The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-05 00:00:00

N M A ET AND U°43f.ERC/AL INTELL IGEN( E. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK till1(1 cotton market at Liverpool on Saturday e t o 1 with a heavy appearance, .but price t s 6 000 lea, q ° ",r• The sales were estimated a tA ill o culding 50 Pernam and Maranham, at . tik;",°€ l . • 30 Bahia, at 5 7 d. to 6i7d. ; 200 EgYP Ni. pe a ' r s i i b d'. to 21d., and 500 Surat, at 3id. to Ita b .,, • The Railway Share Market was de -11;mb 4 ~,, o rri Market is higher to-day, and . hold n e , rs . (64e of the country districts have much co n 11 43 4 The m aintenance of prices after an abun tthervtaesostt, ,perplexes some and disappoints others, ezPerienced parties are unable to form The o i ll h °/t Tel" positive opinions as to the future. 1 kiciiz,, cesph ~, extracts from a report by Messrs. t'itli o 411c1 Charles Sturge, may be taken in illus -4:..... is we ii._,4ltodu,..,ll:itholapetisfied from the extent of land sown with Superior quality and quantity of the c ro p, 412444 it ' ead from last year 's harvest will prove tirton,4 all previous season, yet not only has the )h eei aes of wheat for the past twelve months (12 e s . , 4 tol eet L'lgher than in any y ear since 1819, but for - 1 ) 484 17 t t; t w 4 e 73s ld I p l / 4 141 °. e n s l e 'di e l Id, though ih a e n harve . st. of the latter was 4 1. ' ted 53,43 ,603 0 be the most deficient since 1817, but int, ' sB ° qrs. of wheat, flour, and meal were t ° B t toti or , 7' the traited Kingdom, and the av_er a a w g e e imio -411, 41 4 _ 11 :0 the abolition of the Corn L 144°1 : -1 1' 0 8 rs er annum, while the entire im- Til her l4 , - . 1441144 1 t ,7 -4ar m l ont . h f P o s r in t l h B e s4 Ba w m a e s only 465, 435 rs period in 1 853. e thrad i t . eicalstetelZ r ess ci e rs. to suppose that farmers hav e ttlti,iiriii,si,ailipefoftlf--.otriteeb:gillaiirnegrse aproportion are well supplied, th ao ou g g r h ea t t h ly e . ; the m arket has bees slilwtielltioledaisietfiB„'rop7ssibleto form anything like a cor Behan of thi:te imports that may be required before but it is universally ad 1414Prblitel:ratinoi,1111goltrleassetnttheyestaorek of wheat in this country e do:',4ltly, -" % ecrs p l etelyexhausted than for a t l h o e ng ,Z l eocy i li ti t l b a therefore notwithstanding great 1 / 44t r oftbe harvest of 1853, it is very probable in 14)4 Year there was as much wheat on hand 1,0 fro ze t t.Perlod in 1854. It ds_ no s .t,___h_o u w ir e e ve s r ... I Ihr 4 itt,'lB circumstance that w e shan ,6 l - up o. Th s' e 1014 f pot at oes to meet the consumption of 1 1 4 - 9 1 , 9.1 is superior both in quantity an d . quality s lit, -. te es N. sillo t he first season when . the disease w 1 4..httth. 4 0 them, and it is evident u th e a ed t a fo s r a s s o u m b e . k tt :o te r br'elaldlave been more extensi v ely k t illiet ko , • One stron g proof of th is is the fact that kit 4 ,4 for e rig the almost entire suspensio n . of the im '44414 4 ° flour, and the decrease of mill- ower in VII!, th e ° f the kingdo m from the very h r P t supply kkimicitiantity of English sack flour s hort supply of English sack flou r p ressing on ually send kt:lliltivfaerketa where the millers 1 ‘14.2 1 144 Y l , BO great that it is sold at nnre u m s unerating 1 Itih;tliels.tki with wheat. It is therefore p . r o o_ba w b a le s fa- b e t wee quantity of wheat and flourwhl wh ich I N) %44 4 4 op Ze t ei i ti the harvests of 1853 and , 1854, would if the war t 4 oi t l e ; ii k , .._ n!ixt crop ; this k o ptr. Publi c „: t i o ell as our presen g t ti p a r n ie l e y s will secure. monthly circular, we It it tli Pf itil d m, 4 littrlie further our tiae la st respecting the It li ttt elt' " a t from Russia informa tionin 1853, which fully bears 1014,,littoyt, ~o,4titureaftoere,heautrpitrilveiansgat least 6,000,000 quarter s. that, with stocks exhaus ted t _ .e 1 14 %et h er Part of Europe, the stoppage of . hi it of :NI), should have ' produced the present high alttlft)ll,nl4l-crit,e4„3,4 l'eli with ieontinuance of average 'it —4B fr4o—'llPoot much lower rates in theabsen t c o e ,144"14185a, vtaoßtir..; while another h o a e rves t t he s imi lar of present 1110 rtitZ°l localoislut.l:let t h e emZenrtyi continuan ce e poor throuhg .. of Europe." 11;,114ts fro„, Nilt:gillellt is." -t Ci6rlnany state that the Austrian 1 4h . " fini A " m ost anxious to get the bran n ch . %,;ee to 137 eat froei Av a Nr to Boschina, d a tt,"ti Th'i•4l3lia 12 000 men being emplo yed t L , sili ta -ia raihp' ) sea) 1 1 liii r eT would of Jewish Aa 1 , Poses. A, large num be r be most important i -•• use ti 4t ltls • Il teri o . , toteoved from the Polish frontier Th 'z' s liti "i• ' of AUstria, by order of the military ill % p tohibiti PI '"Il e 3.'‘lrilleta4ol4lll,,rarinst grain be G in ai g i t . a i k a en is a b c e r i o n s g s 11 ‘ ti l o cet,4„,,, 0 Austria and ic _ _ -- rp illsia. "Ir 4 7, 0 11 t, but there is no imPethto 14 4° stea ll , 6 ' q e way of its exportation "he ,t tr oh „ !Ilci ile 41 110 °1 ' --.‘ t he United States has not yet t44B°ri,..6,4l2tSt:af,„tillteie on board the Peinsula 41 illa' iTtlich. lear.,7,,N%rization Company's vessel 1 44 "'' is 20 " '') 4 h tt , 4 5 ~ ,1 5. 1 .4 t h:i'm pt o n to day for India, gh fh o eeh zi l ' e 1 ' ° re buoyancy • in . .. , in 11.4ce ulbilness d oing continues limited, i n 13 : I fro,., °f the AL • - • The -.44 ttl • Min isterialdifficulties. , ble Consol se e Mee. is looked upon as more i f or e h ave and are now kte k_b°4l Money 12A ba r• to 8 3 . , au , allb r il ac 9 c l etn i t'. , ail s East India Bonds 12s. 1^44 i 41 / 2 .1 * . 134111 ( Stock is stead , li Ntll, 0 1(114 Stock at 222. he y Ne a w i e. 44.4 been 92 to ti bit O i r titia 92 I , an d ir the il l aot t43 %tities hare been a little d fi s rm co e n r, tin b u n e t t Y i --tnikii • Russian. Bonds Ni.. 4 %nae doing' i ssue of more paper at C - 'rkb,. c it%late of the e itllla ... 4 , ~,,, i _ A ' th • 4r1 t t ,% 11 4,e 1 being in the nature of m a e fo k r t ce i d s f the govern ' the l ellt • The.44lless o have been 102, i tt i l 4 `, 'Pet -e 5 per Cents. Ill e` l , A Il li tl . 44 ees. llt4l , ksi. Spanish stock is still ' 4 l. (:' -kt rrecri.. ll 4 :b4 3 per Cents. are 36 to 37, k oeitu/d°r hevi e - i. Turkish Bonds are 76k _t? ' The f B. 44 /e reo. 'lea done at 4. Dutch 2t iipeks .0..01vinD,4:11.,ed 621. N'o2-..Qtenc•fv•Ntlie nominal prices of_ . fo .... re_i_g ; n . e t to .211 .1,-ueferrect Bonds, 5 to . 6 ; iv-L Tl 7 r ' e l e ktti4li rit , 60 t.)43 ~eruvia,n, 70 to 72 ; ditto . 8 tto 4 , 3 ; itn,„;.22.„; Porlm uese Four per Cent_. ! ' . Four --"I -vire g Cents., 100 to 102 2 ht h Island-aqaalf per te,ti 11 .1.- t, Isla t o • per Cents., 88 . to 90 ; ikltl , l , 1 111 ,„,.. t8 '? 3 % teefe3rjed, .17i to 18 ; ditto Three Otis "Ave ~ ' ; ditto Certificates, 41. to 4 1 ; . 48 1. 4 4,) k 0 4i.. '' 'N' a Y rueet . S k C.o t , - l 'ngs announced are the fol 2tkfe - PtnY. Date. Place. rejllitiZ d o nll4 IL Conn Feb. 16, Euston Hotel. _ . 8 . ' °-‘lk;44 11a1. .......... : Feb. 14, 17, Nut ... tot junction Feb. 28, Dublin. __ Nt Lecnimi.:.. ............... Feb. 23, London G . racechurch t No ... : a v e r u . . - .'' -4, .......... Feb. 27, London Tavern. NOt t,tia lf ,,_ g ............ Feb. 16, London Tavern. ligeat,z . ............... Feb. 28, Albion . Tavern. 44t1i94"tbI•i;• 2 ... . . Feb. 15, Paddington. iI 4 Al t , ja --- ',mem-. Feb. 15, Waterloo Station. 4 itio ... 112 ton, and i‘tio4er, i i • •.. ......... 7, Derby. l'optA4.?4,t6°bial:r. an d Line . . Feb. 2, Manchester. . 411 ........... Feb. 26, Florence. skt(ll , lll PPlti '' ,- ................ Feb. 22, York. fiN ort.4l.'ern.. ..... Feb. 15, Bishopsgate-street. 4iotNt,tlPton '4l4lViiol- Ntilltoly anti' ........... Feb. 21, London Tavern. ire it _fou 'q,,,, hire °refer(' . Feb. 7, Shrewsbury. rn 4 4 4 41 4, bii . ,i g - t . 0 .. „.; ... . Feb. 16, London Tave . ..... : . Feb. 14, Darlington. kly hy shoe ........... Mar. 5, Paris. I}'l qttaktli, Itreg are Ito i- per cent. l ower in llth.bt `i9 .1 . 1( ! with but limited transactions. an d the teo'444terbt'ern are decidedly flat, safest, e ~,'%v4) declined. Eastern Counties lv,,•,elici -C,Varatively firm, and m'A C an '44 beCklqsnd. The foreign lines ° have also S uthl rth klis abe d, l4t • 1 d' ti tivi Z "Nei. ins LI mg both the Indian (h 44 Y -4 ' l l k t uad ot have been aver ea, 1414 th e her Minin g s ha res erte banks are slight l y in favour of 14 4114 I ta the Land and miscellaneous 4 p trli., i 4 A - I , "u rp: Trus DAY.—CLOSING PRICES, 3 1 'or . 1 4 0. k . 41 04 oscial List.) Builness done I N It ItZi.." 2ll 12. t,:ta 4t, ev,/,',:Zci .............. ............ 'l l I IkiNt Alit. ; 44:titles 101 . $ 1114. sttettiel.llsnities tb il iii t iou r h ..... - P i te sth Ja., 1860 ._ 4 5-16 o, tl4 , taii ,11 , , ihovluatZ'It, Bth i !..... s lid . b itt i : 11 0;; . 4 ... ...... : ................ kl/41'111c1 1 4. 34 pe r Cent. 99 a 1/4ik, Ned? P POREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. 44 4 k i ldq. 184••• ........ ... 44,4 AnNi, 4: 2 . 5 per cent. £St lO 2 (. No 4 4 4, 3 LPer Cent ....... sl l l ki % forll' Nfe4Tent ... b it e t t ii tot, Account • por dent.. ...... -__ 4 4 44 %/' th e ' ! iier „4:: P. Naar:" . 76i .................. 764 tkolzi.44;l;;;Atihnet..l; ............... .. . i;ndo Tt Re, 2 PeraernetelVG .... 62i 09 CLOCA. leittZd ... . •. .. 911 , e p eitalary . ..... 0. ..... . E E9ll 01 %Ii• 1414tki ktiPblltt Nit%4., .44:41.41 of specie by the Peninsul f ar wh e i n ch d is o p ortlcluae amount to 204,7151., ena.2, ° Singapore, ,, Ede e41.311,,f%nrd )3Snlinthahr' ' I:and 37,1501. pm, ,-I 4,1'404°1* 44,1 Alex dr%_._ng al ' 'l%*‘4ll(l 411411TUT4.11 The annual exhibition of Il ti tit t :, klii ~:)f tritieh artists was submitted to priva te_ tittl!'ttertt'd to the public to-d. f . ttl..;‘,4ll4tillto.l7:ol.l.never, compels us to postpone s our no i tt , 1t,,,, Aft RA:. 41 4 "li,.' U t Z --ICS' IN STITIITION.—A few evenings _ ;i t , it iat t " *lr. 4 4 very attractive nature was delivere d itetb,.4lllil4tillelitriawealeli,:theenititis.tileeeda ‘ ri T y s ed E a n t gland a musical 14 4 I N • " considered a musical country. The Eng.Th.e li,tio, 4ndillustrated b selectio from Arne, Purcell, t,\%,:411,, many otherlc ompose n r:, British and foreign. Nes.' 4 % 7,1/4111 pad44l' the Misses Wade and Lane, and Messrs. 0 e . I _ ,lleckle, were the artistes engage d of the lecture; which gave generalsatis- SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. RAILWATI. Closing Prices this day. Business &one this day. IPaid.l Aberdeen. 100 8i Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct... Belfast & Ballymena. Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. di Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. dr Birk , .£5O and £25 Cons Do., £2O Blyth & Tyn 3 origina .£25 (issd. at £4sd Bristol and Exeter... Ca1ed0nian............. Carmarthen and Car ' all 100 all 100 digan Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber dem Junction Do. Now East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock De., B, Stock Do., New A. .... East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Pith & Dundee Forth & Clyde June. Furness . Do. Extension Glasgow &S. Western Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) Great Western all 114 all all 1.00 .00 Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds.,, Lancash.andYorksh Do., Fifths D 3, Wet. Riding Un Liv. Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwal Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Weetn. Do. Fifths D 0.10/. Sh. M&8...0 Do. Eighths London andS. Westn Do., .£5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Nfanch.Shef.&Lineln Do. Shares, No. 1 Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmng. &Derby Ifidld. G. West. Om ) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmkt.BnryExten Nwpt.Aberg.&Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor. Norfolk Northn.Connties Un. North North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed ' N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension Dodo. G.N.E. I'urch. Do. Leeds Do. York North London Do. New £lO N. &S. Wstrn. , Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire 1 North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxford, Worcester,& Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsby. & Nerefd Shropshiro Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales Yrksh. & Riv. Dun' , Do 4ainos,Wok. &Wok Stockton & Darling Stockton dt Hartlepl. Taff Vale . Do. £lO shares.. Do. Pref., No. 1 Mantes raven Dock , and Railway ' Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall. West End of London and Crystal Palace West London Wimbledn&Croydoni 20 - 21 4i - 4i 81 - 8i 12 - 11 ( 16i - - 1 6 74 71 1(11 94 96 61i —62 a 12 - i 3i - 24 6 - 7 14 - 15 Ili - Ili 29 - 31 19 - 21 73 -- 75 55 -- 57 2d -- par 19i -- 204 ••• 70 72 - 894 - 904 72 - 74 120 - 128 90 - 92 66 -66 i 60 - 62 74 - 78 7 - 9 3 7 - 9 741 p-- 75 5i - 41 8 LOO 102 LOO 101 d d 85 86 8 7 7i 6i 1 7J - 691 69i 41 - 43 Cd i pl 1i - - 50 - 52 3i 34 30i ... ' 31i 8 10 11 7i; 76 77 6 5Ad 4 121 131 53A 54?, 51 53 par—? id r 4a id—ip 304 -- 31} 98 :: 166 62 -- 63 8 -- 84! 45 -- 47 12 - 14 581 • i 94 284 29. 38 - 40 3 - 3i 16 17 - 44 23 - 25 si-• 6 6• ..... •• 6 - 7 FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. Junc Beziers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish 'Eastern of France Do. New East Indian Do. Extension Do. 4} p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of CanadaA is Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. Gt. Central of Francc Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. Now 5 per cent. Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canad- Shares Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 De. do., '76, p. '6O De. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Cond. & Baslo 'Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons do Mediterran. Nimbus Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New . Namur do Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France D o .20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3$ p. c. & red. at 221/. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 20/. 3 p. e Bds. (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs ) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds ........ Paris and Orleans... Paris and Rouen..... ParisCaen Si Cberbrg. Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse._ Do. Si p. cent. Pref. Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 54 per c. Prof Western of Franco West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand JOINT-S 1 Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chart& Rank of Asia Chrtd. Buk. of India, ' Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Loud. Chart. Bk. o: Australia Ditto Now. London and County.. London Joint Stock.. Lond. & Westminster National Provinciall of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of London ~„ 6i - 6 1 - li 3i - 2i par-AP • P 2i 2 d 32 321 5i 6i 1 1p 8 i -- 7i! 9i 81 11 -- 100 88 -- 90 21 -- 3 r par -- ip Par — hp 21 -- 3 2 -- 2B 164 -- 17 • s• ... 97 = 1001 93 95 2 d par 97 -- 100 ai, ii Zip la = Ca i G 1 - 74 iii = 3ii 12i 12i - 9A 21f -211 p ••• 47 49 42 44 —m 22i 1 1 d tad 71 8i ... - ••• ... - pm a 71 7IP 3i - iii = lii BANKS. 