The Sun. — London, England, 1860-10-17 00:00:00

JIO NRY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. TF►ere is still an exceedingly active demand for m onf 3y in the general discount 'market, as well as at tb.e Bank of England. The expected advance in the. rates has induced the mercantile public to su ply their immediate wants without delay, and in many instances parties have obtained even more ac commodation than they immediately require. GI water activity consequently prevails than for so ve time past, and the quotations exhibit in cr 01 tsed firmness. 9 'he foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon ex hilt) ited an advance in the rates on Paris and Am . stet! edam. 'Sher° were no bullion operations of importance at the Bank of England yesterday. The £151,000 by the Orwell, the £20,000 by the Europa, and the fre all amount of gold by the Atrato, however, ha•ve been purchased for exportation to the conti . ne nt. The steamer Shannon, which leaves to-day for t'he West Indies, will take out £9,500, nearly all cif which is gold: Increased activity was exhibited in the Liverpool C!o tton Market yesterday, and prices tended up wg trds. The salesiamounted to 20,000 bales. The accounts received to-day report increased ea siness in the New York Money Market, and (ruing to the diminished shipments of specie to Durope, gold was accumulating in the City Bank. lacreased firmness was experienced in the market fsr stocks and shares, which, after a little depres s ion, exhibited renewed buoyancy. There has been rather more firmness in the 7ilarket for Public Securities to-day, owing to some peculative purchases, and a better feeling gene rally prevails. Consols are 92; 93 for money, and 93 to 931 for the account. The cessation of the e flux of gold has produced a favourable effect. The New Threes and the Reduced have improved to 911 1. Bank Stock is steady at 229 to 231; India ditto is heavy at 219 ; ditto New Loan is firm at 1 031 ; ditto 4 per Cent. Enfaced Paper has receded to 791; ditto 5 per Cent. remains at 96 ; wail ditto 51 per Cent. at 1021. Exchequer Bills a re par to 3s. prem. Business in the Foreign Stock Market is mode =VAT active, and prices are tolerably well sup ported. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 70 to 701; ditto New 55 1 t0 551. Mexican have improved to 221 I. Brazilian 5 per Cents. remain at 98 ; ditto 41 per Cents. are firmer at 871 881. , Portuguese are flat at 441 ; Spanish at 481; but the Deferred have improved to 401. The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 11 21 p rem. ; the Thames and Mersey, 1/- prem. ; and the Universal, t I prem. The Railway Share Market exhibited increased activity, and prices, in some instances, were at a d ecided advance. Lancashire and Yorkshire, Lon &on, Chatham, and Dover, North-Eastern (Ber wick), and North-Eastern (York), improved 10s.; Dr,orth-Western, 15s. ; Great Northern, Great Western, Sonth-Eastern, , and West Midland, £1; amd Midland,, £1 10a. . , `The Foreign Market remained quiet, prices, however, were well maintained. South Austrian said Lombardo-Venetiap realised 11-1 ; Antwerp and Itotterdam, 53; and Bahia and San Francisco, 9. `ln the ColOnial 'undertakings a further adtance took • place in Grand Trunk of Canada, which stalised 28 to 281; Great Western brought 14 and 111; East Indian, 991; and Great Indian Penin sula, 961 96t. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con tinued in , limited request without any material elitEnge in values. London and, County were dealt in. at 35. Ottoman Bank 17 to 17k, and Scottish Australian Investment declined to 124. 13 , RITXSII FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Ba nk Stock , 2291 31.29 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll 1 1 3 F .er Cent. CouselsAnnuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Az Lnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — :Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l6l 16 Int lia Stock . . 'Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. 79± 'Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto 5i per Cent lO2l 2 Ditto Debentures, 1858 961 _ _ __ Ditto, 1859 D Rt.° - Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £l,000 Cois sols for Account, Nov. 8 Exchequer Bills, £l,O00, lid FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent 98 Ditto 4i per Cent. 1858 BB Ditto 4i per Cent. 1860 Chilian 8 per Cent lOll Ditto 4i per Cent. Mexican per Cent — Ditto Account New Grenada Active, 3} per Cent. — Ditto Deferred - Peruvian 4± per Cent Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853. • • 44 1 i t Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, A St — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 _ __ Sardinian 5 per Ce nt. Spanish 3 per Cent 4Bi Ditto New Deferred — 40 / Ditto Aocount Spanish Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded 6l Venezuelan 3 per Cent Ditto 1.1 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account TILE VOL UN IEE It 111 0 V .8111 EN T . FIRST SURREY VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY CORPS. The volunteer movement has k taen deep root in Surrey, but although the cou n ty bristles with rifle corps, the above is the first levohmepeanj received f e v ei olu d nteer artillery yet formed in it. •c the sanction. of the. Lord Lieutenant, it was the 55 v th e pally ila Great Britain, and though young, bids fair °m * - to rival in zeal and patriotic feeling its older com peers in other parts of the country. To the militant instincts of certain gentlemen in Lambeth is due the merit of starting the cows. The First Surrey Corps marclaed out on Saturday afternoon, from their drill grov,nd at the Lambeth Institution, Lambeth-road, and their first collective appearance in public was hig, hly creditable. Their uniform is that of the Royal Artillery, except that the facings are of silver in stead of gold. The corps is daily gaining in num bers, and the greatest harmony prevails amongst the chief promoters. In the much-vexed question of the admission of artisans, instead of wasting time in the discussion of the principle whether the " bone and sinew" o f th e l an d should form part of their company, u they have boldly thrown open their ranks that sturdy class, made such judicious arrangements have • dicious arrangements as to the payment for uniform, sub scription, &0., that no respectable working man., need have any scruple a b out be enrolling himsel f . Artisan and tradesm an _ will dressed alike (a dif ference in the quality of the facings being the only perceptible variation),will drill together, up indiscriminately and bb mixed on parade. A library containing upwa r d s of 200 volumes has been clubbed together for the us e of applied of the men, so that the b volunteer principle will to reading as well as soldiering. This feat ure in i‘ nthe affair is due to Mr. William Morton, who, it instrumental of f tbelr. Great in R t e h x e an d others, have been largely move ment on the Surrey side water. The Ist Surrey Volunt eer Artil lery Corps has made a . n auspicious debut. Woolwich has now to further question work in furnishing a field piece, and the rth l e question remains whether the company will be niointed. A rumo ur has been in circulation th a t amongst the offers of ground, in addition to the ex cellent drill-ground at the Lambeth Insti tution , was one from his Gra ce the Archbishop of Canter bury, who is disposed to allot aportion of Lambeth Palace-gardens for the purposes of a drill. TBIS DAY'S SIZIPPING. Share, 13.14 stock stock stock stock stock stock stcoK stock stock stoe,ic Stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12i stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 19.16.4 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock stock stock LONDON Oct. 17.