The Sun. — London, England, 1858-02-02 00:00:00

YIONEY MARK E T A.TD COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Foreign and Colonial produce markets during the last few days have exhibited rather more activity. For some of the principal staples higher rates have been current. Sugar continues in good demand and holders require enhanced rates. The refined market is also rather active, and more business has been done in crushed descriptions for exportation. Coffee has been steady, and Plantation Ceylon realises fully former rates. Tea continues firm, and at public sale late rates were sup ported in most instances. Spices have been in moderato demand, and at the public sales of Cinnamon late rates have been obtained for all quali ties. Cocoa, rice, and rum have been dealt in to a Moderate extent, but no material alteration has taken place in quotations. Saltpetre has been in active, with little change to report in values. For tallow there is a moderate inquiry. Prices, how ever, have slightly receded, P. Y. C. on the spot is now quoted 535. 30., March 535. 3d., April to June 515., and last three months 51s. per cwt. For foreign and colonial wool there is a very limited enquiry, but holders demand increased rates compared with those realised at the close of the late public sales. The next auction being the first of the series of the present year will take place on the 25th inst. About 16,000 bales have already arrived, chiefly composed of Port Philip and Cape Wools. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed with a very steady appearance, and prices of all descriptions were well maintained. The sales amounted to 8,000 bales, 1,500 of which wero taken by the speculators. About 19,0001., in gold, was taken into the Bank Yesterday. The Silver Market remains steady, and bars are bow quoted ss. 11d. per oz. standard. In the discount market there is rather more Inquiry ; but this increased demand is merely of a transient character, and is owing to the provision that is being made for the liquidation of the bills falling due on the 4th instant. It is understood that some heavy payments will have to be made, but immediately afterwards greater ease will be ex perienced than is now apparent. A material decrease in the amount of securities held by the Bank of England will, of course, take place ; and, as the resources of that establishment will increase 8 0 rapidly, it is only reasonable to presume that be administration will soon reduce the minimum quotation to the extent of a half or one per cent. The market for English Securities is rather , buoyant to-day, a rise of per cent. having taken place. Speculative operations are still very much circumscribed, but increased firmness has been caused by purchases for investment. The Way position of the money market and the prospect of a further decline in the Bank minimum, help to sustain the market. Consols for transfer have been 95i 1, and for the March account 95a 2. The New 3 per Cents, are quoted 951 ; the Reduced 951 ; Exchequi.r Bills 225. to 265. prem.; and the Bonds 100 to 1001. Bank Stock is 2251 to 227. In the Foreign Stock Market a moderate busi ness transacted at rather higher rates. Turkish 6 per Cents, aro 981 99k, and ti.e 4 per Cents. aro 103 1 ; Brazilian 5 per Cents. have advanced to 10 i ; Danish 3 per Cents. to 844 ; Peruvian 4 1 per Cents., to 80 ; ditto 3 per Cents., to 551 ; Russian 5 'per Cents., to 112 ; Sardinian 5 per Cents., to 901 ; Spanish New Deferred, to 26 ; ditto Passive 5i ; Dutch 2 : 1 per Cents., to 651 I, a nd Ditto 4 p er Cents. are rather flat at 1 0 0 ; M exican 3 per Cents. have been done at 20 21. -tie following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks ;_Grenada Deferred Bonds, 516; Mexican, 20. 1 2 11 ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 79 81 ; Ditto 3 Per Cents., 54 56 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., irt 45 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 110 112 ; Spanish 3 per Cants., 411 421 ; ditto New Deferred, 251 a. , The Committ ee o f M ex i can B on dh o ld e r s have, b y of the United States, received the duplicate of a letter from Vera Cruz, dated the 4th ultimo, advising the shipment of 42,000 dole for the divi dend fund, by the direct packet now due here. In the Railway Share Market this morning a limited business has been transacted ; prices, how ever, have been well supported, and in some in stances au advance of about to 1 per cent. has taken place. Eastern Counties and Great North ern improved ss. ; North-Western, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 10s. ; and Bristol and xeter, Caledonian, and Great Western, 11.; North British, Midland, Brighton, and Lancashire and Yorkshire, declined about ss. to 10s. The Foreign l ines were very inactive. Paris and Lyons im proved about ss. ; and in the Colonial undertakings Fnees slightly improved. Grand Trunk of Canada Z. 1 " 5 8., and Great Western of Canada 10s. ; Fast " - Mien receded 10s. Mining shares are quiet, Par Consols realise 19k, and Santiago de Cuba 2i. For Joint-Stock Bank Shares there is littlo en quiry, and prices have declined to a alight extent. —°ll d o ll and County receded 10s., Oriental Bank advanced 11. In the Mi3cellaneous Market Australian Agri cultural improved Sc., Eastern Steam declined J Os. 41411 1811 FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE /(;1,04) (from the OSicial LI4I Ensine , s done ISIt ' IL Stock t d 2 per tre at. Reduced A.nuuitio, .. ),,,r)er w , () ant. uonsois Annuities e , 6 , Per Cent. Annuities ... 953 i L Cent. Annuiti es ll2l ".g Annuities, expire stn Jan. Ibtin... 2 1-16 cOt B°lll for Account 4 zehNer Bills, 21c1 £lOOO 25 22 25 6 p 1 4500 25 22 25 6 p %tall 25 22 25 6 p • • Exchequer Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent.— 1(10 Oitto, 1559 ii r ,„ ..,, c , -JES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Al ONE O'CLOCK. D anish 5 per Cent. -"mush. Bonds, 3 pet Cent., 1825 b .4l Mexican 3 per Cent 204 Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 4j per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent 551 lussian Bonds, 1822, t.: St., 5 per Cent 1 2 _ Ditto Account llOl ekrdinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Sa , nish Bonds, 3 per Cont. Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditt, Passive 5 ll widish -toads, r, per cent... . — Ditto Account 9Bi 91 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cont. Ditto Account 194 Dividends on the above payable in London. Ditch Exchange:, 2?-, per Cenz.., 12 Guilders 654 1 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Two O'CLOCK. Consols, money Consols aocount (March) 50 25 100 25 SHARE MARIC.ETS—‘This Day). RAILWAYS. Cirmine Pric e yesterday. s?_; - ti 8t -8; 72 - 74 ••• ....... ~ 9 4 - G 9i 92 - I - 4i 93 - 91 37 - 39 10 - 12 • . •• - 4 - 5 8 - 9 18. - 19- (304 - 611 1 48 - 59 32 - 34 15 - 17 91 - 93 ssl s 7 31 -- 32 54 - 96 9/ - 105 - 103 92 - 93 130 - 132 104 - 106 GO - 61 58 - 62 S 0 85 10 —l2 10 12 ; 93 94 d 6h - 6i 10G - 108 11011 - 102 - 100, 401 = 41 94i - 95 66 - 68 ... - •.. 13i - 144. - 61 3 - 3 ,1 51 - 55 : 9"g 51 i - 52 83 - 81 95 - 97 20 20 10 3a 34 . - 3 . 1 - '9i 32 33 9 6 d 107 - 109 25 - 26 48 - 50 31 - 21 36 - 37 741 - 751 83 13 - 15 7- 5 d 9 - 11 36 - 33 7 - 9 3 - 3A 6 - 6.1 ISSESSIONS. 18 20 100 100 i - 1 St. 20 100 100 13.4 - 14 185 - 90 83 - 87 80 - 85 Business dos• this day. i -i,!, $ 103 109 -- lap, 19 1911 46 48 84 86 211 21 1 1) ! 