The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-25 00:00:00

- • Y 7.t.1 A RKET A:ti D CONIMERCIA.T, INTELLIGENCE. , TWO OTT., 00 I .The LiverMol Cotton Market yesterday closed tamely and heavily, without any marked change in prices.. The sales were 6,000 bales (500 for ex port), comprising 4,000 Americans, 410 Peruam and '...vlaranham, 200 Igyptian, at 6d. to bid. ; 1,00 0 Surat, at 3d. to 41d. ; and Sea Islands, at 9d. to Is. 9d. per lb. In the Railway Share Mai ket a considerable improvement took place in the quotations, and the market closed firmly. 1! be Board of Trade has received a despatch from the Vice-Consul at Galatz, reporting the following in.:rease in the duty on grain exported from Wal lacthia. :—Wheat to be raised to 10 piastres per kil,ogrumme (Is. 4d. per quarter), Indian corn to 5 piastres, and barley to 3 piastres, or sd. per quarter. RA :cent accounts from Ceylon give the value of the i; nports during the last quarter at 2,597,3251., and - that of the exports at 2,245,2881. The native coffet) crop for 1855-6 was estimated at 180,000 cwt.. The amount of Plantation already shipped was 308,165 cwt., and would probably reach 15,' 900 cwt. more. 5 :he favourable movement in the English Funds yes terday had but little effect on the Paris Bourse, wl ale there was some fluctuation in prices. At the el( )se of the market the quotations of the 3 per mt. Rentes for time and money closed at 64f. 35c. T' he 4i remained without alteration on previous q notations. Shares of the Bank of France and C Iredit Foncier sufferei no variation ; while those the Credit Mobilier fell 2f. 50c. on previous prices. The business in the Railway Shares pre sented nothing of interest, and the fluctuations - were few and insignificant. In the Paris grain markets the fall on previous quotations was main tained, and the slowness of foreign arrivals gave activity to the home market. Flour remains at the nominal price of 103 francs. The factors had de clared to 3,396 sacks. Spanish flour nominal at 102 f. The latest accounts from Berlin state that the Prussian Government have concluded a new com- mercial treaty with the Mexican Government. This treaty supersedes that of 1831, and is said to be more beneficial to Prussia than its predecessor. It was ratified by the Mexican Government on the 10th July of the present year, and the Prussian Minister of Finance profits by the circumstance to renew negotiations with the States of the Zollve rein, that it may receive their sanction. During the fortnight ending yesterday the Honourable East India Company have drawn bills upon Madras and Bengal to the amount of 3,9751. We believe it may now be asserted that the Money Market is temporarily easier. We are not going beyond this term temporarily, because, like most other persons, the vicissitudes of the last few weeks warn us to be extremely guarded in an ticipations of the future. When the Bank of England itself is unable, with all its means of information, to tell what will happen from one week to another, it cannot be expected that ca pitalists and speculators would be less at fault. Taking matters as they are, however, there is less of that unwholesome rushing for discount accom modation, which half the time the applicants could postpone, and the rates for eligible paper at proper date are not above those of the Bank of England, and in some instances lower. It is still the long dated bills that are most subjected to scrutiny, and that have to pay relatively by far the highest rates. Consideicable purchases of money stock are re ported to have been again made on the Stock Exchange,, and the Hebrew party have bought largely. These operations have naturally given much utrength to the market. As we have before stated, there is generally a more con fident feeling, and the public are steadily investing. Consols for money have been 88i to 88f, and for account, after being 88i thei r were 88 buyers, and are now 88k I again. The Z 4 ew 3 per Cents. are 88 to 88k, and the Re duced 87k to Bank Stock is flat at 207. Ex cheq yer Bills are 33. discount to 2s. premium. A ccording to a despatch received by the Messrs. Ban ing from the Secretary of State for the Finan cial Department of New Granada, we learn that the Government of that country request these gen tlemen to inform the Committee of Spanish Au jerican Bondholders in London that the Peru- Ti All Bonds held by them are destined to be in due ti ma and season applied for the benefit of the foreign debt, a'd they request the committee to return the said bonds, in order that proper regula tions may be issued to carry the purpose intended into effect. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks : Grenada Deferred Bonds, 18 to 20 ; Mexican, 19i to 19i ; Peruvian, 71 to 73 ; ditto Three per Cents., 51 to 53; Portuguese Four per Cents., 43 to 45 ; Russian Five per Cents., 95 to 98 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 85 to 88 ; Spanish New Deferred, 191- to ; ditto Three per Cents., 37i to 38 ; ditto Certificates, 41 to 4i ; ditto Passive, 41 to 5. For Foreign Stocks there was generally a steady market. The Turkish 6 per Cents. have been as high as 97i to 971, but are at present 971- to 97g. The New Scrip is at 21 to 2i discount, being a rise of about per cent. Belgian 41 per Cents. are 94, and Spanish Deferred 191 to 193, which is about the previous value. Sardinian Bonds are flat at 831. Peruvian Four-and•a-Ralf per Cents. realised 714 to 72. Danish Fiie per Cents. are at 1001, and Brazilian Five per Cents. 994. Tim last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as follow :- 1855. . £28,775 61,021 15,736 16,275 29,245 23,702 11,833 26,013 20,736 Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton .. ..... Midland South-Eastern Caledonian Great Northern . Lancashire and Yorkshire North-Eastern 1854. £24,429 56,466 13,414 14,797 27,872 17,932 11,802 22,185 19,126 There is more activity in Railway Shares, and the prices tend upwards. Great Western, North- Western, North-Eastern, and Berwick and South- Eastern are all higher. The Foreign lines rule dull. Canada Shares are steady. For Mining and Banking Shares there is scarcely any inquiry. Canada Government Debentures are 1 per cent. higher. Royal Mail Steam have risen about 2/. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE o'ol,oo , (Prom the ONcial List. ) - - WI +lnes!, dons Bank Stock 207 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B7# f i 3 per Cent, Consols Amities BBl 8 t New 3 por Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 188 3 7-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10 th Oct., 1859 3 India Bonds, £lOOO .. .. .. Ditto, under £lOOO 3 p 2 d Consols ?or Account B St 8 iii E [chequer Bills, 21d. 2d, 21_0(10 .0.•..... .•..•• .000 Small • — 3 p 4 p Ditto 1859, ~ Excheqner Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent. 981 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO: R Brazilian Bonds 5 per Cent. Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent Ditto 5 par Cent lO Ol Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent Ditto for the Account . Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1811 Ditto 4 per Cant. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account B3B Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Turkii.h Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto for the Account 7 91 i i I Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent. Ditto for the account nivmgroa no the ab ove Paya bl e In London. Belgian Bonds, 2i per Cent. ex. 25 fr — Ditto 44 per Cent. Ex. 25fr 94 Consols KALI PAST TWO. F 8 i Ditto for Vie lee ouut BB 1 REDUCTION IN THE Paica OF BREAD.—Yesterday morning, in consequence of considerable dissatisfaction that has been evinced by the inhabitants of St. Luke's and Shoreditch, relative to the rise in the price of bread, several bakers in those districts reduced the price of the 41b loaf of bread of the second quality to 9d, and house hold or country bread (anwcigbed) to Bd. per loaf. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. !anoint: Prices yesterday. atILWATP. berceen....... I.2nbg. Nottrg. Bost tnd Eastn. Junct 3elfast & Ballymena dinning. Wnlverh Stour Valley e lhd. LanesL. Cheshire Junct di Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20..». lyth & Tyn, origitm , £25 (hod. at £45) Bristol and Exeter 7aledonian Cairn, and Ca , digan 'heater Holyheari. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, es Pas& Cornwall Do. A Do. B CA .IT J unction Duolin4BelfastJune Dun. P. & Jne, Do. ...... East Alglian Eastern Counties ~ Past. Union, A Btu Do., B. Stooo ,- Do., New A East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles ' Edin. Prth Dun Forth Sr Clyde Jr n.) Furness I Do. Extension.. (Glasgow&S Great N. of Scotlnd. Great Northern ..... Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre. ) Great Western Do. Stour Val. RC] Qua. Stk Irish South-Easters Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds I Lancash. andYnrk. 11)3., liVat. Riding Up. Liv.Craby.&Southpt ILondon & Black war ILond.Bright & %est: !Loud. and N. Wert , . 'Du. Fifths 1)0,10/. cih.,.lit& 8.,. CI Do. Biohths . London and S. Westu. Do., £5O. Do., £49 Lndnfirryei Col erain , Ludndr7. & Eunisk Manch.Snef. & Lincli Do. i Shares, No. I Do,, Man. & Lin. Un Metropolitan Midlanu Do. Birmng. &Dert , Midld. G. West. (Ire .! Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk . Sort]] %Counties tin North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 io., A Deferred „. Do.,- Gnaranteo , ; N. Eastern—Berwic Jo. do. Extension Dq.eto. O.N.E. ?wet, Do. Leeds Do. York North London ' , ,.&S.Wstrn.,Hami - stead, and City Jn \Tort Staffordshirv Vorth Western d. & S. Westrn. Jan( +Tnnoaton, Hincklny, and Leicester )x, Wore., & Wolv i'orts:aouth o:Sish Central clootti all Midland 3liropshire Union 3onth Devon -;oath Eastern South Wales Yrksh. da Riv. DAT, 4taines, Wok. &Wok tockton & Darli . Atc,lkton & Taff vale Do. Pref., No. 1.. rh9.mes tiay. DA IL lllverstone & Lanes STle of Neath Waterfa. & Kilkenny Waterforl&Limer;,:lK West Cornwall West End of London an 4 Crystal Palace.. Do. A Do: B West London. Wimbledn & Croydon FOR Antwerp& ttott,rdnxo, Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 Ardennes , ;eigian Eamtu. June. Reziers to Graissessat totabay, Baroda , Oentral Do. Demerara )etch Rhenish Eastern of France Do, New East Indian, g. 5 p. c Do. Estensioi , .. Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of CanadaA ie Do. St. Lawrence Si, Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben , con. into Stk. till '62 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Fran .;• • Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent Do. New 5 per cent , o. Extensions Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations....... Gt. Western of Canad Shares Do. New Do. Bds., payable's7, l with option till '55.. Do. do., '62, p. '56... Do. do., '76, p. '60... D. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toro ato iDo. 6 por cent. 'Lake 'demi,. & Bash, ,Lierre and Turnhout Lyons and Geneva Lyons di Mediterran \fadras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France. D0.20/.Shs. Do. 20!. 3 p. c Bch+ (fmy. B.& Ams. Shs. ) Norwegian'rrankPrer Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen... ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Do Rome and Frascati Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish ...... , Do. Obligations Sambre and Mauro Do. 5i p. cent. Pref &lode D 0... Southern of France.. St. Andrew's and Quebec (A). West Flanders Do 5 per c. Pref Western of France_ Do. Zealand. Zealand • JOINT-FY kustml 't4i _ Bank of London Bri. CO). Rk.&LD. C iritish N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China City ..... Colonial ........ : .... : Co mmercial . of Eng. Scot. & Ans. Cht Lon& Chart. Bk. of Australia.... Ditto New London and County Lnd. &E. Bnkg. Corp London Joint Stock Loud. & Westminster National Pro.of Eng. Do. New National of Irelaud. 0 r N c e io w enr p S t: o ri n: t h i Bo l a : r i a k l e . o . f Provincial of Ireland Do. New .............. . Royal Anstraln.Bkg. & 411 d TMD Royal British =outh Australia ..... , Union of Arstralia.. Do. Now ... 1:Inioo of Imadou ?hi 23 -`24 31 - 4 NO ...... 71 - 7 16 - 15 14 - 15 9- 8 • 85 - 87 581 - 581 - 12! 53 - 4i 5 - 6 '6i oi 67 68 49 51 9f oi 16 17 le• • •, 71 - 73 6i - 7 82 - F 3 67 - 69 19 - /21 99 - 101 501 51 50 • 55 65 - TO 5 - 6 5 •-• 6 p 75 o• ''''' • • 64 94 96 91 92 2 lidi I i id la 82 83 9i 84 8 • 7 iii -- i-' id 63; —63 i 35 • 37 'l4 7 ii - ii 25i -26 i 67i • 68 7id 114 124 44i 454 92 97 - 7A , - 23 - 25 100 105 72 74 41 43 124 57 58 30i 314 5 3d 2d par ... -. 33 - 35 ••• .. ''M 1 18 3 -- 18- 4 - ~ .... .•. ..• '''' :IGN. 78 - 7i 2i -_ 21(-1 4 - 2 (11 i - i id 35 —36 9 —lop 211 —22 i 1 ; 9i - 81 14i -15 t, 70 - 72 88 90 3 - 3A 5 51 par - 1p 4 - 4} 2 - 3 23 2!q la lip 99 101 112 116 113 116 103 105 22i - 23 110 - 115 5 - 6p. 19t - 191 p, 7 2 - 3 41 - 51 4 - 5 34 -34 i 11 -12 i - 8 6 44 -44 i 43 - 45 ..• --- ••• ... - pm 20 - 21 2 - 2i - 8 - 8 ••• .... ••• i "'. 1 P -•••. pm 3i -- 4 29 - 30 p 19 - 2G BANK& 83 • - 85 51 - 53 i d par . .d . n 3 - 6 15f -- 161 13}-19d 1 ', 1 -- d par 2p •01,1 •••• NO 34 ..1 - 36 40 -- 42 52 - 54 'Ho •"' 1.. 39 - 41 69 - 71 7i - Si 0 30 aArLyroirs, Redford and Bletchley Buckgharash. Clydesdale J; Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. B. Lin. g. 6 pc E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Olstr.4 Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lon.,Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middleihro' & Redcar. . Btasinoss dor s this day. lifidlii.Bradfd Newmarket Bury Exten N.& Est.s p. c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p Prest. k R y:e Do. a Shrs. A Roystn.k Hit. Shef.Roth.and Gooleg.s p. c. Shrews. &Her. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilt•A'onirst Leaslx Compan London k N. 7t - , L. &t. W. (IMedon... E. Un. GUrth 74. E. Ceuta. Caldominn., 10 St. 20 50 Do Gt. Wes ti Yk. New, & Berw. Y. &NM Do. Do.. Eastef, rPeto Sz Co. Norfolk.. Do L.& N. W & Midld Stekton & Darlingt. En. Conn. E. Count. D 0......... Do.. L. & N.W Do Gt Northo Laneash& York sh. T. Brassey MAlOlean Stockt. & Darline Do IC4tWestn. nc. yester lay . 