The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-28 00:00:00

GE. MONEY MARKET AND C OTAIVIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. and the utending humour. u of the no more. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed ve ry firmly, but without animation, and prices of Americans were 1-161. p-^r lb. against the buy..r. All other kinds were at full rates. The sales were 10,000 bales-1,000 for export, and 1,000 °II speculation—comprising 660 Pernam and and Mara.nharn, at 61. to 60. ; 250 Bahia, at ; 300 Egyptian, at 61. to nd..; 2,000 Surats, 4t 31d. to 4Ad.; and 100 Sea Islands, at 101 d. to 28 . sd. per lb. The Railway Share Market closed quietly, at previous prices. The National Bank of Belgium Nava issued a statementV their financial operations during the Pa'st year, showing a satisfactory increase to the a tlount of business compared with the transactions 1854. The net profit of the establishment at Z z ussels, and the several branches throughout , 1511 1giuni was 2,915,927 f., against 2,692,995 f. 14 1854, Out of this sum a dividend of 21 per rnt. was paid on the subscribed capital of 15 mil ion francs for the first half-year. At Brussels the t tr lotint of bills discounted was 40 2 ,362,228 fr., I °i4 ig an 'increase on the previous year of 1,„ 4 . 1 ;498,385fr. 'On tho 31st of December, 4. 55 ; the assets of the Bank amounted to '", 4 18,900 frs., of which 59,099,781) frs. was in ,a3ecie,'and the remainder in treasury notes. The 115. crease in specie was 2,227,58 9 frs. The rate of count charged upon bills was from seven , ° 'ts eight per cent. The total amount of not es issued at the chief establishment, a ' 1(1 at the branches, was 150 millions, being the .ct azirnum allowed by the Government. In Flan ders the discounts were about thirty-one millions. t Charleroi they had increased from sixteen to twenty-two millions, and at Nivellrs from 23 ,000 francs to 7,845,000 francs. The other r anches at Tournai, Mons Arlon, Verviers, Hug, 411 d Dinaut, exhibit equally satisfactory results. lo tle last week's railway receipts, ascertained up this date, are in round figures as under:- 1856. 1855. Great Western No rth-Western r ri ll g t on Western 10,074 7,395 (idla4l!ortrtitetcill:nEdiaasntern 26,101 23,996 13,528 11.023 10,248 10.059 Gre at Northern Ma nchester, and Yorkshire Sheffield, and Lincoln 8.051 7,149 44i t Lancashire 5,544 4.390 t rrie t, 0 31 and Exeter 4.735 4,281 t‘stsater and Holyhead g , ford, W orces t er , an d Wolverh. 3,005 2.647 b ß gow and South-Western 4.346 4,339 "(hien and Scottish Midland l'eatlVE stern of Canada E There has been rather an unsettled market for Securities, and at one period the prices Cr° at a decline of nearly per cent., but this has k:' te l however, been partially recovered. As t e " time must necessarily elapse before the Iti f i t of the Paris Conferences is known, th eelin g of uncertainty is experieeced among speculators, and the announcement that I, ll t u Cowley will return on Saturday next for the Obee of taking advice upon questions raised k b 1 . 4 g the deliberation.; has produced some h at l' he . heaviness of the Rentes on the Paris Bourse k o u-r ally occasions a movement in Consols. The iu ° eY quotations for the latter this morning wereto ° Nv as 911 but they are now 914 A. For p ac ntthey have been 1 91i , and at resent k e t at 9141 being firm 91 er. The Scrip is 11- 3 8 prem. k ti e nequer are 3s. to is. discount for those of t re b) and the June do. are 2s. discount to 2s. M iura. The Scrip is 11 premium. The New Di:" per Cents, are 92 - i , to 921, and the Reduced Q t to 92. Bank Stock is 2131 and 215. India t is flat at 222. 4 1 , 0 " 0 prices of most of the Foreign Securities are I ° Ping. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 94 1 1, and the k re v e r Cents. about 991. Spanish 3 per Cents. 4 , 2 1, and the New Deferred, 23 1. Sardinian ( 0 1 41 a rule firm at 8%. Russian 5 per Cents. 104'1 0, 4 ° , 5 . Mexican Stock is 201, and Belgian 41 per ' B * are 9 - I T h P,t o followine , are the nominal prices of Foreign k l e lul:—Gren:da Deferred Bonds, 6171 ; Mexican, Ao ; Peruvian, 79 81 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 55 57 ; a e `t o ,gnese 4 per Cents., 47 49 ; Russian 5 per g t s.. 104 6 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 92 94 ; Spanish 4* Cents., 42? 431; ditto - Deforrea, 23i 241 ditto ,!.tificates, 4, 5 ; Ditto Passive, GI 1. )( t he arrangement of the account in the Railway t o : r !cet is proceeding satisfactorily, and the rates ti 'continuation" are not heavy. The quota 11s are mainly iufluenced.by operations made in t re l- ',,ection with the settlement. Paris and Lyons , leaaY. plop and County Bank Shares have im- let of in have ro of which iniversal, reeiug in :elude to Lilo auxi e remedy lich con -1 equity creating' heir own once by' Chamber name of tices, the incellors, ble deci virtually peal, and one tri lisadvan7 :omposed business n g little :es whose kit r „, ' 4 4EI FUNDS THIS DAY .LT ON F, t CLOCK. From the 05cirsi tie. • Mon-,- (Inn°. SHARE MARKETS. 4' 2, !ti 100 For a wine for ore illus ordinary r fellows arage of from the remark Judicial ho never contrary tntage of sdietion. nd, from ty them lough to , ru those to those orm such. [louse of onour of shall be the most ,hat the Isleydale )f seeing ak a. stock lc" ut , iit.,. p....hced Annuities~. It t ::.,(:ent C onso l s A nnu itie s 91.4. g -a A 1.1,,,: ) Dar C on t. A n nuities ....... ..... ... 92i i s i i i A nnuities, expire sth .Tan. 1860 it t° ° 31 Years, expire sth April, 1885... 16 15-16 Ik ti ', s l tock bit - , kmds, .4:101)0 .. t, „‘et. Ttnder £1)00 4, •. Dit t o "n• Account 'to Scrip " 4 N ~ Tier Bills, 24d. March. June. <ow ... . 13 d I 2p 2 d 40 '4, 811 31 d I 2 p 121 14 • b i „ 0 Scrip b ; ', T) Bonds, 1855, 3, per Cent 97s gt t i . ‘to, 1559 bizt, l , l OF FODATON FUNDS Vl' 4, 141 , 2, o'c 1 4 0 H. Is til At xchaur , e 21per Cent. 12 Ouilders , ti t " 'Varrant ° ' . P 5,1 It cap 3 Cent , i ,. - per 1 '14' 4 bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ 5t.... 10 Ei 5 11 3 .41 1 : 80n5,5 per Cent. . 1) 1 . :' Bowls, 3 per Cent ... ........... 1 0, 1 4 NOW Deferred, 3 per Cent~ bitt 11 ""dg , 6 pt , r cent 95 i 4; b„,O Axeount 95 h` i ',o 4 per Cent 994 100 092 'to Account Dividends o'l the above oavANe in London - .4 . 1i 4 / 1 1 . 21 por Crnt., ex. 23 francs qt.) 43 per Cent.. cx. 25 francs 95 TWO OTT,OCK. 91• 914 0 es, from It, some ell 19( 1 " Ditto Account , as no quarter, r winds. di risks fit., free he gold. steamer, el, have hROYAL BENEFICENCE.—Her Majesty the glean has CO Pleased to present to the London Orphan Asylum, k„:, / ? t ,° l l. the sum of 300 guineas, to purchase for his e t , " ( Highness the Prince of Wales the right to keep h i : child always in the asylum, daring the lifetime of 'loyal Highness. th, EXlelltilley M . Musurus, Turkish AmhAe.ador at Court of St. James's, has left town for Paris. His r i l lenuy occupies apartments at the Hotel du Louvre. y llivJellpncy the American Minister way prevented ith the Lord Mayor at the Mansion house, lat h t : 11) g, having been commanded to dine with her Ma. at Buckingham Palace. k, ne Marquis of Westminster came to town from t 1 -h" ii tl i. "el Castle, after attending the funeral of the late )1 e of Norfolk on Tuesday, and yesterday left Gros ti], r Rouse, to join the marchioness and his family t`teat Moteomb flonQe, near Shaftesbury. 8E LATE DUKE OF NORFOLK.