The Sun. — London, England, 1859-02-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY IS,_ 1859. 1............._ --- ----- MONEY 211ARICET AND CITY NEWS'.. SHAREMARKET.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 'C_E, o o .. Sham Closing I Business ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. IPaid. I Price. Done. CITY, Two o'CLOCK. - Railways. (Paid . Closing \ Business [URSDAY. The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets, dur- Share . Price. Done. Atlantic &St Lawrence! • 100 espectiveiy in - Leased at 6 per cent.. 1 all 78 80 g the last few days, have been very quiet ; most 12.10 Amberg., Nottin g. Bost. borough, in of the principal staples however have been at steady 50 and Eastern Juno ion 10 61 6,1 6.1 18 180 eased 9 1 . i d ( U. 5 per cent s resigned : rates. Tea continues at full rates, and common nellast and Ballymena.. all - - 13.14 Bir., ]vol., and Str.Val. all 8 9 18 Do all - - 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 4 Id i J. Collura, eon gou has improved roved-d. per lb. Sugar has met Stork Birk., Lanc., and Chesh. 18 Do. Do. 841 1 1d) 'Junction lOO 66 68 24 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 7 8 Esq. The r, With a very limited inquiry, and only the superior • 25 Blackburn - -- d 25 Blyth an - d Tyne all 31 33 Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 1 100 85 90 your of the qualities have been inquired for. The Refined. Mar- leo 1 Stock Bristol and Exeter demanded ket Stock Caledonian , however, continues firm. Rice has shown a slight Stock Chester and Holyhead improvement, and saltpetre remains at steady rates. 50 Cork and Bandon all • - 2 0 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1 . 3 . 0 . i d par 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all - - 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. - - The public sales of foreign and colonial wool will 20 Cornwall all 42 51 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 28. , pm COmm e A roves. no div 2O Central Dude (Limited) 2s6d. - -- 1 nce on the 24th inst., and prices are expected 10 Do. A untimp.c. per an I all - •ters of Col• to advance about id. to lid. per lb. on the rates 10 Do. 8,, hee npd toB - 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 2 f 8P 1 6 171 Demerara - - ;lectors as f t rea lized at the close of the last series. Tallow has so Dublin an -a d s ltelf ast junc: all - - 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c , 5 1 Idi 25 Dun.,Perth,&Abr.Junc. all 91 10 Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 1021 1031 1031 ii i i y the resin - been • . inactive, and prices are depressed, P. Y. C. Stockstock ls Eastern Counties lOO 62 6.3 621 11 20 Do. E Shares Ext. 10 1i P ount of ill- on the spot being quoted 535. • March delivery 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 - erary Insti - 525. od 6 7 a. and n last three months 525. 6d. per cwt. Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 2 4 8 4 46 30 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 25 Do.Nw.A.(Ite.E.U - ds) 8-1 - - 100 D 0.44 p.c. lids. pay.'s9 all - - 20 G eelong& Mel.gua.s p. c. all 19 20 mos numer - 25 East Kent all 13 15 Geelong Corporation 6 1 100 _ A. Hanks The e l .yl4: iverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed Stock East Llincashire too 95 97 Et°. . „ per cent. Bonds ) - prices of all descriptions advanced 1 20 East Suffolk all - Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 29 31 30 in favour of per lb. The sales were estimated at 12,000 bales. 10 Do - - 100 Do. 6p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 70 72 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pre' lOO 89 91 905 100 29 291 291 9 Stock Edinburg and •Glasgow 100 711 721 Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. Ls especially In Railway Shares business was rather depressed, 20 Gtlndiarenin enia.sp e all 100 1004 1001 1 10 Forth & Clyde Juncbm all - - 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent 4 i Idj 31 1 2 4 5. _ i d par _ 'other was a and quotations exhibited a downward tendency. Stock Furness - - 2020 ( G p t o ..S d .o o f Ind. Lim.-Scrip lad. set the Th Stock Glasgow & South Westn, 1() 95 97 e official returns relating to trade and naviga- 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 10)( guaranteed 5 per cent. ) ' id was still lion f or t Stock Great Northern lOO 1041 1051 12 2 000 01 D G I) (c)) t . : W NB . oe o nw f d C s a p n a a y d . a Shares all l5l 16 [ great plea - 185 n he 12 months ending the 31st December, Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 83 90 137 139 7G with / all 101 106 who was not -, have at lenoth been published. From these Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO b Stock Gt. Sonth.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 1041 1051 1011 cpt. till '6O Parliamen t it appears that the total declared value of exports Stock Great Western all 104 106 ause.) from the United Kingdom for the year was Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk. 100 50 57 100 Do. do. "13 without opt all 102 le4 12 Irish South Eastern.. .. all - - 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Dived, stated Zll6Carlisle . 1 81 88 ,614,331, against L 122,066,107 in the pre- 50 Lancaster and al 2O Madras, guar., 41 p. c. all 17f 181 seen induced View; 161 Do. Thirds - 20 as contested year of 1857, showing a decline of 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 11 12. p 20 Do. 41 p. c. Extension.. 15 181 191 20 ton and Mr. X 5,451,776. The decrease is mostly perceptible Stlo6ck Do.Lan Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 95 1 951 951 i do. F £l6 6 id 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. 10 1h d 20 Do. Fourth do. 10W to conic in coals and calm, earthenware and once- 0 , Do. do. £ 9 shares.. 7 fd 3 'Do, West Riding Union 1 - - Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 - - should place lain, haberdashery and millinery, hardware 20 no. Southport Newßrunswick&Canda. all -, - „,, - 20 Ry.&Lend(Lim.)g.6pc 10 _ ~_ d son public 11.6.3 London and Blackwell. all 6 1 (4 ''a 1 and cutlery, linen manufactures, metals, salt, silk 11.6.3 Do.Newiss.at £slo.p.sh. 44 - - Class ACapitl.Share.. 4of reform , . man ufactures, thrown silk, British spirits, s h ee p Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 .., ~..., 109 Nal 109 1 .. Do. do. Land do. . .. 20 Do. do. B. Capital dd. 10 1 --d sh character Stock London & North Westn 100 95 1 06 "a .. Do. do. Land d 0... _ and imperil and lambs' wool, and woollen and worsted manu- 12t Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn lOO 92 4 02 4 4 9-24 20 ( Limited, Scrip 2s. had hitherto , factures. 25 L'derry & Coleraine ... all - - 20 nude (Linlited) - I by . the three Th • e importations of the princifial articles were 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all - 20 Scinde The latter Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln.. 100 3B 39 , 20 Do. fruits, larger as regards 'live animals, cocoa, coffee, 10 31etropolitan - - a 20 Do. Punk' ub .. g 5 5 1 id ( 20 Do. New V, ,'-' 10 1 d i p fighter)-tile Stock :Midland Wheat, barley, Indian cern, flour, raw cotton, Stock Do. Ilirming. & Derby llo o® ility of thelo76ll 102 78 1014 214 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. bk 5 1 10' 41 hemp, rice, spirits, rum, sugar, tea, 5 0 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all - - 20 St. Andrews & Quebec 1 18 - - alent feeling 25 Do.l Shares all - - 10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 id 1 p of that hous e • a nd tobacco. Th ere was a di m i nu tion as co a l - 100 Nevrcastle and Carlisle all - - 1 composed it pbrairmeastonwei,th those of the previous year in 25 New., Aber., & Herefd. all 12 13 12 1 10 . Newry & Armagh (def. , , 9. - FOREIGN. )in these re - dyeing stuffs flax, hides, 20 Newry, Warpt., & Roe all - - _ , .- sad therefor e , mahogany, Stock Norfolk provisions, raw silk; tallow, wine, and sheep and 50 100 64 66 641 Share Railways. Paid. Closing I Business I Price. North. Counties Union. 31 31 I d Done. Aire popula - lambs' wool. Stock North British lOO 601 61 6 0 1 i _ --, i were regis - Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk. 100 - trade of Stock Do.A Stk.- Arec.no div. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 51 f 5 ustice would The shi pping accounts exhibit a slight increase until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 - - 20 Ardennes all - - P .)en doubled. en the amount of tonnage employed in the foreign Stock Do. 11 Stock lOO - - ~,, 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.i ~.c. 3 1 i ii d 5 Belgian East. Junction all 4 . * 'e numerous the United Kingdom for the twelvemonths, st 2 o s ck N o orth-E_asta_._-nerwick . 100 93 14 Oat D . do. G.N.E.Purchase 16134 1. 1 d d 20 Ileziers to Graissessac.. all 7 8 hundreds 0 11 Stock Do. Leeds lOO 4 481 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail. all 1 21 eVi2 " of 83 , 9 53 tons for the entries inwards, but 20 Dutch Rhenish )ntary repre - the- i Stock Do. York lOO 78 19 one with its ."-' 8 a decrease of 403,694 tons on the clearances Stock North London lOO 101 103 6 Eastern of France ...... all 26 261 20 Euphrates Valley 27. - - P o lltlV anis. 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd night be car - and City Junction.... £3 ls. - - 20 Great Central of France all - - iat althoug h In the coasting trade for the year there was a 20 North Staffordshire.... 171 41 d 121 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. slis all 64 61 board, Eng," diminution . , 20 Noith-Western i,lO/1 of 115,346 tons employed for the entries, 10 No: Sou. W. Junction all 7 8 • 10 Italian Junction ....... 8- - 20 Lake Constance & Bale all - - 20 Lierre and Turnhout.., all - - i voting, an a nd of 238,311 tons for the clearances, compared Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 2 9 31 20 Lombardo Venetian.... 