93 - 98 95 - 100 ... l3sxd ••• ..... id is - 165 12i 7_ 13 rd 12 21 - 24 E 3 - id iP 56 58 ••• ...'. >.. iio : iii 84 - 3 - "..• ... - 31 - 86 Chia das,. RENGE SHARES. NEWMARKET RACES.—(This Day.) 110 -- 115 106 - 110 91 - 93 94 - 96 (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) £5O SUBSCRIPTION PLATE. Polestar Speed the Plough 15 - 16 Ceres : 4 54 I I) ! 12 -12 i Persia . • •• ""' Four ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOY S. 57 - 59 Yellow Jack Secret 'iii -- 114 LATEST BETTING. DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Yellow Jack (taken) 13 to 1 apt Ellington (taken) 35 to 1 agst Sugar Plum (taken) 40 to 1 agst Langton (taken) NURSERY STAKES. 106 - 108 99 101 pm x d worked at the satin back work, but were unfortunately now much distressed from the want of employment. The police said the mother was separated from her husband and was much addicted to drinking. His Lordship reprimanded the mother for training so young a child to dishonesty, and sentenced her to 10 days' imprisonment. Commiserating the position of the children, the two elder of whom were evidently indus trious girls, and had to work to supply their unnatural mother with money to spend in drink, his Lordship directed that they should be given 10s. with which to meet their present necessities. The children thanked his Lordship and retired. stolon field offered, either class. GLASGOW STASES.--Indulgence, Voivode, and Bucolic paid forfeit. 100 Sovs. HANDICAP SWESPSTAKES.—BenhaMe, Sneer colt, and Corcebus paid forfeit. •- r 9• p i 10 6 -- 6A 92 -- 94 80 -- 85 84 -- 86 9/ -- 101 16 -- 16 91 W. 10 68 -- 70 171 -- 181 8/ -- 9f 13 -- 14 11 -- ld 130 - 135 GUILDHALL. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.— William Holder, of 27, White friars-street, London, 42 years of age, was charged, be fore Alderman Finnis, with attempting to destroy him self. Police-constable 54 stated that he was on duty this morning in Shoe-lane, about 10 o'clock, when he saw the prisoner and his wife in an excited state, the latter endeavouring to take a phial bottle from her husband. Witness rendered her assistance, and conveyed the pri soner to the station-house, where another bottle was found on him. Both bottles contained laudanum, and the prisoner told him, if he took them away, he would adopt some other means " to do" for himself. Alderman Finnis remanded the prisoner, to enable the surgeon of the prison to examine the state of his health. EXTRAORDINARY CIRCIIIISTANCE.—JOILM JOhiLSOTh was charged with stealing a purse, containing Bs. 6d., from the person of Elizabeth Freeman, servant at the Bull Hotel, Holborn. Last night, about half-past 6 o'clock, the prosecutrix was standing looking into the shop of Messrs. Meekin, of Holborn-hill, when the prisoner stole her purse and ran off, pursued by several persons, and was apprehended by police-constable 232, in Hatton garden. When searched at the station-house, the purse was not found on him. This morning about seven o'clock, the police man went to Hatton-garden, and in front of a house he found the purse with the money in it, lying across the area grating, near the pathway. The purse was identi fied by the prosecutrix. Alderman Finnis summarily convicted the prisoner, and sentenced him to two months' imprisonment. The purse and money was given up to the promeautrix. FORGERY BY AN ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH CLERS.-31-or ris Nasle was charged with obtaining 11. 12s. 6d. from the Electric Telegraph Company, by means of a forged order. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was engaged in the office of the Telegraph Company, at Lothbury, and that it was his duty to make out orders for the repayment of surplus money deposited for the transmission of messages, which orders were signed by the assistant-secretary, and were payable on presentation at any of the company's stations. On Saturday last the assistant cashier received an anonymous letter, appoint ing a meeting with the writer at Tom's Coffee-house, Holborn. He went there, and found the prisoner. After some conversation the prisoner showed him two orders, one signed by the assistant secretary, the other bearing a forged signature of that officer, and aeked him if they were both presented, if he coald pay them, and offered him half for it. The assistant cashier said he would consider the matter, and on Monday morning gave in formation to the assistant secretary, and at his request made a second appointment with the prisoner, who then informed him he had presented the forged order at the London-bridge Station, which was for 11. 12s. 6d., and had it cashed. At the prisoner's lodgings a quantity of blank orders were found, many fictitious signatures of the under-secretary, and one with a genuine signature which had been obtained by the prisoner making out a fictitious return paper, and obtained the Assistant-Se cretary's signature to it. The signature of the order paid was a clever imitation of the Assistant-Secretary's writing. A clerk from London-bridge Station proved paying the order for 11. 12s. 6d. The prisoner was remanded till Saturday. pYtl PM THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EvENING, OCTOBER 25, 185 5. 4/ 2s 10 5 5 21) 10 20 5 18 16 20 40 100 100 100 20 20 PREFE ) kberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c. Rlyth andTyno lope c. prof. (issd. at 50/ , Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares 1 Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyheaf' Guar. 5. per cent._ L Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2. , Cork dr Bandonsip.e. Dun.Prth .61A her. J. Anglian Cls. Ash. Do. do.Cls.B6p.c. Do. do Cis. C 7p. c. Eastern Counties E tension, 5 p. c. No. I Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 r . C. St. Nast Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 nor cent. Do. 10/. Debentr.Sb. Do. do. 4 per cent. Bast Lancask. 6 p.et, 4.&W. York. J. sths Prth.&Dun.4p.c Furness Clas. & S.W. G. 5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prom... Do. 4 p. Do. 5 p. c. Scrip, Red at 5 p. c. pm... Gt.N. of Scot. lst Pre Gt. S. h W. (Ireland Do. 4 per c. Prif. st (t. %stn. (Barks Hants Ex. 5 p. o) Do. con. red. 4i p.c DI. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irrod. 4p.c. Do. Birm, Pref. Sh , Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S, Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gus. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do ...... •• • Lan. & York. F. £2 Do. 6 p. c, Lon. &Brigh• ( UP*" Do, Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. C. Do. do. 5 per cent Lon.&N. W., Coy. 6 Nuneat on 5 p. Lon.& S.W. 7 per ct. Lundy, & Color. Sh. Londy. & Ennis. SI,. ',fan., Sher., & Lin Now, £lO Do. £6 Ntarypt .&Carl.4p o Do. 4. per cent Do.. all 100 10 6 100 100 100 all 1100 1.00 100 100 1 1 - 00 1100 WO A.ll sll all 10,4, 100 100 id. Consol.6 p.c.F l t Do. Consol. Bristol Birm. 6 per cent. . 100 Do. 4i p. c. Pref. all 1)o. Pref. 4i per ce: all Do. 5/. Pn f. 4 p. C. 100 [Ditto L. & H. Pref. ,l'sTorfolk Debenture 00 , Do. Pref. 4p. c. 00 'Po. 5 p.c. Eat 00 IDo. s:li per ct.pref.