The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-19 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed heavily, and prices of all kinds were the same as last week. The salei were 5,000 bales (1,000 for export), comprising, in addition to American, 120 Pernam and Maranham at sid. to 6/d. ; 300 Egyptian at 6d.. to 9d. ; 1,200 Surat at 34d. to ; and 400 Sea Islands at Oa. to is. ld. per lb. The Railway Share Market was subjected to various and considerable fluctuations during the day, clos ing heavily. _ For colonial produce in the early part of the week there was rather an improved inquiry, and most of the principal staples were at steady rates, but since then sales have to some extent been depressed, which, together with the stringency in the Money Market, caused a lower range of prices to have been accepted. Sugar, however is an exception, full rates to Gd. advance having been realised. Native Ceyloa coffee, as well as plantation, is Gd. per cwt. cheaper. In rice there have been very few trans actions, as holders have asked firm quotations. Tea has ruled heavy, and common congou has been sold at 81d. per lb. full prompt. Saltpetre has been a shade lower. Ruin is steady, and cocoa has not varied materially. Most kinds of spices have been disposed of at slight reductions. Tallow has been firm at 635. per cwt. for P.Y.C. on the spot. At the public sales of indigo low qualities have been rather dearer, but medium sorts have scarcely been so firm. The public sales of colonial wool commenced yesterday, and there was rather a limited attendance of buyers. The prices went ld. to lid. per lb. lower than during the last series. About 57,706 bales will be offered.' The West India advices represent the markets as being in rather a more favourable condition. As regards the revenue for the last quarter it was ex pected that it would show a material falling off, and that at the end of the year an important defi ciency would have to be supplied. From Trinidad the accounts relative to the sugar crops are rather unsatisfactory, but of cocoa a larger quantity has been shipped than in previous years. In Dominica the canes bad suffered from the heavy rains, while in St. Lucia they had sus tained injuiry from the drought that had prevailed. A heavy cloud hung over the operations on the Paris Bourse yesterday, until it was known that the Banks of England and France had decided upon raising their rates of interest, when the 4i per Cent. Rentes suffered a fall of 50 centimes, and the Three per Cents. for the account declined 90c., those for money being quoted at 64f. 15c., being 70 centimes less than the opening prices. Prices of wheat remained somewhat stationary, notwith standing the appearance of many purchasers. A supply of 214 sacks averaged 109 f. sc. per 157 kilogrammes. The Bourse at Vienna on the 17th inst. was agitated by the announcement that a new issue of shares, to the number of 60,000, by the Bank of Vienna, would shortly take place, and that pay ment would be taken for them in bank notes. By our latest intelligence from Turkey we learn that the Ottoman Government have resolved upon formi ng a first line of railway in the empire be tween Constantinople and Belgrade. _ The decision of the directors of the Bank of Eng land yesterday, in raising the rate of discount to 6 per Cent, for bills not having more than 60 days' to run, and fixing 7 per Cent. for bills above 60 and not exceeding 95 days' to run, is necessarily a subject of most anxious debate in the City. Al though opinion is to some slight extent divided as to the ultimate prudence . of the measure, it is gene rally, admitted that the exceptional causes which made so bold a step necessary, are sufficiently urgent to justify them in tightening the screw. The fact of the Governor and Deputy- Governor having had two interviews with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, this week, sufficiently testifies to the urgent necessity of some more restrictive measure on the demand for notes and gold, or else some expansion of the powers of the Bank to supply the demand. The Government, it is understood, having refused these applications, they had no other resource but to put up the rate, and it appears not unlikely that a further advance may still be necessary. The Directors of the Bank of France have had, at length, to act in opposition to the wishes of the Government. The drain upon it for gold and notes has, like that here on the Bank of England, been very active, and requires prompt and ener getic action on their part to check and keep it under sufficient coutroul. They yesterday had, simultaneously with the movement on this side the Channel, to raise the rate of discount on commer cial bills to 6 per cent. ; whilst, to still more effec tually arrest the speculative feeling on the Bourse, they likewise gave notice that the advances on stocks, &c., will be limited to 30 per cent. of their value. The latter term will place a material barrier to un healthy stock speculations. Should their present measures not suffice to stop the drain upon bill resources, it is understood that the next step will be to suspend specie payments. Such a measure would, it is almost needless to say, drive gold from France into England, and mate rially help the Bank of England. The necessity for such a step, however, bespeaks the severity of the drain which has been going on for some time. A firmer market exists to-day for English stocks, and 4 of yesterday's decline has been recovered. This upward movement is occasioned by the pur chases for investment, the present low price offer ing a temptation. At the commencement of busi ness Consuls were 87k to 87g ; they then improved to 871 and 87g- for money and account ; they are now down to 87 to for both, owing to the rise in the corn market. Exchequer Bills have receded to 108. and 15s. discount. Bank Stock remains at 207 to 209. • The New 3 per Cents. are at 87k to 871, and the Reduced at 861 to 862. The only feature in the Foreign market is the weakness of the Turkish Bonds. The 6 per Cents., after being 79 to 791, have been down to 78- and 781. New Scrip is at 34 to 31 discount. Dutch 4 per Cents. are 931. Spanish 3 per Cents. are firm at 37g, and the Deferred at 191. Mexican Stock is flatter, being 19.3. Equador Bonds rule at 41, Chilian 6 per Cents. at 100, and Grenada Active at 181. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks: Grenada Deferred Bonds, 18 to 20 ; Mexican, nit 191 ; Peruvian, 71 to 73 ; ditto Three per Cents., 51 to 53; Portuguese Four per Cents., 43 to 4; Russian Five per Cents., 95 to 98 ; . ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 85 to 88 ; Spanish New Deferred, 371 to 38i ; ditto Three per Cents., 19i tog ; ditto Certificates, 4to 41-; ditto Passive, 4i to 5. In the Railway Share Market to-day the trans actions are circumscribed, and although prices are generally without important variation, there were one or two instances of weakness. Great Western are about 1 per cent. lower. Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-Western, and Midland are like wise at reduced values, but South-Eastern are rather firmer. The French lines are weak, and the Paris and Lyons are U. cheaper. United Mexican Mining Shares and Australasia Bank are rather depressed. Canada Land Shares have dropped 4/. to 51. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0'Ci,c,.1.. t Prom the Oticial List. ) BnAness don. Bank Stock • • 0000000000000000000000000 209 7 3 por tent. Reduced Annuities........ 0000000 86$ i i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities ............... 87$ t t i i 7 N9W 3 per Cent. Annuities ..... „ ............ 87 4 Ling Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 ... 3 7-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860. 3 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1885 16 5.16 346 ndia Bonds, ..ClOOO ........., .. . .............. par Ditto, under 21000 par Consols ler Account - Etchequer Bills, t)ed. I 2d. 21000 .. lO 5 5lO 2500 10 3 I 10 4mall E:chequer Boucle 1858,. 