The Sun. — London, England, 1858-10-23 00:00:00

PE MONET MARKET AND CITY NE lf'S. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The Bank of England return, completed to the 20th inst., although it shows some , unsatisfactory features, is not of a character to cause any uneasi ness with regard to monetary prospects. Owing to the absence of Australian remittances the bullion has been decreased to the extent of about a quarter of a million sterling, while the reserve of: notes, in conse quence of the payment of the di'-idends and other periodical demands, has been diminished to the amount of about half a million. The other securi ties, notwithstanding the minimum rate of 3 per dent., only show a small falling off. In the public deposits there is a slight augmentation. But the private deposits, partly owing to the absorption of capital by the various Joint-Stock Companies lately brought forward, shows a dimi nution of nearly three-quarters of a million. The active circulation exhibits a moderate increase, and in the Government Securities no alteration has taken place. The various items of the balance sheet, and the changes they present, will be found in the subjoined table : Active Circulation .. .. .. X 21,496,165 Increase .. • • • • • • 295,045 Bullion .. .. • • • • • . 19,276,660 Decrease .. . • • • • • 220,431 Rest •• •• •• •• •• 3,097,613 Increase .. .. .. .. 6,101 Public Deposits •• •• • • 5,531,558 Increase .. .. • . .. 174,661 Other Deposits • • • . • . 13,808,346 Decrease .. .. • . .. 761,020 Seven Day and other Bills .. .. 889,465 Increase .. .. .. .. 62,193 Government Securities .. .. 10,809,467 Decrease .. .. .. .. 322,202 _ _ Other Securities .. 14,81,120 Decrease .. 2,589 Notes Unemployed .. .. 11,642,545 Decrease .. .. 495,195 The decline in the stock o f bullion is presumed to be merely temporary, for, although the remittances to the continent and the East may increase, the imports will, no doubt, continue sufficiently large to meet the requirements of exporters and leave a balance for accumulation at the Bank. The rate of exchange in New York is still very high, and the City of Washington, just arrived, has brought £198,248. In the course of the next fortnight a considerable quantity of specie is expected from Australia, the Agincourt having been 91 days at sea with £283,100, and the Lincolnshire 70 days, with about £622,800. These consignments, it is thought, will chiefly be retained In . this country, f or th e p resen t expor t d eman d Rill scarcely absorb more than the amounts re ceived from the United States and Russia. The late supplies of gold from Russia and Austra ia having been disposed of, the influx at the Bank of England has temporarily ceased. The continental exchanges yesterday afternoon were again rather flatter, but the movement was very limited. The demand for silver continues moderately ac tive, and, as the supply is limited, the quotations tend upwards. Accounts from New York report that business in the exchange had not been quite so active. Mo ney On call was abundant at 3 per cent., and first-class bills were negotiated at 4 to 6 per cent. T he supply, however, was rather on the decline than otherwise, which had, consequently, caused 'creased competition among bankers and others. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday mani fested a very dull appearance, and quotations were without alteration. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £489,839, and the exports £129,794, exclusive of the following shipments direct from London to the Continent during the week ending Thursday last :—Gold coin (Boulogne), 390 ounces ; silver coin (Boulogne), 4,400 ounces ; ditto (Rot terdam), 1,600 ounces ; ditto (Belgium), 9,000 Ounces ; bars (Hambro'), 300 ounces ; ditto (Rotter dam), 100,000 ounces. The Funds receded about per cent. ,soon after the commencement of business, but an—improve /tent has since occurred, Consols being now 98 buyers, for transfer, and 981 y for account. Some large speculative purchases have been !fleeted, which have prevented depression. The New 3 per Cents. are flat, and have declined t ° 9 71, to 979, and also the Reduced Bank Stock is firm. at 222 to 224. Long Annuities 18k, being stea dy ; Exchequer Bills (March), 40s. to 41s. ; aline ditto, 31s. to 335. prem.; India Loan Deben tures, 994; ditto, 2d issue, 99:1; and ditto Bonds, 12s. to 13s. Business in the Foreign Stock Market is mode rately active, and prices, in a few instances, tend do wnwards. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 941 ; ditto Scrip, Ist issue, 4 to 1 prem. ; ditto, 2d, 1,2 i to 21 Prem. ; ditto, 4 per Cents., 1051 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 464 47 ; Russian 41 per Cents., 101 a ; Sar dinian 5 per Cents., 94 ; Venezuela 5 per 401; Brazilian 41 per Cents. (1858), 971 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., Uribarren, 791 ; Spanish -'ertificates have risen to 64 4 ; Intercolonial Steam h ares are 1 to 1 prem., and Atlantic ditto, 1 I- Premi um. In the Railway Share Market to-day the deal lags hav e b een o f a very li m i te d c h aracter. A t e w of the principal lines have been dealt in, but the r ates realised have shown a decline of about 1 to 1 . I :. e _r cent. o n prev i ous values. Great Western, reashire an d Y or k s hi re, an d S co t t i s h North sterns have de c li ne d ss. Eastern Counties, Nort h - Westerns, and North-Eastern (Berwick) 10s. 411 e Forei gn and Colon i al l i nes have b een very dull. Paris and Lyons have declined ss. ; Pernambuco, and East Indian about ss. ; Grand Trunk and Gr eat Western of Canada are at steady rates. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show 110 material alteration from previous rates. B S t ocklSH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 'Al* a a Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 97 6 leer Cent. Con so l s A nnu iti es Dy, 3 per Cent. Annuities -*eg Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 — tlitto 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1880 l4l , Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 lB/ D' l ldia Stock I, 1, 1 - , o Debentures 9 9 ,4 b ui t,to ditto, 2d Issue pia° Bonds, £l,000 4s for AccOnnt 9Bl in March June l atequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. &lid... 41 40 I 33 1 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. B razilian, 5 per Cent t„ Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent. 971 I ' 4 9 l lador New Consolidated , Ditto Provi s i ona l Land Warrant 4l v eravia.n, 41 per Cent. 1 , Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. N tiguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. D itto Account Russian,"„ 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — gin 41 per Cent. S,laran, 5 per Cent 94 panish Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded 6l I P„ 4 wedish, 4 p er C ent. urkish, 6 per Cent. D itto Accoun t , s - uitto New Loan Scrip — uitto Account Ditto 2kl Issue .!.."p., _Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ve nezuela, 5 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Consols, Money .. Ditto Account .... TWO O'CLOCK. 981 981 I A strange tale is going through the coulisses o, the Italian Opera House. A prima tionn 4 of that theatre Who has lately risen to great fame and acquired a first-rate Position on these boards, has just been claimed as his d aughter by one of the highest functionaries of the count r y. The claimant is possessed of rank, wealth, and influence, a1 1 (1, though it was well known in the young lady's family t hat the grbat man in question was in reality her father, Yet 11 0 notice of the connexion was taken by him her successful debut caused him to feel a pride in his f ° "'P r ing• His anti-musical tastes had prevented him a. -r oa . following her through her musical education, -- 1 , 11 „„ d he was therefore as much surprised as delighted at her :; — 'ess• He has just made her an official offer of recogni e and formal adoption, with the bestowal of his name 4 ,„ A ", wealth, in addition to the advantage of the magnificent L ti ° ll to which he would raise her. But she has sur .'"a him still more by the manner of her refusal. "My o ther r e f used to recognise me when I was i n pover t y an d r ° B o . urity, now, th a t I am ce l e b ra t e d and rich, I refuse to (o 'gaiso him. Let us be strangers to each other."