„ 00 ID°. Way. Val. 5 I% c 00 ',North British . 00 N. E. Rerw, 4 p.c. P Do, do. do 3 Do Leeds6p.c 9 D. do. Quarters 4,- 0 Do.Yorkll,Bo. ,11 North Staffordshire,. k) Oxford, Worcester, Wolverh. Xl5, 6 p. , ,Do R. Pref. 101. Sb. 14 ',Scot. Cent. ,New Pr , 11 South Devon L 4 1)o. fixed, 4i per cer, 611 S. Eastern (ReadLp Ann.) of t:1 Os. g a r . Do.kr 4A per cent IDo. Fixed 4,3 p c .11 S. Wales Gun. 4p. al Do. ;10. 43 p. c..., 11 S. Yorksll.4p.c.Gua , . ll qtock.& Dar. ,5 p c. 5 Do. do. dc , all Stock. & liartl. g. r, c. till .Tuly 1, 4;Wnterfd. $l, Kilk c NIT NES. all .%gu% Fria ...... ‘ll Inglo Anstrin. Gold ‘ll , Anglo Californian 6 Instralian Lfl Instralian Coralller, Ave Maria [1 Baden (Gel. Duchy of, Li alronarvon Iron and Coal .4 British Iron •Irazil ianlmp. (issue.l pm.) .11 Do. Cocaes & Cuiab .5 Do, St. Johr. Del Rey Ilarondon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica Il (lobre Copper 1 rJolonial Gold ill *Jopper Min. of Ear, ill Do. Pref. 7. p. cent Le 1 ,4 'ortuna vll loneral ill Irt.NuggAVeinneg ill 'lroat, Polgontli al Gt Wheal Vor United ill liberty 11 Linares Lusitanian ill Mariquita ........ ill New Granada ill Nouveau Monde il3 Pontgibaad Silver Lead Min. & Smelt I Port Philip ill .quartz Rock ill lliyuiney Iron 11 Do. New .2i -mantiago de Cuba...„ 31 -4outh Australian Do. Scrip Do. 10 per cent Prof 9 Pin Croft iThitod Mexican ill Vallor .11 Nest Mariposa Worthing Mining 01 Australia Yuba.. ...... MISCELL Australian Agriealt. Ins'zaln. Royal Mal , Berlin Water Works - .lrit. American Lan Canada. Canada Gov. 6 p. Jan. and July crystal Pa1ace....... Do. Preference crystal Pal. of Franc , Duston Iron Ore... Eastern Steam.. En.SLA.us Cop Sm Co ::,lectrie Telegraph,,, Electric Teleg. of 1 ,- . Gen. Iron Sc Collier (len. Steant Navigat General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Suga• Aagdalena St. Navi,; Moditeran. Elec. Te;. 'deal can & S. America.. Nat. Pat. Steam Fuc N'etherlands Do. Do. ...... Do. BpePissatl d S. S. W. Coal & Inter Steam Navigat. Co New B. do N.S. Land V. B. Australasian... %Irth. of EuropeStaan Oriental Gas. Do. "New Shares" Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. Peninsular & Orients Do. New ..... . ....... -, ortland Iron C 0...„ Real Mail Steam „.. sco,. Austral. Invest. , Itto New ............. +h Austral. - L an ‘i Subms . Tel. Scrip... k i.egistereri ....... 2rust & L. Co.II. Can. Van DO)nou'li Land, ... ... ••• ..... ... 12i -- 13 - 20 - IS2 94 - 96 lf 1 4 - 97 - 99 89 - 91 3 - 3 I id 100 - 102 133 - 143 id pa 214 - 93 - 95 i*6 213 .•• - ••• - 1 8 ... i I - 1 5 - 7 4 3 / 4 - 5 3 / 4 2 -2/ 2/ - 3f 27 - 29 Ad ir. 65 61 . . 18 2u par -- 1p 13 —l5 2 2 1 dig par 7 7i i - 11 1 - 2 - i i - i 15 - 16 21 - 23 6 - 8 3 - 4 g - # i - i 3 - 4 - $ - R it - i FA)IIS. 26 - 27 7i 812csi 1..:O c6i 107 2 2' 4i— be, 1 - 17 - 18 8 - 10 - 6i ••• II •. 2 3 f dia— par • '''' i • i •••-•• ••• i ii ii - ii I" 11 - 1$ I I 4 i - i I - i 12 1$ SPORTING NOTES. THE NURSERY STAKES. When the weights for the Nursery Stakes were posted in the room this evening a tremendous rush was made to see them, and the general opinion was that that han dicap had been most impartially framed. At about lhalf-past eleven the acceptances were read, and a feeling of disappointment was created by the division into two classes —an arrangement which, although in accordance with the conditions, proved destructive to speculation. Hp to 12 o'clock not a bet was made on either class, but at last a Scotch earl took 25 to 1 that the two heavy weights won. His judgment in this instance I am in clined to deem sound, for Manganese with all her weight ought to be capable of defeating whatever oppo nents may be brought against her. Queen's Head, however., will doubtless stick to her. For the second class also I shall be inclined to adhere to the top weight by recording my partially for Mincepie. Byrsa and Diego are the next animals favourably handicapped. Subjoined are the acceptances : lot Class. at lb Manganese Queen's Head 8 2 Dramatist La Vieti me 7 8 Staffordshire Nan Tug o' War 7 2 Meliqsa 7 2 st lb Ear Drop 7 0 Blue Mantle 6 13 Lawn Maid of the Mill 6 12 Ghika Oyster Girl Tie Dresser .... 6 6 Pit-a-Pat All are here. 2d Class. et lb Mincepie Thames Ditton Sister to Rifleman Alice Wentworth Byrsa _ .. at lb Lady Florence 6 10 Curious Secret Pretty Boy Posthorse 6 6 Bobby Taft Latitude colt Diego Pembed vr 7 0 Goldhill All are here. A partial settlement of the Cambridgeshire accounts was effected this morning, and the business certainly seemed to make little satisfactory progress. Two cases of default were reported, but of course it would be un. just to refer fully to this matter until after the general settling day at the corner on Monday next. A FRESH MAN. Newmarket, Wednesday, 12.30 a.m. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Alderson.) Daniel Lordon was placed at the bar to plead to an indictment charging him with the wilful murder of his wife, Catherine Lordon. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Parry, who appeared for the prisoner, applied to the Court to postpone the trial to the next session, on the ground that the prisoner had not had sufficient time to prepare his defence. Mr. Bodkin, who was instructed for the prosecution, said he should not oppose the application. Mr. Baron Alderson accordingly directed the trial to stand over. Alfred Jarrett, a respectable looking young man, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of uttering forged Bank of England notes, was brought up for judgment. Mr. Robicion, the counsel for the prisoner, urged on his b€half that up to th. time of the transactions in ques tion the prisoner had borne a very good character, The learned counsel said the offence to which the pri soner had pleaded guilty was one of the most serious character that could be committed, and only a few years ago his life would have been forfeited, and he would un doubtedly have been executed, He felt under these cir cumstance sthat, as an example to others, he had only one duty to peiform in such a case, and that he was compelled to pass the full sentence of the law, which was that he be transported for life. NEW COURT. (Before 111 r. Baron Martin.) John Mahoney, 24, labourer, was indicted fir the manslaughter of Daniel 'Teary. Mr. Giffard prosecuted, and Mr. M'Enteer defended. It appeared that deceased and several Iri,h had been at a christening at Deptford. The prisoner was there, and about one in the morning a quarrel took place, pri soner being attacked. He upon this run into a room for protection, and opened the window to alarm the police. Deceased followed and broke open the dcorto get at him. Upon this prisoner took a portion of the broken door, and struck deceased in self defence, from the effects of which deceased died. The jury acquitted the prisoner. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) BANKRUPTCY COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE STRAHAN, PAUL, AND CO. THE CLAIM OF THE GLASGOW INSURANCE COMPANY.