8 1 /pBl 9 s there migh t With those of the previous year 1857. 10 Peebles all - - 20 Portsmouth - - et those who , , 10 Rhymney lO - - 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all - - 1, At the meeting of the proprietors of the Madras Stock Scottish Central lOO 114 116 331 Maria Antonia all - - mailer places 8.75 271 20 Do. do. New - - hallway Company to-day, a favourable report was immoral and s Stock Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 tock Dei. - Scottish Mid. Stock 100 B7 20 4/Amur and Liege all 84 SI en voting le d presented, showing an increase in the revenue of 100 45 47 20 Do. do. 6p. C. Pref. ' c a i a d d en : as s b . e t en th e Stock Shropshire Union 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 44 21 d 16. Northern of France .... all 36/ 371 Innical coin' 100 37 88 374 8 20 Do. New Shares - - p half-year's traffic, which, however, Stock South Devon seated secret Stock South-Eastern lOO 74 f 5 74 1 i 1 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 81 94 of to be alto' prejudiced by various local in- Stock South Wales - 20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun all 131 141 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 7 4 2*l 20 Paris,Lyons, and Aledit. all 33 331 'T of two evi l ! The gross revenue of the half -20 Do. do • 18 - - 20 Paris and Orleans ...... all 52 53 year W as 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 8 11 20 ( Recife& S. Fran. (Peru.) 1 9 4 1 d ivarmly urged to ru n £21,720. The trains now continued 25 Stockton & Darlington. all 36 361 ( g - ua. 7p. et. (Lim.) ... j a system 11 over" 96 miles of the line, between Madras 25 Do. do. 1854 221 - - 20 Riga and Diniebure• 4. --- ely and judo . ' and Gorristown, with much regularity. It ap- 25 Do. do. 1855 lO Rome awl Frascati ... . all - - per' Pear - Stockton & Hartlepool 101 - - 20 Royal Danish all - - sy man's pe g g e d from the balance-sheet that the total sum Stock Taff Vale lOO - - 5 Royal Swedish - - the presen t Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 100 - - 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. - - hitherto expended and appropriated to the works 25 ThemesHavenkßail 22 - - 20 Sambre and Meuse all 61 7t lengthene d, 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref. of a religious Wa s £2,425,480 Os. 4d. Some discussion occurred on the Stock Vale of Neath lOO 77 80 79 81 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 20 Southern of France .... all 19/ 23 for religi• ous e subject of the traffic, and other points, after .50 Waterford & Limerick all - - 81 West Flanders all 5 5 R'lli 20 West Cornwall ie was an 02 - eh the report was adopted. 10 W-end Lon. & Cnr. Pal all - - ~ 20 W. & NW. of ce.. all 23 24 ith regard to There is no change to notice in the Discount 5 Do.A.-Ares en 20 Western of Fran ....0 6 - - iomy in pu b ' 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all a 20 Western of Switzerlan all - - 6 Wiesbaden - - )sf sight of- - ' _, Market, The supply continues abundant, and the de 20 limited. 5 Do. B 20 West London all all - - 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref.... all 20 Zealand - - all - - owed to the 10 Do. Ist Class all - - lered by the Th e English Stock Market has been heavier 20 Do. 2d Class all - - t ought to be !D-day, a decline of about 1 per cent. PREFERENCE SHARES. BRITISH MINES. Paid. \ Closing Business the questio n being - reported. This movement is attribut- Share' Railways. C p lo ri s ce in . g Business ShArel Done. Mines. Price. Done. tsly for peace , able to Paid. ------- , interferen ce of a few speculative sales in the absence 25 Blythe and Tyne It per Purchases for investment to counteract their in- c. pref. (issued at £5O) all 49 51 - Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 61 74 (Applause.) fin e f Stk Brie. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 100 9 _94 96 _ 20 pritish Iron always be on n ee- Consols have receded to 951-, t_for money 20 Do. do. do. Shares - Condurrow (Camborne). 20 - - and - 10 Devon G. Cons. (Taoist.) 1 465 475 s an addition amount. Bank Stock is steady at 227 - and Stock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 100 103 105 - East Bassett (Mogan). 30 185 195 Stock Do. Quer. Shares, No. 2. 7. 10 - - - Id lend effec t 229 • The Chester & Holyhd, 51 pc 100 - - - Great South Tolg•us.... 17s 12 13 rs.) In con - the New. 3 per Cents. are 954 and 961, and Reduced, 961 ; India Loan Debentures are Stock Do. do. sp. c t . - _ G Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c all - - - G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) 11.18.8 g 3 1 -G. Wheal Vor(Ilelston) 91 i 1 his best ener • m arked 981 ; and Exchequer Bills, 355. to 395. Dan. Perth,& Aber.Jun. all 661 - Lady Bertha he borough. .prem. Stoc E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc 100 100 103 Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc.... 100 113 118 Wheal France s c ( r l o ll f o t g y a . ni -- N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 61 74 imself to the Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., give the following N 100 115 117 Stock Do. do. Cla , ss C 7 pc .... 100 103 112 Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. 0.1 -- North North -- Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 11 16 17 7. 81 9.4 2 6 4 7 34 as the • Ternment had prices of the American Securities :- Stock Do. do N 0.2 100 114 116 - p a r Cons Unit. (Wend.) 9 - - -- Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s 1 i Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock 100 132 134 itire questios Redeemable._ Prices. . - SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 21 440 460 United States 6_per Cents..... 1867-1868 - Stock Eastern Union,l per ct. 100 81 83 - Son th C. Brea( Mogan). 2 24 21 pinion Marr .00. 6 per Cent Bonds - - - S Wheal Fran. (Mogan' 18.18.9 220 230 00, would Mare Alabama. 5 per Cent. Bonds.. _lB6B 100 102 5 E.& W. York. Jen. fifths all - - 5 Tamar Silver and Lead station. • I( 78 80 entucky 6 per Cent. Bonds.. 1868-72 90 92 Stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 - - Mining Co 4l la 11 this meeting, Maryland 5 per Ct. Str. Bonds - 95 97 Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 75 76 Stock Furness, 5 per cent .... 1 100 --- - . 10 Tin Croft 9 at 4 - UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - - ement on th e kassachusetts 5 per Cent. Str. Stock Gifts. &S West. e• a. 5 pc. 100 113 115 Stock Great Northern, sp. ct 100 _2O 122 - Vale of Towey (Corm. 128 6d 1 4 inion that lie Bonds - 103 104 Stock Do. 5 pelledm.,lop.e.pm 100 111 113 - West Basset ( v (C an).. 11 20 22 ' Ohio 6 per Cent. Stock . 1886 96 98 Stock Do. 41 p. c. do. do acancy in the, P ennsylvania 6 per Ct. Stock. - 82 84 100 Do. - sp,c. Redm.,s pc. pm. 60 01 66 - Wheal Basset allogan). 51 215 225 - Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 115 , 125 esignation 01 P ennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 86 87 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pt. all -11 111 Wheal Edward (Cats.).. 51 121 21 Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds. Divers 84 86Stock ( Gt. Sn.& w (Ireland)4 1 100 _ - Whea' Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 11 12 t p. ct. pref. Stock ! motion. V irginia 6 per Cent. Bonds .. 1886 8.5 87 50 Great West. (Berks and 6 -- - - Wh' Mary Ann (Moshe) 8 47 49 5 per Cent. St. Bonds 1888 84 86 Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct.. - - Wh' l Trelawney (Link. ) 41 31 33 • 4 had alwaY s , .. I r ? . ston 5 per Cent. St. Bonds - 90 92 FOREIGN MINES d a' abject to e 1- 11111 0 is Central 7 per Cent. .. 1875 •111 . • i . Illinois Central 6 per Cent. .. 1875 80 82 77 79 Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. 100 85 E 7 Stock Do. Redeemable, 4-4 pa: 100 92 94 91 31 Stock Do. Irredeemable, do. . 100 86 88 87 Stock Do. sp. ot. Redeem. Pref. 100 99 101 20 Australian 7l 1 i a system bl i . 4 ll inois Central 7 per Cent. 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 10 101 1 BOd AccordCopper,Lim. 100 par 1 p ,ured, so th at ~, (Freelands) t 9, • _shares, 60 dole. paid 2O Do.St.Johr del Rey,Lim. 15 101 111 ould not ha /9 355 344 dis shares all 161 174 )ted, because' ; L icillgan Central 8 per Cent.. 1869 85 87 10 Do do. sp. et. pref all 10 101 5 Do. Land and DliningCo. all 11 21 1 Clarendon Consols Min ,....-1,0. do. shares N ed' York Central 6 per Ct ing Co. of Jamaica ... 1 -- d Essence would 261 Do. Chester g,uar.shares all 19 20 all 3, 40 (Hear.) I n not convertible 1883 84 86 131 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. all 14 1 14/ 40 Cobra Copper - Copiapo l6 10 12- nally existe d ' New York Central 7 per Ct., Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 100 140 142 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Ca all 4 1 [ any voter g convertible, • from June 15, 18 57-59 1864 93 95 Stock Lou.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l 100 - - 2 . Fortuna 1 all 111 20 General all 20 21 Stock Do. pref., sp. c. ...No. 2 100 - - ox, and if 110 3 Linares all 81 91 Do. do. shares 76 78 Stock Do. New gua., 6p. ct... 100 - - 1 for grante d .... evir Stock Do. do. sp. c. No. 4 100 5 Lusitanian A York and Erie, 7 per Ct., 1 Mariquita all Stock Lon.&N.W.Cov.&Nun trary to thei r c onvertible Erie 7 per New 3d mo r t gage 1883 70 72 eaton, sp. ct. . .... . 100 120 12' 1 New Granada all i would select , Ct., Stock) Lon.&S. W, 7 p.a. stock, 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 1 p Ibe one by 1862 38 42 late 3d shares lOO 163 168 I 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead tained. , A N ew York and Erie, 7 per Ct., •1•1 sink ing Arra - - 121 Londondy.