3i per Cent.... 98i 4 Ditto 1859, ~ ... 98 i PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO; K Brazilian Bonds 5 per Cent. . — Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent 9l Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cont. ......... Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1i per Cent. liesica,, 3 per Cent. Ditto for the account Spnn st , Bouds, 3 per Cent 37i Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto for the account — Turktt.ti Bonds, ti per cent 79 i Ditto for the account Ditto New 'trip, 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 3.4 $ i d Dividends on the s h ove payable in LOtu)D. Datoh Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Gull Ditw 4 pox Cenx. Certitiat 4o •• •••,...„ 93i 10 10 4i SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. yesterday. 23 - 3i - 4i .... "". .. 7i - 7i 16 - 15 14 - 15 9 - 8 87 - 89 5q 59 11- 12 , . .." ... 5A - 4A 6 - 6. - ,1 7 - 68 49 - 51 9i - 9i 16 - 17 71 - 73 GA - 7 83i - P 4 67 - 69 119 - 1:1 99 - 101 51 51i 65 - 70 - 6 5 - 6 p 75 - 75} BA 95 -. 97 92 —92 A 2t lid 1 is 82 P 3 9i 81 8- 7 • 221 4 id 63i —64 i 37 39 • 12 - 14 1i - 2 46 - i.B 25i -26 A • •• '''''' • 68 - 69 8 7id 4 4fd —12 f 45 46 92 97 7i - 7 51 - 5i 23 - 25 100 105 73 75 41 43 3I 12i 56 57* 301 311 5 3d 2d part RAILWAIfi„ teen. Ambg. Nottrg. Bor and Eastn. Junct.. Belfast & Ballrnen. Wolve rb Stour Valley dirk e lhd. Lance),. d Cheshire .o. Chola. & Birk Z5O and £25 Cnn Do., £2O &Tyntoriginr £25 (issd. at £4 'crir,tol and Exeter.. laledonian. ....... Cann. and CaTdigal hester & Holyhea , Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pas , Cornwall Do. A Do. B Ciieff Junction Duolin&Belfa.stJunc Dun. P. & Ah r. Joe. Do. N••v East Ai,glian Eastern Counties.. 'Cast. Union, A Std De., B. 5t0ve....... . Do., New A East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgov Edinb. and Peebles.. Edin. Prth & Dun , le Forth & Clyde Joni Furness . Do. Extension Glasgow &S. W.st , - Great N. of Scotlnd. Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre , Great Western Do. Stour Val, Rail Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. andYorksl • Do. Wet. Ridingtin. Liv:Criny.&Southpt London & Blackwal , Loud. Bright & S.Cei Loud. and N. Westn. IDo. Fifths I Do.lol. Sh. , Mit 13_ .0 'Do. Eighths London andS. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrrr. & Ennisk Nanch.Shef.&Linch. Do. I Shares, No. I . e Lin. Un Metropolitan ...... Midland Do. Binning. &Derb Ntifild. G. West. (lii. `, 00. Half Shares Newcastle& Carlisle Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrf \Jewry & Enniskill9n *Jewry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk . Northn.Connties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 l)o., A A Deferred Do., B Guarantee , l N. Eastern—Berwiel Do. do. Extension Dodo. G.N. E. ?uroh Do. Leeds Do. York North London N &S. Wstru. , Ham , - stead, and City Jo.. North Staffordshirp.. North Western N. & S. Wostrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley,' and Leicester.. Ox, Wore., & Wolv I'ortsriouth S. o ,ash Central.... Scottish Midland Bhropshire Union Routh Devon Song) Eastern Routh Wales 5. Yrksh. dz Riv. Dun Do Staines, Wok. &Wok Stockton & Darlin • • - •lt,c , :kton & Hartlepl Paff Vale Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Hay. P.& R Plyerstone & Lanes Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limer•ek West Cornwall. West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London. Wimbledn&Croydon kntwerperßott •rdani Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '641 Ardennes ,0.. g tan Eaitn. June eziers to GraißEP,Stiflo Bombay,l3aroda, an 4 , 1 central Indla,Scri - : 1 Do. Demerara Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New Fast Indian, g. 5 p e DO. EY ! - ,ensiol: no. do. (:0.,'59, do.. Gd. TY:of CanadaA.im Do. St. Lawrence k. Atlantic do. ....... Do. Cert. of Doben., con. into Stk. till '6,1 7"o. Comp. 6p. c., do. Gt. Cei.tral of F ran (4t. Indian Penininiq guar. 5 per cent.... Do. New 5 per cent 7' , 0. Extensions. Great Luxembour Constituted Share: Do. Obligations.... Gt. Western of Cansd gharPs Do. New DO. gds., payable's7, with option till '55.. Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Dr,. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. TAW Conet. & Basle Lierre and Turnhout Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran A%dra.s Do. New Karla Antonia Do. do. New ... .. . Namur & Liege ( .vith interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France D 0.201. She. Do. 201. 3 p. o Bdr (fmy.B. & Ams. She ) NorwegianTrunkPre 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 Meuse_ Do. 5 p. cent. Pref. Scindo De.. Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) , West Flanders Do 5 per c. Pref. I.Veetern of France. Do &Aland JOINT-S' A.nstralq.sit , ... Bank of London tin. Col. fsk.&Ln. C. British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Clutd. Br.. of India, Australia, & China City Colonial Commercial of Loud Eng. Root & Ans. Cht Loud. Chart. Bk. of. Australis........__ Ditto New. ***** ***** London and ConnZ *** Lod. & E. Bnkg. Corp. L o ndon Jotat Stock:. Lond. & Westminster National Pro.of Eng. Do. New National of Ireland.. New South Oriental Bank of Corporation .......... Provincial of Ireland Do. New ............... Royal Australn•Bkg. & (411 A Tmp C 0.... Royal Australia union of Australia—. Do. New Vision London 33 - 35 ... - 18i 191 3- 4 18 - 20 5-- 7 4 2d 2 3 par ip 81i 68 7 1191 504 1 504 5 pm IGN. 71 -7; 2i -24 d 4 2 d I - ; 1 - Id 25 9 —lO p 21i —22 k 1 1 9i Si 14i 156 70 -- 72 89 - 91 3 - 3i 54 54 par iP 4k - 4i 2i - 3 23 - 234' - 10 99 - 101 112 - 116 113 - 116 103 105 22i 23 110 - 11$ '' --- 6: 19. -- 20 7 2 - 3 5 - 5i 4i - 5 33/ -34 k 12 - 14 Ai 44t -; 444 ii - ii ... 20 - 21 2 - 2i - 31 8 - 84 ••• b --- ••• --lp ••• ••• .." pm 3 3 / 4 4 i 30 - 31 p in -19 i BANKS. 84 - 86 50 - 52 id—par i idio 52 - - 54 16 —16 i 19 —19 iii d 1 38 -- 40 par 2p ••• """ ... DOI .... ..„. ••• --- ... 34 -- 36 40 - 42 52 - 54 ••• """ ••• ••• 0 41 69 - 7 0 7i - 8b nsir ass don. , this day. all sg. all all THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENENG, OCTOBER 19, 1855. LINES L It&SED T FIXED REN r A LF. Compare , Cloning nue, yester ay. BAILwAu: Bedford And Bletohley Ruckghamsh. Clydesdal e Je. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lin. r.!. 6 pc. E. lira. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & r Neils. Direct ' Do. Now...—. alstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. d Shares. Lon.& Greenw Do. Preferon?e Lon., Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. %tn. 1; and Matlock OLieldlesbro' & Red ear . Midld.Bradfd Newmarket Bury Eaten N.& Est.s p. c Do. 6 rer et Do. Fixecls p Prost. & Vti y:e Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef.Roth.and Gooleg. 5 p.c. Shrews. &Her. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&gomrst 93 - 96 25 - RIO 1131 - 135 2*6 -- ii 102 - 104 12i -- 13 1 sd . . 11 . 5 -- 120 21 - 2i 90 172 id ip 66 58 130 - 134 • a• ..... .•• 8 - 8i 2i - 2itt 314 85 - QO SHARES. 112 - 115 108 - 112 91 - 93 ... - ... 95 - 97 15 - 16 4 - ii - ' 12 -12 i • e• "'"'" ''''' 57 - 59 ai - 113 107 - 109 90 101 par JP 9A - 10 6 -- 84 94 -- 96 80 -- 85 64 -- 86 9i -- 101 16 -16 h 10 - 106 68 -- 70 176 -18 i 8i L- 94 13 -- 14 I d 134 - 1 36 ... ''' ... 1.12 i 100 I London tz N. Wo•t. L.&N.W. Caledon... E. Un. Gt.N . rtnn. E. Count. Caldonian. iDo . Gt. Wean Yk. New. & Bcrw. Y. &NM Do S. Eastern Do Peto & Co 'Norfolk Do L.& N. W . & Midi& Stokton & Darlingt. Midland.. En. Coun. E. Count. Do Do , L. &N.W Do Gt Northu Lancash& Yorksb. T. Brassey M.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt I GtW( PREFELtEN I Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c. Blyth and Tyne 1 0 p c. pref. (issd. at 50/: Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. St . Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & liolyheae Guar. 5i per cent.. Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork dzßandonsip.c Dun.Prth dr Aber. J Z. Anglian Cle. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c Do, do Cls. C 7p. c Eastern Counties Ea tension, 5 p. c. No. 'Do. No. 2 all all all all Do. New 6 p. c. St East Um., G. 6 p. c no. 51., 10 ner cent . Do. 101. Delientr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cont L'ast Lancash. 6 p. et Yorlc. J. sthF id Prth.&Dun.4px Furne4s c.l.as. 5.W.G. 5 p. c. treat Northn. 5 p. c Do, 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. pram . Do. 41 p. c ,Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red. it 5 p. c. it.N. of Scot. - Ist Pre Qt. S. lz W. (Ireland; Do. 4 per c. Prof. Gt. Weqtn. Clerks k ffauts Ex. 5 p. e)... Do. eon. red. 4 pc. D , ). con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4p.e. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh... Do. Chester S p. c.P.S. Do. do. 5 p. C. d 0... Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Sh.. Do. do. do Do. do. do ran. & York. P. £V Do. 6 p. e. SOck Lon. & Brigh. G. 5 p. e. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. no. New Guar.6 p. C. Do. do. 5 per cent bon. &N. W., Coy. 47 Nuneat on 5 p. et.. Lon.& S.W. 7 per e t. Londy. & Coler. Sh. Londy. &Ennis. 4 S Han., Shef., & Lin. New, £lO Do. £6 Nfarypt .&Carl.4 p Do. 4i per cent Aid. Con sol .6 p.c.St Do. Consol. Bristol F. Birm. 6 per cent. Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St Do. Pref. 4 per cen Do. 5/. Pr.f. 4 p. c Ditto L. & H. Prof. St ,Norfolk Debenture . JDo.Pref. 4 p. c. Stoe' Do. 5 p. c. Ext Do. 5i per ct. prof , Do. Way. Val. 5 P.C North British N. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P Do. do. do Do Leeds6p.c tNo.I D. do. Quarters 4' Do.YorkH.& S. Per. North Staffordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, x Wolverh. X 15,6 p.,. Do R. Pref. 101. Sh. Scot. Cent. , New Pre South Devon Do. fixed, 44 per cent S. Eastern (Readiuz Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i p c sh 'S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 4i p. c.... . S. Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock.& Dar. ,5 p c. ,Do. do. di. stock. & Marti. g. 5 p. c. till July 1, '5 0 , 4 Weterfd. & Kilk.6 p 0 ••• ..... ....• ••• ..pl 12i -- 13 - 120 132 94 96 1 id 4 ,4 95 - 100 9U - 92 3 - 32 i ::: Id 101 - 103 13i 14; id -- par 21A— 23 93 96 91 9i 16 -18 14 - 2tp - - ••• 2i - 24.: MINES. 1 ali I Agni‘ Fria . _ ..4 ... 1 all %.nglo Austria. Go] 10s. all Anglo Californian 20 6 kustralian 1 all kustraliar Cordillen 1 all Ave Maria. — 1 all Baden (Gd.Duehy or 4 50 all Blasnarvon Iron and Coal . 20 14 British Iron 44 51 35 26 'lrazilianlmp.(issue , l at .25 pm.) 30 all Do. Comes & Cuiab • 24 3 20 15 Do. St. Johr Dellte. 27 —29 1 2 , flarendon Cone. Min Co. of Jamaica Ad 1p 40 all Cobre Coppor 65 69 5 1 Colonial Gold - St. all Copper Min. of Eng ...xd x d 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. ...xd x d ...1C rlopiapo , 1 Fortuna par —ip 20 all general l3 —l5 1 I all R.NutzgetVeinßeg 4 4} I all Great Polenoth 2 24 5 all Gt Wheal Vor United 1 dis— par 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 7 74 5 14 Lusitarian 4 1 p • 1 all liariquita 1 all New Granada 1 all Nouveau Monde 4 tO all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 15 16 5 1 Port Philip # 1 all Quartz Rock 4 a 50 all Rhymney Iron 2l 23 15 all Do. New 6 8 30 I2i Santiago de Cuba 3 4 1 all south Australian 1 all Do. Scrip 1 4 Do. 10 per cent Pref 10 9 tin Croft 24 3 284 all United Mexican 4 44 4 4 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia 1 all Italia MISCELLANEOUS. 25 174 Australian Agricult. 27 , 28 1e all Auslraln. Royal Mail ... 44 1.1 84 Berlin Water Works 7i 84xd X d 50 4U Brit. American Lang - , 101) 321 Canada ll5 150 143 74 St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. et Jan. ana Jaly lO6 107 1068 5 all Crystal Palace.. 24 2i 24 5 5 Do. Preference 5 4 all Crystal Pal. of Franc ,- 1 4 Duston Iron Ore — 20 11 Eastern Steam — 5 all Em&Aus Cop Sm Co 1 14 14 25 24 Electric Telegraph 174 184 1' all Electric Teleg. of Ir. 5 all Gen. Iron So Collier 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 18 all General Screw Steam 134 14 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugal 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 8 10 10 9 Mexican&S.Amerieri. 5t 6} 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fug 10 5 Netherlands Land.— 14 18 all Do. Do. 5 1. Do. 8p c P iss at Id# dis— par 2 1 !V 8. W. Coal inter. Steam Navint. Co. 100 80 NOW B. &N. S. Land 1 all S. B. Australasian 2 1 0 a l u s O N r r i t e h n . t o a f l Er G ir as opeStaam, 1 2s. Do. " New Shares" all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 24 24 50 all Peuinsular& Orients 50 10 Do. New ...p 13 2 all Portland Iron C 0...,. 1 14 100 60 !loyal Mail Steam ...xd x d 1 all Scot. Austral, Invest. 11 1$ 1 4 Ditto New 25 all South Austral.Lan:l 34 35 1 all Stibmar. Tel. Scrip., 1 all ?, Registered. 1 23 Trust& L. Co.U. Can. 100 2d4 Van D4omou'ji 1,044 124 X3l i LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This I tay.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.) IN RE D. L. WILLIAMS. This was a meeting for certificate. The bankau pt was described as late of Lawrence-lane, and Cannon-istreet, civil engineer, contractor and commission agent. The balance-sheet commenced March, 1854', and ended February, 1855, and showed debtor to capital 1491. 15s. sd. ; commissioners, 1601. Creditors (old), 4511. 4s. 7d. ; do. (new), 941. is. 6d ; liabilities, 1221. 108.; Creditor by good debts, 6051. 10s, ; doubtful, 80/. ; trade expenses, 731. 10s. 6d ; personal, 47/. ; liabilities, 1221. 10s. ; losses, 491. 103. The granting the certificate was adjourned for a week. IN BE .BIINNEY. This was a meeting for last examination. The bank rupt was a warehouseman, of Addle-street, and, in con sequence of the disclosures in this court, stands charged with fraudulently obtaining goods previous to his bank ruptcy. The examination was adjourned, the accounts not being yet ready for filing. The debts are stated at 9,0001. or 10,0001., and the assets at 1,500/. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) MANSION-HOUSE. THE ALLEGED CHARGE OF LIBEL AGAINST A FRENCH GENTLEMAN.—Mons. Paul Jerome Romannetti surren dered to his recognisances to answer a charge of libel preferred against him by Mr. Corbett (Garratt and Cor bett), wine merchant, Fenchurch-street. The case, it will be recollected, was heard on Saturday last, and the libel complained of was contained in certain letters writ ten by the defendant to Mr. Garratt on the conduct of Mr. Corbett, the surviving trustee to the defendant's wife under a deed of separation. Mr. Parry again appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Edward, Chancery clerk to Mr. Bra.ndon, Essex street, for the defendant. Mr. Parry said that since he appeared here on Satur day the defendant had been before Mr. Long, at Mary lebone, on a similar charge, preferred by Mr. Lowe, solicitor, and had there made an ample apology to that gentleman, and promised not to offend again in a simi lar manner. As the complainant in this case had no vindictive feelings against the defendant he would be satisfied with a similar promise from the defendant. Mr. Edwards said that was the courge pointed out by Mr. Brandon to the defendant as the only one that he could adopt, and unless he consented to do it he would not be concerned for him. The defendant promised he would do so, and bad instructed him to say he withdrew in the fullest sense of the word all expressions he had used painful to or reflecting on the character of the gen tleman complaining. Whilst he did that, he must also state that the defendant did not withdraw or give up any legal rights he might possess. Mr. Parry said that, as the defendant had no legal rights, that reservation would be of no consequence. The Lord Mayor said the best course would be for him to bind the defendant over in