—We are informed that psecond son of the late Duke of Norfolk, Lord Ed. a rs Fitealan Howard, will succeed to considerable t tY in Derbyshire by the demise of his father. Rd ward, it will be recollected, married Miss Talbot, Tae eir ess so long the inmate of a convent at Taunton. 4%, l ate duke was the possessor of large estates near ith evueld, which, with the hulk of the property, go to ;Present holder of the title. tli te tllt CLUB —The first meeting of the members of this 1 4 4 , fur the • present session, was * held on Wednesday Fenton'sHotel. Present—Mr. Wickham, M.P., k t Vite. M.P., Mr. Lee, M.P., Mr. Dighy Seymour, 1t . „`,4 Mr. Robuck, M.P., Mr. Hadfield, M P., Major bt e ,M.P., Mr. Arden, Mr. Oliveira, m.p , Mr. ,`‘7 , M.P., Mr. Martin, M.P., Mr. James Grant, ttowlatii Hill, the Master Cutler of Sheffield, Rev. . i „ . • Jep son, M . A ., & c. M r. Oli veira, M . P . , pres id e d . Ih` g e funeral of Madame Allan Despreaux, of the pitte4tre Francais, took place yesterday morning, aid sti r : attended by the entire company of the theatre th, a vast concourse of mourners. The spectacle of tow actresses of the Francais, following the coffin on ts 4;, in deep mourning, and sheddi-ig no unreal Nvh - ,;',lvas very touching. Madame Plessy-Arnould, bur had known Madame Allan long at St. Peters -1)14' and who was to have played with her in a new hl a - ri ' On the day she died, was particularly affected. b 3 , - ,: a roe Allan, who has been cut off almost suddenly th e " Malignant cancer, in her 46th year, was considered t u, est finished actress of the Theatre Francais. The 114;t e waft closed yesterday evening out of respect to ' 44 elalory. 4-11De.cloos BURGLARY AT A LICENSED VICTUALLERS. Riaresterday morning information was given of a bur- T eb ,Y at M r , J onat h an B ates ' e , P r i ncess V ictor i a toXra. Castle-street East, Oxford-street. The thi eves te ! :, Part of th e roo f o ff th e p ar l o ur, got down th e h o l e the ventil a t or, an d ransac k e d t h e b ar , b u t on l y /me te, in obtai n i ng a f ew p oun ds, the cash havi ng j t e : taken up stairs the previous night in consequence 4 'nun coming in very late for change for a sovereign, t4tiveatehing the movements of the worthy. landlady. ‘b,,,Llti the morning the landlord heard a noise, and down stairs with a six-barrel loaded revolver. The th.!es $e h 6 by the btre e t-doo: before he got down " 84 t flight of Itairo. a Penin id, Capt. for Vigo, ;Bangers, adiz, and ompany'a aring to can, and with the co, and e United e, sailed French, -ge cargo of which steamer ore Tos cany has Pistoja uence of 31st of to meet railway •ation of at writes eparture gen able hundred rue with es back vo bun 3erseaa- • report that the utnitted •om the ntrue- - he poor o f the trsuit of lELD. --- case, in ;Id, was 'l3 eon uanti tf ; magis air ed, nd Mr. )n , and icted to led, the .t.bouse ,rdered 7-- olovi r - ----- - 12s. (T H. 1 S 1) AY. RAIL W AYS. RAILWAYS. •tg 71 Wolve'h ',lour " V alley... Lan.:RL. , !ttos!-.ire „Tonet... Chovh. an:l .4-'2,7. 0.'7.1.6 Do., ..... At.Tyas . ... , r;gi•if; 425 (issd. at £4l iristol and Exeter... and Ca -, digas ' :Hester flo!yhott• lork end Bend_or:. "ork, Mack, ds Fes. vr al i Do. A Do. B P. d , . A . Jrc. East , Eastern Counties .Tniot, A Bt. 1)(”.„ B. .„ Do., New A. East Kent cwt 14..uovslt wl:dinlnr7l4 Glang ,-, ;dinb. awl Peel,it% I Prtti do par,l„ Clyde Jun • Furness. `lo. Extension..... ... 111 w ow kti , st • Great N. of Scotind. Vheat Northam .„ Do., A. Stock I B. !'it.S . th.&West.flrc I=rest Western no, Stour Val. Ra' Gun. - Stk.. • iriph 3outh-Eas:er Tone:aster & Do., Thirds. Do. Now Thirds T..ancash.andlrork.c Do., %Vat. aiding 177. Crsby. &South .t London & Black wr Loud. Bright &S.C‘ t. ['end. and N. West. Do. Fifths 11o.101.t5h..ffScR .( no. Ety,htits London andS. Wow , • I Do., .£s's Do., £4O LaandrrydsColerain favindrr7.& Tr.nn!s. Mane Liqd • . At Lin. M.: Metropolitan !Midland ilirrnng.& Der Aidld. G. West. ( S}Aret, _ & - Nwpt.Aberg. & & awry WsrreliniA7l Rost rsvor 1 R 2 I 'Zorfolk vort)ln.Countics ia Korth Britist,.,..., r`,--ri Rai'. & Dock Stock A Stock „,„,.„ B Stock IDo., B IN, Eastern—Borwi , .!lr 1 1)o. do. Exteusion•.. I )o.do. G.N.E.;'ur(o, Do. Loed6 Do. York 100 fi iG tO ' , 041 a.i North Loncion steal, ami City J:7l North Statfordehi:• , , `,4:orti. Western .3;,5. Wostial.Jlll, , Nunentou, Rine iF.; Ox, Were.. WolT, 16 16, 1 ) ; .1) • 'r.rtg - _ - ,,nn th 4- e ,4cottisliM idiaDC ' lfrA,l43;;Are 1 .71. i •n. 3.;uth Devon Soz tt, lantern....... :South es 'Vrkoh. !3tm ines, . . Stockton k Dar li firati.o.7, ; V&e 7)o. Pref., No. 1— ' , nte‘ Tim% DA l Ulverstono & Latu,, VAle .it Neath IWILtorDL t , z iiilkemt IWnterfor lettirnor—s, Weet, iWost End of 'Jona, and er3-stril j Do. 1 Do. B ... . !west London..., Closing Prices ye.terdAy WimblednirCroydm: POILBIGI4. W ' *ll , •ittw• r 4 it 8 40 40 Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs.con. in Sll. at par till '64 1,1 1 p 20 10 Ardennes — i p '4eig: an Mavtn. 'Dire 4 2,1 , 14 . ors to Ora'ss-aso. it d pal l 8 44 .tombay, Baroda, an • Indla„Scri 7 18 all Do. ••• ••• Lia lemerara 11 latcl, Tl. l, enish ! 111 I P:astcrn France ... 38} 384 1 3(1 3 Ho. New l2 —14 c, i Mast Indian, g. sp. < 211 -22 22 r. :5 i 151 INS all Do.4?,p.c.Buds.,'W 4. • 1.,. 20 16 Gee ong Me l :oou ne . guar. 5 pcx a nt. 10 A l iDo., I , ',n. allot., do. ... 101 9i 75 I( 0 9 . Do. 11ert. of Dont:l,. , On. Into Stk. ' 7) 75 .1 U 0 10. comp: p. c., 834 It. Central of Fran. 5s 6 2 1 :' nt. Indian Penirwri • 201 201. 26 14 ("Arent Lnxembor Constitnted 4i .-. 5 f' , o, Obit 3 -- 20 11 Do. re-is. - orftd. Sh 2 4 - '4ls ••••!! 14t. Western o a 2c4 NI ; 25t 20: . • 54 Do. New - 3t; \ti payable's7, with option till 'ss 99 1('0 10 0 sli Do. do., '62, p, 129 125 lOC 111 ID:,. do., '76, p.'6o 120 • 125 TO all D:- do., '73, withon! o2tioc.. 1.07 109 1 .4.10• , sli Torootr- •_ 5 _ Fit 'OO Do. per cent. 7 IL:st-t• ilon BARI , 20 all ILierre and Turnhout , 5 -01 'Luna Pist.sp c.p r‘ '.;. 2 ( c ) , 1 1 6 4 I , la_ is yo o u n s - 104 a 1( all I‘4adrs€,gua-. 4 p.c 1 4 -- - 20 20 10 !De Ney: , 0., sp. c. , 151 20 5 l'o. 4i p. c. Eaten 6 d 31.• all ! Maria . 7 4 0 Ino. do. New . .10 ,11 Namur c<< Liegr ( interest)._ 50 sl) Do. (ox inter- , st) s} 16 111 Northern of Franoe - 39. 20 all D0.20/.Shs 10 :41 i 1.)0. 30t. 3p. c (fmy.B.tt Ams. , -- 10 41 VorwegianTrunkPre 74 •S 4 40 I all Paris and Lyons 49i 501 sl: Ditto Bonds ...... •• 10 all vtriF and OTIONnt. . 50 10 5 Rome and Frascati :0 all i t. opt) Daniqi, 5 all ItnyalSwedish...... ' 4 all Do. Obligations „, si; Sambre and blouse_ 9 -- 94 91 L.; all Ito. 5,4, p. ,'nut Prof ' •• 10 5 Seincle, guar. sp. c 11 6 20 all Do 0 .111 !Aouthern of Franca ..... pm .0 16 St. Andrew's ant! Quebec (A) 81 I West Flanders .. 34 -- 4 10 'Do SA per c.Prof '0 18 ity. &N. W. nf t s rane• 334 34: 20 Ai 'West. of Switzerland 6 all Wiesbaden 20 all &mane JOINT-B'l'OCH BAN/El3. 0 1 11 • '-'lr'' . ' ''''' - . .. 92 94 100 50 Bank of London . 64 66 10 I ,i, !ir,. col. ,-.k.&1, D . e . • - ._. 50 al iriti.dt: N. Irnorieso . 25 5 'lll3.rtd. Bank of Ask par -- 1 p 20 4 thrtd, !ILL of India, Australia. & China ~.... 100 15(, City 67 i - - 69 d 1 .(X) 1 f 5 •I , lsu'al - ... 100 '2O - 70mTuoroial of T•nnfl .. 20 .11 - , :ng.- , cot.& tus.Cht- 166 -17 i 20 ' all rA:ncl. Chart. Bk of Australis 26 5 , )itt., New 50 20 f.-ndon and Connty - ... 35i 100 50 Linn. &E. Bnkg. Corp par 1p 50 10 Iliondon Joint Stock ...• .