The Sun. — London, England, 1859-09-07 00:00:00

ii °N-ET MARKET AND! CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The general i nqu i r y f or money has been stimu lated by t h e payments to the Ind i an L oan an d th e li quidation of the Consol account ; the rates, conse (blll.,?atlY, exhibit in cr eased firmness, and very few uls are now negotiated under the Bank of Eng land minimum. The supplies being plentiful, how ever, the requ i rements of the public are met with out difficulty, and any immediate advance in the Charge f or accommodation is scarcely ant i c i pa t e d. : : he tend ency i s, nevert h e l ess , i n that direction, _nd if the recen t efflux of gold from the bb ility of national t establishment had continued, the prc an alteration might have been . dis cussed. The late arrivals of specie, however , have led t o some accumu l at i on o f b u llion, several a dditions t o th e reserve h av i ng b ee n made during t he Past we e k. Ab ou t £64,000 w ere sent in yester d a y , and there is a sufficient supply of American g el d in the market to satisfy immediate wants. Large quantities are being forwar d e d f rom the United States, although the exchange at New York has lately declined. Account s f rom Li verpoo l repor t that in the Cotton Market yesterday business was less active, and prices were without any material alteration. Th e sales only amounted to 5,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed heavily with a downward tendency in values. The a d v i ces from New Y or k repor t increased act ivity o in the Stock Market, where a large amount f business was daily transacted. The exchange on alt gland was dull, at 110 to 1101. There was no first-class in the money market, and the rate fo r paper remained at 7 per mt. T he market for English Securities to-day has P r esented a ste a dy appearance, but business has con tinued very d u ll, owing to the progress of the arra ngements e for the liquidation of the account. .-s °ll suis have bee n 951 t for money, and 95: for uetober. V ery li tt l e money b us iness has been re corded, but the investment for the Savings Banks com prised T £lO,OOO New Three per Cents. s 'a New Thr ees an d the Reduced are rather flatter a 96 4 ; India Loan Debentures (1858) have ad vanced to 951 ; ditto (1859) have receded to 95 ; b ut the Scrip is firm at 991 to 100, and the New tG elc at 954 I. The Exchequer Bills have im- P l lved to 245. prem. fair amount of business is recorded in Foreign ' ee Urities and prices are well maintained. Tu rkish c 8 Per Cents. are 83 to 85 ; ditto New, 71 to 72 ; Danish 3 per Cents. are firm at 461; ditto Passive Ce uta. 11 ; Mexican at 2K- 21 ; Venezuelan 2 1 per "U. are fl a tt er , a t 271 ; ditto 1 per Cents., at 14 z t ; Russian 41 per Cents., at 991 ; Sardinian 5 Per er Cents, have advanced to 86: Q. The New Russian Loan is quoted par to 1 prem. The Railway Share Market has exhibited a slight depression, several of the principal lines having rec eded about per cent. Great Western, South Western, North Western, North British, North E a stern (Berwick), and South Eastern ha ve de wed 55., 5 5., and Midlands 15 s. ; Edinbur g h, Perth, an d Dundee have improved about ss. T he Foreign and Colonial Lines cont inue ver y irietive• Lombardo-Venetian old shares have ad v"leed 55., and Grand Trunk of Canad a ss. Joint Stock Bank Shares have been at steady tat ea, but the dealings have teen extremely limited. In the Miscellaneous Share Market, Berlin at " Works improved to 41, and Red Sea Tele graph brought 131. Ba nff BRITISH FUN-DS—CLOSING PRICER. % Stock 3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 96k 6 xp si er Cent. Consols Annuities w 3 96 1 lod• Per Cent. Annuities Ditto l Stock Debentures, 1858 95 Ditt o Ditto, 1859 ,'. L•ostok e, 901 100 1 ,iiitt o 5 per cent 991 1 1 100 Ditto B 7 2 d Ditty "41 ,000 (: on-, under'£l,ooo leoce r e ls for Account (Oct. 11) Pitt() 2 1 5 1 4 ; . %Be, £l,OOO, lid 20 4 bitto Small, IVA . ' ''''''''** ** ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 2O 4 FOR EIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. Fl razili a 103 Mexica n 3 '-, Per ent. .. • • 2 Ditto er Cent .." - "te Acc p ount it . "'len 4i per Cent — t° 3 i. , ,,, per Cent. I i ''. ll , guese, 1853, 3 per Cent. It ib , --11t ° Account 'P a u, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent .. Di 4i 4i per Cent. Bard " Scrip, 861 i par p 'i-, ' B - 11 , 5 per Cent rartieh 3 ~ Ditto per t,ent 461 4 - ~1 0 Account 341 -I.r-1,1.tt0 New Deferred, 3 per Cent. ultY) Pew 11 Ditto 6 per Cent — p en Account t e ziiela i per Cent. ito 1 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9sa Ditto Account (0ct.).... .. • COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT, Sept. 6. ['PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] The FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ec iwe P rince and Princess Kotishobey, and family, left s , Cos t his ! Li s morning, after a stay of some weeks. S a nd Countess Apponyi left Cowes also at the same J a Dec' e in ea M axse, Esq., and Lady Caroline Masse are ex- 6, kiltli%l(lll.4t No. 5, Parade Terrace, on Thursday, for the Si T 4 l O . J ohn B a yl ey, B art., h as t a k en N o. 3, P ar ade Terrace t . 40the and ein. Lady Lyndhurst and family are residing a 11, 11: y ie t . d B. Sherid a n, E sq ., and family are at the Old St } louse Si el)Ttt ' — ` ll— K e e 4 4. °ll. C. •H. Cust and family are at Castle Rock Si SI sor: en l e Robert Stephenson, Esq., at Rosetta Cottage. Si si T hs. -- Y Thor o ld, E sq ., a t G o thi c Vill a . L ad lio n. A. Liddell, at Cambridge House. Charle s rr q ...o , wnshend, at No. 1, Parade Terrace. It. . (Q and Lady Jersey, at Aris's Hotel. at Harriet Lodge. are a f ‘ °l4l Continues pretty full of company, though there tb. e Z h ouses unlet, and there are a good many yachts s • 1,11: FLO AT ING SI BRIDGE FROM WEST AND EAST COWES. tOok ' llt general meeting of the Steam Ferry Company Tla Dia " et the Town HO, West Cowes, on Monday. s ko e o r : e I was a tumorous meeting of the shareholders. Mr. s , Was p r oposed th e Hon. Henry Petre to the chair, which St that tile°llded by M r . M. Ratsey. Mr. Matthews proposed St' quoru m nu her of directors be nine, and that five be a car ried Thi s Thi s being seconded by T. P. Mew, Esq., was 1 ' re w,24 1111411 ,,,„ ir aously. The Hon. H. Petre, and Messrs. St and ghto a) t atthews, Ratsey, Estcourt, Bull, Atkey, St, s+ Einci unnn --, w ere then proposed and seconded as direc st, h ad bee n o raously elected. Mr. Ratsey said that he St , much oa rd the bridge that afternoon, and that he for tine Pl eas ed with it. He believed it would be ready h ad b ee n" t urday, the 18th inst. By the report which St , °lora llardrnously adopted, it appeared that about £5OO diff erent ..° .l„. d be required as capital to work with, and the shay "Lareholders agreed to procure parties to take e ota ; the amount required, g by the next meeting of the Ir oll1 Pa d il b" • The tariff for passengers, it was understood, tin ges RA - e one halfpenny for crossing, for one-horse car they' 1 .C 4 ., end f or pair -horse ones l s. A vo t e o f th an k s urinat ed P a ssed to th e chairman, and the meeting ter - Nnnb, — ; I t is und ers t oo d th a t th e b r idge will commence bet ty on the I s t of October. By it t h e communication sre el the two towns will be so much improved that both enderakiY ntotcbe more benefitted by it than by any other ' rle COW ES AND NEWPORT RAILWAY. tool it first meeting of th e s h are h o ld ers i n thi s undertaking , th e Phice at the F ountain Hotel da , West Cowes, this y— wax ' t° 11 . H. W . P etre in the chair. The report, whieh Thefte hi ghly favourabl e one, was unanimous l y adopted. t°l-lowing gentlemen were e l ecte d di rectors : —The itlion. J. W. P e t re, Cowes ; H. Pinnock, Esq., Newport ; Fri ar jaw ell, Esq., Newport ; J. Lambert, Esq., Austin bat Lo ndon ; and John Badon Crawley, Esq., White ...v""ce, London. There were 16 tenders put in from w rhea Wishing to undertake the construction of the rail -1,04.'"w0 of them offering to do it on their own account, 7„. t° guarantee the shareholders 6 per cent. The directors •de guarantee their decision until Tuesday next. The railway I t ' o t t ,_ ° be co mpleted by th e 30th o f J une nex t, an d i s expected °W consi derably l ess th an th e eng i neer ' s es ti mate. The .. str eet fro m th e Steam-boat Pier at Cowes to the rai' way terniinus is to be 56 feet in width. jeitoitniieulB OYAL HAND.