80 -- 82 i'd -1 cc.' 3 - 21i -21 i * - Cpl •• • " • • 37 - 39 38 - 40 65 - 67 7 - 9 25 8/ 2s St. 25 25 50 100 20 5 5 20 62i 2 x d 14i 4 llf I i xn 73} xn xn 65i i 6 51 64 8 102 11 , 2 x d 100 i 1 1002 1 86 5 291 591 8/ ,i 161 i i 211 i 371 39i 40 66A id 8 a 7f THE SUN', LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1855. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. raid. RAILWAY.. Bedford and Bletchloy Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Glstr,& Dn. Fi Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon. & Greene Do. Preference Lon., Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar. Leasing Compans. London & N. West. L&N.W. E. Un. b Prioeb this day. 96 - 98 :9 - 101 Gt.Nrthn. Caldonian. 133 - 135 Gt. Wean - Yk. New. k Berw. Y. &NAL Do Do S. Easter Do Midld.Bradfd Northern and Easternsp.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p • Prest. k Wyre Do. i Shares. Roystn.k Hit. Shef.Roth and. Gooleg.s p.c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do 1 Peto & Co. [Norfolk.., N. W. & Midid. , 3tekton & Darlingt. !E. Count Do i Wiltskgom Do'.. L. &N.W. kLn&Yk Gt Northn Lancaih& Yorkah. lA.Molean , Stockt. dt Darlingt Do iO5 -107 12 -- 13 22i -- 23 10 -- 11 2 - 2i ." - .•• 92 - 94 57 - 59 132 - 135 2i - 2 31 - 32 91 - 93 GtWestn. PREFERENCE SHARES . St. 100 Aberdeen 99 - 101 St. 100 :Do. No. 2,7 p. c 9O - 92 25 30 BlythandTynelOper ..; c. pref. (issd. at 50/) St. 100 Brie. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 92 - 94 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares . St. 100 Caledonian £lO - 97 15 all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 53 per cent._ ..„ 9i all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 - 2 all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 - 64 all Cork &Bandonsip.c - 64 all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction - 64 64 all Eastern Counties Ex tension, sp. c. No.l I - 1 p pm 64 all Do. No. 2 pus 10 all Do. New 6p. c. St. 124 -13 13 20 all Eastern Union, Gar. per cent - ••• 5 all Do. 51., 10 per cent ... -• 10 all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- - St. all Do. do. 4 per cent - St. 100 East Lancash.6 p.ets - - 5 all East and West York shire Juno. Fifths ... - St. all EdinbPrth.&Dundee 4 per cent. - 62 St. 100 Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent._ . . ..x6 St. 100 Great Northn. sp. c. 114 - 113 St. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p. e. prom..., 109 - 111 St. 100 Do. 43 p. c 101 - 103 23 all Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red at 5 p. c. pm... ip 10 all Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Prei - 64 all Ot.Southn.6zWestm. (Ireland) Eighths) ... 20 8 Do. 4 per C. Prof. St ... - 50 6 Gt. Westn. (Barks & [Tants Ex. sp. c) 6 - St. 100 Do. con. red. 43 p.c 95 - 27 963 St. 100 Do. con. red- 4p. c B7 - 89 St, 100 D. irred. 4p.c. - 90 884 9 8 all Do. Birm, Pref. Sh 9t - 104 10 all Do.ChesterB p. c.P.S 164 -16 i 10 all Do. do. sp.c. do 9i - 114 St. 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk 7O -72 263 all Do. Ches. Gua. Sh- 19 - 193 13A all Do. do. do 94 -Oi 20' all Do, do. do l4 - 143 16 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O id St. 100 Do. 6p. c. Stock - 135 St. 100 London and Brighten Guaranteed 5 p. St. 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. ... ..„ St. 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. St. 100 Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct - 50 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds 24 - 3 124 all Londonderry& Color 3 Shares • - ••• 124 all fLondy. &Ennis.3Sh - 10 all Vlan., Shef., & Lin., Now, £lO l2 - 12 124 6 43 Do. £6.. a - aP 12 3 all Harypt.&Carl.l p - 12 all Do. 43 per cent .• ••• 12 103 Do - Bie St. 100 \lid. Consol.6 p.e.St - St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent 133 - 135 161 113 Do. 4 Pref. 43 per cent 14 -ld 14 dis 10 10 Norfolk Debenture . . . St. 100 Do.Pre. 4p. o. Stock S 6 St. 100 Do. sp. o. Ext 104 - 106 St. 100 Do. Si per ct. - St. 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. a. - St. 100 Nortk British lOl - 102 St. 100 N. E. Barw, 4 p.c. P '9o - 92 17 5 Do. 410. do. - 34 34 20 13 Do. Leeds 6 p.c 123 9 Do. do. Quarters 48 . - 25 10 Do. York H.& S. Pur. - 20 all North Staffordshire- - St. 100 oxford,Worcester,& Wolverli.Xls,6 p.c. 113 - 115 84 all Scot. Cent. ,New Prot - 25 all South Devon l2 -14 10 14 Dio. fixed,44 per cent ia par 1.0.6 all S. n E n as .) te o T x ( 1 O Re s a . d ; l 3 ng d. 23 - 24 20 all S. Wales Gua, 4p. c, 20 all Do. (lc 44 p. c -• 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar!. 16 -13 25 all Stockton and Dar: lington, 6 per cent. - 25 11 Do. do. do. /a 123 all Stockton and Hartle. pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 - •.. MINES. 1 all Agua Fria . 1 all Anglo Austen. Gold 10s. all Anglo Californian 1 _ 20 6 Australian —ll 1 all Australian Cordillera - 1 all Australian Freehold 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd.D achy of) 50 all Blamarvon Iron and Coal 20 13.5 British Iron 3 5 15i 41 35 251 Brazilianlmp.(issued at 1:5 pm ll —2/ 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiabl 1 14 20 15 Do. St. John Delßey 28 110 - 1 1 Carsons's Creek 1 ; Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica id par t 40 all Cobra Copper 45 47 5 1 Colonial Gold — St. all Copper Min. of Eng 5O —65 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent par 2 p ... 16 Copiapo . .. .• l6 —lB , 5 all English and 'Austin Copper Smeltg Co ll 2 11 2 / Fortuna $ Id 20 all General.. l4l 161 1 all Gt.NuggetVeiußeg. 1 4 all Great Polgooth ••• 1 all Liberty . - •• 3 v it 71 5 1 Lusitanian id Id 1 all Mariquita... .... 1 all New Granada 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Ce..„ 1 all Nouveau Monde i 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt 131 141 5 1 Port Philip " 1 all Quartz Rock — 50 all 'Rhymnoy Iron 2l 23 15 all Do. 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The subject of disquisition selected by the reviewer is precisely of a character the most eminently well calculated to rouse the attention and excite the curiosity of every intelligent mind interested in the more curious and recondite fields of psychological investigation. It is nothing less, in fact, than the minute analysis, as far at least as such a matter can well be analysed, of an intellectual capacity of such surpassing magnitude, and of a nature so rare, if not altogether unparalleled, as to be no other than an absolute and admitted phenomenon. That phe nomenon, as already intimated, the genius and career of the Cardinal Guiseppe Gaspardo Mezzo fanti—incomparably the most wonderful linguist the world ever beheld, whether in recent times or in the days of antiquity. According to the Edinburgh Review, the only name of which we have any re cord whatsoever, worthy of being brought into comparison with that of Mezzofanti, is the name with which that of the latter has been so frequently associated, the name of the ancient King of Pontus —the many-tongued Mithridates. But whereas Mithridatos could speak no less than " twenty two" languages, if we are to believe the assurance of Pliny, and Solinus, and - Veering Maximus, or as many as " twenty-five," if we are to give credit to Aulus Genius, who avers that with a quarter of a hundred tongues the royal linguist was "thoroughly conversant" (percal/uit)—Mezzofanti could speak— how many? Why, astonishing to relate, as many as " fifty-eight," according to M. Manavit, or actually no less than "seventy-eight," according to the Ctivi/ta Cattolica. In the accuracy of these statements, however, as to the number of different