& Ennis 1 sh. all - -8/ Mining and Smelt.... all 4 5 5 Port Philip 1 Stock Man.;Sh., & Lin., 6p. ct. 1® 122 124 30 Santiago de Cuba l6l 1 1 her he well -0 - do. shares ' 38 42 . 13 15 28.2 /*United Mexican all 21 3 P ima a 6 Do. £6 45 i fl. ul 7 per Ct., Ist mort- Stock Do. 31 per cent. . not suppo rt 1 ,5 8 -:te Str. Bonds, not cony.. 1859 100 102 124 maryport & Car., 4 p.c all - - nly qualifies . : L•o• no., Ist. do 1 ,3 , , , ,, ,. 4 per cent .. - - 101 - - Share Securities. ra;‘ ,. Closing I Buiiness 01 d. the age would In Foreign Securities business is rather restricted, Stock Mid. Con. 6p. e.. Stock . 100 - - .`"•Prices. Done. - 1.) He wou . ,l u thich inteu v an d prices remain without material alteration. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. 100 140 142 Turkish 6 per Cents. are 90 to 901 ; ditto New Stock Do. 41 p. C. pref. stock lOO 1031 1011 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 1 iP -- Can.Gov.6p.C.Ja. & July 100 1131 1141 114 / - Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug,. 100 1114 1121 L oan, 80 to 80 1 • ditto, 2d issue, 6to 51 dis • and Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. 100 96 98 Stock Ne rt Ab & prof s - Do. 6 p.c.Mr..k Sep. 100 115 116- me person il l 3 / .• / 10 wP° '"' c.Pr • 1 r.ll 91 10 - N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 1111 1121 ditto 4 per Cents. are firm at 103 ; Brazilian 5 per p. c. redeem, at sp.c. pm -- Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - milly's deela - 10 Do. Pe et, 6p. C. with 1 - N. S.W. Gov. sp. C. Deb. 100 1001 1011 102 i Ltisfactory t 0 Ce nts. are steady at 1021 - ; ditto 41 per Cents. at option till 1866 all 111 12 - NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. 94 I 1 10 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares all 9 10 , Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1111 1124 as he was ne t 81, 's 4, Russian 41 per Cents. at 991, Sardinian at ' - S.Aus.Gt6pc.Jan&July 100 110 112 111 Loot]. suffrage , and Peruvian Uribarren at 831 The New Stock Do. sp. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 100 - - Stock Do. 54p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 - - . - Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 107 109 If the speak er Austrian Loan is sto 5 dis • and the Chilian, 3to s s teck Do. Way.rid.Ex.SklB47 100 - - Stock Stock British, 5 per cent 100 ill 113 mlogy of th e 2 dis . T., _ d • , Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent 100 I - - St oc k Nth.Dev.Rail.&Dsk.Co. 100 - - JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. tow of hands , A further slight decline has taken place in the Stock N-East. irred. 4 p:n. Deb. 100 - - I Price. Done. • Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. C. Pref. 100 98 99 ginal resole' Railway Share Market and most of the principal 17 Do. do. do. led. lines must be quoted about Ito i per cent. lower. 20 Do. Leeds,_ 6p. c. No. 1 l3 - - 100 lAgre&UnitedServiceßk 50 - - half of sou l° Lancashire and Yorkshire, Midland, Norfolk and 1 25 21 Do. 180. do. Quarters, 1846 - York, H. &S. Punch. 10 1 d p 40 'Australasia 25 Bank of Egypt all 91 93 all 241 251 20 North Staffordshire ing. North Staff or d h ave d ec li ne d ss. ; North-Western, Stock ffordshire . . all 23 234 100 Bank of London 5O tock Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6pc. ls . t . g 100 121 123 - - 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & Loan Co. all - - • and North British, 10s. ; and Eastern Counties, £l. Stock Do. do. do., 2d gua . .. 100 111 113 60 British North American all 56 58 IVESD.. 4 r Stock Do. 41 p.c. Db. stkan perp 100 99 101 Chester and Hol 'head North-Eastern (Berwick), Sk Scottish Central, new pi all - _ 3,20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 10 11 lid 81 5 100 City Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 - - 100 Colonial - - and. South• Eastern have improved ss. ; and Caledo- 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all - - Stock Do. 34 Pena pref. stock 100 - - Stock Do. Abe gu p rdeen. a. 6 c. 100 - - 100 Commercial of London. 20 - - nian,los. In the Fore! 11 ktL b d Venetian gni ar e om ar o- Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 - - 20" Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch. all 161 17 hurricane o f shares are rather flatter, being dealt in at 81 1 - , for los. ,mouth Devon, Ann. 10s. all 10 11 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all - - IS amount of the old, and 81 81 for thenew shares. The colonial 10 Do. Fixed 41 percent. all - - 20 Lon.Char.Bk.otAustral. all 211 22 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading 50 London and County ... 20 - vept over the underta • Ann., 1.0 6) all 241 25 50 London Joint Stock ... 10 - - 314 kings have been at steady rates. Great 100 103 105 100 London & Westminster. 20 -,. - end, from th ° .ed 2 per cen Stock Do .4- 1 - t - ley appeal A Indian Peninsula have improved 10s., and East Stock Do. Fixed-14 p.c. lstis. 100 103 105 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 - - ,he Tyne ha l ' Indian 55., Grand Trunk and Great Western of stock so D u o. New do., 2d issue. 100 _ - South Wales, gua. 4 P.C. 100 - - 20 Do. new 50 National Bank lO - 25 - - ift had grea t Canada brought former values. Stock Do. 41 per cent lOO - - 20 New South Wales 20 S.-Yerkshire, 4 p.c. gua. all 161 171 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all 39 40 ;pecially ne f ' l! of keels run' Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are 251 , Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. all 29 30 25 i 1 Do. 6 per cent al 33 34 20 Ottoman Bank all 20 201 Provincial of Ireland 'Very inactive. London and. County declined to 28 i. melancholy' 10 Do. New all • - t it • 6 per cent . i Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, 100 48 51 all - - Vrence, abo , London Joint-Stock were 311; Peninsular and 25 South Australia 25 Do. New - - sip Mary s/ O ' Oriental Steam, 851 ; and Royal Mail Steam, 631, LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ring off 111° , 25 Do. New 2O - __ 11 - 50 Union of London lO -- ;in the snia BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Leasing Closing Business Railways. I Paid ' Co.'s. Price. Done. 100 Unity Mutual 55 • ...' 1 - Inva- 04-1.. Ipaid. l C p l r o i s o in e. g I B D us o i n n e eri Share Railways. 10 0 Atlantic &St Lawrence! 1 all 78 80 Leased at 6 per cent.. 18 Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd j 9 a d gu. 5 per cent 18 Do all 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 4d i 18 Do. Do. B 11 1 4 d 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 7 8 20 Do. New l6l -- d 100 Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich ) 100 85 90 fi p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 82 86 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 80 84 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3. 0. id par 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 25. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. pm 20 Central Oude (Limited) 25. 6d. 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 2 1 1p 6 171 Demerara 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 1 dj Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 1021 1031 1034 20 Do. C Shares all - 20 Do. E Shares Ext lO 1 p 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 100 D 0.41 p.c. Ms. pay.'s9 all - 20. GeelongGe e o g &3rei Corporation m.sP. e 6 all loo _ l9 _2O st,3 per cent. Bonds Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 29 31 30 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 70 72 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pre' lOO so 91 905 20 G t.lndiarenin.gua.sp.e all 100 1001 1001 1 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent 4 4 4dj 35 20 Do. do 4 5 d par 20 Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip _ ( guaranteed 5 per cent. ) 201 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 151 16 100 2 Bo 01 Nens '6oay. w d p l3 40 41 d ' 76, with ) all 104 100 ept. till 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O 100 Do. do. 'l3 without opt all 102 101 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 97 99 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c. all 17t 185 20 Do. do. 5 per cent. all 19f 20 20 Do. 41 p. c. Extension l5 181 191 20 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c lO 1 5 d 20 Do. Fourth do. Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 Newßrunswick&Canda. 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc 10 _ d Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do .. 20 Do. do. B. Capital do lO —-d Do. do. Land do ( Northof India Tramroad 20 ( Limited, Scrip 2s. 20 Oude (Limited) 20 Scinde l5 1 1 p 151 20 Do. 20 Do. New p 10 id in 20 Do. Punjaub a, 5 1 f d 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. bk m ., P 5 d 41 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 1d f p FOREIGN Closing Business Share Railways. I Paid. Price. Done. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 55 5 20 Ardennes all p 20 Bab.&S.Fran.,Lim.i ~.c 3 5 5 Belgian East. Junction all * 20 Beziers to Graissessac all 7 8 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 1 25 20 Dutch Rhenish 6 Eastern of France all 26 261 20 Euphrates Valley 27. P 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she., all 61 61 10 Italian Junction 20 Lake Constance & Bale all 20 Lierre and Turnhout all 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 1 4pBl 9 20 Lucca &Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf all 20 Lyons and Geneva 335 Maria Antonia all 20 Do. do. New 20 Xamur and Liege all 65 81 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref all 191 201- 16. Northern of France 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 81 94 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 7 4 2*l 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 33 331 20 Paris and Orleans 20 ( Recife& S. Fran. (Peru ) 1 „ d gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) " 20 Riga and Daniburg 4. -- 10 Rome awl Frascati 20 Royal Danish all 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse all 61 7t 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref. 20 Southern of France 81 West Flanders all 5 5 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 23 24 20 Western of Austria .. 