—One day last week, his Royal a the Princ e o f W a l es an d su it e pa id a v i s i t to t h e grounds of Rollin and Hawthorden. As his '-dglaness was mounting his horse at the inn door at the th a loyal ' old woman who had heard of his being in po'nfli,ighbourhood and to whom the prince had been 114 °la as he NV:AS riding by, stepped up and accosted lairm °al ' flightless in homely unceremonious fashion, ex- Youro' u g.,hl the broadest Scotch—" Eh I gie us a shako n oYal hand." The prince good-humouredly held :_ n _ his hand, which the old lady clasped in both her own, pidritshook w lea -"ally, after which she trotted off in high kn i vig the l'rince and his attendants exceedingly tu led by the • • e incid4mt.—Mercury. • kIARE MARKRL-( THiS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. Paid, Closing Price. 0 Amberg., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction 6 6t i 0 Belfast and Ballymena .14 Bin, %Vol., and Str. Val oek Bin. La., and Ch. June 5 Blackburn 5 Blyth and Tyne 0 Bost.Slefd.& Mid. Conn )ck Bristol and Exeter 8 8a 77 79 11 121 6 8 96 98 )ck Caledonian i 0 Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passage , :0 Cornwall 86 86i 44 54 A rcves. no div. 10 Do. A until6p.e.per an. 10 Do. B hasbeen pd.toß. 50 Dublin andßelf ast Junc. 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc ock East Anglian ock Eastern Counties ock Eastern Union A Stock ock Do. do. B Stock 25 Do. Nw.A.(lte. E.U3ds) tock East Lancashire 20 East Suffolk 10 Do 8 9 144 15 54 57 39 41 27 29 ck Edinburg and Glasgow ck Edin.,Perth, & Dundee 10 Forth & Clyde Junction lock Furness lock Glasgow & South Westn 10 Great North of Scotland `ock Great Northern :ock Do. do. A Stock ock Do. do. B Stock :ock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) ock Great Western S tock I Do. Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk 12 Irish South Eastern 50 'Lancaster and Carlisle 161 !Do. Thirds 1613 4IDo. New Thirds Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire Stock London and Blackwall. Stock Lon ~Bri gliton &S. Coast 25 Lond. Chat. and Dover Stock London & North Westn 124 Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn. 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen Stock, Man., Shef., & Lincoln 10 IMetropolitan Stock3lidland StocklDo. Birming. & Derby 50 'Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) 25 Do. Shares 100 INewcastle and Carlisle. 25 'New., Aber., & llerefd. 10 Newry & Armagh (def.) 20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros Stock Norfolk 50 iNorth. Counties Union Stock ;North British , Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Stock 6p Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div. I until .c.hasbeenpdß Stock` ' Do. B Stock Stock N orth -E a stn.—Berwick 2.5 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Stock Do. Leeds Stock Do. York Stock North London 20 North Staffordshire 20 North-Western 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver 10 Peebles 20 'Portsmouth 10 IRhymney Stock , Scottish Central Stock' South. N. Aber. Stock Stock' Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Stock'Shropshire Union 10 ISittingbourne & Sheer. StockiSouth Devon S t ockl South-Eastern StockiSouth Wales Stock' SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun. 20 ;Staines, Wok., & Wok 25 I Stockton & Darling - ton. 25 , Do. do. 1855 25 'Do. do. 1858 Stockton & Hartlepool Stock Taff Vale StocklDo. Preference, No. 1 . 25 IThamesrlavenDk&Rail Stock Vale of Neath 10 I Victoria Station & Pim Stock Waterford & Kilkenny .50 Waterford & Limerick 20 West Cornwall 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal. 5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B 5 Do. B 20 West London 10 Do. let Class 20 iDo. 2d Class 74 76 26 261 97 99 1014 1021 85 67 129 131 103 105 60 604 55 60 97 100 15i 16A p 15i p 98 081 64 66 110 111 14 16 94 944 1 4 I 92 924 6 8 351 801 d 104} 104 f 82 84 94 104 57 59 34 Bd, soi 00l- 881 89} 1t 44 45 74 721 102 104 3 ai d 7 8 31} 32} all all all all all PREFERENCE SHARES. •- ------ Pad . Closing r Business Railways. ----- Share' Paid. Closing Prices. Busineoe Done. Share Unsinese BitITISII POSSESSIONS. Share Railways. Paid. Closing Business Price. Dons. Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent.. Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd Du. 5 percent o. Addit. Capital A, Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron' Do. New Do. Preference Buflalo,Brant.&Godrich p. et. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 .July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Cleutta.&S.Eastrn. Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore ..,_ D 0.44 p.c. BCls. pay.'s9 Do. 44 p. c. Debentrs. G eelong& Mel. gua.s p. C. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6 per cent. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Gt. IndiaPenin. gua.sp. c Do. New, gua.s per cent Do. do Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with opt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt ,Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do (Madras, guar., 44 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Do. do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl. Share. Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. New Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo. St. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 all iall 6 80 82 164 17 If 11 d 1 lid .141 b d 5} 6i id i p 1 100 101 id par 99a 100 19 20 34 85 92 94 71 73 80 82 08 72 981 981 / d, 11 Id 145 141 6 14 cf 102 104 88 90 80 1 18i 19 d 1i 1 d - -d - d 194 20 1 d d 1 1 d all all all 1 leo 100 11. 3 0. 2s. 6d, 7 all FOREIGN Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes Behrian East. Junction, Beziera to Graissessac Carmeaux Mine Si Rail Coplab° Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish lEastern of France: Euphrates Valley Grand Rue Guar .5 p.c Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junction Lake Constance & 'Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Ditto New Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liere Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwedan Trunk Pref Paris,Lyons, and Medit Parts and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Pern.) gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 5i p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand COLONIAL GOVER Securities. [MEN' SECIJR ,ITIES. 25 Blythe and Tyne if per - Can.Gov.6p.c Ja. & July 100 112 113 1125 1 c. pref. (issued at £5O) all 49 51 - Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 1 00 11 0 1 12 Stk Bris. & Exet4p.ctStock 100 9 6 98 - Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 114 116 M 0 Do. do. do. Shares l4 - - - N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja. &July 100 1091 1101 1101 10 ock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 100 103 105 - Do. 6 p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 10 - -- - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 106 98 1 99 4 q Cork & Bandon, 51 p. C. all - - - D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1976 100 981 991 20 COrnwa l l, 5 per cent. _ all - - - Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up 100 98 99 984 61 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. all 51 61- - NovaSconlaGov.6 p.c. S:. Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc 100 99 101 Deb. redeemable,lB7s 100 1091 1101 1091 Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc.. - S.Aus.Gt6pc.Jan&July 100 107 109 107 8 Stock E . do. Class C 7 pc - Viet•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 - Stock E. Conn. Ex. 5 p ct. No.l 100 114 116 114 - Do. do. April & Oct. 100 110 111 110; 111 Stock Do. do. N 0.2 100 113 115 Stock Do. New 6 per et. Stock 100 129 131 Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 81 83 MISCELLAIVEOUS. Mock Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 - - Share Nliscellaneous. \ p aid. \ Closing 1 Stock Do. 4 p.c. gua. 5.4 D. 100 - Business dons Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 --75 4 i Price. 