The Sun. — London, England, 1859-03-28 00:00:00

for ion, Hi- Lris, 3tor Dam a in , ned 9th, the and ,iIOIVEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The progress of trade in the manufacturing dis tricts during the past week has exhibited little variation of importance. In some few branches more activity has been apparent, occasioned by the demand for home consumption. At Leeds the woollen cloth trade has been moderately active, but dealers have operated with great caution, summer goods being the chief articles dealt in. Most of the manufacturers are well employed upon orders, and the operatives are, in most instances, working full time. Business at Bradford has been active, and, for long wools, there has been a good demand. For worsted yarn there has been more inquiry from the home trade, and in cotton yarn a full average amount of business has been done. Piece goods have been in brisk demand, and as stocks are generally light, prices have been fully supported. At Man chester little improvement can be reported; the demand for the continent has been rather more active, but the high rates now current in a great measure prevent any large operations. India goods have been almost neglected, but yarns have exhi bited rather more activity. The lace trade at Nottingham has been rather more buoyant, and buyers for the home market have purchased rather freely. Cotton hosiery of all descriptions con tinues in active demand, and the prospects of the trade are encouraging. The worsted hosiery trade at Leicester continues inactive, but prices of all descriptions are fully sup ported. The iron trade of South Staffordshire has shown signs of gradual improvement; and, owing to the improved prospects with regard to conti nental politics, prices are tending upwards. At Birmingham there has been a full average business transacted in the various manufactures connected with the town and neighbourhood, and large orders for rails have been received from some of the lead ing railway companies. At Sheffield and Wolver hampton trade generally has exhibited little im provement. For the Indian market, however, there is a fair demand for cutlery, and a fel*,,orders have been received for Australia, and the position of the United States markets is reported to be rather , more favourable._ The Liverpool Cotton Ma turda • 'y4l...sed rketfilitSa firmly, and 10,000 bales were' sold at r , - full prices. In Railway Shares a very =Air- 'busi ness was transacted, and quotations tended down- Coq, I wards. I at IV.; rian, and- 3har, ed-- from od— erer, cd— from 3ay- lon ; 'aye, )un- Sian, 7ave- uen ; , at- Lour, last Duse, gra !ss. aner Sir ien- ERB. EMS iorse COII•. and The the dge, the ary, [ace, am- rian h©s ,ady [on. ald, [ be , at lle. ;lits glit art Wa trig tho ter n ry, There is still an active demand for money, both in Lombard-street and at the Bank of England. Very little alteration in the ter ms of discount has yet taken place, as the supplies are still exceedingly abundant; but the tendency is upward, and a rise would not create surprise, owing to the increased requirements of the trading public, the negotiation of loans, and new issues of joint-stock securities. In the course of a few weeks a ccuisiderable absorp tion will take place, if, as anticdpated, the Indian and Russian loans are brought forward, and it is now ascertained that the former will amount to £11,000,000 or £12,000,000 instoad of £7,000,000, as originally contemplated. At the same time, also, the specie movement is less fa•Tourable, owing to the enlarged remittances of silve r to the East, and, consequently, of gold to the continent. Notwith standing the arrivals from Aust.:ilia, bullion is still withdrawn from the Bank, and unless the imports increase this efflux is expected 1;o continue, as the demand for silver on Indian ac count is fully sus tained. The report of the directors .of the Cape Town Railway and Dock Company states that they had amended the contract with the Government, and that the line of railway from the Cape to Welling ton would soon be commenced. The amendments are to be embodied in a supplemental contract, copies of which are to be given to• the shareholders. The annual meeting of the British American Land Company was held to-day. The report stated that the quantity of land sold had increased over that of the previous year by 7,9201 acres. Al though the sales had increased, the prices realised had been smaller. No dividend was proposed. After some discussion, the report was adopted. The market for public securi ties, which closed on Saturday with a depressed appearance, has ex hibited more firmness to-day. ;Speculation, how ever, is still very quiet, and few investments are recorded on behalf of the public, who are no doubt holding themselves in readiness for the new creation of stock, which will shortly be made on account of India and Russia. Consols are now 964 1 for money and account, and very little varia tion has taken place. India Loan. Debentures are 97i 98k, and the Bonds 16s. prom. Exchequer Bills are 325. to 365. prem. In the Foreign Market a limited amount of busi ness has been reported, and a slight improvement has taken place. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been dealt in at 92 the latest quotation being 921 93, and the• New 6 per Cents. are 7;34 79i ; Sardinan Bonds are marked 810 ; Spanish Threes, 448 ; Ru s _ Sian 41 per Cents., 1081 1; and Mexican, 211. Austrian Scrip is about 1 dis. to par. In the Railway Share Markel, a steady down. Ward tendency has been apparent in prices. The arrangements for the liquidation_ are now in pro gress, and in most of the principal lines a decline of about 4 to 1 per cent. may be reported. Eastern Counties, Great Western, Lancashire and York shire, Brighton, South Western, North Stafford, and South Eastern have receded ss. ; Midland and Vale of Neath, 10s. ; and London and Black wall, 11. The Foreign lines show little activity, and prices remain steady. Lombardo-Venetian old shares are at 91 9 t , and the New at 81 S. Great Luxem- Bourg are dealt at 67-, 7, and West Flanders at 57gt. In the Colonial Market, Grand Trunk of Canada have improved to 351, and Great Western of Canada to 158. Great Indian Peninsula and East Indian are at nominal rates. The New Shares are quoted par to pm., and 41 per Cent. Debentures I tol4 pm. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are dealt in to a limited extent at abOut former rates, with the exception of Canada Lhnd, which have declined to 125. J al __. . BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSI G PRICES. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities India Stock Ditto Debentures ni 8} Ditto 'Bonds, £l,OOO Consols for Account .... 951 i March. June. Exchequer Bins, £l,OOO, 2d. & lid.. 36 2 1 _ Ditto Small, lid 33 _ FOREIGN FUNDS --CLOSING PRICES. Grenada New Active, 31 per Cent :: 19/ i Ditto Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent . Ditto Account • • ... 21i 1 Peruvian 41 per Cent ... ._ Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. ...... 841 Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. .......... 451 1 Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent. Sardinian, 5 per Cent. — Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent. Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 3O Turkish 6 per Cent Ditto Account . 921 / Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 10 Fl, 5 por Cent 73 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money .... .... 951 Consols for Account . ( April .. ... i • 95f The attention of the musical world of Paris is at present wholly absorbed in the forthcoming opera of Meyer beer, "Le Pardon de Notre Dame d'Aubray," which is pro bilged for Monday or Tuesday. It has been rehearsed this week three times, and is said to present the genius of the composer in an entirely new form. Less complicated than his latter works, the music is, in a word, described as com bining the sprightly elegance of the Opera Comique with the refined depth and fancy of the Italian school. But the kasterly, finish of Meyerbeer is always present. THE CREDIT MOBILIER.