- - a ut Jounal. 1 149eneral Niel has presented the Emperor of the el j; l ich with the first copy of the journal of the works exe t,:u by the French engineers during the siege of Sebas era:* This magnificent work, which required the labour Ther te e e Years for its execution, has only just been finished. „ ta e t s ' 8 a magnificent atlas attached to it, which gives all c ll .4liell, French, and Russian attacks. 10 _ 1 . Roches, the French Consul-General at Tunis, 91 ,1° ie at present at Paris on leave of absence, has received "tg return forthwithto hie poet, SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) Share Railways. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid.) Closing 1 Business Price. Done. Ambers., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction Belfast and Ballymena Bir., Wol., and Str. Val Birk., Lane., and elms)) Junction 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tvne Stock:Bristol and txeter Stock ;Caledonian Stock Chester and Holyhead 50 Cork and Bandon 20 Cork, 111krock,&,Passage 20 Cornwall Do. A A roves. no div until6p.c.per an Do. B I hasbeep pd.toß Dublin an dßelfast June Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties ; Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. It Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rall Gua.Stk I Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire, Do. do. I` £l6 Do. do. 20 shares Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport London and Blackwall Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh Lon.,Bricr,hton &S.C'onst London & North Westn. Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man., Shef., & Lincoln Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. 4 Shares Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Hcrefd Newry & Armagh (def.) No rfo Newry, Warpt., & Ros lk North. Counties Union I North British Nor.Dev.ltail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Aree..no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.-13erwictr Do. do. G.N.E. Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York ,North London N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction North Staffordshire North-Western No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central South. N.E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South Wales . South Yorks.& Riv. Dun Do. do Staines, Wok., & Wek.. Stockton & Darlington. Do. do. 1854 Do. do. 1855 Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B Do. B West London Do. Ist Class. Do. 2d Class . all all all all all Share' Railways. PREFERENCE SHARES. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O), Stk Eris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 20 Do. do. do. Shares tock Caledon £lO, 4i per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Stock Chester & Holyhd, si pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. ct. 61 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. 61 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc Stczk Do. do. Class C 7 pc . Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. ;:0.1 Stock Do. d 0... N 0.2 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per et. Stock East Lane. 6 per ct 5 E.& W. York. Jen. fifths Stock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Stcek Edin.l'erth,& Dun. 4 pc. Stock Furness, 5 per cent Stock Glas. &S West. g a. spc Stock Great Northern, 5 p. et Stet,* Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. R edm.,s pc. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pt Stock ( Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. Stock 50 'Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct. 'Do. Redeemable, 44 pet. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do. Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Lon.Stßrig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 21 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct. Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Lon. & N. W.Cov. &Nun - eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 4 shs Londondy.& Ennis 4 eh & Lin., 6p. ct Do. £6 Do. 31 p?r cent. 3faryport & Car., 4 p.c Do. 4 per cent... Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock . Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & 11it.pref. Newport,Aber,&c. pref.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. pm Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norrolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext.Stcck,lB46 Do. S ip. c. Pref. do. 1817 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, ~ ' ,llll. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dck.Co. N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. Do. do. Quarters, 1846 Do. York, H. Sr S. Pyrell North Staffordshire Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do. do. do., 2tl frua Do. 41 p.d. Db. stkin perp Scottish Central, new pi Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 34 per c. pref. stock Do. Aberdeeu.gua. 6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pret. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4i percent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6 ) Do A per cent Do.leixed 44 p.c. Ist is Do. New do., 2d issue. South Wales, gun. 4 p.c. Do. 41 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. pm. Stcakton and Dar. 5 p.e. Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny,' 6 per cent. 12.10 13.14 Stock 6 1 61 7} eks 10} 17J 31 33 92 • 94 854 86 37 39 41 5 71 8 17 18 62 63 45 47 30 32 93 95 65 67 27 27,' 91 93 101 10 , , 104 105 ; 86 88 129 131 la 3 104 5 4 66 55 57 105 801 74 55 1 i i 86 89 111 124 p 11 124 p Or 954 1 04d d 6 61, [lO 1114 90.1 91 1 1 1 d 9.3 914 351 361 - -d 97} 97} 68 70 10 11 all 100 ai 100 100 100 I 100 100 1613 4 123 le. 17i all all 100 all 63 55 3 3d 57 58 931 911 1 47i 48 d 761 771 101 103 all all 24 7 164 100 100 100 100 all all all 5 41d loi 114 74 8i 27 29 7 5d 110 112 27i 284 82 84 44 46 3 2d 31i 35 744 74 76 78 13 14 7 5 d 9 11 34 35 tOi I 94 931 £ 4 92 94 77 it 6 6i 3 3i q 61 Paid.) Closing ri Business p ce. Done. 49 M 95 97 1101 103 5 i 61 112 115 105 110 114 116 il2- 114 128 130 82 84 72 74 109 111 120 122 111 113 101 106 C! 66 11} 1111 93 95 81 EC, 85 87 97 99 113 17 10 } 72 74 18 19 9 91 131 141 141 143 1160 165 120 122 684 721) 140 142 101 103 93 95 11, 1 1 91 91 111 91 Os no 99 100 i dis p Id 23 24 1119 121 99 101 72 74 120 122 121 123 101 101 24 241 102 104 1101 103 29, 1 29 33 34 38 43 2 4 • 33 Stool- Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock le: 1613 1 Stock 11.6.3 1 11.6.3 Stock Stock 12i Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock Stock Stock) Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 2 13-k 20 Stock Stock Stock Stcck Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock! Stock Stock 8i Stock Stock Stock Stock 1.0.6. Stock Stc?,k Stock Stock Stock 251 25J Stock LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS . Railways. paiA . I.easing Closing Business " Co.'s. I Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire .... Clydesdale Junction.. Colchester, Stour Val. E.Lincolnshire,z.6p.o. E llnion,HarwichShs. Do. Woodhridg:e Gls.Barr.drNeilm,Dret. Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Delc.&Rail Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares London&Greenwich Do.. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct Do. 6 per cent Mane., Ruxtn. & Matk. Midsb.& Redcr, g.6p.c. Mid. BradfordPrt. Stk. Newmarkt.,BuryEx guaranteed 5 p. c. j I Nortlin.& Eastn. 5 Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent. Prestoh and Wyre. Do. Shares A. Roystn, Hitch.,& Shep Shf.Roth. &G ol.g.sp. c . Shrowsbry& Hereford I South Staffordshire . Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset ) Wimbledon& Croydn Sh are DockE • I Paid Stock Commercial .. ... .. lOO Stock Do 4 per Cent .Pref. Min 100 Stock East and West India 100 Stock London OO Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton lOO Stock Victoria 20 Do New 18 iLn N.W ILn& N.W Caledonia E.U.dr.E Gt. North. E.Counts. Caledonin Do. GL West. Yk.N. &Br Y k.N.Md. Do. Do. S. East Do. Peto &Co. Do. Norfolk Do. LN W&M Stk.