1 Stock Furness, 5 per cent - - 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 131 141 Stock Glas. &S West. .2 - a. 5 pc. 100 115 117 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all 200 220 Stock Great Northern, sp. et. 100 118 120 25 Australian Agricultural 19 28 29 Stock Do. spc Redm.,lop.c.pm 100 110 112 Stock Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 10 Berlin Water Works ... all 31 41 41 3; 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm. 80 84 86 84 4 50 British American Land 40 - - 110 Gt. Gt. Nh. of Scotld, let pf. all -- - 50 Brit. & Irish 31a.g.Te1.A. all 36 38 Stock ( Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 1 100 - ._2O Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862- all 19 21 ' / p, ct. pref. Stock 50 Great west. (Berke and 100 C Land 321 105 108 Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct.. 0 - - 10 C anada slands Tel.(Lim ) all 8 9 Stock Do. Redeemable , 4 1 pAI 100 97 99 Stock Cop.Min.of Eng.&Smltg all - - Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. 100 88 90 25 Do. Preference 71 per ct all 24 25 241 Stock Do. Irredeemable, d 0... 100 89 91 5 Crystal Palace Stock Do. sp. et. Redeem. Pref. 100 100 102 1001 5 Do. Preference all 4/ 5 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 91 101 Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 102 105 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. 25 Do. New shares p 10 Do do. sp. ct. p all re f all 17 18/ 101 9 5 Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co all 1 1 1 20 Ghlron ScrewCol.(Lim all - - Stock Do !firming. guar. stock 10 0 73 75 15 Gen. Steam Navig ation. 14 - - 264 Do. Chester guar.shares all 19 20 do. do 131 Do. 20 Do. do. do. - - 5 London DistriA Telegr. 1 1 1 d Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 100 139 141 20 London Discount 5 11 If d Stonk Do.Barusl.St£s 3slodpc 10 0 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co all 15 11 Stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l 100 - - 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 4 . 4 Stock Do. pref., sp. c. ...No. 2 100 - - 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all - - Stozlk Do. New g - ua., 6p. et... 100 - - 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all "1 41 Stock Do. do. sp. c. No. l OO 25 National Discount Co._ 5 11 1 d 3 DO. do. 41 per c. shares 4 1 10 Netherlands Land all - - Stock Lon.& N. W.Cov.&Nun - 5 Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis all 4 1 eaton, n. et - - 100 N.lir.&NovaScotiaLand 80 - - Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 n.et. stock, 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all / ; late 3d shares .. 121 Londondy & Cole, i ,510. all - - 1 Do. New Shares lss. 4 1 p 121 Londondy.& Ennis I sh. all 81 95 120 123 10 Orientl. In. Steam, A 6 - - 51 Stock Man.,Sh., & Lin., (3p. ct. 1 0 ° 10 Ditto B 4 - - 6 Do. £6 4l 4 4 1 10 Ditto C 2s. - - - Stock Do. 34 per cent. 121 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c all - - 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam. all C 8 72 71 125 Do. 4 per cent .. - - 50 Do. New l5 6 8 Do. - -- 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. 13 4 4p 131 Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock 100 - - 50 Rhymney Iron St o ck Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ci. 100 139 141 139/ 40 15 Do. New all 6 7 Stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock.. 100 103 104 103 1 100 Royal Mail Steam 9 51 6 Do. with option tin 1860 3 I 4l' Stock ScotAustrln.lnv.(Lim.) 100 Stock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. 100 93 95 25 South Australian Land. all 34 36 NewportAber,&c.pret. s 1 a ll 91 10 1 0 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. all 4 1 101 p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c.n m 1 Do. do Registered all 1 10 Do. Perpet, 6 P. c. with 60 Tr.& Ln.Co.ot Upr. Can. 5 - - option till 1866 all 111 12 11110 v‘n niemon'm T and .. 281 8 9 Stock Norfolk Deb. 4p. c. shares 100 • - _ Stock Do. sp. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 10u - BRITISH MINES. - Stock Do. sp. C. Pref. do. 1847 100 - - - Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 100 - - Share Mines. Paid. , Closing I:Winces Stock North British, spercent 100 110 112 Price. Done. Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent 100 103 110 - Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.14 34 41 431 Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.&D-ok.Co. 100 - - Stock N- East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 - - 20 British Iron Stock Do. Consol. Pref. 4p. c. 100 91 93 10 Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ) 1 425 435 435 Stack Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 100 96 96 961 - East Bassett (Mogan) 3O 1621 1671 17 Do. do. do. ..... ~ .. . 3.13.4. 15 p d -E. W'l Russl (Tavistk ) 6.17.0 81 81 81 1 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 13 - - - Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 54/ 46 48 471 7 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 . 9 - - .- Great South Tolgus.. 25 Do. York, H.& S. Purch . . 10 1 d 1p - G. Wheal Alfd.(Phillaci) 12.1.8 1 11 20 North Staffordshire . . all 221 231 -G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 9 4 I 1 Stock Ox.wr. & Wol. 6pc. ls . t . g 100 123 125 - Lady Bertha Stock Do. Redeem., 2d gua.... 100 122 124 123 - Margaret ( uny Lelant) 10.6.7 50 55 Stock Do. Irredeem., 21 gua 100 - - - North Frances (Illogan) 10 5 3 / 4 61 Stock Do. 41 p.c. Db. stk.in perp 100 98 100 - North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 71 81 10 Rhymney Guaranteed. 81 - - - N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 6 7 81 Scottish Central, new pi all - - -- Par Consols (St. Blazy ) . 14 11 12 111 4 Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 - - - Providence (Uny Lelnt) 10.6.7 41 44 Stock Do. 31 per c. pref. stock 100 74 76 - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s 4 1 Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. 100 120 124 - SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 11 235 245 Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 118 122 - South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 21 21 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 101 104 - S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 155 165 10 Do. Fixed 45 percent. all - - 5 Tamar Silver and Lead 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Mining Co 4l 21 2/ 21 Ann., 1.0 6 ) all 24 241 10 Tin Croft 9 41 5 Stock Do .41 per cent lOO 102 104 - UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - - Stock Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is lOO 102 104 1021 3 - Vale of Towey (Carm.) 125 6d 1 1 ' Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c lOO - - - West Basset (Illogan).. 11 21 22 Stock Do. 41 per cent lOO - - -W. Caradon (Liskeard). 10 110 135 s Stock Srkshire, 4 p.c. gua lOO - - - Wheal Basset (Illogan). 54 . 165 176 25 Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.c all 28 29 - Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 80 90 3 25 Do. B 6 per cent 25 Do. C 6 per cent. - Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 13 14 r Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, - Virlf I M ar y Ann (31enhe) 8 85 37 1 S 6 per cent all 47 53 - v e irh'l Trelawney (Lick.)) 41 27 21 ) FOREIGN MINES - - -- - ----- LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 1 Leasing I Closing Business 20 Australian' .. Railways. ; Pai d. Co.'s. I Price. I Done. 1 Bon Accordeopper,Lim lss 1a 1 P 35 ( Brazil. Imp. (is. at £sp )I 27 - - 20 ,Do.St.Johndelltey,Lim l5 10 11 Bedford and Bletchley l all Ln & N.W .. .• 5 I Do. L and and Mining,Co all - - Buckinghamshire .... j 100 ;Ln& N. W, 97 99 1 ,Clarendon Consols Min, Chester Holyhead.. 100 D 0....... 49 50 , ing Co. of Jamaica . /- - d & Do. do. 51 p. ct. llOO ;Do. 1123 127 40 :Cobra Copper - all 42 44 Do:do. sp. ct. - ICopiapo 16 8 9 Clydesdale Junction. 100 'Calerionin;lo2 104 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1 I Colchester, Stour Val.l all lE.U.SrE Cl 6 17 2 Fortuna E.Lincolnsltire,g.6p.c.; 100 'Gt.North.ll4o 145 20 General all 22+ 231 E Union,HarwichShs., all lE.Counts. ! - - 3 Linares all 111 121 d Do. Woodbridge . ; 100 ; Gl s .Barr.