—The following COM rounication regarding the Credit Mobilier to be tstablished at Paris has been addressed, on behalf of the promoters on that side to their connexions on the London Stoclf Ex change :—" Paris, March 27. The Minister of Finance has just authorised the prescription ordered by the Cduncil of State for the Societe Generale de Credit Industriel et Commerce.' Do you wish to take an interest in the foun dation of the new bank? A public subscription was in sisted upon ')Y the Government, although the Pninders offered to find the capital, and we should like our friends not to lose in the public subscription the interest we counted on reserving to them ; in a private one. DONON , AUBRY, CLinTIER, and Co. From C. W. Price, Londod." SIiA.RE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share/ Ra il ways. ( paid, I Closing 1 Business II Price. ' 12.10 Amberg., Notting. Bost. 3 and Eastern Jupption 10 6 61 6 4 50 Belfast and Ballymena all • 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val all 74 84 i Stock Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction lOO 62 64 25 Blackburn all' 11 114 25 Blyth and Tyne all 32 85 Stock Bristol and Exeter Stock Caledonian Stock Chester and Holyhead , 100 --- 50 Cork and Bandon all • 20 Cornwall 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all 10 Do. A all 5 55 f A raves. no div. 10 Do. B I all until6p.c.per an. an _ _ hasbeen pd.toß. 50 Dublin andßelfast June. all 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.June all 81 9 Stock East Anglian lOO 16 161 164 Stock Eastern Counties lOO 594 604 60 4 Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 45 47 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 30 32 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte,E.U3ds) 84 25 East Kent all 13 15 Stock East Lancashire lOO 92 93 20 East Suffolk all 10 Do Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 724 731 Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 27 274 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all Stack Furness Stock Glasgow & South Westn AD 93 94 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 101 Stock Great Northern lOO 103 104 103 1 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 87 89 Stock Do. do. B Stock lO3 132 134 Stock Gt. Soutli.& Wstn.(lreld; 163 105 106 Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 66 58 12 Irish South Eastern all 50 Lancaster and Carlisle all 83 87 164 Do. Thirds 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 11 121 p Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 91 95 94 16 Do. do. F £l6 6 Id 9 Do. do. £9 shares 7 3 Do. West Riding Union 5 20 Do. Southport Stock London and Blackwall all 67 69 67 4 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh — Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 112 113 1121 t Stock London & North Resta 100 95 054 95 4 44 51 121 Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn lOO 924 93 92 1 4 i 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry AL Enniskillen all Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln lOO 38 38. 4° 10 Metropolitan Stock Midland lOO ,101 1014 1014 14 i Stock Do. Birming. & Derby. 100 74 76 744 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all 25 Do. 1 Shares all 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 25 'New., Aber., & Herefd all 1 1 12 10 Newry & Armagh (def.) 9 20 'Newry, Warpt., & Ros all Stock Norfolk lOO 60 62 50 North. Counties Union 3l 3 1 3 d Stock North British lOO 60 CO/ 60 1 Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO Stock Do.A Stk.— Arec. no div until Op.c.hasbeenpdß 100 Stock Do. B Stock lOO Stock North-Eastn.--Berwick 100 921 13 91/1 i i 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 613 4 14 14 d d Stock Do. Leeds lOO 47 471 475 Stock Do. York lOO 7 6 4 77 7 6 1 4 Stock North London lOO 102 104 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction £3 is. .„ 20 North Staffordshire 175 1/ 11 d " 20 North-Western 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 7 6 Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolter lOO 334 31 1 10 Peebles all -- 20 Portsmouth l9 7 5 d 10 Rhney lO Stook Scottish Central lOO 110 112 Stock Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock 100 264 27 Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 8 1 85 Stock Shropshire Union lOO 46 48 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 31 24 d Stock South Devon lOO 39 40 40 Stock South-Eastern lOO 765 704 704 Stock South wales 20 SouthYorks.&ltiv.Dun all 60 70 614 20 Do. do lB 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 8 11 25 Stockton & Darlington all 364 374 25 Do. do. 1855 7 25 Do. do. 1858 — Stockton & Hartlepool 1 64 —.- Stock Taff Vale lOO Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 Stock Vale of Neath lOO 65 70 67 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West Cornwall 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal all .5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 2 3 2 1 . 5 Do. B all 6 6 4 at 20 West London all 10 Do. Ist Class all 20 Do. 2d Class all BENZ .i gil SHARES. Sharei Railways. Paid. 25 Blythe and Tyne R. per c. pref. (issued at £5O) ( Stk Brie. & Exet.4p.et.Stock )20 Do. do. do. Shares Stock Caledon £lO, 4i per cent 12.10. Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Stock:Chester & Holyhd, pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. et. Si k lCork & Bandon, 5i n. c Dun. Perth,& Aber. J un Stoc E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc Stock E. Conn. Ex. 5 p et. No.l Stock:Do do No. 9 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Stock East Lane. 6 per ct 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths Stock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Stock Furness, 5 per cent Stock Glas. &S West. a. spc Stock Great Northern, 5 p. ct Stock Do. 5 no Redm.,lop.c.pm Stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.e. Redm.,s pc. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf f Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 1 p. ct. pref. Stock Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 44 pet Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref :Do Birming. guar. stock' Mo. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. :Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock IL on.&Bric,r.spe. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct Do. do. S p. c. No. 4 Lon. & N. W. Cov. &Nun - ea ton , 5 p. et. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, I ate <ld shares Londondy & Cole, 4 &as Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh & Lin., 6 p. ct Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent . Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent. Do. - Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do. Con. Bris.&Bir.6 p.ct. Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till MO Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. at. Newport,Aber,&c. p ret.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c. n m Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.VOLEx.Sk 1847 !North British, 5 per cent jDo. New, gua. 5 per cent INth.Dev.Rail.& Dek.Co. N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 . Po. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire Ox. Wol. 6 pc. lst Do. do. do., 2d gua. Do. 44 p.c. Db.stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pi Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 34 per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.g-ua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 103. Do. Fixed 44 per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6.) Do .44 per cent Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is Do. New do., 2d issue South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gm Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. Closing Price. 49 M 95 97 1103 105 98 ei 101 112 116 108 112 114 116 112 114 129 131 82 84 71 73 110 112 118 120 110 112 104 106 63 65 11 11} 96 98 87 29 88 90 100 IG2 91 14 161 1 91 10} n 72 74 181 9i 191 91 14 14i 140 142 1118 120 160 165 123 125 I 70 4 72 1 P 139 141 101 103 I n ) 94 96 £t 10 1 9i 111 111 9 1":11 113 97 98 id I 2:1 2 3f 123 125 118 120 99 101 101 1,31 24 24i 102 104 102 104 284 29f 32i 33 50 54 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. I Leaning I Closing 8111111101111 . Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchleyi Buckinghamshire Clydesdale Junction .. Colchester, Stour Val. E.Lincolnshire.g.6p.c. E Union,HarwichSht.l Do. Woodbridge GI s.Barr.&Neils,Drct. 98 100 1 102 104 17 18 142 sil Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest artlpool.Dck. &Rail Hull and Selby Do. 4 Shares Do. Shares Lonclon&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct Do. 6 per cent Man e.,Bu x tn. & Matk Midsb.