- 100 10 'London and Paris la - - par 101 1 20 bond. & Weetminstor ... -- ... 441 5 100 i 35 !National Pro.of Eng ... .... 20 10 IDo. New, 50 22 I National of Irelauct. ••• 20 all 'New South Wales._ 37 39 25 all Oriental Baulk of Corporation 39 —. 41 100 25 rr6vincial of Ireland ... .. ... 10 all Do. New 5 1 R plus !=. ik Go Itn c, .. ... 100 50 Royal British 4 •• 8 • .. 0 . 125 ‘li ionth Australia 3 25 xll Union of Australia..., 71 -. 72 2 A Do. New ........: , 7i 86 bc) 10 1.121411 9-16410.911 ft , ,27 a. 3 . A THE SUN LONDON, THURSDAY EVEN ri FEBRUARY 28. 186 6. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Meeting This Day. The general half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this company was held this afternoon, at the Bridge House Tavern, London•bri3ge ; the Hon. James Byng in the chair. The notice convening t'm meeting Navin, been read by die Fecretary, aid the reprt taken as read, The CHAIRMAN said it affn- led him much piea sure in being able to cont;ratmate them on the flourishing state of the traffic, and that this pro perty was now in an improved sta'e. The Read ing branch had hitherto been a burthen to the company, but he hoped that when. the nano v-gauge communica tion, near Reading, was complete, an increase of traffic would be the result. The accounts showed an available balance of 171,0731., which would admit of a dividend of 13e. 3d. per share, leaving a balance of 6,9131., which it was thought would be sufficient to meet all outstanding demands of the present La f-year. Ar rangeinents had been made to pay the dividend on the 6th March, one month earlier than formerly. After alluding to accidents that had occurred en the line, the chairman stated that wit's a view to prevent the recurrence of accidents the directors gal appointed Mr. Eboral, late manager of the East Lanesvhire Railway, to superintend the working of the whole line. The directors had not thought it right to make any applic:tions this year to Parliament, but to direct their attention to the full development of the traffic. Should it be found necessary to apply to Parliament on any future occasion he should feel it his duty first to consult the sharehuldere. He proposed the reception and adoption 41 the report. Mr. GORDON THOMPSON seconded the resolution. Mr. LAIRD called the attention of the meeting to the absence of the locomotive engineer's report from the di rectors' report. The CHAIRMAN said that the directors had thought it better to introduce the heads of that report into the general report. The engineel'a report was on the table for the inspection of the shareholders. Mr. CAIRD next asked hew the value of the stores bad been ascertained ; if any steps Lad been taken to verify the statement that their value was 60,000/.1 The CHAIRMAN said they had been properly valued. Mr. CAIRD asked if the expenditure of this company had exceeded the Parliamentary estimate, agd by how much ? The CHAIRMAN said in no instance had it come up to it. Mr. CAIRD asked if either of the directors had been called on by the board to explain his conduct relative to a charge that had been made against hini of having allowed his name to he used itn properly relative to the appointment of an ofhce•bearer. The CHAIIMAN said that some statement of that kind bad been mooted at the board, and Capt. Warren had read a letter to the board relative to It. Mr. WIRD asked if aoy investigation had been made into the report _ The CHAIRMAN said Nu. Mr. MI LLOR (director) said he mentioned the report to Captain Warrcn, and sugg , sted that he should explain his conduct to the board. After that Captain Warren read a written protest t.) the lu3zrd. Aft,r some further c,,nverat.oo, Captain WARREN said that the charge was a malicious, spiteful, acid vindictive lie. He never, directly nor in directly, had anything to do with the appointment. He was absent that lay from the board ineecipg. (Hear.) Mr. CARD said the explanation vcai satisfactory. (Cheers.) [W. will give the conclusion in four next edition.) 25 26i 41 43/4 8 -• 83 16 - 15 13 -- 9 - 87. - 57 - 12 - J 3 2 8 •_ 8A I'l4 - 13, 6 - - 31- 22 - 24 72 - 74 51. - t 6 25,t 262, 85 87 951 - 96! SO 82 12: P 5 106 OS 59i 60 73 761 6i - 7s 7 82 82 7/ - 7i 9 • 98 ' 1011 -- 1014 p -p, kA 92 - 93 - 25 4 Id 70i - 71 11 43 - 49 3.4 1).0 77 -78 6. - 5A.4 4 ---34 t ;5 - )5.3 52 5:4 3O 92 ; 6/ - 61(1 6 io n 22 -- 24 !C4 106 74 76 16 c li 2. 65 66 71 73: 4 2 . . '5 .37 20i - 214 34 -- 44 61 7a Bnalnesi done thil day LINES :, •taJL,,, fiedfo , :d and Blot::May B uclit Rh *mall. Clydesdale Col. Stour Vy. S'nd. and ila . L E. Un. 11. Sly. Do. New...... Gistr.6 I)n. Fr Hrtipl. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. j Share,. Do. / Shares. Lorh&Groenw Do. Preferen,e Lon., Til., & S. Lowestoft gr 4 per cent, Do. G per ct. Manch. Extu And 3latloo= Ntiddlesbro' I Midld.Bra Newmarket Eau E. G.spc Est.s Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds i c Prost . IV y7 , - Do. ihns. A Roystn.& Shof. Roth an: , G0010g.5 p.c. Shrews. &II er S. Statforcish. Wear Valley'gr ri per cent... Do. WiltsVomrst PREFBREN , St. At St. 1b 5 it. 10' all 100 A /ertieou 00. N 0.2, 7 p c IDo. Debentures , :lyths.udTyn / c. prof. (les& .t. 50/ Brie..t Ex. 4 p. 0. S.! Do. 4 p. e. Shares c!aledonian £lO 'bet?. St Gn. Do. do. Pref. No. •‘. Do. do. Pref. No. 2. Cork &Banllons Jnn.Prtb .dt Anglian Op. A Sh Do. do. Cis. 13 6 p. c. Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c. 0 9...C0. F , speNr. yo. No. 2 'Do. New 6 p. c. !-'last Irn., el. 6 p. 5/., 10 ner cent 10. Dci;entr.S Do. do. 4 per cent.. Lane 2.-1. 6 p.et.- kW. vnrk. J. sth Min ; & Gl. 5 p. c. sh Furness & S. W. G. F p. 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SpeP iss at 1 d New B. & N.S. Land F. kustralasiat Nrth.of Furope St emu ()rients.l Do. "New Shares" r . TA& Minri. Peninsular& Oriental Do. New Portland Iron Co qoyal Mail Steam soot. Austral. Invest Ditto New South Austral :and Submar. Tel. Scrip Kegistereu :rust& L. Co. U. Can 131 , ,TnATI' , . V.Cio.Opao.Jaialahla I.oBi 41 d 2f i this ,Ltiy usi 9 13i if LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Feb. 23.—Wind ti is day at noon, N.N.E. ; moderate and hazy. _ _ PLYMOUTH, Fe U. 27.—Wiud N.W.—Arrived—H.M.S Scourge, frcou the Coast of Africa. _ _ FAEmOurii, Feb. 26. —Wind N.—Arrived—Flaabets Anker, Nordstjernen, and Isis, from Alexandria. S tiled —Mornington, for Alexandria. BRISTOL, Feb. 27.—Wind W.—Arrived—Ann Wilson, from _Mauritius; Wave, Dra,gomestre. - SWANSEA, Feb. - N.E.— Sailed—Contreath, for C.Jquinabo. CORK, Feb. 26.—Arrived—Creole, from Demerara. Sailed—Nancy Dawson and Lotus, for St. Michael's. BELFAST, Feb. 26.—Wind S. W . .—Arrived—Antelope, from Alexandria; &trail and Isabella, Syra. SHIELDS, Feb. 27.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Tynemouth Castle, for Constantinople. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 26.—The Rising Sun, from Mobile to Havre, was fallen in with, by the Vivid Light, arrived here, on the 15th inst., in lat. 45 N. lon. 25. W., water logged and on her beam ends, caused by a violent gale from the N. W on the 10th. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 27.—The William Penn and Avon dale, for Liverpool, are sai 1 to be frozen up at. Balti more. BRIDLINGTON, Feb. 27.