—Wind this day at noon—Westerly ; moderate breeze,' and fine weather. DEAL, Oct 16.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Wellington, from Colombo ; Flora M‘Donald, from Philadelphia ; Alexandrine, from Baltimore. Oct. 17.—Wind N.W.— Arrived—Eleanor, from Kurrachee. On' PILL, Oct. 16.—Wind N.W.—A.rrived—Atlantic, from Quebec for Gloucester. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 16.—Wind W.—Arrived —Prince of Wales, from London for Melbourne. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH•) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Wind W. Arrived, Oct. 17—Alhambra, steamer, from Patras ; Mary, from Sunderland. Sailed—Le Coq, for Cherbourg. (BY SIIIIMARTNE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind W. ; weather very fine. Arrived, Oct. 17—Reform, from Quebec. . DEAL, Wednesday Morning; Wind W. by N., moderate. Anchored—Augusta May, from London for Laun ceston. Sailed —Wellington, Mutlah, :and African, for London (the latter in tow) ; and Kate, for Hull. SLIM 31ARICET.-(T111S DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. !p ail ! C i l , o r t;ing Buoine.ese Belfast and Ballymena Bir.,Wol, and Str. Val. Birk., La., and Ch June Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bost. Sleaf. and Mid,Co I Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork and Bandon f!Oirk, 10rock., tPassage! Cornwall Do ArA Lets no div. ~i . .. pc t peran hasbeen -" d. toB Dublin tez Belfast J unc. Dun., Perth, &Ab. unc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stuck Do do B do Do Nw A, late EU3ds East Suffolk 8 84• 78 80 124 Do Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness .... 6} 7 94 96 92 621 6 64 7i 8 16 17 53 54 38 40 27 29 81 82 30 30i 53.1 I Glam. and, S. Western Great Nthn. of Scotland Great Northern no do A stock 109 111 114 115 115 116 131 133 'll2 114 74} 741 60 65 1141 14 15 1161 16 151 132 a 75 4111 Do do B do Gt. S. ez W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Trish South-eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire Loudon and Blackwell Lon., Bright. & S Coast Lond., Chat, and Dover Loud. & Nth. Western Do eighths Lond. & Bth. Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man. Shef. & Linnoln Maryport and Carlisle Do do # shares 'Metropolitan Midland . Do mirming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do A shares 'Mid Kent 0 lin 119 85 67 113 115 52 64 100& 101 'ray Line Ale and C & Armagh, def Warnpt. & nos, Ll 9 2 19 2 181 114 Do, f Newcas Newry 'Newry. Norfolk Nthn. Counties Union. North British ... Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.sto,..,k D , stk ; A recs no d. all 100 3a 100 100 95 96 104 11 474 484 3 2d 134} 135 107 109 7 6dl 54 56 ai 3}d L0141(111 until 6pchas beenpd.B Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do do , G.N.E. purchase no Leeds ....... Do York North London . North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. &Grantham Rail Peebles • • • • Portsmouth Rhymney - Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union. Sittinetourne & Sheer. South Devon Smith Eastern ..... ... South Wales .. S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do do Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale Do Pref. No 1 Thames Haven llk&Rail Ulster • • Do ... 1)o . Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim.. Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West C.rnwall ........ West London .......... Do Ist class Do 2d class West Midland—Oxford' Do. Newport • too: ‘llerefoid 100 100 100 16 13 4 100 100 100 17i all 47& SI 101 100 100 2 135 1 1 5 1 41 5 62i 63 1041 105 P 11) 59f 50t 90 Nit 102 104 3_ 2f_i 63 2t 91 4 sk wo i 5 60 59a 601 90} i i 113 115 34i .35 86 88 49 51 6 7 42 44 84* 64/ 62 64 77 79 6 8• 39 40 84 9 p 34j 5 554 561 r 24 3 d p 65 70 111 it tit i 4; ei 6I 47 49 104.11 2}l, PREFERENCE SHARES. Share Railways. Flythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5 O & Exet.4 p.ct.stock Do. do. do. Shares ....,- Caledon £lO, 41 per cent. Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Cornwall. 5 per cent Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun. E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class B 8 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No.l Do. do. • No. 2 Do. New 6 per et. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent guar Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares Do. 4p. gua. S. &D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c Great Northern, 5 p. ct Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm Do. 41 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 p. ct pref. stock— . Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p. et Co. Redeemable, 44 p.et. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref Do. Rirm. Pref. Shares (It. W. Ches. 8 p.c. ptsh. Do d o 5 p. ct. pref .. Do Birmg.guar. stock.. Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock Do.Barnsl.st£s 3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon.ds Brig. 5 page. No.l Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 Do. gua. 6 p. c. Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 Do. do. 41 per cent. Do. do. 4/ p. c. shares Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock! Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) Do.4p.c.S.(div.deftil '65) Lon. Chat. and Dover Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. ct Lon. & S.W, 7 p. et stock Do. 41 per cent Do (Prtsm. perpl anns. of 2s. 6d. Londondy. & Cole. sh. Londony. & Ennis. 1 sh. Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent Do. redeem. 6 per cent Marynort & Car., 4 p. C Do. 41 per cent Mid. Con. 6 p. e. stock.. Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock.. Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st. Norflk 5 p. c. Ex. st 1846 Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 North British, 5 p. e. Do. New, gm. S p. c.... Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. shs Do. do. do. Nth.DeV.Rail. & Dck.Co. N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. C. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, H. & S. Purch North Staffordshire Rhymnev Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pi Scottish North-Eastern 3/ p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4, per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 4/ per cent Do. Fixed I/p.c. Ist is ' , oath Wales, gua. 4 p. c Do. 4i per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c DO. B 6 uer cent Do. C 6 per cent Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua stk ' Do. 2d do Do:Newport 5 p.c.ptred. Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. pf 1866 Do. till 1869, Ist is. Do do. 2d is. Do. Hereford 41 p.c. pf. :tk 20 stock stock stock took stock stock stock stock 134 20 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 2s. dd 124 12% stock Rtoc~: 124 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 101 10 stock stock Stock 84 stock stock stock lOs 1.0.6 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 10 10 12A 12; INES LEAS: Railways. Bedfordld mew Baekingliamshire Chester RD Holyhead.. Do. do. 5i per cent. Do. do. 5 per rent. Clydesdale Junction.. Colchester, Stour Val. E. Lincolnshire, g. 6 p.e. E.Union,Harwich Shs Do. Woodbridge Gls.BarrA Do. Ne - ,y .......... Gloster Dean Forest Harts .pool.Dck. it Rail. H!. 0 . - 1 and Selby •••••• Do. Shares . •••••• Do. Shares . • ... Lanc..ls Carl. gua.s p.c. London & Greenwich Do. Preference . • • Soutend. Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct. Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. Mid. Bradford Prefer enee Stock Newmarkt., riuryEx 1 N° 5 c. Northn.