The Sun. — London, England, 1858-01-18 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET 1 S'.TD COMMERCIAL INI'ELLIGENCF. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The accounts received from the manufacturing districts this morning represent business during the Past week as having been moderately active. gradual and progressive improvement is in most dances perceptible enough to increase confidence. 41 Birmingham , however, no material cha nge can be reported ; in the general trade of the place the ° b Peratives employed in the m anu f ac t ure o f i ron being "on strike." The late reduction of lOU agreed to at the meeting of the iron masters has be et , maintained, but first-class pig iron has ex hibited a slight improvement. At Leeds th e Woollen Cloth Trade has ex hibited symptoms o f i m p rovemen t, an d a t th e i various Cl o th H a ll s cons id era bl e quant i t i es o f goo d s had changed hands, increased confidence being _ m anifested in th e genera l i m p rove m e nt of trade. There have been a few failures of consequence d uring the week. Business at Bradford has been confined exclusively to immediate requirements, a zul prices have been barely supported. Some considerable purchases of goods have been made f or home consumption, at a large sacrifice i t° Manufacturers. The state of trade at Halifax °as been slightly improved, but dealers exercise Feat caution in their transactions ; late rates, however, are supported. The hosiery trade at Leicester is slightly progressing towards recovery ; il feW orders for spring goods having been given. out. The demand for the spring trade, as yet, has hardly b egun, but an impression is generally entertained t hat matters must soon wear a more cheerful aPpearance. At Manchester, both cotton goods k id yin ns continue quiet ; no improvement Whatever can be quoted in prices, and manu facturers complain that the present rates do I.lot cover the cost of production. Stocks gene rally are fast diminishing. The accounts from the ?- , a•st are considered rather more satisfactory, and t he prices of articles suitable for those markets 6 "r an improved tendency. Letters from Liverpool report that the Cotton Market on Saturday presented a very animated a ppearance, and prices of most descriptions were f ully maintained. The sales amounted to 8,0 00 b ales, 3,000 of which were taken by the speculators. The Railway Share Market closed quietly, and quotations were without any material alteration. On Saturday a further sum of 152,0001. in Aus tralian and Russian gold was sold to t he Bank of 4 ngland, making an addition since the date of the last weekly return about a quarter of a million sterling. Two or three vessels are now due from Australia, which may be expected in a few days, and thus it is imagined that the accumula tion will continue. Besides the supplies that may be calculated upon from that quarter large re roittanocia will probably be received from the United States, where the exchange is now in our f avour. The Persia, announced this morning, has bro ught nearly 400,0001. which in the absence et any continental demand will, no doubt, be se nt into the Threadneedle-street vaults. The : ' i t s nourit now dispatched to France is very limited, hi-monthly exports of silver to the East being stil l Conducted on a moderate scale. The steamer on the 20th inst. is expected to take out a quarter ° ` cl million sterling, but this scale of export, if e l Titinued, will not occasion the least inconvenience. " Bank of F rance i s , receiving ample supplies of specie through the ordinary course of its busilless, 'without being compelled to purchase gold at a Premium from this country. Last week the ex- Porta of specie from England were estimated at 6 ,0001,, and the imports at 518,0331. _ No alteration can b e reporte d i n the general Position of th e M oney M arket. Since the reduc tionv of the rat e t o 5 per cent., the demand has still further decreas e d, an d i n L om b ard-street the terms ged for the negotiation of the best descrip os of mercantile bills range from 34 to 44 per It is fully believed that the authorities Rill at once perceive the necessity of l ower i ng thei r„ terms to a point more in a c cor d ance w ith tho se current ou t o f d oors . The English F un d s presen t a very h eavy appear tti-r et) notwithstanding the increased ease in the money niarket an d t h e continuous influx of gold. Wing to the uncertainty felt regarding an Indian ea na the speculators are operating to a limited Tent, and a few sales exercise an unfavourable Pr ices This has been proved by the variation in L ti oea during the last few days, and the reaction - : k _ °4l the highest point recently attained is now per cent. The market opened flatly, and r 7 th ere has sinc e b e en a decline of 4 per cent., 'c'eliola being 9411 4 for money, and 944 -a for the Reduced 944 I. Exchequer Bills are heavy, a nd at 22 5 . t o 2 61. prem i um ; the B on d s are 99i TOO, and India Bonds 12s. to 16s. premium. In Foreign Securities about the average amount ul business has been done, but the market is dull an d heavy. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been dealt 11 l at 974 ggi ; the 4 per Cents. Guaranteed are 104 1 ; Russian 5 per Cents. are 109 ; ditto 4/ per n 'ettta., 974 ; Sardinian, 89 ; Mexican Stock is 202. ; 411(1 Dutch 24 per Cents., 654. St ocks following are the nominal prices of Foreign ; fi r '''cics :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 516; Mexican, I ; Peruvian, 44 per Cents., 77 79 ; Ditto 3 L et Cents , 52 54 ; Portuguese 3 per Cen t s ., 45 ; Pa; ssian 5 per Cents., 108 110 ; Ditto 44 l e l ! Cents., 98 100 ; Spanish 3 per Cents , , 41 4 ; 'lto New Deferred, 254 26. thjt Railway moderate business has been reported in Share Market, and in most instances 157° es have r ece d e d about 4to 1 per cent. Cale 44i4ne) Eastern Counties, Great-Northerns, South - . North-Eastern (Berwick), and South . t erns, have declined 10s. ; Great Westerns, i rghton and North Western, 11. ; and Midlands, lOe • Most of the other lines dealt in exhibited i,,'"rnvrard tendency. In the Foreign and Colonial 1 7 : lertakings the transactions were rather nume pie, but at l ower quo t a ti ons . N or th e rn of France, aria and Lyons, and Great Central of France, * ere at ss. lower; and Lombardo-Venetian, 10s. ; t rand Trunk of Canada declined 11. 10s. ; Great western of Canada, 10s. ; and East Indian, 10s. to 15s. Joint-Stock Bank Shares are quiet, but prices ar e rather firmer. London and Westminster advanced 155., and Union of London ss;; Bank of Australasia declined 10s. ,_ ll l the !Miscellaneous Market there is little ha ve to repor t. N a tional Dis coun t C o mpany "ye declined 55., and Royal Mail Steam im- Proved 10s. 18 20i 100 100 B RITISH FerNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLoGr: (Prom the Official List:l Busineos does 3 Der Cent. Reduced A.nnuitle. I l ler (Ant (1 071901 R Ak , nntiis 94a a a 2_,_‘ , ' 3 per Cent. A n n u iti es 9 41 1 i • 4 %.11 Ronde, £10 ~ 0 s itto, under £ lOOO l5 12 p , , N. , Lliols to Accouni„ 21 000 ........... .. ... too.), ........................ . .... % A Exchequer Bonds, 1 8 5 8 , B 4 per _-- Oltto„ 1859 ...... 991 100 hIC'ES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Al. ONE O'CLOCK /t ezican 3 per Cent.... 1 , .............. .. .......... ... . . 2og "tigliese Bonds, 5 por Cent., Con , 1941 ~biLto 1853, 3 per Cent Itl3 itto Atoollnt ............................. , 44? Sian B on d s, 1322, St., 5 per Cent lO9 b ditto, 44 per Cent. °lrdinian a otic i s , 5 per Cent. Itn7l,ittO Account B9 ' t4 i 4 h Bonds, t; per cent 9B i bitto Account 9Bl 7i 13 Ave ni tto Account Guarautood„ 4 per CL:nt. 1041 b uteis Dividends on the above payable i n London. • E , l ehange. 2i per Cent., 12 Guilders 654 Per Cent. Certificates ............. 