--The brig British Queen, of and from London, for Sunderland, and the brig George and Mafia, wore in contact in the night of the 25th - inst., off Flam borough Head, when the former lost cutwater and jibboom and sustained other slight damage, but proceeded for her destination. ME ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Harris and Martha, from Newport; Despatch, steamer, Jersey. Sailed—Duke of Cornwall, steamer, for London ; Iris, Sunderland; Glory, Hartlepool ; South-Western, steamer, Jersey ; Georges and La Poole, Cherheorg, LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind West. Arri►ed—Marglrot, from H•tvro ; Jufroun, Rotterdam. Sailed—Dreadnought, for New York. WATERFORD, Feb. 25. Wind S W. Sailol—Heede, for Charleston. DUBLIN, Fob. 21. Wind West. Arrived—Tuscarora, from St. John's, N.B. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 2G. Wind West. Arrived—Vivid Light, from Cardinal. The Rising Sun, from Mobile fur Havre, with 4,291 bales of cotton, was fallen in with on the 15th of February, iu lat. 45 N., long. 25 W., by the Vivid Light, on her Learn-ends, and wateilogged. having expe,ienced a violent gale on the 1011 of February, but did not require assist ance. BY SUBMARINE ANI, tiRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thurssday, 9.52 a.m. Wind calm ; tide, fire hours' ebb ; hazy. Sailed—Anne Powell, fur Valparaiso ; C.cilia L'uisa, for Rio Janeiro. MARKET NEW —C2liis Day.) CORN EXU ki A NGE. .GENERAL AV El-;...1.t4k. eii,CEs. OF tiRITISII CORN tror the week enderi Feb. 28,1856, made up trom the Returns of the Inspector , in the differenteities and Town, in Englantland 144 i, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. Bmo.ky. i eATs. RTC. I 11 - 34 Ne. P , Ae. 69, 21 1 33, 8.! 231 6d 4•H.4 4d 41' 71 39 , 6d THE SIX WEEKS' AvERAOS. 4rBR4T. RABLVT. I OATS. i RICE I BRANB. PEAT. 73 , 11l 37A 6d ; 218 11,1 513 4d 43. Ind 42, 5d QIUNTITIES OF illt.tlN SOLD LAST WEEK. Whom._ 9.).3 5 , Ft, ev. 7:;,223 ; chits, 14 9;4; Rye, 65 ; 5,147; Peas, 1.3% quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL.—The trade ruled steady, as follows ;—Beef, from 3s 01 to 48 4 , 1 ; Mutton, 3s 2kl to 4s 4 I ; Veal, 4s 6d to 5s 4d; Pork, 3s 2d to 4s 10d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Feb. 27.—We had a steady demand for stock to-day, and prices bail an upward tendency. Beef, trod , 3 s 4,1 to 4s 8d ; Atutton. 3s 4(1 to 4s 10,1; Veal, 4s 10,1 to 5s ; Pork, 3s 61 to s 8.1 ner Ms, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Feb. 27.—T0-day's market was firm, at very full prices. Beef, from 3s id to 4s 10,1 ; Muttao, :is 4d to 5s 0 I ; Veal, is 4d to 5s fiil ; Pcrk, 3s 4d to 4s 81 per Sibs. Quarter -old Store Pigs, 22s to 28s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. — Meadow bay, 4/ Os to 5/ 10a; clover do., 4/ 10s to i.;/ 10s; and straw, 1/ 4s to It 9s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND. — Meadow hay, 41 4s to 51125; clover do., 41 10a to 6 68 ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 98 per load. A moderate supply, and a fair'dernand. WHITECHAPEL --Meadow hay, 41 Os to 51 10s; clover do., 41 58 to 61 158; and straw, 11 4s to 11 8s per load. Trade rather heavy. TBE L ITE MAEQUIS OF LONDONDERRY. —The nobility and gentry of the county of Durham, out of regard to the memory of the late gallant Marquis of Londonderry, propose erecting a handsome monument to his memory. The Duke of Cleveland is to preside over a preliminary meeting at the end of the ensuing week. We are sorry to read the death of Colonel J. F. S.. Clarke, in command of the South Wales district, and lately Assistant Quartermaster-General of the Hone Guard,. He died at Newlands, on Saturday. Colonel Clarke was born in 1802, entered the service in 1818, and attained the rank of Colonel in 1851. Iiti,VIMTIBISMaNT.:I SIGHT AND LISAKING..— SPECTACLES, POWERFUL TELESCOPES, OPERA, RACE AND PERSPECTIVE GLASSES. S, and B. Solemous, opticians, 39, ADA:made street, Piccadilly. Observe opposite the York Hotel. 13y her Majesty's Ro3 al Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per spective Glasses, to know the distances of objects viewed through them—of great importance to the army, navy, and others. These telescopes possess such extraordinary powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye. piece, a ill show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same tetes3ope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant and an object from 16 io 20 miles. They aro of larger sad at. sizes, with increasing powers accoangly ; while their vary ing from 4 to 6 inches enable us to discover more than the above, and the Georgian, with his 6 satellites, &c.—The Royal Exhibition, 185.1.—Valuable, newly-invented, very small, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known la miles distant ; they answer every purpose on tho race-course, and at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer -stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, race-course, camp, andi perspective glasses, with wonderful p.,wer. Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses of the gis,at eat transparent power. The valuable advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthen e d, an d ve ry aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occu pation can see with these lenses of a much less magnify ing power—and they do not require the frequent change; to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Deafaess—New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an ex traordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from a ll others, to surpass any thing of the kind that has been, or probably ever :tan be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not per ceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed; and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desirod.-39, Arteluarie street, ricatilly t Olnervo—eppeeite th e Ink Motels _ _ ITERATUIIE. THOMAS MOORE. Alcmoirs, Journal, and Correspondence of Thor 7s Moore. Edited by the Right lion. Lord John RuAsel!, M.P. Vols. I. to VI. Longman and Company. _ "Spirat adhuc awn- !" ft is the motto stamped upon the title-page of every volume by au affectionate and faithful friendship. And the tender words of Horace aro echoed here, indeed, most truthfully and appro priately. It is a fragment of verse flung upon the grave of a popular favourite, like a shining wreath of immortettes. Every body almost—(for we have not forgotten one painful little episode consequent upon the issue of an earlier portion of these "'Memoirs" through the press)—thinks of • him in the same spirit—romemb:rs him with the one prevailing sentiment of admiration—recalls him to mind not as Mr. Moore, but as Tom Moore, as Anacreon Moore, as the poet of Lalla Rookh, as the Irish Melodist. Occa sionally, of course, we cannot but revert to his other characteristics, we cannot but think of him sometimes as the historian of Ireland, as the humorist of the "Fudge Family," as the scholarly adventurer within the labyrinths of religious contro versy, as the biographer of S heridan, and Byron, and Fitzgerald. Now and then he returns to our recol lection as the facetious Pasquin of those delightful " sooterkins of wit," the once famous Odes upon " Cask, Corn, and Catholics"—or againas the classic fabulist of the mysteries of "The Epicurean "—or yet again as the sparkling fribble of the " Two penny Post Bag" and the " Blue Stocking." it in peculiarly, however, and almost exclusively as the wit and as the song writer that Moore lives in our own and in the general remembrance. We have 'heard him spoken of by one of the most gifted men of our own time, as the most brilliant cetnpanion in