The Sun. — London, England, 1859-03-21 00:00:00

AIION EY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The advices from the various manufacturing dis tricts state that during the past week there has been little change of importance in the general Prospects of trade. At Manchester the market has been flat, and prices have been in favour of buyers, the warlike rumours from the Continent having interfered with the demand for the German markets. India goods have been in very limited inquiry, owing to the unfavourable advices from the East by the last overland mail. A fair amount Of business has been done in goods suit able to the home trade, and yarns have been moderately active. The woollen cloth trade at Leeds has been dull, except for light fabrics, which have found ready buyers at fully late rates. Heavy and medium cloths, how ever, have been difficult of sale. Prints have exhibited no material alteration, and manufacturers are in most instances well employed upon contract orders. At Bradford operations have been checked by the aspect of political affairs abroad ; but for hom e requirements there has been a good inquiry for worsted yarns. Piece goods have been at steady rates, with a fair demand for the United States ; and light goods, adapted to the season, have been inquired for to some extent for home use. At Nottingham no alteration can be reported in the lace trade, but the hosiery business con tinues active. At Leicester increased acti vity has been apparent in all descriptions of hosiery, but less activity has been experienced in Worsted goods, but, upon the whole, trade is con sidered in a very healthy state. The iron trade of South Staffordshire constinues moderately active, as most of the principal firms are tolerably supplied With orders, and prices continue steady. At Bir mingham some animation has been given to the gun trade by large orders from the Ordnance De_ partment of the Government, but the general fancy trades of the town are dull. At Sheffield, Walsall, and Wolverhampton business has been steady, but not brisk, the demand for Canada and the United States having fallen off. - _ The Liverpool Cotton market on Saturday exhi bited rather more animation, and prices recovered the previous decline. The sales were estimated at 10.000 bales. In the Railway Share market a fair amount of business was transacted, and prices in some instances slightly improved. Although the demand for discount is still active, the market presents rather a quieter appearance. The supplies continue liberal, which prevents any important advance in the terms charged for accom modation to the commercial classes, who are evi dently endeavouring to push business as far as may be consistent with the requirements of home and foreign markets. At the bank minimum of 2,1 per cent., and in some instances even lower, first class paper is readily negotiated ; and while the absorption for State loans and other financial and joint-stock purposes is kept within moderate limits, easy rates will no doubt prevail. The imports of specie during the last few days have been considerable : during the past week• they amounted to £563,000, and this morning further supplies are announced, the Magdalena, from the West Indies, having brought £113,600. Small 'withdrawals of gold from the Bank of England are still reported, about £lO,OOO having been sent away on Saturday. The market for Public Securities opened buoyantly, and an additional improvement of to f i per cent. took place ; but it was not sustained, for sellers soon afterwards ap peared who caused a slight reaction. The ope rators on this occasion were no doubt desirous of securing their profits after the recent advance, and the market being still rather sensitive a few transactions, either way, produce an impression. There is a disposition to look with greater confi dence to the arrangement of the existing com plications abroad, but at the same time it is admitted that many difficulties may occur, be fore it shall be completed. Consols, which at one time advanced to 96 -2-, have since been 96 I. Exchequer Bills are 345. to 375. pm., and India Debentures 981 - . In the Foreign Market numerous transactions have taken place, and prices exhibit no important changes. Turkish 6 per Cents. were 931 to 94, and they are now 931 to 94; and the New 6 per Cents. are 801 ; Spanish 3 per Cents. are 301 t-; Russian 5 per Cents., 1111 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 100'4 101 ; Peruvian 3 per Cents. are 743 ; , Grenada Deferred, 51 ; and Equador, 161. In Mexican stock a large business has been done, and an advance to 201 211- has been produced by an arrangement entered into by Captain Dunlop and the local authorities, which secures a large and regular assignment of duties for the dividends. Business in the Railway Share Market has been extremely buoyant, prices having fully sympathised with the upward tendency exhibited in Consols, the advance, compared with Saturday's prices, being fully to 1 per cent. Caledonian, Eastern Counties, Great Western, Blackwall, North Western, Midland, and South-Eastern have im proved 10s. Lancashire and Yorkshire, South- Western and North British 155., and East Lancashire, Brighton, North Eastern (Berwick), Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton £l. Most of the other lines dealt in brought a slight ad vance on previous quotations. In the Foreign Market prices have also exhi bited an upward tendency. Northern of France have improved 10s. ; Paris and Lyons, 10s. ; Lombardo-Venetian Old Shares, ss. to 10s. ; and the New Shares, 10s. The Colonial lines are in most instances at im proved quotations. East Indian have been dealt in at 1041 1041 1 Great Indian Peninsula at 102 to 1021 ; Grand Trunk of Canada at 351 351 ; and Great Western .of Canada, at 15 151; The new East Indian undertakings are also in moderate favour at fully late values. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares fully support previous rates. Bank of Egypt have advanced ss. ; London and Westminster, ss. ; and London and County, ss. Canada Land, Electric Telegraph, and Red Sea Telegraph, realised about former values. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities India Stock Ditto Debentures 9Bl I Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Ditto under £l,000 Consols for Account March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & lid.. 37 4 J FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent. Ditto 1852, 41 per Cent Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent 945 Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent . — Ditto Deferred Chilian, 6 per Cent lO4 Equador New Consolidated Grenada New Active, 34 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent. 2oa Ditto Account Peruvian 45 per Cent — Ditto (Uribarren), 45 per Cent. .. 845 06 Ditto 3 per Cent. — Ditto Account Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent illi Ditto 41 per Cent Sardinian, 5 per Cent :824 2 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent — Ditto Account 3Ol 1 Turkish 6 per Cent. 934 Ditto Account ........ . .............. 931 4 Ditto New Loan .................... 80 Ditto Account Venezuelan 5 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 44 per Cent. Ex. 25 f 94 f. Austrian, 10 Fl, 5 per Cent 72 Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 6 41 Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 964 4 Consols for Account (April 7) 9615 BURNING OF A SHIP IN THE MERSEY.—LIVER POOL, SUNDAY.—Yesterday , while being towed down the Mersey, the Dutch barque Equator, bound from this port for Batavia, was found to be on fire. The crew at once used their best efforts to suppress it, but finding their own en deavours insufficient, the captain caused the ship to be beached on the Cheshire side of the river. Steam tugs put out to her assistance with several engines, but it was late at night before the fire could bo subdued, and not until the vessel was considerably injured. TG. dols. itant, rents. pture erer's New prose [, and. ate of y the York report rench, !xican is in recog- to be ce for ce was ,crease [NG. The Mid- I cents y dull. Indian le dull, vision- ;re has pulsed uently s were Liver idvices of the [ 10. Senate 3rown, change 1, C. 8., Ith has he pas ckwell. )ss that the 3d roopers ford of :ements import xessful where epulsea Lment. JUN. 1g artist, k on his emselves ssing, as s well as ie effects for the le en ter " Guy [r. Paul he have )al parts. Le circle, r Trans cal. ethi es. We nod with N.W.. ; l—Chin nma, for rry Mo ; Malast for, for -Salerno, London Hull for ruing. Kfmadria. ; oza Car Coq, for ming. Lab; G. " Gari eocen- he pro- EA that $ •etss into 3 Turin Trtained ?ursell, in the ng been tallic 0 r es, This fiction to erewith, and pre" ).