The Sun. — London, England, 1858-01-11 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET dITD COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. 'CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The advices received this morning from the manufacturing districts are rather more satisfactory. A t Manchester the easier state of the Money Market had caused a gradual return of confidence ; the im provement however is slow, buycr3 having mani fested great caution in their operations, and the slight advance in the value of the raw material pre vented any large speculative transactions being entered into. For long cloths, T cloths, and print ings there was a better inquiry, but holders demand fully former terms. Business at Birmingham has been languid, and in many establishments the men are only working three days a week. The fancy trades are particularly dull. The iron trade of South Staffordshire remains remarkably quiet, and few orders have been received either for home or foreign consumption. Both buyers and sel lers are waiting the result of the quarterly meeting of the ironmasters at Wolverhampton on Wednesday next. At Nottingham there have been a few buyers in the market from the Continent, and on the whole a fair business has been tran sacted, symptoms of improvement being visible in most departments. The hosiery trade, however, is depressed, there being few orders from the United States. The manufacturers, lic•wever, are in good spirits, as it is generally expected that be fore long there will be a good and healthy demand. In Leeds the markets for both wools and piece goods have exhibited a decided improvement. All classes are acting with more spirit, and trading con fidence has in a great measure been restored. A moderate quantity of goods have found purchasers at barely late prices. Trade at Halifax has exhi bited an improved aspect. The carpet manufac turers are better employed, and most of the mills are now working full time. There was a fair amount of heavy goods sold during the week, and in several instances improved prices were realised. At Bradford a moderate business has been done in both wools and piece -goods, and on the finer qua lities of combing wools an advance of lAd. per lb. has been established. In piece-goods there is a fair business doing, and the stocks generally in the bands of the manufacturers are very low. The hosiery trade at Leicester continues depressed. Worsted yarns are lower, but the transactions en tered into are limited. An expectation, however, prevails that, as the spring advances, business will be very brisk. r The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed flatly, and prices of most descriptions de clined. The sales were estimated at 4,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken on speculation and for export. The Railway Share Market exhibited a very active appearance, and quotations improved. Last week the receipts of specie were 647,3181. and the exports 35,7441. On Saturday about 20,000/. in gold was sent into the Bank of England. According to a statement just issued, it appears that last year the experts of gold and silver direct from London amounted to 28,477,5901. against 17,806,9401. in the previous year. Besides this 8,654,5001. was sent to France, by way of Folke stone and Dover, and 2,133,5801. and 1,398,8201. was dispatched from Mediterranean ports to India and China. The demand for money during the last two or three days has been quiet, and owing to the general impression that the Bank directors will speedily reduce the minimum to 5 per cent., the public limit their applications as much as possible. While the official rate is maintained at 6 the bill brokers will manage to mailioin their terms at 51 or 51, but as soon as 5 per cent. is established as the mini mum, a fraal . 6n below that point will be sub mitted to out of doors. As this change may be merely the question of a week or two, parties en gaged in business only obtain what they require at once, and hence the market presents a quiet ap pearance, with a tendency towards increased ease. The general allowance for deposits is now 4 and 4i per cent., so that if discount business can for the moment be obtained at an average of 5i per cent., there is a fair margin of profit, but there is reason to believe that both the bankers and the discount houses have an excessive supply, which mutt be partially unproductive. There is a very inactive market for public securi ties but this can excite no surprise after such an important settlement. The quotations are rather heavy and a decline of about per cent, has en sued, but upon the whole, the market exhibits great strength and no material reaction is anticipated in the face of increased ease in monetary affairs, and the continued influx of gold into the Bank vaults. Consols have been 94:, 1 95 for money, and 95 to 951 for account. The New Three per Cents. are 95 to 951, and the Reduced 944 95. Bank Stock is 220 to 222. Exchequer Bills are 13s. to 15s. prem., and the Bonds 994. Foreign Stocks are also very dull, and at rather lower quotations. Turkish 6 per Cents, are marked 98f to 99, and the 4 per Cents. 104 to 1044. Russian 5 per Cents, are 110 ; ditto Small 100 ; Sardinian 88 ; Spanish New Deferred 261 ; and the Passive 5 E 7 1 ; Dutch 4 per Cents, are 65. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks •—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 54 6; Mexican, 204 4 ; Peruvian it& per Cents., 79 80 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 54 56 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 434 444; Russian 5 per Cents., 108 110 ; Ditto, 4i per Cents., 98 100 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 f ; Ditto New Deferred, 25i 264 ; Ditto Certificates, —; Ditto Passive, —. Business in the Railway Share Market this morning has been active, and quotations have exhibited a buoyant appearance. Several of the leading lines showing an improvement of about to 4 per cent. Great Northern and South-Eastern improved ss. ; Caledonian, and Lancaster and Car lisle, 10s. to 15s ; and Great Western and Eastern Counties,l/. ; South-Western, Brighton, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Edinburgh and Glasgow declined ss. to 10s. In the Foreign and Colonial under takings prices have been steady. Eastern of France, Southern of France, and Lombardo Venetian, realised former quotations. Grand Trunk of Canada improved 10s., and East Indian declined ss. Mines, Banks, and Miscellaneous Shares are inactive. Ottoman Bank have improved ss. ; Union of Australia, 10s. ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam, ss. to 103. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Officsal _ %minces done. Kink Stock 8 per uciat. tt e d uce d Annuities 222 20 95 41 3 per Cent. Co nso l e A nnuities 94i 5 New 3 per Cent. A nnu iti es -- Ditto, under ICilo 1 p Cot solster A.ccount, Feb 4 ...... ... 954 Z O OO 5 Ex.the que7 Bills, Ge_d. ....... 1 21C0 14 15 13 p Small ..... 12 15 p .., . 15 p Exchequer Bonds, 18,58, 3i pe r Cent_ 94 PR ,CES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 -- Ditto 18b3, 3 per Cent 4li Russian Bonds, 1622, k, St., 5 per Cent llO Ditto Small Sardini an Bonds, 5 o. 100 B per Cent. Di tto A ccoun‘ 88 - u-sh Roads 3 per Cent. bitto— *Jew ""ue.ferred, 3 per Cent. Ditt. Passive Turkish Bond s ; . i.,;;;*.c.e.ii-t. -1 Ditto AA:count .. Ditto Guaranteed,-4. . Pe . ; .... ....... Ditto Account ......... ......... Dividend. on 1041 4 Payable in Dutch Exchange, 21 per c e tb've .. London. en.., 12 Guilders 65 Console, money ....... . TWO O'CLOC K. Consols for account ... ...... 94 } 5 ............ 95i UNION BANK Or AuSTRALIA, MEETING THIS DAy_ The half-yearly meeting of the Union tank of Australia has been held to-day, at which a favourable report wai presented. The net profit for the half-year Was 88,3381, 5 8. 11d., and a dividend cf 10 per cent. for the half-year was proposed. In consequence of the requirements of the numerous branches, and the extension cf the business in the colonies, it was agreed by the directors to call up the remainder of the third series of capital of 221. 