& It edcr, Alid.BradfordPrf. Stk. Newmarkt.,BuryEx guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. Preston and Wyre. Do. 4 Shares A Roys tn ,H itch & Shep SU Roth 01. g.sp.c. Shruwabry& Hereford South Staffordshire Wear Valley, g. 6p. C Do. do Wilts and Somerset Wimb/edon& Croydn ,109 - 111-- 64 68 115 120 93 94 96 98 57 59 L&N Ns L.Yk. Do. .. Gt.Nortli Lan.& Yk T Brassoy M'Clcan . Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West L.&Brgtn 1137 140 91 0; 10 111 90 92 8 9 DOCKS. Dock.. Stock!Counercial Stoek!Do4pereent.Pref.Min StockTast and West India— 1 100 100 Stock London • " ' ' 100 ._ . Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton lOO Stock Victoria xo )Do New lB — 7 ' I Paid I Closing 1 Business Price. Done. Ln & N.W Ln3c N.W Caledonin E.U.&E C Gt. North. E.Counta. Caledonin Do. Gt. West. Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. S. East Do. Peto &Co. Do. Norfolk Do LN W&M Stk.& Dar Midland . E.Counts. Do. Do. t.& : Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 263- 13i 20 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock] 12i 12 Stock, Stock 124 120 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock. Stock Stock Stook Stock Stock Stcck Stock Stock 10s. 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 2511 25 Stock Share all 1100 100 100 100 100 all . THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, 1859. 6i 7 METROPOL: tin 855 Bl 0 .. 365 .. [854 613 .. 587 .. 1853 l2B .. 1,416 .. all all all 15s. all all 1 1 1 ais par 24 3 83 85 13 14 p i IV 24 21i • 61 7 4 62 64 11'4 125 36 37 I 9 11 THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The leading country markets held on Saturday were but moderately supplied with wheat. Good and fine samples moved off slowly, at very full prices, and the value of other kinds was supported. Fine barley has realised extreme currencies. In all other produce the transactions were far more numerous, on former terms. Throughout the Continent wheat has sold at a slight advance, but damp parcels have continued heavy. Most kinds of spring corn have commanded extreme rates. In the United States produce has further improved in value. The arrivals of English produce up to our market last week were only moderate. From abroad we received 6,024 quarters of wheat, 13,555 barley, 9,360 oats, 890 beans, 50 peas, 200 tares, 2,500 linseed, 1,000 rapeseed, 577 sundry seeds, 566 sacks and 50 barrels of flour. Owing to the continued firmness in most of the provincial markets, and to the arrival of a very moderate supply coastwise and by land carriage, the factors commenced business to-day by asking is to 2s per quarter more money for nearly all kinds of English wheat. Millers, however, operated cautiously; nevertheless, the demand may be con sidered somewhat steady, at last Monday's currency. We were well supplied with most descriptions of foreign wheat. Good and fine samples were in fair request, at full quotations; but other kinds met a dull inquiry, on former terms. Floating cargoes :of grain, off Falmouth, sold at full prices. Fine barley was scarce, and in request at extreme quo tations. Grinding and distilling sorts met a dull inquiry, and prices were the turn lower. There was very little inquiry for any kind of malt, and to have forced sales lower rates must have been sub mitted to. In the value of oats no change took place, and the trans actions were by no means numerous. Beans were in fair request at fully last week's quotations. Peas changed hands steadily at full prices. Flour was rather firm, but the demand for it was by no means active. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new 37s to 46s Ditto, old Ditto, white, new 4OB 50s Ditto, old —s —8 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old .—s — a Ditto, new 37s 448 Rye—Old — a -s ' New Barley—Grinding...., 24s 268 - Malting 368 378 Chevalier 358 42s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown sos 52s Kingston and Ware s2s 64s Chevalier Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding l9s 24 , , Potato 26s 30s Youghal and Cork, black .. 20s 23s Cork, white 2os 29s Scotch, Feeding 2os 298 Beans—Tick Pigeons Peas—Grey lBs 368 Maple White 398 40s Boilers Flour—Town-made Suffolk Stockton and Norfolk . 278 288 TAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week were 3,065 head In the corresponding week in 1858 we received 414 ; in 1857, 1,094 ; 186, 268 ;in 1855, 1,378; in 1851, 1,424; in 1853, 2,761; and in 1852, head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs Rotterdam Hamburgh l2 .. 2,173 .. , Harlingen Ostend.. ''''' • • - • • - • • 25 • • ''. • • Total 232 2,786 47 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs, 858 94 .. 158 .. .. 162 857 406 .. 541 .. 2 .. 145 856 '92 .. 102 "--' • • 6 .. 20 - 203 - • • 218 • • - • • 397 Our market to-day was but moderately supplied with foreign stock, and sales progressed slowly, on lower terms. From our own grazing districts, the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were on the increase, and of consi derably improved quality. Although the attendance of butchers was tolerably good, all kinds of beasts met a dull inquiry, at a decline in the quotations realised on Monday last of fully 2d per 81bs. From Norfolk, SuffOlk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 2,000 Scots, shorthorns, and crosses ; from other parts of England 200 of various breeds ; from Scotland, 382 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, 180 oxen, &c. We were seasonably supplied with most kinds of sheep, in fair condition. The mutton trade was in a very sluggish state. Downs, in the wool, declined 2d ; other breeds, 4d per 81bs, compared with this day se'ennight. The top quotation was os 10d per 81bs. Lambs, the supply of which was moderate, sold heavily, and prices were 4d per 81bs lower than on Monday last. The few calves in the market sold slowly, at 2d per 81bs less money. We had a vary dull sale for pigs, and prices were a shade Lower. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. se d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Primecrs-wool do. 5 0 5 6 Second quality do. 3 10 4 4 Pme. S'thdown do. 5 8 5 10 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Large crse. calves 3 10 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 6 0 Prime small do 4 10 5 6 Crse. &inf. sheep 3 10 4 4 Large hogs 3 3 3 6 Second quality do. 464 10 Small porkers Lambs, 5s 8d to 6s Bd. Suckling calves, 18s to 21s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 18s to 21s. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts 3,620 Sheep 21,4101 Calves Pigs FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 7O Sheep Calves Piga A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on Monday, March 29, 1858, and this day, Monday, March 28, 1859. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. March 29, 1858. March 28, 18.59. d. 8. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts . • Second quality ditto 3 4 3 61 10 4 4 Prime large oxen 3 8 310 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. . . • • 4 0 4 24 10 5 0 Coarse and inferior sheep . . 3 0 3 43 10 4 4 Second quality ditto . . . . 3 6 310 4 6 410 Prime coarse-woolled ditto . . 4 0 4 4 5 0 5 6 Prime Southdown ditto . . Lambs : 6 0 6 6 5 8 6 8 Large coarse calves . . . Prime small ditto Large hogs • • • • • • • 3 0 4 03 0 3 6 Neat small porkers . . . . 4 2 44 3 8 4 4 Beasts Sheep and lambs . . Calves Pigs • • . . 170 1 350 Sun , Los ON SALE, March 30, 1857.---Beasts, 3,381; sheep and lambs, 16,500; calves, 89; pigs, 270. March 31,1856.