&Neils,Drc . t . . 100 ;Caledonin - - 1 Mariquita all 1 Do. New lOO I Do. - - 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.LI all p Gloster& Dean Forest) all ;Gt. West. - - 20 Poutgibaud Silver, Lead; 10 H a rtlpool.Dck.&Rail. a a l il l I .l Y D k o ..N.arlir - - ; Minin g and Smelt_ I 4 5 1 all ' Yk.N.Md. 109 111 5 'Port Philip .l all , I 1 Hull and A Shares Selb y ...- - 1 , I ScottishAustraln. (L.)...1 1 ~1 d par Do. Do, 1 Shares all ,Do. - 28.2,81 United Mexican I L on don&Greenwich . 100 IS. 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SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. THE GREAT EASTERN. This noble vessel arrived and anchored safely at Purfleet this afternoon. All well. WARWICK RACES.-(THIS DA I'.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) WELTER CUP. King William Theodora Queen of the South NURSERY HANDICAP. Rising Sun . Apollyon Mesmer. 3 Eleven ran. COUNTY STAKES. Master Bagot v A 1 Conjuror WARWICK CUP. Starke Liveryman TOWN PLATE. Conjuror Kind William 2 Katherine Logic 3 MEMBERS' PLATE. Rover Contract DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN WATERLOO ROAD-THREE LIVES LOST. This morning, between the hours of four and five o'clock, a fire of a rapidly destructive character, attended with a serious loss of property and fatal consequences to three per sons, happened in the premises of Mr. J. Burton, wardrobe dealer, 75, Waterloo-road. The discovery was made by a policeman seeing smoke issuing through the apertures of the shop shutters. He immediately sounded an alarm, and sent off for the Royal Society's fire escapes and the engines of the London brigade. After some trouble the whole of the inmates—consisting of Mr. J. Burton, Mrs. E. Burton, her daughter Mrs. Reid, and Edward Burton—were made sensible of their danger, when they made an attempt to descend the staircase, but were met with such powerful bodies of smoke that they were compelled to retreat, and make an attempt to escape from the roof. At this moment a most agonising scene took place, when the smoke and fire were seen rushing out of the top window, and persons cry ing piteously for help. The engines from the Waterloo station, which is nearly opposite, were promptly on the spot, as well as those from other stations. There being a plenti ful supply of water the firemen went to work in an ad mirable manner. As soon as the fire was sufficiently got under Mr. R. Henderson, district foreman, accompanied by two other firemen, went in search of the missing bodies. In the third floor front, under the window, was found Ed ward Burton, aged 12 years ; in the gutter was Mrs. Eliza Burton, aged 48, and in her lap lay her daughter, Mrs. Reid, aged 27. It being a slanting roof they had nothing to take hold of but twe high walls on each side. Mr. Burton made his escape from the back, and supposed his family was out of danger. Shells were procured, and the bodies taken to Lambeth workhouse, there to await an in quest. The origin of the fire is at present unknown. The loss will fall on the Phcenix and other offices. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. Robert Logan, a porter out of employment, was charged with fraudulently inserting an advertisement in the Morn ing Advertiser on Wednesday last, offering employment to 400 workmen, to work at a new invention, at from 20s. to 30s. per week, and referring to " 0.P.," 208, Thames street, a publichouse. Thirteen letters were received at the publichouse by Mr. Guess, in which were enclosed between 70 and 80 penny postage stamps. Between 30 and 40 persons called on Thursday morning, offering to engage, but no engagement took lace, and the prisoner was taken into custody for swindling. Mrs. Jean Hutton, Waterloo-road, said she saw the ad vertisement, and her daughter wrote a letter enclosing two postage stamps, and she delivered it at Mr. Guss's public house, as directed by the advertisement. Miss Hutton corroborated her mother's evidence. She received no reply. Police-constable 411 took the prisoner into custody this morning, at St. Andrew's-hill, on the above charge. He said that he had an invention by which the Illustrated London News would be printed in one-third less time and expense than at present. The prisoner was committed for trial for fraudulently ob. taining from Mr. Richard Hutton, two postage stamps of the value of twopence, and also with conspiring with other persons, not in custody, to defraud others by false and fraudulent pretences. The Alderman cautioned Mr. Gross not to allow any per son to make use of his name without seeing the advertise. ment, and knowing for what purpose. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CHARGE OF FRAUD AND FORGERY.—Louis Pillon, of 6, Upper Rupert-street, carrying on business as a provi sion dealer, was charged with being concerned with others not in custody, in defrauding the complainant of butter and cheese of the value of £4B, and forging an order for 424 f. 80c., in payment of the same. The prisoner was apprehended by Sergeant Rogers, 6 C, a very experienced officer, and who speaks French fluently. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap peared for the prosecutor; and Mr. Albert acted as inter preter. From the evidence, which was on ly partly en tered into to-day, it appeared that th e p rosec utor, Mr. Francois Durien, a cheese merchant, at N eu f c h a tel, having received a communication from 5, Upp er R uper t-street, signed Ver deny and Co., requesting samples to be sent there, and after wards received another request that goods might be sent, which was done, and afterwards received a communication containing a draft for 424 f. 80c., which, being sent to the house in Paris on which it was made payable, it was re turned protested. Mr. Alfred Villers, of 47 Weston-street, Bermondsey , cheese merchant, said he w en t t o M e ssrs. Minores and Cockerell, 16, Water-lane, City, w h ose names were on the draft, and nothing was known o f it. Sergeant Rogers, 6 C, proved apprehending the prisoner, and on telling him the charge in French, he said he had made the draft to oblige others, and that the firm Verdeny and Co. was himself. He also admittel receiving the goods from Neufchatel and afterwards asked to see the prosecu tor, that he might arrange with him, Remanded. THAMES. DARING ROBBERY IN A ROUSE OF ILL-FAME OF • SAILOR. —Mary Greydon, Devonshire-street, Limehouse ; Sarah M‘Williams alias Mary Sullivan, 1 Hungerford street, St. Georges ; and Mary Hagan, Angel-court, ditto ; were placed at the bar charged with being concerned in stealing from the person of Thomas Ren, master mariner, of 18 sovereigns, Bs.. in silver in a purse, and a gold watch and chain, of the value of £l5, of which the chain, five sovereigns and the silver was recovered. It appeared from the evidence that on the previous night the prosecutor, who had been drinking and was the worse for liquor, met the prisoner Hagan, and was induced to go to a house of ill-fame in Angel-court. The other prisoner came there by whom he was surronnded for a short time, after prosecutor missed his money and the other articles mentioned in the charge. As soon as possible the prose cutor gave information to Sergeant Cox, 45 R, and Lane, 397 K. Cox proved having, with the assistance of his brother officer, taken the prisoner into custody, and with having found the property above stated. Hagan was discharged, M'Williams was remanded, an Greydon was sent to prison for four months. THIS DA YS MARKETS The supply of English wheat here to-day was chiefly composed of samples left over from Monday. The attend ance of millers was limited, and the demand ruled very in active. In prices, however, we have no change to report. The fresh imports of foreign wheat are only 4,240 quar ters. Good and fine parcels were held at full prices ; but other kinds had a drooping tendency. Fine barley was scarce, and in request, at extreme rates Inferior parcels ruled stationary. There was only a limited sale for malt; nevertheless, prices were supported. The oat trade was much less active, and the quotations wore barely maintained. Both beans and peas commanded full currencies ; but flour was very dull at late rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour. English 1,020 ( 60 1,660 ; 1,900 3 830 Irish 570 I 37650 i — 7 - Foreign .. 