languages perfectly well known to—road and spoken by—Cardinal Mezzofanti, disposed to the writer in the Edinburgh is not by any means place implicit credence, without first of all subject ing them, one by one, in regular succession, to a most careful, searching, and, so to speak, oven microscopic examination. Yet after sifting the various pros aid cons relating to it, how astound ing are the scope and amplitude of the reputation appertaining by right (according even to this most sceptical of critics) to Cardinal Mezzofanti I How linguallcaonpgacaitigoesby of Lord Byron. H Mezzofanti w h h e h his wonder which marvellous were w e h h a T to ebe been passage in the nobleow many poet,s o l f us e tt e r h a to v e a frie forgotten d,ia t is so wonder-fully expressed in regard t o th at mon stiteriraroefuslaonfgupaagrtess, of hsapteewoha,lkiof h walking polyglot, he says heg polyglot, th a t " ought to hare existed at the time of the tower of Babel as universal interpreter r Any one who has lost an exact remembrance of the witty pane gyric referred to, will find it given complete at page 47 of the present number of the Edinburgh —and in the same article passim a variety of kindred quotations. One of these, taken from an elaborate sketch of Mezzofanti penned in 1846 by Guido GOrres, the son of the celebrated Catholic publicist and Professor, we must gratify ourselves, and our readers too we believe, by transcribing. It runs as follows : " The vastness of the range of languages whi c h h e h a d mastered borders closely on the incredible ; an d, w h at appears hardly less marvellous, this anon:awls store has not only not produced any Babel-like confu s i on i n h i s head, but, on the contrary, is completely at hi s com mand, se that, without the least effort, and without any observable interval, he passes from one realm of lan guage to another as lightly as a bird hops from sprig to sprig. He is familiar with all the European langu ages . And by this we understand not merely the old classical tongues and the first-class modern ones ; that is to say, the Greek and Latin, the Italian, Preach, Spanish, Portuguese, German, and English ; his knowledge em braces also the languages of the second class, viz., the Dutch, the Danish and Swedish, the whole Scla,vonio family, the Russian, Polish, Bohemian or Czechish, and Servian, the Hungarian, and Turk ish, and even those of the third and fourth class, the Irish, Welsh, Albani an , Wallachian, Bulgarian, and Illyrian are equally at hi s command. Oa ray happening to mention that I had once dabbled a littl e i n Basque, he at once proposed that we should set about it together. Even the Romani of the Alps and the Lettish are - not unfamiliar to him ; nay, he has made himself acquainted with Lappish, the language of the wretched nomadic tribes of Lapland, although he told me he did not know whether it should be called Lappish or Lapbandish. Passing along to Asia, it is true that he does not claim acquain tance with all the dialects of this vast region with its desolate steppes, and its fallen, degenerate, and fast decreasing population ; but nevertheless, even here, there is hardly one ofj the more prominent languages, especially those which fall within the circle of European intercourse, that has escaped his group. Thus he is mas ter of all the languages that are classed under the Tudo- German family.: then San:met and Persia*, the Moor dish, tke Armenian, the Georgian,---he is familiar with all the numbers of the Semitic family, the Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, Samaritan, Chaldee, the Sabaio and even the Chinese, which he not only reads, but speaks. As regards Africa, and its Hamitic races, the re cent revival of intercourse with that country, and especially with Egypt and Abyssinia, have facilitated the extension of his acquaintance with its languages He knows the Coptic, Ethiopic, Abyssinian, Amharic, and Angolese. I cannot from my own knowledge say whether he has acquired any of the native languages of America, except the Californian ; but I have been told that even. while he was in Bologna, he learned some of these from an ex-Jesuit who bad sojourned as a mission ary on that continent."—(Histories Politischt Bleitter. 1842.) Later on, the reviewer in the Edinburgh enume ivTerhsuitsy_, of languages actually known enume rates the various and, according to his impression, conflicting statements of diffe ren t t rave ll ers an d philologists, tom easzztoofatnhteid. " Stewart Rose says that Mezzofanti read twenty and conversed in eighteen languages / 33aron Von Bach ex tends the number to thirty-two, living and dead ! Blume, though he considers the Baron's account exag gerated as to degree, makes no objection to it in point of number ; Molbech says, ' the number extends to more than thirty languages.' Fleck makes it `807114 thirty.' Even of his own account of himself we hare different serourutofimfbat3leriof languages in Isa,ntghnaatgMes,ezezmoifla,endtiatisitmhe ae reports fg,gwehr exaggeration, o h snh u , s o , spoke eg though be h o be r i Morgan a l): n ao rd s ty a: o o n n e over the outline of the contrary, says that, with affected humility, he told her ' he spoke only question addressed by him to Mezzofanti as Paget, on traveller states that, in forty laziguages.,:ndAtihres.RPuasgs which he could express fathooniins:whyself, Mezzofanti sent him the name of God written with his own hand in forty - sir languages! To com plete tbo ombarra ssmen t , M. Manavit gives a detailed li st o f forty-eight languages sp o k en b y t h e C ar di na l ; while smother writer , the author of a sketch which ap peared in the . Guilts Cattolica, (whom M. Manavit quotes, and who states as his authority a conversation with Mentofanti in 1846), ma k es the number sso less than seventy-eight I" critic, st w a e tena re e p :t a s t : to our thinking reNgaotrdssothdeo fore going E i : as jo ourselves. b u conflicting rTghh There re ig i a progression t n i u t it h . e v tvth number;.gi, ~a stated a q n u d i tee, compatible than Mithridates— aPtaiti.ble witlfour no twtlreotme ionrel,Btlh9an thirty-five, and , and perpetual powers of our modern 1\ ,mi development ietzhz roi fl:teis: and the do eosf tl ourhine gual more revieweroprw so entirely forget when the wonder o th f a ß t o S lo te g w na art w ß as ose li that thirty years and more had elap sed before the n and.o n died the l7th of Septem statement afterwards given was put forth in the pages of the " Civilta Cattolicae Guiseppe Mez bzoefra,nitni,lr7e7c4o,llaetßologna, was ogn bao,ras recently as on the 15th of March,_ in 1849, at Rome. Upwards of seventy-fire years altogether had elapsed during the interval—years dedicated by the great linguist to the perpetual increase and extension of hi s ex _ traordinary stores of philological. knowledge. Why we learn from the Edinburgh, reviewer himself that it was (p. 63) only towards the close of his pro tracted life that Mezzofanti mastered the Chi nese language, " probably," sa p th e critic, " th e most signal triumph of his career ' —and mastered it, moreover, so completely as to be able to deliver in that tongue a series of discourses, moral and con troversial, to the Chinese students collected to gether, at the time, under the roof of the Propa ganda. Moreover, in a previous page .p ,_ ( 61) the reviewer has also recorded on the high authority of the Roman Catholic Bishop Baines, a prelate him self of extended learning, And of very varied ac complishments, that it was not until late in Mezzo fanti's career that, for a freak, one might almost call it, in six weeks (without any knowledge of it beforehand) his extraordinary intellect grasped and mastered the Welsh language ! Howbeit, with all his admitted admiration for the really unexampled powers of the great Cardinal, the. Edinburgh re viewer seems at times to have resolved perversely to discredit the vastness of those powers, merely for the sake of appearing less of an enthusiast and of a hero-worshipper. Incredulous upon many points in re; and to Mezzofanti, the critic is never theless all-believing in regard to any other linguist whomsoever. Ex. gr., he quite bows down his judgment to the assertion of Du Bartas, to wit, that Scaliger spoke thirteen languages, as thus celebrated in ridiculous doggrel : " - Scaligor, merveille de notre a ge , Soleil des savants, q ui parle elegamment Hobreu, Grecoic, R om eo, Espagnol, Allemand, Francois, Italien, Nubian, Ara bi qu e, Syriaque, Persian, Anglois, Chaldaique." Again, the Edinburgh reviewer has an implicit credence in the capacity of the Admirable Crichton —that paragon of fabulous scholarshi .