& Eastn. p 5 p. 5. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent. North Western ..... Preston and Wy re. Do. Stares ....... A Rnystn.Hitch., & Shep Shrewsbry& Hereford Do. - Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon oz eroydn. rata. Patti Closing Business Price. Done. 94 96 100 102 204 21 51 61 99 101 111 113 106 108 109 111 108 110 123 125 82 84. 111 113 90 92 774 784 103 105 120 122 116 118 110 112 103 105 85 87 all 1 100 98 100 100 102 90 92 91 93 01 103 91 10 174 18 10 10 76 78 20 21 10 104 15 15i [36 138 16 118 116 118 135 140 [l6 118 102 104 52 156 1.30 134 68 70 90 92 [l7 119 150 155 12 1 13 127 129 100 100 100 100 100 68 7O tP 137 139 101 103 93 95 1034 11 118 109 111 1 » P' 9290 91 93 [O3 105 P 6P all all all 5 all A i3l 120 123 130 133 101 11 231 24i 101 103 101 103 96 9E, 99 101 83 86 271 28i 32 33/ 32 43 48 126 128 123 125 10 10; 12 121 14 11 I'IXED RENTALS. Docks. Leasing (Closing Co.'s. Price. Ln&N.W Ln &N.W 95 98 Do. s2i 53} Do. 125 127 Do. ...... 113 115 Caledonin 102 104 E.U. C I 15i 16i GCNorth.l3B 140 E.Counts. 4 41 Caledonin Do. Gt. West. Yk.N.&Pr Yk.N. Md. Do. ...... Ln.tt N.W S. East... Do. ..... • Peto & Co. Norfolk .. Do. L NW Aal Midland E.Counts IDo. Do. Midland IA NW Do. Gt. North. T.Brassey Gt. West. L.ds Brgtn !.08 209 01 83 1.15 120 92 94 3 it 3-1 98 98 iP 55 57 [5 151 Paid. 136 138 101 106 10e l 1 11i 92 94 7 i 84 Closin g Price. 138 9 Commercial lOO Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min lOO East and West Indies lOO London lOO St. Katharine lOO 'outhamPton 1 100 4 - isturia • lOO 99 101 Doi New .....,.....3 I id }p BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing nnsiness done Share Railways. Paid. Fe w. 100 Ailintic &St Lawrence all BO 83 81 stk IBom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 100 93 94 931 4 Gu. 5 per cent. . 18 Do, Do. B 16 11 14 d 21 Buffalo and LaKe Huron all 5 51d 51 2 0 4 Do. New - 10 Do. Preference 100 Buffalo,ran, Bt &Godrich 100 78 82 I 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 1 00 73 78 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 70 75 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim I. 30. 4 d 41 3 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 2s. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s . 14 11 d 29 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 74 1/ . 171 Demerara all 20 Eastn. Bengalogu. sp. c 74 14 11 d stock East Indian,•tn. sp. c. 100 99 100 99* 20 Do..F Shares Ext l5 4 d pr 20 Do. Jubbulpore l5 1 d pr 100 Do. 41 pc. Debentrs all 98 99 100 Do: 5 •p. c. Deb., 1864 all 101 102 102 20 Geelong & Melbourne — Geelong Corporation 6 100 sto. * per cent. Bonds ... stook Grand Trunk of Canada 100 27 28 28 71 81 871 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 81 86 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 51 53 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 all 48 50 • 100 Do. do. 1872 all 48 50 took GLlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c lOO 96 961 964 1 20 Do. New gua. sp. c 6 11d *d 20 Gt. South.of India (Lim) 13 21 lid 11 guaranteed 5 per cent. 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 13; 141 14 1 1 14 201 Do. New 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with all 100 102 1001 opt, till '6O .... 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O • all 100 102 100 Do. do. '73 'without opt all 100 102 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 92 94 . stock Madras, guar., 41 p. c l,OO 84 86 stock Do. do. 5 per cent Stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 87 89 88 7 20 Do. Fourth d 0.... 20 Do. d 0..... . stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds lOO Newßrunswick & Canda • 20 _Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7 'Class A Capital Share .. Do. do. Land d 0... 20 Do. do. B Capital do all 5 7 Do. do. Land do. 20 Oude (Limited) stock Scinde .... ...... ..,: 100 981 991 ' 20 Do. Punjau b .... .ca g 7 1; d 11r1 81 4 - 20 Do. Du. ... —.. q all —d stock Do. Indus.. St. Flo. ,g. 100 93 91 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip 1 1 1 d FOREIGN RATLWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 51 5; 111 20 !Ardennes ........... 20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c Si ~ 14 it d i 9 1 5 Belgian East. Junction all f 1 20 Beziers to Graissessac all 6 Carmeatix Mine & Rail all 21 21 100 Copiabo &...... all 10 Ditto Extension .... all 21 2 d 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 15 31 2fd 20 Eastern of France .... all 25 2G 20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c. 6 -- 20 Do. do. all 20 Great Central of France 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... 61 64 20 Italian Junction .. ... 20 Lake Constance & liale. 20 Lierre & Turnhout .... all , 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all , 331 Maria Antonia .. ..... • all , 10 Do. New ... 20 Namur & Liege 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref......... all 191 201 16 Northern of France.... all 38 39 20 Do. New Shares ...... 15 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 7/ 81 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 36 37 1161 20 Paris & Orleans.. .... all 53 55 Recife & S. Fran. (Pern.) 20 ( gua. 7p. ct. 1im'...... 13 3 21.1 20 Riga & Dunaburg...... 14 l 0 Rome & Frascati ...... all 20 Royal Dani5h.......... all 13 15 5 Royal Swedish ........ all 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... all 5* 6 • 10 Do. 5i per cent. Pref..... all 81 a 81 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 2 1 d 1 20 'S.A.ust.&Lomb Venetin 12 / 1 d 111 20 Southern of France.... all 194 201 81 West Flanders. all 51 6 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference.. all 91 if 20 W. & Iv. W. of France .. all 22 23 23 Western of Austria.... 6 20 Western of Switzerland, all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do. 8 per cent. Prof all 20 Zealand BRITISH MINES. Closing Business Paid. Price. Done 17e 12.13.9 8.12 4.8.6 1.8.6 all 18.1'4.01 122.18.0 1.f.2 all 2 all 126.6 d. all\Hlos. all 19s. 41 0 1 2 ,ANKS. 78 80 19 20 0 02 1i 1} zoi 201 33 35 37 39 20 21 15 15} 23i 24 12i 113 j 122 17 17i MENT SECURITIES. 1113 Ili 115 114} 1111 12 1031 4 111 ns 111 113 1103 104 1106 107 100 101 99i 1001 99 100 [o7i 1081 108 110 LO6 106 ii Ills. 141 141 27 29 5 5i 30 32 35 37 18 20 12 14 111 115 25 26 29 30 99 101 106 108 99 ,01 21 2i 1109 111 Business Done. Business Done. 100 100 2011 100 1000 32i 10 stock 25 stock stock stock stock stook 100 stock THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBeLT 17, 1860. THIR D EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. LEWES RACES.—(This Day.) EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. TRIAL STAKES. Cantab 1 Lady Peel ) 2 Grey Hen colt Three ran. NURSERY PLATE. Tonio . Cracow 2 Teddington filly 3 Eight ran. LEWES HANDICAP. Royal Sovereign 1 Timandra Joskin ..... 3 Six ran. BRIGKTON STAKES. British Grenadier Isis Fairy Queen Five ran. SOUTHDOWN PLATE. Von Stroout Rosalind Oliver 3 Thirteen ran. ARISTOCRATIC PLATE. Dead Heat with Simla and Ipswich. Four ran. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-TUESDAY. The Cambridgeshire occupied but a small share in to day's business ; 5 to 1 was offered on the field, and 20 to 1 was offered against Thunderbolt, who is evidently not in great favour here. Maggiore was freely supported, and backed as low as 20 to 1. The Liverpool Cup was fairly entered upon, and from the number of horses backed it bids fair to ba a good bookmaker's race. There was no great weight of money invested on any particular animal, each receiving a fair share of support. Closing prices : CAMBRIDGESHIRE STARES. sto 1 agst Dulcibella (offered) 11 to 1 agst Staulpedo (taken) 20 to 1 agst Maggiore (taken) 20 to 1 agst Thunderbolt (offered) 20 to 1 agst Sutton (offered) 26 to 1 agst Contadina (taken) 25 to 1 apt Prelude (offered) 40 to 1 agst Roesia (taken) 40 to 1 agst Ticket-of-Leave (taken) 40 to 1 agst Benbow (taken) 40 to 1 agst Maid of the Mist (taken) 50 to 1 agst Moorhen (taken) 50 to 1 agst Lady Trespass (taken) 50 to 1 agat Moorcock (taken) LIVERPOOL CUP. 16 to 1 agst Chere Amie (taken) 20 to 1 agst Viatka (taker) 20 to 1 agst Gladiolus (taken) 20 to 1 agst Chance Shot (taken) 20 to 1 agst Optimist (taken) 20 to 1 agst Heiress (taken) 20 to 1 agst Killigrew (taken) 25 to 1 agst tsyringe (taken) 25 to 1 agst Herne (taken) 25 to 1 agst Moorcock (taken) 33 to 1 agst Moorhen (taken) 33 to 1 agst.Lady Trespass (taken) 33 to 1 agst Alderman (taken) 33 to 1 agat Ariadne (taken) 33 to 1 agat Flitch (taken) 33 to 1 agst Master Bagot (taken) 33 to 1 agst Joskin (taken) 40 to 1 agst Napoleon (taken) YOUATT Ws. GRAY TO SUBSCRIBERS.-- , YOU must put more and more on the Cambridgeshire ; we shall win easier than Dulcibella did the Cesarewitch Stakes. I know a horse that has been kept for the Liverpool Cup—now at 50 to l—that will receive all sorts of:" pepper ;" that will settle half the booksnakers: Terms, to the end of the season, 55.; the Cambridgeshire Stakes, 2 s. 6d.—Address 15, Charing- cross, London. LA JP INTELLIGENCE-(7711S DAY.) SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) NON-LIABILITY OF COFFEE-HOUSE KEEPERS FOR LOSS OF PROPERTY-COSTER V. BROWN. In this case plaintiff sought to recover 20s , the value of a hat, alleged to have been lost upon defendant's premises. Plaintiff said he went with some friends to have some oysters at defendant's rooms in Aldgate. Ho placed his hat behind the chair upon which he was sitting, but finding it in the way of persons coming in and going out gave it to a waiter, who put it on a peg. When plaintiff was about to leave he found upon the peg a hat not worth twopence, but his own had disapreared. Elis Honour—How do you make defendant liable? Plaintiff—l gave it to his waiter. Mr. Cranch, of London-street, urged that to make de fendant liable he must let beds. It had been so laid down. Defendant was not an innkeeper. His Honour—That is so; defendant must have a verdict with costs. NON-LIABILITY OF PUBLICANS FOR LOSS OF PROPERTY.- BAWLEY V. HARRIS. In this case Mr. Nash, for the plaintiff, stated that a ooat had been left at the bar of a public-house kept by defendant in Barbican, and it had been lost. Mr. Buchanan, for defendant, said be would state his defence at once. In the first place, this was a gratuitous bailment ; and, in the second place, plaintiff had sued the bar-maid instead of the mistress. Plaintiff was called, and said on the 7th August last he was in Barbican, and calling in at defendant's public-house handed his macintosh coat to the barmaid. She put it under the bar, and when he called a few days afterwards it had disappeared. His Honour—Did you give the barmaid anything to take care of the coat ? Plaintiff—No. His Honour —You cannot recover. Verdict for defendant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(11118 DAY. BOW STREET. ROBBERY AT THE WAR-OFPICE.—Edwin Davenport was placed before Mr. Corrie, on remand, charged with stealing a salt-cellar and various other trifling articles from the War-Office. _ - The prisoner, it appeared, was employed from the Office of the Board of Works relaying the carpets in the War- Office, after the different offices had been cleared, and from time to time various small articles were missed from the place ; at last the prisoner was suspected, and, on being watched, he was seen to secrete a salt-cellar. On the pri soner's apartments being searched the missing salt-cellar was found, together with an official copy of the report on the Army Estimates and Army List. A number of other small articles were discovered, which it was suspected had been stolen, amongst them three small paintings which had the name and address of a Miss Julien, who was a student at the Kensington Museum. On proceeding to that lady's address, the police were informed that the pictures had teen left by that lady in the school of the Museum, pre vious to its closing for the vacation. Sergeant Selley, of the B division of police, said he had charge of ithe Museum for a portion of the time it was closed to the public. The prisoner had been at work there during the time the school was closed for the vacation, and during that time prisoner must availed himself of the opportunity of stealing the pictures. On being asked what he had to say to the charge, the prisoner merely asked one of the witnesses from the War Department whether he could swear to the books being the property of the office, which question was answered in the affirmative. . Mr. Corrie committed the prisoner to the sessions for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ATTEMPTING TO PICK POCKETS AT THE ENTRANCE OP HER MAJESTY'S AND THE HAYMARKET THEATRES. — Henry Godfrey, and Alexander Rice, two well-dressed young men, were charged, before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with air tempting to pick the pockets of several persons while leaving her Majesty's and the Haymarket Theatres the previous night. From the evidence of Sergeant Cole, 23 C, it appeared that seeing the prisoners in the Opera public-house, Hay market, overnight, in company of persons he knew to be thieves, he watched them, and, just as the company were leaving her Majesty's Theatre, he saw the two prisoners mix themselves with the crowd at the grand entrance. After watching them for a short time, he saw Rice walk by the side of a female with an elderly gentle man, and put his hand into her pocket, and afterwards feel the outside of several other per sons' pockets. They went into Anglesey-yard for a minute and crossed over to the Haymarket Theatre, the company at the time coming out. He then saw Rice try the pockets of several persons there, and when near James•. street he saw Rice put his hand into a lady's pocket who had just left the theatre. He then secured Rice, but lost the other for a time, but afterwards found him while he was looking for his companion. Godfrey gave his address at Bow, and Rico at Wapping. Notwithstanding ho had seen them drinking together, at the station they denied all knowledge of each other. In consequence of the number of pickpockets frequenting the Haymarket of late ho had been placed there especially to watch. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the case was very clearly proved against them—one was operating while the other was watch ing and covering him. Committed for three months, with hard labour. O wing to the boisterous state of the weather thk Channel Islands mail packet, which left Southampton at midnight on Monday, was unable to proceed to sea, and anchored in Yarmouth Roads all day yesterday. She left "'WA A double trail last night. IRELAND. DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING. ATTEMPTED MURDER IN THE COUNTY OF LONGFORD The Evening Mail publishes the following ac count of an attempted assassination in the County of Longford on Saturday night last : " Longford, Sunday.