The Sun. — London, England, 1852-11-10 00:00:00

THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Business done this day. Closing Prices. Railways. Aberdeen 100/. paid Amb., Not., Bost. & E. June. Sir., W olv., and Stout Valley . all pd. Birk., Lan., .& Ch. Jet., late 33/. 6e. Bd., 281. pd. Ditto, Chest. & Birk., 50/. & 25/. Cans., all pd. Ditto, 20/. 18 1 4 pd. Brist. & Exet., 1001. pd. Caledonian -100/. pd. Chest. & Holyh., all pd Cork & Bandon, all pd Dub. & Belf. Jet. 45/ pd. Dundlk &Ennis., all pd. Dundee, Perth, & Aber deen June. all pd. Ditto, New East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) all pd. Do (18/. E. & H.) all pd. East. Counties ... all pd. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shrs., all pd. Do. do. do. 6/.pd. Do., do., B & C., all pd. East Lancashire ...all p E. & W. India Docks and Bir. June., all pd Edinb. & Glas., 100/. pd Edin.,Per. & Dun. 1001. Gas. & S.-West., 100/.p Brest Nottlin., 100/. pd D 0.% s. A Stk., 1001. p Do. % B Stock,loo/. p Gt. S. & W. Ireld., all p Great Westn., 100/. pd Lane. & Carlisle, all pd Do. Thirds, 111.13.4 pd Lane. & York., 100/. po Do., Fifths l5 pa Do.,W. Rid. Un. 11 %p Leeds Northern, all pd Liv.Crsby & Sthpt. all p Lond. & Blackw., all pd London, Tilbury, and Southend 3 pa Lon.,Brig.& S. Ct 100 p Lon. & N.West., 100/. p Do. Fifths 121. pd Do. 101.,M &B (c) lip Lon. & S.-West 1001. p Do. New 50/., 42% po Do. New 401 341. pd Lon. & Enniskil , all pd Man. Shef. & Lin.,loolp Do. Manch. & Lincoln Union 4/. 2s. pd Midland 1001. p.. Do. Bir. & Derby 100/. Mid. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 47% Do. % Shares, 17% pd Neweas. & Carl. all pd Newmarket -100/. pd Newport, Abergaven., and Hereford ...141 pd Newry & Ennisk. 7 1 ,4 p Norfolk lOO/. pd Do. New 201. 201. p North. Coun.Un. 3 %pd North British ...100/. p Nth. Devon, No.l, 13/.p Do., No. 2 6% pd Do., % A, def....a1l pd Do., % B, guar. Si. pd North Stafford. 17 % pi Nor th-Westena ...all pd N. & S.-W. June. 8% p Oxf.,Wor., &W.,100/. p Scottish Central 100/. p Scottish Midld., 100/. p Shrews. & 8ir....100/,p Do. do. Shrew. & Her 8/. p Shrewabu. and Chester (Nor. W. MM.) all pd Dlo. Halves all pd Do. Osweatry all pdl Shrop. Union ...6 V pd Do. A, B, C, & D fully pd. up at por cent. South Devon all pd South-Eastern 100/. pd South Wales all pd S.York. & Riv. Dun 15/. Do. Do. Si. pd Stirl. & Dunferm. all p Stock. & Liar. 16/2s. 3d. Taff Vale ......1261. pd Thames Haven Dock and Railway l9l. pd Vale of Neath 171. pd Waterfd. & Kilk all pd Waterfd. & Lim all pd West Cornwall 13/. pd West London all pd l Yk., New. & Bar 100/.p Do. & New. Ex 20/. p Do. G.N.E.purc. 10/. p York & N. Mid.loo/.pdj PREF] Aberdeen all pd Do. No. 2, 7 per ct. all Bris. & Ex., 4 p. ct. Stk Do. 4 p. c. Shares, 51. pd Caledonian, 10/. 100/ p Ches. & Holyhd. all pd Cork and Bandon, 5% per cent. 1 P Dundee, Per., & Aberd. Junction all pd Ang. (3110s)6 pc. all Do. (51.) 7 per ct. all p Do. (71175) 7 p. c. 2 p Eastern Counties Ex., l 5 p. c., No. 1 pd Do. No. 2 all pd Do.Ncw 6 p. c. Stk. all Eastern Union Scrip, Guar. 6 per ct....a1l p Do. 10/. Deb. Sh. all p East Lancashire, 6 per ct. Quar. Sias. all pal Eaat & West Yorkshire Junction, 5th5...a1l pd Edin., Per. & Dun. 5% per cent. all pd Glas. & S.W. gua 5 p.c. Gt. North. 5 p. c 100 pd Do. 5 p c. red. sc 100 p Great South. & West. (Ireland) Bths all pd Gt. West. (Berke & H. Ex. 5 per cent.)...6 pd Gt.W. fixed 4 1 ,E 100/. p Lancashire and York shire, F. 20/. ...61. pd Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 1001. p Leeds Northern, 6 per cent. No. 1 131. pd Do. Qrs., 1848 ...9/. pd London & Brig. guar 5 per cent. —lOO/. pd Do. Pr. 5 p c. Stk. 100/.1 Do. Con. 5 p c,1852 all Do. N.Gr. 6 p c 1001. p Lon. & N.-W. (Coy. & Nunet.) 5 p. c. 100/. pd Ln. & S.W. Co.3ds. 5/. p Lon. & En. ih Sh. all p Man., Sheff., & Linen. Qr. Sh., No. 1...a1l pd Do. New, IC/....a1l pd Do. 6/. 3/. pd Maryport and Carlisle, 4 per cent all pd Do., 4% per ct. 6% p Mid. Con. 6 p c St. 1001. 1 Do. Con. Bris. & 6 pet cent...JOU pd Do. Erewash Val. all p Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per c. Guar. 100/. p Do. Pref., 41 p.c. 51. p Norfolk Exten all pd Do. Gr. 5 1 ,E pct. all p Do. W.Val. 5 p.c. all p North British 1001. pd North Stafford all pd Oxf. Wor. & Wol., 15/. 6 per cent.... 100/. pd Ditto ditto ... 6/. pd Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all Shrews. & Ches. (N.W. Min.) 8 per c....a1l pd Do. 5 per cent. 101 pd South Devon all pd Do. New 1 % pd St.-Est. (Reading An nuities)...l Os. 6d pd Do., 4% p p Bth. York. 4p c gd. all Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p c until July 1,1856, all p Waterford & 6 per cent. ...... 3/. pd York, New. & Bar. all p Do. Do 51. pd York & N. Midland IL and S. lurch. 101. pd LINES LEASI 28% to 291, VA - 6i LOi - 10:4 —5% dis 22; 254 dis• - 106 57% 24 17 34 4 dig. - 8,,i ••• ••• - 5 - 4 - 12% - 10,4 6 7r / t -79, 59 78 '26 58 —83 i 121 51 —9 5 1 A, 87 12 p 87% —3b dia 2 die• 18 - 21 i4 P —124 k — 4 P 2 1 4 p 93 , 4 —3% die. 2 1 4 dis. , 21 , /. 2 32i 3 dis. —7 9 IA 47 - 51 8% 3 dia. 3 1 4 —3% diii. 4S —5O 6% -7% - 37 ••• •• 2 1 4 — • 2''B sA i 18 dis. 4ys —43 i - 4 1 ,0. 48 -49 90 -92 60 -6 2 68 -70 ... •••% d . 1% -- ois. 20 —2l 10 —lO% 15 —l6 3% 3 d. 21 -22 75 -79 4(4 - 41 1 4 14 -15 - 5 2% —21 . 1 t 123/a-13} gy B 25 —26 gi 10 1016 77% 40-. -2% dm 55 56 ,RENCE SHARE ioi 109 101 - 104 18 1 ,‘ - 19 sdis. p 6 - 6' 5 1 ,3 - 3 % 3% - 33/4 2 p 1548 1 5; P 14A Ibl/a 17 - 17, 3 -3% L 26 128 111 - 113 8% - 914 % - l 109 - 11 0 I ,i die. ! r; pm 152 155 ••• '''. 8 1 ,4 13% 9% 11% 14 —. %dig. par ... pm 4 p 13% loi 113 3 / 4 P l ift P 148 - 150 %- i P par -XP 22% 23% 5%._ 6 1% 2 99 101 24% 25% 2* - 11% - 17% Ye 16 %dis. 23 p 113 18 I%p 16% * Pin 26i 26 - ••• --- ••• 19 -20 y. die. 101 5 i par 103 5415 8 52 : 101/ 113 " Do nd° yOO, pO l a 9 ` It by s s ° of too 50 hot Oft ba t ba t 0 0 1 b e r o t • 300 9 t c b ° r.-of t h° , b e, p v 05c 13 ,, 0 t e bee° ro s3t i . stioD . - • bee t t be ot 9 d far e b 0 ooh bee l e v og . 03, ,„ 9-ea t 00 te ferf. ° o • g .1311 „ 13 et , lair 0 e 9190 d og e. 1 31; 9 Jon a. 12 6 73 TV be ell t.° • 10 5 ivirstil 0 el 0118 - P D AT FIXED R: Leasing Railway. Companies 33df. & Bitch., all p Lon.& N.W Bit& gua. all Gt. Westn. Do. without, all pi Do. & Dud., guar all pd Do. De. without,all p Do. Ruckinghash. all piLon. &N.W, Clydsdale Jc., allp Caledonian gua. 6 per; cent I 00/.pd Gt. Northn. Gloueest. & Dean' Forest all pd Gt. Wastrn. Ilartlepl. Dk. & 8 Yk. NOW. Railw. pd &Berw.t & Selby, all p Yk. &N Do. Halves., all p Do. .„ 10 0. Quarts., all p Do. Ldon. & Grenw., all S. Eastern Do. Pref....all pd) Do. Lowestoft., gua. 4 per pd Do. 6 p. ct., all p Manch. Bustn, & Matick,s p t Middlesbr' & Red- Norfolk Do. L. & NIV & M. car, 6 1 , • c., all I e . . br N. . 8 1 ,1 ml Brdt., all p p E., 5 p. c., all Presto. &Wyre. 1 Ditto, Haalliypesai,dA, Stktn &Dar' Illidland ...! E. Countiesl L.&N.WI I &La. &Y nor: pdl Roy. & Ffit.,loo4 Do. Shep. Stock Shf. Rth. & Goole, 5 p. c., lB.p S. Stafftlah., 11.6 P Wear Val. 6 p Ditto uitto, all p Wilts &Sopa- 1004' Do. Gt.North.n Do. Lan. & Yks M rlyi•Clean Stckt& Dar Do. 'GLIV6Stra.i Nominal Prices. - ••• 29 - 8 0% IA 29 -30 30 -81 29 -30 ,109 - 111 52 -53 149 - 151 323 , 4 - 331 ••• ••• 113 -115 56% - 57'4 27 -28 14 - 14% 25% - 26% 19 --19% ... - ••• 3 -3% 107 - 103 64 -66 149 - 151 149 -.151 - 74 1. 4di. 31 31! 1 1051 A --• 1n61,4 21 3 / 4 105 57i 434 3 , 4 12,i 6'?3i 78 861 3% 2lh 17% -- •• - 9• . ...... ••• ••• 86 6 V 2 EOREIGN. DEPOSIT AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Railways. Closing Pri ces. I Business done this day. Cent. France (0.V.) all Charl. & Erquel. all pd i 14 3 / 15 1 4 Demerara all pd' ••• Dijon & Besancon, 4 pd 4 % 5 1 / 2 p % Dutch Rhenish... Bl. pd 11 East Indian all pd 8% 9 28% Gt Indian Penin all p 2 1 4 2 1 ,4 7 1 4 Grnd. Junc. of Fra. 4pd 3% — 7% 7 1,4 3/8 Great West. of Canada Shares pd par 1 p 11 Louv. a la Sambre 7% Luxembourg ...141. pd 7 7i Do. (Railway) 10/. pd 5 4 7 /s Do. 1% pd 1 1 ,4 Do. (Canal) _2% pd 1 —1% Lyons& Avignon, spd 11 13 p Madras 4% pd 3 7% Maria Antonia 27% pd Do. New Namur & Liege all pd 8 —8% Do. ox int all pd 6% North. of France, all poi' 34 1 / 2 35% 36 5% 3 / 4 6 4 1 Do. 201.3 p. c. Bds, all p 143 4 15 Orleans & Bor 111. pd Paris & Lyons 10/. pd 18% 19% p 29 3 4 8% Do. Bonds ... 12 pd. ... Paris & Orleans all pd 68 —7O Paris & Rouen ...all pd 40 —42 40 Paris & Stras. ...all pd 343 35% 36% 5% Paris, Caen, and Cher bourg... ....... 4pd 6 —6% p 9% 10% Rouen & pd 20 —2l 21 21 Sambre &Meuse all pd 10 11 10% % St. Andrew's & QHebec (A) 4/. pd Tours & Nantes 17/. pd ..