- P--to dispute in any of the twelve languages (Hebrew, Syriac, Ara , bic, Greek, Latin, Spanish, Italian, French, English, German, Flemish, and Slavonic) enumerated in his renowed thesis in the University of Paris. Pre cisely as the same review accepts the assertion of Aulus Gellius about the five-and-twenty languages spoken by that royal myth Mithridates (the pun may be forgiven under the provocation of the circum stance here particularised), what though the said quarter of a hundred tongues are not a jot more obviously real than those of the "four-and-twenty blackbirds baked in a pie," and capable of singing so very dulcetly when placed before another king than the King of Pontus. Everything reported about Scaliger, and Crichton, and Mithridates, the Edinburgh reviewer swallows as, at once, entirely credible ; but, again and again, without any more reason than in the instances above specified, he writes dubiously and reasons sceptically about the vast and otherwise universally admitted capacities of the late Cardinal Mezzofanti. Nay, what-does this very critic himself tell us at one part of his ingenious and elaborate argument ? What but this— "The authorities already alleged place it beyond all doubt that he spoke almost all the leading languages both of the East and West with all but the freedom, the precision, and the propriety of an educated native of each of the countries. It is not alone that the general fact is attestei by many of these authorities ; each traveller has borne testimony to his perfection in the language of his own country. Baroness Inmenstein took him for a German. Prince Volkonski would be very glad if his son spoke Russian as well ;' Stewart Rose's Smyrniote declared that he might pass for a Greek or Turk throughout the dominions of the Grand Seignior.' Baron Von Zach was taken by surprise, and stupefied by his excellent Magyar. Molbech found him speaking Danish with almost entire correctness ; and Fleck ' heard him speak modern Greek to a young man who came into the library, Hebrew with a rabbi or acrittore of the Vatican ; Russian with a magnate who passed through, Latin and German with himself, Danish with a young Danish archmologiet, English with the English, Italian with many !' We have ourselves repeatedly received explicit and equally precise assurances, not only from French, Spaniards, Portuguese, and Poles, but from orientals of every variety of race and of tongue. We must refer to M. Manavit for a very interesting account of ,his minute acquaintance with the various provincial dialects of France and Spain, and particularly with the Basque language, which, as we have seen, he proposed to study with Guido Gorres. Of his familiarity with English (although Fleck says 'his English was only middling') the accounts given by the English themselves seem al most more marvellous. He astounded Byron even to his English. Captain Smyth said 'he spoke it more cor rectly than himself.' Lady Morgan could net detect any trace of accent, ' although (at that time) he had never left Bologna.' With Dr. Baines he 'spoke it as fluently as we do, and with the same accuracy, not only of grammar, bat of And, even as far back as 1817, Stewart Rose attests that, during long-repeated conversations in English he never once misapplied the sign of a tense, that fearful stumbling to Scotch and Irish We may add, upon our part, the fullest con firmation of these statements ; and perhaps we shall best illustrate them by stating that we have known more than one instance in which Irish visitors meeting him for the first time have taken him for an English eccle siastic, mistaking the slight foreign peculiarity which he retained, for what is called in Ireland, the_English accent.' Notwithstanding, indeed, some most uncalled-for evidences of unbelief, here and there, as before vaguely implied, or expressly particularised, the paper to which we have thus directed attention as the most fascinating contribution to the pre sent number of the Edinburgh, constitutes, after all, a very splendid and wonderfully merited eulo gium upon the almost inconceivable powers of the greatest linguist who ever breathed, the illustrious Guiseppo Gaspardo Mezzofanti. Honour to the wanes of one who, through a long, and holy, and venerable life, enjoyed a " gift of tongues" veri tably Apostolical. In addition to the philological treatise here mentioned, the Whig Quarterly has other papers of a merit by no means inconsiderable. Those relating to " Parliamentary Opposition," and to "The War in the Crimea," will just now possess an unlooked-for increase of attraction — read by the light of passing occurrences—at home the change of Government, and abroad the calami ties before Sebastopol. A description given in another contribution referring to the "Siege of Rhodes in 1480" has clearly, in the very title of it, an illustrative reference to the siege now, in 1855, carried on not far front the no Roads—be tween the heights of Inkerman and the port of Balaklava. A. genial notice of Lord Carlisle's " Diary in Greek Waters," and an agreeable but superficial review of " Modern French Literature," II ake up—with a biographical chapter on the life and death of " Charles the Fifth," a sedate paper on "Private-Bill Legislation," and a readable ar gument suggested by " Marsden's History of the Puritais,"—the remaining attractions of our au thoritative blue-and-buff contemporary, L IT BRAT U RA The Neweomes. No. XVII. By W. M. novelist in - the'vte - velopment of the plot of his pre- Thackeray. s th s ° ha . : m b p e a e: m or ad t e he by th o r u .o r pre sent n tra arr er : li tly n e ar :w p i r th ogr in e notable chapters here published. Our dear 'old Colonel TkomAs Newcom• discovers' the villainy, or rather the little priggish, petty, mean rascality of Sir Barnes—giving the latter, thereupon " a bit of his mind," in the presence of his clerk, Mr. Bolthy, and of Uncle Hobson, within the sanctuary of the unsuspecting back parlour of the great city banking-house. The whole scene is delightfully real in every particular, from the Colonel's " Ah !" of satisfaction, directly Sir Barnes makes his ap pearance, up to the climax of the gallant old trump's outburst of indignation. Trump we call him on the authority of his beloved son Clive, as uttered. by that brave but gentle artist (painter and glazier, as he is called by Crackenthorpe of Ours), in the most exquisite little incident re counted this month by Mr. Thackeray. The fond and manly fraternisation of father and son, in Clive's atelier, in the presence of Arthur Pendennis and George Warrington—when the Colonel lays his hand on young Clive's shoulder, and stroking the youth's yellow moustache, asks if Barnes really sent no answer to the challenge : Clive