—l regret to state that a daring outrage was committed near Edgeworth stown last night, when Mr. George W. Slator, of Cartron-lodge, was fired at, and had a narrow escape of his life. " Mr. Slator had been to Dublin, and returned by the evening train to Edgeworthstown, where his car met him to take him home at half-past eight o'clock. Mr. Slater was accompanied by his driver only, and on reaching his own gate a man came from behind the wall, went up to Mr. Slator, and fired a pistol at him. He jumped off the car, when he was assailed by another man who came also from behind the wall and fired at Mr. Slator. The ball with which the pistol was leaded passed through, a heavy frieze coat which Mr. Slator wore, and carried away some of the cloth. Mr. Slator was providentially uninjured. The police , came up speedily, and are busily engaged in search of the offenders. I will send you any further particulars I may learn of this diabolical outrage. " Mr. Slator was served with a threatening no tice in May last, warning him that a gun was ready for him in case he persisted in removing certain tenants then under ejectment." The account published in a morning journal is somewhat more minute in its details. It says : " Having reached Edgeworthstown station Mr. Slator got on his car, with his butler driving, and on reaching his own gate, at about 8 o'clock, two men rushed from behind the wall inside, one taking either side of the car, and immediately asked, Is Mr: Slator here ?? The servant replied, Yes ;' and Mr. Slator, never apprehending any danger, also said, ' Yes, I am.' Whereupon one of the assassins exclaimed with emphasis, Mr. Slator,' and at the same moment discharged a pistol so close to his in tended victim's head that the flash burned Mr. Slator's cheek, and the slugs with which it was loaded carried away part of tie collar of his frieze coat, tearing in on the shoulder also. Mr. Slator was hampered at the time, his coat being strapped round him, and a rug round his knees, while he held his umbrella open in his hands. He jumped off the car, however, as quickly as he could, made a thrust of the umbrella at the assassin , and turned round to follow him, when a second assassin met him imme diately behind the car, and fired another pistol, loaded with a ball, which passed through the breast of his outside frieze coat, carrying the piece clean through into the folds of the inside coat, but glanc ing off harmless. The miscreants then ran off." THE POPE AND THE EMPEROR. - The Morning News has had communicated to it I an " important and interesting letter from a gentle man resident in Rome," a " translation of the most striking passages" of which it publishes. Here is part of the first of them: — "At the same time that the ultimatum of Cavour arrived, we had the news of the entry of Cialdini and Fanti into the territory of the Pope. That was the 11th of September; Lamoriciere was then at Foligno. On the 13th I went to Cardinal Antonelli; I found him in great joy, that at last things were coming to a crisis, because he had the conviction that the Powers could no longer remain inactive. On this last point I frankly made the objection that I had too little confidence in the energy and intelligence of Cabinets to share the opinion of his eminence. Then he told me, with much satisfac tion, that he had just received a despatch from Paris informing him that the Emperor had ordered M. Talleyrand to leave Turin, unless the Piedmontese troops should immediately quit the Roman territory; and that he (the Cardinal) had at once communi cated this news to Lamoriciere for his guidance. As the entry of the Piedmontese had been arranged at Chambery between Fanti, Cialdini, and the Spirit of Lies, I replied again that I would never rely on a devil incarnate such as N. ; that it was all a.miserable scene of hypocrisy and treason ; but the Cardinal gave me reasons why he thought he could have con fidence this time at least. Twelve hours afterwards he discovered his mistake, and that the monster had again deceived him, but it was too late." The writer of this letter, if it be genuine—and of this, I think, there can be no reasonable doubt— must be on a footing of peculiar intimacy with the " Holy Father" or his chief advisers, for he states in another passage— - • " The Holy Father wrote last week to Bonaparte, asking him to state distinctly, and without the usual ambiguous phrases, if he wished to protect or not the temporal power of the Ho'y See, and not merely the person of the Pope, which, he said, had no need of the protection of the Emperor, since it would be quite as much respected by Garibaldi or Victor Emmanuel as by Bonaparte. The reply was worthy of the crowned canaille. He says that he regrets exceedingly the conduct of Piedmont ; but, having recognised the principle of non-intervention, he could do nothing in favour of the Holy See. However, he would triple the garrison of Rome if the Pope required it. This was but adding a new insult to so many others heaped upon the sacred head of the Sovereign Pontiff by this infernal spirit." The requiem performances for the defunct mem bers of the defunct Irish brigade are being continued still with laudable energy in every district which possesses a Roman chapel, and a public meeting of the regular and secular clergy in Dublin is called for to-morrow at the Roman Catholic Church, Marl borough-street, the object being to express sym pathy with " His Holiness." One would think that His Holiness ought to be pretty well tired of mere expressions of sympathy by this time. THE GIPSY COLONY OF YETHOLM. (From the Scottish County Histories.) The present strength of the various tribes in Kirk-Yetholm is about 80, consisting of Blythes, Ruthvens, 'faits, and Douglasses. The strong tribe of the Faas, from whom the King was selected, is now extinct. At the death of Will Faa, several years ago, the throne was seized by Chas. Blythe, husband of Etty Faa, sister of the King. Before the death of the late King, the revenue of the tribes had decreased to such an extent that his Majesty was forced to lay aside the diadem and become, for a time, the protector of game on several farms belong ing to the Marquis of Tweedale. He was an excel lent fisher, well acquainted with every pool and stream in the Beaumont, Cayle, and Colledge waters. By game preserving and fishing he con ttived to scrape together as much as supported life, and he was well supplied with drink by visitors from every part of the country, anxious to see those people who had been rendered so interesting by the pen of the mighty magician. But times are changed, visitors are few to the present King, and but for the generosity of the noble lord who occasionally resides in the neighbourhood, his Majesty would often be without supplies. The King is about 85 years old, possesses a fair share of health, hut com plains that living in houses subjects him to cold, which he never had while he dwelt in tents. The chief employment of the gipsies was travelling in the summer season in promiscuous bands, They generally left their settlement at Kirk-Yetholm in the end of March, and did not return till driven back by the storms of winter. Most of the men assisted in the operations of the harvest, and in the winter carted coals to Jedburgh. When out on the route they lay beneath their carts, or upon straw under wicker-frames, with a cover which resisted the weather. During their progress through the country they laid the farm-yards, corn, and potato fields under contribution to a great extent. They had a perfect knack of thieving, and carried off everything that came in their way—corn, hay, hewn stones, wheels, and axletrees. They may be said to have lived in a complete state of ignorance, " without God and without hope in the world, till the Rev. John Baird was inducted into the pastoral charge of the parish, when, through his efforts, they were induced to attend church and school ; and he obtained from the Edinburgh Bible Society a grant of yc omnßiblesiafror comfortable ra n fi bae d lr:mta; Testaments, him to place a copy of the Scriptures in every giPs9 dwelling. A few of the gipsies still travel the country, dealing in earthenware, horn baskets, heather brooms, and mats ; but the strict ness with which they are watched by .the police talents , prevents any exercise of their thievingthere are From the improved state of the district, and few waste places for them to pitch their camp,rtain spoons, ' to be the raising of a fire on the roadside is T ce hey visited with fine and imprisonm themselves to some occupation to now remain in idleness, and forcedareent. bread. 