the whole range of his recollection. We all know what thefastidious Byron called him— ' " the beloved of all circles, the idol of his own !" We ,remember too how even the cynical Rogersexclaimed in a letter to him (August 5, 1820), " What alucky fellow you are ! surely you must have been barn with a rose in your lips, and a nightingale singing on the top of your bed !" We remember still more delightedly the glorious asseveration of Sydney Smith—" By the beard of the prelate of Canter bury, by the cassock of the prelate of York, by the breakfasts of Rogers, , by Luttrell's love of side dishes, I swear that I had rather hear you sing than any other person I ever heard in my life, :vale or female. Fur what is your singing but beautiful poetry floating in fine music, and guide I by exquisite feeling ?" It is as the songster, as the ballad-writer and the ballad singer, as the animated talker, the conversational wit, the humorist, the melodist, the perfect mas ter at once of repartee and anecdote, that Toni Moore lives at this tnetnent, and will long continuo to live, in the national memory. As 3 companion, we think of him individually, precisely as Sir Wal ter wrote of him in his "Diary" (Nov. 22, 182), viz., as " a little man, a very little man," who "always enjoys the ?not peter rire." Caespicuoue upon his busts and portraits, are there not, don't we all remember there are, those two bright organs of wit shining upon his fore head like little moons of Merriment ? Looking at his face at the age of forty, as it has been preserved to us by the pencil of Phillips, cannot we recognise in the alert carriage of the head, in the clustering hair, and the sparkliug eyes, even in the nez re trousee, and in the very cock of the ear, in the dimple on the chin, and the piquant lines about the mouth—plain face though it is, altogether ac cording to Scott's judicious estimate of its general character—cannot we recognise in it just a glimpse of what we mightfancy Dau Cupid might have grown to be when mtat xe., a mixture of the quaint and the comely, the gay and the pensive ? At nineteen (1798) he may have been shy in society, as he him self asserted at the time (I. 71.), but that shyness must surely have faded eut very soon after the bashful ago of nineteen. For if, as he remarked in one of his letters to L idy Donegal, he was "little, like Horace," and "loved dozing in the morning, like Montaigne," he had all Horace's zest for human intercourse, and gave ample reason for his mornings' doze by. his midnight carouse far into the small hours, at ball, and rout, and theatre, and masquerade. This same gay gregarious life he began early and terminated late ; entering upon his long round of pleasures in the dear old Dublin tunes, the times of Emmet -and his compatriots, with— "Toe feast of treason and the flew of punch;" (4, 247) — and ending them in the still dearer old . London eights—the Nig litsof BelgravianEetertainment just betore the subject of these , recollections retired to die iu the pretty rural quietude of his little rose covered cottage at Sloperton. Well , the blithe days aro over now for him, there is an end come to the merry moods of Yoriek, " Where be your gibes now ? your gam bols ? your wings ? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar i" Where ? They are for the most part here ! They are in the "Fudge Family" already mentioned, they are in the Irish Melodies, they are in the "Twopenny Post Bag," they aro in the " Cash, Corn, and Catholics"—above all, in reference to the converia - Lionel fun and sparkle of Moore, they are Were in chess pleasant volumes of his " Memoirs, Journal, and Correspondence." Volumes edited, as all the world knows, by his personal friend and literary executor, Lord John Russell. Exeep lions, we are aware, have been taken in certain quarters to the manner in which Lord John he acquitted himself of the responsibilities of his editorship of Moore's " Memoirs." Nevertheless, with these exceptions we cannot by any means coincide ; regretting though we do sincerely the oversight which led to the earnest but courtly ex pistulation of the late lamented Lord L iudonderry in reference to allusions in one volume erroneously made to himself when Sir Charles Stewart and to his distinguished brother when Viscount -Castle reagh. Lamenting, moreover, though we (JO, very earnestly, the mistaken retention upon the poet's Diary of certain pettish and petty sneers which, thus retained, become gallingly per isetuated into the posthumous ' and provoked from the friend thus sneered at, as it were, from the buried coffin, a virulent and atra bilious and even (we must out with it) a brutal blow and kick aimed at the crumbling bones of the dead man—aimed at them through a malevo lent article—through the pages of the Quarterly. Regarding these two blunders as unquestionably most reprehensible, and deploring them as sources of grievous pain, iu one instance to a gallant old sol dier, and in another to a sour old critic, and ulti mately by moans of the ferocious vengeance pro voked from the latter to a sweet-tempered and most gentle lady, the widow of the departed poet, whose memory was thus heinously and cruelly out raged—apart from all this we cannot for the life of us see where it is that Lord John has failed so egre giously in the responsible and delicate task of editor :hip. Little else was surely wan ted than an occasional foot-note scattered here and there as sparingly as possible by way of explanation. Memoirs—Jour: al --Correspondence, otherwise, speaking for them selves. Lord John has appreciated this perfectly well and has acted accordingly ; but besides the casual notes in question he has given the reader of those volumes a preface of twenty-seven pages to vol. i., and a preface of fourteen pages to vol.. vi., written in pure and idiomatic English, and in a style sparkling and epigrammatic. Examples from which we may here take occasion to give in refer ence to one or two of Thomas Moore's more re markable contemporaries, men whose silhouettes have thus been delicately defined, to the very life, in vivid black and white, with a glib and tren chant ease at once commanding our admiration. It is something, we conceive, to secure as editor of one's Memoirs, Diary, and Correspondence one who has during six years of his life wielded the destinies of this mighty empire as Prime Minister of Eng land, and who, after ell the hackneyed labours of a long Parliamentary and administrative career, has the faculty of turning sentences which, in the nervous strength of their diction, in their brilliant and polished animation, in their hurnorons fresh ness, and rhetorical finish, are not unworthy of the disciple of Somers, of the political descendant of Chatham ' of the dispassionate appreciator of the genius of Burke, of the personal friend and minis terial colleague of Macaulay. High praise, but praise to our mind such as Lord John, especially in the second preface here referred to, appears to us to have eminently well deserved. Let us give au instance, so that our words may not have to sus tain unsupported the imputation of conveying eulogiums so entirely and unjustifiably exagge rated. Here is Lord John's sketch of— conveyed in the easy language - of conversation, and with the unassuming tone of an equal and a companion. In deed his mind seemed to compreheud in distinct but liar nrotiona method the whole history of human thought, from the earliest speculations of the friends of Job