208 201 id 1105 - 110 1.05 - 110 105 107 19,} 19 20i —21 i d 4 1 - lipl "La Zingara" (the Bohemian Girl) which will be re presented, for the first time, at her Majesty's Theatre, on S aturday . nev, is enriched in the second act by a pas entitled "La Bonne Aventure." Mr. Balfe has compo-ed the music expressly for this occasion ; the melodies are light, catchi ng , or i e i na l, a nd extremely den aaote. This pretty pas may be called a divertise luso% if we may judge from the different dances of which it is composed :-1. Pastorales, Madlles. korlacchi and Pa-quale. 2. Tarentella, Madlie. Clavelle and the corps ballet. 3, Scene d' action dansaute, Madlles. Morlocchi, Pasquale, and the corps de ballet. 4. Vari a ti ons, Mddles. Morlacchi and Pasquale. 5. Waltz, Clavelle. 6. Galop Bohemien, by the principal dancers and the corps de ballet. This new, and varied P t " IS the compos i i on o f M ons . Mae-ot, the talented maitre des ballets at her Majesty's Theatre 1 , 4 cr,at nu m b er o f th e present- to the Princess Royal ""irg been previously packed up and cent to B.rliti could not be exhibited to the visitors admitted to Buck -I:gbalz Palace Among these were magnificent pre sents-e from the Countess of Fife and others, and articles ,their own work sent by every lady of the Royal nousehold, and by many personal friends and acquaint ofs the Princess. , T HZ SENIOR W RANGLER —M r .- G. Sleseer, A.M., 174,1,10 was d eclared Senior Wrangler at Cambridge on ,eteredgins s e n 3 7, is a n a ti ve o f R at h en, in Aberdeenshire. He Colleg e Nov., 1849, and graduated o 4 , rn in March, 1853, on whit+ occasion be obtained 'us highest honour in that University—the Simpson Z iath ernatical pri ze o f 601 . Ha matriculate d at Q ueen ' s h.: li ege, Camb r id ge, in Oct ,ytar 1854, 'eh( re he coon took he p os i tion as the first of his . obtain e d, by competitivet . ria ‘ l V , hi a le atCmathematicalCambridge neholarship from the Univer-ity of Landon. 4 , 0 4 PITY. —A. good old Quaker lady, after listening to ts.‘‘aa..eetiztravag.int plea of a shopkeeper as long as her , ne would allow, said to him—" Friend, what a I:`2_ . it is a sin to lie, when it seems so necessary to thy ..mu m , 1,, THE SUN, LONIYON, TUESDAY ET ENVP, FEBRUARY 2, 13858 LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(This Day.) COURT OF 13ANKRUITCY. (Bofors Mr. Commiesioner Evars.) IN RE EVANS AND HOARE-JUDGMENT. His Honour gave judgment on the question of certi fioate in this case, which W 43 fully reported a few days since. His Honour said this was an application on the part of the bankrupts for their certificates. The granting 11 certificate to Evans was opposed on the ground that, although in 1854 he was insolvent, he still continued his trade, and took Hoare into partnership. In support of the objectors a balance sheet was put in, by which it appeared there was a balance of a considerable sum to the debit of Evans. The bankrupt Evans stated that that paper did not contain the whole of the accounts, it did not include his private investments, and that if these had been realised at the time he would have had a surplus exclusive of 5,000/. received as s bonus from Hoare. In support of his statement it wet proved that there accounts in the books of the bankrupt Evans were examined by a person of the name of Gor don who was deputed on behalf of Hoare, and that he wag so satisfied as to advise Hoare to enter into pact• nership, and to bring in 0,0001., and to pay Evans a bonus of 5,0001. I think this proves that the bankrupt Evans was justified in supposing that he was solvent at that time. It appears to me from the evidence that when the partnership commenced Evans and Hoare had a right to suppose that they bad a very large capital It was objected that the bankrupt had been guilty re reckless trading ; they certainly appear to have traded to a great extent, greater than they ought, bnt the) could not have done so but for the very imprudent dis counting their bills. It was alleged on the part of the bankrupts that their stoppage was entirely caused by the beer to a very large amount furnished by Hoare and Co. The losses do appear to have been very large, bu it does not appear to me that their trading has been se reckless to justify my refusing or delaying their certifi cates. It was objected that in January, 1857, the bankrupts aware that they were insolvent, still they persevere 4 in their trading. To this the bankrupts answered thaT they acted on the advice of their principal creditors, ano that they scarcely incurred any new debts. In my opinion ne trader, after he knows he is insolvent, cal, be justified in incurring new debts with persons igno rant of the fact of his insolvency, and I shonhi, in al such cases, refuse the certificate ; but my opinion on this point has been held to be erroneous by the Court .1 Appeal, and to that decision it is my duty to submit. The bankrupts are not charged with any of the offences mentioned in the 256 12 Victoria 106. On the whole 1 think I ought to grant the plaintiff a certifioate of the second class. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,. (This Day.; T LI A. M.ES. DARING STREET ROBERRY.—Catherine Brown, who has been convicted of felony, and also in prison for di, orderly conduct, and Bridget Dwyer, known to the police, were brought before Mr. Yardley charged with the following daring street robbery : Captain James Dawson, the master of the ship Sea Side, lying off Bell-wbarf-itairs, Shad we ll, s t a t e d th a t a a few minutes before 12 o'clock last night be was on bis way to hie ship, when he was accosted on Pope's-hill, Shadwell, by the prisoners. The tall one (Brown) said eke wanted to speak with him, and asked him to retire with her to a secluded place. lie told h er t o go a b ou t h er to say to h er , on w hi c h g before hi m a f ew yar d s, s tbh u u d es p n e re n iss l g y 4; nae t n u ; rds n w e wo d uh lordohhuaaodvd ewalked i knocked him down. lJ fell on his back, and Brawn flung herself upon him and rifled his pockets. She took every farthing be possessed, consisting pf 13s. or lis. He called aloud for assistance, and the prisoners ran away. Mr. Yardley—What was the other prisoner doing 1 e s a t i a d ad h i e n ta b s y. with his me. _ a C o a h p n ta T in horp ~er, the last witces., when the prisoners threw hi m d owt on his back and plundered him of his money. H e ca ll e d out, "Police" and "Murder," and they ra n awa y it, 3, a Dawson—Shes sailo r boy, was opposite directions. He saw Brown stopped by a police constable. Charles Fountain, a police constable, No. 316 K, sae the captain running after the prisoner Brown, when h e (the witness) intercepted and secured her. The prose cutor said he had been robbed of all his money. Ht found 10s. 100. 011 the prisoner Brown. Among it were three half crowns. Th. prosecutor was Rot quite sober but knew what he was about. Captain Dawson was recalled, and said there were three haV-crowns among the money takda from his pocket. The prisoners denied having taken anymoney from tht prosecr , tor, and then, o❑ the magistrate directing Mr. Bowdler, the junior clerk, to take the depositions, said they were guilty and wished the magistrate to deal with the ca9e. Roche, the gaoler of the o)urt, said the real name of the woman, who called herself Brown, was Maoarthy, and she had been is custody for felony 7 or 8 times. A policeman said Dwyer bad been in custody once for felony. Mr. Yardley—There can be no doubt about you Macartby being► an inc)rrigible thief, and I sentence you to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 6 months. You, Dwyer, are sentenced to 3 mouths' imprisonment and bard labour. RAILVAID. St. St. St. 50 20 25 St. 20 10 St. t. 0 St. st. XlOO 100 100 all all all 100 all all 100 100 all 100 100 11 all St. 100 St. 100 20 , all 10 I all - 12a' 5 St. 100 z 5 all 25 all St. 100 10 : 1? 