10s. per share at jute rvals. The state of the colony way improving, and thr . ee new branches had been established at the gold fields, making altogethet 20 branches in Australia and New Zealand. The accounts stated the total amount of assets at 5,424,9531. Bs. 10d., of whioh 2 00,000/, was the reserve fund. After some discussi on th e report was adopted, and the resolution lot the additional capital agreed to. 10 20 5 20 60 100 100 18 20 100 100 RAILWAYS. Paid J RimwAYis, Closing Pr: c Saturday. timbg. Nuttng. Eost. Eastn. June.... . Belfast & Ballymena Birmng. Wolverh. 6 Stour Birkenhd. Lauesh, Cheshire Juliet Blackburn ••• Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon I Cork, Black. & Pass ;Cornwall . De. A Do. B Dublin&BelfastJunc. Dun. P. &Aber. June. East Anglian Eastern Counties EasternUnion,A. stk Do., do. IDo, New A East Ken:. St. 100 East Lancashire 20 all 'East Suffolk 10 all Do. St. 100 !Edinburgh& Glasgow :0 all iEdinb. andPeebles st. 100 iEdinb.Prth. &Dundee 0 all Forth and ClydeJunc. St. 100 , Glasgow St. 'lOO Glasgow &S. Western 10 all 'Great N. of Scotland St. 100 ;Great Northern St. 100 Do., A. Stock - St. 100 Do., B. Stock St. 100 , Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire) St. 100 ;GreatWestern. St. ;100 ;Do. Str.V.R. gua. St 12 all l'lrish South-Eastern. 5C ' all ;Lancaster &Carlisle. 161; 141 Do., Thirds 161 15 Do. New Thirds St. 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 16 ' 6 Do do. F £l6 ... 3 1 Do., Wst. Iticrng Un. 20 all Do. Southport. Eli all London & Blackwall St. 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. St. 100 London &N. Western 20 all Do. Fifths 10 I all D0.,161.5h.,31&8...0 12i l 5 Do. Eighths St. 100 London &S.Weatern ' i 5 all Lndndrry.&Coleraine 25 all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. St. 100 Manch.Shef.&Lincln. 10 11 Metropolitan 10 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's St. 100 St. 100 50 all 25 , all , 00 ! all 25 all 50 ! 9 20 all arrangement Midland ........ Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir. Do. Shares Newcastle dr Carlisle Newpt.A berg.dirlrfd Newry dr Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint & Re strovor Norfolk. ...... St. 100 50 : 31 St. 100 St. 100 Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. di Dock Stock Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N,Eastern—Berwiek Do. do. Extension Do do. G.N.E.Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North L0nd0n...,., : N. & S. Wstn., Hamp- stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western......., N. & S. Westrn. June, Oxford 'Worcester & Wolverhampton.. Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central 'Scot. N.E.Abrdu. St Shropshire Union !Sitingbourne &Sheer ?South Devon ISouth Eastern... iDo tit t i v Le l r es c. Shares South S. Yorksh. River Dun Do iStaines,Wok.,&Wok IStockton & Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 18q5 Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale.... I Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Hay. D. &R 'Vale of Neath NVaterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Coinwall West End of London , and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class Wmbledon &Croydon St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 25 all 25 16i St. 10) St 100 St. 1.00 10 31.1 SHARE MARKETS—(This Day). Business done this day. - 8 - 8. 69 -7: = 89 - 91 88? - 89 38 - - 40 11 - 13 . . .. -- 4 - 5 ••• .... . 81 - 19 601 - 61 ; 45 - 31 - 33 17 18 - 91 - 93 ••• ..... 63, ..• .•• 324 - 33, 91 - 93 91 - 10, 99 - 100 85 - 87 124 - 12( 99 - 100 58i - 59 58 - 62 78 - 83 8 -10 p 8 - 10 p 91i - 95 i - 1 6k - 108 - 11U65 98k - 93 ... - ... 971 - 981 • - ••• 402 - 41 93i - 91 : 65 - 67 13 - 14 62 - 64 3 - 3f 53 - 54 97# - 93 2d pai 53i 54 85 86 93 95 ... - ... 31, - 21 84 - 9i 32 33 9 6 d; 1105 - 107 25 - 26 47 - 49 31 - 21 34 - 36 71 - 73 8O 13 -- 16 7 -- 5 d 9 -- 11 36 -- 38 20 - 20 17 - 20 7 - 9 3 -3, 6 - 6j 20 20 10 St. 1 17i 1 all all 100 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Atian. and St. Law. 'Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 P.C. Do. Buffalo di Lake Hui Buff., Brut. di God eh G p.e.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 June, '74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.), Ceylon A shares Do. B. d 0........ all j Demerara . all ' all 100 100 2s6d los Eastern Bengal ' East Indian Do. C Shares D43.4i p.c.Bnds. '57 Do. do. do., 's9:do. Geelong do Melbourne guar. 5 per cent.... Gd. Trunk. of Canada, Do. 6 p. c. Deben, !Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pore IDo New. guar. 5 p.c Gt Wcstn. of Canada Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., '76, p . '6O 'Do. do., '73, do. Do. do., '73, without option 'Madras, guar. 41 p.c Do. do., 5 per c. I Do. 4i p. c. Exten ' Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c Do. 4th Ex., do 'Gude (Limited) Scinde, guar. 5 per c Do all all all all ... - ... i li - 2i sz Fd 185 90 83 87 80 85 ii -7-. iill - 111 - 112lp 11 - 2ip 20 21 5 3 55 85 87 22 22k 1 21i —2 1 6 a p 105 - 116 105 - 110 103 105 204 21i 224 par ;p 1p lip ii : fip FOR: Antwrp & Rotterdam! Ardennes Belgian East. Junct Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux& Toulouse, Coal Mines and Ry Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France I Do. New Euphrates Valley Gt. Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca dr Pi st. sp. c. p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran Maria Antenla Do. New Namur & Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref, Northern of France., NorwegianTruk. Prel Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Reeifo 4 San Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7 P. c. Roma and Frascsti , Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sal - o)re and Meuse Do. 5i per cent. pref Southern of France West Flanders Do. 5i per c. Prif W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria West, of Switzerland Wiest aden Do. S 13. cent. prsf. Zealand ......... 6i - 7 ... ..... elle lf - I. 4-41 2381 . ••• ••• ••• 71 - 8 6 - 61p1 29 - 30 - 204 - 21 39 - 39 35i 1 56 - 58 1 - 1?,p1 16 - 18 4 - 84 - 8i 8 -8; 23 - 23; 4 - 8 - 91 - 28; ••.• ... •• • JOINT-STOCK BANKS. [Australasia Bank of Egypt }Bank of London Bri. Col. Bk.d: Ln. Co 'British N. American 'C.Bk. of Ind. Au. &Cli City Colonial ( Commercial of Lond i I Eng.Scot.&Aus.thit :Lon. Ch. Bk.ofAsst Ditto New London and Connty Lud .&E.Bnkng.Corpl London Joint Stock. LonlandWestminst. National Pro. of Eug. Do. New National Bank (New South Wales Oriental Bank Corp Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland' Do. NOW R.Aus. B. &G. Im.Co South Australia Union of Australia Do. New [Union of London., Unity Mutual Wintrußk of Lond 86 89 3 —21 d 48 62 - ...a 60 - 62 ". -- 18i -- 19 18 -- 184 46 - 48 31 - 33 18i - 19 es, .r A = 36 50 - 51 ... ..... ... II•• .". amid U. = .„d St. St. St. 50 20 all all all all all all 1100 100 100 all all 92 90 89 :1. 8i 39 i 608 2i li 47 32 991 86 124 5i 581 60 80 1 941 i 1081 i 99 8i 98 71 403 1 94 i 31 53 1 I i 981 8 i 544 4 95 IA f 107 6 741 4 x a I l ' ii .0 all O all 100 It. 100 It. 100 100 7 3i >t. 100 7 Bi, O 13 .2l 9 5 10 0 all It. 100 ;t. flOO A. l lOO 8i all ;t. 100 ;t. 100 ;t. 100 '.5 all .0 all 0.6, all ;t. 100 ;t. 100 It. 100 ;t. 100 it. 100 0 all 5 all 'we :0 14 .. 20 5 4i [0 9 FOREIGN ' Australian Bon Accord Cop. (ii.) Brazilian I mp.(issued at £5 pm) Do. Cocaes di Cuiada Do. St. John Del Roy Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper Copiapo un Mountain Cop per Mining Co Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian IMariquita New Granada INovean Monde Pont.Sil.Lol.&Smit Port Philip Santiago de Cuba United Mexican MISCELLANEOUS. 11 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) 5 19 Australian Agricult. .0 all Australn. Royal Mail .0 all Berlin Water Works 0 2 IDo. New iss. at Si. d 40 !Brit. American Land 32* Canada 100 iDo.Go.6pc.Jan&July all Copper Min. of Eng. all Do. Pref. 7* p. cent. all iCrystal Palace,,, all IDO. Preference all Crystal Pal. of Francel all Eastern 5team...... .. 100 Electric Telegraph ... all l Electric Tel. of Irel. all lEn. drAust.Cop.SmCo 10s.lEur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. all lEur. &Am. Stm.