& Dar Midland . 14.1. Counts. Do. Do. Do. L&N Wi &L.Yk. ) Do. IGt.North. Lan.& Yk T Brassey Di•Clcan . Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West. L.&Brgtn DOCKS. 99 100 103 105 17 19 140 142 4 44 109 111 65 , 67i 1 1 11741221 95 97 97 99 I 57 59 140 142 9 91 91 lot 90 92 8 9 Closing Business Price. Docks. 101 103 id 1 all 1109 100 100 100 100 all FOREIGN . . SPORTING NOTES. Shard Railways. I raid. Closing I Business Price. Done. ROME. THE HOUGHTON. Antwerp & Rotterdam ,Ardennes 51 51 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7xi.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessaa Carmeaux Mina k Rail Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France _p par ip 1 1 4 91 1 2 2 4 3' di 28 29 51 3i On Monday morning I shall, as usual, despatch my notes from the "scene of action." I shall then endeavour to ascertain the latest movements, and shall by that time have had ocular proof of the condition and appearance of the probable competitors. As the Criterion will, however, be run off before I again address your readers, I will merely state that despite the declared " precocity " of Promised Land, and the "slashing" attributes of North Lincoln, I shall not be surprised should neither of those animals win. They have both to give 31b. to the King-at-Arms, and:with a jockey on his back I am induced to express my belief that he will defeat the reputed "roarer" North Lincoln and the vaunted Derby favourite, the Promisei Land. There is every prospect of a rare meeting, and the Cambridgeshire has already excited unparalleled curiosity and interest. Euphrates Valley Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junction - -p Si Si Lake Constance Dale Lierre and Turnhout... Lombardo Venetian.... 4} 4s} pl Lucca & Pi stoja, 5 p.c.pf. Lyons and Geneva I Maria Antonia Do. do. New 244 254 Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent Paris,Lyons, and Medit. Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.). gua. 7 p. ct. (Lim.) Riga and Dunabur; Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse Do. 5; per cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 54 p. C. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref.. Zealand 9k 91 21 22 381 381 —P 8 9i 3 1 4 341 3 1 d ip A FRESH MAN. LATEST CITY BETTING. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 7to 1 agst Zouave (taken and offered) 12 to 1 agst Ancient Briton (taken) 15 to 1 agst Leontes (taken) 16 to 1 agst Ignoramus (taken) 16 to 1 agst Rocket (taken) 16 to 1 agst The Brewer (taken) 20 to 1 agst Blanche of Middlebie (offered) 25 to 1 agst Physalis colt (taken) 25 to 1 agst Satinstone (taken) 33 to 1 agst Barbarity (taken) 33 to 1 agst Volta (taken) 50 to 1 agst Loyola (taken) 50 to 1 agst Prioress (offered) 50 to 1 agst Rosa Bonheur (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Eclipse (offered) In the morning 1000 to 10 was offered against Leontes, but in the evening there was a strong re-action, and the horse returned to 15 to 1 (takers). S 21 23 3 }' ' 9 3 21 - CL THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1858. THE JEWISH CHILD KIDNAPPED IN The correspondent at Rome to the Arnzonia, a Jesuitical journal of Turin, makes the following statements about young Mortara : It was with great joy that this child entered the Institution of the Catechumens. When he arrived he perceived above the gate a statue of Our Lady of Tears. " Why does she cry ?" he asked. " She is weeping," they answered him, " because the Jews do not become converted, and are not willing to acknowledge her divine Son." " Then," replied the child, " she is weeping over my father and mother." When they announced to him his father's visit he was delighted at it, for the Catholic religion, very far from extinguishing filial love, strengthens it by sanctifying it. Besides, he imageind he should be able to convert his father, and render him a Christian like himself. This was his hope, and he showed it artlessly. But when he saw his father, and found him deaf to all his prayers, he began to weep bitterly. In - fine, this child is firm in the faith like an apostle. His father begged him to go back with him to Bologna, saying to him " Why don't you come to me ? Have you forgotten God's command ment, Honour thy father and mother ?' " "The child remained pensive for a moment, and then re plied :—" The Pope knows the commandments better than you or I, I shall do what the Pope says !" He knows the catechism admirably, and makes the profession of faith in the most complete and exact manner. He insists on this point, that the Jews have neither an altar, a Holy Virgin, nor a Pope. He says he should like to convert them, and by his tone you perceive that it is grace which is speaking in him. The Pope wished to see him, and was, enchanted with him. The child blesses the servant maid that baptised, and thus opened to him the entrance to the Catholic Church. They asked him what the .Pope was ; he answered, " The vicar of Christ." " And Jesus Christ," added they. His face coloured up, and he said, " Jesus Christ is the Saviour of men, whom the Jews crucified." And they want a child of such quick faith to be delivered up to the Jews ! That would be a cruelty without a name, and the most open violation of that principle of liberty of conscience which the Liberals have ever in their mouths. The young Mortara finds at Rome, in the Catholic Church, the protec tion necessary to him, that he may be able to pro fess his faith freely, and be instructed in the duties of his religion. It is not in Rome that they use violence, and seek to convert people by force. Cases similar to yonng Mortara's are rare, for rarely do we see such signal triumphs of grace. For the rest, no one here makes the least opposition, and the parents themselves are satisfied at seeing their child brought up in the Hospital of the Catechumens.l There are certain journals that declaim on this subject, but their declamations are only inspired by the hatred they feel for the Pope, catholicism, and baptism itself. , Suppose the young Mortara had been born a Catholic, and had turned a Vaudois protestant or a Turk, these self-same journals would not have anathemas enough to launch against any person wishing to prevent it. And now they want him to be constrained by force to turn Jew again ! Let us pity them. They gnash their teeth with rage at the news of this conversion, and this sign of grace makes them blaspheme like demons. But on this occasion, in attacking the Holy See, they have not well chosen their ground ; it would seem they really believe that in Rome the eternal salva tion of a Christian is not something far more pre cious and important than the capture of the Cagliari can be at Naples. The lournol des Debats has received the follow ing letter from Bologna on the same subject : BRITISII POSSESSIONS. Shan Railways. Closing Business Pea. Price. Done. Atlantic & St Lawrence] Leased at 6 per cent.. j Bom.,Baroda& Cent.lnd gu. 5 per cent Do Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Buffalo, Brant. &Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastm.Lim. Cape, Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, g►u. 5 p. c Do. C Shares Do. E Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 G eelong& Mel.g - ua.s p. C. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. BOnds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.7B Do. 6 per cent. Pref Gt. IndiaPenin.gu a.sp.c Do. New, gua.s per cent Do. do Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 4, p. C. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswiek&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pe Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Northoflndia Tramroad Limited, Scrip Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. Do. New Do. Punj sub ai Do. Indus. St. Flo laZ St. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip! all 9 all 4i all 161 }lOO 100 100 1. 