10 j 1 3ristol & Exeter__ Caledonian-- ..... Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon._ Cork, Black. & Pass 'Cornwall D. A Do. B. Dublin&BelfastJunc. Dun. P. &Aber.June. East Anglian . Eastern Counties nasternUnion,A.stk, Do., do. ........ Do. New A ...... .„„, East Kent East Lancashire lFast Suffolk Do. Erlinburgh & GlasgONV Ed inb. and Peebles Edinb.Prth. &Dunde , Forth and Clyde June. Furness ..... Glasgow Zs S. Western Great N. of Scotland ,Great Northern ;Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire) Great Western. 'Do. Str.V.R. gua.St Iribh South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle. Do. Thi vie o. New Thirds .encash. Yorkshir. )0., do. F £l6 ... Do., Wet. Riding Un southpurt. 'London di Blackwat Gond. Bright. di S. Cs t Condon Si N. Wester Do. Fifths ,16/.5h.,M&8...r Do. Eighths .ondon 41 S. Wester , Lndndrry.&Colorain , r,nclndrry. Si Ennisk lanch.Shef. dtLinoln. Metropolitan . r)o. J. L. Ricardo" arrangement Midland ...... Do. Birming. & Dark. Aidland G. West.(lr. Do. Shares Newcastle do Carlisle. Newpt.A berg.&Hrfd Newry di Enniskillen ti ewry, Warreupoint , & Rostrevor 100 INorfolk.. 0.11 all Nortkn. counties UP North British North Devon, Rail. .t Dock Stock ...... Do., A Stock ...... Do., B Stock ...... ST.Elstern Berwick Do. do. Extension ... Do do. G.N.E.Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North Loudon N.& S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Ju. North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton.... Portsmouth Rhymuey Scottish Central Se,t. N. E. Abrdn. St Shropshire Union . 'Siti ngbo tune &Sheer South Devon South Eastern.., Do. 4i per c. Shares, South Wales S. Yorksh. Riv,grDuu IDo.. ;Staines,Wok.,&Wok. !Stockton & Do. do., 1834 Do. do., 1.8q5 Stockton & liartlepl ' [ Taff Valo Do. Pref., No, Thames Fray. D. &R. 'Vale of Neath Waterfd. dr Kilkenny Waterford&Liraerick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class... 'Wmbledon &Croydoa A.mbg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June.... Belfast & Ballymen ,, ltrmng. Wolverh. Stour Valley llrkenhcl. Lancsh. Cheshire Junct Blackburn !Myth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) 94 93i 41 100 7 100 100 100 105 f 611 1 2 1i 921 i 3 1061 101 i 2 4i 994 9 64 3 97i 8 52 1 1 81 31 1081 161 191 51 1001 1100 all 100 100 100 100 3 100 'lOO 100 100 100 100 all all 6115 1/1 9 6s. 40 1 12s6' irlsi 7i 10s. all all All all BRITISH PI Atian. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p. c. Do. Buffalo & Lake flux. Buff., Brut. di Godelt. 6 p. e.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73, Do, do 1 June '74' Calcutta and S. Bast. Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Do. B. do. Duntera.ra Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares D 0.4 p.e.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do do '59 do. Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent.... Gd. Trunk. of Canada; Do. 6 p. C. Deben ' Gt. In, Pen. g. 5 perc Do. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Wcstn. of Canada Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 Do, do., p. i Do, d0.,'73, d 0.... IDo. do., '73, without option iMadras, guar, .q p.c Do, do., 5 per c. Do. 4i p. c. Eaten. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex., do, Oude (Limited) Seinde, guar. 5 per c Do FOREIGN. 10 all iAntwrp &Rotterdam 6i 20 all Ardennes 5 all Belgian East. Junct 1 1.1 21 all lie ziers to Grill sscssac 6 all Cartneaux&Toulous.- Coal Mines and Ry. 3i 4 20 15 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of France 271 284 20 all Do. New 20 2s. Euphrates Valley 20 all Gt. Central of France ... 20 all Great Luxembourg 7l 7i 71 / 1.6 6 Italian Junction .• ••• 20 all Lake Const. & Bale 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ...d 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 54 —51 p 5 all Lucca & 20 all Lyons and Geneva 2B 29 20 all Lyons & Mediterran — 33l all Maria Anteala 10 all Do. New ••• ••• 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref 204 201 16 all Northern of France 37* 3SI 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 84 9 20 all Paris and Lyons 344 344 20 all Paris and Orleans 55 57 20 9 ißeeife & San Fran , I I (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. 10 all Rome and Frascati.. 20 all Royal Danish l6 1 8 5 all Royal Swedish 1 „, 20 all Sambre and Meuse 8 —' B ' 6 1 10 all Do. 51 per cent. pref 8 20 all Southern of France, 2ll —21 i 8i all West Flanders 4B --- 44 - 10 all Do. 51 per c. Prsif . 9 9 i 20 all W. &N.W, of France 27 28 20 6 Western of Austria._ ••• 20 all ;Went, of Switzerland ••• 6 all Wiestaden 6 all ; DO.B p . cen t. pr o . 20 I all ;Zealand .•• ••• JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all (Australasia ' 85 87 125 18i (Bank of Egypt 00 50 ;Bank of London 43 52 40 all !Bri. Col. Bk. (IL Ln. Co ... .. 50 all British N. american ... ... 12J 10 ,C.lik.of Ind.A u .d i Cb ... ~1 I.oj 50 'City ' 6B 63 100 25 'Colonial CO 20 Commercial of Lond ... 20 all Eng.Scot4Aus • Cat 19 1.1) 20 all Lon. Ch. Bk.of A.ut. 18/ —19 i 20 all Ditto New 50 20 (London and County ~. ... 301 ... 50 Lnd.ezE.Bnkng.Corp ... ... , 50 10 ' London Joint Stock. ... ... 30 i 100 20 1 LoinlandWestminst• ..„ ... 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. ... ... 20 10 Do. New ••• ••• 50 25 National Bank 20 all New South Wales 25 all Oriental Bank Corp. 32 :34 35i 20 2O Ottoman Bank 100 i 35 Provincial of Ireland ... -- 10 . all Do. New ... 41. 5 1 It.Aus.B.&G.lm.Co .,. 25 all south Australia 35 37 25 all Union of Australia 46 --48 1 ... 2; ; Do. New lBl --19 i 50 10 Union of London 1 100 50 URity Mutual 1 a i. )9 :)0 Wostrußli or Lona „A 26? IA 20 . St. St. 12i 12 14 20 12i 25 20 St. 25 10 La( St. St. St. St. PREFERENCE SHARES. Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 5014 Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares. Caledn. £lO p. c, Ches. & Ho. 54 p. e, Do. do. 5 per cent... Cork&Bandonsip c. Dnn.Perth.&Abor J. E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 ....... ..... Do. New 6 pr. c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lancash.6 p.cts. E. &W. York. J. sthF Ediu. & Gl. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed.Prth.&Duu.4p.c. Furness, 5 p. e....... Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c. Great Northn. 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem.... Do. 4. per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. e , Gt.N.ofScot.lst Pr( . Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt. W.(B.drH.Ex.spc Do. con, red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. IDo. irred. 4 per tent. Do. 5 p. c. red, pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh.. Do. Chester Bp. c. P. S. Do. do. 5 p. c. d 0.... Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh. Do. do. do.. Do. do. do.. ••• ... ••• 90 - 92 liiio 2: 102 6 - 64 105 - 110 110 - 114 1 109 - 112 107 - 110 127 - 130 73 : Fi 1 117 - 119 .10 - 112 02 - 104 63 - 65 10 -10 t - 91 - 93 83 - 85 84 - 86 1 99 -101 10 -16 i 16 - 17 10 -10 A 72 - 71 19 - 20 9i - 10 14 - 15 34 - 185 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ' ! Leasing Closing nice.; Business Shr. Paid RAILWATB ' C ompanies yesterlay this day --, N._ ---.- St. 'lOO Buckghamsh. Ln.&N. W. 95 i'B St. 100 Clydesdale Jc Caladon ... ... - ..: 25 all Col.Stour Vy. E.U.