-xposuro 10111k r , _ . I\ G. SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SIIktiVIS AND STOCKS. Share' Railways. 12.10 I Amberg., Notting. Bost.lPaid. Closing Price. \ Business and Eastern Jupption 10 6 60 nelfal.t and Ballymena all 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val, all 71 84 Stoek Birk., Lane., and CheBh Junction lOO 62 64 25 Blackburn all 11 114 25 Blyth and Tyne all .11 13 Stock Bristol and Exeter , 100 93 94 Stock Caledonian .% lOO 85 854 85 4 Stock Chester and Holyhead 100 494 50t 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all 20 Cornwall all 5 5 1 10 Do. A A roves. no div all until6p.c.per an tall 10 Do. B hasbeen pd.toß 50 Dublin andßelfast Juno all 7. 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc all 6 2 9 Stock East Anglian lOO 16 164 Stock Eastern Counties lOO 604 614 61 1 60r} Stock Eastern Union A Stook 100 4 5 47 164 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 31 33 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 8,4 25 East Kent all 14 15 Stock East Lancashire lOO 93 94 93} 20 East Suffolk 10 Do Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 73 74 Stock Edin.,Perth, t Dundee. 100 274 274 274 4 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all Stock Farness Stock Glasgow & South Wesin l6O 94 95 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 104 Stock Great Northern lOO 103 104 103 1 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 88 90 89 Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 133 134 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 105 106 Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 56 58 12 Irish South Eastern all 50 Lancaster and Carlisle all 83 87 161 Do. Thirds - p 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 11 124 p Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 95 96 4 96 4 6 16 Do. do. F £ l6 61 (1 6 4 9 Do. do. £9 shares 7 3 Do. West Riding Union I 20 Do. Southport Stock London and Blackwall all 67 69 61 4 74 Do.Newimat £slosp.sh — Stock Lon.,l3righton &S.Coast 100 112 113 1124 13 121 Stock London & North Westn 100 9 0 064 6 4 124 Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn lOO 9 4 93 4 "z 2 Z 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln lOO 384 394 384 19 10 Metropolitan Stock Midland lOO 102 1024 1021 2 Stock Do. Birming. & Derby lOO 7 6 78 77 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all 25 Do. i Shares all 100 Nentastle and Carlisle all 25 New., Aber., & Herefd all 11 I 12 10 Newry & Armagh (def ) 9 20 Newry, Werpt., & Ros all Stock Norfolk lOO 61 63 50 North. Counties Union 3i 34 I d Stock North British lOO 604 61 60 111441 - Stock Nor.Dev.Rall.&Dk. Stk lOO Stock Do.A Stk.— Aree.no diy until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 Stock Do. B Stock lOO Stock North-Eastn.--Berwick 100 924 93 93 2 1 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 1 14 d Stock Do. Leeds lOO 46 174 4 71, Stock Do. York lOO 76 774 72 t Stock North London lOO 102 104 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction £3 Is. 20 North Sta ff ordshire 174 ft 44 d 13 12 1 20 North-Western 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 7 6 . „, 2 Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver lOO 33 34 " 4 10 Peebles all 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney lO Stock Scottish Central lOO 110 112 Stock South. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 264 27 Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 84 85 Stock Shropshire Union lOO 46 48 10 Sittingbotirne & Sheer all 34 24 d Stock South Devon lOO 38 19 384 Stock South-Eastern lOO 71 114 714 t Stock South wales 20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun all 60 70 20 Do. do 20 Staines, Wok., & Wek all 8 11 25 Stockton & Darlington all 37 374 25 Do. do. 1854 224 25 Do. do. 1855 7 Stockton & Hartlepool 164 Stock Taff Vale lOO Stock Do. Preferende, No. 1 25 ThamesilavenDk&Rall 22 Stock Vale of Neath lOO 67 70 69 0 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 5 Do. B all 54 61 6 20 West London all 10 Do. Ist Class all - 20 Do. 2d Class IDO. 2d Class ARP Paid. I Clo sing Business rtes. Done. PItEIERENCE Share Railways. 25 Blythe and Tyne 11 per o. pref. (issued at £5O) Stk Bris. & Exet4p.etStock 20 Do. do. do. Shares took Caledon £lO, 44. per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Stock Chester & Holyhd, 5 pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. et. f 4 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. 61 Dun. Perth,& Aber.. un. Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 p ct. No.l StockiDo. do N 0.2 StockiDo. New 6 per et. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per et. Stock East Lane. 6 per et 5 E.& W. York. Jen. 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 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Stock Do. 4/ p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm Gt. Alb. of Scotld, Ist pf Gt. Sn.& w (Irel and) 4 p. ct. pref. Stock Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.a Do. - Redeemable, pct Da Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. shares Do do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. 0. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. et Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 ILon.& N.W.Cov. &Nun eaten, 5 p. ct. Lon. &S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, 'stead shares Londondy & Cole, > shs Londondy.& Ennis / sh Man.,Sh., & Lin., 8 p. ot 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.6p.et. Do. 4/ p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hitpref. st. New - port,Aber,&c.pret.s p. c. redeem, a t 5 p.o.n m Do. Perpet, 6 p. e. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. sh are s Do. 5 p. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 Do. 5/p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Viol.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, trua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rall.& Dsk.Co. N- East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref IDo. do. do. 20 10 9 took Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock 26 20 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock all 1100 6 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 8 Stock Stock Stock Stock 10s. 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 100 100 100 100 all Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. Do. do. Quarters, 1846 Po. York, IT. & S. Purch North Staffordshire Ox. Wr. k Wol. 6pc. Ist g Do. do. do., 2d gua Do. 44 p.c. Db. stk. in perp Scottish Central, new pt Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. per c. pref. stock Do. Aberdeen. gua. 6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. 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, glut. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.e. gus. Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. Do. 6 per cent Waterford k Kilkenny, 6 per cent. 251 25% Stocki 49 $1 95 97 1103 105 128 130 118 120 St 6 1 98 101 110 115 106 110 114 116 112 114 129 131 81 83 71 73 110 112 118 120 110 112 104 104 03 45 11 11i 95 97 80 28 89 99 101 9f 101 16 17, Of 10i 72 74 184 194 91 94 14 144 140 142 118 120 1160 165 123 125 i it) 70 72 139 141 101 103 t 1) 1 94 96 90 10 llf 111 9 94 111 113 97 98 f Id P 24 23! 123 125 117 119 99 101 101 10! 24 24;, 102 104 102 104 164 17i 2829 33 34 50 52 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. I paid Leasing I Closing Business • Co.'s. Price. Done. Redford and Bletchley all Buckinghamshire 100 ClydesdaleJunctlon 100 Colchester, Stour Val all E.Lincolnshire,g..6p.c 100 E Union,HarwichSha all Do. Woodbridge lOO Gl a .Barr.&Nells,Drct 100 Do. New lOO Gloster& Dean Forest all Hartlpool.DekAßail all Hull and Selby • Do. Shares all Do. Shares all London&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend lOO Do. Barking Shares all Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct. 100 Do. 6 per cent lOO Manc.,Ruxtn. Matk. all Midsb.& Reder, g.6p.c. all Mid.PradfordPrf. Stk. 100 Newirm.rkt.,BuryEx I x AA guaranteed 5 p. c. "' Northn.& Ea stn. 5 p.c. all l?o. do. 6 per cent all Dc. Fixed 5 per cet. all Preston and Wyre. all Do. Ohares A. all Roystn,Hitch. , & Shep 100 , Roth. SzGol.a. s p.e. 18 11 6' Shrmsbry & Hereford all South Staffordshire .. all Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. all Do. do. .. . .......... all Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Wimbledon& Croydn. all Docks. Ln & N.W Ln & N.W Caledon in E.U.&E C Gt. North. E.Counts. Caledoninl Do. Gt. West. Yk.N.Acßr Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. S. East Do. Peto &Co Do. Norfolk Do. LN iv&M Stk.