—Beasts, 4,211; sheep and lambs, 21,800; calves, 67; pigs, 260. LITERATURE. The Life and Times of Charles Tames Fox. By the Right' Hon. Lord John Russell, M.P. Vol. I. Bentley. In the fourth volume of the correspondence of Charles James Fox, the right honourable editor promised to place in a connected narrative a rela tion of the political career and an account of the times of that eminent man. In that narrative he undertook that the great events of his life should be prominetly set forth, and his public policy fully discussed. That promise he has, now fulfilled by giving us the first volume of a work which promises to be a valuable addition to the Parliamentary history of England. He has acquitted himself of his laborious task with success. The style is clear and concise, the tone of the work impartial, and the political criticisms are, for the most part, just and liberal, though reflecting, of course, the poli tical sentiments of the author. The Parlia mentary struggles are described with the spirit and readiness to be expected from one who has so long mingled in the strife of the arena. The author tells us in the preface that he has " found it impossible to perform his task without entering very fully into the Parliamentary history of the times. A great leader, who took a prominent part. in the main discussions of the House of Commons from 1775 to 1806 is identified with that which is the life of England—her free debates in Parlia ment." Few of the readers of the work will be disposed to regret this necessity the Parlia mentary history of those thirty years being one of the most animated pages in European history, whether we regard the importance of the events discussed, the extended influence of the policy adopted, or the brilliant elo quence and administrative ability of the rival politicians. This first volume brings us down to the junction of Mr. Fox with Lord North —that unpopular combination which his right hon ourable biographer terms "the one great political error of his life." It leads us, therefore, through all the stormy debates on the American War, through all the earlier years of Mr. Fox's'triumphs in the senate, and shows us his great rival just ap pearing on the scene, already a fluent debater, speaking with a readiness and dignity that foretold his future eminence. The details of the disgraceful misgovernment during the American War are given with force and succinctness. The lamentable par ticulars are well known ' • but the numerou s ex t rac t s given from Fox's speeches will be new to many readers. They are full of fire and spirit, and display that vivid eloquence for which he was always so remarkable. Speaking of his oratory, in the pre face, Lord J. Russell quotes a forcible passage from Lord Erskine. He remarks that the remains of his speeches are mere sketches, for that shorthand alone, secured at the moment, could have perpetu ated their lustre and effect, but that still the correct substance remains, which preserves from o bli v i on more than by such means could be obtained of any other speaker. " Eloquence which consists more in the dexterous structure of periods, and in the powers and harmony of delivery, than in the extra ordinary vigour of the understanding, may be com pared to a human body, not so much surpassing the dimensions of ordinary nature as remarkable for the symmetry and beauty of its parts. If the shorthand writer, like the statuary or painter, has made no memorial of such an orator, little is left to distinguish him ; but in the most imperfect relics of Fox's speeches the bones of a giant are to be discovered." At the conclusion of the preface we find the following remarks : Horace Walpole says :—" Fox had not the ungraceful hesitation of his father, yet scarce equalled him in subtlety and acuteness. But no man ever excelled him in the close ness of argument, which flowed from him in a torrent of vehemence, as declamation sometimes does from those who want argument." Burke h as ca ll e d hi m " the greatest debater the world ever saw ;" Mackintosh " the most Demosthenean speaker since Demosthenes." We must be content with these testimonies. Of eloquence it has been eloquently said—" Eloquentia sicut flamma, materie alitur, motu excitatur, urendo clarescit." Mr. Pitt thus happily rendered the passage—" It is of eloquence as of a flame : it requires matter to feed it, motion to excite it, and it brightens as it burns." But it also wastes like a flame. The bright stars of poetry shine to us in the heavens as they shone to our fathers three thousand years ago ; the flames of oratory have, in too many cases, blazed like earthly fires, scorching and consuming in the hour of their fierce ness ; pale and glimmerin g w h n that hour is past and their work is done. But in the work itself orators have their true ftime. Those who, like Pym and Hampden, and withstood a despotic Court—who, like Somers, have restored the liberties of their country—who, like Chatham, leave exalted its reputation—or who, like Fox, have placed on a height their beacon to save the wandering friends of freedom from destruction—may be content to let their speeches moulder in tho dust of libraries, while their names are hallowed in the temples they have founded, adorned, and preserved. The biographer finds occasion to regret the foolish indulgence of his father, who introduced him early to Parisian society and the gaming table, thereby fostering the faults that his open pleasure-loving disposition naturally exposed him to. The follow ing anecdote is curious : In a letter from Kingsgate, dated July 25th, 176.5, his father says—" Charles has been here, but is now at Oxford studying very hard, after two months at Paris, which ho relished as much as ever. Such a mixture in education was never seen, but, extraordinary as it is, it seems likely to do well." That this education enabled Mr. Fox to read the Greek and Lath poets with facility, to make himself familiar with French and Italian literature, and to become very early a man of the world, cannot be disputed. But, on the other hand, it led to desultory habits of study, and, what was much worse, to a fondness for the pleasures of unbridled youth, which in his after life marred the effect of his bril liant talents, and prevented his acquiring the entire confi dence of the moral and sober part of the nation. It must have been in 1767 that his mother paid a visit to Lady Chatham, of which she gave the following account to her husband :—" I have been, this morning, with Lady Hester Pitt, and there is little William Pitt, now eight years old, and really the cleverest child I ever saw, and b.iought up so strictly and so proper in his behaviour, that, mark my words, that little boy will be a thorn in Charles's side as long as he lives." A very singular prediction, showing not only the early cleverness of the two boys, but the cherished ambition of their parents, the wise strictness of Lord and Lady Chatham, and the sagacity of Lady Holland. When little more than nineteen Charles Fox en• tered Parliament for that borough of Midhurst, whose political existence it is now proposed to annihilate. His wonderful abilities soon made him remarkable. After a brief tenure of office, under Lord North, as junior Lord of the Treasury, his daring temper led him to involde his chief in a dif ficulty which resulted in his dismissal. On the 24th of February Charles Fox was dismissed from the Board of Treasury. It is said that on this occasion Lord North wrote him the following laconic note —" His Majesty has thought proper to order a new Commission of Treasury to be made out, in which I do not see your name. —NORTH." Horace Walpole says, speaking of Lord North :—" With his usual hurry after indolence, he turn'd out Charles Fox, as a threat to those who might incline to desert, but' with out effect." It is to be lamented that during this period of his life Mr. Fox entered deeply—almost madly—into the_pursuit of gaming. Lord Egremont afterward s sus p ec t e d thgehe was the dupe of foul play. Be that as it might, he borroweil to such an extent, that the purchase of the annuities he :had granted cost his fond anti indulgent father no less. 41. -611n1 than £140,000. Horace Walpole tells us :—" As the gaming and extra vagance of young men of quality had arrived now at a pitch never heard of, it is worth while to give some account of it. They had a club at Almack's, in Pall Mall, where they played only for rouleaus of £5O each, and g•ener i ally there was £lO,OOO in specie on the table. Lord Holland had paid above £20,000 for his two sons. Nor were the manners of the gamesters, or even their dresses for play, undeserving notice. They began by pulling off their embroidered clothes, and put on frieze greatcoats, or turned their coats inside outwards for luck. They put on pieces of leather (such as are worn by footmen when they clean the knives) to save their laced ruffles ; and to guard their eyes from the light and to prevent tumbling their hair, wore high-crowned straw hats with broad brims and adorned with flowers and ribbons; masks to conceal their emotions when they played at quinze. Each gamester had a small neat stand by him, to hold their tea, or a wooden bowl with the edge of ormolu to hold their rouleaus. They borrowed great sums of Jews at exorbitant premiums. Charles Fox called his outward room, where those Jews waited till he rose, his Jerusalem Chamber. Soon, however, he