1 0. 2s. 6d 2 all 5 100 all all all 1100 100 all Ipar I p par tp p par 7. 1 12fd 80 85 75 80 74 78 —p a lb, 1071 10 8 1 1 11131 17 IS 37 38 74 76 10 5d 21 1 21 f IPP iP 181 184 21. 21 di 105 108 105 108 ICI 100 91 100 1 181 2C 2C 2 lid, 4 3d I Ipl par t par fpl BRITISH MINES. 8 9 3 4 50 60 450 460 1021 1071 13 4t 2 3: 1 11 64 8 9 4 6 171 39t 4 0 21 31 185 195 Paid. Closing I Business Price. Done. Share Mines. Alfred Consols (Philack) 13, ritish Iron Condurrow (Camborne) Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) East Bassett (Illogan). Great South Tokr,u s G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) G. Wheal Vor(Helston) Lady Bertha North Frances (Illnan) North Wheal Croay N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan) Par Consols (St. Blaxv) Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) Sol trid , r,e Cons. Min. Co. SouthCaradon (St.Clcer) South C. Brea( Illogan). I S. IV heal Fran. (I ilogan) Tamar Silver and Lead Mining; Co T.in Croft UnitedMines(Gwennap) Vale of Towey (Cam.) West Basset (illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cals.). Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) Wh'lMaryAnn (Meahe) 1 Wh'l.Trelawney (Lisle. ; ' FOREIG Australian Bon AcelrdCopper,Lim. Brazil. Imp. (is. at £.5p.) Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. Do. Land and Mining Co. Clarendon Consols Min _ _ _ ing Co. of Jamaica Cobra Copper Copiapo DunMoun.Cop.Ming.C3 Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada ___ _ 1 , • PontglbaudSilyer, Lead Mining and Smelt.... Port Philip Santiago de Cuba (United Mexican II 2.11.10 17s 11.14.11 186 8 1 d 7.9.4 31 3: 65 75 211 22 110 120 200 210 180 200 2 31 9 45 47 25 27 # .11 11 P 9 1. 11 2t 35 37 11 13 1 21 20 211 8 9 I 1d 1 4 0 11 LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER FRIDAY, CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 10 to 1 agst Zouave (takeny 16 to 1 agst Blanche of Middlebie (taken) 20 to 1 agst Satinstone (taken) 20 to 1 agst Prioress (taken) 20 to 1 agst Ancient Briton (taken) 20 to 1 agst Rocket (taken) 2.5 to 1 agst Eurydice (taken) 33 to 1 agst Physalis colt (taken) 50 to 1 agst Loyola (taken) 50 to 1 agst Lambourne (taken) 100 to 1 agst Leontes (offered) THIS _DAYS MARKETS. COVENT GARDEN. Our market continues to be heavily supplied with pro duce, in which a full average business is doing, as follows : FRUIT. s. d. s. d. Pine apples, per lb 4 0 to 7 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes, per lb 2 6 to 5 0 Foreign do 0 8 to 1 3 Melons, each Peaches, per doz 4 0 tolo 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per § sive 1 6 to 4 0 Pears, per ht-sieve 1 9 to 5 0 Oranges, per 100 2 0 to 2 6 Lemons, per 100 4 0 to 8 0 Apricots, per doz 0 0 to 0 0 a. d. a. d. Cherries, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 0 6to 0 9 Cobnuts, per 100 lb 0 6to 0 9 Almonds, per hui24 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 010 to 2 0 Figs, per doz 0 oto 0 0 Strawberries, prpto oto 0 . 0 Gooseberries, sv. 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries,prptlo oto 0 0 LBLES. VEGET. Greens, dz bunch 2 0 to 4 0 Cabbages, pr do. 1 0 to 1 6 Savoy do., pr do. 0 2 to 0 4 Cauliflowers, p dz 3 0 to 5 0 Brocoli, per d 0... 0 0 to 0 0 Old potatoes,p ton 2 5 to 4 10 New ditto, per lb 0 0 to 0 0 Peas, per 4 sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 0 to 2 6 Carrots, pr bunch 0 4 to 0 5 Cucumbers, er.ch 0 2 to 0 6 Garlic, per lb .... 0 6 to 0 8 Sorrel, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Spinach, perdo... 1 6 to 2 0 Brus. sprouts, h. s. 0 0 to 0 0 Old onions, clz bun 1 0 to 1 6 New do., per bun 0 0 to 0 0 French bezns, h.s.l 6 to 1 9 Leeks, per bunch 0 2 to 0 3 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 2 6 Parsley, per ditto 0 2too . 4 Celery, per ditto 8 0 to 1 6 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0.0 to 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms.p potl 2 oto 2 6 Artichokes, pr dz 2 oto 5 It Cabbage letts,p so 0 oto 0 0 Endive, per score 1 oto 1 6 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, pr hsr 3 6to 5 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Sea kali, per pun. 0 oto 0 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 48 Od to 7s Od ; poults, Os Od to Os Od each; geese, 4s Od to 6s Od ; goslings, 4s Od t o 6 s Od ; d uc kli ngs, is 9d to 2s 6d; rabbits, is Od to is 6d each; wild do., 8d to is Od ; pig-eons, Od to Os Od each ; l arge S urrey f ow l s, 5s Od to 8 s Od ; chickens, 4s Od to 6s Od ; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 58 .0d ; capons, 4s Od ; hares, 2s 6d to 4s 6d ; grouse, 2s Od to 3s Od each ; pheasants, 28 6d to 3s 6d ; ptarmigan Os Od to Od ; woodcocks, Os Od to Os Od ; snipe s , Os 9d to I;6d ; teal, Os Od to Od ; wild ducks, is 6d to 2s Od; widgeons, is Od to is 3d ; plovers, Os Od to Os Od each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter , is Od to is 2 d; English, is 3d to is 4d per lb ; English eggs, Bsod to 10s Od ; French do., 78 Od to 8s 6d per 120 ; leverets, 2s Od to 38 641 each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 26 6d to 4s Od ; mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 2d lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 48 4d ; and pork, 2s 6d to 4s 2d per Blbs . WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4i Od ; mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 2s 6d to 4s 2d per Blb. BILLINGSGATE: Salmon, 2s Od to Os Od ; trout, Os Od to Od ; eels, 8d to Is ; prawns, is Od to 3s; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, Gd per lb. Turbots, 2s 6d to 20s ' • cod, 2s 6d to 20s Od; brills, 28 Od to lOs Od ; doreys, is Od to 78 Od ; mullets, 6d to 2s 6d ; lobsters, 6d to 3s Od ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and pullets, 4d to is Od each ; soles, 4d to 2s Gd per pair ; common oysters, 16s to 208 ; natives, 50s to —s per bushel ; whitings, 3s Od to 12s Od ; haddocks, 5s to 15s Od ; smelts, 2s 6d ; flounders, is Od to is 6d per dozen; mackerel, 50s; fresh herrings, 8s; bloaters, Gs per 100; carp and tench, is to 3s per brace. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from bid to 70; of household do., 5d to 61d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3id to 4d ; 641 b to 721 b, 4d to 41d ; 721 b to 801 b, 41d to 41d ; 801 b to 881 b, 41d to 5d ; 881 b to 961 b, 5d to 51d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 5d to 6d. Horse hides, 8s Od to lOs Od ; calf skins, light, 3s to ss; ditto, full, 6s 6d to 7s Od ; polled sheep, 5s Od to 7s Od ; half-breds, 4s 3d to 5s Od ; Downs, 3s 3d to 4s Od ; lambs, —s Od to Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD..— Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 7s ; clover, do., £3 10s. to £5 55.; and straw, £1 4s. to £1 7s. per load. Supply moderato, and trade steady, a t our potations. CUMBEELJ ND.—Meadow hay, /3 Os to £4 ss; clover do., £3 10s. to £5 ss. ; and straw, £1 4s to £ 1 7s per lead. Both hay and straw were in fair request, at full prices. WRITECIIATEL.---Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 6s; clover, do., £3 lOs to £5 ss. ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 98 per load. Trade Bather dull, yet the quotations were well supported. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—YESTERDAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 17 11 171 Antwerp Brussels — 25 30 25 35 Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 321 25 35 Frankfort on Maine — 1181 119 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh —3 la 3lk Madrid Cadiz 491 49.1. Leghorn — 29 85 29 95 Genoa — 25 47k 25 521 Naples Palermo — 1221 123 Messina — 123 123 Lisbon - Oporto Rio Janeiro New York — .. • . • E.I. CO'S bls. House bls. 60d Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 231 Bombay ditto -26i 2 1 3 1 Madras ditto — 26 2 3 1 East India Company's, Bills drawn from the 24th ultito the Bth inst. Ben , •a1 £1,201 5 0 Madras 0 0 0 Bombay £1,201 5 0 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard). per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) )9 0 6 I !ACCIDENT TO LORD LEIGH.