to the latest subtleties of the disciples of Kant. With rare im partiality of wind, and a charity of disposition still more rare, ho gave its full weight to every opinion, and made the fairest allowance for every error. NOU less copious and instructive was his knowledge of civil and political history ; the Conduct of Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, the projects of the Crusaders, the views of the leaders of party daring the French .Revolution,—all found in him a searching inquirer and an impartial judge. On lighter subjects he was equally at home ; epigrams, farces, and novels were not loss fainidar to him than the treatises of Grotius or the annals of Thuanus. Possessing a good share of wit and humour, he took his part in political war fare, armed no less with the "tart reply" than with the "eloquent harangue." I remember sitting by him when a great lawyer, oisclaiming, from the Treasury Bench, all participation in tho opinions of the Liberal party, said, " I could see nothing to tempt inn in the views of the gentlemen opposite.' `For views read proslicts,' whispered Mackintosh to use. Thus endowed, conversation was his favourite employment and his chief seduction. His style in writing was far from being clear and idiomatic ; his manner of speaking in Parliament was too elaborate, perhaps too didactic, and his voice harsh and hoarse; but in society his gentle bearing and his vigorous tone made him powerful and pleasing, victorious and delightful." Better still, hero is tho ox- Premier's delightful pic ture of that cleanly and politer Rabellais, the— REV. SYDNEY SMITH. "If it is difficult to convey any notion of the conver sation of Sir James Mackintosh, it is hardly possible to describe that of Sydney Smith. There are two kinds of colloquial wit which equally contribute to fame, though not equally to agreeable conversa tion. The one is like a rocket in a dark air which shoots at once into the sky, and is the more surprising from the previous silence and gloom ; the other is like that kind of nrework which blazes and bursts out in every direction, exploding at one moment, and shining brightly at an other, eccentric iu its course, and changing its shape and colour to *may forms and many hues. Or, as a dinner is set out with two kinds of champagne, so these two kinds of wit, the still and the sparkling, are to be found in good company. Sheridan and Talleyrand were among the best examples of the first. Hare (as I have heard) and Sydney Smith were brillinut instances of the second. Hare I knew only by tradition; but with Sydney Smitn I long lived intimately. His great delight was to produce a suceession of ludicrous images : 'these' followed each other with a rapidity that scarcely left time to laugh ; he himself laugh ing louder and with mire enjoyment than any one. This electric contact of mirth came and went with the occasion ; it cannot be repeated or reproduced. Anything would give occasion to it. For instance, having seen iu the news papers that Sir Aneas Mackintosh was come to town, he drew such a ludicrous caricature of Sir fEaeas and Lady Dido, for the amusement of their namesake, that Sir James Mackintosh rolled ou the floor in fits of laughter, and Syd ney Smith, striding across him, exclaimed • Ruat Justi tia His powers of fun were a‘;the same time united with the strongest and must practical common souse. So that while he laughed away seriousness at one minute, he destroyed in the next some rooted prejudice which had braved for a thousand years the battle of reason, and the breeze of ridicule. The letters of Peter Plymley bear the greatest likeness to his conversation ; the description ( , f M. Isaac Hawkins Brown ilauci+4 at the court of Naples in a volcano coat with lava buttons, and the comparison of Mr. Calming to a large blue bottle fly with its parasites, must resemble the pictures he raised up iu social conversa tion. It may be averre l fur certain, that in this style he has never been equalled, and I do not suppose he will ever be surpassed." Admirable ! It-is Sydney to a hair, to a t,—not a miniature profile of the humorist so much as an actual callutype of the man, with every comic wrinkle at the corners of his blithe eyes and every subtlest dUnple at the angles of his kindly mouth ! It is Sydney Smith as he lives to us iu his omit deliciously wise, absurd, most shrewd, and most preposterous Peter Piymley—as he looks out anew, posthumously, upon the world he gladdened so often in his lifetime, through the pages of Lady Holland's recent biography of hitu—as he here laughs, again and again, through the pleasantprattle and agreeable .gossip of. Moore's "Diary," laugh s through it here aua there, not loudly or boister ously, but contagiously and - inextinguishably ! Does he not ? .Ecoutez ! Hear him (through page 75 of v01..v.) as he runs over with "comicality and fancy" at R.igers's breakfast-table on the 27th of May, 1826, keeping them all in roars of laugh ter 1 Hear hint discoursing of the stories about drain-drinkers catching fire [before the father of Captain Marryat's "Jacob Faithful," and the rag-selling Krook of Mr. Dickens's "Bleak House" had been dreamt of as " going off" by spontaneous combustion] hear Sydney Smith talking upon this theme, and (according to his wont) " pursuing the idea in every posi:i We shape 1" " The inconvenience of a man coming too near the candle when he was speaking, ' Sir, your observa tion has caught fire I' Then imagined a parson breaking into a Llaze in the : pulpit ; the engines called to put him out ; no water to be had, the man at the waterworks being au Unitarian or an Atheist." And so forth. No Wonder they "roared with laughter !" No wonder the hearers of Syd ney left him often w-iththeir sides aching ! Fancy hearing him talk of •sou 43 ifirie on - the very same occasion, as a man who " has no command over his understanding—it is always getting' between his legs and tripping him up !" Fancy his saying a day or two afterwards (May 30th), when it ;vas remarked of a dinner party at Agar Ellis's, how well and good huinouredly the host had mixed his guests all up togetti,T---" That's the great use of a good conversational cook, who says to his com pany, ' I'll make a good pudding of you;' it's no matter what you came i ;to the bowl, you must come out a pudding. Dear me,' says one of the ingredients, wasn't I just now an egg ?' but he feels the batter sticking to him," &o. 6:;0. ! Why Heraclitus himself must have griped under the iu fluenceofsuch a conversationalist, and Detnocritus have rolled himself into convulsions on the carpet d la Mackintosh ! It is the twofold charm of Moore's Diary that it displays continually the most exqui site sense imaginable of a joke, however subtle or however extravagant it may be, and while doing this perpetuates for after-times the little fleeting whims and oddities of the men-of-mark encouu tered by the Diarist,. whims and oddities often conveying to the observer's mind the liveliest ap• predation of apparently the most trivial, hut in reality the must siguiticant, of -the suliject's odd and whimsical characteristics. SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH. " Of all those whose conversation is referred to by Moore, Sir Jas. Mackintosh was the ablest, the most brilliant, end the best idortned. A competent ju,lr iu this matter, Sydney Smith, has said, "fill subdued by age and illness, his conversation was more brilliant and instructive than that of human being