having but that moment sketched an illustration to those charming and tender lines of Sir Walter— " He turned his charger as he spake, Beside the river shore ; He gave his bridle rein a shake, With adieu for evermore, My dear ! Adieu for evermore 1" Georg© and Pendennis trolling out as the colonel enters—. "Adieu for evermore, My dear ! ddieu for evermore t" It is scarcely possible for any one really " up" in the story, and alive to the sweet and natural pathos of Mr. Thackeray, to road without a moistening of the eyes the result of the colonel's query as he rests his hand upon his sou's s h ou ld er , an d sm ili ng l y strokes Clive's yellow moustache :—"Clive broke out into a laugh that was almost a sob. Ho took both his father's hands. ' My dear, dear old father,' says be, ' what a—what an—old—trump you are I' " No wonder Arthur Pendonnir: adds, when recounting the circumstance—" My eyes were so dim I could hardly see the two men as they embraced." For they both stand, serene, but sad at heart, under the shadow of a great. home calamity—une affaire de ccettr—Ethel being the be trothed of Priucekin, otherwise of the Most Hon. Fergus Angus Malcolm Mango Roy, twenty-fifth Earl of Glenlivat and Rossment, and third Mar quis of Farrintosh, in the peerage of Scotland. Hobiou Newcome thinks it jolly to be uncle to a marquis. Young Mr. Samuel, his son, is, if pos sible, yet more vulgarly elated at the prospect of so lofty a connexion—young Mr. Sam, of whom Laura Pendennis could not help saying to her liu-- band, that she thought the said Sam " an odious little creature." Aud, by the way, how wonder fully our friend Pen wins upon our affections, now that his conceit and coxcembry are sweetened into marital wisdom under the womanly influence of the gentle Laura. Never was such an im provement in novel hero from the time when young Martin Chuzzlewit returned unselfish from the wilds of the backwood Paradise. If we can speak thus, however, of the wifely influence of Mrs. Arthur Pendenuis, what can we say of the Lady Clara, wife of Sir Barnes Newcome ? What—but that we dread in her re gard a catastrophe in relation to her old " flame" Jack Belsize, now Lord Highgate. Perhaps the next number will show whether or not our anxie ties in this particular are premature. There are sundry matters in the instalment now before us yet demanding reference in words of no s tinted commendation. Instance—the entomological sketch of the character of Sir Barnes Nowc ome (who goes about his life's business "as a bug crawls, and [ stings, and stinks,") dashed off with_ the ease and vigour of a master-hand,. i n that finest speech that has yet fallen from the lips of the usually too taxi turn George Warrington. Instance, likewise, the confab on horseback, in the park, between our dear old Colonel and General Sir George Tato (surely another name, if we mistake not, for General Sir Thomas do Boots), where the padded warrior says to Colonel Newcome that he re torted upon the unexpected poltroonery of Sir Barnes, by exclaiming, " Dash me, sir, if you don't want me, why the dash do you send for rue dash me ?" adding, " A. 22 is your man, Sir Barne s Newcome." Instance finally, the tragic event re corded at the close of the present number, in the announcement of the sudden death of the witch like sister of the late Marquis of Steyne (renowned in the annals of " Vanity Fair ") ; in other wor d s, I. the decease one night, in her velvets and ermine, (from a sudden seizure, while going her rounds in the fashionable assemblies in May-fair) of Louisa Joanna Gaunt, Countess Dowager of Kew. Upon this unlooked-for occurrence much of the remain ing plot of " The Newcomes" may probably- be dependent. Who can possibly aver that it may not deprive of a blooming young bride, the high and mighty PrincekiH, Fergus Angus Malcolm Roy, Earl of Rossmont and Marquis of Farintosh. Mammon ; or, the _Hardships of an Heiress. By Mrs. Gore. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. " Glories, like glow- worms, far away shine b r i g h t, But looked to near have neither heat nor light," is the motto prefixed to this work, and it exactly typifies its general purpose and intention. The object of the authoress is evidently to demonstrate and exemplify how many and bitter are the troubles which attend on enormous wealth. Janetta Wool ston was indeed a " nameless martyr ;" no pity or sympathy was given to her sufferings. Sh e was considered by every one as free from care or an noyance, and as likely to be happy and prosperous as any of the most favoured araongmortals. The secret truth and hidden reality which lurked amid all this overpowering grandeur and intruded into her palace home was widely different. From her earliest childhood the young heiress was forced to give up every pleasure and sacrifice every tie of kindred and friends at the shrine of her worldly father's idol, Mammon. In his exclusive homage to that golden image, John Woolston Wraysbury gradually shut out all better thoughts and feelings from his mind. He became so wrapt up in the idea of his daughter being the richest heiress in the kingdom, that he neglected every other considerati on that should have influenced his con duct towards her. Janetta herself was a gentle, unassuming girl, more fitted by nature and disposi tion for a simple and humble walk of life than to be the " cynosure of neighbouring eyes," and the observed of all observers. A great deal of skill is displayed in the representation of Gerald Moly neux, or " Old Molynemx," as ho was generally called. Although he was eventually earl, his old habits and manners remained the same, and not all the caution and wisdom of his sagacious referee, "Reuben Howard," could effectually metamorph ose him and convert the reckless man of fashion into a staid and respectable member of the House of Peers, a worthy representative of his respected father and honoured brother, who had commanded the reverence and homage of all classes, and who had departed the self same year, the one in the ful ness of time, and the other in the prime of life. The portion of the story which relates to Lord Dinton and Bessy Pennington is touching and full of feeling. It forms an agreeable contrast to the spirit which pervades the chronicles of worldly ambition, and animates the records of fashionable manoeuvres. " Constancy's the gift of heaven " was proved in the lives of those pure-minded and highly-principled beings, who were at last put asunder by a sudden and awful death. It was a sad day for all con nected with the family, from the highest to the lowest, when the promised husband of Bessy Pennington was carried to the grave. The selfish and overbearing Gerald and Emma Molyneux could ill replace their gracious and gentle predecessors. One point in the story is very successfully described, the constant dread evinced by the crafty Sir John and his equally cunning, sister Emma, of coming into contact with each other under unpleasant circumstances. Thus, when in his days of adver sity at the " weedy villa " at Hendon, the future raillionnaire was never visited by his sister, who was then flourishing in aristocratic circles with small means, but fashionable exterior. Th e scene changed ; Emma and her husband were obliged to retire a little from their extravagant circle, while the neglected brother was master of fabulous wealth. To forgive and forget was not one of the virtues of the baronet, and he repaid scorn for scorn, and thought himself the wilier in the con flict, when the sadden and premature death of his brother raised the exiled Molyneux to the rank of the Earl of Dinton, and enriched him with thou sands. Then the subtle relations were puzzled how to