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This being Mr. Beesly's first lecture since election to the professorship of history, mere than usual interest was excited, and there was consequently a very full attendance, including a considerable number of ladies. The subject selected by the lecturer was " The Relation of History to Political Science," which he dealt with logi cally and in great detail, illustrating his argument by fami liar comparisons. His object was, he said, to prove that history was a suitable subject en which to spend valuable time— that at present it was much neglected by those whose duty it especially was to promote its study, and that such neglect was the cause of great injury to society in general. It would be said that everybody recognised the importance of history as a branch of education ; but what he contended was that the grounds on which, as a branch of education, it was popularly based were altogether inadequate to its importance and its bearing upon social happiness. The history of the world must be taken from the beginning, not, as some .supposed, as furnishing a guide to action in similar circumstances, because in no two ages or countries would exactly similar circumstances occur, but as showing the gradual progress of society in its course of develop ment, and the connection which the events of the past had with the present, and their influence even from the most remote times on the existing social condition of man. Re ferring to -our own Parliamentary history, he remarked that, had the Ministers, relying upon the support the House of Commons received from the public in former times when resisting encroachments upon their exclusive privilege of taxation, resolved upon setting the power of the House of Lords at defiance in the recent case of the paper duties, they would have found that the circumstances were not parallel, for the people regarded thequestion with comparative apathy. Consequently the history of the past, in the instance of ship money and other precedents which might have been thought applicable, could have proved no sufficient guide to their conduct. Prevision, not preven tion, was the quality which should be disiderated by states men. The reasons usually assigned for the study of history were not therefore paid; and that it was a popular study he attributed to the natural interest all persons felt in facts that had occurred, to the inherent attractiveness of his torical reading, and perhaps in some degree to popular good sense, which admitted its importance without exactly knowing 'why. The real motive which should induce the study of history, however, was the desire to improve the social condition of mankind. All other influences on man's happiness were as nothing compared with social influence, and the success of our efforts to ameliorate the condition of mankind from the lessons of the past must depend upon our knowledge of the laws of social development, the science of sociology. The means which we possessed for the in vestigation of those laws were observation, experiment, and comparison. He then proceeded to examine the practical application and use of those means, showing that the first two, observation and experiment, were closely dependent upon history, and that the principal branch of the third method, viz., the comparison of consecutive states of humanity, was in effect the philosophy of history, and was not only by far the most important resource of the science, but was, in fact, identical with its dynamical aspect. In short, the amelioration of man's condition on earth was dependent upon a science which could not be pursued a step without the aid of history. Such was the chain of argument on which he would rest the advantage and neces sity of historical studies. History enabled us to ascertain the laws which governed the past, and to form a comparison with them, so as to judge of their influence upon the present. Contemporary history was not sufficient, perhaps because its nearness prevented our appreciating its importance ; yet to judge by the debates in Parliament one would suppose human society was not more than 200 years old. We heard occasionally reference to the times of Canning, of Castle reagh, and of Pitt, and now and then, but very rarely, to the glorious Revolution; but the continuity of history, and the bearing of the events of one period on those of another, seemed to be lost sight of altogether. In this the 19th century, it would not do to ignore past history, or treat society as having nothing to do with events be yond the last two centuries. A Government composed of statesmen who had properly studied history as a science would know its own mind about India and Oriental ques tions. They would inquire what right we had to hold India, and if we had the right they would be able to show what advantage resulted from it. They would not be content to go on year afteryear with a deficit of L 5,000,000 or £6,000,000 for want of nerve to meet the difficulty boldly in the face. And with regard to the labouring classes, they would know that they had in the course of social development risen from slavery to their present comparatively free condition, and were progressing to still greater importance in the social scale. Take the case of slavery in America ; a proper knowledge of history would enable the abolitionists to treat the question argumentatively, instead of with empty rant. It would enable them to show that while slavery was suit able to ancient times—that in its origin it was a step towards civilisation, being a mitigation of the doom which ordi narily befel the vanquished—it was utterly incompatible with the present advanced state of social progress. Then it might be asked, was the study of history in this way ne cessary in all cases ? He would not exalt sociology at the expense of other sciences. The best education was that which began with mathematics and followed on until it reached sociology, which was the highest. The University of London (continued the lecturer), though it still lingers too much in the old ruts, and makes the most important sub ject a mere appendage to literature or the pretended science of the metaphysicians, does make some effort to tread in this path. Still it is very clear that at present and for some time to come, if no one approached sociology until he had passed through the whole previous course, that study would be left untouched by almost every one. We are not all of us Cabinet Ministers or M.P.'s, but some of us are electors—not a large proportion of the community it is true—still it is not uncommon to meet a man who has a vote. Whenever that man votes he exercises a political function. If he happens to be a man who has learned to regard politics as an art based on a science, he will deplore the rude institutions of his country which call upon him to share in the government of society, whether he has been qualified by a special training in sociology or not, simply because he is a £lO householder. Still, he will act for the best. He will not waste his opportunity, but record his vote, even if he has to do so with 10,000 others —not folding his hands in sulky conceit, like the wealthy electors in metropolitan boroughs, because he has not got it all to himself—as if there was such a very appreciable difference between the 1000th and the 10,000 th part of a talker in the "national