& Dar ' Midland . RCounts. Do. Do. Do. D&N wj & L.Yk. Do. Gt. North.: Lan.& Yki T Brassy Per`Clean Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West. L.&Brgto DOCKS. Share 98 1001 102 104 17 18 142 144 4i 4ii 109 111 61 Cri 115 120 93 91 96 98 57 59 137 140 10: ii 89 91 8 9 StOcklCommerciat i 100 Stock' Do 4 perCent.Pref.Mi n 1 100 S t ock East and West India. . + 100 Stock London 1 100 _ Stock. St. Katharine I 100 1 StocklSouthampton lOO — StocklVlctorta I 100 ' 102 104 102 . 1 20 iDo New CI 18 I - 1 „,,, Closing 1 Ilueinees 13 `”" Price. Done. LITB.RA;TU.. E , Providence rewarded their courage by finally elevating their destiny. But these unassuming heroes heroes fought ,and suffered long without pretensions, solely for their faith and their obscure homes. The Poles, on the contrary, when ever they rise up in insurrection, must excite, and cannot do otherwise than call into action a great national and European struggle. The Polish question throws into the balance the peace and organisation of collected Europe." The historic•documents appended to the conclusion of the work are many of them valuable papers. Two of them will well repay the reader for perusal. One of them is a sketch of the career of Madame de Rumford, by M. Guizot, who gives in it an in teresting picture of the saloons of the 18th century where that light, witty, scoffing philosophy flourished, sparkling with the wit of Voltaire and the brilliant sophistries of a crowd of pleasant sceptics, soon to be shadowed by the Reign of Terror and crushed by the guillotine. Madame de :Rumford was previously the wife of the celebrated Lavoisier, and devoted herself to the study of science with an ardour that rivalled her husband. She assisted him in his labours—she translated, tran scribed, and aided him in every possible way, even learning to engrave that he might be sure of faith ful illustrations. He was ane of the many illus trious victims of the guillotine. The other article referred to is by Madame Guizot, whose charming writings are widely known in this country. It is full of thought, sense and feeling. It is on " Charity, its place in woman's life," and was originally written in 1828, but the numbers published were limited and M. Guizot avails himself of this opportunity of giving it the publicity it deserves. A thorough knowledge of the wants of the poor, as well as a sense of what her sisters might accomplish if each would do what she could, is plainly manifested ; and it is interesting to know that Madame Guizot's practice fully coincided with her precepts. In the time of the cholera M. Guizot describes her advice and aid as being constantly sought, and tells how she freely mingled with the sick and suffering without thought of self. When completed , these memoirs will give a statesman's view of France during twenty years, many of them , troubled and revolutionary—all of them more or less im portant. However we may differ from the policy pursued by M. Guizot in office, and the opinions maintained by him in opposition, and, without entering on the complicated questions of those remote days our readers are aware that we have often done so, we are able to welcome his memoirs as a valuable illustration of the history of the time, and an important contribution to the political records of European States. The trans lator has fulfilled his share of the task with ability and success. The book reads fluently, and without any idiomatic phrases, and we shall await the suc ceeding volumes with interest and expectation. Memoirs to • Illustrate the _History of My Time. 4y I% Guizot, author of " Memoirs of Sir Robert &c. &c. Translated by J. W. Cole. Vol. IL Richard Bentley. The second volume of these interesting memoirs of thb Pronch ex-Preniier has now made its appearance. However much we tilaY differ from the policy of M. Guizot and his chief, it is always interesting to ;read the memoirs of one who has for many years filled the great offices of a European State—to see the view he takes, in silence and retirement, of the turmoils and angry questions that agitated his cabinet—to watch the change in his opinions produced by the events of succeeding years—to view the light in which the great political questions of a former day appear to him,when divested of the false colouring thrown over them by the love of power, the posses• sion of authority, or by the spirit of opposition and desire for place. M. Guizot, whatever his faults as a statesman, is eminently qualified for his under taking, both by his peculiar literary abilities and by the romance of his position as resident in a foreign land, watching across the waters the agita tions of his native country, from which not only his own race of politicians have retreated in dis comfiture, but the whole dynasty which, they served, and even the title it bore, has totally passed away. On the subject of the sudden convulsions which threaten political power in France, M. Guizot makes the following observations,. the truth of which must strike every reader of French his tory. He is speaking of the Revolution of 1830: " The stuggle had scarcely begun, and already the entire establishment of the Restoration—persons and institutes —was in visible and urgent danger. A few hours before, and within a short distance of Paris, the decrees were unknown to me; and by the side of legal opposi tion I saw, on my arrival, revolutionary and unchained insurrection. The journals, the courts of justice, the secret societies, the assemblies of peers and deputies, the national guard, the citizens and the populace, the bankers and the labouring dames, the drawing-rooms and the streets, every regulated or unlicensed element of society either yielded to or pushed forward the general movement. On the first day the cry was, Long live the Charter I Down with the Ministers 1' On the second, 'llp with liberty 1 Down with the Bourbons I Long live the Repub lic ! Long live Napoleon the Second !"I'he decrees of the preceding eve had been seized on as the signal for exploding all the infirmities, hopes, projects, and political desires accumulated during sixteen years. " Amongst the evils with which our age and country are afflicted, one of the heaviest is, that no serious trouble can burst forth in any part of the social edifice, but im mediately the entire building is in danger of subversion; there exists a contagion of ruin which spreads with ter rible rapidity. Great public agitations, extreme abuses of power are not new facts in the world. More than once nations have had to struggle, not only by law but by force, for the maintenance and recovery of their rights. In Germany, in Spain, in England before the reign of Charles 1., in France as far back as the seventeenth cen tury, the political bodies and the people have often opposed the King, even by arms, without feeling either the neces sity or right of changing the dynasty of their Sovereigns or the form of their government. Resistance and insurrec tion had their curbs and limits, whether arising from the state of society, or the conscience and good sense of men ; the entire system was not continually in the hazard. In the present day, and with us, each important political struggle resolves itself into a question of life and death. People and parties, in their blind excitement, rush on the instant to the last extremes ; resistance suddenly transforms itself into insurrection, and insurrection into revolution. Every storm becomes the deluge." Commencing with the struggle which placed. upon the throne that monarch with whose fortunes his own were so closely connected, this second volume traces the stormy events of the next two years. M. Guizot's- own Mini stry of the Interior, the trial of the Ministers of Charles X., and the wild scenes of anarchy suc ceeding it; the accession of M. Cassimer Perier to office, his one year of vigorous government, and the fall of the Cabinet soon after his death by the fatal epidemic of 1832, are included in these pages. The volume leaves Marshal Soult just having formed the Cabinet of October, 1832, of which M. Guizot was himself a member as Minister of Public Instruc tion. The exciting troubles of those times, the policy of concession advocated by some of the Libe rals, in addition to the policy of resistance stoutly maintained by M. Guizot and his friends, are ail vividly portrayed. The King himself, notwith standing M. Guizot's efforts to the contrary, does not appear in a very favourable light. His weak ness, his obstinacy, his vacillation, his narrow mindedness are plainly manifested, and totally un fitted him for the responsible office of the ruler of a great state in snob troubled and difficult times. The following extract gives a scene from the Cham