(lim.) 4,11 Gen. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.) 14 ;Gen. Steam Navigat. 5 ,London Discount all ; Loud. Gen. Omnibus 10 ;Magdalena St. Navig. [6 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. .0 all Do: Extension Teleg. .0 all Mexican& &Amnion 3 5 INat. Discount Co .0 6 Netherlands Land 0 all Do. Do. 5 all Do.B p.c.Pf. iss. at l(1 5 2 Do. Do. 80 l`Tew B. &N. S. Land 100 N. S. W. Gov. sp.c. D. all N. B. Australasian all Nrth.ofEuropeSteam all Oriental Gas 108. o New Shares all Peelßr. Ld. & Minrl all Peninsular 4 Oriental 10 Do. New all hymney Iron 60 :loyal Mail Steam all ieot. Austral. Invest 100 S. Au% Gov. 6 p.e.bds all South Austral. Land , all submarine Tel. Scrip; all Do. Registered 5 Trus. Ln. Co. Up. Can 28& Van_Dtemeleti Land, 50 50 50 103 •.. --- ... 25 - 26 4 - -- ••• ...... ... 35 - 40 lo9i 27 - 32' 23 - 25 11 - 18 41 - 44 4.1 - 5i 1 04 - 108 ••• -• ... li - li - 61 = 4 1 d 3 1 Si i it 3 -- 3 i 1— i d 17 20 93 95 i i 1 -- 1i P i iR b2i 2 73 -- 75 5i -- 20 --22 p 51 -- 56 lj lj 31 - 36 i - 1 i - 1 ••• ••• 10 110 9a 101 111 i 16i 204 53i 4i 3 86 22} 21k 13 si I iii" 1 10s 7i . 15 27 10 all 0 15 1 4 Hall 2 I all M all 3 all 5 1 1 all 1 all 1. all !O all 5 1 10 16i Si all 51 17 181 22 LINES LE&SEI) AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAYS. Leasing Companies.) Cloging Prices Saturday Mr.( Paid) Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Je. Col.Stour Vy. E.Lin. g. 6 p.c E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & ' Neils. Direct. Do. New Glstr.&Dn.Fr 1 Hull & Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares Lon. &Greenw o.Preference Lon. Til., &S. Do. Bark. Sh. Manch.Bxton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. N.&Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per ct Do.Fixedsp.c Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystn. & Hit. Shrews.& Her 'S. Staffordsh WearVal.g6pc Do Wilts drSomrst ILn. &N. W. -Calodon E.U.dtE.O Gt. Northn E. Count. Caldonian. Gt.Westn. Y. & N.M Do Oo r. Eastern o Peto &Co Do Lu. &N. W. & Midld. Midland... E. Count Do Do Do L. di N . W Do Gt. Northn T. Brawny M. MClean Stk. &Dar Do Gt.Westn 92 - 94 94 - 96 12 - 14 132 - 136 33 - 4 ••• -- ••• 106 - 107 12 - 13 23 - 24 93 - 100 i - P - 92 2 i - A --- 55 - • .• - 431 - 135 9 - 9i 311 - 84 - 3241 86 1 PREFEREM Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 50/.) Bris.&Ex.4 p. c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares. Caledn. £lO p. c. Ches. di Ho. 51 p. c. Do. do. 5 per cent... Cork&Bandons)jp.c. Dun.Perth.&Aber.J. E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 ...... Do. New 6 pr. c. St, East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 0 per cent, Do. 101. Debentr.Sh, Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash.6 p.cts E.&W. York. J. sths Ediu. & sp. c. Sh. Ed.Prth.&Duu.4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Groat Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 Red. at 5 p. c. prem. Gt.N.ofScot.lst Gt. S di W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. PreE St. Gt.W.(B.&ll.Ex.spc Do. con. red. 44 p. c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per ►ent. Do 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh.. Do. Chester Bp. c . P. S. Do. do. 5 p. c. d 0.... Do. Birm. Glut. Stk. Do. Chosh. Gua. Sh. Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan.& York. 6pc.St. Lon. &B. G. g pc. No.l Do. , P., 5 p. c.St.No. 2 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., N 0.4 Lon. & N.W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 r. Lon. & S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares ... Londy.& Color. ASh. Londy.&Ennis, Sh. S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. o. do. do. £6 Do. do. 31 per cont. Marypt. fi Carl. 4 P.C. Do. 41 per cent Do. dO. Hid. Como]. 6 p.c. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. dal„ Pref. St. New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et. Norf Ir. Deb. 4 p. c. Sh. Do. 5 p. c. pct. 1846 Do. 54 p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. '.,1847 North British Do. 71. Preference N.E. Berw. 4p. c.Prf Do. do. do I Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 'Do. do. Qrs., 1848_ Do. York H. &S. Pur. North Staffordshire., Ox„ Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar._ ,Do. do. Debeutr. St. 'Scot. Ceut.New Pref., iSc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. Do, do. 7 p.c. pf, St. Do, do.:3i p.c. pf. St, South Devon Do. fixed 4i pr cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4{ per cent Do. Fried 4i p.c. Sh. Do. New 4i pr. cent . Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4} p. c '.Yorksh.4 p.c. Guar Stock. &Dar., sp. c Do. do. do. Waterfa&Kilk. 6 pc. :[Alfred Cons. (Philk.) British Iron Condurow (Cambrn.) De's% Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) East Basset (Illogan) Great South Tolgus G rt. W. Alfrd. (Philk.) 'Grt.W. Vor (Helstn.) Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N. W. Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co. S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S. Cara Brea (Illog,n.) S.W. Frances(lllogn. ) Tani. S. & L. Min. Co Tin Croft Un.Mines (Gwennap) V. of Towey (Camar. W. Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskrd.) Wh. Basset (Illogan). Wh. Buller (Rdruth). Wh. Edward (Calstck) Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 'Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) Wh. Trelawney (Lis. ), 6 . 1- - gi 56 -7- ii 6 - ki 105 -- 110 110 -- 114 106 -- 109 104 -- 107 124 -- 127 iii : in 115 - 118 107 - 110 100 - 102 62 - E 4 10 - 104 fee 5i -- 9 0 -- 92 83 -- 85 83 -- 85 97 -- 99 91 -- 9i 15i -16 i 69 --71 # 18 -- 19 9 -- 13i -- 141 135 - 140 115 - 118 1155 - 160 115 - 120 64 - f 8 132 - 134 97 - 99 87 - 89 11 ::: riA - 105 96 —91 i i— i d - it - 23 - 120 - 105 105 - 110 71 - 73 10 - 101 23: -23 A 95 - 98 94 - 98 - 28 -- 55 BRITISH MINES. 12i -13 i 1 5 -- 7 80 -- 90 420 -- 440 95 -- 100 14 -- 15 4 -- 5 -- 1 11i -- 12. 13 -- 15 4 -- 5 16 -- 18 4 -- 5 340 - 350 4 - 5 220 - 230 if - 11 3 - 4 24 1 1 1 6 100 0i 145 - 155 260 280 71 " 12 - 14 44 - 46 26 - 28 E SHARES. MINES. 4 4 d :: i i ii li 21 124 - 134 43 - 45 12 - 13 id P id 16 17 8} -- 9 id 4 4A - ..• - ••• 2 - 2A 411 Business this day 25 I all St. !100 it. 100 0 60 1.0 all !O 18 ;t. !100 116 17 119 18 104 i LAW INTELLIGENOL—(This Day.) lIILA.RY TERM. To-day being the first day of Hilary Term, the learnel Judges, Queen's counsel, ani leading members of the bar, attended the Lord Charcellcr's levee at his lordship's residence in Upper Brook-street. Mr. Ser geant Byles, the newly-appointed Judge of the Common Pleas, in the room of Mr. Justice Cresswell, appointed to the New Court of Probate, was present, and received the congratulations of his friends on his elevation to the Bench. The learned gentlemas appointment has given general satisfaction to the msmbers of the bar, as well as every one connected officially with the Court of Common Pleas. Two features of unusual interest arise in connection with the proceedings of the present term. The first is that of the opening of the new Court of Probate, and the .Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Court. The working of the latter will, no doubt, create mush interest and attention, and be watched with great anxiety. These Courts, presided over by Mr. Justice Cresawell, will hold their sittings in the Lords Justices' Court, Westminster Hall, and will be open to the public the same as the other courts. The final arrangements for their coming into active operation this day have been completed, but it is not expected that any causes can be proceeded with for a few days, in order that the necessary notices and forms may be complied with, required by the rules of practice adopted for the guid ance of suitors. The Bishop of Oxford still continues his opposition to the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Court. From an official letter addressed to the surro gates of the Consistory Courtever the Bishop of Oxford's diocese, his lordship propoEeo to set the authority of the Court over the civil law of divorce, by directing that they do not grant a license for marriage to any person who has obtained a decree for a dissolution of marriage under the provisions of the act, if the hus band or wife (as the case may be) of such divorced person be still alive. The other feature of interest in connection with the term is the trial of the Royal British Bank Directors, at Guildhall, the first day of the after term sittings. A proceeding that has engrossed public attention for a considerable period and a natural anxiety manifests itself in many quarters whether the law really will be able to meet this case, or the trials after all turn out a delusion. At the termination of the Lord Chancellor's levee, the learned judges proceeded in state to Westminster, and commenced the business of the term by swearing in the new judge. A large number of persons, considering the state of the weather, had assembled to witness the interesting ceremony. CITY SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.) SENDING ANONYMOUS LETTERS TO HIS HONOUR. On taking his seat upon the bench, his Honour said that he had lately received a great many anonymous letters from a person who had been committed to prison from this court upon a judgment summons. These letters were most abusive, and accused his Honour of sending the " innocent to prison," and letting the "guilty go free." One of the letters received this (Mon day) morning was written upon the back of a blank form from the office of the Treasury of Customs, and from that his Honour drew his own conclusions. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. CAPTAIN ACKERLET AGAIN. —John May, 17, was placed at the bar, Wore Mr. Beadon, charged with picking the pocket of Captain Ackerley. Charles Cole, 317 A, a det ec ti ve o ffi cer, sa id on Saturday night he was standing at the corner of Princes-street, Leicester-square, when he saw the prisoner following the captain, and put his hand into his pocket and draw out about six inches of a white pocket handkerchief. Prisoner then turned round, and seeing he was noticed, put the handkerchief back into the pocket. He then took hint into custody. The prisoner was well known, and had been before convicted. Police-constable Gordon said he knew hint to be a thief. Cap►tain Ackerley said he wished to ask the magis trate whether the officer had any right to take the boy into custody. He was in plain clothes ? Mr. Beadon—Yes. He does duty in plain clothes. Capt. Ackerley (in a stentorian tone of voice) said he was certain the boy did not intend to pick his pocket. It was an impossibility. His pockets were deep ones, and very low. The officer had no authority for taking the boy. He did not show his staff, which he ought to have done, and was liable to 51. for not doing so, by the 10th Geo. INT. Would the magistrate ask the boy whether he had a stepfather, a sister, and a brother I Mr. Beadon said he would de so, and the prisoner, in answer to Mr. Beadon'g questions, said he had. Captain Ackerley said the officer called himself a de tective. The act 10 Geo. IV. said the officer should show his staff. He had not done so. The officer struck the boy. He did not know that he was in the commis sion of the peace as well as the magistrate. When he told the inspector of the officer's conduct he took no notice. If the boy brought an action against the officer he would support him. Those things should be laid before the legislature. He thought prevention better than cure. If his worship thought proper to commit the boy, he might. The constable bad taken the boy to elevate himself. The constable struck the boy which he had no right to do. He had no doubt if he had a staff he had a right to do so, bat not without. These things should be laid before the Government. The boy should be admonished and not punished. The captain here went on in such an excited manner that Mr. Leadley, the clerk, was compelled to request him to desist, but the captain replied that he would only talk to the magistrate. Mr. Beadon asked the officer whether he had struck the boy, as he had no right to do so ? The ( fficer (Cole) said he certainly had given the boy a slight knock because he called him a liar. The captain here a.ain went on in such an excited manner that Mr. Bead b on told him he certainly must be quiet. _ Mr. Beadon said he should commit the prisoner for one mouth, cautioning the constable not to strike anybody again. ALLICGETI CRUELTY THAMES ON BOARD A DUTCH Mr. Ch ar l es Moerchin, a foreigner, of the Circus, !fglinocries, who h as f requently acte d as a n interpreter in this court, applied to Mr. Selfe to take his declara tion of the oath of fidelity of a translation of depositions under the following circumstances:— A few day s s i nce a German name d B orman came before Mr. Yardley and said that his son Henry Borman had been treated with great cruelty on board a Dutch ship, saili ng under the Dutch flag between London and the West I ndies, and that death was the result of such treatment. Mr. Y ar dl ey at once s t o pped the applicant, ' and said h e h ad no jurisdic ion over offences committed on board foreign ships on the high seas. The father afterwards waited o n th e inspec t or of police at the H division station-house, and they referred him to the Dutch consul, who immediately directed an inquiry, and Dr. M oerchin took down the statements of the crew, who stated that Captain Wilphoorsb, the master of the ship Johanna Jacob, bad beaten and kicked the boy repeat e dl y while he had ' D u t c h wooden shoes on, and was guilty of other acts of cruelty. The boy died on the voyage, and his death was believed to have been cause] by the ill usage. The voyage was from London to Nioara, in the West Indies and back to London. Dr. Moerchin said he had 'made a translation of the Dutch mariners' depositions into English, and he wished to declare the translation was a correct one. Mr. Selfe asked the object of making the proposed declaration. Dr. Maerchin said, for the. satisfaction of the Dutch Consul, who intended to take further proceedings in the matter directly he was assured the depositions were correctly translated. Mr. Selfe said th e o bj ect of the Dutch Consul was highly praiseworthy, but he (Mr. Selfe) would not sign the papers before him or take the declaration of the foreigners. There was no law to justify him in doing so. He would only take declarations in certain cases pointed out by the law. H e was therefore under the necessity of refusing the application. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-INN-ROAD .—The number of patients relieved at this hospital during the week ending the 9th of January is 2,584, of which 598 were new cases. •• GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL KINGIII-OROSEL—Num -1,234. Tot a l f rom the let of January, e l n B d s i 7, g to ber of registered attendances of patients for the week date, 70,659._ ending this THE ELECTION FOR THE BOROUGH OP REIGATIL—Ten gentlemen have already appeared, or stated their inten tion to do so—viz., the Hon. John Monson, son of LoPork; M r . W. A. Wilki nson, x.t d p .el Sir Henry Rawlinso n , Lambeth a director of the East India ComPany who was brought forward during the last election ; Mr. Russell Gurney, e Monson, [o of Gat t ; o nc:olan Q C., Recorder of the City of London ; Mr. Ralph Walters, a director of the Eastern Counties Railway; Mr. Edwin Chadwick, late one of the Poor-law Com missioners ; Mr. Campbell, Mr. C ar li ng , an d M r . Frederick Doulton , of Dulwich ; and Colonel Parratt. It is stated by some who profess to have a knowledge on the matter that one or two other candidates may also appear. EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION IN S OUTH AUSTRALIA.— The most destructive fire that has ever taken place in South Australia occurred on the 9th o f N ovem b er at i Port Adelaide. It broke out n the shop of Mr. Soarfe, ironmonger, North Parade, about 8 o'clock, and speedily spread till the entire block of shops and houses, wooden and brick, extending from Blackley's Port Hotel to 'Corner's the st chemi, and backw ar d as far as Nile-street, was consumed. The buildings destroyed comprise three hotels, 12 shops (drapers, ironmongers, and general dealer.), one bank (branch of the Union), 16 cottages, two stables, and various outbuildings. The total loss is estimated by the South Australian Register at 100,0001., and by the Adelaide Zmes at 250,000/.