his own recognisances to appear and answer the charge when called upon. If he abstained from repeating the charge in all probability he would hear no more of these proceedings. Mr. Parry said precisely so. The complainant only wished to be protected from such conduct, and have the defendant taught he could not be permitted to indulge in such practices in this country. The prisoner then entered into his own recognisances of 1001., and left the,Court. iiusidess this day. GUILDHALL. THE SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A CITY CONTRACTOR. —iTtr. Frederick Collingwood, butcher, of Islington, ap peared to-day by adjournment to answer the charge of sending unwholesome meat to Ncwgate prison. The defendant has the contract for supplying the city prisons with meat, and the charge against him was for cutting holes in some beef, into which was inserted three pieces of mutton, two of which stank, and the other had mag gots in it. Mr. C. Pearson, city solicitor, appeared for the prose cution, and Mr. Parry for the defendant. Mr. Pearson said the case was adjourned on the for mer occasion to enable the defendant to show the act was done without his knowledge or consent. Mr. Parry said this was more a matter of character with the defendant than any fear of the result of the investigation. The trumpery amount of meat inserted —l4oz. in 291 b.—was so small as to show that it cou d not have been done for a matter of gain. On the for mer occasion it had been sought to infer that the de fendant was losing money by the contract, and that that was his motive for sending in the meat in the state complained of. Such, however, was not the fact, for Mr. Cullingwood, by his means and his arrangements, was enabled to perform his contract at a profit. He could gain nothing by sending in this meat to cause a breach of the contract, for by it he was subjected to a penalty of 2001. liquidated damages. George Everett deposed that he saw the meat in question cut up. There was nothing wrong about it when it left the shop. He took it to the prison, li e also took 7 lbs. of beef to the prison before 12 o'clock that day for the meat complained of. . . _ Cross-examined—No person could have iaserted the bad meat between the time he left his master's shop and arrived at the prison. Defenda,,t was not in the shop when the meat was cut up, but he was when it left. By Sir J. Duke —The meat was cut up earl y in th e morning, and from that time before it left various per sons had access to the meat. _ Alfred Simeon cut up and bound the meat. He knew nothing of the 14 oz. of bad mutton. By Mr. Pearson—Defendant was present when the meat was sent out. By Sir James Duke—Five or six persons bad access to the meat in the morning, and there was ample oppor tunity for a person to have inserted the bad meat with- out having been seen. Mr. Parry proposed to call witnesses to character. Sir J. Duke said there could be no doubt about the respectability of the defendant. Mr. Lll2ft , , retired builder, and Mr, M. NV. Ash, gave the defendant an excellent character for the rectitude of his conduct, and the superior quality of the meat he sold. yv Mr. Pearson said he made the defendany answerable for the acts of his servants, and his knowledge or not of the insertion of the bad meat was a question for a jury to decide. It was not a question of respectability, for if that was the case, he (Mr. Pearson) should have been happy to have borne his testimony to that fact. Had the defendant not been a man of respectability his con tract would not have been accepted. The gain, ou one occasion, such as this, was but trifling, but, if continued, day after day, would make a considerable difference at the ad of the year in favour of the defendant. Mr. Pearson made some further remarks, in the course of which he urged the presiding magistrate was bound to send the case to a jury for them to judge of the defendant's intentions. Mr. Pocklington, inspector of the markets, in answer to Sir J. Duke, said he had never before had occasion to complain of the quality of the meat cut by the defendant. Mr. Burton, of Whitecross-street prison, said be bad only had once to complain of the defendant for sendi ng German mutton for English mutton. Captain Wright, of Solloway Prison, said I<e bad never had reason to complain of the meat sent to the prison. Sir J. Duke said, on looking at the whole of the evi dence, he was of opinion the defendant had no intention to defraud. The meat might possibly have been malici ously inserted by some person to injure the defe n d ant, and that it was not done by the latter with a view oi gaining an extra benefit out of his contract. He did not consider himself justified in sen din g a res p ectable c itizen for trial without strong ground s of guilt, which i n t hi s case were wanting, and therefo re he dismissed the coat . plaint. The announcement was received with applause by a crowded court. The Municipal Council of Boulogne having voted a sum of 500 f. as remuneration to the soldiers of the se cond division of the Ist corp s of the arm y of th e north for the road which they have executed on th e h e i ghts, the men have given the money to be divided among the poor of Boulogne. IRON THEATRES.--Mr. Richa rd Turn er, of Dublin, has lately contracted to fit u p a wrought-iron roof and all the upper machinery of a large theatre at B uenos Ayres, the cost of which will be upwards of 4,000/. MUTINY.—BRISTOL (PILL), Oct. 18.—The Morning Star, for Melbourne, put back here to-da y , th e crew hav ing mutinied. They have been taken to Bristol by order of a magistrate. The ceremony of the pres entation of the Lord Mayor elect to the Lorl Chancell or, for the approval o f h er Majesty, will take place on Friday, the 2d of November, at the residence of the Lord Chancel lor, in Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor-square. UNITED STATES SQUADRON OF RELIEF.---By the Stella, Martyr), arrived at Plymouth from Labrador, we learn that on the 27th of September, in lat. 54.30 N., long. 53.20 W., she s poke the American b arque Reliet; in company with the steam brig Arctic, returning from the Arctic Sea to New York, after an unsuccpsful ocarch for Sir Johu Franklin 7 all well. THE DECIMAL SYSTEM OF COINAGE. The International Association for bringing about a uniform system of coins, weights, and measures, assem• bled on Wednesday at the Exhibition Palace, Paris. In the absence of Baron de Rothschild, the president, who was prevented from attending, the chair was taken by d'Avila, formerly Minister of Finance in Portugal, and by his side were Mr. J. Yates (England), Mr. Field (United States), and M. Ramon de la Sagra (Spain), and M. Pacheco (Mexico), vice-presidents ; and MM. Hippolyte Pout and Vattemare, secretaries. After the minutes of the last sitting had been read and approved of, and other preliminary business got through, the fol lowing propositions prepared by the bureau were brought forward : "1. That it will be of the highest possible importance to encourage the publication in French of a work, giving in a clear and concise form the history and a compara tive table of the different systems of coins, weights, and measures, in the principal co un t r i es o f the world, to be afterwards translated and printed by the committees into the languages of all the countries represented in the association ; "2. That for this object, and to secure the perfect cor rectness of the work, the different committees composing the association are requested beforehand to furnish ail the information in their power relative to the coins, weights, and measures of the country to which they be long, with the calculation of them on the metrical sys tem as a term of general comparison ; " 3. That each committee in the country where it is constituted shall employ all the means in its power, par ticularly those offered by the local press, to enlighten public opinion, and prepare far the meeting of an official international congress, charged to solve the problem which constitutes the object of the association. " 4. That until such a congress shall be convoked, the members of the committees shall use all their efforts iu order that, in the calculations and statistical tables, the value of the coins, weights, and measures shall be ac companied by their reduction into coins, weights, and measures on the metrical system, in o r d er t o h ave a point of comparison common to all nations." - These propositions, after a short discussion, were adopted by the meeting. M. RAMON DE LA SAGRA then proposed :-- "That a permanent international committee shall be immediately constituted in Paris, to be composed as much as possible of members belonging to each of the countries represented in the association." This proposition was adopted and the meeting broke up. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Very moderate supplies of English wheat were received up to our market to-day, and , the show of samples was very limited. For most kinds there was a good inquiry, and prices ruled from is. to 2s. per quarter higher than on Monday. Foreign wheat, the imports of which have amounted to 8,310 quarters—sold steadily, and, in some instances, the quotations were in favour of sellers. Floating cargoes changed hands freely, on higher terms. Barley was in moderate request, on former terms. There was a good demand for malt, at full prices. The show of oats was moderate. On the whole, the de mand was steady, at Monday's currency. Beans, peas, and flour were tolerably firm. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour 2,790 3,019 360 1,030 I 7,990 _ - I 5,550 sks I —brls Wheat. 2,840 English .. irish .... Foreiaa 1 8,310 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Oct. 18, 1855, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. I EYE. BEANS. PEAS. 76e .d 31s 41 / 28s 6d 493 8d 49s lld 1 4ss 70 THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. 1 BARLEY. t OATS. RYE. BEANS. t PEAS. k 76s 71 31s 3d , 28s Id , 47s 8d 48s 101 ( 44s 31 QITANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 152,443; Barley, 43,359 ; Oats, 15,207 ; Rye, 1,091 ; Beans, 3,746; Peas, 1,925 quarters. ' METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. There was a fair average supply of beasts on. sale in to day's market in very middling condition. The few prime breds sold steadily, at full prices ; but other kinds of beef 'were very dull, at barely Monday's currency. The num bers of sheep were limited, yet the mutton trade ruled drill, at unaltered quotations. The best Downs realised 55 per 81b. We were well supplied with calves, which moved off slowly, at a decline of from 2d to Gd per Sibs. Pigs were steady, but not dearer. . . Mulch cows riiied inactive, at from W. to 191. each, in cluding their small calf. Per Bibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d.l s. d. s. 6. Inferior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 8 1 PrimeSouthdown 410 5 0 Second quality.... 3 10 4 2 Large tree. calves 3 6 4 2 i Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 Prime small do 4 4 5 0 Prime Scots, dzo. '4 10 5 0 Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8 Small porkers Second quality ...3 10 4 2 Suckling calves 23 0 30 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 4 4 B:Quarter old pigs 22 0 28 0 TOTAL SUPPLE. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .....•....... 1,050 Beasts.... . 369 Sheep ............... 4,00% Sheep ..•• •• ••..•• •• 1,200 s;aloes ..... 482 Calves•••• •• •• ..•• ......•• 360 Pigs ..••„....••••• es •••• 480 j Pigs•.•••••••••••••••••••• NEWOATE AND The general demand ruled Per Blbs by LEADENHALL. inactive, as follows : the carcase. e. d. a. d. Beef, inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 3 10 Do., prime largo 4 0 .4 , 2 De,,, do. small 4 4 4 6 Furk, large .3 10 4 4 o. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 0 Do., prime 4 2 4 6 Veal 3 6 4 8 Pork, small 4 6 5 4 BOROUGH HOP. We continue to have a good demand for all new hops, and, in some instances, fine qualities are rather dearer. The duty is called 300,0001. Mid and East Kent pockets, 51. to 71.; Weald of Kents, il. 15s. to 5/. 126; Sussex, 41. 108 to 5/. ; Farnhams, 51. to GE. 63. per cwt. COLONIAL. TEA.—Rather lower rates have been paid, and common Commu has sold at Sid. SuGAR.—A large business has been done at advanced prices. West India has been Gd to 6?,d dearer. Barbadoes, 42s 6d to 47s Gd for heavy brown to bright grocery, and 47s Gd to 48s for crystalised. Jamaica sold publicly at 41s to 43s Gd for brown, and 42s Gd to 45s for grey and yellow. East India.—Mauritius kind of Bengal realised 46s to 47s for mid to very good yellow. Mauritius has been 6d. dearer. Brown low to good went at 37s Gd to 41s 61, and mid to good mid yellow at 43s 6d. to 455. Foreign.—Porto Rico bas been about 1.1 higher, heavy brown to good bright grocery selling at 43s to 48s per cwt. Yellow Havanuah wont at 42s bd to 445. Refined brown lumps have been 53s Gd to 51s per cwt. COFFEE.-1 large business has been done in Plantation Ceylon, but prices have declined Gd per cwt, except the lower kinds, which are at full rates. Small greyish to good inid bold coloury realised 58s t, 65s Gd. good, 70s, and triage 43s to 58s Gd. Native Ceylon has declined to 50s 61, and 50s for good ord. RlCE.—Madras has sod at stiff prices —viz., at 14s Gd to 15s 6(1 for mid to good pinky. SPlCES.—Pimento mid coarse mixed to good small even bright realised 5d to 54d, being cheaper. Pepper brought 5d to 5,1 d for stalky to fair sifted Singapore, and scl to sad fur good heavy white Malabar. Singapore Nutmegs brought 3s 3d for good mid bold brown, and Mace 2s 2,1 for mid slightly mouldy. Jamaica Ginger sold at 46s to 81 Gs for small to good bold white. SALTPETRE has been steady. Bengal low, 204 per cent., brought 33s 3d ; and 10 to 1q per cent., 3Gs 6d to 37s Gd per cwt. INDIGO.—The public sales have proceeded with some flatness for some descriptions. Kurpahs, however, remain firm. TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 63s per cwt. on the spot. GREEN FRUlT.—Several cargoes of new nuts from Spain have been received, and have exceeded 3s per barrel from the opening price. The importations of Lisbon grapes are of a limited character. Some parcels of Madeira oranges hr.ve been offered at public sale by Keeling and Hunt, bat not haing sufficiently matured the sale trade ham purchased cautiously. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Oct. 19.—Wind this day at noon, W. ; light breeze and fine clear weather. PORTSMOYTH, Oct. 18.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—James Fernie, from London, for Sydney, N.S. W., and proceeded for Southampton. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 18.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—F. W. Burns, from Havre, for New Orleans was in contact last night, off the harbour, with H.M.Str. Transit, from the Crimea ; both vessels damaged ; the latter has pro ceeded to Spithead. Sailed—H.M.S. Rosamond, for the West Indies. STUDWELL ROADS, Oct. 17.—Arrivod—Lillias, from Quebec for Barmouth. CROOKIIANEN, Oct. 16.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived—To ronto, from Sunderland, for Constantinople, leaky. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived.—John Wesley, from Newport ; Brunswick s.), Plymouth ; James Fernie, London. bailed.—City of Limerick (s.), for Dublin. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind W. Sailed.—Emma, for Newfoundland ; David Brown, New York. The Thomas Clifton, of and from Preston, for Drog heda, was run down last night off Point Lynas by the steamer Royal William ; crew saved. (BY STIBMABINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPIL) GRAVESEND, Friday, 9.33 a.m. Wind W.N.W. ; tide, three hours' ebb; weather fine. Arrived, Oct. 18.—West Friesland, from Medemblik. Arrived, 19th.—George, from Gothenburg. DBAL, Friday, 9.30 a.m. Wind, N.W. ; moderate and fine. Passed.