had the opportunity of dis tinguishing himself in a more honourable way, by his defence of the American colonists. The speech of Lord Chatham, on moving an address to the Crown, at the commencement of the year 1775. is most remarkable, not only for the correctness, of its principles, or the eloquence of „its expressions, but for the subsequent fufilment of the prophecy, with which he foretold the humiliating abandonment of the unjust and arbitrary claims of Government. " I trust it is obvious to your lordships," he observes at its close, " that all attempts to impose servitude upon such men, to establish despotism over such a mighty continental nation, must be vain, must be fatal. We shall be forced ultimately to retreat; let us retreat while we can, not when we must. I say we must necessarily undo these violent, oppressive acts ; they must be repealed—you will ,repeal them. I pledge myielf for it that you will in the end repeal them; I stake my reputation'on it. I will consent to be taken for au idiot if they are not finally repealed. Avoid, then, this humiliating— this disgraceful necessity. With a dignity becom. ing your exalted situation, make the first advance s to concord, to peace, and happiness. For that"is your true dignity, to act with prudence and justice. That you should first concede is obvious, from sound and rational policy. Concession comes with better grace and more salutary effect from superiorp9wer ; it reconciles superiority of polder, 4:411 the thelVilinss of men, and establishes solid confidene foundations of affection and gratitude. So tricti4ht a wise poet and a wise man in poll - ij i ck,tl sarmeitv— the friend of Mect - entts and th eulogisfit4AUgLisius. To him, the adopted son and. successor of the first Caesar, to him, the master of the world, he wisely' urged this conduct of prudence and dignity. Tu qua prior, tupare proi we tela manu.'" Afew!monthb ...ti ~ f BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share' Railways. 100 18 18 Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent.. Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd gu. 6 per cent Do Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. 4 B Bilfalo and Lake Huron Do. New Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.&S.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. C Shares Do. E Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do.li p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 G eelong& Mel.gua.s p. c. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B Do. 6 per cent. Pref Gt.lndiaPenin.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. o Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 4 p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.e Do. Fourth do. Melia. 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 Northof India Tramroad Limited, Scrip Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. Do. New Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo. I St. Andrews & Que Trinidad(Limited) 201 20 100 1 100 190 17} 20 S Cock Sto. 1 Stock 100 300 zo 1 2° 20l 100 1 100 100 100 Stock ut: , : !bec.,. Scrip 'Paid. Closing I Business Price. Done. all 13i all 85 88 4 Id I 1 d d 61 7 161 1100 100 100 1. 3.0. - dl 85 90 82 86 80 84 Par 12s. 6d. & tpl all all 1100 100 all 100 all I I d 102 103 1 2a. all 51 6 i 1 1021 i i I IPI all all all all all all 191 201 35 37 75 77 93 94 101 102 par Ipl 15 15} 51 4} d 103 106 103 105 103 105 97 99 17 8 i 18 19 20 1 18t Idd - -d -- -- d 101 i 34 20 21 d f. } id P c arl 15f 4 8 id pan' FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessaa Carmeaux Mine & Rail Dutch Rhenish (Eastern of France . Euphrates Vallev (Great Central of *France IGt. Luxem., Con. shs I,ltalian Junction Lake Constance & Brie Lierre and Turnhout. Lombardo Venetian Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pt Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref No?..hern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent. Paris,Lyons, and Mcdit. Paris avd Orleans ...... Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) Qua. 7 D. et. (Liin.) Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati 'Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Prof. Southern of France West Flanders Do. p. a PreCerence W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand 4/ 51 - -p 1 lf 2i 4 5 cl 26i 27 - Pi 61 7 1k 11p1 Si 81 20 2C 37 37 - 9 1 - 0 P 33 34 53 55 1 d 20 21 23, 21a BRITISH MINES. Share Mines. Paid. \ Closing Business Price. Done. - Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 63 7il 2/0 British Iron - Condurrow (Camborne) 2O - - 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 465 475 - East Bassett (Mogan) 3O 230 210 - Great. South Tolgus... 17a 12 14 G.Whcal Alfd.(Phillack) 11.18.8 24 34 - G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 95 5 i 24 - Lady Bertha lBs 6d 1 14 - North Frances ( Illogan) 85 7 8. 1 11 - North Wheal Crotty 7.9.4 7 fie 1 - N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 9 10 1 - Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 15 14 15 - Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 - - - . Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6a ; 1 - SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 24 46 5 475 -• South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 24 3 - S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 200 210 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 45 15 2 10 Tin Croft 9 4 44, 45 4 - UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - -- - Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d 4 5 - West Basset (Illogan) l4 2t 2:3 - W. Caradon (Liskeard) 2O 75 80 - Wheal Basset (Mogan) 55 100 200 - Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 130 140 Wheal Edward (Cale.) 55 24 35 - Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 11 12 - Wh'lMaryA.nn (Menhe) 8 47 49 - Wh'l Trelawney (Lisk.) •44 .30 82 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim lOs it 4p i i 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) 27 1 15 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 11 12 5 Do.L and and Mining Co. all 14 2 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica - -- d 40 Cobra Copper all 36 38 - Cepi - po l6 10 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 5 4 2 Fortuna 20 General all 23 25 3 Linares all 94 105 5 Lusitanl an 1 Mariquita all 4 5 1 New Granada • all - - 1 N.RhlneCop.of S.Aus.L 10 4 I p 20 Pontgibaua Silver, Lead Minim , : and Smelt all 4 5 5 Port Philip 1 4 I I 30 Santiago ae Cuba 165 1 1 28.2.84 United Mexican all 25 2 ,24 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. Paid. Closing Business Prices. Done. • Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 115 116 1154 4 4 - Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 113 115 114 - Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 1 . 13 115 - N.8.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &July 100 1114 1124 -- Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - -- - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 103 104 1034 - NovaScotirGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1114 1125 1134 - S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 1114 11 2 5 - Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 - - 1 Share JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Closing I Business Price. Done. Agra&UnitedServiceßk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Brit. CoL Bk. & LoariCo British North Ametioan Chtd. Bank of India, irc City Colonial Corn. Bank of Canada Commercial of London Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch Gen. Bk. of Switzerland Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. London and County London Joint Stock London Sc TTestminster Nat. Prov. of England Do. new National Bank 68 70 100 100 20.11 100 24i z 45 47 lt Idi 62 64 14 lei 234 24 31f 1 50f NO 47 49 211 211 201} 21i 204 d 'New South Wales Orient. Lk. Corporation Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New South Australia Do. New Union of AustraPa Do. New Union London Unity Mutual Western Bk of London MISCELLANEOUS. mis cellangous. Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works Do New, issued at £5 dis British American Land Brit. & Irish Mag. Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 Do. C. Canada Land. Chan. Islands Tel.(L Cop.Min.ofEng. &Smltg Do. Preference 7i per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tcl Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim ) Gl. Iron ScrewCol.