—the greater portion uninsured. No life was lost nor serious hurt suffered by anyone. The fire- eng i nes were o f no use at all in checking the fire ; the little water that could be got was wasted by leaky hose.—.4weredran. and New Zealand agate. LITERATURE. Mervyn Clitheroe. Nos. 1-6. By W. Harrison Ainsworth. George Routledge and Co. Welcome, thrice welcome—" Mervyn Clitheroo" redivivus. A whole lustre has elapsed since the date of its original commencement. The narrative is at length, however, happily resumed, in spite of the uninterrupted continuance of those laborious occupations which it is hardly surprising should have led in 1852, to its temporary abandonment by its author—at once Editor and Romancist. It should be remembered in regard to these literary avocations of Mr. Ainsworth, that it is only within the interval that has elapsed since the casual cessa tion of Mervyn Clitheroe's monthlyappearance, that his own magazine, the magazine called after him self, a first-class periodical conducted with consider able ability and extended to many volumes during a career of several years' duration, was at length in the fulness of time brought to the term of its ex istence. Beyond that, however, it must be espe cially borne in recollection that this indefatigable man-of-letters simultaneously directs the editorial department of two of the most conspicuous of our popular monthly periodicals—Bentley's Miscellany originally edited by " Boz," and in which Mr. Ainsworth achieved one of his greatest successes, that won for him far and wide by his romance of " Jack Sheppard !" And the New Monthly Ma gazine already famous for its many distinguished editors, amongst these being numbered in suc cession as Harrison Ainsworth's predecessors, Thomas Campbell, Thomas Hood, Theodore Hook, and Bulwer Lytton. Notwithstanding the unre mitting assiduity conseq uen t upon the double editorship of the .New Monthly and Bentley, our author during this interval has not by any means been idle in his own peculiar capacity as a story teller. Scarcely had his pen completed the last chapter of the old Englishlove-tale of the " Flitch of Bacon"—when it was busy relating the fortunes and misfortunes of that ill-starred scapegrace " The Spendthrift." A fictitious history which is in literature what Hogarth's " Rake's Progress" is in art—a high moral, inculcative of prudence and mo deration, conveyed through a record (here literary, there pictorial) of enthralling and protracted vicis situdes. Mervyn Clitheroe, howbeit, we have now to do with—now that it has been fairly resumed in ear nest, and with every prospect of its speedy and felicitous completion. At the period when the four first numbers were issued we very well remember avowing our unaffected belief that this particular fiction promised to be, in many respects, to our thinking, its author's masterpiece. The rea lisation of our anticipation appears now in truth to have been only for a while postponed. 'December brought a fifth, January has brought a sixth instalment ; so that already half of the entire work has made its appear ance. Judging the book from this moiety we can deliberately and explicitly endorse our former opinion, and pronounce " Mervyn Clitheroe " prospectively, in many important par ticulars, our author's masterpiece. It is thoroughly national. It is racy of the soil, a flower of home growth—no exotic—but thoroughly indigenous. The scenes here depicted with a luminous pencil alternate between Cheshire and Lancashire. The Coketown of Mr. Dickens's " Hard Times" is not more vividly Birmingham —than Mr. Ainsworth's Cottonborough is obviously Manchester. The picturesque meres, and mosses, and coppices, and pastoral haunts, and sylvan nooks, the villages and hamlets, the country seats and the farm houses, the cots and mansions of those northern counties are described as only one perfectly familiar with them could describe them, and then simply on the pro viso of his holding in his grasp the pen of Harrison Ainsworth, the pen to which we are already in debted for " Rookwood" and " The Lancashire Witches." Admirable, each in its way, are the deli neations of The Anchorites, otherwise known among its neighbours as Jacobites' Hall, the luxuri - ous, old-fashioned dwelling-house of excellent Mrs. Mervyn, our hero's wealthy relative and pro tectress—or the description of uncle Mobberley's farm of Nethercrofts—or the sketch of an academi cal interior in the Free Grammar School of Cotton borough. As for the interest of the story—adven ture rapidly follows adventure. At the very outset there is a hair-breadth 'scape upon the ice of Marston Mere, where Mervyn saves the life of his rival and evil genius Malpas Sale : and before we have reached the middle of the narrative we have come upon a duel between these same closely can trasted competitors. Already, moreover, the characters have become not only singularly nume rous, but no less singularly diversified. Several of these portraits, drawn to the very life with the facile touch of a master, are in truth inimitable. They are not merely painted undoubtedly to the life, but evidently from the life—creatures rather of flesh and blood than purely of the imagination. Hospitable Mrs. Mervyn (already mentioned), the rich old Jacobite gentlewoman. Tip s ifi e d old Uncle Mobberley, the farmer, of Nethercrefts, also previously particularized. Simon Pownall, the rascally barber-surgeon. Chetham Quick, his spindle-spanked apprentice. Pretty Sissy Cul cheth, the little Welch cottager. Honest Ned, her husband, the red-whiskered gamekeeper. Apphia Brideoake, the blonde beauty of the ro mance—and Ora Doveton, the charming brunette. Laughter-moving Old Hazy, of Owlarton Grange, dealer in dreams and diablerie—and goodnatured Doctor Foam, the antiquary and philanthropist. Doctor Sale the pragmatical Vicar, father of Mal pas, the villain of th tale aforesaid. Phaleg and Peninnah the Gypsies, not forgetting Obed, their limber offspring. Cuthbert Spring, the facetious diner-out. Colonel Harbottle, much of a port drinker, and all but a fire-eater. The redoubtable and portentous Dr. Bray, the very shadow—though it must be allowed a very substantial shadow—of Dr. Parr, with all his learning, all his dry humour, all his rudeness, and all his love for an after-dinner pipe of tobacco. The loquacious Mr. Comberbach—butler at the Anchorites. Even among the four-footed personages introduced, are there not sundry " characters " with which the reader has long since become pleasantly familiarised? To say nothing of the young hero's shaggy little pony Taffy, are there not the old watch dog Talbot, and the companion bloodhounds Gaunt and Lupus, together with their St. Hubert successor ? From the bare catalogue here enumerated the variety of personages pourtrayed in Mervyn Clitheroe may be readily conjectured. The delight ful skill with which they are pourtrayed may be better appreciated by quotation. Here is Mr. Ainsworth's admirable silhouette of— THE THRASHING TUTOR. "The Rev. Abel Cane, under whose care I was first placed, was a sound, classical scholar, but a severe dis• ciplinarian. He was one of those who believe that a knowledge of Latin and Greek can be driven into a boy, and that his capacity may be sharpened by frequent punishment. Under this impression he was constantly thrashing us. In his drawer he had several canes of various lengths, and of various degrees of thickness, tied with tatching-end to prevent them from splitting, and for all these he found employment. While calling us up for punishment he got as red in the gills as a turkey cock, and occasionally rose up to give greater effect to the blows. Some boys were so frightened that they couldn't learn their tasks at all, and others do reckless of the punishment which they knew must ensue, whether or not, that they intentionally neglected them. I have seen boys with " blood