—Delicia, from London, for St. Michael's ; So phia, London, for Cardiff; Sarah, Hartlepool, for Ports mouth ; Philo, London, for Cardiff; H.M.Str. Perseve rance, Heligoland, for Folkestone ; Sylph, London, for Ba.rbadoes. Sailed.—Gengbie Khan, and Mary Anne, far Calcutta ; Panama, Aden • brig Anne, Bordeaux ; with several others outward bound. The discount houses have not yet issued their notice of an alteration in the rates for money at call. The various joint-stock banks have increased their allowance for deposits to 5 per cent. THE WAR IN THE EAST.—An illustration has come under our notice of the complete secrecy which is ob served by the Allied commanders with regard to their plans and contemplated operations. Even tb! ) more distinguished Generals of Division too are kept !gore distinguished of what is intended until they receive their r orders to act. A letter from a near relative to Sir Colin ramp bell was yesterday received from that distinguished gene ral, dated the 6th inst., in which he states that there would be no more war this year. Two days afterwards the gallant officer was sent to Eupatoria, with the com mand of a considerable force o i nfantry and artillery,. Adorning Agvcrtii'm 75 4i 91 i f 64 i 6GI i 231 k x d 1031 x d pmxd Pm PM THE QUARTERLIES. The Westminster Review. No. CXXVI. Half-a -dozen elaborate articles, followed by the usual modicum of reviews under the head of Con temporary Literature, constitute the number for the last quarter of 1855 of the old I3enthamite Westminster. The most captious must admit that these six principal contributions possess at least the merit of variety, and two or three among them the evidences of extraordinary research. A sketch of " Marcus Tullius Cicero," partly biographic and partly critical, may scarcely satisfy the student versed in Latin history and letters with new lights thrown upon the darker recesses of the Ronaaupast as from the lantern of Niebuhr, aided by the "re flector" of our present Chancellor of the Exchequer. But at any rate it can hardly fail to gratify the literary appetite of the general reader by present ing to contemplation a succinct epitome of the career of one of the most remarkable of the great statesmen of antiquity, and. a true analysis of the genius of perhap s , among a ll men who ever lived, the most illustrious of rhetoricians. • The paper is genial and scholarly throughout. It appears to have been suggested by a new translation of Dr. Abeken's " Cicero in seinen Briefen," or Cicero as revealed to us through his Correspondence. Speak ing of Tally's Greek Education, the reviewer ob serves epigrammatically, " Neither Bolingbroke nor Chesterfield, Dryden nor Pope, was more frenchified in his taste than Cicero and his contem poraries were hellenisal. The impeachment of Verres by the great orator in his capacity as advo cate of the Sicilians is justly spoken of as perhaps the most honourable of the forensic and, political triumphs of the future proconsul. In re ferring to the Conspiracy of Catiline and Cicero's prominent share in its exposure, the Westminster reviewer remarks with reason that it was at once, to the object of his scrutiny, the cause of his exal tation and of his bitterest calamities. Upon the inscrutable mystery of the plot we must let the writer speak for himself through the medium of the subjoined quotation. It will be perused with interest, we doubt not, as perhaps the happiest selection that could be made from the entire article, indicating as it does simultaneously the eloquence of the critio and his unforced fertility of illustration. He here observes : " The Catilinarian conspiracy is one of the most obscure and provoking of historical enigmas. It is impossible, but it is also unimportant, to discover what was the secret which Somerset, in the great oyer and terminer case of poisoning, held like a sword over King James's neck, and thereby cast . the English Solomon into such a pitiable per plexity. It is very likely that the authorship of Junius may never be brought directly home, even to Sir Philip Francis; but it is quite immaterial for any benefit which will accrue from the detection. The prime motors in Titas Oates' Plot may never be disclosed ; but it matters little, since the only satisfaction from the disclosure would be the discovery of some greater scoundrel than Oates or Danger field. It may never be found out who cut off all the cur tain-fringes in the Luxembourg, and flung them on the supper table of Louis XV., thereby occasioning his sacred majesty a sleepless night and a fit of indigestion. We may rest in peace without ascertaining who wore the iron mask, or whether Perkin Warbeck were really Richard Duke of York, or no :—none of these problems involve any great social phenomena, or, if solved, would throw much additional light on the times in which they occurred. We need not break our sleeps for them. But it is not so with the Catilinarian plot. It was universally admitted in its day to I be ' a good plot, good friends, and full of expectation.' It is related most pictorially by Sallust ; it is dissected minutely by Cicero; it has exercised the wits of commen tators in every age ; and nevertheless, neither its final ob ject, nor its true origin, nor the roll and count of the conspi rators, nor its extent, nor its plan, have ever been satisfac torily explained. That the head and front of offence Ser gins Catalina himself was a man of mark and likelihood is beyond dispute ; that he reckoned among his adherents many persons with a large stake in the Commonwealth is also clear; as well as that their design was known to ex ist and suffered to proceed long before any steps were taken to prevent or to crush it. An in Lolerable insult, and a contumelious compensation for it, drove the hot-blooded Faliero into rebellion against the Venetian oligarchy ; but it does not appear that he proposed to burn the arsenal or even to massacre the council of forty. The daggers cf the Pazzi were directed against the persons of the Medici; but we do not find that they designed also to decimate the guides, or throw open the gates of Florence either to the French or Spanish king. Of the Catilinarian conspiracy we know only that its ramifications were wide, its objects subversive of the existing constitution, and its most effici ent supporters, if not of its actual contrivers, the most powerful and wealthy men of Rome. But whether it de signed reaction or revolution, whether its motives were social or political, whether its basis were the mob or the oli garchy, whether what is told be merely the mask, and what has been surmised the real visage o f some a t roc i ous spectre, are questions which, if answered, would throw a stream of light into one of the darkest nooks of Roman annals, but which, with the documents before us, defy answer and elude probable conjecture." Scarcely enough is said upon the subject of Cicero's death, that most cruel and dastardly of assassina tions. The incidents accompanying the murder, as recounted by the hand of Plutarch, have always appeared to our mind as invested with the very sublimity of pathos. It is hardly enough, there fore, to close so generous and picturesque a memo rial of Tully as the ' one here alluded to, with the brief but admiring sentence, that although " the death of the great Athenian orator may have been more befitting the tragic stage [an opinion with which we cannot for one instant coincide] : yet we rate higher and more august in itself, and more ac cordant with the precepts of philosophy, the compo sure which awed and nearly diverted from their mis sion the assassins of Marcus Cicero." The " compo sure"—it recalls to us, that one phrase, the picture as revealed through the loophole of history, look ing out from it upon that spot consecrated to the sympathies of after ages upon the classic shores of the Roman peninsula. Where the litter was set down in the highway by the slaves of the fugitive, and where, from the window of the litter, that glorious wanderer awaited with the serenity, less of despair than