4,240 as bls BOROUGH HOP. The supply of new hops is increasing, but the demand is by no means active, Duty, £265,000. Mid Kents Bos to 120 s per cwt. Weald of Kent 75s to 80s 2 , Susses... 608 to 708 ~ WHITECHAPEL. Each kind of meat to-day moves off slowly, as follows t --Peet', from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s Od to 48 6d ; lamb, 4s 2d to 5s Od ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and pork, 31 6d to 4s 6d per 81b., by the carcase. LITERATURE. Realities of Paris Life. By the Author of" Flemish Interiors," &c. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. Those who anticipate a series of photographs of the brilliant society , of Parisian saloons, or the po- Htical conclaves and secret meetings of the disaf fected Republicans, or a description of the Court fetes and military manoeuvres, will be disappointed in these volumes. The author, thinking, perhaps, that such scenes and subjects are depicted by every tourist who gives an account of his excursion to the public, has turned from the brilliancy and tur moil of the surface to the sterner and darker " rea lities " which may be found in all great cities. He leads us chiefly among the poor, the afflicted, and the destitute; the petty tradesmen and hawkers, the inhabitants of the "Cite Dore" and the " Fau- bourg Souffrant ;" giving us at the same time full details of what charity and self-devotion accom plish for the alleviation and reformation of crime and misery. The following passage from the pre face will best explain the writer's intentions : There are guide booksinnumerable to enlightenthe super ficial traveller as to the public amusements, the gay sights and the magnificent monuments of the queen of cities : to their pages we refer him. That to which we propose to introduce our readers is the result of personal investigation, among those classes, and in those quarters of Paris which are not only wholly unfre quented, but studiously shunned by strangers. We might write volumes on the Realities" of Paris life, upon its realities—undoubtedly—of worldliness, of pleasure, of luxury, on the one hand ;—of poverty, abandonment and despair, on the other, and as the inevitable result of both extremes, the sad realities of vice, of infidelity, and of crime. Nevertheless we find at the same time that we can fill pages with a no less startling amount of realities of gene rosity, of self-sacrifice, and of good works—but we must take the trouble to search them out, for Charity has never borrowed the trumpet of Fame, and veils herself with all the precautions which modesty and humility can sug gest. Yes, if there be realities of luxury, and realities of vice, there are also in Paris realities of self-sacrifice, of holiness, of charity. May we not hope that the latter may go far to redeem the former, and that for the sake of the "ten righteous" the city may be saved. " Together let us beat this ample field ;" let us ascertain, first, what is the actual condition of our fellow beings, in those near, and yet remote localities, at the present hour, and how in the various chances through which they must pass, they contrive to maintain themselves and their families by honest but pre carious industry. We will, secondly, pursue our inquiries in another direc tion, and penetrate the arena of those classes who are less scrupulous in procuring means of existence, not content unless they can obtain likewise means of enjoyment; and we will—after glancing at the military type of that essen tially military nation—proceed to make acquaintance with those institutions to the durance of which, criminals render themselves liable, and whose penal regulations it is neces sary they should undergo, whether for their punishment and reformation, or for the seciffity of society. We shall, thirdly, treat of associations and Wuvres sug gested by benevolence, and administered by charity, des tined to form, to improve, and to reclaim, no less than to assist and console the neglected and suffering classes. The author is evidently thoroughly familiar with the French tongue in all its varieties of correct and in correct phraseology, and gives many amusing ex tracts from conversations in the market-place or byeway full of the national wit and sprightliness. His chapter on the streets of Paris is one of the most entertaining in the volumes. In it he gives us a history of the destiny and adventures of the old clothes, which are so largely bought in Paris and other cities. Old military and naval uniforms, we are told, are sure of a market in South America and the Gulf of Mexico. Those warlike races who, as the author quaintly observes, are richer in glory than in tailors, being glad to purchase their um forms ready made. Old headgear is despatched to St. Domingo, the blacks being very ambitious of the honour of possessing a European hat, especially if it be white, from the old adage of extremes meet, we presume. Shoes and boots are forwarded to California. Old French gloves, cleaned and scented, are packed off to Jamaica and the Philippines in extraordinary numbers, if our author's statistics be correct. He says :—" Will it be believed that 6,000,000 pairs are annually shipped for these fa - cile customers ?" With regard to the, oetroi duties he gives some amus'ng anecdotes : It is not very long since, a clever attempt was detected by the vigilance of the officers of the octroi. A respectable-looking carriage, drawn by a pair of horses, used to go out at the Barriere de Fontainebleau every afternoon, containing one or two persons, and with a livery servant standing behind , after a drive of a couple of hours, the vehicle would return, about dusk, apparently in statu quo. The door was opened as usual, the question was asked in due form, and the party pur sued their way unmolested. This went on for some time ; at length, the perfect immobility of the footman, one day, struck the searcher; he resolved to observe more closely, and the next ay accordingly, after he had shut the eaniage door, he called our to the coachman, whose wont it was to whip up his horses, and drive off at a rapid pace :—Halte la cocher" ; then, turning to the ser vant, he addressed him with :—" Et vous, mon brave, n'auriez vous, par hazard, rien a declarer ?" No answer was returned, and not a whisker moved, when the officer thought it time to come to a closer personal acquaintance with this supercilious and dignified official. His astonish ment may be conceived when the supposed valet was dis mounted, and proved to be a tin case, painted and dressed, and containing several dozen bottles of choice wino I I But, more curious stratagems than these have been at tempted, and have succeeded too. The cab and omnibus system of our continental neigh bours, which has been so highly spoken of, appears to possess its drawbacks. The traveller complains of the distance of the stationsand the inconvenience and delay arising from the omnibus system. Of the improvements recently . made in Paris by the demo litions and alterations in some of the rookeries, the author speaks warmly. "Of course," he remarks, in speaking of the improvements in the Faubourg St. Marceau, " the classes who now swarm here must lodge somewhere, and will doubtless create new "Fosses aux-Lions" and " Champs des Alou ettes," yet it will be a vast improvements. At all events the fresh air with which these hamlets, hors barriers, are surrounded, must be preferable to the atmosphere of close and narrow streets, whose in habitants, densely packed in houses sometimes reaching eight or nine stories, are impervious to ventilation." The author, who is evidently a man of sincere piety and benevolence, and deeply inte rested in the welfare of the poor, speaks most en thusiastically of the effort of the priests and chari table societies, the members of the society of St. Vincent de Paul, and the " Soeurs de la Choate." While joining him heartily in his admiration of these noble and self-denying efforts, we cannot but regret that he loses no opportunity of disparaging similar efforts in his own country. He is continu ally holding up some instance of Catholic charity (of which there are many), and placing by its side some fragment of a police report, Or Registrar's re turn in