palaver." If Parliamentary Go vernment is a clumsy, barbarous machine, and if half the people who work it do so in an ignorant and reckless manner, so much the more need that the other half should try to prevent mischief—if nothing else, till political science is better understood. We have seen within the last few years to what a degree the most vital principles may be at stake when a general election takes place. Surely, then, the political—that is, the historical—education of the voters is of vast importance, and its need becomes every day more urgent and pressing. (Hear, hear.) To those who take an interest in political and social questions, but who are not voters, a true knowledge of history was of equal import ance, for to their influence we must look in a great measure for improvement. We are not all newspaper editors; but we are all newspaper readers, and if it is demand which creates supply, we are not without our influence, each one of us, on the public press. Now, we are always talking about the power of the press. We talk so much about it that I fear we deceive ourselves into thinking that we are really on our guard against anonymous and irresponsible influ ence. A scientific conviction is the only protection, though an ample one, against the "sparkling igno rance" that too frequently lays down the law in al or n ewspapers. Ido not allude specially to any jourias any particular shade of politics, but I say that dach 0120 of us ought to have his conscience wide awake when he a. Let reads his newspaper—whether it sots id. or 5 i v.ews, him require not so much agreement with his.own t i a as truth, morality, and consistency. Let him no it systematically journal panders to a popular cry—tiecaflly "barks" unpleasant truth—if it bass its tone on foreign one who would reform an abuse— ifnical sneer for any questions (China, for instance) is habitually brutal and fle d w hen he notes it let basing to the national moralitY a nd do his best in his own him loudly express hisp p i t in so industriously circulated sphere to counteract th e e # do this, and I sa y he will be th roug h society. gn i'e . . fican t way the duty of an honest and fulfilling in no insio But there is a class beyond those he enlightened citizen. But of labour on a large scale. I referred to — more jutsteiffed in speaking ofantahesthe,e bheicgahuseanla. I feel the the honour, know that this college has anxious responsibility, of educating many of that cl ass . T o I wou ld say, you are the destined rulers of soc i e t y ; them i s not far distant when the b arren an d aimless struggles o f party shall give place to great economical and social questions, which you, and you alone, will have to decide. You will find yourselves face to face with a vast body of those you employ. They will stand before you— intelligeat upon the whole —moral upon the whole, and it m ay be with a keener perception than you of the needs and destinies of society. They will say to you, " Accept your position—feed us, educate us, care- for us, and rule us." You will accept their terms—your pecuniary profits will probably not be so large ; your responsibility and mental anxiety will be immeasurably greater—but you will be re conciled to your functions by the proud sense that you have taken the place of Parliaments and Cabinets, and other worn-out machinery of Government. But if you take this place, it will not be to govern as they did in blind and not always well-meaning ignorance of political science. To you, inthis final reorganisationof society will belong the office of applying practically to the government of the world accord ing to your discretion the principles that are elaborated by speculative philosophy. Hence the supreme necessity to you of a timely introduction to the general principles of social science, illustrated in and based upon the history of the past—trained in, such a discipline your education as a class will have begun, and though the preparation of the first generation may be impe rfect a nd feeble, your sons . l grasp more firmly the idea whi ch y ou have seen lint taa. darkly. In conclusion, he pointed out how histor y should be II; —viz., by following the progress of htunanir pro fr gress w es earliest times, marking each successive st age and aotini O it was eyolyed from the d i o t, e that Frew» its influence upon that which followed. It must be studied free from a blind reverence for antiquity-on the one hand or a contempt for it on the other, and having regard to its connexion with hums opinions. The Professor was loudly cheered at the conclusion of his lecture. MR. WALTER,, M.P. Mr. Walter, M.P., made a speech on p olitics and thin g s in general at the dinner, on Tuesday last, of the Royal East Berks Agricultural Association. He referred in the first place to the House of Commons and the late session : " So far as their performances in the House of Commons were concerned, he believed he might say with truth, with reference to himself and his colleague, that they were as assiduous in their duties, such as they were, at most men in Parliament. He would not attempt under the colour of social science, to enter upon the field of politics, as was the fashion now, and as Lord Brougham had done the other day at Glasgow, who, when speaking on the subjezt of social science, made a pretty slap at the House of Com mons, and characterised the late session, in his .(11r. Walter's) opinion, in very just terms. He must say that a more unsatisfactory session had not taken place since the passing of the Reform Bill, and none of the gentlemen present could have received the intelligence of the termina tion with half the satisfaction that their representatives did. At the same time, although little had been done, and although the year had been signalised by great failures in legislation, it was one of the most remarkable years which this gdneration had seen, and if they read the " Annual Register," they would find there were some remarkable occurrences, both in and out of Parliament. It was a year of great failures andear of ftrsitkroinngg Ineveeanstistr;es_e first it mightmeasures—the of be: leaay establi s hment of that to whi c h some gentle whieh was emphatically the called gentle men had already referred —the volunteer force. (Applause-) The importance of that measure to this country, he be lieved, was not appreciated as it ought to be. It had pro duced prodigious effects on the continent. He had been informed by gentlemen well acquainted with France, that the effect produced in that country was most decided, and foreigners were bound to acknowledge that there was a great deal of life in the old dog yet, and that England was still really a fighting country. There was another event in England which produced a great effect on foreign nations. He had no doubt they were puzzled to know what hi re ferred to—it was the fight for the championship. (Laugh ter.) There was no event occurred during the last session which was so much discussed by bishops and archbishops — (renewed laughter)—statesmen and people, both at home and abroad, as the fight between Tom Sayers and Heenan. Nothing could have better established the reputation of Englishmen for pluck and endurance the most remarkable. In the House of Commons the French Treaty was cha racterised as a strong measure, and there was what was considered a stronger measure still in the House of Lords. He referred to the paper duty transaction. It was a strong measure undoubtedly, and was looked upon as one of the most remarkable events of the century, but it was justified by the circumstances of the case. Then they had the amalgamation of the military services at home and in India, a matter discussed very much in Parliament, and they might call this proceeding