&E.O 13 15 13 4 a. 1 100 E.Lin. g. 6 p.E Gt.Northr. 135 140 5 I all IE. Un. FL Sh. E. Count. 4 St. 100 'Gila% Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct. St. 100 Do. New Do 2; all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn ... . . 50 I all Hull & Selby. Y. & N.M lO9 111 25 all Do. i Shares. Do 12i all Do. 4 Shares. Do 121 all Lon.&Greenw S. Eastern l2 13 20 all Do. Preference Do 23i ,-- 244 St. 100 Lon. Til., &S.' Peto &Co 9B 100 10 10 Do. Bark. Sb. Do — ••• 5i all Manch.Bxton. 10.&N.W and Matlock & Midid 2i 21 St. 100 Mdld • Bradfd. Midland 96 98 64 54 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. E. Count 4 - ap 50 all N.StEst.s p.c. Do 56 58 50 all Do. 6 per ct.. Do ... 50 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do .• ••• 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. & l's . W ... ... 124 all Do. i Shra. ,4 Do •• ••• St. 100 Roystn.dalit. Gt.Northn.l34 131 10.' all I Shrews.St Her if. Br:may 74 8 12 all S. Stallordsh.. M. MCI ean 10 11 50 all WearVal.g6pc StkoSiDar. 25 , all Do.. Do St. 'lOO ,Wilts&Sonsrst Gt.Westn 134 35 ST I . 55 - 160 117 - 119 61 -7! - 136 - 102 - 93 iii 7- iii - 107 9i - 98 - - - 1.20 - 122 106 - 103 - 112 71 - 73 101 - ltf 24 - 26 95 - 100 95 - 100 28 - 29 BRITISH !Alfred Cons. (Philk.)l 3 . ritish Iron ... ...... Condurow (Ca.mbrn.) Dev. Gt. CnslB. (Tay.) East Basset (Mogan) Great South Tolgus.. G rt. W. Alfrd. I Grt.W. Vor (I.lelstn.) Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N. W. Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St. Blasy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co. S. Caradon (St. Clem.) S. Cam Brca (Illogn.) S. W. Frances(lllogn. ) ram. S. & L. Min. Co 'Tin Croft Un.Mines (Gwennap) V. of Towey (Camar.) W. Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskrd Wh. Basset (Mogan) Wh. Buller ( Rdr uth ) Wh. Edward(Calstek Wh. Kitty (U. Llant)l Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) Wh. Trelawuey ( Lis. ) FOREIGN Australian Bou Accord Cop. (li.) Brazilian Imp. (i+sued at £5 pm) Do. Comes dt Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper Copiapo Dun Mountain Cop• per Mining Co Fortuna General Linaros Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada Novean Monde Pont. Sil, LdM. dz Smlt 'Port Philip Santiago 'do Cuba United Mexican 1181 91 8 5 i 2 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) lig raN b l t ) .o o e N ze, w F i e t b h . fa 2 1 . 1 - O W f an in o. d w this day at noon, S.E . ; ei b r a o c ru Iqui que k_aer ve ; —sj°h PORTS 3 fOIITH, Feb. I.—Wi n d N. N. W. to W.N.W. --- Ar Hamburg, an leusi riv d maica. , d — Joh annes, LagunaforJa for - Orr DOTER, Feb. I.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived — States , from Shields for Havannah; Napolitani, from Shields for Monte Video. SHIELDS, Feb. I . —Wind N. —Sailed—States, for Ha vanna)). The Sir Henry Pottiuger, which drove on the Stones, 30th ult., has been towed of without apparent damage. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. I.—Arrived—Colombo (s), from Alexandria. Yl'he Sarah wa3 run down by a brig off Ta• rifa, on the 26th ult.; crew landed at Gibraltar the next day. DOVER, Feb. I . —Wind N.W.—Arrived—Alexander Cochrane, from Algoa Bay, MARGATE, Feb. I.—The Emerald, from Grimsby to Jersey, which struck on the Longnose Rock last night, has become a total ? wreck ; crew saved. WHITBT, Feb. I.—The Eleanor, of Sunderland , came ashore this morn i ng, an d is a total wreck; clew saved. (ny ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Wind S.S.E. LIVERPOOL, Tues Jay Mo nis : . Arrive d — Douro (s. s.), from Lisbon ; Patienc e, Trieste. The Rosi va Cl aypole, from Liverpool, for Jama i ca, was towed b ac k l ast week, with loss of rudder, per steam tug Resolute. I n coming up the liver the hawser of the - Rosin& Cl a y po l e broke, and she drifted against the great landing -stag e , an d lost bulwarks and stanchions. The Flori ns , f rom poo Liver 1, for Melbourne , put back with loss of mainyard. MAR.KET NtWN —(This Days) SMITHFIELD.—M ea d ow hay , 2/ lOs to 4 / Oa; clover, 11A.Ir MARKETS. 3/ lOs to 5/ 0 3; and strawl/ 6s to 1/ 10 s por low . A short suppl y , and a fair demand. hay, 2110 s to 41 Os; clover 81 10a to 51 N Both hay and st raw moved, off steadily, at full prices. Supplies short. 31 lOs to 5/ O a ; and straw, WHITECRAPEL.—Ateadow h a y 2/ lOs to 4/ Os ; clove!, Trade stealy, at lat e rates. ' - ii 53 to 11 as per loac. COLOL. TEA. —The market continue N sI very steady. The public sales, which commenced on Friday, concluded yesterday, and previous quotations were in tiiost instances fully main tained. Out of 11,590 pack ages offered 7,500 were sold ; co mmon conguos realised 124 d to 13.1 d per lb. SUGAR.—There has been a r a th er active inquiry for t h e lower descriptions, and an upward movement in prices may be quoted for the superior qualities. Holders of all quali ties ask higher rates. In the re fi ned market there is an active detn.nd for most descriptions, and undried goods find a ready sale at Improved quotations. COFFEE.—There is a very limited inquiry for home con sumption, but a fair amount of business has been done for Plantation Ceylon exportation.sold at slightly improved rates. prices. been limited, and no ma terial; no sales have been reported, and quotations era unaltered. SPICES.—Aethe Public sales of cinnamon prices have it ß ,a E L Lt — er T T a h h ti e e o m n tr a c a r a n k n s e a t b c e: i s r o ci e n p u s o i ll e r t t a e v d e i n veryis been well supported. Pepper, m ace, and nutmegs were at steady quotations. little business doing, and depressed with very little business doing. P.Y.C. on the spot, 53s 3d ; March, 53s ; April to June, 51s 6d ; and last three months, 51s per T cwt ; South American, 53s 6 1; Australian beef, 50s 6d, prices tALL continueT L P o E w RN T . — I at T e h ad e rye marketis " s h ee p' s , 53s ; and town tallow, 53s per cwt net cash. The New York Herald computes the failures in the United States and Canada, in Great Britain, and on the European Continr nt, during the crisis, to have amounted to a thousand mil ion dollars, while the assets were only 284,000,060 dollars. - a k c i e nd w s it i l s chea P money, on the contrary D UB LIN TILIDB.—The revi va l of trade does not, o k f ee a p ll P increasingly difficult of sale. h p o r o w d n e e r Corn is also very dull, and altogether the prospects of business are anything but encouraging. We also regret very much to have to report a good many email failures during the last few days, and though we do not 10. , k for any considerable stoppage, we fear that the depressed state of trade during the past winter will be productive of more small failures. Amongst those this week reported are two of a very un favourable char rater, the parties having absconded, leaving behind them what are said to be forged bills and securities. Arnonget others, a highly respected house has been defrauded to a considerable amount by means of a forged letter of guarantee. Some of the banks have also, it is said, suffered from forgeries or oupposod forgeries.