—As Lord Leigh was driving over his estate on Thursday last, in a dog-cart, the horse took fright, and his lordship was thrown from the vehicle with such force that his collar-bone was dislocated. Medical aid was promptly obtained, and the bone was set. His lordship, we are glad to learn, has received no perma nent injury.— Worcestershire Chronicle. DEATH OF MRS. WHITEHEAD.—We have been requested to call attention to the death of this lady, which is an event that has excited considerable attention throughout the manufacturing districts. She died at the advanced age of 81 years. She was widow of the late Mr. John Whitehead, a member of the firm of Horrocks, Whitehead, and Miller, as it then was; and the last sur vivor of 18 children of John Horroeks, of Bradshaw and Edgeworth, in this county, and sister of the late John and Samuel Horrocks, successive representatives of this borough in Parliament, the formervirtually the founder of the cotton trade of Preston, and the latter so long the head of the ex tensive concern which Mr. John Hai -rocks established in Preston. She was a lady of most amiable disposition, and was highly respected by all who knew her.—Preston Chronicle. THE TOWER.—The re-paving of that part of the thoroughfare in the Tower which is parallel to the river, ex tending from the tramway of the Salt Tower, has just been completed. The old paving has been d ug up , an d the earth dug out to a depth required f or la y i ng down si x i nc h es o f concrete, on which is placed a p av ing of new Aberdeen granite, five inches by three. The work, comprising 1,200 superficial yards, was completed in 12 days by the contrac tors, Messrs. Pratt and Sewell, and the officers of the War cuted in the most satisfactory Department, under whose superintendence the work has manner.--City P ress. been carried out, have reported that the wo r k h as b een exe- THE LAKES IN AUSTRALIA.--Mr. Herschel Bab bage, the Australian explorer, asserts that the l a k es i n Aus tralia are naturally salt, and that they ar e on l y fresh after sufficient rain has fallen to give them depth of water. The lakes in some parts are surrounded by bluffs of elevated stony table-land, with occasionally a small valley of sand hills and scrub running down to them. At one lake there was a peculiarity which he had noticed elsewhere. The soil of the western side was quite ' 11 77 and it contained a number of fresh-water shells. The eastern bed was lows r than the western, and was soft and boggy, and quite salt, the surface M mend places being white with bait Bologna, Oct. 18. We have not been surprised at the article in the Osserre tore, which, after long hesitation, has at last come forward to break a lance in favour of the Holy Inquisition. The low and trivial language of this article is in keeping with the cause it upholds, and in this respect leaves nothing to be desired, • • • • it is entirely false, as correspondents assure me, that the father was able to see his child freely. He could see him, but only in the presence of the rector of the Catechumens, and the child continually declared that he wished to go back to his father and mother. When Mortara left Rome, they promised him that in his absence the secretary of the Jewish committee at Rome should be allowed to visit his son. But the moment this individual presented himself at the mansion of the Catechumens, not only did they refuse to admit him, but the rector answered him from a window of that monument of religions intolerance that upon the return of the cardinal inspector of the Catechumens to Rome, a formal order had been given no longer to admit any Jew, the interdiction being extended to the parents themselves. The rector of the Catechumens did worse still. About the end of last month, little Edgar was by his order taken out for a walk in the streets of the Ghetto, either for the purpose of bantering the young girls you see mending their rags there, or to make an impression on the mind of the little fellow, by putting his comfort in contrast with the poverty of those unfortunate people, who recall to mind the wretched state of the Irish catholics in the days of Elizabeth and Cromwell. These wretched instances of low trickery lead me to mention another. To revenge themselves for the horror produced so justly throughout Europe by this abominable act, our impresario of the Piazza Maggiore (where a sort of puppet-show is exhibited) has received orders to put into the mouth of his :marionettes, once a week, words of hatred against the Jews, so as to kindle religious fanaticism. But this has been of no use ; our city has remained impassive to such incitements. Such are the contrivan ces th ey h ave recourse t o . Sensible persons here say that this affair has been an error on the part o f C ar di na l Vi a l e P re l a . B u t it is to be observed that the Inquisition does what it likes and listens to no advice, being quite sure that no one will venture to contradict it. THE ALLEGED FRAUD IN THE PUR CHASE OF TIIREE PER CENTS. Adolphus Freeman, a young man described as a stockbroker, was brought up on remand before Alderman Salomon s, at Guildhall, yesterday, charged with unlawfully appropriating to his own use the sum of £B5O, entrusted to him in April last by Mr. Daniel Austin, a printer, of 5, lon-square, Hack ney, to invest in the Th ree p er C en t. R e duced An nuities. Mr. Wontner said—ln this ease, sir, I appear on behalf of the prosecutor to state that we arc not prepared to go on with the. case at present. At a future day we may have further evidence. Alderman Salomons—lt has been intimated to me that the prisoner is not a member of the Stock Exchange, and as he has been represented as a stockbroker I should like to know if he is, or is not, a member of the Stock Exchange. Mr. Wontner—l believe it is a fact that he is not a member of the Stock Exchange, and therefore not entitled to act as a stockbroker. Sergeant Webb (of the detective force)—The prisoner has admitted to me that he is not. Alderman Salomons—We must not act upon the prisoner's admission alone, when the fact can be otherwise proved. Mr. Morgan —I appear for the prisoner;and I may state that he is not a broker at all. Mr. Wontner—l cannot say what we may be able to do hereafter, but I am not now prepared with further evidence. Mr. Morgan—l understand it is not the inten tion of the prosecutor to press the case any further. Alderman Salomons—l do not intend to dis charge the case. If there is no further evidence I shall remand the prisoner. Mr. Morgan—You cannot do so without evidence. Mr. Martin (the chief clerk)—But we have the evidence of the prosecutor as far as it goes. Mr. Morgan—l think this case should be treated as all other cases are. I was present this morning when the prosecution was withdrawn in another case and the prisoner discharged, and the same practice prevails in all the metropolitan courts. It is not customary to compel a prosecutor to go on with a case when he wishes to withdraw from it. Alderman Salomons—All must depend upon the nature of the case in which such a course is per mitted. In some instances it would be an act of humanity to extend such mercy to the party charged ; but in the case before me the prisoner has committed a double offence. He is accused of com mitting a wrong against a private individual, as well as a public wrong, and I am not disposed to deal lightly with a breach of trust of such a serious character. This is one of those cases in which the want of a public prosecutor is most felt, as so much depends upon the good faith reposed in the mere signature of a person, and it is of the utmost im portance that transactions comic ct ed with the public funds should be conducted with the strictest in tegrity. I shall remand the prisoner for a week, and should the evidence be sufficient I shall com mit him for trial ;'but, if no further evidence be then offered, of course I cannot compel a person to pro secute against his inclination. The prisoner was then remanded. A letter from Stettin states that operations had been commenced for pumping out, by means of a large steam-engine, the water of the Lake Gothen, near Herings. dorf. The complete draining of this piece of water, which covers an extent of 3,000 acres, will, it is expected, be effected in the Apace of a months, The bane of this crazy paralytic century is talk, gibberish, audible vocabulisation. Thought is silent, inexpressible. Can ye gather dew-drops, and plant them like oysters' tears on my lady's boddice ? Can ye photograph, calotype, or stereo copise the rainbow? Will any of your infernal machines of art lay hold of or detain for a single unit of time a poor struggling tiny sunbeam ? Hamlet to the players of Denmark all over. Men who cannot play the fiddle—[that game is about up, since the translation of Nathaniel Gow and the Italian Paginini—let M'Culloch note the fall of rosin !]