a final winding-up or a finishing stroke tothe East India Company, and a necessary complement to the act which brought India under the go vernment of the Queen of England. In addition to all these events which had taken place in the moral world, nature had been acting strongly during the whole year. They found there had been such floods of rain as they had not witnessed for many years previously, and yet with all that there was an abundant harvest generally speaking, there being only a few cases of failure. But there was still a more painful topic to refer to, and which seemed to him to partake of a strong charactee; he meant the daily and fearful catalogue of horrible crimes and murders of the most alarming and dreadful features. They were shocked every day by reading accounts of the most cold-blooded murders, committed ap parently from no alleged cause. Leaving these matters for the lawyer and the mayor to find out, he would pass on to the Continent of Europe, where they could study the acts of one of the greatest of volunteers—Garibaldi—(cheers) — and, last of all, he came to the Pope, whom he found in a very awkward predicament—(laughter)—so that if little had been done in Parliament - , they had plenty going on out of Parliament to interest them, and to look back upon with feelings of astonishment. They were now happily arrived at that season of the year when they were allowed to look after their own business, which meant that they were in the habit of minding their own affairs in their own way, without the interference of the police. It meant much more than the constitutional liberties they enjoyed over other countries, and, although they could not make Go vernment do always quite as much as they wished, there were a great many things in which they could control their own movements. In the great question of reform, whatever benefits they might be disposed to expect when it came, that did not prevent them attending to a vast number of reforms under their own control. Let every gentleman look at his own estate, and see what was there to be done. Though he had not been idle as a landlord, still, when ho looked forward and saw the amount of work which was still to be done on his own estate before he could hope to get it in a satisfactory and preper condition, it was enough to ap pal him ; what with cottages to be built, and children to be educated, and other matters, there was quite enough for any man to have thrown on his hands, without anything else. There was then the amelioration of the Bankrujitcy Laws, and he thought they might do something for them selves in that department; also'when they recollected that something like 90 percent. of the bankruptcies were brought about by recklessness and extravagance, people ought to look a little more aft& their own business and avoid that extraordinary recklessness which was one of the besetting sins of the nation. (Hear.) If people did this they would have much less requirement for improvement in the law. Withrespect to the improvements in agriculture, it appeared to him that the ultimate object of that and similar associa tions scattered throughout the country must be the improve ment of agriculture; if they did not do that, he did not know what good they would do, and exactly in proportion as they did succeed in improving agriculture, and in raising the condition of all classes engaged in it, so would the necessity for such associations cease. This was a point they should bear in mind, because he had been given to understand that there was not that spirit in that association that there had been formerly. He was not surprised at that, and he should think it a bad sign were it otherwise. The true life and soul of all those associations were to improve and give encouragement to agriculture and those persons engaged in it, so it followed that exactly in proportion as they succeeded in their object the necessity for them ceased. A young Member of Parliament, when he made his first speech, wanted encouragement, but no one imagined that Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Bright, or Lord Palmerston wanted it; nay, some old gentlemen required to be discouraged a little sometimes. (Laughter.) He believed, however , that d th .n e quality of the ploughing had been undeniably impro.ve. that neighbourhood since the form ation of t his association. TILE GREAT WORKS, OF EXTENDING MALTA If ARP OUR. -.4.--- The great harbour qu estion has now assumed athe that position which may justify a conclusion th t works will soon be commenced and carried out with vigour. Very erroneous imp:cssions appear to have been entertained as to the practicability of the his stay that and the cost; the arrangements, however, that have been made by' r. Scamp during weeks have dispelled all doubtful Y treatt o consist n h s a is r t b c o h u i r efl b y here of a few p 13 the ear e ap prehensions. The work a and extending of deepening dredging and constructing plant walls and forming wharves to the extent of nearly two miles, and forming a direct communi cation from har b ou r to the quarantine harbour. the grand contrac tors here from England There are three t h e particulars for enabling who are obtaining ten ders for the work. ; and Mr. them to estimate r. Scamp has adopted the following method f or parties with what proving to the competing works of the ki n d r facility, despatch, and economy island. To prove the capability of the two dredging vessels provided b worked, and the y Government he has had oar required. s pot mud, a t sea. &c., raised deposited in the sea. A portion of the wharf works will be constructed on what is now land, but sub ject to the influence of water; and part will he con structed in the sea. He has had a sample of each constructed to prove with what facility the mate rials can be obtained and the work can be executed both below and above water. Part of the stone has been excavated and removed by carting to show the cost of such work. Stone has also been excavated in two places on the edge of the canal, to show with what facility the stone can be obtained for the ex tension of the harbour. Mr. Scamp's intimate ac quaintance with the material and people of the island has enabled him to do all this with great facility and despatch, and the examples shown will no doubt he of incalculable value, by en abling contractors to know the lowest cost at which such extensive works can be done, by bringing into use the plant and appliances usually employed. The drawings and other particulars have been prepared by Mr. Scamp for the gui dance of the contractors in forming their lowest estimates, and he will leave Malta t he England immediately. We understand that in carrying_ out these works arrangements will be made for . , their docking ships of all classes and repairing machinery. s -________ A MOP -HIRING.—Those ho through an A merican have walked slave market c annot fail to be re minded of it in witnessing a mop-hiring. There stands the women, dairym a ids, dome stic servants, and field-hands— in rows with the i r hands before th em, and the a wkward carriage of persons unaccustomed to stand still! There disadyantageously fine in their dress, u they suuid,ribbon are how every flaunting- and gay trimming tells unaware them with all the best mistresses. Good mistresses against , remembe, however, that girls are fine to-d plain enough on every other week-day of aY who may be they stand, some lolling, some rocking the year. There jiggling, some looking too self-respecting themselves, some selves to a casual hirer ; and there to offer them walking before them speaking are the farmers' wives oc casionally returning to renew an argument about the wages. Share stock stock stock stock stock stock stock