act, but the preference was on the side of the Diutons. They had the highest standing in society, and were the most accustomed to its usages. Sir John Wraysbury made the mistake of thinking that money was the substitute instead of the auxiliary of everything else in public and private life. The consequence was that he was looked upon with contempt by society, and regarded with distrust by his domestic) circle. The know ledge that he was master of great wealth at pre sent, and the trustee of enormous riches for the future, was not enough to induce the world to tolerate overbearing conduct and unrefined man ners. While in his private intercotrse he made enemies of friends and strangers of relations, by cold selfishness and cruel neglect, ho offers a strik ing example to all who devote themselves to the pursuit and increase of worldly gain, unmind ful of the more excellent and enduring pos sessions that wealth neither gives nor takes away—the ties of kindred, the bonds of friend ship, the respect of their fellow-men, and, above all, the satisfaction of an approving con science. The rotary of Mammon forfeited all claims to these treasures, and felt his life a failure, and his existence a burden. With all the skill, for which she is celebrated, the authoress shows forth such a life in its meanness, its harshness, and its short-sightedness. The hardships of an heiress, who possessed such a guardian, may be imagined. Besides the chequered career of Sir J ohu, who migrated through every stage of life, as a poor man, and a millionnaire, there are various claims on the notice of the reader. Fashionable life is de scribed, not in its usual stereotyped monotony, but new and striking characters emerge from its chronicles. Reuben Howard is a life-like portrait, and though no exact prototype may exist, he is no fancied or imaginary sketch. Emma Molyneux is another clever delineation, and Roger Farmer likewise attracts attention. More powerful than amusing, and more descriptive of people than illustrative of events, this work is,one that will not be passed over as o r di nar y or common-place, but must belong to the superior and lasting. The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer. J. Nichol, Edinburgh. This is another of Mr. Nichol's handsome series of the British Poets, which will, when completed, form a valuable library edition. Six volumes are issued during the year to subscribers at the low price of one guinea, and the catalogue is to include all the British poets, with the exception, of course, of those whose works are exclusively copyright. Milton, Thomson, Young, and Cowper are already published. Dryden is immediately to follow. The present volume contains the works of three poets— J ames Beattie, the author of the " Minstrel " and many other well-known pieces, Robert Blair, and William Falconer. A curious coincidence exists between the two last, the reputation of both de pending on a single poem—few having heard of any thing of Falconer's but his " Shipwreck," and Blair, we believe, having scarcely written anything but " Tho Grave." 'We must not omit to mention that Mr. flilfillim enntributon livcm of the }mots and critical dissertations,' the explanatory notes being wisely restricted to more pieces of information in the margin. The paper and typo are both excel lent—the latter is indeed unusually distinct—and, though the size is somewhat cumbersome for ordi nary perusal, as a library edition it is without doubt the handsomest that has appeared for some time. A Ramble through Normandy. By G. M. Mus grave, M.A. Bogue. This is an unpretending volume, which does not narrate any lengthened travels, or describe un known countries. The author has found enough to interest himself and his readers in a sketching CI:- cursion through two or three of the numerous de partments of France. The writer started on his expedition at the time when the French camp was established at 13oulegne, which, of course, he visited. With this exception the book has no re lation to the stirring topics which at present en gross so much attention. The writer takes muc h interest in architectural and antiquarian t op i cs, and gives much information respecting the life of William the C o nqueror, of whom, na t urally, many t race s are still extant in Normandy. Th e illustra tions are numerous, and give the reader a good idea of some of the figures represented. The varieties of the famous Normandy caps are amusing, hut, sad to relate, these won d erful head-dresses are fallinginto disuse. The neglect of them which now prevails i s chiefly att r ib u table to the intro duction of che a p conveyances, so that tho lower classes no l onger j ourney about, on foot, or on a horse, as before, and their great height, sometimes two feet, forbid s th e i r entry i n t o an or di nary vehicle. On high days and holidays, therefore, whoa it is absolutely indispensable to appear in full costume, the dames of Normandy often wear a ?small cap for travelling, carrying the inconvenient appendage in the lap. The author is very favour ably disposed towards the French, a sentiment which, at the present time of cordial amity, will meet with general recognition. He affirms his journey to have been solely in search of archaeo logy and the picturesque. He is himself quite satisfied with what ho found, and it is to be hoped his example will convince his more adventurous readers, that, should they feel disposed to travel, they may find muck to interest and amuse them in " A Ramble through Normandy." The English Cyclopedia. Bradbury . and Evans. This valuable work has now reached the twenty second part, continuing the publication of geo graphy and natural history, which two sections will be completed in the course of the present -year. The third volume will be ready in March, and the fourth will shortly follow, thus completing two of the four divisions of the work. The remaining portions, sciences and arts, and biography mid history, will then be issued in the same manner, thus forming a work of reference including all the great branches of general knowledge. MISCELLANEOUS MAGAZINES. The .National Miscellany opens with a paper on the North-E as t ern prov i nces o f T ur k ey. Certa i n l y if no other benefits result from the much-talked-of Eastern question, it ought to have very much in creased our geographical knowledge. An essay on mottoes and devices is one of the most attractive in the number. The articles in this magazine are usually of a superior class ; and this month there are several on subjects of interest.—Sharpe's Lon don Magazine is of a more entertaining and lighter character. Its contents generally consist of tales and sketches. The chief among these are " The Cogi tations of Mrs. Clarinda Singlehart" and " Harry Covordale's Courtship", by our old friend, Frank Smedley, which is also appearing in shilling monthly parts. Hogg's Instructor has several interesting topics. A paperon the "Cephalopods ; or, Cuttle Fish Tribe," gives much new and curious information respectin g there. " Sister Anne," is a pleasing domestic story, b y th e author of "Ethel ." New ton s London Journai of Arts and Sciences is now reduced to a shilli ng, b ut the contents are in no way inferior. Th e usua l description of recent patents is given with illustrati ve di agrams, to gether with the scientific reports and adjudications of the month. The Patriotic Fund Journal is a magazine whose proceeds are to;be d evo t e d , as the name implies, to the Patriotic Fund. The contents are chiefly connected with the war, ill ustrious generals, brief memoirs of the most generals, &c., and describing the events of the battles and the siege. Some of the verses en this subject are of a superior kind. The Family Friend is an excellent little serial, the best of the kind. lime Thoughts, and Our Friend, which is now called The Englishman's Magazine, are of a more ambitious description. The Statist, and _Evangelical Christendom, are serials devoted to a particular class of readers. The Statist is the most generally interesting, some of the statistics given being curious and useful. The Youth's Ma gazine and Penny Post, are cheap and simple mis cellanies for juvenile readers. Le Follet has, u usual, the pro- em i nence over a ll our Engl i sh b ooks of fashion from th e P ar i s i an taste and elegance with which it is conducted. LAW INTELLIGENCIL-(TIIIS DAY). COURT OF QUEEN'S BIiNCI. (Sittings at Nisi Priui.