• West Flanders all pd 43/ —5 West. of France 9/. pd! —8% 18 17i 161 17i MINES. Agna Fria all pd - 1,4 p Anglo-Californian, all p p Asturian 151. p Australasian 2/. pd 3 p Australian 51. pd 1 1 1 / 2 Austr. Freehold all pd % 1 / 1 . dis. Ave Maria all pd % % Brit. Austr. Gold all pd 14 die. par British Iron 131. ss. p 61,4 71,4 Braz.lm. (is. sp) 24% 51,4 61%a Do. Coca. & Cui. all p 2 —2% Do. St. Joh. del R. 151. 30 Carson's Creek all pd %dis. p Cobre Copper 4Ol. pd 44 —45 Colonial Gold 1/ pd % p Copiapo 141 pd 6% Eng. &Aust. Cop. all p % die. General all pd Gold Mountain...all pd % Xl4 dis. Grd. Duch. Baden, all p Great Polgeoth all pd 1 3 / s 1 5 / 2 p 41 Lake Bathurst all pd % % dis. Liberty all pd 1% 1112 p % Lon. & Cal. Gld Quartz Crushing Corn all pd % dis. Mariquita.... all pd % p Mexi. & S. Amer. 9/. p! 4 1 4 New Grenada all pd, dis— p Nouveau Monde, all pdj 54 3 34 p 1 3 / Port Philip all pd I 5 / 8 p 154 1 % Quartz Rock all pd die. par Santiago de Cuba 10 3 / 18 13 1 ,4 13 % South Australian, all pd par —14 p Tin Croft 7l. pd 11 1 ,4 12 1 4 United Mexican all pd 71 t 8 7 3 % 1,4 Life assurance is daily making rapid strides in public estimation, but in the multiplicity of new societies that have been recently established, assurers aro often at a lose to make a selection. Desirous of availing them selves of the advantages which these noble institutions hold out, they are frequently precluded from doing so by the want of a guide to direct t hem in the selection of an office, and any information which can be collected upon the subject is always welcomed by the provident Ipiokretliyo,nthoefretfhoere,cboemmreuandit. with Tinhteerefostll.owilntg will isare m po o r s t t of the proceedings that took place at a large and influen tial public meeting of the inhabitants of Riclamansworth, which was held on Thursday evening, for the purpose of hearing a deputation from London on the principles of life assurance generally, and especially in connexion with the deposit system recently established by the " Deposit and General Life Assurance Com pany," which appears to be conducted upon sound principles, both scientific and commercial, and has al ready began to make great progress in its business operations. Amongst the gentlemen who were present, we observed G. Coode, ;Esq. (a near relative to the Earl of Derby. the Premier), C. Poole, C. W. Bevan, Esq., W. Prinsepp, E , q., Dr. Codd, Messrs. 1.3. Matthews, Tracy, Strasburg, &c. Mr. POOLE having taken the chair, observed that he had hitherto refrained from entering into any public company, but he was so convinced that the Deposit Assurance Company was capable of effecting a great amount of good, particularly among the middle and working classes, that he entered soul and heart into it. The object they had in view was to benefit these classes, and to benefit society at large, by combining all the advantages of assurance with a system calculated to he essentially useful to the working liclasses—viz., the de posit system, giving them not only the means of saving their earnings, but also adding to them a fair amount of interest. He would call on Mr. Rendall, who would detail the advantages held out by the present company. Mr. RENDALL stated that he was glad to have the op portunity of saying a few words, explanatory of the deposit system of life assurance. Savings banks, with all their imperfections, had long been considered the most convenient places for small savings ; but he was able to show, from experience, that the plan he was about to bring before the meeting possessed still greater advantages. It was the plan of a company established to embrace that large and influential class who maintain themselves by their own labour, manual or mental, in cluding as well those who are professionally engaged, and possessed of a limited income, as those of every trade or occupation,whether mercantile or manufacturing. It was statistically true, that only 70 persons, out of a population of 1,000,000,000, the population of the world, live to the age of 110 years. Such being the case, it becomes the imperative duty of man to provide for the contingencies of the future. He would not now enlarge on that subject, but would at once proceed to explain the distinctive features of the deposit system. An objection frequently urged against the present system lay in the fact that the assured, by the contract of assurance, is bound to pay to the assurers a stated yearly sum during the remainder of his life ; and should it happen, from alteration in his circumstances or other causes, that he becomes unable to meet the annual premiums as they become due, or omits to pay them, the policy must either be abandoned in the hands of the assurers at a considerable and unnecessary sacrifice on the part of the assured, or otherwise declared as forfeited, along with all the payments made thereon ; but in de posit assurance the case is different. It combined the facilities and advntages of deposit and savings .banks with the important benefits of ordinary life assurance. The speaker then explained the peculiar manner in which the Deposit and General Life Assurance Company con ducted its business, and the distinctive advantages which it was therefore capable of conferring. He also showed that the Deposit Company was not intended to interfere with the general operation of savings banks, but that the one prepared the way for the other. Mr. R. concludes his observations amid much applause. Mr. C. W. BEVAN said that it had often struck him as a singular coincidence that any one endowed with common prudence should neglect the importance of life assurance. It was true that persons might say they have got no money to spare for the purpose. On the deposit system, a person assuring at the age of 20, and paying 71. 10s. annually, will at the expiry of 30 years have paid in the sum of 2251. His policy would be 1394 In d h e n n e e tabs not adhe getwo paid.o l o d nße b e e fsoi e rd n ey t a i e, t a l i e rf d s h t o nh ih 2 s B a pa 7l. , being 501. more worth 5224; and if he were then unable to continue his n lo li s n t y h s i t s il s l i r t e u m at a io in n a , t a h n a d n the same; but with this distinctive privilege, that he may draw from the company to the amount of 287/. To exemplify this subject more particularly: by paying an nually any sum which at the end of 30 years will amount to 100/., the sum assured, and which would be payable in the event of death, would amount to 2471. 4s. 4d. If during that period the sum of 251. had been drawn, there would be left a balance which the assurer might draw on of 754 Suppose he were to omit paying for one year or more, or to stop altogether, his claim would not be forfeited, be cause on the deposit system the depositor has entire con trol over his capital, and each payment effects a distinct policy. tie was so convinced of the advantages which the middle and working classes derived from life assur ance, that he was anxious that they should participate in its benefits; and he was confident that they would not be slow to avail themselves when they once compre hended its practicability, and felt the great importance of providing against the contingencies of life, from which none were exempt. (Applause.) Mr. M AT THEWS, solicitor, next addressed the meeting, confining himself principally to the advantages held out to the working classes by effecting an assurance on the deposit principle. Mr. BARBER expressed his concurrence with all he had listened to, and hoped that similar meetings would take place in other parts of the country, us be was con vinced that the plan of effecting insurances on the sys tem of deposit was calculated to extend the principle of those clases who have hitherto been unable to avail themselves of it. Mr. COODE moved a vote of thanks to the chairman, the secretary, and Mr. Rendall, which was seconded by Mr. CARTER, carried unanimously, and the meeting separated. Agna Fria all pd Anglo-Californian, all p Asturian 151. p Australasian 21. pd Australian 5/. pd Austr. Freehold all pd Ave Maria all pd Brit. Austr. Gold all pd British Iron 131. ss. p Braz. Im. (is. 5 p) 24 Do. Coca. & Cui. all p Do. St. Joh. del R. 15/. Carson's Creek all pd Cobre Copper 4Ol. pd Colonial Gold 1/ pd Copiapo 14/ pd Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p General all pd Gold Mountain...all pd Grd. Duch. Baden, all p Great Polgeoth all pd Lake B,athurst all pd Liberty all pd Lon. & Cal. Gld Quartz Crushing Corn all pd 7 a dis. Mariquita.... all pd % % p Mexi. &S. Amer. 9/. p 1 4 1 % —4% New Grenada all pd, LA dis— p Nouveau Monde, all pdi —3/, p Port Philip all pdi 1,4 5 / 8 p Quartz Rock all pd die. par Santiago de Cuba 10% 18 13 1 ,4 South Australian, all pd par p Tin Croft 7l. pd 11 1 / 2 12 1 ,4 United Mexican all pd 71t 8 West Mariposa all pd dis. par Yuba 1 paid ; par yap JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia all pd 59 59% 1 Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd b 7 —5B Colonial 25/. pd f l 15 16 1 % Com. of London 20/. pd 29 —3O London Chart. Bank o Australia Lon. & County 20/. pd London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd Lon. & Westm. 