99 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, 94i Money ... •• •- • 04 8012 for account Niv10(11 Y 7 4,DEDM OF THANICSGIVING FOR THE ESCAPE (,F ` z' RUCH EMPEROR AND EMPRESS —YesterdAY solemnte_ce service of thank sgiv i ng too k p l ace , i n the pre -1,.° of the F renc h Ambassador, at the French Chapel , Portman-square. The chapel was crowded excess by the principal French families now in ""440n, THE SUN, , iioNDON, MONDAY EVENINGANUARY 18, 1858 LINES LEASED AT FIXEL) RENTALS. Leasing Closing Prices Business Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Companies. Saturday this day St. 'lOO ;Buckghamsh. Ln.&N.W. 93 95 St. 100 (Clydesdale Jc. aledon .. . 94 - 96 25 all 'Col•Stour Vy E.U.&E.O 12 14 St. 100 E.l.an. g. 6 p.c Gt.Northn 132 136 5 all E. Un. H. Sh. E. Count. 4 4t St. ,100 Gifts. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct. St. 100 Do. New • o • ••• 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. t.Westn — 50 all Hull 'Sc Selby. V. & N.M lO7 109 25 all Do. A Shares s o 12A all Do. 1 Shares. o • ••• at all Lon.dtGreenw S.Eastern l2 13 20 all Do. Preference Do 23A —24 A St. 100 Lon. Til., &S. Peto &Co 99 101 99 1001 10 , 10 Do. Bark. Sh. Do • • ••• siall Manch.Bxton. Ln.&N.W and Matlock & Midld 2A 2i St. 100 Mdld.Bradfd. Midland 93 95 94 6il 51 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. E. Count — 50 all N.StEst.s p.c. Do 56 58 50 all Do. 6 per et— Do 50 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do 25 all Prest. & Wyre Atl's . W — 12A1 all Do. A Shrs. A Do St. 100 Roystn.dtHit. Gt.Northn 132 135 10 all ,Shrews.& Her T. Brassey 7A 8 Ti 12 all S. Staffordsh.. M. MClean 9 9A 50 all sWearVal.g6pc Stk.&Dar. 25 all Do.. Do 3IA —32 A St. 1 100 IWilts&Sonarst Gt.Westn B5 87 6 6 1 St. St. 100 1100 'lOO 100 100 261 12 20 St. St. St. 12 12 126 St.l PREFERENCE SHARES. 100 100 100 100' 1001 ;100 20 12k, 25 1 20 St. 25 10 L 0.6 'lOO 100 all 100 Blyth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (issd. at 501.) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. Do. 4 per c. Shares.. Caledn. £lO 4. p. c. Ches. & Ho. 5 p. c. Do. do. 5 per cent... Cork &Bandons p. o. bnn.Perth.&Aber.J. E. Anglian Cis. A Sh. Do. do. Cis. B 6 p. c. Do. do. Cis. 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. o. do. 4 per cent East Lancash .6 p. cts E. &W. York. J. sths Edin.& Gl. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed.Prth.&D un.4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c Glass. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem._ Do. 4 3 / 4 per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. Gt.N . of Scot.lst Pr( Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt . W. (B. &H. Ex.spc Do. con. rod. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per tent. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Sp. c. P.S. Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm, Gua. Stk Do. Chesil. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc.'sro. 1 Do. ,P., 5 p. c. St. No. 2 Do. Now Guar. 6p.c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N. W., Cov. Nuneaton 5 r. Lon. & S.A.V. 7 porct. late 3d Shares ... Londy.& Color. a Sh. fLondy.&Ennis. Sh. X., S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. Po. do. do. £6 ... .. bo. do. 31 per cent. Marypt. &Carl. 4 P.C. Do. 4. per cent Do. do. Mid. Consol. 6p. c. St. Do. Con. Br, Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. &It Pref. St. New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct. Norfk. Deb. 4 p.c. Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5i p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. t.,1847 North British Do. 71. Preference N. E. Berw. 4 p. c. Pa Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 'Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York H.& S. Pur North Staffordshire Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar_ o. do. Debentr. St. Scot. Ceut.New Pref. Se.N. E. Aliier.g .6p .c. I Do, do. 7 p.c. pf. St. Do. d 0.3 p.c. pf. St South Devon 4 . 6 - 92 56 7- ii - 6 --- 4 105 - 110 110 - 114 107 - 110 105 -10 125 - 128 74 -: ii f 1I -- i 8 100 all all all 108 - 110 100 - 102 62 - 64 10 - 104 90 -- 92 81 -- 83 82 -- 84 95 -- 97 9i -- 10 16 -- 17 91 -- 104 70 -- 73 18i -19 t 9i -- 91 14 -- 15 135 - 140 115 - 118 1155 - 160 115 - 120 6 - €8 133 -- 135 99 -- 101 89 -- 91 iii - 11/ Il©s :16i 97 - 99 c - 21i - 15 - 120 LO3 - 105 105 - 110 71 - 73 10 - 10 100 100 100 100 100 all all S o. fixed te rn 4 Ad w r a c d e i n n t g . Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4A per cent Do. Fixed 4A p.c. Sh Do. New 4A pr. cent . Wales Gus. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4A p. c 4 .Yorksh.4p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., 5 p. C Do. do. do. INVaterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. 23 - 24 96 - 98 95 - 98 118 19 26 7. Ei 16 -- 55 BRITISH MINES. Alfred Cons. (Phi ail British Iron ... Condurow (Cambrn , Bev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay , East Basset (Mogan _ _ 12* - 13 i 5 7 75 85 120 440 92 —97 a 14A —15 t 4 5 Treat South tolgus. i€ 4 rt. W. Alfrd. (Philk.) Grt.W. Vor (Helstn.) Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N. W.Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St. Blaxy), 1 Porkellis U. (Wend.) I Sort. Cons. Min. Co.; S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogn.) S.W. Franees(lllogn.) Tam. S. & L. lain. Co Tin Croft Un. Mines (Gwennap V. of Towey (Camar.) W. Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskrd 1 Wh. Basset (Illogan) Wh. Buller (Rdruth). Wh. Edward(Calstek .__ 1 111 —12 i 13 15 4 5 17 19 4 5 lo 340 350 200 - 21 0 - 3i - 4 - 1 24 - 26 - 110 145 - 155 260 - 280 7i - 8 10 - 12 45 - 47 26 - 28 Kitty (t.T. Llant Th. Ma. Ann (Menht. , Trelawney (Lis. FOREIGN. FOREIGN MINES. 10 all Antwrp &Rotterdam 61 7 20 7 1 kustraiian 20 all Ardennes.. 1 10 8 s. Bon Accord Cop. (IL) k d --- 1 p 5 all Belgian East. Junct. 1 IA ll 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued 20 all Beziers to Graissessac ... ... at £5 pm) - 24 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada ... ... Coal Mines and Ry. 3/ 41 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 114 124 20 15 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of France 20 all Do. New 20 2s. Euphrates Valley ... ... ... ... 16 Copiapo 20 all .Gt,, Central of France ... ... 241 1 all Dun Mountain Cop -20 all Great Luxembourg... 71 8 71 per Mining Co. 1G 6 Italian Junction ••• -- ••• 2 all Fortuna 20 all Lake Const. & Bale ... ... 20 all General 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ... ...d 3 all Linares 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 5E —51 P 5 1i Lusitanian 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. ... .. 1 all Mariquita .. I 4 20 all Lyons and Geneva ... 28 •••-• 29 1 all New Granada i - It 20 all Lyons & Mediterran. ... ... 1 all Noveau Monde 33i all Maria Antoula 10 all Do. New — ••• 5 1 Port Philip 20 all Namur & Liege 30 161 Santiago de Cuba ... 11 • 21 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. 20 21 41 44 16 all Northern of France 3B. 34 .381 1 284 all United Mexican 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 8. 9A MISCELLANEOUS. 20 all Paris and Lyons 341 381 351 20 all Paris and orloans 55 57 1000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) ... - ... 20 9 Reeife & San Fran , 25 19 i Australian Agricult. 26 27 264 4 (Pernam.) g. 7p. C 1 -- 141 3 10 all lAustraln. Royal Mail ... ... 10 all Atilnd and Frasasti- ... ... 10 all 'Berlin Water Works.. 4 5 20 ail Royal Danish l6 18 10 2 Do. New in. at 5/. d . ' . ... 5 all Royal Swedish 4 1 84 „ 4 50 40 Brit. American Land 35 -- 40 20 all Sambre and Meuse 8 0 i‘loo 324 Canada 10 all ')o. 54 per cent. pref. 8 84 Bt. 100 IDo.Go.6pc.Jank.July 110 111 1104 i 20 , all Southern of France.. 