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand all —...., itlb. In me roreign maricet Loin unruu- T ‘,.....A. hurricane o f , shares are rather flatter, bein dealt in at 81 I,- for Stock Do. 7p. c. pre f. BLOCK 100 21) Eng., met., . ~,a.. ..,... .... ....„ _. g los. South Devon, Ann. 10s all 10 11 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all - is amount cn the old, and 81 81 for thenew shares. The colonial 10 Do. Fixed 45 per cent all - - 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 211 22 undertakings vent over the 50 London and County ... 20 - 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6 ) all 241 25 50 London Joint Stock ... 10 31; ind, from th e Indian Peninsula ngs have been at steady rates. Great stock Do .41 per cent lOO 103 105 100 London & Westminster. 20 -..- ley appeereciA i lOO Nat. Prov. of England. 35 - - ;he Tyne ha" have improved 10s., and East Stock Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is. 100 103 105 Indian 55., Grand Trunk and Great Western of Stock Do. New do., 2d issue. 100 20 Do. new lO - - • Canada brought former values. Stock South Wales, gun. 4 P.C. 100 - - 50 National Bank 25 - - had gree t Stock Do. 41 per cent lOO - - 20 New South Wales ;pecially ne f ' r ' 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. all 165 175 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all 39 40 of keels rule' Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are 251 , Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. all 29 30 20 Ottoman Bank all 20 205 , Very inactive. London and County declined to 28 25 i I Do. 6 per cent al 33 34 Provincial of Ireland .. 25 65 67 i. melanchov 10 Do. New all • - t ; Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, • 6 per cent. vrence &boil • London Joint-Stock were 311; Peninsular and 25 South Australia - - ' Of 25 Do. New - - tip Marys, Oriental Steam, 855 ; and Royal Mail Steam 63 1 off ilio '`" LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ring ou , i _ - -- in the sass ] ' BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Railways. Paid. Ixasing Closingl Business 50 Union of London lO -- 100 Unity Mutual 55 - - n the vesse l. 11 ank Stock iver the boat 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 961 6 were thros o ' Per Cent. Consols Annuities .. - --- MISCELLANEOUS. New 3 per Cent. Annuities ' 96 451 Buckinghamshire . . 100 ILn & N.W 98 100 egret to sa d ' India Stock Ditto Debentures _ Clydesdale Junction .. 100 ,Caleclonin 104 106 1 by some P° r- 981 Colchester, Stour.Val., all , E.U.AX Cl 7 19 Share i Miscellaneous. 1 Paid.\ Closin g Business done Price. . E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c. 100 Gt. North. 142 144 E Union,arwiehShs. all . E.Counts. 4 41 1 'Mr. job o Dit to Bonds, £ l , 000 !n the Ouse" Ditto under Ll,000 - - 10 Anp. - Jo-Mexican Mint .. all 12 13 Gis.llarr.&Neils,Drct. 100 Caledonin - - 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all 215 225 river, il ly consols for Account March 3nne. Do. New lOO Do Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt.. West. - - 25 Australian Agricultural 19 33 34 eof the 0 1 - 10 Australian Royal Mall . all 4 I Exchequer pills, £l,OOO, 2d. & 11d.. - i 36 5 9 Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all Yk.N.&llr - - 10 Berlin Water Works ..._ all 21 31 , )r saw at el l ' Hull and Selby - - i t time whe el Do. 5 Shares all Do. l*n" . PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Do. i Shares all Do. - 50 British American Laud 40 - - _ s strUmg. l c.. 5 per Cent. .................. 102/ 50 Brit. & Irish Mag*.Tel.A. all 38 40 ..pia? 1858, 41 per Cent. .............. 0•4 i London&Greenwich . 100 S.,East 65 671 20 Do. B, 7p. C. till 1862.. all 19 21 he will 0 1- Do. Preference Peruvian 41 per Cent ..... - , Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. 100 Peto &Co. 00 92 tie progre sS ' Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. ...... 831 Do. Barking Shares.. all Do. misted. Stat e ' Russian; 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent I ; i D ruti i i t n ti an 4 6 4 , per Cent. 10 Chan. 1 slands Tel.(Lim.) all 910 - Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct. 100 Norfolk .. - _ hold of the 991 Do. 0 per cent lOO Do. Stock Cop.Min.otEng.&Smltg all - - 26 Do. Preference 7i per ct all 24 25 SI • • p s e p r e c r e C n e t nt. Bl Manc.,ltuxin. & Matk. all LN W&M 25 T il when lie 'o' s 5 Crystal Palace. all 1$ la h 0 Midsh.& Ileder,g.6p.e. all Stk.& Dar - . 5 Do. Piefereuce wo men h p - Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk. 100 Midland . 98 ILO Ditto New Loan - - 5. 5. 6. E.Counts. 44 }) pm Stock Electric Telegraph - 100 102 105 ied), mate ot if Ditto Account .5 Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co. all • 1 11 tenth. 1 fl e as Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. " lO3 xd Northu.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. le gale IT st Dividends on the above payable in London. Do. do. 6 per cent.... all Do. - - 9 Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) all tl4 - - houses le f TWO O'CLOCK. Drooo.. Roys l t 's n i i elarite:s 1I: :&. ......... all 20 GLlron ScrewCol.(Lim all - - compenYi°l Consols, Money , 951 $ p w er yr c e el. all DL,ot.N W 1 & L.Yk. j 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 - - 20 London Discount 5 11 lA (11 and wl!' j f Consols for Account ~ magp ie, l a oo ll- D G o t. . North. 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all - - +ll O Preston and 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 61 7. , - 1-street, -, • 25 National Diseount C 0... 5 1:, e d idous ore Slit According to advices received by the Intercolonial hi 1 r f. , i , t. s o ,s t b h r . v & a ct i o i l e . 10 Netherlands Land 6 - - IteYal Mail Company, their screw steamers Lord Ashley Wear 'Valley, g. Op. e. all Stk.& Dar - -11 g relo . r e a 18 a l l 1 1 (51 'i a r n i & s s l e 'k - 91 - a i 10 Do do all 1 2 After the South Staffordshire .. all ail :S p l o `C . ,l a can Y . 11 111 Do. d 0.5 Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis. all 1 11 and Lord Worsley arrived in New Zealand early in October, found thatloo N.hr.&NovaScotiaLand 80 15 18 St flattene d; and the mail service between Sydney and the various ports in New N w V i i 1 t s b a l Id ° n4 z S o merset.. croyd n . 1:0 1 l a L t . BL . Br West. gt i 90 8 92 9 I 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all i Z Zealand was commenced on the Ist November, la _ 20 North of Europe Steam all - - The b ody when the Lord Ashley left Auckland for Sydney, carrying - 1 Oriental Gas so • DOCKS. 1 Do. New Shares dead-11On * the mails, 56 passengers, and some cargo. The periodlss. }dig par 5 Peel River Land & Min. all 2 3 that of Jel l° Nelson is under the contract for the passage from Sydney to Docks. I Paid Price.oosin Business Done. 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam, all 64 851 864 of the s ane elson is seven day but the Lord Ashley made the Share . .s, 50 Do. New lO 12. 138 als ° return trip to Nelson in five days, and the Lord Worsley , 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr 8 k d ip ;sal was of Completed the voyage thence to Nelson in six. It is ex- Stock Commercial ice . - 50 Rh ymney Iron coed de al Pected the Prince Alfred screw steamer, of 1,200 tons, Steel DO perCent.Pref.Min. 100 _ 15 Do. New all 75 7 4 e nearly do' would arrive at Melbourne from England some time in Stock Eait and West India.'.. 100 - 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O -- s I go Lee 100 - 1 Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) all 120 1321 63 her damage ember. The Airedale screw steamer of 500 tons,owilk Stock London 25 South Australian Land. all 35 38 who be,,. despatched this week. She is bound for Canterbury and some Stool. St Katharine lOO - ntry. Stool Southampton lOO 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip, all 5 1 - Ill° Lured, and carries a large quantity of stores a full cargo, 1 Do. do Registered all k 1 Way b r li t . commenced Stock Victoria lOO 101 103 101 20 iTr.&Ln.Co.ot Ulm Can. 5 - - Wind ab o t November.Thesubsid yof £24,000 per annum 20 iDo New 118 - 100 iVan Diemen 'e Land .. 284 .9 11 LAW INTELLIGENCE,-(THIS DAY.) LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lordsi Justices.) APPEALS.- , ATTWOOD V. LLOYD-ATTIVOOD V. LLOYD- RAILWAY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING.-(THIS DAY.) LLOYD V. ATTWOOD. These appeal causes came on to be mentioned on adjust ng the minutes this morning The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the London and North-Western Railway Company was held to-day, at Euston Station. Their lordships declared—Firstly, that the whole of the ieeds granted by the plaintiffs for gratuities given to them should be wholly and entirely swept away. Lord Justice Knight Brace said it was a most scandalous shame to take these deeds from the plaintiffs at the time they were solely and entirely in the power of the defendants. Secondly, their lordships remitted the whole causes to the Master of the Rolls, to take an account at chambers of all just and lawful charges, as mortgages or incumbrances, against the plaintiffs' freehold or copyhold estates, with the interest, costs, charges, and expenses in these suits, and the costs of these appeals. Thirdly, in the appeal suit of Lloyd v. Attwood, the costs paid to be refunded, without preju dice to any subsequent application for costs. These orders were made, in hoc Oahe, before firol decree is pronounced. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) MARLBORO UGI-I-TREET A BRUTAL HUSBAND.—Thomas Coles, a carpenter, was brought up by 0' Shaughnessy, one of the warrant officers of the court on, a warrant, charged with assaulting his wife, Martha Coles, a very respectable-looking female. The wife, who said she resided at 12, St. Martin's-street, said that on the previous morning about 10, the prisoner, who had that morning come out of the House of Correction, where he had been for six weeks for assaulting her, came to where she was residing, and immediately upon entering the room, said, " You who authorised you to remove the goods ?" She told him that she had been obliged to do so, as her landlord had given her notice. He then said, " You -, where are the trousers I left at home." She told him they were in the box, and that there was a clean shirt ready for him and some dinner. He then sat on the side of the bed, and while she was in the act of rising from the hearth, which she had been cleaning, he gave her a back handed blow across the nose, from which she had suffered a very violent head-ache ever since. She did not so much mind the blow as the expressions he used towards her, which were very bad. _ _ Mr. Bingham asked the poor woman how. many times he had similarly treated her ? The wife, who was in tears while giving her evidence, said, this was the third time he had been at the court. The first time was in March, 1858, when he had three months ; on January 7th, this year, when he had six weeks; and once on a summons, when he was ordered to allow her Bs. per week, but never did so. On the previous day, to avoid his brutality, she locked herself in the water closet, and while coming to this court for the warrant, he sold the bed stead and spent the money in beer. Mr. Bingham, having animadverted in strong terms on the prisoner's brutality, committed him for a month, and hoped that in the meantime a separation might be effected by their friend's. It was stated that the prisoner has carried on a systema tic course of brutality to his wife for a length of time. The CHAIRMAN stated that the receipts from passengers, parcels, mails, &c., for the past half-year amounted to £814,665 against £910,258 for the corresponding half of 1857, showing a decrease of £95,593. The receipts for merchandise, &c., in the past half-year amounted to £767,197 against £771,802, showing a decrease of £4,605. The total receipts for the past half-year amounted to £1,581,862 against £1,682,060 in the corresponding half of 1857, showing a decrease of £100,196. The working expenses for the past half-year amounted to £657,092 against £669,363 in the same half of 1857, show ing a decrease of £12,271. The directors recommended the payment of a dividend for the past half-year after the rate of 41 per cent. per annum, carrying forward a balance of £23,196. He regretted the continuance throughout the past half-year of severe competition at very reduced rates for the traffic between London and Lancashire, and the de pressed state of trade, together with the absence of any extraordinary source of revenue, such as that derived from the Manchester Exhibition, have caused the receipts of the past half-year to compare unfavourably with those of 1857. In the working expenses considerable economy had been effected under various heads, especially in the cost of fuel and in the consumption of stores gene rally ; but the necessity forced upon the company of keeping up numerous trains at high rates of speed, in order to retain the traffic, had prevented any large saving in the total expense of the half-year. The next subject alluded to was the fire which occurred in September last which destroyed the timber viaduct, 150 yards in length, by which the Trent Valley line is carried over the river Penk and the Trent and Mersey Canal. Arrangements had been made for its reconstruction with brick piers and wrought-iron girders, the cost of which would amount to £lO,OOO. The directors had the satisfac tion of stating the settlement of the long-pending differences, and the abandonment of all litigation between this company and the North Staffordshire Company. The negotiations between the directors of the company, the Great Northern, and Manchester, Sheffield and Lin colnshire Companies, have resulted in the admission and adoption of the important principle of equality of charge between all points of competition, at rates to be fixed by arbitration in case of difference, the heads of agreement being exchanged on the 26th Isiovembi, providing for the interchange of traffic at through rates ; for co-operation between the several parties ; for the conduct of competitive traffic at equal rates, to be settled by arbitration; and for the adjustment on satisfactory terms of all questions con nected with the London-road station, Manchester. On the 23d of Dec. a further agreement was signed, providing fora division cf competitive traffic, and for arrangements gene rally, which it is believed will tend to the advantage of the companies and promote the public convenience. Steps have been taken to obtain Parliamentary sanction to these arrangements, which will be submitted to the proprietors in due time for approval. The agreement with the Great Western Company, referred to in former report?, was now in operation, by which it had bean provided that they are to use the lines and stations of this company for the Man chester traffic for a period of years upon mutually advan tageous conditions) and eke arrangements for the division of traffic at all competitive places were also in progress. The directors reported the completion of the agreement for the purchase by this company of the Chester and Holyhead Railway, On the terms sanctioned by the special general meeting of proprietors : held on the 30th of December, 1858; and that the contract with the Postmaster-General, for the improvement of the postal and passenger communi cation between England and Ireland, has been completed, and will come into operation as soon as the vessels to ,be provided, and which are in course of construction, are ready. The CHAIRMAN having alluded to, the_ retirement of their esteemed general manager, Captain Huish, concluded by moving the adoption of the report. After a short discussion, the motion was agreed to. Resolutions for the payment of the dividend mentioned in the report having been passed, the proceedings termi nated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-THURSDAY. Business moved somewhat slowly, and no material change was made in the last list of quotations. For the Liverpool Steeplechase the Brewer and Jealousy were head and head in the betting ; and Miss Harkaway, about whom several ominous reports were circulated, was quite friendless. Drogheda was still in good demand for the Chester Cup, and was advanced from 14 to 1 to 100 to 9, taken and offend. 4 to 1 was offered on the field for the Two Thousand ; 9to 2 would have been. taken. Marionette was second faVourite, at 10 to 1. 100 to 10 was laid•three times against Promised Land winning the Two Thousand and Gaspard the Derby. CLOSING PRICES. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 7to 1 agst Orleans (taken) 100 to 8 agst - Stapleton (taken) 100 to 6 agst Mr. Sykes (taken) LIVERPOOL, STEEPLECHASE. 10 to 1 agst Jealousy (taken) 10 to 1 agst The Brewer (taken) 100 to 7 agst 'Weathercock (taken) 100 to 6 agst Jean du Quesno (taken) 20 to 1 agst Half Caste (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Glautias (taken ) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 8 agst Drogheda (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Herne (taken) 30 to 1 apt Polestar (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS 4to 1 agst The Promised Land (take 9to 2) 10 to 1 agst Marionette (taken) DERRY. 11 to 1 agst Promised Land (offered) 28 to 1 agst Volcano (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Fyfield (taken) THIS DA I S SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. 18.—Wind this day at noon N.W. ; strong breeze and fine. Dublin, W.S.W. ; Cork, S.W. ; Queenstown, W.; Waterford, /1•1 .I\. E . • Limerick, W.N.W. ; Belfast, N.W. ; Londonderry, ; Coleraine, W.S.W. ; Dundalk, N.W. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 17.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Agin court, from Melbourne. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 17.—Wind W., blows hard.—Ar rived—Nina, from London, for Buenos Ayres. RAMSGATE, Feb. 17.—Sailed--James, for Bermuda, after repairing. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 17.—Wind Parana; (s.), for the West Indies. FAustoirrir, Feb. 17.—Wind W.—Sailed—Marianne, for tho West Indies. CLYDE, Feb. 17.—Wind W.—Sailed—Bruce, for Mel bourne. SUNDERLAND, Feb. 17.—Sailed—Ancient Mariner, for Calcutta. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH • LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind W.S.W. ; strong breeze. Arrived, Feb 17—Cestus, from Huslva ; Aga Sofia, screw steamer, from Smyrna; Emelia, from St. Übes. Arrived, Feb. 18—Esther, from Monte Video ; Alpha, from Leghorn ; Bridget, from Latakia. WHITEHA.VEN, Feb. 17. The Flat Bay, .from Ardrossan. for Liverpool, with pig iron, is ashore at the entrance of the liver Buddon. All hands drowned. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Wind, N.W. ; tide, first hours' flood ; fine. Arrived, Feb. 18—Aspasia, from Berbice. Sailed.—Admiral Kanaris, screw steamer, for Constan• inople ; • Moselle, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Friday Morning. _ . Wind, N.W. by W. ' • moderate. Anchored.—Lady of the Lake, from London, for Port Natal. _ Passed.