—Famian's Joarital. THE MAGAZINES. Blackwood opens with an article ou the condition of women, which makcs a fierce onslaught on the Vass of books professedly devoted to feminine life, and treating of their capacities, p os iti o n in life, means of usefulness, &c. The writer, though omo of his remarks are founded on truth, and ;bough no doubt many exceptional cases contradict general assert-ens, appears to overlook the un doubted fact that there are great numbers of women who, though they may not be left in the extremely isolated position supposed an indispensable preliini nary by him, are yet called upon to maintain them selves, and find it extremely difficult to procure a livelihood. There is also another class ab tve them in the social scale, who have the same deficiency mentallyas the former have physically—the want of tome serious interest, some rational pursuit. And surely it is well for rational creatures sometimes to live a thought to the aim and object of their exist -Ince, their capabilities, influence, and duties. Human beings of average intelligence, do not usu illy remain in the tranquil state of ignorance and innocence preferred by the critic, and if they do not turn their reflective powers to some sensible end they will probably employ them in a less worthy , nurse. However, there are some correct views of life and nature introduced. " What will ho do with it ? ' is continued with unabati:d interest and ability. Th© less pleasing fil_ures of the dramatis personm are chiefly prominent in this number, hough wo catch a glimpse of our old friend and tavourite Waife, and a shadowy glimpse of the re -3 ored Sophy, by way of refreshment after the uanceuvres of Jasper Losely and Mrs. Crane. We !neat again with George Vipout Morley, the stam ,nerer, who exercised such a baleful influence on the fortunes of Sophy and her grandfather, though with the best intentions towards them. The : . eader's interest is especially directed to him in this nstalment, and it is with satisfaction we find him it last about to enter on the path of his fervent bushes and worthy ambition. A g'anCa is given us, too, of the fair and mournful Lady Montfort, whose earlier fortunes, apparently, have a tile to tell. An amusing paper entitled, " People I have never met," treats of some classes whom noho ly meets, or more properly, who never own to their peculiar titles. Foremost among these great un knowns are the " Author of a really bad book." and the " ugly, disagreeable baby." Following in lie train of these illustrious impossibles, we en counter the " man who wishes to hear the truth," end the " man who knows his place," arriving at ,ength at the mystical "man whose word is its good as his bond," though in hiscase the author is forcsd ro make an exception, as he has known several specimens whose bond was good fur nothing, arid whose word might be presumed to be of equal value. A. tribute to tl e legal merit and practical utility of Lord St. Leonards' "Handy Book," is followed by an interesting paper of travels in Z *nzibar and East Africa, by the author of " The Pilgrimage to Mecca," Captain Burton, who has again started on a journey into the interior of Africa, and from whom the readers of Blackwood may, therefore, anticipate more pages of pleasant retrospections. Mr. Smith's thought ful and remarkable work of " Thorndale" is analysed and reviewed in a sympathising and appreciating spirit. A paper on the Poorbeah Mutiny is full of interest, and shows the effects of promptitude and decision. " A familiar epistle from Mr. John Company to Mr. John Bull" states the case of the East India Company in the most evrourable manner, but scarcely eucceeds in proving its cause just. Fraser.—Fraser is scarcely so brilliant as usual this month, although it is not devoid of articles of interest. It opens with a criticism on Mr. Smith's recant work, " Thorndale," of which it speaks in terms of cordial encomium, although demurring to the extremely philosophic nature of the actors in the book. The history of the romantic life of Lady Strathmore's daughter is brought to a conclusion, showing how her harsh father and crafty stepiLother sent her from their home, and left her to wander through the country alone and unfriended. It tells us, too, how she found a home and shelter among the kindly hearis of "the Dean," and how she found love and happiness, though in a very dif ferent sphere from the life she had pictured among the halls of Glammis. A paper on the "Physical Geography of the Sea"' is full of interest for the lover of natural science. It is founded on Mr. Maury's careful and laborious work. The second paper on the " Life and Writings of Henry Field ing" concludes the record of his active and memor able life, giving also some brief criticisms on his literary achievements and peculiarities. The writer is evidently familiar with his subject, and the ques ions that have been raised upon it, and is a sincere tdtuirer of the genius of his author, while making ready allowance for his failings and eccentricities. • The Grumbler" reappears in full force, attack ing meanness in all its phases, though he certainly gives that term ti aws which, however blameable, are not generally so described. For instance, he asserts that overpaying a cabman and bi ibing a railway porter is me ,n, explaining himself by the reasoning that it is taking undue advantage of your poorer neighbours, who will be unable to do so, and consequently will not be attended to. His logic is certainly correct in this, and he is no less so, attri buting much real meanness and commercial dis honesty to a lavish and reckless expenditure, but he becomes occasionally extravagant in the heat of his arguments, and thereby destroys the effect of his just indignation. " A Ride in Mexico" is a pleasant record of a travell , r's impressions of people and things in that glowing clime, though without any of the adventures with "malos genies" which we usually anticipate in a journey through Central America. "A Word ab - mt our Theatres" contains some severe dramatic criticism on the present decadence of the art and its representatives. The critic censures those innovations of modern times, burlesques of high and standard works. It is remarked that it is from no want of public en couragement that the drama has declined. "Never was more money spent upon our theatres than cow. There are in London some seven-and-twenty of them, all more or less flourishing." Iu conclu sion, after treating of the various causes that have led to the present state of things, and the means by which it may be mended, the writer pays a genial tribute to the true mission of the drama, one which is beginning to be felt and acknowledged notwithstanding all impediments from prejudice and untoward circumstances : " It is impossible that, possessing as we do the nohlest drama in the world, and with the great love of the stage inherent in the people, this state of things should go on much longer. The want of a better stage is felt by all thinking men to have become intolerable. As an engine of popular education, especially of that instruction of the heart which in these times is too much neglected for that of the head, it is invaluable. As an amusement, the world has never devised one that can compete with it. We waste our money on opera, but the drama is our natural element. An Englishman cannot go on for ever " laying down his understanding at the door," as Lord Chester& ld said he must do, when he enters the Opera House. At no time were good theatres mare longed for. People begin to find that they may read too much, that they may be too much alone; that to be trans ported out of the round of their own persecuting and petty cares into sympathy with the creatures of the dramatists' fancy, and to be moved to tears or laughter in company with their fellow-men, is better than to have a smattering of all the alogies." Mr. Cyrus Redding's literary recollections form the subject of a paper which gives some pleasant gossip about the celebrities of half a century ago. Tha clover