blisters," as they called them, on their hands, and others with weals on their backs, bat I not recollect that the castigation did them any good, but the very reverse. But our preceptor had other ingenious modes of torture. He would make us stand in the middle of the school for a whole day, and even longer—sometimes on one leg—and the effect of balancing in this posture, with a heavy dictionary is hand, and a Virgil under the arm, was ludicrous enough, though rather perplexing. It must not be imagined that I escaped the cane. I had enough of it, and to spare, both on shoulders and hands. Not withstanding our dread of him, we used to play Mr. Cane a great many tricks. We notched his canes so that they split when he used them ; pot gravel into the keyhole of his drawer ; mingled soot with his ink ; threw fulminating balls under his feet; and even medi tated blowing him up with gunpowder. An adventurous youth essayed the effect of a burning-glass on his ear, but was instantly detected, and called round for punish ment. Another tried to throw the rays from ss bit of looking-glass into his eye, and shared the same fate. With all his discipline, if our d:eaded master were called out of school for a few minutes, the greatest row would commence. The boys sitting at either end of the form would place their feet against the edge of the de sks, and squeeze up those between them so unmercifully that they roared again. Books, volleys of peas fro m tin cases, and other missiles, were discharged at the occu pants of the opposite forms ; and the miserable fellows in the middle of the school became marks for their comrades, and returned the aggression in the best way they could. These disturbances were , of Bo urse, wit nessed by the ushers, but they rarely mentioned them , and Dr. Lonedale was too far off to hear what was going on, and I don't think he altogether approvedofthe second master's severity. To a new boy, it was dreadful to hear Mr. Cane cry out to some offender, "Come round, you stew-ew-pid ass-s-s !" hissing like a serpent as he uttered the final word of scorn ; dreadfunlatsowaittninenss; the writhings of the victim as he underwe still more dreadful to hear the words addressed t castigation; still to himself, intensified as they weze by the furious looks that accom panied them. In some cases, Mr. Cane dr , ove all the capacity they possessed out There was one poor little fell of the boys head s . There Devereux F rogg : whose wits could nev er be stimulated. P oor Devereox how I pitied him , and tried to help bin], and crammed him—hut it was of no use. When we went up he was so frightened that all went out of his head, and the daily drubbing ensued. And there were others like him. Mr. Cane was s. iresh-comp lezioned man, with good features, and a handsome aquiline nose ; he was scrupulously neat in his attire, and wore a long gold watch-ehain, which he twirled about when walking, or when excited; and he had a habit of thinking aloud. What strange crkntraklik.tio nE , of character some persons offer. Out of ,-cheoi, Mr. Cane was very amiableand good-tempered, fkknd of music, and cultivated a taste for poetry. I lkated him cordially then ; but I learnt to like him afterwards, and now I lament in him the lo.kkt friend." As a companion extract—delineative this time rather of incident than of character—take the fol lowing enthralli ng passagedescriptiv e of the ice breaking on Marston Mere, an event to which, it will be recollected, we have already made passing reference. The two school-boy adventurers are suddenly startled aLout midway on the frozen sur face of the Mere by the ice bending—when, quoth Mervyn Clitheroe " Forcing a laugh, I begin to repeat the schoolboy rhymes— " ' If it bends, it'll bear, If it cracks, it'll swear, If it breaks-' " Hold your tongue !' interrupted Malpas. Why the devil do you mention such a thing as breaking now ! I wish we were safely back again. What a fool I was to come with you at all !' " He was here interrupted in his turn by a most ter rific crack, beginning just beneath his feet, passing under mine, and sweeping on with an awful noise to an immense distance. Malpas and I stared at each other aghast, uncertain whether to advance or retreat. " We were now about midway from either shore, and therefore it seemed immaterial which course was adopted. Malpas was for turning back ; but he had scarcely moved a foot in that direction, when another crack, louder and more appalling than the first, took place beneath him, and water sprang from between the fissures. Starting back with a cry of terror, he speeded off in the course we had originally pursued. We trod as lightly and moved as swiftly as we could, stepping on the points of our feet. The distance between us and the shore seemed interminable. The ice seemed fairly giving way, and cracked and groaned most fearfully. On looking back I saw that the surface not fifty yards behind us was covered with water. I now gave myself up for lost, and thought of my mother, hoping I should be buried beside her, if my body was ever found, in Manton Churchyard. " Maims, who was not encumbered with a gun and a bag of wild ducks, and who besides, had a very light pair of heels, got considerably in advance, and thinking. I might safely follow where he went, I shaped my course accordingly. But I soon found this to be an error, for the ice which bent beneath him and cracked, would hardly sustain me, and more than once gave way altoge ther, so that my e3capes from destruction 'seemed almost miraculous. For some time, my attention had been so intently directed to my own precarious situation, that I had not dared to glance towards the shore ; but now looking in that direction, with a thrill of delight, I dis covered that I was much nearer it than I expected— scarce!y more Oita a hundred yards off, while the ice had become much firmer. Bat where was Malpas ? Had ho already reached the bank ? I coni:d nowhere perceive him. A vague apprehension crossed me that he had sunk through the ice ; and my fears were instantly afterwards confirmed by remarking his cap only a few yards before me. At a Blanca I caw what had happened. In his haste, he had incautiously approached a spring, and had fallen through the thin uwering of ice. The sound of his immersion had been drowned in the loud cracks and explosions. All selsh considerations were lost in the thought of saving him, and twenty rash plans —any of which would have cost me my own life— occurred to me. I approached as near as fdared to the hole. Nothing was to be discerned of him. The ice was as transparent aacrystal, and I looked eagerly around for any object beneath it. The next moment I distinguished Malpas under the glassy barrier with his hands outstretched, and his eyes open and fixed on me. Never shall I forget their expression. I sprang to where he was, pointed in the direction of the aperture, and signed to bim to move towards understood me, and with a last effort struggled thither, and got his head above the ice. But the trail support broke beneath his hold, and he sank again. I uttered a cry of despair. But the next moment he reappeared ; and, having thrown myself flair on the ice, I managed to lay my gun across the hole, and he caught hold of the barrel. But I saw that he was so much exhausted, that unless he could be immediately extricated he must unquestionably perish ; and I therefore approached still nearer, though at the greatest personal risk, until I could grasp his hand, and then, bidding him second my efforts, I exerted all the strength I possessed, and suc ceeded in draggicg him out of the bole." So far from diminishing in any respeot in its attractions, the work onlj increases in its interest as it advances : the last number, the sixth, being in truth, perhaps of all, the very best yet published. The tendency of this progression, to say the least of it, is auspicious. May i t continue throughout the remainder of the serial to the date of its comple tion I Mervyn Clitheroe, in that case, can hardly fail to realize our expectations to the fullest— assuming the foremost rank among the many bril liant fictions already contributed by the genius of Harrison Ainsworth