— At the last sitting in this case a claim was made by the Glasgow Insurance Company to prove against the estates of these bankrupts for the sum of 13,500/., balance of 20,0001. advanced by the company to Gandell, Brothers, of Paris, the bankrupt guaranteeing by a deed the re payment of the advance. The question raised was whether the bankrupts' estate was liable for the amount, Gandall, Brothers, hav ing made default and become bankrupt since the bank ruptcy of Strahan, Paul, and Co. A lengthened argu ment ensued on the application to prove, Mr. Linklater contending this was such a contingency as was contem. plated by the act—Mr. Lawrence, for ths assign ees , arguing contra, The point was reserved for consideration, and to-day his Honour gave judgment in favour of the claimants. IN RE HERMAN HIRSCHBERCI. This was a meeting for audit and examination. The bankrupt was described as of 31, Cheapside, merchant, importer of foreign fancy goods, and commission agent. The balance-sheet commenced Dec. 1853, and ended May, 1855, and showed :—Debtor to creditor, unse cured, 6,3521. 15s. 6d. ; secured, 598/. 138. 3d. ; liabi lities on bills receivable, most of which have since run out, 1,2721. 3s. 6d.; profits, 1,319/, 15s. ld. Creditor by good debts, 2451:94. 9d. ; doubtful do., 601. 14s. 6d.; property, 1,0101. 2s. 9d. ; consignments, 1681, 2s. 4d. ; property held by creditors fully secured, 7851 17s. id. ; liabilities, 1,272/. 3s. 6d. ; trade expenses, 1,5961. 18s. id. ; interest, 1001. ; law charges, 1331. 18s. 9d. ; d o . meistic expenses, 4421. 2s. 2d. ; losses, 2,971/. ls. Od. ; deficienc3„ 6801. The bankrupt passed without opposition. POLICE INTELLIGENCE--(This Day.) MANSION- ROUSE: A DISGRACEFUL CIIARACTRIL—AIiza Baldwin and her child, about 8 years of age, were placed at the bar charged with stealing a shirt, the property of Daniel Boardman, a sailor. The prisoners and the prosecutor reside in one of the narrow courts in Lower Thames-street, and last night the prosecutor missed one of his shirts, hung out to airy on a line reaching from his window to theirs. On mak ing inquiries, he received information which induced him to go in search of the child, whom he found in Cannon-street. He called a policeman to search her. He shook her, and the damp shirt that had been wrapped round her body under her clothes fell down. The little girl said her mother took it to sell to procure victuals with the money. Th e mother was afterwards apprehended in a public-home. The mother, in answer to the Lord Mayor, said she took the shirt to get some victuals for herself and three children, who had had only 11b. of bread between them to eat for the last two days. The prisoner's two other daughters, who were in court, and preeeLLO a you *ea Appearauco. said they THAMES. AN ASIAN° CEEW.—DEMAND FOR WAGES.—This morning a party of Lascars, 21 in number, and many of whom appeared to be suffering from cold, applied to Mr. Yardley under these circumstances :—They came from India, in the sloop Janet Mitchell, to Bristol, where they were discharged, and summoned the owner for their wages, which were actually ordered, but not paid. The owner brought them up to London, and shipped them on board the Earl of Eglintoun, now lying in the West India Dock. Mr. GPazier, an interpreter, said the Lascars had repeatedly applied at that court, and that , n one occasion Capt. Hutton, the master of the Earl of Eglintoun, attended, and his worship informed him that the men were entitled to their wages, and that they ought to be paid before the Earl of Eglintoun sailed. Captain Hutton then promised that the wages should be paid. The Lascars had been in this port for several weeks, their wages had bee❑ repeatedly promised, and the Earl of Egliutoun was getting ready for sea, and would sail in a day or two. The Lascars refused to do any more work until they received the wages due to them. Mr. Yardley Paid he was very much surprised that the La:cars had not received their wAges for the hfimewar, v ,, yage, and a,ked where the owner of the Jauet Mit chell was living. Glazier replied at Greenock, and that he was also the owner of the Earl of Eglintoun. Mr. Yardley said it was most disgraceful to withhold the wages. He was very much surprised they had not been paid. If the Lascars were not paid forthwith, they would have no security for payment when they got back to the East Indies, because the cnptain who brought them over in the Janet Mitchell was not the master of the Earl of Eglintoun. He directed Tapling, 234 K, an officer of the court, to wait on Captain Hutton immedi• ately, and make a formal demand of the wages. MARYLEBONE. DESPERATE VIOLENT ASSAULT —PatriCk Co)2)2C• and Patrick Fitzgerald were charged before Mr. Long with having assaulted policeman Cameron, D division, and a gentleman named Coppard, residing in Manor•place, Wal worth. The policeman stated that at about 4 o'clock the pre vious afternoon he was o❑ duty near the Royal Oak Tavern, Paddington, when he was informed that the prisoners were causing a disturbance there. He went to the house, and was no sooner within reach of the pri soner Conner when he was struck by him a violent blow upon his face and was knocked down. He gat up and laid hold of Conner, but he was immediately pulled away by Fitzgerald and some other men, companions of the prisoner. Conner then made his escape. Mr. Long—Did you feel the effects of the blow upon your face ? Policeman—Yes, sir. I was stunned , for a few moments. Evidence continued—He pursued Conner about 150 yards, and again seized hold of him. Conner became very violent, struck him, and bit both his hands. He (the policeman) was almost overpowered, upon which ho was compelled to call for assistance. A gentleman came up and offered his services. He laid hold of the rrisoner, and they all went along for about 50 yards. Fitzgerald came up and exclaimed, "Yon b—, you shall not take him." He then struck complainant, who asked him not to interfere. Instead of leaving them, he laid hold of the gentleman by his neckcloth and got him down on the pavement. Complainant, seeing that the gentleman was nearly strangled, took out his staff and struck Fitzgerald upon his head. By this time Mr. Horton, a tradesman living in Crawford•street, laid hold of Conner, when, with the assistance of other consta bles, the prisoners were eventually conveyed to the sta tion-house. Mr. Coppard, in support of the evidence of the police man, Paid that after he offered his assistance to the offi cer, Fitz.;erald gave him a blow with hie clenched fist under the left ear, and knocked him down. While on the ground he put his knee on his chest, and hit him several times in his face. (There were several scratches on the complainant's face.) The prisoner said that they were drunk, and that they did not know what they were doing. Fitzgerald. in addition, observed that when he rescued Conner from the constable's custody it was in order to take Conner home. Conner was sent for a month to the House of Correc tion fur the assault on the policemen, and was, in addi tion, fined 203,, or in default 14 days for the assault on Mr. Coppard. Fitzgerald was fined 404., or in default one month