I ever had the good fortune to be ac quainted with.' His stores of learning were vast, and of those kinds which, both is serious and re light conversa tion, are most available. He was profoundly acquainted with the doctrines of the ancient sects of philosophy and the mcdern churches of Christianity, and he so tempered, assisted, and controlled his memory by his judgment, that if he were referred to on any disputed point, his answer would give, not merely the fact, but a condensed argument on the controversy. So that not only was the hearer correctly in formed of the exact nature of the tenet which he inquired about, but such light was thrown upon it that he could ac count for its rise, its prevalence, and its tendency, without further investigation. This information too, which no book Or number of books of refermo wolid kayo giya, was ", .:" (To be continued.) Scottish heroes in, the Dabs of Wallace and Bruce. By the Rev. Alexander Low. 2 vols. Hurt and Blackett. It would he difficult to find a more interesting page in history, than that which is here unfolded before us. It is not from wonderful feats of arms being performed, nor from mighty events taking place, that the attention is awakened ; but from the spirit that reigned pre-eminent and triumphant. Oeiniona vary, and the wisest and most learned differ as to the relative merits of the conquerors of the earth. It is not possible that an unanimous decision can be arrived at in analysing the motives that urged them and the actions they achieved. But if there is one thing which more than another attracts universal homage, it is the career of the patriot, whose life is devoted to the service of his country, and whose death is a sacrifice offered up at her altar. Ambition has a lofty standard to aspire to in such a cause, and the zeal and ardour of a warrior can be aroused by no nobler inspira tion. The sublime spirit of patriotism was never more grandly displayed than by those heroic few who came down from their rocky fastnes,es, their mountain strongholds, " in the garb of old Gaul, in the fire of old Rome," to confront the flower of Europe's chivalry, and to dare perils of their own countrymen joined to dangers of the foe. Success is generally the criterion of merit ; but if the in trinsic value of motives be analysed, the tribunal of after ages should award a purer fame to those who deserted not the oriflanarne of Wallace in the darkest trials than to those who afterwards exulted under the victorious banners of Bruce. Among those whose mission was to point the way to others more than to achieve himself, the name of William Wallace is distinguished. He was not favoured to see his beloved country free, nor did he know the full extent of his own labours, as they consisted more in influences that are apparent when their planter is no more. The truth of the adage, so hard for the pride of human nature to c3inpre , ; hend, " one sows that another may reap, was manifested in a striking manner in the career of Wallace. What a life of honour might not have procured his native land, a death of igno miny obtained. The thought of his unburied re mains had a more stirring effect on his countrymen than the marble monument where princes held the pall could have produced. The vanity of human wishes is seen in this r etribution of t y ra nny and cruelty. The act which Edward thought wont, seal the doom of Scotland sounded the trumpet of her freedom. The heroic spirit is not extinguished with the hero's life, and of Wallace it might be said with truth, "E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires," for the key-note of independence was the memory of his name. It was cherished iu the heart of his country ; it was re-echoed by her mountains and floods, till it swelled Into the song of praise that recorded the victory of Bannockburn. By his cruelty the tyrant prepared the way for the greatest defeat that his country ever sustained in battle. The style in which this chronicle of events is written is one eminently suitable to its purpose. The author is treading a beaten track, but every step is made interesting by its own importance, added to the simple and effective manner of its description. As may bo supposed, the principal portion of the volumes is that dedicated to the con sideration of the exploits of Robert Bruce, although cast into the shade at the outset. by the brightness of the career of Wallace, when that hero had been readered a martyr ; then did the star of his suc cessor rise into the ascendant. For the indecision of his early life Bruce paid a heavy penalty, and suffered years of toil and hardship ; but not the less is true reason to admire the energy, persever. ante, and discretion that characterised his con. duct. Few crowns in - history have been more hardly won than was his, and when he at last was enabled to rejoice as undisputed sovereign of Scot land rest was not for him. The cares which he had undergone in reaching the goal prevented him from appreciating the success. The pains and infir mities of a premature old age came upon him, andle was unwillingly compelled to relinqUish entire per formance of his duties. However lives like thOse of Wallace and Bruce are too full of incident and adventure while they la,st to allow of a chance of their reaching to the extreme limits of mortality unimpaired and une,hequered, and if Bruce had been spared he might not have done more essential service. The details of the years that intervened between Falkirk and Bannockburn are equal to the legends of romance and the fables of tradition. The circumstances which are recalled to the me mory in perusing this work are striking. A more forcible moral as to the value of perseverance can nowhere be instanced in history than is offered in the life •of the wisest of Scotland's kings. It is observed here that " the history of Robert the Bruce is certainly of a most romantic descripti on , and being himself. a chivalrous knight, of consi derable strength and matchless valour, the simplest narrative acquires the interest and embellishment of romance." Foremost in interest and import ance in these pages stand the details of the battle of Bannockburn—a name inseparably associated with that of Bruce, of whose life it was the glory, and of whose labours it was the crown. It is declared that " This engagement entitled him to take his rank among the most distinguished con querors of ancient times, and further on it is truly said that " the effects of that battle are felt at the present day ; " also that i n th e an i on which took place between England and Scot land many of the privileges secured to the latter country were the fruits of Bannockburn, " Ireland was a province of England ; b u t Scot land has always been, blessed by that enlightened knowledge which springs from civil and religions liberty—that noble independence which is to be traced back through five centuries—to the heroes of -this day." Second only to the exploits and achievements of their chief are-the wonders effected by his friends Douglas and Randolph, and his brother Edward. This prince was daring, ash, and impetuous ; but though he does not appear thus to advantage by the side of the shining wis- . dom which cast so bright a halo on the head of Robert, viewed by himself he is a noble knight. Sir James Douglas was distinguished for nothing more than the determined zeal with which he res-. cued again and again the castle of his ancestors from foreign invasion. So numerous were