London, on the misery of the poor. He appears to forget one point that shows that the maligned Londoners are not totally indifferent, as he would have us suppose, to the sufferings around them—the charities of London are all dependant upon voluntary support, while those of Paris are supported by the State. We should imagine the noble edifices which meet us in the metropolis, bearing the words, " supported by voluntary con tributions," and the numerous ragged schools, and similar institutions for the training of the young, would prove, to the most prejudiced, that the wealthy classes of England are not all insensible to the wants of their fellow creatures. We are far from disparaging the merits of similar institutions in Paris. Doubtless the devotion of time and labour among the " Soeurs de la Char its " is such as no money can equal; but we are objecting to the tone of the writer, who seems to think there can be no such thing as self-devotion and unobtrusive charity on this side of the Channel. We are quite ready tojoin him in demurring to the wholesale asser tions of French superficiality and heartlessness, and had he been equally laudatory, andleft his own coun trymen alone, we should have been satisfied, but when we find that in charity, in religion, in laws, in re formatories, in prisons and workhouses, in juvenile offenders, in gamins and street boys, in murder and infanticide, in every benevolent institution, such dark comparisons are drawn, we begin to question whether the sympathies of creed have not fairly over-balanced the sympathies of country and con siderably biassed the reader's judgment. What is admirable humility and Christian charity in the Archbishop of Paris is only worthy of a sneer in the Bishop of London. We quote the following passages from the same page—we cannot ourselves see the extraordinary discrepancy of the acts. Car dinal Moratt, the benevolent prelate of Paris, has been visiting a poor woman whose case had been represented to him as one of extreme distress:— Up five pair of stairs, and those by no means of the cleanest description, did the Cardinal ascend into the low arid narrow garret of this poor widow, where he adminis tered all the consolation in his power, and left her pene trated with his affability and condescension. But this was not all ; the house was occupied by characters of the worst description. So overcome were they, however, with the go Aness of the Archbishop, that every man, woman, and child came out of their nooks and dens, and, kneeling be fore him, begged his blessing as he passed. " On Sunday, Bishop Tait opened a room for public wor ship in one of the vilest parts of London. There is no pul pit ; and to see the Bishop of London standing on the floor" (not on the ceiling), " and inviting the poor degradeed in habitants" (we thought the successors of the apostles were sent to call sinners to repentance) "of the neighbourhood to take their places as worshippers in an apartment like the upper-chamber at Jerusalem, is so unlike all that we have been accustomed to expect from the lordly prelates of the Establishment, that we wonder whereto these things tend. His lordship is dealing a more deadly blow at Tractarianism in his diocese, by such pious, sensible, and simple work as this" (can his object be only spite after all ?) "than any evoking of legal authority, verdicts in the law courts, re bukes, suspensions, or dismissals could possibly do."—Court Journal. We are inclined to ask ourselves if' this be not a roguish hit at the Establishment. If not—" Save me from my friends." _ _ _ Considering, however, that the author evidently looks upon Protestants and Atheists as much the same, we must not be surprised at his expressions. In speaking of the anniversary of the " Jour des Morts," he says, naively, " There are—and that for obvious reasons—more especially in Protestant countries, a vast number of persons who cannot en dure any sight or sound, any thought or word, which in any way reminds them of the close of life." We were not aware that Protestant coun tries possessed such an unenviable monopoly of that dread of death which is common enough in all parts of the world, but which is not often carried to an extent which reminds us of the Austrian minister (who by the way was not a Protestant), who had such a dislike to the word death, that his secretary wishing to inform him of the king's decease had to return a state paper which wanted filling up with the words, " His Majesty signs no more documents." We are inclined to dispute the right of a Catholic to inform us that " We fear it must be allowed that while the Protestants know what is right it is the Catholics who practise it," but we willingly turn to the less controversial parts of the volumes, only re marking that we marvel that one so well ac quainted with the sufferings of the poor should find anything to regret in the position of the labouring classes in France before the revolution. There are some amusing anecdotes of the yanzins. The " gardiens" of the Luxembourg are of course sworn foes of the gamin, and are subject to all the pranks which " gaminerie" can invent. One day last summer a party of gamins were disporting themselves by rolling about among the dead leaves in the broad walks. They were in the midst of their frolics when they were espied, by the gardien, who approached the spot with rapid steps, and raising, in a menacing manner, the stick with the help of which he was walking, exclaimed, " Aliens donc, petits demons I" but before he could proceed with his threat the swarm had dispersed like so many flies disturbed on a lump of sugar, except one who stood with folded arms to brave the enemy. " Ah I c'est bien," exclaimed the "gardien," glad to' have some one on whom to concentrate his ire ; " c'est toi qui vas payer pour les autres. Viens la que je to rosse, comme to le merites," said he, seizing him by the arm, and raising the aforesaid weapon ; but there it remained, for the little imp, who know his points of law, never budged an inch, taking his adversary completely aback by his imper turbable sang froid. "Non, monsieur, vous ne me rosserez pas du tout; vous alley meme me lacher sur le champ," answered he, as he made a Budder jerk on one side and released himself ; " d'abord it n'y a pas d'artiele qui defend de jouer avec lee feuilles mortes ; et quant a votro baton," added he, 'with a sneer, " ou prenez vous que vous avez le droit d'en rosser qui que cc soit ?" Then turning to the man, who stood knocked a-heaps, he said, with authority, " Montrez moi votre consign." However, we may forgive the gamin the follies of his youth when we reflect on what he sometimes subsequently becomes. If he sows wild oats, he not unfrequently reaps a harvest of glory and world-wide fame. In what country in the world shall we find a regiment like the Zouaves ? And most of these brave and dauntless fellows began life as gamins. We must all remember the gallant Eugene Libaut, a sub-officer of this fearless corps, who was the first who planted the French flag upon the heights of Sqbastopol. His general knew well the stuff of which he was made ; he simply put into his hands'the standard of France with the words : " C'est le drapeau signal—partez 1" Libaut was the first to dart from the trenches, leading after him the whole column. Though struck on the head by a heavy stone as he reached the ditch, this intrepid young fellow did not even stay his progress , he continued to scale the heights amidst a hail of projectiles of all de scriptions, and soon the standard of the first division was seen floating from the Malakoff Tower, forming a rallying point round which the French soldiers grouped themselves and maintained their position stoutly. The author has not resided for six months in Paris without learning to be discreet on political matters. He gives, however, one amusing anecdote, " Another extract from the Gazette des Tribunaux, records the punishment of Le Simi. Dassaud, a. political convict, pardoned and residing at Chateldon, who is condemned to six months' imprisonment and 500 francs damages, for publicly speaking against the Emperor. " Louis Philippe's policy in such cases was, to make a snatch at popularity, by pardoning—with a show of mag nanimity—those condemned to punishment for offences against his