ber of Deputies on the trial of the Ministers of Charles X. : " A more weighty event, the trial of the Ministers, was approaching. Scarcely retired from office, I hastened to take a very decided position on this question. During the sitting of the 9th of November, 1830, certain expressions of M. Odilon-Barrot on the address of the Chamber of Deputies against the punishment of death for political offences, sup plied me 'with a suitable opportunity. While on my way to the tribune, as I passed M. Casimir Perier, Your efforts will be futile,' whispered he to me in a low voice ; ' you will not save the head of M. de Polignac.' I expected better from the public feeling, and I expressed my own in a few words. I take no personal interest,' I said, in the fallen minis-. ters ; I have no ties with any of them ; but I feel proudly convinced that it belongs to the honour of the nation, and to its historic credit, not to shod their blood. After having changed the government and renewed the face of the coun try, it is truly miserable to prosecute a paltry justice by the side of that immense justice which has struck, not four men, but an entire government, a total dynasty. On the question of blood, France desires nothing that shall be profitless. All revolutions have shed blood through inflamed passions, and not from necessity. Three months, six months after —that blood has recoiled back upon themselves. Let us not to. day re-enter on the old track, which we avoided even during the combat.' The Chamber was visibly moved to sympathy. As I was returning to my place, M. Royer-Collard stopppd me, and.warmly pressing my hand, said, You may make greater speeches, but you will never do yourself mere honour.' M. de Martignac came to place himself by my side, and thanked me with sincere emotion. It is a sad pity,' said he, that this cause is not to be de cided here and at this moment. It would be gained.' • • " As regards the speaker, and even the listeners, the im pressions of the tribune are so vivid, that we are apt to look upon them as decisive. Facts are not slow to dissipate this illusion. When great questions of government are in de bate, eloquence is at once powerful and insufficient. It prepares, but achieves nothing, and should be employed without too much confidence. Our debates in the Chamber of Deputies had certainly elucidated true and political jus tice, and impressed many minds with a favourable senti ment. But when the trial actually commenced, the diffi • culty and danger continued to be enormous; and during eight days, the Cabinet with all its power, M. de La Fayette with all his popularity, King Louis-Philippe with his well - timed, able, and humane dexterity, the House of Peers with its courageous wisdom, exhausted themselves in efforts, ever on the verge of failure, to restrain the underhand revo lutionary practices and improvident fury which sought respectively, in the death of the accused parties, their grati fication and success. During this period of action, the Chamber of Deputies, which could take no part, abstained from speaking." Another interesting passage is that on the fate of Poland. In denouncing that shameful partition, M. Guizot echoes the opinion of most right-think ing men : " It would have been a great happiness and honour for Europe if the Popish question could have been treated and settled in 1831, after the same mode. There has ever been, and there is still, in the destiny of Poland a remarkable and exclusive characteristic. Conquests and dismemberments of states have abounded in Europe ; provinces and kingdoms have repeatedly changed masters and names ; treaties have succeeded wars; time has hallowed treaties; territorial and national changes, in spite of original bitterness, have been consecrated by peace and the lapse of years, and accepted, not only by indifferent spectators, but by the very people that have been compelled to undergo their yoke. Nothing like this has happened to Poland. Before lon g , a century will have rolled over since the first partition of that unhappy coun try. I know not how many diplomatic acts have acknow ledged its new masters. Events of immense importance have changed the destiny and absorbed the interest of Europe. In the midst of so many iniquities and fresh mis fortunes, the fate of Poland has never ceased to be acknow ledged and felt as a European crime and calamity. It was the murder of a whole nation, as her friends have said, with terrible truth. In vain have their adversaries replied that Poland herself, her detestable institutions, her blind quar rels, her execrable anarchy, led to her overthrow, and that national suicide provoked foreign assassination. The ex planations of history are not judicial sentences, and argu ment avails nothing against the strong sentiment of public conviction. For more than sixty years Poland has ceased to figure amongst nations, and as often as the nations of Europe rise in agitation, Poland also begins to stir. Is it a phantom, or a people ? I cannot say. Poland may be dead, but she is not forgotten. By the side of this arresting fact, I have remarked an other no less extraordinary :—Since the conscience of Europe has been disturbed by the fate of Poland, important changes have been accomplished. Many powerful and different authorities have disposed of nations. Monarchy or republic, conqueror or congress, none have ever seriously attempted to call back Poland from her grave, or to heal this European wound. At the moment when this murder was committed, neither old France nor old England raised an arm to pre vent it; new France and new England have not acted with more efficacy. The re-establishment of Poland never entered into the real or sincere designs of the French Revolution or the Emperor. Words have been uttered, perspectives have been opened, devotion has been called into brilliant display by exciting hopes, but nothing more. Extreme misfortune alone has infused some transitory illusions into all these falsehoods. The whole world has made use of Poland, but no one has ever assisted her. " The course of history, so replete with the calamities of nations, presents no example of a similar conquest, or of a similar position when conquest has been achieved. It is not simply a defeated opponent in presence of his con queror ; in Poland there is one vanquished and three victors. Threo victors inch del amongst the most powerful states of Europe, and ever united by one enduring interest, in de fence of their conquest, still common, though divided. The beaten party is situated at the extremity of Europe, unable to find sympathy or support, except from an immense dis tance, and through the possessions of its subduers. As regards the most formidable of the.three conquerors, Russia, the preservation of her part of Poland is not only a ques tion of government, an interest of the Sovereign, but a national passion. The Ruksian people are even more re solved than the Emperor that Poland shall not escape from their dominion. Amongst ill-fated nations, Poland labours under the peculiar misfortune of having been too extensive, and even at this ay, in hqr ruin, her destiny continues too important. When the defeated Goths in the mountains of the Asturias, and the small Greek colonies in Epirus, Peloponnesus, and Thossaly, struggled for ages against the Arabs and Turks, their r esistance, though sad and glorious, was simple and restricted. These broken fragments of a nation aspired only to maintain, in some remote corners of their land, a Vigo of nationality and local independence. The Bertrams : a Novel. By Anthony Trollope, author of " Barchester Towers," " Doctor Thorne," &c. 3 vols. Chapman and Hall. Those who desire to peruse a sensible novel should obtain this work. Here they will find no effusions of sentiment, and no exaggerations of feeling and passion, but a sober estimate of men and things, and a vigorous exposition of events that are of daily occurrence. It is satisfactory to notice the great improvement in the style of this talented author. It so often occurs that powerful writers deteriorate from their first productions, that it is particularly gratifying to find a new work not only possessing increased force and brilliancy, but also enhanced by greater refinement of tone and grace of expression. There are many persons met with in this story, who are all accurately described in their peculiar positions. The most admirable character is that of George Bertram, and lie is perfectly natural in his manner and bearing, which is not always the case with the shining ornaments of a narrative. How ever, it is to be questioned if Harcourt is not the most striking sketch in the work. He is a masterly representation of a man of the world—dashing, daring, and