—Marmora, screw 'steamer, for Genoa ; Penin sula, screw steamer, for Gibraltar. Sailed.—Ranger, Harold, Restless, and Plover, with others outward bound. SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—As some bulls belonging to Mr. Wilkes, of Shrewsbury, which had been purchased . at a neighbouring fair, were being driven home the other day over the bridge at Llangollen, three of them ran down a narrow defile towards the river and were precipitated over a rock 30 feet deep into the Dee. Ono was killed on the spot and the others very seriously injured. The beasts had to be conveyed half a mile down the river, and were then landed with the „neatest diffieulty. K. DREADFUL ATTAC BY A SON UPON lIIS MOTHER. —Yesterday merning;tho inhabitants of the Edgware-road and Lisson-grove were considerably alarmed by a report that a most shocking murder had_been perpetrated by a on son up his mother, and that he had made his esca p e. It appears that at 3, Slatton-street, Lisson-grove, there has resided for some time past, along with her husband and a family of young children, a woman named Mary Barrett, who has ' been in the habit of going out to work at a laundress's as an ironer. Latterly she has given way to drin k. The son is a sailor, 21 years of age. He had b een en g aged in the Crimean war, for which he had received a medal and clasp. He had, , since quitting the service of her -Majesty, been to New Zealand, and after making a little money there returned t o England, with a determination to take his parents and brothers and sisters out to that colony. With this view he gave his mother a sum of money to provide for their outfit. From what the son heard yesterday he went to his bo x es and missed some of his clothing, and he was afterwards told that the money he had handed over to his mother to provide herself and the younger ones with an outfit had been spent in drink. He at once sought her out, and upon taxing her with the above she flew into a rage, and began to quarrel, when the son be came so exasperated that he took up a sharp-pointed table knife and threw it at his mother. The mother, perceiving what her son was about to do, made an effort to escape, but while so doing the knife, which was thrown with great force, entered the right side of her neck, inflicting a deep wound, from which the blood flowed profusely. The son, seeing what he had done, along with his father and neighbours went off for a surgeon, and after half-an-hour or more elapsing, and no medical man arriving, the poor woman was conveyed in a cab to St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, where she now lies with but faint hopes of her recovery. The son, after the mother was put into the cab, absconded, and has not since been heard of. THAMES. A HARD CASE.—THE LAW OF AFFILIATION.--A young woman, of respectable appearance and address, named Charlotte Chamberlain, came before Mr: Yardley, and asked for a summons against Luke Williams, Parliamen tary agent, of No. 22, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, the alleged father of her illegitimate female child, born in the district of this court. The applicant was before the Court on Monday last, when a summons against Mr. Williams was made return able, and she then stated that she had been seduced by him, and that since the birth of the child he had owned _ _ _ the paternity, and given her half•a,-sovereig,n. He had also promised to pay all the expenses of her aceouchement, and allow her 2s. 6d. a-week from the date of the summons. She produced a letter from the defendant relating to the arrangement for the support of the child, but unfortunately there was no corroborative proof, and the young woman could not identify the defendant's hand writ ing. The summons was consequently dismissed, and the magistrate said that he would grant another summons whenever any corroborative evidence could be produced. The young woman now said she had lost a good situation in New Bond-street, owing to her attendance in that court on Monday last, and that she could bring forward corro borative testimony. Mr. Yardley—lt is a very hard case upon you. I dare say you will find some legal gentleman to take up your case. I did say that I would grant another summons if you could obtain the corroborative evidence required by the Act of Parliament. _ _ The applicant—My mother waited upon Mr. Luke Williams on Wednesday, and he gave her 305., made an apology for not attending to the summons on Monday, and said he would pay some more money at the end of the quarter. Mr. Yardley—And your mother will prove that ? The applicant—Yes, sir, and he also owned that he was he father of my child Mr. Yardley—Them take another summons; and called the attention of Toplin, the summoning 'officer, to the case, to take care that the necessary evidence was forthcom ing to confirm the young woman. Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, of Arbour-street-east, StQpney, said he would conduct the case for tho young woman. MURDEROUS ASSAULT—CUTTING AND WOUNDING. — Thomas Long, a tall, dirty, and determined-looking man, carrying on the business of a marine store dealer, in Ship alley, Welldose-square, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with committing a violent assault on James Nicholls, an oyster dealer, of No. 13, Ship-alley, and at tempting to murder him. The complainant said—l sell oysters in the street. Tho prisoner occupies a house, No. 9, opposite to me. He came to me drunk last night, and abused me, and demanded money, which I refused to give him, and he made use of dreadful threats, and said—" I will have your —life." He then took a knife from his pocket and made a thrust at me with it, and if I had not stopped aside I should have been killed. As it was, in parrying the blow he cut my two fingers, and I lost a good deal of blood. He made ' other attempts to stab me, and but for the timely arrival of the police he would have murdered me. I saved his life five years ago, when he attempted to cut his throat, and this is the gratitude he has shown me. I have behaved kind to him on all occasions. The prisoner—lt is quite right, sir. What he says is quite true. I was intoxicated. Mr. Yardley—That is no excuse, but an aggravation of your offence. The prisoner—He knocked me down. The prosecutor—He previously abused me in Ratcliff _ _ highway, but I did not hurt him but pushed him away. Mr. Yardley—lt is a very shocking thing to draw a knife, it is most atrocious coßduct, and the prosecutor has been severely injured. I fine the prisoner £5; and in de fault he will be imprisoned for two months. THIS DAYS MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Coastwise, the arrivals of English wheat this week have amounted to only 1,790 quarters. Fresh up, to-day, by land carriage, the receipts were limited, and the show of samples was very moderate. Good dry qualities sold at full prices; but other kinds moved off slowly, at Monday's cur rency. There was a large supply of foreign wheat on the stands. The amount of business doing was limited. In prices, how ever, no change took place. Malting barley was scarce, and in request, at fully late rates, and the value of grinding and distilling sorts was supported. Malt realised full prices, but the demand was far from active. We had a fair demand for oats, beans, and peas, at full currencies. Flow, however, was a slow sale, at late rates Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour, English 1,790 1,650 ; 2,410 ; 1,430 1,710 Irish Foreign 2,600 i 6,180 i 4,570 610 sks blw NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Fair average supplies of each kind of meat are on offer here to-day, and the trade generally may be considered steady, at full prices. Per Blbs. by the Carcass. s. d. s. d. 1 Inferior Beef 3 oto 3 4 Mid. d 0..... 3 6to 3 8 Pm.largedo. 3 10 to 4 0 Do. small do. 4 2to 4 6 Large pork.. 2 Bto 3 6 s. d. s. d. Infr. Mutton. 3 2to 3 6 Mid. do 3 Bto 4 2 Prime do. 4 4to 4 6 Veal 3 Bto 4 8 Small pork BOROUGH HOP. The show of new hops is limited, and the demand for all kinds is steady, at fully last week's quotations. Yearlings and old parcels are a slow sale, but not cheaper. Mid and East Kent pockets 7os to 120 s per cwt. Weald of Kent do s4s to 70s ~ Sussex do sls to 66s ~ COLONIAL. TEA.—Tho market continues very firm and a fair busi ness has been done in the new season's crop. Common Congou continues steady, at 13,1 d per lb. SUGAR.—There has been little activity, and the total sales have been of a very limited character. Prices, how ever, remain steady. In the refined market rather higher rates have been realised for the better qualities. CoFFEE.---Plantatir Ceylon continues at full rates, and a fair amount of business has been d o ne in the better , qualities, while inferior descriptions hav e b e en neglected. RICE.—The finer descriptions have been in rather better demand, and prices have beeirwell supported. Good pinky Madras sold at 9s per cwt. SALTPETRE.—The market is firm, and for parcels on the spot 41s per cwt. have been paid for 5 per cent. refraction. TALLow.—There is little activity in the market, and prices are dull. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 53s per cwt., 528 9d for March delivery, and 52s 6d for last three months. THE REASON WHY.—Why does the City of London in 1859 resemble the electric telegraph Y--Because it is governed by a Wzre.—Quiz. BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN LONDON. • An interesting report on the births and deaths, and causes of death in London, d ur i ng th e y ear 1858 has been issued from th e G enera l Register-office. The following are some extracts from the document: " London has gro wn lik e a m i g ht y t ree, b y exten sion rather than by the internal aggregation of con stituent parts ; and while foreign cities, girded round by walls, have grown dense r an d r i sen ver ti ca ll y , London has extended its boundaries freely all around, and covers now 78,029 acres— 31,576 hectares ---L--I°l square miles7.