20/. pd Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd Do. New lOl. pd! Nat. of Ireland 22% p Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd Prov. of Ireland 251 pd. Do. New all pd Roy. Aust. Bkg. & Gold Importing Com. Ipd Union of Austral. all pd Do. New 21,4 pd Union of London 101. p Union of Madrid all pdl MI. Austral. Roy. Mail, 4 p Canada 3 2 1,4 pd Copper Miners of Eng land all pd De. Preference, 7% pd Crystal Palace ... 5 pd Eastern Steam...2s. pd Elect. Tel eg. Ireland Ip l Gen. Stm. Nay. 14/. pd Gen. Screw Steam Ship ping Company...so/. p Irish Beetroot Sug. 2i p, Netherlands Land, 2 pd Penin. & Or. St. all pd Do. Do. ...15/. pd Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd Universal Emigration and Colonization, 21. p 31 - ... 18% - 19% 32 - 33% 45 - 461/2 18% - 20 38 -39 46% - ... 16N - 17% 1 -1% 49; - 50% 6 - 6 1 % 17 -18 CELLANEOUS. 8 - 4 50 -51 36 -37% 29 -30 50% ... x.d 2 —2% 2i — 2 yB 87 ... 42 42 1 4 79 ... 2 ,~ MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 10, 1852. Austria, Naples, Sardinia, Modena ; and before tho ex pulsion of the Aeurs-do•lys—in France." CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's market was very scantily supplied with Eng lish wheat, coastwise and by land carriage. For all kinds the demand ruled steady, and Monday's prices were well supported. A few parcels changed hands for forward delivery. The imports of foreign wheat have been only 1,060 quarters. Low and middling parcels moved off readily, at extreme rates. Fine qualities were quite as dear. Floating cargoes of wheat were steady; bat Indian core was much neglected. Barley, the supply of which was small, moved off steadily. In prices we have no change to notice. We had a moderate inquiry for malt, at fully the late advances. The oat trade was in a very inactive state. Beans, peas, and flour as last advised. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. -- • Qrs. 340 Flour English •• •• •• Irish •••• •• •• Qrs, Qrs. 810 840 13G 1,350 roreign •••• • • 1 1,060 I 1,240 Backs 52.) 400 14,000 bl BOROUGH HOP. Our market continues very firm, and, in some instances, prices are the turn higher. WIIITECIIAPEL. The general demand was in a very sluggish state, at barely stationary prices. Beef, from 2s Od to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s Od; Veal, 2s 10d to 3s 10d; Pork, 2s 6d to 45 Od per Sibs by the carcase. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 10.—Wind at noon, N.E. Light breeze, and dull, cloudy weather. PORTSMOUTH, NOV. 9.—Wind, W.N.W. ►Sailed, Dadbrook, Freemantle, Australia; Northumberland, New York. The Elbe makes five inches water per hour. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 9.—The Franklin (a), for New York, has put in to repair. Tay (a), Brazils; Brilliant, Madras. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. B.—Wind s S.W. Arrived, Ru thena, Bird Island; Iris, Havana; Luisa y Jesusa, do.; Isas, Herber Grace. ALDBOROUGH. Nov. 9.—The Ceres of London bas been wrecked here. _ _ _ BREMEN, Nov. 4.—Tho Thomas Maine of Tun bridge (?), waterlogged and abandoned, was passed 31st Oct., lat. 55, long. 56. The Annette, Stockholm to Leeon, has but in leaky. ELSINORE, Nov. 4.—The Maurice, off and from New castle, has been assisted off shore, and will proceed. STAVANGER, OCT. 22.—The Magneter of this port, from Riga, is supposedtolaaYe capsized in the_late gale, LONDONDERRY.—SaiIed, Merry Ann, New Orleans. PICTON, OCT. 26.—1 t blew a heavy gale here last night. A brig from Charlotte Four for London is on shore, and a vessel from Bermuda is wrecked. DEAL, Nov. 9.—Wind, W. Arrived, Poictiers, Bownes, Bombay ; Cockermouth Castle, Hayman, Granada ; Emigrant, Price, Quebec ; Royal Albert, Norris. Arrived from the river for New Zealand, Lord Delaral and Hope, Port Philip ; Alexander Merry, Mauritius ; Eweretha, Livingston, Tobago; Dolphin, Murray, Valparaiso; Sarah Symons, Berbice ; Panock Hall, St. Kitt's; James Burrows, Bermuda; Sea Queen and Ann, Malta. Sailed, Alert, Cape of Good Hope ; Christina. New York. _ _ --- I ; i;m7u;;;acv.3.—Wind, S.W. Sailed, Resolute, New South Walei; lioh-i-noor, Melbourne; Sir Trowell Buxton, Port Philip. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 9.—Wind, light and variable. Ar rived, Earl of Londsdale, Hughes, Alexandria. Sailed, AAline, Port Philip ; Bruganzs, Valparaiso ; Com modore, Buenos Avrea ; Penninghatn, Bahia; Swanhco, Havannah ; Charles Saunders, New Orleans. LITTLE FERRY, by GOLSPIB, Nov.—The Albion of Inverness, from Newcastle to this place, in running for the harbour yesterday, went ash o r e on the south side of the bar here, and filled; crew saved. PEsiBRAY, Nov. 7.—Thu Princess Royal of Youghal, f rom Qacenstown to Cardiff, went on shore to-day on the Cent Shidan Sands, Carmarthen Bay, and is likely to become a wreck ; crew supposed to be saved. BANK OF BELGIUM. —The National Bank of Belgium, specie, at the end of o,!tober last, had 45,279,449 f. in reduction of 947,144 f. on the previous month. Thisie , a is still 16,000, 000 f. above the amount held last January. The discounts at the end of October, amounted to 59,098,324 f., an increase 17,410 f. The circulation increased 81 7ot 60f. A good deal of money fou n d em ployment last month, and the current accounts declined 4,000,000 f. Still the sum unemployed was large, being 47,769,415 f. Less was advanced upon Belgian securities. Tt e total reduction in the business of the bank during the month was 3,679,426 f. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —AN EFFECTUAL CURE OF SEVERE COUGH AND ASTHMA BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.— Mr. John Davies, of Lion-street, Milford, was afflicted for more than seven years with a most inveterate asthmatical cough, which several eminent surgeons, under whose care he had been at various times, could not eradicate; he then resolved upon trying Holloway's pills, end fortunately he did, for this superior medicine has Effected a perfect cure. The cough has ceased, the asthma is removed, avid his respiration is as free as that of the healthiest person. Old coughs, recent colds, wheczings red on the chest, and shortness of breath , ma y also b© cu and at Professorby H H o o 1 l o o v ? w a s ) ; 'as pills,—Sold by all druggi sts, establishment, 244. Strand, London. MEE TING OF GERMAN REFUGEES. At one of the late John Murray's authors' dinners the poet Campbell, being called upon for a toast, gave " Napoleon," explaining as his reason for p rofferin g a " sentiment," at the time so utterly unpatriotic, that the Emperor had fully atoned for all his politica l sins b y his social discrimination in shooting a bookseller. But in Germany, where the " publicists" are and not Pariahs, a dif - - ferent view is taken of such a crime; it is remark able that two of the most stirring watchwords made use of by the combatants for " German unity," or " Vater land independence," have consisted of the names of two booksellers—Palm and Blum. " Palm " was the shout of the student battalions in the Prussian struggle of 1812 against Napoleon, as it again was the rally ing cry of Blucher's dragoons at W aterloo; and it is in the name of Robert Blum that the more ultra politicians of Germany now renew their vows of hatred against Austrian despotism. In Lon don the German refugees meet every in 9th November an anniversary commemoration of the martyrdom of the boldest and honestest of the democrats of the Frank fort Parliament, and on these occasions opportunities are afforded and eagerly seined for prote sting in all th e immunity of an English platform against the reactionary state of things continued on the continent. These . fes tivals are warmly welcomed by the German political exiles resident among us, and they present some interest even for English politicians; and the commemoration took place yesterday evening at the Freemasons' Tavern. Shilling tickets admitted to the meeting; and at the a tion in closeof the meeting there was a supper—particip which required the additional expenditure of half-a crown per bead. The