22 22 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 27 32 81 all West Flanders 4l 5 25 all Do. Prof. 7 4 p. cent. 23 25 10 all Do. 54 per c. Prd 20 all W.&N.W. of France 27 28 5 all Do. Preference 4 all Crystal Pal. of France ... ... 20 6 Western of Austria... ... ••• 20 all I Wc.-.t. of Switzerland ... ••• 20 all Eastern Steam.. . . St. 100 Electric Telegraph 6 all Wlefil aden ... 6 all Do. B p. cont. pref. ••• ••• 5 all lEn.dtAust.Cop.SmCo 14 14 20 all 'Zealand • • ••• lO I.os.iEur. & Ind.Jctn. Tel. id 4 p 9 all 'Gen. 5 6 .51 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 2O ill IGen. Ir.Sc.Col.(lim.) ... . 40 all Australasia 186 88 87 l5 1.4 'Gen. Steam Navigat. ... -- 25 181 Bank of Egypt I3/ —24 d 5 I London Discount ... 14 lid' 1 00 50 (Bank of London 4B —52 4 all ILond. Gen. Omnibus 31 —3/ 34 40 all ' Bri. Col. Bk.& L n . C o ... .• 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... ... 50 all 'British N. Am er i can ... ... 10 all 'Mediteran. Elec. Tel. ... ... ,20 10 ,C.Bk.of Ind.Au.&Cli ... ...... ...d 10 all Do. Extension Tele& ... ... 1 ,00 50 City 6l 63 10 a ll t Mexican& S.Amoricn ... .. 'CO. 00 25 Colonial j 34 -L 2O Commercial of Loud ." 10 6 N e th e rlands Land.... i _ ••• -- ••• 20 all ,Eng.Scot.&Aus.ent 19 194 19 10 all 20 all , L0n.011., Bk.of A.n..t. 181 191 Do. Do. 5 all 0.8 p.c.PLiss.at 1 d 34 31 ' 20 all :Ditto New .. 5 2 Do. Do. - id ••• 60 20 'London and County ~. ...Land D. 9 1 3 7 2 9 0 5 934 50 Lnd.&E.Bnkug.Co . ... ... •••St.lO 01 100 80 N e w. N.S.W. .B . Australasian... o N t iv. . a. l aS S S . i.... i . . . . . . 4 50 10 :London Joint Stock. „„ ... 00 20 Lond.andWestminst. ... ... 47 20 all Nrth.ofEuropoSteam ... ... 1 00 35 National Pro. of Eng. ... —. ... 1 all Oriental Gas 20 10 Do. New 1 10s. Do New Shares 60 25 National Bank 20 all 'New South Wales 25 all Oriental Bank Corp 31 -- 33 50 10 Do. New 20 20 Ottoman Bank ...... 184 194' 50 all Rhymney Iron 00 25 Provincial of Ireland ... —. ..,, 159 1 00 60 Royal Mail Steam 55 57 56 1 10 all D o I New / all Scot. Austral. Invest. 1 1 — l l ••• •,.. 5 1 It . Aus.B. &G. Ina. Co. . 2 . •'' St. 100 S. Aus, Gov.6p.c. bds. ... ... ,!, all >oath Australia 35 37 36 25 all South Austral. Land 34 36 25 all Miloll ot Australia_ 46 48 47 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip 4 11 ... 24 Do. N ow 194 1 4 1 all Do. Registered ..• . 6() 10 Union of London .... .„ 24 20 5 T rus• Ln • Co. IJp. Can. ..... pi •.. ••• 'O3 e.“ 50 Unity M u t ua l . . ...d 10( 28 Van Diemeilo Land,. 10 1 00 S I bWeltnak of Loud l =I „,d 4 i MARK led :.'44 ;il.-0:1113 Das- CORN EXCHANGE. Nearly the whole of the country markets held on Satur day were but moderately supplied with wheat, yet the demand for most kinds ruled very inactive, and prices gave way is to 2s per quarter. Fine barley was ja re quest, at full quotations, and oats were rather dtMrer. In other produce very little was doing. On the continent very little change has taken place in the value of either grain or flour. In the United States the export demand for wheat and flour has continued heavy. Only moderate supplies of English produce were re ceived up to our market last week. The imports from abroad were liberal, viz., 11,197 quarters of wheat, 17,883 barley, 16,180 oats, 4,065 beans, 8 peas, 325 linseed, 2,63) rapeseed, 300 sundry seeds. 2,917 sacks and 9,20:. barrels of flour. The quantity of wheat received fresh up, to-day, coast wise and by land carriage, from Essex, was very limited. Compared with Monday last, the receipts from Kent were rather on the increase. The attendance of both town and country millers was very moderate, and the demand for all kinds was in a sluggish state. Most of the finest wheats sold at prices equal to this day week ; but low and mid dling samples moved off slowly, at less money, viz., is to 2s per quarter. We were well supplied with foreign wheat, fresh as well as ox-granary. White samples moved off slowly, on former terms; but inferior red qualities were lower to purchase, by is per q/.. The supply of foreign barley was extensive, and most kinds sold slowly, at is to quite 2s per qr less money. We had a dull inquiry for malt, and last week's prices were with difficulty supported. There was only a limited supply of oats in the market, and the oat, trade ruled steady, at fully last week's im provement in value. Beans were in moderate supply and fair request, at full prices. Peas supported last week's currency ; but the demand was far from active. Flour sold slowly, but we have no change to notice in As value. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex le Kent, Malt—Chevalier •• .• 723 to 7is Pyootagathosi and 6• 0 •ri 225 29s Red •• •• new 42. to 498 Oat s Y or k s hi re and Ditto•• •• .... old 523 563 Li nco l ns b.,Feed 208 23s Ditto, White new 548 57e Ditt0........ old 578 628 Norfolk and Lin- Bl ac k. •• •• •• 18s 22s coin, Red, o'd 46s 52. Cork, White .•• • • 12s 28s Ditto new .• —48 s Scotch, Feed. •• •• 205 24e Itye—Old ............ —4 —8 neans—Tick .•• •• •• •• 36s 39 New .• .... .. .• .. 328 36s Pigeons •.• •• 39 428 Barley—Grinding .•• •• 305 34a eQ4s—Grey ..•• •• •• •• 37s 39. Malting ..... •• 368 38. Maple. •• •• •• •• .• 38s 40 Q "Jhevalier•• •• • • 398 42s - White........... 40. 44 Malt—Saffolk and Nor - Boilers .......... 428 44 folk •• —••.• .. 64. 72s visnir—Town-made. 458 47' Brown -.........•• •• 548 53. Suffolk ......... 38m 40' Kingston and Ware 68. 72s itoektn & Norfolk 37s 39 1 s METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week were 541 head. In the corresponding week in 1857 we received 1,237; in 1856, 1,105 ; in 1855.2,371; and in 1851, 1,b96 ; in 1853, 3,954 ; i❑ 1852, 1,508; and in 1851, head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WIIRK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs Rotterdam 65 291 Schiedam Antwerp - ••• - ... 120 T0ta1.... 65 291 ... 185 .. The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1857 377 644 216 -. 565 ”. 563 ... 187 ... -- 1855 857 „. 1,300 ... 212 2 1854 767 1, 07 197 25 t 853 537 2,873 ... -. 539 5 1852 289 "„ 1,031 ... 288 ... The show of each kind of foreign stock in to•day's mar ket was very moderate. About average supplies of beasts were received up to our market this morning from our own grazing districts, as well as from Scotland, for the time of year ; but, compared with Monday last, their condition was inferior. Notwith standing that the weather has become colder, the demand for all breeds of beasts was in a sluggish state, at last week's decline in value. The top fig ure for Scots was 4s 6d per 81138... _ _ From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 1,860 Scots and short horns ; from Lincolnshire and the Midland counties, 800 short horns ; from other parts of England, 400 various breeds; from Saotland, 700 Stets ; and from Ireland 400 oxen. We were again very moderately supplied with sheep, the general quality of which was by no means first-rate. Nearly all breeds met a slow inquiry ; but we have no change to notice in prices. The best old Downs sold at 5s 4d per 81bs. From Ireland, 600 sheep came fresh up to hand. _ Calves, the supply of which was limited, sold steadily, at Friday's improvement in value, of 4d per 81bs. The best quality of veal realised 5s 4d per 81bs. The pork trade ruled heavy, and, in some instances, prices had a down ward tendency. Per 81138 to sink the offal& s. d. e. d.I s. s. Interior Beasts.... 3 2to 3 dPrimeSouthdown 410 5 4 Second quality.... 3 6 3 10,Large erse. calves 4 4 410 Prime large oats 4 0 4 2 Prime small do 5 0 5 4 Prime Soots, dgc. 4 4 4 6 Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 8 Small porkers 4 6 410 Second quality... 3 lO 4 0 Suckling calves-21 0 27 0 Prime erse.-wlled.4 2 4 81Quarter old pigs.2o 0 26 0 TOTAL SUPPLY: FOREIGN SUPPLY. 4,0021 Beasts 9B LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day. LONDON, Jan. 18.—Wind this day at noon, W. ; light breeze and fine. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 17.—Wind N.E. —Arrived—York, from London for Calcutta ; Wellfleet, from ditto, for Mel bourne ; Aberfoyle, from Shields for Madras, to stop a leak. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 17.—Wind N. N. E . —Sailed —Cos patrick, for Cape of Good Hope ; Sir George Pollock, for Jamaica and Barbadoes. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 17.—Wind N.—Sailed—Nemesis (s), for Calcutta. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Wind N. W. Arrived, Jan. 16—Pet, from Newcastle ' • Clara, Effort, Lighr, and Sign, John and Isabella, and Paultons —all from Sunderland ; glory, Jersey. Arrived, Jan. 17—Leila,from Sunderland ; Devon shire, Newcastle ; Eagle, London ' • Wellington, Riga ; Emily, Havre ; Lord John Russell, Portsmouth ; Pera, steamer, Alexandria ; Eliza and Jane, Sunderland. Sailed, Jan. 16— Paran a, for Jerse y ; Mary Ann, Sun derland ; Hartlepool ; Hamburgo, steamer, Bar celona. Sailed, Jan. 1 7. — Marys , for Hartlepool; Glory, Jersey; Nemesis, steam, Calcutta. L I VERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wind N.W. Barcelona, Arrived—Aden, from Hongk on g ; screw steamer, Havre; Milan, scre w steamer, Trieste ; Marosa, Galata. Sailed— Gentoo, for Valparaiso ; Sagamore, New l o rg nette, Toll Tale and Little Jenny, St. Michael's ; Marquette, New Orleans ; Nigra, Oporto; Julia Cobb, Savannah; Pyreole, Nantes ; Livingstone, Bahia ; Maria, Gibraltar. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) G RAV ESEND, Monday Morning. Wind N.W. ; tide last hous fresh and fine. Arrived, Jan. 18. —Sappho, fr om D e merara ; S yea, Bior niborg. Sailed, Jan.l7.—Chieftain, for Madras. DEAL, Monday Morni ng . Wind W. by N. ; moderate. Anchored—Gem, from London, for Cardiff. Passed, Jan. 17—Thoms.sine, from Shields, for Havre; Expert, from Shield s, for Constantinople, MARKETS—(This Day). R. A.ILW A.YB. TtAiLwAira. Closing Pr e , I Saturday. Business done this day. Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June Belfast & Baßymer'? Btrmng. Wolverh A i Stour Valley •. Birkenhcl. Lanesh Cheshire Junct...... ißlackburn Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter Chester Li Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall Do. A Do. B Dublin &Belfast Junc Dun. P. &Aber. Juno. East Anglian . Eastern Counties.— EasternUnion,A. stk, Do., do. 8.. ...... Do. New A .... East Kent ..... East Lancashire ...... East Suffolk ........ Do. Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb.Prth.&Dundee Forth and ClydeJunc. Furness Glasgow & S. Western , Great N. of Scotland ;Great Northern Do., A. Stock ,Do., B. Stock ..... IGt. Sth. &We st. (Ire). Great Western. IDo. Str.V.R gna.St' Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster &Carlisle. Do., Tl 11 iF Do. New Thirds ..„ Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F £l6 Do., Wet. Riding Tin Do. South pc,rt. London & Blackwall Lon d. Bright. & S. Cs t London & N. Wester Do. Fifths D0.,101.5h..M&8...0 Do. Eighths London & S. Western Lmlndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shet&Lincln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland 'Do. Binning. & Derb Midland o.West.(lr.) Do. Shares ......... Newcastle dz Carlisle Newpt.Aberg.dillrfd Newry di Enniskillen ewry, Warrenpoint dr Rostrevor 100, N0rf01k...... ..... Northn. Counties Un North British ...... North Devon, (Dock Stock Do., A Stock IDo., B Stock N. Eastern Berwick Do. do. Extension Do do. G.N.E.Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn., Flamp. stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth 'Rhymn e Y Scottish Central Sc')t. N. E. Abrdn. St Shropshire Union ... Sitingbourne &Sheer. ,South Dev0n..,,,, ,, ISouth Eastern Do. 4i per c. Shares South Wales !S. Yorksh. River Dun )D o . Staines,Wok.,&Wok. :Stockton & Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 18n5 !Stockton & Hartlepl !Taff Vale Do. Prof., No. Thames Hay. 1?. &R. Vale of Neath... Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Coi nwall West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class IWmbledon&Croydon BRITISH Atian. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. all all 100 100 100 2s. 2s6d Xlos Do. Buffalo di Lake Hur Buff. Brnt. di God ch ' 6 p.c.bds., I Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., I June '74' Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.)l Ceylon A shares Do. B. do. Demerara . Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares all all all all D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, do. Geelong & Melbournel guar. 5 per cent. I Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pert Do. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Weatn. of Canada Do. New Bds,, payable '57 ) 1 Do. do., '76, P. '6O Do. do., '73, do. Do. do., '73, without option Madras, guar. 4 A P.C Do. do., 5 per C. Do. 4i p. c. Exten. Do. 3d Ex. g. sp.e. Do. 4th Ex. , do, j Oude (Limited) &bade, guar. 5 per e Do 20 all 11i all St. 100 St. 100 20 all 10 all 12i 5 St. 100 , 5 all 25 all 100 10 1 10 1 St. 'lOO St. 100 50 all 25 all 00 all St. 50 St. St. 3 100 100; 20 20 10 St. 17i all all 100 16 'lOO 100 204 20 100 100 100 100 5:1. - fi St - Si 70 - 72 '6l 92 - 91 90 - 91 38 .- 40 11 - 13 i = -6 • • ... ••• - 9 19 - 19. - 63 46 - 49 32 - 34 17 - 18 92 - 93 64 - 65 32 - 33. - 94 9i - 10, 103 - 104 90 - 92 L 26 - 121 LOI - 103 60 - 60 58 - 62 79 83 8 10 p 8 10 pl 94i 93 d 6i - 6$ illl - 113 1100 - 101 - 39 - 100 •• -.. •M 40 - 41 944 - 94 67 - 68 iii : ii 62 - 61 3i - 55i - 56, 9 . 6 ! 2d. pai 54 55 87; 93 97 2~ 2a = 33 34 1 9 6 d, 1 106 - 108 25 - 26 48 - 50 - 34 - 36 1 75i - 76: 81i —82 A 13 15 7 5 d 9 11 36 38 20 - 20. 20 - 7 - 9 3 - 5i - 6. SSESSIONS. i - I 14 - 15 185 - 90 83 - 87 80 - 85 ii : lip; 1p 10. q -- 104 - lipi 20 21 49 51 85 87 21f —21 i; 1 11 , 1 20i 21 id pari 1 105 - 110 1105 - 110 103 105 191 191 20 21; 6d par P Pil I' - lipi 901 891 62i 31 2i 32i 3 103 i 90 59i ti 81 9 94 M .114 12 11 . 00 i i i 991 4i I 98 931 3 53 861 51 3n 3 1061 251 48 35i 75} 5 821 xd 109 i 8 50 48i 86 214 20i i2i 27 17s 1715 16/15 1 40 1256 1 20 5i 11 78 Beasts Sheep and lambs 16,8401 Sheep and lambs Calves lO6 Calves Pigs 2251 Pigs — 4. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold iu the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on Monday, Jan. 19, 1857, and this day, Monday, Jan. 18, 1853. Per 81bs, to sink the °Mlle. Jan. 19, 5 185 T I. Jan. 18, 1858 a d. s. ,i. Coarse and inferior beasts ... ... 3 4to 3 6,3 2to 3 4 Second quality ditto ... ... ... 3 8 4 op 6 310 Prime large oxen ... ... ... ... 4 4 4 B'4 0 4 2 Prime Scote, die ... ... ". ... 410 5 0,4 4 4 6 Coarse and inferior sheep ~. ... 4 0 4 40 4 3 8 Second quality ditto ... 4 6 4103 10 4 0 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... ... 5 0 5 2;4 2 4 8 „, Prime Southdown ditto .. 5 4 5 64 10 5 4 Large coarse calves ... Prime small ditto ... „. .. . ••• 5 8 6 04 6 5 0 Large hogs ... ... • " .. 3 8 4 4;3 10 4 6 Neat small porkers , *" ' 4 6 5 2'4 8 410 •• ••• ••• ... ... ..... 4 4 5 6,3 10 4 4 Beasts. " 4 072 4,002 ••• " ..• ••• • Sheep and lambs . 15,420 16,840 Calves... "' '' 61 106 Pi g s ••• ••• ...21, ...185 ", 320 225 SUPPLINS ON SAL; Jan. and lambs, 20,330 ; ca l ves, 71; pigs, 460. Jan. 22, 1855.—Beasts, 3,161 ; 1856.—Beasts, .-13 easts, 3 , 755 : sheep sheep a n d lambs, 21,310 ; ' , Lives, 32 ; pigs, 315 . -= NEWGATE AND LEADENH AWL' Fair average supplies of each kind of meat were on offer in these markets to-day. Prime beef, mutton, and veal , . were in fair re ques t , at full prices. Otherwise, the d emand ruled heavy. Per Blbs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior„.,. 2 10 3 2 Do., mickiling.....3 4 3 6 Do. prime large.. 3 8 310 ( Do., do. small...A 0 4 2 i Pork, large ........ 3 6 4 0 I I. 4. e. Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 6 Do., middling ..... 