--= a square of 11 miles to the side. The population in this area amounted in 1801 to 958,863, and in the veer 1851 to 2,362,236. The London of 1858 is equal to three Londons of 1801. " The extent of the population of London gives weight to the returns extending over short inter vals of time, and enables the scientific inquirer to investigate the effects of atmospheric and other conditions on the mortality. "The registered births in London amounted to 88,620, . the deaths amounted to 63,882, in the 52 weeks of 1858 ; and the increase of people in this way was 24,738. By the calculation, the increase from all causes was 52,690, or nearly 1,000 a week in the interval from the middle of the year 1857 to the middle of the year 1858. . The registration of births, not being compulsory,. is not complete in London ; and a portion of the increase of 52,690 is thus accounted fbr. But, in round numbers, itmay be stated that London increases at the rate of about 1,000 people weekly, of whom about 500 are immi grants in excess of the native emigrants who bid adieu to the banks of the Thames. "45,220 boys and 43,400 girls were born in the year. " 32,563 males and 31,319 females died in the year. " The mortality was at the annual rate of 2.356 per cent., or 23 and less than 24 in 1,000. This rate exceeds the rates (22) of the two years 18;6-7, and the rates of 1850-1-2, namely, 21, 23, 22 ; but it is below the rates of 26 and 30 of 1848-9, as well as the rates 24, 29, and 24 of 1853-4-5. " London is divided into five groups of districts ; and the mortality to 1,000 living was 21 - 77 in the west districts, 22.48 in the north-districts, 23.16 in the central districts, 24.26 in the south districts, and 25.30 in the east districts. In interpreting these facts it must be borne in mind that the calcu lated population of particular districts cannot be viewed with the same confidence as the calculated population of London : and that the population is often differently constituted in respect to age and occupation. The reduction in the mortality is greatest in the south dikricts. " 10,004 persons died in the public institutions of London, 5,535 in the workhouses, 57 in the prisons and 4,412 in hospitals and lunatic asylums. Of the latter number 317 belong to the Greenwich and the Chelsea Hospitals, 211 to the military and naval hospitals. About one in six of the inhabitants of the metropolis dies in the public institutions; nearly one in 11 dies in the workhouses. The death of so ninny persons in the large workhouses demands in quiry. Of the 63,852 deaths in 1858 the causes were specified in 63,027 instances. The fatal diseases were nearly all certified by the medical attendants, by the medical officers of institutions, or by the coroners. " 16,704 persons died by diseases of the zymotic class. These maladies exhibit great fluctuations, but they are not the less on that account under human control. Thus 247 persons, children chiefly, died of small-pox in the year 1858, 154i11 1857, 1,024 in 1855, and 1,617 in 1848. The deaths by small-pox fluctuate from year to year ' • the cause of the fluctuation we do not yet know, but we know well that if all the people were vaccinated there would be no deaths from small-pox at all, or very few. The deaths from cholera were 130 in 1858, 10,708 in 1854, and 14,125 in 1849. The cause of the difference is obscure ; but it has been demon strated that a large part of the mortality of cholera in London was due to the night soil in the air, in the cesspools, in the sewers, in the wells, and in the water of the Thames; and it is probable that if the air and water of London are purified by the Board of Works the mortality of London will never be again so high as it was in 1849. Indeed, when the sanitary defences of the metropolis are com plete, and the medical health officers are in full activity, epidemics may assail, but they will, it is hoped, never destroy large numbers of the people. Of typhus 1,902 persons died in 1858 ; and since 1844 the annual deaths have fluctuated from 3,614 to 1,333. The fever under this head is properly , distinguished now by skilful practitioners as ty phus, typhoid fever, and relapsing fever. These descriptions rather than names may be advantage ously replaced by real names, such as typhus, typhia, and typhinia. It has been shown that typhoid fever or typhia is propagated and some times generated by cesspool poison, typhus by crowding in dirty apartments, and typhinia by fa mine. Dr. Murchison proposes to call typhia on this account pythogenic fever. Diarrhoea, fatal to 2,093 persons, and dysentery to 181, have kindred causes. - Measles (2,383) and whooping cough (2,700) caused an unusual number of deaths ; but the mortality from these diseases declined during the year. It was otherwise with scarlatina and diphtheria, which in four successive periods of 13 weeks destroyed 473, 588, 1,243, and 1,814 lives, amounting to 4,118 in the aggregate. The deaths from carbuncle were 61 ; fewer than in 1856, but ten times as many as the deaths from the disease in the earlier years. This troublesome plague of boils has been prevalent for some time. Syphilis is more fatal, or it is moresaccurately distinguished than it was formerly ; 263 deaths were directly referred to it, and 42 to sericture of the urethra, in the year. Alcoholism killed 123 unhappy people by delirium tremens, 98 in other ways ; it was also undoubtedly the cause of many fatal diseases. Of cancer, 1,142 persons died; of mortification, 170. Of the class of diseases in which tubercles are generally depo sited 10,127 persons died; namely, 437 by scrofula, 823 by tabes messenterica, and 7,369 by phthisis -001161111101011. Of 1,498 deaths by hydrocephalus or water on the brain, a certain number were in flammations of the membranes and tissues of that great organ. " Of the 6,571 deaths by diseases of the nervous system, 1,423 were by apoplexy, 1,184 by paralysis, 2,119 by convulsions. " Heart disease often exists without being fatal ; yet 2,435 deaths are recorded by pericarditis and other heart maladies; and 86 persons died of aneu risms of the large vessels. " Bronchitis (6,388) and pneumonia (4,150) were unusually fatal ; exclusive of phthisis, 11,908 persons died of diseases of the respiratory organs. The deaths were thus distributed through the four quarters : 4,440, 2,226, 1,167, 4,075. They vary in the inverse direction of the mean temperature, which was 38 deg., 54 deg., 61 deg., and 44 dep . :. The unusual degree of cold in November was the main cause of the increase in the last quarter. It will be observed that the mortality of consumption was nearly the same in three quarters ; but that it was below the average in summer. " The 2,573 deaths from diseases of the digestive organs were very equally distributed over the seasons; so were the 831 deaths by diseases of the urinary organs, except nephria (Bright's disease), which, like phthisis, is least fatal in the summer, but is nearly equally fatal in the other quarters.other " Of ovarian dropsy, and of uterirda i diseases of the order, 205 persons diseases, 182. Of skin diseases, 262d.eers; of joint ons died, gives no idea of the P id including 48 by ulcer. T amount of disease and of hs i disability among the labouring population of London by ulcer of the legs alone, which is, sing tally e ns ough, n m ot treated 16 woen died of to any extent in the hoi metric; 265 of other diseases incidental to child ' bearing ; maki n g 430 mothers dying to 88,620 c hildren born ali ve, or, on an average, one mother died to 206 children born alive. The deaths from we may hope, be greatly reduced this cause wil l, in future years. ‘• 2,591 deaths were referred to atrophy and d e _ Unity ; 2,413 to old age, without apparent disease. s , 1,916 violent deaths happened in the year ; 2 were public executions, 52 were homicides, 238 were suicides, and 1,622 were returned as deaths by accident or negligence. The homicides were most numerous in summer. The suicides were least numerous in the first three months of the year ; of the suicides, 9 were by gunshot wounds, 60 by other wounds, 36 by . drowning, 76 by hanging, 44 by poison, and 13 in other ways. r 1 "Of the accidental deaths, 755 were by frac tures, contusions, and wounds inflicted in various ways ; 309 were by burns and scalds ; 235 were by drowning; and 230 by suffocation in bed and otherwise. One violent death was not classed. "The violent deaths increased in London from 1,528 in 1848, to 1,916 in 1858, and it is desirable that every means should be adopted likely to lessen these calamities. " If the population of London at each respective period of age had experienced a mortality at the same rate as the population of 63 comparatively healthy districts of England, the deaths in London in 1858 would have been about 45,988 ; they ac tually 94 amounted to 63,88 2 , and consequ entl y unnatural deaths may be referred to c auses the Metropolitan Board of Works havet T investi gate, and endeavour to remove or ien 1 It is an important mission which couiltry '1 expects them to fulfil. " As a preliminary condition of the impro veme n t s which may be expected t flow from the cultivation of sanitary science, three ° things are indispensable p .0 air for the people to breathe, pure water, an, in a healthy soil to live on. "Thus the cesspools of London, and collections of putrefying dirt, must be suppressed ; the sewer air must be carried off or purified, so as not to poison people in the houses or streets ; the method of burning coals must be adopted so as to consume the smoke, which is offensive to the senses and in jurious to the lungs. Churches, chapels, theatres, and .other public buildings, as well as crowded dwellings, where