—such men will play on—and will insist on it too. Ye can with the bodily eye mark the dew distilled from the womb of morning; even the daily writers in the daily papers can lift up their dim optics and see the tri-coloured arch that bridges over Zodiacs and Continents; yea a red-tape worm, crawling among Downing-street's darkest slime, might lift its microscopic head and behold some of those golden -solar emanations that shade the cerulean of Heaven. Pismires may see these things—see them, I say. But can you ace thought, etern a l, i mmor t a l, invisible ? I trove not. Holy men of old did not gabber. Old Isaac went forth at ev en tid e . Did he gather his reapers into his barn and lecture them on political economy or any other blasphemy ? Did lie not rather put his hands into his pockets—or whatever other substitutes oracular post-diluvians had for garment receptacles—Hebrew Moses and Son settle thatpoint if you can; and so disposing of his digits Abraham's son (by the free woman) communed with his heart, and was still ? But great thoughts have been written, say you. Granted, but not the greatest. Could any collocation of words, from a to z of English alphabetisation, give forth the soul imaginings of Oliver, my Oliver, my peculiar Oliver ? King David sang sweetly ; compare " Babel's Streams" with Chevy Chase, or that busi ness about King Henry of Navarre by that Thomas the Rhymer, whom Palmerston has made a baron of—and note the difference, I pray you ; it may do good to your soul, if you any have. Well, then, the Shepherd Monarch saw visions, and lie struck his harp—but could catgut, titillated by human thumb, give forth any response adequate to the heavinea of a prophetic eye, that saw the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof ? And when the plaintive chords of that harp of sweetest melody soothed the soul into holi ness and peace, and called forth longings for the dove-wings that flee away and be at rest, far off from a foetid universe, could Hebrew vowels and con sonants embody these angelic harmonies ? They couldn't, and here endeth the first lesson. I divine your answer. You will say this man dealeth in generalities. He is subjective ; we arc objective. He is of the universal, dreamy—we of the specific, practical. S. T. C. tried that passage of arms with the present writer, but it was a cock flat woald not fight—with him, at least, and cer tainly not with you. Have at you. I have atl a:n cl to the general through large, varied, and kalci discopic acquaintanceship with the particular—l have had terrible conflicts with human fallacies — have smoked through and through them—and if any man doubts this verity he is worse than an infidel—an Act of Parliament regenerator, to wit. I will toss you off articulately, even as an attor ney's or tailor's bill, all good logical reasons for denying every creed that is not in me. I will do it. Let your articles of indictment be writ. Be they as long as Brougham's speech in defence of that Queen of unhappy memory . , whom Lambeth wedded to that royal notability with swallow tails and bad odour; or be they as dull as any protocol from the hands of Treasury Wilson, from whom whilom, while an un pretendmg vender of hats in Hawick, I purchased for twelve and a-half pieces of silver, that " go-to-mcet in g roof" with which I attended the philosophy class, —falsely, so called—of Thomas Brown, said Thomas knowing nothing of Goethe or other divine cele brities ; verily, these were " Tom Brown's School- Days," and no mistake. The thought oppresseth me that youths, having Heaven's image, receive for their golden fees nought but sunless grass from Dalgetty's and other Scotch cloisters, and eke hay and stubble, rubbish, and untempered mortar at Oxford and Cambridge, to say nothing of the peat bog, syllabub shovelled forth from Peel's godless seminaries in Erin's Isle. Now then. It is not theory. Ye gave utterances from Brummagen last year. Voices came from amongst the smoke, and sounds, not those of the hammer or of James Watt's cylinders, were belched forth from this same factory of mental conglomera tion. I may not go over names, they . are legion, or topics, they exhaust the last edition of Noah Webster, whose memory rot for its brutish word- ' hunting instinct. May every new word that he coined sink him deep in his own Illawathan swamps ! Look at your volumed list of subjects, as you vain-gloriously call your index. Here arc some specimeri bricks, culled as they catch the careless eye of the beholder.—" Chickoried coffee, Scotch bankriVs, penny banks, baths, washing-houses, coffins, crime, drainage, river smells, early shop locking, woman occupation, short imprisonment, alcohol, longevity, paupers, prostitution, prison sauces, the gallows, army cloacinas, railway murders, sermons, strikes, smallpox, &c., &c., &e." Could Babel itself rival such an incongru ous mixture. Soap and stink—fever and main mon—magdalens and the whipping-post, all re joicinr, together in one horrid pestiferous seething cauldron ? Is society ever to make head way through an alembic of such abominations? Any man of indifferent honesty would sooner follow the pen sioners through the drains of the. Great Metropolis (I quote James the Grant), rather than march through Brummagem with such a crew and such colours as you hoist. Good Jack Falstaff's leneibles were nothing to it by a chalk of broadest page. Who speaks? Henry Lord Brougham, member of something in France. He hath spoken all his life-long days, but to what purpose ? The thing at the bar is un derstandable — there , like women of the baser sort, men, or those calling themselves so, hold out their pars ready, when duly greased , to speak a ie. John Doe or Richard Hoc, it mattereth not, first come, first served. And that the way that the chariot of justice is wheeled through the mud. B u t henry hath his pension—his betters not at all well off in that self-same matter. In Heaven's na me then let him be quiet. Or if he will do aught. let him get him some other cow-loving Althorp with whom he may hold sweet counsel, and let them note the mathematics of bees, the growth of cab bages, or the marchings and counter-marchings of rats—it is at least no sin to observe nature's doings; th e interpretation thereof belon ge th to the pro phets, and he is too old for that school. Then there's yourself. You speak of law. Why? The horse-hair bombazeen business is not your line. The intrigues of Cabinets were a better vocation for you to delectate upon. Lord John, you have seen somewhere about threescore years and ten, and for good half a century have you dwelt in those tents of sin called place and opposition. Aged. Whigling, what have you been doing, what h ave you done for the suffering human kind? Home Clerk, Foreign Clerk, Helmsman, Fogleman, everything by turns, but what reeks it ? I pay taxes as before, and tithe of every kind. Ducal Bedford flourishes, but the yeoman lacketh his crust, and more than ever is baled off ly ship-loads to Tasmania and other distant e7imes for the bread that perisheth. Millions live among bad smells, old bones and corruption, and are variously whipped, transported, hanged, as after their fashion they try to help themselves to what is going. Why THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF POLICE INSPECTOR BUDD. Edwark Mark Council, a pensioner from the Royal Engineers, and formerly employed at Wool wich, was placed at the bar before