writer who takes the name of Shirley con tributes a paper on the charaster of the late Sir Charles Napier, full of interest, and written with spirit and feeling, rendering honour due to the great man and brave soldier. We must not omit to mention that Leigh Hunt gives us a Tapiser's tale, after the manner of Chaucer, supplying a blank among the legends of the Canterbury Pil grims. Bentley's Miscellany. —The opening article in this Miscellany is on the future government of our Indian Empire--a weighty question which is not easily discussed within the limits of a magazine article. Dudley Costello's story proceeds in its usual style, chronicling some events of great im portance. to the heroine. Her mother is repre sented as almost fiendish. An interesting memoir of Mademoiselle Rachel's career traces her fortunes from her humble origin to the summit of theatrical celebrity. A sketch, entitled " Queen Stork," relates how a young lady assumed the arduous office of director of a boy's school, during the illness of the principal, and her successes and difficulties. " Thanatos Athanatos " continues its rambling records of thoughts and reflec tions suggested by the King of Terrors, showing him sometimes as the skeleton of grim legends; and again, as iu the mole graceful and genial early tradition, as an angel , crow ned with flowers. " The By -wa y s of History' give us a paper with the curious title of " Pro testers who were never Protestants," a large class, including many eminent and worthy names, fore most amongst whom the writer cla-ses the two distinguished friends, Sir Thomas More and Eras mus. The class be alludes to are those who upheld the necessity of reform in the customs and manage. ment of the Church of Rome, though not in its I doctrine, and that many such existed at tke time of the Reformation, who would have asserted their opinions with gr eater force if Luther had never rebelled against the Papal authority. " C ount Horace's Sporting Exploits" is the title French the n r ecital of the adventures and feats of a spor tsman, who professes to have " shot elephantseeh in Ceylon, lions in Africa, tigers in India, hippo ptaulUseo at tho Gape, reindeer ill " MTV) black beats in Russia," al,d :o have only elle objeci: 'eft unattained—shootiwz bea , s in Spitzb9rfie - o. Seas , n the Sec. , nd" conticars the nielan.lo;y recital of Selilia Dalrymple's drbts and extravit gance. The reader all interest in her, when she continues her mad couree e%pcul;ture, and this appears hardly natural. F. -1 .2 rnwit have ben worse than thoughtless and fond of :ix , ,rte: - lient, to have wilfully increased debts which amounted to such a frightful sum. A criticism on the memoirs of Beranger suitably JUN a place in Monkshood's new book notes. From the poetical department we extract the following graceful verses, suggested by a touching story told of the great sculptor Danneker, who, it is sail, when sinking into dotage, used to send his love to his chef d'anevre the statue of Ariadne. DANNEKER TO ARIADNE. Br W. CHARLES KENT, AUTHOR OF " ALETIIBIA." My love to her—my love to her— The dreaming sculptor sighed, While life's autumnal leaf grew sera : And still that word he bado them bear The eve before he died. • My love to her—my love to her— My passion sad my pride My life's devotion thither bear— - Aye, take it all, said he; No sweeter thought can over stir These lips, whose lightest tones aver She's all in all to me : My love to hor—my love to her — My soul's idolatry ! Methinks I see her standine. hero The creature of ray hand, Whose grace a glory will confer On me through earth's remotest year, While burns the Day-G, , d'a brand My love to her—my love to her— Till Time runs out his sand ! She smiles, she smiles, 'mid all my care— Whose beauty like the flame Of mind through marble shining clear, Revealed the golden hart inger That lit my lowly naru3 : My love to her—my lovo to her— The Mistress of my fame ! Bright issues from the monster's lair That virgin blithe and coy, Whose limbs symmetrical appear, Though alien to the thrills of fear, Yet warm with throbs of joy : My love to her—my love to her A love without alloy ! A vital lustre gilds the air Were tenderly she leans, Along yon grizzly form whose glare Shot gleams of horror far and near Around the Grecian scenes : My love to her —my love to her— My own bright Queen of Queens ! No flaw is hers, no faintest blur Who 'neath the forming blows, The mallet like a dulcimer Struck down the chisel's iron spur Iu Att's parturient throes : My love to her —my love to her — Who like some nymph arose— Arose with that angelic air Which time and death defied : The alms, at once, and almoner Of Beauty to the realms that bear A heart to truth allied: My love to her—my love to her — My Bourg affianced bride ! Colburn's New Monthly Magazine.—An into rusting paper on some peculiarities of Birds and Insects is the first to meet the reader. It is founded on two rec,nt French works by M. Michelet, treating respectively of Ornithology and Entomo logy. Many are the curious and instructive facts cited from those who have observed the wonderful ways of these creatures. The peculiar forewarning possessed by birds of the changes of the atmosphere is a remarkable and undisputed fact. " Had Napo leon," observes the author, "taken notice of the premature migration southward of the birds of the north iu 1811, he would have saved an army." " The Voyage of the Rushing Water" is the first instalment of one of the author of Ashley's inte resting tale, and promises to be somewhat m lan ch,dy. The illus'rious name of Cato Major occupies Sir Nathaniel's Notes on Note- Worthies. Another biographical paper gives us a sketch of the troubled life and early death of Ulrich von Hutten, the poet of the Re ' formation. "Il Filotino" is a curious piper abridged from the Italian, purporting to be a con versation between the cap and the head. Mr. Pickersgill's story of " The gifts" is concluded, and " The Swedish voyage round the world," is con tinued by the indefatigable Mrs. Bushby, wbo has done so much towards extending an acquaintance with Scandinavian literature. A notice of Mr. St. John's work on Montaigne, gives a summary of the life and fortunes of the e. , sayist. " Law and Lawyers," by E. P. Rowsell, is a somewhat for midable subject, though there is no doubt truth in the view of our present legal deficiencies which is given us. Tho writer is justly indignant with the facilities given to the d'shonest and grasping to take unfair advantage, and while he readily admits as alluaust do, , hat there are many highly honour- able members of the profession, he regrets that there should be means left open for base and arbi trary proceedings. " Trumensee—a Dream of Youth," is the sketch of an old man's retrospect of bis earlier days and the eventful epochs of his career. Nicholas Michell contributes a poem in memory of General Havelock, which, lik all his writings, shows a cultivated taste and poetic ability. In speaking of the hero's career, he says with vigour and expression " L )ng years he served his country, patient rose Up the steep ladder of his great renown." One of Cyrus Redding's sensible, but occasionally tedious, political articles, closes the number. The United Service. —This magazine maintains its standard character, and discusses the various questions relating to military matters which are now justly occupying so much of puhlie attention. The Cawripore misadventure, Caste in the army, the Euphrates Valley route to India, and a memoir of the late lamented General Havelock, ate