people drink each other's breath, and draw in disease, must be purified. The pumps having shallow wells saturated with impurities should, as Dr. Thomson, Dr. Lankester, and other health officers have proposed, be suppressed, and the water supplied by the companies should be still further improved. The streets should be cleansed every day ;.'for .it is evident that the cleansing arrangements of the boards should keep pace with the increase of traffic. and population. "To all this work the representative metropo litan boards will, we may hope, anxiously address themselves, as on their shoulders rests the respon sibility of improving the health of the greatest city in the world, the metropolis of the British empire. " When this and other work is done, much wilt remain to be accomplished. Sanitary science is yet in its infancy. ; it can be greatly advanced by bringing into the field the great medical profession of the kingdom, armed with all its science and art, and working under the most advantageous circum stances. There thre more than two thousand medi cal men in London and its vicinity, but-they are • employed chiefly in treating diseases. They are . often paid only in proportion to the quantity of medicines that their patients take. The art of preventing disease is not cultivated ; it is not taught in any of our medical schools ; it is not formally the subject of examination in our universities. The fat-her of a family does not go to the doctor and say to him plainly, How can I preserve my health ?' Instead of this, the common course being never to consult or to pay the medical man until the evil is nearly done; until consumption has set in, diphtheria is developed in the throat, small• pox is furrowing the skin, fever is rackinf , the brain, and then there is a midnight rush to the great blue and red lights burning in- the street ; or in some cases even to the nostrums of quackery. How vainly the returns show. The utility of curative medicine is evident to every rational mind ; the utility of preventive medicine is still more clear. Witness the health of the British army in the Crimea, which Miss Nightingale has shown experienced an annuua l r ate of mortality ranging from 1,174 to 7 in 1,000 of the force, according as the principles of preventive medicine were disregarded or observed. " A beginning of a movement has been made in the right direction under Sir Benjamin Hall's Act. Medical Health officers are appointed in all the London districts, and many of them are working courageously in the midst of unhealthy places, and against ignorant opposition, with success. Their reports are replete with interesting facts, and con tain many woras in season of sanitary truth, well calculated to influence and direct the boards. They have deserved the public approbation; for they have done quietly a great deal of good work, and it is probable have saved many lives, and prevented much sickness." LITERA T URE. MURRAY'S EDITIONS FOR THE PEOPLE. Lord Byron's Poetical Works. Boswell's Life of Johnson. Murray, Albemarle•street. The works before us supply a want in English serial literature. With all the myriads of popular books and cheap editions which of late years have issued from the press, these two great standard works. are still out of the reach of a large portion of the reading public. The complete writings of one of our greatest poets have been inaccessible to persons of moderate means, though fragmentary portions, containing often the least elevating parts, have, occasionally made their appearance.- As nearly eight years have yet to run before the copy right-held by Mr. Murray expires, all editions pub lished without his sanction are incomplete and imperfect. The edition before us is printed in clear type, on good paper. Itisillustrated with several engravings, and • will be _completed in nine parts. The first contains Childe Harold and The Giaour, the second . eight other poems, including Mazeppa and the. Corsair.• The notes and introductory pas sages are the same as in Murray's large edition .; when completed and bound it will form a hand some library volunie. Boswell.'s Life of Johnson is well known, but deserves to be still more widely circulated. There are lessons in it for every rank of life, and to none is it more appropriate than to that large and struggling class of which Johnson was himself a member, when sixpence appeared to him to be a very important sum. It is Croker's edition, siAmmercifully . satirised by Lord Macaulay, which is now publishing, and Mr. Murray - introduces a rerutation of many of the charges brought against it in- the criticism. It is of the same size as Byron's poems, and will be completed in ten parts. Of the works themselves it is needless to speak. - They have passed beyond the cavil of criticism or the expression of commonplac 4 approval. Each in their ° opposite style, without the smallest comparison between the capabilities of the writers, have assumed to themselves a niche in the English Temple of Fame which they are not likely to forfeit by the verdict of succeeding generations. But as in the works of the poet many profess to see the author in his own heroes, so in the bio graphy it is not the weak, fussy biographer, but the large-hearted social philosopher, the great writer, the great student, who, with all his pre judices and foibles and failings, stands out in the unflattering fidelity of a photographic portrait. So, by placing poet and philosopher within the reach of the multitude, Mr. Murray has done wisely and well, and we are glad to see that he has in prepara tion other standard works which are to appear in the same manner. We cordially wish the under taking may meet the success it deserves, and in the present instance it is scarcely to be questioned. The Three Paths. By Herbert Grey, M.A. 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett. This work is rather peculiar ; displaying some talent, considerable originality, but, nevertheless, there is au extravagance in the style, and singularity in the diction, which are scarcely suitable. The principal point in the story consists in the con versations that take place between two young men, on various subjects, but the general topic of interest was the female sex. They entertained very diverse opinions on that interesting subject. Frederick Charlton, a young man of fortune, had entered life at an early age and never having any care for the morrow to damp his energy, or depress his spirits, had indulged in all the dreams that were suggested by his romantic disposition and ardent fancy. When he woke to actual life, and found the world made up of deceit and hypocrisy, he rushed to the other extrc me and especially included women in his sweeping censure. Grey took a more com mon-sense view of life and persons. In vain did he endeavour to impress his convictions on the mind of his friend, and the arguments which con tinually ensued between them are amusing, from their earnestness. The distinction that prevailed will be better understood when it is stated that Charlton gloried in calling himself a misogynist;and Grey styled himself an anth ropo l og i s t. It is misogynist, necessary to say that the sworn enemy to the female race soon became a decided lover, and the prophe cies of his sober friend, that in a year from their great dispute on th e su bj ec t h e would' rescind his opinions, were more than fulfilled. There is not much said of the lady, but she appears a desirable and delightful character from the sketch intro duced. There is more to interest the reader in a reflective mind like Grey's than in an uncertain and fitful disposition such as Charlton's ' and there is something mournful i n th e hi g h er nature having to continue in the shade of poverty, while the other revelled in the sunshine of prosperity. Grey, however, might have exclaimed— "My mind to me a kingdom is ;" and he had a resource in his studious habits and refined tastes which could never be purchased by the most affluent, or secured by the votary of plea sure. When returning depressed to his sing& abode, he would console himself by these thoughTf —" Courage ! this mean chamber receives noble guests, and the spirits at least, dessecated from. fleshly stain, of the best and wisest of earth, visit in love. God has not shut out poverty from the divine realms of literature, and thoughts, in which we often entertain angels unawares, can live in an a t mos phere redolent with no earthly splendours. There is considerable skill displayed In the descrip tion of " Mr. John Caractacu s Smythe de Smith° Smith." He was an essentially coarse and vulgar man, who had become rich, an d endeavoured to be . 4 4w ar e informed that " his origin distinguished e so kinsn obscurity and mystery was veiled in t:Obi] which enveloped that of the Nile." His wife was also quite a character in her way, and the family of daught e rs quite fu expectations; the fulfilled their parent s ' ex ception was "Lily," who afterwards became "Mrs. Charlton," and was indeed a star in In the vari ous t ransac ti ons the domestic darkness. of this worthy family we meet with satirical sketches and personal traits that exhibit humorous powers of descripti on an d enliven the work, which otherwise might appear somewhat heavy in conse quence of the repeated arguments and lengthened disquisition s on various subjects. This work is not likely to please the general reader, but there is sufficient originality of thought and quaintness of expression met with in its pages to redeem it from the charge of being mediocre. A portion of the Tipperary estates of Mr. Clement Sadleir was sold in the Landed Estates Court, Dublin, on Tuesday, before Judge Longfield. The rental mas £375 a year, and it was bought in trust for Mr. Malcohnson, of Waterford, for £B,OOO. The petitioner for sale was an officer of the London and County Bank. , 0