of resignation, the death-blows from the captain of the cut-throats. Old, weak, ill, unshorn, his chin resting upon his hand, as had been his wont in the senate house and in the ros trum, at his desk and in the chair of the arch magistracy, gazing calmly with his grand and mournful eyes upon the face of the master-mur derer as the latter approached with upliftel sword to strike off the head of the groat Conscript Father—the noblest of Rome's orators, and the most illustrious of her philosophers. Remember ing that heroic close of the lofty drama of his life, we are willing to forget whatever may have seemed ignoble in its antecedents--his avaricious courting of his ward Publilia, his corrupt flattery of Dolo belle., his mendicancy of praise from Lucceius, his inconsistent defence of Fontoius after being the accuser of Verres, his scarcely reconcileable eulogiums upon Cnsar after his having been the satellite of Cneius Pompeius. We forget everything but what was noble in the life so nobly terminated. We re member only the glory of the career, and the ma jesty of its conclusion. Immediately preceding this biographic-criticism upon Cicero, appears a very pretentious treatise upon " Theism"—the " leading article" in the new number of the West minster. Its style throughout, to our thinking, is both crabbed and affected. The writer evidently aspires to the dignity of a theological metaphysician. It would seem advisible, however, that he should give an eye to his syntax before entering upon studies of a more recondite character ; if we may be permitted so far to conjecture from the very preamble of his argument, when he sets out with —" Antecedence and sequence is the only relation, & - e." Every now and then he is evidently floun dering in abysses of obscurity—held up, as he fancies, by bladders of grandiloquence, buoyed upon the stream by those favourite corks of shallow-reasoners, sesquipedalia verba of rhodo montade. Professor Newman might have writ ten the article during an interval of more than usually hazy obfuscation. Turning from this stilted pretence at philosophising upon the most holy and awful theme that can be presented to the contemplation of the Christian philosopher, the study of studies, the science of sciences, the truth of truths, the existence of the Supreme God ! the theme to the examination of which the intellect of man should come simply and humbly, not as in this instance affectedly and with an air of esoteric wisdom ! We observe with no small degree of satisfaction among the remain ing. contributions an ingenious essay, bdae,.sscripatinsdu of " The position of Woman in Be e r , h r e l a na rtiol „ among the Ancients." This is onefothf the to which we referred in the outset of and an ese remarks as evidencing an uncommon researcheleity of design un usual excellence, whether as to dneductions arrived or importance in respect to t Lady Morgan and g h . t have conjectureds at. Montesquieu and Gogue i Dr. Alexander—not as some in a uthor or a recently pub- Mr. Fullom, and the Marriages —are se lished work upon mennonite elaborated e ssay as the lected by the writer o f this w h os e words of moment th e authorities upon entire paper under notice may be argument of the raised. Inf t said to have been an betrothal, wife adultery, divorce such stealing, wife -buy among the sectional points treat e d o f b y th e es sayists whose glance turns from G reece t o R ome , from ;ado a tnt to New Zeal an d , f rom M ex i co to N i ne veh, from antiquity to nowadays, from the . Asiat i cs to the Europeans, in the ample survey of The Position of Woman" as she was among the Ancients, and as she still is in Barbarism. Under the title of " Evangelical Teaching," the readers of the Westminster will find abundant materials for entertainment in the shape of a slashing on slaught upon Dr, John Cumming, the pet preacher and pulpit prophet of Drury-lane. This is per haps of all the most powerful and brilliant of the six contributions. As the most practically hu manising in its general tendency, is the article entitled " Drunkenness not curable by Legisla tion." The paper headed " The London Daily, Press" might more correctly have been designa ted " A ranegyrizoa the Times newspaper.". FIP'44YI we have submitted to us, according to custom, • jumble of loose, and for the most part superficial, comments upon recent works relating to various matters, Theological, Philosophical, Political, Ar tistic, Scientific, Historical, and Philological, under the comprehensive title of " Contemporary Literature." And so ends the newly-published number of the lrestininster. LITERATURE. The Fur Hunters of the Far EV est. By A. Ross.' 2 Voss. Smith and Elder. This work transports the reader to an entirely now district it leaves the turmoils and business of civilised life, the ordinary risks and successes of commercial pursuits, for the war-dance of Indian. chiefs, and the " hairbreadth, perils, ventures, snares "of the t ra pp ers an d t ra d ers . Th e aut h or is certainly qualified by experience to narrate the troubles and adventures of a settler's life, for he has "spent th e l ast f orty-four years of his life, without a singl e d ay ' s i n t erm i ss i on, i n the Indian territories of North America." The first fifteen years he spent in Columbia, tho ,extreme west of the colony, f, and th e remaining time in the Red River Settlement, whi c h i s the most lonely and isolated. A few years ago he published an account of his adventures with the Pacific Fur Company which was the first establish e d on t h e Columbia , which after three years gave place to th e N or th West Company, which in its turn was superseded by the Hudson's Bay Company. The favourable reception of the author's former work h as i n d uced him to publish the details of his later adventures, commencing with his entering the service of th e North West Company, and ending with his settle ment on the Red River. The difficulties with which the settlers had to contend in dealing with the natives, and the various peculiarities of Indian life are narrated in a clear and graphic style. The total novelty of the scenes and characters may be refreshing to those who are wearied with the de scriptions of the civilised world ; and the attacks, escapes, and surprises prove attractive to the lovers of adventure. But the work will be chiefly inte resting to those who are desirous of becoming acquainted with the principles and management of the trading companies, their method of action in peace and war. It also furnishes to those who desire information on such topics an outline of the history of the Oregon, affording an opportunity of tracing the effect of the settlements on the natives, and of studying their national character. Un questionably they have not gained by the intro. duction of the fur trade into their hitherto de serted woods. Mr. Leith, of Cumberland, while conversing with the writer on the subject of the Indians, remarked, " the fur trade is dwindling away to nothing ; the returns even now scarcely cover the expenses, and shall we, after ruining the country and the natives to enrich ourselves, leave no other memento behind us than desolation and death ? Half a century ago this country was rich in furs and animals of the chase, the natives were numerous, independent, and happy ; but now, alas ! natives, riches, and happiness have almost disappeared from the face of this and other parts of the country." This gentleman, at least, was de termined to do something to alleviate their con dition, for on his death he left 10,0001. for the religious instruction of the Indians, which was subsequently set apart for the endowment of a bishopric in Prince Rup e rt's Land. The following extract describes an enterprise full of danger, a journey to the Eyakema valley, to trade for some horses, for want of which everything at the fort was at a stand still. Many warlike tribes assemble at this valley in the spring, to lay in a stock of their favourite sweet potatoes, and hold their