among the articles on topics which recent events .have ran. dared familiar to every reader. The rival service also engrosses its share of attention. "The Sailor's Home," and " The Commanders and Lieutenants of the Royal Navy," are specially devote , l to mari time topics, the latter article setting forth the griev ances at present existing in the system of naval promotion. Two biographical papers are promi nent subjects of interest in this number. Tte second notice of the recently published memoirs of Marshal Marmont is one, and a memoir of Marshal Radetzlcy the other —the latter givin,; a very com plete and interesting summary of the career of the the Austrian General. The " Reminiscences of a Visit to the Celestial Empire," by Lieutenant- Colonel Alexander, are contiuu.d with !heir usual vivacity, and give us som- information relative to the supposed difficulties of the Chinese language. A. translation of an account of the wreck of the Russian frigate Diana, during an earthquake at Japan, may attract the curious. " The Editor's P or tfolio" contains its usual comprehensive sum mary of public affairs, and echoes the unanimous opinion of the country in its view of the operations in Oude. The writer suggests, with much appear ance of probability, that the Gwahor Contingent were by some means in communication with the insurgents of Oude, and that they were thus ena bled to arrange their movements with so much adroitness : THE OPERATIONS IN OUDF.—The relief of Lucknow has been followed by operations as brilliant as its defence was glorious, and which have sustained, though they could not augment, the renown shed on the British army by that memorable stand. Tire garrison of Lnekeow, indeed, had achieved a prestige that could not, and never can be surpossed. They have eclipsed Clive's defence of Arcat on his own ground. Neither Indian nor Euro pean history, ancient or modern, can furnish a parallel to their heroic resistance. The defence of Rochelle, of Londonderry, of Gibraltar, and of Sebastopol, which tasked all the resources of military skill, and all the powers of human endurance, have now been thrown into the shade ; for in none of these cases were the beseigers so completely hemmed in, so encompassed and wallad round by fire, as were the defenders of Lucknow, while, instead of shattered walls, they were protected by strong works, deliberat' ly and elaborately constructed. Who can imagine the agonies of the devoted garrison as, day by day, it saw its numbers dimin'shed, its provisions reduced, its situation become more and more deiperate, and knew the fate that hung over the poor helpless women and children who shared their privations. But it is unnecessary to dwell oa these tragic particulars. They have been set forth, with thr fling emphasis, in the plain unvarnished narrative which Brigadier Inglis has corn. municated to the British Government and to the world. This Iliad is indeed incomplete ; and theolLandwhwenhiehhe s hould furnish its sec ond p art is now in the dust. Our g triumph, great a s it is, has been obtain ed at a high price. When Nelson bad fulfilled destroyed the last fleet s of Europe,countrywomen s no E is n a g i purchasedlanddu b his death. ht the sovereignty Looking of at theour countrymen tr da s inn rescued, seeing those brave men restored to us and those noble and heroic women preserved, we could not deny even the life of Havelock for their ransom ; but our sorrow is not the less proft,und, nor our lamentations less bitter. Throi4;hout the empire there is but one f e el. ing of regret, and every where steps are being adopted to testify the rational gratitude for his services, and to commemorate them by a su it a bl e memorial. Let us hope the Government will take its tone from the people, and, on the meeting of Parliament, make a suitable pro vision for his widow and family. MISCELLANEOUS. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine has a very attractive table of contents, including the political and social questions of the day, with tales, sketches, and poems mingled in ple tsant, variety. Sense and re flection are found in the more serious portion, and the thoughtful reader may meet with many sugges tive passages. The Mechanics' It presents its usual acieutifle illfOrna tioll for the practical yuecharnO ant th, atnatelv. All who are in any w'-3* k'n.gage d in the pu:suit of this science, or inters led iu any qu-stion relating to it, such as the launch of the Leviathan, &c., will be certain to find something in its pages to interest and instruct them. Tha mis. celianeous intelligence is extensive and various. The Train prf serves its ccurse along the comie highway, and though works professedly of this character are not always the most amusing, still the non-critical reader may find much entertainment among its tales and sketches. Mr. Charles Knight continues Lis Popular His• tory of England, and firings his readers down to the exciting period of the civil war. Shirley Brooks continues his clever story of The Gordian Knot with spirit, and it pr om i ses t o main t iin his reputation. Ask Mamma is a story , for sp or t smen, by th author of " liandly Cross. ' The illustrations, by John Leech, are not the least attractive part of it. LITERATURE. The Life of John Banim, the Irish Novelist. By P. J. Murray. Lay, King William-street, Strand. • We imagine that the name of John Banint will be chiefly remembered as associated with "Tales of the 01 - Lira Family," a work which stamped him as a novelist of considerable power and imagina tion, though numerous other productions, emanat• ing from his fertile pen, give him cl im to the well supported distinctions of dramatic poet, reviewer, and magazine contributor. The subject of this Biography was born on the 3d of April, 1798, in , the city of Limerick, being the second son of parents whose industry and respectability rendered them worthy members of society, although their spoons and forks might probably lack the ornament of "hereditary crest." .11;s father understood and valued the advantages of education, and his mother was a woman of g cod mewal capacity : so th e son fared better with regard to scholarly acquirements than might have been expected, and early in life ventured on the st'a of literary vicissitude, encoun tering some of the triumphant joys, and a large share of the heart-breaking sorrows, usually attend ing such a perilous embarka",ion. John Ranh; if we may believe his biographer—and Mr. Murray appears to write with truthful simplicity—was com paratively free from the habits of recklessness and improvidence which, unfortunately, are linked with the memory of many who have "consumed the midnight oil" in the world's Service. His career was tinged with the deep shadows of Sal vator Rose rather than the glowing tints cf Claude Lorraine ; but physical suffering and pecuniary difficulty only served to reveal in his nature a patient endurance and a noble pride, which afford a profitable lesson to those who peruse his history, and prove " How hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar." John Banim died at the early age of forty-four, leaving a name of which Ireland may be justly proud. We ,:re induced to give an extract from one of his letters to his brother, as illuq•ative of his analytical perc'ption and cultivated taste :- 4‘ Dublin, December 28th, 1820. "My dear Michael,—Poetry is a different thing altogether from what I considered it to be some time ago. Aglod poem is not the fire flash of inspiration, it is rather the steady sober light of a large pile of solid, inflammable