large hall engaged for the meet ing was densely crowded, principally with Germans; the mass of Teuton physiognomies be in g varied with the darker traits of Italians, Poles, and Hungarians. There were a few Englishmen, of the class and cast of face only met with at Reform meetings; and there were some ladies, these being for the roost part German Jewesses, which is explained by the fact that a great number of the German refugees are Jews. At the head of the hall, behind the chairman, was hung a large sized and well-painted portrait of the heavy but intel lectual face of the gladiatorial bookseller; and over the picture drooped the dull flag of the abstract German republic—the tricolor, "scwartz, roth , a nd gold." Again, on each side of the picture was hung that equivocal " red" banner, which has unhappily been made . the emblem of spoliage and murder in modern poalitics. The chair was taken by Professo r Arnold Ruge, gen tleman of extensive political celebrity in his own coun try, and of considerable political power. The meeting was addressed in German by M r. Oscar Falk, of Vienna, and M. Johannes Rouge, the celebrated religious re former and founder of the " Free Congregations," while Dr. Jansenan, and a Mr. Lockhart, a nnounced as an English gentleman, but who ra p idl y developed him self as an Irishman, spoke in English. THE TRADE OF SOUTHAMPTON.—When the Her mann leaves Southampton this afternoon for New York, there will have arrived in or have left the Southampton docks, during the last eight days, 10 large mail packets, with pas sengers, cargo, and mails, viz„ the Magdalena, from the West Indies ; the Herman from Bre men ; the Sultan from Constantinople; the Euxine, from Alexandria; the Madrid, from the Peninsula; the Franklin, from the United States; the Orinoco, for Jamaica; the Hermann for America; the Tagus for Portugal ; and the Tay, for the Brazils. Taking into consideration the number of passenge rs, these uantity of cargo, and the amount of correspondence convey by these packets, such a circumstance as that of 10 immense steamers arriving or leaving a port in a week, has never happened before at any docks or port in the world. The Sultan steamer alone brought home above 10,000 letters. RccuzsTEß, Nov. 9.—This day our excellent an d respected M a yor, Robert Clements, Esq., ceased to pre sidemagistrate.port a n t office ,T few h is being have theso generallythi r d time andof filling this ehieifm rights tcse when the h s e , r ved ly arising securedthe ee willingness ateem an dagnodo energetic g opinionetie spirit r a i l t l questioned sp o t o o n ard s a te d i l es l occasions to aid in any project that appeared likely same time keeping interests o i a strict surveillance , and defending the rvi that belong at . the his to this ancient city. PALEY.—WhQn Dr. Paley dined out, for the first time, after being promoted in the Church, ho was in a state of good-humoured jocularity ou his accession of dignity, and called out during dinner to one of the servants—" Shut down the window behind my chair, and open another behind one of the curates." 106 581 4 8 1 /4 8 7 i 2 3 54% f ig 17 1 5 4°41 12N IA 119 20 50i Sa 955/6 87 1 ,4 6 3 4 1I 17 % % 3/i 106 5i 1243 q i 6 1 16 S 93 X 'Ai 79 1 4 % 9 36i 6 4 1 4 13 %13 48 1 ,4 1 / 89 90 61} 1 60% 68 2% 7 71 i 8% 12% 56 5% 5% IA 103% 2 18% VA pm. pm. 15 's DO 99} ,ENTALS. ioN a Business to-day. 1091 10 52i 32% 34 31% 106 4i 46% :14 . 0trb •-•,::.;.7bitton. LIVERPOOL RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Scurry Stakes. Jupiter Henrietta Mire Hill The Selling Stakes. 1 Needle True Girl The Autumn Steeplechase. Carrig 1 No other placed. The Aintree Stakes. 1 Truth... 2 Fuzl Eleven ran. NEWCASTLE BOAT RACE. CANDLISH WON BY FOUR BOATS' LENGTHS. FRANCE. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Moniteur contains the official acceptance by the Prince President of the act by which the Empire is re-established, and Louis Napoleon Bonaparte declared Emperor of the French, by the name of Napoleon 111. The Act is signed as follow :.-- Mesnard, First Vice-President. Drouyn de L'Huys, Troplong, Vice-Presidents. Baraguy Count d'Hautpoul, Grand Referendaire. Barou de Lacrosse, Secretary of the Senate. Cambaceres, Secretaries Regnault de St. Jean d'Angely, Their Eminences Cardinal de Bonald. Cardinal du Pont. Cardinal Mathieu. Cardinal Gousset. Cardinal Donnet. Marshal Reille. Marshal Vaillant. Admiral de Mackau. Then follow,—Gen. Achard, Count d'Argout, Mar quis d'Audiffret, General de Bar, Marquis de Barba neois, Count de Beaumont, Prine?, de Beauvau, Marquis de Belbeuf, M. Bineau, M. Bouby, Count de Breteuil, Count de Casablanca, Count de Castellene, Vice Ad miral Casy, Count de Caumont Laforce, Count Clary, Marquis de Croix, Baron de Crousheilles, Count Curial, M. Dum as, Baron C . Dupin, M. Elie de Beaumont, M. Fould, Baron de Fourtnent, M. J. E. Gautier, Ernest de Girardin, M. de Goulliot de St. Germain, Marquis de la Grange, Baron de Heeekeren, Vice Admiral Hugon, General ilusson, Baron de La doucette, Gen. Visc ount de la Hitte,Marquis de Lawces tine, Louis Lebouf, Lefebvre, Dsrufle, Count C. Ma rois, Count Lem ercier, Gen. St. 2,rnaui, M. J. Lever rier, Gen. M agnan , M. Memel, M. Mar c h an d, M. de Roubaix , Due de Mortenart, Lucien Murat, General Ordener , General Ornaao, Due de Padoue, Vice de Portes, Count Portalis, General Preval, Due de ,iaßanrocne, L P! p let, Baron P e tit, Generaleinset, Marquis St. Simon, C. Safey , General & p) tram, Count Segur d'Aguesseau, Piat, Admiral Due Ptir s d e e v 8 I' l isa Archbishop Sibotr, A. Thayer, A. Thibaudeau, Due de Vicen te, N , Vieillard, Bertbier, Prince de Wagram. Seen and sealed, (Signed) a LAczoss 80013 D . E The present senatus consult= w ill be promulg ated and D sealed with the seal of the State. one at the Palace of St. Cloud, the 7th November 1852. LOUIS NAPOLEON. ACHILLE FM:MD, Minister of State. The Prince-President on Tuesday passed in review, at Neuilly, the Ist and 7th Lancers, the 22d and let battalion of Regimentsof t m h e e b l i i l n e e s: Bub s the d gendarmerie Generals Carrelet and Cou r a nt arrived, and shortly c k: thee half-Past eleven, after General Magnan , followe d by a brilliant staff. A few minutes after Prince Lou is Napolem appeared, and was received with loud cries of " Vive am pereur 1" His Highness was in the uniform of a general officer, had the ex-King Jerome by his side, and was followed by General Roguet and the other military officers of his household. The troops, as the Prince passed down the lines, saluted him with cries of " Vive l'Etnpereur !" The troops eterwards filed off before him, and returned to their barracks at one o'clock. The Prince, at the same time, proceeded to the Elysee. Abd-el-Fader was to have left Paris on Tuesday, but his departure was postponed, as the Prime Pre sident had expressed a desire to see him agaik at St. Cloud. The ex-Emir went there on Tuesday, and was most kindly received by the Prince, wh ) pre sented him with a sword of honour, observing that he was happy in thinking that he would only use, it in the service of France. Abd-el-Kader expressei his gratitude for this present, and fur the confidence re posed in him, asked permission to witness the coro nation, and repeated his protestations of fidelity. After leaving St. Cloud, the ex-Emir went to take leave of the Minister of War, who informed him that during the time that he shall remain at Ambo.se, horses will be placed at his disposal, so that he may be able to take exercise when he pleases. On Sunday Abd-el-Kader, after visiting the Prefect of Police, went to pay a visit to the Prefect of the Seine. X. Berger, not having been apprised of the Emir's inten tion, was absent, but the visitor was received by M. Amedee Berger, who showed him every mark of con sideration, and conducted him over the magnificent apartments, now in the course of repair. Speculators at the Bourse were seized with a species of panic yesterday, in consequence of the stock-brokers having adopted a resolution to require additional security from their clients in all time bar gains. The Four - and-a-Half p er Cents. opened at 108 f., and closed at 107 f. 600. for the end of the month ; the Three per Cents. closed at 85f. 25c.; Orleans Railway shares, 1,750 f.; Rouen, 1,035 f.; Havre, r d6of. ; Basle, 395 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 900 f.; Paris and Lyons, 1,000 f.; Great Western, 750 f. ; Lyons ani Avignon, 840 f.; St. Dizier and Gray, 605 f.; Caen and Cherbourg, 680 f-; Dijon a nd Besancon, 640 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 660 f. (Signed) :Countersigned) BUSINESS DONE iN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE Indian, 28 ja—Grand Junction of France, ~. - --•- ------ --- LONDON bIOCK ' EXCHANGE NOT. 9, 18 52 . Dijon and Besincon, 914—Dutch Rhenish, Pi—East 8% —Great Western of Canada, shares. 