldsmith Horniblow r man that his son, five years old, may be appointed to a vacant sinecure ; while the demands on Par liament for the payment of the heir-apparent's debts would somewhat startle our modern refo3mers. Mr. Rose's chief forte was the financial department, and he appears to have been very useful in clearing up accounts, cutting (low' 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 putting down smug- gling, and improving the income of the 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 King, however, was immovable on the subject of Fox's admission to the Cabinet. It was therefore proposed that some of his immediate supporters should be admitted in waiting for the King to yield the point. But the Opposition stood firm, and:refused to take any office whatever unless their leader should be admitted into the Cabinet without delay. On this occasion Mr. Rose writes as follows : " May Sth.—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 Foceedings of the meetings at Camelford House or Carl ton House; bur, an impression was 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 of these Mr. Fox declined a meeting with Mr. Pitt as useless. I have no hesitation in owning that in file 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 vigour to our exertions at home, and procuring us respect abroad ; 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, I am 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 would 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 comparison of their cha meters : " This afflicting stroke follows closely on the loss cf Lord Nelson, for whom I had also a cordial love and affec tion; and it leads me to reflect on the uncommon simila rity of their characters—gentleness of mind; sweetness of disposition, accompanied by the mo s t d e t erm 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 an y 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 men 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'Govetnment 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 up, 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 thcrse 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 : " llis 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 drscern ment, in eases of the extrernest 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 treasonable 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 great) ever dismayed him, or deprived him of the advantages resulting from the quick ness of his conception. . . • 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 in.- political strength thereby, I am perfectly sure he suf fered by them ' • for it frequently happened that an ene m y 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 one could be more en tirely pure and disinterested. Ho abolished all contracts whatever, all purchase by commission, all private distri butions of Loan, and every other specie of money influence ; —which was in truth at my solicitation. lie 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. 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, 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 Barchester. The second article, "The Chineie and the Outer Barbarians," is by no less an autho rity than Sir John Bowring ; while an article on a Our Volunteers" has Sir John Burgoyne for its authof.. Mr. Lewes'" Studies of Animal Life" are likely to till!. the reader with amazement ; assuredly' in the world of nature there are more (living) things than are drean :. of in our philosophy ! Mr; Thackeray himself eok -tmences one delis delightful fictions, entitled “L or o no Widower." A little initial illustration exhibits ft party walking in serene composure, utterly IlDel;. nscious that for head-pieces they are furnished With veritable muffs, sable, Or, ermine, AS the ease may be. The (author's own) illustration is sugg:tsted, of course, by the opening of Mr. Thackeray's Aerial, e.g. : " Who shall be the hero of this tale ? Not I who write it. lam but the 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 the parlour. No ; it may be the parlour and kitch. , n, in this instance, are on the same level. There is n 9 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, certainl y ; an old highwayrobber; an old sponger on otherpeok, Ie kind ness; an oldhunter of Bath and Cheltenham boarding. houses (about which how can I know anything, never having in a boarding-house at Bath or Cheltenham in my life ?) an old swindler of tradesmen, tyrant of servants, bully of the poor—who, to be sure, might do duty for a villain, but I she considers herself as virtuous a woman as ever was born. The heroine is not faultless (ah I 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 dino with one? I listened to one at Church last Sunday, with all the women crying and sobbing; and, oh, dear me i 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 j the army ? Can you, or can you not, p o i n t 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 a m s h av in g ? Apres I Do you suppose that I suppose that I have not 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 cougtramatt 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 onr conversation, and forgery our common handwriting. No, we are not mon sters of crime, or angels walkink 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 are not altogether brutal and unkind, and a few folks like us. Our 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 and 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 front 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 pale aforesaid, were m ore th oroug hly saturated with literature. He saw everything through books, or saw it dimly. Speak ng 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 Ifaliano, he goes on :—" This book aided Spencer himself in filling my Eng lish walks with vision s o f go d s an d nymphs,—of enchane 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 ho found in the cyclopiedia. On the other hand, he could render all that literature could give. His memory was marvellous ; and to try him Ali history, biography, bibliography, or topography, was to draw forth an oral "article" on the topic in question. Ask him where was the Ouse, and he would tell you of all 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 the colonel, of the horse " Eclipse," of Epsom, and of horse-racing in general, as distinguished from the racing of the ancients or the modem riderless races of Italy—whore, as in Florence, may still be seen a specimen of the biga sweeping round the meta fervidis evitata rotis." His conversation was an exhaustless Curio sities of Literature. The 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, sparkline• 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 did 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 twelvepeuce, and not dear at twenty. Such wit replenishes thy Horn of Plenty I Nor wit alone dispense, But sense : And with thy sparkling Xerez Let us have Ceres. Of loaf thou hast no lack, Nor set, like Sbakspere'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 Nor deign to win our laugh With empty chaff. Shun 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 Cornhill l) 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 'Science. 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 na t ura l se lf! h ow much from coo forethought, aiding and abetting a secret love of display and startling surprises? Tie 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 one 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 ilrilure. At ether times it seemed that nothing whatever could save hire from delibe rately starving out the life of some hopeful literary bant ling, or from shutting the door on som e f a i r sc h eme o f per sonal advancement. He could brave a world in arms tm 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 hi m 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 and overween ing self-conceit; that he loved his political principles, how ever faulty they may have been, better than party, is nd never sacrificed either to a greed for worldly advancement at any price; that he, had a fine scorn for hypocritical pre tences of every kind, and a sense of honour finer on the whole than most gentlemen of his time or ours—are con elusions 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 that have 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 matterfor reflection in the details of the Shipping Interest and the re marks on Finance, which form portions of the contents. THIS DAPS SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. s.—Wind this day at noon, South- South-West; light breeze, with rain • DARTMOUTH, Jan. 4.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived Express, from Sunderland for Alexandria, leaky, &c. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 4 .—Wind, W., blowing hard.— Arrived,—Emma, from Mauritius ; Waterloo, from London for Plymouth and Sydney, N.S.W., with loss of crossjack yard. Sailed—H.M.S. Basilisk, for Woolwich. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Wind S.W., rain, LIVERPOOL, Thursdafhlorning. Wind, S. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAM) DEAL, Thursday Morning. Wind W. Sailed, Jan. s —Powerful, for Hong Kong. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Ben M'Dhu, from Coquimbo to Swansea, Dec. 9,lat. 30 N., long. 41 W. The Lancaster (barque), from Africa to Liverpool, Dec. 11, lat. 32 N., long. 44 W. The Gladiolus (barque), steering S., Dec. 1, lat. 5 N., long. 22 W. The Melizza (Hamburg ship), from Gothenburgh to Port Philip, Dec. 3, lat. 7 N., long. 23 W. The jehn. Phillips, from Mauritius to London, Nov. 24, lat. 61, long. 16 W. The Nadijda, from Cardiff to Pointe do Galle, Nov. 1, lat. 33 N., long. 18 W. The Lady Elizabeth, from London to Shanghai, Dec. 18, lat. 8 N., long. 23 W. 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