his de vices, and so daring his deeds, that by his enemies it was styled "the perilous Castle of Douglas." There is something touching as well as solemn in Bruce exhorting, at the last moment'of his lite, his faith ful and tried companion in arms, and friend in pri vate, to carry his h e a r t t o th e Holy Land. There is also an attractin g interest in the last passage in the life of the good knight—" Lead on as thou • wert wont, and Douglas shall follow thee or die," were his last words, as his spirit passed away on " the death-bed of fame." This work combines the interest of biography, with the importance of history, it joins the merit of reality, to the records of those heroes ; who were the shining ornaments of their country, knights who were the glory of the chivalry of their age, patriots who are the pride of their people for all time. In their rude laud, in those days of ignorance, they effected achievements that have not always been equalled, by the wealthiest nations in the most enlightened periods. It may surely be questioned if the nineteenth cen tury in its progress, has made advance or retrograde movements, in the wisdom of its warriors. After comparing the relative advantages and actions of the present and the past, the reader of this book may look back with regret to the days of romance, and wish that some one of their mighty men of valour had existed in these times, to vindicate his country's cause, and lead her sons to victory, a wish that was expressed by the poet in his lament over disasters and want of judgment, when he ex claimed.— " Oh! DJuglal, hr thy leading !rand, Fierce Randolph for thy. Oh ! ttn hour of Wallace, might, Or weli-skilled Brune to rahi the tight." A I,er Dark. By Wilki©Cjllins. 2 vols. Smith and Elder... The reader will be probably surprised on opening these volumes to meet old friends with a new face. They do not contain, as might naturally be sup posed, a new work of fiction, but consist with one exception of stories that have previously appeared in the pages of " Household Words," linked toge ther by au introductory chapter and a series of prologues. This introduction is entitled " Leaves from Leah's Diary," and tells us the story of a poor portrait painter, who, being threatened with blindness, is compelled to abandon his profession for a time. As his family are de pendent on his labours, he is despondent and miserable at the prospect of forded inaction, when the happy idea occurs to his wife, the Leah of the diary, to collect and publish the many. stories he has heard from his sitttrs. By this thread the stories are joined together. During the day the wife is too much occupied with her household duties to afford her husband the necessary assist ance in transcribing, but " After Dark" she writes from his dictation. From this the book de rives its title, which is certainly a most appropriate one, for the stories are most of them of that descrip tion which is most properly read, like Sir Walter Scott's EH King, by the light of an unsnuffed candle. For the satisfaction of the lovers of tlatt marvellous we may add, that the two most hor rible are founded on fact namely, "Thu Terribly Strange Bed," and "Tire Yellow Mask." The former of these will be readily appreciated by the visitors to the Drery-lane pantomime, where a wave of harlequin's magic wand brings down the rop of a four•post bed upon the unhappy clown. In the story, however, the intention was a little more serious. Au Englishman, who had won largely, was persuaded to stay the night in the gambling-house. Unable to sleep, however, he lay watching a picture hanging oppo,ite, of a man in a high Spanish hat crowned with a plume of fea thers. Suddenly, while his mind was wandering on the events of the night, a strange thrill shot through him. The Spanish hat had disappeared ! What was the dusky object that shut it out from view? The bed-top rapidly and silently descending' The intended victim, it need not be said; speedily made his escape through the window to the nearest police-office. An examination proved the exiet ence of this mysterious agent of murder, by which imprudent winners were quietly and effectually disposed of. The clever " Lawyer's Story" of the Christmas before last, will hardly be recognised under the title of "The Stolen Letter." It is nevertheless the same, and will readily are remeuv• bered ou perusal. The only original story in the collection is called " The Lady of .Glenwith. Grange," and is iu no way superior to its compa nions. The writer thinks it necessary to inform us that the tales are entirely of bis own imagining and constructing. The fact that some of them are laid in foreign countries seems to have given rise to the idea that the stories are of. foreign origin. He combats this suggeetiou most emphatically, as suring his readers that they may depend on the genuineness of all his literary prod uctiou s, and bin t t inc.- that such is the fertility of his i ma g ination, that the idea of his being reduced to the necessity ble. The stories, of borrowing in a g re is c epretrafieucit7im striking pos and s uncommon, most of them possessing some marvell ous incident g tragedy to preserve them from the common-place at any rate. The ess ing estalents for description, which lie . charge writer thrilling i possesses of fissol7e has employed to good purpose in some of them. As we have before remarked, they will be specially attractive to all lovers of the mysterious and ter b e and, if a shade of i mpro b a bili ty may a p pear to i persons to deprive the stories of r Reber-minded; reality, it will only deepen the interest of others by . removing the events described from the'range of ordinary experience. 50 4) 25 ! ... 10 1 1 50 50 2 100 25 20 100 89 57 1 all 10) 100 1100 95 6 123 i 1011 if li 921 x d all all all all c 1 yestercl ,(itap , ll) London N. We •t. L.&N.W. E. Un. 1.0 96 - 94 94 - 18 11 -- 13 13 t :45 ... 4i E. Count. CaWilt, Do qt. Woe 7k. New Ber Y i)o. I WS - 107 n 0... S. Easto 13 - "i 232 --244 107 A 112 Pete & Co Norfolk_ . Do L.& N. W Mid; Hltekton & 'flstrlingt. -- 5 9 5 : I T 4 En. Conn. E. Count. D 0... Do.. L.StN.W Do • •• '..... .4, Ot Fancash dz York sh. T. Brassey . K. ItiCloan 'S'tockt. 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This is partly attributable to the impulse given to opera tions of all kinds during the last two weeks of the period by the announcement of peace, cotton, linen, and woolen yarns having - been largely shipped to the continental manufacturers, who then regained confidence. Almost all classes of goods, however, have participated in the increased business, with the exception of cotton manufactures, the falling off in which was to be expected after the extraor dinary increase presented in the previous return. It is to be remarked, however, that this falling-off is intrinsically greater than it appears, sin ce allow ance must be made for the advance in the price of the staple since the corresponding month of last year. A further improvement in the total of haberdashery and a moderate increase in hard wares, cutlery, and leather tend to indicate a re vival in the Australian trade. With regard to imported commodities, most of the principal articles show an increased consump tion. For the first time for some months, how ever, the quantities of breadstuffs do not present an increase. Tea, coffee, wines, spirits, tobacco, and spices, all figure for large totals. Swar still * heavy falling off. "~"- -r .~ .; :~~ 1 :d