materials, first collected with choice and patience, and then fired with a steady and skilful hand. From what you recollect of my verbose effusions, you will judge how little I knew of the craft. "Yon confound the poet and the philospher ; they are different beings. "RECEIPT TO MAKE A PHILOSOPHER. "To make a philosopher, take a subdued and austere understanding, a knowledge of all the theories and facts nn all the subjects, things, system; matters, and essences in the world; and over and under and round about the world ; in the body of man ; in the mind, soul, spirit, and heart of man ; in his brain, and in his mo tions, actions and formations—of all compouals, simples and intelligences in the air, sky, and space above the earth and in the waters under the earth, and in the eternities above the air, sky, and space, or below the waters. " Take a consummate and intimate acquaintance with all the histories of all the nations that have ever existed and do exist ; of all the languages ever spoken by man, in every age and nation ; accompany these mere acquire. ments, with an understanding prepared to appreciate-- a judgment capable of enumerating, arranging, compar ing, discriminating, combining, separating, and deducing. To generate and mature your accompaniments, keep the mind, for God knows how long before, exclu,ively exer cised in the most rigid, practical, and matter-of-fact habits, and this done, you have your philosopher. New for— "A RECEIPT TO MAKJ A POET. " Let the mind, by early practice and associations, attain, first, a quick susceptibility of the beauties of nature in her material works and in her immaterial com plex operations ; in the heart and passions of man as produced by extrinsic circumstances. Keep the fancy and itnav,ination always up, always ready to be fixed by the slightest touch from a beautiful scene, a pathetic ex pression of feeling, an impressive situation, an heroic character, or a romantic a.sociation Let the individual in preparation feel strongly that tree, rocks, flawers and sky and water are beautiful ; but you need not teach him why, pnd by what combined operations and remote con tingencies they are so. Let him feel the effect ; be not anxious ha should understand the cause. Thus qualified to receive his assorted materials, next cultivate his taste on the best poetical models ; thus he may leant how-to select, refuse and combine. After this, initiate him into a thorough knowledge of rhetoric, that he may acquire the simplest and shortest way of expressing his feelings. All this done, shake him well, and continue to shake him, that the proper ferment and excitation may always be kept up. And here is your poet. "N.B.—lf you give him his meals regular he will be come indolent and dull. " If the understanding be exclusively cultivated, can the imagination soar I The poet and the philosopher are necessarily dissimilar creafuree. Perhaps a little, only a little, of the one ming l ed with the composition of the other, might make both of them the more perfect. In building his structure, the philosopher must use the square and compass, the proper order of architecture must be observed throughout ; and from the quoin stone to the pinnacle, everything must be uniform, and solid, and infrangible. . 4 "With the poet originality mu3t stand for method; diversity for order.—And throughout the whole of his fairy palace, inside and outside, the line of beauty must play and carve with easy and unaffected grace and vivacity." Curiosities of Natural _History. By Francis T. Buckland. Bentley, New Burlington-street. Mr. Buckland has presented us with an agreeable melange of subjects and anecdotes, connected with frogs, rats, snakes, fish, and monkeys. Some of the stories related are very wonderful. A tame rat—the property of an omnibus driver—and a gifted monkey, belonging to the author, are the most startling heroes of the recitals ; and those who wish to be amused for an hour or two, without being over scrupulous as to the indisputable vera city of the in formation conveyed, will b e am ply gratified by dipping into this volume. 30 Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon.&B.G. 5 pc.No.l D0.,P., 5 p.e.St.No.2 Do. New Guar. 6p.c. Do. do. 5 p. c., N 0.4 Lou. & N.W. • Coy. & Nuneaton 5 F. et... Lon. & S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares Londy.& Color. Sh. Londy.&Ennis. Sh. M., S., &L. 6 p„ Cent. Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 3.f per tout. Marypt. A, Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4A per cent Do. do. Consol. 6 P.C. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4. p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. & 11. Prof. St. New., Aber., &c., pr. sp.c.red. sp.c.pm. Do. 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NEW INDIAN BIS:CUP:RICR. A strong appeal is to be made to the Government by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Lon don, and the other ecclesiastical dignitaries and distinguished laymen who compose the governing body of the Society for the Propagation of the Gos ptl in Foreign Parts, and the Church Missionary Society, to subdivide the diocese of Calcutta before appointing a successor to that see, which has be come vacant by the death of Dr. aniel Wilson. The s< e of Calcutta was erected in 1814, and was at first contin , d to the territories tinier the govern ment of the East India Company, and it was sub sequently ex-ended by letters patent, so as to com prise all the possessiorp of the Crown within the limits of the Company's charter, and in 1824 the S a L l an B d. o jurisdiction of the bishop was extended to the D colony of New South Wales, with its dependencies, mb S a i y n , co wi t tt a s t eT t e im ra e l diocesesirnaof mie aleas n' ali o thers, have been creat e d ; th e thein including ud i rag extreme length of the present diocese of Calcutta in a • straight line from Peshawur to Si ngapore is nearly almost as great as the distance from London3,°°° miles,J to Jeru salem. Ins area, excluding tLe native States under British protection and garrisoned for the most par t by British troops, is more than 510,000 square miles, or more than five • times as large as Great Britain, with a population of 91,506,000 ; but, including those States, extends over a space of 1,089,000 square miles, with a population of 1 36,000,600. So long ago as 1842 Bishop Wilson strongly urged the necessity of a subdivision of his diocese by the appointment of a bishop for the North-West Provinces, Bnd in 1844 he addressed to the President of the Board of Control a letter in which be set forth the many reasons which made the division of his diocese a measure of imperative nece3sity. It is to be urged upon the Government that, even if the North-West Provinces, Oude and the Punjaub, be separated from it, the diocese of Calcutta will be of a most unwieldy extent, but that at the present moment it is in the North-West Provinces and the Punjaub that the want of episco pal supervision is most urgent, and that for each of those districts the appointment of a bishop is imperatively required, the seats of the new sees being respectively at Agra and Lahore. It is thought that as early as circumstances will admit the diocese of Calcutta should be still further re.. duced by the establishment of the following Ole: for One for Arraean, Pegu, and TenaSSOO 'li fer Orissa; Assam and the north-asst frontier ; ope ened districts the c and one for Berar, Saugor, ou the Nerbudda. ----- CRYSTAL PALAOII.—ONZ SHILLING DAY.—MONDAY, Feb. 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