3 8 4 2 Do., prime...... ~.4 4 4 8 Veal.... .............3 6 4 6 Pork, small ........ 4 2 4 10 BOROUGH HOP. The late improvement in the value of new hope is freely supported, and, in some i ns t ances, rather excee ded, with a steady demand. All other hope are tolerably firm. Last week's imports amounted to 76 bales from Hatubro', and 65 from Rotterdam. New Mid and East Kent pockets, 75s to 116 s ; Weald of Kent ditto, 6.is to 81s ; Sussex ditto, 57s to 7 2 5; Year lings and OMs, 218 to 40s per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Since Monday last only m o d era t e su pplies of English and Scotch potatoe s h ave come to hand. The imports have been composed of 175 t ons from Antwerp, 4 from B remen , 300 tons from Rouen, 90 tons from Groningen, 200 tons from Dunkirk, 2 00 bags f rom Paris, and 130 tons from Hambro'. The trade still continues inactive, as f o ll ows : York regents, 140 s t o 1603 per ton • Essex and Kent , 120 s to 140 s ; Scotch, 80 s to 120 s • ditto dupe, 758 t° 85° ; middlings, 50s to 60 s ; Li„oln,s' 110 s to 120 3 ; blues , 55s to 65s ; foreign, 55a to 655. ' W OOL. We have to report an improved inquiry for colonial wool; but the business d o i ng is limited. Fo reign qualities rule heavy, but not cheaper. E ng li s h w ools are some what firmer. In the present state of the market, how ever, it is difficult to quote prices. Last week's imports amounted to 351 bales fr om N ew York, and 1,101 from gg. Ta anro SEEDS. Canary-seed has been in steady request, at full prices. Trefoil and Canary - seed are quite as d ear as last wee k. Most other seeds, as well as cakes, are held for extreme rates. Turnip,White,Per bush. 153 to 16s swede • .• • • 20s 23s Anstard, Brown •• 8s 14, White, new...... 161 22s fares, Winter, new.... 5s Od 5s 6d Old• • • • .• •• .• —s —s Canary ,per quarter •• 74s 84s Rye grass (new) .. • ... 22s 233 CloTer,RedEnB.(cwt.) 59s 70s White • • • .....• • • 60s 76s Foreign Red.. • ..• 55s 69s White.... 60s 78s Trefoil, new.. •• •••• .. 205 243 Camay/ay ........ ~,, 43s 46s Coriander 26 5 305 Hemmed , per quarter 389 448 Linseed, Eg„icwi ng .. 70 3 728 Crushing —5 — 5 Baltic • • .... •• .. 49s 53 8 Odessa 529 533 Linseed Cake pr, ton— , English • 91 108 1 0.55 ilorei.n.Per ton 101 Or 10. lbs Rape Cakes, per ton 6/ 155 5 1 Ols Rapeseed, new, pr qr, 648 66, TALLOW. The demand for most kinds of tallow is in a sluggish state, and prices are a shade lowe r th an on Monday last. P.Y.C., on the spot, is selling at KA "'s Per cwt. Town Tallow 53s 6d nett cash. Rough fat, 2s lid par 81bs. 1854. • 1855 . ____ 21.973 13,641 27,020 c 62e 2,1 to 57s Od 58a Odu, 61a 9d to 5 43 8d to .. •• •• 41,248 34.806 Od 65 1,417 1,451 2,099 2,411 Delivery last week •• S p t ri oc c k e o th f l; . da c y • • • • i 70,0632.3 52,900 --8 Od :e —3 Od __, Ditto fr imJune 1 .. .. 1,660 80,602 81,428 73,191 5G 123 623 6d 558 9d 2,050 856 1.100 Arriviik last week.. 269 36 51,706 Ditto from J11ne1.... 78,099 87,099 Price of Town .-- .. 6 8 4 7 : 9 91 11515 Od L 853. 1856. 1857. Tn LATE RENEW PACRA*---" Intelligence from Constantinople of the Bth," says a Vienna letter in the Ost Deutsche Post, "announces that the Sultan was exceedingly distressed at hearing of the death of Reschid Pacba, and that an autopsy of the body was made to prevent any malevolent suppositions as to the cause of his death. It appears that the deceased, during the morning of the day on which he died, had trans acted besiness as usual, with several persons. He had taken his coffee and smo ked with a pparent relish, when all of a sudden a violen t contraction b ecame apparent in his mouth, an d sown after he expired. It was ibis unexpected decease which led to the idea of poison, there does not appear to be an y found ation:. for THE LEVIATHAN--(This Day.) T It was generally expected that operations wont-, be recommenced this morning for moving the T .,Aviathan down pr es e u t t h p e o w s a t r n t a h n e d f l e o w w -w feet at e w r h m i c a h l k. That work, bow Mat between her ever, has been deferred, as there as no immediate neces sity for it. The launch will take place on Friday the 29th or Saturday the 2 ;.4h, so that an early day next week will be ample time for the preliminary :arrange ments. Tnis morning the vessel was publicly exhibited, and visitors flocked from all parts of London to what has not inappropriately been termed "the dirty Inland of Dogs," to inspect the 11.1:Aster ship about which there have been so many conjec , ure. and so many anxieties. An admission roe of 2i. 61 was charged, and similar facilities will be granted during certain hours every (1-17 this week, to enable the public to go over the ship. A. soon as the vessel arrives at low.water mark, a process which will be attended with no difficulty, the work of unpacking the cradles will commence, and then there seems to be no doubt the spring tides will gradually float her. LAW INTELLIGENCE.---(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Campbell, and Justices Coleridge, Wightman, and Crompton.) THE QUEEN T. TUE JUSTICES OF STAFFORD. The S licitor-Geoeral moved for a rule calling upon four of the justices of Stafford to chow cause why an attachment should not issue against them. This was one of those cases that had so oft. n been brought before the Court, in which attempts had failed to enforce the salu tart' provision of an act of Parliament, passed for the regulation of mines. Some time since a writ of mandamus was applied for against these gentlemen, who allowed the rule to be made absolute. They afterwards made an attempt at hearing, but had made no return. The only difficulty about the matter was, that the four gentlemen were served with the writ at different times. The writ was issued in May ; but Mr. Ridgway was oot served till the let of June, Mr. Glover on the 3d, Mr. Manway on the 18th August, and the other gentleman on the Ist September. The attempted hearing took place after the latter date. The application was to compel these gen tlemen to make a return. Rule granted. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice Byles and a Common Jury.) ROBERTSON ♦. SLAUGHTER. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a ship broker and agent, .at Lloyds, against the defendant, a miller, for an assault. The defendant pleaded a justification. It appeared from the evidence that the plaintiff and defendant were at a sale at Sutting, near Dartford, near where the plaintiff resided, on the 7th August last. For the defendant it was urged that the plaintiff %S as at the sale in a partial state of intoxication, using insulting and offensive observations to the auctioneer, to the annoyance of the public, amongst whom ware a number of ladies. He went up to the defendant and addressed him, "Now, Uglsy, have you seen George Manley here." Defendant asked him if he meant him (defendant), and on his repeating the offensive expres. sion the defendant .struck him a blow on the nose, which caused it to bleed a little and abrased the skin, which the surgeon, who was in the room, plastered with a little gold beater's skin after having washed the blood off with a sponge and cold water. The plaintiff denied that he was in the habit of taking spirits in the morning. To a glass of rum he was a stranger, but took gin medicinally. The landlord of the Bull, at Dartford, however, proved the plaintiff had three glasses of rum and water at his house before going to the sale, and it was shown that he had been smoking and drinking ale before that. The plaintiff denied that he drank any rum that morning. The learned judge, having summed up, the jury re turned a verdict for the plaintiff, damage, one farthing; they were unable to say on what count they returned their ♦erdict, and had to be locked up to reconsider it. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commisaionor Goulburn.) gTEIZ APPROACHING MARRIAGZ OP THZ PRINCESS ROYAL. Hie Honour intimated that the Court would not ait on Monday next, which day having been appointed for the marriage of the Princeoe Royal. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.) IMPORTANT TO COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.-PARYER V. ?ORD. This was an action to recover 151. 6d. from defendant, woollen draper, by plaintiff, a commercial traveller. Mr. Buobanan, of Basinghall-street, appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Marsden for the defendant. One of the items of the elaim consisted of 4/. 4s. for a month's notice, defendant having agreed to give half a guinea per week and 3s. commission. Mr. Buchanan insisted that the plaintiff had received no notice, but a letter was put in in which defendant requested plaintiff to send home his pattern case. His Honour—l think that is a notice ; for it is virtually depriving plaintiff of all connection with the house. Mr. Buchanan—ln a letter sent afterwards they offer explanations, •iz., that the pattern case was wanted for a town traveller. His Honour—l think the plaintiff Lust have taken it as a notice. The question then arose as to commission, the defendant alleging that plaintiff could not recover oa a sale of 321. as the goods were returned. His Honour thought the objection a good one. Mr. Buchanan—Were the goods according to sample. Defendant—Yes. Mr. Buchanan—Then you had no right to receive the goods back again. His Honour —I think plaintiff cannot recover for any returns arising out of his sale. If I give a verdict for 101. that will be sufficient. Mr. Buchanan having assented on the part of plaintiff a verdict for 101. was given. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. PROVIDING AGAINST THE COLD.—John Siiith, a poor miserable-looking fellow, was charged before Mr. Beadon with stealing two larnbs'•wool shirts, the pro perty of Mr. William Brooks, hosier, &c., No. 374, Oxford-street. Cole, 317 A, deposed that about nine o'clock on Saturday night he saw the prisoner in company with two) other men dodging outside the prosecutor's shop, in the doorway of which a quantity of woollen goods were dis play ed. He watched them for about a quarter of an hour, when the prisoner left his companions and sneaked into the doorway of the shop, and took toe two lambs'-wool shirts produced from a lot of others piled just inside the shop. The prisoner then ran off down Brunswick-street as bard as he could, followed by witness, who came up with him in Noel-street. As soon as he caught hold of the prisoner he threw down the shirty, and begged of him to let him go. as he only took the skirts to keep him warm, and intended to pay for them. Oa searching him at the station nothing of any ♦alue was found upon him. The prosecutor's shopman identified the property as belonging to his master. Tne prisoner who pleaded guilty, was committed to the House of Correction fur three months, with hard labour. LITLRATURE. The Plays of Shakespeare. E.3it-d by 11.)wacd Staunton. VOl. I. Routledge. It is something to have proved oneself first of all a perfect master among c hess-players, and afterwards a ripe Shaksperean. This feat—diffi. cult thou.li it may seem, though it really is —Howard Staunton has successfully accomp lished. His fame as a chess-player is not a thing ce" yesterday. His repuettion as a poetic critic and a dramatic comment 'tor has, on tile con trary, been only very recently -ign lived. It is none :he less actual nevertheless. It is so entirely un deniable now that this goodly volume, of 746 p .ges, imperial octavo, double columned and miler sly annotated, has b-en issued from the press of Mr. Routledge, that we may henceforth regard Staun ton as one who has now permanently assumed his place among men like Malone and Steevens, as he had already done among men like Phillidore and Delabourdonnaye.. A duplex celebrity like this is, certainly, to say the least of it, a very remarkable achievement. It is an achievement, moreover, entitled, by its very singularity, to an instant and cordial recognition. That recognition it com mands from ourselves forthwith and ungrudgingly. According to Sir Wm. Jones, chess - dates back to a period removed from this by some 4,000 years. Yet the science of that emperor of games has only in very recent times, indeed, been even proximately appreciated, thet is to say, appreciated with any due regard to its elevated excellence. Insomuch that we do not conceive that we are writing in any way extravagantly when we assert that possibly the greatest chess players who have ever lived are now living, are men of this present generation. It is therefore, remember, at this crowning epoch in the history of chess that Mr. Staunton has won for himself his eminent and splendid reputation as a chess player. And now, referring in turn to his &bore recent but hardly less brilliant adventure, in literature—we believe that, according to a far more authoritative witness than even Sir Wm. Jones, to wit. Cocker I very nearly 242 years have now elapsed since the death of rare and right excellent Master William Shakspere, upon St. George's Day, in the year of grace 1616, at his own mansion in New place, in the little Warwickshire borough of Strat ford-upon-Avon. In other words, it is only about eight years short of two centuries and a half since the greatest. poet, tbegreatest dramatist, the greatest inspired intellect (among writers) this world has ever seen, breathed his last peacefully at the time and in the spot just particularised—upon the very day which was the fifty-second anniversary of his birth, within arrow shot of the little tenement in Henley-street, where his glorious eyes had first opened to the light. During these 242 years whole libraries have been printed and published in refe rence to the works of this extraordinary man, sim ply in the way of commentary. Authors themselves of the greatest genius have written ponderous tomes about Shakspere and his marvellous - productions. Illustrious dramatic poets, no less than others of comparative insignificance, have striven to aid the extension of Shakspere's popularity by alterations and (as they conceived them to be) emendations ! Dryden, not less adventurously than Colley Cibber, dared with an almost sacrilegious audacity, to tam per thus with the integrity of the original text. And besides all this impertinence of adapters, and all this loquacity of commentators, how affluent since the life-time of Shakspeare has not literature been of panegyrists both of himself and his incom parable masterpieces. Even during his life-time-- a career extending over the latter half of the i elgn of Elizabeth and the first half of the reign of James—earnest eulogies of the " Immortal Bard," the " Sweet Swan of Avon," were sung iu thrilling accents by Ben Jenson and Edmund Spencer. Afterwards the glory of his fame' was celebrated in the imperishable verse of Milton—was il lustrated by the authoritative pen of Johnson—was recognised more and more distinctly in his native land by generation after generation. Until with the dawn of this nineteenth century it may be declared at last to have been fully:and:exultantly appreciated. Neverthele- , s, there is perhaps not a single name in the history of the literature of any tilde or of any country that has been covered with greater obloquy, either by jealousy or by ignorance, than that of the grandest !wet that ever breathed the music of genius into human language. Pope said of him that "he wrote better and worse than any other man." Hume actually wrote of him (in his History of England) "as one bore in a rude age [the age of Bacon, and Raleigh, and Sidney, and Spencer, and Borleigh], and educated in the lowest manners, [King James, it is well known, wrote to Shakspere with his own hand ; and Sha-Tere, it is no less well known, wrote one or two of his plays expressly at her klajesty's command, to be enacted, and