Mr. Traill, at Woolwich Police courtAyesterday, on a remanded charge of attempting to murder William James Budd, senior inspector of police at. Woolwich l )oek yard, by firing a loaded pistol at his head. The prosecutor was not in attendaxce, and the following medical certificate was handed in : M‘' I hereby certify that Inspector Budd, of the R dii ision police, is unable to attend the court, in consequence of the state of prostration and debility which has resulted from the injury inflicted on him. The wound on his face is healing favourably. " ILLIAM STUART, Divisional Surgeon of Police." Mr. J. P. Cook, surgeon, attached to the Fisgard ; flag-ship, cm roborated the above certificate, and added that the shock to the system rendered it unsafe for Mr. Budd to attend the court at present. Mr. Traill said, under the circumstances, he should again remand the prisoner for a week, and when again brought up he would be sent for trial, as, if it was necessary, Mr. Budd might be bound over to prosecute at the Old Bailey after the pri soner's committal. Amongst the numerous documents which were addresied by the prisoner to the coroner's jury. whom he stated would have to sit upon his body, is one which contains the following singular state ment, signed by the prisoner:— " 3fy father, John Council, was the illegitimate son of Councillor John Scott—afterwards Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench at Dublin, and Earl of Clonmel. My father's Mother was a young woman of good family, and gave my father a good education. lie was apprenticed to a guninaker at Dublin, in King-street, and afterwards be cone connected with the leaders of the Irish Rebellion in 1798. The Rirl of Clonmel was before that a good f r ie n d to My father, but finding that he had joined as party,;ent him a message that he (the earl) never wished to aee his face again. However, after this, my father and several of his friends were captured, and but for the intervention of the Earl of Clonmel they would have been hanged." The prisoner • then details his early history, having enlisted into the Royal Military Artificers, subsequently termed the Sa2pers and Miners, &e. Roberti, the composer, has just left Paris for Turin with a new opera. Tho subject of the opera, of which report speaks highly, is Petrarch and Laura." The libritte, by Dall'Ongaro, is said to be of the highest interest, the poet having chosen the moment of Petrarch's triumph at Avigno 1, and, with great taste and judgment, has ininxluced the famous stanzas of Petrarch on the hopes of Italy, for which Roberti has composed a chorus of im menie power and effect. The role of Laura was written, bath by poet and composer, expressly for Mdlle. Vaneri, of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, to whose talent and per aortal appearance it is said to be admirably adapted. Calzado has engaged with the composer to bring out this epara, during the season, in Paris. —Court Jot rd al. A GIRL ROLLED TO DEATII.—A few days ago a young girl, not more than 14 years of age, named tearful Thomas, met with a tearful but instantaneous death at the Cyfarthfa Ironworks where she was employed. In the course of her work her clothes caught fire, and with her burning dress she ran to the rolls where there is always fbe ther legs revolving running water, to put o ut the flames. In doing so, how ever, her dress was caught by the spindles, and in aninst an t the poor creature was dragged between se rollers, tos ednapn tod literally t c g ra e l l b; crashed height. to of pieces,eon rthe d ath one was beingin stantaneous,tb e h ei egdbtuot m th omentary. The the dreadful affair rt f r agments of her body wer e quest held over them, th e customary ge verd er iet an bi d ,n a i n g in turned. THE OFFICE OF CLERK TO THE JUSTICES IN THE CITY.—In consequence of the.reference made to the officers' and clerks' committee of the corporation to inquire into the nature of the duties and the emoluments of the office of clerk of the peace, the delay of a few weeks has taken place since the death of the late holder of the office, Mr. John Clark, deceased. That, report, however, being brought up and sanc tioned, has been ordered to be printed, and a copy sent to every member of the court. It details the duty of the office, which are numerous, and in which it does not propose or sug gest any alteration. Nor does it disturb in the least degree the principle of remuneration, which heretofore has been by foes, the sums paid by licensed victuallers, billiard and baga telle keepers, and the vendors of game, hemg the chief items of receipt, the victuallers alonefurnishing the principal sums on the renewal of their licenses and annual transfer of their property in cases of change cf occupancy. Besides these there arc amounts received for fees in the shape of copies of legal documents, the sums realised by which are comparatively of a trifling amount. The holder of the appointment has to pay an assistant officer about £lOO per annum out of the proceeds of the office. The election will take place at the ensuing Court of Common Council (Friday next, at two o'clock). We do not hear that any other candidate hes appeared as an applicant for the situation besides Mr. G ood man, the chief clerk to the magistrates at the Mansion house ; nor indeed, so far as can be gleaned, is any opposi tion expected to the return of that gentleman as the successor of Mr. Clark. The Royal mail steamer Trent, Capt. Woolcott, left Soulha epton yesterday for the West Indies, via Ma deira. She was built in 1841, and is one of the original ships possessed by the Royal Mail Company. She has un dergone a dim nigh overhaul, has been fitted up with new boilers, and her speed has been got up to 101. She is gone out to carry the mtereolonial mails, taking out about (.0 passenger s, chiefly for Madeira, and a considerable amount of of rgo. AmoilgA h'X passengers were Mr.v,Sthtodo is da a rt t , life consul of Madeira ; Admiral Lempriere, and the two Mr, :u xre cce u ed ine ed , iiitisswFx.iftwaesccirauesc,:inasittushicrs o p f b Lo y rd w E n bri u n .in gto . : a, pre sent in Madeira in ill-health. Mr. Staid rt is tile i 20 100 1 171 20 Stock Sto. f Stock 100 100 20 1 204 20i 100 100 100 100 Stock 101 5 5 30 28.2.8k' COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. I Paid. Cl°llng Business Prices. Done. Can.Gov.6p.c..Ta. & July 100 1151 net Do. 6 p.c.Fb.& Aug. 100 113 115 Do. 6 p.e.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 N.11.G0v.6 p.c. Jr- &July 100 1114 1124 -- Do. 6 mc.Ap. & Oct. 100 - -- N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 10Q 100 1C 14 NovaScotiaGov. 6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 111 112 B.Aus.Gt.6 pc.J an &July 100 112 114 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 111 113 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share) Joint-Stook Banks. Paid. n i ce. Done. 100 Agra&UnitcdScrviceßk 50 40 Australasia all 85 87 86 25 Bank of Egypt all 25 251 103 Bank of London 5O 46 48 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all 50 British North American all 58 CO 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c, 10 2/ 21d 100 City 5O 58 60 501 100 Colonial 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of London. 20 19 21 1(1 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch. all 161 17 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all 20 Lon.Cliar.llk.otAustral. all 201 •211 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 100 London & Westminster. 20 48 491 100 Nat. Pray. of England. 35 20 Do. new lO. 50 National Bank 25 20 New Sont:i Wales 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all 39 40 20 Ottoman Bank all 191 191 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New all • 25 South Australia 25 Do. New l7l 25 Union of Australia all 55 57 25 Do. New 2O 54 56 50 Union of London lO 24 25 24 100 Unity Mutual 55 - - :1001. Western Bk of London 11.50 19 17 d 311 Share) MISCELLANEOUS. Miscellaneous. Ant.Tlo-Mexican Atlantic Tel. (Limited). Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works Do New, issued at _ , '25 dis British American Land Brit. & Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1842 Do. C . Canada Chan. Islands Tel.