11—Namur and Liege (with int erest), 8 % —Northern of France, 37%—Paris and Lyons, 3174 —Paris and Rouen, 421 4 _ Paris and Strasbourg, 37—Paris, Caen, and Cherbourg, n 1 —Sambre and Meuse , lAN —U pper Indian Scrip, ze p.m.—Western of France, 18 %. —Sambre THE CONTINENT. Madrid SPAIN. to what is p-..-." Spain has her eyes open with respect ondent say s : jour na l s of the 4th have arrived. A corres passing in France, and there is no question that she will not be the last among the powers to re cognize tte Government which will be given to the French pople." Accouts had been received from the Havannah to the 4th tit. F acc i ola, t h e editor of the incendi ar y journal th e V oice of t h e P e ople, had been exec u t e d for the Part he took in tile insurrection. The exami nation ! u t o t h e a ff a i r o f t h e other persons compromised, to the l um b er o f 7 0, was being carried on with great activity, Among them are t wo brothe rs - in - law of .1.11 arcito Lopez. Madrid Bourse, Nov. 4.—Three per Cents., 471 paper ; Exchange on London, 50 45. GERMANY. Dispatches from Prague announce that the ex- Ercperor Ferdinand, uncle of his Majesty the Em peter of Austria, has bad a fit of apoplexy, and had received the sacraments. Nevertheless, the Journal de Francfort states from Vie nn a that the account Published of the illness of the ex-Emperor F e rdi n a n d smu:eheoxuas character. exaggerated. His iit says, is not at all of a seri The New Prussian Gazette states that the Customs treaty between Prussia and the. Duchy of Brunswick has been concluded. The Ministers of the States of Thuringia will assemble on the Bth at Weimar, to deliberate on the treaty presented by the Prussian Government. The Cologne Gazette, under date of Berlin, 6th inst., says :—" The Austrian Cabinet has given official notice to our Government of the opening of the Cus toms conferences at Vienna. This communication is accompanied by the d o cuments connected with it. In cons equence of this information, the Ministers as sembled in Council to deliberate on the projects of Austria on the question of the Zollverein. The Weekly Journal, of Berlin, has been again seized." RUSSIA. The Governor-General of Moscow, Count Sake. rewsky, gave a sumptuous banquet at his palace on the 23d, to which 60 generals, 238 superior officers, and 719 sub-officers and soldiers were invited ; among this number were many who had fought at Borodino, Berezino, Leipsic, L M u a t l z v e i n „ J a a n r d o s B I a a w u i t t z z e , , K a r n a s d y n a ei s , the conclusion of the war, entered the gates of Faris. LITERATURE , Lives of the Queens of Scotland. Vol. 111. By Agnes Strickland. Black wood and Sons. Although the present volume of thin very charming and remarkable series contains merely the first por tion of the life of the illustrious rival of Elizabeth, it reveals on the part of the historian a minuteness of research, a subtelty of appreciation, and an exquisite delicacy of treatment, such as cannot but justify us, we conceive, in auguring confidently for the excel lence of its completion. If the subsequent volume, bringing the narrative to a close, be in any way com parable to the one just published,—the biography of Mary Stuart must undoubtedly be regarded as the masterpiece of Agnes Strickland. Enough has already been rendered apparent in the twelve chapters of this most romantic and enthralling memoir here submitted to our criticism—enough has already been rendered apparent of those eminent qualities which have hitherto distinguished the writings of our authoress, to assure the judgment of the least san guine reviewer, that her celebration of Mary, will constitute a noble companion picture to her long famous celebration of Elizabeth. It cannot be ob jected that we are here deciding ex pede Rerculem. It is not as though we were praising the symmetry of the glass slipper, and surmising merely from its out lines the proportions of the yet undiscovered Cinde rella. Sufficient materials are before us in the com mencement of the composition to enable us to judge with considerable accuracy of the probable merits of its termination. Added to which, it must be remem bered, that, in commenting upon the latest of the literary productions of Agnes Strickland, we are pronouncing our opinions upon the effusion of one with whose extraordinary qualities as an annalist, the student of British History is by this time, we rejoice to think, tolerably well familiarized. Experience has told in her instance beyond the reach of hesitation, that she is invariably as painstaking in the accumu lation of her facts, as she is lucid in the manner of their arrangement—that her conscientious adherence to truth (however much that truth is occasionally opposed to her most cherished sympathies) may be re garded as altogether not less conspicuous among her more distinguishing characteristics than the eloquent picturesqueness of her descriptions, or the nervous energy of her style, or the attractive novelty of her re velations. As an historical writer, Miss Strickland pos sesses indeed two qualities, in regard to which she stands almost alone amongst her contemporaries. Her indefatigable industry, and her serene impartiality, have in this manner invested her volumes with the most enviable of all kinds of popularity : that which commands an almost implicit reliance, while it extorts a genuine and unaffected admiration. Her volumes having reference to the Queens of England, first secured to her that meed of approbation, which has been simultaneously confirmed and justified by the subsequent and companion serial relating to the Queens of Scotland. A nd as in the former work the crown of her labours became visible when she ar rived at length at the period enabling her to treat of the career and character of Elizabeth, the greatest of the Queens of England—so unquestionably, in the latter work, it has become manifest in a very surprising manner, at that juncture when she finds herself em powered to weigh in the balance of Clio, the crimes and the virtues, the glory and the shame, the resolution and the weakness, the happiness and the misfortunes of Mary, the greatest of the Queens of Scotland, of Mary, the beautiful and unfortunate, the bride suc cessively of Francis, of Darnley, and of Bothwell, the pride of Paris and the suspicion of Edinburgh—the loveliest woman who ever ascended the scaffold, with the heroism of martyrdom, and closed, by a death of sublime resignation, a life of startling and unpre cedented vicissitudes. As the biographer of Mary Stuart, known through out Christendom, as par excellence THE Queen of Scots—Miss Strickland must have found herself at the outset of her very difficult enterprize, embarrassed by a multiplicity of rather bewildering considerations. She must have remembered that there is perhaps no personage mentioned in the annals of the now United Kingdom whose character is regarded even now adays under aspects more astonishingly antagonistic. Considered by some as guilty, and by others as in nocent of the various charges of a sinister nature, directed against her by a considerable portion of her contemporaries, Mary is viewed indiscriminately by all with sentiments of profound and tender considera tion. Her calamities, her beauty, her genius, her courage—the imprisonment in which she displayed such noble endurance and the disastrous execution under the sorrows of which she revealed such gentle but lofty magnanimity—have been celebrated nearly three centuries after the close of her tragic existence, by the most resplendent intellects, not only of her native land but of France, of Italy, and of Germany. Has not Schiller portrayed with his pencil of light those features of haunting loveliness ? has he not enshrined in one of the grandest of his majestic dramas, the story of her loves and her disasters ? Alfieri has told that same pensive tale in the melodious language of Tuscany. Be ranger, the Tyiemus of France, has sung in his matchless num bers the " adieux" addressed to her adopted country by the widowed Dauphiness. Robert Burns, in one of his tenderest songs, sang for her the " Lament" of her incarceration—her temporary escape from which Walter Scott commemorated in one of the most be witching romances penned by his hand of magic fas cination. Historians, not less than poets and novelists, have