councils, and settle peace or war for the year. Horses can easily be obtained there, but, from the vast concourse of mixed tribes, there is always risk in attending it ; and, on the present occasion, the danger was greatly increased by some fatal encounters between the Whites and Indians. The author, however, persevered in his exploit, though cautioned by two of a friendly tribe to return. He was accompanied by two men and their wives. The women he' subsequently sent off by them. selves, and they travelled for three days and nights, without food or fire, 138 miles ! On their arrival they found the camp extended sin miles in every direction, councils, root gathering, hunting, horse and foot racing, gambling, yelling, singing, and dancing being vigorously carried on. "Our reception was cool, the chief were hostile and sullen, they saluted us in no very flattering accents. These aro the men,' said they, ' who kill our relations, the people who have caused us to mourn.' And here, for the first time, I regretted we had not taken advice in time, and returned with the couriers ; for the general aspect of things was against us. It was evident we stood on slip pery ground ; we felt our weakness. In all sudden and, unexpected rencontres with hostile Indians, the first im pulse is generally a tremor or sensation of fear, but that soou wears off ; it was so with myself at this moment, for after a short interval I nerved myself to encounter the worst. " The moment wo dismounted we were surrounded, and the savages, giving two or three war-whoops and yells, drove the animals we had ridden out of our sight ; this of itself was a hostile movement. We had to judge from ap pearances, and be guided by circumstances. My first care was to try and direct their attention to something new, and to get rid of the temptation there was to dispose of my goods ; so, without a moment's delay, I commenced a trade in horses ; but every horse I bought during that and the following day, as well as those we had brought with us, were instantly driven oat of sight, in the midst of yelling and jeering; nevertheless, I continued to trade while an article remained, putting the best face on things I could, and taking no notice of their conduct, as no in sult or violence has as yet been offered to ourselves per sonally. Two days and nights had now elapsed since our arrival, without food or sleep ; the Indians refused us the former—our own anxiety deprived us of the latter." " The day after the women went off, I ordered one of the men to try and cook something for us ' • for hitherto we had eaten nothing since our arrival, except a few raw roots which we managed to get unobserved. But the kettle was no sooner on the fire than five or six spears bore off, in savage triumph, the contents ; they even emptied out the water, and threw the kettle on one side ; and this was no sooner done than thirty or forty ill-favoured wretches fired a volley in the embers beforeus, which caused a cloud of smoke and ashes to ascend, darkening the air around us ; a strong hint not to put the kettle any more on the fire, and we took it. At this time the man who had put. the kettle on the fire took the knife with which he had cut the venison to lay it by, when ono of the Indians, called Eyapktana, a bold and turbulent chief, snatched it out of his hand ; the man. in an angry tone, demanded his knife, saying to me, I'll have my knife frcm the villain, life or death.' No,' said I. The chief, seeing the man angry, threw down his robe, anti grasping the knife in his fist, with the point down wards, raised his arm, making a motion in advance as if he intended using it. The crisis had now arrived. At this moment there was a dead silence. Tho Indians wore flocking in from all quarters ; a dense crowd surrounded us. Not a moment was to be lost ; delay would be fatal, and nothing now seemed to remain for us but to sell our lives as dearly as possible. With this impression, grasping a pistol. I advanced a step towards the villain who held the knife, with the full determination of putting an end. to his career before any of us should fall ; but while in the act of lifting my foot and raising my arm, a second idea flashed across my mind, admonishing me to soothe, and not provoke, the Indians, that Providence might yet make a way for us to escape ; this thought saved the Indiansi.: life, and ours too. Instead of drawing the pistol , as tended, I took a knife from my belt, such as travellers generally use in this country, and presented to hiive m, saying, " Here, my friend, is a chief's knife, sullenand that is not a chief's knife, give it back to the man. For tunately, he took mine in his hand; f a o c rg ri e t t i critical on A e l savage, he said nothing. The monir i n u t b e u Nv y t e ll ' ; our fate hung as by a thread : I sh o a w the bystanders had their eyesn we also stood motion, thoughtful and silent as he stood,ommsennt hismight nbi knife, bring andf or t t h u . n a i A n g t l l a es s s et n h o e t savago hands, turned iingWaltz' the knife in his hand, exclaimed to his people, holding flocked round him : all ad mired 00 knowing handed what nded a thei moment mine round and rouwnodrlfednardhisaeonrmseeLp.etaimtk.eed overin xle his f g a n. l d oattnvh'et' over again. youh She-augh y 'lends, at the chief's knife : these t . ti T i b n:the excess of his joy ho harangued v t o h u e r. vvhites. Fickle, indeed, are savages ! Ho was delighted. we r e now no longer enemies, but friends I Several tTtmuhnrieerneyd multitudeat the ei in favour , e: nv ourur off following Eyacktana's example, harangued in others, wan squatted themselves down , This. done, the great the pipe of peace cs il e d for, and while it Was going round and round the wic king circle, I gave each of the six principal chiefs 'a sma ll paper-cased looking -g lass and a little vermillion, as a present ; and, i n return, they presented me with two horses and twelve beavers, while the women soon brought us a variety of eatables. " This sudden change regulated my movements. In. deed I might say the battle was won. I now made a speech to them in turn, and, as many of them understood the language I spoke, I asked them what I should say to the gre a t w hi te chief when I got home, when he asks use where are all the horses I bought from you? What shall I say to him? At this question it was easy to see that their pride was touched. Tell him,' said Eyacktana, ' that Nvo have but one mouth and one word ; all the horses you have bought from us are yours ; they shall be delivered up.' This was just what I wanted. After a little emus?'" ling among themselves, Eyacktana was the first to spesx, and he undertook to sea them collected." THE TRAGICAL OCCURRENCE IN THE FORNION LEGION AT GOSPORT.—PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 18.—The inquest on the body of Joseph Goltswaltz, a Frenchman, private l'iearing in the 3d Rifle German Legion, stationed at Haslar Barracks, Gosport, whose death was caused by a b ayonet wound inflicted by another private in the Bathe corn othfethperisoner was held to-day at the canteen of the above cor o * h i:l e a r n:l f e o d r b t t h sr O " racks, before J. C. Longcroft, Esq. homicide," county of Hants. The jury, after had simply done witnesses, returned a verdict of "Justifiable .numerous coroner, Captain Cars hitisbdeiuntgy.theAirtotphienrioenqutehsatt tensen, who acted as interpreter , explained to the pri soner the finding of the jury, a n d propriety of h is conduct, acid of their opinion of the the manner in which he h a d done his duty as a soldier. The prisoner exhibited some e motion on receivin g of the legionaries were present, but they hardly seemed to c omprehend the publici ty c eedings, and Captain that was given to the pro the Carstensen had several times to invite them, at suggestion of the coroner, to enter the room, and h a d IiTAIS only A cud to assure them that such publicity ()glary thing with the British public. 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