(Lim ) Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg Do. Preference 7i per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Eng. & Aust.top.St.Co Euiop. &Ind.Junct.Tel Europ.&Am.Sirn.(Lim ) GLlron Sc:rewCol.(Lim ) Gen. Steam Navigltion. London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co. Mediter. Electric Telei.T. Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) National Discount Co Netherlands Land Do do Doti p.c. Pref. ,iss. at 1 dis. N.tr.&NovaScotiaLand N.B.Augtralasian (Lim ) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. New Shares Peel River Land & Min. Pen. & Oriental Steam. Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Seot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Serip Do. do Registered ITr.dt Ln.Co.of Upr. Can , Pleania's Lad I I Paid 4r Closin . Zusineas done • Price. 15 16 360 390 344 i 1 2} 40 42 19 21 13 15 115 120 10 101 24 28 24 26 II 2 21 112 114 . 1* 1* 2 3 14 11d 11 14 ?r . d 15 18 1 i dfii par 24 21 86 88 12 13 p P 22i 23 ei 64 66 I 14 14 38 39 1 I 1 11 12 1401 11 2;. all ] all all all all alt all 18.18.9' ill all all all 5 1.1 1071 11f 211 i pm z d 101181-I z d li 1 221 2} A fLI7'EItA_RY CELEBRITY .REASONS FOR NOT ATTENDING THE SOCIAL SCIENCE CONFERENCE. (Front the Ca: 7 ( . 4,11*(7n Mercury.) A literary celebrity having been invited to this Conference, he has sent an extra or di nary reply to Lord John Russell, the President-elect, of which the following is a part : Good, my Lord,—l have to hand, conform to postmark, "Woburn Abbey," your letter inviting m to lake part in the so-called " Social Confer ence," to come off in Birmingham, or some other place of like mind, some time in October next ensuing. Last, if not least, of Bedford's race, let us rea son together. Why, in name of all the rationali ties, or the non-rationalities for that matter, do ycu ask me ? Have I in any sense ever shown myself a word-deliverer ? Some poor thoughts of mine have been committed to the pressgang, to be by them set in pica, large or small as seemeth them good .. [ Thanks be to the Serenities, I am not now paid by the line, page or sheet—leaving that sort of thing to the doomed of Grub-street.] But because I indite somewhat with the pen of a ready writer, that is when in the spirit—for I deny the postulate of Samuel Johnson (born at Lichfield), that any mere man can doggedly make himself shed ink to purpose —because I can at times do battle with the pinion, does it follow that I can screech to knife-grinders and razor-sellers at Birmingham during any month of this year of grace that Cant may select from the Kalendar ? I hate Brummagem and its wares. Gods ! the y ears o f agony an d bl oo d an d pimples that this same Brummagem has cost me and the aggregates of humanity, with its so-called sharp razors ! Was it not there, or at Sheffield, or somewhere else, that an unstrung ruffian put forth something called a ra zor • s t rop , w hi c h ( as h e p h rase d it), was to convert the toil e t of early morn from a terrorinto a pleasure ? Did I not try that Diamond Abomination, and shed much innocent blood thereby, and have I not, Nebuchadnezzar-like, been ever since obligated to let my facial hirsuitities remain unkempt andunshorn. Assist me Dr. Slop, Balsam, and the Athanasian creed, to curse that man. not do good when you could, instead of catching shoe applaudits by going down with the night train to Brummagem. Is the emancipation of Jewrymoney lenders to save the commonwealth ? Save the mark! Issachar's burdens oppressed no shculders save his own, and being well padded with usury, h e never felt them. Could Rothschild not light and pave Jerusalem, or Salomons lay dawn a . grand trunk from Dan to Beersheba, and so i a:sing the wind in Palestine, contrive to make the Promised Land a land where men would not only promise to pay, but in reality come down with the rhino. Tilts sick man lacks rupees, and for ready money the Holy Land might be transferred to Montefiore in tut, jugglery of conveyancing that Fitzroy Kelly may think lies nearest to his conscience. But let not your Lordship think to raise the Gentile by elevating the Jew. Ah, but there's that live-long Reform Bill. In Humbin,'..4 sacred name, you, Baron John, indited a thing that has to be coopered in twenty years ! There's _Magna Charta and the Treaty of Union as fresh as paint, and that after many centuries. Angels, unfold your cambr'e ;--a Lord, nay, a erary Lord, who writes play s an d bi ograph i es to boot, hears a nation's cry, and offers the mechanic, starved down to the depths of a 'Walking skeleton—he offers such this panacea. Friend, b e o f good cheer—your re demption drawcth nigh. I, John Russell, am at this present now returned by Shoreditch without you; but look up to heaven, for next year you will have a 57894th share in my election. HARBOURS OF REFUGE COMMISSION WEST HARTLEPOOL, OCT. 19. The commissioner: resumed their inquiry this morning at 10 o'clock. Mr. R. W. Jackson was re-examined at some length. He produced a plan, showing the great fields of coal and ironstone lying within the line of coast between the Tyne and Runs wick Bay. He produced returns of the number of lives saved by the Hartlepool and West liartl - pool lifeboats from the ycar 1846 to the present time, amounting to 55.7 in the whole. He also sub- milted a reduce — el plan for a refuge harbour, the cost of which would amount to about £987,520, and enclose an area of 1,286 acres. He calculated that every vessel frequenting the coast would, on an average, use the harbour three times a year, in the proportion of twice in ballast to once loaded. Mr. Calver, C.E., gave evidence as to the condition of the bay during 1846, the last time he minutely examined it. He found then that it was silting up over two-thirds of its surface from one-quarter of an inch to 21 feet. Since that period he kn - nv nothing of his own knowledge, but could easily conceive that changes might take place to com pletely alter the state of things that existed at that time, and which he then deemed likely to continue to exist. Had a refuge harbour been formed in the bay in January, 1857, he believed that all the ves sels wrecked on the 4th of that month would h been saved. He deemed both Sunderland and Bed car unsuitable places for a harbour of refuge. Mr. H. Mossman, havenmaster, handed in returns, of the prevailing winds on the coast f r a lengthened period, ascertained from tables kept at tie light house, a return of the wrecks occurring Iv' hin thi' limits of the port, and a return of the numb r of storms, with the variation o.e the compass, durin; the years 1854-5-6-7. Mr. W. Russell, outdoor manager of the Wrecks Committee of Lloyd's, gave evidence of the peculiar adaptability of liartlepool Bay for a refuge harbour, it being the most central port on the coast. He preferred one large harbour to a number of small ones, though under certain circumstances he would prefer two moderate-sized to one large one. A harbour at Filey would be valuable to vessels that had weathered the York shire coast, and one at Hartlepool for vessels that had not cleared the high land of Yorkshire. Mr. W. Hutchinson, contractor, who had made an esti mate of the cost of the work proposed by Mr. Jack son, would undertake to execute it at £375 per cubic yard, notwithstanding that the breakwater at Alderney, similarly constructed, was costing £568 per yard. He had made careful ca'c alations, and could execute the work for that sum in five years. Several nautical witnesses, North Sea pilots, ship owners, and captains from various ports were examined, including a Hamburg captain, all of whom agreed as to the great necessity of a refuge harbour on the coast, and that Hartlepool was the most fitting place for such harbour. Presuming that two harbours instead of one were suggested, they would approve Hartlepool-bay and Filey-bay. The commissioners terminated their sitting at a quarter to 10 p.m., and proceeded next morning to Redcar, which place they had originally not intended to visit. 1. 73 i 2& 2, 41 1011 ~:? Stock Steck 4i 9 40 12s 6d