for the a-sault on the policeman, and 20e. or 14 days for the as-ault on Mr. Coppard. GREAT SCULLER'S MATCH. H. KELLY AND J. MACKINNEY FOR £lOO A n t took SIDE. place This very exciting eve yesterday afterno on over the old course from Putney to Mortlake. An im mense number were assembled on the banks t o witness the race. Kelly took the Surrey Side, and at about half past one, the men took their stations, Kelly being much fancied, and having a slight call over Afackinney in the betting. At the appointed signal they were off, rowing very evenly till off Searle's, when Mazkinney met with an accident which put an end to all further interest in the match ; his left scull caught the back-water, and un fortunately turned his boat over. Ens cutter being at hand immediately righted him, but by this time K e ll y had got ahead full three hundred yards, and took it very easy over the rest of the course. Mackinney, as soon as possible followed, and at the finish was full one hundr e d yards &Atom of Xoll7. /50i i i i 74ñ 5 95 6 5i 911 2,i 631 i i 67j 8 12 8 lii 45i 7i i 20 1; 12. ' 25 11 20 al St. 10( 10 ) 8, 10 1 1.0 el A. St. 110 10 a; 20 al 20 20 1 , 35 2i 213 i ad 25 I a' 1 al 50 a] 3011 2NI a, 1 l al 1 1 al 25 1' 10J 1; St. 10 131 - 108 7 8# 21 72 x d LIT ERA Ttl R.E. Passing Clouds : A Tale of Florence. A. Play. LAagnian, Brown, Green, and Longmaus. An exquisite dramatic love story, this " Tale of Florence" —the production of a refined taste and of achastened and fruitful ii..aginatiou. We have perused it more than once already, and have done so, moreover, at intervals sufficiently lengthened to enable the judgment to revert with freshened zest to the task of analytic examination. It is, therefore, we may remark, with the emphasis of deliberation that we commend thus warmly the anonymous play of " Passing Clouds a Tale of Florence." Whether the composition be fore us be a maiden performance or not, is a ques tion left altogether to our unguided conjectures. From the exhilarating freshness apparent through out, we should be tempted to surmise that the work under notice is the achievement of one entirely unhackneyed to the dusty pursuits of the real or ideal, the scholastic or histrionic coulisses. But that with this bloom of novelty and of youthful day-dreami ugs , it would be difficult not to recog nise the s kill e d ability visible in every scene of the five acts, from the earliest "entrance" to the latest exeunt ; or rather from the first suggestive page, giving us the list of the dramatis personce down to the final grouping of the principal characters, prior to the fall of the curtain upon that mystic line (the last line of every acted or 'muted drama), along which the heroes and heroines assemble side by side under the shadow either of an actual, or, it may be, of a purely imaginary proscenium. Never theless, after all, it matters little, if anything, whether the play, read or witnessed, examined by the homely flame of the argand burner, or by the gassy glare of the footlights, be the product of some timorous tyro or of some practised playwright. What we have really to do with is the drama and not the dramatist. Watching the progress of the piece as a reader placidly turning over the leavesiu au armchair, instead of excitedly following its inci dents through the palpable medium of a living and breathing representation —we are deprived of the time-honoured privilege of the playgoer, the right to summon any successful author to the front of his box, there to receive the spontaneous tribute of our cheers of felicitation. Reading a play in privacy it is always so, and that, of course, inevit ably: we close the drama, as the supposititious green baize descends upon the hypothetical stage, think ing more of it than of the dramatist. Whereas, upon the witnessing of any first night's performance it is, as we have indicated above, directly otherwise— the play itself, if triumphant, is no sooner com pleted than the spectator almost inStamtaueously loses all recollection of it in a not irrational and easily comprehensible curiosity to behold, with all his blushing honours thick upon him, altctor operis prcecipui, bowing in confused exultation to the plaudits of the gods and the groundlings. In lieu of those resoundingacclamations, the published dra matist, as contradistinguished from the acted drama tist, must solace himself perforce with the sedative tokens of victory percolating to him from the press in the honey-drops of praise vouchsafed at rarest intervals by the public reviews. Such words we are now happily enabled to pronounce conscien tiously upon the unknown writer of this charming " Tale of Florence," be the author he or she, young or old, veteran or stripling aspirant. The play is to our thinking, from first to last, emi nently beautiful. It appears without the affecta tion of either explanatory note or apologetic pre face—simply and modestly relying upon its own merits in the way of lucidity. The principal per sonages introduced scarcely number a dozen in all. The scene is restricted to Florence and its imme diate neighbourhood. The incidents are supposed to transpire somewhere between 1295 and 1300. Everything essential in reference to the accessaries of the story might be told in a few minutes, so clearly defined is the drift of it, so natural and se quential are the stages of its development. Sant Angelo, a Florentine patrician, and De Beaufort, a French nobleman, are the old men of the piece— the fathers of the two heroines—obdurate, of course, at the outset, but, as it chances, from the force ofper verse circumstances, rather than from any inherent cross-grainedness ! So that all turns out happily before the conclusion of the drama--though pre viously the entire plot has appeared to be entangled in the inextricable confusion of cross-purposes. Ra phael Sant Angelo, kinsman of the first-mentioned of that name, and in reality, though younger, head of their ancient ho use an d h e i r t o it s princely pos sessions, shines upon the scene from first to last, the good hero of the piece, selected by both sires as the chosen spouse for the one cherished daughter of each—Constance and Ilerminia. Gaston de Courcy, nephew of De Beaufort, is the other lover in the romance—the brilliant, brave, and chival- rous suitor for the hand of the fairest of all the fair ladies of that time in Florence. Raphael, regarded originally by his kinsman as his luture sun-in-law, becomes in the end the betrothed of Constance, the child of the Gaihc peer De Beaufort. Gaston, after being apparently doomed to &ail fur illegal entrance into Florence, is accepter - i ulti mately by Ilerminia's father as the husband elect of his beloved daughter. It is between the loves of Raphael and Constance, of Gaston and Ller rninia, that the interest of the drama may be said to oscillate. It were difficult to decide to - which of ;ho two love-tales should by right be accorded the preference. The walking gentleman of the piece appears in the person of the Chevalier de Vauliel, a - kinsman of - Do Boaufort. Tao dowager dame becomes visible in tho Countess Matilda, god- .uother