(Lim Gen. Steam Navigation London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co Mediter. Electric Teleg Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) National Discount Co Netherlands Land Do do Do 8 p.e.Pref.,iss.at ldis. N.lir.&NovaSeotiaLand N.B. Australasian (Lim ) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Paid } Closing slimness dons Price. 13 14 220 250 33 34 4 # 3i 6 i 2 38 i 19 1 14 15 122 127 9 10 24 25 11 5 5} 1103 105 I 1 I (d d 11 1 5 6 d 1 2 1 1i lit 4/ 4 111 Do. N e w Shares Peel River Land & Pen. & Oriental Steam. Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr Rhymney Iron IDo . New Ryal Steam Scot.Austriu.lClV.(Lbn ' ; ' South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Scrip Do. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can Van Diemen's Land NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. During the past week increased supplies of moat have come to hand from Scotland and various parts of England. The show of London-killed here to-day is only moderate ; nevertheless the trade generally is less active, at our quo tations. Per Blbs. by the Carcass. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. i Inferior Beef 3 4to 3 6 lnfr. Mutton. 3 6to 4 0 Mid. d 0..... 3 8-to 310 1 Mid. do 42to 4 4 Pm.largedo. 4 oto 4 2 Prime do. 4 6to 4 10 Do. small do. 4 4to 4 8 1 Veal 3 10 to 4 8 Large pork.. 3 4to 3 8 . 1 Small pork Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 4d. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Since Monday last, the arrivals of potatoes coastwise have been less extensive ; but the receipts by land carriage have rather increased. The imports have amounted to 420 tons from Antwerp, and 92 do. from Groningen. Present rates as follows, with a dull trade : York Regents, 75s to 1008 • Essex and Kent, 70 s to 95 s ; Lincolns, 70s to 90s ; Scotch, to 80s ; foreign, 40s to 60s. BOROUGH HOP. We continue to have a steady demand for nearly all kinds of new hops, at the late improvement in value. Yearlings are steady in price; but all other kinds rule heavy. Mid and East Kent pockets —80 s 140 s per cwt. Weald of Kent do 62s to 76s » Sussex do 6os to 708 „ WOOL MARKET. , We have to report a slight improvement in the demand for most kinds of English wool—the supply of which 033, offer is very moderate—at full quotations. Foreign and colonial qualities are very inactive, nevertheless no change has taken place in prices. Last week's imports were 1,519 bales from Sydney, 3,998 from Geelong, and 84 from Havre. SEEDS. Cloverseed continues in good request, and white seed is still advancing in price. Trefoil is steady, at full quotations. Linseed is dull, and again cheaper. In rapeseed very little is doing, at late rates. Cakes are in fair demand, at full prices. Turnip,White,p.bus.l2B to 14s Swede Mustard, Brown Bs lls White, new l2s 15s Tares, Spring, new.. °A id 12s Old —s —8 Canary, per quarter 608 70s Carraway 4os to 438 Coriander 9a 12s Hempseed, per qr 30s 38s Linseed,Eng.sowing 72s 74s Crushing -s —s Baltic —s —a Odessa Linseed Cake, p. ton English £lO Os.£lo 15a Foreign, p ton£9 5s Od 10 15s Rape Cakes,p. ton 5 Os 6 5s Rapeseed, p. qr 64s 68s Rye giais, new 22s 26s Clover, Red Eng., et. Ms 85s White Foreign Red 66s 76s White 76s 105 s Trefoil, new. lBs 20s TALLOW. Since our last report the demand for tallow has ruled firm, and prices have had an upward tendency. To-day, P.Y.C., on the spot, has sold at 63s to 63s 3d per cwt. Rough fat 2s 10Id per llbs. 1855. I 1856. 11857. 1858. 11859. Stock this day.... 33,943 24,059 ! I 16,746 1_14,341 16,186 18s Od to 478 64•toi8Os 04 to Jo' 's 04 to 53s 0d to Price of Y.C. __ s Od —s. 01 ___s Od j.53s 3d DvlivtTy last lv , olt; 1,!..:0 117 1,15 S 1,212 1,134 Ditto from June 1 70,187 90,223 9'2,589 92,751 87,194 Arrivals last week 875 940 486 350 285 Ditto from June 1 68,130 68,742 92,355 05,378 91,813 Price of Town .... 48s 6d 48s 6d 55s 9d 56s 6d 55s Od Business Done. CI I ~~ A ~ 1 before his death, the great statesman saw his words fulfilled : On the 19th of February, 1778, Lord North !rose in the House of Commons to move a fresh conciliatory budget. He proposed :-1. To repeal the tea duty absolutely. 2. To re. nounce by act of Parliament all right of taxing the colonies for revenue, and to provide that the produce of any duties imposed for the regulation of trade should be paid over to the colonies. 3. To appoint commissioners who should have the power to treat with Congress as such to put a stop to the war, and to suspend all laws of which the Americans might complain, and which the commissioners should be willing to provoke. A dull, melancholy silence succeeded the delivery of Lord North's speech. Astonish ment, dejection, and fear overloaded the whole aasembly. No mark of approbation appeared from any part of the house. Nor was this to be wondered at. Members who had supported the war must have seen the fabric of empire, which Lord North had hitherto displayed before their eyes, vanish into air, with feelings of consternation. Others of a different stamp, who had warned the Ministry not to repeat the experiment of the stamp duty, must have reflected with sorrottr that ten years earlier the concession now made migh have saved millions of treasure, rivers of blood, and the affections of three millions of people. The united eloquence of Chatham, Burke, Fox, and their supporters could not turn the weak minister and obstinate, narrow-minded king from their per verse policy. After narrating the death of Lord Chatham Lord John Russell makes the following observations on his character : In estimating the general conduct of a great man, the failings of the age must be allowed to palliate those of the individual. In this manner Tacitus vindicates the charac ter of Agricola; in this manner the admirers of Chatham must be allowed to plead the factiousness of- many, the feebleness of most, the corruption of nearly all of his contemporaries. It cannot be denied that, in opposition to Sir Robert Walpole, he recklessly urged on the Spanish war, and cast undue odium on the Hanover connexion. The Spanish war is now generally admitted to have been forced on by this great orator against the just views of policy; the Hanover connexion became to Lord Chatham himself, when Minister, a source of national strength. The great period of Lord Chatham's glory occurred in the four years between 1757 and 1761, when he wielded the thunder bolt and fulmined over Europe and America. A greater war Minister has never been seen ; his spirit animated the nation, his sagacity descried the merits of Wolfe, and his firmness sustained the genius of Frederick of Prussia. In the American struggle, his wisdom was no less conspicuous; but his overbearing pride threw away the instruments by', which his policy might have been assured to adopt tools he thought more pliant, but which were sure to break in his hands. Lord Chatham's eloquence appears to me to be marked by feeling and imagination beyond that of any orator, ancient or modern. In the regular sustained march of dignified language and close argument he was inferior to many : the fire of some orators is more skilfully prepared, their flame burns longer and more steadily, but Lord Chat ham's flashes are from Heaven. The meeting of the Rhone and the Saone, the immunity of an Englishman's home, where the wind might blow through every cranny, but the King's writ could not enter, the statutes turned down in dogsears, the master feather in the eagle's wing, and several more images of great beauty, will occur to every one. They have no parallel in the speeches of his son, of Fox, or of Sheridan—Burke alone' in a different style, and more sustained flight, can bear comparison with tho Great Commoner. It is in the earliest part of the volume, during his vigorous struggle for the rights of the colonists, that the chaaacter and abilities of Fox shine most brightly. 