—Before Lord Campbell and a Special Jury.) COOKS AND AWOTHER V. ITILDIS. Thu. was an action for libel in which the plaintiffs, who are printers at Maidstone, sought to recover da• mazes to the amount of 5001. for an alleged ; libel by the defendant, who is deputy clerk of the peace for the county of Kent. The plaintiffs it appeared had been employed by the county to print the register of voters as their prede cessor in business, Mr. Hall, had done. Mr. Hall had been in the habit of charging 1401. for the work, and the plaintiff continued to do it at the same price. Finding, however, that in consequence of a rise in price in mate. rials, &c., it did not pay them at that rate they applied to the defendant for an increase, stating at the same time that they had written QLI the subject to three Lon• don printing firms, and that the lowest estimate for the work was from Messrs. Shaw, who said they could not do it under 235/. The defendant subsequently wrote to Messrs. Shaw, and eventually agreed with them to do the wcrk on much lower terms, and in his report to the Finance Committee, with reference to the transaction, he alleged that the plaintiff had "attempted to extort money from the county by his representation." This report was read before the magistrates at the ensuiag► sessions, and formed the ground of the present action. Sergeant Ryles, with Mr. Phinn, were for the plain. tiffs, aid Sir P. Thesigor and a junior counsel, for the defendants. Sir F. Theaiger submitted to the Court that the pre. sentation of the report in question was a privileged transaction, that it was the duty of the defendant in his official capacity to state kis reasone to the Finance Committee for taking the printing out of the hands of the plaintiffs, and that in reading the report at the yes• sions he was only obeying the command of the magis trates. Lord Campbell concurred in this, excepting so far as regarded the words quoted above, which he said he must put to the jury. The case was proceeding when our reporter left. Basiress this day. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, ,Feb. s. —Wind an d wea th ee this day at noon, S. W. Light airs and dull hazy weather. There was some little rain yesterday, and it is thawing fast. from GRAVESENBremen.D,S Feb. 5. Wind S.W.— Arrived —Balsar, ailed—Europa ; S for Sdney, N.S.W. r ; Alexander Wi se , for Karrachee ir J a mes Rosa, fo Valparaiso. The Maria Grey, which sailed hence, on the 21 inst., for Calcutta, put back yesterday, having been on shore on the Margate Sands. RAMSGATB, Feb. 4.—A quantity of wreck, apparently from an old colonial built ship, of about 400 tons, has come on shore, supposed from the William Carson, lost on the Kentish Knock. MARGATE, Feb. 4.—Part of the starboard side of a ship, fir built, with painted ports, was found yesterday off the North Foreland. DEAL, Feb. 4.-11. M. S. Lizard sailed yesterday for the river, with the remainder of the cargo of the Fanny (schooner), wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. s.—Arrived—Madrid (e.), from Gibraltar, &c. PLYMOi3III, Feb. 3.—Wind, S.— Arrived—Bacchante (s.s.), from the West Coast of Africa; on freight 3,000 ozs. of gold. RYE, Feb. 3. Wind, S.E. -- Arrived—Concordia, from Liverpool to Dordt, towed in disabled ; the running gear had frozen, and the sails were cut away to prevent the mast going over the side. ST-111CROSS, Feb. 4.—The ship Laurel, on shore near Sidmouth, has broken up ; cargo lost, part of materials saved. YARMOUTH, Fob. s.—Tho brig Edon, of Sunderland, went on shore last night at Gorlesten ; crew saved. Tho William and Mary, of Whitby, has come on shore; crew saved by the life-boat. Feb. 4.—The Ocean Queen, from Marseilloa to Lynn, brought up in this harbour during the gale of 30th Jan., was run into by H.M.S. Horatio on the let inst., and was strained. JERSEY, Feb. 1. Wind E.—Sailed—St. Brelade, for Pernambuco. CLYDE, Feb. 3.—Sailed—City of Benares, for Calcutta; William Gibson, for Bombay. Arrived—Wild Horse, from Windsor, U.S. BOULOGNE, Jan. 31.—The Caradoc, of Bangor, Wales, from Limerick to London, which was on allow at Portel, near here, has beon got off. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRITESEND, Monday, 9.50 a.m. Wind, S.W. ; tide, low water ; No arrivals. DE/L, Monday, 9.27 a.m. Wind, Y.S.N. ; light and hazy. No arrivals. ANZSTHESIA BY COLD ITV SURGICAL OPERATIOYS. The following appeared in Saturday's Lancet:— TO THE EDITOR 01' THE LANCET. Sir,—The experience of the last few weeks has proved to my complete conviction that local anaesthesia can be obtained by the benumbing influence of ice, with out resorting to the administration of chloroform, which by its subtle power renders insensible the system generally, and occasionally produces those fatal effects to which almost every surgeon can bear testimony. I have tried the ice in several cases, in both hospital and private practice, and in almost every instance the success was evident, the patient when blindfolded being ignorant of the use of the knife. It affords me great pleasure to confirm the evidence of Dr. Arnott upon this interesting subject, and to draw the serious attention of surgeon's, both at home and abroad, to this agent, whereby patients can be freed from the pain which attends many every-day operations we are called upon to treat with the knife, and reserve chloroform for those very severe cases where either the duratioi of the operation or the depth of structure requires the employ ment of that potent agency.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, THOMAS WAILIZT, F.R.C.S. Arlington-street, Feb., 1855. - - Two THOUSAND POLICE OFFICERS FOR THE CAMEL —ln conseque nce o f a commun i ca ti on f rom h er Ma jesty's Secretary of State to Sir Riehaed Mayne, the Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, that gentleman has called upon the superintendents in the force to report to him, and recommend any inspectors, sergeants, and private constables who may feel in clined to volunteer and forma transport corps in the Crimea. The body is to c onsist of a quarterma s t er , sergeants or superintendents, drivers, and corporals. The strength of the whole is to be 1,000 . There are to be 1,400 drivers, at a pay each of 3 s. per day, an d 2 e. 6d . each for the lower class, clothing and rations to be given in addition. The officer is to receive 1001. for an outfit, but the candid ate must b e in every respect effi cient, capable of bolding her Majesty's commission, and qualified to associate with the officers in the British army. The sum of 2s. per day is to be added for field allowance beyond the regular pay. The prieteipal officer is to be allowed a horse of his own selection, at cast price to the government. Hi s standing salary is to be Bs. Bd. per day. Pen s i ons are also to be allowe d to t h e men who may b e engaged in the event of their receiving wounds whilst on duty in the East. 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