seemed to rejoice in reverting to that strange narrative of misfortune : but to attempt anything like an acurate enumeration of the novelists or of the bio graphers who have written upon this enthralling sub ject would, in all respects, be as tedious as it would be unnecessary. Besides the sedate Lingard, and the unimpassioned Hume, there have been latterly other distinguished authors who have endeavoured to throw light upon that chequered epoch, and to dissipate some of the many doubts by which the memory of it has been so long obscured. Connaeo has penned his " Vita di Maria Stuarta," given in Jebb's Collection. Dargaud has written his " Histoire de Marie Stuart." Brantome has treated upon the same theme in his " Vies des Dames Illustres." Then there are like wise the voluminous " Recueil des Lettres de Marie Stuart," compiled under the editorship of Prince Labanoff, and the " Life of Mary Stuart," by Miss Benger, and the " Illustrations of the Reign of Queen Mary," by Stevenson, and the " History of Mary," by Lesley, and the reference to that unfortunate heroine in the " Female Sovereigns" of Mrs. Jamie son, and the " Life of Mary Stuart " by Bell, and by a multiplicity of other authors, some of eminent, and some of indifferent, reputation. Not satisfied with the abundant materials collected by her very numerous predecessors, Miss Strickland, it appears, has herself visited every locality associated with the more re markable incidents described in her biography, besides collecting an extraordinary variety of traditions relating to the period at which she has arrived, and collecting a marvellous store of original manuscripts hitherto overlooked altogether, or the value of which has re mained until now unappreciated. M. Mignet, in our own time, has undertaken to argue the case against Mary Stuart in a manner austerely logical, and with a spirit of cold antagonism, such as must have proved acceptable even to John Knox and the Lords of the Congregation. Happily the interests of justice seem to be now secured to the luckless rival of Elizabeth—now that the duty of recording her career has devolved upon a writer as calm, as intelligent, as lucid, as accurate, and as eloquent, as the laborious and gifted Agnes Strickland. Begin ing her narrative with the birth of Mary Stuart on the 11th of December, 1542, in Linlithgow Palace, Miss Strickland carries it down as far as the June of 1563, and we doubt not that the same impartial tone as is here observable will be recognised in the subsequent chapters of the memoir, conducting us at last to the mournful Bth of February, 1587, when the beautiful and ill-fated " lady of the land" was beheaded to appease the rivalry of her ruthless and implacable antagonist. Although sympathizing, as her generous and most womanly heart could not fail to do in the misfortunes of the " Queen of Scots," Miss Strickland, it must be especially remarked, mentions the circumstance of Mary's persecution of the Gordons in the severest language of re prehension. This persecution of an illustrious house is me ntioned, indeed, by our authoress as the most indelible blot upon the records of the reign she has chosen to com memorate thus luminously. Alluding,in general terms, to the celebrity of her heroine, she has penned the following noble observations : " Mary Stuart is exclusively the Queen of Scots— Queen not only of the realm, but of the people; and with all her faults, real or imput ed, she remains to this day the peculiar object of nation al enthusiasm in Scot. land. Her memory haunts the desolate palaces, whor e every peasant is eager to recou nt traditionary lore con nected with her personal history. Not a castellated mansion of the sixteenth century but boasts some quaint-looking room, w hi c h is emphatically pointed out as Queen Mary's c hamber. Every old family possesses a painting , for which the distirction of an original portrait of Queen Mary is claimed. Tresses of every shade of golden, auburn, and chestnut, are preserved, and fondly exhibited as well-attested portions of her hair. Persons who de nounce the relic veneration of the Romish Church as idolatrous, enshrine a glove, a fan, a super a n nu at e d w atch, or any other trinket supposed to have b e lon ge d to Queen Mary, among their choicest treasures, to be handed down as heirlooms in their families. The variety of articles thus preserved and hallowed for h e r sake is almost incredible. Queen Mary's mirror s a n d cabi nets appear interminable ; and as to the antique chairs of carved oak and ebony with which their possessors have endowed her, they are numerous enough to supply seats for all her descendants, who, be it remembered, are to be found on almost every throne throughout Europe- The name of Stuart, it is true, exists no longer i n the regal line,—but the lineage of Mary Stuart, through the posterity of her grand-daughter, Elizabeth , Quee n of Bohemia, still reigns in G rea t B r itain, Pruss is, Den : mark, Hanover, and other Protestant S tates ; and through that of He n ri e tt a , Duchess of Orleans, the youngest daughter of Charles 1., in SPalot While of Mary's character, generally, the latest and most accurate of her biographers speaks thus by way of appropriate introduction : "If the favourable opinions of her own sex could be allowed to decide the question, then may we say that a verdict of not guilty has bee❑ pronounced by an over powering majority of female readers of all nations, irrespective of creed or party. Is, then, the moral standard erected by women for one another lower than that which is required of them by men? Are they less acute in their perceptions of right and wrong, or more disposed to tolerate frailties? The contrary has gene rally been asserted. Yet, with the notorious exceptions of Queen Elizabeth, Catherine de Medicis, and the Countess of Shrewsbury, Mary had no female enemies. No female witnesses from her household came forward to bear testimony against her, when it was out of her power to purchase secresy if they had bee❑ cognisant of her guilt. None of the ladies of her court, whether f the reformed religion or the old faith—not even Lady Bothwell herself—lifted up her voice to impute blame to her. Mary was attended by noble Scotch gentlewomen in the days of her royal splendour; they slave to her in adversity, through good report and evil report; they shared her prisons, they waited upon her o❑ the scaff.)ld, and forsook not her mangled remains till they had seen them consigned to a long denied tomb. Are such friendships usual among the wicked ? Is the companionship of virtuous wome❑ acceptable to the dissolute 2—or that of the dissolute to the virtuous 2 The description of Mary Stuart's marriage with the Dauphin of France, when the bride and bride groom were respectively about 15 years of age, is accompanied in the volume before us with an enter taining account of the young Princess's lovely appearance, of her gorgeous apparel, and of her sur prising combination of accomplishments. Although *ware, while so doing, that we are only dallying as it were with the trappings of history, we linger with pleasure—we confess it—over the minute enumera tion of the jewels and the robes worn on the bridal day by the dauphiness, according to Miss Strick land's picturesque and elaborate narrative. The mantle of "blueish grey cut velvet, richly embroidered with white silk and pearls," the " matchless jewel " ' suspended round the neck by a chain of precious stones, the diadem composed of the " finest gold," and fashioned by the most " exquisite workmanship," and covered with " diamonds, and pearls, and rubies, and emeralds," may appear matters of indifference to those who care little for the ornate particularities indulged in by the chronicler : but for all who regard with emotion the history of the noble, the beautiful, and the unfortunate, even these apparently frivolous rninutice will prove fraught, as for ourselves, with a peculiar and graceful fascination. We are grateful for the opportunity of perusing even these lesser memorials presented to the world by the untiring industry and eclectic taste of Agnes Strickland. Still more are we grateful to our distinguished authoress for the evident caution with which she has collated upon loftier topics the contradictory evidence adduced by preceding, and most of them prejudiced, anno tators. We await with eager expectation the next volume, in which Agnes Strickland will bring to a conclusion the most attractive of her many brilliant biographies. We look forward with intense curiosity to her account of the tragedy glooming most darkly over the career of