of Constance. Tile villains of the dr:tuia Are discernible for a moment in a nameless cur- nudgeou of a Senator, in two or three vagabond robh — ers, and in sonic score or so of the Insurgent talkie of Florence. Otherwise the dramatis per- souse are for the most part little less than paragons. Yet, in spite of their so being, the sweetness of the dramatic narrative as a charming lone story, never once degenerates into the mawkish, it never pall, upon the taste as a romance over-sugared with moral excellences. Francis, Denis, and Sylvio are the servants flitting to and fro across the scene with messages for good or ill ; and beyond them, grouped together in the background, are discernible Sant Angelo's steward, the steward's wife, li.dies attend ant upon Herminia, men-at-arms, and citizens, who happen now and then in their civic brAwls to b - comb amateur men-at-arms themselves. Allotlier personage not yet mentioned is among the first and foremost throughout. This is Polydor, the good, simple-hearted, kindly, genial, learned, loveable Polydor, formerly tutor to Raphael—now the sage adviser at once of Gaston and Herminia, conveying love tokens hither and thither between the enamoured pair, ignorant of his being all the while a carrier dove in a scholar's garment, with a book under his arm and his head in the clouds. Many of the " Passing Clouds " of the story from which the play derives its graceful designation may be traced indeed, both in their origin and in their • ultimate dissipation, to the unconscious • hand of this delightful Polydor —a sort of Italian Dominic Sampson in his way, with all the Dominie's goodness and none of his grotesque ness. If there is one flaw in the piece it is that the intellectual verdure of Polydor is somewhat over coloured—reminding one of that classic version of one of the quaint old London signs : Viridis horns et tranquillus How amusingly the old man, in reply to Hermi- nia's inquiry as to whether Gaston finds anything to praise in Italy and the Italians, exclaims— " Ask what he praises not, Tho' ignorant of many vital thine, Most gross in grammar, destitute of verbs, He hath learned every adjective of praise To paint our names with." The rogue ! So well, indeed, that—here is one of the samples of his skill in translating into Hermi nia's northern tongue one of the barbarous Nor man lays, as honest Polydor calls them, of the Trouveres or the Troubadours : Whom cloth my lady love ! Is it he who evermore Near her stands at hall and door, Ready with unfaltering baud To obey her least command ! By all the pretty oaths that be, It is not by Ir. Whom doth my lady love ? Is it he who, when a c hild, Shared her sports and made them wild, And, a man, wild sports forswore, Tninking thus to please her more? 13y all the eager oaths that be, It, is n ot h e ! 111. Whom doth my lady love IA it he who standeth mute When she plays upon her lute, And whose soul, though far remote, Trembles in each melting note ! By all the whispered oaths that be, It is not he ! Whom doth my lady love ? Is it he whose name is heard Crowned with many a flattering word, First in field and first at home, Whither he cloth seldom come By all the knightly vows that be 'Tis he 'Tis he ! Excellent Master Polydor not only carries hiero glyphics like these between the lovers, unconscious himself of their hidden significance, but lo ! how wisely he acts in the presence of one of them, ac cording to the account furnished by the tender so liloquy of Gaston " Here are the lines traced by her very hand; For while her simple tutor turned his bead To fie° a rainbow, whose bright eroh I formed By miracle upon a c l ou dl ess sky, __ Did I exchange our books, and this is her's Ou ! sweet Herminia ! woribi thou had 4 been born ' In mine own France and of more liberal sire! For thine cloth ban her as th' accursed land ! Whence no good thing can come, and by his will his l‘fe were like the unsocial banyan tr‘e, Which, self enamoured, casts its young shoots down Year after year, close by the parent trunk, In the same soil, ever and evermore." In allusion to Sant Angelo's dream of the union between Raphael and Herminia, the dream of a union happily for four hearts never realised. The metaphor must be allowed to be one eminently graceful, novel, and felicitous. The dramatist, it ishould be observed, moreover, has a lively sense of the humorous, as we find pleasantly indicated by a number of gay touches hero and there throughout. Sometimes visible in surly comments, like that of the artisan who observes : " I am no brawler, though men call me so ; But I do love to call things by their names ; To call a knave a knave—a fool a fool, And so my life grows storms, three crops in the year." Sometimes in casual conceits such as that of Raphael, who says : ~------Why looking carelessly abroad Who would not swear this world of ours is flat ? Many do think so still, and that the sun Runs like a lacquey bowing round and round." Kindred to another fantastic thought articulated later on by Constance : "Trees are but out-door servants, liveried In varied green to bow as we do walk." Reminding us of the phrase put in the mouth of the young Prince in Planche's burlesque of the " Sleeping Beauty," when the trees of the magic grove separate to give ingress to the stranger-hunts man, his Highness advancing amongst them plumed hat in hand, with a graceful " By your leaves !" In regard to mere style there is one other charm in this drama of "Passing Clouds" not yet mentioned that it is in no way characterised by affec tation or grandiloquence. There are passion and sensibility —no ranting or drivelling. A servant is attacked by cut-throats in the fourth act, and thus quoth he : Murder me if thou wilt, yet thou shalt gain Nought but damnation. Not a groat have I In either pocket ; no, nor hidden coins Within my shoes or vest. A rod of steel Have I alone :—that I present to thee, Thou bloody knave. Take all I have (they fight). All's lost ! The blade bath snapped." Again. Constance has gradually growinc , up in her heart's core a mingled sense of love and respect for Raphael, yet, speaking of him to the Countess, her godmother, she simply remarks— " Edieve me still, this is no common man." While Herminia, in the anguish of her dread lest Raphael Sant Angelo may rea ll y i n earnest aspire to be her husband, says— " But gentle Raphael, if thou lov'st me well, Tell me at once thou lov'st me not too much." Towards the close of the fifth scene in the third act, when Raphael comes magnanimously to the aid of the imprisoned Gaston, the latter exclaims— " Oh, Raphael ! not a word of thanks Hast thou yet heard from me, who owe thee all ? From vessels, full to the brim, no drop will'flow : Empty they seem ; so much resembling show. Too little and too much !" With gratitude as with grief—a grief like that ex quisitely sung by Tennyson : " There twice a-day the Severn fills ; The salt sea-water passes by, And hushes half the babbling Wye, And makes a silence in the hills. The Wye is hush'd nor moved along, And hush'd my deepest grief of all, When fill'd with tears that cannot fall