'Afterwards he becomes involved in the official tactics of parties. Mr. Grattan, himself no inconsiderable orator, on being asked which were the best speeches he ever hea r d, re pli e d w ith ou t hesitation, " Fox's during the American war." His biographer gives many samples of his powerful in vective and impassioned declamation. This first volume closes, as it were, the first epoch of his Parliamentary career. The tenure of office by the Coalition Government was brief and unsatis factory. The next volume will bring us to the struggle of the French Revolution and to those contests between the two great rivals which resounded for years within the walls of the English Parliament. Through those stirring years and animated debates, one who is himself a states man and a debater is well qualified to lead us. The records of a time so eventful and so important can never be uninstructive. Every one of the chief figures may be painted with pre-Raphaelite accu racy and minuteness of detail, and still the history would be interesting. In these days, when the bit terness of party spirit is dying out, when political rancour is modified, and political intrigues less secure, the leaders of great parties, and men of authority in the State, may learn something from the errors and mistakes into which their predeces sors fell. Looking upon the results of each great party move as influencing the destinies of nations, weighing the consequences of . class animosity or personal ambition in the men of ability and autho rity, the conscientious statesman may find more in the life of a great political chief than the interest of the history or the value of the record. By few could those records have been more worthily told than by one who is himself die possessor of a great historical name,, and conspicuous in the catalogue of English statesmen. Ellen Raymond; or, Ups and Downs. By Mrs. Vidal, author of "'Pales for the Bush," &c., &c. 3 vols. Smith and Elddr. This is an interesting story ; it is rather compli cated in its detail:, but the plot is skilfully worked out. The character of Ellen Raymond is very well described, and her strange, eventful life possesses many features of a mournful interest. Her family was a peculiar one, and the circumstances attend ant on her home existence well calculated to be extremely irritating to one of her tempera ment. Her father was a man of a very violent temper and singular disposition. Soon after Ellen's return home from school, he renewed an acquaintance with a widow to whom in early life he had been attached. Mrs. Hay was no friend to the beautiful Raymond, who in htr turn resented the constant interference that went on and the perpetual complaints transmitted to her from the designing widow, which reached her in no pleasant way from her irate and prejudiced father. She was also in the extreme fear from her hasty temper, and the consequence was that she left her father's to reside with an intimate friend of hers who had been a companion of her mother's in their young days. Mrs. Wentworth is ably pictured to us as a woman of much kindness of heart, but too volatile of disposition, and too indifferent to the prejudices and practices of society to be a safe or desirable guardian to so yoang and beautiful a girl as the wayward Ellen Raymond. She had intended to make the daughter of her deceased friend her heiress, but she was too afraid of dwelling on un pleasant subjects to make a will, hence when she died suddenly, some crafty relatives, whom she did not like, and who did not care for her, seized upon everything. Ellen roused herself to exertion, and, having persuaded a widowed sister to reside with her, she supported herself for some time by the sale of pictures ; she had always possessed a great talent in that way. There are some painful passages in the story, as for instance the part which relates to John Mortimer, who had been passionately at tached to Ellen, and she being thoughtless and hasty, treated his declaration with scorn. This excited the ungovernable temper of the man, and he vowed revenge. He fulfilled his threat in a very unmanly way, for he married the elder sister of Ellen, the unfortunate Bessie Ray mond. She for a long time believed her husband attached to her, while he was merely playing out his own purpose of forcing Ellen to succumb to his plans. By the threat of disclosing all to Bessie, which she knew would distract her, he compelled Ellen to give up to him nearly all the money which was being kept apart for her. It was her drawing out the money secretly, and refusing;to account for it that occasioned the final quarrel with her father. The Mortimers were fated to be the bane of Ellen's existence, for her attachment to Granville, the brother of John, proved a misfortune to her. Her constancy to this feeling made her refuse Edward Vaughan, who was a very estimable character, and who was much more truly attached to her than Granville, who, with all his professions, gave up at the very first difficulty, and hurried away to marry another without waiting to clear up the mystery. All the confusions attendant on these disappoint ments and calamities tended to embitter Ellen's iii, - aiiiitharCifienCe which had promised so brightly was overshadowed. At the conclusion she seemed to brighten, however, and the change from her gloomy cottage to the cheerful home of her younger sister was very beneficial to her. Many years after she again met Mr. Vaughan, and fi n d_ ing . his devotion to her unchanged, she consented to their union. On the whole this work displays con siderable ability, and many readers 'will be delighted with its perusal. There are many persons intro duced, who impart a variety to its pages, and there are scenes of an exciting nature which characterise its progress. It may be considered a success in its peculiar style and character. Six Years' Travel in Russia. By an English Lady. 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett. We here meet with two most pleasing volumes, presenting us with interesting and instructive ac counts of Russia and her people. The work is written in an easy, flowing style, and can hardly fail to meet the approval of impartial readers. It is true that occasionally the author is too prone to favouritism, and too apt to regard the country in which she passed some years so happily, under too favourable auspices ; but she evidently speaks her own opinions, and this circumstance does not detract from the merits of the book, as presenting lively sketches of society and graphic details of the manners and customs prevalent in Russia. There are also some passages of historical incidents, and occasionally some legends are introduced, as those of the Kreml, which impart an additional interest to the work. The habits of the Russians are strapge in some respects, as,for instance, in raising the temperature of their houses to such a degree that they are enabled to wear summer costume in the depths of winter. It would seem more i ational to inure themselves more to the atmosphere than to breathe such an enervating air as that produced by artificial heat carried to such an inordina The interior of their dwellings is arran t the greatest taste, and they appear to shi spicuous in all domestic arrangements, est the dinner table, which in Russian mans a most brilliant affair, without extravat, Those who desire to peruse an entertaining 1‘ while they acquaint themselves with many tin only noticeable by an eye-witness in a foreign country, will be delighted with the records of an English lady, which she has rendered attractive by their vivacity and spirit. Routledge's Illustrated Natural Ilidary. By the Rev. J. G. Wood, LA., F.L.S. Part I. April, 1859. Those who are familid with Mr. Wood's " Anecdotes of Animal LA," " Common Objects of the Country," &c., &c., will readily believe that he is capable of producing a "Natural History" cal culated to tempt a host of readers who never before gave their serious attention to one of the most important and unfathomable subjects within the reach of human brains. In this excellent publica tion there is no mystery imposed by difficult and unexplained technicalities—there are no pretensions to exclusive and unauthorised knowledge of the matter, but a most concise and intelligible style is blended with solid and reliable information, form ing a work of valuable character, whether for studious perusal or occasional reference. The illustrations are executed with great skill and clearness of delineation, and profusely ample in number. lire can cordially recommend this admir able and useful publication to the reading " mass," as it is issued in monthly parts, at a very cheap rate, thereby ensuring a circulation equal to its merit. The spirit and tone of the author is fairly exhibited in the following short extract : " Not only is the past history of each being written in every particle of which its material frame is constructed, but the past records of the universe to which it belongs, and a prediction of its future. God can make no one