person. "Of Louis XVIII. it is said, that on an occasion on which he received an affront, he sagaciously reprimanded a police officer for arresting a man who, in the crowd per mitted to approach the monarch in his Royal Gardens at Versailles, was heard to 'mutter, as the King passed, 'va gros cochon.' " Imbecile,' said his Majesty, with true Bourbon finesse, qui t'a donne le droit de penser, que de telles paroles pouvaient s'adresser a moi " It might be better if such observations were oftener listened to only with a deaf ear. Not long after the acces sion of the Emperor, a man was brought before the Court for singing out Vive la Republique.' " ' Why,' said the magistrate, ' what an incorrigible rascal you are ; it was only the other day you were here before.' " C'est vrai, Monsieur le President,' replied he, cette fois la c'etait pour avoir crie "d bas, la Republique."' " It was not the prisoner in this case who looked the more foolish of the two." The account of the various charities and associa tions of Paris, is of value and interest. The writer however, tells us nothing about the upper or middle classes, where by-the-bye he might have made com panions more favourable to English domestic mo rality, but the phases of life which he has chosen to show us are undoubtedly " realities," and as such well meriting attention. The work shows care and labour; an earnest feeling for his subject, and a thorough acquaintance with it. • The Story of Italy. By the author of " Mary Powell," &c. Bentley. Those who are admirers of this brilliant authoress will be pleased to meet with this work, in which she has expressed herself with her accustomed felicity, and where she has relinquished the ficti tious tale for the chronicles of some of those shining lights of their country whose names adorn her annals, and whom an admiring posterity is proud to reckon as her glorious and gifted sons. Few lands can equal Italy in the possession, of a bright band who swell the ranks of renown, and point out to the contemplation of the philosopher, the regret of the lover of progress, and the wonder of the criticising historian, that, however fallen is now the position of the land, it has shone pre-eminent and distinguished in the days'of old for many a name that has since been resounded by the trumpet of fame, and the echoes of whose praises shall yet reverberate "down the ringing grooves of change' to many a distant generation. There is much to at tract and interest in this book. It is very satis factory to meet thus with an epitome of the re markable men of their age. It recals events to the mind that may have partially forgotten them, and suggests reflections to those who study the relative connection of divers circumstances. Perhaps the most noticeable of the sketches here met with, are those of Rienzi and of Francesco da Carrara. He has been described as a prince with whose merits and misfortunes all Italy rung from her mountains to the sea; and the aczount here given is a most favourable one. It is very sad to find that his re storation to power and prosperity was but transient, and too soon succeeded by darker clouds of ominous forebodings, until at last a violent death termi nated a life that had shone so brilliantly, and been adorned with dating deeds of emprise. At the present juncture it is very appropriate and truly acceptable to meet with this little volume; and when Italy is the war-cry of progress, and the beacon for military ardour, it is well to note in how many ways her sons h ave distinguished themselves in the pages of history. Altogether, this work may be called a success in its peculiar line, and does ample justice to the reputation of its writer. The Two Homes. By William Mathews, author of " The Heir of Vallis." Three vols. Smith and Elder. This is an interesting and well-written tale. It has a variety of characters, some of them original, and forcibly drawn. The incidents are numerous, but none of them over step the bounds of proba bility. The chief part of the story is laid in the years 1846-7, and relate to the great monetary crisis that then paralysed the energies of the com mercial world. The moral of the book appears to be a very valuable one—that honour and integrity are as possible in mercantile dealings as in any more ambitious profession, and that it is a short• sighted error to suppose that merchants and men of business must be necessarily sordid and grasping. Edward Graham, the hero of the book, is of an en thusiastic and excitable nature, possessing, never theless, a stern sense of right, and strength of pur pose to carry out his good intentions. He is the only son of a merchant, and his father, who has little sympathy with him, is anxious for him to assist him in his business, though a provision made by his grandfather leaves Edward independent. He reluctantly agrees, for ill-health has made him headstrong and captious, and he regards trade with disdain. The great point of the story is that Mr. Graham, encouraged by the brother of his wife, a fashionable lady, Edward's stepmother, invests some money with which he has been entrusted by a gentleman in India, in the railway speculations which were the ruin of so many in that year. Edward becom ing acquainted with this, strongly objects, as he knows their correspondent intended that his money should be invested in the funds, and not in a wild speculation. A serious quarrel with his father is the result, and after a severe illness he goes to Madeira to recruit his health. There he meets Mr. Ryland, the Anglo-Indian, who is otherwise mixed up with the story. He has become aware of the deceit practised upon him, and is further en lightened by Edward's candid disclosures. They are all aware of the perilous state of things in Eng land, and at length Edward persuades Mr. Ryland to allow his father time for repayment, and he will invest his fortune in the fi rm , hoping by persona superintendence and careful retrenchment , to sur mount its difficulties. M r . Ryland agrees, and thus matters are arranged, after much perplexity trouble. There are two love • and heroines—both the daughters of Mr. One rs.tories, Ryland.an d two a fair gentle English girl, and the other the daughter of an Indian mother, wild and impas sioned with all the striking characteristics of her race. They are skilfully contrasted, but Minnie, the English girl, is far more attractive than her weird•like sister. The interest is well kept up, and the story is clearly and sensibly written. Not withstanding the somewhat complicated plot the events are not extravagant, and the general tone of the work proves the author's sympathy with un flinching integrity and rectitude:of feeling. JUDICIAL STATISTICS. One of the light blue-books, so distinguished from the ordinary issues by its colour as well as by its square form, contains the official report on Judicial Statistics for the year 1858, in two parts. Part I. refers to "Police," "Criminal Proceed ings," and " Prisons ;" Part 11., to " Common Law," " Equity," and " Civil and Canon Law." These are presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of her _Majesty; and the returns relating to police pursuant to the Act 19 and 20 Victoria, cap. 69. It must be understood that the reports refer ex clusively to England and Wales, and to the year 1858. We naturally commence, as the report does, with the branch of " Police." The total number (or, as the report says, "amount") of the police and constabulary was, last Michaelmas-day, 20,256, thus constituting, as it were, a little army in blue uniforms. 