I brim with sorrow drowning song." Gracefully floating over the landscape of the scene —the beautiful groves and gardens of Tuscany— " Passing Clouds" chequer with alternate light and shade the courtly figure's of the drama— "ladies fair and gallants gay " until the last faint shadow is lost at the close in the sunshine of prevailing happiness. " Passing Clouds," howbeit, we accept rather as a love-story than as a drama—less as a play than as a simple, tender, charming Tale of Florence. THE GREAT GLOBE. Prior to the outbreak of the war this valuable exhibi tion was deservedly a place of fashionable resort. As an object of curiosity, unique and imposing in its way, it possessed considerable attractions. As a singularly efficient school of instruction in a necessary branch of knowledge its claims to support were greatly increased. To have the relative positions and magnitude of the con tinents, islands, oceans, and seas, with their subdivisions, tributaries, and peculiarities pointed out on a globe con structed on a scale so grand, and otherwise described in the most striking manner by popular lecturers, who aimed at being understood, was indeed a boon to be sought after, and none the less likely to be appreciated when acc)ropanied by the opportunity of witnessing models of various relics of antiquity and articles of ve r tu gratifying to an enlightened curiosity. But when subsequent to the outbreak of hostilities a large and accurate model of Sebastopol and its approaches, that mighty fortress within acid before whose bastions the ehoice,t troops of four nations combated for victory, a victory in which the interests of liberty and civilisation were involved, and for which the British soldier struggled so gl iriourdy, it can excite no wonder that Le Great Globe acquired a celebrity which almost elevated it to the position of a national institu tion, and drew within its wal.s crowds of the most int.lli eent of all classes. Crowds, in which were ti be found returned warner , from the Crimea, weesse repeated at tendance, and crilicat approval, of course, attested t, e merit of the exhibition, and, in more than a personal -arise, added to its attractions. Not content, however, with pecuniary success, and the loudly expressed ap proval of his patrons, the enterprising and public spirited proprietor has gone on aiding to the attractions of the exhibition. Now in the shape of implements of warfare, wearing apparel, and articles of utility and curiosity captured from the Russians ; anon, of a gallery of por traits of military men and potentates connected with the war. Now, of a fine model of Sweaborg and Hal singfors ; anon, of Cronstadt on a scale of extraordinary magnitude. Now, of additions to the model of Sebas topol, step by step as the siege advanced, and the slow •-ap pierced its zigzi-ig way towards the devoted city ; anon, of a Russian infernal machine fished up and robbed of its diablerie by British daring; and not un mindful of the arts of peace, of a splendid cabinet of Irish bog-deal, enclosing a score or more of models in Irish bog oak, of remarkable curiosities, illustrative of Irish history. And last of all, previous to our visit, of a model of the Redan and the Malakhoff, with their approaches on a sceie sufficiently large to enable the visitor, with the aid of the larger model, to appreciate the difficulties en countered by the allied troops, and more especially our own, at the glorious consummation of the siege. The reader by this time may be disposed to cry "Hold enough." He has not yet, however, acquired a rough notion even of the attractions Mr. Wyld bolds forth. A number of well-informed and studiously plain spoken lecturers are in attendance, and alternately enter on an intelligible exposition of the respective models, and the events which lend them interest, so that it will be his or her own fault if the visitor does not take away . ts pretty accurate notion of the localiti e s are being, or are likely to be,wage d —i of the damn h st; l And encoun tered and to be encountered by hot services r _ _ pro wi t t h h is b a le r v n a u for every one to endurance of our troops, and of t h h e difficulties etpy ao l ri all that collateral aaetterrael informationse cuti nof the with w s a y ; a , hvi t oi o nh g g e it th sias er iddeeir i s t o compliment the proprietor on be acquainted. more. tangible the shape of an abundant pecuniary return, harvest, in I , which he has had the courage t o mhiasiennstleorrpruisset,oadnod leave him to reap for the outlay o enter. THE HUME MONUMENT. The following interesting zommunication was made to the members of the "Hume Monument Committee," previous to their interview with Sir B. Hall on Tues. day Great Stanhope-street, Oct. 22. Gentlemen ,—I enclose a copy of a letter which I hive received from L,,rd Fortescue, in relation to the subject upon which you formed a deputation to me. I beg you will lay that communication before your committee, and I shall be happy to hear from you or to see you again in re ference to the proposed memorial to the late Mr. Hume.— I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your most obedient servant, B. HALL. Mr. Davenport, Mr. Cross, Mr. Wall. (Copy.) Grosvenor-square, Oct. 20. Dear Sir Benjamin,—When you kindly informed me of the result of your interview with the deputation from the Working Men's Association respecting the erection of a monument to Mr. Hume, you may recollect my mentioning as the motive for my inquiry that I had been lately in communication with some of my friend' on eel nam sub ject. I have now the pleasure to tell you that the encosed has been signed by shove twenty peers, who, like myself, sat and voted with Mr. Hume in the House of Commons, and it is, I think, likely to receive, some more signature* before the assembling of Parliament. It may be well that you should snake this known t o th e but in the hope that they dear Sir Association, not with the view of interfering in a ny wa ., with their proceedings , m a y be disposed to give their aid to the general subscription which a ill of course be propos hart he meeting.--/ ant, Benjamin, yours very faflly, FORTESCUS. Right Hon. Sir B. Hall, Bart. (Copy.) We, the undersigned, h av i ng sa t i n the House of Corn. m ne w ith the late Mr. Hume, and feeli ng , i n common , as we ° beli eve , with many of our c oun t rymen, t h at t h e grati tude of the public for his long services in that house ought to b. manifested by the erecti on o f some monnmen t t o ki s mem ory, beg to invite those who agree with as in that feeling to attend a meeting at on the first Saturday after the assembling of Parliament, to consider the best means of carrying the above object into effeet. EXTKAORDINIRILY QUICK PABBAGE.—The clipper "hip Eastern City, of Glasgow, made the run from Lo uden 1° Calcutta i n 76 days, being computed the quickest /wog* on record.—Nora Britia Daily Mel. r ace 3et na- .lso ►e. 7d MI, ,avy 2d 8d; :;s4/. do., Dad. do., oad. W.; ited B on ing, rew. ock. oot, ived ulo, any, wm- nds. Bey; iyd. nck• I of t zig. son's sa. 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