thing that is not universal in its teachings, if we would only be so taught; if not, the fault is with the pupils, not with the Teacher. He writes his ever-living words in all the works of hishand ; He spreads his ample book before us, always ready to teach, if we will only learn. We walk in the midst a miracles with closed eyes and stopped ears, dazzled and be wildered with the light, fearful and distrustful of the word It is not enough to accumulate facts as misers gather mins, and then to put them away on our bookshelves, guarded by the bars and bolts of technical phraseology. As coin s , th facts must be circulated, and given to , the public for their use. It is no matter of wonder that the generality of readers recoil from works on the natural sciences, and look upon them as mere collections of tedious names, irksome to read, unmanageable of utterance, and impossible to re member. Our scientific libraries are filled with facts, dead, hard, dry, and material as the fossil bones that fill the sealed and caverned libraries of the past. But true science will breathe life into that dead mass, and fill the study of zoology with poetry and spirit." LONDON MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. PUBLIC MEETING THIS DAY. A public meeting was held this day at Willis's Rooms, in aid of the funds for the purchase of the premises in Southampton-buildings occupied by the institution, and the release of the trustees from their liabilities. At half-past one o'clock the chair was taken by the Earl of Carlisle, K.G., accompanied by Lord Faversham, the Bishop of St. David's, Mr. Slaney, M.P., Mr. F. Crossley, M.P., and about thirty other gentlemen. Letters of apology for non-attendanee, but en closing subscriptions, having been read by the secretary from Lord Brougham, Mr. Marjoribanks, Lord James Stuart, and Lord Dundonald, The noble CHAIRMAN said, on bringing before the meeting the object of the assemblage, he would endeavour to separate the topics that did not presently bear upon the object they had in view, and endeavour to lay before them those which bore directly on the point. He was there to make an appeal to those now present, and others beyond the limits of that room to join in an effort now making to keep the London Me chanics' Institution planted in this most opulent country in the world. (Loud cheers.) In doing so he could not do better than refer to the statement issued by the committee. By that docu ment it appeared that the London Mechanics' Insti tution had, for 35 years, to a great extent accom plished the objects of its founders by affording instruction in various branches of science, art, and literature, to more than 700 students an nually. At the present time there were about 1,100 attendances weekly at the various classes. Much greater results might have been attained had it not been for the heavy expenses to which the in stitution was subject, and of which the principal is the rent of the buildings (X 229 per annum), an expense from which many educational institutions are spared by permanent endowment. The lease under which the premises are held was of long duration, and empowers the institution to pur chase the reversionary interest of its landlord, and thus to reduce thc above annual payment to a small ground rent, for the sum of £3,500. In order to accomplish this object, it is proposed to raise this amount by public subscription, and thus the ex penses of the institution will be reduced by £2OO per annum, and the trustees relieved from all their present heavy liabilities, and the sum at present raised toward the above object amounts to £1,684 17s. The object of the meeting was most praiseworthy, and he would not for a moment doubt that the re mainder of the sum required would soon be forth coming. (Hear, hear.) While those possessed of ample means contributed, he thought it was the duty of all who approved of such institutions as the London Mechanics' Institution to contribute their pence. (Hear, hear.) Then again it was hardly to be supposed that the great number of similar institutions now in existence would allow the parent establishment, which had set the example and pat tern by which they had all profited, to continue to have its operations cramped by financial difficulty. (Hear, hear.) It would be but an ill requittal of the great services of Lord Brougham to allow an institution in which he had taken so much interest to fall for the want of £2,000. (Cheers.) The Bishop of ST. DAVIDS said he had great pleasure in moving the first resolution. It was as follows : " The London Mechanics' Institution having, been the first society of the kind instituted in England, having called many hundred of similar institutions into existence, and having Afforded instruction in science and the arts to more than 25,000 of its own members, thereby contributing not merely to theirsuceess in life, but to the industrial pro gress of the country , nesscsp,es a stron g c l a i m on pu b l i c support and sympathy. He thought it was due more as a debt of justice than a tribute of respect to an eminent person, who, although he could not be looked upon as the founder, was at least the foster-father of the insti tution—(loud cheers)—that it should be immedi ately, as it were, emancipated from it s present difficulty. (Cheers.) The resolution, having been seconded, was cartied unanimously. The following resolutions were also agreed to That although the small subscriptions required from the'reerabers have been sufficient until recently to meet the current expenses of the institution, yet the heavy rent pay able for the premises in Southampton -buildings, has not only at all times prevented many improvements in the management from being effected, and a methodical course of education from being pursued, but his at length involved the institution in difficulties; and that in order to give it the same stability which is enjoyed by many establish ments designed for the use of the more wealthy classes, funds should be raised by public subscription sufficient to endow it with the buildings it occupies. "The object mentioned in the last resolution, viz.:—The purchase of the buidings occupied by the institution, is the more desirable because, if attained, the surviving trustees, Lord Broughardand'3lr. Joshua Walker, will thereby be released from the heavy liabilities which with great public spirit they incurred at the foundation of the institution by becoming lessees of the premises. "That the thanks of all friends of popular education are eminently due to his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, and the other donors whose names have been read, for their munificent contributions to the fund for the purchase of the lease. "That the warmest thanks of the meeting are due to the Earl of Carlisle for having consented to take the chair on this occasion, and for the manner in which he has con ducted the proceedings." THE RESOLUTION " DODGE:"—Sir Hugh Cairns, in a speech of unrivalled ability, has fixed upon the resolution of Lord John Russell its just and appropriate designation. The spirit in which it has been conceived, the policy with a view to which it was framed, and the end which it intended to compass, are simply and purely those of a " dodge." If it is said that the bill of the Government is so fundamentally vicious that it was necessary at all hazards to defeat it, the proper and natural course was to move its peremptory rejec tion on the second reading. If, on the other hand, it was thought undesirable to postpone the settlement of the ques tion, and with this vievv it was d eemed expedient to modify th • objectionable features of the Government measure, it was easy enough, in the existing temper of the House of Com mons, to put such a pressure on the administration, and in such a manner, as would have permitted them to comply with the Opinion of the majority. The answer of Mr. Disraeli to the question of Ir. Mitchell, on Thursday night, sufficiently indicates that iniqers were by no means dis posed to resist such a solicitation. But no man whoknocv,; the real history of. the resolution can doubt for am!nstant that it was drawn for the express purpose, and with the single intention, of excluding the possibility of concession by the Government, and that its only object was, not to settle the principles or to promote the cause of reform, but purely and MzapW to btonn theTrenbury BeVitW Bonch,—,Saeurcky 1 70 1 1031 1174 Ai 9 124 1111 974 1 Share' 8 i - c;ck 1 Sokl C'\ e 7 1 1