Mary Stuart—her marriage with the handsome but besotted Darnley; her passionate affection for him; her disappointment at his profli gacy ; their gradual estrangement; Bothwell's appear ance on the scene at the close of his prolonged banish ment ;Mary's infatuation ; the murder of Darnley ; the abdication of his Royal widow, and her ultimate unioc with the assassin. We repose such implicit confi dence in the impartiality of Agnes Strickland, that we look to her next volume for the clearing up of whatever doubts still remain capable of being cleared up in reference to Mary's share in these foul and execrable proceedings. Her present volume justifies us to the full, we conceive, in these bold but unexag gerated anticipations; for the twelve chapters here given of the Life of Mary Stuart, are assuredly as honourable to the industry, as creditable to the judg ment, and as worthy of the reputation of Agnes Strickland, as they are eminently enthralling in themselves, or as they constitute the augury of a splendid addition to the treasures of our national lite rature. Popular History of British Zoophytes: By Rev. D. Landsborough, D.D. Reeve. We have repeatedly had occasion to notice Messrs. Reeve's very admirable illustrated volumes of natural history. A series of very interesting explanations, elucidated by most beautifully coloured engravings, have already brought before us in a most attractive manner many of the mysteries of the animal and vege table kingdoms. Of these was Moore's " History of British Ferns," Robert's " Woodlands," White's " History of the Mammalia," Reeve's " Concho logy," Gosse's " British Ornithology," and various other works on mineralogy, entymology,&,c.,&c.,includ ing some admirable sermons in stones in the famous analysis of a pebble, and some curious matters for consideration in Catlow's " Drops of Water." These excellent works have been recalled to our notice by the appearance of a new number of the same col lection, Dr. Landsborough's " History of British Zoophytes, or Corallines"—one of the most curious subjects which engage the attention of the naturalist ; those " animal-plants" which form the connecting link between animate and inanimate nature. Dr. Landsborough was the author of the book on "British Seaweeds," which recently appeared in the same series ; but the present volume has been to him more attractive, he tells us, because, according to the definition of Linnaeus, " Stones grow, vege tables grow and live ; animals grow, live, and feel," and the weeds were only of the class that grow and live, while the zoophytes are also endued with a sentient power—a fact to many quite incre dible, but which will perhaps render this volume more interesting, as it will undoubtedly, to such sceptics, enhance its value. It is unnecessary to observe that the coloured engravings, and the various minutia of ' the publication, are all excellent—such being the characteristic of the whole of the above series. Short Short-hand. By Laming Warren Tear. Lon don : Whittaker and Co. This little work displays considerable ingenuity on the part of the author, and as it contains much that is both new and useful, it may be fairly treated as a valuable addition to our stenograph ic authorities. It simplifies and improves the characters of Gurney's system, and renders the " line" theory far more intel ligible and less difficult of acquisition than it has hitherto appeared. It furthermore gives a series of lucid instructions by which—paradoxical as it may seem short-hand may be made shorter, Mr. Tears plan, however, is more complicated in its detail and more encumbered with rule than that of Harding or Taylor, and the learner who de termines to adopt it must be prepared to make a corresponding sacrifice of both time and patience. But, under any circumstances, there is very little intellectual difficulty in the study of Short-hand, it is merely a trial of patience and determination ; and this we can promise to the student, that directly he becomes thoroughly master of Mr. Tear's method, in theory as well as practice, he will be able to follow the quickest speaker with certainty, and afterwards to transcribe his " notes" with ease and rapidity. Neither Gurney's, nor the " line" system, is popular in the Reporters' Gellery; indeed, it is doubtful whether either is used there, but that fact ought not to detract from the merit of the present work which has been prepared with much care, and is evidently the result of long stud y and experience. Those, therefore, who wish to learn short-hand, and who can afford to bring to its study more assiduity and a greater sacrifice of time than the systems gene rally in use demand, would do well to make Mr. Tear's " Short Short land" their standard ; but at the same time that this advice is offered, it should be stated that, besides a thorough grammatical knowledge of the English language, the system i requires some slight insight nto,the principles of mu sical notation. Fortified with these auxiliaries, the student need have no apprehensions as to his future success ; and again we recommend him to turn his attention to this little book, which is neatly got up, being printed in very handsome type, upon fine paper, and illustrated with numerous plates, showing the various changes and situations of the characters. Bleak House. No. IX. By Charles Dickens. Although a rather inelegant phrase, and one more applicable to a ',cub than a story, we may observe somewhat expressively, that the eight precedinge 3 in stalments of Bleak House have been e üblished " licked into shape" by the number judsetrPstand the for November. We begin at last to L 1 f inndividuals connexion of of the various groups °,, e ~ide a s of the troduced; we comprehend at length the n conjecture how tale in their concatination." if ctii lly in society how personages of different gradesl t m eshes together the it is that there are entangled wllftle3 can other so many the same webwork of the aYttorney of Lincoln's-inn and Mr. Tulkinghorne, the I:, the spouse of the reverend crossing sweeper, and Lad PLedlock, the fine lady, Fields, and Mrs. Cha i d l amanufactory, together with and Nemo the lawproprietor of the . master, and and Snagsbv and Krook and Guppy the clerk, and good, the law.stationer, a G wr e i o t r e g r, e the fencit)ogg Esther Su o Proves, as we had terious hitherto has b gentle, womanly, loveablemm_rson. Much It been now ren deredpected, that Esther is the t hath c as ie b ar e i e y n comprehensible. nYB daughter of Lady suspected and of the unfortunate Nemo in his true character as Captain Hawdon. Lady Dedlock only discovers the existence of her child through the ill-requited love of " the young man o f t h e name of Guppy." Anxious to serve Esther, and in doing so to find access to h er affections, Mr. been latt er l y b usy i ng hi mse lf in Guppy,tracing appears out the identityhas of her father in the opium eater, and of her mother in the haughty lady of Sir "(Mt"' the cloliDEC chip* of the numb* before us (being chapter the twenty-ninth) recounts the in • terview between the lover and the mother of Esther I Summerson. There is a gush of pathetic and agonized feeling at the last, where the maternal ten derness breathes out in the cry of aoguish, " 0 my child, my child ! Not dead in the first hours of her life, as my cruel sister told me ; but sternly nurtured by her, after she had renounced me and my name ! 0 my child !0 my child !' And our heart melts at last towards the cold and proud Lady Dedlock—for we unexpectedly recognize the parental sensibility through that exquisite but repel ling, veil of haughtiness. Among our especial favour ites in " Bleak House," foremost amongst them is Mr. George, a fine, manly, noble-hearted fellow, whose very toilet becomes to us matter of interest, and whose kind ness to Phil Squod is conspicuous as an illustration of his generous temperament. Phil himself is a genuine original—dubious even as to his age. "I'm some thing. with a eight i n it," says Phi l. "I t can ' t be eighty. Nor yet eighteen. It's betwixt 'em some sfahtuhoetri,ugSmguallilewryee,da,tpteauydste,Allrb.yGthe how." That h orr ibl e o ld G uy F awkes of a'grand eorgpeincahe visit p in ud th y e . Neither grandfather S ma ll wee d , however, nor vet Mr. Tulkingh . orne, talking cu nn i ng l y as h e does, iv sr watchful behind the close•drawn curtain—can suc ceed in extracting any parti cu l ars f rom Mr. George in regard to his former officer, the ill-fated Captain Hawdoe. Delightful is the description of Chesney :Vold, where " the cousins" er a th e guests of Sir Leicester—and where Miss Volumni a i s t h ere with her rouge and her antiquated coquetries—and where Mr.Rouncewell, the ironmaster, •hocks the aristocratic convictions and predilections of the lord of all th e hi g h , mighty, and puissant house of the D edloeks. D e li g h t f u l too, yet more, is the description given elsewhere of Mr. George's friends, the Bagnets, with the three capital little children, called (after the places of their birth) respectively, Quebec, Malta, and Young Woolwich. Altogether the number is about the most eminently successful that has yet appeared—containing passages worthy in pathos, in humour, and in magical powers of delineation, of the incomparable and unapproach able author of David Copperfield. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCXLV. A very fair day's sport came off yesterday over the Aintree, commencing with the Hurdle Race, which, as I anticipated, was won, and easily too, by Mr. Saxon's Caurire. Nothing of any note started against him, with the exception of the Little Queen, who settled her chance by making a bolt of it. It was expected by many that Warwick and Sir Robert would not run ; had they done so it would have been an interesting race ; but, as I remarked in No. CCCXLIII. of these Notes, I could not for an instant entertain the notion, that, with other and much better flat races in perspective, their owners would run them for such a race. The Sefton Autumn Handicap was won, after a good race with three, by Little Fawn ; my particular fancy, Doubt, running second ; Warwick finished a good third. I fancy Doubt's defeat is owing principally to her being somewhat stale, while the winner came to the post look ing as fresh as could be. Warwick is a useful horse, and by his conceding 101 b to Doubt, and 131 b to the winner, and finishing forward in the race, must be watched for his future races, as he seems to be entered for pretty nearly every second and third rate stake. Truth found the distance rather too far for her. Black Doctor ran very stale. All the stuff had been taken out of Candlewick by her race at Epson. Sir Robert found the course too long for him; and Kiteflyer and Little Davie discovered the weight was too much; as did Woolwich and Retail. St. Michael and Fuze are bad ones, and finished where I expected they would do—in the ruck. Colsterdale's running I cannot make out; for, after winning the great race at the Summer Meeting at Liverpool very cleverly, he now, leniently treated by the handicapper, cuts a very bad figure. The winner of this race is in the Great Warwick Handicap at the same weight as he carried yesterday; but the penalty she will have to carry may, perchance, capsize her chance. The Tyro Handicap was won in very clever style by that in-and-out runner, Game Tommy; Lord Fauconberg finishing second, Pastry Cook third. The crack was soon out of the race, and the remaining six were beaten half way up the distance. A match between a couple of ponies brought the day's racing to a conclusion. To-morrow and Friday is devoted, among the North country members of the sporting world, to the celebra tion of Northallerton races. This year, for the first time, they are under the management of the new Clerk of the Course, Mr. John H. Pearl, the fruit of whose exertions will no doubt be seen and appreciated in the ensuing meeting. The entries for the smaller Stakes and Plates must be made this evening at the Black Bull Inn, Northallerton. There are only two Stakes that require any notice from me—the North Riding Handicap, run to-morrow, and the Northallerton Handicap, run on Friday. The former (twice round and a distance, the exact length of which I have been unable to ascertain, but which I fancy is rather over two miles) will, in all probability, be con tested by one each from Hesseltine's, Osborne's, Daw son's and Taylor's stables ; and perhaps by another or two. THE FARMER'S BOY probably being the destined winner, Little Davie or Conmore, whichever may start, occupying the second place. The Northallerton Handicap will not improbably be I carried off by THE CHILD OF THE MIST, who is let oose at sit 12!b. Dismay or Miss Singers will have :he next places, Rachetce being well up. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING. TUESDAY. The Champion (Tiarale Race) Handicap of 5 sous. each, and 50 added. Two miles, over six hurdles. 15 subs. Mr. Saxon's Caarire, 6 yrs, lOst 101b...(Elopwood) 1 Mr. Jackson's Labyrinth, 4 yrs, 9st 71b 2 Mr. Kimberley's Little Queen, 6 yrs, list 21b Mr. Grimer's Toe Sluggard, 3 yrs, Bst 41b 0 B.:tting-2 to 1 each agst Caurire and Labyrinth Won in a canter by four lengths. The Selling Stakes of 3 sous. each, and 25 added, for two-year-olds and upwards, winner to be sold for 100/., &c., One mile. 7 subs. Mr. G. White's Snowdrop, 3 yrs (301.), 7st 91b (J. Osborne) 1 Mr. Walker's True Girl, 4 yrs (201.), 9st 81b 2 Mr. Wilkins's May Blossom, 3 yrs (200, Bst 61b 3 Mr. Grimer's Jupiter, 4 yrs (201.), Bst 61b Mr. Heap's Mary Nobbler, aged (20/.), 9st 81b 0 Mr. Jackson's Aegean, 5 yrs, (201.), 9st 81b... 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Snowdrop, sto 2 agst True Girl, and 4 to 1 agst May Blossom. The Sefton Autumn Handicap of 10 sous. each, h ft, with 100 soya. added. The winner pays 20 soya. for expenses, t' - ie second receives 20 soya., and the third saves his stake. One mile and three-quarters. 33 subs. Mr. Barton's Little Fawn, 4 yrs, 6st 91b...(J. \reale) 1 Mr. Palmer's Doubt, 6 yrs, 6.. t 121 b 2 Mr. W. H. Scott's Warwick, 5 yrs, ist 81b 3 Mr. White's Colsterdale, 4 yrs, Est 121 b Mr. Barber's Woolwich, 6 yrs, Bst 41b Sir W. Booth's Retail, 6 yrs, Bst Olb Mr. Phillips's Truth, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b ...... Mr. Saxon's Black Doctor, 4 yrs, Tat 81b Mr. Copeland's Candlewick, 5 yrs, ist 61b Mr. Read's Sir Robert, 5 yrs, 7st 21b Betting-5 to 2 agst Doubt, 3to 1 agst Little Davie, 7 to 1 agst Little Faw n, 7 to 1 a g st Retail, and 10 to 1 agst Sir Robert. The Little Fawn held a strong lead throughout, and won easy by a length; Warwick a bad third. The Tyro Handicap of 5 sovs. each, and 40 added, for two-year-olds ; the second receives 10 sovs., and the third saves his stake. One mile. 15 subs. Mr. R. Walker's Game Tommy, Bst (G. Oates) 1 Mr. Walter's Lord Fauconberg, Bst 21b 2 Mr. Shepherdson's Pastrycook, 7st 121 b Mr. Kimberley's Snowdon Dunhill (Daughter of Toscar colt), Bst 4ls Mr. J. Shepherd's Augusta, Bst 41b Mr. Holmes's bc by Pompey, dam by Colwick, Bst 21b 0 Mr. Nolan'a b c by Mickey Free, dam by Rainbow, Bst 21b Mr. Murphy's Twig, 7st • 121 b Mr. Condron's Cognac, 7st 81b Mr. Cowell's Effie Deans ............................... Betting-7 to 4 agst Augusta, sto 1 each eget Snow don Dunhill and Twig and Effie Deans. FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. OFFICIAL NOTICE BY HE T COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE. CEREMONY OF DETRTILE REMAINS OF FIELD- 'L Miami" EOF WELLINGTON, G., kratlUß LYING IN STATE. REGULATIONS To be observed by all persons going to wit ness t h e Ceremony. Carriages are TAKING UP. to take up at the Exit Door in the Queuf i-rottd, with the horses heads towards the West, and go away along the Queen's-read, West. All persons are to come to the Hall along the Queen's road from tho east, or side towards London, and enter by the covered way in the Queen's -road. CARRIAGES SETTING DOWN. Carriages are to set down at the covered entrance in the Queen's-road, with the horses' heads towards the West, and draw off into Smith -street. The Carriages coming to the entrance will be formed in line along the Queen's-road to the Eastward, and Grosvenor-row. Carriages may also come along Sloane street and the Asylum-row ; these will be formed in order and admitted into the line on the Queen's-road at Franklin's-row. WAI PING. Carriages aro to wait in Smith-street, Green's -I'ow, and St. Leonard's-place, as directcd by the Police. No person can be allowed to re main near the Entrance or Exit Doors by which Obst ructions ma y be caused. Places for the Servants of Visitors to wait will he pointed out by the Police. On Friday the 12th, no one will be admitted but with a Card of Admission from the Lord Chamberlain. On Saturday the 13th, and Mon day, Tuesday, and Wednesday following, th e P u bli c will bo admitted fro m 9 to 4 o'clock each day, subject to such regulations of police as may be necessary to prevent danger or disorder from pressure of too great numbers. RICHARD MAyNE, C o mmissioner of Police of the Metropolis, Metropolitan Police-office, Nov. 9, 1852. B for but tee :" . c ici• -)003' 1$ CO. j t { ~ iy ~~.. 48% 787 i 41. 11% 2651 1931