distinguished alike by his superior mental endowments and his energetic self-advance ment. He was unscrupulous in his conduct when it suited his purpose, and no nobler incentive than an actual triumph seemed ever to dwell in his thoughts. The plaudits of to-day sufficed for his ambition ; he cared little and thought less of a more enduring and still higher triumph, which on many an after-morrow might sound his praises, and register his name among Fame's immortal votaries. The bright but transient success which he obtained only tended to unfit him for again struggling with the tide of adversity, and his conduct when he was in the ascendant had not impressed men's minds in a favourable manner. " Since the day when he had hesitated to resign his high office, his popu larity had gone down like a leaden plum met in the salt water. He had become cross grained, ill-tempered, and morose. No legal lumi nary in the memory of man had risen so quickly and fallen so suddenly. It had not been given him to preserve an even mind when adversity came upon him." The last sad scene in the career of this gifted man is a solemn one. Distracted by his public failures and his private misfortunes, harassed by the pressure of enormous debts which he had incurred in his wild venture to make a show before the world, he proved that his mind was unequal to the test that distinguishes the genuine from tho counterfeit; it could not withstand the evil day, it had been trained to bask in the sunshine, not trained to weather the storms with a bold spirit and an iron will. "He was a coward, misfortune had come upon him, and he was conquered at once." The morning after his last disappointment, his exclusion from the will of his wife's grandfather, the news was spread abroad that Sir Henry Har court hadadestroyed himself. George Bertram was of a very different class; he was also eminently qualified to distinguish himself in the world, but he hesitated from one reason and another. He wanted decision of mind ; he was too apt to depend on the fancies of the hour, and the suggestions of others instead of forming his own plans in study and solitude, and then adhering to them with. energy. Unfortunately for him he early became attached to Caroline 11 addington, a lady of con siderable endowments, but not calculated to prove an efficient adviser to one so easily influenced as was George Bertram. Her conduct was reprehen sible in the highest degree ; she dissuaded Bertram from any of those higher aims to which in the enthasiasm of his nature he was prone to aspire. Sbe endeavoured to bring downlhis thoughts to the level of her cold and worldly sentiments, and thus in a great measure destroyed the promise of his noble youth. She also unintentionally marred his success in the very sphere in which she desired him to shine, for it was in consequence of her conduct that their engagement was annulled, and hence dire offence was given to their rich old relation, Mr. Bertram, who had set his heart on the marriage and who, in consequence of its non-occurrence, left his enormous wealth for other objects. This was no disappointment to George, who did not care for money, but it was a disastrous circumstance for his advancement ; and, though money is not all that is needed, it is a desirable adjunct in the struggle with the world. The chief evil that Caroline wrought on the mind of Bertram was in lowering his estimate of human nature. In clouding the brightness of his hopes, she dimmed the whole of his after life. He could have borne disappointment in another form ; had death or accident intervened to pronounce the doom of his love, he might have been resigned, but it was bitter to, find cold calculation returned for his ardent affection ; while he was constant to the shrine of love, she was intent only on the worship of Mammon. However, Caroline Waddington worked out a far more lamentable doom for herself in becoming the wife of Harcourt. That man had been early associated with Bertram, but proved himself false to friendship, and was the immediate cause of the quarrel between the lovers, From the moment when he discovered that Caroline was the supposed heiress of old Bertram, he set to work, and, having achieved the separation, he offered himself to Caroline. She felt that nothing could ever efface her early love, for in her peculiar way she was attached to Bertram; but pride and pas sion finally triumphed over every other considera tion, and she became Lady Harcourt. After some painful passages in their domestic life, she left her husband, and resided with her grandfather. The life of old Mr. Bertram is ably described. He was not destitute of friendly feelings nor devoid of generous impulses ; but he lived only for his money. " The iron of his wealth had entered into his very soul. He had made half a million of m oney, and that had been his god, his only god—and indeed men have but one god. The true worship of the one loved shrine prevents all other worship." There is a third hero, Arthur Wilkinson, and another heroine, Adele. Gantlet, although their course of true love did not run . smooth, there is a softness and serenity abou t their lives that is very different to the whirl and excitement which cha racterised the existence of the others. After the death of his father, Arthur very imprudently entered into some agreement that crippled his means for ninny years, and although this was done for the benefit of his mother, she behaved in the most selfish way. In consequence of this confusion he could not fulfil his desire of proposing to Adela Gauntlet, and she was left for some years in a state of uncertainty, while he passed a wretched life, harassed by his mother, for whom he had sacrificed everything, and dispirited at his forlorn position. However, brighter days were in store ; his health was the cause of his taking a tour with his cousin, George Bertram, who exhorted him to rouse himself, and not give way to despair. He followed this wise counsel, and after his re turn he convinced his mother that he was his own master, and he and Adela were united. They were very poor, but that did not distress them, and their pure tastes and simple pleasures formed a strong contrast to the misery of the crafty Har- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1859. TILTS DAYS MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. court, and the cunning Caroline, the votaries of worldly wealth ,and honour. Taken altogether this must be regarded as a novel of a superior class, for it contains some characters that are finely drawn, and some passages of life that are power fully narrated. It is written throughout in an eloquent and impressive style, and its numerous dramatis penance are sketched in a way that shows the author to possess a considerable knowledge of men and manners. There was a slight improvement in the demand for wheat in most of the country markets held on Saturday, and prices generally were well supported. Malting barley commanded extreme currencies, but other kinds ruled somewhat heavy. Other produce was dull, on former terms. Throughout the Continent fine wheat and barley have sold at full prices, but other kinds have met a dull inquiry. At New York, to which port shipments have been made from Liverpool, both wheat and flour continue comparatively high in price. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were only moderate. From abroad we received 6,254 qrs. of wheat, 17,283 barley, 7,732 oats, 2,020 beans, 2.59 peas, 1,393 tares, 3,919 linseed, 6,591 rapeseed, 4,770 sundry seeds, 1,664 sacks and 200 barrels of flour. A very limited supply of wheat was received fresh up to day from Kent, and the arrivals from Essex were very moderate ; henca the show of samples of both red and white was small, bat their general condition was tolerably good. For fine parcels there was a steady demand, and hi some instances prices may be called the turn, or is per qr., higher than on Monday last. Low and middling qualities found buyers at full quotations. There was an improved tone in the demand for useful qualities of foreign wheat, at full currencies; but the amount of business doing was only moderate. Floating cargoes of grain sold at full prices, but the demand was rather heavy. Malting barley was scarce, and in request, at full prices. Grinding and distilling sorts wore taken off slowly, on former terms. For malt the inquiry was less active. In prices, how ever, no change took place. The show of oats was only moderate, and the demand was far from active, on former terms. Beans were in short supply, and steady request, at fully last week's currency. We had a fair demand for peas, at full quotations. The flour trade was by no means active. In prices, however, no change took place. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new 36s to 45s Ditto, old Ditto, white, new 39s 50i Ditto, old —s — s Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —s Ditto, new Eye—Old —8 —a New Barley—Grinding...., 24s 20s Malting . 30s 37s Clieralier 3ss 42s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk s2s 66s Brown Kingston and Ware s2s 64s Chevalier Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolush., Feeding l9s 24c • Potato 26s 30s Youghal and Cork, black ... 20s 23s Cork, white Scotch, Feeding 2os 29s Beans—Tick ' Pigeons 18s 495 ' Peas—Grey 3Bs 365 Maple White 19s 40s Boilers Flour—Town-made Suffolk 3os 328 Stockton and Norfolk METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week were 2,524 head In the corresponding week in 1858 we received 537 ; in 1857, 1,218; in 1856, 503; 185.5, 1,330; in 1851, 1,675; in 1853, 2,037; and in 1852, head. IMPOItTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam Hamburgh — .. 1,927 .. .._ . , Dordt Harlingen Antwerp .. • • Oporto -- • • -• • 32 • • Total 293 2,139 50 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheap. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1858 225 .. 160 .. .. 152 .. 1857 494 .. 632 .. .. 191 .. 1 1856 1855 B4B .. 137 .. .. 34.5 .. 1854 326 .. 1,128 .. .. 224 .. 71 1853 493 .. 1,222 .. .. 311 .. 11 To-day's market wog rather scantily supplied with foreign stock, especially with beasts and calves, and sales progressed steadily, at full prices. From our own grazing districts, the receipts of beasts fresh up were again limited as to number, and in but mid dling condition. The attendance of butchers was tolerably large, uet the beef trade was not so active as on Monday last. However, in most instances, that day's advance in the quotations was supported. The arrivals from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire amounted to 1,660 Scots, short-horns, and crosses ; from other parts of England, 350 of various breeds ; from Scotland, 327 Scots and crosses; and, from Ireland, 80 oxen, &c. The show of all kinds of sheep was again very moderate and their quality was by no means first rate. There was:a steady demand for all breeds, at very full prices. The primest old Downs, in the wool, sold at 6d—out of the wool, 58 4d per 81b. Lambs were in short supply, and fair request, at from 6s to 7s per. Sibs. Very few calves were on offer, and the veal trade ruled steady, at full quotations, viz., from 4s to 58 8d per 81b. We had rather more inquiry for pigs, at very full prices. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. a. d. a. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 6 3 101Primecrs-wool do. Second quality do. 4 0 4 6 Pme.S'thdowndo. Prime large oxen 4 8 4 10 Large ere°. calves Prime Scots, &c. 5 0 5 2 Prime small do Crse. & inf. sheep 4 2 4 6 Large hogs Second quality do. 4 8 5 0 Small porkers Lambs, 6s to 7s. Suckling calves, 188 to 218; and quarter-old store pigs, 18e to 225. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts' 3,263 !Beasts ll6 Sheep 18,50 01 Sheep Calves Pi gs 350 ! Pigs A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on Monday,:March 22, 1858, and this day, Monday, March 21, 1859. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. March 22, 1858. March 21, 1559. s d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts . . Second quality ditto Prime largo oxen 3 8 3 10,4 8 410 Prime Scots, &e.. . • . Coarse and inferior sheep . . 3 0 3 4 4 2 4 6 Secofld quality ditto . • . . 3 6 310 4 8 5 0 Prime u oarse-woolled ditto . . 4 0 4 4 5 2 5 8 Prime Southdown ditto • . . 0 4 8 5 05 10 6 0 Lambs 0 0 Op 0 0 0 Large coarse craves .....8 4 614 410 Prime small ditto Large hogs . • . . Neat small porkers , . . Beasts Sheep and lambs . . Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE March 23, 1857.---Beasts, 3 , 2 7 5 ; sheep and lambs, 16,020% calves, 88; pigs, 270. March 24,1856.—8ea5t5, 2,971; sheep and lambs, 17,380 ; calves, 31; pigs, 305. s. d. R. d. 6 25 8 5 10 6 0 4 0410 5 05 8' 3 03 6 3 84 4 NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. Since Monday last the supplies of meat on offer killed in the metroplis have been very moderate, but the arrivals from the provinces have rather increased. The demand is steady, at the following quotations : Per 8113 s. by the Carcass. s. d. u. d. I s. d. Inferior Beef 3 4to 3 6 I Infr. Mutton. 3 6to Mid. d 0..... 3 B to 3 10 Mid. do 4 2to Pm.largedo. 40to 4 2 I Prime do. 4B to Do. small do. 4 4 to 4 8 Veal 3 10 to Large pork.. 3 4to 3 8 ► Small pork 310 to Lamb, 5s 6d to 6s 6d. BOROUGH HOP. All new hops continue in active demand, at our quota. tions. Fine yearlings are quite as dear as last we ek, but other hops are a dull inquiry. The imports last week were 25 bales from Hambro'. Mid and East Kent pockets Bos to 140 s per cwt. Weald of Kent do 62s to 76s ~ do , 60s to 70s ~ BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Full average supplies of home-grown potatoes have come to hand since our last report, coastwise and by land car riage, in good condition. The imports have amounted to 255 tons from Dunkirk, 100 ditto from Rouen, 12 ditto from Rotterdam, 41 ditto. from Harlingen, and 60 ditto from Boulogne. The trade generally ruled heavy, at barely stationary prices. York Regents, 75s to 100 s ' • Essex and Kent, 70s to 90 s ; Lincoln, 70s to 90s ; Scotch, 40s to 80s ; foreign, 40s to 60s. WOOL MARKET. The total imports of wool into London last week were 2,256 bales from Adelaide, and 1,300 from Port Philip. By private contract very little business is doing, on former terms. The public sales, at which 40,000 bales were disposed of, have boon brought to a close. SEEDS. Cloverseed continues in good request, and late rates are well supported. Trefoil is quite as dear. Linseed is dull, and easier to purchase. Rapeseed, with the exception of the finest, is a slow inquiry. Most other seeds maintain last week's rates. In cakes only a moderate business i 3 doing on former terms. Turnip,White,p.bus.l2s to 14s Carraway . . 40s to u 8 Swede Mustard, 8r0wn.... 8s lls Hem seed, per (it: 30s 3 8 s White, new.... 12s 15s Linseed,Eng.sowing 72s 4s Tares, Spring, new.. W:6(1 12s Crushing Old —s ( Baltic .......... —s Canary, per quarter 60s 7 0 s ; Odessa ........ 56s aOs Rye grass, new 22s 26s Linseed Cake, p. ton r Clover, Red En g., et. 66s 85s ? English ...... £lO Os XlO las White Foreign Red 668 76s Rapeseed,eCakes,. ton sOs 5s White 76s 105 s Rap p. Cris 6,s s Trefoil, new. lB3 208 TALLOW. in our market is very The amount of business do in g moderate, nevertheless, we have scarcely any change to notice in prices. P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 52s 9d per cwt. Town tallow, 52s nett cash ; rough fat, 2s 10d. 1856. 1857. 1858. ---,- Stock this day.. • • 35.458 25.056 17,418 15.203 • 48s Od to 478 6d to 7080 d to 55s Od to Price of Y.C. t —s Od —s Od —s Od --a Od De li ve ry last week 1 , 426 748 1,214 1,258 Ditto from June 1 68,317 80 ,278 91,431 91 , 539 Arr i v als last week 1,350 3,162 1,739 298 • Ditto from June 1 67,739 67,822 91,869 95,209 price of Town , 48s Cd 47s 9d 548 3d Ns 6d 17,035 52s 9d —s Od 1,287 86,091? 91,5 ; 28 548 3d min) EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. TATTE.RSALL6"-( THIS .EVENING.) The room was fully attended, but the early part of th e afternoon was entirely occupied with settling the ac counts of the past week. Gladiolus was firm for the Northamptonshire Stakes, and Newcastle has advanced to the position of second favourite ; the latter was also backed at a long shot to some money for the Derby. 9to 1 was offered on the field for the Chester Cup, and 20 to 1 was taken freely about Royal Sovereign. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 100 to 15 agst Gladiolus "(taken) 10 to 1 agst Newcastle (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Shafto (offered) 100 to 8 agst Mutineer (taken) 15 to 1 agst Rio (taken) 20 to 1 agst Yellow Rose (taken) 2.5 to 1 agst Boldfaced Stag 28 to 1 agst Stapleton (taken) EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. sto 1 agst King-at-Arms (taken) CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Drogheda (taken) 20 to 1 apt Royal Sovereign (taken freely) 40 to 1 agst Jordan (taken) DERBY. 100 to 6 agst Gamester (taken ) 30 to 1 agst Cavendish (taken) 33 to 1 agst Ticket of Leave (taken) 60 to 1 apt Schuloff (taken) 80 to 1 agst Gladiolus (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Newcastle (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Far West (taken) ARRIVALS AT COVENTRY. Tease, Rejected, Morgan Rattler, Sting, Pactolus, Justin, Tame Deer, J*linny, Queen of the South, Puritan, Odiham, Flatcataher, Eltham Beauty, Minster, Greenwich Fair, and Kibworth Lass. The ground is heavy. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS--(Tms EVENING). The Lour) CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five 'o'clock. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition from Bath, in favour of allowing Protestant Dissenters to administer trust funds of endowed grammar schools. Viscount DUNGANNON presented several petitions against the Marriage Law Amendment Bill. Lord OVERSiONE presented several petitions in favour of legalising the marriage with a deceased wife's sister. The noble lord said he had already presented seve ral petitions from the City of London, signed by the mem bers of the corporation, bankers, merchants, and other in fluential persons, to a similar effect; and now the petition he held in his hand was from the united body of Protestant Dissenters of the three denominations. The Bishop of RIPON presented petitions against the unconditional repeal of church rates. LEASES IN IRELAND. Tho Earl of BANDON asked whether it was the in tention of the Government to introduce any bill for facili tating the granting of leases in Ireland ? The Earl of DONOUGHMORE said the Attorney- General fqr Ireland was at present engaged in framing a bill en the subject referred to by the noble lord. INDICTABLE OFFENCES BILL. This bill passed through committee without amendments' and was ordered to be reported on Thursday next. Lord LYNDHURST thought that the bill ought not to be forwarded so hastily. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he had no objection to postpone the third reading of the bill until his noble friend the Lord Chief Justice was in his place, although he knew his noble friend entirely approved of all its provisions. He did not see any objection to the bill being reported on Thursday, and he would not move the third reading until Lord Campbell was present. MUTINY BILL. This bill was read a second time. MARINE MUTINY BILL. This bill was also read a second time. COUNTY COURTS BILL. This bill was read a second time. CONVICT PRISONS ABROAD BILL. This bill passed through committee. MANOR COURTS (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was reported with amendments. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS EVENING). The SrEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time, and passed : East Suffolk Railway; Lands Improvement Company; and Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Markets and Pier. The following private bills were considered and ordered for third reading :—Glasgow Corporation Water ; King's Lynn Borough and l'ort and Harbour Improvement ; Llanidloes and Newtown Railway; Londonderry Bridge; and the Chichester Harbour Embankment. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the Government Reform Bill ; in favour of vote by ballot.; and for the recall of Sir John Bowring, &c. NEW MEMBER. Captain JERVIS took the oaths and his seat for Harwich. TIIE DIVORCE COURT. Mr. EDWIN JAMES gave notice that he would put a question to Government o.i the subject of the increase of business in this court, with a view to its facilitation. DESPATCHES TO LORD CANNING. Mr. SALISBURY asked the Secretary of State for India, whether the despatch, No. 5, 1858, dated the 9th December, had been submitted to the Indian Council for consideration before its transmission to Lord Canning ; also, if any reply had been received from Lord Canning to the despatch in question ; and whether the Government were prepared to lay such reply on the table of the house ? Lord STANLEY said he was not in a position to lay on the table of the house the document referred to. CONSOLIDATED FUND (i 1,222,388 Bs. 9d.) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. CONSOLIDATED FUND (L 11,000,000) BILL. This bill was also read a third time and passed. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. The 'Strangers' Gallery was filled immediately prayers were ON or, and the stream of petitions that flowed inces santly against the Government measure, and the applause with which they were received evinced, in the clearest manner, the feeling of the house and the country. Mr. • BERKELEY was ent.usted with a number of these petitions, and excited considerable amusement by shouldering the voluminous documents, and bending under their weight, depositing them on the usual receptacle. Mr. GARNETT presented a petition from the inhabitants of Hamersham, praying for the adoption of the Government Bill ; and this solitary demonstration in favour of the obnoxious measure elicited considerable laughter. THE REFORM BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading of this bill, Lord J. RUSSELL moved as an "amendment— " That this house is of opinion, that it is neither just nor politic to interfere, in the manner proposed in this bill, with the freehold franchise as hitherto exercised in the counties in England and Wales ; and that no re-adjustment of the franchise will satisfy this house that does not provide for a greater extension of the suffrage in cities and boroughs than is contemplated in. the present measure." He strongly objected to the disfranchisement of the county voters, as proposed by the bill, -which he considered as a. gross injustice to the parties who inherited that privilege. He thought it would be doing a great injury to counties to carry out that R. d. 4 0 4 4 4 10 4 10 4 4 1859. proposition; and he believed the effect of the Go vernment bill would be to flood small boroughs in counties with voters, and to revive many of the evils that existed' prior to the passing of the Reform Bill of 1832. (Hear, hear.) He would illustrate his view by referring to the case of the borough of Liskeard, where, if this bill were to come into operation, the landowners might, swamp the local constituency, and virtually alter the representation. The bill did not extend the suffrap—it merely changed it ; and in doing so it c ommitted an act of violence that would not prove very popular to those who were affected by it. He con fessed that he loved the old system which preserved the difference between counties and borough s. (Hear, hear.) He referred to the opinion .zxpressed by Lord Derby on this ques ti on , which was in strict conformity with what he (Lo rd J. Russell) had just enunciated. How was it, then, that Lord Derby could intro- duce a mew iure so much at variance with the principles 1' Le had formerly professed ? In this bill there was no change introduced which w as requir ed or demanded by the people at large. The Government proposed to de stroy what was ancient, without making any pro vision for what was new. (Hear, hear.) Since the passinE ; of the Reform Bill of 1832 there had been a gre tt advance and progress in the intel lectual con did= of the masses, but, notwithstand-• ing , he was opposed to what was called universal suffrage, or manhood suffrage. At the same time he consith reit that it would be unfair to limit the franchise me rely to the £lO voter. He defended the course which he adopted on the pre sent occasion, inster.d of moving that the bill should be reat.t a second time that day six months, becaus a it contained some provisions of which he approved, and he would be open to the charge )f inrmsistency if he opposed the bill in its entire Y, though he must denounce the mea sure as mos t T Injust, injurious, and noxious. They had been tth y eatened with a dissolution of Parliament, if the .11 1 -r!ared this bill any opposition, but consi posterity, he dering e lat they were legislati n g for thought such a threat should have no weight with them. But supposing that Parliament were dis solved, he had no apprehension for the result, and he would abide the test of the Government going to every hustings in the country with their bill. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord having re ferred to what had taken place since the passing of the Reform Bill, called upon the house to discuss the bill carefully in its details. and to reject it as unsuited to the requirements of the time. Personal motives might be imputed to him, but he would not be deterred by any consideration arising from such imputations in offering the present measure his most strenuous opposition. (Hear.) They had been told that if any dissolution of Parliament occurred at the present time it would be most dan gerous to the peace of Europe, but so far as regarded the present Ministry, he confessed he could not see how the +peace of Euzpe could be promoted by their contineance in office. (Hear, hear, and laugh ter.) He was a reformer in his youth, and in his old age he would not desert the cause. (Loitd cheers.) . _ _ Lord STANLEY denied that there ken grounds shown by the noble lord for the rejection of the bill. He cautioned the house against rejecting a mode rate measure of reform, because such a course did * not ensure the passing of a more extended bill. The present state of the country ought to be considered before rejecting the bill, because he felt assured that the effect of adopting the amendment of the noble lord would be that there, would be no legislation on this important question during the present session, (" Hear, hear: and Ministerial cheers.) It had been said the present Ministry were not sincere in their endeavours to carry reform, but he did not think there was anything in the antecedents of the present Government to justify such a rebuke. After eight years of promises made by various parties, the present. Government had taken up, the question, and now for the first time since the year 1832, the house was asked to give a seeond reading to a reform bill. Another objection agail Cc, it was, that the Government was in a minority'; but whatever might be ;.the position of a Government, he thought it was their duty whenever a meanr?, was demanded, to bring forward a bill to meet tho difficulty. He thought the course that was being adopted in the:present case was contrary to justice and fairness. The proper course was either to adopt or reject the present measure on the second reading, but if it was read a second time, all its de tails could be considered in committee. Whatever course was ultimately adopted, of this he felt certain, that the adoption of the amendment of the noble lord the member for London would be fatal to the bill. (LEFT SPEAKING.) SPORTING NOTES. ON NOTHING. As I anticipated, the meeting at Warwick was more successful than the programme had promised, and Mr. Merry, by his earnest endeavours to make things square, took a new lease of popularity. No clerk of the course, after all, deserves better of racing men than Mr. Merry, who has certainly distributed amongst them much of the money which he has received. Several complaints were uttered at Warwick with respect to the refractory jockeys, and " the Admiral" was once so indignant, that he uttered a wish to be near certain of them with a whip. He seems determined to keep his cyc on the principal delinquents, and there is, therefore, a prospect of the offenders being marked and ulti mately punished. The racing really requires little comment. King at Arms won the Trial Stakes, and reversed the hopes of the Derby backers of Rainbow. He has grown into a remarkably nice horse, and. seems to have plenty of pluck and stout ness. The form which he and Gladiolus have dis played must have produced a telling effect on Kingston's subscription list. The reputa tion which preceded Oxford was not unwar ranted. He is a remarkably fine two-year old, hut • requires time. The defeat which Rattlebone sustained would indicate that the youngsters previously brought out were a very " dicky lot," and until Northampton we are not likely to see a two-year-old of sound racing pre tensions. The heavy weight experiment was tried, but it failed, and clerks of courses are not likely to sacrifice the interests of a meeting by adopting a theory which only receives a partial acceptation. Yellow Rose was not brought with much prominence into the betting on the Northamptonshire Stakes by her success. Still she will 'be formidable next week. The steeplechases were successful, • but a fashion to write them down prevails, and the cry of " what would Lottery have done with the horses that ran at - Warwick," is all bosh. French t.urfites have thus early in the season come out in great force. They were well repre sented at Warwick, and Count F. de Legrange was a steward fully acquainted with the business of his office. _ Birmingham and Coventry meetings are the fixtures for the current week, but I know little or nothing about the intended competitors at either place. I shall not, therefore, attempt to guess the winners, and shall not indulge in any visions of the future until the Northampton week. A FRESH MAN. LA TV INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. JUDGME,NT..--HOAILE AND OTHERS V. DRESSER AND ANOTHER. It will be remembered that this is an appeal against a decision of the Lords Justices of Appeal, in Chancery, re versing a decision of Vice-Chancellor Kindersley in favour of the appellant. The cause was argued several days last week and now came on for judgment. . The Lord Chancellor, in delivering judgment, which his lordship did at great length, going very minutely into the transactions between the parties, observed that it was t o be regretted that such a cause had arisen between two highly respectable and intelligent merchants of the city of London. It appeared that two out of five barges of timber contracted for had been consigned to Messrs. H oare and Company, of the value of £1,312 Is. 9 d. M essrs. Dresser and Company claimed the cargoes as part of the five cargoes contracted for, and sent their clerk to Messrs. Hoare and Company desiring them to send them, the bills of lading of the two cargoes of timber to enable them to compare it wit h the invoice in their possession, in timating that they had previous claims against Mr. Norr bon in Sweden, the consignor of the cargoes to Messrs. Hoare and Company, and these documents would either, be re t u rned, or a bill of exchange for the value of the cargoes, £1,312, ls. 9d. would be accepted by Dresser and Company and sent to them. They kept the documents, did not a ccept the bill in due time, and claimed a lien on the cargoes for previous advances made to the foreign consignor, Mr. Norrbon. Meantime Mr. Norrbon drew bills of exchange for the value of the cargoes on Messrs. Hoare and Com pany, and the question raised was whether the appella nts, Hoare and Company, were entitled to the value of th e car goes consigned to them. Vice-Chancellor Kindersley allowed and preferred their claim. The Lord Justices dis allowed their claim, and preferred the claim of Messrs. Dresser and Company to the cargoes in question. His Lordship on the authority of the case of Baker referred to, considered that the decision of Vice-Chancellor Kin dersly was right in preferring the claim of the appe l lan t s, Messrs. Hoare and Company, to the carg oes in question, in respect that they had accepted bills dnvan upon them by their consignor before Messrs. Dresser and Company gave them notice of their claim ; and his Lordship was not pre pared to say, either in law or in ( ! quity, that Messrs. Dresser and Company had a goodclram on the cargoes of . ug in the opinion their debtor specially consig ded, if nc t sued for in due time. Lord Cranworth, lord AVTisleyde le, and Lord Kings downofh teLo td Chancellor. delivered opinions, The Lord Chancellor allowed .. the appeal; affirmed the decision of Vi c e-Chancellor luntlereley ; reversed the deci sion of the Lor ds Justices, and direci;ed the Court of Chan eery to allow the appellant's claim for £1,374 with costs. POLICE,IIV2IELLIGENCE.-(TRIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET . A MILITARY RUITIAN.—JOiaI Ick, a p r ivate of the Scots Fusiliers, at present staying at the 'lower, and who appeared in the deck without lus belt, was charged with committing a violent assault on George -Frewin, 611 A, under the followinv circiiinstances. The constable was unable to a ttend, owing to the potions 'nature of the injuries he h ad receivzti, and a certificate was put in from the house surgeon of St. George's Hospital, stating that he was not in afit condition to attend the court and would not be for a week. From the evidence of' Edwin Williams, it appeared that on the previous night he was crossing Hyde-park when be heard the screams of a female, and on going to the spot, near the Serpentine,he saw a female who told him she ilea been assaulted by the soldier. The female continuing to cry tt p o lice," a constable (the injured man) came up, and she pointed out the way the soldier had gene, and they both went after him ; but, just before getting up to the soldier, the constable told him to go back for the female, and on his return he found the constable on the ground, anti the soldier beating him over the nose and eyes in a very violent manna he believed with his fists. The female meantime lest the spot, and four other constables having come up, in conse quence of his springing the constable's rattle, the prisoner wag taken into custody, swearing very much, and the ness con stable taken to St. George's hospital. His (wit's) clothes were saturated with the constable's blood. The prisoner denied he was the man, and was re:randed for a week, we [Sts [he to ion out, 3rn way 3vo ler- the wed s re- don, :lom- Irey hich The it is with tting r the three re- .) r tying 2i 1] 114 16 121 3i 124 1181 UM