55 of these were chief constables of counties, 102 head constables of boroughs, 500 superintendents, 657 inspectors, 1,933 sergeants, 16,576 common constables, 291 special (additional) constables, and 138 detective officers—specimens of whose peculiar skill and almost miraculous powers of discernment are given by Mr. Dickens in his novel of " Bleak House." There are 5,804 borough and 7,549 county constables, 6,225 metropolitan police-constables, and 608 City of London constables, appointed under the local Act of 1839. There is an increase of 1,069 men, or 5.6 per cent., as com pared with 1857. The total cost of the police last year amounted to £1,447,019, of which £1,081,747 went for salaries and pay, £106,097 for clothing and accoutrements, and £108,896 for station-house charges, &c. The expenses of the police are chiefly defrayed from local funds, but a portion is contri buted (L 288,639) by her Majesty's Treasury. The census of 1851 showed that there were 125,470 males and 178,639 females of no regular vocation— vagabonds, in fact—including paupers, prisoners, vagrants, and persons " of no stated occupations and conditions." It must not be inferred that these 314,109 persons live by crime ; but they are un doubtedly not, as a class, a fountain of goodness. • The careful and continuous observations of the police, however, show that in September last the "criminal class," properly so called (taking in the prison population), included 160,346 persons—viz., 101,656 males and 58,689 females, of whom 134,922 (81,669 men and 53,253 women) were at large, the rest being within the walls of prisons and reforma tories. Thus only 1-sth part of the criminal class is incarcerated, from which it is inferred that offenders pass that proportion of their time in gaol—" a re sult which would prove great impunity in crime and a lengthened career." But there is little doubt that a constant change in this class is going on, that many are reformed, and that" fresh-blood" recruits the void thus opened in the ranks of the rogues. The youth of a large portion of the criminal class is one proof of its constant recruitment. The police returns of the classes under 16 years of age are 12,069 males (14.7 per cent.), and 6,738 females (13.6 per cent.) making a total of 18,107 of both sexes, or 13.9 per cent. On the other hand, it is fair to assume that a large number of liberated convicts are absorbed in honest employments, and that the prevention of crime is making satisfactory progress. Another class of facts is interasting. It appears that there are 25,120 "bad" houses, 3,122 of which are tenanted by " receivers," 7,096 are "cribs," or houses the resort of thieves and prostitutes (public houses, beer, and coffee-shops), 7,915 brothels and " houses of ill-fame," and 6,937 those common " tramps' lodging-houses" which the Registrar- General and the officers of health are daily denounc ing as hotbeds of typhus fever and other virulent contagious diseases. 57,868 crimes (properly so called) were committed in the year ended the 29th of September, 1858—the maximum in the quarter from October to December, and the minimum in that from July to September. For these crimes as many as 30,458 persons were apprehended, or politely told by the police that they " were wanted." A large amount of petty depredations, ho wever , i s no t rep resen t e d in the returns, and it is to be feared that these are never detected. 18,396 persons (60.4 per cent.) of those appre hended were proceeded against after arrest, by being sent for trial on commitment or bail. The further proceedings against them are recorded under the next head of " Criminal Proceedings." Besides the persons arrested for more serious offences, 404,034 were prosecuted summarily, and of these 260,290 were convicted and punished by justices of the peace, 143,744 having been liberated. Of the 260,290 convicted 65,263 were committed to gaol, 160,636 were fined, 50 were whipped, 10,360 held to bail, 3,781 "delivered over to army or navy, and 19,750 otherwise punished. The leniency of the great bulk of these punishments will show the light character of the offences generally, but several large classes of offences, far from venial, are in eluded, as for instance, stealing, and attempts to steal and commit felony, aggravated assaults, and. the possession of stolen goods. 51,861 persons (8,971 women) were convicted of drunkenness, the assaults following, as a natural consequence, in a. pretty direct ratio; 21,698 (out of 40,224 charged) were convicted of thefts, stealing, and attempts to steal, under the Acts of 1847 and 1855, and 18,630 under the Vagrant Act. There were 23,561 offences against the Police Acts, 16,709 cases of malicious damages, 13,087 against the Licensed Victuallers Acts, and 8,929 against the Game Acts. Of those charged with indictable offences, who form the most criminal class, 21.5 per cent. were known thieves 23.4 suspects (to use the French word), and 17.7 per cent. persons of previous good character. Pro ceedings were taken, by indictment and summarily, against 24,587 known thieves (40,032 returned " at large"), 24,636 prostitutes (28,760 at large), 54,149 suspects, and 21,473 vagrants. Against the large number of 260,200 summary convictions in 1858, only 60 appeals were lodged at the quarter sessions, 30 of which were quailed, and 68 in the superior courts. 19,846 inquests were held by coroners in 1858- 13,597 on males and 4,249 on females. These cases included 183 of niirder, 197 of manslaughter, 4 of_ justifiable homicide, 1,275 of suicide (always over 1,000 a year), 8,947 of accidental death, 2,611 " found dead," 227 of drunkenness, 188 of disease and neglect, 158 of want, cold, exposure, &c., and 5,792 deaths from causes not specified. The coroner complain that the police do not give due information of deaths. The murders and. suicides exhibit a pretty " constant quantity ;" the average of suicides in the last three years was about 1,300. The ages of the persons prove that 44.5 per cent. (or nearly one-half) were from infancy or se nilitT- least able to protect their lives. The 11.- _ - - Pe tentage was—infants, 27.8 per cent. ; children between 7 and 16 years, 8.4; adults, between I 6 and 60, 47.1 • and old and infirm persons, 16.7 per cent. The total cost of these inquests was £58,973, or an. average of nearly £3 for each inquest. Under the head of " Criminal Proceedings " (a, ne cessarily supplementary chapter to the foregoing one of "Police ) we find that 17,855 commitments were brought within the jurisdiction of criminal courts in 1858 ; the commitments have greatly fallen off of late years, but this is mainly owing to the altered forms of procedure under the Criminal Justice Act. The decrease of commitments is marked in Midllesex, Surrey, and Kent, and elsewhere. Lancashire is a remarkable exception to the rule, the commitments in that county not having dimi nished since the new jurisdiction conferred violent y ol t e h n e t Act of 1855. The statistics of 1853 exhibit generally a decr ease of the gravest crimes, both in offences again st person, and, in a very marked degree, in in in especiallyoffences against ineen d a property. rism are rapidly declining. el the g Offences of a political characte r are at present un• known to the criminal calendar, and may they long 1 5 cases of com m it ment for trial, 7,456 continue o f 17, 5 8 0 5 were tried by county courts of quarter sessions, 1,347 by the Middlesex sessions of the peace, 4,323 by the borough quarter sessions courts, 3,462 by circuit C aossuirz,t. 4 assize c i 33 detained as insane, and courts, persons were acqu itte d rt . s, and 1,267 by the Cen tral itt Criminal and d ischa rgeo, 1 _ 3,246 were convict e d . Of the se sen l , a it s ud last 53 10,834 to were sentenced to death, 2,130 to penal incar ceration, and 229 to be fined, whipped, &c. Of the 53 capital sentences 16 only were for murder, and 8 for attempts to murder, 14 for un natural crimes, 13 for burglary with violence, and 2 for robbery, with wounds. Only 11 par sons out of the 53 sentenced to the scaffold were executed, all for murder. All were mal.es, and four of them foreigners, making in the last three years 8 foreigners out of 41 per sons The foreigners executed, n r win nd i t e h dG i a o v f a r n a n c i n a noi C. s in a t t s i , and two Greek sailors. The abolition of transportation did not add, last year, to the numbers senter teed to the substituted punishment of " penal sere it u d e ;" on the contrary, these sentences decrease :d. The c ost of the prosecutions cannot for las t year be ascertained. The total cost of Governm .nt (crimi nal) prosecutions, in cases of public it res t, w as £10,089, and the cost of 558 for zoining was £7,729. , - KEW GARDENS.—The Royal ra ,lacy Pleasure Gardens and new Arboretum will close f o • : the veawon on or about the 30th inst. The Victoria Regi , a th re L o t u s, and an American Aloe, are now in &vilar i n th e )30taitical Gardens. tb° il. !oaf out erY Jost our Yr 0 or ,r* THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1859.