to the stores of our imagina tive literature. Sir John Falstaff. Illustrated by George Crnik shank. Parts TIII. and IX. Longman and Company. Another number and there will be an end of tkis last brilliant comic serial embellished by the pencil of our inexhaustible Cruikshauk. It is as it should be—considering its subject—perhaps the greatest of our artist's many wonderful successes. The etchings in the two latest instalments published are really exquisite both as works of art and as pictorial ebullitions of a humorous genius altogether inextinguishable. Whether it be because of their intimate association with the same locality, or because of their veritable resemblance to those delightful illustrations, we will not decide —but certainly these four last engravings, illustrative of the History of "Sir John," appear to us to bear a marvellous family likeness to the charming sketches adorning Harrison Ainsworth's historical romance of " Windsor Castle," sketches we have hitherto regarded as among George Cruikshank's undoubted masterpieces. But these now before us, fresh from the printing press, are far and away the most grace ful productions we yet remember to have seen from a hand as much beyond the hand of Gilray or Row landson, as the brush of Hogarth was beyond that of his sire -in-law, the vaunted Thornhill. Two of them pourtray Falstaff in connection with the immortal incident of the Buck-basket. In ore we Fee him smothered up in ditty linen by the mischievous hands of the merry wives, Mistress Ford and Mistress Pitge—names long identified in our mind with the recollection of two charming faces—those of Lady Boothby and poor de id Ma dame Vestris. In the companion etching, coming immediately afterwards, we have the fat knight being bundled out of his sweltering lair in the basket, and soused in the muddy ditch, the cur rent of which is sluggishly surging under the effects of the immersion. Capital, too, is the deli neation of the cudgelling inflicted upon Sir John by Master Ford, when the former is striving to make his escape unharmed under the disguise of Mother Prat. And at occe beautiful and eltrich is the scene disclosed to view by the dainty etching needle of Cruikshauk, in his fairy-like limning of Herne's Oak, and the elfine rabble dancing about the prostrate form of Falstaff ! As to the accom panying letter-press, the " Biography of the Knight from Authentic Sources, by Robert B. Brough, Esq.," it appears to us, from beginning to end, the most egregious mistake imaginable. It is intended, of course, to be extremely funny—but throughout is either merely vapid or impertinent. The serio comic observations upon Shakspere, especially, read to ourselves in every separate syll a bl e qu i te intole rably. We cannot, in simple justice, but accord to the work of the writer about as much contempt as we award to that of the artist unaffected and unstinted admiration. Scenes of Clerical Life. By George Eliot. 2 vols. i3laokii -. ood. Those readers who have previously perused these stories in the pages of Blackwood's Magazine will delight in the opportunity thus afforded of re-pe rusal, and for those who are strangers to them, they can in all confidence be recommended as composi tions of sterling excellence. With truth and feeling are the events related to us, and we behold in vi gorous sketches, some of the trials and tribulations through which those must pass who aspire to be the labourers in the heavenly vineyard. " The sad fortunes of the Rev. Amos Barton, is the shortest and simplest of the three tales ; it is chiefly made pleasing by the delineation of " Milly," as she is familiarly termed, the wife of the unhappy man whose sombre career is herein depicted. Her pe culiar gift is the "soothing unspeakable charm of gentle womanhood, which supersedes wrsedaesstahlel acquisi tions, t uess a ll acc omplishments." day of his life when Amos consigned her to th e in the bloom of life. The Countess Czerlaski is good specimen of her class, shining with borrowed light, and disporting herself and humouring her fancies, at the expense of others who could ill afford such vagaries. " Janet's repentance" is rather a peculiar story, which endeavours to exemplify the intolerance that prevailed in Milb y,a small town o f the last century, on the occasion of the advent of a new curate, whose tenets did not exactly accord with the time-honoured prejudices and it s inhabi tants. Janet i s an at tractive character, with all her faults and sho rt - comings, she is one of the eager iwpslsiv e ones' whose lot is too often d ar k an d stormy, at the same time that they are gifted with that exquisite sensibility, and that acut2 perception which can th e most highly appreciate happiness, and the most deeply feel sorrow. Her husband was a bad man, violent and ungoverned in his conduct, and even brutal in his behaviour to her. Stung by such insults, aggravated by her ill fortune, Janet sinks to his level instead of rising in the native worth and integrity of her own mind to resist and overcome evil of every kind. Mr, Tryan, the curate, iawell described as a zealous ad vocate of the doctrines he believed genuine. In failing health and depressed spirits, he effected what many gifted with strength and assisted by approv ing friends have failed to realise, because his heart was in hip works. He knew himself surrouinied by -wallies and kncompassed by difficulties, but he trusted in the w o rth of his chum nut of him "elf, he expected no immediate return to his exerioos, and he looked f orwar d t o no resp i te to his p ie i e f u l toi l s, till the great summons should be given that to the wea r y l a b ourer p roc leiuis the dawnin g of the rest of heaven. Ho was mainly in strumental in rescuing Janet Dempster from the dreary despondency into which she had fallen, and his last hours w ere c h eered b y the prospect of his works living after him, inasmuch as she would be leading a useful and honourable existence tbrough the long years which stretched before her in the vista of the future. In "Mr. Gilfil's Love Story" we find displ aye d the most genius in composition and the m os t v i v i dness in narration. It is a striking episode of man's exist ence, one which stands out fro the canvas of tim e as the beholder gazes on , s pictu re . We are first introduced to Mr. Gilfil in his old age, apparently so dull and dreary, so monotonous and mediocre, and then looking back we are shown th a t this sombre and sedate old man in his quiet took part i n scenes of no common interest and excitement. It is truly said th a t enoug h c onsideration is not given to what may have beets in the youth of that age, all consider so unprofitable to itself and all others. " Alas ! alas ! we poor mortals are often little better than wood-ashes—there is small sign of the sap, and the leafy buds that were once there ; but wherever we see wood-ashes we know that all that early fulness of life must haie beau. I at least hsrdly ever look at a bent old man, or a wizened old woman, but I see also with my mind's eye, that Past of which they are the shrunken remains, and the unfinished romance of rosy cheeks and bright eyes seems sometimes of feeble interest and insignificance compared with that drama of h o p e an d l ove which has long ago reached its catast ro ph e, and left the poor soul like a dim dusty stage, with all its' swee t garden scenes and fair perspectives, ()vet:hulled and thrust out of sight." CaptainWybrow, Gilfil, and especially Caterina stand out prominently before us, they are the chief characters, each admirably sketched in its peculiar and distinctive style. Caterina was a child of the South, which is a circums'ance most felicitously contrived to account for her wild energy and fiery nature. Captain Wybrow is a type of the selfish man, which might be adapted to any time. He was conceited, and so long as his own ideas of self-indulg.'nce were gratified, he thought little and cared less for what gave pain or pleasure to others. Gilfil was of a generous disposition, but as often occurs, he seemed slighted and passed by, while all that was bright and lovely was flung iu the path of the unworthy. However, real kindness