they were so enacted, at the Court of Queen Elizabeth] with out any instruction either from the world [!] or from books." So much for Home's sagacity. Again, has n.it Voltaire talked of Shakspere as an "inspired barbarian ?" And even gone the length of declaring that to his mind Hamlet—Hamlet, that grand phi losophic and poetic masterpiece—app , ared to be the production of a "drunken savage !" Nay, to crown all—it was only the other day, just a year or two ago—that we read for the first time, be it said (in spite of all our profound admiration for . this wayward man's own resplendent genius) with feel ings of scorn and contempt the dignified estimate of Shakspere formed by Lord Byron l An estimate given to the world in one of the volumes of Moore's Memoirs, edited by Lord John Russell—the en lightened estimate of Shakespere's genius formed by Lord Byron, when he flippantly wrote to Thomas Moore " Don't you think Shak spere a d— d humbug ?" Notwithstand ing all which absurdities, notwithstanding the spleen of Pope, and the obtuseness of Hume, and the envy of Voltaire, and the jealousy of Byron —there, far above even those lofty heads, shine for ever gloriously upon a pinnacle of renown those great men could never with their united cele brity have hoped to attain for themselves, the name and fame of•Shakspere. Foremost among the most genial of his appreciators have been thegifted critics of Germany : witness this the views ex pressed upon this subject by Leasing, in his "Dra maturgie, by Herder in the " Blatternvon deuts cher Art and Kunst," by Goethe in his " Wilhelm Meister," by Tieck in his " Poetisches Journal," and last and best of all by Schlegel in his popular " Lecturts upon Dramatic Art and Literature." As to our English commentators, it would be diffi cult to adventure upon the enumeration even of the chief among their names—from Dryden, and Cib ber, and Rowe, downwards to Johnson and Ma lone, and Steevens, and Bowdler, and Ayscough— bringing the catalogue gradually down to our own days when the two rival illustrated editions were embellished, one by the pen of Charles Knight and the pencil of William Harvey, the other by the pencil of Kenny Meadows and the pen of Barry Cornwall. Here—about a dozen years afterwards comes forth another elaborately illustrated and an notated edition of " The Plays of Sbakspere :" an edition, however, in which, in addition to the matchless text, the soleattractions, are the notes and the typography. The woodcuts profusely.scat tered through the pages being,!in truth, diametrically the opposite of embellishments. Engravings in truth they are for the most part so miserably puerile in design, so feeble in fancy, so utterly devoid. of humour, so entirely wanting in the attributes of either the graceful, or the grand, or the beautiful, that we conceive the kindest thing here to be done in their regard is to cover the artist's name over sub sitentio, and to pass his pictorial efforts by, with—indifference. That is in one sense the most, and in another the least, they demandat our hands—indifference. Particularly when we bear vividly in our recollection the exquisitely graceful and humorous designs from the pencil of Kenny Meadows—designs, in the truest sense of the phrase, and surely that is grand commenda tion, in the truest sense of the phrase, Shaksperean. Not so with these by—but we forget ; we gene rously suppress the name, elsewhere a name of emi nence, and pass on with a sense of reli ef to Mr. Staunton's annotations. These in numerous in stances are manifestly the fruit of many years tfami liarityh with the text of Shaksp ere. The y are _oet ripened results of long and happy meditation n N sudden freaks of thought--jotted down the the margin (as the edition i 4 passing through e ing r s e a s y s) . simply for the purpose of having somn appear o ppear A considerable number of them, certainly, to us superfluous. We intentionally italicise to us, because we understand at the very time when we write the words that the exception taken to these particular notes constitutes strictly and obviously nothing more than au individual objection. To other readers they m a y not be unneces-ary. There fore it may, perhaps, be as well to let them stand_ although precisely the same things have bet n said very nearly in precisely the same way in every other annotated edition that has preceded this one d ur i ng the last hundred years. Supposin how ever, instead a persisting in these objections upon a matter, comparatively s p ea ki ng, of little import ance—supposing, by way of example, we cull from among these manifold leaves one of these more blooming and ripened plums of an no t a ti ve expla nation. In d o i ng so w- e will deal fairly with our reader, we will open the book haphazard. It opens at page 181. It is in the fourth scene of the second act_ of Rom eo an d J u li et. The nurse i s talk i ng to Romeo about Mercurio. Nurse.—" An a' speak anything against me, I'll take him down, an a' were lustier than he is, and twenty such Jacks ; and if 1 cannot I'll find those that shall, scurvy knave ! I am none of his flirt-gills ; I am none of his skains mates." Upon this last sufficiently enigmatical sentence, what has Mr. Staunton to say for himself by way of elucidation. Quoth he 4' P.:e fl . r - 'r4 It implied, fiz-yig, , not.,er te , s uie ;gs,', wi'd, tli tiny rorniiino wench ;: 43txt-,skails mates has i:eeo a sore puzz.e t tvl the conineuia tors. Some have derived it fri:m skein. a knife or dagger ; others su pose it a t»i.-pronvinciation of ktus-:slates ; Mr. Dot. - :e ventJres a r:oldorn conjecture that the skains in question might be skeins of thread, and that the Nur., meant no'hing more than seinpstresses ! The difficulty after all proves of ea,,) , solution. Th..: word skain, I a m told by a Kentish man, was formerly a familiar term in parts of Kent to express what we now cc,ll !t scape grace or ne'er-do-well ; just the sort of person the worthy old Nurse would have entertained a horror of being col,iJerecl a companion to. Even at this day, my informant says, skain is often heard in the Lk. of Tuanot, and yboui Ito adjacent coast in the 't-nse of a reckless dare-devil sort o f fellow. " Enough : a solitary footnote, such a 4 the for ego i ng, will suffice—ex no disce omnes. The work is throughout carefully edi'ed, the annotations a s already intimated being only so far, to our mind, ill considered, that they appear to us occasionally too abundant, too minute and even microscopic. In a literary sense the edition is entitled to, and no doubt will receive, a large amount and a high de gree of consideration. Thorndale ; or, The Conflict of Opinions. By William Smith. 131a - ckwoo - d and Sons. It, would be difficult to deny to this volume the great merit of originality. We are unacquainted with any literary production strictly comparable to it, either considering it iu regard to its design or in reference to its treatment. Although its aim is stricily ethical, its argument for the most part metaphysical, its colouring scrupulously artistic throughout, and although, beyond this, the parti cular mysteries it strives, upon occasion, to eluoi date are chiefly, if not invariably, the inner mys teries of psychology, it bears about as slight a re semblance to the " Wilhelm Meister" of Go6the as the late Shelton Mackenzie's art-novel of "Titian" bears to the younger Disraeli's psychological ro mance of " Contarini Fleming." If there be any hook at all that it faintly reminds us of in tone, we should say it was possibly Sir llumphry Davy's strangely impressive phantasy, " The Last Days of a Philosopher." The tone, indeed, is at once emi nently religious and eminently philosophi ca l. A n d the effect o the whole is, in truth, to sum up all in a few words, exquisitely and profoundly pathetic. " Thorndale" comprises within it the thought of a lifetime. Its every