and genuine worth must effect some good and influence in some degree, and he who had been nobody in the sum mer time of their glee, was the all-important re feree in the dark days that came all too quickly on Cheverel Manor. Some of the scenes are remark ably well traced which took place on the arrival of Miss Assher, the favoured rival of Caterina. It ap pears only in accordance with probability when we read of the early death of the young girl who had exhausted the energies of an existence on the occur rences of a few fleeting months. Her spirit had burned itself out, as it were, in its fiery struggles against time and fate, and no after calm or kind attention could renew the wasted strength or fan the expiring flame. So ended the romance of Maynard Gilfil's life ; the bright dream of his youth was over, the hopes dills manhood decayed. He went forth from the whirl of those eventful days to a long, cheerless, solitary existence ; but while those around deemed him cold and uninteresting, the heart within was mourning over the ashes of its early quenched fires. It needed not to tell one of his vocation, to where the stricken should turn for solac?, or how the lonely may find a friend, but the human mind, overshadowed by such clouds cannot resume its original lustre or regain its wonted source, and hence it is that the hero of this sad story is left as a ruin on life's highway. It is impossible to peruse these histories without agree ing in the skill and superiority of their author. He has displayed an insight into character, a knowledge of the ruling passion of men, and a brilliancy and vigour of expression that otamp his pro • ductions as those of no ordinary writer. What. ever is attempted is successful, what he proposes to do is always carried ou t, an d w h ether the person described be a Miss Linnet or a Caterina, whether frigid in the rules of northern decorum, sr glowing with the ardour of a southern sun, alike the details seem lifelike and natural. The Scenes of Clerical Life will no doubt obt a i n a w id e - spread circulation which will bear testimony to the recognition of their merits. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. 11.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. light breeze and fine. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 10.--Wind S.W.—Arrived —Ariel, from St. Michael's; Olivia, from Hamburg for Rio Janeiro; H. M.S. Diadem, a cruise. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 9.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Dann (s), from Plymouth. Sailed—Tyne (s), for Brazils. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 9. - —Wind W. S. W.—Arrived— Willi tin Melyses, from Havannah. FALMOUTH, Jan. 10.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Garland! for Mogador. BIDEFORD, Dgc. 10.—Wind S. W. — Arrived—Rensisdy , from Prince Edward's Island. PJEL, Jan. 9.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—James Gibson, from Demerara. NEWPORT, Jan. 9.—Wind W.—Arrived —Savage, from London for Madeira; Louis Henry, from Bremen for Caps of Good Hope, CLYDE, Jan. 9.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Cepia, for Die merara. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 9.—Wind W.—Arrived —Sir Allan ISl`Nab, from Akyab ; James, St. John's Newfoundl an d Wave, from Sunderland for Alicante, le a ky, h av i ng been struck by a heavy sea during a gale. HULL, Jan. 9.—Wind S.W.—A.rrived—Paraquet, from St. Michael's. KINGROAD, Jan. 9.—Wind S.W.—Arrived-- Fire (a), from St. John's, N.B. for Falmouth. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived—Edith, from Cardiff; Pat, Newcastle; Mal. cohn Brown, Llanelly ; Wonder, steamer, Jersey. Sailed—William, packet, and No. 4, for Sunderland. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wind TV. S. W. Arrived—Therese, from Baltimore; E. Z., St. John's, N.B. ; Fanny Jermea, Rio Grande ; John Stanfell, Prince Edward's Island ; Arendona, N an t es ; William Printon, Newfoundland • Ellen, Bahia; W an d erer , D emerara. Sailed—Royal Charter, screw steamer, for Melbourne; Rattler, screw steamer, Oporto. Put back—Semaphore, screw steamer, for Belfast, with loss of fan; Virgin del Caronen, for Matanzas, leaky; and Heart of Oak, for Trieste. The Philadelphia, which arrived here from Philadelphia, in a heavy squall, in lat. 43, long. 25, was struck by light. ning, and two seamen were killed, and three others badly injured. BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Wind S.W. ; tide high water ; weather cloudy and light. Arrived, Jan. 11—William Thornborongh, and Speed. well, from Guernsey ; Eliza Nelson, Prince Edward's Island ; Alice Tarlton, Berdianski ; Airs, Gravelines. DEAL, Monday Morning. Wind S.W., fresh. Anchored—Marlborough, from London, for Patook ; Clarendon, barque, London, Belize; Triumphant, London, Falmouth; Ann, schooner, London, Falmouth. Passed, 10th—Alice Proveret, barque, from Mobile, for Rotterdam, and not the Alice, Captain Proverst, re ported yesterday. Passed—Washington, from Rangoon, for London. OUTWARD INDIAN MAILS.—The second devatch of Indian mails via Marseilles since the commencement of the communication took place on Satu r d ay evening, weeklyletters and newspapers being forwarded to China and all parts of India, except Bombay and a portion of f a a c ra lli s 13 Suezaaccompany ;and an mail the Bombay presidency. The next thme Australian fti:arlißomba Calcutta, Madras, and all other stations of India, except mane will leaveh Penang and Singapore, will be made u P tomorr ow on lac t e w e a e s v m e evening ConitYseaTotAufLrtdhPaeyALbyelC. for the above n ir g c a t ts ors of the C rystal Palace four p(i (Tuesday) . places, eeaes additional d a t y . ii ta ) i Southampton,om n morning , n Marseilles,directors of the 18th inst., a s the 17th falls on result of the appointed d l for a t the e the scru ti neer s The Sunday. kn T ow HE ri last meeting shareholders. The successful candi dates are Captain Walter , broth M.P. ; Mr, Bi k 1 er of Mr. J o h n W a l ter, cknell, ne l, son-in-law of Mr. David Roberts, P.A., and the owner of the magnificent collection of Turner's • • Paintings ; Mr. England, the great locomotive maker, of New Cross ; and Mr. Horsley, who was one of the most active members of the committee of investiga• tion appointed by the shareholders. • The number of votes were—For Captain Walter, 95,203; Mr. Bicknell, 82,360 ; Mr. England, 80,066; and Mr. Horsley, 73,855. THE FINANCIAL VALIIE OF INDIA.—In dispensing its revenue of 27,000,0001. we provide employment for a large number of our countrymen, and thus add to the general wealth of the nation. No fewer thaa 10,000 British officers, of the higher grade, are to be numbered in the civil and military service of the Government, whose incomes range from 2001. to 25,0001, a-year. All these are well-born and educated men of the middle classes, who find an honourable provision out of the resources of India. The total sum they drew yearly cannot be less than 6,000,000/, or 7,000,0001. sterling. We have not included the European common soldiers, of whom there were 30,000 before the mutiny, and there will be in future at least 70,000 or 80,000. All these are maintained out of the Indian treasury at a cost which must hereafter exceed 3,000,0001. Again, there are the pensions granted to retired officers, officers' widows and children, in the two services, which are contributed by India and expended in England. In round numbers, we shall not be f ar wrong if we estimate the direct worth of India to Englishmen of all classes at not less than 10,000epuha; This is a magnificent subsidy for one co w ur i lL.T .m. de another, and though we cannot agree England would not Valbezen that but for this resourc e sa ,g l4 w e must have survived the Wahl o t t l te 7 m 9J a of the account be. allow that it is an inaportsini watmintio . Raw, India and Engla nd tween January number. all all all all all all all all IGN. 8a 23i liii i THE StI:N, LONDON, MONDAY EYENING, JANUARY 11, 1858 25 50 25 I 12' 121 20; 25 12i 1 10 St. 27t 1 17s 1715 16/15 5i la 7B 100 100 all 100 all 100 'lOO 54 all all 100 all all all 71 18i 91 131 1571 4i i 44 i