syllable shows it to be the pr 0..., duction of a thoroughly earnest man, and that Mall a Christian gentleman. It affords a wholesome cor rective to the mass of frivolous rubbish squandered annually from the printing presses of the United Kingdom, in the form of one-volumed, two-vo lumed, and three-volumed frivolities, half of them absurdly facetious, and half mawkishly sentimental. Mr. Smith's book is not merely written thought fully, but conscientiously. It is the production of an author desirous of neither wasting his own time nor that of his reader. And while it is undoubt edly, from first to last, an imaginative composition that is, purely intellectual, it is moreover at the same time almost unintermittingly fraught with en tertainment. The general character of the work may be conjectured readily enough by the discern ing from the second heading upon the title-page— that second headin g , "The Conflict of Opinions," being of itself, we take it, sufficiently significant. Yet more clearly, however, may the genius of the narrative be recognised, even before its perusal, by a cursory glance down the synopsis of the five books completing the Diary of Charles Thorndale. In those five books, penned haphazard, just as the whim of the moment has seized him, that dying diarist has written down upon the very in stant—frankly, unreservedly—every thought that has flitted across his pensive and dreamy imagina tion. The author, or rather, as he would fain have us regard him, the editor and reviser of the whole production, discovers at Mount Posillipo the blotted and straggling manuscript of his deceased friend, long after that friend has been buried away under the green lap of the Neapolitan soil, fragrant with myrtles, and rose; and orange blossoms—another of the mani fold victims of that fairest but saddest of all the Angels of Death, Consumption I Thorndale, in his diary, lays bare to us his heart—his heart of hearts. Ho gives eloquent, and sometimes thrilling utter ance to all his doubts and aspirations. The pages are not less plenteously sprinkled with tears than they are minutely tesselated with printer's ink. There is a nerve tingling in every sentence. As we read on, we not only think the writer's thoughts but feel his feelings. It is thus variously in each book in due succession—it matters not whether the hero of the book is Thorndale himself, or Cyril, the modern Cistercian, or Seckendorf, "the spirit of Denial," or Clarence, the Utopian. To the book dedicated to the record of the opinions of the penultimate personage, namely Seckendorf, is ad mirably prefixed as a motto th a t th oug ht o f Vol taire, " Ah, croyez moi, l'erreur a son morite." The motto selected for the whole book is enigmati ca l enough, to say the least of it, and hardly requi r ed tobe authenticated with the name of Wordsworth— " Sleeps the future, like a snak e enrolled, Coil within coil." At the conclusion of Therndale's Diary we have elaborately unfolded to us, in two parts—preceded by an introduction and supplemented by a conolu sion—" The Confession of Faith of an Eclectic and Utopian Philosopher," dated A.D. • 1850. The introduction endeavours to explain "This Crea tion of Nature and Mau" to be " A Progressive manifestation of the Divine idea." Part One undertakes to define " The Development of the Individual Consciousness "—and Part Two, The Development of Society." The whole of this somewhat daring Appendix—purporting to be the Confessis Fidei of Clarence—constituting, in fact, the scheme of a New Philosophy. It is scarcely necessary to add that, as this volume of Thorndale hardly leaves one theme of emotional meditation untouched, we very often find ourselves dissenting, toto ado, from the views and sera meats herein advanced. Indeed, the second title of the book, " The Conflict of Opinions," involves this, perforce, as an admitted necessity. It is not merely the reader who dissents, but the writer him self likewise very frequently. Besides, the argu ments being repeatedly placed by him in the mouths of various and conflicting interlocutors, he (the writer) is often, in a manner, no more respon sible for the opinions propounded, than a dramatist for those expressed by his motley characters. For the aggregate moral of these 600 pages he is, however, responsible ; but he may cheerfully accept that responsibility. The book is elevated in design, and, therefore, elevating in its tendency. Among the more reflective and discerning class of readers it can hardly fail appreciably to advance its author's reputation. Mn. HOREMAN, M.P.—We are glad to state that Mr. Horsman is se far recovered from the effects of his late accident that it is his intention to address the electors of Stroud (with Mr. Scrope, his co-member) on the poli tical topics of the day in the course of the present week. Letters from Constantinople mention that another attempt is in progress to consolidate the paper currency and Government floating debt, but that it is not ex pected to succeed. The plan is to issue a sort of Exchequer-bills paying 6 per cent. interest, with 9per cent, sinking fund, in exchange for both the descriptions of notes now in circulation. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—We learn that the respectingeaa: w hTtihtheesee. committee of shareholders who conducted to so suooesaful a termination the claims ot'the preference shareholders have a surplus of subscriptions in hand. It is understood Oone George's -in-th e- East, g F ridaye,s.in.ththat the surplus will be added to the amount to be raised for presenting a testimonial to Mr. Williams', who originated the opposition to the directors' determination to deprive the preference shareholders of their dividend. fore noonMu 5 1 ,ir r i .rLvv3fico Matthew, Bakerttth the we ather , SU DDEN receivedw eatß ethnal-green her D i an i enf information H o : at: i . ht iseo other deaths of six persons who died very suddenly from the ; of f amlet of Ratc y liff, and a fr p o p m ing t . he T d h is e tr i i n o ci t y s uests w ere held on chapel ; St. Dunstan, Satur day.Srepne- CARDIFF BOROUGH POLICE, —The Secretary of State has signified to Mr . Williams , SEc inclemenc yat . as sethWS'nte, . r W e r. of R that the Government • oath-court (mayor), Cardiff police has been . • inspector has certified that the maintained in a state of efficiency in "numbers and discipline" 29, 1857, entitling iseipline" for the year ending Sept. the Treasury of _the borough to the allowance from one-f police ourith the total annual cost of th• force. THE OVERBEA COAL TRADE.—It appears from the Custom -house returns, published in Brown's Export List, that Newcastle sent 94,826 tons of coals and 9 362 to ns o f co k e oversea , in December, against 79,843 tons of coals and 7,199 tons of coke in the same month of 1856. Sunderland, 46,299 tons of coals and 2,075 tons of coke, against 33,575 tons of coal and 1,867 tons of coke, in December, 1856; that 1113 Hartle pools exported 29 ,340 tons of coals and 1,804 tons of coke, against 25,481 tons of coals and 737 tons of coke in December, 1856 ; and that the other small ports on the north-east coast, exported 57,355 tone of coal. THE HAvimocir FAMILY. The public have been already informed that the Havelocks are of Danish descent, and were for many years settled at Great Grimsby, in Lincolnshire. Our readers, however, may not be aware that the ancient seal of the corporation of that borough bears the figure of its Danish founder, Grime, holding in his hands a boy, with the word " Havelock" over him. Th.: story runs that " Havtlock," or Hafluck," was the lost child of a Norse see king, and was brought up by Grime, and became a valiant warrior under his rough tutelage. It would seems that, if this be so, military valour is hereditary, and :;reappears in families after an interval of many certturre so true is the old proverb, "Fork.: Grontur f ort " bonis.",